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i i -a i i MJJjft t(4 i A JMUi '4M iX'A 4'ww r- Pngt 4 Thi Knoxvilla Newt Sentinel Sunday April 7 1X3 They Bloom In Spring Souvanna' Peace Bid Fails Representative Says CD Supplies Both Parties in Canada Ignore JFK Document Oh To Picket at House Now That There Reds Neutralists Laos CdtiptM Pram Frau DtiratcHii VIENTIANE Laos April Heavy fighting raget in the Plain of Jars today between Communist Pathet Lao troops and Laotian neutralist soldiers despite efforts by Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma to arrange a cease-fire informed sources reported A Western diplomat said Saturday "the suitation has changed very much for the worse in the past 24 Would Force Arbitration To Testify on Dock Strike Bill Insists Fallout Stockpilt Will Off Unaided' By JACK STEELE Hrlra Staff Wrttar WASHINGTON April 0 Will $173000000 worth of Civil Defense supplies the Federal Government plans to stockpile In public fallout shelters simply within a few weeks? Chairman Albert Thomas (D Texas) of a House Appropriations Subcommittee is ready to bet hia shirt they will Thomas in the course of heap ings made public yesterday questioned Assistant Defense Secretary Steuart Pittman about the vast Civil Defense shelter program Pittman explained that food rations bottled water and other supplies to last 79000000 people for two weeks would be stored in about 100000 fallout most of them simply basement spaces in city buildings Pittman said the supplies included: 1 Five-pound tins of biscuits which he said taste more like animal crackers than dog biscuits Coat: $150 earh 2 Sled water bottles bolding 17V4-gailons and convertible into chemical toilets Cost: $211 each 2 Simple radiation detection kits 4 Nee-professional medical kita Pittman explained that neither Federal Civil Defense officiate nor building owners would be responsible for guarding these supplies but said city and county governments would keep a watchful eye on them "It will be gone in 30 to days through natural Thomas predicted "It will just walk off unassisted It will just evaporate" Another Case Brcilleri (Thomas apparently recalled the cue of S182000000 worth of Government surplus materials given to states and cities for Civil Defense The General Accounting Office reported last year moat of it had strayed or been lost or stolen) "I think we must admit there is some risk Pittman conceded but said local governments would have to replace any vanishing stocks Pittman reported the Government already has bought $111000-000 worth of these supplies but that most still are stored in 81 warehouses around the country He urged the subcommittee to appropriate nearly $02000000 more to complete the program Bowles Chosen as Envoy to India WASHINGTON April 0 (UFD-President Kennedy announced today he is naming Cheater Bowles as US Ambassador to India sending the cnntroverssl diplomat-politician back to the post he filled 10 yesrs ago Bowles succeed economist and writer John Kenneth a 1-braith who is returning to hia old teaching post at Harvard University in June Galbraith like Bowles an expert on India has been UJ Ambassador in New Delhi since President Kennedy took office The President said in statement announcing his chofre of Bowles thst "no American has a deeper understanding of India and Asia A decade ago he wu a pioneer in creating bonds of understanding between India and the United Bowies' first (our of duty in India wi during the Truman Administration in 1951-53 'ill REPEA OUTSTANDING Lined 100 Custom-Made The chairman of the three-power International Control Commission India's Avtar Singh visited the Plain duiing the day and told newsmen "fighting is continuing" He said Gen Kong Le commander of the regular neutralists was trying to arrange a Sunday cease-fire meeting with the Pathet Lao commander Gen Sinkapo Britain Russia In Touch (A foreign office spokesman in London said Britain is keeping in touch with Russia on developments in Laos Britain and Russia were co-chairmen oT the Geneva Conference on Laos which ended th civil war and thus share special responsibility for the area) The Embassy meanwhile released the English translation ct a statement by paratroop Gci Kong Le commander of Souvan-' na's neutralist army indicating ho had broken with the Communist Pathet Lao with whom he fought side by aide during the civil war Kong Le charged that enemies of Laos are trying to make the kingdom "a new kind of colony of international It was an obvious reference to the Pathet Lao The United State struck back today at what it called the and allega tions by Pathet Lao leader Prince Souphanouvong that America was responsible for the murder of Foreign Minister Quinim Phol-ena Peace Efforts Fall Souvanna disclosed to a news conference early this week that 20 soldiers had been killed in recent clashes in the Plain of Jars but appealed to newsmen not to the Incident because he said the fighting had stopped But informed sources said heavy fighting raged from a to 11 pm Friday at Xieng Khouang one-time rebel headquarters It was not Immediately known Growth Rate Too Slow Rocky Says OMAHA April 0 W-New York Gov Nelson Rockefeller declared today that "achievement of a more rapid rate of economic growth is our nation's No 1 domestic He called for an immediate reduction in corporation taxes and an across-the-board income tax cut Rockefeller still shunning the Presidential candidate label came to Omaha to speak at a fundraising dinner honoring Nebraska Sen Roman Hruska He spoke in Topeka Kas last night In Topeka the New York governor had promised definite proposals to stimulate employment He packaged them in a statement handed newsmen who met him at the airport here The proposals included: 1 Reduction of corporation taxes from 52 to 47 per cent with the entire cut fully effective next July 1 2 A $7568006681 total rut in personal income taxes also effective July 1 Scuttling of the Kennedy proposed tax reforms 4 Holding Federal spending to the fiscal 1963 level 1 A balanced budget by fiscal 1965 A deficit in fiscal 1964 is he said "but with an adequate Increase in the rate of growth as a result of effective tax cuts coupled with restraint on spending the goal of a balanced cash budget by 1965 is entirely By SETH KANTOR Scrivvi-MMwri Staff wrtNf WASHINGTON April I It is more than cherry blossom time here again with its busloads of high school senior! arriving from all over the nation It is the season again lor White House pickets Protesters burdened with all sorts of grievances walk bark and forth with their signs and pamphlets on the sidewalk in front of the President's house the year 'round But these spring days they like best said District of Columbia Police Capt Thomas I Herlihy He went on: "We've got a list of sidewalk reservations Next Tuesday for example a group of women from Pittsburgh are coming They're the wives of Teamster Union members They're against some kind of legislation Pickets Protected "May 7 there's a large group craning in They plan to go on strike against war holding Easter reservations for a group of foreign students got a beef against their government Nnt ours But it's the White House they want to Reservations for walking apace are not mandatory "but we encourage laid Herlihy "It's for the pickets' protection so we can have enough officers on there are as many as "six or eight different groups protesting against six or eight different at the ume time in front of the White House he aakl Rules Set Out Anyone can picket in front of the White House so long as the following rules ere observed: singing talking or chanting in a loud voice 2 No preaching or sermonizing even in low tones 2 Signs most have dean language 4 Passers-by must have room to walk I Picketing within 500 feet of the White House grounds is forbidden when a foreign dignitary has come to call "Very few pickets actually have gripe against the said Herlihy "They may be seriously dedicated dolts who are against certain kinds of medicine nr life in Russia or the way coffee is grown in Brazil They'll show up with almost any kind of placard hoping to get attention No Beers But the most ingenious signs he ever saw flaunted here appeared a couple of years back A man and a woman showed up each carrying a sign which said: "We have no Ry the police captain's appraisal picketing in front of the White House is mostly a wasted effort The placard-carriers rarely grt photographed or written up And passers-by are so used to the practice it they've lived long in Washington they don't even bother to read the signs Arab Unity Talks Start in Cairo CAIRO UAR April 0 (UPI)-Syrian and Iraqi delegations flew into Cairo today to work out detail! of their proposed federation with President Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt Nasser called separate meetings tonight with the two delegations before the formal three-nation talks begin in (he secluded Republic Palace Start of the talks marks a vital moment in the fitture of the turbulent Middle East The 17-man Syrian delegation led by National Revolutionary Council Chairman Gen Louay el Altassi and including Premier Salah Bitar flew in early today from Damascus where demonstrations earlier this week forced government shuffle The Syrian government difficulties cast an Immediate shadow over the talks In the shuffle the governing Ba'athixt which stands for Arab unity but has feuded with Nasser in recent was forred to share its power with non-Ba'alhista Success In the talks would create a giant federation of nearly 40000000 Arabs from the northeast corner of Africa to the Asian borders of Turkey and Iran Failure however could strike a serious blow at the whole concept nf Arab unity in of Rebels Seized in Bahamas NASSAU Bahamas April Nine anti-Castro Cubans were arrested by police on Andros Island today and the arms they were carrying were con- fiscaled The men were spotted lot night by Lt Col John Fine Coffin of the Joint Services Headquarters in Nassau who flew in a seaplane to Andros one of the largest is- lands in (he Bahamas Col Coffin spotted the men along a creek bed and spent the night there This morning police arrived and made the arrests Five other anti-Castro Cubans -on Williams Island escaped the British in a high-speed motor launch despite a chase by hamian police But authorities in Nassau said later in the day they had been informed by the UX Coast Guard that the Coast Guard caught the five at Orange Key another nearby island Reserves Keep Unit Strength Several hundred member of: Knoxville Army Reserve unit are officially in new unit now but Col King Col Brinkerhort the general si reamlining of the Army Reserve throughout Ihe country will not affect (he strength of units here 12 Col' Isaac King Jr Army Reserve commander here has said New units officially designated last week: Second Battalion 354th Infantry Regiment of the Slat In- fantry Division commanded hy Lt Col Robert Brinkerhoff Com-' pany A 281st Signal Battalion -Capt George Harris commander1 Headquarters Company 345th Regiment Capt Clyde Holmes commander Company 306th Medical Battalion Capt Harry Livingston commander and Com-pany 306th Engineer Battalion Capt Thomas Quinby Kingston commander new streamlining of our units will leave us with fewer-companies but we will have about the same number of officers and Col King said "The new setup affects only our combat units and does not change the non-combat companiesL We have approximately 1006 officers and men in our reserve units the colonel added Traffic accidents in January'' 1963 look 2690 lives one per cent lea thin the 2720 deaths in Jan- uiry 1962 HScfond brings both to the new CRESCENDO HEARING GLASSES Now new power and clarity for severe hearing losses in the compact beautifully-styled Bcltone Crescendo Come in phone or write for freer 24-page book on new Beltone Hearing Aida OF KNOXVILLE Churrii Mi 114-1109 OFFER Phone 522-7789 Phone 522-7789 hern Ph 522-7719 More Another Dispute Avoided on Eve of Monday Vote MONTREAL April I (UPI)-Canads's political parties decider today to refrain from an eleventh-hour political dispute with the United States on the' eve of national elections A political "blackout" kept se-ci'et the details of a document said to contain marginal notes in President Kennedy's handwriting that might possibly have caused friction between Canada and the United Stales The paper reportedly came from 1961 US -Canadian conference and is said to have been highly critical of the Conservative administration of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker Fcaraoe Silent Diefenbaker predicting a victory at the polls refused to comment today on the document Liberal Party leaders Lester Pearson similarly refused to inject comment on the paper or any other anti-American issue into his final speeches The existence or otherwise of the controversial paper first was reported more than a week ago by a group of Canadian newspapers Word Deleted It was brought up again yesterday by The Star in a copyrighted dispatch The dispatch said the document blasting at Diefenbaker for failing to accept nuclear weapons for mutual defense was found by Canadian officials after it was mislaid dup ing Ottawa talks attended by Mr Kennedy and Diefenbaker The Star said Mr Kennedy's handwritten notation said: do we do with the (deleted) at this There was no firm indication of what the word or word? were and the White House refused comment on Bomb Found at Montreal TVTower MONTREAL April 0 W-Folice removed a powerful bomb today from the foot of a radio-television transmitting tower atop Mt Royal and dismantled it minutes before its timing device indicated it wu to have exploded SgL Leo Flouffe the Montreal Police Department's bomb expert who supervised the dismantling said the charge was big enough to have brought down the 180-foot tower used by Montresl's four television stations Painted In red at the base of the lower wss the word "Liherte' snd the initials of the Front de Liberation Quebecois This is a terrorist group thst has claimed responsibility for severs! minor bombings in Its avowed campaign to win independence for Quebec from predominantly English-speaking areas of Canada Changes in Baker Staff Announced NiwSMttMi WnMnftsa Bvrara WASHINGTON April 0 Two field secretaries hsve resigned from Rep Howxrd Baker's stall and a new assistant has been added to his Washington office force Rep Baker said Warren Ray Webster and John Iaxrkridge Knoxville attorneys resigned several months ago to devote iUll time to their law practice They had handled Social Security and veterans problems Recently added to bis Washington office force is Mia Juanita Topping who waa formerly with the Attorney'! office Knoxville Ai i result Rep Baker i his four Washington office aides and three field secretaries The field aides and their gross monthly salaries are Virgil Graves Knox County parole officer am grand Jury foreman $321 Cheater Coker Jacks boro attorney 0220 and Billy Hamby of Oak Ridge $214 The Washington staff includes Miss Margaret Underwood $957 Mia Doris Lovett $903 Mia Margaret Moore $580 Mia Top-pins $550 Swann Wife Both Honored by 2 Bridges DANDRIDGE April 6 (Special) the isle Col end Mrs Alfred Swann came to their leaver Dam Farm they were bride and groom All these yean were lived together at the farm then on the French Broad River and much was later covered by Douglaa Lake Both died there and are buried there When a bridge was built across the lake there it was named the Col A Swann Bridge Now newer bridge running parallel the trider one is named the frances Burnett Swann Bridge tribute to Mn Swam The action waa taken by the Legte-atura recently The two spina are about 200 yards apart The new bridge on the new 40 highway la not officially open yet but is expected to be non to here how many casualties were suffered by both sides Sources said it wax evident that Souvanna had failed thus far to bring Gen Kong and Pathet Lao military leader Col Sinkapo together to work out cease-fire Souvanna was said to be deeply concerned that the fighting could erupt into civil war that could bring down his coali tion government Confession Alade Puhlie There were reports publisher in without official confirmation that Communist North Vietnamese troops already were poised on the border in the area of Banbabi North Vietnamese forces supported the Pathet Lao and neutralist Laotians In the civil war against the pro-Western right-wing government Quinim a leftist-leaning member of Souvanna's neutralist faction was assassinated early this week by a young Laotian soldier assigned to guard duty at the foreign minister's residence Asia's Communists promptly sensed the United Ststes of involvement Today neutralist military officials made the soldier's confession public for the first time CpI Chy Kong was quoted as saying he shot Quinim because he felt the foreign minister had committed treason against Gen Kong Le and wanted to overthrow the coalition JFK Cuba Policy Called NEW YORK Mil 6 (ff-Capt Eddie Rickenbacker chairman of the committee for the Monroe Doctrine said today President Kennedy is "underwriting continued Soviet control over Cuba with the armed might of the United Rickenbacker said in a statement "The Kennedy Administration has committed the final betrayal of Cuban hopes for freedom by its order to block the activities of exiled Cuban freedom fighters to liberate their nation from Communism Says UA Is in Danger Thus continued Rickenbacker a massive and fatal historic contradiction is perpetrated by the young men who control the executive branch of our a contradiction which carried to its ultimate conclusion places the security of the nation in immediate Rickenbacker chairman of Eastern Air Lines snd America's top World Wsr I flying are added: For a President of the United States to utilize his functions as Commander-in-chief the armed forces to actively aid in the destruction of the Monroe Doctrine by utilizing his power to protect foreign troops in this hemisphere is Asks Congress To Act Rickenbacker called on Congress "to resolve that the Monroe Doctrine continues to be a basic plank of Ameriran foreign policy and to utilize all its powers to see that the Monroe Doctrine is implemented and that Communism is removed from Cuba Members of the committee Include Spruille Braden former US ambassador to various Latin-American countries William Buckley Jr editor of National Review Charles Edison former Secretary of the Navy and governor of New Jersey William Knowland former Republican leader of the Senate and Arthur Radford farmer rhairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff considered primarily racial British colonial authorities had their crack Coldstream Guards on the alert But in London spokesman for the Colonial Office said the disturbances still were an internal affair and there had been no call for British help lo put down the riots Car Set Afire The rioting started Friday with an attack on the car of Jagan's American wife Janet after she arrived at the waterfront where a Russian ship was docked The disorders spread to the business district and store owners armed wllh guns set up their own barricades against looting mobs Rioting was put down during the night but flared up again Saturday Mrs Jagan'a car was parked at dock where a Soviet ship waa loading rice The stoning apparently was set off by reports that the Soviets seeking to spread their Influence into this British South American colony were passing arms to Mrs Jagan formerly of Chicago Another car was set afire Police said they found no arms Mrs Jagan'a car She was not in it when the riot started The anti Communist Dally Chronicle aald it teamed Communist literature was found on the seats of the car to By JACK STEELE Scrlpet-HwrarS SMI Wrttar WASHINGTON April 6 The House Merchant Marine Committee is being flooded with letters from manufacturers exporters and shippers urging passage nf bill to invoke compulsory arbitration to bar maritime strikes Many of the letter writers describe themselves as the "innocent who bore the brunt nf the $800000000 losses piled up during the recent Longshoremen's strike which tied up East and Gulf Coast porta for 34 days Some blame labor and management equally for the "plague recent maritime work stoppages which they charge have curtailn US exports crippled American shipping and cost American wrak-men thousands of jobs in other industries Their complaints are providing the major push behind a bt Tennesseans on Jet Adviser List News-Scat ImI WsshinatM Burras WASHINGTON April 0 Two Tennessean are among a list of right candidates recommended by Sen Eite Kefauver for membership on Federal Aviation Agency advisory board exploring development of supersonic jet airliner They are Tennessee Welfare Commissioner Noble Caudill and Richard Wallace former Memphis newsman and administrative assistant to Kefauver and director general nf the Atlantic Council of the US Wanta Protection Kefauver told the Senate last week he was by news reports that the FAA through an advisory board was considering establishment of a private corporation to develop such a jet He romp red the plan to the private Communica tions satellite corporation approved by the fast Congress era said "it appears we may be headed for an even worse situation with supersonic jet airliners" Development of such a jet he said would cost "probably well over $1000000000 all or much of which would have to be borne by the Federal Government'' He said he wants "to be sure that the interests of the Government will be fully Kefauver said he phoned FAA Administrator Najeeb Hals-hy to protest and was told by Haiaby that "he was not com milted to this way of developing the supersonic Submits Owe List The Senator said he complained that Halahy's advisory board was starked with private interest representatives and that Haiaby suggested that the Senator submit his own list from which two or three advisors might be appointed Besides the Tennesseans Kefauver also proposed: Sidney Davis Jr New York attorney and counsel for the Senate subcommittee that uncovered the "conflict of the Dixon -Yates contract Admiral Hyman Rickover "father" of the nuclear submarine Horace Gray economics professor at the University of Illinois Palmer Hoyt edilor and publisher of The Denver Post Edward Lamb board chairman of the Seibrrling Rubber Co and president of Lamb Industries Toledo Louis Schwartz University Pennsylvania law professor Star Berlin fighter molested him or tried to force him down as ihey did then The Russians tried lo force Green down with gunfire Tuesday warned Thursday he would receive the same treatment if he took off as scheduled yesterday and then vetoed hia flight altogether But a strong protest aent to the Soviet high command in Germany by the headquarters of Gen William Stirling commander nf (ho British Army of the Rhine forced the Russians at the Berlin Air Safety Center to drop their opposition There waa no doubt that the Jtouian backdown averted a aertoua Eait-Weat dispute sponsored by Committee Chairman Herbert Bonner (D NC i to give the President power to order compulsory arbitration prevent or halt maritime strikes By contrast spokesmen for maritime unions have assailed the bill Utterly charging it woui deprive seamen Longshoremen and other maritime workers of their "constitutional right" to strike Those who have "at If led against it include Joseph Curran president of the National Maritime Union Capt William Bradley president of the International Association and Harry Bridges head the West Coast waterfront unions Workers WeoM Rebel Bradley told the committee maritime wnrkeri would rebel required to accept contract terms they didn't like through compulsory arbitration Some steamship line officiate have given the UK reluctant and lukewarm support Others have opposed it The committee soon is to start hearing testimony from self-styled "Innocent third who Insist compulsory arbitration offers the only hope of halting their staggering losses from maritime strikes to which they are not parties Members Spilt The Bonner Ull promises to provide the first test of congressional sentiment on proposals to use compulsory arbitration to cure what its advocates see as a "breakdown" in collective bar gaining Its fate is in doubt today with committee members split about evenly for and against the Ull The Kennedy Administration has delayed taking a stand on the measure but is expected to oppose it Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz and Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges at their request will be the committee's final witnesses Extension of Billboard Law To Be Asked By MILTON BRITTEN Nrar IraWral WUUmtra CmtwfwKmI WASHINGTON April 6 -Sens John Sherman Cooper (R Ky) and Maurine Neuberger (D Ore) will soon introduce a Ull to extend for two yean the Ullboard control law The law due to expire June 30 offers a bonus of one half of per cent of interstate highway costa to states that adopt Federal Ullboard control standards First passed in 1958 and extended for two yean in 1961 the billboard control program to date has been approved by only IS states "The outdoor advertising lobby has been pretty successful in getting it defeated within the state legislatures" says a Bureau of Public Roads official Citei Aeddeni Study Cooper ranking RepuUican member of the Public Works Committee says of the proposed extension: "I tUnk we ran get it Mrs Neuberger argues thst the need for an extension is bolstered by the findings of a consulting firm hired by the New York State Thruway Authority "It is she says "that the study showed that almost one-third nf the accidents attributed to driver inattention on the thruway mainline occurred on the one-eighth of thruway mileage upon which motorists were exposed to advertising devices "Thus then is now scientific evidence to refute whet some hill-hoard apologists have often stated that billboards and roadside ad-vertising help maintain driver attention and reduce accident rales" No Bonuses Paid Yet The legislation la now being drafted There is some sentiment for including in it provision for iaw the Senate opponents of Ullboard control wrote into the original law amendments which have made its administration difficult Exemptions of commercial end industrial areas adjacent to rights-of-way acquired be-ore July 1 1158 have creeled egal and accounting problem for mill the Bureau nf Public Roads and the atalei official say As a mult no bonus payments uve actually been maria yet although Congraa appropriated $2-000000 to start auch payments last October Blamed Riots Start Again in British Guiana DRAPERIES MADE FMEIE After Red Backdown Buy yovr fabrics lining and findinga at eur regular lew price and we will make beautiful 100 CUSTOM-MADE DRAPERIES le fit yeur window! FREE Ne labor Charge 1 This avant includes any fabric in stock 2 Minimum fraa length 3 Draperies must kit lined 4 Fabric prices: yd GEORGETOWN British Guiana April 6 uP-Rintmg broke out again today in the market places of Georgetown and police hurled tear gas into the mobs to disperse them Blaming "foreign Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan said he would declare a state of emergency if violence continued Two days of rioting and looting touched off by a dispute between two unions seeking recognition from the Rice Marketing Board left at least one person dead in this British colony Twenty-four were reported injured and 150 arrested A radio announcement riving the day said the unions had de- cided to merge in the hope of restoring peace to the capital But Georgetown remained tense as night fell and other causes of unrest remained- Guards Alerted Labor leadera had contended during the week that new legislation proposed by Jagan would give the government control of all unions And an opposition leader charged that Jagan an avowed Marxist sought to Impose a Communist dictatorship Damage has been estimated at 5609061 Most of the looted atoree 'are owned by Indiana and the riotera wefe predominantly Negro but tv disturbance! are not British TV Flies From BERLIN April 6 (UF1) A private British aircraft with television quizmaster at the controls flew out of West Rerlln today in a demonstration of Western determination to keep the city'! vital ah lanes open HJi flight in a two-engined rent-I Cessna aircraft waa made possible by a firm BrttUh protest the Russians a strong Western Allied stand and a Russian backdown Hughle Green Canadian-born Iritiah television star raeed i rough the 20-mlle wide Berlin-amovar air corridor In contrast to hia trip to Berlin last Tuesday no Russian Our decorators come le yeur ar office with samples measure and ultimata FREE installation avail able at small addlttonal charge CDMIE DRAPERY SHOP 30t Church Skill iW.