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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26

nedOQuaILeTS at bueIldNcHIuTd,
over the gray-green badlands OF
the forest top seeking sites fol
new signal stations and keeping
track of parties in the field. A
few weeks ago, accompanied al
the time by a Colombian medical
officer, he came too low into 6
deep valley in the treetops
couldn't gain altitude fast enough
to get out, and crashed into 9
thickly wooded hillside.
A larger aircraft, of course
would have been cut to pieces
The two-seater observation plane
fell into the yine-tangled under
brush and neither of the occu-
pants was hurt. Some idea OF
the nature of the country may be
had from the fact that a search
of several days, guided by 1t
Joiner himself, was necessary
afterwards to find the wreckage
of the plane and then it was de-
cided it would be impossible tc
recover it.
Air Search Launched
Twenty planes and helicop-
tiers from Panama circled over
the area for three days trying
to find the two men. although
jungle experienced ColombianS
said the Job was impossible. But
the Air Rescue Service and Col
Bartholomew de Stacio, director
of the Choco project, refused to
give up while there was a par
ticle Of hope left.
The two officers found them
selves in a nearly impenetrable
tangle of trees and briars. They
did not know where they were
They had no means of sending
any signals. About all they were
able to salvage of their jungle
survival equipment were snake
bite kits and the indispensable
machetes. They knew that when
they did not show up in Buena-
ventura close to schedule the Air
Rescue Service would be alerted
They knew also that chances of
spotting them under the foliage
were quite slim.
They had crashed not far from
a small, swift. mountain river.
They knew if they could follow
this river far enough it would
flow into larger river and this
into still larger river emptying
into the Pacific. Along this last
river there would probably be
thatched-hut Indian villages
with some contact, eventually
with the outside world.
There followed two days and
nights Of torture. The river was
a tumultuous torrent. 1t ran be-
tween high walls of jungle trees.
They could only struggle along
through the deep mud and swift
water of the rivers edge,
watching every STEP" 1t. Joiner
says. that the river didn't get
control of us.
The black dark came early
and with it the blacker rain.
The rapidly rising river drove
them five or six feet up the mud
banks. They were soaked to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
HiIIeI Awards Banquet

The B'nai Birth Hillel Foun-
dation, at George Washington
University. will hold its annual
awards banquet at 7:45 pm.
Sunday at 2129 F street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
How Weather Affects Us
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Are downhearted today And for apparent reason
Why not take look the barometer? acting and
persnckey? your arthrs kicking up? Then here's
bet The barometric pressure falling
You than realize the of the weather.
remember 25-year old girl who for examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
Ez47uRz Rcz
A SEA IN THE SKY
AirpIone Crash Leads
To Jungle Nightmare
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

An aplane crash into the Choco jungle is plunge into
ice-cold dripping inferno of red fire.
be taken the word of 1t. D.
the few who have survived the experience.
field officer of the Choco Survey project with
headquarters Buenaventura Colombia flies daily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26

The Fomily Council consists Of q Judge,
psyehiotrist. newspaper editor, q
women's pose editor and two news
poper writer's. These consult with
clergymen Of all foiths and demon
nations. All letters ore held in com
plete confidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26

political interest, but she would
be wise to lift it to a higher
plane than clubhouse politics.
There are ample opportunities
to join study groups and civic
groups where politics is on a
higher plane.
Copyright 1856, General Features Corp }
Tomorrow: A disabled mon rejects
ussistunee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26

Fourth Of o series on the ehortine Of
CoIombio's Choco Jungle for q high
woy link.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Norris to Dedicate
School Addition

DIR. Forbes H. Norris, Mont
gomery County school superin-
tendent. will be the principal
speaker at a ceremony dedicat-
ing a new eight-classroom addi-
ton to the Glenmont Elementary
School at 8 o'clock tonight in
the school.
The $4,000 addition to the
30-year-old school. at Georgia
avenue and Mason street. was
ready for use at the middle of
October. Prior to its compile
ton. third and fourth grade stu
dents this year we're on double
sessions. Total enrolment at the
school is $50 children.
Among the guests scheduled to
attend the ceremony are Mrs.
Rose Kramer and Harrison c.
King, County School Board mem
bers, and County Attorney
Charles NJ. 1relan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
$5MiIIion Shopping Area
For Foirfox Approved

Plans to construct a IS mil
lion shopping center on the Bea-
con Airport site in Fairfax Coun-
" were approved early today by
the County Planning Commits
sion.
After a lengthy hearing. the
commission recommended COM
mercial coming Of the 2l-acre
tract at the northwest corner
Of Oak street and U. S. at
Groveton. south OF Alexandria
The applicant, Albert L. Abram-
son Of the Tower Construction
Co. Of Washington. told the plan
nins group his firm was ready
70 start Immediately on con-
struetion OF a 22-store shopping
area. The coming request goes
70 the Board OF County Super
visors for final action tomorrow
The request was opposed
strongly By William S Banks.
developer OF the proposed SIS
million Hybla Valley Shopping
Center also'to be built OF United
states below Alexandria. Re
calling the countys tentative
planning policy calling for con-
eentTation Of shopping facilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Arrest
Uncovers More Loot

An Arlington women was ar
rested yesterday on a shoplifting
charge involving so cents worth
of birdseed but police said they
later learned she was carrying
SIT worth of stolen goods at the
time of her arrest.
The woman had three bulky
packages and a red and green
Christmas tree stand in her arms
when she was arrested outside a
department store in Clarendon.
Charged with two counts of
shoplifting was Miss Mary Jor-
dan. 40, Negro, of the 1900 block
of North Edison street. Police
said the tree stand and decora-
tons were taken from another
store about two blocks away. I
Another woman, Mrs. Elodie
L. Richardson. 81. mother of two.
Of the 100 block of North Wayne
street, was released under $500
bond on a shoplifting charge
pending a hearing in Arlington
County Court December II.
Mrs. Richardson is accused of
taking $50 worth of items. in
Guiding seven record albums.
yesterday at the Hecht Co, s
Arlington store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Motel and Liquor Store
Hit in 2 County HoIdups

Three men robbed a Bladens-
burg motel Of $40 last night, APP
parently after their plans TO rob
a. liquor store a few minutes
earlier we're thwarted by q
suspicious proprietor. Prince
Georges County police reported
Two other men. with trans
parent plastic bags over their
heads, held up Stanley's Liquors.
$40 Marlboro pike. Hillside. for
more than $500. according TO
police.
Police said the three Negroes
first appeared at Warrenb Ii
quors. 1891 Annapolis road. Bla-
densburg. Shortly after II pm.
one of them entered the store
to purchase q package Of ciga-
rettes. His quick return with
two companions who had waited
outside aroused the suspicious Of
the proprietor. Mrs. Helen War
rem she called police.
The three left and apparently
vent directly 10 Uncle Tom
Cabins. . motel at 5007 Kenil-
worth avenue. There two clerks
said they we're forced BY tao Of
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into regional centers, he disputed
Mr.. Abramson's claim. that the
area can support two large shop
ping centers.
Bernard NJ. Fagelson. attorney
for Hybla Valley Shopping Cen
ter. urged the commission to pro-
tect the Hybls Valley center
from competition which he said
would result IN economic loss TO
both enterprises. The supervis-
ers earlier disapproved a plan TO
locate a $40 million shopping
center on the Falls Church Air
port of Arlington boulevard.
about 4 mile from the recently
completed shopping area at
Seven Corners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04

sound foundation" to the con-
tention school bonds ARE not as
good as other general obligation
bonds issued by the same To-
cality." He pointed out that the
taxing powers of the locality
supports such bonds, and the
exercise of the taxing power
is mandatory in all cases for the
payment of the interest and
principal" on the bonds.
Moreover, the Virginia sta
tutes, for the further protection
of the bondholders, require the
withholding of State funds from
any defaulting county and the
application of such funds to the
county's Indebtedness by the
State controller"
Meets Fiscal Officers
Gov. Stanley's statement came
after he conferred again yester-
day with top State fiscal officers.
He left shortly afterward to at
tend a series of meetings of the
Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Governors Conference
and the Council Of State Gov
ernments in Chicago.
He maintained that the tight
money policy of the Federal
Government for several months
has caused interest rates to rise
with respect both to private and
public issues of bonds"
Two prospective bond issues
for schools in Virginia recently
have failed to advance past the
bid opening stage.
The first was several weeks
ago. when South Norfolk re-
jected a single bid OF 4.99 per
cent on a $500. 900 issue. Last
Wednesday Hopewell offered a
81 million issue but did not re-
ceive a single bid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Adenuuer to See Press

BONN. Germany. Dec. 4 up.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
is taking a cue from President
Eisenhower. The government an
nounced yesterday he will fol-
low the example Of White House
press conferences" hereafter and
meet the press once week. I'm
til now. he seldom has held news
conferences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04

the trio who carried pistols TO
give the men $40 from an ONCE
cash drawer. the policemen re-
ported.
Charles z. Boehman. son OF
the owner OF Stanley's Liquors.
said he was alone about s:35 pm.
when two white men entered
one with a revolver In his hand
He was ordered 70 hand over
more than $500 from the cash
register.
The men forced Mr.. Bowman
into q walk-in cooler. turned on
the refrigersting system and
left. Detective SerEt. Ralph Bond
said The clerk opened the door
few minutes after the men left
and called police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
DRIVER SELLS JUDGE ON STORY
OF EMPTY BOTTLES IN CAR

BALTIMORE PA Trahc Court conviction on q
charge reversed appeal yesterday after
the motort testified the empty champagne bottles found
IN his car planned for ivy containers.
The defendant George Dobbin Pennman Patterson,
had been convicted after his struck last November
I. He was sentenced TO jail for 30 days.
As for those champagne bottles found in the Of
the Patterson said he had taken them from wedding
party At his vfes request for her to ivy IN them
Judge Michael J. Maney acquitted Patterson on the
drunk-drvnE charge but afhrmed SIS hns = Teek-
less driving charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Whitehead Reps Stanley
On School Bond Trouble

RICHMOND. Dec. 4 Up
Gov. Stanley says the difficulty
Virginia localities are having in
selling school construction bonds
lis no different from that of To-
icalities in the other States"
In a statement yesterday Gov.
Stanley said an offering of 81
million worth of "A" rated school
bonds by Hampstead, Long Is
land, N. Y, last week was not
sold when the most favorable
effective interest rate was 4.25
per cent.
But Delegate Robert White
head Of Nelson County. in an
other statement said the Gen.
Ieral Assembly had been warned
the no-integration school pro-
gram advocated by the Governor
would cripple the bond market
for school construction"
THE situation was grave
enough before the Stanley pro-
gram was enacted" Mr.. White
head said. Its adoption has
Iparalyzed. as far as school con-
Istruction is concerned, the
credit of every county and city
in Virginia.
Fear School Closing
He said 1T is most natural
that bond buyers should be un-
willing to buy bonds for the
construction Of schools that
may be closed at any time. And
that is exactly what the STAN
ley money cutoff legislation
makes possible"
The General Assembly, at its
recent special session. adopted
legislation which would, among
other things. cut of State funds
to any public school which de-
segregated.
Gov. Stanley said there is mo
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you can play that and think Of
me. and I wish you lots of good
luck. 1 was good to all of you
but I'm through. I will close
Saying goodbye forever. You can
look to your other boyfriend for
the things I have been buying
/ for you
Knighton signed the letter in
his own hand. Trooper burst
said, however. he believed the
text had been dictated by
Knighton and written by some
one else.
/ For years, old man Knighten
had been a familiar sight around
Charles Town and Bolivar in
his long. tattered overcoat. al
ways carrying a paper shopping
bag. He told some heighbors he
was a widower. Others said they
understood he had never been
married. A woman who lives
nearby said everyone thought he
was a harmless old fool"
Refused Lie Test
Knighton first was picked UP
for questioning last Saturday
after police talked with Molly at
the hospital and learned about
the letter. Unable to sllnk
Knighton with any arsenic at
that time, police turned him
loose the next Gay. But then
suspicious were aroused be-
cause he refused a lie detector
1 test.
Trooper burst, working on his
first murder case in four year:
as q West Virginia policeman
began making the rounds OF
hardware and drugstores, check
ing on sales involving arsenic.
/ Edwin Fitzpatrick and Mark
Little, statesmen at the Valley
Hardware in Charles Town, tolc
Trooper burst on Saturday that
Knighton had bought two one
quart cans of an arsenic weed
killing liquid-one can on
November 10, which is the day
police say it was poured in the
cistern. The Kidwells we're away
November 10 and began ailing
the next day.
He told me he wanted to get
rid Of some honeysuckle." said
Mr.. Fitzpatrick. Il remember
told him this stuff would kill
anything"
Matched Wells Poison
Trooper burst hurriedly
checked with State chemists and
was advised the weed killer
Knighton bought matched the
type Of poison found in the els
tern. He picked up the suspect
again Sunday night and began
questioning him.
"He never admitted anything, A"
Trooper burst said" He wouldn' I
even admit buying the weed
killer. which we could prove he
bought"
1t was around 2 am. Monday
when Trooper burst locked
Knighton up in the Jefferson
County jail after charging him
with murder. Yesterday morn
ing. Knighton's body was found
hanging from his cell bars by a
moose made from torn strips OF
the jail mattress. Police said ne
first had cut the> back OF his
wrists and his ankles with a
razor blade he must have found
I in the cell.
West Virginia Trooper Ronald
Truck and Maryland State
Trooper A. d. Hasenbuhler also
took part in the investigation
from start to finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Drive Nets S2,3o6
CHARIOTTrSVUIF

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va.
Dec. 4 tPl.--The University OF
Virginia drive for funds 70 aid
Hungarian relief has melted So
306. University officials termed
the four-day drive the most sue
eeSsful Of any similar undeTtak-
lng N the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
cOnine Clothes Thief

ALAMoCoRDo. N Mex. ~
The police sent out 4 warning
70 watch for doc wearing a
petticoat The canine was seen
stealing neWiy-Wssned garments
from a elothesline ~ an Alamo
gordo home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
RumbIinq

Mrs. Will p. Mitchell says
shes always had a high re-
gard for the intelligence OF
Distriit residents. and nov
is convinced even the rats are
smart She was driving near
the Soldiers Home on Rock
Greek road and saw a rat
approach an intersection,
wait for the red light. then
cross after IL changed to
green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
-Four Years at Dishes

PHILADELPHIA.-An average
American housewife spends as
much as four years OF her adult
life in washing dishes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Burp

The Anteaters AssOcia-
ton today and tomorrow Is
celebrating a rather special
anniverSary-the Tooth Oc-
caSiOn on which the mem
hers have sat down to a
meal which, even for cpl
cures, is always a bit on the
rare side.
For this anniversary, the
Anteaters are having a
fairly prOSaic pheasant
luncheOn-nOt at all like
last weeks game platter
which featured caribou
steak, llama en- brOchette
and bearburger.
At other past repaStS the
AnteaterS have chOmped
their way through such rare
bits as buffalo, Scottish
stag. kangaroo soup and
mouflOn. the last a kind Of
a sheep from Sardinia.
But for their anniversary
luncheon today and tOmOr-
row they're gathering at
their usual SpOt--the Zoos
cafeteria--fOr what Gordon
Leech, the Anteaters' host.
calls "the cream Of the
crop"-pheaSant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
The
Rambler
Agencies Quarrel
Over Word or Two
By JACK JONAS

The pen is mightier than
the sword. so they say, but
when both combatantS are
sneaky enough to choose
quilts, how can one predict
the winner?
Arrayed on one side Of this
duel is the might of the
United States Government, in
the form of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency. The
agency's style experts stake
their honor on one word:
"Homebuilder."
Riposte in the other corner,
National Housing Center styl-
lists insist it's two words:
Home builder"
MIC seems to be winning a
round of the propaganda war.
The Chesapeake 81 Potomac
Telephone Co. lists the Ma
tional Housing Center with
an identifying "home bldrs"
in small type.
While Webster hasn't yet
caught up with home
builder" the Government
Printing Office style book does
sanction such things as
''homeowner" and home
owning"
So far it's been q cold war,
with nobody yet having the
last word-or two. But Ma
tional Housing Center at 1925
L street NV. is only ink
throwing range from the
Home Finance Agency at 1925
X street NV, and anything
can happen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Juwbreoker

The Library Of Congress
has added to its shelves
what well may be the win
ner in the Nonstop Book
Title Derby. It's described
as a small quarto Of 20
pages, but there's nothing
small about this title:
"A Wanting, Daring and
a Menacing Letter, Sent
from Sultan MOrat the
Great Turke, from his Court
at COnstantinOple, by his
EmbasSadOur GOban, to
VladiSIauS King Of Poland,
&c. Which Letter Was Sent
to the Christian King, Since
the Truce Concluded Be-
tweene the Turke and the
Persian in March Last; As
by Many Copies, Whereof,
May Appeare, As 1t Was
Sent Out Of Poland. Where
in He Declares HimseIfe q
Mortal Enemy to the Said
Christian King, Threaten
ing to Invade His King
dOmes and Territories, with
All Manner of Hostility.
WhereuntO is Annexed a
Briefe Relation of the Tur-
kish Present Strength, both
Of Horse and FOOte; With
AL the Victories the TurkeS
have Prevailed Against the
Christians These Last Three
Hundred YeareS. As Also
What Glorious Victories the
Christians Have WOnne
Against the TurkeS, till this
Present Yeare. 1888"
A lady at the Library
comments: Imagine going
into a bookstore and asking
for THAT"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-04
Name

Why do they call it Ellicott
street?
That street was named for
Major Andrew Ellicott, who
took over designing Washing
ton after George Washington
and Pierre LEnfant came to
a parting of the ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Blood Supplies
Distributed

The Washington Regional
Blood Center distributed a total
of 2,l07 pints of blood last week
in the District and other COM
munities.
The District Red Cross Chap
ter said 895 pints were dis
tributed in the District. $40 in
Maryland. 304 in Virginia, "a in
West Virginia, and 534 outside
the area.
In addition to the weekly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05

bloodmobile schedule for collec-
tions. Red Cross donors may give
blood at Garfield Hospital daily
from 8 am. to 5 pm. Mondays
through Fridays; at Freedmen's
Hospital from / to 8 pm. Mon
days through Fridays, and from
Q to S pm. Sundays: at Walter
Reed Hospital from 9 am. to 4
pm. Mondays through Fridays
and from z too pm. Tuesdays.
and at the blood center from /
to 8 pm. Mondays, and from 9
am. to S pm. Tuesdays through
Fridays.
Bloodmobiles are scheduled to
make the following visits this
week, starting at 10 am. unless
otherwise indicated. :
Tomorrow - Prince GEORGES County:
Andrews Air Force Base. Building T-3-7g,
from O:30 am. to $3.50 pm; Legion
Home, Laurel, Nd. from rs pm.
Tuesday-D. c. Chapter: Main Navy,
Constitution avenue. Room 2541. from
Printing once. Harding Hall. Sth floor,
South Building, North Capitol and @
streets.
Wednesday-D. c. Chapter: Pentaeon.
Room 4A-.750: Department of Justice.
Great Hall.
Thursday Prince Georges County
Episcopal Parish Hall, Bryan Point road
Accokeek. Md. from rs pm: Orange
County: Baptist Church, Orange, Va.
Friday - Arlington: Chapter House,
1882 Arlington boulevard; Fairfax
County; Annandale Baptist Church. CO.
lumbia pike, AnnandaIe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
THE WEEK IN RELIGION
Race Relations Sunday
To Be Marked Feb. Il

goers that they have reason to
repent of their sinful and
irrational acts and attitudes"
toward people of other races.
The same note appears in the
Jewish statement. which says the
demands of our conscience
must insure the blessing OF
civilization and education equally
to adj.
In its message last year. the
National Council of Churches
denounced racial prejudice Sin
any and all forms" as a sin,
This year the council strength
ened it's denunciation by call
ing on Christians everywhere
to repent Of prejudiced acts
and attitudes.
The council message cited
four obligations which. it said,
rest on individual Christians.
1t said they should examine
their acts and attitudes lin the
light of the Gospel; work To
Danish racial segregation from
their own denomination and Local
church: firmly uphold racially
inclucive fellowship when the
question is discussed; and find
out what the churches and other
community agencies are doing
to improve race relations and
participate in their programs.
The message of the Contra
Conference of American Rabbis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
GOING LIKE 80
How to Get
Help for
Ear Infection

If you have eye. nose, throat
or ear trouble and you cannot
afford a doctor. it would seem
wise to 60 to the Social Service
worker of the Episcopal Eye, Ear
and Throat Hospital, 1l47
Fifteenth street NV, between
$3.50 am. and 4:30 pm. any
weekday.
The social worker will send
you to the room which treats
your special type of infection
and you will only have the
clinic fee to pay.
George Washington Univer.
sity Hospital. Georgetown Uni.
versity Hospital. Garfield, and
most Of the other hospitals have
out-patient clinics also. Epis-
copal Hospital is the only one
specializing exclusively in this
field. but any clinic win take
you If you cannot pay a doctor
Prepared by the Committee on the Aging
Uniteo Community Services