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ILLINOIS MONDAY, MAY 13, 1961 THIS PAPER CONSISTS OF FOUR SECTIONS SECTION ONE PRICE SEVEN CENTS a ii THE 17 n7 2 Prisoners Burns Bus HEAR SHIT BEING SOUGHT BELL TO ANSWER mi Editor's of Today's News MONDAY, MAY 15, 1961 9 RIDERS GET TREATMENT FOR INJURIES i i 5' 770AIL A summit conference is being considered between President Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, Washington sources say. The President is silent on these rumors, but it is learned that discussions are under way to bring the two chiefs of state together soon probably in a neutral European city. Page 1 Mobs attack two bi-racial bus riding groups in Alabama. At Anniston, a mob armed with knives, clubs, and an incendiary bomb slashes tires and burns a Greyhound busy carrying a group of self-styled freedom riders testing segregation policies in the south. At Birmingham another group is attacked when they walk into a white waiting room in a bus depot.

Page 1 Two accused suspects, one of them scheduled to go on trial today for killing a policeman, kill a guard and escape from a jail in Massachusetts. The fugitives steal a station wagon near the jail and are the objects of a six state New England manhunt. Page 1 WHICH TWISTERS RIP THRU ILLINOIS Report 9 Persons Hurt Downstate TiV THK AS-ociATKD rRESS Tornadoes sliced paths of do- struction northwest across the heart of Illinois yesterday in the midst of heavy rain and hail storms More than a dozen twisters were sighted from Hannibal, south of Quincy on the Mississippi river, to Eureka more than 200 miles away in La Salle county. Report 9 Injured At least nine persons were Damage was extensive. President Kennedy sends a Mother's day message of hope to anti-Castro Cuban refugee mothers who lost sons and other loved ones in last month's invasion disaster.

The President pledges the American people never will forget the people of Cuba," and assures them freedom will Page" 4 The first newsman to enter Cuba since the ill-starred invasion returns to Los Angeles and reports the island's sugar economy has been destroyed. But many Cuban say workers are better off under Fidel Castro's dictatorship, because by borrowing heavily from the Russians, he has been able to raise their standard of living. Page 5 Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 pilot, denies reports Fabled'Front Yard' to Be Greater Mecca that he plans to remain in the Soviet Union when he is released from a Russian prison. In a letter to his parents, Powers an-: swers a report appearing in a would remain in Russia. INTERNATIONAL The stalled Geneva conference on Laos splits wide open when Secretary of State Dean Rusk sides with the royal Laotian c.t; ceiegauon in rejecuiig duuuu a the rival groups.

FIRST? COLOR SKETCHES Turn to back page for full page of color drawings showing proposed long range improvements for Grant and Burnham parks. created the Grant and Burnham Parks Development committee, under the chairmanship of Edward Damstra, president of the Mid-America National Bank of Chicago. Financing Major Topic Randall H. Cooper, executive director of the central area committee, explained that one of the primary responsibilities of the special committee is to determine which projects most appropriately should be financed privately, rather than thru the use of public funds, and to seek donors for such projects." Notable among the proposed facilities would be a conservatory, a tennis stadium for championship matches, and a music amphitheater to replace the Grant park band shell. THE WEATHER MAY 13.

1961 CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Cloudy today with chance of showers; high, in low 70s; low, near 50; southwest to west winds 12 to 20 m. p. h. Tomorrow: Cloudy; high in upper 60s. NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Mostly cloudy today with southwest to west winds 20 to 30 m.

p. cooler with some scattered showers likely north; high, 65 to 73; low, 47 to 53. Tomorrow: Partly cloudy; cooler southeast. WEATHERMAN'S RECORD His forecast for yesterday was: Cloudy, and warm with thundershowers likely at night; high, in mid 80s; low, near 50. TEMPERATI RE8 IX CHICAGO 6 7 a.

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Estimated. THE MOON fir On. Fut a a British newspaper, saying he Page 8 tuwyi umuc juuyvacu iui sc-aung Page 3 Nationalists, and will continue simnort into the island bastion. with Mrs. Johnson for Hong 6 Page 12 the royal Laotian government down in disagreement over the Vice President Johnson, in a two hour meeting with Chiang TTaUhPk in Tari.

assures the Formosa leader the United States KillGuardin Jail, Escape Cambridge, May 14 (UPD Two accused murderers, one scheduled for trial tomorrow for slaying a policeman, broke out of East Cambridge jail today after killing a guard. A six state alarm was broadcast for r.nhlnwin Edgar W. Cook, 47, of Boston and Norman A. Porter 21, of Woburn. They fled by stealing a station wagon which was parked near the jail.

Police appealed for information about the escape car but warned the public to avoid all contact with these men because they are armed and dangerous." Picks Up Hitchhiker Police said Cook had relatives and many contacts in the Augusta, area. I Soon after the escape, a mo-! torist picked up a hitchhiker in Cambridge. Rocco Martone, 65, of Somerville, said the man drew a gun and forced him to drive around about four hours before getting out near Wonderland dog track in Revere. Mar-tone said the man told him his name was Porter but Martone said he resembled the police description of Cook. Officials said the escape occurred soon after Porter had a conference with Dr.

Lee Cook (left) and Porter. Weller, a psychologist of Newton, who was questioned later. Cook was conferring in another room with Robert D. Callahan of Stoneham, his court appointed counsel for the trial. Cook Takes Gun Officials said Porter was headed back to his cell when he whirled, brandished a gun, and pointed it at a guard.

At this moment, officials said, Cook came out of the room, took the gun from Porter and killed Guard David S. Robinson, 53, who tried to stop the break. The two men used keys taken from the dead guard to unlock the jail door. Police said Cook had a prison record dating back 29 years that included an escape and terms in the federal prisons of Atlanta, Alcatraz, and Leaven worth. They said he also had served in Council Bluffs, where he broke out in 1945; Nebraska; Ohio; New Hampshire; and Massachusetts.

Blond and Vicious He 'as scheduled to go on trial tomorrow in the slaying of a Cambridge policeman, Lawrence Gorman, in a gun battle during an attempted break last September. Porter, described as "blond and vicious," was awaiting trial for the murder of a clothing store employe during an attempted holdup last Oct. 4 in Saugus, Mass. 7 Hurt as Blast Wrecks Boat 1st Time in Water Margate, N. May 14 (UPD Seven Philadelphians were injured today when a newly-purchased cabin cruiser exploded at a boatyard near here after it had been put in the water for the first time.

Most seriously burned was Arlene Genniro, 10, whose father, Anthony said he bought the craft for $6,000 last week. Arlene was hospitalized. The others were treat- IT I if IfH BY PRESIDENT Neutral Site in Europe Likely Palm Beach, May 14 Cf) A summit conference shortly between President Kennedy and Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev is being considered, it was learned tonight, with the meeting given a 60-40 chance of actually developing. President Kennedy, here on a vacation, was silent on the chances for the face-to-face meeting. His press secretary, Pierre Salinger, said only that "I don't know of any present plans for such a meeting." He refused to say whether any significance should be read into the word "present." Comes from Moscow Nevertheless, it was learned independently that discussions definitely are under way, on the diplomatic level, at least, looking toward a distinct possibility that the President and Khrushchev will get together.

The initiative for a conference was understood to have come from Moscow rather than Washington, primarily in suggestions from Khrushchev to United States Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson that the premier would like to meet the new American chief executive. Nothing has been settled at this point but a decision may be reached within a week. Meeting de Gaulle The likelihood would be that President Kennedy would go on to a meeting with the Russian premier after conferring in Paris with President Charles de Gaulle of France. The President has three days of conferences set up with de Gaulle from May 31 to June 2. A neutral European city would be the likely meeting place for President Kennedy and Khrushchev.

At this stage, both Stockholm and Vienna are definite contenders. President Kennedy apparently is receptive to the idea that he and the Russian premier must get together shortly to try to form some basis for solving dangerous, urgent problems pressing at various spots in the world. Talks with Leaders There is some reason to believe the President already has sent word to Khrushchev of his interest in arranging a discussion of critical cold war issues but particularly the deadlocked negotiations for a treaty banning nuclear weapons tests. The President is known to be deeply concerned about the failure of these negotiations to make any substantial progress toward agreement since he took office almost four months ago. President Kennedy, since taking office, has met personally with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Britain and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany.

SET DATES FOR PEACE CORPS EXAMINATIONS Washington, May 14 (UPD Prospective members of the peace corps will take entrance examinations May 27 and June 5 in 330 cities across the nation. Letters to peace corps applicants will be mailed this week telling them when and where to report for their tests. The examinations will be admini-tered by the Civil Service commission. The 5V2 hour tests are designed to measure intelligence and learning ability, knowledge of American history and institutions, language aptitude, and job competence in various fipHs I i is a firm ally of the Chinese anH militarv The Vice President then departs "o- Political peace talks between and the Pathet Lao rebels boe rrW nf tho acnHa Thp pnvprnment wants to discuss the mill- i Integrated Tour Group Attacked Birmingham, May 14 Special Violence broke out; today here and in Anniston, 50 miles east, when mobs of white men in each city at- i tacked bi-racial groups riding buses to test segregation laws. In Anniston a white mob, armed with clubs, knives, and TENNESSEE CHATTANOOGA N.C 50 MILES alabama GEORGIA ANNISTON STUM BIRMINGHAM MONTGOMERY UMBOS an incendiary bomb, damaged a Greyhound bus carrying nine of the self-styled freedom riders and trailed the bus out of town until it was forced to halt because of slashed tires.

Make No Arresls The mob thereupon burned the bus to a mass of blackened metal while police watched without making arrests. Nine bus passengers were treated in an Anniston hospital for smoke spite inhalation and glass cuts. In Birmingham white hood- lums attacked with swinging fists when disembarking passen- gers, both white and colored, lea 3 -Negro waiKca lmo a white waiting room at the bus depot. Reports were that this Negro was beaten up and that others in the party were struck and roughed up. Street f'Shting broke out at several points in the vicinity of the depot in downtown Binning- ham.

Police finally restored order but here also made no immediate arrests. Newsmen Are Beaten Newsmen and photographers for a Birmingham newspaper were among these beaten by the mob. Several cameras were destroyed or stolen. The freedom riders in each instance were members of the Congress of Racial Equal- itv who had set out from Wash- ington, D. 10 days ago for travels in the south by rcgu- Iarly scheduled buses to investigated segregation practices affecting bus riders.

Nine members of the group were reportedly aboard the bus burned near Anniston. No count was available oh the number of members on the bus which reached Birmingham. All had arrived at Atlanta ear- Continued on page 2, col. 5 Ready job Market for June graduates! June graduates are best able to locate the jobs with the pay and future they want when they make their selection from the largest number of offers. Help Wanted and F.mploy-ment Agency advertisers place more want ads in the Tribune than in all other Chicago newspapers combined.

To make the right start towards the job you want, see the offers in the want ad section of today's Tribune. a Homes and farm buildings were south wing will extend to Jack-destroyed or badly damaged son boulevard, matching the and there were reports of Ferguson memorial addition to BY THOMAS BUCK A long range program for making Grant and Burnham parks even greater centers of recreation and culture is moving forward on several fronts. Under construction is a three stQry addition on the south side of Chicago's famous Art Insti- tute. The addition, scheduled for completion in the spring of 1962, was made possible by a $1,200, gift from Mrs. sterling Morton and the late Mr.

Morton. The Morton addition will provide two new floors for galleries for the institute's permanent collections, with the first floor being used in part for expand ing restaurant facilities. This the north, completed in 1958. Central Area Necessity One of the major proposals for improving Grant and Burnham parks as Chicago's famed front yard is the sucject of a special study by the city planning department. This proposal pertains to the suggested relocation of Lake Shore drive to a depressed alignment close to the right of way of the Illinois Central railroad.

The realignment of Lake Shore drive thru Grant and Burnham parks was proposed by the Chicago Central Area committee as a necessity for opening the downtown lake front to greater use as a recreational and cultural center. The central area committee, a major downtown organization, is the principal sponsor of the improvement tary aspects of the cease-fire first, but the rebels want the makeup of the new coalition government as the first item. Pt. 2, p. 1 Pennsylvania Supreme court justice is called to testify against Adolf Eichmann, telling role of nazi "death commandos in massacre of Jews, despite objection of Eichmann's attorney that the witness had already made up his mind as a judge in the Nuernberg trials.

Pt. 2, p. 1 Albert Sevigny. 80, chief justice of the Superior court of Quebec province until two months ago, dies after a year's illness. A justice for 40 years, he had been chief justice 27 years.

He leaves a son in the Canadian cabinet and two daughters, one the wife of Terrence F. Flahiff, vice president of Quebec North Shore Taper company, a subsidiary of the Tribune company. Pt. 3, p. 4 heavv livestock losses.

Felled trees blocked roads. Telephone and power lines were downed. Most of west-central Illinois was blacked out for 15 minutes when a main power line near Cuba was knocked out. several coinmuniues. nounu Canton' in Fulton and neighbor ing Knox counties, were espe cially hard hit.

Huddle in Basement The tiny community of Douglas, in southeast Knox county, was almost completely leveled, one report said. The five members of the Delmar Williamson family and a hired hand escaped death when a twister demolished their home near Douglas while they crouched in the basement. All were injured and taken to St. Francis hospital. Peoria.

Hear Roaring Sound I didn't see the tornado," said Williamson, "I just heard dull roaring sound." Three members of the Jerry Crawford family of rural Maquon were hospitalized in Canton. About six homes were reported destroyed near Midway, 16 miles west of Canton. The Chalmers Formhal farm home wis one of those destroyed. Lost His Bathtub I was just about to take a bath when the storm hit," Formhal said. "I don't know where that bathtub is Tornadoes apparently first hit Hannibal, on the Missouri CHICAGO A longe range program for making Chicago's front yard-Grant and Burnham parks an even greater center of recreation and culture is moving forward on several fronts: Work is being rushed on a new wing of the Art institute; engineers are working on plans to relocate Lake Shore drive in order to expand the city's recreation area; a second underground garage is in the making, and a skating rink south of the Art institute.

Page 1 God is on trial thruout the world, and the question is whether Christians are willing to pay the price in order to preserve the spirit, the Rev. Dr. Adalbert R. Kretzmann, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran church, warns his congregation.

The sermon is the first of a series representative of the best preaching in Chicago which The Tribune will publish each Monday. Page 3 Audiences in 20 midwest cities watch test of educational television beamed to 127,000 square mile area from aboard a plane 23,000 feet above Montpelier, as a prelude to its actual use today in high schools from Detroit to Louisville, and from Terre Haute to Chicago. Telecasting of lessons will continue three hours a day for three weeks. Pt. 3, p.

5 WASHINGTON Brig. Gen. Don Flickinger, chief of life sciences space work In the air force, tells the House space committee that Russia is 312 to 4 years ahead of the United States in ability to keep men in space for long periods, and this, he warns, means the Reds have a much better chance of dominating space. Page 9 President Kennedy promises Bolivia more than 13 million dollars in new American aid to help that country to develop its natural resources to "satisfy Bolivian aspirations for a better life and for increased social justice," his letter to Bolivian President Victor Paz Estenssoro says. Page 18 program for the parks.

The plan commission is studying the proposed realignment of the drive, as well as other lake front thorofares, as part of a revision of the comprehensive plan drafted three years ago for the Loop and its environs. Study Second Garage As top priorities in the park improvement program, two other projects a second underground garage and a skating rink are being studied by engineers of the Chicago park district. Both would be along Michigan avenue south of the Art institute and Jackson boulevard. Meanwhile, the central area committee has been joined by the Michigan Boulevard association in an all-out promotion campaign for other projects. The two organizations have A)ii Apr .36 M.y7 M.ST M.jlKl Sunritt, 3:32.

Sunset, 8:04. Moonsrt, 9:03 p. m. ETenina Man Man. Morning liars: Venus.

Jupiter, and Saturn. For 24 hours ended 1 a. Mar 13: Mean temperature. 74 decrees; normal. 39: month's excess, 29; year's excess, 173.

Relative humidity, 7 a. 79 per cent; 1 p. 53; 7 p. m4 52. Precipitation, .01 Inch: month's deficiency, .92 inch; year's deficiency, 2.44 inches.

Highest wind velocity. 33 m. p. b. at 4:22 p.

n. from south. Barometer 7 a. 29.82; 7 p. 29.64.

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