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ti Tii I Driver Arrested u.o.*uugraA(Tni(k0f Free 5 Held In Ga. Jail (Continued from Page One) assembly statutes down four stale hlghwa) constitutional and void. "The plaintiffs are to rn inhinctlon tarbldulug any further prosecution of ihem under rr by virtue the said statutes," the decision said. Further Relief Withheld it c. Sunrcme Court only would require reasonable bail," tlie Georgia judge said, "a'nd injuld impinge no further upon the state courts." Elliott nuted that ihe Issue is mw pending before the Georgia Supreme Court and that for Ihe federal judiciary lo deal with Ihe question "strikes ine as being unwarranted interference state, courts." The five integration leaders v.cic at the height of dcmwislrnlions which resulted in more than 200 arrests as Negroes tried to break segregation barriers in this southwest Georgia larming center.

Man Who Shot Wife Six Times Gets 2-5 Years (Continued Irom Page One). behind on his alimony payments to her. Surrendered Later Tate fled alter the shooting and drove his car to Bridgeport where hoarded a train lo New York City and then hitchhiked to Baltimore. He later returned and surrendered to Slralford police. Mr.

Ssden said Tale denied was behind in support paynienls and painted his marriage to his ex-wife as a "torbulent one, marked by separations and many arguments started by her over trifles, including money." They were married in IW divorced only about month before the shooting. Mr. Sadcn tcld Judge Snap! that Talc had the gun on a fishing trip and that the defendant! had not meant, lo hit his ex-wire when he fired. Tale disposed of the weapon by throwing it the Delaware river on his trip Baltimore. He said Tate has an excellent work record and his employer has Indicated he Is ready to rehire him when he completes his Judge Shapiro, noting that the maximum term tor the charge fifteen years in prison, observed mat Tate had ntUNbERBIRD DOWNS LAS (NEA) Thuriderbirti Downs will stage thoroughbred and quarter horse racing in lsj vegas each end through Nov.

3. Norman Merciar. I'awiucket, Leonidas I.i Bronx avenue, iblock eye last nif.til pick-up (ruck went out control and overturned on Barnum Stratford. I Slralford police s-iid Mr. Lin-Ufdakis was driving west when he lost rrMitrnl at the truck.

rente posts before it overturned, lie was laken to Bridgeport hospital where he declined treat' wenl. The only evirienre ol injury was a blackened righl eye. Mr, Llnardikas was given a summons charging him with fail- The majority ruling ilbrield Lrc drive in an eslnblishci rther injunctive telle! roq.oest-| Isne. is lo appear Nov. II i ngainsi any intericrcncc oy Mrallord circu.i ccui ficials wilh integration acttvi t-es.

II implied, however, such relief would be granted unless ihe prisoners were admitted lo bail in the prescribed limits, The hearing was recessed until date to be set after Dec. 1. State, eountv and city officials ramed delendants in the suit will present their side at resumption of the hearing. Elliott's dissent said the mere fact of imminent prosecution was nn Tensor, to evoke lederal in- mnrlivc powers against judicial processes Blast Cause Is Hunted (Continued from Pane One) information to make a flat stale- A spokesman for Gov. Matthew Welsh said officials had been of the laws usoo Mhe I iouidgas Anderson said with concrete and timbers on Fire marshals Impounded four cylinders of bollle gas.

Gov, Welsh said, "Ihe entire state saddened, A thorough investiga ill oe made by the stale marshal immediately." Only seconds before the blast, 36 gaily garbed members of the Holiday on Ice skating troupe gilded onto the rink in ine finale their opening night Of a 10-day stand. Only 3 minutes remained in the show, then the volcano efi death erupted, spraying bodies onto the ice. Jack Ladue, 35, Plattsburg, N.Y., one of the show's stars, said the performance had begun iair Had It siarted oi many of the victim: the fury o( the cxpl prints and dental work. schedule auglii ir on would have beep, moving out ol the LuI'Limr when the blast catapn lated the 50-fool concrete section toward the parched ceiling of Vit: nm Firemen quickly snuffed out trie maze. AH of Hie crly ambu- lice-, hospitals.

The have a loaded revol ver with him and that "it strikes me lhal he was out lo kill her" when he went to her hoiric. Two More Breaks Reported in Easton reported Tliurs- uay in inc nome ot Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Tatlersall, of Judd road, where jewelry varied SJ.0OO and flal silveware was stolen.

Fifty dollars in half-dollar pieces was also taken, according to police. Entry in Ihe second break reported at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Finest W. Kaulbich.

ol Sherwood road, was gained by cutting a screen and Breaking Tear window. Police said 5150 in casn, ana furs and jewels valued were taken. The breaks were Hie third and iounn in a week In Esstdn, ac cording to police chief Oscar Svihra. In each case there was 3 similar means of entry. The last breaks are undi dead were left on the ice rink while rescuers tried lo sav living.

As daylight came, stunned rela IV." II' ic on! i LllC Hit. imsI In ico show's props of red am green Chinese lanlerns, Its hlu satin curtain, and the Mardi Gras dccoiations for the inter- nipted finale. Coroner's assistants led sur vivors along the rows of bodies pulled back blankets In 1he grim identification process common lo catastrophe. At mtd-aftemoon. officials were ill- trying to Identify half ji dozen mangled and seared bodies.

technicians moved in to attempt Sllacn men fir.ic no victims Kcim, Gi, Republican mayor of Latayette during world War II wire, Lois, 62; the Terlred Commandant of the Indian Soldiers Home, Herman Schmiti 73, I-alayctte; his wife, Fvelyn al least two physicians and elr ivtves; a 5 boy; teen-aged Kokomo sisters id an (-year-old girl. At least 19 of Uiosc killed had come from outside Indianapolis teno tne snow. South Viet Nam. Ihe Marine Corps was trying to lnratc a young corporal to tell him his mother, Margaret tvans, 52, Pittsboro, died in the explosion, Mayor Albert Losche. who normally walched the show from the same area where the explosion happened, was I ale In buying his tickets this year and found himself sealed on the opposite side of out of the' rl was so busy this year that Jockey England nder to gain the portani Post.

The selection Ol the ih.tn,J,.„..iik Guild, the first Newi of the Coliseum which leases the building, said. "Just mide las! Sunday nlghl at the; thank God it wasn ialurdav MiLErnairoTw nrnn at lai-miai Sunday. There would hav nDncAfi 3.1 Cease-Fire In Effect been (t'orllsurd from Page One) Nations delegate, called on UN Secretary-General Thant and said lie informed Die secrclary-general of an Algc-riati attack on iguig. Hcnriimi said that Kins Has san had declared that unless Alget la ipped the attack he mlghl ask the Organizalion ol African Unity (OAU) or some olhe lernalionifl nrgamzatrrm to stop Algeria claimed thai her force had occupied ground beyond Fi guig. in Ihe southeast corner Morocco, tor the past week.

At the sime time Algeria accused Morocco of shelling the village Herri Ounif five miles Algeria on the highway from 0 lo Colomb-Decbar, Witnesses reported Irom lomb-Ucclscr that they streams of refugees leaving village. Ihcv claimed thev saw lU.S.-tuill planes launching1 rockets into the village. Rabat, Information Ministei Thel required under slate law. Abdcl Itndi Boutaleb sa Angry Mrs. Nhu Blames U.

S. late was Hying from Bcston la our I mops mv ators, but nrMed it aL ana ine ngm could be "several davs hctnre 11 SLIJl EolnE on. have something delinite." i Moroccan general in ennrge tl Million Damage Damage lo the coil-urn was estimated at 11 by Fairgrounds officials, A struc tural engineer building against Ihe threat collapse. me nt-nst shook homes a mill from the Fairgrounds on Indi anapolls' norlli side. Flarnci vaulted 90 Icet in the nir am trapped bodies.

Box seals and bodies worn tossed to- rd Ihe ceiling "like Mies." ac cording lo one survivor, and plummeted down upon Ihe rink-side bleachers in an avalanche oncrcte slabs as big as pi- Fire marshals said liqr.il-.cA petroleum gas tvas being used to heat popcorn poppers in the concession supply center beneath the stands. Wilbur Gauthier, 55, Indianapolis, an employe in the "I don't have any idea what happened it got dark all a sudden, and then I was lying of the sector told newsmen at In field headquarters that "Morocco has decided to observe the cease- We are only resisting ag grcssion. Wc will not send rem forcements to Fieuig because wt believe that Ihe fight will stop at ntiamgnt. ocps nave ine ortier to hold right to ihe end. he added, until the last man, the last ca idge." (Continued from Page One) nph," she said, "I feel very ViCit nii.vlc-!., wh'r.

ao uus morning in tne- that ill 15,000 American troops In my country are protecting your embassy in Saigon." I 1 l-7 ricllttl side her on a couch, nudged her thai it was time lo leave fcr the Church of the Good Shepr.c:d near her hotel in surburban Bev erly Hills. The two rose and sweit out be hind an escort of noliceincn tn wailing limousine, Pretly Lc Thuy wore a pale yellow ao dai flowing Vietnamese gown, long while silk trousers. The Nhus arrived late for All Saints Day mass at the man Catholic church. As they went up tne steps a smi.n in apparently studenls, applauded. A wr.ninii risk oner said audibly "Tliis is a line way for Ihe church lo gain notoriety.

Inside, Mrs. Nhu left her seat to receive communion. Lcnv- ing, mother and daughter moved tight-lipped mrougn tne standing- room-only crowd and returned to their holei. in the wake of Hie coup were not; disclosed, Mrs, Nhu's estranged father, former Ambassador to the United States Tran Van Chuong, was scheduled to arrive In Southern California Sunday for a speaking engagement and there was ac Girl Injured, Gets Summons in Accident 21-ycar-old Wesson wainan injured in a two car acci dent la.sf night at 9:37 o'clock at t-airlicKi avenue and Middle Police said Patricia A. Moore, of Lyons Plains road.

Weslon, was driving soutn on Middle street when her car Ml being driven west on Fairfield avenue by Joseph Sineavage, North oyenue. Patrolman Peter Nemeth of the Accident Investigation said Miss Moore was treated al Park City hospital for an injury lo her left shoulder and released. She was arrested on a c-hiTge of THE BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1963 Elsa Maxwell Many civilians were killed and in Ihe fight, he said.lTllpD fti fift latian of Hie Flgtiig area ely hostile to the Algerian: troops. It tne Algerian ti-oopj inla the town, they won'l a single soldier left to de fend II," he said. Other Moroccan sources said the remains of 1he ISO-man Fi.

Euig garrison had retired to tin Mils ever me t-lguig oasis. sources said the Algerian attack cirncil nut by mice She did Indeed have friends. Hut sometimes they came her as in The Nhus were resting from an arduous three -week cross-eountry speaking lour in -i orn wntcn renrs. einu aeienaea actions! U.S. government has long been critical.

Her visit was unofficial' hence she has had no direct con- with government official (Cnntlnutd from Page One) comings lo mingle about world with most of the his lory-ma iting figures of her lifclime-Mtissnlini, Hitler, Winston Churchhill, Charles. De Gaulle and hundreds upnn hundreds of lesser figures In the ranks of royality, po'ilks. society nnd Ihe arts. "Do good and have fun," was her credo, Her enemies questioned how well she fulfilled the first part of her formula. But no one could deny her adherence lo the falter pari.

Miss Maxwell, slightly Ijime, a semi-invalid. had been suffering from a heart aifonent and yesterday entered New York hospital. She died there at p.m. today. She had no known relatives.

Appeared In Wheelchair Her Inst pyblic appearance ivas wheelchair at the annual April in Paris ball a week ugu at the Americana hotel. nalive ol Keokuk, Iowa, Miss Maxwell earned an International reputation rtf her parties for the royal and Ihe socially prominent. She wrote of her friends nnd her In gossipy newspaper column far the New York Journ al-American. Miss Maxwell once boasted; "I have mnre friends than any living person, tr.oy are nty rich celebrated feud wilh the Duke and Duchess of Windsor i years ago, Howovcr, they became reconciled. Her Chief Rival Her chief rival in Ihe field of sociul enleiiainment was Perle Mesla, who won acclaim in the political realm of Washington.

However. Miss Maxwell refus ed to share her social standing iwun Mosm or anyone else an autoDio recognized as Ihe arbiter ot mtcmar.enal society and the mnst famous hostess in the world. 1 have entertained more royally man ne.y other untitled hosless. Olivier (of the RlU In Paris) stnl- She was scheduled to i leave next cd thal tnrce Monday for Saigon but her plans hls experience knew haw la or of Wales, afterwards King Ed ward vit, Prince Estcrhaiy Hungary, and Elsa Maxwell." Miss Maxwell traced her career as a pany-givcr to a rebut! she suffered at the age of 12. when sne was loid ner lami.y poor to warrant her being inviied tre.ure uur.ng nti mn, urn d(! min(, In Boston.

Ciuong said that if it proved true her husband died, he would like lo see her. He is a fee of the Diem regime. give great parlies nil ove world," aha later recalled. And so she did. Mrs.

Mcsla. to'd in Washing- ot Miss Maxwell passing id with obvious distress in her. voice think rhe was a great hos tess. There won't be another Elsa Maxwell this era. She was a type of her own.

She was me and a good friend. Miss Maxwell was ihe daugh ter ot an insurance msn who wrote a column at a salnry or $10 ft week for the defunct New York Dramatic Mirror, a newspaper devoled to the dramatic arts. The family moved to San Francisco where Miss Maxwell grew up, Unusual Career She never graduated from grammjr school. Her father had an aversion to Formal education and taught her himself. As she moved along in her unusviel career she served as a pianist in nickelodeon, a vaudeville aecom-! ranisi, a partner in a Paris night- club, consultant In a dressmaker, cntumnist and a nationaliy--own lecturer.

Recently, she won attention as controversial guest on Jack Paar's nighttime television show. She wngged a forefluaer at the camera as she expressed her dis like of a. wide range of celebrities Hcdda Hopper, multimillionaire J. Paul Getty, boj- omy actress Jayne Mnns.icU, cial hi5lnnnu Cleveland Amory snd singer Elvis Presley. 1 go hell-lm-lenther, she isted, In connection with her ecleh rated feuds.

"People are terrified of me, can srty any- miss Maxwell wonderful thai dreadful? I don'l hate anyone. 1 dislike. But myi the equivalent of any one else's hate. A friend In Paris once summed friend and terrible enemy In the world. Miss Maxwell party tor royally in T921.

Ii tured as honor guest Princess neiena viclona, a daughter ol Queen Victoria of Great, Britain. Among the guests were unknowns Noel Coward and Ger trude Lawrence, later to become respectively an Internationally known playwright and one of the theater's great actress. miss Maxwell made many Claims, which no one position to dispute. She claimed to have invcnled the scavenger hunt, which became a favorite amuscmenL in social circles, She claimed to have introduced actress Rita Hayworth to Ihe late Aly Khan, in a meeting that led to an internationally spectacular marriage. She did much to p'lt Monte Carlo back on the map' socially aner tne nrst world war "I have no money to speak rag her only recu nr from her newspaper column book royalties.

Friends provided her wilh the things so nccessarv siyre oi nvins a etiauf- leured limousine, country town houses for her parties. She ivcti ner last years wo room suite in the emmin enlly respectable Wnldoi! Towers on Park rivenue. Never Married Miss Maxwell never marric and once declared: "I never liked the idea ol sex wouldn't subject myself lo il married the world. The wt my husband. Sex is the most linng thing in the world A mly.pcly little womn, yns Maxwell described herself fnt, dingy and oversiied." Uut I don't care," she added.

une oi ner many enemies once! Ned Miss Maxwell "a hideous' personality, a frightful bore, a professional hanger-ori. a party-giver at a price, an uncontrollable gossip, and above att dangerous lool." friend took a di Keren! tl insisted; clever. She's loaded with energy is a completely free agent Ko one ever eels a rhanre hang on to her, yet she's the must inyai person in the world. She'd kill herself for a friend." Miss Maxwell, who listed poet ry among her minor accomplishments, once expressed her own philosophy a verse she wrote mat went. "Don't look hack.

"Don't look you to lhe past; "It's all declined and been surpassed it was fine. It didn't' J1SI, "So, don't look, back." Land is being reclaimed for the building of a new drydock which will be used by the Indian navy in rjemnay. rwiJiTF.RiOUS A plane customarily parked a half mile away Has on dliplay yesterday morning In front ol arte roll Hall, midshipman dnrmllory at the Naval Academy. II was moved during the night after a IVavy pep rally and bears (he legend "Claw of '(7 Sri Mume Notre Dame." Staring In wonder are Hear Adm. Charles C.

Klrkpatrlck, academy superintendent, and Charles Mlnter, commander of midshipmen. Football fever has been high for today's game at South Bend, Ind. O'Connor Named 1964 Ringmaster (Continued from Page One) president of the United Fund He served five terms as pre si 'tit Df the Community Chesl id t.ouncil which is mac of United Fund agencies. O'Connor resides al 5513 Main street, Stratford. Career In Industry A native of Naugaluck, he ceived his early education in Nau galuck and Waterbury schools.

Mr. Connor wast employed by uie Brass company from 1910 lo'l9)S when he beeamo chief ist at the Connecticut Brass Manufactun comna Waterhiify. lo' 1019 he jDined the Bridgeport ken he became ah'empl ye i the Contract Plating company in He was national chairman of research of the American Elec troplates society-, from 1925 to! 1UJIJ. ana served as a member of the board of governors of the society. O'Cenncr was chair- ational convention of the society in 1935.

He was elected lo an honorary life me bership In the organization 19S9. Mr, O'Connor was the fi. president of the Stratford Cha her of Commerce, serving five terms. A civic leader in is a former vice-president ol Stratford's Sterling House Community cenler and a past dirccloi the Slralford chapter of the American Red Cross, One of the foupnders of the Am erican Shakespeare Festival The ater and Academy, Mr. O'Connor member of the theater's Board of Trustees and chairman its Citiien's commillee.

He was nresenttd Stratford Man of ihe Year" award in 1952 by the Raymond T. Goldbach post unity- A member of Lhe Stratford Ex change club, Mr. O'Connor was the recipient of the club's annual Golden Deeds award in I960, lie board of dir ectors the Stratford PAL. Mr. Connor has contributed1 professional articles lo various plating magaiines emphisliing research and development in tne Contract Plating plant.

Mr O'Connor is a member of the board of advisors of the. Connecticut National hank, Stratford branch, and a trustee ol Marks' church in Stratford. Two Pedestrians Hurt In Accidents Here Two pedestrians were injured in separate accidents in the city last night neither was seriously hurt and there were no arrests, police reported. At 6:30. Doris Brown, of Apt.

207, Father Panik village, walked into the side or car driven by Richard lelhi 21. of 61 Hough street. The girll was taken to Bridgeport hospital wnere sne was treatea tor jury lo her left elbow and releas- 1. At 7 o'clock. Katina T.

Gulotta. of H9 Thompson street, walk-1 Irom behind a bus into the path ot a car on Main slree near Wall street. Miss CukUta received nmries to her right hand and hip and was treated al Park Citv hospital and released, The driver! of tne car was John B. Anderson 37. of 440 Allyndale drive.

Strat ford. Patrolman Peter Nemelh, of the Accident Investigation io- vejugarea porn accidents. JFK Moves to Protect Americans in Viet Nam WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (AP) President Kennedy, routed from bed af3 a.m. loday by firs! reports of fighiing in Saigon, ordered U.

S. military forces toward South Viet Nam lo protect Ame rican lives If necessary. The military movement was described as purely a precautionary measure while Kennedy and his top aides steed up vewpments In what u. 5. or.

ficials called a Vietnamese up rising of "real proportions." JFK Aides Meet In mid-morning, Kennedy call ed in key military, diplomatic and nlclligcnee advisers for minute conference to assess the latest cables from the Vietnamese capital. The White House said only lhat Kennedy received a "complete report," r.ong the Salinger, White House press secretary, said lurther meetings were possible. At 4:15 p.m. Salinger said Kenedy had held no further meet ings, but was keeping in touch with developments through phone lo key officials and through receipt of "rather frequent'- ea- Saigon. rrom the Salinger said among those who.

look part In Ihe morning meeting was the -President's brother. Ally. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy.

Americans Oil Streets llie Slate department aald all Americans In Saigon were order- to remain oil Ihe streets un til further notice. There are 3.XI American ci linns In South' Viet Nam, fn ad It ''--ill, S. military her sonnel in the country. Stale department press cllieei Richard I. Phillips said no ca sualttes have been reported Ponding clarification of the tualion.

the United States sus pended all military End cennomit assistance to the South Vietna mese regime of President Ngo U. ollicials said the uprisina appeared lo have iieen well plan ned, and to have been carried out entirely by Vietnamese. Phil Hps said the U. government is not any way involved this group attempt." Some skepticism on that sci was voiced by Sen. George Aiken, a member of the senate Foreign Relations com mlttee.

Aiken said he did (know whether any Amerieab M-ficials were involved but he add- i hnoe wc don't have another Day of Pigs on our hands. He relcrred to the. disastrous S. -encouraged attempt vade Fidel Castro's Cuba. 'Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said thi Saigon revolt "appears to me be a purely Vietnamese affair which the Vietnamese should set lie among themselves." Manslierd, speaking in the Senate, said lhe uprising against the Diem government calls for "a reassessment and reappraisal" of U.

S. policy in Viet Nam, and in all ot Soulheast Asia. Orders tor Ihe movement of U. S. military forces went out from the Pentagon to Adm.

H. D. Felt, commander in chief in the Pacific. Felt, by coincidence, was reported in Saigon. "This order has been elven should it be necessary to protect- fimerican lives in South Vict Nam," said Asst.

Secretary of uerense Artimr Sylvester. in aflltion DowerFiil Fleet, which usually has units patrolling Ihe South China Sea between South Viet Nam and the Philippines, Felt could cnll on elements of (he Air Force transport fleet based in Okinawa and the Philippines. I'minps said, as far as evtcua-Jn of Americans is that there always are contingency plans for taking cut Americans ny situation that inieht ex pose tfiern to danger. Despite the abrupt turn or events In Saigon, the President kept his only previously announced acctptance of credentials from a new 'ambas sador from Norway. And at II a.m., Kennedy at tended mass at Holy Trinity Ro man UithOlic church on Saints a church feast quiring the presence of nil Cath olics at services.

After seeing the Norwegian nmwsssoor, nans Knstlan gen, Kennedy held his first Mil dress conference on Viet Nam. Those present included Secre tary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Secretary of State Rusk. Director John McCone of the Central Intelligence agency.

Maxwell Taykvr, chairmac of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Undersecretary of Stile Ave re II HaTTiman. and Roger Hilsman. assistant secretary of state for rar eastern atialrs. Another particloant George Eundy, Kennedys special assistant for national security affairs. White House sources said it is likely that U.S.

Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodw will aaigon as long as necessary. Lodge had been scheduled (or a Irlp to Washington this weekend for consultations. Lodge was said to have re ported to Washington within about ij mmrnes guar mc outbreak of fighting In Saigon, ine j.wjj civilians in South Viet Nam include American embassy and aide personnel, military dependants, American businessmen and studenM. About S30 of these are located outside ol Saigon. Most oHhe military personnel perhaps are army troops.

These are ol-ricer and noncommissioned officer advisors, technicians, com-bat specialists and pilots. The others consist of Marines and Air Force men who in advising and in Hying combat missions with South Vietnamese Rain Ends Drought (Continued from Page One) run trout streams are fed. Is the SDawnlne ner-1 Hunting in compliance with federally-regulated species, thicks except aiong the shores of iidal can be hunted Id mov, id; geese and brant, except along Ihe shores n( tidal to Nov. DO; Wilson's snine to Nov. 30 and Woodcocks to Dec.

II. Siafc-rcgulntcd species of quail and anglers car! be hunted to Nov. 16 and phesants and chukar partridges to Dec. 2U Gov. Dcmpsey urged hunters apd ajglers- to exercise.

-great a re turn- to dry weather could quickly dry the woodlands once again. Cold Air Mass Spreads Rain on Eastern Area CHICAGO. Nov. I (API A mammoth cold air mass spread rain today over much the na tion's eastern drought area and neipeii quencn numerous torest fires. Kains tapped by the wihlty posh to what had been summer climate spread as far south Mississippi and Louisiana and showered Into'the diy nesseo.

valley, rail Chicago still had Driver Is Arrested st, the ithe Atlantic seaboard. It was mostly. 'light rain, though there were locally heavy showers such as at Farrticrsviife, where 1.63 inches fell. There were accumulations of nn inch or more in New England Tennessee and in Alabama Mississippi. Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire reopened their woods lo the public while other considered whether to do so.

Pennsylvania decided while, wiling that the average1 rainian mere was on inch, not enough for temporary Teller, Thousands of acres of fire blackened forest and tmshlands testified 1o the seventy of the to-eight weeks dry spell in Perm sylvania. New York, West VI ginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, The eastern half of Ihe country, where rain was needed most, had most ol the precipitation, West of the Mississippi, there was mostly bright, rail weather, ex. cept for some rain nnd cloudi ness in the Northwest Pacific coastal area. Two large high pressure mass-i carried a vast cold air front rjthw-ard into the nation from Canada. Temperatures in the ly morning were freeiinrr or below in much of the northern third ot the country, with 13 above rero nt WilHaten, and at Craig, Colo, and Ely On License Charge aegrec eading tn the earfv aKemnnn The cold air pressed into Texas and the southeast.

Only the ex treme soulheast and the south Jesse Kayward, 24, of 140 Wot avenue, was arrested last ght at 6: 15 o'clock on charges uii.mi; winie ni.s under suspension and misuse i operator's license. Hayward was arrested during routine motor verielc because the description on lhe license he displayed did ant fit him, A check with the Records. nureau at. fonce lieadqua srwTWd Havward's License unuer suspension. He was; carry.

ing another person's license police said. Hayward was pjaced under J550 nana penning appearance In cir cuit court Nov. 32. Arresting were George Egri and oyin oi ine jnird Pre London reports a move for a lo-1 a i income tax plan as a substitute for town levies in England Attackers Batter the Palace (Continued frvm One) ecu headed by Dounrj Van Mmh. Also expccled to hold a top spot Ip the new government is Vu Van Mau, who had been on a three-monlh leave froni his pes'.

as Dlem's fdroign minister and recently resigned with finality. Mau resigned In August In an ger over government on uuuunist pagouas Dm agreed to Ihe leave of absence Instea'd; Art ardent Buddhist, he shaved his head, left htc country and was lasl reported at. a Buridhist retreat in India. The new prime minister was Lie ranking official of-Ihe Buddhist raith In Diem. Tho had also served as secretary of slate for economic development while holding the viea presidency.

Telephoned from Saigon said was nri damage to U.S. installations in Viel Nam nnd no Americans were injured. Vietnamese marines spearheaded the uprising, and were Joined by Army-4nd Air, Force units- Navy-rdatlvely weak-rel ed loval tn rn.ni' from Saigon xald. was apparently to the Saigon area. Associated Press correspondent Peter Arnett reported from Sai-fion before the government's re.

ported fall that (he rebels parenlly had won adherence of local Held commanders throe-eh-out (he Arnold said uiartial law was de-ciared and Imposed but that lt was still possible lo move about (fie city. The South Korean cmbossv said igon was quiet Saturday wilh rebels in complete ehnirni 3nj eitucns coming our of hidino In Los Angeles, the outspokenly anti-communist Mrs Nhu blamed 'Americans for he' husband's overthrow-the braadeasts in North Viet Nam and China. Tho Uniled Slates denied it had anything lo do with the coup, ueneral Minlt. 47; made his reputation in when he plem clean the Saigon crime vuiu-jient man, whose is "Fat Rov" French-trained Nnd ed one or Ihe country's top soldiers. He i5 a Buddhist.

ot siire of Inwaf- ly and consequently MnOSStiad no troops under his dlrecj. ebm-mand lately. The. revolt sgafoir. Ngo pinhs, leading RonW family broke out on All Saints' Day and ended on All )th major church observances.

Besides Mrs. Nhu. another prominent member of the family Archbishop Pierre Martin Nki Dinh Thuc of was aboard. This brother of president Diem was in Rome attending the congress where been ordered to refrain from comment on Vietnamese nolitics. Support Pledges Claimed The rebel-held radio slid pledges of support were pouring In on the leaders of the military coup.

A broadcast from communist fiorlh Viet Nam charged Ihe coup was "organized by American Imperial; rm." The Reds said lhe U.S. aim was to put more steam into the sntl-comrnunist fighting. mis coup," the radio said, shews that its leaders are against Ngo Dinh Diem and at against communism and are fallowing the line indicated by the United Stales." The revolt was; an explosive sequel to a political-religious rri-sis Ihat had claimed world attention for six months. This involved a charge by Buddhist leaders of religious persecution, a charge denied by Diem, a Roman Catho- American civilians in South Viet trying to cot a liberaH2a- lion of the government of the often-difficult Soulheast Asia ally, said fho uprising was strictly a Vietnamese attair. 'lhe United Slates.

with.IUS* American servicemen Snd 3,563 rican civilians in South Vie? Nam to back a war against communist guerrillas, 4ook steps to protect American lives, U.S.- ships and planes based In nenrby areas of the western Prt-clfic were ordered lo head to South Viet Nam as a precaution. u.a. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, who had deterred from Thursday lo today his plan to return from Saigon to Washington for consult atiorts, asked Americans to stay of the streets. President administration, which has been backing South, Viet Nam's war against com mumst guerrillajv, not win men mii won jaw minion a year in aid, temporarllv suspen ded all assistance to the Diem re gime. iNsrrjE fctttrr PHILADELPHIA Uelses, the first pole viul-ler, made his collegiate soccer debut when La Salle opened its againa Laliyette.

A youth in Attien ras killed hmxaMde omb exploded in hJi hands,.

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374,681
Years Available:
1918-1977