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Show ~ Ike Calls Defense Chief to Georgia with Secretary of State John FosThe president will fly back to ter Dulles on a series of foreign Washington late Thursday and on Policy matters, including the AUGUSTA, Ga. (UP)—The French displeasure over the Unit- Friday will hold meetings of the White House announced that ed States and Great Britain sup- eabinet and the national security Defense Secretary Neil H. Mc- plying arms to Tunisia. council at the White House. Elroy will fly to Augusta Tuesday White House Presidential SecreMcElroy will be accompanied to to confer with President Eisen- tary James T. Hagerty said the Augusta by W.J. McNeil, assistant hhower on the new and higher de- president might have other top secretary and defense department fense budget for the 1959 fiscal government officials as visitors specialist on budgetary matters. here before the completion of this | The President arrived here Friyear. |. The chief executive also con- trip which started out to be a day afternoon for a long weekend ferred by telephone this morning “long weekend.” of golf and relaxation By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer <a VOL. 35, NQ. 27 Today he was mixed emotions. the object of He was welcomed to town by the mayor with apparent warmth. But the mayor also reported ‘‘a great deal of ill feeling toward the President in Augusta as a result of his decision to send troops into Little Rock.” Thus it seemed that the people of Augusta were glad to welcome the chief executive back here on his 16th visit since his 1952 elec- tion, but for the most part, they disapproved heartily of his school integration policies. If it bothered Eisenhower, he gave no external evidence of it because within a matter of minutes after he and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived here Friday from Washington, he was playing at the Augusta National Golf Club. The President got in 18 holes and even a brief practice session before darkness Closed in PRICE TEN CENTS PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1957 43 Meet Death In Crash I > i Of British Flying Boat PLANS—Defense Secretary Neil McElroy as he held his OUTLINES DEFENS first formal press conference at the Pentagon. He announced that he will name a special official in his own office to spur U.S. efforts to overtake Russia’s lead in the 14 Survive Flaming Crash On Isle of- Wight missile and satellite field. (UP Telephoto) U.S. Scientists Hint at New Missile Defense aroused defense today rushed plans to leapfrog Russia into solar space and at the same time coun- ter their intercontifental ballistic missile threat. Scientists at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M., indieated they soon may possess a nuclear anti-missile missile — the “key to American defense” against a sneak enemy attack. Lt. Col. McPherson Morgan, head of a Kirtland special weap- Brewster Testifies In SEATTLE (UP) — Frank W. Brewster, chairman of the Western Conference of Teamsters, took the witness stand in the grand larceny trial of Dave Beck Jr. today. aaa 10 Minutes to Target The Defense Department, meantime, has made rapid encirclement of the Soviet Union with ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads 1,500 miles in 10 minutes a priority goal. Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy outlined the U.S. military redvtion to the Communists’ Sputniks and loud rocket claims late Friday in his first formal news conference since succeeding Charles E. Wilson Oct. 9. He announced he will set up a Pentagon super-organization, over and above the individual military services, to press research and development of ‘‘new and novel weapons”’ in the missile and satellite fields. The organization’s chief, to be named within a month, Beck Trial Beck Jr., son of outgoing teameters President Dave Beck, is accused of selling a 1953, as well as a 1951, Cadillac belonging to the Teamsters Union and pocketing the money. Called as a witness for the state, Brewster, who also was President of Joint Council 28, Local 174, and the Joint Council Building Association, identified several books as financial records of Joint Council 28. Then, court was recessed for the lunch hour. Dressed nattily in a slate gray) suit, and a light gray tie, Brewster answered questions in a loud clear voice. At one point deputy prosecutor Laurence Regal wanted Brewster to understand that when Regal referred to cash he did not necessarily mean ‘‘actual hard money.”’ Brewster said, ‘‘no, not green.” Brewster ons division, said ‘‘we feel we have a way of destroying nuclear and non-nuclear rockets out in space.” followed Donald Mc- Donald, Western Conference Bookkeeper, to the stand. ° McDonald testified under cross examination that his books would not include reference to cars with titles in the name of the International Brotherhood of Team- will have authority over anti-ballistic missile missiles, outer space vehicles and ‘‘some other very upstream types of weapon projects.” Outer Space Projects Planned The secretary said there would be ‘‘specific’’ projects in the ‘‘outer space area.” McElroy, said from his ‘‘personal appraisal’ of intelligence data “it seems rather obvious that we are behind the Russians’ today in missiles and satellites. But the nation is ‘“‘moving rapidly,’’ he said, and ‘“‘can not only close gaps but do better than | that.” McElroy promised speeded ce velopment of intermediate range | ballistic missiles and said the government hoped to ‘move up the target date’ for deploying the 1500-mile range weapons overseas. Agreements to station the missiles at European bases will figure importantly at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization conference in Paris in December, he said. McElroy will attend the meeting with President LEisenhower: the Western Conference. 30 Rebels Killed In Cuban Clash HAVANA, Cuba (UP)— Thirty rebels were killed Thursday in the largest clash in six months between the Cuban Army and the forces of Fidel Castro, an Army communique said Saturday. HERALD INDEX Dixie Flyers Whip Pleasant Grove in Prep Semifinal....7 Labor to Fight for Civil Rights Legislation pisisisie eles 21 Amusements Business News Bere Central Utah News ... Classified Comics sale Editorial Page striking power which President Eisenhow- raising the death toll to 44. The huge four-engined plane crashed in flames Friday Southnight while attempting to return to its base 4 NIAGARA had taken off. It plunged into a hampton —A FALLS, fast-spreading N.Y. fire (UP) swept a 17 persons, including 14 children of two Negro families. The early morning blaze came just before dawn, when most of the occupants were asleep. had no chance to escape. Mrs. Mary Ewing, 35, mother of eight children who perished in the flames, made a leap forlife. Her body was found alongside the blackened structure. The frame building on the city’s glow Hotel, but it was used as a permanent residence by the occupants. The fire was discovered by Police Capt. John Dietz, who was driving past the scene in a radar car. It was reported his son, Wil- liam Dietz, is the owner of the WASHINGTON (UP) — At the will be boosted by almost 50 per cent. It will be even higher in the following five months. The Defense Department said Friday night 10,000 men would be called into the Army in January compared with 7,000 in October, November and December. This is the largest Army call since last August when 10,000 men were The increase came at a time when the Army is reducing -its overall strength from a present the Georgia total second in the nation today, and brought the national total to 807. Atlanta, Ga. health officials said lion men to a goal of 900,000 men by next June 30. Explaining the apparent conflict, Army officials pointed out that “less effective’ men are being rapidly weeded out of the service and reenlistment standards have been raised. The monthly draft call is the the roster of national fatalities caused by Asian Flu, other types been taken into consideration. Every two years monthly the it Shalcombe lish Channel during the pre-dawn hours. : i. ; —Western delegations consulted with a new proposal to expand the disarmament commission to 25 nations at the risk of giving Police and firemen raced to the scene but were hampered by blazing grass and trees in the surrounding woods, touched off by the flames from the plane. Hair, Clothing Aflame perman- would seek to work out a compro- avert a major breach in western solidarity over Anglo - American arms shipments to Tunisia. Observers said the delegates lard has hinted that unless a speedy solution is found, France might boycott the NATO ‘‘summit’ conference Dec. 16. PARIS UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP) (UP)—NATO’s Rescuers reported finding a number of survivors staggering from the plane with hair and ent council met in emergency ses- mise which would mollify an clothing afire. Others rolled on sion Saturda in an attempt to angry France. Premier Felix Gail- the ground: to extinguish burning Jewelry Salesman Beaten to Death The French delegation to the NATO parliamentary conference announced it would not participate Saucer Reports Dismissed; All _ Accounted For War started. addition of Mexico. mouth to gag him. The Air Force said intensive in- vestigation in Texas, New Mexico, Nebraska, and the Gulf of Mexico for as hoaxes, aircraft, false radar returns and astronomical or weather phenomena, “I have no Carrier Brings Bodies of 19 Crash Victims HONOLULU (UP)—The aircraft carrier Philippine Sea headed for Long Beach, Cal., Saturday with the charred wreckage of the Pan American Stratocruiser “Romance of the Skies’ and the bodies of 19 friendly tively identified. act.’’ Benson says he plans to report to President Eisenhower ‘‘as soon Oct. 22 om a 3%-week trip around resigning.” I have no plans for plane Independence, which was former President Truman’s plane. have no plans to leave the cab- inet.” was to observefirst hafid the agri- cultural and economic develop- t disasters in France in manyye The train was en route to Bressuire from La Roche-Sur-Yon, the capital of the department of Ven- dee in Western France. The switch engine smashed right into the self-propelled first car of the train, mangling and crushing its passengers. . Police said the switch engine had been routed to Chantonnay by mistake on the one-waytrack connecting La*Roche Harbor with Bressuire, a Vendee trading center 60 miles to the ezst. . CAMP WILLIAMS (UP)— Three Utah State Prison inmates when the week-long search wasofficially called off. plans for resigning.” ways done. a causing State Prison Honor Camp the NATO headsof state. Gaillard denounced the shipment ily’s personal expenses on the as convenient.” He said if Eisenhower is not back in Washington the world to observe at first hand trip except transportation. “I have no plans to leave the the results of surplus disposal As to speculation about his res- early next week from his golfing ignation, Benson said “that ques- vacation at Augusta, Ga., he may cabinet,” Benson told newsmen at programs. Benson was accompanied on the tion has been raised ever since the Bolling Air Force Base upon his trip by Mrs. Benson and two of first week I took the job.” arrival from London. “TJ have no plans as to the their daughters, Beverly, 20, and “I presume if the prognosticalength of service. I am serving Bonnie, 17. tors continue long enough they are Benson said in a prepared stateThey travelled in the Air Force sure to hit right some time. I ment that the purpose of his trip from day to day as I have altrip, said Saturday with Three Escape. un- Benson Has No Plans to Resign Cabinet Position WASHINGTON (UP)— Secretary There has been considerable Before leaving on the trip, Benson WASHINGTON (UP)— The Air of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, speculation about Benson’s future said he was paying all his fam-| Force Friday dismissed as entire- returning from a round-the-world in the government since he lft ly expypinable recent flying saucer reports from several sections of the country. head-on Saturday, farmhouse after staggering harmed from the wreckage. of influenza and complications of partures hit a peak because of the tries, seeking a greater voice for from a heavy instrument and a by the United States and Britain The Navy said none of the 19 large draft calls in 1950 when the their area, have also proposed the towel had been forced into his of arms to Tunisia’ as an “un- bodies recovered had been posiboth diseases. Korean collided engine Two survivors, Mrs. Mary Magson and her daughter, Sheila, told newsmen of the crash in a nearby in the final session of the weeklong meeting Saturday. The French stormed out of the conference Friday in protest against the arms deliveries. ATLANTA (UP)—Atlanta police today searched for leads in the The Council of Permanent RepRussia more voice for propa- case of a New York jewelry sales- resentatives to NATO’s Paris man found beaten to death in a ganda. headquarters met at 4:15 a.m., India, joined by Sweden. and hotel room with $100,000 worth of est to take up the dispute beYugoslavia, threw the situation diamonds hidden in his secret vest tween France and its traditional . into confusion Friday by proposing pocket. allies, the United States and Great Detectives said the body of Fa- Britain. NATO General Secretary that Egypt and Poland — both backed by the Soviet Union—and bius Frankel, about 60, was found Paul - Henri Spaak presided over Mexico and Norway be added to about 6 p.m., est, Friday by a the closed-door session. Italy, Tunisia and Yugoslavia. Investigators said the salesEighteen Latin-American coun- man’s face was mangled by blows (UP)— clothes. the slate of 10 countries already maid. Although the robbery moGaillard told the French Na- of the 44 persons who were aboard tive was apparent, Frankel’s as- tional Assembly Friday that fail- for its last flight. there were 32 flu deaths in the number of men needed to meet approved by the west. area during the past week. Mean- Army goals after such things as The West was agreed to add Ar- sailants missed the valuable gems ure to find a ‘“‘clear and unequivHope of finding the other 25 perwhile, a recheck of Minnesota fa- departures from service, _enlist- gentina, Australia, Belgium, Bra- secreted in the salesman’s pocket, ocal solution’ before Dec. 16 sons, either alive or defid, was virtalities added 35 new deaths to ments and reeniistments, have zil, Burma, Czechoslovakia, India, officials said. would “jeopardize” the meeting of tually, snuffed out Friday night de- France car train carrying weekend vacaewitch pit, some eight miles from Newport. The spurt of flames when the plane crashed was visible in Newport. Anglo-American Arms Threaten NATO Breach Delegations Study Proposal CHANTONNAY, A light steel and aluminum two- The French National Railways The plane, owned by the Aquila Airlines, was flying 50 passengers Co. said at least 27 persons were on a winter holiday to the Canary killed and 25 were injured. Police Island, via Lisbon, Portugal. It ‘said the death toll could cun as high as 50. carried a crew of eight. Salvage crews had recovered 27 Ten minutes after takeoff, the pilot radioed he was turning back bodies. They said several more apbecause of engine trouble. A few minutes later the plane caught peared to be buried in the wreckage. It was one of the worst train fire and ted into the chalk WHERE 17 DIED — Seventeen persons, including 14 children, perished in a fierce two-alarm fire in Niagara in Niagara Falls, N.Y. that destroyed this building early Saturday morning. The building was the Moonglow Hotel, located at 2449 Allen Ave. (UP Telephoto) and six children of the Sanford Western UN In French Rail Wreck All aboard the plane were be- many casualties. lieved to be Britons. Shipments to Tunisia family. 27 Killed tioners All Passengers British fire-swept house. In addition to the Ewings, authorities said the death victims were Jack Thomas, John Jackson Reid at after ed for hours by a heavy ‘peasoup fog which rolled in from the Eng- charred bodies of two adults and 14 children. east side was known as the Moon- same time the Defense Department is reducing the size of the armed forces, the Armyis increasing its draft call. Starting in January the draft area minutes Most of the fierce flames. When they were able to enter, they found the Increasing Draft Call only farm almost in the center of the island, and slid into the pit. Fifteen persons fought their way out or were helped fro mthe blazing wreckage by rescuers. Six were hospitalized with critical or serious injuries. Nine suffered Saturday, bringing swift death to in missiles. The planes took off from the Homestead Air Force Base in Florida at 5:50 a.m. The Air Force said the flight is scheduled to’ circle Buenos Aires Saturday afternoon and head back for the United States. They are to land Sunday at the Loring Air Army Plans wooded three-story tenement type dwelling Firemen were unable to enter the building immediately because Force Base in Maine. A woman passenger died of injuries Saturdaynight, Most Occupants Have No Chance to Escape Fast-Spreading Blaze er and other leaders have stressed in the wake of Russia’s advances level of somewhat under one mil- Si clety Wy .s.-.- cs erecta tare 18-20 Szorts 66 ++ -7-10 D country’s In Georgia showed that all the so-called saucer sightings could be accounted wee Ld stration of this 32 Flu Deaths National, World News ........ 2, 14-17, 21, 30 Stocks .. (UP)— Six B52 drafted. CHICAGO (UP)—A new surge sters. He also said cars could be transferred from the Joint Council of influenze-connected deaths put to OMAHA, Neb. bombers on a 9,250-mile roundtrip flight to Argentine flew over Buenos Aires at 3 p.m. e.s.t. Satyrday and headed back to the United States. Headquarters of the Strategic Air Command here said the planes were expected to land at Loring Air Force Base, Caribou, Maine, at 3 a.m., e.s.t. Sunday: The big bombers, this country’s H-bomb carriers, are being refueled in flight and no attempt is being made to set either a distance or speed record. But the flight is another demon- NEWPORT, Isle of Wight, England (UP)—A crippled British flying boat struggling to reach open water crashed into a chalk pit on this island, killing 43 of the 58 persons aboard, it was officially announced Saturday. caped Friday night or ear urday from the honor camp at Camp W. G. Williams. The escapees were listed as Rodney Erickson, 29, M serving time for third d m burglary; Robert Cronin, 42, Salt Lake County; and Lee J. Scott, 338, Weber County, serving up to five years for passing bad checks. Prison officers said the trio was first noticed missing when the regular check of inmates at the pre-parole honor camp was made at 8:30 a. m. Saturday. Erickson was described as 5'9” tall, weighing 160 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes, and medium build and complexion. Cro- nin also has brown hair and blue eyes, is 6'1” tall, weighs 150 pounds, and is of medium build and complexion. : ments of the 12 countries, he visitScott is 5°3” tall, weighs meet government officials pounds, and is of medium build. &d, to and trade groups in the interest »’ An all-points alert was issued of farther expanding commercial for the trio throughout Utah and exports of U.S, farm products, and in neighboring states. to observe the results of various RARTLY CLOUDY to occasionally through Sunday a few snow flurries likely, é EEE By CHARLES CORDDRY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP)—America’s Tenement Heading Home Blaze Kills On Long Flight 17 Persons 6 Bombers teday near 38. Friday's in Provo was 42, lowest Satmorning 24. a Nuclear Explosion In Solar Space |