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Evening star., 1961-06-17
Obscenity Trial
Upheld Despite
, Barring Of Public

Bernard w. Lancaster, So
received a proper public trial
before his conviction on q
charge Of possessing obscene
pictures, even though the pub
lie was excluded when the film
was shown.
This was the decision of the
United States Court of Appeals
this week as it upheld the ac-
ton of Judge Joseph R. Jack
son, a senior judge of the q. S.
Court of Customs and Patent
Appeals assigned to District
Court.
Lancaster, of the 5000 block
of Ames street NE. was found
guilty of possessing the obscene
film during a District Court
trial last fall. During the trial
the judge excluded the public
with the exception of news
meanwhile less than two reels
of the film were shown to the
jury of five men and seven
women.
Other evidence resulted in
Lancaster's conviction for vio-
lation of the Mann Act involv-
ing transportation of persons
to his home for "sex parties. "
The appellate court, affirm
ing the conviction, said yester-
day that the exclusion of the
public during the showing of
the film to the jury did not
violate his right to a public
trial.
Evening star., 1961-06-17

manitarian concern and his
answering devotion to the
principles of human dignity"
The exchange took place at
a rally in a Negro church at
Albany, N. Y, attended by a
predominantly Negro audience.
DR.. King is on a Nationwide
tour seeking support for the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, which advocates
nonviolent resistance to Segre-
CATION laws in the South.
At Louisville, KY, two Negro
integration leaders were jailed
yesterday after a hearing be-
fore Juvenile Court Judge
Henry M. Triplett. Frank M.
Stanley, jr., and Arthur Smith
were found guilty of contribut-
ing to the delinquency Of a
minor. Charges of breach OF
peace and delinquency against
several juveniles arrested in the
case, a racial demonstration
were continued until Tuesday
Mr.. Stanley, %, co-chairman
of the Steering Committee lead
ing integration efforts at Louis
vile, was given a 90-day jail
sentence and a $500 fine. Mr.,
Smitl- =" given 80 days in
jail and 500 fine.
The hearings grew out Of the
arrest OF Mr.. Stanley, Mr.,
Evening star., 1961-06-17
No Talks Slated
In BuiIdino Tieup

Spokesman for striking heavy
machinery operators and area
construction contractors today
said no new wage negotiation,
have been scheduled.
More than 200 operators
members of Local n, Operating
Engineers Union, went on strike
Wednesday after union officials
and representatives of the Con.
struction Contractors Council,
failed to agree on a new wage
contract.
Work on nearly so Washing
ton area building projects, in
Guiding four Federal office
buildings in the District ano
three in nearby Montgomery
County, was suspended OF
slowed by the walkout.
The engineerS-who operate
cranes, air compreSSors and
other heavy equipment on con-
struction projects-asked for q
10-cent hourly wage increase
this year, to be followed next
year by increases of 10 to Is
cents per hour for various job
claSSifications.
Area contractors offered q
15-cent across-the-b board hourly
pay boost, 8 cents this year and
7 cents a year from now.
Evening star., 1961-06-17
Rockefeller LaudS King
Police PeIted as They RepeI
5000 Detroit CeLebrutors

DETROIT, June II (AP). -
Police ducked beer bottles and
eggs last night in breaking up
an invasion of Belle Isle. a city
recreation area, by 5000
youths.
Many Of the youths wore
graduation caps and gowns.
Riding in cars, they drove
bumper-to-bumper into the
city park in the Detroit River.
The cars were festooned with
crepe paper and graduation
slogans.
The melee climaxed a round
of graduation parties of high
school seniors.
Police Sergt. Thomas Ruedi-
Suli said, Most of the high
school kids in the crowd were
orderly. The ones that gave us
the most trouble were the older
ones who came along with
high school students they knew.
Il suppose the school kids
were blowing off steam because
Evening star., 1961-06-17
Bill Would Shift
Senate Cafes

Senator Majority Leader
Mansfield yesterday introduced
a bill to place the operation of
the Senate restaurants under
Capitol Architect j. George
Stewart.
The Montana Senator said
the move was made in the in
terest of economy and eff
cheney. The Senate restaurants
now losing some $4,000 pei
year, have been run for more
than a decade under the man.
agement of a Chicago firm.
Although the House restau-
rants. which are run by the
Architects office, are currently
losing some $4,000 annually
the loss has been cut over the
last few years. A spokesman
said that by combining the
management of the restaurants
a saving of some $4,000 coulc
be made Immediately.
Evening star., 1961-06-17

of graduation. The others
wanted some excitement"
A fountain landmark on the
island was the focal point OF
the invasion. Hundreds of beer
bottles and several wooden
school desks were tossed into
the fountain, along with at
least one youth.
Everybody seemed to be
trying to get as close to the
fountain as possible" senior
Police Inspector Eugene Reu-
ter said. Some of them were
singing and almost everybody
was yelling"
Two youths were arrested.
One suffered a minor cut on
the head. None of the police
men was injured.
Twenty policemen cleared the
island in about an hour. Beer
bottles and eggs were thrown
at their feet as they advanced
on the crowd. Tires on five po-
lice cars were deflated.
Evening star., 1961-06-17
Seoul Talks Sturt
On Visit to u. S.

SEOUL. South Korea, June
II (AP). - Foreign Minister
Kim Hong-il said today nego-
tiations have begun for Premier
Chang Do-Young to visit
President Kennedy in Wash.
ington.
Mr.. Kim told a press confer
ence no date has yet been set
but that details for the visit
would be discussed after new
United States Ambassador
Samuel Berger arrives in Seoul
next week.
Mr.. Chang announced his
intention to visit Washington
shortly after his May 16 coup,
but the trip did not materialize
because Of President Kennedy's
crowded schedule.
Evening star., 1961-06-17

Smith and nine adults in DEM
onstrations at Fontaine Ferry
Park Thursday afternoon. The
Jail sentences were suspended
by Judge Triplett, but Mr.
Stanley and Mr.. Smith chose
to go to Jail rather than pay the
fines. according to their attor-
ney, Neville M. Tucker.
At Jackson, Miss, a New
York free lance writer planned
to sign and send a Federal
Court petition to United States
District Court Judge Sidney
Mize today, asking if MissisSip-
pi's breach of peace law was
constitutional.
Elizabeth Porther Wyckoff,
IS, a white Freedom Rider in
Jail at Jackson, made the an
nouncement of new legal tactics
yesterday through her lawyers
only a short time after six
riders were convicted on breach
Of peace charges.
At Memphis, Tenn, the first
Negro bus driver in the history
of the city was hired yesterday
by the city-owned transit Sys-
TEN.
Carl Carson, a member Of the
Memphis Transit Authority
said John L. Smith, 30, starts
work Monday and will train
three days before going out on
an official run.
Evening star., 1961-06-17
Reds Linked
ToPIot Aimed
AtKasaVubu

LEOPOLDVuLE, The Congo,
June II (AP). Communist
cash and followers of slain
Patrice Lumumba were behind
a plot against President Joseph
Kasavubu'S government, in
formed sources said today.
A government announcement
that the plot had been smashed
said only that the conspiracy
was organized by an unnamed
foreign embassy. Many have
been arrested, including 40
soldiers of the Congo's army
and an official in the foreign
ministry.
Gen. Joseph Mobutu, the
army commander, told report
erS the plotters set next We'd
nesday as the day to strike.
He said the plot involved
poisoning or kidnapping gov
ernment leaders.
Police and paratroopers in
trucks and jeeps have been
cruising Congo streets, round
ing up suspects and examining
identity cards.
Last Tuesday they seized a
young Indian diplomat, who
later was released, and a
Dutch radio reporter.
Hungarian Held
The Foreign Ministry Off
cial under arrest is Laszlc
Marothy, a Hungarian who
took part in the uprising
against the Russians in his
native land in 1856. He has
been handling protocol ano
consular matters in the For
eign Ministry.
Informed sources said left
ist followers of the dead ex-
Premier Lumumba had beer
working on the plot for a
month.
The Government in round
ing up the 40 soldiers appar-
emily believed that Lumumbist
sentiment still is strong in the
i'll = disciplined Central Gov
ernment Army.
Mr.. Mobutu charged that the
plotters hoped to persuade dis
gruntled soldiers to mutiny and
expected to enlist support OF
civil servants. There is much
unrest among both elements
because Of irregular pay from
the hard-pressed government
Civil servants have been stag
ing wildcat strikes for a week
Prisoners Beaten
A truckload of political pris-
oners was driven through the
main streets Of the capital yes
terday. Soldiers beat them
with rifle butts and kicked
them in view of people in the
streets. The arrested soldiers
were forced to lie on the ground
and were beaten.
All the prisoners were taken
to government security head
quarters.
The announcement Of the
plot came at a time when the
government is negotiating with
the pro-Lumumba rebel regime
in Stanleyville on arrangements
for convening Parliament.
The Stanleyville regime,
headed by Antoine Gizenga, is
insisting on full protection
from the U. N. command in the
Congo before sending mem
berS to attend the session.
Evening star., 1961-06-17
France Grants Asylum
To Top Soviet Dancer

PARIS, June II (AP).-
Rudolf Nureyev, leading male
dancer of Leningrad's Kirov
opera ballet, won permission
today to remain in France and
left Paris for an undisclosed
destination.
Mr.. Nureyev, %, skipped out
on his troupe yesterday as it
prepared to fly to London for
an engagement. He was given
protection by airport police
and later completed formalities
for political asylum in France.
French Interior Ministry
sources declined to say where
he had gone because Of what
they termed "the possibility of
harm coming to him"
Mr.. Nureyev sought police
protection after Russian Of
ficials tried to convince him
to return to Moscow instead of
going on to London. Paris
newspapers suggested today
that Mr.. Nureyev may have
made up his mind to stay in
France partially because of
romantic reasons, but this
could not be confirmed.
Won Rave Notices
The troupe had been per-
forming in Paris. and Mr..
Nureyev had won rave notices
from the city's critics.
Famed Ballet Master Serge
Lifar declared Mr.. Nureyev's
decision to remain in France
was a disaster for the Lenin-
grad Ballet, Of which he was
the unquestionable star"
"Nureyev recently received
the Nijinsky Prize-the No. l
award for dancing in the Soviet
Union. Serge Golovine and he
are, in my opinion, the two
best male dancers in the
world"
Mr.. Lifar made his statement
to newsmen on his return from
a visit to Amsterdam.
The Soviet press and radio
have made no mention of Mr..
Nureyev's detection.
The dancers were drinking
Evening star., 1961-06-17
Robbed in Park,
Man T ellis Police

A 39-year-old Arlington man
told police he was beaten and
robbed last night in Rock Greek
Park under the Pennsylvania
Avenue NV. Bridge.
Park police said Roy E
Poarch. listed at 914 South
Wakefield street, told them two
men accosted him on the
bridge, then dragged him down
an embankment into the park
where they beat and robbed
him of $62. He was taken to
Georgetown University Hospi-
tai and then transferred to
Fairfax Hospital for treatment
Police broadcast a lookout
for two colored men, one wear
ing a striped shirt and lavender
trousers; the other wearing Q
sweatshirt and black trousers
Evening star., 1961-06-17
House Group
Stalls Action
On School Aid
By the Associated Press

President Kennedy's SIS bill
lion public school bill was
stalled today in the Honse
Rules Committee as preSsures
built to act first on a bill pro-
viding some aid for parochial
schools.
A House Education Subcom-
mittee yesterday approved an
extension of the National De-
ifense Education Act which in
cludeS some aid for parocIIiaI
and other private schools.
Two Democrats on the Rules
Committee who normally vote
with the administration are
repeatedly under heavy pres
sure to hold up the public
school bill until the National
Defense Education Act, includ-
ing aid to private and parochial
schools. is passed.
The two are Representatives
Delaney. Democrat of New
York. and ONeill, Democrat
of Massachusetts,. Both rep
resent predominantlv Roman
Catholic districts.
The Roman Catholic hier-
achy favors action first on the
National Defense Act extension
to assure aid to parochial
schools before the public school
bill is brought up.
The public school bill has
been in the Rules Committee
for a month awaiting action.
The Senate already has passed
a bill giving the President prac-
tically all ne asked for.
While the public school bill
was tangled in the religious Is
sue. one opponent also sought
70 tie IN the racial issue.
Representative Howard w.
Smith, Democrat of Virginia,
chairman Of the Rules Commit
tee. sent a press release to
Southern newspapers declar-
ing the measure was intended
Ito complete the design to in
tegrate and mingle the races of
the South"
Mr.. Smith referred to Repre-
sentative Powell. Democrat of
New York. as the Harlem Rep
resentative who is chairman of
the Committee on Education
and Labor that wrote the bill"
Evening star., 1961-06-17

coffee in the Flying Saucer"
bar at LIE Bourget when Mr..
Nureyev made his break for
freedom.
The newspaper France-Soir
said six Russians tried to lead
Mr.. Nureyev away with the
intention of sending him home
Immediately aboard a plane
due to take off for Moscow
There was a short struggle ard
the dancer broke loose and ran
to a policeman. The Moscow
plane left As minutes behind
schedule.
When Soviet Embassy Off
cials protested the French po-
lice were holding Eureyev by
force a policeman commits
sioner retorted:
He is free but he does not
want to go with you. He does
not want to see any of you"
Later two of the Russians
were allowed to see Nureyev in
the presence Of the police.
Nureyev showed a moments
panic while being driven into
Paris in a police car. The
chauffeur suddenly changed
route to avoid a traffic block
and the Russian anxiously
asked: Soviet Embassy" He
was quickly reaSSured by the
officer eScorting him.
Conflicting Versions
On arrival in London. other
members of the ballet company
gave widely conflicting versions
Of what happened at LIE Bour-
get.
Feoor Feodorov, an Official
travelling with the troupe, de-
MED Nureyev had sought po-
litical asylum in France.
He returned to Leningrad
because his mother is dying, "
Feodorov insisted. That could
happen to anyone"
A Russian woman interpreter
had another version.
1T is true he left the plane
in Paris" she said. He was
called back to Moscow for an
other performance"
Valentin Bogdanov, business
manager of the ballet, denied
Nureyev or anyone else was
missing at all.
Its not true" he said.
Our numbers are all correct.
There is no one missing
The ballet troupe opens in
London'S Covent Garden
Monday before a sellout house
The company will play London
for a month.
Evening star., 1961-06-17
U. S. Food Goinq
ToModros Pupils
By the Associated Press

The United States, through
its Food for Peace program
will provide daily food for {
year for a half million schoo
children in the state of Mad
ras, India.
George McGovern, Food fol
Peace director, told a news con.
ference yesterday this was tht
beginning of one of the largest
food aid programs Launched
since President Kennedy de.
cided to expand the plan.
Mr.. McGovern said the fooC
will include powdered milk
shortening, cornmeal, whea'
and possibly rice. 1t is valued
at more than So million.
Evening star., 1961-06-17

tends the government cannot
even change the election regu-
lations without parliamentary
approval. It also maintains that
under the constitution national
elections should have begun on
June 9-one month after Par
lament was dissolved.
Evening star., 1961-06-17
II Arrested as Disturbances Erupt
On Freedom Ride Routes in Florida
BY the Associated Press

Police arrested II persons
for breach Of the peace in dis
turbances that erupted, with
out injury, at three points
along Freedom Riders routes
in North Florida yesterday.
Bus trips by racial integra-
tion-testing groups also pro-
duced five arrests in MiSSis-
sippi.
A Freedom Ride leadership
delegation conferred in WASH
ington with Attorney General
Robert Kennedy, repeatedly to
seek help in preventing further
arrests.
Police in Tallahassee, Flori-
da's Capital, arrested 10 hun
striking clergymen, includ-
ing seven white men, after the
10 defied an order to disperSe
at Tallahassee Airport.
Three Seized at Ocala 81
Two Negroes and q white man
were arrested at Ocala after a
bus station scuffle with two
unidentified white men, who
were not arrested.
At st. Petersburg, q white
truck driver was taken into
custody after he and a st.
Petersburg Negro preacher ex-
changed heated words at a
bus depot where the Negro
went to welcome Freedom
Riders who travelled there from
Jacksonville.
The group arrested at Talla-
hasSee comprised two rabbis,
five white ministers and three
Negro ministers. All were
jailed in lieu of posting $500
bond each on charges of m-
lawful assembly. Jailed also
were two Tallahassee Negroes
and a white man.
Balls Himself Out
The Rev. Charles Hunter OF
Tallahassee bailed himself out
but the others remained in Jail
today. The 10 Freedom Riders
went on a hunger strike Thurs
day in protest to being de-
MED food at the airport res
taurant. In Jail. they ate their
first meal since breakfast
Thursday.
The only Florida incident
that approached violence came
at Ocala, Gov. FarriS Bryant's
home town.
There was elbowing and jos
Ting when seven Freedom
Riders headed for the Ocala
bus station cafeteria and were
met by two white men. Three
of the Freedom Riders obeyed
a police order to climb back
aboard their bus. and were not
arrested.
Meanwhile, Freedom Riders
were served almost without in
cident at lunch counters in
Tampa, st. Petersburg and
Gainesville.
At Gainesville, a white
woman quickly moved away
from the bus station lunch
counter as the Negroes ap-
preached. Someone else played
Dixie" traditional battle song
of the South, on the lunchroom
juke box.
Authorities at jackson, Miss,
raised to 116 their total Of ar
rests of Freedom Riders when
five Of the integration-teSterS
alighted from a bus that
brought them from Nashville,
Evening star., 1961-06-17

Tenn. The five riders were
charged with breach of the
peace when they failed to COM
ply Immediately with a police
captains order to move on.
Nine leaders in the Freedom
Riders movement conferred in
Washington with Attorney Gen
eral Kennedy, repeatedly to
seek help in halting arrests of
the demonstrators against seq
regation.
Mr.. Kennedy's office said
afterward only that there was
a frank exchange and the
meeting was a useful one"
Attending the Commute con-
ference was John Seigenthaler,
the Attorney Generals execu-
tive assistant. who was knocked
unconscious last month in mob
action at Montgomery, Ala.
Rockefeller Lauds King
In other developments:
The Rev. Martin Luther
King, jr., Southern integration
leader, was described by New
York'S Gov. Nelson Rockefeller
last night as a man with the
same motivation and dedica-
ton as Mahatma Gandhi.
In turn, DR.. King said the
entire Nation should be dedi-
Gated to Gov. Rockefeller "for
his genuine liberalism, his hu-
Evening star., 1961-06-17
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St. Paul recorder., 1961-09-08
Detroit AKA Soror
Receives Cour+esies
On Twin CITY WISH

Mrs. Connee Bowman and Mrs
Elsie Lyle were co-hostesses to
Mrs. Margaret Dean of Detroit,
Mich, a member of Alpha Rho
Omega chapter Of Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority, on Sunday after
noon, September 3.
With Mrs. Bowman as "chauf-
feur," the group enjoyed impromp-
tn visits to the homes of some OF
the members of Delta Phi Omega
chapter of the Twin Cities. After
an exchange of greetings at the
homes of Mines. Viola Johnson,
Juliet Brown, Sandra Work and
Elise Lyle, the hostesses and
guests concluded the day with a
delicious dessert supper at the
home of Mrs. Christine Dunham,
34OO Meadow Lane, Wayzata,
MINI.
Mrs. Dean promised to return to
Detroit with greetings and best
wishes from the Twin City chapter
Of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority to
her chapter in Detroit.
Mrs. Dean has been studying
Braille this summer in Minneapolis
at the Home for the Blind. A
St. Paul recorder., 1961-09-08
The James Kinneys
Back Home After
Eastern Vacation

Mr.. and Mrs. James Kinney,
1921 Upton Av. s., returned home
Sunday afternoon from Ohio. They
attended the Shriners and Daugh-
ters of Isis convention in Cincin-
natl and were guests during their
stay Of Mrs. w. s. Banks.
They report the sessions were
very interesting with some, 10, 900
Mobiles and Daughters Of Isis in
attendance. Headquarters were at
the Terris-H Hilton hotel They en-
! joyed m ting many former
residents and acquaintances be-
tween sessions and were able to do
some sightseeing.
On August 26, the Minneapoh-
tans went to Columbus to visit
relatives of Mr.. Kinney and were
the houseguest OF his sister, Mrs
Evelyn Galloway and shared their
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Thomas, sister and brother-in-law,
and Mr.. and Mrs Harry Kinney,
Jr., brother and sister-in-law.
They were accorded many court
St. Paul recorder., 1961-09-08
Washingfoniuns Return
After Summer
Aara wikh RalF


Mrs. James A. Horton dorothy
Monson) and three sons, Bartt,
Mitchell and Stuart of Washing
ton, D. c., left the city Saturday,
after spending the summer visit
ing Mrs. Horizons sisters, Mrs.
Mildred Monson Jones and sons,
Alan and Leigh, and Miss Irma
A. Monson of 3S49 Oakland Av.
While in the city, Mrs. Horton
accepted an appointment as So
prano with the Hennepin Avenue
Methodist Church choir under the
direction of Mr.. Thure Fredrick-
son.
Also visiting the family home
this summer were Tommy and
Zachary Monson, sr., sons of Mr..
and Mrs. Zachary Monson, Sr., of
Philadelphia, former residents of
st. Paul. The Monson boys re-
turned to Philadelphia, Friday,
September 1st.
The Horizons drove back to
Washington with Miss Irma Mon
son. Miss Monson is currently on
leave from her job as social worker
with the Children's Service Of st.
Paul for a years advanced study
at the University Of Pennsylvania.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-09-08
The Albert Woods
Are Royalty Fe+ed
By Friends And Kin

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Woods, of
Nashville, Tenn, left Wednesday,
September 6, for home after spend
ing two weeks in tn city visiting
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Pillow of 4421
Third Av S. They also shared their
visit with a son, Maurice Woods
of st. Paul.
Extending hospitalities to the
visitors were Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Cartwright of st. Paul. Mr.. Cart
wright took Mr.. Woods on a fish
ing trip on Tuesday and he was
dinner guest in their home on the
return. On Friday, the visitors
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Rideaux along with their
hosts and on Saturday Mr.. Woods
and his son, Maurice were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Perry at their
summer home on Big Round Lake
for fishing for the day.
On Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
ion Brown and Mrs. Lydia Pillow
hosted a family dinner at the
home of Mrs. Pillow, 799 st. An
thony Av., in honor of the visitors.
Before dinner they visited Crystal
Caves in Wisconsin. On Monday,
Labor Day, Mr.. and Mrs. Pillow
honored their guests at a family
picnic held in their lovely back
yard and amusement room with
food and fun highlighting the gala
affair.
Accompanying the Woods back
home was their daughter, Miss
Mary Woods, who spent the sum-
mer with her brother-in-law and
sister, the Edgar Pillows. Miss
Woods will return to Knoxville
College in Knoxville, Tenn, where
she is a student.