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U.S. Investigates Air Force Mishap
WIESBADEN, Germany—(UPI)—A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane shot down in East Germany yesterday may have been lured across the border by false signals, an Air Force spokesman said today.
U. S. authorities sought to learn the fate of the three crewmen of the RE66 plane. They parachutated over Communist territory but the Air Force said, "We don't know whether they are alive or dead."
THEY WERE identified as Capt. David I. Holland, of Holland, Minn., the pilot; 1st Lt. Harold W. Welch, of Detroit, Mich., the navigator; and Capt. Melvin J. Kessler, of Philadelphia, Pa., the instructor-navigator.
"It cannot be ruled out that the plane was led off course by radio jamming and false signals," Air Force spokesman Col. Mark Gilman said.
"As long as we have the capability of doing this—and we do—we must assume the other side can do it too." he added. "We have no concrete evidence at this time. But we are not ruling it out."
The United States protested against the shooting, second of an unarmed U.S. plane in little more than a month, and urged the Russians to return the three men.
THE RB66 TWIN jet plane apparently lost its way on a routine training mission over West Germany and strayed across the border
U. S. officials said last night there was no doubt the plane was shot down.
Gilman quoted an official Washington report saying three parachutes were seen dropping away from the falling RB66.
Two possible eyewitnesses—crewmen aboard a British commercial airliner—told UPI they saw no parachutes.
At Berlin, Capt. Kenneth McQueen of the British European Airways West Berlin-to-Hannover flight which passed near the scene at the reported time the RB66 went down, said he saw a plane that "looked like a Russian jet."
"ABOUT FIVE MILES from us I saw an aircraft and a sheet of flame behind it. Then the aircraft dived and disappeared into thick haze. Then smoke rose from the ground. From this we assumed that either the aircraft was engaged in rocket practice shooting at ground targets or that it had exploded and crashed." McQueen said.
Another crew member, who asked that his name be withheld, said he saw what might have been the American plane crashing.
"I saw a flash at the top of the haze. Then the flash turned to a puff of smoke over the haze and later a cloud of smoke rose from the ground. I had the impression of an aircraft going down," he said.
Flooding Ohio River Threatens Thousands
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — (UPI) Thousands of persons living in low-lying areas along the Ohio River in this area were bracing today for the worst-flooding and abandonment of their homes.
With the third highest Ohio River crest here in this century forecast, the National Red Cross estimated that 10,000 to 15,000 persons will be forced to flee their homes by the time the river reaches its high point sometime Friday morning.
As the torrential rainwaters of Sunday and Monday began moving into the Ohio from the flooded tributaries, streams and drainage systems, the U.S. Weather Bureau here revised an earlier prediction and forecast, instead, a crest of 18 feet above flood stage for the city.
WATERS WERE subsiding in some areas as the swollen Ohio posed threats to communities farther down river. Residents of a wide area of lowlands surrounding Louisville were told to be ready to leave for higher ground.
Also alerted for almost certain flooding were the communities of West Point and Shepardsville, south-west of Louisville on the Ohio.
An exodus from West Point—a town of 2.375—began last night on a large scale. More than 80 per cent of the community, mostly military personnel stationed at Fort Knox, was expected to be moved out sometime today.
FIFTY DISASTER-trained Red Cross workers set up a staging area and one in Cincinnati last night. Another 50 persons have been alerted for possible duty in the flood-stricken Ohio River valley.
Robert C. Edson, national Red Cross director of disaster services, said surveys indicate that rising waters thus far have affected 23 counties in Kentucky.
As the Licking rose to 45 feet, 17 feet above flood stage, state police said an estimated 600 families were moved out of their homes. Three-fourths of the town was under water.
Perhaps the hardest hit community was Falmouth, a town of 2,800 population 25 miles south of Cincinnati, at the forks of the Licking River.
SCORES OF Louisville residents were forced to flee from their homes yesterday after checked streams left homes flooded. However, many were returning to their homes to begin cleanup operations.
The Ohio was predicted to crest here Friday morning at 73 feet below the McAlpine Dam measuring station. The crest above the dam was expected to be 46 feet. The highest ever recorded at the gauge above the dam was 57.15 feet in January, 1937. A crest of 47.1 feet was recorded March 8, 1945.
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But victory in the first battle does not mean victory in the war. Outside his native New England, Lodge would rate low in any popularity poll among Republicans who will be delegates to the national convention next July. They will be glad to nominate him, however, if he looks, at convention time, like the candidate with the best chance of winning.
GOLDWATER and Rockefeller both had their names on the presidential preference section of the GOP ballot along with Mrs. Smith and Stassen, the Philadelphia lawyer who formerly was governor of Minnesota.
Lodge and Nixon were both the beneficiaries of organized write-in campaigns. Lodge was Nixon's running mate in 1960.
The New Hampshire result in the nation's first 1964 presidential primary will compel the national GOP to undertake a reassessment of its candidates with Lodge now entitled to much more attention.
Democrats had no real contest in their primary. They elected 20 national convention delegates from among candidates favoring the nomination of President Johnson and cast only write-in votes for president and vice-president.
A late winter storm dumped heavy snow on most of the state yesterday and held the total vote to about 100,000, less than was expected.
Returns from 276 of 302 precincts gave Lodge 25,616 votes; Goldwater 17,945; Rockefeller 15,822; Nixon 13,215; Mrs. Smith 1,619; Stassen
Weather
Wednesday, March 11, 1964
The low tonight will be 20-25 degrees, and the high tomorrow will be near 50 degrees, Topeka Weather Station reported.
Skies will clear by night fall and tomorrow's skies will be partly cloudy.
Lodge Wins on Write-ins, Snow Storm Limits Votes
Calls Bring Excitement, Money
CONCORD, N.H.—(UPI)—Ambasador Henry Cabot Lodge stepped into the front rank of Republican presidential contenders today with a stunning write-in victory in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary.
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NIXON, THE GOP'S standard bearer in 1960, claims he is not seeking the party's nomination this year but would be available for a draft at the Republican National Convention.
As a silent and unannounced candidate in Saigon, Lodge won over Sen. Barry Goldwater, who ran second, and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, who was trailing in third place. Both had carried on intensive campaigns in the state before yesterday's vote.
Richard Nixon, another write-in,
took fourth place while Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (Maine), the only woman seeking the nomination,
edged out Harold E. Stassen for fifth place.
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For the last week, a phone call meant anything from congratulations on her selection to represent the United States in the Junior Fencing Championships in Budapest to a request to give a fencing demonstration at the NCAA basketball tournament in Kansas City.
Whenever Claudia Reeder, Kansas City sophomore, hears her phone buzz she gets more excited than the average KU coed.
More important to Miss Reeder at the moment, a call might indicate interest to contribute to a fund that will make it possible for her to participate in Budapest.
"A CALL last night indicated that I might receive an anonymous check for $500." Miss Reeder said.
even so would help Miss Reeder must raise the $900
"I'm sure this could not be right but even $$ would help."
Claudia Reeder
in less than ten days. A fund has been set up to receive the money in the Endowment Association office. The university has no sources to sponsor an individual competitor.
Miss Reeder has written to Kansas senators and representatives asking about any group which might sponsor her. She has written area KU alumni associations, and has made a film strip demonstrating fencing techniques which is being run daily in the Kansas City area.
Individual contributions from her sorority sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and the sorority's alumni groups hope to help boost the fund.
"Two hundred dollars has actually come in so far and this was from a grocery store chain, and a service station chain in the Kansas City area."
1,139; Gov. George Romney of Michigan (write-in) 87; and Gov. William W. Scranton of Pennsylvania (write-in) 65. President Johnson received 11,487 votes for president and Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, 9,004 for vice-president.
BY PUTTING Johnson ahead of Kennedy, New Hampshire Democrats avoided embarrassment for themselves, for Johnson and for Kennedy.
New Hampshire Republicans also voted yesterday to elect 14 national convention delegates from a field of 71 candidates.
The delegate tabulation was much slower than the count in the presidential preference vote. Lodge supporters led for all 14 spots in the delegation.
The next major Republican contest now appears to be coming in the May 15 Oregon primary. Lodge will be on the ballot there along with Goldwater, Rockefeller, Nixon, Mrs. Smith and Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania.
Lodge's victory will subject him to heavy pressure to resign his diplomatic post and return to become an active contender for the Republican nomination.
LODGE NOW FINDS himself in the same position into which he led Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. While Eisenhower stayed at his post as NATO commander in Europe, Lodge managed the campaign which began with victory in New Hampshire and won the presidential nomination for Eisenhower.
Lodge still bears political scars
from the 1952 campaign. He collected more as the GOP nominee for vicepresident in 1960. These scars will handicap the Lodge campaign as it moves outside New England.
In New Hampshire, that campaign was a smoothly functioning professional operation run by a handful of men who solicited pledges by mail.
In a brief statement prepared before the vote, Lodge said he would "very carefully consider" the results in New Hampshire.
HIS COMMENT was given Monday to his son, George Cabot Lodge, who had told his father by telephone that public opinion polls indicated strength for the ambassador.
Lodge's strength was apparent when the first small towns reported yesterday before the polls closed in most communities. Rockefeller took a brief lead when the vote was counted in Portsmouth, the only city with voting machines, but his lead vanished quickly when the write-in vote was counted in that city. Lodge regained the lead and never lost it.
Rockefeller conceded before midnight and said he would stick with his plans to fly to California this morning.
About the same time, Goldwater's New Hampshire manager, Stewart Lamprey, conceded that it appeared impossible to catch Lodge.
Goldwater, who was in Washington, never formally conceded but said he still had "a whale of a chance" in the rest of the country. He, too, is heading for California after a brief rest in his home state of Arizona.
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GOP Party Leaders View Primary Results
By United Press International
By United Press International Backers of Sen. Barry Goldwater and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller were impressed but not shaken by the surprise write-in victory of Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Tuesday's New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.
A survey of Republican leaders throughout the country indicated a belief on their part that the New York governor and the Arizona senator are still running in front in the pre-convention race.
MANY VIEWED LODGE'S showing as a "favorite son" triumph in armchuck as he comes from neighboring Massachusetts. These GOP strategists discounted the ambassador's future prospects unless he becomes an active candidate for the GOP nomination.
Typical of reaction from the Goldwater camp was the evaluation by J. Drake Edens Jr., South Carolina State Republican chairman, Edens, a goldwater backer, said the Lodge vote "is strictly attributable to a favorite son situation."
Of the senator's showing, he said: "I am pleased we came out ahead of Gov. Rockefeller." Edens also expressed hope that those who are not serious candidates will stay out of future primaries so that Goldwater can prove he is a winner in a contest with Rockefeller.
FROM THE ROCKEFELLER standpoint, Fred A. Young, New York state Republican chairman, said the New Hampshire result "definitely restored" the governor as a prime contender.
He said Rockefeller made an "affirmatively significant showing" which should "not be measured by his failure to run as well as New England's favorite son but by his comeback from political limbo to run even with Goldwater and former vice president Richard M. Nixon."
Young predicted Rockefeller will do even better in Oregon and Call-
From neighboring Vermont, Mrs. Counsuelo North Baipley, GOP state chairman, termed the New Hampshire primary "not conclusive."
formia, thus paving the way for his nomination at the San Francisco convention in July.
"The results don't kill the chance of any candidate," she commented. "I am not surprised at Lodge's showing. He is extremely capable and everyone likes him."
EDWARD JANEWAY. Vermont GOP national committeeman, said new Hampshire showed the race is "still a wide open proposition but this hurts Goldwater most." He said the Vermont situation is still unsettled, however, and the delegation may go to San Francisco split between several candidates.
A Virginia national committeewoman, Mrs. Hazel K. Barger of Roanoke, commented: "I think Lodge made a terrific showing but unless he does come back and do some campaigning I don't think he's got a chance. It's a toss-up between Rockefeller and Goldwater."
However, another Virginian, national committeeman Nile Straugham said the New Hampshire showing "could make Lodge a strong and a real contender."
SIMILARLY, IN CHICAGO. Cook county Republican chairman Hayes Robertson, a Goldwater backer, said it was "a pretty big thing to be able to write in even a short name like Lodge on that many ballots". However, Robertson said if Lodge were the nominee, Illinois would go Democratic in November.
From Colorado, Herbert F. Koeher, chairman of the state Goldwater for president committee, termed the outcome surprising but added: "the New Hampshire result really didn't prove very much except the fact that the race is still wide open with Senator Goldwater well in the lead when all states are taken into account."