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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
Gains Reported
On Atom Plane
BY the Associated Press

Senator Jackson, Democrat OF
Washington. said yesterday he
was well pleased" with progress
on the atornic-powered aircraft
project after a secret brieflns
today by high Air Force officials
Air Force Secretary Quarles
and top officers Of the service
appeared before Senate House
Atomic Energy Subcommittee
headed by Senator jackson to
report on the project.
Asked about reports that a
B-36 bomber out OF a Fort
Worth. Tex, base was flying
with some sort of atomic equip
ment in 1t to test devices for
shielding the crew from radia-
ton Senator Jackson consulted
WITH Air Force officers and an
swered:
Some tests of certain atomic
equipment are being made with
a B-36 at Fort Worth. Beyond
that I can't say anything. But
we do not have an atomic
powered nuclear-powered air
craft yet"
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eastward flights across the Pa
cific, to veer into Russian terri
tory.
Soviet Russia has protested
that the balloons are being used
for military reconnaissance.
The Soviet government news
paper IZvestia said In Moscow
yesterday that a wolf-hunting
Kazakh shepherd had found q
balloon near the border Of Outer
Mongolia and received . reward
for his vigilance.
The latest balloon was
launched THURSDAY. The Navy
said there had been no signal
from its automatic radio trans
mitter since early today.
When last heard. the balloon
was over the Chukotski PENN
Sula Of Siberia, the Navy said.
Tt travelled too far north over
the night and while over the
Boring Sea was caught up in
westerly air eurrents," the Navy
said.
ut was last reported at 1900
feet and well out Of normally
travelled routes. 1t is rugged to
stay at that height until a para
chute is engaged carrying the
balloons gondola to earth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
U. S. HeIieopter Crosh
Kills Four in Mexico

CANANEA, Sonora, Mexico,
Feb. Is pa United States
Navy helicopter crashed into the
side of a hill west of here Thurs
day. killing the pilot. a Navy
man from Norfolk Naval Air Sta
ton in Virginia, and three Mexi-
can passengers.
At Norfolk, the pilot was iden-
titled as Joel E. Westernfield
chief electronicsman of Jackson
willie. Fla, who had been in serv-
ice about 20 years.
The helicopter was on a ferry
flight from Norfolk to San Diego,
Calf. It stopped at the Bisbee-
Douglas Airport to refuel. and an
employe there said the pilot ap-
parently was taking the other
three men on a goodwill hop.
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u. S. CAT Reported
SIGHTED Near Madrid

MADRID. Spain. Feb. Is tPl.--
"A United States Air Force CAT
transport. missing since yester-
day with six men attached to the
American Military Mission here,
was reported sighted in the
rugged 8.000-foot Guadarrama
Mountains today.
The rescue command post at
Getafe Air Base here said the
report did not tell whether the
plane had crashed or whether
there was any sign of survivors
officials said they were trying to
confirm the report but a blind
ing snow storm over Cerro de
San Pedro Mountain north of
Madrid made communications
Idifficult. The area is near the
village Of Talmaca del Jarama,
about 80 miles north of Madrid.
The plane was en- route from
Chateauroux, France. to Getafe
Air Base and was last heard
from at 6 pm. yesterday. when
1t acknowledged landing instruc-
tons from the control tower
here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
Tulks Continue
At Westinghouse
BY the Associated Press

Mediators met again today to
try for a settlement of the 1872
day Westinghouse strike.
Representatives Of the West
inghouse Electric Corp. gathered
first with the mediation panel.
officials of the International
Union of Electrical Workers
arranged to come into the session
later.
The meeting was closed and
officials declined comment on
whether progress has been made.
The talks--described as an all
out effort to end the dispute
began here Monday after previ-
Gus attempts failed.
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melting SHOWS threatened vii
lagos and farms.
A creeping landslide at Vasto.
Italy. continued to engulf the
community as streams of slush
poured down the mountainside.
-Four hundred villagers were
homeless. Others were being
evacuated.
Springlike sunshine returned
to most Of the Mediterranean
area with temperatures reaching
Sc degrees in Rome and so in
Marseille.
Inland the thaw was slower
in arriving.
The United States Army shipped
5000 emergency ration packs
to fishing villages on lie de Re
OF La Rochelle, France. He'll
copters dropped food to an is
land on the icy Gironde River.
The French government
slashed gas prices 20 per cent
and eased vegetable taxes in an
attempt to ease hardships.
Northern Spain and Portugal
were blanketed under the heavi-
est snow in living memory. Tele-
phone and electrical service
across the Iberian peninsula was
crippled. Many houses collapsed
under the weight OF the snow.
Army units we're called out to
dig through snowdrifts to a pas
lsenger train stalled between the
Portuguese cities OF Oporto and
Braganza.
In England's southern counties
troops dug around the clock to
keep main traffic lanes open be-
tween the English channel ports.
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BURGESS DONATION
or $3.50 REJECTED
BY BRITISH AGENCY

LONDON (P-The Royal
National Lifeboat Institute
today turned down a gift Of
f100 t$280) from Guy Bur-
CESS, renegade British diplo-
mat who went to the Soviet
Union.
The money was payment
for an article he wrote for
the Sunday Express. Burgess
directed that the sum be
offered to the lifeboat insti-
tute, saying 1t was one OF
his favorite English char
tiles.
Earl Hover, deputy chair
man Of the institute, said
the organization always is
short of cash but "in these
circumstances the in
stitute feels compelled to
decline"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25

LONDON, Feb. Is (R.-Rescue
planes shepherded a crippled
United States Air Force Globe
master to a safe landing in Ice
land today after two dead en-
gines nearly forced her pilot to
ditch in the Atlantic.
The United States Air Force
reported that all is airmen
aboard were safe as the big four
engined transport landed at the
Air Force base at Kefiavik.
The plane was en- route from
Goose Bay. Labrador. TO Prest-
wick, Scotland. when the grim
two-hour battle with failing en-
gines began about 600 miles west
of Iceland.
Air-sea rescue planes were dis
patched from Kefiavik after the
pilot radioed he was losing alti-
tude and was considering ditch
ing in the sea.
Later the pilot meSsaged he
was managing. to nurse the craft
along on the two remaining en-
gines.
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T okomu School Bus
Token for Joyride
BY Walter Reed al

Army Pfc. James Edgar Bagby.
20. a Walter Reed Hospital am
bulance driver, today was turned
over to military authorities on a
charge of stealing a school bus
which he said he took for a
drive"
Bagby was arrested yesterday
in Fredericksburg. Va.
when the spare tire rack on the
bus sprang open and created
such a noise it attracted a rowing
police car.
He told police there he was
taking the bus to Richmond to
pick up a load Of school children
to return them for a tour of the
Washington Zoo.
The bus was taken from the
Seventh Day Adventist grounds
at 6s40 Eastern avenue. Takoma
Park, and its theft was reported
to Takoma Park police.
Bagby later told police he had
had a few drinks and lust got
the urge" to go for a drive when
he looked into the parked bus
lin Takoma Park and noted the
keys were in the ignition lock.
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Syrion Plane Struck
BY Lightning, lo Die

DAMASCUS. Syria. Feb. 25 up.
Airport officials said today the
Syrian Always Dakota which
exploded in flight yesterday, kill
ing 10, was struck by lightning
The twin-engine plane crashed
about is miles from Aleppo. 1t
was en- route to Damascus.
The pilot was Greek. The
other two crewmen and Is pas
SengerS were SyrianS.
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Jet Trainer Wreckoqe
Found in California

HAMILTON AIR FORCE
BASE, Calf, Feb. Is (P.-The
wreckage of a jet training plane
in which two Air Force lieuten-
ants have been missing since last
Sunday was spotted today on the
slopes of Mount st. Helena.
The radio report to the base
from the searching helicopter
said fragments Of the plane were
seen around the area at the
5000 foot level of the 4.500-foot
peak.
Two bodies. one badly mangled
wree found in the wreckage.
The missing flyers were 1t
Wesley F. Bigelow of Laredo
Tex, the pilot. and 1t. William
H. johnson of Allentown, Pa.
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ferred to a paragraph in an
earlier directive, AR 604-10,
which reads as follows:
I'm cases where the approved
findings of boards of officers in
dictates that continued service Of
Ia member of the armed forces is
not clearly consistent with the
Interests of the national secur-
lily, he shall be separated and
the character Of his separation
shall be predicated upon a care
full consideration Of all pertinent
facts, including the gravity Of
,substantiated derogatory infor-
nation and the character Of
service performed"
Some ENCOURAGEMENT
On Capitol Hill, in the Office
of Representative Celler, Demo-
crat of New York. they spoke
with Mrs. Bess E. Dick. chief
clerk of the House Judiciary
Committee. of which Representa-
tive Celler Is the chairman. Mrs.
Dick, they said. assured them
that Representative Celler was
sympathetic" and promised he
would write letter to Secretary
Wilson. asking for an explana-
ton of the case.
Chairman Hennings Of the
Senate Constitutional Rights
Committee wrote a letter to De-
Tense Secretary Wilson on Febru-
airy 3 telling him he was
shocked" at the Army's action
against the eight soldiers. In
reply, Secretary Wilson said that.
while he was not familiar with
the case. he could promise that
mo man should be penalized on
security grounds for what he
did before he came into the serv-
ice"
i Ilc WOLuCl diC AL liOpCS via
the House Judiciary Committee
may conduct an investigation
into the question.
Count on Watts
They are counting on Roland
Watts. general counsel Of the
Civil Liberties Union and author
of the so-called Watts Report. a
documented study Of the Army's
security procedures, to write a
letter Of protest to Defense Sec
Rotary Wilson.
II these measures fail. the
women are ready to visit all Of
their individual Congressman and
try to enlist their aid in getting
the hearings stopped.
Their guys" as they referred
TO them in the press conference,
all want to finish their training
and all of them are In their Sec
ond year of service.
The women think they prob
ably will be back. because. as one
of them said. This will be q ter
rible thing II 1t happens.
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Premier BaIks
AT Call toQuif
In Hole Deaths

KHARTOUM, Sudan. Feb. IS
(R.-Premier Ismail ell Azhart
yesterday resisted demands that
he resign because of the black
hole" deaths Of 1874 tenant farm
iers in the little town Of Kosti
Tuesday night.
II will not resign and will
not await the result of the in
quiry to punish those respon-
sible." he told a newsman.
press reports received in
Cairo from Khartoum said
police arrested the Sudanese
president of the cotton grow
ers syndicate after he accused
the Sudan government Of
classifying its account Of the
deaths. He was identified as
Sheikh Mohamed ell Anime.
The Sudan lawyers syndicate
was listed as among groups
demanding the Premier's resig-
nation.)
PSI in Small Room
The farmers died in the sitting
heat Of tiny room where 281
had been imprisoned after a
clash with the police. Next
morning 1874 were dead.
The Sudan's three main news
papers demanded the Premier's
resignation as an on-the-spot
cabinet inquiry into the incident
began yesterday at Kosti, ITO
miles south Of Khartoum.
! Three survivors told news
man that the dead lay in piles
on top of each other. Blood
stains near the windows and
doors. and cuts on the arms and
legs Of the victims. indicated
THAT they had tried in their last
gasps to let some air into the
room.
The three said police guards
shouted. You had better die."
when the prisoners cried out.
Sought New Land Plan
The farmers had been impris-
oned for questioning after .
clash with the police on a local
development project. They re-
fused to hand over their cotton
crops until promised a new sys-
ITEM of land tenure and cash ad-
vances.
In a battle that followed. IL
persons are reported to have
been killed.
About 5000 students and work.
ers demonstrated in KhartpuYn
today against the government.
Police watched but no violence
occurred. Similar peaceful DEM
constructions were reported IN
Port Sudan, Wad Medani. Atbara
and other Sudan towns.
Police released another 100
farmers detained after the trou-
tbles in Kosti last Friday. That
left 1876 Of the original 600 ar
rested still in Jail.
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Four in Norfolk Plane
Die in Curibbeun

NORFOLK, Va. Feb. Is (P.-
IA Norfolk based Grammar Sen
Itlnel plane operating from the
carrier Valley Forge plunged into
the caribbean near the Virgin
Islands Thursday. killing its foul
occupants.
! They were:
1t. q. g. James Patrick Nc.
Hugh, pilot, Norfolk: Ensign
Gray D. Schlomann. co-pilot
Mount Olive. H.: George Milo
Gardner, aviation electronit
technician chief. Norfolk! Jack
Clayton Honeycutt. aviation
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been placed in a foster home
after being released from the
Tucumcari General Hospital.
A report from a medical stu
dent in Philadelphia has brought
the hurried shipment Of medical
records from there to see II he is
the boy the student treated last
summer. II so. that would make
him the son Of Carl and Sarah
Stroud OF Marshallton. Del.
Couple Sought
Amarillo. Tex. police. on a
warrant OF felonious abandon
.ment signed here. are looking for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25

REPORTS BOMBING
Tavares, Fla.-Mrs. Mabel
Norris Reese, editor of the
Mount Dora Topic, has
told a special grand jury
two bombs were exploded
in the yard of her home.
She recently has criticized
the sheriff on his law en-
forcement practices. There
was some doubt as to
whether the fragments she
showed the jurors are
pieces of bombs or, military
flares.-AP Wirephoto.
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Capitol Hill IN BODY 10 prot
scheduled to begin at Fort Dix
on March 6.
Their spokesman, Mrs. Theo-
dore Bernstein, pretty. earnest
brunette, who studied law before
her marriage to Pvt. Bernstein,
one of eight soldiers fighting the
discharges. said at a press con-
ference that they thought their
"trip from New York. undertaken
lat their own expense, had been
worth while.
Excellent" Ratings
The soldiers have already
taken their case to court and
their claim that the Army action
lis unconstitutional will be con-
sidered by Federal Judge Sylves-
ter Ryan in his New York
chambers Tuesday.
The women's group, which con-
sists Of two wives, three mothers
and one mother-in-law. were
here to seek official support for
their position that an honorable
discharge for honorable service
encompasses a property right as
well as civil rights and personal
honor. All eight soldiers have
service ratings of excellent"
THE strength and originality
Iof our case" said Mrs. Bern
stein, sis that court action has
been taken while they are still
lin the service" Federal Judge
iYoungdahl recently ruled that
civil courts under present Law
lack the authority to review
control. or compel the granting
Iof particular types Of military
service discharge certificates"
| In their effort to point out
what they called "the injustice
of the thing" they are trying
ito convince everyone possible
THAT Secretary Of Defense Will
sons security directive Of No
vember Is ruled out the posi-
bility of less than honorable
discharges for acts or associa-
tions prior to service.
| Fail to See Wilson
They were unsuccessful In
their efforts to see Mr.. Wilson.
Nor were they able to see Mans
field Sprague, an Army attorney
Ito whom Mr.. wilson's Office re-
Iferred them: or Lewis Berry.
Ialso Of the Army's legal staff, to
whom Mr.. Sprague's office re-
|ferred them, They finally sat
down with Col. Sidney S. Ruben
stein. deputy director of the
personnel security program, and
Army General Counsel Fred M.
Cougtlian.
When the women pointed out
what they called the ''incon-
Isistency" between Secretary
Wilson's November Is statement
and his action against their
Husbands. sons and brother.
they said that they were re-
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Route

| The Wanderbirds Hiking Club
will hike from Champion Gap.
Md. to Bear Springs Shelter,
starting by bus at $3.50 am. to-
morrow from Twelfth street and
New York avenue NV,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
Floods Feared in Europe
AS Snow Begins to Thow

g LONDON, Feb rs lF-Frozen Europe began out
around the edges today spells melted Italy
Southern France.
But Of the continent CONCEALED
dying blizzard blasts from Siberia Giant snows
the berian Peninsula stang trains and knocking lines
Known deaths in the26day freeze
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
RUSSIAN WEATHER BALLOONS?
18th U. S. Balloon Stroys
Over Siberia From Jopon

TOKYO Feb. IS O9>-The United States Navy said today
another of its weather balloons has astray the wild
unprdcabe winds Of the northern Pacific and was reported
the eastern coast Of Siberia"
The Navy said it fourth balloons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
Authorities in Five States
Sift Mystery Boy Clues

TUCUMCARI, N. Mex FEB. Is 0P-Authorites In hve
States working various angles in attempts to learn
something Of history Of about 3 years Old
who appeared cold and whmpeng filling station here
Monday
boy given the name Orchard Roe" has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
Six Women Bottle Army
For Justice to MenfoIk

little band Of six came to washington yesterday
to battle with the Army behalf Of their menfclk
All relatives Of soldiers at Fort Dix who face less than
discharges security risks the basis of
activities The made the rounds Of the Pentagon and
Capitol Hill body to protest security hearings which are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25

warning signs the thaw might
prove almost as disastrous as the
freeze.
Rescue teams in France and
italy snapped snowshovels for
sandbags as rivers swollen by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
Deformities Cited

District voter registration II
under way. Have you quail
May /? Registration head
quarters are on the ground
quarters are on the ground
floor of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-25
LOST

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BAG: reward. RE s.s15o.
ROxER, mais. white chest and paws,
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LOST ON CONN. AVE. mr.. Ellieott st..
keys In black leather case. hewaro'
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BRACELET--will the. gentlemen who
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HAVE You LOST A PET? can WASH
INoTCE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE.
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Russiun Balloons
Irk Red Embassy

4 LONDON. Feb. IS P.-The
Russian Embassy has complained
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the couple after a tip they might
be In the area.
Another possibility Is that his
parents are Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Inman, formerly Of st. Paul
Mimi, and more recently listed
as from Southgate. Calf. So far
attempts to locate the family
there have failed.
DR.. A. #. Gordon says he
thinks the tip from Pennsylvania
is the best. Joseph Moll. now
senior at Jefferson Medical Col
lege in Philadelphia, told OF
treating the Stroudt boy last
summer at the Pottsville PA
Hospital where he served as an
inferno.
Deformities Cited
He said the boy had deformi-
ties that made him fan easily
and that the bruises were appar-
entity inflicted accidentally that
way. He told OF extracting teeth
because the youngster would bite
himself.
DR.. Gordon said that there are
traces of deformities but that the
boy here seems to be outgrowinl
them. He added that the thici
nose, that appears to have beer
broken and reset badly. could b.
aggravated by a bone deficiency
that accrued from improper diet
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THE EVENING STAR A.;
Washington, D. C. -
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1859
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Pilot Averts Ditchinq, !.
Lands Is Safe in Iceland

on LONDON structural mechanic first class
/ ded IRE
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-27
Navy Life Is A Great Life"

Haisey-men who have made
the navy a great service.
IL World War II it became the
greatest seapower the world has
ever known. Its triumphs al
Midway, at Coral Sea, At Okin-
ava, will live forever in the
history of free men. Today, al
every hour, your navy guards
the freedom of the seas, and the
air above the seas, for free men
everywhere.
The navy today is the same
exciting life it has always been
It offers adventure. 1t offers
travel. II offers education and
training.
And opportunity to any man
who seeks it.
AS navy man you get away
from the routine. The oceans
and nations of the world are
open gateways to new advent
ure. The seas and sky are broad
highways of travel for navy
ships and planes.
You become independent. The
Navy puts you Ion your own
by providing your basic living
requirements. Your pay is the
highest of any of the world 5
navieS. You get the finest Med
lea! and dental care, excellent
food and quarters, and an allow
anCe for clothing.
You'll become a skilled tech
nician. In the navy you get val
liable trade training, and there
are more than Sc special fields
for which you may qualify -
such as radar, electronics, avia-
ton.
You'll find teamply in the
navy, sports of all kinds which
you can enjoy with your ship
mates, and other forms of re-
creation, aboard ships and at
shore stations.
In the navy. in peacetime, YOU