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Evening star., 1960-12-10
BY PAUL HOPE
Star 3taf Writer

Public ownership Of land
along the Patuxent River was
urged last night by Herbert
w. Wells, chairman of the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commits
Sion.
Speaking at a meeting called
10y Prince Georges County leg
bslators. Mr.. Wells urged that
the General Assembly take
steps to preserve park lands
Sn the river area before land
values go up.
He noted that the Washing
ton and Baltimore metropoli-
Ian areas are moving closer
together and said that now is
The time to preserve land for
park purposes.
Petitions bearing about g.
600 signatures of Prince
Georges County residents were
presented to the legislators
urging them to support reap
portionment of the seats in
the Maryland Legislature.
Strong Bill Urged
Royce Hanson. executive di-
rector of the Maryland Com
knittee for Fair Representa-
Zion, said the legislators should
tight for a strong reapportion-
ment bill.
The committee has proposed
a bill that would revamp the
membership Of both houses Of
the Legislature, giving the
heavily populated areas much
more representation than they
now have. However, Gov.
Tawes has said he will sup
port a milder reapportionment
measure. known as the Walsh
bill. The Walsh bill was de-
feated at the 1860 session Of
the rurally controlled Legisla-
ture.
Mrs. Bess Lavine, chief judge
Of the Prince Georges Orphans
Court. also spoke In behalf Of
reapportionment. The county
League of Women Voters also
supported it.
Another legislative proposal
would prohibit owners Of
Evening star., 1960-12-10
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
Marilyn Monroe's Beauty
Biography in Sunday Star

NJ M TALKS ABOUT HERSELF-Whats the secret to
Marilyn Monroes beauty? You'll find the answer in
special group OF pictures and comments in the
Accent on Beauty" section of This Week Magazine
It's the year-byyear account of how one of today's
most glamorous women blossomed into loveliness
HOME WITH A LONG vIEW-DOWN-In SUNDAY.
The Star Magazine, you're taken on a word-and-
picture visit to one of Washington's most unusual
homes Perched on the Virginia side of the Potomac
1t looks down $50 feet upon the river providing the
owners with enviable views from every side.
JUST GOOD FRIENDS-This Sunday, Tv Magazines
inside cover story features Craig Stevens star of
Peter Gunn," and his girl friend on the show Lola
Albright. The twosome's compatibility as CO.
performers is discussed Read TV Magazine for
much more program information
NEW "ON STAGE" STORY-Beginning this Sunday in
The Stars color comic section, follow the latest
episode In the life Of Mary Perkins, heroine of ION
Stage" This time, Mary and her husband head south
for vacation and run into Johnny O. sure sign
that spells excitement-filled days ahead
GOVERNMENT LEAVE CHART-The Star this Sunday
will publish its 1861 Leave Chart for Government
employees Vastly popular the chart will enable
Federal workers to keep accurate check their
annual and sick leave during the year and to map
their vacation plans.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1960-12-10
Potuxent River Land
Preservation Is Urged

restaurants, hotels and other
places Of public accommoda-
ton from refusing to serve
Negroes.
ID. C. Suffrage Backed
Several speakers urged sup
port Of the anti-discrimination
bill. known as the public ac-
commodations bill" which is
expected to be introduced in
the Legislature next month by
Mrs. Verda Welcome, Democrat
Of Baltimore City. Among the
proponents were representatives
of the Paint Branch Unitarian
Church and a Quaker organiza- .
ton.
The County League Of Women
Voters urged ratification of a
constitutional mend m e n t
which would give residents Of
the District Of Columbia the
right to vote for President and
Vice President.
The league also urged extern
sion Of the jurisdiction Of the
Maryland National Capita
Park and Planning Commission
throughout the county. The
commission now has planning
and zoning jurisdiction over
only part Of the county.
Walter Mulligan. president Of
the county Civic Federation,
asked for legislation to give
Prince Georges five full-time
county commissioners. The fed
Grafton also asked for abolition
of pinball machines and stricter
regulation of the bail-bond
business.
Shelters Sought
Herbert F. Martin Of the
Palmer Park Citizens AsSocia-
tion asked for construction of
"fall-out shelters" at public
schools.
Ernest L. Hines, representa-
tive Of Columbia typographical
Union No. 101, urged legislation
to prohibit firms from employ
ing professional strike breakers.
Edgar. F. Partlow, who re-
Gently announced he will be a
candidate for the House of
Delegates in 1862, urged laws
to prevent sit-in demonstra-
tions and expulsion Of any
teacher in State-supported in
stitutions who participates in
sit-ins. He also opposed the
public accommodation bill.
Evening star., 1960-12-10
Bor's 'sJudgeship Choices
Face Early Showdown
Tuesday Meeting to Give Members
Chance to Vote on Three Proposals
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star STAR Writer

The nerng dispute in the District Association over
secrecy for udgeps here appears
for possible showdown Tuesday.
At special meeting to be held Municipal Courts Land
lord and Tenant Branch at association members will
have before them less than three proposals the nc-
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Coin oss May Decide
Art I reosure Division

The simple toss of a coin
will be used to settle a lengthy
but polite dispute between the
National Gallery of Art and
New York's Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art, it was announced
yesterday.
The two galleries announced
they have agreed on a system
for dividing the valuable art
collection left to both of them
in the will of Mrs. William R.
Timken, who died last October
in New York.
The will failed to state how
the 85 paintings would be
shared, precipitating months of
maneuvering between Metro
politan Director James Rorimer
and Director John Walker of
the National Gallery.
At stake is a collection in
cluding Rembrandt's Christ at
the Wall" Van Dyck's Ma
DONNA" Gainsborough'S "Por-
trait" Boucher's Love Letter" "
Fragonard'S Happy Family"
and Moroni's Portrait"
Under the system announced
yesterday, both directors will
make simultaneous choices of
the paintings, which have been
divided into several groups.
When a point is reached
where each director picks the
Evening star., 1960-05-08

Kennedy's Catholic faith, his
campaign expenditures, Sena-
tor Humphreys war record and
local Teamster support.
Senator Humphrey said dur
ing his informal press confer
ence after a day of trudging up
and down courthouse steps in
small towns in the rain, that he
didn't expect it to become SO
bitter"
This is just cheap, low
down, gutter politics." he said.
Senator Humphrey referred
to his opponent as "the spoiled
candidate" called the Senator's
brother Robert that young,
emotional, juvenile Bobby" and
accused the edys of
spending with wild abandon. "
Senator Humphrey was asked
to comment on charges made
about his war record by a
Kennedy ally. Franklin D
Roosevelt, jr. Yesterday. young
Mr.. Roosevelt said Senator
Humphrey had asked for three
deferrments before finally being
inducted and declared AT al
most at the end of the war.
81 make no comment" re-
torted Humphrey, except to
See WEST VIRGINIA, Page A-S
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Police Disorm Soldier
After Grenade Threats

A 22-year-old Fort Belvoir
soldier held a live hand grenade
for a half hour yesterday after
noon, threatening to blow up
anyone who came near him,
until Alexandria police dis
armed him.
The incident took place in
the 100 block of East Reed
avenue about $3.50 pm. In a
matter of minutes police
swarmed to the area, evacuated
families in nearby houses and
called for demolition experts
from Fort Myer.
When it was over, police
charged Pvt. James K. Baker
assigned to a Fort Belvoir En-
gineerS unit, with disorderly
conduct and carrying a con-
cealed weapon. He also was
held for investigation as a
mental case.
Police first got a call from
occupants of the home saying
that a man armed with a
grenade and knife was threat
ening to blow up the place.
Inside, were Pvt. Bakers
two barracks companions
from Fort Belvoir and three
girls. Two of the girls are
sisters who live in the house
The third was a friend whom
Pvt. Baker had been dating.
The girls mother and two
Evening star., 1960-05-08

young children we're also in
the house.
The girls said they had been
out riding with the three SOL
diers but returned when Pvt.
Baker began mistreating one
of them. They said he had
been drinking.
After he voiced threats and
produced the grenade, police
were called.
Corpl. Frazier Worley and
two police privates, Robert
Hughes and Edwin Streapy,
were the first to arrive.
When Corpl. Worley walked
onto the porch the soldier again
made threats. For some reason
he appeared to trust the police
corporal and stepped into the
front yard to talk with him.
He kept the grenade clenched
in his hand inside his pants
pocket. At various times he
would take out the grenade and
pull the pin. 1t. MCGOWAN said
it was an army augmentation
type.
Police Sergt. James Keene
slipped behind the soldier and
Ilunged at his back and others
jumped in to grab his arms.
The officers then took the gre
made away from him.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

and witty tribute TO his futher's
genius. see Poee CA Of the Editorial
Section.
ROLE OF PRISONS is now being
deboted. Are they for punishment or
rehabilitation? For answers to the
question Prisoner or Potient'". see
the first Of o series Of four ortieIes
by Stor Stoff Writer Phil Thomas on
Poss A-l6.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Tax Break Due Some
u. S. Disabled Retirees

Of so or 81, and then this
exemption is withdrawn.
The argument was also made
that many disabled retirees
had already received total an
nuities, from the time they re-
tired on disability to the time
they reached so or 81, that
exceeded the amount of their
total contribution to the civil
service retirement fund. There
fore, the argument was made,
they were not entitled to re-
ceive the additional tax break
that is given to employees re-
tiring on normal annities.
However, IRIS ruled that dis
abled retirees are entitled to
this additional tax break.
Here is how the system works
For example, a retiree who con-
tributed $4,000 of his own SAL
airy to the civil service retire
ment system receives an annu-
ity of $4,000 a year. If he can
write off the amount of his con-
tribution in three yearS-and
more than SO per cent of Fed
eral employees can qualify under
this - this portion is tax ex-
empted. Thus, the SO, 900 annual
annuity for a three-year period
is non-taxable. There is a
three-year limit. After that the
annuity is subject to taxes.
Another case may involve q
retiree who contributed $4,000
to the retirement fund. His an.
nual annuity is $4,000 a year
For two years after the age oi
See TAX BREAK, Page Al
Evening star., 1960-05-08

same group, agreement will
be reached on the basis of which
group of paintings is most USE
full to which museum, accord
ing to the announcement.
If this doesn't work, or, as
stated by the announcement,
"if both directors feel a strong
preference for the same group"
a coin toss will decide which
director takes home the dis
puted group.
One remaining formality is
the approval of the directors
choices by the trustees of both
museums.
No date was given for the
selection, but yesterdays an
nouncement said the results
would be made public at a later
date.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

been achieved in the easing Of
international tension"
DiSmisses Claim
Mr.. Khrushchev dismissed
as a fabrication the United
States State Department re-
port that Mr.. PowerS-a Lock-
heed test pilot from Pound, Va.
was on a weather research
mission from Adana. Turkey,
when his plane vanished.
Enlarging on the incident
that shadows the Big -Four
summit conference opening a
week from Monday, the Soviet
premier gave this account:
Mr.. Powers left from Turkey
April 81 to Peshawar, Pakistan,
then took off Sunday for a
flight across Soviet territory
toward a United States base at
Bodo, Norway, Mr.. Khrushchev
said. The Premier charged he
was flying at an altitude of
10000 meters-more than IL
miles-when he was downed
near Sverdlovsk in the Urals.
That is deep in Russian ter
ritory 1900 miles north of the
Pakistani border and 1900
miles northeast Of Adana.
"a statement released by the
See MOSCOW, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-05-08
TEXT
World Needs
Soviet Dutu,
U.S.. ExpIoins
TEXT

FOLLOWING is the tert of the
State Department statement
last night on the United
StGteS-SoUiet plane incident:
The department has received
the text of Mr.. Khrushchev's
further remarks about the un-
armed plane which is reported
to have been shot down in the
Soviet Union.
AS previously announced, it
was known that a U-2 plane
was missing. AS a result of the
inquiry ordered by the Presi-
dent it has been established
that insofar as the authorities
in Washington are concerned
there was no authorization for
any such flight as described by
Mr.. Khrushchev.
Nevertheless it appears that
in endeavoring to obtain in
formation now concealed be-
hind the Iron Curtain a fight
over Soviet territory was prob
ably undertaken by an un-
armed civilian U-2 plane.
1t is certainly no secret that,
given the state of the world
today, intelligence collection
activities are practiced by all
countries, and postwar history
certainly reveals that the So
Wet Union has not been lag
ging behind in this field.
The necessity for such ac-
tivities as measures for legiti-
mate national defense is en-
HANGED by the excessive secrecy
See TEXT, Page Al
Evening star., 1960-05-08

Il DON'T KNOW ne SAID WITH
a grin. ASK me after next
Tuesday"
Thereupon, he leaned back
and, with no show of malice or
heat, delivered himself of a
number of sentiments that
seemed to insure that any
reconciliation, after the con-
testants have combed the coal
dust and the mud out of their
hair, may be delayed.
West Virginia will go to the
polls on Tuesday. The results
will not bind the Is delegates to
the Democratic National Con-
vention. They are in any case
expected to go to Majority
Leader johnson Of Texas, who
came around the mountain last
night to be guest of honor at a
Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner
The outcome Of the primary
said Senator johnson, would
not change the course of af-
fairs very much"
Senator johnson also said,
Primaries are a wonderful
thing because they focus at
tention on the Democratic
Party and the issues"
The only tissues" which have
been developed in this gloves
of struggle have been Senator
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Road Job Quiz
Bares Frauds
Oklahoma Case
Shocks BIutnik
By DAVID S. BRODER
star stan Writer

An almost unbelievable story
of fraud and mismanagement
in the construction of the SAC
billion Interstate Highway net
work was unfolded last week in
a little-publicized House inves-
tigation.
The inquiry was concerned
with only 13 miles of the pro-
jected 41,000-mile superhigh-
way system, the so-called
Skelly Bypass in Tulsa, Okla.
But House Public Works
Subcommittee Chairman Blat-
mix, a Minnesota Democrat
called the case "a shocking
example" of the weaknesses in
the management of the high
way program and Federal
Highway Administrator Bert
ram D. Tallamy has ordered
an overhaul of the entire in
spection system of the Federal
Bureau of Public Roads as q
result.
Mr.. Blatnik, noting testi-
mony that there was a $524, ,68s
overpayment on this $3.3 mil
lion project, asked: Are these
irregularities taking place on
the thousands of projects now
underway around American"
Faking Admitted
In five days of testimony
that ended Friday, the Blatnik
subcommittee heard employees
of the Oklahoma Highway De-
partment admit:
They had faxed laboratory
tests of materials used in con-
structing the highway, on or
ders from their superiors or on
their own initiative.
They had accepted, without
independent audit, the con-
tractors own figures on the
shipment and delivery of ma
terialS to the project.
They had knowingly allowed
the contractor to ignore speci-
f1cations on the job or had been
See ROADS, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-05-08

plauding parliament-the Su-
preme Soviet-in support Of his
charge that the 30-year-old
pilot was photographing Soviet
military bases and industrial
installations for the United
States Central Intelligence
Agency.
This time the thief was
caught red-handed," he said,
". We are going to decorate
those soldiers who shot down
this plane. We are proud Of the
fact that they fulfilled their
duty"
FL Get Decorations
Decorations were reported
awarded promptly by the Su-
preme Soviet to 81 officers and
men for destruction of the
plane.
Tass announced the top order
Of the Red Banner was award
ed Maj. Mikhail Voronov, Capt
Nikolai Sheludko and 1t. Sergi
Safronov. These three appar-
emily were the key officers OF
the rocket unit involved. The
Soviet news agency said the
others got gold medals for
valor and for combat services,
This is the way Mr.. Khrush-
chev hinted that the American
airman, who escaped by para
chute when his speedy Lock-
heed U-2 was hit, may be tried
for espionage:
''I think that it will be cor
rect to pose a question about
the bringing Of this pilot be-
fore a court in order that the
public itself may become con-
vinced of the actions under
taken by the United States,
provoking the Soviet Union
with a view to inflaming the
atmosphere, brushing aside
even the successes which had
Evening star., 1960-05-08
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star stan Writer

The Internal Revenue Serv-
ice has decided on an impor-
tant tax break for the approx
imately 80 per cent of Federal
employees who retire on disabil-
ity.
For most Of the $4,000 en-
'ployes who retire on disability
each year, it would mean no
Federal income taxes at all for
up to a three-year period after
they reach their normal retire.
ment age of so or 81.
The IRIS regulation-to be-
come effective May 29-would
enable the employees to claim
tax exemptions on the amount
of contributions made to the
Civil Service retirement fund
during their Government serv-
ice.
Unless hearings by interested
parties are requested, the reg
ulation will go into effect with
out substantial change. IRIS
officials are predicting the
change will take place.
RetrOactivity Probable
This exemption is now pro-
vided for Government en-
ployes who retire on regular
annuities. But IRIS officials,
for a considerable time, have
been debating whether this
should be extended to those
who retire on disabilities. The
decision finally was resolved
in favor of disabled retirees.
The new rule is expected to
be retroactive to provide tax
payment refunds to disabled
retireeS who paid taxes on the
money they contributed to the
retirement fund.
What prompted the earlier
indeciSion was the fact that
disabled retirees are exempted
from taxes on the first $100 a
week of their annuities. This
remains in effect until the re-
tree reaches what would have
been his normal retirement age
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Khrushchev to Visit
Neutral Austria

VIENNA, Austria, May
(AP).-Soviet Premier Nikita S
Khrushchev will visit neutral
Austria June 80 to July Z, the
government announced today
A government spokesman ear
lier had said Mr.. Khrushchev
would begin his visit June 81
He is visiting at the invitation
of Chancellor Julius Raab.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Moscow Art Show

MOSCOW, May 7 (AP) An
international art exhibition
titled For Peace" opens in
Moscow May Is. the day the
summit meeting starts in Paris.
The Tass news agency reports
artists from 20 countries have
sent drawings, sculpture and
etchings.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Cubu Resuminq
Ties With Soviets

Havana, May 7 (AP).-The
Cuban government announced
tonight the resumption of dip
lomatic relations with the So
Wet Union.
The announcement came in
a statement from Prime Min
lister Fidel Castro's Ministry of
Foreign Relations. 1t said dip
lomatic ties between the two
countries. suspended when
Cuba was ruled by Fulgencio
Batista. were being re-estab-
lished at the embassy level.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

ADLAI STEVENSON hos not al
tered his specific policies but his
reflections have led him to deeper
criticism. For on onolysis Of his posi-
tion, see the fifth in the Know the
Condidotes" series on Poee C-3 Of
the Editorial Section.
THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES
wos the mon who erected him, Sir
Arthur Conon Doyle, soys his son.
For Adrian conon DoyIe's loving
Evening star., 1960-05-08
U. S. Flyer Confessed
Spying, Red Boss Says
Khrushchev Shows Film, Weapons
And Gosh as Proof, Hints Trial

MOSCOW May AP).-Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev
said today Francis G. Powers pilot of United States high
altitude jet shot down by rocket in the Ura Sunday has
confessed he spying The premier submitted hlm money
and unused suicide kit which he said proof
and indicated the flyer will be tried
Mr. Khrushchev waved pictures before q shouting
Evening star., 1960-05-08
SPECIAL TODAY:
Advice for Mother;
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Evening star., 1960-05-08
'GUTTER POLITICS
With All Guns Fired,
Humphrey Is Bitter
BY MARY McGRORY
Star stan Writer

CLARKSBURG, W. Va, May 7-As Senator Humphreys
campaign bus careened through the hills of Harrison County
yesterday reporter asked him if he thought he and his
rival in the West Virginia primary Senator Kennedy of
Massachusetts, could be friends again when it all
Evening star., 1960-05-08

Soviet Union as charged by
Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
The State Department said,
however, that the fight was not
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Tests. Pose "A
authorized by authorities In
Washington.
The probably unprecedented
admission was made in a state
ment prepared under the direc-
tion of Secretary of State Her.
ter and cleared with President
Eisenhower.
The action apparently hands
Mr.. KhruShchev a major prop
aganda triumph only a week
before the opening of the May
Is summit conference in Paris.
But the State Department
bitterly attacked Soviet Iron
Curtain" secrecy as the reason
for espionage activities and
thus provided a basis for Mr..
Eisenhower to make a deter
mined bid at the summit for
an open skies" policy among
the great powers.
Other Flights Admitted
The statement also admitted
that intelligence flights have
been made by the same kind
of jets along the frontiers of
the free world for the past four
years"
Available officials said they
did not know whether such
flights had crossed over the
frontier into Soviet air space.
The State Department an
nouncement said the aircraft
making this flight was an un-
armed civilian U-2 plane, a
single engine jet which oper-
ates at very high attitudes.
The key sentence in the
United States statement bear
ing on Mr.. Khrushchevs charge
that the aircraft was on a spy
ing mission and was shot down
by a Soviet rocket last Sun
day was this:
1T appears that in endeavor-
ing to obtain information now
concealed behind the Iron Cur
tain a flight over Soviet terri.
tory was probably undertaken
by an unarmed civilian U-2
plane"
May Be Tried as Spy
The word probably" was
used, informants said, because
the officials who drafted the
statement did not want to be
in a position of confirming
every detail of Mr.. Khru-
shchev'S lengthy account Of
how the aircraft was shot down
and its pilot, Francis G. Powers,
80, captured after parachuting
to earth.
Mr.. Khrushchev said Mr..
Powers had admitted he was
on a spy mission. He suggested
yesterday that Mr.. Powers may
be put on trial as a spy
officials declined to say
whether an apology would be
See STATEMENT, Page A-IO