United States Resuming Military Aid to Troubled Laos
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WORKER CHECKED John Waytovich, 59,
leaves a police van at New York City after
a medical check following his rescue from
the burning aircraft carrier Constellation. A
veteran of 20 years as a workman in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Waytovich, of Cop-
lauge, N.Y., spent nearly seven hours In the
anchor chain locker three decks below the
flight deck before he was rescued. He said
he kept tapping on the steel plates with a
metal bar,
(UPI Telephoto)
Russian Treaty With Cuba
Will Strengthen Influence
Moscow lUPII Western ob
servers said today Cuba's new
trade treaty with Russia will
strengthen Soviet influence on
the Caribbean island republic
80 miles south of Florida.
They said the agreement,
obligating Russia to buy 2.7
million tons of Cuban sugar
if the United States refuses
to do so, would lessen the
effect of U.S. economic sanc
tions on Premier Fidel Cas
tro's regime.
To Do 'Utmoit'
Russia agreed to "do its ut
most" to supply Cuba with
vital products which it is no
longer able to obtain from
the United States.
Cuba also proposes to sell
Russia nickel, fruit and hides
in exchange for Soviet wheat,
machinery, metals and techni
cal assistance.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev,
appearing in public at a re
ception here Monday night
for the first time since Dec.
2, renewed his promise of sup
port for the Castroites.
Would Aid Defense
"If there should be a need
for Cuba to defend itself
against aggression ... it could
count in such an emergency
on the help of the socialist
Communist countries," Khru
shchev said.
Maj. Ernesto Che Guevara,
the Castro aide who signed
the pact for Cuba, said 100
factories built with Soviet
help would soon go into pro
duction in the Caribbean nation.
Guevara has signed trade
treaties with a number of
other Red regimes during his
current lour of the Commu
nist world.
Foreign Datelines
Havana-iUI'lUPremier Fidel Caslro threatened early today
to wreck the world sugar market if "imperialism" tries to
develop new sugar-growing areas at Cuba's expense.
Munich, Germany-fUI'D-Germans and Americans joined
today in a solemn memorial service for the victims of a
Saturday plane crash that claimed its 50lh life today.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-IIII'D-Emperor Haile Selassie's army
roamed the countryside today ferreting out the last of die
hard imperial guards who tried to overthrow the throne
last week.
Juarez. Mexico-dll'IWStage and screen star Ethel Merman
filed suit in Civil Court Monday for a divorce from Robert
Six, president of Continental Airlines.
Harrisburg Signal
Dismissal Denied
Salem - WTO - Public Utility
Commissioner Joncl C. Hill
today denied a motion to dis
miss a complaint by the city
of Harrisbure against the
Southern Pacific Co. involv
ing signals at the La Salle st.
crossing.
The city contends the cross
ing is unsafe, and that two
automatic electric flashing
signals with gongs should be
installed by the railroad at its
own expense.
Southern Pacific contends
it should pay only half the
cost.
Hill said a new hearing on
the case will be set.
Midwest Gets
Cover of Snow
By United Press International
Snow spread a welcome mat
for winter's official arrival
from the Northern Plains
across the Midwest today, and
even wcatherwise Chlcagoans
.found it tough to take.
Winter arrives Wednesday
by the calendar, but most
Midwest erners were con
vinced its time-table was off.
Their cars crawled at a snail's
pace along snow-laden roads
Rnd travel was slowed even
on the network of superhigh
ways which have gradually
extended across the central
states.
Thousands o f Chlcagoans
were late to work as a tine
snow which began early Mon
day evening piled up, drifting
in spots, to a depth of 4 lo 6
inches.
BOARD CHAIRMAN DIES
New York - (UPD - Henry J
Davenport, 80, honorary chair
man of the board of Home
Title Guaranty Co., died Sun
day.
Adair Construction
Bids To Be Opened
Soal.lle-IUPII-Army engineers
said today bids for a half mil
lion dollar construction proj
ect at Adnir Air Force Station
near Corvallls, Ore., would
be opened Jan. 20.
Work will include modifi
cations and completion of
three existing buildings and
a sewage treatment plant.
Cascade Plywood To
Close Lebanon Plant
Lebanon -IUPII- Cascade Ply
wood Corp. plans to shut
down for a week the first
pari of January because of a
lack of orders, company offi
cials said today.
The firm employs about
1,000 men.
Bar Association
Petition Planned
Sulcm-IUPD - Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton said
today he will file a petition
with the U.S. Supreme Court
asking it lo keep the require
ment that attorneys must be
bar association members in
order to practice law.
Similar petitions are being
filed by attorneys general of
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,
Wyoming and Idaho, he said
Stable Pro-West
Government Seen
For Kingdom
Washington (OPD- The Unit
ed States is resuming military
aid to turbulent Laos in hopes
that pro-Communists have
been ousted there and s
stable, pro-western govern
ment finally established.
The State Department au
thorized military arms ship
ments to the government of
Prince Boun Oum, which took
control of the capital of Vien
tiane in a shell, tank and gun
fire fight last week and sent
Soviet-armed troops fleeing
to the northern part of the
country.
U.S. arms shipments to the
land-locked Asian kingdom
were first reduced and then
cut off entirely during the
civil war between pro-Western,
Communist, and neutral
ist factions which followed a
neutralist coup Aug. 8.
Officials here kept a wary
watch for signs that Laotian
pro-Communists led by para
trooper strongman Kong Le,
who fled to the north, might
be reinforced by Russian,
Communist Chinese or Red
North Vict Namese aid, cre
ating a Korea-like situation.
Could Request Troops
If this happened, the Boun
Oum regime could call for
U.S. troops to back up treaty
obligations to protect Laos
from Communist aggression.
It was disclosed Monday
that the United States is re
suming arms shipments lo
Laos. This country, which
traditionally has borne most
of the cost of the royal Laos
army, has shipped no military
goods to the country since
Nov. 30.
Boun Oum became premier
last week after neutralist
Prince Souvanna P h o u m a
fled to nearby Cambodia.
Navy Secretary To
Probe Carrier Fire
New York IUPD Navy Sec
retary William Franke joined
an urgent investigation today
into the $75 million fire that
seriously set back completion
of the nation's most advanced
aircraft super-carrier and
claimed 46 lives.
Investigators wanted to
know, among other things,
why combustible wooden
scaffolding was permitted in
the huge vessel. The wood
helped feed Monday's fire.
The Navy announced that
Franke was flying from
Washington to make an in
spection of the fire damage
to the carrier Constellation at
the Brooklyn Navy yard, still
smouldering although the
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Another Mild Drop;
Volume Dries Up
Grange Notes
Phoenix
Phoenix Grange will hold
a party Tuesday, Dec. 27, at
the Grange hall at 7 p.m. It
will be preceded by a potluck
supper. Members are to take
their own table service.
Plans for the parly were
made at the Dec. 13 meeting
of the Grange.
Tile Home Economics club
is meeting tiiis afternoon at
the home of Harland Glass
cock, Phoenix. A potluck
luncheon was held.
State Committees
To Discuss Bridge
Across Columbia
Portland -HOT- Oregon and
and Washington Legislative
Interim Highway committees
plan to meet here again Jan.
21 to discuss further the pro
posed Columbia river bridge
between Astoria and Mcglor.
Committee members will
report lo their respective high
way committees when legis
latures of the two states con
vene next month.
At a meeting here Monday
Oregon legislators said, tbey
doubted this state would ac
cept a 75-25 split on cost of
the bridge deficit with Oregon
paying the larger amount.
Washington lawmakers ex
pressed doubt that Oregon's
proposal of a 50-50 split in
costs would be acceptable
there. .
The bridge would cost some
$24 million with Oregon sell
ing the bonds to finance it.
Lawmakers said that a com
promise might be possible
The Washington group also
proposed that each state pay
for its bridge approaches, urc
gon's would cost some $1,570,
000 and Washington's $179,-
000.
Rep. William Holmstrom of
Astoria said that if tne legis
latures could agree on a per
centage particpation, Oregon
"certainly would be in a po
sition to look favorably on the
proposal for separate state fi
nancing of the approaches
EX-AMBASSADOR DIES
Paris-IUPD-Former Canadian
Ambassador Jean Dcsy, 67,
died Monday.
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New York-IUPD-Stocks suf
fered another mild decline to
day but volume dried up no
ticeably on the downside.
Holding down the Dow-
Jones industrial average were
Procter & Gamble off around
3'i and General Fobds down
around Vb. Union Carbide
tacked on 1V4 in a narrow
chemical group.
Several good gams showed
up among the aluminums and
aircraft issues with Alcoa
ahead 2, Reynolds a point
and North American, Chance
Vought and Northrop closing
all up a point or more.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (liPII - Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 614.82. off
0.74; 20 railroads 127.96, off
0.40; 15 utilitiei 98.38, up
0.19, and 65 stocks 204.04,
off 0.17. Sales today were
about 3.34 million shares
compared with 3.63 million
hares Monday.
Mill Prohibited
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Line Under Beach
Raiom-nrpn-Attv- Gen. Rob
ert Y. Thornton said Monday
in an opinion far the State
Land Board that International
Pnnpr rnmDanv at Gardiner
may be permitted to overflow
lands between nign ana low
watermarks bordering S 1 1 1
coos and Tahkenitch lakes.
But on another point, inorn
ton said present state law pre
Iho hoard from author
izing the company to build a
subsurface pipe line irom a
proposed mill u,naer me puD
lic beach for disposal of
wastes in the ocean.
International Paper pro
poses construction of a large
pulp mill near Gardiner.
The overflow opinion au
thorizes the board lo grant the
firm "flowage easements."
Needs Amending
As to right of way for the
beach pipeline, Thornton said
the legislature would have to
amend the law first. The pipe
line would be buried beneath
(Vta ennri
"Any contemplated change
in the law should take into ac
count the fact that the off
shore oil explorations re
ferred to in last week's opin
ion might possibly take the
form of slant drilling of test
wells," Thornton said. "Such
holes might well pass through
or under the beach itself. In
ti,ic tamp connection, the leg
islature should also consider
that there may also be a need
for surface pipelines over the
ocean beach for transmission
of oil and gas from off-shore
wells, if the oil or gas is found
in pnmmorc lal Quantities."
Last week Thornton said
that the Land Board has no
authority under present law
to enter into a lease with a
private firm for oil explora
tion on the submerged off
shore lands.
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American Motors
AT&T
Anaconda Copper
Armco Steel
Bendljc Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Air
Caterpillar Corp
Chrysler Corp
Continental Can
Crown Zellerhach
Curtiss Wrliiht
Dow Chemical
Du Pont .'
Eastman Kodak
Firestone
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Georgia Pacific
Graham Paige
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Homestake Mining
ldho Power
I. B. M.
Int. Paper
Johns Manvlllc
Kennecott Conner
Lockheed Aircraft
Montana Power
Montgomery Ward
Nat'l Biscuit
New York Central
Pac Gas & Elcc ud
Penney, J. c
Penn RR
Radio Corporation
Richfield Oil
Safeway
Shell CM
Socony Mohll OH
Southern Co
Southern Pacific
Standard California
Standard Indiana
Standard N, J
Sun Mines
Texas Co
Texas Gulf Sulfur
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Transamerlca
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blaze was brought under con
trol early today.
Three naval officers of ad
miral rank were named to
conduct the official inquiry.
The New York Journal-
American said today the
board will investigate re
ports that a penny-pinching
policy to use wooden scaf
folding instead of steel in
side the carrier during con
struction caused the d 1 s
astrous fire.
Wood Was Cheaper
The newspaper said it had
learned that the board's in
vestigators would be told
wood was "used because it is
cheaper than metal."
Fire Chief George David
was quoted by the newspaper
as saying the inside of the
carrier was "like a regular
lumber yard.
The maze of wooden scaf
folding on the galley decks
and hangar of the huge at
tack carrier, which was being
outfitted for commissioning
next spring, was set aflame
by acetylene torch sparks
landing in spilled diesel oil
instead of jet fuel, as the
Navy originally announced
A spokesman said today the
oil was used to operate gen
erators that provide electric
power for the ship. He said
the diesel oil was "chemical
ly about the same stuff" as
jet fuel and "the burning as
pects and the safety aspects
of both substances are very
similar."
Possible Total Loss
The fire set the completion
date back many months.
Some officers thought the
$275 million flattop might be
a total loss.
The holocaust burned
through Monday and into the
night before being brought
under control. Forty six bod
ies were recovered and 43
persons hospitalized. A total
of 157 were treated for injuries.
The Navy said 36 bodies
have been identified and that
10 men listed as missing may
be accounted for when the 10
other bodies arc identified.
The 1,045-foot long carrier
was a blackened hulk, . its
main deck buckled and its in
terior plates still hot from the
searing blaze. It was listing
more than two degrees and
icicles hung from its super
structure. Water stood three
feet deep in some of the
flooded passageways.
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Francis To Propose
Electoral College Bill
Dnvton. Ore. (1'Pll State
Sen. Carl Francis (R-Dayton),
said Monday he planned to in
troduce a resolution at the
Oregon Legislature in favor
of abolishing the National
Electoral College.
Francis said "it's an out
moded may to elect a prcsi-1
rlpnt." He said the winner of!
a plurality of the total popu-;
lar vote should always De
the winner. ,
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Washington - (VPD - A Sen- $174 million worth of goods
ate-House watchdog commit- to federal warehouses, includ
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