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Evening star., 1961-02-25
Murder.Cuse
Witness Is
Recuptured

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Feb.
IS (AP) "A bruised an6 wire
bound Robert L, Russell, chief
witness for the State in the
Vincent Blaney murder case.
was captured this morning
three hours after he had es-
capped from jail in nearby Alb
secon.
Morgan Thomas. assistant
prosecutor for Atlantic County.
said he did not know the de-
tails Of Russell's escape, But
there is o strong possibility
that he was taken from the
jail"
Russell was apprehended by
four policemen as he raped on
the door Of q house in North
field. about 5 miles from
Absecon.
Russell was wet, his face
bruised, and his hands bound
with wire. He was taken to
Shore Memorial Hospital in
Somers Point. Two policemen
were assigned to guard his
room.
Mr.. Thomas said Russell will
be questioned later today.
Russell had testified before
the Atlantic County grand jury
Thursday about the Blaney
staying. Authorities said Rus
sell claimed he had witnessed
the murder.
Blaney's body. chained and
weighted, was discovered in the
sea off Margate last August 23
Police said Blaney had been
ready to give evidence for the
State concerning q half-a-mil-
lion burglary in Pottsville. Pa,
when he disappeared.
Russell made his escape last
night from the window Of q
second-stofy restroom in the
Municipal Building, dropping
20 feet to the ground. Blood
was found splattered on the
floor and walls Of the restroom.
Russell. who was under
guard for his own protection.
had been in police custody
since October IL as a bur-
glary suspect.
Indicted by the grand jury
Thursday in the Blaney staying
were Miss Lillian Refs, an at
tractive 32-year-old divorcee
and owner Of Philadelphia s
celebrity Room nightclub:
John Berkery, ~, Of Haddon
Township. who surrendered to
police in Pottsville Tuesday,
and John Joseph Dillon. IS, OF
Philadelphia. who is now In
jail in San Diego, Calf, on q
burglary charge. Mrs. Refs was
free in $4,000 bail. but she was
arrested again early yesterday
Berkery and Miss Refs are
defendants in the burglary
case, as was Blaney.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
TODAY'S GOOD,
MUSIC DIAL

1900, WNdAL-FM (1O7.3 Mc.)
Serenade. Works by Bee
thoven, Mozart and Haydn.
7:05, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1855 Me- - Young
America Listens. National
Gallery Orchestra. Richard
Bales, conductor. Music for
young people.
sos, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1855 Mc.)-Festival OF
Music. Haydn's Symphony
No. 100 in @, Military"
10:15, WNdAL-FM t1O7.3 Me-
Opera Stage. Bizet's Car
men"
1901, WWDC - Music III
Dawn. Brahms Hungarian
Dances.
Evening star., 1961-02-25

i in the 300 block of Eighteenth
street NV.
MIR. Baroff, who operates q
newsstand at TBS Eighth street
lS.E., said when he got out Of
his car to check the damage
to his car. two men in the other
auto, grabbed him and choked
him until he became un-
conscious.
Mr.. Baroff said that when hi
recovered he way lying in the
middle Of Eighteenth stree
and his car was gone. He sale
500 had been taken from hi
wallet and $700 in bills anc
change from a canvas bag II
the car.
Police broadcast a lookout
for three Negroes, all ageC
about 20 and wearing darl
clothing.
Meat Concern Robbed
Eugene C. Taylor, vice pres.
ident of Taylor & Sons, Inc.
wholesale meat dealers. 1874
Fourth street NE. reported tt
police that robbers took $2.50t
from his establishment last
night.
He said three gunmen forced
him to open the company saft
and took $1,000 inside. He sait
they also found $500 in
cigar box in q desk and ther
took $500 from him.
Police are looking for three
Negroes, all about 80, who may
be using a car with New Jersey
license plates.
Evening star., 1961-02-25

Mrs. Parks wrote that Mrs,
Roosevelt considered the White
House to belong to all the peo-
pie and that they should be
made to feel 50. whereas Mrs
Eisenhower considered that II
belonged to her and her hus--
band.
But Mrs. Parks said Mrs. Ei-
senhower was considerate and
generous in many ways, and
endured q terrible ordeal be-
cause Of her health.
She suffered from headaches
asthma, q heart condition and
q disturbance Of the inner ear
which upset her equilibrium
and made walking difficult.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
Troops fought to See
In Jungle Darkness

lights. When one Of these goes
off In front Of the eyes the
visual purple instantly Is de-
stroyed, the soldier again Il
absolutely blind, and another
half hour Is required for the
film to build up again.
In actual warfare the jungle
would be similarly BOBBY
trapped. it is believed. So the
men are trained to move with
high steps. They thus are more
likely to avoid q wire hidden
under jungle floor leaves
Shutting would be extremely
dangerous.
Head Shaking Technique
But even with the visual
purple intact, when there Il
a very small amount of actual
vision, various precautions are
taught the soldiers.
When an apparent object Il
perceived. for EXAMPLE, men are
taught to shake the head
rapidly back and forth instead
|of trying to identify 1t By
staring at 1t. With the head
shaking procedure the form
soon becomes clearer and one
Is at least able to distinguish
|a bush from an elephant
perhaps very little more.
In routine training, luminous
tapes can be attached to cap.
which are placed on one enc
or the other, depending or
whether an outfit is advancing
or retreating. The light i!
barely distinguishable but /,
sufficient to enable men to
follow o leader.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
Ex-White House Maid Pens
Frank Views About VIPs

NEW xORK. Feb. Is (APt.
white House maids Of the
future may have to keep mum
about their experience, but q
30-year veteran Of the past has
plenty to say.
Lillian Rogers Parks says 1t
in q book to be published Nom
day. Advance copies were re-
leased yesterday. just q day
after the White House an
nounced that. at the suggestion
Of Chief Usher J. Bernard West,
domestic personnel pledged to
refrain from publishing mern-
oirs hereafter.
Among othre things in her
book. Mrs. Parks related:
Mrs. Harry Truman was the
most considerate First Lady in
decades.
Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt
was quick to fire servants If
they angered her.
Mrs. Dwight d. Eisenhower
had Q hot temper but never
fired anyone.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover left the
White House In the most tur-
moil, because she could never
make up her mind how she
wanted things arranged.
To Hide or Be Seen?
Household servants never
knew what to expect next
whether to hide out or to be
seen going about their duties.
MRS. Parks book is entitled
MY Thirty Years. Backstajrs
at, the White House." It re-
counts her experiences as wen
as those Of her mother, who
also spent 80 years there as q
maid.
Her account, in which she
sets forth what she considered
the best and worst points Of
the First Ladies she knew, also
gives her views on the PreSi-
dents themselves.
She spiced the book with
many amusing and emharrasS-
ing incidents - such as the
pregnant woman who showed
up at the White House and
claimed Mr.. Hoover was the
father Of her unborn child.
Views ON Presidents
As for the Presidents. she
said:
Mr.. Roosevelt had great
wealth and gave the impression
Of much generosity, but was 0
penny-pincher. He also was
very sensitive to the feelings
Of others. . duality that made
him most kind to the help"
Mr.. Hoover didn't want serv-
ants to be seen or heard. The
servants had to dodge into clos
cts. But when FDR arrived on
Evening star., 1961-02-25
FIN Stutions

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Evening star., 1961-02-25
Fire Destroys Church

LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 25
(AP) Fire yesterday destroyed
the 18th century church Of
Castro Marin, in Algarve prov
ince. The church was a ma
tional monument and housed
some valuable paintings and
sculptures.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
Kit Mends Blinds

HICKSVILLE, N. VA kit
containing plastic supports to
replace torn cloth Venetian
blind ladders is being marketed
by q Hicksville firm. No sew
ing or dismantling Of the blind
is necessary.
Evening star., 1961-02-25


scripts IN NetO York. Hollywood and elsewhere Their
opinions are offered as a guide to area UteaDers.
Perry Mason Case Of the Angry Dead Man" Perry
has another widow to defend murder charge, and
District Attorney Burger appears to have pretty good
case Bill Taman returns for his second show In this
tale about man who sets up his supposed death
in order to collect life insurance 1880 pm. WToP-9
Leave Il BeaverBeavers Poster" Leislrely and
gaeingg entry. Beaver doesn't appear to have much
talent as artist. He does poster that's sort of
terrible and then only after his dad and others turn
him down. $3.50 pm. WlGAL-7.
The Nations Congressional Investigations
ofLoyalty Cbed? The pros and Of this pivotal
question are debated by CONGRESSMAN and past
national commander Of the American Legion. Repre-
sentative James Roosevelt feels they should be limited
in their scope while chairman Of the American Legicns
Americansm Commission Is firmly opposed to any cur
taiIment. ESQ pm wRC-4. ~
GunsmosA must for fans Of Chester, the defender Of
the law. DOC Adams is missing. Marshal Dillon and
Deputy Chester go the trail Since they take different
routes Chester soon finds himself about to be murdered
by a mean horse thief. 1000 pm. WToP-s
Evening star., 1961-02-25
3D. Iowa Bank
lsHitbyFFaud;
Head Kills Self

HWOO uuHhJ 1Oht
KNOXVILLE. Iowa. Feb. rs
tAP) Examiners were called
in today to clear up details Of
Iowa's third big bank embez-
element case In two months. All
three occurred In small towns.
The latest came to light yes
terday when Eldon l.. Job, 50.
president of the Community
National Bank & Trust Co. Of
Knoxville. killed himself. leav-
ing an estimated half-million-
dollar shortage that stunned
this town Of 1917 in South
Central Iowa.
Before hanging himself. job
left q note saying he used the
banks money through forged
notes to cover bad investments
and to make donations around
town.
Unlike the situation at Shell
don in Northwest Iowa, where
Ia 50 million embezzlement
closed the Sheldon National
Bank. the Knoxville institution
was covered by q 81 million
fidelity bond which officials
said more than took care Of the
shortage. Business at Com
munity National went on as
usual.
Funeral Rites Arranged
The Sheldon bank closed on
January 16 with the arrest Of
the assistant cashier, Mrs.
Burnice Geiger. She admitted
the embezzlement and later
was sentenced to is years in
prison.
The third case. on q much
smaller scale. occurred at NAL
vern, In Southwest Iowa, jan
uary 80. John e. Willard, 40,
vice president and cashier Of
the Malvern Trust & Savings
Bank. committed suicide, au-
thorities said, after q SIS, 900
shortage was discovered.
In Knoxville. private funeral
services were arranged today
for Job. the towns erstwhile
leading citizen, who had been
in the banking business here
for 40 years.
He not only headed Com
munity National, which he
formed through q merger in
1888, but held q majority stock
interest in Knoxville's other
bank, Iowa State Savings.
Family Respected
AS had been the case at
Sheldon, the people Of Knox
vile found it hard to believe
that Job was an embezzler.
His family was one Of the
best known in town. It in
cluded his wife Bernice and
his two sons-Ned. assistant
cashier Of Community National.
and Louis, vice president of the
other bank. A daughter. Judith,
is q student at Drake Univer-
sity.
A note left by Job. in which
he was said to have accounted
for every penny Of the short-
age. was made public by E. w.
Morgan Of Des Moines. q ma
tional bank examiner.
Mr.. Morgan said Jobs use
of forged notes to represent
assets that Community Ma
tional did not own, eventually
was the cause of his undoing.
He couldn't make all the sigma
lures look valid.
Examiner Spots Batch
Last Tuesday an examiner
working on the banks books
happened on o batch Of notes
on which the signatures looked
too much alike. Job hadn't
disposed of them, Mr.. Morgan
said.
There were so such notes
ranging in amount from $1,000
to $40, 900.
I'm his confession he ad-
mitted he forged the signatures
on these so notes." Mr.. Morgan
said.
Job said in his confession he
knew the examiners were on
to him and when confronted
with the evidence he went out
and hanged himself in a vacant
house yesterday morning.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
THE.
ROARING
2O's
$E
....

This was the beginning Of the
era of fIagpoIe sitters ;. as
Pogo" Riley, played by Will
GugarfOo1 Hutchins, tries the
stunt Of flagpOIe sitting to win
over his girl friend. Naturally
trouble starts when two gam
bling gangsters get into the
act betting on how long the
boy friend will stay above
ground in Pie in the Sky"
Dorothy Provine and Rex Reason
C0-Star.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
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Evening star., 1961-02-25
TV KEY PREVTEWS

Tonghfs top shoics as pTevieCed by TV Keys staff
DhO attend rehearsds match screenings and unGIyze
scripts III NeD York. HoEyDood and elsewhere. Their
opinions are offered guide to DeaDers
Evening star., 1961-02-25
IRudio Toduy-soturdor Feb. IS, 1861

te) Dsastss WSsfams ssIsesst % s0IsF
Evening star., 1961-02-03
Picking Good Judges

With flve local JudgeSh1ps at stake,
the Kennedy administration has an
opportunity to follow a procedure that
will help to assure well-qualified jurists
for all vacancies occurring here and else
where in the courts. The procedure,
initiated by the Eisenhower administra-
tion, is to consult with the bar on ap-
pointments to the Federal bench and to
the Municipal Court In the District. The
system has worked to the advantage
both of the courts and Of" the Depart
ment Of Justice, which recommends
judicial appointments to the President.
In the interest of improving the
quality of justice handed down by the
courts, we earnestly hope that Attorney
General Robert Kennedy will continue
the practice followed by his predecessor,
former Attorney General Rogers, Of
seeking the advice of local and national
bar groups in the difficult task Of pick
ing the best available appointees to the
bench. .....
Evening star., 1961-02-03
Praises Bus Drivers

Before we have another
heavy snow, / would like to
extend praise to the drivers
Of school buses during the
last two snow storms, espe-
cially the one on January 10.
There were cars abandoned
on all streets and highways.
but these competent men
and women had to get the
children in their care to their
destinations. I praise espe-
ciany the bus drivers who
carry retarded and crippled
children.
Two women in particular
who drive the Silver SPRING
Oakview area, Mrs. Dixon
and Mrs. Mooney, had a bus
full Of crippled children and
brought every one Of them
to their homes and were only
u hour behind schedule.
Many Of these drivers have
to lift these children on and
off the bus. They deserve a
lot of credit.
Dorothy r. Schuettler.
Evening star., 1961-02-03
Coricoturinq Kennedy

AS one who has read you
80 years, I'd say in a time
Of world crisis 1t Is time for
your cartoonists to stop carl
caturihg President Kennedy
as a bushy -headed, silly-look-
ing dolt. The cartoon Of
January 30, the same day he
was scheduled to deliver the
state-of- the Union message,
was needlessly offensive.
HI. Hillary Snow.
Evening star., 1961-02-03
Defends Police

A letter-writer. comment
ing on traffic jams during
one Of the recent SHOWS, said:
"And policemen seemed con-
spicuous by their absence. "
The writer fails to realize
the strength Of the police
force is probably inadequate
to begin with, and how could
policemen be everywhere at
the same time? I imagine
most Of the force was de-
tailed to handle v. I. P.s and
inaugural events, plus traffic
details.
Let's criticize those really
at fault; the drivers Of the
cars that blocked the inter-
sections.
POIiceman's Daughter.
Evening star., 1961-02-03
Good Men, All

Northern Virginia has good
reason to rejoice in the ele-
vation of Circuit Court Judge
Harry L. Carrico to the bench
Of the Supreme Court Of Ap-
peals Of Virginia. We can re-
joice for this recognition Of
the conscientious ability Of
Judge Carrico. We can rejoice
for the recognition given
Northern Virginia by Cover
nor Almond in making this
appointment and we should
rejoice further because Of the
unselfish public service Of
two unsung heroes Of this ap-
pointment.
Not only did senior Circuit
Judge Paul e. Brown and AS
sociate Judge Arthur SIN
clair, who was also senior to
Judge Carrico, both Of whom
are eminently qualified to sit
on the bench of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals, willingly
and voluntarily step aside in
Mr.. Carrico's favor, but they
also worked actively for Judge
Carrico's appointment.
Public life sometimes tends
to be q catch-as-catch can
business. Such unselfish gen.
erosity as that exhibited by
Judges Brown and Sinclair Is
all too rare. These gentlemen
deserve the admiration and
affection Of all Virginia.
John C. webb,
Fairfax-Falls Church
Representative. Virginia
House Of Delegates
Evening star., 1961-02-03
Dim View of U.N.

The recent statement Of
u. N. Ambassador Adlai
Stevenson to Congress, con-
corning the admission of Red
China's government to the
u. NJ, had a far different i'm
plication than many "I-told-
you-so's" ascribed to it. He
did not say that he wants to
recognize Red China or seek
its admission to the U. N. He
implied that we soon will
not have enough member
friends to keep out this new
colonial empire whose
avowed purpose is to destroy
by force the government Of
the nation where the U. N.
now meets. When the Rus
sian bloc, with its colonies
and allies. obtain this control
Of the United Nations, what
will happen to the control OF
U. N. troops in the Congo?
Who will preside over the
U. N? Who will appoint all
its employees? Clearly, the
U. N. will cease to be a par
liamentary organization to
support law and order among
nations. It. will become an
other instrument. like the
Communist Party. to carry
out the imperialistic plans
and intrigues Of Russia and
its allies to overthrow "capi-
talist" governments. This Is
not so, some argue, because
England is voting with Rus
sia to admit Red China, and
votes with US generally" Is
this the England we knew?
Or is it, as others think, q
semi-socialist group on q
small island, blackmailed by
q new colonial empire, will
ing to betray its own chill
dren to keep Hong Kong? In
any event, it has only the
same vote in the U. N. AS
sembly as has Ghana and
the other 20 Cor 40) new
members Of the U. N.
Am b a ssa dor Stevenson
may have been predicting
the end Of his new job. For
the people Of this country
will never allow Washington
to send representatives to an
organization when it becomes
clearly controlled by those
out to destroy US. And yet
some Of my friends still say,
magnanimously, "We don't
want to control the U. N.
It must be a democratic
body!" Brabner Smith.
Evening star., 1961-02-03

AS q group, the profes-
sional American militarists
comprise unequivocally the
most shockingly wa steful
segment of the United States
governmental structure.
This broad assertion is
predicated primarily on the
curtailment of the Walter
Reed Hospital TV unit. which
repeatedly has done a number
of outstanding things In the
field Of visual medical educa-
ton. But, the Army plans to
save 100000 by virtually
scrapping a 81 million invest
ment. I, for one, am not
astonished; rather, I would
hardly expect the Army to do
contrariwise.
However. my amazement
continues to grow that the
press, Congress, and an irate
citizenry which is footing the
bill for a $40 billion-plus
defense establishment do not
rise in outraged indignation
and demand and get - an
accounting of the shameful
boondoggling and feather
bedding which the profess
sional militarists perpetrate
in the name Of national de-
fense.
In his state e-of the Union
address, President Kennedy
called upon Government en-
ployes to feel a sense of pride
and accomplishment, regard
less Of their stratum. I am
one of those employees; and
I worked for the Department
Of Defense in Germany,
finally voluntarily resigning
in disgust because Of the
mulcting levied against the
taxpaying citizen.
The Walter Reed fiasco is
of public knowledge. The
episodes which are about to
be recited below are ad-
mittedly only fragmentary
incidents in my own knowl-
edge. But, If I, who was not
consciously seeking these
things, learned Of them, then
I must ask to what monu-
mental proportions does the
military waste occur?
Examples: In 1857 the
U. s. Army in Germany sud-
denly found as the end of the
fiscal year approached that
1t hadn't used all Of its gaso-
Evening star., 1961-02-03
Murrow and USIA

Although the head of the
USIA was the first Eisen-
hover cabinet member to
tender his resignation, its
new head. Ed Murrow. was
one Of the last to be named
by President Kennedy. This
would seem to mean that q
good deal Of thought went
into filling the post.
And well it might, for If
USIA has lacked anything,
it has been a professional
mass media man at its helm,
and whether we like it or
not the USIA is a mass
media, organization. It should
be rightly named the. United
States Propaganda Agency.
Its libraries, book translation
programs, exchange of per-.
sons programs, in brief its
cultural cream, are only the
topping for an agency which
in means Of mass media
projects an official picture
Of the United States abroad
and this official picture Is as
anti-C Communist as 1t is
capitalistic, dem ocratic,
egalitarian and Western.
From each one Of his
predecessors, Mr.. Murrow will
find he has inherited assets
and liabilities. From Theo-
dore Streibert, the gimmicks
and the domestic satisfac-
tions Of Madison Avenue
with their obvious limitations
and counter-production when
applied overseas from Ar
thur Larsen the parochial
pontificationS Of Academe
and the irritations on Capi-
tol Hill created by a green
and partisan politician; from
George v. Allen, limited
responsibility vis-a-vis the
Department Of State which
still Svengali-like hamstrings
the policy Of our informa-
tional and cultural projects
overseas. and in terms Of
general programrning and
content a Marian sterility.
Mr.. Murrow himself will
not be the cure-all for the
job, but he should bring q
respect for professionalism
at least In the primary work
Of the USIA, for it is pri-
marily It's radio arm, the
Voice of America (and Mr..
Murrow is a veteran in that
medium) and secondly its
overseas library centers that
earn its bread and butter.
Mr.. Murrow can rest as
Sured that we have through
USIA already achieved Gre
dibility; we are usually first
with the facts, and impas-
stoned and accurate. This
itself is q far step from the
early emotional propaganda
of the owl, Marshall Plan,
ERP, ECA days. But facts
are more than facts when we
address ourselves to the more
than half Of the world that