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Evening star., 1960-03-18

Smoke pots belched forth
clouds that choked the on
lockers.
Ran Half an Hour
It ran half an hour, when
with q whoosh one section
tumbled sidewise to the ground.
Then a second, waving q red
and white pennant. ran Off
side. A third, with q klaxon
that didn't work, scooted out
from under and dashed for
nowhere.
1t did not quite live up to
the billing. 1t was Mr.. Tinguely
in person, with a band Of help
ers, who put most Of it together
in the afternoon. But it did
paint its own pictures, and it
spoke its own pieces, from a
record, explaining what it was
all about. Some bottles were
supposed to crash to the ground
and didn't. The balloon was
scheduled to burst but failed
to. The fire did get out Of con-
troll and was extinguished at
the sculptor's request.
Mr.. Tinguely in his less ex-
perimental moments has done
some sculpture highly praised
by people who should know,
and his work is widely circu-
lated in Europe.
The spectacle was praised,
sight unseen to be sure, in re-
leases handed out in advance
and signed by Alfred H. Barr,
jr.. the museums curator of
collections, and by Marcel Du-
champ, who in his day created
no less q stir with his revolu-
tionary Nude Descending a
Staircase"
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80
FIuoridotion
Suspension Asked
Pending Study

Opponents Of water fiuori.
dation for the District gained
a convert last night.
The Congress Heights Citi-
zens Association voted to back
proposed legislation which for
bids continued fiuoridation Of
Federal water supplies until a
thorough study of the subject
is made by a special Federal
commission.
Bills creating such a COM
mission were introduced last
September by Representative
King, Democrat of Utah. The
proposals now are in the House
Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee. =
The citizens group supported
ffuoridation when it was being
considered for the District in
June, 1852. ..
No action was taken on q
proposal by Peter Glickert.
from the Capitol Hill South.
east Citizens Association, TO
oppose highway department.
plans for the east leg of the
Inner Loop Freeway System.
Describing the entire east leg
project as a useless waste Of
money, Mr.. Glickert said 1t
would benefit suburbanites at
the expense Of District resi-
dents and meaA the end Of
AnacoStia as a community. =.
Last nights meeting was
held at the Congress Heights
School, Nichols avenue and
Fifth street Sc.
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Army Urged to Build
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The Army was told today to
look to nuclear power plants to
give tanks and other battlefield
vehicles the operating ad-
vantages Of atomic submarines.
The Army got this word from
the operations research office
Of Johns Hopkins University,
a group Of professional think
ers who have been working out
goals for the military for q
dozen years.
The need for power sources
that would permit vehicles to
run for long periods independ-
ent Of conventional fuel sources
was among a list of findings
and recommendations submit
ted after a two-week confer
ence. The proposals went to the
Army chief of research and de-
velopment. 1t. Gen. Arthur G..
Trudeau.
The research once, known as
ORC. is directed by DR.. Ellis
johnson. a civilian scientist.
The Army also was urged to
think about means Of COM
munications and detection that
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reared up n feet high in the
garden Of the Museum of Mod
ern Art.
While an irate objector out
side passed out a leaflet be-
moaning the project as Goddess,
an audience of about 500 saw
Homage to New York" rattle,
nap, shake. hammer and burn
itself to pieces.
Self-DestructiOn
1t was so successful at self
destruction that the fire de-
partment had to train extin-
guishers on flames eating UP
the piano too fast. Loyal to art
the audience booed this inter-
ference, but the staunch fire.
men went right ahead-and
for a minute it seemed that
engines would be called to help
The object was by Swiss
born Sculptor Jean Tinguely, a
slight, black-haired, smiling
and very begrimed fellow who
bowed contentedly in response
to the warm applause that
greeted his novel venture.
1t was a gadget to end all
gadgets-and 1t almost ended
itself.
Fifteen motors controlled BY
eight timers ran some 80 bicy-
Gle wheels of all sizes. Pictures
painted themselves frenziedly
on paper unwound from re-
volving disks. A saw worked
back and forth on the piano,
underpinning. The cart rolled
to and fro. Hammers and NAL
lets struck tin cans and oil
drums in varying rhythms. A
great golden balloon inflated al
the peak of the machine
Evening star., 1960-03-18

would not depend on radio and
other electronic methods that
might not work in an emer-
gency. There was a suggestion
that such human faculties as
eyesight and hearing not be
taken too far out Of the
planning.
Among other recommended
tions. ORC suggested estab-
lishment Of an Army military
systems command that would
pull together the research,
development, experimentation
and long-range studies now
carried out by Offices and
agencies in several branches of
the Army. This command
would operate under the over
all administration of the chief
Of Army research and develop
ment. 1t would include at least
one new organization. an in
stitute Of advanced military
studies whose sole job would
be to look ahead 10 or a dozen
years.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Latin Growth
Key toPeace,.
LATER Says

Foreign Minister Horacio La
fer Of Brazil. hete for a two
day visit. said today that the
economic development of Latin
America Is essential to guar.
antee peace and a free, DEM
ocratic world.
Mr.. Later addressed the
council of the Organization of
American States shortly before
conferring with President Eisen-
hover and Secretary of State
Herter.
He few here from Canada,
where he has been on an official
visit. He was greeted at MATS
Terminal by Mr.. Herter, other
United States officials and
Latin American diplomats.
The Foreign Minister told the
OAS that Latin America needs
militant and positive cooper.
aClon" Tor its growth.
He said Latin Americas
right to a greater voice in world
affairs, along with its respon-
.sibilities. has increased since
World War II.
If this hemisphere is not
given the preference it needs
to realize its task" he said, to
morrow it could be the weak
point in a universal system"
Mr.. Later arranged to re-
ceive Brazilian officials in
Washington later today, and
tonight he and Mrs. Later will
attend a dinner given by Mr..
and Mrs. Herter at Blair House.
The Foreign Minister will hold
a press conference tomorrow,
and have lunch with members
of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Captain Is Found
Guilty in Staying

WUERzBURG. Germany,
Mar. l8 (AP).-A United States
Army captain was convicted to-
day Of the unprecedented MUIR
der of a fellow .oficer. He was
sentenced to five years lmpris-
onment at hard labor and dis
missal from the service.
Capt. Harold j. Maxson, 80,
of Pilot Knob, Mo-, originally
charged with the premeditated
murder Of Capt. Roy A. Gist,
80, of Chaffee, Mo-, was con-
victed of Staying Capt. Gist by
shooting him with his As cali
ber Army pistol at q New Years
party.
Mrs. Mary Louise GiSt, widow
of the dead officer, burst into
violent sobs when she heard the
verdict and sentence. Mrs.
Maxson sat pale and tense
when court president, Col.
James L. Low, announced the
finding Of the eight officer
court. A
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Trunsit Subsidy
Might Be Cut
By Federal Tax .

The District Public Utilities
Commission Is concerned about
the possibility that any subsidy
it might give to the D. c.
Transit System to keep down
rising fares probably would get
cut in half by Federal taxes.
The commission may propose
IA bill that would prevent the
Internal Revenue Bureau from
collecting income taxes on any
subsidy money the District
might decide to give to bolster
the transit company. 'a1s
Commission Chairman George
E. c. Hayes has said a subsidy
may be needed to avoid an
other fare increase. If fares
continue to go up, the commits
sion feels, it could mean less
use of transit facilities. The
general public should help bear
the expense of keeping a sound
transit company in operation,
according to the P. U. C.'s view,
rather than the transit riding
public alone.
But should a subsidy be
granted the Federal tax bite
would be made on the basis
that 1t would amount to addi-
tional income for the company.
This bite is about SO per cent.
Thus the District might grant
a subsidy of $50,000. The Fed
eral tax on the amount would
mean the Treasury would COL
lect $4,000 Of the subsidy.
The same thing applies to
tax exemptions now being
granted the company. When
d. c. Transit saves on District
taxes, that saving is taxed by
the Federal Government Mr..
Hayes said this might be rene
died in a bill, too. :
He emphasized. however,
that no final decision on any
proposal for subsidies or further
tax exemptions have been made
by the commission. ITS in the
thinking stage" he said.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Banned Manual Upsets
Conviction of Airmon

The United States Court of
Military Appeals today ordered
a new trial for an airman con-
victed of larceny and absence
without leave because the man s
Board Of Review had copies of
an inaccurate procedural man
ual before it.
The appeals court, in its
opinion. pointed out that 1t
had banned the Manual for
ourts-Martial." used oy all
services. in another trial in
1857.
The court had called atten-
ton to inaccurate statements in
the manual and, over the years,
it noted deficiencies in the
booklet as well, it said. Today's
opinion involved q 37-year -old
Air Force technical sergeant,
James E. Dobbs, who was ac-
cused Of stealing more than
$4,000 and q pistol while as
signed as a cashier at a base
in England.
The opinion said that Sergt.
Dobbs told his court-martial
he took the money and went off
on a three-day drinking spree
because "he decided that if he
took enough money and drank
enough intoxicants he would
force himself to take his life. !"
He had made several at
temptS at suicide, which were
unsuccessful because "he Wis
ualized his wife and children"
and then decided to surrender
to military authorities, the
opinion said.
Sergt. DobbS was disturbed
by financial difficulties and a
feeling that he had failed as a
Evening star., 1960-03-18

father and q husband, it was
testified at his court-martial.
Sergt. Dobbs was convicted
at the court-martial, which
was upheld by a military board
of review. His sentence in
cluded confinement at hard
labor for IL months and a bad
conduct discharge.
In reversing the board of
review. the appeals court said
that court records clearly show
that the manual was available
for use by officers at the trial.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
8 Sailors Hurt
In Street BruwI
With 5 Youths

Three Patuxent Naval Base
sailors were injured last night
in a street brawl with five
Washington youths in the $500
block Of Pennsylvania avenue
Sc.
Two of the sailors, James
Watson, %. and Brian Sloane,
20, were admitted to the Be-
thesda Naval Hospital for OBJ
servation with cuts and bruises.
The third. Wayne B. Crawford,
%, was treated and released.
One of the youths. q juvenile
accused Of starting the fist
fight, was treated at Casualty
Hospital for cuts and bruises
and sent to the Receiving
Home. His case will be handled
by Juvenile Court.
Appearing in Municipal Court
today were:
Wayne G. Daoff, 10, of the
1900 block Of Orren street
NE; Daniel E. Hilderbrand,
10. of the 800 block Of Ridge
road Sc; Edward r. Hang
liter, 20, Of the 1900 block of
Fort Davis place Sc, and
William w. Mangum. jr., 81, of
the $500 block of Hartford
street Sc.
Judge Mildred Reeves re-
duced the police charge against
the four from assault to three
counts of simple assault each.
She set bond for each at $500
and ordered a jury trial on
April 27.
Detective Leo r. Halloran
and Pvt. William Brazzel of
the eleventh precinct said the
fight started at around $50
pm. when the juvenile and one
of the sailors got involved in
an argument over a girl.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
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vOLV0 1859 station WAGON; q
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Evening star., 1960-03-18
ROSENTHAL
CHEVROLET

Columbia Pike and s. 0lebe Rd.
Arlington. Va. IA. 1851
wILLYs '53 2-door sedan; :. and
b., 4l,00O mi; excel. eond.: $3.50.
FL. 4-64g5.
WILLYS AZ station wagon: GOOD
RossLYN AUTO BODY Co, isi7
n Lynn St. Arl.. Va ia. $4,000.
WILLY's '5s Fc-I7O pickup; heat
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WHY'S JEEP CTS 1855: full
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Va IA. 5-5600.
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Lunotic Art Machine
Destroys Itself Nicely
BY w. G. ROGERS
Associated Press Arts Editor

NEW YORK, Mar. 10 (AP)-A machine whose whole pur-
life destroy itself did just night in one
OF the most amusing unac shows under the
of modern art.
The creature composed of wheels bathtub piano radio
addressograph machine chds assorted other objects
Evening star., 1960-03-18

TRITMPHS New 1860, priced
from 81 .69g, poe MERSON a.
THOMPSON. Authorized Sales and
Service 472l Hampden lane, Be-
theSda. Nd OIL 2-2615
Evening star., 1960-03-18
Improvement Noted
For BedeII Smith
By the Associated Pres,

oS lHe ASSoCldLeo freSS
Walter Bedell Smith, veteran
soldier and diplomat, was re-
ported in improved condition
today in Walter Reed Army
Hospital where he has been a
patient since October l3.
Hospital aides said Gen.
Smith, GA, has been removed
from the critically i'll list but
there is no indication when he
may be permitted to leave the
nos - r.
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Mrs. Edith Leeord,
Active in County
Patriotic Groups

PURCELLVILLE, Va, Nov.
% (SpeciaD Mrs. Edith Potts
Legard, SO, of Hillsboro, wife of
S. Campbell Legard, died yes
terday in Loudoun County Hos
pital after a long illness.
She was a lifelong resident
Of Loudoun County.
Born near Round Hill. she
was the daughter of the late
Harry c. and Elizabeth Beans
Potts. Mrs. Legard was active
in club work. She was civil de-
tense chairman of the Ketoctin
Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, and was
also head of the discussion
group. She was vice president
Of Lee Chapter, United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy and
was a member Of the Catoctin
Presbyterian Church in Water
ford.
Besides her husband, she
leaves a son. Sam c. Legard OF
Hillsboro; a daughter, Mrs,
Lynn R. Wolfe of Topeka
Kans.; two sisters, Miss Ruth
H. Potts and Mrs. Blanche Os-
born, and two brothers, Russell
T. and E. Humphrey Potts, all
of Round Hill, and four grand.
children.
Services were held today il
the Hall Funeral Home in Pur'
cellville, with burial in Hills.
boro Cemetery.
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Mrs. nellie Dean,
Writer'S Widow

Funeral services were to be
held today for Mrs. nellie S.
Dean, 70. of Carroll Manor
Nursing Home. West Hyatts-
vile, who died Friday after a
long illness. Burial was to be
in Berryville, Va.
A third-generation Washing
tonian, Mrs. Dean was the
widow of William Harper Dean,
magazine writer and agricul-
tural manager Of the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
Her father was Charles w.
Shiles who operated a lumber
yard in Southwest Washington.
She leaves three sons, Will
liam H. Dean of Madrid. Spain;
c. Wesley Dean of Round Hill.
Va; and John w. Dean of
Rockville, Md; a daughter.
Mrs. G. Kenneth Levi of Berry,
vile, Va; a brother, John w.
Shiles of Mayo, Md; Is grand
children. and five great-grand-
children.
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james H. Beottie, 70, Helped
Develop Peanut Industry

James Herbert Beattie. Is.
who helped develop the United
States peanut industry and was
a co-founder Of the Mclean
(va0 Fire Department. died
Sunday in Wooster, Ohio, after
a short illness.
A resident of Mclean for
about Is years, he helped start
the fire department in the 1920s
and was chief for IS years.
Working at the Department
Of Agriculture from 1904 to
1851, he was its senior horti-
culturist in charge Of produc-
ton, breeding and disease in
vestigation of peanuts. AS the
departments adviser to the pea
nut industry, he helped improve
the domestic product.
After his retirement he
helped the Dominican Repub-
lie with peanut development.
He had lived in Wooster, Ohio,
for the last three years.
Mr.. Beattie was clerk of ses-
sions Of the Takoma Park Pres
byterian Church and wrote a
horticulture column for the
Washington Post.
Born in GAINESVILLE. Ohio. he
was graduated from Ohio State
University with bachelor Of
science degree and from Amer
lean University with a master
Of science degree.
He leaves his wife, Maude
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Dr.. Herbert Howard, ST.,
MiddIeburq Veterinarian

Church in Leesburg.
He leaves his wife, Lillian
Bartlam Howard Of Middle
burg; five sons, DR.. Herbert
Howard. jr., and DR.. Thomas
j. Howard both of Leesburg,
Frederick R. Howard of Ham
ilton, w. Franklin Howard of
LeeSburg and David j. Howard
of Middleburg; a daughter,
Mrs. Grady Hopkins, 4338
South Twenty-eighth street,
Arlington; and two brothers,
Fred Howard of Columbia
City. Ind, and Harry Howard
of Albion. Ind, and nine
grandchildren.
Funeral, services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow in st.
James Episcopal Church, with
burial in Leesburg Union
Cemetery.
The family asks that express
sions of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to the
Loudoun County Heart Fund.
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Activities and sponsorship of
legislation creating the iva,
as two of his greatest &C
compliShments. He sponsored
it with the late Senator George
Norris of Nebraska.
Hit Power Trusts"
Since he represented an area
made up primarily of farmers
in the low economic group,
Representative Rankin attacked
high electric rates and power
trusts, and saw the iva as a
means of bringing cheap cleo
tricity to his area.
His views on monopolies,
utilities, and public power often
lined him up with the New Deal
liberals, but more often than
not, he opposed the New Deal.
Before World War II, he OPP
posed the anti-lynching bill,
the National Labor Relations
Board. and advocated revising
the Wage-Hour bill.
He leaves his widow. the
former Annie Laurie Burrous,
and a daughter. Mrs. John
Sanders of 5006 Nahant street,
Sumner, Md.
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M1DDLEBURG. Va, Nov. %
Especially. - DR.. Herbert
Howard. ST., 10, Middleburg
veterinarian. died yesterday in
Loudoun County hospital soon
after suffering a heart attack.
A native of Albion. Ind. he
was the son of the late Frank
and Margaret Ellen Howard.
He was graduated in 1917 from
Chicago Veterinarian College.
DR.. Howard had practiced
his profession in Loudoun
County for 81 years, and also
served many other parts of
Northern Virginia. He had
lived in Leesburg until two
years ago, when the family
went to Middleburg to live.
DR.. Howard was a member
of the Olive Branch Masonic
Lodge of Leesburg, the Loudoun
County Chapter of the Isaac
Walton League. the American
and the Virginia Veterinarian
associations and of st. James
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PhiIipG. MondeII,
D. G. Pharmacist

Philip G. Mandell, 70, a re-
tired pharmacist, died yester-
day at the Sharon Nursing
Home, Olney, Md.
Mr.. Mandell, a native of New
York. came to this area about
as years ago.
He leaves his wife, Mrs
Sophie D. Mandell of 4545 Con-
necticut avenue NV, a son,
Melvin H. of 3116 Davenport
street NV, and a daughter,
Mrs. Beady Freeman of 3107
Fessenden street NV.
Funeral services will be held
at Bernard Danzansky g. Sons
Funeral Home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. at 1890 pm. to-
morrow. Burial will be in King
David Cemetery. Memorial week
will be at the Fessenden street
address.
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John Rankin, 70, Dies;
In House for 81 Years

Funeral services were sched-
uled today in Tupelo. Miss. for
former Representative John E.
Rankin, Democrat Of Missis-
sippi who died at his home in
Tupelo on Saturday night after
O heart attack. He was Is.
During his often stormy 80
years In the House, from 1921
to 1852. Representative Rankin
was known as q vehement white
supremacist. He also was one
Of the first to champion the
Tennessee Valley Authority act,
and helped map the CT Bill Of
Rights after World War II.
Born in Itawambu County.
Miss. Representative Rankin
received his law degree from
the University Of Mississippi in
1910. and served as prosecuting
attorney in Tupelo from 1911 to
1915 He was elected to the
House for the first time in 1920.
representing the First District.
Lost TO Abernethy
He was defeated in 1852 by
Thomas Abernethy when the
First and Fourth Districts were
merged after the 1850 census.
Despite his liberal record On
such matters as iva and his
support Of several Roosevelt
measures to strengthen the
country's defenses after the
outbreak of World War II in
1889, Mr.. Rankin was out
spokenly anti Jewish, anti
Negro. He was also anti
Communist.
He once protested a measure
to end discrimination against
Negroes in Washington on the
grounds that it would encourage
assaults on white women. He
called anti discrimination
orders of the Fair Employment
Practices Committee "revolu-
tionary. illegal and destruc-
tive"
Mr.. Rankin who suffered
from arthritis the past two
years. regarded his anti-C Com
munist work on the House
Committee on Un-American
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Mrs. Clinton N. Smith, ",
Ex-Treusury Claims Aide

Mrs. Blanche Neal Smith, n,
widow Of Clinton N. Smith and
a former manager Of the claims
section of the Loans and Cur
rency Division Of the Treasury
Department, died Saturday Of
cerebral thrombosis and con-
gestive heart failure at Doctors
Hospital.
Mrs. Smith, who resided at
1929 Columbia road NV, was
a native of Upper Marlboro,
Md. She was educated there
and in Baltimore, where she
was graduated from the State
Normal College in 1908.
After teaching in Maryland
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schools for several years she
entered Government service
here, retiring in 1949. She was
a communicate of st. Stephen
and the Incarnation Episcopal
Church.
She leaves two sisters. Mrs.
George Pausch Of Baltimore
and Mrs. Ruby Neal Lillard Of
New York. and a brother. Al
fred G. Neal, Of 1925 Military
road NV.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. tomorrow at Cav
ler's Chapel, 1855 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, with burial in
Glenwood Cemetery.