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ltroyed Elugelab, an island in thu
Eniwetok atoll, and left instead
a hole in the ocean ITS feet deel
and more than a mile in dia'
meter.
! The naval station on Kwaja'
lein is a way station for the Mil.
Iitary Air Transport Service
Kwajalein Atoll is the largest
such coral formation in the
world, with SO individual island.
ringing central lagoon severa
hundred square miles in extent
1t was a japanese naval base ir
World War II.
None of the Marshall Island
erS remained on Kwajalein Is
land. 1t has been completely
taken over for military installa.
lions. The natives were moved
to the nearby island of Ebeye
About 800 persons are employed
on Kwajalein, most at manua,
labor. Some palms remain anc
there are some small plots oil
lawn. Every point on the island
can be seen from the second
story Of a building.
Housing Project Underway
Officers and senior noncom-
missioned officers have their de-
pendents here with them and q
housing project now underway
will make it possible for all de-
pendents to join their husbands
This is a lonely, almost desolatt
spot but service men and women
find the resources in themselve:
to lead happy lives under diff.
cult conditions.
The press party of seven re-
porters and eight other medis
representatives flies to Eniwetol
at / am. tomorrow provided tht
fission explosion is not callec
of on account of weather. After
the fall-out in March. 1854. thai
Isprinkled the Japanese fishing
boat Fortunate Dragon will
radioactive dust and covered
some Of the inhabited Mar.
shall Islands so seriously tina
they still cannot be reoccupied
intense measures have beer
taken to ascertain the weather
with certainty.
/ The average delay Of a ties
lis about eight days due II
weather. On a relatively small
explosion, such as is scheduled
tor tomorrow, the danger of fall
out is negligible. However, clout
conditions and rain could caus,
the test to be postponed.
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|HouseGroup
Cuts OnIy6,O
Defense Jobs

The House Appropriation
Committee today voted the De
tense Department enough fund!
Ito retain during 1857 PRACTICAL!
the same number of civilian EN-
ployes it now has.
In reporting the 1857 defenst
appropriation bill, the committet
approved money for 1,167.80t
civilian jobs. This is 5000 les
civilian positions than are nov
being filled.
Defense officials said the rela.
lively minor reduction coult
easily be achieved by not filling
some of the regular personne
vacancies that occur during thu
year, and that no layoffs woult
be necessary.
6,UUU FEWER JODS
The Defense Department al
ready had anticipated the cut o.
5000 jobs in its budget reques'
to Congress.
The committees bill woulc
eliminate 240 jobs in the Office
of the Secretary of Defense
However, the committee sale
these employees will be trans
Iferred to the various military
agencies in connection with the
conversion of the Federal cata.
loguing program.
The committees action ap-
pears to insure stability in ci.
william employment in defense
agencies during fiscal 1857. Dur
ing 1856 the defense agencie:
dropped about 10000 civilian
workers in an economy move.
Here is how the three military
agencies would fare in 1857 I'm.
der the committees bill: Army
432, 900 civilian employees com.
pared to the present 435.500
Navy, $685. compared to $780,
1000 in 1856; and Air Force. 345,'
ZOO compared to $4,000 thi'
year
White Collar Ceiling
The committees bill also re
tanned the statutory ceiling o
ATS, 900 classified white collar
civilian jobs in the Defense De
partment. Current white cola
employment under this limit
ton is 463.450.
The committee also retained
the section which prohibits tn
Defense Department from
abolishing defense activities ant
transferring them to industr,
unless both the House and Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
approve such moves.
Federal employee unions ha,
fought to retain this provision
since they feared that mass clos
ings Of defense activities woult
wipe out thousands Of civilian
Jobs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-03

subcommittee headed by Repre-.
sentative Lesinski, Democrat o.
Michigan. approved a bill tt
bring employees of Gallaudet
College under the Federal lif,
insurance program.
OVERSEAS T-De.
velopment of an overseas career
service which would attract thu
best-qualif1ed Government EN-,
IployeS here for specific assign.
ments abroad was recommended
by a House Civil Service subcom.
mittee headed by Representative,
Morrison. Democrat of Louisiana
Mr.. Morrison and his grouJ
travelled extensively through
Europe last fall to study employ.
ment conditions overseas.
The group commended the ad.
miniStration for taking the frs
step in the program by convert.
ing 10000 overseas jobs to thu
merit system. 1t also asked fo]
uniform treatment for Fedora
workers overseas. declaring thai
some employees enjoyed better
working conditions and privileges
than others.
The subcommittee called fol
Standardization of pay, allow.
ances. leave. retirement, medi.
cal, transportation. recreation
and other benefits. Each agency
now has its own benefits fol
overseas workers. The full House
Civil Service Committee indorset
the report and findings Of thu
Morrison group.
AFGE MEETING-The Amer
lean Federation of Government
Employees will elect three vic,
presidents from the Washington
area at a meeting in the Distric
Building at 8 pm. next Tuesda,
instead of tonight as erroneously
reported here yesterday.
4
CAPITAL ROUNDUP TIL,
Civil Service Commission ha!
ANNOUNCED an exam for histo.
rians in various Federal agen.
cies at salaries of $5,440 to SILL.
6lO a year. ). Washington con.
tinues to lead all other cities ir
the country in the number o.
Federal employees, with 227, ASS
Second is the New York City.
Northwestern New Jersey metro.
politan area with 165,673. Sar
Francisco Oakland is third witt
83,055. Other top cities in the
number Of Federal workers are
Philadelphia, $4,000; Chicago
I69 1000; Los Angeles. $4,000, anc
Boston, $4,000.
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District and vicinity-Consid-
cradle cloudineSs tonight. low In
mid-50s. Cloudy with showers
likely tomorrow.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy to-
night, with scattered showers
likely tomorrow. Lows tonight
IS to SO in the west and so to SIS
In the east.
Virginia--Mostly cloudy with
some rain likely in the extreme
south tonight. Lows 48 to So
in the north and 81 to so in the
south. Cloudy and mild with
showers likely tomorrow.
Wind--Variable, 10 miles per
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training after $50 pm. and or
Sundays and national holidays.
Going to the movies for a re.
cruit is a reward for good work
not a right he can demand.
Three Basic Rights
Every recruit has three basic
personal rights which no officer
has authority to deny him.
Every recruit and every Ma
rine has the right to carry a
personal complaint to a COM
manding officer. to seek counsel
and advice from a chaplain OF
his choice and to consult a
medical officer.
The first of these, known as
the right to request mast"
means a recruit may carry a
complaint over the heads of his
immediate superiors. Command
ing officers are required to post
schedules of times when they
will receive such complaints.
On the night of the tragedy at
Paris Island. for instance. the
officer of the day checked the
barracks housing the platoon
involved As minutes before Staff
Sergt. Matthew c. McKeon or
dered his men out on an un-
scheduled and unauthorized
march. When the officer looked
into the barracks, the men ap-
peared to be preparing to go to
bed. At Paris Island there also
is q battalion duty officer and a
guard commander on tap at all
times. At least two officers were
reported on hand by the time
Sergt. McKeon, who faces court
martial. was trying to get his
men out of the water.
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1.-THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT ),
Retiring Priorities
Set Up in New Bill
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

revised bill to give unemployment priority rights Gov
employees who their jobs today
by Representative Broyhll, Republican of Virginia
The Broyhi is designed to end situations similar
that facing five Naval Gun Factory employees with 10
years service eac who being red from their jobs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-03
.PTA Meeting Tonight

The Immaculate Conception
Boys School Parent Teacher
Association will meet at 8:l5
pm. today at the school. I'll N
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-03

The writer, militory onoIyst for The
St. Louis Post Dispoteh, Is one Of the
newspaper pool representatives, COW
erins the new series Of nueIeor tests
in the Poetic. He is q retired Army
brioodisr general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-03
A-BIost Is Added Starter
At Pacific NucIeor Tests
By THOMAS R. PHILLIPS

KWAJALEIN NAVAL STATION, Marshall Islands May s.
small press and civil defense parties arriving at this
tropical ato after hour flight from Honolulu to witness
the first Hbomb the public told
arrival attraction been added in the form
of an atomic fssion explosion scheduled place about
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Traditional Marine Stress
On Hard 7 raining Kept
BY the Associated Press

The Marines avowed decision tighten supervision
Of recruit training leaves unchnged the traditional
phasis tough and intense regimen.
Gen. Randolph Pate Marine commandant made that clear
acknowledging Tuesday that the responsibility
for the death Of recruits "dpne" night att
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-03

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST-Scattered showers and
thundershowers expected tonight from Virginia to
Florida along the Gulf Coast in the Ohio Tennessee and
Central Mississippi valleys and wyoming with rain in
the Upper Mississippi Valley Lakes region and Nebraska
will be colder in the Upper Mississippi Valley and the
ZAP Wirephoto Map
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ergy equivalent to the explosion
of a million tons Of TINT.
EniwetOk Estimate

1t has been unofficially esti-
mated that the largest explosion
at Eniwetok in March, 1854. re-
leased energy equivalent to the
explosion of about is million
tons Of TINT. 1t was this ex-
plosion that caused radioactive
fall out that covered an area Of
about 1000 square miles. An
earlier explosion of a thermo-
Inuclear test device that had a
reported power of about 3 mil
lion tons of TINT entirely des-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-03

High and Low Of Last 80 Hours
Hish. SIS, at $40 am.
Low, So, at $50 pm.
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YOU BE THE
QUARTERBACK
By WARREN GAER
Drake Football Coach

At right halfback, Abilene
Christian has one If the great
all-round athletes ofsthe coun-
try.
But the Wildcats trail Howard
Payne, 60. IN the second quar-
ter with the ball in Abilene
Christians possession on the
Howard Payne 48. The right
half has never thrown a pass in
"a game but has massive hands
and a fine record as a javelin
and discus thrower. He is ire
mendously fast. and you. the
quarterback. decide on this Sec
ond-down-and-11 situation, you
are going to use him to get your
first down.
Howard Payne has a defensive
right half, who is only 5-feet-8
in height but very fast. Their
defensive left guard has been
to straight ahead
dives all afternoon and their de-
fensive ends are playing ade-
quarelv but not brilliantly.
Rate these choices l, 2, 3 and 4.
Reverse pass with the right
halt throwing into the short
halfback'S zone
Hook pass with right half
catching the pass in front of
short halfback
Dive by the right half over
the Vulnerable left guard
r End run by speedy right half.
(AnStCer on Page C-5J
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Golfer Rewarded
With HoIe-in-One
For Brewing Cold

Nate Siegel, a late conner to
golf. figures it's his light to
complain about the weather, but
next time he may do so> little
more quietly.
Siegel, who took up golf a
year ago last June. has his first
hole-in-one to think about after
almost giving up his scheduled
round with three friends at
Norbeck Country Club Yesterday
because Of the weather. The
Others - Myron Gerber, club
champion, Jerry Cooper and
DR.. Morton Handmacher-talked
him into playing.
After securing ski paiamas and
hand warmers, Siegel played. He
knocked in his ace on the 153-
yard 18th hole with a 7-iron.
In a blind DOGGY event Bernie
Jaffee won with 99-2l-78. while
Walt Cohen was second with
1O2-22-80.
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Roy Carlyle Dies;
Hit Record Homer
As Coast Lacquer

NoRCROsS. Ga. Nov. % (P).
Roy Edward Carlyle, Sc. holder
OF the longest measured baseball
home run on record for many
years, died yesterday.
AS an outf1elder Carlyle played
briefly with the Washington SEN
ators, New York Yankees. Bos-
ton Red Sox and several minor
league teams. but was best known
for his prodigious home run he
hit on July 4, 1929, at Oakland.
Calf.
The ball carried to the rooftop
OF a house across the street
from the centerfield fence. News
papers at the time listed the
measured distance at 6l8 feet
and called it the longest homer
on record.
Last season at Sacramento
Neill Sheridan blasted a bali $40
feet.
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Leaders
Here Tomorrow
To play Lions

The New Haven Blades. de-
Tending champions and currently
in first place in the Eastern
Hockey League. are smacking
their lips over the prospect OF
increasing their lead at the ex-
penSe Of the Lions in o game
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at Uline
Arena.
Meeting the Lions is not ex-
pected to tax the mettle of the
Blades, who so far this season
have outscored Coach Red
Mitchell's warriors, 2O-8. That's
for two games, won by the
Blades. 3D. and 1876.
The Lions won their first two.
but have lost IL in a row since,
A victory over the Blades to-
morrow could restore confidence
and toward that end Mitchell
had his squad working out in
full-length drills yesterday and
TODAY.
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Boiling Faces Crack Rival
In EqIin Here Tomorrow

The Boiling Air Force Gen.
erals, who had a record Of "a
undefeated efforts ended by the
Quantico Marines, 7-6. last week,
meet another formidable rival
tomorrow at Arnold Field in
Eglin Air Force Base Of CAL
pariso. Fla. Game time Is 2 pm.
Meanwhile. Fort Belvoir. which
encounters Boiling Next Friday
night in the annual Colonial
Bowl az Alexandria. moves out Of
the area TO play Fort Eustis.
Led by Zeke Bratkowski. the
former Georgia u. quarterback.
Eslin has piled up a record Just
as impressive as that Of Boiling
which stands at III.
Eglin has conquered Fort Ben
ming. Fort Campbell. Florida
State University B team. Keesler
Air Force Base. Pensacola Naval
Air Station, Paris Island Ma
rtnes. Fort Benning's TIC eleven
and Shaw Air Force Base.
IN addition 10 Bratkowski. IN,
Southernera have two great run
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Langley Heads List
'OfAreu Drivers in
Marlboro Finale

Elmo Langley, present title
holder at Marlboro Motor Race
way. will head the list of area
drivers in the 150-lap, late
model, stock-car race and So
lap, sportsman, hardtop feature
Sunday that closes out the 1856
season at Marlboro.
Time trials are at 1880 pm.
Two heats and the. 150-lap
grind follow. The program
winds up with two qualifying
heats and the 50-lap race.
In addition to Langley, other
Maryland and Virginia drivers
expected are Mace Mattingly.
Bill Dove, Jim Hanbury and Bill
Morgan,
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STATISTICS

51st meeting Of the two Central
intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
Ition schools at Howard Stadium
yesterday gave the Howard team
Ia AS mark on the season, and
although johnson probably fore
saw an even better campaign.
1856 was an improvement over
last year.
Smiths Set Pace
The elements proved q factor
yesterday as the combination of
Ia muddy field and biting wind
OIL Mcmillan Reservoir helped
bring about total of IL fumbles,
nine of which were recovered by
the defensive team. Lincoln was
the victim on five occasions, in
Icluding three hobbies which
halted drives deep in Howard
territory.
The faulty ball carrying not
withstanding. Howard clearly
was the better team as two sem
Tors by the name of Smith rang
down the curtain on their college
careers with fine performances.
Halfback Gene Smith chalked up
TIT yards in % carries, including
"a 3-yard smash for his eighth
touchdown of the season in the
second period. Quarterback Will
mer Smith set up the Bisons
first tally with a 26-yard pass to
Ken Washington, then hit End
Joe Drew in the end zone from
5 yards out for the score. Both
Smiths are Washington boys
Gene an Armstrong High grad
and Wilmer a product of Dunbar.
Howard scored the first time
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CIV One of 5 Mentioned
For Sun Bowl Invitation

ing to Robert Kolliner, chairman
Of the Selection Committee for
the New Years Day game in
FL Paso.
The Colonials have not re-
ceived a formal bid as yet, but
have received a form letter"
asking whether the school is
interested. School officials have
indicated they are interested.
Two other Washington teams,
both Of which have since
dropped football. played in the
Sun Bowl. Catholic University
battled Arizona State Of Tempe
to a scoreless tie in 1910. while
Georgetown took a 1920 beat
ing from Texas Western in 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-23

1T gained possession, driving SO
yards in Is plays. Gene Smith
and Fullback Bob Brown carried
alternately to advance the ball
to the Lincoln AZ, from where
Wilmer Smith connected with
Washington on the q. Five plays
later the Howard quarterback
hit Drew who was all alone in
the end zone.
The Bisons' second score cul-
minated a 95-yard march which
began when Lincoln Quarterback
Ted Ellis fumbled and Howard
recovered on its own five. Gene
Smith racked up 70 yaI DIS in six,
carries during the march, in-
GLIDING a 4O-yard sprint to the
Lincoln 80 and his scoring squirt
from the three. Wilmer Smith
added the conversion.
rumDleS PrOVe Costly
Lincoln's fumb e-marred
thrusts into Howard territory
came in the first. second and
third periods. The first moved to
the Howard IL before Ellis fun
bled; the second to the 5, where
Ellis again was the culprit; and
the third to the %. where Half
back Dave Gardner bobbled,
Yesterdays win gave Howard
"a 21-20-9 eddie over Lincoln in
the series which began back in
1894 and is the Oldest rivalry
IN Negro college football. one
game. the 1889 meeting, was de-
clared no contest" when fans
at Philadelphia's Drexel Field
poured onto the field, hating
play
L hassTd --- g I 9 ia
Howard scoring--Touehdowns: Drew
Co. pass from W. Smithli g. Smith Ia,
rum. Conversion; W. Smith
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ming halfbacks in Jim Dooley,
formerly Of Miami CFlorida) Uni
versity and Max MCGEE. ex-
Tulane star. The invaders back
field is rounded out by Ted
Dunn, formerly Of Washington
University. who also saw service
with the San Francisco Forty
Miners before entering the Air
Force.
Meanwhile. the Boiling team
was making no excuses for its
defeat at the hands Of Quantico.
The Generals suffered no seri-
Gus injuries In the torTid battle.
Halfback Billy Reynolds came
out OF the game with a bruised
hip. but has recovered. Reynolds
was having a great day against
Quantico until he was slowed
down by the injury.
The Shrimp Bowl invitation,
70 battle Fort Hood, December
3 ct Galveston, Tex. has not
been accepted BY Boiling. The
ecision on the offer Is expected
70 be announced next week.
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SUB TERP CENTER
WASN'T ABOUT TO
LOSE BIG CHANCE
By star Stan Correspondent

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. %.
The spirit of the Mary
land football team was
brought out yesterday by
Corbin KERN, a gaWky,
desperation center, who was
brought along because of
hard work in practice, and
because the center position
was so thin.
When the officials incor-
rectly told Coach Tommy
Mont only Is seconds re-
manned, he sent in every
body who hadn't played, in
GLIDING KERN. Actually, /
minute and 40 seconds re-
manned.
In the huddle somebody
detected that Maryland had
IL players, including three
centerS.
'One of you guys get to
hell out of here" said
KERN. who was appearing in
his first game, I'm stay
ing "-WhittleSey.
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'Qudntico 10 Play
Charity Game
In Frederick

QUANTICO. va, Nov. %
(SpeciaD. - The Quantico Ma
rines, out of the Poinsettia Bowl
game at San Diego, which can
Iceled because of deployment of
the fleet. will close out their
season with a charity game with
the Little Creek Amphibs at 8
pm. next Friday at McCurdy
Stadium, Frederick, Md.
The game is being sponsored
by the Optimist Club Of Fred
erick and is for the youth actiy-
tiles fund of that city.
Quantico brought its record to
8-S with a $40 victory yesterday
over the Fort Monmouth Sig
nalerS.
Everybody got into the act as
the Marines won at will. The
piece de resistance was a play
on which Line Coach Bob Noel
roy, playing quarterback. pitched
out to Backfield Coach Andy
Androlewicz who in turn passed
to Assistant Line Coach j. d.
Roberts, playing halfback, for 10
yards and a touchdown with five
seconds left.
To complete the fantasy Tad
Weed, the place-kicking expert
from Ohio State, held the ball
as Bob Harrison, former Rice
end, booted the extra point.
Worth Lutz, quarterback from
Duke, got Quantico off on the
right foot by scoring a touch
down on a 1-yard sneak and
passing IS yards to End Dick
Lucas for another. Other scores
were added by Bill Ortman on
Ia 13-yard squirt and Turk Petrar-
Ica on a 2-yard plunge. Weed
converted twice and Dick Gagli-
Iardi added another.
Quantieo "a II "a
Fort Monmouth q q a. q
Quantico- scoring: Touchdowns-Lutz
y, rum, Lucas i35. pass from LutzJ
9rtman (l3. rum. Petrarca q, rum,
Hooerts 10 pass from Androlewiczl
Sonyersions--Weed 20, Gagliardi. Har-
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Don Dell Blanks
Two Tennis Rivals.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. % (Specia)
Donald Dell of Bethesda, Nd.
second-seeded in the national
indoor tennis tournament here,
blanked Jan Coaster of Kirk
wood, Mo-, Go, SO. in first
round play yesterday.
Dell came back in the third
round to dispose of Paul Young
of st. Louis. also by 60, 60.
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Poinsettiu Bowl Off
Due to Fleet Shifts

SAN DIEGO, Nov. % tR.-
The annual service team grid
iron attraction, the Poinsetta
Bowl game, will not be held this
year, it was announced yester-
day.
John Alien. San Diego Junior
Chamber Of Commerce president,
SAID the game was cancelled be-
cause Of depIoyment of the fleet
which apparently will continue
for the next few weeks"
The game has Eeen played an
nually between top East and
West service teams.
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Training School Wins

Rudolph Lindsey went 16
yards for touchdown in the
third quarter to end an 30
yard drive and Ronald Fisher
passed to Jim Adams for the
extra point to give National
Training School a TO victory
yesterday over the Miles A. C..
at NTS.