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Admiral Rickover introduced
q pretty member of his staff
Navy 1t. Sally Higgins. whom
he has christened THE Georgia
Thrush"
Sally" said the admiral,
will now sing our national
anthem followed by God Save
the Queen
She did. and well. according
to witnesses.
Later the question was
raised: How do you decide
whose national anthem takes
precedence in such a situation?
The admiral had already
asked 1t. Higgins to get an
answer.
Tell them how 1t came out,
Sally" the admiral ordered.
We'll. SIR replied the. lieu
tenant, Il asked the State De-
partment people and they said
the guests anthem should 60
first. Then ! asked the Navy
people the same thing. and
they said ours should be first. .
so we settled II in a hurry, .
Admiral Rickover said. II
tipped q coin, and the Ameri-
can anthem came out ahead. "
"Of course" he added with
q smile, lit was an American
COIN"
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PoroIytic Polio
Strikes Only AZ
Who Got 3 Shots

OF an estimated 2O.2 million
persons throughout the coun-
try covered by the full series
OF three Salk vaccine shots.
only AZ have come down with
paralytic polio, a watch dog
unit of the United States Pub
lie Health Service reported last
week.
o these, two died, according
to the services Polio Surveil-
lance Unit.
Most estimates have been
that the vaccine is only about
80 per cent effective after the
full series of three shots is
given.
With 1927 new polio cases
reported for the first 81 weeks
last year. only 1857 new cases
have been reported nationwide
for the same period this year.
Locally. the District has had
no cases reported during 1857.
Prince Georges County has
confirmed one case and Arling-
ton has several suspected cases.
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CARMODY WRITES
FROM GERMANY

EvERYTHlN6's INTENSE Of the
Berlin Film Festivol--the weather,
the crowds and the movie schedule.
But Stor Drama Critic Jay cormody,
the American juror. comes forvord
unboved with his first report on
Poee E-6.
ARMY BRAT TO WAVE ensign
is the tfonsition happily oceom.
pIished BY the Bureeu Of Ships Mary
Burnside. Meet this coreer Girl
1857 in on article BY Ruth Deem
on Poss D.s.
EYES EVERYWHERE but on the
boil IS the surprising revelation Of q
top sports photographers shots OF
some boseboll stars in action. See
for yourself on Pose II Of This
Week Mosozins.
CAN IT BE that your pet Il
psyehie' A question obout the men
iol powers OF the onirhoI world led
Jhon and June Robbins 10 o iosei-
noting story. It's on Poss "A Of
This Week.
Complete Index. PoSe AZ
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VIRGINIA S School Law
Held Invalid by Court
Point 4 Aide Ambushed,
Left for Dead in Ethiopia
By EARL H. vOsS

An American Point Four Of
fetal in Ethiopia has narrowly
escaped death after being am
pushed, shot three times and
left for dead by tribesmen in
the Sabana country along the
British Somaliland border.
International Co operation
Administration and State De-
partment officials here told the
story today as it has been
cabled to them by American
Ambassador Donald Bliss from
Adds Ababa.
Robert Miller House, 80, well
driller from Higgins, Tex, was
working with an Ethiopian
team digging 600-foot water
wells in the eastern part of
the country July %, when he
was felled by a shot from
ambush as he tried to repair a
stalled supply truck.
He rose and tried to take
cover but fell again. The
tribesmen then came closer and
shot Mr.. House twice through
the right jaw. according to re-
ports made available here. His
Ethiopian companions fed.
Unconscious Five Hours
The American we'll driller lay
unconscious from 5 pm. until
about 10 pm, when he recov-
cred enough to get into the
truck and drive to the nearest
settlement. His jaw had been
shattered and he could not
speak or swallow.
How Mr.. House was able to
operate the supply truck in his
condition. after it had stalled
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Labor Chiefs Named

TUNIS, Tunisia, July 10 tPl.
United States labor leaders
George Meany and Walter
Reuther we're elected vice pres
idents Of the International
Confederation Of Free Trade
Unions at the final meeting OF
its congress today. Elected
president was Arne Geijer Of
Sweden.
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earlier, is not explained In
dispatches from Ethiopia.
He was flown to Adds Abaha
by an Ethiopian air force plane
July 4 and hospitalized over
night in the Seventh-Day Ad-
ventist Hospital there under
the care of an American.
He was sent next to the
Kagnew Station Hospital in
Asmara, then to the United
States military hospital in
Dhahran. Saudi Arabia.
Finally, he was taken by air
to Germany. ICA officials still
do not have a complete report
on his condition. At Asmara
See AMBUSH, Page ALL
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Arub Kidnop Charged

GAIA. July Is up. AN
Egyptian military spokesman
said today an Israeli patrol last
night kidnapped an Arab guard
working in an orange grove
south Of GAIA. Three other
guards fed when the patrol
chased them, the spokesman
said. Egypt protested to the
mixed Armistice Commission
about the incident.
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gentleman and should be extir-
pated without further ado !"
Mr.. Reece said that Mr..
Porter recently visited Puerto
Rico and Costa RIGA and during
the trip advocated the violent
overthrow of certain govern
ments."
On this trip, he said. Mr..
Porter was accompanied by "a
Miss Rosita Bennett. an en-
ploye of the Library of Con-
gress." and 81 am at a loss to
understand why this woman
travels in the company of any,
one engaged in supporting rev.
olution against the govern
ments of friendly. allied coun-
tries"
He asked who paid Miss Ben
nett's travelling expenses, and
remarked that the Library of
Congress docs not provide
funds for such extracurricular
activities.
DR.. Ernest S. Griffith. direc-
tor of the Legislative Reference
Bureau, said it is regular pro-
cedure for a staff member to
accompany a committee or
member Of Congress in pursuit
of their duties.
Miss Bennett. he said. is the
only Latin American expert in
the bureau, and had been as
Sisting Mr.. Porter on the Tru-
jillo matter. She also has as
sisted pro-Trujillo spokesman,
he added.
Miss Porter said her duties
were to translate for Mr.. Por-
ter, and, on occasion. to brief
him on economic and political
details of the country being
visited or discussed.
Book He Borrowed
He introduced me once as
a book / borrowed from the
Ca nEENr no~o ~
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peen merely carrying OUT ON
cial duties assigned to her by
her superiors. A Spanish-speak-
ing specialist on Latin America.
she said she is a llon-partisan
government employee who can
be assigned to assist any Con-
gresham.
The man Mr.. Reece named as
"revolution-bent" is Represent
alive Charles o. Porter, Demo-
crat of Oregon. Mr.. Reece, a
one-time Republican National
Committee chairman, has been
riled for some time over criti-
cism which Mr.. Porter has been
making of Generalissimo Ra-
fael Trujillo, strongman of the
Dominican Republic.
Mr.. Porter has linked the
Dominican government with
the much-publicized disappear
ances of a Trujillo foe. DR..
Jesus de Galindez in New York,
and Oregon flyer Gerald Muir
ply, in the island republic it
self. Mr.. Porter is trying to get
foreign aid cut of from all
Latin American relationships. :"
Mr.. Reece. who has made pre-
vious speeches on the subject.
said in a speech inserted in yes
terday's Congressional Record
that Mr.. Porter appears to
have used his Office for the pur-
pose of advocating the violent
overthrow of the Dominican
government"
Other Countries
Not only this, he went on, but
cit now appears that the gentle
man from Oregon has deemed
it expedient to extend his cam
paign of revolution into other
neighboring American republics.
Apparently the governments of
Venezuela. Panama. Colombia,
Cuba and Nicaragua do not
enjoy the confidence of the
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ArmsData Time
Running Out
Western Members
Of U. N. Group Split

LONDON, July 10 (R.-Time
is running short for the United
Nations disarmament subcom-
mittee. With agreements still
scant, the four Western men,
bers are split over whether to
pursue talks with Soviet Rus
STA after August /.
The subcommittee is under
orders to report to the United
Nations August / on its progress
toward an arms treaty in me-
gotiaticns under way here since
March 10.
British officials are known to
have suggested that the talks be
temporarily broken OF, arguing
they are in danger of breaking
down in bitterness.
United States officials believe
important developments may
come in the next three weeks,
They want the talks to go on
well past the deadline.
Russian Portion Unknown
France and Canada, the other
Western members, are some
where between the United State
and British positions.
Western powers differ in their
judgement of where Russia
stands. That is why they are
divided over the wisdom Of con-
tinuing the talks.
The arguments are not so
much over what Russia has
done, but what she has not
done. They were crystallized by
a Commute speech delivered
by Soviet Delegate Valerian
Zorin Monday.
The background for Mr.. 70
rims speech was set by two
developments:
l. The Western powers had
just presented two major new
proposals for ending the hy-
drogen bomb race which they
felt included concessions to the
Soviet position.
2. The Kremlin had Just
undergone sweeping changes in
which six Soviet leaders were
ousted and the power and pres
tige Of Community Party Chief
Nikita Khrushchev was en-
HANGED.
Calls Plan Fictitious"
Mr.. zorin. using the harsh
est language in the present
talks, branded some elements
OF the Western nuclear plan as
fictitious" He said a Western
suggestion that scientists be
put to work Immediately on a
plan for enforcing a suspension
OF nuclear tests would be "a
waste Of time"
He voiced many Of the argu-
ments Russia had advanced
even before the subcommittee
session began, and he refused
to yield on q single point of the
nuclear plan presented by the
West.
British Foreign Secretary Sci.
wyn Lloyd termed Mr.. Zorin's
speech disappointing. He
stressed that, whereas Mr.. Zorir
might have been expected tc
try to compromise with the
West, he had gone back to the
old arguments.
British ofiicials in general
suggested that the speech wa:
a true statement Of Russian
policy. thereby offering little
hope that the subcommittee
which previously had agreed in
principle on reducing conven-
tional ornaments - would bt
able to settle the key matter o.
nuclear controls.
Only the Americans. who hac
indicated they expected no con.
cessions a. this point. appeared
| undisturbed.
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Pupil Insurance PeriIed
By Rising Doctors Fees

ance sources. it was learned
that the individual premiums
probably will rise in the next
school year.
Myron Beitman OF Harris
burg, Pa, a representative of
the Reliance Co. whose Office
processed the claims. said av-
erage claims in MONTGOMERY
County in the past year we're
S32, second only to Hartford
County in Maryland.
I The Reliance Company last
year also insured students in
Prince Georges. Baltimore, ce-
Gil. Frederick and Washington
counties. OF Prince Georges
County. Mr.. Beitman said.
Doctors charges there we're
rea sonable
DR.. Merrill NJ. Cross. presi-
dent Of the Montgomery County
Medical Society, said the COM
pany's officials should have
brought medical bills that they
thought we're too high TO the
attention Of the society's grew
ance committee during the
school year.
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ton on the cases cited by Mr.
Davidson. Among other things
it was learned:
That the Federal Bureau oil
Investigation made a full in.
vestigation of one of the case.
but an Assistant United State,
Attorney recommended against
prosecution for civil rights
violation on the ground thai
an impartial witness-corrob.
GRATED by a Maryland State
policeman-reported that the
policeman used no more force
than was necessary to main.
tain his arrest.
That the two former police.
men whose affidavitS alleged
discrimination in the use Of
police manpower had both beer
dismissed from the Police De.
partment after trial board pro-
cedures.
Injuries MiniInized
That a woman who swore she
had been beaten in a cell block
suffering a broken shoulder
broken jaw bone. lost teeth anc
such severe cuts that /;
stitches had to be taken in hel
mouth, was described in a pc.
lice injury report as having
been treated at District Gen.
eral Hospital for decorations
of the left lower lip"
That a woman who Mr.. Da-
wilson said was harassed and
intimidated by police because
she complained of being beaten
had been arrested more than
100 times before the contro-
versial one and has since been
convicted of soliciting prostitu-
ton and being drunk and dis
orderly.
That of the eight cases Spe-
officially charging police brutal
ity, two formal complaints have
Continued on Page AS, Col. I
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Police Records Differ
From NAACP Choroes

Police Chief Robert v. Muir
rays formal answer to specific
charges of police brutality
and discrimination awaits his
full investigation of individual
cases, but a check of police and
other records yesterday indi-
Gated his report will differ con-
siderably from what was al
legged by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of
Colored People.
The charges-most of them
accompanied by afhdavits -
were sent to Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin Friday
by Eugene Davidson, presi-
dent of the NAACP's District
branch.
Mr.. Davidson, offering a par
tial Recommendation" of his ear
lier charges. called for the
Commissioners to disqualify
themselves and have a group of
impartial citizens hear the
charges against the Police De-
partment. Mr.. Mclaughlin,
vetoing the proposal that the
Commissioners abdicate their
authority. said he would pre-
sent the Davidson letter to his
colleagues at their Tuesday
board meeting.
FBI Made Investigation
Chief Murray, who has not
yet seen the Davidson letter.
yesterday withheld comment
on the individual cases cited
but said he would pass on to
the Commissioners the cases
which police have already in
vestigated and conduct a full
investigation of the complaints
previously unknown to authori-
ties.
Meanwhile, however, from
other law enforcement and
court officials. The Star
gathered considerable informa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-14
Area Farmers
Lose Millions
From Drought
RoinfuII Deficienc,
Here During 1857
Is Now So Inches

Drought In the Washington
area is costing farmers millions
Of dollars and If a good soaking
rain doesn't come soon the
losses are going to be staggering.
County agricultural agents
shake their heads over condi-
tons in the parched fields. The
southern part of Prince Georges
County. Md, was described as
pretty bad" In Fairfax Coun-
ty, Va, County Agent Joseph
E. Beard said succinctly, TITS
terrible"
When was the last real rain?
Farmers generally have to
stop and think over the an
swer to that one. Then most of
them recall that the last soak
er was early in June.
Winter Feed Used
The rainfall records at the
National Airport show 1853
inches Of rain June S. That
accounted for more than half
of the 800 inches of rainfall
for all of June. The average
for that month is 3:41 inches.
So far in July the rainfall
has totaled a dusty .19 Of an
inch. The average for July is
4.26 inches.
The Airport Weather Bureaus
figures show a deficiency in
rainfall of 1877 inches since
January /, 1856. In 1856 the
rainfall was 1923 inches or $40
inches less than the normal of
40.48 inches. The Weather
Bureau said that so far in
1857 the departure from nor
NAL has been a shortage of SGT
inches.
Pastures are dried up and
farmers with dairy or beef
cattle are feeding them the
supplies put aside for winter
use, or are buying feed. Hay
crops are short.
Corn at Critical Stage
Corn is about to shoot"
That is. the ears are about to
form and grow. But unless
there is moisture those ears are
going to be puny.
II predictions hold good, the
Maryland tobacco crop is going
to be about IL per cent under
that of last year. That would
mean the Prince Georges Coun-
ty crop would be about one
million pounds under the 1856
total.
Bob Raver, assistant agent
in Montgomery County, Nd,
said that the good rain of early
June was just a light shower In
Continued on Page Ais, Col. 2
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Reece Hits Porter TRIPS
With Woman Lotin Aide
Says Library Of Congress interpreter
Was Used to Stir Up Revolution
BY the Associated Press

Representative B. Carroll Reece Republican of Tonnes
see complained that fellow Congressman accompanied by
expert of the Library of Congress- has been making
trips to Latin America for the purpose of stirring up revou
ton.
The expert comedy Miss Rosita Bennett replied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-14

II you're in the market for
q new or used car don't
overlook the many listings
Of top values in the auto
motive columns Of Star
Classified today.
For Just the buy you've
been looking for, at a price
geared to fit your budget,
see The Star firRt ).
Washington's preferred
classified medium by more
than 2 to l according to a
recent American Research
Bureau survey.
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ter E. Hoffman requiring de-
Segration of schools in Norfolk
and Newport News, is expected
also to add fuel to the already
turbulent race for governor.
The pupil placement act Is
part of Virginia's plan to MAIN
tain total segregation in the
schools. Even though it does
not mention race in assigning
pupils. the court held it is il
legal when considered in light
Of Virginia's policy to maintain
segregation.
Other legislation passed last
year by the Virginia General
Assembly provides for closing
schools and cutting off funds
for schools when indignation
occurs.
Dalton Reiterates Stand
State Senator Ted Dalton,
Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, Immediately rtated that
the decision confirmed his con-
tention that "a locally admin
istered pupil assignment plan
is our best hope"
The pupil placement act took
assignment of pupils out of the
hands of local school officials
and vested the authority in q
three-man State board.
Senator Dalton, who will OPP
pose Attorney General j. Lind
say Almond, jr.. the Democratic
candidate. in the November(
election said:
Misguided by Senator Byft
Attorney General Almond AMI
Gov. Stanley. Virginia lost
again in court with a plan
which pretended to defend pub
lie schools by closing them"
Mr.. Almond said only 1T is
a foregone conclusion that we
will appeal the decision to the
United States supreme court"
He declined further comment
until he has conferred with
other attorneys in the case.
State Plans Appeal
The effect of the decision on
the gubernatorial race may de-
pend on how fast the United
States Supreme Court acts on
an appeal.
Customarily. the circuit
court does stay its order when
a review is being sought from
the Supreme Court. If it does
in this case, it probably means
schools will open on a segre-
gated basis in September in
Norfolk and Newport News.
The Supreme Court is in recess
and does not return until
October month after the
schools are due to open.
However. Judge Hoffman's
orders calling for September
desegregation will stand until
reversed or held in allegiance by
either the circuit court or the
Supreme Court. In his New
port News decision, Judge Hoff-
man had said he thought it
unwise to require desegrega-
ton during any normal school
year.
Procedure Still Complicated
Once the placement law Is
thrown out by the Supreme
Court, Negroes then presum-
ably would go directly to local
school boards in Norfolk and
Newport News and ask for ad-
mission to whatever schools
they wanted to attend.
Then the local school boards
will be confronted with a di-
lemma-whether to ignore the
Federal injunction forbidding
racial discrimination and,
thereby, risk contempt Of court
action, or whether to assign
See PLACEMENT, Page 40
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Defends Fees

I'VE certainly do not feel
that our fees are out OF line
with those Of the Metropolitan
Area" he said. But If some
Of the fees have been consid-
cred too high, then the COM
See INSURANCE, Page AS
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BY GEORGE FLYNN

Spiraling doctors fees in
Montgomery County have
threatened to increase sharply
the cost Of accident insurance
for school children and pos
sibly bring cutback in bene-
fits.
Insurance officials yesterday
cited the increased fees for
treatment of injuries as rea-
sons for many insurers being
forced out OF the pupil-acci-
dent field.
The insurance firm handling
claims for student injuries dur
ing the last school year expects
to pay out almost $4,000 more
in claims than it received in
premiums.
The Reliance Mutual Co. in
sured $4,000 Of the county's
$1,000 school children. Indi-
vidual premiums were SIPS,
for a total premium Of $47,75O.
The Arm expects to pay out
S67 200 in claims on the poll
cies, officials said.
Premium Boost Seen
Last week. Brian NJ. Benson,
controller for the Montgomery
County Board OF Education.
usbmitted bids for 1873 in
surance contracts to the board.
He made no recommendations
and the bids we're not made
public. However, from iilsur-
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Ruling Adds
Fuel to Race
For Governor
BY PAUL HOPE

Virginia's first line of defense
for its segregated schools re-
ceived a major setback yester-
day when the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals held that the
States pupil placement act is
unconstitutional.
The ruling. upholding orders
by Federal District Judge Wal
Nearby Legislators See Need for LoeoI
Assignment Low. Page AIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-14
Book He Borrowed

He introduced me once as
a book / borrowed from the
See REECE, Page ALL
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WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy. warm and humid. Scattered
thundershowers today and tonight. High
In low 90s. Full report on Page A-21
Hourly Temnerafurea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

the first "colonists" discov-
cred" the stone houses and
overhans-type barns that
could be renovated or con-
verted. at extraordinary ex-
pense. to my place In the
country"
From the start, "old
things" were 1.-The thing" In
furnishings. Antique dealers
multiplied. Like vacuum
cleaners, they secured the
Easements, attics and barns
OF the countryside TO AL the
demand.
Good pieces we're turned
UP. and others attracted
from outside. From distant
places came shoppers lured
by the variety.
Out Of this swirl came
Bucks County's passion for