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Show Telephone Fit 3-50- 50 MOSTLY CLOUDY For Ads, News, Circulation: Provo Office, W. 4th N, ISO throuHi Sunday. Scattered showers of rain or snow. Continued cool. High today, 50. Fit Orcm Office, N. State 757 ............... .. Fop Society AC 05 FR S4 -- Cease Fire New Intelligence The (UPI) State Department today announced the creation of a new "special operations" center aimed at. enabling President Kennedy to deal more quickly, with crises such as those which erupted in Cuba and Laos. The special r group will gather intelligence data on a 24 hour basis and see that presidential orders are "promptly implemented." It will be headed by former - Commie-Le- d 33-ye- ar w , said, that a representative of the Ui S. Information Agency Rusk In Oslo For Crucial The Operation Center,- - accord ing to State Department Press Officer Robert McCloskey, "Will NATO Session SecreOSLO, Norway (UPI) tary of State Dean Rusk arrived here Saturday from Washington for a crucial NATO session and told America's Atlantic allies that "separately and alone none of us could meet the challenge of our times.".. ,C: vf Rusk' and foreign ministers of the 14 other NATQ members, plan-jie- d a sweeping appraisal of the international situation and Communist pressures around "the globe in the three-da- y meeting ' starting i " 4 Monday. V ; ( V "The development of thev Atlantic community is a foundation of the United States' foreign policy," he said in an arrival statement. "It is only through the unified strength of that community that together we can maintain a world environment in which free socie ties 7 can flourish." , Rusk said the focus in the next few days would be primarily on the international political scene and non-- i 1 i t a r y aspects of ! - m NATO, . i ! "However," he said, "we shall not forget: that in a world threatened by tyranny, our efforts rest on our joint: will and ability to defend our freedom by force if necessary." gather on a 24 hour; basis all in telligence and operational data available to the United States gov-' urgent concern." He said: "It will be responsible for seeing that recommendations with respect . to these situations are made promptly to the secre tary and through jhim to the President; and for seeing that their are promptly impledecisions u mented." said that "Task McCloskey forces drawn at appropriate agencies will! work- within flie "Operations Center arid will be served by the permanent staff j of. . The first two problems which have been placed before the Cuba and - Communist - menaced South Viet Nam. They said the group was formed about two weeks ago and has not yet been fully staffed. The existence of the new special Operations Office was curiously disclosed by the State Department when it announced the appointment of Smith. The creation of the operation and the appointment of Achilles had not been previously disclosed Officials, said: that it was not entirely clear just where the new group fitsinto organizational charts, ' but it would deal with crises on an immediate basis assessments-o- f the State Department's Bureau of Research V and Intelligence. I ;. lev-me- nt - t j 4" the.'-.Center',- j i 800 Expected For State Jaycee Convention Here An expected 800 to 1200 Jaycee members and wives from all parts of the state will.--' gather in Provo May 18 through 21 for the 26th annual Utah Jaycee convention. .'-- The group, which claims to be the second largest civic, organization, in the world, has 50 clubs within the state, all of which will be represented at the annual meet hosted by the Provo club f and auxiliary. . four-day The schedule will include both joint and , separate meetings and activities for Jaycee members and Jaycee Wives, Committee meetings - are the scheduled for only activities Thursday, May 18,; opening day of the convention, to be followed on Friday, May 19, with a variety of contests, committee and aux' . iliary meetings. Keynote Speaker Ted Anderson, past national vice president, Salt Lake City, will keynote the opening geaeral session on Saturday morning, May 20, to be held in the Provo High School auditorium. State officers will present a number of reports and city officials will be in attendance and address the session. The general session that Sat urday afternoon, "also in the auditorium, will ha ve as its keynote speaker, Orvin Fjare, former U.S. congressman, Big Timber, Mont. Saturday's activities will be concluded with the parade of cities along Center Street, to fol low the session, and the conven tion banquet at the high school U gymnasium, f Wilkinson Slated Dr. Ernest L. Winkinson, Brig ham Young University president, will address (Jay cees and wives (Continued on Page Four) - j j . Boat Sinks On Student Excursion ' BUCKEYE LAKE (UPI) ! j j A Dennison University fraternity outing almost ended in tragedy Saturday when an excursion boat began leaking and settled down in 12 feet of water. Nobody was injured. The 120 students on the boat, calm throughout, were rescued, coeds first, by patrol boats , and the private citizens boating in Collake about 35 miles east of. umbus. ' :' Highway patrolman Larry Mila- kovich who took part in the rescue said the boat was heading for the dock when it began taking : water. For a while the combo continued playing and there was no panic as patrol boats and private, citizens headed for 4he troubled craft. Slowly it began to sink, finally touching bottom in about 12 feet of water which came, up to the .. first deck. excursion boat "The might have know we won't but hit something into .until we bring the boat dry i . dock," Milakovich .said. "There was no actual fear or anything like that," he said. There was no panic. Everybody was taken off in orderly fashion "The State Lake Patrol had launches out there.' They and the small private craft took them off beautifully," the officer said. "Everybody pitched in and got everybody off." - j, i j l ..' ... . .Vov,-:'-',::1'- ! - .. . r y -- Q)(sD(2 jn : ' ;' (UPI) Nov You Know ; s rl . t. U VIENTIANE, Laos (UPI) i; - T?: 1 2-- V cease fire talks tween government and rebel forces in Laos fizzled today and Communist-le- d troops launched an offensive against, guerrillas behind enemy lines. A high-levLaotian government flew by helicopter to delegation meet with a rebel delegation at Ban Hin Heup but their parley broke up without even an agree ment on when to; meet again, in formed sources said. The' side kept the Royal delegation waiting for five hours. When the two sides finally did meet the talks foun dered over Red demands that the next conference take place 30 miles" inside rebel lines at Ban V it pro-governm- el r t. r :J Br' . y As Shepai d s t 3 , 1 M' Informed I Saturday 14-nati- on Khrushchev Sends Congratulations On Space Feat (UPI) Premier Niki-t- a Khrushchev today sent a telegram of congratulations, to President Kennedy on the successful of thej first U.S. completion manned space flight, the official Tass news agency said. Tass said Khrushchev sent the telegram to Washington in the "name of the people of the Soviet Union iand himself personally." "Please convey my cordial con gratulations to the flier, (Alan B.) Sha'pard, Tass quoted the Khrushchev telegram as saying. "The latest outstanding achievement in man's conquest of the cosmos opens up unlimited possibilities for the study of nature in the name of progress." MOSCOW 26-2- sources pinpointed as the planned target 7 j "4 4. Z His mission will be generally the same as that of the nation's j first spaceman, Mercufy iteam- mate Alan B. Shcpard Jri to ride a capsule about J 115 miles into space and 300 jmiles 1 over the Atlantic OceanJ y nis w cnores wnue soaring through five minutes of weight lessness in snnre mav be a little All six occupants were hospitalized. Shown looking at different, however. Shepard's e Orem are more Police Chief cess Reed gave wreckage Btrrgener, left, and Trooper Lawrence Clark of the Utah Highway confidence that man can perform useful tasks during this period. Patrol. (Herald Staff Photo by Mark L. Rigtrup). Basically, though, the purpose will' be the same to gain a better knowledge of this airless, j cold, environ always potentially-letha- l of ment for the years manned conquest ahead. The $500 million Mercury pro gram will fire two and perhaps. three more Redstone rockets with. capsules similar to the 'Freedom 7" craft in which Shepard made ."The only complaint I have Was Wearing a sport shirt and ' v the first flight into that the flight was not long slacks, he spent) the morning chat 4 enough," Shepard said. ting with his six fellow Astronauts sPa,ce Should the late June Shot come He will save! the rest of his and Project Mercury officials. on time and with ,the same off public comments for a news conRobert Gilruth, the civilian ference in Washington Monday space agency's space task force degree of success as Shepard's, ' a third could follow withm six after he meets with President director, said Shepard s entire weeks, . Kennedy. flight went precisely according to These Mercury - Redstone mis Excellent Shape plan and all systems functioned sions would give the nation, a pool Shepard was in excellent shape perfectly. "at "least three "experif need" today after his; 15 minute space Asked if the orbital flight sched of for the even j mpr ride from Cape Canaveral, 115 uled for later this year would be Spacemen (Continued on Page lour) miles up and more than 300 miles expedited or del ajed.he said that downrange. there will be no change in the program. But its obvious that cer tain events of the last few days have not slowed down the program." Astronaut Malcolm Carpenter sid Shepard was able to see 1,600 b miles through his periscope at the highest point. Another astronaut, John Glenn, said Shepard had no down" flight of American astro- difficulty in his. "long period of naut Alan Shepard and the or- weightlessness.? i!" A Cuban war-MIAMI '(UPI) Well bital flight of Russian Yuri GaSlept craft was reported sunk today SheDard sleDtl. Well during the n unidentified ob garin and hailed Soviet space achievements as proof . of the night despite the excitement of his icct 0t Western Cuba.. Alii Cuban eventual triumph of communism downrange flight from Cape Ca- - shiPS and planes in the! zone were over capitalism. naveral. He woke; iip feelirig fine. ordered "to sweep the seas clean Ail seven space astronauts are 0f any shjps in the area.' "We will show you yet,"? he told now on uranol Bahama. Along the capitalist world in general. wireless messages intercepted with space experts: they gathered h Miami identified the vessel as "We tremble at your fate." to hea.r Shepard , describe a warship," the K21G It! report- Khrushchev ; deplored "the ag- today uie 1115111 iiwbh anu xus reacuons. eddthe vessel .was sinking. . H mues .. 'n , rt.?iirl a f1.' .f AVr-- gression in the Cuban Republic Tt inns woo in iii cm,!.t ine isania ae jvianen on 1L. and the rising in Laos organized day's massif with Shepard tell- - jnortn oicoast of Pinar Del Rio nnrth by the imperialists. . . ." mg every detail from the. moment pr0vince. Then turning to Cuba he said of f until his capsule landed Tano'c fiphtinc Khins' does not mil- in the water. another American-supporte- d LI list a "K21G," but the Cuban Doctors who are attending, him Navy is mad up chiefly of small itary' action abainst Cuba "will have serious consequences described Shepard as being in vessels such as minesweepers or first of all for the United States both excellent mental and pnysicai converted PT boats. itself, because in our time such health. A second ' message from the cannot of go unpunished." "He's in the best things shape, the vessel a few minutes later said, "We are sorry that the reaction- best. of health, thej best of spirits, "abandoning ship. We re sinking; ary forces in America were able and just like ne jwas beiore neiast to provoke an attack against left the Cape, only; happieri'Pro- - , Several ships ; and three; planes Cuba," he said. He called it a 3cct Mercury flight - surgeon; Dr. ordcrcd to the scene of the ,dis- aster reported later, they sighted "perfidious attack against Cuba William K. Douglas said. which does not threaten anyone" neither the ship nor survivors, Shepard, who rode a and said he hoped U.S. leaders capsule 115 miles into the sky in draw the "correct conclusions." (Continued on Page 12) 1-t- S -t . a. ! itiUfcil'i IN THE BRUSH That is just where this late model station wagon evided a wild out-o- f control trip with4 six young people inside. In the course of the mad run it ripped out about 200 feet of fence from a nearby field. Students, Visitors Spectacular rem Crash Hurts Six i Sh epjar d."Has".C om plaint Was oo Short Plight pace statement ld - ill-fat- ed - (Continued on PageFour) L im'i scientists By MURRAY M. MOLER United Press International GRAND BAHAM ISLAND (UPI) Astronaut Alan B. Shepard today: Six Brigham Young University broke his public silence about, his! space and ex-- j students were hospitalized Sat- journey through a complaint the flight urday, one in very critical con- pressed wasn't enough.! long dition, with injuries resulting The Nivy commandfrom a spectacular ione - car now er, undergoing, an exhaustive crash near the intersection of physical checkup here, issued a 1400 South and Carterille Road one-lin- e about his in Orem. Twenty-twb-yer-oNedra Caldwell, 775 N. 100 E., journey. most seriously hurt, was taken- to a Salt Lake City hospital with severe head injuries. Other involved were Nada Caldwell, 22, twin sister of Nedra, Carol Salt, 22, and Mary Jane Salt, 19, sisters who were visiting in Provo from Cardston, Alberta, Canada, Dorene May, 22, also of 775 N. 100 E., Provo, land Gary R. Allen, 21, jHelaman Halls. Miss May was listed as thej driver of vehicle. the The mishap occurred at 2:14 p.m., Saturday when! a rear brake cylinder on the machine, a 1955 station wagon, Apparently broke- as they were traveling east on 1400 South. The wildly careening car gathered speed as it rolled downhill approaching the Carterville Road. It left the road at a point just across the intersection and traveled some 275 feet, shearing off about 200 feet of wire fencing in a pasture 4s it lurched alongk Traveling through the field, it dropped off a bluff to topple several feet into' a on suc-th- -- WASHINGTON (UPI) Roving Ambassador Averell Harriman Y called upon Soviet Premier Niki ta S. Khrushchev Saturday to use his influence with Communist China and North Viet Nam to get them to agree to true neutral ity for Laos. from a special mission to south east' Asia. He said success of the Geneva forthcoming Conference on Laos depended upon the ability of Khrushchev, who has agreed to a neutral Laos, to persuade his Asian allies to cooperate. Harriman said American mill tary observers1 in Laos told him that the rebels were not only sup plied with Russian military equip ment but had gun crews and lead ership groups from Communist North Viet Nam. Pathet Lao, The Communist-le- d who previously never had shown any military capabhty, suddenly were able to lay down "an artil lery barrage to protect advanc ing infantry with as much skill as the Germans and Japanese" showed in World War II, Harriman said. He said Russian and Chinese (Continued on Page Four) June " time. The astronaut pilot, likely will be either John II. . Glenn Jr. or J Virgil I. Grissom of America's seven - man corps - of Mercury i nt . j learned Saturday. , In Laos Crisis . By ALVIN B. WEBB JR. United Press International V'; CAPE ii CANAVERAL (UPI) The United; States will aim for a date in late June to j fire its second man into space it was 5' , Namone. While the two sides held their futile talks, rebel troops cast a shadow over the whole cease-fir- e picture by striking hard against Meo tribal guer rillas operating behind, the Com ' munist lines. Defense Minister Gen. Phoumi (Continued on Page Four) Harriman Asks Nikita's Aid ! Glenn or Grissomj Likely To Be Next A'stronaut Pilot pro-Commun- ist MOSCOW (UPI) Nikita S. Khrushchev Premier suggested Saturday the United States adopt a "live and let live" policy tol ward Cuba. He also appeared to suggest that Russia and th! United States should engage in lilateral disarmament talks. talks would be Such a major departure from previous two-nati- on East-We- st disarmament negotia- tions which have been on a multi-natio-n basis. So far as is known here, there have been no discussions between Washington and Moscow on any bi-late- ral talks. j full-scal- e j man-controll- ed I " ' . j .. : War Nikita Urges 'Live And r Let Live' Cdba Po!icy - Sunk Off Cuba Coast . : ctt-nHn- . ic-ii- , i jr 1 , lift-of- Khrushchev spoke at celebrations in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia1 , on the 40th anniversary of the Gommunist 'government there. His speech was broadcast live throughout Russia. He referred tothe "up and 95-min- ute Attorney G e n o r a I Democratic Solon Vows Fight on Accuses Air Discrimination ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) Atty. Force of Waste I -- bell-shape- d ; Gen. Robert F. Kennedy told an WASHINGTON (UPI) audience in this Deep South colDemocratic congressman accused lege town Saturday that he was the Air Force Saturday of setting going to work to stamp out a aside of 719 planes for fleet racial discrimination wherever high ranking brass and civilian he found it. Just before Kennedy spoke big wigs. He said it was a "total Athens polfce arrested five dem- and unnecessary waste." "he who does not work, does not onstrators who paraded with signs Rep. Daniel J. Flood, disclosing the number of Air Force planes eat." protesting integration, The five identified themselves assigned to "administrative and Soviet Procurator General Roman Rudenko, the man who as "Holiness" preachers from special mission" flying, also U-- 2 prosecuted pilot,. Gary Atlanta. They were i charged charged that a large number of ordinance the flights were "in violation.; of Powers, hailed the new laws as under an which the law and existing regulations." a step toward "preventing, sharp- for carrying placards "No read: and finally completely reducing IntegrationThe Bible The Pennsylvania House memcounTeaches in our crime Separation." ly eradicating ber, in an interview with United William Tate, dean of men . at Press International, found one , try." Rudenko also announced that the University of Georgia, where consolation. The special planes,' "especially dangerous criminals" Kennedy made his address said he suggested, must spur the ambi"Yankee Go Home" signs had tion of the younger officers, will lose all rights to parole. The decrees revealed that been scrawled on campus side"This situation in the Air walks almost the never crime These night. during although Force," Flood said, Vis the claswere in atthe is before washed the sic example of why generals away press very reported want to be generals." (Continued on Page Four) torney general arrivd. j j " anti-soliciti- j i i Goal About The Same '5 'St The be- full-dre- ss returned f - - S: '4- Against Government Harriman r r"A o Launch Offensive first CENTS 15 ; t ' MOSCOW . Troops Soviet Extends Death Penalty To Embezzlers, Counterfeiters The Soviet government Saturday gave its courts the right to send embezz? lers, counterfeiters and prison troublemakers to the firing squad; The Supreme Soviet's extension of the death penalty followed by a few days another ruling adding "banishment"1: of two to five years in addition! to jail terms for "a specifically dangerous state crime," the Soviet news agency said. Tass International Press United By Monsaid the news laws, aimed Tass the historic Genghis Khan,' "idlers' leading an antitoward Russians the defeated gol chief, invasion 1223 his in in social, parasitic way of life," resweeping affirmed the Leninist principle of from the east. . I ; . ri ! Laos Fizzle State Department Counselor Theodore C. Achilles. His title will be director, of special' operations for j the State i Department. j The Department announced that - bid President i Kennedy's brother-in-laStephen E. Smith, hay been appointed special assistant to Achilles. Officials said the permanent tives of Defense and State De partments, and the 'Central Intel-the- y may be included. fUl Talks in Setup to Speed Action in Crisis WASHINGTON PRICE' PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, 'UTAH SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1961 VOL. 38, NO. 49 Johnson to Leave Says Sen, M'cClellan On Tour of Southeast Asia Strikes Kept Shepard From Being First Man in Space "I Strikes (UPI) and slowdowns at missile bases kept Astronaut Alan Shepard from ' being the first man in space, according to the chairman of a Senate investigations subcommittee. Sen. John L. McClellan, said "we could have beaten them (Russia) by eliminating obstructions, hinderances and delays such as have been exposed" in the panel's hearings. President Kennedy announced at his news conference Friday that he had told Labor Secretary Ar- WASHINGTON D-Ar- '!..' The toannounced State Department Vice President Lyndon day that B. Johnson ?.vill leave Tuesday k thur J. Goldberg to work closely morning for a tour of with the committee "to see if we South and Southeast Asia.' can get a responsible, consistent The announcement said he will, effort by labor and management confer in . South Viet Nam, on in the field of production of our "steps' that may be necessary" ' 'missile program." to strengthen that country against While Shepard was making his Communist efforts to dominate it. successful space flight, B.G. Mc- President Kennedy said Friday Nabb of Convair Aircraft was tell- - the question of possible use of ing the committee that the U.S. U.S. troops there, as well as other space program could ' be six steps to meet the Red campaign months ahead of its present sched - of terror and sabotage, would be ule if unnecessary work delays decided after Johnson conferred had been eliminated at Cape with South Viet Nam President iNso Dinh Diem .. f.". Canaveral, WASHINGTON (UPI) wo-wec- , , |