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.MAID OK COTTON Sue Meredith, 21-year-old home economics
major al Alabama College, is the MM Maid of Cotton. The hazel
eyed beauty is from Andalusia, Ala. During the next year she
will tour the world as a goodwill ambassador for the cotton
industry. (UP1)
Former Bulgarian
Diplomat Receives
Sentence of Death
VIENNA (UP!) A Commun
ist court in Sofia today sen
tenced In death former Bulgar
ian diplomat Ivan-Assen Georg
iev for allegedly spying on be
half of the United States, ac
cording to the Bulgarian news
agency BTA.
BTA called the verdict "final
and without right of appeal." It
said the Bulgarian Supreme
Court decreed Georgiev should
die by firing squad.
he was supposed to have com
mitted to pay for mistresses on
both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Georgiev, 56, went to trial for
treason on Thursday. BTA had
reported previously that he
made a full confession the first
day and said that Monday state
prosecutor Ivan Vachkov de
manded the death penalty for
him.' .
Western observers had pre
dicted he would get the death
Previous Communist news i penally,
agency reports from Sofia indi- Radio Sofia, in broadcasts
calcd the lormcr diplomat in mnni(0.c(j here, said Vachkov
clfecl had inviicci me neain , caiicrl Georgiev "a traitor to
penally inr ins Lumen, n:ii
Khrushchev's
Message Viewed
As Good Omen
Diplomats Notice
Lack of Boasts
MOSCOW (UP!) - Premier
Nikita S. Khrushchev's New
Year's message to the United
States was viewed by Western
diplomats today as a good omen 1
for 1964 because of its concrete I
proposals and lack of boasts or
threats.
They said Khrushchev not
only issued one of the friendli
est messages in years but in
dicated the Soviets might ac
cept at least one part of West
ern disarmament plans.
This is a stcp-by-step ap
proach to disarmament, with
adequate controls as each step
is achieved. In the past, the
Khrushchev line has been to
press for sweeping general dis
armament at once, with the
control systems to come later.
Khrushchev, whose New
Year's statement was issued
Monday in response to questions
put to him by this correspond
ent, said the new year could
bring "decisive change for the
better in the entire internation
al situation." He listed a broad
range of issues on which Ep!
West agreement might be pos
sible. Ilangc of Issues
They include
"Measures aimed at slow
ing down the arms race and at
further alleviating international
tension."
Reductions in armed forces
WOEFUL FISHING TALE WINS LIAR CHAMPIONSHIP
BURLINGTON, Wis. (UP!)
Even the worst fishing con
ditions could not be as bad as
those described by Richard
Burlin, of rural Chatham,
Mass., the Burlington Liar's
Club decided today.
Burlin was named "World's
Champion Liar for 1963" for
this woeful fishing tale:
"Fishing around here was
so bad sometimes this sum
mer that even the biggest
liars didn't catch any."
Another tale which won hon
orable mention in the 35th
annual competition (or the
world's tallest story of the
year was sent in by Rondla
Johnson, Seattle, Wash., who
said: "It was so cold here
one winter that we all took
steam baths by crawling into
the refrigerator."
George Lowrey, Mclndoe
Falls, Vt., claimed: "It rain
ed so hard for the last two
weeks in Vermont that the
Vermont side of the Connecti
cut River was four feet high
er than on the New Hamp
shire side."
A complaint about mail serv
ice by John Zepczyk, Phil
lips, Wis., also won honorable
mention. He said: "I hope
this arrives in time for the
1963 contest (or liars, but the
mail is so slow here that all
of the mailmen have moss
growing on the north side of
them."
A New York City school
girl, Sara Barbosa, wrote that
she knows a "girl in o u r
neighborhood whose mouth is
so small that in order to say
'three,' she has to say, 'one,
one, one.' "
Finally, this story about
weather by W. Y. Brown,
Brenson, Mo.: "It has been
so dry here in the Ozarks (or
so long that we have (rogs
two years old that don't even
know how to swim yet. Yes
terday, I saw two men clean
ing a string of (ish with a
whisk broom."
Plans
Shape
Warning
Beginning To Take
for East-West Talks
on
Optimism Told
By Diplomats
LONDON (UPI) - Commu
nist and Western plans were be
ginning to take shape today (or
peace talks in 1964, with the
first round scheduled for the
Geneva disarmament confer
ence Jan. 21.
Diplomatic sources warned
that despite the optimism gen
erated by Soviet Premier Nikita
S. Khrushchev's New Year's
message, no quick or easy so
lutions appeared in signt.
Khrushchev, in a statement
and military spending by both to United Press International in
sides
A non-aggression agreement
between the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) na
tions and the Warsaw Pact
members
Moscow Mondav, outlined
live-point plan for easing the
cold war.
The Western plan is now un
der discussion among the Allies
and is expected to be completed
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Agreement not to spread shortly, the sources said
nuclear weapons to countries! Both aim at easing interna
which do not have their own. ; tional tension by taking up cold
Establishment of nuclear-! war issues and trying to ncgo
free zones. Hate settlements. But neither
The lowest priority was given j Khrushchev's program nor the
to a Berlin settlement, although ! known details of the Western
Khrushchev warned that "it
would be unwise and I would
say dangerous to put this mat
ter off for future years."
Feature Statement
Soviet newspapers spread
Khrushchev's statement over
front pages Monday and today
and Moscow Radio broadcasts
featured it.
The Western press also wel
comed Khrushchev's stand.
"Moderate and hopeful." Lon
don's Daily Mail said. The
Guardian of Manchester said
plan appeared to offer any star,
tling change from previous po
sitions, tne sources said.
Slowing o( Arms Race
Khrushchev listed a slowing
down ot the arms race, cuts in
armed forces and military
spending, a NATO-Warsaw Pact
non-aggression agreement, re
duction ot (oreign troops in
other countries, and a ban on
the spread of nuclear weapons
as his major points for the
tension-easing talks.
In the past. Moscow has al-
Atlanta Woman
Hotel Fire Victim
the homeland, ... spy of the j "XJ? ! JS&SL IST
American intelligence."
.lArKSnVVII.l.K Fla (UP!)
-An Atlanta woman died today, execution usually-
raising to 22 the toll in the'stl"ad.
Roosevelt Hotel fire. BTA said the handsome dip-
Mrs. Josephine Dupre, 35, ' lomat, former No. 2 man in the
whose husband died in the blaze ! Bulgarian delegation to the
Snnrlav was nrnnniinrert dead I United Nations, testified he
the former diplomat's defense ",e v,u" mK- ' """
counsel was quoted as say. ! c car weapons in the hands only
ing his guilt was "irrefutable!" I of 'h"sc no" Pnssf' "K
But the defense asked lne nd PomIMc. in fewer hand,
court not to give Georgiev the I
"heavies! nnnaltv " In Rulearia The London Daily Sketch
r ' ... i I a., t-i u
IS by firing sam, However, tnai niuusu-
! chev's "noble sentiments . . .
at St. Luke's Hospital at 4:45
a m., EST. She had been in
critical condition since being
rescued from the smoking build
ing. Mrs. Dupre was the ninth
Georgian to die as a result of
the fire, which injured 59 other
persons.
Authorities believe they know
the cause of the fire, but con
tinued checking the building to-
turned over military, economic
and political information to
agents of the U. S. Central In
telligence agency during a sev
en year period.
Vachkov claimed Georgiev ad-!
mittcd the CIA spent more than
$200,000 "on him and his para-!
mours." Communist news agen
cies have quoted him as saying !
the CiA supplied him with Pa-j
risian and Bulgarian mistresses
while he worked in New York.
American officials have
must be set against his actions
. . . twice since Cuba Nikita
Khrushchev has also brought
the world closer to war ... by
blockades of roads to Berlin."
The Times of London specu
lated that "domestic reasons
also lead him to seek an easing
of the tensions."
General Shoup
Leaves Marines
nay to maxe ineir nnning c-ei-i u.ie '"' J WASHINGTON (UPI) - Gen
, . ;u 'u 7j v, .rfin T ,: David M- Shoup. commandant
Investigators went on with . branded the proceed nqs a of the Marine Corps for the last
minute inspections ana question-i snow mm. ""'YL" .four years, said farewell to the ' 7I "
tne smoke- newsmen in aona aucnauu me ; ..... ,: i .ihh-kuoiu
ing of employes in
I Leathernecks today in retire-
blackened 13-story structure, j ma. oui u.uy ...uu "" : mcnt cercmonies ending his col
U..I -i:!! ......... mnAir In m. cmrarg WVaclnnC Itn fhd nrminri .....
uui sun cii- inn . rau. .u """ "- j, ortul military career.
nuunic UIVII IIIWIJ Ui hiioli uiai aiaic anii-u
caused the tire. cussed.
these points which made them
unacceptable to the West. Khru
shchev gave no indication of
any change. But diplomats in
Moscow welcomed his willing
ness to proceed step by step in
stead of demanding immediate
agreement on sweeping general
disarmament measures, as he
has in the past and which the
West considers unrealistic.
Peace Plans
The sources said that the
broad lines of the Western
peace plan are these:
Arrangements to bar the
spread of nuclear weapons.
An early start to disarma
ment by levels. On the first lev
el, conventional arms would be
reduced, with nuclear weapons
and the means for their de
livery lo be retained until the
last slagc. This would avoid giv
ing the numerically stronger
communist forces an advantage.
Non-aggression agreements,
but only if linked to guarantees
of access to Berlin.
International controls to
any reduction of
IVA . I ft T
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Hostages Held
By Both Sides
Being Released
Exchange Follows
Bitter Gun Battle
NICOSIA, Cyprus (UP!)
Greek and Turkish Cyprii-is to
day began releasing relugees
and hostages held by both sides
in a step toward restoring
peace to this bitterly-divided is
land republic.
The exchange began short ly
after a new gun bailie marred
the uneasy cease-fire.
A British military spokesman
said the shots were fired in the
Omorphita area of Nicosia
when Greek Cypriot police ran
into three Turkish Cypriots try
ing to return to the quarter. No
injuries were reported. Two
Turks were taken to police head
quarters and the third disap
peared.
Sandys Visits Hostages
British Commonwealth and
Colonial Relations Secretary
Duncan Sandys personally vis
ited the 470 Turkish hostages at
the Greek Kykko School just be
fore they were let go.
Cyprus has been torn by vi
olence between the two commu
nities for more than a week.
About 200 persons are believed
to have been killed and many
wounded.
British troops moved inlo Iho
neutral zones between Turkish
and Greek communities in an
effort to end the bloodshed.
Foreign Minister Spyros Kyp
rianous, a Greek Cypriot, raised
the question of Cyprus' status
Monday by calling for an end to
the island's treaty ties to Tur
key and Greece. He also sug
gested a government by the
Greek Cypriot majority instead
of the present Greek-Turkish
mixed administration.
I.AUGKST IN HISTORY .loann Fciiila, 10, a nalivc of New
Orleans, La., makes the first snowman of her lile on the
roof of an auto in front of her home in New Orleans as one
of the largest snowfalls in the history of the city fell. By
northern standards the fall was light, melting almost as soon
as it hit the ground. (UPI)
I arms.
NEWSC?)BRIEFS
HUM FROM jP WUNB ,HI 610,1
nitANirr to continuk qukst koh talks
BERLIN (I'I'I) West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt tonight
ner-veri nnlire he will continue to campaign (or direct talks with
Kasl Grrman Communists.
In the face nf growing criticism of his new policy of ne
gotiations with the Kast Germans on traffic through the wall,
Brandt said talks are better than the stagnant status quo.
Sendoff Planned
For Pope's Trip
VATICAN CITY (UPD-The
city of Rome will give Pope
i Paul VI a hero's sendoff Satur-
Shoup turned the command
over to Lt. Gen. Wallace M.
Greene Jr. who will be sworn
in for a similar four-year term
Wednesday. Shoup celebrated
his 59th birthday Monday.
Shoup, born in Battleground,
InH ic a vetpran n( 37 vpars
in the Marine Corps. He plans I rfy hen he leaves for his Holy
to continue to live in the na-! Lan(1 pilgrimage and historic
tion's capital after his retire- meeting wilh the Orthodox pat
moni ! riarch of Constantinople.
In World War II Shoup won ! The spiritual head of 500-mil-the
Medal nf Honor for heroism I'"" Roman Catholics will be
at Tarawa. ! tn0 "rst PPC ln v's'' Palestine
Greene, native of Burlington and the first in 525 years to
Vt., and a 1930 graduate of An- j meet a supreme leader of the
napolis will serve as Marine , Eastern church.
Miss America
Convalescing
MIAMI (UPI) Donna Axum,
the current Miss America, was
confined lo bed today by doc
tors who said she was suffering
belated effects from the Roos
evelt Hotel fire in Jacksonville
Sunday.
Dr. Robert Farrington, who
examined Miss Axum this morn
ing, said she was suffering
burns of the nose and throat
and chemical trachco-bronchitis
from inhaling smoke during the
blaze that killed 22 persons.
"The condition is not serious
in itself." said Farrington, a lo
cal physician.
He said Miss Axum, nf El
Dorado, Ark., will have to stay
in bed about three days for a
complete rest.
Farrington said the condition
could lead to pneumonia.
Snow Falls in Deep South;
Northern Records Broken
JOHNSON" FACKS I.L( .1SLATIVE DECISION ,
JOHNSON CITY. Tex. (UPI) President Johnson today
lacefl fl OIIIICllll irRlsiaiuP tin imiiii nil mirmri in tii mr
51.1 billion public works appropriation hill or sign II reluctantly
wilh strong statement of protest.
Corps
term.
leader for a four-year
INTERVENTION ASKED IN TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS
NEW YORK (UPI) Michael .1. Quill, presidrnt of the
Transport Workers Union (TWO. today urged Gov. Nelson A.
liocke(eller to intervene in the "hopelessly deadlocked'" transit
negotiations before Wednesday's bus and subway strike deadline.
Texas Governor .
Needs Operation
His meeting wilh Patriarch
Athenagoras I of Constantino
ple comes Sunday on Jerusa-
New Traffic Signals
Near Completion
Traffic signals at the inter
section of Riverside Avenue and
Barnett Road are near comple
tion, according lo Roy W. Nor
ton, resident engineer for the
Oregon State Highway Deport
ment. The signals were placed on
flashing yellow and red today.
The timing device has to be
set by a representative from the
II y United Press International
Snow fell in the Deep South,
temperatures plunged to 20 de
grees below zero in the North
and broke records, and
heavy rains beat against Flo
rida today as winter turned on
the special effects for a depart
ing year.
It wasn't much of a snowfall
hy northern standards, but thou
sands of Sugar Bowl visitors at
New Orleans gaped when snow
flakes fluttered down and gath
ered in patches on lawns
and automobiles.
The Weather Bureau said
"moderate" snow fell in parLs of
northern Georgia.
Rain Hits Florida
Freezing rain swept the Cam
linas, southern Georgia and
northwest Florida. A storm off
Florida's southwest coast sent
heavy rains spilling inland.
Vero Beach, across the peninsu
la, reported nearly l'j inches of
rain in six hours today.
In the North, winter was as her in 03 years of record-keep-
Theft at Bowling
Alley Is Reported
wintry as ever. The tempera
lure plummeted to 2.1 below at
Johnsbury, VI., and Lebanon,
N.H. Walcrlown, N.Y., and
Lone Rock, Wis., recorded 21
below readings.
The mercury fell to an official j zero.
ing with an average tempera
ture ot is..) degrees.
Other cities across the Great
Plains, Midwest and Ohio Valley
reported temperatures ranging
down lo 18 and 19 degrees below
Scranton Eyes
Oregon Primary
HARR1SBURG, Pa. (UPI)
Gov. William W. Scranton will
not withdraw if his name, is
placed on the ballot in next
i May's Oregon Republican presi
dential primary, his oft ice said
Monday.
Jack Conny, news secretary
to the vacationing governor,
said Scranton would not file a
disclaimer which would not only
take hitn out of (he primary but
could take him out of the entire
presidential picture.
Under Oregon law, the secre
tary of state can place on llio
primary ballot names of those
who have been "generally advo
cated" in news media.
Scranton has denied any pres
idential aspirations hut has suid
he is open to an "honest and
sincere draft." He also has ex
pressed a willingness to he the
"favorite son" of Pennsylvania's
74-vote convention bloc if the
delegation so desires.
2 below at Chicago to set a rcc
ord lor the day and tne Indi
anapolis Weather Bureau said
Indiana had Its coldest Uccom-
WEATHER
FORECAST: Villlrv (ill xttll
ftinnhp HintEht and WrtnFftriav.
lining durum lhe nftrrniinli
hours. Light rain Wrdni-kniiy
nftrrnnnn Nnrt nlcht. Low lo
nliht 31. Hllh Urdnndiy 4V
Tf mp.
HlKhr-M Vfslfrday SO
Luwrit This MornlriK 33
Our Skies Tonight
Knmrt tiidav 4:4 p.m.
Hmirlof lunnirrow .... 1:11 a.m.
MounrlNr lonlcltl . . II:- p.m.
Last Quarlrr . Jan. 6
I'llO.MI.NK.NT KTAItS
'Ihr Twins, trad (he Monn.
VISIIII.K I'l.ANKTS
Malum, In oi.ithwrit ft:lll p.m.
Vrmift. rl ... ft:1X p.m.
.lupllrr, high In iiiulh 14:1.1 p.m.
Chicago ran Its string of sub
zero days in December to 12,
five more than the record set
in 1005 and tied three times
since.
Milwaukee. Wis., had its l.Uh
sub-zero day this month, break
ing a record of 10 set in 1076
and tied in Ifllti.
San Diego, Calif., reported its
second successive day of record
heat when the temperature
reached 82 degrees, 5 degrees
above the mark set in 1881. Au
thorities predicted large crowds
al the beaches New Year's Day
from Los Angeles southward.
In the Pacific Northwest,
light rain begun falling and
winds mounting duo lo a storm
approaching the coast.
BULLETINS
JOHNSON CITY,
Tex. (UPI) Presi
dent Johnson today ve
toed a bill which would
have required marking
all sawed lumber and
wood products with the
country of origin. He
said this would have vi
olated a long-standing
trade agreement wilh
Canada.
JOHNSON CITY,
Tex. (UPI) Presi
dent Johnson today re
luctantly signed into
law the $4.4 billion
public works appropri
ations bill, with a firm
ly worded reservation
that a section dealing
with the Panama Canal
Co. is un'.onslitutional.
Thieves broke inlo the Roxy
Ann Bowling Lanes, 2.T7.1) South
Pacific Hiehwav. Merlfnrd.
Salem office, and it is expect- j ,,ary lnis morning, and look $15
cd to be completed and in op-
icm s .Mount ni .wives, wnere , cra(ion noxl wefk- Norton saiu.
VIM im mi uie i"vc ui mat ,
crucifixion i Honor Comp Escopecs
Clementc Cardinal M I c a r a. .... , ,
papal vicar general for the Sf If At Large Today
city of Rome. Monday ordered YREKA Two men who es
the bells of Rome's alio church-; raned from a hooor camo work
AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) Texas es to ring for 10 minutes when party along the Scott River
Gov. John Connally may lose the Pope leaves the city and Saturday were still at large to
some of the mobility of his and again when he returns on dav.
HLRDI.KS REMAIN IN PATH OK COLUMBIA TREATY right wrist unless he undergoes Monday. He asked Romans to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's
WASHINGTON (UPll Interior Secretary Stewart L. Ldall surgery this spring to correct turn out in force for the Popes Department reported that noth
said .Monday there still are some economic hurdles standing In j a slippage of bones, doctors said departure and especially for jng has been heard regarding
the way of final Canailian-l .s. agreement on tne Loiumnia ; Monday. his return. the whereabouts ot tne two,
River Treaty. Connally s wrist was snat-1 ! Norman Kuncn, 30, ana waiter
teren iov. u oy a nunet nreo , ueonara, .si.
by the sniper who killed Presi- INJURIES FATAL I The men, who weie inmates
dent Kennedy. j SALEM (UPI) - A six-year- !f the Deadwood Honor Camp
A Connally spokesman said, old Turner girl, Carrie C. Bin-1 Pt Scott Valley, were believed
"The oovernnr is conlinuinc lo . ning. died today of injuries suf- i in be driving a light blue pick-
imcK wnicn was laxen irom
Etna area Monday.
FREIGHTER. ORE CARRIER COLLIDE
PILOT TOWN. La. (UPI ) The tn.Vlool freighter Brinton
Lykca. and the Norwegian ore rarrirr Batila collided near the
month nf the Mlisippi River today and fire broke out in the
(fighter's catco ol rolton halri The loa.l Guard said thrre
Here no ra.lialtirv '
ecain more strength each day ("rod when she was struck by a ! iid
h is feeling well." par near her home Monday. Iir
to $20 from pinball machines,
Jackson County Shcrilt s depu
ties reported.
Pennies also were taken Irom
the cash register.
The building was entered by
removing the cover to an air
vent in the roof, deputies said.
Employees returned about
.1:19 o'clock this morning lo
clean up the alleys, but did not
discover the theft until later.
By United Press Inlernaltnnal
Americans collected hals and
horns today for that most mis
tcrous of holidays the wel
coming of the New Year, ar
riving at midnight.
The millions of celebrations
will have one thing in common
noise.
Many Americans will greet
the New Year in ballrooms,
restaurants and night clubs.
Many others will await the
event at private parties. Some
will attend special church scrv
Man Pinned in Garaqe s. A few will spend the eve-
v i m.inlttr nl hnmn nnrhanO
1 1 III K ijuiuiiv at iiuiiiv, MviMra
Americans Prepare for Boisterous
Welcome at Midnight for New Year
As Car Slips Oft Jack
Wilbur Reed. 51, of 2I1 Van
couver Ave., Medford, was pin
ned between his car and garage
when lhe car fell olf a jack
ahgjit 4:15 p m. Monday, police
rcjf.il.
sharing vicariously In the frivol
ity by means of radio or tele
vision.
New York's largest celebra
tion and perhaps the largest
in the nation will be In lhe
g4inl Grand Central railroad
terminal, where ,1,0(X) guests prepared to greet 500 revelers
were expected to pay from $.15 j vvith a $20 a plate dinner, done
to $100 to dine and dance to the , , and ,, s,ow hMl!in(,j
music of Guy Lomhardo in a ; . , ,
mental health benefit. Private by flamenco expert Jose Greco,
railroad cars will shuttle the But the city's biggest parly will
socialite guests from the sub-, be in the Grand Ballroom of
tirbs to the affair, which will the Sheraton Hotel, where the.
be televised. Cotton Bowl Association pre-
Elsewhere in New York, Del- pared for 700 guests,
monico's Restaurant offered ! Tucson, Aril., reported ils
dinner, dancing and entertain-! nightclubs lowered their prices
ment for $:!0 and Hawaii Kai from previous New Year s Eve
scheduled a luau at $17.50. : levels, offering dinner, dancing
San Francisco's St. Francis ! and entertainment for as little
Hotel offered dinner and danc-las $7.50 a couple. Prices in
ing for $25 a couple and lo in-1 neighboring Phoenix ranged
sure that no one would miss j from $5 to $15 a person.
the significance of the occasion,
scheduled a parade of waiters
bearing letters carved in Ice
and spelling out "Happy New
Year 1054.'
The National Safety Council
estimated that from 440 to Kill
persons would die In traffic ac
cidents during the :io hour holi
day period, beginning at 6 p.m.
Dallas the Staller-llilton , local time today.