The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 1

FIVE CENTS THE HOME EDITION UNA 94th YEAR No. 243 SALINA, KANSAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1965 22 LBJ Keeps Thumb On Steel Negotiators After Winning Time Extension By Neil Gilbride WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (AP) President Johnson, who won an eight-day postponement of the steel strike threat Monday night, kept up the pressure for a settlement today in his weekly meeting with Democratic congressional leaders. The party chiefs from Hie" Capitol came out of the breakfast session reporting that the steel situation came in for extensive discussion, and urging that the negotiators stay in ses- as long as necessary to reach agreement, Back To Bargaining They made their remarks to newsmen shortly after representatives of the AFL-C10 United Steelworkers union and 10 major firms that produce 80 per cent of America's steel had gone back to the bargaining table. "They (negotiations) will con tiiuie, hopefully, until a settlement is reached," said White House press secretary Bill D.

Movers. Less than eight hours after the negotiations were shifted Monday from Washington at Pittsburgh Johnson's to request, agreement was reached to postpone the strike deadline from 12:01 a.m. Wednesday to 12:01 a.m. Sept. 9.

Stresses Importance "I am sure that as they return to their negotiations, they will be aware of the importance ol their efforts to every man and woman in this country of ours and to the health and vitality ol our economy and the security announced the post- over television and America all around the world," Johnson said Monday night, Johnson ponement radio. Union President I.W* Abel and chief industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper stood by, unsmiling. Then the two returned to the conference for a little over an hour recessing until today. After the postponement a steel makers promptly began firing up furnaces they had begun to shut down in anticipation of scheduled strike.

New Avalanche Threat Halts Rescue Efforts A Queen Crowns A Queen Dixie Green, 17, Is crowned 1965 Tri-Rivers Fair and Rodeo queen by last year's winner, Vicky Erickson, Assaria. Dixie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Green, 719 N. Ohio, and is a member of Sunrise 4H club.

(Journal Photo) Rain Doesn't Spoil Fun At The Fair sey breed. His calf earned (See other Fair stories and pictures on Pgs. 2, 9 and 12) A steady rain dampened the ground but not spirits at the Tri-Rivers Fair Tuesday afternoon. Those with the highest spirits" as the rain pattered down were youths who had just won top awards in 4H cattle judging. Even, the farm people -who didn't win- prizes were happy enough.

The Salina area hasn't had much rain lately and the farmers need it for fall crops and to help prepare the ground for wheat-seeding. Champions and reserve champions were announced for the 4H dairy divisions Tuesday. Has Champ Holstein Pat Wine, Kipp 4H club showed the grand champion Hoi stein and also had the reserve champion in the dairy showmanship class for age 14 and over Fred Runquist, Smoky View reversed Pat's record by tak ing first in the senior dairy showmanship class and showing the reserve champion Holstein entry. Randy Rose, Smoky View had the royal in the Guern championship honors and his cow was reserve champion. Bavaria 4H'ers took top honors in the Ayrshire breed.

Luise Richards had the champion and Cynde Block had reserve champion. Jn dairy showmanship under age 14, Mellisa' Bowden, Gypsum, showed the champion and Leland Richards, Bavaria, had the reserve champion. Valuable Beef Incidentally, there's a lot of valuable beef at the fair. Officials polled breeders showing the open class division and asked them to estimate the worth of their cattle. They came up with these figures: Angus show Hereford show $88,000 and Charolais show 809.

The estimate doesn't include any of the 4H beef, or any. of the other livestock at the fair. That kind of estimate would have taken considerably longer since there are more than 1000 head of livestock entered in the fair this year. There was another announcement a at the fairgrounds, too, one of more last ing importance. To Give Trophy The Charolais exhibitors hi the open class beef huddled Tuesday morning and said they will give a trophy this year to the winning 4H Charolais steer.

The trophy is expected to.be the first of an annual series. 'This is the third year a class for Charolais steers has been at the fair; it's only the second for heifers. Open class Charolais haven't been coming to the fair but for five years. Since then, the Tri- Rivers show has grown to one of the country's major shows, equal in size. to the American Royal show, The announcement about the Charolais 4H award completed Continued to Page Fair Schedule Here is the schedule for the Tri-Rivers Fair and Rodeo at Kenwood Park: Wednesday Tri-Rivers Events: 7:30 pm Organ concert, Agriculture hall; Hammond Organ By Geoffrey Atkins SAAS FEE, Switzerland, Aug.

31 '(AP)-The threatxof a second avalanche halted rescue efforts today for 96 power project 'workers reported buried and feared dead under a huge mass of ice in the Swiss Alps. More than 1,000 rescue workers evacuated the disaster scene after the Allalin Glacier began cracking shortly after dawn. A dull rumbling sound swept through the valley. Warning sirens sounded. The giant glacier split Monday and sent millions of tons of ice and rocks crashing down on the power project site.

Litlle Headway With the threatened new icefall, rescue workers scurried from the danger zone. They had made little headway hacking at the icy debris despite an all night during which they recovered only six bodies. Scientists at the scene said the cracked parts of the glacier Studio, Salina. 7 3 0 8 pm Pig sacking contest before rodeo, Kenwood park grandstand. 8 pm Tri-Rivers Rodeo; Bob Sanders sings.

8:30 pm Rex School of Dancing, Ag Hall. All evening Alamo exposition shows, booths, exhibits and livestock. Tri-Rivers Judging: 6 am Weigh all 4H beef, sheep and swine-to be in sale. 8 am open class beef. 1 pm Tractor driving contest.

3 pm 4H electricity; 4H woodworking. might have to be loosened with mortar shells before digging could be resumed. Officials said ii may take up to two months to recover all the bodies. About 20 of the construction workers were injured. "There's no hope for the men under that mass," said one rescue worker.

In some places, the rubble of ice and rocks lay more than 100 feet deep. The avalanche struck near Saas Fee, a ski resort in south- Prince Has Operation Where the avalanche hit. ern Switzerland less than five miles from the Italian.border. The mass buried men, -machines and barracks at the Mattmark. power project near the resort.

Some of the ice blocks were as large as two-story houses. One witness said 1 the avalanche struck so quickly that the workmen, mostly Swiss and Italian, "were buried without even looking up." Seek Slide Victims Rescue-workers-probe glacier TOKYO "(AP) Prince Hitachi, 29, youngest son of Emperor Hirohilo, underwent an operation today in Tokyo to remove a nonmalignant growth of fatty tissue in his leg. Rodeo Rider Has Wild, Night And So Does The Organist Journal Index Area News Courts Deaths By Phil Magers Music is supposed to soothe the savage beast, but it didn't work Monday night for Mrs. Charles Came, who plays the organ at the Tri-Rivers Rodeo. When Leonard McCravey, Memphis, tried a reride on a bronc named "Sonny- the horse almost jumped into Mrs.

Game's lap. While McCravey held on for dear life the horse broke out a section of the fence in front of the organ and then kicked the organ. The organ's lop flew off. "ft happened so fast, Jost sat there," wuj Mrs. Came.

"I didn't really get scared until afterwards." She said it was the first time like that has happened to her. Heavier hoards have been put In for Tuesday night's ro dec. The next to the chutes, out of which the broncs come bucking. It wasn't only a hair-raising night for Mrs. Came, though.

McCravey had a hard time, When he came out on Sonny- brook in the first event, he was thrown from the horse and his hand straps. got caught in the For a few tense moments McCravey dangled from the bin-king while the crowd screamed. Then he fought free. McGravey's didn't give up though. He was offered a reride That's when the organ got its lumps.

McCravey's toughness paid of the best score in the bare 13 10 10 Health 10 iack bronc event, even though he fence and Mrs. Game's nerves suffered. He was lop man Monday night and also took first round honors with 62' points. Jim Bob Allizer, Del Rio won the calf-roping honors with a time of 13.2. For a few minutes the crowd thought there was a hex on the calf ropers when four in a row missed the frisky doggies.

Breaks The Spell Then Neil Love, Grand Prairie, broke the spell but he also broke the barrier and had to pay a 10-second penalty. He would have had a time of 13.3. George Williams, Tulsa, was top man in the saddle bronc event with a 66 score. In the rugged steer wrestling contest, Ed Galemba, Kent, came out on top with a lime of 8.6. C.

R. Boucher, Burkburnelt, Continued to Page 2 Hospilals Local Markets 10 9-10 Opinion Sports TV-Films WanlAds Weather Women 4 14-15 11 18-21 2 Naturally: The Fair Brings Rain Fairs are usually excellent rain-makers and the Tri-Rivers Fair is no exception. Monday afternoon's little sprinkle was followed by a generous a i shortly after noon as skies got dark and temperatures reigned. The official rainfall total at 2 o'clock was .39 of an inch. Tuesday night should be a grand one for sleeping.

At 2 o'clock the temperature was only 65. The temperature was unusual in that it was lower than the early morning readings. Cool Night Is Expected (Detailed forecasts, Pg. 2) TOPEKA CAP)- Substantial soaked southeastern Kanas night and Tuesday morning with amounts ranging unofficially to morg than four nchcs. The weather bureau said rainfall generally ranged from a half-inch to more than three nchcs southeast of a line from St.

Joseph, to Pratt, Kan. Some of the heavier amounts included an unofficial 4.30 inches at Towanda; 3.45 at El Dorado, 2.71 at Beaumont, 2.56 at Ro salia, 2.14 at Augusta and 2.10 at Eureka. More rains are likely in the cast and central tonight. Top temperatures today wore expected to be 75 northwest to the 80s elsewhere; lows tonight from 45-50 northwest to the 60s southeast. Second UR Bid Gets Green Light Rush To May Nof Beaf Draff, After All SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--The boss of U.

S. Selective Service says the young men who rushed to tie the knot last week hoping to escape the draft may, after all, end up doing a hitch. Lt. Gen. Lewis B.

to civic and business leaders at a luncheon Monday, said married but childless men will be called up as soon as the manpower pool of single 19- year-olds falls short of quotas. That could come as early 39 next spring, he said. Addressing himself to the many men who plunged into the sea of matrimony to meet President Johnson's draft-defcrmenl deadline last Thursday at midnight, Hershey said: "I believe they'll discover they didn't beat any deadline." "I was amtned," he said. "We'll get most of them -in four or five months." He warned that Selective Service officials plan "to take good look at the fellow who marries some girl and forgcls stay around and provide a home. We're interested in him.

In addition, he said, draf boards might soon decide I conscript students by givin; "special exams" or taking 'percentage of certain classes. Dear Sal: It may be a quick trip from loving arms to carrying arms. Ina (Other city commission stories on Pg. 9) Salina's second application for an Urban Renewal project was given the green light Monday by the city commission. A report on the initial survey and planning application was given the commission by Bucher and Willis, Consulting Engineers and Planners.

The new project site takes in" pproximately 200 acres. It is oundcd by the Union Pacific ight-of-way on the north, by th and Ohio streets on the west nd cast, and by Elm and the moky Hill river on the south. The Some Confuskm boundary has aused some confusion, officials aid. 1 street forms the xnmdary for about five blocks roin 4th to the river. The meandering river then forms the xnindary to Ohio.

Richard Worth, Salina Urban Renewal director, estimated the proposed area includes about 80 homes and several commercial structures. The application now goes to the local Urban Renewal agency, which is expecled to act on he proposal at its meeting Thursday afternoon. It will then be filed with the regional mns- 1. Bucher and Willis expects complete, all required reports for the first UR site by the end of September. Three finished reports will be presented at Thursday's meeting of the Salina UR Agency.

2. Bonds for the new city library building, which will forn part of the governmental complex on the first UR site, wil the selection of appraisers and the naming of a relocation director. The city commission approved Monday a resolution directing that an estimate on costs of new library building be filed. City Attorney Larry Bengtson explained that some federal funds may be available for construction of the library. But a prerequisite for federal help is proof that local funds are available.

The amount of bonds sold witt depend upon the cost estimate submitted by Wilson Shaver architects and engineers, Bengt- said. Salina voters ap- Finance Agency (HHFA) in Ft. Worth, Tex. UR field representatives had earlier looked at the area and suggested the city prepare the survey and planning application. They indicated the area appeared suitable for UR.

The site if being consid. crerl for possible indnstrial development. The application is the first step in obtaining federal help in securing the site. Salina has another UR project well underway for developing an area between Ash, Elm, 7th and Oth streets for a city- county governmental ccnler. Other developments In Urban Renewal projects: probably be sold within the next 60 days.

3. Worth's UR office is now open for business at 1GO N. 8th, and its telephone number is TA 7-8118. Officials have been working out of the city engineer's office in city hall. Nine Reports There are nine major reports which make up the completed Urban Renewal application, said Darrell Clark of Bucher and Willis.

The three to be presented Thursday are I he project area report, urban renewal plan, and the report on the planning proposal. Still to be completed are the land acquisition report, minority group considerations, relocation report, project improvements, land disposition and cost estimates. Once the Salina UR Agency has approved all reports, they arc submitted to the city com! mission. A public hearing is then scheduled. The reports, along with a transcript of the hearing, are son proved issuance of a maximum $675,000 in bonds.

He pointed out library construction actually isn't anticipated before next spring. But the money raised by the sale of bonds can be invested until needed, probably at a higher rate of interest than carried by the bonds. sent to the federal UR agency. With their approval, land clearing and improvements can begin. Also to be discussed at Thursday's meeting, Worth said, are To Mail Social Security Checks On Sept.

15 Tuesday, Aug. 31-WASHINGTON (AP) payment of more than $385 million in Social Security benefits will be mailed Sept. 15 to than 20 million people, White House said today. Mhese represent a 7 per cent increase in benefits which Social Security law retroactive to the first of year. The Boolory, formerly Shoe Mart, newly remodeled, space doubled.

Same owners under same management. All new shoes. Adv..