Archie Moore May Be
Stripped of Light
Heavyweight Boxing Title
NEW YORK UP) — Archie Moore
may be just days away from
being stripped of the last shreds of
the light-heavyweight champion
ship he won nine years ago.
Technically the old campaigner
has a week in which to sign for
a title fight with either Harold
Johnson or Doug Jones or face
suspension by the New York State
Athletic Commission.
But the Commission, in extend
ing the time limit Friday, in
cluded a clause that the title
would be declared vacant if
Archie signed for any bout in
another weight class before de
fending against Johnson or Jones.
Los Angeles promoter George
Pamassu — and Moore confirm
ed — that Archie signed a month
ago for a non-title heavyweight
fight with Alejandro Lavorante of
Argentina in Los Angeles March
30, apparently violating the New
York group’s ruling.
To further complicate matters,
Moore said he wants to defend
his light-heavyweight title—if he
still has one—against NBA mid
dleweight champion Gene Fullmer
before fighting Johnson or Jones.
New Lure for Anglers
NEW YORK W — A motor
powered fish lure — claimed to
be the first — is among new
products this week.
A miniature marine electric
motor drives a tiny propeller for
as long as four hours at a time.
An adjustable rudder permits the
fisherman to set this “Presto
Motor-Lure” and to go in as wide
a circle as he likes, eliminating
the need for trolling. A pair ol
three-prong bait hooks hangs from
the underside.
The buzzing sound which at
tracts fish is similar to that of a
disabled bumble bee, says the
maker, Presto Dyechem Co.,
Yonkers, N.Y.
I Second Decade of Second
Elizabethan Era Begins
LONDON OP — The second
decade of the new Elizabethan
Era began Tuesday with artillery
and flag salutes to Queen Eliza
beth II and toasts in the pubs to
a long and happy reign for the
35-year-old monarch.
Elizabeth was expected to spend
the 10th anniversary of her be
coming Queen quietly with her
family. It was a day of leave
taking for the monarch and her
husband, Prince Philip, who
leaves for a two-month tour of
Latin-America.
It was also a day of sad mem
ory, the 10th anniversary of the
death of her father, King George
VI. She was in Africa on Feb. 6,
1052, dressed in slacks, excitedly
watching wild game, when the
news was brought that the King
had died and she was Britain’s
ruler.
Telegrams flooding into Buck
ingham Palace indicated her place
in the heart of the vast number
of Britons is as strong as ever.
Newspapers trumpeted loyal
toasts.
No sovereign, said the Daily
Telegraph, has more completely
realized the fusion of mystery,
splendor and plain humanity than
has the second Elizabeth.
“The Crown,” it said, “can no
longer provide a bond union be
tween the kingdoms and republics
of the Commonwealth; the Queen
can. In her they have seen
courage, devotion to her high
duty, radiant happiness in worth
ily fulfilling it. By such qualities
hearts are won.”
To Visit Poland
WASHINGTON m — Edward
i M. Kennedy, President Kennedy’s
I youngest brother, will visit Poland
sometime this month, diplomatic
sources report.
These sources said Friday that
the trip is entirely private and
there are no arrangements for
him to meet with leaders of the
country’s Communist government.
t JUST ONE YEAR OF SCHOOL
Lincoln Educated Himself
If Abe Lincoln were a boy today, most of ns would despair of hit
future. He'd be a first-rate example of an “underprivileged boy who
never had a chance.”
Amazingly enough, the man who became 16th President of the
United States and a legend in his own lifetime never bad more than
ft year of formal schooling. All'
that he learned was self-taught,
with the help of borrowed or sec
ondhand hooks and later, as a
young lawyer, The Encyclopedia
Americana.
Young "Abe's first encounter
with learning came early, when
he lived in Knob Creek, Ken
tucky. There his untutored father
occasionally permitted‘ Abe to
leave his chores to attend a log
schoolhouse two miles away.
Lincoln’s next experience with
school came in 1819. Then ten
years old, he got enough school
ing to be able, as he said later,
"to read, write and cipher to the
Rule of Three.” This marked the
end of his formal education—a
total of less than a year.
Scholars, amazed at Lincoln’s
erudition, have probed his read
ing. It is known that he read
Robinson Crusoe, Pilgrim’s Prog
ress, Aesop’s Fables and other
books still popular with boys to
day. Later in his twenties, he
turned to Shakespeare and Rob
ert Burns.
In 1886, after studying law at
night, Lincoln passed his
but by today’s standards he was
•till an uneducated man. It was
not until later that his education
matured, to give him the knowl
edge and wisdom that eventually
brought him to this Residency.'
In 1848, Lincoln was disheart
ened about his polities! future.
He devoted himself to his lsw
rand to study:'Anxious to
icana for his library. This first
and uniquely American encyclo
pedia, issued in 1829, was already
phenomenally successful. Recog
nizing its value, he ranged
eagerly through its many vol
umes, whose pages contained the
knowledge that he needed for his
future.
The campaigns of the late
1850's, in which he participated,
demonstrated the new authority
and intellectual stature that Lin
coln had gained.
The $0 centurieg of wisdom
contained in his set of The En
cyclopedia Americana gave a
chance to a poor boy who, some
thought, “would never amount to
anything.”
This invaluable* reference
worluwhich Was mown from Lin
coln's 14-volume set to today's
80-volumes, is now revised an
nually, and continuerto serve's*
Commie Students
Break Up Tokyo
Speech by Bobby
By Conrad Fink
j TOKYO — Thousands of
i students at Tokyo’s V/aseda Uni
versity gave Robert F. Kennedy
a roaring, cheering welcome Tues
| day, but shouting, jeering leftists
i broke up a speech by the U.S. At
torney General. It was the first,
hostility Kennedy has met on his
visit to Japan.
It was estimated that hecklers
| totaled fewer than 100.
Kennedy and his wife, Ethel,
stood calmly on the university
stage despite the pandemonium,
then left the auditorium building
through a rear door. Mrs. Ken
nedy was hit in the stomach by
a gesticulating cheer leader
trying to drown out the hecklers,
but she quickly recovered her
composure.
“I think the vast majority of
the students were friendly,” the
President’s brother said later. “I’m
just sorry we didn’t get more of
a chance to exchange ideas. I’d
like to go back.”
Thousands of students swarmed
about Kennedy’s car as he drove
into the university grounds to
cheers of “Kennedy- Kennedy!
and cries of “shake my hand.”
The American visitor was liter
ally carried up the steps of the
building. Police and university
security officials finally managed
to get the disheveled Kennedy in
side, but he turned and waved'
out the door, shouting “thank
you!” A thunderous cheer went
up from the students.
| The auditorium was packed with
about 6,000 students. As Kennedy
waited to begin his speech, a dis
turbance broke out in the front
rows and several youths tried to
climb on the stage. Small knots
of strategically located young
people set up cries of “Kennedy
go home. Kennedy off the plat
' form. Cuba. Okinawa.”
Most of the students kept quiet,
and the Attorney General plunged
resolutely into his speech, review*
ing his brother's policies. When
he said he would discuss the “re
sponsibilities of living in a demo
cratic nation,” strong applause
broke- out, but jeering, shouting
students in the rear of the hall
drowned out the rest of his re
marks
The Zengakuren Leftist stu
dents’ group said representatives
from 30 of its chapters were lit
the university to ask questions of
Kennedy and present petitions.
The Zengakuren organization led
tfce 1960 riots that resulted in
cancellation of President Dwight
Eisenhower’s visit £0 Japan,
j Ambassador Edwin O. Rei
schauer said he thought the in
cident would backfire on the agi
tators.
“It provided a good case of the
Communists exposing themselves
for what they are; a small minor
ity trying to dominate the ma
jority—and that point became ob^
vious to everyone else in the
room,” he said.
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Commissioner Downey Defends Men
In Charge of State’s Highway Program
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU UP> — Public Works
Commisioner .Richard 'Downing
Monday night described the men j
in charge of the state’s highway J
program as “capable as any men j
available to us at the time they !
were hired.”
Testifying at the opening session
of a special Senate highways in
vestigation, Downing said he has
been satisfied with the overall
performance of state highways
chief Thurman Sherard.
Downing extended this remark
to include A1 Gardner, assistant
state highway engineer for opera
tions; deputy commissioner Law
rence Wilson; Don Roser, assistant
state highway engineer for admin
istration; and A1 Baca, state right
of way section chief.
A standing room only crowd of
some 250 persons had shouldered
their way into the Superior Court
room on the fifth floor of the
Capitol Bldg, by the time Down
ing started testifying at 7 p.m.
Judging from the action, the
investigation will be a prolonged
affair, lasting far beyond the
hoped-for cutoff date of Feb. 15.
Members of the committee,
through their questioning, took
Downing on a disjointed trip
through the operations of the Di
vision of Highways arid its parent
department, Downing’s agency.
Downing read a lengthy state
ment to start his testimony, cover
ing various phases of the state’s
highway program, and then as
sured Chairman Sen. McNealy
that any employe of the Public
Works Department would be free
to testify without fear of “con
sequences.”
Downing said he could not pin
the idea of a savings in the 186.1
highway program to any individ
ual or specific meeting.
It was this anticipated savings,
from a 1960 change in the federal
state matching formula for the
federal aid highway program,
which lead the administration to
ask, for a supplemental appropri
ation of $4,008,333 this session.
The anticipated savings did not
materialize.
* Downing told Sen. Vance Phxl
m
lips that the error which ultimate
ly resulted in the supplemental
appropriation request originated
in the Highways Division, how
ever.
Downing said he could find no
fault with Sherard’s overall engi
neering ability, “but I do think he
needs some work in overall ad
ministration.”
In response to a question from
Sen. Brad Phillips, Downing said
his office had been given some
erroneous dates by the Division
of Highways in connection with
project starting times.
This is the reason Gov. Wm.
Egan advanced on Jan. 26 in con
firming news reports that he had
asked for Sherard’s resignation
at the conclusion of the Senate
highways probe.
“It was a source of irritation,'*
Downing said, “but I didn’t take
it to heart because I knew the
dates were only estimates.”
Downing described the Public
Works Department’s relations with
the Bureau of Public Roads as
good.
LISTED AS SUICIDE
SEATTLE UP) — The death of
Alfred Shyman, 70, retired Seat
tle businessman who was active
in Alaska affairs, was listed as a
suicide yesterday by the King
County Coroner’s office.
Shyman’s body was found Mon
day in a hotel bathtub. A note
said he was despondent over ill
health.
Shyman formerly was president
of Alaska Distributors and chair
man of the Alaska Division of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Repeal Tax on Punehboards
JUNEAU OP — A bill which
would repeal the tax on punch
boards was introduced in the Sen
ate yesterday by Sen. A1 Owen.
The present tax is $2 for each
board of 2,000 holes or less and
$4 for each 1,000 holes on a board
with more than 2,000 holes.
Seventy-five per cent of the
tax collected within an incorpo
rated municipality is refunded to
the municipality.
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