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Leniency for Her Attocker
by Kin Of Girl, 10

punishment. was instrumental
in writing the letter.
The girl was raped on Moth
er'S Day. Three times she point
ed to Snider from the witness
stand as the man who forced hel
into his car, drove out near the
edge of Roanoke and attacked
her.
Snider is now in death row
at the prison His attorneys
said no appeal of his conviction
was planned.
The aunt who opposed capita
punishment wrote that the first
statement the little girl made
after learning Snider was SEN
fenced to die was:
Il feel kind of sorry for him
They could have just kept him in
Jail and not kill him.
Child'S Statement Cited
The aunt said in her letter
that if the child can have com
passion in her mind and heart
then he tSnider) should be al
lowed to live if but for no other
reason than for the sake of his
two little children.
Snider has wife, 6-year-olo
son and l8-months-old daughter
living in Alabama.
He also is under indictment
in Roanoke County Circuit Court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-03

Clyde Smith. both of Baltimore.
The drowning victim was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T.
Edwards of Falkland. He also is
survived by two brothers, Law
renee T. Edwards. jr,, of Chill
lum Heights. Md, and Henry B.
Edwards of the home address,
and a sister, Mrs. Hilda Mae
Nowosadko of Millington, Tenn.
He attended Montgomery Blair
High School, Silver Spring. Since
finishing there last month he
worked as a furniture helper for
the Suburban Delivery Service,
Silver Spring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-03
Victim Attempts
To Return Loot
Bandit Dropped

BALTIMORE, up. Louis
Schulman. owner of South Bal
timore jewelry store, was stroll
ling down the street when a $40
bill flutered to the sidewalk.
Schulman called after a man
who was running down the street.
Getting no answer. Schulman
picked up the money and walked
back to his store.
George Snyder. manager of the
store, told Schulman he had
more than a fiinders-keepers
right to the $40. A bandit, Snyder
said, had Just robbed the store of
ssh. The butter fingered bandit
also dropped a 81 bill at the
store entrance. Presumably, he
made off with a $50 bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-03

ROANOKE, Va, July 3 CP.-
Seven relatives of a 10-year-old
girl who was raped here May l3
have signed a letter asking Gov.
Stanley to spare the life Of her
attacker. The girls parents did
not sign the letter.
The letter. Ell route to the
Governor in Richmond. asks him
to commute the death sentence
of Frank j. Snider, jr., to life
Imprisonment. Snider. 30-year-
old Gadsen ala Steelworker,
was sentenced following his con-
viction last week. He is Sched-
uled to be electrocuted at the
State prison in Richmond AuE
gust 3.
Signers of the letter were four
auntS. two uncles and a grand
father of the little girl. The
letter says in part:
I'VE beseech you to spare his
life because we are SO thinkful
he did not kill her.
THE sixth .chapter of Luke
tells us not to condemn and to
forgive those who have Sinned
against us and to pray for them.
Father Did Not Sign
The little girls father said
he was aware the petition was
being sent but said he had no
part in it. An aunt who says
she does not believe in capital
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Search by Police
Reveals $4,000

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, July
g CP).-City police report they
arrested a man over the week
end on an intoxication charge
who had $4,000 in cash and
bonds in his pockets.
The police, who withheld the
mans name as is their custom
in ordinary drunk cases. said ii
was the wealthiest intoXicatlon
case they had ever handled
When the defendant went free
after a court session, he was SIC
and costs the poorer.
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the staff at Patuxent where for
a time he seemed TO try to get
along at his job. When things
began to go not so much to his
liking, he became resistant, and
after attempts to explain
the wisdom of assigning him to
job had been made, he
planned and attempted
an escape from the institution.
DR.. Boslow said the attempt
occurred about month ago
when Marcionette removed sew
eral cinder blocks from a venti-
lator chute and climbed through
the chute to its opening on the
outside of the building. His
escape was blocked, however, by
barbed wire over the outside
opening of the chute and he
was forced to climb back down.
The removed cinder blocks
were discovered by a cuStodial
officer who traced the damage
to Marcionette.
Before this incident, DR.. Bos-
low said, Marcionette was en-
titled to a general circulation
of the institute. But since the
attempted escape he has been
confined to a maximum security
section.
Marcionette was originally
assigned to kitchen duty, but
"he was not a willing worker
and refused to cooperate Dr.
Boslow said.
The official said psychiatrists
consider Marcionette IAN emo
tionally disturbed and extremely
dangerous person. We hope we
will be able to do something for
him. We just don't know"
DR.. Boslow added that Mar
cionette will be a difficult candi-
date for psychotherapy because
he insists there is nothing wrong
with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-03
BoIovuge Named
Assistant Attorney

Appointment of A. Albert Ba-
lavage as an assistant Common
wealth attorney in Arlington,
has been announced by Com
monwealth's Attorney William J.
Hassan.
Nh Balavage, "a, has been in
private practice in Arlington
since 1851. He replaces j. Carl
Hill who resigned to return to
private practice
Mr.. Balavage is married and
mas two children. Michael, 4,
and Steven. ..
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stabbing of Richard Gibson. 20
year-old University of Mary
land student. last fall.
A report from the institution
also discloseS he attempted to
escape from the institution while
undergoing mental observation.
The stabbing occurred in a
field near the Langley Park
Shopping Center in Prince
Georges County, after Mr.. Glib
son had caught Marcionette
taking a car owned by his
brother.
Marcionette was sentenced by
the county Circuit Court to an
indeterminate term not to ex-
coed 18 years in the Maryland
Reformatory for Males.
The court, however, granted q
defense motion that Marcionette
be sent to the Patuxent Institute
for observation to determine
whether he should be committed
there instead for treatment.
DR.. Harold M. BoSlow. insti-
tute director. has informed court
officials that Marcionette would
undoubtedly continue to commit
impulsive (and often violent)
= anti-social acts if allowed on the
, streets.
He seems totally uninteresteC
in getting any help" DR.. Boslov
said 1T is felt that he is a
defective delinquent as described
by law and should be committed
to Patuxent."
Maryland law describes a de-
fective delinquent as anyone
who by anti-Social behavior
shows a tendency toward crimi-
nal activity and who has either
mental deficiencies or emotional
embalance or both to endangel
society"
The delinquent may be. re-
leased "only if the deficiencies
are so relieved as to make il
reasonably safe for society tc
terminate the confinement OF
treatment"
Ruled Sane for Trial
Marcionette will be returned tC
Prince Georges for a circuit court
hearing to determine whether he
should be legally committed tc
the Patuxent Institute for treat
ment.
If the commitment should be
refused, he would have to serve
his term at the reformatory.
Before his trial, Marcionette
received two weeks of mental
examinations at Spring Grove
State Hospital where psychia
tristS concluded he was sane al
the time of the crime and able
to stand trial.
PatuXent psychiatrists in
formed court officials that teach.
ers and others having previous
contact with Marcionette "indi.
cate that he may attempt tC
apply himself and stay out Of
trouble for short periods, but thai
this never lasts long"
This opinion was supported by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-03
$3.50 Raise Voted
For 90 Teachers
In Falls Church

Falls Church'S SO teachers will
receive $3.50 raises in the coming
school year. it was decided last
night.
The city School Board agreed
to the acroSs-the- board raise
after adjusting budget items to
increase the funds available for
salary purposes.
The adjustments cleared the
way for the $3.50 raise instead
of $500, which was the maximum
that could have been authorized
without the budget adjustments.
Richard L, Saintsing, a De-
partment of the Army employe,
of BIS Riley street, was elected
chairman of the board for the
coming fiscal year. Daniel V.
Stapleton was elected wise chair
man.
The board agreed to meet at
8 pm. next Tuesday TO discuss
plans for an addition to the
Madison Elementary School with
an architectural firm. Bids re-
ceived on an earlier remodeling
plan exceed the $4,000 available.
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charged that control of air
traffic, collection of meteorolog-
ical data, and the dissemination
of weather and flight informa-
ton has Jagged pitifully behind
the chronological progress of
aviation
He said the Republican ad-
ministration has been parsi-
moniouS in its treatment of the
Weather Bureau, whose requests
for funds have been consistent
ly cut. Air traffic control tech
niques which were applied TO
the DC-3 are still applied to the
turbo-prop and turbo-compound
transports carrying 100 passen-
gers"
He noted that the nearest
weather station to the scene of
Saturdays air tragedy was 100
miles away. Mr.. Boyer said the
United States Weather Bureau
spends only l8c per person fol-
meteorological service com
pared to 75c per person in Rus
STA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-03
CHALLENGE

GOLDEN BEACH IS NOT the usual de-
velopmeat. II IS sensibIy ro~ed. the lots
are spacious. and there are rules and resu-
lstio~s 10 protect YOUR properly values.
We challenge YOU 10 find a better invest.
r,e~t n your fswIy's future.
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He added: Lack of adequate
weather information resulted in
the loss of hundreds of lives in
the hurricane of the last few
years; it resulted in the destruc-
ton of a substantial portion OF
our B-36 fleet several years ago.
and could well have contributed
to the recent air disaster
The candidate said the tragedy
also pointed up the need "for the
acceptance of Burke as site for
another desperately needed air.
port in the National Capital
area
He said. Our safety air traffic
margin over National Airport is
well nigh saturated, and we
must not waste time in the de-
velopment of Burke as an opti-
mum possibility for airport re-
lief. We must learn the realistic
facts on this need immediately"
Mr. Boyer is opposed for the
nomination by Julius Bremen
and Warren D. QuenStedt.
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Morcionette Is Called
Defective Delinquent
BY WILLIAM TALBOTT

Murderer Vincent Edward Marconette jrr II defec
tive delinquent the opinion of psychatrists the Pauxen
Institute for Defective Delnquents JeSsups, Md
The Falkland Md youth has been undergoing mental
amnations the institution his sentencing
March murder conviction the fatal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-03

for raping a 30-year-old house
wife few hours before the little
girl was seized No date has
been set for his trial in this
charge.
, 1956-08-23
SHIPPING NEWS

The S. S. "Alcoa Ranger sail
ed from Baltimore August 18th
New York August 18th, and
is due at Frederiksted via
Puerto Rico and st. Thomas
on August 25th, accepting
freight from these ports.
, 1956-08-23

The S. S. "Alcoa Pioner'
which sailed from Pensacola,
Mobile, and New Orleans and
was due to arrive at Frederik-
sted on or about August 18th,
will not call, owing to its be-
ing delayed two days as a re-
suit Of hurricane Betsy.
However cargo on board for
ISt. Croix will be discouraged
at San Juan and later trans
shipped here per the S. S.
eAlcoa Ranger, which IS due
on or about August 25th.
ALcoA STEAMSHIP Co. INC.
Robf T M.eswin & Co. Inc.
agents
, 1956-08-23
coRREsPo
'8-21-56

Mr.. Canute "a. bTOuIlulSt
Editor The AVIS
ChIistiansted
NV dear Mr.. Editor:
In your editorial column Of
Thursday, August 8, 1856, we
read: "Move in the Right Dir
ection' all Of which should
make me to study, and think
what would be the best meth
Cd to try in order to correct
a situation which if allowed to
continue would end disastrous
" to the Virgin Islands and
their people.
/, as an ex-leader of our PEG
pie, had this same experience
in the year 1886 IN our Legis-
lature. Can you remember it
was d committee made up Of
responsible citizens that came
forward to teach our people
what remedy to use, and the
people got together about 1900
strong, with fearless leaders,
who were not afraid to identi-
fy themselves with the ordin-
airy people. They got a slate
and put the names of men as
their representatives, and we
put them in without a hitch.
Yes, we wanted a change
and got the organic act Of
1886. And the same can be
in these days. Nothing is too
wrong that can't be corrected.
There should be no fear, for
if a group Of men could get
together to destroy a cause,
why should the other side just
sit back and criticize. That
wont help. No. Instead let us
get together for good; and let
the strongest side tell. That's
my feeling.
And for that I beg to sug-
gest that the Citizens Com
mittee, headed by a man as
Attorney Leader, can, as you
rightly said, render a trenen-
dous contribution by thinking
Of a slate on which the names
Of the men we should vote for
would be on, regardless Of
party they belong to. All we
should need is to select the
best men or women.
May | hear comment?
Fritz Morris
Editors Note: The Citizens Com
miitee. headed by Attorney Lead
81 is strictly non-political.
New Whirn Modern
tHt
, 1956-08-23

Til is TO CERTIFY that there has been registered
in the Office of the Government Secretary Of the Virgin Is
lands Of the United States, at ST. Thomas, in accordance with
the provisions of the Regulations governing the registration
of Patents and Trademark in the Virgin Islands, approved
April /, 1916, the following TRADEMARK:
, 1956-08-23
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids j nseptuple will
be received at the Dept. Of
IInsular Affairs, Division Of
Procurement & Supply, Chris
tiansted, Virgin Islands, until
|1l:0O am. September Z 1856,
and~then publicly opened for
GROCERIES AND OTHER
COMMODITIES.
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the
Dept. of Insular Affairs, Divi-
sion Of Procurement g Supply
Christiansted. Virgin Islands,
upon request.
Alphonso RomneY
Pro. & Property Officer
21-22-23
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issued by the Supreme Soviet's
presidium since the parliament's
last meeting in December;
CD Adoption of a new law in
creasing pensions;
go Consideration OF an ZAP
peal" from the Karelo-Finnish
constituent Republic to dissolve
itself and be incorporated in the
Russian Soviet Federation Soc
ialiSt Republic, biggest of the
Soviet republics.
No advance notice had been
given Of the move to blanket the
Karelo-Finnish Republic into the
Russian Republic. 1t was formed
in 1910 of the Karelian Soviet
Republic, which bordered on Fin
land. and most of the territory
Finland coded to the Soviet
Union after the Soviet Finnish
war.
The southern part of the
Karelo-Finnish Republic was at
tached to the Russian Republic
in 1916.
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agenda adopted by the lower
house Council of the Union and
the upper house Council of Ma
tionalities.
Premier Bulganin. head of the
government. and most top-rank-
ing members of the government
were on hand in the great
Kremlin Palace for the sessions.
Communist Party Chief Nikita
Khrushchev was not present at
either meeting, although he is
deputy in the Council of the
Union.
CThls fact probably had no
particular significance. Under
the currently widely adver-
Used system of collective
leadership" Mr.. Khrushchev is
identified primarily as a leader
OF the party as apart from the
Government. He would have
been present technically in the
capacity of Just one of many
deputies and not as a Govern
ment minister, Mr.. Khrushey
mas attended Supreme Soviet
meetings in the past when
important speeches and pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-11
Greek Royalty
Tours Stricken
Island in Jeep

ATHENS, July IL (P.-King
Paul and Queen Frederika toured
Thira in a jeep today to comfort
survivors of the Aegean earth
quake which centered on that
island. The official death toll
rose to 81.
Slight earth tremors persisted
as the King and Queen made
their way through Emporion,
Pyrgos, Vothon, Messaria and
Phyra, talking with the villagers.
The two were accompanied by
their l7-year-old daughter, Prin-
cess Sophia.
The Athens Observatory re-
ported more than $40 tremors
had been recorded since the big
quake struck about a dozen is
lands and set off tidal waves at
dawn Monday, but that they
were subsiding in intensity and
frequency.
Damage reports mounted. A
monastery at Patmos Island,
where st. John is believed to
have written the Apocalypse, was
almost completely destroyed
Advices from that island, IS
miles from Thira, said SO houses
also were ruined and rs fishing
boats were sunk or wrecked.
U. S. Sends Second Destroyer
Though Premier Constantine
KaramanliS has said Greece is
in a position to handle the relief
efforts alone, a United States 9Th
Fleet destroyer is at Thira and a
United States Navy spokesman
said second destroyer was on
the way to stand by in case help
is requested.
4 The Premier announced this
morning the death toll had
reached so and might go higher
The official figures rose later
to 81.
Mr. Karamanlis in state
ment to newsmen also said
Greece had declined offers of
assistance from the governments
of the United States and Britain.
He said he told United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-11

mostly to Thira, where the
damage conferred. Here an
estimated 1000 houses were
smashed.
Greeks put to use prefabricat-
ed houses from Sweden and
Finland, brought here in 1852
for the big quake in the Ionian
Islands. With the prefabs no
longer in use after being re-
placed by permanent housing
they were transshipped bysland-
ing craft.
Some $4,000 worth of blankets
and clothing were reported en-
route as a gift from the Dutch
Red Cross. Greece apparently
considers this in a different light
from direct governmental as
Sistance.
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Ambassador Cavendish Cannon
there was no need for United
States help because at this time
we are in a position to deal with
the situation" He added that
Greece might ask for American
help later if the necessity arises
Observers said the rejection OF
British aid offers undoubtedly
was linked to the Greek British
dispute over the future of the
British island colony of Cyprus
Greece is strongly supporting
Greek Cypriot demands for union
OF the island with Greece.
Refusal of immediate Ameri-
can aid was not as clearcut.
Greek informants said Greece
has been disheartened over
United States failure to support
her on the Cyprus issue. But
even unofficially, a government
spokesman declined to discuss
this.
One top level spokesman said
This was not as bad rs other
quakes we have weathered We
think we can deal with the situa-
ton. We must stop soliciting
help"
Supplies Pour In
The Greek Government poured
tents, blankets, clothing, medi-
clneS, fresh water and other
supplies onto the quake islands
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nouncements were made. But
the Supreme Soviet is a rub
ber-stamp parliament which
merely approves actions al
ready taken by the Soviet gov
eminent.
Sessions Are Brief
Only Klementi VoroShilov
chairman of the Supreme So
VETS Presidium and technical
ly president of the Soviet Union,
and Premier Bulganin attended
the session of the upper house
Present at the lower house meet
ings were Marshal Bulganin, Mr.
Voroshilov. Defense Minister
Georgi K. Zhukov, Vice Premiers
Georgi Malenkov and v. NJ. Molo-
tov. and other top government
The lower house Council OF
the union met first and sat for
only 18 minutes. The Council
of NationalitieS session lasted
only IA minutes. For the most
part. the meetings were con-
cerned with ratifying DEGREES
passed by the Parliament's Pre-
sidium since the Supreme So
VETS last melting in December,
at which Mr.. Khrushchev was
among those present. Much OF
what was done by the Presidium
in the interim concerned meas
ures connected with the cam
paign downgrading Stain, such
as reform of the penal system
and restoration of Soviet
legality"
The two houses we're to hold a
joint session in the evening.
The items approved by the
two houses also included:
CD Ratification of DEGREES
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Supreme Soviet Stamps
0. K. on Disormino Plea

MOSCOW, July II UFN.-The two houses Of the Supreme
Soviet Parament met today and placed their unanimous
approval Moscow appeal to world paaments back Soviet
disarmament proposals
The item along with for the japanese Pariaments
call for end to nucear tests
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