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Evening star., 1961-05-30
Abducted, Tortured,
Negro Student Says

SUMTER, S. c.. May 80
(AP).-They said I would be
branded so they'd know me
again and that I'd never go on
a freedom ride or a sit-in."
Herman K. Harris, 21-year-
old Morris College student, de-
scribed cuts he told Sumter
police he received Saturday
night when, he says, four per-
sons abducted him from the
campus of the Negro college
here.
Mr.. Harris, from Englewood,
N. j., a sophomore, had four
crude ks" cut in the calf and
shin of his left leg, three in
the right leg, three in each
forearm. and 8-inch-long cuts
across his chest in the shape Of
a large *" and an TX" just
above the heart.
Heads Chapter Of CORE
The student said he is chair
man of the Congress of Racial
Equality organization at Nor
ris. He said he was arrested
here last February in a sit-in,
and Travelled into Alabama with
the first Of the Freedom Riders,
whom he Joined when they
passed through Sumter.
City. county and State law
authorities questioned Mr..
Harris closely yesterday about
the incident. Police Chief E. E.
Mcintosh said. Hes given us
very little to go on"
Mr.. Harris said he could not
tell whether his assailants were
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Thomas said the minister re-
fused to cooperate. Mr..
Thomas said his back was
turned at the time of the al
legged beating. When he turned
around, he said, two guards
and Mr.. Vivian we're scuffling.
After moving the 19 back to
the county Jail. where they
joined II other Freedom Riders
convicted yesterday on the
same charge, Mr.. Gilfoy said,
They'll stay here until they
pay their fines or post appeal
bonds"
Mr.. Gilfoy said the other
penal farm prisoners did not
stage any demonstrations about
the Freedom Riders but con-
tinuously protested about them
to guards.
The second group of riders
was convicted following a
speedy trial and they drew the
same fines and sentences as
were given the first group.
City Judge James Spencer sus-
pended the 60-day Jail SEN
tenceS each time.
None Of the second group said
they would appeal the convic-
ton. They remained in Jail
overnight without paying the
fines.
Judge Spencer again stressed
the riders were tried for breach
Of peace and not for violating
Mississippi segregation laws
However. the statute under
which they were convicted was
passed by the 1860 session OF
the State Legislature with an
anti-integration label.
In a press conference, Gov.
Barnett commended Mississippi
Negroes for refusing to aid the
Freedom Riders.
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white or Negro. but II think
they sounded like white men"
he said. He also said he could
smell whisky"
Mr.. Harris gave this sequence
to Saturday nights events:
He had gone to the office of
the colleges president, o. r.
Reuban, to turn off a light. AS
he walked along the main drive,
a car drove up beside him.
They grabbed me and said,
Get in, Mr.. K. apparently in
reference to his middle initiaD -
Mr.. Harris said.
Cuts Displayed
He was blindfolded, he said,
and driven some distance. He
said he was ordered from the
car. when I got out, started
to say something and I was
knocked or showed to the
ground. They picked me up
and told me to drop my
pants.
They told me If I yelled
they would castrate me. They
cut me down here and up to
here on the chest and kept
threatening me-" he said.
Finally. Mr.. Harris related,
"They said they didn't want
to be standing beside a naked
Negro and told me to pull up
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DRIVER

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shot is in fair condition at D. C.
General Hospital.
Mr.. Weatherington was
charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon and carry
ing a dangerous weapon. He
was released on $4,000 bond
Juvenile papers were filed
against the two youths charg-
ing them with assault with in
tent to commit robbery.
Neither youth was armed,
police said. Both denied the
robbery charge. They said they
were merely arguing over the
transfer.
On November %, 1859, Mr..
Weatherington shot another
l6-year-old youth during a
robbery attempt at Fourteenth
and c streets S.W.
That shooting occurred about
las am. after the youth and
two companions attacked Mr..
Weatherington. They looped a
piece Of wire around the driv-
er'S neck.
Mr.. Weatherington drew a
pistol from his belt and the
youth was shot in the groin.
Earlier Case Described
In declining to press charges
of carrying a dangerous weap-
on against Mr.. Weatherington,
Mr.. Gasch at that time ex-
planned the special circum-
stances of that case.
The driver might we'll have
sustained fatal injuries pur-
suant to this brutal assault"
Mr.. Gasch said, had it not
been for the fact that he had a
small revolver on his person.
He went on to say that Mr..
Weatherington promptly re-
ported the incident to the po-
lice, gave a full statement of
what had happened and turned
his pistol over to the police"
Under these circumstances"
he said, at Is our considered
Judgment that 1t would vir-
tually be impossible to main
tain a successful prosecution"
On a previous occasion, Mr..
Weatherington had been rob-
bed. beaten and stripped of his
clothing while driving a bus.
Mr.. Weatherington lives at
5104 Vinson street, Southlawn,
Md.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

Rich, said he felt the blasts
could have been the work of
some foreign agent-"to see
what we would do, to check our
reaction"
Not Blamed on Crank"
"This is my personal opin-
'ion," he said, "but I think it
quite possible. 1t doesn't seem
to have been the work of an Or
binary crank"
Utah Gov. George D. Clyde
was inclined to agree.
II wouldn't say it was beyond
the realm of possibility" he
said. 1--WE can't say that this
is the case, but it's entirely
possible"
81 don't think it was the work
of a crackpot." said Supt. Lyle
Hyatt of the Utah Highway
Patrol. II think it was organ
lied and planned, and I think
it is serious"
The explosions tore apart
equipment at one relay station
a few miles into Nevada from
the Utah border and at two
others in Western Utah. The
resulting alarm caused officials
to post armed military and civil
ian guards at similar stations in
many Western and MidWestern
States.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
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heavy load on nearby George
town University Hospital. In
addition, a radiostope labora-
tory and physiotherapy and
Ipsychiatric departments have
been added.
1t features wall-to-wall win
dowS in private rooms and
wards, with solariums and wait
ing room on each floor. A 10
seat chapel was given by the
Commission on Chaplains of
the Methodist Church and a
250-Seat general auditorium has
also been built.
The nursing school is now
housed in an additional build
| ing.
| The move to the new hospital
with 325 adult beds and so bas-
sinettes was made without a
hitch. The operating suites are
scheduling two surgery cases for
tomorrow and the hospital will
be doing business as normal
again.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
$1,000 Damage
At NV. School
Laid to 3 BOYS

Three young boys admitted
to police early today they
broke into a Northwest WASH
ington school last night and
caused about $1,000 damage.
Police said a first precinct
patrolman spotted two of the
boys at Eighth and I streets
NV. about midnight. When
questioned, they told the Off
GERS about the school incident
and. identified their companion.
Juvenile squad detectives ac-
companied the boys to Thom-
son Elementary School at
Twelfth and L streets NV,
where one, a 7-year-old. is a
pupil. The other two are 8 years
old.
The detectives said the
Twelfth street door had been
forced and several windows
broken. Paint was splattered in
two classrooms, books and
papers were strewn about and a
fish bowl was smashed on the
floor in one room.
Police said the boys, who
were sent to the Receiving
Home early this morning, also
had been involved in break -ins
at a variety store twice last
month. They were expected to
be released to the custody of
their parents late today.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Riders Tell
OfPIunsLuid
While in Jail

MONTGOMERY. Ala, May
80 (AP).-Five Freedom Riders
last night told Of extending
their movement even while
spending the first four days in
Jail, and Of making plans to
set up offices in four cities to
coordinate the rides.
The five. all Negroes, were
the last freed of II arrested
here last Thursday while try
ing to eat at the white lunch
counter Of a Montgomery bus
station.
The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker
of Atlanta, one Of the five, said
the group formed an organiza-
ton, elected the Rev. Ralph D
Abernathy Of Montgomery as
president. named itself the
Montgomery County Jail Coun-
Gil and set about getting other
prisoners to Join in the spirit
Of their movement.
He said the movements
songs were taught to other in
mates, and worship services
were conducted three times a
day.
Mr.. Walker, director Of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, said officers to CO.
ordinate FREEDOM Riders will
be set up in Atlanta, Mont
gomery, Jackson, Miss, and
New Orleans.
The Rev. Martin Luther
King, jr., SCLC president, said
the rides will continue ever
more as the days unfold" un-
til every vestige of segregation
is eliminated from both inter-
state and intrastate travel.
However, both Mr.. King and
Mr.. Walker said no specific
times, places or routes have
been set for any Of the rides.
Mr.. Abernathy, another of
those jailed, said they were
happy to be arrested and
would do so again."
However, he said they de-
cided to post bond after Mr..
King asked them to free them
selves to continue leading the
integrction movement.
Also among the five released
were Bernard Lee of Mont
gomery and Clyde L. Carter
and Charles Jones. students at
johnson C. Smith University
at Charlotte, N. c.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Inquest Holds rucker
In Fatal N. E. Crash

A District coroner's jury yes
terday ordered William B.
McKoy, 90, Of the HOO block
Of Sixth street NE, held for
Municipal Court action on a
charge Of negligent homicide in
a truck-car collision which
killed an attorney for the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
Lawrence J. Hinkle. 80. of
9409 Dubarry avenue, Sea-
brook, Md, was fatally injured
last Friday when his late model
Fiat sedan was demolished in a
collision with a van-type truck
owned by the National Truck
Rental Co. and driven by
McKoy.
The accident occurred at
1:55 am. when the truck, trav-
cling southwest on New York
avenue, was attempting to turn
left on Fourth street NE. and
collided with Mr.. Hinkle's car,
coming from the opposite direc-
ton.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

In another inquest yesterday,
the jury returned a verdict of
justifiable homicide in the
death Of Frank Paul Doe, 81,
also known as Frank johnson
and Frank Wilson, Of the 500
block of L street NV.
Police said that Doe died of
head injuries at D. c. General
Hospital May 23-10 days after
he was knocked to the pave
ment during an argument near
the HOO block of Seventh
street NV.
Testimony said James Will
son, jr., %, of the 900 block of
o street NV, had pushed Doe
to the ground after Doe hit
him in the side Of the head
with a brick in a paper bag.
After the incident Doe was
sentenced to the District Jail
on a drunk charge. He COM
planned Of headaches on May
IS and was transferred to the
hospital.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

my pants. (then they cut
my eyebrows and my NOUS
tache.
Then they made me put my
foot up on something and they
cut on my right leg, and then
my left leg and then my arms.
I didn't scream or holler
or anything. I was scared. i"
Mr.. Harris said he called the
Rev. Frederick James when he
was taken back to the campus
shortly before midnight. He
said the minister told him to
notify the college president,
but he didn't because of a death
in the presidents family.
II didn't call the police" Mr..
Harris added. II didn't think
1t was any use. They told me
If I called the police they would
kill me-"
Finally, Mr.. James notified
city police.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

cable relay station destroyed
by a mystery dynamiter in Utah
and Nevada early Sunday.
Col. C. M. MacGregor, COM
mander of Western Utah's
Tooels Ordnance Depot, said
Tooele demolition experts had
tabled the explosive used as
World War II demolition gear.
But he said the specific type
Of explosive was not known, al
though it was not common dy-
Mantle.
Sold as Surplus
"Since 1945," Col. MacGre-
gor said, "undisclosed amounts
of such explosives have been
sold in America through stand
ard surplus property disposal
offices. Generally, many pri-
vate citizens could purchase
them through one of these Of
fices."
Col. MacGregor said that be-
cause Of this, he doubted that
officials could trace the origin
of the charges found at one OF
the damaged sites.
The colonel was about the
only source close to the investi-
cation who would discuss the
case. The FBI was noncom-
initial.
Utah's National Guard COM
mander, Maj. Gen. Maxwell E
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Anti-Red Group
To Hold Symposium

The Anti Communist Pan
American Association will hold
a symposium on communism
in the Americas tonight at $50
pm. at 1761 r street NV.
Principal speaker will be DR..
Emilio Nunez Portuondo, for
mer Cuban delegate to the
United Nations and president
Of the General Assembly in
1856 during the Hungarian re-
volution.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

constitutional discussions in
view of the United States policy
backing South Korea in the
United Nations as the legiti-
mate government of Korea.
South Korea's present con-
stitution, which has been
stretched to the breaking point
since the May 16 coup, con-
tains no provision for suspen-
sion.
1t can be amended only by
a two-thirdS vote of the Ma
tional Assembly, which the
junta diSbanded the first day
it took power and ousted the
elected government of Premier
John M. Chang.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Korean Junto Caught
In New Legal Middle

SEOUL, Korea, May 80 (AP)
South Korea's ruling junts
was reported in a deepening
legal muddle today over how to
legalize its freeze on parliament
tary government.
Plans to suspend the existing
constitution and proclaim a new
supreme law today or tomorrow
apparently hit a snag.
The junta's supreme council
announced the appointment of
Yu Chin-oh, the nations top
constitutional authority, as SUI
preme adviser to its planning
committee.
Mr.. Yu. president of Korea
University, is principal author
Of Korea's original 1948 con-
stitution which was drastically
revised last year.
Question Reviewed
1t. Gen. Chang Do-young,
Premier and chairman Of the
junta council, told a reporter
the constitutional question still
is being reviewed by top eX-
perts "in order not to collide
with the existin constitution
and to pay respect to its au-
thority."
The junta Planning Com
mittee headed by 1t. Gen. Ham
Pyung-sun includes in its ranks
nearly 100 civilian legal ex-
perts, economists and college
professors.
United States Charge DAT
faires Marshall Green conferred
with Foreign Minister Kim
Hong-il. Details were not dis
closed but it was assumed Mr..
Green sought information on
Evening star., 1961-05-30

state travel by railroad and
bus.
What he asked the ICC to
do was to clear up any doubts
by anyone on this subject by
putting into a single brief
document a summation of the
prohibitions against any form
of racial segregation in the
interstate service.
ICC Chairman Reserved
ICC Chairman Everett
Hutchinson, a Texas Democrat
and an appointee Of former
President Eisenhower, said in
response to an inquiry he did
not consider it appropriate to
comment on the Attorney
Generals petition other than
to say "it will be considered
carefully"
The Attorney General told
the commission a Federal bus
code. prominently displayed
throughout the interstate sys-
tenn, would lessen the posi-
bility of violence involving
interstate travellers, and pro-
tect such travellers against
inconsistent and unlawful
action by State or local
authorities"
His aides said that any local
action interfering with the
Federal regulations would be
invalid under the supremacy
clause of the Constitution"
which says that Federal law
shall prevail where conflicts
occur between Federal and
local statutes.
Current ICC records show a
dozen pending complaints con-
corning alleged racial dis
examinations against interstate
travellers.
Evening star., 1961-05-30

De pOSCeQ at all IdcluCleS maln-
tanned in connection with inter-
state bus travel-such as wait
ing rooms, rest rooms, eating
and drinking facilities and win
dows for ticket sales.
These proposals were the key
features Of a formal petition
which the Attorney General
filed late yesterday with the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
Mr.. Kennedy'S aim: To bring
the full powers of the commits
sion'S vast regulatory authority
to bear on ending racial dis
elimination in the interstate
passenger bus system.
Mentions Negroes Specifically
Acting in the wake OF riots
in Alabama and the continued
arrests of mixed white and
Negro Freedom Rider groups at
a bus terminal in Jackson,
Miss, Mr.. Kennedy told the
IcC:
Just as our Constitution is
color-blind. and neither knows
nor tolerate5 classes among
citizens, so too is the Inter-
state Commerce Act. The time
has come for this commission,
in administering that act, to
declare unequivocally by regu-
lation that a Negro passenger
is free to travel the length and
breadth Of this countrJ in the
same manner as any other
passenger"
The Kennedy petition called
attention to the fact that the
ICC and the Supreme Court
over the last several years re-
peatedly have struck down ra-
cial determinations in inter-
Evening star., 1961-05-30
U. S. to Aid Niger

NIAMEY, Niger Republic,
May 30 (AP). - The United
states has siGned an agree
ment for economic and tech
nical aid to Niger. a former
Frence African colony.
Evening star., 1961-05-30
FBI Probes Utah Blasts;
Guards Patrol Sites

SALT LAKE CITY, May 80 (AP)-FBI agents investigating
the sabotage of three telephone relay stations kept
their progress today while armed guards paoed scores of
other such facilities in the West and Midwest.
Telephone crews using portable equipment, expected to
restore service today at the mcrowave stations and
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Robert Kennedy Asks
Policy Signs on Buses
By the Associated Press

Attorney General Robert Kennedy has his way every
interstate bus in the country will
spicuouS placard reading
A seats aboard this vehicle by law available at all
times to without regard color creed
national origin"
Similar notices to ban any discriminatory policies would
Evening star., 1961-05-30
Bodeou Approved
As UAR EnVoy
By the Associated Press

The Senate yesterday con-
firmed President Kennedy's
nomination of John S. Badeau
of New York, now an official
of the Near East Institute, to
be Ambassador to the United
Arab Republic.
Evening star., 1961-10-21
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Evening star., 1961-10-21
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Evening star., 1961-10-21
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Evening star., 1961-11-20
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CALL TO COFFEE
CHECKS POSSIBLE
STUDENT PRANK

SYDNEY, Australia (AP).
-Four boatloads Of uni
versity students celebrating
AuStralia's Commemora-
ton Day approached the
visiting United States de-
Stroyers Rowan and Curke
in Sydney harbor at dawn
today.
Were they going to try to
splash paint on the ships
sides as they did once be-
fore? Or try to board one
of the warships and sound
the general alarm, as they
did when the carrier Ben
nington was here two years
ago?
American officers and
sailors lined the ships side,
firehoses at the ready to
repel boarders.
Comdr. Jack B. Sludge
leaned over the rail of the
Rowan.
"Howdy! Care for a cup
Of coffee?" he called.
The students capitulated.
The sailors helped them
aboard.
Evening star., 1961-05-03

Carroll told his listeners. I'VE
shall indeed support the ef-
forts Of our several professional
schools to the full extent Of
the resources we can bring to
them"
Z. Upgrading Of instruction
at all levels and in all depart
ments. including the part-time
and night school divisions.
DR.. Carroll. who travelled ex-
tensively for the Ford Founda-
ton before coming to George
Washington as acting presi-
dent on February /, succeeds
DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin, now pres
ident emeritus.
DR.. and Mrs. Marvin were
among those present at today's
ceremony.
The American university. DR..
Carroll said. must assume more
responsibility for training the
young to think internationally
and at the same time to pre-
serve their national traditions
and heritages.
1.-THE university" he de-
clared, "is properly considered
to be guardian Of the past and
protector Of the Nations his
toric traditions and values, yet
1t also must continue to serve
as the principal social institu-
ton dedicated to the creation
of new knowledge"
The ceremony got underway
at $3.50 am. Some 500 educa-
tors marched in the academic
procession. Among the local
college heads attending were
DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, Univer-
sity Of Maryland; DR.. Hurst
R. Anderson, American Univer-
sity; the Very Rev. Edward B.
Bum, Georgetown University;
Rector William j. Mcdonald,
Catholic University; DR.. Leon
ard M. Elstad, Gallaudet Col
lege, and DR.. Paul o. Carr,
D. c. Teachers College.
Evening star., 1961-05-03
ChuuffeurService
OF D. c. Transit
Ruled Legal

Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Clark King yesterday ruled
D. C. Transit System Inc. is
breaking no regulations in car
rying a chauffeur service.
A Washington guide service
union had claimed the trans
portation company is charging
$35 a day for Sightseeing SER
vice." $40 a day more than is
allowed under District law.
The complaint was based on
an advertisement that runs
weekly in a Washington news
paper, advertising Uniformed
chauffeurs for hire" Mr.. King
said.
After inviting Transit officials
to his Municipal Court office
for a conference, Mr.. King said
he is satisfied the advertisement
has no connection with the
sightseeing business. D. @.
Transit has a chauffeur service
which mainly caters to embas-
sizes, Mr.. King said.