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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08
Dentist Testifies
He Found Chips in
Sheppard Teeth
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 8.-Dr.
Samuel Sheppard's dentist tes-
titled today that the osteopath's
teeth were Clipped when he ex-
amined them II days after the
murder of Marilyn Sheppard.
A piece of a tooth, so far un-
identified, was found beneath the
bed where Dr.. Sheppard's wife
was beaten to death July 4. DR..
Sheppard is on trial for his life.
accused Of killing her.
DR.. Sheppard claims he strug-
gled with an unknown assailant
in the bedroom. and that he was
knocked unconscious
: The dentist. DR.. Richard E.
Cook, said he examined DR..
Sheppard's teeth July Is.
1.-THE upper right cuspid and
hicuspid were loose and Clipped"
he said.
Pieces of Teeth Missing.
Pieces of the teeth he .esti-
mated at "a to Va of an inch
were missing and DR.. Sheppard s
mouth still was lacerated, he re-
ported
Prosecution attorneys, cross
examining the dentist, asked him
to step down from the witness
stand and examine the accused
mans teeth in court. He did so.
and said they are not loose now
Preceding this witness, DR..
Clifford c. Foster, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist, testified he
examined DR.. Sheppard on the
afternoon of the murder.
Like other witnesses, he de-
scribed a swollen right cheek, a
black eye and a swelling at the
back Of the neck.
Under croSs-examination, DR..
Foster conceded You could have
a mark on the neck from con-
tinued pressure there"
DR.. Cook and DR.. Foster are
among new witnesses called by
defense attorneys.
NeighbOrs Subpoened.
Among % witnesses sub
poenaed yesterday are neighbors
of. the osteopath, his insurance
agent, some more doctors, a
trustee of the hospital operated
by his family, a landscape gar
dener. and the chief of police of
the Sububrb where DR.. Sheppard
has his home.
Also in the list are names
that have not hitherto entered
the case. Chief Defense Coun-
sci William Corrigan declined to
identify these persons or in
dictate what they would testify.
At yesterdays trial session, a
woman X-ray technician re-
peated the words she said DR..
Sheppard uttered while he was
dazed and under the influence
Of a double-strength dose of
deinerol, a narcotic sedative. It
had been administered in the
hospital when he was brought
there.
'Kept Moaning" She Says.
Mrs. Eileen Huge, the tech
nician who X-rayed him that
morning, said he kept moaning:
II heard Marilyn screaming
and I tried to get to her. I
couldn't get to her and she was
screaming things like this
don't happen"
She said she was alone in the
X-ray room with Or. Sheppard
at the time. She added, "He
wasn't talking to me. He was
talking to the ROOM"
What do you mean by that?"
Mr.. Corrigan asked.
II mean he looked at me once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

over east and north portions to-
night. Lowest tonight 1882.
Tomorrow cloudy and warmer
with mixed snow and rain
changing to rain by afternoon.
Winds-Southerly 1920 miles
per hour tonight.
Road conditions as compiled
by the American Automobile
Association from teletype re-
ports:
West, via Pennsylvania Turn
pike-Icy spots in Allegheny re-
gion.
Miscellaneous - Central New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08
Buenos Aires Swelters

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Dec. 8. P).-Buenos Aires and
most of the rest of the country
yesterday went through their
fifth day of better than 80 de
gree heat. Yesterday it was 81.
Saturday it was SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08

the national
Association Of
Letter CARR
erS. financed
Leo A. Roth in
his successful
fight, W hic h
eliminated in
the Supreme
Court uphold
ing the civil
service job
pro t &C tt on
rights OF Fed
eral workers.
N o W, tn e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08
The Federal Spotlight
Roth Bockers Would Test Plan
For Political Job Clearance
The Federal Spotlight
BY Joseph Young

The White House Federal political job clearance
legal court test from the forces that successfully
defeated the administration in the nowfaous Roth
Roth involved the administrators attempt to fire
ummary civil service employees in Jobs transferred to excepted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08

Precipitation expected tonight from Eastern Texas to
Central Appaachans the Tennessee Ohio and Cent
Mississippi Valleys with another band of precipitation
the Northwest will be from the Ohio Valley
southwark to the Gulf and along the North Pacific Coast
will colder through the entire Plains region. Snow
ures forecast for the Upper Ohio Valley and Cen
trail Appaachians in the East in the Of
The Northwest a8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08

The Committee to Preserve the
Merit System, headed by VIII
liam C. Doherty, president of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08

York State area slippery in
spots. Secondary roads snow
covered.
River Report.
tFrom U. s. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpefs Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear OF
HarperS Ferry.
Humidity.
tReadings Washington National Airport ]
Yesterday Pct. Today Pct
Noon ~ Al Midnight ~
4 pm. -- 30 am. 81
8 pm. 81 10 am. Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-08

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest 1O3. on july 81
Lowest 3, on January 2S
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High. SO, at 2::25 pm.
Low, 20, at 5:15 am.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

observe TrafEic Court In opera
tion and be taken on q tour Of
the courthouse and inspect the
Central Violators Traflc Bureau.
Announcement Of the stepped
up safety drive here, in the face
of an alarming jump Of four
traffic fatalities in the five days
up to noon yesterday. was made
by A. Julian Brylawski. He is
chairman of the public education
committee of the Commissioners
Traffic Advisory Board. Mr.. Bry-
lawski also is SD Day director
here.
President EisenhOwer's High
way Safety Committee is spon-
soring the nationwide safety
accident free day on Wednesday.
VIII Point IIp The Cost.
Mr.. BrylaWski said the special
traffic squad has been set up to
emphasize further the urgency
in reducing traffic accidents and
fatalities. Tomorrow morning it
win begin the series Of interviews
to bring home the tragic cost of
all our accidents and fatalities
and bring out some of the causes
for these needless niishaps." he
declared.
In charge of this special squad
viii be 1t. Joseph Osterman of
the Accident Investigation Unit.
Officials declared SD Day can
show that II all who drive or
walk do their bit, traffic acci-
dents can be cut down tremen-
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Prosecution to Begin Quiz
Of Dr.. Sheppard Tomorrow

Hayes is q pretty, 24-year-old
former laboratory technician In
DR.. Sheppard's osteopathic hos
pital. The State Is expected to
demand every last detail of the
love affair.
Another target Of State ques-
tioning win be DR.. Sheppard's
oft-repeated step-by-step story
Of the bushy haired invader. It
admittedly has holes in it. but
these the defendant blames on
the beating he took at the assail-
ants hands and the hazy state
of his mind afterward.
Yesterday DR.. Sheppard re-
counted his story Of how he pur-
sued q bushy-h haired form to the
Lake Erie beach outside his sub
urban Bay Village home. how he
was struck down. how he re-
gained consciousness and stag
gered back into the house to find
Marilyn dead.
Terribly Beaten
"She had been terribly beaten. I"
DR.. Sheppard testified. his eyes
closed. his lower lip trembling,
his HANDS clenched before him.
The weekend trial recess ends
at 9:15 am. Monday when DR..
Sheppard resumes the witness
stand. He was on the stand part
Of Thursday and all Of yesterday.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Disaster Committee
Chairman Named

The Washington Board OF
Trade has created a Disaster
Protection Committee, Francis j.
Kane. president of the Trade
Board. announced yesterday.
Henry NJ. Cunningham. local
manager for the Lincoln -Mer-
curry Division Of the Ford Motor
Co.. was named chairman of the
new unit. Other appointees will
be announced later.
Mr.. Kane said the committee
was established on recommends
ton Of the boards special Com
mittee on Planning Activities in
a report last September. The re-
port said In part:
9. The board has become
increasingly concerned with the
inadequacy Of civil defense plans
and organization. It seems clear
that under the conditions today,
prudent Judgment dictates the
development of rather elaborate
plans for the safety of our peo-
pie. preservation of records and
property and conservation Of
public and private resources in
event of attack.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Mr.. Dixon already has been q
witness for three days.
Middle South is one of two
private utility holding companies
sponsoring the Dixon-Yates
project. The other is the South
ern CO., headed by Eugene A.
Yates.
Mr.. Volpe sought unsuccess-
fully to ask Mr.. Gourdon about
Ebasco's advance engineering es-
Inmates on the cost of building
a power plant at Joppa. H.. for
Electric Energy, Inc. to furnish
power to Acc. Mr.. Volpe con-
tended Ebasco's estimates at
Joppa fell short Of actual costs.
Questioner Cut OF.
Mr.. Volpe told the SEC the
question of accuracy of Ebasco
Engineering estimates was a
major issue In deciding whether
prudent" financing is planned
for the project. SEC requires.
among other things, a showing
of reasonable profit to stock
holders before approving new
stock issues.
But SEC Chairman Ralph H.
Demmler cut off Mr.. Volpe's
questions about the Joppa prof.
ect. He said "the qualifications
OF Ebasco services is not an
issue in this case"
Evening star., 1954-12-12


dousiy. Rear Admiral II. z Mil-
Ter, retired. is director Of the
Presidents Action Committee for
Trafic Safety. He declared the
heaviest tolls occur on week ends
and holidays.
The authorities pointed out
that the short. dark days of
December, when streets are
thronged with Christmas shop
pers, are the most hazardous of
the year. The National Safety
Council. which takes q big hand
in the campaign for traffic
safety, also is in the forefront
of Wednesdays drive prove that
the streets can be made safe for
both pedestrians and motorists.
Traffic safety officials will be
on the prowl to find and pro-
claim . Washington Area safe
driver for the day" for SD
Safe -Driving-Day Wednesday.
The safe-drive jury viii roam
the streets of the District and
its suburbs all day. Driving In
unmarked cars, the mobile panel
viii follow and observe likely
prospects" for the award. q
membership In the AAA.
The investigators viii be
George r. Hammond. trafic
safety manager of the District
division Of American Autouao-
bile Association; Pvt. Clinton E.
Humphries of the Metropolitan
Police accident investigation
unit. and Archie Connor. man.
ager Of the AAA driver training
school.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Fund Chairman Picked
By Bridgewaier College

BRIDGEWATER, Dec. IA
Harrisonburg surgeon, DR.. Galen
Craun, has been named chair
man OF committee that will
conduct a campaign to finance a
new Bridgewater College gym
nasium.
A kickoff dinner for the cam
paign will be held here January
19 with the Rev. Bob Richards,
Olympic pole vaulting star and
former Bridgewater student, as
the featured speaker.
The college seeks $350,OOo by
the end of next year to finance
the gymnasium.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
" no AssesIssss prsss

CLEVELAND. Dec. DR..
Samuel Sheppard. accused by
the State Of Ohio as q wife
killer. has only . half day Of
friendly questioning left before
he faces the most gruelIing part
Of his long trial-cross-examina-
ton.
The 30-year-old osteopath
showed a cool-headedness on the
stand this week as he three
times denied the murder Of his
pretty wife Marilyn and pictured
her as being with him In spirit
In the crisis he Ii now going
through.
But cross-examination In q
lonely ordeal. His attorneys. re-
strained BY the rules of law, can
be OF little help then. 1t win be
his own battle. And his story of
the bushy-haired stranger he
says beat Marilyn TO death In
her bed is due for q searching
examination by the State prose-
cutors.
Familiar Theme.
Defense Attorney William j.
Corrigan has only about a half a
day Of direct examination ahead
Of him, he says. He expects to
return to q familiar theme-that
the cause Of Marilyn's death has
not been proved satisfactorily.
The State says she died Of IS
smashing blows, delivered by her
husband In a savage fury over
her interference In his extra
marital love life. The official
cause Of death was listed as a
fractured skull.
The defense says she may just
as well have died Of some other
cause--drowning from blood in
her lungs, for example. It is an
admitted attempt to raise doubt
In the jury's mind as to the
solidity of the States circum-
stantial first degree murder case.
When MFR. Corrigan finally
ends his questioning the cross
examination begins and the
State will tear into DR.. Shep-
pard's testimony in an effort to
put him on the path to the elec-
trio chair.
DR.. Sheppard has lightly
skirted his illicit 15-month love
affair with Susan Hayes--the
best motive the State has to
offer for Marilyn's Staying. Mss
Evening star., 1954-12-12
SEC Hears Engineer
Okay Financial PIaI,
For Dixon Yates Job
b. II. Assoeios.d pr..s

A consulting engineer told q
Securities and Exchange COM
mission hearing yesterday that
planned financing of the pro-
posed Dixon-Yates power plant
appears more than adequate !.
barring unforeseen Developments
or unusual imitation"
Attorneys representing a num-
ber of groups opposing the Dix
on Yates project, which calls for
feeding private electricity into
the Tennessee Valley Authority
system, sought through close
questioning OF Engineer Paul E.
Gourdon. to prove the plant
would cost more than the $1O4
million set forth in construction
estimates.
Backs Cost Estimates.
But Mr.. Gourdon defended the
cost estimates as sound" Mr..
Gourdon. q New Yorker, is chief
consulting engineer of Ebasco
Services, Inc, and had charge Of
drawing up engineering cost
estimates on which the Dixon
Yates group based its contract
with the Atomic Energy Commits
sion to supply power in the iva
area.
The SEC is considering an ap-
plication for approval OF $5.5
million In stock financing for the
Mississippi Valley Generating
Co.. the firm formed by the Dix
on Yates group to run the pro-
posed power plant at West Mem
phiS, Ark. Also contemplated are
private borrowings of nearly $100
million. but this is not an issue
in the current SEC hearing.
Mr.. Gourdon was still testi-
flying when the hearing was re-
cessed until tomorrow.
Faces More Quizzing.
Joseph volpe. jr., attorney for
the State Of Tennessee and some
40 other groups opposing the
Dixon-Yates project. said he
would resume cross-examina-
tion Of Mr.. Gourdon tomorrow,
then recall Edgar H. Dixon. pres
ident Of Middle South Utilities.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Police to Use Radio and Tv
ToSpre0d Traffic Safety Word

A special Metropolitan Police
safety traffic squad win begin q
series Of radio and television
interviews tomorrow as q prel-
ude to nationwide observance Of
SD tSafe Driving) Day.
Wednesday.
The series win be one Of sew
eral features designed to alert
pedestrians and motorists alike
to the dangers on the highway
and attempt to bring about an
entirely traffic accident-free "a
hours on Wednesday.
Voice" win be in Streets.
On Tuesday. the Voice Of
Safety" in a police cruiser will
go about the streets warning
against violations.
On Wednesday. 20 driver
training students, two from each
of the IA schools In the District,
will visit Traffic Court. They
viii be addressed at 10 am. by
Chief Judge Leonard p. Walsh,
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Beer for Puncukes

LONDON.--In olden days in
England. beer was mixed with
brown sugar and poured over
pancakes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
Japan Okays
Budget Slash

TOKYO R-Japan's dominant
lower house today passed Prime
Minister Shigeru Yoshida's "aus-
terity'' budget, which boosts de-
tense spending while slashing
many other government expenses.
The vote showed 303 conserva-
tlves of three parties lining up
against 143 Socialists and splinter
party members to give the bill
an easy victory.
The budget calls for almost
$4,000, 100000 for fiscal 1885.
This is about So million less than
last year.
Fourteen per cent will go for
defense, up 2 per cent from last
year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
Double Deal On
Prison Menu
Is Disclosed

READING, Pa. R-The IS mem.
berS of the March Berks County
grand jury issued a complaint aft
or paying a quarterly inspection
visit to county institutions that the
bill-of-fare at the old folks home
was just $3.50. The menu: fried
liver and onions.
They recommend dismissal of
the homes dietician, Edna Nc
Gee of Philadelphia.
But at the county jail, the grand
jury reported, the kitchen staff
really put on a feed-steak with
all the trimmings.
What the grand jury report
failed to mention, however, was
that the prison had one r.enu for
the jurors and another for the in
mates. At the old folks home, jur-
ors and patients had the same
meal.
This disclosure yesterday result
ed in the County Commission post
poning action on the dismissal rec
emmendation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
|Floridian Hurt As
Guests Flee Fire
I'm Boston Hotel

BOSTON R-Approximately 500
guests fled from the Parker House,
three of them down ladders, when
fire swept the fifth floor of the
History hotel in the heart of down
town Boston early today.
Joseph C. Fitzgerald, Al, of Cor
al Gables, Fla, was reported to
be the only casualty.
He was taken to City Hospital
suffering minor burns and smoke
inhalation after firefighters assist
ed him down ladder from the
fifth loor. His condition was re-
ported as mot serious"
Bennett A. Hartley, 80, Balti-
more, Md, and Gordon Shillinglaw,
81, Yonkers, N. Y, were also
helped down ladders.
Hartley, an engineering consult
ant with Bethlehem Steel, said he
climbed onto a ledge outside his
window.
Police in a passing cruiser, ap-
parently unaware there was a fire
in the hotel, took him into tenn
porary custody after firefighters
brought him down and questioned
him in the mistaken belief he had
been trying to commit suicide, he
said.
Deputy Fire Chief Edward
Gaughan estimated damage at
$4,5O0. He said the fire started
among decorative jewelry stacked
in boxes on the fifth floor corridor
in preparation for a sales show.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
Jap Prisoner Is
Refused Leave

LOS ANGELES Up - Tomoya
Kawakita will not be allowed to
leave Alcatraz Prison, where he is
serving life term for treason,
to attend his fathers funeral here
tomorrow.
Morris Lavine, attorney for the
Japanese American during his
trial, said he asked the permits.
sion but that James V. Bennett.
director of federal prisons, denied
the request.
Kawakita's conviction was based
on his activities as overseer of a
japanese prisoner of war camp
and his treatment of United States
prisoners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
On
Statehood For
Set

WASHINGTON Up - The Senate
signaled for a start of debate today
on statehood for Hawaii, with
Democrats seeking to tie in Alaska
statehood.
Sen. Gordon (R-Ore), chairman
of the territories subcommittee OF
the Senate Interior Committee, ar
ranged to lead off for Eisenhower
administration forces on the meas
ure, passed by the House last year,
to make Hawaii the 49th state.
AS the bill came up in the Sem
ate, a delegation from Hawaii con-
tinued its rounds of senatorial Of
fices seeking to persuade senator's
to let the Hawaii statehood bill
come to vote on its own merits.
The Hawaii group, including Re-
publican and Democratic leaders
in the Territorial Legislature, dis
cussed the bill at meeting yes
terday in the office of Delegate
Harrington (R-Hawaii).
Their consensus was that the
Hawaii bill would pass the Senate
handily If it came to a vote alone,
but that move to tie in Alaska
has $3.50 chance for success and
would cloud the future.
Oren E. Long, former Democrat
ic governor of Hawaii, told report
ers that in his calls on Senate
Democrats he found little hope
they would vote against a move
by Sen. Anderson (D-NM) to add
the Alaska bill.
He said Democratic senators
view the effort to achieve state.
hood for Alaska as well as Hawaii
as "a partisan issue" on grounds
that statehood for both territories
is dvocated in the Democratic
party platform.
TraditionaAy, Hawaii has been
Republican and Alaska Democrat
ic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
BRICKER SAYS
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
and executive powers, the actual
breach of that line occurred in
the button-holing of senators by
high officials of the White House
staff and of the State Depart
ment."
Sen. Lennon (D-NC), hacker of
the George proposal who was alb.
sent when the vote was taken,
already has filed a motion to re-
consider it. The. Senate may act
next week.
Bricker expressed confidence in
his speech, as he had done pre-
viously, that the George substitute
would be passed on reconsidera-
ton. Other senators in Washington
have voiced doubt that it will.
Then, Bricker said, he and his
hackers could work for ga more
adequate amendment" in the
House, which also must pass any
constitutional amendment by a
two-thirds vote before it goes to
the states for ratification.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
DISTRICT ORATORICAL

Continued from Page Onel
contest and il is the duty of ei-
fizens TO attend and give them
public support in this great un-
dertaking. There are indications
that great number of persons
will travel from Miami TO Key
West TO witness this contest and
it is only right for Key West to
back up its own.
The 10th District Americanism
Chairman, Mr.. Billy Anderson Of
Coral Gables, will be in attendance
at the contest as well as other dis.
personages.
Judson Sephens, End Vice Com.
m ander of Arthur Sawyer Post No
Is is the chairman for the local
Legion Post.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-04
The
Weatherlnan
Says


Key West and Vicinity /: Mostly
partly cloudy today; clear tonight
and Friday. Colder tonight, slow.
ly rising temperature Friday. War.
mer Friday night and Saturday
Low tonight about "a Sc degrees;
high Friday about IS 6S. Fresh
northerly winds diminishing and
becoming northeast.
Florida: Fair, colder this after.
noon, slightly colder tonight with
lowest ranging from % : "a ex-
IRENE north to 40 in the interior
OF extreme south portion except so
: IS near lower east coast. Scat
tered frost in north portion, in
creaSing cloudiness and not quite
so cold Friday.
Jacksonville thru The Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Fresh nor
Invest to north winds becoming
moderate to fresh north to north
east tonight and Friday. Clear to
partly cloudy except partly cloudy
to cloudy over extreme south por-
ton.
Western Caribbean: Moderate to
fresh northeasterly winds thru Fri
day. Partly cloudy weather with
few local showers.