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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
Huzurdto Humans Conceded
In Shipping Nuclenr Arms

The statement reiterated
previous contentious by the
Pentagon and Acc that the
possibility Of an accidental
nuclear explosion while trans
porting or storing such weap-
ons sis so remote as to be
negligible"
The statement said that in
the IL years nuclear weapons
have been moved from places
of manufacture in the United
States to storage and opera
tional facilities not one Of the
accidents occurring has caused
an atomic blast.
There have been accidents.
it was stated, in which con-
ventional explosives were det-
onated but without Injury to
persons due to the presence Of
nuclear material"
The joint statement said key
American military commands
and Acc establishments, in
order to minimize all unneces-
sary exposure, have teams spe-
cially trained and equipped to
decontaminate the area in the
immediate scene of the ac-
cident If the nuciear materials
have been scattered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14

the patch Of graves was REIN
forced and brought UP to Air
Force specifications.
The descendants of those
buried there still have a legal
right to visit the spot. provided
they go through channels.
Applications for visits are
first made to authorities at
Patrick Air Force Base. An
appointment is set up with q
security officer to meet the
visitors at the guarded gate of
the missile testing base.
The officer then escorts them
to the graves and stands by at
tentively while relatives pay
their respects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
Security at Missile Bose
Extends Beyond Grove

CAPE CANAvERAL. Fla.
Feb. IA (NANA).-At this SUI
persecret missile base security
extends beyond the grave. Rel
atives. have to be cleared by
security to visit the small. neat
cemetery nestled in the sha-
dows of the giant launching
towers.
The names of a dozen real
pioneers of the wind-swept
cape are engraved on weatherd
stone markers. When the Air
Force took over the surround
ing acres of sand dunes and
scrubby farms it gained full
title to everything except the
little half-acre graveyard.
Under an agreement with
settlers who were moved OF
the property, Air Force main
tenance men keep the low
mounds carefully weeded and
the paths between then
trimmed. The old fence around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
Bethesda Resident
Fined for Conduct
Aboard AirIiner

CHICAGO, Feb. IA (R.-A
Bethesda, Md, man was given
a suspended fine of 500 and
costs yesterday for his misbe-
havior aboard an air liner fly
ing from Washington to Chi
cago February Z.
Two charges of assault and
battery and one of disorderly
conduct against Arthur Curtis,
of the 5000 block of River road,
were dropped when the COM
plainants. all Capital Air Lines
crew members, declined to press
charges.
Miles Matousek, "a, the pilot,
pressed his charge OF disorderly
conduct. He said Curtis refused
to take his seat when the plane
was landing and used abusive
language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14

The Defense Department an
the Atomic Energy Commission
conceded in 3 joint statement
that the possibilities of nuclear
hazards to human beings exists
in accidents occurring during
the transportation Of atomic
and hydrogen weapons.
The agencies said that in the
event Of a plane crash or train
wreck and a subsequent deto-
nation Of the conventional
explosives in the atomic or
hydrogen bombs, there might
be a "local scattering of nu-
clear materials In the form of
dust"
The statement explained that
this would mot be a fallout OF
fissioned material" but rather
unfissioned nuclear material
which could be spread locally
by the wind or the blast.
"Such materials could be
hazardous only if taken in
ternally, as by breathing" the
agency said. Even then, under
strict safety measures adopted
by Defense and Acc restrict
ing the quantities that may be
carried, it is unlikely any per-
son inadvertently expose d
would inhale dangerous
amounts Of the unf1ssioned ma
terials."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
FOUND

CAT. male. white; vic. N. Howard Ct. (;
Dog boxer, male, fawn, chain collar:
0-SeE0.
DOG, apitE type, female, white and
tan spots; vic. Russell rd.. owner call
XII. 9-3g5e.
DOG, English setter, young, male, red
and white. BR. S-e767.
POLICE DOG, black with brown spots,
bout 9 mos. old. owner or good
home. DU. 7-s14s.
PUPPY. black. female. spaniel type;
studded collar: Arlington. JE. 2-7326,
afteR Pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14

of a theater smoking an s.
shaped pipe which had been
given him.
IAN individual would APP
proach and ask. Where did you
get that piper and ! was t0
ask the stranger for a match, +"
the confession continued.
Sergt. Rhodes said he agreed
to follow the instructions but
that he did not carry them out,
Contact Method Told
The Soviet method of con-
tacting him was to send a letter
which would appear to come
from a friend in which he
would be told to go to- Miami,
Fla. The keyword Miami
would. send the sergeant to
Mexico City again where he
would go through the same
routine Of making contact.
The confession also told Of
Bob Smith in Moscow giving
him q small German camera
with instructions to photo
graph documents inside the
American Embassy. 1
However, Sergt. Rhodes. said
that he never took the camera.
FBI Agent Kehoe said that
he had asked Selgt. Rhodes
during the interview why he
had not gone to American on
Gals to tell his story upon his
return to this country.
He said something about it
being such a sorry story that
he just couldn't bring himself
to doing it," the witness said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
Governors
Urge Plan
For Economy

AUGUSTA, Me-, Feb. IA (R
Democratic Governors of II
States have urged President
Eisenhower to adopt a six
point plan Of action which
they said would help check a
possible depression.
The IL offered their .'full CO.
operation in taking the action
necessary to put us once again
on the path to an expanding
economy" in a telegram to the
White House yesterday. There
was no immediate comment by
the President.
All said they would be will
ing to go to Washington to dis
cuss their proposals and they
invited other Governors to join
them. Included in the plans
were:
Expanded Federal construc-
ton projects which can be
launched quickly; bigger health,
education and welfare pro-
grams; realistic Federal min
imum standards in unemploy-
ment insurance; easier credit;
realistic" farm support pro-
grams and tax relief directed at
low-income groups.
Gov. Edmund s. Muskie Of
Maine disclosed the proposal:
Of his colleagues. saying it l;
essential that prompt and
alert attention be given to pres
ent conditions. 80" Maine has
been economically hard-hit
particularly in the textile in,
dustries.
Joining in the appeal to the
President were Cows. Nc
Nichols of Colorado, Lovelesc
of Iowa, Furcolo Of Massachu.
sets. Williams of Michigan
Freeman Of Minnesota, Meynel
of New Jersey. Hartman Of
New York, Holmes of Oregon
Roberts of Rhode Island anc
Rosellini Of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
Scouts to 10y. Wreath
At Washington S Tomb

Some 5000 area Boy Scouts
tomorrow will march to the
tomb Of George Washington at
Mount Vernon to lay a wreath
marking the first Presidents
226th Birthday week early.
Air Force Gen. Leon w. john
son, American representative to
the Military Committee of
NATO, will speak at the cere-
mony, which begins at 10:15
am.
Troop 654 of Fairfax County.
Va. is host troop Of the sew
enth annual pilgrimage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
Halt tungsten
Buying, House
Group Urges
By the Associated Press


C I'm m ittee recommended a
token $1.339,000 cut today in
the Interior Departments 1858
budget and told the department
to stop buying tungsten for the
defense stockpile. 4.
It sent to the House floor
for debate next week a bill to
give the department $413,145,-
600 in new operating funds for
the fiscal year starting next
July /.
It said this amount, $43,-
100000 below current year ap-
preparations, was adequate ito
carry out an effective program
for the conservation and proper
utilization Of our great national
resources"
No Deep SIashes
The committee noted that
the departments operating rev.
enues. which go into the Treas
ury, are expected to amount to
$4ll,1S7,441 next year.
Moneywise, no departmental
activities were slashed deeply.
In directing the department
to approve no new tungsten
purchase contracts. the COM
mittee said the Government in
ventry Of this mineral sis far in
excess of mobilization require
ments."
Larger allotments in the bill
went to the Indian Bureau, the
National Park Service, the Fish
and Wildlife Service, and the
Forest Service.
New Indian Schools
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
was given 500, 900. This is
100000 more than the bureau
requested, the increase being
for construction of schools for
Indian children.
The allotment for the Fish
and Wildlife Service was $780,
$4,000. the amount it re-
quested. 1t included $4,000
for a shellflsh laboratory in
the Chesapeake Bay area,
$l93,700 for equipment at the
chronological laboratory at
Gloucester, Mass, and $4,000
to replace warehouse at King
Salmon Base on Bristol Bay in
Alaska.
The National Park Services
share of the bill was SCI ,4sO,-
900, a reduction of 1882 900
from the amount requested.
Operation Outdoors
The Forest Service was al
lotted $116,980,00O, a reduc-
ton of $851,000, but including
100000 for construction of
recreation facilities in connec-
ton with Operation Outdoors"
Smaller allotments approved
include $785.O0O for saline
water research work. $25, 334,-
600 for the Bureau Of Mines, "a
million for Alaska public works,
and $4.715,000 for grants for
administrative costs to trust
territories in the Pacific.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14

only as a last resort to reverse
the business slide.
Nothing less than a IS billion
to $40 billion cut would gen.
crate enough new buying power
to put the economy back on
the track, the Congress leaders
estimate.
This repeatedly was the
thinking behind yesterdays
statement by House Speaker
Rayburn of Texas, who said
House Democrats are going to
start a review pretty soon" to
see where a tax cut might do
the most good - "if there is
one"
Surplus Questioned
Mr.. Rayburn, as well as other
tax leadres, said a tax cut also
might depend on whether the
budget can stand it. President
Eisenhower already has fore
cast q deficit for the year
ending this June 80, and many
Democrats are questioning the
basis Of his estimate that a
surplus would appear in the
following year.
Thus far, the House leaders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
LOST

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14

evidence introduced last Octo-
Der in the New York trial of
Col. Rudolf I. Abel, who was
convicted of spying for the
Soviet Union. A microfilm mes
sage named the sergeant as a
source of information for the
Russians.
Sergt. Rhodes later testified
in the. Abel trial that he re-
ceived as much as $4,000 fol
information he gave the Rus
slams while he was in Moscow
Pleads Not Guilty
If convicted, the married
40-year-old Rhodes could &C
to prison for life. He woulc
get as much as a year on 9
lesser charge Of falsifying 9
loyalty certificate. Sergt. Rhodes
has pleaded not guilty.
The confession was given last
July 2 to two FBI agents. One
of them, James P. Kehoe, iden-
titled the original and the
Photographic copy introduced
in evidence to the 10-officer
court at Fort McNair.
The sergeant told how he
was transferred to the Amer
lean Embassy in Moscow in
1852 as head mechanic at the
garage.
He lived at the Embassy but
had two or three Soviet assist
ants at the garage. AS had been
the custom in the past, he said
he and his helpers occasionally
had drinking parties.
Sometime in late 1851 his
assistant Ivan brought along
his girl friend, the confession
continued, ana on a second
occasion she brought another
girl.
Wild Party Described
There was a wild drinking
party where everything from
vodka to champagne was con-
sumed and Sergt. Rhodes re-
ported:
81 became drunk and the
next thing I remember was
waking up in bed with this
girl"
Later two Russians-one of
them who spoke perfect Eng
lish and called himself Bob
Smith" - appeared with the
girl and informed him that she
was pregnant.
Then "they asked if I would
go to work for them" he said.
Il told them that I did not
work in the Embassy, but they
said that I could do them some
good" the confession said.
Meetings With Reds
The document told of numer-
Gus meetings with the Russians
and on one occasion stated
that the sergeant received $500
in rubles. All told he received
$4,000.
The confession also went
into some detail as to cloak
and dagger contacts the SER
geant had with the Russians.
He was told that if he
wished to contact Russian
agents he should clip three
articles derogatory to the
Soviet Union and mail them to
the Soviet Embassy in WASH
ington on the same day Of
three consecutive weeks from
three different towns.
He was then TO proceed to
Mexico City and stand in front
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-14
Rhodes Confession Says
He Agreed to Aid'Reds

A confession in which MSergt Roy A. Rhodes said he
agreed to cooperate with Russians in the United States
because he got involved n neck" while stationed
in Moscow read during his court-martial today.
The confession siced with vodka and rbles It
given to FBI agents last July during 13hour inter-
view in New York stiss- @.t ~
The spying charges against serg Rhodes grew out of
Evening star., 1958-07-13
Continued From Preceding Page

shooting and the draining of marshes coupled with
blight that destroyed the eegrass, the birds main
winter food threatened these small geese.
Counts along the New Jersey coast indicated that
Brant had declined from % 800 to $500 between
1927 and 1884, and to 1880 by the following winter
AS result the Brant were removed from the list
of waterfowl that could be hunted and food resources
improved BY 1914 the Brant were returned to the
game-bird list.
From 194s to 1854 ornithologss observed 1s1 species
of birds that regular visitors to Assateague plus
another 20 species that have occurred acc
dentally on the refuge Permanent residents of the
island include birds the black duck the Capper
rail- the pied-blled grebe, the great blue heron the
Virginia bob white and many song birds
During the spring and fall, the refuge is alive with
migrating ducks and geese and during the winter
there great ocks of snow geese, which among
the most beautiful of the migrating water birds, well
as Canada geese and almost every variety Of wild duck
Certainly the most exotic summer visitor is the
cattle egret which is coming to Assateague in increasing
numbers each year.
This bird which looks much like American egretS
is native of Africa How he got to the United States
is mystery to ornithologistS
On Assateague, the cattle egrets follow the bands
of wild ponies and cattle feeding the insects
that attack the animals.
Jacob Valentine manager of the refuge has been
making special study of the cattle egres during his
yearsa AsSateague He believes they breed
where on the island but he hasn't been able to discover
their nesting places.
Strange but when the cattle egrets got to this
country they fitted themselves Immediately into the
South migratory pattern of American birds Most
Of them winter in Florida Louisiana and spend the
along the Atlantic Coast where they find herds
of cattle Few far have made their way inland
which they may be expected to do since they
inland bird In Africa.
Assateague, ranging from the desert-ke sand dunes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-27

the legislative committees OF
the House have insisted on con-
curing in this short-circuit-
ing"
The Missouri Democrat said
such instances included the
"so-called public-debt transact
ton which is nothing more or
less than an appropriation. be-
cause it permits withdrawal Of
money from the Treasury with
out further legislative action. :"
He also decried the contract
authorization procedure which,
he said, is actually an appro-
priation because "a contract
once made must be .honored."
Blasts Administration
The veteran House expert on
finance and parliamentary pro-
cedure, however, turned his
main fire on the administration.
Maintaining that "the Presi-
dent is the master of the budg-
ct" in telling Congress how
much money ought to be pro-
vided, Mr.. Cannon said;
ut stands as an indisputable
fact that the deficits piled up
and being piled up are the re-
suit of bigger and bigger budg-
cts and failure to control
spending.
They are not primarily due
to lack of revenue because
revenues have been rising in
recent years and we have had
wartime tax rates for the five
years since the Korean war
closed. These deficits, as I have
shown lin the fiscal records)
are mainly the result Of spend
ing more and more at the
insistence of the adminiStra-
ton"
He declared that the biggest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-27
New NSLI
Disability
Plan Offered

More than S million veterans
OF World War II and Korea,
who hold CT life insurance,
may now attach a new type of
total disability income provision
to their policies in return for a
small additional premium cost.
In making the announce
ment, the Veterans Admins
stration said policyholders who
become totally disabled from
any cause before becoming so
and while the new rider is in
effect, will receive an income Of
$40 a month for each $1,000
face amount Of the CT policy.
The previous maximum was IS
a month.
Payments under the clause
begin after the total disability
has existed for six consecutive
months. and continue for the
duration of the disability, re-
CARELESS of its length. VA said.
No payment may be made for
disabilities incurred after a
veteran reaches so, and no
premium charge is made for
the benefit after that date.
Premium cost Of the new
disability provision varies &C.
cording to the policyholder's
age, type of policy and its face
amount.
A typical example would be
that of a 40-year-old veteran
with a $4,000 NSLI term
policy, who would pay $3.50 a
month for the rider. Under
its provision, he would receive
500 a month in policy bene.
fits If he became totally dis
abled.
Complete information about
the new disability income pro-
vision is available to NSLI
policyholders at any VA Of
fee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-27
Meritcrious Service
Award to Col. Gubin

1t. Col. Il. X. Gubin. UsAR
has been awarded the Army
Commentator Ribbon with
medal pendant for meritorioul
service as commanding Officer
of the 450th Civil Affairs Mil.
itary Government Company Of
Washington.
The award was made while
Col. Gubin was on his annual
two-week reserve sum m Ell
training at Fort Meade, Md
In civilian life he is an admin
istrative lawyer dealing with
United States and foreign gov
eminent procurement problems
He lives at $500 Quebec street,
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-27

rate Of increase is an nom
defense spending.
Lists Figures
The comprehensive appropri-
alton statement shows that the
administration sent budget
estimates totaling $7l,525,8 03,-
386 to the House last February
This total included $66.6 billion
for operation Of Federal de.
partments, agencies and pro-
grams during fiscal 1859 and
more than $4.8 billion in defici-
ency and supplementary APP
preparation requests.
The House Appropriations
Committee and the House it.
self trimmed the $7l.5 billion
to $70,l27, 464,02
Because of revised budget
estimates, the administration
requests totaled $73,272,659,57:
when considered by the Senate
This total was increased tt
$74,376.7 65.550 in Senate vot.
ing. House Senate compromise.
later reduced it to $72,653,476,.
282.
The difference between thai
figure and the $74.3 billion Ii
budget requests considered BY
the Senate accounts for tht
$619,183,325 in what Mr.. Can.
non called respectable saving.
below the Presidents spending
proposals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-27

Of $8.3 billion in so-called fixed
charges such as interest on the
national debt and other out
lays automatically made under
existing law.
Releasing detailed data on
1858 appropriations, Mr.. Cam
non reported that while Con-
gress appropriated $72,653,4 49,
282. the other OUTLAWS that did
not require specific 1858 appro-
priations boosted the total funds
available for this fiscal year to
$685. 49,7 TIA.
He said Congress was able to
cut 1919. i83, 1926 from the orig
inal administration requests.
While conceding this was small
compared to the $5,048. 378. 979
cut last year, Mr.. Cannon called
1t an achievement to save even
$500 million on the face Of what
he said were big-spending pro-
grams urged by the White
House and some of his col
leagues.
Criticizes Senate
Mr.. Cannon held no brief for
what he described as big
spender" contingents in the
House and Senate. In an an
alysis several thousand words
long accompanying the appro-
priation figures, he criticized
attempts by the Senate to pre-
empt exclusive constitutional
powers of the House of Repre-
sentatives to originate tax and
appropriation legislation"
THE Senate" he complained,
has originated a number of
bills carrying billions of dollars
of authority permitting with
drawal of money from the
Treasury by the back door
without ever once having to
come through the front-door
appropriation rocedure. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-27
Administration Raped
ForS72.6 Billion Outlay

deserted halls OF Congress echoed today to charge by
Chairman the Appropriations Committee that
the Eisenhower administration mainly to blame for the STAG
billion voted this year.
Cannon added however that the total money
available actually TO Se billion because
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-04
Bush Pilot Not Lost-He Just Went Back Tn Bush

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Rl- Former Alaska bush pilot Edwin Bratton isn't lost after all. He's back in the, bush country.
 Bratton had been unaccounted for after taking off July 23 for a flight from San Bernidino to San Francisco. Police and sher- ifs offices throughout the state had been on-the lookout for him.
 But last Saturday his parents, MT. and Mrs. E. s. Bratton of nearby Muscoy, called a halt to the search. They announced re- ceipt of telegram from Bratton in Brooks Brook, VT.
 The 4O-year-old flier said he took advantage of good weather and flew his light plane farther than he'd anticipated. The wire said his probable destination was Anchorage, Alaska.