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and The Lebanon Daily Times THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, To Join In Viet Nam Robert WF. Krall LEBANON. Killed Cpl. County Marine Killed While On Viet Nam Duty Mr. and Mrs, Wilson W.

Krall, Annville RD 2, were notified today of the death of their son, Lance Cpl. Robert W. Krall. Cpl. Krall, 19, was killed Monday while on duty with the First US Marine Division in Viet Nam.

He is the sixth Lebanon County man to have lost his life in Viet Nam since April, 1964. He was born Feb. 5, 1947, and enlisted in the Marines Feb. 5, 1964. He had been in Viet Nam since early July, 1966.

Cpl. Krall was a member of the Annville Church of the Brethren and attended Northern Lebanon High School. Survivors include his parents, Wilson W. and- Verna Mullen Krall; a brother, Larry Wilson Krall; four sisters: Leah, Lenora, Loretta and Lavinia, all at home; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Thursa Peters, and his step grandfather, Lawrence Peters, Newburg, Pa.

Details on the circumstances of his death have not yet been released. RED NUCLEAR TEST WASHINGTON (AP) An apparent Soviet nuclear test has reported by the Atomic Energy Commission. The commission said it detected seismic signals from the Soviet nuclear test area equivalent to those of a nuclear blast of between 20,000 and 200,000 tons of TNT. READY FOR ACTION GERONA, Spain (UPI) Eleuterio Paniagua, a veteran lof the Spanish Civil War 30 years ago, said he was a bit (startled when he received a notice he was being drafted. "I would not mind being young and attending the draft call," he said.

SERVICEMAN DIES WASHINGTON (UPI) Army Pfc. Kenneth J. Ivory, husband of Mrs. Helen P. Ivory of Loretto, died in Viet Nam of non-hostile causes, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.

Share $60,000 Honorarium I Two Jewish Authors Are Jointly Awarded Nobel Prize For Literature Today AT STOCKHOLM (UPI) muel Joseph Agnon and Nelly Sachs, whose works portray the epic struggles of the Jewish people, were jointly awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for literature today. The two authors have never met. Word of the awards leaked out well In advance of the official announcement at noon by the Royal Swedish Academy of letters. Foremost Author Agnon, 78, who lives modestly In a suburb of Jerusalem, is considered Israel's foremost author, The Israeli government learned of. the award two days ago and congratulated him.

'Miss Sachs, 75, who has lived in Sweden 'since fleeing her native Germany In 1940, has for (Continued on Page 56 Col. 5) 3 GOOD EVENING Judging from the amount of. the national debt, It no longer is much of a compliment to tell. a lady. she looks like million dollars.

95th Year No. 36 LBJ A Community Chest Drive Lags, Not Yet At Mark cash register as reported collected Monday's first report sesthe collections to $145,060 mark. This percent of the campaign $349,955. noted that the total coldate are approximbehind 1965 and albehind the 1964 the same date. The goal is approximately greater than the 1965 it was for area lawns.

90 -80 41.1 County Community Chest volunteer today had 1,200 extra reasons for wanting the annual Chest drive a success. citizenry supporting the campaign equally an additional 1,200 reasons for being extra this year. of the 1,200 reasons, Pvt. James Uhrich, RD 4, was present at Wednesday noon's secsession of the current Chest drive. Uhrich is a serviceman who benefits from a Chest agency.

reports indicated that the rain was not worksame wonders in the "green" department of was USO Day at and the volunteer were reminded that this for servicemen and depends entirely on Chest and similar, for its support. to the USO, the County Community through its $349,955 the minimum ne-1 financial support to opcity and county social and welfare organizaorganizations diindirectly serve and about every adult in the county. H. Reardon, a regionexecutive for a fivepointed out that County now has 1,200 women in the armed "The USO provides a from home for alternalive to USO kind of places asserted, and the innot lost on the au- Uhrich, who has been in service for 11 stationed at the Ab-4 Proving Grounds, is enjoying the USO the volunteer workers His parents, Mr. and Unrich were present remarks, Reardon that the USO operclubs in Viet Nam more will be opened six weeks.

Everyday on Page 39-Col. 6) Rain Soaks Northeast, Pacific Northwest Today Lebanon workers to make The also have generous One Lebanon ond report Pvt. the USO, The ing the the Chest's The $41,369 since sion brought date to the 1s 41.7 goal of It was lections to ately $6,000 most $50,000 figure for current $16,500 figure. Wednesday the meeting workers organization women Community organizations In addition Lebanon Chest will goal provide cessary crate 15 service tions. These rectly or benefit just and child Robert al USO state area, Lebanon men and forces.

home away them. The is the other Reardon ference was dience. Pyt. military weeks, is erdeen where he facilities, were told. Mrs.

John also. In his pointed out ates nine and three in about (Continued By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Rain soaked the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest today, Chilly winds whipped through the eastern half of the nation and frost was forecast as far south as Texas. Up to three inches of rain fell from the southern Appalachians to the Mid-Atlantic states. Rain accompanied an invasion of cool air into the Northwest. Almost an inch of rain fell at Astoria, Ore.

were clear from the Interior of the West to Mississippi Valley. Temperatures dropped to below freezing as far south as Oklahoma and Arkansas. Early, morning temperatures from 25 at Marquette, to 80 at Key West (Fla.) Naval Air Station. Rusk Leaves For Manila For Talks With Ministers WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Dean Rusk leaves today for Manila and series of talks with Asian foreign ministers. preceding next week's.

seven-nation: summit conference on Viet Nam. Rusk is being accompanied by W. Averell Harriman, dor at large, and a delegation of 25 other officials. After. their arrival in Manila Friday, the U.S.

officials plan conferences with. foreign ministers. of the Philippines, South Viet Thailand and South Korea, PUBLIC NOTICE AIl persons whe had checks cashed MESICS. FOOD MARKET 121 North, 4th St. Friday and.

Setwder, Oct. 14 and 15 Moses notify the store Immediately, News 1966 of Entered as second class matter at Lebanon, under the Act of War On THE WEATHER Central Penna. Fair and cool tonight. Low 38-43. Friday, mostly sunny and mild.

High 58-63. March postaffice 56 PAGES- CENTS Hunger Protest Plans For Airport At Prescott 16 Residents Of Area Involved Voice Plea To Co. Commissioners. Opposition to a proposed airport-industrial park in area was voiced this morning by 16 residents or property owners in that area before the county commissioners. Accompanied by their attorney, Henry.

Steiner, the delegation in general termed the proposal one that would: 1. Take prime farm land out of production. 2. Result in higher taxes. 3.

Depreciate the value of property in the area and tend to turn it into a blighted area. 4. Benefit only a few persons who own private aircraft. 5. Result in a noise nuisance and safety hazard for adjacent built up areas including Avon and Cedar Haven.

Throughout the meeting Stelner and the delegation members questioned the value of and need for an airport. One of the delegation, Henry L. Zug, pointed out that in recent years Lebanon County has secured several new industries without an airport industrial park. It was also indicated that some of the visitors to the weekily session of the commissioners were opposed to a municipal airport no matter where it is located in Lebanon County. The airport industrial park proposal has been backed by a number of county residents who are joined together in what become known as the airport committee.

Many Own Aircraft It was pointed out this mornthat while many of the committee members are identified in the committee's brochure as being employ yes of industrial firms they are also owners of private aircraft. Commissioner Henry Mark told the delegation that he has made no commilments either for or against an airport. He said his eventual stand must await more information on costs and other factors involved. Mark also said that the commissioners had met with the airport committee and representatives of Bethlehem Steel last week relative to the Millard Air. port, Annville, which is now owned by Bethlehem Steel.

He said the steel firm Indicated it would give up to a three-year lease if it appeared the county is interested in promoting a municipal airport. Steiner said the three year lease limitation is a change of attitude on the part of the steel firm. It was indicated that previously B. S. was willing to negotiate a long-term lease, It was pointed out during the disoussion that the federal government would subsidize up to 75 per cent of the initial (Continued on Page 2 Col.

7) S. Vietnamese Troops Suffer Sharp Setback Ky Names Rebellious Cabinet Member To Post During Meeting SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) South Viet(namese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky pushed aside his cabinet crisis today but his infantrymen reported a sharp setback in Mekong Delta fighting. The premier, 36, seemed so confident of his rule that he named one of seven rebellious cabinet members to head the government next week while he is away attending the Manila conference. Ground fighting in South Viet Nam came to a near standstill, but delayed reports of the Mekong Delta battle Tuesday and Wednesday showed that Viet(namese infantrymen took a bad mauling. At the other end of the country, U.S.

B52 bombers hammered at a North Vietnamese staging area just south of the demilitarized zone. The B52s hit 12 miles southwest of Dong Ha, the big U.S. Marine forward headquarters near the zone separating North and South Viet Nam. U.S. Casualties Decrease Official figures released today showed a decrease in American casualties last week and an increase in South Vietnamese killed and wounded.

In the week ending last Saturday, 74 Americans were reported killed, 432 wounded and two missing, compared with the previous week's toll of: 91 killed, 604 wounded and 17. missing. Vietnamese dead totaled 189 last week, 504 wounded and 85 missing. The previous week 160 were reported killed, 425 wounded and 21 missing. Enemy losses last week were put by U.S.

officials at. 993, down sharply from the 1,531 'reported for the previous seven days. The South Vietnamese reported 1,248 enemy killed and 778 captured. Discrepancies often occur between U.S. and South Vietnamese reports of enemy casualties.

In the Mekong Delta battle 105 (Continued on Page 52-Col. 8) President Of Brazil Has Dissolved Congress RIO DE JANEIRO (UPI) President Humberto Castello Branco ordered a defiant congress dissolved today and announced he would rule by decree until Nov. 22. The decision followed a week of the worst political crisis yet faced by his 30-month-old military regime. It had the effect of turning Brazil into full military dictatorship until a week after the scheduled Nov.

15 elections when the would be allowed to convene again. The president said he took the action to assure peaceful nation-wide elections. In announcing the decision he accused the opposition Brazilian Democratic Movement deputies in the two-chamber congress of forming "a group of anti-revolutionary elements" to sabotage the elections. ON A DIET BUDBROOKE, England (UPI) -David Alexander, the owner of an eight foot Indian python snake and a five foot boa constrictor, says his pets refuse to eat dead meat, but 1 he has been warned by the Royal Society for the Prevention Cruelty to Animals that live rabbits. must be eliminated from their diet.

NEW UNIFORM NEW UNIFORM VIENNA (UPI) -A police department employe has been sentenced to nine months in jail here for stealing police uniforms and selling them to city policemen, ASK COMPENSATION BANGOR, Wales (UPI), Workers constructing a 'gas plant here have demanded an extra shilling (14 cents) an hour for two days when they were barred from smoking. 0 Welcomed To Australia Becomes First American President Ever To Visit Nation On Arrival Today CANBERRA, Australia (AP) President Johnson arrived in Australia today for an astic welcome after getting a pledge of allied unity from New Zealand and calling on Hanoi's leaders to join in a "nobler war" on hunger, ignorance and disease in Southeast Asia. The weather cooperated fully for the coming of the first American President to visit Australia. A light rain stopped 10 minutes before the presidential jet landed in Canberra, the noon capital, and sunshine brilliant slanted late throughiclared. after- the dark gray thunderheads Johnson, followed by his wife, stepped from the plane to be greeted by Prime Minister Harold Holt.

"Mission Of Hope" Harking back once again to his World War II visit to Austra(lia and New Zealand as a naval officer, Johnson told the welcoming crowd at the airport he had returned en route to the Manila conference on Viet Nam on a mission of hope. "I cannot say that miracles! will occur at Manila," he hard work of se- Halloween Parade Schedule Community Date Newmanstown Oct. 22. Fredericksburg Oct. 26.

Grantville Oct. 26 Myerstown Oct. 27 Hershey Oct. 27 Campbelltown Oct. 27 Jonestown Oct.

28 Womelsdorf Oct. 28 Schaefferstown Oct. 29 Rexmont Oct. 29 Pine Grove Oct. 29 Lebanon Oct.

31. Harry F. Byrd Former Senator Harry F. Byrd Passes Away At 79 BERRYVILLE, Va. (UPI) Former U.S.

Sen. Harry F. Byrd, time "guardian of the nation's purse" and for 50 years the most powerful man in Virginia politics, died today at the age of 79 of a brain tumor. A family spokesman said that Byrd, who had been in a coma since the first week in July, succumbed at 8:29 a.m. EDT.

Byrd resigned from the Senate last November because of failing health and his eldest son, Harry F. Byrd was appointed to fill his seat. The younger Byrd now is engaged in a close campaign for reelection to the Senate in his own right. The former senator's illness was diagnosed as a malignant tumor last March by doctors at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. At that time Richard E.

Byrd, the aging Democrats's youngest son, said the family had been informed at that time there was "no hope for recovery." However, Byrd himself was not (Continued on Page 2 Col. 6) Unday in the Neuts Amusements 31 Area 44 Classified ..52, 53, 54, 55 Comics 50, 51 Editorial 14 Financial Obituaries 2 2 Sports ..22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Women's 29, 30 Suit Yourself in a Suit from TILLIE SPANGLER Thursday and Friday Oct. 24 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 7:30 p.m.

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Nov. 2 7:00 p.m. Clear, Cooler Weather Moves Into State Today Rain Date Time After the cold, damp weather that dominated the weather picIture in the Lebanon Valley Tuesday and Wednesday, the sun was a welcome sight this morning. Clear and cooler weather der moved into the. state today a northwesterly flow of air.

The high Wednesday was 51 with an overnight low of 44. Rainfall totaled .41 inch the same as Tuesday's total to bring the total rainfall to .82 inch during the last two days and 1.5 inches for the month. It should be variably cloudy, windy and mild today with highs in the upper 50's and low 60's. The winds will gust at 15 to 20 miles per hour, decreasing during the afternoon. Chance Of Frost Tonight will be fair and cool with lows in the 30's and a possibility of scattered frost.

Friday will be mostly sunny and mild with highs again in the 50's and 60's. Statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today are: High 51 44 Average Temp. 48 Temp. at 8 a.m.

46 Precipitation .41 Sunset tonight 6:18 p.m. Sunrise Friday 7:19 a.m. High, Oct. 19, 1965 70 Low, Oct: 19, 1965 33 Rampaging Negro Youths Injure Five Teachers OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Police maintained order in a predominantly Negro neighborhood today after rampaging injured five high school teachers, broke store windows and tossed fire bombs.

The sporadic violence started at noon Wednesday with a raid on Castlemont High School by some 250 truant students and I nonstudents. Beside the five white teachers, the mob battered three white students. Occasional. outbreaks continued in the blocks between 80th and 89th Avenues between East 14th Street and MacArthur Boulevard. At 10 p.m.

reinforced police squads moved 40. abreast down 14th Street, enforcing a curfew for juveniles under 18. "The police didn't want you on the streets at all," said Paul Robinson, 17, a Negro student McClymonds High School. "They said move along and they weren't just talking." Robinson said he saw several young Negroes throwing rocks and bricks at policemen, I (Continued on Page 38-Col. curing the peace is not done by miracles.

"I cannot say that the hunger and injustice of the past will be ended by a declaration of the seven nations (including Australia) who will meet next week. "Years must pass, years of dedication and patient effort, before men can make the just society of which they dream." Johnson declared that there is a new vision, "a new hope," in this vast area of the world. "It is a vision of emancipation from foreign domination, from tyranny, from the despair that rides with hunger and disease and ignorance. It is the only vision worthy of man's des. tiny.

We shall try to capture a part of that vision at Manila." A crowd of about 400 that had braved the chilly weather and earlier rain cheered loudly and clapped during the President's speech. Johnson said he was grateful that the Australian and American people had put their hands to the task of helping to build a new Asia. "I feel now as I did in 1942 the confidence that comes from the steadfast support of Australia," he said. "You must know that we reciprocate that support in full measure. "Together, as we have always been, I know that we shall succeed.

Now I look forward to meeting your great people once again." Shakes Hands As he did in 'New Zealand, the President on the way to his bubble-top brushed past his guards to shake hands with persons in the crowd. As the President drove to Government House, more than 250 university students carrying placards attacking U.S. policy and the Viet Nam war bled outside Johnson's hotel to await his arrival. The demonstrators appeared to be more in high spirits than (Continued on Page 56-Col. 2) Youths Escape Injury As Car Crashes, Burns Three Myerstown youths had narrow escapes from serious injury or death Wednesday afternoon when their car burst into flames after skidding out of control into a metal guard rail on Route 422, west of Myerstown.

The driver, Robert L. Schott, 16, 309 Oak Court, who was thrown from the car, was admitted to the Good Samaritan Hospital for observation with a bump on his forehead and an abrasion of his left knee. His two passengers were Identified as Terry L. Ream, 14, and his brother, Russell, 17, both of 230 E. Main Ave.

The accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. as Schott was driving west on Route 422 at the Sanger property. Sanger said was the third accident there in recent weeks. He attributed the crashes to the fact that cars "come the concrete" just a short distance east of his property and then veer berm of the road because of a curve in the road. The cars, he continued, go into a skid on the gravel on the berm and out of control.

Fuel Tank Ruptured Edward McCliment, a Jonestown state trooper who no took Schott to the hospital, said the crash occurred as the car, which was headed west on (Continued on Page 56 Col. Nelly Sachs Sachs Society For Crippled Elects Harry Fisher Harry Fisher was elected president of the board of directors of the Lebanon County Society for Crippled Children and at a meeting Wednesday night at the Avon School. Other officers elected by the board for the new year include: Thomas Behney, first vice president; Mrs. Kathryn Henderson, second vice president; George G. Deichert, secretary; Robert HI.

Witters, treasurer; and Harry J. Uhrich, assistant treasurer. Stanley Whitehill, director of field services for the Pennsylvania society, discussed the upcoming national convention to be held in Pittsburgh. The convention will be held Nov. 10 to Miss Eleonora Ehrhorn, executive director, ported on cases handled by the organization in September.

Swerves To Avoid Deer, Causing Crash, Injuries An Annville woman wha swerved her car on Route 934 near Route 22 in order to avoid a deer on Wednesday at 8:45 p.m. was admitted to the Good Samaritan Hospital. The victim, Mary L. Thomas, 33, 446 W. Main suffered a head injury and complained of pain in her left arm.

She was treated at the Indiantown Gap dispensary before being taken to the local hospital. Trooper Joseph Bankes, Jonestown state police, said Mrs. Thomas was headed south when the deer ran onto the highway. She swerved to avoid it, lost control, and the car skidded into a bridge abutment. Damage was estimated at $500 by Bankes.

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