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rife 2A . EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Monday. Jan. 28, 1963 Iranian Voters Okay Shah's Reform Plans TEHRAN, Iran Wl Iranians approved their shah's reform program by a vote of 9,598,711 to 4,113, the government an nounced Monday. A the final tally of Satur day's referendum was made public, the shah broadcast a message thanking the nation for the "positive and definite an awer to his appeal. , "My dear nation . . . from now on we together shall turn the pages of history," he said, ?V7ith the help of God we shall make a country rivaling the most progressive in the word. The chains of bondage are broken." , 'Legal Revolution' " The shah termed his new program of social reform a "le gal revolution," which he said tiow been definitely approved without bloodshed. Iranian women voted for the first time in the referendum, but their ballots were not in cluded in the official results. Newspapers reported 271,179 women cast votes. ... Hinting that women soon .would be enfranchised, the shah laid in his radio address, "men and women of Iran will hence forth bo able to work together, shoulder-to-shoulder in social .life." : In presenting his program, the shah aligned himself with -workers and peasant against the conservative class of wealthy, feudalists landlords and religi ous leaders who long have dom inated Iran. Boycott Move Falls Landowners, businessmen, Moslem religious leaders and politicians of the National Front, once led by Mohammed F. Mossadegh, had called for a boycott of the referendum after provoking riots before the bal loting Saturday. The boycott call had little effect. About 200 followers of Mossa degh picketed the White House in Washington Sunday to pro test the referendum as "undem ocratic and unconstitutional." The shah called the referen dum to get approval of these six laws: A land reform program which thus far has distributed more than 2 million acres of farmland among 52,112 families. Sale of government-owned factories to finance the land program. A new election law aimed 0 Alt '? I I - 1 O . 7-4 II C Awi tan i .'WV.'....,,", U ftaW (AP Wlrephoto) The Shah of Iran climbs onto a table to Vnfp address a public meeting at Qum, a " WIC town south of Tehran, in support of his a i land reform program. Returns Sunday PPeal and Monday indicated Iranians had overwhelmingly backed his program. at preventing rigged elections. Nationalization of forests. A teachers corps of 50,000 to work in rural areas where the illiteracy rale is still 80 per cent. A plan to give workers 20 per cent of the not profits of factories. State-owned industries are exempt but their workers have been given promised bo nuses equal to the largest shares given workers in private plants. Beer Substitute Stout NAIROBI, Kenya Ifi De prived of their beer by a brew ery workers' strike, Africans are turning to a heady coconut wine called tcmbo. The hang over crop is large and the Kwalo District on the Kenya Coast plans to restrict tembo drinking to the hours between 4 and 9 p.m. Team to Explain Reserve Program An Air Force Reserve team from the 313th Troop Carrier Squadron at Portland Air Base will be in Eugene Thursday to explain active reserve openings available under a new Air Force program. A nationwide reorganization of Air Force Troop Carrier Wings is creating new openings, according to Capt. H. P. Plehn, who will be with the team at Eugene Air Reserve headquar ters, 37 W. 13th Ave. The team will be at the headquarters from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thurs day. Pilots and navigators are par ticularly wanted by the 313th, but non-rated personnel open ings also exist, according to Plehn. Winter's Toll Over 400 In Europe Fresh Snow Cover Southeast Regions LONDON Oft Winter's fury continued to lash southeastern Europe Monday, but elsewhere milder weather brought some re lief. However, freezing tempera tures at night turned partly thawed snow Into Ice and made highways more hazardous again. The latest unofficial toll of deaths attributed to the arctic weather rose to more than 400. Fresh snow was reported In central Greece, along Italy's Adriatic coast and as far south as Bari, and all across Hungary. Seven inches of snow were re ported in cities along Italy's northeast coast. Lake Traimeno, south of Florence, froze over for the second time this century. Supplies Parachuted The Greek air force para chuted medical supplies, food and fodder for livestock to sev eral mountain villages in Mace donia, isolated by snow for a week. Hungarian authorities report ed nearly 29 million cubic yards of snow have fallen on Budapest twice the normal average. Northern and northeastern winds piled up snow drifts over most of Hungary, blocking many highways. Milan and Rome were sunny but temperatures still ranged down to 24 degrees. The thaw returned to The Netherlands with the tempera ture expected to reach 37. Milder weather continued In Germany, but the overnight low was 23 degrees. Ice still blocked the Rhine and other rivers. Freezing In Parti Temperatures also moderated throughout most of France. In Paris, however, it was still around freezing point. Snow ceased falling in Austria and the temperatures, ranging from 19 to 26, dropped again. Alpine regions reported a dan ger of avalanches. The disastrous situation creat ed by heavy weekend snow in East Germany appeared to have improved slightly. East German ADN news agency reported all major railroad lines open again and smaller lines being cleared. 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The best U.S. intelligence guess, Rusk said in a radio and television interview, is that there are no nuclear warheads in Cuba. He added, "We have had some indication from the Soviet Union" that at least por tions of the combat forces and missiles "will be removed In due course." Rusk gave no hint that there is any U.S. deadline for Soviet troop removal from Cuba. He said there has been some "out traffic" in recent weeks and de clared: "It must be our policy that penetration of this hemis phere by a Communist regime from outside is unacceptable to this hemisphere." MIG fighters have been enter ing Cubi for many months, Rusk said. He also confirmed reports that Soviet pilots are training Cubans to fly them. Commenting on the Soviet combat groups on the Island, Rusk described them as "rela tively small" but, nonetheless, "a matter of some real con cern." Several Congress members, primarily Republicans, contend Soviet military power in Cuba is increasing dangerously. The situation was the subject of a Senate inquiry last week and another Senate probe will be held shortly. Rusk was to testify Monday on Soviet military activity in Cuba before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Over the weekend an intelli gence summary circulated among top U.S. officials report ed that since last fall's crisis only one Soviet ship has put in at a Cuban port with a "signifi cant amount" on military equip ment. The summary left little doubt that the Soviet Union has as sembled very heavy conven tional fire-power in Cuba, but maintained the buildup was achieved between July and October. Red Papers Merge ROME Iff) Rome had one less newspaper Monday. Two pro-Communist dailies, the morning IL Paese and the afternoon Paese-Sera, merged. Double Explosion Shatters Windows NEW YORK (DPD A double explosion Sunday night shat tered some 40 windows and tore loose paving stones in the Washington Market area of downtown Manhattan. 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