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77 Seven Cents On Guard for Over a Century in tail 1 jN ii i' fi Accord renchy Reds 0 ign Pneumonia Fatal To Ex-Senator Candidate Was Expecting To Leave U-M Hospital Soon Former United Stales Senator Blair Moody died unexpectedly at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday of chronic virus pneumonia and heart failure. He was 52. On Indochina Truce He died in his room at University Hospital, Ann Arbor, with his wife, Ruth, and his nurse at the bedside. Mr.

Moody had just awakened from an hour's nap and said to his wife: "I -feel better after that good aleep." McNamara Assured of Nomination Democratic Plans Are Upset by Death War Ended By Pacts In Geneva 2 States Covered; 3rd to Initial Today THE NURSE had placed a fever thermometer in hia mouth and. turned aside when Mrs. Moody noticed her' husband's mouth relax and his eyes go glassy. The nurse ran toward Mr. Moody's physician, Dr.

Cyrus C. Curtis, who was entering the room. The prominent politician was dead within a minute. He served 18 months as an appointed Senator before his defeat by Senator Charles E. Potter in 1952.

iiu a ill tin 'jmni v. 4 BY HUB GEORGE Tn tnm Pollttral Writer Mr. Moody was believed well on the road to recovery from an illness that hit him June 24 at Hancock while he was on a campaign swing through the Upper Peninsula. Michigan Democrats were confronted unexpectedly Tues He was flown to Ann Arbor Sunday for a final checkup GENEVA OJ.R) France and the Communists signed an historic truce agreement for Vietnam and Laos early Wednesday, virtually ringing dpwn the curtain on almost eight years of war in Indochina. Premier Pierre Mendes-FrSnce missed his peace-or-resign dead and had expected to leave the hospital later this week.

day with the necessity of closing ranks behind Patrick V. He had been under treatment In St. Joseph Hospital, McNamara, Detroit AFL laborj leader, as a candidate for the: Hancock. i 1IC. DM Mr.

Moody was making plans to resume his active cam United States Senate. Death of Blair Moody, former senator and organisation favor paigning on a television show July 29. S'm I ana XuVOn lineTuesday midnight by two hours, and the cease-fire for Cambodia, the third state of Indochina, still was to be signed. But the delay apparently was merely a matter of hours. France agreed to the partition ite, virtually cinched the nomination for McNamara, his only I rival.

I He was stricken at Hancock while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. Democratic campaign plans' hsd been shaped around Mr. For a few hours Ms Ufe had hung In the balance, from Moody to the point of allotting what physicians first diagnosed as virus pnuemoma and later ing of strife-torn Viet Nam near the 17th Parallel, gave up the as a heart attack. him spare In advance in Democratic headquarters. rich and teeming Delta area with Specialists said later that Mr.

Moody suffered from pneu monia with heart complications. But they said his full re- TEAMING of Gov. Williams as a candidate for a fourth term covery could be expected and that he would be ale to resume its great cities of Hanoi and Haiphong, and turned over more than 12,000,000 natives to Red rule. BUT MENDES-FRANCE, In his hesdlong rush to end the THIS IS HOW Indochina will be broken up. Vietnam will be partitioned, with Ho Chi Minn and his Vietmlnh taking over north of the 17th parallel and French Vietnam retaining the sonth.

The French will lose the rich Delta area French-sponsored royal governments will control Laos and Cambodia. Sonth Vietnam will retain the port of Tourane and the ancient capital of Hue. and Mr. Moody originally Wil- campaigning llimi' Snxtd annnintre to larf the 1954 fight would have re- A University Hospital report on an autow performed Ik. 101 William.

nlrrhl mttA VCICU 1PU linr-uir. A IllKllb omit Mf, Blair Moody "Post-mortem examination revealed extensiv hronic nneu- won then and Mr. Moody lost in a hot fight. hostilities withjn a month, salvaged the great Tourane air and naval base and the ancient An- The laws make provision for sticker candidates, but the odds against a write-in upset are huge. Moody Fought Hard For His Ideals Why France Lost the War, What It Cost and What Happens next Page 22.

Entry of McNamara into the McCarthy Yields To Call for Shake-Up senatorial contest received no encoursgement from high-rank monia, complicated by heart failure which develod today. We find no evidence of primary heart disease." The autopsy was performed at the request of the Moody family. Gov. Williams ordered a 30-day period of mourning with flags on all public buildings to be flown at half staff. DESCRIBED FOR many years as "a young man in a namese capital of Hue, well below the cease-fire line across the 40-mile waist of Viet Nam.

ing party men. McNamara has been active as a Democrat for many years. He came up in labor circles as president of the Steamfitters Union (AFL) in Detroit. Accepts Cohivs Resignation; Shifts Surine to Own Payroll BY RILEY MURRAY FrM Pmu Staff Writer Blair Moody, Michigan's junior United States Senator for France also keeps the capital city of Saigon and a population hurry." Mr. Moody had been prominent as a Washington cor of over 9,000,000.

respondent for the Detroit News for 18 years before his appointment by Gov. Williams in 1951 to fill the unexpired two years following the death of Arthur H. Vandenberg, lived an eventful life and wrote some new chapters in political history. The effective date of the truce was not being announced immediately, Western'" sources said, BY ANTHONY LEV1ERO Nrw Tork Tim. Strain term of Senator Arthur H.

Vandenberg. After 18 years as a Washington newspaperman, he gained WASHINGTON Senator McCarthy Wis.) yielded i ltnouBn was hi, During World War II, he was a war correspondent in his Senate seat by appointment of Gov. Williams early in 1951. Europe. mands in Indochina.

Tuesday to the demand for a staff housecleaning from a majority of the members of the Senate Permanent Investigations There had been little clear evi- dence of his Democratic partisan After the war he was economic consultant to the Federal It has been his boast that In a generation of labor activity he always has been able to avoid strikes. He has enjoyed the confidence of both union members and management. McNamara's political career Includes service on the Detroit Common Council and as a member of the Detroit Board of Education. Both campaigns were won essily. His fade-out from the Council Job with a blast at Committee on Economic Development.

Mr. Moody's appointment to the Senate came as a surprise. Boat Blast Hurts Woman Sp-rlnl to th Fr Fr-M ST. CLAIR SHORES Mrs. Until he was named, Mr.

Moody's political affiliations were unknown. ASKED THEN how long he had been a Democrat, he You'U Find: Check in and register now for the "Confessions of 'a Grand Hotel." Read the first of an exciting five-part series on the fabulous Waldorf-Astoria starting today on Page 11. the "jerks" who had been his subcommittee. The results ss the subcommittee met Tuesday were: 1 McCarthy reluctantly accepted the resignation of Roy M. Cohn, the subcommittee's chief counsel.

He denounced those who hsd sought it, saying the result was a "great victory" for Communism. 2 McCarthy transferred the controversial assistant counsel, Donald A. Surine, from the committee staff to his personal payroll, also with a vigorous defense of him. Hilda Mnrrlmn. K2 nf 15803 VA.

The blackout of the date Turn to Page 22, Column 8 Atomic Bill Test at Hand WASHINGTON (P) The Senate virtually agreed Tuesday night to a showdown test Wednesday on a hotly fought provision in President Eisenhower's bill to revamp the Nation's atomic energy law. At issue was' a provision in laughingly said: more, Detroit, suffered extensive made Political history. second-degree burns when the "I didn'i know it myself for sure until I was appointed. Oh, I suppose I held some sort of an Athletic Club membership A PARTY SPLIT developed leaning prior to his Senate appointment. He had grown up with both Democrats and Republicans in the nonpartisan Detroit City Hall.

HE SAID that it was only with his appointment that did he "become sure I was a Democrat." Mrr Moody was ousted from the Senate In the 1BS2 election by Charles E. Potter, a Republican from Cheboygan. His own decision to seek to regain a seat in the Senate was not made until after Gov. Williams decided to seek an unprecedented fourth term in Lansing. Mr.

Moody hsd no desire to hold administrative office. ATTESTING TO the friend in the party." during preliminaries to the recent Jackson-Jefferson dinner in Detroit. Mr. Moody had been family's 24-foot cabin cruiser blew up in Lake St. Clair Tuesday night.

The crsft exploded and burned in the Jefferson Besch host harbor minutes after Mrs. Morrison's husband, Eugene, 64, had taken on 49 gallons of gasoline. Morrison suffered only singed hair. 4 -t i I 1 slated to act as toastmaster. McNamara protested thst Gov, Once In the Senate, Mr.

Moody Immediately aligned himself with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. When he sought election he had that element's support along with that of organized labor. A nephew of the late William E. Scripps, publisher of the Williams and State Democratic Chairman Neil Staebler were attempting to "rig" the nomina the bill sanctioning President Eisenhower's order to the Atomic Energy Commission to contrsct, for a private utility to supply electric power In the tion for his rival. Detroit News for 23 years, Mr.

Moody was believed to be In The arrangement was changed line for a top position on that newspaper until he entered the political arena. at the last minute and Mr. Moody Tennessee Valley. was Just introduced. Amusements 21 Astrology 14 Bridge 18 Day in Michigan 80 Editorials 8 Financial Movies 20 Peanuts 80 Radio and Television 2 Sports 17-20 Weather Map 8 Women's Pages 11-14 TO HAVE THE FREE TRESS DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME PHONE WO 2-8900 Republican Leader Knowland ships he won in Washington was the offer of a team of eight McNamara carried out hia The former Brown University athletic star reached the peak threat to stay home and Gov, of his political career when he led the ill-fated movement to Democratic senators to carry on his Michigan campaign for him after he was stricken with virus force Southern states to pledge support to the party's nomi Williams, proclaiming neutrality, voiced regret.

(Calif.) recessed the Senate sfter a delay of nearly 12 hours. He warned that if the debate on the bill, which has consumed six days, should drsg out he would have cots brought in and keep the Senate in session around the clock. pneumonia. nee at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in July, 1952. The Governor, with a long rec Here's How fo Rent a Cottage Or Sell a Boat Forty Free Prets readVrt an-wrred lhi little ad when it appeared in the paprr nrfr "Kriorti for Rrnl" jatt two days last wek mnd ihm pwnrr rrnlei ihm rot tug at a eoil of only on L.kiTErliT Wotlpm conr-ni-nc-f.

LO S-S497. BOTH CHANGES were per-sonal actions of McCarthy as subcommittee chairman, taken before the committee met. In this wsy he headed off Inevitable defeat on the house-cleaning demanded by four of the seven subcommittee members, led by Senator Potter The subcommittee itself then voted unanimously to withhold confirmation "without prejudice" of Thomas Lavenla as office manager and investigator until further consideration of his personal record. The sulH'orninltlee thrn volrd to confirm 23 other subcommittee employes. Among them were two who had come under Are during; the Army-McCarthy hearings.

They abandoned the plan on ord of close friendship for Mr protest of Patrick V. McNamara, Moody, had a hard time main Mr. Moody took his defeat by Potter to heart. After first his opponent, when informed taining that neutrality. demanding a recount he reconsidered and returned to Wash that Mr.

Moody had opposition ington to resume his radio and television programs dealing in the pnmsry. Mr. Moody attracted wide na with national issues. His program featured members of Con FROM INDIAN In a televised Washington preas conference, for instance, he said he thought Mr. Moody would win hut was staying out of It himself.

tional attention in 1952 as the leader of the "loyalty pledge" fight In the Chicago Democratic national convention. Williams and Staebler got the blame when Moody backers were gress with Mr. Moody as moderator. IN 1953 HE organized a syndicate of prominent persons to purchase the Michigan Rotary Press in Detroit and continue it as a printing concern. Turn to Page IS, Column 4 Mri.

H. Prrtnrr ran an ad in another newapaprr and mill had a boat on her hand, after two weeki of Irving to fell it. Then aha tried The Frea Prens and yon furttrJ Clin lens than two day thit little ad found a buver. HE ALWAYS contended that participation was imposed on more active at official functions than McNamara supporters. In thia instance, Mr.

Moody him by the rules committee, of which he was a member. One was staff director Francis P. Carr, who hail been named as a principal In the controversy but was removed from that cate But it stirred up a party hornet's nest which contributed to had the backing of the UAW (CIO) and McNamara was en Turn to Page 15, Column 1 gory before the hearings ended. A BEAUTIFUL 17 ft. tnho.rd or outho.rd hhi-Cnft, ntllllr.

Sod l-ithrr upholit-hnf lifMi. TJ-rd 8 S.crillpe. PRfKolt 80148. On Page 15 The other was James N. Juli Aged Experts Hear Short-Lived Protest Km lark Tlmt For.lin Swrie MADRAS, India Former Indian Governor General C.

Rajagopalachari wished "ill luck" to a London meeting of world scientists and doctors investigating the problems of old age. Rajagopalachari said it would be disastrous if scientists hit upon a panacea to prolong old age. The 77-year-old statesman added that something much more calamitous and catastrophic than smashing the atom would result If scientists succeeded in turning harmless old persons into a "dynamic, active and dangerous" lot. some degree to the election revolt of the Southern Dixlecrats who broke with tradition to vote ana, staff investigator, who as sumed full responsibility during the hearings for cropping an Oppy Vacations Army colonel out of a photo for President Eisenhower. Mr.

Moody's health failed him almost at the start of his campaign, In Hancock. Overwork was blamed. NEW YORK (Aft Dr. graph Introduced In evidence. Moody's Death Complicates Campaign State and National Leaders Voice Tributes Hospital Staff Expresses High Regard Other Stories and Pictures of Moody's Career On Back Page Highlights of Moody's Career Told In Pictures Robert Oppenheimer, atomic sci The cottage owner and Mra.

Pertner are both happier people today because they med Frea Preai want a Hi. If you've something to buy or aell, why don't you call WO 2-9400 after any weekday morning? You, too, trill lhn have the plantnnt txptrirnra of getting iht an-steers you ttantat UttU toil I As produced by the McCarthy side, this photogrsph showed entist recently barred from top Government security secrets, has started on a four-week Caribbean He had taken ear of all of only Secretary of the Army Rob Turn to Page 2, Column 1 vacation. Turn to Page IS, Column 7 ,3 i i.