U.S. Bills Russia
For $725,000 for
Neptune Downing
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, WV-The
United States today billed Russia
for $724,947 damages for shooting
down a Navy plane last June in
the Bering Sea, injuring its li
man crew.
The State Department made
public a note from Secretary of
State Dulles to Soviet Ambassador
Georgi Zarubin. The note repeated
U.S. charges that Soviet jet planes
knocked down a Neptune bomber
near St. Lawrence Island last
June 22 in an unprovoked attack.
Dulles asked that the $724,947
be made payable in the form of a
dollar check.
He emphasized the U.S. “is not
condoning the illegality of the So
viet conduct.”
He said the offer of half pay
ment, made by Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov last June 26 was
accepted “because of the special
circumstances surrounding the in
cident.”
These spec^l circumstances were
mentioned by Molotov in his note.
Molotov noted cloudy weather
conditions made visibility poor
and he suggested the Soviet fight
er planes might have misjudged
the Navy Neptune’s location. Mol
otov had expressed regret and
promised to avoid a recurrence.
Seven of the 11 crew members
of the plane were hospitalized af
ter the plane crashed on the beach
of St. Lawrence Island. Dulles, in
today’s note said all suffered
shock 'and the airplane was
wrecked.
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‘Mentally 111’ Different
From ‘Retarded’
Dr. Thomas Harris, Washington
State director of institutions, has
■been quoted a number of times
recently concerning the possible
use of various facilities for a third
institution for the mentally re
tarded. In some news reports—or
iginating from Olympia and else
where—Dr. Harris’ comments are
quoted in such a way as to blur
the line of demarcation between
the retarded and the mentally ill.
Mental illness is a disease which
might be called the extreme form
of emotional disturbance. Mental
retardation is a continuing condi
tion, a permanent handicap com
parible to physical crippling. The
mentally ill child may foe cured;
the retarded child cannot be cured
of his mental retardation, altho
many such children can be helped
to reach a higher level of compe
tence than they now enjoy.
LESSON NO. 1
OMAHA, UP)—Sam Pirruccello,
student at Creighton University,
told police yesterday somebody
; broke into his car and stole:
Two textbooks on crime;
One notebook outlining criminal
' investigations;
A copy of the Nebraska criminal
' statutes.
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| World’s Tallest Totem
Cut From 150-Foot Cedar
VICTORIA, B.C., UP)—A tow
ering cedar tree which will be
come the world’s tallest totem pole
was felled in a forest north of
here Monday.
The tree, 150 feet high and
weighing nine tons, will be towed
to Victoria where it will be carved
by the Indian father-and-son team
of Mungo and David Martin.
The finished totem will be
erected on a prominent headland
overlooking the Stait of Juan de
Fuca.
Fulton Lewis Tr.
Sued for Libel
Despite Apology
RICHLAND, Wash., UPt—Mrs.
Pearl A. Wanamaker says she is
going ahead with plans to sue Ful
ton Lewis Jr. for libel although
the radio commentator has public
ly apologized for a broadcast in
which he made references to her
in discussing a former school #
teacher who invoked the Fifth
Amendment before a congression
al committee.
In the broadcast, Lewis dis
cussed the case of Margaret Jean
Schuddakopf, a former Tacoma
school counselor who was sus
pended from her job after she in
voked the Fifth Amendment be
fore the House Un-American Ac
tivities Committee. Mrs. Wana
maker recently revoked the sus
pension.
Lewis in the broadcast said a
brother of Mrs. Wanamaker had
“taken asylum” behind the Iron
Curtain and then criticized the
United States. The man is a broth
er of Mrs. Schuddakopf. Mrs.
Wanamaker has a brother in Cali
fornia.
In his broadcast apology Mon
day, Lewis said the error, which
he called a “colossal mistake,”
resulted from the fact he was up
against a deadline in preparing
the original script and did not
check it thoroughly before going
on the air.
He offered to give Mrs. Wana
maker equal broadcast time on
his program for “any further
points of correction.”
Western Air Lines
Shut Down by Strike
Of 850 Baggage Handlers
LOS ANGELES, UPV—Western
Air Lines, which operates in 12
states and Canada, was shut down
Tuesday 'by a strike of its 850 bag
gage handlers and office workers
who demand higher wages.
The company also faced a de
mand from its 257 pilots for im
provements in their pension plan.
But the pilots, who earlier threat
ened to strike, have not walked
out and want their pay of about
$800 per month to continue during
the current work stoppage.
The company grounded 71 daily
flights on its 5,525-mile system
Monday. A Western spokesman
said the line normally carries be
tween 2,000 and 3,000 passengers
daily.
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