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Evening star., 1961-09-05
By RUPERT WEIGH
Star Staff Writer

How do the passengers of a
big airliner coming in for a
crash landing act in the time
of crisis?
"They were Enthusiastically
calm," one of them said last
night, after a big Northeast
Airlines' Viscount belly-landed
on a foam-coated runway at
Friendship Airport. IT was
really pleased with my fellow
man"
Washington attorney John
| D. Matthews, 90, of 1415 North
Nash street, Arlington, was one
of 10 passengers and four crew
members who rode the big,
four-engine turbo prop plane
in at the Baltimore airport.
Flying from New York to
Washington, the plane, flight
1T, developed landing gear
trouble as it approached Ma
tional Airport. The right gear
came down all right, but the
left wheel would not come
down and lock. The pilot put
the right gear back up to make
the landing.
All Escape Injury
Officials sent the plane to
Friendship because of the jet
ports longer runway and less
traffic. It circled there for
nearly an hour using up the
volatile fuel as rescue crews
Evening star., 1961-09-05
By WALTER GOLD
Star Staff Writer

OCEAN CITY, Md, Sept. 5
Young undercover policemen
dressed as vacationing teen
ayers helped thwart a much
publicized riot" on the board
walk of this resort town during
the Labor Day week end.
According to Police Chief v
Jack Phillips, the undercover
men provided the information
that enabled hundreds of city
county, and State police to
assemble "at just the right
time" to disperse nearly 5000
milling youths early yesterday
Chief Phillips said he had been
warned of the impending dis
order nearly a month ago.
A hundred combined law
enforcement officers, aided by
three police dogs, routed the
Would-be rioters in less than
Is minutes.
"JOke" Started Trouble
The idea of having a "riot'
here started last month in Bal
timore as a "joke," according
to Chief Phillips.
He said SO copies of a poster
proclaiming the Second An
nual Ocean City Riot" were
printed there and later dis
tributed "aS a prank"
| However, Chief Phillips said
Evening star., 1961-09-05
Resort ReveIers FoiIed
By Beoch-CIod Police

the idea spread and soon his
department learned that a Bal
timore printing company had
distributed additional posters
advocating a repeat of the riot
youths staged here last year
on Labor Day.
With this forewarning, sew
eral youthful-looking police
men traded their uniforms for
beach attire and moved among
the vacationing students to
learn their plans.
One Learned "The Twist"
why, one of my boys even
learned to dance The Twist,
just so he could be one of the
gang" Chief Phillips said. He
said it was the detective work
by his undercover men that
provided his department with
information on the day-by-day
activities of the youthful ring
leaders.
Last Thursday, Chief Phil
lips met with Worcester County
police and 1t. Col. William w.
Weber, executive officer of the
Maryland State police. 1t was
at that time that the three
Jurisdictions mapped their
plans to stop the intended riot
before it started.
Chief Phillips said at least
100000 persons came here to
spend the holiday at the beach
resort. =
Evening star., 1961-09-05

And then, just before we
landed, the pilot came on the
intercom and told us what he
was going to do" Mr.. Matthews
said.
The plane came to a halt in
the middle of the runway,
causing considerable damage to
the underSide and propellers
Civil Aeronautics Board investi-
gators arrived on the scene at
about 8 pm. to try to deter
mine the cause of the mishap.
There was no immediate dam
age estimate.
In Boston, a spokesman for
Northeast said the pilot tried
alternate ways of lowering the
landing gear but failed and had
to try the belly landing, the
Associated Press reported.
The official said it was not
known why the landing gear
would not lower but an investi-
cation was started to deter
mine the reason.
He said the plane was in
reasonably good condition
considering the wheels up
landing"
Others aboard the plane were
First Officer John Caldwell, OF
Danvefs, Mass; Matte A. Pin
cite, 1862 North Quincy street
Arlington; Robert Jordan, Pa
tuXent (Md.) Naval Station;
Miss Margaret Charles, Column
bia, S. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. E. Tay-
lor Chewing, ST., Tacaro Farm
Anne Arundel County, Md. Mr.
Evening star., 1961-09-05
Youth Is SIushed
In Street Bottle,
Il Questioned

Twelve youths were being
questioned by police today in
the aftermath of a Washing
ton street fight in which one
of the youths was SlaShed.
1t. Ray Aggleson of the
Tenth precinct said the fight
started, according to the
youths stories, on Georgia ave-
nue. near Columbia road after
a car bearing four Negro youths
stopped for a traffic light
shortly before last midnight.
Two cars, containing a total
of eight white boys, pulled
alongside the first car, accord
ing to one of the Negro par
ticipantS, Elmer Whiting, %, of
1921 Monroe street NE. One of
the white boys jumped out and
challenged the colored group
TO a race, ne said.
Mr.. Whiting said he refused
and the white boy who is
sued the challenge struck one
of Mr.. Writings companions.
After that, he said, the re-
manning seven piled out of the
two cars and the free-for- all
was on.
1t broke up after one of the
white boys, Donald Pruitt, 10,
of 3005 Lancer drive, West
Hyattsville, was slashed on the
face and left side. Police
charged Mr.. Whiting with as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
His hearing was set for today
in Municipal Court.
Evening star., 1961-09-05
ALL REALISTICALLY CALM
Area Man Describes Air|iners BeIIy-Londinq

coated the runway with the
cuShioning foam and ambu-
lances and fire trucks stood by
and waited for the worst.
At 4:08 pm, Capt. John
Streil, of Lynnfield, Mass, the
pilot, set the plane down -
wheels up. The worst didn't
happen. 1t was a safe landing
and no one was injured.
The instant the aircraft
stopped, Mr.. Matthews jumped
from his seat and kicked the
door open. He grabbed the
canvas escape chute and threw
it out and then he and an
other man jumped to the
ground.
An unidentified man picked
up 18-month-old William j.
Coner and slid to safety with
the infant. The child's grand
mother, Mrs. Nell Coner, of
Norfolk, was carried from the
plane on a Stretcher.
Strangers Become Friends
Mrs. Coner was sent to the
hospital by ambulance but Of
ficialS said she was only shak-
en- up a bit.
The rest of the passengers
followed. The women went first
and then the men and crew.
In that hour when the plane
was slowly circling in the clear,
sunny sky, % strangers became
fast friends.
1T was fantastically calm, +"
Evening star., 1961-09-05

Chewing is a member Of the
Maryland State Racing Com
mission.
Also Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Mat
thews, 1701 K street NV.
Pleasant Memories
Harold Talant. Cherryville
N. c.; Edward Wetzel, Yonkers
N. Y; Mrs. Edward Stillwagen
704 Third street NV: Miss
Wanda Roczka, Manchester, N
H.; Mrs. Downes Ferris, 4424
Second street NE; Mrs. Isa-
belle Cudworth, 1850 TunlaW
road NV; Ken Gould, an air.
lines employe, of $40 Eleventh
street. Alexandria, and Ray
Roux, also an airlines employe
of Glen Burnie, Md.
Mr.. Matthews has more thar
just pleasant memories of how
it is to make an emergency
landing.
He said the plane captain or
dered all the passengers anc
the two stewardesses to sit ir
the rear seats because the
danger area is in the forward
and center sections.
Il had the pleasure of hav-
ing one of the stewardesse!
miss Tierney) sitting on my
lap because she had no place
else to CO." he said with a smile
In fact, he added, he is hav'
ing dinner with her tomorrow
1--WE made the date on tht
way down." he said.
Evening star., 1961-09-05
BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET

BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET
Woolcott's thumbnail of Big
Ed Reilly of Brooklyn, the
chief defense counsel.
Nothing in his makeup"
he wrote in the New York
Times, served to warn him
of the inadvisability of re-
ferring to the father of the
deceased as Indy
The jury was given the
case before noon on Wednes-
day, February Is. Tension
mounted all day. Elev e n
hours later, about 1890 pm,
everyone became alert with
the realization that the jury
was coming in. There was a
10 minute wait for the judge.
1t seemed much longer.
Not until the foreman
said, Guilty of murder in
the first degree" did Ken
write his flash.
1 took it and ran down the
aisle. Two fat bailiffS block
ing the way stepped aside.
1 slipped it under the door.
A copy boy on the other side
took it to Kilgallen, who
flashed it to New York over
an open Morse circuit.
Not exactly a Pulitzer
prize performance, but a very
exciting moment. I learned
later that the two big bail
ifs who had me so worried
had been paid $5 each to let
me Through.
Evening star., 1961-09-05

Mr.. Matthews recalled. II was
amazed. Everyone of them was
calm. There was a lot of joking
and laughing"
Mr.. Matthews said the pas
sengers were kept informed oi
what was happening by Stew
ardesSes Mary Walsh of Jamaica
Plains, Mass, and Nancy Tier
ney of Dorchester, Mass.
Evening star., 1961-09-05

Picture on Poee Al
tary Ribicoff, begins work to-
morrow as a social studies
teacher at Ballou Senior High
School, Fourth street and Mich
OILS avenue Sc.
Asked if he felt his name
would cause him difficulties,
the perSonable graduate of
Amherst College whose father
was Governor of Connecticut
before appointment to the cab
met. smiled. Then he said:
Not from the students. The
difficulties would come from
adults-Such as things like this,
stories in the newspapers"
But Mr.. Ribicoff takes the
publicity in stride.
Today, all Ballou teachers
met in preparation for tomor-
rows opening, which will end
about 1915 pm, after the stu
dentS get acquainted with their
Evening star., 1961-09-05
The
Rambler
Was There
But What of 1t?
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Just finished reading kid
nap, The Story of the Lind
bergh Case" by George
Waller, recently published
by Dial Press at $6.95.
The younger generation
seems unaware of the story.
Some exposition there
fore is necessary. The Lind
berghs' infant son was kid
mapped on March l, 1882,
from his crib in his home
near Hopewell, N. J. The
kidnaper was paid $4,000
for his return. The baby'S
battered body was found in
nearby woods a few weeks
later.
Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann, a German carpenter
who had entered the coun-
try illegally about 10 years
before, was arrested in Sep
tember, 1884. He had pur-
chased gasoline with a $40
bill from the ransom money.
About a third of the ransom
was found hidden in his
Bronx home.
He was placed on trial at
Pennington, N. j., in Janu-
ary, 1885.
The Rambler, who was
there, is amazed that Mr..
Waller, who wasn't, has been
able to write such an accur-
ate, descriptive, eyewitness
story of the trial.
Evening star., 1961-09-05
THIS REPORTERS ROLE

THIS REPORTERS ROLE
was a very minor one. He
was sent there by the old
international News Service
a few days before the end of
the trial to help get the ver-
dict out of the courtroom
which would be locked when
the jury came in.
1t was a clear February
evening when he arrived.
Despite the cold and the fact
that a man charged with a
shocking crime was on trial
for his life, a gala atmos-
phere prevailed.
A large blackboard in front
of a little restaurant on the
main street bore the menu
of the day written in chalk,
Indictment Soup, First De-
gree Steak, Lifeterm Cab
bage and Corn Beef, Not
Guilty Hash, MiStrial Coffee
and Verdict Pie"
{ The pillared courthouse
loomed across the street.
There was still light enough
to read on the cornice its
name taken from the COM
mon law-"Hunterdon Coun-
ty Court of Oyer and Ter
miner"
The next morning he
breakfasted at the Union
Hotel with Deke Lyman, the
New York Times Lindbergh
reporter; Damon Runyon,
Alexander Woolcott and Ford
MADDOX Ford, the English
novelist. All were covering
the trial.
s We crossed the street and
entered the crowded court
room. Jim Kilgallen dor
othy'S father was captain of
our team and Kenneth Dixon,
now editor of the Lake Charles
: La.) American Press, was
writing the running story.
I think Runyon'S work was
the most impressive. Known
as "the $250,000-a-year re-
porter" he was covering it
all alone for Hearst'S Uni
versal Service. He wrote a
present-tense running ac-
count of the testimony in a
clear hand on large yellow
sheets. Occasionally he held
up a sheet. A Western Union
boy would come down the
aisle and take it from him.
He never looked around.
When court adjourned he
was finished for the day
with time for a leisurely din
ner and conversation. Then
he would go to his room and
work on magazine assign
mentS.
Evening star., 1961-09-05
HOW TO SQUARE A CIRCLE

The arrows show various routes motorists will
have to use after $50 am. tomorrow to get
around Washington Circle NV The detOurs
are part of the construction work on the
underpaSS. The shaded portion of X street
will be closed for several months.
Evening star., 1961-09-05
BY JOHN ROSSON
Star Staff Writer

Although he hopes people will
forget his name, Peter Ribi-
coff appeared today to be ex-
periencing few anxieties about
his job as a District school
teacher.
Peter, the only son of Health,
Education and Welfare Secre-
Evening star., 1961-09-05
FightOverOfficioI
Is Latest Eruption
In Anne Arundel
County Politics Is Never Dull
AS 1862 Election Issues Emerqe
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Sept 5.-The fellow standing on the corner
here who looks he's scratching doesn't really
have itch He's just Anne Arundel politician feeling to
make he hasn't been stabbed in the back lately
This just of the characterzaons of Anne Arundel
County politics which something like the Washington
Evening star., 1961-09-05

1ething like the Washington
bing for all the power they can
get their hands on"
Mr.. Salovaara said the other
day that ethics" prevented him
from commenting about or get
ting involved in partisan poll
tics, but he did say that the
board members trying to oust
him want a lackey, not a
manager"
County governmental reform
probably will be a major plat
form plank for an anti-Phipps
ticket which is being put to-
gether for the Democratic pri-
mary race. The ticket is ex-
pected to be headed either by
Delegate John M. Whitmore or
Delegate Ridgely Melvin, run
ming for Mr.. Phipps' Senate
seat. Mr.. Melvin repeatedly is
being considered for appoint
ment to the Circuit Court and
therefore might be out of the
political picture.
Mr.. Whitmore made it clear
that Senator Phipps will be a
major theme of the new tickets
campaign.
Seek Vote on Slots
Slot machines also will be an
issue. Mr.. Whitmore said his
group would campaign for a
referendum on whether slots
should be eliminated.
A bill to put the slot issue to
a referendum in Anne Arundel
was passed by the House of
Delegates at the 1861 session
of the General Assembly, but it
was amended to death by Mr..
Phipps in the Senate.
The Whitmore- Melvin Wilde
group and some others among
them we're part of the PhippS'
ticket in 1858. Mr.. Whitmore
now blameS Senator Phipps
for the Continual state of
confusion"
Senator Phipps, cruSty Ga
year-old auto dealer who now
devotes most of his time to
politics, doesn't seem to be too
disturbed about the challenges
to his political future.
Ironically, Senator Phipps,
now accused of bossism, went
into politics as a campaigner
against boss rule. He was fore
man of grand jury which in
dicted six county commissioners
and another county official for
malfeasance in 1888, and after
wards was propelled into poll
tics as something of a knight
on a white charger.
He won the State Senate
seat in 1888 but was defeated
in 1912. He won the seat back
in 1850. When his political in
fluence seemed to be slipping,
it was given a boost before the
1858 election when he helped
kill a move to bring jai alai
gambling into the county.
Now On Other Side
Many of those who looked on
him with favor for his anti-jai
alai efforts are now on the
other side, however, because of
his actions on the slot machine
bill last session.
Some of the senator's for
mer supporters also are un-
happy with his opposition to
moves toward cooperation in
metropolitan projects with
neighboring Baltimore.
Senator Phipps almost single
handedly kept Anne Arundel
out of the Baltimore metro
politan area transit authority
approved by the Legislature.
Mr.. Whitmore claims Sena-
tor Phipps makes almost a
fetish out of being the country
pumpkin watching out for the
city slicker."
Senator Phipps blames much
of Anne Arundel's troubles on
outsiders who have moved into
the county. The population
has passed the 100000 mark as
the Baltimore suburbs moved
out and Anne Arundel became
home to thousands of commut-
ers to Washington and Balti-
more.
Senator Phipps has resisted
any move toward metropolitan
area government. "The larger
government becomes, the more
individual freedom is lost" the
senator once said.
Evening star., 1961-09-05

just wait a minute.
The latest episode is an at
tempt to suspend ], j. Salo-
vaara, 44-year-old County
business manager, who has
been in a running feud with
a majority faction on the
Board of County Commission
erS for several months.
The current fight directly
involves the county commits
Sioners and the county mana
ger. But most of the talking
is about Senator Phipps.
The minority faction on the
county board, which is back
ing the county manager, con-
tends that Senator Phipps is
behind the move against Mr..
Salovaara.
Background of Dispute
The background of the cur
rent dispute goes back to the
1858 elections when Senator
Phipps headed a harmony
ticket" which swept into office.
The harmony lasted "about "a
hours after the election" one
county commissioner said.
1t repeatedly was agreed
before the election that, should
the harmony ticket be sue
csSful, Commissioner Paul T.
Pitcher, a politically ambitious
lawyer from the rapidly-grow-
ing north end of the county,
would become president of the
commissioners. Signals were
switched, however, after the
election and Senator PhippS
backed Commissioner Louis A.
Boehm.
Neither Mr.. Boehm nor Mr..
Pitcher could muster a major
| ity vote on the commission SO
Frank w. Wilde was a COM
promise selection.
Mr.. Salovaara, a professional
county manager, was hired in
June. 1859.
1t wasn't long before Mr.
Pitcher and Senator Phipps ap-
peared to have settled their diff
ferences-at least for the time
being-and the board developed
a So split, with the so-called
Phipps faction in control.
In the field of commissioner
manager relationship, the past
two years have produced these
high spots: The commissioners,
cut a tentatively agreed-on
$3,400 salary increase for the
manager to $1,000; the mana
ger protested the political ac-
tivities of county employees,
three of whom were entered in
the Annapolis city council pri-
maries; the board cenSured the
manager after the primaries;
the manager a few weeks ago
asked for a ban on political
activities by employees in view
of the approaching 1862 elec-
tions; the board voted 4-3 to
suspend the manager for 60
days; the manager took the Is
sue to court last week and is
still on the job.
Commissioner Joseph F. Col
linson, jr., a member of the
Phipps faction and the origi-
nator of the suspension reSo-
luton, said the move was de-
signed ito curb" Mr.. Salovaara.
He (Salovaara) has dis
played dictatorial attitudes, -
said Mr.. Collinson. HE acts as
if he wants to be the whole
boss without regard for the
person who has to go out on
the street and run for elec-
ton"
Cites Power Grab
Mr.. Collinson also accused
Mr.. Salovaara, who recently
halted a meeting Mr.. Collinson
had called with county depart
ment heads, of creating "un-
rest" among county employees
and keeping facts of county
/ government secret from the
| board. He also accused the
county manager of playing pol
itics with the minority men,
berS of the board.
On the other hand, Mr..
Wilde, who says political in
trigue" in Anne Arundel is rap
idly earning the county the
title of banana republic" !"
claims that the disSension is
the result of Everybody grab
Evening star., 1961-09-05

Picture on Pose Al
Evening star., 1961-09-13

Everyone has had a hor-
rible nightmare at some time
in life. viii you ever forget
the sense of relief when you
woke up? Imagination turns
into reality, and things aren't
possibly as bad as they were
only a few minutes ago.
Well, for many anxious peo-
pie a medical checkup with
a verdict of mot guilty" acts
the same way.
I have examined thousands
Of scared" people. Their sta
ton in life did not matter.
They ranged from office boys
to presidents of corporations.
Each had secret fears that
even their best friends-and
perhaps their own family
didn't suspect.
1 RECALL ONE MAN who
limped through life for years
with the certainty he had
heart disease. At last he
gathered the courage to have
a complete physical. He &C
tually did a hop, skip and
jump in the office when he
learned that his heart was
sound.
What a fool I've been,"
he said. THE fear of having
a bad heart colored every
waking moment Of my ex-
istence."
One woman who was sure
she would some day be a
mental case said, For years
I've been afraid to come in
for a checkup because I was
sure you would find some
evidence of weakness in my
nervous system.
A long talk after a complete
physical convinced her that
there was no relationship be-
tween what was in store for
her and the fact that her
father lover 70) was in an
institution because there was
something wrong with the
circulation in his brain.
II you have any doubts
whatever about your health,
don't live in unnecessary an
xiety. See your doctor. You'll
get a great lift from a phys
ical checkup.
. =
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
husband has histoplaSmosiS.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Checkup Can Chase Gloom
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

He spent 73 days taking tests
in a tuberculosis hospital.
On his release they told him
that was all they could do
for him, except prescribe am
photericin B. Will you give
me a little more information
about the disease? Sincerely,
Mrs. W., Indiana.
THIS CONDITION os more
common than we realized
Just a few years ago. 1t is
caused by a fungus called H.
capsulatum. 1t may be spread
in Sputum and may be air
borne.
HistoplaSomoSis ranges in
severity. It may be only q
slight illness which lasts only
a few days or weeks with
such symptoms as fever,
nausea, vomiting and loss of
appetite.
In the more severe forms
there is loss of weight, diar-
rhea, cough, ulcerations Of
the mucous membranes and
pneumonia. There may be en-
largement of glands, of the
spleen and liver.
The disease may occur in
the young and old. Skin
tests sometimes help in di-
agnoSis. The actual fungus
may sometimes be recovered
from the stomach or lungs to
establish the diagnosis.
Fortunately, most cases are
not severe and run a rapid
course. But there is a chronic
more serious form called dis
seminated histoplaSmoSis.
This may last for months or
years. At this writing, am
photericin B., which you men
ton. is about the only med
icine that helps such patients
-
Sometimes it is not diff
ficult to make a diagnosis Of
anxiety state in a patient
even before he tells his story.
Chewed fingernails and fin
gers stained with nicotine
often are infallible clues.
"a Bell Syndicate Featured
Tomorrow: High blood pressure.
Evening star., 1961-09-13

to wear crash helmets are in
an embarrassing position: 1t
has been learned that their
own helmets are old models
that do not come up to the
legal regulations demanded
since July /.
France SOir, Paris
Evening star., 1961-09-13

JACQUES DAMIOT, the
decorator. was surprised to
learn that police had found
a live COW in his bedroom
while he was on vacation.
Young hoodlums had broken
into the house to use it for
midnight parties. Nobody
Evening star., 1961-09-13

RUDE PRAVO, official
journal of Communist Czecho-
slovakia, h a S announced
that a Prague veterinarian
has found a way to keep hens
from clucking and rooSters
from Growing. Some 5000
chickens were silenced with
Evening star., 1961-09-13

MR.. POLEMIDIOTES, who
runs a small auto school, is
in trouble with police after
having successfully obtained
driving licenses for % of his
of his students. Police have
learned that Mr.. Polemidiotes
himself has no license to
drive.
Evening Standard, LOndOn)
Evening star., 1961-09-13

synthetic hormone injections,
and their silence caused them
to produce 10000 more eggs
than usual.
(Die PresSe, Vienna)
Evening star., 1961-09-13
WORLD ECHOES

North American Newspaper Alliance
Odd items from the world
press:
Evening star., 1961-09-13

knows why they left the COW
behind.
Gazette, Liege)