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Khrushchev Makes It Clear He's Unchallenged Leader of Russians Regional Edition .Page 2A MEDFORDaTRIBUNE Bank Embezzler Big Stockholder in Town Business f By DAVID SMOTHERS FREDERICK MOHN V and ROBERT HOIG UPI Special Reporting Team Sheldon, Iowa - (UPD - Elliot Roosevelt has cast at least ray of light on the mystery of UC StudentSlain On Campus; Shot Wounds Professor " Berkeley, Callf.-fflPD-A grad uate student was shot to death and an English professor was , seriously wounded Wednesday By a man who entered the professor's office at the Uni versity of California with sswed-off shotgun. ' ... t The assailant ran out of the Dwindle Hall office past three other professors shouting, "Get out of my way or I'll hill you." He escaped and was not immediately identified. 'The dead man was Steven Mann Thomas, 29, Ukiah, Galif. He was struck in the back by the shotgun blast and died in the emergency ward at Herrick Hospital. In Fair Condition i. Prof. Thomas F. Parkinson, 40, had part of his jaw ripped away by a second shot from the weapon. He was reported In fair condition at Peralta Hospital in Oakland. " Tiie shooting occurred in Parkinson's office directly be low the one vacated earlier this week by former Univer sity Chancellor Glenn Sea borg, who was appointed chairman of the Atomic Ener gy Commission. - Police said the assailant was described as a white man about six feet tall, of heavy build and with a mop of "dirty blond" hair. He was believed to be in his mld-30s and was wearing a business suit, tie and a topcoat. Ordered Iriio Offic f English Professor Brendan P. O'Hchir, one of those who saw the gunman, told authorl tics he was coming out of his ojffice right around the corner When the shooting occurred. . :.'"The man came running around the corner still carry ing the shotgun and ordered rrie back into my office," he qald. X Police said Thomas appar ently was shot first, and Park inson was shot when he at tempted to intervene. The gun man left the hall near Sather Gate, the main entrance to the university from downtown Berkeley. . bank president's daughter Mrs. Burnice Geigcr and her embezzled $2 million. The burly, graying son of the late President Roosevelt called a surprise news confer ence Wednesday night while almost all of Sheldon was asleep, to tell what he knew of the beloved woman who now has become one of the greatest bank embezzlers in the 'nation's history. He spoke in tandem with Harold Kistner Jr., president of the Northern Biochemical Corp., which for barely more than a month has employed Roosevelt as financial adviser Largest Single Stockholder With Roosevelt leading the way and Kistner cleaning up the loose ends, they revealed that: ' -'Mrs, Geiger owned 130, 000- shares, at $1 a share, of the 350,000 shares outstnnd ing.of Northern Biochemical, Sheldon's fastest growing business; She was the 14-month-old company's largest ' single stockholder; She bought her stock starting last February and she paid for it with cash The firm's ready cash is all deposited and frozen tight in the federally closed Shel don National Bank. . Questions Unanswered Roosevelt's revolutions fell far short of explaining why the SB-year-old assistant cash ier of the Sheldon National Bank ruined through her piracy the institution her fath er built over almost a half century. They did not explain how she had stolen her con fessed $2,126,850.10 or - most important - what she had done with it. Few residents of this fat and prosperous corn country town were aware that Mrs. Geiger, one of the more re spected persons in town, and daughter of its most respected family, was 'the ' woman be hind Sheldon's newest and most surprising industry. Roosevelt's emergence in the case' was the latest of a series of surprises which have amazed, stunned, and some times deeply saddened the 4,251 people of Sheldon. DENIES MERGER RUMORS Los Angeles (UPU American Motors President George Rom ney flatly denied Wednesday reports of an impending merg er between his firm and Doug las Aircraft Co. "There is ab solutely no foundation what soever for any rumors or reports of this character," said Romncy, hero for a meet ing of the Douglas board of directors. Best Wishes For The Success of The i of the NEW "DISCOUNT11 MARKET One-Man Control Of Communism Being Given Up Moscow UPU - A week of startling statements by Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev made it clear today that he Is the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union but is giving up one-man control of world Communism, : Diplomatic observers said Khrushchev gained stature by bluntly exposing Soviet agri cultural weaknesses before the powerful Communist Party central committee and order ing sweeping reforms to raise the standard of living of his people. . All Parties Equal ' At the same time, he has proclaimed in a speech to Russian . Communist leaders that all Communist parties are equal and that Moscow no longer claims leadership of the movement. The central committee meet ing on the Soviet agricultural problem ended Wednesday. Khrushchev's 20,000 - word speech, dealing with the re cent Communist summit con ference were published Wed ncsday night. The observers pointed out that Khrushchev confidently acted from a position of strength in attacking incompe tent and deceiving officials during the committee meeting. He added to his prestige by revising the grandiose steel production plans and order ing more resources and con. sumer goods pumped into the villages. Farm Plan Adopted Before closing its eight-day debate, the central, committee approved a Khrushchev plan for decentralizing the farm program in an attempt to boost production. The plan is expected to shift control of agriculture from the central ministry to regional councils. Khrushchev s abandonment of formal leadership of the Communist bloc was outlined in his speech to Russian party theoreticians and propagan dists on Jan. 6. The speech, published In the party's the oretical journal, contained no drastically new theses on the bloc's aim to dominate the world. But the speech did give new Insight to the political align ment within the movement, No Superior Party ."The Communist party of the Soviet Union does not lead other parties," Khrush chev said. "There Is no su perior and subordinate party in the Communist movement. It Is Impossible to lead all socialist and all Communist parlies from any single cen ter . Observers pointed out that Khrushchev's move had ob vious tactical advantages. The Soviet Union no longer is the sole arbiter and Interpreter of Marxism-Leninism nor is it responsible for actions of in dividual bloc members, they said. Regarding China, Khrush chev said in his speech: "In its relations with the Communist party of China, our party proceeds always from Hie premise of friendship of the two great peoples and the unity of our two parties is of exceptional importance in tiie struggle for the triumph of our common cause." I x? ri I 1 I v;v : w m C - L, . .Apr s fcV&a 1 ' V 1 PARTY GUESTS Former President Harry . party in honor of Vice President-elect and S. Truman, left, shakes hands with House Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. The party was Speaker Sam Rayburn after arriving at the hosted by Rayburn. Statler hotel in Washington to attend a . (UPI Telcphoto) Debate on Civil Rights Scheduled Cleveland - IUP1I - Former U. S. Sen. George It. Bender will meet Gov. Ross Bnrnett of Mississippi in a civil rights debute Jan. 28 in Atlanta, Ga., Bender said Wednesday. Bender Is a prospective can didate for Congressman-at-large in the 1002 Ohio Repub lican primary election. He said that the State Gov ernment Affairs conference of the Georgia Chamber of Com merce had asked him lo meet Bnrnett In a discussion of "civ il rights vs. state's rights." - Bender is a supporter of integration. Bnrnett, a Demo crat has been a southern seg regationist lender. Jack AAathis GENERAL CONTRACTOR 702 S. E. Pine Roseburg, Oregon . SOC Librarian To Talk At Douglas Meeting Ashland - Mrs. Eleanor S. Everett, librarian of children's lilcrature ut Southern Oregon college, will speak on Chil dren's Literature and Story Telling Saturday, Jan. 21, to I the Douglas County Associa i lion of Childhood Education 1 1 in Roseburg. Mrs. Everett, who has been : on the Southern Oregon Col- I lege stuff since 1050, received her bachelor of rls degree in I library science at the Univer sity of Oklahoma. Before com ing to Southern Oregon col lege, she served as assistant slate supervisor In the Okla homa statewide library pro) ect; as library assistant to the United Slates department of slate; and as children's librar ian in the Chicago public li Red China Famine Said Alarming; No Russian Help London - (UPU - Communist China's famine is assuming alarming proportions and there is no sign of appreci able Russian help, diplomatic sources said today. They said the Chinese Com munists, through a mixture of pride and political consid erations, have not appealed for aid and the Kremlin has not offered It. The diplomats said ,the ag ricultural catastrophe which has befallen China has dealt a severe blow to its ambitious plan for a big leap forward that was to bring it into the front rank of industrial power. No Original Help The Russians, having agri cultural troubles of their own. may have shipped some wheat directly to some Chinese dis tress areas, but there is no indication of organized help on a large scale. Pciping's official press has only hinted at the details of the famine but diplomatic re ports say the situation is grave and millions of people are fac ing near starvation. Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Marshal Chen Yi has conceded publicly that Red China is faced with the "big- Industrials Lag; Rails, Utilities Get Mild Support New York-tliPD-Stocks were mostly mixed today. Industrials showed a tenden cy to lag while rail and utility shares met mild support. Baltimore & Ohio, which rose 6Vs points Wednesday opened at 47, up 3Vs. In the chemicals Du Pont lost more than V4 and Union Carbide a smaller fraction. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - WPII - Dow Jones final stocks averages; 30 industrials 634.10, up 5.14; 20 railroads 144.89, up 3.75; 15 utilities 102.73, up 0.28, and 65 stocks 214.78, up 2.25. Sales Wednesday were about 4.39 million shares compared with 3.83 million shares Tuesday. Wednesday's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 33'i Alum Co. Am. 60?i American Can 3fl',i American Motors 17 AT&T 107 Anaconda Copper 47', '4 Armco Steel fin Bendlx Corp eiVi Bethlehem Steel ,. U 42 Boeing Air 30 Caterpillar Corp 31Vs gest natural calamity since the founding of the people's republic." Chrysler Corp 40 Continental Can 3!) Crown Zellernach S3 'a Curtiss Wright 16'i Dow Chemical 72 'i Du Pont 202?; Eastman Kodak 100'.', Firestone 33 General Electric 08 General Foods .General Motors 42b Georgia Pacific 54 3b Graham Paige Greyhound 21 Gull Oil .... 34 1 j Honiestake Mining . Idaho Piwer 53 Hi I. B, M 622 Int. Paper 32,i Johns Manville 60 Kcnnecott Copper 70 W Lockheed Aircraft 2Rl'4 Montana Power 32 Montgomery Ward 28 Nafl Biscuit 72 New York Central II) Pac Gas St Elec 75l.'a Penney. J. C 41 Penn RR . , 13's Radio Corporation ' 5MB Richfield Oil 88 'j Safeway - 37 VB Scars 55 Shell OH .... 41', Socony Mobil Oil 42 It Southern Co 48 '4 Southern Pacific 22 Standard California 48 Standard Indiana 47 Standard N. J 42 '4 Sun Mines Bl. Texas Co 88' a Texas Gulf Sulfur 21',', Texas Pac Land Trust Ki'.'s Transamcrica 28 Trans World Air 16 Trl-Continental 38 Union Carbide ...124 Y3 Union Pacific i... 30 United Aircraft 41 li United Air Lines 38 U. S. Rubber 48 I U. S. Steel 80 Captured Six Americans By Fidel Castro Forces Havana - OIFO - Six U.S. citizens accused of being mem bers of a force trained in the United States to seek over throw of the government of Fidel Castro . were captured while trying to land by boat in Cuba, the government press said today. : The six men, all said to be former Army or: Air .Force men, were accused of trying to link up with "alleged-counter-revolutionaries" 'in Pinar del Rio, Cuba's westernmost province. The Cuban newspapers said the men were part of a group trained by former Cuban Sen. Rolando Masferrer under the "protection of Allen. Dulles' Central Intelligence Agency." Announce Identities The men were identified as Alford Eugene Gibson, 32, Durham, N.C.; Leonard Louis Schmidt, 21, Chicago; George R. Beck, 24, Taunton-,. Mass.; Tommy L. Baker, 24,'Dothan, Ala.; Donald Joe Green, 28, Clover, S.C., and James R. Beane, 34, Cedar Falls, N.C. Informed sources said the men were believed . to have been seized some time ago but that the announcement was delayed to build up the revo lutionary regime's "case" against the United States on the eve of President-elect John F. Kennedy's inauguration. The government claimed the Americans . contended they had landed in their boat be cause they were "lost." But it said the men later identified photographs showing Miami, Fla., "training grounds" for anti-Castro forces. The Cuban cabinet decreed today that employees of the U.S. Naval Base at Guanta namo who do not live on the base must get special govern ment passes to travel to and from work hereafter. Persons affected by the or der, about 3,200 of the base's ANGELENOS SWELTER Los Angeles -(UPD- Los An geles residents, who have en joyed dry summerlike weath er with high temperatures in the 80s all week, are in store for at least five more days of the same. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted a top tem perature of 85 degrees today, and continued warm, dry days Into next week. Normal high here for this date is 64. 4,000 Cuban employees and probably some American civil ians, will be required to get their passes from Guantanamo city authorities within 10 days. Earlier, anti-Castro student eruuua uau i.aiim lui a utiLiuu wide school strike designed to fnrrp the government to halt its second round of firing-; squad executions. Discovery- Attend a FREE Lecture "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: The Science of Christianity" by James Watt, C.S., Washington, D.C. Member of the Board of lectureshipof The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20 First Church of Christ, Scientist 1 00 Windsor Ave. Medford 1 Block South of East Main Nursery Facilities Available ALL ARE WELCOME IT'S A WONDERFUL STORE In the Medford Shopping Center JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE SAVE NOW New Fashion Dresses 90 Fashion skirt dresses, full skirts, jacket dresses nationally best seller at $16.95 and $19.95. SAFE NOW Wool Skirts A 99 4 tO g99 Fine wool skirts in piece dye and yarn dye flannels, tweeds and stripes. Regularly to $17.95. SAVE NOW Maternity Dresses 1 & $9 SAVE NOW Blouses 119 to 3" A wide selection of collon, jersey, nylon and lace-both dressy and casual, Regular price lo $8.98. s SAVE NOW Luxury Coats 29-s38-$45 Fashioned in superb domestic and import ed fabrics detailed by master craftsmen -made lo sell for $49 lo $69. 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