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Show f Tribune Phones ' News departments, 363-151- BalmTicks Away Salt Lake City and Utah cloudy afternoons, warmer, canyon winds decreasing. Map Is on fage 26. 1 Information, scores, business, advertising, circulation departments, 355-751- 363-152- Partly 1; 5. yoL 191, No. 27 Salt Lake City, Utah Cone Overruns S. Viet Town, "Five Yanks Die Price Ten Cents May 11, 1965 Fin a Trunk nous1 WA5I1INGT0N''AP) Tuesday Morning A'hower--useswhrstrtnt- thief opened the. trunk V of former President Dwight D. Eisenhowers , car over the weekend and stole: A spare tire. A $169 portable radio still in its carton. .. A $100 emergency oxygen kit, and drugs which Mr. - of breath. A box of candy, valued at $10.; A .38 caliber revolver belonging -- snub-nose- d to. Eisen- howers aide, Gen. Robert L. Schulz. -- L Clothes and suitcases in the trunk were untouched. By Peter Arnett Associated Press Writer SAIGON A large Viet Cong force overran a provincial capital miles north of Saigon early Tuesday, killing five U.S. military advisers and wounding 11 other Americans. The Communists held Song Be, a town of 15,000, for seven hours before government forces reoccupied it under cover of heavy air attack. Casualties suffered by the Vietnamese defenders were not known, but they were presumed to be heavy. U.S. Air Force jets began pouring fire into the Viet Cong at first light and were met with withering ground fire. was U.S. Air downed, but the pilot reportedly bailed out and was picked up safely. In Surprise Move 52 r By Associated Press SANTO DOMINIGO U.S. Embassy sources said early Tuesday that Gen. Elias Wessin y Wessin had agreed to resign from the Dominican Republics military service, then changed his mind. The U.S. government had pressed for jthe resignation as a conciliatory move to the Dominican rebels whose revolt Wessins troops blocked. For many Dominicans Wessin had become the symbol of loyalist opposition to the rebel movement for a return to "constitutional government An official U.S. Embassy source issued this statement: . "We did understand from official sources that Gen. Wessin was going to resign Monday at 4 p.m. We now understand that he his decision. The question of Gen. Wessins resignation is a matter between Gen. Imbert (Gen. Antonio Im bert Barreras, the head of the n new Loyalist junta) and Gen. Wessin. U.S. sources said Wessin sent a letter Sunday to U.S. Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett in which he expressed a willingness to resign from the army for the good of the country. The , er " War The attack, in regimental strength, was one of the hardest war. onslaughts the Viet Cong has mounted in the five-yeOne group of guerrillas invaded the mess hall of the U.S. Army advisory detachment, but nil were reported killed in hand fighting. A second group View got into the mess hall and stayed long enough to loot it of food, military sources in Saigon said. The invaders occupied the Five-Ye- ar ar Quadriad to-ha- headquarters of the provincial government and seized five armored cars there. With the captured cars, which are equipped with machine guns and sometimes with 37mm cannon, they smashed the local air strip half a mile away. Heavy Attack The Communists also mounted a heavy attack on a government post half a mile from Song Be. But the government forces held the post despite withering fire from the Communists 57mm recoilless cannon and heavy mortars. five-ma- Watcha Doing? Gulp! Mighty Good Question LBJ Hears Economys Very Well letter was written after he met with Bennett and Lt. Gen. Bruce 0 Palmer, commander of the U.S. Marines and paratroopers in the Dominican Republic. Wessin presumably was to have announced his resignation late Monday. The reason for the change of heart was not known. Col Francisco Camaano Deno, the provisional president, has been demanding that .Wessin resign and go 21,-00- Washington Post Service WASHINGTON President Johnson who has been plagued by bad foreign news for the last two weeks got some good news Monday for a change. - It concerned the robust health of the American economy and the President lost no time spreading the good word. of is Be the Song is Steady Heart Beat Phuoc Long Province and near the Cambodian border. The His four principal economic attack was the first since last advisers to him that reported fall to overrun a provincial capi- the nations economy, now in tal. the midst of the longest peace.After they quit Song Be, the time expansion in its history, Communists reportedly dug in shows no signs of faltering. along a river a short distance The advisers said they saw no northeast of the town. A major evidence that inflationary presbattle appeared to be develop sures were building up to threaing. . ten the healthy growth that has "Were really pouring the air characterized the economy for a on them, said a U.S. military 51 months. them "Were giving spokesman. Briefed by Advisers everything we can lay our hands on. Mr. Johnson met for an hour u:s. helicopters attempted to and 45 minutes with the advisland on the airstrip but were ers Secretary of the Treasury driven off by entense Viet Cong Henry H. Fowler; Hermit Gorfire. don, director of the budget buThe town came under a heavy reau; William McChesney Marmortar attack at 1:55 a.m. The tin, Jr., chairman of the Federal Viet Cong followed up the infan- Reserve Board, and Gardner try assult at 2:30 a.m., a U.S. Ackley, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. spokesman said. By daylight the attackers Then the President ushered were well inside the town and his as the four offihad captured several armored cials quadriad, are known among economcars left in Viet Nam by the ists, into the west lobby of the e French army. There was White House where he suggested fighting during the to waiting reporters that there morning. may be some little news in Radio Contact what they had been discussing. With a smile on his face, Mr. Radio contact was still being made with the beseiged govern- Johnson left Fowler, Martin and ment forces inside the town at Ackley to face reporters in the See Page 2, Column 4 See Page 4, Column 6 abroad. capital record-breakin- Associated boy cleans boots of Private Richard Standish, Do- Finley Park, 111. Standish is at his battle station in Santo Dominican British Slam Lids After Secrets Lost Reuters News' Agency LONDON Prime Minister anWilson Monday Harold nounced a major tightening of Britains security after a government rocket expert and an armly sergeant were given heavy prison sentences for espion- Frank Clifton Bossard, 52, a former intelligence officer employed as a guided weapons expert in the ministry of aviation, was sentenced to 21 years after pleading guilty to selling weapons secrets to Russia. as the players teed off. By Associated Press Army Staff Sergeant Percy Windstorms tore off roofs and Heavy rain and hail pounded Allen, 33, a clerk in the defense sections of Texas and Arkansas porches, trees and ministry, whose case was not uprooted overturned cars at Whitney. connected with Bossards .was Monday. Hail pelted the Texas plains. sentenced to 10 years for selling Extensve crop damage was resecrets to Iraq and Egypt. He said it was then envisaged ported in the Petersburg disthat an announcement would be trict, in central west Texas. If the hail didnt get the cotmade in Parliament as soon as a case had been referred to the ton, then the rain washed it but it had been commission, away, said Russell Grimes, edFULTON, MO. (AP)- -A U.S. found that when court proceeditor of the Petersburg Post. commemorative postage stamp in honor of the late Sir Winston ings were pending an announce4 Inches of Hail breach-o- f security Churchill will go on sale here ment that a Large hailstones bombarded had occurred might be thought the Texas towns of Union and Thursday. It was here that Churchill de- capable of prejudicing a fair Tahoka. The Weather Bureau his famous Iron Cur- trial. livered reported up to four inches of tain Full Confessions speech on March 5, 1946, hail covered the ground around Bossard aWWestminster The pleaded guilty to five College. , Crosbyton, 35 miles east of Luba photograph of charges of selling secrets to the bears stamp bock. It wheat Churchill Stamp Sells Thursday damaged and dle. Flood warnings were issued for the upper' Sulphur River and . its tributaries in the Hagansport area on the Texas-Louisia- border. The finals of a national invita- tournament finals at Fort Worth were postponed until Tuesday after a deluge struck tional golf Todays Chuckle on tele- Office secretary, "Hes gone, out to now, but he wont be gone long nobody took him, phone: lunch Press Wirephoto mingo, Dominican Republics capital city. American troops were island repubHc. still on duty Monday, patroUing the revolt-tor- n Navy Urges Officers , Men To Extend Service Time sions of 6 months would help. effectively and efficiently in a ri The Navy has been concerned combat environment. for some time about manpower During the past year the Navy The Navy WASHINGTON problems from inadequate re- has had to lower slightly its enMonday asked officers and en- enlistment rates. Lately, there listment standards in order to listed men due for mustering has been difficulty meeting en- keep up to strength. out to voluntarily extend their listment quotas. Reenlistment Lag Service. Nitze described the call for The Navys manpower probNavy Secretary Paul H. Nitze, extensions as due to the need one afin a message addressed to all for experienced officers and men lem is part of a larger services. the all military fecting hands, said that even exten- - to carry out assigned missions One of the likely consequences is administration support for a By Howard Margolis Washington Post Writer 3-- - U.S. Shuns French Offer substantial military pay raise. Support is already strong in Congress for such a raise. On German Unification Another likely consequence widely rumored is that the spe- New York Times Service for Germanys reunification The United States France and the Soviet Union. LONDON of ' State Undersecretary Monday night refused categoriW. Ball, qualified cally to abandon responsibility George Minuteman Flies Toward Target sources said, made it clear at a dinner meeting of foreign ministers that the administration not will accept President Charles de Gaulles formula for of a "European . settlement Germanys future. Ball was host at a dinner party Monday night on the eve of the annual spring meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. His guests were Michael Stewart, Maurice Couve de Mur-vill- e and Gerhard Schroeder, the British, French and West German foreign ministers. The argument over the al- See Page 4, Column j? cial study President Johnson commissioned a year ago to look into the possibility of eliminating the draft will report back that the draft must stay. The report was due in April, has been delayed and is now expected to go to the President by June 1. Do Not See How , . laro home. zing their stronghold in Ciudad Nueva, a low income residential and business section in southeast Santo Domingo. A U.S. military spokesman said American forces had moved 105 mm howitzers and six smaller cannon into position . in the Moon Dust Hides New international safety zone west of Ciudad Nueva. The guns are tuned on rebel targets, the spokesman said. C.S. Tanks d In addition, 15 U.S. M48 tanks rumbled into position in the city. A pair of mortar shells, ap- parently fired from Ciudad Nueva, landed harmlessly 100 yards from Palmers headquarters. Wessin fought army rebels and armed civilians who tried to restore former President Juan Bosch at the outset of the revolution, before the arrival of U.S. troops. His opponents said he was regarded by many Dominicans as the man responsible for the air bombardments of the city that took more than 1,000 lives in the first week of the fighting. ; Russ Probe Reuters News Agency Russian scientists were silent Monday about the progress of their latest moon shot as speculation mounted over the objectives of the probe. 7 After more than 20 hours there had been no progress report on the unmanned space staMOSCOW tion Luna-5- . If all goes well, it was expected to reach the moon some time Tuesday or Wednesday. What it is supposed to do when it gets there has not been disclosed, Obersvers here Mnday suggested these possibilities: 1. It could fly around the moon, transmitting close-upictures to earth, before going into U.S. Marines f and paratroop- permanent orbit around the sun ers were sent in by President or earth. 2. It could make a hard landJohnson to protect Americans See Page 2, Column 6 ing on the moon. p Red-Inspire- Tallying The Tribune Officially, there is no comment available on its contents, ! But Army Secretary Stephen VANDENBERG AIR FORCE Ailes has been blunt in stating Minute-man CALIF. (AP)- -A BASE, his view in recent congressional intercontinental missile testimony that "I do not see streaked on course Tuesday tohow we can get along without ward a target area 5,000 miles the draft. THERE ARE COLUMNISTS and there are columnists. away in the Pacific, the Air The military services man There are those who think of things to write about and Force said. power problems split into two. It was the 90th Minuteman One is the problem of keeping there are those who write of things to think about. Don Brooks, The Tribunes Dead launch from here and the 13th trained senior enlisted men and Fish Editor, belongs in the latter the wartime prime minister. this year. Russians for $14,000. officers in the services in the ' . category. face of better pay and other en- As for example todays Outdoor ticements to take civilian jobs. The other problem is con-- J Column. For some time noW Westcemed with getting sufficient erners have been hearing about the men to fill out the less demandDodd Bill and firearms registration. In a country where every other ing manpower needs. WASHINGTON (AP)-- All to the manThe (So, if you remember crawling under man qwns a gun, this is pretty imIncomprehensible as it may be to you right you that barbed with the live machinegun fire power .shortage at the officer , Army drill sergeants, no more telling oldtimers, the man even seems to be sug--: portant stuff. y,' levels seems some 24 inches over your head, from now and senior-enliste-d drill sergeants! gesting Just exactly what does all this rookies its the blankety-blan- k left foot sufficient to and be to brainlorder that an on has Johnson to offer circulated not be keep that pay its going legislation mean to the men out West? you start off on and its the (censored), other amenities to make a cain effect tells his instructors to dean up ess,1 skin head down. . . ..) Old DFE Well, thats where Old DFE not mamas Army theyre in now reer in the service more com- comes in. their language; he.: The chief of staff said also the exkitchen. I do not believe that we need blink His Outdoors column gives a man something to think about.' 1 cuse many young instructors use for gain- petitive with civilian careers. s All you knucklehead, shiftless or condone those Instances where the at of attention Different with ing troops who sweated through basic training to WHY NOT TURN TO PAGE 20 and read all about it? impropriety of the actions of our leaders stories (remember those field sanitation the tender words of a considerate plaWhat happens now is that men and instructors can be interpreted clearly sessions?) was to establish audience rap- trained toon corporal, should be advised things by the services often as offensive to many of the individuals GUIDE GOOD READING 1 port or for rekindling interest in presen- find they can do better by rehave changed. who are subordinate to them. tation. turning to civilian life. Some are A STAMP HONORING GOLDEN SPIKE? Maybe, Page 4 Soft Talk, Yet Live It Up ."I would only comment that any indi- dedicated to a career in uniform KILGALLEN COVERS BROADWAY, And Elsewhere 11 Page The Armys No. 1 soldier Chief of Johnson commented also that during a vidual who must resort to such practices and stay. But too many leave. POLICEMANS POLICEMAN: Other Editorials. 14 Page the1 Staff Gen. Harold K. Johnson fears he should demonstration review his ability, as a public witnessed, training Hence the support for further WHAT NEXT TRACY? Comic Cavalcade. use of 18 used offensive language is going to increases make Page speaker or instructor, the four-sta- r genmilitary pay to harm the Armys image. 1 THE BUSINESS eral said. Outlook. service life more competitive. BEATS, Thoughts to Think About Neatly Put by Fishy Pen ; Blankety (censored) Blank Rookies only-soluti- Flood Warnings laro asked. ' The man did not answer, so Cavallaro jumped out of bed. The intruder agreed to wait until police arrived. He identified himself as David Calvert, y, Not Connected cotton. Six inches of rain fell in parts of the Texas Panhandle and south plains. Hail the size of hen eggs and larger destroyed crops in several areas in the Panhan- -. he had been drinking ' Scoffing at an Invitation to sayingdid and whx,.lieu quit the revolt, Camaanog In- forced his In the Cavalway to be organisurgents appeared : age. Rains Swamp Ohio Valley, Hail Chops Texas Crops r- Rebels Hiding Holed up in a maze of crowded apartment houses and busi- 23, St Louis. Calvert is five feet, four ness buildings, the rebels showed no tendency Monday to Inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds. Cavallaro is six capitulate to a tank and howitzer-backed force of U.S. and feet, eight inches tall and Dominican troops surrounding weighs in at 300 pounds, j " Police quoted Calvert as . them. g house-to-hous- ST. LOUIS (AP) Michael Cavallaro, 28, St Louis, captured an intruder in his home Monday simply by standing up and glaring at him. , Cavallaro said he was awakened Monday morning by a noise and saw a figure standing in his bedroom door. What are you doing? Caval- on soft-talki- ... ex-GI- off-col- Short-Terme- INSIDE TO con-tinu- off-col- rs Economy 3 Pages 24-2- 5 " . |