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A., fications and ability for COLI
lege entrance. but also the
determination to achieve
knowledge.
The public has q right, he
said, to expect serious study In
a publicly supported school.
To become real force In the
community, the superintendent
said, District Teachers should
become a more effective center
for leadership In teaching" Its
staff should carry on research
and experimentation designed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-19
1l3 Receive Degrees
From Teachers CoIIeqe

Teachers training be elevated in the public esteem
Dr. Carl Hansen superintendent of schools told the gradual
ing class of the District of Columbia Teachers College last
night.
MANY persons think of education students those who
wash out of other courses, he said.
DR. Hansen attributed the low public opinion of woube
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Potomac Level Drops
Toward AII-Time Low

No substantial rains are ex-
pected until mid october un-
less a storm area now in the
Midwest heads this way, or UNI
less Hurricane Oracle contin-
ues to move up the Atlantic
coast.
Water use had to be re-
stricted here to a limited degree
in 1880 although the Washing
ton area population then was
less than half the present /;
million figure.
No such prospect is imme-
diately in sight this year, de-
spite the fact that Potomac
water users in Metropolitan
Washington are consuming ar
average of around 100 millior
gallons daily.
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, which
supplies S u bur b a n Maryland
residents from its two reservoirs
on the Patuxent River, report.
its supply is in excellent shape
It's Brighton and Rocky Gorge
dams near Laurel, Md. having
retained the rain from earlier
local thundershowers, are re.
ported at nearly full levels.
Levels have been maintained
despite sparse rainfall and the
fact that average daily water
consumption by WSSC custom
ers has increased from 41.9 tc
ass million gallons in the last
two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
By JOHN w. STEPP
Star stan Writer

The volume Of water in the
Potomac River has dropped to
its lowest level since the all
time recorded low flow Of 1880
The reading at the river
gauge just upstream from
Washington showed a flow OF
less than ITO million gallons
daily today.
The drop is we'll below the
last previous low flow of 1886
million gallons daily registered
on August 20, 1857. The 1890
record was sos million gallons
daily. .
While severely depleted, the
supply provided by the Potomac
and its tributaries in -four
States poses no m m d / a te
threat to the Washington area
drinking water situation, engi-
neering authorities pointed out
The reason for this is that the
low stage has come late in the
summer season. AS a rule, heavy
precipitation annually starts IN
the fall and continues through
the winter months.
Dry weather which has pre-
vailed for two weeks and longer
over most of the 10,000-square-
mile Potomac watershed above
Washington is the main reason
for the dip in the river water
level.
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account Of the paintings in one
gallery In Russian, but slipped
it of because the volume was
too low.
Takes Rembrandt Tour"
Told by Mr.. Cairns that she
would get a sensation of going
up the river and around the
cliffs" if she would keep her
eye on the cliffs in Rembrandt's
The Mill" Mrs. Khrushchev
obediently walked across the
room with her eyes on the
painting. She seemed satisfied
that the trick worked.
Like the Hermitage, the most
famous Of Russian art muse
ums, the National Gallery has
one of the worlds outstanding
collections of Rembrandts. Its
collection of French impress
sionists also rivals that of The
Hermitage.
There are no Russian artist.
represented at the Nationa.
Gallery, but Mrs. KhrushcheI
did not appear to notice this
lack in the collection. She in.
Dictated that one of her favorte
artists was Raphael. She also
spent some time staring intent
ly at works by Titan, Tinto-
retto, FL Greco and Whistler
the only American whose works
hang in the Hermitage.
Mrs. Khrushchev wore a gray
and white suit and low heeled
black suede shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Giant Typhoon
Nearing japan

TOKYO, Sept. Is (AP).-
Typhoon Vera advanced toward
southern Japan today with 150-
mile-per-hour winds.
The Japan Meteorological
Bureau said Vera was last
centered $50 miles south of
Shionomisaki in south central
Honshu.
The giant storm, more than
500 miles in diameter, is one of
the largest to threaten Japan
since 1854. 1t is advancing
'north-northwest at IL miles
per hour.
1t. Gen. Robert w. Burns,
commander of United States
forces in Japan, ordered all
necessary precautions against
expected winds exceeding so
miles per hour in the next 4S
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
AirIiner Hits
Mountain in
AIeutiuns

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Sept.
Is (AP).-A commercial air.
liner with 16 persons aboard
crashed on an Aleutian island
last night and a search pilot
reported no sign of life at the
wreckage.
/ The plane, a DC-4 of the
eeves Aleutian Airline,
crashed at the 2.000-foot level
of a mountain on Great Sitkin
Island about 5:25 pm.
A Navy pilot located the
wreckage 40 minutes later and
reported the plane appeared
badly shattered. The Coast
Guard sent a tug with a ground
party to the isolated island.
The DC-4, on a flight out Of
Anchorage for the Aleutiar
Island Of Adak, carried seven
Air Force men, one Navy man
one Army man, two civilian;
and five crew members.
Names of the military mer
were withheld until relatives
were notified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
BACKWARD LOOK
AT REGATTA

THE SAIL RACES thot wind up
the Presidents Cup Resotto this
week end will look q lot different
from those Of Is years ago. Outdoor
Editor Chorles coveIl interviewed
their eo-foundeF for q reminiscent
piece on the Leisure Sportsmen's
Pose, DIS.
DARK WALLS ore posse, some
soy. See Dorothy Droper's answer to
q reoder's query about their smart
ness, olons with other comments on
decorating in the Womon's Section,
Poqe CT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

and more implacable than any
one thought.
Many people have taken
comfort from the fact that
when he arrived II endless
days ago he was talking rockets
and the moon-shot. Yesterday
in Pittsburgh he was speaking
Of God and children.
A week ago, he was holding
his short arms up over head
tables curving them almost
together and saying grimly,
1--WE will surpass you"
Yesterday, he was saying at
an elegant lunch at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh: 1--WE
want to overtake and surpasS
you by our physical and spiri-
See TOUR, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
DC. PensionIncreose
Vetoed by President

President Eisenhower has de-
|cided not to sign a bill giving
retired District police and fire.
men and their widows and
children a pension increase.
The President said yesterday
he believes the bill is unfair to
other retired District employees
who do not receive similar
greater benefits.
However, he urged that Con-
gress pass a separate measure
to provide increased benefits for
widows and surviving children
of District police and f1remen
because they deserve more aid
The bill would have given q
10 per cent increase in benefits
to police and firemen who re-
tired prior to October /, 1856.
1t would have also applied tc
Park and White House police
men and United States Secret
Service agents and their widows
and children.
The President. in a memo
randum Of disapproval, said
those affected by the bill "are
already receiving much more
generous treatment than any
other group of retired District
of Columbia employees"
Equalization Cited
He noted that the Equaliza-
ton Act of 1928 has provided
automatic proportionate in
creases in pensions whenever
salary increases have been
granted active duty police and
flremen.
1.-THE equalization feature,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

way Dias Bandaranaike-was
converted to Buddhism from
Christianity. A rich mans son
who rose to power in 1856
elections after campaigning on
q nationalistic platform, he
had been ruling with only a
shaky one-vote majority in
Parliament since May, when
his leftist coalition broke up.
Ceylon. with 10 million pop
ulation on a richly endowed
island of India. is independent
within the British common
wealth Of nations. Its status
in the commonwealth is SINH
lar to that Of Canada. The
governor general, Sir Oliver
Goonetilleke. is the nations
link with Queen Elizabeth II.
He has largely ceremonial au-
thority except in government
crises. 1t was he who pro-
See CEYLON, Page At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
De GuuIIe Uncut
As He Walks Into
Closed Window

LENS, France, Sept. Is tAP) q.
President Charles de Gaulle
stuck his head through a closed
window today and had a mar
row escape from shattered
glass.
Moving forward impulsively
to greet cheering children, the
touring French President failed
to note the window was closed
and broke the pane with his
head. He reeled back dazedly
while members Of his party
rushed to his support. He re-
covered almost Immediately but
walked off with his hands
clasped over the top of his head,
He suffered no cuts and men,
bers Of his party said the Pres
ident suffered no injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

on a. tour Of the National
Gallery of Art.
She appeared to enjoy the
visit and delighted gallery Of
f1cials by penning this message
in the guest book:
'The collection leaves a very
great impression - 1t is q
wonderful museum.
Her chief reservations were
about some of the modernistic
paintings shown her near the
end Of her Commute tour.
Notes Husbands Regret
IT don't understand it," she
said with a smile and a shake
of the head"
Mrs. Khrushchev was accom-
panied by her two daughters.
Rada and Julia, and by Mrs. M.
A. Sholokhov, wife of the Soviet
author. Her escorts included
Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge and
Mrs. Llewellyn Thompson, wife
of the American Ambassador to
Russia, and Huntington Cairns,
secretary of the Gallery.
She expressed her husbands
regrets that his tight schedule
did not permit a visit to the art
museum. Mrs. Khrushchev, it
was learned, had objected to
making a Commute stop at the
Gallery with the Premier last
week on grounds this would not
be enough time for a proper
tour.
She tried on a small ear re-
ceiver transmitting a recorded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
CoupIeinS seq
20 Hours
Rescued

MOREHEAD CITY, NJ. C..
Sept. rs (AP).-A prominent
Asheville couple who had dashed
their life jackets together so
they would live or die together,
was rescued at dawn today
from the treacherous waters on
Cape Lookout. They had been
In the sea for 20 hours.
"They are in good condition
except for over-exposure to the
water" said a spokesman al
Morehead City Hospital where
Mr.. and Mrs. Beiman McKen-
zie were taken. "All they need
is rest"
The fishing vessel Dolphin
found the McKenzies about &
am. and took them to the Fort
Macon Coast Guard Station.
The McKenzies were fishing
for blues with her brothers
Julian. Al, and George Murphy
43, Of Greensboro. when their
l9-foot cupboard motorboat
struck an object about 10 am
Thursday. The Murphys. too
were saved.
Everybody had life jackets, .
said Julian Murphy. 1--WE
wouldn't be here talking to you
If we hadn't"
The boat. a mile or two from
shore when it struck the object,
capsized, but did not sink.
The Murphys. who are in the
textile business. tied themselves
to the boat, but the McKenzies
tried to swim to shore.
I'VE had a pocketknife," said
Julian Murphy, land we tried
to flash sun rays to the Coast
Guard station.
II tried to stand on the keel
at times, hoping someone would
see me If ! could get higher"
The charter fishing vessel
Carolina Queen saved the Muir
phys about 6 pm. yesterday
after eight hours in the water.
Julian Murphy talked with
his sister. about As, and his
brother-in-law. about so, at the
hospital when they were ad-
mitted.
They knew that search par
ties were looking for them" he
said. "They could see hell
copters dropping flares.
They tied their life jackets
together and kept each other
awake. They knew that If they
could survive the night, some
body would find them"
Mr.. Mckenzie is president of
the Asheville Food Store, a long,
established grocery firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
CeyIon Prime Minister
Wounded by Assassin

COLOMBO, Ceylon. Sept. IS
(AP).-Prime Minister Solomon
w. r. D. Bandaranaike was
shot and critically wounded to-
day by q gunman attired in the
yellow robes of a Buddhist
monk.
A state Of emergency was
proclaimed as doctors fought
for the 60-year-old Prime Min
ister's life.
Three bullets were taken
from the Premier's body. A
medical source said the shots
penetrated his liver and spleen.
Four pints Of blood were given
to him. Ceylon radio broadcast
appeals for additional donors.
Assailant Wounded
The assassin. shot in the
knee by a sentry as he sought
to escape, also was hospitalized.
There was no hint as to his
Mr.. Bandaranaike forgave
him and appealed ito all to
show compassion for tbs foolish
man."
Usually we'll inform ed
sources. asked about a motive
for the shooting, mentioned
strong resentment which has
arisen among so-called East
ern-style physicians over a re-
port on the future of this style
of medicine made by a Colom-
DO Plan expert.
Left Christianity
Physicians attached to the
government hospital in CO.
lombo. at which the assassin
claimed to be a specialist,
fiercely resent the conflicts
between Eastern and Western
style medicine and this resent
ment has spilled over into poll
tics. One newspaper here said
the Prime Minister had been
slated to make a report on the
conflict tonight.
The Prime Minister-his full
name is Solomon West Ridg-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

Tor the dictator. But per-
sonality held their attention.
The pilgrims progress had
drama. 1t started with frost
and fire in New York; it had
furtiveness and fleshpots in Los
Angeles. a militarized idyll in
Iowa, a formal red-carpet
salaam in Pittsburgh.
The television camera fol-
lowed him to every banquet
table and pig-sty he visited. His
pudgy face which falls some
times in the line of a character
from Grimm's Fairy Tales and
sometimes looks right out of
1884 has made him as familiar
in the American home as the
kitchen calendar.
And as far as anyone can
see, he is at once less menacing
than the system he represents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Virus HospitoIizes
u. S. Astronuut

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept.
Is (AP).-A virus infection has
sent one Of this country's seven
astronauts to the hospital, ON.
Gals disclosed yesterday.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration said
Capt. Donald Slayton is under
going a thorough physical
checkup at the Lakeland Air
Force Base Hospital before re-
turning to the astronaut pro.
gram.
One of the seven trainees is
expected to be the first Amer.
lean traveller in outer space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
TODAY TELLS STORY
Will Success Spoil
Nikito Khrushchev?
By MARY McGRORY
Star Stan Writer

Has success changed Nikita Khrushchev?
Today when he is taken to the leader of the Western
world will tell the story He to have been Modified
by his enormous celebrity and to be amused than
noyed that his unstaey state visit turned into one of the
greatest showing matches in history
Curiosity prompted many the crowds that turned out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25

the President said, ''has oper-
ated so effectively that q
significant number Of these re-
trees presently receive a larger
pension than their annual
salaries while on active duty
He added: "Also. under the
1923 law, these retirees have
forged far ahead of District
Government annuitants subject
to the Civil Service retirement
program. In the interest OF
fairness. the present disparity
should not be further in
creased"
Turning to the other provi.
sions of the bill which would
improve pensions for widow:
and surviving children. the
President said this was some
thing he could readily accept"
circumstances Different"
"The circumstances Of this
group are different" Mr.. Eisen-
hover said. land I sincerely
hope that the Congress early in
the next session will enact the
improved benefits which this
class deserves"
District Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin said, following
the White House announce
ment, that such a bill as the
President suggested will prob
ably be sent up to Congress
when it convenes. He said the
Commissioners are strongly in
favor of increased aid for the
affected widows and children.
If the bill had been approved
1t would have cost the city
about SIG million by the end
of the 1861 fiscal period. The
cost eventually would have
totaled $40 million.
Budget officials were ex-
pected to recommend that the
Commissioners ask Congress for
a supplemental appropriation
this year of about 81 million
to cover the retroactive fea-
lures of the bill If the President
had signed 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
BULLETIN
Strike Talks Adjourn

NEW YORK (AP).-Steel
strike talks adjourned today
without a date set for re-
sumption Of negotiations.
Company bargainers sug-
gested another meeting Mon
day, but David J. Mcdonald,
SteelwOrkers Union president,
said a session would be fu-
tile IL industry insisted on
Its earlier demands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-25
Abstract Art Puzzles
Mrs. Khrushchev, Too
Confesses Widely Shared Sentiment,
But Finds NutionuI Gallery Wonderful
By ROBERT e. CLARK
star stan Writer

Mrs Nina Khrushchev confessed today to a sentiment
shared by millions Americans-she doesn't understand
abstract art
While her husband preparing for his Camp David
talks with President Eisenhower the Kremln lady
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before leaving for Camp David,
high in Maryland's Catoctin
Mountains, where he and the
President Will start discussing
East-West cold war problems
tonight and continue until Sum
day noon.
Both world leaders had spent
the morning preparing for tho
talks.
President Eisenhower met al
the White House with Secre.
tary Of State Herter. Henry
Cabot Lodge. jr.. who was Mr..
Khrushchev's escort during his
Just completed hectic eight-day
tour Of the country: Llewellyn
Thompson, American Ambas-
sador TO Russia, and other Of
ficials.
Khrushchev Sees Aides
And Mr.. Khrushchev, having
Cancelled a scheduled tour Of
the National Institutes of
Health. met with his aides in
a third-floor room in Blair
House, the official guest resi-
dence just across the street
from the White House.
Mr.. Khrushchev chatted
briefly with reporters at the
entrance to the Soviet Embassy
on Sixteenth street, where he
went after his morning long
Blair House talks. He was due
to have lunch a short time later
with Secretary Herter.
Asked what he thinks is the
outstanding difficulty that
ought to be settled, Mr.. Khru-
shchev chuckled and replied:
1T would be better to ask
that question Of your President"
He was asked what he thinks
Of his trip through this coun-
try. With Ambassador Menshi-
kov acting as interpreter, he
replied: Wonderful" Then
Mr.. Khrushchev laughed and
added in English. Every we'll"
Cites Bigness Of Russia
What kind of things should
President Eisenhower be shown
in Russia when he goes there
later this fall, newsmen next
wanted to know.
Mr.. Khrushchev replied that
the President will have his
choice of seeing what he likes.
He added: Our country il
bigger. It would be better for
the President to take a longer
trip ethan he had)."
The President and Mr.. Khru-
shchev were to go by helicopter
late today to Camp David.
the "Shangri-La" where Frank
See KHRUSHCHEv, Page AS
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Premier Eases
Attest Views,
Lodge Reports
TuIks on Journey
Hint Agreement
With U. S. Plan
BY EARL H. vOSS
Star stan Writer

In the midst Of his exhaust
ing travels across the country
Soviet Premier Khrushchev has
been finding time for serious
and extensive policy converse
tons with his American escort,
United Nations Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge. jr.
Reports of these talks-on
planes and trains. in automo-
biles. hotels and banquet halls
have been wired back to
Washington's top officials daily.
They have become one of the
most important barometers for
the Camp David meetings be-
tween President Eisenhower
and the Soviet Premier, which
begin this evening.
Mr.. Khrushchev has indi-
Gated to Mr.. Lodge, for in
stance, that he is ready to
agree to the American formula
for stating control posts that
would verify any agreed sus-
pension Of nuclear weapons
tests. This has been a major
sticking point in the now
adjourned Geneva negotiations.
Self-Inspection Heretofore
Up until now Soviet nego-
tiators have insisted on what
amounted to self-inspection Of
all suspicious underground dis
turbances that might be secret
nuclear tests. Russians would
hold all key jobs.
The United States has pro-
posed most recently that the
technical and operating posi-
tons at each control post be
stated with one-third United
States and British specialists.
one-third Soviet specialists and
one third specialists from
countries other than these.
When Ambassador Lodge
opened the discussion with
the Premier on control-post
staining. he went into the "one-
third. one-third. one-third"
proposal. as disarmament ex-
perts here term the plan.
Premier Khrushchev is re-
ported to have acted as If the
idea were new to him. declar-
ing that was something he
could agree on.
U. s. Leaders Wonder
Now administration leaders
are wondering whether Mr..
Khrushchev was merely feign-
ing ignorance of the American
plan, or whether he is less well
informed on all matters of
Soviet-American policy than
he is often given credit for.
His receptiveness to the
United States stating plan
nevertheless, is taken as an en-
couraging sign, giving some hope
that the Camp David converse
tons will not be completely bar
rem.
President Eisenhower, OF
course, has laid down strict
rules against any negotiations
at Camp David which directly
affect his major allies. Great
Britain is also participant in
the Geneva negotiations on a
nuclear-test ban, which re-
sumo next month.
This presumably precludes
mailing down any agreement
during the week ends Camp
David discussions, unless the
President could arrange for
some kind of cabled concur
renee from British Prime Min
lister Macmillan.
In his United Nations speech
last week, Secretary of State
Herter mentioned two other ma
jor points of disagreement with
the Soviet Union in the test
negotiations, on-site inspections
and the veto.
Premier Khrushchev advo-
See POLICY, Page AS