Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 1

PJ ir i Whito 'vuO Orange Bowl Next Sinks Tough A bit in 2 1-14 2D tilled As Belgians Try Rescue BY KENNETH WHITING LEOPOLDVILLE the Congo (AP) Belgian paratroopers flown in Planes seized rebel Paulis before dawn Thursday but as at Stanleyville they could not prevent a last-minute massacre of white hostages At least 21 foreigners died in mass killings First unofficial reports said 8 whites had died Rip Library Violence Cities Hundreds of put the recently-dedicated Kennedy to the torch pillaged the US Ambassador called it a Among the dead was an American missionary the Rev Joseph Tucker Portland Ore He was beaten to death along with at least 16 other whites at the Dominican minion at Paulis Rebels Recapture Tows Far to the south the rebels recaptured the town and air strip of Punia used as a forward operating base for planes supporting the forces at Stanleyville Punia about halfway between Kindu and Stanleyville was used by white mercenaries as a headquarters before their final push on Stanleyville One paratrooper was killed as the Belgians landed at Paulis from American C139 transport planes Four of the seven US planes were hit by ground fire The last important center in Africans JFK Reds Lead In Various CAIRO (AP) African students John Memorial Library Thursday and Embassy compound Lucius Battle This was just of against US embassies MUM The Alabama victory series of games' which began 14 each with one tie The series was discontinued in 1907 started up again in 1948 Since including yesterday Alabama holds a three- vened up the Ala-whii FULL This aerial photo by Post-Herald Chief Photographer James Ware shows a Legion field packed almost to the gills with some 68000 tans for the Aubum-Alabama game yesterday The Crimson Tide hammered out a 2114 victory over the Au burp Tigers bs the whole natiori watched on iwtworkl danie-edge Grid Game television bama-Aubum in 1893 at 1948: Tide Climaxes A Perfect Season BY BILL LUMPKIN Poet-Herald Sports Editsr Thanksgiving Day fare for Birmingham and all Alabama a near-perfect football game with the Crimson Tide getting up off the floor through a sensational 107-yard kickoff return touchdown by Ray Ogden that led to a 21-14 victory for Alabama Thus elided one at the Crimson Tide's greatest seasons with no defeat to mar the record It was Alabama's 19th triumph of the year and the seventh time's Crimson 'Tide eleven has ended with a perfect record Ogden's sensational kickoff return that put the Tide in front to stay came as the second half opened His feet drummed a steady beat of victory as he went all the way starting behind his own goal line and ending behind But for Auburn partisans It also was a game In which they could take glory -The Tigers Sought from the start and their efforts wen outstanding Not only Alabama but all the nation saw the a contest carried over the land by NRC-TV i The weather was a treat setting Am a magnificent contest Immediately after the game Head Coach Paul Bryant made official what has been known for weeks The Crimson Tide has accepted an Orange Bowl invitation and will meet the University of Texas in Miami Jan It will be sixth consecutive bowl game The near capacity crowd of 19000 and -the millions of others watching on national television had hardly gotten settled for the start of the second half when with Alabama trailing by one point Ogden went into his brilliant act The 225-pound senior from Jessup Ga fielded the second half kickoff in the end tone hesitated momentarily 1 and then came charging out He picked up blockers at the 25 sped past would-be Auburn tackier at' the 35 and when he hit midfield he was out front by yards Only IS seconds had elapsed In the stanza when Quarterback Steve Sloan cut over tackle for a (Wo-point conversion that put Alabama out front for good All of points came with unexpected suddenness from the first six-pointer that developed when Auburn center Mike Alford snapped the ban over-punter Jon Kilgore's head and Into the end sone where Fullback Steve Bowman recovered for an Alabama TO to the last a 23-yard Sim from quarterback Joe amath to end Ray Perkins Despite being a 12-point underdog the Tigers probably played in defeat their best game against Alabama since IKS including last 10-8 upset Auburn carried the game to See ALABAMA Page 27 Coat Weather's Coming Back That nip is coming back Into the air today The official forecast: ly cloudy to cloudy and turning cooler today Fair and colder The high- temperature today Is a not-so-wapm 8 degrees with a 38-degree low early today The low for early tomorrow is a degrees right on the freezing mark The outlook for tomorrow: "Partly cloudy and cool11 Comic Dictionary PHILOSOPHER An Intellectual life has taught to think but whom thinking has not taught to live Football City Seen By u-s BY JAMES BENNfeTT Legion Field was a good-sized city yesterday For several hours its 68000 people made it the fifth largest in Alabama It had a mayor a police force a hospital and most of all football whet it was all about As the population roared the nation watched Alabama over network television remain unbeaten and untied winning over traditional rival Auburn 21-14 The Tide getting into its winning ways in the game with a first quarter score set the stage and a climactic end of football in an afternoon of excitement in Birmingham While Alabama scored three times a defense-minded Auburn team scored twice and paid no deference to the dreams of an undefeated season and bid for top honors as the number one team The crowd loved it No 1 A 'group of Alabama students paraded around Legion inside'track with signs reading Tide Number One and To Hell with the in an obvious reference to Notre Dame the only team ahead of Alabama in the national rankings A loss by them to Southern California tomorrow could give the Tide the national crown for the second time since 1961 Other Alabama fans carried signs reading the Tigers in the while the University mascot elephant carried a chicken around the field to taunt War Eagle Auburn fans got into the act with signs of their own Bams" they said "War In the governor's box a big Alabama fan was worried University President Frank Rose ahook his head and sighed with relief as the Tide repeatedly-stopped determined Auburn drives deep inside Alabama territory first with a goal line stand interceptions and a fumble recovery Gov George Wallace and Mrs Wallace were there too but trying not to take aides in the contest remained unemotional Auburn President Ralph Draughon stayed home Roar For Namath The crowd roared as A 1 All-SEC Back Joe Namath clad in white rimes and a knee bandage came on and off the field It also applauded All SEC Fullback Tucker Frederick-aon There were cheers too for the bands which colored the Legion Field turf red and blue before the game and during halftime Cheers Far Oranges Both bands called a truce before their traditional halftime battle however for a pre-game salute to Birmingham'! annual Crippled Children's Clinic and played "Till reminding local foot-See FOOTBALL Page 19 Christmas Tree Lighting Tonight Christmas music and the arrival of Old St Nick will signal the lighting of the Christinas hi Woodrow Wilson Park from 9 pm to 7 tonight Special Christmas music will be provided by the Phillips High School Band and the Woodlawn Unit of the ROTC will help with the crowd When Santa arrives the young children may line up to talk with him and receive a small bag of candy The Park and Recreation Board as part of the entertainment wUl decorate the tree with materials prepared by the Woman's Chambsr of Commerce one of the acts Communist-cheered violence British and Belgian in such widely scattered cjties as Prague Cai- ro Sofia and Nairobi Students taking part primarily Africans claimed to be protesting the uS-Belgian airborne opera tions to rescue white hostages in the Congo They dispute the mercy motive and claim it was an act of imperialist aggression In Cairo the library and the Marine Corps barracks in the compound were completely burned out Only one person was inside when the attack started and he was overpowered by screaming Africans who piled up furniture and bedding doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze Chinese Warning On the diplomatic front Communist China warned it would take possible help the Congolese rebels Other Red states issued declarations of support too mostly through their controlled press services In Prague the Czech government apologized to the three Western ambassadors after their embassies were attacked Violent demonstrations broke out in Nairobi Kenya Hundreds of Africans stoned the buildings and burned care in front of the US and Belgian embassies The demonstrators wore placards calling for withdrawal 'of all Americans and Belgians from Kenya and urging other African nations to intervene in the Congo Sammy Mama organizer -of the demonstration said his group wanted African intervention in the Congo if it meant starting a third world Three Buildings The three embassy buildings in downtown Prague were damaged The Belgian Embassy bore the brunt of the attack by about 80 demonstrators -Who smashed 24 windows with rGcs damaging furniture inside -T-Some 30 demonstrators carrying placards and shouting anti-American slogans entered the courtyard of the US Embassy building and damaged 12 cars parked there No embassy official was injured US Ambassador Oulerbridge Horsey immediately delivered a protest to the Foreign Ministry He was called back later and ministry officials apologized for the incident and promised to pay the repair costs A spokesman said about 200 See JFK LIBRARY Page I rebel hands Paulis is oMiloa njkMkAKM aV vl nn air miles northeast of Stanleyville Whites Released A force of 297 Belgians seized the airport after a brief skir-i nWsh and began evacuating about 200 whites They released several dozen whites from a single room in the Dominican mission These survivors described how rebels beat some of their fellow prisoners to death Their accounts differed on the number killed giving it between 17 and 20 used clubs and bottles against their victims who had their hands tied behind said one shaken survivor The Rev Hr Tucker died after 45 minutes of such a beating survivors said Rebels Blasted Latest reports from Stanleyville said at least 38 whites were mowed down by the rebels there Tuesday when the Belgian approached the center of the city The Belgians and white-led Congolese soldiers who reached the city at the same time killed from 250 to 300 rebels said reports from Stanleyville The white mercenaries and Congolese troops were clearing out snipers in the European quarter The rebels were still masters of the native section of the across the 1000-yard wide Congo River Planes flown by mercenary pilots blasted the south bank with rockets and machine-gun fire A US Embassy spokesman sc id the dangerous peri od in Stanleyville may begin Snipen Lark Food He noted rebels holed up in the upper stories of buildings who have been sniping presumably have lacked food and water for the last 24 hours is far from secure" the spokesman sajd Two Americans were killed in See 21 KILLED Page 2 On The Inside Amusements Page 28 Ann Landers Page 24 Bridge Column Page 24 Comics Page 8 Crossword Puzzle Page 2 Editorials Page 10 Portraits Page 10 Serial Page 15 Society Page 21 Sports Page 27 TV bigs Page 11 i On Sideline Is Dramatic BY HOWELL RAINES Equipment pops on contact the players shout and groan bench jockeys caution the enemy safety man not to as he waits on a punt to fall From the sidelines the sounds of foot ban are louder and the sights more arresting The game takes on a new aspect real people are play- big and playing very seriously Up there in the 59th row one may forget how violently 209-pound men collide at foil speed amazing that they survive for one play much less all afternoon Up close with all the noise and speed and power football fans Inn not to begrudge an occasional fumble and numerous timeouts Aside from the game there Is drama on the sidelines that can make one forget the game for a few moments "even an Alabama-Auburq game The presence of 209 athletes end their Coaches all of them fighting desperately for the victory that everyone knows only one team a may cany home--generates an uncommon electricity -la Other's Gass Suddenly the spectator realizes that it is not so very far across that field that Paul Bryant and Shug Jordan may see each other even lockgazes long before winner and loser are to meet at midfield-at Neither can one' help feeling for No 10 from Auburn is he trots off the field after the Tide has converted a bad See GRIP GAME Pegs 19 Moviemeter MbLlS: Own" 11: fWlsV My FISLO: "Pill Mr Monday1 mbinwood: "The Nlsht NKM 1 1 a Party" jesrEfr" i Dw lid Via "Sua and TIGER -Take one tiger a large tank and an elephant eager to "put a tiger in his tank" and you've got a theme that brought some chuckles from the crowd at Legion Field yesterday The elephant of course comes from Alabama and the tanked-up-ti'ger is from Auburn Post-Herald Tells The Football Story Football waa the Mg thing in Birmingham yesterday Read the stories and see the pictures in the sports section Pages 27 through 32 Governor Wallace was and he rooted for both teams Pge5 Thanksgiving around the nation Page I Jim Bishop is an outstanding writer find his story Page 10 about Gene Fowler's last day one of his best Henry Taylor same page tells of Roy Howard's outstanding achievements Christmas in Crest wood is coming Pictures of some of the homes to be visited Page 29 'P- a There was a sort of citrus atmosphere In the Aldbama dressing room yesterday after the Crimson Tide's 21-14 victory over the Auburn Tigers Quarterback Joe Namath (left) is shown giving Quarterback Steve Sloan a hippy orange Shortly after the game it was announced that Alabama will meet Texas In the Orange Bowl in Miami Jan 1 4 4iifc'- vet -ww.