The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 6, 1961 Page: 3 of 20
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Student Accused of Spying
Gets Eight Years in Prison
3 A THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
0-A Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Morning, September € 1961
Plans to Increase
Enrollment Up
At Sweetwater
Drowns in Pond
Bt RKBURNETT, Tex. (API
Dee Reynolds, <3. of Burkbur-
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By PRESTON GROVER
MOSCOW (AP)—An American
student who ventured behind the
Iron Curtain on a tour has been
sentenced to eight years in prison
on charges of spying
A Soviet military court sen
fenced Marvin William Makinen.
22 after a two-day trial in Kiev.
The government claimed the
youth, a native of Chassell, Mich.,
gave a full confession of an es-
pionage mission
hot
the
tb.
base
eown-
. Sad-
<ln Washington, the State De-
partment Tuesday protested the
sentencing and denied Makinen
was a U.S. spy. Press officer Jo-
seph W Reap said the embassy L
in Moscow has demanded that D
U.S. officials be allowed to see ■
the youth "We are awaiting more ■
information before we decide" the 1
next steps. Reap said.) ■
In a four-column article, the ■
government paper Izvestia Tues- K
day splashed a lurid account of ■
The paper published two pic- B
lures showing a small German-
made car with a West Berlin s
license plate and a page of notes a
allegedly made on the trip M
Izvestia said Soviet intelligence s
agents seized Makinen July 27 as B
he tried to photograph a military s
object and quoted him as saying bn
“I underestimated the alertness F
of Soviet citizens."
The paper said that eight photo-
graphs he took were recovered
and when he was shown the de-
veloped prints he responded:
"Yes, these are certainly not
tourist photographs "
There was no indication why a
the Russians waited more than a
month to disclose the case.
The government claimed the
case helped prove Soviet conten-
1 SWEETWATER (RNS)—pond four miles south of here.
Sweetwater schools reopened Reynolds was seized by cramp*
Tuesday with a slight gain in and went under in about six feet
enrollment in high school and Meet
junior high school and a slight of water while trying to retrieve
each in Massachusetts Pennsyl - loss in two elementary schools as a frog He was hunting with two
| WASHINGTON (API—The long- vania and Missouri. compared with last year other Burkburnett men. Art Wil-
stymied campaign to increase the Chelf said he has no intention Superintendent Olaf South said liams and J. L. Johnson.
that preliminary figures show _
House Move Ahead
By NEIL GILBRIDE
Chelf said he has no intention
,House membership inched ahead of junking his petition to force his
Tuesday when a Judiciary sub- 66 petition to force his
committee approved a bill to add original measure to the floor
three seats to the 435 now He began signing up members,
provided. after accusing House leaders of
| The bill is a drastically amend deliberately stalling action, and
ed version of the proposal by now, has 160 signatures of a need
. Rep Frank Chelf. D-Ky . to add ed 213.
3,334 students enrolled, compared
with 3,351 enrolled on opening
day last year
Newman Senior High School
had 554 enrolled Tuesday com-
pared with 531 a year ago John
__________________. ....___The Judiciary Committee meets
full committee will raise the fig- Wednesday but there was no in-
ure to help some of the 16 states dication whether a bill will be re-
ported out in time for considera-
32 members, but backers hope the
(AP Wirephoto)
MARION SWAAB
MIR
STIon,
BURN
RM
ING
TUMS
. . . returns Tuesday
tions that West Berlin is a spy
center directed against the Com-
muniststates. Jivnunuy
Izvestia repeated the Commu-
nist explanation that this was pre- A
a cloak-and-dagger operation am .i....at cisely why the East-Wes’ border 00AS ome
launched from West Berlin with MARVIN MAKINEN in the divided city was sealed up WV< ■ IVIIIV
Makinen as the spearhead agent. ... U. S. Student — to keep out Western spies
The paper told of hit recruit The Makinen case was the first II 1 111
ment by American intelligence military and industrial installa-Soviet espionage accusation Hard Way
agents while he was a student at tions. against an American this year. It * *
West Berlins Free University; of The article said two American recalled the case of Mark 1 NEW YORK tAPi-What does
six-weeks training in cameras, intelligence agents known as Bill Kaminsky 01 Edwardsville, Mich. /
codes and military nomenclature: and Dyer recruited Makinen for who was sentenced to seven years doting father do when his darling
of a body belt to hide films, and the job. It claimed the intelligence In prison last year on charges, of daughter can't seem to resist
of driving through Hungary, service bought his automobile and spying and was then expelled stowing away on ships to Europe?
Czechoslovakia and the Ukraine footed -the bill for his tourist trip from the Soviet Union.
to make pictures and notes on into Soviet bloc countries.
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due to lose seats under 1960 cen-
sus figures
“It’s a buggy upon which we
can ride into the full committee.”
said Chelf, who added that he
was “delighted that we've passed
the first hurdle "
As approved by the subcommit-
tee of Rep Edwin E Willis, D-
La., the bill is designed to com-
pensate for the admission of Alas-
ka and Hawaii as states.
| "The old 48 states would have
to suffer,” Willis said, if the con-
stitutional size of the House is
kept at 435 members while
Alaska gets one seat and Hawaii
two on the basis of 1960 popula-
a tion figures. The size of the House
A number of other American _ , , , .
- tourists were detained in 1960 and Tuesday from a second such ex-
accused of spying, pedition—the hard way. She had
tion at this session
Reagan Junior High had 826
Tuesday, with 814 last year
Superintendent South said ad-
ditional enrollment in the nine
local schools is expected during
the coming week
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went temporarily to 437 on the
basis of legislation admitting the
two new states with one seat each
c Tbut is due to revert to the old
Marion Swaab. 19. returned ceiling Jan. 1 1963
--- ‘------J ** „ Some members of the subcom-
mittee reportedly favor an in-
crease to 453 members and hope
News of the arrest and trial wouldn’t pay. „ this figure will prevail in the full
stunned Makinen's relatives.. committee.
In Westminster, Mass., a sis- Dad Henry Swaab, an export-Willis declined to mention any
ter, Mrs. Carroll H. Arnold, said import businessman, said he arid figure but said the record of hear-
he was merely a student traveling his wife wanted to "teach her a ings on the issue “justifies a
[with a camera and nothing more, lesson" further increase" beyond the
She said when she last heard from The pretty young brunette came three seats recommended in the
.him he planned to visit relatives back on the Dutch motorship Slo-subcommittee report.
in Finland. . terdijk. During the voyage she had Chelf, who fought for eight
Another sister. Mrs. Jacob Hay- to work in the galley and help months to get hearings on his bill
rynen of Garden City, Mich., said clean passenger areas She wasn't and others similar to it. said he
she had last heard from her allowed to fraternize with the would be satisfied with a com-
brother in July, when he wrote ship's 11 passengers. Promise at 453. . .
========== ======== ====
tiicantite tody. What happened to her during are due |0 lose two each under
L niversuy. the half hour session with agents the
Mrs. Hay rynen described her wasn’t disclosed Evidently, how- allow Pennsylvania-due „
brother as a brilliant student who ever, she got a considerable talk- three seats—to retain two of
attended the University of Penn- ing-to.
sylvania on a scholarship and re- I’m sorry I did it” Marion retain the one seat each they are
ceiv a c elor 0 science said aft eward, referring to her due to lose. Among these are
runaway Aug. 18 on the Duch lin- North Carolina, Kentucky, Illi-
nois. Kansas, Minnesota. Missis-
to work her way home. -Pop
ew census figures It would
to lose
them
and would let several other states
degree before going to West
Berlin. -
. , er Rotterdam "I apologize for all
Young Makinen attended grade the trouble I caused.”
school in Chassell until his par- ,J
ents Mr. and Mrs. William J. Last year, Marion had stowed
Makinen, moved to Fitchburg, away on the French liner Liberte.
[Mass., about 12 years ago. When the ship reached France she
„ cabled for money for her passage,
amma ns om ome wee ancace ellipendina
Mich., and Mrs James Taylor of money for the return 1 P
I Kansas City, Mo. Pop gave in that time. The sec MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —
ond time around, how ever, ne Col William C. Lindley, former
grew a bit sour It we pay her professor of air science at schools
‘way again, he remarked, next in Texas, will become comman-
time maybe she'll go to Japan dant of the National Air Force
He didn t seem to relish the idea Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
of his daughter running off to all program Sept. 10
parts of the world—then yelping Authorities at the Air
for money to get back. sity at Maxwell Air Force Base
sippi, Missouri, and Nebraska
The bill approved by the sub-
committee would save one seat
Air Force Reserve
Leader Named
Wilson Predicts
Possible Deadlock
By Legislature
AUSTIN 'AP’—Atty. Gen. Will
Wilsen predicted a possible legis- est escapade. der. Military Training Center,
loanesnanac and Abandoned prop The girl somewhat ruefully ad-Air Training Command. Lackland
erty bills introduced in a milled that “1 worked, but not Air Force Base, Tex.
erty bills are introduced in 8 , Lindley has served as profes-
coming special session very mard. 1 sor of air science at Baylor
In an open letter to E I. R. By then, Dad evidently had University and East Texas state
Wroe Jr., a member of the Texas cooled considerably and was will-Teachers College
Bankers Association legislative ing to forgive. And as loving fath- ______________5_______________
Anyway, the parents were wait,here said Lindley will succeed
nig at the dock in Hoboken, N.J., Maj. Gen. William J. Bell, who
as Marion returned from her lat-has been reassigned as comman-
committee. Wilson said he could ers will do. he did
see no need for a special session "She’s a bright girl and perfect-
to consider abandoned property ly normal except for liking to slow
bills. . . ,, . away ” he said. "She's a pretty
This is unwise, he said, be-girl both in appearance and char-
cause it is unnecessary extrava-acter-and she'll probably wind up
gance. The Legislature has al- in Hollywood.”
ready solved the tax crisis Truly m, .
abandoned property will still be With that. Dad gave in om-
there after the next special ses- pletely. be happy o help r
sion.” out if she wants to make a trip to
Wilson, considered a certain Europe the right way," he said
candidate for governor next year.
proposed that all abandoned prop- MArs Roosevelt
erty be placed in the public school \ AL
endowment fund as additional Getting Checkup
capital.
The Legislature passed a bill in NEW YORK (AP) — Mrs
the first special session requiring Franklin D Roosevelt went
all persons and institutions, ex- into Colombia-Presbyterian Medi-
cept banks, to report abandoned cal Center Tuesday afternoon for
property to the state, what her secretary described as
Under Texas law such property a general checkup.
belongs to the state, but Daniel The secretary. Miss Maureen
contended that there was no way Corr, said the former First Lady
for officials to find it---, had gone to her doctor Tuesday
The governor has said he will morning and he ordered an im-
ask that banks be included in re-mediate checkup.
porting abandoned property when Mrs. Roosevelt will be at the
he calls a special session some- medical center for several days,
time this year or in January The -------------------------------------------==
abandoned property bill already
passed goes into effect Nov. 7.
Wilson told Wroe that the es-
chating of abandoned bank ac-
counts must be done in such a
MONEY
FOR
fashion as not to destroy the 1
public's confidence in the banks I Y A |
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Rabbi Charles D Mintz an-
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(Varsity and Texas’ just off the
University of Texas campus have
been integrated since Sept 1. The I
management of both theaters
confirmed that they have adopted
a new integration policy for stu-
dents
White and Negro students have
demonstrated in front of the
movie houses for nearly a year .
At one time, long lines of stand-in
demonstrators formed almost
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