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PooN thisage! Our lilade na aval onipyar See Page 13 it it it it it ir The Weather Cloudy and cool with occasional rain or drizzle tonight. Tuesday, mostly cloudy and warmer; chance of showers. COURIER EDITION 7 CENTS VOL.89 NO. 70 CAMDEN, N. MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1964 Phones 609 663-7100 ST 663-6000 Mere is it POST HOMI Laos Rightists 'Reverse' Coup.

Free Souvanna Yield To U.S. Demand 5 8 SAIGON, South Vietnam (UPI) Kight-wing gen erals who yesterday de posed Premier Souvanna Phouma in neighboring Laos reversed themselves today and released him from house arrest, diplomatic sources here (A dispatch from Vientiane, Couner-Post Photo by Bob Bartosi The fire burned out of control for more than Flames could be seen 10 miles away. SMOKING RUINS are all that remain of the Dickensheets lishment. Lumber Yard in Gloucester after fire wrecked the estab- an hour. capital of Laos, said Souvanna, leader of the country's neutralist faction, was allowed to leave his villa and unexpectedly flew to the royal capital of Luang Prabang to meet with King Savang Vatthana.

(The Vientiane dispatch said Souvanna was accompanied by the two coup leaders, Gen. Kou Gloucester Fire Probe Continues prasith Abhay and Gen. Siho Little Voter Interest Seen In State-Wide Contests Lanphouthacoul, and Gen. Phou- House OKs 10 Pet GS Track Tax mi Nosavana, leader of the right- wing faction. City Calm (Gen.

Kong Le, leader of a neutralist faction in Laos, was reported to have pledged his Webster B. Todd yesterday called for support by all factions of the party for the unpledged delegation which he is painstakingly put trtcrothpr after aHmnnishinp all 5,000 troops to support Souvanna, UPI-Courler Post Telefax IMPROMPTU press conference is held by Roy M. Cohn just after mistrial ruling in Federal Court at New York. Courier-Post Bureau TRENTON -The Assembly (Vientiane was calm, with vir tually all troops withdrawn from New Jersey voters will be faced with a lifeless primary election tomorrow, featuring ballots overloaded with names but lacking in serious contests. Less than a fourth of the state's Voting Machine Operation Explained on Page 6 Fire officials were reported continuing an investigation today into the cause of a spectacular fire which yesterday razed the Dickensheets Lumber Yard at King and Market sts.

in Gloucester City. Fire Chief Walter E. Klaus said no estimate of the loss had been made but that several buildings used as warehouses for lumber presidential candidates to and sent the Senate today the streets, shops opened, and traffic normal. The airport re a Dill to levy a iu per cent ad the hell out of New Jersey." Presidential candidates have stayed clear of New Jersey and none will be listed on the ballot, but some write-ins are expected and county chairmen predicted Sen. Goldwater, would walk away with the lion's share.

However, most observers believe the results will have little effect on the prestige of any of the candidates or influence the state's unpledged Republican delegation. Republican State Chairman mained closed.) mission tax at Garden State Diplomatic sources in Saigon Track, Cherry Hill said the coup leaders had apolo The bill, approvea 35-5, would mean Camden County and Cherry Cohn Case Ends With Mistrial gized for attempting the coup. Souvanna was said to have denied Time Is Needed "With so many potential candidates in the wings many more months of sampling the political climate of the country is needed before the convention can make a Continued on Page 2 Col. 1 12,954,059 registered voters are ex and an office building were burned Hill would split about $220,000 a out. He said the fire was discov he had resigned as the generals pected by election officials to turn out.

ered at 1:15 a.m. and burned out claimed yesterday. Essex County's 11th District of control for 90 minutes. Strong action by the United year, based on the 1963 attendance at the track. The state would get 10 per cent for administration after the county divided equally 'Democratic race should generate The fire shot flames 150 feet States, Britain and France put pressure on the coup leaders.

The the other 90 per cent. A similar NEW YORK (UPI)-The death Western allies feared that the bill died in the Senate last year into the air and reportedly could the most heat and will probably be seen 10 miles away. produce New Jersey's first Negro 2 Firemen Hurt congressional candidate. Two firemen were injured and But, in eight of the state's 15 a number of others were over- districts, party organization nomi- change of the delicate balance of forces in Laos could have reper The Assembly was expected to pass another bill this afternoon which calls for a 10-cent admis and a conference with all attorneys and the defendants. Judge Archie O.

Dawson announced the defense did not want to continue deliberations with an 11-member jury. Dawson then declared the of a juror's father caused a mistrial last night in the trial of Attorneys Roy M. Cohn and Murray Gottesman. cussions throughout Southeast Injunction Bans Y. Fair Tie-Up come bv smoke as about 300 fire- nees are running unopposed Asia.

Since 1962, neutralists, pro- sion tax at the state's four race Communists, and right-wingers tracks. The bill passed this morn Government lawyers said they have shared rule in Laos. ing applies only to Garden State, would seek a new trial for the two Rusk in Contact an dis sponsored by the Camden County delegation. on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Secretary of State Rusk kept in contact with developments in Laos The 10-cent bill would allocate The Federal Court jury, which 10 per cent to the state and 90 yesterday but left for Washington per cent for the county where today without commenting.

had been deliberating the case four days, reported only two hours before the mistrial ruling the tax track is located. This The restraining order came as it was disclosed that stall-in plans had mushroomed into a full-scale civil disobedience program involving attempts to disrupt train and subway travel, sit-in and lie-ins at key road junctions, jam-ups at would give Camden County $90. Rusk sent the U.S. ambassador to Laos, Leonard Unger, rushing back to Vientiane from a visit in 000, and nothing to Cherry Hill. that it was making progress in reaching a verdict.

Saigon. Unger appealed to the It was reported that during the Bills to require a complete inventory of state groperty and to establish a Capital Punishment Acquittal Was Possible The decision of the defense prompted one juror to remark that it was "too bad" Cohn would not accept an 11-juror verdict, indicating he may have been acquitted. Just before announcing the mistrial, the judge told a packed courtroom, "all the time we've spent here is just wasted. We may have to go through it all again." Conviction on the charges could bring Cohn a prison term of 35 years and a $26,000 fine. Gottesman could get 10 years and a $4,000 fine.

Continued on Page 2 Col. fair ticket booths and picketing inside' and outside the fair Study Commission also were be fighters battled to prevent spread of the flames to nearby homes and a Coast Guard installation. At the height of the fire sparks were showering down on a five-square-block area. August Crisp, a hoseman with Gloucester Fire Company 2, and Martin J. Coyle, a hoseman with Company 4 were treated at Cooper Hospital after they had been struck in the face by hoses.

He said firemen watered down roofs of houses in the 100 block S. King st. as sparks rained down. He said a Bell Telephone cable also burned. Six Towns Aid Aiding Gloucester's four fire companies were units from Brook-lawn, Mount Ephraim, Audubon.

Camden, Haddon Heights and Westville. Personnel from the adjoining Coast Guard station also helped fight the fire. Also on the scene was the Volunteers of America Canteen and the Gloucester Township fore the Assembly today for final afternoon the panel was only one vote short of a unanimous vote for acquittal. The jury first received the case last Thursday. 11-Member Jury Refused Write-ins OKd In Primaries Tomorrow The Camden County Board of Elections has changed its signals.

Write-ins for presidential preferences will be possible on Camden County voting machines at tomorrow's primary. An aide of the vote board had informed the Courier-Post such write-ins would not be possible because the only space available for such selections would be locked and inoperable. However, Edward C. Gardner, chairman of the elections board, today said this is not so. The space at the extreme top left of the machines will be unlocked and the voters can write in their preferences.

However, assistance from polls officials should be solicited. grounds. A Transit Authority spokesman. action in the Legislature. GOP Policy Measure NEW YORK (UPI)-Leaders of the Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan chapters of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) were enjoined by court order today agaiast staging a stall-in demonstration at the opening of the New York World's Fair Wednesday.

Queens County Supreme Court Justice Joseph M. Conroy signed Related Stories on Page 6 the order naming 10 leaders of the CORE units. If they participate in the planned stall-in that threatens to paralyze fair roadways, they will lay themselves open to contempt of court charges. The restraining order was sought by Queens County Dist. Atty.

Frank D. O'Connor. He also invited leaders of the dissident CORE chapters to meet with him to discuss their planned told of plans by CORE units to Gottesman, 57, and Cohn, 37, The bill to inventory state prop disrupt subway travel, said: "We have a public respoasibil-ity to operate the subways for erty is a Republican policy meas ure sponsored by Sen. Hillery, who was counsel for the late Joseph McCarthy's Senate subcommittee during the Army-McCarthy hearings, were accused in nine the benefit of the people of the Citv of New York. We plan to R-Morris.

It would require the director of the Division of Pur carry out our responsibility." Mac's So, chase and Property to. prepare a separate counts of lying and obstructing a 1962 grand jury inves master list of all real and personal property owned by the state tigating how four swindlers es Today Tourier-Post Amusements 26 Bridge 9 Classified 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 Comics 35 Crossword Puzzle 35 Death Notices 30 Dear Abby 21 Debbie Drake 26 Earl Wilson 26 Editorials 14 Financial News 22 Industrial News 23 Life Hereabouts 26 Lost and Found 30 Mutual Funds 22 Obituaries 16 Sports 27, 28, 29 Sylvia Porter 23 Television 11 Women's News 19, 20, 21 Your Birthday 35 Continued on Page 2 Col. 4 Police also made elaborate plans to cope with the demonstrations and provide security for President Johnson who will be here for the Fair opening. CORE Spokesmen said pedestrian demonstrators would sit down TRUCK KILLS SLEEPERS He Declined 'Garter LONDON (UPI) Former Prime Minister Macmillan says he likes to be called mister and that's why he turned down the Order of the Garter when he resigned last year. "It would have meant changing my name and I have an affection for my own name," Macmillan said yesterday.

"The queen was very understanding about it." BOMBAY, India (UPI) A caped indictment in 1959 in the $5 million United Dye and Chemical Corp. stock fraud case. Cohn was charged specifically with accepting part of a $50,000 payoff to prevent the indictments, which a subsequent grand jury later returned. The death of James Gaston caused the dismissal from the panel of his daughter, Arabelle, heavily-laden truck went out of control early today and ran over ior lie down at DotuenecK areas, including the Triborough, Bronx-Whitestone and Queensborough bridges and the Queens-Midtown jTunnel the main highway arteries dozens of persons sleeping on the Lands Safely at Cleveland Bolt Hits 1st Lady's Plane side of a road here. Six persons to Long Island from Manhattan were killed three of them childrenand 20 injured.

and the mainland. Nationwide Protests Slated rived in Cleveland at 10 o'clock, about 20 minutes late. One Negro leader, Harlem rent "It was not the smoothest flight strike organizer Jesse Gray, also Newsman Sees S. Viet Losing War I can imaeine." Mrs. Johnson announced plans yesterday for simultaneous similar demonstra tions in 50 cities across the coun told a delegation who greeted her upon her arrival.

The First Lady's party left immediately from the airport for a tour of a model housing project for the elderly. well imperil our entire position mind or our own that he is slow-in Southeast Asia." ly bleeding us to death as he did try to protest segregation. Gray said the plans were drawn in Sheehan said the most likely i the French forces during the Washington last weekend by ACT, years, spoke at the UPI breakfast for the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Sheehan said he warned at a similar meeting a year ago that NEW YORK (UPI) Neil Sheehan, United Press International correspondent in Saigon, said today the U.S.-supported South Vietnamese government is a national coordinating body for CLEVELAND, O. (LTD The plane carrying Mrs.

Lyndon Johnson to a day-long series of speaking engagements in Cleveland, Ohio, was struck by lightning today but landed safely. The incident occurred as the plane, a commercial airliner, was about one-half hour out of Cleveland on the flight from Washington. The bolt struck about two seats behind where the First Lady was seated. It popped loudly and flashed blue and white. Mrs.

Johnson jumped but she laughed with the rest of the passengers when it became evident that no damage had been done. A few seconds later another Accompanying Mrs. Johnson activist civil rights groups. He were Mrs. Anthony Celebrezze, end to the American adventure in South Vietnam is a political agreement to neutralize the country "a polite diplomatic euphemism for a leisurely Communist did not name the cities.

wife of the Health, Education and the U.S. -backed forces in South losing its guerrilla war against Welfare Secretary and former New York officials have warned that the highway stall irv alone could paralyze highway access to mayor of Cleveland; Marie Mc the Communist Viet Cong. "We have been losing it for some time. The situation has deteriorated so badly now that it the city. Guire, commissioner of public housing, and Dr.

Janet Vietnam were in serious danger of losing the guerrilla war. "Now, 12 months and two coups later, I must tell you that the news today is even graver," he said. "The likelihood is that the first Indo-China war 10 years ago," he said. Sheehan said North Vietnamese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh is certain that one day the will to resist will snap and that the U.S. eventually will agree to another round of negotiations in Geneva.

"In these negotiations Ho would offer the U.S. the same face-saving formula for withdrawal he did after the American defeat in Laos in 1962 a so called neutralization of South Vietnam," Sheehan said. "In South Vietnam, the word neutralization White House physician. After touring the housing proj ect the First Lady planned to ad take over." The Communist strategy in Vietnam is to bring the U.S.-backed Vietnamese government to exhaustion and the brink of collapse by gradual, relentless sapping of its political, military and administrative strength, Sheehan said. "The war is being fought on his (the enemy's) terms, when and where he chooses to fight bolt was seen near the plane but United States will be faced over the next two or three years with U.S.

HOT AND COLD NEW YORK (UPI)-The highest temperature reported to the U.S. Weather Bureau yesterday, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, was 99 degrees at Presidio, Tex. This morning's low was 19 at Houlton, Maine. did not hit it. Pilot G.

A. Mos-teller, 36, of Vienna, a United the grim necessity of absorbing dress the opening session of the national convention of the Young Women's Christian Association, and attend a reception for "Women Doers" in the Cleveland area. probably cannot be reversed without massive American intervention in all Indo-China, a move which, in my opinion, our people do not seem willing to accept," Sheehan said. Sheehan, who covered the war in Vietnam for UPI for nearly two i Air Lines pilot for 21 years, said he had no trouble controlling the a momentous military and political defeat in South Vietnam, a potential disaster which may very MRS. LYNDON JOHNSON Viscount propjet.

The plane ar There is no doubt either in histmeans communization.".