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Show I . .For Ads, News, Circulation: Provo Office, ISO W. 4th N. i. X ' CLEAR Herald Telephones FR Orem Office, 757 to partly cloudy through Satur-daColder today. Illn both low tonight 8 to 12. 34, days to moderate Stronr easterly canwinds today and tonight. yon Five-da- y forecast for. Utah: Temperatures near normal in north Utah, above normal in south. y, ; s-5- N. State AC 05 For Society Fit 34 EIGHTY-EIGHT- YEAR, NO. 129 . H PROVO. UTAH COUNTY USIA Reports Mode Public ;tV . "'";! Z "V;-- Kennedy Orders I secrecy ag OH ' 'Prestige Report i ma i dd PRICE FIVE CENTS UTAH FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1961 ed y? "Z3 J ) ETETD 1 m WV 7s rv r OS , ; . WASHINGTON (UPI) The U.S. Information on orders from President Agency, Kennedy 'today made public two reports on U.S. prestige abroad which figured prominently in last fall's presidential campaign. v One report was dated June, 1960, and based on opinion ipolls taken in Great Britain and France just after the collapse of the Paris summit meeting in May. It said the "standing" of the United States in Great Britain was Legislator Intercedes j at a "record low.'', J' With Khrushchev Questioned - I WASHINGTON (UPI) A lead- -' ing Republican senator has demanded to know whether there ! was "any deal" between Presi- dent- - Kennedy and Soviet Premier v Nikita Khrushchev on release of the two U.S. RB47 fliers. ' I Sen. Styles Bridges, N.H., chairman of the Senate GOP Policy Committee, said; Thursday Kennedy should give a full accounting of negotiations that led up to release of Capts. Freeman Bruce Olmstead- and John R. McKone .after seven months in Soviet cap tivity. - Bridges said in a Senate speech that Kennedy' "didn't make it clear whether there was anything offered Russia or promised in re-iurn. rie saia me secrecy snouia i be torn off." f , i ln a, statement later, Bridges described the, Soviet action, as. "a typical ; Communist propaganda maneuver" and said MalL the world knows j the Soviet always tries to extract an exorbitant - ; i .. ; i" price." The GOP senator asked Kennedy these questions: Were .there any concessions (Continued on Page Four) 1 ) The other report, dated Oct. 10, 1950, said "public opinion in most parts of the Free World believes that the Soviet Union is ahead of tho United States in space achievements." , Tiie USIA said the White House is still considering whether to muike public a third report, dated August "29, I960,, which also figured in the campaign." ;..'.'' Secrecy Stamps Removed USIA refused to make public the reports during the campaign. Cop ies handed to reporters today had knicks at the top where secrecy classification stamps had been snipped out with scissors. The June report wasj based on polls among 1,150 persons in Brit' ain between May 21 and 24, and 1,003 persons in France between May 23 and 31. The summit meet- in collapsed May 16. The June report made these paints: Both the United States and Russia 'suffered major losses in general standing" in Britain and France right after the summit collapse. The word ("prestige" was not used. 't Russia was blamed most for (the summit collapse, but "a majority blamed both 'sides at least in pant."' The U2 Incident figured in criticism of the United States. British Most. Concerned ."U.s. losses appear to be much more extensive among the British than among the French" am:! in terms of "willingness to side with the U.S. in the cold (Continued on Page Four) . ' . i; V ' , " Willi E. TAYLOR United Press International SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (UPI) The hijacked liner. Santa Maria sailed steadily on its course for j Africa today, apparently ignoring a I U.S. Navy request to disembark the; 62Q captive passengers at the port of Belem, Brazil. The Navy said the last reported position it had on the Santa Maria put it at 5 degrees north latitude andj 36 degrees 37 minutes vest longitude, on a heading of 120 degrees, This put the ship about 600 mles north of the "bulge" of Brazil, and about an equal distance between the ports of Belem and Recife. The Santa Maria was still headed in the general direction of Angola, a Portuguese possession on. the west coast of Africa, hours after the Navy asked it to put in I J j As Big Crowds rk SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Rep. Marvin Warren, D - Sprdng- ville told 44 former Utah County employes today the state's Right- Law gives them proiteo tion from loss of jobs due to pol iitical changeovers. Warren said there is a section in the 1955 law which provides penalties for denying a person the right to be employed because of his memibership or . non - mem' bership in labor unions or ottoer association. He said this applied to political subdivisions such as Utah County. . The 44 persons allegedly have lost jobs since a Republican board of county commissioners took over at the beginning of 1961. All 44 an- - Democrats. Warren said he has not talk ed directly to any of the discharged employes but that a meeting is planned for Orem at 7 p.im. Saturday at the Steel Workers Hall when a union of ficial will explain provisions of the: Right to Work Law. "I feel Utah's Right to Work La v hasn't been used so far ex cept to apply directly to, labor unions. I believe it does include counties and cities also," Warren said. to-Wo- j .: f j y - , ' ' ' - ' ' - i HAPPY' REUNION while at right Capt. John McKone kisses his wife Connie. Looking on, right background, is Mrs. Janies (Herald-UP- I B. Olmstead, the flier's mother. John F. Kennedy watches as the freed are reunited with their wives at. Andrews Air Force Base, Md. today. In center, Capt. Freeman Olmstead is about to embrace his wife Gail, !-- Pres. iers NEW COLUMN ON FASHIONS STARTS TODAY Adlai Says Kennedy May Summit Meet Possibility Be Glad to Meet Mr. K. Not Ruled Out A new syndicated feature column, "Ask the Designer," by Gail Bugas, will begin today on the society page of the Herald. It will run every Friday and will feature questions asked by readers on all phases of fashion. Hannah Troy, Sally Victor, Pauline Txigere, Oleg Cassini, (Mrs. Kennedy's designer), Ceil Chapman and Molly Parnls will be some of the featured designers. This column will run every Friday, so don't miss out on the helpful tips included in each column. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (U1PI) ma! relations" j with .all countries, Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson including Communist China. said today he believed President On the questions of both China he Kennedy would be glad to meet and Khrushchev, however, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev made' it dear that he was not layif the' Russian leader returns for ing down government policy. the resumption of the U.N. Gen250 newsmen in the eral Assembly session in March. He told of the Assembly Poroom meeting In has first news conference as litical Commdttee that the United U.S. permanent representative to States would support the efforts of the United Nations, Stevenson said Secretary-genera- l Dag Hamimarsk-jol- d hii goal would be to achieve "nor- to restore order in the Congo . Search Pushed For U. S. Plane j ARGENTIA, Nfld. (UPI) full-scasearch by U.S. and le Confirmed , i ' X - ' ' By 1 Senate (UPI) WASHINGTON 1 Esther Peterson, a native of i : Mrs. Pro- N-vo, Utah, Wednesday was conof 'Women's I ; firmed as director I I hu. Bureau of the Department of Labor. Mtf'The action was. taken by the GETS SCOOP United Press Senator Labor and Public WeInternational staff photographer lfare Committee. William Sauro, above who took Mrs. Peterson wall resign her the exclusive photo below of post as legislative repaesenitative the Santa Maria from a U.S. of the Industrial Union Depart-imeNavy plane. of tlhe AFlCIO to accept the Kennedy the post in ' i f" ?. : : - : - I - nt "by whatever means he chooses." Stevenson, augmenting a declaration- of U.S. policy in the United Nations under the Kennedy administration, said it would be his "objective and devout liope" to maintain "these improved relations" between Washington and Moscow during the second half of the assembly, which reconvenes on March 7. Asked if Kennedy would welcome "informal contacts" with Khrushchev here "under the U.N. umbrella," Stevenson safid: Can't Speak for Kennedy "I cannot speak for the President because, we,, have not discussed it, but my guess is that he would be very happy to meet Mr. Khrushichev here. "I am not suggesting a summit conference 'but an opportunity to get together would be most welcome in my opinion. I should add that I would be very glad to see hrici again myself." ' v He- emphasized that a meeting here should not be anticipated as a new summit meeting, but only "an opportunity to get together." , Ex-Provo-an s A Ca- nadian air force planes resumed today for a U.S. military air transport plane which disappeared with 2S persons aboard near Newfoundland Thursday. Officials at the U.S. Air Force base here said a lone RB5 craft scoured the sea during the night without locating the C118 plane, missing en route from Port Lytii-teMorocco to Norfolk, Va. The search today began at the last known position of the plane, 455 miles southeast of Argentia. Ships at sea were alerted and U.S. Coast Guard cutters were ' standing by if needed. Officials said the weather was overcast with "s e v e r e turbulence," with visibility averaging two miles. y, - -- Kennedy-Khrasfadhe- Fourth Consecutive Month Decern be r L i vi n g Costs Reco rd prices might offset increases in others. United Press International The department reported that WASHINGTON (UPI) Living for all of 1960 the price index costs edged up to a record high 126.5, up 1.5 per cent in December for the fourth con- averaged from 1959. This compared with insecutive month, the government creases of 1.5 per cent in 1956, 3.4 reported today. cent in 1957, 2.7 per cent in per Higher, prices for food and hous- 1958 and 0.9 per cent in 1959. ing nudged the Labor DepartOver-althe index rose 10.5 per ment's consumer price index up h of 1 per cent to 127.5, by a new high, j This meant that prices of goods and services bought by middle income families were 27.5 per cent higher last Central Utah News....... 11 . 7 . . . . : . . ... ...... month than in . 1947-4Classified .13 Robert J. Myers, deputy com Comics missioner of labor statistics, said Editorial ....................12 e no absolute price sta National World News in 2, 7, 15, 18 is sight. He said that in bility 4 Obituaries 1961 the consumer price index is 14 , , 1 to 2 to cent. rise Society likely per by Myers said, however, that the Sports .4 index for January might hold Stocks i.i... steady because declines Ja some By EDWARD COWAN , MM : l, ' one-tent- HERALD INDEX 3-- 6, 15-1- 9. long-rang- EXCLUSIVE PHOTO OF PIRATE SHIP- - The Partuoiese liner Santa Maria, is 3hown in Interin an exclusive first picture, made by a United-Pres' U.SJ who flew in a national photographer over the ship Navy patrol plane. (Ex-cIusivq HeraicMJ.PI Telq?hoto via radio irom Kio da Janeiro), mid-Atlant- ic s K white-painte- ; I . rying the RB47 fliers, Capts. John R. McKone and Freeman Bruce Olmstead, landed at nearby Andrews Air Base, where Soviet Premier5 Nikita Khrushchev first set foot on American soil in 1959. McKone and Olmstead, who were shot down by Red jets over the Barents Sea last July. 1, d stepped from the of into their wives. the arms plane Dramatic Announcement They shook hands with the President, who had dramatically an--v d news nounced to a 1 . ' r suggestion. The Navy here 'said the Santa . ? . ; . 1 rk , Watch By CHARLES CORRDRY United Press International WASHINGTON TWo (UPI) American airmen flew home today to a welcome from President Kennedy and a joyous reunion with their wives after seven months in a Russian prison. An Air Force Constellation car- To County Workers onward passage for the Santa Maria if Galvao accepted his proposal. ..' ;.:; But Galvao" gave no indication he planned to accept Denni son's Maria has been maintaining the same course for some time and there was no indication of any sudden change. If Galvao wanted to return to Belem to discharge his passengers, including 42 Americans, he would have to make a sharp right turn, coming almost completely about. If he wanted to put in .at Recife, he would have to at j Belem! The commander of the Atlantic change course sharply to the i Fleet had asked rebel Capt. Hen- south. V An exchange of messages be- rique Galvao to let the passengers off at a South American port (Continued on Page Four) Released Airmen Land At Andrews Air Base Says Right-to-woLaw Gives Protection of his choice, suggesting Belem as the most logical. Adm. Robert L. Dennison said he, would send a Navy ship to assist in transferring the passengers. Then he asked tjie Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington whether he should guarantee safe j is Joyous Reunion With Wives -- w. j f 4 Copt ano f HimJacked Liner U. S. ects Mavy Request ml f LBy CHARLES V5 - Refuses to Let 620 Captive Passengers Disembark mmw c Y ' In Firings ' , j Claims Law Violation .................... 8-- 10 Hi gh cent from 1955 to 1960, an average of 2.1 per cent a year. To calculate the monthly index, the Labor Department samples across the nation prices of about 300 goods and services bought by middle income city families. . The department also reported that factory workers' take home pay dipped slightly in December, a month in which it usually rises. The loss was blamed on a shrinkage of ' 24 minutes in the work week, ' caused largely by snow storms in the Middle Atlantic states and New England. As a result of the slight increase in the December index, about 150,000 workers in aircraft manufacturing, other metal working industries and trucking are scheduled to receive wage boosts of 1 or 2 cents an hour. Their wages are tied to the index by clauses in their con cost-of-livi- ng tracts, Secre- (UPI) WASHINGTON tary of State Dean Rusk said to- cnac tresuaeni jvenneay mas dja not ruled out the possibility of a summit conference with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev if the radio-televise- the fliers had been released by the Russians. The President's word as ihe greeted, each of the fliers were: "How do you do, captain; glad to see you." I w 1 1v 11 w - m Allkl ill k nil w 1 w -- a ately backed away to make way for the ' officers' wives. some moments with their wives. :. again. '" The fliers, their wives at their sides, stood talking with Kennedy for. several minutes in the ,22" degree weather. A procession of Air Force cars was drawn up to take the re"national interest requires." leased airmen and their families Rusk said Kennedy wants to em to guest apartments at Andrews Air Base. ploy "flexible" diplomacy. Rusk said ihe new administraIn the welcoming group with !to tion will seek make greater use Kennedy were Air Force Secreof ambassadors and normal diplo- tary Eugene Zuckert and Gen. matic channels, but does not want Thomas D. White, Air Force chief ' f to get into a "frozen" system of staff. to which would preclude any other flew Andrews President The : kinds of contacts. by helicopter. The new secretary made known He then joined Mrs. McKone and, Kennedy's views when he dropped Mrs. Olmstead to walk to the side onto the State Department news of the plane and welcome the reroom to tell reporters that he turning heroes. wanted to greet them informally Returns to White House an.-.b Jet you discover I am After seven minutes of the hapon the since I disap py homecoming ceremony, Kentually peared into that ceil upstairs.", nedy strode across the field about Rusk said that whfle the Presi- 50 yards to his Marine helicopter dent wants tol use U.S. ambassa- for the journey back to the WhnV dors abroad and existing diplo- House. matic channels to the fullest he Meanwhile, the fliers and. their not "reject the possibility of wives happily obliged photographother kinds of meetings." ers Who wanted pictures, repeating He said he wanted to tell re- the embraces and kisses that had . porters this himself because there marked their arrival. had ' been some speculation that There was a ban on interviews the Kennedy administration's with the men about their , on using our ambassadors on Page Four) might have indicated a dogmatic" determination to rule out all other methods. Rusk promised reporters an eaav ' ly news conference, saying he planned to hold his first one early next week. He said that as soon as"tbe President-hadelivered his State of the Union Message, scheduled for next Monday, the basis will have been laid for a "detailed press conference' ' of the sort of which he believed he should proSALT LAKE CITY (UPI) ' vide. Wilburn N. Ball, acting state superintendent of public instruction, Co rrier Destroyer Thursday was named superinten. dent. of the Collide At Sed , Appointment announced Ball was by Rulon T. NORFOLK, Va. (UPI) The air: acting chairman of the craft carrier Essex and the de- Hinckley, State Board of Education. stroyer Murray collided at sea Ball has been acting superinduring a refueling" exercise about tendent since the death of Dr. E. 250 miles off Cape Hatteras, N.C., Allen Bateman last October. early Thursday, the Navy report.The new superintendent has ed. r ; y been on the state school staff for There' were no casualties aleight years. He was director of though the Essex received a rup- research for one year, director tured aviation gasoline line. The of education four years Essex stayed at sea, and the andsecondary superintendent three deputy Murray returned to port here. years. Mr. Ball is a native of Lehi where he attended school, later .graduating from the Brigham Young University where be was By United Press International a member of Coach Ott Romney'i The earliest human, ascent by varsity basketball team. balloon was made Nov. 21, 1783, Mrs. Ball is the former Darlcne in Paris by J. F. P. de Rozier Owens of Provo, daughter of and the Marquis D'Arlandas, who Mrs. J. A. Owens and the late ascended to 3,000 feet- in a 20 Mr. Owens, C31 No-- University &Y9, minute fi&tit, .1 snow-cover- ed . j ' ( . . ac-jo- , - d-- es -- exper-(Continu- ed "em-plhas- is Lehi Native New Head of State Schools s , . j .; , Now You Know - i . |