Northwest Arkansas Times (Newspaper) - March 9, 1966, Fayetteville, Arkansas 227 Public Interest Is The Concern Of Thit Newspaper and ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 1966 CAMPUS FIRE City firemen prepare to enter Carlson Terraces on the University campus where an oven vent yesterday afternoon set fire to a wall in the apartment of Mr and Mrs Robert Clark Firemen blamed an improperly installed stove vent Damage was minor by John K ruff Red China Hints At Reversals For Third Time In One Week TOKYO AP Communist China for the third lime in a week today at maw events ahead possibly giving an tage to the United States The mysterious suggestion ol temporary Chinese reversals and American successes in the future appeared in the official Peking People's Daily It was coupled with an admission that setbacks had been encountered before and would happen again There was also a warning of Chinese They the Americans may get the upper hand of the people in some places for some lime as a result of their the paper said The movement of the people there seems to be on the ebb but m Chinese people not to panic if setbacks were encountered in the and turns of the revolutionary road The first a week ago spoke of the hood of great upheavals and said they were a good thing The emphasis of today's art cle was on the fact that U.S imperialism will be destroyed AP King and NEA Cloudy tod mild today dor to partly cloudy and Thursday wind Ing to 20 mph humidity 40 per cent 26 sunrise un- set High Low Yesterday 46 41 Expected today U 44 cum Boxcar Load Of Munitions Explodes At Corning f API A i CORNING Ark AP boxcar loaded with artillery shells mysteriously ex- near here early today with a force felt in three states The predawn blast gouged a crater 50 feet long and 15 feet deep in a railroad siding three miles north of this town of The explosion felt in sas Missouri and Tennessee ruptured a natural gas line and forced the evacuation of several A hundred Corning residents be- fore the gas was shut off One house was demolished by the explosion and fire Walls of two others were caved In Only one person was injured not seriously John Hutchinson secretary of the Corning Volunteer Fire De- said the fear of more explosions kept firemen from battling the fire in the age The gas leak which existed for about two hours could not be repaired because it too was near the fire Hutchinson said Deputy Sheriff Jess Watson said the artillery shells ed as the car stood on the ing to which it had been pulled to clear the main line for an- train The car was one of 80 in a Missouri Pacific Lines freight There were reports that some Mr and Mrs C M Rapert cars carried chemicals but Mi Pac officials in St Louis said they could not confirm this the last Corning to learn of the LUIS The artillery shells were in Louis the Army Depot at Iowa Watson said Miss Mary Lee Vines who but their house 300 yards from the scene of the blast was flattened red flash lighted up j blast JL Ule River Arsenal at on whole house I could see it hear the border lit and feel it worked late Tuesday night A half mile from the blast among the first to learn of the Mrs McGuire awoke to crash of the explosion and cut on the feet by flying Special Forces Camp Beats Off Red Attack not serious Fire companies and civil de- Administration Fights Proposal For Tax Break WASHINGTON AP Ad reality a new forces in tne Sen ing underneath The article like two which preceded it failed to explain the new pessimism in Peking which has replaced the unwavering public optimism of the recent past Chinese rebuffs in Cuba In- donesia and Ghana may be the immediate explanation It is possible that these setbacks have touched off sharp criticism within the ruling Communist party of Chairman Mao tung's hard revolutionary line The articles could also be a suggestion to the international Communist movement that king is prepared to accept the decisions of the coming Soviet party congress though they may run counter to present Chinese policy Despite then antagonism to Moscow the Chinese have said they will attend the multi- party meeting later this month The earlier articles told the ARKANSAS WEATHER to ly cloudy and a litlle warmer through Thursday tonight upper 30s east to 40s west High Thursday ate try today to defeat a propos al to give a tax break to of college The administration one surprising setback on tin tax Tuesday when Republicans succeeded in add ing to the hill an to grant Social Security benefits to some 1.8 million persons over 70 not now covered The amendment was proved by a vote of 45 to 40 anc carries an estimated price tag of million a year Whether or not it stays in the measure provided the passes would be decided when Senate and House conferees mise differences in their sions of the legislation Administration leaders said they expected a close vote today on Sen Abraham A Ribicoff's amendment to give an annual lax saving of up to for col- lege expenses Annual cost of the proposal was put at lion but the Connecticut crat said it would not take effect until The Ribicoff amendment was defeated by only three voles in 1964 Senate leaders were hopeful action could be completed on Jie tax measure later today SAIGON South Viet Nam AP At least two Communist companies assaulted an isolated camp of U.S Special Forces men and mountain tribesmen early today near the Laotian border The attack failed The 300 Montagnard troopers and their 12 green beret American advisers beat off t attackers in a bait around the triangular mud an og fortress radio reports fro he camp said During the barrage the Com shot down an arm U.S Army transport sent lelp the besieged garrison in th ishua Valley 60 miles sout vest of Da Nang Four me were killed in the crash Rescue helicopters brought o iree wounded crewmen of tl 347 But heavy Communist fire pi- vented the helicopters bringing out the dead About 200 Communis launched the attack at 2 At dawn U.S forces lost con tact with the camp raising fear it may have been as the Reds descended on it i the heavily wooded hills alon the border At nightfall a flare plane fly ing overhead to provide illumin picked up a weak bu clear signal from the defender aying Everything is under con trol The Viet Cong broke of contact just before sunset re- number of trails the week announced by the U S use to infiltrate men and and South Vietnamese ports from the battleground said The reports indicated some o the Americans among the killed or wounded but there was nc irm word on the toll U.S Special Forces men haw layed a leading role in training he primitive mountain men for duty at lonely The outpost overlooks a IRS LOSES A BATTLE PORTLAND Ore AP A U S district court judge says the Internal Revenue Service is wrong when it refuses to allow the holder of a lifetime interest in an apartment building lo claim an income tax credit for interest and property taxes Miss L Mabel Evans 78 ident in the Plaza retirement home in and won a refund on her taxes under the opinion of Dist Judge William G East Judge East said in his on Tuesday that his opinion vould affect all of he n the country which arc on he rental basis as from ownership supplies into South Viet Nam through Laos Its air strip is under continual Viet Cong er fire Last year a plane ing Gen William C land commander of U.S forces in Viet Nam was hit while he was paying a visit to the camp He escaped injury In Saigon casualty figures for mands showed a sharp decline in Allied combat dead and a marked rise in Communist es Of the 274 Allied troops re- ported killed in battle 61 were Americans In the previous week 506 Allied men were re- ported killed including 109 Americans France Says Reform Of NATO Impossible Plans To Get Out PARIS AP France said today that reform of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization impossible and that President Charles de Gaulle's government Unruly Weather Spreads Across Much Of Nation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gale driven rains whipped coast floodwaters iso- ated a southern Georgia town and residents in the Dakotas to dig out from their four-day blizzard today Winds measured at 63 miles er hour lashed Cape Blanco Tuesday where 7.26 s of rain fell in 24 hours The Weather Bureau said gale were up along the coast through oday with locally heavy rains as far south as Norl ra California The rain spread inland to o and western Montana with mountain areas getting light ters and the foreign bases is going ahead with plans to get out But the government expressed a willingness to talk over other mutual defense with the NATO allies A spokesman said after the weekly Cabinet meeting that France intends to take ever measures she deems sary concerning foreign military bases on French soil He added that France is willing to discuss the consequences of such a nove The statement outlining the French position was read to newsmen by Yvon Bourges of state for information Ft seemed almost certain that he statement had been dictated jy De Gaulle himself The announcement seemed to represent a further stiffening of the French attitude For il years De Gaulle has been that NATO must be re- vised The measures which France intends to take unilaterally Bourges said concern French troops in NATO commands French officers in the fense crews from within a mile radius poured Into the town of to fight the fire The siding is near a rice storage ana drying elevator serviced by natural gas and of- said they halted ing efforts because of an firmed report of a natural gal leak and the danger of more ex- plosions from munitions and chemicals The area around the fire cleared but no evacuation at Corning residents was made -i -00 Iff TWO left of San Marcos Tex and Mary Foley of toria Tex share a watermelon in Atlanta Ga where Pat was crowned national watermelon queen lust Mary is last year's queen AP Wirephoto India's Army Moves To Crush Tribal Revolt In Assam State EDITOR'S NOTE A tary campaign is under way in northeast India against lious tribesmen AP ent Joe McGowan Jr reports on the action from the Assam State today toward two major towns overrun by Mizo tribesmen in southeast Assam Slate An official ithe relief oses of snow In Newton Gn waters from he surging Flint River virtually ut the town off and tate -s were called in The water Georgia 91 some four liles from town cutting New n's last artery to the outside Xwntown Newton has been un- er water since Monday Brimmer Sworn In WASHINGTON AP Dr F Brimmer was sworn as a member of the Federal Board today Brimmer a o has been assistant of commerce for economic fairs He took the oath from ard chairman William lesney Martin The ceremony in the While East Room was attended President Johnson and more in 300 others French soil The French government is willing to take up any useful dis- Allied Conway Circuit Judge Bean To Retire Dec 31 MORRILTON Ark AP Don't say I'm retiring Just spokesman saidi set out Im to I'm not going to quit work That is how Circuit Judge Wiley Bean of Clarksville his retirement borderi and the bench to be effective Burglars Strike Five Businesses In capital By JOE MCGOWAN IR SHILLONG India AP Indian army columns pushed headquarters town for he district that extends down between East Pakistan and Burma Their ob- were near to the south The spokesman said rebels who had been attacking gawn near have been dispersed and casualties have been inflicted was also overrun but was recaptured Casualties on our side have been very he said police think five Since the Mizo nil have Dec 31 Bean who presided over most of the controversial cases in- Gene Wirges of ton sat in his chambers today thinking of the future Bean 73 said The circuit job is work You've got tint nt v menls concerning practical con- burglaries which netted at night it is difficult to something going on all the time sequences of the measures ight afe what their casualties have a heavy case load it proposes to take and of Chief Spencer said four arrangements for common the which occurred lions that should be foreseen a area of 71 case of Bourges said I north and Hint an lo He recalled De Gaulle's he huge safe at Kelly Monday to President Johnson Lumber Co on West been hut we presumed wore very heavy Newsmen are prohibited from entering the Mizo district Tlie spokesman denied one published report that an nir they right now My health Is he said but you are entitled to a fun sometime Bean said he may and disclosed that similar son were probably piano was hit by get back into law practice ers would be sent today to sarne persons er Allied chiefs of government Police aren't sure I fire while strafing a rebel lion which he did before serving two years as chancery judge and who are principally trance was gained to the Newsmen wore asked not h assuming the circuit three years ago presumably Britain Canada and son Vest Germany isaid 1 u do u iu 1 1 it Streel business j use he terms revolt and T thieves may have come jn hellion and instead to call tl Earlier the U.S ambassador a rap door I or lawless o NATO Cleveland old Employes could find no money The government l is merchandise missing leaflets which arc to NATO members demand for French burglars used tools taken from of U.S troops display Spencer s Stales but the entire Akin Voices Cautious Support Of LBJ WASHINGTON AP The Senate's senior Republican said today President Johnson's forts to avoid escalation of he Viet Nam war have led critical senators to give him more port tlinn we did some lime ngo Sen George Alken said in an Interview he to give Johnson credit for his attempts to avoid any reckless expansion of the war Aiken among those who Joined with Semite Institute Leader Mike Mansfield last January ir warning of the gers of a massive Southeast Asian war I think wo are giving the President more support than we did some time ho said He seems to be keeping our military efforts within Johnson got some Tuesday plus a won of lion from an expert on China A Doak acting director of Columbia University's East told the Senate For- eign Committee that the United Stales should 110 to fight Communist sion and insurrection and stand on Us pledge lo defend sa capital of the Nationalist Chinese In Viet Nam Darnell continued military and political On the hand said we not only should not should It would bo a dangerous er- ror to conclude that Communist China would not risk major war if it foil that its vital along Nationalist I'll just play with a hobby for he said I've got dropped over Mizo territory farm ncar Clarksville Ihc tribesmen to and going to enjoy it The largest cash loss occurred uprising j planting n garden and things of Drive-in where Special broadcasts nature at tin a thief scooped in change from a cash drawer after ing a glass door lo the being beamed al the by All-India Radio the government network building The disclosed that The same was used to one platoon of lie Assam which set out from for apparently was gain entry to the Advance Kloi Co two doors south of the China The United also exchange diplomatic with Red China he interests were ho s lold the which opened ils hearings on Red na Tuesday suggested that the United States should edge Iho Communist regime as the government of mainland China and support Hod China's I strongly ho lold the committee Hint the time hiis come even though the United Stales is now engaged in a struggle In Viet Nam for our government lo alter its policy toward Communist China and adopt a policy of in Viet Nam to ho United muni but not isolation There Spencer said Ibo sofl drink machine ruin smashed and about taken A was taken from among several checks in a cash The manager of Arkansas Rest a stone's throw from the floor covering told police his building had boon nierod and the office door smashed but said thieves up Berryville Is First In Contest LITTLE in bushed ami may have been Carroll County was first runner out up in the Arkansas Community Honoris reaching Development Contest held last Assam's capital said about 50 year Winners were announced men woro in the platoon and the survivors surrendered to the Mixes Communication with was lost shortly lifter thr revolted thu night of Feb 28 The tribesmen a people of high Intellect nnd ability want their found 110 money independent stale today nt a luncheon it the ion Hotel in Little Rock was competing In the special projects contest which was won by North Little Rock Community leaders from Hit competing cities md from throughout he Hate were guests at luncheon
