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Weather Forecast Light snow or rain likely early tonight. Low tonight near 34. Tomorrow clearer. * (Full report on Page A-2.) Temperatures Tsitr. * Midnight 32 g ajn 31 11 am 39 3 aa—33 « a.m. 32 Moon 37 4 ajn 32 10 am 34 1 pjn 40 An Atsociated Press Nawspopor 103 d Year. No. 15. Phone ST. 3-5000 ** Panama President Impeached In Remon Killing as Lawyer's Confession Involves Him in Plot Guizado Ousted; Ricardo Arias Is Named Successor Ky Hi* Amdahl hw PANAMA, Jan. 19.-1710 Na tional Assembly today impeached President Jose Ramon Guizado and ordered his arrest and trial on a charge of plotting the assas sination of his predecessor, Jose Antonio Remon. Then, after almost four hours of a special session which started at 3:30 a.m.. the lawmakers swore in second Vice President Ricardo Arias Espinosa as the third chief executive of this strategic Cen tral American republic in two weeks. The assembly was summoned to hear the sensational confes sion of Ruben Miro, a prominent lawyer, that he carried out the machine-gunning of Remon at a race track here on January 3 with Guizado’s full knowledge. Mr. Guizado. as first Vice Presi dent, became President immedi ately after the killing. Calls Btery Senseless. Under house arrest sinee yes terday, he assailed Miro’s story as “senseless." Mr. Guizado had asked the Assembly for a leave of absence pending investigation of the charges against him. But the lawmakers turned down the request after hearing a chamber clerk read the con fession from Miro, who said he was the man who fired into a lighted enclosure at the race track, killing President Remon and two others. Mr. Arias, who also is the for eign minister, was sworn into office at 7:16 a.m. Mlro's confession said the murder plot was carried out at the instigation and with the knowledge of Mr. Guizado and the latter’s business partner, Rodolfo Saint Malo. it said Mr. Guizado’s son, Jose Ramon, jr, also was in the plot. Three Arrested Yesterday. The younger Guizado. Saint Malo and Tomas Nieves Perez, another member of the con struction firm headed by the President, were arrested yester day. The scion of a prominent Panamanian family, Miro said he had been promised the gov ernment and justice ministry in the national cabinet as his re ward for the assassination of Mr. Remon. He said no money was involved. According to the confession, made to authorities yesterday, Miro carried out the killing alone. He said he borrowed the machine gun used in the shoot ing from a Panamanian who formerly attended a technical school in Guatemala. Mlro's confession was read by the Assemhjy’s clerk to the spe ’cial session, which began only a few hours after Mr. Guibado sent the chamber’s president his request for a leave. Asked For Time. Mr. Guizado acted after cabi net ministers called at his police guarded home to inform him officially of the charges against him. The president reportedly asked to be given until 9 am. to decide his next step but authori ties apparently were determined to press for his removal from office. In his message to the As sembly, Mr. Guizado said he was asking for the leave “until the acts imputed to me through the senseless declarations made by Ruben Miro are cleared up.” A lawyer in his early 40s, Miro is widely known as an “official defender”—a legal officer whose (See PANAMATPage A-3.) Light Snow or Rain Probable Late Today Light snow or rain is likely late this afternoon or early tonight, the Weather Bureau predicted. Tomorrow should be clear with little change in temperature, the forecasters said. Revising an earlier prediction for snow mixed with sleet during the day. the weathermen said today's high will be around 40 with a low of 34 tonight Last night's snow flurries, mixed with sleet, amounted to Utile. Most of the whiteness was gone by morning. Bome suburban areas, however, still had snow-covered streets. I Stocks in the Spotlight I raw YORK un. sollovlnc art the •tin I add no), hteh. low. closing price and net change of tile 30 moat active i alocki tor tilt wttk; km :sk Ih ik Ss±,si fieffw&TLme 1712 ifJj j Armour* Co 1*57 IS** l«Jk lSJa+lt! sKiias \m M ffi jp j| iff ||7| HeIKbI ' X (She fEbenitm §fcf V y J V V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L/ —AP Wlrephotot. RICARDO ARIAS New Panama President. Americas Ask Nicaragua's Aid To Stop Costa Rica Fighting Troops Reported Closing In Rapidly On Small Area Held by Enemy Band •y tho Alloc toted fret. Without directly blaming the government of Nicaragua, the Organization of American States has put its finger on that Cen tral American nation as the source of an Invasion of neigh boring Costa Rica. While the OAS did not place responsibUity for the invasion on the Nicaraguan government, it urged decisive action by Nicara gua to prevent war goods from moving across its border into Costa Rica Meanwhile. Costa Ricai\ forces were reported closing in rapidly on La Cruz, in the northwest tip of the beleaguered country, where an enemy band has grabbed a small area. Attaek Condemned. Meeting late into the night, the OAS council adopted a res olution in which it said its on the-scene investigation commis sion had reported "a substantial part of the war material was introduced over the northern border” of Costa Rica. Nicara gua is Costa Rica's sole neigh bor to the north. The commis sion also reported to OAS head- Atomic Sub to Begin Sea Trials Monday ■y the Associated fross The Nautilus, world’s first atomic submarine, will start her sea trials on Monday, about two months earlier than expected. The Navy announced yester day the Nautilus would move from her fitting dock at Groton. Conn., for surface tests involving her propulsion equipment. The submarine is rigged with atomic, diesel and electric motive power facilities. The vessel's sea trials were scheduled originally for last October, but a section of high pressure piping burst under test In September and time was needed to replace this piping, which the Navy said did not meet specifications. The Navy rescheduled the trials for March, but the pipe replacement job apparently moved along faster than antici pated. A second 3.000-ton atomic powered submarine the Sea Wolf—is under construction at the Groton yards of the General Dynamics Corp.’s Electric Boat Division. Two more atomic sub marines have been authorized. Smith Off Critical List Representative Lawrence H. Smith. Republican, of Wisconsin, has been taken off the critical list at Walter Reed Hospital where he has been for nearly two weeks with a heart ailment, his wife said today. Mrs. Smith added that her husband probably will be able to go home in about a week. Prospectors Scan Skies for Leads on Urahium •y Mm AunioMd Pm> DENVER. Jan. 16. The 1 Atomic Energy Commission's uranium hunter planes are put- 1 ting a new look in the search for the atomic bomb material. 1 ABC officials report. But the prospectors do almost as much hunting for ASC planes as for uranium, and a flight sometimes looks more like an airborne cops-and-robbers chase than a scientific trip. “Some of ’em trail us in their own private planes," Cleland N Con we 11, AEC geologist, said. “Others simply perch on a high ; bluff and watch us through high- . powered binoculars." “But let a plane of ours car rying a scintillation counter circle the same spot twice and the boys pounoe." he continued. “Sometimes they're staking their claims before the exploration r i WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1955-FORTY PAGES. SSJ^s '•* y v ‘ JOSE RAMON GUIZADO Ousted in Murder Plot. quarters here that a large part e of the “military elements’’ came into Costa Rica from Nicaragua. The council—representing the 1 21 American republics—formally * condemned the attack on Costa . Rica. It asked the Nicaragua government to act more decisive ly to choke off war material going across its southern border. ! At the same time the council 1 ordered its commission to send t observers to “any place which ' might be utilized for transport 1 of troops or military equipment 1 toward Costa Rica." In this connection the commission was J instructed to have its observers r visit all airports “in the region ) affected.’’ Council President * Jose Mora said this “of course, s includes Nicaragua.” The committee suggested that the council consider what meas ures could be taken In aecord ■’ ance with the Rio De Janeiro . treaty, if cireumstjuiees warrant. . This pact calls for joint action 1 by the American states if any i of its fellows is Invaded. 1 Nicaragua Denies Charges. The five-nation commission - announced in San Jose it had ■ accepted an invitation from the - Nicaraguan government to visit that country today. Costa Rica has accused the Nicaraguan government of hav ing a hand In the invasion, which has been accompanied by bomb ing and machine-gunning of Costa Rican towns. Nicaragua has denied any responsibility for 1 the trouble, contending It is an ■ internal uprising by Costa > Ricans. Costa Rican Representative George Hazera told the inter ' American group It “should have ! taken a much firmer stand” and ’ called “things by their true ; name.” Mr. Hazera renewed a ' Costa Rican plea for “arms with ! which to defend ourselves.” But Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa remind * ed the council that the investi ; gating commission report “does | not In any way Involve my gov - emment which has already an -1 nounced measures to avoid any ■ Intervention in Internal affairs 1 of Costa Rica.” Mr. Mora told newsmen that ! United States and Ecuadorean ! planes have been flying “peace ' ful observation missions” over ’ northern Costa Rica. Says Invaders Are Scattering, i In San Jose, Col. J. Garcia ; of the Costa general staff I said he knew of no major battles : brewing and that there were no ■ reports at his headquarters of any military action except In the northwestern part of the country. Col. Garcia said it was difficult to make contact with the . enemy because the invaders were , scattering rapidly In the face of 1 advancing government units. I In its resolution, the OAS r council asked the governments of . all 21 American republics to con i aider a date and place for a r meeting of their foreign minis t ters and secretaries of state to consider the problem. quarters here that a large part of the “military elements" came into Costa Rica from Nicaragua. plane crew cap land to make a preliminary report. To give the prospecting public an even break our pilots whenever possible try to avoid making second passes at the same terrain." Mr. Conwell. who works for the raw materials baanch of the AEC. said the commission op erates nine aircraft, mostly small two-seaters. Each is equipped with a sensitive scintillation counter. "They really fly low,” Mr. Con well said. "Just grazing the tree tops or 10 feet above ground if possible. One man pilots and the other pokes the counter out the window and watches the needle.” "So Jar, we’ve been lucky. We have lost only two planes." he said. “One hit a tree and the other a phone line, but the men rto tall about it." Views of Public To Be Asked on Slum Program Commissioners Like Report, But Plan Detailed Study By George Beveridge The Commissioners today commended a consultants’ re port proposing an extensive 10- year war on Washington slums but served notice they intend to go slowly on the matter of adopting all its detailed pro posals. Commissioner Samuel Spencer said he would study, over the weekend, the report submitted by the consultants, Nathaniel S. Keith and James W. Rouse. “I will take it up with the other Commissioners next week,” he said. "But I think we will want to review it in quite some detail.” Col. Thomas A. Lane. En gineer Commissioner, said he felt the report should be widely dis tributed to give citizen groups a chance to express reaction be fore the city heads go so far as to adopt it as the District’s official pattern for clearing slums. Designed as Guide. That is precisely the basic purpose of the consultants’ re port—to propose a detailed guide for bringing all possible munic ipal and private weapons to bear against slums. Under the new Federal Housing Act, such a detailed guide must be adopted as an official “workable pro gram” before cities can qualify for Federal aid. The consultants suggested 11 specific areas be designated as “urban renewal” projetes to be carried out during the next decade. The “renewal” weapons range from redevelopment, the drastic razing and rebuilding planned for Southwest Wash ington—one of the 11 renewal areas—to such less drastic meas ures as rehabilitating structures and improving neighborhood facilities to prevent their deteri oration. Area Planning Emphasised. The consultants stressed that. In each instance, area-wide plan ning must be the first ptep. In considerable detail, they pro posed the mechanics and ad ministrative machinery they feel is necesary to do the job. Col. Lane and Mr. Spencer said they were impressed at the thoroughness of the report. Col. Lane also emphasized that the challenge posed by the report “is not academic or re mote,” but “very critical—a pro gram we must go into seriously and Immediately.” After study and possible re visions, Col. Lane said, he felt the essential points of the re port would be adopted as the required city official program. But among points he wants to check, he stressed, are its cost, particularly in view of the city’s fiscal position. The consultants said their II areas contain about 65,000 dwell ings, about one-fourth of the city’s total. Os that 65,000 about 20,000 are substandard— about three-fourths of all the city’s substandard housing. Red-Held Island Bombed For Sixth Straight Day sty tho Associated Pross TAIPEH, Formosa, Jan. 15. Four-engine Chinese Nationalist bombers blasted Tienao Island, 15 miles north of the strategic Tachens for the sixth straight day today, the Defense Mins try announced. The ministry reported that despite heavy Communist anti aircraft fire all the planes re turned safely to Formosa. The raid was made in darkness. The ministry did not say how many bombers took part. Crews reported "excellent” re sults against gun positions and other military targets. Tienao is a possible staging point for an invasion of the Na tionalist-held Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa. The island has been a daily target since a! relatively heavy Communist air attack on the Tachens. On the 15th of each month the AEC publishes reports gathered by the planes, com plete with maps showing areas of above-normal radiation. Then there’s a mad scramble for the maps, and “within a few days all possible claims are filed by prospectors.” “Our Denver exploration branch extends east from the Rocky Mountains clear to the. Missis sippi. In this area. Colorado. Wyoming. New Mexico and South Dakota are now uranium pro ducing States, and four-fifths of their active discovery and de velopment is due to airborne exploration," Mr. Con well said. • In the faU of 1961 our planet mapped 53 ’hot’ areas in the South Dakota Black Hills. Planm are directly responsible for 96 per cent of the uranium ore found there.” IStegC' Maryland Election Measure Is Called Free Press Curb Would Require Printing Os Political Statements Not Labeled as Ads Political candidates could spend money for radio and television time to get their views to the public, but newspapers would be compelled to print their outpourings free—if the Mary land General Assembly enacts a bill to recodify the State’s elec tion laws. These provisions of the bill drew the fire today of the Mary land Press Association, whose president, Norman L. Harring ton. said the proposals “tread indiscriminately on the consti tutional rights of free speech ar;d free press.” WW Be Invited to Testify. The association’s views were sent to Senate President Louis Goldstein and Senator Fred Malkus, cairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Goldstein said critics of the bill will be invited to testify at a legislative hearing. Mr. Harrington rioted that: “Section 218, perhaps through error in preparation, specifically permits hiring of radio and tele vision time for speeches and ad vertising but, except by impli cation, does not permit news paper advertising except for an nouncement of meetings and publication of a sample ballot. “Section 221 would require newspapers to publish anything handed them by a campaign treasurer or political agent, but specifically forbids the newspa per from labeling such material, whatever its content, as an ad vertisement.” Association’s Letter. Following is the text of the letter approved by the press as sociation’s Board of Governors and signed by Mr. Harrington: “The Maryland Press Associa tion, through unanimous action of its Board of Directions in ses sion this date, expressed pro found concern over implications of Senate bill 24, which seeks i to revise Maryland's election laws. “We recognize the need for revision of certain aspects of the existing law to bring it more in line with modern practices. “We feel, however, that the bill, as proposed, goes too far. Wittingly or unwittingly, by pro vision or implication, it treads indiscriminately on the constitu tional rights of free speech and free press. “Sections 217 and 288, while undoubtedly aimed at curbing corrupt practices, certainly run contrary to qur basic concepts of democracy and our theory of elective government. “These sections would deprive the public of tfaeir right to know all there is to know about can didates for public office and their views on topics of public interest. Wnrii Curb Candidates. “These sections would curb the right of candidates or other citizens to express their views as they see fit . . . whether it be to hire a ball or purchase radio or television time or space in newspapers at their own expense, with or without a ‘political agent.’ “These sections would violate the right of our free press to (See PRESS. Page A-3.) Tito, Hungary Sign Pact BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Jan. 15 (A*).—Yugoslavia and Hungary signed a one-year trade agree ment yesterday. This marked another step in what President Tito has called ’ normalisation" of Yugoslavia's relations with her one-time Cominform part* asn. "That One Sounded Awfully Close!" Two Separate Broyhill Bills Will Ask Vote for District One Would Permit Balloting for President, Other Give Representation in Congress A proposal for separate con stitutional amendments, one to give District residents a vote for President and the other to pro vide for voting members in Con gress from the District, will be presented by Representative Broyhill, Republican, of Virginia. Mr. Broyhill said yesterday he will offer the amendments to Congress as soon as they are prepared. Seeks to End Controversy. “I have contended before and I contend now that the best chance for a vote for the citizens of Washington lies in two Con stitutional amendments,” Mr. Broyhill said in a radio broad cast. “The two amendments should be kept separate in order that disagreement on one would not injure the chances of the other.” Mr. Broyhill said that the most controversial of the voting pro posals in the past has been that on sending members to Con gress. “If we split that (the vote for the presidency) off as a separate amendment, it should 3 Small Children Die In Virginia Home Fire •y th» Associated tress ORANGE, Va„ Jan. 15—Three small children died when fire swept through a two-story, nine room frame home about five miles east of here about 4 a.m. today. Victims of the blaze were John P. Haid, 5; his sister Catherine, 3, and their brother Gary, 8 months, all children of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard D. Haid, who rented the house. The parents and three other children of the same family— Joanne, 10; Louise, 12, and Thomas, 18—escaped. Fred Birtsinger, 70, owner of the home on State Route 20, also escaped the fire, which Dep uty Sheriff Porter C. Davis of Orange County said apparently started when an oil stove ex ploded. The three young victims of the blaze were trapped up stairs in a rear wing. House Delays Hearing On Gl Schooling Rights sty tha At gociatad Frets The House Veterans’ Commit tee has temporarily postponed its opening date, originally set for Monday, for hearings on a bill to continue GI schooling rights for men In service by January 31. Chairman Teague said the de lay was due to House Republicans not yet having completed their | committee assignments, but that, the hearings would proceed once the G. O. P. assignments are determined. Arrest Error Brings Capture Os Two Accused of Break-In A police mistake led to the arrest of two accused house breakers this morning. Pour re cent cases were closed with the arrests, they said. Pvts. M. J. Harmon and Francis Mason, of No. 9 Pre cinct. were cruising at Eighth and East Capitol streets about 6 ajn. when they saw a man fum bling with the door of the East Capitol Pharmacy. Pvt. Harmon leaped out and seized Naamon Winston. 50. colored, a porter in the store who was in early to straighten up. Pvt. Hannon, who recognized Mr. Winston, let him go, and Home Section Pages B-l to B-16 pass Congress without difficulty,” he added. The Representative also de clared that speculation that the new District Committee would be more friendly to home rule is “wishful thinking.” “To me. home rule by legis lative action is as remote as ever,” he went on. Losses Offset. He said that although the District Committee in the new Congress gained two home rule advocates, it also lost two. “Z am fully aware that some home rule advocates would Uks to see some form of local self government first,” Mr. Broyhill declared. “But even among those advocates there exists strong differences of opinion on the type or kind of local self government. V “These differences have miti gated against home rule success in Congress. Now is the time, if the citizens of Washington want to vote, if they want repre sentation In Congress, for them to re-form their ranks In the in terest of a common objective.” Cardinal Spellman Back, Tells of Asia War Fears By the Associated f res* LOS ANGELES. Jan. 15 Francis Cardinal Spellman, who has just returned from the Far East, said sadly yesterday: “I find a smaller area of the free world left there each time.” The Archbishop of New York told a news conference he held “grave fears for the future.” “It is my personal opinion that the Asian mainland is a volcano and may erupt at any time, how or when I cannot say.” The cardinal flew in yesterday from a 29-day tour of Alaska. Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Formo sa, Hong Kong. Viet Nam, Ma nila. Guam and ships of the United States Navy's 7th Fleet. He Is military vicar to the armed forces. Former Dachau Deputy Gets Life as Torturer By Hi* Associated tress MUNICH. Germany, Jan. 15. Egon Zill. former deputy com mander of Dachau concentration camp, was convicted by a Ger man court yesterday of tortur ing and ordering the murder of Inmates. He was sentenced to life in prison. The 48-year-old former lieu tenant colonel in Hitler's SS Elite Guard, whose methods of torture were described by the court as “worse than in the Mid dle Ages,” fainted shortly before the verdict was announced. headed .back to the scout car when a call from the porter sent both policemen racing into the cellar of the store. Mr. Winston had noticed a trapdoor to the cellar had been tampered with. There, Pvts. Harmon and Ma son arrested Uzell P. McFarlan. 18. colored. 500 block of Twenty fourth street N.W. Later, detectives picked up and charged with housebreaking Burnice Jackson. 19, colored, 600 block of E street Q.E. Lt. Nunzio Bonaccorsy said McFarlan had admitted three earlier cases in the same neigh borhood in addition to last night’s and that Jackson was im plicated in tha three. SCENTS U.N. Chief Sets More Parleys On 11 Airmen Hammorskjold Says , He Views China Talks As Successful BULLETIN UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (JP).—V. N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold conferred today with five more U. N. Ambassadors in the second stage of his campaign to win freedom for U. N. prisoners in Red China, including 11 American flyers jailed on espionage charges. United Nations Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold began a new round of conferences in New York today in his efforts to obtain the release of H Americgn airmen and other U. N. person nel held capttive by the Chinese Reds. He continued huddles with the chiefs of the main U. N. dele gations with the assurance by President Eisenhower that he would have the full and patient support of the United States in his negotiations with the Peiping regime. Mr. Eisenhower yesterday called on all Americans to forego any talk of “reprisal or retalia tion” while the U. N. attempts to work out the problem. De claring that the “fundamental thing” is the safe return of the flyers, the President said: “We must support the United Nations In Its efforts so long as those efforts hold out any prom ise of success.” Seen Aimed at Congress. The President’s statement was said to have been aimed at fore stalling tough talk from mem bers of Congress, which, it is felt, could endanger the safety of the imprisoned men and their chances for release. Mr. Hammarskjold echoed the President’s feelings when he told newsmen that “blasting , „-. will certainly have a response of the same kind.” He said meetings with Red China’s Premier Chou En-lai in Peiping were just the beginning of negotiations. Asked whether he thought these talks were suc cessful, he replied: “If by successful you mean that I brought the flyers back in the plane, you know they were not successful. If by successful you mean that I achieved what I had hoped to achieve, they were successful.” Mr. Hammarskjold did not in dicate how soon he expected some concrete action on freeing the airmen, but said he did not think another trip to Peiping would be necessary. Confers With Envoys. He conferred yesterday with the U. N. ambassadors from Britain, France, Soviet Russia. Canada and the Netherlands. His schedule today Included the chiefs of the delegations of Na tionalist China. Turkey and India. Mr. Hammarskjold first con ferred with Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.. United States Ambassador to the U. N„ shortly after his return from China on Thursday night. Yesterday, Mr. Lodge flew to Omaha, Nebr., to confer with Secretary of State Dulles, who was visiting the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command for what was described as a routine briefing. Mr. Dulles then talked with Mr. Eisenhower by telephone and the President’s statement was released after that conversation. Mr. Eisenhower said the first reaction to the failure to win immediate release for the flyers “quite naturally ... is disap pointment." He added: "All of us are rightly aroused that our airmen have not been long since released by their Com munist captors in accordance with the clear terms of the Ko rean armistice.” The men were taken prisoner (See PLYERsTPage A-3.) Religious Action Training Begins 100 CHURCHES PARTICIPATE—A tix-week court* m th* principles of foith onS techniques of religious ac tion began bare this weak. Mark lay Roberts tails about it today on page A-l. WOOING CONGRESS President end Mrs. Eisenhouer were basts last night te the Democratic ■ controlled Congress. Isabella Shelton’s descrip tion of tho White House party ap pears to page A-7. BUILDING BOOM—Ne- records hi home construction were set left year. Robert 1. Lewis, The Star’s real estate editor, writes about them today 0# page »-!. Guide for Readers Amusements A-14 Lost, Pound ...A-l Churches . 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