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Fige 2A EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Thurs., Jin. 17, 1963 T " 1171 11 IT'. jovial isjirusncnev v lsit Nikita Gets First Look At Barricade By TOM OCHILTREE Of tbe Associated Press BERLIN Soviet Premier Khrushchev Thursday visited communism's bleak and bated wall dividing Berlin and gazed thoughtfully for a moment at the American flag fluttering over nearby Checkpoint Charlie. Standing at the point where U.S. and Soviet tanks con fronted each other in the Ber lin crisis of October 1961, he waved cheerfully to people In West Berlin. The visit was Khrushchev's first look at the wall which the Communists began building Aug. 13, 1961. The premier made his excur sion to the wall at midday after hearing Wladyslaw Comulka, Po lish Communist chief, hail him as the man who saved the world from nuclear catastrophe during the Cuban crisis. Kremlin Backed . Khrushchev spent the morn ing at the East German Com munist party conference where the argument between Moscow and Peking occupies the at tention of 2,500 delegates and guests. Gomulka demanded that the Chinese Communists cease their attacks on Soviet policies and "show . greater modesty and moderation" in their dealings with Moscow. .Gomulka went right down the line to make it clear that he was backing Khrushchev with out qualification in the argu ment with Peking. He also urged that this argument be taken out of the world's gaze and be set tled by private discussions.'. With East German party chief Walter Ulbricht at his side, Khrushchev then went to the TIT 11 s vv an Im . , -v v , v v y.W y "y" y I "n k I c ' - y j K ft (AP Wlrephoto) VlSllS Nikita Khrushchev points to West Berliners during a visit Thurs- v 101 to day t0 Fj-iedrichstrasse crossing point on eastern side of the Ber- X7all linwall. In background is the wall and tank obstacles. Friedrich-. VV all strasse crossing point is near America's Checkpoint Charlie. wall. He showed no inclina tion to accept West Berlin May or- Willy Brandts suggestion that he look at the wall from West Berlin. He approached the border at the U.S. sector's Fricdrichstrasse crossing point. - Bright Sunshine Brandt, in an Interview early this month, suggested that Khrushchev get a flrst-hanc'. pic ture of the real conditions in both parts of divided Berlin. But Khrushchev made no move to cross over into the West. In bright sunshine, Khru shchev stood at the first red-and-white striped pole barring entry into East Berlin. Maj. Gen, Helmut Poppe, the East German commandant of East Berlin, stood at his side explain ing the layout of the crossing point. On the Western side, an American Army officer in steel helmet and combat equipment stood near the dividing line watching the activity in the East. A line of 10 East German bor der guard officers stopped pe- Expaiision of Rome Visit Diplomats Speculate On Kennedy Trip By JOHN M. H1GHTOWER Of tha Associated prus WASHINGTON Diplomats speculated Thursday that Presi dent Kennedy s trip to Italy might be expanded to include some other European countries. The White House announced Wednesday that Kennedy had accepted an invitation from Italian Premier Amintore Fan. fanl to visit Italy this year. The date is yet to be determined. Administration officials said that the President plans to go only to Italy and there Is no plan for him to visit anywhere else: . (,. However, Western diplomats said It would be surprising if disclosure of the visit to Rome did not bring feelers from other Airmen's Survivors File Damage Suit " NEW YORK W) A $4,775, 000 suit was filed Tuesday by survivors of 13 Air Force men killed in the collapse of a radar tower in the sea off Coney Is land two years ago. .The plaintiffs include Janice Lynne Jones, Klamath County, Ore. She seeks $475,000 for the death of her husband, Lcland II. Jones. .The contracting firms that Worked on the tower are named as defendants. Salem Lobbyists. . Pick Vice Chairman SALEM, W Stanley Church, Lake Oswego, lobbyist for the U. S. National Bank, was elect ed vice chairman of the legisla tive lobbyist Wednesday. Ho replaces Ernest Baker, Portland longshoreman who Isn't here this year. . ' William H. Hcdlund, chair man of the group, was elected earlier. European capitals for a Ken nedy stop while he is in Europe. , Principal Interest in , diplo matic quarters focused on two possibilities: 1. That Kennedy might see French President Charles de Gaulle for a discussion of the split between France and the United States as well as other North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion nations over the formation of an allied nuclear striking force. 2. That a meeting might be arranged between Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev for an infromal talk on East-West problems. It has been about a year and a half since Kennedy and Khrushchev met Kennedy went to Europe In May 1961, a few months after taking office, primarily for talks with De Gaulle. His trip was ex tended to Vienna for a meeting with Khrushchev and on the way home in early June he stopped over in London. The last president to visit Rome was Dwlght 1). Eisenhow ers who called at the Italian cap ital in December 1959, at the outset of an 11-nation tour of Europe, Asia and Africa. On that occasion Eisenhower had a 27-minutc audience with Pope John XXIII. Vatican sources speculated that Kennedy would also have an audience with the Pope while in Rome. All details of the Kennedy trip to Italy . remain to be worked out. The invitation by Fanfanl was extended on behalf of himself and Italian President Antonio Scgni. Pierre Salinger, White House press secretary, said the date for the trip- will be decided in further consultation getween the U.S. and Italian governments. Blast Shakes Long Island Communities GARDEN CITY, N.Y. Or) Liquified gas that leaked from a container stored in an alley into the basement of a one-story building exploded early Thurs day, destroyed the structure and shook residents in six Long Is land communities. The blast blew to bits a build ing bousing the plant of the Re porter of Direct Mail Advertis ing, a nationally circulated monthly publication. There were no injuries but 15 persons were evacuated for a time from a nearby apartment building. The first blast, and a series of chain explosions, men aced other buildings during most of .early morning hours. Peter Hoke, who owns the magazine firm, said the building was valued at $60,000. He said it was insured. He said a mailing list worth a quarter of a million dollars was saved. Deputy Fire Chief John Nor- cross said containers of the liquefied gas, which is heavier than air, were stored next to the building. They were used in firing heating devices that keep concrete and plaster work from freezing during construction on a medical arts center next door. One of the lOO-gallon drums apparently sprang a leak and flowed Into the basement. The accumulation was touched off when the building's oil burner fired. The first blast set off four other tanks, one of the blasts setting small fire on the roof of the medical building. It was quickly extinguished by fire men. Marines Invited WELLINGTON, New Zealand ld Seventy U. S. Marines will bo welcomed Feb. 7 for celebra tion of the 20th anniversary of the 2nd Marine Division s World War II landing In New Zealand, Defense Minister Dean J. Eyre has announced. In Caracas Art Theft Troops Search University CARACAS, Venezuela (UP Heavily armed troops and po lice scaled off Communist-infested Central University Thurs day and searched the campus for $660,000 worth of stolen art works. Aggressive students who used force to oppose the police search caused the officers to use their guns Wednesday night to disperse the angry mobs. Three rioters were wounded. Tho U.S. Embassy reported that UPIs news editor in the Caracas bureau, Anthony Val buena, had been arrested "with a group of people" inside the University while covering the search. Tip From Coed Police said the masked tom my gunners who stole five French paintings from tha Na tional Art Museum Wednesday, shooting and wounding a child in the process, had been posi tively Identified as university students. A coed at tho university had tipped Valbuena that the stolen paintings were hidden in the botanical gardens on a hill over looking the campus where teen aged terrorists often cache their arms. Judge Luis Billarte authorized police to ignore the medieval tradition of "university auton omy" in their search. - Dared Not Fire It was the second time in two years that police assigned to deal with Communist activities had raided the carnpus, but nev er before had patrolmen fired on student rioters in the univer sity grounds. The thieves entered the mu seum Wednesday, seized paint ings by Paul Gauguin. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh from an exhibit of French mod ernists, and fled in a car driven by a woman. Police said there were four persons, three young men and the one woman, in the gang that stole the paintings, but Thurs ray's newspapers placed the number at 13 youths and 2 women. Guards dared not fire on the thieves for fear of hitting one or more of the 900 school chil dren who were in the museum at the time. A schoolboy who shouted at the thieves, "I know you and I'm against you'." was shot as they fled, apparently by the woman at the wheel of the car. Police snid It was the wounded youngster who identified tha thieves. destrians crossing while Khru shchev was at. the checkpoint. The Soviet premier walked forward to the white line across Friedrichstrasse marking the border between East and West. Waves at Newsmen Standing two feet from the line Khrushchev grinned and waved cheerfully to a group of Western newsmen six feet away from him. Then Khrushchev made a ges ture with his hand, indicating it was time to go back. The group turned around and walked back into East Berlin. They disappeared behind the maze of concrete obstacles across the road designed to keep vehicles from breaking through the Communist barriers. East German officials said Khrushchev will make a trip through East Germany before the end of his present visit. The time and route were not disclosed. The congress is due to end Jan. 21. 'Greenhouse Effect' Life Forms On Planets Held Likely LOS ANGELES (UPD There Is a strong possibility of a prim itive form of life on the faraway planets of our solar system such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, a Lockheed-California Co. scientist said Thursday. "Although the outer atmos phere of these planets may reach 200 degrees below zero, the surface temperatures may be at life-support level," Rainer Berger told the nation's leading space scientists at the American Astronautical Society's annual meeting. ' 'Greenhouse Effect' He said this condition could result from a combination of a "greenhouse effect" beat held within a planet's atmosphere and heating from a warm plan et's interior. Berger said that of all the planets, Mars bad the best clim ate to sustain life and "scorch ing Venus one of the worst." "Seas of water and ammonia also may exist and prebiological reactions, such as occurred on Earth billions of years ago, could take place in the oceans of faroff planets," Berger said. These reactions, he explained, could.be ,t.,gered by organic material produced in the atmos phere by radiation or lightning, carried downward and dissolved in the seas. 'No Evidence' , "Such processes may have oc curred for the last several bil lion years and resulted in life forms," Berger said. "There is no scientific evi dence to support the thesis of intelligent life anywhere in the solar system except Earth," he said. However, he said the possi bility of intelligent life beyond the solar system, say among the six million worlds similar to ours in the Milky Way, still re mains a mystery. Twins Predicted TEHRAN, Iran Wl Empress Farah is expecting a baby in mid-March, court officials say. The weekly magazine Umid-E-Iran has predicted that the Em press would give birth to twins. The magazine said its prediction is based on the fact the Em press had a grandmother who was a twin. - Anti-Segregation Program Outlined for Use by Religions By LOUIS CASSELS Of the Untied Press InterniUoiMj CHICAGO An "action pro gram" for churches and syna gogues to combat segregation was outlined Thursday by the National Conference on Reli gion and Race. It called for prompt elimina tion of racial barriers in all religious institutions, including church-related schools, hospi tals, welfare agencies, homes for the aged and fraternal or ganizations. It also proposed that religious bodies: Help Negro families obtain homes in all white suburbs. Work for the "stabiliza tion" of changing neighbor hoods in the inner city. Invest pension and endow ment funds in projects, such as interracial housing develop ments, that will promote "equal ity of opportunity." Insist that all contracts for church construction or sup plies include a pledge of no job discrimination. Work for enactment of federal and state laws against discrimination of employment and housing. These and many other speci fic proposals for religious ac tion on racial problems emerg ed from a four-day meeting. U.S., Portugal Reach Accord on Air Bases WASHINGTON Wl The United States and Portugal have reached an understanding per mitting continued use by the, United States of important air bases in the Azores, the Defense Department said Wednesday. It will stand until a permanent agreement can be worked out. The U.S.-Portuguese agree ment expired Dec. 31 in the midst of negotiations for a new pact. 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