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Evening star., 1956-12-03
BY EARL H. vOss

The United States has sus-
pended its -of-persons
program with the Soviet Union,
Exchanges with the East Eu-
ropean satellite countries are
being continued. however. A
group of Polish housing experts
is in this country now.
The decision to stop trying To
promote exchanges with the
Soviet Union repeatedly was
taken three weeks ago.
President Eisenhower Is under
stood to have ordered that no
announcement be made Of the
suspension.
The State Department set ur
a special section TO promote
East West contacts last June. II
is headed by Ambassador vii.
liam S. B. Lacy. former envoy Il
the Republic of Korea.
Since there is only a suspen-
sion and not a cancellation oi
the program. the United States
Government apparently does not
intend 10 slam the door on re-
sumption OF the program al
some future date
Continuation OF the satellite
exchange pr3ersm may have the
effect Of STRENGTHENING the new
tendencies toWard independence
among the East European gov.
ernments.
Housing officials from POLAND
arrived here November 10 for 2
month-long tour Of "a cities
Their visit Is being sponsored oy
the National Association Of Home
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Stocks Up $1-S4
In Heavy Trading

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 Up
The stock market rose sharply
today in heavy trading, with oil
and steel shares leading the way
70 gains ranging from 81 70 a.
Gulf OIL and Royal Dutch both
Jumped S4 20 si0s. so and 500
respectively while Bethlehem
Steel advanced S2.I2 20 Si7s rs
and Youngstown $50 70 tll650
Union Carbide and Carbon was
up Si75 at sI0S SO. a gain
matched by International Nickel
a. t96 IS and KennecOtt Copper
At SIPS General Motors rose 81
cents 70 S44-i2 and chryslei
Sis7 10 S7O.i2
Optimistic statements by Sec.
retary Of State Dulles on the
Middle East and United states
plans % help Europe Eith oil
supplies we're cited By brokeri
as factors In the advance.
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Five Inmates
At PETERSBURG
Recuptured

PETERSBURG, Va, Dec. 3
P).-Police today captured five
Negro mental patients who es-
capped from the maximum secur-
ity building of Central State
Hospital early yesterday.
A spokesman in the Din
widdie County sheriff's Office said
the five had been picked up in
the vicinity of Carson. in Din
widdie's southern section on the
Prince George County line. Two
Of the five were considered
dangerous.
The escaped inmates were cap
tured in a wooded ravine about
300 yards east of U. S. 30l in
Prince George. They were un-
armed but had some money.
The five were taken inVo Gus
tody after a series of shotgun
and pistol shots were heard near
the center of the area. the scene
of an intense manhunt last night
and early today. Indications were
the five were uninjured.
The capture apparently was
made without a fight
Dinwiddie Sheriff Rudge But
terworth SAID much of the credit
for bringing the lengthy man.
hunt to a successful conclusion
was due to bloodhounds which
had aided authorities from the
first.
The FIVE had overpowerec
attendants. stacked up garbage
cans like step ladder and scaled
q 20-foot hospital wall to escape
Hospital Supt. JUL c. NielSer
identified the two dangerous es.
capees as John McEacheron. 28
OF Newport News. serving 81
years in the State penitentiar,
for armed robbery. and Edward
jefferson. 25, of Petersburg. sen
fenced TO the penitentiary fol
murder.
Evening star., 1956-12-03

CLINTON. Tenn, Dec. 3 tR.-
The Anderson County School
Board told the Federal Govern
ment today it has reached the
end of its rope in trying to en-
force racial integration at Gin
ton High School and asked fol
help.
In letter to Attorney General
Brownell, the board said il
might become necessary to close
the school within five days un-
less the Government comes in to
enforce a Federal court integra-
ton order.
All of the 10 Negro pupils still
enrolled have remained away
from classes since last Tuesday
after reporting that white stu
dents had thrown rocks and eggs
at them. None showed up for
classes today and no disorders
were reported as classes resumed
for the week. And Principal D
J. Britain said, II believe they
will stay out this week"
FavOrs Prosecutions
Mr.. Britain told a news con-
ference he believed the only way
to enforce the integration order
was for the Federal Government
Ito put people in here. get in
formation and prosecute people. "
The principal blamed the Ten
Inessee White Youth Council
organized at the school last
month. for recent racial strife
Evening star., 1956-12-03
u. S. Suspends Exchange
OF Persons With Russia

Builders, the same group which
conducted the Soviet housing
delegates on a similar tour ear
lier.
Soviet-American exchanges Of
specialist groups started shortly
after the Geneva conference of
the Big Four heads Of state in
July 1865.
Agricultural experts Of the So
Wet Union toured the United
States in August, 1855. Since
then there have been exchanges
Of housing. automation, press
science, music, church and Red
Cross groups.
One OF the most recent Soviet
groups to tour the United States
was the three-man election OBJ.
lservation team. Their reactions
to the American free election
process are being published ii
Soviet newspapers now. A So.
Wet team studying mass feed.
ing" as in cafeterias. left thil
country only recently.
Moscow promised that al
American group Of election Oh.
servers would be invited 70 set
the Soviet oallotlng process
probably the Supreme Sovier
elections IN 1858.
First indication OF the Ameri-
can GOODNESS toward further ex-
changes came when the Com
merce Department disclosed it,
plans for participating in inter.
national trade fairs. A planned
exhibit IN Cork park. Moscow
was omitted from the list oi
events 70 be sponsored.
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Board Asks Federal Aid
In Integroting School

(In Washington, Government
attorneys indicated a belief that
the Clinton board should go tc
the Federal court as was done
by the Hoxie (Ark, Schoo
Board when strife arose over its
racial integration program.
CIn response to an inquiry.
a spokesman for Attorney Gen.
eral Brownell said:
COf course, we cannot com.
ment on the communication
from the Clinton board until i
has been received. Meanwhile
we would like to call attention
to the Hoxie ARK. case.D
Obtained Injunction
Hoxie was the first commu,
nifty in the South to attemp
integration. After Negro chill
dren were absorbed into a pre-.
viously all-white school in Hoxie
there we're demonstrations. Tit
school board went to the Fedora
District Court and obtained az
injunction against further in.
reference. At that point, the
Justice Department intervenec
as "a friend of the court" tC
support the Hoxie board.
The district court injunction
was recently upheld by the Unit
ed States Circurt Court in st
Louis.
Defiance of Federal court
Continued on Page A-12, Col.
Evening star., 1956-12-03

clerk asked Miss Brit If she would
care to amplify her explanation
Well" said Miss Birt, Il am
known professionally as Zshrat
the Fire Eater and I am billed
with Duffys Circus as the
youngest fire-eater in the busi-
ness.
THE raw material for the act
Is about a tumblerful Of petrol
for each performance. Without
petrol my whole career will, -
to speak, go UP in smoke.
3 Gallons a Month
Il only need the cheaper
commercial grade" she added
reassuringly. The high test
stuff tastes too much OF lead.
About three gallons a month
would do"
The postOfiice clerk went into
a huddle with her superiofs bu;
Il was plain that the Ministry
Of Fuel and Power had gooied
Nowhere In the petrol rstloning
plan was there any provision fos
fife-eaters.
The postOfiice people passed
the buck 70 the district fuel Of
fice. who got out from under oy
having Miss Brit aIl In her ap-
plicstion with carriage or motos
vehicle" crossed out and "hTe-
eater" written In.
Evening star., 1956-12-03
CHRISTMAS STORY
BEGINS TOMORROW

Beginning tomorrow in the comic
pages, be sure 10 rcod the first
instollment o. The S,ors onnuol
chrstmos stop, "Ssnta and the
Secret Room
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this yeer's story Of Sania I'LL oppeoF
s,sp doy. except Sundoy. through
December z.
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Room reading ifeo, combining
Saspcass ard entertainment os AlsI.
endsf Q little boz. watches vits 9TH
q s,eked sssfcefeI 70 Fssevs S, hiek
IN time 10, chns,mss
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10 mske sctapbeok
Doat mss San,s ssd shs Secret
Rson" stsF,ias ,omervv ~ The
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sss,Hss } 500
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Rescue Plane Lost
With 10 Aboard

MARSEILLE. Dec. 3 P).-A
French four-engine rescue plane
with 10 crewmen aboard has
been missing since early yester-
day on a fight over the West
ern Mediterranean,
Maritime officials said the
Laneuedoc plane was part of the
force which few cover missions
over a freighter out Of control
in heavy seas for two days with
Ia smashed rudder of Spain.
The plane was believed to have
gone down about rs miles of
the Spanish coast near BARGE.
Iona. other aircraft made ar
intensive search but founc
nothing.
Evening star., 1956-12-03

its desire to prosecute. But the
United States Attorney demand
ed assurances in writing that i
really did want to prosecute.
4. When the Welfare Depart
ment put everything in writing
beginning in September. and sent
a group Of cases to the United
States Attorney. the prosecutor
assigned to them deferred actor
pending a conference between
Welfare Director Gerard M. Shea
and United States Attorney
Oliver Gasch.
Conference Held
The heads of welfare anc
prosecution got together late last
week to reach an understanding
on where they go from here
They agreed:
Only the most aggravated
cases will go to court. Cases will
be screened. They will also be
more thoroughly prepared SO
busy prosecutors will have sufi-
cient information on. which tC
proceed.
Mr.. GaSch said he did not be-
lieve in jailing relief recipients
whose offense was in earning
some additional money and con-
Icealing it from welfare author
tiles. He said if they were jailed
the community would have a
larger bill to pay and they would
Continued on Page A-1O, Col. i;
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Bars
i. n. Inspection
But New Note Invites
Hummurskjold Visit

/ UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Dec.
l3 (P.-Hungary today refused
once more to permit United Ma
itions observers to enter Hungary
1T told Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold, however, that he
would be welcomed in Budapest
''at later date"
United States Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr., Immediately
called the Hungarian position
I"most unsatisfactory"
Mr.. Lodge said, the Hungarian
agreement to accept a visit from
Mr.. Hammarskjold at some in
definite time in the future could
not be considered as compliance
with U. N. demands for an on
Ithe-scene inquiry into the Hun
garian situation.
The Secretary General must
Ibe able to go soon enough to dc
some good" Mr.. Lodge said.
Debate New Proposal
4 Mr.. Lodge addressed the 49,
nation General Assembly as il
began debate on a new resolu-
tlon, sponsored by the United
States and 13 other countries
calling on both Russia and Hun
gary to comply with earlier u
N. decisions. These included de-
mands for the withdrawal OF
Soviet troops, the cessation OF
mass deportations of Hungarians
and the admission of U. N. OBJ
servers to Hungary.
:. Hungary set forth its position
in a note from acting Foreign
Minister Istvan Sebes to Mr.
Hammarskjold.
Mr.. Lodge accused the Soviet
Union with contempt for the
purposes and principles of the
United Nations" Instead OF
withdrawing Soviet troops. he
said the Russians had sent ir
more after the assembly made
its demand. He added that il
also was continuing the depor-
tations despite U. N. appeals.
1T is vital that we receive in.
formation which impartial people
on the scene could observe" Mr.
Lodge declared.
THE time has come for one
final appeal We must set a
deadline. We cannot allow our
selves to be fobbed off,"
Sees Violation of Sovereignty
The new proposal asked the
governments Of Hungary and the
Soviet Union to communicate
with Nm. Hammarskjold by De-
cember Z their consent to receive
u. N. observers.
In the communication to the
secretary general, Mr.. Sebes
said "the Hungarian government
lis. as before. of the opinion that
the permission for United Ma
See L. ~, Page "A
Evening star., 1956-12-03
British-French Pu||out
Slated Without De|ay'
PINEAU'S SPEECH
ON TROOPS LEAVES
ASSEMBLY COLD

PARIS, Dec. 3 (P).-For-
eign Minister Christian Pin
eau's statement that Britain
and France are ready to
withdraw their troops from
Egypt without delay" was
received coldly and with in
difference today by the Ma
tional Assembly.
His seven-minute speech
delivered with obvious lack
OF enthusiastically drew
polite applause. Neither were
there any boos or heckling.
When he had finished, the
assembly returned to a
budget debate without
further ado.
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Temperature Here
Goes Up to "a

Sunny weather for the Wash
ington area pushed the tempera-
ture 10 64 degrees today.
The warm day meant a change
Of uniform for Metropolitan po-
licemen pstrolling their beats
from the regulation oyercost "a
a lighter. shorter combination
coat.
The fair and mild weather
viii continue tonight. with low
of about ~ degrees predicted
Tomorrow should bring partly
cloudy skies and continued mild
Temperatures. the Weather Bu-
reau says.
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Lloyd Tells
Commons of
Suez Move

LONDON, Dec. 3 (P1 Britain
and France bowed today TO the
will of the United Nations and
agreed to pull their troops out
of the Suez Canal zone without
delay"
Further, the British told Israel
it should get out of the captured
GAIA strip as we'll as Egypts
Sinai Peninsula and permit the
strip to be made a responsibility
of the U. N.
In New York, U. N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold ex-
pressed hope the British and
French forces will be out and
the emergency U. N. police force
will have taken command in Port
Said by mid-December.
Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd notified the House of
Commons Gen. Sir Charles
Keightley. commander Of the
British French invasion forces,
has been instructed to meet with
U. NJ officials to work out a time
table for the withdrawal.
"ShOrt Time" Required
Given good faith on all sides.
it can be carried out in short
time" Mr.. Lloyd said.
In Paris. Foreign Minister
Christian Pineau delivered a
similar statement to the French
National Assembly.
Mr.. Lloyd's announcement
made clear that the invasion
failed to achieve what many
members of Britain's ruling Con-
servative Party had considered
a prime objective: to restore
the Suez Canal to international
control.
He said Mr.. Hammarskjold
would soon promote negotiations
on the canals control among
representatives of Britain, France
and Egypt.
Mr.. Lloyd told the tense ses-
sion of Commons that the Brit
ish and French governments
have instructed their command
Ter to contact the U. N. COM
Imander. Gen. E. L. M. Burns.
about the withdrawal, taking
into account the military and
practical problems involved"
He said:
"The French and British gov
lernments have come to the con-
Iclusion that withdrawal Of their
forces in the Port Said area can
now be carried out without de-
lay"
LabOrites Jeer
Mr.. Lloyd declared, amid OPP
position Laborite ieers: Given
good faith on all sides it (the
WithdrawaD can be carried out
in short time"
Mr.. Lloyd declared Mr.. Ham
marskjold will promote negotia-
tions as quickly as possible on
three matters:
/. The six requirements set
out in the U. N. Security Coun-
See BRITAIN, Page IA
Evening star., 1956-12-03
IFire-Eoter Smokes Out
British on Gas Rotion

LONDON. Dec. 3 0PJ.-The
Ministry Of Fuel and Power was
presented today with a burning
problem. name Of Miss Priscilla
Brit, aged 10. She wants a gaSo-
line ration book, but her need il
gastronomic not vehicular.
Because of that unpleasantnes,
along the Suez Canal. which ha'
cut of oil supplies from the
Middle East. Britain is about Il
start doing out motor fuel
in small squirts. commencing
December II.
Pretty Miss Brit tripped into
the Chelsea Postoffice last week
TO file her request for book oi
coupons which would enable hei
70 Get a share.
The clerk asked her what kind
Of motor driven vehicle she owns
and whether II Is operated fog
business or pleasure.
Miss Birt replied that she does
not own a vehicle. motor-driyen
or otherwise.
Youngest In Business
Why. then, do you require a
petrol ration?" demanded the
clerk.
I want 10 eat II" replied Mis-,
Birt.
Pulling herself together. ths
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Man., II, Jailed
As POisOner
Of ;, Ends Life
Suitor Of Girl, 13,
Accused of Putting
Arsenic in Cistern
BY MARY LOU WERNER
Star STAFF Correspondent

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
Dec. 3. - William S. Knighten
72-year-old suitor of Molly Kid
well, l3. who was charged with
murder in the arsenic deaths OF
her father and two brothers
hanged himself in his jail cell
today, police reported.
Knighten, who lived alone at
Bolivar, w. Va, apparently
sought revenge on the Kidwell
family of IL when they scoffed
at his attentions to the young
mountain girl, State Trooper j
E. burst said.
Questioned and released last
week in the cistern poisoning of
II members of the Kidwell fam
lily, Knighten was taken in Gus
tody again at 1:30 am. His
body, suspended by a sheet
knotted around the neck, was
discovered by a Jail trusty at
8 am.
Denied Charges
Knighten denied the charges
against him. But, police said, he
acknowledged having bought two
quarts of a weed killer. contain
ing over 80 per cent arsenic. at
a Charles Town hardware store
--one on November 9 and the
other the next day.
Neighbors reported seeing
Knighten at the Kidwell home
in Kearneysville while the family
was away on November 10, police
said.
1t was common knowledge
among the neighbors, said Troop
er burst, that the elderly man
had been trying to date the Kid
wells oldest daughter. He had
given her money and the Kidwell
family food and. clothing, he
added.
A few days before the Kid
well family became i'll. Mr.. burst
said, Knighten visited the Kid
we'll home and found young
boy visiting Molly. When MEM
bers of the family kidded the
older man about it, he became
angry and left. he said.
Mr.. burst said he had been
told that Knighten had asked
permission to marry the 13-
year-old girl.
Retired On Pension
The elderly bachelor had been
retired on a railroad pension,
Mr.. burst said.
About a month ago. Knighten
set UP a $4,000 fund for Molly
Continued on Page A-12, Col. 4
Evening star., 1956-12-03
$7,765-A-YEAR RAISE APPROVED
FOR DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS

The District Commissioners today received S1165-a.
year raise
They were notified that the Civil Service Commission
had approved their reclasscation from GS17
year to GS-l8 at $4,000 year.
The grade classification had requested by the
District for its Commissioners in the and the request
was renewed when number of additional grade 18 positions
became available
Commissioner David Karrick said in radio talk last
April 1t was his unbiased opinion" that the salaries the
Commissioners inadequate. He recommended an
crease to $21, 900 or $21,500 year.
Evening star., 1956-12-03
ANNAPOLIS ROAD
IINCHING AHEAD

A LONG TINE oso they started
building the Annapolis tSprsssvsy.
And Il still so't completed But cone
chfistmos, seother ee.spsroiins. 7h
miles more Of ihs artery ShSu5 b
resdy. Gene Goodwin vTiss oboot
i On poss All.
HEART SURGERY. believed imoss.
,ible 70 ysoD sss, IS On 'mpo'isas
end 6ssmsiie lie Nylns fsehs'ass
,odoy, son Lsessfs tsssl IN the h'st
sl ssfes On The stsg feoiufe
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Evening star., 1956-12-03


court action.
The decision to go forward
with one such case was made
last week, breaking a pattern of
years. The accused recipient is
now being sought in North Caro-
lima.
A Star survey revealed a COM
bination of factors have previ-
ously discouraged prosecution.
Need Realized
Chief of these factors has been
the hesitancy of prosecutors and
relief officials to jail people who
couldn't live on what they got in
relief payments and resorted to
some misrepresentation to get a
few dollars more a month.
Where the people made an
honest effort to repay, nobody
wanted to prosecute.
There have been these other
factors:
/. In the rare cases of fragrant
where the prosecutor
agreed to go forward, welfare
officials failed to provide the
needed additional information.
2 The system of bringing in
these cases for prosecution has
been repeatedly changed in the
past decade with the Corpora
tion Counsel at one point shar-
ing the responsibility.
3. The Welfare Department
took the position that by refer
ring the cases, it made known
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Renewed Rebel Fighting
Reported in Hungary
Accounts of Guerrilla Attacks
Heard From North and South Sections
BY ERIC WAHA
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

BUDAPEST, Hungary Dec. 3-Budapest seethed with re-
ports today of fighting between Hungarian rebels and the
Russian army in the countryside.
The reports spread from mouth to mouth
heard by western diplomats Szabe of guerilla free
dom fighters were said to be battling forests and hills
both in Northern and Southern Hungary
PEGS, center of Hungarys coal and uranium mines
Evening star., 1956-12-03

named as one OF the chief re-
doubts of the rebel holdouts.
Communications between PEGS
and Budapest were broken.
Some rumors in the Capital
said shooting heard here yes
terday was artillery fire on
Hungarian attackers. Another
'rumor said Russians and Hun
garians were fighting in the
Buda section of the capital this
morning.
Disgust Displayed
(The government controlled
Budapest radio explained that
the firing was an artillery
salute at a burial ceremony
for Russian soldiers killed in
the rebellionJ
None of these reports could
be confirmed. Some OF them
apparently sprang from lack Of
confidence in the government
controlled radio and newspaper
Budapest people displayed
their disgust with the Commu-
mist Party newspaper, Neps-
zabadsag, when they burned
stacks Of the paper in the
streets yesterday.
But many people still buy
the paper because it is the only
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Dulles Returns,
Has Stuff Meeting
BY the Associated Press

Secretary Of State Dulles re-
ported to work this morning
exactly one month after under
going an operation at Walter
Reed Hospital to remove a can
cerous growth from his large
intestine.
Under Secretary Herbert Hoo
yer. jr.. and other aides well
Evening star., 1956-12-03
Reluctance to Jail Needy
Snogs roud Prosecutions
Lack Of Welfare Crockdown Also Due
To Vague HondIing, Shutting of Cuses
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

No relief recipients have been prosecuted for fraud in
three mainly because of dsncnaon on the part OF
all concerned to Jail people who really in need
This reluctance has combined with vague handling OF
and reerras them to result in DELAYS
in prosecuting the considered by the