European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 31, 1963 Western hemisphere the stars and stripes tag 7 soviet built jets fired on . Cargo ship to soviet built Jet Al rat ers fired on a . Cargo ship Pittsl week in International Waters off the const of Culm. Navy fighters raced to hip scene hut the at i Nek or wore gone when they or Rived. The state depart Meni said hurts were fired across the How and Stern of the motor ship Florid a on owned by the South Atlantic and Caribbean a frs inc. New York. No hits wore scored inc department said. The ship was in route from san Junn. Puerto Rico to my Del. Cuba inter told the United states that Cohnn migs prob ably fired in error but the state department demanded a full explanation. Last feb. 20 a a nor of Mig fighters fired near a . Shrimp boat the Ala. While it was in in turn Illonal Waters off Cuba. The United states vigorously protested the attack. In another development the department confirmed that sea borne raiders last monday night attacked and damaged a soviet freighter Landing sugar at a port on the North coast of Cuba. But it sold it had no idea where the As Sault group had us base state department press officer Lincoln White also said the department still had no report from investigators seeking to disc Over the detail of n similar  March 18 on another russian ves Sel in the same Aren. In Havana Premier Flinel Cas Tro accused the unil a states of responsibility Tor the Ermeri at tack on the two soviet freighters. He warned that Cuba might have to acquire bombers and War ships for Protection. Meanwhile from Bluml came reports that Antl in Nero raiders were  for another strike at Cuba. In Defiance of american concern that the hit and run blows could spark another crisis in .-Sovlet re lations. Alpha 66 and the second National front of e scam Bray two commando groups were reported making preparations at a secret base in the Caribbean for tie new assault. Antonio veil non founder and coordinator of Alpha 6 1 told n fund raising meeting in Atlanta that his group Hopes to step up Harrns sment raids in Kuhn to it inst one a week. In Moscow the soviet Union protested to the United Stales Over the March 18 attack on the russian ship. The United states immediately denied the soviet charges that it was response in for the attn in. In related developments last week . Narcotics commissioner Henry l. Giordano said he recently stationed some of his a cunts in Mexico to strike it the source of incoming cuban narcotics before they reach the . Border. Glord no said cuban narcotics traffickers lire taking advantage of Mexico in their efforts to Dis tribute drugs throughout both critic jolted Congress a congressional intr was raised last week by a Magazine article written by an Anonymous congressman who accused his legislative colleagues of  such abuses a in fluence Selling payroll padding and misuse of funds. The article was pub Lonhi d in Parade Magazine. The article was entitled con Gressmen who  rep. Porter Hardy d-va., demanded an investigation into one of the charges that a cot league made on illegal $4,000 profit on land for the new House office building. The Parade article said that n fellow lawmaker boasted to the congressman that he and made a Quick $4,000 profit in go Days by slipping out during n hearing on the Purchase of land for the new House office building. An soon us he Learned what land the government wanted he phoned his broker and ordered him to buy property in the Aren. The broker got u three Story Brick House for Only $500 Down  the article quoted him. Other news developments on Capitol Hill last week a special committee headed by Gen Lucius d. Clay ret told president Kennedy that the pres ent $3.9 billion foreign Aid pro Gram is too big. The committee s report was widely interpreted As stating that the program was $500 million too High but that a Cut of that size would not be in do immediately because of commitments. However. William t. Dentzer jr., the executive director of the committee said the $500 million figure was in error. Dentzer said the group and stated that the present program was too High but it also had listed several new projects which it thought should be added. The committee did Call for cuts in future years. Three pro civil rights Sena tors were named by sen. James o. Eastland. D mlss., to the sen ate judiciary sub committee that handles this Type of 1 e g i s i a 11 on. Etis Llimo an All out foe of civil rights measures appointed Sens. Edward m. Ted Kennedy d-mass., the president s brother Birch and Hiram l. Fong a Hawril. The Senate gave overwhelm ing approval to president Ken Nedy s nomination of Franklin d. Roosevelt or. As an under Secre tary of Commerce. Eastland Bayh. D-lnd., North and South America. Maud Urrutia y Leo Cas Tro s first provisional president who later broke with the prime minister because of communism flew from  to Mexico for Asylum. Aboard the Plune with him were 25 other cubans. All and been in Asylum in the mexi can Mehn Fenny Robert or Neman testifying before a congressional committee stoutly defended i decision on award of the tfx contract. He predicted that the con tract will save at least a billion Dollar in development production and operating Cost Over the life Cycle of the aircraft. A 1 Hoto tfx probe assailed defense Secretary Rob Ert s. Mann Mara told senators in testimony made Public last week that Only harm can come from the politically explosive Senate tfx fighter plane inquiry. Mcnamara suld that both Pentagon officials and members of Congress have been upset by the investigation. I cannot see any Good that will accrue he said in a published transcript of his closed door testimony before the sen ate investigations subcommittee on March 21. Davey Moore died of ring injuries former featherweight Cham Pion Davey Moore diet last week of brain injuries sustained when he was knocked out by sugar Ramos four Days earlier. Moore 20, died exactly one year and one Day after Benny kid a ret suffered the some Fate world when he was dethroned of in a welter  Cham 9puki3 Plon shop bout with Entile Griffith in new York. Moore s death brought renewed Calls by Federal and state Login Latora for the Banning of professional boxing. Other Sporta developments in last week s headlines Henry Cooper retained his British and Empire heavyweight titles with a fifth round knockout of challenger Dick Richardson of Wales before a crowd of 11,000 in London red italian ferraris won the first six places in the 13th run Ning of the 12-Hcitr sports car endurance race at Sebring Fla the winning Ferrari was driven by Lodovico Scarf lotto of Italy and englishman. John surtes. Two British jaguars finished seventh and eighth and two German porsche finished ninth and 10th. Georgia s attorney general la Vest gated charges that former Georgia University athletic director Welly Butts and Alabama coach Paul Bryant conspired to fix the football game Between the two schools last year. The at Torney general announced that Butts made Telephone Calls to known gamblers shortly before the game. He said however that he had found no evidence that Butu was engaged in gambling. Meanwhile Butts filed a $10 Mil lion damage suit against the saturday evening Post which first published the charges. Loyola University of Chicago won the Mcaa basketball Cham Plon shop with a 60-58 upset Vic tory of Cincinnati. Providence College Defeated Canisius 81-66, in the final of the National invitation tournament in new York. In Denver the Phillips g6 oilers won the Amateur athletic Union s National title for the 12th time by routing the Denver cd Locaco truckers 100-70. The defense chief strongly de fended his decision to award the Mulli billion Dollar contract to general dynamos corp., instead of Boeing co. Mcnamara at to told he sen ate committee he tried to sup press a controversial air Force memorandum leaked to the press which accused subcommittee staff aides of abusing Pentagon witnesses in lengthy interrogations. I Don t condone this and moreover 1 have sat on a highly explosive document for Over a week knowing that it was very critical of the committee he told the senators. Later in the week the air Force announced that it has opened an investigation to deter mine who released the memo. Involved in the dispute is the award to general dynamics for production of 1.700 tfx aircraft which could be used by both the Navy and air Force. The con tract is expected to Cost More than $6 billion. The defense Secretary also rejected the idea that there was any nuclear stalemate be tween the United states and Russia. He said this country had sufficient Power to absorb the first strike of the russians and Stilt destroy the soviet Union. Said that if he was forced to choose Between a billion Dollar reduction in foreign Aid or defense i would choose the  Agency director Allen w. Dulles predicted at a Georgetown University forum that cons pro eventually Wilt be overthrown. He said he did not know How or when it would be done however. A . Army spokesman sold in Miami that about 450 Mem Bers of the cuban invasion Bri Gade Are expected to be Token into the armed forces for special military training. The spokesman sold 635 men one Quarter of the brigade s 2,500 members applied for induction. 4th Saturn flight succeeded with one engine out America s Saturn super Booster forerunner of a manned Moon rocket registered its fourth straight test flight Suc Cess last week and demonstrated that it can operate if one of its eight engines Falls. One of Saturn s four inboard engines was shut off deliberately after 100 seconds of powered flight to simulate a failure. Per forming perfectly the 163-foot tall Saturn climbed to an Alti tude of 77 Miles from Cape canaveral before plunging Back to break up and sink in the at lactic 230 Miles downrange. The Saturn flight was to have been the first half of a scheduled space doubleheader at the Cope. But earlier in the Day payload i rouble forced postponement of in a tempt to launch the explorer 17 satellite. Others Pace developments last week it was reported in washing ton that the defense department is preparing to deploy 54 inter Continental missiles of the doomsday Type at . Bases. The missiles Are Titan i and would carry warheads of 24 Mega tons equivalent to 24 million tons of int. Experts think two of the . Missiles would prob ably do More damage than one of the soviet Union s vaunted 100 megaton bombs. The Boeing co. Has been Given a $358.076,923 contract by the air Force for the design and manufacture and testing of the Dyna soar manned space glider wish Langton s senators old Rolvaag won Democrat Karl Rolvaag moved into the Minnesota governor s chair last week Cli maxing a bitter election Battle and a four month recount fight described As the longest and most Complete on record in the state. Rolvaag became the state s chief executive after Republican gov. Elmer u Andersen beaten by 91 votes to a recount said he would not Appeal the recount result to the Minnesota supreme court. In other political developments last week chinese american Edmond j. Gong became the first Oriental member of the Florida legis lature by leading All vote getter. In 12 Dade county Miami House races gathering 63,747 votes to 30389 for his Republican oppo . Nelson a. Rockefeller said he deplored the action of former gov. Goodwin Knight of California in setting up a Rocke Feller for president organization in that state. In los Angeles Knight said he would go ahead with plans to open an office of the organization there. The citizens association re formers surged Back into control of City Hall in Kansas City after four years in eclipse