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Evening star., 1961-05-30

LONDON, May 80 (AP).-
Rich Sir Peter Roberts knows
how to get late-staying guests
home from a party-he hires a
special train.
1T worked out perfectly"
said Sir Peter in an interview.
II would do it again and I may
have to-"
To get the train moving, the
third baronet paid overtime to
an engineer, fireman, conductor
and brakeman.
And to open Is miles of nor
mally closed railway, he gave
extra pay to Station Master E.
T. Theobald, two porters, four
signalmen and a quartet of
grade-crossing keepers.
The party was for Sir Peters
debutante daughter, 18-year-
old Catherine.
The baronet threw the party
at his stately home, Cockley
Cley Hall. in remote County
Norfolk.
THE problem was getting
everyone back to London" sale
Sir Peter. $50 we hit on the
train idea"
In addition to being an in
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Briton Hires q rain
To Take Guests Home

dustrialist, Sir Peter is also a
Conservative member OF the
House of Commons.
The party began Saturday
night and lasted well into the
Sabbath when the rail line back
to London is closed.
After negotiations British
Railways agreed to open the
incorporating Sir Peter pay
the cost.
Everyone had a marvellous
time" said Sir Peter. Il re-
tired at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing, but I believe others went
for a dip in the swimming
pool"
After this-and breakfast, OF
course-more than 100 guests
were driven to the railway sta
ton. There they boarded the
special train.
I'VE were delighted to look
after the party" said Station
Master Theobald. 1--WE can dc
with more business like this"
Asked what the party and
the train cost, Sir Peter replied
Il haven't a clue and I won't
have until the bills come in"
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Chavez RESTING
After Surgery

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, May
80 (AP) Senator Chavez,
Democrat of New Mexico, was
reported resting we'll today
after surgery yesterday for re-
moval of a tumor from his
neck.
Il think he's feeling better
than am" Mrs. Chavez said
last night after leaving the
Senator's hospital room. "He
told me to get some rest my
self"
The New Mexico Democratic
Senator entered the hospital
Sunday after spending a week
in a health resort in Southern
New Mexico. He has been,
troubled with persistent throat
trouble recently and has been
undergoing treatment.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Eiqht Freedom Riders
Take rain to Jackson

JACKSON, Miss, May 80
(AP) Eight Freedom Riders
arrived from New Orleans by
train today in another assault
on Mississippi segregation laws
and we're promptly arrested in
the white waiting room.
The group left on the Illinois
Central streamliner City of
New Orleans" The trains
route takes it through South
east Louisiana and Southern
Mississippi.
Richard Haley, CORE field
director in jackson. said there
was no particular reason for
using the train instead of the
bus. This is the first group of
riders to use trains.
1T was purely a matter of
local choice" he said. He said
that while trains are desegre-
gated, the jackson train depot
is segregated.
$50 far the emphasis has
been on bus depots. to the ex-
clusion of train depots," Mr.
Haley said. I'VE want to give
them all a fair shake"
Asked if he expected the
Freedom Riders to be arrested
when they reached jackson and
tested the segregation laws, Mr.
Haley said, 1--WE have no reason
to believe there's been a change
of policy by the Jackson police.
Meanwhile, in a surprise move
late last night. Kinds County
Sheriff j. R. Gilfoy shifted Is
convicted Freedom Riders from
the county penal farm to the
downtown county jail.
! Mr.. Gilfoy said other prison
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Khrushchev Due
At Red Summit

VIENNA. May 80 (AP).-
Western diplomatic sources said
today Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev is expected to attend a
summit meeting of Communist
bloc leaders in Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia, prior to his
talks here with President Ken
nedy this week end.
The Communist summit orig
inally was expected to be held
in Prague. InformantS said
however, they had reports this
plan was changed to avoid a
wide detour in Mr.. Khru-
shchev's trip to Austria.
Mr.. KhruShchev left Moscow
by train for Vienna Saturday
He left the Ukrainian capital Of
Kiev today after a two-day
Stopover. Bratislava, near the
Czech Austrian border, lies or
the shortest east-west railway
line between Kiev and Vienna
The Soviet and Czech EN-
bassies said they had no def
mite details about Mr.. Khru.
shchev's travel plans or where
the Communist meeting woulc
be held.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

cue squd men wheeled the
stretcher-borne patients from
the side entrance as Vernon
Hyson of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase squad dispatched the
ambulances with a walkie-
talkie.
Incubator Babies Arrive
Headlights on, red lights
flashing, the conveys moved
swiftly to the ultramodern So
million hospital in Northwest.
Towaf dthe end Of the trans
fer the big B-CC Rescue Squad
truck arrived with the first si1
premature babies and two sets
Of twins, all in incubators.
They included two male twins
born to Mrs. Beatrice Kazian
305 Seventy-eighth street NE.
and another pair, one boy ano
one girl, born to Mrs. Sharon
Erdman, 3742 Twelfth street
NE.
A swarm of nurses and volun-
teer workers took the stretch
ers from the rescue squad mer
and wheeled them off to the
maternity unit. The premature
babies included a son Of Mrs
Betty Poole, 1924 Fifteenth
street Sc, and the daughter
of Mrs. Naomi Huff, 4l2 Mellor
street Sc.
The new hospital has a larg'
outpatient department, includ
ing emergency room facilitiei
which are expected to ease thu
See SIBLEY, Page A.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Highway Deaths
May Set Record
BY the Associated Press

Safety experts and police
urged motorists to exercise
caution today as the mounting
death toll in traffic accidents
over the extended Memorial
Day week end appeared headed
for a record.
Traffic deaths have averaged
one every IA or Is minutes
more than four an hour-Since
the count started at 6 pm.
Friday. If this rate continues
to the end of the holiday period
at midnight tonight Oocal
time), the final toll would sur
pass the record of 413 highway
fatalities in the four-day Me-
mortal Day week end of 1857
Latest figures placed the
number of dead at 1856.
There also was a heavy toll
of other accident deaths, in
cluding drownings and from
miscellaneous mishaps.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Transit Driver
Shoots Youth
Says He Grabbed
Change Carrier

A D. c. Transit bus driver
shot a 16-year-old boy in the
back early today after the boy
grabbed the change carrier on
the bus, police said.
James E. Weatherington, 80,
the driver, was involved in a
similar shooting 18 months ago
At that time, United States
Attorney Oliver Gasch declined
to prosecute Mr.. Weatherington
because of special circum-
stances" in that case.
Police said today'S shooting
occurred at 1910 am. after the
bus entered the car barn al
Eighth and M streets Sc. They
sair Mr.. Weatherington gave
this account:
He had picked up about II
youths-all colored-on Nichols
avenue near Alabama avenue
and Stanton road. Half Of the
group had illegal transfers, he
said, and the rest dropped coins
into the box.
Accepted Illegal Transfers
Mr.. Weatherington said hi
accepted the illegal transfer!
because he did not want tc
create trouble. At the car barr
two of the youths said they
forgot to get transfers.
During an argument which
followed, one of the boys
grabbed the change carrier anc
the other Mr.. Weatherington's
arm, police said.
A passerby, Mary C. Webb
81, told police she was nearby
at the time of the shooting.
Miss Webb, a nurse at George
Washington University Hos.
pital, said it appeared to hel
as though the bus driver anc
the youths were fighting.
Mr.. Weatherington reached
under his seat for a .25 calibel
revolver. He fired once. TIL,
bullet struck the youth in tn,
left side of the upper back.
The youth fell out of the bu
door onto the sidewalk. Hi
companion left, but later vol
unfairly went to the fifth pre-
cinct station.
Police said the boy who wa
See DRIVER, Page A.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Kennedy SET
For Paris Trip;
Leaves Tonight
Wants KhrushcheV
To Know Stund,
He Tells Boston

HYANNIS PORT, Mass, May
80 (AP).-President Kennedy
leaves for Europe OH this day
of dedication to victims of war
with the vow to retreat not one
inch as a spokesman for free
dom.
Mr.. Kennedy flies to Paris
tonight for conferences with
President Charles de Gaulle OF
France and, beginning Satur-
day in Vienna. with Soviet
Premier Nikita S. KhruShchev
On his 44th birthday, Mr.,
Kennedy declared last night
that serious miscalculations,
serious Misrepresentation" on
the part of the adversaries led
to the three wars fought in his
lifetime.
Looking toward his talks with
Mr.. Khrushchev, Mr.. Kennedy
indicated he hoped to erase any
such miscalculations at this
time of dispute between great
powers.
Quotes AbOlitiOnist
Mr.. Kennedy spoke amid
cheers at a gala political-per-
sonal birthday celebration in
his home town of Boston.
He said he goes to Europe as
Header of the greatest revo-
Ilutionary country on earth"
Americans believe in freedom
and always intend to be aSso'
ciated with that cause, he said
And he quoted as persona
doctrine this message carvec
on a Boston statue of William
Lloyd Garrison, the New Eng
land abolitionist:
IT am in earnest. will not
equivocate, ! will not excuse
I will not retreat a single inch
and I will be heard"
"Our knees do not tremblt
at the word revolution" Mr.
Kennedy said. I'VE believe il
it, we believe in the progress
Of mankind. We believe IL
freedom"
French Tie Stressed
Mr.. Kennedy said that tht
United States is the daughte.
of Europe "and in a specia
way we have the most intimate
relationship with France.
Il go to France on this oc'
casion not in order to invoke
See KENNEDY, Page A.;
Evening star., 1961-05-30


in conveys of 10 sped through
the city.
1t also was a day to remember
for R. E. Nash, IA, now of 5313
Sangamore road NV, who
recorded the evacuation Of the
old building. built in 1899, with
his camera.
MY grandfather, Ephraim
Nash, gave his big house on
this corner years ago to the
Lucy Webb School of Nursing, "
he said. He pointed to part OF
the old hospital on North Cap
itol street and recalled, MY
house used to be right there
l144 North Capitol"
80 Ambulances Take Part
Thirty-nine ambulances lined
up outside the old building
before 8 o'clock this morning
There were 125 volunteer rescue
squad men, dozens Of nurses,
many of whom are alumni OF
the hospitals nursing school,
who now work elsewhere.
First to leave was Mrs. Fran
ces M. Elzey, 1101 Massachu-
setts avenue NV. Hospitalized
with a broken hip, Mrs. Elzey
was director of nursing at the
institution from 1918 to 1920
She was graduated from the
school in 1914.
Riding with her was Mrs. Ell
sic Casassa, director Of nursing
there since 1946 and a member
of the nursing schools class o.
/ 1922. She is one of Mrs. Elzey''
| former students.
Almost stealthily the res
Evening star., 1961-05-30

niston and that Montgomery
and Birmingham police per-
mitted the rioting to start.
Martial Law Lifted
Meanwhile, Gov. John Patter-
son lifted the martial law that
was imposed on Montgomery
following the rioting at the bus
station.
In returning the city to civil
rule at midnight, Gov. Patter-
son said that while National
Guardsmen are gone from the
streets, State forces still are
available in reinforced num-
bers to assist local police units
whenever they request helr
from State forces"
At the hearing, Louis Fisher
area supervisor of the Fedora
Alcoholic Tax Unit in Mont.
gomery, said he saw a police.
man walk past without trying
| to stop a group from beating
William Barbee, jr., a Negro
student from Nashville, Tenn
Mr.. Fisher, who watched the
riot from his office in the Fed
eral Building nearby, said ht
saw Floyd Mann, head of the
State Public Safety Depart
ment, plunge through the moi
brandishing his pistol and res
cue Mr.. Barbee.
Henry B. James, a Mont
gomery Negro bricklayer, testi
fled he had tried to stop thu
crowd from kicking Mr.. Barbe'
and was himself attacked.
Mr.. James said he heard MI
Mann ask an unidentified cit,
policeman, why didn't yoV
call Sullivan?" and the off
See RACIAL, Page A
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Rain and Wind
HamperHunt
Near Lisbon
Venezuelan Craft
Flying From Rome
Toward Curacao

LISBON, Portugal, May 80
(AP).-A Venezuelan airliner
carrying 81 persons was re-
ported to have crashed today
four minutes after taking off
for South America.
An unconfirmed report said
the four-engine plane went
down on the Caparicia coast on
the south bank of the River
Tagus across from Lisbon.
Rescue planes and ships be-
gan searching at dawn for the
DC-8 plane operated by Viass
Airlines.
The kim press service In
The Hague said there were 48
passengers aboard-10 of them
believed children-and IA crew
members.
The Royal Dutch Airline
kim, which has a working
agreement with the Venezuelan
airline ViaSa, said an inveSti-
eating team would leave imme-
diately for Lisbon.
Visibility Poor
The kim official announce
ment did not confirm that the
plane had crashed but ex-
pressed concern" about the
fate of the passengers and
crew. 1t said radio contact
with the plane was lost.
The search centered in the
Atlantic between Lisbon and
the Azores.
Rain, high wiAds and poor
visibility made the search ex-
tremely difficult.
In Caracas, Viasa said the Jet
airliner had been Officially
given up for lost" A company
spokesman said he had no ad-
ditional details.
Military planes returned
from their first search flights
with nothing to report. a
French military plane, which
: was at Lisbon airport when
news of the disappearance
came, delayed its departure
for Gibraltar to join the search.
All ships between Portugal
and the Azores have been
alerted and American planes
from the Lajens Air Base,
Azores, Joined the hunt.
, Thirteen passengers en-
! barked in Rome and % in
, Madrid. They were II Span
, iards, including a child, and
> II non-Spaniards including six
children.
, Flight From Rome
kim, which operates Jointly
; with Viasa on the South Amer
! ican route, said the passengers
were Venezuelan, Portuguese
; and Spanish with possibly one
) Italian and one Frenchman
;; aboard.
1 The airliner was bound for
Venezuela and Curacao in the
!, Dutch West Indies.
1 The planes flight originated
, in Rome and stopped off in
Lisbon.
,, kim said it left Lisbon at
4 lis am. local time and has
not been heard from since.
KIM and Viasa signed an
agreement in April to operate
a twice-a-week service between
Western Europe and Latin
America.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
PHONE SERVICES
FOR TODAY

The Stor's holiday telephone seT-
ices will observe the following clos
ing hours today:
Classified Department, 9 pm.
Circulation Department, $50 pm.
Main Switchboard, II midnight.
As usual, night service lines will
be placed in operation subsequent
to closing Of main switchboard.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

Iers protested the presence OF
the Freedom Riders and refused
to associate with them. There
are 25 whites and more than
100 Negroes at the farm, the
sheriff said.
The sheriff's action came on
the heels of the reported beat
ing of the Rev. C. T. Vivian,
36 year old Chattanooga
CTenn.D Negro minister by a
penal farm guard. Mr.. Vivian,
wearing a small bandage, was
one of those moved last night
Gov. Ross Barnett launched
an investigation into the in
cident and FBI agents quizzed
the penal farm director and
others.
w. Wade Bromwell, special
agent in charge of the New
Orleans area FBI office, said
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Burje Marshall requested q
probe.
Choose Confinement
Mr.. Vivian and the 10 others
chose confinement at the prison
farm rather than pay the 5000
fines assessed last Friday when
they were convicted on breach
of peace charges stemming from
their use of for white only IA
cilities at a crosS-country bus
terminal. Eight others posted
appeal bonds or paid fines.
Mr.. Haley said Mr.. Viviar
was clubbed because he failed
to address a prison guard az
sir"
Penal Farm Director Max
See RIDERS, Page Al
Evening star., 1961-05-30

before a Federal judge, Fred
Zach, 32-year-old former para
trooper and now student at
Auburn University. said he
asked three Montgomery police
men to stop the mob from
beating a Negro Freedom Rider
during a riot at the bus station
May 20.
Each time, he said, the police
told him to get away from
here"
Mr.. Zach, who is white, also
testified that he and his wife
were threatened by the mob
when he sought to stop the
beating Of a Negro.
Couple Arrested
Mr.. Zach said he and his wife
were arrested when a policeman
was assigned to escort them
home and they refused to ac-
company him. Mr.. Zach said
they feared the one officer coulo
not protect them.
The husband was charged
with disorderly conduct ano
failure to obey an officer. ano
was fined 5000 and costs in City
Court. Mrs. Zach, charged with
disorderly conduct, drew a $10C
fine.
Defense attorneys indicated
they will require two days Of
more to present their witnesses
In addition to the police de-
partment cases, United States
District Judge Frank M. John
son, jr., also is to decide whether
to make permanent an injunc'
ton already in effect agains
the Ku Klux Klan.
The Government contends
that the xxx was responsible
for racial violence in Mont
gomery, Birmingham and An
Evening star., 1961-05-30
WISE CAMPERS
EAT WELL

"a ROARING CAMPFIRE is ro-
mantle, but you'll storvs your first
night out before it burns down to
eooIs for cooking, Stor Outdoor Edi-
tor chorIes CoveII worms. Happy
campers bring stoves ond other
equipment, he reports in his article
on the Leisure Pose, Alb.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Area SaIutes
ItsWar Dead
Thousands Visit
Arlington Groves

In military Gem e terieS S
throughout the world tiny flags
flew today while Americans
needed the order of Gen. John
A. Logan setting aside May
80.
". For the purpose of
strewing with flowers or other
wise decorating the graves Of
comrades who died in defense
of their country and whose
bodies lie in almost every city,
village and hamlet and church
yard in the land"
Fair weather with tempera-
lures in the low 70s, provided
an ideal backdrop to this areas
participation in the day re-
served for the heroic dead.
Thousands at Arlington
The rolling, green slopes of
Arlington Cemetery, each Of
the 100000 graves marked by
a little flag, attracted thou
sands for a day of wreath
laying and prayer.
There, at the Tomb of the
Unknowns, Senator Russell,
Democrat of Georgia, repre-
sented President Kennedy in
placing a floral tribute. Mr..
Kennedy was out of the city,
preparing for his trip to
Europe.
The principal address at the
Arlington Amphitheater pro-
gram was made by Gen. jacob
L.Devers USA, retired), chair
man of the Battle Monuments
Commission.
In an earlier welcoming ad-
dress, Maj. Gen. Charles K
Galley, jr., commanding gen.
eral, Military District of Wash
ington, said:
1T is not enough to reaffirm
the sacred obligation to honol
our war dead. We owe them
the nameless as well as the
known-the preservation of oul
great heritage"
Marine Band Plays
Then, referring to the broa
expanse of the cemetery, Gen
Galley said, Soldiers from al
the States sleep here in peace
and in justice"
The large audience was en-
tertained by the Marine Band
William Jones, a baritone will
the band, sang THE Lord
Prayer" Army Chaplain Como
r. Smith gave the invocation
Throughout the day, veter
ans organizations also deco
rated the Tomb at Arlington
and other monuments through
out the area.
Not forgotten was the ma,
See HOLIDAY, Page A
Evening star., 1961-05-30
SibIey Shifts Patients
To Its New Hospital
Rescue Squad Volunteers Help Doctors
And Nurses in Transfer of IS
By CHARLES BROOKS .
Star staff Writer

Volunteers from IS different Washington rescue
squads rs patients in two hours today from the old
Sbey Hospital North Capitol and Pierce streets to the new
buildings at Loughboro road and Dalecara parkway NV
Several hundred DOCTORS and volunteers were on
hand at both places during the big the ambulances
Evening star., 1961-05-30
@ 1861 by The Washington Star
By HAYNES JOHNSON
Star Staff Writer

Who speaks for the Negro in Wash
ington?
If you rephrase the question you also
have the answer. Does anyone or any
organization speak for the white man?
No. The same is true of the Negro.
washington Negroes don't have one
man leadership on anything, which is
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Atlantic Plane Missing With 81
U. S. Winding Up Suit
Aooinst Alabama Police
Court Told Officials Failed to Act in Riots;
Defense Expects to Take Two Days

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 80 (AP).-Attorneys for the
Justice Department. which is seeking injunction to re-
quire Montgomery and Birmingham police departments to
protect interstate Travellers expect to wind up their case
today.
During testimony Yesterday the first day Of the hearing
Evening star., 1961-05-30

good" a distinguished Negro said. 1--WE
have our powerful Congressman like Daw
son and Powell, but they can't speak for
the Negro. can't speak for the Negro
1 can give some thoughts on the Negro
but certainly can't speak for him.
For anyone to say, I am the voice of
the Negro people is ridiculous. don't
know anyone who could say that. think
the Negro is kind of sensitive about this,
and that's good, too"
Evening star., 1961-05-30

This series is result Of four months Of interviews
with hundreds Of Negroes in all woIks Of Iife The
drawing on Pose A is by Lily Spondort
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Full Report
on Pose BIZ
THE WEATHER:

District and vicinity-Clear and cool to-
night, low near 48 in the city and 40 in
the suburbs Sunny and warmer tomorrow.
High and low temperatures of the last "a
hours: High, rs, at pm. yesterday; low,
So, at 6:45 am today.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1961-02-01
Montana Farmer-stockman
Feb. /, 1861, Vol. 4S, No. IL

Feb. I, 1861 Vol. 48, No. IT
Published twice month on the 1st
and 18th by The Montana Farmer.
Inc. Great Falls Mont Subscription
price 81 for one year, Canada 81
for one year Entered as second class
matter al the Post Office
at Great Falls. Mont, un- s6eeszssss
der act of March 3, 1879. 'ar'''
Montana farmer-stockman., 1961-02-01

S.s.
PROTEIN PETE says his winter
wheat looks unbelievably good con-
siderin' the amount of moisture it has
had to work on. He thinks if we get
plenty of rain from March on he might
even aggravate the surplus problem a
little. I might add that Pete is the
kind of fellow you like to meet
dyed-in-the-wooI optimist.
We can hope the new secretary Of
agriculture will do q better job
of presentin' the facts about the
farm price problem TO the general
public. It has been little rough
the last several years havin' agri-
cultures spokesman g0in' around
teIIin' consumers they are payin'
too much for farm and ranch prod
ucfs.
In tryin' to hold down costs In our
University system, let's not be like the
guy who chopped off his right hand in
an effort to keep from bein' stung by
a bee.
The Village Sage says a fool and
his money are soon invited places.
That neighbor of mine says when he
asked his young grandson why he ate
everything with his spoon the youngster
replied: Because the knife is slippery
and the fork leaks" For fine juvenile
logic this answer is. hard to beat. May
be the kid viii wind up as one of our
top physicists some day.
They tell the story about q dOcfOr
who was called tG farm house one
night He hurried through the door.
yard, tripped and fell heavily. An
irascibIe man. he jumped up ard
began TO swear loudly. While thus
engaged, the farmer opened the
front dOOr- For moment ne lis
ened i'm awe and amazement. ssWeII
I'll be darned, Doc, he drawIed.
sI never kn0wed before that them
HIppOcratfc 0aths y0u feIIcrs 20 i'm
fer were SO much like the ones us
laymen use"
Accordin' to the Old Philosopher,
when wealth or fame goes to a mans
head it usually finds plenty of room
there
Our local preacher. concerned
about the overly competitive ma
eure OF some OF his church MEM
bers, reminded his congregation,
ssafter all, there is just one race
humanity"
Moufaua Eawze.av.- -Cfoorxxxow
Montana farmer-stockman., 1961-02-01

Our local preacher, concerned
about the overly competitive ma
ture of some of his church mem-
bers, reminded his congregation,
"after all, there is just one race
humanity"