Tucson Daily Citizen (Newspaper) - June 27, 1961, Tucson, Arizona VOL 89 NO 152 TUCSON ARIZONA TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 27 1961 MAin 10 PAGES As Kennedy Aide Taylor Again To Take On Berlin WASHINGTON The crisis over Berlin stands out today as Gen Maxwell D Taylor's first big problem when he dons his army uni- form again Saturday to be- come President Kennedy's military adviser The White House an- yesterday that the former Army Chief of Staff and World War II paratroop commander is being recalled to active duty His Kennedy's adviser and staff officer marily within the military and intelligence fields He will have no authority to command One of Taylor's first tasks It was understood will be to review planning already being done on what measures to take in the growing crisis over Soviet Premier chev's drive to push the west out of Berlin The Berlin problem is an old one for the four-star eral who retired two years ago in protest against the Eisenhower Administration's defense policies Taylor was U S commander of Berlin during the period and again wrestled with the Berlin problem during his four years as army chief of staff before leaving military service in 1959 Views of the outspoken general have been widely publicized For is ble through our clear to go all out if essary in any kind of a tary operation which might be required by the situation Berlin can be defended and in my judgment it must be he said in ate testimony 1959 in March Nikita Repeats Peace Treaty Vow Khrushchev has assured East German Communist leaders anew that the Soviet government will do everything to have a German peace treaty signed by the end of the year Khrushchev repeated his pledge times in recent weeks in a message last night replying to an East German telegram noting the 20th Anniversary of the Nazi invasion of made several sia Walter Ulbricht the East German Communist chief of state outlined six benefits he said would result from a man peace treaty The official Communist gan Neues Deutschland said Ulbricht told a discussion group at a chemical factory near Halle that a peace pact atomic ment in West Germany the existing German borders under inter- national law and thereby tame German militarism the German soil arms race on West Germany and West Berlin for action against the Soviet camp normal relations between East Germany and other states the two German states nearer to each other and shorten the time until re- unification of the divided country Soviet the next four or five years there will be a dangerous imbalance of military strength in favor of Soviet Russia it seems incredible that the Soviets will not capitalize in some way on their over-all he said in a Chicago speech 14 months ago Joint chiefs of his book The Uncertain published in January 1960 he called for dissolving the joint chiefs of staff and replacing it with a single de- fense chief of staff and an advisory board he called the Supreme Military Council Secretary of Defense ert S McNamara said last Friday there are no plans at this time to strengthen U.S forces in West Berlin or where in Europe or to take any other steps to build up U.S military power on a basis of urgency He carefully did not rule out such actions later Presumably Taylor's will fall in the military thus are likely to impinge on ground reserved mainly to the joint chiefs of staff joint Gen Lyman L Lem- nitzer their received public criticism from outside the Administration since disaster befell the at- tempt by exile Cubans to in- vade Fidel Castro's Cuba with undercover U.S aid The tral Intelligence Agency also has come in for heavy cism for its part in the sion last April Cuban PW Reports Conflicting KEY WEST Directly contradictory reports persisted today about the future of the committee of prisoners sent here by Fidel tro Havana Radio said they were preparing to return to Cuba but the prisoners said they were not Havana Radio quoting unofficial said the Yankee government has caused the tions to fail The com- of prisoners is preparing to return to Cuba today to report on the failure of the tions The radio also quoted Prime Minister Fidel tro as blaming the de- funct Tractors dom Committee for the failure and saying the committee wants to cheat and blackmail us John Hooker Jr secretary of the Tractors Committee said he planned to return to Key West from Miami this afternoon bringing with him new tion for the prisoners He would not say what the information was Yesterday Hooker said he expected to have a decision by this after- noon on the future of negotiations Tentative Figures Show Pima Valuation Up By BOB STIRLING Purely tentative figures indicate that Pima County's assessed counting railroads and go up about 10 per cent to a total in ex- cess of million The figures County Finance be Director Richard Kittle said today That 10 per cent however will have a tendency to go up with the final he caid Last year's same figures were million Asked what the 10 per cent Increase would mean Kittle It means we're our own The normal annual ex- of the county is about 10 per cent The more assessed valuation the easier U is on each individual he said Kittle said the county wouldn't get the mine and railroad figures from the State Tax Commission until the first part of July He warned that the complete until July Heading For The Whether it's the beach or the mountains for your vacation you'll want to keep following the of Buz other comics especially stories of Tucson Dial MA and have the Tucson Daily Citizen to your vacation address million figure is not even a good educated guess it's just a trend at this point Release of Pima County's budget which has been pre- pared has been ordered held up by Supervisor Chairman Thomas Jay of Ajo You'll have to see Tom Jay about Kittle said It probably won't be able until tomorrow He called us from Ajo and told us not to release it Supervisor Pete Rubi also said the budget probably wouldn't be released until morrow afternoon Kittle said that the books haven't been closed yet and those figures would be needed along with those from the State Tax Commission to come up with the final valuation Living Cost Dips As Food Drops The cost of living dipped one- tenth of 1 per cent in May be- cause of lower meat and cery bills the Labor ment reported today At 127.4 per cent of the consumer price age the index has not up or down by more than a small fraction in the last eight months In May there was a decline of of 1 per cent in food prices caused mainly by an unseasonal drop in meats and poultry On the other hand there was an advance of of 1 per cent in items which go into the living costs of the average city family FDR Jr Hits Freedom Riders MEMPHIS Tenn Former Congressman lin D Roosevelt Jr has charged that the Freedom Riders are seeking publicity rather than righting of individual grievances Commenting that their acts There were for used cars higher prices and gasoline medical care and hospital in- surance cigarettes and ing KUWAIT'S TROOPS SENT TO ORDER Bid To Bar Parochial Loans Dies vP House Education Committee today defeated a Republican led attempt to knock al school loam out of the tional Defense Education Act Final approval of the loan provision is expected later day as the committee rushes to complete action on the measure and get it to the House Rules Committee The Rules Committee is holding up the administra 52.5 billion public school aid until it receives the to extend the Defense Education Act and change some of its provisions Some of the changes would benefit schools The education committee also defeated attempts to add an ment and to reinstate a re- for a loyalty davit from applicants for dent loans The affidavit requirement on the applicant to swear he is not a member of a subversive group was taken out by the administration in its request for renewal of the law which expires next year The motion to delete chial school aid was offered by Rep Albert H Minn It was defeated with five members not ing All eight votes in favor of the motion were cast by Republicans Two Republicans voted with the majority TORNADO DAMAGE This small home of the Andrew J Churchwell family at Cochran Ga was hit by a small tornado day The house was lifted from its foundation and knocked about 30 feet No injuries were reported Clouds Mass But No Rain Although daily we have Thunderheads So far they've been Just dunderheads Pete The weather experts say thunderclouds will pile up again tonight and again late tomorrow but no general rains are expected Building up for the monsoon season any showers tonight probably will be restricted to by mountain areas Strong gusty winds un- doubtedly will stir things up again tonight late tomorrow afternoon It's getting hotter too with a high of at least 105 expected tomorrow high was 103 four degrees short of the high on the same date in 1957 coolest will be about 76 Last night's low was 77 At 2 p.m day it was 100 with 15 per cent humidity Full Report 34 U.S Weather Scene Fouled By Bugs Floods Twisters By United Press International Flood damage in north Texas soared past million today in storms that spiraled across the South with enough fury to flatten farm buildings in North Carolina In the Dakotas hordes of grasshoppers thrived on tering heat that baked sands of acres of farm and valuable rangeland gists at North Dakota State University said virtually every county in the state was ened by the insect invasion Elsewhere the nation's weather at midweek included widespread afternoon and ning thundershowers in the Rocky Mountain states most of the Great Plains and the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes Temperatures reached 120 COUNTY SCHOOL PROGRAM TB Tests Show Fewer Positives Than Expected There were fewer positive tuberculosis reactions in Pima County's public school first graders than was expected the results of the skin testing program introduced this year have shown Lots of people believed were loaded with said Dr William G Ure tuberculosis consultant to the Pima County Department of Health Only 132 children of a total of tested showed tive reaction he said Although this does not seem like many the county rate was still higher than some other areas in the are ifl advised Roosevelt j country ed last We had 2.35 positive I don't think that their tions for every 100 children present method and timing j we he said In advances their cause or souri they had a 1.6 figure for cause of America as leader of 1 children in the same age the fret were three counties with under 1 per cent The new program which began in the county tary schools in February and was completed in April is part of a joint approach of county health departments and the Arizona Health De- to wipe out in the state Positive reactions do not mean necessarily that a son has active tuberculosis It does however indicate that the person with the reaction has been infected with the disease which may at this time be inactive If there is a reaction X-rays are taken to see if the disease is active in Death Valley Calif and dipped to 47 at Pellston Mich last night Army engineers let a million damage estimate on torrential rains of the past three days in the Texas Pan- handle and the Fort Worth suburb of Richland Hills Scores of evacuated families returned to Richland Hills homes yesterday despite a forecast of more rain today Gulf States thunderstorms drenched Florida and dumped more than 3 inches of rain on Myrtle Beach and 1.67 inches at Wilmington in cloudbursts last night A tornado hit Jones County North Carolina smashed six tobacco barns and ripped ton and tobacco crops An- other twister unroofed a Cochran Ga feed store Half To Speed Strike Report To JFK NEW government board opened hearing today to gather facts on whether an period is warranted in the national mari- time strike David Cole chairman of the Before the tests could be made on any of the children parental permission had to be obtained by the medical staff at the schools In the 62 schools in which the tests were conducted there were children eligible for skin tests but only took them Ure said that there were no reactions at all in the schools The higher rates were generally in the schools in the older areas of the city and county The program will bei con- again next said Ure We hope to add to it though by testing 8th 9th or 10th grade students too Ure said this is one way of tracking down the disease board said that if we can hasten the day we want to help end the stoppage The report by the board named by President Kennedy could be the crucial step in halting the walkout under the law The three-man board came here in response to a reluctant SOS from Kennedy who voted against the law as a congressmen in 1947 but invoked it yesterday on the grounds that the strike imperils national security Union leaders involved in the strike reacted to the move with displeasure skepticism that the strike really poses a threat to the nation and a warning that even an the city of Camden lost electrical power inch hail and winds felled utility poles In Kansas grain farmers along a narrow strip of land repaired damage from a brutal hail wind and rain storm that battered the area late Sunday Planners Rule Alleys Not Required The County Planning and Zoning Commission today de- against making alleys a requirement in subdivisions outside the city At the request of the city the commission began hear ings two months ago to deter mine the possibility of ing the county ordinance requiring alleys Among members the commission comments were Glenn The city soon will realize that alleys are 30 years outmoded John We fee we're going to have a bette city without alleys Kennedy can then instruct the attorney general to seek an injunction in a federal court The judge must grant at least a temporary tion for an period Labor leaders did not ex- that an injunction would be issued before July 5 and they expressed confidence it would not be a permanent in- junction Harlow a nursery owner jokingly remarked he went through some of the best alleys in town in his business He found they definitely needed cleaning up He felt that if the city could show in years to come that alleys could be kept clean he might change his mind The will be sent to the Board of Supervisors Defy Iraqi Threat KUWAIT UPI Sheik Abdullah Al-Sabah deployed his m a n army along Kuwait's ern frontier today in ance of Iraq's claim to this nation Support foe him poured in from such di- erse capitals as London Mecca Cairo and Tehran Kuwait also called for an emergency session of the Arab League today to discuss threat of annexation Kuwait's supreme council acted swiftly to make certain that the internal situation was under control and that the border was secure against possible attack No troop movements were reported from Iraq's side of the frontier and there was no indication that any invasion wai imminent Britain has troops in by Bahrein and Aden as well as units of the strategic reserve in Kenya and could move them swiftly into wait if needed Kuwait could not defend it- self against Iraq's man army without help It is flat and sandy without natural boundaries or tion Its tiny army has not fought anybody in more than 40 years It has no navy to speak of and only 12 planes in its Air Force four of them helicopters Kuwait has a of to THE LATEST crisis in the Middle East was touched off Sunday when Iraqi Premier Abdul Karim Kassem declared that Kuwait was part of Iraq and would be protected by Iraq's armed forces Kassem promised to free the people from the yoke of feudalism and said that anyone who stands in the way will be regarded as a traitor Britain is obliged to defend Kuwait under an agreement signed eight days ago which granted the sheikdom after 62 years as a British protectorate The British foreign office gave full moral support to the Sheik's determination to tain its newly won dence Britain made it clear it is prepared to help Kuwait INSIDE THE CITIZEN Susie May Have Made History PAGE I If we can track down all Valley fever may show a small reaction In this case a valley fever test is given contacts of the first victim determine whether this we can better control eass caused a reaction to the 1 the he said ait period under the Where Do Get law would fail tn nff the J PAGE II It Is Better To Be Lucky PAGE 27 Governors Politic At Luau group and in Kansas there test law would fail to cool off the strikers Many of the owners of the ships that have been tied up in Atlantic Pacific and Gulf Coast ports the news and promised the President full cooperation Creation of the inquiry board was the first step under the law for the settlement of strikes con- national emergencies The board was to report its s to the President Friday Bridge 4 Citizen Charlie 11 Comics 25 Crossword Puzzle 14 Editorials 10 Financial Page 17 Molly Mayfiel Movies Public Records Radio-TV Sports Woman's View AGE 1 13 24 31 22 IS 20 with troops if necessary The United States today supported the independence of Kuwait as a sovereign state and thus opposed Iraq's bid to annex the rich sheikdom Cairo's Mid- dla East News Agency re- ported from Mecca yesterday that King Saud Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are one country Whatever befalls wait also befalls Saudi Arabia The Shah of Iran sent a egram yesterday wishing wait success and ity The Sheik of Kuwait was given a warm reception when he visited Iran last year as the guest of the Shah IN BAGDAD the Iraqi for- eign ministry insisted that the agreement of June 19 conflicts with the fact that Kuwait has been and continues to be an indivisible part of Iraq The ministry said in a memorandum distributed to all diplomatic missions in Baghdad that Kuwait always was attached to Iraqi city of Basra especially ing the rule of the empire before War L
