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capsule that hurtled him from
the plane.
The pressure at $4,000 feet
is much lower than at sea
level, and it is mucn colder.
Il felt a violent decompres-
sion, my whole body expanded, +"
he said. ut was freezing cold,
1t had been rs degrees in the
cockpit, outside it was 5 below
zero. I couldn't keep my eyes
open and my nose was bleeding
freely. My hands got numb
and one wrist and ankle got
frostbitten.
1.-THE chute is set by baro-
metric pressure to open at
10000 feet. After a fall OF
about two minutes I felt a
sharp jerk. I was in the over
cast and couldn't see my para
chute, but I knew I was in
good shape now"
Then he entered the thun-
derstorm.
1.-THE air currents carried me
up and down. There was hail
and severe lightning. I was
afraid I wouldn't make it. 1t
seemed like an eternity"
After more than a half hour
of yo-yo-like bobbing up and
down in the storm, Col. Rankin
suddenly broke out of the
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inability to carry out her pro-
jected tour in West Africa as
arranged this autumn may
bring to many of her people in
Ghana, Sierra Leone and the
Gambia.
Her majesty also much re-
grets that she and the Duke of
Edinburgh will be unable to
visit Shetland and Orkney next
week.
In Good Health
Flying of on a vacation this
afternoon, Lord Evans. an
obstetrician, said the Queens
health is good. The British
press had expressed deep con-
Germ about her health during
the North American tour and
she seemed tired on her re-
turn.
After her doctors confirmed
that she was pregnant, the
Queen stayed close to home
Buckingham Palace. But yes
terday she left for Balmoral
Castle. her home in the Scot
fish highlands, with Prince
Philip and the children.
The Queen was smiling as
she boarded the train for Scot
land. She appeared far from
exhausted despite the rigors OF
See QUEEN, Page AS
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BEAUFORT, S. c., Aug. Z
(AP) The Marine pilot bailed
out of his crippled jet 9 miles
above the earth at 500 miles an
hour. He did not reach the
earth in his parachute for 40
minutes, and received a buffet
ing from a raging Thunderstorm
that made him feel like II was
playing the whole Notre Dame
football team"
1t. Col. William H. Rankin,
80, the pilot, recounted his story
today to the Associated Press
from the Beaufort Auxiliary
Air Station. He is recovering
in the hospital while doctors
study his reactions to what may
have been the highest altitude
parachute jump ever made.
On the night of July 26 Col.
Rankin was on his way back
to Beaufort from Boston Naval
Air Station on a high-altltude
navigation fight. His F-8-U
CRUSADER fighters engine sud
denly stopped. for unknown
reasons, while he was at $4,000
feet.
"I had no power. radio, in
strumentS or control over the
plane" he said. 81 had to get
out fast. Otherwise speed
would build up and I'd never
Survive election from the craft.
| Col. Rankin triggered the
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blasted Laotian Premier phoui
Sananikone's decision to let 200
United States and French Of
ficers instruct the 25,000-man
royal army. The Chinese claim
the Americans have brought
thousands of tons of arms and
hundreds of military advisers
into the landlocked country
Peiping also mas demanded
revival of the India Poland
Canada armistice commission
for Laos, and of the 1854 armi-
Stice agreement which pro-
hibits establishment of foreign
bases in Laos and Cambodia.
Britain, as co-chai' man of
the 1854 armistice conference.
rejected Peiping's demand. La
otian Foreign Minister Khan
phan Panya said yesterday his
government has mo intention
of yielding to outside pressure
for the return of the interna-
tional armistice commission"
The Soviet news agency Tass
in a dispatch from Moscow to-
day charged Mr.. Sananikone's
government with trying to
suppress by armed force the
democratitc movement in the
country" 1t said the fighting
could spread beyond Laos. en-
quilting a whole line of South
east Asian countries"
Mr.. Panya said if the situa-
ton grows worse Laos could
ask the United Nations Secur-
ity Council to intervene.
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Univuc ReIuxes
With Own Music
Southern Style

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. Z
(AP).-How does Univac re-
lieve its tensions? With mu-
sic, Southern style.
During coffee breaks at Gen.
eral Electric'S plant the elec-
tronic brain grindS out rea-
sonable facsimilies of Colonel
Bogey March," Dixie" and
other pieces.
The operator makes it pos
sible with a series of loops
on the magnetic tape. The
rapid whirring and rewinding
of the tapes and other cleo
tronic gimmicks give the i'm
preston of musical notes.
After a rousing rendition of
Dixie" the control panel
flashes the query: Would you
like to hear it again?"
If the operator punches
Eyes" Univac provides another
chorus of the Southern anthem.
When the answer is mo"
Univac retorts:
go home. damnyankee.
I'm going to play it again any,
way"
1t does, with gusto.
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Laotian posts along the North
Wet Nam border last week.
The Laotian Defense Ministry
said yesterday that all posts had
been retaken and the border
once more was quiet, but uncon-
firmed reports said the in
Surgents were maSsing five bat
talions just across the frontier.
Drenching monsoon rains,
however, are acting as a deter
rent on large-scale operations.
Peiping radio reported that
wisp-bearded old Ho, home
ward bound from a vacation
in Russia. left Lanchow, in the
Chinese northwest. by special
train yesterday for Sian.
Mr.. Mao and his top military
and political chieftains are be-
lieved in secret conference
somewhere outside Peiping
The locale could be Sian
although such powwows in the
past also have been held al
Wuhan or Tientsin.
Mr.. Ho could be carrying
strong suggestions from Mos
COW to avoid tanning the Laos
North Wet Nam quarrel into
open flame, at least until after
Premier Nikita KhruShchev ano
President Eisenhower complete
their autumn exchange Of
visits.
But observers in Tokyo be-
lieve Peiping likely will have
the last word on what happens
next in Laos. For nearly nine
years. ever since the massive
intervention of the Red Chi.
nese in Korea, Soviet Russia
has conceded that East Asia
is Mr.. Macs special sphere Of
influence.
In recent weeks Chinese
propaganda has repeatedly
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Picture on Pose AZ

busy actress after an awkward
years absence, will marry
Harold Robert Allen jr., "a,
a commercial art student.
The ceremony will be con-
Quoted in st. Martin of Tours
Catholic Church. The couple
will honeymoon in Hawaii
Upon their return Margaret
plans to continue her career,
Harold his studies.
Margaret says they met four
years ago on a double date
with other partners. They
have been going steady for a
year.
Harold is the son of Harold
R. Allen, an aircraft design
specialist. Margaret's mott er,
Mrs. Gladys O'Brlen. a former
dancer, died a year ago.
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BOAT MOTORS
ARE DISCUSSED

lNBoARD or outboord' Outdoor
Editor ChorIes CoveII discusses the
merits Of both types Of croft todoy
on Poee AIS.
lF WOMEN from all over could
meet for quilting bee, q summit
conference would be unnecessary.
Dorothy Roe gives her unusual op-
prooeh to diplomacy on Poee C-3.
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8 Dead, 52Hurt in Fire
And BIost in Oregon

Gerretsen Building Supply Co.
building, beside which the
driver had parked it while he
got a cup of coffee.
The driver. George Ruther-
ford, ChehaliS, Wash, said he
was walking back toward It and
was knocked down by the blast.
He was hospitalized, with in
.iuries believed not critical.
Sky Red With Embers
Volunteer Fireman Tony
Shukle said he was knocked
down, too, blocks away. He got
up. he said. and "the sky was
red with embers." Then, he
said, fire began to spread.
There was fire all over" he
said, tthe big one and probably
four or five small ones"
For a time there was fear
that a propane gas storage
tank might explode but firemen
cooled it with water.
At the height of the fire t:>
six-story Umpqua Hotels 65
guests and employees were evac-
uated.
The manager, Dick Smith,
said that at his home, 2 miles
away, windows were. blown out.
Mrs. Bill Unrath, wife OF a
volunteer fireman, said she saw
her husband walk into the
burning Gerretson Building just
before the explosion. The force
of the blast knocked her down.
Roseburg. 1876 miles south of
Portland, is at the heart OF the
Douglas fir lumber industry
Lumber and building supplies
occupied several buildings in
the stricken area.
The National Guard was
called to prevent looting.
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ROSEBURG. Greg. Aug. 7
(AP) "A dynamite truck
parked beside a burning build
ing exploded with mammoth
force early today. At least
eight persons are known dead.
The blast shattered build
ings and spread a raging fire
over the downtown area.
Hospitals hold So persons,
at least three of them critically
hurt. Physicians and blood
plasma were flown from nearby
Grants Pass.
The hospitals reported three
bodies and the mortuary said
it had four bodies and frag-
ments of at least one and
perhaps two others.
Only two, Assistant Fire
Chief Roy Mcfarland and
Harry Carmichael. about so
were identified.
The blast and fire virtually
leveled six blocks of ware
houses, small businesses and
residences.
Business Area Damaged
Debris was spread through
another six blocks, including
the heart of the business dis
trict.
The fire, fought by men and
equipment from as far away as
Eugene. rs miles north, was
controlled some four hours
after the blast came at 100
am.
There is crater so feet wide
and 20 feet deep where the
truck, from the Pacific Powder
Co., Tenino, Wash, had stood
The truck blew up moments
after the fire siren had sounded
the alarm for a blaze at the
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Aga Khan Plans Aid

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 7
(AP) The % year old Aga
Khan, visiting here. says he is
studying plans to set up a
development bank in Syria to
help his Ismaili Moslem fol-
lowers improve their economic
status. About 10000 of his 20
million Ismailis are in Syria.
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BULLE TIN
Eisenhower Sets
Dates for Trip

President Eisenhower plans
to go to Great Britain about
August % and to France Sep
TENDER 2, the White House
announced today. The trips
are for conferences with the
Western allies in preparation
for the September Is visit
here of Soviet Premier
KhruShchev.
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3Amendments
To Territorial
Bill Projected
Abernethy Plan
Would Complicote
Passage Chances
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star STAFF Writer

Representative Abernethy,
Democrat of Mississippi. said
today he would propose at least
three amendments to legisla-
ton making the District a
territory. He testified at a
House subcommittee hearing
that his amendments would:
/. Prevent the District from
mourning debt. AS drafted, the
bill would allow the city to
float bonds to pay for public
works.
2. Let citizens elect nom
voting delegate to the Senate.
Now. one non-voting delegate
to the House is provided by the
pending proposal.
8. Reduce from Is to 5 men,
bershlp in an elected legislative
assembly.
Amendments either in the
District Committee or on the
House floor would be sure to
complicate passage of the ter
ritorial bill. Sponsors are seek
ing to pry the legislation from
committee. and force a floor
vote through a discharge petit
ton. requiring signatures of
one more than half the total
House membership.
Hearings Going On
simultaneously, District SUBJ
committee Chairman Davis,
Democrat of Georgia, is con-
Quoting hearings on the terri
torial and other home rule bills.
Mr.. Abernethy made his sug-
gestions at the third hearing
this morning.
He surprised one witness,
Representative Foley, Democrat
Of Maryland. and an audience
of about so with his sugges-
tons after a heated discussion
of city financing if home rule
were granted.
Washington has made rea-
sonable progress without debt"
the Mississippi Congressman
maintained. Until this year,
law barred the District Com
misSioners from borrowing
money. But Congress has just
passed legislation authorizing
the city to be advanced money
by the United States Treasury
the first chunk of which is
included in the budget for the
current fiscal year.
Representative Matthews,
Democrat of Florida, presiding
at the hearing for Mr.. Davis,
said one of the biggest prob
lens posed by home rule was
financial.
Citizens of this city have
super-privileges in the area of
Federal aid. Can they at the
same time expect to have
Super-voting privileges?" he
asked.
Favor Bigger U. s. Sum
He said he believed the Fed
eral Government should APP
propriate more than the an
nual $25 million Federal pay
ment granted by Congress this
year.
yet. If the people of the
District feel like they have
Illustrations with Federal
financing now. I think they'll
feel more frustrated with home
rule" he said,
For example, Congress can
press action on bridges to be
built over the Potomac, he
pointed out. The delays in such
construction cannot be blamed
on Congress, he said, but rather
See HOME RULE, Page AS
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LONOON, aug u QuCCh
Elizabeth II is going to have
another baby, her third, prob
ably in January or February.
A buckingham Palace spokes-
man announced today that a
Re1orter Tells How Royol Secret Wos
Kept Poee CT
royal baby is on the way. dis
closing the 33-year-oid Queen
was pregnant during her long
and firing tour of Canada
which began June 10.
The spokesman said the
Queen had rejected suggestions
that she call off the tour be-
cause "she knew the disappoint-
ment it would have caused"
The birth will be the first in
more than 100 years to a reign
ing British sovereign. Queen
Victoria gave birth to Princess
Beatrice in 1857.
Prince Charles, heir to the
throne, was born November IA,
.1948. and Princess Anne August
is. 1850. Queen Elizabeth's
coronation was June 2, 1858.
Confirmed by Doctors
The Queen returned to Lon
don Sunday from Canada. She
called in her doctors. Sir John
Weir and Lord Evsns. the fol-
lowing day. Only then was her
pregnancy confirmed, the
spokesman said. Since then
she has spent nearly all her
time resting.
The news was given out to-
day by Comdr. Richard Colville,
the Queens press secretary.
After announcing the forth
coming birth, Comdr. Colville
said:
Her majesty and Prince
Philip are very happy about it. "
The Queen has Cancelled all
public engagements. She has
called off her visit to Ghana.
which was to have taken place
in November.
A palace statement said:
The Queen will undertake
no further public engagements.
Her majesty deeply regrets
the disappointment which her
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BY WILLIAM HINES
star Science Writer


The Air Force and the civil
ian space agency today launched
a three-stage Thor-Able rocket
at Cape Canaveral, Fla, in an
effort to put a bizarre looking
"paddlewheel" satellite into the
strangest orbit ever.
The launching, apparently
flawless. took place at 1923
am. after a brief delay for
range-safety reasons. Twenty
minutes later a spokesman an
nounced that the liquid-fueled
second stage and the solid third
stage had ignited.
The 142 pound satellites
planned orbit will take it out
$4,000 miles before bringing it
back to a point only about 140
miles above the earth.
The booster rocket required
a speed of $4,000 miles an hour
1000 miles above normal
satellite specific get the sort
of orbit scientists wanted.
Probe Radiation Belt
Purpose of the elongated path
the satellite will travel once
every IL hours is to give science
clearer idea of the nature of
The so-called Van Allen radia-
hon belt.
This double band of SUBJ
stomic particles, several thou
sand miles thick, was discov-
cred early in 1858 by the first
two successful Explorer rock
cts and was investigated fur
ther by the two Pioneer moon
probes later that year. A COM
plete, longtime study of the
Van Allen belt required a sa-
tellite with special equipment
and a highly elliptical orbit. :.
Explorer VI-the name to be
given to today'S satellite if 1t
achieves orbit-waS designed
to supply answers to remain
| ing riddles about the Van Allen
belt.
Weaving Through Belt
At its closest approach, the
satellite will be well below the
belts earthward limit, and at
its farthest out, we'll beyond
the most intense portions of
the belt. BY weaving in and
out through the belt twice a
day, the satellite will eventually
provide a complete picture of
the nature and intensity of the
Van Allen radiation.
Lifetime of the satellite, If
it achieves its planned orbit,
will be about a year.
Special provision. in the
form of a kick" rocket. will
give the satellite extra speed
and therefore extra minimum
altitude if scientists decide
this is necessary. The kick
rocket would not be fired, in
any event, until several hours
after launching.
The 'paddlewheel" aspect of
See SATELLITE, Page AS
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Hurricane Hits
Hawaii Chain
Kuuui Island Ruked
But No One Is Hurt

HONOLULU, Aug. Z (AP).-
A bowling hurricane turned
the enchanted movie island of
Kauai into a mass of devasta
ton today.
It blew down houses. un-
rooted others. knocked out
communications and power,
flooded some sections, left
roads impossible, cut water
supply to some communities.
Almost. mitaculously, there
was not a casualty.
The rare mid-Pacific storm
known as Hurricane Dot
swirled up on Kauai from the
south. hit it with 75-mile-an-
hour winds and torrential rain
and moved north out to the
open sea, where it began to
disintegrate.
Damage could run into mil
lions.
Authorities. hampered by
knocked out communications
waited for daylight for a full
assessment of the havoc. es-
pecially to the sugar and pine
apple plantations.
Strikes Head On
The hurricane first Strucl
Kauai headon last night aftel
dealing the rest of the islands
of the Hawaiian chain onl!
glancing blows in the previous
two days.
BY early today, the weather
bureau said 1.-The worst is def
nitely over"
The island is the northern.
most of the Hawaiian archi.
pelago and the locale of the
movies South Pacific, Beach
See HURRICANE, Page At
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Space 'Padd|ewheeI'
Quickly Starts Orbit
Three-Stuoe
Rocket Fired
Smoothly
BULLETIN

An earth satellite launched
at Cape Canaveral, Fla, at
1923 am. today has achieved
an almost perfect. highly ell
liptical orbit. Preliminary
calculations released by the
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration about
pm. showed its maximum
and minimum distances from
the earth to be $4,000 and
l40 miles, respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
HouseAWaits
US. Reaction
To Labor Row
PIeos by President
And Meony Fail
To Swuv Leaders
BY LEE M. COIN
Star stan Writer

House members braced them
selves today for the flood of
mail on labor reform expected
to flow from last nights RADIO
television clash between Presi-
dent Eisenhower and AFL-CIO
President George Meany.
In separate broadcasts. MIR.
Eisenhower demanded enact
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ment Of an effective" clean
up bill, and Mr.. Meany
labeled the Presidents formula
"antl-labor." Mr.. Meany
pleaded for support of much
milder legislation. to get the
crooks"
Early reaction to the
speeches disclosed no shifts in
opinion among leading adver-
saries in the battle. But
aroused public opinion could
hit Capitol Hill in time to
swing crucial House votes next
week. Both the President ana
Mr.. Meany tried frankly to
stir UP popular support.
Telegfams at White House
White House Press Secretary
James C. Haggerty said the
President had received by mid
morning "a great many" tele-
grams which were practically
unanimous in support of his
labor bill stand. He added that
it was "a surprising number"
of kilograms for immediate re-
action to a presidential speech.
Still to be heard from are
hackers of reform legislation
midway between the relatively
tough" and mild" bills
espoused by the President ana
Mr.. Meany. These middle
readers have asked the radio
and Tv networks for equal
time to reply to last nights
speeches.
Most observers doubt the bill
backed by the AFL-CIO has
much chance for passage by
the House. As matters now
stand, a nip-and-tuck battle
is in prospect between the
middle -of-the-road bill and
the measure Endorsed by Mr..
Eisenhower.
The President put his finger
on the main points ct issue:
Secondary boycotts ard or
ganizational picketing. He
demanded tight restrictions
against these "coercive" union
practices. The middle-of-the-
road bill covers these areas in
only a limited way.
''MisinfOrmed," Says Kennedy
Senator Kennedy, Democrat
lof Massachusetts,, said the
President was wholly miSin-
formed" on the content of the
bills. The Senator sponsored
a bill passed by the Senate
last April, and Endorses the
measure approved by the House
Labor Committee. Mr.. Eisen-
hover said neither bill would
really curb the abuses the
American people want to see
corrected"
Senator Kennedy insisted
these bills would eliminate
racketeering in trade unions,
and charged the Landrum-
Griffin bill--backed by the
President-would wreck the le-
gitimate union movement.
House passage of the Lam
drum Griffin bill would def
initely jeopardize enactment OF
labor reform legislation at this
session" Senator Kennedy
warned.
This bill is sponsored BY
Representatives Landrum, Dem
ocrat of Georgia, and Griffin
Republican of Michigan. The
President called it a good. start
See LABOR, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 7 (AP).
Remember that little girl
with the freckled face and the
braids? Well, she's grown up
and getting married tomorrow
Not the little girl who lived
next door. But Margaret
O'Brien, the child screen star
whose wistful charm won mil
lions of fans.
Margaret, now a 21-year-old
brunette beauty and again a
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Ho Going to See Mao,
Repeatedly About Laos
North Wet Nam and Red Chino Chiefs
Expected to Confer Near Peipinc

TOKYO Aug 7 (AP).-President Ho Chi Mini Of Com
munst Wet Nam journeyed China today possibly
his way to talk with Mao Tzetung about whether to
against their proWestern neighbo the little Chinese
kingdom OF Laos.
Bands of Communist trained ribeSmen began attacking
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his automobile quickly. He
got on the right road to
quick results by adv ertising
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found a buyer the first day
his ad ran.
If you have something to
sell, from an abacus to an
automobile, always use
Star Classified where it
costs less to get quicker
and better results.
It's easy to place an ad
in the resultful Star ClaS-
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Elizabeth Expecting
Baby Early Next Year
By EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press stan Writer

LONDON, Aug. 7. Queen
Elizabeth II is going to have
another baby, her third, prob
ably in January or February.
Buckingham Palace spokes-
man announced today that a
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