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Kk rr Home of The Homestake Gold Mine Forecast Partly Cloudy IEAD VOL. 70, NO. 13 Sr-hVING LEAD AND DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA. MONDAY, AUGUST 26. 1963 LTI LEASED WIRE I Action Rushed Drillers Complete Mine Rescue Hole U.

S. Warns Of Aid Cut Virginia Schools Are Integrated Ity I'nlteil Intrrnntionnl Four previously nil while schools in Danville, Vn scene of a sometimes violent civil rights campaign during recent months, were quietly deiwgre-gated today. Seven Negroes were enrolled Seven Railroads Notifying Crews Rules to Change CHICAGO (UPI)-Seven of the nation's largest railroads have notified train crewmen their rules will be changed, they announced today. Spokesmen for the Santa Fe, Baltimore and Ohio, Illinois Central, Burlington, Pennsylvania, New York Central and Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroads confirmed that work rules changes notices went up over the weekend. The changes are to take effect at 12:01 a.m.

Thursday. Similar notices posted twice in July brought threats of a nationwide rail strike by operating unions. The Illinois Central and New York Central also notified their non-operating employes they will be laid off in the event of a strike. Most of the lines said that in the event of a strike passenger trains would continue to their destinations, although freight might continue only to the nearest "terminal" (generally a division or change point). "I think the men would bring them on in, but I am sure we will arrange to bring them in with supervisory employes in the event it was necessary," a Gulf.

Mobile Escape Capsule Tested to Pull Men from Tomb SIIKPI'TON. P.i UPI DnlLnH (iH'iati(ins slowed i. sharply t-xlay in hc if furt to rescue two niRRCii coal miners who have been buried 'M)i feet underground two weeks. Kstimates of when they may reach the surface ranged from late afternoon to late at night. Item ue workers bored past th mark without it mulor To Viet Nam SAHii'N, South Viet Nam ifl'Ii Tho failed States warned today that it make -trr; uN in Us multl -milium -dollar aid to South I Viet Nam if Pre.

ident N'no Diem's government lor.tmuei present liarsli lit ics against o- position fori WASMIM.TON (I 11 Male Department said txla I Invoice of America was "In error" when it Inilicatcil in broadcast In Asia Dial this coon try might Im preparing to sharp ly reduce aid lo Soiuli Met Nam. for the first time In the city's 11u, warning was ontmned in a white high school, a junior hiKlliVo.ee of America iVOAi broad- i Center. Left to right. Iron! row, are Dallas Tinnell, Jim Stcriihagcn, Sternhagen, anil this year's top lumberjack, Arnold (Mickey) Herustroni. Iluck row, led lo right, are Hill Spindlcr, Joel Deliiiler, Carrol domlscLI and Lloyd Itowiiinii.

ALL t'HAMl'S Displaying thrir trophies mid with the prize money tucked nu.iy in thrir jeans, these champions of the Deadwood lianiber of Commerce eighth annual Lumberjack Day, were recorded in this photo after the pancake award dinner Saturday night at the Recreation In a ruirulc Hlaleiiicnt, the le- hitch in the filial Mage of rrm-purtntciit publicly nlsolcd the ng out an existing 12 tn hoi top leadership ol the letnani- from the surface to the spot rse armv ol responsibility lorl where the two were trnpwd when a a 11 I tV Pl.) To Avert Nat'l Strike WASHINGTON (UPI) The House Commerce Committee today swiftly approved legislation deigned to Avert a nationwide rail strike threatened for Thursday. The action rniscd hopes that Congress would be able to beat the strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. EDT local time Thursday. The committee measure was similar to one approved Friday by the Senate Commerce Committee and now pending before the Senate. It would establish a seven-man arbitration board to settle the four-year-old work rules dispute.

The House committee made one significant change, however. It voted to limit arbitration to the two key issues in the controuer-sy the firemen's jobs and makeup of train crews. The Senate bill also vould provide for arbitration of other issues if collective bargaining was unable to resolve them. Committee Chairman Oren Harris, said the bill was approved unanimously. But he declined to say whether there was unanimous agreement on the amendment.

The bill now goes to the traffic cop House Rules Committee, which is expected to clear it Tuesday for a House vote on Wednesday. The Senate was scheduled to begin debate on its bill later to day. Weather By I'nitrd Vmn Intrrnatinn.il Pierre's low was Sioux Falls' high Sunday as one end nf the state had hot weather and the other was chilly. The common temperature was 69 Pinup had the highest reading PARTLY CLOUDY of 101. The overnight lows ranged from the 69 at Pierre down to 55 in the Black Hills at Deadwood.

The forecast calls for a little warmer weather in the extreme eastern portion of the state today, offsetting the chill. Otherwise, little change in tem perature is expected through Tuesday. Variable cloudiness may produce some scattered showers and thunderstorms across the state this afternoon and tonight. The lows tonight will range from 58-70. The highs Tuesday will go from 80-88 in the north to 85-95 in the south.

LEAD High temperature for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today, 85; low, 61; 8 a.m., 71. Mine office, Homestake Mining Co. DEADWOOD High tempera ture for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today, 86; low, 55; 8 a.m., 65.

Radio Station KDSJ. Fed'l Court Staff Is Arriving Here SIOUX FALLS (UPI) Federal court staff members moved to Deadwood today for the opening of the fall term of U. S. District Court Sept. 3.

Judge George T. Mickelsen will preside over the fall term. He will be absent for one week, start ing Sept. 10, to serve on the U. S.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, Mo. Judge Axel J. Beck will serve in Mickelson's absence. The court calendar now has 25 grand jury cases scheduled and nine petit jury cases.

China Slanders Russia Worse Than Capitalism MOSCOW (UPI) The Commu nist organ Pravda charged today that Communist China's press was slandering the Soviet Union with more energy and effort than it ever spent on attacking capitalism. Pravda, In a report datelined Peking, said the Chinese press uses any critical material published in the Soviet press "to condemn Isolated shortcomings" in trade or collective farms. Accuses Nasser WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-N.

wants Congress to take a "close look" at Arab activities in the Middle East and Egypt before voting more aid to the United Arab Republic (UAR). Keating said Sunday in a radio-television broadcast on New York stations that UAR President Gain Abdel Nasser was trying to inflame feeling against Israel through his propaganda efforts. COX(iRATl LATIONS A higlilight of this year's Lumberjack Day In Deadtvoort was a tree farm demoastnition and the awarding of a plaque to Lloyd Kellogg, (right) Slurgis, for having fulfilled all the qualifications as a certified tree farmer. He is being congratulated by K. (Jim) Ferrell, extension forester from South Dakota State College at Hrookings who made Ihe presentation.

Oil the left is Jerry Jensen, stale forester from Scarlisli, who presented Kellogg with the coveted tree farm sign which will lie 'Misled on his pros rty. (Sea ton Photos.) Arnold Bergstrom Top Lumberjack In 8th Annual Woodsmen's Tourney school and two elementary Danville School Supt. O. T. Bonner said four more Negro children would enter previoily white classes In other schools later this week.

The 11 Negro students were as- igneil to Danville schools by the Virginia Pupil PUcement Hoard. Danville was the scene of civil rights protests marches starting Inst May. Scores of arrests were made during the campaign. A relative nii'et settled over the city in recent weeks. A Negro leader said today the marches would be resumed this week and said it was hoped thit some of the participants in the Washing- I ton protest march Wednesday I would stop off in Danville on their way back to their homes.

In Chicago, a policeman was I injured when five Negro and I it-it. n. rtt ititi.iy in a mobile classroom site on the South Side scene of numerous racial demonstrations and arrests during the past month. Jeep Inventor Commits Suicide DAYTON. Ohio (T'PIi Karl K.

Probst, 79, the man who once built a cur that d'dn't run but later became the father of World War Us Jeep, died Sunday nt his home after apparently taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Probst had been ill for several weeks. Probst born in West Columbia. W. and moved to Columbus when he was 8 years old.

He also lived in Toledo. Lan sing and Detroit. He had remained active in the automotive field in recent years and had just completed a design for an improved Jeep seat. At the time of his death Probst was working on a design for a two-cycle automobile engine. Two More Added To S.D.

Death Toll A A total of 27 persons have been kile(1 on nighwnvs dur, August, safe driving month. The vjc(ims (our. year-old Susan McCue of Murdo who riir1 PrWlnv nicrhl aftnr a ear. truck mish o( gne was a passenger in a car driven by her teenage babysitter, Rita North, 16. of Murdo.

In a two-car crash earlier Friday, Wilbcrt George Fischer, 42, of Wagner, was killed. The two deaths brought the year's toll to 126. Last year In August 43 persons lost their lives on the state's highways. Likes Its New Caqe BOURNEMOUTH, England, (UPI I Police said today they have been having difficulty during the past week with homing pigeon which refuses to return to its owner following several days in the Bournemouth jail while its injured wing was mended. The pigeon keeps coming back to the jail, police said.

Just Like at Home DUBLIN, Ireland (UPI) -Mrs Margaret Scannell took 24 of her chickens along on her vacation Sunday because she said, "I would miss their chirping." In the realm of clean sports, there's none that can clean you as fast as horse racing. I i-ITTLO LIZl raids on lliiddlilst icigoda. It mild Ihe raids iipMrrntly were carried nut by Nilep and special Inrccs not under army control. cast which reached tins tcne city win re troops still occupy key point in strength. It came as government troops and sillce a to have smashed student resistance to the regime Government forces shot and killed one girl and carted hundreds of other student demonstrators off to Jail In crack- down Sunday.

Some estimates the number of students jailed at 2,000. Tr-e government mdio broad- order today reducing the i curfew from 11 p.m. to 3 a m. to i ai 1 1. mi'lnicht to 5 a m.

At the same Tlt.tt tit rtittil'it-f i i ernor of Saigon, 1: sued nn order authorizing miMiith to open fire i on iinv giithi-nng. demonstration! i or croup of "tniublemakers who violate the state of martial law which has been in effect since Inst Wednesdav Tlc re were no new student lem- onstrntions today, but informed sources said a student lender smuggled identical notes Sunday night lo newly-arrived S. Ambassador Henry Ijslge ami key Vietnamese generals which said, "We now hand fight against Diem over to you." The students npparentely hojied that U.S. officials and possibly dissatisfied elements in the army would take up their fight for them. Idge met this morning with Acting Vietnamese Foreign Min ister Truong Cong Ciiii.

and short ly afterwards presented his err dentlals to Diem nt the Gia Long presidential palace. He gave Diem a personal message from President Kennedy. Accompanied by 10 advisers, Lodge chatted amiably for 19 minutes with Diem. Only bits of conversation were heared by watching newsmen. It was believed that neither man touched on the explosive crisis set off by the crackdown on the Buddhist opposition, and that Islge would wait for his first private meeting with Diem to bring up the matter.

LOS LAUAMChS The audience at Irad' 1W1.1 Labor Day celebration will thrill to these Argentine whip spniallsts. Their refined Gaiicho comedy from the South American countryside will add lo the suspense and drama of their unusual whip performances. This Is but one of the 8 acts scheduled lor the celebration sponsored for years by the Homestake Aid Association. i mine shaft collapsed Hut offii ials were becoming Increasingly i autioim us the drill Sllr HTOy P. (I I'D rncrs today coniletrsl reaming mil Ihe rescue hole to two miners lrapH-il SnU (eel underground lor the isl two weeks mul pared to test a metal rapMllfl which will pull them lo the Mir-face.

approached the subtcrmnrn chamber where David r'cllln. Henry Throne. 2H. were waiting to te saved The miners mid some dust wa falling Into the cramped chamber despite concrete plug nt the bottom of th '2-inch htil. lien uie Olio mwru on- foot mark shortly Iwfote noon i.

I OIK. MM, 11 whs oecioeo 10 continue (hi hroiigh ii the men with the 17'j nrh reamer Instead of switching to a 20-m renmer. Aut ioiilies wed. however, that the ate.e would Used "II Pr fhnrmhiiry. Mate secretary of mines, snld tu.iuiltilltii Ikn lit-n lr through could lie made In three hours but he "suspected'' It would take a longer time.

He snld It would take five hours to prepare the tube for the capsule, test the capsule, and take other precautions for pulling the men up. There were fenrs the metal en-cajs- capsule, which was expected to bring the men to the surface, would get stuck In the narrow rescue shaft Officials also wanted (o decide whether to send i volunteer down to help the men Into the cnpsul. The infiKit long concrete plue pr-vrnt dirt, rock and coal being scraped out In the reaming 0sTation from fulling Into the miners' tiny prison. Shortly liefore ft m. EDT.

one rescue official spoke to Fellln over the communications system that links the miners to the world above. He asked Fellin whether he had heard nnything from third miner, l-ouis Hova, 42, and Fellin replied quietly. "No." Fellin, whose voice could be heard over a brondcastlng speaker nenr the head of the mine In which the three were entombed, also snid he had no Idea where Bova was loin ted. Nikita and Tito In Important Meet Yugoslavia (UPI) -Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President Tito met today in the ue-elusion of the hitter's Brlonl Island retreat to thresh out problems affecting Yugoslavia's relations with the rest of the Communist world. Questions believed to rank high among the matters they discussed were the expansion of Yugoslav trade with the Moscow-bloc and the adoption of a com-mon stand against Red China's brand of communism.

Driver Blinded by Sun Moderate damage was done to cars driven by James G. Clipping-er, Tremont City. Ohio, and Gordon F. Wills, Sundance, when they si(eswiped about m. Sunday, Sheriff Richard T.

McGrath repot ts. No one was injured. Wills said he was blinde4 by the sun and could not aee momentarily. The mishap occurred on U. S.

14A, west of Spearfish, and was investigated by member! ol the sheriff's office. and Ohio spokesman said. A Pennsylvania Railroad spokesman said the line's "present policy will be to get both passengers and freight trains to the nearest terminal" rather than continuing to destination. Alleged Check Artist Nabbed Near N. Hills BELLE FOURCHE (UPI)-South Dakota authorities today are holding a 19-year-old Os'slnirig, N.

youth who has admitted to authorities that he has been on a nationwide check cashing spree. Authorities said the youth, John Henry Wainwright, has admitted to them during questioning that he has cashed nearly 230 payroll checks from the United Nuclear Corp and Development Co. of White Plains, N. Y. In an eight page statement, Wainwright, who is an IBM operator for the company said he left July 16, cashed a number of checks in New York City where he bought a car and then headed for Florida, authorities said.

Authorities said he told them that he then headed for Florida, chasing checks across the southern states and into Mexico, then to Los Angeles and on into Montana Authorities arrested Wainwright Sunday near Belle Fourche after they were alerted by Montana police to be on the lookout for the car, which had been stolen at Miles City, Mont. During questioning at the Butte County jail in Belle Fourche Wain- wright told the check cashing story to authorities. Police said Wainwright told them most of the checks were written for $254.64. They said Wainwright told them he had about $50,000 in checks belonging to the company. He said he spoiled about 20 to 30 of them, but cashed the majority of the remainder.

Police said when he was arrested Sunday morning he did not have any of the checks and did not have any money with him. Stamina to Spare SCARBOROUGH, England, (UPI) Marilyn Greenwood, 17, played tennis for nearly 10 straight hours Saturday in the North of England championships, She competed in the women's singles and doubles and the un- der-21 mixed doubles. She won all but one match. Smokey Seyt oNeouaiess 1 (guaiuaptii KTHERE Piwent Sans Fires! FIRE DANGER 88 High Israel Is Set To Defend Self JERUSALEM, Israel (UPI I Premier Levi Eshkol said today that if peace is not established on the Syrian border "the Israel government is duty-bound and entitled like any other government to take steps to defend itself." He told a special session of the Knesset (parliament) that Israel would act to safeguard its sovereign rights and meet responsibilities for the security of its citizens. A United Nations truce commission is in the border area investigating clashes between Arab and Israeli troops during the past week.

One Israeli soldier was reported killed Sunday by Jordanian gunfire in the latest incident, the first clash between Israel and Jordan in more than a year. The troubled border between Israel and two of its Arab neighbors Jordan and Syria was re ported calm toray. The latest fighting broke out in the pre dawn hours Sunday across the "no man's land" dividing the ancient city of Jerusalem into Israeli and Jordanian sectors. It followed last week's clashes between Israeli and Syrian units near the Sea of Galilee. Weather Has Tinge of Autumn By I'nited Press lnternatlon-il A high pressure center over New England kept skies clear today and sent temperatures tumbling with a taste of autumn.

The Southland stayed hot and muggy, with night time temperatures in the 80s and thunder-showers on tap later in the day. Scattered showers gusted across the Northern Plains, the Virginia Highlands and down the Rocky Mountain chain. More thnn an inch of rain fell late Sunday at Mobridge, S.D. A young Lead man was named top Lumberjack of Uie day Sat-1 urday after winning two first-place trophies himself and sharing honors as a member of the first place duo and top-ranking team. He is Arnold "Mickey" Bergstrom, who was presented with two trophies and his share of the prize money at the pancake supper which officially concluded the 8th annual day-long program.

About 400 to 500 persons watched the afternoon events at the Dead-wood Amusement Park. For the third time, Carroll W. Goodsell, Nemo, won the horse skidding contest. Second place winner was John M. Carter, Spear-fish, and third went to Jack Ran-tapaa.

Lead. Another long time team of winners was Jim Sternhagen and Joel DeRider, Lead, who took first place in cross cut bucking, with Bob DeRider, Lead, and Kenneth nj a ii-. Phillips, Deadwood, second; Dallas Tinnell and Marvin Klingman, Deadwood. Tinnell teamed up with Bergstrom, to take first money in pst loading. Sternhagen and DeRider were second, and Jack and Russell Rantapaa, both of Lead, third.

In power bucking Bergstrom was first, Tinnell second, and Klingman, third. Bill Spindler, Central City, was first in the chopping contest. Second place went to Jim Sternhagen, third to John McCulpin, Central City. In the felling contest, Bergstrom was first, Don Gabel, Deadwood, second, and Russell Rantapaa, third. In the felling contest, Bergstrom was first, Don Gabel, Deadwood, second, and Russell Rantapaa, third.

The mighty woodsmen and their horses staged a tug of war as the horse pulled a log through an obstacle course. The team ol Gar- hart and Pool. Spearfish. composed of Marty Garhait, Rpearfish: Les Bowman, Deadwood Bergstrom, Klingman and Arnold Hammond. Spearfwh.

took fust place to win ine iropny. niey ucieaien me Gabel crew of Don Gabel, Good- sell, John Carter. Spearfish, Wayne Burleson, Lead, and Tinnell In addition to the cash prizes ranging from $50 to $15, contestants received trophies and merchandise prizes, donated by Dead-wood businesses. Mrs. Jim Sternhagen won the women's firewood pitching contest.

Etna Sternhagen, Lead, was second, and Mrs. Leonard Weber, Spearfish, was third. In the snowshoe race, winners for the girls were Joyce Strong, Spearfish, first; Sandy Nelson, Rapid City, second; Jody Garhart, Spearfish, third. For the boys, Wesley ,1. rit.

fn- i roll Goodse 1 Nemo, second, In the 8-9-year old class in the pine cone and sack race, Joan Nelson, Rapid City, was first; Monica Lackey, Deadwood, was second, and Jeannie a Deadwood, was third. In the 10-12 year old class, Mike Asher, Dead-wood, was first; Mike Wells. Lead, was second, and Bogden Wilccyn-ski, Lead, was third. The prizes and trophies were presented at a pancake dinner at the Deadwood Recreation Center, which followed the afternoon program at the Amusement Park. Melvin Hoherz, president of the Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the event, was master of ceremonies.

He was assisted in making the awards by John Gar-hart, general chairman of the committee, and Elmer Pontius, Dead-wood, co-chairman. The pancake dinner was prepared and served by chamber com-(Continued on Page 6) 1.

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