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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
2 Ambassador Posts
Confirmed by Senate
BY the Associated Press

The Senate today confirmed
the nominations of Cavendish w
Cannon to be Ambassador
to Morocco and Christian M
Ravndal to be Ambassador Il
Ecuador.
Mr.. Cannon, legal resident Of
Salt Lake City. Utah, will be the
first United States Ambassador
to Morocco since that country
became independent. He has
been Ambassador to Greece since
1858.
Mr.. Ravndal. a resident of De-
corah. Iowa, has been Minister
to Hungary. In Ecuador. he will
succeed Sheldon T. Mills who has
been named Ambassador to At
ghaniStan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
MARINE

Continued From First PAGE
said recruits were grabbing one
another and pulling them under,
and finally there was the safety
of the creek bank again.
Testifies He Was Nervous
From lanky 6-foot Pvt. Melvin
Barber of New York came the
testimony about drowning and
being shark bait. He was one of
the non-swimmerS in the outfit,
and because of this he was "a
little nervous" and didn't ven
ture out in the creek as far as
the rest of the platoon.
Pvt. Barber was asked why the
second field day was ordered
the first was for lounging on
the ground during a smoke
period-and said, Il don't rightly
know" He thought it was for
taking seconds at chow which it
seems put extra weight on re-
cruits and kept them from as
Stunning the best firing position
on the rifle ranges here.
Over spirited prosecution OBJ
lection. Navy Capt. Irving N.
Klein, the legal officer, admitted
evidence on whether such night
marches were a practice here.
Then S/Sergt. Edward A. Huff,
who was witness at the time,
was asked if it was a practice
and responded:
"As far as I know, yes, SIR"
Sergt. Huff said. moreover, he
had threatened to take his pla-
toon into the swamps at one
time and. he told the prosecution
on cross-examination, he in
tended to do it but was too busy.
The defense contends Sergt
McKeon was "a dedicated Ma
rine and was only doing what
comes naturally here in con-
Quoting the march.
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ALERT
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
and State governments would be
inoperable. said Mr.. Snyder.
The press secretary said a
proclamation like the one out
lined, or one with improvements
and notifications" might ma
terially aid in governmental
continuity in a crisis. He said il
would give maximum possible
military support to civilian au-
thoritieS throughout the Nation
The FCDA chief would be au-
thorized to exercise local author
ity where that was vital to law
order. public health and safety
but the authority would be re-
turned to local civil officials as
soon as they are again capable
of performing their tasks.
The administrator also would
be able to commander resources
urgently needed to fulfill his
mission.
Mr.. Snyder said the test order
is the result of a careful year.
long study by Government otIi-
Gals.
Some Boobies Noted
Mr.. SNYDER said he thought
the civil defense exercise has
gone along reasonably we'll" in
its first "a hours, although he
recognized there had been some
hobbies. He predicted the oper-
alton will be smoother in the
remaining five days of its
schedule.
He said communications sys-
TENS were swamped as informa-
ton was exchanged between
target areas, relocation centers
for high Government officials
who evacuated" Washington
and the emergency press head
quarters in an old mansion here
more than 100 miles from the
District. 4'~'
The assistant press secretary,
who took command of the News
point center as soon as he could
get here from the bombed
Capital. said weather also played
an important part in the first
days drill. A genuine tornado
near Richmond, Va, and q
series of thunderstorms across
the country affected the orders
issued to civil defense workers
in connection with the develop
ing exercise.
Communications damned
Mr.. Snyder said the lapse oil
more than an hour between the
theoretical bombing of the
Washington area and the time
Of the announcement of the at
tack here was due in part to
the jam in communications. He
said it would have been impos-
sible to issue an authoritative
report on what happened in
the Capital until an official sur
vey was made and transmitted
via prearranged. emergency
channels.
The adverse weather tempo
rarily prevented flights to News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21

cago to Washington had to stor
at Weaverton, w. Va, until
waters receded and No. 9 from
Washington to Chicago was held
up two hours near Engle.
Rescued from Cars
Montgomery County was hard
hit by the driving rains which
lasted well into morning. Pos
lsibly a dozen persons were
rescued from cars stranded by
swiftly rising streams. Three
were admitted at Suburban Hos
pital.
Sections of River road il
Bethesda and north through Pc
tomac and Seneca, Md, wert
impossible during the night
Three main roads still were
closed to traffic at $3.50 am. be.
cause of flooding Rock Greek
They were. Connecticut avenue
Kensington parkway and Beech
drive.
Equipment had to be moved
out of. the Falls Church Fire
House in the $500 block of Lee
highway because of flooding
Four Mile Run Greek, which ad.
joins the building. Water wa:
4 feet deep in front of the build
ing.
In Fairfax. four small bridge.
were washed away, closing some
back roads. but police said State
Highway equipment was expected
to start work on them early this
morning. One of the waShout:
was on Kirbey road near CheS-
textbook, another on Sleepy Hol.
low road in Ravensworth and 9
third on Park street in Vienna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
TODAY'S WEI THER REPORT

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy with scattered showers
and thunderstorms tonight and
tomorrow. Low tonight about 20.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cloud
iness with scattered showers and
thunderstorms tonight and to-
morrow. Low tonight 66-74 in
east. 60-67 in western portion.
Virginia-Partly cloudy with
showers and thunderstorms to-
night and tomorrow. Low tonight
6S-74 in east, 62-70 in western
portion Warm and humid to-
morrow,
Winds - Mostly southwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21

felt here about the McKeon trial
from the lowest recruit clipping
grass with nail scissors land
that does happen) to the rank
gathered around the officers bar.
The Pain. Shows
Only the officers aren't talk
ing much, and certainly not at
the bar. They wear a panied ex-
preston more conspicuous than
their ever present swagger
sticks.
They. act as though they
think-or would like to think
that this thing had never hap
pened to their proud service.
But that was before some OF
chief defense counsel Emile lola
Berman's legal showmanship
After five days of that, they are
making the best of what is, fol-
hem and their corps, a bad
situation.
They acknowledge they are ir
for a rough time. Even the camr
newspaper, The Boot, which hac
not one mention of the trial OF
the eve of its opening in its is.
sue a week ago Friday came ou
yesterday with a lead stor,
headlined "McKeon Court-Mar.
tial Started" Then followed
fairly detailed account of wha
happened in the first three day,
of the trial.
Enlisted Men Sympathetic
But if one wants to find ar
outspoken Marine opinion OF
the trial and Sergt. McKeon
himself, one must go where the
noncomS and enlisted men gath.
erin their clubs, at the Los
Cabin in nearby Beaufort, or il
little tavernS that shall be name.
less in Port Royal, where thu
accused lives. and other adjacent
areas.
One will hear there that Sergt
Mckeon is a fine Marine and tn,
night march on which he led hi,
platoon was not an unknown
thing as the Marine brass woulC
have everyone believe. One will
be told that fruit jars have beer
passed for a collection for tn,
sergeant and his family and thai
many greenback was seen mes
Ting among the silver.
An old-timer grunted and said
Paris Island hasn't changed il
80 years. 1t happened then, too.
Another will say: Sure, it.
happened" and then relate hoy
his outfit has marched into tn
marsh area, If not the creek.
Feared Candy Penalty More
One will be told that what h
dreaded even more than tn
night marches was the penalt,
imposed by one drill instructo
for 'porgie-baiting." as eatin
candy here is called. j.
The D. L." said the Marine
: would listen outside the bar
: racks until he heard someon
) crunching porgie-bait. The
: he'd snap on the light and yeI
Fall out!'. We'd fall out in ou
} drawers and stand at attention
! While the mosquitoes and san,
flies chewed on us. We'd NO
move, for that would mean fiv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
Tennis Star Weds

NEW ORLEANS. July 81 (P)
Hamilton Richar'' N of West
field, N. j.. member of the
United States Davis Cup team
and Ann Kathryn Remington
of New Orleans. were married
here last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
Scene Is Changed,
But Druft- Goes On
BY a star Stan Correspondent

"NEWSPOINT," July 21.-The
Selectiye Service system today
from its civil defense hideaway
announced an actual draft cal
of $4,000 men earmarked for the
Army in September.
1t. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di-
rector. said his staff is working
around the clock during Opera
ton Alert 1856 to insure that
the draft system functions prop
erly during the simulated emer-
gency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
Prisoner Seeks Office

! BOSTON. July 81 (P.-Nom-
nation papers were filed yester-
day for Thomas j. Lane, Demo-
crat of Massachusetts, for re-
nomination for Congress from
the 7th Massachusetts, District.
Lane is serving Federal peni-
Tertiary term for an income tax
violation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21

3 am. The reScuers we're George
Bodmer, William Bliss, Charles
Bodmer and Graydon Tolson.
Mr.. Stevenson and Mr.. Frazier
had been placing warning flares
along the road and we're driving
across the swollen creek when
the truck was swept away The
men climbed to the top of the
truck.
Two other persons we're res
cued after a car washed of New
River road near Seneca about 2
am.
Mrs. Mildred M. Lowe, 1858
Macarthur boulevard, Cabin
John. and T. B. Lathrop of New
York were clinging to the sides
Of the car. with water rushing
around their shoulders, when
they were spotted by George
Hissey and Gerry Holdbrook Of
Gd1II1cIo OuIS.
Families in Seneca were evaeu-
ated in the face of rising water
In Seneca Greek and the C&O
Canal. Meek's Boathouse re-
ported half a dozen or more
boats had been washed away by
storm water.
Two men were rescued from
a tree where they had scrambled
to safety after another car was
washed off Route 240 3 miles
north of Gaithersburg by flood
ing Little Seneca Creek. Gath
ersburg f1remen and Rockville
rescue squadmen came to their
assistance.
Admitted to Suburban Hos
pital for treatment of shock
and exposure we're Carl Lloyd
and Miss Betty Adele Bashor
Of Rockville. A hospital official
said Miss Bashor was helped to
safety by Mr.. Lloyd after her
car was swept of Falls road.
She was clinging to a tree in
a flooded creek when Mr.. Lloyd
saw her about 4 am.
Also taken to Suburban was
Claude Pickett, 35. of Gathers
burg, whose car was dumped
into a flooded creek which had
washed away a small bridge.
He suffered a broken right arm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
Marines at Paris Island
See Triol Blow to Corps
sy sac correspondent Of Ths Sac

PARIS ISLAND. S. c. July 21-A grizzled old sergeant
carressng his of summed up attitude
the court-martal of Staff Sergeant Matthew
half scream:
What you doing
He wasn't speaking anybody in particular
The sergeant expressing only the general bewderment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21

and cuts. The Gaithersburg
rescue squad pulled him from
the flooded car.
Fire and rescue crews from
Capitol Heights and Tuxedo
Cheverly were called out after
10 pm. to remove a tree that
had fallen over Central avenue
between Largo and Enterprise
roads.
There was at least one en-
couraging note after the deluge.
Edmonston, Md. long a target
for floods after downpours, suf-
fered no damage. Mayor George
w. Page said work done thus far
on the Anacostla River flood
control project apparently has
made floods in his town a thing
of the past.
Bernard Frank. vice president
of the Rock Creek Watershed
Association, pointed out, how
ever. that last nights floods,
caused by rainfall he measured
at 2.25 inches at his Chevy
Chase home, were almost as bad
as those caused by a 5.25-inch
fall in 1852.
He pointed to the growing
areas Of impermeable ground
surface that has attended real
estate and road development,
which keeps the water from
soaking into the ground. He
said that to cut down the flu
ture danger of food damage to
life and property, remedial plan
ming must be done for a good
watershed improvement pro-
gram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21

Some 500 persons were re-
ported marooned this morning
in Daniel, Md, homes along
the Patapsco River near Eli
colt City. At one time the Pa
tapsco was rs feet above its
normal level. 1t was later re-
ported receding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
HIGH-WATER MARKS
Rood Workers Saved
By Four-Mon Lifeline

fourman lifeline saved two Maryland State Highway
poyes from drowning early today after floating log knocked
their truck off the road into shoulderhgh food waters
-Four members of the Upper Montgomery County Volunteer
Fire Department rescued Ernest Stevenson and Kenneth Frazier
from flooded Seneca Greek Route % Jacksonville about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21
Sea Levels Cited

NEW ORLEANS.-The Gulf Of
Mexico is several inches higher
than the level of the Atlantic
ocean at the coast of Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21

winds 1920 miles per hour to-
night and tomorrow. Visibility
mostly good.
River Report
From u. s. Eneineers)
potomac River muddy az Harpers
River muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Reading Washington National AIRPORT
Midnight ~ Noon - rs
s am, e pm ------ "a
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest. %, on June B.
Lowest, 90. on January "a. 2s and
High and Low Of Last "a Hours
High, IS. at $50 am
Low, as. at-5;l5 am.
Tide Tab,ea
FURNISHED by the United ,.tates Coast
and Geodetie Survevl
Today Tomorrow
Htsh ------ 1855 am. s34 a m
Low --------- 2:I4am. 800 am
Low fasn --- Isl En- prn. s s4 2 ? m. m
The Sun and Moon
Rises sets
SUN Sun t sSasT s sSS an am. s$s s ?. m
Moon today 734 pm. 452 am
Automobile iishtS must be turned on
une-haf hour after unset.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation il inches IN the
CAPITAL current month 70 oatel
Month 1856 1858 Ayg Record
ggs sny sss gSl 324 5s3 9!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-21

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST-occasional heavy rain is
expected tonight New England with showers and thun
derstorms predicted for the rest of the East Coast States
Gulf States Southern Plains Western Lakes upper Msss
spp Northern Rockies and scattered mountain areas in
California 1t will be cooler in the Northwest and the.
4 interior Of calfornia.-AP wreIRoto Map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

jewelry salesman tells Sergt.
Joe Friday and officer Frank
Smith that his valuable sam
pie case has been stolen.
$3.50, WTOP (9)-Shower Of
Stars COLOR: The immortal
"A Christmas Carol" is pre-
scented in musical version
form. The lyrics to the
Charles Dickens classic were
written by Maxwell Anderson.
The cast includes Frederic
March, Basil Rathbone, Ray
Middleton, and Bob Sweeney.
TV Key previews: "a rich
production"
900, WMAL (D-Wire Service:
THE Deep End" A reporter
files the story of death on a
football field. George Brent
and Margaret Hayes.
$500, WRC (4)-The Peoples
Choice: Sock Miller and
Mandy finally wed but spend
that night in Jail.
$3.50, WTOP (9) - Playhouse
go: John P. Marquand's "Sin-
cerely, Willis Wayde" is the
story of a young mans rise
from poverty until he as
Sumes control of a multi-mil-
1ion-dollar lumber empire.
Peter Lawford. Charles Bick-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

saw Dennis Morgan and Betsy
Drake in Pretty Baby" that's
what it's a remake Of.
Her talent for drama you
know about-especially If you
saw her a few months back with
Dennis Hopper in Jerry de Bono's
Carnival" on the Kaiser Alumni
mum Hour. II love live TV," she
volunteered.
why doesn't Warmers make
a moUte from this story?" I
asked.
Don't worry," replied Natalie,
"I'M iUorking on it"
This is the girl, by the way,
who had to turn down Diary Of
Ann Frank" because Of a picture
commitment. Some day, she
hopes, she'll do a stage play, but
her contract with Warmers is
an exclusive one. She's never
studied acting, incidentally, but
admits going to every available
group theater" seminar and re-
hearsal as an observer"
She was in Rebel Without a
Cause" with the late James
Dean, incidentally, and while she
believes he was "a great actor
the best young actor on the
coast-"regretS that the legend
grew out Of perspective so after
his death. She said she heard
an explanation Of the attendant
morbid Juror on a TV show that
made great sense to her. Every
one at one time or another in
their youth has thought of dying
to make people rue their in
difference and feel sorry. When
Jimmy died in such q sensational
way, these people were, in a
sense, reliving their own death. {"
you don't drtve any fast cars,
do yoW?" / asked,
mo-" she said. II driue a
little ThHnderbird."
Ding DiNol
$50
On The Run:
Art Lamb has elected to con-
centrate on his radio career Cat
WGMS) and is reluctantly sever
ing connections with WTTG-
DuMont. where he was its top
star for so many years {.
Veterans sales executive Perry
Walders has resigned from
WTTG. incidentally. to go with
WGMS.
Bud COllyer Is getting the Job
Walter CrOnkite couldn't take
emceeing CBS-TV's new quizzer,
Nothing But The Truth" which
premieres next Tuesday at 9 PM,
WTOP-9.
"Can Do" to put it quickly,
couldn't The new Monday
night stunt show (WRC-4) will
be replaced January IA BY Jack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

lBarry's giveaway, Twenty One"
A Texan was so taken with the
appealing Victor Borge musical
rendition of "A Child's Grace"
Tuesday night. he wired the
humorist that he was contribut-
ing 500 in his name to Hun
garian Relief.
Would the Metropolitan Opera
Association hare ok1yed Richard
fuckers appearance on NBCs
"FeSttvGl of Music" Monday IT
he'd asked permission? !.
Tucker tDds forced to WITHDRAW,
but a program note By host Jose
FerTer TeveGled that bGSSo Nicola
MoSconG lDGS appearing BY cour-
teSy OF the association. Mr..
MoSconG, it seems, asked and tUGS
granted permission.
Jeepers, why the beepers?
WARL's Jock Laurence has
raised a provocative question
about "beep" signals which
radio-TV stations must use dur
ing recorded phone conversations
|. Since the intent of the
FEC ruling is to protect a per-
son from having his remarks re-
corded without his knowledge
or consent, Laurence asks how
come the beep must be employed
when stations are TAPPING their
own phoned-in news reports
Laurence services a number Of
clients around the country via
phone.)
The District Motion Picture and
TV council will hear Post critic
Larry Laurent at a luncheon
tomorrow at the Fairfax Hotel
I. Larry will discuss the chapter
he contributed to the recently
published "Televislon'S Impact
on American Culture"
Phone query: What did the
All-American say to Perry Como
last Saturday that broke him
up so?
AS I recollect, Perry finally
came to one star in the Look
group whom he could look
straight in the eye. The player
named his school, height and
weight-167 pounds. "Well,"I
said Perry. you're Just about
my size" AS Perry walked away.
the player tipped: But can't
sing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
TODAY'S TV
HIGHLIGHTS

1900. WTTG (5)-Dangerous
Assignment: Agent Steve
Mitchell is sent to an inn in
the Swiss Alps to question the
innkeeper regarding a highly
secret document in key
Story"
$500, WTOP (9)-The Bob
Cummings Show: Bob Collins
gives some advice to his
nephew, Chuck, on how to
outsmart q woman and ends
up behind the feminine eight
ball as usual. TV Key says:
Amusing Show"
$500, WMAL (7)-Circus Time:
AL Gordon and his comedy
dog act; and the comedy
team Of the Williams Broth
erS.
$3.50, WRC (4)-Dragnet: A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
TODAYS RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS
$500, w

$500, WIDOW, WASH-FM-In
the Concert Hall: Mendels-
sohn, Symphony No. 4 in A:
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
in E; Bach. Concerto No. 4
in A.
7:15, WINK - Doll House:
Happy Holiday, Joe Stafford.
9:O5, WRC--At the United Ma
tons: Leon Pearson cont
mentS on current develop
ments at the U. N. and inter-
views u. N. personalities.
1900, WGMS-Symphony Hall
Berloiz, Overture to Beatrice
g. Benedict; Bruch, Violin
Concerto No. l in G; Bizet.
Fair Maid Of Perth Suite.
1918, WWDC-Fort Belvoir:
1t. John Peterson covers post
activities and news items.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

ford, Sarah Churchill. TV
Key says: "Talky but has
moments Of interest,""
$3.50, WTTG t5)--The Falcon:
Charles McGraw starring as
the Falcon, is assigned to
find an Army hero who has
disappeared in Chicago after
a run-ln with gamblers.
10000, WRC (4)-Lux Theater:
(Color.) christmas in Con-
necticut." The story of a
young girl who detestS home
making although she is au-
tor Of DIARY of a House.
wife" for a home magazine.
10000, WMAL (7)-Ozark Jubi-
lee: Libby Horne emcees the
first half-hour which is an
edition of Junior Jubilee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

wVe O-s:ts ! Tsssn cSsthC
wIOP O-siss Mediation J. Morning snow T. est KsnsMS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

less, from an exhilerating jaunt
to Mexico City for q Hilton Hotel
premiere.
Giddy she isn't. At least not on
the phone.
Miss Wood is single, intends
to stay single, and has her
bright mind focused on her ca
reer. One Of the perkiest Of the
young Warner Brothers stars,
she's determined to be seen in
a variety of roles" in Holly
wood and on TV.
Thus. her next appearance for
the Tuesday WMAL-7 Conflict"
series on January 8 is part Of the
Wood Career Development Prof.
Iect. It's her first light comedy
on the medium. called Girl On
The Subway" and in case you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
ON THE AIR
Natalie Is Bent
On Coreer-(Her's!)
BY BERNIE HARRISON

Read about Natalie Wood in the gossip columns and you
might get the notion this 18yearold actress little light in
the noggn One had her chasing Evs
country, it the other way around?
Anyway got into the chase yesterday traed Natalie
her Los Angeles home where she arrived
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Residential
Work Shows
Drop Here

Contract awards for future
construction in the Washington
area during February dropped
40 per cent from the correspond
ing month of last year, accord
ing to reports of the F. w. Dodge
Corp. construction news and
marketing specialists.
The dollar volume Of contract
awards last month totaled $685.
$50, 900, the firm said. The re-
port covers the District, Mont
gomery, Prince Georges, Airing
ton and Fairfax Counties, and
the cities of Alexandria and
Falls Church.
In the three categories into
which the firm breaks down its
contract reports, nonresidential
residential and heavy engineer
ing. only heavy engineering show
a gain over last February, with
a rise of 43 per cent.
Nonresidential contracts were
down "a per cent and residential
showed a drop Of % per cent.