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Evening star., 1960-04-18
Prisoner Beaten
By CeIImutes

A 18th precinct prisoner suf-
fered several broken ribs early
yesterday when he was beaten
by two fellow inmates, police
reported.
George Washington Young
40, of the 400 block of Florida
avenue NV, booked on a
drunkenness charge, was found
crying in the cellblock after
police had released Herbert c,
Brewer, 90, of Logan circle
NV. and Robert G. Sampson,
81, of the 1000 block of Eighth
street NV. Brewer and Samp-
son both put up collateral for
drunk charges.
Police took Young to District
General Hospital where X-rays
showed the broken ribs. Other
prisoners said Brewer and
Sampson had kicked Young
They were rearrested and
charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
IdWes Dinner
ToAid Youth

Maryland's youth wiN bene-
fit from proceeds of a S100-a-
plate dinner honoring Gov.
Tawes on April %.
The birthday testimonial
dinner is sponsored by B'nai
Birth, Jewish service organi-
zation, as a means of getting
money to create an Interfaith
Youth Fellowship in the Gov
ernor's name.
1t will be held at the Univer-
sity of Maryland dining hall
at 1880 pm, with over $50 per-
sons expected.
House Speaker Rayburn: !:
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
of Minnesota and Maryland's
Republican Senators Beall and
Butler, will head the guest list.
The fellowship will be used
to assist youth programs of
B'nai Birth in Maryland and
to provide financial aid to
some University of Maryland
undergraduates.
Gcv. Tawes and Label A.
Katz of New Orleans, national
president of B'nai Birth, will
be the main speakers, with Her.
bert w. Reichelt, president of
the Prince Georges County
Board of Commissioners as
toastmaSter.
Philip Justine, Hyattsville
automobile dealer, is chairman
for the dinner. with State Con-
troller Louis L. Goldstein, as
honorary chairman.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
Fire Burns Over
ESQ Club Acres

HANCOCK, Md, April l8
(AP) A wind-whipped forest
fire burned about $50 acres of
the Woodmont Rod and Gun
Club, a private hunting pre-
serve, before it was brought
under control last night.
The fire was IS miles west of
here on the 6,000-acre tract
which contains one of the
best-known clubs in the East
and the scene OF numerous
presidential hunting parties.
Volunteer firemen and for
estry personnel had to fight
the big fire twice because sparks
blew several hundred yards
from one hilltop to another
after it was controlled the first
time.
Evening star., 1960-04-18

when a boat capsized on a
farm pond.
Drowned were Judy Pyles, 10,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Pyles Of Augusta, w. Va, and
Judy's cousin, Ronnie Adams,
IA, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Adams of Gainesboro. Mr.. Pyles
and Mrs. Adams are brother
and sister.
The drownings occurred
while the two families were Wis
iting other relatives.
Judy, Ronnie and three other
children were in the boat. Sur
viving the capsizing were Rom
MES older brother Harold, and
sister Patsy, and another cous-
in. Linda Chaplin, 13.
The bodies of Judy and Rom
ME were recovered about an
hour after the drownings in
seven feet Of water.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
GO. P. Leader
Solicits Support
Of Democrats

RICHMOND, Va. April ls,
(AP).-A member of the Re-
publican State Central Com
mittee yesterday solicited SUD-
port from Virginia Democrats
to once again help carry the
State for the G. o. P. presi-
Dental nominee.
The statement from Walter
R. Gambill. vice chairman of
the City Republican Committee,
was prompted by efforts of a
group of Democrats. known
as the straight Democratic
Ticket Committee, to mobilize
all members of their party be-
hind its candidate this fall.
Mr.. Gambill said he did not
know if Vice President Nixon.
considered the front runner in
the race for the G. o. P. presi-
dental nomination, could carry
Virginia.
1T will depend on how much
help we get" he said. AT this
moment. I don't see the ground
swell of Democrat and nom
partisan support for Nixon that
we had for Eisenhower the last
two times. BY this time four
years ago there was consider
able activity on the part of
Democrats in Virginia to re-
elect Eisenhower"
Evening star., 1960-04-18
Voting List Is Up11 ,996
For Prince Georges

Prince Georges County has a
total Of 105,949 registered
voters, 1895 more than re-
ported last year and 2,79S more
than registered for the 1858
general election.
Democrats still outnumber
Republicans more than 2 to /,
according to election officials.
Registration books were closed
Saturday for the May II pri-
mary, and will be reopened
May 81 for the November gen.
eral election.
The total registration for the
primary showed 1855 Demo-
Gratis, 30.598 Republicans, and
1916 independents.
For the 1858 general election
the total registration was 103,-
15l-68,316 Democrats, 30,899
Republicans and 1886 inde-
pendents.
These totals were reduced
Evening star., 1960-04-18
STAR READERS
GIVEN SURPRISE
EASTER BASKETS

Ninety-seven persons
who live in an apartment
at 1925 Twenty-ninth
street NV. found an
Easter basket on top of
their Sunday Star yester-
day.
Star Carrier John Hen
ika. IL, said it was his way
of thanking the customers
for being so nice to me-"
John, who lives at 2645
Twenty-ninth street NV,
bought the baskets but
decorated each one by
himself. He also made and
decorated the foam Easter
eggs for the baskets and
wrote a personal thank
you note for each Gus
toner.
He said he started the
project weeks ago" and
worked on it in his spare
time.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
Dinner to Honor
HiqhWuy Veteran

Edward Gorsuch Duncan, re-
tiring from the Maryland State
Roads Commission after 46
years, will be honored at a din
ner at $50 pm. next Monday
at the Oakcrest Country Club,
Hillside, Md.
Mr.. Duncan, 81. graduated
from the Polytechnic Institute
in Baltimore in 1912 and went
to work for the State Road
Commission as road inspector
in Calvert County. He held
that position until 1925, when
he became District Engineer at
Upper Marlboro.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
Two Cubin Cruisers
Damaged by Fire

LEONARDTOWN, Md. April
l8 (SpeciaD Two cabin cruis-
ers beached at Cape st. Marys
Marina on the Patuxent River
at Sandgates for repairs were
badly burned by a fire early
today.
State police here said the
damage to the two boats was
estimated by f1remen at about
$4,000.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
Labor Complains
About Hospitals

BALTIMORE, April 10 (AP) =.
"A ranking union Official has
charged that Maryland hos
pitfalls, when naming their di-
rectors. are ignoring labor.
Oliver w. Singleton, regional
director of the AFL-CIO, said
labor's part in policy decisions
of the hospitals is not in pro-
portion to the amount Of fin
ancial support sought from
union members.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
ALEXANDRIAN, 19,
BURNED BY FAT

A restaurant worker suffered
severe burns today when he
backed into a deep-fry vat, the
Penn Daw Volunteer Rescue
Squad reported.
Squadsmen said the injured
youth, Ronald Daley, 19, of 125
East Taylor Run parkway.
Alexandria, suffered burns on
his back when hot grease spilled
from the deep-fry machine.
Young Daley, an employe of
McDonald'S Restaurant at 3003
Richmand highway. was re-
ported in satisfactory condition
at Alexandria Hospital.
Evening star., 1960-04-18

in 1859 when election officials
scratched the names Of voters
who had not balloted in five
years, had died, or moved. This
procedure cut the 1858 total
registration by 9,198, including
5,378 Democrats, 3,257 Repub-
licans and 565 independents.
On countrywide registration
days last Tuesday and Thurs
day in all 66 precincts, officials
signed up a total Of 5000 voters
-6.6l9 Democrats. 2,243 Re-
publicans and 33S independents.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
Fire Causes
Loss Of $1,000

Flames caused an estimated
$1,000 damage yesterday to
Offices of the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Transfer & Storage Co.,
1919 st. Elmo avenue
Bethesda.
Fire officials said the blaze
was put out before it spread
to furniture in the warehouse
behind Offices in the one-story
cinder-block structure.
Six fire companies fought
the 2-alarm fire, which was re-
portedly started by a short
circuit in an electric coffee
pot that had been left on over
the week end.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
3 ACRES BURNED
NEAR CLIFTON

Fire, apparently caused by a
careless smoker, burned over 3
acres Of woodland owned by
the David L. Krupsaw estate
yesterday, according to State
Forest Warden D. E. Sheads.
Fire companies from Lorton.
Clifton. Burke, Centreville and
Fairfax fought the blaze, which
broke out near Clifton,
Evening star., 1960-04-18
Mock Convention

STAUNTON, Va. April 18
(AP)-Students of Mary Bald
win College here will stage
a Democratic convention
Wednesday and choose nomi-
nee for President Of the United
States.
Evening star., 1960-04-18
TWO CHILDREN
DROWN IN POND

GAINESBORO, Va, April 10
(AP).-A family gathering on
a Frederick County farm turned
into tragedy Easter Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26
Buchmun Fined
In Castro Arms
Sale Conspiracy
BY the Associated Press

Stanley J. B a man OF
Rochester, N. Y, today was
fined $500 and placed on pro-
baton for one year in connec-
ton with an alleged conspiracy
to supply arms for Fidel Cas-
tro's Cuban revolution.
Stanbern AeronauticS Corp.
of Rochester, which Bachmar
heads. was fined $4,000.
Charges against Bachman's
brothers, Bernard and Jerome
were dismissed.
The sentences were imposed
by Federal District Judge
Charles F. Mclaughlin before
whom Stanley Bachman and
the corporation entered pleas
of guilty to single counts of the
indictment last December 81.
The indictment alleged that
the Bachmans conspired to sell
arms and ammunition to
agents of Mr.. Castro, at the
time struggling for power in
Cuba. The charge to which
Stanley Bachman admitted
guilt is a misdemeanor.
Stanley Bachman has a year
in which to pay his fine and
the corporation three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26
Cubuns Identify
I'd Crash Victim

HAVANA, Feb. 26 (AP).-
Cuban authorities said last
night they had identified the
second victim of an airplane
explosion over a .Matanzas SUI
gar mill February 10 as a
Cuban national who had re-
Gently been living in Miami.
They said the man who died
with the pilot, who they said
was Robert E. Frost. an Amer
lean, was Heriberto Onelio
Santana ROGUE. a former
policeman under ex-Dictator
Fulgencio BatiSta.
Authorities declined, how
ever, to say how the identifica-
ton was made from the re-
mains of the victim whom
Cuba has accused of trying
with Frost to bomb the Espana
sugar mill.
One source said he believed
the victim had been involved
in Selling a Cuban airlines
plane whose crew was forced
to fly fugitives from the Castro
regime to Miami several
months ago.
At the time Of the crash the
ICubans said they believed both
victims were Americans.
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5708 Grosvenor lane, Bethesda,
Head of the drum section, he
had been a member of the
band for IL years.
Mr.. Young, who was divorced,
lived with his uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Bowling
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 2. "
Young, live in Greensboro, N. C
The following SeUen mem
berS of the Many planes crelo
also lDere listed as missing.
1t. (j.g.) Owen P. HartshOrn,
SO, pilot. Of Route l Lexington
Park, Md.
1t. Hartshorn entered the
Navy in 1910 and served as a
radioman in the South Pacific
during World War II. He re-
ceived his Navy wings in 1947
and reported to Patuxent Naval
Air Station in May, 1858. He
leaves his wife, Mrs. Betty Jean
Hartshorn, and his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Hart
shorn Of Essex, Iowa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26
Navy Bond to Set Out
On New Touron Return

Il could have been on that
plane" said another bands
man.
The goodwill tour, which
began February 6, was one Of
the hundreds Of appearances
which have established the
band as one of the most
versatile of military orcheStras.
The band made a big hit in
several appearances in Buenos
Aires.
Since its founding, the band
has been one of Washington's
chief musical attractions. Its
free summer and fall concerts,
at the Watergate, on the Capitol
steps, and in auditoriums and
hotels. always have proved
popular.
Besides its concerts, the band
traditionally participates in
parades and inaugural cere-
monies. Parts of the band
play at funeral services for
Navy men at Arlington Gene
terry.
The group has played in more
than 1000 American cities. It's
repertoire has been constantly
expanded until it includes
everything from the classics to
the popular ballads of the day.
The official Navy Band grew
out of a unit of musicians sta
toned at the Navy Yard. Rec
ognized as the outstanding one
Of a number of small musical
units in the Navy, it was des-
ignated as the official band.
1913 Members
This new designation enabled
it to play in the inaugural cere-
mony for President Coolidge.
Today the band has 1913
members and library of more
than 10000 compositions. 1t
also operates its own school Of
music.
The present Navy Band con-
tainS a complete symphony
orchestra and modern music
section.
Upon its return here, the
band is scheduled to begin it's
spring concert tour on March
Is. Appearances are slated in
towns and cities throughout
Virginia, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama and other South
ern and Western States.
A Navy spokesman said there
are no plans to cancel the
month-long tour, ending April
IA in Greensboro, N. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26
TWO AIR CRASHES
RAISE TOLL TO BIS
SINCE JANUARY !

NEW YORK (AP) The
crash of planes in Rio de
Janeiro and Shannon, Ire
land, brought to more than
1926 the number of persons
killed in eight major plane
disasters since January /.
In addition to the latest
two, the others were:
January 6: "a killed in
a National Airlines plane
at Bolivia, N. c.
January 10: so killed in
a Capital AirlineS plane
near Holdcroft, Va.
January 10: So killed in
two separate crashes in
Turkey. AZ in a Scandina-
Wan plane. and Is in a
United States Navy recon-
Nuisance plane.
January 81: 81 died in an
Avianca plane landing at
Jamaica, British West
Indies.
February S: SO killed
near La Paz. Bolivia, in
the cash Of a Lloyd Aerio
Boliviano plane.
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reach the scene. How any
one survived is a miracle"
Airport officials said some
Of the dead were found more
than a mile away on the mud
flats at the mouth of the stored
Shannon River. The confusion
made it difficult to get a COM
plete account of casualties.
Survivors were taken to three
hospitals.
Eight men and four women
were at Ennis County Hospital.
All but one was on the critical
list.
Twelve others - four men,
four women and four children
were at Limerick Regional
Hospital. All suffered severe
shock, burns and fractures,
Five were in dangerous con-
dition.
The child patients were a
boy of about 5, two teen-age
boys and a girl OF about 10.
Two of the women were re-
ported from Israel.
Two other survivors were at
Darlington Hospital in Linn
erick.
A spokesman for Alfalfa in
New York said the fatalities
were the first passenger deaths
in the history of the airline,
which was founded in 1947.
The airline sent a planeload
of officials and technicians
from Rome to seek the cause
Of the crash.
The second pilot in the crew
Of IL was Giorgio Gallo, who
was a co-pilot on the special
Alitalian plane which flew
Italian President Giovanni
Gronchi to Moscow last month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26

1t. 0.g.) earle L. Jackson,
81. co-pilot. of Hollywood, Md.
1t. Jackson entered the Navy
in 1912 and served in the South
Pacific during World War II.
He received his wings in 1947
and reported to Patuxent in
May, 1858. He leaves his wife,
Mrs. Laura Virginia jackson;
three children; earle, 8. Brian
David, S, and another child,
and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w. jackson of Pryor,
Okla.
James A. COrdell, 81. chief
aviation machinist mate, Pa
tuxent Naval Air Station.
He entered the Navy in l94l,
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mar
jorie Gordon Cordell, and three
children. James, IS, Richard,
II, and Betsy, II, and his
mother, Mrs. Letis Cordell OF
Sylacauga, Ala.
Russell Martin, 90, aviation
machinist mate second class. of
Tall Timbers, Md.
He entered the Navy in 1851.
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at the bed of each of the men,
gave each a sympathetic pat
and expressed wishes for their
speedy recovery. Although the
men were in shock and under
heavy ISOLATION, they recog-
nized Mr.. Eisenhower.
Robert Hartman, chief of
the Washington bureau of the
Los Angeles Times, accom-
panied the two leaders as
representative of all newsmen
travelling with Mr.. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Hartman said Mr., Eisen-
hower's voice almost broke as
he spoke to the men. He re-
marked at one point. this
surely is a tragic thing"
Both presidents ordere d
their stats to keep them in
close touch with developments
in the investigation Of the COL
lision.
The survivors were Sonar
man &c. Frederick E. Wilson
of Dallas, Tex; Aviation Ord
nanceman lie. H. R. Halenza
of Norfolk, Va, and 1t. G.g0
G. P. Fitzgibbons of Worcester,
Mass.
Approaching Different Ports
The United States Embassy
said the Navy plane coming in
from Buenos Aires was sched-
uled to fly at 5000 feet and
land at Galeao Airport, on an
island in the bay. The two
engine Real airliner, which
was coming from Vitoria, north
OF Rio de Janeiro, was sched-
uled to fly at 5000 feet for a
landing at Santos Dumont
Airport. a few miles from
Galeao.
The planes collided and
broke in pieces near Sugar Loaf
Mountain, at the entrance to
the bay, one of the city's land
marks. Residents of seashore
apartments looked on in horror
as the wreckage plunged into
the bay.
One eyewitness, David r.
Richardson of United States
News and World Report maya
zine, was in a taxi circling the
bay when he happened to
glance up at the mountain.
Just at that moment" Mr..
Richardson said, "a big four
engine plane - or what was
left Of it-came tumbling out
of the fog. 1t spiraled crafty.
The tail and rear section were
missing.
From the chopped-off fuse
lage a whole array of objects
came spilling out thought
I saw a human figure in the
falling debris.
Rescue craft picked up bands
mems and Navy hats and mu-
steal instruments. They also
recovered a pair Of Valentine
cards which apparently had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26

The tragic air collision that
interrupted the Navy Bands
flve-week South American tour
yesterday came only eight days
before the bands 35th BIRTH
day.
Since President Coolidge
signed a special act of Congress
making the band an official
part of the Navy on March 4,
1925, the United States Navy
Band has been acclaimed
throughout this hemisphere.
Nineteen of its 90 musicians
touring Brazil, Argentina and
Uruguay were aboard the ILL.,
fated plane.
Its conductor, 1t. Comdr
Charles r. Brendler, and the
other members received the
news aboard the USS Macon,
where they we're billeted. as it
locked in BuenoS Aires Harbor,
according to the Associated
Press.
Talented Corps
A grief-stricken officer on
the Macon said the men who
we're lost in the crash were the
most talented of all in the
double task performed by the
Navy Band. He said the lost
ones were men who could play
a trumpet in a parade or a
violin for dinner music.
They comprised an orchestra
of the Navy Band, although
the members of the orchestra
changed according to the needs
of the occasion. All agreed that
a devoted and greatly talented
section of American musician
ship was lost in the Rio air
crash.
Some of the lost ones had
been members of the band for
81 years. In the group, referred
to by one officer as the most
talented non-professional Or
chestra I ever heard" were
many college graduates, mas
tiers Of music and men who
held doctorates in music.
The band is a flexible unit
that can be broken up into all
sorts of combinations to suit
occasions of state or frivolity
Their skills range from the
classics to boogie woogie.
Aboard the Macon, the word
of disaster spread a pail of
gloom among the band survi-
vors, but one man put it sim
ply: I'm lucky to be alive"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26
First Survivors Listed
By Italian AirIines

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (AP)
Italian Airlines today re-
ported this partial list Of sur
vivors Of the plane crash at
Shannon, Ireland:
Joseph Maiorana. Mount
Vernon, N. Y.
Giuseppe and Calistro Pro-
fita. New York City.
Mrs. John Lisi, the Bronx,
N. Y.
Pasquale Chiomenti, Italian,
vice president of Buitoni
Pasta Co.
The Rev. Giuseppe Cacioli,
Arezzo. Italy.
Antonio Frangapane, Paler-
mo, Italy.
Mario Angelo Pavese, Genoa.
Italy.
Mrs. Anna Polio, Salerno,
Italy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pietro Russo,
Italians, bound for Toronto.
Yolanda, David, Martha and
Adessa Reiner, described as
Hungarian migrants from Tel
Aviv.
Vittorio de Angels, Italy.
Frido de Lunardo mo first
name), a crew steward.
Other Passengers
Among others listed as hav-
ing been aboard were:
Giulia Creel, New York.
Terige Iadanza, Queens, N. Y.
Rocco, Barbara and Rose Co.
loggi, believed residents of New
York.
Armando Emmolo, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Mariana Pinzi Russo, Mil
waukee, Wis.
John Russo. 4, same address.
Katica Pocknic DZundZev,
New York.
John Lisi, S, United States.
Frank Lisi, 2, United States.
Cesarina Moschetta Madon-
ma, Seattle, Wash.
Maria Cardella, Italy.
Giuseppe Angelina de Angels,
Italy.
ANGELA Notte Farina, Italy.
Antonio Russo, child, Italy.
Darragi, no other Identified
ton.
Five persons named Di Seal
FAM, all from TuniS.
Two persons named Reiner,
other than the four Reiners
listed as survivors.
Airline Personnel
Airline personnel listed as
aboard the plane:
Capt. Luigi Gentle, in charge
of plane.
Capt. Franco Pratt, nom
working.
Pilot Sergio Ribaudo, work
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Hulda
Nixson Martin, and two chill
dren, Russell, 7, and Nina 10, 4.
Eugene N. Torrance, Al, avi-
alton structural mechanic first
class of Arlington Va, and Nor
folk, Va.
Born in Arlington, he gradu-
ated from Washington-Lee
High School and entered the
Navy in l941. He was stationed
at Patuxent River Naval Air
Station. He leaves his wife,
Marjorie. and three children,
Kathleen. IL: Eileen. 8. and
Eugene NJ. jr., 8, all of Norfolk.
He also is survived by his moth
er. Mrs. Walter Torrance Of
3701 North Roberts lane, Ar
lington: two sisters, Mrs. May
belle Warner Of the mothers
address, and Mrs. Lille Mac
Leod of Mclean, Va, and three
brothers, James S. of 1924 Bry-
ant street NE, George w. of
Fredericksburg. Va, and Nor
man Torrance, a State De-
partment employe on Okinawa.
Victor d. Fugate, chief avia-
ton electronics technician, 81,
of Lexington Park, Md.
He entered the Navy in 1913.
He leaves his wife, Edythe Nc
Carly Fugate, and three chill
dren, Virginia, Z, Thomas, 6,
and Vicki, S, and his mother,
Mrs. Ruth Mason Of San Le-
ando, Calf.
L. r. Maynard, hospital
corpsman third class, 26, of
Lexington Park, Md.
He entered the Navy in 1858.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ma
META Allen Maynard. and two
children, Leslie, S, and Den
mis-, 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-26
SURVIVORS CALL
FAMILIES HERE
AFTER TRAGEDY

Members of the Navy
Band who did not make the
Inflated flight that ended
in a double air tragedy were
allowed to call their fam
lilies in the Washington
area last night from the
cruiser Macon at Buenos
Aires.
Each man was permitted
a minute or two of radio
telephone conversation with
his family to assure them
he was all right.
In addition, one family
disclosed, families of those
who were not involved in
the crash last night re-
ceived reassuring calls from
the White House communi-
cations center.