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The only newspaper in the Grand Traverse Region, that is read each day by and over 40,000 of your friends and neighbors. TRAVERSE CITY RECORD-EAGLE NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S GREATEST DAILY THE WEATHER Cloudy and cool detailed Information, Page 11 "Tis a Privilege to Live in Michigan" UPI FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE FOURTEEN PAGES TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1961 SIXTY-FIRST YEAR--21709 PRICE SEVEN CENTS U.S., Russia Meet on Major Cold War Issues Legislature Prepares for Serious Business LANSING, March 18 (UPI)--The state legislature is expected to get down to serious business when the 1901 session resumes Monday night. The first deadline of the session fell yesterday, when the doors were closed to introduction of bills other than tax and appropriations measures. During the 33 meeting days of the session 1,047 bills, including part of Gov. John B.

Swainson's tax revision program and other appropriations measures, were tossed into the legislative hopper. About one third of these were expected to see the light of day on the floor in their house of origin, and probably 250 or less will Jobless Pay Total Shows a Decline WASHINGTON, Mar. 18 (UPI) -Both the number of workers drawing unemployment checks and the number applying for them declined for the second consecutive week in early March, but officials today noted that the total was still a record high for the period. The Labor department reported last night that insured unemployment went down by 62,300 for the week ended March 4. The previous week it had gone down by a thin 13.000.

The 3,346,500 persona drawing jobless benefits at the beginning of March was still a record nigh tor that time of year. It was pointed out that during the depression, the jobless insurance program covered only a fraction of the work force it now protects. Another indication of recent lev- elling-off trends was that initial claims for unemployment benefits continued to shrink, falling by 42,000. That was believed due largely to outdoor jobs opening up and "slackening of layoffs in the automobile industry" and other fields. The department said that about 192,500 persons exhausted their benefits in February, approximately the same number as in January.

Forty states, led by New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, reported the reductions in their unemployment insurance rolls. Michigan, under the impact of early auto layoffs, reported an increase in insured unemployment of 14,700. But Michigan also reported the largest drop in initial claims, an indication that the heavy auto production and employment cutbacks of February were easing. pass during the session tentatively scheduled to end May 12. Distribution of obscene material in the state came under attack in senate yesterday.

Two bills passed in the upper chamber would make it illegal to have possession of more than one copy of any literature considered obscene and would put certain types of phonograph records, motion pictures and other recordings into the law regarding obscene matter. Yesterday's session was the longest Friday meeting this year for both houses although the senate gave final consideration to only three bills and the house passed up all "measures which were ready for final debate. Most of the time was passed with the reading into the record the new bills. Among measures introduced was one which would require teachers in the state-controlled colleges and universities to have professional education courses in their background. Currently college teachers are not required to have taken education history or methods courses, such as those required of elementary, secondary and community college teachers.

Space Committee Studies AF Shakeup WASHINGTON, Mar. IS (UPI) -The house space committee today summoned Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, who may become the own without trying to take over i the civilian space agency.

i The committee may also ques- tion the air force brass on a dis- Rusk Rates Laos Problem Most Urgent WASHINGTON, a IS (UPI) military space chief under a giant closure that the Defense depart- Secretary of State Dean Rusk air force shakeup. Chairman Overton Brooks. said his committee would hear Schriever. now the air force's commander of air research and development, and air force chief of staff Gen. Thomas D.

White. The committee's queries are expected to center around Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara's March 6 directive giving the air force nearly all control of military space programs, and the huge reorganization he ordered yesterday to carry out his plan. ment is studying a plan to make the air the exclusive oper- i today planned to try to convince ator of military satellites design- Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei ed for global "map-making" and i Gromyko that Russian meddling in "related All three military arms now have map-making groups. The proposal now under study would place data-collecting for maps by satellites under the management of the air force only.

Under McNamara's reorganization order, Schriever's outfit will be known as the "air force systems" command, and will include an army engineers section respons- The order, calling for the big-1 ble building missile bases I IN A I A Led by Lennie Ligon, seated left, the Traverse City portion the CUSSA junior national team now competing in the National Junior Alpine Championships at Sugar Loaf Mountain, Stratton, Maine, is making an excellent showing. Left to right from Ligon in the back row are Mike Merrill, Jim Frazier, Ken King, and Dick Bohn. In the front row are Val Hays and Sandy Shield. Ligon placed second in the giant slalom event Friday. Places Second in Giant Slalom (Record-Eagle Photo) Business Brisk ILFORD, ENGLAND, March 18 (UPI)--The organizer of a charity sale, Mrs.

Phyllis Proctor, took off her tweed jacket briefly to cool nnd when she went back to get it, she found it had been sold. No Highway Program Tax Change Seen WASHINGTON, Mar. 18 I --Rep. Thomas B. Curtis, predicted today that the house ways and means committee will vote to continue the fourth cent of the federal gasoline taxes beyond the scheduled June 30 ex- piration date.

But the veteran Republican committee member said he believed the body would refuse to support President Kennedy's additional rec- i ommendations for a tax on truck tires and diesel fuel. The committee also probably will go for a stretchout of the interstate highway program which is set for completion in 1972, Curtis said. Curtis spoke after the ways and means committee listened to representatives of the trucking and petroleum industry who opposed President Kennedy's plans to raise funds needed to keep the Interstate highway program going on schedule. President Kennedy asked for continuation of the four cent federal gas tax and the diesel fuel and truck tire taxes in order to complete the $25 billion federal highway program, authorized in 1956. Opponents of the administration program used the president's own words against him.

They referred to his highway message statement that the interstate system Was vital "to our security, our safety and our economic growth." Lennie Ligon Paces CUSSA Team in National Junior Ski Meet Traverse City's development of behind the winner, Ni Orsi, 16, of the 39-gate, IVl-mile course was junior competitive skiing over the Stockton, California, who is rep- 1:32.2. past eight years paid its biggest Best peacetime shakeup of air force structure in history, would consolidate all air force space, a communications a warning systems under Schriever's command. The committee is concerned over reports of unhappiness in the army and navy over the air force's new role, and Brooks suggested it would have civilian ramifications. But Pentagon officials say the military has enough troubles of its Accused Spies Blame Love for Leading Them Astray LONDON, Mar. IS (UPD--Brit- ain's "spy trial of the decade" has transformed the No.

1 courtroom at the Old Bailey, scene of most of the country's celebrated trials "for a century, into a sort of tribunal of love. Two of five defendants charged with stealing vital secrets trom the Portland naval base testified yesterday that it was love that led them astray. They were Henry F. Houghton, a 50-year-old Englishman, and his 46-year-old fiancee, Ethel E. Gee, who began an office romance with him while they were both working at the Portland here.

The other defendants have not i yet taken the stand. They are: --Gordon A. Lonsdale. who carries a Canadian passport but is believed by British authorities to be a Russian. Miss Gee said he posed as "Cmdr.

Alex Johnson of the U. S. navy" and persuaded her and Honghton to take papers out of the secret files at Portland. --A couple identified by British authorities as Peter J. and Helen Kroger, ostensibly a bookseller and his wife.

The FBI says they are actually Morris and Dora Cohen of New York City. Crown attorneys contend the Krogers operated a powerful radio transmitter, capable of sending 240 words a minute to Moscow, from their bungalow in suburban Ruislip. Late yesterday, Houghton went to the witness box and began a story about a romance with a Polish girl, identified only as Christina, that got him involved with Iron Curtain agents. His testimony will be resumed when the court convenes on Monday. dividend Friday when Lennie Ligon, 16, Traverse City member of the Central U.

S. Ski Association junior national team, placed second in the giant slalom at the National Junior Alpine Ski Championships being held at Sugar Loaf Mountain, Stratton, Maine. Ligon was six tenths of a second Afro-Asians Oppose U. N. Congo Debate UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Mar.

IS (UPI)--Afro-Asian opposition appeared likely today to block Russia's demand for immediate general assembly debate on the Congo. Assembly President Frederick H. Boland tentatively scheduled a Congo debate Monday, in response to the Soviet demand, but diplomatic sources predicted that only Russia and its satellites would speak in a debate held that day. These sources said the Afro- Asian nations would wait until their governors had had time' to adopt an attitude toward the situation created by the proclamation of a Congo federation, apparently replacing the Leopoldville governments to which a number of them had objected. Another bone of contention was the not-yet-published report of the Congo counciliation commission, which was discussed by the 46- nation Afro-Asian group at a stormy session yesterday.

The present expectation was that the report would not be distributed to the bulk of the assembly until Wednesday or Thursday--if at all. It is expected to reach Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's 18- nation advisory committee Tuesday, and to rest with them for at least 24 hours. LENNIE LIOON resenting the U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association from his New York state school.

Orsi's time Over Winter Leaves On Dull Note Partly cloudy and sort of cold is prediction for Monday, the first day of Spring. Between now and then, today will be a bit warmer, 25 to 32, and cloud up later in the day. A lot warmer tonight than last night's 12 above, 20 to 30 in the dark hours. Sunday will be 28 to 35 degrees and pretty cloudy. i Then comes Monday and Spring.

But don't look for any complete chanse in personality. Spring comes slowly this way, I as some one has said. Report Congo 'Leopard Men' on Rampage LEOPOLDVILLE, THE CONGO. March IS (UPI) Hundreds of fanatic "leopard men" terrorists are roaming the Congo's Kivu province, threatening to massacre all Europeans, the United Nations said today. A strong unit of U.

N. Malayan troops and Congolese national army forces was enroute the area to drive the terrorists away from the Kasongo area where marauding soldiers earlier beat up priests and raped nuns. At least 30 white missionaries are believed to be in the area, A U. N. spokesmen said several hundred natives were on the rampage.

They wear leopardskin bands around their heads and describe themselves as a religious sect. They have been heard threatening to massacre all Europeans, especially Belgians, in the Kasongo area, the spokesman said. On the diplomatic front, nego- tiations between U. N. officials i and Congolese representatives for I the return of the U.

N. supply bases at Matadi and Banana dragged on with no agreement in sight. In the downhill event on Thursday, also won by Orsi, Ligon placed 16th. If he does well in the last event, the slalom scheduled for today, he could place high in the combined total. The giant slalom, however, is not counted in the combined category.

Lynne Johnson of Iron Mountain also carried the colors of the CUSSA team high when she placed third in the girl's giant slalom Friday. She trailed the winner, Ingrid Simonson of Yakima, Washington, by one and three-tenths seconds, but was only a tenth of a second behind runner-up Nancy dough of New London, New York. Dick Ireland of Cheboygan, Michigan, was 26th in the boy's giant slalom with a time of 1:37.7. The CUSSA team is represented by 10 boys and 10 girls, the best in the 16-state area. Of this group nine come from the Traverse City region.

They are, besides Ligon, Mike Merrill, Jim Frazier, Ken King, Dick Bohn, Val Hays and Sandy Shield, all of Traverse City, and Denny Hanson and Kelly Woodbury, both of The Leelanau Schools, Glen Arbor. Local team members will re- Scout Circus Being Staged Here Today Tornadoes and Storms Sweep Across South (By UPI) A turbulent squall line that thundered across the south with tornadoes and severe thunderstorms crossed southern Alabama and northern Florida today and headed out to sea. For 2,000 miles behind the' storms lay scattered damage from i wind, jlood. Bail and lightning. Tornado warnings were out ear- I ly today in Alabama and Florida, Twelve big acts will.be featured i and weathermen warned of severe in the first biennial Scout Circus scheduled for this afternoon and evening at St.

Francis gym here. The circus is being presented by Boy Scouts of the Central District of the Scenic Trails Council, with Herb Newkirk serving as general chairman of the event. thunderstorms in all eastern gulf states. A twister swooped down on Atmore, 35 miles northeast of Mobile, last night where it damaged two homes and numerous small buildings. No one was hurt.

At Mobile, hail damaged proper- turn to Traverse City sometime Monday night via chartered bus. Explains Why South Africa Quit Empire LONDON, March IS (UPI) -Prime Minister Henrik Verwoerd said today that South Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth to prevent some other nations from quitting in protest over his nation's racial policies." The South African leader told a news conference that "I felt I had to relieve my (British) friends Two performances are to be giv- ty and rain flooded streets. The wind measured 66 miles an hour at the Mobile municipal airport where the top was blown off a concrete garage. Mobile had 1.04 inches of rain within six hours during the night and McComb, recorded 1.43 inches for the same period. Heavy rain in southern Mississippi threatened floods along the same rivers and creeks which poured out of their banks two weeks ago.

en, one from 2:00 to 4 0 0 p.m. and the second from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Indian dancing, bicycling, and Scout skills of fire building, signaling, first aid, cooking, and compass work will highlight the circus, according to Joe Sleder, participation chairman. Other events include a Cub Scout Storyland Parade, Bobcat. Tenderfoot and Explorer induction ceremonies, a ceremony of massed color guards, and a closing act paying tribute to the mr.ny volunteer leaders working in the Boy Scout movement.

Dick Williams has arranged for clowns from each Scout i to frolic before the show and between acts. Mike Naymick will serve as ringmaster. Part of the proceeds of the event will go for improvement and development of Camp Greilick, the district's council camp on Bass, Rennie, and Spider lakes. Units participating in the circus will also benefit from ticket sales. ft ft ft Laos lessens chances of cast- west agreement on big cold war issues such as disarmament and a nuclear test ban.

Rusk invited Gromyko here from New York, where he is attending the United Nations general assembly for a lunch meeting to discuss tension-laden problems dividing Russia and the west. Adlai Stevenson, U. S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Arkady Sobolev, also attending the United Nations, also were invited to be present at the meeting. face-to-faca meeting of Rusk and Gromyko, their first since new U.

S. administration took office, was set to take place in the secretary's private dining room on the eighth floor of the new $35 million State department building. Rusk's aides said they expected the table talk to include all major cold war problems, but said the issue of top urgency on the secretary's mind was Laos. Russians are flying in large amounts war material to rebels fighting the western-backed royal Laotian government. The United States is considering a large scale increase in its military aid to the central government to counter the reportedly massive Soviet airlift to the rebels.

But it still hopes to persuade the Russians to end their operation and prevent an arms race. Officials said Rusk would make it clear to Gromyko that continued Soviet interference in Laoa will render it much more difficult to carry on fruitful negotiations on the other issues which President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wish to tackle as soon as possible. These issues include disarmament, nuclear test ban negotiations, the problem of Berlin and divided Germany, and the Congo. BOMB JUDGE'S OFFICE BIG- RAPIDS, Mar. 18 (UPI) A dynamite bomb was thrown into the office of Munici- i pal Judge Marvin E.

West early High winds overturned a trailer i today, blasting a hoi through the home at Iowa, injuring a ceiling of the one-story building. Rooftops were Dipped away No one was injured in the explo- at De Quincy, La. sion and damage in the interior of To the north, rain, drizzle, the office was minor. The bombing freezing rain and rain and snow mixed blew across the central great plains. occurred at about 1:25 a.m.

Where You'll Find: TANK KILLS MAN ALBION, Mar. IS (UPI) --Charles Deetgen, 45, of Concord, was crushed to death early yesterday when a water tank fell on him while he was repairing a crane in Homer township, about 13 miles south of here. TV Log Page Radio Program Page Comics Page Society Page Calendar of Events Sports Page 10 Weather Page 11 Bulletin WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) The Mercury space capsule was blasted aloft today for the most violent test yet of its escape system, and was seen to land apparently intact about 20 miles out in the Atlantic. Today's Chuckle Thank heaven this is still a free country, where a man can do as his wife p'cases. of this embarrassment." If South Africa had not quit voluntarily, Verwoerd said, other Commonwealth nations might have left, leading to the disintegration of this key element in British foreign policy.

He said South Africa's pullout from the Commonwealth over apartheid, or racial segregation, might improve its relations with Britain. He said many South Africans hoped for a "special relationship" with London, like that existing between Britain and Ireland. He said he thought it would be possible to continue defense agreement between the two countries, like the one that enables the British to use South Africa's Simonstown naval base. Verwoerd last night had only bitter words to describe the Comi nion wealth members' who opposed South Africa's membership. He blamed their "immaturity" for a "witch hunt" in haunting South Africa until it quit.

A FOR SCOUT I TODAY--Cub Scout packs joined forces for two presentations of a pageant of Robin Hood, part of the annual Boy Scout circus being held today at St. Francis gymnasium. Two shows were scheduled, the first at 2:00 p.m. and the final one at 8 o'clock this evening. Left to right in this picture are.

standing on bench, Daryl McMasters, Duane Morton, and Steven Cole. In front are Den Mother Ruth Katana. Raymond Norris, Roger Werbinski, and Den Mother Marion Barrett. (Record-Eagle Photo).