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Evening star., 1954-12-29
1000 Texas Autoists
Stranded in Storm;
; Other States Hit
Ports Of Oklohomo,
Kunsus and Missouri
Also Showed Under
BY the Associated Press

VERNON. Tex, Dec. 29.-An
estimated 1000 motorists were
stranded in North Texas last
night in a winter storm which
battered parts of Texas, Okla
homa, Kansas and Missouri.
There were no reports of ex-
treme suffering among the
stranded motorists, but Texas
counted one exposure death at
Snyder in West Texas and to
the South of the worst-hit area.
Luther Edmondson, IS, was
found today in his field and died
later of what doctors said was
exposure. He had been lost over
night in 11-degree weather.
Snow still fell at Tulsa and
Kansas City early today and
more snow was predicted at
Kansas City by nightfall.
Two Cities Isolated.
Tulsa and Oklahoma City were
isolated as seven inches of snow
piled up.
Farther north, Fort Scott.
Kans., was buried under II
inches of snow and all traffic
halted, except for few trains
which we're running late. Eight
and nine-inch SHOWS were COM
mon from Fort Scott south into
Oklahoma and Texas and.
through Southwestern Missouri.
While the storm snarled traf-
fic and caused inconvenience and
discomfort, it broke a long
drought and eased critical
moisture situation throughout
the area.
In Texas, Vernon, Electra and
Seymour opened their homes,
cafes, halls and even the Sey-
mour Jail to take care of those
marooned by the storm. Crews
worked all night trying to
reach all those stranded.
Cars Begin to Move.
This morning a bright sun
came out here and by mid
morning cars were beginning to
move. Eight and 9 inches Of
snow covered the ground, and
drifts were 3 and feet deep.
The highway trouble hit Okla
homa, too.
High winds piled the snow into
deep drifts on open highways and
on many city streets. officials at
Douglas Aircraft Co. in Tulsa
and at Tinker Air Force Base
in Oklahoma City ordered their
installations closed for the day.
A group of 100 Boy Scouts de-
fled near blizzard conditions to
camp out all night at Camp
Kickapoo, 10 miles southwest of
Oklahoma City. Leaders said
the youngsters will carry out the
annual three-day winter en-
campment in spite of a l0-inch
snow. They slept In tents during
last nights driving snowstorm.
Passengers Stranded.
Oklahoma bus schedules were
Cancelled last night. but may be
resumed today as highways
open. Union Bus Station at
Oklahoma City was jammed
overnight with stranded passen-
gers. Air and train travel was
going through with delays.
Nearly every majer highway
In Oklahoma was blocked early
today at some point and high
way patrolmen urged all motor
lists to stay at home.
Worst conditions existed in
Southwestern Oklahoma, where
Lawton and Fort Sill areas were
sheathed under heavy ice and
snow.
Low temperatures In Texas
ranged from 6 at Dalhart in the
panhandle to As at Brownsville
on the Rio Grande. That COM
pared with lows in Oklahoma Of
Q degrees at Guymon and 8 ct
Hobart.
Frost fighting smoke spread
over Southern California orange
groves as temperatures plunged
as low as II degrees at Palimdaie.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Stocks Climb 81 10 81
Under Heavy Buying
BY The As.eeiessd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.--The
Stock Market raced ahead today
with buying so heavy that
price reporting facilities were
swamped.
Gains went to between 81 and
50 a share with great frequency.
Losses were few.
Right after the opening. the
ticker tape was as much as Z
minutes late in recording actual
transactions. The congestion
lasted most Of the first hour. the
longest such period this year.
Evening star., 1954-12-29

the lowest paid employe. Today
it Is less than five times as
much.
He said the lowest paid adult
worker has had salary increases
of 124 per cent since 1899. In
the case of the Grade Is employe,
he said. the increase has been
only 35 per cent.
MIR. Young discussed the COM
missions pay raise proposals
with officials of Government en-
ploye unions. =
$205.57 Average.
The program calls for an av-
erage annual pay increase Of S
per cent-actually 40 per cent
at an annual cost of $202, ,085,-
141. The average increase. in
cluding Craft, Protective and
Custodial grades would amount
to $205.57. For General Schedule
employees only the average would
be $216.
In the program rejected last
summer the average increase,
including the csc grades was
$206.63, or 40 per cent, while the
total was $203,13 ,180.
The pay increases in the cur
rent proposals range from $125 a
year in Grade /, $135 in Grade
2 and $3.50 in Grade 8. to $500
in Grades is, Is and II. No pay
increase is proposed for employees
in the highest grade. Grade 18
t$14,800 a year, at this time.
Mr.. Young said an increase
for Grade 18 must await Con-
gressional action increasing sal
aries of members of Congress and
judges.
Mr.. Young pointed out that
because of the preponderance of
employees IN the lower grades the
salary increases for Grade 8, for
example, would aggregate ST.
246,300 a year. The total for
Grade II would be $143,200.
Purposes of Increases.
The commission chairman said
that in the proposed increases
the varying dollar and percent
age increases are intended to:
/. Be fair to workers.
2. Permit the Government to
attract and retain employees of
high caliber.
8. Correct inequities in the
present scales.
4. Assure that as employees are
promoted their pay will more
nearly match the increased re-
sponsibilities.
Groups not affected by the
program announced today in
clude postal and foreign service
employees and employees in the
Department of Medicine and
Surgery in the Veterans Admin
istration. These groups are paid
under different statutes from the
1949 Classification Act.
The administration is expected
to present to Congress also a
program for Government health
insurance. This will be sent to
the Hill within a short time, Mr..
Young said. It will provide for
a partial contribution by the
Government and voluntary par
ticipation by the employe.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
LiquorD Dealer, 3 Times Robbed,
Shoots and Kills HoIdup Man
Hemdon Bandit Had Long Police Record;
Gun Turns Out to Be Plaster Cast

A liquor store clerk, three
time loser to holdup men, shot
and killed one last night.
The victim, unarmed as he
demanded money from 41-year-
old Milton Kaminsky in a liquor
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Pope Walks in Gorden

VATICAN CITY. Dec. 20. (R).
Pope Plus XII, continuing his
gradual improvement, today
took his daily automobile ride
and walk in the Vatican gar
dens. During the past week he
has no longer been disturbed by
hiccups and is resting better.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Strike Threut Stands

LONDON. Dec. 20. The
National Union Of Railwaymen
decided yesterday to submit its
case for higher wages to q gov
ernment court of inquiry. but
refused to suspend Q call for q
nationwide strike January ..
Evening star., 1954-12-29

pocket as though ne carried q
gun, demanded "all your money
and if you make a bad move
I'll kill YOU" Later police
learned that Cockerill not only
had no weapon, but that the
hand he held in his jacket was
in a plaster cast from an injury
suffered Christmas night. He
has a police record.
Handed Over 500.
Mr.. Kaminsky said he sacked
up about $50 in cash and handed
it to the man who then ordered
him into back room with an
other threat: IF you try to
come out before I get across the
street I'll come back and kill
you."
AS Cockerill backed toward the
front door, the clerk took an au-
tomato from paper bag on a
shelf near where he lay on the
floor and cooked it.
The bandit Immediately ran
back to the rear-room door.
II thought the man had come
back to kill me-" Mr.. Kaminsky
said.
He fired two shots at close
range. One missed and went
through the plate-glass window
in front of the store. The other
felled Cockerill.
Partner Picked Up.
Outside in a parked car and
still waiting when police and
ambulances arrived, was a man
identied as Robert Lee Hughes.
80, of Sterling, Va.
He told police he did not
know that Cockerill intended
holding up the liquor store. He
said they had been having a
few drinks in a Southeast tavern
and had started to another on
Fourteenth street NV, when
Cockerill told him to pull to the
curb near the store, get out and
asked Hughes to wait. I'll be.
right back"
Police are holding Hughes,
who also has record, until after
today's coroner's inquest. They
believe he was ignorant of Cock
erill's robbery intention because
he was still sitting in the car
despite the conspicuous arrival
of police cars.
Has Record to 1885.
Hughes police record dates to
1885. He explained Cockerill's
injured hand, saying the bones
were broken as he attempted to
strike a girl friend last Saturday
night.
Police in nearby Virginia said
today that Cockerill, known as
Billy. is known by most all
police from Loudoun County to
Alexandria. In Fairfax County
his record includes II charges
over the last nine years. ranging
from reckless driving and intoxi-
cation to resisting arrest and
assault on a policeman.
Cockerill was born near Hern-
don and was a graduate of
Herndon High School. Relatives
said he had no military duty
due to bad eyesight and had
worked at various jobs. last of
which was as driver for a
cement company here.
Mr.. Kaminsky, a World War II
veteran, has q permit for the gun
he used. It was issued after the
store was held up three times
since January, 1858. Last March
he identified Willie Lee Stewart,
now awaiting trial in the murder
Of grocer Harry Honikman, as
the same bandit in one of the
three holdups at the liquor store.
Mr.. Kaminsky was booked on
q technical holding charge for
the coroner pending the inquest
today.
Evening star., 1954-12-29

Pictures on Poee AS
store at 800 H street NV, was
George William Cockerill, 81, Of
Herndon. Va. He apparently
died almost instantly with . As
caliber slug through the heart.
Cockerill was the father Of
five children.
Mr.. Kaminsky. who lives at
1909 Eleventh avenue. Silver
Spring. was alone in the store
which is owned by his father,
Abe Kan1insky.
He told police the man entered
and with his hand in his jacket
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Ships Collide at Pusun

PUSAN. Korea. Dec. 20 R).
Two small passenger ships COLI
lided IN Pusan harbor yesterday
and one sank within minutes.
One passenger drowned and six
were reported missing.
Evening star., 1954-12-29

SSS iopteS @V"PoH"S feoSiui Sosoty
Scoles. Poee "A
the President will submit the
administrations new military re-
serve program and recommended
tions for selective pay raises and
increased benefits for military
personnel.
These decisions were an
nounced at the Little White
House here today as Gen. Eisen-
hover continued working on
various legislative proposals he
will submit to the new Dem
ocratic-controlled Congress next
month.
S Per Cent Increase.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said the pay
raise under consideration by the
administration for civil service
employees would add $202 mil
lion. or approximately S per
cent. onto the Governments
present payroll costs.
But the administration plan
does not provide for a fiat 5 per
cent across-the- board raise, he
said Instead, it calls for grad
uated pay increases, ranging
from a minimum of $125 a year
for GS-1 employees to a maxi
mum of $500 in the top grades.
Unlike the postal pay raise
proposals of the administration,
the forthcoming pay raise rec
concentrations for the classified
civil service will not be linked
to a specific measure to provide
the added revenue to take care
of the extra cost, Mr.. Hagerty
said.
He emphasized that the Eli
senhower administration always
has taken and still takes the
position that any wage increase
for postal employees must be CO.
ordinated with increases in
postage rates.
Recalls August Veto.
Mr.. Haeerty recalled that, in
vetoing last August a pay raise
bill that did not include pro-
visions for additional postal rev.
enue the President said a pro-
gram for Federal employe pay
adjustments was urgently needed.
He said the January IL message
will deal with adjustments" in
pay scales, as we'll as increases.
Mr.. Hagerty did not spell out
details of the proposals affecting
postal workers. 1t has been re-
ported that the administration
Will recommend wage raises for
these employees averaging per
cent. Postmaster General Sum-
merfield also has said the ad-
miniStration will ask raise in
postage rates about the same as
asked last year but turned down
by Congress. This involved rails
ing the first-class letter rate to
4 cents and the minimum air.
mail letter postage to cents,
along with increases for other
classes of mail.
Mr.. Hagerty noted the new
military reserve program already
(See PAY, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Capitol Hin Gets
GIomorous Addition

GLAMOUR ON THE HILL--Mrs.
Iris Bitch, on attractive Congress
womon-eleet from bonneville, Co.,
hos arrived in Washington. See poss
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Message Will Be
Sent to Congress
On Jonuory II
By Gornett D. Horner
Sier Sioff Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ga, Dec. 20. -
President Eisenhower will send a
special message to Congress jan
uary II urging pay raises for
classified civil service and postal
employees along with increased
postage rates.
In another special message 60
ing to Capitol Hill January 13,
See TobIes Comporins Federal SoIory
SeoIes. Poee "A
Evening star., 1954-12-29
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tSee PARIS. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1954-04-25

Women's tennis picks up the
tempo this week with the start
of the sixth annual women's in
tercollegiate tournament Satur-
day at Trinity College.
Sponsored by the Distric c t
Women's Tennis League and
open to students in colleges and
Junior colleges of the Washing
ton metropolitan area, this years
affair is expected to attract one
of the biggest entry lists in it's
history.
Joan Mccullough won individ-
ual honors for Trinity last year,
but since has transferred to
Georgetown and the Brookland
college will be hard pressed to
find a replacement. Georg
Washington, Maryland and
Georgetown Visitation have sent
winners to the tournament in
other years.
Prizes will be warded the
winner, runnerup and consola-
ton winner. The permanent
team trophy put up by the Wom-
ems Tennis League remains in
the winning schools possession
one year.
The entry fee is 81 and the
deadline is Wednesday, April
%. They may be made by tele-
Evening star., 1954-04-25
7erp Stickmen Top Princeton;
Wicker's -Four Goals Set Pace

Maryland's lacrosse team beat
a first-quarter TATTOO on the
a first-quarter tattoo on the
a 1879 winner over the previously
unbeaten defending National
champion yesterday at College
Park.
Charlie Wicker, described by
his coaches as the Terps' best
attack man, led a relentless as
sault that netted seven goals in
the first Z minutes. 33 seconds.
Wicker scored four of them.
The crowd of $500 watched
the Tigers rally and come back
almost all the way before Mary
lands George Corrigan slammed
the door shut once and for all
with two unassisted back-handed
goals in the fourth quarter.
The victory was the seventh
for Maryland against one loss
to Navy. Princeton had won
three before yesterday and next
meets Navy at Annapolis Sat-
urday.
Wicker opened and closed
Maryland's seven-goal Spurt. He
fired the first one in from 40
yards with only II seconds gone
by. Phil Green, Jim Keating
and Fred Estes each had one
goal in that assault. In addi-
ton. Keating and Dick Corrigan,
Georges brother, each had two
Evening star., 1954-04-25

twist almost as easily as you put
a line on a casting reel. All you
have to do is put the Spin-Pak
on the floor, hold it there with
one or both feet. start the lire
feeding to the spool and wind it
up. Then the line will spin off
the spool with a twist and is
reeled tack with a counter twist
which straightens it out again.
Channel bass fishing is now on
in earnest along the North Caro-
lima outer banks. The first big
catches were taken last week end
at Oregon inlet and the fish will
be there for another week or two
at least, possibly longer. The
anglers fishing last week end
with Capt. Fred Basnight aboard
the "Slow and Easy" took % of
the big fellows ranging from 30
to SIS pounds. Capt. Omie Tillet
had another party out which
Evening star., 1954-04-25
WI Fights Dominate
Regatta; CIV High
Beats Penn Rowers
By MoIcoIm Lomborne. Jr.

Varsity Oarsmen of George
Washington High School of
Alexandria yesterday gave Penn
sylvania's third freshmen crew a
lesson in rowing off Old Domin-
ion Boat Club in Alexandria. In
other eight-oar events. Washing
ton-Lee High of Arlington domi-
mated the triangular regatta.
Stroked by Curtis Adkins. the
CIV crew went into the lead at
the quarter-mile mark and at
the finish was whopping four
lengths ahead of the Penn eight
which was stroked by Robert
Jackson of Philadelphia.
The winners time was 4:55
as against Penn's sos. In the
Presidents crew were Jim
Swami, Robert Moore. John Sui
livan, Paul Sheridan, Dick
Rinker, Russ Dunn. Harry Miller,
Adkins and Coxswain AL PHILIPPE.
The WI Junior varsity eight
in beating CIV by three lengths.
also recorded the fastest time
of the day-4:54. CIV was
clocked at sos. On the win
ming crew were John VanDyke.
Bob Romine. Dennis Parks. Jim
Todd, Jess Manack, Bob Jones.
Marion Custard. Tom Hyde and
Coxswain Dick Gebhardt.
Widest victory margin of the
day was recorded by the WI
fourth eight which beat CIV
by five lengths in 5:45. The
winners were Robert Byrns. Cal
Sutlif, Willy Heron. Barry Weet-
man, Marshal Barry, Barrett
Swink, Luther Martin, Jim Plow-
den and Coxswain B. w. Ruffner.
The Little Generals third
eight was winner over CIV
by slightly more than length.
The distance might have been
greater if the Arlington boys
had not stopped rowing a few
feet from the finish, apparently
unware that they had not yet
received the red flag from Of
fetal George Herman. Rowing
for the winners were Richard
Axtell, Fred Ridgway. Andy ST.
mon, Jack RiSdon. David Lef-
fer, John Peyton. Red Caldwell,
Gil Kingsbury and Coxswain
Sandy Karb.
Alexandria oarsmen did much
better against their Arlington
rivals in two other events. In a
four-oar race, CIV led WI by
four lengths. This crew was made
up of Mike Ramey, Bill Hamaker,
George Dunham, Elliott James
and Coxswain Gene Ross.
In the quad race CIV was de-
clared the winner when the WI
crew rowed out of its lane just
a few feet from the finish and
tangled with the Alexandria
crew. The Arlington quad was
disqualified. The winning crew
was composed of Dirk Stryker,
Dave Uhler, Glen Edmonds and
Joel Sipes.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

phoning Betty Zimmerman at
Taylor 9-4525 in the evening.
Women interested in playing
in a weekend tennis league are
invited to tryouts to be held at
the Rock Creek courts, Sixteenth
and Kennedy streets NV, from
8 to S pm, May 2 and 9. Team
franchises are still open and may
be obtained by calling Miss Zim-
norman at the above number.
Carol Coolidge, Nancy Gates,
Annie Lomax, Caryl Rivers and
Maren Ward have received the
Junior Wightman Cup Squad
badges earned last season.
The 1854 squad already has
started practicing with Donna
Floyd, Patricia Hubbard, Mary
Kuhn, Loretta Lowe and Carol
McCord shaping up as the top
ranking members.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Navy Lacrosse Team
Routs Duke, 17-3,
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, April 24.-Navy
today made Duke it's latest la
crosse victim in its quest for the
National championship, taking a
1913 victory.
After a IL first period, Navy
unleashed its heralded attack to
pull ahead, 6-1, at halftime. The
loss was the first of the season
for Duke.
Percy Williams scored four of
Navy's goals and Bob Pirie and
Bill Hargrave each scored three
as the unbeaten Middies won
their sixth straight game.
Duke opened the scoring on a
goal by lanky Dick Bollinger
after five minutes of play. and
the visitors played Navy on even
terms in the first period with
Pirie collecting one to tie things
up at seven minutes.
Dave Koonce broke the game
open in the second frame when
he scooped a loose ball in after
Az minutes. A minute later,
John Renard banged one in.
John Horner whipped one in
seconds later and Williams COL
lected two near the end of the
half.
Navy's attack fired at the net
So times. while needing only five
saves. Dukes goalies picked up
20 saves.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Virginia Lacrosse Team
Beats Wal in Overtime
BY the Associoted Pres,

LEXINGTON. Va, April a.
Washington & Lees lacrosse
team dropped a hard-fought con-
test to Virginia today. 11-8.
after battling it out in two over
time periods to break an 8-8 tie.
Jim Grieves, Granny Swope
and Dick Darlington scored the
overtime points that ended
W&L's hopes for victory over
arch-rlvals.
A vital overtime point was
scored by Swope, who chased
Goa!ie Lowe away from the bas-
ket. forced a dropped ball, then
fired it through an unprotected
goal.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Moore Marks Time
As SIade, Next Foe,
Takes on Jackson

Archie Moore, world light
heavyweight champion. is con-
tinuing training at Billy Ed
wards gym for his May IL fight
against Jimmy Slade at Turner's
Arena. while Slade breaks the
monotony by engaging in an
actual fight tomorrow night.
Slade. in fact, is going into
the heavyweight division against
the newest sensation there,
Tommy (Hurricane) jackson.
They are fighting a 10-rounder
at Eastern Parkway Arena in
Brooklyn. to be seen on tele-
vision here over WTTG at $50
pm.
Slade. No. 2 challenger for
Moore's light-heavyweight title,
may be a little over his head
against the aggressive jackson.
but he has handled himself we'll
in similar situations. He knocked
out Don Cockell in England sew
eral years ago, and Cockell now
is a leading contender for Rocky
Marciano's heavyweight crown.
Also. not long ago at Turner's
Arena, he beat another good
heavyweight, Clarence Henry.
Moore hesitates to predict
who'll win tomorrow nights
Slade-JackSon fight. but says
that SHADES a huStling young
fellow who's a test for anybody.
I know he's a tough one, that's
why I'm training so hard"
The Moore-Slade fight here
originally was scheduled for sew
eral weeks ago, but had to be
postponed because Moore twisted
an ankle. 1t is promoted by
Goldie Ahearn and sponsored by
the Saints and Sinners Club for
itS crinr1lnd chi1drnn's fund
Evening star., 1954-04-25

caught 40 of the copperbacks
this week.
We continually get inquiries
about a little-fished body of
water which are hard to answer
The area is known as Back Bay,
which covers some $4,000 acres
and lies about Is miles south of
Virginia Beach It is Virginia
water and requires a Virginia
license. But it is open to year.
round fishing and much of it is
almost virgin territory.
There is too much informa-
tion to go into this column. but
if you will get a copy of the
April issue of THE Fisherman"
magazine, j. j. Shomon, who
edits the Virginia conservation
department periodical. Virginia
Wildlife." will tell you a lot
about it. From now until real
hot weather is an ideal time of
year to fish the area. You can
also get q line on it by writing
Virginia's Commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries, Richmond
Is, Va
Glad to hear that our old
friend, Larry Wescott. is back
from Peru and has settled down
at Mirimar on Broadwater
Greek near Churchton, Md,
where he will have boats, bait
and other anglers supplies.
Larry tells us the first crabs
showed up there last Saturday
morning in gill nets. and on
Sunday a lot of little spot were
caught. Larry's phone number
is West River, Md. 6032. He's
featuring rowboats with inboard
motors for hire.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
SteeIers Sign Two

PITTSBURGH. April "a (P.-
The Steelers today signed Half
back Jim Brandt and Guard
Rudy Andabaker. Brandt will be
playing his third season with
the Steelers. Andabaker expects
to be discharged from the Army
in July. He starred at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh.