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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-23
Mailer on Tv Program
Says He Was in Fight

NEW YORK Nov. % (AP)
Norman Mailer, novelist who
was ordered to undergo psy-
chiatric observation after police
accused him of stabbing his
wife. appeared in the New YORK
area today on a television pro-
gram.
The interview by Mike WAL
lace over Station WNTA-TV
was taped Monday. six hours
before the author of 1.-THE
Naked and the Dead" was
arrested. and the day after his
wife was stabbed.
On the show. Mr.. Wallace
pointed to a bruise under the
writer's left eye and Mr.. Mailer
said he got 1t in a fight Sat-
urday night.
II took quite a few
(punches), but I got in quite
few, too" the author said.
Eyes, I got into quite a scrape
Saturday night" he added.
Wife Is Quoted
AS the interview was being
made. detectives were at the
hospital bedside of his wife.
Adele, IS. They quoted her as
saying Mr.. Mailer walked up
to her in their bedroom around
4:30 am. Sunday and knitted
her in the stomach and back.
Mr.. Mailer, 81, was ordered
to Bellevue Hospital yesterday
by Magistrate Reuben Levy
after reading a report in which
DR.. Conrad Rosenberg, a
physician, described the author
as both homicidal and suici-
dali"
Mr.. Mailer, Directing to the
ruling, declared: ITS important
for me not to be sent to a
mental hospital, because my
work in the future will be con-
sidered that of a disordered
mind. My pride is that I can
explore areas Of experience that
other men are afraid Of. I in
sist I am sane"
In his TV interview he had
said he wanted to become
Mayor of New York and sug-
gested a jousting tournament
as a means Of curling juvenile
delinquency.
In backing his desire to run
for Mayor. he remarked: 81
have no political qualifications. "
Suggests Jousting Tourney
He proposed that youths
wearing suits of armor and
mounted on horseback should
joust once a year in Central
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-23
Ex-Car Dealer
Faces4O-Couni
Fraud Charge

A account indictment
handed down by a specia,
District grand jury today
charged a former Washington
area foreign car dealer with de-
frauding customers and lend
ing institutions in the sale Of
autos.
Assistant United States at
torney Alfred Z. Hartman said
the amount Of money involvtd
exceeds 100000.
The indictment names Walter
r. Dickson, SO, Of the 1900
block Of Prescott avenue, Ia
koma Park. Nd, as defendant
He is former president of Con-
tinental Motors Limited of 140o
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Firm Closed
Tht firm went into bank
Iruptcy in November. 1859. and
was closed by United States
marshals at that time.
Mr.. Hartman said that soon
after this the New York in
Ivestment firm of Smith-Kirk-
patrick made complaints to the
Justice Department. This led
to an FBI investigation, culmi-
mating in a three-month grand
jury probe leading to the
indictment.
The indictment includes 1C
counts charging inter State
transportation Of forged Sc
curities, four counts of fraud
by inter State wire. eight
counts of false pretenses. IL
counts of forgery and uttering
and six counts of embezzlement
of mortgaged property.
Bad Check Conviction
Dickson was convicted in
Municipal Court last June OF
violating the Districts bad
check law in passing five bad
checks to employees and an oil
company. He receiveda sem
tence of $3.50 fine or so days
in Jail.
Today's indictment charges
that Dickson defrauded lend:
ing institutions which included
the Citizens Bank of Takoms
Park, and the New York in.
veStment firm.
The indictment said the auto
dealer induced several" of his
employees to borrow money
from such institutions, in or.
der to finance purchase of q
car from Continental Motors.
AS a part of the scheme, the
ndic TIN ent said, Dickson
phoned the Takoma ParE
Bank. saying that an auto pur.
chaser was coming over tt
borrow the money.
Actually, according to Mr.
Hartman. Dickson would sell
the car to someone else anc
pocket the money from the
bank.
In other cases. the indict.
ment charged. Dickson woulc
send forged motor vehicle docu,
ments to leading institution.
as security for earlier autt
loans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-23

Park. He said preparations for
the tournament would keep
street gangs so busy all year
they wouldn't have time to get
in trouble.
Leonard Lyons, in a column
distributed nationally by Hall
Syndicate, said today he had
attended a party Saturday
night at Mr.. Mailer's home.
The columnise said Mr.. Mailer
seemed alone as he listened
to them tthe guests. tense and
with a trace Of an odd smile, as
If he really was trying to hear
some distant music"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-23
Car Called New

One count of the indictment
charged that Dickson falsely
represented" to a customer that
a particular auto was a ne,,
car when Dickson knew that
this was not true.
The offenSes charged in the
indictment allegedly occurred
IN 1858 and 1859. before the
firm went into bankruptcy.
Mr.. Hartman said the New
York firm checked Continental
Motors operations and dis
covered many automobiles for
which it held title had actually
been sold by the Washington
auto company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-23
Grundmu's Only 30

UDINE, Italy, Nov. % (AP)
Mrs. Caterina Tonizzo has
become a grandmother at the
age of 80. She married and
gave birth to a daughter in
l945, when she was Is. The
daughter, Luciano, married
last year, at IA, and gave birth
to a baby girl Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-23
Many SowmiIIs in U. S.

NEW YORK.-The United
States has $4,000 sawmills, of
which $4,000 produce less than
a million board feet a year.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Beats Gigi Record
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity - Fair
and colder tonight with the low
near IS; variable cloudiness and
sunshine and quite cool tomor-
row.
Virginia-Variable cloudiness,
rather windy and colder tonight
and tomorrow; lows tonight in
the 30s in the east, % to "a
in the west and in the 2Os in
the mountains.
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
colder tonight with lows in the
20s in the western portion and
in the 30s in the eastern por-
tion with a chance of a few
snow flurries in the extreme
western portion; partly cloudy
and cool with q chance cf a
few snow f1urries in the ex-
treme western portion tomor-
row; small craft warnings
displayed.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small craft warm
ings displayed as of 10 am.
Evening star., 1960-04-05

win best screenplay was not Q
surprise. A controversy involv-
ing director William Wyler,
the Screen Writers Guild and
British writer Christopher Fry
colored the voting on the
Ben -Hur" screen play.
A Screen Writers Guild ar
bitration committee finally de-
cided that writer Karl Tun-
berg should have sole credit on
the screenplay, despite protes-
tations' from Mr.. Wyler, Mr..
Fry-and even Mr.. Tunberg
himself.
Probably the most applauded
award of the evening went to
Bob Hope, perennial master of
ceremonies for the Oscar Show,
who received the Jean Hersholt
humanitarian award, a special
Oscar.
Mr.. Hope had seven. writer's
working for him last night,
but he said: s.- -@-sa
= Il have no writer's to cover
d situation like this"
He added: II can only thank
you very much"
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Two Indicted
In Rope Of
D. 6. Women

William Ralph, 26-year-old
Washington deliveryman, yes
terday was indicted on a charge
Of raping a 40-year-old woman.
Ralph, of the 270O block of
Ordway street NV, is await
ing trial in Montgomery County
on another charge of raping a
4l-year-old Kensington house
wife. He has also been charged
with attempting to rape a
Chevy Chase woman.
Assistant United States At
torney John C. Conliff, jr., said
a bench warrant would be is
sued for Ralph's arrest after
the Montgomery cases are
terminated.
Mr.. Conliff said Ralph was
accused of accoSting a National
Airport concession sales clerk,
who lives in the 1900 block of
Connecticut avenue NV, on
March 26 and dragging her into
a wooded area in the rear of
the 2700 block of Macomb
street NV. He is being held
in the Montgomery County
Jail without bond,
A District Court grand jury
also indicted John Wright, jr.,
20, of the 1000 block of Euclid
street NV. on charges of
raping and robbing a 29-year-
old waitress on March 18.
Wright is charged with
striking the victim when she
was on her way home from
work in the 1000 block of
Euclid street NV. and raping
her in the rear of a house there.
Evening star., 1960-04-05

dent Eisenhower to agree to q
pay raise this year.
At yesterdays pay raise rally
Senator Johnston said his COM
mittee would start pay raise
hearings as soon as the civil
rights legislation is disposed Of
This could mean that pay
hearings will start next week
The House Civil Service Com
mittee already is holding pay
raise hearings and hopes to
wind them up within the next
two weeks.
Representative Morrison,
sponsor Of the pay raise legis-
lation now pending before the
House committee, predicted that
Congress would override a
Presidential veto if one should
occur.
Today the various delegates
will descend on Capitol Hill to
line up the support of their
Senators and Representatives
for pay raise legislation.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Eu-
gene Lyons, special assistant to
President Eisenhower on Fed
eral personnel matters, will ad-
dress the Society for Personnel
Administration dinner at 6 pm.
next Monday at Occidental
Restaurant, 1411 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. His topic will be
Personnel Problems and Pol
icieS Of Particular Interest"
The Civil Service Commission
lists exams for landscape arch
itects, $4,490 to $12,770 a year;
Photographic aides and pho
tographers.' $3,255 to S4,980
annually; and chemists, engi-
neers. mathematicians, metal
lurgists and physicists, $4,490
to $12,770 a year. Interiors
Bureau Of Mines has given in
centive awards to Nancy Jor-
dan, Sara DeLauder and Doro-
thy Taylor. Treasury's Bu-
reau of Customs has given a
special award to Harold Rha-
tican. >. The journeymen car
penters of the Government
Printing Office have selected
the following committee to
meet with the Public Printer
on contract negotiations:
Charles Stoker, chairman;
Daniel Seay, Chester Lilley,
Edward Vogel, Edward Wallace
and alternates John Harvey.
Austin Gill, Lloyd Lawrence,
Mitchell Burch and Robert
Salb Air Forces Chart and
Information Center needs a
supervisory time, leave and
payroll clerk, grade S. Call
Lincoln 3-9520, extension 452.
The Army Audit Agency
has given outstanding per-
formance rating and sustained
superior performance awards
to Foster Hall and James Rob-
bins. Nays Bureau of
Yards and Docks has given in
centive awards to Bernard
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Folk Festival Set
For June ] to d

The oath National Folk Fes-
tival will be held in Washing
ton this year from June / to 4
at the Carter Barron Amphi-
theater.
The Nationwide dance and
music festival, which was last
held here in l943, is being Spon-
sored by the American Folk
Festival Association, Inc.
During the four days of eve
ming and matinee performances
folk songs and dances from
every part of the country will
be given, including the two new
States, Alaska and Hawaii.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
District Attorneys
Honored at Reception

The National Council of the
Federal Bar Association gave a
reception last night at the
Army-Navy Club in honor of
the United States District At
torneys who are in town at
tending a conference with the
Attorney General.
The host was whitney Gill;
land, president of the Federal
Bar Association, and a member
of the Civil Aeronautics Board.
The guests Of honor were At
torney General and Mrs. Rog-
ers and ]. Lee Rankin, Solici-
tor General of the United States
and Mrs. Rankin.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Michigan Park Group
Hears Garden Editor

Wilbur H. Youngman, The
Stars garden editor. spoke on
the growing of ANIMALS at last
nights meeting of the Michigan
Park Citizens Association.
The meeting was held at the
Bunker Hill School, Fourteenth
street and Michigan avenue
NE.
Evening star., 1960-04-05

If You registered to vote
here four years ago, you do
not have to re-register. How
ever, you must keep your
registration card up to date
at all times so that it will
show your correct name, ad-
dress and party afiIiatiOn.
How old do you have to be
in order to vote at the May
3 election here? You must
be 81 years old by May 3.
Deadline for registration Is
April Is.
Evening star., 1960-04-05

Wel1are OF 20 million Federal
Government classified and
postal employe pay-raise legis-
lation.
The Gee was angered when
top Republicans declined to ap-
pear at its Federal pay-raise
rally, being held this week al
the National Guard Armory
to address its more than 1000
delegates representing 100000
postal and Federal employees ir
various AFL-CIO unions. The
delegates represent every State
in the Union.
The Gee made no direct
threat at reprisals at the polls
in November, but the intent OF
the telegram it sent to top Re-
publican leaders was clear. In
a telegram to Vice President
Nixon. Senate Minority Leader
Dirksen and House Minority
Leader Halleck, the Gee de-
clared that "2.5 million Fed
eral employees are going to con-
slider this a boycott and a de-
liberate snub."
The Gee telegram continu-
ed: THE dedicated Federal
employe of the Nation works in
behalf Of every citizen whether
he be a Republican or a Demo-
crat. Their economic welfare
should also be the concern of
both political parties, and not
just the Democratic Party"
The administration opposes a
pay raise for Federal and post
al workers this year. while
many prominent Democrats
favor one. Senator Johnston,
Democrat of South Carolina,
chairman of the Senate Civil
Service Committee, and Rep
resentative Morrison, Democrat
of Louisiana, ranking majority
member of the House Civil Ser
vice Committee, addressed the
pay rally yesterday and sup
ported pay raises. Senator
Morse, Democrat of Oregon,
also spoke. Also, Democratic
presidential aspirants Humph-
rey and Kennedy. campaigning
in Wisconsin, sent messages
supporting a pay raise.
y y y
STRATEGY-Observers felt
that the unionists' action in
denouncing the Republicans
was a move to gain the support
of liberal and middle the
road Republicans in Congress
to override a pay raise veto by
President Eisenhower, should
one occur.
1t is obvious that classified
and postal erhploye pay raise
legislation stands a good chance
of being approved this year by
Congress, even without support
of the top Republican leader
ship. There are many Repub-
lican rank-and-filers in Con-
gress who will vote for the pay
raise.
1t was to these Republicans
that the Gee addressed itself
to yesterday, as we'll as to the
top Republican leadership.
These Republicans will be up
for reelection in November.
II a veto is to be successfully
overridden, then it is essential
that quite a few Republicans
join with the Democrats in vot-
ing to override.
While no postal or Federal
employe unionist makes the
claim that they can deliver
the votes of Government work.
ers en- bloc, they nevertheless
feel that the large majority of
Federal employees would vote
against the Republicans if
their pay raise is blocked this
year. They point out that the
2.5 million Federal workers, to-
gether with members of their
families, comprise a bloc of 5
or 6 million votes.
The tlegram yesterday also
was considered a form of pres
sure on Vice President Nixon,
who is considered virtually
certain to be the G. o. P. pres
idential candidate this year, to
use his influence with Presi-
Evening star., 1960-04-05

Pitcher, James Pittman, Marion
Slattery. Mrs. Sandra Scanlon
Matlack, Earl Wheeler, Mrs
Helen Carlton, Alliston Gray,
Walter B. Brown, Mrs. Flor
ence German, Frank Mattison,
Judith Mitchell, Mrs. Viola
Revak, Marjorie Stewart, Mrs.
Ellen Warren, Gladys wilkins
and w. j. Francy.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Unionist Employees
Exert Pay Pressure
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star stan Writer

For the first time political party under an implied
threat Of repsa at the polls by Federal employees because
lack Of support Of Government employe legislation
Specifically, the AFLCIO Government Employees Council
has charged the Republican Party with ignoring
welfare of rs million Federal by refusing to
Evening star., 1960-04-05
Ben-Hur Gets Oscars,
Sets Academy Record

HOLLYWOOD April (AP). The SIS million movie
most costly in Hollywood history reaped
last night 1t the greatest Academy Award triumph
scored
Only for screenpay-material from another medum-dd
the classic tale of Biblical times the award for
Evening star., 1960-04-05

WHICH IL was nominated. Inc
screenplay Oscar went to the
British made Room at the
Top"
That movie also won the top
actress award for the French
actress, Simone Signoret.
."Ben-Hur" was not nomi-
mated for any actress awards.
Charlton Heston, who por-
trayed the title role Of Ben-Hur,
won the award for best actor.
Grifith Honored
Hugh Griffith, a Welshman
who played an Arab sheik in
"Ben-Hur," was named best
supporting actor.
"Ben-Hur" also won the
award for best picture and best
director for William Wyler.
The picture, often called the
screens first intimate spectacu-
lar, also won awards for best
costume design in color; best
sound; best film editing; best
art direction, which included
best set direction by Hugh
Hunt, who did the same job on
the original silent "Ben-Hur"
In 1924; best color cinematog-
raphy, and best musical scor-
ing.
Shelley Winters, nominated
for the third time, was named
best supporting actress for her
work in "The Diary of Anne
Frank"
= Backstage, while talking to
newsmen, she said: "Who else
Is winning? AS If I care"
Beats Gigi Record
"Ben-Hur." by winning Il
Oscars, beat "Gigi," also pro-
duced by MGM. as the alltime
Oscar record holder. "Gigi"
won nine Oscars last year
every category for which it was
nominated.
The failure of Ben-Hur to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-17
Margaret Now Leans
To Queen Mory's Hats

it was a toque. Yesterday, at
her first Buckingham Palace
garden party as a married
woman, it was a toque again.
Her milliner, Simone Mir
man, says the Princess has
another style from her trous-
seau that she has yet to wear.
It's called the ballerina BAN
deau.
Margaret's toques differ from
her grandmother's in that
they're made of very light spun
net. Queen Mary's were OF
heavy silk and satin.
And just as the Princess has
chung to the toque in hats,
she's worn a buster coat on
every public occasion. Some
times it's been the same coat,
in brilliant cyclamen pink.
Margaret has changed her
shoe style, too. Instead Of the
open-toed model that she used
to wear-and that her sister
Queen Elizabeth II still wears
Margaret's new style is close
toed. And-unless she's wear
ing the same pair on every &C.
casion (Which she may be do
ing) she's got several pairs Of
whites with high heels and a
tiny bow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-17
Fence to Assure
Kennedy Privacy
Vacation Home

HYANNIS PORT, Mass.
July Is (AP).-The clatter of
workmen's hammers added to
the hustle of this Cape Cod
seaside town today as every
effort was made to insure va
cation privacy for Senator
Kennedy when he comes home.
An 8-foot wooden fence is
being built around the white
summer home of the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee to
fend off rising tide of Gu
rious motorists.
Jacqueline Kennedy, the
Senator's 30-year-old wife,
waited in seclusion for his ar
rival tomorrow night. She is
expecting their second child.
The Board of Trade and
other organizations we're get
ting ready to stretch Welcome
Home Jack" signs across the
street.
A warm sunlight day
brought hundreds of motorists
to the normally quiet town.
Sightseeing buses included
the Kennedy home among the
interesting items for tourists
to see.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-17
Charged
With Retaining
Rent for Himself

A Washington apartment
house manager has been
charged with renting vacant
apartments and pocketing the
money himself.
Sergt. Benjamin D. Clark of
the police departments Check
and Fraud Squad said the
alleged scheme may have net
ted Joseph A. Ritch. manager
of the High Point Apartments,
Inc, 1900 Wheeler road Sc,
UP to $4,000.
Mr.. Ritch, picked up on a
Federal warrant at Front
Royal, Va, appeared yesterday
before United States Commits
sioner James F. Splain here
His case was continued until
Thursday. Bond was set al
$4,000.
Sergt. Clark said Moses
Workman, president Of High
Point Apartments, went into
a supposedly vacant apart
ment and found it had beer
rented to three young FBl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-17
Merger Planned
By 2 Railroads

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July Is
(AP)-Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Railways,
two of the Nations largest rail-
roads, announced today that
its directors have approved a
merger plan.
The Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, and the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle Railway Com
panies, affiliates of the MP and
GIN, are included in the plan
to unity the systems and oper-
ate as a single integrated sys-
tenn. The systems involved now
operate nearly $4,000 miles of
line.
The agreement was an
nounced jointly today by John
| M. Budd, Robert S. Macfarlane.
and Harry C. Murphy, presi-
dents of the Great Northern.
Northern Pacific and Burling-
ton. respectively.
Northern Pacific and Great
Northern have equal ownership
of 97.18 of Burlington common
stock, and jointly own the Spo-
kane, Portland & Seattle Rail-
way.
Needed before the merger
can take effect is clearance
from the Interstate Commerce
Commission, Securities Ex-
change Commission. the Inter-
national Revenue Service. and
shareholders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-17

for more than three months
and now has regained his sight,
hearing and voice.
Got Overdose
Doctors say the reason the
sergeant is alive is that he re-
ceived an overdose of the
poison. This caused him to
vomit Immediately. If he had
received a milder dose Of the
poison he would have died,
doctors say.
The man-o'-war, also known
as the cobra Of the sea-" is
found in tropical areas. but is
known to stray as far north
as Cape Cod.
Sergt. Terry. an ammunition
specialist for II years, is re-
firing for physical disabilities
not connected with the fight
with the fish. His nomination
for the medal is being processed
at the Pentagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-17
NEWS OF MUSIC
.Tosco' Under Stors
Stands Up Well

PLY resolved. There were, too,
the standard crudities of sum-
mer opera, a quite different
species than grand opera. A
new hazard was revealed by
Scarpia's squeaky shoes in the
second act-these often doomed
through the souped-up loud
speaker system, which made
the piece all too often sound
as if it was being transmitted
on a lo-fi radio of vintage
1929.
But nobody paps any atten-
ton to this sort of thing SO
long as the weather is nice;
the tunes are familiar, and
there are plenty of long high
notes. "Tosca" is rugged enough
to stand this treatment and
come through with colors fly
ing, even if all the major pro-
tagonst sdo get themselves
killed in the end.
Tonight the New York Opers
Festival presents aida" anc
it ought to be good, clean fun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-17
Subway Tunnel
Blocked by Fire

NEW YORK, July 16 (AP) =.
An electrical fire broke out
in a control room midway in
an East River subway tunnel
tonight and quickly filled the
tunnel with smoke.
Police said no trains were
in the tunnel at the time the
fire was discovered, and trains
approaching the Manhattan
to-Brooklyn tube were quickly
rerouted.
A woman waiting on the
platform Of Brooklyn's Bor-
ough Hall station was over
come as smoke poured into the
station from the tunnel. She
was treated at the scene and
taken to a hospital.
The blaze forced shutting of
Of power in the tunnel of the
Lexington Avenue IRT Line.
Brooklyn-bound trains were
halted in lower Manhattan and
sent north again. Trains head
ing for Manhattan were
switched to a nearby tunnel OF
another line.