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'; WASHINGTON The United
Slates sought Tuesday to rally
stronger pressures against Cuba
still the base for an estimated
16,000 to 17,000 Soviet soldiers
as the next step in an effort
to end the Communist threat in
' Big Powers Close
UN. Role in Cuba
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. M The United States and the
Soviet Union have closed the U.N. book on the Cuban crisis that
two months ago raised the prospect of nuclear war.
- The big powers, in a joint letter Monday night to U.N. Secretary-General
U Thant, conceded that they have not been able to
resolve all problems in connection with the crisis. But they said
in view of understandings they have reached, it is not necessary
for the matter "to occupy further the attention of the Security
Council at this time."
- The chief remaining deadlock was Cuba's refusal to admit
the foreign inspectors demanded by the United States to verify
. the removal of Soviet offensive
Dock Strike
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fotiators
Holding Talks
NEW YORK Wt Separate
meetings of negotiators for both
sides in the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts dock strike resumed
Tuesday following an expression
of disappointment by a federal
mediator.
James J. Reynolds, assistant
secretary of labor, told news
men that Monday's separate
meetings "were disappointing in
that they did not show the
slightest progress.
- Losses were reported to have
passed the $320-million mark as
the strike that has crippled
hipping in ports from Maine to
Texas went into Its 17th day.
: More than 100 ships have
been idled here by the strike of
60,000 members of the AFL-CIO
International Longshoremen's
Assn. in a contract dispute.
Dozens of ships are marooned in
other ports,
' Reynolds told newsmen that
the strike is affecting the na
lion's foreign policy. He said
more than a million tons of food
aid to Pakistan, Algeria, Brazil
and other countries is tied up.
The contract deadlock is be
tween the union and the New
York Shipping Assn., which rep
resents 149 shipping and steve
doring companies. Contract
terms reached between the two
groups here traditionally set a
pattern for other ports.
The union is seeking a pack
age of SO cents an hour, includ
ing 26 cents in wages, over a
two-year period. The industry
has offered a wage increaso of
22 cents an hour over two years.
Pre-strike basic wages averaged
$3.02 an hour. Several issues in
addition to wages are in dispute.
Admiral Leaves
On Two-Week Tour
HONOLULU wv Adm. Harry
D. Felt, U. S. military command
er In the Pacific, left Honolulu
Monday for a two-week tour of
Southeast Asia, Japan and Ko
rea, accompanied by Edward
Martin, State Department advis
er to the Pacific Command.
A Pacific headquarters
spokesman declined to say what
countries in Southeast Asia arc
on the admiral's itinerary, but
it Is assumed he will visit Viet
Nam, Thailand and the Philip
pines.
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the hemisphere.
U.S. officials believe the cam
paign may be long and difficult.
The United States and the So
viet Union put a formal and dip.
lomatic end to the Cuban crisis
Monday with a letter announc
ing the conclusion of their talks.
The letter, from U.S. Ambas-
missiles and jet bombers.
The Soviet Union also failed
to get guarantees against an in
vasion of Cuba.
The joint letter was signed by
U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Ste
venson and Soviet Deputy For
eign Minister Vasily V, Kuznet
sov. Separate Letter
Cuba's delegate, Carlos Lechu
ga, raised no objection to drop
ping the matter in the Security
Council. But he said in a sepa
rate letter that the U.S. offer of
a no-invasion pledge on condi
tion that Cuba permit foreign
inspection was "preposterous
insolence." He reiterated Prime
Minister Fidel Castro's contcn
tion that the decision to permit
"inspection of its territory is
the sovereign right of a nation."
Lechuga said the U.S.-Sovict
negotiations had failed to pro
duce an agreement "capable of
guaranteeing in a permanent
way the peace of the Caribbean
and in liquidating the existing
tensions."
Removal Verified
Although Castro refused to
admit foreign inspectors to
Cuba, U.S. air and sea recon
naissance verified the Soviet re
moval of nuclear-capable mis
siles and bombers which could
reach U.S. cities as well as the
dismantling of the missile bases.
The Kennedy administration
finally said it was aatisficd the
offensive weapons had been re
moved from Cuba. The Kenne
dy administration believes there
still are 16,000 to 17,000 Soviet
soldiers in Cuba. Castro, at his
Jan. 2 anniversary parade, dis
played Soviet antiaircraft mis
siles which he boasted could
knock down any foreign plane
that flew over Cuba.
Former Actress Dies
HOLLYWOOD lD May Bo-
Icy, 81, former Broadway and
motion picture actress and
singer, died Monday in Holly
wood Presbyterian Hospital af
ter a lengthy illness.
Hefty Bundle
SALT LAKE CITY W Mrs.
Erwin Frank, who thought
she was going to have twins,
gave birth to a 15-pound, one
ounce boy.
The child arrived Saturday
night at Latter-day Saints
Hospital.
The infant is (lie seventh
child of Mrs. Frank and her
husband, who works at a
dairy plant.
sador Adlai E. Stevenson and
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Vasily V. Kuznetsov to U.N. Sec
retary - General U Thant, ac
knowledged they had not been
able to "resolve all the prob
lems that have arisen in con
nection" with the crisis.
But they said they hoped that
the "actions taken to avert the
threat of war" will lead "toward
the adjustment of other differ
ences between the two coun
tries.
One issue still remaining is
that of Cuba itself.
The U.S. government, Wash
ington officials stated, stands
firmly committed to President
Kennedy s promise to try to halt
Cuban subversion and to his
proposition - that "the Cuban
people shall some day be truly
free."
Since the avowed U.S. intent
is not to accomplish this by mil
itary invasion, and proposed
measures are more psychologi
cal and economic than forceful,
an indefinite period of contest
lay ahead.
Informants said the estimate
of 16,000 to 17,000 Soviet mili
tary personnel still in Cuba
substantially above some pre
vious estimates stemmed from
a re-evaluation of intelligence
data rather than any new influx
of Soviet troops.
The higher count was also
said to have grown from infor
mation indicating Soviet sol
diers are more widely engaged
in the Cuban military system
than previously thought.
The current U. S. assessment
sums up this way:
About two-thirds of the ap
proximately 17,000 Soviet mili
tary in Cuba are advisers and
technicians. About one-third are
combat soldiers in four heavily
armed battalions. About 4.000
troops those associated with
the withdrawn missiles and
zbombers have left.
The expectation here is
that the number of trainers and
technicians will dwindle as their
tasks are completed in future
months. There is no sign of de
parture of the combat battalions.
The U. S. government has
made plain it intends to con
tinue its aerial surveillance over
Cuba.
Limits on the effectiveness
of a general hemispheric restric
tion on trade with Cuba are
recognized here. It was pointed
out that the $53 million in U. S.
food-drugs ransom for the Cu
ban invasion prisoners amount
ed to about five years worth of
Latin American trade with
Cuba, now running about $10
million annually.
Cuba now is plagued by
economic troubles. The U. S.
foreign agriculture service said
Tuesday that four years of Cas
tro administration has just
about wrecked the island's agri
culture. Journalism School
Gets $1,000 Grant
A $1,000 research-travel grant
has been made to the School of
Journalism at the University of
Oregon by the Reader's Digest
Foundation of Pleasantville,
New York.
The grant is to be used to
assist journalism students who
are conducting research proj
ects that involve travel. Both
undergraduate and graduate
students may he aided by the
fund.
The grant was announced by
Sterling Fisher, executive di
rector of the Reader's Digest
Foundation. Fisher indicated
that additional grants may be
made annually to the School of
Journalism.
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- Rutha Tshombe, right, wife of President Moishe Tshombe of Katan-
I Pave ga Province sits in car with Mrs- Yay Osimba, wife of the Katangan
f , defense minister, and their children upon arriving at Rome airport
Africa Mondav t0 board plane for Brussels, Belgium. They were en route
rAlUCd from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
U.S. Farm Experts
Freeman Cautions
Against Barriers
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. W Sec
retary of Agriculture Orville L.
Freeman cautioned the Euro
pean Common Market Tuesday
that barriers against U.S. farm
exports could force a cut in
American foreign aid and spread
the "contagious virus" of protec
tionism.
He said a sizable reduction in
America's Western Europe farm
markets would increase U.S. def
icits abroad at a time when the
nation might be unable to carry
them. The alternative might be,
he said, a reduction in foreign
economic and security aid.
Freeman, in a speech pre
pared for a convention of the
National Council of Farmer Co
operatives, said the United
States is making the strongest
possible representation against
European Common Market poli
cies which would encourage
higher-cost domestic production
of farm products and close the
door to U.S. products.
"The vital nature of our ex
port trade in farm products
causes us to be deeply con
cerned that protectionist ten
dencies are appearing today in
the common agricultural policy
of the European Common Mar
ket," Freeman said.
"We have emphasized that
protectionism is like a coma
Technicians Probe
Minuteman Failure
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. I
Technicians are seeking the
cause of the failure of the first
missile fired in 1963 from this
test center, a Minuteman which
fell short of its planned 5,000-
mile range.
Tho flight Monday was the
second for the more powerful
Wing 2 model of the Minute
man. The first was successful.
The earlier Wing 1 missile was
declared operational last month.
Woman Fined $50
On Larceny Charge
A 55-year-old Lowell woman
was fined $50 in Springfield
Justice Court last week after
pleading guilty to a charge of
petty larceny.
The woman, Helen F. Hur-
ford, admitted taking six yards
of print cloth from Alexander s
Dept. Store. The value of the
cloth was 33-cents a yard,
Springfield police said.
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gious virus that can spread from
one body to another, since nei
ther we nor other nations can
follow liberal trade rules if pro
tectionism is the new order of
the day among trading part
ners," he said.
Freeman said the Council of
Ministers of the Common Mar
ket countries will meet in Brus
sels Jan. 14 to pass judgment on
this country's petition that they
lower recently increased import
duties on poultry.
"I assure you that everything
possible will be done at the ne
gotiating table this year and
next to keep a valuable market
open to the efficient American
poultry industry," Freeman said.
Other products likely to be
affected adversely, he said, in
clude wheat, feed grains, and
rice.
Guerrilla War
In New Phase
SAIGON, South Viet Nam Wl
A rising tide of South Viet
namese casualties indicates that
the long guerrilla war has en
tered a new phase of large-scale
engagements. - The fighting is
fiercer than at any time since
the Indochina war ended in
1054.
In five days, South Vietnam
government forces have suf
fered 122 killed in three battles.
Viet Cong casualties are be
lieved heavy.
In the latest battle, the Viet
Cong stormed into a defended
hamlet near the seacoast 240
miles northeast of Saigon Sun
day. They killed 24. wounded
10 and captured 27 South Viet
namese and a sizable stock of
arms.
The government claimed 60
enemy killed or wounded.
Analysts of Vict Cong tactics
feel the Communists may be try
ing to rack up a good score of
successes to offset low morale
that has been reported recently.
Soviet Hospital
KATMANDU, Nepal King
Mahcndra dedicated a 50-bed
hospital this week, built with
Soviet aid and staffed with 10
Russian medical workers. The
Soviet Union contributed 800,
000 rupees ($105,000), more
than 60 per cent of the cost.
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Pathet Lao
To Continue
Plane Attacks
VIENTIANE, Laos Amer
ican planes distributing relief
supplies to Laotian mountain
tribesmen will continue to risk
destruction if they fly over ter
ritory held by the Pathet Lao,
Information Minister Phoumi
Vongvichit said Tuesday. Two
planes have been shot down
and two Americans killed in the
past six weeks. ;
Vongvichit is a leading mem
ber of the Pathet Lao, the pro
Communist faction within the
government headed by neutral
ist Premier Souvanna Phouma.
The information minister told
newsmen the hazard to U. S. re
lief planes will apply until there
is a coalition agreement on dis
tribution of the supplies. Re
minded that Souvanna himself
authorized the American opera
tions, Vongvichit snapped that,
"Before signing, Souvanna must
have an accord of the three
factions."
He suggested the United
States should follow the exam
ple of the Soviet Union, which
backed the Pathet Lao in the
Laotian civil war and gave Laos
several transport planes.
American officials feel a mor
al obligation to continue relief
flights to the Meos tribesmen,
who fought the Pathet Lao.
They believe that if these
flights were abruptly discontin
ued the refugees would either
starve or be left at the mercy
of the Red guerrillas.
Souvanna said he is sorry the
planes are being shot at and
that a meeting of factional lead
ers will be called to discuss this
question.
Bad Case
Of 'Pay Fever'
HONOLULU Iffl A bank
employe in Honolulu has lost
his job as a teller because he's
allergic to money.
Clifford Fujiwara, 21, be
gan sneezing uncontrollably
after promotion to his teller's
job in Honolulu's American
Security Bank. His doctor
diagnosed that Fujiwara prob
ably is the only banker in the
world who can't stand to be
around the green stuff.
This week Fujiwara is work
ing in the bank's commercial
department where money is
listed in ledgers. He doesn't
sneeze at that.
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LONDON UPD The Daily
Express Tuesday brushed aside
official denials and insisted
Royal Air Force jet bombers
recently had slipped past U.a
defenses in a surprise mock at
tack on American cities.
The newspaper said it first
published the story Monday
only after receiving "firm con
firmation" from the British Air
Ministry.
Express Air reporter Keith
Thompson rejected denials of
the report by the British Air
Ministry in London and the
Pentagon in Washington.
"The fact is that the V bomb
ers have penetrated U.S. de
fenses, and recently," Thomp
son insisted.
Contradicts Pentagon
This contradicted a statement
by a Pentagon spokesman who
said no British bombers had
participated in U.S. defense
exercises since 1961. He said
the Express report and similar
reports in other British news
papers were wjthout founda
tion. In Topsham, Maine, officials
of Air Force radar warning sta
tion backed the Pentagon Tues
day. A spokesman said the lat
est British Vulcan bomber
visit" to the United States was
a landing at Eglin Air Force
Base, Fla., by planes on a round-the-world
flight with regular
flight plans in December, 1962.
Several other British morning
newspapers including the
Times, the Mirror and the Mail
published factual accounts of
the reports and the denials
Tuesday.
Thompson said officials in
London and Washington spent
all day Monday consulting about
his story.
'Lines Crossed'
"What started as a firm con
firmation from the Air Ministry
ended up as flat denials on
both sides of the Atlantic, with
the Air Ministry telling me 'the
lines got crossed'," Thompson
said.
Chapman Pincher, defense
expert for the Express, said in
a commentary the denials fol
lowed "the standard pattern of
U. S. pressure being applied to
save face in Washington and
laces in Whitehall."
The Whitehall den-artmenis
almost always conform because
of near pathological fear of of
fending Washington and a com
pulsive desire to give into the
hidden persuaders in the Penta
gon, Pincher said.
In an editorial, the Express
said its story had raised funda
mental issues on the power and
effectiveness of Britain's nu
clear force and "the vulner
ability of her greatest ally."
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WANTS JOB Robert S.
Kerr Jr., 36, says he will
seek election in 1964 to
the U.S. Senate seat of
his father who died Jan.
1. J. Howard Edmondson
resigned as Oklahoma
governor to fill the Sen
ate vacancy until the next
general election. .' :
Chinese Say
India Wants
Border Fight
TOKYO (UPD Communist
China Tuesday announced a
'positive response" to neutralist
proposals for mediating the
Sino-Indian border dispute, but
accused India of wanting to
fight.
The offical New China News
Agency broadcast communiques
which the Peking regime signed
Monday with Indonesia and Cey
lon as representatives of the
Colombo Conference of Afro
Asian Nations.
"The Chinese government
gave a positive response to the
proposals of the Colombo Con
ference," the communiques said.
The statement added that it
was "agreed that in the interests
of Afro-Asian solidarity it was
imperative that a solution to the
Sino-Indian boundary question
be found without delay in keep
ing with the spirit of the ten
principles of the Bandung Con
ference." The Bandung Conference in
1955 called for policies of non
aggression and non-intervention
in affairs of other states.
Tuesday's Red Chinese news
papers said India has failed to
demonstrate sincerity for peace
ful negotiations on the border
dispute. Editorials from the pa
pers were quoted by the news
agency.
The Peking People's Daily,
the Communist party news
paper, said India was only
"blustering incessantly" about
settling the dispute. It said In
dia was permitting "imperial
ism" to promote plans to make
"Asians fight Asians."
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