Guam Daily News from Agana Heights, Guam • 1

r- 1 --V fBama9 Mississippi Groups Threaten Convention Flareup ATLANTIC CITY NJ Aug 24 (AP)-The Democratic national Credentials Committee announced yesterday it will recommend seating of the Alabama delegation provided the members sign a party loyalty pledge Later the Alabama group voted overwhelmingly to re fuse to sign the pledge The refusal to comply by a 32-vote set the stage for a battle on the convention floor David Lawrence committee chairman announced also that no decision bas yet been reached in the case of two contesting Mississippi delegations He said the committee will resume deliberations on the Mississippi question this morning Lawrence said that in the case of Alabama the committee decided seat the delegates who presented themselves and put them on the rolls provided they sign the same pledge members of the National Committee are required to No formal contest was filed against the Alabama Jelega- CONVENTION LEADERS Former Pennsylvania Gov David Lawrence left heads the Credentials Committee for the Democratic National Convention and Gov Carl Sanders right of Georgia presides over the Rules Committee NEA ON 3 o)f! IM Outbreaks Of Violence In 3 Cities BULLETIN SAIGON Aug 24 (AP)-A mob of about 2000 students and other persons hurled rocks at the windows of a Army billet in Da Nang the second largest city of South Vietnam today shouting anti-government andanti-American slogans Violent demonstrations also were in progress in Hue and Saigon SACKING SCHOOL In the city of Hue 400 miles north of here an estimated 1000 students attacked a high school run by French nuns and Catholic priests smashing windows and destroying furniture In Da Nang farther down the coast students were joined by cyclo (pedicab) drivers and other persons in a wild marching demonstration Several civilians were injured and hospitalized but police did not interfere There were no reports of any American casualties After Saigon Da Nang has the largest number of American officials of any spot in South Vietnam In Saigon meanwhile about 500 students smashed Into the Saigon Information Ministry building this morning breaking glasses and furniture Ministry officials were under orders to stay at their desks and not to resist the students meanj beating up Several Vietnamese photographers -wee roughed up by rioting demonstrators at the Information Ministry while taking pictures of developments A demonstration was still in progress by near noon local time and more trouble was expected during the day AP GUARDED -In anticipation that marchers might also move on the Associated Press Bureau a contingent of police was stationed outside the AP office Several student extre- 25 1964 VOL XIX NO 206 AGANA LASHES HISPANIOLA Bobby Drops Outof Mass Delegation ATLANTIC CITY NJ Aug 24 (APl-US Atty Gen Robert Kennedy resigned yesterday from the Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic national convention Kennedy submitted his resignation in a telegram sent from his McLean Va home to Gov Endicott Peabody chairman of the Mas-' sachusetts delegation WAS EXPECTED The resignation had been expected as a preliminary to his expected entry into -the race- for the US Senate from New York Peabody told a news conference he will ask the delegation to approve Mrs Joan Kennedy wife of Sen Ed-wlVd Kennedy of Massachusetts as the replacement for her brother-in-law Senator Kennedy was listed on the temporary roll of the Massachusetts delegation but a spinal fracture suffered in a plane crash makes it impossible for him to attend NEEDS A KENNEDY is my belief that Mas- ON 12 Cleo Leaves 14 Dead In Guadalupe Isles SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic Aug 24 (AP) CJeo a killer hurricane that left at least 14 dead 100 injured and 50 million dollars damage on Guadeloupe lashed the island of Hispaniola with gales last night a foretaste of the 140-mile winds expected later She churned just beneath the Caribbean island on a course that would batter the southwestern Dominican island Thd entire south coast of Haiti TEN CENTS LBJ Retains Guerrero as SPC Envoy President Johnson has appointed Governor Guer rero to another two-year term as an alternate member of the South Pacific Commission representing the United States Guerrero was first appointed to the position two years ago by the late President John Kennedy The other member nations of the commission are Great Britain France Australia and New Zealand Commission headquarters are in Noumea New Caledonia where the annual meeting will be held in October The Governor received ON 12 GUAM TUESDAY AUGUST ed across the islands Electricity was out to most sections and roads were blocked with debris Officials of the seven-island French dominion said it was the worst hurricane since 1928 Another victim of fury was a US Navy hurricane-hunter plane flying only a few hundred feet above the water in eye Turbulence knocked out oqe engine sending it limping home with one engine and two wing tanks gone and seven injured crewmen Cleo thriving on the warm waters of theCarib-bean grew strong as she raged away from Guadeloupe toward Haiti and the Domi- ON 12 WEATHER 1 Mostiycloudy to cloudy with scattered showers Winds SSE 10-18 knots gusts to 24 knots in heavier showers Sea slight Max Temp Today 88 Min Temp Tonight 75 Max Temp Yesterday 84 Min Temp Yesterday 77 Max Rel Humidity 91 Min Rel Humidity 74 Rainfall Yesterday 000 Total for Month 742 TIDES High 9:03 am Low Sunrise 6:10 Sunset i 6:37 was raked by last year hurricane Flora There was a chance that Cuba also smashed by Flora might get a taste of Cleo PLANTATIONS WRECKED Cleo wiped out entire sugar and banana plantations in Guadeloupe In the capital city of Basse Terre alone more than 1000 persons were homeless Officials said several hundred homes were demolished and more than 10000 others badly damag- Kathy may still cause ca-saulties -and damages along the inland sea National Police said landslides were responsible for most of the casualties National Police said the typhoon triggered 238 landslides which crushed houses and uprooted trees Eighteen bridges were washed away and more than 5500 houses were flooded Typhoon Kathy Causes 7 Deaths In Japanese Island TOKYO Aug 24 (AP)-Typhoon Kathy picking up speed but losing some of its punch was churning through Japan island sea today after leaving seven persons dead and two missing in the southermost island of Kyushu National Police said the typhoon that landed on the southern tip of Kyushu yesterday morning left 20 others injured in its path Talks Reach Urgent Stage To Avert UAW Walkout DETROIT Mich Aug 24 (A P)-With just seven days to run in labor contracts covering more than half a million auto workers the eight-week-old negotiations on a new pact reach urgent stages today United Auto Workers (UAW) Pres Walter Reurher who has skipped most of the preliminary rounds plans to visit bargaining tables today at each of the big three auto firms General Motors Ford and ON 8 company to a contract via strike or threat of it and then force the other- two to meet or better the rginal 1 The companies made their first economic offers last Monday Malcolm Denise a Ford vice-president described the virtual parallel offers as most generous we have ever made the National Police said the typhoon moving northeast will hit the industrial centers in the Osaka area this evenine They said Kathy accelerated from six to nine miles per hour while center winds declined from 87 to 70 miles per hour STILL DANGEROUS Weathermen warned that Chrysler the companies persist in their present offer there will be a strike Reuther said STRIKE TARGET He has called his UAW International Executive-Board to meet Wednesday night to pick a strike target The union hopes to drive one.