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UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS I 1 BRIEFS NATIONAL: Quarles Dies of Heart Attack WASHINGTON, May 9.— A heart attack was blamed today for the death yesterday of Donald A. Quarles, deputy secretary of defense. A Defense Department statement said a post mortem examination at the Armys Walter Reed Hospital showed that Quarles died of "obstructive coronary sclerosis ... a narrowing of the blood vessels of the heart." Russia Trails U. S. in Disease Prevention WASHINGTON, May 9.— A team of U. S. health officials says Russia is striving with "great vigor" to improve its disease prevention and medical care, but still trails the United States. The officials, who toured the Soviet Union in 1957, said in a Public Health Service report that Russia was fighting disease and medical problems on an "almost explosive scale." But the report said the quality of Soviet doctoring falls short of that in this country. Polaris Makes First Perfect Fliaht CAPE CANAVERAL, May 9.— The first perfect flight of a Polaris test rocket yesterday gave the Navy a big boost in its campaign to develop a submarine-launched ballistic missile. The solid-fuel Polaris forerunner experienced none of the difficulties that plagued earlier rockets. The Navy said the two-stage rocket apparently achieved all of its test objectives. j HumphreyAdvocates Own Seven-Year-Plan j WASHINGTON, May 9. — Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey D.-Minn. proposed today I [ the United States launch its own "seven-year plan" in answer to a long-range plan 1 jby Russia. Humphrey made this proposal J I and suggested the goals to be adopted in 1 a keynote speech prepared for the 12th an-nual convention of Americans for Demo- cratic Action. . Armed Services Seek More Mi? =ile Money I | WASHINGTON, May 9. — The Army, •Navy and Air Force have asked Congress to give them much more money for missiles than President Eisenhower requested. The appeals, revealed in the heavily censored transcript of testimony given behind closed doors to a House appropriations subcommittee, were expected to provide fresh ammunition to critics who want Congress to put up billions of dollars more to speed development of long-range rockets. ! FOREIGN- More Than 200 Feared Dead in Bo~t Mishap I • CAIRO, May 9. — A Nile River excursion boat that had sprang a leak capsized a few feet from safety when 350 panic-stricken passengers swarmed to the side nearest the shore. More than 200 persons, most of them . J women and children, were feared dead. U. S. Cannot Intimidate Russia — Koniey MOSCOW, May 9. — Marshal Van S. i Koniev said in a V-E anniversary statement that the United States cannot intimidate Russia by military threats, the official Soviet Agency Tass reported today. , Tass quoted the Russia marshal as saying | that "it is impossible to frighten the Soviet : r-eoples." 1 Hurl 200 Shells at Quemoy Outposts " TAIPEI, May 9. — Communist shore bat-. teries hurled 250 shells at Quemoy outposts islands Thursday, killing three Chinese civilians and wounding two in the heaviest " bombardment in weeks. The Chinese Na- tionalist Defense Ministrys announcement 5 of the bombardment made no mention of military casualties, which are usually kept 7 secret. The Ministry said there had been * no report of new shelling today. 3 Only Eight H-Bombs Needed — Khrushchev I LONDON, May 9. — Radio Moscow said today Premier Nikita Khruschev told West German editors recently that it would take only eight hydrogen bombs to put their country out of action. The broadcast said 3 Khruschev made the remark to a group of 5 editors representing West Germanys Socialist opposition when they visited Moscow recently. Herter Confers With Adenauer BONN, May 9. — Secretary of State Chirstian Herter arrived here today to confer with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on West Germanys views regarding the problems of Berlin and Germany. Foreign Ministers Convene for Talks GENEVA, May 9. — The Big Four foreign ministers began assembling in Geneva today for Mondays Berling crisis talks and" Russias Andrei Gromyko started stepping up pressure for an early summit meeting. Gromyko, the first to arrive, expressed hope "that the foreign ministers conference will arrange ah early convocation of the heads of government."
