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, 1959-12-11
BOLD VENTURE

E1N4OnE
THE PRESIDENTis well on his goodwill world
tour. His first stop was Rome, where he visited with
Italian President Gronchi, and had an audience with His
Holiness the Pope. Then the President went on to Tur-
key where he was given a tUnSuItuous welcome in An
kara, and in Pakistan where q million persons cheered
him.
THAT THE GOODWILL tour is going well there
can be no question. The trip will take in a total off Ii
countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran,
Greece, TuniSia, France, Spain and Morocco, Italy and
Turkey. There will be great gestures Of welcome, and
occasions, without exception, will be festive.
YET, IN SERIOUS circles the question is being
asked whether much may be expected of this type Of
personal diplomacy. President Eisenhower is tremen-
douSly popular. He has come to be associated with
peaceful pursuits, and many in the free world look to
him for leadership in these pursuits. But what goes be-
yond the visits?
ONE OF THE fears expressed is that the great ac-
claims the warm welcome, the expressions Of friendship
and goodwill may lead to a relaxation of our guard, and
the lessening Of our effort to be prepared at all times to
defend our way Of life. It should never be forgotten that
in order to maintain freedom a constant watch must be
maintained. Even after a tour Of the United States
where he must have seen American determination to
maintain its freedom, Premier Khrushchev, in Hungary,
proceeded to justify Russian intervention in the Hunga-
rian revolution.
THERE is EVERY hope in the free world that the
Eisenhower trip will be fruitful, and leave with the
many peoples Of the world, a frsthand glimpse Of the
basic desire for peace and progress. These people ought
to see. and know that a nation which would twice elect
q man Of Mr. Esenhower's desire for peace must them
selves be peaceloving. The old Communist brOken-re-
cord bowling Of war mongering" should be ~silenced, at
least for the time being. n
, 1959-12-11

THE FREE WORLD has already given Mr.. Essen
hover its blessing for q bold venture n personal
diplomacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
RADIO NETWORK
TO AIR VIEWS
ON HOME RULE

Home rule for the Dis
trict will be discussed by a
group of leading citizens
over Monitor" an NBC
radio broadcast heard Ma
tionally. today and tomor-
row. The interviews will
be carried locally on Sta
ton WRC.
Among those appearing
on ten 4-minute spot in
terviews will be District
Commissioner Robert E.
Mclaughlin, former Com
missioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue, Gen. U. S. Grant III,
Gerhard Van Arkel, Sena-
tor Morse, Democrat of
Oregon, John B. Duncan,
the District Recorder of
Deeds, and Representative
Mcmillan, Democrat of
South Carolina.
Speakers on tomorrow'S
broadcast are E. K. Morris,
president of the Washing
ton Board of Trade; Mrs.
j. Borden Hartman, SEN
ator Hartke, Democrat of
Indiana, and patrons at a
local night club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
TEEN-AGERS HURT
AT OXON HILL

Three teen-agers were Sc
riously injured last night when
their station wagon overturned
three times as they tried to
avoid an oncoming truck near
Oxon Hill, Md.
Herbert Rosch, II, of 1881
Spur road, Oxon Hill, who was
driving; Jack Burke, 16, Of
81 Galveston street S.W., and
Walter Koychin. is, of 322
Cree drive, Forest Heights, all
suffered conclusions and multi
pie injuries.
They were taken to Casualty
Hospital, where their condition
today remained serious
Witnesses told Prince Georges
County police that the station
wagon was travelling west on
st. BarnabaS road when a
truck sped in front of it on
Wheeler road.
They said that truck did not
stop after the accident.
Police broadcast a lookout
for a red truck with yellow
bumpers and a high wooden
stake body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Beutnik Shop
Tape Misses
Testimony

Thousands and thousands of
words spoken at the beatnik
coffee shop sessions, which now
are suspended during a change
of attorneys, have been lost
forever to posterity.
Although the Board of APP
pealS and Review sessions last
month were not marked by ex-
cessive serenity, the tape re-
corder failed in its role with a
great deal of the prose.
Charles w. Hart, hearing
officer for the proceedings on
William Walkers battle to keep
his Coffee n Confusion Shop
restaurant permit, said the re-
cording troubles included poor
acoustics and a noisy room fan.
Mr.. Hart emphasized, how
ever, that almost all of the lost
testimony no longer has any
bearing on the case because he
had narrowed the issues at the
last session. This was the day
when Mr.. Walkers original
attorney, Harvey Rosenberg
was baniShed by Mr.. Hart on
grounds of misconduct.
The faulty recording, how
ever, has added new confusion
to the case. Yesterday, Mr.
Walkers new attorney, Daniel
I. Sherry, conferred with Mr..
Hart on the question of re-
Stunning the hearings and
learned of the lost testimony
No new date was set. Mr.
Hart proposed that the two
stipulate on the few important
points in testimony which were
not clearly recorded.
The new attorney for the
coffee shop, GAS K street NV,
said he will want to go over
the stipulation proposal with
his predecessor, Mr.. Rosenberg
who now is on vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
4 HURT IN CRASH
IN ALEXANDRIA

A head-on collision in Alex
andria last night injured two
adults and two children.
Police charged drivers of both
cars, which smashed into each
other at Duke and Roth streets
about 1920 pm, with reck-
less driving.
Charged were Vernon John
son, 43, of Route 6, Alexandria.
and Evan Shaeffer, 81, of the
300 block of Farnsworth place.
Mr.. Johnson's wife Rosalie
suffered a broken ankle and
possible fractured hip; their 10
year-old daughter Eileen Suf-
fered a possible conclusion, and
a 1-year-old nephew. Curtis
Cleveland of Chinquapin VIII
lage, received cuts.
Mr.. Shaeffer also received
cuts.
All four of the injured were
treated at Alexandria Hospital.
Police said the accident oc-
CURED when the car driven by
Mr.. johnson attempted to turn
left from Duke street to Roth
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
SIEGE
SIEGE
Police Siege
OustsSuspect
AndHostoqe
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
James jenkins, jr., %, who
lives next door at 1903 Howard
avenue, entered the house and
pleaded with his father to sur
render. He refused but allowed
his son to come out.
Pvt. Brady then called for
assistance. and four county
police cars and one State police
car arrived.
Tear Gas Used
Young jenkins tried once
more to enter the house, but
when he found the door locked,
County Police Sergt. David
Dudley went into action with a
tear gas gun.
With the small frame
bungalow lit up by a Beltsville
Fire Department spotlight,
Sergt. Dudley fired one shell
into the basement, one into a
window on one side, and a third
against the wall on the other.
jenkins made one more eff
fort to Illustrate the police by
turning on an exhaust fan,
but succeeded only in drawing
more gas fumes up from the
basement.
First Mrs. Langford, and
then jenkins, both coughing
and weeping from the fumes,
walked out of the house. Jen-
kins surrendered without a
struggle.
Assault to Kill Charged
jenkins, a maintenance man
at Prince Georges General Hos
pital, was charged with assault
with intent to kill and freed on
$4,000 bond for a preliminary
hearing on August %.
Mr.. Feldprusch was treated
for his minor wounds at Prince
Georges Hospital and released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
DR.. Prince Takes
Oklahoma Post

DR.. James L. Prince, director
of research for the Montgom-
cry County school system, today
announced he has accepted ap-
pointment as superintendent of
the Owasso (Okla.) school dis
trict.
County Board of Education
members, meanwhile. disclosed
at a board meeting this morn
ing that DR.. Prince, who came
to the county in 1851 as assist
ant superintendent in charge
of personnel, has been granted
a leave of absence until June
80, 1861.
School officials said the leave,
which is authorized under
Maryland Department of Edu-
cation regulations. will prevent
DR.. Prince who is So, from los
ing his retirement status. He is
scheduled to return to the
county in 1861, two months
prior to retirement.
The Owasso school system, to
which DR.. Prince will go is in
a suburb of Tulsa. Before COM
ing here, DR.. Prince served for
IL years as the superintendent
of the Sapulpa school system,
also in the Tulsa environs. He
has served as an educator for
SO years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Official to Keep
Fire Hazard
Schools Closed

BALTIMORE, Aug. 8 tAP) =.
Baltimore City schools with
major fire hazards will not be
permitted to open for classes
next month, the city building
inspection engineer said yes
terday.
The engineer, Robert G.
DIETRICH, said that despite his
warning there will still prob
ably be a half-dozen or more
schools which will not comply"
Il won't let them open," he
emphasized.
Major fire hazards include
improper or inadequate exits,
nonexistent or faulty fire es-
capes and in some cases I'M
enclosed stairways, Mr.. DIETRICH
explained.
He said 38 public schools,
16 Catholic and Is private in
situations have hazards but
have presented no plan for
correction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Kidnapping
Suspects Boil
Is $4,000

Peter Martin Nelson, the 49,
year-old tailor who was kid
naped last month, Indignantly
identified two convictS yeSter-
day as his abductorS.
After his testimony, United
States Commissioner Stanley
King ordered the men, James
Edward Hall and Connie Ellis
Plott, held for action by q
Federal grand jury on kidnap-
ing charges.
Assistant United States At
torney Andrew Giangreco said
he would ask Federal District
Judge Albert V. Bryan to con-
vene a grand jury next month
to consider the case.
At the preliminary hearing
in Alexandria, Mr.. Nelson, ap-
pearing fit and alert, narrated
his 48-hour ordeal in the cap
tivity of two men who had
forced him from his home near
Mclean, Va, on July %.
He revealed few details
which he or the FBI had not
disclosed to reporters after the
kidnapers released him on July
Is near Washington, Pa.
Pointing to Hall and Plott,
who escaped from a highway
work gang in Fairfax County
on July 81, Mr.. Nelson said
they still were wearing shirts
stolen from him when he was
abducted.
Unmoved by croSs-examina-
ton. he declined to alter his
account of the kidnapping in
which he said Hall and Plott
drove him in his car through
the District, Maryland and
along the Pennsylvania turn
pike before they arrived at the
Pennsylvania town about 80
miles from Pittsburgh.
When Defense Attorney Jack
Pickett asked him if he shook
hands with the kidnapers and
told them he had enjoyed the
trip, Mr.. Nelson responded
with a loud and angry, mo, I
did not"
Hall, who was serving an
l1-year sentence for murder
ing his father, and Plott, a
convicted forger, were seized in
Washington, Pa. several hours
after Mr.. Nelson's release.
Commissioner King set their
oond at $4,000 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08

the people at airportS where he
stopped.
The hop from Boston to the
Azores was 2,210 miles, he said.
The entire trip took AZ hours
of flying time.
Radio Knocked Out
Four hours out of Boston,
his long-range radio was
knocked out when lightning
struck a trailing antenna. Dur
ing one brief period, he said
he was out of radio commune
cation completely.
Mr.. Tyler, who is single,
said he learned to fly at Red
wood City. Calf. where his
father is a chief inspector for
an airline. He said he first
touched the controls" at the
age of Is.
A communications specialist,
Mr.. Tyler has been in the Serv-
ice seven years, part of it in
the Navy during World War II,
when he was a crewman in a
flying outfit in the Pacific. He
now is assigned to the Penta-
gon.
He said he plans to leave the
service when his present en-
listment expires in May, 1861,
and go into aviation"
I've got some more things
I'd like to do in the flying field"
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Car Hits Post,
Mai|CIerkDies
a Hurt in Crash;
Man, II, Run Down

A. 29-year-old District man
was killed early today when
his car went out Of control and
crashed into a lamp post at
Eighteenth and California
streets NV.
Police said Roy McClam, jr.,
of 1909 sherwood street NE,
apparently died Of head in
jurieS received in the accident.
He was alone in the car when
it crashed shortly after / am,
they said.
Mr.. McClam, driving a late
model sedan, was going south
on Eighteenth street when the
right side of the car struck
the post, police said.
The victim was employed as
a mail clerk at the main City
Post Office. He was pro-
nounced dead at the Washing
ton Hospital Center. Police
said an autopsy will be per-
formed later today to deter
mine the exact cause of death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
candidates
Barred From
Fairfax Ballot
Independents Fail
To File With State
Elections Board

William C. Crossman and
Walter B. Jamison, independ-
ent candidates for the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors,
have failed to qualify and their
names cannot be printed on
the ballots for the November 3
general election, the Virginia
Board of Elections has ruled.
Levin Mock Davis, secretary
Of the board, said he has
given his opinion to the Fair
fax County Electoral Board.
The two, he said, failed to
comply with a State law which
requires independent candi-
dates to file with the local
clerk Of the court and with
the State board.
The deadline for filing was
July "a. Both Mr.. Crossman
and Mr.. Jamison filed with the
clerks Office before the dead
line but neither filed with the
State, claiming they were not
aware Of the requirement.
Will Seek Write-In
Mr.. Crossman announced he
would conduct a write-in cam
paign against the Democratic
incumbent, Stuart DeBell in
Centreville district if he is sat-
iSfied his name cannot be
printed on the ballot.
The clerk of the court,
Thomas P. Chapman, is on
vacation and could not be
reached for comment.
This comes as a shock to
me-" Mr.. Jamison said when
informed of the development
yesterday. Chapman said that
all I had to do was file with
him. I asked if there were any
more forms I had to fill out.
Chapman told me no. that
this (the clerks Office was the
only place to go.
Il don't know what the next
step will be. If they had told
me I had to file in Richmond,
I would have been glad to
comply"
Mr.. Crossman said, "Mr.
Chapman didn't tell me any,
thing about it. He gave me a
paper to be signed and 1 re-
turned it. If that's the way
they feel about it, I'll get out
and work for a write-in vote"
Mr.. Jamison filed in the Falls
Church district against Thom-
as S. Gray, Democratic incum-
bent. and Robert C. Gotten,
Republican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
D. C. Man Found
Dead of Wound

A 33-year-old Washington
man was found dead of a gum
shot wound last night in a
cabin at Lake jackson, Va.
The victim was Paul Padgett
Of 532 Twentieth street NV.
The Prince William County
sheriff's Office reported that
Mr.. Padgett apparently shot
himself in the head with a %
caliber pistol, which was found
by his body.
He was last seen alive Mon
day. Neighbors said Mr.. Padg-
EFT had recently been released
from the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The following organiZa-
tions close Washington
conventions today:
The Civil Air Patrol In
ternational Cadet Ex-
change, in the Manger-
Annapolis Hotel.
The 5th Armored Divi-
sion Association, in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The United States Army
Warrant officers Associa-
ton, in the Statler Hotel.
The Alumni of the Ma
tional Institute of Dry
Cleaning, in the Mayflower
Hotel.
This information supplied by
the WASHINGTON Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08

vealed he would propose a
number Of amendments. /"
Three primary ones would:
l. Prevent the District from
mourning debt. AS drafted, a
pending bill to make the Dis
trict a territory would allow the
city to float bonds to pay for
public works.
2. Let citizens elect a non
voting delegate to the Senate
The territorial bill provides for
one non-voting delegate to the
House.
3. Reduce from IS to S the
membership in an elected leg
islative assembly.
Southern Voice
AS a senior member from the
Southern bloc dominating the
committee, Mr.. Abernethy was
supposed to have voiced major
ity sentiment.
Home rule supporters saw
the move as an attempt to
riddle the presidentially backed
territorial bill with amend
mentS. Quick committee ap-
proval could beat supporters
to the floor with their own
bill. Home rule advocates are
seeking to pry from the COM
mittee by petition the terri
torial measure, as written, and
to bar amendments except by
sponsors of the petition.
Up to now, petition strate-
giStS have assumed that the
territorial bill would be smoth-
cred in the District Committee
after public hearings now under
way.
If supporters interpret Mr..
Abernethy'S amendments to
mean the committee will re-
port a multi-amended bill, they
might well switch their own
strategy.
Even they don't know what
that strategy is, at the moment.
Representative Multer, DEM
ocrat of New York, has filed a
petition to free the territorial
bill from the committee. 1t
has collected 65 signatures. To
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Man, II, Injured
By Hit-Run Car

A 72-year-old man was crit
ically injured last night when
struck by a hit-and-run car on
the George Palmer highway
near Route 202, Prince Georges
County police reported.
The victim, Joseph Graham
of 9031 Volta street, Carson
dale, Md, was taken to Prince
Georges County Hospital where
his condition today was de-
Scribed as poor.
He suffered head and internal
injuries and several bone
fractures.
Police said Mr.. Graham ap-
parently was walking along
the road when the car hit him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08

the Azores was the biggest
thrill of my life"
Mr.. Tyler, 80, took of in the
loaded airplane on July rs from
Falls Church Airpark, where
he had been chief flying in
structor in his off-duty hours.
Clad in Bermuda shorts, he
flew to Boston, then to the
Azores, to France and Munich,
Germany.
He delivered the $4,000
Cessna-175 to an Austrian
whom he had taught to fly
while the foreigner was in this
country. He returned by COM
mercial airliner Wednesday.
Planned for Month
Mr.. Tyler said he had
planned the fight for several
months, but after he got the
plane rugged with extra gaso-
line tanks and other equip
ment, he said Federal Aviation
Agency inspectors said it could
not be flown. He said he dem
onstrated that the plane could
be flown, but the inspectors
grounded it anyway.
1T was a matter of opinion.
and I made my own decision. "
he said. II think I proved
pretty well that the plane
could fly"
The pilot. who has had a
pilots license since he was 20,
said he has to give a report
Tuesday to the FAA main
tenance inspector for the area.
The FAA didn't know Mr.
Tyler had left on his trans
Atlantic jaunt until an in
spector noticed that the plane
was not at the Falls Church
Airpark and inquired where II
was.
Cost $1,000
Mr.. Tyler said the plane
normally carries 43 gallons of
fuel but he crammed more
than 1870 gallons into it. The
trip, including the expensive
gasoline tanks and other equip
ment, cost him more than
81 900, he said.
Il always wanted to do some
thing like this, and when the
opportunity came up I de-
cided ! would take it," he said
He took four sandwiches,
four nickel packages of cookies
and two thermos bottles OF
black coffee. To keep him
awake, he suspended an alarm
clock from one of the tanks
inside the cockpit.
He said when he got drowsy
he would set the alarm to ring
every 10 minutes because the
plane did not have an auto
matte pilot. He said the alarm
Iclock drew many laughs from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Husband VS.. Wife
On Vacation Question

VACATION-HIS AND HERS-Beginning this Sunday
in the Women'S Section read the first of 3-part
series by Jack and Daisy Cleland, who bring you a
twin account of their vacation this summer, where
they finally went how they organized it and the
"perils" of the trip itself his version hers.
ARE U. S. KIDS OBSESSED WITH LOVE?-Many for
eign youngsters think Americas preoccupation with
romance has our teen-ager obSesSed with love. Now
expert on modern youth says these critics
too quick to Judge. See "Dick Clark Speaking" in
This Week Magazine.
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW WASHINGTON? - You
find out starting this Sunday when SUNDAY,
The Star Magazine, brings you series, entitled
Where Is This HouSe?" challenging word land
picture puzzle to test your knowledge of outstanding
Capital homes
A VACATION WITH THE NAVY-Did you ever think
of joining the Navy for summer vacation? Forty
two local teen-age boys did. For comparison of
life at the Anacostia Naval Air Training Unit with
that of a summer resort, read TEENS cover story
FISHING AT OCEAN CITY-Whie Ocean City, Md, is
noted for its marlin fishing there other forms
of fishing there that provide real sports action Out
door Editor Charles Cove brings you the full story
the Leisure Sportsman Page in the Sports Section.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Area 0Toustmusters
Elect Cole Governor

Manfred Gale, TAOS Kelvin
place, Springfield, Va, recently
was elected governor of Area
10 Toastmasters International.
Mr.. Gale, a civilian employe
at Fort Belvoir, succeeds Capt.
Frank B. Afford, an Air Force
officer assigned to Fort Bel
voir's Engineer Research Lab
oratories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Drive for Revision
Faces City Rule Bill
Abernethy Proposals Stir
Speculation on Strategy
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

District home rule legislation today appeared headed for
major amendment by House committeeman
The first strong indication that any home rule bill would
be reported to the House floor by the District Committee
yesterday at a hearing.
Representative Abernethy Democrat of Mississippi re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Ct CALLED ON CARPET
FAA Seeking Date
On Atlantic Flight

An Army enlisted VINO made an unauthorized solo
hop the Atlantic in oneengne plane will be called
the carpet Tuesday by Federal Aviation authorities.
Specialist SIC Robert Tyler of 846 South Frederick street
Arlington said 2Ohou 39minute flight from Boston to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Senate Approves
More Metro Study
Bill Sent to House Continues
Joint Survey Unit to January 81

resolution to extend the life of the Joint Congressional
Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems through
January 81 1860 has cleared the Senate House action is
expected next week.
Committee Chairman Bible Democrat of Nevada, said he
intended next January ask for further extension until