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mat NEWSCASTER'S FAREWELL Page 2 VOL. 223, KO. 92 EJ1ILE GRIFFITH REGAINS TITLE Page II 6 LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 17 36 PAGES 10 CENTS LB Seems to Ease Terms Of Bombing Halt for Talks mm ii ii in ti rr i nTi pf analysts at home and abroad who have contended that North Vietnam could not directly accept any conditions for another halt in the bombing. "As we have told Hanoi time and again," he said, "the heart of the matter is this: The United States is willing immediately to stop aerial and naval bombardment of North Vietnam when this will lead promptly to productive discussion. We would assume that while discussions proceed, North Vietnam would not take advantage of the bombing cessation or limitation." On these terms, Johnson asserted, he is ready to talk tomorrow to President Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam and other chiefs of state, or to send Secretary of State Dean Rusk or some other trusted representative anywhere, to talk openly or in secret.

North Vietnam has rejected all such offers, Johnson said, because its leaders still hope that the American people will not see the struggle through to the end. "They are wrong," the President declared. As with other totalitarian regimes, the North Vietnamese mistake dissent for disloyalty, restlessness for rejection, "a few committees" for a country, and individual speeches for a policy. But, the President said, the U.S. effort See LBJ Col.

1, back page, this section By MAX FRANKEL Niw York Tlmtl News Service SAN ANTONIO, Tex. President John-inn said last night that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam if it would lead to prompt, productive discussions and that he would "assume" that Hanoi would not take advantage of the cessation during the talks. In an extensive, nationally televised defense of administration policy, Johnson offered the gentlest version yet of his condition that North Vietnam exercise reciprocal restraint during a halt in the bombing. In the past, U.S. officials have said they would wish to know in advance how Hanoi would respond.

The President, however, implied that North Vietnam knew the terms he was offering publicly in his address to the National Legislative Conference here. There was no direct change of policy, but in suggesting his sincerity about U.S. bombers damage last bridge at Haiphong, Pane A 2. negotiations, the President left open an opportunity for North Vietnam to agree to talks without making any other overt promises about reducing its own war effort during the negotiations. This was clearly meant to satisfy Village ARROYO CITY, a Texas fishing village of 400 near the mouth of Arroyo Colorado, fell to floodwaters yesterday.

One by one, houses and businesses, on the left, fell into the brown floodwaters of the Arroyo Colorado, a diversionary stream which has taken floodwaters out of the Rio Grande. (Story, Page A 4.) pi? 1 i Dying on NEARLY 4,000 ACRES of tomatoes were rotting in fields like this one, patrolled by grower Leo Meyer yesterday in California's Salinas Valley. Growers said the lateness of Mexican farm workers in arriving caused the losses, estimated at $500,000. Saigon Boils In Buddhist, Election Crises From UPI NYT Dispatches SAIGON (Saturday) A growing mob of 1,000 militant Buddhists denounced South Vietnam's military rulers today in a demonstration around the heavily guarded presidential palace. Across town, a study committee of the National Assembly recommended invalidation of the election of the junta on grounds of ballot "irregularities." Troops in full combat regalia and hundreds of police carrying truncheons and tear gas swarmed through the streets of Saigon.

The U.S. diplomatic mission was reported hard at work behind the scenes to keep the serious political crisis from deepening into the kind of turmoil that tore Saigon apart in 19.53 and again in 1965. The State Department in Washington was keeping in close touch. 16 Vote to Invalidate? The issue was the validity of the presidential elections held Sept. 3 that installed the military leadership at the head of a new constitutional government.

The 20-member Assembly committee met until 4 a.m. today for a final look at its report on the investigation into fraud charges in the Sept. 3 nationwide elections. When the meeting broke up, informed political sources said 16 members voted to invalidate the election. Two were said to have voted against the recommendation and two abstained.

The committee's recommendation is not binding. The full 117-member National Assembly must pass judgment on the committee recommendation, and politicians gathered for full-scale debate on the issue, which started later today. The Assembly is strongly pro-junta, but the committee recommendation itself was See SAIGON 1, back page, this section Chicago White Sox Out of Pennant Race Count out Chicago. Washington beat the White Sox, 1-0, last night, officially eliminating them from the tight American League baseball race. None of the other three contenders played.

Second-place Detroit, one game behind Minnesota, did not play California because of cold weather. The Tigers will play two games today and wind up the season tomorrow with another doubleheader against the Angels. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Twins and third-place Boston Red Sox, also one game behind, start a two-game series today. They also end the season tomorrow. Details, Page B3 Football Player 107 Back SDKs i A Financial 'Paper Gold9 United Press International the Vine A Landmark: Adopted Nations will be allocated a share of these SDRs on the ledgers of the IMF in proportion to their present fund quotas, which essentially reflect each nation's importance in the world economy.

Out of each $1 billion of the new reserves that are created, the United States, for instance, would get just under $250 million. When a nation has a deficit in its balance of payments it could use its special drawing rights to acquire "hard" or usable currencies to settle the deficit. This is what monetary reserves are for to settle international transactions. There was no formal vote by the 107 nations represented. When put to the governors of the fund, the proposal met with no objection and was hence adopted.

The historic moment passed with many present not aware of it. Accepted as part of the same resolution was a proposal, pushed hard by the See FINANCIAL Col. 1, back page, this section 3 Nations Push New Peace Plan For Mideast By WILLIAM R. FRYE Unittd Nation Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. Britain, Canada and Denmark are actively exploring a new approach to peace in the Middle East, it has been learned here, but have run into severe roadblocks.

The core of the plan is selection of a United Nations mediator whose job it would be to ease Arab-Israeli tension and begin the long, hard process of permanent peacemaking. Together with his appointment, the 15-nation U.N. Security Council would call V.A.R. accuses the United States of reneging on prewar promises, Page A 3. on Israel to withdraw from territory conquered in the June 5-10 war and nudge the Arabs toward renunciation of their claim to belligerent rights.

It is the latter claim that Egypt cites as justification for denying Israel passage through the Suez Canal and, before June 5, the Straits of Tiran. As of Sept. 27, there was considerable hope here that the new peace plan might get off the ground. The United Arab Republic, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia indicated they might be amenable. Israel, though voicing serious reservations, also seemed ready.

Meeting of Arabs 'Stormy Other Arabs, however, including Algeria and Syria, balked. A meeting of the Arab caucus yesterday was described as "stormy and inconclusive." The Soviet Union, which earlier had expressed interest in a Security Council meeting to endorse the plan, pulled back when it developed that the Arabs were split. Soviet diplomats feel they got a bloody nose last July when they agreed with the United States on a compromise plan and See 3 NATIONS Col. 4, back page, this section Going Up Furnished by tha U.S'. Wtathar Bureau LOUISVILLE orea Moitly fair end warmer.

High 62, low 40. Chance of rain near zero. KENTUCKY A little warmer and moitly fair. Highs 56-66, lows 34-44. INDIANA Partly cloudy to fair, slightly warmer.

Highs upper jOs-lower 60s, lows 37-44. High yesterday, 56; low, 38. Year Ago: High, 64; low, 48. Sum Rises, sets, 6:28. Moon: Rises, 2:30 a.m.; sets, 5:03 p.m.

Weather Map, Details, Back Page, Second Section his mother said. Yes, it was maturity. Never mind the photography he started and soon gave up. Or the guitar, either, even though he liked loud music. He was a sober-minded child, quiet and unemotional.

Everyone Else in Tears His mother remembered the time another son, Robert Melvin, cried after losing a baseball game. And when Middlesboro High lost the state Class AA high school football championship in Greg's senior year, everyone was in tears except Greg. "Why aren't you crying?" Wilma Page asked. "Why?" Greg answered. "I did my best.

That's all I can do. Why cry?" That was two years ago, and now a machine was breathing for her son. Still Wilma Page could say this is a wonderful world. Her neighbor, Carry Taylor, spent the last two weeks with the Pages in Lexington. The university and the hos- See UK Col.

1, back page, this section Associated Press Wiped Out Extension President depressed corridor that runs from Lake Erie to the Deep South. The final version of this year's legislation was hammered out behind closed doors by a joint House-Senate conference committee after the House and the Senate passed different measures. Cooper and Randolph were among those credited with getting these key sections restored after they had been erased or cut back: fA provision enabling the federal government to help pay for hospital operating costs as well as new hospital construction. Under this section, originally drawn up by Rep. Perkins, Kentucky hopes to receive $40 million over a five-year period to upgrade existing health facilities in the eastern part of the state.

A $97 million authorization enabling poorer mountain communities to participate in federal-state matching programs which they otherwise couldn't afford. The funds can be used to build facilities such as sewage-treatment plants, libraries and airports. A $26 million authorization for the construction of vocational-education centers. More than any other state, Kentucky is channeling Appalachian funds into new vocational schools. Authority to construct 1,600 miles of access roads connecting the regional development highways with isolated mountain hamlets and hollows.

Both the House and the Senate had originally authorized the $715 million for highway construction through 1971. But, See APPALACHIAN Col. 4, back page, this section Surveyor 5 Finds Moon's Surface Like Our Own By EVERT CLARK New York Times News Service WASHINGTON The moon is made of the same materials as the earth much of it soil and rock of volcanic origin. This tentative and highly qualified conclusion was presented yesterday by scientists who have studied the first chemical analysis of any celestial body other than the earth. The scientists said much of the lunar surface was probably made of basaltic soil and rock of volcanic origin like that found "almost any place on earth" where volcanic rocks from the subcrust have been pushed up through the earth's crust.

Such soil appears from Iceland and the Hudson Palisades to the Hawaiian Islands and India, they said. 54,850 Photographs Taken The scientists believe the moon was and probably still is hot with volcanic activity, contradicting the once popular view of the earth's nearest neighbor as dead, lifeless body far older than the earth. The analysis was made tfjis month by the Surveyor 5 spacecraft. Preliminary scientific findings were reported yesterday at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's headquarters. The United Stales now has taken See SURVEYOR Col.

4, back this section Two More Years Appalachia Bill Sent to By PAUL JANENSCH Courier-Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON Final authorization to extend the Appalachian Development Act for another two years was approved by the Senate yesterday and sent to the White "House' for President Johnson's signature. The compromise measure, which was approved by the House Thursday, represents a legislation victory for Sens. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky and Jennings Randolph of West Virginia. Democrat Randolph and Republican Cooper, representing the two states where1 the economic and social problems associated with the mountain region are most severe, introduced the original Appalachian act in 1965 and steered this year's bill to final Senate passage. Hospital Aid Is Approved The House bill was introduced this year by Eastern Kentucky Rep.

Carl Perkins, Democrat of Hindman. Designed to aid the mountain sections of Kentucky and 12 other states, the legislation authorizes $170 million for community development and $715 million for regional highway construction. The aim of the program, which the President has described as "creative federalism" in action, is to attract industry and tourism to the economically Associated Press Bigger Than Life CONCRETE STATUE of Charles de Gaulle dwarfs mini-skirted Juliet Simpkins in London wax museum. The 12-foot figure of the French president is part; of a display which opens at the museum next week. (v lis I 'It a By HOBART ROWEN Lot AngtlM Times-Washintton Pot Srvict RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil Without dissent, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday approved the much-debated Special Drawing Rights (SDR) scheme, popularly labeled "paper gold." This landmark step, the most significant departure on the international monetary scene since the IMF itself was created 22 years ago, came without controversy among the 107 nations represented and with little notice on the floor.

The man in the street will never see the new money, the SDRs, which will be nothing more than entries in the IMF account books. On Inside Pages Amusements A 12-13 Obituaries A 10 Classified 12 Radio, TV 2 Editorials A 6 Sports 3-9 Financial 10-11 Women A 14 Greg Page By DAVE KINDRED Courier-Journal ft Timet Staff Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. It's supposed to be cool and crisp in Lexington this afternoon, a perfect day for the University of Kentucky's first home football game of the season, against Mississippi. It was going to be a special day for Robert Page. He bought his ticket two months ago.

But he won't be going. His son Greg, after 38 days of paralysis at UK's Medical Center, died at 11:25 p.m. last night. His son was a 19-year-old sophomore at UK, the second Negro ever to receive a football scholarship there. The father said he didn't know why the fatal injury happened.

Nobody Knows Why' "Who knows why?" he said. "There's a fellow in the next room who was torn up in a car wreck. He was racing another guy on a narrow road. Why? Nobody goes out to get killed. Why did the President get shot? Nobody knows why." It happened to Greg Page on Aug.

22. The boy from Middlesboro, an After 38 Paralyzed Days, UK Sophomore Dies If -1 All-State defensive end who had grown up to 6feet-2 and 200 pounds, was going through a routine, no-contact drill on the fourth day of fall practice. The defensive line was to surround the quarterback, moving at half-speed with no intention of making a tackle. But Greg stumbled. Someone shoved the quarterback.

They bumped together. And the instant Greg's neck was snapped back by the collision, he suffered a paralyzing injury to his spinal cord. A Strong Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert Page, his parents, had been at the hospital every day since from 7 a.m.

to 8:30 p.m. The Pages are strong people. He left high school in Meridian, in 1942 to. go to war. Then he worked in the coal mines around Middlesboro for nine years.

Now he works in a tannery there. Mrs. Page has been a registered nurse for 21 years. They are strong people, and yesterday in the waiting room, they talked about what was and what is and what might have been. There was something about Greg Page, 11 -mm wift.

Staff Phot GREG PAGE I did my.