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Evening star., 1960-01-22
Womun's Scream
FoiIs Robbery
AtCIeonine Shop

A 58-year-old woman man.
ager of a cleaning store here
was choked by a man this
morning who apparently in
tended to rob her, but fed
when she screamed.
Police charged a 21-year-old
District youth with assault
with intent to commit robbery
after tracing him through an
old laundry slip found in a pair
of pants he had given the
woman to be cleaned.
Mrs. Maude r. Newman,
manager of Roberts Dry
Cleaners at 246 Eleventh street
Sc, said she was behind the
counter about $50 am when
a man entered. He handed her
the trousers and then reached
across the counter, grabbed her
about the throat and started
choking her, she told police.
She screamed, she said, cry
ing her sons name intending
to deceive the assailant into
believing there was someone
in a rear room. The man
turned and fled and Mrs. New
man called police.
Robbery squad detectives
found the old laundry slip in
a pocket of the dirty trousers
The address on it was about
two blocks away IN the 400
block of Eleventh street s E
AS detectives walked in
through the front door. they
said, Earnest S. Borum. who
lives in the 300 block Of Tenth
street Sc, walked in through
the rear. He was charged with
the crime. Detectives said ii
was the house of his mother
They said the youth told them
he was hungry and had been
out Of work for four months
Evening star., 1960-01-22

started the door-to-door job
of restoring service through
29,400 meters.
They must make sure all air
pockets are out of the network
of mains, feeders and individ-
ual service lines from the feed
erS into the houses. They must
relight the pilots on all the
thousands of furnaces, water
heaters and stoves and watch
them burn until satisfied they
are working. City officials hope
TO have full service restored
sometime tomorrow.
We're there hardshipS?
Il talked on the telephone
with my wife" said Police 1t
Carl GustafSon. She was in
bed with two blankets and ar
electric heating pad. That's
hardship. isn't it?"
At the year-old Randle
house, in a new development
of $4,000 to $4,000 homes
the furnace and water heater
flickered out when the gas
went of. But the Randles
have an electric kitchen SO
Sarah, 8. and Kirk, S, didn't
even miss their baths.
The kids thought it was a
big lark to have hot water
poured into the tub from a pot
of the stove" said Mr.. Randle.
They slept under heavy
blankets and everything seems
TO be all right.
I'VE switched over to our
standby oil burner at the
church and we're on call if
there are families who need
warm shelter"
Some of the churches are
open" Mr.. Rand!e said. The
fire stations, City Hall-most of
the municipal buildings are
open for people.
People with fireplaces in
vited neighbors over to keep
warm. There was a big rush
for fire wood and electric
heaters"
Springfield's Red Cross dis
aster unit set up shelter at
the Shrine mosque, Spring
fields largest public building
moving in IS cots and 200
blankets.
All but one of the city's five
hospitals have standby oil
burners and experienced little
difficulty. The larger hotels
also switched to oil burners and
liquefied gas. They all ran out
of rooms. So did the motelS.
Evening star., 1960-01-22

that I know about our visit to
the authorities. The difficult
part was knowing he was here
=. with reporters. newspapers
descending upon me but ]
could not tell them. They had
no authority to do anything at
all. I had to wait until some
one in authority either con-
tacted me or I made up my
mind to contact some one in
authority.
@. Was your reaction that OF
a wife who loved her husband
who wanted to offer him some
sort of protection?
A. That was all could do
He had protected me all my
life. I loved him. I still love
him. 1t was the only thing ]
could do under the circum-
stances. I just simply couldn't
turn him in.
@. Did he mention AL Taylor
"a fellow ex-convict from Tam
pa, Fla, who was best man at
the Spears wedding nearly 10
years ago.?
A. Yes, he did.
Q. What did he say?
A. He (Spears) said that he
(Taylor was on the plane. He
was sorry it had to happen 10
him, or any one else.
@. Did he indicate when the
change of plans occurred for
AL Taylor rather than Bob
Spears to board the plane?
A. Not any actual time as to
when the change was made
no.
@. Why did he go into hiding
after the plane crashed? What
reason did he give?
A. He felt it was a chance
to provide security for me and
the babies (the Spears have
two children-a 10-month-old
daughter and a 2-year-old
SOM.
@. Did you try to get him to
turn himself in?
A. Yes, desperately.
@. How did you want him to
turn himself in? Did you want
to call your attorney, Mr.. Tess
mer (Charles w. Tessmer of
Dallas?
A. I begged him to call Mr..
Tessmer.
Q. What did he say?
A. He said no. He wanted a
chance to try to stay away.
@. Did he tell you where he
was going?
A. No. he did not.
@. Did he want to see the
babies?
A. Yes, he wanted to see the
babies.
Q. After he left the Lake
wood Hotel, where did he go?
Evening star., 1960-01-22
School Unit to End

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Jan.
% tAP).-The Fund for Adult
Education will go out of busi-
ness in IL to l8 months and the
Education Division of the Ford
Foundation will take over. it
was announced yesterday. Since
1851 the fund has received
Ford Foundation grants total
ing $45 million to use independ.
emily in developing liberal ed.
ucation for adults.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Contractors Elect

The Electrical Contractors
Association of the District
elected Edward Lawrence. with
offices in the Tower Building,
association president Tuesday
at a board of directors meet
ing. Other officers chosen we're:
Robert c. Marshall, vice presi-
dent: Lawrence M. Bichell, sec
retary, and Charles w. Mar
shall, treasurer.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Wife I ellis of Leornino
Spears Wasn't in Crash

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. % (AP)
Mrs. Frances Spears told in
a dramatic radio-television in
terview last night how she first
learned two weeks ago that an
other man-instead of her hus-
band, as she supposed-died in
a November 16 plane crash.
This is a partial stenographic
text of her remarks in an in
terview transcribed at her home
with Eddie Barker. news di-
rector of Dallas stations KRLD
and KRLD-TV:
Mr.. Barker Frances, have
you seen Bob Spears since this
plane crash?
Mrs. Spears-Yes, I have.
Q. Tell me about it.
A. He was under as much
emotional strain, probably, as
I because he said circum-
stances had developed that he
didn't know how to handle, and
certainly I didn't.
@. When did you see him?
A. Two weeks ago today.
@. Where did you see him?
A. At the Lakewood Hotel Gin
Dallas.
@. How did he contact you?
A. He sent a note to me by
DR.. TurSka CDR. William A.
Turska, with whom DR.. Spears
lived in an Arizona desert cabin
for two months after the plane
crash and his supposed DEATH.
@. DR.. Turska-you mean the
man now accused Of informing
the FBI?
A. Yes.
@. What did the note say?
A. That he wanted to see me.
@. What was your reaction
when you saw this note? Did
you believe that it was Bob
Spears handwriting?
A. No. I didn't. I felt 1t waA
a trick.
@. What did you do then?
A. Even as I left the house
to try to find out what it was,
I still felt it was a trick.
@. How did you act when
you saw Bob Spears at the
Lakewood Hotel? What did he
say when you first saw him?
A. I don't remember the first
words. 1t was an extremely
emotional meeting, of course
. thinking your husband
was dead and seeing him. =.
@. This was on January 8?
A. Yes, it was.
@. How long did he remain
in Dallas?
A. Four days.
Q. What exactly did he tell
you?
A. Well, I don't think you
have time on this interview to
learn all he, or we. had to say.
I have revealed everything
Evening star., 1960-01-22
DRUGS
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Administration evaluation of
clinical claims of drugs for
their preparations. 1t is not,
he said, enough merely to de-
termine that a drug is nom
toxic and safe.
He said the Federal Trade
Commission must do a better
policing job Of the induStry'S
promotional practices because
the American consumer has
little or no protection against
these eXtravagant claims made
for individual drugs"
Would Get Justice Aid
The Department of Justice,
he continued, must play a
more vigilant role in the fer
reting out of any and all price
fixing ARRANGEMENTS"
Referring to the patent SyS-
tenn in the industry. Mr.. Cor
man said that this game has
become a real slight-of- hand
art. When the sale of one
product goes down. you get a
new patent and you have a
new product"
yesterday Subcommittee
Chairman Kefauver told Wal
ter A. MunnS. president of
Smith, Kline & French Lab
oratories of Philadelphia, that
unless medicine manufactur-
ers lower their prices, the
threat of socialized medicine
will loom.
He cited the firms tran
quilizer, chlorpromazine, as an
example of monopoly and ar
bitrary price fixing.
S45 Million Sales
This drug is marketed eXclu-
siVely by Smith, Kline & French
under the names Thorazine
and Compazine under license
from a French firm.
P. Rand Dixon, committee
counsel, used figures compiled
by the State Department to
show that the prices of Thora-
zine and Compazine are about
the worlds highest.
Last year, he said, Smith
Kline & French sold so tablets
Of ThoraZine to the wholesaler
at S3.O3.
He compared this to the ST.
cent price in France. 81 cents
in Germany and 81 cents in
Australia. The only higher price
was $3.75 in Canada.
( COmpaZlne Highest
With COmpazine, Smith. Kline
e. French charged the highest
of any finn in the world, selling
so tablets to the wholesaler fol
1898. Canada was next al
$500. Lowest was France and
Germany with a price of sc
cents per so tablets.
Mr.. Munns took issue with
the committee, saying that his
company's prices are what they
are because of the necessity for
continuing research. Money
from the tranquilizers is being
used for research in Other
fields, he declared.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
Feb. ! Decision Due
On Lipstick Hearing
BY the Associated Press

The Food and Drug Admin
istration today gave itself an
other week-until February
to decide whether lipstick
manufacturers will be given q
public hearing on their protest
against ban on use Of II coal.
tar colors.
This extension was the sec.
ond ordered by the FDA. Tht
agency last fall fixed a Janu.
ary 6 deadline and then moved
it back to January Is.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
CARS
. Proposals to Curb Used-Cor Trade
Are Presented to Commissioners
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ported the substance of the
proposed regulations and will
recommend that the full aSSo-
citation do likewise.
Harold j. NuSsbaum, attorney
representing the Central Busi-
ness Association, objected to
the requirement that dealers
be educated or experienced be-
fore opening car firm and
proposed $4,000 surety bond
be required of each dealer, to
which a customer would have
recourse. Otherwise. he called
the proposed regulations "a
step forward"
Mr.. Bryan informed the Com
missioneES that they now lack
authority to require bonds but
that legislation about to be in
uoduced at the Capitol includes
a proposal that would author
ize the bonding of dealers.
Calls Proposals "PenaP
Mr.. Bonner called the pro-
posed provisions of the new
regulations penal" and warned
that, IF they are loosely drawn,
we will be in court battling
them"
On the proposal to require
that the prospective purchaser
be given time to examine the
contract before signing it, Mr..
Bonner said it would be too
much of a burden on the dealer
to see that the buyer under
stands the contract"
He also objected to the pro-
posal to require a dealer to
trade under the name on his Ii
cense. Mr.. Bryan had explained
that this provision was inserted
to keep dealers from changing
their names continually, as
has happened recently.
Mr.. Bonner also also objected
to the proposed rule that a
dealer could lose his license if
he willfully defrauded a pur-
chaser. He argued that fraud"
is difficult word for lawyers to
understand. and Il don't think
dealers will understand it."
He said the proposal for the
hearing committee is wonder
fur but unfortunately, it's il
legal" Mr.. Bryan assured the
Commissioners it would be per-
fectly legal. (
Hits Ad Provision
Mr.. Bonner said he wanted
to see regulation that would
bind a purchaser to what he
has signed And he saw no
reason for a regulation against
misleading advertising. since
"the Federal Trade Commits
sion is fully capable of enforc-
ing its laws against misleading
advertising"
Maj. Harry Ehrlich, legal Of
f1cer at Boiling Air Force Base.
told the Commissioners the
used-car racket is no longer a
local problem. He said his Of
flee receives complaints from
servicemen from one end of the
country to the other. and over
seas from Turkey to Formosa.
about car deals in Washington.
He said he vigorously dis
agreed with Mr.. Bonner on the
latter'S proposal that the pro-
hibition of changing trade
names should be limited to
those with intent to defraud. /
He said such an amendment
simply would extend a now ex-
iSting situation.
Maj. Ehrlich proposed that
the Salesman's name be put
on car contracts so complain
ants would know definitely
with whom they had dealt.
John A. Nevius, attorney for
the Federal Services Finance
Corp, said that corporation is
on record for legislation to reg
ulate finance companies.
Evening star., 1960-01-22
BARDEN
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COntlnued FROM First Rage
relatives, children. grandchil-
dren and friends-all of whom
We love. My wife is not happy
here Cin Washington, and my
duties are becoming more and
more eXacting, We have Jointly
decided that it is time for us to
begin to enjoy more pleasant
and less strenuous life"
Mr.. Barden. who is So, con-
ceded that his retirement may
change the committee philo-
Sophical makeup. But, he
added. When my wife and
agree on something. I've always
had better sense than to try tt
back out"
Mr.. Barden. a lawyer, repre-
sentS North Cardinals Sd dis.
trlct and lives near New Bern
He was first elected to the
House in 1884.
Mr.. Powell, who was moi
available for comment, wa.
first elected to represent New
York'S 18th district in 1914. He
is minister of the Abyssiniar
Baptist Church in Harlem.
To go on Trial Soon
Mr.. Powell, who is 81, Is
scheduled to go on trial in New
York March 7 on a three-count
indictment charging income
tax evasion and aiding in the
preparation of fraudulent
tax return. He was first in
dlcted in 1858. but his trial
has been postponed.
One avenue of maneuver for
trying to keep Mr.. Powell from
becoming chairman of the Edu-
cation and Labor Committee
might be a challenge to his
standing as a Democrat. He
supported President Eisenhower
in the 1856 election.
Mr.. Powell is an ardent
fighter for integration and
other civil rights policies. Mr.
Barden is a segregationist and
a long time foe of Mr.. Powell.
Asked at a news conference
whether Mr.. Powell is in line 20
succeed him as committee
chairman. Mr.. Barden replied
dryily: so I've been informed -
Decision Next January
He said the chairmanship
question will be decided next
January, when the 87th Con-
greSS organizes. If the Repub-
llcans win control of the House,
Representative Kearns of Penn
Sylvania will be in line for the
craftsmanship, as top-ranking
Republican on the committee
Mr.. Barden said he had not
Informed House Speaker Ray
burn Of his decision to retire
and had told only one other
member of the HouSe-30 min
uteS before the announcement
The irascible North Caroliniar
has had some run-ins with the
Speaker in recent years.
For one thing. Mr.. Barden
feels that the House leader
ship has loaded his committee
with liberals in an effort tc
dilute his power. And he is
bitter about Mr.. Rayburn'S re-
fusal last year to support the
Landrum-GrifIin labor reform
bill The Speaker backed ur
milder Elliott bill, but lost the
battle.
Evening star., 1960-10-02

E.171zz1:!;Q0 81
Continued From Preceding Pose
loo q ABOUT FACES. ,,...
Audience Participation. Ben Alexander,
host.
q THEATER OF STARS.
Drama "The Reign of AmeIika joe"
real life drama Of an American sailor
who mysteriousIy appeared upon an island
in the Pacific.
l:3o q BEAUTY SCHOOL.
Education. Inga conducts beauty course.
"a OUR MISS BROOKS.
Comedy Miss Brooks favorite pupil
wants her to marry his widowed father
Eve Arden stars.
q AS THE WORLD TURNS.
Rosemary Prinz is featured.
200 a JAN MURRAY SHOW.
Game Color. Starring Jan Murray.
q DAY IN COURT.
Trial. Judges are Edgar Allan Jones, ir,
and William Gwinn.
q FULL CIRCLE.
Drama Robert Fortier, Jean Byron star
FPS @ NEWS.
Matthew Warren reporting
2:3O a LORETTA YOUNG THEATER.
Drama Selected repeats.
q DOORWAY TO LIFE.
Drama "Return in Triumph"
q GALE STORM SHOW.
Comedy Featuring ZaSu Pitts.
q HOUSE PARTY.
Variety Art linkIetter, host.
300 N YOUNG DR.. MALONE.
Drama William Prince plays Dr.. Malone.
q DATELINE EUROPE.
Drama "FIea Market"
q BEAT THE CLOCK.
Game. Bud Coyer, nc.
~ THE Nail I0NAIRE
Evening star., 1960-04-05
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, April s (AP).-tUsDAl
HOGS 5000; moderately active early
iater trade active, steady to mostly 25
higher on butchers and sows; early
clearance: mixed grade 2-3 and mixed
j l9O-24n lbs 16.25-16.65; several
hundred $ and mixed - and 2s 200
.29 lbs l6.65-I6.s5; several lots Ii
l6;S5-I7; 90, 125 head at II 90: mixed
grace 2-3 and 3s "4O-27O lhs 1900
1885; few lots mostly 2s "3O-95O
IDS 10. 40 6.S5; mixed grade % and
IS "Io-29O lbs l5.75-16Jh; small
volume mixed % and 3S 29O-33O lbs
z; 2h- 1888; MIXED grade "a 330-
350 ID sows 13,50-14.75, little below
Cattle $500: calves 100; slaughter
steers steady to so lower. mostly
STEADY TO weak; heifers moderately
active, fully steady; vealers and stock
erS ana Feeders about steady; a few
loadS and lots high choice and mixed
en- snolce and prime 1.075-1,275 ID steers
bulk good 24.00-265O: utility and
standard 10 .00-23 so; a load of prime
;O4 10 hetfers 30 so: several lots high
choice and prime 2sOO-2g. 90; bulk
eholce 26.00-27.75: good grades % 90
25.2O; utility and standard II. so
%; most utility and commercial
cows 1920 1900 a few high com
mercial and standard 1S.5O-20 90;
Gamers and cutters l4O0-l7 90; util-
NY sno commercial bulls lq.0O-2I 90 :
eooo ana choice vealers 2S.OO-33 90:
gooo Iso-S50 ID stockers and feed :
ing steers 25.O0-26 90: a load Of
sfsert meaium D. and good sO3 lb feeding
Evening star., 1960-04-05
CIV to Hold
Institute on
U. S. Contracts

Problems revolving around
Government contracts and pro-
poSals for changing the law will
be the subject of a special
George Washington University
Institute April % and 90.
The sessions of this Seventh
Annual Government Contracts
Institute will be held at Lisner
Auditorium, Twenty-first and
H streets NV, and will at
tract Government, industry and
private-practice attorneys, &C
countants and educators.
Charles Horsky, member of
the Washington law firm of
Covington & Burling; author
of The Washington Lawyer and
a member Of the special COM
mittee of the Association OF
the Bar of the City of New
York, will be one of the top
speakers.
The institute is co-sponsored
by the university and the Fed
eral Bar Association.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
~ SYLVIA PORTER

scribe all that you've read
above.
It's a state of equilibrium
at a high level" and a
plateau"
These words are not only
pure bafflegab but also deeply
disturbing. Webster's defines
equilibrium as "a state of
balance between opposing
forces whose resultant is
Zero" and plateau as "a fiat
thing" In our economy, stand
ing still-even at a peak level
is the equivalent of falling
back. We must grow if we are
to employ our growing labor
force, absorb our own produc-
ton, maintain our leadership. If
all we're in is equilibrium, f."
we'd better start thinking hard
how to get of on the upside.
The words being used today
are not the words of recession.
They are not the words of
boom. They are descriptions of
a neither-nor economy-some-
thing rare in modern times
which cannot. will not last.
'Dlstriouted' 1860. by the Hall syndi-
cate Inc. All Rishts Reservedl
Evening star., 1960-04-05
She'll Oil Ad Plans
Discussion at PurIey

H. S. EuStis, division manage,
OF Shell Oil Co., and other
division management personnel
from Baltimore. last night out
lined to 325 area dealers and
jobbers the firms 1860 adver-
tising program.
The meeting was at General
Motors Training Center. R. C.
Chase, district sales manager,
called the conference. News
paper advertising plans were
outlined by William Sutton,
division retail sales manager,
and Paul F. Causey, division
advertising manager.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Business Invites
Greater Controls.
FTCChief Warns

The American business com.
munity will find itself under
more stringent Government
control in the future unless il
begins to show more "business
citizenship" the chairman OF
the Federal Trade Commission
promised yesterday.
Chairman Earl w. Kintnel
addressed members of the Ma
tional Independent Diaries AS
sociation at the opening lunch
con Of their third annual
meeting at the Mayflower Ho-
tel.
He told the dairymen that
some businessmen are showing
increasing disinclination to
abide by existing anti-monop-
oily and trade laws. This can
only result in expanded Fed
eral regulation "as surely as
night follows day." he declared
During the first nine months
of fiscal year 1860 the FTC has
issued IS anti-monopoly COM
plants, he reported. This is five
more than were issued during
the entire 1859 fiscal year, he
said.
The dairy industry figures
prominently in anti-monopoly
action, Mr.. Kintner said. Liti-
cation in % anti-monopoly
complaints involving the indus
try is now before the ETC, he
said, and Investigations are un-
derway in another 18 cases.
Competitive free enterprise
is the core principle of our
economy" Mr.. Kintner stated,
adding that increased Federal
regulation of business is a
most unhappy" method of
preserving free enternriSe
Evening star., 1960-04-05

regular quarterly dividend OF
4 cents a share, President New
ton I. Steers. jr., announced
The dividends totaiing S cents
a share will be paid May 16
to holders of record April 4.
Mr.. Steers said the funds in
come as forecast for the fiscal
year ending June 30, was more
than enough to support pay
ment Of the extra.
The latest declaration fol-
lowed action taken by the
board on January 4 when the
regular dividend was increased
from 3 cents to 4 cents per
share. and a / cent extra was
declared.
Mr.. Steers attributed the
funds greatly improved income
to the fact that over one-quar-
ter of the companies whose
shares are included in Atomic
Funds portfolio have increased
their dividends during the
funds fiscal year ending
June 30,
Evening star., 1960-04-05
PEOPLE
BUSINESS

Harold V. Lauth, jr., has beer
named assistant to H. Walton
Cloke. public relations co-ordi-
nator for Kaiser Industries
Corp. here. He formerly was
regional PR chief for Volks-
wagon.
James A. Gustafson has be.
come local sales manager fol
station WTTG of the Metro
politan Broadcasting Corp. He
has been an account executive
for three years.
John S. COckrelI, executive
vice president Of the Washing
ton Restaurant Association, has
been named chairman of the
restaurant group for the cur
rent cancer drive.
M. John Sullivan of Silver
Spring, Md. has been ap-
pointed vice president and gen.
eral sales manager in charge OF
the Washington Office of Ameri-
can Marc. Inc, of Inglewood
Calf.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Giant Food Files
Answer to FTC
BY the Associated Press

Giant Food. Inc, today for
mally denied Federal Trade
Commission charges of making
fictitious savings claims in its
advertising.
An FTC complaint issued
February 4 challenged news
paper advertisements in which
Giant listed two prices for vari-
Gus items-the selling price and
a higher amount described as
regular price or manufacturer
list price.
In its denial, Giant said it
had not used any false or mis-
leading statements. 1t called for
strict proof" of the allegations
from FTC and denied that the
advertising cited violated a por-
ton of the FTC act.
1t also asked dismissal of the
charges on grounds that Giant
Food, Inc, is a meat packer as
defined by the Packers and
Stockyard Act and therefore is
subject to jurisdiction of the
Agriculture Department instead
of the FTC,