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in a desolate spot. near Fred
ericksburg. Va, 40 miles from
where the car had been aban-
doned.
Mr.. Jackson's hands had
been bound with his red neck
tie and a strip of sheet. He
was shot through the back of
his head. His daughter died of
exposure and suffocation.
Brutally Beaten
Seventeen days later, two
boys digging in a sand pile
beside a deserted house found
the bodies Of Mrs. Jackson and
Susan Ann.
Mr.. Hoover in summing up
the medical evidence noted that
Mrs. Jackson's body disclosed
that she had been brutally
beaten about the head and
Susan AIMS skull was frac-
tured.
With the finding of the four
bodies, the FBI and Virginia
and Maryland State Police, a
special jackson squad" in the
District police and investigators
from nearby Maryland and
Virginia counties finally had
some clues.
They had the proximity of
Mrs. JackSon'S grave to the
Harold Staying, the car clues,
the strip of sheet. the medical
evidence, the indications of sex
deviation, witnesses in other
cases that might be linked,
clues to the killers personality
as found in the Harold case
basement hideout, a tire mark
near Mrs. Jackson's grave, the
links between Maryland and
Virginia presumably alon 6
Route 30l.
| Widespread Search
But clues were one thing,
conclusive evidence another
Public appeals were made, re-
wards offered, thousands OF
manhours of work we're done
by all the investigators as sus-
pects were interviewed and
checked out car records were
checked by the thousands. alerts
were issued to police all over
the country.
The FBI alone pursued in
vestigative leads from Maine
to Florida, west to California
and even to Hawaii.
Although every investigator
working on the case worked
many times around the clock
in an effort to solve the Jack
son killing, no jurisdiction has
ever formally accused anyone
in the jackson case until the
FBI announcement last night
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Continued From First Page
its authorization from Wash
ington.
The committee implied a be-
lief that a better cover story
would have been a big help
The story first told here was
that the U-2 was on a weather.
charting flight for the Nationa,
Aeronautics and Space Admin.
istration and might have
strayed over Soviet territory BY
accident.
The U-2 flights over Russia
were necessary and valuable tt
safeguard this Nation, the COM
mittee said. 1t described those
flights as "one of hiStory'S
most dramatic and successful
intelligence operations"
The committee said it was
handicapped in arriving at g
Judgment about the flight by
the refusal of Government
witnesses to tell the commit
tee the specific mission of the
downed plane. The committee
stated:
1T appears that there was
something very special about
the May / flight, though the
committee has been unable to
determine exactly what. Both
the President and Secre-
tary of State (Herter) have
said that the flight was
mounted to secure very impor-
tant information which might
notbe available later. Both the
Secretary of State and the di-
rector of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency declined for
reasons of security to tell the
committee what this informa-
ton was"
In its conclusions the COM
mittee declared: In looking
back, if one accepts the con-
clusion that the failure of the
mission furnished an excuse
for Khrushchev's wrecking of
the summit conference, then,
in the absence of compelling
reasons to the contrary. there
is good reason to conclude that
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OTl OuIIC 90, 1901, OLlly q
hours before and IL miles away
from the Harold murder scene,
an engaged couple was accost-
ed at Lake Waterford, Md. The
car in that case was the same
green Chrysler or DeSoto spot
ted leaving the Harold murder
scene.
According to sources close to
the Rees investigation. ReeS on
August 20. 1858, bought a 1854
blue Ford which he had until
October, 1859. That covered the
period Of the Laurel case and
the Jackson case.
Earlier. Rees owned a l946
dark bluen Ford; his father had
Evening star., 1960-06-26

as a composite of committee
views. They specifically in
dorSed the Lausche Wiley
statement as containing CON
cisely and succinctly reason
able and proper conclusions on
the U-2 incident"
In addition to his Joint state
ment with Senator Lausche
Senator Wiley issued independ-
emily of the committee report a
separate mimeographed state
ment from his Office declaring
that the committee report was
POLITICALLY loaded"
Senator Wiley, who often
speaks as an administration
defender in foreign policy mat
ters. also contended the COM
mittee report was falsely
promised" and illogical"
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the flight should not have
gone"
The report was signed by
Chairman Fulbright and 13 Of
the other l6 committee mem.
bers, Senator Capehart, Repub-
lican of Indiana, was the only
member who voted against the
complete report. He said he die
not think it promotes the best
interest of the United States
and International relations"
Senators Wiley, Republican
of Wisconsin, and Lausche
Democrat of Ohio, dissented to
some extent on two points.
"Of course, if the failure OF
the May l flight could have
been expected and foreseen
then the fight should not have
been dispatched" they said
This would hold true for all
the previous flights. But the
fact is that when the May
flight started on it's journey
every past experience justified
the conclusion that it would not
fail. Bad luck, not bad judg-
ment. was the true cause of the
May l incident"
Agreeing that the State and
Defense Departments and MA
SA neglected to sufficiently
coordinate the information
they gave to the public" the
two Senators maintained that
Mr.. Eisenhower not only had to
make a statement, but had to
state the truth.
Republican Senators Hicken-
looper Of Iowa, Aiken of Ver-
mont, Carlson of Kansas and
Williams of Delaware said in a
separate statement that they
approved the overall report
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Herkos Says
No Rees Wave
Reached Him

Peter Herkos, the Dutcl
mental telepathist, conceded
yesterday that he had received
no brain waves about Melvin
Davis Rees, jr., who has beer
charged by the FBI with mur
der in the Jackson and Harolc
cases.
Mr.. Herkos was brought her
earlier this month by DR.. F
Regis Reisenman, st. Elizabeth'
Hospital psychiatrist, to hell
solve the crimes.
After roaming around tn,
murder scenes in both tn,
jackson and Harold Staying
cases Mr.. Herkos said he re,
ceived a vision which led Il
the commitment of a Fairfa.
County trash man to an insane
asylum. No charges were placeC
against the man in connection
with the murders.
Reached by The Star il
Miami, Mr.. Herkos was asked
if he thinks the FBI has madt
a mistake in arresting Mr.
Rees in connection with botl
the jackson and Harold slay,
ings.
81 Did My Best"
II really couldn't answe,
that" said Mr.. Herkos. "Tht
name Rees means nothing tt
me. I'm not 100 per cent cor
rect. I'm maybe 85 per cen
right.
Il still think the Fairfax mar
is involved somehow. You havt
so many murders in your area
It's difficult to keep them al
straight. I did my best"
While investigating here Mr.
HerkoS did predict on the De
Malkie news shown on WMAL-
TV on June 10 that more evi,
dence in the Jackson cas-,
would be forthcoming in l.
days. Mr.. Rees was arrested
Friday, exactly IA days afte.
Mr.. Herkos made his predic
ton.
While being interviewed b,
phone in Miami, Mr.. Herko
asked a reporter if he wa
aware that he (Mr. Herkos
had predicted before the 10
hansson-Patterson fight tina
Johansson would lose in tn
fifth round.
MY prediction on the figh
was in all the papers" said MI
HerkoS.
However, this prediction wa
not carried in the Washington
newspapers and Bob Elliott
executive sports editor of tn,
Miami Herald, said it was no
in the Miami papers.
Meanwhile, DR.. Riesenmal
said that he has the highes
regard and respect for the FBI
If they charge a man
they've got a good reason" HI
said.
However, he conceded, "Mr
HerkoS is not infallible. Hi
work is an art-not a science.
Asked if he would bring MI
Herkos back here to help il
the case against Mr.. Rees, Dr.
RieSenman said Il don't thinl
the FBI would appreciat,
that"
Evening star., 1960-06-26

eral years." she told The Star.
II don't think a girl would
marry a man if she didn't
think he was a fine person"
she added.
The reasons for the failure of
that marriage are uncertain.
One woman in Hyattsville
thinks Rees' love Of music led
to his divorce. The trouble
was he was musician and his
wife didn't like his working
nights irregularly." she said.
A blond night club singer
who says she is now married
to Rees has another reason.
The first marriage was an in
tellectual one" she said yes
terday in Memphis where Rees
was arraigned. But this one lis
the real thing"
Fight to the End
She vows to fight this thing
right out to the end and prove
his innocence" She blames
Rees' implication in the mur-
ders on an "insanely jealous
former musician friend"
The friend, she says, accused
ReeS of the crimes in a letter
to the Governor of Virginia
two years ago. He did that be-
cause he was jealous of her
husbands musical ability, she
claims.
Last night Mrs. Rees accused
the FBI of persecution"
MY husband has been ques-
toned and re-questioned by
the FBI for months" she told
a reporter in Memphis. IF he
were guilty of murder, would
he have stayed here quietly
going about his business or
would he have taken an as
sumed name and run away?
And would he have con-
sented to a lie detector test if
he had been guilty of a lot of
murders in Virginia or Mary
land? Why doesn't the FBI
give the results of those tests?"
she asked.
She and Rees met three
years ago in the District, she
said.
"All Loved Him"
Dave made himself a friend
of the family was boarding
with. He taught the children
the piano and they all loved
him."
Mrs. Rees also was indignant
b ecause sheriff's deputies
would not let her send three
packages of cigarettes to her
husbands cell.
Jail rules allow prisoners
cigarettes, but they must be
bought through the jailer's Of
flee.
In West Memphis, the couple
has been living in a garage
apartment.
Rees continued his work as
a musician. For several years
after he left the university he
played with small orchestras.
In that time he lived at sew
eral places in the Washington
area, the FBI says. He also
gave private music lessons.
Rees occasionally played the
vibraphone for the Phil Trupp
Trio on a flll-ln basis.
The night the Jacksons dis
appeared, the trio was playing
at Harrigan's Restaurant. 729
Ninth street S.W. The FBI was
eager to know if Rees was with
them.
Neither Mr.. Trupp or the res
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Music Was All That Counted to Rees,
Recalled Here as Nice, Quiet Boy

Those who knew Melvin
Davis Rees, jr.. accused in the
Harold and Jackson murder
cases, agree that he was a nice,
quiet boy who seemed to have
one principal interest in life
his music.
He used to stay by himself
and all he was interested in
was playing his 'horn.'" a
neighbor in Hyattsville recalled
yesterday.
Dave Rees continued to dis
play that single interest. While
in the service overseas he
played with military bands.
When he came home, he was
still the same quiet saxophone
player who worked for small
jazz combos throughout the
Washington area.
Except for one occasion,
there was nothing in his back
ground to indicate that he
would be charged with the
murder of Mrs. Margaret
Harold and the Carroll v. Jack
son family deaths.
Charged With Assault
That one occasion was five
years ago when Rees was ar
rested and charged with as
sault.
A Prince George County
woman complained that Rees
accosted her near a bus stop
and asked her to enter his car.
When she refused, Rees pulled
her into the vehicle.
The case was dropped, how
ever, when the woman declined
10 prosecute.
On the pleasant suburban
street in Hyattsville where
Rees spent his teen-age years,
neighbors remember the boy
riding a bicycle.
But most felt the same way
as one man who said:
I'D know him if he walked
by, but I never really spoke
with him"
Dave Rees, now 81, is a ma
tive of Washington. He at
tended Edwards Military In
stitute at Salemburg, N. c., in
the early 1910, and in 1912 en-
rolled at the Woodward School
| for Boys here. He left that
school the following summer.
He graduated from the old
Hyattsville High School.
Rarely in Trouble
AS far as neighbors recall,
the most trouble young Rees
ever got into was occasionally
playing hooky from high
school.
He entered the Army in Oc-
| tober, 1916, and became a cor
poral before transferring to the
Air Force Band. While in
England with the Air Force,
Rees played with several mill
tary bands. In 1858 he received
his discharge in New York.
His service record was un-
blemiShed. the FBI says.
The FBI says Rees worked
briefly for the city of Balti-
more in the recreation depart
ment. Then he picked up the
threads of a college education
he had started while in the
service.
Rees had enrolled in the
University of Maryland's over
seas branch in England. In
1858 he attended summer
classes at College Park and
left four years later without a
degree.
Quiet Student
Again. there is nothing in
the records to indicate that
ReeS was anything more than
the typical, quiet student who
commuted from Hyattsville.
While in school, Rees mar
ried Elaine Rachmaninoff
Their marriage ended five years
later in divorce.
His former wife, who now
lives with her son in Balti-
more. declines to talk about
Rees.
Il haven't seen him for sew
Evening star., 1960-06-26

, a 1948 Chrysler and his ex-wife
had a green 1947 DeSoto.
The victims in the Lake
Waterford case, now married,
said they were visited by an
FBI agent several weeks ago.
The husband, who at the time
Of the 1857 assault wrestled
with the assailant while his
fiance escaped, said a picture
shown him by the FBI had
several features which resem-
bled his asSailant. He said his
wife made an even closer
Identification.
II recognized the shape of
his mouth" the husband said.
In the picture, he looked like
he was scared and that's just
the way he looked that night.
He was every bit Of 6-feet-3
and the weight figures to be
about right, too.
He talked like an educated
man"
The husband said the couple
gave the FBI agent a picture of
them which the agent had re-
quested to be shown to Rees.
The assailant In the Lake
Waterford case was linked 70
the Harold murder case, not
only because of the proximity
of location and the car descrip-
tion but also because a cord
found in the slayer's basement
hideout near the Harold shoot
ing matched the cord used to
tie the hands of the man in the
Lake Waterford incident.
Arrested Friday
The FBI said its Investigation
, narrowed down to Rees within
the last several months. Mr..
Hoover said nearly 1900 sus-
poets were checked out before
the FBI settled on Rees.
Reese was arrested by FBI
agents in West Memphis, Ark,
on Friday and charged with
unlawful flight to avoid prose-
cution in connection with the
Harold murder. He was ar
, raigned on that charge before
the United States Commits
sioner in Memphis, Tenn, and
was being held in lieu of $50, 900
bond in the Shelby County Jail.
Rees was arraigned again
last night at the Shelby Coun-
ty jail shortly after FBI agents
got a warrant in Baltimore
charging him with the kidnap-
murder of two members of
the Jackson family.
He appeared detected as ne
sat with head bowed during
the five minute hearing. He
made no statement.
Again, he was held under
s5O,Ooo bond and again United
Evening star., 1960-10-29
Kitchens
With
Drono

The ideal kitchen is Q
smooth blend. Of eficiency
and beauty. highlighted with
. dash Of drama. So say de-
Signers.
/. That combination is not
too difficult to achieve II you
can afford it.
Architects have been turn
ing out kitchens that rival
the living room for beauty.
! All those necessary storage
cabinets, for example, can
become works Of art. The
kind Of material used will be
. matter Of personal taste.
:, The favorite finish for
wood kitchen cabinets is q
clear plastic lacquer which
displays the natural beauty
of the wood while protect
ing from grease, water
and steam. Several coats Of
the lacquer should be ap-
piled over q primary sealer
coat.
Choice Of hardware offers
another chance for indi-
Evening star., 1960-10-29

presented with the medal Of
service of Omega Tau Rho
for her activities on behalf
Of the National Women's
Council. She is also President
of the Montgomery Hills
Businessmen'S Association.
Mrs. Platt will head the
Sales Department of Beers
Brothers, Inc. Mr.. Beers,
president of the corporation
which was founded in l948, is
a past president of the Mont
gomery County Board of
Realtors. David N. Beers Is
Vice President. Secretary =.
treasurer Of the corporation
is John N. Beers.
Evening star., 1960-10-29
Mrs. PIott Joins
Beers Bros, Inc.

: Willard E. Beers. president
of Beers Brothers. Inc, and
Mrs. Lee Frew Platt today
announced merger Of their
real estate brokerage firms.
/ Mrs. Platt has been In the
real estate field here since
1850. She has operated her
own general brokerage BUSH
ness since 1858. is vice-presi-
: dent Of the Washington Area
Women's Council Of the Ma
tiOnal Association Of Real
Estate Boards, and Is a Di-
rector Of the National Wom-
ems Council. serving as gov
ernor for Maryland.
Last week, Mrs. Platt was
Evening star., 1960-10-29

viduality and beauty in the
kitchen. It can range from
wrought iron for an old
fashioned theme to contem-
porary copper. or it can be
completely concealed within
Evening star., 1960-10-29

the cabinet doors so that no
hardware shows at all, and
doors open by finger pres
sure.
Counter tops Of tough
laminated plastic are avail
Evening star., 1960-10-29

able in many patterns and
every color in the rainbow
to combine beauty with util-
ity. Flooring tiles, too, can
be had in lovely colors and
patterns.
Evening star., 1960-10-29

Socially desirable prestige of large homes off Bradley
Blvd, close in. Center-hal plan; large dining room
finest 1860 kitchen with dnette space; powder
Upstairs, delightful bedrooms baths Paneled recrea
ton with fireplace. Screened porch, garage.
From Wise. Ape. Bradley BUd BurlnO
to Honeywell, left to Bopley
Evening star., 1960-11-13

away from the riot scene individu-
ally and in small groups. The sit
uation was, for the moment, in
hand.
But the "colonS" have not quit,
and the Army officers as well as
the restless rank-and-flle are still
unhappy about the prospect of an
Algeria run by Algerians. Yester-
day Algiers. Oran and Constantine
were quiet, but the quiet was not
one of serenity. OminouSly, the
leaders of the "colons" awaited
word from their right-wing allies
In Paris, where the opposition to
Gen. de Gaulle is trying diligently
to unite all factions opposed to
the austere President so that his
government can be defeated in the
National Assembly.
But the "colons" and their po-
litical allies are treading warily,
for they know they are dealing
with the Constable of France"
And in Spain, where he is taking
De Gaulle-enforced holiday, the
former commander of the French
Army in Algeria. Gen. Raoul Sal
an, declared that a French civil
war over the Algerian issue would
be "unthinkable and ineXcusable."
Evening star., 1960-11-13
THE FOREIGN SCENE
Algeria: Where Solutions Don't Last

France from tragic defeat to
proud rebirth in World War II
would brook no challenges from
the Algerians. the Army. or any
one else.
Swiftly and sternly, he called
the sullen generals and colonels
OF Algeria to their duty. The bar
ricades in the streets were broken,
the vociferous Europeans dis
PEELED. their leaders conscripted
into military service-and military
discipline and isolated from
their "Algerie Franchise" support
erS.
When Jacques Soustelle, once a
close and vigorous Gaullist and
the moving spirit of the colon"
resistance in Algeria, resisted the
de Gaulle policies. he was ousted
forthwith from the cabinet and
relegated to outer darkness.
But the Algerian Frenchmen ap-
parently have the situation an
alyzed as one in which they have
everything to lose and nothing
to gain through self-determina-
ton. They are tiny minority in
a vast territory populated by Mos
lens and Berbers who are not,
will not. and cannot. be French
men" by mere government edict.
They are certain. and they are
doubtless correct in their certain
ty. that self-determination by vote
Of the Algerians themselves will
mean independence for Algeria.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
How Did 1t Happen?

How did Senator Kennedy, the
43-year-old Bostonian, overcome
what were widely believed to be
lnSurmountable obstacles, to be-
come the youngest man ever elect
ed President and the first of the
Roman Catholic faith in this pre-
dominantly Protestant country?
Everyone has his own explana-
ton. Some pointed to solid labor
support; others to the fact that
he got between rs and 80 per
cent of the Negro vote; and still
others to the heavy backing from
Catholics and Jews. Many persons
also credited Senator Lyndon B.
johnson, Mr.. Kennedy's running
mate, with bringing Texas back
to the Democratic fold and keep
ing most of the South loyal.
But from the fact that Mr.. Ken
nedy ran behind congressional
Democratic candidates by 2 per
cent, on a national average, and
from analyses of certain precinct
and area votes. it is apparent that
the religious issue was a highly
significant one. This seems clear:
sMr. Kennedy lost Tennessee
and perhaps Oklahoma and sew
sral Midwest States because Of
nUl-CatholiciSm.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Many Protests

On Friday. with more than 1900
precincts and 10000 absentee bal
lots for California still to be
counted, the Republican National
Committee did some counting of
its own. 1t found it had received
more than 5000 kilograms alleg-
ing improprieties in Tuesdays bal
loting in II States with a total
of 161 electoral votes.
If the recountS were to swing
as Of these 161 votes from Mr..
Kennedy to Mr.. Nixon. the ap-
parent Democratic victory could bs
reversed-provided. also that Mr..
Nixon overcomes slight Kennedy
lead in California and captures
that States 80 votes and Alaska's
3.
Senator Morton. the Republican
National Chairman. started NOV
ing. With the committees ap-
proval but not Mr.. Nixon's he
asked the II State G. o. P. chair
men to take legal action to obtain
recountS.
The Republicans chief hope in
the recount is Illinois, where 27
votes are at stake. With only 13
precincts still to be tailed. Mr..
Kennedy has an edge of only
5,490 in a total vote of At mil
lion. New Jersey Q6. South
Carolina (8), Nevada go and New
Mexico (4) also are extremely
close.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Leaders Involved

The implementation Of his
views, which envision a liberal
legislative program. will depend.
of course, on how well he and
his congressional leaders, Vice
President-elect Johnson and
Speaker Rayburn. can deliver.
The task these legislative vet
Grams will face beginning next
January Is more formidable than
it was in the outgoing Congress.
Although both Houses will still be
overwhelmingly Democratic the
margins will be reduced.
The Republican gains. however
modest, strengthen the conserva-
tive G. o. P.-Southern Democratic
coalition, particularly in the
House. And with the Republican
congressional leaders. Senator
Dirksen of Illinois and Represent
ative Halleck Of Indiana, no longer
required by party politics to back
liberal" Eisenhower legislative re-
quests. they are free to follow
their conservative bent. They may
be counted upon to help lead the
opposition to the expected rush
of liberal legislation in Mr.. Ken
nedy's first hundred days"
One of the stumbling blocks the
Kennedy administration will run
into-and possibly try to run over
- is the powerful House Rules
Committee. Headed by Represent
ative Smith of Virginia and DOM