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Evening star., 1954-11-06
II, |7,7OO-MiIe-on-Hour Rocket
Never Saw Anything Like 1t
.AP wirephoto.

might apply to a high-speed jet
pilot (to see how many "G's''
he can take) election equipment
trials, and so on.
Stopping the sleds involves as
much scientific, ingenuity as
speeding them on their way.
Connected to the track by
Shoes" they are halted by a
flow of sand onto the right Of
way. And another method of
stopping the hell-bent objects
is to eject, through a jet process,
great amounts of water into a
trough between the tracks. This
is done at a speed of more than
500 miles an hour.
Deadly Rocket Firing.
If an unfriendly observer
were, here he might also have
blanched at some deadly rocket
firing by some of Americas
latest fighter planes, all of which
are participating in Navy dem
onstrations.
Almost unfailingly hitting the
target in dives from as high as
10000 feet were such swift air.
craft as the AD-6 Skyraider, the
F2H-2 Banshee, the F9F-5
Panther, the F7U-3 Cutlass and
others.
These planes also participated
in speed runs at low altitude.
And one of them, firing the
"Holy Moses" rocket, threw up
enough dust when the rocket
hit that spectators, had to shield
their eyes. It, t,was said that in
his dive the pilot reached a
speed Of some 700 miles an hour.
The F2H-2 also showed a
new angle in towing a target.
Current methods with such swift
planes having proved unsatis-
factory, the target, a cuniform
red plastic object on the ground,
was caught by the plane in sub
| sonic fight.
Evening star., 1954-11-06

blend Marilynl Kraai,a2l, a STU
dent nurse at Kalamazoo State
Mental Hospital.
Marilyn was assaulted and
choked to death with a hospital
issue necktie in a basement
laboratory.
Test Had Been Scheduled.
State. Police Detective Chief
Victor Beck said Smith, COM
mitted for offenses against girls
and as a "peeping Tom" con-
fessed just before he was to take
scheduled lie detector test.
Mr.. Beck said Smith admitted
Turing the girl to a basement
hydrotherapy room on the pre-
text of regaining pack of play
ing cards he had left there.
The detective said Smith told
him he killed Marilyn after the
assault, then took her key ring
and flushed it down a toilet.
Afterward, he locked the door to
the room, Detective Beck said
Smith related.
Marilyn's body was found in a
search after other nurses became
| alarmed at her failure tn keen a
supper date with them.
No Signs Of Struggle.
Most of the girls clothing had
been ripped off, but State police
said there were no signs of q
struggle. The only outward sign
of violence was the girls bruised
throat.
Miss Kraai, whose home was
in Holland, Mich, and 10 other
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Correction

The African Mission Fathers
Of the Queen Of Apostles Sem
mary will hold a benefit dance
at $3.50 o'clock tonight at the
Nativity Youth Center, Peabody
street and Georgia avenue NV.
The dance is sponsored by the
Irish-American Social Club. The
Star incorrectly stated yesterday
the dance was to be held last
night.
Evening star., 1954-11-06
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Some
cloudiness and not as cool to-
night, lowest around 80. Tomor-
row, fair and warmer.
Maryland -- Some cloudiness
and not as cold tonight, lowest
32-40. Tomorrow, fair and
warmer.
Evening star., 1954-11-06

Virginia-Some cloudiness and
not as cold tonight. lowest 32-40.
Tomorrow. fair and warmer.
Wind-North to northwest,
1915 miles per hour.
River Report.
(From u s Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen.
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Patient .Confesses
Staying Of Nurse, Il,
AT Mental Hospital
By the Asseeioied Press

KALAMAZOO, Mich. Nov. s.
"A teen-age mental hospital
inmate, under treatment as a
sex deviate, today admitted last
nights rape Staying of a pretty
nurse.
State police said Louis Maurice
Smith. 18, confessed he GRIM
inally assaulted and strangled
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Graft Charge Probed
.lnNew York Housing,
Fire and Police Units
BY the A.soeioied Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Investi-
cations Of the city's Fire. Police
and Housing Departments were
under way today.
Graft charges against three
Brooklyn fire battalion chiefs
expanded into the Police De-
partment yesterday, with Police
Commissioner Francis w. n
Adams denouncing traitors
under his command.
Mr.. Adams, at promotion cere-
monies, told more than 800 OF
his high-ranking subordinates:
"I'll mince no words we
have traitors, men and women
who have not hesitated to sell
us out for few dollars. They
have not only degraded them
selves, but have attempted to
destroy us all through their
conduct.
Action Promised.
"It will not go on If I have I'd
emasculate this entire depart
ment."
Meanwhile, Housing Commits
sioner Bernard j. Gilroy said an
inquiry was under way Ito see
if any of our people were in
volved" in graft-taking charged
against the three firemen.
Newspapers reported today
that the Health and Air Pollu-
ton Control Departments were
under scrutiny.
Suspended Thursday were Fire
Battalion Chiefs Daniel M. Re-
gan. Joseph A. Massaro and Ed
ward T. Heeg-all charged with
accepting 500 each from a con-
tractor who wished to use fire to
speed building demolition in
Brooklyn. Fires hasten the job
but are allowed only under re-
gulations requiring that they be
closely watched.
Mr.. Massaro and Mr.. Regan.
quoted as saying the money was
forced on them" filed for re-
tirement. Mr.. Heeg denied the
charges and is subject to depart
mental trial.
Mr.. Massaro and Mr.. Regan
both were eligible for retirement,
having been with the depart
ment more than Is years. Mr..
Hegg has been in the depart
ment 18 years.
Commissioner Adams, asked if
his statement to police brass had
anything to do with the fire de-
partment scandal. said only:
There was a situation under
investigation which grows out of
those facts"
Fire Chiefs Suspended.
The fire chiefs were suspended
on charges of accepting gratui-
ties from Atlas Demolitions. Inc.
Fire Commissioner Edward F.
Cavanagh, jr., said yesterday
that , examinations indicated
money also was given to en-
ployes of the Department of
Housing and Building.
Mayor Wagner announced yes
terday he would seek prompt
adoption of legislation penalizing
any person who offers a city
employe a "gratuity. -
Mr.. Cavanagh said last night
he had suspended the Atlas Com
pany from again doing business
with the city.
An Atlas Company spokesman
said the money to the three
fire chiefs was a friendly gift"
Evening star., 1954-11-06
By Horry Lever
Star Siaff Correspondent

CHINA LAKE. MOJAvE DES-
ERT. Calf. Nov 6.-Did you
ever see an object fash by you at
1,100 miles an hour?
Well. you never will. In fact,
you can't. The human eye is
unable to perceive it.
All you can see is a bit of
dust and a flash of flame, as
did yesterday when rocket sled
went by me on the ground at
that fantastic speed.
One second for this test by
Navy ordnance test station ex-
perts would not be an exaggera-
ton. 1t was impossible to time
the rocket sled's speed on Baker
4" track in this remote desert
area. But the time was as quick
as the flicker of an eye.
They gave you an alert before
the sled, packing $4,000 pounds
OF thrust per second, got under
way. The announcer droned be-
fore the Navy tests:
Minus 20 seconds.
Minus 10 seconds. I
minus S seconds. Four, three,
two. one ;"
And then-whoosh!
Silver of Flame.
And before anybody could say
"whoosh," the sled had come to
a stop at the end of the four
mile track it, travelled On An
that could be seen was the silver
OF flame. and as pointed out it
was much less than of momen-
tary duration,
Objects of the sled tests
those yesterday were propelled
by three high velocity air rockets
are many. They include meas
uring of thrust. tail f1utter
tests, acceleration and decelera-
ton analySiS. particularly as n
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Boy, 3, Revived From Death,
Lives, Though Breath Stops

cts a matter now of waiting
to see whether he will respond
and commence breathing for
himself again, and to see whether
he will recover from the comatose
state and have any residual brain
damage" his physician said.
Evening star., 1954-11-06

ihed should
receive pref
erential treat
N e n t st o
make up for
lost time"
The Cali
fornian said
he was not ad-
vocating that
RepubH c a n S
with less abil-
ity or senior
ity should be
promoted or
appointed d
ahead of other
ennInves Rut
Evening star., 1954-11-06
EicheIberger Is Made
Four-Stur General
BY the Associated Press

FORT JACKSON, S. c., Nov. 6.
Lit. Gen. Robert L. Eichel-
berger, U. S. A. (ret), was ad-
vanced to a four-star general
here yesterday after q 10000
troop review.
Secretary of the Army Stevens
headed a list of guests at the
ceremonies.
Gen. Eichelberger, 9Th Army
commander in World War II
now lives at Asheville, N. C.
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Judge Threatens
6-Day Court Week
In Sheppard Trial
BY the Assoeiased Press

CLEVELAND, Nov. GA
judges threat OF a six-day week
for the Sheppard murder trial
faced defense lawyers today be-
cause of their long cross-exami-
nation Of the States first wit
ness.
AS the third week Of the trial
closed yesterday, Defense At
torney William j. Corrigan still
was questioning Deputy Coroner
Lester Addison, who had been
on the witness stand all day
long. And the attorney said he
would need at least another
hour Monday to complete his
cross examination Of the wit
ness.
Common Pleas Court Judge
Edward Blythin announced that
if the pace of the trial con-
tinued to be slow. he might
start holding Saturday sessions.
Court sources later said the six
day court week is never popular
with either lawyers or jurors.
The jurors have been allowed
to return to their homes over the
week ends. But the court has
instructed them that they are
not to discuss the case with any
one and are not to read news
paper accounts of it or listen to
radio or television broadcasts
about it.
Fights Hard for Control.
The gruelling session yesterday
appeared to be just about as
hard on the defendant, Osteo-
path Samuel H. Sheppard, as
on the witness. DR.. Sheppard,
accused of clubbing his pregnant
wife to death last July 4 after
an affair with a pretty hospital
technician, fought hard for con-
troll as some of the more grue-
some details of the Staying were
discussed.
While MIR. Corrigan was ques-
tioning DR.. Addison about the
wounds found on the battered
head Of Marilyn Sheppard. the
defendant gripped his hands. hit
his lips and closed his eyes tight
ly. His mouth quivered as the
attorney used such terms as
"splintered bones" split skull"
and layers of bone"
Deputy Sheriff James Kilroy,
who sits beside the defendant
in the courtroom, leaned over at
one point with a look of con-
Germ on his face and asked DR..
Sheppard question. Without
opening his eyes, DR.. Sheppard
shook his head in the negative.
Mr.. Corrigan, whose relentless
questioning hammered DR..
Addison into making nervous
and somewhat defiant answers.
tried to discredit the autopsy the
deputy coroner made Of the
body.
Lawyer Charges Prejudice. !.
The lawyer told . reporter
later: s T
"The police and these people
from the coroners' Office simply
went out to That (Sheppafde
house and decided that Sam
Sheppard killed his wife. After
that, they never made an at
tempt to see if any one else
did it,"
Mr.. Corrigan got DR.. Addison
to concede the coroner's office
made only'a microscopic test to
determine whether the victim
had been raped, and did not
make chemical examination.
The lawyer pointed out cer-
tain pattern in the head wounds
that killed the osteopath's wife.
suggesting that pronged weap-
on like a rake could have been
the weapon. DR.. Sheppard has
insisted his wife was killed by
a bushy-haired man who
knocked him unconscious when
he went to her aid.
During recesses yesterday, the
defendant spent much of his
time reading book. The book
was "Meditations From Prison
Cell" by F. Odin Stockwell.
Evening star., 1954-11-06
The Federal Spotlight
Personnel Farley Hears Plea
For Republican Promotions
BY Joseph Young

SAN FRANCISCO Nov 6-Representative Mailard Repubi-
can OF California today urged personnel officials to
give choice civil service assignments and wherever
sble to qualified Republicans.
address before Con-
Evening star., 1954-11-06

tSASAASS AASASt NAA' &Ao4AAiotA oo4A
qualified Republicans who have
seniority and are otherwise quail
Evening star., 1954-11-06

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 103. on July 81.
Lowest, 13. on January %.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High. so, at 3 pm.
Low "a, At h:4h am
Evening star., 1954-11-06
ZAP Wlrephoto Map.

-AP Wrephoo Map
Rain is forecast for the extreme Eastern Lakes to-
night while rain fall Northern New England
Snow urres expected In the extreme Northern Lakes and
Northern Plains Some rain in store for the Pacific
Northwest States Warmer weather expected most Of
the Eastern States while cooler forecast for
tADNOrthwest.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Burglars Enter
Pandora Farm
Implement Store

Burglars who entered the Nc
Dowell-Marshan Implement Sales and
Service store in Pandora last Satur-
day night were able to find only
$3.50 in a cash drawer and the
pennies in a small automatic peanut
vending machine, but caused consid-
cradle loss in damage to office
furniture.
The thieves entered the building
by breaking pane of glass in a
steel easement window and in the
parts room reaching inside to un-
latch it.
The entire office was ransacked
with the contents of desk drawers
emptied on the floor and business
records scattered all over the office
Several cabinev doors and desk
drawers were broken by the thieves
in their search for money. The
$3.50 in cash stolen represented
receipts from the sale of soft drinks
to employees and shop visitors.
No equipment or parts appeared
to be missing as far as the manage
ment could determine.
Putnam County Sheriff, Arnold
Potts is, investigating the incident.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

son is stationed, FloriA and the Mis-
sissippi and other places.
The March project committee of
the Ladies Harpiony Circle are
sponsoring a Surprise Basket" to be
circulated AMONG the members
throughout the month. Each one is
to remove the item>in it for herself,
pay the pig" Ito boost the treasury
and put something in the basket and
take to the next member on the list.
The committee in chaT Tge is as fol-
lows: Mrs. Waldo HANNA, Mrs. ]. w.
Harris, Mrs. Albert Gibbs, Mrs. Le-
land Frantz, Mrs. dwight Frantz,
Mrs. Merritt Green, MRS. Ray Harris,
Mrs. Joe Habeggerf Mrs. Will Habeg-
ger, Mrs. Lester Habegger, Mrs.
Charles Mabry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Homer Gratz Farm
Scene Of Grass Fire

Bluffton fire fighters extinguished
a grass fire Saturday during the
noon hour when a high wind swept
the blaze within 10 feet of the barn
and farm residencefof Homer Gratz,
southwest of town.
Prompt response to the call by
the local department prevented any
damage. Origin of the blaze was
not learned. The Gratz farm is
located at 230-G on the Bluffton de-
partment's fire man.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Pleasant View

| The Friendly Couples class will
hold their monthly meeting Wednes-
day evening, March II in the church
basement. A pot luck supper will be
at o'clock. Each family is to bring
a covered dish and own table service
The committee in charge will furnish
sandwiches and coffee. Rev. and Mrs,
G. A. jacobson and daughter of Pan
dora will give the program of pic
lures and experiences of their mis-
sionary work. in China and the Phil
ippines.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown of Co
lumbus were week end guests in the
Rickly-Reichenbach home. Mrs. Ar
Ietta Rickly returned to Columbus
with them and next week will ac,
company Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Rickly
on an extended trip thru the south
They will visit numerous points Of
interest Including Washington, D. c.
an air basefin in Georgia where their
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

church, Route 3, Lima, represented
the Allenl County Ministerial associa-
ton at the meeting.
CROP officials reported that the
large qudntities of food were dis
tributed On small amount of cash
by reasonI of the fact that the organ
ization Was able to obtain large
amounts of surplus foods from the
u. S. government free of cost. The
Ohio contributions were used in pro-
viding transportation and in admin
istering the plan.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18
Benefits Multiply
From CROP Fund

Ohioans contributing cash d
grain valued al s70,356 under the
Christian Rural Overseas Program
were responsible for sending almost
a half-million dollars worth of food
to hungry people of the world dur
ing 1858, local representatives to a
CROP meeting in Columbus were
informed recently.
The Rev. l.. ". McIntire, pastor
of the Bluffton and Rockport Pres
byterian churches, and the Rev.
Edgar Petry of Pleasant View
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

in Pandora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Mayberry
of Cuyohbga Falls are the happy
parents Of baby boy, Allen Reed,
born Monday March Is. Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Mayberry are the parental
grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Campbell, left
Alhambra, California last Thursday
for their trip home. They plan to
stop in Norman, Oklahoma for a
visit with Mr.. Campbell's sister, Mrs,
Anna Mason and will arrive here the
last of the week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-03-18

Losses due to farm accidents are
estimated at one billion dollars pei
year.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Church Conference
Nominates Negro
BY the Associofed Press

QUINCY, Mass, May 18.-The
Massachusetts, Congregational
Christian Conference today had
before it for the first time in its
155 years the nomination Of a
Negro as moderator.
Julian Steele, Al, Of West New
bury, was virtually assured Of
election to the conferences high
est post tomorrow. Conference
officials said nomination is tanta-
mount to election.
The Rev. Albert Buckner Coe,
conference president, said Julian
Steele was not nominated be-
cause he is Negro. We don't
make that distinction. He was
chosen because he is a brilliant
Christian gentleman and one Of
our leading laymen."
A former Boston social worker,
Mr.. Steele now is town moderator
In West Newbury.
Born in Savannah, Ga, he was
graduated from Harvard in 1928.
The conference has member
ship of 195, ,293-one-sixth the
total membership in all Con-
gregational Christian churches
in the United States.
Evening star., 1954-05-18

know what they themselves
were up against with the allied
problems Of the last several
years, should now think the
whole thing can be simplified.
What goes on behind the
scenes today is a discouraging
affair for American officials
because the allied governments
outwardly protest against such
things as hasty action on q
Southeast Asia pact or mill
tary intervention when, in
truth. there is privately every
desire to see more speeches
delivered like those Of Senator
Knowland, Republican leader.
discussing American military
aid in Indo- China.
Firmness nowadays by our
diplomats is interpreted widely
as belligerency by various ele-
ments unfriendly to America.
Yet appeasement-so often ad-
vocated in European bring
the very belligerency that
everybody breads.
But, despite the discourage
ments, this conference cannot
be written off as q failure.
For if face-to-face negotiation
in a conference like this, with
its opportunities for the prin-
cipals to get together pri-
vately. ends without result, the
chances of the Communists
ever getting the West into
more conferenceS-their chief
vehicles for propaganda-be-
come dim. 1t is a time for
patience, and the American
Government is exhibiting it
aplenty nowadays.
Reproduction Rights Reseryed.)
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Doris FIeeson-
Doris FIeeson-
The Statesmen and Politicians
6. P Senators Rescue Cat With Nine Times Nine Lives
Justices Choose to Respect Opinions Of Mankind

History was made yesterday
in the Capital in two places
only a few hundred yards dis
tant from one another.
In one, the Supreme Court.
1t was made according to con-
stitutional processes and in a
spirit of decent respect for
the opinions of mankind. The
courts decision striking down
school segregation will create
problems and no doubt some
struggles. But the prudent
comments of most members
of the Congress show a re-
markable acceptance of the
inevitable and a general dis
position to seek constructive
solutions.
In the other, the Senate
caucus room, politicians were
seeking to bury a body that
had become, they feared, so
offensive to the country as to
endanger their control of the
Government. The atmosphere
reeked with cynical politics of
the kind which tries only to put
the cat on the other fellows
back and keep it there without
any attention to the problem
of the cat itself.
But in politics bodies usually
don't stay buried and Senator
Mccarthy has already proved
he has nine lives, Only new and
disruptive consequences can
flow from the decision Of the
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Pakisfan Seizes II Reds
After Riots Fatal 10 300
By the Associcted Press

KARACHI, Pakistan, May 18.
Police arrested II of Karachi's
Communist leaders today and in
dicated more would be rounded
up within few hours.
The arrests were made under
the Pakistan safety act which
permits jailing without trial.
The raids were launched in
the wake of warnings by Pre-
mier Mohammed Ali that "the
foul conspiracy of Communists
should be crushed" in Pakistan.
The Prime Minister blamed
last week ends bloody labor riots
in East Pakistan, which claimed
more than 800 lives, on the Reds
and "other elements inimical to
Pakistan."
East Pakistan police have al
ready jailed about 100 persons,
terming some Of, them enemy
agents and saboteurs. Commu-
nists in that area, separated from
West Pakistan by almost 1000
miles of India, have been back
ing a campaign to detach the
eastern area from the central
government.
Evening star., 1954-05-18
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

The Supreme Court outlaws segregation in the public
schools It's lucky the Union Alaska waiting
in the wngs-any day may a couple Southern
vacancies
Churchill Britain won't promise to join Southeast
Asia alliance Our allies united against enemy one
hing-none Of them anxious fight
Ike declares that conversations between his officials
confidential This administration promised
the Government in goldfish bowl-and who
two fish talking?
The Supreme Court children should get
together to learn things and weren't
they would.
Joe Mccarthy claims Ike has lowered on
the Army Mccarthy hearings Ike to have
almost anything Commander Pvt Schne
KIP.
The Supreme Courts ruling against school segregation
shows why Ike didn't send troops IndoChina
need them all at home to rehght the Civil War;
The Army Mccarthy hearings for week. This will
cut down the famy doctor bills guy can get
through the living without stumbling
board