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Kennedy
Of Strike
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (UPI)
President Kennedy appealed to
day for a 60-day delay in a threat
ened strike at most of the na
tion's missile plants and bases. He
also named a three-man board to
investigate the stalemated situa
tion. "In this important defense in
dustry all parties have a respon
sibility to cooperate in achieving
a settlement without any interrup
tion of work," Kennedy said in a
telegram to all parties involved.
Kennedy acted outside the ma
chinery of the Taft-Hartley Law in
calling for a solution to the con
troversy which threatens to shut
down most of the nation's missile
program. But administration
sources said that if this plan
didn't work he still would have
open the Taft-Hartley recourse of
seeking an 80-day back-to-work in
junction. The White House said the dis
pute involves 150,000 workers at
53 missile plants and bases. Ken
nedy dispatched his telegrams at
10:30 a.m. EDT from the summer
White House here today after talk
ing by phone with Labor Secre
tary Arthur J. Goldberg in Wash
ington. France Agrees
To Pull Troops
From Bizerte
PARIS (UPI) France and
Tunisia resumed diplomatic rela
tions today after France prom
ised to pull its troops out of the
big naval base at Bizerte at
aome still unspecified date.
A communique issued by the
' French Foreign Office Friday
night said the two countries de
cided, following the visit of Tuni
sian Minister Bahi Ladgham, to
resume diplomatic relations and
to exchange ambassadors.
As he flew' back to Tunis today,
Ladgham told newsmen no speci
fic date for the evacuation of the
troops had been agreed upon.
President Charles de Gaulle al
ways has said firmly that
France will retain the base so
long as the threat of .world con
flict exists.
"In my conversations in Paris
I can say that a positive step
has been accomplished towards
the normalization of relations be
between Tunisia and France,"
Ladgham said.
"I received formal assurances
that the process of withdrawal
of forces stationed in the Bizerte
region, already completed from
the arsenal of Menzel Bourguiba
and its supporting outposts, will
be continued and completed as
rapidly as possible and in a
reasonable period," he said.
An estimated 800 persons were
killed in the four-day battle at
Bizerte last July. The battle
started when demonstrators
against French occupation of the
base blocked French communica
tion and supply routes among
various sections of the spread-out
base.'
In fighting which followed,
thousands of rounds of French
mortar fire poured into the Bi
zerte casbah's cramped streets
and houses, killing men, women
and children.
Wildlife Refuges Said Essential
To Maintenance Of Agriculture
WASHINGTON (UPI) - A Cali
fornia state official warned Fri
day that the shrinking of wild-
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Variable high cloudiness, other
wise fair today, tonight and Sun
day. Possibility of thunder show
ers in the mountains south anil
east tonight. Continued warm.
Hiohest temo. last 24 hours . tz
Lowest temp, last 24 hours ... 51
Highest temp, any July (61 )..lt
Lowest temp, any July (42) . 39
Preclp. last 24 hours Oi
Precip. from July 1 T
Precip. from f tpt. 1 12.49
Excess from Sept. 1 2.3S
Sunset tonight, 7:47 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:53 a.m.
Loggers' Fire Weather
Temperatures today and Sunday
will hover about 90 degrees. Hu
midities both days will range be
tween 25 and 30 per cent. North
west winds of S to 8 m.p.h. are
expected. Outlook for Monday is
continued, hot and dry weather,
with thunderstorms along the Cas-
eadps in the afternoon.
Appeals For Delay
At Missile Bases
Kennedy arrived Friday night
for his third consecutive weekend
here with his family after receiv
ing a gloomy report on the strike
situation from Federal Mediation
Service Chief William E. Simkin.
The report, relayed by Labor
Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg,
warned Kennedy that union con
tract negotiations in the aerospace
industry were deadlocked and a
strike might begin Monday that
would halt work on much of the
U.S. missile and aircraft program.
Kennedy was confronted by a
situation which Sen. John C. Sten
nis, D-Miss., chairman of the Sen
ate Armed Services Preparedness
Lumber Scheme
Told By Morse
' PORTLAND (UPI)-Sen. Wayne
Morse, D-Ore., Friday night out
lined a plan to bolster the North
west lumber industry that in
cludes tightening the reins on the
Forest Service.
The Oregon Democrat said he
would take the problems to Pres
ident Kennedy Monday.
Morse spoke before lumber in
dustry executives at a meeting ar
ranged by the steering commit
tee of the Lumbermen's Econom
ic Survival Committee.
Morse said solution of the
state's lumber problems lies in
the fields of foreign policy, bet
ter liaison with, and more checks
on, the Forest Service and some
changes in the Jones shipping act.
He touched also on the current
iron workers strike and praised
Gov. Mark Hatfield and Labor
Secretary Arthur Goldberg for
bringing the dispute to arbitration.
In the matter of foreign policy,
Morse said that whereas the eco
nomic health of Canada is im
portant to this country, he did
not like to see the giving of a big
loan to ' Canada followed by im
position by Canada of import
duties on American products.
"I do not propose to see the
liquidation of the forest industry
for the benefit of Canada," he
said.
Changes suggested
He said he wanted to see
temporary quotas assigned to
Canadian timber.
Morse suggested policy and
procedural modifications in the
Forest Service. There should be
someone at secretary level with
whom Congress and the industry
could deal, he said, because Con
gress never delegated policy mak
ing power to those beneath secre
tary level.
He added that the Forest Service
"will hear from me Monday" re
garding a letter sent to the in
dustry seeking detailed informa
tion on operations which the serv
ice said Morse had requested at
a recent hearing. Morse denied
he asked for the information.
. He said the bill to remove the
present 6 per cent differential
enjoyed by West Coast ship
builders is in committee and he
expects it to stay there.
The senator was to meet this
morning with fescue growers in
Portland and later today was to
speak in Medford and attend a
Democratic picnic on the Rogue
River Sunday.
He expects to return to Wash
ington Sunday night.
fowl refuges in Northern Californ
ia and Oregon would prove "dis
astrous" to farmers in the Cen
tral Valley of California.
Harry Anderson, deputy direc
tor of fish and game, told a House
Interior Subcommittee that the
Tulelake, Lower Klamath and Up
per Klamath wildlife refuges were
"absolutely essential" for the
maintenance of agriculture in the
Central Valley.
Andei-jon joined conservationists
in supporting Senate-passed legis-
i lation intended to stabilize the ref-
1 uges used by about 80 per cent
i of the migratory birds on the
'Pacific Flyway.
Loss of the marshlands and any
1 cut in the size of the refuges
; would deprive millions of birds
OI a resting place on me nyway,
Anderson said. He said this would
result in their descending one the
crops of California farmers.
Spokesmen for the Klamath
drainage district in Oregon ap
peared in opposition to some
features of the bill. They were in
troduced by Rep. A! Ullman, D-
Ore., who said the bill was contro
versial in his state but that most
were in support of its general
principles
The Oregonians asked that
Subcommittee, described as a
threat to production of all the na
tion's strategic missiles Atlas, Ti
tan, Minuteman and Polaris.
A strike by the United Automo
bile Workers and the International
Association of Machinists would
stop work on such projects as
Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg
AFB, major rocket and missile
launching sites.
There was a likelihood that the
President would take some action
connected with this situation by
mid-day.
In arriving here Friday, Ken
nedy for the second week in a
row pulled the name of an im
portant nominee from a bag hid
den even to close confidantes.
This weekend, the case in point
was Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Ken
nedy's current special military
adviser and his new choice for
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Last week, It was Cleveland's
Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze, the
administration's new Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare.
When Kennedy flew here from
Washington Friday the betting ran
fairly heavily on Gen. Lyman L.
Lemnitzer to succeed Gen. Lauris
Norstad as U.S. commander in
chief in Europe. As such, Lem
nitzer presumably would also fol
low Norstad as supreme command
er of North Atlantic Alliance
forces.
Fut there was little, if any, spec
ulation on Lemnitzer's being suc
ceeded as chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff by Taylor. That
was the big secret, lust as Cele
brezze was a week ago. And it
was a well-kept one.
Loggers Quit Woods
As Humidity Drops
Low humidity forced loggers out
of the woods in the Little Kiver,
North Umpqua and Diamond Lake
Forest Districts Friday, reports
Mrs. Arthur Selby, Glide corre
spondent.
The loggers left the woods be
tween 10 a.m. and noon.
In Roseburg the temperature
soared above the 90-degree mark
for the first time this year reach
ing 92. The previous high was an
88 recorded in May.
The outlook for the weekend Is
continued hot weather, with a 70
per cent chance of lightning over
the Cascades. Humidity in the Lit
tle River, North Umpqua and Dia
mond Lake districts is expected to
range between 25 and 35 per cent.
Campers and picnickers using
the forest lands are asked to be
extremely careful with fires as
dry conditions prevail. All fires sup
pression crews are on the alert at
the present time.
Iron Workers'
Strike Ends
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Iron
workers in Oregon end Washing
ton have agreed to go back r
work, ending the six-week old con
struction tie-up In the Northwest.
Secretary of Labor Arthur Gold
berg announced the settlement
this afternoon.
lands in the so-called Klamath
Straits unit of their privately
owned Klamath drainage district
not be included In the refuge
They also asked that the land be
sold to private owners.
C.L. Langslet, who said h e
sDoke for 26 organizations, said
private ownership of the land
would add about $100,000 a year
to the economy of Klamath County.
The district officials proposed
amendments which would provide
payment for the drainage and ir
rigation facilities built by the dis
trict and for the sale of public
lands within the district.
Among those supporting the
senate-passed bill wjs Col. Paul
H. Weiland, Medford, Ore. Wei
land, who represented the Oregon
division of the Izaak Walton
League' said the legislation would
help perpetuate wildlife which "is
precious to use for its recreational
and resulting economic values."
Ross L. Leffler, former as
sistant interior secretary for fish
and wildlife, said homestcading
would continue to be a "festering
gre" unless the legislation were
passed. Everett E. Horn, Los
Angeles, spoke for the DuO:
Hunter Association oi California
in support ot the bill.
Solons In Try
To Scuttle
Tax 'Break'
WASHINGTON (UPI) Pow
erful Senate forces plan to try to
scuttle the $1.1 billion tax break
for business which the Senate Fi
nance Committee approved last
week.
Finance Chairman Harry F.
Byrd, D-Va., was in the vanguard
of those senators opposed to the
provision which grants business
men and utility companies a tax
credit to spur investments in new
equipment.
Byrd has been quietly conduct
ing a poll of Senate sentiment
and has become convinced there
are enough votes to kill the fea
ture when it comes before the
full Senate, according to reliable
sources.
The. tax "bonus" is the maior
revenue-losing provision in the
trimmed down tax revision bill
tentatively approved by the com
mittee Friday.
Its elimination would put the
bill back in balance. As it stands
now, the drastically amended bill
is heavily in the red.
When the over-all ,tax revision
bill came to the Senate pan
el from the House March 29, it
would have produced an estimat
ed $120 million in new revenues.
The finance committe whittled it
down to the point where it now is
estimated it will cost the Treas
ury anywhere from $500 to $800
million in revenue losses a year.
Although the bill still la subject
to further change, and a final
vote on July 27, the committee
for all practical purposes has
completed its work on the meas
ure.
In eight days of closed draft
ing sessions, it gutted the House
bill. The result, if allowd to
stand, amounted to another legis
lative reversal for President Ken
nedy, who was counting on nick
ing up revenues to balance the
budget by closing some tax. loop
holes.
Mariner Missile
Shot Postponed
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI)-
An errant radio signal in the
rocket booster early today forced
the United States to postpone for
24 hours an attempt to launch a
space laboratory to study the
planet Venus.
Scientists said the difficulty
was "very minor" and It was ex
pected to be cleared up within a
matter of hours. The Mariner-1
shot tentatively was rescheduled
for 4:44 a.m. EDT Sunday.
The countdown for today's
launching had progressed to with
in two hours of the planned blast
off when it was stopped at around
3:15 a.m. EDT. Scientists said the
trouble was in the radio transmit
ter in the Atlas-Agena rocket.
They said an errant signal was
being transmitted.
The shot must be made within
the two-hour period from 4:44
a.m. to 6:38 a.m. EDT, scientists
said, because of the advantageous
position of the earth at that time.
This position gives a trajectory
angle permitting the fullest utiliza
tion of the rocket thrust, they ex
plained. Ben Kedda Frees
Army Commander
ALGIERS (UPI)-The provision
al government of Premier Ben
Youssef Ben Khedda has freed a
National Liberation Army com
mander who was discharged and
arrested June 30, informed sourc
es said today.
The former commander, Maj.
Si Slimane, was fired along with
two other ALN leaders. He was
reported to have headed for the
Tlemcen headquarters of dissident
Vice Premier Ahmed Ben Bella
after his release.
Ben Khedda's discharge of the
ALN officers brought into the open
the premier's power struggle with
Ben Bella. The rift among the
leaders has hindered Algeria's
movement toward full Independ
ence. Algeria's military leaders, who
have been meeting in the hills
south of here this week in an at
tempt to settle the rift, were re
ported close to a dcicision on
whom they favor. Informed
sources said they were most likely
to pick Ben Bella, who seeks to
turn Algeria iQo a one-party so
cialist state.
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RESIGNATION of Gen Lauris Norstad as supreme commonder of the American and
NATO forces in Europe resulted in changes in the U.S. top military echelon. President
Kennedy named Lyman L. Lemnitzer (bottom left) to succeed Norstad as U. S. com
mander in chief in Europe. Kennedy chose Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (top left) to replace
Lemnitzer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stoff. Also in the military reshuffle,
Kennedy announced that Gen. George H. Decker (top right) will retire as Army chief
of stoff upon the conclusion of his term Sept. 30. Decker will be succeeded by Gen.
Earl G. Wheeler (bottom right) now deputy U.S. commander in chief in Europe. (UPI
Telephoto).
U.S. Attitude 'Not Justified',
Peru's Military Leaders Claim
LIMA, Peru (UPI) The armed'
forces junta Friday night charged
the United States with taking an
"unjustified" attitudo toward the
military coup in Peru and impos
ing sanctions "precipitately."
The junta foreign minister. Vice
Adm. Luis Edgardo Llosa, said
the new government believes the
United States has allowed itself to
be influenced by the governments
of uosta Kica and Venezuela in
opposing the military takeover.
"We see with pain that an old
friend, in a difficult moment, does
not want to help us and takes
sides precipitately," he said.
Llosa said the military leaders
deposed President Manuql Prado
last Wednesday- to defend the
country's constitution and laws.
He said the June 10 presidential
elections, which triggered the po
litical crisis, were fraudulent.
(The United States followed up
Its suspension of diplomatic rela
tions with Peru and the halting
of economic aid under the Alli
ance for Progress by suspending
military assistance Friday).
Public opposition to the military
takeover continued with riots in
Lima by thousands of students
and workers. Mobs that in
cluded many women ran through
the streets, breaking windows, up
rooting trees and setting automo
biles on fire. It was the capital's
third consecutive day of disor
ders. No deaths or Injuries were
known, but reports said police ar
rested 20 persons.
Assault troops sprayed the mobs
with fire hoses and heaved tear
gas to disperse the demonstra
tions. Business establishments
closed.
The ' General Confederation of
Workers, which claims 350,000
Traffic Light Bids
Called For SE Pine
The Oregon Highway Depart
ment will open bids Aug. 9 on a
new traffic light installation to be
located at the intersection of SE
Pine St. and SE Washington Ave.
Police Chief John Truett said
this will be a regular traffic light
controlling the cross-traffic situa
tion to be created by completion ot
the Washington Ave. bridge.
Due to its proximity with the ex
isting traffic signal on SE Steph
ens St. and SE Washington Ave.
(they will be approximately 100
feet apart), tho new signal will be
operated in conjunction with the
other to avoid any pile-up of traf
fic on the one-way street, Truett
reported. This will involve operat
ing both signals on the same stop
and go basis, with the farthest sig
nal delayed by a few seconds.
Boy Narrowly Misses
Being Struck By Car
A near-accident involving a car
and a six-year-old boy was investi
gated Friday afternoon by Rose
burg City Police.
Officers said Reeve Paxson, 42,
of 999 NW Broadway St. was driv
ing west on Fullerton St. when the
boy, Randolph Fritz Rietman,
darted in front of the vehicle.
The youngster fell down but ap
parently was not struck by the car,
police said. Parents of the boy re
side at Tri-City., Paxson told offi
cers that as he passed SE Hoover
Ave. the boy ran In front of his
car from behind an ice cream
truck parked at the other side of
the street.
Violet Mae Aquiso, Roseburg,
aunt of the youngster, applied im
mediate first aid a band aid to
,al(e care rf , (,g polce
i(j otherwise the boy appeared
'not to be injured.
members, called a general strike
Monday as a protest against the
military regime. It also demand
ed the reinstatement of Prado and
the national congress, which was
dissolved by the junta.
Workers Angry
Telephone service, partially re
stored for the first time since the
junta took over, indicated a burg
eoning strike movement among
sugar workers in the north. The
northern region is a stronghold of
the American Popular Revolution
ary Alliance, whose running feud
wnn tne military was an underly
ing cause of the political crisis.
i Gen. R I e a r d o Perez Godoy,
UAR Enters Space Age With
Launching of
CAIRO (UPI) - The United
Arab Republic successfully
launcnca tour single-stage rockets
today to publicly enter the space
age.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser,
who watched the tests, said they
Assault Charge
Holds Youths
NEWPORT (UPI) Two 19-
year-old youths were being held
in the Lincoln County jail , here
today on charges of assault and
robbery while armed with a
dangerous weapon.
They are Blair H. Record Jr.
of Seattle and Joseph R. Haber of
Tampa, Fla.
The youths were arrested by
state police following a high-speed
car chase south of Eugene Fri
day. They were accused of hold
ing up a service station at Agate
Beach near Newport earlier in
the day.
A 15-year-old girl from Seattle,
who was a passenger in the car,
also was taken into custody. The
vehicle belonged to her parents.
Record and Haber were cap
tured after a nine-mile chest
from Goshen to Creswell. Police
said the youths' car hit speed of
more than 100 miles an hour and
said they fired one shot which
hit the trunk of the car.
The girl was returned toner
parents.
Police said two youths, armed
with a knife, took $3 In cash and
did not pay for $5 worth of gas at
the station.
County Men Appear
On U. Of 0. Panel
Two Douglas County men par
ticipated in panel discussions
Thursday and Friday during the
summer conference of the Oregon
Association of School Administra
tors at the University of Oregon
M. C. Deller, superintendent of
Roseburg School District, appear
ed on a panel discussing "Improv
ing School Community Relations."
Lyle Fenner, Roseburg radio sta
tion manager, appeared on a pan
el with three other representatives
of mass media. They discussed how
the mass media view the schools
and the school story.
About 200 school superintendents
attended the meeting. Those from
Douglas County included: Harry
Jacoby, assistant superintendent of
Roseburg School District; W. M.
Campbell, assistant county super
intendent of schools; George Cor
win, superintendent of Winston-Oil-lard
School District; Donald
Fluke, superintendent of Glide
School District; and Kenneth Stu
art, superintendent of Riddle
I School District.
chairman of the four-man junta,
told newsmen Friday night that
"reru nas sufficient economic re
sources of its own to allow it to
subsist by itself" If International
economic sanctions are imposed
on tne nation.
He said Peru would not re-establish
diplomatic relations with
Premier Fidel Castro's regime in
Cuba "while Cuba is still Commu
nist."
Llosa said Prado would be re
leased soon from his detention
aboard a naval vessel. He Indicat
ed the release would not come be
fore July 28 when Prado' s elected!
term as president will end.
Four Rockets
were not the first rockets his na
tion had launched. He said the
U.A.R. launched rockets from
Egyptian soil 14 months ago, or
two months before Israel's first
announced test last July.
It was the first announced
launching of a rocket by an Arab
nation. Israel's "weather rocket"
was launched 50 miles into the
sky on July 5, 1961, and drew
strong verbal attacks from the
Arab bloc.
Official announcements aaid the
first U.A.R. rocket launched today
soared 600 kilometers (372 miles)
into space and iis "arrival at its
distant target was successfully re
corded." It did not identify the
target.
The rockets were believed to
have been launched from some
where in the Egyptian desert. Cai
ro Radio said the rockets were
named "Al Qahir," (The Con
queror).
"Other models of the XL. A. R.
rockets will be launched," the
broadcast said. In announcing the
first firing, the broadcast said it
heralds the U. A, R.'i entry
into the apace age."
Jesse Fowler Chosen
Posse Man For Juno
c
Posse Man of the Month for June
Is Jessie Fowler of the Douglas
County Sheriff's Posse.
A 1953 graduate of Roseburg
High School, Flowler is engaged In
small livestock and horse raising
In the Garden Valley area,
He has been a member of the
oosse since 1959.
Fellow members say Fowler has
always been willing to help la the
posse when at all possible,
Dr. Donnelly's Resignation
Accepted By County Court
The Douglas County Court Frl
day received the formal resigns
tion of Dr. John Donnelly, county
health officer.
Donnelly is resigning effective
Aug. 11, to accept a post as assist
ant county health officer for Mult
nomah County on Aug. 15.
Earlier this week he made ver
bal announcement to the Court of
his dcJlre to resign.
In his resignation, he notes i
"I leave Douglas County with
mixed feelings. Professionally, the
new position is very attractive.
Yet the time I have lived in Doug
las County will remain memorable
years for me. I value the associa
tions I have made, both personal
and in my public capacity, I have
enjoyed working with an excellent
staff in the department. While I
have had occasional differences
with Individuals and groups, I do
WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi
dent Kennedy's overhauling of the
nation's military leadership
raised the possibility today of
drastic changes in organization,
command and traditional war
roles of the armed forces.
It also opened the prospect of
new controversies over the size
of the forces and the relative
weight to be given conven
tional and nuclear arms.
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, con
troversial Army officer selected
for chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, is on record with firm
proposal to abolish the joint
chiefs system and replace it with
single "defense chief of staff"
with "great authority."
mat idea always has been an
athema in Congress and Taylor
seems assured to be questioned
on it when he appears before
congressional committees.
Forecasts Military Merger
Kennedy himself is on record -
with a forecast that the mid
1960's may bring a merger of the
Army, wavy and Air Force into
single service "dominated bv a
single command." That prophesy,
in his 1960 book. "The Strateer
of Peace" may have new signifi
cance now that the President has
slate of military leaders who
are, with the exception of the
Marine commandant, of his own
choosing. -
Announcement of the U.S. high
command shakeup came swiftly
r naay aner word leaked out in
Paris that U.S. Air Force Gen.
Lauris Norstad would resign ef
fective Nov. 1 as supreme Allied
commander in Europe and com
mander of American forces in
Europe
The dynamic general is 55 and
has been a general officer for 19
of his 36 year service. He hat
commanded NATO forces for- the '
past aix years and held high
NATO assignments for aix year
Deiore that. Mo one Is more close
ly identified with the formulation
and articulation of NATO strate
gy. He haa had differences with the
Kennedy administration on as
pects of strategy but there was a
warm exchange of letters In con
nection with his retirement. Ken
nedy called him "a living sym
bol" of NATO's strength.
Announces Other Shifts
A few hours after confirmlna!
Norstad 's retirement, Kennedy
announced these shifts: ,
Army Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitz
er, 62, chairman of - the Joint
Chiefs, will succeed Norstad as
U. S. commander in Europe,
NATO is certain to select him
also as supreme Allied command
er. His two-year term as Joint
Chiefs chairman expires Sept. 30.
xayior, so, who retired as Army
chief of staff in 1959 in disagree
ment on strategy with President
Eisenhower and his joint chief
colleagues, will succeed Lemnitz
er. Kennedy recalled him to ac
tive duty last year as his person
al military adviser.
Army Gen. Earle 6. Wheeler.
54, deputy VS. commander in
Europe and a rising star, will
succeed Gen. George H. Decker
as Army chief on Oct. 1. Decker
will retire. Wheeler took up his
post in Europe only last March
and bis elevation to Army chief
was seen as a boost towards fu
ture chairmanship of the Joint
Chiefs or NATO commander.
Both the Lemnitzer and Taylor
appointments could be for short
terms. Both are beyond normal
retirement age.
The Air Force Chief of Staff,
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, and the
chief of naval operations, Adm.
George W. Anderson, are Kenne
dy appointees. Only the Marine
commandant, Gen. ' David M.
Shoup, is holdover from the Ei
senhower administration Joint
Chiefs.
TO VISIT MILITARY
WASHINGTON (UPI) - De
fense Secretary Robert S. McNa
mara flies to Honolulu Sunday
for his fifth conference with Pa
cific commanders on the progress
of the war in South Viet Nam
and other development In South
east Asia.
- not believe these differences have
been resolved to tne detriment ot
the public. Some may be regarded
'unfinished business' to be resolv
ed, perhaps, by my successor,
"I have had the satisfaction of
seeing progress made in many
health matters these past three
years: progress in development of
In restaurant sanitation, refuse dis
posal lites and other environmen
tal control matters; health educa
tion activities; strengthening of
certain voluntary health agencies;
improved relationships between the
department and practicing physi
cians; expanded services In the
mental health field; development
of smoothly functioning medical
investigation program; expansion
of specialized services to school
children and pre-schoolers; promo
ting community organization ap-
S roaches to defining and solving
eslth problems andmany others."