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17 Killed In
Liner Crash
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. l/P> — A
United Air Lines plane with 17
persons aboard crashed and burn
ed today. State Police at the scene
said there were no survivors.
United said there were four
crew members and 13 passengers,
including one infant, aboard the
four-engine Viscount turbo-prop,
enroute from Newark, N.J., to At
lanta, Ga.
Three thunderous explosions
were heard as the plane crashed
into a forest of trees in rolling
farmland at Homestead, Md., about
H) miles west of Baltimore.
Wreckage was strewn over an
area 100-150 yards in diameter. The
largest piece was about 15 feet
long.
The plane apparently dropped
vitrually straight down becaus
only a few tree- in the wo'v-K
were felled. It crashed about 100
yards from a cornfield.
“It was awful,” said Mrs. Clark
Gaither, who lives nearby.
“We heard a sound like a trac
tor motor choking. Then there
were flames.”
Nehru Does Not Believe
Fighting Ended Yet
Over Border Dispute
NEW DELHI, India (/Pi — Pnime
Minister Nehru said today various
diplomatic moves do not mean In
dia’s struggle against Rod China
will be over. His words were taken
to mean he believes fighting will
flare up again along India’s dis
puted Himalayan border.
A defense ministry spokesman j
reported Indian troops were carry
ing out patrols along the Red
Chinese cease-fire line in north
eastern India but he reported no
clashes.
Just before Nehru’s remarks
were announced he held confer
ences with special U.S. and Brit
ish military aid missions.
Red Chinese forces have driven
into Indian territory to enforce
their claims to Himalayan border
territory.
“We shall win this struggle, as
we must, by discipline, hard work
and sacrifice,’’ Nehru said.
The defense spokesman said the
Red Chinese were believed to be
reinforcing and consolidating their
positions won in 32 days of fight
ing.
The Indians rushed fresh troops
to the Himalayans. Feelings here
were growing stronger against the
Red Chinese terms for peace.
Physician Denies Reports
FDR Suffered 5 Strokes
Prior to His Death
CHICAGO GW — The physician 1
son-in-law of the late Franklin
D. Roosevelt denied today what he
termed perpetuated reports the
nation’s 32nd President suffered
five “little” strokes prior to his
death.
Dr. James Halsted, husband of I
the late President’s daughter, '
Anna, and a specialist in internal
medicine, said reports of the multi
ple strokes first appeared in a 1
1949 magazine article. ]
In the current December issue of 1
Today's Health magazine, publish- ;
ed by the American Medical Assn.,
Halsted said: i
“It is important to get the truth j
in order to set the record straight. 1
Otherwise this myth (of five
strokes) would lend credence to
the assumption by some people 1
that Roosevelt’s judgment was <
seriously impaired by supposed <
ill health.” ]
GO,174 Ballots Were Cast
In Nov. (> General Election
JUNEAU (7P> — A total of (>0,174
ballots, only 2,003 short of the
record number of votes cast in
Alaska in the general election of
1960. were cast during the Nov. 6
general election this year.
Figures released bv the State
Canvassing Board Wednesday
showed that the populace Anchor
age District, No. 8, led the vote
parade with a total of 18,229 bal
lots.
The 16th District. Fairbanks
Fort Yukon, was second with
8.947, followed by District No. 4,
Juneau, with 4,600 and Ketchikan
Prince of Wales, No. 1, with 3,740.
The southcentral area led in the
number of absentee ballots cast,
1.882. Southeast Alaska had 1,441;
Ci. ntral Alaska 809 and Northwest
ern Alaska 156.
The vote by district, not includ
in'; absentee ballots was:
Dist. No. 1, 3,746; Dist. No. 2,
1.525; Dist. No. 3, 2,036. Dist. No.
4. 4.600; Dist. No. 5, 1,119; Dist.
No. 6. 1,345; Dist. No. 7, 2.047;
Dist. No. 8. 18.229; Dist. No. 9.
957; Dist. No. 10, 2,279:
Dist. No. 11, 903; Dist. No. 12,
624; Dist. No. 13, 1,158; Dist. No.
14, 1,668; Dist. No. 15, 1,633; Dist.
No. 16, 8,947; Dist. No. 17. 1,218;
Dist. No. 18. 1,638; Dist. No. 19,
637.
Canvassing Board Makes
No Major Changes
In Results of Election
j JUNEAU tiP — The State Can
vassing Board completed its sur
vey of the results of the Nov. 6
general election Wednesday and
certified its findings to Secretary
of State Hugh Wade.
There were no major changes
from complete, unofficial totals
announced earlier.
As indicated by the unofficial
returns, the lineup in the State
House of Representatives will be
20 Democrats and 20 Republicans,
an even split.
Wade set 6 p.m., Pacific Stand
ard Time, tonight as the time for
the start of the three-day period
for filing applications for a recount
of ballots cast for governor and
Secretary of State.
Applications for recounts of those
ballots will be accepted only until
5 p.m. Saturday night, in accord
ance with the provisions of the
State Election Code.
Applications for a recount of
ballots in all other races will be
accepted by Wade’s office for five
days starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday
night.
Fuel Airlift to Arlis II
Reaches Halfway Mark
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (4"i—A fuel oil airlift from
i California Marine base to a
'loating ice island_near the North
Pole reached the halfway mark
rhanksgiving Day, the Air Force
*e ported today.
A Military Air Transportation
Service plane flying 3,650 miles
Hit of Elmendorf AFB dropped
11,000 pounds of fuel Thursday to
[0 scientists wintering on the is
and. Another MATS plane drop
ped 10,000 pounds of fuel and
bundles of newspapers and maga
zines to the scientists Wednesday.
These were the 7th and 8th mis
sions flown since the project be
;an Nov. 14 after the scientists on
he island, Arlis II, reported they
vere running low on fuel oil.
The oil originated at El Toro
Marine Base in California. Air
Tews from Travis flew it to Mc
?hord AFB in Washington, where
McChord crews took over.
ISussia Proposes
Agreement to KihI !
Crisis Over Cnha
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. </pt _
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister {
Vasily Kuznetsov confirmed today ,
that the Soviet Union has pro- (
posed a formal agreement to the
United States to conclude the Cu
ban crisis. ; ,
j Informed sources had said the -
j Soviet Union had put forward a (
; proposed joint declaration of the ,
j two powers in the course of talk- ,
! to settle the matter. A reporter (
asked Kuznetsov what the U. S.
i reaction was to the joint declara
tion.
| “There hasn't been an answer ,
i yet,” Kuznetsov replied,
j Ue referred to the proposed doc-j
ument as a protocol rather than a •
j joint declaration A protocol is a •
: negotiated agreement, usually
I signed, that constitutes the basis
; for a final convention or treaty or
I is attached to such a final instru
| ment.
The Soviet minister had iust had
| a 45-minute talk with Acting Sec
I retary-Gen. U Thant, with whom j
I Soviet, U.S. and Cuban delegates
| have been discussing the Cuban j
affair since soon after it flared up. '
j He would say only that the talk j
l was “good.” |
v ive Deer Roam
Seattle Streets
Thanksgiving Day
SEATTLE (JP> — For scores of
residents in Seattle’s south end
Thanksgiving was the day of the
big deer hunt.
They forsook turkey in the pan
[ for deer in th street in one of
the zaniest chases this city has
ever seen.
It started when five deer ap- 1
parently left their habitat on |
Mercer Island and swam a short
distance to the Seattle side of Lake
Washington.
Two deer were spotted grazing
in a backyard about 8 a.m. A group
of youngsters saw three others a
short time later in another yard.
The kids yelled. The deer jumped,
and the race was one.
A police helicopter hovered
overhead. Patrol cars converged on
the area. Men from the Humane
Society, the State Game Depart
ment and the City Zoo were join
ed by kids, dogs and well-meaning
spectators.
Buzz Fiorini, outdoorsman who
has been a guide for Bing Crosby,
joined the hunt. He was given a
small gun used to shoot animals
with tranquilizers.
Finally Fiorini got close enough
for a shot. Officials roped the drug
ged animal and took it to the
zoo to be released later.
By this time it was dark and
the hunt was over with four deer
still at large.
Officers figured those four would
swim for home when the hunters
went to bed.
a>T3
REQUEST FOR RECOUNT
ANCHORAGE W — A request f
for a recount of ballots cast for t
Governor and Secretary of State i
in the November 6 general elec- s
tion is being carried to Juneau to- c
day, according to a statement is- f
sued by the State Chairman of the
Renublican party. George Coooer. r
Defeated Republican candidate I
for Secretary of State. Robert A. c
Ross, left Anchorage this morning a
for Juneau, with a request signed i:
by 13 voters and cashier’s check
for $2,000 to pay the cost of the
recount.
S3 3“
m27 Million will ne
)isf ribu'ecl in January
i’o GI Insurance Holders
WASHINGTON (TP - GI jn ur
mce dividends for 1963 totaling
nore than $327 million will bo
distributed in the record time of
me month -- January —- Vet
■rans Administrator John Gleason
rr. said today.
Preside nt Kennedy announced
•osterday that the holders of Worl i
.Var T and World War II dividend
laying policies will receive a
pecial dividend of $90 million
text year and a regular dividend
if about $237 million under thi
neoded-up payment procedure.
Gleason said rc solar dividends
vhich are distributed annuallv arc
'aid on the anniversary date r-t
he original issuance of the jv licy
Once before an accelerated d;
n but: on was carried out, w!o
ho regular dividends for 1961
vore paid by mid-March.
The VA said the dividends art
Primarily a return to p hsv'n .ldw
if part of their premium payment:
ance the dexit.in rate among Gi
mlicyholders continues to be low
:r than the rate upon which th<
aremium costs were established b:
aw.
Leola P.Tise Passes Awai
FAIRBANKS (TP — Word ha
been received here of the death c
Leola P. Tise, a well-known Ala:
kn visitor Hnrincr thr> tonnrn i
Fred A. Seaton as Secretary of tV
Interior.
Miss Tise, who had been Seen
tary Seaton’s executive assistan
died Tuesday in her home town <
Melrose, Minn. Funeral service
ire scheduled for Saturday.
Miss Tise retired shortly aftei
he change in administration, a.
he had developed cancer.
Known as "Lee” to her many
riends in Alaska, she had recent
v been making plans to drive up
ne Alaska Highway to visit the
9th state again.
>er Ault Cautions West
’o Keep Guard Up
BERLIN IT — Chancellor Kon
3d Adenauer says it would be
upid for the West to let down
s guard now just because Soviet
remier Khrushchev backed down
i Cuba.
Warning that there is “no real
roof of a Soviet change of mind.”
denauer in a speech last night
so said West German troops
will stand in the front line to
efend Berlin" if the Soviet Union
[tempts to use force to settle the
ispute over this divided city.
His words were widlv cheered
y some 10,000 of Adenauer’s
hristian Democrats.
Adenauer’s remarks on the use
f West German troops for the
efense of the isolated city seem
d to be directed primarily to the
There has been fear the West
Germans would leave the Western
Hies completely alone to deal with
n attack on Berlin.
Adenauer, who came to Berlir
or a meeting of his party’s na
ional committee, appeared to be
a a less rosy frame of mind thar
ome British and American lead
rs when he warned the Wes'
gainst letting down its guard.
Some of Britain’s leaders arc
eported feeling pressures or
[hrushchev, following the Cubar
risis, may force him into accept
ble solutions of some cold wai
;sues, particularly nuclear tests.
Adenauer was optimistic enough,
owever, to predict a lull in the
erlin dispute for the time being.
.< urn *!> and
MacMillan to
Moot Ana in Soon
IIYAXNIS PORT. Ma 1* —
T' <• White Mnu (■ -,7! todav “it is
highly probable" ’cere ■ i11 be a
meeting soroei ime soon i • • '-cen
President Kennedy ; > 1 Prime
Mini-tor Han.-lb AT . "liiian of
Britain.
A- - ‘ ’ pro secret e An
T. Hatcher dee!:: I 4> be
•vnned down ar to tie-.. or soe
cifii"' on what v. ■•<;] 1 H * , *'n
■■ 'her of the W< rn
world ] odors.
\V. ■ !d off urs. ha itini: ib- Cu
ban c>': : o would be 1:■ i■ t o: ,,f
d: ■ "Msrion.
Tsc.nedv review-i the Cuban
‘ohav "'hi: key advisers.
P" ' a" uri d “we're making
nnigre -s."
Tn T ondon. governrtfent "airees
" :d MacMillan is rx • 4-■ l to
crocs- the Atlantic short Iv after
Christmas.
Washington or the Britis1 land
of Bermuda appeared to be pos
sible meeting places. The Presi
dent, and Prime Minister have met,
jin each of those places before.
7 ! The chief executive also got in
s i some sonde work on the militarv
if I half of the new budget that will
go to Congress early next year,
tf 1 The total of estimated snending
10 ■ in the present fiscal year, which
closes next June 3D. is $93.7 bil
4- , linn. This would produce a deficit
t. of $7.8 billion, whereas the admin
f irt ration originally figured on a
> surnius of SoOfJ million.
_ I Thrco planer brought in mem
bers of the Executive Committee
'of the National Securitv Council
for the review of the Cuban issue.
I The visitors landed at Otis Air
Force Base. 20 miles west of here,
jon Cape Cod. flew to Hvannis by
! helicopters, then motored to the
i Kennedy home at nearby Hvannis
j Port.
There was coffee for everybody
I in the living and dining room.
Then the meeting began around
the dining room table.
i Thanksgiving day was dark and
rainy on the Cape. Even the hardy
Kennedys considered it a little too
dreary to try touch football or
skating at the ice rink. There have
been family sports on previous
holidays here.
It wasn’t a day of complete re
laxation for the President. He got
in some paper work and gave as
| sorted other people something to
be thankful for.
!\T;itthmv’ .T Cminollv
'merits secretary to former Presi
dent Harry S. Truman, received a
full pardon. He was convicted and
j imprisoned on charges of conspir
ing to defraud the government, to
! commit bribery and perjury and
, to violate the internal revenue
| laws. The pardon came two years
after Connelly was paroled after
serving six months of a two-year
sentence.
Democrat Robert Morgenthau,
j who quit as U S. attorney for the
j southern district of New York, ran
for governor of New York and
lost, got his old job back, courtesy
, of a recess appointment from the
President. The US. Senate must.
I approve the appointment after
Congress returns to work in Jan
uary.
People who work for the gov
ernment won’t have to work Mon
day, the day before Christmas —
I they'll set a fimr-ilny weekend