62nd Y
KENNEDY TO I
MEET MacMILLAN
IN BERMUDA
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Ub—
President Kennedy and Prime
Minister Harold MacMillan of
Britain will meet, in Bermuda al
though the condition of the Presi
dent’s stricken father remains
serious.
This word came late Wednes
day from White House press sec
retary Pierre Salinger.
There had been some consider
ation to shifting the meeting of
the Anglo-American summit ses
sion to Palm Beach.
But the President’s father,
Joseph P. Kennedy, who suffered
a stroke Tuesday that left him
partly paralyzed, was reported
somewhat Improved this morning.
Kennedy and the doctors both
saw the former Ambassador to
Britain during the morning and
afternoon, and in a report to
newsmen after the afternoon visits
Salinger said:
“While Ambassador Kennedy’s
condition remains serious, die
physicians have advised the Pres
ident that they feel his father’s
condition is such it is possible for
the President to leave Palm Beach
over night.
“Therefore, President Kennedy
, will tty to Banmudato meet Prime
Minister MhcMillan tomorrow
morning.”
Out in Cuba
MIAMI, Fla. (A — Bloody fight
ing has broken out in the moun
tains of Central Cuba between
a guerrilla army and 25,000 of
Fidel Castro’s militia, a top Cas
tro opposition leader said today.
Eloy Gutierrez ilenoyo, chief
of the second national front army
that took part in Castro’s revo
lution against Dictator Batista,
told of the fighting at a news con
ference.
He said militiamen and govern
ment troops have mounted a
fierce offensive against the guer
rillas in the Escambray Moun
r Less than a week ago, it was
reported Castro’s brother, Raul,
chief of Cuban armed forces, was
personally leading a government
offensive against the guerrillas.,
“Just today we have received
word of bitter fighting that has
left many militiamen dead at
Obispo,” Menoyo said.
“Many farmers in the area have
been arrested for aiding die
' guerrillas. Many of the militia
men have joined our forces.”
the islanitf^The war Itself is
enough to unite those inside
Cuba.”
| Tshombe - Adoula
Promise Treaty for
Future of Katanga
LEOPCWjDVILLE, The Congo
UPl — Secessionist President Moise
Tshombe and Congo Premier
Cyrille Adoula promised tonight
to publish a tentative agreement
on the future of Katanga, in
formed sources said.
The terms were reported ag
reed upon after the two men met
in a hospital room at a guarded
U.N. base for secret discussions
that lasted all day.
The two political enemies got
down to business in secret con
versations they hoped to resolve
the explosive issues separating
Tshombe’* wealthy province from
the impoverished rest of the
Congo.
Adoula and Tshombe met yes
terday to make preliminary ar
rangements. It was their first
meeting in months. They aston
ished U.N. and American diplo
mats as they sat together on a
couch for 20 minutes, laughing,
swapping stories and slapping
each other on the leg.
Tshomtoe confided to associates
that what he is most eager for
is a cease-fire between his bat
tered forces and the United Na
tions.
But Adoula has insisted there
be no halt in the military initia
tive until a political solution for
ending the Katanga secession is
assured. ' ‘ ""wv ; ■ ■
With U. N. forces in nominal
control of ElissWthville after two
weeks of battling Tshombe’*
white-led Katangan troops, act
ing U. N. Secretary General U
Thant had ordered his soldiers to
hold their fire for the duration
of the talks between Tshombe
and Adoula. He said they would
shoot back if fired on.
Earthquake Kills 14
Parsons in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia US — At
least 14 persons were killed and
scores were injured today in an
earthquake that shook a wide area
of Colombia.
Official reports said the heaviest
toll was at Sonson in the state of
Antioquia, where 9 were killed
and 14 were injured.
Reports from the city said the
rear of Sonson Cathedral col
lapsed during a mass. Government
troops and medical teams were
sent to the city.
The quake caused a panic in
this capital, but the hardest hit
areas were outside Bogota. The
cities of Armenia and Pereira in
the western plate ot Caldas also
were hit hard._
Bob Hope and Troupe Tour
Armed Farces Installations
LOS ANGELES (JV—Comedian
Bob Hope left today on his 13th
Christmas tour of armed forces
Midnight Tonight Is
Deadline for Communist
Party Registration
WASHINGTON UPt — The mem
bers of the U.S. Communist party
—more than 10,000 by FBI esti
mates—have until midnight to
night to register as agents of a
foreign power.
They are expected to follow
their officers’ lead and ignore this
third—and last deadline. If they
do, the Justice Department could
try to send them to jail.
When the party itseli ignored
a Nov. 20 deadline to register
with the Attorney General and
the leaders did the same Nov. SO,
the Justice Department got an
indictment against the party.
If convicted, the party could be
fined #10,000 for each day of
non-registration. Officers and
members are subject to the same
penalty, plus five years in prison
for each day of violation.
The registrations were required
by the Internal Security Act of
1950, upheld by the Supreme
Court earlier this year after a
10-year legal battle.
Party officials had declared
well in advance that they would
not comply with the registration
piovlataagt of the act. They also
require the disclosure of party
printing press locations, finan
cial contributions and expenses.
Air Force Gives Up
Search for Tiny Monkey
! Who Rocketed Into Orbit
CAsPE CANAVERAL, Fla. i# —
The Air Force gave up the search
today iter a tiny monkey named
Seatback who rocketed 600 miles
Into space and landed in rough
water in the south Atlantic
Ocean.
A single ship which had been
fighting heavy waves in a hunt
for the monkey’s capsule called
it quits at 1:43 p.m. (BSD when
darkness fell in the impact area
8,000 miles southeast of Cape
Canaveral.
The halt was called nearly 15 j
hours after the capsule landed
on target after a 30-minute flight
from the Cape last night. Two
search planes left the area hours
! earlier when they ran low on fueL
Waves in the impact zone were
seven to nine feet high. There
was some thought that the cap
sule and its four-pound primate
passenger sank soon after land
ing: / ' " ,
CONGRESSIONAL IMMUNITY
QUITO, Ecuador Iff) — Two
congressmen (bitter political foes),
quarreled at the airport in Guaya
quil yesterday and one shot the
other dead, police said.
They said Assad Bucaram shot
Gak> Garay after Garay had
knocked the other deputy down.
A government spokesman said
Bucaram was placed under police
guard at his home until Congress
decides whether to strip him of
his congressional immunity.
Otherwise, charges cannot be
brought against him.
Newsmen Banned
From Enclaves
Seized by India
NEW DELHI, India UP) — In
dian forces tidied up their hold
on Portuguese Goa today behind
an iron curtain. Newsmen were
banned from the tiny enclaves
seized in a 36-hour blitzkreig.
Defense Minister V. Krishna
Menon, enroute to the United
Nations in New York, reportedly
said prior to his departure that
the military government had to
organize and clear roads of mines
and that it would be some days
before journalists would be al
lowed to enter.
The news ban left the outside
world dependent on official In
dian reports of the capitulation
of Portuguese rule in the city.
Menon told newsmen during a
stopover in Cairo that he was re
turning to New York to place In
dia’s case clearly before the Unit
ed Nations.
Diplomats ait U.N. headquarters
in New York were puzzled by
Menpn’s haste. The General As
sembly planned to recess today
until mid-January, and the Soviet
Union vetoed a Western cease
fire resolution in the Security
Council yesterday as India was
completing its conquest. No fur
ther arraignment of India in the
Council or file Assembly was ex
pected.
Hie Communist bloc and the
Asia-African nations acclaimec
the action by Prime Minister Neh
' ru’s forces. The United States,
■ Britain, and other Western na
tions strongly condemned it.
Menon said India had been
forced to liberate the three en
claves because 14 years of nego
tiation with Portugal had proved
futile.
Playwright Moss Hart
{Dies from Heart Attack
PALM SPRING, Calif. —
Playwright Moss Hart died of a
heart attack today at his winter
home here. He was 57.
The famed theatrical writer got
into his car about 7:00 a.m.,
slumped over and died. His wife,
actress-singer Kitty Carlisle, who
was with him, called a doctor.
Hart had awakened with a
toothache and was leaving for a
dentist’s office when the fatally
stricken.
The famed theatrical writer and
his wife have had a home in this
desert resort area for some time.
Hart had suffered a heart at
tack last year while directing the
break-in of ‘^Carr.elot” in Toron
to. The show was a reunion of
the creators of ‘My (Fair Lady”
—Hart as director and Alan Jay
Lerner and Frederick Loewe as
author and composer.
PADDLES DISAPPEAR . . .
PHELDBLPHIA — More than
80 wooden paddles were placed in
roadside drums of salt by the city
for the use of motorists hampered
by ice and snow. But the paddles,
said Streets Commissioner Davis
Smallwood yesterday, “have been
disappearing faster than the silt”
Top Political Men Call
For Repeal of Taxes
ANCHORAGE UR — Prominent
men of both political parties—in
the wake of yesterday’s oil lease
sale which brought nearly $15
million to the state—called today
for a repeal of taxes enacted in
the last session of the legislature.
And among other suggestions
was one urging that the State of
Alaska pay off its $0 million debt
to the federal government, cre
ated when Alaska sought aid for
its ailing unemployment security
program.
Members of the House and Sen
ate Finance Committees from the
Anchorage - Palmer area empha
sized that the windfall from the
unprecedented oil lease should,
foe used tor capital improvements
and they agreed that the state,
at the close of the current fiscal
year on June 30, should have a
surplus.
—
$88,000 FREE LOAN
WASHINGTON W» — An in
terest-free loan of $88,000 to aid
the University of Alaska in plan
ning a dormitory and dining com
plex estimated to cost $2,776,000
i was announced today <by the Com
|nmntty MW Mmlnlrtr.Uon.
i The couple had not done any
Sh'jorffe.'Vmu’M n°orth 5”5fon
on
Tripp, 38, took her to the St
Paul Hospital in St. Jovite and
returned to the slope, but a few
hours later he was a patient in
the same hospital. The safety re
filled Sri^a^i^anfSl toT
The couple retunwd here by
plane last night.
“Isn’t this ridiculous!” said Mrs.
Tripp when she was being carried
off the plane as her husband hob
bled along behind her on crutches.
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$1.8 Million Estate
NEW YORK » — Errol Flynn,
yesterday
The bulk of the estate goes to
the widow, Mrs. Patrice Wymore
Flynn.
INSURE TEACHERS
Lancaster Town