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THE CINCINNATI ENQtUIRER 12 1st YEAR NO. 129 DAILY WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1961 FINAL EDITION PRICE 7 CENTS Luken Is Leader Reds Threatei Full Berlin Blockade Of Drive To Join 4000 Han Hofla West's Embargo Talk Signs Ask 'Respect' Units Of AFL-CIO BY GERALD WHITE Of The Enquirer Staff About 4000 Greater Cincinnati Teamsters plan to bolt their independent union and Join AFL-CIO units, The Enquirer learned last night. They will be led by James Luken, president of Teamster Joint Council 26 and the Dairy Employees Union and long-time foe of James BlingS Quick Warning Cathedral Bars Worshipers In Prlpct. at Rt Ppfpr in Priests at St. Peter in Shorts BERLIN, Aug.

16 (Wednesday) UP) A new Berlin blockade like the one of 1948-49 was threatened last night by the Communists as retaliation for any West German attempt to cut off trade with East Germany. But economic sanctions, or penalties, through a possible severance of the PROPER DRESS Chains Cathedral are tired of men and women coming to church in shorts. So, now, large signs in both the front and side entrances warn people against entering the church in shorts, Bermudas, pedal pushers or Capris. Msgr. Francis B.

Kennedy, administrator of the cathedral, said the signs were placed there to try to get some respect for God's house. Some persons have been appearing there "as if they came off the beach, from the swimming pool or the ball game," he said. "After all, they wouldn't go to a dinner at a friend's home in that kind of attire and they shouldn't come to church in it." Monsignor Kennedy and other staff priests have been requesting men and women in improper dress to leave the church or not to enter if they were seen as they arrived. Hoffa, Teamster president. His 2200-member dairy union will be the largest in the secession.

Others departing will be the 700-member Cab Drivers' Local 954, headed by Ray Eber-hart; 700 member Soft Drink and Beverage Drivers Local 152, Walter Perkins, president, and the 300-member Funeral Livery Drivers Local 793, headed by Lester Griffith. Other Greater Cincinnati Teamsters locals may Join the Luken group. But the 7000-man Local 100, largest in the area, apparently will remain in the Teamster Union, officials predicted. THE MASS withdrawal was sparked by the recent re-election of Mr. Hoffa and the failure of court-appointed monitors to face the cleanup of the giant union.

''IN SHORTS CAPRIS, Adenauer's government has been reported considering potent economic action against the East German puppet regime, including a trade embargo. THE BONN government announced the lower house of parliament will meet in special session Friday to take its own counter-measures. The East Germans responded Immediately with a reminder that West Berlin's land freight and passenger traffic must cross 110 miles of its territory. "West German ruling circles should understand that the German Democratic Republic is a sovereign state and the use of its access routes can only be tolerated on a contract basis," asserted the Communist statement, measures so far have affected only Germans crossing between West and East Berlin. Persistent reports said the Communists would soon ban travel by anyone between the two parts of the city.

West Berlin motorists and pedestrians going to jobs in the East were still permitted through 12 gates in the winding 25-mlle East-West Berlin border. They had to surrender their identity cards on entering the Communist sector, but got them back when they left. A Communist officer said this was to prevent the cards being given to would be refugees to escape the border control. Harlan Judge Seeks Substitute For Wise In Newport Vice Inquiry East-West German trade agreement by the Bonn government appeared unlikely today. Reports reaching here in the early morning from Washington and London said the Allies oppose any drastic action against the Communist closing of the 25-mile border in Berlin.

The West German government of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has said it would act only In accord with its allies. The East German government warned that unilateral cancellation of the trade agreement between the two halves of Germany would automatically nullify arrangements on goods traffic between isolated West Berlin and West Germany. Payment for use of East German rail lines by trains going in and out of West Berlin, of waterways and highways is part of the agreement. JUBILANT Red commentators broadcasting over the East German Radio claimed Washington and London reports showed the East German government which they said represents a sovereign state was standing on legal ground when it closed the Berlin refugee escape hatch. "The Americans, British and French refuse to be drawn into this," commented Eduard von Schnit-zler, one of the top Bed radio commentators.

In sharp protest notes earlier, the West charged that Red moves blocking the flight of East German refugees have turned the city into an armed camp in flagrant violation of four-power agreements. Despite the steel net the Communists have thrown around West Berlin, about 50 refugees from the East filtered through Tuesday. mmmmmem "Now, that Hoffa's been elected again and the monitors are gone, we're in bad shape," a rebel told The Enquirer last night. "Hoffa's going to try to get us. He's got the power now to do it.

Why should we be waiting around for him to murder us?" Members of three of the four seceding locals will meet tonight to disaffiliate and re-affillate. They have been promised assistance by AFL-CIO officials here if Hoffa fights their move, officials said. Dairy employees will meet at 7 p. m. in Emery Auditorium.

Twelve Cincinnati policmen will be stationed Inside the building to prevent disturbances by pro-Hoffa persons. Other officers will patrol near the auditorium during the meeting. "Hoffa might have tried to start something," a member said. "But not now. Nobody's going to start a fight right in front of a policeman." Other meetings will be conducted at 8 p.

m. at 1015 Vine St. by the beverage drivers and by the funeral drivers at the Dairy Employees Union's new quarters at 2418 Central Pky. THE CAB drivers will meet later. Their executive board members, like those of the other three locals, have approved the severing of Teamster ties.

The departures will decrease Greater Cincinnati Teamster membership by more than one-fourth. It also will strip the Joint council, the central body, of much of its anti-Hoffa leadership. Mr. Luken has been president of the group since 1955 when he ousted a pro-Hoffa incumbent. Other anti-Hoffa men in top posts include Mr.

Griffith, vice president; Mr. Eberhart, recording secretary, and Mr. Perkins, executive board members. THEY WILL be the most important Teamster officers to defy the controversial Mr. Hoffa.

Mr. Luken has been praised for his anti-Hoffa stand during the last seven years by President Kennedy, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, Sen. John McClellan, head of the Senate rackts committee, and other congressional leaders.

He recently was saluted editorially by The Enquirer for his courageous attempts to unseat Mr. Hoffa in the recent Teamster convention. His brother, Thomas Luken, will be sworn in today as first assistant Federal district attorney here. Federal Gaming Bills O. WASHINGTON, Aug.

15 Two Senate-passed bills designed to crack down on interstate professional gambling were approved today by the House Judiciary Committee. A third was rejected. One bill approved would make it a Federal offense to use telephone, telegraph or other forms of interstate wire communications for gambling purposes. Aimed primarily at bookmakers and layoff bettors, it would exempt legitimate news reporting of sports events by the press, radio or television. Violators could be fined $10,000 and imprisoned for two years.

The second bill would make it a Federal offense to ship gambling equipment and supplies in interstate commerce, except into states where their use is legalized. Violators could be fined $10,000 and imprisoned for five years. The committee killed a third Senate bill that would have prohibited obstruction of any lawful investigation by a Federal agency or interference with informants. The bill set up penalties of up to $5,000 in fine and up to five years imprisonment for violations. All three bills are part of Atty.

Gen. Robert F. Kennedy's anti-crime program. ij and favorably." He said Mr. Wise left the room when he notified Jurors that some of his statements would concern the commonwealth attorney.

Rev. Donald Baker, former president of the Newport Ministerial Association and pastor of the United Brethren Church, Ninth and Ann Sts, Newport, en tered the room next. He said his testimony was "more specific" than Rev. Mr. Barkhau's, and that Mr.

Wise had excused himself from the jury room. The testimony about Mr. Wise paved the way for the Newport Ministerial Association's legal attempt to oust him from the jury session. All that was needed was for Mr. Wise to come under scrutiny.

WILLIAM BORN, jury foreman, was asked if this had happened. He nodded affirmatively as the Jury adjourned until 9:30 a. m. today. Cesare Bernardlnl, 2349 N.

Ft. Thomas another NMA member, entered the room, but told newsmen later that he asked not to testify until Judge Hill was notified that Mr. Wise's conduct was being studied, or until after the grand Jury had adjourned for the day, as Judge Hill had asked. Mr. Breckinridge and Mr.

Wise met after the adjournment Later they told reporters that they conferred on a timetable for hearing witnesses. The investigation, which began officially yesterday with impaneling of the jury, can by law extend only 15 working days. Mr. Breckinridge said the large number of possible witnesses is a major problem. He said the State Alcoholic Beverage Board and the state fire marshal's agencies alone could provide 45 witnesses.

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Purkey (13-7) and OToole (11-9) vs. Po-dres (15-3) and Perranos-ki (6-2). (ANY Klfll)1 SLaCKS PCDDLEKiSHCRS I Bonn To Send Note Of Protest JAMES LUKEN Truck Accident 1 Kills Motorist A 63-year-old Union, Ky. man was injured fatally, yesterday when his auto-' mobile was hit by a swerving truck with a blown-out front tire. Erlanger police identified the victim as Oscar James Moore.

R. R. 1, Union. Officers said the accident occurred on the Dixie Highway near Hallam Street. The truck reportedly was driven by James Joseph Nienabor, 18.

329 E. 16th Covington. Mr. Moore died of chest injuries at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington, at 2:30 p.

four hours after the accident, police said. Page People in the News 22 Radio-TV 9 Society News lt Sports 35-38 Star Gazer 40 Women's 13-14 Word Game 37 5-Star Page 8 Classified GA 1-8300 BY ED SEITZ Of The Enquirer Staff Circuit Judge Edward G. Hill told The Enquirer last night he is looking for an attorney to replace Commonwealth Attorney William J. Wise for the first phase of a grand jury's investigation of vice and gambling in Newport and Campbell County. Judge Hill, who came to Newport from Harlan to preside over the special session, discussed Mr.

Wise's role in the investigation after these dramatic developments unfolded In a crowded, muggy room in the Newport Courthouse: Judge Hill said he would not hesitate to ask Gov. Bert Combs to send in the state militia (National Guard) if it became necessary to execute the orders of the court. Judge Bill ordered the jury to investigate "a possible conspiracy by all officials who are charged with the duty of enforcing the laws of Campbell County and Newport." He said he is actively seeking help for the grand jury from top state and Federal agencies, including the office of Robert Kennedy, U. S. attorney general; J.

Edgar Hoover and his Federal Bureau of Investigation staff, the U. S. Internal Revenue Service. Sen. John McClellan and his Senate Rackets Committee investigators, Sen.

Estes Kefauver, investigators for the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the office of John B. Breckinridge, Kentucky attorney general. THE 49-YEAR-OLD mountain jurist left the Newport Courthouse at the noon recess after telling the seven-woman, five-man panel he had picked: "When you start investigating the conduct of Mr. Wise, I would like for you to adjourn, because it will be incumbent upon the court to appoint someone in Mr. Wise's place during the investigation of his conduct." Informed that Mr.

Wise had left the grand Jury room during testimony of two Newport ministers, Judge Hill said: "If Mr. Wise is absenting: himself from the jury room because the testimony concerns him, it is incumbent on the court to appoint a pro-Urn to take his place. The jurors are entitled to the legal assistance of a commonwealth attorney pro-tern." Judge Hill noted that Mr. Wise's absence from the jury room had not been communicated to him by Mr. Wise or by any mem- Since Sunday East Berlin-ers have been sealed out of West Berlin, an action designed to choke off the drain of thousands of refugees, many of them skilled and professional, who have been getting through the Berlin escape funnel.

(Related Stories, Picture On Page 5 And 21.) bassadorial-! 1 group which met here late today has "not yet finished" its work on what counter-action to take against the newly raised Iron Curtain across Berlin. But "there will be measuresthey will not be theoretical," he said. "And in the very near future," Mr. Grewe added, a note probaby will be dispatched to the Kremlin by the United States, Britain and France. Attending the State Department meeting besides Mr.

Grewe was Assistant U. S. Secretary of State Foy D. Kohler, British Embassy Minister Lord Hood and French Minister Claude Lebel. The allied group arranged to meet again tomorrow morning.

IT: we grill our steaks?" to be a key witness after Judge Hill ordered the jury to expand the scope of its investigation. IN A STRONG, one-hour charge to the Jury, Judge Hill told the panel to study the cases of Judge Murphy and Mr. Wise first, then moved on to the possible conspiracy violations. He said the conspiracy investigation could "include your sheriff, your chief of police of Newport the members themselves down to the man on the beat." Judge Bill said he knew it was hard to prove conspiracywhich be defined as "certain conduct on the part of an official, either by omission or commission, that would allow wholesale violations of the criminal statutes." As to requesting help from top state and Federal agencies, Judge Hill said he would contact all of them himself, probably by telegram. He noted that there was no legal process by which he could compel these agencies to help the grand jury.

But he said he felt it was their "moral duty" to offer assistance, since many of their leaders have been widely quoted as saying that Newport is the center of nationwide gambling and vice. TOM SCHULTE and his wife, Vivian, were the first to enter the grand Jury room. Mrs. Schulte was convicted in Campbell Cir- I cult Court last year of operating a house of prostitution and was fined $200. She had been subpoenaed by Mr.

Wise. Next to enter was Rev. Harold W. Barkhau, pastor of St. John United Church, Park Ave.

and Nelson Newport. He said he tapped on the Jury's door and told the foreman that he was available to testify about conditions in Newport. Rev. Mr. Barkhau said his testimony was general and was received "very cordially ber of the grand Jury, so that he did not know "officially" that the panel already was investigating the commonwealth atto y's conduct.

BUT HE added: "I arn now making a study of the possible personnel from the Campbell County bar who may be qualified to serve as commonwealth attorney pro-tem." Mr. Wise said later that he would consider himself disqualified only for those parts of the grand Jury's investigation that pertained to him. Leading up to lua state militia reference, Judge Hill said he understood that Sheriff Norbert Roll had stated he doesn't have enough officers to cover Campbell County, that the county patrol chief has ordered county police not to work in Newport, and that Newport has not seen fit to request state police aid. THEN HE told the jurors: "But this court will not hesitate to see that we get personal service of any processes that may come forth from this grand Jury even to the point of requesting the governor to send a contingent of militia or other law enforcement agencies which he may send in here to execute the orders of this court." Campbell Circuit Judge Ray Murphy summoned the grand jury two months earlier than usual to investigate charges by Mrs. HatUe Jackson, former Newport prostitute and "madam," that the names of Judge Murphy and Mr.

Wise, among others, were on her payoff lists several years ago. Judge Murphy then disqualified himself, making way for Judge Hill, but Mr. Wise refused to step down. Mrs. Jackson, who has been subpoenaed at Louisville by Mr.

Wise, but who has failed to show up in Newport, seemed no longer WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 UP) A West German official reported tonight that a protest note on Berlin probably will be sent soon to Moscow. He also said measures more than "theoretical" will be taken against the new East Berlin barrier. The West German ambassador, Wilhelm Grewe, gave this word to newsmen after a 2Vi hour strategy session among Western Big Four representatives, held at the State Department. Earlier, top U.

S. authorities had portrayed the Communist seal-off of East Berlin to stem the refugee tide as a severe Red defeat they said will strengthen the West in the struggle over Germany. Mr. Grewe said the am rO.Mi: TO TIII.K OF 'But Daddy, where do Reds Blast LA; Just One Behind Righthander Joey Jay, raked for two runs before he retired a batter in the first inning, settled down and pitched the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers last night in the opener of their showdown series for the National League lead. The victory, achieved on some timely hitting by Frank Robinson, Wally Post Eddie Kasko and Jerry Lynch, advanced the second-place Reds within one game of the pace-setting Dodgers.

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