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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Police Force Smaller
By Some 5000 Pounds

isn't predicting success all
across the board.
Gust as in any reducing pro-
gram, we're expecting some
backsliders," he said.
The program got its big i'm
petus last year when Represent
alive A. L. Miller, Republican
Of Nebraska and a physician,
likened District motorcycle po-
licemen to "kewpie dolls with
little pot bellies"
A survey then uncovered
that AZ per cent of the men
on the force were overweight.
1t was then made known that
all new policemen, starting
with those sworn in last jan
uary /, should keep their
waistlines down to standard.
And other policemen were told
they might have a hard time
getting promotions approved.
unless they get down to those
standards, as worked out on
life insurance weight tables.
However, Deputy Police Chief
Howard v. Covell reminded a
reporter yesterday that cap
tains and above are exempted.
This includes fat deputy
chiefs" he said.
Chief Covell weighs 202
pounds, some 81 pounds over
weight. he admitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
a japanese Die
As U. S. Rescue
Copter Crashes

NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 2
(AP).-A United States Navy
helicopter on a rescue mission
crashed into f1oodwaters in
Nagoya today after takeoff.
killing two Japanese evacuees
on board.
Two other japanese of five
on the helicopter repeatedly
died later.
The pilot, 1t. G.g.) Charles
r. Goetz of Nation, ILL.,, and
copilot Nobuyuki Ishii, a cadet
of the Japanese air force, es-
capped injury.
Their aircraft was part Of a
fleet of American military hell
copters aiding in the rescue Of
thousands of japanese stranded
since Saturday by fioodwaters
kicked up by typhoon Vera, the
deadlieSt storm in japanese
history.
Another helicopter operating
nearby came to the rescue. The
pilot, Marine Capt. Bertram A.
Mas, of Bethesda, Md; co.
pilot, lst 1t. Myron E. Ed.
wards, of Plymouth Meeting,
Pa, and a crewman dived into
the water and pulled out Goetz.
Ishii and three of the evacuees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star STAFF Writer

Efforts to introduce the
"slimline" look in the Wash
.ington Police Department are
meeting with success, with an
average Is pounds per man
having been lost in two months
by 400 men.
That was the word today
from DR.. John A. Reed, chair
man of the Board of Police
and Fire Surgeons for the Dis
trict.
He said that since the new
reducing program went into
effect two months ago, his "vol-
unteer" calorie counters-faced
with possible delays on future
promotions-have lost weight
ranging for a respectable 10
pounds to an impressive 80
pounds.
But DR.. Reed said it hasn't
been easy for some of the real
heavyweights.
after all, it's rough for an
active policeman to stay on a
diet" he added.
overall, however, DR.. Reed
said the men have been TAX
ing it pretty well in their
stride"
A cautious man, DR.. Reed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02

And for those who presume tc
question the sense of his argu-
ment there is always the crack
ing rejoinder:
"Just listen, you fathead, and
you'll know a lot more goins
out than you did coming in"
On the other hand, those
with a leaning toward tradi.
ton and sentiment can fine
it in the town hall at Wood
ford where Sir Winston
Churchill at IS is once AGAR
defending his seat in Parlia'
ment.
No Introduction Needed
The Woodford seat is abou
as safe as you can find in Brit
ish politics. In the last election
the districts $4,000 voters SEN
Sir Winston back with a ma
jority of more than Is, 1000 votes
Altogether he has represented
the area for IS years and, al
the district chairman says, II
don't seem a day too long" Fol
Woodford the election hai
nothing to do with contempt
rary politics. 1t is a time tt
discharge a trust-the obliga'
See BRITISH, Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Senator Green at 81 Looks Forward
To 1860 and q Bid for Sixth Term
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star STAFF Writer

Senator Green, Democrat of
Rhode Island, observed his 92nd
birthday today, much more in
terested in the future than in,
the past.
Personally, this oldest Sena-
tor in United States history
has his eyes particularly on
1860 when he may seek a sixth
successive term. He first came
to the Senate in 1887 at what
his opponents called "the old
age of TO-" He had been Cover
nor since 1888 and in State
politics 80 years before that.
Politically, this Democratic
national committeeman from
the smallest State is taking a
big but, as yet, non-committal
look at his party's presidential
hopefuls for the nominating
convention next year. He cur
rently predicts only that the
Democrats will recover the
White House and continue to
control Congress.
internationally, the former
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee views the
prospect of peace as being a bit
brighter. But he cautions the
country to keep up its guard
while grasping every reason
See GREEN, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Clouds Dim
Eclipse View

Westinghouse who arose
at sunrise today to view the
SUNS partial eclipse were
mostly disappointed, as clouds
obscured their view. The
eclipse here lasted from 7:0s
to 7:45.
Clouds, fog and rain, rem
nants of Hurricane Oracle, also
spoiled the show for viewers
in Northeast Massachusetts
and a strip of lower New
Hampshire where the eclipse
was total.
Many scientists, to overcome
the cloud screen, took planes
aloft.
Among those stationed at
Boston to see the total eclipse
was Father F. ]. Heyden of the
Georgetown Observatory
Father Heyden, under an Ali
Force contract. hoped to use
the eclipse to measure the dis
tances between huge land
masses, such as the Atlantic
Ocean between Europe and
North America.
Also making the trip to Bos-
ton were Is students of st.
Adams School, ranging from
IL to Is years of age, under the
supervision of Alexander G.
Haslam, science instructor.
A group Of Harvard astron-
omers, watching the sky show
from a Northeast Airlines plane
See ECLIPSE, Page A-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Cyprus Women Gain

NICOSIA, Oct. 2 (AP).-
Archbishop Makarios, majority
leader of Cyprus, says Cypriot
women will the rights to vote
and sit in Parliament. He previ-
ously had said women should be
allowed to vote only for the first
few years after Cyprus becomes
independent next February, but
apparently changed his mind
after hearing the reaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
New Reports
Spur Fairfax
BeurHunt

Fairfax was stirred today with
new reports of a black beaI
that apparently has frightened
a small boy and a horse, at
tackled a dog and killed a cat
Town Police Chief Frank
Young and Game Warden. Fred
Brown searched the wooded
area around Roberts road neal
the town limits for signs of the
creature.
County police reported the
bear had been sighted "numer-
GUS" times in that area in the
past three weeks.
The first report came from
Robert J. Porter. jr., of COS
East Main street, who told po-
lice he saw the bear sitting in
his driveway about three weeks
ago.
Mrs. Bert Sheets, who lives
in a wooded section of Roberts
road, said she was washing
clothes in her basement yester.
day when she heard her son
Michael, 8, crying in the back
yard.
Michael. who has always likeC
dogs and is unfamiliar will
bears, ran in screaming anc
said: Mama, a great big dos
barked at me-" Mrs. Sheets
said when she went to investi'
gate she heard som hinl
groaning" and then saw {
shaggy, dark brown or black
animal lurking in underbrusl
behind an outbuilding. She tool
her sons hand, backed ava!
toward the house and called po'
lice. who specialized it nigh
have been the bear again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
First Of Four Articles


turn for the worse toward
heavy borrowing. and spending
plans which far outstrip ex-
pected revenue.
This diagnosis. by Budget
Oficer Walter Fowler, does
nothing to sugar coat the
city's latest tax increase pre-
scription.
Washington residents, under
a recommended $248.2 million
budget for the next fiscal year,
seem to be in for another in
crease in taxes.
This time the proposal is for
an increase in seven tax cate
gories, including real estate and
personal income.
The additional revenue would.
with luck, provide the balance
for next years proposed expen-
ditres. But the extra money
would only ease, and not cure,
the city's long-range fiscal all
ments.
All of the tax increases would
60 into effect next July l, ex-
cept the personal property and
business levies. The effective
date for these two would be
January /, 1861.
Except for the realty tax, all
of the increase proposals.
along with recommended ex-
penditures - require congress
sional approval. The Commits
sioners' tax power extends only
to the real estate and personal
See TAX, Page B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
bowling Leaves Seoul
To Assume Post Here

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (AP) United
States Ambassador Walter c.
Bowling left today for WASH
ington to assume his new post
of Assistant Secretary of State
for European Affairs.
Mr.. Bowling has been in
Korea for three years. His sue
cessor has not yet been named.
Mr.. Bowling few to Tokyo,
where he was to take a ship
to the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
HEARING SLATED
TUESDAY ON RISE
IN D. TAXES

The Commissioners will
hold a public hearing at 10
am. Tuesday in the Dis
trict Building on proposed
increases in seven taxes
and a $248.2 million spend
ing program for the fiscal
year beginning next July /.
The tax increases rec
commended by the Commits
sioners' administrative
staff would raise the rates
on:
Real estate, from $3.50
to $3.50 per 500 assessed
value (on top of a city
wide reassessment which
has raised property values
an average Of 10 per cent?;
cigarettes, from 2 to 3 cents
a package; wholesale beer,
from SIPS to SO a barrel,
and wholesale liquor, from
SIPS to $3.50 a gallon.
In the three remaining
categories, the tax base
would be widened. The
proposals are:
Drop the personal in
come brackets to be taxed
from $4,000 to $4,000;
eliminate exemptions from
the unincorporated busi-
ness franchise levy, which
is 5 per cent on net in
come over $4,000, and ex-
tend the 2 per cent sales
tax to local telephone
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Summit Farley
DATE Hinges
On British Vote
US. Planning Waits
For Thursday
Election Results
By EARL H. VOSS
Star Stan Writer

The outcome of the British
elections next Thursday will
have an important effect on
the timing of the Big Four
summit conference, now widely
accepted as the next forum for
discussing the Berlin question
with the Soviet Union.
If the Conservative Party is
returned to power, the summit
conference probably will be held
soon. Prime Minister Mac
milan and Foreign Secretary
Lloyd already agree with
Western detectives.
If the Labor Party takes over,
however, more preparation will
be necessary.
Partly for this reason officials
here are not prepared to go
ahead with definite planning
for a summit conference until
they know whether it will be
Hugh GaitSkell or Harold Mac
milan who sits with President
Eisenhower, French President
de Gaulle and Soviet Premier
Khrushchev.
Aneurin Bevan, who would
be Foreign Secretary in a So
cialist government, has been
Extremely critical of American
foreign policy and could be
expected to give Secretary of
State Herter a difficult time.
Labor Less Adamant
The Labor Party has been
critical of British Conservative
policy on Berlin, and could be
expected to try hard to modify
the common Western approach.
Laborites, for instance, are
more receptive to the Polish
plan for creating an atom-free
zone in Central Europe than
are the Conservatives.
In general, the Labor Party
is regarded here as more recep-
tive to Soviet policies than the
Conservatives are.
Regardless of the result of
the election, well informed
diplomatic sources here say
some form of Western consul
tation, either at the foreign
ministers or heads of state
level, must take place before
any summit conference.
An indication of the cur
rent mark-time atmosphere is
President Eisenhower's decision
to go to California for a week,
He is scheduled to return the
day of the British elections.
When he goes to his White
House desk Friday morning he
should know which party he
will be dealing with IN Britain,
unless the elections are ex-
tremely close.
Time for Settlement Seen
Some highly placed officials
in the administration now be-
lieve both nuclear-test suSpen-
sion and Berlin are issues ripe
for a summit settlement.
The thinking is that Geneva
negotiations on tests and Ber-
lin issues have cleared out
tedious detail and previous
misunderstanding.
The decisions on compromis-
ing basic policies rest with the
heads of state, so the issues
are ready for the summit, the
reasoning goes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02

repair, dock workers, non-fer-
rouS metals and meat-packing,
top the broad list of stoppages,
but scattered small strikes over
the Nation are idling 100000
more.
Intramural unrest marked
the port-paralyzing strike of
longshoremen along the At
lantic and Gulf coasts, which
had some $4,000 men of the
docks for the second day.
Defiance Threatened
A powerful local in New York
had threatened to defy top
union officials and return to
work, but the threat failed to
materialize today.
After a scolding by Presi-
dent Eisenhower, both sides in
the steel dispute moved nego-
tiations from Pittsburgh to
New York with another meet
ing scheduled today.
Dwindling supplies of steel
already are threatening pro-
duction Of 1860 automobiles.
and the new strike of workers
at Chrysler's Twinsburg (Ohio)
stamping plant hit Chrysler's
production a hard blow.
Industry Estimates
BY industries, the estimates
OF strike idle include:
Dockworkers: $4,000 in East
and Gulf Coast ports.
Steel: Estimated 100000
steelworkers and 100000 other
workers in allied industries.
Nonferrous metals: More
than 10000 in copper, lead and
zinc miners and processing.
fabricating firms. mainly in the
West.
Meat packing: More than
1900 Swift & Co. workers.
Ship repair: About $4,000 in
yards from the San Francisco
Bay area north to Canada.
Glass: Two thousand mold.
makers in glass container in
dustry.
Automobile: ChrySler Corp.
SAID a strike at its Twinsburg,
Ohio, stamping plant will halt
almost all of its automotive
operations today; estimated
See STRIKES, Page A-e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
BOATMEN GOING
TO CLASS, TOO

BoATMEN ALSO go to school ia
the foil. The Potomac River Power
Squadron is teaching them to handle
their croft more skiIlFuIly and solely
come spring. See Pose c-5.
cRAkBERRlES con be baked,
broiIed, frozen, drunk or eaten "oS
is" The Stor's food editor reports
from yesterdays session Of the Food
Editors Conference. See Pose E-6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02

Surging loborites Pin Hopes on io'
Issues. Poee A.:
ings of the Labor Party around
London have a special appeal
Ever since he almost lost his
pants to a group of SandhurSt
cadets, Labor's Aneurin Bevar
has drawn some of the largest
crowds of the campaign so far
The foreign secretary of Labor''
shadow cabinet" may not bt
showing quite the same fire.
breathing style of his earlier
campaigns, but he still eagerly
bats the hecklers.
gust Listen, Fathead"
Wading into the fray like {
white thatched kewpie doll
Nye Bevan gleefully rips the
government of Prime Minister
Macmillan on every issue from
the summit conference to the
price of false teeth. The au.
dience gets it's moneys worth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
British Vote Campaign
Packed With Variety
Lacks Hieh-Pressure Showmonship
Of U. S. Battles, but Far From Dull
BY CROSBY S. MOVES
European Correspondent Of The Star

LONDON, Oct 2.-Whatever it may lack in the way oil
the high pressure Showmanshp of American political
campaign this British election has plenty of entertainment
value tailored to all tastes.
All the country, streetcorners in school GYM
naSiums and sometimes in the local pub $500 would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
BY CHARLES PIERCE
star stan Writer

The District Commissioners
decided today to refrain from
name changing - at least for
the time being.
They hastily turned thumbs
down on some proposed street
renamings after being warned
by protesting citizens that the
changes would lead to interna-
tional complications, cause sun
told confusion, inconvenience
and expense" encourage moral
blight and spite history.
Approximately 100 persons
attended the hearing in the
District Building to express
their opinions on the proposed
changing of the names Of all
or part of three thoroughfares
Under the proposals Linnean
avenue and a section of Broad
Branch road would have been
renamed California avenue and
a portion of Reno road would
have been changed to Washing
ton avenue.
States Feel Left Out
Representatives of these two
States have complained that
they are the only ones which
have not been honored by an
avenue bearing their respective
names.
Each speaker opposing the
proposed CHI angeS received
thunderous applause from the
audience. Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin, who was pre-
siding, remarked that this was
the first time he has had to use
his gavel to enforce silence
since he has been Commits
sioner.
Roland G.. Lamensdorf, presi-
dent of the Forest Hills Citizens
Association, said his association
objected strongly to the chang
ing of the name of Linnean
avenue.
He explained that the avenue
was named after a famous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02

Recently, Mrs. K. B. wanted
to sell her piano. She hit
the right sales note by sim
ply placing an ad in the
productive Star Classified.
Result: She sold the piano
the first day her ad ran.
If you have something to
sell, big or little, always
use Star Classified where
it costs less to get quicker
and better results.
It's easy to place an ad in
the productive Star CLASH
Call Lincoln $4,000
Ask for An Ad-taker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
D. c. TAX OUTLOOK
City Is Going Broke,
Budget Official Says
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star stan Writer

The District, according to a
top budget official, is showing
increasing symptoms Of going
broke.
Some Of the signs: A recent
history of spiraling budgets, a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Saw A|paugh
| Shoot Lester,
Gavin Testifies
Says He Watched
From Car as Fotul
Bullet Was Fired
BY PAUL HOPE
Star star Writer

MANASSAS, Va, Oct. a.
Billy Gavin, an ex-jockey, tes-
titled today that he saw Luther
A. Alpaugh. prominent Prince
William County real estate de-
veloper, shoot Richard L. Les
ter, ST..
Alpaugh,, 81, member Of the
firm which developed the Lake
jackson resort area near here,
is on trial for murder in Prince
William County Circuit Court.
He is accused of shooting Mr..
Lester. 10, who was sales man
ager for, the real estate firm
owned by the Alpaugh family.
Gavin, who once confessed
the killing but later repudiated
his confession, also is charged
with the same murder, but his
trial has not been set.
Gavin, a small, nervous man,
told the jury today that he saw
Alpaugh fire the shot which
killed Mr.. Lester at the Lake
jackson real estate Office where
Mr.. Lester had an apartment.
Details Differ
Details of his testimony diff
fered somewhat from those in
a letter introduced as evidence,
which Gavin said he wrote on
the night of the murder.
In his testimony, Gavin said
he was parked in a car with
q girl in front Of a nearby
restaurant when he saw Al
paugh drive up to the Office and
shoot Mr.. Lester.
He said the girls name was
Mary but he didn't know her
last name.
He said that after Alpaugh
left he walked up to the log
cabin, which housed the real
estate Office and apartment,
and heard Mr.. Lester groan-
ing. He said he found the gun
on the ground, took the empty
cartridge out Of it and put it
in a jeep station wagon owned
by Woodrow Alpaugh, brother
of the defendant. The gun
used in the killing belonged to
woodrow Alpaugh, according
to police.
Tells Of 3 Letters
Gavin testified he went home
and wrote three letters detail
ing what he saw. He said he
gave one to his brother, one to
the girl he said he was with and
tore up one which he said he
wrote to another girl in New
York.
He told the jury that he
couldn't swear" that he heard
the shot fired, but in one of the
letters introduced as evidence
he said he did hear it. In the
letter he said he was going
down the road to go home when
he heard the shot and did not
mention the girl.
He testified that he gave the
empty cartridge to the girl.
Yesterday, in his opening
statement to the jury, Defense
Attorney T. Brooke Howard
said that the girl is nonexist-
ent.
Gavin testified that he saw
Luther Alpaugh a week after
the shooting and that Alpaugh
gave him $25.
"He told me to shut up and
not to take a lie detector test.
See TRIAL, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Million Idle in Strikes;
East Ports Tied 10
Steel Talks
Resume, Car
Output Hit

Labor troubles, with the dock
strike and the 80-day steel
strike as the sorest spots, made
more than a million workers
idle across the land today.
Strikes. ranging from the
steel industry through ship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Citizens Protests Halt
Street Name Chances

Swedish botanist, Karl Won
Lime, who Latinized his name
to CaroluS LinnaeuS. ,
Cites Streets Verdure
Mr.. LamenSdorf added that
it was very appropriate to
name Linnean avenue after a
botanist since the thoroughfare
has a great many beautiful
trees and aboundS with lawns,
shrubbery and flowers.
He warned that it would be
somewhat of a slap" at the
Swedish government to change
the name.
Another objector to the pro-
posed remaining of this avenue
was Aaron Goldman, of 4720
Linnean avenue NV, who
pointed out that California s
State motto is. Eureka, We
Have Found It."
II hope that doesn't apply to
the street on which we live,
he commented.
Mrs. Louis FiShman, of $3.50
Linnean avenue, protested re-
naming her avenue California
since it would give it a bad
name because some sections of
California street are considered
"disresputable."
Confusion Predicted
Harry M. Fowler, an at
torney representing the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association, also
opposed changing the names
of Linnean avenue, Reno road
and a section of Broad Branch
road.
He said no good reasons had
been advanced for altering the
names of these "well-estab-
lished, long standing and tradi-
tionally historic streets"
In addition, he said, the pro-
posed changes would cause "un-
told confusion, inconvenience
and expense.
Even Senator Magnuson,
Democrat of Washington, has
doubts about remaining Reno
See STREETS, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02

Mcdonald Pessimistie About Quieq End
10 Steel Srtike. Pose AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02

be legislators are fighting It out
for $50 seats in Britain's next
Parliament. And while the
show may vary greatly in style
and quality, it's rarely dull.
For those with a taste for the
unexpected, the nightly meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02

sursins Loborites Pin Hopes on Tex
Issues. Pose AS