Khrushchev Makes It Clear He's Unchallenged Leader of Russians
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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
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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."
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PARTY GUESTS Former President Harry . party in honor of Vice President-elect and
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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.
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