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WASHINGTON tfu Government
health authorities maintained an
attitude of caution Sunday as they
awaited fresh advice which could
determine how soon the nation's
antipolio vaccination . campaign
2ets started again.
Specialists in the field confer
Monday on the findings of a team
of experts who have Inspected the
Diem Readies
Attack Against
Religious Sect
SAIGON. South Viet Nam tfl -Premier
Ngo Dinh Diem, seeking
to unite South Viet Nam against
Jhe Communist Viet Minh before
it is too late, is preparing a mas
sive offense against hostile ele
ments of the Hoa Hao religious
sect
Diem's new blow against feudal
armies which divide and weaken
this nation may fall within a mat
ter of days.
Chief of Staff Gen. Le Van Ty
has massed a formidable staking
force, including regiments of ex
Emperor Bao Dai's former imperi
al guard, in West Viet Nam, which
the Hoa Hao control. French mili
tary and naval forces in the area
have been withdrawn hastily and
the Hoa Hao armies are throw
ing up new defenses.
The planned offensive against
the Hoa Hao would follow hard
on the heels of the national army's
dfeat of the Binh Xuyen Society,
a powerful and wealthy band of
former pirates who also refused
to give up their private interests
and chose instead to meet the gov
ernment in all out combat. - ,
The government's antagonists in
this new phase of the South's pa
cification program total some J,
000 well armed men, divided into
two groups, under Gen. Tran Van
Soai and Gen. Le Quang Vinh, who
Is better known as Bacut.
Demos to Seek
Added Social
Security Fund
WASHINGTON (fl House Demo
cratic leaders have decided on a
surprise push to provide many mil'
lions of dollars in additional social
security benefits. for women and
disabled persons. -
The most important point in the
program, to be launched soon in
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, would lower the age at
which women become eligible for
benefits, from 63 to either 60 or 62.
This not only would enable mil
lions of working women to retire
earlier, but it also would increase
initial benefits 50 per cent for
couples where the husband retires
at 65 with a dependent wife several
years younger.
The second feature of the new
move to further liberalize social
security would provide immediate
monthly payments when a worker
becomes disabled. He jias to wait
until he reaches retirement age at
. 65 to benefit from the program
now.
Democrats on the Ways and
Means Committee are working out
details of these and other possible
changes, and hope to bring them
to the House floor in June.
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Cautious
in
Vaccine
manufacturing and testing proces
ses of vaccine producers.
Their conclusions possibly could
result in still tighter safety stand
ards for the vaccine already given
to nearly six million youngsters.
Any move in this direction would
have a delaying effect on the drive
to inoculate children of the most
susceptible ages this year.
Oa-aad-Ott
The on-and-off vaccination cam
paign slowed down again last week
when the Public Health Service
temporarily stopped clearing vac
cine already produced.
Rep. Scott (R-Pa)'told a TV-
radio audience (NBC-The Ameri
can Forum) the vaccine was re-,
leased about two months earlier
than might have been justified be
cause of "a publicity stunt."
Without identifying the person.
Scott said "an advertising man"
decided "the birthday of the late
President Roosevelt was a fine day
to announce the Salk vaccine" be
cause of Roosevelt's work in the
polio campaign.
'Pure Coincidence'
Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., who
headed the staff which compiled
the Salk vaccine report, said in
reply to similar criticism recently
that "it was "pure coincidence" the
report was made on the anniver
sary of Roosevelt's death.
Dr. Francis, of the University of
Michigan, said the report original
ly was scheduled for release April
1. The report was postponed, he
said, when it became apparent it
could not be completed by that
time.
Scott said Secretary of Welfare
Hobby is "doing a terribly diffi
cult job" well and much of the
confusion was caused, by "some
times foolish conflicting state
ments" by others than Mrs. Hob
by. .
French, Rebel
Troops Clash;
f Several Die'
PARIS Wi The French Press
Agency said Sunday several per
sons were killed Saturday in what
it called a "very big fight" be
tween French troops and national
ist rebels near the Zarzedas dam
in the Philippeville region of North
eastern Algeria.
The dispatch gave no details.
Bands of up to 100 nationalists
have clashed frequently with rein
forced French troops and gen
darmes in that area of Algeria, a
French department in North Afri
ca. ;
Another rebel was reported killed
in a clash with the French Friday
south of Philippeville in the Aures
Mountains region, center of the
seven-month-old rebellion.
Continued violence during the
past three days was reported else
where in French North Africa. In
cidents including bombings and po
litical murders in Morocco, espe
cially in the Casablanca area, and
some isolated outbreaks in Tuni
sia. One report said there were 17
incidents in Casablanca Friday and
Saturday, leaving 4 dead and 21
wounded. These brought the death
toll for a week of violence to 21,
including 3 Europeans.
Tunisian government representa
tives are carrying on home-rule
negotiations with French officials
iff Paris. Recent outbreaks in Tun
isia have been between moderates
and extreme nationalists among
the Tunisians themselves.
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LOS ANGELES, Califs Jimmie Massie, 4, is a happy young hm
thanks to the Philadelphia Chamber ef Commerce. The young
ster, a poll convalescent of Lot Angeles, recently asked the
Chamber through his father, Thomas Massie, for a good fresh
pretzel from Philadelphia. It arrived May 20, weighing 15 pounds.
(AP Wirephota.)
Red Chinese
Add Base to
Straits 'Ring9
TAIPEI, Formosa tf The Chi
nese Reds were reported Sunday to
be working 30,000 laborers around
the clock to add another air base
to their growing ring of jet fields
within striking distance of Formo
sa.
Tatao News Agency said the
base was at Changting. 280 miles
west of Formosa. Russian experts
were reported directing the work
on the huge base, which will be
capable of handling every type of
plane.
Tatao said the Communists also
have finished a smaller jet air
field at Kienow, 220 miles north
west of Formosa. Tatao, which
claims mainland underground con
tacts, said no jets had yet been
reported based at Kienow.
By Tatao's account, the base at
Changting would be similar to the
one recently finished at Lukiao,
220 miles north of Formosa. Luki
ao is reputed to be the largest air
base in all Red China.
To protect it from air attack, the
Changting base will have under
ground hangars, fuel storage and
repair shops, the agency reported.
Changting also is within range
of the second major Nationalist
offshore island holding the Mat
sus, 120 miles northwest of Formo
sa. Kienow is 120 miles west of the
Matsus.
The Communists also have been
reported finishing work on air
strips at Foochow, only 40 miles
from the Matsus.
GUN TAKEN "
A .25 calibre pistol was apparent
ly stolen Sunday from the G. I
Surplus firm, 1405 N. Church St.,
city police reported. A firm em
ploye said the gun was removed
from a showcase during business
hours.
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Jail Damaged
After Arrest
The city jail looked like a
hurricane hit it early Sunday
morning after a 23-year-old Salem
man was committed on a dis
orderly conduct charge, said city
police. It reportedly all started
because of a ticket received for
a traffic violation.
Officers said James Franklin
Shattuck, 2790 Brooks Ave.,
broke a light fixture in the jail,
ripped out wiring,' smashed a
toilet bowl, damaged a fanover
turned beds and threw mattresses
on the' floor, banged and rattled
a cell door and flooded his cell
with water. The devastation oc
curred about 2 a.m.
According to officers, Shattuck
was arrested at headquarters on
the disorderly charge after he
objected to a traffic ticket
The man's bail on the two
counts was set at $200.
Examination Sigh
Much Too Deep
GREENBUSH, Minn. (A A
Gatzke, Minn., boy was recovering
in a hospital here Sunday after
sighing too deeply while writing a
school examination.
Duane Nelson. 12, was bent over
his test papers last week, a short
pencil held in his cupped hand.
He took a deep breath and the
pencil disappeared.
A doctor examined Duane, and
found that the pencil was lodged
in the student's stomach. The pen
cil was removed by surgery and
Duane is expected to leave the
hospital within the next few days.
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BELZONI, Miss. CT An NAACP
official charged Sunday an
atmosphere of racial hatred cre
ated by the citizens councils
brought about the death of a Ne
gro civil rights leader. j
Roy wukins, executive secretary
of the National Association for Ad
vancement of Colored People, told
a meeting of some 400 Negroes he
didn't believe the councils ordered
the Rev. George Lee shot!
"But the atmosphere of racial
hate they generate brought about
his slaying," he said. !
"Whenever you have an organi
zation made up of so-called re
spectable people. . . dedicated to
suppressing - Negro rights then
somebody gets the idea that vio
lence is okay."
The citizens councils, organized
in several sections of the; south,
were formed to retain segregation
in all walks of life.
Dr. A. H. McCoy of Jackson,
president of the state branch of
the NAACP, called the meeting to
protest the handling of the mini
ster's unsolved death.
The Rev. Lee was found, dying
in his wrecked car which crashed
into a house in Belzoni's Negro
section. Officers first assumed the
collision caused the fatal injuries.
Later, the FBI laboratory report
ed that bits of metal around Lee's
face were "similar in weight and
composition to No. 3 buckshot.
Dr. McCoy said, "We believe his
(Lee's) death to have come at the
hands of those who would keep us
in slavery.
Negro leaders contend he was
murdered for urging Negroes to
register to vote in Humphreys
County, where Negroes outnumber
whites. !
Sheriff Ike Shelton called the
killing "one of the most puzzling"
cases he has ever handled. 1
The NAACP had asked the 1U. S.
Department of Justice to protect it
at Sunday's meeting.
Local law enforcement has brok
en down in many places and feder
al, aid is needed, the NAACP
claimed in a telegram to Atty.
Gen. Herbert Brown ell. I
OFFICE ITEMS DISCARDED
City police were attempting to
find the origin of several items
of office equipment found dis
carded early Sunday morning on
a porch at Leslie Junior High
School. The items included a
numbering machine, stapler, box
of staples and a Latin text book.
The book was labelled as prop
erty of South Salem High School
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Man Dies in
Fall From Car
VANCOUVER, Wash. UJ A
car ran off a road near Orchards,
Wash.,' eary Sunday and skidded
in a service station driveway,
throwing a passenger to his death.
Jesse J. Wishon, 26, Orchards,
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door flew open, hitting his head
against a post.
The driver, Donald R. Parker,
28, Camas, escaped injury when
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Parker's wife, Jean, 26, suffered
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from left to right said Sunday U.
S. occupation troops to be pulled
out of Austria . may be asked to
set up bases in Northeastern Italy
if a Russian-proposed neutral
zone is established.
There has been bo official con
firmation of these reports.
Informed sources said the Aus
trian independence treaty which
will leave that country in a neu
tral position and reports that the
Russians would like to have a neu
tral Yugoslavia emerge from forth
coming talks in Belgrade between
President Tito and Soviet leaders
may force Western defense plan
ners to revise their blueprints.
These informants said any new
U.S. bases in Italy would have to
be decided on in Washington and
at NATO headquarters in Paris
after Italian approval.
Several Italian newspapers which
support Mario Scelba's govern
ment said Austrian neutrality and
the Belgrade talks will mean a
new role for Italy in defense of
the West
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provinces Sunday night, sweeping
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land and threatening two towns in
Nova Scotia.
More than 1.000 volunteers were
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