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WO Tie Miami JEWS Twilby Says: Not to bright partly cloudy and warm, with brief showers likely. Low tonight, 65 to 70. Complete Weather Page A Final Home Edition Five Cents THE BEST NEWSPAPER UNDER THE SUN Established In 1896 Miami, Monday, February 16, 1959 Telephone FR 4-6211 Don't Have Your Fliers M. ussia ZZ I'alM Ttr Internatloaal MOSCOW, Feb. 16 Russia today flatly denied that 11 leans, missing since a.

U. S. transport plane twent down In vSoviet Armenia Sept. 2, are In the Soviet Union. A statement Issued by the Soviet news agency Tass also branded as a "fanatic Invention" a statement by President Eisenhower last week that false Soviet radio signals may have U.

planes. over Russian territory. The Tass statement also repeated its claim that a tape Russians later handed over the bodies of six U. S. airmen killed in the crash, but denied any knowledge of the other 11.

The Soviet statement today said the "relatives of the dead U. S. airmen should demand (of U. S. officials) and only them to answer for the tragic fate of their kin." The Soviet statement said "Soviet public opinion Is Indignant at the cynicism and inhumanity" of the U.

S. charge that Russian pilots deliberately shot down the unarmed transport. recording produced by' S. authorities of a conversation between Soviet pilots shooting down the U. S.

transport plane was a "fabrication." "Even a casual glance at this so-called -recording leaves no doubt that it is a gross falsification meant for naive people," Tass said. The statement said the Soviet Foreign Ministry had given U. S. authorities "all the information in the possession of Soviet authorities regarding the fate of. the U.

S. aircraft and its crew, and that no U. S. airmen from the aforementioned aircraft are in the U. S.

S. "The Soviet government has resolutely rejected all attempts of the U.S. government to place on the U. S. S.

R. the responsibility for the fate of the members of the crew of the crashed aircraft, as well as for its loss," the Tass statement said. The U. S. air transport with 17 men aboard went down on the Russian side of the Soviet-Turkish border last Sept.

2. The 1 i I 'V i est Proposes Wheiv! Still Alive Germany Parley The Amnclnlfd Frni WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 The United States, Britain and France proposed to Russia today that a four-power foreign ministers conference on Germany be convened this spring with German advisers present. v. Nr.

4WX'T, i r-. ni i iHw.ii 'my Antf-Mtk r.n ii im ii Dazed but still alive, Hardy Hargrove (left) sits in front of his car after a train ripped the auto in two. Rear of car (right) landed 50 feet away. The accident occurred at a crossing near Birmingham, Ala. Hargrove suffered cuts, his wife internal injuries.

Both were hospitalized. tV I'-' r'" A preference was expressed months and the deadline would be May 27. It holds the danger of a new Communist blockade of Ber lin. rU I i The Western powers' would pre fer that the conference be held in Geneva or alternatively in Vienna. AuociiU4 TrtH Wlrtphitm The aspects which would be for late April or early May as the meeting time, This is the first time the Western powers have called for inclusion within the conference room of representatives from Communist East Germany and allied West Germany.

While they would have the' role of advisers the step could prove to be a historic move toward some compromise with Russia on the problem of reunifying Germany. The Western proposals were dealt with include such immedi ate issues as the Western demand for reunification of Germaif, the Told TO Act YOUR HEART UF Soviet plan to oust the Western powers from Berlin and to make a peace treaty with the two halves of Germany; and other issues re- IS YOUR LIFE Continued on Page fiA, Col. 4 Morals Probe In. SEN. JOHN KENNEDY Keep Them Separate set forth in similar notes delivered in Moscow today.

At the same time, U. S. offi by the committee at this time," Johns said, "but there is still a termine what, if any, legislative action is required and not for the purpose of damaging any institution or individual. cials opened up the possibility of a summit conference to follow if the foreign ministers meeting lot of work to be done. However, we have only one investigator." succeeded in making substantial Surgery- A Modern Miracle "The committee has been as progress on German issues.

But, Johns indicated he will ask sured that the proper action in this year's Legislature to extend the life of his committee. By CHARLES F. HESSER Miami Stmt Falltlrt Wrilrr Results of the Johns committee Investigation of alleged homosexuality at the University of Florida today were turned over to gchool officials for action. Sen. Charley E.

Johns of Starke, committee chairman, said this included more than 2.800 pages of testimony taken from witnesses since last September. "No further action is planned These officials said that a top-level session which would bring together President Eisenhower dicated will be promptly taken by the officials of the University of Florida." 'KEEP SEPARATION' Kennedy's Views On Church, State Tit Anioriatrd Pfrm NEW YORK, Feb. 16 Religion and government must bd kept separated, Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) said today.

Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, is considered a leading prospect 'for his party's presidential nomination in 1960, even though no member of his faith ever has been elected to that office. The senator, in a Look Magazine article, declared himself The findings, of Johns' investi and Soviet premier Nikita Khru Meeting with Johns committee gators went to the State Board of Control, which oversees the state universities, and to Dr. J. shchev would not be excluded. The immediate strategy behind Saturday were Reitz and Jaquel- Wayne Reitz, UF president.

in J. Daniel, control beard member from Jacksonville. Gov. LeRoy Collins, who is in Until today, Johns had never is the call for a foreign ministers conference is to get the Soviets to the conference table just prior to their deadline for handing over their occupation responsibilities in East Berlin to the East German sued an official statement as to Miami for a round of appearances, said he had "no idea what is in the Johns', report. However, strongly opposed to federal aid I would expect the Board of Control to deal with the matter ex government.

for any church or religious school, the activities of his committee, but The Miami News, in an effort to spike rumors that immoral conduct was widespread at the university, broke the story in January. peditiously." Last November, Khrushchev (Second of a Series) By DR. PETER J. STEINCROIIN Magnificent! Colossal! Astounding! I am borrowing these overworked "Hollywood" adjectives to describe a recent scene in the life of a patient at Jackson Memorial Hospital If you were an observer in the operating room a few weeks ago, I think you would agree that these Hollywood terms would not be adequate to describe what took place. You might add: Stupendous! Unbelievable! and a few more.

She was a 28-year-old mother. She had what is called an interauricular septal defect." (Commonly called a She had had this trouble since birth. However, it was not diagnosed until a few years ago. At that time the doctors "There's nothing we can do." Counties Get Teacher Pay 10 Days Late VnHM Prs IntrntHtlonnJ TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 16 threatened such action after six neitz commented, we are studying the report.

I will have nothing further to add lintil this At that time, rumors said that and against appointment of a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Said Kennedy: "Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts including the First Amendment study is completed and evaluated and the necessary action has been schools. It's unconstitutional un-, der the First Amendment as interpreted by the Supreme Court. I'm opposed to the federal government's extending support to sustain any church or its schools." Kennedy said that such matters as providing school buses, lunches and other services are "primarily social and economic and not religious.

Each case must be judged on its merits within the law as interpreted by the courts." up to 150 of the university's some 1,200 professors and instructors were involved and that 10 per cent of the 12,300 member student taken." Teacher salary money will be sent out to the counties today and tomorrow, about 10 days late, state comptroller Ray E. Green VOWS ACTION James J. Love of Quincy, chair body was infected. man of the Board of Control, said ON THE RECORD When the story was made pub said today. he has not seen the report but She went along, living normally, until the past year.

Then she began to and the strict separation of church and state. "I believe as a senator that ic. The Miami News, in an edi promised that "appropriate ac tion will be taken." Green said he Is mailing checks totaling $9,046,718 to the counties, Macmillan Bars Bear Tli AnniKlmtfd PreM LONDON, Feb. 16 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan has been invited to witness I or participate in a Russian bear hunt during his tour of the Soviet Union. Plans are reported to have been made for such a hunt on a 'preserve near Leningrad.

torial said that if the growing rumor remained we all of it for teacher salaries. In a formal statement today, Johns said: think it could eventually lead to a smearing of the entire higher educational in the NP ,1 The money was delayed be complain of extreme fatigue and shortness of breath. She was hesitant about seeing her doctor again. After all, hadn't he once said: cause of a low financial balance. It normally is paid the first week state 'The Senate Legislative Investigating Committee at a meeting in the month.

held in Jacksonville last Satur During the Johns Committee day, Feb. 14, 1959, announced a probe, several groups, including the Gainesville chapter of the Higgins, chief auditor for the said, "We are matter which has been under in the separation of church and state is fundamental to our American concept and heritage and should remain so. "I am flatly opposed to the appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican. Whatever advantages it might have in Rome and I'm not convinced of these they would be more than offset by the divisive effect at home." Turning to education, the senator said: "There can be no question of vestigation at the University of scraping the bottom of the barrel Alger Hiss, Wife Part I nltrd Fmi International NEW YORI, Feb. 16 Mr.

and Mrs. Alger Hiss were reported today to have separated' several weeks ago after 29 years of marriage. Neither Hiss nor his wife, Pris-cilia, who stood by him through his long trials and eventual imprisonment for perjury, would comment on the report 1 Florida has been turned over to and watching the balance from American Association of University Professors and the Florida Civil Liberties Union, protested the investigation. day to day." the -Board of Control and officials at the University for, necessary But No. 10 Downing St.

said today that Macmillan has no such plans. Macmillan is an excellent shot, but so far he has confined his shooting to grouse, quail and pheasant. he added, "we'll get action. TURNED OVER The AAUP charged that wit The latest distribution was nesses rights had been violated by investigators and threatened to investigate the investigators. me committee turned over copies of sworn evidence and report thereon to said officials.

The made possible by payments federal funds being used for support of parochial or private beveraee and intangible taxes about 30 degrees centigrade. The purpose of this induced hypothermia (low temperature) was to cut down the brain's need for oxygen. Under normal temperatures, any interference with the blood supply to the brain would cause serious and permanent brain damage. However, with a patient at 30 degrees centigrade (or lower) the surgeon could operate on her heart as long as 6 to' 8 minutes with the brains' blood supply entirely shut off without causing brain injury. Everything was set.

The operating team was ready: chief surgeon (a brilliant man still in his early thirties) his two assistants; the anesthesiologist; the chief surgical nurse and her two assistants. The preliminary incisions were made. Within three quarters of an hour, the front part of the chest cage had been pulled back and the heart was fully exposed. Suddenly Heart Stopped Beating Everything was going along smoothly. The surgeon had placed loose ligatures around the two large veins that bring blood to the heart.

(Later he i committee has gathered this infor and other revenue into the treas JOHNS' THREAT Johns replied there was no On Feb. 20, big sales tax mation in the interest of Florida educational institutions and to de- foundation to the complaints and collections will start rolling in. warned that the sudden "hostility" of witnesses might force the committee to hold public hearings. Members of the committee, in Dulles Starts Fight Back X-Ray Treatment Begun today in The News addition to Johns, who is chairman, are Sens. Marion Knight of Blountstown, Randolph Hodges, Cedaf Key, and Reps.

W. C. Herrell of Miami Springs, Lenten William G. O'Neill of Ocala, and resent the at the usual Monday meeting of the National STEINCROHN "There's nothing we can do." We'll Study You, Then Operate' But this time there was to be a different answer: "There's much we can do. We'll study you.

Then we'll operate." The doctors 'took the usual X-rays, electrocardiograms and laboratory tests. But investigation had only begun. She was brought to the Heart Station at the National Children's Cardiac Hospital. A long plastic catheter pushed gently into an arm vein. On direct observation under a fluoroscope, the doctor directed the tip of the tube gently into the heart itself.

He withdrew samples of blood from its various chambers. Blood pressures within the heart and great vessels and oxygen content Were studied. The verdict? 'Uncomplicated interauricular septal defect. This patient was ideally suited tor operation. Body Temperature Frozen To 30 So here she was now, stretched out on the operating table.

When I arrived as an onlooker, all preliminary preparations had been made. After suitable anesthesia she had been placed in a tub filled with ice and water. She was kept there un-til, her body temperature fell to Ben Hill Griffin of Frostproof. Security Council at the Whita Guidepost House. Mack Trial Herter and other Dulles lieutenants in the State Department assumed a more active role in directing foreign policy affairs in the absence of their chief, who is on indefinite leave.

In London, a British diplomatic source said today that next month's Western foreign minis President Eisenhower prayed if aw3MM i for his ailing cabinet member at Sunday morning church services. Postponed would tighten these nooses and Herb Score tells WHY I BELIEVE on Page 3-A. score Jimmie Dodd baby-sits for millions. Page 1-B. Gracefully Yours on Page 3-B.

Thi AMlatrd Prcni the blood flow from the heart would be cut off from the brain and the rest of the body while he worked deftly inside the heart itself). t'nltfd Prfi International WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-Secre-tary'of State John Foster Dulles, encouraged by his doctors in his fight against cancer, began undergoing radiation treatment today at Walter Reed Army medical Center. One of his physicians said he "expected" and "hoped" that the 70-year-old cabinet member would be able to resume at least partial duties provided there are no more complications and he responded to treatment. Dulles demonstrated last night that he is not ready to be counted out.

He summoned Acting Secretary of Sate Christian A. Herter to the hospital for a 15-minute conference on department ters' meeting may be switched from Paris to Washington if there's a chance Secretary Dulles WASHINGTON, Feb. IS The trial of Richard A. Mack and Thurman Whiteside, accused of conspiring to influence the award of a Miami TV permit, has Why Cuba eliminated peso smuggling, by Herb Rau on Fage i-ts. can take an active part.

Then, like a sudden clap of been rescheduled for April 7. In his first appearance in Dulles thunder on a sunny day, som He bowed his head as his pastor, the Rev. L. R. Edward Elson, asked God to heal the cabinet member.

"Medical bulletins from the hospital have feported that Dulles has been resting comfortably and his condition has been satisfactory since his operation Friday for a hernia. physicians have" decided against further surgery and will rely on radiation therapy as the initial treatment place, Herter was to testify today Obituaries 11A People In News 4A The trial had been due to start at a closed session of a House today, but Chief Judge F. Dick 3B Appropriations subcommittee on Editorials 12A For Women 1-2B Horoscope 6B Kilgallen 5B Markets 10-11A McLemore 8C Movie Clock 4B Agatha Christie 8A' Amusements 4-5B Bridge 6B Business 10-11A Classified 5-7C Crosswords Comics e-VB thing went wrong. Without any warning on the electrocardiographic tracing which keeps running throughout the entire operation the heart stopped beating. (Mind you, the real Radio Sports Television the State Department budget.

2-4C inson Letts of U. S. District Court granted a delay at the request of defense counsel. The lawyers said they need more time to prepare 3B At the same time, Undersecretary of Stale C. Douglas Dillon Wilson 4B their case.

Continued on Page 6-A, Col. was designated by Herter to rep.

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