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76 No. 147 COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL AND NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES ST. PETERSBURG, FLaORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1059 HHONE 5-11)1 a. i so v.Kr.wz rrMTS WANT ADS 5-1 Ml A A A ft mtn CONFIDENT OF NOMINATION, ELECTION Kennedy Letter. Collins Raps U.S.

Handling Of Penal Case By FRANK TRHTETT (Times Bureau) etms CampoDgjim TALLAHASSEE Gov. LcRoy Collins yesterday said there is reason to sus pect the national adminis rat ion of political motives For Presidency because of the way it an hi in. nim iii.in iiimni i www 1 mjiiMu v. tv lnliiintJMU imii Mnnininifcinim mmniiTmit ir itmii mi -wiiiihiiiii li nounced the indictment of 14 persons on charges of cruelty to prisoners at Rai ford. WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen.

John F. Kennedy's staff has drafted a leltter that the Massachusetts senator will announce his candidacy for the presidential nomination on Jan. 2, it was learned yesterday. tollms emphasized he wasn't making a flat charge. But the way Attorney General William The letter states that Kennedy Rogers handled the announce ment "gives people some reason to assume it was politically mo tivated, Collins said.

The Governor criticized the administration authorities for mak ing it appear the investigation of the state prison situation was ini tiated and entirely carried out by the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI. Collins was chagrined that the U.S. Attorney General's announcements of the indictments "made no reference whatever to the fact that the alleged abuses were investigated to a great degree by the state." STATE COOPERATION Federal authorities, in reveal (Timet Color Photo by Johnni Evanj) Blue Badge Of Courage is confident he can win the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles In July and go on to capture the White House. It says his confidence is based on visits to all 50 states in recent years and talks with political leaders.

While Kennedy's office said the letter was one of several prepared for all possible contingencies, he is considered certain to become an announced candidate although disclosure of the draft letter could prompt him to select another announcement date. Kennedy now is on his way to Jamaica. ASKS FOR SUPPORT The letter was drafted for mailing to what was termed "active and influential Democrats" throughout the country. It asked them to join in a drive to win the nomination for the senator. Kennedy's office said, however, that the senator not yet made a decision" as to whether or not to seek the nomination.

The senator's press secretary said the letter was only "one of a number of drafts being prepared" to cover all possible eventualities concerning the senator's decision. "Because of the problems involved in sending a letter to a number of his supporters various drafts of these letters have been prepared," the aide said. Since the adjournment of congress in September, Kennedy has ing the indictments Tuesday, Col was spectacular the day after he acquired it two weeks ago in a playoff game against Hillsdale, Mich. (See other Holiday Bowl stories and photos, Page 1-C) Holiday Bowl Queen Charlotte Glazier, 7, doesn't seem to be expressing much sympathy as she smilingly pokes a tentative finger at Texas quarterback Jamie Davis' shiner. Impressive now, it lins said, also failed to mention that Florida agencies cooperated with the FBI in their probe of the situation.

These comments came at the '7V if it A Governor's press conference. WRANGLING SESSION ENDS At the same time Collins an Ike Heads nounced that the Cabinet prison committee is to meet Monday to consider state-level ramifications NATO Defense Row Toward Climax of the case. One question is whether the state should furnish legal assist Crime Experts Link Mafia, Touhy Slaying CHICAGO UPI) Crime experts yesterday blamed the black hand of the Mafia and the dead ance to the 14 who are under ac Awaits Ike Visit cusation. Eleven of guards who Of His Tour were still on the job were sus pended from Wednesday by H. G.

PARIS LP) The Atlantic Pact Council last night pledged "a WITH EISENHOWER IN THE determined effort" to guarantee the military strength of the West MEDITERRANEAN i.f Presi Cochran, director of the Depart ment of Corrections. 2 WERE FIRED dent Eisenhower steamed last but apparently tossed the row with France over an integrated air command into the laps of Presidents Eisenhower and Charles de Timn Photo traveled extensively throughout the country, making speeches on a variety of subjects and talking Two other former officers of night toward a climactic point of his tour the Western sum Gaulle. hand of Al Capone for the mur der of gangster Roger Touhy. Touhy, only 23 days out of pris mit meeting in Paris. Three days of wrangling among NATO ministers over the integra SEN.

JOHN I'. KENNEDY as he addressed rally at Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg last March. the Raiford guard corps also were indicted. They were fired following state investigations of alleged on after a 25-year sentence, was cut down by shotguns on the steps of his sister's home Wednesday night in revenge for He began work on summit papers aboard the U.S.

cruiser Des Moines a few hours after locking arms in friendship with Tunisia's brutality to prisoners during disorders in the maximum security quarters last May. 'Bugs' Force Venus Probe Postponement REPUBLICAN VISITS TEXAS old gang battles or to make sure he never told all he knew Those two were ex-Capt. James II. Dunn and ex-Lt. Earl Ches- pro-Western President Habib Bourguiba.

VISIT TO TUNISIA During a visit of less than four tion issue wound up with a communique that neglected to mention the subject at all. But Paul-Henri Spaak, NATO's secretary general, sought to assure a skeptical throng of newsmen: NO NATO CRISIS "This is no camouflage. This is no lie. There is no crisis in NATO." Greeted by ironic laughter ser. Collins was miffed most that about the Chicago crime syndicate, investigators believed.

The Chicago Police Depart the federal announcement, made CAPE CANAVERAL Wl The to party leaders. HIS CANDIDACY Kennedy said previously that he would not announce formally until shortly after the first of the year whether he would seek the nomination. But his candidacy had been considered by most party leaders as a foregone conclusion. The text of the Kennedy letter: "I am announcing on Jan. 2 my candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960.

Because of your past interest and friendship I wanted to let you know my plans as soon as possible. "Having visited all 50 stales in Washington, though the indictments were returned by a grand hours in Tunisia, a hotbed of United States yesterday post ment's official stand was that Touhy was the victim of amateur Rock Warns Reds Exploit Latins the Algerian independence move jury in Jacksonville, had left the poned a rocket launching toward the planet Venus and forfeited its impression Florida had done noth ing about the allegations of pris last 1959 chance to move back ment, the President received a wild welcome from about 200,000 men and women in long white robes and children in red gym Spaak declared: "I'm satisfied, very satisfied, despite your ap into the space race with Russia A three-stage Thor-Able rocket parently cynical smiles." Asked if all members of the al was scheduled to hurl a 90-pound suits. The five-year Algerian rebellion DALLAS (UPI i Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York warned yesterday that the Russians are oner abuse. He observed ironically that one of the two on whom the Cabinet had fixed the blame Dunn had come to the Florida penal system from the federal penal agency.

package deep into space today, liance supported air integration, he refused to give a yes or no But the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the economic distress of newly independent Tunisia were among subjects discussed by Ei exploiting the turbulence in Latin answer. He said there would have said the shot has been called off America and announced his own program for improving U.S. re- to be agreement on what is "because of electronic problems senhower and Bourguiba during a 2-hour lamb chop breakfast in the Tunisian President's Moorish over the past several years and having talked to many political leaders, I believe I can win the nomination and, most importantly, the election. lations with nations to the south. which arose in the final checkout meant by integration first.

The alliance's master military CABINET PROBE He recounted that they he-d An early meeting of foreign ministers to develop a Western Hemisphere position and action to deal with serious political problems that threaten the unity and security of the Western Hemisphere. A Pan American economic union in which there would be a free flow of capital, manpower and goods. A joint inter-American program to meet social problems, like education, nutrition, urban housing and rural health. of the instrumented payload." palace. The probe initially had been set been discharged after a Cabinet investigation in which his own As an active and influential A joint communique said, the for last Tuesday, but was post plan of two years ago calls for unifying the forces ground and naval as well as air of the 15 NATO partners under an in-1 chief assistant participated, and poned until today when the trou Democrat, your assistance ana guidance during the difficult cam- ble developed.

NASA hoped to two men felt "grave concern" over failure to end the Algerian war. Both endorsed President Charles de Gaulle's offer to let work the bugs out in time. ternational command. It was this issue that dominat ish assissins. Detective Chief John Ascher said professional killers would not have fired low and let the 61-year-old beer baron of the 20s live on for an hour and a half.

Murder experts also would have killed outright Touhy's body guard and longtime friend, retired Police Sgt. Walter Miller, 62, Ascher said. Miller managed to fire five shots at the two killers and clung to life in Loretto Hospital yesterday. But U.S. Attorney Robert Tie-ken looked back a quarter century to Touhy's gang wars with Chicago crime ctar Al Capone for the motive behind the murder.

"This fits into the Mafia pat-fern of making members keep their lips sealed," Tieken said. "Touhy must have spoken at one time. They killed him to impress other members that no matter how long it takes, they will seal jour lips forever." Richard B. Ogilvie, a special assistant U.S. attorney general directing a federal investigation of Chicago crime, said "this kill- (See" CRIME.

Page 2-A) (See KENNEDY, Page 2-A) No new launching date was set, a probe by the legislative committee. After that, Collins said, the entire file had been submitted to the state attorney of the Raiford district for any possible criminal actions. However, an informed source re- ed the three-day session. Briefings on the closed meetings eaid Rockefeller came to Texas from Oklahoma in a continuing tour to find out how the people regard him as a potential Republican candidate for president. He repeated yesterday that he is not interested in the vice presidency.

Nearly 2,000 persons heard him speak at a lunch sponsored by the Dallas Council on World Affairs and the Press Club of Dallas. Rockefeller's program for closer cooperation with Latin America included these points: the Americans took the lead in ported no further attempt will be made this year. He said the best bet would be sometime in Jan GALLUP POLL Collins said the state hadn't fired all the guards named in the pushing for air integration as a first step and won the support of 13 of her partners. But the uary. subpoenas because, even though The postponement was the sec French balked, following the pol their conduct was regarded as Algerians decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

WAR ON DOORSTEP Bourguiba, tired of the. long war on his doorstep, was believed to have urged Eisenhower to try influencing De Gaulle to hurry a settlement. The communique said "the (See IKE, Page 3-A) ond blow in three weeks to a U.S. to start catching up with improper, "they had acted pur icies of President De Gaulle who insists that France must main suant to direct orders of superior Russian space efforts. On Thanks' Democrats Still Like Kennedy And Stevenson authority." tain her national military forces A revival of constant and.

giving Day, an Atlas-Able rocket fizzled in an attempt to send a and opposes integration. The Governor made clear he (See COLLINS. Page 2-A) close inter-American consultation on all matters of mutual concern satellite around the moon. NASA had hoped a successful AIR INTEGRATION U.S. Gen.

Lauris Norstad, su Adlai Stevenson proposed 40- launch today would regain some preme allied commander in Eu of the technical prestige America lost on the moon failure. rope, was reported to have told the ministers that air integration was a basic proposition because of the speed of modern air war. De Gaulle thinks forces which Inside The Times FLORIDA'S Fabulous '50s series continues today preserve their national identity Democratic Party in 1 9 6 0. Which ONE would you like to see nominated as the Democratic candidate for President in 1960?" Other than Stevenson, Kennedy and Johnson, the men on the list were Gov. Edmund 'Paf Brown, Sen.

Hubert Humphrey, Sen. Es-tes Kefauver, Gov. Robert Mey-ner, Sen. Stuart Symington, and Gov. G.

Mennen Williams. Here is how Democratic choices today compare with those recorded one month ago: CHOICE OF CANDIDATES would fight better. This is the issue that qualified informants said is being passed to Eisenhower and De Gaulle when they meet privately Satur year, $200 billion program for underdeveloped nations. Page 2-A. PRINCETON, N.

J. Sen. John Kennedy has lost little ground during the last month in the race for the Democratic nomination. Along with former Gov. Adlai Stevenson, Senator Kennedy remains one of the top choices of Democrats across the country for the I960 nomination.

The small drop-off in Kennedy's strength since November has been accompanied by a similar upswing in the popularity of Senate Mafority Leader Lyndon Johnson who is in third place today. Kennedy meanwhile holds a day. Some French officials were re ported perturbed about De Gaulle's inflexible stand, which has isolated them from most of their NATO partners. onPagel8-A. MORALS in Red Czechoslovakia.

Page 7-A. AHl FORCE to deactivate hurricane hunter squadron. Page 20-A. In The Times On Saturday Suncoast churches are preparing for Christmas. The St.

Petersburg Times Church Section on Saturday will carry details of special church events and Christmas features. (4 Sections Today) substantial lead over the other (Democrats Only) Today Nov. 'c Stevenson 2 28 Kennedy 24 27 Jonnson 14 Kefauver 10 10 Symington 5 6 Humphrey 4 4 Brown 3 3 Meyner 2 Williams 2 None, No Opinion 10 8 Tax Books Again A Sellout Sorry, but a new order of 1950 Federal Income Tax books received by The Times this week proved a total sell-out yesterday and additional conies will not be available until they arrive from Washington next week. Demand for the 1960 edition has exceeded all oi our expectations. A notice on Page One will be printed when the new supply possible contenders in terms of the 1900 preferences of independent voters.

Since mid-summer, in fact, the Massachusetts senator's popularity with this important voting group has grown markedly. Gallup Poll reporters across the country put this question to a representative cross-section of Democratic voters: "Here is a list of men who have been mentioned as possible presidential candidates for the ii ninT'ii'i ifii Hi pi "in nf tw in i i Minn mil niii im mm Mmb rMc.MMMOrMiA Bridge Page 6 Horoscope Page 18-B Business Page 9 Jumble Page 18-B Classified Pages 10-19-C Obituaries Page 21-B Comics Pages 18-19 Pulse of Pinellas Page 21-B Crossword Page 20-B Radio-TV Page 20-B Editorial Page 6 A Sports Pages 1-5-C Financial Pages 7-8-C Theatre Pages 16-17-B Fishing Page 4-C What's Doing Page 6-C Fnn Page 6-C Women's News Section Governor Stevenson and Senator Kennedy have been in a neck-and-neck race with Democratic voters for well over a year now with neither man holding a decisive lead at any point in that period. IKE, TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ENJOY A LAUGH during talk at home ot President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia in brief stopover of Eisenhower tour..