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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
by the Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 4.-The
so-called "solar boat" Of Cheops
isn't a boat at all but a pile
if disassembled parts of boat,
says an American archeologist
who yesterday had the best look
yet taken at the famous find.
Bernard v. Bothmer, director
of the American Research Gen.
ter in Egypt and assistant cura-
tor of Egyptian art at the Bos-
ton Museum of Fine Arts. in
spected the boat chamber with
American Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery and two leading Egyp-
tan psychologists, DIR. Ahmed
F'akhry and DR.. Abdel Moneim
Abubekr, chairman of the COM
mittee uncovering the boat.
After four of Al slabs were
removed from the chamber CELL
ing the four men lay on a lime
stone ledge and examined the
interior with searchlights and
binoculars.
$50 far as we could see there
is no hull and scarcely one piece
of wood Joined to another in the
chamber" Mr.. Bothmer reported.
What we saw today was just an
enormous pile Of boat parts COW
cred with planking to suggest
somewhat the shape Of q boat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
MosIenl Chief 10 Die
With Six Others for
Plot 10 Kill Nasser
By .hs Asseeiused Pres,

CAIRO. Egypt. Dec. A
three-man military court today
sentenced to death Hassan ell
Hodeiby. supreme guide of the
fanatical Moslem Brotherhood,
and six other members Of the
outlawed organization. /
The condemned men were
charged with plotting to assassi-7
nate Premier Canal Abdel Mas
ser and other officials and over
throw the government. They.
were arrested in roundup Of
Brotherhood members after Col.
Nasser escaped an assassin's bull
lets at Alexandria October 26. !,
Say Naguib Approved.
The incident led to last months,
custer of Maj. Gen. Mohamed
Naguib as Egypt's president. The
government charged he secretly
approved the revolt plot but said
he would not be tried because
this might give his enemies Of
the state a chance to divide the
country.
Hodeiby formerly was a chief
Judge of Egypt's high court of ap--
peal. He Joined the Brotherhood
in 1851 and succeed the founder,
Hassan ell Banna, as supreme
guide.
The chief prosecution witness,
Deputy Supreme Guide Mohamed
KhamiS Hamida, testified Hodei-
by was "the unchallenged boss
and dictator" of the organiza-
tion's secret army. blamed for
acts of violence against the
NaSser regime. Hodeiby pleaded
innocent to all charges against
him.
Z Gets Life Sentences.
Hamida and six others of the
10 defendants tried before the
Peoples Tribunal in the past
two weeks were given life SEN
fences at hard labor. Two got
15-year prison terms and three
were acquitted.
Sentenced to die were:
Mahmoud Abdel Latif, an
Alexandria tinsmith who fired
the eight poorly aimed shots at
Col. Nasser October 26.
Yousef Talaat, leader of the
Moslem Brotherhood's secret or.
der and alleged mastermind Of
the plot. r.,
Hindawi Duweir. charged with
giving the pistol to Latif.
Ibrahmi Tayeb, leader of the
Brotherhood secret order in
Cairo.
Mohamed Farghali and Abdel
Kader Ouda, members of the
orders guidance bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Jail Terms Given
Nine in Breakdown
On Khan Terrorism
BY The Asseeioied Press

WILMINGTON. N. c.. Dec. 4.
Mine alleged former members
OF the Ku Klux Khan were SEN
fenced here yesterday for kid
mapping and f1ogging, ending
three-year breakdown on Khan
terrorism in Eastern North Caro-
lima.
The nine were charged with
taking Ernest Barfield Rogers,
81, and Mrs. Christine Rogers,
IS, his sister, of Dillon County,
S. c.. into Robson County, N.
c., where the beatings occurred
November Is, 1851.
The convictions were the last
legal action against alleged Khan
activities in Eastern North Caro-
lima. During the three-year
period 101 persons were convict
ed of kidnapping, f1ogging and as
sorted charges.
Leader Previously Convicted.
Previously convicted was
Thomas l.. Hamilton, the Klan's
imperial wizard who was SEN
fenced to four years, but released
from prison several months ago.
Hamilton said he had renowned
the Khan.
Judge Don Dilliam sentenced
the nine to 18 months on each
of two counts, kidnapping and
flogging, and conspiring to kid
nap and fog. the sentences to
run concurrently. suspended on
two years probation.
Convicted were George w.
Skipper, Lake View, S. c.; Rufus
Make Gardner and Woodrow
Gardner, Dillon, S. c.; Forrest
H. Walters, Benjamin F. Royals,
Conway, S. c.: Claudis r. Har-
dee, Ebert Blanton and James
Rowell, Loris, S. c., and Ellis
Paul Harrington, Fairmont,
N. c.
Three Acquitted.
Rufus Curtis Gardner, Cray
ton Snipes and Mack <. Arnett,
all of Dillon, S. c., were acquit-
ted. Rufus M. Gardner and
Royals were fined $500 each and
Woodrow Gardner and Skipper
fined $500 each. Harrington,
Rowell, Blanton and Hardee
had pleaded guilty.
Harrington testified the group
decided to punish the brother
and sister and sister-in-law
because Rogers had been court
ing his (RogersD dster-in- law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Three Women Charged in Plot
ToM Husband for $4,000

order to help win a stable award
in a negligence suit the widow
would bring against his COM
pany.
Although the alleged schemers
had trailed Mr.. Ricco on his
nightly walks and knew the dog
normally stopped at a certain
pillar, they planned to hold him
there a little longer on this par
ticular night by scattering meat
in the area.
Mr.. Silver said Bezer learned
about the plot and his role in
it from Miss Rainey, who gave
him instructions bit by bit.
Beer, whose address and taxi
company name were temporarily
withheld, was described as a stu
dent of criminology.
Both Beer and Mrs. ISABELLA
gave statements to police, Mr..
Silver said, but the other two
women refused to talk during
several hours of questioning
after their arrests.
Mr.. Silver said that as a re-
suit of this plot. he plans to
reopen an investigation into the
near fatal shooting of Mr.. Ricco
on May q, 1858.
On that night, Mr.. Silver said,
Mrs. Ricco was out. supposedly
at movie. and Mr.. Ricco an
swered a knock at the door.
When he opened it a strange
man fired two .45-caliber bullets
into his chest. He was not ex-
pected to live, but he recovered.
Mr.. Ricco, a checker employed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
had always thought that a man
with whom he had had a fight
was responsible for the shoot
ing, Mr.. Silver added, but nov
he's not so sure"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Group al Fo||ansbee
Won tDrop Sale Fight

WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. A.
Minority stockholders of Fol-
lansbee Steel Corp, last night
said they have no plans of with
drawing their suit against sale
of the steel mill.
The statement was made by
their attorney, j. T. McCamic,
after Frederick w. Richmond,
New York industrialist, said he
is ready to sell the plants prop
critics to Cleveland Financier
Cyrus Eaton, who promised to
keep the mill operating at Fol-
lansbee.
Residents of the small town
have said closing of the mill
would make Follansbee ghost
town." The plant employs 700
of the towns residents.
Mr.. Richmond's announcement
came shortly after Republic
Steel Corp. said it had released
Mr.. Richmond from his commit
ment to sell the machinery and
equipment, which it had planned
to ship to its works at Gadsden,
Ala.
Recently, court action blocked
the proposed sale to Mr.. Rich
mond on grounds all the stock
holders were not fully informed
of sale terms. The court action
was instigated by 40 Follansbee
stockholders.
Mr.. McCamic said the new
reports were pleasant news, "
but added that he received
no formal notice of the
action. And Follansbee Mayor
Frank Basil, one of the lead
ers in the fight to retain the
mill, said: 1.-The thing is toe
much up in the air now for me
to say anything
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
By Anthony Bower
North American Newspaper Alliance.

PARIS, Dec. 4.-The imprison-
ment Of the IS Americans for
espionage by the Red Chinese
government profoundly shocked
Europeans and caused deep fears
about the possibility of war be-
tween the United States and
China. But the moderation with
which the President and State
Department handled the affair
has won enthusiastic approval
almost everywhere on the con-
tinent.
The Presidents calm but firm
statements on the subject were
received first with relief, soon
followed by reclamation - even
from quarters normally ethical OF
the United States.
1.-THE most important and en-
couraging fact" said the French
neutraliSt afternoon paper LIE
Monde, often strongly anti
American, lis that Washington
has fully realized that the strug-
gle for Asia will not be fought
on a battlefield but on the basis
of peaceful economic. cultural
and political competition be-
tween the two camps"
Can Remain Calm.
The Italian independent daily
La Stampa, also frequently high
ly critical in its comments on
United States policy, declared:
From the international point
of view, the Presidents decision
not to yield to the demagogic
pressure Of the extreme right
wing Of his party demon
strates to the allies and to the
people behind the Iron Curtain
that the United States knows
how to remain calm in the face
of continual Communist provoca-
tions. and in this way validates
Americas protestations in favor
of peace. In fact, fresh examples
of Washington's moderation
combined with firmness are to
be found every day."
It is fortunate that events have
developed in this particular way.
The European press currently is
full Of the horrors Of atomic
warfare. Newspapers and maya
zines have been carrying numer-
GUS articles on the dangers in
herent in nuclear fishion expert
ments. Albert EinStein's most re-
cent warning on the subject is
being given front-page attention.
The publicity on atomic dam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Vancouver Jitfery
As Bandits Hold Up
| Their Eighth Bank
by Nh. Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Column
bia, Dec. 4.-Bank bandits who
have given this city of 385. 900
the filters with a series Of six
holdups in recent weeks struck
twice more yesterday to garner
$4,000 in robberies staged while
the city was an armed camp Of
machine gun -toting cops.
The bandits struck in quick
IL order, much the same as
Wednesday when $41.500 was
obtained in two quick forays.
A lone "baby-faced" gunman
first hit the Bank of Toronto in
suburban New Westminster and
galloped out the door with $4,000.
Two girls chased him several
blocks but lost him in the pre-
Christmas crowds.
While police were converging
on the scene and setting up
check points three gunner hit
the Royal Bank of Canada in
West Vancouver. coolly picking
up $500 and driving away I'M
challenged.
The robberies brought to eight
the number of bank holdups in
six weeks for a total loot of be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The
frequency with which the bandits
have struck have given citizens
and bank employees a full-Scale
case of filters.
Two false alarms were turned
in by jittery clerks Wednesday,
adding to the confusion of cops
racing about the city. The scene
was exactly duplicated yesterday.
Two genuine holdups, two pho
nys.
The bandits showed small re-
gard for a general police shakeup
which took place only a few
hours before yesterdays jobs. In
the shakeup. squads of policemen
armed with everything but clues
began a systematic patrol of the
city. One man in each squad car
carried machine gun, another
carried a rifle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
BY the Assoeiuted Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 4.-Three
Bronx women were charged to-
day with plotting to murder the
husband of one of them, allegedly
for his $4,000 insurance and the
hope of 100000 in trumped-up
negligence suit.
The intended victim, James
Ricco, 40, was to be crushed to
death against an elevated train
pillar in a faxed taxi accident,
Louis Silver, Bronx assistant dis
trict attorney. said. The scheme
came to light about a week ago.
Mr.. Silver said, when taxidriver
Fred Beer, a., became alarmed
about his role in the plot.
Beer was described as the boy
friend of one of the three women,
all of whom were arrested last
night shortly before Mr.. Ricco
was to have been killed.
The three women arrested
were Mr.. Ricco's wife Patricia,
80: Mrs. Ann ISABELLA, 81, and
Mrs. Sabella's sister, Edna
Rainey, Is.
Mr.. Ricco and his blond wife
are the parents of three daugh-
tiers, aged 9, 7 and S.
Mr.. Silver said money collected
after the murder was to be di-
vided among Beer, Mrs. Ricco
and Miss Rainey. He said Mrs.
ISABELLA was implicated in the
conspiracy as a result of police
information" and that she knew
all about it,"
The scheme, described by Mr..
Silver, was as follows:
Mr.. Ricco was to leave his
apartment on East One hundred
and thirfty-five street to walk
the dog last night, as was his
custom.
When the dog and master
reached a certain elevated train
pillar, Bezer was to ram into
him with his taxi, crushing him
against the pillar. Beer had
been told just where to wait and
also that it would be arranged
for Mr.. Ricco to be wearing 9
red jacket.
The brakes Of Beers cab were
| to be disabled deliberately ir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
| Europe Approves U.s.. Calm
In JuiIinq OF Is Americans

gers has led to even more urgent
promotion of the concept. of
peaceful co-existence" or "com-
petitive co-exiStence."
This latter dea-particularly
with regard to United States
policy in Southeast Asia-is get
ting a warm reception. It is
considered the only valid an
swer the democracieS can make
to the appeal. both theological
and economic. of Communist
China to the backward peoples
of Asia. 1t is also thought to be
the nucleus of a positive and
constructive policy which could
be used to combat communism
all over the world.
Definite Optimism.
There is a subdued but very
definite optimism in Europe
about the prospects of CO.
existence and a feeling that
some great and surprising event
is in the making. An Eisen-
hower-M alenkov meeting is the
most popular prediction.
Some political forecasters say
in private that they believe the
ground is now being prepared
for such an encounter. Their
analysis Of the two most sur
prising events of recent days
Peiping's increasingly provoca-
tive attitude and Sir Winston
Churchill's revelation about his
willingness to use the German
army to stop the Russians in
1945-is that they are part of a
maneuver aimed at leaving the
two principal cold war antago-
nists face to face.
American fears of communism,
they say. will be increasingly
transferred to China and, at the
psychological moment, Russia
will step in as mediator-thus
creating an atmosphere favor
able for negotiation. In the
meantime Britain, they claim,
is playing a similar role to
China's on the other side of the
fence. BY displaying an increas-
ingly intransigent attitude to-
ward Russia-as she has been
doing during the last few weeks
she will gradually demonstrate
to the Kremlin that there is no
longer any hope of playing
Britain and America off against
each other and, should Russia's
professed desire for peaceful CO.
existence really be genuine, the
best hope lies in a direct and
conciliatory approach to the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Sheppard Testimony Scanned
For New Avenues of Attack
ZAP Wirephoto.

After some verbal sparring
the witness replied:
That is not true"
Cites Conflict in Testimony.
Similarly, Mr.. Parrino pointed
out a conflict between testimony
DR.. Stephen Sheppard gave at
+ the inquest and later at the trial
In his first story, the witness
said he talked with his brother
when he found him, stretched
on the floor. the morning of the
murder. In the trial, however,
he said there was no exchange
of questions and answers with
his brother.
Mr.. Parrino asked which was
the correct report. The witness
replied:
AT the time of the inquest,
last July, my memory would
have been more fresh. If 1 said
I talked with DR.. Sam, that was
true"
Mr.. Parrino ripped into his
testimony that he thought DR.,
Samuel Sheppard had concus-
cussion of the brain, a possible
spinal injury. and was ''in
shock"
The attorney asked if medical
ton had been administered and
the answer was NO" Using DR.
Stephen Sheppard's own words
he asked if it was not dangerous
to move man who was in that
condition and get him out, half
walking, to an automobile.
DR.. Stephen testified that
with help, he dragged" his
brother to the car and rushed
him to the hospital. Mr.. Par
rino asked why the accused man
had not been put on a stretcher
if his injuries were considered
so serious.
Says Speed Was Vital.
The older brother, however,
declined to bulge from his as
sertion that he did the right
thing in losing no time before
getting DR.. Sam to the hospital,
II handled this case as
handle hundreds of conclusion
cases every year." he said. THE
idea in every instance is to get
them to the hospital as soon as
possible"
He said that, driving 60 or 70
miles an hour, he reached the
hospital in less than five min
utes.
The s-examination of DR.,
Stephen will be resumed Mon
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 4.-Prose-
cution lawyers were porting over
testimony in the murder trial of
DR.. Samuel Sheppard today,
searching for new points to at
tack the story his witnesses are
unfolding.
They already have struck at
the defense in several vital areas.
CrosS-examination forced DR..
Sheppard's older brother, DR..
Stephen Sheppard. to admit he
gave different versions of the
same episode, and that one of
these versions was untrue.
States attorneys also ham
mered hard at his report that he
found his brother seriously in
iured the morning of the murder
of Mrs. Marilyn Sheppard.
The trial goes into its eighth
week Monday.
The State charges that DR..
Samuel Sheppard, Cleveland os-
teopath, killed his pregnant wife
as she lay in bed early last July 4.
His love affairs with other wom-
en- prompted the crime, the
prosecution claims.
DR.. Sheppard says an intruder
killed her and then struck him
down, inf1icting serious injuries,
when he ran to her aid.
Infers Tampering.
DR.. Stephen Sheppard. first
defense witness, testified he went
into the bedroom at two separate
times during the morning of
July 4. He says he looked at
Marilyn's body both times.
On the second occasion, he
said. he noticed that the position
of her hands had been changed.
And the jacket of her pajamas
had been pulled down, covering
more of her body than when he
first viewed it. he added.
The implication in this was
that some one tempered with the
evidence between the two times
he saw Marilyn'S body.
| Under cross-questioning, how
ever, he said the changes became
apparent to him from looking at
police photographs.
Assistant Prosecutor Thomas
Parrino read his earlier state
ment and asked:
1.-The testimony you gave in
this case that the first time you
observed these changes was in
the photographs yesterday-is
that true or false?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Sweden Has Share
Of Washing Machines

STOCKHOLM.-The Swedish
Hardware Dealers Association
reports that every fourth home
in Sweden has a washing ma
chine.
The report says also that it
costs at least 1000, kronor
($1, 400 to furnish a kitchen
with the newest labor saving
devices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Leeds Wins Divorce

ST. PETER PORT, Channel
Islands, Dec. 4 (P.-The Duke
of Leeds, SO, was granted di-
vorce decree nisi yesterday
against his beautiful 30-year-old
duchess, whom he married in
1948. He charged she COM
mitted adultery with Sir David
Lawrence, 25-year-old baronet.
The suit was not defended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Coal Production Rises

LONDON.-Output per man
shift in Britain's coal industry
during 1854 was at an average
rate of 1929 tons. which COM
pares favorablyl with the high
est prewar figure Of l.18 tons
In 1886.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04

agement to American aggressive
activities" the article said.
Peiping Radio quoted another
Red newspaper. the Kwangming
Daily, as saying:
Unless aggressive United
States policies and war plans in
Europe and Asia are curbed,
they must inevitably bring new
war to all peoples with far more
formidable devastation than the
last two world wars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Mono Vote
On Yoshida Regime
lis Set for tuesday
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Dec. 4.-Japan's OPP
position parties agreed today to
vote Tuesday on a motion of
on-confidence in Prime Minister
Shigeru Yoshida's government.
Mr.. Yoshida served notice
that If the motion passes he will
dissolve the Diet (parliament)
and plunge the nation into new
elections rather than resign.
Representatives of all major
opposition parties agreed to draft
the non-confidence motion Mon
day and Tuesday to force a vote
aimed at topping the six-year-old
Yoshida government.
The opposition-two Socialist
Parties and the conservative
Democratic Party-has enough
votes to pass the motion against
the conservative Liberal Party
government of YoShida.
Refuses to Resign.
Most Japanese conservatives
opposed an election but Mr..
YoShida refused to resign in the
interest of harmony. And to-
day after meeting with his top
two lieutenants, the 76-year-old
Premier served notice he would
dissolve the Diet rather than
resign.
The strong-willed Prime Min
lister, stoutly resisting political
rivals who attack him as too
pro-American, has made clear he
| will carry on his fight to awaken
Japan to what he considers its
greatest menace - Communist
infiltration.
The meeting of opposition
leaders tentatively decided their
non-confidence motion will de-
clare "distrust" in the Yoshida
cabinet.
They said the motion prob
ably would charge that the cab
met is avoiding responsibility"
for shipbuilding subsidy kick
back scandals which involved
some leaders of Mr.. Yoshida's
Liberal Party.
Decision Made by Three.
The decision to dissolve the
Diet was made by Mr.. Yoshida,
Deputy Prime Minister Taketora
Ogata and Liberal Party Secre-
tary General Hayato Ikeda.
1t could be last minute stra-
tegy to stave off the confidence
motion.
Mr.. Yoshida still can dissolve
the Diet without waiting for
the outcome of the non-confi-
dence motion. A new election
must be held within 40 days
after Diet dissolution.
More than 100 of the 1856
lower house members of Mr..
Yoshida's Liberal Party yester-
day petitioned him and his cab
met to resign if non confidence
is voted. ~...
The Liberals are under pres
sure from their businessmen sup
porters to avert possible instabil-
ity that a new election campaign
could bring to Japan.
Cool to Merger.
But the Democratic Party
doesn't want new election eth
er. The Democrats have resisted
feelers to merge with the Lib
erals, complaining they got no
promise MI. Yoshida would step
down.
Ichiro Hatoyama, purged from
politics by the allied occupation
of Japan, heads the Democratic
Party and could be the next
Prime Minister.
Like Mr.. Yoshida, Mr.. Hato-
yama is pro-Western and anti
Communist, but he favors re-
viving diplomatic and CONNER
cial ties with Russia and Com
muniSt China.
Mr.. Hatoyama's Democrats and
the two Socialist parties control
about four sevenths of the AGO.
vote lower house.
Evening star., 1954-10-08
Fashion Show Benefit Planned

The Methodist Home of the
District of Columbia will benefit
from proceeds of a fashion show
and luncheon sponsored by the
board of managers to be held on
Friday, October Is in the Blue
Room of the Shoreham Hotel at
l o'clock.
Mrs. Bromley Oman, wife of
the Bishop of &he Washington
Evening star., 1954-10-08
-Dimitri Wolkonsky Photos.

Venezuelan Minister and Sc
nora de la Cova, whose daugh-
ter Beatrice, II, attends Stone
Ridge. and Senor and Sonora
Rubin Nevada. whose daughter
Leonor, 7, also goes there.
Also present and chatting
for some time with Sonora de
Gonzalez, was the Assistant
Secretary of Defense Thomas
P. Pike.
Busy chairmen and commit
tee members of yesterdays sue
cessful lmost-day-long social
event included Mrs. Frank
Slingluff, Mrs. Mccain Smith,
Mrs. Howard Kerns, and Mrs.
Albert S. Kamons.