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Evening star., 1960-08-09
Ghunu Plans
To Protest
Party Custer

The Ghana Embassy today
planned to register strong dis
approval" with the State De-
partment of the eviction of four
African Negro students from a
party in a near-downtown
apartment house.
The students, one from
Ghana and three from Somalia,
are here on a 60-day State De-
partment orientation program.
Hostess at the party. Miss
Gayle Quisenberry. said she
also has had notice to move
from the apartment at the
Chateau Thierry, 1920 S street
NV, within 80 days.
Miss Quisenberry. said the
Friday night party invitation
list included ), several white
couples. two Howard Univer-
sity students and another
American Negro couple. Several
| of the Negro couples had
already arrived when the apart
ment manager, Mrs. Frances
Honeycutt. came to the apart
ment and told Miss Quisen-
berry they would have to leave,
Miss OuiSenherrv said.
Later, she said, the four stu
dents were stopped in the lobby
| by the manager and told they
lcould not go UP to the apart
Iments Miss Quisenberry added.
She is white, an employe of
the monthly Africa Special Re-
lport Magazine.
She said Mrs. Honeycutt lat
Ier appeared, in the apartment
and told another guest that the
guests would have to leave.
Henry Sekyi, second secre-
tary of the Ghana Embassy.
said an Official protest would
be made late today.
On a telephoned request,
Fritz Picard, on the staff of
the State Departments Bu-
reau of African Affairs, ap-
peared at the apartment house
and the guests left without
further incident.
1--WE feel" he said later, that
the people we (the State De-
partment) invite here are en-
| titled to every courtesy"
Evening star., 1960-08-09
Col. Clarke Slated
To Be General

Col. Frederick j. Clarke, the
Districts new Engineer Com
missioner, has been nominated
by President Eisenhower for a
promotion to the rank of
brigadier general.
The advance in rank must be
confirmed by the full Senate
Armed Services Committee. The
proposal was referred to the
committee today.
Before replacing Brig. Gen.
A. C. yelling, Col. Clarke was
chief of staff of the United
States Army Training Center
at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Col. Clarke took over his
present post on August !. He
had spent 10 years previously in
the Washington area on three
other tours of duty. He is mar
ried and has three children.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
BLAST WRECKS HOUSE
Owner Blown Into Yord, Clothes Afire

A fire and explosion ripped
open a two-Story house at 623
Whittier street NV. early to-
day, seriously burning one man,
leaving a next-door neighbor
lin critical condition with a
stroke and telling a fireman.
The blast was touched of
when John Wash. 10, walked
into the back door carrying a
lighted cigarette. He was blown
into the backyard. his clothing
af1re. Neighbors hurried to him
and beat out the flames.
Next door at 627 Whittier,
Bruce l.. Wallen, >55, suffered
a cerebral hemorrhage just
after the explosion and was ad-
mitted to Washington Hospital
Center.
The fireman, Pvt. Frank
SanSock of Engine Co. 90, was
overcome by heat in battling
the three-alarm fire and was
treated at Providence Hospital.
Search for Cause
Cause of the explosion still
was a mystery today, although
Fire Inspector Kermit r. Null
lin said first indications were
that the house was charged
from top to bottom with gas"
After the fire safety engi-
neers of the Washington Gas
Light Co. ran a 15-minute
test, together with fire inspec-
tors. The gas was turned on
full force. and none of it
leaked from any pipes or out
lets, the gas company said.
One theory was that fumes
had collected from a 5-gallon
drum and a 1-gallon coal oil
container found in the kitchen.
"Mr. Wash told us he came
home just after midnight,
stopped to pet a dog in the
back yard. and opened the door
Evening star., 1960-08-09
D. c. Womun Held
For Stubbinq Death

A District coroner's jury
yesterday ordered Pauline M.
Webb, "a, of the 900 block of
L street NV. held for grand
jury action in the fatal stab
bing Sunday of another woman.
The victim, according to
Homicide Squad Detective
Frank Eccles, was Gertrude
Morris, 40, of the same address.
Detective Eccles said Miss Webb
told him she stabbed Miss Nor
ris with a knife when the latter
attacked her with an icepick.
Miss Morris died of a stab
wound in the chest.
Evening star., 1960-08-09

KELLY WOULD SPEND a
lot of time in front Of the
chrome-plated bread box. At
first we thought he was
fighting his alter ego. But
then we learned that he was
trying to feed the bird in the
mirror. He would spew food
at it.
Alice had bad news for us
one night. The door of the
bread box had been loosely
latched on top and had fallen
on Kelly, squashing him.
He was on the floor. He
had not flown nor made a
sound all day. But when we
came in, he uttered a few
brave chirps.
He was shivering.
We thought he was dying.
We hurried him over to DR..
Mauser in Falls Church. The
modern veterinarian has a
wide range of problems. He
was just back from the horse
country. While he was as
sisting in the delivery OF a
foal who was reluctant to see
the light of day, the mare
stepped on his foot-a pain
full experience.
And now he was diagnos-
ing and prescribing for a
bird that didn't weigh much
more than an ounce.
He felt Kelly over and said
that no bones were broken.
The doctor was a picture
when he applied his stetho-
scope-regular size-to the
little bird he was holding in
his hand. He said the lungs
were congested. That sounded
bad.
But this story has a happy
ending. Kelly was silent for
several days. He was still In.
pain, the doctor said when
consulted on the telephone.
But Kelly started to talk
again.
While I was writing this
he flew to my shoulder and
asked: "Whatcha doin'?"
Evening star., 1960-08-09

spread to all three institutions
in. the wake Of the earlier
ruling.
The State Board of Correc-
ton had ruled effective August
u that prisoners doing such
outside work as road labor
would get that time cut from
their prison terms. a day for a
day, up to five days a month
Then the Attorney General
ruled it was illegal. 1t was de-
cided to rescind the decision at
a five-hour meeting last night
of Mr.. Curran with members
of the board, wardens of the
prisons, an aide of Gov. Tawes
and State Police Supt. Carey
Jarman.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
D. C.. Readies New
Fiscal Appraisal
Bible to Weigh
Sales Tax After
Getting Report

The District Commissioners
today prepared ior the Senate
District Committee a new ap-
praisal of the city's fiscal plight.
Their report was expected to
be forwarded to the committee
this afternoon.
Committee Chairman Bible
said he hoped to consider a
House-passed bill increasing
sales taxes from 2 to 3 per cent
promptly after receipt of the
revenue information. Primarily,
he said, he wanted the Commits
sioners to tell Senators the last
best estimates of tax receipts,
expenditures to date, and anti
cipated surpluses or deficits by
the end of the fiscal year which
began July /.
Question Realty Tax
! He also expects to receive
the Commissioners justifica-
tion for maintaining the pres
ent level of real estate taxes.
rather than voting an in
crease. Robert E. Mclaughlin,
president Of the Board of Com
miSsioners, said today that the
rate, having been acted on
officially, could not now legally
be changed.
Committee Clerk Chester
Smith pointed out to the Sen
ators that Commissioner Nc
Laughlin testified that both the
real estate and sales tax raises
probably would be required to
cover anticipated salary in
creases of rs per cent if Con-
gress failed to approve a ST
million additional Federal pay
ment.
His testimony was in an
sWer to questions asked by Sen
ator Bible at a Senate hearing
earlier this year.
In the recess, the Com
missioners followed the rec
concentrations of their Gen.
eral Administration Director
Schuyler Lowe and decided
against a 10-cent property tax
increase. Mr.. Mclaughlin,
however, voted for the increase.
Oppose Realty Boost
The Commissioners at the
time, the late David B. Karrick
and Brig. Gen. A. c. yelling,
opposed the real estate tax in
crease for three main reasons.
i First, they feared the tax
would tend to drive business
outside the central city, already
struggling for economic stabil-
ity. Also they were encouraged
by more optimistic revenue es-
Inmates from current taxes than
were available when Congress-
was meeting.
MI. Karrick and Gen. Well
ing also thought chances were
good for congressional passage
of an increased Federal pay
ment, according to Mr.. Nc
Laughlin. He is not encouraged
by prospects, however.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS
Star staff Writer


Joseph F. Thompson, jr.,
stopped in a little Southern Vir-
ginia antique shop and paid so
cents for two interesting old
books.
Mr.. Thompson, of 5841 MOI tn
Twenty-f1rst street. Arlington,
was on vacation. His wife likes
antique glass and he likes old
books.
Arriving home yesterday, he
sat down to leaf through the
United States Secret Service
lin the Late War" Q89D and
"The Life of Jefferson DAVIS"
(1868).
AS he progressed he came
across letter after letter which
he casually placed on the arm
of his chair. Sd
Finished with browsing, Mr..
Thompson picked UP one of
the old letters and thought he
caught the written name. "A.
Lincoln"
"I was excited. I called my
wife and she agreed" he said.
This is what he had stun
bled across:
A letter from a Levi
Davis of Illinois to President
Lincoln asking for an appoint
ment as lieutenant in the Un-
ion Army. Lincoln's hand writ
ten Endorsement to the War
Department was dated Febru-
ary l., 1862. r
80, A series OF correspond
ence in which Secretary of War
Edwin F. Stanton apparently
disagreed with Lincoln over
Stanton's nephew's request to
be commissioned a first lieu
tenant. Brig. Gen. B. F. Kelley,
commander at Cumberland, had
Evening star., 1960-08-09
HE WAS GIVEN the run
of the house

HE WAS GIVEN the run
Of the house.
More than once on my en-
trance he has flown to my
shoulder, put his beak in my
ear, and said: eli, George"
I know these were acci-
dents. The expression is in
his repertoire and he just
happened to use it at the
right time.
I know this because I once
consulted a man who had a
parakeet who kept him in
show business. The bird had
an amazing vocabulary. I
asked him If he was able to
make the bird respond.
He said no. He had taught
the bird a speech" $50 words
long. Sometimes the bird
would skip some of it; some
times he would stop in the
middle and start all over
again, and sometimes he
would go through it letter
perfect. II
But I've never been able
to get him to notice cues."''
the man said. & IL
We would like to find a
bird psychologist who would
give Kelly the ornithological
equivalent OF the Simon
Binet test. We are sure his
10 would be very high.
just little things. His be-
havior once caused Mrs. r.
to give him an extended
scolding. He heard her
through, then said: kiss
Kelly"
One evening when he was
perched on my wrist and l
was carefully descending the
stairs, hoping he would go
into his cage, he asked:
Kelly, beddy-bye?"
Alice, the cleaning woman,
who is not we'll grounded in
the theologians' separation
of man from other animals,
came right out with it.
THAT bird" she said, "has
a soul"
Evening star., 1960-08-09
The
Rambler
Discourses on
Dangers Of Home
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

u
The home is more danger
Gus than the highways.
This is Introductory to
what happened to Kelly, our
parakeet.
He succeeded Socrates, who
died a natural but untimely
death.
Socrates earned his name
because he spoke Greek.
Kelly started speaking
American right of. In fact,
his speech had a tendency to
descend into the vernacular.
His name came from his
color, Kelly green.
What would really get us
there we go, the vernacular
again-were the occasions
when his remarks were
apropos.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
Convict Crews Resume
Maryland Prison Work
Some Inmates Kept in Cells to Avoid
Any Uprising in Parole Controversy

BALTIMORE. Aug. (AP)-Maryland prison authorities
to their assignments outside
institution today but left other prisoners locked in their
uprising in controversy parole benefits
Between 200 and from three institutions were
sent on details to outside work Within confines Of the
Evening star., 1960-08-09

Writing on the back of an envelope, Abraham
Lincoln says to give the nephew of Secretary
of War Stanton a commission in the Regular
Army. On the bottom the Secretary has noted
a disagreement with the President.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21

med after entering a high
speed bombing nun. He elected
AZ $4,000 feet. The plane crash
"a IL the water between Bay
River and Moys Points.
FuaCHutnr ~ me w.t"r.
Melville inflated his Iubbc.
lite raft and was floating when
"a fishing boat picked him up.
4 few minutes later he was
hUISt"d into a lowering Marble
hcilcuptcr and returned to tho
aIr station.
AitcI being examined by a
Navy doctor al the station hos
pitdl. 1t. Melville quickly Wis
.lru another patient thcre-his
wife. Name. who Is expecting
TEEN las; cutt. Ma. .,I.u4,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21
". 4. INMAN FAMILY

On September 10 the family
OF W. \. lnman met at Thomas
Oyster Roast in celebration of
ris goth birthday anniversary.
All Of his sons Nd daugh,-
cr's, son'S-in-law, daughters
ia-law. grand children and
great grandchildren attended
Who were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
lnman and son; Mr.. and Mrs.
leon lumdn. Mr.. and Mrs
Jack Strickland and daughter,
Betty: Mr.. and Mrs. Tom In
man and daughter. Jerri and
SDn: MIR. and Mrs. B. NJ. Cox
and sons: Mir. and Mrs. Ford
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21
Surprise
ssici'.
" - 4.

CHERRY POINT - When a
young WhitcvIlle Marine jet
pilot told his wife recently
IN see you at the hospital. A"
n, never thought IT would bc
SO soon. ur under such circum-
stances
IL WIS picked up Dv a fish
!ug boat IN PamIIcu Sound yes
tCrday after he elected safely
rom has hCuutruilaDlv A4D
Skyhawk Ic'
Second 1t RnIcr' II. M.l-
vile. %. said the controls jam
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21
CUB Scouts Invite
New Membership

lsc Cub Scout registration
VIII continue open until Octo-
r@i / announced Richard Cor
con, Cub Master. today.
BOYS ages 8 to 10 wears are
1Nitcd 70 ioin the Cubs and
= Is hoped that a new Den will
be organized. Plans now call
for a Den for the third grade
BOYS
The DCn'S meet weekly and
Boys wishing to enroll should
contact Mr.. Gordon.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21

would like 10 welcome all the
freshmen into high school.
Freshmen. sou must really
... .G' e. in co. Du De-.
.. tUE.
We are very much !udcbtct
20 our high school teachers
who have finally succeeded IN
getting us settled and ready to
wuTk
MI Naught. the social stud
'cs teacher. surely looks as If
.'s summer vacation agreed
rs 100 him NJ. Vaugl'. how Is
you &. ; History class THIS
ven T. IT as good as la>'
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21

years class
Mrs. Wright, We surely are
'ayInG a Struegl" IA geometry
.- lCIr but maybe with your
80. ~ c." ra.. see. ..-
Hr. SaSScr. there certainly
Is lot OF difference between
French records and rock n
roll. Anyway, we still enjoy
French.
Mr.. Thompson. all the Aggie
fans are l. ding forward To
the ball players, under your
guidance, bringing the champ
IunShIp back To Williams again
this year.
Mrs. Lewis, your first year
tipping class hopes YOU Will
bean with them while they are
slowly learning to type
Mr.. jackson and Mr.. Bullock.
we surely hope YOU are going
to ENJOY teaching the home &C
onomlcS girls agriculture tins
year.
Mrs. Thompson. we wish you
the best of luck while teaching
tn, agriculture boys home eco
monies for a few weeks.
There Is new face al
=,rDuI tins year T. l. That ui
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21

Inman and sons: Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Dale lnman and dau-
Rhter'S: Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Cox and sons.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21
MRS. SADIE EDDINGS

Mrs. Sadie Eddings is a patti
cnt in the James Walker Mem
orial Hospital, Wilmington, re-
ceiving a skin graft for an in
iurcd leg. She sustained the
injury recently when she fell
al her home.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21

Angela Powell was a Sum
cay dinner guest of Linda Dun
can.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21

ANNA ROGERS
Anna Rogers * attending
Wuman's College, Greensboro.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-09-21

is a native of Waninish.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Come to CURTIS BROS. TOMORROW!

popular for
young ommaker who will be person day Saturday. Miss Senior will
tell why LVG" chose VERVE COLLECTION feature 4coo
in LIVING Magazine
Evening star., 1960-10-07
FREE BIG. PRIZES!

To The p"tr Ere: Purse Mirrors Ers LYING NGs" No a
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Teumsters to Cross
Picket Lines at GE

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 7 (AP).
james r. Hoffa, president Of
the Teamsters Union, said last
night his union would cross
picket lines at strikebound Gen.
eral Electric plants because the
Landrum Griffin Labor Act
leaves them no other choice.
He spoke at a $100-a-plate
dinner to raise money for a
defense fund for Ray Cohen,
secretary treasurer Of Team
sters Local lot, and other Local
lot officials. The men have
been indicted, charged with
conspiracy to loot the locals
treasury.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Pardon for Man
In Robbery Case
To Be Studied

BALTIMORE, Oct. 7 (AP).-I
The Maryland Department Of
Parole and Correction has been
asked to determine whether a
pardon should be issued for
Horace Spriggs, serving a nine
year prison sentence for rob-
berry.
The possibility of a pardon
was put to the department by
Gov. Tawes, who could free
Spriggs from the sentence.
Spriggs, 33-year-old father OF
two, has served three years.
The reason for the study is
a new conviction in the case
- handed down Wednesday
against Charles H. Byrd, who
signed a confession admitting
the $3.50 street robbery OF
John T. Ford in Baltimore in
1857.
Byrd now is serving an 18-
month sentence in the House
of Correction on a burglary
charge. He implicated in his
statement another man whom
he identified as his accomplice
in the robbery and cleared
Spriggs.
Evening star., 1960-10-07

nized that there were certain
weaknesses inherent in the ex-
listing law and current stating
and budgetary support"
II am personally gratified at
those conclusions" Mr.. Flem-
ming said.
But Mr.. Flemming declined to
comment when asked whether
he felt that the committees
findings cleared DR.. Welch as
a scientist"
At the time of the Senate COM
mittee's disclosures Mr.. Flem-
ming said DR.. Welch had de
liberately misled his superiors"
about his outside activities.
The Senate investigators said
DR.. WEIGH received $287. .242.40
from his connections with M. D.
Publications. Inc, a New York
Evening star., 1960-10-07

money to DR.. WEIGH included
sales of reprints Of scientific
articles to drug firms DR.. Welch
policed as head of the anti
bioticS division. The investi-
gators said the reprints were
used to advertise and promote
drug products.
MIR. Flemming told a news
conference yesterday that the
committee reported it found
no evidence Of disregard for the
public health, and noted that
appropriate action had been
taken when hazards were es-
tablished by subsequent clinical
experience"
He added that the committee
appointed by DR.. Detlev w.
Bronx, president of the National
Academy of Scientists, recog-
Evening star., 1960-10-07

firm which publishes medical
journals. and from other activi-
ties. They said he severed his
financial connection with M. D.
Publications early this year
after new rules prohibiting such
work were put into effect.
At the time his outside in
tereSts we're disclosed DR..
Welch had applied for retire.
ment from his Government Job
because of a heart ailment. Mr..
Flemming noted that in oe-
manding his resignation, saying
II do not believe that he should
be permitted to retire without
action being taken in his case"
Mr.. Flemming said yesterday
the special committee made II
recommendations for strength
ening the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Court Restores
Hacker Permit

The city board which reyokes
cab drivers licenses has re-
ceived it's second court setback
within three months.
The board was ordered yes
terday to return a hackers Ii
cense to George William Shet-
tel, jr., SO, of 4036 Adams drive,
Wheaton, Md.
The board had revoked Mr..
Shettel's license on August 81.
Mr.. Shettel, who is married and
has four children, appealed to
District Court. He claimed the
license was taken away be-
cause Of a diSorderly conduct
charge which was dropped be-
fore the case came to Munich
pal Court.
Yesterdays order was signed
by Judge George L. Hart. jr.
Last July, District Court
Judge Matthew F. MCGUIRE re-
yersed the board in a case in
which the board had decided
the driver was mot Of proper
character to operate a motor
vehicle"
Judge McGuire's opinion,
which was cited in arguments
before Judge Hart, held that a
mere arrest is not sufficient
grounds to declare a person not
Of proper character.
Carleton U. Edwards II, the
attorney who represented both
hackers in their appeals from
the decisions by the Board of
Revocation and Review Of
Hackers Identification Licenses.
received a preliminary injunc-
ton from Judge Hart. The or
der directs the board to return
Mr.. Shettel's license pending
a court decision on whether a
permanent injunction should be
issued.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Alexandra Picks
Renewal Group

The Alexandria City Council
has named is citizens to its
Urban Renewal Advisory Com
mittee.
The group, headed by Clar-
ence Robinson, president OF the
First and Citizens National
Bank, will serve as q link be-
tween city renewal officials and
the community, City Manager
E. G. Heatwole said.
Others on the committee
are Roswell M. Yingling, Dr..
Arthur ]. Mourot, John Barton
Phillips, Eugene Zimmerman,
Mrs. J. C. Myers, Herbert Early,
Randall VoSbeck, Ira Devonald,
Eleanor Nugent, Melvin Miller,
Mrs. r. F. S. Starr, Clarence
Simpson, Benjamin Hayman
and Preston r. George.
Evening star., 1960-10-07

New Haven, Conn.,, has filed q
half-million-dollar suit against
NBC in the New York State
Supreme Court. Mr.. Hahn said
he sued for divorce on grounds
of abandonment prior to the
program, and that NBC knew
about it before airing the show.
NBC denied this.
Mr.. Hahn contended the
program caused him great
humiliation and subjected him
to taunts and jibes. The pro-
gram indicated the Hahns
lived happily together with
their two children.
Yesterday the network said
it and Mr.. Edwards were "the
victims of a carefully prepared
hoax" The NBC statement said
Mrs. Hahn admitted the decep-
ton to James A. Stable, the
networks vice president of
standards and practices.
NBC also claimed that the
husband, Abraham, had ex-
pressed Willingness to appear
on the show within one day
Of its actual recording. Then
he advised the Edwards Office
he had suffered a foot injury
and would not be able to ap-
pear.
Mrs. Hahn, a, yesterday
called newsmen to her Manhat-
tan apartment and confirmed
the details Of the hoax.
She also confirmed the NBC
assertion that she posed as
Elizabeth Short, a social
worker" and suggested to NBC |
that actress Pauline Hahn, 18,
would be a good subject for the
program.
The producers agreed, Mrs.
Hahn told reporters, but they |
also wanted to do a show on the
girls mother.
Trapped in a tissue Of lies,
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Sofa '21o,'0
Msss .aN pSNoabsl-RM
CULTURED WOOD
the new basie
aaakiaa naaanr{na

Extra years Of use are built
into this beautiful :, VeRVE
grouping because it's made OF
Cultured Wood, KRoEHLER'S
exclusive new basic furniture
making wood that takes the
stick out Of drawers. the warp
out Of doors and reduces the
possibility of the cracking or
chipping Of the finish. The
modern VERVE style features
BaIuster designed chairs and
beds that are Of Shaker origin.
plus rosewood inlays and
handcrafted brass and ceramic
pulls. Interior panels OF glass
fronted crsdenza are antique
fitured tortoise shell. Finished
in rich durable Velvet Walnut.
See this exciting new group
today. Sale priced at Curtis
Bros.