davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-06-06

remember when you go on a
longer trip. 1t is better to take
too much than too little
(such as food and clothing).
1t seems you get more hun
cry outdoors and you move
about more.
We find sleeping bags and
air mattresses are better than
cots. You're warmer.
Our main reason for camp
ing is you meet such interest
ing people. 1t cuts our ex-
penses about in half and it's
fun for the whole family. It's
fun to rough it because you
know you always have your
home to come back to.
Filling stations usually
carry crushed ice but the
block kind lasts longer.
Happy camping.
x
Non-SuIt Food
Mrs. E. c., Herndon
Would some reader please
Evening star., 1960-06-06

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1960-06-06
Presidents Descendant to Morrv

Mr.. and Mrs. John Cross
of Cambridge and Duxbury,
Mass. announce the engage
ment of their daughter Linda
Ballantine to Mr.. Kermit
Roosevelt, jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roosevelt of this city
and Nantucket, Mass.
Miss Cross is the grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Atwood Ballantine of
New York City and of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Cross of
Weston, Mass. She is a grad
uate of Beaver Country Day
School in Chestnut Hill,
Mass, and now attends Rad
cliffe College.
Miss Cross was presented
at the Debutante Cotillion in
Boston in 1858 and is a MEM
ber of the Vincent Club.
Mr.. Roosevelt is the grand
Evening star., 1960-06-06

inform me where in D. c. I
can get non salt foods. I've
heard there are store special
izing in such goods. Thank
YOU.
Evening star., 1960-06-06

son Of Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt.
sr., of New York City and the
late Mr.. Roosevelt, and OF
Mrs. Mary Avery Gaddis of
Cambridge and the late Mr..
Houston Caddis. He is the
great-grandson Of President
Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr.. Roosevelt is an alum
nus Of Groton and will be
graduated this June from
Harvard, where he is a mem
ber Of the Hasty Pudding In
Evening star., 1960-06-06

Va NOOA % NAASAS
are precautions
necessary to
make it pleas
ant & comfort
able. Sun and
W a t er play
havoc on your
skin as well as
Evening star., 1960-06-06

stitute of ITO and the Spec
Club.
A September wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1960-06-06
Charm Ss!s
By Helen Ryan
VACATION TIME

You've worked so hard all year,
and it certainly is about time
for that well-earned vacation.
Since it will be- mostly spent out
Evening star., 1960-06-06
Educational
Standards

Mrs. G. Q. NJ, Kent
I would like to know the
difference between the Eng
lish college standards and
our own. What subjects do
they require? Are their
courses honored in colleges
here or ours there? Is it very
difficult to be accepted there?
Many thanks for all answers.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Microphone Seals Doom
OF ABS Men in Mine

COALBROOK, South Africa
Feb. 4 (AP).-The last hope
died today for survival of any
of the 435 miners trapped by a
rockfall in the Clydesdale coal
mine.
A microphone lowered
through a newly completed
9-inch borehole to the SIS
foot level, where all were be-
lieved imprisoned by the plung-
ing rock two weeks ago, picked
up only the gurgling of water,
no human voice.
The fate of these men-six
whites and 429 Africans
shaped up as the second
worst mine disaster in history
The toll of human life was
greater only in the tragedy of
the Honekeiko colliery in Man
churia April 26, 1912. There
l,549 miners lost their lives.
Trapped with the Clydesdale
miners we're As pit ponies.
Thirty other ponies were saved
early in the relief operations by
nine teams who found them in
an area where deadly coal gas
was believed concentrating.
The microphone lowered to-
day carried an attached loud
speaker and light to attract
any survivors. For an hour
mine officials called down in
four languages-English, Afri-
kaanS, Besuto and Shangaan.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Mrs. lHommedieu,
Once Active in OES

Mrs. Florence E. L'Hom-
medieu, 81, a District resident
nearly 40 years died Tuesday
in the Kensington Gardens
Sanitarium in Kensington.
Mrs. L'Hommedieu, the for
mer Florence Cornwell of New
York, moved to Havre de Grace,
Md, with her husband in 1913.
Mr.. L'Hommedieu died in 1916.
Mrs. L'Hommedieu had been
living with her daughter, Mrs.
Edith M. Mccullough, at 2942
Newark street NV,
While living here, Mrs.
L'Hommedieu was active with
the Naomi chapter of the order
of the Eastern Star. She also
attended All Souls Memorial
Episcopal Church at Cathedral
avenue and Woodley road NV.
Besides Mrs. Mccullough, she
leaves another daughter, Mrs.
John Boerum Of Lynbrook, Long
Island, N. Y; two sons, Samuel
j., of 2739 Mckinley street
NV, and Arthur P, of Peconic,
N. Y, 10 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 9
am. tomorrow in the Chevy
Chase Funeral Home at 5103
Wisconsin avenue NV. Burial
will be in Angel Hill Cemetery
at Havre de Grace.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Mrs. Cooper, 81,
Lived in District
For Is Years

Mrs. Leila Cooper, 90, died
yesterday in a hospital here
after a prolonged illness.
Mrs. Cooper was born in 1867
near Louisville. KY, and moved
to Washington 25 years ago.
She lived at 1904 Fourteenth
street NV.
She leaves four sons: William
W.. SGT Lebaum street Sc;
MiluS j., 4430 Nichols avenue
.S.W.; J. Burnham, Franklin
Hotel, and Jabe, of Richmond
Va, and daughter, Miss Mary
E., also of 4430 Nichols avenue
S.W.
Mrs. Cooper leaves six grand
children: Mrs. J. E. Chacona,
l6l Elmira street S.W.; Mary
August, Clinton, Md: Jabe
Cooper, Mrs. Patricia Miller and
Roy Summers, all of Richmond
Va, and eight great-grandchil-
dren.
The body will be at the Hines
Funeral Home, 290l Fourteenth
street NV, until 10 O'Clock to-
night. Burial will be at Towel
Cemetery in Hopkinsville, KY.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Joseph Smith
Section Chief

Joseph A. Smith, so, chief of
the statistical services section,
Civil Service Commission, died
yesterday at his residence at
$500 Wheeler road Sc, of
cancer.
Mr.. Smith began his career
with the Government during
the 1880 census and later work.
ed for the departments Of
Agriculture, Labor and the
Social Security Administration
before transferring to the Civil
Service Commission in l943.
He leaves his wife, Naomi; !;
a son, Richard. of the home
address; six brothers, Daniel H.,
Wilbur and Sanford P, of
Honesdale. Pa, Wilson B., Ed
ward j., and Lee W.. and a
sister, Mrs. Harvey Walsh, of
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Friends may call at Gawler's
c APPEL. 1855 Pennsylvania
avenue N. W.. from 9 am. to 10
pm. today. Services will be held
in Honesdale, Pa. with burial
in the family plot at Pleasant
Mount, Pa.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be in the
form of donations to Children's S
Hospital or the American Cam
Ger Society.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Mrs. Thompson,
SchooIteucher,
Wife of Colonel

Mrs. Juaniata r. Thompson,
AZ, a schoolteacher and wife
of Army Lt. Col. Robert w.
Thompson, died at l:30 am.
today at Walter Reed Army
Hospital.
Mrs. Thompson, who had
lived here with her family at
210 Brunswick avenue, Silver
Spring, was born in Martins
burg, Pa, and attended schools
there before graduation from
Indiana State Teachers College.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa.
she taught at Greensburg, Pa;
Brunswick. N. j., and the
American School in Tokyo. She
and her husband were married
in 194l.
She was a member of the
New Jersey Order of the East
ern Star, Grand Chapter, Allah
No. 2ll. and a member here of
the Transportation Corps
Women's Club. Col Thompson
is stationed at Arlington Hall
with the Army Transportation
Corps.
She leaves her husband, her
mother, Mrs. c. Guy Barley of
Martinsburg; a sister, Mrs. D.
Herbert Lehman of Martins
burg, and two brothers, H.
Richard Barley of Glen Rock,
N. j., and John j. Barley of
Baltimore.
Services will be at 2:3O pm.
at the K. R. Miller Funeral
Home in Martinsburg with
burial in Fairview Cemetery
there.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Miss Slick, 81,
Marjorie Webster
Department Head

Funeral services for Miss Ma
belle Slick, 81, who died here
yesterday, were held today at
Hysong'S Funeral Home.
Miss Slick retired last June
as head of the speech and
drama department at Marjorie
Webster College here.
Born in Sutherland, Iowa,
she attended schools there be-
fore receiving a bachelors de-
gree in speech from Columbia
College in Chicago. She then
did graduate work at Drake
University. Northwestern Uni
versity and the University of
British Columbia.
She came to Marjorie Webster
in 1889 and had remained there
until her retirement.
Following her retirement she
had gone to live with a niece in
Short Hills, N. j., but returned
here recently for medical treat
ment.
She leaves two sisters, Mrs.
E. A. Mcfarland of Short Hills.
and Mrs. L. r. Hurless of Storm
Lake, Iowa. Burial will be in
Sunset Hill Cemetery in Ed
wardsville, Ill.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
F. Kemp MohIer Dies;
Leading Builder Here

District chapter of Associated
General Contractors, Mr..
Mohler was at one time an
active member of the Variety
Club and the Kiwanis.
He leaves his wife, the for
mer Miss Eda Grupen of Pitts
burgh. Of the home address,
and two sisters, Mrs. J. G..
Fulton of Grottos, Va, and
Mrs. Charles Patterson of Har-
riston, Va.
He also leaves three broth
ers. j. william Mohler, of 46l3
Chevy Chase boulevard, Chevy
Chase; j. Rupert Mohler. jr.,
of 1921 Van Ness street NV,
and John A. Mohler. of 55l8
Prospect street. Chevy Chase.
Services will be held at 2:l5
pm. tomorrow at Gawler's Fu-
neral Home, 1855 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Burial in Arling-
ton Cemetery will be private.
The family requests that ex-
preSsions of sympathy be made
in the form of donations to
the American THEOLOGICAL Re-
search Foundation, in care of
DR.. William P. Herbst, 1901 I
street NV.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
BY DAVID S. BRODER
Star Staff Writer

A group of House Republi-
cans has begun a quiet cam.
paign to make Representative
Laird, Republican of Wisconsin
chairman of the platform COM
mittee Of the 1860 G. .O.P. con-
vention.
The hitherto unpublicizeo
drive is being sparked by Rep
resentative Byrnes, chairman
of the House Republican Policy
Committee and a close ally oi
House Minority Leader Halleck
1t repeatedly has won the
backing of many of Mr.. Laird s
young Republican colleagues, q
group known in sop. circles
as the "Squarecuts," for their
distinctive flattop haircuts.
Laird Interested
Mr.. Laird acknowledged to-
day that he was aware of the
drive and said he was Inter
ested in the position and very
fattered to be considered" for
Evening star., 1960-02-04
By ROBERT E. CLARK


Chairman John c. Doerfer
of the Federal Communications
Commission still doesn't agree
with Attorney General Rogers
that the FEC has the power it
needs to end deceptive prac-
tees on radio-TV.
Neither the recently conclud-
ed FEC hearings on the
problem nor Mr.. Rogers blunt
ly-worded December report to
the President have altered the
opinion of Mr.. Doerfer that
specific laws are needed to pro-
vide the police powers nearly
everyone now thinks his agency
should have.
The FEC chairman also has
reservations about the Attorney
Generals proposal to give the
regulatory agency the authori-
ty to suspend broadcasting
licenses temporarily. He thinks
it might be better to provide
the FEC with new powers of
injunction so that offending
programs could be ordered to
cease and deSist" without the
lengthy hearings now required.
Agree on Outlawing PayOIa
Mr.. Doerfer and Mr.. Rogers
are in agreement on one point.
however-the need for a law
making it a Federal crime for
any employe of a broadcasting
station to accept payole.
The Attorney General said in
a report to the White House
that the FEC has the power
to require radio-TV broadcast
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Housing Bill
0kd in House
BY the Associated Press

A billion-dollar housing bill
was approved today by the
housing subcommittee of the
House in the face of Republi-
can charges that it was forced
draft imitation"
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Rains, Demo-
crat of Alabama, approved the
program as part of a one-year
emergency bill designed to pre-
vent what Mr.. Rains called a
threatened slump in construc-
ton to dangerously low
level"
Republican members of the
subcommittee led by Repre-
sentative McDonough of Cali
fornia, contended there is no
economic emergency hich
would justify inflationary
spending, and declared:
I'VE suspect that someplace
along the line, this bill will be
put to sleep quietly and that it
won't even reach the desk of
the President.
I'VE think this presently mis-
guided effort to orbit Federal
spending will be allowed to
fizzle out on the pad"
The Republicans say that if
passed the bill will be vetoed.
The subcommittee voted on
party lines, with Democrats
voting to send the bill to the
House Banking Committee for
consideration and probable ap-
proval some time next month.
Il expect the bill will pass
the House by an overwhelming
majority" Mr.. Rains said.
There is a lot of interest
among members of Congress of
bOOA4 PdL llCo VIII dl { SSIIlIlR
letters bitter about excessive
discounts charged home-mort-
gage borrowers"
The subcommittee has heard
testimony that discounts are
highest on the Pacific Coast,
the South and Southwest. Mr..
Rains said they are "outra-
geouSly high" in California.
Discounts are lowest in New
England, New York and Chi
cage.
The subcommittee knocked
out of the bill proposed man
datory reduction in the FHA
insurance charge, from p to "a
per cent of the loan. Instead, a
reduction in the premium
within a range of "a to l per
cent would be made discre-
tionary with the housing ad-
ministrator.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Mrs. Horst, 80,
Church Worker

Mrs. Valentine Horst, 80, an
active church worker here since
1915, died Monday at the Alta
Vista Nursing Home in Be-
thesda.
She lived with a daughter,
Mrs. George S. Smith, at 5419
Burling road, Bethesda.
The former Margaret Han
son, Mrs. Horst was born in
West Virginia and came to the
Washington area in 1916.
She was an active member
of the waugh Methodist
Church, Third and A streets
NE.
Mrs. Horst, whose husband,
a retired Army officer, died in
l949, leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Eugene Gray, of 5002 Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda; a son,
Claude Decatur Horst, of Liv-
lngston, Va; two brothers,
Jesse Floyd Hanson and Will
son Hanson, of West Virginia
and nine grandchildren and
IL great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at $3.50 am. tomorrow at the
Pumphrey Funeral Home in
Bethesda. Burial will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
John J. Keurney,
Former Lawyer,
GAO Investigator

John ]. Kearney, "a, former
lawyer and Government worker,
died at his home Monday after
a long illness.
A native of Cumberland, Md,
Mr.. Kearney attended St.
Mary's Seminary in Baltimore
and st. Charles College in
Catonsville, Md, before re-
ceiving his law degree from
Georgetown University Law
School.
He was associated with the
former Mohun and Elliott law
firm from 1928 to 1884. After
practicing law for seven years,
he Joined the General Account
ing Office as an investigator
In 1912 he was appointed GUS
todian of the Senate Office
Building, where he served four
years. He worked at the
Raleigh Hotel after leaving his
Government work He lived at
1914 Sixteenth street NV.
Mr.. Kearney leaves a brother
Matthew E. of Cumberland, Md.
Funeral services will be held
at st. Patrick's Roman Catho-
lie Church, Cumberland, at 10
am. tomorrow. Burial will be
IN st. Mary's Cemetery, Cum
berland.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Mrs. Scheirer;
AVeterun Nurse,
Perry Descendant

Mrs. Irma Scheirer, for 30
years a nurse in local hospitals,
died Tuesday at Doctors Hos
pital.
Mrs. Scheirer was born in
Cadiz. Ohio, and attended
schools there before coming to
the District. She was graduated
from District General Hospital
as a nurse about 1880.
She was a direct descendant
of Commodore Oliver Hazard
Perry, hero of the Battle of
Lake Erie during the War of
1912.
Following her graduation,
Mrs. Scheirer served at George
Washington University Hospi-
tai, Children's Hospital and
Casualty Hospital. She was
married % years ago and until
moving recently to $50 Keat-
ing street in Hillcrest Heights,
Md, the Scheirers had lived in
Fairfax Village in Southeast
Washington.
She leaves her husband,
George Scheirer, and two
daughters, Mary and Louise
Scheirer of the home address:
two brothers, Linton Hoagland
Of Dennison, Ohio, and Charles
Hoagland of Hawthorne. Calf.
Services will be held at IL
am. tomorrow at Simmons
Bros. Funeral Home. 1920 Good
Hope road Sc, with burial in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Panama DisIikes
U. S. Flag Stand

PANAMA, Feb. 4 (AP) The
Foreign Office today warned in
effect that a resolution ap-
proved by the United States
House of Representatives op-
posing flying of Panama's flag
in the Canal Zone is a threat
to relations between the two
countries.
An official statement said the
resolution would imply a de-
plorable attempt against nor
NAL relations between Panama
and the United States"
The House Tuesday voted,
380-12, for a resolution that
said any change in, the in
depreciation of United States
Panamanian treaties should be
made only by treaty.
The statement said the reso-
luton was 'injuridical and
highly prejudicial."
The flag issue has touched
off demonstrations in Panama
by Nationalists who wish to
assert the republics sover-
eighty over the United States
governed zone.
Evening star., 1960-02-04

F. Kemp Mohler, 81, promi-
nent area contractor, died yes
terday at Washington Hospital
center.
Mr.. Mohler, who lived at
420l Massachusetts avenue
NV, operated his Mohler
Construction Co. here for the
last 80 years.
The firm, now at 1928 Con-
necticut avenue NV, built one
of the areas first shopping
centers. in Silver Spring, in
1898.
In addition to several dial
centers for the Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co.. Mr..
Mohler was particularly proud
of his work on st. Sophia's
Greek Orthodox Church.
A native of Weyers Cave, Va,
Mr.. Mohler was a son of Jacob
Rupert and Gertrude Hester
Mohler. He served in the Army
during World War I, and was
stationed here.
He was member of the Ma
tional Presbyterian Church.
A member Of the Master
Builders Association, Inc, the
Evening star., 1960-02-04
D. c. Test Out,
Kennedy Insists

Senator Kennedy, Democrat
of Massachusetts,, today re-
peated his decision not to enter
the District of Columbia presi-
Dental primary.
At a press conference in
which he announced his entry
in the West Virginia and Indi-
ana primaries, he was asked
why he is not going to run in
the District Of Columbia, where
Senators Humphrey of Mime
sofa and Morse of oregon are
expected to file.
Senator Kennedy noted that
"the District of Columbia
is not a State" and said his
entry in seven State primaries
seemed to him to offer Suffi-
cient opportunity for a test of
sentiment on his candidacy.
At the same time, Senator
K enn dy described Senator
Morse as a serious candidate.
Any man who enters a primary
outside his own State is "seri-
Gus about his desire for the
presidency" the Massachusetts,
contender said.
He declined comment, how
ever. on the suggestion that
Senator Morse's efforts damage
Senator Humphrey more than
they cut into the Kennedy
chances.
This, linked with his repeated
refusal to enter the local
Humphrey-MorSe race, seemed
to indicate that Senator Ken
nedy would be more than salts
fed to see Senator Morse en-
gage Senator Humphrey in a
heated contest here.
Evening star., 1960-02-04

Getting no answer, they hauled
up the rig.
Next they planned to lower
a cloSed-circuit TV camera to
get a look at the area. The
camera and lights we're housed
in a torpedo-shaped canister
with windows for the lens and
light bulbs.
A technician said the opera
tion would take several hours.
Work continued on a large
emergency shaft by which it is
hoped to bring the victims
bodies to the surface.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Toruh Presented
To Eisenhower

A delegation from the Jewish
Theological Seminary of Amer
ica presented a Hebrew Torah
to President Eisenhower today.
DR.. Louis Finkelstein, chan
cellor of the seminary, said the
scroll is more than 100 years
old. 1t came from the syna-
gogue of Marburg in Germany.
The Torah contains the five
books of Moses, hand-written
by scribeS and used for scrip
tural readings in synagogue
services.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Jet Tanker
Crash Kills
Six AT Men

ROSWELL, N. Mex, Feb. 4
(AP).ASix men were killed yes
terday when a fuel-laden Jet
tanker plane spun out of con-
troll on takeoff from Walker Air
Force Base, and crashed into
two sister ships, some parked
cars and hangar.
Two other men were missing.
The Air Force planned to sift
the ashes Of the hangar today
in another search for bodies.
Five of the dead were aboard
the four-engine KC-135. They
were S/Sergt. George w. Short,
Bell Gardens, Calf; 1st 1t.
James j. Muller. Woodbury.,
N. j.; Mai. James F. Kelleher,
Geneva, N. Y; Mai. James w.
Mccormick, Homer City, Pa;
and Mai. William L. Burke, 40,
of Flint, Mich, the instructor
pilot.
Identities of the sixth dead
man, and the two missing men,
were withheld until next of
kin are notified.
Flames which engulfed the
three tankers were fed by tons
of jet fuel, triggered by explod-
ing magnesium flares.
The tower officer at Walker,
Capt. Forrest Demays, said the
four-engined jet was halfway
down the runway on what
seemed to be a normal take
off. Then, he said:
The plane veered to the
left side of the runway with
the left wing striking the
ground. The pilot apparently
regained control for an instant,
but then the aircraft continued
a ground roll in the direction
of the parked KC-135s."
The hangar, used for Offices
and parachute maintenance,
burned swiftly.
Seriously injured in the
hanger was TiSgt. Carlton
Price. He was blown from the
building and burned over so
per cent of his body. He was
flown yesterday to San Antonio,
Tex, for treatment.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Popular U. S. Drink

DES MONIES. - American
fresh-milk consumption aver
aged 35.2 gallons a person dur
ing 1858, the same as in 1857.
Coffee drinking climbed six
tenths of a gallon to 28.7 gall
Ions per person, while tea con-
sumption dropped tenth of a
gallon for an average of 6.8.
Evening star., 1960-02-04
Col. W. P. Johnston
Mass Set SATURDAY.

A memorial mass for Col.
Winant P. Johnston, SO. author,
sculptor and embassy officer
who died January 26 at Wal
ter Reed Army Hospital, will
be said at 9 am. Saturday at
Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
Col. Johnston, who retired
from the Army after World
War II, had served in various
embassies in Latin America.
He was the author of q text
On aerial photography.