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NEW PATTON TANK PLUNGES THROUGH WATER HOLE
Shedding water like an ascending sub
marine, the new Patton ‘“48” tank comes
through a water hole after being com
pletely submerged in 20 feet of water
during a demonstration at Newark, Del.
Fed Negotiators Offer New Plan
For Breaking Truce Talk Deadlock
UN Was Factor
10 Stop Russia,
Iruman Reveals
By EDWARD E. BOMAR
WASHINGTON July 3 (AP)—
President Truman told Congress
today the United Nations made it
possible to stop Russia. He said
American “go it alone” advocates
would invite World War 111.
The Kremlin policy of conquest
might have been irresistible, he
said, “if it had not been clearly
and decisively brought to the bar
of world opinion in the U. N.”
Can Win Peace
“We can win peace, but we can='
not win it alone,” the President
said. “And above all, we cannot
win it by force alone. We can win
the peace only by continuing to
work for international justice and
morality through the United
Nations.”
Submißting an annual report
which detailed United States re
lations with the international or
ganization, Truman said in an
accompanying letter that although
these relations have been carried
on mostly on a non-partisan basis,
there have been partisan attacks.
“Some of these attacks are made
in a spirit of impatience that can
only lead to the holocaust of world
wide war,” Truman said. “Most of
those who urge us to “go it alone’
are blind to the fact that such a
course would destroy the solid
progress toward world peace which
the United Nations has made in
the past seven years. I am con
fident that the American people
will reject these voices of despair.”
He did not identify any of the
“go it alone” advocates. Gen.
Douglas Mas Arthur used the
phrase in his address to Congress
last year after Truman relieved
him as Far East commander,
Bristled With Blame
The President’s letter of trans
mittal bristled with blame of Rus
sia for dimming post-war hopes of
peace,
“The Soviet leaders have been
dominated by their doctrines of
Communism, by the concept of the
use of force, unchecked by ethical
considerations,” he said. “This con
cept has led the Kremlin into a
course of international conduct
which threatens the peace of the
world, By stirring up class war
fare, subverting free governments,
and employing lies, intimidation,
and conquest, the Soviet Union*has
pursed a policy of extending its
control without regard to the
sovereignty of other nations or re
spect for their rights.”
Reports Progress
Since the Korean attack two
vears ago, Truman said the free
world has made progress which
“has now begun to tip the scales
toward real security for ourselves
%x"ul "all other peace-loving peo
ples.
Secretary of State Acheson in a
foreward said the 326-page report
15 a record of “steady, cumulative
brogress through the U. N. toward
the lfz‘oal of a peaceful and secure
world.”
FORTY LASHES
LONDON July 3 (AP) — The
best way to eurb crime, says Brit
ain’s lord chief justice, is to bring
back the old fashioned whipping
post. Gangsters, he said, should be
Whipped and ridiculed.
The nation’s No. 1 jurist, Lord
Gobbard, told a meeting of London
Judges last night that the four
vear-old ban on corporal punish
ment should be ended.
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ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Service
The tank, which has many new features,
was christened by Mrs. George S. Patton,
jr., widow of the famous tank commander
of World War II fame. — (AP Wire
photo.)
UN Gets Compromise On Koreans,
But Reds Ask Return Of Chinese
MUNSAN, Korea, July B.— (AP)—Communist negotia
tors today offered a new plan for breaking the Korean
truce talks deadlock, but an Allied spokesman said the
prolp;osal contains a “lot of gimmicks and potential gim
micks.”
Major General William K. Har
rison, jr., said the Red plan “may
be an important one and it may
not.”
The Reds indicated they would
ease their demand for return of
all military prisoners in United
Nations stockades, provided the
20,000 Chiense captives are re
turned. They asked for secret ses
sions to discuss the proposal.
Asked Adjournment
Harrison, the senior Allied ne
gotiator, immmediately called for
adjournment until Friday, 9 p. m.,
(EST, Thursday), to study it. He
did not reply to the Communist
demand for secret sessions.
“The exact meaning and the full
significance of the Red proposal is
not immediately apparent to the
United Nations command,” said
Brig. General William P. Nuckols,
U. N. spokesman.
Allied refusal to repatriate any
prisoner who does not want to go
homre has deadlocked the truce
talks for weeks.
New Proposal
The new Red proposal closely
resembled the Communists’ May
offer. Then, the Reds demanded
return of 116,000 North Korean
and Chinese prisoners of war,
They indicated, however, they
might yield on 16,000 South Ko
reans pressed into the North Ko
rean army and might not argue
over the disposition of 37,500 civ=
ilian internees.
The Communists Thursday pro=-
posed that all Korean war cap
tives be “reclassified” according
to nationality and area and that
prisoner listc be checked. They
agreed to permit Allied-held
South Koreans to “return imme
diately without being repatriated,”
but insisted on return of all Chi
nese prisoners.
WARREN OFF TO CHICAGO
SACRAMENTO, Calif, July 3,—
(AP)—Gov. Earl Warren leaves
today for Chicago to bid for the
Republican presidential nomina
tion. He starts with only 76 votes,
far behind the totals of Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Gen
eral Dwight Eisenhower.
Warren’s 18-car special train
will carry California’s 7 delegates
and 70 alternates.
Tom Linder Will Speak
At Egg Market Opening
Georgia Eggs, Inc., an egg mar
keting business begun in Athens
nearly three years ago as a civic
project of the Chamber of Com
merce rural development council,
will hold an open house with
Commissioner of Agriculture Tom
Linder as the main speaker on
August 6th at its new location now
being constructed at one end of
the Farmers Market on the Atlan
ta Highway, it was announced
yesterday by Dean Paul Chapman,
president of the corporation, after
a meeting of the committee on ar
rangements.
Athenians Invited
L. H. Christian, chairman of the
committee on arrangements, stated
that tentative plans for the open
house include an all day invita
tion to the people in Athens and
northeast Georgia to inspect the
new quarters and equipment now
being installed, to attend the pro=~
gram at 4 p. m. when the con=-
struction will be dedicated by
Commissioner of Agriculture Lin=
der, and to participate in a water
melon cutting on the premises.
Chairman Christian stated that
his committee is composed of L.
C. Westbrook, John P. Bondurant,
John Mauldin, A. P. Winston, J.
Phil Cam&bell, Robert G. Stephens,
jr., and Dean Chapman, ex officio
Smaller Firms
Join Big Six
In Sieel Sirike
PITTSBURGH, July 3—(AP)—
A source close to one of the ma
jor steel producers says several
smaller concerns have joined the
industry’s “Big Six” in the battle
against the CIO United Steelwork
ers’ demand for a strike-ending
contract providing compulsory un
ion membership.
Solid Front
The source says several smaller
companies were represented at a
secret meeting of the Big Six at
Cleveland Tuesday and decided to
maintain a solid front against the
union, He says the companies de
cided “they cannot and must not
back down in their insistence that
workers be allowed to work
whether they are members of the
union or not.”
The Big Six are U. S. Steel,
Bethlehem, Republic, Jones and
Laughlin, Youngstown Sheet and
Tube and Inland.
A top industrialist in Pittsburgh
declared there are no new nego
tiating meetings in sight to end
the strike, which began June 2.
Among the union’s demands, em
bodying recommendations of the
Wage Stabilization Board, is that
all steelworkers be union mem
bers.
Small Agreements
During the past few days the
union has signed agreements with
more than 30 smaller companies
which provide a modified form of
union shop. This calls for new em=
ployes to join the union but per
mits them to withdraw between
the 20th and 30th day of employ
ment,
REDS DESERT
BERLIN, July 3—(AP)—A sen
ior staff officer of the East Ger
man Communist people’s police
and nine other Red policemen de-~
serted to the west within the past
24 hours, West Berlin officials an
nounced today.
member.
Sub-committees were appointed
by Mr. Christian as follows: Pro
gram and special guests: J. Phil
Campbell and Robert G. Stephens,
jr., Luncheon for special guests:
James L. Whitaker; and publicity:
L. C. Westbrook, O. B. Copeland,
and Robert G. Stephens, jr.
Jaycees Assist
Upshaw C. Bentley, jr.,, presi
dent of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, stated that his organi
zation would assist in the progran:
and make arrangernents for the
watermelon cutting, this group be
ing especially interested in the de
velopment and use of the Farmers
Market since it was the primary
agency in promoting the establish
ment of a Farmers Market in Ath
ens and in soliciting funds for pur
chase of the land.
General committee chairman
Christlan further said that more
details of the plans and program
will be announced at a later date
but that he hoped the people of
this section would mark it on their
calendars to be at the program on
August 6 and discover the great
progress made by this business in
stimulating the production of qual
ity eggs and in providing adequate
market outlets for the producers.
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY.
Taft Juggernaut Rolling In GOP Committee;
Eisenhower Camp Pins Hopes On Delegations
Mrs. Hodgson Named
Civii Defense Head
Forfson Decides
Committee Rule
ATLANTA July 8, —(AP) —
Georgia’s Secretary of State Ben
Fortson has decided to go along
with the republican National Com
mittee’s choice of a pro-Taft fac
tion as the State’s legal GOP.
The 106-member Committee de
cided behind locked doors in Chi
cago yesterday to seat this group’s
17 National Convention delegates
over a rival slate favoring Gen.
Ike Eisenhower 13 to 4.
Earlier Fortson had indicated he
would recognize the Eisenhower
faction but he said today the com
mittee’s decision had changed his
mind.
Charge Steal
In Chicago, tne Eisenhower
forces charged a “steal” and
planned to appeal to the Creden
tials Committee and, if necessary,
to the convention proper.
Elbert Tuttle, Atlanta Eisen
hower leader, accused Harry Som
mers, also of Atlanta, with an
“amazing double cross” He as
serted Sommers, a national com
mitteeman, had promised to re
present the Eisenhower faction
before the Committee but
switched sides in the middle of the
fight.
Sommers declined to comment
in “the confused situation.” All
along he had been a Taft man
in the predominantly Eisenhower
camp,
Golf Emperor
Here in Atlanta, ex-emperor of
Golf Bobby Jones, an Eisenhower
backer, shatply criticised . the
Committee decision. He asserted it
dealt a body blow so the two-par
ty movement in the South.
The pro-Taft forces went to
Chicago backed by a decision of
Superior Court Judge Chester A.
Byars of Griffin that they repre
sented the true Georgia Republi
can party. They obtained this rul
ling Monday in a suit contesting
the authority of their pro-Eisen
hower rivals. |
State chairman of the Taft group
is Roy Foster of Wadley, although
Roscoe Pickett jr. of Atlanta has
shouldered much of the active
leadership as vice chairman. W. R.
Tucker of Dawsonville is the pro- |
Eisenhower state chairman.
The Foster faction was recog
nized by the Georgia secretary of
state in 1944 and 1948 but the
Tuckerites won national GOP ap
proval and were seated at the
nominating conventions.
Roberts Urges
Holiday Caution
With the Fourth of July holiday
beginning tomorrow, many mo
torists have the natural urge to
take the open road, whether it
be for a long trip or just a ride
in the country.
This inclination to travel by so
many people is the reason for the
usually high, and sometimes ex
pected, accident rate over the
holiday.
Last Fourth of July, which fell
on Wednesday and made a rela
tively shorter hoilday, resulted in
10 traffic deaths in Georgia.
Since the Fourth falls on Friday
this year, highway travel will be
much heavier.
Urges Caution
Chief of Athens Police Clarance
0. Roberts wishes to urge all per
sons who plan to travel during the
holiday to do so with the utmost
caution. “Fourth of July holiday
at its longest.” the Chief added,
“is too short for a trip of consider
able distance.”
Chief Roberts went on to say
that a large percent of the accid
ents are caused by motorists who
try to crowd too many miles into
a day, and become tired. His sug
gestions were to start early in the
morning and stop early at night,
but most important of all: do not
undertake too long a trip for the
three-day holiday.
A few simple suggestions by
Chief Roberts are offered in an
attempt to cut down on highway
and city traffic accidents:
1. Always drive at a safe and
sane rate of speed.
2. Follow others cars at a safe
distance.
3. Keep constantly alert to the
other ears on the road.
4, Make sure your car is in a
safe condition. Defective brakes,
lights, tires, and steering are very
dangerous.
A safe and accident-free Fourth
of July will add much to the true
spirit of the holiday.
RIDGEWAY VISITS DENMARK
COPENHAGEN, Denmark July
3 — (AP) — Gen, Matthew B.
Ridgeway flew into Copenhagen
today for hisg first visit to Den
mark since taking over as su
preme comander of NATO forces.
Police quelled scattered Commun
ist anti-Ridgeway demonstrations
timed with his arrival.
ATHENS, GA,, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1952,
First Woman To
Fill Position
Mrs. Harold B. Hodgson today
became the first woman in Geor
gia, and so far as is known in the
United States, to be named a Di
rector of Civil Defense for a city
the size of Athens or larger.
Appointment of Mrs, Hodgson
was announced this morning by
Mayor Jack R. Wells, as the suc
cessor to Col. F. W, Whitney, who
resigned after filling the post of
Athens Director Civil Defense for
a number of months.
In announcing appointment of
Mrs, Hodgson, Mayor Wells said:
“I have today appointed Mrs.
Harold B. Hodgson Athens Direc
tor of Civil Defense, succeeding
Col. F. W. Whitney, who has re
signed after devoting several
months 1o this work,
“Mrs. Hodgson is splendidly
qualified to fill this post by ability,
temperament and experience. She
has recently returned from Olney,
Maryland, where she attended the
Staff College for training in ad
ministrative duties for Civil De
fense activities. She was the first,
woman to attend the College.
“She has held many high offices
in the American Legion Auxiliary,
not only on the local, and district
levels but in the state and nation
al organizations.
“In addition, she has a keen
sense of civic duty, and it was this
sense of duty that impelled Mrs.
Hodgson to accept this appoint
ment, realizing full well the per
sonal sacrifice in time and energy
it will entail.
“Neither Mrs. Hodgson nor any
one else can do this job as it
should be done without the coop
eration of the press, radio and of
the citizens generally and 1
earnestly bespeak for our new Di
rector of Civil Defense this whole
hearted cooperation.”
Mrs. Hodgson is the former Sara
Louise Hudson of Montgomery,
Ala, and is the wife of Dr. Harold
B, Hodgson, City Veterinarian for
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Campus Music
Hour Postooned
Since the Fourth of July falls on
Friday, the regular Music Appre
ciation Hour which was planned
to feature Edwir Blanchard, Har
ris Mitchell and Lucille Kimble
will not be held on Thursday
evening. The music will be re
corded and may be heard over
Radio Station WRFC at the usual
time on Sunday evening.
For those who prefer a “live
hearing” tha program will be per
formed at University Chapel on
Tuesday evening, July 8, at 8:30.
The regularly scheduled Thursday
evening Music Appreciation Hour
on July 10 will be held as plan
ned.
The program which may be
heard over the radio Sunday and
in the Chapel on Tuesday night is
highlighted with an unusual com
position by Britten, which utilizes
the combined musical prowess of
the piano, the tenor voice, and the
French horn. In addition to that
composition, Miss Kimble will be
heard in several larger piano
works during the course of the
evening.
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PAINFUL POLIO EXPERIMENT — Patricia Ann Bur
nett, 5-year-old daughter of Dr. Matthew Burnett, polio
advisor to the Harris County Polio Association, wails as
she receives the first shot in an experiment to ficht par
alysis from polio with gamma globulin, a blood fraction.
In a mass inoculation of children from one to six years
of age, 35,000 children in polio-plagued Houston, Texas,
are getting the shots. Dr. Byron York. president of the
Harris County Medical Society, administers the shot.—
(AP Wirephoto.)
Louisiana Fight
Comes Up Today
By ED CREAGH
CHICAGO, July 3, (AP) — Sen.
Robert A. Taft’s Chicago jugger
naut rolled on to flatten more Ei
senhower supporters today.
But backers of Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, mad as blazes, vowed
the party’s presidential nomina
tion wasn't going to be picked by
juggernaut—otherwise known as
the Ohio Senator’s highly effective
majority on the Republican Na
tional Committee.
The predicted Eisenhower stren
gth would flow into Chicago once
large numbers of rank-and-file
delegateg start arriving after to
morrow’s Fourth of July holiday.
Eisenhower himself set the
pitch of his camp’s determination
to stop the Taft drive short of
victory.
Before leaving Denver on a
speech-making train trip to this
convention city—he’s due in Sat
urday—the general declared he
would “roar out clear acrosg the
couniry” for clean and decent con- |
duct of mext week’s convention.
Taft and his backers denied any
chicanery, past or future.
Whatever the opposition might
charge or whatever might happen
to change the situation next week,
they were in charge of the pre
convention maneuvering today.
The 104-member national com
mpittee was called into session to
iron out the latest—but the last—
Taft vs. Eisenhower fight to come
before it. That was the sizzling
fight for votes in the 15-member
Louisiana delegation.
Votes are what it takes—6o4, to
be exact—to win the nomination.
And the latest Associated Press
checkup, based on avowed and
conceded delegates and those seat
ed by the national committee, gave
Taft a 493 to 412 edge over Eisen
hower at the end of yesterday's
tug-of-war,
Eisenhower's forceg loudly and
repeatedly declared their deter
mination to carry to the conven
tion’s credentials committee and
to the convention floor the fight
for delegates they lose before the
national committee.
In the final analysis, it’s the
convention itself which can rule
on which of two or more groups
of would-be delegates shall be
seated. And the way the econ
vention votes may give an early
tipoff on whether Eisenhower or
Taft is in the lead.
For all the conflict, the GOP
seemed to be getting somewhere
on a platform.
Senator Eugene Millikin of
Oregon, Chairman of the Res
olutions Committee, told a report
er there will be an agreement on
‘a blistering criticism of Tru
man and Roosevelt policies,
There was no such agreement
in today’s Louisiana delegate fight.
Eisenhower forces tried—almost
hopelessly—to knock out 18 Taft
delegates and substitute their own.
Taft forces hoped—with far more |
confidence—the contest would be‘
limited to six seats.
Tke’s camp cried “farud” and
“smoke screen” at the whole bus- |
iness. But it glumly admitted that
at this stage the Taft people had
the national committee votes to
grab all the Louisiana delegates if
it wanted to—and a number of
others to be decided upon later.
Two of Louisiana’s 15 votes are
not in dispute. They are solidly in
the Taft column. ;
The Ohio Senator, leaving today
for a short trip to Washington,
stuck by his prediction that he
might win on the first ballot.
He arranged a meeting with
Pennsylvania’s Republican Gover
nor John S. Fine—firmly uncom
mitted to anyone so far, though
he may back General Douglasl
MacArthur on the first ballot. Fine |
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Eoufiaily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Are
Taft's Command Sends
Governors Sharp Reply
.
Aides Comment
- .
On Implications
BY RELMAN MORIN
CHICAGO, July 3. — (AP) —
Senator Robert A. Taft’s top cam
paign command disagreed sharply
today with a statement fromr 23
Republican governors who took
sides with General Dwight D.
Eisenhower on a critical conven
tion issue.
Two of them said they believe
the governors were unaware of the
implications of the manifesto.
The gover&%s signed a state
ment at Houst¥Z, Texas, yesterday
urging Republican national con
vention managers to bar contested
state delegations from voting on
any other delegate disputes.
Stormy Reply
Tom Coleman, floor manager for
Taft, shapped: “The governors
ought to read up on parliamen
tary procedure.”
And David Ingalls, canrpaign
manager for the senator, com
mented to this reporter: “Either
they didn’t think it through, or
else they just don’t understand
what this means. You couldn’t
have a convention under such a
rule.”
- Ingalls added that he interpret
ed the statement as a sign “the
Eisenhower people are licked.”
Another of Taft's aides, who
asked not to be Identified, said
Taft was “dumfeunded” when he
heard the news.
Taft's position has been that a
disputed deiegation should be per
mitted to vote on every contest
except its own.
Ingalls said that, otherwise,
“there could be a phony claim
filed in each of the 48 states, and
nobody would be able to rule on
any of the claims. You just
couldn’t have a convention.”
Tke’s Contention
The Eisenhower leaders have
taken the same position that the
governors endorsed yesterday.
From Houston, the governors tele
graphed their statement to Guy
Gabrielson. chairmran of the Re
publican National Committee,
which is now hearing the delegate
‘disputes. The committee’s decis
ions can bhe appealed to the con
vention—a step Eisenhower forces
have promised to take whenever
they lose in the committee,
The governors’ telegram said in
part: “We believe that if the con
tested delegations are permitted to
vote on the seating of other con
tested state delegations, the Re
publican Party — no matter who
may become the Republican nom
inee—would enter a vital and dif
ficult campaign under a serious |
moral clouc.” 1
Athenians Sef
For Calm Fourth
A quiet observance of Independ
ence Day seemed destined for most
Athenians today as some prepared
to enjoy a long week-end holiday
and others just a day of rest. No
official celebration of the Fourth
has been planned for the city.
A number of the city’s business
establishments will be closed Fri
day and remain so over the week
end, including all three local
banks.
Offices Close
Offices in the City Hall and the
County Courthouse will be closed
both Friday and Saturday, as will
the various federal agencies here,
with the exception of the Post Of
fice.
Postmaster Hillyer C. King has
announced the Post Office will be
closed Friday and will remain
open, as usual, Saturday until 1
p. m. The service windows will
remain closed Friday and there
will be no carrier service. How
ever mail will be placed in Post
Office boxes as customary.
f Several of the drugstore will be
' closed all day Friday, while others
- will remain open.
~ Numbers of Athenians, dodging
' the dangerously heavy traffic on
the roads, will remain at home
resting up and spending the day
with their families, Many will
avail themscives of the facilities
at Athens Country Club, the golf
course, swimming pool and cool
clubhouse where a special buffet
lunch and dinner will be served
members and their out-of-town
guests.
Other Plans
Still other Athenians will take
advantage of the holiday to take
off on fishing trips or other out
door pastimes. There will be the
usual’ trips to visit relatives and
relatives visiting here, motor ex
cursions to the North Georgia
mountains and in the case of those
who have Friday and Saturday off,
a quick trek to the Georgia beach
es for a cooling dip in the ocean.
NO “Y” CLASSES FRIDAY
There will be no regular classes
at the YMCA tomorrow, due to
the Fourth of July holiday, it has
been announced by V. C. McGinty.
This move is made because a
number of the boys are expected
to be out-of-town during the holi
day.
Recgular classes will resume Sat~
urday. 1‘
HOME
EDITION
lke Promises
To "Roar Quf”
For Fair Play
DENVER, July 3—(AP)—Geén.
Dwight D. Eisenhower pointed
across the hot prairies toward
Chicago today, promising to “rear
out” for fair play at the Repub
lican national convention.
Eisenhower, battling Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the
GOP presidential nomination, ob
viously was upset by vlcto%gf
Taft backers in contests for -
gates before the national com
mittee.
His special train was dug to
leave Denver at 12:30 p. m., ‘m
Aides said the rear platform
would be a scorcher aimed eflfii t
ly at tactics of Taft forces in Chi
cago,
Scrapped Talk
The farewell first was Il%fis
a quiet “thank you” for ver
hospitality. That talk was m
ped after Taft forces won tontes
over delegates from Florida and
then Georgia.
Last night a reporter askg Ei
senhower about those delegate vic
tories. First the general sfiu&:
had no comment. Then he added:
“I'll tell you this—l'm going to
roar out across the county for a
clean, decent operation. e
American people deserve it.”
When he reaches Chicago Sat
urday noon, he’ll set up his com
man post at the Hotel Blackstone.
He'll be ready to talk to delegates
and party leaders, although he
still reportedly will leave actual
convention maneuvering teo his
supporters,
Studded With Comments
Eisenhower indicated his train
trip will be studded with com
ments on the delegate situation as
it develops-at Chicago.
The first stop and talk was slat
ed for Brush, Colo., at 1:40 p. m.,
(EST).
Right up to departure time, tele
grams and phone calls poured into
Denver headquarters from points
along the route acress Colerado,
Nebraska, Towa and Illinois ask
ing that the special halt. :
One change was to hog &o
train tonight in Lincoln ér the
general’s scheduled speech #t the
Nebraska capitol. It will leave
Friday at 5:05 a. m., (EST.) €
will be a 15-minute halt the
Burlington station at Oma at
6:15 a. m. Although it won’ ve
Omaha before 9:45 a. m., no
speeches are scheduled.
Council Predicts
Holiday Deaths
CHICAGO, July 3—(AP)—Am.
ericans will take to the highways
90 million strong over the M{h
of July week-end—and at léast
430 of them will die in acfimts,
the National Safety Council esti
mates.
The Council said some 40 mil
lion passengers vehicles wg‘:log
the nation’s streets and highways
during the three-day week-énd.
The official estimate of 430
traffic deaths to occur from
6 p. m. local time Thursday
through midnight Sunday cah be
kept lower if motorists are éxfra
careful, it stated.
REJECT CHARGES
TEHRAN, Iran, July 3—(AP)—
Iran has formally rejected Russian
charges that Premier Mohatimed
Mossadegh’s government vielated
the 1921 Irano-Soviet friefdship
treaty by accepting renewed U, S.
military aid.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and not much
temperature change today, to
night and Friday. Low tonight
68, high tomorrow 88. The sun
sets at 7:48 today and rises fo
morrow at 5:26.
GEORGIA - Mostly fair and
not much change in tempéra
tures this afternoon and tonight”
except for some cloudifitln
extreme south portion. Chance
of showers in extreme south
this afternoon. Friday rtly
cloudy and warmer with y
scattered thundershowers i
north portion Friday afternoon.
TEMPERATURE
Highest ... ... .. < 2o §
Lowest ..ov i Wil
Meßll (.iv cvae ¢ine cinn Wi N
Normal .oic viid it 0t
RAINFALL e
Inches last 24 hours ~ ... &%
Total since July 1.. .. 2(.)
Deficit since July 1 .. {éoi @
Average July rainfall ~ .. 501
Total sine 2 January 1 .. ..26.
Deficit since January 1 ... :