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Requirements Stressed

40-car freight Of the Chesa.
peake & Ohio Railroad, oper-
ated by Robert E. Diggs, SO, Of
Charlottesville, Va.
He told Police Pvt. David
Bass. investigating officer, that
the train had been approach.
ing the downtown area of Alex
andriA at about so miles an
hour, sounding whistle and bell,
and was starting to slow down
as required when the truck
loomed in front.
The engineer reported that
the truck appeared to be going
at a fast rate Of speed, slowed
down at first and then speeded
up. He applied the trains
brakes but the locomotive
struck the right side Of the
cab. -e - .-
Aank DlSiOuSed
The impact knocked the tank
portion Of the vehicle. loaded
with 500 gallons Of fuel oil, of
the van, police said.
Mr.. Robertson was married
and the father Of q daughter
about 13, the company said
Mr.. Cox was a burner service
man who had worked for the
firn on q contract basis for
about three years. He also was
married.
Deputy Police Supt. James
w. Baber Of Alexandria called
the crossing "a death tran
which is certain to claim more
lives unless it is changed"
He said police several times
had asked the railroad to install
q warning signal, but without
result.
Difficult to See Tracks
Capt. Baber said that when
a driver is travelling southwark
on Van Dorm street it is almost
impossible for him to spot the
tracks until he is upon them.
Police reported the crossing
is marked only by unlit signs
which are difficult to see from
any distance at night. They
said several accidents have
occurred at the crossing in
recent years. t..
Two weeks ago a train de-
molished q station wagon at
the crossing. The driver
escaped injury, but some priced
dogs in his car were killed.
Police said that about two
years ago a woman committed
suicide at the crossing by halt
ing her car in front Of an on
coming train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

MURDER AREA - The
map locates Apple Grove,
Va, where the four MUIR
dered Jackson family
members lived, and the
Chesterfield Gambrills
area near Annapolis, Md,
where the mother and one
of her children were found
dead yesterday. - Star
Staff Map.
scarf. and an empty feeding
bottle.
State Police have theorized
hat Mr.. jackson was killed or
he spot. Capt. w. w. Blythe
declared, at would have beer
iifiicult for one man to tie ur
! big, strong man like Mr.
Jackson with his entire family
looking on" Mr.. jackson wa.
8 feet / and weighed abou'
100 pounds.
The surrounding areas wert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

A grisly discovery by two
teen-age boys walking through
the woods yesterday near their
home with a BIB gun added an
other chapter to the tragic
story Of the missing Vernon
Jackson family.
I'VE were just out playing
around taking pot shots at this
and that when we saw this
hair sticking up out Of the
dirt" recalled John Lewis Bo-
lin, IA, of Gambrills, Md.
He was describing what had
started out to be a pleasant
spring-like afternoon with hi:
neighborhood buddy. John Rus
sell Paddy, IS.
Discovers Girls Skull
IT couldn't believe it at first
but I scraped away couple Of
inches of dirt with the CUR
butt and saw a little girl'i
skull, and I knew I wasn't
wrong" the youth continued.
He and the Paddy boy imme.
diately ran to the Bolin home
about 500 yards away to gel
help.
Johns big brother, Richard
Bolin, Is, scoffed when h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Boys Tell How They
Discovered Bodies

heard the younger boys story
But when they kept insisting
that they had found a human
body he ran with them to the
scene.
"All I had to do was scrape
a little and there were two
bodies" Richard recounted last
night. He said the body Of the
little girl was face down on
top Of the woman's body.
Mother Calls Police
Richard sent one of the
younger boys home. His mother,
Mrs. Virgil Bolin, called Anne
Arundel police.
Richard said he couldn't
notice any signs of a struggle
Nor did he see any tire tracks
in a dirt lane near the grave
This lane, he said, leads from
Mount Tabor road. The grave
was about 40 yards from the
latter hard-top road.
Richard said he thought the
bodies couldn't have been there
more than a week. He said he
had noticed no strangers In
the area recently and hadn't
seen a car drive into the dirt
lane in months.
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proved seven draft treaty ar
ticleS, including three adopted
a few minutes before the con-
ference recessed its sittings
Thursday until April Is.
But the articles-without va
lidity unless a treaty is COM
pleted-only skirt the foothills
Of the major problem. That In
wolves the establishment Of an
effective internationally manned
control system able to police q
test ban without interference
from the atomic powers them
selves.
Added to this is the fact that
the whole scientific problem Of
enforcing such a ban appears
now to be more difficult than
even nuclear scientists fully
realized as recently as last sum-
mer.
Despite unresolved differ
ences the conference still
represents the most hopeful ad.
vance in East-West arms nego-
tiations since World War II.
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Macmillan. The British leader
already has conferred on the
subject with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev.
Washington officials are ex-
pected to undertake a broad re-
view of United States policy re-
lating to the termination of
atomic and hydrogen weapons
explosions. Similar studies are
understood to be under way in
London and Moscow.
None Of the three countries
wants to break off the Geneva
talks. But there are clear signs
all three are nervous about
some of the political and scien-
tific implications Of a test ban
treaty.
This Is particularly evident
in Washington, where a group
Of officials In the Pentagon and
in the Atomic Energy Commits
sion are said to doubt the pos
sibility of establishing a rea-
sonably safe control system.
The United States, British
and Soviet negotiators have ap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

They agree In fact that nothing
can be concluded about fallout
or even about the amount of
harm a given amount Of stron-
tium 90 does the human body
until much more research is
done.
The inference from Senator
Anderson's comment on the
fallout figures and from back
ground statements by his Joint
Atomic Energy Committee stan
Is that the danger Is greater
because the fallout rate may be
faster than supposed.
But, Government scientists
say, the total quantity may be
smaller.
The real significance Of the
new information lies hidden
under obstruse statistics and
scientific uncertainties.
A faster fallout is more
dangerous. A smaller quantity
is less dangerous. Concentra-
ton in the United States is
more dangerous. To O certain
extent the new figures cancel
each other.
But to what extent?
Fallout scientists answer this
way:
The dangerous material in
volved is radioactive strontium
90. q substance that can cause
cancer and leukemia. It's HARM
full radioactivity lasts many
years. It's "half-life" is 20
years; that is. 1t loses half
Its radioactivity in 20 years. It
loses half Of the radioactivity
remaining in another 20 years;
half Of the rest in another %
years and SO on.
The longer Strontium stays
In the stratosphere the better
for mankind, because radioac-
tivity weakens. Therefore II the
fallout is slow, as DR.. Libby
believes, the material will be
less potent and the public less
endangered.
Gen. Lopez says half Of the
radioactive material in the
stratosphere will come down in
two years, half Of the remain
der in another two years, and
so on. DR.. Libby says half will
fall out in four years and so on.
Since strontium 30 has a
long half-life, the amount Of
decay in two years-the differ
ence between the estimates Of
Gen. Lopez and DR.. Libby-will
be relatively small. So as far as
speed Of fallout is concerned.
the new danger factor is not
double the previous one but
some fraction Of that.
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searched for days. The sheriff's
men found no trace of the miss
ing Jacksons. In four weeks,
625 square miles of the rugged
Louisa County area was
searched without success.
On March 4. the mystery be-
came even cloudier when Vir-
ginia authorities revealed the
existence Of a strange letter
from Washington about the
missing Jacksons. State police
said the unknown writer tried
to describe where the family
could be found but apparently
was not familiar with the spot.
The writer said he was pass
ing on the information because
he needed the reward which
had been offered in the case.
That same day, James Beach,
a foreman for the American
viscose Corp. in Fredericks-
burg, went to the wooded area
in Louisa County with a helper,
John Scott. TO dig some saw
dust. When the wheels OF their
car got stuck. they left the
Cherry Hill Hatchery road to
get some brush and saw a leg
sticking out Of the brush pile.
1t was Mr.. Jackson's body.
He had been bound with his
red necktie. his hands before
him, and shot through the back
Of the head. The little girls
body lay Graded in her fathers
arms, also covered with brush.
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JACKSON
JACKSON
Virginia Wife, StrongIed,,
Found With Body Of Child

Continued From First Page
was dressed as she was on the
day she disappeared.
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MACMILLAN
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
ings today and brought back
crumbs of news to the con.
ference press room set up in a
gymnasium adjacent to the
Gettysburg Hotel.
Problems Discussed
With the summit issue set.
tied this morning, the two
spokesman reported the Eisen.
hover = Macmillan talks thi:
afternoon ranged over such
problems as:
/. What steps the allies
should plan to take, in case
the prospective negotiations
with Russia break down, to
back up their resolve to stand
firm In West Berlin despite
Soviet threats to drive them
out.
2. How to make progress to-
ward Identification Of Germany
in the face of Russia's refusal
to consider anything that
might weaken her hold or
Communist East Germany.
8. Disarmament measures
that might be proposed to ease
tensions in Europe.
4. How to get around the
roadblock thrown into negoti.
atoms for suspension Of nucleaI
testing by Soviet insistence or
a veto over inspection and con-
troll arrangements "a stand
completely unacceptable to the
West.
Beyond mentioning the SUBJ
jects discussed, Mr.. Hagerty
and Mr.. Hope refused to dis
close any significant detail Of
the trend Of the talks on such
problems.
Mr.. Hope explained that IF
we are going into negotiations
with the Soviet Union we would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
SYMPHONY HOLDS
MAXWELL'S RIGHT
CAR FOR BENNY

The National Symphony
plans to greet Jack Benny
in an ancient Maxwell
touring car when he ar
rives to fiddle at Constitu-
ton Hall.
Antique car Bluffs offered
all sorts Of carefully pre-
served museum pieces be-
fore the Symphony settled
on the 1916 Maxwell to call
for the comedian at the
airport Thursday.
Mr.. Benny makes his
debut as guest violinist in
Washington on Saturday.
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FALLoUT
Senator Fears
HeoWU.S. Dose

that Is, until more than
megatons were added.
But the previous theory-stilI
held by DR.. Libby and the acc
lis that as many as 10 mega.
tohs Of material can be added
without increasing fallout rate
SO the permissible amount Of
any future testing would de.
pend on actual material now In
the stratosphere and the actual
fallout rate.
The background to this COM
pick dispute-one which can
affect United States nuclear
policy as well as the future
health Of the worlds this:
Absorbed by Plants
When high-altitude tests OF
atomic explosives are made,
some Of the resulting radioac-
tive material drifts through the
stratosphere, many miles above
the earth's surface, and falls
again only after the passage OF
years. This radioactive dust is
too fine to be affected by grav-
ity. 1t Is blown by winds in
many directions before down.
drafts take 1t close enough To
the earth to be cought in fall
ing rain.
When the material eventually
falls, some is absorbed by
plants. Humans eat the plants
OR drink milk from cows
which have eaten plants-and
absorb some radioactivity. Most
fallout seems to be harmless
Its radioactivity decays rapidly
or 1t is thrown of by the
body.
But strontium 90, one of the
radioactive elements produced
stays radioactive for m a ny
years and is retained in the
body. It has properties similar
to calcium and concentrates in
the bones. Large quantities are
harmful-even deadly-as 1t
brings on cancer and leukemia.
Strontium 80 has been
detected in milk during recent
months in quantities large
enough to concern some OBJ
servers. but not large enough
for scientists to say the milk
Is harmful.
But the question naturally is
raised: How much strontium 90
is in the atmosphere and how
fast is 1t falling to earth?
Scientists answer: We don't
know specifically. but we're try
ing to find out. But we do not
yet see any positive danger.
. Half In Z Years
Studying the nature of fall
out. the actions Of ,high-level
winds, and the radioactive
Yields of atomic explosions
some estimates Of fallout rate
and total quantity have been
made.
Acc scientists have said that
about half the material in the
stratosphere will drop in seven
years. Halt the remainder will
drop in another seven years and
so on-the remaining quantity
being cut in half every seven
years II no more is introduced
by more nuclear explosions.
The Acc also believes that
the fallout was uniform over
the entire surface of the earth
no matter where the original
explosion was.
None Of the persons in this
controversy are positive about
their data or their conclusions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Continued From First Page


cialist said new data indicates
that the residence half-life'
of the radioactive dust Is &C.
tually two years Gin contrast Il
the previously assumed value o.
about seven years."
DR.. Libby, In O hitherto secret
letter dated February ~, sale
his studies for the ACC indi.
Gated that the old seven-yeal
figure was indeed too long. but
that about four years" woult
be correct.
IT find 1t difhcult to push Il
down to the two years you give
as an indicative value" HI
told Gen. Lopez.
Material Still Aloft
DR.. Libby also estimated thai
the total material left in the
stratosphere from nuclear ex.
plosions now totals about 4:
million tons az megatons). HI
said that Gen. Loper's figure:
would indicate a total Of only
II megatons.
Both agree on the amount
that has fallen so far. acc
General Manager Luedecke. ir
his letter to the Joint Commit.
tee March 81 which was kept
secret until yesterday. said the
difference in estimates Of the
remaining quantity Of fallout
are significant.
ut may be observed that on
the basis Of the estimates made
by Gen. Loper," he said. "the
total worldwide fallout OF
long-lived radioactive fission
products anticipated from all
tests up to date would be
roughly two times the total
deposition so far and that on
the basis Of DR.. Libby's esti-
mate the total would be
roughly three times"
In other words. the new
Lopez theory. contrasted with
the Libby theory, says there is
half as much radioactive ma
terial yet to fall, but 1t is fall
ing twice as fast.
The third disagreement is on
the location Of the fallout.
The Libby theory-still the
oficial Acc VIEWS that fall
out from the stratosphere is
even all over the earth. local
fallout-the material that drops
within minutes or hours Of the
blast, is confined to the area
of the blast. all persons agree,
Only the years-long fallout
from the shakespeare Is at
isSue.)
Intense FallOut Zone
But Gen. Lopez says data
indicates there is a band OF
more ' intense fallout that
circles the Northern and South
ern Hemispheres between the
ATTITUDES of IS and so degrees
This band would cross the
Northern part Of the United
States and subject this area to
more fallout.
This is a two-year-old theory
now given added weight by
Gen. Lopez.
Another consideration arises
from the two fallout theories
Gen. Lopez believes that If test
ing Of atomic bombs is con-
tinued land the Pentagon
wants to resume tests). more
than 6 megatons shot into the
Stratosphere each year would
increase the total of radioactive
material there. The fallout
danger would not be increased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

Continued From First Page
was dressed as she was on the
day she disappeared.
Wedding Ring Identified
Identification was made posi-
tive through an unusually wide
wedding ring Mrs. jackson
wore.
Ofhcer @. S. Cooper Of Fred
ericksburg, who hurried to
Maryland to assist with the in
vestigation. said the ring had
the symbol 'Mizpah" inscribed
on it.
".Mizpah" appears in Gene
sis 81, verse 40, and concerns
the parting Of a man named
Laban and his son-in-law,
Jacob. 1t reads in part:
.And Mizpah: for he said the
Lord watch between me and
thee when we are absent from
one another"
Susan Ann still wore the lit
tie ring with q red setting she
had on when the family van
ished. She also had on black
patent leather shoes and white
bobby socks to 60 with her red
and white pinafore.
The Jacksons vanished ON
the night Of January II after
getting into their family car
that afternoon and going to
visit relatives. Mr.. jackson was
q feed truck driver who was
scheduled to start q new bank
Job.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson. ac-
companied by their two blond
haired daughters, drove to
Richmond. On the way back
they stopped to see Mildred's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. B. Lewis
Hill. at Buckner. Then they
headed for the final 16 miles
back to their own home at
Apple Grove. 80 miles west Of
Richmond.
Dolls Found In Car
The next afternoon, January
IL, Mr.. Jackson's late model car
was found on the side Of a coun-
cry road half the distance home.
1t appeared to have been forced
to the side Of the road then
hurriedly abandoned.
Two dolls belonging to the
little girls. dressed just like
them in red and white stripes.
were found In the car with a
few belongings and the ignition
keys.
Louisa County Sheriff w. r.
Profit said the spot where the
Jackson car was found was near
four or five homes. the closest
about 800 yards away, and was
parked between two open fields. /
He said several persons had
q car move OF fast about |
10 o'clock Sunday night" the
sheriff added.
The car also contained Mrs. |
Jackson's small purse contain
ing 81. a doll. Mrs. Jackson's
reported seeing the car parked
along the road.
"A lady who lives close by
said she heard some doors slam.
saw some headlights, and heard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
A Unified Germany

British officials also implied
readiness to 60 farther than
American policy now dictates
toward recognizing Communist
East Germany. They pointed
out that the West has in effect
recognized the status quo
meaning Soviet domination
in Eastern Europe for Is years.
So why balk at recognizing
existence Of the Soviet puppet
government in East Germany
Like the United States. the
British want a unified Ger
many. Any differences between
the Western Big Two on this
point are on how to reunite the
divided country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

the proposals TO efforts Il
settle the Berlin crisis. Progress
toward easing East-West ten.
tons in Europe must be asso.
ciated on the military anC
the political field." he added.
Any "New Ideas"
A reporter asked Mr.. Hagert!
II Mr.. Eisenhower put up an!
new ideas" for negotiating
proposals to the Russians, re-
minding him that the Presiden
told the Nation In his radio
television last Monday nigh
that this Government woult
come up with some new ideas
Whatever ideas we have W,
are going to discuss them with
our allies before we talk about
them in public" Mr.. Hagert,
replied.
Key military and scientific
as well as diplomatic advisers
joined in the Eisenhower-Mac
milan talks today. some fiyinl
in helicopters from Washington
and some motoring the IS mile
from the Capital To CamI
David.
The more formal phase o.
the talks adjourned at 4:4I
pm. Then Mr.. Eisenhower tool
Mr.. Macmillan alone-except
for a driver and Secret Servict
budyguards-for an hours drive
In the mountainous Maryland
mcountryside.
There was more informa
talk during dinner and into
the night, but Mr.. Hagerty ad.
vised reporters that he thought
the President and Prime Min.
lister were using the evening
primarily for relaxation
The Western leaders are SEIZED
uled to return to Washington
tomorrow afternoon where they
are expected to continue theii
talks. Mr.. Macmillan leaves
Washington Tuesday.
Both British and American
informants said an acceptable
formula had been worked out
at Camp David without diff
Guilty regarding the question ol
letting Communist Poland and
Czechoslovakia be represented
at the prospective foreign min
listers meeting. They. and rep
resentativeS Of free world ma
tons aside from the Western
Big Three as well, could attend
as observers. but not sit at the
conference table, under the
proposal expected to go Ia
Moscow early next week.
Up in the Air
The impression was that the
note would leave representa-
ton, aside from the Big Four,
at a summit conference up In
the air, possibly to be settled
by the foreign ministers when
they meet.
British informants. pleased
over the outcome at Camp
David, emphasized that Britain
is as determined as the United
States to stay in West Berlin
and mot rat on the Berliners.
But officials close to Mr.. Mac.
milan indicated that he is dis
posed to a more flexible atti-
tude in approaching negotia-
tons with the Russians or
their demands for withdrawal
of Allied troops from West
Berlin.
They indicated a willingness
to listen to any new Soviet
ideas and try to work out some
acceptable compromise that
would maintain the allied posi-
ton in Berlin, but not neces-
sarily exactly as 1t is now. After
all. these informants said. the
Berlin arrangement has been
"a continuous headache since
World War II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Atom Test Ban ToIks
Still Gain No Ground

GENEVA, Mar 81 AP)After four and half months the
nucear suspension conference reminds you of
ming treadml He is active enough but is he getting
anywhere?
Prospects for the negotiations look brighter after the
talks between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister
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