Great Bend Tribune (Newspaper) - December 27, 1963, Great Bend, Kansas GNERALLY FAIR GREAT BEND FIRST PAPER Throughout BELT Of Wett Central Kansas 88TH YEAR No. 119 GREAT DECEMBER 27, 1963 Berlin Protests Refugee Murder By JOSEPH B. FLEMING name of Mayor Willy Brandt at United Press International BERLIN West Berlin city government today protested to the East German government the Christmas Day murder by Communist guards of a refugee shot scaling the Berlin a conference of East German and officials who meet regularly to discuss im- of the agreement that provides for holiday visits to East Horst a Brandt I told East German state A city government spokesman i tary Erich Wendt that the said the protest was made in the Mrs. Oswald To Appear For Testimony DALLAS born widow of accused tial assassin Lee Harvey wald will go before the Warren Commission early next year to help fill gaps in the sion's record of her dead travels and A source close to Mrs. Marina Oswald said she would testify before the which is investigating President Chief tice Earl Warren heads the For Mrs. the past month has been a lonely and uncertain In a land where she has few friends and does not understand the native she has turned to religious The 22-year-old widow went to a solemn midnight Mass Christmas eve at a Greek church and then visited the grave of her husband Christmas The mound of dirt at Rose Hill Cemetery still is unmarked but a source said that Mrs. wald ordered a small headstone for the She hopes to have a small cross and some flower replicas engraved in the Mrs. Oswald and her children now make their home at an un- disclosed They moved to the Inn of the Six Flags shortly after President Kennedy was but have moved Secret Service men still guard the woman and her youngsters Hutchinson Girl Awaits Hearing For Manslaughter Kan. Carol Wilson 23, of Hut today awaited a pre hearing on a man slaughter charge following a two fatality traffic Christmas Miss Trotter was Thursday in connection with the death of Mrs. John 72 of and her grand Judy 23, Oklahoma 30 Miss Taylor's roommate and a passenger in the Taylor was hospitalized with a broken arm and Police said Miss Trotter's car traveling at a high rate of went out of ded broadside on a patch oi ice and smashed headon into the Taylor CARMICHAEL der of 18-year-old Paul Schultz was He said the incident was in- compatible with the ian aims of the agreement that provided for opening the wall over the holidays to allow the reunion of Berlin The protest was delivered at one of the regular meetings held by Korber and Wendt to iron out differences resulting from the pass agreement they signed for their The spokesman corrected a West Berlin police report that had said three West Berliners were arrested by Communist police at a border crossing points He said the three were held up briefly for using the wrong crossing point but were not ar- Korber and Wendt signed the agreement providing for the un- precedented Christmas visits and they had been meeting to iron out Korber canceled Thursday's meeting because of the fatal shooting Wednesday 18 year old Paul Schultz by East lin police as he and a ion made a break for the The unidentified companion caped safely into West Holiday Visits Continue West Berliners continued to enter the Eastern sector of the divided city today despite the ill feeling provoked by the shooting and many were lining up for passes to visit relatives in the East during the next few The opening in the nist first since it was built to an end Jan. 5. About West Berliners entered East Berlin on mas Day and about went also a holiday in Smaller numbers are expected for the remainder of the visiting except for the rush on New Year's Eve and New Year's House Sessions Today SINGLE COPY 7c ISSUE 12 PAGES German Chancellor Visits at LBJ Ranch By WELLINGTON LONG United Press International Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard left today for the United States where he will assure President Johnson that the European Common Market is not turning Erhard left by chartered plane from Wahn Airfield p.m. a.m. The flight to Houston is a direct lasting 11 The chancellor is due in houston at 6 p.m. EST. Erhard was accompanied by Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder and other high According to official President Books Cast To Serenade Official BUSINESS BUT NOT AS USUAL Mrs. Arlyn secretary in the City Engineering and Inspection had a little difficulty finding space to fill out a building permit this Her desk isn't usually this but today was moving day as the Engineering and Inspection Department moved from 1309 Williams to Rooms 11 and 12 at 1209 Williams in the former Wedell just south of the fire recently purchased by the Wheat Deal With Russia Is Teetering By BERNARD BRENNER United Press International WASHINGTON The deal to sell surplus American wheat to the Soviet Union appeared today to be teetering on the The Commerce Department Thursday issued export license for the sale of millio worth of U.S. wheat .to Russi in what may be the first brea in the lengthy Jack N. assistan secretary of commerce for do and international bus Foreign Aid Program Next to Feel LBJ Axe WASHINGTON The Senate and the House met for a token sessions day in a mood of some ill despite the holiday Both chambers planned ly pro forma sessions lasting only long enough to satisfy the requirements of the and be gaveled into ad- until Sen. William D- acting Senate Democratic leader at last Tuesday's brief but rebellious said the Senate meeting would be No We'll be in and The same held true for the where only a few members planned to show Still to come was an pated wrangle in the Senate Monday over a disputed sion in the billion mise foreign aid appropriations Dili concerning export-import Dank guarantees for cial sale of U.S. wheat to Proxmire said the fight last all and ther prolong a session that ready is the longest since the 1941-42 World War II Sen. Barry accused President son Thursday of trying to treat members of Congress as his errand and forcing to stay during the holidays to pass the aid Good Road Record Kan. Kansas Turnpike Authority day considered the three non injury accidents on the super- highway over the holiday period very good The authority said that the turnpike carried vehicles between 6 p. m. Tuesday and 8 a. m. a much ger total than usually handled on a one-day holiday By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI White House Reporter JOHNSON Tex. Johnson kept the economy pressure on the tive branch of government His latest target was the foreign aid program which he wants operated more efficiently and with fewer federal em- While preparing for a two- day visit with West German Chancellor Ludwig starting the President ordered a speedy review of for- eign economic and military sistance Johnson set up a ber of federal officials to undertake a intensive of foreign Living Costs Hit All-Time High in Nation By WILLIAM J. EATON United Press International WASHINGTON The nation's living costs rose to an all time high in November with increases in the costs and the Labor ment said The department announced that its consumer price index climbed of 1 per cent last month to a record high level of 107.4 per cent of age 1957-59 the norm used for the A department spokesman pre- another record-breaking increase this month because of higher costs for housing and Increased prices for fresh vegetables and sugar pushed up the cost of and ing costs advanced across the board except for gas and which held Arnold assistant com- missioner of labor said that the index was 1.3 per cent up for the He said this was price although the 1963 rise may be one of the largest since 1958's increase of 1.7 per cent. The November rise clipped another two cents off the ing power of a ing the worth 13 cents less to the consumer than it in 1962. Prices of new on page 2) aid He ordered the committee to report back tc him by Jan. 15 with recom on how to eliminate red inefficiency and superfluous action in appointing this far from reflecting any lack of conviction in the necessity for foreign assistance demonstrates my strong deter that those programs be so administered as to the greatest benefit to our try and the free John in a special statement issued from the Texas White Ball Heads Committee The study committee will be headed by Undersecretary of State George W. Members included Budget Director mit Peace Corps tor R. Sargent Shriver and Da vid E. head of the Agency for International Development In other economy Johnson sent a memorandum Wednesday to agency and de- heads calling for a halt in the growth of federal He urged more efficient use of workers and simplification of He also was defense Secretary of State Dean Rusk topped the list of ranking conferees today at the LBJ ranch which bustled with preparations for Erhard and his party who arrive here The Erhard party will spend tonight in The President will greet them morning at Bergstrom Air Force Base outside Tex. Galena Fires Another Round In Water Fight Kan. ena fired another round today in its battle with the State Board of Health over the town's unchlorinated water J. acting for the city of filed a new trial motion in District Court at Col- He acted in the case in which the state seeks a writ of damus to force chlorination ot Galena The city contends its from deep is pure out benefit of State health officials maintain that without chlorination the water could be contaminated by any break in a the export licenses were issued to private traders who thought they could arrange sales and wanted the licenses would be available if The censes in Subject To Agreement The licenses provide for cash Behrman said they would be subject to ment on He said the ex- comply with requirements on shipping half the wheat in U.S. flag Negotiations for the sale of U.S. wheat to Russia have been in the hands of private U.S. grain firms since shortly after the government laid down ground rules for the deals last i For a the negotiations were carried on in Washington with a trade Several weeks the Soviel officials went Soviet spokesmen announced they still were open to and representatives of several U.S. firms are known to have visited Moscow The biggest single roadblock completing the las been linked to the U.S. insistence that half of any wheat sold to Russia or ler be carried on American ships Feared Price High To qualify as officials explained that U.S. ships would have to be ready to carry the wheat at rates not exceeding Even t appeared that the total reight rate boosted he U.S. selling price beyond what the Russians were willing o Administration officials er had estimated that sales to he Soviets could reach about 4 million eating away a leavy share of the wheat ilus piled up in government lands in this country under the arm price support Agriculture Orville j. continually ul that the sales would predicted last week they would be made due By ALVIN SPIVAK United Press International JOHNSON Tex. serenade West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard this President Johnson has booked a Texas musical cast ranging from classical pianist Van Cliburn to a master of ceremonies named The involved is tus described in the as White House's program as a Texas He is a folksy local er who will emcee the at a dinner honoring the visiting German leader at Johnson's ranch and a barbecue lunch at ing Music at those two functions will ride a tonal range from the classics to German Songfest High school students from nearby which was settled more than a cen tury ago by German immi will sing songs to re mind Erhard of the Rhine while dines on the banks of the Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson was busy Thursday preparing for the chancellor's Saturday Sunday She told her ranch staff she wanted to him the worked on menus for the chancellor and found an old family recipe for Germai chocolate cake for al lunch said a report from Mrs. Johnson's staff tor and press beth Gathers Texas Folklore Johnson's 19-year-old Lynda spent the day selecting books on Texas and regional folklore from the ily library and placing them in rooms at the LBJ ranch where Gorgeous TV Dies at Age 48 LOS ANGELES Gorgeous 48, who layed his long golden curls and eccentric ways into a fortune during the heyday of television died Thursday of a heart Bora George Raymond the grappler retained a bald-headed valet who accompanied h i m into the ring and sprayed him with a disinfectant to ward off A routine professional he wasn't making much more than coffee and cakes money when he got the idea to dye his black hair blond and let it This was in 1940 and it wasn't long before he was ing as much as a George drew huge crowds to arenas throughout the and was always the villain on the wrestling The crowds booed him to the rafters as he minced around the ring waving Ms golden curls the German visitors will Erhard will occupy the ber one guest on the ond floor of the ranch with a southern exposure ing the Pedernales River that ripples placidly beside son's U.S. Embassy Windows Hit By Bulgarians By FRANZ CYRUS United Press International VIENNA of Bulgarians hurled stones and lumps of coal at the United States Legation building in fia breaking every dow on the first three The demonstrators numbering more than 500, also overturned four American automobiles out- side the legation before they were They carried banners and signs calling for to the imperialist which were left on the overturned automobiles when the demonstration broke News of the violence came from the U.S. consul in Sofia in a with newsmen in The mob action coincided Erhard Intends to tell Johnson he is pleased the ment reached by the common market ministers in Brussels But the real test of the decisions taken Er- hard is understood to will come during next year's called Kennedy round of inter- national tariff reduction Berlin On Agenda High on tbe list of items to be discussed at Johnson's ranch home Saturday and Sunday will be the situation in where the Communists have for the first time in two and a half years permitted West Berliners to visit relatives in the Eastern Meeting Rescheduled Erhard had planned a ing with the late President Kennedy last month to discuss policies and get acquainted lowing his taking over from re- tired Chancellor Konrad nauer in But the ident was assassinated two days before Erhard's scheduled val in Johnson urged him to reschedule the talks as soon as Western plans for continued diplomatic probes with the viet Union and the future of U.S. trade with Europe were expected to dominate the dis- West Germany and the ed States approved such probes at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization council meeting in Paris 10 days Need German Approval But specific German al of the various measures posed for discussion with cow must now be since most of them directly affect They include the ment of military observer posts on both sides of the Iron tain to reduce the danger of surprise and any ar- rangement that would concern Erhard has said he any U.S. attempt to these issues with the Soviet Un- ion as long as Germany's inter- ests are with the trial of a Bulgarian I diplomat who was reported by the Bulgarian news agency to have pleaded guilty to charges of spying for the United No one was hurt in the which lasted an hour and 15 he tion officials in Sofia had re- quested police The Bulgarians apparently demonstrating against eged U.S. involvement in the case of a former high ranking Bulgarian diplomat being tried in Sofia on charges he spied against his own country for the United The trial went nto its second day Power Cut Off Kan. -A tree limb fell on a volt line northeast of here cutting off electric power in 14 communities for 20 An emergency crew from the Kansas Power and Light repaired the line within No sections of Topeka were Towns without power were Maple Silver St. St. Hoyt and Fair Play for Cuba Committee Seeks to Go Out of Business All Quiet in Nicosia Cyprus and Turkish troops under command today the streets of Nicosia to a cease-fire between tie island's warring Greek and Turkish There were no reports of ler clashes today for the first ime since Saturday when ing broke out between nd Turkish Since official casualty figures how 17 dead and about 50 Unconfirmed reports lace the toll at 200 dead and The fighting started over changes in the lon of the three-year old island The d by President Archbishop head of the Greek were viewed by tbe as a threat to their which maintains bases on the island and which Cyprus for nearly 100 years before independence in 1960, was called on to take command of the operation because the Cyprus police lacked the strength to prevent the spread of Maj. Gen. Edward British commanding was put in charge of the nation operation a few hours after President Johnson called on Cypriots to end The President's de- livered by U.S. Ambassador Fraser did not sume to judge the or rights and of the but it called for a truce end this terrible ternal United Press International NEW YORK Castro Fair Play for Cuba Com- quietly is ng to go out of it was earned In its stormy 27 months of the committee lanced originally by the Castro delegation to the United engaged in street been investigated by and more tied in by implication with the slaying of President John F. Suspected presidential Lee H. a fessed identified self to authorities on his cap- ture as a chapter chairman of The Weather GOLDEN BELT AREA Generally fair with increasing cloudiness and Little change in today becoming cold er on Saturday with chance of some light snow High today 35 to 45. Lows tonight 15 to 20. Southwesterly winds be- coming more easterly by Local Weather Data Thursday's High 53, Low 11. A Year Ago Today High 40, Low 11. Precipitation for a 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. This leaves the total precipitation for the month of December at and the total for the year at 19.96. This is 6.57 less than year ago at this Barometer at 11 a.m. 30.03 and FPFC in New Orleans and The FPFC claimed he was never a registered member the Federal Bureau of gation dug up correspondence between Oswald and V. T. the FPFC national Informed sources said FPFC began disintegrating even be- fore the Dallas Many of its original 29 list included Truman Waldo Carleton James Simone de Jean Paul Norman Prof. Robert G. Colodny and the Rev. Donald among dropped out one by One of the original Robert F. of expelled by the for preaching violence and sought by federal authorities for took in Communist The committee's original sponsors as set out alleged give a clear picture of Cuba as it without the distorted ture as given by the American Sources attributed its brief span of more than two ing American public the Washington ings ultimately the the FPFC got from disclosure of Oswald's activities in its At the peak of its FPFC had a mailing list of some persons with an tive membership of of that
