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States has spent an estimated
$151 million in military construc-
ton and defense projects On the
island. They include an airfield
at Keflavik and three radar
stations.
Iceland has been a foreign
troop base since the outset of
World War II. when she was still
under Danish control. At the
German invasion of Denmark in
1910. Britain occupied the island.
In 1912 the United States ;nok
over protection with the under
standing that its troops would
remain only for the duration of
the war.
Russia Demands Departure
The United States kept some
As 900 men in Iceland during the
war. BY 1916. the number has
been shaved to 1000, but Russia
made insistent demands that all
American military personnel get
off the island.
The last United States troops
pulled out in 1947, but Iceland
agreed over Communist opposi-
ton that the United States could
keep a special unit at Keflavik
Air Base to service United States
planes en- route to occupied Ger
many. The signing of the NATO
pact in 1949 resulted in The re-
turn of American troops and
airmen.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Loqqurds Get the Bird

GEARY, Okla. (P.-Laggard
members of the Chamber Of
Commerce here are going to get
the bird. The Chamber bought
up a batch of the scrawniest,
toughest roosters it could find
and they will be dumped into
the laps of members who have
failed to attend meetings. The
members will be required to fat
ten them up.
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last night over conservative OPP
position. 1t asked that all
NATO forces be pulled out "in
view of the altered situation"
since 1851. At that time the
United States and Iceland agreed
on the stationing of United
States Army, Navy and Air Force
units here under NATO COM
mand.
The Defense Department in
Washington said the United
States has on the island a small
Army force of battalion size. !"
an Air Force fighter er-interceptor
squadron, several supporting
units" and the joint Iceland de-
tense force. 1t refused on Sc
curity grounds to specify the
number of men involved.
Is Prefer Own Defenses
Z The resolution said the defense
treaty should be revised so that
1celanders-who have no army
Or navy at present--would take
over their own defenses.
s. The declaration added that
iceland would continue to CO.
operate with NATO, of which
she was a founder, and would
i. maintain friendly relations with
her neighbors.
81 Iceland'S President Ageir
AgeirsSon has set new Parlia-
nentary elections for June "a
following the resignation Tues
day of Premier Olafur Thorsh's
conservative government. Mr..
Thorsh and his ministers will
/ continue to serve as a caretaken
regime until after the vote.
l u. S. Spends S151 Million
81 Just south of the Arctic Circle
between Greenland and Scotland,
iceland is a refueling and repair
stop for both commercial and
military aircraft flying between
Europe and North America. Un-
der the 1851 pact, the United
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lander were Soviet Premier Bull
ganin and Foreign Minister
". M. Molotov. A military band
played the Swedish and Soviet
national anthems. A guard of
honor from the Moscow military
garrison stood at a shivering at
tention.
Mrs. Erlander was presented
with a huge bouquet as she
emerged smiling from the plane.
Also along were the Prime Min
ister's two sons, Swedish Inter-
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lceIond's Parliament Asks
u. S. to Remove Troops

REYKJAvIK. Iceland Mar. 20 lH1.-Iceands Parliament
has called United States forces to quit this North Atlantic
defense The would leave the strategic islanda
member almost midway between Moscow and New York
with military force
The Communist supported resolution adopted 31l8
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In Stockholm. close associates
of Prime Minister Erlander said
he was prepared to tell his
Soviet hosts that Sweden's neu-
trail role should not be taken
as sign Of weakness. They said
he would advise the Russians
that Sweden maintains an
armed neutrality" with all its
defenses poised on its eastern
border because Sweden h S
fought Russia 10 times.
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ior Minister Gunnar Hedlund
and l3 other officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20

The Nations greatest track
and field competitors. on whose
shoulders rest the United States
hopes in the 1855 Olympic
Games, started arriving here
today for tomorrow's ninth an
Inual Star Games at the National
Guard Armory.
AS an extra attraction, the
meet this year includes the Ma
tional AAU indoor women's
championships, which will get
the long carnival under way
at 8 am.
Three of the women's events
the shot put. standing broad
Jump and basketball throw
will be completed before noon.
Finals in other events will be
run as part Of the main meet.
which begins at GAS pm.
In between will be the high
school section. starting at 1890.
Altogether 81 schools from
Washington, Maryland and Vir-
ginia have representatives in the
scholastic section.
Such world-famous athletes as
Bob Richards, Don Lac. Lou
Jones, Jack Davis. Rod Richard,
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Explores Courses
Top Track Competitors
Arrive for Star Games

Andy Stanfleld, Len Truck and
Horace Ashenfelter will display
their talents in the night section
events.
Richards and Lac are among
the five pole vaulters in history
to go over the 15-foot mark.
Each will be aiming at the world
record Of Is feet 8l2 inches, set
by Cornelius Warmerdam
Jones was a standout in the
Pan American Games in Mexico
City last March. Davis is one of
the worlds top murders, and
Richard and Stanfield are among
the best sprinters.
Truck leads the field in the
popular mile run, which he won
two years ago and Ashenfelter
again will nook UP with his
favorite opponent and fellow
FBI agent, Fred Wilt, in the two
mile.
Other MAJOR events include the
Manchester 600-yard, featuring
Jones, Joe Gaffney and Jack
Ingley, who attended Wilson
High here; the l,000-yard run
and the high jump. Eight big
relays and three District AAU
Iegents also are on the program.
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GRACE AND GABLE
GO TO AFRICA

ON locATioN-When Grace Kelly
left with clork Goble for O five
month picture -mokins trip to Afrieo.
her mother, Mrs. John 3. Kelly, sold:
DO you think its proper'" For the
behind the scenes result Of thot trip,
reod Mrs. KeIly's serioIized account
Of her daughters life on the Feature
Pooe, ca.
VACATION TlPS-How do you
plan to spend your next vocation?
For some wise odviee from q physi-
cion, reod the regular column by Dr..
Peter J. Steincrohn on the Feoture
Poee, ca.
SUDDEN WEALTH-The parents
Of two children face the problem OF
how to best change the fomily's poee
Of life otter suddenly coming into
good fortune. The Family Council
considers their problem on the Feature
Poqe, ca.
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Air Force Chief OF Stan Ma
than F. Twining. informed Pen
Itagon sources said. would tell
Congress the additional funds are
needed to avert a delay in the
scheduled modernization of the
Icountry's air feet.
Ofiicials indicated the Air Force
would not press for the full So
billion slashed from their re-
quest for new aircraft funds be-
fore the new budget went to Con-
Igress last Monday. They indi-
Gated that Gen. Twining would
suggest something close to 81
billion more for planes. Air Force
officials are now checking and
Ire-checking their calculations to
have ready a firm estimate for
Congress.
The Air Force also feels II
needs more than $500 million ad-
lditional for base construction to
keep that progress program
apace with the buildup of 1877
wings by the end of the next
fiscal year. The budget calls fol-
I$l.l billion for construction.
But even If both requests are
Whitfield down more than the
ISIS billion total they would play
havoc with Mr.. Eisenhower's
lprecariously balanced budget fol-
the next fiscal year.
While Gen. Twining Is said to
feel strongly that the money
will be insufficient for aircraft
procurement and construction
there will be no spectacular fire.
works such as is now taking
place because Of Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway's objections to cuts
in Army funds during his tenure
as Army Chief Of Staff
Gen. Twining, his associates
pointed out, believes in working
things out within the family in
sofar as possible. 1t will be a
year and a half before the end
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rail. She did not scream or utter
a sound as she plunged in the
dark. he added. An ambulance
doctor pronounced her dead on
the scene.
Had Nervous Breakdown
Her husband, Mai. Lloyd A.
Wakeman, of 3710 Thirty ninth
street NV, assigned to Air
Force Headquarters, Enlistment
Branch, said Mrs. Wakeman had
been suffering a nervous break
down since last July.
She was prevented from an
earlier apparent suicide attempt
in November when a passerby
saw her on the same bridge. She
was taken then to the Women's
Bureau and released in custody
of her husband. Mai. Wakeman
told Detective Sergt. Grayston
Chapman his wife on another
occasion returned to their apart
ment dripping wet. She told him
she had leaped into the Potomac.
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ages with 81, Florida third with
almost rs per cent; California
fourth percentage-wise with 2;
and Delaware fifth with % pei
cent.
The bureau estimated si1
States lost population between
1850 and mid-l955. These arr
Arkansas with a decline Of 49,
900. Mississippi. down $4,000;
Oklahoma, $4,000; Alabama. 49,
900; Maine. 5000, and West Vir-
Iginia, 1000.
The Nations continental pop
ulation. excluding servicemer
abroad, was estimated at 1884,
300, 900.
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Woman Spurns Help From Police,
Dies in Plunge Off Calvert BRIDGE

However, police have no record
Of the incident.
Went Home 10 Texas
Upon advice of physicians.
Mai. Wakeman said he sent his
wife and their son. Douglas. 5.
to her parents home in Trent.
near Abilene, on December
/. He took leave and remained
there with her until after the
Christmas holidays. returning to
the Pentagon late last month.
Meanwhile, he said, he ar
ranged for a transfer to Abilene
Air Force Base to be near his
wife and child.
Permission to 60 there came
through early yesterday. Mai.
Wakeman said. He called his
wife to tell her the news. Mrs.
Walker ian, however. insisted
upon coming to Washington i'm
mediately to help him pack. He
pleaded with her to remain in
Texas, telling her he would leave
for Trent today.
Wife Boards Plane
Instead of remaining. Mrs.
IWakeman, without knowledge Of
her husband or family. few here.
What happened after that re-
mains mystery. She was next
heard of when a tenant in an
apartment overlooking both Taft
and Calvert Street Bridges saw
her first on Taft Bridge. The
tenant reported the matter to
police. but Mrs. Wakeman could
not be found.
Approximately 80 minutes
later the unidentified tenant
called to report Mrs. Wakeman
was now on Calvert Street Bridge
standing outside the railing.
II thought Mrs. Wakeman was
still in Texas" her husband told
a reporter. II didn't know she
was in Washington until police
called me with the terrible news"
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Cost Of Living
Dips .3Pct.

The national cost of living
index dropped 3 per cent last
month, the first decline in prices
of consumer goods since August,
the Labor Department announced
today.
At the same time the depart
ment's Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics reported that retail food
prices in Washington declined s
per cent between November and
December.
In a third report the bureau
said the purchasing power Of
the average factory workers pay
check at the end Of last year
was more than 6 per cent higher
than a year earlier.
Lower prices for transporta-
ton, food and housing, which
dropped 8 per cent, 3 per cent
and i per cent, respectively
were responsible for the decline
Iof living costs as a whole.
The Governments monthly
survey of prices showed that the
costs of medical care and per.
|sonal care rose 3 per cent to off.
set in part the decreases in othel
portions of the city dweller's
living expenses.
Higher Than Prior Year
The December index of con.
Isumer prices was HAT PEE -en1
Iof the 1947-49 average, which /,
used as a yardstick in computing
living costs. Despite the decline
in December, the index is still
Slightly higher than In the sam,
month a year before. D.
For the second consecutiv,
month. the Bureau reported
lower prices of fresh meats &C.
See LIVING COSTS, Page Al;
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Ship Hits Texas Tower.
Suffers Serious Domoqe

BOSTON, Jan. 20 R.-A shir
crashed into the Texas tower
radar island" 100 miles off Cape
Cod, today, suffering seriou,
damage, but the tall tripod struc-
ture was unscathed. There were
no casualties.
The ship was the Military Sea
Transport Services Sagitta
which had gone out to the tower
with fresh water and other sup
plies. She is a 269-foot, 5000
ton vessel.
While servicing the tower, her
starboard side crashed the struc-
ture, tearing a hole in tanks in
the Sagitta's No. 2 hold, admit
ting an thrush Of water which
quickly caused such a severe list
that members Of her crew stood
by lifeboats.
This precaution proved unnec-
essary as pumps took control Of
the water and the Sagitta pro.
ceeded for Boston under her owr
power ct 5 knots.
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Kefuuver to Shun
Ohio Primary
BY the Associated Press

Senator Kefauver, Democrat
of Tennessee, decided today not
to challenge Gov. Frank j.
Lausche for Ohio's 58-vote dele
cation to the Democratic presi-
dental nominating convention.
Senator Kefauver. who got
29l2 Ohio votes in the 1852 con-
vention. announced here that
"Rfter careful consideration with
my campaign managers I have
decided against entering the
Ohio primaries"
This action apparently assures
Mr.. Lausche, a "favorite SON.
candidate, Of heading a unified
Ohio delegation to the party con-
vention next August.
Although he did not expand
on his statement, Senator Ke-
fauver's decision to stay out Of
Ohio apparently was in line with
his announced intention of seek
ing the nomination without in
citing intraparty animosities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20

Capt. John J. Albers. USN
who supervised its construction
after talking by radio phone with
the tower said at the time Of
the accident the weather was
mot bad, the best in months"
He said the tower reported
l2-knot northeasterly wind anc
4-foot swells--a moderate sea.
AS for damage to the sturdy
steel structure, Capt. Albers said
apparently a little paint was
scraped of"
In New York, the MSTS said
the Sagitta was tied up at the
Texas tower at the time of the
accident In order to put supplies
Of water onto the tower.
The MSTS said the weather In
the vicinity was inclement, caus-
ing high waves and a generally
rough sea, but did not know
whether wind or waves may have
slammed the vessel into the
tower.
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Police early today lost q silent,
la.h, ,.ana Nth s,,ieida

Police early today lost silent,
dark race with suicide.
Their cruiser. motor and lights
turned of to avoid frightening
a 3l-year-old woman who chung
to the outside of the Calvert
Street Bridge railing, coasted up
just in time for her to see them
and leap of.
They had no chance to try to
talk her out of the 90-foot jump.
Police identified her as Mrs.
Gloria Thelma Wakeman, wife
Of an Air Force major.
Mrs. Wakeman, who had been
staying in Trent. Tex. with her
mother and 5-year-old son, had
flown to Washington at 9:45 pm.
yesterday. Her husband, as
signed to the Pentagon, did not
know she was in town until
police told him she was dead.
District Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald said a certificate of
suicide would be issued this
afternoon.
Coast in Silently
Detectives Robert Weaver and
H. M. Ritter said they received
a call about l am. that a woman
in q red hat and black coat was
standing on the ledge, appar-
emily ready to leap. They were
less than half a block from the
bridge.
Letting their car coast with
lights out. they moved onto the
bridge. Mrs. Wakeman was at
the center OF the span, her back
toward the roadway. Detective
Weaver quietly braked to a halt
and got out. intending to talk
to the woman in an effort to per-
suade her not to jump
As they stepped to the pave
ment. Mr.. Weaver declared, Mrs.
Wakeman turned and looked
directly at the policemen. Be-
fore they had chance to speak,
he said. the woman let go of the
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were frantically trying to fee
the city.
Bombay State Gov. Hare
krushna Mahtab told q meeting
Of leading citizens the wave Of
violence is unparalleled in the
history" of Bombay, India's
second largest city.
The MarathaS. about half Of
Bombay's nearly 3 million pop
ulation, are fighting Prime
Minister Nehru's plan to take
Bombay City away from Bombay
state and put 1T under the fed
eral government The rest Of the
state would be split in two. form
ing one state where the Marathi
language is predominant and the
other where Gujarati is gen.
orally spoken.
Death Toll Passes 40
Oficial figures obviously lag
ging behind the actual casualties,
put the death toll at more than
40 since the riots erupted Mon
day.
There was no estimate of the
total number of persons injured
or arrested. Property damage
from wrecking. burning and loot
ing was widespread.
Authorities were beseiged ir
dozens Of towns by demonstra-
tors who demanded the official.
resign. At Poona all so city coun.
cilmen quit after a stone throw.
ing mob $tormed the municipal
corporation building.
Other violence centers includ.
ed Ghatkopar Kolhapur, Nipan
and Ghodupdeo.
In this city one of the mos
severe threats came at midnigh
last night, when the main police
armory at Nigaum was attacked
by q mob seeking arms and am.
munition. Police gunfire turneS
back the attackers.
Police Fire on Mob
A government announcement
said nine persons were killed IL
Bombay city in yesterdays fight
ing. 1t said SIS persons were in
jured, including 80 policemen
and IS more rioters were ar
rested.
Police fired into a mob of 80,
600 at Kolhapur, $50 miles soutl
OF Bombay. There was no repor
on casualties in that incident.
The outbreak this week wa
the second in two months agains
the plan by the Nehru govern
ment to revise state lines on
language basis.
Mr.. Nehru and Bombay Chic
Minister Morarji Desai, a Gu
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President Gives
Speech Tonight
Will Address 6. O. P.
Fund-Ruisine Fetes
By GARRETT d. HORNER

President Eisenhower has ar
opportunity tonight to explain
further to the country his cur
rent indecision about whether
Ito seek q second term.
He began today his fourth
year in ONCE in this position:
HE has no objection to the entry
Iof his name In Republican presi-
Dental primaries but insists this
does not mean he actually has
decided to run again.
Giving no positive hints as to
his inclination about a second
term, the President told a news
conference yesterday that he
would announce his decision "as
soon as 1t is firmly fixed in my
own mind"
Health Is Top Concern
He was not expected to have
his answer ready when he speak:
tonight at a sl00-a-plate "Sa-
lutte to Eisenhower" dinner II
the Sheraton Park Hotel here
and. via closed circuit television
to an estimated 10000 persons al
similar Republican Embarrassing
dinners in more than so cities.
/ But. in this first public ap.
Epearance before a Republican
party group since his September
"a heart attack, Mr.. Eisenhower
may talk more about the factor!
that will enter into his final de.
cision than he has so far.
The President has been work.
ing with his White House staff
for a part Of the last few days
to prepare carefully the briei
speech he will make tonight.
He Is expected to speak for
eight or ten minutes. starting e.;
about 1920 pm. at the end oil
a half-hour program on which
several other Republican leaders
will appear.
! 1900 Turnout Seen
The Republican National Com
Imittee forecast turnout of 1000
here to hear talks by Eisenhower
cabinet members and others.
i Senator Goldwater of Arizona
who heads the G OPP. Senatorial
Campaign Committee, said hi
thinks national Republican or.
foundations will net about ST.
|; million from the $100-a-plate
dinners.
Senator Knowland of California
lis listed as the speaker for 6
|, dinner at Palm Beach, Fla, ane
Vice President Nixon will speal
in Chicago.
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Plane Hits Main Street

WADHURST. England. Jan. 20
GA plane. believed to be an
Raj craft. crashed today into
buildings on the main street of
this Sussex town. A hotel and
two houses burst into flames.
High casualties were feared.
"a transfer of funds within the
Defense Department.
Gen. Twining issued a state
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VI 90 t0,UuU.
The bureaus figures show that
California is outstripping all
other States in population growth
by wide margins. California
gained nearly rs million persons
between the 1850 census and mid
1855 for an estimated population
last July of 100000
New York's estimated &c.
$4,000 was the only figure to
top 1t, but the Empire States
percentage gain was only 81.
Fastest growing State in the
Union appeared to be Nevada,
with a 40 per cent increase.
Arizona was second in percent
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iarati. have been singled out cas-
special targets by the rioters.
Authorities have charged that
Communist elements are help
ing to spread the violence and
have exploited the situation.
Hundreds Of known Reds have
been arrested.
Home guard troops reinforced
ard-pressed police in Bombay,
but the city government had not
made a requesL for army units TO
help restore order. However.
troops guarded important elec-
trio and water power installa-
Itions.