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Rioters Protest
Integration In
New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS. Iff) — Police
with clubs, mounted police and
spewing fire hoses broke up a
riotous demonstration against
race mixing in New Orleans pub
lic schools today.
A chanting crowd of between
1,000 and 2,000 dispersed into
smaller groups and scattered just
before noon after fire hoses drove
them from an attempt to invade
offices of the New Orleans School
Board in the center of the down
town business area.
Police arrested many demon
strators. Some received minor in
juries.
While hundreds roamed the
downtown area, U.S. Sen. Russell
Long, D-La., stood before a fight- j
ing mad special session of the
Louisiana legislature in Baton
Rouge and virtually told the leg
islators they were on their own.
“The situation in Washington
is likely to get worse,” he said.
“We simply don’t have the votes.”
Then, the senator suggested the
legislature abandon the public
school system and turn to segre
gated private schools.
Long said he would be willing
to “impeaoh the entire U.S. Suo
reme Court if my vote would do
it.”
The legislature late Tuesday
night urged New Orleans citizens
to keep their children out of in
L'"-ated schools and today’s at
tendance was practically non
existent.
Muriel Schneider, a mother of
two, stood in front of a hose.
She grabbed Police Supt. Jo
seph Giarrusso by the trouser leg
and pleaded:
“■Chief, help us, not the U. S.
government.”
Giarrusso said: “We’ll help you
if you do it in an ordinary man
ner, but we are not going to let
you take over the city.”
High Cuban Jurists
Seek Asylum in Embassies
HAVANA, lift — The n-rsident
a d another memosr 01 tuoa’s
supreme court have taken asylum
ih foreign embassies, authorita
tive sources report.
The sources said Dr. Emilio
Mcnendez, court president, took
asylum Tuesday in the Argentine
embassy and Jose Morell Romero,
a court member, sought refuge at
the Mexican embassy.
Neither report was confirmed
officially.
Both Dr. Menendez and Romero
’mid high positions in the judi
ciary under dictator Batista.
Legal circles have been buzzing
with rumors that the Castro gov
ecment plans a sweeping reor
ganization of the judicial system
to make it conform to “the revo
i'.’Lo’ a y nrocess.”
HAVANA, Iff)—Prime Minister
Fidel Castro has told workers
from the U. S. Naval Base at
Guantanamo Bay that possession
of this installation in eastern
Cuba is “a problem of law, not
of force.”
Government - controlled news
papers repo’te ' Castro's speech,
made Sunday night in Guantan
amo City at a h ;ii school auout
20 miles from ti e main entrance i
to the base.
This was Castro’s first visit to
the Guantanamo area since ms
government first raised the ques
tion of Washington surrendering
the big base, leased from Cuba I
Ronald Nordyke of AEC
To Speak at Public
Meeting Here Tonight
Ronald Nordyke of the Atomic
Energy Commission from the
Radiation Laboratory in Liver
more, Calif., is scheduled to ar
rive here today and he requested
a public meeting tonight.
This has been arranged by
Pearse Walsh, president of the
Chamber of Commerce to be held
at 7:30 in the multipurpose room
of the school.
Mr. Nordyke will explain the
conventional blast being made
later this month at Cape Thomp
son and what the results will do
toward the proposed atomic blast
next year.
He will present an overall pic
ture of the project plans from
every known angle and answer
questions on this important work
which is aimed to show the use
of atomic energy for peaceful
purposes and why representatives
of any nation in the world have
been invited to observe the ex
periment.
Nixon Holds 141 Lead
Over Kennedy in Hawaii
HONOLULU, liPI—Hawaii’s vote
totals for the Nov. 8 presidential
election now gives Vice President
Nixon a 141-vote lead over Sen.
John Kennedy as an audit of the
island ballots continues.
William Kaina, administrative
assistant in the lieutenant gover
nor’s office, said the latest un
official totals yesterday gave
Nixon 92,505 votes to Kennedy’s
92,364. The state has three elec
toral votes.
Democrats, citing nearly a doz
en discrepancies in several pre
cincts, are demanding a recount.
Republicans oppose it.
British Parliament, Press
Oppose Detroit Buying
British Ford Subsidiary
LONDON, l/P — A bid by the
Ford Motor Co. of Detroit to ac
quire complete ownership of its
British subsidiary provoked a
storm of protest in press and Par
liament today.
It seemed almost certain that
Prime Minister MacMillan’s gov
ernment would approve the multi
million dollar deal even though it
has brought out latent anti-Amer
icanism in Britain. The govern
ment must consider British in
vestments in the United States—
transatlantic investment is a two
way affair.
Ford of Detroit has offered to
buy all outstanding shares in
British Ford. Stock brokers think
the deal will stimulate the Lon
don stock exchange. Bankers
noted that it will provide a large
injection of dollars for the British
economy^
From the tone of some news
paper editorials it was evident the
Ford deal had become tied up
with occasional British restive
ncss toward all things American.
Absentee Ballot Count
To Start Here Friday
Absentee ballots will be count
ed Friday afternoon starting at 1
o’clock at the residence of Elec
tion Supervisor Carrie McLain.
Those assisting the supervisor
will be Minnie Fagerstrom, Ellen
Lyle and Caroline Reader. It is
expected that the work will not
be completed until some time in
the evening as there are already
390 ballots to be counted and
more are expected before Friday.
Local Mining Men
Show Interest In
Hearing Today
A public hearing was held this
morning in the Grand Jury Room
of the Federal Building on the
proposed mining regulations for
state land, and, was well attended
with mining men from all over
the district.
The hearing, which was held
jointly by the Division of Lands
and the Division of Mines and
Minerals, was headed by Phil R.
Holdsworth, Commissioner Natur
al Resources; Roscoe Bell, direc
tor of the Division of Lands; Joe
Rudd, assistant district attorney;
Robert Saunders, mining engi
neer; and Pearl Gingerich of the
Division of Lands Office in An
chorage.
Mr. Holdswoth explained that
so far no lands have been chosen
by the state in this area, there
fore the proposed regulations do
not, at the present time, apply to
mining property in this area. He
further explained that any claims
held before statehood are still
controlled under Federal law, and
are not covered by these new
regulations which are in the mak
ing.
One of the new features of the
state regulations will probably be
a prospecting permit for explora
tion purposes with a probable
time limit of a year instead of
the Federal regulation of staking
claims immediately. The prospect
ing permit will not require stak
ing and will be a means of pros
pecting by the usual method or
other more modern means. The
amount of land to be included in
the permit being considered is a
quarter section with a limit of six
such sections to a person.
Extra lateral rights were dis
cussed and the concensus of op
inion was that these should not
be allowed.
The exploration of submerged
claims as well as navigable
streams was discussed and the
regulations concerning them,
without much comment from the
local people.
It was brought out at the meet
ing by Mr. Holdsworth that the
coal, gold and other minerals on
St. Lawrence Island, which have
been known for many years, but
exploration withehld by the Fed
eral government, may soon be
open for the first time which
may be a boon to the St. Law
rence people as coal is known to
exist there in quantity.
It was brought out that patents
cannot be obtained on state lands
but leases will be granted on a
rental basis and no royalty will
be expected.
There was so much interest at
the morning meeting that Mr.
Roscoe Bell volunteered to stay
over another day so that an after
noon session could be held after
the people had an opportunity to
study the written proposed regu
lations made by the Alaska Min
ers Assn., of Fairbanks.
CONVENTIONAL "SHOT"
AT C. THOMPSON FRIDAY
WASHINGTON, (M — Weather
permitting, a non-nuclear explo
sion will be set off in the Cape
Thompson area Friday as part of
the Project Chariot program.
The explosion is to test ground
characteristics.
The office of Sen. E. L. Bart
lett was told if conditions are not
right Friday, the test will be shot
Saturday.
Elizabeth Taylor’s Illness
Diagnosed As Meningism
LONDON, UPl— Elizabeth Tay
lor’s multimillion - dollar illness
finaly has been diagnosed by doc
tors as a comparatively minor ir
ritation of the membranes cover
ing the brain. It is called mening
I ism and usually is found only in
[ children.
Fears were expressed Sunday
when the actress, weeping and
clutching her head, was rushed to
the London clinic that she might
be suffering from meningitis. Last
night, after 48 hours of suspense,
the diagnosis ruling out menin
gitis was announced.
A spokesman for Dr. Carl Gold
man, physician for Miss Taylor,
explained that “meningitis is
caused by a bacteria which is in
side the brain. Meningism is
caused by an infection outside
the brain and its effects are eph
emeral.”
He was unable to say what the
treatment for meningism would
be or how long Miss Taylor
would have to stay in the clinic, i
He said it was possible she would
return to the United States for
further treatment to complete her
recovery.
During the two months the 28
year-old beauty has been sick
causing costly delay in the movie
“Cleopatra,” doctors have been
baffled more often than not.
Soviet Refuse to Discuss
Disarmament Further With
Eisenhower Administration
UNITED NATIONS, !<T) — The
Soviet Union wrote off the Eisen
hower administration as a disarm
ament bargainer Tuesday night
and made clear she will only do
business with the incoming Ken
nedy government.
Valerian Zorin, Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister, sparked an an
gry retort from the U.S. Ambas
sador who called Moscow’s posi
tion an unjustified interference in
the internal affairs of the United
States.
The exchange made clear to
delegates that the current Gen
eral Assembly’s attempt to resolve
the disarmament deadlock faces
a dead end.
Polaris Missile Sub
Goes On Two-Year
Atlantic Patrol
CHARLESTON, S.C., UP) — The
submarine George Washington
glided out of Charleston harbor
Tuesday armed with missiles with
nuclear warheads and headed for
the open seas. It was the most
heavily armed conveyance in the
history of man.
The nuclear-powered vessel be-1
came the first Polaris Missile Sub
marine to be sent into the At
lantic on what the Navy calls a
“war-deterrent mission.”
In the words of Rear Adm. K.
M. McManes, 6th District Com
mander, the killer-sub will be on
“a mission of good will for all
who want good will and a mission j
of absolute destruction for all
those who want that.”
He said the 380-foot sub car
ries a destructive capacity “equal
to all the bombs dropped during
World War II.”
The vessel is expected to stay
at sea for about two years, re- !
turning then for a new nuclear
reactor. In the meantime, it will
prowl undisclosed areas with al
ternating crews.
Dependents Must
Return to U.S.
AUGUST, Ga., UP) — President
Eisenhower today ordered return
beginning Jan. 1 of 284,000 de
pendents of U.S. troops aboard as
part of a sweeping seven point
government economy program.
Eisenhower personally announ
ced the move at a special news
conference at his vacation head
quarters. He said the emergency
steps were urgently needed 1o
guard the nation's gold and dol
lar resources.
“A definite improvement in our
balance of payments situation is
mandatory not only to insure our
economic well being and military
security here at home but also to
insure that the United States can
continue as a strong partner in
the future growth and military
strength of the free world,” he
said.
The President’s drastic move
was to order dependents of ser
vicemen abroad to come home at
a rate of 15,000 monthly.
A total of 200,000 will be al
lowed to remain abroad. At pre
sent there are about 484,000 mili
tary dependents scattered around
the world.
Eisenhower Moves to Hil-1
Drain on Gold Reserve
AUGUSTA, Ga., UP)—President
Eisenhower today called a meet
ing of the nation’s top National
Security Council apparently to
discuss emergency moves to halt
the drain on American gold a11
dollar resources.
Striving for his cherished goal
of a sound dollar, Eisenhower yes
terday ordered government
agencies to adopt emergency
moves to cut down the amount of
money they spend overseas.
His action—only 64 days before
he leaves the White House—will
put President-elect John F. Ken
nedy’s Democratic regime in bet
ter position to weather a financial
storm which has seriously worried
the Republican administration in
the last two years.
The President’s move was aim
ed mainly at helping the govern
ment close the gap between the
amount of money it spends an-i
earns overseas.
This deficit, now running at a
near-record rate of $4.3 billion a
year, has drained American «olJ
reserves and shaken the p'-esti""
of the dollar in internationil
money marts.
Joe Fisher Trans'"'' ~ '
To Fairbanks
Joseph L. Fisher, Nome statin
manager for Alaska Airlines, has
been transferred to Fairbanks
where he will be in charge of sta
tion operations, according to
Charles F. Willis, Jr., president
and general manager.
Fisher, 31, came to Alaska Air-,
lines from Frontier Airlines
where he had been station ma"
ager at Denver, Colo., for eight
years.
He succeeds Richard Hoss. A
replacement at Nome has not yet
been appointed.
NIXON OVERTAKES
KENNEDY IN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, l/Pt—A fin- ’
of absentee ballots late today
swept Vice President Nixon into
the lead for Californias 32 elec
toral ballots, with the prospect
that the final count would name
him the victor over President
elect John F. Kennedy.