St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 1

ON TODAY'S EDITORIAL PAGE The Freedom Rides: Editorial Toward Understanding China: Editorial After a Halt-Century: Editorial and Mirror pi Public Opinion FINAL 11 Closing Stock Market Prices Pages 9C and IOC iS32S Vol, 88 No. 58 (88th Year) LOUIS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1966-50 PAGES PRTPF If GREATER -I A MONTH, DAILY HOD CARRIERS Wfl fl rami! KIU.EE MAY RETURN TO III UNDER KHF IFJ JET GBA IUI 111 INTERIM ACCORD unrtoiHiiinir BASSETTANDSEE WERESCHEDULED Wreckage of NASA Plane Fuselage of military jet plane in which two astronauts lost their lives. The covering is foam used in oil and aircraft fires. Arrow indicates fop of McDonnell Aircraft Corp. building struck by the plane.

2 DOWNTOWN ED i- iir 1966, Hubert H. Humphrey Senators want him to tell about trip Criticized Faction U.S. Evidence, Wit nesses, They Say By ROBERT H. COLLINS A Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch CHICAGO, Feb. 28-A strong effort was made by a small fac- tion in the Krebiozen jury, while the trial was in progress, to dis credit the Government's witnesses and its evidence, the Post-Dispatch learned today.

The attempts by the faction to prejudice other jurors against the Government's case began in the third week of the nine-month trial and persisted until it ended Jan. 31, some jurors said. Dr. Stevan Durovic, developer of Krebiozen and one of the defendants in the recent trial, left the United States for Paris, France Feb. 23 to be treated for a kidney ailment, his attorney said today.

Attorney Edward J. Calihan Dr. Durovic's counsel, advised federal authorities today of his client's whereabouts. At the outset of the triai and repeatedly thereafter, United States District Judge Julius J. Hoffman ordered the jurors not to discuss the case among them selves or with anyone else ne oraerea.

iw wnen i It 1 Mt I ieu nw to lain wun any- ooay aoout bus case, mat includes members of your family as well, and also all of the prospective jurors who are here with you. "That aHmnnitinn fnntinmi! mat aamonmon continues, that nrHsr nnMn, come to deliberate. That is to say, those of you who might be selected by the lawyers to serve as jurors in this case, until you come to deliberate in private in respect to a verdict or verdicts in this case." "One rank-and-file juror began in the third week of the trial to show that he had very strong opinions against the Govern-merit's case," another juror said. He continued: "This juror made it plain that TURN TO PAGE 11, COLUMN 4 SOGGY FEBRUARY BROUGHT 4 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION With February going out like a soggy lion and March expected to come in as a slightly chilly lamb, the Weather Bureau prepared today to enter spring. For most persons, spring will not arrive officially until 7:53 p.m.

March 21, the spring solstice. But the Weather Bureau, for convenience in will greet winter's end at midnight tonight. Weather Bureau records showed February to be wetter than normal. Almost four inches of precipitation was recorded, as against a normal of 1.9 inches for the month. This morning's drenching rain was followed by a light snowfall over much of the area.

A Weather Bureau spokesman, who forecast clearing skies and warmer temperatures for tomorrow, said: "It should be a beautiful March 1." i -v UROR A EFFORT KRE CA OF FUR PIECES ST. Senators Agree to Ask Him for Closed Testimony on Visits and Loan Pledges WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (AP) The sharply divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed today to renew its request to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to testify on Viet Nam policy. It did so at a closed session in which informal agreement also was reached to start voting Friday on President Lyndon B.

Johnson's request for $414,000,000 more in foreign aid for Viet Nam. Before the voting, the committee will take closed testimony on Thursday from Secretary of MlNmara: uiairman J. wiiuam ruiongni Arkansas, told reporters he would be reluctant to vote for the bill until he heard more from Humphrey abaut the lat-ter's recent Asiatic tour. Questions on Loans Fulbright said the committee agreed, without a record vote, to ask Humphrey to appear at a closed session to talk about his trip and his announcement of development loans for India and Pakistan. Fulbright said he might ask the committee to approve publi cation of a censored version of cecret testimony Mr.

Johnson, fhen vice president, gave its members in 1961, after a trip to Viet Nam. He said, however, that precedent might require agreemrnt from Mr. Johnson for its release. Senator Mike Mansfield (Dem.) Montana, said he supported the President's position that any Communist representation in a South Viet Nam coalition gov-ernment is a matter of negotiation, Criticism Softened Mansfield, the Senate Demc cratic leader, said in reply to press conference question that he did not believe calling the Viet Cong "assassins and mur- derers" as Humphrey has done -promoted chances ot getting nppotiations started. The Montana Senator softened this somewhat, however, to say the evidence seemed conclusive that the Viet Cong had earned (ho lahpl nil rvn flhpm bv Hum- r-- nuPPW thmwh such actions as beheadings ana tortures.

Mansfield made his comments as Administration forces moved toward forcing a showdown in a pair of bills bearing on the Southeast Asian war. They appear to have the votes to carry both measures the $414,000,000 aid bill and the 4.8-billion-dollar Viet Nam military authorization awaiting action on the Senate floor. Vote on Viet Nam Policy The Senators may also get a chance late today to vote on a proposal to rescind or modify Z' a III'" ilC duniviiij takeL nl steps 10 in Southeast One of the leading critics of Mr. Johnson's Viet Nam policies, Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon, has promised to introduce the rescinding pro--posal in an amendment to the Viet Nam money bill. If he does.

Senator Richard B. Russell Georgia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has said that he would TURN TO PAGE 5, COLUMN 5 5-DAY FORECAST: RAINY PERIODS Forecast for St. Louis and vicinity for the next five days: Temperatures will average near or slightly below normal through Saturday; a little copier about Thursday; normal highs are in the upper 40s and normal lows in the upper 20s; several periods of showers are likely. Trooper R. J.

Hagan of the Missouri Highway Patrol, Koplar claimed diplomatic immunity from prosecution because he is an honorary French consul in St. Louis. At first, it seemed that his con- tention might be respected. Ha- gan did not issue Koplar a sum- mons. How.ever, he did report the incident to his superiors, They doubted Koplar's claim to immunity and, after consult- ing Prosecuting Attorney Daniel V.

O'Brien, mailed a sum- mons to Koplar to answer the speeding charge in Kline's court, St. Louli Post-Dispatch HIED BX CARRIER FOR GEMINI 9 Plane Bounces Off Roof, Crashes in Construction Yard and Explodes Astronauts Elliot M. See Jr. and Charles A. Bassett II were killed today in the crash of a military plane in a landing at Lambert-St.

Louis Field. The plane struck a buildling at McDonnell Aircraft Corp. before crashing. Another NASA plane landed safe. It contained astronaut Thomas P.

Stafford, who rode Gemini into space, and Navy Lt. Eugene A. Cernan. Cernan and Stafford were the backup crew for See and Bassett. Bassett and See, flying- from the Houston, Space Center, were on an official visit to the' McDonnell plant.

McDonnell builds the Gemini space capsules. See and Bassett were members of the Gemini 9 space team, scheduled to be sent into space this summer, after the Gemini 8 flight. The T-38 training plane struck Building No. 101 where Gemini 9 and 10 are being prepared for shipment to Cape Kennedy, and flights into space. Rain and Fog The airport control tower reported that the pilot was cleared for an instrument landing shortly before 9 a.m.

in rain and fog. There was a 600- to 800-foot ceiling end visibility of one and a half to two miles. The jet was left of center on the approach to the runway. It was not learned why the pilot turned toward the large McDonnell complex, about 1000 feet from the instrument landing strip. The jet struck the roof of Building 101, a large corrugated iron building housiing engineering and administration areas called Gemini space operation.

After twice hitting the roof the plane, minus a wing, bounced clear and crashed in a courtyard littered with building material, construe tion shadks and trailers. The craft exploded. Pieces of the jet were scattered across the courtyard. One victim was de capitated. Two Catholic priests, the Rev.

Joseph T. Shocklee and the Rev. Alexander W. Lippert, administered last rites to the astronauts. The priests were at nearby St.

Ferdinand Catholic Church and were summoned by telephone. The bodies were covered with blankets pending the arrival of St. Louis County Coroner Raymond I. Harris. Plant and field fire apparatus and equipment from departments from several nearby communities converged on the scene.

There was a minor fire, which was speedily extinguished. Twelve McDonnell employes In Bulding 101 suffered shock or injuries from falling debris, the company reported. They were working on a Phantom jet fighter plane assembly line. Two of the McDonnell employes injured were Clyde Eth-ridge, 4423 Ravenwood avenue, Pine Lawn, Caken to Deaooness Hospital, and Warren Ward, Columbia, fractured left ankle. Ethridge was examined at the plant first aid station before being taken to the hospital.

His injuries were not immediately diagnosed. Tight Security Tight security was thrown around the crash scene. Navy and Air Force personnel stationed at the McDonnell plant took charge, assisted by plant guards and area police. Photographers were held in a group, but later were permitted to photograph the wreckage." A NASA accident board will Investigate the crash, it was announced. Paul Haney, public affairs director for the Space TURN TO PAGE 4, COLUMN 1 NEWS INDEX Page Book 2C Editorial 2C Everyday Maqaiina Section I-8B Ann Landers 3D Bridge 20 Crossword 70 Dr.

Molner 2D Martha Carr SD Movie Times Picture faqe ID Page Today's Women 4D TV-Radio 4D Financial I-IOC Fleeion JC Food 1-21 Kraft 3C Obituaries 5S Restoo IC Sports MC Want Ads S-ISI Weather Map 2A SPRING MISSION Hiring Hall Is One of Provisions of Proposed Temporary Strike Settlement An interim working agreement between three locals of the Building Laborers Union and the Mason Contractors Association was expected to be adopted today so that masonry work can be resumed on the Downtown Sports Stadium. The proposed agreement was drafted yesterday at a two-hour meeting between union and management representatives in the office of Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes. While the talks were in progress, hod carriers represented by the three locals picketed outside. The hod carriers carried signs saying they did not want a hiring hall clause in a new contract, prime issue in the strike that began Jan.

3. There are about 500 hod carriers in the three locals, which have a total membership of about 6000. The Build ing Laborers Union negotiates separate contracts for hod car- riers and other specialized labor groups with various contracting associations. I Union Members' Complaint Some of the hod carriers complained earlier that they had not been notified of the meeting at which the strike vote was taken prior to the Jan. 3 walkout.

Involved are Locals 42, 53 and 110 of the Building Laborers. Although the picketing hod carriers said yesterday they did not want a hiring hall clause, it is one of the provisions in the proposed interim agreement. Harold Gruenberg, attorney for the three locals, said four proposals were made for an interim agreement. Three were rejected. The final proposal would be In force until the Building Laborers Union completes negotiations with the Home Builders' Association and Associated General Contractors.

Present contracts between the union and those two associations expire May 1. Retroactive Wage Hike Gruenberg said the interim agreement specified that wages' would be retroactive to Jan. 1 and in the amount agreed to in negotiations later. The interim proposal is designed primarily to permit completion of masonry work on the Downtown Sports Stadium. If the strike continues, the stadium will not be completed in time for the baseball season this spring.

The baseball Cardinals are scheduled to play their first pame at the new stadium on May 12. The 1966 All-Star game is scheduled at the stadium for July 12. Gruenberg said the same interim agreement would be available to anv member firm of the Mason Contractors Association that wished to continue with brick work on any project in St. Louis. The proposed agreement, which is expected to be adopted today, pertains only to the Gorman Bricklaying the firm that has the contract for masonry work at the stadium.

Union Hiring Hall Under the agreement, the Gorman firm could hire, through a union hiring hall, as many hod carriers as it needed to complete the work. The Mason Contractors Association said earlier it would not accept a hiring hall clause in the contract because such a clause would result in the union controlling work projects. Today, however, W. Donald Dubail, attorney for the Mason Contractors, predicted that the temporary agreement would be adopted. The strike has made idle TURN TO PAGE 11, COLUMN 3 Sunny Tomorrow Official forecast for St.

Louis and vicinity: Clearing and cool tonight with the low around 30; mostly sunny and warmer to morrow; high in the mid to Go Hire (at) A Hall upper 50s. Temperatures POST-DISPATCH WEATHCRBmO Other trrather Information on Page 'i la.m. 39 loLJ 2 a.m. 39 CSr 3 a.m. 39 Jy)tf' 4 a.m.

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34 TMilJ? 11 a.m. 33 I 3- 12 noon 33 1 p.m. 34 2 p.m. 34 3 p.m. 33 he of in jet plane which crashed at McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

today plane exploded and burned on impact. By a Post-Diepatcto Photographer By a Post-DtepHti-ti Photofrapher AAfiociaicn Presa Wirepnotot Elliot M. See Jr. From Pot-Ilpatrh Wire Service! ACCRA, Ghana, Feb. 28 -The head of Ghana's new military regime announced today that he had arrested Khow Ami-hyia, an exile leader who asserted in London that he had a central role in masterminding the plot which ousted President Kwame Nkrumah.

Lt. Gen. J. A. Ankrah said that Amihyia was arrested shortly after his arrival here from London "because all we know about him is that he is a criminal wanted in Ghana." Amihyia told reporters today that he had mistakenly assumed when he made his announcement in Inntnn that the Thursdav whiCh ousted Nkrumah was haH nannirV, TURN TO PAGE 5, COLUMN I ADR ARRESTED GHANA REGIM Thefts at Hopper, Dorian Firms in 400 Block of North 7th A shipment of mink coats was stolen from one downtown store ast night and mink oles were taken from another shop nearby.

The value of the loss is undetermined. The shipment of coals was taken from Hopper Fur 425 iMorm aevenin street, jjiree North Seventh street. Three were taKen irom tne uo- rian Shop, 422 North Seventh street. An alarm sounded when the cylinder was removed from a door lock to gain entrance at the Honnp.r firm Trip hnrolare fled wjth the fuR fore police arrived. I he garments were were taken from a rear room.

Edward Hopper, 7536 Byron place, Clayton, owner of the firm, said that the shipment had not been processed and that the number and price of the garments had not been recorded. He said that an inventory would be de determine whether any thing was stolen. Police estimated that eight or 10 garments were included in the shipment. Police said that entrance to the Dorian Shop was gained by punching out a door lock, which later was replaced. TWO YOUTHS, both 16 years old, were captured by police last night after the pair beat and robbed Calvin Lionberger of Hermann, of his wallet and $44.

Lionberger told police that one youth followed him into his automobile, parked the 4000 block of Olive street. Lionberger got out and was seized by the TURN TO PAGE 5, COLUMN 5 WEATHER-WATCH SATELLITE JOINS ATP IM CD Arc MAIL In or ALL CAPE KENNEDY, Feb. 28 (AP) ESSA 2, a mechanical meteorologist designed to snap and transmit cloud and storm pattern photos almost in the twinkling of its camera eyes, soared into orbit today to com- plete tide world first opera- tional space weather-reporting network. Together with the earlier ESSA 1, the new weather watcher will provide a combination of global coverage every day and instant pictures to local forecasters in 22 nations. The new weather observatory was launched from Cape Kennedy at 7:58 a.m.

(St. Louis time) atop a Douglas Delta rocket that placed it in orbit about 850 miles above the earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the success of the flight and officially named the satellite ESSA 2, for Environmental Sur- vey Satellite. A Q. fit Tail section of the NASA killing two astronauts.

The IS BATTLE 40 Reds Reported Seized Hospital Uncovered From Pot-Dlspa(rh Wire Srrvlrn SAIGON, South Viet Nam, Teb. 28 Three companies of U.S. Marines lifted into action by helicopter battled a Viet Cong main force unit today 55 miles from the North Viet Nam border. The fight still raged at nightfall after more than six hours of shooting. A marine spokesman at Da Nang -aid 40 Communists were killed, against light Leatherneck losses.

The marines also captured 40 weapons, including one large artillery piece. Troops of the First Cavalry Division smashed determined Communist resistance and captured an underground hospital belonging to a North Viet Na- mese regiment. The troopers re- ported killing 22 Viet Cong and rrrino in The hospital was situated in a village south of Bong Son, about 330 miles northeast of Saigon. A two -company element of cavalrymen made contact with about two platoons of Viet Cong in fortified positions shortly after being landed in an area near the hospital by helicopter. A laborer who worked for the North Viet Namese unit tipped off the cavalrymen about the hospital.

He said he became an informer because the Communists "made we work too hard." Othar units of the First Cavalry searched the area several TURN TO PAGE 2, COLUMN MAR EA NORTH of Charles A. Bassett 4-MONTH RISE IN PRICES ENDED IN JANUARY WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (AP) The rise in consumer prices halted in January for the first time since last summer, the Department of Labor announced today, The consumer price Index leveled off at 111 per cent of the 1957-59 average, where it stood in December. This was 1.9 per cent above a year ago. (In St.

Louis, the food price Index for January was 114.4, an increase of 5.3 per cent over January 1965 and an increase four tenths of 1 per cent over December 1965.) Labor Department officials said the report was "gratifying after four consecutive months of increase." Arthur Ross, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, told reporters: "I would caution you not to make too much of this; we do not believe it is too significant." Even though the index steady, the rise in living costs since last October brought two- cent hourly pay increases for 921,000 workers in the automo- tive, farm equipment and aerospace industries. Harold Koplar, Sans Immunity, Admits Speeding, Is Fined $15 Harold Koplar, hotel executive, was fined $15 today when pleaded guilty to a charge speeding. The fine was assessed in Magistrate William Kline's court at Clayton. Kcplar, owner of the Chase- Park Plaza Hotel and a business associate of Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes, was arrested for speeding 85 miles an hour in a 70-mile-an-hour zone on Inter- state Highway 244 (Circumfer- ential) in St.

Louis county early January. When he was stopped by.