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(THE Morning KANSAS CITY STAR) (Titit i nt fTI)C fUut PRICE 7 CENTS KANSAS CITY THURSDAY MARCH 22 PAGES VOL 125 NO 70 THREAT REPORT IN DEATH PROBE RED SPACE MOVE Attorney for Two Kansas City Women Says He Will Push Investigation A BIG SUIT IN SURGERY Man Held in Haiti Is Accused by Actress of Injurious Actions Khrushchev's Willingness to Co-Operate in Peaceful Cosmic Exploration Pleases President Who Also Says Geneva Talks Should Continue Despite Deadlock BEGIN ON TALKS Private Session on Space Is Held Near by and Soviet LETTERS SPUR PARLEY Suggestion of Khrushchev Is for Discussion of Concrete Questions PONDERS CALL-UP WOE Kennedy Also Defends as Result of Speech by Senator Jackson Goldwater Confirms Ho Likes Peanut Butter Seaford Del March 21 Sen Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz) was asked at a news conference last night if it was true he was very fond of peanut butter Goldwater acknowledged that he was and said he once more or less on a dare from one of his shaved with peanut butter He said he got a pretty good shave too he added leaves your skin kind of and you smell like peanut butter for a couple of I I MU BM HK 0 TO OLIVER FOR JUDGESHIP THE DRIVER OF THE DEMOLISHED SPORTS CAR in the foreground was killed in a 3-car crash a mile southwest of Olathe on 56 yesterday afternoon Killed was Wayne Edward Smith 22 of 7911 West Ninety-second street terrace Overland Park a sailor assigned to the Olathe Naval Air station Mrs Ruth A Conrad 32 of Olathe driver of the ear in the background was seriously injured Two other sailors in a third car (not in picture) were uninjured Sgt Martin Dobson of the Johnson County patrol is between the two vehicles 4 FOUR IN FAMILY DIE IN A PLANE KILLED CRASH Victims of Crash Near Page Okla Were Owners of the Parker Barge Lines Navy Technician Fatally Injured in Accident on 56 Near Olathe Station THE RAIN Cloudy with occasional rain and thunderstorms in the forenoon is the Weather forecast for the Kansas City area Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight Increasing cloudiness with rain or thunderstorms tomorrow High today upper low tonight upper 30s High tomorrow in the 40s State forecasts may and world temperatures on page 47 The temperature readings yesterday 471 8 45 49 9 43 51 10 42 50 11 42 51 12 Midnight 41 49 1 a 39 47 2 a 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 WOMAN IS IN HOSPITAL to United Nations March 21 (AP) Soviet and experts on outer space met privately tonight to talk about how their two countries might work together in that field Anatoly A Blagonravov of the Soviet Academy of Sciences got together with Hugh Dryden deputy director of the National Aeronautics and Space administration Outline of Work The meeting took place at delegation headquarters near here NASA experts outlined space work to the 28-nation committee on the peaceful uses of outer space The two men agreed at the meeting to begin detailed discussions in New York Tuesday It was in line with an agreement laid down in letters that had passed lately between President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev The top Soviet and representatives on the committee Platon Morozov and Francis Plimpton had just arranged the committee of the two experts after an afternoon meeting of the committee Into Specific Matters When the committee convened Morozov quoted a letter in which Khrushchev told Kennedy the Soviet representatives on it would be instructed to meet with representatives to discuss questions in the exploration and peaoeful use of outer letter replied to one of March 7 in which Kennedy had proposed that the committee representatives of the two countries hold such a discussion letter in turn was prompted by suggestion after Lt Col John Glenn space flight February 20 that the two countries pool space-reserve efforts (By The Star's Own Service) New York March 21 An attorney for two Kansas City women who asked him to look into the death of a relative Mrs Lucille So-phian Von Linde was under police protection today after he reported threats against his life Sheldon Kravitz who asked authorities in Haiti to look into the death of the prominent socialite reported that he had re-! ceived two threats by telephone this morning apparently from the same man whom he de-1 scribed as Voice on Phone first was taken by my answering service about 1:45 this Kravitz said voice was that of a man who sounded hysterical and who screamed: you stop messing up life I'll cut your insides second call came to my office about 11 this morning while I was in court It was taken by my secretary It was a man again and he also sounded highly excitable He made similar threats in the Kravitz said he intended to continue to push the investigation but that he had requested police protection in view of the threats are not going to be scared off by any threats from some anonymous Kravitz said are a lot of questions that need to be an-1 swered in this thing and we I intend to get to the bottom of It Two Relatives Here A detective is being assigned to Kravitz at all times while he continues to represent the two women relatives Mrs Theodore of 5624 Buena Vista drive Mission Kas a cousin pearl Harbor Hawaii March and Mrs Estelle Sophian of 1 21(AP) The Navy has with-3611 West Eighty-fourth street I drawn five ships engaged in the Prairie Village Kas an aunt air-sea search for the missing and the mother of Mrs Flying Tiger plane that disap- In Haiti Port au Prince au- peared in the Pacific with 107 thorities said that the second au-1 persons aboard last week topsv had been completed and that the body of Mrs Von Linde LAW 1 ER BACK AT WORK the former Miss Lucille Sophian Former Kansas Citian Leaves daughter of the late Harry Washington Hospital Sophian Kansas Citv builder -I (From The Star's Washington Bureau) had been reburied there They said the autopsy the Washington March 2L-Hen-second was performed by Dr 7 DePPinS foimer Kansas Lafontant a member of the I City lawyer was back at his faculty of medicine at the Uni-1 desk in the Justice department versify of Haiti who holds a today after nine days in a hos- aviation electrician second degree in forensic medicine from pital for removal of two benign the driver of the third a French university There was! tumors of the colon Depping is car Terry Litten 25 no indication of result of the trial attorney in the water-autopsy rights section of the depart- ment One person Mas killed and another injured severely shortly after 4 yesterday afternoon in a 3-car accident a mile southwest of Olathe on 56 Killed was Wayne Edward Smith 22 of 7911 West Ninety-second street terrace Overland Park an aviation electronics technician second class assigned to the Olathe Naval Air station Injury Is Listed Smith driver of one of the cars died shortly after arrival at the University of Kansas Center An attending physician at the medical center listed brain damage as the cause of death Mrs Ruth A Conrad 32 of Olathe driver of another car suffered a broken leg broken elbow extensive facial lacerations and the loss of several teeth She was reported in satisfactory condition last night at the Olathe Community hospital Two other sailors Richard Nickerson 22 of Olathe an Olathe an aviation metalsmith third class a passenger in the Nickerson ear were treated at 'Unofficial ATTENDED FUNERAL HERE Parker Briscoe Parker Jack Parker Glenn Draper in Craft (PICTURES ON PAGE 81 Four executives of the Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines were found dead yesterday in the wreckage of their light plane near Page Okla The victims had attended a funeral here Monday They were all members of the same family from Houston The barge line operates on the Missouri river The victims were Parker sr 68 chairman of the board of Parker Brothers Inc building materials firm his brother Briscoe Parker 60 president of the company Jack Parker 31 son of Parker and vice-president and secretary of the firm and the pilot Glenn Draper 41 son-in-law of Parker Attended Leonard Rites The four had attended services Mondav afternoon at the IN CLEARED BILL House Passes Military Craft Measure 403 to 0 Washington March 21 The House today passed a bill authorizing 13 billion dollars for military ships aircraft and missiles The roll call vote was 403-0 The measure which now goes to the Senate authorizes 491 million dollars for the RS-70 bomber By John Cauley (Of The Star's Washington Bureau) Washington March 21 President Kennedy said today he is gratified that Premier Khrushchev had indicated a willingness to co-operate with the United States in the exploration of outer space for peaceful purposes At his news conference the President also said that the discussions with the Russians at Geneva on such critical issues as disarmament and Berlin should continue even though indications are that the two sides are deadlocked Must Keep Trying am not prepared to abandon it and it would be a mistake for us to feel that the prospects are the President said On the issue of an atomic test ban treaty the President emphasized that there still remains a basic difference between the United States and Russia because this country continues to insist that there be on-site inspection if a suspicious event occurs and the Russians still resist permitting international inspection teams to come into their country Reminded that the British have indicated they would settle for an absolute minimum of inspection Mr Kennedy pointed out that able are representing the United States in the negotiations with the Russians and that the interests of the United States will be safeguarded Asked About Reservists When Mr Kennedy was asked to comment on the action of some reservists who have been demonstrating in order to find out when they can go home he replied that the men will be released at the first possible date consistent with national security After pointing out that the reservists had been called up because of the crisis in Berlin and South Vietnam and that they were strengthening the foreign policy of the country the President launched into a philosophical discussion of their plight is always an inequity in the President said men are killed in war and some men are wounded and some men are stationed in the Antarctic and some are stationed in San PTaneisco is very hard in military or personal life to assure complete equality Life is unfair So I do hope that these people recognize that they are fulfilling a valuable function and that they feel however humble it Ltheir duty is and how much their life is disturbed and despite the years which have been yanked -out of it they will have the satisfaction of feeling that (Continued on Page 2) Regan Also Wins Approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee WAIT ON FINAL ACTION Kansas City and St Louis Men Questioned by the Group (PICTURE ON PAGE 111 By Jack Williams (The Star's Washington Correspondent) Washington March 21 Nominations of John Oliver of Kansas City and John Regan of St Louis Democrats to be federal district judges were approved today by the judiciary committee of the Senate in an extraordinary session The hearing on the appointments sent to the Senate by President Kennedy could not be held until after the debate-deadlocked Senate adjourned for the day In an effort to end the poll tax talkathon the Democratic leadership has put i into effect a rule prohibiting I committee meetings during the hours in session Procedure Is Set A report recommending con- firmation first must be ap-I proved by the full committee i There is no likelihood of final I action until after the debate is settled Sen Edward Long of Missouri subcommittee chairman land Sen Roman Hruska (R-Neb) a member heard state- ments by the two nominees and the two Missouri senators Hruska then moved for approval I of the nominations subject to approval of Sen Olin John-j ston of South Carolina the other Democratic member who was not present Both Oliver and Regan were questioned as to their experience in the legal field Oliver was asked about any knowledge he had of the Lawyers guild He said he had been requested at one time by a circuit judge to help in organizing a chapter of the guild in Kansas City Oliver said he attended the meeting with about 35 lawyers and argued successfully against organization of a chapter there Oliver was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of the late jasper Smith and Regan to replace the late Judge Randolph Weber (Continued on Page 2) But in response to interven-Medical on by President Kennedy the House eiiminated wording that Would have the Pent- agon to spend the money in the coming year FROZEN IN AMMONIA Broken Hose Costs St Louis Man His Life Cahokia 111 March 21 (AP) employee of the St Louis Stine McClure chapel for 1 Lloyd Leonard 48 of 213 REFUSES RED GUESTS Tour of Phillips Gas Plants by Russians Is Off West Seventieth street who died last Thursday Leonard vice-president in charge of traffic and sales for the barge line established his office here in 1953 The three Parkers and Draper left here Tuesday morning in the twin-e i Aero-ComrSander plane and Shipbuilding company was frozen to almost instantly a liquid ammonia hose broke and sprayed the solution over him at the Phillips Petroleum company dock today The victim Thomas Fernandez was dead on arrival at St Mary's hospital in East St Louis Hospital officials said one of the characteristics of liquid ammonia is that it freezes instantly when exposed to the atmosphere Bartlesville Okla March 21 (AP) Phillips Petroleum company which had agreed to be host to 10 Soviet Union gas experts in a tour of its natural gas facilities in the Texas Panhandle announced today it has withdrawn from the project The statement said the action was in response to many objections from the people of Amarillo the air station hospital for minor scratches Sgt Martin Dobson of the Johnson County sheriff's patrol said the Smith and Nickerson vehicles were eastbound on 56 from the air station and the Conrad vehicle was westbound on the highway when the accident occurred at the top of Cedar creek hill Tells of Developments Nickerson told Dobson he was traveling about 65 miles an hour when the Smith vehicle passed him He and Litten told police that the Smith vehicle a 1960 FAST JEWELRY RAID Bandits Strike Store Across From City Hall Newark March 21 (AP) Three bandits staged a lightning fast jewelry store holdup that may run to half a dollars holdup occurred at Busch Sons jewelry chain store opposite city hall Three employees told police had just locked the front GEN McGARR IN HOSPITAL San Francisco March 21(AP Lt Gen Lionel McGarr military adviser chief in Viet nam was in Letterman General hospital today convalescing from a minor heart ailment landed at Fort Smith Ark shortly before noon They crashed in the Kiamichi mountains near Page Okla 25 miles west of Mena Ark soon after leaving Fort Smith A Routine Report Thunderstorms and at least one tornado swept Northwest Arkansas Tuesday The Federal Aviation agency said the last message from the plane was a routine position report 50 miles southeast of Fort Smith An aerial search for the plane GIVEN A SWEET HELLO ended yesterday when Miller piloting another Parker TURN ON REACTOR Built Installation Into Use in Vienna 1962 New York Times News Service) Vienna March An American nuclear reactor for use in specialized scientific research was inaugurated this morning in Vienna's Prater park by the Austrian government Complicated by Voodoo Widespread belief in voodoo in Haiti makes the handling of the body of a dead person a difficult matter authorities say As a result of the second autopsy Haitian authorities say the body can not be disinterred under Haiti law for 18 months Meanwhile the husband of Mrs Von Linde Dr Manfred Graf Von Linde an Alabama-born plastic surgeon who masqueraded as a German count continued to he held by authorities in the Port au Prince jail Dr Von Linde was bom Robert Emory Dent in Birmingham but had his name legally changed to Von Linde in the Wayne County Probate court in Detroit in 1954 A brother in dowx Birmingham James Dent a certified public accountant expressed shock at the events Shock to Brother brother is unconventional but I cannot believe (Continued on Page 2) Three tonight million The they door rings and Dial BA 1-5500 to place your Star Want Ads Save 5 cents a line each day by placing the ads for 3 or more consecutive days Adv and were putting two boxes had DuUed containing 14 trays each of toreiSn sports car naa puuea into a special vault behind underneath the display win- back into the right lane after passing the Nickerson car then end Mirrors Fail to Reflect Enthusiasm fishtailed with the rear of the car whipping into the westbound lane Nickerson said he witnessed the crash of Mrs car hitting the Smith vehicle He said he tried to turn onto a side road to avoid an accident him- (Continued on Page 2) First Lady Receives Shower of Rose Petals Lahore Pakistan March 21 (Reuters) Girl Scouts and Brownies today showered Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy with rose petals as she drove from Lahore airport to begin a 6-day visit to Pakistan Brothers plane from Houston spotted the wreckage A ground search party reached the scene yesterday afternoon Here in 1953 Parker and Briscoe Parker with two other brothers Parker and Parker visited Kansas City in 1953 for the dedication of their $325000 towboat the Sioux City Their company deals in sand gravel and asohalt dredges oyster shells and also operates a shipyard which built the Sioux City and the other towboats in their Missouri river fleet the Kansas City and the tc 1962 New Yor Tim News service) tional agencies such as the France with a total of $1287- total and 136 million dollars Omaha PARIS March 21 The United Nations or the European 000000 of which 843 million dol- from the government The The Kansas City with five flow' of economic aid Development fund lars was from the government Netherlands 246 million dollars barges was expected to arrive from the United States The 8-billion-dollar total for Britain was next with 857 mil- total and 47 million dollars from here today with the first barge Western Europe and economic aid for 1960 compares lion dollars including 390 mil- the government ow The new navigation sea- Japan to the underdeveloped with an average of 7 billion dol- lion dollars from the govern- The total aid from govern- ls a la-' countries reached the record jars for the years 1956-59 The ment followed by West ments included $2700000000 in her on the rlver- total of 8 billion dollars in I960 former record was $7400000- Germany with 616 million dol- grants equal to the former 1958 the Organization for Economic ooo jn 1957 lars including 343 million dol- record $1500000090 in net new Cooperation and Development According to the 0 lars from the government loans (after deducting repay-reported today report aid from the Communist) The German aid program has ment of past loans) which was Eydie Gorme and Steve Law- rence Shaken Up By Arthur Huey (A Member of The Star's Staff) TWO years ago Herbert Maryon an officer of the Order of the British Empire set out to learn as much as possible about Chinese mirrors the bronze variety of antiquity So far mirrors found in museums over the world add up to 526 Each has been meticulously described in a special notebook The feat becomes particularly extraordinary because Maryon is 83 years old Adds to Notebook The British authority on metalwork vesterdav added the description of a dozen or so mirrors in the Chinese art collection at the Nelson Gallery of Art Seated on a lounge in the office of Laurence Sickman the gallery director Maryon traced with a finger an intricate design on the back of one mirrors dating from the Han dynasty 200 sometimes drew' pictures of animals on the Maryon said cord was passed through this loop for a handle The face is corroded but when bronze is highly polished there is a good Maryon is a confident and purposeful man From his high starched collar to his thick w'hite hair he has the face of a scholar Peering from steel- (Continued on Page 2) Of the total S4 900000000 was bloc in i960 amounted to only risen sharply since I960 Pres- less than the 1959 record: and a 1 fAP)- from governments and the rest G8000000 plans for spending cord of 700 million dollars of fashionable from private sources including AU figures on a dipped 10 Boors Investment by private com- ment the actual flow ol national agencies The biggest hina oioht panies The report said pre- funds from the government alone new items were the Interna- liminary data indicated another Half From contrasC the British pro- tional Development association £vo aurrmr Of the grand total the gram has reached a temporary and the Inter-American bank contributed just under half or $3781000000 But the stlB 13 nsmg slightly Italy Is Fifth Italy provided 297 million dollars in total aid and 128 million Eear or less It includes contri- uwwu dollars from the government in utions made through interna-j Next after the came 1960 Japan 256 million dollars and short-term loans from with $2764000000 in govern-he International Monetary fund ment aid supplied slightly more nd other loans running for a than half of the total of $4900- them were Steve Lawrence and his wife Eydie Gorme nightclub singers She is expecting a child Also in the elevator was William Williams 38 a disc jockey on radio station WNEW and Mrs Buddy Hackett 26 of Palisades wife of the television comedian AN AUTHORITY ON THE METALWORK of the ancients Herbert Maryon formerly with the British Museum yesterday visited the Nelson Gallery of Art to examine Chinese bronze mirrors He is holding a picture of a first-century silver mask worn by a Syrian general and restored by Maryon in the British Museum laboratory.