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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
Father Charged
In FutuI Beating
OF Daughter, 5

ASHLAND. KY. Mar. 2 (P.-
"A husky 27-year-old steel COM
pany employe was charged to-
day with the murder of one of
his five children in what Coroner
Russell Compton called "the
worst beating I have ever seen. "
Five-year-old Porsha Denice
Bell died last night at an Ash
land hospital after being taken
there by her father, Lewis Bell.
Hospital personnel called po-
lice after noting the bruised
condition of the girls body. and
Officers arrested. Bell at the hos
pital. He was jailed for investi-
CATION, then charged after the
girl died.
When told today of Porsha' S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
.Roin, Snow, Hail
Hit Texas Areas

DALLAS, Mar. 2 up Heavy
! "downpours OF rain and scattered
pockets OF hail and snow soaked
Texas today. North and Central
Texas got most Of the moisture
benefits. -.
The best rainfall report was
ian unofficial l.85 inches in. a
Waco residential, area. More
than an inch fell at other Cen
trail Texas points and north OF
Dallas in North Texas.
Hail came down at Dalhart in
the Texas panhandle. The tenn
perature was just above freezing
Hail the size Of marbles fell in
Waco. Only light garden dam
aage was reported Fruit trees
ain full bloom did not appear to
have suffered.
Dallas best one-day rain since
January brought .48 Of an inch
-s-and dumped as much as 100
= inches at points in the watershed
= 70 the North.
- Dallas County Agricultural
----Agent Albert S. Milikien said the
rain would improve farming con-
: 1iitions greatly. "All we need is
more.' he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
Canadians Probe
FutuI to 8

OTTAWA, Mar. 2 (R. = Air
Force officers today began an
examination of wreckage. seek
ing a clue to the cause of an
explosion which sent converted
B-25 Mitchell bomber crashing
in flames near here Friday night.
All eight service men aboard
were killed.
Among the dead was air Vice
Marshal Robert C. Ripley. 43.
Chief of Air Materiel Command.
Ottawa. He was believed to have
been co-pilot.
The twin engined plane was
on flight from Churchill to the
Royal Canadian Air Force base
Uplands here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
Humphrey Asks
: Explanation for
5Stussen 'Demotion'
BY the Associated Press

Senator Humphrey, Democrat
J. of Minnesota. demanded yester-
day that President Eisenhower
/; explain whether Harold F. Stas-i
sens transfer to the State De-
: partment means disarmament is
being given "a low priority"
: Senator Flanders. Republican
= of Vermont, interpreted what he
called Mr.. Stassen's "demotion"
), as indicating "downgrading"
of efforts to get the worlds gov
ernments to reduce ornaments
= and control the H-bomb.
= Mr.. Stassen. the Presidents
special assistant. was made sub
. ordinate to policy directives Of
/. Secretary of State Dulles yester-
day. Previously Mr.. Stassen had
:, operated independently in the
disarmament field. with direct
access to the President.
Senator Humphrey. who heads
a Senate Foreign Relations Sub
committee on disarmament. Sdlu
= in a statement prepared for the
- Senate that Congress is entitled
to know whether Mr. Eisenhower
= believes Mr., Stassen sis not able
= to accomplish his mission. "
: Mr.. Stassen, Republican. for
= merly was Governor Of Mime
sofa. He and Senator Humphrey
are political opponents of long
standing.
1T is important that the Presi-
: dent clarity Just what this or
: educational shift portends for
= the future" Senator Humphrey /
declared. Does the switch from
the White House to the State
Department signify that the con-
troll and reduction of ornaments
is being relegated to low pri-
: ority?"
- I'VE are entitled to know what
the President believes the pros
poets are for reaching agree
ments with other nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03

scented, Councilman Frank E.
Mann has recommended raising
the auto license tax from 81 to
$40. This would raise about
$4,000 extra. officials estimated
Mr.. Heatwole said the budget
exceeds estimated revenues by
100000. The Accent personal
property tax increase would raise
100000, and the remainder of
the deficit would come from sur
pulses built up this year. he said.
He warned that the city may
face a big tax increase next year
when the large surplus will not
be available.
Mayor Leroy S. Bendheim said
the size of the tax rate will de-
pend on the demands of the pub
lie at the hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03

death. he went all to pieces"
and cried. Il didn't mean to
hurt her." police said.
Assistant Police Chief Charles
Griffith said Bell admitted beat
ing the girl with his open hand
and a leather belt and told Off
GERS he whipped all his children.
Porsha and a 3-year-old sister
lived with Bell in a three-room
apartment. The other Bell chill
dren live with the fathers par
ents here. Their mother lives
in Huntington, W. Va, police
said.
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Maryland Man Dies
After Stroke in Cor

A motorist died yesterday after
apparently suffering a heart at
tack In his car parked on Route
ITS, near Fort Meade, Md. mill
tary police reported.
The victim was identified from
papers in his possession as Frank
w. Dawson of Route /, Jessups.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
Stennis Sees Peril
In Continued Flow
Of Refugees to U.S.

Senator StenniS, Democrat of
Mississippi, spoke out yesterday
against a continued influx of
refugees. saying they might de-
prive Americans of Jobs and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
Hearing Set Tuesday Y
On Alexandria Budget

The Alexandria City Council
will hold a public hearing at
1880 pm. Tuesday on the city
budget before setting the real
estate and personal property tax
rates.
Councilmen will set the 1857
tax rates Tuesday although the
. budget will not come up for
official adoption for two months.
Alexandria has set the tax rates
; in December in prior years but
this year decided to wait until
budget information was avail
able.
City Manager E. G. Heatwole
has recommended retention OF
the present real estate tax rate
/, of $2.75 per 500 valuation. but
has asked a Accent boost in the
SO personal property rate.
S1O,97S.0OO Budget
Mr.. Heatwole has submitted a
budget of $1O.978.O00 for fiscal
, 1878. This is $1,047,756 more
than the current budget.
The budget provides $685.
. BIT for general city operations
!. S4.375,000 for school operations
{ 81, 4O5, 1888 for paying interest and
sprincipal on school and other
@city bonds and $158.l00 for CAPT.
1tal outlays. Mr.. Heatwole cut
more than 100000 from depart
mental and school requests in
drawing up his budget.
MIR. Heatwole said the budget
. will not provide any new serv-
ices and the city will be hard put
to keep up present services with
the growing population.
Auto License Rise
Since the budget was pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-03
the United States" the report

the United States" the report
said.
The subcommittee added that
except in a very few cases. it
had encountered what it called
"a wall of resistance" in it's
questioning of more than a score
of newspapermen last year.
1.-THE resistance" the report
said. took the form of either a
claim of privilege under the first
or fifth amendments or outright
defiance of the authority of the
subcommittee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
REPORTED FALL
or SPUTNIK HELD
JUST A SLIP

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. up.
A Chattanooga tTenn)
moonwatch team reported
it saw the Russian satellite
rocket fall last night but
the Smithsonian Astrophy--
steal Observatory said to-
day Il must have been q
big meteorite.
Smithsonian astronomers
said both the rocket and
Sputnik are DRIFTING the
earth high enough TO re-
main safe from death In
the atmosphere for a month
or more.
The team said 1t saw a
blush streak lasting sew
eral seconds.
The United States should
receive good views Of the
rocket again late in No
vember and in early De-
cember it should be visible
throughout the United
States in both morning and
evening. Smithsonian OBJ
servers said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
MATADOR's BUnT-IN RETRIEVER

today. as expected. Chief MUIR
rays defense viii be brought
before the Commissioners for
the first time since hearings
began on October 81.
Also standing by TO defend
Chief Murray will be Deputy
Chief Howard v. Covell and
Inspector George r. Wallrodt.
Mr.. Robb said these high
ranking officers would explain
the practices and policies Of
the police force followed TO
avoid racial fiareupS in the In
tegrated police department.
I'VE don't concede that we
have anything TO answer in
this hearing" Mr.. Robb said
But the public is entitled to
the facts. as well as false
charges" He said Chief Muir
ray will take the stand tomor-
row TO answer. one by one. the
specific complaints about his
administration raised by the
NAACP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
|12-Womun
Jury Agrees
Riddle Guilty

A jury Of IL wonnen-some
what OF Q rarity came TO
agreement in Federal court
here yesterday and decided
Charles A. Riddle. jr., is ma
entitled TO any more jail holi-
days for a while.
Riddle. %. Of the 400 block
of H street S.W.. was found
guilty OF two counts Of house
breaking and one count Of
grand larceny by the all-female
panel. The women listened TO
testimony for six days in the
case. then took ga hours to
decide on the verdict.
The guilty man is the same
Charles Riddle who got an I'M
expected holiday from the cell
block in Federal court about
two weeks ago after n mixup
brought about his release for
several hours. He returned to
the lookup on advice from his
attorney, Albert Ahern. jr.
Assistant United States At
torney Joseph Lowther argued
the Governments side of the
case. in which Riddle was
charged with involvement in
safe jobs last January at the
Strike More Bowling Alley. 1924
Sixth street Sc, and the Co.
lonial Fuel Co.. 1915 First
street NE.
Three other defendants in
volved with Riddle had previ-
ously pleaded guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
Traffic Sufety
Group Asked

Organization of an ON
cial trafic safety co-ordinating
committee for the District was
recommended yesterday by the
executive committee Of the
Commissioners Trafiic Advis-
DRY Board.
The new body would be des-
ignated the Ofheial Trafie
Safety Co-ordinating Commit
tee and would be headed by
Engineer Commissioner A. C.
yelling. II would include the
heads OF each District Gov
eminent department or agency
having TO do with highways.
tfafiic safety. education and
law enforcement, passenger or
property regulations and park
ing.
The function Of the new
group would be to analyze
trafic control and safety prob
lens. determine recommended
needs for improving traffic fiow.
devise . definite traffc pro-
gram. establish new trafiic
goals as necessary and report
70 the Commissioners. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
FISH THAT LIVED
~ HOURS OUT or
WATER IS FREED

PONTELAND. England
ga 2-pound FISH which
survived a 270-mile auto
mobile trip and II hours
out Of water was rewarded
with its liberty today.
George Clay, an engi-
neer, caught the fish, a
tench, on a weekend Ash
ing trip in Worcestershire.
The angler wrapped his
catch in a dry newspaper.
put 1t in the trunk of his
car, drove home and left 1t
overnight in his garage.
Mr.. Clay retrieved the fish
yesterday. slapped it on a
kitchen table and said to
his wife. Lets have him
fried" AS Mrs. Clay poised
her knife. the tench wrig-
gied. Later he swan briskly
around the bathtub.
Mr.. Clay turned the fish
loose in a nearby lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
DULLES
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
there has been some measure
of tolerance within Poland.
perhaps greater than there
would have been under Stain.
On the whole. Mr.. Dulles
added, there has not been any
great liberalization In the
Soviet Union under Khru-
shchev. as the crushing Of the
Hungarian revolt showed,
Since Stains death there
has been a pulling and hauling
among the various power fac
tons In the Soviet Union. Mr..
Dulles continued. Some Of
this activity. he added. has
centered on extremely serious
domestic issues.
Some Of these are probably
coming 10 a head at the present
time, Mr.. Dulles said.
The Secretary avoided an OPP
portunity TO link the struggle
for leadership in Moscow with
recent policies in the Middle
East. He merely noted that
Soviet leaders have been talk
ing much more toughly about
the Middle East than custom
AIRY in recent years and that
the degree of Soviet influence
exerted in Syria Is perhaps a
new DEVELOPMENT"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29

engines made you feel like lead.
with o weight 4 10 10 times
greater than that Of normal
gravity.
But It was soon over and
you TAXED up 70 the space
platform 500 miles above earth.
dined there. and then boarded
this ship for the journey TO
Mars.
You're aware. and glad Of.
the forced ventilation. Other
wise, you might suffocate. II
air has no weight. warm and
cold air don't circulate auto
matically. The air you breathed
out could stay right In front Of
your face. depriving you Of
oxygen.
Oxygen for q short moon trip
comes perhaps from liquid
oxygen. turning TO gas as IL
warns up. On this many weeks
iaunt. a special greenhouse Of
algae or other plant life sup
plies the oxygen. using the car
bon dioxide you breathed out.
| Your cabin Is. Of course, pres
surized. You know you'd live
only q few seconds In the
vacuum Of space. unless pro-
tected by special pressurized
space suits.
This worries you somewhat.
Space Is crowded with flying
meteors. travelling thousands Of
miles an hour. mostly very tiny.
But a big one could smash
straight through your ship. The
little pioneer man-made moons
found this chance was fairly
small. Your ship has double
walls. the outer one hating
tiny meteors. An alarm sys-
TEN warns OF any hole for
quick plugging
Ship Has Special Materials
And your ship is made Of
special materials 10 reduce
risks from radioactivity Of COS
| mic rays and X-rays from the
sun. Again. the Icy moons
spelled out the risk.
You gaze out the portfolio.
and wonder how cold 1t is right
outside in space. The captain
explains: Space has no tenn
perature really as we ordi-
narily mean temperature.
There's precious little air to
heat up. The side Of the ship
exposed 10 the sun gets very
hot. but the side in shadow is
very cold and radiates heat
into space. Special arrange
ments OF materials and coat
| ines that reflect or radiate heat
help keep you comfortable in
side the ship.
The nothingness Of space is
why it is black. also. There is
no air TO scatter light. Stars
shine with brilliant steadiness.
Up ahead shines Mars. and
soon you'll know for yourself
Just what Mars canals"
really are.
Tomorrow: The how Of
space tFavel.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
New Jersey Seen Test
Of Little Rock Reaction

tended to seek reelection to
the House next year as a DEM
ocrat. The Hudson County
district has been normally
Democratic. and Mr.. Bodine
said Mr.. Delays victory As the
Republican candidate last year
was due to the Presidents over
whelmins victory In that
county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29

freeze In fright, wondering II
| q meteor made a hole then
relax. for no alarm signal
sounds.
Thirsty. you drink some
water, but not from a glass.
It comes from a plastic squeeze
bottle, with the nozzle care
fully planted in your mouth.
For you are going TO the
moon or Mars aboard a space
ship, where life Is fantastically
different from earth.
The time-l0 years among
optimist's maybe many more.
Expert estimates vary.
But this is the promise now
that the space age has opened
with a little man-made moon
circling the earth.
General Plan Drawn
More little moons are COM
ing. American as well as Rus
sian, during the current Inter-
national Geophysical year.
They will discover actual
space conditions and the haz.
ards which partly viii deter
mine when and how humans
20 journeying safely through
space.
Rocket and space experts
have drawn the general plans.
even designed ships and pro-
tective measures 70 vault hui
mans to our sister planets
and home again.
It's only your second day out
on this rocket hurting through
space. so you can be excused
for having slapped yourself
when your nose itched. Really,
you're rapidly getting use TO
q most peculiar problem Of
weightlessness. from lack Of
gravity.
Your brain told you to lift
your hand gently 70 your nose.
But you used the same effort
you would have used on earth.
Here. undeterred by gravity.
your hand would move up like
a boxers lightning lab.
Same Experience for Pilots
For your ship is really falling
through space. not influenced
by the earth's gravity. You have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29

Capital Housing Authority. He
appeared for NCHA Director
James Ring.
Mr.. Ring had been requested
by Robert M. Mathe, chief
urban renewal ofiicer. TO ex-
plain why more persons going
into public housing are not
coming from the Southwest. OF
SO families placed in public
units in September, for exam
pie. only is were Southwest
Washington residents.
Mr.. Simpson said that II Of
rs Southwest families surveyed
by city oficials resisted assign
ment 10 vacant public housing.
A few elderly men and women
explained they couldn't climb
the steps in public housing
projects. But the majority Of
the residents said they wanted
to wait until they could move
INTO brand-new public housing
units. such as the Arthur Cap
per dwellings now under con-
struction in the Southeast.
The FIRST Of the 500 units Of
the Capper dwellings are ex-
pected TO be ready for occu-
pancy in early December
Eventually. this project will in
clude two five-story and one
eight-Story elevator apartments
and a string OF row houses.
bounded rougly by Virginia
avenue and Second. Seventh
and L streets Sc.
Placement troubles also
stemmed from the failure of
Southwest families to apply for
new homes or TO follow through
leads given them by public off,
Gals, Mr.. Simpson reported. He
said that the NCHA staff had
held a series Of meetings with
officials Of the Redevelopment
Land Agency. which is charged
with running the redeyelop-
ment. these officials viii try TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
Halloween Dance

A Halloween Square Dance
Party will be held in. All Souls
Unitarian Church. Fifteenth
and Harvard streets NV. at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow. The
dance is sponsored by the
American Youth Hostelers and
the Wayfarers' Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
HEARING

Continued From First Page
down. He said she may have
terked away"
But Mr.. Brexton and Mr..
Toliaferro we're both positive
that Miss Price was either hit
or showed to the street.
Mr.. Brexton testified that the
policeman administered such
a blow that he knocked her
down" and that he then
pounded" her two or three
times with his stick.
Saw No Resistance
Mr.. Toliaferro. said that Miss
Price struggled 70 get away
from the blows. But he and
the other witnesses denied see
ing any clear resistance to the
arrest on her part beforehand.
The hearing also heard from
another alleged police beating
victim. Robert Chase. 2655 Bir-
ney place Sc. Q District SAM
tation employe. who said he
was blackjacked by Police Pvt,
George E. West Of the trafiie
division last March IL.
Mr.. Chase admitted under
questioning from Mr.. Robb that
he later signed a statement
calling Pvt. West q perfect
gentleman" and blaming the
matter on a misunderstanding
Statement by Police
Mr.. Chase testified that his
alleged beating at the hands Of
Pvt. West occurred at the COR
ner of Half and M streets S.W.
on the night Of March is as
Pvt. West was arresting an
other man on a disorderly con-
duct charge. The Police De-
partment. in q statement sub
mitted in evidence. admitted
that Pvt. West hit Mr.. Chase
with his blackjack. but said
Mr.. Chase had used abusive
language and resisted when the
policeman placed him under
arrest. Mr.. Chase admitted
having police record.
Mr.. Robb. said he would call
Capt. John Layton and Inspec-
tor Anthony Richitt TO tell their
story Of the Price incident.
II NAAcP attorney Thurman
Dodson can complete his case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29

convince Southwest residents
not 10 wait for new housing
unless they have grave and
sufiicient reasons" according 10
Mr.. Ring.
Also brought before the COM
mjttee meeting yesterday were
two separate reports. Housing
directors said that the George
Washington University area
might be suitable for a con-
centrated housing code enforce
ment drive. Wallace Braun. as
sistant vehicles and traffic d.
rector. suggested that blighted
lots In the interior of blocks be
converted TO parking facilities
run by the Motor Vehicle Park
ing Agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
iSpreckles and Bride
On Wedding Trip

HOLLISTER. Calf. Oct. 20
R.-Claus Spreckels. 46-year-
old sugar heir. is honeymoon
ng at Palm Springs with his
bride. the former Dorothy
Rohnert. 45-year-old heiress To
a vegetable and seed fortune
They were married Thursday
at Las Vegas. New. Fred Rohn-
ert. brother Of the bride. an
nounced yesterday. 1t is Mr..
Spreckels' third marriage and
the first for Miss Rohnert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29
c. U. GrossnickIe, l0l

MYERSVILLE. Md, Oct. 20
up. Upton Grossnickle.
i0l year old retired farmer
with i25 living descendants.
died yesterday at the home OF
q daughter just outside this
Frederick County town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-29

no weight. neither does any
thing else aboard the ship.
eh-iiying Jet pilots expert
ence this same thing sometimes
for brief moments when their
planes centrifugal force bal
ances gravity.
They find 1t q mighty strange
sensation: there's no feeling Of
UP or down. Your usual senses
fail you. Some find weiRhtless-
ness upsetting; others say It's
not bad or even unpleasant.
Except for the foresight Of
your spaceships planners. you
might be having a terrible time
with weightlessness. You still
might at times In some parts
of the ship.
With no gravity you feel as
II you are constantly falling
into q bottomless pit. A slight
push OF your foot sends you fly
ing into the air. Sneeze. and
you'd ny backward to bang
against a cabin wall.
Is that passenger across the
cabin standing upside down.
or are you. At meals drop q
piece Of toast. and II hangs in
the air. Your meat would be
fastened TO q plate; you might
eat It by grabbing II with a
clamp. The lift Of fork could
send it flying TO the ceiling.
Bad Moment Soon Over
But your ship preferably is
spinning. creating centrifugal
force to substitute for gravity.
The direction down" Is the
outer edge OF your round, spin
ming spaceship.
Gravity gave you a bad mo-
ment. you recall. at take-off
from earth. The quick accelera-
ton from powerful rocket
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OUT IN SPACE
YouIiHove No Weight
On That Trip to Mars
OUT IN SPACE
asy ALY0N q. BLAKEsLEE
Associated Press science Reporter

NEW YORK Oct 2ee-Your wrist watch tells you 1t is high
noon
You glance out porthoe and the sky entirely black.
save for awesomely brilliant, unwinking stars
Your ches You reach to scratch and slap your own
face viciously you forgot again about no gravity
Suddenly too-oud ping echoes through the ship You