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RELUCTANT PRIZE—Situated in the heart of the peninsula of
southeast Ada. the land of Lao finds itsalf tKe reluctant prize in
an East-West tug of war. The newsmap above shows the
invasion
graphic implications of a Red take over in Laos. Just off the map
to the right lie
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to the right lies Hone Kong, about 200 miles, from Hainan. Border-
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Rule Cuba
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Ry RICHARD VALERIANI
MIAMI, Fla.
(AP) — Three
pittk after the soort-Jived anti-
Castro invasion, fear and repre*-
lion still rule Cuba.
Oat of tha chaos which now
characterizes the aun-ba
island, only one pattern ^merges
-clearly—the pattern oi COmmunist
The Bati*ta*yranny toppled
■tor* thgn-two yeattf ago by Fidel
been replaced by a
tyranny, all the more fearful
bacame of the haphazard manner
in which it operates.
Havana today is in the hands
of'4he military. AH public build-
ings are sandbagged. Soldiers,
.teen-aged Young Rebels, militia-
men and mihtiawomen stand
guard around the dock, their
.veapons slung carelessly about
them. : '
Militiamen frisk all person*
entering any public building.
Women handbags an searched
minutely, down to tubes of. lip-
sticks visitors must open cigar-
ette and match packs before
entering hotels and other build-
^flow long this will go* on Is
Castro's decision but anybody's
guess, ft appears that he will
maintain the repressive measures
Instituted after tha abortive , in-
vasion in order to retain the Iron
grip he now has on the country.
Castro's police machinery began
spreading its reign of terror with-
in a few hours, after the aimounce-
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Data From U.S. Weather Bureau
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Sunrise tomorrow
WIMOS—Small craft
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ment
Conservative estimates place the special tan
total at 90,000 arrested throughout occupied *nd loot
the island, although news' "
the provinces is' scant.
he pr
G2
n press was a
Thplr offices were
„ _ or both. Al
Yrom most "all the American corres- three-nation
ndents were arrested or forced,miisloh was scheduled to arrive
Three-Nation
hero's madal on the
firat spaceman, Cnxdr,
Shepard Jr.
Tha President to X Shepard the
natjon is proud yd him and his
feflow si
The . i.lOO-jrille an hour, flight
through «pico last Friday, Ken-
nedy-said. wat ,
r which many contributed.
"I want to' depress on behalf
of us all the great pleasure we
have in welcoming Cmdr. Shep-
ard and Mrs. Sh*pard' her* to-
day," , Kennedy said in greeting
the couple onythe Whit iHouse
lawn.
He added that
everyone
eaders Told
:u^-
rendered our country."
"And we are also proud of Mm.
Shepard," Kennedy went on. He
praised the other six astronauts
and emphasized that "this was a
common effort in which many
men were Involved." . •••
"So I think Wll, give them all
a hand," the JPreiident Mid. V
- TiiTrr'irinrr-'rrr'trT'
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk do-
£iared_today the United States in-
tends tó maintain its presence In
West Berlin even If the Russians
sign a separate peace treaty with
East Germany. >
He told a- conference of NATO
foreign ministers that Premier
Khrushchev should be left in no
doubt on this point.
His statement was made at a
closed meeting with the gist of his
remarks given later to newsmen.
The American secretary of
state said he anticipated that
Kfirushchev would null the Berlin
and, German problem out- of the
bag soon.
Rusk pledged that the U.S. gov-
ernment will prevent any erosion
of the Allied position in.the divid-
ed German city and "will seek to
balk any Soviet fliove to sign a
separate peace treaty with Com-
munist East Germany,
Conference sources gave thst
jnimary of remarks made by
Rusk to the foreign ministers of
the Other 14 NATO countries who
n a three-day meeting today,
ehlnd closed doors Rusk elab-
orated on a prediction voiced
earlier In the formal opening sei-
sin by Pirk U. Stikker, the new
IaTO secretary-general. Stikker
redicted that Khrushchev was
iihout to\revive the Berlin ques-
tion, possibly In a new form.
The intertwined Berlin énd Ger-
man problem—long regarded .a*
the most dangerous coid. war
VIENTIANE, Laos
the Western world off balance by
ctming forward with a few com
dilatory gestures, 7-
Rusk .wants fuller consultation
between, tho 15 members of
NATO. As an example, he spoke
with great candor about Laos,
South Viet Nam and Cuba-^all
areas where th Commliilst bloc
(See NATO, Page •)
i Vacation?
Everybody do««. But tout
take * vacation without having
The Leader's dreulatl* de-
partment aave you SQ the ac-
counts of Archla's alde-eplltting
antics. Call TU 34401 and have
The Leader's circulation de-
partment aave your paper ta
a vacation ' pack until you re-
turn. ■
I I ■! I .IU-UUL JLl"!
in News Meet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cmdr.
Alan B. Shepard said today the
flight which made him America'
first spaceman will encourage
him and hi associates to press
on with the program of explora-
tion.' •« <
"All. In all, we were very much
pleased, with the flight, very much
encouraged, and we Intend to
pre ahead with the program,"
he told his first new# conference.
Shepard began his talk to the
assembled newsmen by introduc-
ing, his wife And" parents, who
were in the audience. He also in-
troduced '"'my i ter. Polly," Mrs.
Gorman Sherman, who responded
^vith a fighter's oveMhe-head
handshake. Sh
patently
lists as
agents and militiamen, *p-; Tnto hiding and refuge. AP staffer in Vientiane today and 4here were If,i? 2
lv workm from nrfrrv.r H Robert Berrellex was arrested the ■ ■■ l,,5n ri
wn u«iirciuho uuiu. war fil^ WITel-norenti PreSSnt
issue—ha , been largely dormant ,, parents. •
(AP)—The now for almost two years. Rusk' 8,aJ(' he considers there are
ral significant things about
flight last Friday frpm Cape
working from
well as from tips
government-organized si
Laotian truce com-i thought that the Soviet Unlon now feveraL sipilflcánt things about
" eoout rp"ady to niakc a new, flight
ry the American, Brl-; Canaveral.
lis
effort
ut ready to mike a newi
from afternoon of the invasion, held for hope* £ ^ «pur the lagging!West Berlin.
Com-; more, than Iv/p weeks by the G-2 between the Western
rench. garrisons out- of, ; "We f^el very strongly that this
mitt ees. in every -neighborhood, and then transferred behind the
began * aciesting "unreliable " in-, grim walls of La_Cáhaná prison,
discrlniinateiy. | (See CUBA, -Page 1)
In Eichmann Trial
JERUSALEM (AP)-A matron-
ly Jewish woman told the Eich-
mann trial court today of being
shot by men of the Naii S.S elite
guard, falling into a mass grave,
fighting- her . wtay up through bod-
ies for air kna eurvivlng.
Mr*. Rlfka Yosilevska. a native
of Russia who was unable to tes-
tify last week because of a mild
heart, attack, was restrained nn
the witness stand. But her voice
broke when she told of seeing
her little daughter ihot. .^--'
In the Pinak area hi 1942, the
said, Jewn were rounded- up by
the hundreds and taken to a bur-
izljntl- ■
Her account of- what happened
then held the 700 spectators spell-
bound at the 30th session of the
trial of Adolf Eichmann. who is
.charged with being a chief ac-
complice: in the Nazi extermina-
tion of si* million Jew . ,
"We were taken, some in a
truck and others forced to run
behind It," Mrs. Yosilevska said;
Those in UÜé truck, arriving
first, were stripped and «hot by
the time they got to. the freshly
dug pit. Her father refusejl to un-
dress, sh.e said, and his clothln
-was torn from him.
"There were four deVTls, SS
men, they shot us.
"The children wanted to run.
It Was hard to hold on to them.
Ws hurried, we were sort of
anxious to get it- all over. My
mother, my grandmother, she
was 80 years old and had a baby
in her arms, my father, my sis-
ter. ,
"Then It came my turn. The
German .asked me 'who ahall I
shoot first?' I" did not answer.
My child cried out and was shot.
He aimed it me, holding onto my
hair and pulling, my head around.
I heard a shot. Then he ordered
me to watch and there was án-
<See EICHMANN, Page •),
the pro-
royal. government and
Communiat rebels. .
So far - the opposing factions
have not eyen been able to agree
on a site for military and political
ta Iks.. Both the government and
the rebels proclaimed a cease-
fire last Wednesday; but three
meetings between military repre-
sentatives since then have failed
to work out detailed conditions of
the armistice.
About 200 Indian, Canadian and
Polish diplomats and soldieYs are
coming tp Laos to. nUperviie and
verify ihe cease-fire. Théy wiliK
separate Into two groups, one *
based at Vientiane and the other
at JCieng Khouahg, the rebel cap
ital in northeastern Lao .
The royal .fcovernment has been
' inf, to divorce* military details
bigger
of the cease-fire from the
political Issue —formation
coalition government and selec-
tion of a unified- Laotian delega-
tion to attend the international
conference on /Laos opening in
Geneva, Priday.
The rebels want both military
anc! political matters to b* dis-
cussed together at Na Mone, in-
side their territory. The govern-
ment agreed to talk at Na
Mone. But it Insisted that the po-
litical talks should take place at
Phon Hong, 15 miles south of the
cease-fire line and inside govern-
ment-controlled territory.
The Pathet Lao also rejected
King Sevang Vafhana's call for
political talks In Luang Prabang,
the royal capital. ;.
Estimate by County Officialsf
¡ particular flight was one that waa
Conference sources said Rusk, certainly accomplished in the
saw 'the situation this way: [open," he said. "We had very
Soviet militancy can bo: expect- secret* alxnit our plans. Latihch
ed to increase all around the! date was classified, buttery few
periphery of the Western world. ¡ other things wer^Thls was a lit-
Khruahchev may. seek to throw i tie annoying at>tlmes, but I think
we rationalized ft by considering
that the free society that made
4 and Project
had a right to
Kercury, certain!
be informed."
He said th* possibility of
"speeding Ihis up because of oth
er wants"—possibly a reference
to the Soviet Man in space ac-
complishment — was considered
but not «11 tha speed-up was
adopted.
shepard said h* was surprised
that me lift-off for the flight was
as smooth ai.it was.
"I hadL expected more noise and
more vibration. It was a very
pleasant .lift-off."-
He noted that h* actually con-
trallad the vehicle at times. He
said that* he had controlled Jhé
re-entry Into the Mlth'gxaínio-
sphere.'
"We are' Very-^much pleased
with the flights' he aaid, and
added that-*" the astronauts look
forwa^Mo the future ,.of Project
typrcüry and its completion.
Shepard said he «nade the re<>
mark, "Oh what a beautiful
view," after he first took hold of
the controls and was able to look
(See SPACE, Pag* •)
Death/ Damage Toll fs High
Nation Hit Hard by Violent Storms, Floods
Associated press |tie* fr-Aftaga**;Sunday, killing
norms and floods, the four persons; TnTee others were
olent storms
spring ieaion's twt)-pronj?id dj«- drowned in swollen streams in the
aster weapon, took a heavy toll i state. Included wer* two peri
In deaths and injuries over the who lost their lives in a fl|sh
weekend across broad sections of ~
the mfd-cpntlnent.
Property "damag" In the storm-
battered sections of eight states
was' in the millions of dol-
lars. Hundreds * of persons were
made temporarily homeless.
The flash floods and severe
weather, including tornadoes,
gugty. winds, heavy rain and hail,
were blamed - for at least 29,
deaths: Nearly 100 persons were
injured. .
The American Red Cross In St.
Louis " aid arrangement . **tt
mad* to provide food, clothing,
medical Care and emergency, shel-
ter for an estimated 1,000 families
in north central Arkan as. loutn-
eaat Ml souri, northeast Oklaho-
ma/southern Illinois and Kansas.
Severe thunderstorm continued
during the morning in many .ateas
from Oklahoma and Kansas north-
eastward through the middle and
upper Mississippi Valley into the
Great Lakes region.
Tornadoes struck six commani
flood in Harrison, one of
hardest hit towns in the atorm
belt. .
The twisters in Arkansas [hit
Midway, Whiteville, Clarkridge,
Pindall, Summit and Oil Tro'tnh.
Three persons were killed at Sum.
mit, near Yellvllle, and one per-
son In Midway. About 40 homes
were destroyed In a 20-mile aria
between Plnda II and Yellvllle.
Nineteen persons wer* hurt.
National Ouardsmen were *énl
Into Harrison, a community of
500, after Gov. Orval E. Faubus
declared martial law. Crooked
Creek overflowed .and sent a •vail
of water 14 feet high through the
streets of th* northwest Arkansas
town. Two men drowned and sn
it.
elderly couple; . was missing in
Harri«on.M>amagir"waa-estímated
by Msyor J3iiGe,„a.^e(iter at «
tor"tlO"Trrillion. A youth drowned
in flooded Sugar Creek near
Sprlngdale, the seventh storm-re-
lated death in Arkansas.
Tornadoes «also pounded South
Fork, Mo., about BO miles north-
ea t of the severe storm area in
Arkansas, injuring eight persons.
A dozen person* were hurt in a
tofnado which hit an area of Kan-
sas and Missouri adjoining Kan-
sn city. Tornadle, wind* lashed
area* near Stamford, in w*>t-
central Texas, northern Okla-
homa aiid In Madlsonvillé. Ky.
Many rivers and streams, fed
by heavy spring rains, overflowed
across'lections of Kansas, Illinois, .
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky. Okla- in tbe
homa and Missouri. The Mts*ourl
River was near flood stage at
several points in Missouri.
H byataaders did.
"I also want to pay á particular
tribute to aom* who worked on
thia flight," Kennedy «aid, nam*
lng a number of National Aero-
naut ca and Space Administration
officials who worked on the flight
that <arrt*d Shepard 115 mil
into spac* Friday.
„As MjütiluAon th* roll of
NASA Officials Kennedy observed
ftat th* names are not too
familiar.
"If th* flight had not been a
success, th* names would hsve
been very familiar," h* said with
a smile.
H* notad also that th* night
was made under conditions of
full publicity, I 1 free society
willing to "risk much and gain
much." ■ '
Shu
>rm )
of th* firat American apace trip
had .just flown to the White Hou?e
by helicopter from Andrews Air
Force Base In . suburban Mary-
land. The astronauta flew in from
Grand Bahama Jsland where
Shepard- had been under observa-
tion after his history-making feat.
Mrs. Shepard was flown In just
ahead of them from Virginia
Beach, Va.
A hazy overcast broke up fust
before tne helicopters arrived.
The helicopters landed in front
of,the White House south entrance
where Kennedy, his wife and
others were waiting.
Reading the citation to Shepard
from NASA, Kennedy called it a
"civilian award for á great civil-
ian accompliahmftnt."
epard, his wifa.ánd th* six
h* heat out for the honor
"I Want .again to expresa our
appreciation to Alan Shepard," he
said. "W* ara very proud of
him." ,
He handed Shepard "this deco-
ration." with a joke about it
coming from the ground up.
Kennedy had juat-dropped tha
medal to th* wooden floor of th*
platform erected on the White
House grounds for the ceremony.
Shepard himself grinned broad-
ly. -
Shepard said he got fir lesa
aleep Sunday night "'than I did
the night before th* flight
"I am very mindful ot-
honor which has been
on me, an honor which really
should go to' the hundreds of
people who made my "flight pos-
sible.".
Shepard said' the work has been
on about two years "In a
[•voted effort to put a man in
space, and it ia really " to these
hundreds of. people that the ac-
coladea of today should go."
He aaid he was moat anxious
to talk to the President about the
flight, and eagér "to tell you all
and to tell the world about it.'
Tha ipeechmaking .was all over
when Mrs; Kennedy spoke quietly
to her husband—the President had
forgotten to pin the medal . on
Shepard.
Kennedy grinned at her, then
deftly nlqned the . decoration—
awarded only oqpe before—on tha
astronaut's Mpel. ,
The deration is the NASA
Distinguished Service Medal.
Amid'the laughter of onlookers.
Kennedy after pinning the medal
on Shepard'a lapel then waved
him before television cameraa,
saving "everybody wants to see
County Residents Inj ured
In Various Outdoor Mishaps
■y MARY-ALICE LAKEY ¡I960-when the county valuation ally, said they did not favor an:
A valuation of between $68-71 jumped from 142,799,800 to the increased tax rate, The present'
million i* expected on county present figure, ctf a gain of about one is $1.40 per 1100 for
property n the 1961 tax roll.,$21 million. , * , ! tead property and $2.12 f
county officials estimated today Commissioner* will begin their homestead properties
as County Commissioner Court study of about 21,"^* *•■*--- - -*r
took oaths as the board of equali- next Monday. "1
satk v f — joaths> from Mr*.
Commissioner said that a tax' coul,ty clerk.
rate increas* Is not anticipated be-, Officials sa
causa of the increase in valua- wlll Incorporate additional industri
.........
Hi* present tax rate is $64.145,
^Absentee Voting
Will Begin Today
ho'rriai Absentee, voting b«gúisJodaV'ÍÍ?AÍbany. "fractúrftT'thé "lower part
r lion three pending election*, it was r«-;o( j,is rií{ht leg yCsVer7i y. while in
"on minded by Mrs. Sadie Stephens, broad iumoinc competition in sánd
he ror a number of accidents i5un-
day which resulted In the hospital*
liiatioh of several Orange County
residents.
West Orange City Councilman
laude J. Broussard, 3S, of 1003
■ mr ■
Sadie Stephens,
X Notified the public that Hep--|n Orangefield and Bancroft school
tachlor, a fire ant control powder, district to determine consolidation
may be purchased at Precinct I. 0f the two. and a statewide elec-
said the expected gaina.2 and 3 barn lor $8 per M pound tiori for a U.S. senator to uc<:aed
ba
, 11 RHHIiHIIPiRI^ mmmm. j— I
al value picked up by the valua- *• Accepted a right-of-way and nn
1 firm óf PriChard'* Abbott. channeL easeihfát^ from Ben^ Vea- Absentee voting willxontlnué un-ture of her
Vice Preaident Lyndon B. J.ohn
Stephens, broad jumping competition in sánd
With friends. ' .... '
accident occurred about
4:30 p.m. while he was o i an out-
ing on Sabine River with friend*.
Broussard Is under treatment in Or-
ange Memorial Hospital.
(tion
If the $71 million dollar «g. and tM residential gain. m •"<J, M,r :_ ^oe'le N- Vea«y tn Ma
ure materialize , it will represent, "Oil valuations may change. they.™r *trip30.l7feetby 130. W >et. from
the biggest gain of all time t tiie; reminded, since the state oil af.'*? uged 1" deve
coun
Round Bunch: Kóad project in the courthouse.
Sgest gain of all time in die reminded, since the :
••a history. The record gain lowible* are so low. I
b*tw*ea liM aadi ' Commlasioners, poUed lndlvidu-1 ■ <«** COUNTY, Paga «>
Í 23. Voting may be-done
a.m.' to 3 p.m. at Mrs.
the, Stephen*' office at the county
Box
-jr.
. J. C. No¡rwoód. 34, of P 0.
Orange, sustained a frac-
left arm 4ye*terday
about i:$0 a.m. when she fell from
an automobile. She waa treated at
Frances Ann Lutcher Hospital. .
Hospital attendants said the ae-
údeni occurred when Mi* Nor-
ject which she dropped from
car
Jane Ellen Clemente,
18th St., Orange, was treated for
minor injuries yesterday at 2 p.mj.
in the emerjgency room of Orange
Memorial Hospital.
She was rei
Shepard appeared completely
relaxed and at eese during th*
brief outdoor ceremony. -
Dignitaries and raiik-and-file
n\eTrtbers of the White House staff
cheered Shepard when he arrived,
when Kennedy Introduced him.
and when he completed his short
talk. . ' <
At one point Shepard remarked
that last Friday's flight into «pace'
was thrilling, "but today even
surpasses last Friday."
From the White Houae ros*
garden the men went to Ken-
nedy's offices. The astronauts sat
oii twp davenports flanking the
fireplace.
There' were television cameras
presidential office, but no
audio. So the President's words
to the space team were not im-
mediately public. ' .
Mrs. Kennedy led Mrs. Shepard
away to-another part of the Whit*
House to have coffee.
Shepard, on hi*.landing at An-
drews gave out a vast understate^
ment: "We have learned that the
world and the United States is
pretty pleased at what we have-
all ctone.''^ ^ y ■.
included the o(héf~six astronauta"
and their scientific associates.
Shepard was as much at homa
(Sea SHEPARD, Page •)
ORANGE JUICE I
Memo-
thf small convertible «he waa CHECK TTUS-Orang*
driving faj,^d,ito^ # jka a curva rial Hoepl ! staMers tell
'and overturned on FM 1130 about u" "**'
two miles north of Orange. She
was takén to the hospital In a
Erival* car and released following
eat ment for minor injurie
A / Bridge City youth, Charles
Harris. 16. of 195 Granger Drive,
was taken to th* hospital yester-
day at 3 p.m. by Claybar ambu-
lance after sustaining a deep cut
his |*ft leg. The youth
(8m ACCIDENTS, P*a D
on Mrs. B**s SchofMd, admini-
following the successful
astronaut «pao* flight. When
queried as to how far. the naval
officer traveled ah* ««plained. "II
went some 115 miles." Hiere waa a
pause and ah* hastily added. "Ha
went all tK* way!"
BUMPEE—Sheriff Chester A.
Hblts reminded today that thera
• srszvis'jssre
Countyall.
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