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Evening star., 1960-03-16
Liquor Dealer
Is Indicted in
Aides Staying

A liquor store proprietor was
indicted today on a charge of
f1rst-degree murder, accusing
him in the mysterious fatal
shooting Of an employe on
March 8.
The defendant is William
Dobkin, 81, of the 28O0 block Of
Denver street Sc. The victim
was Harry c. Hansen. 81, of
the 1400 block of Maryland
avenue NE.
Mr.. Hansen was found slain
in the Lo-Ko Liquor Shop, ia
the l400 block of H street NE.
Of which Mr.. Dobkin is pro-
prietor.
Police first learned of the
Staying after receiving a call
from an attorney, whom Mr..
Dobkin was said to have called,
indicating there had been a
robbery at the store. Mr.. Han
sen, a longtime employe of
Mr.. Dobkin, was found with
bullet wounds in his neck and
mouth and also had received
numerous cuts and bruises, &C
cording to police.
Police quoted Dobkin as stat
ing at first that there had been
a holdup and that he had shot
a man in the stomach. Later
he refused to answer questions,
police said. Pieces of broken
liquor bottles and full bottles
Of liquor were found on the
floor near Mr.. Hansen's body,
police said.
Two men were indicted on
charges Of assault with a dan
gerous weapon and assault with
intent to kill James r. Sullivan.
AZ, Of the 500 block of Hamlin
street NE. last month.
Mr.. Sullivan was attacked
while seated in his automobile
with his wife on Michigan ave-
nue. near Franklin street NE.
after being ordered to stop. DO
lice said. He was cut on the
neck and arm.
The two defendants named
are Joe D. johnson, %. of the
100 block of Willard street
NV, who was said to- have
wieldeG a knife, and his COM
panion, John E. Mason. "a. of
the 1900 block of. Tenth street
NV.
Police quoted johnson as
saying Mr.. Sullivan had "cut
him of" in traffic.
The indictments were among
seven returned by a District
grand jury before Judge Leon
ard P. Walsh.
Evening star., 1960-03-16

ground the United States res
Iervation has encouraged other
countries to reject the courts
jurisdiction. He held this i'm
peded the goal of peace
through international law.
The resolution also has been
indorsed by Vice President
Nixon, Secretary Of State
Herter and Attorney General
Rogers.
Opponents Of repeal say it
would amount to a surrender
Of United States sovereignty
and allow the court to decide
disputes surrounding immigra-
ton policy and United States
operation Of the Panama
Canal.
Evening star., 1960-03-16
By the Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Gates
testified today that this coun-
try surpasses Soviet Russia
several times" in total de-
structive power of its nuclear
weapons and capacity for de-
uvering them.
Mr.. Gates fatty rejected
suggestions of Democratic
critics of the Eisenhower de-
fense program that this coun-
try should match the Soviet
Union missile for missile" He
took the same stand on an
immediate airborne alert to
protect the Strategic Air CON-
mand from possible destruction
on the ground by a surprise
missile attack.
Mr.. Gates testified at a COM
Evening star., 1960-03-16
New COLLEGE Head

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Mar
Is tAP).-Dr. Eston K. Feas-
ter, dean Of the College of Ed
ucation at West Virginia Uni
verSity for the last seven years,
yesterday was named president
Of Fairmont State College. HI
will succeed DR.. John w
Pence, who died several week!
ago. The appointment is eff.
fective July /.
Evening star., 1960-03-16
WeIder, in Coventry
Works With SiIent15O

LONDON, Mar. I6 (AP).-
Tom Dobson, a welder, eats
alone in the factory canteen at
Aldridge. None of $50 fellow
workmen talks to him.
Even his bicycle has been
ostracized. It is locked in a
room so persons who don't like
Mr.. Dobson can't slash the tires
again.
Mr.. Dobson has been "sent to
Coventry" a phrase for ban
ishment peculiar to Britain in
trade union disputes. Many
leading trade unionists are un-
easy.
Mr.. DobSon was taken on at
the Birlec electric furnace fac
tory several months ago. Work.
ers suggested he join the boiler
makers union.
Mr.. Dobson said he had been
in 1t once and was unhappy
because, he insisted, it is a tur-
bulent outfit. He offered to join
the Amalgamated Engineering
Union.
Worked During Strike
Argument became bitter, and
two weeks ago eliminated in a
strike. Only Mr.. Dobson went
to work. On Intervention of ma
tional union officials the strike
was called of, but since then
Mr.. DobSon has been subjected
to angry silence.
No one will work with Mr..
Dobson at a bench. He cannot
Evening star., 1960-03-16
Threats of Another Strike

II won't back down." said
Mr.. DobSon. Il was a long time
in the Army fighting against
things like this"
The company has dismissed
two men said to have been
especially difficult about Mr..
Dobson, and there are threats
Of another strike.
Mr.. Dobson's one-man stand
is exciting national interest.
The Daily Express said today:
In the name of solidarity,
$50 ordinary, decent family men
are acting with shameful, cal
'culated cruelty. Is there a
man at Aldridge who will put
his conscience before conform
ity-before it is too late?"
Evening star., 1960-03-16
AssouIton Policeman
Charged to l4-Yeor-OId

volver and fired two shots
one piercing the front wind
shield and the second hitting
the left door.
The car crashed into a
parked auto, damaging both
vehicles.
Pvt. Kilimnik took the IA
year-old boy back to the pre-
cinct, where he was turned over
to the juvenile squad. The boy
was identified as the son of a
Washington travel agent.
No charges were placed
against the other boy, who was
identified as the son of a WASH
ington policeman.
The assault charge stemmed
from the policeman being
struck by the car. police said,
Pvt. Kilimnik was not hurt.
The 14-year-old told police
he and his friend were in the
vicinity looking for the car of
a teacher. He said they wanted
to play a trick" on the teach
er'S car, police reported.
Inspector Albert L. Embrey
and Capt. Francis Dunn Of the
9th precinct are investigating
Evening star., 1960-03-16

Police today charged a IA
year-old boy with assaulting
an officer after a scufle in
which the policeman fired two
shots.
The incident began about 3
am. today when an eighth
precinct policeman walking his
beat noticed a slowly moving
1857 Cadillac. in the $500 block
of Porter street NV.
81 Pvt. Bernard H. Kilimnik
said the car stopped in the
middle of the block and two
youths got out and began walk
ing away separately,
> His suspicious aroused, the
policeman ordered the youths
to stop. He took one of the
youths. a 15-year-old, and
started to the patrol box to
. call the precinct.
Pvt. Kilimnik said the boy
broke from his grasp and ran.
The 14-year-old ran to the
Cadillac, started the motor and
drove OF. brushing Pvt. Kilim-
mix as it passed. the officer
said.
The policeman drew his re-
Evening star., 1960-03-16
Board Lists
RightsCases
BY the Assoeistsa Press

The Civil Rights Commission
had received 1888 complaints,
including 288 sworn complaints
involving voting rights, through
February 90.
The commission reported on
the complaints received since
it was established in 1857 in a
letter to Representative H.
Preston, Democrat of Georgia.
He made the data public dur
ing House debate on civil rights
legislation.
BY categories. the commits
sion said it had received: 288
sworn voting complaints: so
unsworn voting complaints: 88
general voting complaints, and
802 general complaints other
than about voting.
A voting complaint must be
sworn to become the basis for
a commission investigation. 1t
also must allege denial of
rights because Of color, race.
religion or national origin.
The tabulations as printed
in the Congressional Record
showed:
The largest number of vot-
ing complaints filed from any
one State was 140 from Ala
bama. These broke down into
137 sworn complaints, one un-
sworn and two general.
The second high for a State
was los from Louisiana. with
rs of them sworn. Mississippi
was listed with Sc, 80 of them
sworn, and California had At,
none sworn and 81 of them
general in character. North
Carolina had 20, all of them
sworn.
Other States from which
one or more voting complaints
OF some character were re-
ceived are Arkansas, Conuecti-
cut, Delaware, Florida. Georgia
Indiana. Kansas, Kentucky
Massachusetts, Nebraska, New
Jersey, New York, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania, South Carolina
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
A commission spokesman said
data as to counties of origin OF
the complaints were not avail
able for publication.
The largest number of COM
plants about other than voting
matters from any State was 81
from New York. Forty-five oi
these dealt with administration
of justice, and IA were classified
as anonymous, crank, illegible.
Evening star., 1960-03-16

work effectively, because no
one will touch anything he
handles.
There is no violence. But men
push past Mr.. Dobson without
a word or a smile. The ostra-
cism extends to the town of AID
ridge. People do not talk to his
wife, Mary. or their five chill
dren.
He is a stubborn man when
it comes to principle" said
Mary. Il suggested he quit the
Job, but he says he won't unless
he is fired. We could sell our
home and get out. But he says
he will stick, and I'll stick with
him"
Evening star., 1960-03-16
World Court
IssueDe|aYed
BySenafeUnit
By the Assoclated Pre.s

A divided Senate Foreign
Relations Committee has de-
ferred action on a politically
explosive resolution to repeal a
United States restriction on
jurisdiction of the World
Court.
1t did so yesterday at a
closed-door session where pro-
ponenents of the resolution
said they will seek a showdown
vote March 29 on sending it
to the Senate. A two-thirds
Senate majority would be re-
quired for adoption.
Chairman Fulbright, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, who supports
President Eisenhower's plea for
repeal. told reporter the com
mittee is split, the country is
split and the Senate is split"
over the issue.
Opposed by Long
Senator Long, Democrat of
Louisiana. an opponent of re-
peal, told an interviewer he
thinks a majority of the COM
mittee will approve the resolu-
ton But Senator Long added:
I'm convinced they can't win
a two-thirds majority in the
Senate. and that they will be
lucky to get a majority
The controversy cent RS
around the "Connally reserva-
ton" which the Senate adopted
when it ratified United States
membership in the United Ma
tions-created court in 1946.
Sponsored by former Senator
Tom Connally, Democrat of
Texas, it gives the United states
the right to veto the courts
jurisdiction in any dispute in
volving this country if the
United States finds it intrudes
on domestic ground.
Mr.. Eisenhower, in his state
of-the-Union message, indorsed
the repeater resolution on the
Evening star., 1960-03-16
Comp Fire Day Set

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. l6 (AP)
Tawes has proclaimed
tomorrow Camp Fire Girls
Founders Day" in Maryland.
Evening star., 1960-03-16
Union Official Found
Guilty of Contempt

An official of radiomens union was convicted today
In District Court OF contempt of Congress for refusing to
say whether he had been active in the Communist Party
The defendant, Frank Grumman 49, radio operator for
RCA Communications Inc had appeared witness before
House Un-Amercan Activities Subcommittee July 1887
Evening star., 1960-03-16
U. S. Surposses Russia,
Gates I estifies at Probe

bined public hearing by the
joint Senate Space Committee
and the Defense Preparedness
Subcommittee. both led by
SENATE Democratic Leader
johnson.
Even before he could read his
strongly worded defense of the
Eisenhower administration de-
fense policies and program, a
tiff developed about presenting
| it.
Senator Johnson, in a bris-
ting summary of previous
testimony critical of current
defense programs, told the Sen
atorS:
IF we speed our defenses and
they are not needed all we lose
is the money. If we fail to step
/ up our defenses and they are
needed. we could lose our coun-
try"
JOhnsOn's Suggestion
Senator johnson then sug-
gested that Mr.. Gates file a
brief statement and proceed to
answer questions.
In a preliminary statement,
Senator johnson had said this
country must maintain the mil
itary strength to discourage
ANY aggressor tempted to gam
BILE for world domination"
Senator johnson said most
military men believe our de-
fense posture is adequate today.
but he added that "our pro-
grams for the future involve a
degree Of risk which could af-
feet the very survival of our
Nation"
Evening star., 1960-01-03

Modern pIostie top step and cocktail
tobles. budget priced for this special
clearance.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
EISENHOWER
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Inter American Development
Bank.
Unconflrmed reports have
reached Washington that Com
munistS and other anti-Ameri-
can elements will attempt To
incite hostile demonstrations
during the Eisenhower trip.
But the President has said he
sees no cause for concern about
security.
High on the list Of topics
President Eisenhower and the
officials accompanying him will
discuss with their Latin Ameri-
can hosts are economic and
social development and security
Of the Western Hemisphere.
Undoubtedly, the course pur-
sued by Cuban Prime Minister
Fidel Castro. his pro-Com-
muniSt activities and his cool
ness toward inter-American
cooperation, will be reviewed.
Mr.. Eisenhower will make
use Of a Jet airplane for most
long flights, and the conven-
tional aircraft, Columbine III,
for other flights. On occasion,
he also will fly in helicopters.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
TIED TO YOUR OFFICE? TRY THIS
Mitchell to Quit
Georgia Seat
BY the Associated Press


Representative Mitchell, DEM
ocrat Of Georgia, said yesterday
that for health reasons he will
not seek reelection from Geor-
gia's 7th District.
Mr.. Mitchell said he was act
ing on advice Of his doctors, but
added:
Il am 35 years old and I have
no intention of retiring per-
manently from public office and
am hopeful that in the future
l can be Of service again in the
Congress or in some other off,
cial position"
Mr.. Mitchell said his illness
has been diagnosed as chronic
esophagitiS. He said it is not
serious but is painful and for
the time being will require a
less strenuous schedule OF
activities.
Evening star., 1960-02-21

Sun, Apr. II, still waiting
for help. still praying. Eyes
bad. lost all our weight. Ach-
ing all over. Could make it if
we had water. just enough left
to put our tongue to. Have
hopes for help very soon, no
rest. still same place.
Mon. April IL, no hope yet,
very cold mite"
Sunbleached bones identified
tentatively as those of 1t.
Toner, Sergt. Lamotte, Sergt.
Adams, 1st 1t. William I. Hat
ton Of Queens, N. Y, and I'd
1t. D. P. Hayes of Lees Sum-
NIT, Mo-, were found last week
by an exploration team of the
British Petroleum Co.
Four Still Missing
The flyers died about IS miles
north Of the spot where their
Liberator bomber had glided
unnamed to an almost perfect
belly landing on the desert sand
nearly II years ago. Discovery
OF the plane by a team of Brit
iSh geologiStS last Nav had set
on intensive searches to learn
the fate Of the crew.
No trace has been found of 1t.
Woravka or Sergts. Shelley
Ripslinger and Moore, the three
who left the main party to go
in search of help. Investigators
OF a United States mortuary
team said they are certain the
remains Of those four will not
be found in the immediate
area.
The fuselage Of the Lady
Be Good" was undamaged in
its landing. Its radio was still
intact and its water jugs were
still f1lled when the biologists
found it. Air officials said the
crewmen probably would have
survived if they had stayed
aboard. or had found the plane
after bailing out.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
BUILDING
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a 12-acre tract which the Poto-
mac Plaza group bought or Sc
cured options on five years ago
So far. this group has complet-
ed only one building, the 274-
unit Potomac Plaza co-opera-
tive apartment building at Vir-
ginia and New Hampshire ave-
nues NV.
The development group sold
site at the northwest corner
of Twenty-fourth and G.
streets NV. to the American
Association of University Wom-
en- for a new headquarters,
which is nearly completed.
Most of the land in the
original 12-acre tract was once
occupied by gas storage tanks.
pumping stations and storage
yards. The entire area is now
destined for luxury apart
ments or Office buildings.
In addition to the plans of
private developers for the area,
there is also under considera-
ton a proposal by the District
Redevelopment Land Agency
for a $40 million luxury hotel
apartment project in an eight
acre tract bounded by Virginia
avenue, E, G and Twenty Third
streets NV. This proposal has
been approved by the National
Capital Planning Commission
and is before the District
Commissioners.
The American Investment
Mortgage Co., founded only 18
months ago, has just completed
a 200-unit apartment project
at 1000 North Adams street
in Arlington and is ready to
apply for building permit to
construct a 100-room hotel at
Wisconsin avenue and N street,
in the heart Of Georgetown.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
AdmiroI's S Widow Dies
Heart Massage Fails,

but she never regained con-
sciousneSs. She died about $3.50
o'clock last night.
Mrs. HardiSon was the widow
of the late Vice Admiral who
was killed a year ago in q traf-
flc accident at Chevy Chase
Circle. Admiral HardiSon held
the post of Assistant Secretary
of Navy for Air before going to
sea in World War II.
Survivors include two sons,
Osborne B. Hardison. jr., an
instructor at the University of
North Carolina, and DR.. Gerry
Osborne Hardison, an intern in
a Boston hospital.
Funeral services have not yet
been arranged.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
ARMS
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ment, which will curtail the
risk Of war and permit reduc-
tionS in national armed forces
and armamentS.
Subsequently. to cut ma
tional armed forces and arma-
ments further, and to build up
international peace keeping
machinery, to the point where
aggression will be deferred by
international rather than ma
tional force"
Mr.. Moch and David Orms-
by-Gore, Britains disarmament
negotiator, were scheduled to
leave Washington yesterday.
Gaetano Martino. the Italian
representative, left Friday.
Canada's 1t. Gen. E. L. M.
Burns was to leave early this
week.
Besides the nuclear diSarma- =
ment problem, held up because
of United States indeciSion, the
first-phase inspection zone for
guarding against surprise at
tack was also a point of dis
agreement.
Here, however, 1t was under
stood the French were the prin-
cipal stumbling block. President
Charles de Gaulle has insisted
that any surprise attack area
must extend at least from the
UralS in Russia to the Atlantic
Ocean.
In 1857 the Western powers
had agreed they could accept a
smaller European zone.
Although the principal Brit
ish, French, Italian and Cana
dian disarmament representa-
tiveS are leaving Washington,
f1ve-power meetings are to con-
tinue here for the next 10 days
or two weeks.
Then the talks are to shift
to Paris, where the final West
ern positions will be laid out
before the Geneva meeting
March Is.
Evening star., 1960-02-21

Mrs. Osborne B. Hardison, SO,
died last night a day and a half
after undergoing a prolonged
heart massage in an attempt to
save her from exposure.
Mrs. Hardison, of 3249 N
street NV, was found uncon-
sciouS Friday morning in the
front seat of her car in a park
ing lot at Forty eighth and
Yuma streets NV. She was
taken to the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital where doctors.
hoping there might be a chance
to save her life, Immediately
opened up her chest and began
maSsaging her heart.
1t took nearly five hours be-
fore she began breathing again
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Nash to Visit Russio

WELLINGTON, Feb. 20 CAP>
walter Nash, New Zealand's
78-year-old Prime Minister,
plans to visit the Soviet Union
for a week IN April.
Evening star., 1960-02-21
No Hope ...' Last Entry
In Flyers Desert Diary

wIESBADEN, Germany, Feb.
20 (AP)-"No hope yet, very
cold mite"
That's the despairing final
notation in a diary covering
the Lbyan Desert trek of the
crew of the United States B-24
bomber Lady Be Good"
Second 1t. Robert F. Toner
of North Attleboro, Mass, one
of nine men who perished in
what the United States Air
Force describes as lone of the
greatest mysteries in aviation
history" pencilled the words
into a small notebook in the
desert April IL, 1943.
That was eight days after
they ran out Of gas and took
to their parachutes. They were
returning to North Africa from
an attack on Naples, Italy,
their first combat mission of
World War II.
The bombardier, I'd 1t. John
s. Woravka of Cleveland, ap-
parently was lost during the
jump. The others reassembled
and hiked north toward the
Mediterranean. nearly 500 miles
away. in hopes of reaching their
base at Solukh Field, Libya.
Prayer and Courage
1t. Toner, a 26-year-old for
mer garageman and car sales
man, told Of prayer and courage
in a battle against the elements
thirst they could quench with
only about q thimbleful Of
water a day, desert glare and
blistering heat by day, near.
freezing cold by night.
The Air Force released the
diary today:
Sunday, Apr. 4, Naples
% planes-things well mixed
up-got lost returning, out Of
gas. jumped, landed in desert
at 2 am. morning, no one
badly hurt, can't find John, all
others reset. (Meaning they re-
assembledJ
Monday, Apr. 5, start walk
ing NV (northwest), still no
John. A few rationS. "a can
teen Of water, one cap full per
day. Sun fairly warm, good
breeze from NV. Mite very
cold. No sleep. Rested and
walked.
Tues. Apr. 6, rested at
1880, sun very warm no breeze,
spent pm. in hell, no planes
ETC.. rested until 500 pm,
walked and rested all mite. IS
min. on, S min. of.
Eyes Begin to Fail
Wed, Apr. Z, same routine,
everyone getting weak, can't
get very far. Prayers all the
time, again pm. very warm,
hell. Everyone can't sleep.
everyone sore from gout.
Thurs, Apr. 8, hit sand
dunes, very miserable. Good
wind but continuous blowing of
sand. everyone now very weak.
thought Sam and Moore were
all done. Lamotte eyes are
gone. everyone else's are bad.
Still going NV.
(The references were to 81
Sergt. Samuel R. Adams of
Eureka, H.. S/Sergt. Vernon l..
Moore Of New Boston, Ohio,
and T/Sergt. Robert E. Lamotte
Of Lake Linden, Mich)
Fri, Apr. 8, Shelly, Rip.
Moore separate and try to 60
for help. Rest of US all very
weak, eyes bad. not any travel
Still very little water. Mites
are about 35 degrees, good
no wind, no shelter. l para
chute left.
Explorers Find Bones
("Shelly" was S/Sergt. Guy
E. Shelley Of New Cumberland,
Pa, and RIP" was T/Sergt.
Harold s. Ripslinger of Sagi-
Evening star., 1960-02-21
Explorers Find Bones

CShelly" was S/Sergt. Guy
E. Shelley of New Cumberland,
Pa, and RIP" was T/Sergt.
Harold s. Ripslinger of Sagi-
nav, MichD
Sat, Apr. 10, still having
prayer meetings for help, no
signs Of anything. A couple Of
birds, good wind from north.
Really weak now, can't walk,
pans all over mites very
cold, no sleep.
Evening star., 1960-02-21

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OF Diesel. dudl gear driver 3
Freight cars. bridge. power
pack track. layout board.
wire rs-rdiler. Ready to run.
Evening star., 1960-01-29
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