davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-01-18
MOBILITY IS WHAT THIS ARMY NEEDS
Purse-Snutchers
Knock 3 Women
To the Ground

Two woman were knocked tc
the ground and their purse.
stolen last night as they walkec
in the 1900 block of o street
NV. they told police.
Mrs. Silver L. Tesone, So, o.
1929 o street NV. and Mrs
Leslie Clark. 7s> Of 1sl:
Twenty-Seventh street NV.
said two colored youth.
knocked them down and tool
Mrs. Tesone's purse containins
$45 and Mrs. Clark's contain.
ing 81.
Mrs. Clark's glasses were
broken and she was treated al
Georgetown University Hospita
for a bump on her forehead.
At the time the women were
StrucK down, a security detail
Of IS District policemen was ir
the area for a party in the
3100 block of o street fol
President-elect Kennedy, police
said.
In another case, Mrs. Martha
M. Buchanan, 81, of 1434 Har.
ward street NV, was knocked
down and her purse snatchec
last night on Connecticut ave.
niue near Bancroft place NV
She received facial injurie.
but declined hospital treatment
Police escorted her the rest OF
her way to work as a COPY.
reader at the McArdle Printing
Co.. Twenty-fourth and M
streets NV.
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hirtyThefts,
Pile of Loot
Linked toPuir

An investigation touched off
by the arrest Of two jewel theft
suspects last week has brought
about the recovery of more
than $50, 900 in loot taken in 80
Washington area housebreak-
ings. detectives said yesterday.
Detective Sergts. Mahlon Pitts
and James Kohler Of the Dis
trict general assignment squad
said property owners have
identified items stolen in Is
burglaries in the District and
five in Montgomery County.
One item, a watch valued at
81 500, was stolen as long age
as october l. 1859.
The loot began turning UP
after Johnny Ray Coulter, 26
Iof the 1900 block Of Monroe
street NV, was arrested last
week at gunpoint in a police
trap at Third and Taylor streets
NV, the officers reported.
Deputy Chief Edgar E. Scott
one Of the eight-man team OF
detectives and FBI agents who
sprang the trap on Coulter,
said the suspect tossed a box
containing $45,000 in jewelry
over a hedge before surrender
ing.
Later. police arrested his
wife, Gloria Patricia Coulter
36. Both were charged with
housebreaking after much OF
the jewelry was identified as
having been stolen last fall
from the home Of a furrier,
William Rosendorf Of 1921
Tulip street NV, Chief Scott
said.
Detectives said the total OF
stolen property may reach
100000 before they finish
their investigation.
Evening star., 1961-01-18

Ianesthesia and been tested for
responses after such an opera
ton.
Mr.. Fry added that his study
also demonstrated that the
dogs blood supply apparently
was not irreparably damaged
by the type Of mechanical heart
used. One major drawback in
such research has been that the
pumping action Of mechanical
hearts damages the blood to q
degree greater than the body's
ability to repair it.
Mr.. Fry is head of the
biogphysics research laboratory
at the University of Illinois,
Urbana. and director of re-
search for the Interscience Re-
search Corp, A non-profit
organization. Collaborating
with him were Francis J. Fry
and Reginald c. Eggleston.
They said that, since the i'm
mediate goal Of their search
was to demonstrate the relia-
bility Of the pump, the me-
chanical heart was not inserted
inside the animals chest wall
but was operated Immediately
outside the chest. The dogs
vital heart veins and arteries
were connected to the mechan-
ical heart.
The pumping chambers of
their mechanical heart are of
plastic material and the walls
are flexible like heart muscles.
No moving mechanical parts
enter the pumping chambers.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
Dog Lives for IA Hours
With Mechanical Heart

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 18 (AP).-
The dog Tapped up water
barked, pricked up her ear.
when her name was called anc
blinked when bright lights were
flashed.
She apparently was as nor.
NAL as any other animal after
major surgery.
But there was one difference
Of paramount medical signifi.
canoe - the dogs heart hac
been removed during the opera
ton.
She lived for IA hours with
an electrically driven plastic
heart that pumped her blood
in a fashion similar to the
natural heart.
The dog died Of shock oi
still unidentified nature, re.
searchers reported.
Three Illinois researchers in
biophysics described this case
and others at a meeting Of the
Instrument Society Of America
yesterday.
The ultimate goal Of such re-
search is to replace WORKOUT
or damaged human hearts with
mechanical hearts powered BY
batteries or regular household
electrical current.
Several teams of scientist.
are working in the field. Viii.
liam j. Fry. who delivered the
paper here, said in an inter.
view that this Is the first case
in his knowledge where ar
animal has recovered from
Evening star., 1961-01-18
NewCardinaI
Thanks Pope

VATICAN CITY, Jan. 1a
(AP) Joseph Cardinal Ritter,
Archbishop of st. Louis,
thanked Pope John XXIII to-
day for making him and three
other prelates cardinals of the
Roman Catholic Church and
said the action will tighten
bonds between the Americas.
Three Of the four new princes
Of the church are from the
Western Hemisphere. Besides
Cardinal Ritter they are Jose
Humberto Quintero. Arch
bishop Of Caracas, Venezuela's
first cardinal, and Luis Concha
Cordoba, Archbishop Of Bogo-
ia. Colombia.
The fourth cardinal is Arch
bishop Giuseppe Ferretto. an
Italian member of the Vatican
curia noted for his knowledge
Of the church's problems in
Latin America.
Because of the American as
pect, the present ceremonies for
creation Of new cardinals have
been unofficially described as
"the American consistory.".
In his brief formal address
before Pope John in the Vati-
cans consistorial hall, the St.
Louis prelate virtually made
the title official.
Cardinal Ritter spoke for
himself and his newly created
cardinal colleagues at q semi
private consistory where they
received birettas from the Pom
tiff. It was their first meeting
as cardinals with Pope John,
who elevated them to the pur-
pie in secret consistory Monday.
At a public consistory in st.
Peters Basilica tomorrow the
four will receive their broad
brimmed red hats. the special
emblem of cardinal rank. A
highlight Of the public consis-
tory will be orations in behalf
of Qualifications for two Amer
leans. One is an Indian girl,
Catherine Tekakwitha. long
known as "The Lily Of the Mo-
hawks" The other is John N.
Neuman, Bohemia born prelate
who became Philadelphia 8
fourth bishop.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star stan Writer

An electronic brain at the
Naval Weapons Plant here will
soon know" all the data man
has collected in years of ocean
ographic research from the
shallow waters Of Chesapeake
Bay to the bottom Of Chal-
lenger Deep in the Pacific.
Should a scientist want to
know all that other scientists
have learned about a specific
spot or area Of the ocean. the
computer will quickly prepare
o history.
And If q scientist wants to
have the data collected all over
the world at one specific time,
that too will be almost imme-
diately available.
Frees Scientific Time
Enthusiastic scientists at the
dedication Monday Of the new
Oceanographic Data Center al
the weapons plant spoke oi
the data collection as a prep
aration for q breakthrough.
For the first time, oceanog-
raphers won't have to spend
much Of their time digging
through libraries. An IBM card
will replace the library research
and free scientists for more
original work.
Thomas Winterfeld, now IL
Evening star., 1961-01-18
DR.. Hoffman replied:

"As Americans who accept the
traditional American policy OF
church-state separation, we
Lutherans would not feel dis
eliminated against if Federal
funds were appropriated for
public schools only.
"In fact. we think that Fed
eral assistance If there has to
be such assistance, should be
restricted to public schools"
He referred to Mr.. Kennedy's
prediction campaign state
ments against Government aid
to parochial schools, and said:
I'VE Lutherans agree with
the President-elect rather than
Cardinal Spellman."
The issue over aid to church.
run schools is a long simmering
one between Protestants and
some Catholics, and the con-
flict at times has helped block
legislation on such aid.
No Comment From Kennedy
Mr.. Kennedy, who arrived
here last night for a short stay,
said he had no comment on
the Cardinals remarks.
Cardinal Spellman. at q
meeting Of the cardinals edu-
cational campaign, said that
denying equal aid to church.
related schools pupils would
deprive them "of freedom OF
mind and freedom Of religion
guaranteed by our country's
Constitution"
Mr.. Kennedy. a Roman
Catholic. has repeatedly put
himself on record against Fed
eral aid to either parochial or
private schools. He has said
Federal aid should only 60
to public schools. The prin-
ciple Of church, state separation
precludes aid to parochial
schools, and private schools en-
JOY the abundant resources OF
private enterprise"
Evening star., 1961-01-18
Murder Laid to Father
In Fire Deaths Of II

BEDFORD. Quebec, Jan. 18
(AP). Crown Prosecutor
Claude Noiseux today charged
63-year-old Abel Vosburgh with
murder in the death of his wife
and II children, whose bodies
were found in their burned
shanty home of December 20.
A coroner's jury last night
found Vosburgh. sole survivor
Of the fire, criminally respon-
sible. As a crowd of 300 per-
sons milled around outside the
hearing room, Vosburgh denied
he caused the fire and kept his
family from escaping.
Vosburgh. an unemployed
laborer, testified the flames
awoke him and that he called
to his wife. whom police said
was dead before the fire start
ed. Vosburgh said he then ran
to a water pump outside their
home in the village Of Noyon,
35 miles south of Montreal.
Vosburgh testified he heard
his wife shout Richard" the
name of a dead child, as he
ran.
did you hold the door
closed?" Prosecutor Noiseux
asked.
mo, sir, I did not" Vosburgh
replied.
Commenting that the fire
spread rapidly, Noiseux asked:
WAS it that bad because you
spread oil on the floor?"
mo. sir" Vosburgh replied
again. He told police that
earlier a stove had exploded,
sending a sheet Of flame
through the wooden house.
Vosburgh also denied he ever
beat his 43-year-old wife. One
of the four Vosburgh children
away from home when the fire
broke out, Irving, 18, had testi-
fled his mother and father
fought "about once a month
and that his father broke his
mothers ribs during a fight
four years ago. He also testi-
fled his father threatened to
kill his mother, "but I don't
know If he meant it,"
Accidental death certificates
Evening star., 1961-01-18

Thousands Of New York
Central commuters got to and
from their jobs herewith
long delays-by buses and auto
pools. Many stayed home.
Others stayed in hotels here.
The New York Central train
workers are not on strike. But
they refused to cross picket
lines set up by members Of
three striking marine unions.
The strikers increased their
pressure on the railroads this
week by expanding their pick
citing from land freight termi-
mails to passenger facilities.
The New haven Railroad,
which uses Grand Central
Terminal along with the New
York Central. reported almost
normal operations as its morn
ing commuters began their
mass movement to tie city.
Side effects Of the picketing
at Grand Central caused de-
lays on a number Of the New
Haven's hom ward bound
trains last evening. In addition
several trains were Cancelled.
The New Haven's train crew.
men have not co-operated with
the strikers. Some Of the New
Haven's workers said the ma
rine workers had not supported
the railroad brotherhoodS in
past strikes.
The main issue in dispute is
q job security clause for q new
contract. The railroads seek
discretion to reduce the size Of
tugboat crews - now mostly
five men. The employers have
baked at the job security de-
mands Of the unions. The un-
ions are units Of the Seafarers
International Union, the Ma
rine Engineers Beneficial As
sociation and the International
Organization Of Masters. Mates
and Pilots.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
New York Tries to Halt
Vast Commuter Tieup

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (AP),
The city's labor commissioner
took emergency action today
in an effort to settle the har-
Dor craft strike that has caused
a vast railroad commuter tieup
and halted service on the New
York Central's main line be-
tween here and Albany.
Commissioner Harold A.
Felix set up a top-level meet
ing Of both sides in the strike
Mayor Robert F. Wagner and
Representatives of the National
Mediation Board.
The commissioner emphasized
however, that the gathering al
the Mayors residence would be
strictly informal.
Picketing by striking rail-
road harbor craft crewmen led
to cancellation Of service for
the New York Central's 10000
commuters in the metropolitan
area yesterday.
Thousands Of ong-distance
passengers were forced to use
buses between New York City
and Albany because Of the
stoppage of Central trains into
and out of Grand Central Ter
minal here.
The nine-day-old strike OF
664 marine crewmen against
II railroads operating in the
harbor has hit hardest at 10000
commuters.
In addition to the 10000 New
York Central commuters who
felt the impact yesterday, 3d.
900 commuters between New
Jersey points and Manhattan
have felt the brunt Of the
strike since it began.
The New Jersey commuters
who normally cross the Hudson
River on ferryboats of two OF
the struck railroads, have taken
to buses. auto pools and rail-
road trains running through
river tunnels.
Evening star., 1961-01-18

were signed for Mrs. Vosburg
and the children shortly after
the fire and without an inquest
being held. Then police heard
suspicious talk in Noyon and
began an investigation. They
arrested Vosburgh on January
7 and then exhumed the bodies.
An autopsy showed Mrs. Vos-
burgh died before the fire be-
gan, police said.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
IncreaseUrged
In FDA Funds

Large increases in funds and
number of employees for the
Food and Drug Administration
and the Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation are called for
in reports made public todsy
by Health, Education and We'll
fare Secretary Flemming.
Mr.. Flemming said the Office
OF Vocational Rehabilitation
must be able to help 100000
disabled men and women a year
by 1870. Based on present
costs. this would require $l12
million a year from the Fed
eral Government and $68 mil
lion from the States, he said.
The office reported 88,275
rehabilitationS last year.
The office said that to treat
100000 persons in 1870, ten
large and comprehensive re-
gional rehabilitation centers,
about $50 halfway" houses
for the mentally retarded and
about 500 halfway houses to
help mental patients return to
normal work and social life
will be needed.
The FDA report was pre-
pared by an advisory committee
commissioned by the secretary
in 1855. 1t called for a three
to four fold increase in the
administration over q 5 to 10
year period.
Secretary Flemming noted
that the report aims at an
administration staff Of 1900 by
1866. He said this objective
must be achieved If consumers
are to be protected from i'm
pure foods, unsafe drugs and
dishoneset labelling and pack
aging.
The FDA currently employs
2,208 persons.
Secretary Flemming said he
was releasing the reports to
stimulate public discussion and
demands for action.
Evening star., 1961-01-18

FOur washington area resi-
dents have been elected as COM
missioners to the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian
Church, U. g., to be held in
April in Dallas, Tex.
Two ministers chosen were
the Rev. Carl r. Pritchett of
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
and the Rev. Jefferson P.
Rogers of Redeemer Presby-
terian Church.
Elders selected were Willis
D. Lawrence Of Grace Presby-
terian Church, Springfield, Va,
and Edgar H. Zirkle of Trim
ity Presbyterian Church, Ar
lington.
The elections were held yes
terday at a meeting Of the Po-
tomac Presbytery in Mount
Vernon Presbyterian Church,
328 Sherwood Hall road, Alex
andria.
Others Selected
Other ministerial commits
sioners named were the Revs.
George N. Clayman of Laurel
MD Church. Robert C. Brad
ford Of Maryland Church and
Charles c. Talley Of Roller
Church, Manchester, Md.
Additional elder commits
sioners chosen were Elmer M.
Brown Of Laurel Church, Ian
Morrison Of Roller Church and
Paul S. Crane Of Franklin
Street Church, Baltimore.
The Potomac Presbytery also
Evening star., 1961-01-18
Wife of Soviet Aide
Robbed of Purse

Mrs. Trina Davydov. "a, of
2120 Sixteenth street NV. was
walking near her home last
night when her purse contain
ing 5000 was stolen, she told
police.
Police said her husband,
Boris, is attached to the Rus
sian Embassy. Mrs. Davydov
described the pursesnatcher as
a colored man, IS. 5 feet 7,
stocky and tshabby.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
Bus Stop Requested
At 10Th and S Sc.

The Anacostia Citizens Asso-
citation last night voted to send
a letter to D. c. Transit Sys-
tenn asking a bus stop at Nine
teenth and s streets.
In other action, the group
approved a motion requesting
the District Highway Depart
ment to paint on the north
east corner Of Nineteenth and
S streets a line denoting the
end of the legal parking zone
on S street.
The meeting was held in
Anacostia Methodist Church
Fourteenth and U streets Sc.
and was conducted by the asso-
ciation president, John w
Lainhart. y
Evening star., 1961-01-18
Group Supports
D. c. Suffrage

The North Cleveland Park
Citizens Association last night
urged District suffrage.
Some members of the group
said they were afraid this would
lead to District home rule
which they oppose. They agreed
however, the District should
have the right to vote for Presi-
dent and Vice President.
The association sent a IS do
nation to the Citizens joint
Committee on Representation
for ghe District.
Evening star., 1961-01-18

soon" after the Inauguration
on Friday.
Two Negro Aides
Theoretically. the United
States attorney, once he is ap-
pointed, names his own prin-
cipal assistant, but it has been
common practice for new United
States attorneys to appoint men
whom they knew only slightly
before.
There are now three assistant
United States attorneys who are
Negroes, but q Negro has never
been named to one Of the top
jobs in the prosecutors office.
Mr.. Duncan, Q member Of
the Central Committee him
self. is the son Of Negro Singer
Todd Duncan, the original
Porgy Of the first production of
George Gershwin's musical,
'Porgy and Bess." The young
lawyers mother, Mrs. Gladys
Duncan, is also q member Of
the Central Committee and
served as Q District delegate to
last summers Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
Dartmouth Graduate
The younger Mr.. Duncan,
born in Washington. is q 1947
graduate Of Dartmouth College
and member Of Phi Beta
Kappa. He was graduated
from the Harvard Law School
in the upper fourth of his class
Before returning to Washing
ton in 1853. he was associated
with the New York law firm Of
Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin
and Kaye. One of the partners
Of this firm, Samuel Rosenman,
was a top adviser Of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In the 1856 and 1860 political
campaigns Mr.. Duncan made
speeches throughout the Nation
for the Democratic National
Committee. During World
War II, as a Navy ensign, he
was assistant navigator on an
oil tanker.
He is married and lives with
his wife and 12-year-old son
at 1912 Upshur street NV.
Mr.. Duncan has taught at
Howard Law School since 1854.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
Weapons Plant Brains
Tell All About Oceans

charge Of quality control oper-
ations at the new center. said
the collected data may produce
new theories Of how the oceans
operate. Mr.. Winterfeld Is
screening so years Of oceono-
graphic research in an attempt
to weed out work done with in
accurate instruments.
The collected data will be
available to scientists all over
the world. It will be used to
predict fish populations, to
study hurricanes and the plan
ming Of future oceanographic
surveys, such as 1925 Inter.
national Geophysical Expedi-
ton to the Indian Ocean.
Can Forecast Danger
And If two nuclear ships
should collide and spew radio
active materials into the sea,
the center here might quickly
forecast areas Of danger, based
on data on the oceans move
mentS.
The Navy Department, Coast
and Geodetic Survey, Bureau OF
Commercial Fisheries, National
Science Foundation, Atomic
Energy Commission and the
Weather Bureau are sponsoring
the new center, which has cost
$128. 300 to date.
The center is one Of several
new activities taking over the
Naval Weapons Plant, whose
former activities are scheduled
to end early in 1862.
Evening star., 1961-01-18

has served as a prosecutor in
Municipal Court and District
Court here.
He is married and lives
with his wife and two children
at Hl0 Quebec street, Hyatts-
Vile I'D.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
PETITION IN ARLINGTON
Parents Seek toOut|ow
High School Societies

and the general atmosphere
they create so permeate class.
rooms that the groups are
properly a matter for officia
action.
School Board Member Jane.
Stockard today emphatically
Endorsed parental efforts to
eliminate the societies.
Il have absolutely no USE
for them at the high schoo
level. They are undemocratic
Admission is handled in a way
contrary to the process of gov.
ernment we are trying to teach
children" he declared.
"Beatings and hazings in.
volve risks in initiation. Anc
there is apparently a tendency
to subject members to smok.
ing, drinking and related in.
fluences."
WI Groups Cited
Fraternity and sorority mem
bership is believed most preva.
lent among students at Wash.
ington-Lee High School, the
Oldest in the county. Societies
there repeatedly are competing
with each other to recruit fu.
ture members from among pu.
pills still in Junior high school
Leaders of the petitioner.
hope to enlist student supper
OF their efforts to ban secret
society activity.
They have been conferrins
privately in recent weeks witt
pupils, parents and principal.
in the hope Of devising attrac
tive alternatives to the fra.
lternities and sororities.
Evening star., 1961-01-18

condition for support from the
committee was decided two
weeks ago.
.9HThe same sources revealed
chat Charles T. Duncan, SO, q
law partner here Of Democratic
National Committeeman Frank
D. Reeves. is being backed for
appointment as principal as
sistant United States Attor-
ney, second in command of the
prosecutors office.
FL However. 1t has been indi-
Gated that those promoting Mr..
Duncan's candidacy might be
willing to accept his appoint
I Ment as head Of one Of the
: three divisions Of the prose-
scutor's office: criminal, civil or
appellate.
g}@s g}@s2 Several Considered
Committee sources said yes
terday that no decision has yet
been reached on whom the
committee might recommend
for appointment as Unite d
States Attorney. Members of
the Central Committees ex-
ecutive committee confirmed
that several names are still be-
ing considered.
.9 Those mentioned prominently
80 far are Edward L. Carey, q
former assistant United State.
Attorney now in private prac.
tice here: Nicholas ]. Chase
another Washington attorney
and Assistant United States
Attorney Thomas J. OMalley
. Others repeatedly in the rum
ming are Assistant United
States Attorney Edmond T
DAILY. chief prosecutor at Mu-
.nicipal Court and John Laskey
an attorney in private practice
here.
Any appointments in the
United States attorneys office
will be subject to approval by
the Justice Department ano
the White House.
Final recommendations to be
made by the Central COMMITTEES
will be submitted to incoming
Attorney General Robert Ken
nedy. One Democratic source
said appointment Of q new
United States attorney, sue
ceeding Oliver Gasch, q Re-
publican, can be expected livery
Evening star., 1961-01-18
u. S. Attorney Support
Tied to Job for Neqro
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star stan WritaF

Asprants for the United States Attorneys Job here will
he asked to accept Negro top assistant condition
OF political support from the Districts Democratic Central
Committee.
Authoritative sources in the Democratic Party said this