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Evening star., 1960-03-24
Skiers Reach
Burned Plane
And4B Bodies

ELKINS, w. Va, Mar. "a
(AP) ).-The burned wreckage of
a Gas and the bodies of its
four occupants - three men
and woman-were found and
identified near the top of a
bleak West Virginia mountain
today.
Rescuers travelling on snow
shoes and skis reached the
wreckage shortly before noon,
eliminating a laborious mis-
sion led by Air Force and
Civilian Air Patrol rescue
teams.
The announcement that the
scene of the Tuesday night
crash had been reached and
the bodies identified came
from 1t. Col. Robert Gobel of
Charleston, deputy commander
of the West Virginia wing of
the CAP.
In Heavy SnowstOrm
The Gas, piloted by Capt.
william G. Barbour, left Flor
ence, S. c., Tuesday en- route to
Denver. Colo. The last radio
contact with the plane was at
$50 pm. that day. Capt. Bar
bour was flying in a heavy
snowstorm over the Allegheny
Mountains of Northeastern
West Virginia.
Rescuers reached the wreck
scene by working their way
above the spot and then down
a.sharp descent in heavy SHOWS.
Helicopters which had taken
part in the search-one of
which spotted the wreckage
yesterday afternoon - we're
grounded today by high winds.
sCopter Forced to Land
One of the helicopters which
risked the high winds today
made a forced landing near
the top of one of the high
knobs in the area. and the
crew of six or eight men was
brought down by jeep. The
aircraft was not damaged.
CAP officials said the bodies
would not be removed until
Air Force personnel have
examined the scene.
With State Road Commission
equipment leading the way to
clear drifts, two ground parties
in trucks travelled a snow
clogged dirt road to within Ia
miles of the wreck.
The location is about Is air
miles southeast of Elkins and
not far from 4,860-foot Spruce
Knob, highest point in West
Virginia.
Snow Hampers Searchers
Four men were landed by
helicopter 21a miles from the
wreck after it was located yes
terday. But they we're able
to make little progress through
snow drifts 4 to 6 feet deep.
The plane was taking a party
to Denver to attend an aviation
education conference for
teachers. 1t made a stop at
Richmond, Va, and the next
stop was to have been Lock-
bourne Air Force B a S e.,
Columbus, Ohio.
In his last radio message, Capt.
Barbour radioed that he was
having trouble with one engine
and that the plane was icing
up. He gave his position as
80 miles east of Elkins.
Passengers on Plane
Capt. Barbour is Air Force
liaison officer for the South
Carolina wing of the CAP.
He lives in Florence
With him in the plane were
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Tucker, as,
Richmond schoolteacher and
lieutenant colonel in the CAP:
Dr.. Monroe L. Hatch of Sum-
ter, S. c., aviation education
director for the Middle East
region of the CAP, and Maj.
Clarence Bomar, 40, of Raleigh,
N. c., an instructor in me-
Chanical engineering at North
Carolina State College.
Each of the three men is
married and the father of two
children. Mrs. fuckers hus-
band George is in the whole
sale aviation supply business.
They have no children.
During World War II Capt.
Barbour had 81 combat mis-
sions as a B-24 pilot.
Evening star., 1960-03-24
BOUQUET TO TELL
BOOKS CONTENTS

NEW YORK, (AP).-
Now, the sweet-smelling
book.
A publisher of paper
backs announced yester-
day it is going to impreg-
nate covers with perfume
during the printing process
-saddle-leather scent for
Westerns, floral for gar
dening, baked aromas for
cook books.
The firm, Monarch, said,
"The bouquet will linger
for months"
Evening star., 1960-09-07

The Montgomery County
Department of Recreation's
Fall series of Bridge Glasses
will begin next week, to run
for 10 weeks. with Miss Car
olyn Whitehead conducting
the classes at several loca-
tions.
A Beginner and Interme-
diate daytime class will open
September IL to be held at
Four Corners Recreation
Centers from 1890 to 2:30
pm. on Mondays, and at
Argyle Recreation Center in
Silver Spring from 9:45 to
1l:45 am. on Wednesdays
beginning September IA.
The evening Beginner and
intermediate class will be
held Thursday from 8 to 10
pm. either at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Recreation
Center or at Westmoreland
Hills Recreation Center, de-
pending upon the preference
OF those registering. This
Evening star., 1960-09-07
Bridge Classes Next Week

class will begin September IS.
A Supervised Play series
for more advanced players
will be conducted each
Thursday morning from GAS
to 1l:45 at the Rock Creek
(Meadowbrook) Recreation
Center, also beginning Sep
tember Is.
To register, call the Rec
reation Department.
Evening star., 1960-09-07
Calling All
Housewives

Housewives of Arlington
and Fairfax interested in
bowling are invited to join
the Arlington County Rec
reation Departments House
wives Bowling League Pro-
gram. Prospective bowlers
should contact the Arlington
County Recreation Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

as we will be able to threaten
them with greater destruction
any time we wanted to deter
an aggressive action.
Critics, Reason Otherwise
But administration critics
say this is not so, Their reason
ing is this: ~
In one or two years the
Soviet Union will have from
100 to $50 ICBMS which, when
combined with their interme-
diate range missiles, will be
enough to knock out the Stra-
tegic Air Command. AS SAC
has 30 per cent of this country's
retaliatory capacity, this would
leave us naked.
The solution. Gen. Thomas
S. Power, chief of SAC. says,
is to keep his planes in the
air where the missiles can't
hit them. The administra-
tion agrees and provides money
in the new budget to give SAC
the spare parts and fuel neces-
sary to keep part of its planes
on an airborne alert in emer-
gencies.
But. the critics reply. this is
not enough. The planes that
count in the airborne alert are
the B-52 bombers and the KC-
1875 tankers that refuel them.
We have roughly 500 B-52s.
The present Pentagon plan is
to buy an airborne alert ca
pacity for about 100 bombers
and their tankers.
AirbOrne Alert Urged
Since the Soviets have about
100 B-52 equivalents. they could
attack, wipe out the part of
SAC that was on the ground
and then be equal to this coun-
try in bombers and we'll ahead
in missiles. The Air Force
wants an airborne alert ca
pability of $50 to ITS planes so
that the sure survivors would
outnumber thh soviets. And
Gen. Power wants a 250-plane
airborne alert to be even more
on the safe side.
Even if the airborne alert is
a small one, the Air Force be-
lieves the chance of a Red at
tack on SAC would be slight.
What air leaders fear is that
the Communists would move
into Berlin or Laos or Iraq and
then say, "We can knock out
all except the airborne SAC
and then with our missile
bomber preponderance wipe out
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Their Home Is Growing with the Famil,
Thanks to Home Improvement
Loan from The Bank of Silver Spring

When Michael
high An addition quickly and
Silver quickly
few families
of Silver Spring helps people
Evening star., 1960-01-31

a minimum maintenance basis" !"
the report pointed out.
Standby readiness" denotes
short-notice preparedness, while
minimum maintenance" means
that it might take some 1imn
to get the area in shape for a
major test. Fission-bomb Jest
activity usually takes place in
Nevada, while fusion-bomb test
, ing is restricted to the mid
Pacific.
The Acc also hinted that it
has piled up quite backlog of
devices for testing.
The total cost Of the Govern
ment's capital investment in
atomic production capacity now
amounts to $7.4 billion since
the middle of World War II,
Acc reported.
The big report-a record 628
pages - chronicled the efforts.
peaceful and otherwise, OF the
commission for an entire year.
Earlier reports covered only six
months. but the law was
amended in the last session Of
Congress to require annual
reports.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
New, Fost-Fiiring Rifle
Issued to u. S. Troops

The weapon, considered high
ly accurate, can fire at the rate
Of $50 shots a minute when
equipped with a fire selector
compared to maximum of
SIS rounds a minute of the
.30-callber machine gun now in
general use.
The MIA is capable of either
automatic or semi-automatic
fire. Individual rif1emen nor
mally use semi automatic.
The 20-shot magazine used
with the MIA compares to the
eight-round magazine of the
MI Garand rife used in World
War II and in Korea. This
will enable the foot soldier to
remain on target 212 times
longer without loading than
with the Garand.
The MIA also has a new
fash suppreSsor which will help
conceal a rif1emans position
from the enemy when the rife
is fired.
The rifles now being issued
were purchased through a $40
million appropriation for the
fiscal year that ended last June
80. This authorized purchase
of 10000 M-l4s.
The new rife was designed
and engineered by the Army
Ordnance Springfield Armory
in Springfield, Mass.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Acc Ready 10 Resume
Nuc|eor ests Quickly

Excavations in the Nevada
desert nresege a quick reSump-
ton Of nuclear tests if the
present moratorium imposed by
this country on itself is called
off.
This is clear in the annual
report of the Atomic Energy
Commission on its 1859 activi-
ties. made public yesterday.
The Nevada Test Site has
been kent in standby readiness
for test reSumption) by MAN.
tanning the buildings and equip.
ment and repairing. or prepar.
ing. certain tunnels" the re.
port said.
The Acc indicated. however
that the sort of tests the United
Stats was contemplating wer,
Of the small" fi9sion variety
rather than the vastlv larger
fusion, or hydrogen bomb, type
Since the Presidents an.
nouncement that the United
States would suspend nucleal
testing beginning November |
1858, the commission has placed
the facilities at Eniwetok Prov
ing Ground lin the Pacific or
Evening star., 1960-01-31
BY the Associated Press

The Army is issuing its new
rifle, the MIA. to the troops
This is a versatile weapon cap
able Of firing faster than a
machinegun. 1t is expected
to replace four old-fashioned
weapons.
The first to get the MIA are
units of the l01st Airborne Di-
vision at Fort Campbell, KY.
one of the four crack divisions
Of the Strategic Army Corps.
STRAC is a force kept in read
inesS to rush to any world trou-
BILE spot on short notice.
The Army, in announcing
yesterday that the l0lst is get
ting the new rife, said the en-.
tire division will be equipped
with the weapon by the enc
of this year. Deliveries will
begin soon to other units, II
ADDED.
The MIA was delayed -four
months getting into the hands
Of the troops by the ll6-day
steel strike last fall, the Army
said.
The new rifle is a major part
of the Army's modernization
program. 1t. is designed 10
replece the MI Garand rife,
the M2 carbine, The Browning
automatic rife and the M3
Submechinc gun.
The MIA fires the new 1852
nm. cartridge adopted by the
North Atlantic Treaty O~c nj
zation. The rife weighs 10
pounds with a fully loaded 20
shot magazine.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

America. You would hurt us In
return, but you would be dead.
You threaten massive retalia-
ton. It's a bluff. We will occupy
any territory we want"
What would this country do?
Would it have the nerve to use
massive retaliation? Could it de-
ter occupation of some free
area on the Soviet fringe? Per-
maps not, says the Air Force.
! Leaders Weigh Results
Yes, we could, is the come
back OF administration spokes-
men. They say that the simple
answer is that a bigger airborne
alert will be bought any time
a crisis buildup shows it is
needed.
If Air Force leaders are wor-
ried about the future, why don't
they demand more money or
quit and warn the public? Their
answer is that they do demand
more money and that last fall
Mr.. McElroy himself saw their
need and ordered an extra half
billion dollars to go to the Air
Force.
Past experience has shown
that more demand would get
no more money. If their lead
ers quit in protest, their in
f1uence would end. If they
stayed on, they could do their
best to use available money to
good advantage.
Occasionally a Pentagon
Evening star., 1960-01-31
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

at worst as much as $50.
Last year then Secretary of
Defense McElroy was prodded
by Congress into giving a mis-
sile gap ratio. He said the
Russians were capable Of being
ahead 81 at the worst point in
the gap. This year Congress
men have tried to get Secre-
tary of Defense Gates to state
publicly a ratio based on the
new ME. He refused, saying
such a figure would be mean
ingless.
Ratios Could Vary
Given the intelligence figures
which the congressman know
full we'll from secret briefings,
a variety of ratios could be
worked out from the spread in
the figures
When Senator Symington
says the ratio will be more
than 81 he apparently is using
the pessimistic side of the
spread-which he and many Air
Force leaders say is the only
realistic thing to do. But other
Congressmen and administration
officials say that 212-1 would
be more realistic.
The question. all agree. is
whether a deterrent gap will be
created by the missile gap. The
administration says that by
adding our bomber power to all
our sea. land and air missile
power and comparing it to all
the enemy's missiles and
bombers, this country will re-
main ahead in total strength
through the missile gap period.
There will be no deterrent gap,
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Pulaski Building
Damaged by Fire

PULASKI, Va. Jan. 80 (AP)
"A three-story brick building
in the downtown business dis
trict was heavily damaged by
fire today. Fire Chief D. G.
Ray said damage may run as
high as 100000.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Indonesio MiIitory
Buns Two Papers

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan.
80 (AP) Military authorities
today suspended indefinitely
the English language news
paper Times Of Indonesia and
the leftist Bintang Timur on
grounds of printing articles
considered harmful to public
order.
An army spokesman said the
Times was banned because of
an ( editorial criticizing the
Philippine Ambassador to In
donesia. Bintang Timur was
banned for an editorial criticiz-
ing the governments policy on
skyrocketing prices Of daily
commodities.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

leader does quit with cries of
warning. but after a. few days
of headlines his words are for
gotten. So they don't quit very
often. i4.
The Air Force will support
the new budget, not because
any amount OF money would be
truly adequate to cover all risks,
but because the budget is the
best the Air Force could hope
for under the circumstances
and because the degree of risk
cannot be proved beyond any
doubt to be unacceptable.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
THE MISSILE CONTROVERSY
Two SIDES Interpret
Same Facts Differently
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Stsff Writer

The missile gapdeterent gap is about
Interpretation than about facts and about diplomacy than
about weaponry.
All factions in the argument have to the
egence information Soviet missile production but they
use the facts differently All that there will missile
Evening star., 1960-01-31

!
but that an attack on this coun-
try is unlikely. They disagree,
however, on whether the mis-
Isile gap will become a real de-
terrent gap-that is, leave us
without the strength necessary
to deter Russia from threaten
ing the security of the Free
World by overt action.
The situation boils down to
this: If in the next few years
this country has to say to the
Soviet Union. Keep your
hands off West Berlin - or
else!" the "or else" must not
be a bluff.
Air Force leaders, Senators
like Stuart Symington, Demo-
crat of Missouri, and Henry
M. Jackson, Democrat of
Washington, and some writer's
in the military diplomatic area.
say the cor else" will be bluff
If we don't build more missiles
before 1862. The alternative to
such a build-up, they say, may
be that this country will have
to give in to Red threats.
Administration Differs
But the administration and
Army and Navy leaders say
this Interpretation of intelli-
gence figures is an unwarranted
one and that this country will
maintain an overall military
strength that will show it is
not bluffing.
Neither side claims the coun-
try can be made absolutely
secure. 1t will run a risk in its
military diplomatic policy no
matter how many missiles are
built. But the worriers about
the gap say the risk is too
great while the administration
supporters say the risk is ac-
ceptable.
The absence Of a black and
white issue makes the contro-
versy hard to explain to the
public; and it leads disputants
to argue about fringe issues
the exact size Of the missile
gap or the use Of "capability"
and intent" in intelligence
estimates.
Actually. everyone uses the
same basic facts. Several Fed
eral agencies gather intelli-
gence information about Soviet
missiles, but all the informa-
ton is pooled. The Air Force
and Senator Symington know
exactly as much as Secretary
Of Defense Gates or Central
Intelligence Director Dulles.
But the men come to different
conclusions.
Board Prepares Estimates
The official National Intelli-
gence Estimate of Russia's
ability to produce intercon-
tinentai missiles is prepared by
a board of military leaders and
representatives of civilian Sc
curity agencies. 1t projects
through future years the most
likely highest and lowest num-
bers that will be built. The
estimate is a spread, not a
single figure for each date. 1t
credits the Soviet Union with
about $50 to $50 ICBMs during
the worst missile gap period in
1862.
The Air Force, using the
same raw information as Is
used in making the ME, puts
its estimate Of future Soviet
1CBMs in a narrower spread,
within the intelligence estimate,
but high on the scale.
This country's scheduled pro-
duction is known exactly, of
course. Apparently at best the
gap would be about $50 mis-
Siles dn RuSsia's favor and
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Medoris Ends Space JOB,
Called for Faster Pace

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Jan. 80
AP) Maj. Gen. John B. Me-
daris, the Army's champion of
q bigger program for ballistic
missiles and outer space ex-
ploration. stepped down today.
Retiring after SO years in the
Army. Gen. Medaris left behind
a record of persistent urgings
for more money and fewer re:
strictions in the Nations space
race with Russia.
During formal retirement
ceremonies today. the general
received two medals.
Secretary of the Army
Brucker presented him the Dis
tinguished Service Medal oak
leaf cluster.
The Legion of Merit was pre-
sented by Maj. Gen. Samuel
Callahan of the Mobile (Ala.)
Air Materiel Command.
Schomburg Is Successor
Gen. Medaris' successor as
head of the Army Ordnance
Missile Command will be Mai.
Gen. August Schomburg. He
was deputy chief Of ordnance.
Department of the Army.
In the four years he headed
the Army's missile and space
effort. Gen. Medaris' voice re-
peatedly carried a warning and
a word of hope. He said the
United States was trailing dan
gerously far behind Russia in
missile development, but could
catch up by spending more
money and putting through
sweeping reorganizations.
Gen. Medaris. So. began his
military career as an under
aged Marine fighting in World
War I. He entered the Army
in 1921 and rose in 1856 to
commander of the Army Bal
listic Missile Agency. In 1858
he became commander Of the
Army Ordnance Missile Com
mand, the overall, worldwide
Army rocket and guided mis-
sile program.
First Satellite Launched
Under the Medaris COM
mand the Army launched the
United States first satellite
Explorer I riding aloft on a
Jupiter-C missile that Gen.
Medaris helped develop two
years ago tomorrow.
Recently much of Gen.
Medaris energy has gone INTO
development of the huge Sat-
urn, the Nations first effort to
put a milti-ton payload into
space. 4,
AS he steps down, many of
the facilities under Gen. Me-
daris' old command are being
taken over by a civilian agency,
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
Had Hope for NASA I
Although Cen. Medaris
fought the idea that space ex-
ploration and wartime missile
development could be divorced.
ne greeted the coming of NASA /
hopefully, saying he favored
anything that might add i'm
petuS to the program
When he annuonced his re-
irement plans last year. Gen.
Medaris said professional frus- ,
tration wss not the reason. IA,
He had planned to retire
earlier, out had given up the I
idea AZ the urging of superiors
wto wanted him to stay at the
ne.m o. the .'~71y's rocket and
missile program.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1960-06-17
BELHAVEN PERSONALS

Mrs. Frank johnson of Charlotte
returned Thursday after a weeks
visit with her mother, Mrs. J. j.
White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Benson and
Mrs. NJ. L. Windley visited at
Sladesville Monday.
Mrs. w. C. Credle visited Mr..
and Mrs. Jimmie Dynes and family
in Hampton and DR.. and Mrs. Allen
Downum in Edenton.
Mrs. Mary Cason, Mrs. A. ].
Noles and Miss Bonnie Lee Noles of
Lenoir arrived Saturday to visit
Mrs. Cason's sister, Mrs. ]. j.
White: and to attend the wedding
of Mrs. Cason's great granddaugh-
ter, Miss Donna Louise Simmons
and Carroll Nifong at Fairfield on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob S. Boss of
Richmond visited Mrs. Boss moth
er, Mrs. C. B. Jackson, and Ben
ME.
Gene Johnston. employed in Alex
andria, Va, spent the week here
with his family.
Mrs. S. F. Windley left Sunday
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Grimes
and Windy in Falls Church, Va,
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Harris and
Karen in Alexandria, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Creole Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Credle
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Creole at
Sladesville.
Mrs. Stafford Adams, Sr., and
Mrs. Linwood Adams were in
Washington on Monday.
Mrs. E. w. Midgette left Satur-
day for Atlanta, Ga, to visit Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Midgette, Jr,. Bud
and Deniese Midgette.
Mrs. Charlie Sutton has returned
after visit in Newport News with
Mr.. and Mrs. James Balance and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Powell left
Saturday for a weeks visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie McWilliams
at Ocracoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Brumsey
of Baco are visiting their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G..
Brumsey.
Mrs. E. E. Robbins, Sr,, of Wash
ington visited Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ.
Bishop Sunday.
1t. and Mrs. E. E. Robbins and
sons of Atlanta are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. r. H. Bishop.
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BUFFET SUPPER GIVE
BY MRS. ]. J. WHITE

Mrs. J. J. White was hostess on
Sunday night when she entertained
with buffet supper at her home
on North White Street. Guests were
neighbors and friends of the host
ess. From out of town were Stephen
Hawes and sons, Stephen and Ed
and Mrs.. Frank Johnston of Char
lotte, and from Belhaven, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ottie Robbins, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. L. Lancaster, Mr.. and Mrs. Otis
Johnston, Otis Jr., and Miss Eileen
Stewart and Billie Ruark.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1960-06-17

Mrs. Louis K. Brown.
The couple left for a wedding
trim to Florida and Nassau.
Mrs. Day holds a B. S. Degree
from East Carolina College, where
she was listed in Who's Who
among students in American Uni
versities and Colleges. Mr.. Day at
tended Atlantic Christian College.
They will make their home in
Chapel Hill where they plan to COM
plete their education at the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
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and Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Gibbs
attended the Israel Gibbs funeral at
Engelhard Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Basnight of
Norfolk visited Mrs. W. s. Pinner
Monday.