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Evening star., 1960-10-30
Man Leaps Off Bridge
But Chance Bars Death

A quirk Of fate saved the life
Of q 54-year-old man who
jumped OF the Fourteenth
Street Bridge last night.
The man, a mental patient
on week end leave. got out of
a taxi cab on the northbound
span Of the bridge at 6 pm.
after telling the driver he was
going to look around"
At that moment, Gordon
Cross, 54, District supervisor Of
draw bridges, and Aubrey l..
SnellingS, 80. a bridge opera
tor. were standing on the
bridge awaiting an oil tanker
for which the span was to be
opened. They are not sta
toned on the bridge ordinarily.
but reported there to raise the
bridge.
Mr.. Cross said he saw the
cab pull away and then noticed
the man climbing out over the
bridge railing. II started run
ming toward him as soon as I
Evening star., 1960-10-30

There is at least one Arling-
ton policeman who thinks he
doesn't deserve a pay raise.
In fact, Sergt. Russell Runyon
isn't sure he merits the $6,70O
he gets. That is what he tried
to tell a consulting firm en-
gagged to recommend a new
salary system for county en-
ployeS.
However, attorney Oren
Lewis, jr.. said yesterday that
police superiorS intervened and
ordered the outspoken former
detective to describe his job in
accordance with their direc-
tives.
In the rejected QUESTIONABLE
Sergt. Runyon described his job
as follows:
II walk o foot beat from a
garbage mans locker to a trash
dump. I also have been in
formed to do general police
work at the county property
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Police Request
Trick or Treat
One-Niqht Limit

Trick or treat rompS through
the neighborhood should be
limited to tomorrow night, au-
thorities in Washington and
the surrounding areas urge.
But there will be several par
ties to entertain the youngsters
today, the night before Hal
loween.
A live elephant will lead q
parade at 2 this afternoon
through Rock Creek Palisades,
The parade. sponsored by the
Republican Workers Of Pre-
cinct 13-40 Of Kensington, Md,
will form at WoodSon street
and Denfeld avenue.
A children's costume contest
will be meatured at the Battery
Park Citizens Association party
tonight at z in the community
clubhouse, 7908 Glenbrook road,
Bethesda. The party is open to
all residents Of the Battery
Park area.
Combining Embarrassing and
fun raising, q group Of commu-
nifty children will be COM
misssioned as workers for the
United Nations Children's Fund
during II am. services today
in the Washington Cathedral.
They will he presented kits to
use. tomorrow night in seeking
fund contributions.
No. extra police officers have
been assigned to Halloween
duty. Deputy Chief Howard v.
Covell said. However, $50 police
reserve officers will be assigned
to guard fire boxes to guard
against false alarm pranks.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
5Convicted
In Narcotics.
Trial Here
Five men were convicted yes

Five men were convicted yes
terday at District Court Of
conspiracy to violate narcotics
laws in an alleged $2.S00-a-
week operation.
The Jury had deiiberated
about four ana 3 hali hours
III reaching 4 verdict. II had
resumed deliberations yester.
day morning after being un-
able to reach q verdict Friday
night.
Judge Joseph R.. jackson,
who presided at the trial, re-
ferred the case to the proba-
tion ofneer for investigation
pending sentence. for which
no date was set. He ordered
all five defendants, who had
been out on bond, committed
to Jail pending sentence.
Convicted on the conspiracy
charge are John T. Brown, 80
of New York; George C. Car
ter, 3S, Of the first block of ]
street NV; Benjamin T
Thornton. 81. Of the 600 block
Of Twentieth street NE;
Charles ]. Thornton. 20. of the
1900 block Of Meigs place NE,
and Carlton Bryant. "a, Of the
800 block Of Jefferson street
NE.
Brown and Bryant were &C.
cused on the conspiracy count
only. The two Thorntons and
Carter, in addition to being
convicted Of conspiracy. were
found guilty on charges OF
sale, possession and facilitating
the sale and concealment Of q
narcotic.
+; Assistant United States At
torney Frederick @. Smithson
said the narcotics operation
amounted to at least $4,000
q week.
Testimony In the case took
up the greater part of nine
days.
Evening star., 1960-10-30

action on the highway program.
And quicker action means
somebody will have to come up
with more money than is cur
rently available.
Col. Clarke puts it this way:
THE people Of the commu-
nifty should be fully aware Of
the rate Of progress facing US,
II they are not content with
that rate Of progress then It Il
the people Of the community
who must do something about
it."
Tomorrow: The Districts
brightest highway hope.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
ECHO ! APPEARS
ONCE TOMORROW

The Echo I balloon sat-
elite will be visible over
the Washington area once
tomorrow, weather permit
ting, the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administra-
ton reports.
The balloon may be seen
north Of the city at 4:48
am, travelling southeast at
SO degrees above the hori-
zon.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
Virginia Woman, 7S,
Dies of Crush Injury

LOUISA, Va. Oct. 20 (AP).
Miss Florence Alley, IS, OF
Colonial Heights died in a
Richmond hospital last night
of injuries received in a car
truck collision on U. 8. $50
near Louisa.
Five other persons in the car
with Miss Alley also were in
jured. They were en- route to
attend a Homecoming day at
the Virginia Baptist Home for
the Aged at Louisa.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
DC sStreomIined Road Need Pushed

out the region have had drawn
for immediate and future de-
velopment. The report also
added some roadways not yet
planned. The cost Of highways
under the mass transportation
survey proposal would be about
$l.8 billion. a.s.
Broadly speaking the hIklis
way plan calls Tor d huge wheel
that would tie together me
suburbs and the District and,
at the same time, provide
means to bypass the city or It's
downtown center.
The outer rim Of this wheel Is
the 1892 million circumferential
highway-the Capital beltway
-and the spokes are the var
ious radial roads that already
exist or are planned in the
coming years.
intermediate Loop
At the hub Of this wheel is
the $325 million inner loop.
This freeway, once completed,
will encircle the core Of the
city. It will help feed trafic
speeding in on the radial
routes to the various sections
of the city.
An intermediate loop Is also
included in the long-range
plan. 1t would run roughly
along the edges of the Dis
trict and across Arlington.
This loop follows the old fort
drive route that has been a
proposal Of many years stand
ing. Its completion is con-
sidered many years OF.
Highway planners are hope
full that much Of the inner
loop and all of the circum-
ferential highway will be a
reality In q decade.
One man who has recently
been giving intensive study to
the areas highway needs. and
transportation pro bl e m 8 is
the Districts new Engineer
Commissioner Col. Frederick
What Col. Clarke wants to see
done within the next five years
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Snellings ran along with him
According to Mr.. Cross and
Mr.. Snellings the man jumped
into the water slightly south
Of the center of the bridge
1--WE ran into the bridge house,
Mr.. Cross said, grabbed the
life preserver and went dowr
the stairs leading to the pilings
about Is feet above the water.
Mr.. Cross threw the life
preserver about so feet, almost
hitting the man floating on hi;
back in the water. The strug-
Cling man grasped the life
preserver.
In the meantime. a passing
motorist. Robert Plaumann, 30
of 1880 South Thomas street
Arlington, had seen the mar
jump, stopped his car and was
with the rescuers on the piling
The trio pulled the man up the
Is feet from the water to the
piling platform. Police, who
had come to the scene both by
boat and by squad car, then
helped the man into the squad
car and took him back to St
Elizabeth's Hospital.
Pvt. Henry Olenichak of the
District harbor police said the
cab driver, Philip johnson, 48,
Of 1921 Eleventh street NV,
rushed to the precinct to report
that his fare, whom he had
picked UP originally at Ninth
and F streets NV, had jumped
off the bridge. According to
police, the driver saw no way to
assist the floundering man, so
went for help.
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is to perfect the city's high.
way system so that the heavy
daily trafic that fights its way
in and out Of the core Of the
metropolitan center can move
more smoothly. He wants
streamlined roads that win moi
only aid the in-And-oiit COM
tlautet tratan but the efowine
volume d withil1-city move
|laetit Is wen.
bypass system Urgent
Another important. demand
that must be satisfied quickly,
Col. Clarke feels, is for o by
pass system that viii take the
heavy interstate truck traffiC
out Of the center Of the city
The Engineer Commissionel
believes current District high.
way plans will Ultimately full.
I'LL these basic needs.
But the problem is whether
the plans will materialize soon
enough.
Col. Clarke points out that
at the current rate Of highway
spending it will probably take
the District ten years or Longer
to complete q minimum system
to handle commuter traffic
efficiently.
The trouble is that this min
mum system is not needed q
decade from now-it is needed
Immediately.
Col. Clarke says one Of his
basic programs as District
Engineer Commissioner will be
to try to convey to the people
Of this community just where
the highway plans stand and
how far and how fast they car
progress.
Money Up to People
II highway officials are going
to get the money to speed ur
their program. Col. Clarke feels
then the public is going to have
to demand 1t.
1t is up to local civic organi-
cations and leaders Of the busi-
ness community to seek quicker
Evening star., 1960-10-30

race 1of Cne Two otner Doaro
seats.
Mr.. Beck, an Atomic Energy
Commission physicist, appar-
emily discovered it was i'm
possible to run, even unoppoSed,
for a school board seat and
stay out Of politics.
While other candidates have
criticized each others views at
q score Of debates, and dis
cusSed their opponents at nu-
merous teas and coffees - the
traditional way of campaigning
for school board seats - Mr..
Beck has remained aloof.
Had Stayed Neutral
Limiting his appearances to
major joint candidates meet
ingS. he has previously con-
fined his remarks to general
matters Of school policy.
AS the campaign progressed
new states appeared. One group
the Council for Better Educa-
ton, backed Charles F. James
a lawyer. and James I. Hum
phrey, O builder. This has been
called the conservative slate.
Later, q group called the
Non-Partisans announced they
would back Mr.. Beck. Mrs
Kicker. q housewife, and Mrs,
Maurer. a housewife and econ
omiSt. This group is considered
the liberal slate.
In permitting the Non-Parti-
sans to use his name, Mr.. Beck
said he made it clear that he
was not giving any commit
ments to support any capdi-
dste or platform.
! Third Group Appears
Three other candidates, Mrs
Anne p. Orleans, q former
teacher in county schools;
Ralph w. Crary. an oil COM
pany research executive and
Stanley r. Green. q business
man. found themselves In be-
tween the two states. They
are considered independents.
As the school race grew hot
ter, 1t least one Of the inde-
pendents noted the two earlier
groups seemed to be getting
more attention. ~
Finally. . third campaign
organization appeared. This
one. announced several days
ago, Is called Citizens for Beck
James Orleans. 1t supports
what its organizers hope will
be considered a moderate. mid
dle.of -the-road ticket.
At this point, Mr.. Beck, who
Evening star., 1960-10-30

was appointed to the board to
fill a vacancy, decided to Jump
into the political arena.
He said the hackers of the
Beck-James- Orleans ticket had
not asked him if they could use
his name.
Holds Much Influence
In yesterdays statement, he
resolved any doubt about his
position.
Persons interested in the
school race have said any state
ment by Mr.. Beck would have
considerable influence on the
election outcome.
1.-TWO candidates possess
outstanding qualifications. SUBJ
stantially above those Of any
other candidate, for service on
the board" Mr.. Beck said.
These two candidates are Mrs,
Maurer and Mrs. Keker."
Mr.. Beck said they have the
capacity for objective analy-
sis" that he considers most i'm
portant in q board member.
These Two candidates, In
contrast to several of the others,
have been thorough and accu-
rate in their knowledge and Oh
jective in their discussion Of
school problems and issues" he
said.
DiScIaims Alliance
In addition, Mr.. Beck said
he felt compelled" to disclaim
support Of Mr.. James and Mrs
Orleans, with whom my name
has been linked"
Mr.. Beck said Mrs. Kicker and
Mrs. Maurer "have consistently
advocated moderate and prac-
tical approaches to further
progress in the school program
with sensible awareneSS Of thC
financial boundaries within
which our program must bt
kept"
In another development
school board members Mrs. Ross
c. Kramer and Mrs. Helen NJ
6charf. who decided against
running for re-election. an
nounced they win speak Ur
school matters at 8 pm. Tues.
day at Kensington Junior High
School.
Mrs. Kramer said she and
Mrs. Scharf viii answer ques-
tionS about the school board
election. She said she would try
to stay away from personalities
but added. ''it's pretty well
known we're backing Mrs
Keker and Mrs. Maurer."
Evening star., 1960-10-30
HIGHWAYS
Continued From First Pa1e

OOnGlnueo EEVm EISS rage
more-that the Washington
region will be able to continue
to grow.
Without additional road i'm
provements the region will not
be able to handle the increase
in population that is predicted,
a population reaching perhaps
3.5 million hi 20 years.
Without better roads the
commercia health Of the area
will falter and decline.
Without fast moving express
ways reaching far out into the
suburbs the population would
be forced to thicken close to
the hub Of the Federal city, un-
able to continue spreading into
the far suburbs.
Highway planners say that
without more freeways and i'm
proved arterials the city will
choke itself to death on traffic.
Their argument is backed by
the statistics showing the grow
ing volume Of motor traffic now
streaming into the city. It will
mean total paralysis. these
highway proponents argue, If
road needs are neglected.
The Other Side
But there are those who
argue the other side Of the coin.
These may be roughly classified
as the rapid transit champions.
They include those who want q
series Of subways or reserved
lanes for buses or q combina-
ton Of both.
Their argument Is that more
freeways and wider arterials
mean more cars. More cars
mean greater congestion. Make
. it easier for someone to drive
the car to work, they say, and
more cars are certain to be
used instead Of public trans
portation.
They raise the question:
Where are you going to park all
those cars once you've let them
flood the center of the city?
For the highway proponents
this question is somewhat en-
barassing because there is no
completely satisfactory answer.
It is expected that increased
numbers Of cars will mean an
increase in the number Of un-
derground. above-ground and
ground-level parking spaces.
But where will this need for
parking space end if use Of
private cars is encouraged to
continue mounting? Ask the
subway hackers.
The alternative to q maze of
ribbons Of concrete criss-
crossing the city-some kind Of
rapid transit .system-will be
offered in q plan to be drawn
up by the newly created Ma
tional Capital Transportation
Agency.
It probably will include q
combination Of highways, ex-
press bus lanes and subwayS.
But which of these three
modes of mass transit will be
the dominant feature of the
plan is yet to be decided.
F0rerunner Of Plan
Forerunner to the coming
plan is the report of the Mass
Transportation Survey issued
last year. It calls for a $2.5
billion system of subway lines,
reserved bus lanes and high
ways to be ready by 1880. Some
critics of the report claim the
planners have relied too
heavily on highways.
What the report did was in
corporate for the most part the
2lans highway officials through
Evening star., 1960-10-30
Dedication Set

Dedication ceremonies for
the new Douglass Junior Senior
High School in Groom, Md,
will be held at 8 pm. Wednes-
day in the school auditorium.
Evening star., 1960-10-30
River Pact Backed
By Fisheries Chief
Beck Books 2 Women
In School Boord Race
Diselcims Montgomery Alliance
With Pair Who Used His Name
By DANA BULLEN
Star stan Writer

Clifford K Beck incumbent and the only unopposed
ddate In Montgomery County School Board yesterday
announced support for Mrs. Lucille Maer and Mrs Lucy
Keker.
He Endorsed the two candidates in strongly woded state
containing sharp criticism of others the seven-way
Evening star., 1960-10-30

This shows Of the ramps freewayS
that viii carry traffic onto the Channel Bridge now under
construction at Maine and Twelfth street SW In.
bound traffic will move onto the Twelfth street expressway
by the northbOund ramp The ramp above it win carry
Southwest freeway traffic to and from the bridge Other
lanes (ndicated at le) win handle Southwest freeway
traffic to and from the Lincoln Memorial Maine avenue
Evening star., 1960-06-19

the delegates wherever they went.
But even before the visitors
left America, reports arrived that
all was not well in their homeland.
The New York Times of June 26
quoted a report that had come
via pony express from San Fran
cisco to the effect that the govern
ment of Japan was in an "un-
settled state" The report said
political influences were evidently
against the policy of allowing in
tercourse with foreigners. THE
government" it concluded, IVA
cillated considerably in regard to
carrying out the treaty with the
Americans"
More ominous was news on June
80 that the house of the American
Minister in Japan was now
guarded by troops to protect him
from attack.
In Japan things had indeed gone
from bad to worse. The chief
minister was dead at the hands
of assassins and the government
was nearly impotent. Political con-
fusion reigned. Personal attacks
on foreigners increased with Of
flcials unable to stop them.
Intrigue. strife and the collapse
OF the Shogunate marked the next
few years. Power finally fell into
hands of a group of wise Japa-
nese who saw the futility of end
less opposition to foreign inter-
course.
Evening star., 1960-06-19

United States retains the right
to maintain military bases in ia
pan to contribute to the peace
and security of the Far East.
This treaty has many Improve
ments compared with the present
one in force, with quite few
concessions on the United States
side. For example, the United
States unilaterally must defend
Japan and there must be prior
consultations in order to get as
sent from the Japanese govern
ment in case United States forces
based in Japan seek to engage in
military operations outside Japan.
Ironically, these revised points
have been raised by the progress
Sive groups, such as the Socialists,
Communists, labor unioniSts and
others. However, now they claim
the new treaty will make Japan
a partner in United States mill
tary ventures. The claim has, to
some extent, appealed to the
Japanese people.
Probably the first and, we hope,
the last country to experience the
horror of the atomic bombs,
Japan now understands the utter
folly of militarism and is de-
termined never to become involved
in another war. At the time
when the United States disarmed
Japan and wrote a war-forbidding
article into the new constitution.
Gen. Macarthur once addressed
Evening star., 1960-06-19

asset, Mr.. Kishi thought of re-
vising the unpopular Security
Treaty then in force. Practically
1t means the new defense pact.
This is to replace the so-called
unequal" treaty which was signed
in 1852 as the price of the peace
treaty and the ending of United
States occupation.
The old treaty gave absolute au-
thority to the United States so
far as the military aspect is con-
cerned. In 1857 Mr.. Kishi visited
this country and obtained the
commitment to make a new, more
equal" treaty from the late Mr..
Dulles. The new treaty was
signed in Washington last jan
uary 19 by Mr.. Kishi and Secre-
tary of State Herter. The treaty
which is officially "for security
and mutual corporation" con-
sists Of the preamble and 10 ar
ticles, after the pattern of trea-
ties which the United States has
with many Pacific countries.
AS is widely known, the Jap
aneSe constitution provides re
nunciation of war" and forbids
military operations outside Japan.
This restriction is applied to the
new treaty so that the United
States-Japanese joint military &C
tionS must be confined to "areas
under Japanese administration"
and thus Japan has no immedi-
ate responsibility for the defense
OF the United States. But the
Evening star., 1960-06-19

Chinese Communist human sea
attacks-the biggest battles Of the
war. These we're real actions -
whole armies in motion, roaring
tank columns and the thunder Of
an allied artillery that at last had
enough ammunition.
The 9th Army, and to some ex-
tent the green and uch-slandered
ROK Army, had learned how to
handle the human-sea.
Across the front in April and
May the human-sea had been a
failure, and the Communists were
fighting only light delaying &C
tions north of the 38th Parallel
when Soviet Russia suggested an
armistice late in June.
To create a mood for peace, we
stopped our offensive, and the
Communists dug in and brought
up reserves. When the armiStice
still eluded us late in August, we
started fighting again-and dis
covered a new war. The Commu-
nists now had seemingly unlimited
mortars and artillery, their bunk
ers were 80 feet deep on selected
ridgelines, and every hill battle
was a verdun and a bloodbath.
Heortbreok Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge was the proto-
type. The Associated Press named
that one, too, for the Army would
not let correspondents use the
meter heights of the hills-ths
normal military identification.
Heartbreak lasted a full month,
where earlier hills had usually
taken one day or at the most
three. 1t cost the still splendid
23d Infantry and the French al
most 10 times the price Of Chip
yong.
From then on until the last night
of the war, these violent hill bat
ties flared up and burned like
volcanoes as either the allies or
the Com munists decided to
straighten the line here, or test
something there.
These savage hill battles were
fought without any hope of vic
tory. No one believed in victory
any more-that had been Suffo-
Gated under the ooze of the Pam
munjom armistice talks. These
fights were often without any real
purpose or even justification. Even
worse, they were fought without
any relation to the rest of the
front that might have spread out
and eulized the pain and suffering.
One strip of the 150-mile line
only mile wide would suddenly
erupt into a reeking, smoking
slaughterhouse that went on for
weeks.
Yet for miles on either side OF it
the rest of the front would lie un-
der an absolute peace broken only
by the cries of the whippoorwills
and the gunshots of helmeted off,
GERS and GIs hunting pheasants
in the minef1elds with shotguns
from the ROK 9th, which had
Evening star., 1960-06-19

This was the time OF the refu-
gees.
They say that in January, 1851,
there were two million Koreans
on the roads fleeing from the
Communists. All of these people
had seen the Reds at first hand in
the first three months of the in
vasion. Their fight from the
second wave in the middle of
that bitter winter was the most
eloquent damnation of commu-
nism the world saw until Hungary
revolted. These people were not
the politicians, the wealthy, or
even the "Kulaks." They were the
little people. They were voting
with their feet, and every step
was pain.
With the army defeated and in
retreat, short of everything -
even misunderstanding could
be done for them. Nothing. The
suffering that these pitiful mil
lions endured is beyond deScrip-
tion.
There was the sick-faced Ameri-
can lieutenant who had just seen
a young wife give birth to her
baby in ditch by the road, cut
the cord with her teeth, strangle
the fresh born child, leave it in
the ditch and get up to march
south with her other children.
There was the farm family
pushing a heaped-up oxcart that
tumbled over an embankment
into a stream. There was no
chance, no help, no time to pick
up anything.
They stood there, five or six of
them, looking at each other