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Evening star., 1960-09-22
Gunmen Enter
Home, Bind
Family Of ;
$l,l00 in Cash,
JeweIry Taken
By Careful Trio

Three gunner invaded a
Northwest Washington home
last night, terrorized a family
of three, and left them bound
hand and foot while the trio
escaped with more than LOO
in cash and jewelry,
The bandits carefully cut
telephone wires, erased finger
prints, and one donned white
gloves before handling a safe
during their 25-minute visit to
the home of Samuel E. john
son, at 5000 North Dakota
avenue NV.
Robbery squad Detective
Sergt. Leonard G. Kragh said
the family's ordeal began
shortly after 10 pm. when the
Johnsons' 12-year-old daugh-
ter, Sandra, answered the door
bell.
When the man at the door
asked for her mother, Sandra
started up the stairs to where
Mrs. Genevieve johnson, A,
was lying down in her front
bedroom, Mr.. johnson, "a,
was in the basement.
Girl Grabbed
Halfway up the stairs. a Sec
ond man welding small black
revolver grabbed Sandra and
hustled her to Mrs. Johnson's
room, where he said, IF you
scream, I will let your little
girl have it"
At gunpoint, Mrs. johnson
led the way to the safe in an
other bedroom, where they
were joined by the first in
truder. who now was also hold
ing a small dark revolver.
At this point, Mr.. Johnson
came up from the basement.
and was met and ordered up
stairs by a third gunman, the
detective said.
In the crowded bedroom
Mrs. johnson was still trying
to open the safe. Mr.. johnson
and Sandra were ordered to lie
on the bed and their hands
and feet were bound with lamp
cord and wire cut from the
telephones,
Mrs. johnson finally got the
safe open.
The bandits took from the
safe a glass bank containing
$50 in bills and change. and
the family's personal papers.
They took SIS from Mrs. john
sons pocketbook.
Her Rings Taken
tsAsAfter binding Mrs. johnson
ION the bed with the others, one
TOT the gunnnea slipped two
Iflngs from her fingers. One was
a wedding ring with eight dia=
amonds. the other gold en-
lgagement ring with one no.
| point diamond. They are valued
tatS $1sl00.
/ Mr.. johnson is a carpet
layer for the Diener's Rug Co.
mrs. johnson is a supervisor
lat the Federal Aviation Agency
They are colored.
The bandits were described
las white men. all in their 30s.
Evening star., 1960-09-22

Today, several weeks later, keep out C
the same woman, wearing to prevent
colorful striped dress and patient fro
,,nrunn1c frinhtened smile sat MIr, tho 1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Carolina G. 0. P.
lndorses Nixon

RALEIGH. N. c., Feb. q
(AP). - The North Carolina
Republican convention today
enthusiastically Endorsed Vice
President Nixon as the party's
nominee for President.
A resolution indorsing the
Vice President did not bind the
States % delegates to vote for
Mr.. Nixon at the National con-
vention, but he is expected to
have their solid backing.
Sim A. Delapp, who offered
the resolution. said Mr.. Nixon
has had the best training for
the presidency during the past
eight years that any candidate
has ever had"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
By CECIL HOLLAND
Star stan Writer

Vice President Nixon ha;
embarked on a program of Gull
tivating Republican support
among college students and
young independent voters. He
is said to be extremely pleased"
with the results.
Mr.. Nixon has appeared
before three college audiences
since he became a formal can
didate for the Republican preSi-
dental nomination. An aide
said it can be expected he will
appear before many more in the
course Of the campaign
Such affairs are billed as
nonpolitical, but for the Vice
President they serve a useful
political purpose. They have
provided a forum at which he
can set forth his own pro-
gram.
They also have given him an
opportunity to test his strength
among young people usually
considered to be Democratic or
independent in their leanings.
The Vice President has fire.
quently emphasized that Re-
publlcanS as the minority party
must win support from Demo-
Gratis and independents to carry
elections.
Old Guard Angle
More Importantly, however,
Mr.. Nixon and his advisers con-
slider his appearances before
college groups as one means of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28

their hope Of winning young
voters to the Republican side
by polls and by responses to
the activities of Miss Carol
Dawson, who is executive Sec
rotary for college activities in
the Dick Nixon club. The club
is headquartered in the Shore
ham building here.
Miss Dawson. whose work is
largely confined to colleges in
this area, said she is receiving
1880 letters a week asking for
information about the Vice
President.
In the absence Of any ma
tional Nixon organization for
young people at the present
time, Miss Dawson said she has
been sending out buttons and
literature as needed. A graduate
last June Of Dumbarton Col
lege, Miss Dawson worke d
briefly and part time in the
Nixon office while attending
school.
AS for the Vice Presidents
appeal to young people, the
Nixon supporters are quick to
cite a Purdue poll Of $4,000
teen-agers. On a Nationwide
basis the poll showed the Vice
President with IS per cent;
Senator Kennedy of Massa-
chusetts. Is per cent; Adlai
Stevenson. IA per cent, and
New York's Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Is per cent. DEM
ocratic Senators Humphrey of
Minnesota and johnson of
Texas had 4 and 3 per cent,
respectively.
An analysis distributed by
Jack Mcdonald. editor of the
Republican National Commit
tees Battle Line" says that
Mr.. Nixon is the choice of 10
per cent of Republicans 81 to
20 years of age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Humphrey Illness Cuts
Wisconsin Campaign

MADISON. Wis. Feb. q
(AP).-A severe cold and high
fever confined Senator Hum
phrev to bed in Minneapolis to.
day in what was to have beer
the first day of another cam
paign swing through parts OF
Wisconsin.
Senator Humphrey, a candi-
date in the Wisconsin presi-
dental preference primary, was
stricken last night on the eve
OF a tour that would have
started here and taken him
through much of the area COW
cred Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday by his rival, Senator
Kennedy of Massachusetts,.
Aides to the Minnesota SEN
ator said Senator Humphrey
hopes to pick up his campaign
schedule tomorrow.
In Minneapolis Senator
Humphrey said tonight he has
recovered from his flu attack
and is eager to resume his Wis
consin campaigning. He said
he would be in Eau Claire to-
morrow afternoon for the 9th
Congressional District Demo-
cratic convention and in Wis
consin Rapids tomorrow night.
In the meantime, his timer
airy today was taken over by
his wife, Muriel, and by Philleo
Nash, Wisconsin's lieutenant
governor. Mrs. Humphrey, who
was in Wisconsin for her own
series of appearances on be-
half Of her husband. was re-
placed in turn by Mrs. Frances
Howard of Baltimore, Senator
Humphreys sister.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28

ton that the result Of this
failure in national policy has
been a feeling Of aimlessness
and confusion throughout
the country"
Father Knows Best" Complex
The people Of our Nation
have been lulled by a father
knows-best' complex into a
complacent disregard of the
problems and dangers that are
Just ahead" the Governor
added.
He suggested the following
three-point program for Amer
lean leadership in an effort to
provide inspiration and hope
that would encourage free men
and those who aspire to free
dom-throughout the world:
Il. Plan for adequate defense
now.
q. Plan for economic growth
to meet the needs Of our people
at home, plus real assistance q.
to give real hope for economic
to the billions in the develop
ing lands abroad.
%. Plan for the effective in
spection and control of arma-
ments. accompanied by positive
and definite planning for the
readjuStments we would make
in our economy to maintain
growth, employment and pros
perity II the cold war should
hopefully come to an end"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28

should be Overwhelming and
you have a real part to play in
this"
Senator Humphrey and Sena-
tor Morse, Democrat of Oregon
are the two candidates entered
in the Democratic primary
race here.
The Minnesota governor said
"a lot Of people are interested
in what will happen in the Dis
trict since the election here
follows closely on the Wisconsin
contest"
Discussing Senator Hum
phrey's prospects in Wisconsin,
Gov. Freeman predicted "the
vote will be close, but we will
have a majority of the dele
gates"
Working Hard in Wisconsin
The Humphrey campaign is
really beginning to roll in
Wisconsin" said Gov. Freeman.
He told the meeting at the
Shoreham Hotel that well be
breaking our backs in the Mid
west and particularly in Wis
consin for Humphrey"
The Minnesota Governor was
by w. John Kenney,
chairman Of the D. C. Com
mittee for Humphrey.
Mr.. Kenney urged his listen
ers to make an about effort
to get Humphrey supporters
registered so they can vote at
the May 3 primary.
In another speech last night
at the Shoreham Hotel, Gov.
Freeman accused the national
Republican administration of
having reacted with fear and
to the march of world
events in the last eight years.
The Governor said at a Roo
sevelt Day dinner sponsored by
the Washington chapter of the
Americans for Democratic Ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28

Humphrey supporters said he
would be in the Office Of the
Secretary Of State at Madison
Tuesday morning to file as a
candidate in the April 5 pri-
mary.
Senator Humphreys tour
schedule had called for appear
ances in the central, northern
and western parts of the State,
an area in which he is believed
to have the edge over Senator
Kennedy. Some Of the COM
munities he planned to visit are
Just across the Mississippi river
from his home State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Anti Malaria Drive

MEXICO CITY. Feb. 27
tAP).-An anti-malaria cam
paign here will eliminate the
tropical disease from Mexico
In four years. predicts Felix
Schuyler, a United Nations
official. The campaign is partly
financed by the U. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Nixon, Wooing Youth,
Likes College Talks

dispelling any idea that he Is
the candidate of the Republican
Old Guard with outdated views
and policies.
So far, he has appeared this
year at the University Of Flor
ida in Gainesville, at Wayne
University in Detroit and at
Notre Dame University where
he received the patriotism
award given by the senior class.
When he can, he uses the
question-and-answer technique
rather than a formal speech.
He did that before an audience
Of nearly 10000 at Gainesville
and before 1900 at Wayne Uni
versity at a dinner sponsored
by Alpha Kappa Psi, a business
fraternity.
Survey Shows Gain
A Detroit newspapers survey
among some Of the students
who attended the Wayne Uni
versity affair reported that Mr..
Nixon had picked up votes. I"
One student was reported as
saying, Il didn't visualize him
as being as sharp as he was
I thought he would be weaker
IN answering questions" An
other said the Vice President
had done "the best job Of ex-
temporaneous speaking I ever
heard"
The Vice President and his
advisers are aware that inter-
est alone does not necessarily
mean votes in November. But
they have been encouraged in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Truininq by TV

FORT MONMOUTH, N. J..
(AP).-Television is being used
here to train soldiers. A closed
circuit system is capable of
reaching $1,000 Signal School
students and post personnel at
any time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Easy District Victory
Is Seen for Humphrey
By CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star stan Writer

Minnesota Gov Orvle Freeman here yesterday that
Senator Hubert Humphrey Of his State only serious
Democratic candidate entered in the District presidential
preference primary campaign
The governor told meeting of approximately 400
Humphrey campaign workers that the victory
Evening star., 1960-10-12
OVER COUNTER

WASHINGTON listings on the over-the-
counter markets furnished by the Ma
tional Association Of Securities Dealers
as Of i Pm. Wednesday, October IL:
Evening star., 1960-10-12
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Homsey Scandal Spurs Reform

member of the exchange who
"misused" the securities of his
firms customers. Here is a re-
capitulation of the case.
Case Is Recalled
On September %, the New
York exchange expelled Anton
E. Homsey, partner Of DUPONT,
Homsey g. Co. of Boston, on the
charge that he had taken Sc
curities of three customers of
his firm and without their
knowledge had pledged the Sc
curities as collateral for his
personal loans. The pledged Sc
curities amounted to more than
$500, 900.
This and other fraudulent
acts" of Homsey, said the ex-
change, endangered his firms
financial position"-a polite
way Of saying that Homsey's
acts have probably made hi
firm insolvent and that 2,50C
of its 5000 or so customers may
be in danger of losing theil
money.
The last time the exchange
expelled a member for act
jeopardizing the solvency oi
a firm was % years ago. Thai
was when Richard Whitney
Evening star., 1960-10-12
~ SYLVIA PORTER

II you are a customer Of q
brokerage firm belonging to the
New York Stock Exchange and
in the future you are unlucky
enough to lose money because
the firm or one of its partners,
officers or employees commits
fraud, the odds are that the ex-
change will make UP your
losses.
The largest securities ex-
change in the world soon will
take on a responsibility never
before assumed by any United
States stock or commodity mar
ket-the responsibility of pro-
tecting the investor who deals
in good faith with one Of its
members, from being hurt II
the member firm gets into A.
nancial trouble.
1t probably will achieve this
either by buying insurance to
cover possible losses of custom
ers or by a special assessment
on its members to create 9
guaranty fund.
None of this has as yet beer
formally spelled out, but the
New York Stock Exchange pres!
ident, Keith Funston, is ex-
pected to do so soon. 1t is 9
result of the scandal which has
just broken involving a BoStor
Evening star., 1960-10-12

five times president of the ex-
change, and a brother of a
]. P. Morgan q Co. partner,
was found guilty of taking his
customers securities. He was
sentenced to Sing Sing for
grand larceny.
In 1898, the Whitney scandal
stunned Wall Street and led
to several obviously needed re-
forms. But one thing the New
York Stock Exchange did not
do at that time was acknowI-
edge it had any responsibility
to the unfortunate customers
of Whitney's firm. No one else
acknowledged any responsible
ity either-and the customers
losses ran to $5.6 million.
Policy Change
This time, Mr.. Funston au-
thorized the release of the un-
precedented statement that the
exchange recognizes the ex-
pulsion does not solve
the problem Of protecting the
interests of investors-particu
larly those Of modest Leans
who dealt in good faith" with
the firm, and it feels ats mora
responsibilities to these invest.
orS are not ended with the act
) of expulsion. ="
: An independent audit of Du.
} Pont, Homsey's affairs is nov
going on. A receiver is II
charge. Until this audit il
completed about a week from
now, no one at the exchange
is making any public comments
But it is understood by in.
siders that the exchange in.
I tends to cover the customer
t losses (they're likely to be 4,
: lot smaller than a half-millior
Evening star., 1960-10-12
GE Earnings
Drop II Pct.
In 9 Months

NEW YORK, Oct. IL CAP).-
General Electric Co. today re-
ported an IL per cent drop In
earnings on a 8 per cent decline
in sales during the first nine
months Of 1860.
Earnings in the nine months
ended September 80 declined to
$168, 1856 900. equal to $1.91 a
common share, from $1S9,512,-
900 or $2.16 q share in the sim
liar 1859 period. Sales slumped
to $3,O53, ,223. 900 from $3,142,-
297 900 a year earlier.
More pronounced drops were
reported for the third quar-
ter, when net income fell 20 pei
cent from the 1859 period anC
sales were OF 4 per cent. Net
earnings came to $57, sos, 900 OF
IS cents a share on sales ol
81 ,030, ,524, 900 in the quarter
just completed. A year earlier
sales of $1,076.850, 900 resulted
in profit of $72,273,000 or 8:
cents a share.
Third quarter results reflect
a general softening of prices
Ralph ]. Cordiner, board chair.
man, said, with major consumer
Appliances selling at 1851:
levels.
Commenting on the strike BY
the International Union of Elec,
trical Workers against some CT
plants, Mr.. Cordiner said it un'
doubtedly will result in some.
what lowered volume and earn
ings for the fourth quarter, ant
thus for the year.
mo one wins q strike, leas
Of all the employees" he com
mented.
Evening star., 1960-10-12

high-speed keyboard devices
take over this chore, many
older employees will have to be
retrained to operate them.
Robodyne officials believe the
Digif1ex offers a new, simple
approach.
Both inventors have patented
many other devices in the fields
of aircraft controls. computing
machines and automation.
Reverse Backward English
Mr.. Goodell got interested in
his strange hobby Of backward
sentences while working on
magnetic tape recorders. He
found that he could speak
words in reverse to the machine,
then run the tape backward
and get it in more or less cor
rect English.
If you'd like to try it on your
own machine, he offers this
sample for secret code fans:
"Nush-yes-revnock tiv-yarp
va ee-till-ibasop eth" (Trans-
lation: THE possibility of pri-
vate conversation
The inventor points out that
simply reversing letters doesn't
always work, and it's necessary
to hit certain letters hard, such
as ''p," to produce recognizable
sounds when it's played back
Inventiveness runs in Mr.
Goodells family. Tommy last
week was busy on a labor-sav.
ing gadget too, according to hi
+ a her-a battery -operatec
feather duster.
Evening star., 1960-10-12

destination code to the ma
chine, the operators keyboard
stamps each envelope with the
operators own code number.
That way, If an operator makes
a mistake and misdirects a let
ter, the supervisor will know
who made the error.
Reads without Aid
The Boxer also can be
adapted to mail coding and
electronic reading systems in
which it reads" the address
itself without the aid of an
operator, Pitney-Bowes off,
Gals say.
Postmaster General Summer
field, who dedicated the ma
chine, called it another major
step forward" in the Post Offics
Departments program to mech.
anize and make more eff.
cient the handling of an in
Icreasing mail volume that now
totals SIS billion pieces a year
The Boxer is the third elec-
tronic mail-sorting device in
stalled at the Washington Pos
Once. One is used exclusively
to sort Northern Virginia mai
and the other, like the Boxer
is used for both incoming anC
outgoing mail. However, neithel
of the two machines installed
earlier has the capacity fol
handling as many letters pc
hour as the Boxer.
| The Boxer installed here /.
the first mail-sorting machine
designed and built by Pitney'
Bowes.
Evening star., 1960-10-12

dollars, may be picayune).
When it does so, it will be
moving in a direction set BY
the London Stock Exchange a
decade. ago. In 1850, the Lon.
don exchange created a COM.
pensation fund" to protect GUS.
toners of its member firms.
And when it covers the losses,
of course it will establish a
precedent that will be followed
in the future. The obscure
Homsey is about to make Wall
Street history by propelling the
New York Stock Exchange
toward a new definition and ac-
ceptance of its responsibilities
to the public.
Distributed 1860 by The Hall
Syndicate, Inc, All Rights ReserveD
Evening star., 1960-10-12
New Robodyne
Invention Aids
Postal Workers
By TRUMAN TEMPLE
Star stan Writer

A new machine to refrain
postal workers displaced by
automation has been invented
by U. 8. I.
/ The company announced the
Post Office has ordered IS of
them at a total cost of $115,000.
They will be placed in opera
ton soon in several cities.
: The machine was invented by
John D. Goodel. director of
engineering, and Edwin F.
Shelley, Robodyne president.
during the last six months at
the specific request of the Post
Office. It teaches employees to
sort mail rapidly, using a spe-
cial 10-finger keyboard and n
protector screen.
The company hopes the con
ditioned reflex" principle of
learning can be applied to
other industries where persons
thrown out of jobs by automa-
ton can acquire new Skills
rapidly.
The device is called a Digi-
fiex, and will be produced in
Silver Spring, Md. 1t includes
a. keyboard now being used in
a. few post Offices to sort mail
ID place of the hand method
of tossing letters into pigeon
holes.
How It Works
THE Digiflex works this way:
sOn a screen in front of the
worker, the image of a letter
address is flashed, say for
Omaha, Nebr. At the same time
the correct set of keys for
Omaha rise under the opera
tors fingers on the keyboard.
This is repeated every two or
three seconds until the en-
ploye unconsciously learns the
right combination of keys by
associating what he sees on the
screen with what his fingers
feel. Later he learns to punch
the keys to sort the letter.
sThe inventors claim even a
child can learn some of the
elementary key combinations.
Mr.. Goodell said he taught his
8-year-old son Tommy to
punch correct patterns for a
few cities in five minutes.
The Post Office has been
concerned by the human prob
lens accompanying its increas-
ing use of automatic machin-
cry. There are hundreds of
thousands Of employees now
sorting letters by hand, and if
Evening star., 1960-10-12

its electronic brain, which has
a quarter of a million tiny parts,
with the talents Of IL human
operators to get the job done
faster than any man or ma
chine ever has before, individ-
ually or collectively.
AS a letter passes in front Of
an operator, he punches a
special code on a keyboard
which tells the machines brain
the letters destination. The
envelope disappears into the
machine and in a matter OF
seconds is dropped into a special
box for it's destination on the
other side of the machine. Each
operator can sort more than so
letters a minute.
Double Duty
Although the Boxer has only
800 destination boxes, each one
serves a dual purpose for in
coming and outgoing mail. The
box that catches all outgoing
mail destined for Lanham, Md.
for example, also is used for all
incoming mail headed for st,
Elizabeths Hospital. The one
for the Bronx central station in
New York. les used for incoming
mail addressed to the DUPONT
branch of Riggs National Bank
The Boxer, which was de-
signed and built by Pitney-
Bowes, Inc, does not sort in
coming and outgoing mail at
! the same time. A special crew
of operators has ben trained
in the codes for outgoing mai
and another for incoming mail
In addition to feeding the
Evening star., 1960-10-12
Sugar cone Newsprint

SAN FRANCISCO. oct. IL
tAP) .-Newsprint made from
bagasse - the fibrous residue
from sugar cane-will be pro-
duced in a $40 million plant
in India operated by the
Crown zellerbach Corp, Sahu
Jain Ltd, of Calcutta and the
Hawaiian Development Co.
The three firms announced
signing a joint agreement.
Evening star., 1960-10-12
Company Acquired

CHICAGO. Oct. IL (AP).-
Inland Steel Co. has acquired
full ownership of the Pacific
Isle Mining Co. Pacific Isle has
been owned jointly by Inland
and the Pittsburgh Pacific
Mining Co.
Evening star., 1960-10-12
EIectronic Boxer Sorts
6O,OOOLetters an Hour

The Boxer ominousy silent elecronc marvel swallows
letters hour and drops them into 800 destination
moxes with surprisingly few going astray
It went into operation today at the Washington City Post
ONCE.
The 75foot long highspeed ma-scorng device combines