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From Atlantic Ave. to San Gabriel River STATE TO OPEN BIDS ON $14 MILLION FREEWAY WORK By GEORGE WEEKS The figures are dis Gabriel River. Freeway to California Av- has completed 46 per 1 cent Boulevard and Clark Av- that the $6,020,000 conMore than $12.8 closed by City Engineer The contract is last Now ago enue. Frederickson Wat- of a contract for struc- enue is 44. per cent com- tract.

for. the. new. Long mil- the lion in construction work Jess D. Gilkerson in a to be awarded for the San son Co.

and Adams Ellis tures at Cherry Avenue Beach Arena is 78 per on the San Diego Free- monthly report on capital Diego Freeway within the Construction Co, have the and Studebaker Road. Es- cent completed. way in Long Beach is improvement progress. city limits. $7,340,424 contract, now timated cost is $3,244,209, THE BALANCE of the The contractor, Gust K.

well advanced, and the This month's bid open- about 10 per cent com- and completion is set for work is due to be finished Newberg Construction state will open bids May ing will cover construction LARGEST of the proj- pleted. Scheduled com- March 21, 1963. by Jan. 10, 1963. Steve has promised that 24 on an additional con- across the east section of ects currently under way pletion date is Oct.

15, A $1,299,330 contract Rados and Pentaco, major sections of the tract estimated at $14 Long Beach from At- provides for the segment 1963. for Willow Street reloca- are the contractors. building will be ready for million. antic Avenue to the San from -the Long, Beach Guy F. Atkinson Co.

tion -between Lakewood Gilkerson also reported use in early July. OWN SUNDAY Independent Press Press-Telegram. Sunny and slightly warmer toSouthland's The Weather--day. High about 70. Complete Newspaper weather on Page A-2.

Phone HE 5-1161 Classified No. HE 2-5959 PRICE 20 CENTS LONG BEACH 12, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1962 VOL. 10-NO. 38 162 PAGES JFK in Plea for Frontier Programs 300,000 Cheer Him on Streets of Milwaukee MILWAUKEE (A) Presi- dent Kennedy, speaking in the state which gave him his real start toward the White House, said Saturday night that many tasks still are undone and "we cannot permit this country to stand still." The President spoke at a big Democratic political rally at the Milwaukee Arena, in the metropolis of the state which marked up a victory for him in the 1960 primary. Kennedy went on from there to the presidential nomination and the White House.

And he talked in terms reminiscent of his campaign after receiving a welcome by a roaring throng of people packed along a nine-mile motorcade route from the airport into the heart of Milwaukee, POLICE estimated the turnout at 300,000 for a city of almost one million. Getting the country moving was a major theme of the campaign in 1960, and Kennedy reverted to that idea Saturday night, He said he reads in the papers that some people think the President is all right but they don't know about his program. That, he said, has been said of presidents through the years. HE TICKED off his items- a bill, to retrain chronically unemployed, a program to give jobs to young people, medical care for the aged tacked to Social Security, a program of higher education, of college dormitories, assistance for farmers. These, Kennedy said, are things a country must do, things that many other countries did years ago, yet they are regarded with concern here because they are considered new.

"This," the chief executive said, the issue between those who feel we should stand still and those who feel, we should move ahead." He said progress has been made in the last year and much remains to be done, and (Continued Page A-3, Col. 3) By STERLING BEMIS In other of and his Kilroy, the phantom World War II, has been nutty. psycho analyzed on a But before drummed out paper couch and may be ice with a last headed for a Discharge Without Sec- salute to his Honor as a tion VIII case. Ward is probably argument from (Section VIII covers lion retired anyone dumb enough to get out of uniform before his hitch is up.) After prolonged research, Dr. Clyde H.

Ward of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has written a paper claiming Kilroy wasn't invented until the middle of 1945. The Philadelphia psychiatrist says the khaki leprechaun was a product of demobilization and contends the phrase KILROY WAS HERE was used at Kearns Field, Salt Lake City. The Kearns Air Force Post Review published it on June 26, 1945. LIKE ANY GOOD psy- KILROY WAS HERE FLYBOY, DOUGHBOY, GOB AND words, Kilroy claim Kilroy first materialfollowers were ized out of a rusty Spam can long before the war Kilroy is ended and, indeed, before of the serv- anyone thought it would thumb-nose. ever end.

colonel, Dr. in for an WHO WAS KILROY? a few mil- Our research and Dr. GIs. They Ward is welcome to it- KILRoY WAS HERE Pacific, Nevada A-Devices Fired WASHINGTON (P)-The United States conducted two more nuclear tests SaturdayIsland in the Pacific and an It was the second day in row that two blasts had been set off in the current series of tests. Two shots were fired Friday, both in the Pacific.

Saturday's explosions were described as: The air drop in the Pacific intermediate a blast having the equivalent of from 20,000 to one million tons of conventional explosive force. An underground test of intermediate yield at the Nevada proving ground. This was the 32nd of the underground series. The Pacific test was the 10th of the series which began there on, April 25. Most of them, like Saturday's, have been atmospheric tests.

A joint announcement by the Atomic Energy Commis- I IMP. shows the ever-present, ever-lost elf was an Air Force spirit, an infantry genius, a shipyard inspector, a steeplejack and maybe a hobo. He turned up once as a precocious Long Beach infant. And he may have led the Roman legions into Gaul or the Greeks into Troy. Authority for the universal Kilroy is Webster's Third New International Dictionary.

Its definition follows: Kilroy, mythical soldier of World War II, whose name was inscribed in unlikely places all over the world by American soldiers): an inveterate traveler (like the roamers Kilroy and Ulysses- -Peter Viereck); a transient soldier (of all the Kilroys of history who have passed through here it was Napoleon who best summed up the strategic importance of Malta -J. P. O'Donnell.) Some dare to claim Kilroy was a civilian. In a 1947 contest on his origin, sponsored by American Transit the prizewinning letter was authored by James J. Kilroy of Halifax, who wrote: "On Dec.

5, 1941, I started to work for Beth(Continued Page A-7, Col. 3) Air Crash Kills 15; 6 Survive COPENHAGEN, Denmark (P)-A Canadian charter flight, carrying Danish government workers and nurses, crashed while making a landling approach in Greenland Saturday. The Danish Ministry of Greenland said 15 of the 21 persons aboard were killed, Three of the survivors were the Canadian crewmen, identified as Vincent Kies, Richard M. Woolridge and Ben Nielsen, a native of Denmark. The other survivors and the dead were identified as Danes.

The plane, a Catalina amphibious, craft owned by the Canadian Eastern Commercial Airways, had been chartered by the Danish Civil Greenland Air Service for a 220-mile flight from Sonder Stromfjord, to Godthaab in western Greenland. Godthaab is Greenland's administrative capital, FORCES RUSH TO ASIA Army, AF Set to Act in Laos WASHINGTON -President Kennedy Saturday ordered land, sea and air preparations for possible U.S. military intervention in the area of Laos. A 7th Fleet task force already was on the move. Decisions were taken at two White House strategy sessions to throw more American military power into the western Pacific area to be ready for any eventuality if the Laotian situation continues to deteriorate.

The 7th-Fleet task force, including 1,000 combat-ready Marines, left Subic Bay in the Philippines Friday for the Gulf of Siam. These waters are within easy striking distance of the landlocked kingdom where Communist-led forces scored heavy gains this -week in the country's north. OFFICIALS WOULD not rule out intervention in Laos itself if the situation continues to fall apart. But they indicated a more likely move would be to throw a protective force into neighboring Thailand. The first military step was taken Friday when the 7th Fleet task force got un- derway.

Officials said that orders went out Saturday for other elements of the fleet to move to the area. Alerts were also given to airborne units on Okinawa and in the continental United States. Aboard the 7th Fleet task force were 1,000 combat-ready Marines, it was said. Standard procedure of the 7th Fleet is to keep a fully-armed battalion of approximately 2,000 Marines afloat in the Pacific at all times. These military developments were disclosed as.

Kennedy held two urgent meetings with his top military and diplomatic advisers at the White House. ONE SESSION lasted an hour and 40 minutes and broke up shortly after noon. Another session was held in the afternoon, and it lasted about an hour before Kennedy flew to a political rally in Wisconsin. Officials said a decision was made to place American military power in position (Continued Page' A-6, Col. 1) chiatrist, Dr.

Ward has an intricate explanation for everything. He concludes that soldiers wrote the ubiquitous phrase to quell anxiety about re-entering the perilous civilian world. To the psychiatrist, Kilroy suggests revolt against tyrants (kill the king), soothing the serviceman with memories of past triumphs. FOR A LILACS, TEARS, SPOKANE, Wash. (P)- The Queen of the Lilac Festival may weep as she is surrounded by flowered splendor this week.

She's allergic to lilacs. As Queen Louise Henry, 18, began the week of festival activities here Saturday she admitted her eyes fill with tears and her nose turns red when she's near flowers- -especially lilacs. Dillon to Rome NEW YORK (P)-Secretary of the Treasury Douglas DilIon left by plane Saturday en route to Rome to attend the monetary conference of the American Bankers AssociaItion. IT'S VACATION TIME Travel Tips Today in Special Section The vanguard of 135 million Americans expected to take vacations this year has started to roll. Resort spots of the West are beginning to fill.

World travelers are starting their cruises or boarding the big jets. But this is only the beginning. Reservations are deluging steamship, airline, bus and railroad ticket agencies for the big push which will start with the closing of schools, More than two' million vacationists will go abroad, others will turn to the wide open spaces or the metropolitan areas of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Where are YOU going on YOUR vacation? The Independent, Press-Telegram's Travel and Vacation. Guide -published today in a separate tabloid section- -offers scores of tips on where to go, how to get there, and what to see and do after you arrive for a fun-filled trip.

Turn to it now! Lao Troops, 7 U.S. Aides Flee Reds to Thailand VIENTIANE, Laos (UPI) the royal capital of Luang with Burmese strongman The commander-in-chief Prabang. Luang Prabang it- Gen. Ne Win. The border of of the Royal Laotian Army self was threatened.

Burma where it meets Red fled to Thailand Saturday American military sourcwith 2,000 troops and seven es said Maj. Gen. Bounleut China is only 30 miles from U.S. military advisers as Sanichan and 2,000 royal the captured royal governpro-Communist rebels com- troops crossed the Mekong ment stronghold Muong pleted the conquest of River into Thailand and Sing. northwestern Laos.

The were disarmed and interned Thailand reacted with government proclaimed a in a 300-yard-long pasture alarm to the approach of state of emergency through- on the Thai side of the pro-Communist forces to its out the country. river. Interned with them border. Interior Minister The village of Houei Sal, was Brig. Gen.

La Pathama- Gen. Prapas Charusatien last royal stronghold in the vong, commander of the warned that "the Communorthwest, fell to the on- fallen Nam Tha garrison, nists are at our door rushing rebels without a The situation in South- we will fight to our last struggle, giving the "neu- east Asia was so serious breath against the Commutralist" rebels and the pro- that Laotian strongman nist danger we will Communist Pathet Lao con- Gen. Phoumi Nosavan flew fight on every inch of trol of all of Laos north of to Bangkok for conferences land." air drop near Christmas underground test in Nevada. sion and the Detense Department said the Pacific explosion was fired at about 1 p.m. EDT.

No time was given for the Nevada test. Most of the Pacific test explosions have been air drops of the same general size, although one was described as larger. IN ADDITION, the Pacific series has included a test of a Polaris missile fired from a submarine while submerged, and one low-yield underwater explosion- detonated Friday. No clues were given as to the nature of that underwater blast, but it could have been a nuclear missile which the Navy claims can seek out and kill an enemy submarine within an eight-mile range. Cruiser Swamped; 4 in Sea Rescued Fog Pileup on Turnpike WOODBURY, N.

J. (P)-A dense fog descended over the southern section of the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday, setting the stage for a chain of accidents described as one of the worst pileups in the highway's 10-year history. State police said between 50 and 75 automobiles, a bus, a horse van and several trucks were involved in a mass pileup in both the north and southbound lanes. At least 36 persons were injured, nine seriously enough to be detained in hospitals. A WOMAN HARASSED BY TIME Grand Prize Poem Tells Story of Its Creation And always the captive snarling rage poetry society in the world.

By and large the Chaparrals For two years, Mrs. Henderson toyed with the words "At brevity of center stage." tend to give their awards to poems which end on a and theme of her poem. Wife of a Sacramento State By SHERM WILLIAMS Betty Henderson, a legal secretary rapped those words out of her typewriter, then jerked the paper out of the machine, It was almost, 10 p.m. Time was a problem. There was a deadline to be met and she had a friend that she would write something that could be entered in the 23rd Annual Poetry Convention.

of the California Federation of Chapartal Poets in Long Beach. What she wrote won the sweepstakes prize Saturday. in the convention and broke precedence for the Chaparral Poets. Her poem, glittered with technical excellence -not unusual for the Chaparral Poets- -but was almost beatnik in its theme. That is unusual for the staid Chaparrals largest Four persons floated lessly in the water two miles off Huntington Beach Saturday after their boat sank.

They were finally rescued by tugboat crewmen. The Coast Guard said the 22-foot cabin cruiser owned by Vance Miller, 43, of Alhambra, swamped in choppy water and went the bottom. Small craft warnlings had been posted all day, the Coast Guard said. Miller and his three passengers were picked up by a tug owned by the Wilshire Oil Co. and transferred to the Liberian tanker Tasman Sea, anchored off Huntington Beach.

The other passengers were identified as Rod Maas, 28, of Pasadena; Lousi Arthur, 28, of Altadena; and Dan Quinan, 35, of Arcadia. None was hospitalized, the Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard cutter put the four men ashore at Newport Beach. rising note. College professor and.

once secretary for former Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, Mrs. Henderson works in a state office. What thought she gave her poem had to be in her WHERE TO FIND IT MOTHER'S DAY takes the spotlight today.

So be sure spare time, and read Staff Writer Mary Ellis' sparkling piece on working moms on Page "IT WAS GOING to be a long one," she explained. Regular P-T features follow: Amusements Music and W8-9 But a friend pushed her to enter the Chaparral Beach Combing Radio- TV 1-16 contest. First Mrs. Henderson to join had the society. Real That she did.

Then, because she had work to do at night, School Menus she delayed writing her Bridge W-2 poem, Classified Ship Arrivals. It was in the final hours of the final night that she Death Notices. Sports C1-6 finally put it on paper. Accidentally, she told the story Editorials B-2 Star Financial Women's (Continued Page A-3, Col. 1).