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Evening star., 1960-03-22
Chen Cheng Again
Wins Second Post

TAIPEI, Formosa, Mar. @
(AP).-The National Assembly
today elected Chen Cheng to q
second six-year term as vice
president of Nationalist China
Mr.. Chen, who was unopposed
received 1881 of the 1,505 votes
cast. The rest, ruled invalid
included 119 blanks and five in
correctly marked.
The Assembly named Chang
Kai-shek to a third term as
President yesterday, with 1,48l
affirmative ballots and %
blanks.
Gen. Chang and Mr.. Chen
will be reinstalled ally
May 20.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
D. Approve,
New Housing
$50 Dwellings
PIunned in Sc.

Construction Of a public
housing project at Kentucky
avenue and c street Sc. was
approved today by the Com
missioners.
Plans call for $50 to It's
housing units on the blighted
portions of two squares.
The larger of the two is
bounded by Kentucky avenue
and c, Thirteenth and D
streets. The other, across Ken
lucky avenue, is bounded by
South Carolina avenue and c
and Fourteenth streets.
Approval by the Commits
sioners is needed before the
National Capital Housing Au-
thority can build a public
housing project.
At a public hearing this
month James Ring, NCHA di-
rector, said the dwelling units
would be designed for elderly
persons and for small families.
Organizations which backed
the proposal included the
Washington Housing ASsocia-
tion. the Washington Urban
League, the National Capital
Area Council Of Churches and
the District League of Women
Voters.
Opposition for the most part
centered on arguments that the
area is more suitable for pri-
vate restoration than for public
housing. A representative of
the Capitol Hill Southeast
Citizens Association Health
and Welfare Committee pro-
, tested that the new units would
clash architecturally with re-
stored homes in the neighbor-
hood.
Evening star., 1960-03-22

prosecution pointed up contra
dictions in Motherwell's stories
Of the death Of his Mongoloid
daughter, Heather.
Heather died June 20, 1854,
at the age of IA months and
was buried on a farm near
Frederick. Sarah Motherwell
the child's mother, was found
dead in her bathtub in the
Motherwells' Washington apart
ment November 8, 1858. The
death was listed as drowning
Motherwell was arrested in
Las Vegas in January, 1859, on
a charge of numbering Heather.
Mr.. Whitney testified Moth
erwell said Heather had died
Of pneumonia in a Mobile, Ala,
nursing home.
Was Not Indicted
Mr.. Whitney said he asked
Motherwell If he had killed the
child and Motherwell replied:
II will not admit it. I won't
say you're wrong, but I won't
admit it,"
The grand jury in Frederick
refused TO indict Motherwell.
A defense objection blocked
Main from saying why the jury
failed to indict.
Prosecutor Compton then
asked where the States attor-
ney who handled the case was
now.
IN prison for tax evasion, y
Chief Main replied.
Chlet Main said MotherWell
had told him that Heather died
of strangulation, that he had
been guilty Of negligence be.
cause doctors had warned the
child needed special care.
DR.. Russell McNitt, Wash
ington gynecoiogist, testified
the Motherwell baby had not
required any such special care
and had been in no danger Of
strangulation.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
SO Yemenites Drown

CAIRO, Egypt, Mar. % (AP)
Fifty Yemenites drowned
wnen their sailing vessel sank
in the Red Sea, the Middle
East News Agency reported
yesterday IN a dispatch from
Hodeia, Yemen. 1t SAID the
Yemenites were on their way
home after being expelled from
Ethiopia.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
Doubts Hard Agreement
Firehouse Burns

SYRACUSE, Ind, Mar. %
(AP).-The Syracuse Fire De-
partment headquarters burned
today with four trucks trapped
inside the building. Fred Per-
sonette, deputy town marshal,
estimated damage at 10000
and said the fire was believed
to have started from an oil
burner explosion.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
FouIAttributed
To Humphrey
Wisconsin Leader,
Democrat, Riled

MADISON, Wis, Mar. %
(AP).-Wisconsin's Democratic
Gov Gaylord Nelson, who
weeks ago appointed himself
referee in the States Demo-
cratic presidential primary
fight. accused Senator Hum
phrey of Minnesota today of
hitting below the belt.
In an executive office state
ment, Gov. Nelson said Senator
Evening star., 1960-03-22
FISHING'S FINE
AT KITTY HAWK

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS prov.
ing ground is the first stop on on
oneline tour Of North coroIino's
Outer Bonks. The second Of chorIes
CovelPs three articles on CoroIina
fishing appears on the Leisure
Sports Pose, AIS.
A BIT OF PARIS on Connecticut
oVenue is the oim Of Michele BoIIe,
Washington dress designer. EIeni
writes obout her and her shop on
Po9e B-6 in the Womon's Section.
Evening star., 1960-03-22

Humphrey and his supporters
had hurled charges that Sena-
tor Kennedy of Massachusetts
the Minnesota Senator's pri-
mary opponent. has a voting
record akin to that of Vice
President Nixon.
This is preposterous," Gov
Nelson said. Senator Ken
nedy's record is far superior in
every respect to that of Nixon. y
1T may be that Senator
Humphreys record, as a con-
scientious representative of q
neighboring State, has beer
more attuned to special Mid
western problems" the Gov
ernor said. Nevertheless, the
overall objectives of both Sen-
ators have been far more simi-
lar than they have been diff
ferent."
Called "Regrettable"
Gov. Nelson said Sen
Humphrey and his supporters
recently embarked on a course
of emphasizing the difference!
in voting records, and called
this turn "regrettable and prof.
itleSS."
Senator Humphrey toured the
I'd congressional district, a rich
Southern Wisconsin agricul-
tural area, yesterday and made
it plain that he wasn't taking
back anything he said previ-
ously about the farm voting
record of Senator Kennedy.
The Minnesota Senator also
snapped back at Senator Prox.
mire, Democrat of Wisconsin
who had charged that Senator
Humphrey was performing a
"disservice to his party" by
! See HUMPHREY, Page Al
Evening star., 1960-03-22
Admits Lack
OfOptimism
Over Result
By J. A. OTEARY
Star stah Writer

Secretary of State Herter
said today he regards the MAY
is East-West summit confer.
ence as a gamble and is not
very optimistic over the results,
He also told the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
all of the surface indications
at the current Geneva dis
armament talks suggest the
Russians want some meaning
full agreement" in that field.
But he said the real test will
come when the delegates get
down to the hard details Of
inspection.
You are gambling with high
stakes, and in a reckless man
ner," said Senator Gore, Demo-
crat' of Tennessee, commenting
on the testimony concerning
the summit. II am concerned
at your testimony here that
the meeting is being arranged
with no plan and no purpose"
Cites Need Of Agenda
Senator Gore was stressing
the point that there should be
a definite agenda before the
summit meeting begins.
Mr.. Herter replied that he
views the summit essentially as
a matter of exploration. He
said that in Russia there is one
man - Premier Khrushchev -
who makes the decisions, and
that many conferences have
been held at the lower levels
where decisions could not be
made.
In this day of pushbutton
weapons, Mr.. Herter said,
there are too many chances
tor miscalculation, or misunder-
standing, to risk taking the
position that we will not sit
down and talk with anybody"
The Secretary of State re-
called that the British wanted
a summit meeting and that
President Eisenhower has taken
the position he will go any
where for talks that might ad-
vance the cause of world peace.
Mr.. Herter said if this country
insisted on an itemized agenda,
it might lead to months of argu-
ment on that preliminary step.
He said the purpose in ar
ranging the summit session
was to discuss at the highest
level the questions uppermost
in the world situation.
But Mr.. Herter added:
Il am frank to admit that
I am not very optimistic over
what will be accomplished"
Referring to the status of
Berlin. he said, II would be
amazed if that could be set
tied IN a few days at the
summit"
Doubts Hard Agreement
With regard to disarmament,
he said no one knows whether
current negotiations will have
progressed to a point where
hard agreements can be made
at the summit meeting, but IT
doubt If they will"
He said some progress toward
a disarmament agreement NAV
come out of the summit, but
he would be pleasantly sur
prised" if final agreements re-
suited.
AS to Senator Cores concern
See HERTER, Page Ali
Evening star., 1960-03-22

MOLnerWeIl, AZ, OF murOerlng
Mrs. Pearl Putney, 72, a we'll
to-do Washington Cd. c.
widow. The jurors will decide
whether he will be sentenced to
death or life Imprisonment.
The jury is expected to get
the case today. 1t is the same
jury of nine women and three
men which convicted him Of
murder.
Under an amendment to Cali
fornia's capital punishment law.
a jury which convicts on a
first degree murder charge
must decide at a second trial
whether the penalty shall be
the gas chamber or life i'm
priSonment.
Brief final arguments were
planned by Sierra County Dis
trict Attorney Gordon l. Smith,
special prosecutor Lynn Comp
ton and defense attorney John
T. Reyes of Washington. D. C..
Mrs. Summers, a native Of
Youngstown, Ohio, was identi-
fed by her maiden name. Her
present married name was not
disclosed.
Planned Accidents"
Mrs. Summers declared
Motherwell, whom she married
as Frank Eugene Caventer, in
1888, tried to kill her and their
two children in what he planned
as a boating accident and a
gas explosion accident.
Mrs. Summers said chance
foiled Motherwell in both at
tempts and she never told
police because how could you
prove it?"
In June, 1945, on the boat
ride on a lake near Washington
with the children, then aged
and s, she declared Mother
we'll stood up in the boat and
hit her on the head with a piece
of pipe. The boat overturned
and everyone was plunged in
the water.
She said somebody in another
boat saved them.
House Filled With Gas
Mrs. Summers said Mother
well in February, 1945. had
given her sleeping pills. And
all gas burners on the kitchen
stove were turned on. The
house was filled with gas when
sne awoke the next morning,
Mrs. Summers said, but she
couldn't move.
Her mother arrived and
saved the woman and two chill
dren from death by asphyxia-
ton or gas explosion, Mrs.
Summers testified.
Motherwell insisted the stove
burners had been turned on
by the children, the witness
said.
But the children never
played around the stove" she
declared.
Mrs. Summers said her third
child, born in March, 1945, was
found dead in his bed when he
was a few months old. She had
fed him and put him to bed
and went downstairs to wash
clothes. She said the baby's
death was attributed to nat
ural causes.
Policemen Testify
Mrs. Summers divorced
Motherwell in January, 1946.
In testimony from Charles v.
Main, police chief at Frederick,
Md. and Mike Whitney, Las
Vegas New police officer, the
Evening star., 1960-03-22
By ROBERT X. WALSH

The House rejected by voice vote today attempt
require proposed courapponted voting referees to
expert knowledge of Federal and State election laws
In drive to obtain adoption of the voting referee
proposal late today and passage of the civil rights bill
tomorrow advocates of the legislation sought defeat
Evening star., 1960-03-22
MotherweII's Ex-Wife
SoysHe Triedto KILLER
Sought to Wipe Out Family IS Years Ago
She Testfies at Penalty Hearing

BONNEVILLE Calf, Mar % (AP).-The first of Larry
Lord Motherwes three wives sobbngy accused him
terday of twice trying to kill her their children
years ago.
Dorothy Summers the first witness in the penalty
hearing before the Superior Court jury which convicted
Evening star., 1960-03-22
Summit Is Gamble.
Herter Declares
Rights Referee Plan
VotedbyHouse, 192-112
RlII ETIMa
BULLETIN

=, Ihe House today tentatively approved, 192-I12
the Federal voting referee plan as key amendment
10 lts four point civil rights bill The division vote
was subject to later roll call but seemed Iike1v IN
stand.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
Campaign Pushed

The new clashes occurred al
Negroes pressed their campaign
for abolition of passes which
the nationalist white govern
ment requires them to carry.
Meanwhile, the Johannes
burg neswpaper Vaderland pub
lished an unconfirmed report
that 81 Negroes perished in the
first day of rioting.. 1t said
many victims died in hospitals
during the night.
In both Sharpeville and Langa
900 miles to the southeast, po-
lice opened up yesterday with
Submachine guns and rifles,
moving down men, women and
children. Jet planes and ar
mored cars were thrown into
See AFRICA, Page ALL
Evening star., 1960-03-22
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Kennedy Tokes O Breother in His
Compoisn. Pose "A
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Policemen Testify

Mrs. Summers divorced
Motherwell in January, 1916.
In testimony from Charles v.
Main, police chief at Frederick,
Md. and Mike Whitney, Las
Vegas New police officer, the
Evening star., 1960-03-22
FIRING ERUPTS
AGAIN IN AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG, Mar. %
(AP.-Police fired on Negro
mobs today as rioting against
South Africa's white supremacy
laws broke out for the second
consecutive day in the black
Langa settlement near Cape
Town.
Langa is one of two districts
where police yesterday moved
down angry demonstrators, kill
ing at least 81 and wounding
$50.
The other is Sharpeville. near
here, where thousands of po-
lice, backed by armored cars,
were reported enforcing an un-
easy peace.
The disorders in Langa
erupted again as firemen fought
blazes set by the rioters yester-
day.
Rioters Stone Firemen
The f1ermen were fighting
eight fires. two of them in
churches, when rioters appeared
and stoned them.
The f1remen had to retreat
under the first attack but re-
turned later under escort of
police and armored cars.
There also were reports of
new rioting in the Nyanga
West Negro settlement near
Cape Town. There Africans
tried to set fire to an electrical
department building and police
fired on them. reports said.
Police reinforcements and
armored cars rushed to the
scene.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
TIE NIEATuED, Full Report
SHI "LAIHGN' on Pese Al

District and vicinity-Fair, windy and cold
tonight, low in the 20s. Mostly sunny, windy
and cold tomorrow. high in the 3Os. High
and low of the last "a hours: High, Al, at
IL am. today; low, 80. at $40 am. today.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Parked Newspaper Trucks Blown Up
 In Portland Strike

PORTLAND, Ore, R - Two strings of parked trucks - which hauled for Portland's two struck daily newspapers - were blown up late Sunday night in Portland and nearby Oregon City.
 Dynamite charges were used to blow up four trucks here, police said, and apparently was used on the six trucks blasted in Oregon City.
 There were no reports of fla talities or injuries.
 The explosions here occurred at warehouse in the heavily in- dustrialized northwest section of the city.
 A police demolition squad found an unexploded charge of dynamite in the cab of one truck. Its fuse had gone out.
 A spokesman for the Oregon ian said the trucks were owned by firms which did contract haul ing for the Oregonian and Ore gon Journal, the city's two dali lies which were struck November 10 by the Stereotypers Union.
 The papers have merged forces and have continued at the Ore gonian plant to publish joint edition despite the strike.
 The first explosions were at the Wymore Trucking Co. ware house in Oregon City. Those in Portland followed minutes later at the Oregon Film Service ware house.
 Seven trucks were parked side by side beside the Wymore ware house in Oregon City, only six blocks from downtown.
 Six of the trucks were destroyed by the explosions and the flames that swiftly curled through the huge vans - which haul paper rolls and can carry 19-ton loads.
 Early today, teenage boy walked into a precinct station on Portland's souteast side, carrying two charges of dynamite he said he found beside a fence, miles from the blast scenes. One charge contained three taped sticks of dynamite, the other four sticks.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Lorene Nershak Takes Crown For Alaska's
 Choice As Junior Miss

Lorene Nershak, Is year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Richard Nershak, was chosen to represent Alaska at the Junior Miss Contest for high school senior girls at Mobile, Alabama
 Miss Nershak was born in Nome and has never been in any of the other 49 states in fact she has not been farther than Fairbanks where she spent couple of months while her father was working there.
 She plans to enter the Phila- delphia School of Nursing after graduating from Nome High.
 At the Coronation Ball given in her honor Saturday evening the Chamber of Commerce presented her with a check for $100 for spending money.
 The trip to Mobile is an all expense-paid trip, and she will be housed in Mobile in a private  home and compete with repre- sentatives from the other states for scholarships of up to $5,000 which are given the winners of the Junior Miss America Pageant.
 Miss Nershak will leave in about a month during which time she will prepare herself for parti- cipation in this once in lifetime event.
 Entries from other cities in AL aska were not possible this year as not sufficient time was given. Next year it is hoped to have en- tries from high schools all over the state compete for this coveted honor and opportunity.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Nine Lobbyists Register For Legislature Session

JUNEAU, tR = Nine lobbyists were on hand today as the Legis- lature resumed its second week of work.
 All the lobbyists have complied with the state law requiring them to register with the State Department of Administration.
 The nine now on the lobby rolls are Larry Moore, Anchorage, As sociated General Contractors rep resentative; Mrs. Lucy Mick, Palmer, League of Alaska Cities; Henry Hedberg, Anchorage, State Federation of Labor; J. B. Han ford, Bellevue, Wash, Odom Co.,;
 Joseph R. Walsh, Anchorage, Alaska Licensed Beverage Asso- citation; D. B. Vaughn, Juneau, Railway Express Agency; Frank Darnell, Juneau, Alaska Educa- tion Association; John Gilbert, Douglas, Columbia Rivers Pack CTS Association; Robert J. Annis, Juneau, Association of Intra-Alas- ka Air Carriers and the U. S. Brewers Foundation, Inc.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Worker Survives Burial Under 3O-Ft. Snow Avalanche

WINDEMERE, B. C., R - James Duke, 60-year-old High way Department employe, was buried for more than 26 hours under an avalanche of snow. When rescuers reached him yes terday, he asked:
 Did someone remember to feed and water my dog?"
 Duke, working at project IA miles from the Alberta British Columbia border, was buried ear ly Saturday by more than 30 feet of snow. When more slides threat ened late last night, rescuers left convinced Duke was dead.
 q could see daylight through the snow," Duke said from his hospital bed here. And knew when it was night and the men left. I knew the fellows would be back, but the night was long.
 q kept thinking the same things over and over. I knew the men would be back. It was cold. I may have slept. can't really remember"
 The men did come back with bulldozers to clear the slide and hunt for Dukes body.
 Duke said he Hay in fear the blade would take off my head" He finally managed to thrust an arm through cleared spot and wave. He was saved from suffo- cation by nearby air pocket.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Labor Lobbyist
 Tries to 'HOOdwink Workers,' - Egan

JUNEAU. tP - Governor Fan today called Henry Hedberg, An chorage labor lobbyist, "A friend ly fellow" but said Government in this state is not going to bow to, or be influenced by yelled threats from any source"
 This statement came in defense of the Governors recommenda- tions on employment security embodied in bill introduced last week.
 Egan accused Hedberg, who cri- ticized the Governors program, of trying to hoodwink Alaskan workers. Said Egan:
 q challenge MT. Hedberg or anyone else to match my record as a laborer in Alaska or my legis- lative record for labor. :"
 Meanwhile, Sen. w. o. Smith of Ketchikan, called Hedberg's s statements on ESC ridiculous, |" and said the ESC problem could wreck the Democratic majority in the state
 Sen. George McNabb of Fair banks sided with Hedberg. Me Nabb said the bill should embody an increase in benefit amounts and rate of contributions based on total wages rather than $7,200 as proposed by the Governor.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Soviets Complete Pacific Missile Tests
 With 2nd Firing of Powerful Rocket

PA miles. The second rocket pre- sumbly was launched from the same site, believed to be in the Caspian Sea area.
 The announcement said the latest firing had completed the tests of a new rocket intended to launch heavy earth satellites and make space flights to planets of the solar system.
 The rocket announcement was made as the top Communist lead CTS of Soviet-bloc countries gath cred in Moscow for a top-level meeting.
 Just as the rocket to the moon, fired on the eve of Premier Khrushchev's trip to the United States, this launching again showed Soviet ability to conduct it's tests with the maximum poli- tical advantage.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Algiers Insurgents Lay Down Arms
 Amid Army Cheers

ALGIERS, LR - The eight-day colonial revolt in Algiers col lapsed today.
 The insurgent irregulars, who resisted French President Charles De Gaulle's policy of self-determi- nation for Algeria, surrendered their downtown barricades to an overwhelming display of army strength.
 The fiery insurgent leader Pierre LaGaillarde was given a military salute as he marched out of the barricades, followed by haggard band of some 300 irreg- ular troops.
 It was not immediately known what the French Army, which had stuck with De Gaulle, would do with LaGaillarde and his men.
 LaGaillarde, a reserve paratroop lieutenant, gave up after the pop ulation of Algiers ignored his call for continuation of the general strike.
 LaGaillarde still wore his para troop uniform and carried French flag as he led his small force from the stronghold.
 A French paratroop upit in front of the barricade stood at attention as the insurgents marched solemnly out. As he crossed the square, LaGaillarde exchanged salutes with French officers commanding the troops before the barricades.
 The crowd began to cheer and clap for LaGuaillarde, and there were cries of "Algierie Franchise" Algeria is French!
 LaGaillarde's men were a mot ley group. Some wore uniforms, some had only parts of uniforms. A few wore steel helmets and others wore paratroops berets.
 Dr. Bernard LeFevre, a right wing political figure in Algiers, said the surrender had come as a result of nighttime negotiations between the insurgents and the army. He said the conditions asked by the insurgents were that the surrender go off with military honors and that no sane tions be taken against them.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01
Gen. McArthur Condition Serious but Improving

NEW YORK, R = General Douglas MacArthur's condition remained serious today at Lenox Hill Hospital where he is being treated for a non-malignant ob- struction in the urinary tract.
 An Army spokesman Sunday said Macarthur, who last week celebrated his 80th birthday, prob ably will stay longer at the hos pital than the two weeks planned.
 The generals condition was de- scribed as improving but still serious.
 MacArthur, who fought in two world wars and the Korean war, entered the hospital Friday.
The Nome nugget., 1960-02-01

MOSCOW, LR The Soviet Union fired off a second power ful rocket Sunday, hitting the tar get area in the Pacific and end ing the current tests, Tass an- nounced today.
 The news agency said the A. 900 square miles of the mid-Pa- cific marked off by the Soviet Union January 8, once more is open to planes and shipping.
 The first rocket was fired Jan uary 20. Moscow announced that it landed little more than a mile off target. The announcement of the second shot did not specify how close it came to the actual target, nor did it give the dis tance the rocket travelled.
 It calculated the first rocket covered a distance of 7,760 miles and missed the target by only