davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Million Deficit
In D. {. Budget
Feared in s.
Financial Crisis
Luid to Rising Cost
Of City's Operation
BY John w. Stepp

On the basis of current and
anticipated revenues, the Dis
trict in fiscal 1855 is expected to
face deficiency of about 81 mil
lion to meet operating and
maintenance costs alone, The
Star learned last night.
According to reliable sources,
the shortage is bound to occur
in the general fund, notwith-
standing the fact that all capi-
tai improvement projects have
already been deleted from that
fund by congressional directive.
The general fund is that cate
CORY of revenues that provides
for the building. operation and
maintenance of such municipal
facilities as health, welfare and
sewers.
The realization last year that
the city's capital outlay needs
far outstripped revenues
prompted the preparation of the
proposed 10-year, $3O6- million
public works improvement pro-
gram.
Financial Crisis.
Budget officials have long
feared, and now are faced with
the actuality, of having inSuffl-
cient money to provide next year
for even the operation of exist
ing plants and services supplied
from the general fund.
Steadily rising materials and
operations costs in recent years
and a gradual leveling off of
revenues in recent months have
caused the financial crisis. Typi-
cal of costs in the last six
months has been the So million
police and firemen's pay, Sis
million in teachers pay raises.
In addition, the teachers are
asking further raises totaling
So million, and the Commits
sioners have approved, depend
ing on fund availability. nearly
$1-million raise in the wages of
per diem workers.
This dilemma heightens the
city'S dependence on passage of
the works program. The latter
plan over the 10-year period
calls for 500 million in increased
Federal payments, 500 million in
Federal loans, about $50 million
in higher taxes accruing to the
general fund and the highway
fund and higher water rates pay
able to the water fund and new
sewer charges payable to a new
sewer fund, both representing a
total of $50 million.
To BE Submitted Separately.
The balance of the works pro-
gram funds includes about $18
million in Federal loans author
lied in 1850 for long-range water
system construction. SO million
in increased Federal Government
water consumption payments and
nearly SIS million in other Federal
loans to launch the proposed
sanitary sewer improvement pro-
gram.
AS it now stands. the program
is to be submitted to Congress
entirely apart from the fiscal
1855 budget. Until last week,
the program had been integrated
with the 1855 budget in such a
way that the rst-priority pro-
jects of the program were
Continued on Page A-3, Col. g.
Evening star., 1953-12-20

Eisenhower Gives Summary Of 3-Doy
Legislative ToIks. Poge AZ
5 OFT Of Toxpoyers to Coin in
Jonuory ! Tex Chonges. Pose AZ
President, the congressional
leaders, members of the Cabinet
and other high officials discussed
20 subjects. The President said:
These topics were fully dis
cusSed. In virtually every in
stances it was agreed by all to
press for their enactment by
Congress-"
The program, the President
reiterated. will be based "in prin-
ciple and philosophy, on the
1852 Republican platform" and he
added: IF we are to continue to
deserve public support, we must
live up to these declared pledges
and bring to our people sound
and constructive and compre-
henSive program"
Party Unity Assured.
The Republican leaders, in
Guiding Vice President Nixon,
Speaker Martin, Senator Know
land of California, Republican
Senate floor leader; Senator
Ferguson of Michigan, chairman
of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee, and Representative
Arends of Illinois, Republican
whip of the House. agreed that
much had been accomplished,
that the conferences had been a
success, and that party unity in
support of the program which
President Eisenhower has de-
scribed as dynamic and prog
ressive" is assured.
The Vice President. before he
hurried away from the White
House, told reporters the confer
enceS had been successful.
Il am confident" he said
that great support for the
Presidents legislative program
has been developed as a result OF
these sessions"
Speaker Martin said:
I'VE have had three hard days
of work during which we have
(See LEGISLATION, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1953-12-20

his isolation and measurement
of the electron.
He also was remembered, even
in less scholarly circles, as writer
of physics textbooks handled by
millions of high school and COL
lege students.
Until his final illness DR.. Mil
likan went daily to his Office at
Caltech where he had been di-
rector of the Norman Bridge Lab
Continued on Page A-8, Col. H.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Holiday Food Ads
In The Star Tomorrow

For the convenience Of ChHstmos
shoppers The Stor will publish the
moiority Of its food advertising for
the week in Mondays editions.
By shopping The Stor for food bor-
gains you will get a head stort in
preparing your festive tobIe for
Christmas Doy.
For holiday food specioIs shop first
- The Stor temoFFow.
Evening star., 1953-12-20


AdmiroI Phillips Heods Fund Drive for
Home Rule Here. Poqe All
~~>~-~-~---
Committees and Samuel Spencer,
president of the Board of Com
missioners were given time to
outline some major city issues
at some length with the panel
of presidential advisers.
There were suggestions, later,
that the discussions had been
helpful both to the White House
and to the committee chairmen.
Not Talkative.
But as the group left the
White House, they had little or
nothing to say. At the end of
the day, a White House state
ment on the three days of meet
ings with legislative leaders was
general in tone, not even men
tioning District matters.
The Case Simpson Spencer
trio went into the panel discus
sions shortly before noon and,
by invitation stayed for a White
House group luncheon with
leaders of the House and Senate
1t was about 3 pm. when they
left the Executive Offices.
Numerous Issues Discussed.
A White House press release
earlier in the day had listed only
the Washington home rule ques-
ton as being scheduled for dis
cuSSion. When the group was
leaving, however, Senator Case
indicated other subjects had
come up.
Without specifying, he told re-
porterS: II would say the dis
cussion naturally embraced all
of the top topics affecting the
District that have been publicly
debated from time to time"
Asked if there had been any
proposals or commitments, Sem
ator Case replied: There are
still some decisions to be
reached"
Representative Simpson, Re-
publican, of Illinois. and Com
missioner Spencer were even
more guarded in their state
ments to the press.
FavOrs Works Program.
The Eisenhower administration
already has given its general
backing to the Districts public
works program.
This revised 10-year program.
reduced to $306 million from a
much higher figure, is to be in
troduced in Congress early in the
new session.
! President Eisenhower last jan
uary, in his first State-of-t the
! Union message to Congress. took
a stand for some kind of home
rule for the District.
| Since then there has been a
lot of discussion of the issue in
and out of Congress, but with
little action.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Picture on Poee AS.

gun and an automobile, before
breaking up. Five were caught
within three hours as State
police pumped bullets into their
careening stolen car and it went
into a ditch. A sixth was picked
up an hour later. Two are be-
lieved holed up in Jackson.
Escape was through a prison
sewer in which the band of con-
victed murderers, robbers. bur-
glars and kidnapers used a make
shift acetylene torch to cut
barred steel gratings.
They left from the same yard
that was the scene of two bloody
and costly convict uprisings in
1852 at Southern Michigan, the
worlds largest walled peniten-
tiary. 1t has population of ap-
proximately 5000.
Grabbed Two Women.
Mrs. Mary Lou Watts and
Miss Helen Gilbert were grabbed
as hostages by the five who in
vaded the Watts home in Jack
son. They had gun taken from
another home previously invaded
by all l3 a mile from the prison.
Joe Watts. the hostages hus-
band and a Jackson service sta
ton owner, was at home. but
poWerleSS to intervene against
the five and their gun. The
home was ransacked for civilian.
clothing and valuables before the
deSperadoeS fled in Mr.. Watts
1852 beige-colored Cadillac Qi-
cense KC-2534.
Ominously as they left the con-
victs told Mr.. Watts the women
would be released unharmed If
nothing happens to us" The
women promised to telephone the
minute of their release. but two
hours after they had been
Snatched Mr.. Watts telephone
still was silent.
TerrOrized Couple.
The felonS first fell upon the
home of Glenn Milliman. a %
year-oId automobile salesman
and one-time guard at the prjs-
on. Brandishing crude, prison.
made knives they forced their
way in. terrorizing Mr.. Milliman
and his wife and ransacking the
house.
They found a 80 caliber pistol
and at least four outfitted them
selves before tieing up the Milli-
mans and all 13 driving off in
his automobile.
Finding 13 too many for one
car, seven got out in Jackson. it
was five of the latter group that
abducted the women.
Mr.. Milliman's car was jumped
by Sheritf'S deputies on State
route so near Napoleon, IL miles
southeast of Jackson. Two State
troopers to the west quickly
turned their car across the road,
using it as blockade.
The careening car of convictS
refused to heed light signals TO
stop and the troopers started
firing. The car swerved into a
ditch in an attempt to avoid that
of the troopers. Two bullets had
pierced its windows, but none
was injured.
Six Recaptured.
-Four were seized Immediately,
Scrambling out of the wreckage
of Mr.. Milliman's car. A fifth
was caught in a chase. These
five insisted they were alone, but
a sixth was picked up within an
hour in the same vicinity.
1t was more than an hour
after the shot-punctuated cap
ture that Mr.. Watts frantic
alarm was sounded.
The hunt for the women and
their captors quickly turned to-
ward Indiana. The Cadillac was
seen heading out on State route
go. Indiana and Ohio police were
alerted. Michigan State troop
(See CONVICTS, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1953-12-20
President to Go to Church

President Eisenhower will at
tend services at 9 am. today at
the National Presbyterian
Church, the White House an
nounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Dr.. Robert A. MIIikdn Dies:
WorId-Renowned Physicist
CcItech Scientist
Was Authority
On Cosmic Rays
BY the Associated Press

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 49,
DR.. Robert A. Millikan, dean of
American physicists and author
ity on cosmic rays, died today at
a rest home. He was IS.
The venerable and renowned
scientist had been bedridden by
the inf1rmities of age for several
months.
Among those with him when
the end came was a son, DR..
Clark Millikan, an aeronautical
research engineer.
DR.. Millikan, a Nobel Prize
winner and for years head
of the California Institute of
Technology, had been at conva-
lescent home under medical care.
The Millikan residence is in
nearby San Marino.
The body was removed to For
est Lawn Memorial Park in
nearby Glendale, where it will
lie in state after noon Tuesday
in the Memorial Court of Honor.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Hnnnrnd Ru Sn;nnAirAc

HOnOred BY Scientists.
Although 85 when death
closed DR.. Millikan's notable
career. he still was honored
everywhere by scientists as win
ner of the 1923 Nobel Award for
Evening star., 1953-12-20
.F|eeingConvicts
Hold 7 Women
As Hostages
l3 Escape Michigan
Prison Through Sewer;
6 Are Recuptured
By the AsSocintad Press

JACKSON, Mich. Dec. 10. -
Five desperate convicts grabbed
a 28-year-old housewife and
31-year-old nurse as hostages
tonight in a wild flight after
their escape from gigantic South
ern Michigan Prison.
Thirteen escaped and all ter
rorized one household, stealing
Evening star., 1953-12-20
D. {. Works Project
And Home Rule
Discussed al Farley
Issues Are Among Those
Studied ot Pre-Coneress
Session in White House
By Don S. Worren

Washington home rule and the
Districts $306 million public
works program were among To-
cal topics discussed yesterday in
President Eisenhower's confer
ences with District and congress
sional leaders.
Chairmen Case and Simpson
of the Senate and House District
AdmiroI Phillips Heods Fund Drive for
Home Rule Here. Paee All
Evening star., 1953-12-20

Eisenhower Gives Summary Of 3-Doy
Legislative ToIks. Pose AZ
5 OFT Of s Toxpoyers to Coin in
Jonuory Tex Chonees. Pose AZ
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Weather Forecast

Cloudy and warmer today. high about
48. Low tonight about 80. Tomorrow,
cloudy, rain. (Full report on Page A-2.)
Yesterdays Temperatures.
Evening star., 1953-12-20

(See TUBE, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1953-12-20

(See LEGISLATION, Page AID
Evening star., 1953-08-19
14O Children Leave
For Cardiac Camp in
Forest Tomorrow

More than 140 children with
heart ailments will leave tomor-
row for two weeks of outdoor
camp life in Prince William
Forest Park, Va.
The children, 120 of them from
Washington and "a from Mary
land. will leave by bus from the
cardiac clinic of Children's Hos
pital after laSt-minute physical
checkup, DR. Clayton B. Eth
ridge, president of the Wash
ington Heart Association, an
nounced.
Seeing the campers off will be
their families. members of the
board of the heart association
and a delegation from the
Soroptimist Club Of Washington.
One of Nations Few.
The cardiac camp, one of the
few in the Nation, will open for
the fifth consecutive year, under
the supervision of the Summer
Outings Committee of Family
and Child Services of Wash
ington.
The committee conducts the
camping under a financing ar
rangement with the heart as
sociation.
The youngsters, 8 to IA years
Of age, spend two weeks at Camp
Sunshine and Camp Wonder
land, which are a few miles
apart on the park reservation.
Because public school closed
late this year, the regular sum-
mer camp program operated by
the Summer Outings Committee
was late starting, and the cardiac
camp, which must await the close
of regular activities, also is open
ing later this season.
ACbAVAbACS A1UltCus
The Cardiac Camp Committee
for 1953-54 includes Drs. Arthur
Sims, Bernard j. Walsh. John A.
Reisinger, Edgar w. Davis, Albert
Kistin, John Nestor. and Mrs.
James Rupert and Mrs. Will
liam Walsh.
DR.. Sims said that. from the
physical standpoint alone, camp
ing is good for nearly every
child"
Children with heart disease" "
he said, particularly benefit
from wholesome routine. At a
camp such as ours, they have
the added advantage Of associa-
ton with others whose limita-
tions are similar"
About half of the children
have been to camp before. The
cardiac camp differs little from
other camps in program, but the
pace is slower, and there are
fewer children per counselor.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
SmaII-Fry Swimmers
To Vie at tournament

Small-fry swimmers will have
a chance at glory Saturday,
when Indian Spring Country
Club will sponsor a swim meet
for youngsters from 2 to IL years
old.
The event is called the All
Riddles Meet. Entrants are ex-
pected from IA cities in the East
and Midwest. Races from IA
to so yards will be featured, with
cups and medals awarded to
winners.
The opening time is 10 am.
The meet, directed by Bill Arm
strong, coach at the Ambassador
pool. is intended to foster water
safety
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Fish Ponds, Like Fields,
Have Production Limits
BY the Assoeiassd Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, Aug. 10
The more you fish, the bigger
they get.
DR.. Henry S. Mosby, director
of the Wildlife Research Unit
at VPI says more fishing in most
farm ponds will produce larger
fish.
Many ponds are becoming
overcrowded with the result that
a lot of 'nubbinS" are produced,
he said.
The researcher explains that
ponds, like fields, have limited
capacities for production. They
will produce the same poundage
either in many small fish. or
fewer large ones.
Farmers who prefer large fish
should provide a minimum of
500 man hours of fishing per
acre of water each year to keep
the population thinned out.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Caroline Boy Dies
Of Rifle Wound
BY the Asseeioied Press

RICHMOND, Aug. 19.-James
Thomas Hunter, 8, of Penola.
Caroline County, died in a Rich
mond hospital yesterday shortly
after he was shot accidentally.
Members of the family said an
older brother, John w. Hunter
III, 13, was shooting crows with
rifle when the younger brother
ran within range of the fire.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
WIN A JAMES
AUTOMATIC DISHWASHER!

Write IS words less AH Desires Entry Blanks
at The Hecht Co. Appliance Department
Your chance to win James Dshwasher Get entry
blanks in the Appliance Department of any of the
Hecht Co. stores Write Is words or less on "All I
Desire and mail your entry to Station WMAL by mid
night August 25 End Prize RCA Victor Record PLAYER
3rd Prize RCA Victor record album. Contest closes
August 25th
Evening star., 1953-08-19
New Guinea Muneuvers

New Guinea's greatest peace
time army maneuvers were con-
Quoted recently along the Koko-
da Trail near Port MoreSby.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-18
Demos Hit COPS
AS Favorers OF
Big Corporations

WASHINGTON, R-Democrats
had a theme Saturday for their
opposition to the Eisenhower adj
ministration - the charge that it's
record is one of give back
away and dream away"
Sen. Jackson D-WashO con-
tributed the phrase Friday in
speech to a $24 a plate Democratic
luncheon here.
Margaret Truman, daughter Of
former President Truman, pre-
dicted a Democratic victory in the
congressional election next year.
Jackson said the Republicans
are giving away the nations re
sources, and backing away from
tax cut pledges and other cam
paign promises and:
''They want to dream away the
Russian menace so they can safely
cut the Navy and the Air Force.
They want to dream away the
entire free world around US in
their haste to get back to a high
tariff era"
On the floor Of the Senate, Sen.
Magnuson D-Wash accused the
Eisenhower administration of
scheming ito make the resources
Of the West grab-bag for eastern
corporations and Wall Street
underwater"
He denounced withdrawal by
Secretary of the Interior Mckay
Of opposition to plan for pri-
vate power development on the
Snake River between Idaho and
Oregon
Sen Morse 0nd-Ore) who left
the Republican party to oppose
Eisenhower but did not become
Democrat, suggested that the dam
is built by the Idaho Power Co.,
should be named Eisenhower
DAM" as a monument to be left
for all to see what happens when
the people 60 to sleep"
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-18

brought before a five-man court
to "confess" in a feeble voice that
he had spied out Czecoslovakia's
state secrets. The Red prosecutor
said Oats was particularly dam
gerous because Of his discretion
and insistence on obtaining only
accurate, correct, verified infor-
nation"
Oats imprisonment caused the
us. to impose a tight economic
squeeze on Czechoslovakia. The
lanky, bespectacled reporter with
the Hoosier accent and a passion
for playing hot jazz on the piano,
became one Of the most famous
prisoners the Reds held. He was
the only American newsman ever
imprisoned behind Europe's iron
curtain.
APP photographer Frank Noel is
a prisoner Of the Communists in
Korea.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-18
Space Needed For Beta
Sigma Phi Hot Lunch
Program Next Year

Beta Sigma Phi members met at
the home Of Onie Mccarthy with
Maybelle Lenert assisting as host
eSS.
The hot lunch program discus
sion consumed much of the time.
Space seems to be a facing US
next year. If the lunch cannot be
served in the school building we
must locate other quarters. This
will involve fuel, light and water
bills in addition to expenses for
food, paper cups and workers
necessary to manage the program.
Our balance for the forthcoming
lunch program is $40. Well, that
is the situation now.
The girls are talking Of plans
for skin-boat ride to Sledge IS
land. All members are interested
in the trip which will surely be
thrilling experience.
We are sorry to lose a recent
new member Of the group, Betty
Shea, who left due to her fathers
death. She is not returning.
Slides of the Pasadena Flower
Festival were shown by Ruth Nc
Lean. Thousands Of roses, NUNS,
orchids, stocks, sweet peas and
other flowers were arranged to
perfection on the so floats which
this year depicted song titles.
A delightful lunch was served,
starting with tomato juice and
ending with ice cream a. la Burt
Mccarthy. A feature of the lunch
con was the designing of our own
place cards. Each girl was given a
card with from one to three pussy
willow buds glued on in various
places. The prize-winning card
was done by Peggy Lucas, who
designed "Schmoe" with the two
pussy willow blooms representing
the big, expressionless eyes.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-18
Sitka Natl. Guard Unit
Gets Superior" Rating
From General Miley

HEADQUARTERS, Alaska Ma
tional Guard - Men of Sitka's
Company D, 2O8th Infantry Bat
talon received high praise last
week from the top Army COM
mander in the Territory. In a
letter to Col. Larry johnson, the
Adjutant General, A. N c., the
Commanding General of U. S.
Army in Alaska, Maj. Gen. w. M.
Miley, praised the unit for their
superior" rating on recent in
spection
General Miley said, ''The fact
that this is the first such rating
earned by any unit of the Alaska
National Guard indicates the fine
progress which the Guard has
made in it's few years of existence
in Alaska"
"The members of Company ID
can be particularly proud of the
fact that in less than two years
since they received federal rec
ignition, they have twice won
the annual Eisenhower Trophy
awarded to the outstanding unit
in the territory" General Miley
stated.
The Nome nugget., 1953-05-18
Reds Release Alp Correspondent
After Two Years In Czech Prison
NEURNBERG, Germany, Up

NCOHINbEf(T, Germany, UT -
William Nathan Oats, thin and
pale but feeling "great, returned
to freedom Saturday. The Com
munists had shut him off from
the world for two years in Pra-
gue's grim Pancrac prison.
The Associated Press CORE
spondent, jailed because the
Czechoslovak leaders considered
as spying his insistence on re-
porting honestly about their re-
gime, was let out Of prison Sat-
urday morning and sped from
Prague to West Germany in
us. Embassy car.
II feel great" were the first
words he said as he stepped out
of the car on this side of the
Iron Curtain at the border town Of
Waidhaus in the us. Zone Of
Occupation.
He said he had been completely
cut off from news Of the world
since his arrest in 1851 and his
sentence to 10 years on the spy
charges which the US. govern
ment called travesty. His release
came as complete surprise to
him.
Asked how he was treated in
prison, Oats reply to the throng
of western newsmen who came
to greet him was:
well, they treated me pretty
good. But it's great to be out"
The Indiana-born reporter, SO
years old, was expected to return
to the United States within a few
days for a reunion with his wife,
Laurabelle, whom he married
only three months before his
arrest.
A poignant letter Mrs. Oats
penned six months ago to Czecho-
slovakia's then president, the late
Klement Gottwald, was respon-
sible-Prague and Moscow said
for moving the authorities to par
don Oats. Gottwald's successor,
president Antonin Zapotocky, said
in a statement broadcast from
Urague that the pardon was his
response to Mrs. Oats petition.
He was picked up in April 1851
by Communist secret agents, held
So days incommunicado, and then