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Evening star., 1961-12-24
BY HERMAN SCHADEN
Star Record Critic

Joan Sutherland has sung
Lucia di Lammermoor in so
many debuts she probably
doesn't know whether her
true identity is Joan or Lucia.
London Records, then, could
not be more timely with a
pure gold three-record album
of the rising Australian So
prano in the role she has
premiered at La Scala, San
Francisco, London's Covent
Garden, Edinburgh, Chicago,
New York's Metropolitan and
Dallas.
London has spared nothing
in making this a production
worthy of the vehicle that
has carried Miss Sutherland
toward the operatic zenith. 1t
is one Of the few uncut ver-
sions to be found anywhere,
and includes lagniappe in the
form of an alternate aria
tackled on the end.
Good Supporting Cast
Is it necessary to say Miss
Sutherland is all she should
be in her ry-throated
Lucia? That conceded, we
may happily add that her COL
leagues for the most part
measure up to their assign
ments: Renato Cioni, a fiery
tenor as Edgardo; Robert
Merrill, a smooth-voiced, i'm
passioned Enrico; Cesare
Siepi, sonorous in the bass
role Of Raimondo. ,
To make it unanimous,
there is excellent conducting
by John Pritchard, who has
collaborated several times
with Miss Sutherland, and
splendid vocal and orchestral
support from the chorus and
orchestra of Saint Cecilia
Academy of Rome. Well-bal-
anced sound. too.
Ranks With the Best
In a word, this is one of
the best opera releases in a
Evening star., 1961-12-24
Film for Box cumeros

An improved Ektachrome
Film of particular benefit
for 127-Size simple cameras
having lenses of relatively
small aperture has been in
troduced by Eastman Kodak
Co. Called Improved Ekta-
chrome Film 1877. the film has
daylight ASA speed Of 81.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
CAMERA ANGLES
Get the Whole Family
Into Focus Tomorrow

still camera or one of the
movie variety.
Instead, you will be able to
get splendid results with the
use of "bounce-light" tech
nique. Let's assume your OBJ
jective is the children play
ing with new toys. To illum-
mate them, and all objects
near them at the same end
of the room, you "ricochet"
or bounce the light at them by
having someone hold a light
bar. equipped with four 800
or 375 watt reflector floods,
within a few feet of the CELL
ing or light-colored wall.
No Squirting
The happy result-no harsh
shadows, no squirting, and
uniform lighting. And, so
general will be the illumina-
ton you'll be free to swing
your camera or change its
angle or distance when, as
is hoped when making movies,
the youngsters move about.
Exposures will vary, de-
pending upon the brightness
and nearness Of ceiling and
walls, and also upon the dis
tance of the eight bounce"
Your camera may be equipped
with an electric eye meter
that automatically sets the
exposure. If not. use a light
meter. You will find that
lens openings Of 81 or 2.8
usually will do the trick, and
even cameras with somewhat
slower 3.5 lenses will do nicely
when the bounce is of short
range.
There is also another way
Evening star., 1961-12-24

'The Flight Into Egypt"
from a wOOdcut by Ana
Maria MOncalvO, provides
the design for two semi
pOstalS issued December 16
by Argentina for chill
dren's charitieS.-Juan L.
BOttelli.
ton of recess engraving and
letterpress by Bradbury Will
kinson & Co. of London.
INDIA-The centenary of
the Archaeological Survey
of India was commemorated
by the release of two stamps
on December IA, Dhirubhai
Mehta reports.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
CLUB MEETING
WEDNESDAY

Alexandria Mount Vernon
Stamp Club, 8 pm, Hospital
ity Room, Penn Daw Coop
Store, Kings. highway near
Route south of Alexandria,
Va. Christmas Stamps"
talk and display by Arthur
w. Van Hueckeroth.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
RECORD REVIEW
Sutherland Is Star
In q Stellar Lucio

long time - well worth the
output for either stereo or
mono albums.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
Ranks With the Best

In a word, this is one of
the best opera releases in a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Overdose of Pills
Kills D. Woman

A young Washington woman
died in New York yesterday OF
what police described as an
overdose Of sleeping pills. &C
cording TO the Associated Press
Miss Joan Harris. IS. Of 66l4
Harlan place NV, had gone
there intending to visit rela-
tives but her father, Edmond
S. Harris. said she never
reached her destination. In
stead. she went to a midtown
Manhattan hotel.
Mr.. Harris. an economist for
the Agriculture Department,
said his daughter was on con-
valescent leave from st. Eliza
bethS Hospital where she was a
patient off and on since shortly
after her 1854 graduation from
Coolidge High School.
Miss Harris mother, Mrs.
Catherine Harris of 1918 Har-
Ian place NV. is the daughter
Of the late Wallingford Riegger.
noted composer.
Miss Harris also was fond of
music and devoted to Mr.. REG
ger, whom she often visited in
New York. He died last April
OF conclusion resulting from
a fall over a dog leash. Mrs.
Harris is a sociology teacher at
Howard University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Michael Burdick
To Have Home
With His Futher

A new life has begun for the
S-year-old son Of Mrs. Jean
Rodgers Burdick, who9 death
last week left the boy tenn.
porarily homeless.
Michael was sent to Junior
Village when his mother, the
widow Of Representative Usher
l.. Burdick of North Dakota
died of pneumonia in her
apartment at 1862 Forty-first
place Sc.
A few days ago. Mrs. Bur-
dicks first husband and Mi
chaels father, Donald c. Jack
man of Forest Park, Ill, called
for the boy and made arrange
mentS TO take him home with
his present wife and their two
daughters.
Mrs. Burdick was an employe
in Mr.. Burdick's office when
they were married nearly four
years ago when she was 81 and
he 70. A requiem mass was
said for her this morning in
st. Francis Xavier Church,
with burial in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
By DAVID S. BRODER
Star Staff Writer

Former President Eisenhow-
er, rapidly becoming the Re-
publicans' No. l campaigner,
will journey to Texas late this
month to help his party try to
win a congressional seat that
has been Democratic for the
last 40 years.
Mr.. Eisenhower will fly to
San Antonio for a full day Of
stumping october 80 on behalf
OF John Goode, the Republican
candidate in the special House
election in Texas goth district.
The district is made up Of San
Antonio and surrounding Bexar
County.
Mr.. Goode, a 38 : year old
lawyer and former G. o. P.
county chairman. opposes State
Senator Henry Gonzalez in the
November 4 election caused by
the resignation last month Of
Representative Paul j. Kilday,
Democrat, to become a Federal
judge.
Busiest Campaigner
Mr.. Eisenhower has been his
party's busiest campaigner this
fall. Before accepting the Tex
as assignment, he spoke at
rallies in New York for Louis
J. LefkowitZ, Republican can
didate for mayor. and in New
ark and Jersey City. N. j.. on
behalf of former Secretary of
Labor James P. Mitchell. now
running for Governor of New
Jersey.
He also spoke at a fund-rais-
ing dinner in Chicago. honor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
French Sharply Oppose
Rusk on Berlin Talks

Berlin. And ne said he be-
lieves Mr.. KhruShchev under
stands the seriousness of
Western determination" on
Berlin rights.
He said that among other
points that would have to be
further clarified" in United
States-Soviet talks is whether
! the Russians would negotiate
on more than lust Mr.. Khru-
shchev's plan for a peace treaty
and standardization of West
Berlin. That alone is too mar
row an agenda for the West to
discuss, he said.
Mr.. Rusk went out Of his
way to reassure West Ger
many that disagreement pro-
poSals which might tend to
freeze the partition Of Ger
many or discriminate against
it within NATO were not be-
ing seriously considered in the
State Department.
Il would not suppose that
the idea of diSengagement has
any future in it," Mr.. Rusk
declared, because diSengage-
ment implies the abandon
ment Of responsibilities and
implies the creation of per-
hapS a vacuum. which would
not itself be conducive to sta
bility and peace"
II progress could be made in
general disarmament. applying
to all countries without dis
elimination, Mr.. RuSk added,
troop reductions in Europe as
we'll as in other parts Of the
world might reduce tensions.
Indirectly he dismissed COM
ments by Democratic Senator
Humphrey of Minnesota that
the Polish plan for disengage-
ment was receiving serious con-
sideration in Washington. Even
proposals with which the
United States sharply dis
agrees are studied, he said. He
expressed hope that words like
consider" and study" would
not trick US"
China Seating
Secretary RuSk also:
Predicted confidently Com
munist China would not be
admitted to the United Nations
this year.
Indicated that if the Russians
switch their tune after COM
pleting their current atmoS-
pheric nuclear tests and call
for an uninspected ban on such
explosions, the United States
will not go along.
Defended United States aid
to Yugoslavia over the years
as helping the Communist
country maintain independence
of the Soviet bloc. There was
an outburSt of criticism from
some members of Congress and
others recently after disclosure
Of United States sale of surplus
jet planes to Yugoslavia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Kennedy
Skips Thanks
Judge
By the Associated Press

President Kennedy accepted
without comment today the
resignation of Royce H. Savage
as United States district judge
for northern Oklahoma, effec-
tive October 81.
Judge Savage, a judge for
81 years, had announced he
is quitting to become general
counsel of the Gulf Oil Corp.
- In a letter to Judge Savage,
made public by the White
House, Mr.. Kennedy simply
accepted the resignation and
omitted any of the customary
warm wishes and thanks for
good service which are a nor
NAL part of such replies.
Judge Savage's resignation
to take the oil company post
had drawn sharp criticism
from Senator Kefauver, Demo-
crat of Tennessee, who sug-
gested that present conflict of
interest laws be extended to
cover Federal judges. Such laws
now bar employees of the execu-
tive branch from accepting en-
ployment for two years with a
private company with which
they have had dealings.
Senator Kefauver said that
less than two years ago Judge
Savage had dismissed Govern
ment charges that Gulf and
% other major oil companies
conspired to raise prices dur
ing the Suez Canal crisis of
1861.
The judge ruled at the time
that the evidence presented
doesn't rise above the level of
suspicion.
Senator Kefauver commended
that 1t doesn't look right for
Judge Savage to leave the
bench to go to work for one
Of the defendants in the case. "
Judge Savage. a 57-year-old
resident of ulsa, Okla, was ap-
pointed to the Federal bench
by President Franklin D
Roosevelt 81 years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19

water in the jacket. 1t seemed
to cool down."
Two minutes before the ex-
plosion the temperature was
okay. Then it got up. I could
see it was going to blow. Gas
kets were rupturing. The spray
was squirting out of the tank.
IL Flee Building
When you know the tank
is going to blow. that's when
you get out" Mr.. Hodges said.
He said he called to IL other
workers in the building and
they fled.
A cruising police car heard
the blast and made the first
report at S:47 am. Within min
utes police and fire depart
mentS olSpaCched the first OF
SO vehicles to the Curtis plant
at 440l w. North avenue.
More than 1000 workers in
seven Curtis buildings were
evacuated minutes after the
blast.
Most of the injured were in
the Zenith Radio Corp. factory
across the street. Many of the
$500 Zenith plant workers were
showered with splintered glass
from some 200 windows.
Ten hospitals in the area
treated 252 persons for cuts,
bruises and shock. Sixty-four
persons remained hospitalized.
Damage estimates ranged
from $250.000 by fire officials
to $500.000 to 81 million by a
Curtis company spokesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Hung Jury
Ends Beuuty's
Theft Trial

POTTSWLLE, Pa, Oct. l9
(AP). - The burglary trial OF
Lillian Refs, former chorus girl
ended with a hung jury last
night after the panel was un-
able to reach a verdict on pros
ecution charges that she plotted
a $478.000 theft, then used
some of the money to buy a
nightclub.
Judge Charles w. Stauden-
meier dismissed the panel OF
five women and seven men at
900 pm. after it had re-
ported ported for the second
time it was hopelessly dead
locked. The jury. which had
heard more than 40 prosecu-
ton witnesses and five defense
witnesses during the five-week
trial, had .deliberated 1914
hours since receiving the case
late Tuesday.
An unimpeachable source
said that on the first ballot the
vote was 6-6; then on the
second ballot and at least 1S
thereafter the vote was a
steady 7 for conviction and 5
for acquittal. The source said
that all five women were for
convicting her in the August 7,
1859. burglary at the home of
John B. Rich, a coal magnate.
Miss Refs. a striking 32-year-
old brunette, stood without ex-
preston as she heard the jury
foreman, Mrs. Cora Thompson,
tell the judge: There is no
change whatsoever; it is still
the same as before"
Then Judge Staudenmeier
who presided over the trials of
three men convicted in the
burglary last spring, told the
jury:
This is something we re-
greet, that you are unable to
arrive at a verdict. All the court
can do for its part is to explain
the law. The jury must find
the facts. You are discharged"
Miss Refs was released In
$4,000 bail.
District Attorney Robert M
Harris said today the county
would schedule the second trial
lof Miss Refs as soon as pos
sible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
ROBBERY
Continued From First Pax

Continued From First Page
back door, quickly got the drift,
and whizzed through the bank
and out the front door. The
bandit seemed never to have
noticed him.
Outside. the customer ran to
a nearby Safeway store and
after rafting the locked door.
ran into the street. jumped up
and down and yelled for the
police. Later he ran into a fire
station and blurted something
about being robbed. He has not
been found by police.
Doing his work in four or
five minutes, the robber re-
treated through the rear door
and jumped into a two-tone
green 1857 Oldsmobile with
Virginia tags. Someone saw
him smash through a parking
lot gate and speed away.
Soon the Arlington police. the
FBI and District Canine Corps
dogs were in action. Believing
the car was heading across the
Fourteenth Street Bridge, police
asked the WMAL helicopter to
help spot the getaway car.
One car was stopped and its
occupant hustled to the bank,
but he could not be identified.
Not long after the holdup the
fugitive car was found behind
the River House, not far from
the Pentagon. 1t was supposed
the bandit had exchanged it
for another he had planted
there for his final escape.
Parked Near Ellipse
The FBI said the bandit
probably cased the bank several
days ago in a 1859 Oldsmobile
with Maryland tags that had
been seen cruising in that area.
Tuesday that car was parked
near the Ellipse. and two blocks
away the two-tone car with the
Virginia tags was stolen for use
in the robbery.
About two hours after the
robbery police flushed a man
seen in a woods a couple of
blocks from the bank. The hell
copter was called to keep him
covered while the police moved
in.
However, it soon was learned
when he was taken to the bank
that he was innocent Of the
crime, and he was released.
The bandit was described as
white, 80 to IS years old. 6.teet,
100 to l65 pounds, wearing a
gray felt hat, three-quarter
length gray coat, gray trousers
and looking generally shabby.
| The bank remained closed
during the morning while audi
tors determined the amount of
the theft. Customers were d.
verted to the Columbia pike
branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Kordy to Drop
Iewd' Book Case

States Attorney Leonard T.
Hardy of Montgomery County
announced today he was dis
missing the cases against four
drug store employees accused of
selling a so-called "lewd" novel,
Henry Miller's "Tropic of
Cancer"
He said he decided not to
prosecute the four, arrested
last week, because the Drug
Fair chain where they are en-
Iployed had removed the book
from sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
JET Hijjackers
Wait Sentence

Ell PASO, Tex, Oct. 10 (AP)
An all-male jury took only %
minutes yesterday to convict
Leon Bearden, 38, Of hijacking
a Continental Airlines Jet air
liner over New Mexico, Au-
gust 3.
Bearden was found guilty of
kidnapping, obstruction of inter-
state commerce and violating
the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft
Act.
Bearden and his son, Cody,
16, both of Coolidge, Ariz., await
sentencing.
Attorneys told jurors the
Bearden trial was the first of
its kind.
Cody Bearden went on trial
with his father but Monday
he pleaded guilty under the Ju-
venile Corrections Act to trans
porting a stolen vehicle across
a State line.
United States District Judge
r. E. Thomson said he would
wait on presentencing reports
on both father and son be-
fore setting a sentencing date
Defense Attorney Robert S
Pine asked for a verdict Of moi
guilty by reason Of insanity
for Leon Beardon.
AS an example, he pointed
to Bearden's withholding unit
his trial the claim that Govern
ment intelligence agents were
responsible for the hijacking
Bearden testified Tuesday
that intelligence agents threat
ened to put him and his wife
Mary Ruth, "a. in prison If the
hijacking was not carried out
Prosecutor Lawrence Fuller
told the jury, "Bearden appar.
emily went TO great lengths tc
cook up the cloak and dagger
story" adding:
"Bearden is crazy like a fox
1t took a smart man to realize
the possibilities of shopliftine
a five and half million dollar
item"
Court sources said they ex-
pect Bearden to appeal in his
own behalf. He has 10 days
in which to file the motion.
The prosecution asked life
imprisonment for Leon. Cody
can not be confined beyond his
2lst birthday, November 10
1865.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
journalism Group
To Hear Hiohtower

John Hightower. a reporter
for the Associated Press here,
will speak on THE Press and
the World Crisis" at 10 am.
tomorrow at the University Of
Maryland.
He will address journalism
and public relations faculty
members and students as part
Of the schools celebration of
National Newspaper Week.
october 1921, in Room AIS
Of the McKeldin Library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
BASHIR
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
in his native heath, Lucknow
a center Of Mowgli culture
where princes were trained ir
court etiquette.
Bashir saw a picture Of his
President. Ayub Khan. who
preceded him to America by
several months.
He can shake the heart OF
any man." Bashri said.
On the Senate floor. hostess
and guest outdid each other in
tributes to the democratic
process.
Mrs. johnson explained there
were 100 Senators who ulti-
mately decided matters.
Whenever a lot OF minds
apply to the same problem. you
get the better solution" said
Bashir.
Said Mrs. johnson. quoting
jefferson. The safest repoSi-
tory OF power lies in the ma
jority."
Countered Bashir, "One fin
ger is not powerful enough to
do a job, you have to use five
fingers"
Meets Truman
Yesterday Bashir met former
President Truman in lndepend-
ence. Mo.
Earlier. he toured the Ameri-
can Royal Livestock Show in
Kansas City and was in the
ring when the grand champion
steer was sold.
But what he remembered
most clearly were the tears in
the eyes Of l7-year-old Judy
OF Usage. Iowa, when she
parted with her Maybe II, an
Angus which had won
The top trophy.
You cannot buy love and
affection" BaShir said. THE
owe Of an animal is priceless"
He said that for this reason
he would turn over his camel to
his l5-year-old son, Gulsher
when he learns to drive the
truck he was given in
Dallas.
The Dallas truck, however.
is not the one Bashir will have
when he returns home. The
Ford Motor Co. will give Bashir
a new truck, shipping it to Ka-
rachi from New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
VOLUME
SALES!

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year with the sreotest soIes
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the Washington oreo. Come
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you'll never notch the 81
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Rombler, 4932 Bethesda
Avenue, Bethesda, Mery-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Second Post-Cunu
Conference Slated

The Rev. James G. Gillen,
assistant director of the Arch
diocesan Family Life Bureau.
will conduct the second Post
Cana Conference sponsored by
the bureau Saturday at Catho-
lie University.
The conference will open
with a mass at noon in the
Confessional Chapel Of the
National Shrine of the Tnmac-
ulate Conception and continue,
after lunch, in Mcmahon Hall
of the university.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Blast Injuring ESQ Laid
To Hair Spray Mixture

CHICAGO. Oct. 10 CAP.-
Investigation teams today
sought the cause of a high
impact explosion which de-
molished a cosmetic firms
chemical mixing building, in
Jured more than $50 persons
and shattered windows up to
a mile away.
No one was killed despite the
potential for high loss of life
in yesterdays blast which de-
stroyed a one-story reinforced
concrete building used by
Helene Curtis Industries to
blend cosmetic chemicals. Au-
thoritieS said they had reached
no conclusion Immediately as
to the cause of the explosion
While company, State and
city investigators studied the
ruins of the West Side build
ing. a Curtis worker told q
reporter the blast was touched
off by an overheated mixing
tank he was tending.
Mixing Hair Spray
Ross Hodges, 40, from hi.
hospital bed, said he was mix.
ing a batch of acetate anc
ethyl acetate, used in making
hair sprays. in a $500 gallon
blending tank. one of severa
in the building.
For the last five batche.
the temperature had risen toe
high," he told a Chicago TTib-
une reported. 1T should have
been ITO degrees. Instead it rose
higher, to as much as 19C
degrees. Each time I put water
in the cooling jacket.
This time" said Mr.. Hodges
who suffered burns over Is pei
cent of his body, the tempera
ture began to rise and I put