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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Salesman Dies
After DRINKING
Plastic Thinner

A 22-year-old salesman who
had registered at the Raleigh
Hotel died in Freedmen's Hos
pital early today, apparently
from drinking a plastic thin
ner.
Police identified him as Ru-
dolph c. Curtis of Brooklyn,
N. Y, who occupied a fifth
floor suite with another sales
man. John w. johnson, 81,
of Raleigh, N. c.
An autopsy is to be per-
formed today.
Mr.. johnson said Mr.. Cur
It's had consumed about a
fourth Of q bottle of Scotch
whisky" and was in another
room Of the suite, when he
came in and said he guessed '"I
drank out Of the wrong bottle. /"
The mixture. Mr.. johnson
said, was made up of rs per
cent alcohol, chlorine, lead and
chloride and was used with
plastic and dye to make it
heat-resistant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Going on Voter Wagon
Means q jag for Some

LONDON. May is (AP)-
She was drunk. dead drunk
on nothing but water.
Two London doctors told her
story yesterday in a report on
nine Britons with a bafiiing
ailment. They are chronic wa
ter drinkers, and the effects
are just the same as getting
drunk on liquor.
DR.. Erasmus Barlow and DR..
Hugh de Wardener of st.
Thomas's Hospital in London
reported the extremely rare
condition was due to q dis
turbed mental state.
Seven women and two men
victims were studied by the
doctors. This is what they
found out:
When the water drinkers get
q load on, they develop symp-
toms similar to an alcoholic.
Their enormous intake OF fluid
diiutes the blood and their
speech becomes slurred, their
eyelids droop. they feel giddy
and get the feeling Of being in
another world. Some become
bad-tempered and get hane-
over headaches. II they have
one too many. they are sick.
Take the case Of Mrs. X.
She was q fiorid. plump woman
Of 81 with thick red hair. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
More Reliable

started hitting the water bottle
II years ago in a fit of de-
preston. Her water intake was
sometimes as much as 80 pints
a day.
In desperation she once
drank the water out of a flower
vase. Finally her craze for
water 60 so bad she moved a
mattress into the bathroom to
sleep beside the water faucet.
In the hospital she went on
q seven-hour bender and got
soused. She became giddy and
sick. Then she passed out for
SO hours.
Reporting the case Of Mrs. X
in the quarterly journal of
Medicine, the two doctors re-
ported she had suffered all sorts
Of deep-seated emotional diff
culties for years.
Eight Of the nine patients
had q history Of psychological
disorders. the doctors said, the
same kind Of psychological up
sets that caused other people to
become chronic alcoholics.
One woman, who sometimes
had as much as IS pints a day.
began drinking water in excess
sive doses after her husband
died. One Of the men blamed
his former mild addiction on
morphine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Conference
AT q Glance

GENEVA (AP1.-The Big
-Four conference at a glance:
Soviet Foreign Minister
Gromyko proposed to the
three Western ministers q
peace treaty with divided
Germany. This was the draft
treaty originally made pub
lie by Moscow on January 10.
Mr.. Gromyko charged that
the West fosters a renewal Of
militarism in West Germany.
British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd challenged this
statement.
The United States delega-
ton said Mr.. Gromyko has
presented the same old pro-
posals on Germany.
Mr.. Gromyko in turn as
sailed the Western package
plan on Germany presented
to the conference Thursday.
In Moscow today, Premier
Khrushchev rejected the
Vests package.
The ministers are in recess
until Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Cor Washer Dies
harrington After
Being Run Over

An Arlington automatic car
wash ernploye was fatally in
jured today when a car he was
unlocking from a pulley ran
over him in a freak accident,
police reported.
The victim, Perry Mckinney,
"A. Of the 700 block Of o street
NV. was taken to Arlington
Hospital where he died a short
time after the accident.
Milton Perry, owner-manager
of the Boulevard Mint Man in
the 240O block Of Wilson boule-
ward, said Mr.. Mckinney was
unlocking a pulley chain from
the cars front bumper after it
had gone through the automa-
tic washing process.
Mr.. Perry said another en-
ploye was in the car when a
third employee accidentally tap
ped q rear fender, q signal for
the car to be driven out to the
lot to be dried.
AS the car drove out. 1t ran
over Mr.. Mckinney who was
bent over in front Of the car
and out of the drivers vision,
Mr.. Perry said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Thieves Roll Up Lawns,
Others Just Plug Along

The thieves. however. passed
up an equally valuable zoysia
plot just . few feet away. he
said.
zoysia is an especially de-
veloped creeping grass that Is
worth IS q square foot, Mr..
England said. Purchasers us
ually buy it q plug at q time.
His Rockville store has been
losing its front zoysia lawn in
just that way-a plug at .
time. And it's been going on
for, some time.
''It's really something that
people would stoop 30 low"
Mr.. England added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Proof Of Red ICBMs
Locking, Pentogon Says

visited four sites in Great
Britain and learned that the
missiles could be brought to
a quick reaction status in an
emergency. The weapons are
now being used for training
purposes by the Royal Air
Force.
within a year the four
squadron program will be COM
pleted," he said. "This will
give the Raj, under joint con-
troll with us, a very significant
long range missile system with
large nuclear warheads.
Navy Reorganization
On another Pentagon front
yesterday, Navy Secretary
Gates accepted, with a few
major notifications. the Navy
Department reorganization
plans submitted by a commit
tee headed by Undersecretary
william B. FRANKIE.
Mr.. Gates approved the pro-
posed merger Of the Bureaus OF
Aeronautics and Ordinances
into a new super Bureau of
Naval Weapons. But he re-
jected the recommendation
that the post of Assistant
Secretary for Personnel and
Reserve Forces be eliminated
II propose to maintain this
Office and not designate an
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Financial Management, "
he declared.
The latter post has been
vacant since January l. The
Undersecretary has and will
continue to serve as con-
troller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16

Grass thieves are stealing
lawns from the Hechinger sup-
ply stores.
Richard England. q partner
in the firm that operates seven
area building and hardware
supply centers, has sent out
an SOS call tsave our sod) to
police in the 9th precinct.
He said a $500 lawn, about
100 square feet Of zoysia sod
in front Of the store at ASS
Wisconsin avenue NV, was
rolled UP one night this week
and carried away.
Nothing was left but the
bare dirt" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
BULLE TIN
U. S. Golfers Win

MUlRFIELD. Scotland
tAPl.-The United States re-
tained the Walker Cup when
Harvie Ward, Ward Wett-
Iaufer and Bill Hyndman III
won singles golf matches to-
day. Deane Beman Of Silver
Spring had not completed his
round but had q l up lead
after q holes. Charlie Coe
and Billy Joe Patton Of the
United States were beaten,
and Americans had leads in
the three matches still In
complete.
Earlier Story on Page Ala
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Separate
Berlin Talk
Is Possible


GENEVA, May i6. - The
Western powers today were re-
ported willing to discuss Ber-
lin apart from their package
plan for Germany IN an at
tempt to break the deadlock
with the Russians.
The Big -Four Foreign Minis
tiers Conference recessed over q
week end with the Soviets still
insisting on the signing Of q
peace treaty with the two Ger
man states above everything
else.
But hope persisted among
Western diplomats Of finding
q formula for agreement on the
future Of divided Berlin. The
crisis triggered by Russia,s de-
mand for Western withdrawal
from West Berlin is expected to
move steadily to the fore as the
second week Of the conference
develops.
Both Standing Firm
Whether there is any basis
for agreement. however, re-
mains to be seen, for Russia
has so far stood firm on its
demand for demilitarization OF
West Berlin, and the Western
powers are standing pat on
their refusal to abandon the
Communist-encircled city.
Secretary Of State Herter is
flying to Rome today for a
quick one-day goodwill visit.
French Foreign Minister Maui
rice Couve de Murville is going
to Paris for consultations with
President de Gaulle. Soviet
Foreign Minister Gromyko and
British Foreign Secretary Sell
wyn Lloyd are staying in
Geneva.
Detailed Talk Possible
Mr.. Gronlyko and his adj
xisers presumably IN long,
range consultation with the
Kremlin-were reported pre-
pairing q poift-by-pofnt reply
10 the Western package plan.
Mr.. Gromyko has already
turned down the package as
q whole, denouncing it as a
tangle Of unrelated issues
which would make any prog
ress here impossible.
Western officials say he may
pull various points out Of the
parcel and seek to discuss them
individually. Berlin is one such
issue. even though Communists
spokesman have rebuffed the
specific Western proposal for
merging West and Communist
East Berlin into q single city
under Four Power guarantees.
Another possibility foreseen
by Western experts is that Mr..
Gromyko may try to extract
further concessions from the
Western powers regarding d.
rect negotiations between East
See CONFERENCE. Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
win Pass UP Coli
l40 Troops Killed

CAIRO, May Is (AP) An
Algerian provisional government
spokesman said yesterday Al
gerian rebels killed lao French
soldiers and wounded So May
SILL. The spokesman claimed
also that the rebels shot down
four French planes and de-
stroyed IL combat vehicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
BY L. EDGAR PRINA
star stan Writer

Air Force Secretary Douglas
says the Pentagon still has no
information to indicate that the
Russians have an operational
force Of intercontinental bal
listic missiles.
Speaking at the National
Armed Forces Day dinner at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel last night,
Mr.. Douglas asserted:
I'VE do believe they could
have a small number Of missiles
in an operational unit this year.
On our side We viii begin to
equip our first Atlas squadron
with missiles this June"
The Secretary disclosed that
a Strategic Air Command crew
will fire anAtlas ICBM from an
operational launcher for the
nrSt time IN the next week or
two.
As to the intermediate range
missiles, he said both the Thor
and Jupiter have shown "re-
m arkable improvement" in
flight tests OF operational type
missiles.
More Reliable
"Accuracies have been ex-
cellent and the reliability OF
both systems has exceeded so
per cent in the current series
Of tests" he said.
MIR. Douglas reported he had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16

Dulles Worse,
Weakened BY
Pneumonia
General Condition
Declines; Family
Gathering Here

John Foster Dulles condition
Is worse.
His family has gathered here
in the city to be close to him.
In addition to his wife and
brother Allen. who heads the
Central Intelligence Agency,
they include his three chill
dren and three sisters.
The former Secretary Of
State. weakened BY the cam
Ger that has spread through
his body. contracted q mild
case Of pneumonia last week
end. Yesterday state Depart-
ment Press Ofhcer Lincoln
White said:
mr.. Dulles pneumonia has
not completely resolved. There
has been some further decline
In his general condition.
At Walter Reed Army Hos
pital his condition was re-
ported unchanged this morn
ing.
Mr.. Dulles. III, entered the
hospital last February IL.
Operated ON in 1856
In 1856, an operation had
removed a cancerous growth
in the colon. This February,
in the course Of a hernia opera
ton. Army doctors discovered
that the cancer had spread.
They gave Mr.. Dulles huge
radiation treatment, both with
a giant X-ray machine and BY
injecting radioactive gold salts
into his abdomen.
In April Mr.. Dulles left the
hospital briefly for a stay in
Florida.
For a time it even appeared
that his tremendous powers of
recuperation and will to 60 on
would prevail. Then on April
II he returned to the hospital.
The doctors reported the
cancer had spread to his neck.
on April is President Eisen-
hover, with great reluctance,
Z q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16

Sees Move
ToPut Blame
On Russia

MOSCOW. May Is fAP).-
Premier Nikita Khrushchev to-
day rejected the Western pro-
posals in Geneva for settling
the German question.
THE Western proposal is put
forward for only one purpose,
to put the blame on US, he de-
clared in a speech accepting the
Lepin peace prize. They won't
have that pleasure. :
Mr.. Khrushchey made the
statement near the end Of an
hour-long speech in the Soviet
Union Parliament hall behind
the walls Of the Kremlin.
''The real author Of these
plans is not in Geneva" Mr..
Khrushchev said. 1.-THE shadow
of West German Chancellor
Konrad) Adenauer Is there"
Seen Chief Obstacle
This was restatement Of
the Soviet thesis that Mr..
Adenauer is the main obstacle
in the path Of a German set
Element.
Mr.. Khrushchev declared
that in the Western package
proposal there are some pro-
posals which are worth dis
cussion."
But each problem should be
treated separately and not in
bloc" he added. 1.-THE settle
ment should begin by q signing
of peace treaties with the two
Germanys.
aThe plans Of the West can-
not be accepted even by them
selves. No one of them wants
the reunification Of Germany
Cites War Peril
Mr.. Khrushchev asserted the
danger Of q new war starting
lies In the hands Of a few men
or some excited United States
pilot. After noting that tn
first Mid war started frQi
singIe " At Sarejeyo he CO.
mented:
'Now the war may start just
because Of the intentions OF .
group Of people or just because
Of a fit of madness of those
who day and night are flying in
American planes with atomic
bombs.
Mr.. Khrushchev was handed
the diploma and gold medal
peace prize by Academician
Dmitri Skobeltsyn. chairman Of
the international Lenin Prize
Committee.
Then speakers paraded to
the dais, praising Mr.. Khru-
shchev as a man who tried to
bring peace to the world. The
speakers did not specify in
much detail what he had done
for peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
President Flies
ToCo|orado
Will Visit Academy
On Way to Denver

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for Colorado today to tour the
Air Force Academy and visit
his ailine mother-in-law.
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Wednesdav. THE First LADY al
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she arrived earlier II the week
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16

a ASSOCIATION the maj Gecnnlcat
obstacle to construction Of an
experimental nuclear powered
plane has been overcome. This.
he said. involved shielding Of
crew and equipment from
radiation.
Digresses From Speech
He depressed from his pre-
pared speech to make mention
Of Mr.. Quarles. Deputy Secre-
tary of Defense who died in his
sleep May 8 Of a heart ailment.
1T may interest you to know, .
Gen Wilson told the writer's.
"that Secretary Quarles' last de-
cision was that the Defense De-
partment and the Atomic En-
ergy Commission would appeal
to the President for the power
to expedite nuclear aircraft de-
velopment."
Asked whether Mr.. Eisen-
hover has given his approval,
Gen. Wilson said the President
has not yet said yes.
The general said Mr.. Eisen-
hover has been keenly inter-
ested in the nuclear aircraft
problem all along. but did not
want to rush ahead, merely to
beat the Russians into the air
with some kind of nuclear air.
craft.
Gen. Wilson said the new
proposal to the President in
wolves funds to 60 ahead with
Phase 1"--design and early de-
yelopment.
He said the money to get go
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16

ing would be diverted from
other Air Force projects. Thus.
Gen. Wilson said. the additional
cost initially will be moderate.
These added funds will be pro-
vided BY the Air Force and the
Atomic Energy Commission. he
said.
Earlier, Gen. Orval n Cook,
president Of the Aircraft In
dustries Association, announced
that the organization is chang
ing its name to AerOspace In
dustries Association to reflect
the changing nature Of the
work being performed by the
industry.
Awards Presented
The Aviation Writers con-
cluded their week-long meet
ing here last night with cleo
ton Of officers and presentation
Of annual awards.
The association presented its
award for outstanding aviation
Journalism to Marvin Miles,
aviation editor of the Los An
geles Times, and William G.
Osmun. editor of Business
Commercial Aviation, New York
City.
The award is presented an
nually in memory OF James j.
Strebig, former aviation editor
of the Associated Press who
died in 1851.
Edwin q. Pipp; aviation
writer for the Detroit News
was re-elected president.
THE association wiz ket
next year in Los An3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Lead in Puerto Rico
Claimed by AFL-CIO

has SHE'D away from direct
clashes with the Transfers.
The federation has even re-
fused to afiiliate dissident
Teanster locals.
But finally, during last Feb
ruary's executive council meet
ing in San Juan. the AFL,-CIO
leadership decided to take\on
the Transfers In q clearcut
though limited contest. Re-
spending to appeals from
Puerto Rico's government. the
council authorized establish
ment Of a federal union for
the islands truck drivers and
related workers.
This was the first attempt
by the AFL-CIO to invade the
Transfers basic jurisdiction.
Both Mr.. Hoffa and AFL-CIO
President George Meany said
they would spend all the money
it might take to win. They app
parently hope to confine the
battle to Puerto Rico, at least
for the time being.
Direct AfIiliation
A federal union is directly
afiliated with the AFL-CIO
instead of with q national
union. This set-up facilitates
aid and supervision by ALL
Clio headquarters.
The federal union was char
tered March 10 as the Truck
Drivers Union, Local SOl8.
Peter McGavin, Mr.. Meany's
assistant. is in charge Of the
organizing campaign from
Washington. Louis Llorca, for
Inerly with the United Auto
Workers. was hired to boss or
ganizing on the scene. A ma
tive Puerto Rican. Raymundo
Suarez L,azu. was elected presi-
See LABOR. Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
3 Davies Daughters
Buy Rest of Tregoron
2.3-Acre Troct Thot Contains
Mansion Acquired From Foundation

The daughters Of the late Joseph Davies have pur-
chased the 2acre portion Tegaron which contains the
mansion and other buildings Their millionaire father had
bequeahed the property to the Joe Davies Scholarship
Foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
BY LEE M. COIN
star star writer

AFL-CIo ofIiciais claimed to-
day they are beating the
Teamsters Union in the battle
to organize labor in Puerto
Rico.
Previewing q report to next
weeks meeting Of their execu-
tive council, they estimated the
AFL-CIO's new Puerto Rico
union has signed UP 1900 menu
bers since it was chartered in
March. The Transfers Union.
expelled from the AFL-CIO
for corruption. claims about
500 members.
Each side SCOTS at the others
claims.
Prestige Rivalry
The fight for Puerto Rico is
significant far beyond the
Islands instrinsic Importance
to unionism. The rivalry is a
contest for prestige. and could
have repercussions on the
mainland
To the chagrin Of the ALL
Go, expulsion has not notice
ably hurt James R. Hoffa's
Teamsters Union, which has
kept growing in size and power
In fact. President Hoffa has
demonstrated that AFL-CIO
affiliates often need him more
than he needs them. Some ALL
CIO officials are grumbling
about the policy Of quarantine
ing the Transfers, and want
to take the 1.6-million- member
union back into the fold.
Until recently, the AFL-CIO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Queries BockedA- PIone
In His Last Decision
Final Technical Obstacle Overcome,
High Air Force Officer Declares

The last decision Donald Quarles made before he died
ago to make an appeal to President Eisenhower
to push development of an atomic powered airplane.
This word was given yesterday BY 1t Gen. Roscoe C.
At the time Gen. Wilson told the Aviation writers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK (Ap1.-Following are
the sales tadd OOH high low. closing
price and net change Of the 20 most
active stocks for the week:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
MINISTERS RELAX
ON SPORT COURT

EXERCISE and good notured boa-
ter ore combined in the weekly
voIIey ball games Of the Montgomery
County Ministerial Association. The
interesting oetNitiss Of This 90
ysor-oId group ore described on
Pose AS.
FEARS or INVASION hove been
dispeIled in the Caribbean area,
Thanks to quick action By the Or
sonizoticn Of American States. Stof
Reporter John v. Homer sixes up
the neor-erisis Developments in on
interpretive orticIs on Poge ALL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
Guide for Readers

Amuse's A-lo-Il Edit Article AS
Churches ASS Obituary All
Classified A-l6-z3 Real Estate B-l-I2
Comics B-l0-ll Society -----, AZ
Crossword --B-l0 Sport ---A-i3-lS
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15
Middle East
House Opens

Headquarters Of the Amer
lean Friends Of the Middle
East. Inc, at 1907 New
Hampshire avenue NV. we're
formally opened yesterday at
q reception.
Mr.. Harold B. Minor, for
mer United States Ambassa-
dor to Lebanon. is president
Of the organization and re-
ceived with Mrs. Minor.
Also greeting the guests
were the Rev. DR.. Edward
L. r. Elson, pastor Of
the National Presbyterian
Church, and Mrs. Elson, and
Mr.. Earl Bunting, former
president Of the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers,
and Mrs. Bunting. Both DR..
Elson and Mrs. Bunting are
members Of the Board Of
Directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15

meeting following the Sum-
NIT Conference there.
Her love Of antiques she
implements in q practical
way. Both she and her sister,
Mrs. j. Alexander Stewart.
own an antique shop In
Louisville. I'm the silent
partner: she never stops
bubbling," says Mrs. Morton.
The Mortons expect they
will do q lot Of entertaining
because Of the Senator's new
Job, but chances are 1t will
be on q small scale. I'VE
rarely give cocktail parties;
we prefer to give small din
ners," says Mrs. Morton.
Mrs. Morton also plans to
accompany her husband on
some Of the trips he'll be
taking as q. o. p. National
Chairman. Although she's
averse to large crowds, she
likes to meet new people. As
she puts it. II sometimes say
it's interesting, but not al
ways fun"