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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
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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.
Auction Company
Sued for $5,536
ONTARIO Wl Lloyd Camp
bell, Vale, wants $5,536 because
a 700-pound steer jumped into
his lap at a Vale Livestock Auc
tion Co. yard last August.
Campbell claims in a suit filed
Tuesday that he will suffer per
manent physical pain because
of the incident.
The suit was filed against the
auction company.
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