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Khrushchev Threatens U.S. with
“Crushing Blow"* in Case of War . . .
MOSCOW (ffl—Premier Khrush
chev tonight accused President
Kennedy of meeting with threats
Soviet proposals on Germany. He
warned if the United States be
gins a war the Soviet Union is
capable of delivering a destructive
blow to America and rendering
U. S. allies harmless.
Khrushchev said President Ken- |
nedy seemed to see only a chal- I
lenge to the United States in the ;
Soviet Union’s proposals.
At turns conciliatory and bold, I
the Soviet Premier at one point
said any Communist blockade of !
West Berlin “is entirely out of I
the question.”
He said it is “cruel light-mind
edness” to think that any war in
this age of nuclear weapons could
be kept within bounds.
Such a spreading war, he de
clared, would bring war itself to
the house of the American people,
something that has not happened
since the Civil War.
In a major radio-television ad
dress, the Soviet Premier insisted
a German peace treaty must be
concluded without delay but
added:
“We do not intend to infringe
upon any lawful interests of the
Western Powers.
“Let us sit down honestly at a
round conference table, let us not
fan up war psychosis,” he said.
“Let us clear the atmosphere, let
us rely on reason and not on the
force of thermonuclear weapons.”
Shows Common Sense
At one point Khrushchev com
mended Kennedy as having shown
common sense in wishing to avoid
armed conflict. But he said com
mon sense is not enough, and
warned Western leaders not to
“play with the destinies of the
people of the world.”
Khrushchev said the American
Father and Son Indicted
For Hijacking Airliner
WASHINGTON WPi — Leon
Bearden and his teen-age son were
indicted today in El Paso, Tex.,
in the hijacking of a jet passenger
airliner last Thursday and the at
tempt to force the crew to fly to j
Cuba.
The Justice Department here '
announced the action.
Bearden, 38, and his son, Cody,
16, were charged with kidnaping
and transporting the stolen air
craft across state lines.
The grand jury restated those
charges, each as a separate count,
the Justice Department said, and
also charged the Beardens with
conspiracy to commit kidnaping.
Maximum penalties upon con
viction of these charges total life
imprisonment for both, $27,000 in
fines for the father and $25,000
in fines for the son.
The indictment said they kid
naped the pilot, co-pilot and flight
engineer at gunpoint while the
plane was over New Mexico.
President in his speech last month
replied to what he called peace
ful Soviet proposals with a “re
sort of threats.”
Among these he listed “the
President’s proposal for a 217,000
man increase in the armed forces
of the United States.”
The Premier then said “military
hysteria is increasing in the Unit
ed States.”
He accused the Western coun
tries of bad faith in proposing a
settlement through a plan per
mitting self-determination of the
German people. He said the West
ern Powers were interfering in
the internal affairs all over the
world.
“They tried to strangle the Cu
ban revolution,” he said.
Khrushchev declared East and
West are roughly equal in military
might. Then he said the key aim
of international policies should be
to avoid a collision between the
Soviet Union and the United
States.
“Such a collision would have
the most serious consequences,”
he warned.
Russian Helicopter
Landing Branded
False by Gov. Egan
JUNEAU — Reports of a
Russian helicopter landing on
Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island
were branded false Friday by
Gov. Egan.
Egan said that upon hearing
the report he called the National
Guard unit at Nome, where he
was told the rumor had been cir
culating. The Nome Commander
checked with the National Guard
at Gambell on St. Lawrence
Island and was told there was
no foundation to the story.
The governor said that it was
i not a case of observing security
: at the request of the Alaskan
| Comrriand, but simply an un
j founded story.
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BIGGEST LOAD OF SALMON
COMES FROM ALASKA
ANACORTES, Wash. — The
biggest shipload of salmon that
ever came out of Alaska was
being unloaded here today.
The Talkeetna, Alaska Steam
ship Co. freighter, arrived from
Bristol Bay with 323,'728 cases of
canned salmon.
The cargo, large red salmon, is
valued at nearly $12,000,000.
Soviet Spaceman Lands Safely
After 17 Circuits of the Earth
MOSCOW (/Pi — Soviet space
man Gherman Titov landed safe
ly today after more than 17 cir
cuits of the earth in his space
ship Vostok II and reported to
Premier Khrushchev “I feel
splendid.”
The Premier promised a tre
mendous welcome to Moscow for
the 26-year-old major, who
traveled more than 700,000 kilo
meters (about 435,000 miles)
roughly far enough to reach the
Moon and return. He was in the
air 25 hours and 18 minutes.
As the first of the Soviet hon
ors sure to follow, Khrushchev
told Titov he was being promot
ed to full membership in the Com
munist party. The handsome ma
jor has been a candidate member.
Titov, son of a retired school
teacher in Siberia, manually con
trolled his five-ton spaceship for
periods up to an huur, slept more
than eight hours, and ate three
meals while enduring the space
phenomenon of weightlessness,
Moscow radio said.
He circled the globe every 88.6
minutes in an orbit that reached
a maximum altitude of 159.59
miles and a minimum of 110.5
miles.
Moscow radio said Titov land
ed in a predetermined area near
where the first Soviet spacerpan,
Yuri Gagarin, touched down after
his pioneer flight April 12.
Gagarin’s route was longer with
a maximum height of 110 miles
and a maximum of 188 miles.
Was In Great Shape
Over and again Titov kept send
j ing word back to earth that he
1 was in great shape—“am feeling
fine. I feel excellent under con
ditions of weightlessness. Ship
shape order on board.”
The historic flight proved that
a man can undergo the rigors of
a flight to the Moon without ex
cessive ill effect.
Many Western observers sur
mised that the flight had been
timed to reinforce Khrushchev’s
drive to end the Western Allies’ |
occupation of West Berlin and
particularly the threats to Berlin
Khrushchev is expected to make
in a major broadcast tonight.
Like Gagarin’s flight, Titov’s
was greeted in both the Western
and Communist world with praise
for the Soviet scientific achieve
ment. Sir Bernard Lovell, director
of Britain’s giant radio telescope
at Jodrell Bank, termed it “an
other important step in the Rus
sian plan to populate the Solar
System begining with the inva
sion of the Moon in a few years’
time.”
More Evidence
Several West European news
papers said the flight was more
evidence of the Soviet lead over
the United States in the space
race. But the news of Titov’s
flight was accepted calmly in
Washington. Space officials and
others showed no surprise.
Throughout his flight, the So
viets said, the handsome, wavy
haired Titov was kept in view
from earth by television and while
awake he maintained constant
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U.S. • Soviets Reach
Agreement to
Set Up Air Route
WASHINGTON UP — The State
Department today announced
“basic” U. S.-Soviet agreement has 1
been reached on setting up an air
route between the two countries.
A final agreement for commer
cial air flights to link New York
and Moscow should be signed
shortly, the department said.
Talks have been underway here I
since July 18 on establishing a
route which would be the first
direct passenger air line service
between the two nations.
Travelers going from one coun
try to the other now have to trans- i
fer at in-between points.
They expect flights on the 5,000
mile New York-Moscow hop to
begin next spring.
Pan American Airways is
slated to be the American carrier
on this route and Aeroflot, the j
Russian-owned civil airline, will
be the Soviet carrier.
Representatives of the two air
lines are scheduled to continue
technical talks before buttoning
down the agreement.
The State Department reported
the progress of the talks in a
statement coordinated with a
similar one being issued by the
Soviets.
The air talks, conducted by
presidential adviser James Landis
for the United States and Aeroflot
Chief Yevgeni Loginov for Rus
sia, have been held quietly amid
the cold war storm. Officials said
no major political issues were
involved.
Two Tourists Fall
Off Chair-Lift at Mount
Alyeska — One Dies
ANCHORAGE UP) — An elderly i
couple from Ohio, on a tour of
Alaska’s scenic vacation spots,
tumbled from an open chair lift,
near the top of Mount Alyeska j
yesterday.
The man died a few hours 1
later. His wife is in critical con- .
dition in a hospital here.
According to reports, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Weisman of Cincin
nati, Ohio, had just left the sun i
deck atop the resort, 38 miles j
south of Anchorage, on the return
trip down the 2,500-foot chair
lift.
Jim Branch, manager of the re
sort, said Mr. Weisman suddenly
jumped up in the chair in an ef- j
fort to retrieve his hat which had ■
blown off. Branch said witnesses i
told him Mrs. Weisman then top- ;
pled from the chair, followed a
few seconds later by her husband.
The couple landed on a rock
covered slope bout 15 feet below. !
Mr. Weisman, 74, died of in
juries in Providence Hospital
here. Mrs. Weisman remains in
critical condition.
The fatal accident was the first
at the ski resort since it began
operation of the chair-lift last
year.
Dr. Soblen, Convicted
Spy, Sentenced to Life
NEW YORK — Dr. Robert
Soblen, convicted spy, was sen
tenced today to life in prison.
Soblen, ashen-faced and seri
ously ill, groaned as Federal Judge
William H e r 1 a n d s pronounced
sentence. Then the physician col
lapsed in the arms of two deputy
marshals.
Doctors, who said Soblen is suf
fering from an advanced case of
lymphatic leukemia, predicted he
will live less than a year.
“The matter of defendant’s
health has received the court’s
close consideration before, during
and after the trial,” Judge Her
lands said. “A spy is a spy, no
matter what his health may be.”
Soblen was convicted July 13
of wartime spying for the Soviet
Union.
U.S. Officials Take
Soviet's 2nd Space
Flight in Stride
WASHINGTON UP) — Official
Washington took the Soviet
Union’s second manned spaceship
flight in stride. The general at
j titude was let’s get on with our
own space program.
Here and there an ominous note
was struck — that the Soviet
| space success possibly portends
a military threat to the United
! States.
The consensus was that the So
j viets had scored a major accom
i plishment.
Typical of the let’s-be-calm
mood was the remark of Senate
Republican Leader Everett Dirk
sen.
“We shall do it in due course
in equal and even larger degrees.
Our space progress has been ex
cellent and will pick up steam as
it goes along,” Dirksen said.
Among those looking at the dark
side of the Soviet feat was Sen.
Richard Russell, chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee.
“There are some indications
that a satellite of this size could
be utilized as a very dangerous
weapon,” Russell said.
Ambassador A d 1 a i Stevenson
said at Hyannis Port, Mass., after
conferring with President Ken
nedy on U. N. matters: “Russia’s
scientific contribution to the con
quest of outer space commands
our admiration.”
Stevenson told newsmen that
he and Kennedy shared the view
that space control was necessary
and that they hoped the Soviets
will “no longer delay in joining
us in cooperative regulation in the
use of outer space.”
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy today and Tues
day. Low tonight 40, high tomor
row 56. In the last 24 hours: High
af 51, low of 37. Sunrise at 3:24
a. m., sunset at 8:48 p. m. Tem
peratures a year ago: High of 55,
low of 49. Extremes on this date
since 1907: High of 73 in 1955,
low of 30 in 1935.
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