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Weather Mostly cloudy and mild today Occasional rain today and tonight High 60 Low tonight 38 Satur day clearing and colder High 50 VOL NO 5 The Only Daily Paper Published In Eastern South Carolina LORENCE RIDAY MORNING JANUARY 5 1962 Well He Tried! A Tampa la city council man Bill Myers 45 danced Hm "twist" before his colleague Thursday "but failed in his effort to lift a ban against the new dance step at community cen ters DAILY 5c SUNDAY 15 Sukarno Vows Dutch New GuineaTo Become Indonesian MAKASSAR Celebes Indonesia President Sukarno vowed before a cheering crowd that filled public square Thursday that Indonesia will take Dutch New Guinea th is' year either by talking or fighting fleet no army no force will stop he declared The Indonesian president de in this largest city of the Celebes sprawling fingers of which reach eastward to within 400 miles of Dutch New Guinea the first of five speeches to whip up national fervor in his dispute with the Netherlands He said he came to Makassar a city of about 85000 because area is a jumping off point for any action we take over West Irian (West New Guinea) Makas sar has a good harbor our mcn of war can anchor here Makas sar has a good airfield our jet bombers can operate from Also he said Makassar people the hardest fighters in In A heavy rain poured down hut when Sukarno proposed to cut his speech short there were cries of no! Go He declared he will agree to take his demands for New Guinea to the conference table only if the Netherlands gives advance promises to transfer administra tion ov'er the 159000 square miles of jungle and mountain to Indo nesia A government source said on Wednesday Indonesia under pres sure from the United States and Australia to negotiate has aban doned demands for a prior cession of sovereignty over New 700000 Papuan people but still insists on receiving control of ad ministration Eventually the Pa puans would be allowed the right of self determination the inform ant said Referring to Dutch Prime Min ister Jan de Quay's offer to nego tiate without prior agreement to his long standing demand for rec ognition of the right of self determination Sukarno said the Netherlands was "starting to yield to our but still has not gone far enough lanking Sukarno as he spoke were two Papuans Also present were 10 foreign diplomats includ ing the American and Soviet am bassadors Sukarno frequently addressed the ambassadors in his speech "Take heed of my he said "Take them to countries that are supporting the Nether lands We mean what we At another time he said "Am bassadors if you want to avoid bloodshed tell the Dutch they are wrong Tell them that if they understand our determina tion we will attack West Irian and throw the Dutch He appealed to the crowd to volunteer for war service and was answered by: "We have already registered we are To this Sukarno said "The Dutch hear your words They are scared of you The Dutch Capt Turk Westerling killed 40000 of you during the revolution after World War II because the Dutch were scared of you You have something to remember when you He referred to Westerling who led a private army of several hundred guerrillas for several weeks in West Java in 1950 after he had been demobilized from the Dutch army He finally escaped to Singapore and returned to Hol land Sukarno lauding the fighting spirit of Makassar people said "the man behind the gun is im portant But if we are short of guns and bamboo spears we can use our five fingers ive fingere bunched make a fist and that la what we will use if To Increase Aid or South Viet Nam Standard of Living (AP Wirephoto) JK Cuts Short His Visit To lorida Leaves Today Widow Declines Tax Reduction THE WORLD TODAY Illness atal To Mrs Little to be At Hartsville Katanga Assembly Ponders Council Votes uture of Its Secession Good Standing 19 To Dominicans INSIDE day's clashes and reported a toll Another of the Oran vi of nine dead including one I a Moslem city counci least 28 and at quantity of arms opposition deputies had been in Pennington 1 wr knnr nri 2 11 11 Algiers seemed provi ad for ia gible Most of the 85 affected routes are paralleled by other transit lines easily available to stranded riders of the struck ifth Avenue Coach Lines Inc and its subsidiary Surface Transit Inc 1904 one who year City News Comics Contract Bridge Editorials Everyday Counselor Hospital Listing Markets Obituaries Sports TV Guide Want Ads News WASHINGTON (fi The long awaited Senate probe of charg es that the Pentagon is muzzling men who seek to speak out against communism will begin Jan 23 This was announced Thursday by Sen John Stennis Miss Stennis in outlining the broad plan of the hearing said one wit ness will be Edwin A Walker the resigned major general who has been a key figure in the con troversy It had been indicated before he quit the Army that Walker might merely testify through a statement ALUitru aigena ari con tinuing waves of violence involv ing Algerians and Europeans left more than a dozen persons dead and at least 40 wounded Thursdayin various parts of Algeria Officials in Oran counted up the area Ham plane in 60 Check Charges UNITED NATIONS NY AP) UN Acting Secretary General Thant was invited Thursday to look personally into charges that aid is being sent across Northern Rhodesia's border to the ece onist Katanga Province director of the Central Intelligence Agency The McCone appointment is the only one that had been announced previously Salinger questioned as to wheth er some international emergency had prompted Kennedy to decide to leave Palm Beach a day early replied there had not been Under his revised plans Ken nedy will leave for Washington about 4 pm riday The flight in duties she has served as chair man of a special legislative com mittee devoted to the problems of the aging since 1959 Mrs itzgerald said she attrib utes "the flattering she has received in state House elections to "being traditionally a conser vative Democrat and believing firmly in those principles of gov ernment upon which our govern ment is MARTHA ITZGERALD Washington in Mind government the Congo's sionai constitution and tne Nations He did not in so many words however recommend that the As sembly reject the pact he made with Congo Premier Cyrille Adou la at Kitona on Dec 21 to end secession The Assembly had been called into session Wednesday but failed the presidential jetliner requirou about two hours The previous schedule called for Kennedy to remain here until Sat urday afternoon and then fly to Columbus Ohio to speak at din ner having' the dual purpose of honoring Gov Michael DiSalle on his 54th birthday and raising money for the Democratic party There is no change in plan to attend the dinner but he will fly to Columbus from Wash ington Salinger said Kennedy will meet I with congressional leaders prior to the next opening of the new session Details of thn meeting with legislative leaders including Republicans still art being worked out he added Kennedy is expected to deliver his State of the Union message next Thursday or riday He put in some more work on it Thursday at the oceanfront temporary Whito House TIPS rancoise Autiero avorite Joseph Kennedy EL1SABETHV1LLE Katanga the Congo The Katanga As sembly handed to secret commis sions Thursday the task of decid ing what to do about ending the secession from the Congo The Assembly convening a day late with 35 of its 72 seats filled heard in silence an opening speech by President Moise Tshombe who bitterly assailed the Iopoldville and in authorities Thant gave no immediate indi cation whether he would accept the invitation to visit the where his predecessor Dag marskjold was killed in a crash GIVES Pelligrino caddie of father of the president when he vacations in Southern rance has arrived in the United States Here she will instruct female caddies on the PALM President lorida departure schedule a day to work on key phases of his legis lative program In announcing the change in plans Thursday press secretary Pierre Salinger said Kennedy will confer in Washington Saturday morning with Chairman Wilbur Mills Ark of the House Ways and Means Committee The committee Mills heads has jurisdiction over a wide variety of legislation including such key stones of the administration pro gram as tax reform and trade pol icy revision in addition to medical care Kennedy set up Sunday talks with Gen Lucius Clay his per sonal representative in Berlin who has been called home for con sultations and John A McCone to do any business when only members showed up Theoretically the Assembly eludes 12 appointed chiefs and elected members But at least eight seats never were filled and only nine of the 25 anti Tshombe scat holders from the Baluba tribe showed in Elizabethville On the ground tnat greater se curity could be provided for Ba luba as well as Tshombe deputi es Congo President Joseph Kasa vubu called the Assembly to meet at Kamina a UN base in north Katanga So far there has been no ord of any deputies meeting there After address the Assembly went into secret session and a spokesman announced later that foreign affairs and political commissions had been appointed to consider treaty with Adoula The spokesman said all 35 mem bers attending were appointed to one or the other of the commis sions and that they would be sit ting in secret for the next day or two He suggested that the United Nations help bring to Elisabeth rench soldier wounded Both in Oran the capital powerless to control the out breaks between independence minded North Africans and Euro pean settlers determined to keep "including indus be ex MARKED MONEY Each of these two bundles of currency contains $5000 They have been entered as evidence at the trial of Shea West Thomas and Amick in Spartanburg Both are members of the Spartanburg city council The bills were marked before they were made i LIO 1 1 dl I TIL jjl cViS'l Wlo JvVCl a I a 1 i 2 urther development ofthei available to the councilmen by a real estate a bribe ertart Related story page 3 rural health program including extension of maternity clinics throughout the country 3 Expansion of primary educa tion with the ultimate aim of placing primary schools in every village 4 Development of village com munications 5 New roads to link rural com munities with main highways WASHINGTON 'AP) The Dominican Republic was restored to good standing in the family of the Americas Thursday The Council of the Organization of American States lifted the eco nomic and diplomatic sanctions imposed more than a year ago during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo President Kennedy anticipated the action by moving to include the Dominican Republic in the Al liance for Progress program Th! White House announced in Palm Bench that a US mission wjjl leave for Santa Domingo Sunday to confer with Dominican official! on the possibility of aid project! for that country The mission will be headed Teodoro Moscoso assistant ministrator for the Agency International Development supervises the aid program Latin America and Kennedy announced some time Iago the United States would re from He said somci The body will be at Brown isumc oipiomauc reauuus wwn irom M'opoiavue lie SdHI a tlnminlran Henllh aa MM I lit llUILlv UUL1J 1 i 1 hoji Leopoldville for more than a year one hour prior to services ids ue wuuw BEACH la Kennedy advanced his NYC Bus Strike Settled NEW YORK A four day bus strike first in New York in nine years 'was settled Thursday It involved the two largest private lines which collect 13 million fares a day in Manhattan and the Bronx The strike began at midnight New Year's Eve and its impact on the city as a whole was negli Muzzling Probe Opens Jan 23 Joint Announcement Tells Plan To Raise Continuing Waves of Violence Leave More Killed in Algeria at CTLq Alapria Cnn Algeria rench At least 72 ncr nohee officer The troops retun Riley's Post Is Target Of Woman Candidate COLUMBIA UP) State Rep Martha Thomas itz gerald of Richland County one of two women in the state legislature announced Thursday night that she will seek the Democratic nomination for the congressional sea' left vacant by the recent death of Rep John Riley police officer The troops returned the fire one of the Mos lems The others were captured In Constantine eastern Algeria a Jewish salesman was shot down and killed by Moslem terrorists The killers fled On the strictly military side rench army neadquarters had a belated report of a clash be tween a roving patrol and a band nf nalinnalists earlv Sunday at Bougie in eastern Algeria Head ville as many deputies as possible 11 10 10 2 8 5 9 6 7 finer points of the profession WASHINGTON UP) The United States and South Viet Nam announced Thursday sweeping reforms designed to raise Vietnamese living standards and thus strengthen I I the will to resist Communist aggression I The multi point joint program is seen as an answer ito the frequently heard claim that Red guerrillas owe much of their success to reluctance of the South Viet namese to fight for a regime they feel has done little for i them Ilion at the prassroofs level US officials would not disclose how much money this country will put into the drive for economic and social reforms But it was ac knowledged there would be an ap preciable increase over the $136 million spent last year on econom ic aid for the sorely beset little Southeast Asian nation In making the announcement released simultaneously here and in Saigon the two governments said: US assistance tor both immediate economic and social measures and longer range development reflects the confi dence of the US government in the future of free Viet The statement said both govern ments "also welcome the support and assistance of other govern ments in carrying forward these The economic and social meas ures included projects in educa tion and health road building communications and agriculture It said priority will be given to imports needed to meet the needs of the people the means of developing Luxury goods will eluded from the program The proposal program carried out in villages and ham lets as well as in cities includes: 1 Training facilities for village officials to improve administra IIARTSVILLE Mrs James Little 79 died at a local hospital Thursday following a short illness uneral services will be con ducted Saturday at 2 at Emmanuel Baptist Church by Rev Milton razier and Dr Ernest Hancock Graveside services and burial will be in aulks Baptist Church Cemetery Union County four miles west of Marshville where the citi zens of Union County erected a monument to the Littles in 1961 Mrs Little was born in Union County and before her marriage was Cynthia Ella Belk daughter od the late Larkin and Lucy Baker Belk 'She was married to Rev Dr James Little in To this union was born daughter Willie Little died when she was only one one Dr and Mrs Little were instru mental in leading tn the erection of 14 church buildings and held pastorates in both the Northern and Southern Baptist Convention She was known as the power be hind the throne in Dr Little's ministry Surviving are her widower one foster daughter Mrs (Elaine' Morris a foster grand daughter Miss Cynthia Morris all of Hartsville one half sister Mrs William Station Union Coun ty two half brothers Belk Charlotte and Belk Dillon: several nieces nephews Mrs itzgerald is the first person to offer as a candidate to fill unexpired term The Second District congressman died Tuesday of a heart condition Mrs itzgerald now her sixth two year term in the legis lature has led the ticket on sev eral occasions Throughout her service in the General Assembly Mrs itzgerp aid sponsored legislation which would allow women to sit on state juries She has been a determined champion of higher pay for public school teachers She taught for many years her self after being awarded a mas ters degree from Columbia Uni versity in 1935 She also attended Winthrop College and the Univer sity of SouthzCarolina In addition to numerous civic Proposal To Go To Legislators COLUMBIA The South Carolina Tax Study Commission will recommend to the General Assembly that State taxes on most tobacco products with the excep tion of cigarettes ne reduced The commission also agreed Thursday to offer a proposal de signed to help enforce the pay ment of local taxes on motor ve hicles The tobacco proposal in ef fect affects cigars pipe tobac co snuff and chewing tobacco The proposed tax changes would reduce the levy on those pro ducts by about 40 per cent in line with the tax rate in effect prior to 1959 The other proposal would re quire an applicant for motor ve hicle license plates and registra tion cards to certify that the names and addresses given them are correct and that the applicant in not delinquent in the payment of any motor vehicle taxes To Enter Race I or House Seat SUMTER Mrs John Riley although "highly honor by the suggestion said Thurs day she definitely would not take the congressional seat left vacant by the death of her husband Rep John Riley Her daughter Mrs Douglas Purdy said Mrs Riley's decision was definite and is not subject to change Wannamaker of Orange burg South Republican national committeeman said Wed nesday his party probably would not put up a candidate for unexpired term if Mrs Riley would seek election to it and no Democratic candidates were offer ed in opposition to her His suggestion was endorsed en thusiastically by State Sen Ed gar A Brown of Barnwell Dem ocratic national commiueeman for South Carolina Brown said Mrs Riley "would be able to car ry on better than any hew nn possibly But since Mrs Riley says she would not serve it now appears likely that both the Republicans and the Democrats will offer can didates in a special election for Riley's unexpired term The elec tion date will be announced soon by Gov Ernest Boilings It probably will be no earlier than mid May Since Riley's term expires at the end of this year it also wall he necessary to elect someone for the full two year term in the gen eral election in November Aljjtlid nuiai ni ivuai tc yta sons have died in the four day old new year One of the dead in Oran was a young Moslem news vendor cut down by a group of young Euro peans and stabbed to death victims was one I a Moslem city councillor shot through the head at the entrance to the city hall The killer es caped In another incident in Oran a band of cirsht Moslems fired on a vrnim of rench troons in alauartcrs said six rebels were i cafe killing one soldier and I slain and a I wounding another soldier and a seized ml aBhlM I ran.