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and never cut through an alley
or across a vacant lot.
Most people have a tendency
to take a short cut home If
there's one available" 1t. Gram
dali said. Last fall, q woman
in Southeast Washington was
robbed while she was cutting
across a vacant lot to her back
door, instead of taking the
long way around to her front
door. When we talked to her,
we found out she had been
taking the short cut home from
work every night for months.
She mad been lucky up to a
point"
s. Don't strike up acquaint-
ances with strangers.
6. Be especially careful when
you get of a bus or streetcar
after dark.
In one Of last weeks cases,
q purse was snatched from a
woman minutes after she left a
bus on her way home from
work.
No Large Sums
Z. Don't carry large sums of
money. II you must carry 1t.
don't fash 1t.
Capt. Bonaccorsy and 1t.
Crandall agreed that this is
the worst time Of year for
street robberies. partly because
it's cold and partly because it
gets Rrk earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
Churchill Visit
In April Confirmed
BY the Associated Press

The White House today con-
firmed that Sir Winston
Churchill. former British Prime
Minister. has accepted Presi-
dent Eisenhower's invitation
to be a White House guest for
several days late in April.
The President and Mrs. Eli
senhower invited Sir Winston
and his wife to be White House
guests while the former Prime
Minister is in Washington in
connection with an exhibition
of his paintings at the Smith
sonian Institution.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said they
have accepted the invitation
and Sir Winston will visit here
as a personal old friend" of
Mr.. Eisenhower. The last time
Sir Winston was here was as
Prime Minister for British
American talks in June, 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
Tunisio Reports
French Air Raid
Killing 5 Persons

TUNIS, Tunisia, Feb. 8 up.
The Tunisian government
said French planes today
bombarded the Tunisian vii
lage of Sakiet Sidi Youssef for
an hour, killing S persons and
wounding 40.
A government spokesman
said that most of the homes
in the village of about 1000
persons had been destroyed.
The village is near the border
with Algeria.
The French said they raided
antiaircraft installations firing
on them from inside Tunisian
territory.
President Habib Bourguiba
rushed back to Tunis from a
week end vacation because Of
the raid.
Sakiet Sidi Youssef was in
the news January IL. French
officials alleged that a strong
band Of Algerian nationalist
left the village and ambushed
a French army patrol in Al
geria.
The French reported that the
raid took, place this morning
after one Of their observation
planes was damaged by heavy
fire coming from across the
border at Sakiet Sidi Youssef.
After this Incident the French
sent in a raiding squadron Of
IL twin-engined United States
made B-26 bombers. 6 Ameri-
can built Navy Corsair fighter
bombers and 8 Mistral Jet
fiphteAR.
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4 MORE VIOLENCE
CASES ARE LISTED

Street robbers shot one
man, beat and robbed two
others and unsuccessfully
attempted to rob a fourth
victim in four street at
tacks between 4 pm. yes
terday and 4 am. today.
One victim lost SGT to
two strong-arm bandits. A
service station owner was
slightly wounded in the
hand by q nervous bandit
in an unsuccessful holdup
attempt.
Two men grabbed a
salesman, but he fought
them OF and saved his $3.50.
"Details on Page A-20)
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SNOW SKIPS AREA;
COLD AND WINDY
WEEK END SEEN

Most of the Washington
area missed the snowfall
which blanketed large
areas of the East last night
but is sharing a cold and
windy week end with the
rest Of the Nation.
Cloudy. windy and cold
weather today will be fol-
lowed tonight by q drop to
II degrees tonight. Tomor-
row will be fair. windy
and cold.
Wet snow fell yesterday
in Rockville. Fairfax Coun-
ty, Arlington and at Ma
tional Airport but the main
event was two-thirds Of an
inch of rain which soaked
the area. The skies cleared
around 9 o'clock last night.
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who is walking behind you.
Most street robbers sneak UP
on their victims from the rear
and strike before they are OBJ
served.
3. Be alert when passing an
alley or a high hedge-favor-
lite hiding places for street rob-
bers.
4 Travel well-lishted streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
East German Purge
Hits 3 Top Leaders
"A BOY PROVES
HE'S REALLY NOT
THE SHIFTY KIND

DALLAS, Tex. H-A
chain department store
here, which doesn't handle
charge accounts. received
q letter with a dollar bill
in it.
Said the penciled letter
in q youthful scrawl:
Last Mothers Day I
changed some price tags
when / got my mothers
present. This is the dollar
(sic) ] owe you. Yours
truly, A Boy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
Snow and Cold Hoross
Lorqe Part Of Nation
b. the Associated Press

Freezing cold. covered most
Of the Nation today.
A storm dumped up to IS
inches of snow in New York
State.
Florida suffered a fresh chill.
Temperatures that fell below
the freezing level at their early
morning low points were re-
ported across the north from
the Atlantic to Idaho.
The big freeze extended into
the South as far as Georgia in
the east and Texas in the west.
Florida's lows included AZ at
Miami, As at Fort Lauderdale
and IS at Jacksonville.
New York Hard Hit
Eastern New York State and
the Catskills caught the worst
of a snowstorm. Drifts 3 feet
high were reported in some
areas.
Four deaths were attributed
to the storm.
Tannersville in the CatskiIls
had Is inches of fresh SNOW.
Falls elsewhere in the State
included 10 at Berlin, 8 in Al
bany, Binghamton and Cobie-
skill and z at Glen Falls.
The speed limit on the New
York thruway was reduced
to IS miles per hour from New
York to Rochester.
Stormy weather at sea is
slowing the luxury liner Inde-
pendence on her return trip
to Norfolk, Va. with 300 Vir-
ginians among the passengers.
Latest estimated arrival time
for the ship is 1880 pm. to-
morrow at the Hampton Roads
Army Terminal piers.
Worst for Florida
Florida is enduring its worst
winter in history. 1t braced it.
self today for new assaults Of
cold weather on resort and
farming industries.
Low temperatures and rain
already have killed cattle,
blighted citrus groves and win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
BorreI Of Cyanide
Lost in England

LIVERPOOL, England, Feb.
8 (R.-A barrel containing
enough cyanide to kill halt a
million persons has been lost
along a 14-mile road, police
said today.
The barrel rolled of a truck
during a trip yesterday from
the Liverpool docks to a fac
tory at Widnes. A yard-by-
yard search failed to discover 1t.
Police warned that the finder
should not even touch the bar
rel. "Your finger nails could
carry enough to kill you." an
officer said.
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7 Senator's Ask
Economy Aid
Spurkmun, Gore
See Danger Signals
BY the Associated Press

Two Democratic Senators,
citing what they called danger
signals in the Nations economy.
propose immediate action to
curb the current recession and
the rise in unemployment.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat
Of Alabama. urged Congress
last night to take the initia-
tive" from the White House in
attempts to halt the economic
downturn.
As q first step, Senator
Sparkman said he would intro
duce legislation for a crash
program" to accelerate home
construction and slum clear
ance.
1.-THE economic slack must
be taken up and promptly If
we are to avoid a full-blown
recession" the Alabama Sen
ator said in o statement.
He was Joined by Senator
Gore, Democrat Of Tennessee,
who said danger signals are
plain to see."
RFC Revival Urged
Senator Gore, who already
has proposed q big public works
program, called for:
A speedup in the superhigh-
way building program, reviving
Of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. to provide credit to busi-
ness. abandonment Of "the
tight money policy" liberalized
credit to home buyers and
consumers, and measures to
help the farmers.
IF conditions should con-
tinue to worsen," Senator Gore
said in a statement. II will
examine the possibility Of in
creasing the personal exemp-
ton on income taxes"
A firm stand against any tax
cut at this time was taken
earlier yesterday by Secretary
of the Treasury Anderson.
Sparkmah Offers Program
Senator Sparkman, who pre-
sided at the committee hearing,
proposed this program to slim
ulate home construction and
urban renewal:
/. An adequate supply of
mortgage funds at reasonable
interest rates.
2. Strengthening and expan-
sion Of the urban renewal pro.
gram on q long-term basis with
funds to permit participation
by any community that
wishes to.
8. Extension Of the Veterans
Administration home loan
guaranty program and the VA
direct home loan program
which expires this year.
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was launched at 1886 pm. yes
terday after more than -FOUR
hours Of delays in pre-launch
checkoutS.
Launching Seemed Perfect
To observers at the missile
test center site it appeared to
be q perfect launching and
climb-out.
The Air Force promptly an
nounced that It had test fired
an Atlas as part of the routine
in its ICBM development pro-
gram.
Slightly more than two min
utes away from the launching
site its engines cut out and its
flaming yellow exhaust winked
out. From beaches south OF
Cape Canaveral the Atlas, now
in coasting fight. was visible
for almost q minute after en-
CINE cutoff. At the end of that
time there was a pale puff of
smoke, and the missile had dis
appeared. Watchers were UNI
certain whether the Atlas had
found trouble or whether the
puff had been engine smoke.
Plane Sees Blast
Aboard a National Airlines
plane piloted by Capt. Carl
Greenwood there was no un-
certainty, however.
The plane was 80 miles north
of Cape Canaveral, on the way
from New York to Miami, when
Capt. Greenwood saw the Atlas
leave the ground. He said he
told passengers to watch the
Atlas. and turned the plane so
they could see it.
At the end, Capt. Greenwood
said, there was no flame but
"just a tremendous puff Of
smoke high in the sky, a puff
probably 80 times the size of
the rocket as it looked to us
then"
It took the Air Force more
than an hour to make a quick
check of its data. Then came
a terse announcement.
"The Air Force missile de-
stroyed itself shortly after
completion Of the powered
phase of its fight"
Air Force officers said the
wreckage fell too far at sea to
be recovered.
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Truck Crosh Kills IL

SEOUL, Feb. (R.-Eleven
South Korean Army soldiers
were killed and Is injured, two
seriously, Thursday night when
an army truck fell from a cliff
in the 9Th Corps area 80 miles
north of Seoul. One source
said a faulty brake caused the
accident.
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Embassy Sought Here

BERN, Switzerland. Feb. 8
@.-The Swiss government
asked Parliament yesterday for
a million-dollar appropriation
for a new Swiss Embassy build
ing in Washington.
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ter vegetables and put tourists
to fight.
Miami expected 40-degree
weather tonight. A low of Is
degrees was forecast for ex-
IRENE North Florida.
The president of the Florida
Cattlemen's Association said
yesterday he had never known
cattle Ito be in such bad shape
with the worst month Of the
year staring them in the face. "
j. o. Pearce, jr., said Feb
ruary is always our worst win
ter month";" and predicted 275.-
900 cattle would die in the next
five weeks because of lack of
feed.
Starvation Feared
So far the cattle that have
died because of the weather.
but starvation will enter the
picture between now and spring.
Cold weather through February
would mean q very serious con-
dition around the middle Of
March," Mr.. Pearce said.
Cattle have weakened be-
cause Florida's three freezes
killed grass. What grass wasn't
killed was submerged by water
from heavy rains.
1.-THE cattle bed down in the
water or on damp ground and
when morning comes they have
pneumonia and can't get up"
Mr.. Pearce said. Another cold,
rainy night with wind would
just about ruin all Of us"
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Sost " SgNtgs
--~~~~~-~-----~
in the streets than the men
who live with it day after day
the officers on the Metropoli-
tan Police robbery squad.
The Star asked the two top
men on the squad. Capt. Nunzio
Bonaccorsy and 1t. Edwin B.
Crandall, how Washington resi-
dents can protect themselves
against street attacks. Here
are their answers:
/. II you 60 out at night.
don't walk alone.
A case like the attack on
Mark Ethridge. a Louisville
Ky newspaper publisher, his
wife and his sister, related by
Mrs. Ethridge in This Week
Magazine last month, is very
rare. Capt. Bonaccorsy pointed
out.
Alert for Followers
THE vast majority of VIC
Tins are people walking alone
at least 80 per cent and
maybe 95." he declared.
2. conscious Of anyone
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Air Force Due
To Dominate
Space Program
Johnson, G-E Aide,
Named as One-Mun
Rule Is Set Up
BY L. EDGAR PRINA
Star stan Writer


The Nations military drive
for outer space. under one-man
rule for the first time. today
appears headed for Air Force
domination.
Defense Secretary McElroy
said yesterday he has tenta-
lively decided that the Air
Force should operate space
vehicles when they are de-
veloped.
At the same time, he an
nounced the appointment of
Roy w. Johnson, q General
Electric Co. vice president. as
head Of the Advanced Research
Projects Agency. He ordered
the new agency to take over
the job Of developing weapons
of the future.
The Air Force has taken the
position that it is only logical
that airmen should ny in space.
but Mr.. McElroy's decision was
unquestionably disappointing to
the Army. With its Explorer
the only American satellite in
orbit, the Army has expressed
hopes for q major role in outer
space missions.
Impressive Experience"
In announcing the selection
Of Mr.. johnson. the Defense
Secretary said the 52-year-old
former member Of the War
Production Board will bring
to this important assignment
impressive experience and abil-
ity as an administrator"
He pointed out that Mr..
johnson for six years had
charge Of GEES electronics
business and is accustomed to
working productivity with
scientific people,"
The new boss Of ARPA told
q news conference in New York
later that he is not a scientist
or a technical man, but an
administrator.
I'm going to delegate au-
thodty, I'm .going to pick
capable people," he said.
Mr.. McElroy said he was
looking for the most highly
qualified scientist we can find"
to head the group that will
provide technical direction to
the programs assigned to the
new agency.
win Take Over April I
Mr.. johnson will take over
the ARPA job April /, when he
resigns from GE. Meanwhile,
he will spend two or three days
See SPACE, Page AS
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BULLETIN
Two Killed in Fire Here

A father and his 4-year-
old son were burned to death
in their bedroom at 4O0S
Eighth street Sc. today and
the wife and another child
were seriously burned, police
reported. The father was
identified as John Crowley,
but the name Of the dead boy
was not Immediately learned.
Taken TO ID. C. General Hos
pital with first and second
degree burns were the mother,
Mrs. Mary Crowley and their
4-month-Old SON. Jerome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
LiberuI Men
Are Sacked
By UIbricht

0G1tAA4Ns ECU. . H1.-EdSk
Germany's Stalinist leadership
today swung the purge ak
against q relatively liberal fac
ton within the Communist
Party. firing three top members
OF the ruling hierarchy.
Party Boss Walter Ulbricht.
battling for survival against a
growing wave of opposition to
his Stalinist police tactics,
sacked these leaders:
Karl Schirdewan, Ulbricht's
longtime top deputy, was ex-
PEELED from the central COM
mittee and consequently from
the Politburo which is drawn
from 1t.
Fred Oelsner, the party's
leading ideologist, was thrown
out Of the Politburo. The terse
announcement was unclear
whether he would retain his
central committee membership.
Ernst Wollweber, former
State Security Minister, was
elected from the central COM
mittee for criminal failure" in
his police work.
Iron Fisted Police Tactics
The Communist Party news
paper Neues Deutschland an.
nounced that the three were
purged by unanimous decision
Of q secret central committee
meeting in East Berlin from
Monday to Thursday.
The announcement showed
that the Kremlin, ignoring
popular opposition to Ulbricht
within the puppet German
state. had decided to back the
bearded longtime StaliniSt once
again. Apparently the Rus
slams put ahead Of all other
considerations the value OF
Ulpricht's iron listed police tao
tics in keeping the FESTIVE East
German population in line.
The purge rocked East Ber-
lin and touched on fears that
Ulbricht would now ruthlessly
pursue q nationwide cleanup
of opposition elements.
A lengthy report by the cur
rent secretary, Erich Honecker,
accused Wollweber and Schir-
dewan of advocating liberal
policies during the Hungarian
uprising in late 1856 and Of
ignoring state security consid-
erations.
Tough Policies Win Test
The report harped on op.
position to all Ulbright's purges.
1t showed clearly that Ulbricht
personally and his tough poll
cies have won their severest
test against so-called liberal
elements in the party.
Wollweber. a 59-year-old
veteran Communist fighter. be-
came head of the East Ger
man secret police in 1853 to
crush remains of an anti-Com-
munist uprising. Western in
telligence sources had accepted
the Communist explanation
that Ill health caused him to
ask removal last November /.
The announcement today
said Wollweber was ousted for
violations Of the party
SJdGuCcS.
Repeated Violations Charged
Oelsner was purged for IRE.
peated violations of the dis
cipline of the Politburo and
for refusal to conform to the
collective of the Politburo,"
the Communists said.
Schirdewan was excluded
for fractional activities" and
received a severe reprimand,"
the announcement said.
Schirdewan has in the past
taken over control Of the party
during Ulbricht's absences. But
West Berlin sources said last
July he was believed to have
broken with Ulbricht by seek.
ing liberalization Of the iron.
listed regime.
There was no indication the
three would be kicked out of
the party.
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Picture on Poee A-3
thorough job Of reading the
information, if at all.
This information was re-
corded on tape sent back by
radio from the instruments
aboard the giant missile.
Some persons here speculated
that interference by q radio
signal, possibly from q ham"
amateur set, had caused the
Atlas to destroy itself.
The Convair spokesman, Win
Cady. said the Atlas "does have
a destruction package in it OPP
Grated by radio"
He said there are safeguards
on it to prevent accidental
operation.
1--WE could not be 100 per
cent sure in saying that this
did not happen, but it would
have to be an awfully strange
coincidence" Mr.. Cady said.
1.-The signal would have to
come on the right wave length
and it would have to be the
exact signal.
IF this happened. there
would be some way Of knowing
it from reading the tape"
Indefinite on Time
Mr.. Cady said he could not
estimate how long it would take
to determine this point.
The 50 million missile shat
tered into bits about 80 miles
above the ocean. Before it ex-
ploded, the missile had yielded
virtually all the essential data
that even a much longer test
fight could have provided.
Two earlier Atlas missiles
were destroyed last year short
ly after launching. Because of
the volumes of information
gained, the Air Force classed
those flights not as failures but
as IS per cent successful.
Only two of the five 5000
mile-range ICBMS launched to
date have made completely
successful flights.
The missile. about 70 feet
tall and Sa feet in diameter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
Bible Pledges
To Do Things
For District
citys New Mayor
Aims to Get Bills
Through Congress
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

Washington's new mayor has
pledged himself to be . "doer'
for the District on Capitol Hill
this session.
Senator Bible, Democrat Of
Nevada, said yesterday he
would fight, compromise or
clarity local issues--whichever
works-to steer District bills
through Congress.
As Senate District Commit
tee chairman, Senator Bible
probably controls the fate Of
District affairs more than any
other one man in Congress.
II hope we can measure what
we contribute not by what !
say. but by what we accom-
plish and achieve" said Senator
Bible in an interview to explain
his plans for the local unit.
He's ready to fight for an
other bridge across the Po-
tomac, higher police salaries
and Q second Juvenile Court
judge.
Home Rule Compromise
He'll compromise on home
rule by abandoning an elected
mayor for q presidential APP
pointed mayor form Of govern
ment.
He wants to impress on Con-
greSs the need for O fairer
Federal payment ITO set a pat
tern for years to come" A clear
understanding Of the District
Commissioners plea for bor-
rowing authority is needed, he
said.
These high points Of the Dis
trict legislative program ought
to be pulled together in q state
of-the- District message from
the Commissioners. according
to Senator Bible.
He said he would welcome
a town-hall type meeting Of all
four legislative and appropria-
tons committees for the Dis
trict in Congress to hear city
heads.
The Commissioners sought
such q meeting. But since the
death Of former Senate District
Committee Chairman Nelly,
Democrat of West Virginia, last
month, their request has been
unanswered.
II would be perfectly agree
able to asking the other three
chairmen to meet with us, I"
Senator Bible said.
50 Bills to Study
He promised to tend to the
state7of-the-D District matter
after an organizational meeting
next week. Chairman Bible will
brief himself on some SO local
bills now pending before the
committee within the next few
days, so he can put new SUBJ
committee chairmen to work on
them at the organization
session.
No staff changes are planned
for the committee. now, he
said.
He saw current District prob
lens in this light:
Crime-"Yokings, muggings
and robberies are on the up
swing. This is seasonal. in
part. It has something to do
with the unemployment pat
tern. We might be able to
ease this situation by legislat-
ing"
He said a bill to raise police
See BIBLE, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
IN THE STREETS

Anyone can fall victim to a
street attack. but there are
ways to keep the danger to a
Probably no one in Washing
ton knows more about violence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
ST. MARKS MURAL
DEDICATION SET

ARTIST DEBURGos represents
life on Capitol Hill in his new mural
10 be dedicated BY the Right Rev.
Angus Dun. Bishop Of Washington.
tomorrow. q depicts Capitol Hill
split BY economic differences and
torn by roeioI tension. See Church
Section. Poos as.
LINcoLNs FAITH Is shown in
his quototions about the Divine
Being and his relionee on Him. The
lecture The Power Of Foith" also is
in the Church Section. PoSe As.
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Topped Atlas Doto Sifted
For Clues on Explosion
Air Force, Manufacturer Still in Dark
AS to Cause of Missiles Destruction

CAPE CANAvERAL, Fla. Feb. QF1.-The Air Force and
the manufacturer studied thousands of feet of tapped data
today for clues to the of explosion that destroyed
Atlas intercontnenta bastc missile after less than
four minutes of flight yesterday.
spokesman for Convair Division Of General Dynamcs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK. R.-Foliowine are the
sales add OO). high. low, closing price
and net change Of the 90 most active
stocks for the week:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-08

Corp, San Diego, Calf. said
the cause of the self-destruc-
ton was still q mystery. He
said the cause might not be
known until completion of q