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Students Faculty i af Wheeler Heads Joint Chiefs Ciwpitstf Pfwi ptmb PtaeiMm WASHINGTON June 23 Henry Cabot- Lodge has resigned as Ambassador to embattled South Vietnam and President Johnson today named Gen Max well Taylor the top military chief to succeed him The unprecedented appointment of Taylor indicated that Mr Johnson has determined to intensify the war against Communist guerillas in South Vietnam In effect the President has Ford Gives KC $1 Million Aid A $1000000 grant to Knoxville College was an' nounced today by the Ford Foundation to help the col ege realize its potential for high-quality education in a reasonably short time The grant is one of $13000000 worth of grants to eight Negro colleges and the Atlanta University Center a group of five predominantly Negro institutions The funds to be spent over and broke up the two groups Members of both groups were injured and soma arrested (Story on Page 1 1 -UP! ON THE Negro demonstrators attempting to swim at a St Augustine Fla beach are met by stick-swinging whites Police moved in the next 10 years may not be applied to endowment construction equipment or other tangible assets the foundation said but may be used for faculty and staff development and for student assistance Dr James A Colston Knoxville College president said the 1000000 grant has "four bask areas of 1 Increase salaries of faculty members I Make strong replacements of faculty members who may leave I Assist faculty members in graduate study 4 Student scholarship aid "This is part of the college's overall developmental pro- Council Won't Forgo Knox's Will Let Tax Hike Be Offset in City By ALBERT ROGERS City Council voted today to give the county the same amount as it did last year for transportation of students in annexed areas but declined to forgo $1-800000 in county school funds as requested by County offidals Most of the eouncilmen indicated they favor letting County Court raise the tax rate if it wants to accept all the money due to the dty and place it in a special fund to be applied to next year's city school budget thereby reducing the dty tax rate next year The city last year returned' Swedes Smash Plot To Kidnap Prisoner Release by Reds Sought STOCKHOLM Sweden June 23 Swedish police have smashed a plot to kidnap Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and hold him hostage for the release of political prisoners behind the Iron Curtain Police confirmed that at least described Part of Dream Realized 1st Downtown Loop Leg Open to Traffic HENRY CABOT LODGE Will help Scranton Governor Gets Ohio First Ballot Move May Help Scranton Some By JACK STEELE Btoft iRNttor WASHINGTON June 23-Gov William drive to stop Arizona Republican Sen Barry Goldwater with the help of "favorite had ita first big payoff today Ohio's 58 delegates agreed unanimously to give their first-ballot votes to Gov Jamu A Rhodu for the Republican Presidential nomination But Scranton's "favorite strategy ran into trouble at the same time in Wisconsin where backers of Sen Goldwater moved to sidetrack the commitment of the 30 delegates to Rep John Byrnes on the First ballot Byrnes uid he coukl not make the that Wisconsin's delegation would stay pledged to him for one bat lot but that a final decision would be delayed until the delegates caucus at San Francisco next month Boost Offset Collapse of the Byrnes favor ite-son candidacy in Wisconsin would offset Ohio's boost to Scranton's hopes to block the first-ballot nomination of Gold water The widely antkipated pledge by Ohio's delegates to cast a vote for Rhodes will deprive Goldwater of the firit-ballot votes of at least 18 to 20 of his "hard supporters on the delegation But sidetracking of the Byrnes candidacy in which was set up to avoid a totter primary battle in that would bring Goldwater as many 20 of its 30 convention votes on the first ballot Brawn Overthrows Rep John Ashbrook leader of the Goldwater forces in Ohio said the Senator's strategists had barred any fight OHIO Last Page This See created a new military-political high command to be based in Saigon for Alexis Johnson a veteran career diplomat and now a deputy Undersecretary of State for political affaire will also go to Vietnam deputy Ambassador Return Key Move For the domestic political scene and the Republican Party in particular Lodge' decision to return to the United Statu at Ais time had deep implications He uid in Saigon Aat he wu quitting his put to give an the help he could to Pennsylvania Gov William bid to atop Republican nomination of Sen Barry Goldwater for President President Johnson called a quickie news conference to announce the shift He said he understood Lodge would be home Ais weekend The President announced that Gert Earle Wheeler now Army Chief of Staff will succeed Taylor ai Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 4 Staff He uid he had had no recommendation from Secretory of Defense Robert McNamara yet wiA respect to a successor to Wheeler in the Army post Wanted Quick Release Notification wu received from Lodge but Friday tint he wanted to be released from the Saigon assignment quickly xesibk Sane informants uid Ais speed took the Administration by surprise Insiders had heard earlier that Lodge wu A inking of caning home in August In Saigon Lodge made Ais statement: I resigned as Ambassador to Vietnam because I believe it is my duty to do everyAing that I can to help Gov Scranton to win for President I also have accepted an invitation to address the resolutions committee of the Republican Party am deeply grateful for the many courtesies extended to my wife and me in Vietnam and have enjoyed my servke here Truly it makes us sad to Decided After Trip Mr Johnson reputedly made the final decision to appoint Taylor as Ambasudor and Alexis Johnson as deputy Ambassador after returning from his Western trip last weekend Taylor Administration officials uid met Ae requirement for a Lodge auc- above and below the in official circles One ef these came yesterday when Gen Paul Harkins tiring after more than years VS commander in South Vietnam declared it would be nskmg war with Peking to uve Vietnam the Communists down mto Southeast Asia it threatens the whole rest of that part of the Hark os told reporters on arriving throwing an extra burden on city taxpayers The other coun-cilmen agree with him Illegal Says Classify City Law Director Robert Crocs ley stuck by his earlier opinion that it would be illegal to forgo more money than the transportation of students costs County Solicitor Earl Ailor yesterday gave an opposite opinion Mayor Duncan said Council should abide by the director's opinion He said also that he does not favor "helping the county spend more per child in its school system than the city spends on its Councilmin Cas Walker said he would be willing to "bend over to givt county officials what they want if they would give assurance that there would be no tax rate increase at all But Councilman Howard Kes-ley Milton Roberts John Me-Callie and Dwight Kernel indicated they do not favor forgoing the 81800000 Solution Temporary Mr Kesley said the request will be faced with the same situation every year (The county proposition to the city calls for a three-year The EDITOR) The only equitable solution for the city taxpayer he said will be to accept the money and cut the city tax rate Councilman Keasel said he believes that if county people want a better school system they should foot more of the bill toward supporting ft Kessel Mr Kessel said he was by assertions of coun- Set COUNCIL Page he said "We are to receive 8100000 a year plus the accrued interest mi the unspent balance which will amount to some 8125000 to 8140000 extra each year This strengthens our present program and gives us assurance for the expansion of erduca tional opportunity for Negroes is a complex challenge to all levels of education and to society aa a Henry Heald Foundation president said "Among the important aspects of thia challenge ia the continued improvement of a number of private Negro colleges that have already demonstrated their capacity to achieve a high order of academic competence" ign those in airconditioned can could well be envied that this tint portion of the Downtown Loop is a reality we won't rest We will work to get the next leg under construction aa early as uid Frank Ptowers chairman of the Downtown Knoxville Association's Downtown Loop Com' mittee and buaineu manager of The News-Sentinel Co It is indeed essential to continue at this time to push the Loop uid Aubrey Couch executive secretory the Downtown Association "It would seem more fusible now to continue Ais first leg south ward to the Munkipal Auditorium But of course we will be glad to get any part of the Future Benefit Cited After wielding his scissors Mayor Duncan uid: Downtown Loop will enable motorists to use approaches and outlets on all sides of the city without having to go through the downtown section This wil relieve downtown congestion for thou who have buaineu The entire Loop whkh was designed by Dave Mid-South Engineering Co wil take 10 years or more to complete SAW Construction Co built the first leg It is mostly a viaduct complex almost a half-mile long The ground-breaking and the ribbon -cutting did have one aspect in common The ume group of offkialf were gathered on die scene with one exception Jamu Hall II was there new Downtown Association president succeeding Hugh Sanford Jr Others included James Bradley of the Loop Committee: McCammon director of die Metropolitan Planning Commiukn: Ted Gtf-fin assistant to the mayor: and Safety Director Ray Oglesby Each got a souvenir tot of die red white and blue ribbon did a number of the onlookers Holiday Toll of 450-550 Predicted CHICAGO June 3 tP-The National Safety Guard estimated today Aat between 459 aad SSI persons could he killed to traffic durog Ae July 4 holiday weekend This would compare the council uid wiA aa average ef 43 dee As for a non-holiday weekend ef identical lengA to July The council defined the hob-day travel period as extending from 6 pi focal tine Thursday July 3: to day July 1 Traffic Box Score i a irueute NASHVILLE box scon traffic fatabhrs a I am mm To aa Wbeeler Taylor cessor who wu fully informed all Southeast Asian issues put and future 'strategy it SouA Vietnam and US policies for meeting the Communist challenge in that part of the world With Presidential politics dominating the domestic scene between now and November Mr Johnson wu also represented as wanting a man of "unassailable and one whose reputation would be as high A SouA Vietnam hu been Thou were described authoritatively the principal reasons why Taylor wu given the assignment by Mr Johnson in spite of the fact that he already held one of the nation's most critical positions Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Stetea Potky In announcing the change in Saigon Mr Johnson took occasion to make some general policy pronouncements on Southeast Asia Mr Johnson again expressed Ais country's determination to help SouA Vietnam resist Communist aggression and to continue flights over Laos whenever representatives of Ae In- See LODGE Fags HOUBLV TSMWUTUBII mw aa rs I a 77 a IS I a ia a aa a ra it a at a a IB 3 Mata I a 7f I a a 71 a I a a aa Jo Jo Says: Whew KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE: Mostly foir and continued hot wiA isolated Aundenhow- er to tha mountains early (hit evening Fair and warm Bight Partly cloudy to cloudy and not quite aa warm tomoew row urfth scattered Amderv showers in Ae afternoon and evening High tomorrow near 94 (Knoxville 90) low tonight near 79 (Knoxville 79) high-veslerday 94 low Ais moraine wads southwesterly 8-13 miles per hour at 7:39 ajn ea level barometer reading 3M5 steady Thursday outlook: Decreasing ctoudmeso and a little cooler stsms f7 one man only as 30-year-olid foreigner was arrested yesterday near Hags Castle where the Soviet leader is staying during his five-day state visit The man reportedly confessed that he and several other men had planned to smash their way through the castle gates in truck armed with submachine guns The newspaper Aftonbladet which had dose connections with the Swedish government said the man in custody vu a Hungarian Police declined to confirm this Pledged Ta Km There also was speculation that the plot was hatched by members of the Ustashi a fanatic Croatian anti-Communist organization whkh fought for the Nazia during World War II The Ustashi reportedly has a strong membership in Sweden whkh is haven for about 30000 refugee! from Communist countries Tiro weeks before Khrushchev's arrival in Sweden the newspaper Expresses said the Uatashi had threatened openly to kill the Soviet leader Khrushchev on the second day of his visit to Sweden planned to begin political talks with Premier Tage Erlander Some Anti-Red Incidents Mounted police with whips foot police armed with pistols maritime patrols in fait boats and soldiers in battle dress al guarded the Communist leader as he sailed into the capital and drove through the streets in bullet-proof limousine later About 4000 curious but silent SWEDES Last Page This See electric power rocorda tumbling yesterday KUB said that its load at warn yesterday was 271J00-kil-owatts aa aB-timc high for single summer hoar load al day yesterday was Ip VTlJOO-hilowan boars easily breaking the previous mark set last Aug 7 Clouds May Shroud Edipsa Chances art too that East Teaeesseaaa wiB able to tea the eclipse of the men tomorrow sight the Weathermaa said today The forecast is for parity deadly la ctondy weather to-ecanercd after- 1328000 in county funds in exchange for a transportation contract Council also: Postponed action for three weeka on puchase of a Safety Lane site coupled with vote of confidence in the administration Councilman Cas Walker was the only one to oppose the motion 2 Authorised Mayer John Duncan to negotiate a contract with James Geiger electrical engineer to design a new fire alarm system for Knoxville If the contract is finalized Mr Geiger will make recommendations on the number of alarm boxes needed end what type of system would be best Friedman Opposed Regarding forgoing of school funds Councilman Max Fried' man was the only one who talked in favor of forgoing the full amount of 81800000 requested by county officials Officials have laid that un leu the city forgoes the money the county tax rate will have to be railed 81 37 By forgoing the county tax rate would have to be raised 88 cents they said Councilman Friedman said the county has no choice except to increase the tax rate and that by refusing to forgo the full amount the 1 1 win be York Satisfactory NASHVILLE June 23 SgL Alvin York of World War I fame remained in satisfactory condition in Veterans Hospital here Chief Foe of US in Asia? LN THE WAR against Com muatsm in Southeast Asia the chief foe of the United States is Ho Chi Mmh of North Vietnam aad not Red Mao Tse-tung reports Shackford Scnppa-Howard staff writer For a clear delineation of the powers and area of control el die two Red leaders read "Ho Is Chief Page 12 WILLIE MAYS San Francisco Giant outfielder lead hal-Hng for apnt on the National League AB-Star team Story on Page Ik WILMA DYKEMA offers her impressions of the New York World's Fair Pago 12 Quick Quota 1 AN NOT yet persuaded that Sen Goldwater a gorg to ho the next President of the United Isos Robb Togo II TOE WORLD TODAY Page 21 EDITORIALS Page 12 WOMENS MU Pages SHOWS RADtOTV Page II SPORTS Pages 14-11 OBITUARIES Pago 1 Mctniw an Page 3 By LEE DAVIS A multimillion-dollar Knoxville dream was realized in part today when Mayor John Duncan nipped a red white and blue ribbon at 9 a at Vine Ave and Central St on the old Bowery The moment marked the opening of the first section of the Downtown Loop to traffic Score of onlookers many of them neighborhood figures were clustered at the scene And they had seen that neighborhood completely transformed Winding cluttered hillside streets had given way to a maze of traffic lanes that soar across the sky supported by towering pillars As of I a the publk began using its new skyway whkh runt northeastward and southeastward between Magnolia Ave and Vine The ribbon-cutting couldn't have been more different from that Jan 18 1963 ceremony down there groundbreaking for this first Loop leg Speed Vowed Next Leg On that frigid January morning bulldozers had to be thawed before they could break ground The offkiating group huddled around an outdoor fire at every opportunity Today brows were dewy and applauding palms were moist as temperatures were building up In the offirial parade over the new overhead Loop segment which followed the open- Nashville Firm Low on Sewer Bid A Nashville construction com' pany is the apparent low bidder on 38 miles of unitary sewering in the Fountain City annexed area City Service Director Roy Gentry uid today Hailey Co Nashville submined the apparent low bid of SU4SJ9S Mr Gentry uid Six companies ma of them from Knoxville bid on the contract The bah were opened at City Han today Other bids: Preston Carroll Co Clifton Tens SL3SIS: Construction Gol Fayetteville 11-374J34 Price COl Bartlesville OUa SLK49I: CaMweB Chi Nashville 81-403191 aad Dasha Chest roc-ton Gol Nashville S140U3L Gty Council is echeduled to award the contract at fts meeting aext Taesday The arte to he sewered tmdet Aa contract it hooded ea Ae uA by Dutch Valley Rd no Ae east by Broadway and Moot-rue Aw oa Ae north by the top of Black Oak Ridge and ea the by the draoage area 4 Fast Creek to Ae tsAg tea War Risk US Set To Dare China on SE Asia WASHINGTON June 23 series of weekend Same Sultlry Song 90 Due After 4-Year High Many Congress members indicated belief today Aat Ae Ad-muitst ration hu decided ft is wilting to risk war wuh Red Chma to prevent Communist forces from overrunning SouA-east Asia Sen George Aiken (k Vl) uid for one he wu apprehensive about general expansion of the war in Southeast but he added ta aa otervww: think they (Admmiratm officiate) 'have made up their mods to expand the Aiken a member of the Foreign Relations Gomnuttee uid he hoped that if that decision ft would be baaed on understanding with Russia that Russia wiB keep off" they cu get away wnh ft to Vietnam and Laos Ae Ruuiaae agree to AJtea ud President hu to Bake the deem as to whether wo have general war a Harhtos OK's Rhk Akfough fr ethers on Cap- cptnraw utiMem Ain't ppreoal that a been reached appeared to he hared by many othen after a The Weatherman says will be slightly cooler tomorrow after hanging up scorching high yesterday the honest here since a IS high Sept 7 I860 Highest all last year was 92 The mercury was scheduled to teach II later this afternoon A 10 high forecast for tomorrow would make ft the 11th day of 99 or htgher Meanwhile aches of fresh suow piled up to the Wyoming mountains and ree aches of ram fcB from Oklahoma to Wocnaam Had as fog as lemons dented cars to Omaha and twins Iowa and Texas Low here Am monieg waa 71 aad TV to expected tonight That was the fcgheat tow cf the year Neat highest oa Friday Satnrday aad Sunday mnrfi Power Use at Peak Hammwg aed Teen twee YaBey aunocrnMi Fell WRBeg Admiral Harry Feft retiring today commander of forces in the Pacific expressed tos news at least strongly as did Harkoa Feft told a weekend conference that the Unltad Susa is wilting to nsk war to stop Com muni aggression to! Souhesst Asia and be added ha! (pan Aat Red dues wobMCTw are fight (he Umted Stales J5J vsvwesut? last la scheduled to rwe Tennessee at 7:41 psn- tomorrow By that fin Ae ocfcpse steady be aa-cnnatieer way It to scheduled to last 1ST pm Fniay 1 Ae fire pweb by Pff1 Saa Fnacocw ef Seai Wayne Mom (Dl Ore wha atraegly See US Pag 2.