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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-06-22
Receives Pin For Service

Mrs. Rose II White recently re-
ceivcd a pin and congratulations
from H. B. Whitney Baltimore,
traffic manager Of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone company.
for completing 50 years of service
as a switchboard operator in Oak
land The presentation was made
at dinner at Cornish manor re-
Gently
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-06-22

ing in district 6.
Baymond j. BroadWatcr ana
wife to Charles Iicmni5 aud wife,
laO4t acres al land and dwelling
in district H. AviIton
Kathryn " Condor ana husband
to Fred A. Thaycl and wife, 1929
quara feet cr land in district Z.
cast Oakland
William H. Spikcr and wife to
Wilma A. Calhoun and others. 10
500 sldarc feet and buildings in
district Z.
Mmaare. z. Drccs and others to
Harry Oucr and wife. 1885 acre,
of land in district 8 Johnson.
Joseph T. Cravcr and wife to j.
Ann Cravcr, lot and buildings in
district IS, Kitzmillcr.
Roy Calhoun to Charlotte p.
McCutohcon, l lot and dwelling in
district iG, Mt. Lake Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Cyanide Poison Killed
2.CoroIino u. Students

cups found in the room the
two students shared this Sc
mester.
A student reported he visisted
young Barham at $50 pm.
Thursday and that he appar-
emily was in good health. At
II pm, however, another STU
dent found the youth violently
i'll in the dormitory bathroom.
He called Mr.. johnson to help
get Mr.. Barham to bed.
Food in Room
Officials specialized that
something occurred between
$3.50 and II pm. that played
a part in the tragedy.
Mr.. Cannady said some food
was found in the room, but no
more than might be expected
for two healthy college STU
dents.
Mr.. Cannady said the death
of a 33-year-old ex-graduate
student on Thursday appar-
emily was not connected with
the deaths of Mr.. johnson and
Mr.. Barham. The body of
Robert s. Mauldin, a dental
laboratory photographer, was
found propped up on a couch
in his room. A magazine was
in his hand and his television
set was running. Mr.. Cannady
ruled he died Of natural causes
and no autopsy was performed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Washington Pair
Saved From Sea

MACS HEAD, N. c., Oct.
(AP).-A Washington ID. c.
couple was rescued from posi-
BILE drowning in the surf here
today by a coast gl1ardsmar
and a vacationist who saw
them in trouble.
Beach officials said Mrs. John
Dockham and her husband, oil
4545 Connecticut avenue NV.
were swimming in a fairly calm
surf when Mrs. Dockham ap.
parently went too far out. Hell
husband attempted to rescue
her, but himself was overcome
A vacationist, Grant School.
croft of Weston, w. Va, was
walking along the beach and
saw the couple in distress. He
succeeded in bringing Mr.. Dock.
ham to safety. John c. Mil.
lette. jr., a coastguardsmar
from Raritan, N. j., here o.
leave, went to Mrs. Dockham';
aid and brought her to shore
Artificial respiration was ad.
miniStered to Mr.. Dockham
with the aid of a doctor. and
he recovered.
Mrs. Dockham revived quick
ly but was put to bed in hel
cottage under ISOLATION. The
physician said she probably
would suffer no i'll effects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

layed at the start by a morn
ing conference with Defense
Secretary Mcnamara in Wash
ington.
The President also put lin a
phone call from the White
House to Mayor Willy Brandt
of West Berlin, who is in New
York.
Pierre Salinger, White House
press secretary, said the Presi-
dent put in the call ito wei.
come him to the United States"
In New York, Mr.. Brandt
said the President congratu-
lated him for his speech, in
which he said the wall that Oh
vides Berlin must come down.
Mr.. Salinger refused any
comment on the Presidents
talk yesterday with Soviet For
eign Minister Gromyko.
The President is keeping in
close touch with reports on the
condition of veteran House
Speaker Rayburn, who is m
curably i'll with cancer in Dali
las, Tex.
Mr.. Salinger said the Presi-
dent planned to return to
Washington Monday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

talks started, there was some
hope that a negotiating formula
would be found which would
lead to an East-West foreign
ministers meeting on Berlin
toward the end of this year.
While that objective was, not
attained, United States officials
believe, as Mr.. Rusk said yes
terday, that the atmosphere Of
the talks with Mr.. Gromykc
has been serious and construc-
tive.
Mr.. Rusk discussed the situa-
ton briefly in filming with Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt a televisior
program for use next Saturday
The program is produced by
station WGBH-TV in co-opera-
ton with Brandeis University
for the National Educational
Television Network.
The talks with Mr.. Gromyko
Mr.. Rusk said, have not been
negotiations in the usual mean
ing of that word. I'VE have
been trying to find whether q
reasonable basis" for negotia-
tons could be worked out, he
said.
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PILE OF GARBAGE
YIELDS $4,000
AFTER FRANTIC DIG

NEW ORLEANS (AP).-
Raymond Martin, Al, dug
through 10000 pounds Of
garbage and came up with
$4,000.
Mr.. Martin, a hardware
store owner, sifted through
the pile yesterday at an in
Generator to recover his
store receipts.
Mr.. Martin took the
money home in a paper bag
to wait for the bank to
open. His wife placed it on
top Of a trash basket for a
moment. The maid scooped
up the basket-and the bag
and handed it to the gar
bage collector.
What did Mr.. Martin say
when his wife told him of
the mistake? Il don't think
it's very proper to say what
I did when I found out" he
explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

foot-wide open stretch of sand,
and beyond that four rows of
barbed wire.
With grim determination to
prevent escapes from the Com
munist regime, the Red soldiers
ruthlesSly have torn down so
homes in the last few days in
the three quarter mile long
area where the powerleSs moth
er stood.
Trucks Left
THE poor people who lived
in those homes" a West Berlin
policeman said. lone night
the Eastern police came and
told them they had to be out
in two hours. The moving
trucks simply came up and
took out most of their belong
ings."
Yesterday my mother could
come within 20 yards of the
barbed wire. Today they are
holding her farther back. We
probably won't see her at all
tomorrow" the woman on the
West said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

CHAPEL HILL, NC, Oct. 7
(AP)-An Orange County
coroner's jury ruled tonight
that cyanide poisoning killed
two University of North Caro-
lima students whose bodies were
found in adjoining dormitory
beds yesterday.
Police Chief w. D. Blake said,
We're trying to find out how
the poison was administered
and by whom"
The students, James Michael
Barham, 81, of Burlington, and
William Henry Harrison john
son, "a, of Statesville, were
roommates in Cobb Dormitory
near the center of the North
Carolina campus.
A janitor found their bodies
when they failed to show up
yesterday morning for their
!
self-help jobs in a college din
ing room.
Autopsy Performed
The coroner's jury issued its
ruling after receiving a report
from DR.. William Huffines, a
university pathologist, who per-
formed an autopsy. Details Of
the autopsy findings were not
released Immediately.
Assistant Coroner George
Cannady said the pathologist
is continuing an examination
of food and two paper drinking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

back and forth over her head.
"She means she sees no
chance to escape bue she says
we shouldn't worry" he daug-
ter eplained. "She could have
left two weeks ago-hundreds
escaped here at this spot. Now
it's too late. She wanted to
stay because of her home. Now
that's gone.
All Is Debris
Look there in front of her,
that debris. That's all that is
left of her house. She loved it
so much. She took such care
of her beautiful fruit trees and
her garden"
Two days ago, bulldozers and
sWarms of bare-cheSted young
Communist soldiers smashed
the woman's home to tn e
ground. They took the wooden
beams from the room and. laid
them in a deep trench.
The trench is the first line
Of a death strip being built at
spots along the Communist wall
which divides East and West
Berlin.
Beyond the trench is a 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
u. S. Official
Cites Soviet
Berlin Loss

NEWARK, N. j., Oct. Z (AP)
"A State Department official
said tonight The United States
and its allies are winning 1.-The
battle of Berlin" He said he
suspects the Russians "are
seriously worried by their fail
ure."
The claim was made by Sal
vatore A. Bontempo, Admins
traitor of the State Depart
ment's Bureau of Security and
Consular Affairs, in remarks
prepared for a dinner honor
ing Carmine Bellino, a special
assistant to President Kennedy.
THE closing of the East
German border" Mr.. Bontempo
said, "is q major defeat for the
Russians and their way of
life.
For more than is years,
they have had control Of the
press, Of the education of chill
dren, Of travel, and all means
Of communication. Despite all
this they failed so miserably in
their attempt to indoctrinate
the East Germans that they
were forced to barbed wire.
tanks and machine guns"
AT this point he added,
I'VE have not lost the battle of
Berlin-we are winning it, ana
I suspect the Russians, their
tactics exposed in the full view
Of the rest Of the world, are
seriously worried by their
failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
SconIun to Offer
Course in Juzz

Army Times jazz critic Tom
Seaman will conduct a course
in jazz beginning at $3.50 pm
Tuesday in the Jewish Com
munity Center, 1929 Sixteenth
street NV.
The course, IAN introduce
ton to Jazz" will meet each
Tuesday for eight weeks
Registration for the course
may be completed at the CEN
ter.
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made clear that the United
States and its allies rejected
any such bargain.
The White House meeting
completed the first phase of
exploratory talks which began
when Mr.. RuSk and Mr.. Gro
myko both went to New York
last month for the opening Of
the United Nations General
Assembly.
United States officials are
not certain at the moment
what form the next round Of
discussions with the Soviets
should take. One possibility is
that talks may be conducted
by Western Ambassadors in
Moscow with Mr.. Gromyko or
other Soviet officials. United
States Ambassador Llewellyn
Thompson returned to Wash
ington Friday for a detailed
fill-in on the Rusk-G romyko
discussions.
Talks Constructive
The British, French and West
German governments have
beer kept fully informed of the
nature Of the talks, officials
said, and the problem for the
Kennedy administration now is
to get their assessment of
where the situation stands and
what should be done next.
When the usk- Gromyko
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

the Red regime for its slick
ness in carrying them out.
In West Berlin, Senator
Douglas, Democrat Of Illinois,
said it would be fatal to con-
cede Berlin to the Communists
lust as it was fatal to have
made the Munich agreement
with Hitler"
He said the United States
must insist on Allied troops re-
naming in Berlin and COM
plete freedom of movement for
both Allies and West Berliners.
He also said West Berlin's eco
nomic ties with the West must
be preserved.
Senator Douglas made these
points in a Voice of America
broadcast after spending five
days in Berlin studying the
situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

AFTERNOON on the water.
Mrs. Kennedy waited for him
aboard the boat.
The KennedyS' daughter, Ca
roline, couldn't wait-she was
driven up from the pier in an
automobile and wriggled her
way through a group OF naval
officers while the President
was being greeted by an ad-
miral.
= Caroline broke through the
line and threw her arms around
her fathers knees, shouting,
HI Daddy" She wore pink
oyeTallS over a blue shirt.
{ The President Rugged and
kissed Caroline and then led
her. to a waiting open car for
the short drive to the waiting
Yacht.
AS the yacht sailed across
Nalragansett Bay to Newport,
the. President was greeted by
The crews of three Navy ships,
the. carrier Essex and sub
marines Corsair and Croaker
The Kennedys are staying
at sHammersmith Farms the
ocean-front home Of Mrs. Ken
neuy's mother and stepfather,
Mr.: and Mrs. Hugh D. Auchin-
Gloss.
5 The Presidents trip was de-
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POLICY
POLICY
Rusk-Gromyko Talks
Found Constructive

Continued From First Page
meetings with Soviet Foreign
Minister Gromyko have been
conducted in a serious and
constructive" mood. But he
conceded they have not pro-
duced a formula for detailed
East-West negotiations.
"As to the outcome" he said
well just have to wait and
see."
The fourth talk of the series
two hours long, was held at the
White House Friday. It was
primarily a meeting between
Mr.. Gronyko and President
Kennedy. When it ended, the
two sides were about as far
apart as ever on a negotiating
formula.
Treaty Threat Seen
But Mr.. Rusk and Mr.. Ken
needy repeatedly gained from
Mr.. Gromyko the impression
that Premier Khrushchev pre-
fers to continue exploratory
talks in some form rather than
allow the situation to move
toward a military showdown.
In Fridays session Mr.. Gro
myko is understood to have
done most of the talking. He
used the occasion to present
to the President Mr.. Khru-
shchev's argument that a peace
treaty with East and West
Germany is long overdue and
that If the Western powers will
not join In making a treaty
as they have declared they will
not-then the Soviet Union
will proceed with its own pact
with Communist East Ger
many.
He asserted, it is understood,
that this proposed pact would
give the East German regime
sovereign control of its own
| territory, including the supply
lines to West Berlin from West
Germany.
Mr.. Gromyko reiterated So
Wet readiness to guarantee
Western access to Berlin. but
| this was linked to Russia's
| insistence that West Berlin
! itself must be given a new
status. Under this status West
ern troops would either be
withdrawn or be Joined by
Soviet troops; if they were
withdrawn the Soviets would
agree to some new arrange
ment, perhaps through the
United Nations, to guarantee
West Berlin status as a free
city"
U. S. Rejects GromykO's Offer
Mr.. Kennedy is said to have
told Mr.. Gromyko that in try
ing to get the Western powers
out Of West Berlin while guar
anteeing the independence Of
the city and access to it. the
Soviets were offering to trade
an apple for an orchard. He
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the Western access routes
across its territory to West
Berlin, which the Communists
would like to have cleared of
its United States, British and
French garrisons, he added.
"Only lunatics and people
ready for suicide can answer
such proposals for a peaceful
Greatly settlement with mill
tary action" Mr.. Mikoyan
said.
Going Easy on Date
The Communists stuck to
their demand for a neutralized
and demilitarized city Of West
Berlin dependent for it's links
with the West on arrangements
with East Germany.
But they appeared to be 60
ing easy on the date. The
main speakers, both last night
and today, said the treaty was
urgently needed but dropped
the customary phrase this
year."
the rally in the Marx -Engels
Square. at the opposite end OF
Inter Den Linden boulevard
from the Brandenburg Gate,
was a lack -luster affair. Per-
haps 10000 persons attended.
The Communists hoisted
flags on public buildings and
gave children paper ones to
wave when ordered. But the
cheers we're subdued.
Strong Police Guard
A double line OF peoples po-
lice guarded all streets leading
to the square. They allowed
people in. but nobody was per-
mitted to leave until the 80
minutes Of speech-making was
over.
People looked grim when Mr..
Mikoyan spoke approvingly of
the protective measures of
Aug. 13"-the barricading of
the sector border-and praised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Teachers Workshop

The Potomac Association Of
Cooperative Teachers will hold
its annual fall workshop Tues
day at the Rock Springs Co.
operative Priesthood, 5000 Lit
tie Falls road. Arlington. The
session begins at 9 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Chemists Honor
Dr.. Wayne Stumper

MARYVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 7
(AP) DIR. Wayne Stamper of
Emory and Henry College, EN-
DRY, Va, today was elected
president of the South Central
Independent College Associa-
ton of Chemists.
Officers were named at the
close of the groups annual
meeting at Maryville College.
The association is made up of
chemistry professors of indie
pendent, non-tax supported
colleges.
Some 40 professors from 81
colleges in Ohio, Kentucky, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Tenn
essee attended the meeting.
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BIRDS
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happy to report that as long
as the starlings roasted at the
Skinman farm, there was no
danger whatsoever to Dulles.
Mrs Skillman could keep his
birds, they told him, cheerily
They also provided the Skill
mans with the best available
count of the birds-500,O00.
The host with the most
starlings took a firm stand. He
would deprive himself of the
birds, he told them, if only
they would tell him how.
: Alas, he was informed, there
is no answer. If so men went
out into the thicket in the
dead Of night, when the star
lngs were sound asleep, and
shot off tons of ammunition.
it would do more than keep
the birds awake for a few min
utes. Then they would flutter
back into their roost and 60
back to sleep. Nothing bothers
the. startling, and to this the
Government has dozens of
buildings to offer in mute but
speckled testimony.
= Conversation Is Anti-Bird
:. Faced with such a perplex-
Ing problem, the Skillmans put
deck chairs cautiously on their
patio and used the birds for
asconversation piece.
srMr. Skillman's conversation,
10 sfecent months, has become
vigorously anti bird. Mrs.
Skillman likes to compare
them with Government en-
ployes struggling out each
dawn and back each dusk, says
she likes them best on clear
days.
The birds use the Skillmans'
farm purely for sleeping pur-
poses. They fly in from all
directions beginning about IS
minutes before sunset, in SEEM
ingly endless streams reaching
from the farm to the farthest
horizon. They swoop, soar and
glide. chirping briskly to each
other.
The rush hour. at this time
Of year. is $50 pm, when
they wend their way home by
the thousands, even as mortals.
A few hundred birds drift
in from the Virginia hills.
Another flock of airborne COM
muters hurries in from down.
town Washington.
"Ah, the embassy crowd"
mutters Mr.. Skillman, sitting
bleakly on his terrace while
friends swarm in to catch the
show.
A few stragglers wing their
way home, and another pro-
duction is over.
"A few of them stayed down.
town for cocktails" exclaims
the host as he gaZes happily
at the uncluttered sky.
When Mrs. Skillman wants
to chase them from the vicinity
Of her house, she clapS her
hands and frightens them
away.
please, no applause" begs
Mr.. Skillman. TT brings them
back for encores."
At night the birds maintain
a steady whispering, which
fortunately is not loud enough
to keep humans awake much.
At dawn, Mr.. Skillman and
the birds arise simultaneously
and depart for their chores.
He heads for the Department
of Commerce. The birds go on
their errands.
At days end, everybody
drops everything and heads
for Potomac.
Mr.. Skillman has a neighbor
with a small airplane, and the
neighbor is just as worried
about the birds as authorities
used to be at Dulles Interna-
tional until the Skillman roost
was discovered to be in Mary
land.
This winter. Mr.. Skillman
and his neighbor are going to
bulldoze the entire area and
disperSe the flock. Maybe.
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Kennedy Joins Family
For Week-End's Rest

NEWPORT R. 1, Oct. (AP)-President Kennedy re-
Joined his family today for week end of relaxation
ashore and afloat.
The President Quonset Naval Air Station for only
few minutes after his 52mnue flight from Washington
before he aboard the yacht Honey Ftz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Kept Captive by Home,
She Loses 1t to Reds

BERLIN, Oct. CAP)-An elderly woman stood in the
midst OF the rubbe her wrists front of
gesture of helpless captivity She East Berlin
hundred yards in front Berlin were her
daughter and her grandchildren.
Then, the grandmother raised her them
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BERLIN

Continued From First Page
guarantees" for a free city OF
West Berlin. He did not define
these guarantees and he in
sisted the West must respect
the sovereignty Of East Ger
many, snubbed since its crea-
ton in 1949. q,
In those IL years the Red
regime has angled assiduouSly
for diplomatic recognition. So
far this has been accorded only
by Communist bloc nations.
While such countries as
Ghana, Guinea and Cuba sent
official delegations to East Ber-
lin for the ceremonies, they
have not yet assigned ambas-
sailors.
The non-recognition by the
bulk Of the world was obviously
much on the mind Of speakers
as they pressed for a peace
treaty with Germany, as de-
manded by Soviet Premier
Khrushchev.
Need for Sterilization
Mr.. Mikoyan said the lack
Of such a treaty created ten
sion between the big powers
and among the German people.
He said the treaty should sta
Billie the situation, which has
been built up since World War
II, and legalized the borders
defined in the Potsdam agree
ment.
1--WE are ready to accept all
and most effective guarantees
for the, free status Of West
Berlin" he said.
The arrangements must res
pect the sovereign rights of
East Germany with regard to
Evening star., 1961-02-21

hot -blooded and snort-tem-
pered. So much so it has been
necessary to build high wire
mesh fences around playing
fields in many South American
stadiums to protect referees
and visiting players from
vengeful fans. Even 50. they
haven't been able to keep q few
unfortunate officials from be-
ing mobbed. and even shot ct,
by enraged spectators.
There is some Latin tenn
perament in most Of US. We
recall the fellow who used tc
stand up at the late Joe Tur-
ner'S wrestling matches and
angrily shake his fist at the
villain. And the little guy In
the first row who would twist
a foot that happened to come
his way-aid run like h. i
And there is always the "ath-
lete" who can't walk around
the block without resting who
insists that the performers are
"bums." It's an escape valve
and q good one.
There is such q thing as be-
ing too polite. Heaven delivei
US from o game where the
crowd sits in bored silence moi
caring how the flow Of battle
goes. There Is nothing dullel
than q quiet. orderly crowd
The fans help make" a game
with their remarks. advice and
taunts.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, b. c.
Tvssday, February n, 1861

Puerto Rico to pack for the
trip to the Yanks' camp In st.
Petersburg. Fla, he ran into a
To-day quarantine imposed by
Puerto Rican authorities be-
cause Of q bubonic plague out
break in Caracas. II that
wasn't nough, an airline
strike would have made travel
to Florida impossible.
Five clubs had early arrivals
working out last week. with q
few veterans mingling with the
rockies who were undergoing
inspection. The Yankees camp
formally opened Sunday for
the arrival of batterymen. The
entire Dodger squad was due
at Vero Beach yesterday, and
the Athletics pitchers and
catcherS were due. at West
Palm Beach, Fla.
The new Minnesota twins
(shifted from Washington
and the Orioles had their
camp openings scheduled to-
day. BY the end Of this week
every club will have ct least
some men In camp except the
White Sox, who report Sun
day, and the Tigers and Cards
who set February 20 as the re-
porting date.