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Evening star., 1960-03-13
3 Killed 5 Injured
In Fouquier Collision

THE PLAINS, Va. Mar. IL
(SpeciaD Three persons were
killed and five others injured,
two of them critically, today
in head-on crash on Route
SIS, four miles east of here in
Fauquier County.
State police identified the
victims as Mrs. Edith Hender-
son Gallaher, 54, of 8405 Green
wood avenue, Takoma Park,
Md; her son, John Roy Gal
laher, 13, and Mrs. Ruth Brad
ford, So, of Flint Hill, Va.
Police said Mrs. Gallaher'S
car crossed the center line of
the road and hit an auto driven
by Charles w. Shipp, 25, of
Flint Hill.
Occupants of the Shipp car
said Mrs. Gallaher appeared
to be slumped over the wheel
just before, the accident, police
said. The police theorized that
Mrs. Gaflaher might have had
a heart attack.
Police said the third occu-
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bill. There was no debate but
the vote against it representing
the hard core of opposition to
the administration of Gov. AL
mond.
BY a much narrower margin,
the Governor won a 21-19 vic
tory over opponents, led by
State Senator Harry F. Byrd,
jr., of Winchester, in the upper
chamber last night as budget
cuts made by a Senate sub
committee were restored.
Gov. Almonds budget vic
tory tempered considerably his
earlier defeat on the sales tax
issue.
While a serious rift has de-
veloped in the State Demo
cratic organization, those who
voted against passage of the
budget in the House and Sen
ate gave as the reason that the
spending bill was being passed
before the means of financing
it were enacted.
Bitterness over the tobacco
tax issue produced what ap-
peared to be a paradox. Two
of the Governors chief sup
porters were fighting the bill
needed to balance the budget
while two of his leading op-
ponentS at the current session
were in favor of it.
AS tonight's wrangle began
Senator Charles T. Moses Of
Appomattox introduced ar
See VIRGINIA, Page At
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pant of the Gallaher car was
William Wallace, l3, of 1907
Baltimore avenue, Takoma
Park. He was reported>in salts
factory condition at National
Orthopaedic Hospital. Airing.
ton, with a broken ankle.
Two passengers in the Shipp
car were said to be in critical
condition. They were Mrs
Cecilia PresgraveS. 81, Of
AmisSville, Va, who was ad-
mitted to Arlington Hospital
and Charles Bradford, about
70, who was taken to Nationa,
Orthopaedic. Both suffered
multiple injuries, ----
The other injured, also pas
sengers in the Shipp car, were
Mr.. Shipp. who was in gooc
condition at Fauquier County
Hospital with a fractured rit
and multiple lacerations, anc
Allie Ashby Payne, 10, Of Film
Hill, also in good condition a.
Fauquier with a broken leg anc
cut forehead.
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DIFFERENT KIND
OF FRENCH STAR

THIS FRENCH GIRL weors lots
Of clothes. boosts q college degree
and steers cIeor Of thot sultry stuff.
To decide whether you'll be soyins
"vive 10 difference" meet Copueine
on Pose II Of This Week.
COMIC CHARACTERS VISIT
Washington os Artist Ston Droke
puts Juliet Jones" on the cover
Of Sunday, The Stor Mosozine.
For more about the comic artist.
see Philip H. Loves "See You in
the Funny Poper" on Pose Is Of
the magazine.
BERMUDA'S college WEEKS"
neon fun for the students, heod-
aches for the cob drivers. For the
British islond's plans for the onnuoI
invasion OF coIleeions. see Trovel
Editor Jack Jones' column on Poee
C-5 Of the travel pages.
THE STARS ANNUAL All
Metropolitan high school bosket-
boII selections, together with oil
stor teoms from eight Leagues,
oppeor in the Sports Section q
todoy's editions.
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hrst arrival of sunshine-seek-
ing visitors from the continent
This year, however, things
are different. The people sit
ting around the restaurant OF
the hotel, playing cards, drink
ing coffee. reading and writing
letters, are there early but not
by their own choice. They are
there, in fact, as guests" Of
the French government, thanks
with a number Of reserva-
tions - to Russian Premier
Nikita Khrushchev.
1t started some time age
when French security people
began preparing for the arrival
of the Russian Premier next
Tuesday. AS part of these prep
arations. a list was drawn up
of nearly 800 conspicuous anti
Communists whose past records
led police to class them as po-
tential troublemakers.
Last week members of the
selected group were aroused at
an early hour by the policemen
of a dozen towns along Mr.
Khrushchev's projected route
A few hours later-with hard
ly time to throw a few things
into suitcases and say goodbye
to their startled families
they were on their way tc
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jority favors acquittal. he said,
the case usually is dismissed.
It was nearly two hours be-
fore the defendants left the
courthouse to be returned to
Jail. During this period, they
were closeted with their respec-
tive attorneys in the jury room
of an adjacent court.
A guard said Miss Tregoff
broke down completely and that
DR.. Finch was trying to COM
fort her.
The two had to move through
a huge crowd of spectators en-
route to the station wagon that
took them the two blocks or
so to jail. Miss Tregoff was still
crying, her eyes downcast. DR..
Finch was pale but composed.
The often-dramatic trial has
been a national conversation
piece since Barbara Jean
Finch's body was found eight
months ago sprawled on a
neighbor's lawn.
Unanswered Mystery
The jury by failing to agree
in its nearly 40 hours Of delib-
Grafton, left unanswered the
last remaining mystery In the
case: Would the stories of DR..
Finch and Miss Tregoff be be-
lieved?
Apparently some jurors did,
others didn't.
The handsome surgeon
claimed his wife's bullet-in-the-
back death was accidental. Miss
Tregof said she was but an
! See FINCH, Page AS
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Action Tied Up
On Waterfront
Legal SnurIs
Need Solution
BY GEORGE BEVERIDGE
Star Staff Writer

The District Commissioners
this week will consider a COM
plex legal snarl which must
be Strengthened out before the
redevelopment of Washington S
Southwest waterfront can move
ahead.
The legal problem, quietly
brewing for months. is how
to give the District Redevelop-
ment Land Agency control
over most of the Washington
Channel waterfront between
Fourteenth street and Fort
McNair. 1t needs this control
so it can issue leases to private
investors for rebuilding the
waterfront in accordance with
new redevelopment plans.
At present, control of the
waterfront is split in half a
dozen pieces between the Dis
trict and the Army Corps OF
Engineers.
John r. Searles, jr., RIA di-
rector, said his agency has
hoped it might acquire the
needed control by administra-
tive action. The Commissioners,
however, are expected to be
advised by their legal experts
this week that new legislation
is essential to get control OF
the land transferred in some
form to the RIA.
Meanwhile, it was learned,
Mr.. Searles will ask the RIA
board of directors on Wednes-
day to issue an invitation to
private firms to. compete for
the right to carry out a major
portion of the waterfront de-
velopment.
The RIA already is negotiat-
ing with the operators of the
! See SOUTHWEST, Page B-1
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Griidiron Club
Marks Jubilee
Leaders Joshed
At 18th Dinner

The Gridiron Club last
night celebrated rs years OF
spoofing the famous.
AS President Eisenhower
Vice President Nixon. most of
the cabinet and Supreme
Court, leaders in Congress,
Governors, Ambassadors and
other distinguished guests
looked on, the club reminisced
on how it had cultivated the
art Of debating celebrities
since the days of Grover
Cleveland's first administra-
ton.
I'm our jubilee year." Arthur
Krock of the New York Times
told the 500 diners in Hotel
Statler- Hilton, lit is one of
the Gridirons boasts that our
aims and objects have never
changed"
It's purpose, he said. has been
to prevent people from taking
themselves too seriously.
DefatiOn Its Specially
1--WE are proud Of our rec
ord of heads reduced in size
and chests pushed back to nor
NAL, including our own," added
Mr.. Krock. who has belonged
to the 50-member Washing
ton newspapermen's club for
nearly SO of its rs years.
Mr.. Krock's comments came
as an introduction to the dia-
mond jubilee dinners conclud-
ing number. 1t was a musical
See GRIDIRON, Page AS
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dered his Socialite wife.
The judge discharged the
panel of five men and seven
women and the District Attor-
ney said there will be a retrial,
The wealthy 42-year-old sur
geon broke down and sobbed
when the jury was polled. Red
haired 23-year-old Miss Ire
goff. a former model who be-
came his receptionist and ther
his sweetheart, also was in
tears.
New Date to Be Set
The case was returned to Su-
perior Court for a hearing next
Thursday at which a new trial
date will be set, probably late
in April
Whether the majority oi
jurors favored CONVICTION or
the twin charges each defend.
ant faced-murder and con.
spiracy to murder-was not dis.
closed. The Judge admonishec
them to keep silent.
Jury Foreman A. w. Ain
detailed the jury's split in this
fashion: Miss Tregoff's murder
charge, 4-8; her conspiracy
charge, 4-8: DR.. Finch's mur.
der charge. 1912, his conspiracy
charge, 4-8.
A possible clue as to how the
voting went was this: A source
in the district attorneys Office
asked earlier this week whar
would happen if there was 6
hung jury, said the practice i,
to have a retrial If a substantial
majority Of the jurors favor'
conviction. If a substantial ma
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II Fishermen Lost
As Fog Grips Tokyo

TOKYO, Mar. IL (AP) -
Heavy fog covering most Of
the Pacific seaboard of Japan
played havoc today with land
and sea traffic.
1t caused three ship col
lisionS, with a loss of two fish
ing boats and IL fishermen
Train schedules went haywire
as the fog shorted irsulators
disrupting signal lights and
mechanisms on the main line
from Tokyo to Osaka.
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Arms Delegates Gather;
East and West Far Apart
Eisenhower
Asks Potent
Negotiations

GENEVA, Mar. IL (AP).-
Delegates of the North Atlantic
treaty powers and the Soviet
bloc assembled in Geneva today
for a donation disarmament
conference opening Tuesday.
The two blocs brought rival
plans to disarm the world that
probably will be debated for
months.
AS the delegates gathered,
President Eisenhower empha-
sized in a letter made public in
Washington today that the
United States is ready to ex-
plore every possible avenue
that might lead to general dis
armament.
Letter Sent to Eaton
In the letter to Fredrick M.
Eaton, head of the United
States delegation to the confer
ence, the President said the
East-West participating coun-
tries have both the opportunity
and a great responsibility to
serve mankind"
I'VE must not be pessimistic
because of the lack of success
in past disarmament negotia-
tions," Mr.. Eisenhower wrote,
NOR should we necessarily ex-
pect immediate, dramatic and
far-reaching strides, although
we would certainly welcome
such progress.
Rather, it should be our
objective in these negotiations
to contribute by carefully
balanced, phased and safe
guarded arms control agree
ments to the ultimate objective
Of a secure. free and peaceful
world in which international
disputes will be settled in ac-
cordance with the principles
of the United Nations charter"
The Western plan, hammered
out in difficult bargaining in
Washington and Paris, was
given final approval by the
North Atlantic Council earlier
today in the French capital.
3 Main Stages in Plan
The plan agreed upon by the
United States, Britain, France,
Canada and Italy, the five
Western representatives to the
disarmament talks, calls for
these three main stages:
!. Creation of an interna-
tional disarmament agency to
centralize all records of arms
and troops possessed by all
nations.
2. Agreement of all nations
involved to stop making nu-
clear weapons. fashionable ma
terlal on hand would be con-
verted to "atoms-for-peace"
programs. Unoficially, it was
reported that as part of this
stage the United States will cut
its armed forces to 81 million
men if the Soviet agrees to do
the same.
8. Agreement to end pro-
duction of nuclear weapons
and balliStic missiles for mill
tary use. Eventually. the armies
Of all nations would be cut to
the lowest level needed for
security.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
lister Valerian Zorin, arriving
earlier in the day as the head
of the Soviet bloc, announced
the rival plan will be based on
Premier Nikita S. KhruShchev's
See DISARMAMENT, Page ALL
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Cigarette, Liquor Tax
Increased in Virginia
Levies Devised to Bring State
$l.26 Billion Budget in Balance
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Staf Writer

RICHMOND Mar. IL The State Senate late tonight
voted Scents per pack tax cigarettes which will bring
$126 billion State budget into balance 1t then went
approve increase liquor prices and u cent increase
in the state tax beer
Action after three hours of debate cleared the
Evening star., 1960-03-13
Sun Satellite
|s:Speeding
Toward Orbit
Pioneer Shows
Steady Progress
By Rudio Duto
BY the Associated Press

Pioneer V sent back strong
radio signals last night, indi-
eating a top-f1ight performance
as it jabbed steadily through
space.
Scientists predicted the
beachball-size sphere would be
$4,000 miles from the earth
by midnight Saturday EST,
clipping along at 6,219 miles per
hour. Its mission: To become a
new planet between the earth
and Venus in orbit around the
sun.
AS expected, the earth's mag
netic attraction still was slow
ing the spheres speed. Its We
locity was 24,S69 miles per hour
Friday morning when it kicked
free of the rocket that had
lofted it from Cape Canaveral,
Fla.
Information being relayed
back from the newest United
States space probe was being
accumulated in tape form to
be analyzed later by scientists.
Picked Up by JOdrell
A spokesman for the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration said space experts had
not set a definite time for the
start of their study on Pioneer
VS. relays. In the past, such in
formation has accumulated for
several days before scientists
began to analyZe it.
NASA gave these estimates
on the space shots progress:
4p.m. EST yesterday. 238, ,730
miles out at 6,366 miles per
hour: 8 pm, 263,980 at $3.50;
4 am. today, 313,730 at 6.l72,
and 8 am, $780, .290 at 6,127.
Space Technology Labora-
tories, Inc. at Los Angeles said
its tracking equipment showed
Pioneer v passed the orbit of
the moon at 3:39 pm. EST. At
that time the satellite was 1885,
600 statute miles from earth.
The laboratory said the sat-
elite was outward in space
from the point where Brazil,
Uruguay and Bolivia intersect
about 1000 miles west OF
Rio de Janeiro.
Britain'S huge Kaleidoscope
at Jodrell Bank picked up Pio-
neer's steady whistling signal
as the sphere scared across
British skies yesterday. One
scientist described the signal
there as "a nice steady tone.
slightly garbled but loud and
clear"
The space probes tiny radio
tranSfnitters began sending sig
mails down as soon as a Jodrell
Bank scientist snapped on a
control button. Information re-
ceived at the British station
will be forwarded to Washing
ton to be fed into NASA COM
puters.
Daily Watch to Continue
The Jodrell Bank station
plans to continue its brief daily
watch until July, when Pioneer
V is expected to be about so
million miles from earth.
Radio Moscow told Soviet
listeners yesterday about the
launching of the American
satellite, but made no comment
on its success.
Pioneer v is the first satellite
fired toward a solar orbit inside
the earth's. Its orbit will touch
the earth's path and swing to
within about 7 million miles
of Venus smaller orbit. Its
year" around the sun will be
about 311 days.
When an orbit actually be-
gins is. one of the many ques
tions scientists hope to deter
mine in the Pioneer v probe
At present, the time a sphere
begins to orbit cannot be CAL
culated. From one standpoint,
Pioneer VS. orbit might be
See PIONEER, Page AZ
Evening star., 1960-03-13
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
star stafT Writer

Civil rights bill supporters
voiced confidence yesterday
that they can hold the House
line this week against Southern
opposition attempts to water
down the measure seriously.
They reported only an out
side chance of a combination
that could administer a "one-
two punch" such as the Senate
administered last Friday. That
struck out a key provision
against obstruction of court
orders for school desegregation.
They showed some apprehen-
sion. however. about a possible
danger in their own ranks.
They feared the bills support
ers might divide too widely on
the proposed court referee
amendment. This, they said,
might give the Southerners a
chance to tie up the House in
long debate and increase the
risk of having the legislation
bog down in a House Senate
conference.
Both House and Senate were
in recess yesterday and South
ern members had little to say
for publication. Some made no
secret of their satisfaction that
the long and rugged course of
civil rights legislation this year
now seems to be running pretty
much in the direction they
want.
No FiIibuster Seen
The Senate resumes its de-
liberationS tomorrow. 1t will
no longer talk around the clock
but seems likely to move much
faster after House passage of a
bill, expected Wednesday or
Thursday.
The Senators will consider a
Southern move to eliminate
from the bill specific congres.
sional Endorsement of the
preme Courts 1854 basic de-
cision against public school
racial segregation.
The House expects to start
Evening star., 1960-03-13

Sagone, seems to have been
designed more for honeymoon
ers. Conveniently remote from
the dilapidated island capital of
Ajaccio, it is reached by a pre-
cipitous road that winds its
way along cliffs and misty
mountain passes. The sand
beach at Tuiccia and the
romantic Corsican scenery are
main attractions.
Even today the atmosphere is
innocent enough. The traveller
who drops into the hotel res
taurant may be surprised only
by the number of guests. At
this time of year most hotels
in Corsica are closed. The
normal tourist season starts
around Eastertime with the
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Finch Jury DeodIocked,
Is Dismissed by Judge
RetriuI Slated in Murder Case;
Both Defendants in Tears

LOS ANGELES, Mar. IL (AP).-The long, sensational
Finch murder tral-a saga of suburban and violent
death-ended today with a crashing anti-climax.
The jury after eight days Of deiberation was unable
to decide whether Dr. R. Bernard Finch and his pretty
mistress Caroe Trego coldy plotted and caously
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Rights Bockers Expect
Strong Bill in House

taking up amendments late to-
morrow afternoon. The first
proposal probably will be tint
provision that the Senate
tabled last week. This would
extend to Federal court orders
Of all kinds the proposed crimi-
nal penalties for overt or
threatened obstruction Of court
orders on school desegrega-
ton. The Senate adopted by
65-l9 that provision. proposed
by Senator Lausche, Democrat
of Ohio. Then it voted 1895 to
table the entire provision on
motion of Senator Morse. Dem
ocrat Of Oregon.
House Judiciary Committee
Chairman Celler, Democrat Of
New York. and Representative
McCulloch of Ohio, the COM
mittee's ranking Republican,
admitted they were taken
aback by the Senate action.
But they predicted the House
will hold the section to deseg-
regation orders. They said also
they believed the Senate even
tually would accept that pro-
vision along with the rest of
the House bill.
Southern Group Pleased
Representative Willis, Demo-
crat Of Louisiana, a leader Of
the opposition in the House.
did not go so far yesterday as
to claim victory for his in
tended amendment to expand
the obstruction" provision. But
he and other Southerners were
frankly pleased by the Senate's
action and by the resulting
possibility the Senate might re-
fuse to accept the House bill
unchanged.
Without such acceptance, the
conflicting versions would have
to go to a House Senate con-
ference. This would put the
House Rules Committee in the
position of delaying if not pre-
venting a conference recon-
mendation from reaching the
House floor.
Evening star., 1960-03-13
BY CROSBY S. MOVES

European Correspondent OF the Star
TUICCIA, Corsica, - You
would hardly describe the Hotel
Des Flots Bleus as a nat
ural hotbed Of conspiracy or a
hideaway for desperate intrigue
This little hotel, set on a
hill overlooking the Gulf of
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way Tor adjournment some
time early Sunday morning.
The vote was 25-15 on the
cigarette tax. The House Of
Delegates. which had been
Other Virsinio Legislative Stories.
Poee B-2
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Visit by Khrushehev No Treot for
Poris Reds. Pooe A-3
Poris Girds for Khrushehev Visit
Poee ca
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Rapid Rise Forecast
In lntercity Travel

NEW YORK. - Intercity
travel is expected to- increase
rapidly in the United States in
the next few years.
1t has climbed SO per cent
since 1949. The National High
way Users Conference, q trade
organization, predicts 1t will
soar 70 per cent more in the
next 10 years to 1905, 000, 900
passenger-miles a year.
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time leader Of the majority
party In the National Assem-
bly,.
The President will exercise
all powers now held by the
governor general and the Pre-
mier.
The President will not be q
member of the National As
seembly but will be entitled to
address the assembly OCCASION
ally and send messages to
Parliament when he so de-
sizes.
His term of Office will be
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net will control the government
Of the country in the same way
as it has under the existing
constitution.
Until March 6, 1857, Ghans
was the British colony of the
Gold Coast. 1t was notorious
in the slave trade of the last
century.
When the British granted
freedom in 1857, Mr.. Nkrumah
already was on record as a
staunch advocate Of total lib
Grafton of the African CONT
nent.
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to determine the form Of con.
stitution. -"
The preface said the draft
constitution has been designed
to meet the particular needs
of Ghana and to express the
realities of Ghana's constitu-
tional position
Leader to Have Powers
The draft proposes the &C.
tuai head of the Ghanian gov
eminent after July / this year
should be the President Of the
republic. He will be chosen in
Ia way to make him at the same
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identical with that Of the Ma.
tional Assembly, unless he die.
or resigns.
Retaining Cabinet
Concerning the cabinet, the
draft proposals recommend
that:
The President is to have a
cabinet of at least eight minis
tiers. who must all be members
of a National Assembly of at
least 104 members.
Subject to the general pow
Iers Of the President, the cabi-
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told the people Of Ghana HI
win formally announce hi.
governments decisions at the
Commonwealth Premiers' Con-
ference in London in May.
Mr.. Nkrumah also outlined
proposals for a republican con-
stitution for the new nation
It read in part: g
THE constitution recognizes
that ultimately. all powers Of
state come from the people,
and it will be for the people,
not the constituent assembly
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Ghono Republic Set
To Keep British Ties

British Comm flWsalth, Pre-
fnier Kwane Nkruinah said
last night.
/ In a brOadcast statement. he
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ACCRA. Ghana, Mar. Z
(AP).-Ghana win become a
republic In July OF this year
and viii remain within the