Stevens Point Daily Journal (Newspaper) - February 26, 1966, Stevens Point, Wisconsin fette laila SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN 54481 SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1966 COPY lOc TEN PAGES Humphrey Calls US Actions By WEST NEW YORK AP Vice President Hubert R Humphrey says that use of America's almost unlimited military power in a measured limited degree is the most difficult act of self-discipline this nation has had to face The vice president made this statement Friday night at a dinner marking the anniversary of the journal Christianity and Crisis The 525 persons attending tened in silence giving ovations before and after his address Humphrey said he made known America's commitment to the triumph of ment during his recent tion tour of Southeast Asia I have come away from Asia and the Pacific convinced that the spiritual and material re- sources of America are tial ingredients hi winning this he said We seek no he added We seek to impose no conditions upon others said President Johnson and the American people are determined to pursue the course of halting Communist sion Hans J Morgenthau political science professor at the sity of Chicago and a critic of American policy in Viet Nam said he could not remember any controversy in American history as profound as the current one over the country's role hi Viet Nam Dr John C Bennett president of Union Theological Seminary and editor of Christianity and said the journal's next issue will contain a rare joint editorial questioning the positions of American policy in Viet Nam The magazine has advocated a negotiated end to the fighting there About 50 pickets greeted the vice president as he left the Church where the dinner was held that read Some carried signs Mayor Raps King's Tactics In Chicago CHICAGO AP The ods of Dr Martin Luther King Jr and his associates hi ing control of a slum apartment building have come under fire from Mayor Richard J Daley Daley said Friday at a news We all recognize that what is being done out there is for the good of the city We also nize legal and illegal ways of achieving this objective Dr King and two tions assumed trusteeship Wednesday of a building on the West Side The organizations are the ordinating Council of Organizations an alliance of civil rights groups and the West Side Federation a improvement tion They have started renovating the structure with the intention of collecting rents and using the money to pay for the cleanup project Bomb Threat At Theater An anonymous telephone call received at the Fox Theater 1124 Main St at p.m day reported a bomb was planted in the building and set to go off at When City Police arrived minutes after the call the ater had been cleared of about 200 patrons Theater employes and police then conducted a thorough search and were able to find nothing As a safety precaution the theater remained closed for the evening The box office cashier who re- the call said a male voice made the phony bomb threat The Fox was the target of one previous bomb threat in recent years which also proved to be a hoax State Schools To Get Loans WASHINGTON AP The Community Facilities tration reserved loans Friday of to Lakeland College Sheboygan Wis and lion to Milwaukee School of En- to build dormitories for male students The ing school dormitory will be 13 stories tall and will house 420 while project will taUM UL Soviet Charge False US Declares MOSCOW AP The U.S Embassy announced today it has rejected as without any foundation Soviet charges of American violations of the tial nuclear test ban treaty The Soviet charges grew out of the crash hi Spain last month of an American bomber ing nuclear weapons The American Embassy also rejected a Soviet demand that the United States end flights over foreign territories by bombers carrying nuclear weapons The embassy said these flights were made sary by the Soviet nuclear threat to Western security Davis E Boster counselor for political affairs delivered the embassy reply Friday to the viet foreign ministry The sians accepted the reply but not its contents The Soviet charges were con- hi a Feb 16 dum to U.S Ambassador Foy D Kohler from Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko It said that as a result of the crash hi Spain of a U.S bomber four hydrogen bombs each of which surpassed hi er hundreds of times over the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki fell on the tory of Spain and the coastal waters of the At least hi one of these bombs toe detonator blew up and radioactive substances were released There is risk of active contamination also from the hydrogen bomb lying at the bottom of the Mediterranean The American reply termed this sheer propaganda The government of the ed States rejects the allegations made by the Soviet government hi its aide of Feb 16 1966 The government the must be aware or could easily have that no nuclear weapon test no nuclear explosion of any kind and no radioactive pollution of the sea were involved hi the un- fortunate accident over the coast of Spain A BANDAGED SCOUT DOG wounded by shrapnel receives a comforting pat from S Sgt Perry D Lee of Picayune Miss at Tan Binh South Viet Nam The dog was evacuated by medical helicopter Laird Sees GOP Trend Among WASHINGTON licans would gain 30 House seats if elections were held day Rep Melvin Laird R Wis said Friday as he ed a major Republican comeback in 1966 The comeback would ride the wave of Democratic faction over Viet Nam policy and rising prices Laird man of the House GOP ence said If the trend continues Laird said the GOP could pick up more than 50 House seats and up to a half dozen in the ate It isn't a matter of wishful thinking either he said It's simply mathematics National polls show that the Republican preference among voters has increased from 43 per cent at the time of the Johnson slide to 45.5 per cent today This means we can expect to pick up 31 House seats If Republican preference goes up 3 per cent to 46 per cent we will pick up 38 seats and if it goes up 5 per cent we will pick up 58 seats The Democrats now control the House 292 to 140 with three seats vacant Deferment Test Awaits Male College Students WASHINGTON AP One million students are expected to take the tive Service college tion tests this spring The ex- ams will help draft boards de- termine whether the students may stay in school or be Stive Service announced that the test would be May 14 May 21 and at locations CBb f JS 4 throughout the continental tests of trom tnat ed States Hawaii Alaska to Rico and the Canal Zone Draft deferment tests were last used during the Korean war College students and high school students graduating this year will be eligible but they must apply to take the test by April 23 The test is optional Science Research Associates of Chicago will administer the exams which will be similar to general aptitude tests About 50 per cent will relate to verbal and linguistic skills and the er 50 per cent to quantitative reasoning The three-hour test will cover four reading verbal relations tic reasoning and data inter- A Selective Service man said the test has been so constructed that no special ad- vantage will be given to any type of major course students are pursuing In announcing a return to the Korean war procedure Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey director of will provide local boards with more data on students when they consider college deferment requests next autumn Under the new deferment local draft boards will seek information on class ing of students to be considered with the examinations in mining student deferments The use of class standings has been assailed by some college administrators as being unfair Some said they may refuse to cooperate with draft boards Dr John Weaver vice dent for instruction at Ohio State University called the use of class ranking a dangerous Rosholt Metal Firm Planning Expansion The Rosholt area dealt eral economic blows in recent months with the closing of its cheese factory and the tion by fire of a pallet factory and a potato warehouse finally has some good news Plans for expansion by Ace Metal Forming were announced Friday by Arnold C Eichin head of the firm A line of minum pontoon boats will be produced hi addition to the manufacture of hand garden tools and stair carpet rods and general stamping and electro- plating now carried on The boats will be produced by a separate corporation known as Wisconsin Marine Products of Rosholt Inc The corporation is a community venture financed by local capital subscribed by the Rosholt State Bank a vens Point bank and citizens of the Rosholt area Eichin revealed that he re- an offer from New don to move his operation there with a building and financing available He said that the move would have been costly and the money could be put to better use here on capital holdings he has at Rosholt We have our home here and we've got it fixed up the way we like it he also pointed out Eichin said he hoped to tually employ about 50 people compared to his present tion which employs nine The expansion will proceed as ly as possible with production of the new boats hoped for in a matter of weeks In expanding to the marine line Eichin said that he would use his present buildings with the capital raised being devoted to machinery building an in- and labor An assembly line will be by Eichin He said production and employment would depend only on sales of the pontoon boat Two boat sizes are planned A four by 10 foot model ing about 100 pounds would re- tail for about A larger model seven by 16 feet would weigh about 500 pounds and re- tail for Eichin said both would be equipped with a marine wood deck He described the boats as family oriented and said his sales pitch would em- this and also play on the fact the boats are able and usable as swimming rafts or boat docks firm sustained severe fire losses four years ago and was forced to start from scratch He said the fire left him short in the bank roll department tor the money needed to expand Several meetings were held with a committee of Rosholt area businessmen working out details of the subscription drive in an effort to keep Eichin at Rosholt It is expected the committee which is headed by Lester erson president of the State Bank at Rosholt will form the nucleus of a Rosholt Area In- Development Corp In addition to Peterson others on the committee include Clifford Depka Gerald Dobbe Henry Check and John Kaminski At its inception the main goal was to prevent Rosholt's second industrial down When the Rosholt Cheese Factory ceased operations in December eight persons were left without employment This compounded area economics which were already suffering after a fire destroyed and closed the Rosholt Box Town Mourns Soldier Who Saved Buddies LOS LUNAS AP All across New Mexico flags fly at half staff today But the mourning is greatest in this ral community where a war hero has come home for the last time His name was Daniel dez Last week the Army specialist fourth class deliberately threw himself over an exploding grenade in Viet Nam He died But his buddies lived Greater love than this no one has that one lay down his life for his friends With that simple passage from the Gospel of St John the Rev Francis Schuler will begin his sermon at a Requiem High Mass for Fernandez held not in a church but in a school so that more of the youth's friends might be able to attend Lt Gov Mack Easley acting in the absence of Gov Jack M Campbell issued orders that flags in the state dip in tribute to the young hero today Representing the governor at the burial services will be Maj Gen John P Jolly the state's adjutant general Fernandez had been ed with the Purple Heart and Air Medal for previous service as a helicopter door gunner in Viet Nam He was sent home to recover from wounds but volunteered to re- turn in January He had volunteered for the patrol action in which he lost his life shielding comrades from the blast of the Viet Cong nade For that action his last iel Fernandez has-been mended for his nation's highest military decoration the Medal of Honof way to go about deferment He said a student at a top school might stand far er at one where standards are less demanding Dean John U Monro of vard University said he would comply if students request that he withhold academic data from their draft boards About 1.8 million college dents now hold deferments At present draft boards grant such from schools that dents are enrolled full time and are doing satisfactory work Polish Christianity Stamp Planned WASHINGTON age stamp will be issued this year commemorating years of Christianity in Poland Rep Clement J Zablocki D- Wis reported today Zablocki author of a resolution to authorize the stamp said he was in- formed of approval of the issue by Postmaster General rence A O'Brien The date and place of first day sale will be announced ter he said Weather May Help End Ice Jam DAVENPORT Iowa AP Officials counted on a forecast of more sunshine and mild weather today to help break up the Mississippi River ice jam in the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois For the third day the attack on the eight mile long gorge called for spreading pulverized coal on the ice to absorb solar heat to hasten the melting cess Moon Rocket's First Launching s Successfu CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The first unmanned Apollo successfully rocketed over a blistering listic course today and para- chuted to a landing in the south Atlantic Ocean Recovery craft raced to re- it The mission control center re- ported that the craft plunged into the sea near Ascension land only about 35 miles west of the main recovery ship the aircraft carrier Boxer Helicopters with frogmen aboard were dispatched to the landing area A Saturn IB most powerful rocket ever built by the United States thundered away from Cape Kennedy at Marines Stop Cong Attack By THOMAS A REEDY SAIGON South Viet Nam AP U.S Marines fought off a determined Viet Cong attack near Chu Lai today and U.S artillery duelled with enemy mortar fire as the Communists continued to step up their sive Today's attack by about 100 Red troops on a Marine unit marked the second time in two days that the Viet Cong struck at U.S emplacements A force of 160 Leathernecks hurled back a Viet Cong attack Friday night at Phu Bai killing three Communists spokesmen said Marine losses were ed light Today's target for the Viet Cong was Phu Loi an artillery base area 15 miles north of gon U.S spokesmen said the Reds fired 16 mortar rounds but casualties were light The Viet Cong were also ALEX KEY above Ghana diplo- mat United Nations and former president of the General bly is waiting to learn his future He was with President Kwame mah in Peking when a coup toppled the mah regime tive in the northern part of the Mekong Delta attacking a outpost Friday 60 miles southwest of Saigon A man said the defense force suffered heavy casualties For the fourth straight day air attacks over Norm Viet Nam were hampered by poor weather An Force man said all the bombing day was by radar Air Force pilots flying Thunderchief jets smashed at an ammunition depot and age area five miles from the city of Vinh Other Air Force targets included the Vinh Loc bridge and highway complex Navy and Phantoms from the carrier Ranger hit a mountain pass day 37 miles southwest of Vinh In the ground war the Viet Cong attack on the U.S Marine position began with a barrage of mortars and recoilless rifles The main attack came at dawn when Viet Cong fighters aged to cut their way through the outer triple apron of wire As they clawed through the single inner wire strand the sault was halted by ed small arms fire and artillery support from the embattled Marines The latest body count said that 18 Viet Cong bodies were found together with four four rifles and 50 hand grenades Marine ties were light One Viet Cong who said he was a stretcher bearer was cap- tured An armored troop carrier rol from the mechanized 5th Infantry Division prised a Viet Cong platoon at- tempting to mine a bridge near Cu Chi Friday and killed 15 of the enemy a U.S spokesman said U.S 1st Infantry Division forces continued to make only light contact in Operational Mastiff in the Boi Loi Woods 35 miles northwest of Saigon The operation had dis- covered a claymore mine ry Viet Cong hospitals ing antibiotics and thousands of pounds of rice No Holds Barred As Youths Talk About School Systems By GEOFFREY GOULD AP Education Writer WASHINGTON AP High school students from every state in the nation have spent the last three days here talking back to teacher They were encouraged to let fly on what they think is good or bad about their No holds were barred The picture that emerged was often highly uncomplimentary but it was mixed with praise and tion The 102 students girls and boys white and Negro were promised anonymity in ever future use might be made of their transcribed panel sions So they felt free and sounded like it Our faculty is backward and stupid but our administrators are one girl said Our superintendent thinks he's God's gift to earth or ally known for his new niques in education Brown said the students were selected by state and he asked for a mix of those who are average and bright but about to drop out Here are some of the things the said Are older or younger teachers better for Some teachers mellow with age They say there are two things that get better with age wine and women It's a shame they have to retire at the age of 70 On the other hand some teachers are senile at 45 We had one who used to fall asleep in class Finally they got rid of him I don't think I ever had a bad teacher who was young Another I had a young teacher and she was one of the worst I ever had We all got A's but we didn't learn anything It a boy said He's un- was disgraceful touchable The meeting was the child of Dr B Frank Brown principal of the Melbourne high school who ii What kind ot person makes a good They act like a friend Some ot them act like you don't count just a kid Everything they say is in a condescending manner Are school administrators and school boards afraid to take a That's came a chorus in one panel They're afraid to try anything new I had to go through a lot of garbage just to go on this trip They're so con- cerned with their prestige so concerned with the com- munity is going to think of them There was the positive side It's all a matter of being young at heart My teacher was my ninth grade science teacher He was intense and his intenseness came across He enjoyed his knowledge and this enjoyment it kind of communicated with you One boy summed up this The worst thing of all is the pay The nation's Brainpower is entrusted to people who arc less than a garbage tor I would never become a teacher because of the low pay The launching was the first ot a long series of Apollo shots aimed at landing American on the moon in this dec- ade If there are no major lems the historic adventure could be achieved on the 12th launching early in 1968 The huge Saturn IB 22 ries tall and weighing 650 tons on liftoff blazed away from Cape Kennedy on the dous 1.6 million pounds of thrust generated by its first stage powerplant a massive cluster of eight engines A tail of flame the length of a football field fanned out be- hind the rocket as it climbed ward tilting over on a east heading The rocket was launched er the shot at one time was postponed today because of problems associated with the first stage fuel tanks The postponement ment was made by NASA at Ten minutes later as newsmen were about to leave the Cape Kennedy press site the control center an- mat a further look at data showed that the trouble had been corrected Earlier at the count was halted just four before liftoff when an tronic trouble sensing device noted the low pressure and ordered a stop The countdown was recycled to 15 minutes and held there while technicians adjusted a pressure regulator in ground support equipment The launching was the first tor the Saturn IB which may be the most powerful rocket ever launched However Soviet secrecy on the size of their rockets prevents comparison Saturn IB is forerunner of the Saturn 5 which will be the moon booster The rocket was to propel the unmanned three seat Apollo ship 310 miles into space and then drive it back through the atmosphere at more than miles an hour to de- termine how well it survives jolting forces and searing heat On the downward plunge a spacecraft motor was to ignite twice in the first flight test of a propulsion unit that will steer Apollo astronauts to the moon and bring them home Jakarta Tense After Crackdown On Students SINGAPORE AP sian tanks armored cars and troops blocked all roads to ident Sukarno's palace today and helicopters kept watch against student demonstrations reliable sources said The atmosphere in Jakarta was tense almost explosive in the wake of Sukarno's down on student rallies the sources said The proarmy Indonesian Student Action Front KAMI banned by Sukarno Friday received a pledge of support from the r Moslem Students Union the informants added But it was not known if the army would continue to give tacit support for the students who have demonstrated to test Sukarno's ouster of Gen Abdul Harris as de- fense minister Sukarno outlawed KAMI after three days of massive Radio Jakarta said Friday He banned all and imposed a curfew on the capital the radio added The Weathe r Fair tonight low Mostly cloudy and wanner Sunday rain or snow sible in the afternoon or evening High in the 30s north south Temperatures Yesterday's high 33 Last night's low 10 11 ajn today 80
