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RAE SG SUE gg sd ey .* ry 2; 1086 Mens Jose eee a QINAWA Times, ag LTE Soin FIRE RIPS SASKATOON WAREHOUSE -- {Fire caused an estimated dami niture Warehouse in downtown @.24.. leounmew Fiiweye veneers Te ee % Saskatoon. Winds of up to 25 miles an. hour hampered fire- meh as smoke billowed as much as 30 feet above the = jin' roof level. Owner Jack Broad- dent said $100,000 of the dam- age was to stock in the build- ing. (CP Wireph /jcontents were not released. ) {8 chance to study the Khrush- LONDON (CP) -- Soviet Pre- mier Khrushchev sent a 20-page letter to governments in sev¢ral countries Thursday discussing le ways to settle peace- lly various territorial disputes, Copies were delivered. to. the United States, the United King- dom, Turkey and others, but the In Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Cemal told re- porters that Khrushchev. had sent a message concerning "an national agreement to solve disputes in peaceful ways." In Washington, . State Secre- tary Dean Rusk told a press conference that the question of settlement of territor- jal disputes was, in general, the subject matter of the message delivered to President. Johnson through the state department by Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin. The Turkish foreign minister said the message also contained an "interesting proposal" about disarmament, but he gave no further details. LEFT TO REDS Government spokesmen in London said that it would be up to the Soviet Union to determine whether the note's .contents would be released. : Rusk told a press conference in Washington he had not had irep MILITARY AIDE KILLED # * ' CP trom AP-Reuters *ACORA, Ghana -- President Kwame Nkrumah escaped an- r attempt on his life Thurs- iy as a gunman fired five shots in a vain attempt on the Ghana leader's life, A security guard was mortally wounded but Nkrumah escaped injury. 'The assassination attempt was pi yaoed made as the A old president prepared to leave - I residence, Flagstaff . All five shots were fired at close range -but none hit Nkrumah. The assailant was ar- rested immediately. "At least three previous at- tempts have been made to kill African clan who led former pendence in 1057. attempt Ghana Leader Escapes 'Fourth Attempt On Life staff House five shots were fired jat close range. The assailant was arrésted immediately and is in custody, "The incident happened while the president was walking to- wards his car. "One of the president's secur- ity officers was seriously wounded and has since died at the military hospital. "The president was unhurt." BOMB EXPLODED On Aug. 1, 1962, a bomb ex- ploded near Nkrumah's car ina village 56 miles northeast of here,' billing four persons and injuring 56"in a crowd on hand to greet him. It was widely reported then ritish Gold Coast|that Nkrumah was injured butliron gates of Flagstaff House. this was denied, although Nkru- mah was not seen in public for some time. At a recent treason trial of two former cabinet min- isters and a high party official, however, testimony was giyen .jthat former information _minis- wo) tet Tawia Adamafio, one of the defendants, saw Nkrumah in hospital with a splinter from the bomb in his shoulder. Within a few weeks of that attempt, two bomb blasts were at his home and the .jdeath toll mounted to 15 but offi-| Nkrumah escaped unhurt each time. On Jan. 8 last year an- other bomb attempt on his life was reported. In March, five persons were sentenced to death on charges "While he was leaving Fiag- arising from the August, 1062 Castro Blames Johnson For PT Boat HAVANA ie -- Fidel Cas- tro y that Pres- ident Johnson is responsible fe a Christmas Eve explosion that aren a Soviet-built torpedo crew members in waters off the Isle of Pines. Blasts at the United States laced a two-hour and 17-minute the bearded premier ry triumph over dictator Fulgencio Batista. : 'All-Night 'Yule Party Held In Jail <" HALIFAX (CP) -- The Hali- long criticized is H Fe8e8 i] ie rs and killed several Cuban/guil >| the os ee Explosion Castro declared the sabotage operation off the Isle of Pines was handled by U.S. Central In- telligence agents from Florida, hence President Johnson is ity. (A Cuban anti-Castro group called Commando Mambises claimed responsibility through a spokesman in Tegucigalpa, Hon- duras, a few hours after the at- -itack. The spokesman said the raiders, reputed to have head- quarters in Central America, suffered no casualties.) Castro declared |Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress are doomed to fail- ure while "the Cuban revolution | progresses." Castro said "we alone could fnot have resisted imperialism |. . . the blockades, the aggres- sions, the economic strangula- jtion," but boasted of Cuba's present military equipment. With those arms, he said, +», Can fight against the best and best-equipped forces of impérialist army of the United States." mic situation is improving ex- traordinarily and reaffirmed reed Myer ao more than annual sugar tion_to produce 10,000, tons in' 1970. A military parade and Cas- tro's speech drew thousands to the Plaza de la Revolucion in cloudy and relatively cool 60- degree weather. Tanks, artillery, self - pro- ored cars, multiple rocket rs and anti-aircraft rock- ets streamed before Castro's -|restrum in a review that lasted an hour and five minutes, Noth- specifically new was shown. Cuban Air Force helicopters, propeller - driven training planes, and MiG ers. With Castro enthusiastically showing his approval, MiG-2is buzzed the plaza with passes. Militia. women paraded in Party made the only the U.S./ported Castro declared Cuba's econo-| guns, amphibious arm- Pakis pilots flew Russian-made Had low) government employees going to attempt on the man whose fol- lowers call him "'Osagyefo," or "The Redeemer." HAS LARGE GROUNDS Flagstaff House, where Thurs- day's attempt was reported, oc- cupies several acres on the out- skirts of Accra, It is among the world's most strongly fortified palaces, surrounded by four walls, each patrolled by guards in bright red tunics and carry- ing submachine guns and auto- matic rifles. Nkrumah's per- sonal guard is hand-picked and comprises mostly the presi- dent's own Nzima tribesmen. For several months after the August, 1962 bomb attack Nkru- mah rarely ventured outside the | | Since then, however, he has re- gained much of his old confi- streets of Accra with only a light escort, Since 1957, Nkrumah has re- lentlessiy pursued two over-rid- ing ambitions--to unite Africa under a single government and to rid the continent of what he calls neo-colonialism. The dynamic son of a village goldsmith wields virtually dicta- torial powers over his 7,000,000 subjects. Only Wednesday he prepared the ground for a ref- trendum that would have in- creased bi- nowers, particu. larly over the courts. New resentment was aroused among his political foes only three days ago when he an- nounced that he would seek tc have his. Convention Peoples Tegal po- litical organization in the .coun- try. He recently fired Chief Jus- tice Sir Arku Korsah and threw out the verdict in a treason trial which acquitted three persons. two of them former cabinet ministers. Two other men were sen- tenced to death in the trial, in- volving a previous attempt on Nkrumah's life. ADEN (AP) -- Would - br assassins fired shots from a passing car Thursday night a' Ali Salem Ali, who resigned as labor minister of Aden las! month, and injured two com- panions with him on the Khor- maksar Beach Road, police re- rted. They said Ali escaped injury. His group was reported sitting near his car when the attack came. jpending a more careful study. dent is determined to press a peace offensive in 1964 to ease a U.S. election year. matic-propaganda field, Khrush- dence and drives through the/chev dispatched what western sources said was an unusually lengthy message of some 20 chiefs around the world. ing new year': to the American) chevy message, The letter was in Russian and U.S, experts were working on a translation. Other informants said Khrushehev's letter appeared to be a Kremlin bid for initiative in the "peace offensive" of the new year. | Rusk said that if Khrushchey is proposing settlement of ter- ritorial disputes by peaceful means instead of war, that would be consistent with long- standing U.S. policy. But he de- clined to go into what specific territorial disputes might come under Khrushchev's proposal, Khrushchev's message came hard on the heels of friendly exchanges of New Year's greet- Jan, 7 on renewing the U.S.- Soviet cultural exchange agree- ment, discussions on a New York-Moscow air route and on a U.S.-Soviet. consular agree- ment. WASHINGTON (AP). -- State Secretary Dean Rusk said Thursday that the chief western allies will be consulting intens- ively in the near future on pos- sible new initiatives for agree- ment with Russia on German and Berlin issues, : Rusk told a press conference that the western powers are al- ready talking about possible moves for trying to keep gate- ways in the Berlin wall open for travel between East and West Berlin after the Christmas holi- day season, Discussing 1964 pros pects, Rusk also told questioners that he thinks disarmament prob- lems are very high on the list of priorities for East-West nego- tiations, He expressed hope that "some further steps"--beyond the 1963 test-ban treaty--could e hopes for actual Bast > West agreement on German oF Berlin problems, but rather stressed that allied restudy of the whole range of issues might disclosé new possibilities for western peace initiatives. On other matters Rusk said: 1, Cuban Premier Fidel Cas- tro "was factually wrong' in saying that the late President John F. Kennedy foresaw . an early improvement of U.S. re- lations with Cuba. Cuba is still trying to interfere with affairs of other countriés in this hemis- phere, Rusk said, 2. Improvement of U.S. rela- tions with Red China is not in sight because Peking continues to pursue a militantly hostile policy. 3. The U.S, is very much con- cerned about the t le in Cyp- rus and hopes there will be no further violence. Washington feels it should not intervene di- ings between Johnson and the Russian leader. In a cordial but short New) Year's exchange made public! Wednesday, the president called) for actions in 1964 to follow up) past talk about peace. TO PRESS FOR PEACE A spokesman said the -Presi- the cold war éven though this is| Striking quickly in the diplo- pa addressed t government Dobrynin, brimming with New Year's joviality'as he delivered the message in Washington,) wished '"'a happy and interest-| people but declined comment on the document, : The Soviet envoy described it as a personal message from Khrushchev to Johnson, but a presidential press aide said "we do not regard it as a personal note." Andrew T. Hatcher, as- sistant press secretary, de- scribed it as a circular note ad-/ dressed to the head of state, In London, where the Soviet ambassador delivered a similar message, sources said Khrush- chev had outlined Kremlin views on settling territorial dis- putes peacefully. They said Khrushchev took the theme that nations of differing political philosophies could work together peacefully in tackling threats to peaceful relations. AVOIDS CHINA FIGHT There was no indication that Khrushchev got into the ques- tion of Russia's dispute with Red China, Peking has in the) past made claims indicating boundary differences with Rus-| sia, but has not pressed them | The Moscow-Peking New Year's exchange glossed over their ide- ological conflict. | Khrushchev's renewed stress/ on the peaceful coexistence| theme would be in line with the! Kremlin contention in its argu-) ments with the Chinese Com-| munists that atomic war- is not} inevitable, and that commun-| ism can best be advanced with-| Demonstrators | Still Moun Hair Theft SRINAGAR, Kashmir (Reut- ers) -- Demonstrators here Thursday demanded the release of former Kashmir prime min- ister Sheikh Atdullah and con- to mourn last week's theft of a sacred relic--a strand a of the Prophet Moham- Abdullah is on trial in Kash- mir's winter capital, Jammu, on charges of conspiring to over- throw the government and fa- cilitate Keshmir's annexation by icold war with the West. out a nuclear holocaust. The Soviet leader may seeking also to grasp the initia- . tive at a time of thaw in the) But so far no major East- West meetings are in sight ex- cept for the 17-nation Geneva disarmament conference, sched- uled to resume Jan. 21. Britain's Foreign Secretary R. A. Butler plans to go to the Geneva ses- sion, but whether Soviet For- eign Minister Andrei. Gromyko will attend is uncertain. Rusk has said he is not going to the opening. \ A number of U.S.-Soviet talks on secondary matters are in the offing, however. These include NET EARNINGS mourn the loss of the hair, which vanished from a mosque near here. . Stores were also closed in the theft of two copper from a Hindu le. The demonstrators Slaeed their offices and obstructed gov- ernment vehicies. tight B ivy pants, blue bi and olive green berets. They icarried achine-guns. | not all 2 re .share preference dividend pay- ments in 1963). . BaBnks were ain' ot rectly, but is urging moderation on the parties concerned. CP from AP-Reuters BERLIN -- Mayor Willy Brandt's West Berlin govern- ment made preparatory moves Thursday to approach the East German Communists on keep- ing the Communist wall open after the special holiday visiting period ends Sunday. ings with officials of his gov- ernment and with Erich Mende, vice-chancellor and minister of all-German affairs in the West government, a city spokesman said. discussed what should be coy- ered in a new round of negotia: tions with the East Germans. West Berliners hope the ar- rangement for passes to visit relatives in East Berlin during the holidays can be made per- manent. and broadened to in- clude visits to friends. About 44,000 Berliners beat the possible last-minute rush by. hurrying to East Berlin. for re- unions with relatives Thursday. Only three days before the last scheduled visiting day, al- lied sources described the situ- ation as delicate, They said it }was uncertain whether the visit- ing period would be extended. HAVE BEEN RULERS The Western Allies be taken this year in the dis- 'armament field. | Rusk did not hold out any high | | jpoint peace program. which in- jing studied in the West, was jalso thought likely to be a topic Brandt had a round of meet-ifor discussion between the twolcabins by 'the crew while the 'Outlines Peace Plans negotiations in Moscow starting/United States, Britain and France--have been the rulers and protectors of Communist. surrow West Berlin since 'the Second Wortd War. They have shown serious mis- givings, about the deal West Berlin's city rmment made on its own with the East Ger- man Communists for. holi visits. across the wall -- a about the prospect of more such bargaining with the Reds. The allied fear is that direct West Berlin-Rast German poli. tical negtoiations would iT. mine the status of West Berlin and give East Germany some actual political recognition, Brandt has pledged to do nothing to compromise the city's status and insists that talks on wall-crossing are purely human- itarian and technical rather than political. - The East German Commu- nists are showing in their pro- paganda, however, that they consider the wall arrangements as political and as gaining more of the recognition denied them by the West, WARSAW, Poland (Reuters) Soviet Premier Khrushchev ar- rived. here unexpectedly Thurs- day night on an unofficial visit at the invitation of Polish Com- munist, Leader Wladyslaw Go- mulka, There were rumors the Soviet| leader would move on to other eastern European bloc countries after his Polish visit for an ex- change of views On Russia's ideological dispute with Com- munist China, The Polish Communist party congress, due to take place here within three to four months, was considered likely to debate the implications of the Sino-So- viet dispute. It was thought the program of the congress and the attitude it will take to the problem of Communist China's bid for lead- ership of the under-developed countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America would be the main topic of discussion be- tween Khrushchev and Go- mulka. Gomulka, one of the staunch- est allies of the Russian leader, this week put forward a five- cluded a proposal for freezing nuclear weapons in Central Eur- ope and subsequently reducing the size of conventional forces in the. area. _ This Polish initiative, still be- ery Vee ee oe > Rae Md SNOWFALL IN JERUSALEM The first snow in several years falls in Jerusalem, Jor- dan, early this week, Scene, near the Damascus Gate, is where Pope Paul V: will pass during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, (AP Wirephoto) Passengers Drank Tea While Lakonia Burned: LONDON (AR) -- The sitta- tion was so calm while fire raged aboard the Christmas cruise liner Lakonia that some passengers sat down to tea be- fore abandoning ship, the Lon- don head of the Greek Line said Thursday. The 36-year-old shipping mag- nate, John Goulandris, whose family principally owned the lost' Greek liner, told a press conference: "There were @ number of passengers . . . who did not want to leave the ship, They felt the situation was very calt on board. There was absolutely, from what they tell us, no sense | | "We have no evidence for it}! at all," said Goulandris, "and I can't imagine anybody deliber- ately setting firerto a ship, That is a kind of charge which is so serious that, unless you have an indication of it, it is better not to think about it, There is ho point in speculating on it." Goulandris gave details about the fire-fighting and life-saving equipment aboard the Lakonia, and said: were in perfect order," ife-saving appliances on board: Goulandris said the Lakonia®! carried 24 lifeboats, all only required \o have 20, id had 400 lifejackets more than © the required minimum of one per passenger and crew mem: ~ er, He disputed allegations . by | the passengers that some of boats could not be released. "T can assure you these life- ' "There is not the slightest/boats have been lowered a doubt. in our mind that all the'and again,"' he said, te * INTERPRETING THE NEWS of immediate urgency them to leave the ship. I under- stand they, sat down in the Campbell Lounge and tea was served." Goulandris, who spoke slowly under obvious tension, strongly denied reports that there had leaders. | The Polish news agency said! the Khrushchey visit would last! | "a few days," | | | blamed its 'great difficulties" on a Russian economic blockade as its leaders held talks with visiting Communist Chinese Premier Chou-en Lai Thursday. Radio Tirana said Chou and his delegation exchanged opin- ions with Albanian Communist party leaders on "political ques- tions of interest to both sides." A radio commentary from the Albanian capital on 1964 pros- pects said that during the last three years Albania had faced great difficulties. They were 'caused "not only by bad weather but by the pol- icy of economic blockade car- theihis followers." ried out by the group of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and WEATHER FORECAST Mild Air Stays Over S. 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Earlton aeeeee Urged By Jury trists or legal aid personnel. plete Maen mene enter aie ce been plundering of passengers' By HAROLD MORRISON Lakonia burned. 'We have not had a specific charge from anyone about loot- ing," he said. "This, of course, BELGRADE, Yugoslavia|!S & Very stave allegation andjara of frie: They were reported to. haye| (Reuters) -- Albania partly the inquiry at Piraeus (the port) of Athens) will certainly, go into 1," IS IN MOURNING é Goulandris, in a dark suit and wearing a black mourning tie, spoke with obvious emotion of the 128 dead or missing among the Lakonia's total of 1,082 peo- ple aboard. | "I know that nothing we can) say will compensate for their) loss," he said, "but we feel very, very deeply for them, Asked whether he had any idea why the fire spread so rap- Canadian Press Staff Writer | President Johnson and Soviet Premier Khrushchev are slowly and cautiously moving ino an competition in the pursuit of peace, ting, a somewhat optimistic augury cold war during 1964, While U.S. authorities are, not sure at this stage where the peace path will lead, they in- dicate there now is "active movement" in discussion be- tween the two governments on new possibilities and develop- ments, They say there is even) a communion of: action along lines of what Khrushchev de- scribes as "mutual example" to bring the arms race idly, Goulandris thought for @ moment and answered: "If you had asked me that) two days before it happened, 1) would have said it was impos-| sible." | He said he could understand) 3 getting out of contro] on) a ship which was undergoing) repairs with a skeleton crew) aboard, but. 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The exchange of New Year's messages between the two lead- ers was more than an expres- sion of cordiality; it was an ex- pression of anxiety aad hope to build a permanent barrier; against nuclear war and a will to take unilateral steps, if nec- essary, to show. good intentions by example, REDUCT SPENDING Both sides have given indica- tions of reducing arms spend- ing and of tightening the inven- tory on military manpower and bases without formal bargain: ing or agreements on how son for the reductions, The U.S. | complains that until the West} can look at Soviet books, the} world can never be sure} whether the Soviet cuts .are real, Yet. there is U.S. hind quest for peace. competition in tween Soviets-U.S. Trod : Wary Peace Path size of the Soviet military force." and therefore can j "4 general way whether take is increasing confidence in ater ass rters that. detente, ~ for further dismantling of the, "eo =. 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