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SATURDAY TEMPERATURES RIVER, LAKE DATA Temperatures: High 87, low 31j 1961 high 36, low 2. River 7 a.m. 24JI up 3.J feet in 24 Kentucky Lake: 7 a.m. VA jfeet. Precipitation: 1.50 Inches.

Sunset 8:47, aunriM 6.32. WEATHER FORECAST PADUCAH AND VICINITY Cloudy, a little wanner today, with showers. Monday clearing and cooler. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS; Cloudy ana warmer who rain, chance of tbundcrshowera tonight. Monday clearing and colder.

3 Editions Daily 1 Sunday Volume LXXXV, No. 48 7 Section 68 Pages Paducah, Sunday Morning, February 25, 1962 China (Charges Menaces secon if Says Viet Nam Shooting Inquiry President Turns Down Summit Bid Operation Can't Continues Be Permitted City detectives are continuing their investigation of the shooting of Jack Hankins, manager of the Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store here, while waiting for him to recover sufficiently to be ques WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy Saturday rejected Soviet Premier Khrushchev's latest bid for a March summit conference and urged anew that the Soviet leader TOKYO (AP) Communist China declared Saturday agree to a foreign ministers meeting on disarmament tioned in detail about the case. The President's letter was dis- sador Sir David Ormsby-Gore Chief of Detectives Tilfihman its security Is seriously affected by an "undeclared war" being waged by the United States in South Viet Nam and said U.S. military aid to that Southeast Asian country cannot be allowed to continue. Tade said it is possible that Ilan-kins thought he recognized one of the burglars he surprised in the Firestone store Just before he was patched to Moscow by the State Department.

It was reported to have the approval of the British government. In his reply Kennedy rebutted Khrushchev's charge that the United States was insincere In its Saturday morning. It was understood that their conversation was mainly concerned with future Western moves and possible Soviet countermoves in the diplomatic interchange now going on limitation in North Viet Nam had Similar charges, that its secu been violated for years. rity was menaced, prefaced Red shot Thursday night- Britain and the Soviet Union, China large-scale lmervenuun Korea in November 1950, after as cochairmen of the Geneva con That would explain his going to the front door and pecking on the glass to attract their attention in approach to the next round of dis in advance of the scheduled disarmament conference. This con ference, have special responsibil American troops had reached the armament negotiations.

Khrush ference is set for Geneva March Yalu River border between Ko chev had leveled this allegation side, he explained. 14 with 18 nations scheduled to attend. rea and Manchuria. The statement by the Red. Chi in a letter to Kennedy Thursday.

Critical Issue Hankins, 33, was shot in the alley behind the Firestone store as he ran around the building to head off two or three Negroes he Saturday, there were persistent ities for supervision of the treaty terms'. The BriUsh government, in a recent reply to a Soviet complaint against the United States, said the rebellion in. South Viet Nam was "fomented, organized and in part supplied and wholly directed" from North Viet Nam. nese Foreign Ministry broadcast by Peiping radio, however, de Kennedy also was understood to have emphasized that in the reports in diplomatic quarters here that a sharp difference of opinion had developed between manded immediate internauonai had seen Inside. view of the United States and its consultations "to eliminate the se Narrowly Missed Kidney Kennedy and British Prime Mia rious danger of war in southern allies the critical issue in disarmament is inspection to assure The Red Chinese Foreign Min ister Harold Macmillan over the The bullet that struck him to Viet Nam by peacerul means.

It also demanded the Immedi istry said the United States was compliance with. any arms cut best way to deal with the summit the right upper chest came from "preparing for waging three kinds agreements. Furthermore, tne issue. the roof of the building. Whether ate withdrawal from South Viet of wars, nuclear war, convention U.S.

view is that this inspection Some officials said it was obvi he was shot by a man serving as Nam of all U.S. military person must apply to forces and weap al war and 'special ous that over the years the Bri lookout or one of the burglars he This state of affairs cannot be ons left in being as well as to nel and equipment. Command Opposed tish government had been more saw inside the store cannot be de interested in getting into summit termined. those eliminated in the disarmament process. The statement objected particu sessions with Soviet leaders than The bullet, ranging downward, Temporary White House head larly to creation of the new U.S.

lucked his liver and narrowly the U.S. government had been. Macmillan Sends Letter Military Assistance Command in quarters at Palm Beach, announced late Saturday afternoon allowed to continue. The Chinese government holds that the co-chairmen of the 1954 Geneva conference and the countries concerned must promptly hold consultations and take appropriate measure to eliminate the serious danger of war in southern Viet missed a kidney as well as a lung. He was reported "doing just South Viet Nam headed by uen.

Paul D. Harkins. There were also reports from fine" at noon Saturday. His con supported by some offi that Kennedy had approved the text of the letter to Moscow Friday night and that it was forwarded to the Soviet capital Sat dition previously had been report The command has taken charge of about 4,000 U.S. cials here Friday night, that Mac Nam by peaceful means," the millan and Kennedy had dis ed as "fair." Hankins, who had been to military personnel engaged in the urday.

Actually, the State Depart Foreign Ministry added. cussed their latest messages to church service with his wife, The United States, lt said, has ment sent it in early afternoon. Khrushchev by telephone. It is large-scale training and support for President Ngo Dinh Diem's anti-Communist army of about stopped at the Firestone store become "more and more bold and understood that Macmillan also is Checked By Rusk unscrupulous in its Intervention sending the Soviet leader a letter Before the letter was dispatched 175,000 men. and aggression" in South Viet about 8:30 o'clock to get a com pany car to drive it home.

Burglars Fled along the same line as Kennedy s. The U.S. force, which Includes it was checked by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. At some point Saturday, high officials denied three Army helicopter compan that any such telephone conversa in the drafting process, respon He either saw or heard the burglars inside the store as he ies, is not a combat outfit but the new command could form the tion had taken place, though there Nam. This intervention, it added, "constitutes a direct threat to the security" of North Viet Nam, and "also seriously affects the security of (Red) China and the peace of Asia." sible informants here said, tne was no denial that the U.S.

reply started to get in the company car. nature of the reply was 'made framework for combat operations Today Is Heart Sunday. and Leslie Myers, Paducah TUghman drum majorette will be serving her third year as a block worker one of about 500 who today will call at homes in the city and county for Heart Fund donations. Leslie was chosen Heart Sunday Girl for this year by the Paducah-McCracken County Heart Association. had been coordinated with the known to the British govern if necessary.

The Americans have He walked to the front door and pecked on the glass. The burglars ment orders to shoot back iirea See PAGE 6-A, Column 1 fled to the rear of the store. Rusk met with British Ambas- upon. Hankins ran to the alley which "This command," said the Peiping statement, "is by no means merely one for military runs behind the store and was shot as he approached ladder used by the burglars to get on Red Cross Drive assistance, but an operational command of the V.S. Imperialists the store roof.

Cooke's Silence Morton Lashes Demo Policies for direct participation. "The United States has openly Despite the seriousness of his wound, he walked back around the building to the car where his wife and two children, aged two and To Start Tu( esday indicated that VS. military men will shoot back if shot at. This five, were still waiting. Mrs.

Han shows in fact that the United States is already in an 'unde kins drove him immediately to Deplored Brig. General Joe S. Lawrie, assistant 101st Airborne Division Western Baptist Hospital. Cut Hole la Roof By WELDON GRIMSLEY Sun-Democrat Staff Writer Though Sea Thruston B. Mor State Personnel Director Will BcOaWSD Walter GatUs, commissioner of personnel for (he state of Kentucky, will appear on "Pre Conference" ea WPSD-TV Sue-day afternoon at 4 o'clock.

He will be interviewed by Walter Apperson of the May-field Messenger, Erl Sensing of the Hickman County Gazette and Fred Paxton, managing director. The program will last 30 tnlo-ntes. The state merit system, government reorganization and other subjects will be discussed. commander at Ft Campbell, will The burglars had entered the ton said Saturday afternoon in By PAUL R. JORDAN FRANKFORT, Ky.

(AP)-Gov. a television interview here that be the speaker at the Red Cross fund campaign kick-off dinner Tuesday night he wouldn't make his announce Bert Combs expressed disappointment Saturday at Thurston Cooke's self-imposed silence about ment on whether to seek reelec Firestone store by cutting a hole in the roof, then using a stairway which had been boarded over at the first-floor level to reach the main part of the store. Several portable television sets The dinner wDl be held at 6:30 clared war in southern Viet Nam." Diem's regime has been waging an increasingly serious fight with an estimated 13,000 or 15.000 guerrillas who have infiltrated from Communist North Viet Nam. Under the 1954 Geneva treaty dividing Viet Nam, foreign military personnel in South Vict Nam was limited to 685 men, but the United States last year determined upon a major buildup when tion until the latter part of March, the 1960 "truck deal." the Kentucky Republican was in p.m. at Broadway Mewoaisi Church.

The former Louisville auto-truck General Lawrie. a 48-year-old tycoon pleaded constitutional im troduced to a Lincoln Day crowd Saturday night as the man who would succeed himself in the which had been taken from the sales room had been stacked in the stock room near the stairway munity last Wednesday when brought from LaGrange Reformatory to testify before legislative investigators looking into the con native of Suffolk. has held the assistant division commander's post since last March, two months after his promotion to entrance. Sen. Morton, former national it became evident that a similar Republican chairman, was guest The burglars also bad smashed a locked showcase containing i 1- troversial deal.

brigadier general. of honor at the annual GOP din Cooke is serving a four-year A graduate of Louisiana State some Timex watches and other ner here. Republicans from West sentence for fraudulent transac 9. KJ merchandise. Several watches tions disclosed after the state De Kentucky and Southern Illinois filled the Cobb Hotel ballroom for University, where he lettered in football and baseball, Lawrie became a regular Army officer in partment of Highways agreed to Glenn May Tour For US.

Good Will were reported missing. One of them was found in the alley be the banquet buy 34 used heavy dump trucks hind the store. Saturday night the senator for $346,800, Combs questioned the March 15, praised Lt Col. John' Glenn's three orbital trips around the 1937. Id Two Invasions 1 During World War II he served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team, 1960, contract with the Louisville Rental Equipment Co.

and can world, calling him the "best trav Security Council To Hear Complaint A THRUSTON B. MORTON eled man in the world." Then PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)-President Kennedy was reported celed it in May of that year. The senator praised the devel rising from battalion commander 1 Was Disappointed' he took a jab at the administration, saying that America also settled yet on sending Glenn out around the country. But he told a news conference there might be something Monday on a trip overseas.

Saturday to have discussed with UNTIED1 NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) opment of water and other nat Through his attorney. Robert TherU.N. Security Council was can boast the "best-traveled at Grubbs of Louisville, Cooke re ural resources, especially under the Eisenhower administration, as torney general." Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson the possibility of sending astronaut John H.

Glenn on a good will tour of the nation. fused to testify on grounds his summoned Saturday to meet at 3 p.m3iesday to deal, with a new Cuban complaint alleging vital to the national economy and Turning to Kentucky affairs, to combat team-commander, the 503rd Parachute RCT operated in the Southwest Pacific Theater, participating in the major invasions of New Guinea and the Philippine Islands, Including the capture of Corregidor testimony might incriminate him. defense. Morton called the Ohio River I was disappointed that Cooke There were signs, too, that In a more political vein, Morton that the United States is prepar-ine to invade Cuba. "important to the development of did not testify," Combs said in the park land of Kentucky," and an interview.

"I had hoped that U.S. Deleeate Adlal E. Steven GEN. LAWRIE Glenn might be tapped for a tour abroad in order to cash in for the United States on his feat and fame. consistently referred to the Re-j publican party as the "party of the opposition." adding that it Other Indications This fitted fat with indications from a news conference Glenn held Friday that some travel plans may be shaping up.

Kennedy and Johnson lunched together here Friday after they had taken part, in a gigantic welcome for Glenn at Cape Canaveral, the take-off spot for his added that Kentucky has more actual miles of inland waterways he would. I certainly had nothing to do directly or indirectly with rector of personnel, he was selected as the infantry-airborne should be "loyal opposition," and than any other state. He said him taking the Fifth Amendment But the assistant White House son called the meeting as council president for February. Cuban Delegate Mario Garcla-Inchaustegui, in a letter submitted Thursday, had asked Steven Later, Lawrie instituted the first courses in air transportability at the Airborne School, Fort Ben-ning, Ga. In 1947, while serving with the Department of Army general staff in the office of di- representative on a JCS survey and neither did anybody else con press secretary, Andrew T.

Hat this is good for the industriabza-tion of the Ohio Valley. See PAGE 6-A, Column 7 nected with this administration. cher, said nothing has been It is generally believed that See PAGE 6-A, Column son to call an immediate meeting. Cooke would have given a limited statement if he bad been ques tioned at LaGrange. Civic Board Hopes To Beautify The joint Legislative Investigate See PAGE 6-A, Column 8 Paducah9 Riverfront This Year example of what can be done Successful activities of the with such an area.

By DON PEPPER Sun-Democrat Staff Writer Beautifying a town and ridding it of Miehted areas is mostly a Another possible activity for the board is helping decorate the past year have included the adoption of a comprehensive plan for landscaping the city's boulevard parkways. downtown area at Christmas job of education, a Sears Founda I I I 4 -v I I time. Mrs. Beaman. said several 4 tion official declared nere tn-(lav.

merchants had suggested this informally. That plan wiu be put in operation beginning in the spring. In the coming year the board hopes to: Beautify the riverfront 2. Improve and beautify Bark-ley Park. The board is being helped in its program by the Home -and Neighborhood Development Sponsors (HANDS), a project initiated Clyde Greenway.

vice president end public relations director of the foundation's Southern territory, said many people who know better unconsciously do such things as litter the streets, and hihwavs and neclect property. triple orbit of the globe last Tuesday. In a manner that indicated he had no doubts at all. Hatcher told reporters Saturday that: "I think possibly the future of Col. Glenn domestically was discussed at the luncheon yesterday with Vice President Johnson.

"They discussed the whole space program and I think the subject of what Col. Glenn could do within the United States, at least, and the great demand for bis appearances in cities." Kennedy is flying Glenn and Glenn's family to Washington Monday for another big reception which includes an appearance for the spaceman at a Senate-House session. Hatcher said he was unable to say whether the speech Glenn will make to members of Congress may shed light on travel plana. The Glenn schedule was left open at the astronaut's news conference in Cape Canaveral, Friday. Glenn was asked whether he had any plans to go outside this country or any objections to being utilized as was Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin who was sent on trips to other nations.

Glenn replied that he didn't think he was qualified to comment on this but added: "Wa may have to discuss some things like this in the by Sears, Roebuck and CoJ which also set up the Sears Foun 3. Make some use of the old Market House, which the city has given to the Civic Beautification Board. Art Exhibit Starts Today The Paducah Art Guild opens Its exhibit of drawings and prints by David Laakso today at the Guild's new gallery at 608 Broadway, next door to the Irvin Cobb. Laakso is a native of Illinois and is presently a member of the faculty at Syracose University School of Art where he teaches figure drawing and basic design. Laakso's work which will be oa exhibit here includes drawings and prints hi charcoal, pas-tel.

eonte crayon, ink wash and peacQ. Besides (he drawings, (be exhibit will Include sevea examples of a rarely-nsed print-making process by the name of clkhe-verre. The exhibit which opens today, will eoatimie through March 7. Gallery hours are from a.m. to 4 p-m.

daily, Monday eveanlgs from 7 to I P-m. aad Sunday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. dation. Greenway was introduced by William Gill, of the "It takes such a group as this board to make people conscious of their responsibility to their community to keen it clean and Paducah Sears store. Blight Is Expensive No solution has been worked out yet to the problem of what to do with the Market House.

A suggestion that it be torn down to make room for a parking lot he said. Greenway spoke at a meeting of the Civic Beautification Board He told the board that rundown neighborhoods cost cities in increased crime, in loss of tax at Holiday Inn. City officials at was rejected by Mrs. Beaman. Cites St Louis Project tended tne meeting oy umumuu.

revenues and in sapping of com munity pride. "Let's not do that she said. Hope To Beautify Riverfront Beautification and civic im "Let's try to do something worth provement is valuable for that while with lt" The 23-member board and its gt-ests heard outgoing Chairman Mrs. J. C.

Dudley and new Chairman Mn. W. H. Beaman list the She cited the Gaslight Area GLENN RELAXES IN BOAT Astronaut John H. Glenn (without shirt) went for a boat ride today with members of his family and a few National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials while resting in seclusion somewhere In South Florida over the weekend.

Pictured In the boat with Glenn are Dr. William K. Douglas, NASA physician, left, and CoL John Powers, NASA information director. IAF WlrsttoU reason, be said. Beautiiicauon is also a factor in attracting new of St Louis, a section of old industry, be said.

buildings which has been re hnarrf'a of the modeled Into a colorful area of past year and goals for. the coming year, See PAGE S-A, Column restaurants and shops as an a Mtfjis.