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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
By the Associated Press

Gen. Lauris Norstad says II
would be nothing short Of disas-
ter" for the United States to re-
nounce status-of- forces agree
ments governing the trials oi
American servicemen abroad.
Gen. Norstad. the supreme
military commander Of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
gave strong Endorsement to the
disputed International agree
ments in secret testimony June
ii before the House Foreign At
fairs Committee. His remarks
were made public today.
The House group now has more
than q dozen resolutions before 1t
from members of Congress seek
ing revision or remuneration Of
the agreements, which generally
provide for foreign trial of GIs
accused of committing offenses
while OF q military base and OF
duty.
Demand for passage Of such
o resolution has swelled In the
Juror over the case Of Army
Specialist &c william s. 0irard.
whom the Japanese seek to try
for the fatal shooting Of q jap
anese woman. The case has
been taken to the Supreme
Court.
Gen. Norstad said the right
Of a country to conduct trial for
offenses committed within its
territory Is part Of It's sovereign
ty. and you cannot demand
that a country give UP SOW
ereignty.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Six Injured


Six persons were injured yes
terday afternoon when an auto
struck the rear Of q taxicab
stopped for a light at Colorado
avenue and Sixteenth street NV.
Mrs. Georgianna s. Sheldon,
81. Of Elmira, N. Y, driver of
the car. was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital with q broken
rib and cut mouth, Accident
Investigation Unit officers re-
ported. She was in good condi-
ton this morning.
Her three children, Mark, IL,
Stuart, Q, and Barbara, 4, were
released after being treated for
minor cuts and bruises. police
said.
Harold s. Wheeler. 81. of 100
Park street NE, was treated
and released at Emergency for
a neck injury. Police said his
taxi was knocked about SO feet
into the intersection by the
Of the crash.
A passenger in the cab, Mrs.
Nellie Aubuchon, SO. Of 660l
Fourteenth street NV, was also
treated and released for face
cuts at Emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
|Kosper Is Denied
Look at .FBI Files

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 20
|R.--United States District Judge
Robert l.. Taylor says q recent
Supreme Court decision isn't
broad enough to let segrega-
ZIONIST John Kasper look at
secret FBI files before his inte-
grafton trial next month.
However. in turning down
Kasper's demand for immediate
access to the files in the Clinton
ease, the Judge yesterday left
the way open for him to renew
the motion during the trial, IF
and when the occasion arises"
The Judge ruled:
The motion is premature and
|overruled, with the right in the
defendant to renew it If and
when the occasion arises during
the course Of the trial"
The Supreme Court decision
in question involved Clinton r.
Jencks, former official Of the
Mine, Mill and Smelter Work.
ers Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

tax write-on In connection with
two Of the proposed dams.
These would have permitted
the company to write on in five
years, as depreciation for income
tax purposes, q portion Of the
cost Of the two dams. The
normal depreciation period for
tax purposes Is 20 to IS years.
ODM said smaller-than-usual
tax deductions would Offset the
larger deductions allowed dur
ing the fast write-of period.
Critics Charge Subsidy
Critics protested this amounted
to q subsidy and interest-free
Government loan. Idaho Power
denied this. saying it was get
ting only q tax deferred.
The company president,
Thomas e. Roach, announced
thursday night the certificates
were being returned to ODM to
eliminate further beclouding Of
the real issues"
The high dam project, esti-
mated to cost nearly $500 mill
lion. would include one Of the
worlds highest dams In the
deepest canyon on the con-
tinent.
Proponents contend It would
add more than / million kilo-
watts Of generating capacity TO
the low-cost Federal power sys-
tenn in the Pacific Northwest and
provide other benefits, superior
TO the three-dam plan.
Opponents say Idaho Powers
dams would produce almost as
much power and as many bene-
fits as the high dam at no cost
to the taxpayers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Stotus-of-Forces Poets
Vital Norstod Asserts

He said for the United States
to threaten to pull troops out
|of q country over the CT trials
issue would be playing fast and
loose with our own security" BY
harming alliances vital to this
country.
Actually, Gen. Norstad said
the foreign countries "lean fal
over backward to be fair and
cooperate" IN trials Of service
men. He said they waive jurisdic.
ton over many cases when they
don't have 10. and when they do
tly CT his rights are fully pro-
tected and the sentences have
been lighter than would have
been handed down In an Amer
lean court.
II think the consequences OF
any remuneration Of the status
of-forces agreements would be
nothing short Of disaster, not
only for the alliance but for the
United States as WELL" Gen.
Norstad said.
He said such q move would
be an act Of irresponsibility on
the part Of the greatest country
in the world at the time Of the
peak Of It's responsibility Of
leadership"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
PLANE

Continued From First Page
feet. "The motors were cunning
on and on" he said. 1T hit
straight on" He drove into
Clarksburg to notify police.
Neighbors on both sides Of the
Andersons were badly shaken Q
half hour after the crash. Mrs.
Otis Norwood, In her home with
her 14-year-old daughter June.
said: 1T was terrible. It Just
seemed to come straight down
out Of the sky"
Another witness said the plane
spun four times before it
crashed.
A Capital Airlines employee
said reports Of the engines pop
ping might indicate fuel trouble.
An investigating team from
Capital and from the Civil Aero
nautics Administration were on
the scene within 80 minutes.
Bodies Of the victims were
taken to the Gardner funeral
home In 0aithersburg.
y Captain Was War Veteran
Capt. Burke, an Air Force
bomber pilot during World War
II. had been with Capital since
1850 and became an instructor
about Q mont hago. He ives .
native Of California.
In addition to his widow. he Il
survived by four children, Jerry.
10: Dave, ga: Gregory. 9. and
Chris. 2. and BY his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Spencer Burke Of Fl
Cajon. Calf.
Under Capitals training sys-
tenn. pilots are brought here
from all over the company routes
for the transition from CO.
pilot to captain. Their training
period here lasts UP to I'VE weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Watkins RuIinq
Slowed Inquiry,
[Probers Report
SAN FRANCIsCO. .Ilina "a lApl.

SAN FRANCISCO. June % up.
Spokesman for the House Sub
committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities declare the United States
Supreme Courts Watkins case
decision slowed and Ihampered
its four-day San Francisco hear
ings into asserted Communist
cell operations among California
professions.
Representative Robert ]. Nc
Intosh. Republican Of Michigan.
said last night the committees
work obviously was slowed" BY
the high courts decision Mon
day. The decision reversed q
contempt Of Congress conviction
Of labor leader John +. Watkins
for refusing to name to the COM
mittee former Communist as
sociates.
Frank .Tavenner, committee
counsel, noted that most wit
nesses here relied on the Wat
kins' decision In refusing TO an
swer questions. Under the Wat
kins' ruling, Mr.. Tavenner said,
he was required "time and time
again" to explain the pertinence
and purpose Of his questions.
As the subcommittee wound up
its hearing Of 81 witnesses here,
q news reporter who testified he
was not now q party member
nor in sympathy with the Com
munist Party was dismissed from
his Job on the San Francisco
Examiner.
Jack Eshleman. who had
worked five years on the paper,
declined to answer about pos
sible past associations. In q
statement offered the subcom-
mittee Eshleman said he be-
lieved that under the First
Amendment this committee has
no right to inquire into anyone's
political associations. past or
present"
The committee members and
stan departed for Washington.
where the group win meet Tues
day, without answering deposit
ton subpoenas In o $500 900
damage suit.
The suit was filed for the
widow and four children Of VIII
liam K. Sherwood. II. Stanford
biochemist who committed sui
eide Sunday two days before he
was to testify.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity = Fair,
warm and humid tonight, low
about 70. Fair, hot and humid
tomorrow with q chance Of
thundershowers in the afternoon.
Virginia-Mostly fair, warm
anu humid tonight with scattered
thundershowers In southwest
portion, low 62-72. Sunday,
mostly sunny. quite warm and
humid with scattered afternoon
thundershowers in the west.
Maryland-Fair and warm
tonight with q low Of about 90
IN the mountains and 03-72
elsewhere. Sunday. mostly sunny,
quite warm and more humid
with scattered afternoon and
evening thundershowers in the
west; high. $500 in the noun
tains and along the coast and
o0-96 elsewhere.
Lower Potomac and Cheea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Continued From First Paes

COnthuucu FROM ElkSt rage
hood" He said he had never
traded q vote and never would.
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
or Minnesota. said mot q one"
of those Senator Potter men,
toned lis for sale, not q one
would trade his VOTE"
Senator Mansfield. Democrat
Of Montana. said he hoped Sen
ator Potter will reconsider his
position and retract a statement
which is untrue on the face Of
it."
Senator Magnuson told a
newsman the Potter statement
''is not true at ALL" He said his
vote with the Southerners was
q "procedural" vote.
1--WE been here much longer
than he Senator Potter has
and supported more civil rights
bills than he ever will" Mr..
Magnuson added.
First Major Victory
The Senate vote was the first
major victory for the public
power advocates in their long
ana bitter fight with private
Interests over Hell's Canyon.
which also Is q hot political
issue in the Pacific Northwest.
Idaho Power obtained q con-
struction license for its three
dams. which would cost an
estimated $l33 million after a
|year-long hearing. Public power
groups took the case to court.
and the validity of the license
was upheld by both the United
States Court Of Appeals and the
Supreme Court.
The granting Of Federal tax
benefits to Idaho Power added
fuel to the fire last April. The
company obtained from , the
Once Of Defense Mobilization
certificates authorizing q fast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

peake Bay-South to southeast
winds at 5-l0 miles per hour to-
might becoming southerly at 10
20 miles per hour Sunday.
Weather fair. Visibility good ex-
cept for brief period Sunday
morning due TO fog.
Resort Forecast
Southern New Jersey-Fair TO-
night. Tomorrow mostly sunny,
with q high Of about $685., with
ocean breezes.
Upper and Lower Bay-Fair
tonight. Tomorrow mostly sunny,
with q little cloudiness. High
00-o5. Winds south at 1921
miles per hour.
Ocean Beaches-Fair tonight.
Sunday mostly sunny and rather
hot. with q high Of 0O-05. South
erly breeze.
Skyline Drive = Fair tonight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

Morgan. 80. an ex-convict, and
Alfred J. Pope, 20. both Of Los
angeles.
Morgan was arrested Thurs
day and Pope yesterday.
The deputy chief said the two
men are being held "for investi-
cation"
Three men invaded the Mel
chicr home known as 1.-THE
lviking"-about l0:36p.m. Tues
day while q fourth apparently
waited in q getaway car.
After gathering up the jewels
land furs. the robbers tied Mr..
Melchior, his wife and the two
servants.
Chief. Brown said the recov-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Tv Hearing Row
.SimmersDown
By the Associated Press.

A fiare-up over the television
coverage Of q congressional SUBJ
committees hearings in San
Francisco stmmered down In the
absence Of the principals today.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
was on on an extended weekend
visit to his fiood-stricken native
Texas. and Representative WAL
ter. Democrat Of Pennsylvania,
was in his home State for q
speaking engagement.
Mr.. Walter Is chairman Of the
House Committee on Un-Amer-
lean Activities. which through q
subcommittee has been holding
hearings in San Francisco. He
also headed the subcommittee.
The hearings ended yesterday.
The ruckus started four days
ago when the committee per.
United local telecasting Of il
San Francisco hearings, despite
two ofiicial rulings by Mr.. Ray
burn that the rules Of the House
didn't allow radio. television OF
newsreel coverage Of House com.
mittee sessions. Mr.. Walters
position was that television COW
erage had been arranged by local
authorities and that the Ray
burn ban didn't apply to out-of-
town meetings.
Mr.. Rayburn reported that II
made no difference who made
the arrangements or where the
committee was meeting. He said
the ruling laid down in 1852 and
again in 1855 remained in effect
so long as the House rules were
not changed. But he did not
order Mr.. Walter to stop the
proceedings. claiming his earlier
ruling spoke for itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

cred loot was slowed In two blue
leatherette suitcases found in
Morgan's and Pope's possession.
The suitcases also were stolen in
the robbery.
Recovered items included q
$4,000 diamond bracelet. q $4,000
diamond clip. q $4,000. 53-carat
emerald and ruby ring: q 1920
Russian sable stole and o Belgian
sable cape valued at $4,000. Also
found was q woman's $40, 900,
7.75-carat ring with an emerald
cut gem diamond.
Among articles missing is q
5000 gold and silcer ring with
diamonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Boy, Man Suffocote
lin Abandoned Cistern

NASHVILLE. Tenn. June "a
@.-An l1-year-old boy and q
man who tried to save him
sufiocated In an abandoned
cistern here yesterday.
The boy, Ralph Lewis VIII
liams. became trapped in the
cistern while playing in his
back yard. The would-be res
cuer. Vernon Hogue, 50. was q
'neighbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Tomorrow's A-BIost
Will Test Shelters

ATOMIC TEST SITE, New.
June % PN-Shelters designed
to protect hundreds Of persons
from atomic attack will be tested
for the first time under a nu-
clear blast scheduled for to-
morrow.
The mass shelters constructed
Of reinforced concrete could be
used as parking garages in
peacetime. Also to be tested will
be q reinforced concrete vault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

on the murder and robbery
charges began last Monday. An
earlier trial Of the two men last
month resulted in q hung jury.
Mr.. Harris, q brother-in-law
Of Or. Ralph Bunche. United
Nations Undersecretary. was
found dead last August IS in his
real estate ONCE In the 1900
block Of Ninth street NV. Med
ical reports showed death was
due to strangulation.
Chief Judge Bolitha J. Laws
declared the mistrial Of McDan-
Tel and Williams yesterday after
having the juror examined by o
physician and after he had
learned that two registered
nurses had consulted with the
Juror earlier in the day. without
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
New York Plagued
By New Bomber

NEW YORK. June % .(R.-A
new Mad Bomber" is plaguing
police.
A homemade live bomb was
found today in an unused stair
well Of the observation-disclosures
Street Independent Subway sta
tion-the second in a week to
be found there.
Beside the bomb was a note
asking:
"Is this still crude?"
This apparently was a refer
ence to reports from police that
the first bomb, found last Sun
day. was crudely constructed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

the knowledge Of the Judge.
Judge Laws set September Q for
retrial Of the case.
The physician who examined
the juror. Mrs. Edna M. Raum
of the 100 block Of Capitol ave-
nue. NE. at Judge Laws request
was DR.. Thomas Z. Grimm, chief
Of the Legal Psychiatric Serv-
ices Division Of the District
Health Department.
DR.. Grifin reported that Mrs.
Raum apparently had an acute
infection and that she was suf-
fering from nausea and dizzi-
ness. DR.. Grimm also reported
that Mrs. Raum felt brow
beaten" during the jury delibera-
tons. which began yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
Cutch Bio

NEW ORLEANS.-More men
haden are caught on the South
Atlantic and Gulf coasts than
all other I'm fishes combined. &C.
cording to. current estimates Of
the United States Fish and
Wildlife service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
2HeId in MeIchior Case,
88,670Loot Reqoined

LOS ANGELES. June % Q9-Two have been arrested
and I0867O worth Of loot recovered in the
robbery Tuesday night Of Singer Lauz Mechor wife,
police announced today
Two other suspects being sought Deputy Chief
Thad Brown
He identified those booked on suspicion of robbery as Robert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
MistrioI Ruled as Nurse
Sees Harris Staying Juror

mistrial was declared yesterday in the U. g. Dis
trict Court for the District Of Columbia the
accused Of Staying and robbng Roscoe w. Harris 65 real estate
man. after juror became III during deliberations
The two defendants Lindsey Mcdaniel &C.
Williams 81 both Of the l40O block street NV Their rea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22
TIE CRANES ARE WHOOPINC IT UP


Continued From First Page
Court-by-passing the United
States Court Of Appeals here so
las to get q quick final decision.
This the high court permitted,
as 1t does in cases regarded Of
far-reaching importance.
Girard's counsel asked the Su-
Ipreme Court to affirm Judge Nc
IGarraghy's decision. and to issue
a writ Of habeas corpus to bring
Girard back to, this country.
The soldiers attorneys said he
could be tried here under the
military code of justice and to
keep him in Japan now might
make him the victim Of wrath
stirred up by rabble rousers and
Communist agitators."
Announcement of the decision
to hear the Girard controversy
was made after eight justices
met .or almost five hours in
their regular Friday closed con-
ference. Other cases also were
taken up during the conference,
preparatory to what was to have
been the courts last session of
the term next Monday.
Douglas on Vacation
Justice Douglas, who began
his vacation last Monday. may
return from the West Coast to
hear the July 8 arguments and
vote in the case II he wishes.
Court aides last night said there
was no plan as yet to notify
him Of the argument session.
Instead Of adjourning for the
summer next Monday, the court
viii continue its present term
until the Girard case Is disposed
Of.
Attorney General Brownell
and counsel for 0irard we're told
to file briefs giving their law
arguments on or before July /.
Answering briefs are to be filed
within five days.
In his plea for q quick Supreme
Court ruling. Mr.. Brownell said
the decision Of the executive
branch Of Government to turn
Girard over to Japan was "rea-
sonable." Further he argued that
the decision is one for the ex-
ecutive to make rather than a
court"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

WEATHER FORECAST-scattered showers and thunder
storms expected tonight the Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes and Ohio Valley the mountains Of New York.
Northern Pennsylvania and In Southern Florida Western
Montana will have rain and the California will have
fog II viii be generally fair TO partly cloudy elsewhere
with warm weather In the Northwest and cooler weather
for the Northern two-thirds Of the interorAP Wire
photo Map. a A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-22

nec0ro Tempefatures This Year
HiRhest. "a. on June Is, 10.
Lowest 8. on January rs.
Hlsh and Low Of last - Hours
High. as. at 1858 pm.
Low, 40. At $40 am,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
Gas
Rute Rise Due

Natural gas rate increases that
would cost Washington Gas Light
Co. consumers SIS million a year
have been proposed but the Fed
eral Power Commission has sus-
pended them pending a hearing
The increase will go into effect
July IA if the proceedings have
not been settled through hearings
by that date. pending final de-
cision.
The suspension affects five
subsidiaries of the Columbia Gas
System. 1t affects this area
through the Atlantic Seaboard
Corp. of Charleston, w. Va. Sea-
board had asked a $4.148.O00, or
80 per cent, increase affecting
Is customers in the District,
Maryland, Virginia. West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania.
A Washington Gas Light Co.
spokesman said a decision is
almost never reached by the
terminal date of the suspension
July IA in this case-and the
increase probably will go in effect
then. He said the company will
pass the increased costs on to
the consumers 30 days later.
If the FPC throws out or re-
duces the proposed increase. then
refunds will be made all along the
line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
President Will Cruise
Amid Bohomos Awhile

the sound where the President
may get in some fishing and
skeet shooting.
The Canberra. Mr.. Hagerty
said, will start heading toward
Bermuda Monday tlght and pick
up speed Tuesday. The cruiser
is scheduled to arrive off Ber-
.muda about 2 pm. Wednesday
for 4 pm. landing by the
President.
Under its original schedule the
Canberra would be firing its
Terrier guided missiles this week
Mr.. Hagerty said the President
would like to see a Terrier dem
onstration. but he was not sure
whether the schedule would be
carried out.
Cold Is Improving
Meanwhile, the Presidents
head cold troubles we're reported
decreasing.
James c. Hagerty. White
House press secretary, reported
in a radio-telephone news con-
ference with reporters aboard
the destroyers that the restful
cruising apparently was doing
the President good. He described
Mr.. Eisenhower as taking il
quite easy"
Mai. Gen. Howard M. Snyder
personal physician to Mr.. Eisen-
hover was quoted by Mr.. Hag-
erty as saying the President s
head cold. cough and ear in
flamatlon we're better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
Vaudeville Did Not Die,
Its Big Hit in Moscow

MOSCOW, Mar. 16 tP,.--
Vaudeville did not die. The Hun
garians have brought it to Mos
COW.
Eugene Orlay's flashy stage
band and singers do a series of
American numbers ranging from
stars and Stripes Forever to
Indian Love Call" "Chatta-
nooga Choo Choo' and Papa
Loves Mambo." The words are
sung in Hungarian. but the style
and spirit are reminders OF
Broadway.
The troupe's dancing and COM
edy turns also are reminiscent Of
the old two-a- day vaudeville in
America.
Although jazz is regarded as
decadent by official Moscow
Russian audiences have given
the Hungarians a warm recep-
ton. The demand for tickets is
so great the sponsors OF the
month-long engagement are con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-16
BY GARRETT d. HORNER
star staff Correspondent
Direct by Radio-Telephone

EN- ROUTE WITH EISEN-
HOVER, Mar. l6.--President
Eisenhower found such good
weather cruising amid the Ba-
hama Islands that he decided to
STAY around awhile.
Presidential Secretary James
G. Hagerty said the guided-mis-
sic cruiser USS Canberra, carry
ing the President on a leisurely
and roundabout voyage to Ber-
muda. would be cruising or
laying to" in 90-mile long
Exuma Sound in the Bahamas
until Monday night.
After rainy weather and chop
by seas for much of the 750-odd
miles of his cruise to the
Bahamas area from Norfolk, Va,
MIR Eisenhower, who has been
bothered by cold and cough,
awoke this morning to find sunny
skies and the temperature in the
70S.
BY 9 am. the Canberra and
two escorting destroyers were
rounding Columbus Point on Cat
Island with Conception Island
of the port bow.
May DO some Fishing
Mr.. Hagerty said the President
slept later than usual this morn
ling. arising about $3.50 am. He
said that for the next few days
the hanberra would remain In