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Soviets Want
Test Suspension
Talks First In U.N.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., UPI
— The Soviet Union called on
the U.N.’s political committee to
day to give top priority to the
question of suspending nuclear
tests. The United States imme
diately challenged the Soviet
move.
Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge proposed that the 81-na
tion committee begin its work
with a comprehensive discussion
on disarmament. He suggested
that the suspension of nuclear
tests be taken up as part of the
broader debate.
The Soviet proposal was made
by Deputy Foreign Minister Val
erian Zorin| It was foreshadowed
yesterday when Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko threatened
at a news conference to match
the United States and Britain
blast for blast on all tests since
last March 31.
Zorin took note of the forth
coming Geneva talks scheduled
to begin October 31 on the ques
tion of suspending weapons tests.
He pointed out, however, that
these talks included only the
United States, the Soviet Union
and Britain:
Zorin declared all members of
the U.N. had a vital interest in
the nuclear tests and, for this
reason, should be given an oppor
tunity to express their views in
' advance of the Geneva talks.
Lodge rejected what he inter
preted as an insinuation that the
Western powers might try to stall
agreement in Geneva.
“President Eisenhower has
made it abundantly clear,” he
said, “how anxious we are to
reach agreement on suspension
of tests.”
Zorin objected to the idea of
lumping , the whole disarmament
debate together. He agreed, how
ever, that other disarmament is
sues should be taken up imme
discussion.
Justice Potter at 43, Will
Be Baby of High Court,
But He’*s Not Youngest
WASHINGTON, UP) — At 43
Potter Stewart is going to be the
baby of the U. S. Supreme Court.
But Stewart, appointed to the
court Tuesday, won’t be the
youngest Justice ever to sit on
the high bench.
Justice William O. Douglas was
only 40 when Franklin D. Roose
velt appointed him in 1939.
Two early-day Justices, Thom
as Todd, appointed in 1807, and
Joseph Story, appointed in 1812,
were only 32 at the time.
Ages of the other present Jus
tices: Chief Justice Warren, 67;
Hugo L. Black, 72; Felix Frank
furter, 75; Douglas, 59; Tom
Clark, 59; John M. Harlan, 59;
William J. Brennan, 52, and
Charles Evans Whittaker, 57.
U. S. Army Sgt.
Sentenced In Japan
TOKYO, UP) — The Tokyo
higher court today upheld a 10
month suspended sentence given
Sgt. 1/c Paul J. Webber, 39, of
Havertown, Pa., for drunken driv
ing resulting in the death of four
Japanese.
Webber allegedly drove his
car into a group of Japanese re
pairing the tail of a truck near
Yokohama near midnight, Decem
ber 8, 1956.
Quemoy Blockade
Broken, Says
U. S. Advisor
By SPENCER MOOSA
TAIPEI, Formosa, (41 — A top
American military adviser to Na
tionalist China said to day the
Quemoy blockade has been brok
en with a vastly improved air and
sea supply system that will work
even if firing is renewed.
“Unless the Communists order
a 24-hour barrage, I don’t think
they can stop convoys from going
through,” Brig. Gen. Lester Bork
told newsmen.
There were mounting indica
tions that warships of the U. S.
7th Fleet have stopped escorting
convoys to Quemoy for the rest
of the Communist cease-fire, due
to run through next Sunday.
Bork said neither Communist
artillery attacks on Quemoy nor
Nationalist counterfire has been
particularly effective. The Army
chief of the U. S. military advis
ory detachment added that the Na
tionalists should show improve
ment soon under a new artillery
commander.
Bork and his staff made a 13
hour inspection of the Quemoy
islands off the China Coast Tues
day.
Troop and civilian morale is
excellent, they concluded. Dam
age and casualties have been
light.
An unescorted Chinese Nation
alist landing ship put tons' of am
munition and 450 troop replace
ments ashore on Quemoy today,
the third day of tfh; cease-fire.
The captain said his ship “came
alone” on the supply run from
the Pescadores.
His crewmen told AP Corres
pondent Gene Kramer on Quemoy
that they did not see any accom
panying U. S. warships on the 85
mile voyage.
The Nationalists said large
quantities of supplies were pour
ing into Quemoy. The Commu
nists had said they would hold
up their artillery attack for a
week provided American escort
ing of convoys ceased.
I USO Show
Here Friday,
Open To Public
An interesting USO Show is
scheduled to arrive here for a
performance on Friday evening
at 8 o’clock, in the Nome School
Auditorium.
USO shows are planned exclu
sively for military personnel and
their families, but due to the
limited number of servicemen in
Nome, civilians are being given
the privilege of taking in the
show.
In order to be fair to every
one. Sgt. Jim Blanning of ACS,
who is handling the arrange
ments, stated that tickets will be
placed at the office of the City
Clerk, and given out on a “first
come, first served” basis.
Tickets will be given only to
adults and students in High
School.
Irv Jeffries heads the group as
master of ceremonies and doubles
on the drums.
Paula Dolan does a magic act
and dancing.
Valerie Noble is the singing
star of the show, and has enter
tained GIs around the world.
Ginger Cole is a comedian,
and there is a ventriloquist and
instrumental entertainment as
well.
SEMES RESULTS 7
The Yanks evened the World
Series competition today to three
apiece, by defeating the Braves
at Milwaukee, 4 to 3.
Tomorrow will see the seventh
game played to decide who will
become 1958 World Champions.
Series Odds On
MILWAUKEE, Iff) — The Yan
kees had been made 6-5 favorites
in man-to-man odds to defeat the
Braves Wednesday and square the
World Series at three games
apiece.
The Braves were listed as 11
5 favorites to win the best of
the seven game series for the
second straight year.
Expect Close
Scrutiny Of New
High Court Judge
WASHINGTON* UP) — Judge
Potter Stewart of Cincinnati,
whose appointment to the U. S.
Supreme Court was announced
Tuesday, probably will undergo
unusually close Senate scrutiny
into his legal philosophy.
This is not because of the man,
but because of the times.
Stewart’s selection by President
Eisenhower to succeed retiring
Justice Harold H. Burton, also
from Ohio, comes at a time when
the Supreme Court has become
a major center of controversy. Its
rulings ' on school segregation
have been denounced in some
quarters, while others have cri
ticized its findings in Communist
cases.
The appointment was an
nounced less thaq 24 hours after
the disclosure that Burton was
retiring on the advice of his phy
sicians.
Stewart, a 43-year-old Repub
lican, now is a judge of the 6th
Circuit Court of Appeals. Eisen
hower appointed him to that po
sition in April, 1954.
Under a recess appointment,
Stewart will be able to take his
place on the nation’s highest tri
bunal immediately after Burton’s
retirement becomes effective next
Monday.
When Congress reconvenes in
January, his nomination to the
$33,000-a-year lifetime post will
be sent to the Senate for confir
mation.
The new appointee told ques
tioning newsmen Tuesday that as
a circuit judge he has had a part
in deciding only one school seg
regation case — an Ohio dispute
where the court ruled for prompt
integration.
Integration to be
Given Test - At |
Pocketbook Level
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By The Associated Press
A nation-wide test of senti
ment — at the pocketbook level
— of private schools as a means
of preserving segregation was in
the making today. Arkansas’
Governor Orval Faubus seeking
to establish all-white private high
schools in Little Rock, soon will
send out thousands of letters ap
pealing for funds.
He said the letters, written on
the governor’s stationery, will go
to people all over the nation who
have written or telegraphed com
mendation of his pro-segregation
stand.
They will promise a pro rata
refund of any unused contribu
tions should the state, now en
joined by federal court decree, be
able later to provide money for
the purpose.
Meantime, four Anderson Coun
ty, Tenn., school officials afrived
in Washington to take directly
to the White House problems
arising from the devastating
bombing of their integrated Clin
ton High School.
In Harrisonburg, Va., the first
court attack began on a Virginia
law closing schools to thwart in
tegration. Negro plaintiffs went
before U. S. Judge John Paul,
seeking orders to reopen the
Warren County High School at
Front Royal arid an elementary
and a high school at Charlottes
ville. ■
Top Democratic
Candidates To Be
In Nome Saturday
Politicians who'have been cam
paigning in' Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska are start
ing to head north. It has been
announced that Democratic can
didates Bob Bartlett, Ern-st
Gruening and. Bill Egan, accom
panied by Alec Miller, are sched
uled to arrive on Saturday and
leave on Sunday.
It is being planned tentatively
to have a no-host dinner and ral
ly at the North Star Dining Room
Saturday evening, and possibly
an appearance on KNOM-TV,
following the dinner.
Governor Ernest Gruening will
be in Palmer on Thursday, where
he has accepted an invita^on to
debate with Governor Mike Step
ovich.
The three leading Democratic
candidates are scheduled to leave
for Fairbanks on Sunday.
Pope Pius XII In Grave Danger, And
Is Not Expected To Survive 2nd Stroke
By FRANK BRUTTO <
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy,
UP) — The life of Pius XII, Pope
for 19 years of war and ideologi
cal strife, was ebbing away to
night.
He suffered a second stroke
during the day and later his phy
sicians reported he was suffer
ing “a grave cardiac pulmonary
collapse.”
This meant both his heart and
breathing were giving in to the
strain of illness intensified by the
weight of his 82 years.
One of the physicians, while
declining use of his name, said:
“He is in his death agony.”
A 101-degree fever and a speed
&—
ing pulse were symptoms of his
decline.
His heart weakened, and his
doctors had little hope that he
could survive.
The second stroke came this
morning, two days after the first.
A high Vatican official ad
mitted to the bedchamber about
noon said the Pontiff was unable
to speak, but gestured feebly with
his right hand.
Heightening the emotional ten
sion were false reports that the
Pope had died this morning. The
Italian News Agency Italia issued
one such report. The Vatican of
ficially denied it.
Project Man High
Balloon Launched
By STEVE LOWELL
ALMAGORDO, N. M., UPi — A
huge helium-filled plastic balloon
rose majestically from the New
Mexico desert at 6:50 a.m. today
carrying a young military scien
tist on a flight aimed at the strat
osphere.
Lt. Clifton McClure, 25-year
old jet pilot, was sealed into the
gondola of the balloon.
A launching attempt failed
Tuesday morning when a ground
wind whipped the big three-mil
lion-cubic-foot Project Man High
balloon as it was being filled
with gas. It finally was destroyed.
A substitute balloon was used
today.
Officials estimated it would
take two to three hours for him
to reach the altitude goal of
100,000 feet where he hopes to
remain for 24 hours.
He will serve as the eyes and
hands of a panel of scientists on
the ground who will question him
about hi$, observations during the
long flight.
Weather conditions were such
that officials figured he would
drift eastward from Almagordo,
then back over .the missile range
about sunset.
U. S. Escort For
Nationalist Ships
Mas Stopped
WASHINGTON, UR — The
United States announced today
the convoying of Nationalist Chi
nese supply vessels on the Que
moy run has stopped. It said that
if the Chinese Communists started
shooting again the escort system
“will be resumed forthwith.”
State Department press officer
Lincoln White' told reporters, the
“entire purpose of the United
States in the Quemoy • crisis has
been to bring about a cease-fire
and obviously we hope the pres
I ent cease-fire wii!% continue.”
The Communists began a seven
day truce period Monday. Secre
tary of State Dulles and other
Eisenhower administration offi
cials are trying to figure some
way to get the truce extended
into a permanent cease-fire.
All U.S. Troops To Leave
Lebanon By October 31
WASHINGTON, UR — 'The
United States today announced
all its forces will be pulled out of
Lebanon' by October 31 “barring,
unforeseen developments.”
The announcement was made
by the State Department, which
said:
“In view of the progress made
toward stable international con
ditions in the area, it has been
concluded that United States
forces can now be totally with
drawn from Lebanon.”
The first U. S. troops were sent
into the Middle East country on
July 14.
Elephant In Bedroom
Delights Crippled Boy
HARTSVILLE, S. C., UR — Sur
prise and delight shone in a
crippled boy’s eyes when a 3
year-old elephant squeezed
through his bedroom door.
A clown and Louis Griffin’s
parents crowded in too. And the
10-year-old got a taste of the
Mills Bros. Circus, opening here,
compliments of beaming parents
and Shriners.