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Evening star., 1960-01-09
Six Children Die
In Montana Fire

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont,
Jan. 8 (AP). - Six children,
ranging in age from 2 to II
years, died today in a pre-dawn
fire that destroyed their north
western Montana ranch home.
Their mother and infant twin
brothers were injured. The
father escaped injury.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Dod-
son said the victims, four girls
and two boys, were children of
Mr.. and Mrs. lionel Scott.
They were Edna. 2; Mary, g.:
Mildred, 6; Barbara, 8; Carl,
10, and Aaron, IL.
Taken to a hospital at Hot
Springs were the 4-month-old
twins, one burned critically.
and Mrs. Scott, who was
burned on the back.
The sheriff's Office said the
fire was reported at 2:55 am.
Volunteer f1refighters raced to
the scene, but reported there
was little they could do.
In all, the SCOTS had IL
children. They rented the
property where the father
ranched and did some logging.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Fund Drive
ToAidFumiIy


The city began responding
today to the needs of a grief
stricken widow and her 1-year-
old daughter.
Police, businessm en- and
neighborS pitched in to raise
money for Mrs. Donald Brere-
ton, widow of the policeman
who was killed after a liquor
store holdup Thursday night.
Men at the 18th precinct,
where Pvt. Brereton served, have
started a collection fund.
The Major Liquor Associ-
ateS, an association Of 10 neigh
borhood stores, will put COL
lection boxes in District LIQUOR
stores next week. The associ-
alton itself today started the
fund with a $3.50 donation.
Robert Vigderhouse, executive
director of the association, said
wholesalers and distillers also
will be solicited. Individual
checks should be sent to the
Officer Brereton Fund. Suite
436, Wyatt Building, Washing
ton 5. D. C.
Last night neighbors of the
.Breretons went out to collect
money for flowers for the fu-
neral. Mrs. Joseph P. Robson
Of 6722 Conley street, West
Hyattsville. one of the collec-
tors, said the attitude of the
neighbors was I'VE should do
more than buy flowers" Last
night five women collected SOL
in the neighborhood and expect
to receive more donations today.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Adult CounseIinq
Groups Urged to
Aid Juveniles

DR.. Phillip Johnson, presi-
dent Of the Federation of Civic
Associations, last night urged
the formation of citizens coun-
selling groups to combat juve-
nile delinquency.
Addressing the Pleasant
Plains Civic Association, the
former member of the Board of
Education said these groups
should consist of teachers,
social workers, ministers and
others, and their job should be
to strike at the basic cause of
juvenile delinquency. namely
an unhappy home"
He said juvenile delinquency
is nothing but adult irrespon-
sibility." He contended that,
by good counseling adults can
be made to realize their duties
to their children, and 1T is sur
pTlSlng now responsive they
can sometimes be to good ad-
vice"
The association amended its
constitution by opening its
membership not only to those
living within its boundaries but
also to persons who work in
the area but do not live there.
However, such members will
not be allowed to hold Office
or participate in voting.
The meeting was held in the
Banneker Club, $500 Georgia
avenue NV, and was con-
Quoted by Nelson c. Roots,
president.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Detour Slated
For Last Section
Of Rhode Island

Traffic will be detoured be-
ginning January 18 for widen
ing and repaving work on Rhode
Island avenue between First
street NV, and Fourth street
NE, the final section Of the
avenues SIG million improve
ment project.
The widening and repaving
work. which began last April,
has been completed from Logan
Circle to First street NV. OFF,
cials said the construction work
on the last section is expected
to be completed in April.
Motorists heading east will
be detoured at First street onto
T street. The best route from
that point, officials said, will be
along T street to a left turn
on Third street NE. right on
" street. left on Fourth street,
right on w street. and then left
on Fifth into Rhode Island.
For drivers going downtown,
lanes will be left open for some
time on Rhode Island avenue
past Second street NE, where
traffic will be detoured into v
street. The drivers then will be
routed left into Second street
NV, and then right onto
Rhode Island avenue.
Meanwhile, traffic officials
said they expect to put the 81
unbalanced lane system on Vir-
ginia avenue NV. into effect
next Friday after the morning
rush hours. The unbalanced
system, from E street to the
Rock Creek parkway, will be in
effect only during rush hours.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
$3.5 Billion
Budget Due
For HEW
By the Associated Press

About $3.5 billion-a record
total-will be proposed by Pres
ident Eisenhower in the next
budget for the Department of
Health. Education and Welfare.
This was learned yesterday
from an informed source.
The President said in his
state Of the Union message
Thursday that his budget for
the 1861 fiscal year, starting in
July, would propose higher ex-
penditures in every major cate
CORY Of health, education and
welfare except one.
The budget is to be submitted
to Congress January 18. For
the current 1860 year, Congress
provided $3.446,227,081 for the
department.
The exception, the informed
source said, is Federal aid for
schools in areas where there
are large concentrations Of Fed
eral employees.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Hunt Pressed
In errorizino
OF Mother

Fairfax police pressed their
search today for a Washington
man suspected of terrorizing a
young Falls Church mother for
two hours Thursday.
Police held a warrant for the
arrest of William c. Sullivan,
81, Of the 100 block of Colum-
bia road NV. The warrant
charges Sullivan with kid
naping with intent to extort
money, police said.
A search of Sullivan's apart
ment yesterday failed to pro-
vide information about his
whereabouts, police said.
The warrant was issued after
Mrs. Lynne L. Sherman, "a, of
220 East George Mason road,
told police she was terrorized
by a gunman who tried to kid
nap her 9-week-old daughter
Karen.
Mrs. Sherman outwitted the
man by attacking him with a
screwdriver in a parking lot
near a Falls Church bank
where she had been forced to
drive. The gunman had
planned to force her to cash a
check and was holding the
child when Mrs. Sherman
struck at him.
Police traced Sullivan
through a calling card which
they said he used to pose as q
salesman for a food freezer
concern in Alexandria.
The firms manager said yes
terday Sullivan had applied as
a salesman but had not been
accepted for the job.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
DRINKING
Continued From First Page

by the Air Line Pilots ASSOC ia
tion and the Air Line Stewards
and Stewardesses Association.
Such bill has passed the
House anG is now before the
Senate. Airline reaction has
been mixed.
The Pilots Association said
the new rule means nothing
and solves no problems.
In reply, the FAA, noting
that its responsibility is limited
to safety considerations, said
studies showed no facts to sup
port the contention that serv-
ing alcoholic beverages consti-
tutes a safety hazard.
The instances of difficulty
that were revealed" the FAA
declared, were caused by pas
sengerS who either drank ex-
ceSsively before the flight or
who drank from their own
bottles en- route.
This conclusion has been
emphasized and verified by
many of the comments received
from the air carriers"
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Soviet Planes Due
At U. S. Polar Base

AUCKLAND, New Zealand,
Jan. 9 (AP).-The Americans
have agreed to provide land
ing facilities for Russian
planes at the South Pole, Deep
Freeze" headquarters in Christ
Church reported today.
United States Rear Admiral
David Tyree said the Russians
asked for permission to refuel
at the Pole in flights to COM
plete seismic measurements
made by a Soviet ground party
which visited the Pole Deem
Der $3.50.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Weather Rodor Is Made
Must on Most AirIiners

jet planes used in passenger
service to be equipped with
such facilities by July l. The
Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 and
the Lockheed Constellation
1049 and 1649 series must have
it by next January /.
Other specified aircraft must
be equipped by January /, 1862.
The FAA said its original
proposal to make airborne
weather radar mandatory
equipment received strong sup
port from the Air Line Pilots
Association.
Estimates range into mil
lions of dollars for the cost of
modifying aircraft to receive
the devices and the cost of
purchasing them.
Evening star., 1960-01-09

The Federal Aviation Agency
today made airborne weather
radar a must on most of the
Nations airliners.
1t also made the radar, which
enables the crew to detect and
avoid severe weather, a "go, no.
go" item, meaning that if the
device is not functioning, the
aircraft doesn't take of.
The agency noted that a con-
siderable number Of airlines
already have weather radar in
use on the fleets and that
manufacturers have made pro-
visions for its installation on
virtually all the new transports.
1t set up a timetable which
requires all pure jet and prop
Evening star., 1960-01-09

caused when a pistol was
wrenched from her grasp.
p Dr.. R. Bernard Finch's at
torney borrowed an unloaded
revolver from a sheriff's dep
uty to show the court how he
thought one of a score Of
wounds on her body could have
been caused.
DR.. Finch and his 23-year-
old former mistress, pretty
carole Tregoff, are charged
with murder and conspiracy in
the death of the 36-year-old
socialite late last July 18.
Trial Recessed
The trial is in recess for the
week end.
The physician hasn't yet told
his version of what happened
the night his wife was killed.
Does his attorneys conten-
ton about the pistol mean DR..
Finch will say he grabbed the
pistol from his wife-and that
her death was accidental?
Grant Cooper, defense attor-
ney-ordered like other counsel
not to tell the press of his plans
would say only:
I'VE have a lot more ques-
tons for DR.. Ridge"
It was DR.. Gerald K. Ridge
who testified yesterday what
his autopsy on Mrs. Finch
showed.
More Than 20 Wounds
He said she suffered more
than 20 wounds-ranging from
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Yokers Take $50
From Man, So

A 53-year-old man was yoked
and robbed of $50 last night in
the 1000 block of Fourteenth
street NV, police reported.
Leon H. Kelso, 1870 Taylor
street NV, told police ne was
grabbed by two men, knocked
to the ground and struck on
the head. While one man held
him, he said, the other removed
his wallet containing $50.
He was treated and released
at Washington Hospital Center.
Police said Mr.. Kelso was
unable to furnish a description
Of the two men.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
3 Steel Firms
Contracts
BY the Associated Press

Eight of the II big steel
companies signed formal con-
tracts last night with the
United Steelworkers Union. The
other three are expected to
follow suit.
I'VE have had our fights"
said Steelworkers' President
David J. Mcdonald. They
have been bitter, but now they
are all over. Now let us show
the Soviet Union, which is as
piring to become the leading
steel producer Of the world,
how the American steel indus
try can really produce"
Long TuSSle
r. Conrad Cooper, chief ne
gotiator for the steel compa-
MES, added, I'VE have been
through a long tussle in which
we each expressed our views,
d which we thought right. But
we arrived at the inevitable
and happy point Of settlement"
The agreements were all but
completed last week end. The
eight companies signing for
mally last night we're United
States Steel, Allegheny, Lud-
lum, Inland, Bethlehem. Jones
& Laughlin, Youngstown Sheet
& Tube, Colorado Fuel g. Iron
and Republic.
Three Unsigned
The three still to sign are
Great Lakes, Wheeling and
Armco. Crucible Steel was the
first of more than 30 smaller
companies to sign contracts
along the lines of the Big Steel
settlement. The others are
expected to fall in line.
The pacts call for an esti-
mated 40 cents an hour in
crease in wages and benefits
over 80 months. Under the
old contract wages averaged
S3.ll an hour.
Evening star., 1960-01-09

the fatal pistol shot to two skull
fractures and an assortment of
lacerations, bruises and abra-
Sions.
The State contends DR.. Finch
and Miss Tregoff went to the
$65, 900 Finch home in suburban
West Covina last summer to
carry out a plot to slay Mrs.
Finch so the doctor and Miss
Tregoff wouldn't have to share
an estimated $175.000 in COM
munity property with her.
DR.. Ridge said he believed
Mrs. Finch suffered a skull
fracture in the family garage,
where blood was found on her
car and the garage floor.
He said she apparently was
shot after she fled from the
garage, that possibly she ran
down a flight Of steps to a
neighbor's lawn.
The bullet. he said, passed
through her body and severed
the pulmonary artery, causing
death from a massive hemor-
rhage.
Second Fracture
AS she fell, he said, she ap-
parently struck her head on
an iron pipe buried in the lawn
as a tree support, suffering
a second fracture.
Defense Attorney Cooper
gave his first indication of
what may be a key element
of his defense by quizzing DR..
Ridge about the abrasion on
Mrs. Finch's hand, between her
foreflnger and thumb. He
asked DR.. Ridge:
Assuming an individual held
a revolver in the right hand.
gripped firmly, an another in
dividual was trying to get it
and forcibly pulled the gun
from the right hand-could
this abrasion be reasonably
caused?"
After several questions the
autopsy surgeon admitted:
Yes, that is true"
Evening star., 1960-01-09
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Continued From First Page
to the Fourteenth street ad-
dress shortly. Two agents went
to the apartment and waited.
The suspect arrived soon after,
and was arrested without a
struggle.
District police said they re-
ceived information from a girl
friend of Coleman's that he had
spent part of last night with
her. When they located her this
morning. she informed them
she had just taken him to the
brothers home, where he
planned to surrender.
Chief Scott said District po-
lice arrived at the address min
utes after the FBI had placed
Coleman under arrest.
Deputy Chief Scott did not
identify the girl friend. Cole
mans brother placed the call to
summon the FBI, police said.
Shortly before the arrest,
Deputy Chief Scott had an
nounced that Coleman was be-
lieved to be still in the city. He
said acquaintance of Coleman
told police they had seen him
on a Northwest street some
time yesterday.
The intensive search for the
suspected killer had already
spread to such places as Phila-
delphia, Pa, and Charlotte,
N. c., where FBI agents placed
Stake-outs at the homes of
Coleman's relatives and friends.
Countless tips were checked
out yesterday and during the
night.
Chief Discovered Car
The first break came a few
minutes after the shooting.
when Chief Scott discovered a
car near the holdup scene. 1t
was traced to Coleman.
Coleman was charged yester-
day in a warrant with the fatal
shooting of Pvt. Brereton after
a liquor store holdup. The
wounded officer is Pvt. Clyde R.
Winters, "a. of 1873 Irving street
S.W.
Police and Federal agents
had kept a close watch in
the Mineral (Va.) area in Lou
lisa County where a number of
the fugitiveS' relatives live, in
cluding his parents.
An FBI spokesman said 20
agents in the District office
worked around the clock in
aiding local police.
Coleman's home is in the l4OO
block OF Belmont street NV.
Pvt. Brereton and Pvt. Win
tiers had been staked out at
the LeDroit liquor store at SOL
Florida avenue NV. in an at
tempt to thwart a series of
holdups that had occurred in
the area.
When two gunner entered
the store and ordered the
owner, Benjamin Bookof, to
turn over nearly 5000 in re-
ceipts. the officers gave chase.
Gunman COrnered
Pvt. Winters cornered the
gunman in an alley and Pvt.
Brereton rushed in behind him.
The gunman wrested Pvt.
Breretons service revolver from
him and turned it on the police
man.
Pvt. Brereton was mortally
wounded and Pvt. Winters was
shot in the neck. He is in
satisfactory condition in Wash
ington Hospital Center.
Police have indicated they
know the identity Of the sec
ond holdup man.
The murder weapon-Pvt.
Brereton'S revolver-was found
yesterday in an old auto a
few doors from the fugitive's
home. Police checked it for
fingerprintS. They have not
yet said whether any were
found.
The finder OF the gun was
Orval J. Anson, Al, an acety-
lene welder for a wrecking
company, who was tearing
apart the car. He found the
.38-caliber pistol under the car
seat. Mr.. Anson, of lot Boiling
road, Falls Church, immedi-
ately turned the weapon over
to police.
In an account of the shoot
ing, Pvt. Winters said he
didn't open fire in the liquor
Evening star., 1960-01-09

District Court Judge Leonard
P. Walsh yesterday sentenced
a man to serve from 2 to 8
years for robbing another man
Of a watch in a park.
The man given the time is
George T. Brown, 81, of the 200
block of Second street NV.
In another District Court
case. Judge Henry A. Schwein-
haut sentenced Paul Rollins,
81. Of the first block of New
York avenue NE, to serve from
2 to 7 years for robbing a man
on the street Of a billfold and
a small amount of cash.
The robbery victim, Joe c,
Jones, was attacked by three
men and knocked down, police
said. Authorities are looking
for the two other men.
Judge Sc einhaut SEN
fenced Octavis Crum, so, Of the
1900 block of East Capitol
street to serve from 2 to Z
years for an attempted abor-
ton on a 25-year-old woman.
In Officer Assault
Judge Charles F. Mclaughlin
sentenced three men to prison
terms for asSaulting Police Pvt.
William J. McGinnis of No. l3
Precinct, when the officer
sought to disperse a noisy
crowd last August. The officer
was struck with a bottle and
kicked, authorities said. The
three sentenced for the assault
are:
William E. Clark, %. Of the
1900 block of Eighth street
NV. who was given from Is
to IS months; Maurice T.
Dixon. 10, of the 1900 block Of
Twelfth street NV, who was
given 4 months to one-year,
and George r. Miller, 20, who
was given from 6 to l8 months.
Pvt. McGinnis shares a house
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Carpenter Injury
Called Critical

A 44-year-old carpenter re-
mained in critical condition at
Casualty Hospital today after
being struck by heavy wooden
form at a construction project
in the 400 block of Maryland
avenue S.W.
Police said the carpenter,
Julian L. Mason. 3617 South
Ninth street, Arlington, was
struck by the form when it
apparently fell off a concrete
column.
He was taken to Casualty
Hospital after the accident yes
terday and treated for a pos
sible fracture of the spine.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Park Robber, 3 Police
AssoiIonts Sentenced

at 1873 Irvington street S.W.
with Pvt. Clyde r. Winters,
who was wounded Thursday
night in a gun fight with a
bandit, in which another Of
ficer, Pvt. Donald ]. Brereton,
was killed.
In Girl Assault
A 26-year-old man and two
youths were sentenced by Judge
George L. Hart, jr., for their
part in attacking a 17-year-
old girl on the Lenox School
grounds, TOO block Of Fifth
street Sc.
The man, William B. Gur!ey
of the 500 block Of Seventh
street Sc. was sentenced to
serve one year for simple as
sault. The two youths are Mel
win l. Williams, l6. of the 1900
block of Jackson street NE
who was given an indefinite
sentence under the Youth Cor
rections Act for assault with
intent to rape, and Robert c.
Lee. IT, Of the 900 block of l
street Sc. who was sentenced
under the Youth Corrections
Act for sodomy.
A man, convicted OF assault
for trying to run an automo-
bile into a policeman, was given
a suspended sentence OF from
8 months to 2 years and placed
on probation for 2 years on
condition that he return to
North Carolina within 80 DAYS
The suspended sentence and
probation were given to Car
roll L. johnson, 80, of the 34OO
block OF Eleventh place Sc,
by Judge Matthew F. Mcclure.
Evening star., 1960-01-09
Surgeon SoysMrs. Finch
Gould Have Held Gun

LOS ANGELES, jan (AP)-Was the pistol that killed
Mrs Barbara Jean Finch snatched from her hand?
An expert witness for the prosecution admits possible
The autopsy surgeon who described how a pistol shot
killed Mrs Finch acknowledged yeseday-under crossexam
naton-tat small wound right hand could have been
Evening star., 1960-01-09
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

River Report
Potomac River muddy at Harpers
Ferry and muddy at Great Fails
Shenandoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
H., Today Tomorrow
Low -- II 90 am.
High 500 pm 5.56 pm
Low - 1900 IL: SO pm 1910 D m
For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
from the above.
Annapolis, 2 hours: Bloody Point
Light, 3 hours: Colonial Beach. 55I
hours: Deale, 3 hours: Solomons Island,
hours: Point Lookout. 8 hours.
The Sun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, tomorrow 7:26 am. sos pm
Noon, today 2:O7 pm. 3:3l am
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haH hour after sunset.
Precipitation
February l5l 244 6.S4 "a
March 22O 3.03 S.S4 81
April 4.Ol 3.O6 Ola 80
May 2S9 39S 1889 '53
June 535 3,4l 1924 100
July 43S 426 [ O6 '45
August 2s7 4.75 l4.4l '2S
September 2.05 4.l2 l745 '34
Evening star., 1960-01-09

District and vicinty-Fair
and colder tonight; low about
%. Increasing cloudiness and
rather cold tomorrow.
Virginia-Fair and somewhat
colder tonight; low, 80 on the
coast and in the 20s in the in
terror. Fair in the east tomor-
row, increasing cloudiness IN
the west.
Maryland-Fair and a lit
tie colder tonight; low, 1923.
Some cloudineSs and continued
cold tomorrow; high in the 3Os
and low 40s.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Daylight variable
winds tonight and tomorrow
Fair weather. Visibility 10 miles.
Temperatures for Yesterday
an. an. -- e ! pm pm. -- e
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, "a on January 3.
Lowest. 81 on January 2.
Evening star., 1960-01-09

He said she suffered more
than 20 wounds-ranging from
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-05

Week end guests in the E. W.
Snoddy home were Bill and Sonny
Yancey, Of Richmond.
James Snoddy and two children,
Miss Bonnie Snoddy and James,
Jr.. were luncheon guests Of Mr..
Snoddy's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Snoddy, at Arvonia.
Robert Patterson and John Sar-
gent, of Richmond. were breakfast
guests of Mrs James Snoddy, Sat
urday morning.
We are sorry to report that Lind
say Payne is i'll in the University
Hospital, Charlottesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Snoddy and
children. Gwendolyn, Tommy and
vernon. were guests Of Mrs.
Snoddy's mother. Mrs. N H. Yer
non. at Bassett, during the holiday
week end
Mrs. E. w. Snoddy and daughter
Norma Snoddy. called on Mrs. T
R. Snoddy in Charlottesville. Tues
day They also did some shopping
while there
James Nolen. assistant county
agent of Buckingham. was a bust
ness visitor in the E. w. Snoddy
home Tuesday Curtis Giannin
called in the same home that day
Mr.. ad Mrs. George Baber call
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-05
few days visit.
Round Out Holidays

Round Out Holidays
Mrs. J. C. Morgan ands Dr.. C.
R. Jones went to Sparta on the
oath to be with the Rev. and Mrs.
Curtis Holloman and their children
for Christmas day. The following
week the Hollomans came to the
Morgan home to round out the holi-
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Anderson
spent Christmas day in Appomat-
tox with the Emmett McCraws.
Mrs. j. P. McCraw and Miss
Louise McCraw were luncheon
guests of Mrs. Rodney Smith Sat
urday
The December meeting of the
WSCS was with Mrs. j. Meade And
erson. The business and program
over, the meeting turned into a
gay Christmas party A quiz pro-
gram (relating to the Bible and
strictly on the level was conducted
by the hostess. Adhering rigidly to
the modern concept in education
make the ,rascals work for it =
business. One whisper and you went
straight to the foot of the class.
With all help ruled out. scores we're
nothing to brag about The bright
est pupil was Miss Roma Glover.
She took home the prize.