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Evening star., 1960-02-22
7 Children Die
AS Home Burns

OBERLIN, Ohio. Feb. %
(AP). Seven children were
burned to death last night in a
flash fire which swept through
two bedrooms at the rear of a
one-Story frame home on the
south side of this college town
Fire department officials said
the flames were fed by oil from
a faulty heater, which was in
one of the bedrooms.
The victims ranged in age
from 6 months to 8 years.
Two 4-year-old boys and
three adults escaped unharmed.
The adults. Mrs. Lucille Isom,
"a, and Mrs. Mary alone, 20,
sisters, were with their mother,
Mrs. Sylvia Malone, in the front
part of the seven-room home.
The victims were five Isom
children: Sheila, 8, Linda, 5,
Dennis, 8, MarShelle, 11a, and
William, 6 months; and two
Malone children, Diane, 8, and
Martin. jr., 2.
Both parents were outside
screaming when we got there, "
fireman H. A. Edwards said.
There wasn't much we could
do to save those kids. The rooms
went up like a tinder box. When
we broke in a door, there was
a sheet of flame"
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Child, 3, Is Killed
AS Uncle Fires
Shotgun in Fight

A 3-year-old child was killed
by a shotgun blast last night
during a fight between the
child's grandmother and his
uncle.
Police charged the uncle,
Theodore Tunley, 43, a Fort
Belvoir dishwasher, with hom-
icide after he admitting firing
the gun at Mrs. Madeline
Dyson. 54. at 1417 Park road
NV.
Homicide squad Detective
Kelly said the child, James
Dockery of 1417 Park road
NV, was killed instantly by
a IL gauge shotgun blast in
his chest.
According to police, Tunley
said he was attending a family
gathering in the Dyson apart
ment where he rents a room.
He said he had given some
money to Mrs. Dyson for safe
keeping and asked for it. He
said Mrs. Dyson refused him
his money and the shooting
followed.
Police said the child's par
ents, James and Faye Dockery.
were working at the time.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Cyprus Talks
To Be Resumed

LONDON, Feb. % (AP). -
Britain announced last night
the resumption of formal ne
gotiations with Cypriot leaders
in an effort to speed the inde-
pendence of Cyprus.
A Foreign once statement
said the Undersecretary OF
State for the Colonies, Julian
Amery. will f1y to Cyprus to-
morrow to continue talks brok-
en- off nearly two weeks ago.
Cyprus was due to become an
independent republic March 19
under a London agreement of
last year. But before releasing
its political grip on the island,
Britain wants to be sure of re-
tanning two military base areas
covering 100 square miles.
President-elect MakarioS of
Cyprus has refused to concede
so big an area.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Wintry Utah Moneuver
Tests Toughest Troops

CAMP w. G. WILLIAMS,
Utah, Feb. % (AP).-More
than 100 of the Army's tough
est soldiers-the "cloak and
dagger troops" - parachuted
into an icy slipstream from
$3.50 feet and landed quietly
in 5 feet of powdered snow.
theoretically they were deep
inside enemy territory. charged
with a dangerous mission in a
cold, unfriendly land whose
people were at war with the
United States.
Actually, it was only Utah
in January. But for cold and
vaStneSs, Utah in January can
remind you of North Korea
or Northeastern Germany. At
times. the weather-weary claim
it even smacks of Siberia it.
self. Perhaps that's why they
practice here.
Wallowing out Of the thick
white snow of Utah's Wasatch
Mountains east of Salt Lake
City. these toughest of GIs
mounted skis and went to work
testing North Carolina training
against rugged, frigid terrain at
elevations of 5000 feet and up.
At War With the Elements
1t was practice, but in truth
the elements were at war with
the Army. Except for their
first skirmish on skis with the
snow, the troops conquered a
Rocky Mountain winter.
They seemed destined to win.
These rock-hard individualiSts,
bound together in the 77th
Special Forces Group at Fort
Bragg, N. c., have already sur
vived perhaps the toughest
training ever arranged for an
American fighting man. And
yet they aren't supposed to
fight at all, but rather learn to
slip silently behind the enemy's
back and organize fifth COL
umnistS.
For nearly five weeks now,
the men of the 77th practiced
Evening star., 1960-02-22


Mr.. Eisenhower said in
answer to news conference
questions on February 8 that
he leaned toward furnishing
Allied nations with nuclear
weapon information already
known to the Russians. He
said it would be better in the
interest of the United States to
have the law liberalized on this
matter.
Two days later the White
House said there was no present
plan to ask Congress for per-
mission to transfer nuclear
weapons or further nuclear in
formation to United States al
lies. The White House state
ment added that like all major
policy matters the subject was
under continuing review in the
Executive Branch"
Senator Humphrey said the
question this country should be
trying to decide "is how can
we control and reduce these
weapons Of mass destruction,
not how can we best give them
away"
Senator Humphreys state
ment yesterday was made in
connection with the release of
a summary of United Nations
actions on disarmament at the
last General Assembly session,
compiled by the Senate Dis
Evening star., 1960-02-22

armament Subcommittee Of
which he is chairman.
Il do not disagree with the
President when he says that
alliances should be maintained
on the basis of mutual trust and
confidence" the Senator as
serted. Il would 60 a lot further
than the President is willing to
go in consulting with our allies
in Europe, in Latin America, in
Africa, and in Asia about the
course Of United States policy.
But this does not mean that
every weapon we produce or in
vent must Immediately or even
eventually be shared with and
given to the armed forces of
countries with whom we have
defense commitments"
Senator Humphrey said he is
convinced free world nations
want the nuclear countries to
prevent the spread of nuclear
weapons, halt production of
fashionable materials for weap-
onS and devise measures to pre-
vent production of nuclear
weapons SurreptitiouSly.
Once several countries pos
sesS nuclear weapons" he ad-
ded. reduction and control will
become immensely more diff
cult, if not impossible"
Evening star., 1960-02-22
ITALY
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mentary debate. A decision was
delayed by the State funeral
today for former Premier
Adone zoli. who died Saturday.
The Liberal Party head,
Giovanni Malagodi, asked the
conservative free enterprise
groups national council to
withdraw its support from Mr..
Segni after criticizing Mr..
Gronchi's state visit to Mos
COW and charging that foreign
Minister Giuseppe Pella had
threatened Italy's withdrawal
from the North Atlantic
Alliance. Mr.. Pella denied the
charge.
Single Party Ruled Out
Sources close to Mr.. Gronchi,
a leftward-leaning Christian
Democrat, said the Liberal
withdrawal virtually rules out
continuation Of one party
government.
These sources said Mr.. Segni,
a middle-of-the-roader, might
be asked to continue as pre-
mier at the head of a coalition.
They suggested he might form
a government leaning slightly
to the left-made up of Chris
tian Democrats, Republicans
and Giuseppe Saragat's pro-
Western Democratic Socialists.
The Socialists of Pietor Nenni,
Stain Peace Prize winner, who
have been trying to break loose
from their old ties with the
Communists ever since the Hun
garian revolution, have offered
to. support a leftward-leaning
Christian Democrat govern
ment even if they weren't
offered cabinet posts. But
whether Mr.. Segni would ac-
cept their support is doubtful.
Evening star., 1960-02-22

States holds Latin America in
a colonial relationship.
"Very recently" said the
President, "in a faraway coun-
try that has never known free
dom-and one which today
holds millions of humans in
Observation-Disclosures Ian
guage has been used to assert
the United States has held
Latin America in a colonial re-
lationship.
THAT is a blatant falsehood.
I'm all history no nation has
had a more honorable record in
its dealings with other coun-
tries than has the United
States"
He cited the Philippines in
dependence, the statehood of
Alaska and Hawaii and the
commonwealth status of Puerto
Rico, within the United States,
all by their own choice.
1T is nonsense to charge that
we hold-or that we desire to
hold-any nation in colonial
status" he asserted.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
EISENHOWER
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nations through the mutual Sc
curity program.
II am certain that our Latin
American neighbors, as well as
you here at home, understand
the significance of all these
facts" President Eisenhower
remarked.
He said he recognized that
peace and freedom cannot be
forever sustained by weapons
alone.
There must be a free world
spirit and morale based upon
the conviction that, for free
men, life comprehends more
than mere survival and bare
security" he said. Peoples
everywhere must have oppor-
tunity to better themselves
spiritually, intellectually. eco
nomically.
I'VE earnestly seek to help
our neighbors in this hemis-
phere achieve the progress
they rightly desire"
The President said the
United States has tried to help
Latin America through the Or
ganization of American States.
heavy investments in enter
prise, public and private cred
it's, technical programs and CO.
operation in the new 81 bill
lion Inter-American Develop
ment Bank.
Recently,'he pointed out. he
established a committee to study
Latin American conditions and
advise the administration on
matters beneficial to the area.
will Weigh Problems
He said the trip will pro-
vide opportunity to consider
many of the vexing problems
in these countries, including
the need Of developing capital,
widely fluctuating commodity
prices, regional market plans
and the need to improve health,
education, housing and trans
portation.
The President reiterated
United States support of inter-
American agre e m nts and
treaties, the principle of non-
intervention in domestic affairs
and the promotion of human
rights.
I'VE condemn all efforts to
undermine the democratic in
stitutions of the Americ a S
through coercion or subversion, "
he declared. land we abhor the
use of the lie and distortion in
relations among nations"
Answers Soviet Charge
Then he referred to the So
Wet charge that the United
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Integruted Game
Stirs FIoridiuns

PUNTA GORDA, Fla, Feb
% (AP City commissioners
Of this South Florida commu-
nifty pondered legal action to-
day to prevent a recurrence OF
racially-integrated play at city
parks.
Negro and white softball
teams played a doubleheader
yesterday at Bayfront Park,
across town from the Negro Sec
ton. Citizens flooded authori-
ties with protests. although
there is no city ordinance bar
ring interracial sports.
About so Negroes showed up
by invitation, to play against
a group of 80 white boys.
Gene Phillips, one of the
white players. said the Negroes
would not have been invited il
he had known there would be
trouble.
They played a clean, fan
ball game" he said. The Ne
groes won, 81 and Us. Players
ranged in age from IA to 90
There wasn't any trouble
police said. Negro and white
girls lined the sidelines as spec.
tators.
I'VE didn't know which way
to handle it," said Sim Holt
police chief in this town Of
some 5000 population. He said
he told the Negroes they were
causing trouble and to finish
their game in their quarters
Baker Academy, where the
teams had played several Sun.
days.
! Negroes compete against
whites in sports in Florida.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Wreekoge of Plane
Found, Three Dead

ALPINE, Tex, Feb. % (AP)
"A cowboy, Darrell York, yes
terday found the wreckage OF
a plane containing three bodies
in a deep canyon in this iso-
lated area of the Big Bend
country near the Mexican
border.
The bodies were identified
as Vert Love and Jim Har-
rington, both %, of Maria, Tex
and a Mexican national, Fred
Gado.
The plan had been missing
since January 4 when it left
here en- route to Presidio, Tex.
about rs miles south.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
This Railroad Train
Seeks Free Louders

LYNDHURST, N. ]. (AP)-
Though the day Of the COM
muter railroad may be ending,
there's a railroad here that is
looking for more passengers
and doesn't charge one penny
The railroad runs on 722 feet
OF track raised three feet above
the ground. The locomotives
are one-twelfth scale and are
real coal-eating, steam-driven
engines.
They are built by amateur
engineers from miles around
who call themselves Eastern
Live Steamers" The engines
can pull IL grown men-and
even more children-at a time
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Man Gives Buby
To Drinking Pal;
Both Churqed

NEW YORK. Feb. % (AP).-
A young father who turned
over his 7-month-old daughter
to a casual acquaintance dur
ing an evening Of drinking has
been charged with endangering
the health Of a child.
The casual acquaintance has
been charged with the same
thing.
Richard Cornforth, Is, show
ed up at a police station Sat-
urday with the black-haired,
blue-eyed infant. He told this
story:
After returning Friday night
from a bus trip. he decided to
have a few drinks. He ran into
an old Navy buddy, Peter Farr,
and a stranger called Walter. A."
The three ended up at Wal
ter'S apartment, where Mr..
Cornforth found Walters baby
crying and unattended. Wal
ter'S wife was in a hospital. So
Mr.. Cornforth agreed to take
the child to his own family in
Queens.
When he woke up the next
morning, he realized he did not
know Walters last name. Nor
could he remember the location
OF Walters apartment.
Mr.. cornforth and police re-
traced his steps Of the previous
night, found Peter Farr and
learned Walters last name is
Clapper. They also learned his
address.
Mr.. Clapper, 25, an unem-
ployed porter, was held in
$2,500 bail. Mr.. Cornforth was
released in his own parole for
q hearing later.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
MEXICO CITY, Feb. % (AP)

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20 (AP)
There were big headlines in
Mexico when some priceless
Mayan relics were brought tc
this country recently. History
shows that Mayan relics almost
always used to travel the other
way.
The headlined incident was
the return Of q controversial
treasure by Harvard Univer.
sity's Peabody museum. In re-
turn for Harvard's courtesy
Mexico is making available tc
the Peabody museum certain
study collections essential fol
the teaching of Mexican ar.
Ichaeology.
The current Developments
climax this fascinating story
dating back three-quarters OF
q century:
An American archaeologist
Edward H. Thompson, was
named United States consul ir
tropical Merida, Yucatan, in
the early 1880s. Shortly after he
arrived he bought an old ha-
cienda. 1t cost about SIS.
Studied Malayan Lore
1t wasn't much in those days
but he wanted it because it con.
tanned old crumbling ruins dat.
ing back centuries. An old cere.
monial water hole called g
cenote was on the land, but ht
didn't pay much attention to II
at first.
Life as a consul in Merida
was dull so Mr.. Thompson
began to study Malayan lore
He was enthralled by stories oi
how Mayans in times of trouble
l. epidemicS, droughtS, inva'
sions-hurled beautiful maid.
ems into a sacred well to ap.
pease the gods. He also learned
that mobiles often threw jewels
golden ornaments, and othel
valuableS into the well.
His studies convinced hin
that the cenote, about 165 fee
in diameter. might be tht
sacred well. He decided Il
investigate, brought a spongt
diver from Greece and studied
diving. Then he began his ex.
plorations. He was rewarded
almost Immediately by rar,
finds.
And he sent his discoveries tC
the Peabody museum in diplo.
matte pouch.
Half a Ton Sent
He discovered cut jade
carved obSidian knives, hand
worked copper and gold, tur,
quoise-embellished weapons
carved ebony, scores of othel
items, including stone orna,
mentS and pottery. In all, thu
items sent piece by piece Il
the museum weighed about
half a ton. And they were 6
well-kept secret for years.
Thirty years after his ex.
perience Mrs. Thompson tolc
the story to a young woman
reporter. Alma Reed of thu
Evening star., 1960-02-22

their trade. slogging through
strange. white country, living
in the open. supplied by para
chute, but often surviving of
the land.
You bet they're tough" says
John Kirkland, a Utah Nation
al Guard sergeant who made
three jumps with the 77th
They never quit trying, anc
they're about as highly trained
as I've seen.
| Are they mean fighters?
"KnOw All the Tricks"
Not outwardly," says Capt
Scott Maddox, another Guards.
man who jumped with the
Regulars. But in a defensive
situation, they know all the
tricks"
Special Forces troops from
the Utah National Guard have
been training at Fort Bragg
Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich
Utah Adjutant General, re.
turned the hospitality.
"Utah's terrain in itself il
the greatest advantage we coulc
find" said Capt. John Konozs
of Chester. Pa, the 77th'l
training officer. Our biggest
problem has been navigating
through the snow"
II couldn't even slow dowr
by snowplowing," said Sergt
1/c Harper C. Rawlings ot
Lancaster, S. c., "and that's
the only thing I ever knew
about skiing"
Daytime temperatures were
below freezing much of the
time after the 77th arrived
during a January snowStorm
Many nights were near or below
zero.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
DEFENSE
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subs are expected to be at sea
late this spring or during the
summer.
collectively" Mr.. Eisen-
hover said, this is a force not
unduly dependent upon any
one service, not subject to
elimination by sudden attack,
buttreSsed by an industrial
system unmatched on earth,
and unhesitatingly supported
by a vigorous people deter
mined to remain free.
"Strategically, it is far better
situated than any force that
could be brought to bear
against US"
Mr.. Eisenhower said he
hoped to make clear on his
journey that United States
military programs at home
and abroad have been designed
for one purpose only - the
maintenance of peace.
The Polaris drew further
praise yesterday from Admira,
Arleigh A. Burke, Navy CHIEF
of staff. He said a series ot
remarkably successful tests ha.
been completed on the missile
which showed it was much
more accurate than antici.
pated.
Admiral Burke said during 6
radio = television program the
Polaris sub could launch al
Is of its missiles very quickly
about a minute apart.
Senator Jackson, Democrat
of Washington, who was on the
program with Admiral Burke
said the sea-going missiles will
have a special appeal to Amer
ica's European allies and ma!
blunt what he called "ballistit
blackmail" by Russia.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Moyon Relics Return
Wins Mexican Praise

New York Times. Her stort
and Mr.. Thompson's signed
statement touched OF q diplo-
matte row which brought
United States-Mexican rela-
tions to a touchy low.
Mexico sued for two million
pesos-then worth about $780,
900. When the case went to
trial. the suit was for $500
pesos or a little more than
$25,000 because the value OF
the objects was artistic, rather
than intrinsic. The case was
finally appealed to the Mexican
Supreme Court.
Court Rules for Peabody
The court reluctantly ruled
that. % at the time of Mr.
Thompson's find. no law ex-
listed against sending such
relics out of the country. anc
(2) they were, after all, found
on his own land. The lega.
wrangle ended but resentment
persisted, even though Peabody
offered to return part Of the
treasure compromise which
was rejected.
Then, recently, the museum
decided to return a carefully
selected collection with gooc
examples of the various typel
of metal objects. The frs
batch, consisting of "a gold anc
copper pieces Of art from the
Chichen liza collection, wa.
brought here in December BY
museum director j. o. Brew. A
detailed monograph on the
metals from the cenote ha!
been published by the Peabody
museum. And since the Studie:
have been completed, the mu.
scum believed that part of the
collection should return Il
Mexico for display in the Ma.
tional Museum. The gold con.
tent of the objects is mostly
thin. More commonly. copper
is overlaid with gold, or gilded
Mexican Appreciation Stressed
When studies have been com.
pleted on the other objects
from the cenote, another sim.
ilar-type collection will go t.
Mexico.
The gesture drew happy
headlines.
DR.. EuSebio Davalos Hurtado
director of Mexico's Nationa
Institute of Anthropology anc
History, said the action "con'
stitutes one of the most appre,
ciated demonstrations of cour'
tesy and good will" Mexico hal
ever experienced.
Alma Reed, now widely
known as a writer and loved BY
MexicanS for her devotion tt
the country and its history, her,
self wrote what she called &
happy ending" to the story
The first to break" the story
she was one of the first to tel
about the return of the relics
"A satisfying outcome" she
said.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
u. ). WiII0rbit
Man in 1861,
GFennan SAYS
By tn, Associated Prsr

By the Associated Press
T. Keith Glennan, admins
traitor Of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra-
ton, says the United States will
put a man in orbit around the
earth late next year.
I'VE are not going to take
undue chances with the life of
an astronaut," Mr.. Glennan
said. I'VE will not make the
final launching until we have
reasonable assurance that we're
going TO be able to get the man
back safely"
Mr.. Glennan, interviewed by
Representative Osmers, Repub-
lican Of New Jersey, for a New
York televiSion station, pre-
dicted the United States would
take the lead from Russia in
the space race in the years
ahead. Commenting on the
5000 million requested by the
civilian space agency for the
fiscal year which begins July l,
he said:
Il think that the amount of
money asked for will allow us
to go forward with a WELL
planned, hard-hitting, urgently
prosecuted program, which in
the years ahead will provide
us with the leadership position
in this field"
Fund Transfer Revealed
NASA, meanwhile, disclosed
yesterday it has transferred
$525 million to the Air Force
for space projects.
The Air Research and De-
velopment Command received
SIG million for the Centaur
space rocket. This rocket is
designed to launch an 5000
pound flying laboratory into
an orbit $50 miles above the
earth or a 1,000-pound probe
to the moon or beyond.
The remaining $33.5 million
is for the Mercury man-in-
space program. The money will
cover changes in the capsule
design and increased orders
for the capsule in which the
first American astronaut is ex-
pected to orbit the earth.
NASA also announced a
$4,000 ALLEGATION to a project
for studying the stars by means
OF a TV camera and telescope
suspended from a giant balloon
20 miles above the earth.
36-Inch Scope Involved
NASA's contribution will be
coupled with funds from the
Office of Naval Research and
the National Science Founda-
ton. Princeton University will
assist in management of the
project.
The project will be known
as Stratoscope II, and will fol-
low up balloon studies made in
1857 and 1859 using television
equipment and a l2-inch tele-
scope.
The new project will involve
a 36-inch telescope. 1t will in
clude, in the summer of 1861,
an attempt to study surface
features of Mars, the topog-
rahy Of the moon, the struc-
ture of the Crab Nebulae, and
the structure of the colliding
galaxies in Cygnus.
NASA has announced plans
to launch the first Centaur in
the April-June period of 1861.
The first manned flights Of
the Mercury capsule are plan
ned for next fall. Redstone
rockets will launch the astor-
nauts to an altitude of l25
miles on l6l2-minute flights
ending in the ocean 200 miles
southeast of Cape Canaveral,
Fla.
They will be followed next
year by full scale Atlas launch
ings into orbital fight 100
miles above the earth. The first
Mercury astronaut is sched-
uled to make three orbits of the
earth. at 1880 miles an hour,
before descending by parachute
of Florida Az hours after
blast-off.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Bible Teacher Dies

PERKASIE, Pa, Feb. %
(AP). - Bertha Crouthamel
told her Bible class of SIS men
yesterday: II look forward to
seeing angels" Then she
slumped to the floor of the
United Church of Christ and
| died Of a heart attack.
Evening star., 1960-02-22
Opposes Gift
Of NucIeor Weapons
By the Associated Press

Senator Humphrey, Democrat of Minnesota opposes any
plan to give nuclear weapons to other nations this
He said he prompted to make his statement because
Of what he called umors that either President viii ask
Congress to change the Atomic Energy will contend
he already has the power to transfer the weapons.