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Laos Communiquelnclian Peace Po licy
Plays Up - Fighting To Continue—Nehru
VIENTIANE„ Laos(iP) Some' and cooperate in the formation 150. 1 shells at the defenders. •
of a national unity government U.S. army officers in the field
shots have been fired again in. under Prince Souvanna Phou- . as observers aid U.S. recon
the Laotian civil war and Pre-' ma the neutralist premier.. naissexice fliers keep in close
designate. touch with developments across
mier Prince Boun Oum's gov- I military men, who havel the jungle kingdom.
Western
ernment issued a communique taken previous The government's communique.
`charges of North second of art alarmist nature
yesterday playing up the action as p Vietnamese in )in 24 hours, was authorized
fierce fighting. Informed Westernit e rvention with Gen. Phoumi Nosavan, pro
sources played it down as minor several grains of ;tern deputy whose arm has
skirmishing. lsalt. said they i built up with American y
help
Communist North Viet Nam had no confirmed n 25.000 to 70.000 men.
Was'a accused anew of reinforcing;evidence of Red Boun Oum reneged last month
he: neutralist-Pathet Lao rebels reinforcem e nt s his agreement to join in such
behind lines largely dormant since' or any major re- regime --to include rightists.
the proclamation of a cease-fireisurgence of bat- stralists and the Pathet Lao
last May. The communique named: tlefield activity. pro-Communist Prince Sou
two North Vietnamese regiments; The point of ohanoueong, Souvaruates half
which allegedly moved into Xieng; agreement wa s
brother,
Xhouang Province. 1 that there had sewvemns rim"" 1 Thel4-nation Laotian confer
been trouble, what ever its scope.
These was speculation among ! lence in Geneva unanimously in-
Westerners,on the Tha Thom sector southeast
that the communi- ,vited the feuding princes—whose
quo , wet , aimed to revive fears lof Xiang Khouang. ! Vientiane summit conference col
of a new and perhaps broader , Western sources reported there lapsed at fits outset Dec. 27—to
war in retaliation for U.S. pres- ; was some fighting there, not onlsettle their differences in Gene
sure on Boun Oum to bow out . any great scale. The government va.
___ ; said the rebels launched a violent: The main argument is on wheth
-1 attack on Tha Thcim after Soviet'er rightist, neutralist or Pathet
planes dropped them weapons and Lao men shoUld hold the key min
supplies. By its account, rebeliistries of the interior police and
105 mm howitzers fired more than defense.
Conferences
Set on Slate
For Congress
Radar Speed Checking
WASHINGTO (Al') Presi
dent Kennedy N
returned to Wash
ington last night for conferences Passes First Legal. Test
which /will bear heavily on the,
fate of his program in the congres-' PITTSBURGH (t 1)) Pennsylvania's newest weapon
sional session opening next week.' against highway speeders—radar—passed its first legal test
The - thief executive's big jet'
landed at Andrews Air Force yesterday.
Base in nearby Maryland at 5:56 Presiding Judge Benjamin Lencher of Allegheny County
p.m. EST after a flight of an hour
and 38 minutes from West l'alml Court upheld constitutionality of the radar speed law in
Beach Fla. - finding truck driver W. L. Bartley of Irwin guilty of speeding
Kennedy left at once for the'on the Pennsylvania Turnpike/1
White House by car. Bartley is liable to a fine'of;
Mrs. Kennedy and the cou- IVO. But his counsel. Atty. A. A.Army Reaches.
ple's two children will - remain Bluestone said the verdict Would !
a few days . longer at the Palm be appealed to the State Superior.— -
Beach .oceanfront estate where JCourt. • , Top Manpower 1
the first family spent the holi- I The test case arose last Sept. ,
I
days. I
' , . I 17 when Bartley. a driver for 1 WASHINGTON (AP) The
_ . .
The President plunges today! the Kramer Bros. freight line.
into meetings with congressional: was stopped and given a ticket i
leaders he will call on to pia; by state police who had clocked I
through the legislative proposals! his
.speed with radar. , ~
he will offer the session which be Officers said Bartley was tray-'
gins_ Wednesday. ; cling 60 miles an hour in a 50-i
With a few hours out for a ,
mile zone between the Butler'
political sortie to Ohio 'today :Valley and Allegheny Valley in
'
; terchanges.. Bartley claimed he'
through the weekend.
Kennedy plans to work right
; tuns; driving at 49 miles an hour.'
He later received a summons 1
Between discussions of legisla-J to pay at o 1 0 fine and-S5 costs,
Live strategy. he will meet with but he posted bond and ap- e
his 'top Berlin lieutenant and his pealed to the county court.
intelligence chief to review fotrignj A 'vehicle being checked by;
problems..
,radar goes through the narrow .
Before leaving Florida Friday,jradar hewn in only a fraction of
Kennedy visited his ailing-but-la second, but that is long enough
improving father, took .a - boat Ito pinpoint its speed with almost
ride and got an encouragin re-perfect accuracy according to
—port on U.S.4pace progress, 'state polike.
New Candidates Join Hopefuls
In Governorship , Senate Races
HARRISBURG (AM —Pennst•lt: availability for either post. The
vania's major parties have lots of political speculation casts him in
unofficial candidates for governor the role as GOP candidate for the
and/or the U.S.Senate this \ ear. Senate
but only three have Identrfled- elli(hardson Dilworth, Plula- 1
themselves as actively seeking a delphia mayor, is virtually un
ion post opposed a§ a prospect for the ,
The list of announced midi- Democratic nomination foi gover- reru Kills Special Powers
dates for governor grew Thurg- nor. LIMA, Peru (AP)—Peru's Sen
day night when Sen. George N. •Clark appears to be unopposed ate Thursday n“tht adopted a
Wade. . R -Cumber land reported for the Senate seat. If he should House-approved bill repealing the
he is seeking the chief executive change his mind. Gov. Lawrence:country's law giving President
job and has the backing of four._ who cannot by law succeed Manuel Prado special powers to
county chairmen himself as governor could be repel Communist infiltration. The
He would, be seeking the Repub. available vote was unanimous
lican nomination ,against Elkins - •
Wetherill. Montgomery C o u n t s
commissioner.
The third announced candidate
from the major Parties- is U.S.
Sen, Joseph S. Clark, who said
early last year that he plans to
seek re-election.
That leaves a,large field of un
announced "candidates."
*Superior Court Judge Robert
E. Woodside has made no pub
he ,pronouneement of his candi
dacy, but reportedly. has the in
side track for the gubernatorial
nomination.
•Rep. James E. , Van Zandt.
Blair - County -has indicated his
THEDAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
A GALLERY TALK BY HERBERT AACH
AT HIS ONE EXHIBITION
HETZEL UNION BUILDING GALLERY
TUESDAY JANUARY 9, - 1962 - 7:00 P.M._
Army has cut sharply its draft
calls for the next two months be
cause it has reached its manpow
er goals, including personnel to
,man two new regular divisions or
kiered activated this week.
The Defense, Department an
nounced yesterday a February
draft call of 8,000 men and one
for March -of 6,000, all for the
!Army. The Navy, Marine Corps
, and Air Force do not intend to
; ask the Selective Service for any
!draftees.
The March figure is the same
!as that for" last July before the
(threat to Berlin set off quick
'reinforcement of U.S - .3 military
'strength. The draft q.uotas rose to
i 13.000 in August and hit a peak
!of 25,000 'in September. They
'have been easing off since.
One big factor in reaching the
"strength objective," the depart
;meat said., was" a big jump in
(voluntary enlistinents a 20 per
'cent improvement.
Half of the manpower increase
during the buildup has come
(from inductions., This figure does
!not include the callup of 119.000
National. Guardsmen and-Reserv
ists in that period. •
PATNA. India (iP)--Prime Minister Nehru declared yes
terday India's "policy of peace will continue" despite the fact
some American and British newspapers have called him a
hyprocrite because of India's occupation of Portuguese Goa
and other territories by force.
In a one-hour speech to India's ruling Congress party
convention. Nehru said: "Thesel
newspapers described me as a
double-faced man, a humbug and
a hyprocite.
•
"They . said I was pretending to Pakistan- ..
be ail angel of peace on one hand: The resolution, drafted by Neh
and a tyrant on the other." Iru and certain to be accepted by
The United States and Brit- the full convention, accused In
dia's neighbors of being "in if
ahl, he said, were angered be- legal and forcible occupation of
cause "they do not like Asia and
our territories," but said the gov-
Africa moving forward and
ernment "should seek all avenues
progressing. They do not like theof . •":
world changing and changing so ! peaceful settlement."
fast and so rapidly. - 1 ._..
One reason India acted In Goa:Bus Company, Union Agnma
•
was that it might become a for- WILLIAMSPORT..Pa: (AP)—A
eign military base, especially since federal mediator reported yester-
Portugal was a member of the d a y that a tentative agreement
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-lh as been reached between the
tion, and threaten India's neutral - Edwards Motor Transit Co. and
ity, Nehru said. 'its union bus drivers and me
- Nehru spoke after a Congress , chanics.
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