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Evening star., 1961-12-28
Martin Division
To Idle $500
In Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Dec. % (AP>
Martin Marietta Corps aero
space division announced to-
day it will lay off $500 employees
in Baltimore during the next
two weeks.
The announcement was made
by William B. Bergen, president
of the division.
He said further reductions
seemed inevitable.
Mr.. Bergen said the Balti-
more division of the corporation
had completed its larger con-
tracts and had been unable to
get sufficient new business to
maintain the present level of
employment.
"Our hope" Mr.. Bergen said,
"is that no further such action
will be necessary, but unless
sizeable contracts for new
projects are forthcoming in the
near future, additional reduc-
Evening star., 1961-12-28

do net feel I was banished.
II feel the Department
needed me in Guam. They had
a perfect right to send me there
and I was glad to 60. I did not
ask for the assignment, but
was perfectly agreeable to ac-
cepting it." ~
Chief Stewart said he will re-
turn to Guam ito complete my
mission" on January 7 and will
probably remain there for two
or three more months.
Chief Stewart said he is un-
able to judge how the Park
Police force which has been
split with dissension for years,
has been functionirg during
his absence.
His successor, Nash Castro,
assistant superintendent of
National Capital Parks, has
reported the force appears to be
getting along well.
Chief Stewart added that he
has not discussed with his su-
periors whether he will return
to the Park Police when his
Guam assignment ends.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Extension Slated
For Beech Drive

: The Maryland National Cap
Hal Park and Planning Com
mission yesterday authorized
It's staff to award a contract
TO extend Beach drive from
Cedar lane to Rockville pike
ID Rock Greek Park.
). The apparent low bid on the
1-mile project was $442, ,153
submitted by the Francis o.
Day Co. of Rockville. The prof.
eet includes two bridges de-
signed to park specifications.
The commission also agreed
to accept nine acres of land
and a $4,000 grant from the
Aras Investment Corp. The
land is located near the Bald
Hill subdivision near Route so,
Prince Georges County. The
grant will be used by the COM
mission to develop the tract
as a park.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Chief Stewart Denies
Rift With Interior

Park Police Chief Harold F.
Stewart, here for consultation
with Interior Department Off
cials on his Guam assignment,
today denied he ever had a
"rirt" with his superiors or that
he had ever been asked to re-
sign.
"A wrong impression has
been created" the 56-year-ol
chief said.
Chief Stewart was detailed
to Guam in october after serv-
ice with the Park Police since
1885. The Interior Department
said then that he was going to
advise the Pacific island on its
police force.
There were some, however
who said that the controversial
chief was "banished" to a
three-month "exile" after he
refused to resign when Depart
ment aides pointedly limited he
should. The chief, at the time,
reported he had mo intention
of resigning under pressure.
But, in a telephone interview
today, Chief Stewart said, II
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Fire Damages
Emporiu School

EMPORIA, Va. Dec. % (AP)
-Wind-whipped fire heavily
damaged the R. R. Motion Negro
elementary school here yes.
terday.
There was no estimate Of
damages from school officials
but only four of the IL class
rooms in the brick building
were saved.
None of the ATS Greensville
County students was in class
because of the Christmas
holidays.
Thirty volunteer firemer
battled the blaze. A fireman
estimated the building was
about 80 per cent destroyed.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Youth Held
In Kidnapping
OF Girl

A 17-year-old Bethesda youth
has been charged with kidnap-
ing a 15-year-old girl from a
Potomac (MdD party.
The youth was arrested at
the home of Vienna (VaO
relative where he had taken the
girl, a Federal Bureau of In
veStigation spokesman said.
The FBI spokesman said the
boy had been going with the
girl for several months and
that they had broken up.
The boy created a scene at
the Tuesday night party. to
which he had not been in
vited, in order to get the girl
outside. the FBI said. When
she came out, he forced her
into his car and left about 8
pm. the girl told the FBI.
The FBI said they drove
around all night and went to
the Vienna relatives home yes
terday afternoon. The girl had
been reported missing yester-
day morning.
Two FBI agents and two
Fairfax County detectives ar
rested the youth. He repeatedly
tried to use a baseball bat
on the arresting officers.
The youth was held on kid
naping charges after an ap-
pearance before United States
Commissioner Stanley King in
Alexandria. He was held in
Jail in Alexandria in lieu of
$4,000 bond.
The FBI said the boy had
been expelled some time ago
from school.
Evening star., 1961-12-28

When the new area transit
commission took jurisdiction,
it Endorsed the P. U. C.'s bus
conversion provisions. Yester-
days announcement, however
reflected a relaxation by the
commission on two points.
One was that the area reg
ulatory agency is not order
ing the company to buy the
new buses as a requirement for
conversion permission. but in
stead is accepting the transit
systems pledge that it will do
its best to have the new buses
in operation by the end of the
year. Also, the commission is
not insisting on the is spares.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
OLD ALMANAC
VENTURES INTO
SEX PREDICTION

HAGERSTOWN, Md.
tAP).-The Hagerstown
Town and Country Alma
nae, now in its 165th year
of publication, added a new
wrinkle to its predictions
this year-how to tell the
sex Of children before
they are born.
The almanac bases its
predictions on the IL signs
of the Consultations. 1t
assures parents that If the
Constellation under which
a child is born remains
the same the following day,
the next child will be of
the same sex. If the sign
changes the day following
borth, however, the sex If
the next child also will
chance.
The almanac said a
check of "A births showed
the system was right in
AZ cases.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Planning
q fuIIout
shelter?

You won't learn how to build q
fallout shelter in January Better
Homes & Gardens, but you'll
learn what happens when you
begin digging without planning.
This timely tragicomic article
raises some provocative ques-
tions which should be answered
before you start to dig. Learn
why simply digging a hole is
not enough. Read about "Mr.
Babcock's Folly" Put January
Better Homes & Gardens or
vnnr shopping list-buy it today
Evening star., 1961-12-28

street and U street routes. The
company recently switched over
to buses on the Mount Pleasant
and Eleventh street lines.
There was speculation by
some transit commission Off
cials that approval of the con-
version Of the remaining two
lines may Stave off a fare in
crease request by the company
Winter Economy Seen
A major reason for the COM
pany's request to complete the
conversion as soon as possible
Is to avoid the maintenance
costs for Streetcar operations
during the winter months. Also
the year-round operational cost
for a bus is cheaper than for
a trolley.
The company's 1856 congress
sional franchise provided for
a gradual conversion to an all
bus operation by August, 1868
The transit commission re-
ported yesterday that the COM
pany has pledged to order at
least rs new air-conditioned
buses next year as requirements
for the streetcars on the Four
teenth street and U street lines.
Earlier. the company promised
it would have rs of the new
buses before January 10 to re-
place the abandoned trolleyS
on the Mount Pleasant and
Eleventh street routes.
In a letter to the commission,
the company said that in all
likelihood the rs buses to be
ordered will be in operation by
the end of 1862.
Conditions Relaxed
Last June, the District Pub
lie Utilities Comm ission
agreed to let the company
carry out an early switchover
on the remaining lines pro-
vided the streetcars were re-
placed with new air-condi-
toned buses. The P. U. c. said
165 buses would be required,
$50 as requirements and IS
more as spares.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Forestry Gift

RICHMOND, Dec. % CAP) -
A 200-acre tract of oak, yellow
poplar and white pine timber
near Harrisonburg has been
presented by Federal Judge
John Paul to the common
wealth for use in the State
forestry programs.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Last Obstacle Cleared
>Streetcors to Pass On
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

The last roadbock apparently has been cleared for
switchover OF the D. c. Transit Systems final two
lines to bus routes next month.
The companys request to convert al-bus system
January 28 has been approved by the Washington Meropo
tan Area Transit Commission
The transit SYSTEMS last two trolley lines Fourteenth
Evening star., 1961-12-28

tions in the work force at Mid
die River now seems inevitable"
He said the firm would try to
relocate the workers laid off,
but the number would be re-
latively small.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Kennedy Motors
To MiddIeburo

MIDDLEBURG, Va, May {
(AP). - President Kennedy
drove from Washington to his
country estate today for a bit
of week end relaxation.
Mr.. Kennedy drove through
the Glen Ora gateway at SAC
pm. (EDT).
Twice along the highway
there were unexplained stops.
One was so sudden that report
ers and photographers nearly
piled up in following cars.
1t was later learned the Pres
ident stopped to read the his
torical markers enroute to his
retreat.
He made the trip by car in
stead of helicopter because OF
rain and cloudy weather.
Mrs. Kennedy and their s.
year-old daughter, Caroline,
drove to Glen Ora earlier in the
day.
Evening star., 1961-05-07


Kennedy as the vital missing
ingredient in our active cold
war defense.
Retired Gen. Maxwell D. Tay-
lor has been ordered to head a
study of paramilitary warfare
and report to the President
next month. His work is secret.
but it is clear that this country
lacks a specific paramilitary
warfare plan. 1t needs an over
all direction, better training,
better methods, a few more
people and a little more money.
Paramilitary warfare has
been going on for a long time,
but even the name is unfamiliar
even to most military men.
Involves Individuals
Basically, it is warfare that
stops short of massed troop
operations. It involves indivi-
dualS and small bands, and it
mixes military and civil actions.
It is a form of warfare so
old that one of the basic
sources on it is Sun Tzu, who
wrote over 1000 years ago. Its
modern principles are defined
best in the writings Of Com
munist leaders like Cuba's Che
Guevara and Red China's Mao
Use Tung, yet it is as American
as the Green Mountain Boys
and Mosby's raiders.
Our way of life is under
attack" the President has said,
and while no war has been
declared, and American soldiers
are not repelling attacks in the
traditional manner, it is none
theless real.
The war is a paramilitary
Evening star., 1961-05-07
SHEPARD'S DAY IN D. c.

FOLLOWING is the tentative schedule of Washingtons
'Oelconne for Comdr. Alan B. Shepard jr tomorrow:
9:45 am: Party arrives at Andrews Air
Force Base. Leaves by helicopter for White
House.
10 am: Comdr. Shepard will be greeted by
President Kennedy on White House lawn.
11:15 am: Comdr. Shepard, his wife and
parents and the six other astronautS will leave
White House for the Capitol via Pennsylvania
avenue
1880 am: Party attends reception given by
members of Congress in the Old Supreme Court
chamber at Capitol.
1890 pm: Comdr. Shepard leaves for the
State Department.
1 pm: Televised press conference at State
Department Auditorium.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
SPORTS

RACING: Fovored Gerry Back
come stormins down from llth pIoce
in q field Of IS to win the 85th
Kentucky Derby by three quarters Of
q length from crozier before about
1000 ot Churchill Downs.
Bass cIef wos third, otter being
last in the eorIy running. Dr.. Miller,
another fust finisher, wos fourth.
Cory Back wos ridden by Johnny
Sellers and paid ST, $40 ond $500.
In the Riggs Hondieop OF PimIieO.
CIoret II come on in the stretch
to win by nose, while Chief Of
Chiefs took the corter Hondieop at
Aqueduct.
BASEBALL: The Senators got q
break from the roiny weather in
Cleveland os their game with the
lndions was postponed otter on in
ming and O hoIf. With two out in
the bottom Of the second, the game
wOs cOiied because Of o doSHpouE,
with the indians leading, Al.
Three other major league comes
also were Toined out.
Detoils in Sports Section
Evening star., 1961-05-07

proved our training program
Is going the right way"
Mr.. Gilruth said there was
only one minor slip on the
flight. That was the failure OF
a light to change from red to
green when the retro-rocket
package was jettisoned. The
switch in color indicates this
action has occurred.
But Comdr. Shepard knew
despite the light failure thai
the package had dropped off,
Mr.. Gilruth reported. He felt
it fall away and saw the faSten-
ing straps fly by in his peri
scope. Instruments in the Cape
Canaveral control center also
showed the successful shedding
Of the retros-a set of three re-
verse rockets which helped
slow the capsule during re-
entry.
John H. Glenn, Jr., the back
up" space pilot for Fridays
flight. said Comdr. Shepard
had undergone five minutes of
weightlessness, longest ever ex-
perienced by an American, and
1T apparently caused no prob
lens at ALL"
Scott Carpenter, another of
the astronauts, reported Comdr
Shepard had a view of the earth
OF 600 miles from horizon to
horizon, and repeated Comdr
Shepard's in-flight comment
that it was a beautiful sight" "
"Al was able to see great
distances" he said, "and noted
cloud cover, the Eastern shore
line up to Cape Hatteras and
the outline of lakes"
Shepard i'm Excellent Health
Indicating the business like
atmosphere of the briefing, all
the astronauts carried stuffed
briefcases,
Project Mercury engineers
today brought tape recordings
of the flight from Cape Canav-
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Today's Star

PLACES TO SEE, both on and
off the beaten trock. ore described
in The Stor's Special TroveI Sec
tion todoy. The specioI troveI feo-
lures will also show you where to
get help in pIunnins your Vocotion.
The Section begins on Pose HI.
FAMILY CAMPING is q ropidIy
growing pustime. Outdoor Editor
Chorles CoveII describes the equip
ment needed for good eompisn fun
in the Leisure Sports Section, Pooe
F-4.
BEACH HOMES present special
building problems, Gornett D. Hor-
ner, who covers the White House
for The Stor, hos discovered. His
building tips ore on Pose 4 Of
SundoX The Stor Magazine.
AN ALCOHOLIC can be helped
sreotly by an understanding wife,
on anonymous woman writes. She
tells how teors. pIeos and threats
foiled-ond then on answer come.
The story is on Pose s Of This
Week Moeozine.
FREDERICK COUNTY, Nd. will
be spotIishted Friday in O tour Of
the Maryland House ond Garden
Pilgrimage. For O full II-coIor, full
pose preview Of the historic homes
to be visited, see Pose D.I.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
HIS ONLY REGRET:
Space Ride Was. Too Short

eral so they could talk more in
telligently from an engineering
viewpoint about what hap
pened.
Comdr. Shepard also had
meetings with DR.. George Ruff,
pSychiatrist at the University
of Pennsylvania, and DR.. Rob-
ert VoaS. psychologist and
training officer Of Project Mer-
curry. His reflexes are checked
constantly by DR.. Charles Jack
son.
In pronouncing Comdr
Shepard in apparently excel
lent physical and mental shape
DR.. William K. Douglas, the
astronauts' personal physician,
said:
Hes just like he was before
the flight, only he's happier of
course"
DR.. Douglas said tape record
ings of the flight Showed he
performed remarkably well the
complex tasks required of him.
Five minutes Of weightlessness
apparently posed no problem,
nor did the increased gravity
pull of re-entry."
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Builder Ready
ToStart Plaza
In Southwest
$20-u-Foot Price
For Lund OK'd
By Zeckendorf

William Zeckendorf will go
ahead "at once" with the Len
FAINT Plaza project along the
proposed Tenth Street Mall in
Southwest Washington, he said
last night, if the Urban Renewal
Administration approves his
agreement to lease the land
from the Redevelopment Land
Agency.
The New York developer paid
a flying visit to Washington
Friday and agreed to a land
price Of around $40" a square
foot set by the land agency
after negotiations lasting more
than six months.
Reached by telephone last
night at Greenwich, Conn, he
said he would go ahead with a
BODYBUILDING complex around
the plaza as the first phase"
Has No Associates
Disposition of the land by
RIA is subject to approval Of
URA, a subsidiary office of the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
The New Yorker said he had
made mo arrangement with
others" to participate in the
redevelopment project.
o. Roy Chalk, president of
the D. c. Transit System, has
been mentioned as a possible
associate.
He added anything was pos
sible," but that, at present, I'VE
plan to do it ourselves"
Fridays agreement on terms
covered approximately is acres
OF first-commercial land, as
disclosed in The Star yesterday.
Agrees on Leases
A total of approximately
$4,000 square feet priced lin
excess of $40" a square foot
would be the site for the L.
Enfant Plaza buildings bound
ed by Ninth, Eleventh, D and
F streets S.W.
In addition, RIA reported.
the New York developer agreed
to lease two adjacent first
commercial tracts at Slightly
less than $40" a square foot.
One tract of 242,O00 square
feet abuts the plaza and is
bounded by D street, Seventh
street, the Southwest Express
way, and the plaza.
Another contains 10000
square feet bounded by D
street, Seventh street, E street
and the Fifth Baptist Church.
Under the arrangement, if
approved, Mr.. Zeckendorf
would lease the land with the
right to buy it later.
Controls Large Section
The annual rent would ap-
proximate 6 per cent of the
still unannounced exact price.
A $40 per-square-foot price
would mean approximately a
See ZECKENDORF, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Women Outnumber
Men by 11.7% in D. C..

er sex outnumbers males in 80
of the so States.
In Alaska the men are way
ahead. There are 1928 men for
every 100 women. And Hawaii
comes second on this score with
114.8 men per 100 women.
Next come Nevada with 1911;
Wyoming, 104.9; North Da-
kota, 104.5; Montana, 1898;
Idaho, 1929; South Dakota,
1924; New Mexico, 1913, and
Arizona and Washington. both
with a ratio Of 1912 men per
100 women.
Among the mainland States,
men outnumber women only in
the Western States-Arizona,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Washington, Wyoming
and in the DakQtas.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

viouS Red Chinese impatience
to get on with it.
There is evidence of a United
States intention to adopt meas
ureS which will have some
prospect of preventing commu-
nism from conquering new ter
ritorieS a piece at a time. This
indicates a tough and deter
mined stand in South Wet Nam
- with United States forces
helping if and where necessary
against any drive by North
Wet Nam to conquer the South.
Southeast Asia at the mo-
ment represents the gravest
current threat to world peace.
But there is danger at other
points. One of the outstanding
points of pressure is Latin
America, in the wake of the
proclamation of a socialist -
that is, Communist-state by
Cuba'S Fidel Castro.
Setback For US.
The United States suffered a
painful setback in some re-
spects in Cuba with the failure
Of an ill-prepared invasion by
anti-Castro forces. But Wash
ington thinking seems to be
that eventually the Castro re-
gime will overstep the bounds.
Then the United States will
not hesitate to move against
the Cuban regime, regardless
Of any world outcry or Soviet
threats.
The Cuban fiasco had one
See COLD WAR, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-05-07
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

one. It is guerrilla war, sub
version, revolution, psyche
logical warfare, fifth columns,
the "proletarian struggle, :"
"sub-limited war" and "uncon-
ventional warfare"
Although many Of its tech
niques are bloodless, some in
volve brutal killing and organ
lied terror. This country has
openly engaged in clean" para
warfare, but training
courses for Army paramilitary
fighters repeatedly also include
instruction in the more violent
aspects.
Used in Laos
The Communists have become
the acknowledged masters of
both clean and dirty paramili-
tary techniques. BY such tech
niques they are winning or at
least advancing in Laos and
South Wet Nam, Congo and
Cuba, Japan and the Indian
border and many other places.
Here and there the free world
is winning-in the Philippines
and Malaga, for instance.
Paramilitary techniques do
not require large numbers of
additional troops. All soldiers
will do their share, and the
specialists can be few. There
were about 2,400 paramilitary
Special Forces" soldiers in the
See PARAMILITARY, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-05-07
More Space
Hops Planned
Shepard Success
Spurs Program
Rv WILLIAM uTNES
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
May 6.-This sprawling space
port was back to normal today
after the most hectic - and
gratifying-week in its history.
But the post-tension relaxa-
ton was only temporary. On
Monday work begins anew,
pointing toward even greater
adventures than the one ex-
perienced yesterday by Alan B.
Shepard, jr., Americas first
space man.
There will be at least two
more rides like Comdr. Shep-
ards in the months just ahead.
Perhaps more than two. In all
likelihood the next two will be
taken by 1t. Col. John H. Glenn
and Capt. Virgil I. Grissom, the
other two members of the Mer-
cury-Redstone trio.
No exact schedule has been
set for the next Sub-orbital
space flight. 1t probably will
not come before July, because
information from yesterdays
flight will have to be evaluated
and changes-if any-in future
programs made on the basis of
what has been learned.
Capsule to be Studied
The capsule in which Comdr.
Shepard rode yesterday now
rests inside the space agency's
Hangar S, where the astronaut
slept the night before the big
ride. Officials who have looked
1t over report that with a little
See MERCURY, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-05-07

AS you may have guessed,
there are more women than
men in the District.
Latest Census Bureau figures
released yesterday S h o W
that in Washington there are
only 88.3 men for every 100
women.
There are 358,171 males and
405, ,785 females in the District,
Massachusetts, is the State
with the shortest supply Of men
-93.4 for every 100 women.
Next come New York with
93.8; Pennsylvania, 94.8; Ala
bana, 95; Tennessee and Mis-
souri,, both 95.3; Georgia, 95.5,
and Louisiana, 95.6.
The national average is 81
men per 100 women. The weak
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Laos goes, the United States
will have been pushed just
about as far as it can be
pushed by Communist political
and military aggression.
An intensive campaign is
likely to alert the American
people to grave dangers ahead
in the next IL to 18 months
and prepare them for the idea
that the time has come for a
stand against Shrewd and i'm
.placable enemies of the West
ern way of life.
Seems Matter Of Time
The loss of Laos, in the field
or at the conference table,
seems just a matter Of time.
Militarily. the kingdom is in
defensible, it is being enveloped
by forces which for a decade
have been indoctrinated by the
Communists to fight against a
Buddhist people who don't want
to fight back. A neutralist gov
ernment may result from con-
ferenceS, but it is not likely to
stand up long against Commu-
mist pressures.
The only question appears to
be how cautious the Soviet
Union will be in directing the
development, in the light of OBJ