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Evening star., 1960-12-09
Wife Of Chinese
Ex-GeneroI Dies,
Leaves Note

The wife of a former Chinese
Army general died today
shortly after she was found in
her Langley Park Md home
with two medicine bottles and
a note nearby. Prince Georges
County police reported.
The woman. found in her
bedroom. was identified as Mrs.
Nionetta Tang. As. OF 1886
Twelfth avenue, according to
police.
Detective r. c. Carter said one
empty medicine bottle and an
other with only two pills miss
ing were found near Mrs. Tang.
She was renting a room in the
above, he added.
Detective Carter said Mrs.
Tang reportedly had COM
plained Of feeling Ill last night.
He declined to reveal contents
OF the note.
Police said an official finding
will not be made until results
OF an autopsy are reported by
DR.. Frank j. Broschart, Mont
gomery County medical exami-
ner. Mrs. Tang was pro-
nounced dead at Washington
Sanitariun.
Ofncials at the Chinese En-
bassy here said Mrs. Tang was
the wife Of a former Chinese
Army general. Tzu Chang Tang
who Is now a civilian doing re-
search work on a book in
London.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
Hearing Slated
On Piscutuwuy
Sewage Plant

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission has set
January 13 for a public hearing
on a proposed sewage treatment
plant at Piscataway in south
ern Prince Georges County.
The hearing will be held at
8 pm. in the county commits
sionerS' meeting room in the
county courthouse in Upper
Marlboro to hear opinions on
where the plant should be con-
Structed.
The plant would serve the
Piscataway Greek drainage
basin. Several sites along the
southern shore of Piscataway
Bay are under consideration.
First part of. the project. es-
timated to cost about $2.2 mil
lion. is planned for construc-
ton in 1961-62 as part of the
WSSC's f1ve-year sewerage pro-
gram. This will include a
treatment plant and pumping
station costing $1.2 million, a
force main and more than five
miles Of sewers.
Officials said construction of
the project will depend on a
$500,000 contribution toward
the cost by developers in the
area.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
Foreign Students See
Hiqh Court in Action

"But who wants TO- work?'
said one Of the foreign law stu.
dents with a laugh as he walked
out Of the Supreme Court ses.
sion on blue laws.
He was one Of IA students
who listened to the court re.
viewing two cases dealing with
laws which restrict work ir
many States on Sundays.
This small group was q part
of 400 guests Of the Foreign
Student Service Councils fourth
annual Foreign Student Day
who toured art galleries. news
papers. the White House and
Government Offices yesterday
The II students ranged from
q retired United States Army
colonel, Sylvester Ortiz, to q
former Irish bartender. They
represented Argentina, Panama
Germany. India, Switzerland
Ireland and Korea.
Eve had just the same prob
lern about working on Sunday
about 10 years ago." said Fritz
KIND Of Switzerland. q George
town student.
.~Our Supreme Court decided
Evening star., 1960-12-09
MARYLAND BRIEFS
Life Term
Imposed on
Wife-SIoyer

Russell H. Baldwin of Belts.
vile today was sentenced to
life imprisonment for the slay-
ing Of his wife in a delicatessen
Prince Georges Circuit Court
Judge Charles C. Marbury i'm
posed the sentence. Baldwin
was convicted a week ago OF
flrst-degree murder by a Jury
after a two-day trial.
Baldwin, Al, of the 1900 block
Of Powder Mill road, fired five
shots into his wife, Ruth, A.
last April 81. as they sat to-
gether in the Beltsville delica-
lessen where she was employed
police said during the trial.
They said Baldwin was seized
a short time later in a nearby
tavern.
1t was testified at the trial
that Baldwin said he shot his
wife because she was unfaith-
full to him.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
Local Adventist
Projects Reported
Aiding $1,000

Some $4,000 persons through
out the world were helped by
local Seventh-day Adventist
welfare projects during the
last fiscal year. the Columbia
Union Conference Of sevehth-
day Adventists announced yes
terday.
Watson M. Buckman, Ad-
ventist health and welfare oil
rector for the District. vir-
ginia, and Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties In
Maryland. announced that
214,095 articles Of clothing
had been distributed and 2l5,-
376 hours Of labor had been
contributed in the last year
by the members of 25 WASH
ington area Adventist churches.
The report stated that dur
ing the last fiscal year medical
aid, food and cash donations
brought the total value of
relief work done by the church
in the area to $95l,581. 10.
Donations and relief goods
distributed in the local area
amounted to $257,405, the
report stated.
\ The Adventist church main.
tains East and West Coast
centers for the shipment Of
relief goods to disaster areas
abroad and operates 4S3 wei.
fare centers in metropolitan
areas in the United States.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
MistrioI Denied
In Loan Firm Case

BALTIMORE. Dec. 9 CAP).-
A Federal judge has denied q
mistrial motion in q case in
which a savings and loan firm
and three individuals are
charged with mail fraud.
The motion was made by de-
fense attorneys after an alter
nate Juror hearing the trial in
United States District Court
was identified as a member OF
q grand jury panel which had
investigated the case.
The development came in the
18th day Of the hearing OF
charges against the Commercial
Savings g. Loan Association OF
Baltimore, Robert F. Suchman
OF Baltimore, the firms presi-
dent; C. Oren Mensik, a Chi
cago financier, and Miss Mari
anne Barto, Mr.. Mensik's Sec
retary.
Judge Dorsey Watkins ques-
toned each Juror individually
then excused the alternate.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
Realty Man Selected

BALTIMORE, Dec. 8 (AP).-
Adolph c. Rohland Of Bethesda
has been nominated for pres
ident Of the Maryland Real
Estate Association.
Nominated to be officers of
the group for one-year terms
are Nal Sherman of Baltimore,
vice president; James c. Lath-
am Of Easton. secretary: Will
liam J. Foley of Pikesville,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
C&P Seeking
Approval of Tower
In Silver Spring,

A request for permission to
build a microwave tower in
Silver Spring has been filed by
the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. for a "very i'm
portant link" in its Nation
wide long distance service.
A hearing has been set for
2 pm. Thursday by the Mont
gomery County Board Zoning
Appeals. which must rule on
applications for special excep-
tions to zoning regulations.
The tower would be placed
atop the company's building
at 8700 Georgia avenue, where
a two-story addition will be
completed next year. The
tower would rise ITS feet above
the sidewalk and be topped by
a 13-foot antenna. The Silver
Spring Board of Trade has
urged company to withdraw
its request before the hearing.
Board President william j.
Brannan, jr.. said there will
be community opposition" to
the proposal.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
45-M.P.H. Limit Set
On Viers Mill Rood

The Maryland State Roads
Commission this week put into
effect a 45-m. p h. speed limit on
Viers Mill road in Montgomery
County.
A two-mile strip Of the road
between Rockville and Viers
Mill Village has drawn COM
plants from residents in the
area who felt the former 55-
m.p.h. limit was too high.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
Gas Storage Bill Seen
Headed for Assembly

Georges seven legislators voted
4-3, in q secret caucus against
supporting the measure.
The gas company is planning
to take county officials. civic
and business leaders. farmers
and homeowners to st. Louis to
view an area where an under
ground storage field is being
used. The first group will fly to
st. Louis Tuesday.
The main objections from
residents Of the area proposed
for the storage field are: Posi-
bility Of the gas seeping out
and exploding. its effect on
property values and the posi-
bility of contamination Of
underground water supplies.
Robert Keith. assistant to the
president Of the gas company
said the company wants to
show county officials and resi-
dents that the st. Louis field
has had no effect on property
values.
The gas company needs the
power Of condemnation to
carry out its Prince Georges
project. It has options on the
rights to most Of the land
needed but cannot proceed
without the remainder.
The gas would be stored In
strata about 1,500 feet below
the surface in an area about
2 miles wide and 6 miles long.
The company says 1t has
spent about $2.5 million on pre-
liminary work. It says its in
vestment would be about SIS
million when completed.
Mr.. Keith said the project
has been in deep freeze" for
two years. He said that no de-
cision has been made yet on
whether to seek legislation at
the 1861 Legislature.
However. several Prince
Georges legislators said they
expect the company to seek
legislation at the session which
begins next month.
Evening star., 1960-12-09

in favor Of the stateS-or Can.
tons. we call them. Each can
ton was allowed to forbid sale
on Sunday If they wanted to
Some have. others haven't"
No stores are open in Argen.
tina. Panama. Germany or Ire.
land on Sundays, according Il
the students, and no one mucf
cares.
They don't want to work,
said Jose Santa Pinter Of Ar
gentina. doing research or
NATO and other organization
at Georgetown. Everything il
closed except bars, restaurant!
and movies. And even on Sat.
urday. public Offices are closec
and trade shops are only oper
til noon. Then everything!
closed"
Shaking his head nearby was
e. New Benitez Of Panama, who
said. Never work on Sunday
Public opinion would be agains
it."
Joachim volhard Of Germany
sati "bundesgerichtshof i
Whist they call his country
five supreme courts concerned
with civil matters. There i.
another court covering consti.
tutional disputes with the han
die Of "bundesverfassungsge.
richt."
A smiling Ifishman with the
improbable name of Dominick
Burke. who has, tended bar
served in the United States
Army and is now at George.
town. said. I'VE have few mi
nority groups who would wish
to work on Sunday. And the
opposition would not be reli-
gious. primarily, but organized
labor. There'd be no support
for it,"
After lunch with Mrs. John
Harlan. wife Of Justice Harlan,
and Mrs. Potter Stewart, wife
Of Justice Stewart, the students
returned to the afternoon
session Of the court.
They were most interested in
the deportation case of gang
ster Frank Costello, scheduled
for the afternoon. When told
1t probably wouldn't come up
until Monday. several said they
were coming back.
Evening star., 1960-12-09

Legislation which would pave
way for underground gas stor-
age in Prince Georges appears
likely to go before the Mary
land Legislature again at its
1861 session.
The Washington Gas Light
Co. has tried for several years
to get legislation which would
enable 1t to pump billions Of
cubic feet Of natural gas under
ground near Brandywine to
store for later use.
A proposed bill was killed at
the 1859 session when Prince
Evening star., 1960-12-09
Rockville Folk Dance

The Rockville dance group
will present the "Julnissen Jubi-
lee," a winter dance festival,
from 2::30 to 6 pm. Sunday in
the social hall of the Rockville
Civic Center, Baltimore road
and Edmonston street. The
Rockville folk dance group
meets on the second and fourth
Tuesdays at the Civic Center.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
Kennedy Names
Boswell to Unit

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 9 (AP).-
Harry A. Boswell, jr., chairman
OF the Maryland Economic De-
velopment Commission, was no.
titled yesterday of his appoint
ment to a committee studying
diStressed-area legislation for
PreSident-elect Kennedy.
The committee is headed by
Senator Douglas, Democrat of
Illinois. and was to hold its first
meeting today in Charleston,
w. Va.
Evening star., 1960-12-09
FulIout Kit Offered

CHICAGO-A family fallout
shelter is being marketed in kit
form by a Chicago company
It forms an arched hut with
inside dimensions Of 8 by 6
feet and is said to accommo-
date a family of six.
Evening star., 1960-09-20

Putting your children through college expensive than
it used be- In the last twenty years. the cost Of college
education has generally doubled Some say it's going rise
just as fast in the years ahead.
Perhaps the next few paragraphs will help you meet
such costs.
Evening star., 1960-09-20

KITTEN, white, female, eczema on
neck: vic. 36th and S SITS. NV. FE.
Evening star., 1960-09-20
OverpIoying Of Hand
Cited in Red DebocIe
BY LYNN HEINZERLING
Associated Press Stan Writer

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo,
Sept. 20.-The Russians prob
ably never made a more heavy
handed, bungled attempt to
control a country than they
made in the Congo.
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail
D. YaKovlev must be having a
bad time in Moscow explaining
why Premier Khrushchev's as
surances to the Congolese were
spurned.
Mr.. Yakovlev, with a reputa-
ton as one of Moscow's clev-
crest operators, came here late
in June to attend the inde-
pendence celebrations. A white
haired, rather impressive look
ing Russian, he had been one
of Mr.. Khrushchev's mission
aries in recent Middle Eastern
troubles.
Overplayed His Hand
Why, after less than three
months in the Congo, did he
haul down the Soviet flag and
fly off to Moscow with thou
sands of Soviet propaganda
pamphlets meant for the Con-
golese?
First of all, he overplayed his
hand badly.
Given plenty Of encourage
ment by Congolese Premier
Patrice Lumumba. Mr.. Yakovlev
and his staff jumped heavily
into the fray as though every
Congolese had been waiting for
nothing more than Mr.. Khru-
shchev's benign blessing.
He visited Mr.. Lumumba fire.
quently and for long periods.
He called in a large contingent
of the Communist press from
Moscow, the satellites and Com
munist China.
Although the Soviet Union
had supported a resolution in
the Security Council channel
ing all aid to the Congo through
the United Nations, Mr.. Yakov-
lev arranged for the delivery
of IS Russian transport planes
and 100 trucks. They were used
openly to shuttle Mr.. Lumum-
ba's troops and military sup
plies around the country for
attacks on Mr., Lumumba's po-
litical enemies.
The Congolese army has had
no real training for combat. 1t
was designed by the BelgianS
principally to be a force for
Evening star., 1960-09-20

on the Laotian capital of Vien-
tiene Sunday.
Press reports Sunday said fir-
ing from the Thai side Of the
Mekong River damaged several
homes in Vientiane. There were
no reports of casualties. The
identity of the elements who
touched of the shooting is not
known.
Thai Smelling Denied
In Bangkok, Thailand In
terror Minister Gen. Praphas
Charusatien ridiculed the
Phouma charges that the SHELL
ing had come from Thailand.
THE accusation is obviously
made by a man who very likely
has never seen the Mekong
River, who has never been a
soldier and who has never
known how to fire a gun," the
general said.
A top-ranking official of the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organi-
zation in Bangkok said SEATC
has not received any appeal
from anyone in Laos for aio
against Pathet Lao.
Troops loyal to Premier
Phouma last night set up road
blocks on the outskirts of Vien-
tiane following Gen. Phouma'S
threat to attack the admin
strative capital.
Military officials here dis
missed as propaganda a threat
by Gen. Phouma that his forces
planned to seize the city but
said they looked for another
SheHing.
Evening star., 1960-09-20

SHORTHAND PAD, numbered 21s,
vitality important; Tues, pm: re-
Evening star., 1960-09-20
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Evening star., 1960-09-20
Laos Reds Tell
0fCease-Fire

SAIGON, South Wet Nam.
Sept. 20 (AP).-The Commu-
mist Pathet Lao radio said to-
day all its armed units have
been ordered to cease military
activities in Northern Laos.
The broadcast said the move
was to reafirm Pathet Laos
sincere support of the neutral
list government Of Prince Sou
wanna Phouma and the coup
d'etat committee of Capt. Kong
lie. Les paratrooperS recently
overthrew the government Of
Premier Tiao SomSanith and
installed Prince Phouma in his
place.
An opposition, anti-Commu-
mist force led by Gen. Phoumi
Nosavan several days ago
IIlIcdJtIlGu W ONCL I'LL wv lIlS
Phouma government. which ii
calls pro-Communist.
Villages Attacked
The Pathet Lao said Gen
Phoumi's troops had carried
out mopping up operations in
Laos northern province of Sam
Neua, killing and arresting vii
layers and burning homes.
The Pathet Lao charged that
fabrication and slanders by
United States imperialists ano
the Phoumi Nosavan clique
had created misunderstanding
on the part Of the government
of Savanna Phouma toward
the Pathet Lao units" ir
Northern Laos.
Prince Phouma yesterday is
sued IAN official protest" tt
Thailand for the pre-dawr
mortar and machinegun attach
Evening star., 1960-09-20

GREAT DANE, sable and white, black
Call MRS. FRISBIE, DU. 7-5iS5
Evening star., 1960-09-20
.HagertY Silent
Par|ey
By GARNETT d. HORNER
Star Sta1 Writer

star SLan "rlJer
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty declared We
hemently today that he is not
going to play the Russian
propaganda game" by COM
menting on speculation on a
possible meeting between Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Soviet
Premier Khrushchev.
This was Mr.. Hagerty's reply
when he was asked whether the
President had received any
overtures from Russia about
meeting with Mr.. Khrushchev
while he is attending the
United Nations General AS
sembly session in New York.
The press secretary left open
the possibility that Mr.. Eisen-
hover might confer with such
other controversial figures as
President NaSSer of the United
Arab Republic who are attend
ing the U. N. session by saying
he might" see some foreign
government leaders when in
New York Thursday.
The President plans to fly tc
New York early Thursday
morning to deliver a major
address to the U. N. General
Assembly. He is arranging his
schedule to give time to private
conferences at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel before and pos.
sibly after going to the U. N
Mr.. Hagerty was asked today
about a report that the Presi.
dent had reduced his conditions
for meeting with Mr.. Khru.
shchev. dropping his demanc
that Russia first release the
two crew members of an RB-4'
plane they shot down.
Il could not imagine any.
thing that would be further
from the truth" Mr.. Hagerty
said.
Evening star., 1960-09-20

the National Park Service for
use in enlargIng the Chalmette
National Historical Park,
Kaiser announced in April,
1859, that it intended to do
nate all or part of a 66-acre
tract Of company-owned land
which separates the two exist
ing sections of the park.
Chad F. Calhoun. vice presi-
dent Of the Kaiser firm, pre-
sented the deed to George w.
Abbott, an Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, yesterday.
Evening star., 1960-09-20
1875 Bottle Site
Donated for Park
By the Associated Press

A deed to 1874 acres of land
at Chalmette. La. with was
part of the battlefield of the
historic 1915 Battle of New
Orleans. has been presented to
the Government by the Kaiser
Aluminium g. Chemicals Corp.
The land is being given to
Evening star., 1960-09-20

The Soviet Union took a licking on
the Congo issue in the United No
tions todoy while MoseOw's agents
were beating retreot from the
Congo itself. Whot happened to
the KremIin's efforts to dominate
the newly liberated country This
onolysis wos eobled todoy by o vet
eron AP foreign correspondent who
hos spent most Of the lost four
yeors in Afrieo.
Evening star., 1960-09-20

putting down riots with gun
butts and blank cartridges.
Told by Mr.. Lumumba to act
like an army and supported by
the Russian planes and trucks,
the army went on a savage
rampage in Kasai Province.
They burned villages, killed
men. women and children, ac-
cording to U. N. reports, and
brought shame to the whole
army.
The fact that Russian We
hicles and planes made this
possible did not escape the
simple Congolese. This touch
of Soviet culture and civiliza-
ton was not what they ex-
pected from independence.
Intervention Was Blatant
/ The Soviet intervention was
carried out so blatantly nobody
could miss it. The "technicianS''
they brought were not experts
in putting nations on their feet
but in sowing the discord and
confusion necessary to set up
a CommuniSt-controlled dicta-
torship of the type familiar in
Eastern Europe.
If the Russians had their
armed forces within reach, as
they did in Eastern Europe
they could have made their
intervention stick. But II
would have taken a major
military action to bring them
in. 1t would also most GER
tainly have meant the killing
of black Africans by white
Communists.
For a while the Russians ap-
parently toyed with the idea
OF having the dirty work done
by troops from Guinea and
other African nations friendly
to the Soviet Union.
:. But this was too much fol-
the African leaders who have
been preaching Africa for the
Africans"
The Guinea mission here got
to the point of asking President
Sekou Toure to withdraw the
Guinea troops from U. N. com.
mand. But Sekou Toure didn't
respond and they still wear the
blue helmets of the United
Nations.
Long Gamble Failed
J For Mr.. Lumumba it was 6
! long gamble. He knew thai
: with rich Katanga Province re.
slsting the central governments
authority and suspicious of nis
| ties with the Communists ht
could not last long.
The brief civil war in Kasa,
: and the preparations for ar
: invasion of Katanga finished
| him.
Even the largely illiterate
CongoleSe population could moi
. fail to see where the Congo
: was heading. President JOSEPH
. kaSavubu, for weeks under
: great pressure to act, finally put
a stop to the Russian adven.
) ture and Mr.. Lumumba'!
dream of dictatorial glory.
) Situation Is Fluid
He ordered Mr.. Lumumb,
dismissed and expelled tn,
Russians, Czechs and thei
"technicians." He and Col
Joseph Mobutu, who finall,
gained a grip on the army anC
= acted in concert with the presi
oent, now have the upper hant
IN an extremely fluid situation
Their Instincts point toyart
the West, including Belgium
: : put whether they can put tn
y Congo on its feet and get /
l. TO walk is still uncertain
d The chaos in the govern
Il ment is such that exporters a
h the moment cannot even ge
o export licenses to sell tn
d products which keep the Cong,
= alive.