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Show 1 ' J M u1 V I 11 X X. 1 y V I L til S V . fl XJ' I -a 1 r-- v II X it m i V V I YEAR NO. 102 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY; UTAH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1960 EIGHTY-EIGHT- H II 1 . jPryr I X. X. ll II XX Inquiry Into $75 Million S'li'S, Fire Beg iris II A ricoinni0 PRICE FIVE' CENTS Over-Us- of Lumber e In Construction Charged; 157 Injured By ROBERT J. KORENGOLD United Press International By ROBERT LILES MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Union announced today United Press International it will cut its defense spending "considerably" and prom--MNavy Sec YORK NEW ised 3.2 million- more jobs with a 5 per cent increase in retary William UPI) said today Franke ' real income for all workers, the $75 million fire that swept the Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov added, however, aircraft super carrier Constalla- that there could be no "sharper" defense cuts because tion may force the Navy to elim ECennedy Ho - - TalteQafh On Jan; 20 tr Increase In Mi nimum ""'"-llilJI-J"- XL:-- j I I 5 t. ,.7 Kennedy, Aides Vow Action to HelpDistressed Regions F. Joihn t : f v it out-strippi- ng - Kennedy end his Democratic cor.gressional leaders, concerned about unemployment and the "lack of vigor in the economy," today promised to press for early action next year In the House and Senate for aid to eUDOomically distressed areas and an increased minimum wage, Kennedy and the leaders also forecast speedy action on measures providing for federal aid for Bchool construction, public, housing and medical care for the aged. Kennedy wound up nearly two days of legislative' talks at has borne here with Vice Presidentelect Lyndon B." Johnson, House Speaker Sam Rayburn f and Sen, Mike Mansfield of Montana, expected to be the new j majority ' leader of the Senate, j ti " t ; -- U. S. Envoy In ' I i 112,-000-v- Lw. I T . . Hold Press Conference The, four men held a joint news conference in the patio of KenI I nedy's home and from this meet- ing came - these other points: Johnson will take over chairmanship of fthe President's Advisory Council on Space.! J Kennedy also assigned John-io- n responsibility for cverseedng .work of the government contract committee, .which compliance 'to eliminate discriminatory seeks employment practices on government contracts. . foresaw a The president-elec- t broader role in the executive branch for Johnson, saying he fwotild work with his vice presi dent on matters of national se. curity, national defense and inter-particularly national relations, r America. Latin of countries with ' athands-ol- f a took Kennedyl in the rules toward changes titude House and Senate, saying such matters were to be decided by the House and Senate. He added, however, that he was anxious that the procedures of Congress "will mempermit a majority of the bers of the House and Senate to work their will, but the form of procedure is up to the House and : Senate." v'.'x Kennedy said that his electorvote al victory Monday seemed to be convincing Republican National Chairman Thruston B. Morton of vthe Democratic, victory in Novem-be- r. ' I . : The ,said to of idea no Europe going tad nor . his. after) inauguration, ehortly bad he ever , considered such a ..:!.! plan. Awaits Budget Conference ' Kennedy has a major; budget-'cr- y conference scheduled here for Wednesday. Pending that meeting he was reluctant to do much fore--; .(Continued on Bge Four) president-elec- t ' . i ; & ,,. L. 1 r ill' T ct ' U Orem Aoorwes 7.7 5 Cut in Tax levy for 67 ' , OREM A decrease of 1.15 mills in the tax levy estimated as needed in the 1$61 tentative budget,-wa- s approved by members of the Orem City: Council after debate which lasted into the early hours of today at the regular session of the council Monday night. The recommended 26.60 mill levy (same as'for 1960) was cut " to 25.45, after the council approv-ed a reduction of .75 mill from the commended 1.50 mill for a total of .75 mill in the tentative library fund.! A reduction of .40 mill from the recommended 1.40 mill for a total of 1 mill in the parks department was approved. Other mill! levies in the tentative budget remained as recom- - UN kssernbly Votes Down resolution calling for the restoration of ousted Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba and disarming of the troops of strongman Col. Joseph Mobutu who imprisoned him. The assembly, moving toward adjournment tonight, also rejected resolution enan Secretary-generN. U. dorsing Anglo-Americ- an al Dag Hammarskjold's Congo policies and calling for conditions that Presiwould enable dent Joseph Kasavubu to a civilian government. After the vote, Hammarskjold vas glum as he told the assembly he. regretted that it had not given him "the moral or political support" he hoped for in solving the Congo dilemma. By a single vote, the resolution proposed by the United States and Britain failed to carry the majority required for assembly action. 2 The vote was with 32 abstentions. Immediately before killing off be measure, the defeated a resolution assembly sponsored by Yugoslavia and sevn en countries designed to restore, the regime of ousted leftist Premier Patrice Lumumba. The" -- vote against the eight-powwith 27 measure was abstentions. The net result was that Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold maintains his authority to pursue the policies he has laid down for the UJN. peace operation in the pro-Weste- rn two-thir- ds - . Har-ima- : f , Anglo-America- top-lev- el , j Mc-Co- ne Lera-nitze- - (Continued on Pagt Four n Afro-Asia- President Eisenhower received an hour - long briefing on world . affairs, including reports that Israel was striving to join the United States, Britain, Russia and France in the atomic club. Give Few Details There were few details on the briefing, which also was attended by Defense Secretary Thomas S. Gates Jr., Chairman John A. of the Atomic Energy Comr, mission and Gen. Lyman L. chairman of .the Joint Chiefs of State. But it presumably dealt in. part at least with what course this country would take if the reports of Israeli atomic weapons efforts proved true. The State Department said the United States could not continue peaceful atomic aid er 42-2- 8 Congo. Western Majority Reduced But with only .43 countries votn resoing for the lution which clearly endorsed those policies and called for creation of conditions to enable President Joseph Kasavubu to reconvene parliament, the assembly returned a sharply reduced margin to back up Hammarskjold in its mandate to him to pacify the , , Anglo-America- pro-Weste-rn Congo. V mended. They are contingent or general fund; 5 mills, with a total of $90,950; bond interest and sinking fund, 7.50 mils, total $102,183; public safety fund, 5 mills, total $123,380; cemetery fund, .60 mills, total $23,052; recreation fund, .60 mill, total $10,600: streets and sidewalks, 5 mills,' total $79,000. The total capital outlay of the 1961 "tentative budget was not available today. ' Library Problem Councilman Laird Billings in charge of the library reported to the council that in the 1960 revised. budget a levy increase' had been approved for the purpose of fund accumulation for the eventual construction of a new library. "In a few years when our contract with Mr. Paulson and the Scera expires we are going to be faced with additional bonding to cover he cost of construction of a new library," Mr. Billings said.: "Why not plan ahead and provide this facility with a savings program rather than an additional bond load?" the councilman .'. said. , Other councilmen and members of the chamber of commerce stated that the city needs other buildings fire station, a national guard armory, a city administration building and others. The group ire com mended that the city give consideratipn to setting up a capital improvement fund to provide buildipgs rfor which the need is greatest. Public Safety The gradual expansion of the volunteer fire department and the addition of three new police officers were included in the public safety budget. - Plans for the construction of a convalescent hospital between 1300 and 1400 South, west of the Hillcrest School, were discussed. Dr. and Mrs. P. M. Stoddard met with the council to discuss the re--, zoning of the area. After much discussion the council referred the. problem back to the planning commission, which is the proper channel, with the planning commission to make recommendation to the city council at the next . meeting. Val Christiansen, road contract tor, met with the council and a group of concerned citizens to explain a new road surfacing prob-- ( Continued on Pag Four) . Resolution On The Congo Israeli Delays Answer On U. S. Atomic Weapons Query -- ni m mt You'd think winning an election SOBERING TASK . . . SOBER EXPRESSIONS isn't all its cracked up to be, judging by the glum expressions on the faces of top Demos who held high level conference Palm Beach, Fla. today; From left are Vice Pres.-ElePres.-El ec John F. Kennedy, House Speaker Sam Lyndon B. Johnson, Mansfield. Mike The serious Sen. and but determined expressions may have Rayburn to give America's economy a shot Demos resulted from the determined pledge of; the in the arm. (Herald-UP-I Telephoto) 43-2- The WASHINGTON (UPI) United States asked Israel two weeks ago whether it was trying to make atomic weapons but still has received no answer, the State Jepartment has disclosed. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter made the request to Isn raeli Ambassador Avraham on Dec. 9, the same day. the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee was briefed by Central Intelligence Agency officials on what was called "intelligence that Israel was information" an atomic arbuild to seeking ' senal. ; The Israeli Embassy here 6aid today it had received no answer yet from its government to Herter' question. , The State Department disclosed til query to Israel Monday as twin Ethiopia Flees ote - For His Life i By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press International UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) The United Nations General AsAfro-Asia- n he sembly today voted down an v. ' Pact Cements Russ Ties With Cubans He made his disclosures when he submitted a draft budget for 1951 Now Officially Elected to the Supreme Soviet meeting in joint session in the great Kremlin hall. With 300 Electorial He was preceded by Vladimir Gets-22Nixon Novikov, vice chairman of 'the Votes; Council of Ministers (cabinet) and chairman of the state planning By FRANK ELEAZER committee, who presented the United Press Interhational MOSCOW (UPI) Western ob state proposals for economic de WASHINGTON (UPDTohn F. velopment for the coming year, servers said today uuoa s new trade treaty with Russia will Kennedy, now officially elected the third of the current seven-yea- r strengthen Soviet influence on the the next President of the United plan. 90 Caribbean island .republic Ahead of Schedule States, today still faced two conof south miles Florida. stitutional steps before he can Novikov said the 1960 developmove into the White House. the said was Soviet ment of the They agreement, oblieconomy to Russia The 537 presidential electors, running "considerably ahead" of gating buy 2.7 million tons of Cuban sugar if the United meeting in the 50 state capitals assignments and target figures. He Monday, - officially" elected Kenne- promised greater things for the fu- States refuses to do so, would dy with 300 electoral votes to 222 ture; with an ambitious program lessen the effect of . U.S. economic for Vice President Richard M. calling for more homes, farms sanctions on Premier Fidel Cas tro's regime. Nixon. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, . con and factories aimed at Russia agreed to "do its ut servative- Democrat from Virgin the United States.. to supply Cuba with vital most" A 15. total of 269 was ia, received Noviko v's plan put special emneeded for election. products which it is no longer phasis on the expanded industrial able to obtain from the United The electoral votes will be offi production and "virgin lands" pro. cially counted and. announced at gram of Premier Nikita Khrush- States. also Cuba proposes to sell Rusa joint session of the Senate and chev, who has been pushing hard fruit sia and hides in exnickel, House Jan. 6i Ironically, as pre- to shove Soviet economic growth Soviet for wheat, machin siding officer of the Senate, Nix ahead of that of the United States. change metals and technical assist ery, on will announce the outcome. Khrushchev, apparently recov- ance. Kennedy then will take his oath ered from an attack of the flu, J Premier Nikita" Khrushchev, ap of office at the inauguration Jan and other government and pearing in public at a reception high 20, . completing the constitutiona: Communist party leaders were (Continued on Page. Four) requirements for becoming Chie: present as the ministers presentExecutive. ed their proposals. .Johnson Elected Too Announces Military Budget The electoral vote also made for the Garbuzov said official the election of Kennedy's maintenance of spending Russia's armed vice presidential running mate, forces in 1961 will amount to 9.25 Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas billion rubles, or lO per cent of the entire budget compared to 12.9 Kennedy rolled up a' slim the balloting per cent in 1960 and 19.9 per cent , edge in Nov. 8 when voters actually se in 1955. lected the presidential electors I At the same time, Garbuzov Monday's electoral vote casting said funds for science would be wiped , out the slim Republican, budgeted ABABAj Ethiopia (UPI) per cent above ADfDIS U. S. Ambassador Arthur L, topes of overturning the victory the 1960 figure. t through recounts or defections by Richards, 53, fled for his life from (Foreign observers said the fig- the Southern electors unhappy , about ures palace through a window presented at today's Supreme thatroyal had been Kennedy's proposals. shattered by artiller Soviet session to reprewhen fire The electors mostly voted for sent the secondappeared forces attacked ry loyal succssive cut in rebels inside the building last the man who won a majority o; Soviet budgeted defense the popular ballots in their states but they were wary aboutspending, Friday. drawing The diplomat from San Fernanon Nov." 8. conclusions.) do, Calif,, disclosed details of his But the electoral balloting pro narrow escape Monday night. vided several unusual incidents. He said he was in the palace Hawaii's Republican electors conferring with rebel Premier Ras cast their state's three electoral when troops loyal to Emvotes for Nixon. Democratic elec Haile Selassie stormed the peror tors, however, , unofficially cas building. three votes for Kennedy, leaving Was Delivering Message the way open for Congress to de had been asked by both sides "I clare him the ;winner on the basis to convey messages with the of a recount now underway. knowledge and approval of both Surprise In Oklahoma sides," he said. 'I was deliverPartial results, of the recount WASHINGTON (UPI) The ing a message from the military give Kennedyl and edge, United States is resuming mili- in the palace at the time of the Ndxon led by 141 when Hawaii's tary aid to turbulent Laos hi attack." '. votes were first counted. Haile Selassie's that hopes have forces, now firmAll eight of Mississippi's elec- been ousted there and a stable, ly back in" control, claim the rebtors and six in Alabama who ran government finally els panicked at that time and shot IS government hostages, including .. unpledged in November cast their established. ballots i for Byrd as a protest j The State Department author- four cabinet ministers. against the strong Democratic ized military arms shipments to civil rights plank. These 14 elec- the government of Prince Boun tors voted for Sen Strom Thur- Oum, which took control of the Nearly 19 Years Ago for vice president. capital of Vientiane in a shell, mond, There was a surprise in Okla- tank and gunfire fight last week homa, where 'one elector defect- and sent Soviet-arme- d troops fleeed from Nixon, and voted for ing to the northern part of the . Byrd for President and Sen. Bar- country. ' ReU.S. to arms conservative Goldwateri the sMpments ry Asian kingdom ' were publican from f Arizona, for vice first reduced and then cut off enpresident. . tirely, during the civil war beNEW YORK (UPI)-- On an6ther tween Communist, and neutralist factions which fol- bleak Monday nearly 19 years Train-Aut- o lowed a neutralist coup Aug. 8. ago the Navy was refitting a Officials , here kept a wary huge ocean liner for war duty. It watch for signs that Laotian led by paratrooper was the once proud queen of the strongman Kong Le, who fled to French 'merchant fleet, the the north, might be reinforced; by ' Five Russian, Communist , Chinese "or Fifteen-hundreMINNEAPOLIS (UPI) workmen' were young men were, killed Monday Red North Viet Namese aid; cre laboring to convert the luxury situation. liner . into a World War n troopnight when their car was struck ating a Korea-lik- e train. a If Boun this Oum the passenger speeding! happened, by ship on Feb. 9, 1942. The The Winnipeg Limited of regime could call for U.S. troops 'vessel had been renamed the the Great Northern Railway, to - back up treaty obligations to Lafayette by the U.S. government which had seized the ship shortly (Continued on Page Four) traveling about 63 miles an hour, slammed into the car at an :., : crossing in suburban i By MERISIMAN SMITH UPI While House Reporter BALM j REACH, Fla. ' (UPI) President-elec- there is as yet no agreement on .. disarmament. 2 Wage Asked - J,LLLI " - . ; - j . '". 1 . . : . ;at-15.- 6. U.S. Resumes I-i- eru Shipment of Arms to Laos ; 89-vo- te pro-Communi- pro-Weste- rn . D-S.- inate other ships in its current building program. Franke made an inspection of the damage caused by a roaring fire Monday which claimed 45 lives and delayed completion 'of the. 6O,01O4on carrier at least nine r.;onths.. Three admirals were named by the Navy to conduct an investiga- ti:n of the blaze. Among the things they will try to determine is nether combustible wooden scaf folding which contributed to the fire was used for economy reasons. ,r i . Franke, after i his inspection, said the Navy was faced with two alternatives asking Congress for more money to repair the or curtailing th Constellation, building of other vessels. f - Defends USe of Wood Rear .Adm. Schuyler N. Pyne, commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, told reporters the Navy's decision to use wooden scaffolding was "made many years ago." "It has always been used ea Navy ships," Pyne said. Franke said he was "firmly convinced that there was nothing suspicious about the fire." The Navy said it hoped to begin public hearings on the disaster Wednesday. New York City Fire Commission- - er Edward F. Cavangh Jr. was among officials the Constellation : Carrier inspected today. He said Y 1 extensive damage was done to girders, plates and metal work, some of which was warped by the intense heat. Three naval officers of admiral rank were named to conduct the official inquiry, The New York .' ' . Jouimal-America- n said today the board will Investig gate reports that a use wooden scaffolding policy .to; inciead! of steel inside "the carrier during construction caused the disastrous fire. V Wood Was Cheaper The Hearts newspaper said it had learned that the board's in--' vestigators would be told wood was r "used because it is cheaper than metal." Fire Cffief George David was quoted by the newspaper as saying the! inside of the carrier was "like a regular lumber yard." The maze of wooden scaffolding on the galley decks and hangar of the huge attack carrier, which was being outfitted for commissioning next spring, was set aflame oy acetylene torch ' sparks landing! in spilled diesel oil instead of jet fuel, as the Navy originally penny-pinchin- . announced. A spokesman said today the oil was used to operate generators that provide electric power for the ship. He said the diesel oil was "chemically about the same stuff' (Continued on Page Four) i j pro-Wester- B laze n, Crash Kills 5 pro-Commun- Nor-tnandi- e. d on 15-c- ar un-light- ed ' Brooklyn Park. None of the train passengers was injured, .Train engineer Harold Pearo, St. Paul, Minn,, said the car tried to beat the train to the crossing. " The ' crash killed Roger W. Branson, 20; Gary F. Lambert, 19; Larry F. Danner, 19, and Am brose A. Hoppe, 22, all of Anoka, Minn., and Paul A. Sharber,' 18, ' Ropers, Minn. The mpaot was so great the wreckage of the auto, carried a half mile down the track, had to be cut away from the locomotive with acetylene torches. r . ' ; i ... Hero of War II Saratoga Fire Dies in Constellation ; after France collapsed V to i tie Axis forces. Some; of the workmen were us ing acetylene torches. Others were using blow torches. Suddenly Uthe dread cry of "fire! fire!" rang through the ship. In a short time the ship was engulfed in flames. Firemen pumped thousands of gallons into the fire. Ice formed on the deck and superstructure. Workmen were rescued as quickly as possible. Only one workman was killed '. at least 200 civilians, sailors and Coast Guardsmen were injured. The flames spread. More water was pumped in. The vessel began to list heavily to port. AH hands were ordered off the ship' and the once proud liner, her three upper decks destroyed, succumbed, the following day. to the ravages of fire and water. The sleek Normandie rolled over on her port side and settled into the mud on the Hudson River . t , NEW YORK (UPI) Leonard plode and sink at any moment. Rizzo, 33, blinked back tears Mon- But the order to abandon ship never came. Her crew fought the day night and remembered. . He spoke of his brother, Mi- flames to a standstill then guided chael, two years younger than he. the wounded carrier into port. "A very brave guy," Rizzo Four months later the Saratoga bottom. said. He said Michael had been was again at sea. In 1946 it was sold for scrap in the Navy in World War H, and to the battle save the for $161,680. During was a crewmemfoer of the air- Saratoga, Michael Rizzo had craft carrier Saratoga in Febru- helped rescue one of his buddies, ary, 1945, when it was set afire but had been badly burned on the j by Japanese planes that scored . seven direct bomb bits. Fair The story of the Saratoga was Warmer one of the miracles of World War through Wednesday. Wednesday. IUgiT today 37 to IL Shuddering under the impact 40. Low tonight 15 to 20. Hiffh of the bombs, her flight deck' Wednesday 43 to 43. ablaze, iha seemed ready fa ex ..-'- . Recalls Normandy Destruction s land-locke- d legs, bis brother Leonard said. Monday, Michael Rizzo was one of the 4,000 men working on the giant carrier Constellation when it too was swept by flames. Leonard Rizzo had just identified bis body. j who j -- - Noyt You Know By United Press International The sua is 400,000 times as bright as the ful moon and gives earth six million times as much light as do all other rtars put t gather. r ' . |