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irr's leath Leaves Administiration With Leadership Sap PORTLAND ENTRY Belle's First, entered her equally famous son, Packy. The float by the City of Portland and the Portland is shown as It moved down Colorado blvd. Rose Festival, features the nationally-known at Pasadena, Calif., during the Tournament mother elephant at the Portland Zoo, and of Rose parade Tuesday. (UP1) American Killed, Helicopters Downed by Viet Cong Gunfire Saigon -JUPII- An American Army captain was killed to day and three other Ameri cans wounded, two of them seriously, hy Communists who shot down five U.S. Army heli copters, a U.S. military spokesman announced. The spokesman said the slain captain was a military adviser taking part in a gov ernment assault on the east ern cdo of the Plain of Reeds, about 30 miles southwest of Saigon. lie said the wounded Amer icans apparently were heli copter crewmen. Four of the downed copters were 1121s from the 83rd Helicopter Company stationed at Soclrang. The other was an HU1B from UT Company, sta tioned in Saigon. A spokesman at Soctranfi told UPI two of the heli copters were repaired and fiown back to Tan Hiep Air field, the staging area for the assault. The three others were still in the rice fields where they fell. ' Informed military sources said the assault was mounted by a strong Vietnamese force against what is estimated to be a battalion of Viet Cong. They said about 1,200 gov ernment troops were airlifted into the area in an attempt to trap the guerrillas. The aircraft met intensive fire from the ground, how ever, and five were shot down. This was believed to be 'the largest single day total since the fight against the Vict Cong began. A company of amphibious M13 armored personnel car riers were rushed to the scene to protect the downed hell copters until they could be flown off again, sources said These also met heavy fire from the guerrillas despite harassment by Vietnamese T28 and AD6 fighter bombers. Hubbard Bros., Inc. 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SMITH "THE CARL SANDBURG I KNOW" in the JANUARY 6TH Weekend Issue of JFhxTiilyr T4S&GlcIy with your cof.y of the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNb Body of Lenin Moved to Safety In World War II Moscow - lUPU - The Soviet press has lifted the veil on one of the Kremlin's best kept secrets by admitting that the body of Lenin l.ad been secretly taken out of its Red Square mausoleum and re moved to safety during World War II. For nearly four years, from July, 1041, when the German army was approach lng Moscow, until April 1843, virtually the eve of the Allied victory, Lcnlns re mains were hidden at an un disclosed location far from the Soviet capital, the news paper "Economic Gazette" (Ekonichiskaya Gazctta) re vealed. During all ti.is time the world was officially left with the belief that the body of the USSR's first great leader was still in its coffin in the shad ow of the Kremlin wall. Slalin Stayed in Capital Former Soviet dictator Sla lin made a famous appear ance on the mausoleum re viewing stand during revolu tionary anniversary celebra tions Nov. 7, 1041, as a sign to his people and the world that he had not left the cap ital despite the German ad vance. But the government never made any announcement dur ing the war or after that Len in's body had already been taken out of the mausoleum at that time. Since the red and black marble tomb was closed throughout the war, there was never any way to check. The Economic Gazette, in an article dealing with the history of the mausoleum, dis closed however, that appar ent fear of a Nazi bomb striking the inmb led the government to spirit away Lenin's remains. Difficult Task "In the grim sumi ler days of 1041, when the ai.ti-air-cnift defense alarm signal Mmiulcd in Moscow and Hit ler invaders were on the of fensive, heading for the cap ital. Red Stiiare and Ihr mausoleum, Lenin's body was urgently evacuated in July,'' i tl io newspaper said. I "The transportation of the body was a very difficult task, j Yet the doctors and engineers . had to plan every detail of the transportation and ship ment and their effort were not in vain, because the pro longed journey came off suc cessfully. "In April, 1045, Lenin's bedy was returned to Moscow and on Sept. Hi, ItM.V the mausoleum was reopened for visitors." the newspaper said. Party Lineup In Senate Will Be Unchanged Washington - (UPI) - The death of Sen. Robert S. Kerr, "uncrowned king of the Sen ale," left the Kennedy admin istration with a leadership gap in Congress today with the new session only a week away. The Oklahoma Democrat, possibly the most influential man on Capitol Hill, died of a heart attack at 7:50 a.m. (PST) Tuesday in Doctors hos pital while sitting on a bed talking to his physician, Dr. James L. Keating. Kerr was admitted to the hospital three weeks ago with a virus ailment. A few days later he had a heart attack but his administrative aide. Burl Hays, said Monday that Kerr was "showing steady improvement." Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist church at Oklahoma City, an office spokesman said today. President Kennedy had counted on the 66-year-old oil millionaire to help steer his tax-cut bill and other legisla tion through Congress. Noti fied of his death, Kennedy said Kerr would be greatly missed when Congress opens next Wednesday and "even more so in the months ahead." Kerr's death will not change the party lineup in the Senate where the Democrats have a 67-33 edge on the Re publicans. There was specula tion that Oklahoma's outgoing Democratic Gov. Howard Ed mondson might fill the Sen ate scat. Edmondson could resign be fore Republican Henry Bell mon takes office as governor on Jan. 14 and get Lt. Gov. George Nigh to appoint him to the Senate until the next regular election in 1064. Democrats Lota Prestige Though they won't lose the Senate seat to the GOP, the Democrats suffered a tremen dous loss in prestige and in fluence in Kerr's death. Both his friends and foes called him the Senate's "uncrowned king" because of the power he exerted in legislative councils Tlic President, who planned to attend Kerr's funeral, said In a statement of sympathy to the senator's family, that "his legislative accomplishm e n ts were exceptional." "In the last two years alone," Kennedy said, "al most every major bill enacted bore the mark of his uu,tiring leadership and skill: The space program, the trade bill, the tax bill of 1062, the im provements in social welfare and in national resource de velopment." Kerr was born on Sept. 11, 1806, in the East Central In dian Territory that later be came the stale of Oklahoma. He became rich after oil was found near his birthplace. Heavy State On Agenda of investigations lor Coming Congress Washington - ItlPO - Con gress is planning a heavy diet of investigations this year with inquiries already set on such diverse subjects as the baby adoption racket and nar cotics peddling. Other scheduled investiga tions range from sales of pep pills to teen-agers, to news paper mergers and stockpile surpluses. Even the Billie Sol Estes farm scandal may take an encore. Last session Congress spent more than $3 million on in vestigations, a c c u m u lated thousands of pages of government-printed testimony and heard a bewildering number of witnesses testify with moist faces under the glare of cam era lights. One f last year's inquiries, perhaps the major accomplish, mcnt was enactment of tight er federal controls over the manufacture and sale of drugs. This grew out of hear ings on the baby -deforming drug, thalidomide. Congress also passed a package of laws cracking down on gambling and the interstate shipment of gam bling devices, largely as the result of Senate crime hear ings. The preliminary lineup of Investigations for the new GSth Congress, which con venes Jan. 9, reads like a handy catalog of crime and profiteering. The Senate Foreign Rela tions committee will try to ex pose the operations of foreign lobbyists who work against the interests of U. S. foreign policy objectives. Sen. John L. McClcllan (D Ark)., chairman of the perma nent investigators sub-committee, has inquires scheduled into world trafficking in dope. He also may look into the current dock strikes, alleged bribing of college athletes, and the awarding of a multi million dollar contract to General Dynamics for the all service F-lll fighter plane. McClellan already has ex tended an invitation for indict ed Texas farm financier Estes to testify in the marathon farm scandal hearings. Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D Conn.) wants his juvenile de linquency sub committee to wind up its sessions on the sale of pep pills to teen-agers, and mail order sales of guns to youngsters. Dodd also had preliminary plans for investigations into the baby adoption racket and the condition of juvenile de tention home. Regional Edition Page 2A MEDF0RDeJtWrRIBUNE iHhUKORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2. 1063 In the House, Rep. Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.) has announced he will inquire into news paper mergers and monopoly ownership bv newspapers of radio and television stations. House subcommittees are sure to dig into Defense De partment spending and waste or inefficiency in the giant foreign aid program. Sen. Stuart Symington (D Mo.) will continues his inves tigation into alleged excessive i profits in the nation's multi billion stockpile program. For Fast, Efficient Service t. Ship It LASKE to or from Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Other California Points Call Jack Fittqerald 773-7761 Q? Stocks Start Year Irregularly Higher New York 4UPD Stocks be gan the New Year irregularly higher today. Steel issues brightened, fea turing U.S. Steel and Youngs town up nearly a point each. Autos firmed, oils were steady, and chemicals a trifle soft. American Telephone slid around t on a slower rate of earnings growth in its final quarter and Sears shed close to a point. Magma Copper tumbled 3 1 i and Ncwmont Mining around 2 as the Justice Department started an antitrust suit against them. Norfolk & West ern dropped 1 in a mostly firm rail group and utilities were narrow. Foreign Briefs PAKISTAN OFFICIAL HOPES FOR FRIENDSHIP Rawalpindi. Pakistan-HTh-Paklslani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali expressed the hope yesterday that the border agreement between Pakistan and Communist China would pave the way for further strengthening of friendship be tween the two countries. Ali stated his position in a telegram to Red Chinese Pre mier Chou En-lai. BRITISH LIBERAL TO VISIT UNITED STATES London-'ll'I'-Joieph Grimond, who has revitalised the British Liberal party, will go to New York Friday for a visit to the United States and a meeting with President Kennedy. Grimond, 49, will see Kennedy mid-way through a 16 day tour of the United States and Canada. The trio includes a live-day stay at Yale University at the invitation of the Chubb Foundation. FORMER URUGUAY PRESIDENT INJURED Montevideo. Uruguy-ln-Ex-Preiident Benito Bardene and his wife suffered minor injuries In a traffic accident here Tuesday when the car in which they were riding col lided with another vehicle. CROWDS PAY COURTESY CALLS AT IMPERIAL PALACE Tokyo-ill'I'-A total of 174.740 persons including some foreigners, paid New Year courtesy calls at the Imperial Palace today. Shouts of "Bansail" from the predomlnanlly.Japanese crowd groeted members of the Royal family on their Ircquent appearances on a platform above the visitors filing through I the palace grounds. ! 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