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(THE Morning KANSAS CITY STAR) ffiji i iunuttui fflitn VOL 123 NO 115 PRICE 7 CENTS KANSAS CITY MAY 13 PAGES DOUBT ON RED SINCERITY Prepared to Go to Summit in Co-Operative Mood but Soviets' Handling of Plane Case Leaves Their Intentions Suspect American Note Says ALY KHAN DIES IN CRASH Sports Car Driven by the Prince Collides With a Sedan While He and Companions Return From French Race Track ENVOYTir I Have You Been Counted? BAD After Rita Hayworth Divorce He Took New Role for Pakistan Flights Over Russia Were for Defensive Purposes Told GIRL FRIEND WITH HIM Bettina a Model Is Injured as Is Chauffeur Who Was Passenger HERTER VIEW IS UPHELD State Department Message Is Reply to Protest That Contained Threat Kansas City residents who have not been recorded by Census bureau enumerators are urged to make use of the official form that appears on page 4 of The Times this morning A complete count is vitally important to the area census officials said They emphasized that forms should be filled out properly to be counted Residents of Kansas City should mail forms to the Census district office 601 Hardesty avenue Kansas City 24 Mo THIS WAS THE SCENE yesterday after Prince Aly motor car (left) crashed with a light sedan at the Paris suburb of Suresnes as he was returning from the races at Longchamps The prince was killed A French model Bettina and his chauffeur who were riding with him were injured (Wirephoto by radio from Paris) Denies Aggression WASHINGTON May Following is the text of the note delivered to the Soviet Union in Moscow today in reply to the Russian note May 10 protesting the spy plane flight: The embassy of the United States of America refers to the Soviet Union note of May 10 concerning the shooting down of an American unarmed civilian aircraft on May 1 and under instruction from its government has the honor to state the following: The United States government in the statement issued by the Department of State on May 9 has fully stated its position with respect to this incident In its note the Soviet government has stated that the collection of intelligence about the Soviet Union by American aircraft is a of the United States The United States government does not deny that it has pursued such a policy for purely defense purposes What it emphatically does deny is that this policy has an aggressive intent or that the unarmed U-2 flight of May 1 was undertaken in an effort to prejudice the success of the forthcoming meeting of heads of government in Paris or to the state of American-Soviet relations to the worst times of the cold Indeed it is the Soviet treatment of this case which if anything may raise questions about its intentions in respect to these matters For its part the United States government will participate in the Paris meeting on May 16 prepared to cooperate to the fullest extent in seeking agreements designed to reduce tensions including effective safeguards against surprise attack which would make unnecessary issues of this kind GROCER ROBBED AND MURDERED SAVE FLEEING CUBANS ft Small Craft Trying for Miami Out of Gasoline ARIZONA LOAN HEARINC NOISY One Man in Jail 4 Hours as Shareholders Roar Their Protests Alex Gorsky 66 Is Beaten With Bat in Kansas City Kansas Miami Fla May 12(AP) A Norwegian ship today picked up a party of Cubans adrift in the Straits of Florida after running out of gas in an attempt to reach Miami in a commandeered small boat Paris May 12f(AP) Prince Aly Khan wealthy sportsman-diplomat was killed in a suburban highway crash tonight while driving in from the races with a beautiful woman at his side He would have been 49 in June His sports car and a light sedan crashed together on highway at Suresnes as he was returning from an afternoon at the Longchamps race track Aly at the Wheel With him were a French model Bettina a constant companion on his European visits and his chauffeur who was riding as a passenger while Aly drove Neither Bettina nor the chauffeur was reported severely hurt Prince Aly had turned to sober-sided diplomacy as ambassador to the United Nations in recent years but he still played a lower-keyed role as a fancier of women and horses He was the father of the reigning young Aga Khan IV The latter succeeded to the title while he was a student at Harvard three years ago The 48-year-old Prince Aly whose marriage with Rita Hay- SEEN IN AN ARGUMENT Customer Leaves Short Time Before Assault Children Notice Man Depart JUDGE RAMES RECEIVER Fate of Elbel's Greenbrier Estates to Be Decided Thursday TO PROBE PILOT RUMOR Navy Reportedly Training Men for Castro TRIP MAY WAIT Diplomatic Circles in London Believe Khrushchev Will Ask Delay by Ike Washington May 12(AP) Sen George Smathers (D-Fla) said today he will ask the State and Defense departments for details on a report that the Navy has been training jet pilots for the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba (By The Own Service) Phoenix Ariz May 12 One man was put in jail for four hours as a result of a tumultuous hearing in the Maricopa County Superior court here this afternoon in another round in the straightening tangled affairs Savings A's Open Detroit Series Tonight Rain chased the out of Baltimore before they could get in the finale of a scheduled 3-game series last night Tonight Kansas City will open a series in Detroit The play again tomorrow afternoon and end their road trip with a double-header Sunday Monday night they open a long home stand with a game with Baltimore Other scores: AMERICAN LEAGIE Boston I Chicago 0 Cleveland 1 New York 3 (11 innings) Detroit at Washington postponed rain NATIONAL LEAGIE Milwaukee 4 St Louis 3 Cincinnati 14 Chicago 1 San Francisco 1 Philadelphia 0 Only games scheduled (Details on Sports pages) Other News on Inside Pages Pre-Summit Move Today arrival in Paris will be signal for a strategy conference Page 2 Pollution Plan Wins Approval Council committee favors a pay-as-you-go proposal 6 Asks Neutron Bomb Data Senator Dodd reqeusts Ike to tell American people of destructive force 13 Foreign Aid Bill to Ike-House clears measure 240-138 Senate by voice vote 20 Women' new 22 23 Sports 30 31 32 Deaths 33 Markets 28 29 Editorials 42 MOSCOW TIPS COME IN Soviet Premier Who May Under Old Guard Pressure Seeks Escape FAIR AND MILD TODAY High Readings in the Upper and Loan association out of the of the Arizona Poison Needle on Pilot Kills Dog London May The Russians said tonight they tested a poison needle found on Francis Powers American pilot and inside 30 seconds it killed a dog Radio Moscow reporting on the special exhibit of the wreckage of the plane and the alleged espionage equipment carried by Powers referred to the poison needle as the one the pilot was supposed to use on himself to evade capture The commentator said the poison belongs to the curare group and added: dog for instance which received a prick from this needle lived only 30 A 66-year-old grocer was robbed and fatally beaten late yesterday in his store at 960 Gilmore avenue Kansas City Kansas The victim Alex Gorsky of 1855 North Fortieth street was found in the store by neighborhood children He was bleeding profusely from a severe head wound and died an hour later at St hospital Arrest Is Made Police searching for the assailant made one arrest bu no charge had been filed last night A detective Charles Me Ginnis said children gave him a description of a Negro who was in the store An elderly customer Matt Rodman of 245 South Feree street said the Negro about 32 was ar- By John Cauley The Foreign Affairs Correspondent) Washington May 12 The United States said tonight belligerent attitude on the American spy plane case raises some ques tions on the sincerity of the Soviet intentions to reduce ten sions at the forthcoming East-West conference at the summit Furthermore the State de partment said in a note the United States is prepared to go to the Paris meeting next Monday ready to co-operate to the fullest extent to ease world tensions and to consider effective safeguards against surprise attack Threat of Retaliation The note was a reply to the emphatic protest of the Soviet Union which threatened to take retaliatory measures against any repetition of American intelligence flights over its territory The United States repeatec it does not deny it has sent reconnaissance flights over the Soviet for purely defen sive purposes it emphatically does deny is that this policy has any aggressive intent or that the unarmed U-2 flight of May 1 was undertaken in an effort to prejudice the success of the forthcoming meeting of the heads of governments in Paris to to the state of American-Soviet relations to the worst terms of the cold the note said Indeed it is the Soviet treatment of this case which if anything may raise questions about its intentions in respect to these of The department pointed out the American position was fully stated Tuesday when Secretary Herter said this country would be derelict in its responsibility to the free world if it did not in the absence of Soviet co-operation undertake aerial intelligence operations to lessen and to overcome the danger of surprise attack which could mounted from inside the be A pleasant weekend is forecast for the Kansas City area The weather bureau said the mercury would rise into the worth was a glittering Riviera upper 70s today and tomorrow Judge a Lockwood ordered the man Sam Blaz Crvarich 73 who described himself as a Yugoslavian immigrant removed forcibly from the courtroom and placed in jail after he continued to ignore her reprimands to remain quiet Room Was Crowded The courtroom was jammed with more than 90 spectators representing shareholders of the closed financial institution It was involved in the dealings of Donald Elbel Kansas City investor and real estate developer More than 50 who could not get in staged a noisy demonstration in the corridor outside the courtroom Judge Lockwood ordered 15 Maricopa deputies to clear the Tower Falls on a Supermarket corridors of the demonstrating shareholders before the hearing continued In the melee in St St Louis he sky will be fair today with few clouds tomorrow 0 SNIPING STILL GOES ON Three More Incidents Occur in Tennessee Area Nashville Tenn May 12 (AP) The office added three reports of mysterious sniping today in a suburban area where a gunman has been taking potshots at trains the last several days No one was injured today FERE AT RADIO STATION A MANAGER INTERVIEW HEARING GOES ON IN DIN House Group Probes Un-American Activities on Coast Massachusetts Man Will Meet Council Today Gilbert Chavenelle city manager of Haverhill Mass is scheduled to arrive here by plane at 12:53 today for an interview with the city council concerning the city manager job here He is expected to hold a press conference at 2:30 in Mayor office The mayor said Chavenelle will stay here until Sunday Firemen were battling a 3-alarm fire at radio station KCFM in West St Louis early this morning Witnesses said the 300-foot tower toppled and fell on the Food Center a supermarket nearby There were no immediate reports of injuries San Francisco May 12 (AP) A hostile wildly-excited crowd tried to disrupt a hearing of the House committee on Un-American activities today but after a dozen shrieking leaders had been forcibly jected from the hearing room the session proceeded without further disorder The shouting singing demonstrators rallied by the hundreds around city hall at the start of the session They circled the block with signs denouncing the inquiry Most were students Women fainted General confusion reigned outside the hearing room throughout the afternoon THE FAIR SCHOOL BILL NEAR FLOOR Committee to Send Construction Measure in Wednesday Washington May 12 (AP) The House education committee voted today to bring its controversial school construction bill to the floor next Wednesday for action By a 17-7 vote the committee decided to bypass the rules committee where the measure is now stymied Crvarich charged past the courtroom bailiff and into chair across the courtroom repeatedly shouting defiance at the judge Judge Lockwood gave him several reprimands and then had him removed bodily by deputies and taken to jail for 24 hours when he refused to keep quiet She relented after four hours and directed that he be released After the demonstrators were quieted Judge Lockwood approved the appointment of Arnold Grasmoen Arizona bank superintendent as receiver of the association Gras moen succeeds David 0 Saun ders 76 who died here May 10 Transfer of Funds At the same time Judge Lockwood directed the transfer of $270000 from subordinate funds of the association held in Chicago to the assets of the company here The transfer today is the last of (Continued on Second Page secrecy of the Soviet Union Meanwhile Secretary Herter and top diplomatic officials including Charles (Chip) Bohlen special assistant to the secretary on Soviet affairs took off for Paris late today to prepare the groundwork (Continued on Second Page) By Arthur Gavshon London May 12(AP) he belief grew among Western governments tonight that Premier Nikita Khrushchev will ask President Eisenhower to postpone his visit to Russia next month Arguments supporting his view have reached Western capitals from diplomats in Moscow qualified officials reported Among these arguments: The Soviet premeir may have been genuinely surprised angered and even politically hurt by the affair of the downed spy plane which exposed weaknesses in Soviet air defenses Thi? may explain condemnation of role in the incident Pressure May Be on Even before the flight and descent of the U-2 Khrushchev may have been under stiff pressure by old guard Communists in Russia as well as in Red China to quit his dickerings with statesmen of the West There have been persistent signs suggesting that Red Mao Tze-Tung and his men consider the Soviet chief in danger of being tainted with softness Khrushchev may figure there is little percentage in playing host to an outgoing President who would expect among other things facilities to address the Russian people over television and through their newspapers Coming so soon after his expressions of indignation at condoning the spy plane operation such a visit could be embarrassing The tour of Russia has been set for June 10-19 Diplomats in London think a postponement of the Eisenhower visit really might mean its cancellation Confusion Still Holds Several diplomats still confessed bewilderment at some unprecedented twists in the case of the U-2 jet A British veteran commented: cannot recall a single parallel in history where a country admitted responsibility as the United States has done for the espionage activities of one of its citizens were several alternative courses the Americans could have taken without involving themselves We can- Continued on Second Page) Ask Newcomer's about their Pra Need Funeral Plan Adv Fair and warmer here today and tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow High today in the upper 70s Low tonight in the upper 50s High tomorrow in the upper 70s Weather map and detailed observation on page 44) The temperature readings vesterday: 1 P- 691 8 66 2 691 9 rn 64 3 70 10 62 4 72111 60 5 72' 12 midnight 55 6 73 1 a 54 7 701 2 a 53 Unofficial event of 1949 died almost immediately from his injuries Officials at Foch hospital said he suffered a fractured skull possibly a broken neck and fractured legs They said he died as a hospital elevator took him to an emergency operating room Cut on the Face Bettina (Simone Bodin) suffered a deep cut ranging down from the center of her fore head to one side of her face The chauffeur was slightly in jured There was no immediate in formation available on the occupants of the other car Witnesses at the scene said one was identified as a Mr Betti fond and had suffered two broken legs Rumors floated around Paris after the accident that Aly Khan and Bettina had been secretly married This coult not be confirmed The first son of the late Aga Khan III Prince Aly loved to drive fast cars but in recen years had given up car racing a young he remarked to friends As a horseman he main tained stud farms in South America as well as Europe His thoroughbreds were wel known to the tracks and he kept close supervision over the famed stables left him by the old Aga Khan Last year his horses were leading money winners on both Brit ish and French tracks After his divorce from Rita Hayworth who was given cus tody of their daughter Yas min Aly did not frequent night spots so much as for merly Post in 1958 Aly Khan was named Pakis chief delegate to the United Nations February 6 1958 and after a few weeks in the post made an impression as a hard working serious minded ambassador He was born in Turin Italy 1911 the son of the Aga Khan III by the second of his four wives an Italian ballet dancer named Theresa Magliano He was an officer with the French Foreign Legion then was with the British army anc during the latter part World War was attached to the American Army He won the Bronze Star Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor Aly Khan had been married (Continued on Second Page) Results fter Use Star BA Adv what you are Want Adz Dial Kanasas Fair and warmer today Increasing cloudiness and mild tonight and tomorrow Highs today in the 80s Missouri Generally fair today tonight and tomorrow Warmer today and tonight and south and east central tomorrow Highs today 75 southeast to 80 to 85 northwest LIFTS BAN ON SHORTS Order by Chief Burgess Is Rescinded in Pennsylvania Pottsville Pa May 12(AP) Michael Sedore chief burgess of Gilberton today rescinded his order banning the vrearing of shorts by women Fifty mothers at a borough council meeting last night threatened to parade through the anthracite town July 4 in bikini bathing suits if the order was not rescinded IN LATE TALK AT LEEDS Negotiators Still Confer Strike Issues Victims in Paris Crash guing with Gorsky when went there to buy soap Rodman said he arrived at the store at 4:55 and left a few minutes later It was about 5:10 when the children found the injured grocer and ran for help Children See Man The Negro was leaving the store as Amelia Chapman 7 and her brother Earl Chapman 10 left their home across the street at 330 North Tenth street they told McGinnis They were taking in some soda bottles for refunds When they found Gorsky groaning on the floor behind the counter they ran to notify Joe Minghini owner of their home who was there doing repairs Minghini lives at 5333 Yecker avenue Wyandotte County went over and took one look and called police and an Minghini said Gorsky was lying near the cash register which was closed He had at least five lacerations on his head His skull was crushed Bat Is Nearby Near his head was a saved-off basebaU bat believed to have been the weapon There was some evidence of a struggle Puddles of blood were on the floor and the counter Police said all bills had been removed from the cash register but the change was left They believed the loss would not exceed $25 Capt Eli Dahlin chief of (Continued on Second Page) 4 Mellodv-McGUley-Eylar Funeral -Adv MM! I Negotiators for United Auto Workers local 93 and General Motors were still meeting early this morning in an effort to reach agreement on a workload dispute at the Fisher 'Body plant at Leeds The two sides had been in session since 1 yesterday afternoon in an effort to end a strike of some 2000 hourly paid production work ers The strike started March 29 Spokesmen said an all-out effort was being made to end the stalemate PRINCE ALY KHAN was killed yesterday and a friend Bettina a French model was injured in a motor car accident near Paris (Wirephotos) CHRISTIAN HERTER secretary of state (right) chatted yesterday with Sir Harold Caccia British ambassador shortly before the secretary boarded a plane in Washington for Paris to attend the Summit conference (Wirephoto) 1 pa iBroadw Is flowers from Save parking safety Yellow worries ride with Cab GR 1-5000-Adv The vary bee Sdnds VI 2-17! no more but way Motors 34th- it more wy-Adv V-.

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