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Register, Beckley; JV.Va., Tuesday Afternoon, Nov. 29,1966 Deaths And Funerals )r. John D. Lie Funeral services for Dr. John Dove Lee, 79, Bock Creek, will be held at 2 1 the Rebecca Chapel Methodist Church at Kock Creek with the Rev Phillip King and Bev! Ciarence Walker in charge.

Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley. Dr. Lee died Monday night at his home after a long illness. A former company doctor for the Raleigh-Wyoming Coal he had practiced medicine in the Coal River area for 21 years. He graduated from the Southern College of Medicine and Surgery in Charleston, S.

in 1912. Dr. Lee was a member and former deacon in the Roger Park Baptist Church in South Williamson, Ky. Surviving are his wife, Olive Ogram Lee; two sons, James Lawrence and Daniel Ogram Lee, both of Richmond, Va. 5 and four grandchildren.

The body will be taken from the Armstrong Funeral Home In Whitesville to the residence a i 4 p. m. Wednesday and will be placed in the church an hour before the service. (RNS) Mrs. Grace Beard Services for Mrs.

Grace Kinnison Beard, 87, Sylvester, will foe held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church at HiMboro with the Rev. Leonard Maddy in charge. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery at Hillsboro.

Mrs. Beard died Monday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Price, Sylvester, after a long illness. "Survivors include four other daughters. Mrs.

Nancy Cooper of Twilight, Mrs. Ethel Wallace of Oak Hill, Mrs. Pearl Miller of Clarksburg and Miss Annette Beard of Charleston; a. son, Paul Beard of Fairfax, 11 grandchildren and 26 great- grandchildren. The body will remain at tihe Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesvffle.

(BINS) John B. Thomas Funeral services for John Baker Thomas, 87, of 507 Vailley Drive, will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday in the Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Walter Griswold officiating.

Burial will follow in the Calfee Cemetery at Mt. Tabor. Thomas died at 3 p. m. Monday in a local nursing home after a long illness, Born in Fayette County Feb.

22, 1879, he was. a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Thomas. Thomas had been a Raleigh County resident since 1908 anc was active as a real estate broker until about three years ago.

Prior to that he was a railroader and school teacher He was a member of the First Christian Church of Beck ley, Masonic Lodge 95, where he was a 50-year member and the Order raiphers. of Railroad Teleg- His wife, Mrs. Lillie Redden Thomas, preceded him in death in 1957. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Wright of Beckley and Mrs.

Vera McCulloch of Tallahassee, and three sons, Dallas Thomas oJ Beckley, John Thomas of Pineville and Lucius Thomas oi Chicago, HI. The body will remain at the funeral home where, friends may call after 3 p. m. Wednes day. The Beckley Masonic Lodge No.

95 will be in charge of graveside services. Pallbearers will be J. Shrewsbury, Earl Fink, Paul Hutchinson, E. E. Bibb, EL McMillion and Buford Crouch Oak Hill to the church an hour before the service.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p. m. today. (RNS) Wallace Price Wallace Price, 40, of 110 Ewart the first person in the East to have undergone uccessful surgery for a heart alve, died today at 6:30 a.m. in a local hospital of a heart ondition.

Price underwent 12 hours of urgery March 19, 1962, at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. A victim of a heart Condition most of his life, Price was stricken with rheumatic fever during his senior year in high school before medication such as pencillin was known. 5y the time such treatment was perfected, it was too late to help in his case. In June, 1961, Price suffered heart attack and a second iege of rheumatic fever, and a result of that illness, un- erwent tine previously mentioned heart surgery in a rare orm. The surgery was post- wned twice, to allow more re- earch into the nature of the operation.

A story carried by The Register Jan. 14, 1962, stated -that Price had to relinquish his job and curtail many his civic activities. He is survived by Ms wife, the former Lydia Wilson of Rhodell, one son, Wallace and one daughter, Kelly. Price Was a member of the First Methodist Church, the Moose and Elks Club, and was president of Local 14669, UM MA, and had been on the ad- board of the Salvation Joe Gauticr Funeral services for a former Beckleyan, Joe Gautier, 41, of Chicago, will be held at 11 a. m.

Thursday in the Calfee Chapel with the Rev. Virgil Cook officiating. Burial will follow in the Worley Cemetery at Bolt. Gautier died at his home Sunday morning following a long illness. He had been a switchman for a Chicago railroad for the pas.t 10 years.

Born May 8, 1925, at Slab Fork, he was a son of the late Russell and Edna Meadows Gautier. Survivors include a half-sister, Mrs. Orpha McDowell of At- toona, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Beuford of Norcross, Ga. The body will remain at the Calfee Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.

m. Wednesday." Bernard Harless Bernard Harless, .56, of 104 1-2 Hoover died in a local hospital at 6:15 a.m. today. A car salesman for Bays Buick, he was born May 20, 1910, in Bluefield. Survivors include bis wife, Mrs.

Louise Harless; Two sons, Bernard Jr. of Springfield, Ohio, and Richard, at home; one daughter, Theresa Lynn, at home; one stepson, Donald Brown of Beckley; two stepr daughters, Toye Brown of New York City and Mrs. Susanna Pickrum of Columbus, Ohio; three brothers, Clarence, Jack and Eugene, all- of Huntington; two sisters, Miss Juanita Harless of Huntington, Mrs, Ida Jones of Fairmont and two grandchildren. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of funeral arrangements. visory Army.

The body is at the Melton Mortuary pending completion of funeral arrangements. James C. Burke Final rites for James Calvin Burke, 78, Oak Hill, will be held at m. Wednesday in the Central Avenue Church of God at Oak Hill with the Rev. Houston Hall in charge.

Burial will foe in London Memorial Park at Montgomery. died at 6:30 a. mu Monday at his home after a illness. He was a retired employe ot the Semet-Solvay Coal Co. at Sarewood and a member of ie Central Avenue Church of God at Oak Hill.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Burke; three daugh- Mrs. Eula Ring of Hill Mrs. Stella Ramey of Hill and Mrs. Mildred ters, Top, Oak Thornburg of Huntington; a stepdaughter, Mrs.

Betty Mahood of Oak Hill; a stepson, John Combs of Charleston; three brothers, Vernon and Sam, both of Castlewoods, and Carlos Burke of Roanoke, a sister, Mrs. Emma Robinson of grandchildren grandchildren. The body will be taken from the Tyree Funeral Home in Longacre; 11 and 13 great- Jury Summons Sheppard; May Re-Open Case CLEVELAND (UPI)--In a move which could re-open the heppard murder case, the rosecutor's office ordered Dr. amoiel H. Sheppard to appear efore a grand jury Friday to 211 what he knows about his wife's death.

Sheppard, acquitted Nov. 16 in his second trial for the 1954 murder of his first wife, Harilyn, cannot be tried again. "It seems to me that they the police) mean to re-open the ase," Sheppard said after he was subpoenaed Monday. I'm glad to see this come bout," he said. "After all this what we've been waiting and working for." Sheppard has maintained for i years that his wife was ludgeoned to death by bushy-haired" intruder.

Subpoenas also were served three men who investigated tie July 4, 1954, murder in the sheppards' suburban Bay Vil- age home. They were Bay Village Police Chief Fred )renkhan, a patrolman at the ime of the murder; Jay Kubach, a former Bay Village )olice sergeant; and Patrick jareau, a former Cleveland detective, now an attorney. F. Lee Bailey, chief defense counsel for Sheppard's second trial, also was to appear before the grand jury. Sheppard said he believes the iubpoenaes were the result of a etter Bailey sent to Drenkhan In it, Bailey said, he said the names of "two persons" he believes responsible for Man yn's murder.

Sheppard, who was convictec of second degree murder at hi; first trial, spent nearly 10 years Dehind bars before being freet on a writ of habeas corpus obtained by Bailey. The U.S. Supreme Court later set aside his conviction on the grounds that prejudicial publici had preceded his first trial Throughout Sheppard's second trial, Bailey tried to develop th ory two persons wer involved in the murder and tha the one who wielded the weapon was a left-handed woman. PITTSBURGH (UPI) --The inly surviving Aranson quintuplet, Roni Sue, was put on formula for the first time today and her condition was described as "quite good." The four day old infant, however, developed jaundice, and officials at Magee Women's lospital said a decision would made within the next few days on whether an "exchange" blood transfusion would be necessary. The hospital emphasized that aundice is common among premature babies.

Roni Sue, the first born of the ive girls and the second leaviest one at one pound, 11 )unces, brmula "A HINT TO WIVES" You can help your husband make those all-important first impressions that mean so much in a business eoreer. Make sure that his shirts have that executive look which only the fine fabric care services of Richmond specialists can provide. THE WORLD'S MOST RECOMMENDED DRY CLEANING Sanitone Send Your Cleaning And Laundry Now Avoid The Holiday Rush SEND YOUR LAUNDRY WITH YOUR DRY CLEANING Two-Way Radio Communication To Bttttr Strvt Our Customers I CLEANERS-LAUNDRY Phone Sabysitter Slaying Hearing Postponed Russia's Anti-Chinese Crusade Gains Impetus This picture of the parents of the Pittsburgh quintuplets was taken before four of the babies, who ranged in weight from 1 pound 7 ounces to 1 pound 12 ounces, died in a Pittsburgh hospital. Mrs. Patti Aranson, shown with husband Michael, both 22, was born prematurely in the same hospital where the quints were delivered 2 1-2 months prematurely.

Last Quint May Need Transfusion guarded against and the baby is seing treated so it does not take lold. "She continues to be active and is moving and kicking." Roni Sue was the strongest at iirth and the only quint able to breathe normally witihout the iid of a. mechanical respirator. She passed the 72-hour critical period early today. A fourth quintuplet, Marci Jill, died Monday of the same difficulties deaths, of premature was "tolerating the well," and has improved in breathing, the hospi- said.

She is being fed intravenously, about a half easpoon of formula every two nours. A medical bulletin from Dr. Bass, tine family pediatrician, said: "The baby's condition is quite good. Breathing shows minimal difficulty witih refraction. The only baby little jaundiced and a decision will have be made about an exchange ransfusion within the next few days.

The infection ihas to be (Continued From Page 1) Jordanian sector of Jerusalem, and Hussein was forced to use oyal troops to quell tiie disorders. Jordanian authorities since have been awaiting the arrival of promised American jet fighter planes to strengthen ie nation's position against 30th Israel and the hostile Arab neighbors. A military spokesman said contracts for the performance F104 Starfighters-- iiad been signed and the jets would start iarrivinig shortly. Experts said the planes would substantially position. The iboost Hussein's 31-year-old monarch is being besieged between Israel on the one hand and hard-line Arab accuse him of states being which 'soft 5 toward the Israelis on the other.

Premier Wiasfi Tel refused to comment on reports of increased military aid from the United States or Britain to ihelp neutralize the situation. He also refused to confirm reports Saudi Arabian troops had arrived to help bolster Hussein's regime. Tel told newsmen Jordan was arming residents along the 530- mile Israeli-Jordan border and fortifying villages in the frontier region gripped by unrest for more than two weeks following an Israeli raid. Rioting flared in several western Jordanian towns after Israeli troops razed three border towns Nov. 13 in what was described as a retaliatory that caused three other of infants--brain the the damage and lung induced by respiratory deficien cy.

The quintuplets, all under two pounds, were born early Saturday two and one-half months prematurely at McGee Women's Hospital to Mrs. Patti. Aranson 22, and her husband, Michael, a Srst year law student. Doctors had said that if she survived 4jhe first 72 hours oi life then the net major problem they faced would be jaundice which would necessitate a complete blood transfu sion. "We still have a very guardec outlook on Roni Sue," doctors said despite her bid to overcome the first hurdles of life.

"The parents are quite anxious and are hoping for one jood healthy baby," said family pediatrician Dr. Lee Bass 'They are happy as can be expected under the circumstan ces." Mrs. Aranson, a small dark- haired, dark-eyed former kin- dergaretn teacher, was informed immediately after each infant died. Three of the girls died Sunday within 37 hours of birth. They were Susan, who weighed one pound, nine ounces, Amy Beth, one pound, seven ounces, and Kimberly Ann, one pound 10 ounces.

Tests were being performed to determine if they were victims of hyaline membrane disease, the same affliction which claimed the life of Patrick Bouvier Jtennedy 1963. The Aranson quintuplets were the tibird ever recorded in the United States. Quintuplets were foorn in 1959 to an Air Force captain's wife at San Antonio, but all died. In 1963, Mrs. Andrew Fischer of Aberdeen, S.

gave birth to four girls and. one boy. All are now healthy youngsters. BUDAPEST (UPI) -Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev today repeated the fcremlin-backed call for a world Communist summit meeting to discuss Red China and other problems facing the Communist world. In a speech to the 32 delegations to the ninth Hungarian party congress, Brezhnev aid "conditions are maturing for the Communists to discuss he present situation and the of the international Communist movement" Russia's anti-Chinese crusade was gaining momentum.

Other 'oreign Communist leaders at he congress were expected to come out in favor of a summit conference to deal with Peking's obstructionist tactics" and unify Communist aid to North Viet Nam. Brezhnev branded as "machinations of the bourgeois press" reports in Western newspapers that the aim of a such a summit conference would be to "excommunicate some from our movement." "This is, of course, utter nonsense," Brezhnev said. "Our intentions at such a conference is to conduct comradely talks about the burning issues of international development. Our aim is to investigate by common analysis the sweeping changes that have taken place in the past years all over the world." Brezhnev emphasized there was never the question of "excommunication" but "merely to "draw jointly up our line of guidance for the future and to make the unity of our ranks still stronger." "This is the only possible way for us. to approach the question," he said.

Vtarxism-Leninism," Brezhnev aid. The proposal for an interna- ional conclave on Red China as first made by Bulgarian ommunist chief Todor Zhivkov the Bulgarian party congress in Sofia two weeks ago. It was peated Monday by Hungarian eader Janos Kadar at the )ening of the ninth Hungarian arty congress here. During his four-hour speech eated previous Russian and Julgarian claims that "condi- ons are maturing for a great onference of Communist pares." An international summit con- rence, Kadar said, could also give Communist unity of action in aid efforts to North Viet Nam and in the struggle against our ommon enemy --imperialism." While accusing Americans of Bank gobbing Plan fails; 2 Nabbed Communist party of China," Brezhnev charged them with "helping the imperialists when the Chinese leaders refuse to participate in common actions aimed at aiding the people of Viet Nam. intentionally They or not are --helping the imperialists and hindering the struggle of Viet Nam." "By doing so, they assume serious responsibility towards the people of Viet Nam, the fraternal parties and towards all revolutionary forces of the world," he said.

The Soviet party chief accused the Chinese leaders oj doing "many things that are incompatible with the teachings of Marxism-Leninism and with the principles of Communist internationalism." He did not elaborate on "these things" but emphasized "they evoke bitter regret and do great harm to the common cause." "But at the same time we continue to be convinced thai the time will come when the Communist party of China wil resume its place in the unitee ranks of the Communist work Kettle Drive Trailing 1965 After the third complete day if manning the Salvation Army's "Christmas kettles," con- nbutions are $65 behind the irst three days of the season in 1965. According to Captain Raymond Kitchen, commander of the Salvation Army Citadel on S. Fayette the SA Advisory Board kicked off the campaign the day after Thanksgiving (Friday) when a total of was donated by shoppers in the business section of town. The Quota Club volunteered ts time Saturday with $114 being contributed. Captain Kitchen said no organization Ihad volunteered services Monday so Salvation Army workers manned the booths but only- $30.10 Weather (Continued From Page 1) county roads, officers said.

Spoksemen at three loca wrecking companies said calls "are surprisingly light." Beckley Wrecking said they have sold several sets of chains anc answered some calls to star vehicles, while spokesmen for the Day and Nite Garage and 'Raleigh Wrecking, said they had several calls Monday eye ning to pull cars from ditches but had received few calls to day. The first snowfall of the sea raid for attacks. Tough CHARLESTON preliminary postponed here (UPI) hearing Monday was for Dennis Angel, 22, charged with stabbing his babysitter an estimated 40 times and leaving her xdy on a street behind a high chool in neighboring Nitro. Police said the i i Kay Voiles, 12; had been babysitting for the chemi- al worker the night of the laying. The ment was granted pending the release of Angel's attorney from the hospital where he is under treatment for a leg infection.

earlier Arab terrorist Arab legionnaires put down the riots and were remaining on patrol in the area. All was reported quiet there today and Tel said curfews imposed last week at the peak of tiie unrest ihad been lifted. The rioting--in which at least five persons (blamed on were killed--was anti-Hussein elements inspired by Arab states which feel his stand against Israel--which the Arabs have vowed to destroy--is not strong enoilgh. Capote (Continued from page 1) bandleader Peter Doichin kept the guests frugging while four rolling bars dispensed happiness to each of the 53 scarlet clothed dining tables. At 1:00 a.m.

EST the guests attacked a champagne buffet supper of chicken hash dolloped with sherry, buttered a i country style scrambled eggs complimented by bacon and sausages, hot bread and Danish ipastries and coffee. Eansans Attend It was a repast faimiliar to vi list next year. jf yourself a carefree free holiday. Ifs easy, when you join our 1967 Christmas Club. Beckley National Bank 500 Neville f.

D. I. C. 'Dud' Bomb Tossed Into UFG Station CHARLESTON (UPI) homemade bomb apparently thrown over a fence onto property of a United Fuel Gas Co. repair station on the West Side Monday turned out to be "dud." Police said the device, fashioned from a beer can containing a solid type explosive surrounded by gasoline, was disposed of by throwing it into a river.

The bomb was discovered, according, to police, when a truck ran over it in the dark but did not strike the blasting cap portion which was attached to a foot-long fuse. The UFG has been involved in a work dispute with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers since Oct. 26. there --friends made while Capote researched the Clutter tragedy for five long years --to attest to it. They included Mrs.

Roland Tate, whose late husband sat as judge at the Clutter murder trial. Capote and his guest of honor, Mrs. Katherine Graham who heads a pufblishing empire including the. Washington Post and Newsweek, greeted the Kansans along with such front page names such as Henry Ford Tallulah Bankhead, Under Secretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach, Mrs. Joseph P.

Kennedy, Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper, poet Marianne Moore, Peter Lawford and Cleveland in i son fell on iNov. 2 "out was no of a measurable quantity, the Weather Bureau said. The season's first genera snow storm blanketed West Vir with up to 10 inches Jie white stuff in the moun areas of bounty. Most areas were reporting irom one to three inches anc the State Road Commission sai snow tires were needed in mos counties north of Charleston. Official measurements from the U.

S. Weather Bureau Charleston gave these overnigh accumulations: Charleston, Hun tington, Bluefield and Beckley all one inch; Elkins two inches and Flat Top in Raleigh Coun ty, Rowlesburg in Preston Coun ty and Thomas in Tucker Coun ty, all four inches. The SRC highway informs tion office said the hardest hi areas, according to informatioi supplied by district offices were Pendleton, Tucker, Ran dolph and Lewis counties In the higher elevations these counties the SRC sai depths ranged from 10 inches i Jbie mountains around Elkins 3-5 inches near Davis and Tho mas. The SRC said the West Vir CHARLESTON (UPI) A one week delay was grantee here Monday in the case of a high school student charged with the fatal stabbing of another youth following a football game. John Bronaugh, 16, is charged in the death of Michael Windonn was fatally stabbed in aa altercation following tfie Charleston-Stonewall football game Nov.

11. ginia Turnpike from Charlesto about 30 Princeton was miles west wet and icy spots. Closer to Princeton th expressway was reported cov ered and very icy but cindered In other areas the SRC sai there were 1-4 inches aroun Huntington, an inch near Par kersburg, 1-4 inches in th Clarksburg area, 3-6 inches the Eastern Panhandle, and inches in the Northern Pan handle. The forecast for today callec for snow squalls to continu throughout the state, heavier western mountain slopes. Tern peratures were to range be tween 30 and 38 degrees.

The Weather Bureau said lows tonight would be in the 20s and no new snow depuths were anticipated. efore 32 foreign arty delegations, Communist Kadar re- "genocide" (mass murder) in Viet Nam, Kadar also condemned China's "dwruptive" policies. He blamed Peking for an "anti-Soviet attitude, and sectarian, activities which axe, causing greatest harm." During the Sofia congress, 36 Communist parties supported the move to read Peking out of the international. Red movement. But Romania strongly opposed the proposal and Italy voiced reservations about such a summit.

Twelve other parties abstained from voting. Western observers said the idea of a world wide Communist conference was an- attempt by Moscow to assert authority as leader of camp. Many particularly Romania, were believed trying to remain neutral in the Sino-Soyiet split in; order to independence Moscow. the Communist foreign parties, gain the possible most from Owner Found Gagged, Tied In Holdup Car EPKRATA, Pa. (UPI)--Two Connecticut men arrested by xlice in a stolen station wagon with its owner bound and agged in the back seat were eing held in Lancaster County rison today on charges of ttempted bank robbery.

The suspects, James Jones, 6, and Joseph Arcario, 21, xth of Stamford, allegedly ab- Harry Heiser, 21, Reading, at gunpoint in Reading aacl orced him to drive Lincoln- vfaere they tied his hands behind him with tape; gagged lim and left him in the rear loor of the vehicle. Police said the men drove to unaware that it closed at 2 put masks on and tried the front and rear, doors the bank. They then drove away. A suspicious bystander called wlice who arrested Jones and Arcario in the station wagon Route 222 south of route J22. Police found Hiser in the back of the auto.

He was freed and treated for shock. Police said they found two jistols in the front of the sta- ion wagon and the sM masks in the highway. was given. Two dates Dec. 1 und 8 -are "as yet not taken by any civic group.

Anyone wishing to lelp with the work in tie booths requested to call the Salvation Army at 253-9541. The Kxths are being manned today the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU): Applications will be received Tom 10 a. m. until 2 p. m.

through December 16 for Christmas baskets at the Citadel Monday through Friday. Yenable (Continued from page 1) can't remember, and Thomas said he doesn't remember seeing the gun. Burdiss anji Thomas were he only two witnesses called in he morning session of the hearing. It was scheduled to reconvene at 1 p. m.

Today's hearing is being con ducted for the U. S. District lourt and a transcript will be forwarded to that court, where decision to grant or deny a new trial will then be handec down by a federal judge. Venable also had spent time in the State Penitentiary on a voluntary manslaughter convic tion in 1954. Ronald Rogers, 19 Beckley, also was killed with a knife, and Venable withdrew a "not guilty" plea to first-de gree murder and entered a guilty plea to the lesser charge He was sentenced to one to five years in the state pen, bu was paroled in 1956, only tc have it revoked two months la ter when he was indicted on two charges of obstructing an officer.

He was returned to fin ish his sentence. In both trials, Venable was represented by Beckley lawyer Brown H. Payne. However, to day he was represented by Ker mit Locke. Wife-Killing Charge Dropped CHARLESTON (UPI) charges were dropped lere Monday as investigators old Acting Municipal, Court udge John Charnock Jr.

that the fatal shooting of Mrs. Brenda Hundley, 25, by her husband, Donald, 31, was accidental. Police had charged Hundley felonious shooting Saturday night when the woman was rushed to the hospital, then changed the charge to murder when she died. Police said Monday that Hundley had purchased a small' caliber pistol a few weeks ago and thought it was, empty when. it fired and fatally wounded his wife.

Burundi 0 NO PILLOWS NEEDED HOLLYWOOD (UPI)-Universal Studios said it used 30 yards of material and a woman's fur stole-to make a Santa Glaus suit jolly St. Nick at the. studio each December. Maffei is 7 feet tall and weighs just over 400 pounds. (Continued from page 1) was behind the July 8 coup in which Ntare deposed his jazz loving father who was visiting Switzerland at the time.

Micombero accused young Ntare of being unable to rid th government of those who hac influenced his father. In broadcast, Micombero was quot ed as saying: "Under his father's guidance, Ntare was recruiting white mercenaries overthrow the government." Former German Colony Burundi, a nation slightlj larger in size than the state Maryland, 'has had indepen dence since 1962 when Belgium administered tnis teeship was terminated. gium took control under a League of Nations' mandat granted in 1918 when the country ceased to be a German colony. Burundi's relations with th United States have been some what strained since indepen dence was achieved. Only las January, U.S.

Ambassador Don aid Dumont and two othe diplomats were ordered ex pelled for alleged contact witi antigovenmnent The coup was the seconc attempted in Africa within 1 days. An attempt by an army faction to seize power in Tog failed on Nov. 21. Two of Burundi's premier had been assassinated in office Storm (Continued from page 1) the night in taverns and gasoline stations. High Winds Clocked Winds that reached more than 70 miles an hour shook the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, tearing down Christmas decorations in St.

Joseph, and caving in a wall on a department store in South Haven, Mich. Power was off in South Haven during the night and a radio station was knocked off th.e air in St. Joseph. Winds continued to blow highways closed in the Upper Peninsula. The 1,500 residents of Curtis, have been isolated since Sunday Bight Some 2,000 homes were without power in Manistique, and several other villages were without power since Sunday night Snowfall ranging from to 8 inches covered western Pennsylvania.

Roads remained open. But many hunters, out for the first day of the buck deer season, were caught by surprise and stranded in the woods. Twelve hunters, and" a 13- year-old boy, were missing. About 75 policemen, firemen and volunteers searched for the boy who became lost while hunting with his father and friends. Viet Nam (Continued From Page 1) limited the air war over North Viet Nam, U.S.

spokesmen reported 39 missions Monday by Air Force, Navy and Marine pilots. The targets included radar sites, communications and transport lines, warehouses and other targets in the North's southern panhandle and near the' port of Haiphong. Meanwhile, American sources in Saigon reported that U.S. officials have agreed to a Christmas truce proposal by the Viet Cong on grounds that to reject invite criticism of America's desire for peace. The Christmas pause -was expected to last for about 30 hours.

(The Texas White House where President Johnson is vacationing said Monday an announcement on the truce could be expected within few.

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