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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1957
No. 213
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Searchers
11 (Bodies
Amonate, Va. w Coal min
ers groping through rubble and
poisonous fumes 500 feet under
ground found the bodies of 11
fellow workers at dawn Satur
day 13 hours after gas explo-
Transit Workers
Hold Strike Uote
Over II.Y. Tie Up
New York V The threat of
New Year's eve transportation
paralysis in New York sharpen
ed Saturday with an announce
ment by transit labor boss Mic
hael J. Quill that he saw "little
hope" of fjeverting a subway
bus strike over wage demands.
Quill, fiery president of the
AFL-CIO transit workers union,
led his union in bargaining ses
sions Friday and .Saturday that
resulted in two different wage
offers and two sharp rejections.
Quill said that 32,000 workers
would b authorixed to take a
strike vote today. He has set a
strike deadline of midnight Tues
day the moment the new year
begins.
The first offer rejected by the
union called for wage increases
of eight cents an hour now and
five cents in a year. The second
spurned offer called for 10 cents
the first year and eight cents
the second. c
The two-hour negotiating-ses-sion
Saturday afternoon was de
scribed as friendly. Both sides
were said to be bargaining in
good faith. They agreed to meet
again Monday.
Quill went into the negotiating
session after meeting with the
45-rftan executive board of his
union's Local 1 00. The meeting
1 broke up with Quill renewing his
threat of a New Year's eve
strike.
Quill also disclosed that 140
bus drivers in the local have
voted to strike against the Yonk
, rtF9) Railroad company, which op
(f'.i feeder bus lines from sub-
rfN terminals in the Bronx to
.SVtjwbtn Yonkers.
H9 aifl the transit authority,
jrtoicfl operates the 228-mile city
oftrnttt Subway system, Friday
offfrS a two-year contract with
fan iht-cent raise y?e first year
wpi& fivf-cents the second.
Uiltonian Idealism
Deeded by Nominee
Rialto, Calif. (IP) Paul Zif
fren, California's democratic na
tional committeeman, said Sat
urday night the 1960 democratic
nominee for president must com
bine Wilsoniart idealism with
realism.
Speaking before the Wilsonian
club of San Bernardino county
at its 37th annual Wilsonian
banquet, Ziffren said the party
needs the quality of leadership
"which inspired our nation in
the memorable days of Woodrow
Wilson and his distinguished
disciple, Franklin Delano Roose
velt. "There never were more ex
citing things to speak up for and
to stand for than there are to
day. We only need to feel the
'tingle of leadership' and the
bold spirit of adventure symbol
ized by Woodrow Wilson-"
Sports Bulletins
Central Point Torrid shoot
ing Coquille high overrun the
Crater Comet cage qunit 67
lo 42 here last night. The Red
Dtrvils had quarterly margins
of 19 lo 9. 37 to 20 and 52 lo
29. Jim Jarvis scored 18 points
to yace the victors.
Jledford high cagers nudged
4atori 53 to 49 in overtime
here lsjst , night. Score at the
ef regular playing time
M 4lach. Bilbee Lane ial-
field goal and Tom
BtcaUa f. free toss in the extra
GtoMlea. Araoll Curtis, Astoria,
-waft lif It point man with 21.
feet It. The visiting Fish-
led 19 lo 7 at the quart
er tl at lo 23 at halflime
n4 Medford was on lop 40 lo
3t three periods.
COLLtGE
n Joe 71. Arizona St. 52
Sn Francisco 60. Oklahoma
City 45
California 60. Dayton 55. ov
ertime Wichita 63. Los Angeles St. 61
Temple 91. Seattle 73
Willamette 67. Cal Aggies 38
Washington 66, Yale 51
UCLA 98. Ohio Stale 78
San Diego 60, Redlands 50
PREP
Coquille 67, Crater 42
Medford 52. Astoria 49 (ov
ertime) Oregon state 65. Utah 63
Uncover
Dn Mine
sion in a mountain coal mine.
Fourteen other miners, trap
ped for six hours after the
muffled explosion in Amonate
Mine No. 31 of the Pocahontas
Fuel co., protected themselves
from poisonous gas by stretch
ing canvas over shaft openings.
They walked out unscratched
when rescue workers reached
them about 1 a.m.
The 11 victims, fathers of 33
children, were killed by flash
burns and concussion.
Bodies of the victims were
brought up in shuttle cars, warp
ped in canvas, and loaded on
makeshift tables in a machine
shop at an entrance on the West
Virginia side of the mine which
spans the Virginia-West Virginia
border near Bluefield in rugged
mountain country.
A hushed crowd of about 75
persons, most of them families
of the dead men, made the final
identification.
The muffled explosion oc
curred so far underground it
was not detected on the surface
until gauges showed a ventila
tion failure. Elbert Sparks, one
of the survivors, who was work
ing about two and one-half miles
from the' blast scene, said it
"kicked up a lot of dust and
there was a loud report."
About 175 miners, far from
the explosion, fled to safety in
an elevator. Woodrow Evans,
foreman of the 14-man group
that was trapped for six hours,
said the men remained calm
and "some even ate their
lunch."
W. A. Fullerton, special assist
ant to the president of Pocahon
tas Fuel co., said between 200
and 215 men were working in
the mine at the time but seven
of those who died were under
notice of a layoff beginning
Monday. Notice had been given
500 miners in the area that they
would be laid off because of fall
ing' coal prices.
The mine is only 10 miles
from another Pocahontas mine
at Bishop, Va., where 37 died in
a similar explosion last Febru
ary. The worst disaster in U.S.
ccal mining history was the
death of 119 miners at Frank
fort, HI.. Dec. 21, 19.
Fleeing Gunman
Requires Insulin
- Charlotte, N.C. OP) Two
gunmen fleeing from a double
killing in Washington may try
to contact a "friend or relative"
in this area, the FBI said Sat
urday. Officers said one is a
diabetic who may be short of
insulin.
Henry Clay Overton, 44, and
Wayne Carpenter, 22, command
eered a car in Washington after
killing a nightclub owner and a
hillbilly musician. The FBI said
Overton is a diabetic of "t h e
worst type" who must have 15
units of insulin daily. But he
left Washington without his in
sulin supply or his hypodermic
needle.
Washington police said the
men, apparently enraged over a
$20 bill for whisky at the Jo
Del restaurant on 95th street in
the capital, shot and killed res
taurant owner George P. Kaldes,
33, and hillbilly vocalist Ken
neth Harlan Fisher, 38.
The killers then forced their
way into a parked car occupied
by Doris Mattingly, 19, and Pfc.
Larry Monteith, 21. Miss Mat
tingly was released unharmed in
Richmond, Va., , and Montieith
was locked in the trunk of his
car near Alberta, Va. They ap
parently commandeered anoth
er car driven by a Negro wom
an, Mrs. Arsonia G. Allman of
Richmond, and released her at
Cheraw, S.C.
Chiles said Carpenter has rel
atives in Rock Hill and officers
felt he would try to contact a
relative here. He said Overton
could be expected to try to ob
tain a supply of insulin.
Security Clamp
Said Long Planned
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP!
The failure of the satellite-carrying
Vanguard rocket had
"nothing at all" to do with the
tightening security at this laun
ching center, the Air Force said
Saturday.
Lt. Col. Sam Bruno. Air Force
test center security officer, said
the curtain would have been
lowered around this hub of the
nation's guided missile develop
ment program "whether Van
guard went or not."
After the Vanguard exploded
last Dec. 6 in the nation's first
attempt to launch a satellite,
signs appeared near the north
and south ends of the cape pro
hibiting cameras, photographic
equipment and binoculars.
Pace Stepped Up
By British Team
In Antarctic Race
Goal 250 Miles Away
For New Zealanders
Auckland, New Zealand (W
A British expedition Saturday
stepped up its pace across
"most treacherous" soft snow of
a virtually unchartered Antarc
tic wasteland in an effort to
beat a New Zealand team to the
South Pole.
There was little doubt that
the New Zealanders under Sir
Edmund Hillary, the conqueror
of Mount Everest, would reach
the pole first. The odds were
too great for Britain's Dr. Viv
ian Fuchs and his 10 compan
ions. But he cabled the London
headquarters of the common
wealth trans-Antarctic expedi
tion that he had ordered "step
ped up daily runs" with less
time spent on scientific study.
Fuchs reported he planned to
abandon his eight Sno-Cat trac
tors one by one at set points to
conserve his dwindling supply
of fuel.
Fuchs cabled that he and his
men have developed an "almost
incessant feeling of frustration"
crossing "probably the most
treacherous route over which
vehicles have traveled in the
polar regions."
Within 500 Miles
Fuchs and his men were with
in 500 miles of their goal mov
ing through soft snow and over
hidden crevasses with generally
poor visibility.
Hillary, shooting "hell bent
for the South Pole," was be
lieved less than 250 miles from
the goal.
Regardless of which party gets
there first, both are engaged in
an overall effort to trek across
2,000 miles of the frozen con
tinent. The two groups will
team at the pole and continue
on to the coast in a different
race, against the elements. .They
must complete the dangerous
crossing by March, before the
Polar winter sets in. At the Pole
both teams will rest at a base
established by an American ex
pedition which flew in.
Fuchs and his 10 men have
covered 350 miles from Shackle
ton bay.
Hillary and three other men,
using three Sno-Cats, trekked
from the Ross sea to a point 400
miles from the pole over terrain
that was considerably less diffi
cult than that which the Fuchs
group had to cope with. Hillary
was scheduled to wait at the
400-mile point, but decided three
days ago to make a dash for the
pole. .
Officials still denied the two
groups are racing. But both Hil
lary and Fuchs themselves in
their cables indicated that they
know it was a race.
Meeting Scheduled
On Highway Action
The Medford city council will
consider action on the Highway
99 freeway with the state high
way commission at a special
meeting at 4 p.m. Monday in the
council chambers, City Manager
Robert Duff has announced.
The city sought several modi
fications in interchanges and ac
cess roads along the proposed
freeway, which is planned along
the Bear creek-Hawthorne park
route through Medford.
Annual Christmas Bird Count Taken
By Birdwatchers of Medford Area
A group of a dozen bird
watchers from Medford and vi
cinity took the annual Christ
mas bird count Friday, in spite
of early snow and later continu
ous rain.
They counted 62 species and
about 4,467 individuals. The
number of species is eight more
than last year and constitutes
a new record for the present
series of bird counts. The num
ber of individuals is much less
than last year because the robin
and starling roost just north of
Phcenix where great numbers
were seen last year was not in
cluded in the area of this year's
count.
The area of this year's count
was a 15-mile diameter circle
centering just south of White
City. It included an area stretch
ing from Medlord to Eagle
Point, Old Military rd. to Roxy
Ann, and Gold Ray dam to the
Gardiner reservoir on Yankee
creek. Most of the roads in this
area were traversed by the four
parties travelling by car and
Secret Session Set
On Arms Race Status
Washington HP! The House
Armed Services committee soon
will call defense chiefs in closed
session' and demand the full,
secret story of where the Unit
ed States stands in the arms race
with Russia.
House investigators disclosed
plans for the new round of Con
gressional hearings Saturday.
Soviet Party
Will Streamline
With Old Pros
Moscow (IP) Nikita S.
Khrushchev is bringing old and
trusted comrades of former days
into the top party leadership to
streamline the organization and
increase its efficiency, informed
sources said Saturday.
They said the party secre
tary's old friends were being
brought to the Kremlin from
provincial jobs to take top plac
es in the all-powerful party pre
sidium and the secretariat of
the party Central Committee.
The turnover in the party
leadership as been considerable
during the last year. Such fam
ed Kremlin officials as Georgi
Zhukov, Vyacheslav, Molotov,
Dmitri T. Shepilov,- Lazar Kag
anovitch and Georgi Malenkov
have been dropped.
With few exceptions Pre
mier Nikolai A. Bulganin and
Trade Chief Anastas Mikoyan
among them the presidium
now consists of profsesional par
ty officials.
Khrushchev has brought skill
ed and devoted Communist as
sociates into the party hier
archy. Mrs. Ekaterina Furtseva, only
woman member of the presid
ium, last week was removed
from her position on the local
Moscow party committee to con
centrate on her work as secre
tary to the National Party's cen
tral committee.
Sources said she apparently
found it impossible to carry, on
her national work and do a
regional job at the same time.
Another old-line party mem
ber brought closer to the Krem
lin was Frol Kozlov, the new
premier of the Russian Repub
lic, the "mother" state in the 15
republics making up the U.S.S.R.
Unlike his predecessor,- civ
il servant Mikhail Yasnov, who
now is his deputy, Kozlov is a
professional party official. To
take up his new job in Moscow
he had to give up his position as
head of the party in Leningrad.
Moonshine Charge
Faces Eugene Man
Eugene, Ore. OP) Lane
county deputiesa nd federal rev
enue agents arrested a 44-year-old
Veneta resident, Gilbert
Strasen, Saturday afternoon on
charges of operating a moon
shine still in his home.
Strasen, a mill worker, was
taken into custody as he worked
at a Veneta lumber mill. Offic
ers said they found a still and
about 30 gallons of mash locked
in a back room of Strasen's
home on Bolton rd.
He was booked on a charge of
illegal possession of liquor mash
and held here in Lane county
jail.
The still, mash and a quantity
of the finished liquor was con
fiscated, along with a pickup
truck believed to have been
used in the operation.
making many side jaunts on
foot.
No Rare Species Found
No especialy rare or unusual
birds were found although there
were several not noted in other
years. The species found in larg
est numbers were Brewer's
blackbird, 989, and Oregon jun
co. 738.
The complete list of birds
seen fs Great blue heron, 3;
Black-crowned night heron, 7;
mallard, 352; American widge
on, 2; pintail, 4; ring - necked
duck, 14: lesser s-aup: 6; buffle
head, 1; ruddy duck, 32; Ameri
can merganser, 7; red - tailed
hawk, 12; ferruginous hawk, 1;
sparrow hawk, 18; California
quail, 269; mountain quail, 9:
ring - necked pheasant, 91;
American coot, 209; killdeer,
44; Wilson's snipe, 7; mourning
dove, 325; burrowing owl, 4;
belted kingfisher, 5; red-shafted
flicker, 79; acorn woodpecker,
27; Lewis's woodpecker, 3; yellow-bellied
sapsucker, 2; downy
woodpecker, 3; horned lark, 12;
Steller's jay, 2; scrub jay, 45;
They said the first administra
tion witnesses will be called
Jan. 10, three days after Con
gress reconvenes.
The inquiry probably will last
several weeks. It will overlap
discussion of President Eisen
hower's new defense budget as
well as the administration's an
ticipated request for one billion
dollars to speed missile and air
force development in the next
six months.
Secret Hearings Planned
, The House hearings will dif
fer in one major respect from
those conducted recently by the
Senate Preparedness subcommit
tee headed by Sen. Lyndon B.
Johnson (D-Tex.). Johnson's
hearings were public. The 37
member House committee head
ed by Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.),
plans to meet behind closed
doors "from beginning to end,"
a committee source said.
It is not yet certain what ar
rangements, if any, will be made
to keep the public posted on
testimony which does not wan
der too deep into secret infor
mation. Meeting Scope Given
Committee sources said the re
view will cover:
1. The status of missile pro
grams particularly the 5,000
mile Atlas and Titan and the
1,500-mile Thor, Jupiter and Po
laris. 2. All other facets of defense,
ranging . from the Pentagon's
structure to the roles and mis
sions of the Armed Forces.
A key controversy to be air
ed is whether there should be
changes in the make-up and the
functions of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. '
This four-man group consists
of the chief of staff of each ser
vice and a chairman drawn from
one of them. Currently, the
chairman is Air Force Gen. Na
than F. Twining.
The joint chiefs system has
come under fire from' several
quarters lately. Lt. Gen. James
M.- Gavin, Army research chief,
told the Johnson subcommittee
that the civilian defense secre
tary isn't getting 1e fight kind
of advice from 'the military
chiefs.
Four Billion Given
In Aid to Far East
Washington (IP) The Interna
tional Cooperation administra
tion reported Saturday that the
United States has put up more
than four billion dollars in eco
nomic and technical aid for far
east nations in the past six years.
The agency said the high pro
portion of aid for far east na
tions demonstrates American ef
forts to strengthen Asian coun
tries that "are still threatened
by a renewal of communist ag
gression and are targets of sig
nificant communist efforts at in
ternal subversion."
During the fiscal year ended
last June 30 the biggest chunk
of non-military aid for the far
east went to South Korea. It re
ceived $305,664,000 (M). Viet
nam got $259,438,000 (M).
The other far east recipients
were Nationalist China $83,749,
000 (M), Laos $44,458,000 (M),
Thailand $34,500,000 (M), Cam
bodia $34,480,000 (M), Philip
pines $33,908,000 (M), Indonesia
$11,718,000 (M) and Japan $2,
297,000 (M).
Los Angeles (IP) North
American Aviation Inc. an
nounced today that it has order
ed cost of living wage increases
for more than 50,000 employes
in January.
black - capped chickadee, ' 2;
plain titmouse, 4; white breat
ed nuthatch, 6; brown creeper,
3; Bewick's wren, 1; long billed
marsh wren, 1; robin, 335; var
ied thrush, 18; hermit thrush.
3; western bluebird, 119; ruby
crowned kinglet, 1; water pipit,
21; cedar waxwing, 12; logger
head shrike, 1; common starling
240; Audubon's warbler, 5;
house sparrow, 78; western
meadowlark, 287; red - winged
blackbird, 171; tri-colored black
bird, 6; Brewer's blackbird,
989; borwn-headed cowbird, 19;
purple finch, 3; house fincn, 9:
lesser goldfinch, 36; spotted
towhee, 30; brown towhee, 18;
savannah sparrow, 13; Oregon
junco, 738; white-crowned spar
row, 79; golden-crowned spar
row, 236; song sparrow, 12.
Those participating were Mrs.
Howard Bush, Ralph Browing,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs J. H. Hicks,
Betty Jo Hicks, Mrs. V. A. Tur-
pin. Tom Turpin. Mrs. Robert
Hubbard, Miss Mabel Moore,
the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Mc
Camant and Dr. John Reynolds,
Report of U.S. Weakness
Denied By Administration,
Press Secretary States
"Boy, These New Cars Will Do Anything"
Missile Base Ruling
Requested At Meeting
Cairo (IP) Delegates to the
unofficial 39-nation Afro-Asian
solidarity conference Saturday
demanded a ban on missile and
atomic bases on foreign soiL
The proposal criticized the re
cent NATO summit conference
and United States plans to arm
Western Europe with Ballistic
missiles.
It was made by the confer
ence's disarmament committee,
which then overrode Lebanese
objections to appoint Russia to a
five-nation committee to draft a
final disarmament resolution.
Disarmament chairman Kaoru
Uasui of Japan said the group
also called for the unconditional
and immediate end to all nuclear
tests and the destruction of exist
ing nuclear stock piles.
He said the ban on missile
bases was demanded because of
the "alarming proposals put for
ward at the Paris NATO meet
ing earlier this month."
Refers to Agreement
He referred to the 'NATO
agreement in principle on the
construction of American inter
mediate ballistic missile bases in
Western Europe.
Uasui said a five-nation board,
including 'delegates from Egypt,
India, Iraq, Japan and Russia,
was created to write the final
draft resolution. He said Le
banon objected to the Soviet
Union's presence on the board
because it is not neutral in the
cold war and is a producer of
nuclear weapons.
The committee, overrode the
objections after the Russians
said, "The Soviets use the atom
for peaceful uses only."
The Soviet delegation's dra
matic offer Friday to provide
unlimited economic aid on a
"brother to brother" basis
seemed to lose some of its glam
or following overnight consid
eration by the other delegations.
India's Anup Singh, one of
Nations Rush Aid
To Flooded Ceylon
Colombo, Ceylon (IP) Na
tions around the world rushed
aid to Ceylon Saturday to com
bat flood and landslide disasters
that have taken more than 300
lives. -
Police said 300,000 persons
had been forced from their
homes by rising river waters in
central and northern Ceylon and
that 50,000 homes had been
washed away.
The Singapore and Malayan
governments announced Satur
day they each were sending 10,
000 Malayan dollars for flood
victims. India already has sent
four planes tto help in rescue
work and Israel has shipped
medical and other supplies to
the Ceylonese government.
Russian ambassador to Cey
lon Vladimir Yakovlev told
Prime Minister Solomon Ban-
daranaike that the Soviet union
was ready to give any help
needed.
Similar offers were made by
the United States, Britain, and
Canada.
-"EK.i-o.t
MDMUUMtMllWI
the conference's main organiz
ers, said, "it was a forceful pre
sentation . . .. but I think it
would have been better without
an attack on United States aid."
The proposals, he said, "seem
to contain some new elements,
but they are largely a .reitera
tion of the old stand." ' .
Water Districts
Set Ballot Date
Absentee ballots for the Rogue
River Valley and Medford Irri
gation districts' special election
Jan. 14 must be in the irrigation
district " offices no ' later than
Jan. 6, district officials have an
nounced. The election is to authorize
the costs to the difricts in tak
ing full advantage of the Talent
project.
Work includes rehabilitation
of large areas of the RRVID
distribution system and enlarge
ment of the canal and lateral
systems in the MID. Approval
of sums to pay the two districts'
share of the Talent project costs
also will be sought, which will
guarantee to the districts large
additional water storage sup
plies.
The total sum involved is $1,
544.500, to be divided between
the two districts.
If the proposed contract is
approved at the Jan. 14 election,
costs to water users of the two
districts would not increase im
mediately, according to the two
district managers, Jack Hoff
buhr of the MID, and Harold
Sexton of the RRVID.
Rome Embassy
Jewelry Removed
Rome (IP) Jewelry valued at
$30,000 has been stolen from a
case in the dressing room of the
U.S. ambassador's wife in the
well-guarded American embassy
here, officials revealed Satur
day. ,
Embassy spokesman said the
personal maid of Mrs. James D.
Zellerbach discovered the jew
elry missing 10 days ago and
Italian police and embassy se
curity officers were immediate
ly called in. The gems apparent
ly were stolen during the night
of Dec. 18.
All 15 members of the Zel
lerbach household staff were
questioned. Suspected jewel
thieves and Lnown fences were
called into police headquarters
for interrogation.
The embassy, known as the
Villa Taverna, has a high wall
around it and has a U.S. Marine
Corps guard and security system
commensurate with its size and
diplomatic ranking. Tommy-gun
toting Italian federal police also
guard the rambling villa and its
cypress-studded garden.
Lennox, Calif. HP) A 13-year-old
boy was fatally wounded
Saturday when his best friend
accidently dropped a rifle and
it discharged, sheriff's deputies
report.
Printed Stories
Citing Report
Claimed Untrue
Accounts' Main Thenp
Not Denied By Hagerty
Gettysburg, Pa. OP) The
White House denied Saturday
that the United States "at this
time" is militarily weak com
pared with Russia.
Press Secretary James C. o
Hagerty made the statement in
raising slightly the curtain of
secrecy around the so-calle9.
"Gaither Report" on the future
of the arms race.
"Stories that have been print
ed which indicate the United
Washington (IP) - The
Atomic Energy commission an
nounced Saturday night that
Russia Saturday fired an
atomic bomb.
The AEC said the nuclear
shot wai fired "at the usual
Soviet test site in Siberia."
The American agency made
the announcement in a brief
two-sentence statement relay
ed to news agencies.
The nuclear explosion Sat
urday means the Russians are
continuing their nuclear weap
ons tests, according to the
AEC.
The AEC gave no indication
of the power or the nature of
the test shot.
It also did not reveal the
source of its intelligence thai
the Russians had fired the
shot Saturday. This country, it
is known however, has sta
tions ringing the communist
world to pick up radiation and
fallout clues of Russia's tests.
States is in a position of weak
ness at this time are not true,"
Hagerty said. "They are not in
the (Gaither) report and are
completely contrary to the re
port." He indicated that President
Eisenhower is particularly con
cerned about published accounts
of the still secret report which
suggested the United States al
ready is in a woefully weak
world power position.
Hagerty did not specifically
deny the main theme of the ac
counts "leaked" to several news
papers last week: That the Eisenhower-appointed
Gaither
committee called for tremen
dous increases in spending on
defense, civil defense shelters
and foreign aid to avoid the
"catastrophe" of Soviet nuclear
rocket dictation.
He made three points:
. The Gaither report has
been misrepresented in stories
suggesting that it describes the
United States as in immediate
peril.
"The president will give in
his state of the union message
(to congress Jan. 9) his estimate
of the military posture of our
country as it is now and what
has to be done in the future to
continue that strength." Q
"As far as I know there is
no factual information in the
been available to the commit
tees of congress, particularly the
Johnson committee. This refer--red
to reports that the senate
preparedness subcommi ttee,
which has been investigating the
U.S.-Russian arms balance, was
denied a copy of the Gaither
committee's findings and rec
ommendations. The subcommittee is headed
by senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, .
who, since the hearings, has is
sued repeated warnings about
the United States military po
sition. WEATHER
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day with increasing cloudiness
tonight, Monday cloudy with
rain in the valley and snow
above 3.000 feet, high today
4fi. low tonight 32, high Mon
day 42.
TEMP.
Richest Yesterday 52
Lowest this Morning 36
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To 10 p.m. Yesterday .2
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Sunset 4:47 P-m.
Moonset Mondy 1:30 ajn.
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Jupiter, in the south
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Mars, low in south east 6:38 p.m.
Saturn, rises 6:40 a-m.
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