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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-02
Bi|ko's Boss in Uniform
BY JAMES BACON

colonel?
That would be Paul Ford, who isn't really
colonel, by Army standards. but who has por-
trayed fumbling colonies and nothing else since
l952-except for an occasional movie and TVS
Junior Miss
Before he climbed aboard the Svers show,
Ford the daffy colonel in the Broadway
hit "Teahouse of the August Moon" role
which he also recreated for the movies.
It's great year for Ford who had Topped
at every job but fatherhood when he decided
to become an actor at an age where he should
have had money in the bank but didn't Almost
40, with five children, Ford turned actor for
So a week in Long Island summer playhouse
in the 4Os.
IT told my wife not to get discouraged
day might much as 500 a week
acting She shook her head and looked at me
as if had blown my top"
Ford who had been fired from dozen jobs,
thus touched off an amazing stage career in
which he usually played the rich boss.
MY age advantage" he recalls.
mo one ever believed that guy nearing 40 was
just starting out My potoelly helped too.
Producers all feel that the role of authority
calls for this special physical attribute"
He even considers Col. Hall in the boss
category.
I'm just Biko's boss in uniform"
Ford now So and grandfather of seven is
one of the most successful character actors in
the business today. That 500 week he
dreamed of once is up in the thousands now
Il owe it all to the Bilko show" he says.
Il was successful Broadway actor before Bilko
but could get on the subway and would
recognize me.
He said he gets very little criticism from
Army officers, but once in while West Point
graduate will write scathingly of his portrayal.
Il always remind them that it estab-
liShed in one of the shows that my nickname
at the Point was Meathead and that graduated
last in my class"
Ford who was born Paul Ford Weaver in
Baltimore, everything but a tycoon before
he turned actor. He managed to complete one
year at Dartmouth but left to take job as
proofreader with the Philadelphia Bulletin He
quit to sell ads and then magazine subscriptions.
up in Altoona, Pa tried to sell sub
scripton to a girl called Nell Campbell. She
haue he I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-02

and tried to make living a writer. BY 1929
he had five children and no job.
Finally, he found employment as a grease
monkey in a filling station. The average at
tendant can grease a in 10 or Is minutes.
Il never could get one done under three
hours"
He was fired and became night Waterman.
Il used to make my rounds and then take
a nap. My supervisor caught me and made me
turn in my pillow"
Just before the war, he started a home
catering business.
Il used to sell sandwiches around the neigh
borhood for IS to 40 cents They were good
sandwiches as good as sometimes pay 50 for
in fancy restaurants.
Then 1 expanded into peanut brittle and
fudge This my kids loved"
Ford was building up brisk business when
he chucked it all to become a $3-a-week actor.
Six months later Ford was on 10 radio shows
and making from $3.50 to $500 week
He chucked that, too, for $85 a week in a
Broadway show.
Then Nat Hiken, creator of the SiverS
show, him in "TeahouSe."
Anyone for peanut brittle? Not Ford, not
anV more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-19

early-that mere man. with al
his skin. couldn't keep 1t under
control.
Explore Control Problems
In 1919. engineers of the
Eclipse : Pioneer division OF
Bendix were commissioned by
the Air Force to explore con-
troll problems which would be
encountered in an airplane
flying three times as fast az
any then in existence. It has
since been revealed that the
B-58 has a greater gain in TOP
speed over the latest opera
tional bomber than that
bomber has over the Wright
Brothers airplane.
In 1853 Convair was awarded
q contract to develop such O
plane.
In what appears to be q
merited and mutual-admira-
ton situation, Convair and
Bendix arranged the mar
rage" The B-58 few 1e
months sooner than would
have been possible without
such co-planning, the Air
Force says.
Almost an automatic air
plane. the Hustler requires
only a three-man crew: Pilot
Navigator-b ombardier and the
defensive systems operator.
Aiding them is a highly in
tricate complex Of hydraulic
rams. tied into tiny transistors
and bundled into q package of
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Iment will not drop its claim for
jurisdiction over waters ada
cent to Iceland's 4-mile terri
torial limit.
while the problem of over
fishing has been discussed on
international level for about
10 years my people help
lessly watched the slow de-
struction Of the very sources
Of their livelihood" he said.
''For our part we have Moth
ing against a narrow terri
torial sea as long as our fish.
cries remain protected" he
said.
Australia's John D L. Hood
expressed his governments
support for a Canadian pro-
posal that coastal states should
be given fishery rights In water
zones outside their Territorial
sea which should be kept at
the 3-mile limit.
Ecuador's E. Ponce Carlo,
defending his country's claim
for exclusive fishery rights in
a 200-mile deep-water belt
along the Pacific Coast, said
delegates should not consider
1.-The case Of Ecuador unfair or
unprecedented"
"Those in favor Of the so.
called freedom of the seas i.
must admit that (Ecuador's
measures for control of fishing
in that area) are necessary and
cannot be seen as q violation
of the freedom Of the high
SEAS" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-19

the major difficulties facing 81
nations in o conference here
on the law Of the sea.
Seafaring nations have ex-
pressed opposing views on the
breadth Of the territorial sea
and how far beyond 1t. If at
all, coastal states should be
granted rights Of fishery con-
troll over the adjacent open
ocean.
Fernando Guarello Of Chile
said the principle Of freedom
on the high sea-also a SUBJ
ject Of opposing views so far
is mot a classical concept"
and should not be regarded as
a privilege Of the main mari
time powers to the detriment
of smaller nations"
mo one should be allowed to
come from far away to
destroy the riches of the
ocean," he said. He added that
coastal states largely depend
ing on the produce of their off,
coast fisheries, such as Chile,
should be protected against
abuses by foreign fishers.
Iceland States Position
Iceland declared yesterday
she has no objections against a
narrow belt for her territorial
sea. But she claimed the right
to protection of her outer
coastal waters to preserve ma
tional fisheries.
H. @. Anderson, Iceland's
Ambassador to NATO (the At
lantic pact) said his govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-19

potential was fed into elec-
tronic computers almost i've
years ago. engineers and pilots
agreed that man alone couldn't
handle it.
It would operate at speeds
far beyond his ability to sense
and comprehend. It flies at
altitude where he cannot live
without aid. Forces which will
dislntegrate the four-jet plane
in q flash were only guesses
not too long ago.
It is the first airplane to
require such o control system
Its implications for military
and commercial aircraft are
enormous.
The marriage" came with
the realization = fortunately
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-19

bullet, the B-50 meets forces
that no pilot can sense. pre-
dict, or do anything about-ahy
more than a motorist can pre-
dict and try to correct a high
speed "shimmy" in the front
wheels.
The answer. Bendix claims
and Convair halls, is q pack
aged hydraulic electric brain
system which prevents the pilot
and outside forces from caus-
ing maneuvers beyond the
structural limitations of the
delta-winged bomber. In es-
sence, the boosted, thinking"
controls will not permit the
airplane to do anything 1t is not
capable Of doing without its
own destruction.
When the Hustler's blueprint
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Goldberg-like linkage weighing
less than 800 pounds. Riding
well back in the tail of the fuse
lage, it ties together, with 240,-
900 pounds of built-in pressure,
all three control surfaces Of the
bomber.
While precise status and per-
Torrance Of the flying
B-58 are still under security
wraps, the press conference
here revealed that Bendix had
built % Of the control systems
That it will become operational
with the Air Force soon there
is no doubt.
Big problem: Whence tech
nical personnel to maintain
such a device and keep it fly
ing? Bendix experts are pre-
pared to keep it operational,
even in the field, until 1864.
Then it is up to the Air Force.
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Chile ReaffirIns
|FishingCIairl

GENEVA, Mar. 10 Dr.
Chile declared today that she
maintains her claim for exclu-
sive fishery control over q ZOO
mile deep water belt along the
Pacific Coast.
This claim, also raised by
Peru and Ecuador, is one OF
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Ais :" THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c.
Wednesday lO6a
Hot Bomber Cooled Off
By Thinking System
BY CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star stan Writer

TETERBORO, N. j.. Mar ia bomber too hot for man
alone to handle has been tanned only violent fy-by
marriage.
The control system Of the built
Air Force B-58 Hustler capable 1000 miles
hour revealed here by the Bendx Aviation Corp
At reported speed of than twice that of As caber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Virginia Broke Compact
First, High Court Told

Maryland has told the SUI
preme Court 1t had q right to
scrap q long time compact
with Virginia because the Vir-
ginians violated mutual fishing
rights in the first place.
Maryland's brief prepared by
the attorney generals ONCE
was presented to the court yes
terday. II was in answer to
Virginia's complaint that Mary
land had Illegally Cancelled the
l785 compact.
Maryland argued that Vir-
GINA watermen. with sanction
Of the Commonwealth. had
violated fishing rights in the
Potomac River. The river is
owned by Maryland to the low
water mark on the Virginia
shore, but both States have
held equal filing rights under
the compact.
Taking oysters out Of the
Potomac by any means other
than tongs is prohibited under
Maryland law. However. water
men from the Old Dominion
have brought their dredging
equipment into operation from
time to time.
This has resulted in gunplay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Montgomery Democrats
ID roft'Hormony' Ticket

This harmony slate would be
headed by Senator Northrop.
who is seeking reelection, and
would include:
House of DelegateS-Mr. Lee,
Mrs. Margaret Schweinhaut
and Charles w. Woodward, jr.,
all seeking reelection: Mr..
Walker. attorney Louis Cohen
and Mrs. Edna Cook. State
Legislative chairman for the
Congress Of Parents and
Teachers.
County Council-Jerry T.
Williams. reelection, LIST Dis
trict: Grover K. Walker. re-
election. I'd District; Attorney
David L. Cahoon, Sd District;
Mrs. Stella B. Werner. re-
election. 4th District; Houston
B. McCeney. 5th District; and
Saul Stern and Charles Horsky,
at large.
States attorney-Leonard T.
Hardy.
Sheriff-Luke Bennett, re-
election.
Circuit Court clerk-Clayton
K. Watkins. reelection.
Register of wills-Mrs. Eliza
beth Assay. reelection.
Acceptances Awaited
Orphans Court judges-Mrs,
Ella Plummer, reelection. up
per county: Mrs. Frank Lesser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Prince Georges Sheriff
Primary Clash Likely

A Democratic primary fight
for the Office of sheriff is in
prospect for Prince Georges
County
Guy .. Curtis. administrator
of the Department of Licenses
and Permits, has filed for the
nomination for the seat now
held by Lee Ball. a Democrat.
Mr.. Ball, like all incumbent
Office holders Of the county.
has refrained from making any
announcement until the coun-
tvs Democratic State Central
Committee reveals the slate it
intends to back in the coming
campaign.
Quit G. o. P. Post
Mr.. Curtis. so. a deputy
sheriff for three months in
1851 during the last Repub-
lican administration. said he
was not waiting for any such
Involvement.
An independent until he reg
istered as a Republican to &C
cept the deputy Sheriff's post.
Mr. Curtis said he quit that
Office after disagreeing with
the philosophy" Of former
Sheriff Carleton Beall and the
G. o. P. administration.
He then turned Democrat.
and last May was appointed as
head Of the newly organized
license department.
Claims Strong Support
Mr.. Curtis. president of the
Prince Georges County Demo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star Stan Writer

Development of a middle
of-the-road" Democratic ticket
in Montgomery County around
a nucleus OF present Office
holders was revealed today.
Key men in the organization
OF the ticket repeatedly are
State Senator Edward s. Nor
throp and Blair Lee III, dele
CATION chairman.
But also playing a major role
in the development Of the slate
repeatedly is J. Grahame Walk
er. county council member
who plans to run for the House
of Delegates.
Informal negotiations be-
tween representatives of the
warning factions had been
under way for the last two
weeks on a concentrated scale.
NOrthrOp Heads Slate
The ticket, as it now stands,
results from an effort on the
part of those who want to avoid
a party fight to come up with a
slate representing a wide range
of views while still presenting
candidates who are not per
sonally obnoxious" to either
the INTERPRETATION caucus
group or the organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20

when Maryland enforcement
officers have tried to arrest fee
ing oystermen.
Maryland contended In its
brief that the Old Dominion
in 1916 deleted parts Of its law
which gave enforcement agents
of either State the right to
pursue offenders beyond the
boundary Of either State TO
make arrests.
Virginians we're using the
compact. Maryland argued. las
q cloak to cover illegal deple-
ton. of valuable natural ~
sources" particularly oysters.
Virginia contends that the
compact cap be broken only by
mutual consent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Bethesda. and tunhlled). Silver

Bethesda. and (unhlled). Silver
Spring.
Surveyor-Robert X. MaddoM.
Central Committee-Ward w.
Caddington. Ray v. Murphy.
Mrs. Ann Brown. Mrs, Alice
Hostetler, Roy Frank. william
B. Wheeler and Willard A.
Morris.
Just how solid the ticket is
no one is saying. Nor is anyone
willing to say how wide its ac-
ceptability will be.
And apparently all those
listed as potential candidates
on this slate have not YET m
dicated their willingness to run
as a team and to support the
entire slate.
Besides, Mr.. Lee. Mr.. Walker
and Senator Northfop. nego-.
bldJOlo tldNC-F UAGANQC0 ALI GU
Scanlon, &. Brooke Lee and
Party Chairman Caddington.
The negotiators reportedly have
been in close and almost con-
slant contact with various fac
tional leaders. including Mrs.
Werner.
The party .moderates. who
have been trying to avoid a
head-on fractional war. see this
ticket as a possible compromise.
Among present office holders
missing from this harmony
ticket are council members
Wilbur N. Baughman. Robert
T. Snure and Charles H. JAM
iSon and Delegate Warren
Browning. Only Mr.. Snure and
Mr.. Baughman have already
filed for reelection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Silver Spring Boy hits
Auto While Shedding

A 12-year-old Silver Spring
boy yesterday suffered a COM
pound fracture to his left leg
when his sled coasted into the
side of an auto at Lorraine ave-
nue. and Grandville road. Silver
Spring.
The boy, John F. Mccarthy.
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
j. Mccarthy Of 9602 Sutherland
road. was admitted to Wash
ington Sanitarium.
Police said the boys sled went
through a stop sign and hit a
car driven by Hyman Passo. 81.
of 7002 Sterling road. Silver
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Prize Offered Oldest
Chest X-Ruy Patron

A daily prize Of SIS is being
offered this week to the Oldest
Arlington County (VaD resi-
dent who takes a chest X-ray.
A drive to reach older age
groups for X-rays is being con-
Quoted in a mobile unit OF
the County's tuberculosis and
Health Association.
Locations are: Today. The
Hecht Company at Parkington,
/ to 9 pm; tomorrow, Food
Fair, Fairfax drive and North
Garfield street. 10 am. to G
pm: and Saturday, j. c. Pen
ney Co. at Clarendon. 10 am.
to 6 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20

returned to Washington yes
terday. The rest are expected
here today.
! Mr.. Hughes said he spotted
the scoutmaSter's body lying
sort of hunched" at the bot
tom of the ravine.
About 60 yards away were
the mans sleeping bag and
blankets, spread out on the
ground.
Snow Wells Head
His head was covered with
snow, and his hands were
scratched as if he had fallen
while he was crawling along
the ground" Mr.. Hughes said.
1T looked as if he had been
trying to make a little shelter
on the side of the mountain. "
Ranger Eyer said the group
bringing the body down the
hill was spotted by one of the
Army helicopters who had
Joined in the search Of the
forested slopes and bare ridges
The helicopter. piloted by LIST
1t. David B. 10th of the Davi-
son Base. Military District of
Washington, landed on the
trail and carried the body to
Woodstock.
The sheriff said Mr.. Grims-
ley was pronounced dead at
$50 pm. by DR.. H. w. Miller,
Shenandoah County coroner
The scene lies just half a
mile down the West Virginia
side of the 3,800-foot North
Mountain. which is part Of
George Washington National
Forest, about IS miles west of
Washington.
Shelter Tops Ridge
Atop the ridge stands a shell
ter cabin where Mr.. Grimsley's
three companions spent the
night after he was separated
from them in the drifting snow
Sunday.
Mr.. Grimsley's companions
were Benjamin Yorkoff, l6. of
1928 o street Sc; Dexter
Legg, IA. of 3717 Camden
street Sc. and Mcclellan of
the Leslie avenue Sc. address.
Mr.. Grimsley. an experienced
woodsman. was assistant scout
master of Troop 81 at East
Washington Heights Baptist
Church.
The scouts found their way
down the mountain through
deep snow on Monday. They
told forest rangers they had
last seen Mr.. Grimsley late
Sunday afternoon as they and
the scoutmaster hiked toward
a trail cabin.
The boys said Mr.. Grimsley
was unable to keep up with
them and that they left him be-
hind expecting him to overtake
them when they reached the
cabin. He never showed up.
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cratic Club, Inc, repeatedly the
largest party group of its kind
in the county. claims backing
of that organization and the
nine precincts of Spauldings
election district, the county's
second largest.
A native of Ambridge, Pa.
and a veteran of World War II.
Mr.. Curtis has lived in the
county for a years.
Mr.. Curtis lives at 4760 East
avenue, Suitland. with his wife
and two sons, ages Is and II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20

who performed the poStmortem
at Winchester, Va.
The body. found near the
Sugar Knob shelter on Big
North Mountain yesterday, will
be flown to Chicago. where the
victims mother, Mrs. Loren B.
Grimsley. lives.
MIR. Grimsley of 730 Chesa-
peake street Sc. a Naval Re-
search Laboratory chemist, dis
appeared while on a hiking trip
Sunday with three Washington
Boy Scouts.
TwO-Day Hunt
The discovery at 1l:40 am.
yesterday ended two-day
hunt for the 35-year -old scout
master, who failed to return
from the weekend hiking ex-
petition along the Appalach-
ian Trail.
A logbook, describing the bike
and signed by the three Boy
Scouts, was found yesterday in
an Appalachian Trail cabin. 1t
read:
February II. We started
from here on the 18th on a
pack trip to Sugar Knob cabin.
1t was showing when we left.
There were four of us on this
tIip: Mr.. Bob Grimsley. Benny
Yorkoff, Dexter Legg and Ed
Mcclellan. The snow cut our
speed way down, so We only
got to the beacon where we had
to spend the night Saturday
because we couldn't find the
Sugar Knob cabin trail. The
weather was around zero that
night.
THE next morning we went
to the cabin and had breakfast.
Then at lbs pm. We started
back, Mcclellan and Grimsley.
Yorkoff and Legg stayed at the
Sugar cabin to clean it up. Nc
Clellan left Grimsley at about
2:5O. He went ahead to find
the trail.
Seen Two Miles From Cabin
"Yorkoff and Legg passed
Grimsley at the sluice "a rock
only two miles from the other
cabin. Some of the drifts were
waist deep. We broke into the
cabin and spent the night.
"Grimsley didn't show up at
@ am. Monday morning. so we
went to the nearest home and
got help, but no one could get
UP here to help him. Every
one figures that he is dead by
now anyway, so we are going
10 leave at 5 pm. without him
II any one finds any of his
things. send it to: Bruce Nc
Clellan. 1909 Leslie avenue Sc,
Washington. D. c."
The body was found by
Chester Hughes, 40, of Wood
stock Va, who was combing
the area with Ranger Bernard
E. Eyer and party Of WASH
iflgton members of the Potomac
Appalachian Trail Club.
Most of the club members
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
At 1243 Good Hope Rd. Sc.
WATCHES
MISCELLANEOUS

Z Admiral Portable Photograph,
; LodisS' couyoll compGeb ..
4 RonsOn Pencil Lighters -
; BIoek Forest Cuckoo Clocks :,
4 Hanger Type Suit Boss $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Sewer Fund Okoyed

Commissioner John c. Hazel
tine of the Community Facili-
ties Administration today APP
proved a S35.l00 advance 70 the
city of Rockville TO finance
planning Of an extension of the
existing sanitary sewer system
to serve the western section OF
the city. The project VIII cost
an estimated $o79. 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20

No Mail or Phone ordsrs-SoIss Finol-Soms MoTsd
Rings WotehsS. Jsweiv osd Sterling Plus Tor
All Items Subject to Prior Sole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-20
Death of Scoutmoster
Ruled Due to Exposure

Washington Scoutmaer Robert L. Grmsley whose frozen
body found snowcovered mountain ravne in West
Virginia, died of exposure. autopsy showed today.
Harold Miller. county medical examiner at woodstock
Va death given by Dr. George Murphy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-16
DEAR ABBY
Use Your Head and Let His Alone
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

ming, tennis, bOwIing), picnic
with others. Too much alone
ness is dangerous indeed and
you are smart to know it.
X +
DEAR ABBY: I am in
search of feminine compan-
ionship. I'd like a cookbook
ing, clean girl between 20 and
IS who is interested in some
fun on week ends and holi-
days. No chance for marriage.
I've had it. Thanks.
LONESOME AL.
Where do you think you
are going to find a clean,
good looking girl who would
go for a deal like this? Sorry.
friend, you are barking land
1 did say barking) up the
wrong tree.
DEAR ABBY: I am dating
q boy who has money. His
birthday comes before mine. I
am afraid if I give him a gift
he will think 1 am doing it
Just so he will give me one.
1 hate to let his birthday 60
by without giving him any
thing, but I don't want him
to get the wrong idea. Please
help me. NOT LIMITING.
Send him a telegram or
mail him q birthday card.
For a personal reply, iUrite
to ABBY in care OF The EUe-
ming Star. lncloSe a self
addressed. stamped envelope.
~ distributed By
Mcknight Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-16

Clown to Play Self in Film
By SHEILAH GRAHAM

she is feeling absolutely on top
of the World-with a photo of
herself hanging from one of
the high mountain peaks of
Zermat, Switzerland, where she
stars with Michael Rennie and
James Macarthur in Third
Man on the Mountain" Some
of the high spots are so high.
the director is using a hell
copter to transport the stars
and crew.
Gregory Peck, who started his
Hollywood career in 1943 in
Paths of Glory" and has never
been anything but a star in any
of his q pictures, finally adds
producer" with VILLA m
Wyler) in his star credit in the
big outdoor drama, The Big
Country" One of his success
secrets might be that he's
stayed before the public but
never let himself be over-ex-
posed. He's never had more
than 3 pictures in release in one
year.