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THE CINCINNATI 121st YEAR NO. 121 DAILY TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1961 FINAL EDITION PRICE 7 CENTS Man On Street Comments Fear, Doubt, Amazement Reactions To Russian's 17 Orbits Albert Newlln, New York draftee "This feat can be overestimated. The long-range benefit is not as Important as made out by the press." VANCE RUNYON, retired Indiana toolmaker "They just beat us to It, that's all. We'll have one up there be-lore long." William Josephson. Russian-born Virginia salesman "There are still a lot of phony things going on over there.

I have confidence In President Kennedy." Miss Minnie Beabr, Richmond, housewife "I know that we will catch up with them and I hope that nobody uses it for war." Betty Fox, Los Angeles switchboard operator "Wonderful feat, but I'd feel better if we had done It." Charlotte Drove, Los Angeles file clerk "We're putr ting too much emphasis on It." Douglas Johnson, Richmond mailman "I don't know how close or far behind them we are. If we are ahead. It hasn't been publicized." Dwlght Martin, Los Angeles pensioner "Havent heard about it. And I don't care. Haven't read a paper In a month." Mrs.

T. Stuttaford, San Francisco reviewer "It's fantastic too much to comprehend. But we shouldn't get frantic and go haywire on any accelerated space program." By Associated Press Fear of where the race into apace will end hope for a better U. S. space program doubt that It actually happened these were the reactions of Americans to the Soviet Earth-orbiting feat.

A man-on-the-street survey showed that some are scared, some amazed and some unimpressed by MaJ. Gherman Titov's 17 trips around the Earth. Reaction to Titov's day-long flight came from businessmen, laborers, retired workers, educators, house wives and teen-agers. A large number of those queried offered unqualified congratulations to the Soviet spaceman and those whose technical know-how put him into orbit Many looked on the Soviet accomplishment as a grim development In the Cold War, while some felt It would have no effect on Its outcome. There was little criticism of the American space efforts, with only a few chiding remarks offered on failure of the United States to orbit a human being.

Some appraised Titov's flight as a "shot In the arm-that could spur American space efforts to faster and greater accomplishments. The feeling that the trip's Importance In the over-all race Into space was overemphasized was expressed by a number of those Interviewed. "We underrate the capacities of foreign countries. It should make us realize that we may be a little further behind that we thought." Sidney Nadler, Miami realtor "I'm scared as the devil, frankly." Mrs. Julia J.

Fehler, New York housewife "The question Is, did they really do It? Personally I don't think they did." David F. Cunningham, Indianapolis machinist "I wasn't surprised. We'll be doing the same thing before long." Raymond Lopez, Denver milkman "I think both sides will come to an agreement anyway, so we're not any worse off." HERE ARE some comments taken across the nation: Robert Jarobe, retired Indianapolis salesman "I won't believe It until I see It. If it happened, It would be a good thing if they shared what they learned, but they won't do that." Robert Sale, Denver basketball coach "It's a bad time for this to happen when we're bargaining about Berlin." William Rines, Washington, D. engineer "Shame on us." Oscar Nickerberry, Los Angeles shoeshine boy "I think it's just a lot of hooey.

The Russians are bluffing." J. Mlnter Wherrltt, Kansas City, pharmacist I In ushec West ttas Ticket To Moon? Space Traveler Returns Safely MOSCOW, Aug. 7 VP) MaJ. Gherman Stepanovich Titov, the newest Soviet space traveler, returned safely today from a gruelling, 25-hour flight around the earth. His feat, In effect, gave man a flight ticket to the moon.

feel splendid," the 26-year-old air force pilot told Premier Khrushchev by jS if Mcfl War. wush Says May Mobilize Reserve Troops MOSCOW, Aug. 7 wi Premier Khrushchev accused the Western powers today of "pushing the world to a dangerous brink" In the quarrel over Berlin and said he may have to mobilize reserves and move more Soviet divisions to the western front in Germany. But he insisted the Soviet Workers Demand More Hours! LONDON, Aug. 7 upi Moscow radio reported two huge meetings of defense workers in the Soviet Union tonight called on the government to step up their working day from seven to eight hours.

In the aftermath of Premier Khrushchev's speech warning that Soviet defense readiness may be accelerated, thousands of workers at a Moscow armaments factory staged one rally, it said. In Leningrad the night shift at an armaments factory said it was willing to put In an extra hour a day to contribute to defense capacity, the radio added. 'A -AP Wirepholo sians said Gagarin's Vostok. I landed without damage. The Soviet Communist party and government proclaimed that Titov's flight showed manned spaceships will soon "blaze space routes to the Moon, Mars and Venus." IN A JOINT statement they praised "the new tremendous achievement of the Soviet Union, our science and technology, the entire national economy and the great advantages of the socialist social system which is the most progressive in the world." Titov, a light-haired Russian, was made a full member of the Communist party by Khrushchev, the first of many honors that probably will be heaped upon him.

Cosmonaut Gherman Titov he was 'welcomed home' Indictment Charges Bridewells Lied BY STAN BRENMNG Of The Enquirer Staff LEXINGTON, August 7 A Federal grand jury investigating vice and gambling in Campbell County today Indicted three of Northern Kentucky Bridewell brothers on charges of perjury. The 17-member Jury ac- telephone after he returned to the earth from circling it 17 times. He covered roughly the distance of a trip to the moon and return. Khrushchev promised Titov a "hero's" reception on his arrival in Moscow from somewhere in the interior, declaring: "We shall give you a worthy welcome in Moscow, as a whole people, as a whole country." Titov returned to the world at 10:18 a. m.

(2:18 a. EST), 25 hours and 18 minutes after he was blasted off on a Journey of more than 700,000 kilometers (about 435,000 miles). HE HAD eaten, slept, and operated manually the five-ton space craft Vostok II as he whizzed at about 300 miles a minute at an altitude ranging from 110.5 to 159.59 miles above the earth. He was fired into orbit Sunday morning and a Tass eyewitness said his silver space ship looked like a "roaring fiery globe" as it shot upward. Moscow Radio said Titov came down near the landing site of the first Soviet spaceman, MaJ.

Yuri Gagarin. Gagarin is thought to have landed about 450 miles southeast of Moscow on his return from a single trip around the earth April 12. There were no details and no indication whether the ship landed intact The Bus- Neutrals Ask Bizerte Probe UNITED NATIONS, N. Aug. 7 iiPi The Asian-African group today asked for a special session of the 99-natlon UN General Assemblyto take up the French-Tunisian conflict over Bizerte.

The group presented Secretary-General Dag HammarskJold arequest backed by 47 countries, including the soviet bloc, and asked him to poll UN members to get the required majority of 50. An Asian diplomat said the session probably would begin next Monday and continue for four or five days. F.md f. irill 1 Wife Is Killed AABENRAA, Denmark, Aug. 7 up The wife of Rev.

Martin i 1 1 was killed and the German evangelical leader was critically Injured today. His automobile spun across a road and struck a tree. Another German woman, Mrs. Dorothea Schultz, died later In a hospital. Mrs.

Nlemoeller was 71. Her husband was Imprisoned by the Nazis for eight years. Police said the pastor, 69, may have become ill and lost control of the car. Newt Conference WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPD President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 9 a.

m. EST, Thursday, the White House announced today. It will not be broadcast live. cused James, Ralph and Raymond Bridewell of lying when they told the Jury last Monday that they hadnt employed prostitutes. Raymond and Ralph also were accused of lying when they said they had not received a cut of the prostitutes' earnings.

"This grand Jury will not tolerate any witness coming before it and lying There win be other indictments," Assistant V. S. Attorney N. Mitchell Meade told newsmen. Robert Peloquln, attorney for the Criminal Division of the U.

S. Department of Justice, said government agents will continue their Investigation and present further evidence to the Federal panel in early September. THE PERJURY Indictments were handed to Judge H. Church Ford of the U. S.

District Court Enquirer (Cochrin) Photo Ralph, Raymond and James Bridewell Indicted by Lexington grand jury Union is not seeking trouble and In these words urged negotiations: "Let's sit down around a table and negotiate in an honest way. "Let's not create hysteria. "Let's clear tbc atmosphere, let's rely on sense and not on the strength of thermonuclear weapons." The Soviet premier's 85- fine, five years in prison or both. The Indictments were another offshoot of the May 9 arrest of George Ratter-man, reform candidate for Campbell County sheriff. Mr.

Ratterman and a striptease dancer known as April Flowers were found serve, but that oeorge Muehlenkamp, a 11 County attorney, would take his place. But, the attorney general said Mr. Wise has refused to withdraw from the case. HARLAN CIRCUIT Judge Edward G. Hill wUl be In charge of the grand Jury instead of Judge Murphy.

Court of Appeals Judge Robert Bird named him for the temporary post. Both Judge Murphy and Mr. Wise have denied they were on pay-off lists. The attorney general's petition referred in part to Mr. Wise in this manner: "Petitioner believes that because of respondent's alleged Intimate Involvement In the conditions about which the grand Jury will make Inquiry, and because he possesses the means as set out herein mlnute speech transmitted by radio and TV over the Soviet Union and parts of Europe, including Germanywas dellevered in comparatively calm tones.

Khrushchev had praise for the newest Soviet conquest in space but he did not brandish it as had been expected in some Western quarters as an overriding power factor. To Jury semi-nude in a room of the Glenn Hotel, Newport. Mr. Ratterman contended he was drugged and framed, and charges against him were dropped In Newport Police Court. TODAY'S SESSION was the grand jury's sixth since it was impaneled May 22.

The Jurors have heard 46 witnesses Testimony was taken today from John Barry, FBI agent assigned to the Covington office, and Charles (Corky) Bridewell, 32, Alexandria, son of Emil Bridewell, 60, operator of the 345 Bar, 345 Central Newport, brother of the indicted men. Both father and son testified with the three other Bridewells last Monday. Judge Ford expressed impatience at the time consumed by the jury's investigation. "I am not going to let this Jury continue to come back for a day at a time." he said. "I feel we should adjourn until after September 1, and all subpoenas should be Issued (at that time) for any additional witnesses to appear." above, if he desired to do so, to thwart the grand Jury In Its Investigation that respondent is disqualified from performing his customary duties with this special grand Jury." Mr.

Breckinridge said Judge Murphy already had stated publicly that Mr Wise would not serve with the special Jury. The petition said that if Mr. Wise is allowed to maintain his duties August 14. certain citizens whos identity is unknown to the Commonwealth at this time may be intimidated and refuse to testify. This could lead to supres-sion of evidence, Mr.

Breckinridge said. "Should this result, there Is no adequate remedy by appeal and untold crimes may go unpunished," he added. wmmstsmmmmimnmmm The speech was aimed mainly at President Kennedy, whose address 10 days ago to the American people on Berlin and the world situation Is reported to have angered the Soviet leader. KENNEDY. Mr.

Khrushchev said, was replying to the Khrushchev proposals for a peace treaty with Germany with threatening measures to Increase war strength. Appealing to the Russian people to understand If he has to call up more men for the Soviet Army, and making no reference to the American plea to let the German question rest for awhile, Mr. Khrushchev said: "The United States is in effect carrjing out measures in the nature of a mobilization and is threatening to start a war. Its allies In the Western bloc support this dangerous course. "When a situation like this arises, it would be Impermissible for us to sit with folded hands." But the Soviet government has examined the situation and has decided that no increased expenditure would be needed now, he went on.

"THE WESTERN powers are now pushing the world to a dangerous brink," Mr. Khrushchev continued, "and the threat of a military attack by the imperialists on the socialist states Is not to be ruled out. "We shall watch the developments and act according to how the situation shapes up. "It may be that we shall have to increase in the future the numerical strength of the army of the western frontier by moving divisions from other parts of the Soviet Union. In connection with this, we may have to call up a part of the reservists so that our Partly cloudy and a little wanner.

Low around C3. High for the day will be in the upper 80s. DETAflS, MAP ON PAGE 31 ill 1 1 i i i Page Amusements 30 Business-Markets 31-33 Classified 18-26 Comics 14-15 Court News 3 Crossword 14 Deaths 18 Editorials 4 Tiltphtnt PA 1-2700 divisions have a full complement and are ready for any actuality." President Kennedy showed common sense in wishing to avoid war, he said, but he added that expressions of common sense are not enough. The Soviet Union will "strike a crushing blow at the territory of the United States" and at overseas bases and America's allies, if war breaks out, he warned. Western statesmen should not "play with the destinies of the world," he advised, saying "the flames of world war are threatening to Ignite." Mr.

Khrushchev said Mr. Kennedy had interpreted Soviet proposals "not as a plan to liquidate the last war but to start a new one" and had replied to them with "a resort to threats." He mentioned Mr. Kennedy's call for a Increase in the armed forces, said U. S. senators were shouting for even higher appropriations than the $3.5 billion Mr.

Kennedy asked for and military hysteria Is Increasing in the United States. The premier said that In strengthening Soviet defenses, "We are developing various rocket weapons-intercontinental ballistic rockets, rockets of various range, strategic and tactical purpose, with atomic and hydrogen a a ds. We also pay necessary attention to other forms of military hardware." THE MAIN aim of international policy, Mr. Khrushchev went on, should be to avoid a collision between the Soviet Union and the United States. "Such a collision would have the most serious consequences," the premier declared.

Comparison of Kerwly, Khrushchev Speeches, 1 7 i cr Page People in the News 8 Radio-TV 6 Society News 12 Sports 27-29 Star Gazer 14 Women's 10-11, 13 Word Game 15 5-Star Page 17 Classified GA 1-6300 here. He Immediately issued bench warrants for tie arrest of: Raymond Bridewell, 46, 86 Farren Highland Heights, former partner of Mrs. Hattie Jackson In operation of the Haidl Club, 116 W. Fourth Newport (since razed for urban renewal). James (Toughy) Bridewell, 42, 2102 New Linden Newport, operator of the Thunderbird Cafe, Eighth St.

and Central Newport, now under 60-day suspension imposed by the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The ABC said Bridewell permitted a bartender to solicit patrons for prostitution. Ralph Bridewell, 49, 2321 Joyce Newport, who was license holder for the Harbor Bar, Second and Columbia Newport, when Sylvester Hightchew. the operator, was charged with (and later convicted Jury proceedings, he commented that the foundation of the American system is the belief by the public In the good faith and Integrity of its courts. Mr.

Breckinridge said before filing for a prohibition writ: "As far as I'm concerned, that goes for any officials who find themselves in such a position." THE COURT of Appeals now Is in summer recess and due to return early next month. Filed along with the petition for a writ of prohibition was a motion seeking immediate action by the Appellate Court. "There is not sufficient time for the allowance of a 10-day period for answer by the respondent," the motion said. It also said that if an immediate terrporary Writ Asked To Bar Wise As Jury Adviser of) operating a house of prostitution. Mr.

Meade recommended to Judge Ford that bonds be set at $5000 apiece for the Bridewells' appearance in January in U. S. District Court at Lexington. Penalty for a perjury conviction in Federal Court is a $2000 order is not entered against Mr. Wise, "irreparable injury would result to the Commonwealth." William Watson, assistant attorney general, said it would take action by only one appellate Judge to get a temporary order.

A full special high court session presumably would follow for a permanent order. Chief Justice Robert Bird said tonight, however, he did not plan to call the court Into special session. Justice Bird said he would be out of town tomorrow and would not act on Mr. Breckinridge's application for a temporary order until at least Wednesday. Mr.

Breckinridge said he had asked Mr. Wise to relinquish his role during the coming prand jury session. He said he was advised that Mr. Wise would not FRANKFORT, Aug. 7 JPi John Breckinridge, Kentucky attorney general, asked the Court of Appeals today to prohibit William J.

Wise, Campbell County commonwealth attorney, from having any contact with an August 14 special session of the Campbell County grand Jury. Campbell Circuit Judge Ray Murphy, who called the session to investigate pay-off allegations by Mrs. Hattie Jackson, former Newport prostitute, dls-aallfled himself Friday. Mrs. Jackson testified at state ouster hearings that Judge Murphy's name was on her pay-off list during 1947-48.

She also testified Mr. Wise's name was on a similar list, plus one In 1955-56. When Judge Murphy pulled out of the grand.

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