Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - December 24, 1964, Zanesville, Ohio U 5 Space Schedule Next Year Biggest In History Turn To Page The Times Recorder and THE ZANESVILLE SIGNAL Children Stage Special Benefit Story And Photos On 325 28 PAGES ZANESVILLE OHIO THURSDAY DECEMBER 24 1964 SEVEN CENTS Thousands Left Homeless WESTERN FLOODS Global Views PONTIAN Malaysia Two boatloads of Indonesian rillas land on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula about 30 miles west of Singapore Malaysian military officials report Page LONDON Dr Martin Luther King Jr Nobel winning American civil rights leaders says the United States could have a Negro president in 25 years or less Page SAIGON Communist Viet Cong guerrillas kill one ican adviser wound another and may have captured a third in action during the past 24 hours Page The Nation NEW YORK Three Cuban exiles accused Of using a war surplus bazooka to fire a shell at the United Nations building are arraigned before a criminal judge here He sets bail at each Page ANN ARBOR Mich Mrs Marina Oswald will be one of about 100 students enrolling in the University of Michigan English Language Institute early next month for an intensive course in English Page JOHNSON CITY Tex President Johnson has warm praise for American soldiers and civilians who are ing much in Met Nam to meet their own country's commitment to a world of justice Page Around Ohio CANTON I W Abel for- mally accepts his nomination for the presidency of the In- United Steel Workers Union Page COLUMBUS The Ohio Supreme Court grants an in- definite stay of an order pending Columbus attorney Carlton S Dargusch Sr from practicing law Page CINCINNATI Suburban Springdale police seek the driver of an old model pickup truck for questioning in the Monday murder of Dennis Madden 23 service station attendant Page CLEVELAND Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell re- wards head coach Blanton with new three-year contract calling for a salary increase Page NEW YORK Evansville College sweeps every first place vote in strengthening its hold on first place in the UPI small college cage poll Page DETROIT Detroit Lions coach George Wilson resigns two days after owner William Clay all five of his assistant coaches Page The Weather FORECAST Cloudy and continued warm with scattered showers See details on Page B Inside The TR Page Sec Bridge 4 C B Classified D Comic C C Deaths C Editorial A Police A C Women's C BULLETIN DECLO Idaho UPI Of- in Cassia County said the Dewey Dam has broken near Declo and is ing the town with a wall of water The dam is six miles east of the town on Marsh Creek The town has a population of 700 persons All are being ated SAN FRANCISCO UPI Teeming floodwaters the worst in years in the West swept through northern California egon and Idaho Wednesday leaving thousands homeless or stranded In some areas dents braced for worse to come The gale whipped Christmas week deluges claimed at least 10 lives in the three states A Coast Guard helicopter with three crewmen disappeared on a rescue mission Two er trains were marooned by slides or high water Governors Edmund G Brown of California Mark 0 Hatfield of Oregon and Robert E lie of Idaho sent their state tional Guards into the stricken areas with orders to assist build emergency guards against further flooding and prevent looting More than persons fled their homes in a score of com- since the rampaging floods and slides hit the West two days ago The U.S Weather Bureau pre- lessening rains through Christmas eve in northern fornia but heavy intermittent downpours were still expected Five-day forecasts for Oregon warned of heavy precipitation in western Oregon and above normal amounts east of the Cascades In addition melting snows in mountain areas sent waters cascading into the lands With Oregon property d a m- age expected to run into the millions Hatfield declared the entire state a disaster area He warned in a special emergency broadcast that heavy damage could be expected in Salem the state capital with a population of when the Willamette River crests 10 feet above flood level The roaring Columbia River also continued to rise Every major highway in the state was blocked and rail fic to the east and south was at a standstill Salem Memorial Hospital was evacuated after sandbags gave way to ters State officials called the floods one of Oregon's worst tural disasters and Hatfield feared worse to come Many communities were under water in the southern part of the state residents boiled water in several areas to avoid nation food supplies were dwindling in a few towns dreds of persons were isolated and thousands were driven from their homes Between 600 and dents of the suburban Keizer north of Salem were evacuated ahead of raging floodwaters of the Willamette River day Symbols Of Faith Draw Thousands To Holy Land By United Press International Flickering candles and the smell of incense from midnight Mass in the church of St erine Bethlehem the glimmer of 32 oil lamps softly glowing on a figure of the in the stone-walled grotto of the Nativity Again this year these outward symbols of a faith drew thousands of pilgrims to the Holy Land from all over the world They came by plane train bicycle and on foot to Highway 101 going south toward town of Rio Dell Calif top some 30 miles south of Eureka Calif was devastated by raging waters of Eel River Note homes washed against logs at lower left Accused Counterfeiter Recaptured Identified As One Of Top 10 PAINESVILLE UPI red 37 one of 10 most wanted men ivas captured here Wednesday night following his second cape from law officers in two days dirty and blood stained from open wounds he suffered Tuesday was cornered in a field near Lake County Memorial Hospital from which he escaped earlier Wednesday The fugitive who has ed under at least a half dozen aliases since 1963 had given the name of Robert Bennett to officials who arrested him lowing a gun battle Tuesday Early Wednesday he escaped from the hospital where he was being treated for gunshot wounds Lake County Sheriff Edwin Cunningham was searching through mug shots and lars from the Cleveland FBI of- fice when he came across a photo of and de- clared that was Bennett The escaped man is believed armed with a 38 caliber re- volver and is considered gerous He overpowered a guard in his second-floor hospital room and eluded a small army of of- He obtained the revolver from Deputy Sheriff Harold as Williams 29 who had been signed to the hospital room as a guard Williams was kicked in the back when made his escape Nora helped him in his first escape She was described as the brains of a counterfeiting operation and was held under bond was wounded in the shoulder and leg Tuesday during an attempted escape from federal and county who tried to arrest him at his home near here He was caught shortly afterward and underwent surgery A woman who posed as the fugitive's wife identified only Secret Service agents and sheriff's deputies went to the couple's home Tuesday to make the raid They found an offset printing press and camera equipment valued at escaped when the woman held up a baby to kiss him goodbye He whipped a tol from the baby's blanket and got the drop on two lead the world's Christian re- at Christendom's most sacred shrines At Nazareth giant Christmas trees were set up along the city's main thoroughfare named Pope Paul VI Street to honor the pilgrimage there last January At midnight Christmas Eve two great searchlights will blaze a cross into the sky over the city where Jesus grew to man hood Authorities in the Jordanian section of Jerusalem made ar- rangements to receive 4.422 who will cross through the Mandelbaum Gate from Israel to visit the holy places The tolling midnight bells of Bethlehem and Jerusalem will echo around the world A re- will spread in another walled Berlin There Christmas charity this year flows only one the West across the Communist wall to the East The opened the wall to permit West Berliners to visit their relatives Many dreds of thousands made the carrying Christmas From the Vatican came a plea for peace Pope aul VI who visited the Holy and India during the year appealed to the world powers to halt the arms race His mas message heard by lions urged them instead to turn their skills and wealth to solving the problems of hunger misery sickness and ignorance Get On With The War U.S Ask Viet Leaders To End Personal Feuds WASHINGTON UPI of State Dean Rusk Wednesday appealed to South Vietnamese leaders to end personal rivalries and get on with the war against the Com- Rusk told a news conference that political bickering has be- come the most immediate problem in the war effort Political unity he said would be worth many many divisions against the Viet Cong He said halting Communist expansion in South Viet Nam is important to world peace in general because history has shown that persistent un- checked aggression can only lead to general war Rusk's remarks were made following several days in which South Vietnamese military of- purged the country's and some including armed forces chief Gen Nguyen Khanh embarked on what appeared to be an anti- American bent Rusk gave U.S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor full support against cism from Gen Khanh Taylor is the spokesman for the ed States there he said and we shall back him in every possible way TR To Observe Christmas Day The Times Recorder will not publish Christmas Day so employes may observe the holiday with their families and friends is a TR tradition of long standing The Saturday edition of The Times Recorder will include extra news and features Watch for it The United States will not in- sist on any particular formula for political settlement he said What is important is unity he said the setting aside of personal rivalries or lesser sues in the interest of ing the strength and unity o the country The more than U.S military advisers in South Viet Nam and vast numbers of the South Vietnamese people have put personal aside and feuding South Viet leaders should too he added Rusk said latest reports in the military supported the present civilian government He said some anti American statements may have been made in the heat of the mo ment In general he said there is no widespread anti American feeling in South Viet Nam Rusk Sees Extreme Danger In Congo WASHINGTON UPI of State Dean Rusk said Wednesday the Congo now is an extremely dangerous tion The secretary made the com- ment in a news conference at which he took a broad look at the world a mixed tion a changing situation Specifically he said that the Congo and South Viet Nam are extremely dangerous issues He expressed hope that the United Nations Security cil will develop a solution to the Congo problem and he ed that the Organization of rican Unity is working on the same thing The United States he added is very active in seeking peace and unity in the Congo The answer to the Congo's problems does not lie in furnishing arms illegally to el elements he said as the United States has accused the Soviet Union Communist China and some African nations of doing The secretary made these other points at his news Germany Looking around the world historically I would say that one of the most urgent needs is to find a permanent peaceful and satisfactory ment for the German question NATO The Atlantic a 11 i- ance is more prosperous and secure than ever but still faces the long-range problems of what form Europe will take in the future and how to settle the nuclear tion Latin America He saw many reasons for ment in Latin America ing 1964 a year which that Castroism is not as an answer to the problems of this hemisphere While il is true that Cuba continues its policy of inter- the danger of this in- terference has been reduced by the reaction of Latin American nations to it The United States did not understand why Arab Republic authorities were not able to avoid shooting dowr an American commercial plane this week He said it that it could easily have been ascertained that the aircraft which crashed and took the lives of two men was on an ordinary commercial mission Embassy Burnings warned other nations that their relations with the United states might be adversely affected In London another message vas scheduled from Queen beth who left Buckingham ice Wednesday for turreted Windsor Castle on the Thames by 30 members of ler family observing a tional Christmas the queen will speak to the world Christmas day on the theme of peace and goodwill In Johnson City Tex the first family of the most ful country in the world will celebrate Christmas as it has always Together i SHOPPING DAT LEFT CHRISTMAS SEALS and other RESPIRATORY DISEASES No Snow Forecast Many Southeastern Ohio youngsters are probably won dering how Santa Claus will be able to deliver his Christmas presents tonight It appears there will be no snow for his reindeer and sleigh with today temperatures approaching the i degree mark Some adults will be rushing today with last-minute prepara lions and Christmas shopping Stores will be helping out the shoppers as they stay open to 5 p.m The mailmen who work al most as hard as Santa does during the Christmas season will get to enjoy Saturday of as well as Friday Rural mail will be delivered as usual special delivery letters and per items will be delivered Christmas day or Saturday Federal state county am city offices will be closed Christmas Day and Saturday with some offices taking of early today Courthouse offices will be closed the Saturday of week also to allow county em ployes more time to enjoy th holiday season The Auto Li cense Bureau in the Masoni Temple will follow tills practice also Nasser Pouts When U.S Refuses Aid PORT SAID President Gamal Abdel Nasser angrily attacked the United tales Wednesday for failing to emergency food plies that Egypt requested He said if the United States does not like Egypt's terms for payment it can go drink water Nasser also said Egypt has sent arms to the Congolese rebels and we will continue to send arms At the same time he accused the United States and Belgium of aggression in the Congo last month when Belgian para- troopers from U.S Air Force transport planes rescued whites held hostage by the els Nasser spoke at a rally brating the departure of British and French troops from the Suez Canal zone eight years ago Soviet Deputy Premier ander N Shelepin who spoke before Nasser at the rally in Victory Square said the icy of the Soviet government toward the was and still is friendly and unshakeable Ohio Man Killed IRONTON UPI John Burcham 72 was killed Wednesday when struck by a hit-skip driver while ing a street in the village of Athalia about 30 miles east of here Take A Second lotk back at M utt yw repeat them tf
