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Evening star., 1955-07-28

CHERRY POINT, N. c.. July
l27.-The Marine Air Reserve Of
1Anacostia's Hells Angels Squad
ron are having their last fling
with the vaunted and venerable
Corsair and the realization is a
mellow one. When the men of
VMF-321 return to Washington
Saturday with the familiar gull
winged fighter planes to con-
Iclude their annual two weeks
summer training on these vast
Ihot acres 1t will mark the end
Iof an aviation era.
tey'll turn in the Corsairs and
receive 16 Douglas attack bomb
ers, the Skyraider, a single en-
Igine gun platform that will car
Try more ordnance outside than
the World War II Biz did in
|side.
COrsair Stirs Nostalgia
There will be much nostalgia
over the old Corsair. Probably
mo one has put any better than
1.-THE bright-faced young Marine
second lieutenant who sat with
1.-THE HellS Angels veterans al
breakfast one morning this week
lille is headed for duty in Japan
The said. and the big regret he
!. has is that he has never checked
,lout in q Corsair. lit has all the
/ Marine tradition built right inte
it," he said wistfully. I've al.
ways wanted to fly it,"
1 With that accolade to his air
plane, 1t. Col. william H. Blades
J Cambridge, Md. one of tn
I VMF-321 veterans, leaped Vi
and beloved politely that doe
,lit, I'll bet you young Jet jockey
have never been In q propelle
'lairplane. EYES," the boy re
,lplied softly. "I've flown in
Isingle-engine trainer"
Anecdotes of the World Wa
II born Corsair are going tn
: rounds. 1t. Col. Charlton A
: (Bud) Main, 955 Radcliff drive
Alexandria, one of the squad
IRONS real Corsair veterans, re
: vived one from the Korean wal
It seems a Corsair; pilot ha,
elaine da Communist MIG. TIL
respectful howl from pilots wa
Unanimous: "Now well never ge
Ireplacements for this airplane.
Other Unit Gets Corsairs
: vMF 321's planes. some Q
! which at least have seen Wori
War II and Korean war duty
: are not headed for the scra
] heap. but will go to another Re
serve squadron.
: AS thought o make the exi
and his ow nsomething of a
= event, the squadron commando
Col. Roy T. Spurlock, IS, 1910
Okinawa avenue, Rockville. Md
's led a fight of Corsairs over III
IS Atlantic yesterday, seeking a
elusive radio-controlled dron
Il plane. The drone was small
It only 8 feet from wing tip t
. wing tip and travelling some Is
II knots, far more difficult to h
J. than a sleeve or banner targe
1.-The drone went through all tn
evasive action a combat Graf
q might employ. They stitched il
tiny wings with 50-caliber slug
-but not enough to clip then
n After one of his guns failed, Co
ISpurlock slammed in the XII
!, directly into the engine and tn
" drone planed into the sea.
' Col. Spurlock, having heade
j. the squadron four years, ster
down in August to turn owe
'-'command to @ junior office
Evening star., 1955-07-28

GIFT FOR THE FARM-President Eisenhower appears
pleased with present he his Gettysburg PaD
farm-a powered soil tier It Is present from group
of boys who visited him today At right Kenneth Jen
nison Carthage Mo, vice president of the American Le-
gion Boys Nation. Beside him is Douglas Hopper Of Glen
dale Calf, president of Boys Nation.-AP Photo. =.
Evening star., 1955-06-25

scheduled halt today in Ian.
caster, N. H., a few minutes aftel
leaving the Weeks farm.
A crowd Of several hundred
gathered on the green in the
center Of the village, and the
President stepped to the ground
for an informal greeting.
He pleased the crowd when he
told them he knew there was
only one speech he needed to
make there.
'It was said a long time ago"
he said. "I'll say it again. The
Good Lord could have made a
more beautiful place-but he
didn't"
Another unscheduled stop
came a few minutes later in
Jefferson. N. H.. where the post
masters of the State were hay-
ing a convention.
The President told them that
Postmaster General Arthur Sum-
merfield had reported the post
masters all over the Nation were
doing a good job what / have
In mind is the individual who
does good job, wholeheartedly,
and that is the kind of thing
the people ought to get"
Through you, to the rest of
the postmasters everywhere, let
Evening star., 1955-06-25

fit motorists using the express
way by attracting some who
would otherwise drive cars. Thus
the auto congestion would be
reduced.
One transit company is try
ling to meet current problems
without waiting for an exclu-
Isive right-of-way. This was ex-
planned by John c. Baine, pres
ident of the st. Louis Public
Service Co. st. Louis and Wash
ington have many comparable
conditions and problems.
Mr.. Baine said his company
is trying to obtain exclusive use
of the curb lanes on arterial
bouievards during rush hours. |
It also is proposed that during
those hours cross traffic would
be blocked OF except at major
intersections controlled by sig
nails.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Red China Set
To Free } GIs

HONG KONG. June IS (P.-
Peiping radio said today ar
rangements have been completed
for the departure of the three
American and two Belgian
soldiers wliootqchangedI Their
minds about staying in Red
China. !, It said they ;'can row
leave Immediately" {
The Peiping broadcast said the
arrangements had been made in
negotiations between the Red
Cross societies of Red China and
India.
1t was considered possible the
five men might be released
through India or might ask to
be turned over to Indian off,
'cials if they emerge in Hong
Kong.
India was chairman of the
Neutral Nations Repatriations
Commission which had custody
in Korea of prisoners who re-
fused to return to their own
commands after the armistice.
The five soldiers Who chose
to stay with the Communists
after the Korean war have been
identified as Lewis w. Griggs of
Jacksonville, Tex, o. G. Bell of
Olympia, Wash, William A.
Cowart of Dalton, Ga, and the
two Belgians, Roger Devriendt
and Louis Verdyk.
Evening star., 1955-06-25

me say, thank you." he added.
In. addition to an informal
talk at Berlin today the Presi-
dent was scheduled to watch q
wood-cutting contest there.
At the Dartmouth College
forest tract officials Of the school
hoped to have a trout lunch
ready for the President. Steak
was the alternative if the fishing
party had bad luck-as Mr..
Eisenhower has had in trout
streams so far this trip.
The President will be Joined at
Lake Paramachenee in Maine
this afternoon by Senator Fred
erick Payne, Republican. OF
Maine. After his speech at Skow-
hegan. Me-. late. Monday, Mr..
Eisenhower will be the guest Of
Senator Margaret Chase Smith,
Republican, of Maine. at a clam
bake at her home there.
The President win fly back to
Washington Monday evening.
Evening star., 1955-06-25

North Korea. The Americans
returned the fire and shot down
two MICS and damaged and
possibly destroyed a third.
The last incident involving
Russian planes occurred last
November Z when Soviet MICS
shot down a B-29 Superfortress
on a mapping mission over
Northern Japan. One American
crew member was killed.
Another incident near Alaska
occurred March Is, 1853, when a
United States RB-50 was at
tackled on the Kamchatka Pen
lnsula of Russia. On that occa-
sion, the United States said in
a bitter protest that the plane
was "at least 25 miles from the
nearest Soviet territory" /"
Normal procedure when an
American plane is shot down by
Communist aircraft Is to make
a speedy and bitter protest. But
the State Department refused to
make any immediate comment
about the latest incident after
the White House and Defense
Department announcements. It
was assumed that every effort
was being made not to upset the
forthcoming Big Four talks.
The Neptune has a gross
weight Of 72.000 pounds and can
reach a height of $4,000 feet.
1t is equipped with the latest
radar and antisuhmarine war
fare gear. Some versions can be
converted for minelaying or tor
pedo bomb duty. But the one
which the MICS attacked was
not OF the latest variety, which
have been equipped with Jet
power.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
SLAYING
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drink of water, and chatted for
la while with the workmen.
Norman william Hager, 18-
year-old Northwestern High
School graduate questioned early
lin the investigation, also told
police that he had seen the man
Isitting near q rustic footbridge
in the park the morning of the
shooting with the rifle across
his knees.
He has not been seen in the
area since the day of the crime,
police said.
The discovery. in the early
hours of the investigation, of
automobile seat covers and q
rumpled pillow far upstream
also assumed new Importance. It
was theorized that the site may
have been the suspects camping
ground. Police had at first dis
counted the discovery, and would
not say If the items had been
examined for possible finger
prints.
Sewers Searched
Police went over the scene
again yesterday with the help Of
mine detector crews from Fort
George @. Meade. They also
searched storm sewers In q wide
area, but without success.
Mai. Panagoulis and Capt.
Vincent Free. assistant chief.
made q television appearance
yesterday and appealed to the
public for aid.
Following a conference of the
investigators late yesterday att
Seat Pleasant. the chief said heI
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Eisenhower Awaits Soviet
Reply to Attockl Protest
BY the Associated Press

WITH EISENHOWER IN NEW
ENGLAND. June 25.-President
Eisenhower was keeping in close
touch with Washington today as
|he awaited a Soviet Union reply
to a United States protest against
an attack by Russian jet air.
craft on an American Navy pa
Itrol plane.
The President. who is touring
New England, was an overnight
guest at the farm of Secretary
Iof Commerce Weeks, 6 miles
from Whitefield, N. H. Today
he was moving on to Berlin,
N. H., for q speech and then to
the Dartmouth College forest
tract at Wentworth. N. H., for
lunch.
+ Before leaving the Weeks
farm, the President signed the
Austrian independence treaty.
which provides for restoration of
sovereignty and the end of the
Occupation of Austria.
His next scheduled stop, in
the early afternoon, was at
IParmachenee Lake in the Maine
wilderness for a week end OF
fishing for locked salmon.
He will remain at the lake until
Monday afternoon. then go to
Skowhegan, Me-. for an address
concluding his New England visit.
A heavy downpour had just
driven Mr.. Eisenhower indoors
from the golf course at White
field yesterday when Press Sec
retary James C. Hagerty called
newSmen together and read al
prepared statement on the attack
by two Russian MIG jet fighters
on the Navy plane. Mr.. Hag-
erty said the President had
known about the attack since
Thursday afternoon.
The fact that announcement
of the incident came from the
Presidents headquarters was
taken as an indication Of the
seriousness with which the |
United States regards it. Other
such incidents have been an
nounced by the State or Defense
D Departments.
After being rained out on the
golf course Mr.. Eisenhower mo-
tored from Whitefield to nearby
Lancaster for. q dinner party
given in his honor by Secretary
Weeks at his 600-acre Cat Bow
farm.
The cavalcade made an un-l
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Reds Fired at PIone
Without Any Warning

porting on its condition despite
his wound.
First aid was given Berg and
the other two men who had been
hit. They were Ensign David G..
Assard of Terryville, Conn, hit
on the left hand, and Aviation
Technician Edward Benko, Chi
cago, hit on the left arm.
Meanwhile. the planes posi-
tion and condition were radioed
to the home base at Kodiak and
the plane was brought in for a
landing on Tundra at st. Law
renee Island.
Our bomb bay tank exploded
half way through our landing, .
1t. Fischer said.
The flames were high and
the men were burned on their
faces and hands as they escaped
through emergency exits. One
man broke an ankle diving out
Iof the plane. He thought it was
going to explode"
Natives Meet Men
Natives from the village of
Gambell who had seen the burn
ing plane coming down, met the
men on the beach. taking the
entire crew to Gambell.
An Air Rescue Service plane
from Ladd Air Force base was
waiting at GambeIl and, after
treatment was given the burned
and wounded, flew the IL men
to Fairbanks. 1t. Fischer and
the other three who were not
injured returned to Kodiak.
1t. Fischer said he had only
the highest praise for his crew
members.
'There was no panic. No one
worried. It was a perfectly func-
tioning crew under the worst
possible conditions"
Three Others Unhurt
Three other men escaped
without wounds or burns. They
were 1t. q. g. David M. Lock-
hard, Alameda, Calf; 1t. q. g.
George T. Sloan, Oakland. Calf,
and Aviation Technician John
Francis Rump, Maiden, Mass.
In addition to the wounded,
treatment for other injuries are
being given at Fairbanks to
these crewmen:
Aviation Machinist Mate
Thaddeus Maziarz. Oakland,
Calf; Chief Aviation Electronics
Technician Elmer r. Janke,
Alameda, Calf: Airman Tech
nician Charles w. Shields, Claw
son, Mich, and Sonnek.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
MARINES
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First the Midwest was approved;
then a general locality north OF
Kansas City," and finally Chi
cago. The time will be decided
later.
This evening many Of the
groups viii hold a cruise on the
Potomac. The 1st Marine Divi-
sion Association has as its presi-
dent, Col. L. Wallace Scott.
Cruise Set Tonight, v
The 3rd Division program is
taking place in the Raleigh Hotel,
This unit was commanded by
Gen. Shepherd, when it was
Iactivated on September 16, 1912.
Its honorary presidents are Gen.
A. H. Turnage and G. B. Erskine,
and its president is 1t. Gen. e.
A. Craig, USMC, retired.
The 5th Division, meeting in
the Statler. is presided over by
1t. Gen. Keller E. Rockey, re-
tired, whose arrival last night
by airplane. was delayed. His
message was typical of all the
units, as he said in part:
1T is eminently fitting that
we assemble periodically to keep
alive the memory and spirit of
our fine division and to renew
the friendships formed while
serving therein. Let us remem-
Der the comrades who gave their
lives on the field of battle and
Ilet us hold tenaciously to those
principles for which they so
bravely fought and died"
The 5th Marine Corps Division
Association chose Miami for its
1886 convention at a business
meeting today in the Hotel
|Statler.
Koch to Head Group
The association elected Dun
can Koch of Williamsburg, Va,
as its president for the coming
year.
The members heard a report
on their scholarship fund from
|Beldon Lidyard Of Marine head
quarters. The association has
$4,000 in its fund. It hopes to
bring this to $4,000. at which
point the Ford Foundation may
add as much more.
The fund is for scholarships
for sons and daughters of 5th
Division Marines who lost their
lives in World War II. A check
revealed that 354 fathers were
killed, all on Two Jima. They
left 578 children, most of them
now in their early teens. The as
sociation has had 200 letters
from widows or guardians of
these children in application for
scholarships.
The first recipient of a scho-
larship was Bryan Isaacs, son
of 1t. Leonard Isaacs of New
Orleans. Mai. Iidyard reported
he is finishing his first year at 4
Columbia University with excep-
tional marks.
The second recipient Of a j
scholarship. Miss Mary jeanne
Butler, daughter Of 1t. Col. John
Butler of Mobile. Ala, win start
college this fall at Springhill
College in Mobile.
Evening star., 1955-06-25

lis certain that there are some
people who know something
which would be of value to
police, but have not come for
ward with their stories.
He again appealed for infor-
nation from anyone who may
have heard or seen anything in
the area between 1880 am. and
9 am. to get in touch with po-
lice, a 45-minute leeway both
ways from the time police have
set for the crime-8:l5 am.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
By the Associated Press

KODIAK. Alaska, June Is up
The Russian bullets which
wounded three United State.
Navy flyers Wednesday noon ane
forced their patrol bomber tc
land in flames on a Bering Sea
island came without warning.
Four of the IL men aboard
Jail of whom escaped with vary
ing but minor burns and wounds
returned here yesterday ano
lit. Richard H. Fischer of Pitts
|burgh. Pa, commander of the
plane. reported there was no OPP
Iportunity to avoid or return the
|gunfire.
He said the bullets ripped
Through the left wind and fuse
|lage. '-injuring three men" just
Jas the gunner. Aviation Ordnance
Man Donald E. Sonnek of Min
Inesota Lake. Mimi, reported
sighting an airplane.
The bullets ripped holes in the
wing and set it afire. others tore
chunks out of the fuselage and
Istruck three men or whizzed past
the heads of the others.
fNo explanation was inn
mediately available to the fact
1t. Gen. Joseph H. Atkinson,
commander in chief of the
Alaska defense command, said
the injuries were from cannon
shell fragments. 1t. Fischer
repeatedly said the plane was
struck by machine gun bullets.
Gen. Atkinson's remarks were
made after visiting the
wounded airmen.
Lt. Fischer also reported
only one MIG was involved,
while Pentagon sources said the
plane had been fired upon by
two MIGs.)
mo one panicked," 1t. Fischer
said in an interview, and the
plane veered sharply east into
IA cloud, beginning an immedi-
ate descent from its 5000 foot
level.
The Russian MIG, so identi-
fed by 1t. Sonnek, made only
one pass and disappeared.
First Aid Given
The left engine stopped and
1t. Fischer feathered the prop,
starting the long pull toward
st. Lawrence Island, 40 miles to
the northeast. Flames ate
steadily at the wing, 1t. Fischer
said. and Aviation Ordnance
Man Martin E. Berg, who had
been struck by bullets on the
left side of his back. kept re-
Evening star., 1955-06-25
'BIKINIS POPULAR
WITH ROMAN GIRLS
1000 YEARS. AGO

LONDON tNANA).-
Bikinis are nothing new.
Roman girls wore them in
Britain some 1000 years ago.
At an exhibition here of
Roman relics dug up in the
city. a pair Of super-brief
bikinis in black were shown.
Said Norman Cook, an
official: Yes, they're Roman
bikinis. Roman girls were
quite fond of them"
Evening star., 1955-06-25
PROPOSALS

cow, OF DIST. OF COL, DIR.
1855, SEALED PROPOSALS viii
pc reed, in Rim. 4o4. 499 Pa. Ave,
DIST, July q. 1856. and then pub-
licly opened and read for Main. a
1mpVt. Clocks. Bells, Alarms and
IeiephCneS In Ninety -Four tY4)
Public Schools. Proposal forms and
specns, obtainabie. without charge,
ron supervisor, Contr. q Bond
RIM. 406, 49e Pa. Ave, NV. iTei
Ma. $4,000. Ext. 23Is.l
, te%2,2S,24,26,27,2S
Evening star., 1955-06-25
|FHA Controls
Project in Bid TO
|RegainWindfaII

NEWARK. N. j., June Is tP.-
The government has taken the
first concrete action toward re-
covery of alleged "windfalrs
housing profits throughout the
Nation.
In test case involving Linz
wood Park. Inc. Of Fort Lee. the
Federal Housing Authority yes
|terday assumed control Of the
board of directors at Linwoods
after months Of preliminary
jousting in the courts.
FILA promptly set a meeting
for next Friday in Camden I'd
elect new officers Of the board
and consider possible action to
|get back the alleged ''windfalls
the difference between the
amount of loan received for
building from the government
and the amount actually spent
for construction.
$2.4 Million Profit Cited
In Linwood Park. a 1,400 unit
project. FILA contended its pro-
moterS made a profit of So. .426,-
1921 on an FHA-insured loan Of
$s,875,o0
Leonard Sarner of Tenafly and
his brother, Maurice of Teaneck,
lost their places on the three
member board and were replaced
by Michael Albert of Camden
land Clarence E. Cramer of ABB
Secon, FILA staff men carrying
the majority vote. Sidney Sar-s,
ner of Tenaf1y. another brother
who serves as president Of the
corporation, remained on the
board.
Win Court Ruling D.
The court decision giving the
Government the green light on
the Linwood Park development.
came April Is in Federal Court
at Newark. The court held that
FILA, as preferred stockholder
in projects which it insured. may
take control if there have been
violations of the corporate char
ters. That ruling is being ap-
pealed by Linwood.
Frank j. Meistrell, general
FHA counsel, has said the Gov
ernment. if successful in the
LinWood Park case, will take i'm
mediate action against other
corporations the FILA accuses Of
violating the section 608 char.
ters.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Belgrade to Hear Nehru

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June
I25 R.-The official Belgrade
radio announced today that In
|dia's Prime Minister Nehru will
address a joint session of the
Yugoslav Parliament during his
visit here early next month.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
PHOTOGRAPHER
HAS SNAPPED
10 PRESIDENTS

WHITEFIELD, N. H., June
25 P) Presidents come and
go but 74-year-old Arnold
Belcher of East Kingston
always seems to get around
to photographing them.
When the President posed
for MIR. Belcher yesterday at
Profile Lake while on a New
England tour it marked the
10th President the former
Boston Globe photographer
has snappe6
~, sia ii
to pos i aiter being told that
Mr. Belciaef had photo
graphed pine previous pres-
idents. s'.
Wonderful" the Presfs
dent was quoted as saying as
Mr.. Belcher took his picture.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
Apple Shipments Stort

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, June
rs R).-The first shipments of
the 1855 apple crop have moved
out of the Appalachian belt,
bringing prices averaging about
the equivalent of SIS per bushel.
Evening star., 1955-06-25
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lat peak hours if the expressways
lare congested. An opinion ex.
pressed earlier was that express.
ways relieve congestion fol
awhile. then generate more traf.
fic and lead to the need for more
Iexpressways.
The automobile, Mr.. EmmericI
said, is in process of defeating
itself if it is not supplemented
by some economical means oil
mass transit.
Corwin r. Mocine, Oakland
tCalif.) City planning engineer
"a speaker at the concluding ses-
sion of the seminar. took the
same position as the others.
Instead of providing more
miles Of freeways or expressways
with their attendant problems
|of local street congestion and
costly downtown parking facil-
|ities. he asked, would this not be
better: To spend the next $50
million or so on a transit system? ?
This system must be capable Of
attracting automobile owners
who would use public transit if
1t were sufficiently fast and
convenient.
Another point made was that
transit problems can't be solved
Just by themselves. Mr.. Emmer-
|ich stressed the need of larger
areas Of planning and admins
tration than are now provided
in the existing historical politj-
cal units.
Chicago Example Cited
Discussion brought out steps
being taken in Chicago with its
Congress Street ExpresSway to
speed not only auto traffic but
transit trains. The expressway,
now being constructed, is an
open cut across the west side to.
the edge of the loop. It is to be
bridged for cross streets.
1t will offer divided highway
for automobiles. The middle
strip will be used by rapid transit
trains which. at the end Of theI
expressway, viii enter the down
town subway.
The point was made that thel
rapid transit facility will bene-i