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Show V Telephone For FR 3-50- 50 ' Herald's Provo Office, 190 W. 4th N.f for news, society, circulation and advertising. ' Fair A today and tonight. Variable high cloudiness Friday. Warmer. Iligh today 53 to 60; Low tonight 32 to 36. Friday 60 to 65. - For Orem Office State, telephone AC EIGHTY-EIGHT- at Vv N. 757 . 05. JEAft, NO. H 173 press d Area k n n af Cc n mmm d Up H Bd PRICE FIVE CENTS PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH THURSDAY, MARCH 301961 by 'Vioney. Fight JFK Expected To United Press International . WASHINGTON (UPI) A f iffht over control of the Sign Sugar Act held final congressional passage of up purestrings today President Kennedy's $394 million program for creating Extension Law Reels By VINCENT J. BURKE l3 Li "9 Hint Overseas Bases To Close Also 21 -- jobs jn economically depressed communities. V The House on a 7 rollcall Wednesday, approved the administration's area development program despite 250-16- ; ' I j Jack Flies 63-2- To Florida Fo Easter ur ate attention. ' 7. ; PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI) Presidents Kennedy flew to Palm Beach today for a brief Easter " vacation with his family., The. President, who has a jet plane 'standing by here in case the Laos crisis should require his presence in Washington, landed in the jet, an Air Force 707. Unless the - press of government business requires a prior departure he plans to return to Washington sometime "next Monday. President Kennedy arranged a "24-howatch" at the White House in his absence to rush mat- ters to him requiring his immedi- The President, whose wife, daughter and son already were in Palm Beach, was accompanied on the trip by Sen. J: William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mrs. Fulbright and Roving Am-- t bassador Averell, Harriman. v. The Fulbrights were making the trip to spend the Easter holidays with friends in the . area, while Harriman was going to his home in Hobe Sound. Just before Kennedy left news dispatches arrived in Washington saying the Soviet Union would shortly announce qualified acceptance of Western proposals for a Laotian cease-firThe White House declined immediate comment on the reports. But privately U.S. officials said the proposal .might turn out to be a real solution to the Laotian civil war. However, they would "not commit themselves until the West receives the official reply and has time to study it.; e. of the legislation. The House approval was particularly sweet for the administration, because ,it evened the score, with the conservative coalition which defeated Kennedy's minimum wage bill by one vote last Friday. The new program is aimed at areas which for various reasons have been suffering from chronic unemployment at rates higher than the national average. Under the bill's aid formula, 108 different urban areas in 26 states and. Puerto Rico would be eligible to apply for federal help, in attracting new industry. The measure would authorize : . , $100 million in lending for indus trial 'plants and another nail-- 1 $100 lion in loans and $75 million in grants for public facilities. It also calls for . $19 million annually for subsistence grants for unemployed persons being for new jobs, for technical assistance to communities and for ocre-train- ed cupational The remaining $100 million was' earmarked for lending for projects in rural areas. Republicans attempted to derail the administration bill with a $275 inillion substitute which omitted the rural area aid. But 5 the House rejected this on a rollcall. re-traini- job-creati- (UPI) Presi- WASHINGTON protests from some Republicans that it would become a "gigantic boondoggle." The Senate passed ' it' 15 days ago, The only question still to be resolved was whether Congress would keep a tight grip on the pursestrings. Under the House bill, no funds could be spent un til appropriated by Congress in a subsequent money bill. The Senate measure would permit outlays of $300 million without further congressional action. Senate liberals vowed they would "stand fast" on this issue, but all signs indicated the Sen ate .itimately would have to back down and accept the House passed bill. Democratic leaders deliberately omitted the Senate's , financing provision from the House bill to help minimize opposition from conservatives and ease passage ng Cease-Fir- e ft Proposal dent Kennedy was expected shortly to sign into law a compromise 15 - month extension of the Sugar Act, which By EUGENE McLOUGHLIN United Press International expires at midnight Friday; The Senate and House rushed the bill to passage Wednesday night and sent it to the White House. It was not certain when Kennedy, who requested the extension, would sign it. Within minutes, a Senate-Hous- e conference committee ironed out differences between the two versions, the Senate shouted approval and the But Still Under '60 Employment Up From Last Month Western reaction. Diplomatic observers in London said there might be a basis for an agreement between the two sides but they expressed fears that While employment in Utah prmit too much delay before a cease-firCounty has increased somewhat Rebels Score Gains from the February seasonal low, Rebel Pathet Lao forces gained it is still 6.8 per cent below govground against March in 1960. Some ernment troops recently as the rein the steel industry, in construc- sult of a massive arms supply tion, railroad work and retail, buildup through an airlift of Soviet ' trade lowered the percentage of planes. The Moscow sources said the unemployed from the high of 13.4 Russians wouldseek further per cent, in- - February to .11.9 per assurancesalso thaf after .the shooting cent for March. stops there would be a The number of workers now un conference including the. United employed is 3800 compared to States, Russia and Communist 4300 in February, and 2500 a year China to work out the political ago. fuure of Laos. Despite the .current unemployAlthough the British submitted ment, the Provo Employment their proposal to the Kremlin last Office which released the em- Thursday, it was considered likely ployment figures in its monthly that a formal reply would be withmarket bulletin, reports that "we held until the Communist Eurostill feel inclined to go with an pean leaders end their Warsaw earlier prediction that 1961 will Pact meeting in Moscow Friday be as good a year, economically, or Saturday. as 1960." Economic indicators reason given for the delay One continue to alternately give rise in Moscow was that the Russians to optimism and pessimism. On not want to appear to be redid the positive side of the ledger, acting to pressure from the Sohth-eapostal receipts were up, building Asia Treaty Organization's permits continued the improve- meeting in Bangkok this week. ment of 1960 that started in Would Employ Force January, bank deposits inched upThe SEATO foreign ministers ward and unemployment totals wound states. On the up their meeting with a report dropped, conthe deficit side, employment compromise resolution that only tinues to lag and sales slumped implies the West would use force in Laos if a peace were not neby 3.8 per cent. The most serious aspect of gotiated and did not set a time unemployment, aside limit on the Russians. The SEATO ministers moved to from the extremely high totals, is the number of persons who have different parts of the globe today exhausted unemploymnt to campaign for a peaceful setbenefits after a long period of tlement. unemployment. Secretary of State Dean Rusk a conference in New Delhi had Building permits in February totaled $520,745, an increase over with Prime Minister Jawaharlal , (Continued on Page Four) Nehru. Nehru said afterward that India and the United States "agree very largely" on the aproach to the e. pro-Weste- rn ks ( s, executive demonstration. Obviously pleased, Juisenhower put his arm. around the shoulders of the group's spokesman; KOichi Morita, and said a formal apology " was "not necessary." "This is the last act in .the June riots, and it was a happy lending,' said Eisenhower, who indicated he was hopeful of traveling to Japan in the fall. He shook hands .with each of the more than 60 Japanese students who V since the demonstration had become members of the Moral Rearmament organization. Morita told Eisenhower at the - meeting on the lawn of the former president's, vacation cottage thai the riots "not only divided Japan and America at that time but also did serious; damage to the unity of the Free World." He said the students were now prepared to fight beside the United States for the ideologies America represents. The visit to the United States j anti-Americ- an ' . j , -- j . J - t m i& 5: X , - ". gTfC? WfiHTpfi n-.;,-Q- LiV'1: v 291-12- NOW SHE CAN VOTE jmwm ft mil p District of Columbia residents have finally won the right to for president and. vice president. The 23rd amendment to the U.S. Consti tution extending the presidential voting privilege toj Washingtonians for the first time in history, was ratified yesterday- - first by New Hampshire and then by Kansas. Mrs. Lena F. Fisher,: 84, a. native of Washington will finally get to vote in 1964. (Herald-UP- I Telephoto). Apartments Take 5 Lives A CLEVELAND, Ohio (UPI) fire ripped through a three-stor- y apartment building on the city's east side early today, killing at least five persons. d Ten persons were injured in at least five others were m flee-feare- st . . " V I Fire Damages . . - Debate Expected Postponed :??x- 35-mi- ; - nt, 4 - Halo-wee- 99-nati- on naval bombardment and evacuate his palace. At the close of hostilities, the sultan presented the British fleet commander- - with a decoration. 1 - well-dress- ed - . " Gro-myk- o. '. K. . . . .f Hi" f HI V f. y . r r -- -- v le et Ogden Store i j s . " j . U.N. Disarmament I' Clearfield On List for Curtailment National Expert Sees Recreation Possibilities ,i , , action would cost about $50 million in the year starting July and jthereaf ter will save the gov- ernment $220 million a year, j Of the total saving, $120 million would be realized by 'closing the !' domestic bases. . McNamara said that the domestic closings would effect 15,000 persons. Of that total, 6,000 will be military men made available ' for more important jobs. j The secretary said the Defense would bend every f efAmerican history. Kennedy called Department By JOHN G. WARNER fort toward helping the 9,000 civil-- , United Press International approval of the amendment "a ians relocate and obtain new emResiWASHINGTON (UPI) step in the right dire- ployment. To soften the impact dents o the District of Columbia major f ction' only 20 per cent of the closings will have to wait nearly four will occur in fiscal. 1962 and the years to exercise a privilege they, But he urged Congress to let whole program will stretch lover waited 161 years for, and some Washington residents have home three ' years. said the battle still was only half rule, too. "Itis equally important 36 of the 52 ' that resident of the District of McNamara said won. domestic installations will be put The naGon's capital won a long Columbia hat 4 the right to select (Continued on Page Four) Disfight Wednesday when Kansas be- the officials who govern the came the crucial 38th state to trict," he said. The Democrats immediately ratify the 23rd Amendment to the District Constitution, giving resi; predicted! they would win the to vote for presi- three electoral votes alloted the dents the righ Districts Republicans hailed the dent and vice president. But it won't do them any good move but made no political preuntil 1964, when the next nation- dictions. The District estimates it has 500,000 persons of voting age, al elections will be held. President Kennedy led a group about 100,000 whom have been abof District residents who refused sentee voters in other states. to be totally satisfied by permis-- t Many of these probably will be- sion to vote for the first time in I gin Voting in the District. Clear4 WASHINGTON (UPI) field Naval Supply Depot in Davis County was the only Utah For Provo Area military installation included in, the list of defense plants to. be reduced or discontinued. ,. The Pentagon announced a list of 73 installations it intended to " v: close. , The announcement . from the Pentagon said Clearfield would be disestablished as a supply with the mission and stocks would be phased county, By JOAN GEYER jointly perhaps wind-set ; over and aside and for it out over the next four years. The' Flying Wednesday parks in playgrounds, said J. riffled Utah Lake, silver-blu- e order said space at the depot haze with snow cirques of the Lynch, New York, City, NRA rec- would be leased out or declared Wasatch rising sheer to the east reation planner. excess and turned., over to the and the river winding below a Mr. Lynch, landing at Salt General Services Administration ' National Recreation Association Lake Airport Wednesday after- for disposition. The move to cut Clearfield planner saw Provo as "rich noon, was flown by light aircraft resources for play- -' into Provo by City Planner Ken- came only a few days before the grounds." neth Millard. beginning of its 18th year" of. op, "It would be .very desirable for" As he flew over Salt Lake Val- eration AprEv 10. 1, the city to buy up, as much priTooele Ordnance will also Depot durMr. recalled that vate land as possible, in canyons ley, his Lynch recent survey for Salt be affected by the President's acing and; fronting on river or lake, Lake County he had recom- tion. It is going to get part of of mended utilization natural re- the maintenance and supply dusources including possible selec-- , ties of, Benicia Arsenal, Calif., t&n of Antelope Island for a hotel which is slated to be phased out. When Clearfield was at its peak resort and golf course. ; in the defense business it had Urges Development As he crossed the Jordan Nar- 6,113 civilians, L333 enlisted men (Continued on Page Four) rows and saw the canyons Capital City Wins Long Fight For Right To Vote Fire in Ohio Holdup Steals $1 Million In Diamonds '" i establishment ! projects. Estimate of Savings Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told reporters that the ! vo te their - d , ..Mini, four-alar- military , and would place the national interest above "special or local interests" in ridding the Pentagon of excess faculties and obsolete 5 , By United Press International The world's shortest war took place between 9:02 and 9:40 a.m. on Sept. 27, 1896. It took this length of time for the sultan of Zanzibar to surrender to a British and1 fit" QompietG -- Now You Know cost of 9,000 civilian jobs. The department said it also would close 21 U.S. overseas bases located in eight countries. It withheld the names of the overseas installations until negotiations could be completed with foreign countries. But they may I take two to three weeks. The action .was decreed by President Kennedy to eliminate-"unneedefacilities' despite the resistance of special interests.! The President said in his ' defense budget message Tuesday that.1 he intended to have a "lean 1 To Eisenhower For Riots present : j-- in the rubble. Thre of the victims were identified as William Merriewether, 58, who leadped from the third floor, and Deborah Simpson, 2, and Linda ..Joyce Carr, 5. The Simp son girl's body was found jafter firemen collapsed a wall. Two more "bodies were found on the third floor., Their identities were not released immediately. Firemen said Mrs. Naomi Simpson and two children, aged 3 and 4, and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Arnold were unaccounted for. was" sponsored by MRA. The Six of the injured were listed in fair condition at Polyclinic Hos-an- d group after the meeting went to released. Los Angeles to perform a play Fire Lt. Thomas Mooney said cajled "The Tiger" which depicts he and other firemen arrived when the riots and the subsequent re"V.'e could hear the people scream pentance the students felt. inside as we jumped off the truck. ::3qgoowq)yre:';yy3BWwy Flames were shooting out of all the windows. J ;, "As we pulled up, we saw two Lesley problem. people jump from a second floor and land rin an alley. We broke down an iron gate and carried them out; Neither could walk"." Three persons suffered broken legs in leaping from windows. Vv Coroner Samuel R. Gerber orf r f dered Sanford Malkin, owner of the building in a rundown section of the city, to appear at a hearing this afternoon. Gerber said he wanted Malkin's views on what Police caused the fire in the tenement NEW YORK (UPI) and the FBI today sought the rush house, which had a long history of (Continued on Page Four) hour "Raffles" who' stole more i. j ' diamonds from than $1 million in in what midtown dealer a gem f . . r.lHi To Be high was described as probably New and the the Wasatch threading York's biggest jewel robbery. I ' vl of UNITED N Y. the NATIONS, lake, he expanse (UPI) It was the second diamond disA United States-Sovide and agree- urged public planning trict holdup in two days. Police to put off the disarmament ment the tremendous noting 1 gun' 11&;;&::&. i i said the general build of the simiin the United Nations until increase of boating arid water debate I man in each robbery was , " J I next fall was expected to win sports in nationaly popularity. : thief but jewel lar, Wednesday's 1 unOGDEN (UPI), Fire of This morning Mr. Lynch will : speedy approval today from the . i n wore a grotesque full-- f ace. exten world determined caused Provo Boat Harbor, Rock origin organization. study mask, and they . could not sive damage today at a downtown , The agreement) to drop the con- Canyon and other city park site say whether it was the same man. Ogden furniture store. s troversial cold war issue from the areas with city officials. S The gunman tricked The fire ' broke out at the Re- agenda of the- current assembly ';.f:ffyf:mf-Wednesday evening, addressing diamond dealer David Amsel, 37, liable Furniture' Co., at 23rd and was reached after weeks of pri- a; joint meeting of Provo Qity ' M into I m vate talks between U.S. Ambas- Planning Commission and. Parki letting him into the locked, Washington Blvd. I f 10th Hoor office about 4:40 p.m. :iSv:::.?i:.iyS.! ;S.S:::..:S:rf:::::W:i:f; It aparently started in a load- sador, Adlai E. Stevenson and So- and Recreation' Board, vhe said ipfiffViX.; He forced Amsel to open the safe, ing dock at the rear of the store. viet Foreign Minister Andrei city parks, playgrounds and playconwhite I four envelopes No grabbed were showrooms ; damaged ing fields should be in conjunc;;;;:;:;:;;;;;;:.;;;;;. cut and . uncut diamonds, taining The United most in States had said .. the: blaze.Fireimen .... ..m. .. pressed tion with school. r I' " y .f y.. f't and ran. of to School buildings, he said, should a the ' for postponement, give Presidamage resulted, from WITH APOLOGIES Former Pres. Eisenhower meets Then the jewel thief apparently smoke and water. arms policies a be designed for year round use dent representatives of 120,000 member Japan International shed his mark and mingled with One fireman received minor in- chanceKennedy's to jell as well as to avert in cooperation with the parks and Student Council who apologize for June riots in Tokyo homebound office workers on 47th juries when he fell through a acrimonious debate in the assem- recreation department. that forced him to call off his scheduled visit. ' (Her-ald-U- PI St., between Fifth and Sixth burned floor. He remained at the bly which is still struggling over The planner said I the J scene of the blaze. (Continued ca Page Four) Congo end other issues. Telephoto). Jap a nese Apologize PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (UPI) A group of the students who took part in the June riots in Tokyo which forced former President Dwight D. Eisenhower to cancel his Japanese visit met with the former chief Wednesday' to apologize for the v" over the next three t years at a -- 14-nati- on Hi' jc - Word came out of Moscow today that the Communists might be in willing to consider a cease-fir- e Laos but on their terms. Diplomatic sources said Russia shortly would propose that the Indochina Control Commission composed of Canada, India and Poland be reactivated to investigate the possibilities and work out the mechanics of a halt to hostilities in the little jungle kingdom. This would reverse procedure proposed by Britain and supported by the United States to call a case-fir- e first and then send the control commission in to supervise it. There was no immediate formal House followed suit. call-bac- By CHARLES CORDDR1 United Press International WASHINGTON The (UPI) Defense Department today listed 52 military installations in 25 states which it will shut down ' t . national X15 C(imbs To ! New Record of 160,000 Feet , , EDWARDS AFB, Calif. (UPI -i The' &15 rocket plane climbed today to a world altitude record of 160,000 feet, carrying test pilot Joseph A. Walker, 40, to a dark, unexplored frontier 30 miles above )- the earth. Walker took off in the X15 car- ried under the wing of a B52. The B52 climbed to an altitude, of 45,000 feet at a point near the California-Nevad- a line. ' At 10:06 a.m. PST. the rocket plane climbed into the sky from the B52. |