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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Diesel Runs
Unnamed
For ~ Miles

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Nov.
Is (AP).-An unnamed 123-
ton diesel locomotive crept out
of a Jersey City freight yard
last night and Numbered down
the tracks for % miles befoN
it was stopped.
Apparently the diesel had
been left standing with its
hand brakes applied and its
throttle open at the Johnston
avenue yards.
A Jersey Central Railroad
spokesman said that somehow
the brakes failed to hold.
Yardmen looked up from
their work, aware that this was
an unscheduled engine move
ment. Their surprise changed
to horror when they saw there
was no one at the throttle.
The diesel eased from the
yards as though it knew where
it was going.
For 80 agonizing minute.
railroad officials tracked the
steel monster as it roared pas
silent freight cars and heavily
industrialized areas. Franti.
cally, they stopped some seized.
uled trains and rerouted others
From Jersey City, the desc
flashed southwark, through
heavily populated Bayonne anc
into Elizabeth across the New.
ark Bay drawbridge. Thil
bridge was the scene of {
Jersey Central train wreck il
1858 that claimed 48 lives
Then Jersey Central Officials
swung another big engine int
service ahead of the runawa,
in a bold move to make gentle
coupling and ease to a stop.
Countless switches WerI
thrown to keep the runawa!
clear of evening passenge
trains.
Finally the rescue engine
operated by Engineer Cheste
Gudmunson, made the couplinl
and brought the unnamed en-
CINE to a halt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

until and unless we hear from
the Irish government"
Ambassador Hearne expressed
his profound regret" and SYM
pathy for the family of the
dead woman.
Immediately after converting
the inquest in the filled hearing
room. DR.. Macdonald asked
young Hearne's attorney, Henry
G. Beauregard. if the youth was
still on the white list" Mr..
Beauregard asked for a recess
and left the room to call the
youths father.
In 5 minutes, Mr.. Beauregard
was back in the room. The
neatly dressed, worried-looking
youth listened carefully as his
attorney told DR.. Macdonald
his client was still on the list.
There will be no hearing,
said DR.. Macdonald, and he
dismissed the six-man coroner's
jury.
Assistant United States Attor.
ney Maurice Dunie, represent
ing the Government, was asked
what the ruling meant.
ut means it's Cancelled. It's
over" Mr.. DUNE told a re.
/ porter.
In the hearing room when the
proceedings were terminated
was William S. Thompson, at.
torney for the family of Mrs
Jessie Hamlin, 81, of 721 Ken
nedy street NE, who was killed
Wednesday night by young
Hearne'S car.
Mr.. Thompson told reporters
Mrs. Hamlin was a widow who
supported some nephews and
nieces. He said he would check
as to whether David Hearne
See HEARNE, Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
By CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staf Writer

A threat from Judson Nor
house, New York State Repub-
lican chairman, to have Nelson
A. Rockefeller "sit out" the big
Republican Embarrassing din
ners in January resulted in the
New York Governor being in
vited to the Washington affair
This was reported by Repub-
lican leaders here today who
said there has been "a tremen-
dous amount" of interest in
Gov. Rockefeller's scheduled
appearance here for the jan
uary 81 dinner.
1t was announced nearly 9
week ago that the Governor
would speak here, but it wa:
not until yesterday afternoon
that it was finally nailed down
Nixon Bloc Hostile
Some of Vice President Nix
on's ardent supporters here
and elsewhere, it was. learned
fought to the last to keep Gov
Rockefeller from being as
signed to Washington as ont
of the choice spots in the cross.
country Republican dinners.
In the center was the Repub.
lican National Com mite
which found itself caught ir
the crossfire between the Nix
onites and the unyielding posi-
ton taken by Mr.. Morhouse
that Gov. Rockefeller woul6
speak here or nowhere.
In thA interest of harmony
and the mundane desire to take
advantage of Mr.. Rockefeller.
appeal-in itself a guarantee
of a big house-the nationa.
committee finally gave in.
The sequence of events lead.
ing up to the assignment o.
Gov. Rockefeller to the Wash.
ington fete, with nobody willing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
RockefeIIer's Threat
Wins Party Dinner Bid

to admit issuing the invitation,
was about like this:
Some months ago when the
dinners were in the initial plan
ming stage, a Republican off,
cial, Clarence G. Adamy, en-
ceuntered Carl L. Shipley.
chairman of the Republican
State Committee for the Dis
trict, in a corridor at the
National Committees Offices.
Mr.. Albany said that Presi-
dent Eisenhower would be
speaking at the Los Angeles
dinner, the Vice President at
the Chicago affair, and who
would Mr.. Shipley like for the
Washington dinner?
The Republican national
chairman, Thruston B. Morton
Gov. Rockefeller, Presidential
Secretary Wilton Persons, Sec
Rotary of the Interior Seaton
and Postmaster General Sum-
merfield were among those
mentioned as possibilities.
Morton Suggested
Mr.. Shipley said the local
sponsors would take Senator
Morton if the Washington din
ner was included in the tele-
vision program for the dinner
But it was made clear that
Gov. Rockefeller, as a major
drawing card. would be well
coined by the local committee.
Then followed considerable
pulling and hauling. Senator
Morton was invited to speak
at the big New York affair. He
said he would be in Washing
ton. Then Mr.. Morhouse
busted himself on the tele-
phone and set out in unmis-
taxable language the position
of the Rockefeller camp.
The upShot was that Senator
Morton was extended an invita-
See G. o. p, Page At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Touhy PoroIed
After Is Years

SPRINGFIELD, H.. Nov. 10
AP).-Roger Touhy, Chicago
prohibition era gangster, was
granted a parole today by the
Illinois Parole and Pardon
Board.
The decision means that
Touhy, once known as THE
Terrible" will gain his freedom
from Statewide Prison after Is
years behind bars.
The board said he will be
released as soon as his proSpec-
tive home and job have been
investigated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

u
United Substantially his IA
vorite target-but dashed out
in a three-hour telecast at his
enemies at home and called
them "hypocrites who once
posed as friends of the revolu-
ton"
rats are going TO abandon
the ship when things get
rougher," he declared. "This
is going to remind me of the
bad days of the revolution when
many gave up the fight"
But he predicted that the
revolution would march on
even if its enemies "try to
mobilize God against U.S."
This won't work." Mr.,
Castro said, because one can
not have a good idea of God
If he doesn't have a notion of
what it is to love his neighbor.
Repeats Bombing Charge
Obviously weary from his
long hours of directing the
search for his missing army
chief, the 33-year-old Prime
Minister showed only occasional
flashes of his usual fire and
spirit. At times his custom
arily free-flowing oratory
lapsed as if he was grasping
for a word. Bags under his
eyes were clearly visible.
He rejected the United
States contention that there
was no evidence United States
based aircraft bombed and
strafed Havana in a leaf1et raid
over the capital october 81. He
reiterated his charge that Maj.
Pedro Diaz LAM, former COM
mander Of the revolutionary air
force who detected, was re-
Sponsible for the raid. He
claimed again that 2 persons
were killed and so wounded.
Won't Be Inundated
Mai. Diaz LAM was arrested
in Miami on Cuban govern
ment warrant seeking his ex-
tradition. He is now out on
bail awaiting a hearing on
whether he should be sent back
to face charges of murder, but
the United States informed
Cuba the bomb bay on the
plane he flew was imperative
and there was no evidence the
See CUBA, Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

I did not reveal his Thanksgiving
cranberry intentions.
No word on the cranberry has
come yet from New York Gov
Nelson Rockefeller, who is in
California, or from other presi-
dental prospects.
Seasoned political experts are
predicting, however, that Gov
Rockefeller may find the cram
berry a tasty morsel when he
goes to Oregon tonight.
A lot of cranberries are grown
there, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Cost Of Strike
Rises, Federal.
Figures Show
Decline in Gross
National Product
Outstrips Estimate
BY LEE M. COIN
Star stan Writer

The steel strike has hurt the
national economy even more
than most pessimists expected,
Gross national productive
best single yardstick Of eco
nomic ups and downs-de-
clined substantially more than
anticipated during the July
September quarter.
New figures showing the drop
will be released by the Govern
ment Monday. Oficials who
have seen the report said it
shows q Surprisingly sharp"
decline in gross national prod
uct between the second april
June) and third ly-Septem-
ber) quarters.
Hit Peak in I'd Quarter
Gross national product
GNP-measures the total value
of all goods and services pro-
duced. It hit a record peak
during the April-June quarter,
a seasonally adjusted annual
rate of $484.5 billion. That
was just before the steel strike
July IS.
President Eisenhowe IRIS
Council of Economic Advisers
estimated last month that
GIMP declined to an annual
rate of $481 billion. mainly be-
causue of the steel strike, dur
ing the July-September quarter
But the official new figures
show the council underesti-
mated the strikes impact. GNP
actually declined substantially
more than the $3.5 billion esti-
mated. Oficials. although hold
ing back the actual figures un-
til Monday, indicated the third
quarter rate was below $48C
billion.
Biggest Factor In Decline
The steel strike. which cut
deep into production of stee,
and products and services de.
pendent on steel, was by fal
the biggest factor in the decline
Other influences also may have
entered the picture. however.
Before the steel strike, Gov
eminent officials were predict
ing that GIMP would reach :
$500 billion rate by the end o.
1859. Now, it seems clear, tina
historic half : trillion dollal
peak will be postponed ever
See ECONOMY, Page A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
BOATS REQUIRE
WINTER CARE

HOW AND WHEN to put owoy
boat is told in detail by The Stor's
outdoor editor, Charles CovelI, in
the Sports Section, Pose D-5.
THE BIAS-cUT eowI bodice. otter
80 years, is still the thing. Its re-
viyol is reported on by EIeni. The
Stor's foshion editor, writing from
Beverly Hills, coIif. Poee CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
D. C.Mojor Crime
Rises 10th Month

The Districts major crime
rate has risen substantially
over last years figures for the
tenth consecutive month, po-
lice officials reported today.
Last month the increase
amounted to 17.9 per cent over
October, 1858.
The report showed a total of
1,746 serious offenses reported,
an increase of 265 over the
comparable period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

will want to know that 1t was
Porley Expected Here on Cranberry
Problem. Page A-l0
in Wisconsin on November IL.
1889, that the little red cram
berry became a factor in the
1860 presidential campaign.
Vice President Nixon, on q
"non-political" tour Of the
Badger State, was. the first to
find aid of a sort in the berry.
He was asked at a Wisconsin
Rapids press conference what
he thought about the current
cranberry contamination scare.
Wisconsin Rapids happens to
be a eranberry-producing area.
He'll Eat Them
Well, the Vice President said,
he was going to eat cranberries
on Thanksgiving, land so will
millions of others be eating
them"
Pressing his advantage, the
Vice President went further:
He'd rather not wait till
Thanksgiving to have his cram
berries; he'd like to have some
that very night.
And not just for votes" he
assured his listeners.
AS good as his word, the Vice
President had his cranberries
at an evening banquet in the
Assumption High School gym
nasium.
When Mr.. Nixon sat down to
eat, he found not the cranberry
juice which had been on the
original menu, but the real
thing-a heaping dish OF cram
berry dressing.
II ate four helpings," the
Vice President said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Herter Caution on Indio
Stirs Resentment Fear
Secretary Says He Spoke Of LesuIities,
Not MoruIities, of Row With Red Chino
BY EARL H. vOSS
star stan Writer

Fears mounted here today that Secretary OF State
Herters caution supporting India in her border dispute
with Red China may set of wave Of anti-AmericanSm IN
India on the eve Of President Esenhowers visit there
Some diplomats suggested there may be an uproar
reminiscent o the one the late Secretary Of State Dulles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Castro Warns
Peop|eofH Hard
DaysAhead
: Lushes at Enemies
At Home, BoreIy
Sideswipes U. S.

HAVANA. Nov. IS (AP).-
Looking grim and haggard,
Fidel Castro told the Cuban
people early today that his
revolution faces difficult days.
The bearded Prime Minister
took only a sideswipe at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
BULLE TIN
UGF at 86.o%

The United Givers Fund
today reached $500 per
cent of its $7,13S,OOO goal,
with a total of almost
S6.2 million reported. The
drive, which has been run
ming behind last years
campaign, is closing the
gap, and is now $42,376
behind last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

BY coincidence or design, an
other presidential front runner,
Senator Kennedy. found cram
berries much to his liking last
night.
Secret Kept
The Massachusetts, Democrat,
speaking in Marshfield, Wis,
only 80 miles from Wisconsin
Rapids, drank a cranberry juice
toast before a capacity audi
ence.
Senator Kennedy, however,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

United Stotes offieioIs See Hope in
Costro Speech. Pose A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
80 ISSUE?
80 ISSUE?
Kennedy,
Nixon Back
Cranberry

Let it be recorded that q
lightweight, weighing only q
fraction of an ounce at peak
condition, has entered the 1860
political race.
Future historians doubtless
will want to know that it was
Porley Expected Here on Cranberry
Problem. Poge A-l0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
rur VAIeAruEn. Full Report
Ute WCAIHEN. on Pass Az

Mostly cloudy tonight. lowest 46. Mostly
cloudy and mild with scattered showers
likely tomorrow.
Temneratures Today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
Man Found Guilty
In Street Shooting

A Rockville (Md.) man was
found guilty of four charges of
assault and carrying concealed
weapons in a Rockville Peoples
Court yesterday as a result of a
street shooting in which an IL
year-old boy was hit by a
bullet.
Sanders Edwin Brown, 81, of
the 200 block of East Montgom-
cry avenue, was convicted by
Judge John B. Diamond III,
who ordered him to pay a fine
Of $400 or serve 100 days in
Jail.
Sentence was suspended on
two other charges of disorderly
conduct and discharging fire.
arms.
The shooting occurred out
side a Rockville tavern October
4 when police said Brown fired
a revolver near a crowd of peo-
pie. One of the bullets richo-
cheted and grazed the face of
the boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
Man With Gun
Seized in SIuyinq

A gun-toting man was seized
by Fairfax County police to-
day as a suspect in the fatal
shooting of a Loudoun County
(Va.) woman seven hours ear
lier.
Police Capt. Grafton Wells
and 1t. John Wahl said they
arrested Embry Page, 40, about
8 am. as he rounded the cor
ner of a house about half a
mile from where Mrs. Mary
Virginia Richardson, 40, was
killed in her home about /
am.
Both the shooting and the
arrest occurred in the Oak
Grove community near Ster-
ling, Loudoun County, about
half a mile from the Fairfax
County line.
1t. Wahl said Page had a
fully loaded .45-caliber ARMY
pistol in his hand when they
caught him but gave up with
out resistance. The lieutenant
said Mrs. Richardson was shot
after an argument.
Page was turned over to LOU
doun County authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
Building Plan
In Vienna Hif

A strong protest against a
multimillion- dollar tower apart
ment project that would double
the population Of Vienna, Va,
was filed yesterday by the Com
mittee for Orderly Progress.
the Mayor and council. The
The committee, made up of
civic associations in the Vienna
area, has sent its protest to
the mayor and council. The
protest was in the form of a
petition bearing 1,136 sigma
lures.
The petition said the devel-
opment would not be a sta
bilizing influence" on Vienna
The 12-building project would
overcrowd schools, create traf-
fic jams and change the resi-
Dental character of the town,
it charged.
The committee said no per-
sonal criticism of the devel-
oper presenting the plan, Fred
Schneider, was intended. Mr..
Schneider is president of the
Northern Virginia Savings &
Loan Association.
Mrs. John Ford, a committee
spokesman, said the committee
is only against any high-rise
apartments in Vienna.
Mr.. Schneider applied last
September to rezone II acres
for the project. The town coun-
Gil has not yet held a public
hearing on the proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
Curbs on Closing Out
Sales Held Effective

a closing-out sale must apply
for a permit and present an
inventory of stock to be sold
during the special sale. The
business must be in operation
at the same location for at least
four months prior to the time
of the closing-out sale.
The emergency sale may last
only 80 days or, in hardship
cases, another 30-day extension
may be permitted.
A violation conviction carries
a maximum $500 fine and Q
90-day Jail penalty.
License officials last week
delivered permit applications
to about II businesses. They
said none has applied other
than the two which received
permits and are continuing
their emergency sales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
Man, Wife
Convicted of
HoIdup Role

BALTIMORE, Nov. 8 (AP).-
A Howard County couple was
convicted yesterday of helping
a West Virginian rob a bank
Of $18,25O two years ago.
Judge r. Dorsey Watkins
found Raymond Lee Mills, 81,
Of Dayton. Md. and his wife
Marjorie. "a, guilty in United
States District Court, then
postponed sentencing pending
a possible motion for new
trial.
Glen w. O'Dell, %, OF Eeaver,
w. Va. pleaded guilty earlier
to being the gunman in the
holdup and was a key witness
against Mr.. and Mrs. Mills.
The Central Bank of Howard
County at GAINESVILLE, Md, was
robbed November 8, 1857.
Judge Watkins, commenting
on very sordid circumstances
Of the robbery, concluded that
Mills planned the holdup and
drove the getaway car while
his wife helped with the plan
ming and supplied a bag in
which to carry the loot.
ODell testified he agreed to
hold up the bank out of love
for Mrs. Mills. the mother of
four children. He told Judge
Watkins he became infatuated
with the woman while working
as a counter clerk in the COL
lege Park hamburger stand
which she managed three years
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
Firehouse Plan Stirs
Dispute in Bethesda

Plans of the Bethesda Fire
Department to erect a third
fire station in the TOO block
of Bradley boulevard drew
both criticism and support at
a Montgomery County Council
hearing last night.
One homeowner, Russell C.
Chase of 9129 Redwood avenue,
Bethesda, objected to the pro-
posed two-acre location and
suggested instead that the new
firehouse be located on a IT.
acre tract across from the
Bethesda Country Club.
Supporting this view was
David I. Abse, president of the
Bradley Citizens Association.
Arguments in behalf Of the
Bethesda Fire Boards proposal
to build a firehouse on the tract
a quarter-mile past the Bur-
dette road intersection were
led by Brig. Gen. Adam Rich
mond, the boards general
counsel.
He offered a petition with So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
Jewish Group to File
Brief in Belief Case

is not just a right, but a privi-
.lege, and the State must set up
qualifications to protect both
the public and the State. One
of those qualifications is the
belief in God"
Joseph A. Sickles, represent
ing Mr.. Torcaso, contended
that "the State of Maryland is
without authority to ask any
one what his views are for any
position of trust"
He said, Man is granted the
right to worship as he pleases
and the State does not have
the authority to question his
belief"
Mr.. Sickles said 1T is a ques-
ton of separating church and
State. Both religion and gov
eminent have lofty aims, and
they can attain those aims
better when separated"
Mr.. Torcaso, who lives at
1908 Brightview street, Wheat
on, is Office manager for a
Bethesda construction COM
pany. He declined to give his.
age to reporters after court
adjourned on grounds that
my religion, my beliefs and
my age are my secrets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03

The American Jewish Con-
gress today was given 10 days
to file a brief on behalf of Roy
L. Torcaso, who refused to
swear his belief in God as re-
quired for a notary public
license.
Judge Ralph G.. Shure of the
Montgomery County Circuit
Court gave Sanford H. Bolz,
representing the Washington
Council of AJC, time to express
his views in the case.
The action followed opposing
arguments presented by Mr..
Torcaso's attorney and the
Maryland attorney generals
Office.
Stedman Prescott, jr., deputy
attorney general, represented
Circuit Court Clerk Clayton K.
Watkins, who refused to issue
the license to Mr.. Torcaso be-
cause he would not swear he
believed in God as is required
by Maryland law.
"A non-believer in God has
the right to be non-believer,"
Mr.. Prescott said, but at the
same time he does not have the
right to hold public office. 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03

ton. They spread out into 9TH
er, non-defense lines so that
they can absorb contract losses
elsewhere in the firm.
In turn, Dean Mason said,
1.-THE students generally have
learned they should shop" Yes
terday, students Dunn. Baech-
Ter and their classmates had a
look at the wares being offered
by Vitro Laboratories, $4,000
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring,
specialists in weapons systems
engineering and the first firm
of the year to visit tn" "'1iver-
sity.
The firms representative,
James E. Clifford, said the COM
pany, which employs 1888 per-
sons in several cities, was seek
ing about Is engineers this year
in the mechanical, electrical
and physics fields. They wanted
individuals with "a sincere in
terest in their field" and would
offer them standard fringe
benefits" plus their work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-03
1861 CANNONBALL
STILL POTENT
FOUND IN BAY

NORFOLK, Va. (AP).-
An 1861 live cannonball,
which might have been
used in the Monitor-Mer-
,rimac tangle, has been
scooped from the bottom
of Hampton Roads by an
Army dredge.
The Army Engineers
here said the dredge
Goethals pulled up the
Civil War ball accidentally
last week, just downstream
from the Forrestal Pier at
the Norfolk Naval Base
and not far from the site
Of the big two-day sea
fight.
Despite the date i'm
printed on the brass plug
that seals powder and fuse
into the 11-inch ball, the
surprise package turned
out to be just as potent
now as during the Civil
War.
Navy ordnance men are
trying to de-energize the
corroded ammunition with
out having to explode it
so that it can be kept as a
historic memento.