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Evening star., 1959-12-19
Unitus Selected
For Bell Award

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10
(AP).-Johnny UnitaS, Balti-
more'S record-setting quarter
back, will receive the first an
nual Bert Bell Memorial Award
as the outstanding professional
football player of the year on
February l..
Unitas received A first-place
votes out of 54 votes cast by
league officials in the Maxwell
Club balloting. The Maxwell
Club, which is making the
award in memory of the late
National Football League COM
missioner, announced the Sc
lection yesterday.
On the basis of 5-3-1 totals.
Unitas received 247 points
Cleveland's Jimmy Brown was
second with 96 points and
Charley Conerly of the New
York Giants, third with 81.
The brilliant Colt star threw
81 touchdown passes in 1859
to break the old league record
Iof 28 set by Sid Hickman of
the Chicago Bears in 1943
Unitas gained 2,899 yards pass
ing to lead the league.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Huskies Unowed by Odds
FuVorinq Wisconsin on Jan. |

LONG BEACH, Calf, Dec.
19 (AP).-The oddsmakers list
Wisconsin as a 6l2 point favor
lite over Washington in the Rose
Bowl. What's Washington
Coach Jim Owens reaction?
"I never worry about odds. "
he told newSmen yesterday. II
am just worrying about Wis
consin."
But Bob Schloredt. one-eyed
All-America quarterback, is less
awed. He said: We're here to
win"
Schloredt, who led the Huskies
to a 81 record this season,
added:
I'VE know Wisconsin will be
tough. All Big Sren teams are
tough. But we think we can
win"
Asked about the odds, he
replied:
We're not concerned with
the odds. They can't affect
the game anyway"
Washington'S Altman squad
arrived in this beach city yes
terday. The Huskies got an
Evening star., 1959-12-19

enthusiastic welcome from wen
wisherS at the airport and
along downtown strets as they
rode in a motorcade to their
Long Beach hotel.
Outside the hotel, the play
erS were introduced to the cit
izenry. Then City Councilman
Patrick Ahern declared:
I'VE want you to meet the
boys who will beat Wisconsin
on New Years Day and restore
the prestige of the west in the
Rose Bowl"
Wisconsin, the only Big Ten
team to lose in the Rose Bowl
under the current pact, arrives
in Southern California today.
Owens told newsmen his
Huskies have been hurt by a
long layoff. Rainy weather in
Seattle curtailed outdoor drills.
He said most of the drills here
will be closed to press and pub
lie.
Someone asked how long it
will take to get the squad back
in shape.
Right now I'd say December
81" he cracked.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Acc Advises IS
In D. 6. Area to
Send in Watches

The Atomic Energy Commits
sion reported today that Is
Rolex GMT M aster wrist
watches which might constitute
a. long-term radiation hazard
have been traced to owners in
the Washington area.
The Acc said more than so
telephone calls have been re-
ceived at commission head
quarters since it issued a warn
ing about the watches Thurs
day.
The commission has advised
owners of the GMT-MaSter
watches to send them by reg
iStered mail to headquarters of
the American Rolex Watch Co.,
$50 Fifth avenue, New York SO,
N. Y.
American Rolex has promised
to replace the radioactive parts
without charge and return the
watches, according to the Acc.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Cohn Group Seeks
TO Promote Title
Fiqhtin New York

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 (AP)
group of business
men is interested in promoting
a return Ingemar Johansson-
Floyd Patterson heavyweight
title fight in New York.
The latest syndicate is be-
ing represented by Attorney
Roy Conn, who won fame dur
ing the Mccarthy hearings in
Washington several years ago.
Gen. Melvin Krulewitch
chairman of the State Athletic
Commission, disclosed yester-
day Cohn has advised the COM
mission of his groups desire to
acquire the rights to the return
fight.
Cohn told the commission he
would like to submit to the
commission Tuesday certain
papers in connection with the
return fight. Krulewitch said
nothing has been filed with
the commission.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Radio Director
Reports More
SABOTAGE Efforts

MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 19
(AP).-The head of Radio Free
Europe said today the at
tempted mass poisoning of his
employees was not the first time
Communists have tried to sab
otage the organizations work.
There have been many such
attempts to disrupt or discredit
REFS work in Europe" Erik
Hazelhoff, RIFE European di-
rector, said in a statement.
These have ranged in Sc
verify from attempted kidnap-
ing to the strewing of tetra-
hebron nails near vehicles of
our employees and the forging
of documents and directives. -
Mr.. Hazelhoff, of Mount
KlSco, N. Y, did not 60 into
details of previous sabotage
cases involving the American
financed private organization
beaming\ anti Communist
broadcasts behind the Iron
Curtain.
United States Army head
quarters at Heidelberg said
yesterday that a CzechoSlovak
consular official supplied the
poison found in salt shakers
at the radio stations cafeteria
November 81.
The Army identified the Off
cial as Jaroslav Nemec, a vice
consul at the Czechoslovak
consulate at Salzburg, Austria
The Czechoslovak legation in
Vienna denied the charge and
termed the Army announce
ment a gross provocation."
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Sooners Rout
Terp pMotmen

Oklahoma's wrestling team,
one of the favorites for the Ma
tional Collegiate wrestling
championships to be held at
Maryland March 24-26, routed
Maryland, 25-3, in a dual meet
following last nights basket
ball game at College Park.
Gene KERN of the Terps
saved his team from a shutout
by scoring a Al decision over
Dick Besnier of the Sooners
in the 147-pound class.
Heavyweight Dale Lewis of
the Sooners, Pan American
Games champion, won in 2
minutes and 7 seconds from
Tommy Tucker of the TerpS
in the shortest match of the
night. Dave Campbell of the
Sooners scored the other fall
in the 177-pound class.
SUMMARIES
123-pound class-Gerald Whitfield
Oklahoma defeated Dick Van Auken,
1875
I3O-pound class-Duwayne Miller
(Oklahoms) defeated Bill Trexler, 6-4
l37-pound Class a n ey A b e
(Oklahoma) defeated Don santo, 1874
l47-pound class-Lawrence Gregory
(Oklahoma) defeated Dick, Bernier,
Al.
157-pound class-Eugene KERN
(Maryland) defeated Ray Johnson,
1915.
1877 pound class-Sid Terry COkla-
homal defeated Bill Rishell, 40.
III pound class-David Campbell
(Oklahoma) pinned Art Marinelli, 5:O4
Heavyweight class Dale Lewis
2:07.
Evening star., 1959-12-19

established a corner on the
worlds pepper supply.
New York dealers deny the
syndicate has a corner. Pepper
is plentiful in India now, they
report, and at a price a few
cents a pound cheaper than
the Singapore group is charg-
ing.
One dealer says: 1T was
purely a matter of time before
the price would go up. Wan
Tong, when it found the supply
was going to be small, merely
started the ball rolling. 1t was
a clever trading coup but they
certainly haven't got a corner. "
The syndicate, in any event,
has reaped a tidy profit. Busi-
ness Week estimates Wan
Tong's total take at 81 million
so far.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Cause Sought
For2Huge Holes
In Howard Farm

Two huge holes in the ground
mysteriously appeared on a
Silver Spring mans farm in
Howard County, Md, earlier
this week, but so far police have
not been able to find out what
caused them.
The holes each were about
10 to IL feet deep and II to Is
feet long, according to Donald
R. Bianco of 2l2 Indian Spring
drive, Silver Spring, who has
leased the 275-acre Adams farm
on Waterloo. road opposite
Waterloo High School.
DR.. Bianco is a physicSist at
the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory at
Scaggsville in Howard County.
He said the holes, in a barley
field appeared to have been
dug by a power shovel. He said
there also were wheel marks
entering the field from the
driveway to the farm and going
off the other side.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Presidents Defense
Sets Up Overtime Win

The Washington Presidents
can thank their defense. which
faltered so badly during their
Sx-game losing streak, for get
ting them back on the winning
track.
The Presidents defeated the
New York Rovers, 3-2, in over
time in an Eastern Hockey
League match last night at
pline Arena. Moose Lallo, a
36-year-old defenSeman, scored
the winning goal at 2:05sof the
overtime.
1t was the Presidents first
victory since a 80 win over
New Haven December 2. The
Presidents also tied the Blades
last Saturday at Uline's.
jacques Caron. WaShington's s
goalie, had only % stops, but
held of several New York des-
peration shots in the overtime
period. The Presidents de-
fense line picked off many shots
before they got to Caron and
the net.
Evening star., 1959-12-19

If your palate fairly quivers
at the sight of a man in peril
of being pulled asunder by
frightened horses or the Spec
tacle of the gashed head of a
dead child-or, more beatty, if
you're a blood buff, then the
Metropolitan's new holiday
treat will be Just that for you.
For these are but a few
choice features - call them
gore-lights - of American-In-
ternationals new m acabre
menu, Goliath and the Bar
barians. -"
The story recalls some of the
events of that wonderful year
.-586 AD.-when wild barbar-
ian hordes in Italy were plum
dering and numbering peaceful
villagers. 1t further reveals how
their fun comes to an abrupt
end when they attack Verona
and kill, among myriad others,
the father of a young noble
man.
Vowing awful revenge, the
lad becomes Goliath" when
he dons a lions head and takes
after the scamps with a fury.
When the harried barbarians
in turn VOW their revenge,
chiefly on more innocent vil-
layers. the blood overflows to
about the third row. Goliath
has things pretty well under
control until he meets the
lovely and seductive daughter
of a barbarian duke.
Steve Reeves, famed ply
sique title holder, plays Goliath.
He has as strong a grip on this
role as he did as Hercules"
IN that earlier colorful gigantic,
a picture which this one equals
in almost every respect.
Mr.. Reeves, who is awfully
good at being tall, is also use
full at such tasks as welding
an ak or moving tree trunks
off of weapon arsenals. AS a
lover. he's rather inconstant.
The cast is all-Italian except
for Mr.. Reeves and Bruce
Cabot as the barbarian king.
Chelo Alfonso is the curvaciouS
barbarianess.
A word about variety, in one
sense this pictures strongest
asset. Probably never before
have so many different death
groans, subtly and artfully
executed, echoed across the Ma
tion's theaters. B. A.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Retired Analyst
Dies With Gun

Miss Alva M. SimerSon, 81,
a retired Army employe, was
found dead last night on her
bed in her apartment at 280O
Devonshire place NV, police
said.
They said she had a bullet
wound in the head, and that
one hand held a revolver.
Miss Simerson retired last
October 81 after being en-
ployed for eight years as an
analyst in the Army Adjutant
Generals Office at the Penta-
gon.
Police said they learned she
had been respondent recently.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Geneva Talks
Fail on Atomic
Policing Plan

GENEVA, Dec. 10 CAP).-An
East-West group of scientists
reported almost total disagree
ment today on how to police a
ban on underground nuclear
weapons tests.
The scientists failure to agree
on technical control procedures
was a serious setback to the
nearly l4-month-old negotia-
tions for a nuclear test ban
treaty.
The scientists met here for
three weeks to revise a 1858
plan for policing underground
nuclear blasts which the West
considers out-dated and mad
equate.
Evening star., 1959-12-19

grocery store is the 100 per
cent leap wholesale rates have
taken in the last month from
25 to almost so cents a pound,
dealers say. 1t will probably
head still higher.
Behind the pepper price up
surge: Dwindling world out
put and rising demand in the
last year or so. North African
and Soviet bloc nations, espe-
cially, have stepped up their
pepper consumption lately.
Syndicate Stages Coup
Moreover, a Singapore syndi-
cate, Wan Tong Trading Co.,
gave the pepper price a big
push upward by some clever
ira ing maneuvers, United
States dealers report.
The syndicate in 1858 dis
covered that pepper, in over.
supply for three years, would
soon become scarce again be-
cause Indonesian farmers we're
reducing their crops due to low
prices.
So Wan Tong secretly began
buying up large stocks of pep
per. 1t also dumped some of
these stocks to keep supplies
running and to induce other
operators to keep selling.
Dealers Deny Corner"
The syndicate's plan worked
perfectly. By the time other
dealers realized supplies were
becoming short, they had sold
most of their stocks and Wan
Tong controlled a sizable share
Of the available pepper.
Business Week magazine, in
reporting on Wan Tong'S coup,
said the syndicate has now
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Custer Asked
For policeman

A Police Trial Board yester-
day recommended the dismis-
sal of a 24-year-old twelfth
precinct policeman for his off,
duty visit to an establishment
of vice" last october IT.
The board charges against
Cecil B. Carter of 1912 Sher-
man avenue NV, include con-
duct unbccoming an officer,
neglect of duty and failure to
make a full report Ato the
proper station of a criminal
offense. injury to a person and
damage to property.
According to testimony at
pre-board sessions, Carter Wis
tied an establishment of vice"
in the company of two proba-
tionary members of the police
force, since resigned.
Thomas N. Cooper. 26, and
Dorsey G. Jones, 26, called for
his help in making some cases"
in vice because he had once
worked undercover for the
Morals Division. Carter said.
In the early morning hours
of october II, according to
testimony, the three went to
a house of prostitution in the
1900 block of Seventh street
NV.
A fight ensued. Cooper was
injured when 'his arm broke
a plate glass window, and Car
ter neglected to make any re-
port, according to testimony.
Carter has been a policeman
since June 30, 1858.
The boards recommendation
for Carter's dismissal will be
sent to the District Commits
sioners. The defense attorney,
Cyril S. Lawrence, said he
would appeal the board ruling.
II believe he Garter was
a good officer and a Negro
should have as good a chance
in the police force as anyone
else" Mr.. Lawrence said.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Dodd Is Pleased
By Techs Drills

ATLANTA, Dec. 10 (AP) -
Georgia Tech held it's final pre-
Christmas football drill last
night with the emphasis on
running.
After an hour on muddy
Grant Field, Coach Bobby
Dodd dismissed the squad until
December %. He said he was
pleased with this weeks work.
outs although they had to be
at night because of final
quarterly examinations.
Dodd had special praise for
the running of fullbackS Taz
Anderson, Lee Reid and Ben
Smith. He said Reid, injured
most of the season, would
likely see action on defense
against Arkansas in the Gator
Bowl at Jacksonville, January 2.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
20 at ApoIochin Guilty
OfPIot to Hide Purpose

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (AP) -
A Federal court jury yesterday
convicted 20 delegates to the
1857 Apalachin underworld con-
vention of conspiracy to hide
the real purpose of the con-
clave.
The conviction was hailed by
Attorney General William P
Rogers as "a landmark in the
Governments fight against Or
ganized crime and racketeers.
The verdict was returned by
a jury of eight men and four
women after more than IS
hours of deliberation to climax
the 53-day trial. Some OF
the Well-dresSed defendants
slumped in their seats, several
sobbed. and one moaned in
Italian: Son innocente I'm
innocent"
Judge Irving r. Kaufman
commended the jury for its
intelligent verdict" He set
January IA for sentencing. Each
Of the convicted men could get
up to five years in prison and
a $4,000 fine.
1t was understood defense
attorneys would begin immedi-
ately to prepare motions for
an appeal.
You deserve the thanks of
the community and the Nation
by your patience in sitting
through this trial" Judge Kauf-
man told the jury. This will
show the country that grand
juries and other Federal agen-
cies cannot be def1ed or sneered
at by people who consider
themselves above and beyond
the law"
The defendants had ex-
planned the meeting of more
than so underworld figures No
vember IA, 1857. at the Apala-
chin. N. Y, hillside estate of
the late Joseph Barbara, ST., as
a visit to a sick friend or a So
.cial affair. Some said they
were there because they had
auto trouble nearby. They were
convicted specifically of con-
Spiracy to obstruct justice by
giving perjurious or evasive an
Swers to grand juries when
asked what was plotted" at
Apalachin.
Throughout the trial, the
Government conceded that il
did not know the secret pur-
pose of the meeting. However,
Arthur L. Reuter-, one-time
acting commissioner of inveS-
tigation. said in a report for
former Gov. Averell Hartman
that the conclave was believed
to have been called to split up
Evening star., 1959-12-19

territories, divide proceeds and
discuss extension of racketeer-
ing in labor unions.
From all over the country
and even Cuba and Italy, the
delegates had converged on the
mansion of Barbara, a 53-year-
old beer and soft drink distrib-
utor who died of a heart attack
last June. The meeting never
got under way. State police
began recording the license
numbers of their expensive cars
and a roadblock was set up al
the entrance to the estate.
Panic Starts
Many delegates scrambled
onto ! their cars and sped
straight into the roadblock
Others fed on foot into the
nearby woods. John c. Mon.
tana, 66, a usually dignifiec
former Republican councilman
was caught when he hopeleSsly
tangled himself in a barbed-
wire fence.
A few delegates got away, but
the others were held for ques-
tioning. In the months fol-
lowing the raid. the delegates
were interrogated by State and
Federal agencies. A result was
the Federal charge of conspir-
aCy to give evasive and false
answers. A Federal grand jury
indicted 81 Of them last May
as defendants and named sc
others as co-conspirators.
The defendants were re-
duced to 20 because four were
fugitive, two had their trials
severed because of illness, and
one. Frank Cucchiara of Wa
tertown, Mass, was acquitted
for lack of evidence by Judge
Kaufman during the trial
which started Oct. 26.
New SubpOenas Served
The conviction gives the Gov
ernment a new lever with
which to try to pry from the
defendants the real purpose OF
the convention. AS the defend
ants left the courthouse, seven
were served with subpoenas to
appear before the State Irves-
tigation Commission Monday
Cooperation with the commits
sion could lessen a defendant S
sentence.
Meanwhile. Joseph M. Bar
bara, sr., son of the Apalachin
host, received a suspended SEN
tence yesterday on his plea OF
guilty to contempt of court
General Sessions Judge Nit
chell D. Schweitzer put Bar
bara, %, on probation for q
year.
The convicted delegates were
released in bail that rarged
from $4,000 to 100000.
Evening star., 1959-12-19

The zany Globetrotters will
put on their usual hilarious
show that combines athletic
talents with comic relief. Mea-
dowlark Lemon and Bob (Show-
boat) Johnson will lead the
comic routines.
The Rockets are led by g.
foot-l0 Jim Ciol of West Vir-
ginia! They are coached by
Louie (RedD Klotz, a 5-foot-6
former Villanova player. Klotz
also will play against the Globe
trotters.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
GIobetrotters' Show 7 onioht
includes Added Attractions

The Harlem Globetrotters
will play the Baltimore Rockets
as part of Abe Saperstein's
three-ring circus that includes
tennis and table tennis matches
ct $3.50 O'Clock tonight at Uline
Arena.
Althea Gibson, former VIM
bledon champion, will meet
Karol Fageros in a one-set ten
mis- match to open the program.
Richard Bergman of England
will play Norikazu (CannonbalD
Fujii of Japan in a table tennis
match at halftime.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Meuux Rides Double

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19
(AP).-Jockey Clarence Meaux
rode both ends of a $1O9.8O
daily double at the Fair
Grounds Friday. He brought in
the 3-8 combination astride
Glen Graham $3.50 and I'm
Coma To 1880.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Simpson Improves

Representative Simpson, Re-
publican of Pennsylvania, con-
valescing at Bethesda Naval
Hospital after exploratory brain
surgery, was reported today to
be progressing nicely" Miss
Helen Simpson said her brother
had a restful night and con-
tinues to improve"
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Harris Under Knife

DETROIT, Dec. 19 (AP).-
Gail Harris, Tiger first base
man, underwent an emergency
appendectomy yesterday at a
Detroit hospital. Doctors said
he was doing nicely. Harris was
hospitalized earlier this year
for minor surgery.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
CUBA
Continued From First Page

Eckersley, 26, of Portland.
Greg, and Monty Mulph, 81,
of Eden, Idaho - boarded a
plane for Miami. The Legion
is a loosely organized group
of adventurers with the an
nounced objective of over
throwing relationships.
MARITIME was convicted of at
tempting to smuggle the wife
of a former Batista army cffi-
Ger, Col. Esteban Ventura, out
of Cuba and of carrying a
bond of the White Rose So
ciety, a counter-revolutionary
group operating in the United
States. Such bonds repeatedly
represent funds promoted to
finance activities against the
Cuban government.
MARITIME was arrested an hour
after his arrival in Havana
July % and has been under
prison hospital treatment since
for a kidney stone condition.
Cuban agents also picked up
his 13-year-old son, Edward,
but released the boy four days
later.
UndercOver Work
A police undercover agent.
Mrs. Sofia Cisneros, testified
that Martino came to her home
to contact Mrs. Ventura. Mrs.
CiSneros said she had hired
Mrs. Ventura's mother as a
maid in connection with her
undercover work.
MARITIME insisted that he Wis
tied Mrs. Cisneros only to de-
liver a message from a friend
in Miami, Jorge Hernandez.
He said he came to Havana to
try to market a pocket tele-
phone for a firm in Long Island
City, N. Y.
Martino moved to Miami
Beach from Atlantic City, N. j.,
five years ago with his wife
Florence and three children.
His brother Alfred said in
Atlantic City last night he and
other relatives were awaiting
word from a Cuban attorney
hired to defend MARITIME on
what appeal steps would be
taken.
Buchanan Still Held
Mr.. Buchanan's lawyer said
the reporter probably will have
to spend the Christmas holi-
days in Jail while awaiting trial.
The military tribunals will be
in recess from December %
until January 4 and Cuban
civil courts normally recess for
about the same period.
Mr.. Buchanan's case now is
before the Cuban Supreme
Court, which will determine
whether he is to be tried by a
military or civil court.
Mr.. Castro said in a televi-
sion speech Thursday night
that Mr.. Buchanan will have
to be tried by revolutionary
courts" which could be either
military or civil.
Government officials, how
ever, scoffed at a report of a
possible death sentence for the
reporter.
do you think for one min
ute" said one of the officials,
that we would let Young-in
whose capture a revolutionary
soldier was killed-get off with
"a 30-year sentence, then even
consider asking the death SEN
tence for a journalist who may
h ave concealed information
about his whereaboutS?"
Mr.. Castro himself limited
that it would be a good idea to
order Mr.. Buchanan "deported,
never to return to Cuba to mo-
lest U.S."
Mr.. Buchanan, who has had
numerous assignments in Cuba,
obtained an interview with
Young about his escape shortly
before the former was captured
in Havana hotel room. Mr..
Buchanan was picked up when
ba rotI1rY1oI RI tho hOfol
Evening star., 1959-12-19

RESULTS LAST NIGHT
No games scheduled
GAMES TODAY
New York at Boston.
Minneapolis at Cincinnati.
Syracuse at Detroit.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
GAMES TOMORROW
Cincinnati At New York.
Boston at Syracuse.
Detroit at St. Louis.
Evening star., 1959-12-19

Jean Leclerc put the Presi-
dents in the lead when he
scored with the match only %
seconds old. But George
Ranieri scored the first of his
two goals for New York to make
it IL at 1890.
Ken Davies scored for Wash
lngton with Al seconds of the
second period elapsed. But
Ranieri again came back and
got the Rovers into a tie with a
goal at 1908 of the final
stanZa.
Lallo scored the clincher
when he skated into position
from behind the net and
slammed the puck past George
Woods, the surprised New York
goalie.
Evening star., 1959-12-19
Hussein in Zurich

ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec.
l9 CAP).-King Hussein of Jor-
dan arrived here by plane from
London yesterday on a private
'isit.