Joplin Globe (Newspaper) - July 18, 1961, Joplin, Missouri Final Edition 3top Partly Cloudy Partly cloudy through tonight with a few showers and high in mid 80s. VOL. NO. 295. Council Vacates Streets By LES Beating down tH opposition of two of its the city council Monday night voted to vacate two streets to remove one to of a shopping center at the northwest corner of Seventh street and Range On a 5-2 the council approved vacation of Sixth street between Highview avenue and Range Line and of avenue from Sixth street to Seventh Councilmen A. Paul Thompson and Charles MiU lev voted against the with Mayor C. C. Haynes and Councilmen John Norton and Charles Kemper voting in favor of the It was Councilman first vote after taking the oath as a new council After the Robert counsel for developers of the shopping called newsmen out of the council chamber and told them differences with the Owen brothers of the Elms located on land proposed for the shopping have been resolved and construction on the bowling alley will resume in the He referred to an injunction suit brought by Owen and Virgil Owen against several seeking to restrain them from proceeding with work on the proposed shopping center until a lease the two hold on the property has expired They contended their lease does not expire until June 1, 1962. The attorney said that terms of the agreement reached late Monday afternoon had to some degree d the lease held by the Owen brothers and that it might be possible to begin razing the motel prior to next he said it is likely actual shopping center construction will be delayed at least until next depending on arrangements worked out with prospective tenants of the In the injunction the Owen brothers had named as Charles A. Helen Parrish Construction Southwest Max W. Lilley of Greene Wallace William B. Clark of Brad Borlund of and Homer Cole of At Monday night's council City Attorney William 0. Russell traced conveyances relating to land involved in the area at Seventh street and Range pointing to several transactions which lead to a somewhat with regard to the street rights of way He said that there is some doubt as to actual title to the land involved in the rights of way for the and pointed out that he had been unable to completely research the His comments came after Councilman Thompson opened discussion on a motion to vacate the streets by saying he found uncertainty and in documents relating to the land in - Councilman Thompson later said he was opposed to passage of an ordinance when doubt still in the question of have an aversion to passing an the results of which are he Councilman Gardner countered with the comment that council is in no position to determine the legality of these it's a question of whether we need I wouldn't want to see the city TUESDAY JULY 18, 1961.-SIXTEEN PRICE Dally 5e Sunday Last Germans Rush From East on Page 2A) By JOHN BAUSMAN BERLIN - Refugee officials Monday registered and soothed a swelling tide of women and children escaping from Communist East About 4,000 are estimated to have slipped across the border at the weekend from East to West the only easy escape route They apparently were leaving now for fear that Communist efforts to change the status of Berlin might soon close that Hundreds braved a heavy rain to make the crossing The crowd jamming the door of the registration room at one West Berlin reception camp is shown in the Wirephoto Experts reported the share of young engineers and trained technicians was significantly although ordinary workers made up the bulk of the There were estimates that more than 10,000 refugees reached West Berlin last compared with an average rate this year of about 4,000 a This still fell short of the mark established just before the abortive East German uprising of 1953. The rate rose then to more than 16,000 a The refugees lined up under umbrellas for registration at the refugee were the human side of the Berlin and German questions now being debated in major capitals of the The United France and Britain gave Soviet Premier Khrushchev Monday their answer to his June 4 memorandum on They were reported considering further steps to counteract Khrushchev's threat to sign a separate peace treaty with East At the same time Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin proposed that West German political parties form a united policy for safe guarding West In an interview with West Ger biggest the independent Hamburg Brandt called on Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer to bring together all parties in Parliament to work out a common Election Brandt is the Social Demo cratic candidate opposing Aden a Christian in West Germany's Sept. 17 JFK Must Decide Soon On Mobilization Proposal By JAMES D. CARY WASHINGTON Kennedy is expected to decide soon whether to mobilize up to one million troops to meet the new challenge of now on He can call up that number of Army reserves and National Guardsmen by declaring a limited national Sen. Mike the Senate majority told a reporter the President may decide by the time he holds his weekly meeting with Democratic Congressional leaders Defense Department officials said Monday a review of military ordered by the would go to the White House about the middle of the Last week Roswell L. deputy secretary of said reserve and National Guard call up was the most obvious way to bolster the military forces But he stated this was only one possibility under The President asked the Pentagon more than a week ago for the detailed report on the availability and readiness of all The is to be based on the entire world not just A stale of national emergency declared in the Korean War by President Truman still exists Only an armistice was signed to end the hostilities not peace But under a 1955 law Kennedy would still have to declare a new emergency to mobilize the reserves and the National He can do this without congressional But to call up any more than one million would require Congressional The National Guard has 21 infantry divisions and the Army Reserve 10 plus 13 other training Few are believed to be up to full All are in widely varying stages of Pentagon statistics show million reserves assigned sea and air As individuals they are considered in the ready In addition about one million more men are listed as stand-by reservists - largely men who have received no training in recent During the Korean War eight National Guard divisions and two regimental combat totalling 138,600 were called into An additional 240,500 dividual reservists were chiefly to bring regular Marine and Air Force units up to full East German Communists in their drive against East Berliners who work in West Ber lin and thereby earn West marks worth four times as much as East Klian Speaks On Friendship Pledge to U.S. NEW YORK - President Ayub Khan of on his way home after a week's visit to this said Monday his nation is a friend of the United not a neutral are not he told a news have respect for neutralists who are really As for friendship with the United he stick to our promises and The U.S. government should recognize Ayub flew here from for a dinner in his honor at the United Tuesday he leaves for He was accompanied on the flight from Texas by Vice President Lyndon B. who had been his host during his visit to the Lone Star The vice president had introduced him earlier in the day to the Texas Legislature as a friend who will with us in the search for peace and still bs on our side in time of In a speech to the Ayub said the security of Pakistan and the United Slates hinges the backing of your Ayub called upon U.S. leaders for a and more robust sense of Court Rules Against Fishy Act Wales Olwen Bull won a divorce Monday on the grounds her a was cruel to her about On one she Bull hit her across the face with a moist 26, is head cook in a Treasure Hunt VIENNA - Hungarian newspapers report Communist officials in that country are attempting to salvage the treasure of King Lajos The royal gold and jewels were aboard a ship sank in the Danube 400 years Charles Kemper Named Councilman The city council Monday night appointed a firm executive to occupy i until next April the council seat vacated bv tion of Dr. Maurice who is having the Named to the interim term was Charles B. 3528 Oak vice president Drug He swill serve until the April was named by a vote of the six councilmen the meeting Monday He was nominated by John Mayor C. C. A. Paul Norton Charles Miller voted in Kemper s nomination came an interim in which council considered several at least four of whom declined to Mayor Haynes newsmen Monday morning that two men were still under consideration at that but he would not reveal the identity the The interim appointment brings to six the number of vacancies which will occur on the council next year Terms of Mayor Haynes and Councilmen Gardner and Miller expire seat also will be at stake in the April At Monday night's the council also appointed Freeman P. Johnson who was Joplin's first mayor under council government to serve on the police and pension replacing A. M. who has left the Councilman chairman of the council finance said his will meet at 4 o'clock Wednesday to hear Charles an attorney representing the two present a proposal in connection with the police and which has been under criticism for some In other the 1. Appointed Albert 511 Empire and C. W. 3031 East F o u r t h to the parks and recreation board for three-year 2. Introduced eliminating parking on the south side of Fifth street between Main street and Joplin 3. Approved a city administration plan for temporary removal of parking on Joplin avenue be- CHARLES KEMPER tween Fourth and Fifth while construction of the F i r s t National hank parking garage is under British Tackle Crisis LONDON Minister Harold government prepared Monday night a series of crisis moves designed to prevent devaluation of the pound sterling and correct j chronic ills of the British j While these decisions were being hammered out at cabinet prices fell sharply on the London Stock Exchange in anticipation of the In traders fear the government is getting ready to impose a limit on stock The cabinet may feel this has to be done to get trade unions to cooperate in holding the line on The government decided the treasury of the Exchequer Selwyn make a major statement in the House of Commons today on the economic Originally Lloyd had intended to keep quiet until July 25. That is the referred to by British newspapers as sacrifice Lloyd is scheduled to announce the government's The measures he intends to announce are understood to 1. A 10 per cent increase in excise duties and sales tax to bring in over 200 million pounds million a 2. Sharp cuts in spending by nationalized such as the railways and the coal and economies in government spending 3. A now credit squeeze with the Bank of England rale going up from 5 per cent to or even 6 per cent. 4. Measures to restrict wage increases and Some economists believe could take some pressure off the pound by announcing his willingness to open negotiations to join the Common This is a separate economic problem that is causing the cabinet considerable Many Commonwealth countries have voiced opposition to Britain joining the Common headed by France and West if this involves cutting down Commonwealth trading Mild Being Forecast forecast calls for a period or two of showers and thunderstorms with mild temperatures and partly cloudy The high is expected to be in the middle 80s. Joplin experienced a warm day Monday as the mercury rose to a high of 91 degrees at the airport and of 88 A low morning reading of 66 was recorded at Empire District Electric Company's downtown At the airport the mercury dipped to A year ago today a trace of precipitation was recorded in Temperatures ranged between 89 and 67. Hourly Weather Delays Space SPACE is a cutaway drawing of the Mercury capsule of Astronaut Virgil The girded section is escape tower which frees the capsule from the rocket should anything go If all goes the lower is Desert Too Tunisia Defies ight Seize Big Base To Tunisia - In a double-barreled diplomatic assault on President Habib Bourguiba threatened Monday to seize part of the Sahara and vowed to force France out of strategic Bizerte The 90-man Tunisian National Assembly promptly announced approval of all measures that may be taken by the chief of state of this North African In a speech before a special assembly Bourguiba said he will send a force Wednesday to seize marker No. 233, a geographic point in the desolate desert 25 miles south of Tunisia's southernmost The marker is in the French part of the vast desert and is held by a French military post in an area where frontiers are About 100 miles south lies the rich oil field of developed by Bourguiba accused France of violating a 1957 treaty by keeping a garrison at the have decided regardless of the we will send a Tunisian commando to plant our flag at marker No. 233," Bourguiba He reiterated his threat to carry out a for getting the French out of where France keeps troops variously estimated to number from 3,000 to 8,000. Throughout the network of the ruling party has been whipping up popular support for the of About 5,000 volunteers were at Bizerte and Tunisian national guardsmen have thrown roadblocks around the There has been virtually no reaction on the part of France to Bourguiba's the French government said coldly that no discussion of Bizerte's status was possible in a climate of threats and The Algerian rebels warned Tunisia in a memorandum released Monday that they will not recognize any territorial adjustment in the 1-Day Hold Ordered as Clouds Form CAPE Fla. - The United States was forced Tuesday night to postpone for 24 hours because of weather conditions its attempt to hurl Virgil I. Grissom into The 24-hour postponement came just as scientists were preparing to resume the countdown for the nation's second attempt to hurl a man into An announcement at 10:30 p.m. said the Cape launching area had become obscured by a multiple cloud layer at 10 p.m. and there were no prospects for improvement in less than 24 The National Aeronautics and Space Agency attributed the development of the clouds to an easterly high pressure wave which has been moving across the Caribbean for the last three Extensive shower activity was reported over south Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico and winds were beginning to carry moisture and considerable cloudiness over into the Cape The space agency weather team said cloudiness would limit capabilities and officials want full camera coverage of the rocket's flight from blastoff until Weather conditions remained good in the target area down The NASA which came after consultation with a special team of U.S. Weather said the weather is expected to improve by the end of the next 24 As matters now the launching of the astronaut is now scheduled for 5 a. Central Standard Time For Grissom this means another 24 hours of tension and a con- on Page 2A) 1 a. m. 2 a. 3 a. 4 a. m. 5 a. A a. 7 a. 8 a. 9 a. 10 a. 11 a. V a. m. 1 p. m. 2 p. m. 3 p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. m. 6 p. m. 7 p. m. 8 p. m. 9 p. m. 75 10 p. m. 79 11 p. m. Midnight Tuesday 2 a. m. 85 87 87 83 87 84 82 81 79 78 78 Airport Data FAA weather observations at Municipal at 9:30 o'clock last 82 Wind Wind 8 IS Barometric 28.890, then globe New Viaduct lull District Deaths Editorials The Stars Say Family Fare Hospital Sports Want Best Ins. 4 U Race Friction Shifts in 11 Youths Arrested After Beating CHICAGO - The tension center of race friction shifted Monday from Rainbow Beach back to the Harrison High School area on Chicago's Southwest A white youth was cut and beaten in an alley near the school by three as he walked to Police in a beefed up force patrolling the district seized 11 Negro But peace settled over the Lake Michigan Shore area scene of a demonstration Sunday at Rainbow The by some 175 Negroes and white persons ended in a disorderly The flare-up was highlighted by kicking and flailing attack on several members of a 250-man police task force at the beach by one of 11 white youths arrested for refusal to obey police The which came as the were led to angry jeering by 100 or more and an order by Police Capt. James Hackett that 10,000 bathers leave the rescinded Ills order after a majority of the crowd Monday's events occurred some 12 miles west and north of the Small parties of Negro many in Ilia 13-15 roamed through the run-down area of mixed racial Ronald A. 17, was slashed and bruised in a At Cook County Hospital where he was he told police three Negroes about his own dragged him into the gangway and kicked him repeatedly alter pricking him with and knocking him down A halt block from the two Negro youths were seized by police who said carried a length ot tire chain and the other a bottle of Another was arrested and accused of flinging rocks at automobiles passing the Ogden and Albany Eight more Negro youngsters were bundled into a patrol wagon after they had defied orders to leave a street corner near Harrison High O. W Chicago's superintendent of told his men seeking to cope with threats to safety of white persons in Lawndale District and to rights of Negroes at the is the duty and responsibility of all members of the Chicago Police Department to protect every regardless of creed or in the exercise of his right to free and equal use and enjoyment of public swimming bathing and all public is a neglect of duty on the part of any policeman to fail to do Resumption of summer classes at the high school after the weekend brought some 150 task force policemen into the An inquest began Monday into the killing of a 17-vear-old Negro pupil of Harrison High the police of current tension in the The victim was shot in the head Wednesday with a caliber bullet as he stood talking with three friends after He was Matthew Tolbert Jr. Detective Glass told a jury that the slaying appeared to have sparked the rash of forays by young Negro Outbursts have caused injuries to 20 persons since and led arrests in the last 10 The inquest was continued to 1. The 11 youths seized at Rainbow Beach appeared before Municipal Judge Harry Two were given stiff charges against two were the other seven obtained
