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Show tsr r-- . Y-- V e Tribune Phones News departments, Information, scores, 55? 363-151- 1; 355-751- Snow? Oh, No! Salt Lake , City and Utah Partial clearing with snow along northern mountains.Weather map is on Page 1; business, advertising, circulation departments, 363-152- 5. - - A-1- 8. VoL 190, No. 170 Salt Lake City Utah Friday Morning Price Ten Cents1 1965 April - 4 RairiTJpsets Big Viet Fire-Atta- ck Cong Retains Saigon Area ReadyrWillmg to Talk Oil Viet Nam War, LBJ Says U. S. ; v By Jade FoisJe Los Angeles Times Writer SAIGON An unseasonal thun- ' No Switch InAsia s tv I , derstorm wrecked a U.S. Air Force attempt to burn out a Communist stronghold' north- west of Saigon, aerial reconnis-sanc- e showed Thursday. A massive fleet of 70 "American planes had dumped tons of By Frank Cormier. . Associated Press Writer -- WASHINGTON napalm, phosphorous bombs and fuel oil on toe Boi Loi forest Wednesday, setting it afire. . Drive The fire raid capped a three-mont- h campaign to eliminate toe Viet Cong stronghold 25 miles from Saigon, which is honeycombed with caves, tunnels and fortifications and - serves as a base area for Communist guerrillas. The forested redoubt had been sprayed for days in advance with tons of weedkiller and keros- ' . Associated ,Pres Wlrephoto Tough Viet Stand Area Afire, But Barry Taunts LBJ On Line 4Mc-To- o By Robert J. Donovan Los Angeles Times Writer Gold-wat- WASHINGTON-Ba- rry taunted President Johnson Thursday with charting his Nam course Viet current out of the Republican straight campaign of 1964. On foreign policy, the recent Republican presidential nominee the Democrats have said, 1 turned into a party line of the tough following by the 1964 Republican platform and the Goldwater campaign speech me-too- . 3 A - sharp water on toe rights bill. ' Vote Laws Ample Goldwater said the Constitution gives toe states the right to prescribe qualifications for voters. Existing laws are ample to demand and obtain the right to vote for every qualified citizen in every state In this union, he said. But if a change is to be e Page 9, Column 5 es. GOP Women The former senator from zona addressed the 13th annual Ari- Republican Womens ence, which listened to a day of political speeches, among the highlights of which were: 1 An appeal by Republican National Chairman Ray C. Bliss for a Republican Party that offers a broad appeal to all the citizens 'of the United States . . . young and old, rich and poor, black or white, employer or employe, city dweller or Bliss officially took farmer. over the national chairmanship Thursday, replacing Dean Confer- Burch. a Shun Strait Jacket A call by Richard M. Nixon for Republicans to shun the 2 ! strait Jacket of Jdeology and to elect both liberals and. conservatives in order to y preserve toe system. to work two-part- Senate Panel Okehs Aid For Schools New York Times Service WASHINGTON The school aid bill cleared a Senate subcommittee without - $1,300,-000,0- an- change Thursday, marking other major victory for President Johnson. The bill goes to toe Senate Labor. and Public Welfare Committee next Tuesday and may reach toe Senate floor by Wednesday. One Minor Change Only one change a minor one dealing with an advisory committee has been made since the bill was reported out of toe House Education and Labor Committee early last month. The bill passed the House last Friday by a vote of 264 to 153 after three days of lively debate. Panel Denies Viet Funds Delighted Sen. Wayne Morse New York Times Service of toe Education SubWASHINGTON The Senate chairman committee that handled the bill, ' - Relations Committee Foreign said he talked to the President Thursday rejected President Johnsons request for an open authorization of whatever amount of military assistance may be required for South Viet Nam beyond the basic program. The group also cut 115 million dollars irons his $1,170,000,000 request for over-al- l military aid around the world to countries threatened by Communist subversion and aggression. A majority appeared to feel there, was nothing to be gained by adding to toe military potential of such traditionally hostile neighbors as Greece and Turkey or India and Pakistan. 111 his $3,400,000,000 foreign aid message President Johnson requested $2,200,000,000 for miliaid. He served notice at tary ' that time it might prove necessary to request an additional undetermined amount of military aid to carry the war to toe Viet shortly after the measure was voted out unanimously, 10-The President, be said, is delighted. Attacks Loom Kill 50 of Cong Gov. George C. Wallace, second from right, visits home of Negro T. L. Crowell in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday. Governor, Britisher Admits Tear Gas Use Reuters News Agency LONDON Colonial Secretary Anthony Greenwood told . . - time-bom- Most Unusual Situation Ups Secret Service Cost - - WASHINGTON a most unusual situation, House the Commit- Appropriations district-by-distri- ct report last September on the Warren toe are assassination, They only six of Commission noted that the FBI knew Lee Harvey Oswald, the service. Cong. - . Todays Chuckle The quickest way for a child to. get attention in school these days is for him to bend his card. at a press conference whether he had borrowed all or part of the $100,000, Mr. Johnson said he had "borrowed a portion of the money he owes on his 1964 income and on the first quarterly estimate for 1965. . Saving lives Big Issue The President added that a good deal of toe tax had already been deducted from his monthly salary checks, that he had some of the rest in pocket and the rest wa borrowed- - He did not stipulate how much money was involved in any of thPpCategories. - - . ' 1. . 4 i I - Surprise Meeting Mr. Johnson made these statements at a surprise news conference in the White House The- ater. ; t-. One was obviously designed to emphasize American willingness to negotiate should that seem 1 promising. was at aimed The other scotching speculation about possible major policy changes during toe meetings with Taylor. As for negotiations, Mr. Johnson said he has seen no indication the North Vietnamese are ready for talks under conditions that would be productive.1 what it regarded as a cooperation between the agencies. Since then, toe FBI has been sending toe Secret Service the name of any person deemed the least bit dangerous. A request that the service be given $3,900,000 more than President Johnson sought in his January budget was made by former Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon, head of a committee thqj studied toe Warren recommendations Commission for Mr. Johnson. Help on Taxes? What a Relief WASHINGTON (U P I)-- The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it was considering ways of giving relief to taxpay-whos- e payroll withholding was not enough to cover their income tax last yeasr. An IRS spokesman said the matter is under active, consideration. The tax agency may have something to say about details of toe plan early next week, he ' said. His point on both occasions Thursday toe first being a ceremony in the cabinet room celebrating the issue of a crusade, against cancer stamp was that if more lives can be saved from mass killers such as cancer and heart disease, more people will be around to contribute to toe economy and pay their taxes. Mr. Johnson suffered a serious heart attack in 1955 and spoke about it Thursday morning. As President, his yearly salary is $100,000 plus a $50,000 expense account, both taxable. There is in addition a spe0 allowance of up to cial, for trayel and official entertainment w non-taxab- Predicts $1 Million -- Pledges to a reward fund soared to $500,000 within hours after toe bombing, said M. E. Wiggins, city council president He predicted the fund would top a million 'dollars. Gov. George C. Wallace, Interrupting a flight to Washington, D.C. doubled bade here, visited toe bombed neighborhood and , , , sifle, toe elderly man realized he was holding a bomb. He yanked out the timing device and tossed it away. Miss Nina Miglionico called police. Policemen were dispatched to the homes of eight council members and Mayor Boutwell, 61. At toe mayors sprawling brick house, a policeman found another green box between the garage and the house. It was a bomb. f i H . Aid Efforts The chief executive said the aim of the exchange of views with Taylor, American ambassador fo Saigon," was to consider increased efficiency la efforts to help South Viet Nam. ; j Mr. Johnson, at another point,., said that those who work at toe White House love peace and hate War and are. willing to do anything an honorable people can do to discuss our problems and solve them short of destroy; ing people. .. iHowever, when asked whether he saw any signs of willingness by North Viet Nam to negotiate, the President said: No Evidence , Jobless Rates evidence or they are ready to negotiate under tions that be productive. At Low Ebb American He restated again the basis to aim of No, I have no indication or no willing 5 condi- would trying put enough military pressure on toe New York Times Service Communists in Viet Nam to perThe nation- suade them to WASHINGTON end ' aggression. rate al dropped unemployment toe reward for posted a $5,000 Some the to in of lowest last month its key points made point lack of criminal or criminals. alleged assassin, was in Dallas but failed to notify toe Secret , Service. Acting in The commission criticized By Robert Barkdoll Los Angeles Times Writer LBJ Tax Loan Not a Lone Moan come taxes. He brought up his problem at a White House ceremony Thursday morning-whehe reported: Borrows Some of It This year I borrowed toe money the other day to pay the government a tax of $100,000. They have a procedure where they pay it to the President with the left hand and take it put. with the right ' . . - several Negro homes 'find one youth suffered a cut hand from flying glass. Bombs were disarmed before they went off at the home of Mayor Albert Bout-we- ll and the home of a member and shortly afterward of the amentarian, after the disclo- Thursday city council, Miss Nina were found at toe sure March 22 that three Miglionico. officials in forms of knockout gas. were homes of two city said toe first bomb what police theorized was a Police United the States been a decoy to by have supplied might terkill or for use against Viet Cong fiendish decoy plot to to toe Negro area draw them rorize. across toe city from the locaguerrillas. The dynamite blast damaged tions of toe other two bombs. not broken When asked later , , Thursday that colonial police had Associated Press Writer used nontoxic tear gas 124 A BIRMINGHAM, ALA. times in toe last five years. exbomb powerful dynamite . He was answering a question from a Labor Party parli- ploded In a Negro neighborhood -- By Nan Robertson , ' By Ross Hagen - Key to the City? Thiefs Got One New York Times Writer WASHINGTON President Johnson Jokingly disclosed Thursday that like many another American, he had to borrow some money to pay his current in- along with aides, views bomb damage. Crowell's son, Weymeth, 13, was injured. Two other bombs were found, deactivated. Three Bombs in Birmingham: One Explodes, Two Defused Parliament British- In a heavier engagement of tee recommended Thursday that toe same type Wednesday near toe Secret Service be given aD Viet An, U.S. sources said at extra $3,900,000 to help strengthleast 50 Viet Cong were killed. en its protection of the PresiRevised reports said nine Viet- dent namese soldiers were killed and The committee voted to pro20 were missing in this action in vide toe funds after being told toe central highlands south of that the service has on file a rathe Da Nang Air Base. pidly growing list of 130,000 perCommunist gunners also were sons or groups considered potenreported to have shot down four tially' dangerous to the PresiU.S. helicopters and killed three dent U.S. crewmen in this fight Keeps Special File The service keeps a special file of toe most dangerous cases on a basis. These names, which are quickly relayed to field agents when the President travels outside Washington, have increased SomeWASHINGTON (AP) trad police are mighty from 200 to 800 in the past year. body curious to know who is using Secret Service Chief James J. a forged key to Iqot parking met- Rowley told the committee toe ers in downtownWashington. increases were due chiefly tc Police said to thefts began new regulations governing the shortly after President John- flow of information from "toe son's inauguration on Jam 20. FBI and other agencies since Since then, they said, more than the assassination of former 300 meters have been illegally, President John F. Kennedy. emptied of an undetermined Sends All Names Although the, bill was reported number of dimes. out of subcommittee unanimousThe meters are ly, efforts will be renewed in into, police say. full committee to, change toe opened with a key, measure. which are legally in Associated Press Wtrephoto v , Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Moore, U.S. Air Force commander in Viet Nam, flew over the area late Wednesday and reported, it afire, adding he hoped toe woods would keep burning for sometime. But then toe thunderstorm quenched the fires and left the Viet Cong in their Boi Loi positions. Military spokesmen said It was unlikely that toe attempt to burn toe guerrillas out of their base would be repeated. Most tropical underbrush is too wet to burn, even in toe current dry season when the temperature is in the humid 90s during the day and not much cooler at night. Meanwhile, Communist guerrillas shot down one U.S. Army helicopter, killed the American enlisted man who was door gunner on another helicopter, and wounded four Americans in a brisk battle 20 miles southwest of Saigon Thursday. The engagement took place town of near the Due Hoa as the American, helicopters ferried a force of Vietnamese rangers into toe area to tackle a force of 100 to 200 Viet Cong spotted by reconnaissance elements. There were few details from the scene. . -- defoliation chemicals to dry out the damp jungle. Other planes dropped leaflets and warned civilians by loudspeaker to flee. An estimated left before the fire attack. ene-based Ohios Bay C. Bliss poses Thursday after taking over Job as chairman of Republican Party. Bliss spoke in Washington. President, Johnson said Thursday and his staff are willing to "do anything an honorable people can do to discuss a Viet Nam settlement. At the same time, the President said I know of no strategy that is being suggested or promulgated during conferences here this week with Gen. Maxwell Taylor. red-hel- d . , ' i $40,-00- - - more than seven years, the La- by Mr. Johnson: In his view, "somebody announced made a mountain out of a moleper cent of hill in toe controversy over use gas in South Viet toe labor force, was down from of Nam. He said that toe gas was 5 per cent in February, weapon, and The rate for the first quarter a standard anti-riof 1965 an average of 4.8 per that he knew nothing of its use nor should he have known in cent was toe first quarterly ' rate below 5 per cent since toe advance. Soviet Visit last quarter of 1957. Bureau of Labor statistics exAs for as his January characterize suggestion that he would wei- - perts declined-tothe Improvement as dramatic. come a visit to the United States Rather, said Harold Goldstein, by the new leaders of the Soviet assistant commissioner for man- Union, The statement I made power and employment statis- is still as I made it He said he tics, it was another step in the would welcome it, though, at. long,, slow return to toe situa- toe moment such a visit would tion during toe first half of 1957. See Page 14, Column 1 Voicing grave concern, Wal- bor Department lace told Negro residents that he would exert every effort to solve Thursday. , . The rate, at 4.7 toe bombing. non-leth- At Baltimore, more than 100 Negroes picketed the hotel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the executive board of toe Southern Christian Leadership Conference was meeting. The demonstrators, who arrived ' from Washington, protested King's proposal for a boycott of Alabama products. They wore potato sacks. 100 Rights Marchers In Camden, Ala., about 100 civil rights marchers were turned back by the mayor when they tried to walk to the county courthouse as part of the Negro voter drive begun nearly 11 Tops in The Tribune weeks ago by King. Within six weeks, three persons have died violently in Coo-Co- o racial struggle. Only last week, a Detroit housewife was shot to death on U.S. 80 between Selma and Montgomery. And six dynamite bombs were discovered in Birmingham Negro arPEOPLE HAVE BEEN staying up nights counting imaginary eas. None exploded-Th- e coconuts. Many people. And All of them hate Jim Bishop who explosion Thursday ' wrecked a garage behind toe started the whole thing. like Mr. Seems Bishop posed a L. T. a Crowell, home of Negro problem about five castaways on an . accountant Crowells island with a bunch of coconuts and son, Weymouth, suffered a one monkey. The problem was in hand cut. soluble, which Mr, Bishop knew, but- -., Taken to Hospital he posed it to prove the "new mathematics, couldnt prove said his He was "trying, out toe solution. mother, a school teacher. "They About toe only things our Jim took him to the hospital He was did more was he but prove was tot mathematicians bleeding, not only dont give up easily, spend frightened than hurt.' The bomb was placed on a ' Monkeyshines sleepless nights trying to figure out concrete slab in toe alley about toe puzzle and are now forming an "I Hate Jim Bishop Club. 25 feet from the house. The blast has IF YOU WANT TO JOIN the dub, turn to Page 21-- Jim tore a hole three feet deep and 10 feet across in the alley. It an apology of sorts for you. shattered windows In surround-in- " HANDY GUIDE TO THE INSIDE hcu'cs. M. Soon afterward, SECTION B SECTION A L. Miglionico stepped ofit on the 20 . Hutton Bade Editorial Comment Page 4 Betty Page porch of his daughters home Louise Davis 24 Ads Classified .. Pages 9 Page and found a green painted box. AND MORE . SECTION C I thought It was a gift, he Business said. Ritz Classic Page 1 Comics, Page C-dock ln- - TV Listings Page 7 News, Pages -- Ala-bam- as Over Coconuts? Join Hate Our Jim Club 1 ; 6; 4 4 . s. - AWwW Jm' v .1. a ' i'i |