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Evening star., 1961-01-08
Emergency Need
For Blood Cited

The Red Cross Washington
Blood Center announced yes
terday that the center's hours
would be extended in an effort
to fill an emergency need for
800 pints Of blood.
Center officials said the CEN
ter would be open from 8 am.
to S pm. today. Donors also
may contribute during special
hours tomorrow. when the
center will be open from 8 am.
to 8 pm, officials said.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

Rules COMMITTEES clearance OF
major Kennedy Administration
bills.
Moreover, spokesmen for the
DSG which claims about 100
House members, declared they
would not agree to any IDEAL"
that might involve Rules Com
mittee refusal to clear civil
rights legislation.
The purge -Colmer forces re-
Evening star., 1961-01-08

mittee. Mr.. Rankin at that time
was chairman Of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee
and was second-ranking Demo-
crat on the Committee on On.
American Activities.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

the Committee on Committees
said it was invoking an old but
seldom used policy Of whereby
no House committee chairman
could serve on another com.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

sion since the new Congress
convened last Tuesday.
An increasingly belligerent
stand by Southern Democrats
has complicated the problem
confronting Speaker Rayburn
and others hoping to liberalize
the Rules Committee and hasten
House consideration of key
Kennedy administration meas
lures.
Southerners Seek Fight
The Southerners In general
were described yesterday as
being eager for q showdown
fight over Mr.. Colmer, even If
they lost that particular battle.
Rules Committee Chairman
Smith. Democrat Of Virginia.
lent substance to this report by
dropping q broad hint several
days ago that he might support
a move to prevent Representa-
tive Powell, Democrat Of New
York, from heading the Educa-
ton and Labor Committee If
Mr.. Colmer is dropped from the
Rules Committee.
Mr.. Powell, a Negro, sup
ported President Eisenhower in
1856. One Of the reasons for
the reported plan against Mr..
Colmer is that he opposed the
Kennedy-Johnson ticket this
year, although he supported o
Democratic electoral slate.
Friends Of Mr.. Smith said
yesterday they would not be
surprised If he welcomed q floor
fight on the Colmer issue and
might even dare fellow Demo-
Gratis to purge him because he
did not campaign for Senator
Kennedy.
Some associates of Mr.. Smith
believe he would agree to q
proposal. reported in The Star
two weeks ago, that the Rules
Committee be denied the power
to prevent Senate-House con-
ference committee action on
bills passed in different forms
by both branches.
Liberals Stand
House Democratic Study
Group liberals say they would
accept such q procedure. They
are not satisfied. however, by
what they regard as q Smith
counter proposal promise to
do what he could to get prompt
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Johnson Is Carving Out
Strong Role on the Hill
BY MARY McGRORY
star stan Writer

Lyndon Johnson Vice President does not intend to
preside the dissolution Of the empire he built Sem
ate Majority Leader.
mere matter of real estate although he has
tanned aquamarne suite of the Senate floor that
reverently known his colleagues yndons parlor
further formalzed last Tuesday when by vote Of
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Polio Cuses Drop

CHICAGO.-The number OF
1860 United States polio cases
is estimated at 5000 compared
with 8,425 in 1859 and $4,000
in 1855.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

satisfaction
o contac S enjoyment
fitting
dedicated helping
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06
AZ io Eyacuate Island Bravo
 After Nine Years

The Air Force said Wednes- day it is evacuating a small Arc- tic Ice Island it has used for scientific research over the past nine years.
 Island Bravo, a four-by-seven- mile sheet of ice, is being aband- oned, at least temporarily, be- cause it is stuck aground north west of Point Barrow, about $50 miles from the North Pole,
 It is being evacuated, the Air Force said, because it's useful ness as research station is nearly at an end"
 Ski-equipped C-130 transport planes from Dyness Air Force Base, Tex, flew 15 Air Force men from the ice island to FL mendorf Air Force Base Wednes- day.
 For these Is men, it meant the first sight of land in six months.
 Buildings and enough equip ment and supplies will remain on Bravo to permit reopening it "if it should float free again and become important for research, !" the Air Force said.
 Since 1852, the 5O-foot-t thick ice island has been used for re- search in weather, geology, ma rine life, and other phenomena.
 Until it ran aground nearly a year and half ago, Island Bravo was driven by winds and currents that carried it in an irregular circle from the Alaskan north coast to the North Pole and past the northwest coast of Greenland. Scientists believe Bravo has been following this path for as long as 5000 years, taking 10 years to complete each circuit. Most of the heavy outdoor work has been done by the Air Force l group during the summer when temperatures often rise above freezing. In winter, temperatures in that area sometimes drop to 55 below zero.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06
COP Convention
 Opens in Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS R . The third annual Republican State Conven- tion opened this afternoon in Fairbanks.
 Keynoting the opening session was Oregon Republican State Chairman, Robert Davis, who ar rived here this morning.
 Saturdays program will be eli maxed by $25 plate dinner at which Sen. John Tower of Texas will be the principal speaker.
 Immediately following well coming address by Fairbanks Mayor Joseph Ribar this after noon, the three-day COP gather ing turned to special legislative review and discussion of the ac- tivities of the State Legislature in 1861.
 The session will be conducted by State Sen. John Coghill ot Nenana, State Senate Minority Leader and Rep. Bruce Kendall of Anchorage, House Minority Leader.
 Davis the keynote speaker in- terrupted a tour of the north western states yesterday after noon to accept the speaking en- gagernent at the COP Convention when Republican National Com nittee Chairman, Rep. William Miller was called home to New York by an early arriving stork
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06
Father Signs as Common Carrier for Daughters to School in His CadiIlacs

ALBANY, NY. R - A father has signed as a common carrier, for $1,300 to transport his two daughters to private school in the family Cadillacs.
 The Guilderland Central School announced "Wednesday that Walter F. Wessendorf Jr., lawyer, had signed the controversial contract. It now goes to the State Educa- tion Department for expected ap- proval.
 Wessendacf was the lower of two bidders on a contract to take daughters, Marcia, T, and Chanty, 5, from their home in suburban Westmere to Albany Academy of girls, one-way trip of slightly less than eight miles.
 Under the contract, Wessendorf will be paid $130 month for 10 months. The district said that he would be paid retroactively for last month, when the state ap- proved the contract.
 State law requires school dis tricts to provide transportation for pupils of non-public schools within 10-mile area of the pupils homes.
 To meet the requirements of school transportation, Wessen- dorf obtained licenses from the Public Service Commission for his two 1859 Cadillacs.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06
ELM to Hold Surplus Sale in Anchorage

JUNEAU R = One of the largest surplus sales ever held by the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska is scheduled for Oct. 20, the ELM said Wednesday.
 O. N Child, field administrative officer for the ELM, said the 100 lots of items to be sold include everything from scrap iron and office equipment to household furniture and surveyors instru- ments.
 The items are on display at the BLiM's Anchorage Fire Control Station off Oil We'll Road. Bids will be opened here Oct. 20.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06
To- -Year-Old Boy Saves B Children on School Bus

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. R-.A school bus driver collapsed at the wheel Wednesday but To- year-old Steven Eckner saved 35 children aboard by pulling up the emergency brake.
 The children, ranging in age from 6 to II, were being driven home from Kings Highway Ele- mentary School.
 The driver, Isaac Martin of West Springfield, slunped over the wheel as the bus approached Elm St. and Kings Highway. He died before arrival at Providence Hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06

Jack Blatiler. we'll known pio- neer and butcher, who returned recently to sell his property and depart, changed his mind and re- turned yesterday to resume his work in the meat department of the US. Mere, after an absence of a year. Mrs. Blattler is closing up their home in the Pacific Northwest and will join him here soon.
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06

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The Nome nugget., 1961-10-06

Friday. October s. 1861
Evening star., 1961-07-30

A series of thunderStorms
lasting more than an hour
forced motorists to stop their
cars, interrupted some power
and hurled lightning at several
trees and houses in the area
last night.
Police and fire officials said
a large oak at Longfellow street
and Blair road NE. apparently
was split by lightning. Part of
the tree fell across Blair road,
blocking traffic, and the other
half sideswiped the garage Of
Melvin McAtee at 5522 Blair
road and crashed through Roy
Jennier's garage at z Longfellow
street. Mr.. Jennier's garage was
demolished, police said. No car
was inside.
Several residents in North
west and in suburban Mary
land reported minor damage
by lightning.
Although only about "a inch
of rainfall was reported at Ma
tional Airport. District police
reported several calls for
flooded Easements.
Water rose to feet in the
2700 block of Broad Branch
road NV. and the Rhode
Island avenue B&O underpass
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Clues to Mans Arrival
In America Uncovered

the area and transportation il
almost entirely by air.
The Columbia scientist called
the section strategic and
hitherto archaeologically un-
known"
He noted that it has been q
long-held theory that early
man channeled from the Ber-
ing Straits area eastward over
the Arctic coastal plain, to the
Mackenzie drainage and thence
southwark into the heart of
North America.
The Columbia team also re-
ported it had discovered ID
other sites where ancient man
lived.
These ranged from pre-
Eskimo occupation sites dating
about 5000 years ago to prehis-
toric Eskimo sites dating to
within the time Of Christ, the
team said.
Evening star., 1961-07-30

NEW YORK, July 20 CAP)
Columbia University archa-
eologists working in Northeast
ern Alaska reported back today
that they have found clues on
how early man first arrived in
North America.
DR.. Ralph 8. Solecki said his
research team has discovered
several large stone tools of a
type previously found across
the Bering Straits in Asia.
The tools, called choppers
may be 10000 or more years
old, he said in q message sent
from Peters Lake, Alaska.
DR.. Soiecki, associate profes-
sor Of anthropology at Colum-
|bia. reported the discovery was
made on an unglaciated route
between the Brooks Mountain
Range and the Arctic Ocean
north of the Arctic Circle.
There are few settlements in
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Knife Bandit
Gets $3.50
AtHut Shop

A thief resembling the no.
torious Butcher Knife Ban
dit" yesterday held up a hat
shop in downtown Washington
and made off with $3.50.
Robbery squad Detective Rob-
ert T. Keahon said Mrs. Lii
liam Goldberg, 40, the manager
of the Carole Ann Millinery
at $40 Seventh street NV,
was alone in the store with two
other women employees when
q colored man wearing a stock
ing mask and a battered hat
walked in.
He brandished a long butch
er knife and said, Don't none
of you move or make a sound.
This is a holdup."
Detective Keahon said the
bandit walked to the cash reg
lister, picked up money bag
on the counter and ordered
Mrs. Goldberg to open the cash
drawer. He scooped up the
money, leaving the 81 bills and
change.
Police said the holdup man
discarded his mask and hat as
he ran north on Seventh street,
and threw his knife under a
car in a parking lot at Sixth
and D streets.
Robbery Squad 1t. Murray
Kutner said the methods Of
the intruder were similar to
those used in a holdup last
week end at another hat shop
in the 900 block of F street
NV. Police broadcast a look
out for a colored man. about
35 to 40. s feet, $50 pounds,
wearing dark pants and a gray
shirt.
More than 80 establishments
have been held UP during the
past two years by a stocking
masked bandit armed with a
butcher knife.
Evening star., 1961-07-30
THE SUNDAY STAR
Woshinoton D. C IuIv 20 Ie6

So. Rte. 5. Newark. Of the west
bound crew. in fair condition
with chest injuries: Engineer
Francis Yockey. so, Newark,
westbound, fair condition with
chest and back injuries; and.
brakeman W. E. Dickover. 43a
Newark. eastbound, fairly good
condition with head injuries.
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Arobs Operate
Atomic Reuctor

CAIRO, July 90 (AP).-Salah
Hedayet, director of the Unit
ed Arab Republics atomic en-
ergy commission, said today
the UAR last Thursday sue
ceeded in operating an atomic
reactor which will be used for
peaceful purposes.
The announcement said the
reactor. Of 1000 kilowatt
power. was built with the CO.
operation of Soviet experts.
Evening star., 1961-07-30

eastbound and westbound
trains on the B. & o. tracks
about 10 miles east of here.
The highway patrol listed
as killed John Samuel Clark,
SO. Of Newark, head brakeman
on the westbound train, a local.
Admitted to Bethesda Hos
pital here were three crewmen:
Conductor Dewey Rollison,
Evening star., 1961-07-30
Many Areas Flooded
In Series of Storms

was flooded to 4 feet, police
said. Before the underpass
could be blocked off, police
said. two cars had stalled anc
occupants were forced to wade
out. Flooding also was re-
ported in the Benning road
and Kenilworth avenue NE
area.
There were power failures
lasting up to As minutes ir
some parts of nearby Mary
land. but no serious flooding OF
damage was reported.
Evening star., 1961-07-30
2Freiehts Collide,
Brakeman Killed

GAINESVILLE, Ohio. July %
(AP). - Two Baltimore &
Ohio Freight trains collided
head-on today. killing q brake
man and sending three other
crewmen to the hospital here.
Investigation was continuing
as to cause of the collision Of
Evening star., 1961-07-30
YOUNG Doctors

ATLANTA. - The South's
doctors, with a median age Of
43. are the youngest in the
United States. The South is
also the region with the short
est supply Of doctors-102 for
every 100000 people.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Graduates Job Outlook
Is Good, Goldberg Says

and counsel. and to do research
work in thermodynamics, elec-
tronics, material sciences, sys-
TENS technology and all phases
of missile development. Chem
ical engineering graduates are
in particular demand.
4. The mathematics field is
in dire need Of holders Of doc
torates.
5. The medical field needs
majors in biochemistry, micro
biology, physiology and virology
to do research work.
6. The Agriculture Depart
ment and State agriculture
groups need foresters, but
opportunities for geologists to
work in the field of earth sci
ences continues to be limited. "
z. The need for teachers at
the kindergarten, elementary
and secondary levels still exceeds
the supply and probably consti-
tutes the largest labor shortage
Of all.
8. Well-trained Librarians to
work in schools "are in great
demand"
9. Opportunities for law school
graduates ranking in the top
10 per cent Of their classes will
be excellent"
10. Journalism as well as lib
eral arts graduates with writing
ability will find numerous
openings with newspapers and
in advertising, public relations,
trade and technical publishing,
and other fields"
II. Physicians, dentists, vet
|erinarians, pharmacists and op-
tometrists will find their fields
continue to have excellent op-
.portunities."
The Secretary's letter con-
cluded with a brief plug for
the Peace Corps, which officials
have argued must be manned
to a large degree by young COL
lege graduates.
The corps offers opportuni-
ties Ito trained men and women
who are equipped for teaching
in primary and secondary
schools, especially as part of
national English teaching pro-
grams; participation in the
worldwide program Of malaria
eradication; instruction and
operation Of public health and
sanitation projects; aiding in
village development through
school construction and other
programs, and increasing rural
agricultural productivity by as
sisting local farmers to use
modern implements and tech
niQues." he said.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Blood Donations
Fall Below Quote,
Officials Warn

A slump in blood donations
threatens to reduce the Red
Cross blood bank to a critical
level, District Red Cross Off
cials said yesterday.
At the present rate, they
said, the bank will be 1000
pints under the quota Of $4,000
pints when the fiscal year ends
on June 80.
More than 80 per cent Of
the business firms, church and
fraternal groups and Govern
ment agencies participating in
the program are behind in
their quotas, officials Of the
local chapter said.
They are urging area resi-
dents to observe Memorial Day
with a gift to the living" by
donating a pint Of blood be-
fore departing on their sum-
mer holidays.
The present situation is par
ticularly critical, they said, be-
cause blood donations always
drop off in the summer months,
In order to meet their quota
for the fiscal year. they said,
the District Red Cross chapter
must collect about $50 pints
a day during June. Normal
collections are about 100 pints
a day, they explained.
Regional Red Cross chapters
in Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District must
collect some 425 pints daily to
meet the regional quota Of
10l,670 pintS for the year, they
added.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Mrs. Robert Kennedy
Heads Palsy Drive

Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, wife
Of the Attorney General has
accepted appointment as chair
man Of the 1851 Cerebral Palsy
"53 Minute March" here
Wednesday through next Sun
day.
Approximately 10000 volun-
teer workers will call on Dis
trict homes during the drive.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Dominicuns Deny
TrujiIIo Backed
Anti-Church Bill

CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domin-
lean Republic, May 27 (AP)-
A bill to permit confiscation Of
Roman Catholic Church prop
critics in the Dominican Repub-
lie was not submitted to Con-
gress here by Generalissimo
Rafael L. Trujillo's strongman
government but by a group Of
lawmakers. according to the
Minister Of Interior and Wor-
ship. r. Paino Pichardo.
The minister said in a state
ment yesterday the United
States National Catholic We'll
fare Conference was wrong in
charging the bill, introduced
May IT, came from the execu-
tive branch Of the Dominican
government.
He said the measure was the
work Of a group Of legislators
who conveyed to Congress the
peoples reaction to recent ac-
tivities Of some members of the
Catholic clergy" These activi-
ties, he continued, are contrary
to the climate of peaceful CO.
existence in which all national
activities have developed and
which characterize Dominican
life over the last 80 years."
Mr.. Paino Pichardo said the
Catholic conference, in charg-
ing Dominican government ac-
ton against the church, is ig-
noring the generalissimo's work
in behalf Of Catholics. General
issimo Trujillo has spent more
than $50 million for church
buildings and aid to the various
orders, seminaries and church
schools. the minister asserted.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Grondmother,53,
Wins Diploma
With Honors

ALBANY, N. Y. May q
(AP).-Grandma had her long
awaited diploma today.
Thirty-six years ago she
eloped, just six weeks before
she would have been graduated
from high school. Then came
seven children and 16 grand
children, and the chores of q
700-acre. 130-cow dairy farm.
But Mrs. Marguerite B. Max
field, So, Of North Hartland,
VT, put aside children and
farm, passed a high-school
equivalency test and for two
years attended Albany Junior
College.
She was graduated with hon.
ors last night-the top student
in the colleges general busi-
ness branch.
Her immediate plan. she said,
is to spend several months in
South America to improve her
Spanish, then return to the
farm.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
CIV Graduates
To Hear Webb

James E. Webb, administra-
tor Of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, will
be the main speaker at the an
nual commencement exercises
at George Washington Univer-
sity on June 7, DR.. Thomas H.
Carroll. university president
announced today.
The ceremonies will be held
on the University Yard at 8
pm.
The baccalaureate service
the first Of several commence
ment eventS-will be held al
8 pm. Sunday, June 4, at
Washington Cathedral. The
awards tea and the School OF
Medicines closing assembly
are set for Monday, June s.
both in LiSner Auditorium.
President and Mrs. Carroll
will receive graduates and their
families at the traditional pres
ident's reception on Tuesday,
June 6, from $3.50 pm. to II
pm. at the Mayflower Hotel
Evening star., 1961-05-28
4th Course in Series
On Aging Scheduled

The fourth in a series of
courses on aging. Health" will
be presented by DR.. Clifton r.
Gruver. chairman of the Pub
lio Health Committee of the
District Of Columbia Medical
Society, at 7 pm. tomorrow at
Roosevelt High School.
The programs are sponsored
by the District of Columbia
public schools, District of CO.
lumbia Public Information Of.
flee, United States Office of
Education and the special staff
on aging Of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Frontiers
Unit Honors
17Students

The II valedictorians in the
Districts public high schools
were honored yesterday as
outstanding scholars.
Hailed by school officials fol
their scholastic achievements
earning them first place among
their fellow graduates-the
students received silver honor
plaques awarded by Frontiers
Of America, Inc, at a lunch
con.
The luncheon, at which Law
son j. Cantrell, deputy super.
intendent Of schools spoke
was held in Baldwin Hall
Howard University.
The 1851 District valedic-
torianS and their schools are
Joe Shulman, Anacostia; Mi
chael Matheson, Capitol Page
School; Francie Riddick, Car
dozo; Arthur Sober, Coolidge;
Morgan j. Hallmon, Dunbar;
Lawrence j. Nivert, Eastern;
Juanita M. Eagleson, McKin-
ley; John Robinson, Roosevelt;
Betty MeekS, Spingarn; Mi
chael Newton, Western; Rich
ard B. Canright, Wilson; Ros-
well M. Woodruff, jr., Bell
Vocational; frankie Elizabeth
Barnwell, Burdick Vocational:
Marie A. PreSson and Jeanne
E. Showalter, jointly, of Cham
berlain Vocational; Jesse l.
Barron, Phelps Vocational, and
Doris E. Henderson, Washing
ton Vocational.
Frontiers of America is a
national service group organ
lied in 1896. It's members, buSi-
ness, professional, religious and
educational leaders, work to
encourage proficiency in stu
dies among school children,
and each year honor students
who have achieved exceptional
academic standards at their
respective schools. The Rev. Al
bion Ferrell, chaplain Of Can
terbury House. is president Of
the District chapter.
Evening star., 1961-05-28
Jewish Center Sets
Latin American Study

A teen good neighbor" pro-
gram will be offered by the
Jewish Community Center of
Washington this summer. The
program will feature a course
in Spanish conversation plus
a look at the cultural history
Of Latin America, including
arts, crafts, music and dancing.
Offered with the co-opera-
ton Of the Pan-American Un-
ion, the program will open
August l and continue through
August "a. Daily hours will be
from 8 am. to 4 pm, each
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.