Carroll Daily Times Herald (Newspaper) - March 29, 1963, Carroll, Iowa Carroll Daily Times Herald Vol. 94-No. 75 Return Postage Guaranteed March 29,1963-Ten Pages Delivered by Carrier Boy Each Evening for 40 Per Week 10c Copy We Demand Full Vessel's Captain Describes Jets Probably Fired in at U.S. Ship Hotel Fire Kills 4- At least four persons perished early today in a fire in the Sherry Biltmore Hotel in Firemen are still searching the building in this dawn Wire Picture view of the Firemen said the blaze broke out on the fourth floor at about 4 a.m. Governor Vetoes County Home DES MOINES Harold Hughes vetoed Friday his first of the 1963 Legislative measure to exempt Negroes Plon New To Register By JOHN HALL Miss. - Vowing to make Greenwood and Leflore County what they call testing ground for Negroes planned another march on the county courthouse today in their drive to register as using a trained dog and aided by civilian volunteers equipped with riot clubs and wearing yellow Civil Defense have twice dispersed the Pastor Claims The Rev. a Greenwood Negro minister who led Thursday's claimed he was bitten by a police Police said he was Police Commissioner B.A. Hammond said Tucker was examined and definitely was not Dr. Mabel T. Garner of Greenwood said she treated the minister for severe on his left Tucker described the incident later as another in a series of voter registration rallies being held at his the Turner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal at once a large police dog jumped Tucker See Page 9 county homes from licensing as nursing The governor in his veto message to the House said he does not believe such an act be in the best interests of the 6,000 persons now living in county of the taxpayers of the counties that have county homes or of the 17,000 persons now being cared for in private nursing and custodial homes throughout The was passed by the House 83-22 on Jan. 23, and by the Senate 28-20 on March 20. Only 7 Licensed Proponents of the measure said only seven of the 83 county homes in Iowa have been licensed since the nursing home law was passed by the 1957 Hughes said the would exempt county homes from meeting minimum standards and trained personnel now set by the State Department of Health and the state fire minimum standards set by the Department of Health are reasonable and I can see no reason why county homes should not be required to meet Hughes said 739 private nursing and custodial including 680 proprietary taxpaying facilities and 59 non-profit now are operating under these and 69 private homes are in some stage of is the governor the present which were enacted after the tragic Council Bluffs nursing home fire in 1957, have neither retarded tlie growth of Iowa nursing homes nor made their operation Enforcement Lags Hughes added that the State See Page 9 Four 25 Injured in Hotel Fire BOSTON - Four persons perished and at least 25 were injured today in a predawn fire that swept the Sherry Biltmore Hotel on Massachusetts Firemen carried about 75 persons down ladders from the old brick Among those rescued were members of the cast of Sound of now playing in a downtown Most of the cast was attending a party on an upper They were unable to leave by a door and climbed out a About 40 of them lined up on a narrow ledge and waited until firemen raised aerial The mens and two women - were not immediately 3 on Danger List Names of three of the injured were on the danger list at city Most of the others were released after A general alarm was sounded for the blaze which broke out on the fourth floor shortly before a.m. Fire officials said the cause was not determined immediately and set damage at about A night Charles discovered the fire and ran through corridors awakening Other employes tried to quench the flames with fire extinguishers but the blaze quickly roared out of Mrs. whose 9-year-old plays in Sound of said she was aroused in her fifth floor room by a voice are no more on this She opened the door and shout ed: no. We're still Awakens Daughters Mrs. Meyers awakened Janella and another 7, who is an The three groped their way along the See Page 9 BULLETIN WASHINGTON Cuban government has told the United States its MIG jets fired in at the U. S. ship Floridian and that the Cuban had of shooting at the American the State Department announced Press officer Lincoln White disclosed receipt of two messages from the Castro regime in which the Cubans contended their forces were out looking for a The United States promptly sent Havana a demand for full explanation of this White declined to describe the U. S. note as a The State Department spokesman also rejected as a Soviet protest blaming the United States for a March 26 Cuban exile hit-and-run Moscow called for compensation for damage to a Soviet freighter shot up in a Cuban port. White said the U. S. government was not involved in the raid by The Fidel Castro regime acted with unusual speed in contacting the U. S. government about the Floridian incident in its second message to came McNamara Sees and Russia Entering a Nuclear Standoff Era By WALTER R. MEARS WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara has told Congress the United States is entering an era of a nuclear standoff with the Soviet time when neither can launch a nuclear attack without getting one in But despite that McNamara declared this country intends to win the cold war and believe in a reasonable sease of the word we are he defeat of the I da not we can achieve that victory by engaging in a strategic nuclear I think that kind of stalemate will become iy more controlling with the passage of Mutual Deterrence McNamara dealt with this potential during six days of hearings which began Feb. 6 before a House Defense Appropriations subcommittee that questioned him about the Pentagon's A censored transcript of his testimony was made public no sense of the word is there Soviet nuclear superiority he is there nuclear parity measured in terms of numbers of Regardless of his theory of mutual McNamara preferred not to describe it as a implies lack of action and I visualize our military program leading to quite the he visualize it leading to action in the foreign policy IT. S. Aim The American aim is to the cause of freedom throughout the he to do this in a way that protects our own national which means we are not prepared to destroy our nation in the process of attempting to advance freedom elsewhere in the During the six days in the witness McNamara ranged Page 19 U.S. Presses Soviets For a Direct Link GENEVA - The United States pressed the Soviet Union today for the establishment of a direct permanent communications link between the leaders of the two powers to avoid the risk of war by accident or U.S. Ambassador Charles C. Stelle told the 17-nation disarmament talks the Cuban crisis demonstrated the need for improved continuous and reliable communications between the leaders of the two major military the United States and the Soviet U. S. Ready He said the U.S. government prepared to act in setting up a permanent line which could be used both for teletype and voice He said the American end of the line would be in the National Command Center which maintains continuing contact with the President and his principal major military said a heavy responsibility to their own people and to other nations to take those relatively simple steps that would reduce the danger of unintended do when so little is would be incompatible with the exercise of the responsibility which rests upon the major military One of 3 Measures The direct communication idea is one of three measures the United States has proposed to reduce the risk of war by accident or Mail Appeal for March of Dimes Leo A. of chairman of the Carroll County Chapter of the March of announced Friday that every family in Carroll County will receive a March of Dimes mailer within the next few This will be the only appeal for is your fight against your help for a neighbor in your comfort to parents in Mr. Heisterkamp that has been accomplished and all that will be done through the National Foundation can be attributed directly to the women and young people who freely is an important job to be done and I want to Late News off the Wire MOSCOW - The Soviet Union today demanded that the United States pay damages for a Cuban exile commando raid that crippled the Soviet freighter Baku three days A note delivered to the U.S. Embassy also threatened to take unspecified measures to protect Soviet shipping from attacks by guerrillas operating in Cuban KILLED IN - Frank Veron 41, of Traer was killed Friday when his car collided with a semitrailer truck on Highway 6 about five miles of Authorities said that car apparently crossed the center line and collided headon with a Red Ball Transfer Co. Everette 37, Council and Don 45, were in the They were in satisfactory condition at a Davenport After the collision the truck veered into a ditch and the car whipped around and was pinned under the truck Alfred Klocke to Head Elks Lodge Alfred J. Klocke was elected exalted ruler of Elks Lodge No. 1637 at an annual meeting Thursday Others elected were William L. leading Dr. D. J. loyal Ronald H. lecturing Edward Henry and Robert Installation will take place April 11. REGRETS TFX Force Col. John L. Gregory Jr. has told Senate investigators he did an thing when he signed a statement challenging military evaluations of rival designs for the TFX The evaluations favored a rejected design by the Boeing Co. of Wash. The statement signed by Gregory and others said there was no comparable basis for judging this on two major The colonel told the Senate Investigations subcommittee in testimony released today that he was not competent to make such a GARDENS CINCINNATI - The pro basketball Cincinnati Royals and a major interest in the Cincinnati Gardens where they play were sold today in a package deal to a Cincinnati syndicate headed by attorney Ambrose Security Group Meets as Tension Over Cuba Rises By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON - President Kennedy called the executive committee of the National Security Council into session today amid a new wave of tension over State's Case Presented in Federal The Weather FIVE-DAY IOWA FORECAST Temperatures will average 8 to 12 degrees above normal Saturday through next Wednesday with only minor daily ch a n g e s. Normal highs are from the upper 40s northeast to the mid 50s southwest and extreme Normal lows are from the upper 20s northwest to mid 30s Precipitation will average to one inch in scattered showers and thunderstorms about Monday or Bro. Rupiper to Be Ordained Sunday Bro. Darrell son of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Route 3, will be ordained to the at St. Paul's Church in Pass March 30. Officiating at the 9 a.m. ceremony will be Bishop Joseph Auxiliary Bishop of There will be seven others in the Bro. Rupiper will attend summer school IOWA FORECAST Clearing and cooler Friday night with slowly diminishing lows 30s northwest to 40s Generally fair and cooler highs 50s north to near 60 Further Partly cloudy and mild Clearing and colder with diminishing winds Friday lows upper 30s. Partly cloudy and a little cooler highs upper 50s. By RON SPEER DES MOINES - Testimony by the chief clerk of the Iowa House of Representatives opened the state's case Friday in a Federal Court suit challenging the constitutionality of Iowa legislative William R. clerk of the House since 1957, said that in his opinion political ties generally fade away in votes on House bills with representatives aligning themselves with other members of their economic The brought by two officials of the Iowa Federation of Labor contends that rural legislators control the two houses of the legislature and dis criminate against a majority of voters who live in Iowa 285 Lobbyists would say that there are 285 general interest groups in the House because there are 285 Kendrick has nothing to do with it. Usually legislators vote with other legislators who have the same economic Kendrick testified in answer to questions from Atty. Gen. Evan representing the state before a panel of three federal hearing the Kendrick said many bills favorable to cities and towns have been passed by the legislature in recent He sail about 30 per cent of the bills brought out by the House Cities and Towns Committee were enacted into law by the 1961 In cross-examination by Robert Wilson of Cedar one of Page 9 Testimony in Case Continues Testimony for the plaintiff continued in District here Friday morning in an appeal from a land condemnation * The suit was filed by Mary Margaret et against the Iowa State Highway Commission in connection with construction on Highway 141 in Witnesses took the stand for the plaintiff included E. F. Walter and Mearle all of Judge A. J. is The inner strategy formed during last fall's Cuban was faced with these developments at its noontime 1. Thursday night's report by a U.S. vessel that two unidentified jet planes shot at it in international waters off Cuba's north The 4,600-ton the sailed on toward Miami under U.S. air 2. The withdrawal of Soviet soldiers from which the United States deems disappointingly Latest U.S. estimates place 13,000 to 14,000 Soviet military personnel still on the 3. Hit-and-run raids by which Washington fears could make the Caribbean situation Announced by State Dept. Word of the attack on the Floridian was announced by the State Department Thursday It said the U.S. Coast Guard reported receiving a message from the U.S. motor route from San Puerto to at about 6:05 p.m. unidentified jet aircraft had fired bursts across the bow and stern without striking the Beyond Washington authorities had few Last month two MIG jets with Cuban markings fired on a U.S. shrimp the while it was its motors out of in the Florida Straits about 60 miles off the Cuban The United States vigorously protested the attack and Kennedy ordered the Defense Department to make sure that will be taken against any vessel or aircraft which executes an attack against a vessel or aircraft of the United States over international waters in the The Castro regime denied its Page 9 close to apologizing in admitting the White declined to say whether the United States now believes the Red Havana regime understands the seriousness of Caribbean shooting But the fast Castro admission had the effect of toning down the which flared quickly following news Thursday night of the MIG Page 10.) By Joe McGowan Jr. Fla. captain of the merchant ship Floridian said today two MIGs fired shots across the bow and stern of his vessel Thursday 20 miles off the coast of Cuba and he flashed an immediate distress call to the Coast Guard in U.S. Navy jets from Key did not reach the scene of the incident until 55 minutes the second Norman of Circle Ship planes appeared and circled the ship for about 20 Capt. Curtis Olson told a news conference aboard the ship shortly after the Floridian reached here under escort of U.S. fighter After the first firing pass by the hostile Olson his reaction couldn't be happening to It was the second incident of its kind reported in a Two MIGs with Cuban markings fired at a U.S. shrimp boat 60 miles off the Cuban coast last The vessel was hot The Floridian was traveling at 15.4 knots when the planes approached and stepped its to 17 knots during the but remained on normal Olson The third firing pass was across the bow at less than 100 he Radioman Donald Fisher he was off duty and lust around the when he heard the first burst of fire and that was just a sonic Fisher lives at SI West Mass. we saw splashes and we knew it was no sonic First Distress Calls He estimated the first shots were at 5:40 or 5:45 p.m. and he sent the first distress call at 5:55 p.m. Olson said 15 to 30 shots were fired by the planes on their third were explosive he exploded in the Page 9 The Weather in Carroll Courtesy Iowa Public Service Yesterday's high Yesterday's low At 7 a. m. today At 10 a. m. today Weather A Year A trace of snow fell early in the morning a year ago with skies clearing later in the High temperature for the day was at Spring Hill Ala. J 38; the 27. Lloyd Booth Elected Tourist Promotion Council Treasurer Lloyd Carroll motel was elected treasurer of the Iowa Tourist Promotion Council at an annual meeting of the state organization in the Veterans Auditorium at Des Moines Mr. Booth was nominated for the presidency but declined because of his connections with the Best Western Motel Assn. Also representing Carroll at the second annual tourism meeting were A. J. president of the Iowa U. S. Highway Charles E. manager of the Chamber of Commerce and secretary of the Highway 30 H. C. Kenneth Joe Twit and State Rep. B. J. Wirt Picture For Death Dr. Peter Van a Pella voiced his approval of the death penalty at an Iowa Senate committee hearing late he he would remove the right of the governor to commute the sentence of a criminal sentenced to be The Senate has a before it which would abolish the death
