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THEATS NO WORRY Despite threats of disinheritance,
Gamble Benedict, 18, heiress to typewriter millions, and
her 35-year-old beau, Andre Porumbeanu, wear jubilant ex
pressions at the home of a friend in Paris. Gamble, who be
came the object of an international search when she eloped
from New York City with Porumbeanu, said they plan to
wed as soon as he gets a divorce from his wife. (Photo copy
right 1960 by News Syndicate Co. Inc.) (UPI Telephoto)
Crisis Atmosphere
Persists in France
Pans tlPD- The govern
ment of President Charles de
Gaulle was faced today with
its worst political crisis over
the firing of Finance Minister
Antoine Pinay.
The ostensibly "friendly"
parting Wednesday of de
Gaulle and the minister who
worked with him for 19
months to guide France back
to economic stability threat
ened to unleash powerful poli
tical forces that could tear the
de Gaulle cabinet asunder.
Won't Lead Revolt
Pinay publicly disavowed
any intention to lead a con
servative revolt against the
policies of de Gaulle but poli
tical observers believed he
would eventually find him
self, perhaps unwillingly, at
the head of the growing of
fense against de Gaulle
launched by rightwingers.
Such opposition could lead
to a disastrous split in the par-
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'Orbital H-Bomb'
Said Possible To
Launch at Will
Washington -fllPD- Nuclear
scientist Ralph E. Lapp said
today the Russians may be
working on an "orbital
H-bomb" which could be sta
tioned in space and-launched
or recalled at will.
"A recallable bomb in or
bit around the earth would
have tremendous impact upon
the world as a psychological
terror weapon ," Lapp said.
Lapp, who worked in the
U.S. atomic bomb project
during World War II, also
suggested that the Russians
may have developed a long
range missile of super-power
and super accuracy capable of
delivering a 100-megaton war
head on - targets continents
away.
A 100-megaton warhead
would have the explosive vi
olence of 100 million tons of
TNT. The A-bomb which de
stroyed Hiroshima was a 20,-
000-ton weapon.
Would Obey Commands
Lapp, now a writer on nu
clear affairs, made these sug
gestions in commenting on a
statement by Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev that Rus
sia is working on a "fantastic
weapon" of "incredible"
power.
Some scientists have dis
counted the likelihood of de
veloping satellite bombs on
grounds that it would be ex
tremely difficult to pull them
out of orbit and aim them ef
fectively at a target in earth.
But a technical report pub
lished by the House Space
Committee last year said such
a bombing system is feasible.
It made the point that a sat
ellite bomb could be launched
into orbit in times of peace
and then hurled at an enemy
by command signals from the
ground whenever its masters
wished.
Lapp agreed that such a
bomb, recallable on demand,
would require "highly sophis
ticated guidance. And from
a strictly military standpoint,
he said, it might not be the
best of all possible weapons.
But as a terror weapon, lie
said an H-bomb circling the
world at an altitude of some
300 miles would have a vast
effect upon the minds and
emotions of mankind whether
or not it was ever used.
Could Scorch Earth
"And," Lapp told United
Press International, "Khru
shchev is quite knowledgeable
about the psychological im
pact of what he says and
does."
The 100-megaton missile
warhead also would be an ef
fective "terror weapon." A
dozen dirty bombs of that
size, Lapp said, would deposit
enough radioactive fallout to
"take out" all of the United
States east of the Mississippi.
One 100-megatonner could
destroy every home in New
York City with its blast alone.
A dozen, particularly if deto
nated at high altitude-might
start conflagrations
that would devastate half, a
continent.
'It would be truly a
scorched-earth weapon," Lapp
said. .
The only American inter
continental ballistic missile
said to be ready for use is the
Atlas. This missile, with its
360,000 pounds of thrust, is
capable of delivering no more
than five megatons of de
struction. Lapp noted that the Rus
sians developed big booster
rockets years before this
country and may well be
progressing now from hun
dreds of thousands to millions
of pounds of thrust.
The Russians also may have
developed their ICBM arms,
a point which, Lapp said,
could make all permanent
U. S. missile bomber bases
highly vulnerable.
liamentary majority needed
by Premier Michel Debre,
whose clashes with Pinay led
to the finance minister's de
cision Wednesday to step
down rather than accept an
other cabinet post offered him
by de Gaulle. v
Dissolution Seen
Political leaders such as
Felix Gaillard of the middle
road radical party predicted
that when Parliament recon
venes in April Debre will be
voted out and Parliament dis
solved. Sinec Parliament was not
slated to meet again until Ap
ril, the de Gaulle government
had time to mend its political
fences. But a "crisis" atmos
phere persisted in the French
capital.
RAIL BRIDGES
Chicago There are more
than 191,000 railroad bridges
in the U.S. and if they were
placed end to end, they would
extend almost 4,000 miles.
W'- se Jit V
LEWIS QUITS John L.
Lewis, top photo, bowed out
today as president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers. Lewis, 80,
has headed the union for 40
years. Thomas Kennedy, low
er photo, UMW vice president
automatically succeeds, Lewis
to the job. (UPI Telephoto)
Aftershocks
Continue To Rock
Arequipa, Peru
Arequipa, Peru - (UPD - A
shattering earthquake the
worst . disaster in the history
of this second largest city of
Peru killed at least 38 per
sons Wednesday and injured
more than 200, it was report
ed today.
Aftershocks continued
through the night, and thous
ands of persons slept in the
open for fear that another
major quake might shake
down their homes.
President Manuel Prado,
U. S. Ambassador Theodore
Achilles and other American
and Peruvian officials were
flying here today to assess the
extent of damage..
Airlift Aid
An emergency airlift
brought doctors, nurses, food
and essential medicmes for
quake victims. Help also was
on the way from Bolivia.
Local authorities proclaim
ed a state of emergency in
Arequipa and surrounding
areas shortly after the first
shock rocked the city at 10:40
a.m., destroying or damaging
an estimated 80 per cent of
its homes.
The temblor wrecked the
Roman Catholic church at
Santo Domingo, the Goye
neche Hospital, the Gibson
bank and the public works
building. Many other public
buildings were destroyed or
damaged.
Without Power .
The Tiahaya district was
reported "completely destroy
ed." The city was without elec
tric light or power Wednesday
night and drinking water was
rationed.
Although Arequipa, with a
population of 130,000, was the
largest city hard hit by the
quake, it was felt in scores of
other communities in Peru,
Chile and Bolivia. Telephone
lines were down in many
areas, delaying reports of
death or damage.
The shock here was worse
than that which hit the city
on Jan. 15, 1958, killing 21
persons and injuring 90.
FOREST GRANTS
New York-IJPD-Before con
servation of forests was
thoueht about in the U.S., the
Federal government distribut
ed public land to settlers ana
purchasers in the form of
grants, the Twentieth Century
Fund notes. In one instance,
a railroad was granted nearly
40 million acres. One state
sold some of its finest hard
wood forests for 10 cents an
acre.
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Market Advances in
Routine Trading
New York (UPD The stock
market advanced in generally
routine trading today.
Support for steels, autos,
electronics and scattered spec
ials put the market on higher
ground. Blue chip buying
gave the industrial stock aver
age a 1.50-point edge over
Wednesday's close.
Oliver Corp. opened at 18
off 3 following announce
ments that merger talks with
Studebaker - Packard have
been broken off. However,
the auto stock showed a gain
of more than a point in the
early trading and its preferred
a rise of nearly 7.
Steels ruled firm with gains
of around one in U.S. Steel
and a half or more in Bethle
hem. Republic recovered all
of an opening loss and was un
changed. Youngstown eased
a bit.
A Western Union spokes
man denied negotiations in
volving a merger with Gen
eral Telephone were in prog
ress and the issue declined
more than a point."
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (UPD - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 656.44, off
3.99; 20 railroads 156.24.
off 0.21: 15 utilities 86.78,
up 0.09. and 65 stocks 215.
04 off 0.82. Sales Wednes
day were about 3,470,000
shares compared with 3,
760.000 shares Tuesday.
Wednesday's prices on selected
stocks
Allied ' Chemical 109V4
Alum. Co. Am. -.i. 100
American Can .....,i 42 Ti
American Motors . 88 'i
AT&T 81ss
Anaconda Copper . 6538
Armco Steel 70
Bendix Aviation 68 4
Bethlehem Steel , 51 t
Boeing Air 307.g
Caterpillar Corp. 32 3s
Chrysler Corp. 64
Continental Can 45
Crown Zellerbach 51 Tg
Curtiss Wright 29 ft
Dow Chemical 93
Du Pont 258
Eastman Kodak 103
Firestone 133
General Electric 93
General Foods , 103
General Motors 51s'a
Georgia Pacific '. 49 'i
Graham Paige 25,8
Greyhound . 21 i
Gulf Oil .'. ). 33 s8
Homestake Mining . 41
Idaho Power 47
I. B. M . ..424
Int. Paper 125
Johns Manville , 45
Katy 6ft
Kennecott Copper 94T
Lockheed Aircraft 29 ft
Montana Power Co. . 235,
Montgomery Ward 50
Natl Biscuit , 54
New York Central 29 ft
Penney, J. C : .124
Radio Corporation 63 ?g
Richfield Oil 75 ft
Safeway . 36 ft
Sears 49 ft
Socony Mobil Oil 40 ft
Southern Co 39 ft
Southern Pacific 22 ft
Standard California 47 ft
Standard N. J. , 47 ft
Sun Mines . . 6ft
Texas Co. J 79 ft
Texas Gulf Sulphur 18ft
Tex Pac Land Trust 18ft
Transamerica . 27 ft
Trans World Air 17i
Tri-Continental , 37',2
Union Carbide 144 ft
Union Pacific 29 ft
United Aircraft 39 ft
United Air Lines 32 ft
U. S. Rubber 59
U. S. Steel 943,
Youngstown S & T 128 '
No Indictments in
Parker Lynch Case
Bilixo, Miss.(UPD-A federal
Grand Jury today refused to
indict anyone in the lynching
of Negro Charles Mack Par
ker. .
The Grand Jury reported to
Judge Sidney Mize that it had
"considered all evidence and
was unable to arrive at any
true bill."
The decision apparently
means the slayers of the
young Negro will escape pun
ishment and remain anony
mous. State action in the case
was virtually ruled out two
months ago when a Pearl Riv
er County Grand Jury did
not return any indictments in
the case.
Parker was dragged from
the county jail at Poplarville,
Miss., by a group of masked,
gloved men two days before
he was to go on trial on
charges of raping a pregnant
white woman. His bullet-riddled
body was found later in
the , Pearl river, 20 miles
away.
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