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Evening star., 1960-03-04
ChangesUrged
InConfIictof
Interest Laws

Federal conflict of-interest'
statutes should be clarified in
order that businessmen may be
encouraged to enter Govern
ment service, the National AS
Sociation of Manufacturers
said today.
"We believe that the Fed
eral Government should be
free to seek and fully utilize
the skill and. knowledge of
businessmen in public service, "
the NAM declared, emphasizing
that there should be no undue
hardship on those willing to
serve.
In a statement filed with a
subcommittee Of the House Ju-
dietary Committee, the associ-
alton pointed out that the def
milton of what constitutes con-
f1ict of interest is so vague
that many qualified business
men resist entering Govern
ment service.
II a measure now before the
committee, H.R. 2156, should
be enacted, the NAM said a
prudent businessman who de-
cides to enter Government serv-
ice will be forced to the con-
clusion that he should divest
himself Of all his investments
in order to avoid the posi-
bility that his duties may some
day require him to transact
business with a company in
which he is indirectly in
terested.
"The mere holding Of invest
ments certainly does not pre-
vent the exercise of honest
judgment" the NAM statement
said. Thus, the real question
should be whether a Govern
ment employe permits himself
to be improperly influenced
not whether he owns shares of
stock in a company that does
business with the Government.
The presumption of inno-
cence certainly must be a con-
trolling decision in formulating
legislation on the conflict-of-
interest issue. 1t seems clear
that punishment should be in
flicted only where wrong doing,
such as bribery, graft, or con-
spiracy, has occurred"
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resident session, DR.. Adams
said. He explained that seniors
in the three-year program are
not required to do extension
problems based on resident
session instruction, as in the
case with first and second-yeal
students.
The quizzes will be based
entirely on classroom work
during the resident session
They will be graded, and the
grades will constitute part oi
each students permanent
record.
DR.. Adams said that the
management Of each bank hav-
ing an officer in the student
body will be offered regular
progress reports. Fees and other
expenses of virtually all stu
dents attending the school are
paid by their banks, ne noted
and management of the banks
is entitled to receive such in
formation. Previously, reports
of this kind were supplied when
requested but not as a matter
of regular procedure.
In attendance at the all-day
meeting were a majority Of the
ITO banking leaders, academi-
clans, and others who will COM
prise the faculty Of the school
this year.
Among topics discussed were
procedures and criteria to be
followed by examiners who con-
duct oral examinations OF
seniors on their theses-a grad
uation requirement.
The 1860 resident session will
be held June 1925. An enroll
ment Of around 1,100 is ex-
Dectpd
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February n remained 4 per
cent behind the like 1859 period
and for the year to date were
off l per cent.
The downtown portion of the
area sales total remained 6 per
cent behind a year ago for the
week ended February 81, indi-
eating that substantial gains in
suburban branches were neces-
sary to establish the small area
gain.
Downtown sales were % per
cent above the previous week,
but in four weeks ended Febru-
ary 81 were IL per cent below
a year ago. Downtown sales for
the year to date were down Z
per cent.
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the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation"
If approved by the stock
holders, the Old Dominion Ma
tional Bank Of Fairfax County
will occupy the building now
being built at Back Lick road
and Little River Turnpike in
Annandale, the president said.
The building is expected to be
finished about the time OF the
proposed conversion.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Food Fair Sets
New Records

Record sales and earnings
were attained by Food Fair
Stores, Inc, in 40 weeks ended
February 6, President Louis
Stein announced today.
The Nations sixth largest
retail food chain recorded sales
of $58l ,544 ,978, up sc per cent
from $545, 5,390,459 a year ago.
Net income rose to $8,7O8,259
or $l.6l share, compared with
$7,905,727, or $1.49 a share a
year earlier.
AS of February 6, Food Fair
operated AIT Supermarkets
from Rhode Island to Florida.
1t currently operates 419. OF
which 38 have been added since
the beginning of its fiscal year.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Zomoiski Gets
Kitchen Agency

The Joseph M. Zamoiski Co
has been appointed by Republic
Steel Corp. as exclusive distrib-
uter of Republic Steel Kitchens
In the Washington and Palti-
more trade areas.
The Washington Office is at
2122 Twenty-fourth place. ne
and is equipped with a speciality
kitchen sales department to
plan and service all Republic
Steel kitchen products. counter
tops and appliances, officials
said. The kitchens are pro-
duced by Republics Berger
Division, Canton, Ohio.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
BY SAM DAWSON

Associated Press Business News Writer
NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (AP)-
The bears who think the busi-
ness boom has stubbed its toe
have more than just the stock
market decline to point to to-
day.
But the bulls declare stoutly
that there's a big difference
between a showdown in the rate
of gain of business activity and
an actual reversal. And a re-
versal hasn't shown up and
may not. ..
But the bears have new am
munition today in the disquiet-
ing official report that while
manufacturers inventories were
increasing at a fast rate in
January new orders were drop
ping and sales were barely
holding their own. The result
was a slight dip in untitled
orders.
This already has caused a
showdown in some industries.
Some auto companies have cut
back output. Some steel mills
have slowed down production
and also pared their earlier
predictions on first half year
output.
Blue Chips Sold
In the stock market this ap-
pears to have led some of the
big institutional holders of
stocks to sell large blocks Of
blue chips. A lot of the pro-
ceeds appear to have gone into
bonds, selling at bargain prices
and therefore yielding more of
a return for the money than
many common stocks.
And the stock market has
suffered from a change in pub
lie expectations about further
imitation. When that was con-
sidered sure thing, stocks
were being gobbled up. Now
that most observers believe it
has been STAYED of, the out
look for a stretch out in gen.
eral good times-as distinct
from boom and bust-has i'm
proved. ..E'
This, those who have faith
in continuing prosperity hold,
is all to the good and post
pones the date of the next
recession.
The last available figures of
the Commerce Department
show that in December and
January the increase in manu-
facturers' inventories was
large-S800 million in each
month.
January Orders Dropped
But in January new orders
fell off by 81 billion to a total
below the year ago figure.
Sales in January didn't rise
from December, and so the
backlog of untitled orders
dropped a little to $50 billion.
At the wholesale level, sales
in January dropped to $9.75
billion, down 13 per cent from
December, a greater than usual
decline for that month.
These are the bears talking
points. But the bulls have
some, too.
For one thing, the reason
inventories could rise at such
a great rate in December and
January was that industry
Evening star., 1960-03-04
6 Pct. Dividend
BY Security Bank

A semiannual dividend of
per cent was declared by direc-
tors of Security Bank, Presi-
dent Francis G. Addison, jr.
announced today.
The payment will be made
March 81 to stockholders OF
record March 10. =,
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Area Building Logs
During January

Private construction in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
was far behind a year ago in
January, according to the Gen.
suS Bureau.
The January permits in
cluded $12,547,o00 of residential
work to provide 628 new dwell
ing units, compared with '$l4,-
$4,000 and 788 units in Janu-
ary last year.
January totals for various
sections are compared as fol-
lows with a year ago Tin thou
sandS):
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Cos Tuxes Soar

NEW YORK.-There have
been So separate gasoline-tax
increases In Al States during
the last 10 years. plus two by
the Federal Government, ac-
cording to the American Pc
troleum Institute.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Sovings-Loon Controls
Approved by Assembly

I The bill was backed by two
organizations representing most
of the larger savings and loan
associations in the State.
Mr.. TydingS described the
bill as a stopgap measure de-
signed to correct the most
flagrant abuses" in the busi-
ness, which now is largely un-
regulated. He said he will offer
stronger regulations at next
years session Of the Legis-
lature.
Main Provisions
The main provisions Of the
bill would:
Require 2-year residence for
incorporators of savings and
loan associations, require yearly
financial reports, prohibit COM
panies from taking second
mortgages as loan security ex-
cept when the firm holds the
first mortgage on the property,
prohibit the use of the word
insured" in the title of a COM
pany and prohibit the setting
UP Of stock companies.
Mr.. TydingS said the prohibi-
ton against stock companies
insureS that savings and loan
associations will continue to
be owned by the depositors.
Another savings and loan bill
which died on the last day
which would have prohibited
firms from advertising that
they are insured unless their
deposits are insured by a Fed
eral agency or a State
chartered insuring company.
1t failed when the House re-
fused to go along with a Senate
amendment exempting COM
panies with assets under 81
million.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Business
Woshington's Birthday
Boosts Area Volumes
I Pct. Above Year Aoo
BY DONALD B. HADLEY
star Financial Editor

Washngons Birthday sales helped to boost department
store sales this cent ahead of ago
week February Federal of Richmond
reported today
Area sales up 80 per from the preceding
week
Because of lag in earlier weeks ended
Evening star., 1960-03-04
Grape Crush Dips

SAN FRANCISCO. - The
California grape crush during
1859 exceeded IA million tons
about 4 per cent under the
1858 figure.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
C-E-I-R Announces
London Subsidiary

Formation of a subsidiary
company in London, to be
known as C-E-I-R Ltd, was
announced by DR.. Herbert w
Robinson. president of C-E-I-R
Evening star., 1960-03-04
OVER COUNTER

Washington listings on over-the-
counter markets furnished by the Ma
tional Association of Securities Deal
ers as of l pm. Friday, March /.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK, March 4 (AP).-Yester.
days closing over-the-counter United
States Government Treasury bonds.
Evening star., 1960-03-04
FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK. Mar. 4 (AP).-Foreien
exchange rates tGreat Britain in dol
lars, others in cents and decimalS Of
a cent?:
Today Prev. Day
Canada In ~
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seconds.
=. Subject to Federal taxes but not to
State income taxes.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

Instantly, Western intelligence analysts focused
their search on the Kyzyl Kun region. They real
lied that the secret they were looking for might be
anywhere in a vast, sem-desert expanse of Kazakh-
stan, once known as "the graveyard of caravans"
four times big Texas. Until Stalin's death the
Kazah Soviet Socialist Republic completely
barred to foreigners. Even now, traveller flying
from Moscow to Samarkand and landing for refuel-
ling at the industrial city of Karaganda is not per-
mtted leave the airport. Foreigners cannot travel
by car and are discouraged from travelling by train
Detective work at the Psnsogon
Now the detective work in the Pentagon began
in earnest.
From the published weight of Sputnik | and
Sputnik II, it was possible to calculate the dimen-
sions Of the rockets needed to place them in orbit
The experts figured that the big 6rst-stage rocket
must have measured nearly 90 feet in length and
l9 feet in diameter. This enormous power plant
would have to be built and assembled in Russa's
industrial heartland - and then moved, somehow,
to the launching site.
cargo plane was out of the question - the Rus
SLAMS had none that big. Adouble-railer truck could
do it, but the Kazakhstan road system was known
to be totally inadequate to support such load
There remained the railroad.
1t was single.track affair running from Chkalov,
in Great Russia, to - Continued on page
Evening star., 1960-01-31

Nhree years ago a top-secret report from inside
l. Russia electrified US. and Allied defense
planning stats. Russia had launched Interconti-
mental Ballistics Missile with range of 5000 miles.
The launching of such a missile a shock in
itself. but more of jolt lay in the fact that
Allied intelligence did not know where the firing had
taken place. The giant missile had gone undetected
by the powerful American radar station on the
Turkish Black Sea Coast, which for months back
had been successfully tracking other Soviet missiles
Thanks to this station, we knew exactly where the
smaller missiles we're based at a place called
Kapustin Var, on the Volga, so miles southeast Of
Stalingrad.
But now the Russians had fred their big one -
the worlds first operational ICBM and it hadn't
been fired from Kapustin Var. Therefore Russia had
another = and much more important = missile base
whose location was complete mystery.
A site beyond the ronse Of Western rodar
In the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency
in Washington in the Air Ministries in London and
Paris, in the headquarters of NATO, out came the
maps of Russia. The faces studying them were per.
plexed The Soviet Union stretches across the
worlds greatest land mass; the new base could be
anywhere from the steppes of Siberia to the desoate
Mongolian deserts. The only thing definite that
the launching site and point of impact were both
beyond the range of Western radar. Or could it be
that the intelligence report was wrong? Could Rus
sian progress have been exaggerated, and no lCBM
fired at all?
That was possible explanation - until October,
Evening star., 1960-01-31

1857, when the first Sputnik jolted the world
Sputnik proved once and for all that Russia had an
ICBM capability and Sputnik, like the earlier
reported missile, had been launched without being
detected by the Turkish-based radar.
For Western intelligence, the problem was criti-
cal. Russia possessed a tremendous missile base,
the biggest in the world = literally Earth Spaceport
No. l. And, by consequence Target No. l. Its loca-
tion was totally unknown. And no means of crack
ing the secret appeared in sight.
Then dramatic assistance came from unex-
pected source. Two japanese mathematcians set
themselves an exercise. Their exercise to take the
published data on Sputnk's orbit around the earth
and figure out the satellites point of origin the
earth's surface.
The computations involved fantastically
complex, but the two scientists produced remark
able estimate: Sputnik's launching pad they said,
was in the Kyzyl Kun Desert southeast of the gray
and salty Aral Sea.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

oLosAL osrGcrvs: NouereYondent Pat Frank for THIS
WEEK October 1851 "The Mystery Today
he takes another gob detective the paoeage doakand
dagger story hoO Western Intelligence eroed the location
Rusaas Rocket City,"
Betun adventures the trail of a5wg mysteries, Mr.. Frank mtes
beag nooel M: Adam" Hold Night"
and recently Ads Babylon His will booklengh
lied of the Sahara Ghost Plane EDITORS
Evening star., 1960-01-31

satellite
BY PAT FRANK
Illustration BY Herb Mot


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Evening star., 1960-01-31

THIS WEEK Moso1l"s / Jonvory ~. 1850
Evening star., 1960-08-24

in December for a series of
guest appearances.
His government is also
preparing a folk dance en-
Semble to tour the States,
Mr.. Zavu said, but it hasn't
yet lined up an American
sponsor for such a troupe.
In the meantime, the Ro-
manian Minister Of Culture
lie Murgulescu may pay an
official call on Washington,
He is now in New York, goes
next to San Francisco and
then probably" he'll come
here, Mr.. Zavu said.
Accompanying the Minister
is Mr.. Athanaso Joja, presi-
dent Of the Academy Of the
Romanian Peoples Republic,
Romania's highest scientific
institution, which is also an
institute for culture.
Evening star., 1960-08-24
Settlement To Show Activities

The varied activities of the
Christ Child Settlement, the
city's oldest, will be illus
trated in a public display
from 6 to 9 pm. Friday at
the settlement, 6OS Massa-
chusetts avenue NE.
Everyone is invited to at
tend. Those who do will
see a fashion show of cloth
ing made by students at the
settlement. a dance recital,
an art exhibit. a rhythm con-
cert by a group of children
using homemade instru-
ments, also skits and demon
Evening star., 1960-08-24

strations Of other activities at
the house.
The event, which Is free,
will conclude the settlements
summer program.
In addition to the enter
tainment, cookies. pies, cakes,
brownies and other refresh
ments will be served to the
guests. These are being pre-
pared by the settlements
four cooking classes.
The settlements chief ben
eficiaries are children of the
Christ Child Society of Wash
ington. The society is COM
Evening star., 1960-08-24
By AMELIA YOUNG
Star Stan Writer

Five huge sprays Of flowers,
gifts from each Of the other
Communist bloc missions,
decorated the Romanian Le-
cation last night. as the
Minister and Mrs. George
Macovescu celebrated their
country's Liberation Day with
a 6:30-to-8::30 reception.
The national holiday, Lib
Grafton Day commentaries
the invasion of Romania by
the Red Army in August,
1914. and the subsequent
overthrow of the Fascist
regime.
The Red Army had sew
eral representatives at last
nights party. chief among
them Maj. Gen. Aleksandr I.
Rodionov, the Soviet En-
bassy's massive, poker-faced,
Military Attache. Also pres
ent were Ambassador Men
shikov, Counselor Yuri Flip
pov and a few other Soviet
diplomats.
Wife Still Home
Ambassador Menshikov,
recently back from a long
home leave, reported that his
wife is still in Russia en-
joying the Moscow climate"
and won't return until Oc-
tober.
Diplomats from Czechoslo-
vakia, Poland, Hungary and
Bulgaria rounded out the
look of solidarity, and in the
midst of this the number of
American officials present was
conspicuously small - per-
haps because of the vacation
season.
Only one cabinet member
attended. Secretary of Com
merce Frederick Mueller. The
Evening star., 1960-08-24
DIPLO LOMATICALLY SPEAKING
ROnnQniQns Celebrate
Their Liberation Day

State Department delegation
was led by Undersecretary for
Political Affairs Livingston
Merchant. accompanied by
Mrs. Merchant, and followed
by Chief Of Protocol Wiley
Buchanan.
Diplomats Present
The Irish Charge d'Affaires
and Mrs. Joseph Shields,
Saud i-Arabian Ambassador
Al-Khayyal. Jordanian AM
baSsador and Mrs. Haikal,
Ceylonese Ambassador Gune-
wardene, Yugoslav Ambassa-
dor Nikezic. and Mrs. w. M.
@. Hahn, representing her
husband, the Ghanaian Am
basSador. were among the
other diplomats present.
Minister and Mrs. Ma
coveScu and the legations
assistant military attache, 1t.
Col. Andre Mateescu stood
at the top of the stairs to re-
ceive them.
Across the hallway, in the
dining room, guests found a
rich assortment of Eastern
and Western foods, including
C bba age rolls with sour
cream. dolma, red cabbage,
cold fish in sauce, and so
forth.
Dance Ensemble Due
The Ropanian press at
tache. Mr.. Costache Zavu,
pointed out Mr.. Frank Siscoe
among the guests Che's head
ing the cultural exchange
talks between the Romanians
and the Americans) and then
reported that Romania'S most
famed conductor, Maestro
George Georgescu, will be
coming to the United States
Evening star., 1960-08-24
ATC Plans
Picnic for
Sunday

The annual picnic party
OF the Army Transportation
Corps has been planned for
next Sunday from 3 to 7
o'clock at Cameron Station,
Alexandria.
The party affords all ATC
officers and their families a
chance to get together in
one large group once each
year. The Transportation
Corps Wives Club sponsors
the affair and does much of
the committee work for busy
husbands.
1t. Col. Ronald w. Van
Orne is to be master Of cere-
monies, 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Armour S. Armstrong have
charge Of the entertainment,
Maj. and Mrs. Richard F.
Kruger the teen-age dane
ing and Mai. and Mrs.
Charles L. Hatto, food.
There is to be a golf tour
nament, gay games and sur
prises for the small fry. High
light of the day will be the
softball game between the
rival factions of OCOFT and
M1TMA agency (to the un-
initiated Office of Chief of
Transportation, and the Mil
itary Transportation Man
agement Agency.
More than 300 are expect
ed to participate, and busy
schedules permitting, the
Chief Of Transportation Mai.
Gen Frank S. Besson, jr., and
Mrs. Besson head the list Of
those attending.
Evening star., 1960-08-24
Officers
Installed

Mrs. Robert Mcleod has
been installed as president of
the Beverley Hills Women's
Club. Other new officers in
clude Mrs. Cleo Snead, first
vice president, and Mrs. Wy
man Olson, second vice presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1960-08-24

posed Of more than 1,400
women pledged to work for
the welfare Of youngsters.
Evening star., 1960-08-24
IT'S A DATE
SATURDAY

Kann's Annual back-to-
school fashion show for boys
and girls takes place at 2 pm.
on the second floor of the
Arlington store. Virginia area
children will model new fash
ions for school and play. No
tickets needed.
The Nome nugget., 1960-09-09
Herter Calls LudicrOus Khrushchev's Call For
 Another Summit Meeting

WASHINGTON, R Secretary of State Christian Herter Thurs day denounced as "ludicrous in the extreme" Soviet Premier Khrushchev's call for summit meeting of 82 heads of govern ment at the United Nations.
 Herter called Khrushchev's vis- it to the United Nations move to stage an irresponsible, anti Western propaganda spree, ac- companied by boasts of Soviet military might.
 "It remains to be seen what new visions of Soviet capabilities for launching global devastation MT. Khrushchev will conjure up when he appears before the Gen. eral Assembly, Herter said.
 The Secretary gave far-reach- ing global review of foreign pol icy problems in speech pre- pared for delivery before the United Press International Con- ference of Editors and Publishers.
 He criticized Cuba's Fidel Cas- tro as a "despot who seized the reins of government by trading upon and then betraying demo- cratic ideals" Herter also assailed Chinese Communists leaders for pursuing a "hard and belligerent hostility" policy toward the US.
The Nome nugget., 1960-09-09
A NEW ANGLE
WE VOTE FOR ANCHORAGE

VOTERS OF ALASKA, 49th American State, in the midst of a furious controversy over a pro- posal to move their state capital from Juneau to Anchorage, 600 miles to the north and west.
 Canadians if anyone wants their opinion are all in favor of Anchorage in this argument
 Anchorage is port on the south shore of the peninsuar land mass that is properly Alaska Juneau is in the panhandle which ought to be part of Canada Chances of having the panhandle transferred to Canadian sovereignty may not be bright; but they ought to be improved by the removal of the capital from the disputed That would, in modern jargon, de-emphasze the panhandle in Alaskan eyes.
 New York Financial Post
The Nome nugget., 1960-09-09
Navy Crewman Soloes 4-Engine Bomber Half Way Across Continent

NORFOLK, Va, R - A Navy enlisted man who singlehanded flew a four-engine patrol bomber halfway across the country was back home today, mum, confined, and facing what the Navy called administrative action.
 A Navy crew Monday flew Avi- ation Machinists Mate 1.C. Rob ert Swain, 34, here from Shreve- port, La, where Swain's solo flight ended Saturday.
 Swain said the rest of the crew was late for departure from San Diego, Calif., so he took off in the P2V5 Navy patrol bomber by himself.
 He never had flown a plane before and the Air Force called his first attempt "a very remark able feat"