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Newspaper Page TextUniversity of Oregon Library Eugene, Oregon COliP Otoe SftS'leAw 0 Established 1873 10 Paget ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1961 266-61 10c Per Copy SURROUNDED BY CAVEMEN Roseburg quarterback Paul Brothers looks for on opening as tocklers converge on him in Friday's state quarterfinal outing between the Indians and the Grants Pass Cavemen. Later in the first quarter Brothers broke loose for a 31-yard gainer to set up the first Indian TD in their 21-0 victory. The next oppo nent for the Indians will be the Jesuit Crusaders Nov. 17 at Finlay Field. (Photo by Bob Leber). Molof ov Bound For Moscow And An Uncertain Future VIENNA, Austria (AP) AAgency the atoms for-peaee or-Vienna-Moscow express train bore I ganization. former Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov went to the Soviet Em V. M. Molotov home today to face i bassy Friday. Police and news- the consequences of his denounce-1 .. imuith h the Soviet Communist party. The 71-jear-old Bolshevik, a los-1 er in top level in-fighting between Communist theoreticians, slipped .. n Vipnna virtually unnoticed Friday night. He had been a quiet resident of this city1 for more than a year as Soviet delegate to the International Atomic Energy Refugees Claim Albertville Fall ELISAEETHVTLLE. Katani (AP) Belgian refugees from Albertville said today that an lm portani normera ai.ng .. I?, 2Z JZ'fet5 ! litical party, fierce opponents of the Moise Tshombe regime. Albertville was reported taken without bloodshed and with a minimum of fighting. The refu gees said Katanga authorities have pulled out and that the flag Bate uuiii u vui " " - -- of the Congo government flew! over all public buildings mere. Baluba political leaders are .awaiting the arrival of Congolese army unit from Kindu, in neigh boring Kivu Province, the refu gees said. Other reports confirmed by the Katanga government and U.N. sources said the Congo army was likely to fly in first detachments soon. Katanga forces are reported to have retreated south, mainly to posts in the Baudoinville region. Tshombe government sources say their troops may possibly regroup and try to retake Albertville, but any sucn movement oi r-aiaiisa any aut.1 ...u.Cu...v .......j.- r"S:W.0Uid..reath p Most of the whites have fled from Albertville. Conor Cruise O'Brien, chief U.N. i representaUve in Katanga, told I newsmen "'"'I POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN, bertville was tense and that the,.. . .,p. ... . United Nations was attempting to, lfnJ . ,,,. promote a conciliation between Za "'"e f" ""i Katanga and Baluba factions m that city. O Brien said police there were cooperating with the United Nations. ; Ih Paintings Disappear LONDON (AP) Two draw ings by the French artist Honore Daumier, valued at S1.2U0, disap peared Friday from London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Both done in pen and ink, they; for grand larceny when he es depict law court scenes. leaped. Stalingrad Was Tsaritsyn, Now It Becomes Volgograd By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I Palmiro Togliatti of Italy, hasi than that amount over the years. LONDON (AP) Remember the questioned the wisdom of Mos- "The balance has been made up battle of Volgograd? row's nomenclatural de-Staliniza- by horse and dog racing revenues, Clue: It was a turning point in tion. I rentals and good business manage- German - Russian phase of World He told the Italian Communist ment on the part of the fair board. War II. (hierarchy: I So far, the Fairgrounds has proved Volgograd is on the Volga. In! "i personally remain perplexed ' be a good investment for Doug rzarist times it was called Tsar- by the decision to change the name las County," Turley said. itsyn. Still draw a blank? I of the city of Stalingrad, and not Well, then, maybe the name for any regard for Stalin, but be Stalingrad will help. i cause with this name millions of The Russians, rewriting history. 'men identify the famous battle substituted the name Volgograd which changed the course of World for Stalingrad Friday to go along with the downgrading of Joseph Stalin. A leading European Communist, The Weather AIRPORT RECORDS Partly clevdv tonight. Morning fog Sunday. Cloudy during rho day (tllowd by rain Sunday night, Cooler. Highest ttmp. last 74 hours 5 Lewatt temp, last 34 hours Highest temp, any Nov. (SS) Lowest tamp, any Nov. (SS) . Precip. last 24 hours Prtcip. from Nov. 1 Prxip. from Sept. 1 . Deficit from Sept. 1 Sunset tonight, 4:51 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:02 a.m. tit men who maintained a watch onii.i, ",,:, .. ; I hp hnilHinff said Ihev Hid not app I I him depart. An unexplained power failure in tie night blacked out (the area around the embassy for i about 20 minutes. Austrian authorities confirmed that Molotov and his wife, Paul ina, boarded the Vienna-Moscow express here and crossed the bor der into Czechoslovakia at Ho henau at 11 p.m. Molton Satisfied Hohenau customs officials said he shook hands with them, saying, "Goodby. I am satisfied." The customs men were unable to explain whether the old guard revolutionary meant that he was . -i . 1 -,, . I. n hi. from'tr'P nome 0I about lving the country without fanfare. ii . 4 ; .1 ,U. na , side door only moments before the train's scheduled de parture. They promptly pulled down the shades in the sleeping car compartment that railway of ficials said had been reserved for them in advance. The journey could close the - - - - , , book on the public career of the Soviet official who dropped from his Foreign Ministry post and membership in the politbureau under Joseph Stalin to disgrace and relative obscurity under Pre mier Khrushchev. Forced Out By Khrush Khrushchev forced Molotov out of his cabinet rank and h4 him exiled as Ambassador to Mongolia in 1957 after the premier exposed Jlolotov's interests in what was called the antiparty group. There was no indication of just what was in store for Molotov in Moscow although his denunciation by the congress was considered a preiminary t0 Pa'ty membership. preliminary to actual loss of BUMS OfflCerS Hold Hf nk Brie nn fer 0066 " rriaUH OLUpcc Burns, ure., loaay 10 pick up Stanley Ray Hansen. 23, an es- jor chore' remajninf! are' ,he capee who was picked up there choosing of grandstand entertain Thursday. ment an(j the signing of a suitable Hansen waiaru awjr nun, milk detail at the prison Aug. 19 with Arthur Fletcher, 29, Moab. Fletcher is still at large. Prison officials said Hansen waived extradition to Utah and two officers left Iriday for Burns. Hansen was serving 1 to 10 years War II Stalingrad became the third So viet city to be stripped of its con nection with the late dictator. Stal insk in western Siberia has been renamed Novokuznetsk and the Ukrainian city of Stalino now is Donptvk. Volgograd - the new name - Is obviously for the Volga River. The city sprawls across both banks of the Voles. It has a population of about 300.000. Soviet troops at Stalingrad 34 pardon. Volgograd in 1943 turn- 73 ed back a long, relentless offen- it sive commanded by German field have found a Roman theater that . .IS Marshal Paulus. The name Stalin- may be one of the largest and .5 grsd goes back to the early days best preserved in Italy. S SI nf the Bolshevik Revolution. Stalin j Still excavating the semicirru . .02 held the city against the counter-1 lar 2. Ooo year-old ruin, they es revolutionary White Army, and it timate it once seated 5,000 spec l was renamed in hit honor. itators. Indians Take Playoff Win, Semis Next One down, two to go for the state championship in football is the story today of the Roseburg In dians. Fridav night the Tribe slogged a muddy 21-0 virtory onto the score- board in Finlav Field as it sweDt I the quarterfinal game from the Grants Pass Cavemen. The win continued the Indians' domination over the Cavemen, be gun in September in the first game of the season for either team. That game, too, was played on Finlay Field under drier conditions and ended with the Indians blank ing the Cavemen, 15 0. Friday night's victory moves Roseburg, No. 1 ranked team in the state, into a semifinal conflict with the Jesuit Crusaders next Fri day night at Finlay Field. The Crusaders whipped the Til lamook Cheesemakers, 19-0, Fri day night in quarterfinal action on a muddy Beaverton field. Grid fans wishing to secure re served seats for the game, may mail a check for $2 to the Roseburg High School Athletic Ticket Office this weekend. Mail orders will be filled if received before tickets go on sale at the ticket office Tuesday, Five-Day Fair Set Next Year An extra day has been added to the 1962 run of the Douglaa County Fair and Exposition, primarily to accommodate the 4O0 per cent in crease in attendance over the past few years, Dick Turlcy, fair man ager, announced today. Fair dates next year are Wed- incsday through Sunday, Aug. 15-19. Most fairs in the state already run at least five days, Turley point ed out. "But we have tried to pack more 'fair' into four days, to keep,! ,he show short, but sweet. Bulging : crowds at the I9bi event leave tne lair board witn no omer cnoice dui to add a day. . .and hope that some of the weekend crowd comes earlier in the week!" Planning for the 1962 event is well under way, with some acts and shows already signed, the man ager reported. Premium book re visions are nearly complete, and plans are being made to distribute more than 3.500 copies next spring, more than are distributed by any lh. ,,:: lh .... j carnival. Lots of housekeeping, besides," adds Turley, pointing out the coun ty fair is but one of the major events planned for the coming sea son. More than 112.000 people came to the fairgrounds this year, nliu tha. n nr. r, v . m ', I a EC PAO -war. F.US ...c .KH....U..c "" l - - - sons attending the fair. This is a far cry from 10 years ago, when to tal use of the Fairgrounds was less than 6.000 persons. The present Fairgrounds is one of the most modern in Oregon, Turley pointed out. It has a valua- lion i of about three-quarters of a mi inn rlnlial-c u-htla pnilintf flip million dollars, while costing the cnuntv taxDavers considerably less In Today's News-Review i YONCALLA TRIUMPHS Eagles top Coburg, 25-7, in quarterfinal", page 7. URBAN RENEWAL City officials hear of conservation phase of plan, page 2. COOLNESS ENDS Ike and Truman end a long period of personal coolness, page 10. BUSINESS NEWS Notes of businesses advance in the Roseburg area, page 1. Roman Theater Found VOLTERRA, Italy (AP) Archeologists in this hill town be- tween Pisa and Siena say they JFK Pledges U.S.WillSeek To Avoid War WASHINGTON (AP) Presi dent Kennedy honored the na tion's dead of all wars today with a solemn pledge to seek peace but to keep America prepared "in the final extreme" if neces sary to resist aggression. "The only way to avoid war is to be willing to face it and to mean it." he said. Warns Doubters Speaking at Veterans Day cere monies in Arlington National Cemetery, Kennedy said peace can be achieved only with "pa tience, perseverance and cour age." Then he warned any who might doubt America's resolution to fight: "Let no nation confuse our dis like of war ... we can convince friend and foe alike we are in earnest in the defense of free dom . . . and I can assure the world we are." The President's address, deliv ered in bright, clear 50-degree weather, was made moments aft er he had laid a wreath at the Tnmh nf flip I 'nlrni.iin Tomb of the Unknowns, About 4.000 persons Ahn,. anno n.rnnJ tmmi into the amphitheater, which has a seating capacity of 3.095. Oth- .Z :r.LrV." t L t era lined walkways in the imme diate vicinity to catch a glimpse of the President. Audience Silent There was no applause during the speech which Kennedy deliv ered in the serious calm. Recall ing the many who have fallen since Veterans Day was first commemorated, he urged that no one feel that such a ceremony as today's is in vain. The President referred to cost y battles in the Civil War and'7 -... "" - to the new and deadly weapons developed since, and added: This cemetery and others like it all around the world remind us The price of our obligation and our opportunity ... On this Vet erans Day of 1961, on this day of remembrance, let us pray in the name of those who have fall- en in this country's wars, . , . that there shall be no . further. war ... to the dead in this cem etery we lay they are the race immortal . . . Join In Ceremony The top military and civilian leaders of the armed forces, led by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and the joint chiefs of staff, joined Kennedy in the ceremony at the tomb. The wreath-laying, clocked with military precision, required less than seven minutes. The 21-gun salute due the com mander in chief of all U.S. forces greeted the President as he en tered the cemetery gates. He moved to the tomb, where the unknown soldier of World War naJ been flanked by unknowns rom Wor;d War u ind the Ko- rean conflict. u.., c.,i p,.uni An honor guard stood at atten tion and the U.S. Army Band played the national anthem. Th. Il.n.i.lnl an4 hi- tiirtv moved into a position in front of , the tomb precisely at 11 a.m. and . pe-raea .o- stood with hi, right hand over his1"- to d the Conference on Civil heart as the national anthem was 'ate A military aide moved up withl?ware..thSt cml righti was cus it,. .r.a.h H hplnpH him rarrv ! niarUy described as a moral is- . ;- ,. .hi IV I J am jnjoiiiuil u walk vl tiiL tomb. Then, as the honor guard pre sented arms, there was a ruffle of drums and a bugler blew taps. Silence fell over the scene for a full minute as the last notes died. The timing of the solemn cere monythe 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month commem i . J . I -II . , !OrieU Hie rUClllvc ll"nn " : ih. m-hirh miterf Wor d War I in 1918. That was to have been the : r to end all wars, but the United States has since been engaged in two other major conflicts World ; ,h holjd once known A'rmis- . . .... War II and the Korean war. And tice Day has been changed to ve terans day to honor those who served in all wars. State Employment Level Takes Drop SALEM (AP) Oregon's em ployment level fell from 704,700 at the beginning of October to 684.900 at the end of the month,1!,,. "wlth stubborn, misguided. State Employment Commissioner David Cameron said Friday. The practical approach, he uiif rh of Ki.r rw,n Cameron aa A thia waa a rimn'.n. - ... i .... ' Wayne L. CrOOch Of hier-CrOOch of nearly 20.000. although the fi - nai uciooer total snowed zoo more workers with jobs than a year earlier. The decline was due chiefly to campaign MOanaonea p,,;' ,-.nd surgeon; Meredith an end to seasonal agricultural jLEM (AP) The Oregon S. Wilson of Wilson s Chapel of the work, which hsd kept employ-1 sj1)e r;mp0ycs Association Fri-: Roses; and I-cRoy Ladd of Doug ment gaining through most of the ajy volwi t0 ,handon its cam-! las Inn Motel. citmmpp month ' ... . ... . , crimes azncuuure ana iooo processing, there were employ mrnt iossr's in wood producU and construction induitnei Congratulations, : :viW To I ' l Et-,.,v,. , ....... . 'i,i,.v....'r f GREETINGS Indian Prime Minister Jawoharlal Nerhu, right, is greeted by acting U. N. Secretary General U Thant of Burma, left, Friday. Speaking before the General As sembly, Nehru said it was of "the highest importance" that all nations get behind Thant in support of on "effec tive" U.N. Looking on, center, is Indian Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon. (UPI Telephoto). Nehru Asks On Issues Oi UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) ; a moratorium on the cold war lomats who must deal with East- .u .u. ,,,i. West differences. Many delegates felt the Indian leader's suggestion to the General Asembiy frtday that the 103 U.N. members cease nolitk-al j bickering and devote a year to harmonious pursuits is admirable in .concept but Utopian in fact. He Pallid for cooperation in all fields "political, cultural or what ever." To comply fully with such a scheme, the world body would nave to set aside for a year con. sideration of such overriding is sues as disarmament and the stopping of nuclear weapons tests tests which Nehru condemned as basically evil. It would also virtually rule out debate on the many colonial ques- Meany Requests Housing Order NEW YORK (AP) - George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO. called today for two steps to help eliminate racial discrimination a presidential executive order on housing and a national fair em Pigment practices law, sue. But the real issue, he said, "is what we are doing, in a practical, hard-headed way, to translate this moral righteousness into the form of material justice for those who are now denied it. What is needed, he said, is an: executive order on housing that is "just as explicit" as the execu tive order that bars job discrimi - .; - ..m.-l ,nlr,rl. , -" - " - iti 4 ciAnr i anunrnmanl o... . .,,H , ,i,n.hpr eleme'ntthe ab'ility l0 rent r buy decent, desegregated housing once it is available, "Even now, there would be no lack of buyers." he said, "but a disproportionate number of Negroes are in the lowest income groups." He said inferior educational op portunities and inferior physical environment in the home were partly to blame for this. Rui" h priitpri pannot .p,h ih k..ip f,ri h?t In opn. eral, true job opportunity hat been denied to a great many Negroes regardless of their edu - rahnn or their oualifications." I a .har of the blame, ha said. i union members." ' practices law. applicable to un - lon, ,na employers alike." I , , a A 1 J - paign lor siawe oayugm a.- paign tor statewide daylight sav- ing time. ! The group. In convention in Sa lem, voted 67 64 to be neutral on tthe issrie. I Moratorium Cold War lions foremost in tile minds of i "3,"u i members. These questions involve , " "is iy.ri IIU 1- UUbllKlllCU Will, Varm-.ia nplpifalra nailpn Nph. ru's call for a united attempt to ; avoid the terror of nuclear disas- i.l ,u t .. . .., 1 A. tor instead of thinking about "bur- W.mgJ'..Cr earm "" Many 'expressed disappoint - ent, however, thai -the Indian i: j j ment, leader did not advance more con' crete proposals than a generalized appeal for political and cultural cooperation. India itself has been one of the most controversial members of the United Nations in recent years. It has been accused of ag gravating the explosive disarma ment problem by trying to equate the Soviet Union's recent giant explosions in the air with U.S. un derground testing. On the colonialism front, India has been one of the bitterest as sailants of Portugal in the Angola debate and of South Africa on the stormy question of race segrega tion. It also has played a key role in the hotly disputed question of seating Communist China in the United Nations, pressing peren nial demands that Nationalist China be ousted in favor of 1'ei ping. ISchru tempered his suggestion for a year of cooperation by not ing there was nothing "new or wonderful about what I am say ing about the truths of the world." "The words can easily be called hackneyed," he truth is that violence and haired are bad, and the great men of the world are those who have fought hatred and violence." Roseburg Chamber f a. r rj,i- jei rui eicuiuii Fourteen members of the Rose- ' k.. , U I ,". running for election to the chamber board of directors, it was announc ed today. beven posts are open under the chamber election plan whereby seven of the 21 posts are open for election each year. Ballots for the election have been distributed to chamber members and must be in the mail to the chamber office by midnight next Friday. Running for the seven posts are: Eugene T. Krcwson of Round 1 Prairie Lumber Co.: Thomas T. I Clark of National Plywood Inc.: Archie D. Craft of the Bureau of. im jmmi, nii, il'" J niu; ne Inc.; Harold Backen Jr., of !"8'as Klectric Co-operative Inc.; I V"m" " . rr,(,;l?r. .?,. LmPqu" i ln,U.r .V ,ienc' A i'V'XS. .1'. ntLVJ 2 7 v,Tllih 5."niile down range flight. V; ' r J"' ', , " ' v-,in.. . li.'i V , "1 J i. J "T u"i ' Iiriirf Iti I ion m !H f Jnnruison uireciors wnose inrre-yrar irrms ''."Z 1 are up inriiHie nonen vurin, naipn - ' DcMoi'v, Robert Hatterscheid, Von dn Miller, Orval Petersen. John'ble should not he experienced on . Koberlson and jaca nnoograss. Indians- U.S. Waits Word On Rumor ed Russ Berlin Proposal WASHINGTON fAP) Puzzled U.S. officials awaited today clari- tication trom Moscow of widely published reports that the Soviet Union has developed a four-point proposal for negotiation on a set tlement of the Berlin crisis. There was encouragement among high officials here as evidence that Soviet Premier! Patriots Warned By Coast Guard j SAN DIEGO. Calif. (APWThe Coast Guard warns it will not tol erate attempts to blockade I Yu goslavian freighter expected here Tuesday. The freighter, M. V. Gundulic. is scheduled to take on a load of U.S. jets for shipment to Mar shal Tito's Yugoslavia an action bitterly protested by a group call ing itself "Patriots Unlimited." In a stern warning to anyone contemplating a blockade. Rear Adm. N, William Sprow, head of the 11th Coast Guard District, said Friday night in a prepared state ment: "It is indeed unfortunate that any person or organization should advocate a breakdown ol law and order in the name of patriotism. 'Tim C'naNt Guard u-ill nnt Intpr. fnra u-iti, igtirfni vn.....n Kt must prevent any interference iwitn the maneuvering of any ves- ,0i , ., ih. navii7.hU wilun of I . : . I Vnmu, wimwl if vlAlnltnn " - - ' " - "i.u .v.w " " " . ..i ... VI. U.,.ABU. Jailc M William., phairman nf Patriot. Unlimited . ....... denied his UrouPl,P1nneJcl vi;laU! Jeaeral ? '" SPJow't itateinent 'imnlv rinp not talc a into mi. simply does not take into ac count the facts. We are holding rallies, not riots: this if a oro- test, not a revolution." U.S.WillSeek Peace In Congo WASHINGTON (AP) The United States reportedly will con tinue to press for unification of the Congo by peaceful means when the U.N. Security Council takes up the problem Monday. But, the United States isn't writing off the possibility of sup porting military intervention by the United Nations "in extreme circumstances," officials laid here Friday. These sources said the United States would oppose military in tervention now because it felt peaceful unification of the central Congo and Katanga Province could be achieved. Sources here pointed out that Kltun....u ,u. tT:t I c.t aairi "Rill fl. """UK" vm oiaica U1C- 'ap'.!,r.HUi,t.,i'''n'ed a policy of moderation, it was strongly committeed to a un ified Congo under the leadership of Congolese Prime Minister Cy rille Adoula. So far, M:iise Tshombe presi dent of Katanga has rebuffed all attempts to bring his mineral-rich province into the Congo. The United State! has sup ported unification on grounds that chaos is the only alternative. U.S. officials feel the Congo econ omy cannot survive without the wealth of Katango province. Tshombe, with an army of (.000 has defeated all attempts by the 2o.000-man central Congolese force to subdue Katanga. Atlas Failure Won't Delay Try To Put Chimp In Orbit CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The explosion of an Atlas mis sile that killed a small monkey will not delay an attempt to launch a rnimpanzee into orbit next week. officials report. The Atlas exploded In flight Frl- day m) , m.uni squirrel mon- key named Goliath died In the fiery blast. Scientists had hoped to learn hi r";llon 10 stresses of space ,..-i jP:n Ihp imH.J rM.ii.l Goliath it the 29th known rocket borne animal, Russian and Ameri can, to die in man's effort to learn how he might be affected by jour neys into space. Several other ani mal deaths undoubtedly have oc curred but have not been made public. , 1 ...K.i. j.i. ..hi' i ...uu. - i '"m missue snowea me irou anwuirr nuaa aturuuivu iu mi ine cnimpanzee into ornit on tne lst scheduled Froiiit liercury launch ing before an American astronaut is whirled Into orbit. The missile, the WOtd Atlas j launched, was an advanced E. Mod tel. I ma is a more powerful and, Khrushchev seems to be moving into a negotiating position. But officials found no hint in the re port of Soviet concessions that would give hope of an early East West agreement on Berlin. Official Word Lacking Furthermore. State Department 'n'Vrn,n' ,neJ" 'acked any omciai word trom U.S. Ambas ! sador Llewellyn Thompson in Moscow to the effect that the So : viets had actually come up with a detinue point-by-point proposi tion. On the contrary, word from Thompson Friday was that as far as he could judge basic Soviet policy on West Berlin standi un changed. The whole situation is due for discussion by State Department , officials and diplomatic represen tatives of Britain, France and West Germany Monday. fress dispatches from Moscow Thursday night told of what was described as a new fournoint plan being advanced by the So viet Union for Berlin solution. The essence of the oroDosal. ai described in these dispatches. was that Russia and the United States, Britain and France would agree on a new status for West Berlin, guaranteeing the freedom of the city and access to it. East Germany would respect this new Soviet-Western agreement in an accord to be reached bv Russia and the East German Communist regime. For their nart. th u,t. powers wouia undertake l rePect the aovereignty of East i viermany. No Offer Of Concession i np agreements hplwti TT ,..i I m . ... na.,he Power, would be WOrKPn Ollf In ril lniia n VI U . ... '.. r . r"" i i Mr v nrnmun vmiin, u-phiy wun r.aai i.prmanv U.S. officials said the DroooaaL at reported, contained no offer of concessions from Khrushchev' previous Berlin demands. They were pleased, however, with the stress on Soviet readiness to come to an understanding- with ih. Western powers in advance of making a peace treaty with East Germany. Such an understanding if it could be achieved, miohf eliminate sources of tension and war dancer which uoul.l ari it the Soviets signed a peace treaty without agreeing with the Wet on the Berlin situation. What most intereaterf US r. ficials was the indication Khrush chev is moving toward actual East-West negotiations, rather than simply making public state ments about a desire for a peace ful settlement. Californian Wants Independent Road SAN FRANCUCO (AP) A California official yg the West ern Pacific Railroad ,-hould re main lndependei.;. Everett C. McKeage. president of the State Public Utilities Com mission, testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing Friday that both Southern Pacific and Santa Fe could realize their economic goals through negotia tion. Santa Fe and SP are rival bid ders to acquire control of WP. "Our commission believes," Mc Keage said, "that regulated com petition in the railroad industry serves the public interest, and that the competition which W? gives to other carriers is definite ly in furtherance of that interest." McKeage said if SP were to win control, it would have a virtual rail monopoly in WP territory. vastly different rocket than the more thoroughly tested and reli able Atlas Ti used in the Mercury program. The D and E Aliases have many similar characteristics. If a part or system common to both mis siles had been at fault Friday, the chimpanzee shot probably would have been held up until the trou- ble w corrected; vurretieu. A di'lay of more than week In the chimp orbit attempt which will he a tliree-times-around the world effort probably would make orbiting an American thia year impossible. This It the goal of the National Aeronautici and Space Administration. The launch Friday waa not con- nected with Project Mercurv. - - - - - ine nir rorce mane no omciai announcement on what went wrung, oui rename sources repon- ed the main tustainer engine shut down inexplicably IS seconds aft er launching. The two booster en- giei were unsble to hold the course and the range safety officer - destroyed the big missile after 30 seconds o; (light. )