16, 983 THE MlrCUTt, d N U a IT.v 16, 193 TfEA 11E1(Ur'tAlhT Wi~lux PAGS° Congress To Study Steel Industry] WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP: Boeing, Union Announce Pact * * * * * * Military Crisis Deepens As New Battles Break Laos Cease-Fire Piedg '] l 1961 SIT-INS: High Court To Review Freedom Rider Case WASHINGTON (A')-Ten freedom riders convicted of unlawful assembly for trying to integrate an airport restaurant at Tallahassee in 1961 won a Supreme Court hearing yesterday. This opened up for legal decree another facet of the many-sided question of whether Negroes may be barred from business establish- ments reserved for whites. However, the arguments are not likely to be heard until the 1963-64 term, which begins in October. But by then the Court may ohave provided more clues to its views in this field by acting on a Hecker Reveals variety of cases it has heard this term involving sit-in demonstra- La~t Thr~ her on*"at lunch counters and other Last' Thresher places. The court refused yesterday to Transm issions hear another racial question-this one dealing with housing. Pro- PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (A)-The gress Development Corp. said the nuclear submarine Thresher, ex-village of Deerfield, Ill., had periencing some undefined trouble blocked its housing development farieneatgthe Atlnimettoub and condemned the site for use r be h te Atlantic, sent two as a park because proposed homes messages-bothgarbled-as she in the development were being of- sought to regain the surface, a fered to the Negroes. Navy court of inquiry learned yes- The freedom riders, both whites A blast of air into her ballast and Negroes and most of them tanks as she sought buoyancy clergymen, were arrested on June drowned out a message transmit- 16, 1961, and sentenced to $500 ted by hydrophone, the skipper of each or 60 days in jail. The group a surface escort vessel, the USS had made a tour of southern Skylark, testified.,cities from here to Florida to test Lt. Cmdr. Stanley W. Hecker segregation and, as they testified, said that Thresher signaled she to further the cause of equal, was going down for her deep dive rights. The circuit court of Leon Coun- tests.ty, Fla., in upholding the convic- Then at 9:12 a.m. Wednesday 1 l. podigtecni- Thenat 912 ~m. ednedaytions, said such demonstrations morning came this message: "Ex- cause tensions and tempers to periencing minor' problem " f' rise and threaten disorder. (a pause) . . . have positive angle .. . (another pause) ... attempt-.. ing to blow." Pacifists, Police He said a half dozen men on the bridge of the Sklark then Clash in Britain heard the sound of air rushing into Thresher's. ballast tanks. . The LONDON (M)-Britain's annual sound completely obscured an- ban-the-bomb parade ended last7 other voice message from the sub- night in a furious fist-swinging marine. climax with 74 arrested. Swarm-1 Then came another message, ing into London by thousands, with two or three words garbled, the marchers clashed with police7 which ended," .."test depth." trying to prevent violence. Neutral Units Lose Ground In Provinces Efforts To Prevent Civil War Continue VIENTIA2NE (I)-Reports of new fighting on the Plaine des Jarres in violation of a cease-fire pledge kept the Laotian military crisis at the boiling point yesterday. Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma, neutralist head of the coalition government, obtained the pledge after a meeting with neu- tralist and pro-Communist mili- tary leaders Sunday. Fighting erupted on the Plaine des Jarres on March 31 in which the neutralists sustained losses. Efforts have been under way ever since to avert resumption of civil war in Laos, in which the Com- munists might win the upper hand. Still Dangerous Avtar Singh of India, chairman of the International Control Com- mission, returned from the area late yesterday and told newsmen "the situation continues to be dangerous." Neutralist forces of Gen. Kong Le have been forced out of Xieng Khouang, a strategic provincial capital, but the road itself is con- trolled by neutralists at some points and by the pro-Communist Pathet Lao at others. Kong Le said fghting erupted on the road after the effective hour of the cease-fire agreement. He claimed six of his men were wounded. Exchange Charges Kong Le has accused the Pathet Lao of trying to replace him with Col. Deuane, a leftist leader, and thus destroy his neutralist forces. Col. Deuane demanded -that Kong Le rid his forces of alleged rightwing forces and requested the release of two dissident of- ficers arrested by Kong Le and now held in Vientiane. Col. Deuane said Kong Le "must meet with me to discuss the means1 to solve the crisis." The continuing hostilities have' held up convoys seeking to bring food to Pathet Lao forces and isolated neutralist garrisons. Deputy Premier Prince Souvan- aouvong, titular leader of the' Pathet Lao and half-brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma, re- mained at Pathet Lao headquar- ters at Khang Khay. ' Two More Companies Hike Prices By The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Senate- House Economic Committee step- ped' up plans for a broadside in- quiry into the steel business yes- terday while President John F. Kennedy kept a wary eye on priceI increase announcements. Meanwhile two more steel com-' panies joined in announcing selec- tive price increases. Newest to go along with the raises initiated last week were Re- public Steel Corp., third-ranked among the nation's steel producers,' and 14th-ranked Pittsburgh Steel Co. Wheeling First Wheeling Steel Corp. started the round of selective raises April 9' and Lukens Steel Co. followed Sunday. Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill) announced the Joint Economic Committee which he heads will start hearings early next week into prices, profits and production problems of the industry. Douglas, who promised "an im- partial and factual" study, said he has no present plans of seek- ing the type of production-cost figures that Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) failed to get last year in an inquiry by the Senate Anti- trust Subcommittee. Not Talking Four of the major producers balked at supplying detailed unit- cost figures subpoenaed by the antitrust group and Kefauver sought unsuccessfully to have them cited for contempt of Con- gress. The parent judiciary committee upheld the steel executives' con- tention that the figures demanded by Kefauver were trade secrets which might damage their firms competitively if disclosed. In Palm Beach, White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger said he would have no comment on the Republic and Pittsburgh actions. Douglas said the hearings start- ing next week will go into the issues of steel prices, profits, pro- duction, unit labor costs, raw material costs, and the effects of foreign competition. Set Pearson Inaugural OTTAWA () -- Liberal Party Leader Lester B. Pearson said yes- terday he expects his new govern- ment to be sworn in Friday. Reluctantly retiring Prime Min- ister John Diefenbaker indicated he would act today to get the changeover started. Pearson made his prediction to newsmen shortly before he met with Diefenbaker for the first time since the Liberals trounced the Conservatives but fell just short of a majority in last week's Par- liamentary elections. Pearson was buoyant and con- fident after the 20-minute meet- ing, but there was no definitive announcement on a schedule for Diefenbaker to step down and Pearson to take the prime min- istry. Diefenbaker conceded defeat over the weekend after the armed services' vote put two more seats in the Liberal column. Now he said he would make no further com- ment until after he confers with Gov. Gen. Georges P. Vanier. He said he hopes to see Vanier today. In this case, barring a last- minute hitch, he will ask Pearson, as leader of the largest party in Parliament, to form a government. It will be another minority gov- ernment, such as Canada has had to struggle along with since Dief- enbaker's Conservatives lost their big majority in last June's elec- tions. LESTER B. PEARSON ... to be inaugurated By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Boeing Co., producer of the Minuteman missile, reached a surprise agree- ment with the AFL-CIO Machin- ists Union yesterday which can- celed a midnight strike threat. The pact is subject to union mem- bership approval at meetings Wednesday. * * * DETROIT - General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Work- ers union decided yesterday to set up a joint pre-negotiations study committee to smooth the way for 1964 contract bargaining. The UAW and Ford Motor Co. take up tomorrow the question of doing the same thing. * * * EL PASO - Billie Sol Estes, called by a federal judge, the "per- petrator of one of the most gi- gantic swindles in the nations history," was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for mail fraud and conspiracy. * « « ALBANY-Gov. Nelson A. Rock- efeller demanded the resignation of state court judge Melvin H Osterman last night as an invest- igation of alleged graft and cor- ruption in the state liquor author- ity struck again at the upper levels of state government and politics. Osterman had refused to sign a general wavier of immunity when called before a grand jury probing SLA affairs. S E O U L - The semi-official South Korean newspaper Seoul Shinmun reported yesterday that Gen. Chung Hee Park, head of the ruling junta, wants to strengthen diplomatic ties with the United States and will send former De- fense Minister Kim Chung Yul, head of the South Korean air force, to the United States for talks. « « « SAIGON-One of the sharpest battles of the year was fought in the jungles of South Viet Nam's Tay Ninh province over the week- end. The government toll was 18 paratroops killed and 27 wounded and Communist guerrilla losses included at least 15 dead. WASHINGTON-A recent Civil Service Commission ruling is de- signed to keep students with po- litical pull from getting summer federal jobs on that basis. The rul- ing withdraws federal agencies' authority to make temporary ap- pointments, and intends to give nationwide competitive examina- tions to dispense jobs in the sum- mer of 1964. WASHINGTON - The recently- formed National Draft-Goldwater HMONDA 3, 4MAY Committtee has received acquie- scence but little encouragement from the object of its enthusiasm, Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz). "If they want to waste their time and money, that's their business," Goldwater said of the group that wants him to seek the 1964 Re- publican presidential nomination. WASHINGTON-Atomic Physi- cist J. Robert Oppenheimer, de- nied a security clearance by the Atomic Energy Commission nine years ago, has been selected to re- ceive the AEC's highest honor- the $50,000 Fermi award. ', * MOSCOW-The Soviet Union's Lunik IV flew past the moon last week, maintaining radio commun- ications all the way, according to Tass news service. The sketchi- ness of the Russian communique gave rise to speculation that something had gone wrong with the moon probe. * * * MADISON - T h e Wisconsin Assembly recently took the first step toward giving 18-year-olds the right to vote. The bill must . be approved by two sessions of the legislature and then by the voters before it goes into effect, SALEM - Oregon may hold a referendum next year on whether or not to replace its 102-year-old constitution with a new one writ- ten by a commission set up by the state's legislature. The deci- sion on holding the referendum rests with the legislature. * * * DETROIT-Arjay R. Miller, a resident of Ann Arbor, was named last week to succeed retiring Ford Motor Co. PresiCent John Dykstra. * * * PALM BEACH - T h e White House announced yestrday that Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy is ex- pecting a baby in the last half of August. " * s NEW YORK -- The New York Stock Exchange hit new 1963 nighs yesterday amidst heavy trading. The Dow-Jones averages saw 30 industrials up 2.93, 20 railroads up 1.06, 15 utilities up 0.02, and 65 stocks dip 0.95. "WAY-OUT WEST" SPRING WEEKEND '63 APRIL 26, 27 FRIDAY, APRIL 26: 3:15-5:30 (Ferry Field) 8:30-12:00 (l.M. Bldg) Parade Twisting Helicopter Rides & Prizes Dropped All-Campus Dance Gambling Can-Can Girls Old Western Movies SATURDAY, APRIL 27: 'BLACK BOX': Willis Urges Research For Explosion Detection 11:00-4:00 (Riverside Park) 8:00-11:00 (Hill Aud) Canoe Races BuckBoard Races Individual Contests Lunches Sold Skitnight Can-Can Girls Friars Oedipus Tex Trophies Awarded (2:00 per and littlec club) / 1 Tomorrow at 8 at H ILLEL DR. DAVI D GOL DBE RG Asst. Prof. of Sociology "URBANISM AND JEWISH STYLES OF LIVING" This is Lecture No. 4 in the current series of WEDNESDAYS AT 8 entitled "The Jew in Western Culture" All Are Welcome B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation 1429 Hill St. 'i iil A Ri AUI .C iFIION Wednesday, April 17 Architecture and Design Lobby Starting 3:00-? PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, POTTERY and ODDS & ENDS II' I I 3 i l l i 7 i 1 1 1 By PHILIP SUTIN A preliminary finding by the Acoustics and Seismics Laboratory that it can differentiate under- ground nuclear explosions and earthquakes should be viewed with "caution," David E. Willis of the laboratory warned. Willis told the Seismological So- ciety of America last week that University scientists have detected a difference between an under- ground nuclear explosion in Ne- vada and a 1959 earthquake that occured in the region. The blast and earthquake were measured from approximately the same dis- tance. "I do not see how this evidence could be used to eliminate on-site inspection at the present time--we need more research to verify it," Willis said. He stressed the need for ad- ditional field measurements, sug- gesting that an underground nu- clear explosion be set off in an earthquake area. University seis- mological teams would then mea- sure the blast shock waves as well as all earthquake waves that should subsequently occur. Willis noted IUniversity research- ers were able to get this compar- ison because they happened to be in the area during an earthquake and then returned to measure a nuclear explosion set off in the same area. For future tests, the acoustics and seisiic lab has six mobile teams th~t could be sent out at any time. "If future tests verify the find- ing, this information will be useful in the development of "black box" detection devices," he noted. The Soviet Union has been pressing for unmanned inspection of a nuclear test ban, but the West has insisted on bothnmanned and unmanned inspection. Western officials at the Geneva disarmament conference, now in recess, said that more conclusive tests are needed before the Uni- versity finding becomes significant. 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