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7 Tfrfcconsni Rairids Daily Tribune A 1 i A tifl mm Forty-Eighth Year--No. 14,322 Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, Saturday, July 1, 1961 Single Copy Ten Cents Algiers Moslems Explode i In Anti-French Rebellion ALGIERS (AP)--French forces in Algiers and nearby Blida opened fire today on Moslem mobs attacking them stones and clubs. Police said one rioter was killed and scores hurt. The Moslems took to the streets by the hundreds, obeying a strike call from the nationalist rebel FLN and savage clashes broke out with police and troops. Fifteen members of tha anliriot forces were injured.

Shortly after noon, however, the government said the siuation in hand. Police and soldiers first fired into the air to try to halt the Moslems, who advanced on them shouting rebel slogans and waving green and white rebel flags. Then, as the rioters hurled stones and charged with clubs, the French opened fire. Aimed at De Gaulle The Moslems' rage was directed at French President Charles de Gaulle's proposal to partition the country if a negotiated settlement of the Algerian rebellion is not reached. Bold young Moslems hoisted a rebel flag atop a building in a working-class district and, for a while, a mob blocked off a police station.

The high pitched "yu-yu-yu" cry of Moslem women shrilled in the quarter. For centuries, Moslem women have urged their men on where defiant youths shouted the slogans of the rebellion against French rule. Authorities reported that the port of city of Oran to the west, was the scene of a Moslem strike but there were no reports of violence. Rebellion Again Swinging clubs, police rushed groups of Moslems in Algiers where defiant youths shouted the slogans of the rebellion against French rule. Authorities reported the port of city of Oran to the west, was the scene of a Moslem strike but there were no reports of violence.

Friday night Mohammed Yazid, spokesman for the rebel FLN called from Tunis headquarters for a demonstration July 5 against proposed French partition of Alto war with the high, weird call. er i a Swinging clubs, police rushed, Presumably emotional elements groups of Moslems in Algiers City Rules to Govern Annexed Area Taverns No Accord Reached on Disarmament WASHINGTON (AP) -Two weeks of negotiations have failed to produce agreement the United States and the Soviet Union setting up a general disarmament conference. Both sides admitted this 11 i nounced today tnat enforcement Friday as their Washington talks Qf 1 dosin time Taverns in that portion of the town of Grand Rapids recently annexed to Wisconsin Rapids must comply with the 1 a.m. closing hour, as provided by city ordinance, the beverage tax division of the State Department of Taxation has ruled. Under township regulations, taverns are permitted to remain open until 2 a.m.

while daylight saving time is in effect. In a letter received Friday at the office of City Clerk Robert O. Boyarski, the director of the beverage tax division, E. O. Jones, said the requirements of the city ordinance must prevail in the annexed area.

Effective Monday Police Chief R. J. Exner an- among the Moslems did not want to wait and took to the streets early today in the steaming summer heat. See Division French President Charles de Gaulle, on a grass-roots tour of Lorraine, has told crowds that un- ess a suitable settlement of the six-year-old Algerian war could be reached, the French would divide the country between Moslems and one miEion members of the European community. This would mean that the Europeans--protected by French military forces would stay in the big coastal cities while the nine million Moslems would be left in the arid interior.

With the temporary breakdown of the French-rebel peace talks at Evian-Les-Bains, France," and the threat of partition over them, Algeria's Moslems have become increasingly edgy. Apparently today's sudden eruption of shouting Moslems was the blow-off many feared would occur. Gov. Nelson Declares Traffic Emergency in State Over 4th How to Act Over the Holiday GREEN BAY AP) Five persons suffered minor injuries early Saturday after a 14-year old girl took the wheel of a car which: Missed a turn, Went over shrubbery, Struck the rear of a car in a garage, Forced the car through the back wall of the garage, and Wound up in the spot formerly occupied by the first auto. She told police she was attempting to make a turn and apparently hit the gas pedal instead of the brake.

Douglas Cleerman, 21, owner of the car, said he allowed the girl to drive because he did not have a driver's license. He was charged with allowing an unauthorized person to operate his car while the girl was charged with driving without a license. Takes Action fo Curb 'Outrageous Slaughter' During Long Weekend MADISON (AP)--Gov. Gaylord Nelson, in a move to curb the "outrageous slaughter" on Wisconsin highways, Friday declared a traffic emergency in the state to last through the long Fourth of July holiday weekend. Nelson urged those who do not have to drive during the five-day period "to stay off the highways and remain at home." He pleaded with drivers who must be on the roads to exercise extra caution.

All police officers in the state were called upon by the governor to put in as many hours as are necessary to "curb the mayhem our holiday traffic will otherwise inflict upon us." He said last weekend's 21 traffic deaths in the state was "a grim record of highway carnage for a weekend not including a holiday." Nelson's declaration was dictated from Hawaii, where he attended the national governors' conference, and released by his Noting that the state's traffic toll for the year is near 400, or treme care, drive slower than speed limits, stop when fatigued, abstain from drinking until arriving at destinations, and to refuse to take any needless chances. Earlier Friday James Karns, state motor vehicle commissioner, predicted that a record 40 persons would be killed in the state during the holiday period if the death rate of last weekend was not reduced. Last year 22 persons lost their lives during the Fourth of July IV1J, AW1 CJ.it- V.CXX 4J1.UJ. I i 1 about 50 ahead of last year at Period. A year earlier the total the same time.

Nelson said there has been no increase in traffic or other a in circumstance which would warrant such an increase in deaths. He called the deaths a "sorry tribute to those whose courage founded our country 185 years ago." Nelson urged drivers to use ex- British Marines Land; Tension High in Kuwait Wisconsin Weather Cooler tonight with thundershowers in east and south portions early tonight. Sunday mostly fair, cooler south and east portions. Low tonight ranging from north to the 60s south. Local weather facts for 14-hr, period ending at 6 a.m.: 93; wound up.

The negotiators did agree to. begin a second round of discussions in Moscow July 17. U.S. negotiators prepared for for the Moscow talks with a sense of disappointment at the lack of progress. President Kennedy -himself took a personal hand Friday in trying to further the discussions.

Kennedy invited the Soviet negotiator, Valerian A. Zorin, and Soviet Ambassador Mikhail A. Menshikov to the White House for a half-hour chat before Friday's vindup. JFK Concerned Kennedy was reported to have stressed to Zorin the importance he attaches to getting an agreement to end the arms race. The snail's pace of the discussions has added to a growing opinion among Kennedy advisers that no fruitful negotiations with the Russians on major cold war issues are in sight.

Instead, in the opinion of top Kennedy aides, the Russians are In a self-confident, no-negotiating mood based on a belief the tide is with them. The Russians, Ken- shown no begin as of that hour Monday. Copies of the ordinance were distributed Friday to the 18 affected establishments, including 15 which provide bar service and three retail liquor stores. City regulations do not permit either taverns or liquor stores to open for business on Sundays until noon. The township, on the other hand, allows Sunday morning operations.

Clarifies Licensing Answering a question raised by Boyarski concerning tavern licensing, Jones wrote: "If the town of Grand Rapids has granted valid licenses to the applicants in the area annexed, the city of Wisconsin Rapids has nothing more to do in acting on the licenses until the next licensing period. "If the licenses have been applied for to the town of Grand Rapids, and not acted upon, the city of Wisconsin Rapids should act and issue them at the fee prescribed on the application. These licensees can operate at a lesser fee, because of application to the township, for the balance of this license year." (Today, July 1, is the beginning of the license year for establish- of conciliation at the Geneva ments dealing in liquor and test ban or Laos conferences or in the Germany-Berlin issue. First Holiday Traffic Deaths Are Reported By The Associated Press A two-car collision in Kenosha County early today claimed the first two traffic victims of the long July 4th holiday weekend in Wisconsin. Their deaths, coupled with two others Friday before the start 6 p.m.

official start of the weekend, raised Wisconsin's traffic fatality toll for the year to 397. At this time a year ago 354 i-srsons had died. Ralph J. Struck, 38, of Chicago, and Christine Kaderia, about 11, also of Chicago, were killed at 5:45 a.m. today when their car and another auto were involved in a near head-on collision on Highway 50 near New Minister in Kenosha County.

Four other persons were injured and taken to Burlington Memorial Hospital. They were Mrs. Sarah Boyd of Chicago and her two sons, Vincent, 6, and Jeffrey, 4, and the driver of the other car, Melvin J. Horihan, 23, of Kenosha. The Chicago persons were bound for a day of fishing in the Delavan area.

The Rev. Dr. Hoyt Chester rec- omrnen ded that the city and the township each delegate a committee to work out the proportionate share each municipality is to receive from the license fees already paid. A copy of Jones' letter to Boy- See-- TAVERNS-- Page 8 Announce Program of July 4th Celebration A colorful parade, carnival attractions, and a brilliant display of fireworks will highlight Wisconsin Rapids' annual Independence Day celebration next Tuesday. The event is sponsored by Hagerstrom-Rude Post No.

9, American Legion, with Roy Sonnenberg as general chairman and Harold Pagels and Larry Primeau in charge of arrangements for the parade and fireworks. Parade at 9:30 Parade units are to assemble at the Milwaukee Road depot at 9 a.m., a half hour before the scheduled starting time. The procession will move eastward along Grand Ave. to 7th then south to Witter Athletic Field. Heading the line of march on horseback will be Shirley Paulson, flag bearer, and Gloria Tessmer, guard, followed by the massed colors of local veterans' organizations.

Floats have been entered by the Grand Rapids volunteer fire department, Eagles Club, and the Wisconsin Gas Co. Music will be provided by the Wisconsin Rapids Scouts Drum Bugle Corps and at least one other band. Two or more girls' drill teams and several baton twirlers also will participate. A special feature of the parade will be provided by the Seneca 4-H Riders, represented by about a dozen horsemen. American Legion Poppy Princess Helen Arendt, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Clarence Arendt, 951 Plum will ride in an open convertible. Also scheduled to appear in the procession are several antique automobiles, go-karts, motorcycles, and armed services recruiting cars. Carnival Opens Carnival attractions are being provided by Tip Top Shows, which opened Friday night at Witter Field and will continue operating its rides and concession stands through July 4. The $1,000 firevvorks display, made possible through an appropriation by the City Council, will climax the celebration Tuesday night, with firing scheduled to begin about 9 p.m.

TAX HEARING--Part of crowd estimated at 600 persons which jammed assembly chambers in Madison for public hearing on Republican party's tax revision bill. The hearing on the controversial measure, which Includes a three per cent retail sales tax, lasted nearly seven despite an official degree iwttest the jreaf. KUWAIT (AP)--A British aircraft carried landed Marines and tanks in Kuwait today and a dozen Hunter jet fighters flew in to help guard this oil-rich sheikdom against a threatened invasion from Iraq. The government radio announced Saudi Arabia also is sending troops to bolster Kuwait against the annexation claim that Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem advanced a week ago. In Bamcicujx Iraq donlcJ mass'ng troops on its southern border with Kuwait or in any part of Iraq, Baghdad radio said.

The denial earne in a statement by the state-owned Iraq news It afeo denied reports thorities in this former British protectorate. Rifle-bearing sheiks swarmed in from the desert by limousine, swearing to help the ruling sheik, Sir Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah, defend the sovereignty of Kuwait against Iraqi troops and armor reported massing across the border. Minister of Slate Bader Abdulla agency. Iraqi vessels fired on Iranian soats trying to move food to Kuwait. Accompanied by two British 'rigates, the aircraft carrier Bulwark put ashore a de- aehrnent of 52-ton Centurion and about 750 men.

These were about 600 marine commandos and a 150-man squadron of the Dragoon Guards. The frigate Loch Alvie rent of- 'icers ashore by helicopter to con- Mulla announced the sheikdom, with British and Kuwaiti au-1 just south of Iraq on the Persian Gulf's northwest coast, has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council "to investigate threats from Iraq likely to endanger the security and independence of Ku- Rocket Fizzle Ends Attempt At New Orbit WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP)-A rocket fizzle broke off a U.S. attempt to lob a "beer can satellite" into orbit to study tiny space bullets that might imperil an astronaut's flight. The third stage of the four- stage Scout launching rocket failed to ignite Friday after the 12-foot, rocket had made what appeared to be a perfect take-off from its seaside pad.

Looked Bad The first word was that "it looks bad" and a few minutes later the trial was pronounced a fa-lure. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials said they may try again in a month. The space vehicle soared to an altitude of only 107 miles before nosing over and plunging into the Atlantic 325 miles downrange. The satellite--6 feet long, 2 feet in diameter and 125 pounds--was to have been rocketed to an orbit ranging between 240 and 620 miles from the earth. To Study The scientific aim of the experiment was the best study yet made of the tiny whizzing particles in space" called micrometcoroids.

They travel at speeds up to 45 miles a second and might erode or even puncture a space ship. Also on trial was the booster itself, and the failure was its second in three orbit attempts. Nicknamed the "poor man's rocket," the scout is being developed as a major tool in the space race with the Soviet Union. It is the world's first known multiple- stage booster using only the easier-to-handle solid fuel. Its cost is about $750,000, well below the price tag on the huge liquid-fuel boosters.

The hope is to use the Seoul for space opera- tioas not requiring the greater thrust of the rocket giants. wait." Candidate for U.N. Kuvvait is a candidate for U.N. membership. It also wants to join tlie 10-nation Arab League, a Middle East organization in which Iraq, the United Arab Republic and Saudi Arabia are the most powerful members.

It was announced in Cairo that the Arab League Council would hold an extraordinary session See--KUWAIT--Page 8 was 10 and in 1958 it was eight. The lowest toll in the last five years was three in 1957. Worst Nevada Crash Kills 11 Persons By The Associated Press A spectacular two-vehicle accident in Nevada killed 11 persons Friday night, providing a grim start to the toll of traffic dead for the long Independence Day weekend. The Nevada Highway Patro! said a pickup truck speeding along the wrong lane of a four-lane high way slammed head-on into a sta tion wagon. It was the first re ported multiple-death accident the weekend that began Friday a 6 p.m.

and will end midnigh Tuesday, July 4. Hot weather over most of th country lured motorists to the highways in droves. The Nationa Safety Council expected most the nation's 74 million vehicles to roll before the 102-hour holiday ends. The council said about 10 billion miles would be logged over the weekend. Safety council officials estimated 450 persons may die in traffic accidents and 20,000 more may suffer injuries that disable them beyond the day of their accidents.

For comparative purposes The Associated Press surveyed accident fatalities during a 102-hour, nonholiday period from 6 p.m. Friday, June 16, to midnight Tuesday, June 20. During that span 362 persons died in traffic, 33 in boating accidents, 80 in drown- ings not involving boats and 99 in other types of accidents, for a total accidental toll of 574. Traffic fatalities over the four- day Memorial Day weekend this year reached a record 462. Boating deaths claimed 40 lives, 63 persons drowned and 118 perished in miscellaneous accidents for a total of 683 accidental deaths.

The record traffic death toll for an Independence Day observance was set in a four-day period in 1950, when 491 persons died on the highways. SIGNS SECURITY BILL--President Kennedy is about to sign the social security bill in the White House. Measure liberalizes benefits for 3.7 million Americans beginning in September, and calls for heavier pay check tax deductions beginning next year. All Hope Ends In Tractor Swap KEY WEST, Fla. (AP)--Fidel Castro has been served notice that it is incompatable with the national interest of the United States to pay him an indemnity for damages caused by the April 17 invasion of Cuba.

Castro's insistence on indemnity dashed all hopes of a negotiated release of 1,197 invasion prisoners. John Hooker executive secretary of the disbanded Tractors for Freedom Committee, told 10 of Castro's prisoners here that 'in the name of honor the committee feels it cannot send Dr. Castro tractors, money or credits for indemnity. Not $28 million or $28." The Cuban prime minister offered on May 17 to exchange the Beloit College Grad Is Named To Peace Corps WASHINGTON (AP)--A Beloit College graduate was one of 28 young men and women selected jy tlie Peace Corps Friday for training to teach in Ghana or another West African nation. He is Nathan Wayne Gross, 22, of Fremont, received a B.A.

degree from the Wisconsin Also among those selected was Michael Shea of Eau Claire, a graduate of Marquctte University which announced his selection earlier in the They will receive eight weeks of training at the Berkeley campus of the University of California. Lashed Dead Companion to Craft 14-Year Old Tells of Ordeal on Raft Terror Under Blazing Sun SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) A husky 14 year old boy, who watched two men die as they drifted on a flimsy raft, was recovering in a hospital today after three days of tragedy and terror at sea. Terry McClelland, a blond high school athlete from Huntington Beach, was rescued Friday by a fishing boat 90 miles southwest of San Diego. Transferred to a submarine, he arrived Friday night in San Diego.

He was pronounced in fairly good condition at a hospital. He told newsmen a rambling tale about three terrible days of shipwreck, thirst, delirium, death, hunger, heat and blinding glare of sun, sea and sky. Out for Cruise He and his companions--Russell Bradford, 48, of Huntington Beach, his mother's stepfather, and Alvin Hartman, 57, of nearby Santa Ana, Bradford's friend--set out for a month's fishing cruise off Mexico last Tuesday. Bradford was a plastering contractor, Hartman a hod carrier. After setting out from Newport Beach in their 36-foot boat, they prisoners for 500 heavy bulldozers.

Later he said he would accept lighter tractors as an indemnity for invasion damages, provided their value was $28 million. It was his insistence on indem- nity that wrecked all hopes for a solution. Not 'Proof of Guilt' In declining to reconstitute itself in the wake of Castro's rejection of its final offer of 500 light tractors, the committee said through Hooker that: "By thus changing the course of the negotiations by injecting the concept of indemnity. Dr. Castro sought to give the impression that the humanitarian intent of private citizens was proof of guilt.

"This made acceptance of Dr. Castro's terms incompatible with our national honor and our role as private citizens," Hooker told the prisoners. The members of the committee were Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Milton Eisenhower and Walter Reuther, head of the United Auto Workers.

Hooker served as a link between the prisoners and the committee since the 10 men arrived here Saturday, less than 24 hours after the committee had dissolved itself, a fact of which the prisoners were not aware when they left Cuba, Trick' Hooker said "it was a cruel trick" for the prisoners to be sent here without knowing the committee had been disbanded. encountered heavy swells. They i added "Grandad got him back on tried riding at anchor that night, the raft and gave him mouth-to-1 Since their arrival on the Costa "The sea anchor was pulling on mollth rcspiraUon- Bul it didn't R'can freighter Arena), the pris- the boat," the boy. mumbling and i i I WO1 K. dazed from sedatives, told news- oners tensely awaited word on whether the tractors committee Two big picked up A Hartman died.

Bradford would rccons titute itself. the boat and pulled the bottom lashed the body to the raft. out TlK-n, the boy continued, "My "Grandpa (Bradford) said to Rranc ifather went from cut the raft loose i seeing go He kept The three fishermen got aboard scrcam ng and yelling and falling a si.vby-thrce-foot raft of balsa wood and cork. Its bottom consisted only of rope netting through which a few timbers were looped, and water sloshed through the bottom continually. No One Stopped They tried to attract several passing vessels Wednesday, their first day on the raft.

Although they waved rags and poles, no one stopped. into the water. 'Don'C Leave Me' "I kept telling i 'Grandad, don't die, don't leave me here i alone He foil Terry said, and when he invoke, Bradford was de-ad. Ho lashed him to the raft with Hartman---and drifted on. Early Friday morning, while fog hung low over the Pacific, the raft was spotted by seamen They had no food or water, only; aboard the Ruth an ocean a few packs of cigarettes that fishing boat.

Hartman grabbed before leaving the boat. After waiting in vain for rescuers under a blinding hot sun, Terry was taken aboaid. The rescuers recovered Hartman's body but Bradford's body slipped from the raft and disappeared. Hartman "went crazy on the sec- The boy drank broth and later ond day," Terry said. i was transferred to the submarine "He started falling in tho water; USS Diodon, on maneuvers in the and the raft turned over," the boy i area.

Consolidated and Office Employes Sign Agreement Annual union negotiations at Consolidated Water Power Paper Co. and Consoweld Corp. were concluded here Friday when a new agreement between the companies and Office Employes' International Union No. 95 was signed. Major provision of the agreement is a 3 per cent general wage increase.

Agreements with 3,400 production and maintenance em- ployes embodying a similar increase were signed last week. Approximately 200 employes at Consolidated's main office and its Wisconsin Rapids, Biron, Wisconsin River ami ruperboard Products Divisions, and at Consoweld Corp. are members of the office union..