19 THE MICHIGAN DAILY .,.... Laos Rebels Gain On Loyal Town, End Cease Fire, Military Action Threatens Balance Existing Since Year-Old Cease-Fire VIENTIANE (M---Pro-Communist batallions striking at retreat- Ing Royalist forces in Laos were reported yesterday to have thrust to within 20 miles of the Royal stronghold of Houei Sai, on Thailand's border. The Defense Ministry said a Rebel force overran rearguard units after -a five-hour battle Wednesday at Tha Fa, 20 miles north of Houei Sai. Threaten Balance The .Rebels operated out of Nam Tha, Laotian provincial capital captured by the Reds last Sunday in a military action that threat- Tened to overturn the delicate bal-' Reds Attack U.S. Copters SAIGON P)-Communist gun- fire wounded two American fliers and hit four United States Army and Marine helicopters as Defense Secretary Robert McNamara tour- ed South Viet Nam's sprawling guerrilla war zones yesterday. American helicopter crews ran into their toughest Communist re- sistance yet as they carried out support missions - and airlifted Vietnamese infantrymen into bat- tie. Radio Peiping broadcast a re- port that Communist North Viet Nam had protested to the Interna- tional Control Commission against the arrival of fresh American forc- es in South Viet Nam. United States officials have de- Glared they will do whatever is necessary to turn back the guer- rilla attack, heavily supported by North Viet Nam, on President Ngo Dinh Diem's government in South Viet Nam. Secretary McNamara, with note book and maps in hand, visited American military advisers in the Nha Trang coastal area 200 miles northeast of Saigon and had a dinner 'meeting with Diem at Da- lat. Both the Secretary and Gen. Jyman Lemnitzer, the chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff who accompanied him, de- clared they were greatly impressed by the advisory and training Job being done by American officers. ance existing since the year-old cease-fire. 'Frank' Discussions Malcolm MacDonald, British co- chairman of the Geneva Confer- ence on Laos, said he hopes Lao- tian leaders will be able to over- come "an obvious difficult politi- cal and military situation" pre- vailing since the Rebels captured Nam Tha and another Northwest- ern town, Muong Sing. He said that during a six-day stay in Laos he had "very frank and full" discussions with pro- Communist, Neutralist and pro- Western factions. He said he hopes the Laotians will soon resume tri- partite talks to form a new gov- ernment. No Indications Af$er talking; to newsmen, Mac- Donald flew off to Bangkok to re- sume a tour of Southeast Asia. There were no indications, meanwhile, of what the Rebel re- action might be to a request cabled by Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma from Paris to abandon Nam Tha and Muong Sing and withdraw behind the original cease fire line. Ask Larger Employment Of Wiretap WASHINGTON (M-Local law enforcement leaders urged Con- gress yesterday to give them even a freer hand than the Kennedy administration proposes to employ wiretapping in catching and pros- ecuting criminals. Gambling especially should be added to the list of crimes for which wiretapping would be per- mitted under court order, several witnesses told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. They pictured gam- bling as the main source of capi- tal for criminals to carry on their other underworld activities. 'Essentially Local' Frank S. -Hogan, New York County (Manhattan) district at- torney, said "syndicated gambling enterprises, although widespread and likely to be interstate, are based upon operations that are es- sentially local." "Yet the bill in its present form permits Federal wiretapping in gambling investigations but denies similar authority to the states," he said. New York City's deputy police commissioner. Leonard E. Reis- man, suggested also that robbery, burglary and certain larcenies might be included in the list. Ho- gan also suggested including lar- ceny. Primary Responsibility Daniel P. Sullivan, operating di- rector of the Crime Commission of Greater Miami, gave testimony similar to that of Hogan and Reis- man. Sullivan said congressional in- vestigating committees have "re- iterated time and again the pri- mary responsibility for the sup- pression of gambling and vice rests with local communities." The administration bill, as pro- posed by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, would limit wiretap- ping by state authorities to inves- tigations of murder, kidnapping, extortion, bribery and narcotics traffic. C. DOUGLAS DILLON . business taxes World News RoundIup By The Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY-Walter Reuther insisted yesterday he is right in demanding wage increases bigger than President John F. Kennedy recommends, but maintained the policy rift is a minor one. * * * * GENEVA -- The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that the first 200 Algerian refugees from JMnrnecn were re atriated yester- Cites Care Over Profits HOT SPRINGS, Va. (P) - The Kennedy Administration will seek to assure top industrialists meet- ing here that it is as concerned about profits as they are-and is doing something about it. The Treasury was described by administration sources yesterday as preparing to offer a pledge that it is working at a top speed to is- sue substantially liberalized tax writeoffs on business outlays for industrial machinery and equip- ment. Secretary of the Treasury Doug- las Dillon had planned to deliver this assurance in person to the spring session of the business council, which opens today. However, he cancelled the ap- pointment yesterday so as to be able to complete testimony in Washington before the Senate Fi- nance Committee on the Kennedy Administration's tax bill. Arrange- ments were made to have Under- secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler apear with Dillon's message. The Secretary's report on his overhaul of depreciation sched- ules, Administration sources said, is intended to refute charges that the Administration is anti-busi- ness or insensitive to the cost squeeze on corporation profits. Many businessmen who were an- gered by President John F. Ken- nedy's dramatic and successful crackdown on the attempted steel price increase last month have said Kennedy's subsequent assurances of good will would be more effec- tive if backed up by concrete evi- dence. Most have cited the de- preciation allowances as a case in point. Dillon is expected to assure the business council that his revision of "Bulletin F," the tax bible on depreciation of some 5,000 cate- gories of industrial equipment, is only six or seven weeks from com- pletion. Steel Makers Plead innocent On Price Fix NEW YORK ()-The nation's two largest steel producers, Unit- ed States Steel and Bethlehem, pleaded innocent yesterday to Fed- eral charges of rigging bids and fixing prices on $100 million a year worth of metal forgings. Two smaller steel companies, a trade association and four execu- tives also entered pleas of inno- cent before Federal Judge Sidney Sugarman. He released the indi- vidual executives without bail and without setting a trial date. Besides Bethlehem and United States Steel, the companies indict- ed April 26 under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act are Erie Forge and Steel Co., Midvaleheppenstall Co., both steel firms, and the Open Die Forging Institute Inc., of New York, a trade association. The individuals arraigned be- fore Judge Sugarman were Erb Gurney and Robert S. Barnes of Bethlehem's forgings division; Emil Lang, board chairman of Erie Forge; and R. B. Heppenstall, Sr., president of Midvale-Heppenstall. GENEVA CONFERENCE: Zorin Drops Demand For Location Change GENEVA (W-Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin yesterday suddenly dropped his demand that the 17-nation disarma- ment conference be transferred to New York after a two-month re- cess. Zorin also told an informal plenary meeting of the conference that the American proposal for progressive zonal inspection of a world disarmament treaty is completely unacceptable to the Soviet Union. United States officials said he, was "quite offensive" in reject- ing the plan offered as an Ameri- can compromise attempt. discountrecords,,... 337 South Main Street ANN ARBOR'S ONLY COMPLETE RECORD SHOP SALE RCA VICTOR RCA SORIA For the past week Zorin has campaigned privately among the Western and neutral delegations to seek support for moving the conference back to United Nations headquarters in New York. He suggested that the two- month old conference should be recessed after drafting a report to the United Nations at the end of this month and then be reconven- ed in New York in August. Western delegates suspected that Zorin wanted to recess the con- ference while the Soviet Union sets off its projected new series of at- mospheric nuclear tests announc- ed as a reply to the current Amer- ican series. Zorin told delegates he wanted the conference moved to New York so he could continue to head the Soviet delegation both to the con- ference and to the United Nations General Assembly. They objected to a long recess and a transfer to New York where, they claimed, it would be subject to constant interference from the United Nation's own conference schedule. Bonn Convicts American Spy KARLSRUHE, Germany P) - The West German Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Harold N. Borger, an American, to 30 months in prison for giving the Commu- nists defense secrets of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Imprisonment will be reduced by the time Borger, 42, spent in pre-trial confinement since his ar- rest on March 3, 1961, in Nuern- berg. VALERIAN ZORIN . drops demand Attempted Launch Of Satellite Fails CAPE CANAVERAL () - An attempt to launch the world's first map-making satellite, a flashing- light sphere named Anna, failed yesterday when the second stage of the booster rocket did not ig- nite. 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