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Evening star., 1960-10-10

IT'S obvious that the women
of America have taken a
heroic attitude toward this
election. They are being
called upon by the two politi-
cal parties as never before
and they are responding with
that old motto: Theirs not
to reason why. Theirs but TO
do or die"
Not a single one of the 10
women for Nixon invited
here to question President
Eisenhower on television to-
night knew why she was
chosen among all the women
from her section of the
country. But they came as
fast as their campaign feet
could carry them.
The 10 women met to-
gether at 4::30 yesterday
afternoon for an informal
discussion of the type of
questions they want to toss
at the President. And they
met again for supper last
evening in the South Ameri-
can Room of the Statler.
Said Mrs. Louis lombard
of Los Angeles at the supper
gathering, Il haven't any idea
why 1 was chosen. I was
called Friday morning and 1
couldn't give a definite
answer until 1 knew if I could
get a plane reservation"
Of course. she does happen to
be president of the L. A.
Federation of Republican
Women.
Said Mrs. I. F. Stephenson
of Alva, Okla, who was called
last Wednesday, II have no
idea how I was selected. 1t
was the most fascinating and
intriguing surprise" {.
Registered both as a Demo-
crat and a nurse, Mrs. Step
henson said she travels
around talking on subjects
pertinent to Christian educa-
ton and she thinks politics is
very definitely a part of
Christian education-voting,
that Is.
Mrs. John E. Dempsey, jr.,
of Wellesley, Mass, mother
of four and a member of the
Junior League, didn't claim to
be any kind of a Republican
wheel. II just donated some
money" she said.
I didn't ask Mrs. Joseph L.
McQuade why she was cho-
sen. 1t seemed obvious. Be-
sides being district director
for the Federation of Repub-
lican Women, the West Vir-
ginia Protestant is the mother
of Is children. Anybody who
Is trying to add that many
new party members deserves
no mere TV appearance. but
a plaque! Mrs. McQuade was
the only woman accompanied
by her husband. Il came to
pick up the checks" he said.
And over at the Democratic
stronghold of Senator John
Kennedy his wife Jackie will
meet today with 80 to 40
prominent Democratic wom-
en- who responded when the
clarion was sounded. Au-
thor Rachel Carson and Mrs.
David K. E. Bruce, two of
the very few local women
invited to participate in the
discussion group, didn't know
what demands would be made
upon them, but they ac-
cepted without blinking an
eye. They were told it would
mean a lot of work-they
didn't know what-and the
work would start after the
Monday meeting.
When the Party calls
Theirs not to reason why -"
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FORMER BRAZILIAN AM
BASSADOR and Nine. Mo-
reira Sales are coming all
the way from Rio to attend
the International Ball here
on November 10. They took
over the sponsorship before
they knew they would be
retiring from the Washing
ton scene.
Talk of the next big sub
scription ball and Fridays
Symphony Ball was banded
about at Italian Ambassador
and Signora Brosio's recep-
ton Saturday. Regular sub
Evening star., 1960-01-04
Mclaughlin
Against Guns
For Busmen

District Commissioner Rob-
ert E. Mclaughlin said today
he does not believe bus drivers
should be permitted to carry
firearms for their protection.
He said he thinks other ways
OF preventing crime should be
used instead of arming our
stagecoach drivers"
However. he added that a re-
quest by the D. c. Transit COM
pany's bus drivers union that
drivers be allowed to carry guns
while on duty is still under con-
sideration. Mr.. Mclaughlin
said he wants to discuss the
matter further with Police
Chief Robert v. Murray.
One problem in allowing bus
drivers to carry weapons, said
the Commissioner, is that 1t
leads to similar requests from
other groups such as taxi
drivers. He noted that the taxi
drivers union in New York
City Is now seeking the right
to carry arms there.
MFR. Mclaughlin said he also
wishes to bring the matter pe-
fore the steering committee of
the Washington Metropolitan
Regional Conference to de-
termine whether firearms laws
and regulations can be stand
ardized for the entire region
He commented that there
are probably more instances of
attacks on taxi drivers than
bus operators.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
SibIey Hospital
Wins Tax RuIino

District Tax Court Judge 10
". Morgan has ruled that the
District Government cannot
collect a $5,888 tax bill handed
to Sibley Memorial Hospital.
The District had sought to
collect a real estate tax based
on an assessment on land and
buildings at the hospitals new
12-acre site on Loughboro road
NV, where the $6 million
building is under construction.
The tax collectors contended
the hospital, normally tax
exempt under District law,
since it is a non-profit organi-
zation, was liable for the tax
from the date of sale because
the land was not actually used
and reasonably required for
carrying on of ChospitaD ac-
tivities and purposes during the
taxable period involved"
The District had sought to
collect the taxes for the periods
March 20 through June 80,
1859, and for fiscal 1860.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
Firemen Rescue
Man and Girl, a

Firemen today rescued a man
and a 4-year-old girl trapped
by fire on the second floor of a
building at All M street NV.
Intense heat from a blaze, in
a f1rst-floor apartment blocked
escape for Charles Spindler. A,
and the girl, Martha Cooper,
firemen said.
When f1remen arrived, Mr..
Spindler was standing at a Sec
ond floor window, holding the
child. A ladder was raised, and
Pvt. Robert E. Cumberland of
Engine Company No. 4 mounted
1t to take the girl to safety.
Then Pvt. Eugene Coyle of
Engine Company No. 6 climbed
the ladder and assisted the man
down.
Firemen said the blaze was
discovered by an unidentified
man who lives with his family
on the second floor. He smelled
smoke, and discovered it was
coming from under the door of
a flrst-f1oor apartment, unoc-
cupied at the time.
He kicked in the door with
the idea Of trying to fight the
flames, but the heat was too
intense He ran back to his
apartment and led his wife and
three children to safety, fire
men said.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
EVERY KID HAD the Boy

EVERY KID HAD the Boy
Scout Manual, which cost IS
cents and contained a wealth
Of information.
The Rambler still can tell
the difference between a
square knot and a granny"
due to the drawings in that
manual, and he can make a
boat fast with halt bitches.
But uppermoSt in memory
something he has never
forgotten-were the instruc-
tions on how to make a fire.
To do it right you would
use neither matches nor a
magnifying glass. The glass
was scorned because it is un-
reliable; 1t can not be used
on a cloudy day.
To tell the truth the writer
never did succeed in making
a fire the right way. This
called for a fiat board with
a little indentation, a round
stick with a pointed end and
a strung bow. You looped
the bow string around the
stick once, then spun it with
the pointed end in the in
dentation. AS it became hot
from friction you would drop
in a little dry sawdust for
tinder. He got it smoking
several times, but never did
succeed in making 1t burst
into fame.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
Dickerson
PIeudsGuilty
InHoIdup

Robert Lee Dickerson, 10,
whose cases settled an impor-
tant issue involving Juvenile
Court, today pleaded guilty to
a charge of attempting to hold
up a bus driver.
District Court Judge Joseph
r. jackson said he regretted
that so many youngsters are
being brought before us on
criminal charges these days"
He warned Dickerson. a high
school senior, that he could
either strive to reform or face
the fact that he has taken the
first step toward a terrible"
career.
Dickerson was the subject Of
q precedent-setting ruling by
the Court Of Appeals last Oc.
tober that juveniles could be
sent to the adult court from
Juvenile Court, even though
they already had admitted their
guilt.
Dickerson's attorneys had
argued that the transfer vio-
lated the Constitution, which
provides that a defendant cam
not be tried twice for the same
criminal .offense.
District Court Judge Alex
ander Holtzof dismissed the
charge against Dickerson in
December, 1858, ruling that
the Constitutional protection
against double jeopardy ap-
plies to all proceedings, crimi-
nal or civil, if the outcome
would deprive a man of his
liberty.
But the Court of Appeals
held that Congress wanted full
in Juvenile Court be-
fore cases were transferred to
the District Court. The appel
late court earlier held, in an.
other case, that Juvenile Court
procedures should be informal
and not subject directly to the
Constitution.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
Church Started
In Lunhum, Nd.

Groundbreaking ceremonies
we're held in Lanham, Md, yes
terday for the new Grace
Presbyterian Church at 1924
Princess Gardens road.
The year-old congregation
will continue to meet in a res
idence on the church property
until the $4,000 structure Is
ready about April.
The minister is the Rev. Leon
]. Test. DR.. Arthur Romig, gen.
eral of the Washington Presby-
terry, the Rev. Charles E. Carson,
director Of church extension,
and William Mayne. church
architect.
Evening star., 1960-01-04

THE MANUAL SAID, any
first class Scout should be
able to start a fire with one
match. Use Of paper as
tinder was ruled out. Daniel
Boone had no paper to start
fires.
1t called for gathering
dead branches from the trees
not from the ground; they
might be wet. A good fire
should not produce a hatful
of smoke, because there was
always the possibility that
there we're Indians in the
woods and you wouldn't want
them to see smoke rising.
It called for whiting a
quantity of tinder from a
firm branch, strips as thin as
shavings. Then the hand
ak should be used to produce
larger splinters to go on the
tinder. Then sticks about
an inch thick should be built
up in four walls around the
splinteTS, like a toy log cabin.
Then one match, a big
wooden >lucifer-there were
no match books then-should
be struck against a stone
close to the tinder and pro-
tected against the wind with
your hat. That should do it.
But I'm sure kids today
know how to make a fire.
They go to the drug store
and buy a bag Of charcoal
briquettes and a small can
of fluid (kerosene) to satu-
rate them, and they also
probably get their fire going
with the first match.
Evening star., 1960-01-04

Streamliner stopped to shift
from third rail power to the
trolley, he reached down and
opened a trap door on the floor.
The dark hands OF a man
fumbling with the coils inside
the bottom of the streamliner
could be seen.
Happy New Year" the red
haired man shouted at the
pillow changer underneath.
Then he slammed the trap
door. He obviously knew how
streetcars work. He was i'm
mediately accepted in the
group.
On the swaying run to Cabin
John, over the fine old rackety
road, the motorman was urged
to "let T CO." But another car
was in front of him and he had
to ease along.
This produced the bell ring
ing.
MOtOrman Upset a
Finally, the moon-faced mo-
torman stopped the car, got up
and said:
Look you guys, I've been
hearing that bell for eight
hours. If you want to get of,
get of. But stop ringing that
bell unless you want to get
off,"
At Glen Echo some boys got
of, ran back and pulled the
trolley of the line. There were
blue flashes in the night.
The motcrman, who had tc
get out and fix it, said later
they had done that to him
six times today" He was
tired, late and disguised with
final rides.
But there were some nice
touches.
Near Georgetown University
some. apparently students
waved white handkerchiefs ir
farewell.
At a dark crossing in the
wilds near Dalecarlia, a lone
man stood with a movie Gamers
and recorded the passing.
And once, some housewives
holding torches appeared to
say good-by to the last car or
the Cabin John.
A man and his wife, upstairs
in their bedroom. looked out at
the streamliner. 1t was about
l:30 am, on the way back
He'll have to take the bus now
At 2:20 am. the car stopped
at Union Station, then moved
Of in the rain.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
The
Rambler
Recalls EorIy
Duys of Scouting
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The Boy Scouts of America
are having a hard time find
ing men who can teach youth
the tricks of woodcraft.
There are plenty of natur-
alistS today who can tell
young and old about the
flora and fauna of the woods
and countryside. But men
who know the tricks of the
trail and the campfire are
hard to find.
The Rambler would like to
volunteer, but the truth is
that he never was very good
at 1t and he has forgotten
most of what he knew.
He can still make a box
trap that would catch a rab-
bit, but it is probably consid-
cred wrong today to teach
the young to be trappers.
We never hurt the rabbits
anyway; just had fun with
them. We would put them
behind chicken wire and
build a little hutch for them
and the first thing you would
know, they would get away.
He thinks he learned how
to build the box trap from
the old Youths Companion.
That famous New England
publication was aimed at the
country boy and tried to ac-
quaint its readers with the
fun of life out-ot-doors.
But the Scout movement
itself did more to teach
American boys woodcraft
than any periodical could do.
The writer was a boy when it
struck America.
1t was started by Lord
Baden Powell in England.
Brought to this country by
William D. Boyce, a Chicago
published, in 1910, it caught
on almost Immediately. DAN
iel C. Beard, a famous out
of-doors man, and Ernest
Thompson Seton, the writer,
made scouting on this side
Of the water a thoroughly
American movement.
Evening star., 1960-01-04

/ The Court Of Appeals for the
District is soon expected to
decide on a precedent setting
case involving a civilian en-
ploye who was fired from her
job at the Naval Weapons
Plant when her security badge
was taken away without a hear
ing.
The woman, Mrs. Rachel M.
Brawner, was a cafeteria cook
at the plant, formerly known
as the Naval Gun Factory. The
Government has argued that
1t can exclude anyone from a
military installation in the
interest of security without a
hearing.
Counsel for Mrs. Brawner.
Of 2342 Pomeroy road Sc,
who is mother of nine children,
has contended that she should
have been granted a hearing.
Also awaited from the ap-
pellate court is an opinion on
a overlapping issue involving
three men charged with gam
bling violations in the District.
A third opinion is expected
from the appellate court soon
in the case Of Willie Lee
Stewart. who is under a death
sentence. Stewart. 36. was con-
victed for the third time in
November; 1858 for the shoot
ing of Washington grocer Harry
Honikman during a holdup in
the 700 block Of East Capitol
street in 1858.
Two previous convictions of
Stewart have been set aside by
appeals court.
Miss HOugh Seeks Freedom
Miss Edith Louise Hough will
receive another court hearing
January is before Judge Alex
ander Holtzof in her attempt
to gain freedom from st. Eliza
beth's Hospital.
Miss Hough was indicted for
the murder of a Voice of
America employe in 1857 and
eventually acquitted because of
insanity and committed to the
hospital. Judge Holtzof denied
her conditional release over a
year ago, and suggested that
her status at the hospital was
that Of a prisoner.
The Court Of Appeals re-
versed Judge Holtzoff. reject
ing his prisoner" view. How
ever, the appellate court made
clear that the hospital was not
to free her until she was no
longer dangerous to herself or
others in the reasonable fu-
ture.
Russell Wayne Carpenter,
23-year-old Washington man
now serving a life sentence for
kidnapping, is scheduled to be
tried for first-degree murder
on February 30. The charges
stem from the 1857 Staying of
three persons in the Jo-Del
Restaurant here.
Mental tests of Carpenter
were ordered last month to see
if he is competent to stand trial
and to determine his mental
condition at the time of the
slayings.
The Districts Judicial Con-
ference voted last November
for legislation that would let
trial judges decide whether
certain defendants must die
for first-degree murder.
Under present law, a first
degree murder conviction
means a mandatory death SEN
tence. The District is one of
the last Jurisdictions in the
United States with a manda-
tory death sentence that leaves
no discretion to the judge.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
BY CARL IRVING
Star Stah Writer


The retrial of former Fed
eral Communications Commits
sioner Richard A. Mack and
Miami lawyer Thurman A.
Whiteside on charges of trying
to rig the award of a televiSion
channel will be one Of several
nationally watched case S
scheduled for Washington's
District Court during 1860.
The two men are accused of
conspiring to give the Miami
TV channel to q subsidiary of
National Airlines. Mr.. White
side is alleged to have funneled
about $4,000 to Mr.. Mack to
influence his vote.
Last year they were the sub
ject of a l3-week trial, longest
here for many years. The
jurors were discharged after
they deliberated more than 80
hours without reaching a ver-
dict.
Last month, the Supreme
Court refused to block a re-
trial now scheduled for Janu-
Iary IS.
Teamsterx Litigation
The Teamsters Union is ex-
pected to be the subject Of con-
tinuing litigation here. Judge
F. Dickinson Let's set up a
board of monitors early in 1858
to police the union after rebel
union members had charged
that the election of James
Hoffa was rigged.
Judge Let's let Hoffa take
Office as provisional president
and appointed the monitors.
The union has been protesting
the scope of the monitors in
vestigation before Judge Let's.
the Court of Appeals for the
District and the Supreme
Court.
A major civil antitrust case
is scheduled for trial begin
ming Tuesday. Riss & Co., Inc,
is suing % railroads and five
trade associations for $50 mil
lion. Riss, a trucking firm,
charges that the railroads and
associations conspired to elm
mate it as a competitor.
Linked To TrujilIO ID.
Alexander L. Guterma, inter-
national financier and former
president of the Mutual Broad
casting System, is scheduled
for trial March IA on charges
involving spreading propa-
ganda in the United States for
the Dominican Republic
Mr.. Guterma and two code
fendants-Hal Roach, jr., for
Evening star., 1960-01-04
Gear Failure Skids
AirIiner. in Landing
All IS Aboard
Are Safe After
Mishup Here

An airliner with 65 persons
aboard spun around on a Ma
tional Airport runway early to-
day after a landing gear COLI
lapsed when the craft touched
down. No one was injured.
Company officials said emer-
gency doors were used to evacu-
ate the plane, an Eastern Air
Lines four-engine Constella-
ton, after the craft came to
rest in front of the north
terminal, a few feet of of the
The so passengers remained
calm. a company spokesman
said.
Just before landing, a green
light in the cockpit indicated
the landing gears were down.
locked, and had full pressure.
the spokesman said.
Gear COllapses
Then. about 300 to 1000 feet
after the plane had touched
down at 100 miles an hour, the
gear under the right wing COLI
lapSed.
AS it did, the right wing
dipped and struck the ground,
spinning the plane around. The
passengers, under normal land
ing procedure, were kept firmly
in their seats by safety belts.
Capt. L. Dewitt of Miami,
Fla, was at the controls on the
nonstop flight from Miami.
1t was due at 3:45 am. but, be-
cause of delays. arrived at 4:20
am.
Capt. Dewitt. concerned about
the gears hydraulic system
while approaching Washington.
had radioed ahead. the COM
pany said. The airport, as
standard procedures in such
cases, had emergency equip
ment standing by as the plane
came in.
Passengers Examined
A company spokesman said
all the passengers were given
a physical examination at the
airport and none was found
injured.
Thirty Of the passengers
were bound for Washington.
The other 80 were put aboard
ether flights within an hour or
two, the company said. .
An Eastern spokesm a n
praised the conduct Of the pas
sengers.
The manager on duty said
it was the best group he had
ever seen." he said.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
Mock-Whiteside, Teomster
Cases to HighIight 80 Docket

mer board chairman of MBS,
and Garland L. Culpepper, jr.,
former MBS directorate spe-
cif1cally charged with failing to
register with the Government
as agents for a foreign con-
cern. The indictment accuses
them of receiving $3.50, 900 from
Dominican Dictator Rafael l..
Trujillo to broadcast propa-
ganda as if it were news.
Litigation is expected to con-
tinue here this year in another
international case-one dealing
with disposition of property
owned by a Swiss firm which
the United States claims was a
cloak for the German chemical
trust. I. G. Farben.
Interhandel Co., a Swiss
holding company. claims shares
valued at 5000 million in the
General Aniline and Film Corp.
The United States seized these
shares in 1912. The case was
returned to the United States
courts last year when the Inter-
national Court of Justice at
The Hague rejected Interhan-
del's application for a ruling
that the United States must
release the property or submit
the case to arbitration.
Conflict Of Interest Case
An Eisenhower appointee to
the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission, who resigned last
August, is scheduled for trial
February Is on conflict Of
interest charges.
The defendant, Henry j.
Clay, a New York attorney,
prominent in State and ma
tional Republican politics, is
accused of representing a group
of citizens in an attempt to
obtain a Government loan while
he was a member Of the COM
mission.
Two contempt of Congress
cases are scheduled for 1860
here. They involve Martin Pop
per, New York attorney, and
Frank Grum m an, a radio
operator.
Mr.. Pepper will be tried
March 7 on a charge stemming
from his refusal to tell the
House Un-American Activities
Committee whether he was a
Communist.
Precedent Setting Case
Mr.. Grumman Is scheduled to
be tried March IA. He refused
to tell the same committee
whether he was a Communist
and declined to give informa-
ton about the Communist af-
filiations Of others.
Evening star., 1960-01-04
N Extension Cord
Sturts $1,000 Fire

An electrical extension cord
wrapped around the legs Of a
television stand yesterday
touched off a $4,000 fire in a
home on Crandall road. Lam
ham, Md.
The live wire heated the met
al legs. which burned through
the second floor of the two
story home of Allen E. Patter-
son, according to the Prince
Georges county fire marshal's
office.