Russia Has Issued
Over 2,500 Visas
To U.S. Tourists
By STANLEY JOHNSON
MOSCOW, —The Soviet gov
ernment this year has issued more
than 2,500 tourist visas to Ameri
cans,
Informed sources reporting this
figure yesterday, indicated Rus
sian tourist authorities regret
they’ve given more than 1,500.
They cited the strain the Ameri
can influx has put on limited So
viet tourist facilities—used also
by tourists and invited guests of
other nationalities.
The number of Americans vis
iting the Soviet Union is at its
highest point since the mid-30s,
when' Leningrad was a point of
call on some North Cape cruises.
Last night there were 300 trans
ient U.S. citizens in Moscow alone.
Most of the Americans are trav
eling in groups. Restaurants of
two of this capital’s best hotels
are reserved for them, to the an
noyance of Moscow’s permanent
residents.
Most of the U.S. travelers visit
Leningrad and some go consider
ably farther—to central Asia,
Black Sea resorts, Kiev, Khar
khov, etc.
Generally speaking the admis
sion of American tourists seems
to be psychologically successful j
from the Soviet point of view. |
Most of the Americans have ex- I
pected to find things so bad that j
everything in the least bit good j
has impressed them.
CLOTHING STORE MANAGER
SELLS HIS OWN JACKET
DONCASTER, England, (A>)—
Clothing store manager Gordon
Steele whipped off his jacket and
pitched in to help his clerks on a
popular bargain offer: a free pair
of pants with every sports jacket
sold.
Unable to find his coat at clos
ing time last night, Steel described
it to the clerks and found it had
fetched a price of 3 pound 19
shillings 6 pence ($11.13'.
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too. are bending (listing). Impos
sible to put boats over side. Please
send lifeboats immediately.”
Rescue Ships Converge
Other ships in the vicinity, in
cluding the French liner lie de
France, began picking up the ex
change and raced from all points
of the compass with every ounce
of power available.
As they came near, the Andrea
Doria’s veteran skipper, Capt. Pi
ero Calamai, ordered all passen
gers and most of his crew to
abandon ship.
Then began the greatest sea
rescue of all times—even eclips
ing that when the mammoth Ti
tanic went down in 1912. Only
590 were saved from the Titanic.
Fifteen hundred perished.
One Man Pulled From Water
Down the dangerously leaning
Italian vessel's side on precipi
tous rope ladders and other de
vices her passengers and crew
scrambled. Lifeboat crews gath
ered them in, by the dozens, then
by the hundreds. One man was
plucked out of the water.
The epic scene went on through
the early morning mists and haze
until—five hours later—all were
aboard the hovering mercy ships.
Even the damaged Stockholm
managed to pick up about 400.
Capt. Calamai and a handful of
his senior officers and crewmen
courageously remained aboard
their stricken queen of the Italian
merchant fleet, calling on all of
their experience in a final effort
to save her.
Finally they too climbed down
the side for the last time into
waiting lifeboats.
Terse messages from the Coast
Guard cutter Evergreen told the
story of the proud liner’s last
moments in mid-morning.
“Settling rapidly.”
“Not possible tow or board.”
“Sinking, just her fantail show
ing.”
Then:
“SS Andrea Doria sank in 225
feet of water at 10:09 a.m.”
It was a tragic end for the
plush pride of the Italian mer
chant fleet—a 29,000 ton, 6566
foot long floating palace put into
service just three years ago at a
cost of more than $29 mililon.
She was insured for $16million.
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Illinois State Auditor
Pleads Innocent to
Embezzlement Charges
SPRINGFIELD, 111. (jP—Orville
E. Hodge, former Illinois state
auditor, pleaded innocent today
to charges of embezzlement, forg
ery and confidence game.
Hodge was accused of taking
hundreds of thousands of dollars
by cashing fake state checks.
Hodge, who has taken full
blame for the scandal, stood by in
Sagamon County Circuit Court as
the judge granted a motion for
permission to withdraw the plea
any time within the next '30 days.
The motion, by Hodge’s attor
ney, also would permit motions
to quash or other appropriate ac
tions. Prosecutors said they ex
pected the motion and called it
routine.
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