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Diplomacy Best For Peace Talks

WASHINGTON (UPI) — John­son administration officials believe that more "quiet diplomacy" and less international debate might make it easier to get Vietnam peace talks started. They expressed the opinion that continued public exchanges be­tween Hanoi and Washington on con­ditions for a settlement tend to hard­en both positions and make it that much more difficult to arrive at terms for negotiations.

It was also clear today that many officials here felt that U.N. Secretary General Thant, who has publicly criti­cized several aspects of U.S. policy, might be more effective in his role of go-between if he kept silent about his present views.

Exile Leader Freed MIAMI (UPI) — Cuban exile

leader Rolando Masferrer who helped plan an abortive invasion of Haiti is free on $10,000 bond today after spending a week in jail. Masferrer, ar­rested with 75 other exiles, is due to appear before a U.S. commissioner in Key West Jan. 25. He is charged with violating U.S. neutrality laws.

thers Are Sentenced MANILA (UPI) — The death sen­

tence was decreed Wednesday for twin brothers who killed 13 persons two years ago during a stabbing rampage on a crowded passenger train. A Manila court ordered the exe­cution of Antonio and Jose Toling after convicting them of murder and rejecting their plea of self-defense.

Sinatra Jr. Engaged NEW ORLEANS (UPI)—Frank

Sinatra Jr., who followed his singing father into show business, now will follow him to the altar. Young Sinatra said Wednesday he slipped a ring en the third finger, left hand of a green-eyed, blonde airline stewardness, Pam­ela Peterson, from Trenton, N.J., he met while flying to a night club sing­ing engagement last year.

Avoiding Powell Case WASHINGTON (UPI) — Speak­

er John W. McCormack is having a tough time lining up Democratic members for the select committee that will recommend whether Adam Clay­ton Powell should keep his seat in Congress. "They're avoiding it like the plague," said one source. "People feel they'll be pilloried no matter what they decide.**

Reds Can't Win-Wheeler SAIGON (UPI) — *Gen. Earl G.

Wheeler, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today the Viet Cong do not have a chance of win­ning the war in Vietnam.

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Power Struggle Rages

Mao Orders Purge Of Red China

HONG KONSr (UPI) — Communist Party leader Mao Tse-tung and the party's powerful Central Commit­tee have ordered sweeping changes in the Communist army, Peking said today. The new purge won the im­mediate support of the army's official newspaper.

The Liberation Army Daily, the official army publication, sad Mao's action was an expression of concern for the entire army, congratulated the beleaguered Mao and pledged to "crush completely" all bour-geoise lines who have opposed Mao's thoughts. .-There were growing indica­tions Mao was regaining much of the power he and Defense Minister Lin Piao had lost in their epic struggle for power with President Lu Schao-chi and Communist Party Secretary General Teng Hsiao-peng.

But the power struggle was far from over. Peking Radio itself reported highways, rail­roads, ports and communication facilities throughout the country were "sabotaged" by Mao's opponents. It borrowed a phrase from the Bible to warn of death and destruction to these foes.

"Behold a pale horse standing before a cliff," the broadcast said. "Act while you still have a chance to return to the party and the people. If you do not surrender to the revolutionary people, then you are asking for your own destruction."

In the Bible's Apocalypse, or

Book of Revelation, the "pale horse" is the symbol of death.

The immediate threat of civil war seemed to be dissipating as Mao apparently won the support of Premier Chou En-lai, the all-powerful party Central Commit­tee, and today the army or at least its official publication.

J a p a n e s e Foreign Office spokesman Kinya Niiseki told a news conference in Tokyo civil war is unlikely under the present situation. He said it appeared both Mao and Lin controlled certain military units and there was little likelihood the military forces would be mobilized.

There were no indications in the official Chinese Communist radio reports that any new officers in the 3 million - man army had lost their positions as result of the Wednesday's purge decision. (A few did at outset of the cultural revolution).

The radio indicated the changes would come through the cultural revolution subcom­mittee within the army. The subcommittee itself was reorgan­ized and placed under "the direct guidance" of the party Central Committee, it said.

Tax Increase Plan Running Into Snags

WASHINGTON (UPI) — A distinct possibility was emerging today that President Johnson's plan for a 6 per cent surcharge on income and corporate tax bills might wither on the vine. -**-*. •

It appeared the administra­tion would not be particularly worried about such a turn of events—if the nation's economy was right.

Details of the tax plan are still hard to come by. Critical decisions apparently are still being made. So far there has been at least one major change. It occurred Tuesday night when Johnson, in his State of the Union message, asked that the tax hike be for two years.

Only a few hours earlier, sources indicated, the plan had been to have it run for one year.

Top Treasury officials hud­dled with congressional tax-writers for several hours Wednesday. Some who attended said more questions were raised than answered. Raise Additional Revenue

Under the administration's plan, $5.7 billion in additional revenue would be raised during the first 12 months, starting July 1. A 6 per cent surcharge on an estimated 67 million individual income taxpayers would bring in $3.8 billion; the surcharge on corporate profits $1.9 billion.

One reason for extending the cutoff date for the tax to June 30, 1969, was political. The Preisdent, in effect, was telling Hanoi and Peking that the United States would continue to pay for a strong military effort in Vietnam.

Timing and the course of the

economy are crucial to the plan. Congress, with administration approval, will not begin work on the measure until April or May, sources indicated. Opposition Grows

Opposition to the tax boost is going in both House and Senate. Republicans oppose it outright, and Democrats can muster no enthusiasm for it. This situation could change and delay the increase until well past the July 1 starting date.

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Blowing Snow

Slows Traffic Blowing and drifting snow

slowed early morning rush-hour traffic and drew warnings from area police departments for mo­torists to use extreme caution.

Driving was particularly haz­ardous along the Youngmann Memorial Highway, the State Thruway and on other roads in open areas as high winds whipped drifting snow into blind­ing clouds.

However, by late morning the wind and snow had abated, bringing clear skies and sunshine to the area. (Forecast, Page 12)

RITES SATURDAY NEWBURGH (UPI) - Funer­

al services will be held here Saturday for D. Clinton Domi-nick II, father of State Sen. D. Clinton Dominick HI.

Cong Flee Before GIs Move In SAIGON (UPI) — U.S.

forces sweeping through the Iron Triangle above Saigon t o d a y captured what appeared to be one of the main headquarter complexes for Viet Cong guerrillas operating in the Saigon area, a military spokesman disclosed.

Troops of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division spearheading the biggest operation of the war overran a series of newly constructed bunkers that con­tained a command center, three mess halls and about 30 individual barracks bunkers.

The Viet Cong themselves had fled.

The Iron Triangle, a thick jungle* area 30 miles northeast of Saigon, has been dominated by the Communists for more than two decades and is believed to be the main staging area for the guerrillas who have terrorized Saigon.

The drive had been stalled earlier today by Communist snipers hiding in the trees and opening heavy fire on U.S. a r m o r e d columns inching through the jungle. But a flight of U.S. Air Force Supersabre jets screamed in at tree top level and knocked out the snipers in some of the many missions flown in support of the operation.

The supersonic jets laid down a deadly spray of 20 millimeter cannon fire just 500 yards ahead of the two columns spearheaded by tanks, jungle-chewing bull­dozers and infantrymen deter­mined to neutralize the Commu­nist stronghold 32 miles north­east of Saigon.

A spokesman said many of the bunkers captured today were lined with concrete and that each of the mess halls was company sized — capable of handling about 100 men each. There was one large command post and 30 six-man sleeping huts.

A U.S. military spokesman said the operation which began Sunday — the biggest of the war —so far had killed 189 guerrillas, captured 40 and detained 256 suspects for questioning.

The two armored columns tore up dozens of heavy for­tifications and swarmed across five enemy base camps laid bare by B52 bombers which pounded the jungle Tuesday with thousands of tons of bombs.

The operation, Cedar Falls, moved steadily forward after the repeated strafing attacks against the Communist snipers and flushed out hundreds more civilians who are being trans­ported to a resettlement camp further south.

As the operation moved forward the troops uncovered vast quantities of Viet Cong supplies—ammunition and rice —in the areas where the Reds had ruled unchallenged since the days of French colonialism.

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British Parachuters Set Record

Winter Storm Lashes Mexico

Members of Britain's Fafcoos, the Royal Air Force parachuting team, drop from their Argosy plane staring recent training exercise over North Africa

motorized camera. The team established a new British free fall record by linking up together while faffing through the air at 120 miks an hour

The unusual photo was taken by Flight Sergeant over the North African desert yesterday. (UPI Terrence Allen, a member of the team, using a Cablephoto)

A Mexican Army emergency squad rescues an elderly woman from her flooded home when winter rain and snow caused the Remedios River on the outskirts of Mexico City to overflow yesterday

Crash Kills

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Funeral services will be con­ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday for Raymond G. Moll, 50, Twin Cit­ies dairy exeautive, who was killed yesterday in a traffir ac­cident in the Town of Amherst.

Mr. Moll, a partner in Papke-Moll Dairy Inc., 258 Young St., Tonawanda, was pronounced dead at the scene. He resided at 1342 Nash Road, North Tona­wanda.

Mr. Moll was pinned under the delivery truck he was driv­ing. The truck tipped over after it became involved in a collision with a car at N. French Road and Campbell Boulevard. He suf­fered a broken neck, fractured skull and internal injuries.

Glenn R. Honsberger, 42, of 6440 Goodrich Road, Clarence Center, driver of the car, was given a summons by Amherst police charging that he went through a stop sign. Mr. Hons­berger, who suffered forehead cuts, was treated at Meyer Me­morial Hospital and released.

Police said Mr. Moll, thrown from the truck by the impact, became pinned under the vehi­cle when it struck a utility pole guy wire and tipped over on its side.

Police said Mr. Moll was driv­ing north on Campbell Boule­vard and the car was westbound on N. French Road.

Born in the Town of Wheat-field, Mr. Moll lived most of his life in North Tonawanda where be attended high school.

The dairy business, which he helped operate, was founded by his father, William C. Moll, and for many years it was Moll's Dairy on Ruie Road, North Ton­awanda.

The dairy was merged as Pap-ke-Moll Dairy Inc. in the early 1950s.

Raymond Moll was a member of St Paul Lutheran Church and the EWredge Club.

Survivors include his wife, Loretta Frieling Moll; a daugh­ter, Mrs. Kenneth Beutel, Town of Wheatfield; a son, Ronald R. at home; his father and step­mother, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Moll, North Tonawanda; a sister, Mrs. Alice Coughlin, North Tonawanda, and three grandchildren.

Services will be at the Frett-hold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St, North Tonawanda. Burial will be in Acacia Park.

CALL FOR STUDY WASHINGTON <UPI> -The

ranking Republican and Demo­crat on the Senate Labor Committee today called for a crash study of existing emer­gency strike laws and recom­mendations for improvement

RAYMOND G. MOLL

ANOTHER KENNEDY WASHINGTON (UPI) -

Blonde, beautiful Mrs. Joan Bennett Kennedy, wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., is expecting her third child in June.

The winter storm, worst in Mexican history, brought snow and sub-freezing temperatures to much of the nation, stranding travelers and bringing hunger and isolation to the countryside. (UPI)

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State Says No Increase In Fee Slated

(Special to The NEWS) ALBANY — A report circulat­

ing in the Buffalo area that the fee for motor vehicle inspec­tions would be increased was termed "totally erroneous" to­day by a spokesman for the State Department of Motor Ve­hicles.

The spokesman said that the fee — $1.50 Upstate and $2 in New York City — "is not going up."

The report that brought the denial was that the fee would be increased to $2.50 or $3 in August or September.

RATTLE LOSSES DOWN SAIGON (UPI) —American

battle losses in Viet in the first week of 1967 dropped to tbeir lowest point in recent weeks, figures released today showed.

Russia Said 'Cool7

Toward Test Ban LONDON (UPI) — Russia has cooled toward ex­

tending the nuclear test ban to underground explosions so it can have time to perfect an anti-missile defense system, top diplomatic sources said today.

The sources said Russia, which until recently had pushed for a complete nuclear test ban, now appears to have dropped the idea — at least for the present—and is giving top priority to the move toward a nuclear non-proliferation pact with the United States and Britain.

Although there has been no firm official Soviet policy declaration, authoritative diplo­matic quarters feel Moscow wants the test ban extenson issue at least temporarily shelved.

"Russia wants to keep a free hand for testing devices con­nected with current efforts to develop and improve an anti­missile defense system the Kremlin is believed installing, so far primarily to protect the big population centers l i k e Moscow and Leningrad.

Moscow apparently intends to develop nuclear devices for peaceful uses and to test them for such tasks as diverting rivers and clearing passages through mountain ranges.

The Russians until recently often reiterated their desire for an extension of the partial nuclear test ban to underground tests. The ban currently prohi­bits explosions on the ground, in

water. Soviet leaden had said they

were ready to extend the ban to underground blasts only if the West dropped its demand for. international policing.

The United States and Britain have refused to compromise their demand for some degree of international control of an underground test ban to prevent cheating.

The Russians' apparent cool-! ing toward the extension was indicated recently when the Soviets cancelled a British-proposed meeting of scientists in Moscow to discuss detection methods.

Yarn a9 the Day HOCHSTADT, Germany (UPD

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A plumber, who had repaired a broken water line, came back' and with red face made some

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