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denied the SPY charge. The
United Nations Assembly SUBJ
sequently condemned the Chi
nese action and called Tor the
release of all L. n. personnel
held since the Korean war.
Dulles Sends Message
The release ot the four all
men followed five months Of III
tense diplomatic activity by L. N
Secretary General Dag Ham.
marskiold and diplomats OF
Britain. Sweden and India. Mr
HammarSk iold and Indian fol-
eien policy expert V. K. Krishna
A1enon both made trips 10 Pei
rin. to see Chinese Premier
Chou En-iai.
United States Secretary OF
State Dulles yesterday sent mes
.aCes to Mr.. Hammarskiold and
Indian Prime Minister Nehru e.
pressing his appreciation for thei!
efforts on behalf of the flyers
L. N officials said letter
from Mr.. Chou to Mr. Ham
marskjold had raised hopes OF
early release for the remainins
II flyers. Reports from WASH
:ngton said Mr.. Menor also had
advised the State Department
that the freeing of the four air
men was only the first step the
Popping regime plans to ease
Far East tensions and improve
relations with the United Ststes
Shot Down in Combat
The four released men are all
let pilots. They were captured
individually after being shot
down in combat. The Red Chi
nese said all were taken inside
R1anchuria. United States
military authorities said they
had been downed in North Ko-
yea while on missions near the
border.
Red China has maintained
that her soldiers fighting in
Korea were volunteers and that
Manchuria, therefore, was neu-
trail country, immune to attack
U. N. airmen fighting in the
Korean war were under orders
not to cross the Red Chinese
frontier. But officers said many
air battles were so close to the
border that a falling plane OF
parachute could have drifted
across the Yalu River into Man.
churia.
The Peiping radio broadcast
disclosing the release of the foul
said all had made flights across
the Yalu under orders" to at
tack Red Chinese aircraft or tt
"perpetrate harassing and pro-
vocative activities"
After capture" it added, al
the defendants admitted the
facts given above"
"Remorse" Reported
Taking into consideration
the fact that the defendants
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Union Veteran WooIson
Enters HospituI Aqoin

DULUTH. MINI, May 81 up,
Albert Woolson. 108. last sur
viving Union Army soldier Of the
Civil War, was hospitalized early
today with bronchial pneumonia,
An attendant at st. Lukes Hos
pital said Mr.. Woolson was rest
ing quietly and that his condition
had improved slightly since his
arrival at 2:15 am. He was placed
in All oxygen tent.
His general condition was re-
garded as fair. Mr.. Woolson, who
visited the grave of his wife
yesterday. appeared to be in
about the same condition as
when he was hospitalized for
a week last February due to a
similar condition.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
When Freed Flyers Sing,
Who Cares About Words?

HONG KONG. May 81 (P.-
-Four weary men came out OF
Red China today.
Gee, it's wonderful n be back, >
Capt. Harold Fischer, jr., of
Swea City, Iowa, told an Amer
ican Red Cross representative 5
he and three other American
flyers imprisoned for 'wo years
by Red China crossed the Dorder
north of here.
1t Col. John Norcross, United
States medical officer. examined
all four and said they we're in
"very good physical shape
The men were taken to the
Jockey Club in Kowloor on the
mainland to change from the
faded blue Chinese uniforms
they were wearing.
The other three are 1t. Lyle
w. Cameron, Lincoln, Nebr.; 1t.
Col. Edwin Heller, Wynnewood,
Pa, and 1t. Roland w. Parks.
Omaha.
Sings to Tune of Banjo
1t. Cameron saw a banjo on
a shelf at the jockey club and
yelled:
What shall we sing, boys?"
One of the flyers, already in
the shower. beloved back, Let's
sing Gross Over the Bridge"
1t. Cameron strummed the
banjo and they all hummed,
but nobody could remember any
words but "cross over the bridge. e
So they all burst out with that
about every IS seconds and then
went back to humming.
Col. Heller was handed letter
from his wife He walked little
to one side tn read it.
CHANGED into fresh shirts and
Slacks. the men were taken to
Kaitak Airport. There they
boarded the Bataan. the famous
C-54 IDC-4, which used to be
Gen. Douglas MacArthur'S per-
sonal plane, for a flight to Homo
lIllilu and reunion with their
families. Plotted by Capt. Boyd
A. Smith of Odom, Tex. 1t will
so via Wake Island and possibly
Guam or Kwajaleir.
Evening star., 1955-05-31
Warren to Get Deqree

Chief Justice Warren will re-
ceive an honorary doctorate of
laws at Lafayette College June
0. The chief justice will be the
speaker at commencement exer-
cises.
Evening star., 1955-05-31

north for new homes in the
free south.
Elements of the French Navy's
Far East fleet will stand by of
Haiphong to take aboard those
who wish to move southwark.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-12
Bid Opening Extension Denied for Big Project
 At ElmendOrf Air Base

ANCHORAGE R.-The office of the Alaska district engineer has announced that contractors re- quests for extension of the bid opening date or a huge project at Elmendorf Air Force Base has been turned down.
 The project covers some seven million dollars in construction work at Elmendorf, including the extension and strengthening of runways, the construction of hard stands, and truck fill stand, blast pads and heavy warmup pads, air field and taxiway lighting, and a multiple outlet fueling hydrant
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-12
Polish Attache Arrested In Berlin for Spying

PARIS, lR-French officials an- nounced that polish military at- tache was arrested last week for spying in the French sector of West Berlin.
 The officials said the attache was released after his passport and identity had been verified.
 A government spokesman said the arrest was ordered by French authorities in Berlin when they caught him in the act of engaging in espionage. The precise nature of the activity was not described.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-12
Delegate Proposes 16 Senatorial Districts for State of Alaska

FAIRBANKS, LP-A delegate to the Constitutional Convention has jumped with both feet into the murky problem of reapportion- ment by proposing Is senatorial districts be set up for Alaska.
 Jack Hinkle's step came in the wake of numerous proposals to leave things pretty much as they are The Anchorage delegates pro- posal, No. AZ, was referred to the Committee on Apportiopment.
 This committee, is reportedly thinking seriously about changing current boundaries for fuller rep resentation.
 Hinkle would carve Alaska into 16 legislative districts, with one senator from each plus four at large.
 The proposal includes instruc- ton to the first state legislature to appoint commission to study possible relocation of legislative and senatorial boundaries to con- form to geographical characteris- tics and economic areas. Hinckle's proposal would empower the leg islature to change boundaries.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-12
Parents Invited to See Sky Pilots Squadron Meeting & Movie Tonight

The local Sky Pilots Squadron at Nome Gospel Home is made up now of four flights of about five boys each, and there are still other boys in "boot camp" Boot camp training includes the learning of 10 well-known Bible verses.
 Other activities besides the making of models include drill and inspection.
 Major Glynn Dean, who is a Sky Pilot officer, announces a special invitation to parents of Sky Pilots to attend the meeting tonight in which they can observe the drill and inspection periods and also see a preview of the off cial Sky Pilot film, COMBAT"
 Parents are also invited to an- other special meeting on Squadron Night, next Monday, Dec. 19. At that time there will be held a court of honor, besides other ac- tivities of the local squadron.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-12
Clement Atlee Officially Conferred an EarldOm

LONDON, R-It's official now: Former Prime Minister Clement Attlee, who just resigned the lead ership of the Labor Party, is Earl Attlee. His wife Violet is Countess Attlee.
 The new countess disclosed last Friday. that Queen Elizabeth II, who conferred an earldom on her former first minister as soon as he stepped down from leadership of the minority party in the House of Commons, has approved final formalities including his exact title
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-12
Canadian Ducks Migrate Earliest on Record

WINNIPEG R-Ducks Unlimit- ed reported Saturday that the earliest southward migrations of waterfowl on record.
 Ducks and geese flew south around Oct. 29 and 30, just before the big storm Oct 31 which her aided the approach of winter.
 Hardy mallards and Canada Geese stuck around while longer, but another cold spell sent them winging Nov. '.
 The last flight reported by Chief naturalist Bert Cartwright was Nov l, when Canada geese were heard while southbound at night over Winnipeg.
The Nome nugget., 1955-12-12

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Evening star., 1955-10-16
Grand Canyon
CONTINUED

4Dickenson County held It's tirst
Masonic meeting on top Of the Tow
ers," recalled Sid Siddens. Haysi
coal company executive and head Of
the Breaks Park Association, adding:
.'For some Of those middle-aged
businessmen, It must have been q
puffln' good climbl"
He had driven Us from Eikhorn City
the few miles to the park. Route 30.
paved and winding, leads to the park
from both the Haysi and Eikhorn City
approaches)
The Breaks area is drenched IN
romantic legend. according TO Mr.
Siddens. In hidden cave. some
where in the Towers, Shawnee Indians
hid their wives and children during
their wars with the Cherokees. An
Indian maid and her lover supposedly
jumped into the gorge from Lovers
Leap" one OF the dozen lookouts In
the park.
Dedicated last month. the park, for
a starter, has $4,000 from each state
for the development bill. At present,
. ard-packed dirt road runs through
II, wooden steps and rails lead TO
some Of the lookouts and two springs
provide drinking water. Trails, an
amphitheater, lookout markers, rest.
rooms. picnic tables. fireplaces and
the digging Of 600-foot well are
yet TO come.
Though It's more than q 4O0-mile
ride from washington to the park.
the roads are good. and Southwest
Virginia Is now wonderland Of colors
And, II the canyon isn't enough to
lure you, there's q chance there's
precious ore In them. thar hills. As
Mr.. Giddens remarked. leaning pre-
cariously over q 2,O00-foot ledge:
I'm going to get q oeiger counter.
I'll bet there's uranium down there!"
Evening star., 1955-10-16

southern gateway to the gorge, we
rode In the open. rail-inclosed front
OF the diesel. As the train moved
northward. the track hugged. the
mountainside 200 feet above Russell
Fork "a branch Of Kentucky's Big
Sandy River), which limped feebly
over Its boulder bed, dry summer
reducing 1t to mere trickle Of its
former raging self. To the West was
Jefferson National Forest, and across
the river to the East was Breaks Park.
To our left q white e-tailed deer bounded
from the trackside into the brush and
on our right teals skinned the river.
We craned our necks to see the tops
Of The Breaks famed Towers and
Chimneys. passed through the State
Line Tunnel where, It's said. back In
prohibition days. nloonshiners stopped
trains at large opening, overlooking
the river, In the middle of the tunnel.
to load ON booze disguised as freight.
A tourist could have followed our
trip from Breaks Park across the way.
And we wondered how we looked to
those who peered down, II seemed
from here. from the clouds themselves.
In short time we knew. As we
stood at Twin Lookouts 1.-TWO rock
slabs that jut out over the canyonD
In Breaks Park, the returning freight
seemed toy, no bigger than the one
around your Christmas tree. From
L..~ -, R..,.r kf...a. = ktevys au ftno
washington Monument, the canyon
can be seen in all its splendor. For
miles around the Cumberland Noun
tains' peaks poked up. o majestic
link In the Allegheny chain.
The Towers, to the West, looked
Hike huge leafy sombrero, the river
making q mile horseshoe turn around
Its broad base A bald eagle circled
Its l,80O-foot summit.
Evening star., 1955-10-16

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Evening star., 1955-03-07
BY the Assoeioted Press

LANCASTER, Pa, Mar. T.
A young motorist, who drove for
AZ miles down the wrong side of
the Pennsylvania Turnpike at
speeds up to 100 miles per hour,
was killed last night when he
crashed into a tractor trailer
set up as a roadblock.
Dozens of motorists we're
forced off the toll highway dur
ing the wild ride as the car,
sometimes without headlights,
roared down the road. One car
went down a deep embankment,
State police reported, but the
occupants were not injured.
The 40-minute chase ended
with the fugitive car ramming
the trailer truck at 80 miles an
hour. State police said the
driver, identified as Kenneth
Shelly, 81, of Lititz, Pa, appar-
emily made no attempt to apply
his brakes. Shelly died in a
hospital two hours later.
1t. Walter E. Price Of the
State police. said Shelly's car hit
the trailer with such impact that
it crashed under the truck and
continued on for at least 10 feet.
1t. Price told this story:
Shelly entered the turnpike
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Son, Al, Is Accused of Robbing
His Father, 20, at Point of Gun

his fathers home about 8 am.
yesterday, pulled a gun, and de-
manded money. The father
handed him his wallet contain
ing $94. and the son took all but
81.
Before leaving Keyworth
threatened to kill his father If
he reported the robbery to po-
lice.
Capt. Rector said Keyworth's
mother told police that her son
had called her to say he had
wrecked his car near Charles
Town, w. Va. She and Mr..
Birch have been divorced for 26
years.
Capt. Rector said Birch had a
record dating back to 1947
which includes convictions for
assault. disorderly conduct. and
drunkenness.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Woman and Four Men
Die in Illinois Crash
By the Assoeiated Pres,

DWIGHT, ILL.,. Mar. Five
persons were killed and one crit
ically injured in an auto collision
last night at the icy intersection
of Routes AZ and 66 near here.
Dead are Laverne Heele, 26, OF
Dwight, the driver of one car;
Vincent L. Craddock, %, of Pom
tiac. ILL.,; Clarence Peterson, 80,
OF Dwight; Raymond Sassenger,
35. of Dwight, all passengers in
Mr.. Heeles car. and Mrs. Felicia
Polczanis. 20, of Chicago.
Dwight is about 20 miles south
west of Chicago.
Mrs. Polczanis was riding with
Ralph Denge, 27, of Des PLANES,
Ill. Mr.. Denge suffered a double
skull fracture, lacerations and
other injuries.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Fatal Crash on turnpike Cops
Wild Chase in Wronq Lane

at the Lebanon-Lancaster inter-
change at a speed estimated at
so miles per hour without STOP
ping to pick up a toll ticket. He
headed westbound in the proper
lane for eight miles and then
pulled into a service station.
AN officer asked him for his
drivers license and he handed
it over. Then he roared of,
travelling east in the westbound
lane.
Two patrol cars took up the
chase in the eastbound- lane,
travelling at speeds up to 100
miles per hour When he turned
off his lights. the patrol cars
picked him up with their spot
lights, one travelling ahead Of
him and one behind That prob
ably saved many lives"
1t. Price said Shelly died
without giving any reason for
his actions.
Records at the State Mental
Hospital in Harrisburg disclosed
Shelly was a patient for various
periods from July. 1851, to Au-
gust, 1854. He was released re-
Gently in the protective custody
Of his parents.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
By Gornett D. Horner

President Eisenhower today
organized the exclusive Society
of the Remagen Bridge and pre-
sented membership certificates
to a small group of the Army's
heroes of the dramatic seizure
of the bridgehead across the
Rhine 10 years ago today.
Remarking that le had or
ganized the society on his own
responsibility. the President said
awarding the membership GER
tif1cates was his way of saying
my own little personal thank
you" to all of the Army, Navy
and Air Force men who helped
win victory in World War II.
The certificates were signed by
Mr.. Eisenhower as President of
the United States and as 1945
Supreme Commander of the Al
lied Expeditionary Force.
Those honored included the II
living men of the 13 who re-
ceived Distinguished Service
Crosses for the bridgehead seiz-
ure operation and three others
who as officers played leading
roles at various levels of COM
mand.
First Man Across HOn0red.
Alex A. Drabik of Toledo, Ohio,
was the first man to whom the
President handed a certificate.
"As far as I am concerned,
this makes you the first mem
ber," Mr.. Eisenhower told him.
Mr.. Drabik, then a sergeant,
was the first man across the
bridge.
Another of those honored was
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Eisenhower Honors Soldiers
Who Took Rhine Bndqeheod
Organizes Society of Remogen Bridge
On 10th Anniversary of Exploit

Charles Windsor Miller of 2606
Newton street, Silver Spring,
Md, who as a first lieutenant
led a tank platoon of the 9Th
Armored Division across the
bridge, and helped establish the
first Allied bridgehead across the
Rhine. Mr.. Miller is vice presi-
dent of Frederick w. Berens,
Inc, mortgage bankers, and
manager of the firms Silver
Spring office.
After presenting the certif1-
Gates, the President had some of
the men sit with him at the
table where his Cabinet usually
meets, and others line up behind
him for a group picture.
Mr.. Miller, sitting at the Pres
ident's right, remarked to the
President that "I never thought
that incident would bring an ex-
perience like this"
Has Photographer Pose.
The President then noticed in
the group making pictures Bill
Allen, Associated Press photog-
rapher, who was making pictures
at the Remagen bridgehead the
day after its capture, and called
to Mr.. Allen to get in the picture
himself.
Secretary of the Army Stevens
presented the Remagen group to
the President.
1t. Gen. John w. Leonard.
retired, who commanded the 9Th
Armored Division which forced
the bridgehead, received a GER
tificate for himself and another
for all the officers and men of the
9th Armored, with instructions
to send it to the present division
headquarters at Fort Knox.
Others who were present we're:
Col Leonard w. Engeman, COM
mander of the 14th Tank Bat
TALON which spearheaded the
crossing, who is now stationed
at Camp Kilmer. N. j., and En-
met j. Burrows, Jersey City. N. j.,
who commanded a platoon that
helped hold the bridgehead.
The II DISC winners are Mr..
Drablk. Mr.. Miller, Sergt. lJc
Joseph Delisio, Bronx, N. Y,
now stationed at Fort Totten,
N. Y: George P. Soumas, Perry,
Iowa; William j. Goodson,
Pendleton, Ind; Hugh Mott,
Nashville. Tenn; Eugene Dor
land, Manhattan. Kans.; Joseph
S. Petrencsik, Cleveland, Ohio;
Anthony Samele, Bronx. N. Y;
Michael Chinchar. Saddle River
Township, N. j., and John Grim
ball, Columbia, S. c.
Evening star., 1955-03-07

A man robbed his 70-year-old
father of $50 at gunpoint yes
terday, Arlington police were told
today.
Police learned of the holdup
from the victims former wife,
who called to ask that her son be
arrested.
Capt. Dudley H. Rector, head
of the detective bureau, said the
father did not report the robbery
to police because the son had
threatened to kill him If he did.
Capt. Rector said a warrant
will be issued for Keyworth
Birch. al, who has been living
with his mother in the 400 block
of H street S.W. The father,
Albert c. Birch, lives at 2761
North Quebec street.
Arlington police received this
account from the victim:
Keyworth Birch walked into
Evening star., 1955-03-07

.6%PayRisefor
u. ). Workers
Boost for Classified
Group Would Include
D. C., 'HiII' Employees
By Joseph Young

Chairman Murray of the
House Civil Service COMMITTEES
today sponsored legislation to
increase the salaries of Govern
ment classified employees by a
fiat 6 per cent.
The Tennessee Democrats
bill also would include District
Government classified workers
and legislative and judicial
workers.
Mr.. Murray said the COM
mittee would start hearings on
classified pay raise legislation
next week.
The House committee last
week approved an average rs
per cent pay raise bill for postal
workers.
Explains Figure.
Mr.. Murray said he felt his 6
per cent pay raise bill for classi-
fled employees was fair, since is
per cent of the rs per cent postal
pay raise bill was concerned with
reclassification and not with a
fiat pay raise.
The administration has pro-
posed a per cent pay raise for
classified employees.
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee has approved a 10 per
cent average pay raise for classi-
fled workers and a fiat 10 per
cent boost for postal workers, the
increases to be retroactive to
January /.
Sees Veto Unlikely.
Administration officials have
warned that President Eisen-
hover would veto a 10 per cent
bill on the grounds that it was
too costly.
Mr.. Murray declared he felt
sure his 6 per cent classified pay
raise bill would not incur the
Presidents veto.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Marie Natvig
Indictedo Nine
PerjjurYCounts
Turnubout Witness
Accused of Lying at
Lamb FEC Inquiry
By l. Edgor Primo

Mrs. Marie Natvig, a turnabout
witness in the Lamb case. today
was indicted by Federal grand
jury here on nine counts of per-
Jury.
The first count held that Mrs.
Natvig lied when she testified
on February 9 that Walter R.
Powell, jr., former FEC attorney
who handled the Lamb case, had
"coerced" her into giving prior
false testimony regarding Mr.
Lambs alleged Communist con-
nections.
The indictment, which was re-
turned before United States Dis
trict Judge Charles F. McLaugh-
lin, charged that the 51-year-old
divorcee lied nine times last
month in recanting her testi-
mony against Edward o. Lamb
at a hearing before a Federal
Communications Commission ex-
aminer.
Mr.. Lamb, a Toledo (Ohio)
publisher -broadcaster, is seeking
renewal of his television license
in Erie, Pa. Last November Mrs.
Natvig testified that she knew
him as a member of the Com
munist Party. but swore this was
false when she returned to the
stand in February. Mr.. Lamb
has denied any Communist af-
filiations.
Bench Warrant Issued.
None of the counts of the
indictment dealt specifically with
the question of whether the
witness lied when she alleged
that Mr.. Lamb at one time had
Communist connections.
Judge Mclaughlin ordered a
bench warrant issued for the
arrest of Mrs. Natvig and set
bail at $2,500, following the sug-
gestion of j. Frank Cunningham,
q Justice Department attorney.
Mr.. Cunningham told news
men that he does not know Mrs.
Natvig's whereabouts.
The maximum penalty for per-
jury is $4,000 fine and five
Evening star., 1955-03-07
B-36 Crashes, Burns;
None Badly Hurt
BY the Associated Pre-"

LIMESTONE, Me-, Mar. T.
An Air Force B-36 crashed and
burned last night on a snow
drifted runway at Loring Air
Force Base, but officials said all
II crewmen on the 10-engine
bomber escaped serious injury.
Col. Jackson w. Lewis, base
commander, said "Those boys
were very lucky. The very thing
that caused the accident appar-
emily also saved their lives"
Col. Lewis said the plane. at
tempting a landing in a snow
storm. hit snowbank and
burned.
The colonel said the snow ap-
parently cushioned the impact
and helped slow the spread OF
fires igniting in fuel supplies
He said there was no ammuni-
ton aboard.
1t was difficult, Col. Lewis
added, to say what caused the
outbreak of fire. He said thick
weather often makes it difficult
to pinpoint the exact altitude OF
a plane approaching ground
| level.