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Evening star., 1960-12-15


Morgue inquest. Victim Of the
Stabbing was identified as
Charles Edward Rainey. 90, q
native Of Baltimore with q long
record Of arrests and convic-
tions for robbery and assault
here and on the West Coast.
The distraught 22-year-old
mother. expecting another baby
in two months, did not take
the witness stand. Weeping
softly and slipping a glass Of
water, she sat with her hus-
band. who sought to console
her.
Earlier, Capt. Lawrence A.
Hartnett gave this account Of
how the mother was attacked,
freed herself and stabbed
Rainey three times in the chest
with his own pairing knife:
She arrived at her apart
ment building about 2::45 pm
yesterday. having gone to O
grocery with her 2-year-old
son. There was q man stand
ing In the lobby. who cour-
See ATTACK, Page Az
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President Found
In Good Health
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower's gen.
eral physical condition "con-
tinues excellent" doctors who
examined him at Waltef Reed
Hospital reported today.
1t. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton
Army Surgeon General, and
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder
the Presidents personal physi-
clan. issued a joint statement
saying Mr.. Eisenhower's chronic
bronchitis, noted at the last
a nnual examination, "has
shown Improvement as has the
bursitis of the left. shoulder"
Mr.. Eisenhower checked out
Of the hospital today after
completing his annual head-to-
toe examination. The examina-
tion was started in mid-Sep-
tcmber thHi.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Sixth Moon Shot Fails
As Rocket Blows Up

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
Dec. Is (AP).-The United
States failed for the sixth
straight time to send a satellite
around the moon today when
the giant rocket exploded III
fight.
The spectacular blast ended
q four-shot Atlas-Able carrier
rocket program-a $40 million
failure.
American space scientists nov
must await development of
more powerful rockets, expected
next summer. for future moon
launchings.
The 10-story-tall rocket,
carrying a 388-pound space
craft in its nose. rose smoothly
from its searchlight illumi-
mated pads at All am. today
The satellite was packed with
electronic instruments designed
to make the most extensive
study ever attempted Of the
moons environment.
The huge rocket appeared to
be flying a true course for 70
seconds, then 1t suddenly
lurched violently and erupted
with a binding flash that il
Eliminated the Atlantic Ocean
and its beaches for several
miles.
Cause Of Failure Sought
A massive ball of red-orange
fire hung motionless thousands
of feet in the sky for several
Evening star., 1960-12-15

most major streets In the Dis.
trict and suburban communi.
ties were clear today and traf-
&c was fairly close to normal
ofiicials said.
Deputy Police Chief William
]. Liverman said the morning
rush hour trafhc today wa:
extremely heavy and moving
very slowly"
Most people were driving ex-
tremely cautiously. which
slowed trafiic down q great
DEAL" he said. People were
late getting in to work In
many cases because they hadn't
anticipated the heavy trafiie
and didn't start soon enough.
Public transportation wa,
moving but SLOW" D. c. Trans
1t and suburban bus lines re.
ported. All lines were running
about 80 minutes behind theil
schedule.
D. c. Transit officials sale
tire chain links falling into
third rail slots on its street
car lines had caused q number
Of delays again today. One oi
the first reported was al
7::30 am. on the southboune
Fourteenth street line where
cars were backed up for three
blocks from Irving street NV
until the rail was cleared.
Most schools in the area were
open today except those ir
upper Montgomery County and
Calvert County. Md, and
Fauquier and Loudoun coun.
ties, Va.
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Ambassador "in the past 2
hours" The Ambassador threw
open the Embassy compound In
Adds Ababa to any British
subjects who, wished to take
refuge there.
A broadcast from Ethiopis
announced that Crown Prince
Asia Wassan has been pro-
claimed King Of that African
nation in place of his father
Emperor Halle Selassie.
British Recognition Asked
The broadcast was heard
here as the deposed Emperor
dashed toward home from
Brazil, where he had been on
. formal state visit while
yesterdays coup took place in
Adds Ababa.
AlrIlne sources SAID the de-
posed Emperor was heading for
Roberts Field in Liberia, the
full width Of the African con-
tinent away from Ethiopia
The Ethiopian broadcast an
nounced the appointment of a
new Prime Minister. Ras
Imeru, former Ethiopian Am.
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.kinuof NepaI
Fires Premier
Orders Arrests.
Assumes Control

KATMANDU. Nepal. Dec.
Is (AP).-King Mahendra of
Nepal today personally as
sumed control Of the govern
ment. ordering the arrest OF
Premier B. p. Koirala ans
other members OF his elected
government. }
The 39-year-old m o n arch
only recently returned from q
visit to the United States and
Europe, charged the Koirala
government with "a failure to
maintain law and order, har-
boring undesirable activity and
killing the peoples democratic
aspirations"
Calls for Loyalty
The royal announcement
called upon army and civil off,
cials to remain loyal.
The King succeeded to the
throne on March 13, 1855. The
Koirala cabinet was formed in
May, 1859, under q constitution
granted by the King in Febru-
ary. 1859.
From the middle Of the 18th
century, Nepal was ruled by
the Rama family, which pro-
vided the hereditary Prime
Minister Of the country.
Broke Rama Power
After World War II a revolu-
tionary movement in 1850 and
1851 restored to the monarchy
the powers 1t had lost 104 years
before and broke the heredi-
tary power Of the Ranas.
The first general elections in
February. 1859, resulted in
overwhelming victory for the
Nepali congress.
BY royal decree today, he pro-
claimed an emergency, sus-
pended the constitution and
ordered the arrest of all cabi-
net ministers.
Premier Koirala was arrested,
along with Home Minister s.
P. Upadhyay. by Army Chief
Of Stan Gen. 8. Neera and
driven under guard to Mahen-
dra's palace. The 10 other
ministers also were arrested,
See NEPAL, Page AS
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'BOBOR SHAD'
LEADS LIBERIA

"BoBoR sHAD," os President
Tubmon Of Liberia is known, is q
eisor- -ehompins, bon vivont, oeeord-
ing to Contributing Writer Smith
Hempstone, ir. But, as the Ieoder Of
Afrieo's Oldest republic, he is also
o lot more. For q report Of his
eolorful eoreer. turn TO Pose c-l4.
CRISP, cRUkcHY christmos
cookies ore just the thing to worm
the heorts Of the Sonto CIous set.
For tosty new ideos on how to make
your Christmas q merry one, read
Violet Faulkner. The Stor's food
editor. today on Pose c-l.
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aIVeTnOOn IN front OF q low
pressure area moving OF the
Gulf Of Mexico, the forecaster
said.
Tonight the area will get q
combination of wet snow, rain
or sleet with temperatures
around or a little above freez-
ing, the forecaster said. u
Cold Tomorrow
Tomorrow will be partly
cloudy, windy and cold as Q
result of a cold front moving
rapidly eastward In Canada
just north Of the Great Lakes.
The forecaster declined to
predict the amount Of snow,
sleet or rain. But he added
that 1t should be light because
of warm upper winds from
Canada"
The snow and sleet were ex-
pected to arrive just about the
time most workers are head
ing home, adding to the al
ready dangerous driving con-
ditions in the city and suburbs.
All the Districts snow emer.
gency plans were lifted by 4:30
pm. yesterday. However, Fran
els E. Twiss, deputy director of
trafiic engineering, said that If
the weather late today and to-
night warrants 1t. the emer-
gency parking and non-essen-
tial travel regulations will be
put back into force.
But let's wait and see what
happens" he added, maybe
1t won't be as bad as 1t sounds. "
Except for patches Of ice,
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Woman Slabs
sftoDeafh
Inquest AbsoIves
YOUNG Mother

A verdict Of iustifiable homi.
eide was returned today after
10 coroner's Jury heard how
10 young Northwest Washington
woman freed her bound hands
and stabbed to death an ex-
convict who raped her In her
bedroom.
The jury returned the ver-
dict In is minutes at a District
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Flee
Laos as SheIIfire
Hits Embassy
Capital AbIoze:
Leftist Troops
Seen in Retreat
By the Associated Pres.

The United States Embassy
In Laos and a French hospital
have been hit by shellfire in
the flaming battle for vienti.
ane. sending hundreds of
French women and children
and some Americans fleeing to
Thailand.
As Communist forces in
Laos were reported driving left
ist troops toward the vital air.
f1eld outside Vientiane, the
heart of the capital was in
flames. said reports to Bangkok,
Thailand's capital.
An artillery shell struck the
United States Embassy today
and the front Of the building
broke into flame. The embassy
radioed Bangkok that the staff
was evacuated, along with that
OF the neighboring United
States Information Service
Building.
The State Department re-
ported today that all Ameri-
cans in Vientiane are safe.
but that three of them were
slightly wounded by shell fire.
The department said reports
received from Ambassador @.
winthrop Brown stated there
were ESQ Americans in Vienti-
ane as OF last week end, and
that it was not known in
Washington yet how many had
left the city after fighting
erupted two days ago.
The rain Of shells spreading
ruin through the heart of the
capital struck the big French
Mathosot Hospital yesterday
afternoon, said the French
Embassy In Bangkok. The stafY
fed, leaving hundreds of
wounded and dying from the
battle under the care of only
two French Army, doctors.
Pleads for Help
One Of the doctors in a dra-
matte radio message pleaded
for international action to end
the useless bloodletting."
The French community in
the former French colony was
all but deserted as women and
children crossed the nearby
Mekong River into Thailand.
The last radio message from
the United States Embassy in
Vientiane said much Of the
downtown section of the city
was ablaze as the two factions
slugged away in an artillery
duel.
This message said the anti
Communist forces, wearing
white arm bands, were in the
center Of the city near the en-
bassy and appeared to have
taken over the entire southern
section.
Anti Communist headouar.
tiers In Southern Laos broad
cast claims that its forces had
driven to the edge of the air.
field on the western outskirts
OF Vientiane.
General Flees
At the height of the battle.
leftlst Capt. Kong lie was dee
serted by his superior, Gen.
Solnthone Pathammavong, who
fed to Thailand. A former
See LAOS, Page AS
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Form Expert Elected
Switzerland President

BERN. Switzerland, Dec. Is
(AP.-Friedrich Traugott
Wahlen. 81, an agricultural
expert. was elected President
Of Switzerland today for 1861.
His election by a Joint session
Of both houses Of Parliament
was automatic and unopposed.
The presidency rotates at one
year intervals among the seven
members Of the federal coun-
Gil. Mrs. Wahlen was Econom-
les Minister and Vice President
this year.
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Snow and SIeet Aiming
New Blow at D. C. Areo
Won't Be os Heovy as Earlier Storm,
Weather Mon Cautiously Predicts

The washington still not completely dug out from
under the 8nch snowfall earlier this week. In for more
snow and see late today and snow eet rain tonight
However the District forecaster predicted that 1t would
be nothing Like we had earlier in the week."
The snow and seet expected TO blow in late in the
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Street Bottle Reported
After Ethiopion Coup
Grown Prince Proclaimed King;
Halle Selussie Flying Home

LONDON, Dec. Is (AP)-A British government spokes-
man said today lighting has broken out in Adds Ababa
the capital OF Ethiopia Later the Ethiopian radio reported
several civilians killed and many wounded.
Edward HEATH Lord Privy Seal, told the House of
Commons he had received this information from the British
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Cabinet Post
Turned Down
ByDawson
Kennedy Likely
To Reveal New
Choices Today
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
star stan Writer

star stan Writet
President elect Kennedy,
planning to announce his
choices for one or two cabinet
posts late this afternoon, dis
closed today that Representa-
tive William Dawson of Illinois
has turned down the post Of
Postmaster General.
Senator Kennedy said he Of
fered the Post Once job to
,
lotia American Assignment for John
son Seen. Poee Alt
the 74-year-old Negro Con-
gresham last Tuesday, but the
Illinois Democrat declined.
He told reporters that Mr..
Dawson believed he could be
Of more effective service to his
country, party, State and the
new administration by remain
ing in the House, where he is
chairman Of the Government
Operations Committee. Mr..
Dawson would have been the
first Negro cabinet member.
The President-elect said he
regrets that Mr.. Dawson won't
be with us in the new admin
istration." but he added that
he would call on him frequent
ly for advice.
Asked who will be Postmaster
General. Senator Kennedy said
I'VE haven't got the man yet"
Plans Florida Trip
Promising reporters two an.
nouncements later in the after
noon. he said ct least one of
them would be q cabinet ap-
pointment-and maybe both. u
With half the 10 cabinet
posts unified at midmorning !
the President-elect was striving
to make substantial prOgressl
toward filling the remaining
i've posts before flying TO PalmI
Beach. Fla, tomorrow night.
Cabinet spots stfll open arel
Secretaries Of the Treasury,
Agriculture and Labor. Attor-
,ney General and Postmaster
General.
Talks 70 Caccia
The President.elect earlier
talked briefly with reporters on
the front steps Of his George
town home as he escorted Brit
ish Ambassador Sir Harold
Caccia to the door.
He said he and the Ambas-
sador discussed problems and
opportunities which the United
States and Great Britain will
face in 1851 with some special
emphasis on disarmament"
Senator Kennedy added that
he expressed the hope to the
Ambassador that it win be pos
sible for British Prime Minister
Macmillan and me to meet in
the not-too- distant future" He
See KENNEDY. Page A.SI
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Picture on Poss as
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THE WEATHER: :. s'' "a: s:'s.; r.,

District and vicinity-some wet snow or
sleet with temperatures around or little
above freezing tonight. Cloudy, windy and
cold tomorrow. High and low Of the past
"a hours: High, 81, at $3.50 pm. yesterday;
low, 16, at Z am. yesterday.
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Curtis and Stedmon Repeat
On Stors AII-Met Eleven

Fabrizio was named to the
team mainly for his outstanding
defensive play on a team that
allowed only three touchdowns
all season. Davis and Mitchell
were excellent interior linemen
for teams with outstanding for.
ward walls. ..
Johnson. like Clarke, was q
stickout for q team with q
losing record. A trackman who
has been timed at 53.7 seconds
for the quarter-mile, Ed was
used mostly at guard this sea-
son so that he could pull out
for blocking. He conferred on
punts and extra points and
played hnebacker on defense.
Manarin is strong, quick and
a good blocker with excellent
movements. He was st. Johns
most prominent lineman in
practically every game.
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STATISTICS

with a 500 record-4-4-2.
Never since SMU first fielded
a team in 1915 has it had a
worse season. The Mustangs
won none. lost o and tied /.
Moreland, 17O-pound senior,
broke over right tackle and
then cut to his right, eluding
would-be tacklers and. ran 50
yards in the second quarter
to the Mustang IS. 1t was the
longest run from scrimmage
this season by a TCU player.
Three plays later, Sonny
Gibbs plowed over from the two
for the first touchdown and
that was enough to win. R. E.
Dodson kicked the extra point.
Moreland's 12-yard run was
the longest leading to TCU's
second touchdown. The drive
carried "a yards in IA plays
with Moreland going over right
guard for the touchdown from
the vineyard line.
Dodson's conversion kick at
tempt failed-the first time this
season he has not kicked the
extra point in IL attempts.
TCU . ma
sMU ------------- o o 0 %
TCu-Gibbs q. run (Dodson kick.
TCU-Moreland l. run (kick failed).
Attendance-20.OO
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from scrimmage. Tom led the
Northern Virginia Group LA
scorers with 102 points.
The line. anchored by Davis
and Mitchell. both 210-pound-
ers. averages 100. Clarke, a
rugged performer who was cited
by every Virginia coach for
his inspired play, is the lightest
at ITO. Although Lee had only
a 2-8 record, Clarke stuck out
like a sore thumb as a line
hacker.
Warren capped an outstand-
ing season Thursday by scoring
three touc h Towns as WI
clinched the state title by wal
Looping George Washington,
400. Steve caught a 52-yard
scoring pass, recovered a tumble
in the end zone and ran IL
yards with an intercepted pass
for his three touchdowns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
BY CARL SELL
star stan Writer

Two holdovers from last year.
Fullback Mike Curtis Of Richard
Montgomery and Carley Sted-
man. CAROLS double-barreled
backfield threat. head The
Stars 1860 All-Metropolitan
high school football team.
Curtis. a 205-pounder. led
Richard Montgomery to its Sec
ond straight unbeaten season.
The Rockets have won %
straight games. Stedman, who
alternated between quarterback
and halfback, was the main
cog in CAROLS offense and also
was a defensive star.
Carroll, which won the city
championship with q 7-6. de-
cision over Eastern Thursday,
was the only team to place
two players on the first eleven.
End Dick Fabrizio was picked
along with Stedman. The Lions
won all 10 Of their games this
season.
5 Leagues Represented
Four players from the North
ern Virginia Group la League,
three from the Catholic League,
two from the Maryland BIZ
County League and one each
from the Interhigh League and
Interstate Athletic Conference
were chosen for first-team hon.
ors by The Stars staff of scho-
lastic writer's.
End Steve Warren, offensive
and defensive star for WASH
ington-Lee's Virginia Group
la champions, Tackle Wayne
Davis at Annandale, Guard Ted
Clarke of Lee and Halfback
Tom Arehart Of Hammond were
picked from Northern Virginia.
Chosen from the Catholic
League along with Stedman
and Fabrizio was Guard Len
Manarin Of st. Johns. Center
Ed johnson Of Northwestern
and Curtis represent the BIZ
County League.
Tackle Darnell Mitchell Of
Eastern was the only player to
represent the Interhigh League,
while Halfback Marty Baum
berger Of st. Stephens was
the lone pick from the LAC.
The backfield has unusual
balance. Curtis gives the club
a pile-driving fullback. Mike. q
bruising runner. scored lot
points this year on 10 touch
downs and 20 extra-point place.
ments. He also picked up 681
yards in 81 carries.
Stedman. who made the ALI
Met team as a quarterback last
year, is an excellent passer and
runner. Both Baumberger and
Arehart are top-notch break
away halfbacks who piled ur
impressive statistics.
| Baumberger picked up GAS
yards in 1873 carries for st
Stephens. The Saints had ar
8-0-1 record and won the LAC
title for the second straight
year. Marty. a 170-pounder who
runs the 100 in 10 seconds fat,
scored 104 points.
Arehart. a stocky, 5-foot-7,
165-pounder. picked up 729
yards for Hammond, making
the third straight year he has
gained more than 500 yards
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Trotters Schedule
Game at UIine's

The next appearance of the
Harlem Globetrotters barn
storming basketball team at
Uline Arena, scheduled Satur-
day, December II. has taken
on more than the usual enter
tainment overtones.
The Globetrotters themselves,
playing a team called the Cen
erals. generally put on a real
good show. There will be a
musical floor show at halft!me,
and new this year will be a pre-
game 40-minute variety show.
The pre-game affair will be
a condensation of Hellzapoppin' !,
featuring Ole Olsen, a star in
the original Broadway comedy.
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OLE MISS
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pair of terrific second-team
backs. led the march from the
Rebels six to the State eight.
From there. Gibbs sprinted
into the end zone.
The Sugar Bowl appearance
will be the fifth for Ole Miss
which lost to Georgia Tech in
1858 and Navy in 1855, then
beat Texas in 1858 and Louisi.
ana State. 21-0, this year. The
Rebels have also made single
a PIP e rances in the Delta
Orange, Cotton and Gator
Bowls, losing only in their 1886
Orange Bowl appearance
against Catholic U.
MIssIssiPPI STATE 81 . g q g q GCss
Observation-Disclosures 10. pass from
Gibbs Green kick.
MISUNDERSTANDING 16. pass from
Gibbs Green kick.
Hill tDantone kick.
Mississippi-Gibbs 8, run (Greer
Observation-Disclosures ID, interrogation
return tGreen kick.
ISIS ., run tGreen
Mississippi State Safety, Elmore
slipped In end zone.
Attendance-35,00
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
Hinnunt Beaten

FRANKFURT, Germany,
Nov. 26 (AP).-Erich Schoepp-
ner, Germany's European light
heavyweight champion. took a
unanimous decision from Clar-
ance Hinnant of Washington,
d. c., in a 10-round non-title
fight tonight. Each weighed 176
pounds.
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territory three times in the
first half.
And on defense, the work Of
Billy Neighbors. Leroy Jordan,
John OLinger, Charles Pell,
Tommy Wesley, and Darwin
Holt turned Auburn's offense
into a sputtering machine that
never got started.
Skeletons passing and Frac-
chia's running led the Tide to
the Auburn 6 in the second
quarter. Then BROKER. booting
from the IL, got Alabama's
three-pointer. It was Brokers
first field goal of the season
and the second of his career.
Auburn, finishing 80, still
leads Alabama, BILL, in the
series.
A AGsHNM - 9 g Ga
Alabama-FG Brooker. %.
Attendance, $4,000.