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THE AWFUL TRUTH ... OR A GREAT LIE
(Atlanta Journal)
ALL THE RIGHTS enumerated in the U.S. Constitution,
^ there is not one which allows anyone to tell lies—neither the
individual, the corporate body or any level of government. Yet
an important federal official has said that the government has just
such a right. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester said
in December that it is the "government’s right, if necessary, to lie
to save itself when it’s going up into a nuclear war." The question
of the existence of such a "right" is being taken up by a con
gressional investigation committee. It is looking into government
information policies.
Mr. Sylvester’s statement has its roots in the government’s
handling of news during the Cuban crisis. It was during this
period that the phrase "managed news" came to the fore. The
use of the word "lie” does not set well with the press and it cannot
be expected to get a better reception from the American people.
It can do nothing to increase respect for this country.
Granted, lying could be an extreme measure that would be
needed during a period of great national danger. But where is the
line to be drawn for deciding the necessity of a lie? When is it
being used to save the United States or to benefit only the ad
ministration which happens to be in office? There has always
been too much lying in Washington. There is no need to state
it as a national policy.
Persistent Rumors True;
Rockefeller Marries
NEW YORK UPi — Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller was married Saturday
to Mrs. Margaretta Fitler Murphy
at suburban Pocantino Hills.
Only immediate members of the
families of the 1964 Republican
Presidential nomination possibility
and the recently divorced Mrs.
Murphy attended the ceremony.
The couple left Sunday for a
honeymoon in Venezuela at the
governor’s ranch, Monte Sacro.
The wedding, culminating ru
mors for the past several weeks of
a romance, was performed at noon
at the home of Rockefeller’s
brother, Laurence.
The marriage of New York’s
governor was announced by the
Rockefeller Bros. Office.
The Rev. Marshall Smith of the
Union Church of Pocantico Hills
performed the ceremony.
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NEAR MISSES
ANCHORAGE UP> —Alaska’s 20
member state senate missed by just
one minute in sharing in the
$85,000 payoff of the legalized lot
tery on the Nenana Ice Classic.
The ice at Nenana moved out at
6:25 p.m. Sunday and the state
senate held a ticket for 6:26 p.m..
Among the near misses was
James K. Larson of Anchorage,
who was one minute off this year
—improving on an earlier try at
the big prize when he missed by
two minutes.
Larson said he contineus to keep
trying, hoping for better luck next
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Three AC & W
Sites to Close
Down In Alaska
ANCHORAGE <*> — Three Air
Force Aircraft Control and Warn
ing Stations in Alaska are to be
closed down late this summer, it
was announced Saturday.
The sites, operated by the Alas
kan Air Command, are located at
Ohlson Mountain, near Homer; at
Bethel and at Middleton Island in
the Gulf of Alaska.
According to information re
ceived," the three sites were select
ed for closure after “extensive
evaluation in which it was deter
mined that the command opera
tional requirements would permit
closure without any reduction of
effectiveness.”
Elimination of the sites is viewed
by military authorities as giving
the Alaskan Air Command Com
mander, Maj. Gen. Wendell Bow
man, a closer-knit command re
sulting in more effective personnel
management while still providing
the continent with protection it
needs.
The move is being made in co
ordination with the North Ameri
can Air Defense Command.
More than 300 military men and
five civilians are involved in man
ning the three radar warning out
posts scheduled to be closed.
The largest group, 150 military
personnel and one civilian, is in
volved in operation of the Middle
ton Island station.
At Ohlson Mountain, the site
is manned by 99 military men and
three civilians. A total of 104 mili
tary men and one civilian is sta
tioned at the Bethel base.
Some of the men involved are
expected to be transferred to
other Alaska AC & W sites while
others will rotate from the state
late this summer.
With the closedown of the three
sites, a total of 21 AC & W sta
tions will be left operating in
Alaska. A link in the DEW Line
system, they are located in all
parts of Alaska. The stations in
corporate radar warning equip
ment together with White Alice
communications facilities.
U.S. Woman Flyer Crosses
Atlantic In Light Plane
LONDON — An American
woman flier and a man crossed
the Atlantic in a light plane Fri
day night, missed their destina
tion by 600 miles and landed Sat
urday morning on an island off
Scotland with a 10-minute supply
of fuel left.
They were identified as Barbara
Kiernan, Andover, Mass., a di
vorced mother of four, and William
Stetson, Miami, Fla.
The plane was headed for
Shannon, Ireland, on a hop from
Gander, Nfld.
Miss Kiernan said they were
ferrying the plane from Fort Lau
derdale, Fla., to an air show in
London.
Traveling by way of Boston and
Gander, they took off across the
ocean Friday night.
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Frol Kozlov, Regarded
As Heir to Khrushchev,
Suffers a Thromobsis
MOSCOW GW — The Kremlin
took the unprecedented step Sat
urday of announcing that Frol
Kozlov — regarded as the heir
apparent to Premier Khrushchev—
was ill. Well informed sources
said he had suffered a throm
bosis.
A thrombosis is a clot of blood
somewhere in the circulatory sys
tem.
The informants said they were
unable to learn in which part of
the body the clot had formed but
were told it would likely keep
Kozlov, 55, in a hospital for a
period of months.
Rumors circulated here that
Kozlov had suffered a brain
hemorrhage. But informants re
ported this was not so.
The announcement published by
the Central Committee of the So
viet Communist did not say what
ailed the secretary of the Commu
nist party. He has a history of
heart trouble.
Another source, while confirm
ing that it was thrombosis, said
it had occurred in the brain and
had caused a degree of paralysis.
A Western doctor explained that
a thrombosis could easily occur
after damage to the heart such as
suffered by Kozlov two years ago.
Then he was laid up for a pro
longed period with a heart at
tack.
The doctor explained that a
damaged heart might permit a clot
to form any place in the circula
tory system.
In several quarters Kozlov was
said to have been ill for several
weeks. He last appeared at an
official meeting on April 8.
Pentagon Will Have
2nd Senate Investigation
WASHINGTON UP) — The Penta-!
gon is about to have a second Sen
ate investigation of its contract
awards on its hands.
Sen. John Stennis, (D-Miss.),
said Friday the Preparedness Sub
committee will look into the De
fense Department’s award of a
research and development con
tract for a vertical takeoff and
lahding plane for the Navy. Sten
nis said the contract went to Bell
Aerospace Co., “despite the fact
that the Department of the Navy,
which was the service responsible
for procurement, had recommend
ed that the award go to Douglas
Aircraft Co.”
The investigations subcommit
tee headed by Sen. John McClel
lan, (D-Ark.), has been examining
the Pentagon’s award of the TFX
warplane contract to the General
Dynamics Corp. Air Force-Navy
selection boards had recommended
that the contract go to the Boeing
Co.
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Chateaugay Is Winner
Of 89th Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The
winner of the 89th Kentucky
Derby Saturday was Chateaugay.
Never Bend was second; Candy
Spots third; On My Honor fourth;
and No Robbery fifth.
The race was worth $108,900
to the winner of the mile and one
quarter classic. Chateaugay paid
a juicy $20.80, $7.80 and $3.60.
A crowd of 100,000 watched the
event, run on a lightning-fast
track a field of nine started in
the test for outstanding three
year-olds.
The record time for the derby
is two minutes and two-fifths sec
onds. This was set last year by
Decidedly. The winning time Sat
urday was two minutes, one and
four-fifths seconds. The winning
jockey was Braulio Baeza. The
winning stable was the Darby
Barn Farm — owned by John
Galbreath — owner of the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
Justice Dept. Takes
Action to Allow Negro
Voters to Register
WASHINGTON (/W — The Justice
Department asked today for a
federal court order forbidding the
sheriff of Rankin County, Miss.,
from attempting by threats or
violence to discourage the regis
tration of Negro voters.
Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy said
the suit, filed in U.S. District
Court in Jackson, Miss., was based
on the reported assault Feb. 1
on three Negroes at the county
court house in Brandon, Miss.
The government alleged in the
suit that Sheriff Jonathan Ed
wards Jr. and two other men
struck the Negroes and forced
them out of the court house before
they could fill out voter registra
tion forms.
Royalty Adopts Blue Jeans
LONDON — Blue jeans have
finally been displayed by Princess
Anne, only daughter of Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Anne will become a teen-ager
Aug 15, but she jumped the gun
a bit when it came to the uniform
of the teens.
The blonde princess turned up
in a pair at Royal Windsor Park
Sunday, just 12 days after she
bad been chief bridesmaid at the
wedding of her cousin, Princess
Alexandria at Westminster Abbey.
In addition to sporting jeans
n public for the first time, she
also drove her daddy’s car in pub
ic for the first time.
Had the Princess driven the car
)n a public road she w’ould have
broken the law, being under the
egal driver age of 17 and lacking
jroper license. Windsor Park is
>rivate crown property, belonging
o her mother, so she broke no
aw.
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