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VOL. 71, NO. 194 SERVING LEAD AND DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1965 UPI LEASED WIRE U. S. Embassy in Saigon Bombed LBJ Shocked; Calls Meeting Of Top Brass WASHINGTON (UPI) TNT 'Suicide Auto' Explodes; 17 Known Dead and ISO Injured SAIGON (UPI) A Viet Cong suicide squadron bombed the U.S.

Embassy today with an automobile load of TNT, killing at least 17 persons and injuring 150 others. Massive retaliation againii; the Hanoi regime seemed a certainty. The explosion of 200 to 25us 'Wallace Curtain' Is Lifted by Civil Rights Group in Alabama officials said, but retribution is expected to be swift. There was heavier loss of life in previous terrorist attacks against Americans in Viet "DO YOU BITE?" Appearing to be love at first sight, this little circus (an just couldn't let the clown lion end his act. It was during the first evening performance of the circus, on tour In Philadelphia.

(NEA Telephoto.) More S. D. Businessmen Face Charges in Investment Probe turned away from Wallace's office following a massive rally by 30,000 Negroes and whites at the Capitol last Thursday. However, four members of the original group of 20, did not appear today. The delegation found Wallace's office "closed" the first time and failed to present the petition calling for equal voting rights for Negroes and an end to alleged police brutality.

Verhoef who is a former Commonwealth vice president and director, is the business manager of a chiropractic clinic in Marion and is the mayor of Marion. Lookabill is a resident of Wood and a rancher and trucker in the Wood area. Pre-heim is a retired farmer and businessman. Nelson, a Sioux Falls chiropractor, operates a clinic in Sioux Falls and is presently secretary of the Comonwealth firm. Rude is a mortician in Brookings, and is presently vice president of the firm.

Duncan is a retired farmer. pounds of TNT killed at least WASHINGTON (UPI) The State Department today identified the American secretary killed in the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon as Barbara A. Robbins, 21. She was the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Bufford Robbins of Denver, Colo. two Americans, one a woman, and 15 Vietnamese. Twenty Americans were hurt so seriously they were being flown to a U.S. Air Force hospital in the Philippines for cmerg treatment.

(The Stale Department in Washington said its latest casualty figures were 13 dead and 183 wounded. It listed two Americans and 11 Vietnamese dead, 7 Americans seriously injured, 35 Vietnamese seriously injured; 47 Americans with lesser injuries and 91 Vietnamese with lesser injuries.) Deputy U.S. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson was one of the victims. He suffered a scalp wound and emerged from the I rubble of the embassy with blood streaming down his face.

The death toll could be even higher. Conflicting reports said several terrorists were blown to bits when their carload of TNT exploded after a gun battle with Vietnamese police and u.o. iucuuie guurus ill iruiu oi the embassy. Air Raid Follow Less than four hours later, 40 U.S. and South Vietnamese bombers destroyed a North destroyed Vietnamese airbase at Don; Hoi, 65 miles north of the boi- der, in the first attack on an enemy air base of the Vietnam- ese war.

It was not in rctaha- i i Welcome Damage NORWICH, England (UPIl Lord Mayor Sidney Claphum told shoe manufacturers Mon- I I I Nam. But the attack on the embassy-described as murder was a direct affront to the United States. President Johnson was in formed immediately. He was to discuss the attack today with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Ambassador Maxwell D.

Taylor, who flew to Washington this weekend to discuss the course of the war. Partly Cloudy A warming trend throughout South Dakota is being welcomed by cheering South Dakotans. PARTLY CLOUDY The lows tonight should go from IS to 30 while tomorrow's highs should hit" in the 42 to 52 range in the east and north and 50 to 60 area in the south- yest Rapid City and Lead shared state's highest daytime leading of 41 degrees and it (n OO at Djvw. iiic uvi-iuiUL imva weui iiuiii Watcrtown. Southeast.

Southccntral and nestern partly cloudy with a wanning trend this afternoon DEADWOOD High temperature for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today, 39; low, 21; 8 a.m., 38. 'Radio Station KDSJ. LEAD High temperature for tne 24-hour neriod ending at March 22. 24-4 helnw: March 23.

7-7 below; March 24, 7-8 below; March 25, 17-9 below; March 26, 29-3; March 27, 30-12. Precipitation: March 22, .27 inch, 2.7 inch snow; March 23, .01 City Council Race Going on In First Ward Don Ostby, Deadwood businessman and motel operator, would seek election as alderman from the first ward in Dead-wood. The election is scheduled for April 20. One other candidate has filed his petition with Ann Palmer, city auditor. Hr is Laurel Nick-erson, 28 Railroad an employe of the Homestake Mining Co.

in Lead. Ostby owns and operates the '76 Motel, 68 Main St. He came to Deadwood six years from Isabel where he had been engaged in ranching. He also owns the '76 ranch near Deadwood. He is a World War II veteran.

As a member and director of the Chamber of Commerce, Ostby has been active in civic affairs. He is a past president of the Deadwood-Lead Motel Association and belongs to the Elks Lodge and the Methodist Church. He and Mrs. Ostby have two sons, Terry and Kenny, and one daughter, Joy. Nickerson and Ostby are seeking the position which will be left vacant by Joe Hess, whose term expires May 1.

He is not a candidate for reelection. Three other petitions have been filed for aldermanic offices. They are Jeff Moye, second ward; Rodger Thomas, third ward and Lloyd Fox, fourth ward. All are incumbents. George H.

Wolfe, police magistrate, is seeking reelection. Candidates have until Wed- nesday. March 31 to file thir I petitions. SIOUX FALLS (UPI) More criminal charges were lodged today in connection with an Attorney General's investigation of a Sioux Falls firm, Commonwealth Investment tuid affiliated firms. Seven South Dakota businessmen were charged with embezzlement.

The Attorney General's office said the seven al-'egedly embezzled jointly over 100,000 of the firm's funds. The seven businesmen, ail of are directors or former directors of the firm, were identified as Lester Flake and Dr. John E. Nelson of Sioux Falls, John Verhocf of Marion, Adolph Prehiem of Freeman, Ivil Lookabill of Wood, Vernon H. Rude, Brookings, and Chan Duncan of Egan.

The complaint charges that the men, while serving as directors of the firm, made "numerous illegal loans" to a Sioux Falls firm which the defendants allegedly controlled and partially owned. The complaint alleges that $102,059 was embezzled in the transactions with the Tri-State Thermo Panel, of Sioux Falls between June of 19'3 and December of last year. Flake, who is former president and general manager of Commo.nwealth, already is facing another manipulation of funds charge in connection with the investigation. This brings to 10 the number of persons charged connection with the investigation of Commonwealth and affiliated firms by Attorney General Frank Farrar and several state's attorneys. A former Commonwealth acting president.

William Dilwurth of Everett, and Donald Sandidge of Sioux Falls, president of Midland Basic and Midland Securities, were both charged last week with embezzlement. Another Sioux Falls man, William Clapper, was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses as an offshoot of the investigation of affiliated firms. Three of the men charged today. Nelson. Rude and Duncan, are still members of the Commonwealth board of directors.

Today's Legals Lead Commissioners, March 11 Central City Trustees, March 9 Summons, Ernest A. Vaugen President Lyndon John son, shocked by the ter rorist bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, dis cussed the situation today with top diplomatic, military and congressional leaders. There was no word on what kind of response Johnson and his advisers might be planning in reply to the bloody attack by a Viet Cong suicide squad. At least two Americans were killed in the bombing.

Johnson was informed of the attack during a state dinner at the White House Monday night. The President conferred today with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, McNamara and other members of his panel of advisers on world affairs the Na tional Security Council. Johnson was said to have been shocked at the boldness of the terrorists in penetrating the South Viet Nam capital and making their way to the heavily guarded embassy with such a big load of explosives. It was estimated in Saigon that 250 to 275 pounds of explosives were used. Bulletin TOKYO (UPI)-Radio Peking said tonight two American jet fighters strafed a Communist Chinese fishing boat Monday night west of Hainan Island in the Gulf of Tonkin.

The Japanese-language broad cast monitored in Tokyo said the American fighters "kept strafing the fishing boat until it entered Chinese waters." The broadcast said Red Chi nese officials were "taking a grave view" of the alleged attack on a "peaceful fishing boat." Strong Quake Rocks Aleutians BERKELEY, Calif. (UPD strong earthquake rocked the outer islands of the Aleutian chain in the north Pacific Mon day night, but the temblor generated no tidal wave activity. Dr. Cinna Lonmitz, seismolo gist at the University of California, said the quake was stronger than one which hit the Aleutian area Feb. 4.

That one sent a wave of several inches across the Pacific to Japan, Hawaii and the West Coast. Lonmitz said Monday night's temblor was recorded at 6:35 p.m. PST with a Richter magnitude of between 7.5 and 8.0. conducted services at the funeral home. The church itself was under strict police security.

Only members of the family and in vited guests, along with the news media, were allowed inside for services. Services In English Services were in English, rather than the traditional Latin. Father Michael J. O'Hara. assistant pastor of the Church of the Devine Child, Dearborn, was the commentator at the services.

At the conclusion, he led those present in singing "We Shall Overcome." Earlier, Dr. King told Mrs. Liuzzo's family "her death was not in vain." Steel Union Sends Notices On Contracts PITTSBURGH (UPI1 The United Steelworkers Union fUSWI sent contract reopening notices to the nation's aluminum industry today, one day after the union began hard-core bargaining on new wage demands with the steel industry. Alcoa, the nation's No. 1 other aluminum makers were notified the union will terminate the current three year contract June 1.

The union did not set a time and place for the start of collective bargaining with the aluminum firms. It invited their "suggestions" on this. Contracts between the USW and the steel, aluminum and can industries generally have been similar in the past, with steel setting the pattern. This year, however, the pattern was set by the can industry. Lr-it week it reached a strike-settling agreement which USW sources said amounted to solid economic concessions.

Steel industry sources said, however, that the major economic demands presented by the USW late Monday were "more expensive" than the can industry settlement. The extent of the demands was not revealed. In another development today USW President David J. McDonald left for the West Coast to begin preliminary talks Wednesday with the Kaiser Steel Co. Joint steel collective bargaining talks were to resume today at 2 p.m., EST, here.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI) George C. Wallace, thu segregationist governor of Alabama, today "cordially and courteously" received an interracial civil rights delegation which asked him to end police brutality against Negroes. It was the first meeting the governor has granted such a group. The 16 civil rights leaders, all but one a Negro, also asked Wallace for a more liberal policy of registering Negro voters removal of the poll tax.

Wallace, who met with the group in his office at the Capitol, did not comment immediately on the meeting with the delegation he had previously refused to see. A spokesman said the group asked Wallace to "use his great power of leadership to bring peace to our state." The 15 Negroes and the Rev. Joseph Elwanger, a white Lutheran minister from Birmingham, were met on the sidewalk in front of the Capitol by Maj. John Cloud, the officer in Supper Club Theft Trial Nearing End Evidence of the state in the trial of Raymond Larson, 25, Lead, for third degree burglary, grand larceny and petty lar ceny, of the Turgeon Supper Club, March 8, 1964, was completed Tuesday morning. Following the denial by Judge Leslie Hersrud, Lemmon, of a defense motion for a directed verdict, Gale B.

Wyman, Belle Fourche, attorney for Larson, told the jury the defense would produce evidence that Larson had been in the Turgeon Supper Club on the night of the alleged break-in; that he had left with two other boys and thrown into the snowbank the two bottles of whiskey because he thought the others in the car had had too much to drink; that he had not made an admission to state witnesses that he had broken into the supper club and that he had not broken into the club. Testifying for the defense were Donald Swanson, Lead; and Dan Thoreson, Terraville, and Larson, whose testimony had not been completed at the recess shortly before noon. In opening statements to the jury Monday afternoon, D. O. Dillavou, state's attorney, stated the evidence would show Larson had been in the building on March that money and liquor had been taken; that he had admitted the burglary to two per sons at two different times; and that he had been seen digging in the snow and finding a bottle of whiskey.

State witnesses included Merle Caudle, Robert Alexander, Mrs. Jane Pack, employees at the supper club; Leonard Peyton and Barbara Allen, who said $150 in coins had been taken from vending machines of the Black Hills Novelty Co. in the supper club; Robert Kelley, deputy sheriff; Stanely Strickland, Deadwood taxi driver; Barbara Warner, Lead and John Burns, Lead, who stated Larson had admitted the offense to them, and Virginia Bell, Dead-wood. The case was expected to reach the jury Tuesday afternoon. Jurors hearing the case are Vearl Varland, Carroll D.

Anderson, Max Nickel, Moorhead, Spearfish; Lyle El-ward, Evelyne Hutchens, Mrs. Geraldine W. Berry, Mrs. Hilda E. Klein, Mrs.

Charles Elliott, all of Deadwood; Georgia Clausen, Wlulewood; Sheldon Wade, Pluma, and Willard Day, Lead. day the damaging effects of a m. today, 41; low, 27; 8 a.m., pointed toes and stilletto heels! 41. jIule office, Homestake Min-were welcome in myjmg Co. business." WEEKLY SUMMARY In Clapham is a carpet special-'Lead, March 21, 28-1 below: ist.

Bicycle Blackout BRAINTREE, England (UPIl Gov. George Wallace charge the day state troopers used clubs and tear gas to break up the first attempted "freedom march" from Selma to Montgomery. The group went into Wallace's office carrying a petition calling for the "establishment of democracy in Alabama." Wallace's executive secretary Cecil Jackson, conferred with the group members for about 10 minutes before they were taken into Wallace's private of-fike. To Lay Caskets Later today, civil rights demonstrators planned to lay 10 caskets on the Capitol steps in honor of Mrs. Viola Liuzzo, the first white woman to be killed in the integration movement.

The delegation that was admitted was the same one Chicago Greets Space Heroes CHICAGO (UPI) Astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom and John Young rode down blustery Michigan Ave. today in a rousing Midwest tribute to the nation's newest space heroes. The space twins perched on the back of a slow moving black convertible as it cruised slowly down the fashionable "Bowl Mich" amid a wind-whipped shower of streamers and confetti. ik crowus were nr.ea mree- uuiuig me long inp uown Michigan Ave. and thickened as the motorcade reached the tight-clustered shops and office buildings of the Loop.

Ahead was a special session of the Chicago city council in the astronauts' honor, to be fol lowed by a mass reception to which 2,500 persons were invited. Chou Visits In Algeria ALGIERS (UPI I Chinese Communist Premier Chou En- lai, determined to keep Russia from taking part in the forth coming Afro-Asian meeting, arrived today for talks with President Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria. Chou flew here from Tirana, Albania, Red China's only ally among the Communist coun tries of Europe. Earlier, he had gone to Budapest for the funeral of the late President Gheorghe Gheorghiu-dej. Ben Bella and other top Algerian gov ernment officials were at the airport to welcome Chou.

Two days of talks are scheduled between the two, during which they are expected to discuss Viet Nam and preparations for the Afro-Asian meeting to begin here June 29. -Youths threw a bicvele wheel "ace 01 snow Marcn J4, over high tension cables here 02 in( h. 3 inLn snow- Courtesy Monday night and blacked Frank Braddock, cooperative 500 homes. Electricity was off weather observer, for more than two hours. i "National Last Rites Dignitaries Attend of Racial Martyr 1 1 ml Kill I LJttufiSfa'flLilfl'fflr tl rff.

DETROIT (UPI) The nation's civil rights leaders gathered under overcast skies and near freezing temperatures today to pay their last respects to Mrs. Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the first white woman killed in the current drive for Negro equality-Four nephews and two Teamsters officials carried the heavy bronze casket from a funeral home to the waiting hearse. The procession then wound through the quiet residential section of the city to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church where services were scheduled. Dr. King Present Among those present at the funeral home or the church jwere the Rev.

Martin Luther King; the NAACP's Roy Wil-kins. CORE'S James Farmer; United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther; Teamsters' President James R. Hoffa; Lt. Gov.

William Milliken and dozens of congressmen, public of ficials and friends. Mrs. Liuzzo, wife of a Teamsters business agent, was shot and killed on a lonely road near Selma. Thursday night. Four members of the Ku Klux Klan are charged with the slaying.

At the funeral home. King accepted a check for $25,000 from Hoffa. The money is to be used in the civil rights movement. Father Paul Antunia, St. Francis Hospital, Escanaba, A CLEAN SWEEP Deadwood's Jayces will be out to make everyone in the city "spring cleanup conscious" Wednesday night when they start ringing iliMirlit-lls In sell brooms.

The money from the drive will be used fur the organization's many benefits and for needed funds for the Soap Box Derby in July. Shown, left to right, are Jerry Pontius, Itoli Itey, i lub president, and Glenn Fink. (Sea ton Photo.).