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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Khrushchev to America. Mr. X: Speaking Of
SUBMITS Mr. President. why don't have the meeting in
my little hideaway the moon?"
Congress winds UP in frenzy Of procrasnaon. About
the only thing the boys didn't put OF until next the
deficit.
Khrushchev have made the most propaganda out of
the moon but Rodgers and Hammerstein made the most
money out Of It,
Ike signs the labor reform bill The real name Of this
Is the Lawyers Full Employment Act Of 1885,
Senator Kennedy dares Democratic rivals to him
primaries He figures only two things stand between him
and the presidential nomnaon-he convention and the
delegates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
RALPH McGILL

You might call this q
primer for the Khrushchev
visit. 1t is a little silly that
we have become so agitated
about it. II a visit by Khru-
shchev can do this Nation
any real harm. then we are
already finished and 1t will
be well to know 1t.
The only harm this hard
headed man can do Is TO
cause a great many soft
headed people to think how
charming and innocent he is.
He will be, one may be sure.
a smash hit on television and
in his speaking engagements.
Here is a man who knows
all the arts of public rela-
tons. The fact that he is
alive proves it. He was never
high up in Stains group. At
the time Of Stains funeral
he was in the second row of
mourners. But, there is no
one in front Of him now. He
learned the great art of sur
vival, and he did it with his
personality and his shrewd
grasp Of human nature. He
will be charming.
In a sense we are prisoners
OF our own propaganda. 1t
Is true that Mr.. Khrushchev
thinks Of our system Of CAPT.
talism in out-of-date terms.
He pictures it as it was in
the early 1900s. But, by the
same token, we think of Rus
STA as a sort of mixture Of
Stalin's terror and the Toll
stoy novels.
What we must understand,
first Of all, is that no matter
how charming Mr.. K may be,
he heads a police state. We
will do well not to contrast
1t with America. It is best
to compare 1t with Europe.
If we do that we see it is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

saw a few days after Won
Ribbentrop had left Paris,
explained that the visit was
likely to produce results in
the long run. War had been
avoided at Munich and the
millennium was at hand;
France and Germany had
agreed to bury the Ratchet
and live henceforth in friend
ship for the good of the whole
world.
The fact that the sover-
eighty Of some of the small
nations which had been Gre
ated by the "misconceived
idealism" of President Wilson
would have to be curtailed
was Of little consequence to
the French foreign minister.
The all-important question
was that the great nations
Of Europe which determine
whether there should be peace
or war had finally agreed that
peace was all-important.
"Naziism and democracy"
Mr.. Bonnet added, will
henceforth work hand in
hand for the noble cause Of
peace"
There is a similarity of con-
cept at present. The Govern
ment of the United States,
which for the last 20 years
has been the leading power
against the international ex-
pansionist relationships. gives
the free world the impress
sion that it is following in
the same footsteps in order
to avoid the horrors of an
other war.
Ever since the outbreak of
the cold war in 1916 the ad-
ministration in Washington
has taken a positive stand
against international commu-
nism. In the days Of the
Truman administration 1t
was called "containment."
The Republicans criticized
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
DORIS FLEEsoN
Democratic Congress Falls Short

daring himself and discour-
aged 1t in others.
One Of the significant cas-
ualtieS OF this-and future
sessions-was the end Of the
coy cronyism by which
Speaker Rayburn and Joe
Martin had run the House.
Representative Halleck of
Indiana, a rough. tough OPP
orator, finally achieved his
long-held goal of Republican
leadership by pushing Mr..
Martin aside. Mr.. Rayburn
and Mr.. Halleck are Of diff
ferent generations and DIFF
ferent worlds.
The sharp partisanship re-
sulting from Mr.. Halleck's
election reawakened the Re-
publican Southern Demo-
cratic coalition. The
Presidents reliance on Mr..
Hallecks' Judgment in legis-
lative matters influenced the
notable Eisenhower drift to
the right which is so marked
a feature of his present do
nestle attitudes. Unquestion-
ably, Mr.. Halleck's influence
with the White House plus his
remarkable drive brought an
swering pressures on Senate
Minority Leader Dirksen.
Possibly, in its own way.
Congress was responding to
the temper Of the country.
But it is an unacceptable fact
that the Eisenhower ad-
ministration has taken a
hard turn to the right in
domestic matters and took
Congress along with it willy
nilly. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

You asked for it, On June 3Oth at precisely 2:O5 pm
you called for ,l56OOO kilowas of power more than
ever before in history. And ready Why? Be.
in the past 10 years PEPCO invested more than
$25OOOOOOO in new generating, Transmission and dstri
button facilities In 1859 alone, we've budgeted
than S54,OOO,OOO for netU construction It's
sunrise: No matter how much electricity you may
want, no matter when and where you want it-wel do
our level best to that you get it, and lowest pract
cable cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

which quoted an unnamed
American diplomat as saying
jokingly that Bolivia should be
divided among the neighborins
countries of South America.
Mr.. Andrade said the article
came at a critical time and de-
Iclared privileged classes whose
personal interests we're affected
by reforms in Bolivia "at-
tempted to use the press in the
southern part Of the hemisphere
as a means of provoking q eli
mate of confusion and calumny
and of casting shadows on ar
honest and democratic govern.
ment whose actions are always
based on the highest interests
of the Bolivian people"
The visiting Foreign Minister
said Operation Pan-America Ii
notably improving information.
al economic machinery.
But he added that it would
be dangerous ito entertain the
idea that we have found g
magic formula for transform.
ing our hemisphere and have
Immediately solved all our eco
nomic and social problems"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Directed Verdict
In Libel Case

The Washington Daily News
today won a verdict of acquittal
in a libel suit brought by a man
who was under investigation
after the shooting of two
Prince Georges County girls
four years ago.
Municipal Court Judge Austin
L. Fickling ruled that the evil
ience, "uncontradicted," showed
that the statements made by the
News in stories and headlines
after the shooting we're true.
The plaintiff, Norman w
Hager. %, of 2O07 Oglethorpe
street., Hyattsville, had asked
for $4,000 compensatory dam
ages, and 100000 punitive
damages, in his original COM
plant. charging that the News
stories and headlines referring
to him were false and damaged
his standing and reputation.
II don't think the evidence
in this case, if it we're submitted
to the jury, is of such a nature
that reasonable men would diff
fer, and I think that is one Of
the tests of whether or not q
case should go to the jury,
ruled Judge Tickling. He di-
rected the jury to find a verdict
I of acquittal.
Nancy Shomette, Is. anc
Michael Ann Ryan, IA, were
ambushed and slain in North
west Branch park. near the Uni
Iversity Of Maryland on June Is
| 1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

Mr.. Clancy objected that the
checks Mr.. Hunt sought to uues-
ton Mrs. Grisillo about had not
been referred to in direct ex-
animation of the witness.
Mr.. Hunt said all the checks
involved we're Whiteside checks,
and argued that he had a right
to ask Mrs. Grisillo about them
in his REORGANIZATION.
Judge Gives Ruling
"It's not cross-examination
because she hadn't been exam
ined on direct Examination
about them" Judge Matthews
ruled.
Mr.. Mack and Mr.. Whiteside
are accused of conspiring to
swing a Channel 10 permit to
Public Service, Inc, subsidiary
Of National Airlines.
The indictment alleges Mr..
Whiteside used the Stembler-
Sheldon Insurance Agency,
which he controls, and Andar
a Coral Gables firm. to do
financial favors for Mr.. Mack
to influence his vote in favor
Iof Public Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Wife Forgiven,
Freed in Plot
To Kill Husband

MIAMI, Fla, May 20 (AP).-
Mrs. Beatrice Gurley, who Of
fered a detective $1,000 to kill
her husband. walked out of
Criminal Court yesterday a free
woman despite her plea of
guilty to attempted murder.
Mrs. Gurley's husband, Dave,
was standing at her side with
his arm around her waist when
Judge Ben Willard told her she
would not be sentenced. Mr..
Gurley bailed his wife out after
her arrest and took her home.
II don't know anybody in the
world who would take a woman
back after she paid someone to
kill him." the judge said.
You're not uneasy sleeping
out there in the same house
with her?" he asked the As
year-old Gurley.
mot a Bit" the husband re-
piled.
"Well, I just hope you know
what you're doing. If you can
sleep out there without fear,
it's all right with me-"
Mrs. Gurley, Al, made the
deal for her husbands death
with Ralph Metcalf, a detective
posing as a killer for hire. Mr.,
Gurley told the court his wife
lust got mixed up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Borricoded Man Slain
After He Kills Two

them UP. sThey said they broke
the ropes and ned.
Mrs. Carl Leblan saw the
boys enter Victor's house and
called police TO investigate.
Opened Fire on Police
Capt. Abadie and sergt. King
went to the scene, called to
Victor and the boys ran from
the house and jumped into the
patrol car. They said they
looked up in time to see Victor
open fire on the policemen.
Chief List. Assistant Chief
Ritchey and other officers
went to the scene as Capt
Abadie and Sergt. King both
LAY wounded in front Of Victcr's
house. Chief Listi was struck
In the face by q shotgun charge
when Victor refused to sur
render and a few pellets caught
Mr.. Ritchey.
Mack Dupuis, a city official
said Victor's house caught flrt
but 1t was not determined i'm.
mediately whether tear gas Of
grenades set it aflre or Victor
himself fred It.
DR.. VOORHEES, said Victor APP
parently died from a pisto
wound Of the stomach, received
as he exchanged shots with
oficers. and he was badly
burned from the tear gas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Working Mothers
Moy Qualify for
Some Tax Refund

Working women who have
had babies in the last three
years may be eligible for a Fed
eral income tax refund.
The Internal Revenue Serv-
ice previously had held that
pregnancy was not an illness
for purposes of tax exemptions
on wages received during abb
sence from work.
But now IRIS comedies that
a pregnant woman is sick from
the onset of labor and until she
is able to go back to work. Any
salary she draws during that
period now will be considered
sick pay.
Under the law, requests fol
refunds may be filed within
three years after tax returns
have been sent in and taxes
paid. This means that taxes
paid under the old ruling fol
the years 1856 to 1858 may be
refunded upon filing an oficial
claim on Form 843.
Such claims should be sent
to district revenue offices. Resi-
dents of Maryland and the Dis
trict file at the Baltimore Office
and Virginia residents file in
Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

Mr.. Alvarez was arrested the
night Of April 10 in the house
where the bodies were found
and is still in custody.
The revolt broke out early
on a Sunday morning but was
put down before the end Of
the day. An unofficial list Of
the casualties totaled between
100 and 100 dead and up to
$50 injured. The government
placed 2l6 under arrest.
Mr.. Acha. a prominent
Falangist. was granted a safe
conduct pass by the Bolivian
government after he had taken
refuge in the residence Of the
papal nuncio in La Paz. De-
spite the governments charge.
he was allowed to leave the
Bolivian capital yesterday on
a Chilean airliner, bound for
this city in Northern Chile.
Version of Deaths Given
He will fly to the Chilean
capital of Santiago today.
Mr.. Unzaga de la Vega and
his aide were killed a few hours
after the revolt was crushed.
Mr.. Acha said. He declared
that three soldiers crept up to
a window OF the house where
the two were hiding. opened it
and started shooting. The two
Falangists. only a few feet
away, died instantly. he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Nixon to UnveiI
BeckIey Portrait

Vice President Nixon will un-
veil a portrait on Capitol Hill
in memory of Harold r. Beck
ley, former superintendent of
the Senate Press Gallery, who
died in 1855.
The exercises will be held at
4 pm. Friday in the press room
of the New Senate Once Build
ing, where the portrait of Mr..
Beckley will hang. The Rev.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
chaplain Of the Senate, also
will take part in the cere-
monies.
Mr.. Beckley was on the staff
of the press gallery for nearly
IS years, and was superin-
tendent from 1910 until his
death on March 90, 1855. The
portrait was obtained by a COM
mite Of correspondents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

been at odds for some time.
In an unusual demonstra-
ton of personal differences,
Mr.. Barrau went to La Paz
and Mr.. Andrade came here
apparently to avoid each other
Normally, ambassadors are at
their posts during visits of
foreign ministers.
Hits washington Viewpoint"
The Associated Press reported
that Ambassador Barrau an
nounced his resignation yes
terday and issued q blast at
the Foreign Minister. He said
Mr.. Andrade sees international
policy from a Washington
viewpoint.
When told of the resignation
Foreign Minister Andrade said
II came to Washington Il
talk things over with various
agencies of the United State;
Government. It's just what J
have been saying. Mr.. Barrau
was not doing the job here"
He said Mr.. Barrau is a sim
cere and good man but that
Washington is not the place fol
inactivity. He said the Am
bassador seemed to have de-
veloped some sort Of paralysis
In his activities here.
Criticizes Magazine
The Foreign Minister, who
repeatedly hopes to be a can
didate for President of Bolivia
next year. criticized Time Mag
azine in a speech yesterday al
a meeting of the Council of the
Organization Of. American
States.
Without mentioning the mag
azine by name. he entered OBJ
jections because of an article
on Bolivia several months age
In the Latin American edition.
He referred to an article
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Rail Pensions
Boost Signed
BY The Associated Press

The Nations railroad work.
ers will get q 10 per cent in
crease in retirement benefits
and a 20 per cent rise in unem-
ployment benefits effective
June / under a law signed by
President Eisenhower yester-
day.
The bill would have become
law automatically without the
Presidents signature at mid
night last night. Mr.. Eisen-
hover made no comment in
signing the bill, which was sent
to him by Congress May 5.
The cost of the new program
will be met by higher payroll
taxes for both railroads and
workers. The railroad workers
are outside the Social Security
system and have their own sys-
tenn of pensions, unemployment
and sickness benefits and aid
to survivors.
These payments are higher
than Social Security, but cost
workers and employers more.
The present tax of Ga per
cent on both carrier and en-
ploye goes up Immediately to
ga per cent and on January
/, 1868. to IA per cent.
The big independent rail
unions strongly backed the bill
and claimed enough support in
Congress to have overridden a
presidential veto.
The railroads opposed the
bill as too expensive. The Gov
ernment's Budget Bureau also
opposed the bill in testimony
before Congress.
The railroads said the new
law will cost them an extra
$40 million a year immedi-
ately and eventually $3.50 mil
lion a year.
Many railroads have been in
deep financial trouble in re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20


instances at the conspiracy
trial.
Mrs. J. S. Grisillo, book
keeper in Mr.. Whiteside'S
Florida law Office and an officer
and director of several COM
panies Mr.. Whiteside controls
was not allowed to explain ap-
proximately 20 checks she was
asked about by Richard H
Hunt, one of Mr.. Whiteside'S
lawyers.
Only Dates Allowed
Mrs. Grisillo was allowed only
to give the dates on which the
checks were written. Sixteen
of them were dated before Mr.
Mack became an FEC commits.
sioner in July. 1855.
Mr.. Hunts questions were II
back up the defense contention
that Mr.. Whiteside extended
financial favors to Mr.. Macl
Tor years before Mr.. Mack joinec
the FEC. The defense con
tends that any financial trans.
actions between them Will,
Mr.. Mack served on the FEC
resulted only from their lonI
friendship and had no con
nection with a contest for {
Miami TV Channel 10 permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

cent years, and the industry
gets special government finan-
Icial aid.
The pension checks Of about
1854, 900 already retired railroad
workers will go up from sis
to $3.50 a month under the new
law. Payments to $4,000 wives
or husbands Of deceased work
ers will be raised from $50 to
$57 a month.
The jobless benefits are ex-
tended to as much as So weeks
for veteran employees. They
previously were limited to &c
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

LAFAYETTE. La, May 20
(AP).-A man barricaded him
self In his home after shooting
q woman today and killed a
police ofiicer and wounded
three others before he himself
was slain.
DR.. Henry VOORHEES,. coroner
for Lafayette Parish county
said the man. Albert Victor
shot and killed Mrs. Pau
Ducharne in q nearby house
then barricaded himself anc
opened fire on officers aftei
refusing to surrender.
Detective Sergt. Leroy King
shot in the face when he went
to investigate a disturbance In
lvictor's neighborhood. died q
few minutes after assisting Of
ficers arrived.
Capt. Harold Abadie. who &C.
companied Sergt. King to Vic.
tors house, was hit In the neck
and his condition is unde.
termined.
Two Others Wounded
Police Chief Carlo List wa
struck in the neck by a bias
from Victor's 16-eauge shotgun
and Assistant Chief Donlor
Ritchey was struck by a few
pellets. Mr.. Ritchey suffered
only slight injury.
Oficers lobbed tear gas and
hand grenades into victor''
house. which caught fire min.
utes later. Victor was founc
with a bullet wound Of the
stomach after officers dragged
him from the flaming house
DR.. VOORHEES, gave this YER
sion:
He said Victor, who was col.
ored, apparently sneaked int
Mrs. Ducharme's home, shoi
her at close range as she sal
at a dressing table and Their
returned to his house. HI
beckoned two boys, James
Rogers. 10, and Wilson Lag.
linais. IT,, 9. into the house
The boys knew him and went
in and said Victor began tying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Bolivian Envoy Quits
In Row With Minister
BY JOHN v. HORNER
star Stan Writer

Ambassador Manuel Barrau of Bolivia has resigned his
post in publicly aired squabble with the Bolivian
Foreign Minister.
The Foreign Minister. Victor Andrade is in Washington
and the resigned Ambassador is in La Paz
The two men, who exchanged jobs not long have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
U.S.. Blocks Testimony
On Mack Finances
BY the Associated Press

Government prosecutors today halted defense efforts to
detail financial transactions between Richard A.
Thurman A. Whteside both before and while Mr. Mack
member of the Federal Communications Commission.
Prosecutor William Clancy objected repeatedly,
trct Court Judge Burnita Matthews upheld in most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
Bolivian Exile
Denies Killing

AFRICA, Chile. May 20 (AP)
The leader of the Bolivian
Socialist Falange Party was
shot dead by three soldiers soon
after the short-lived revolt Of
April 10 in Bolivia. an exiled
members Of the party said last
night.
But the Bolivian government
yesterday accused the exiled
Falangist. Enrique Acha, Of
being one of the slayers. Mr.,
Acha told his story on arrival
here by plane.
Falange Party leader Oscar
Unzaga de la Vega and an aide,
Rene Gallardo, were killed
shortly after the Falangist-led
revolt was crushed by the
Bolivian government. Officials
said at first they had COM
mitted suicide.
Second Man Being Held
Bolivian authorities said yes
terday, however. that an in
vestigation showed Mr.. Acha
and Julio Alvarez Ia Faye, a
former army officer. killed the
Falangist leader and his aide,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
!. BELONG
Many Homes Have
Guests From
Richmond

There was large attendance at
Providence Church on Sunday for
Sunday School Afterwards, Eldon
Wilson, Of Richmond. gave an in
spring talk on Christian higher edu-
cation
Mothers Day was quite pretty
and not too warm. nor was it
visited by an electrical storm. Many
homes had guests from Richmond
Gordan Rudd went to Richmond
Sunday to visit his mother and Sis
ter
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bloxton
and son, Frank, and Jamie Stitt
spent Sunday in Lexington G
Bl0xtOns have a farm there and
enjoy going back frequently
Guests Of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Webb Sunday were Mrs. n. F.
Niche, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Deem. Mr.. and Mrs Guy Hubbard
two daughters, and Mrs. Douglas
McLaWhOn and daughter. all Of
Richmond
Mrs. G. M Bell took her mother.
Mrs. Ollie Morrison. to Richmond
Saturday TO consult her eye special
list. She is getting on nicely at her
home.
Guests Of Miss Birdie Baugh Sun
day afternoon were Mrs. B. F. At
kinsson, Mrs. Sarah Hair. Miss
Jeanne Bailie and Robert Ander-
son, all Of Richmond Recent callers
there were Mrs. F.. F.. Fleming, of
Gainesville, Mrs. j G. Palmore
Mrs ~ H Dobbins. MIS-. A. Z.
Webb and F'lorine Webb, all Of Pow
hatan
Mrs r. NJ McCracken continues
70 improve at her home. but is
quite weak and not able to get out
much
II IN Very sad to look out and
see the lovely pines turning brown
| do trust that they may be able
70 wear the green CARDS that they
have always worn
My birds are very happy these
days and they render lovely music
early in the morning. Purple mar
tins are occupying all three OF my
houses that were built especially
for them One has grown rather
dllapidated. but they do not seem
TO worry
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Miss Edith Taliaferro
Dies In Richmond,
Rites Here Friday

Miss E dith Peyton Taliaferro
died Wednesday, May 10 in Rich
mond fd} blowing several weeks Of
illness. Funeral services will be
held at Johns Memorial Episcopal
Church Friday afternoon at 23O
o clock. with burial in the family
plot of Westview Cemetery.
Miss Taliaferro spent most of her
life in Farmville She was the
daughter of Dr.. Horace G. Talia-
ferro and Carrie Brown Talia-
ferro. DR.. Taliaferro was a drug
gist here for many years, moving
from Orange County.
Miss Edith Taliaferro and h e i
sister. Miss Maude Tallaferro. who
died in October 1915. made their
home on Randolph street Miss
Edith has lived in Richmond for
the past several years
A devOut member Of Johns Me
mortal Episcopal Church. Miss
Edith Taliaferro was chairman OF
the Altar Guild. the Auxiliary. and
for many years taught III the Sun
day School She was also interested
in community affairs. performing
extraordinary service with h I
Prince Edward Red Cross Chapter
during World War | and H. Her
interests led her into other phases
Of community betterment.
There are no immediate sur
vivOrs