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; ; ; 1 : ; UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS I BRIEFS NATIONAL: Cultural Buildings to Be Erected NEW YORK, May 14. President Eisenhower today hailed creation of a center for the performing arts in what was recently a New York slum as a "great cultural adventure" which will transmit a human message for peace and understanding throughout the world. The President turned the first shovel of dirt on "the site of a new hall for the New York Philharmonic orchestra, one of six major buildings in the 75 -million-dollar Lincoln Center for the performing arts. Another of the buildings will be the new home of the Metropolitan Opera. Defense Budget Under Fire WASHINGTON, May 14. Despite Democratic protests that it is too skimpy, President Eisenhowers Controversial 0,850,-000,000 defense budget has survived its first test in congress. Missile Tests Continue Successfully CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 14. The Army successfully launched its 18th juipter ballistics missile early today. Air force troops, who will take over the missile when the army completes its test firing, participated in the firing for thev fourth consecutive time. The fifty-two-ton potential hydrogen bomb carrier roared down the Atlantic tracking range in its eighteen successful flight in nineteen tests. Governor Calls Out National Guard HENDERSON, N. C, May 14. Two additional national guard units were rushed to this strike-violence area today because of indications the trouble was spreading. The new troops included a combat-support company. They reinforced three other companies already on duty. The guard, was called in by Gov. Luther-Hodges because of repeated incidents of violence in a long and bitter strike at two textile mills. Navy Officer Killed in Airship Crash LAKEHURST, N. J., May 14. A huge navy blimp crashed into its hangar attempting an instrument landing in heavy fog early today at the U. S. Naval Air Station here. One officer died while rescuers, " using acetylene torches and heavy cutting equipment, strove for more than six hourse to reach him in the blimps shattered gondola. He was identified as Lieut. J. G. David Malcolm Loyd, of Vega, Tex. FOREIGN: American-Owned Power Company Seized RIO DE JANEIRO, May 14. President Juscelino Kubitschek summoned Gov. Leonel Brizola, of Rio Grande Do Sul Province, here today to explain Brizolas sei-.zure of the American-owned power company which serves his capital. William S. Nelson, director of the American and foreign power company holdings in Brazil, is expected to be present when Kubitschek meets Brizola. Unconfirmed reports said the President was angered by the governors action, which embarrassed the federal government at a time when it is seeking U. S. aid to cover this years Brazilian trade deficit. Detection Methods to Be Improved GENEVA, May 14. The United States and Britain proposed today that scientists from their countries and the Soviet Union meet again to bring detection methods up-to-date before formal agreement to end nuclear tests in reached. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd said they were particularly interested in improving means of detecting high altitude tests. Wests Plan Rejected by Gromyko GENEVA, May 14. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter today handed Russia a dramatic Western offer to trade global troop cuts for quick restoration of freedom for all of Germany starting with Berlin. But Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromy- ko, who obviously knew something about The Wests plan before it was presented, indciated in a speech at yesterdays session of the big four foreign ministers that Moscow rejected in advance any Western move to link political steps on Berlin and Germany with European security. President Sukarno Gets Papal Audience VATICAN CITY, May 14. President Sukarno of Indonesia today was received by Pope John XXni. in a private audience that may help to smooth over Vatican-Indonesian relations. Sukarno who leaves tomorrow for a tour of Latin America, is in Rome for an official visifto the Vatican. Yesterday he was supposed to have a private lunch with Italian president Giovanni Gronchi but cancelled it because he was "indisposed." When Sukarno turned up at an Indonesian reception later in the evening some sources immediately termed his indisposition a "diplomatic illness."
