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DAILY REVIEW DECATUR VOL. 85 NO. 142 DECATUR, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1962 14 PAGES PRICE 7 CENTS 1 Pro-Western Three Airlines Face Strike; Little Chance White House: of Settlement; 'No Comment' Viet Cong Attack 2 U. S. Officers Killed in Ambush in fW Ml 1J In Engineers Vote Against Talk Plan Washington, June 16 (AP) The flight engineers union indicated today there is little chance of avoiding a strike against three major airlines this afternoon.

A spokesman for the Flight Engineers International Association (AFL-CIO), asked about the prospects of settlement would noly say: "not good." The union's decision will be announced in midafterncon (about 2:30 or 3:00 p.m. EDT), he said, adding there would be no further comment until then. The White House likewise said at noon it would have nothing further to say today on the work The House, Canadian style Polka Dot Pagoda Canada's Transfer House Saigon, South Viet Nam, June 16 (AP) A strong band of Red Guerrillas struck only 30 miles north of Saigon today, overwhelming an armored column and killing two U. S. officers and 15 Vietnamese.

South Vietnamese troops supported by a U. S. helicopter, went in pursuit of the Viet Cong believed to number from 300 to 400 men. But chances of finding the attackers in the jungles appeared slim. U.

S. sources said no one in the convoy escaped injury. They said the number of wounded was prob ably more than 20. Armed with heavy machine guns and recoilless rifles, the Viet Cong ambushed the armored column near the village of Ben Cat. Military sources said the officers, a captain and a lieutenant, were members of the U.

S. Military Advisory Assistance Group in South Viet Nam. Their names were withheld pending notification of next of kin. A U. S.

Army sergeant was killed by Red guerrillas in an action in Central Viet Nam's thick forests earlier this week. The latest deaths bring to six the number: of U. servicemen killed in combat here since the United rm r-i mm B-Girls Still Operate Night Clubs Do Usual Business Despite Probe South Korean Premier Quits Seoul, June 16 (AP) Pro-Western Premier Song Yo- Chan quit his post today and South Korea's military govern ment announced the resignation had been accepted. A statement by the ruling junta also announced acceptance of the resignation of Finance Minister Chun Byung-Kyu. The rest of the cabinet ministers had said they were stepping down, too, but the junta's an nouncement mentioned only Song and Chun.

The junta statement said the premier and finance minister had resigned for "personal reasons." There have been reports that Song and Chun had been in sharp disagreement over economic pol icy, one of the toughest issues the military government has faced. The junta issued its announce ment after an emergency meeting under strongman Gen. Chung Hee Park, General Park, boss of the mili tary, government, said he was "extremely sorry" Song had resigned. He said Song had made a great contribution" to the nation during the past year, a time when South Korea "was faced with one of its most difficult periods." Gilbert Hopes To Pay Funds Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, June 16 (AP) Edward M. Gilbert, the New- York financier who made unauthorized withdrawals of $2 million from his company and then flew to Brazil, says he hopes 'to pay everybody back and make everything whole some day." But he admitted he does not know how he would be able to do it, the Brazil Herald reported today.

Gilbert, 38, flew to extradition- proof Brazil from New York last Wednesday after admitting the un authorized withdrawals from the E. L. Bruce the firm he headed. He told the Brazil Herald he withdrew the funds to protect both himself and the company and that in subsequently coming to Rio he was "not fleeing United States justice." Gilbert said he had intended to return to New Y'ork Friday night but decided against it after talk ing by telephone with his father and a lawyer in New York. He said he would be "crucified" if he went home now.

E. Bruce Jr. who has taken over as president of the firm, said he believed Gilbert used the money to "protect his interests in Celotex Corp." Gilbert had been one of the largest stockholders in Celotex, manufacturers of building materials, and had been seeking to merge Celotex with the Bruce Company, a flooring manu facturer. Estes Given Final Chance El Paso, June 16 (AP) Billie Sol Estes has a final chance to meet with his creditors next week and arrange settlement of debts which he admits total $17.5 million. If he fails, federal iudee savs he will begin bankruptcy proceed ings immediately.

The date of the meeting to be held in Dallas has not been di vulged. Estes submitted a plan Friday to pay off his creditors and help 4-H tlub youths also. But his creditors rejected the proposal and asked the court to initiate bankruptcy proceedings. Estes listed assets of and liabilities of The West Texas promoter is under federal indictment for alleged interstate transportation of fraud ulent chattel mortgages used in his fertilizer business. Macao Gets Refugees Macao, June 16 (AP) A total of 148 refugees from Red China arrived- in this Portuguese colony Friday night.

SAO Terror Continues During Talks Algiers, June 16 (AP) New fires broke out in Algiers in the European Secret Army Organization's scorched earth campaign today even as Europeans were reported making a final com promise peace bid to Moslem na tionalists. Word of the peace contact came as a surprise. The secret army said in ordering a new campaign of destruction Thursday that secret contacts with the Moslems had failed. Few believed the Moslems would agree td the secret army demands for additional guarantees for Algeria's European minority. But well-informed sources in Paris said an all-night session in Rocher Noir, the Algerian administrative capital, brought the possibility of a Moslem amnesty for the secret army when Algeria becomes independent.

Europeans want to be represent ed in the Moslem security force being created, too, but this de mand was turned down flatly by Moslems, it was reported. Proposal Is Conveyed Taking part in the talks were Belkacem Krim, deputy premier of the nationalist regime, Abder- rahmanes Fares, president of the Algerian" provisional 'executive, and representatives of Algeria's European community, led by for mer Algiers Mayor Jacques Che- vallier. Paris informants said the Euro pean representatives conveyed the latest secret army proposal to the Moslems. Officials, indicated any answer would come soon. The Paris sources said the Mos lem nationalists would not budge from the position that "not a sin gle comma of the Evian accords" ending the Algerian rebellion would be changed.

But the question of amnesty, the informants said, is within the framework of a possible accord. Davis Wins British Golf Hoylake, England, June 16 (AP) Richard Da vies. 31, an unsung real estate man from Pasadena, won the British Amateur Golf Championship today by defeating Welshman John Povall 1 up in the 36-hole final. He was the 12th American to win this coveted title. Catholic Weekly Criticizes Ike i For Statement i Boston, June 16 (AP) The Pilot, Boston Catholic archdiocesan weekly newspaper, criticized former President Dwight D.

Friday for what it termed "the' nearly blasphemous implications" of a recent statement. The. Pilot said the former president was quoted while defending erstwhile Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey as saying: "They can kill me on a cross and drive nails into my hands and the spear into my side Pilot said an editorial: "While these words were surely spontaneous, a second thought could have recalled them and made apology for the nearly blasphemous implications contained in them. "It does not seem to have oc curred to the president how essentially offensive this language would be to all Christian believers who would properly resent these sacred associations so fainly scattered about." I States increased its aid to Presi dent Ngo Dinh Diem's forces last December. A relief column of South Vietnamese troops were dispatched to the scene of today's ambush as soon as word of the attack was received but the column was slowed by a Viet Cong road block, the informants said.

When reinforcements reached the ambush area, they found three vehicles on fire and the bodies of the American officers. South Vietnamese troops launched a search of the area. Meanwhile 30 American-piloted helicopters were supporting 800 government troops in an operation launched Friday in Communist infested territory about 35 miles north of the capital. Military sources said today the operation was continuing, but gave no details. First reports Friday said there had been no government or Amer ican casualties except for an Army H21 helicopter forced down by en gine trouble.

The crew destroyed it The operation reportedly netted in its early stages three Red guer rillas, two jeeps and a truck and an important Communist supply depot. hear testimony on suspected violations of immigration -laws in bringing girls from Canada, Greece and possibly other nations to work as entertainers. The subcommittee is investigat ing allegations that officials of the American Guild of Variety Artists AFL-CIO, have connived with underworld-operated night clubs which force girl entertainers into prostitution and drink-hustling. Production is Overdone Ft. Rucker, June 16 (AP) "Summer and Smoke" was scheduled at the Ft.

Rucker Cen ter Theater Friday night. Just before time for the start, fire broke out and destroyed the theater. Decatur and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Some chance of isolated thundershow- ers Highs today in upper 80s. Lows tonight in mid DECATUR WEATHER Compiled by the Review High FrL.

84 7 a.m. Sat. 63 7 p.m. FrL 75 Noon Sat. 84 Low' Sat.

60 Precip. none Rel. humidity Sat. noon, 70 pet I Discomfort Index FrL Noon 72 Sat. Noon 71 (Discomfort Index is relation of temperature and humidity; 50 per cent of people are uncomfortable at Index 75; nearly all are uncomfortable at Index 79 and up.

WSOY wind 6 p.m. 7 a.m. noon 5-10 14 12 Velocity' Direction -i 7 pan. 12 m. 7 a.m.

noon Bar. 30.00 29.97 30.01 30.05 Sunset 8:27 p.m., rise 5:27 a.m. Lake level' at noon 613.9 ft (Additional weather on Page 9) index Radio-TV Page 5 Movies, Amusements Page 5 Comics Page 8 Cloudy A place for apparently, until the 90-day trial! of the traffic pattern through the! square is completed and studied. The trial is about half finished. Port Arthur's pagoda was built in 1910, by the Port Arthur Travel and Industrial Promotion Committee.

Since then it has been used mainly for tourist information. Six years ago the structure reportedly was in a sad state of repair, but the backers began an Taxpayer Gives Shirt Off Back To Revenue Agent St. Louis. June 16 (AP) Alvin M. Kelley, district director of the Internal Revenue Service in St.

Louis, got the shirt off a taxpayer's back Friday. It came in a neatly-wrapped package with a note giving the sender's name and address and the notation that it was the shirt off a taxpayer's back. The director said a check of records, showed the-man had no trouble with the IRS on his tax return, except he had paid a pretty good chunk of taxes. Kelley had the shirt laundered and returned to its owner with a tongue-in-cheek note that it couldn't be classified as legal tender. i stoppage facing Pan American World Airways, Trans World Air Lines and Eastern Airlines.

The choice facing the engineers is whether to walkout in face of a stern warning from President Kennedy, or accept Kennedy's arbitration proposal. Settlement Rejected The 1,700 engineers have twice rejected Kennedy's settlement formula, agreeing to arbitrate all issues except the. key one a controversy over mahBing jet planes. A strike on the three airlines would ground 40 per cent of the nation's commercial airline service, "amounting to "an average of 60,000 domestic and 20,000 international passengers daily. Eastern is a key north -south carrier along the east coast, TWA operates transcontinental and overseas flights, while Pan American is the nation's major foreign carrier.

Kennedy, blasting the flight en gineers for adamancv in Govern ment settlement efforts, warned the union in his news conference Thursday that a strike would do great harm to the nation's econ- i omy and welfare. He implied drastic steps to halt a walkout if it began. The President urged the union. a small -labor organization with only 3,000 members, to reconsider a White House proposal that the union had rejected. This was to submit all issues to arbitration, a decision by outside U.S.

Retains Tennis Cup Wimbledon England, June 16 (AP) Darlene Hard of Montebello defeated Christine Truman ot England today, 6-2, 6-2, and the American women's tennis team retained the Wightman Cup. The Americans now lead 4-0 with only three matches to go. The U. S. team had taken a 3-0 lead in opening matches Friday.

The opening match todav re quired only 35 minutes. Miss Truman appeared dispirited and nev er seemea iiKeiy to break Miss Hard hold in the second set. CARPENTIER SAYS KEENER IS 'LOST' Jacksonville, 111, June 16 (AP) Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier said Friday Gov." Otto Kerner is about as lost -as 'ww can get" in administering -the siaie. Carpentier, a Republican; criti- cized Kerner, a Democrat, during a fund-raising dinner of the Morgan County Republican committee.

He criticized Kerner -for savins legislators of both parties- should agree in advance on a oroeram to meet the Illinois financial-cri sis. Carpentier called this pass- mg the buck" and said it reflect- ied "an inherent weakness of abil ity on the part of the chief i By Tom Mahoney Of the Review Staff Decatur's Transfer House has a counterpart in Canada, but that one is in use. The Transfer House was vacat ed April 27 by Decatur City Lines and since has been used by only a few persons who take advantage of its benches and its view from the middle of Lincoln Square to rest awhile. In Port Arthur, Ontario, there's a similar structure which catches the eye of residents and visitors alike. It's the "Polka Dot Pagoda," billed as the oldest tourist information bureau in Canada.

Use of the Decatur Transfer House as an information center has been suggested several times, but the location of the building has been one of the drawbacks here. Now, with U. S. 51 traffic passing the 66-year-old structure on both the east and the west sides, the traffic problem is emphasized even more. Moving of the Transfer House from the center of Lincoln Square has also been proposed, and several possible locations have been offered or proposed.

-No one is making any decisions. Auto Talks To Resume Detroit, June 16 (AP) Union bargainers were expected to return to the Ford Motor Co. office today for talks which could decide when more than Ford employes across the nation can go back to work. The firm stopped the last of its auto assembly operations Friday night because. Ford said, an Ohio strike has choked off the supply of hoods, doors, roofs and other parts.

Ford, nation's second largest auto manufacturing empire, blamed the closures on a strike at Ford's Walton Hills stamping plant near Cleveland which began eight days ago. The plant was one of the last to settle local grievances during national negotiations between Ford and the United Auto Workers on a three-year contract last fall. The new dispute is over work quotas. At the close of work Friday, all 16 Ford assembly units were shut. A battery manufacturing plant had been closed earlier.

FBI DECLINES COMMENT ON AIRLINE CRASH Washington, June 16 (AP The FBI has declined comment on a newspaper report that evidence strongly indicates a Continental Airlines jet was blown apart by a dynamite blast May 22. All 45 persons aboard the 707 jetliner were killed in the crash near Unionville. Mo. The Kansas City Star carried a copyrighted dispatch from its: Washington Bureau Friday sjjingj that FBI laboratory tests showed particles of dynamite in segments of the plane. resting now improvement program which in eluded repainting the entire struc ture, building a stone wall around it and decorating it with flowers.

Last year, early on a Sunday morning, the roof was painted in polka dots, to focus attention on the tourist industry and its value to the local citizens. The dots are of various sizes and are painted in red, blue, white, and yellow on both the main roof and the roof of what appears to be an observation low er on top. Local Pride R. O. Beggs, secretary of the Travel Publicity Committer-, comments: "It has created a great deal of interest and we find that local citizens are now very proud of this building, whereas at one time it was considered with dis dain.

"It is located in the very heart of the downtown by the railway terminal and near the dock where the passengers from several boat lines disembark." Beggs says it was the retail merchants section of the Port Ar thur Chamber of Commerce which put up the necessary funds to have the building polka dotted. The merchants are very inter ested in the building as a focal point, Beggs adds. The Travel Publicity Com mittee is jointly sponsored by the city of Port Arthur and the Chamber of Commerce. confine the tonsorial damage to a minimum one that Miss Mackin does, not approve of. Miss Mackin said hair is "long on the sides, parted across the crown, long in the back and with peaks that look like horns." She added that Warchol wears his hair, "overly long, elaborately fluffed up in front, and falling over his forehead." The boys are backed by their parents.

Wayne and Ronald said they are disappointed at the threat of missing the ceremony, but they vowed to keep their hair styles, claiming, "other guys in our class have even longer hair." By the Associated Press Night clubs and cabarets in most of the nation's entertainment centers today were reported doing business as usual for the peak summer trade season. The brisk trade reports came in the face of Senate disclosures of unsavory doings in entertainment meccas in many sections of the country where so-called "B-girl" clubs operate. City fathers, police officials and cabaret owners in practically all cities questioned denied such es tablishments as B-girl clubs were in operation to begin with. Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm of New York City said: "We have no B-girl clubs in this city." R.I., checked night club billings in the light of Sen ate disclsures and ordered one establishment to cancel a special dance routine scheduled for the weekend. One sign outside a Miami Beach club read: "Thirty Exotic Dolls." That and a host of other clubs in the year-round playland continued their floor shows featuring scantily-clad girls, but police said it was a far cry from the productions offered a few years ago.

Out in Calumet City, III, where Senate probers were told all sorts of illicit operations went on in night clubs, the neon signs continued to blaze. Officials said the patronage at the clubs had dropped off, but they declined to attribute it to Senate disclosures. They said; instead, the dropoff was due to an increase in unemployment and a crackdown in the last year against low class clubs, McClellan Calls Night Club World a National Disgrace Washington, June 16 (AP) Sen. John L. McClellan, says the world behind the footlights of honky tonk night clubs is a national disgrace.

McClellan's Senate investiga tions' subcommittee hears more about it next week, with testimony due Tuesday on Baltimore night spots. Counsel Jerome Adlerman said the subcommittee will look into charges that prostitution and rackets are flourishing in the Maryland port city's night clubs. He said the will also Boys Still Defiant Will Not Shear Pompadours for Graduation Chicago, June 16 (AP) Two 15-year-old boys may not be allowed to participate in theirj school's graduation because of; their elaborate pompadours. i Wayne Tiess and Ronald War-chol are 8th graders at Mark Twain Elementary School. And despite barbering overtures from their principal they are determined to keep their lengthy, non-parted manes.

Miss Mary P. Mackin, principal of the school, told the boys to have their hair sheared or receive their diplomas in her office next Wednesday. The boys complied Thursday with the order, but managed to.