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Evening star., 1961-05-10
Eisenhower Needs
Guard, Congress Told

hower's case six months would
probably not be long enough,
he added, because of the for
mer Presidents popularity and
the large number of tourists
attracted to the area by the
Gettysburg battlefield.
The major provision of the
bill deals with protecting the
Vice President - and in the
event something happens to
him-the person next in line,
Mr.. Baughman said.
Present law leaves Secret
Service protection up to the dis
cretion of the Vice President
and, like his predecessor, Rich
ard M. Nixon-Vice President
Johnson has rejected contin-
uous protection, Mr.. Baugh-
man said.
The Secret Service chief said
he knew Of no actual threats
ever made in the United States
against the life of a Vice Presi-
dent. Mr.. Nixon's 1858 trip to
South America produced the
worst moment, he said.
Nixon came pretty close to
death in that riot in Vene-
zuela," he told the committee
IF that mob had gotten his
car door open-"
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second largest in the United
States in terms of area. Its
275, 900 population would also
make it the second largest city
in the State-55,000 greater
than Richmond. Norfolk, with
a population of 305.0O0, would
remain the largest.
The supervisors action today
followed a meeting with the
Clifton Town Council last night
at which the council approved
the move. Clifton's population
is 230.
1t represents the elimination
Of a long series of meetings
held by the supervisors seeking
a means of preventing annexa-
tion of county land by nearby
towns and cities. Under Vir-
ginia law. cities cannot be
annexed.
The resolution provides a
draft charter which, if adopted.
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would become the basis for the
new city's government. 1t in
corporates virtually all the pro-
visions of the present county
government.
Under the terms of the char
ter, seven councilmen would
replace the present seven super
visors. They would continue
to be elected from districts.
Will Go to Court
The Supervisors plan to pre-
sent the resolution to the Cir
cult Court today. The request
ed July II referendum date
would make the election COIN
eide with the States Demo-
cratic primary election and
thus save the cost of a special
election, the supervisors said.
The consolidation agreement
See FAIRFAX, Page AS
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to Xieng Khouang were two
other commissioners, Canada's
Leon Mayrand and Poland's
Albert Morski, plus a Polish
major to act as interpreter.
They were expected to return
to Vientiane tomorrow.
Peace Talks Delayed
Both sides in the Laotian
civil war proclaimed a cease fire
a week ago but negotiations for
a permanent armistice and a
coalition government have been
delayed by failure of the rival
factions to agree on a meeting
place.
The United States and Britain
have state the cease fire must
be verified" by the truce COM
mission before they will sit
down at Geneva.
There have been a number
of minor clashes on the various
fighting fronts during the past
week. some with serious i'm
plicationS, but generally the
cease fire has been considered
effective.
Informed sources said the
top commission leaders we're
invited to Xieng Khouang by
See LAOS, Page AS
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SPACE JAUNT
NETS SHEPARD
S74 FLIGHT PAY

Though the question of
compensation was probably
far from his mind at the
time, Astronaut Alan B.
Shepard got flight pay for
his 15-minute space ride
last week.
The Navy checked Comdr.
Shepard's pay status today
and found that he was
eligible to count the ride
as part of his required
four-hour monthly air time.
He gets $3.50 a month extra
as a pilot-nothing extra
as an astronaut.
On this basis. Comdr.
Shepard's ride in the Mer-
curry capsule to an altitude
of lis miles was worth
$14.3S.
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PARALYZED II YEARS
Pianist Finds Happiness

HOLLYWOOD. May 10 (AP).
Il can still read my Bible. I
have a wonderful family and
friends who care. What more
can a man want?"
Thus spoke a happy Barclay
Allen. famed pianist-composer,
from his Westside Hospital bed
today. Mr.. Allen, whose tough
luck would tax a saint, has been
paralyzed from the chess down
since 1850. And a recent fall
so seriously injured his right
arm and shoulder that the
shoulder is continually dis
located.
Mr.. Allen. onetime featured
pianist with Kay Kyser and
Freddie Martin. hasn't been
able to do much but pray in
recent weeks. And his prayers
apparently have been answered
from all directions.
Last night singers Jane Rus
sell, Connie Haines and Beryl
Davis, jazz pianist Joe (Fingers)
Carr, Warner Bros. Records and
the musicians union donated
their services to make a record
of Mr.. Aliens most famous hit
"Cumana."
The three girls gave the
Latin American standard the
vocal version on one side while
Mr.. Carr gave it rousing rock
n roll treatment on the other
side.
Bob Hope wrote a letter that
will go with the record to every
disc jockey in the country.
Everybody's praying that it will
sell a million copies.
Mr.. Aliens spinal cord and
neck were broken in a 1850
auto accident at Lake Tahoe,
New. Discouraged, he Stunned
the world and his friends for a
year.
Then his wife, Vantoria,
brought over the pastor of her
Lutheran church.
II had never been q Chris
tian before-just a wild musi-
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African Crash
Fatal 10 So,
5From u. 5.
State Department
Mans Family Dies
As AirIiner Falls

ALGIERS, May 10 (AP).-
A French airliner carrying SO
persons crashed today in the
desolate Eastern Sahara, kill
ing all aboard. Air France re-
ported. 1t said at least five
passengers were Americans.
4 The crash was the worst In
the history Of the African con-
tinent. 1t exceeded the death
toll of 63 in the crash of an
other airliner at Dakar in West
Africa last year.
Search craft found the wreck
age smashed into lonely sand
dunes Of the Sahara about rs
miles north of the oil field of
Edjele.
The plane had last reported
at ITO am, when it was di-
rectly over Edjele. The acci-
dent must have taken place
within the hour.
U. S. Family Aboard
The Air France four-engine
Super Constellation was bound
from the Congo Republic to
Paris. An Air France spokes-
man said that among the pas
sengers aboard we're the
mother. wife and three children
of Alan Lukens. United States
charge d'affairs in Bangui,
Central African Republic.
United States Embassy officials
said Mr.. Lukens apparently
had stayed behind while the
family took a vacation.
(In Washington. the State
Department said Lukens'
wife, the former Mary Ann
Richardson, was accompanied
by their children, Elizabeth,
6; Edward, who was 5 yes
terday. and Alan W., jr., who
would have been 3 next July.
(Mr. LukenS' mother is
Mrs. Edward C. Lukens of
Philadelphia. Mrs. Lukens'
mother, Mrs. William E.
Richardson, lives in Wyomis-
sing. Pa.
(Mr. Lukens. 81. was trans
ferred February 10 to the
Central African Republic. He
has been in the Foreign Serv-
ice since 1851. Friends said
the family lived on Grafton
street in Chevy Chase. Md,
before going overseas three
years ago.
Air France did not immedi-
ately announce a complete list
of passengers. There were 81
passengers and 8 crew mem
bers aboard.
The plane went down in a
desolate area known as the
"Erg Oriental" near the join
ing of the algerian
and Libyan frontiers.
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one thing. 1t was aerodynami-
cally stable when re-entering
blunt nose first, and that was
good. But 1t was also stable
when re-entering small end
first, and that was bad.
An associate, AL Kehlet. fl
nally evolved a solution to Mr..
FACETS problem. He invented
the "mousetrap." a cover on
the small end of the capsule
which flops out at the appro-
pirate moment to turn the cap
sule around prevent its re-en-
try wrong-end to.
The Faget-Kehlet solution
was typical Of Mercury team
work. So was work Mr.. FACET
did with william Bland and
Jack Heberlig, both of the
Space Task Group.
The Contour Couch
Mr.. FACET had the idea that
a couch in which the Astronaut
would ride with his legs higher
than his head would keep him
from backing out under heavy
"g-loads" at takeoff and re-
entry. The theory, which MIR
Bland and Mr.. Heberlig helped
him work out, was that blood
retreating from the legs into
the chest cavity under high-e
would keep blood from leaving
the head and causing tempo
rary loss OF consciousness.
Some experts pooh-poohed
the idea of a space capsule be-
ing boosted into orbit by a
single-Stage missile like the
Atlas (Which will eventually be
used to orbit an AstronauD .
They said the accelerative
forces would be greater than a
man could stand-perhaps as
great as 16 G. They suggested
adding a second stage to a
smaller vehicle to make the g.
load smaller.
Let's keep it simple" the
See TEAM, Page A-10
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Action IsDue
0nS|owdowns
Goldberg Sets
Missile PurIeys
BY DAVID S. BRODER
Star staff Writer

Secretary OF Labor Goldberg
announced today he will meet
with labor and management
representatives next week to
draft a program aimed at end
ing labor slowdowns in the mis-
sile program.
The Labor Secretary told a
press conference President
Kennedy told me that he
wants everything possible done
so that our missile program
moves forward at full speed" "
He promised to recommend
executive action very prompt
ly" after next weeks meetings
to curb the strikes and work
slowdowns that have harassed
the missile and space effort"
A Senate investigating COM
mittee headed by Senator Nc
Clellan, Democrat of Arkansas,
heard testimony last week that
such slowdowns have thrown
the space flight program six
months behind schedule.
Hearings Suspended
Mr.. Goldberg refused to as
sess blame for the tagging
space program. saying 1T is
not my intention to make any,
one a scapegoat. My purpose
is to insure that we get eff
cient. economical and unin-
terrupted production in this
area"
Senator Mcclellan suspended
his hearings yesterday after a
meeting with Mr.. Goldberg. He
said the administration was
preparing an executive order
on the problem. including Gre
alton of a new board to deal
with work stoppages and an
enforceable no-strike pledge by
the unions representing work.
ers at the missile bases.
Today, however, Secretary
Goldberg refused to commit the
administration to seeking a
no-Strike pledge.
You can't cancel out strikes
and work stoppages complete
ly." he said. without finding
other ways to protect the work.
ers' interests" But he empha-
sized that the goal of the ad-
ministration is uninterrupted
work.
Conferences Scheduled
Secretary Goldberg said he
would meet Monday in New
York City with group of lead
ing experts on labor manage
ment relations. On Tuesday. he
will confer in Washington with
representatives of the building
trade and industrial unions ard
with building trade contractors
and industrial manufacturers
active in the missile and space
programs.
Mr.. Goldberg said he had
See INQUIRY, Page AS
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cian-but the Rev. Norman
Hammer helped me find Christ"
the 42-year-old Allen recalled.
Now I wish I hadn't wasted
so much of my life before the
accident"
Soon, Mr.. Allen was playing
and composing again.
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THE Lord sponsored my
comeback" he says. So he
wrote a song dedicated to his
sponsor-"I Found a Friend. /"
1t was a hit, too.
But the comeback was halted
recently when he fell while get
See ALLEN, Page AS
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found the situation in Laos
confused but there are en-
couraging signs"
Mr.. Sen declined to say,
however, when he felt the COM
mission could verify a trust
worthy cease fire-a condition
Western powers have laid down
for attending the 14-nation
Geneva meeting.
I'VE are going up to make
contact and find out how the
situation is" he said. He added
that a commission observer
group had not yet reached
the rebel capital at Xieng
Khouang.
Accompa panying Mr.. Sen
aboard a French airline plane
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NATO Will Meet
Red G|obuI Threat
Tells Berlin
Twill Keep
City Free

OSLO, Norway, May 10 (AP).
-NATO foreign ministers
promised today to preserve the
freedom of the 2.5 million resi-
dents of West Berlin and to
meet the Communist bloc's
challenge throughout the world.
In a communique ending
their three-day spring meeting,
the IS ministers expressed con-
fidence that the combined re-
sources of the Atlantic Alliance
are adequate to prevent Com
munist aggression.
I'm the world as it is today
the unity and strength of the
Atlantic Alliance is essential to
peace and the survival of
liberty" the communique said.
Its NATO's) collective re-
sources-moral and material
alike-are fully adequate to
this task. Confident in their
strength, in the will of their
peoples, and in the truth of
the ideals they uphold, the IS
Atlantic nations dedicate them
selves anew to building a
world free from the false doc
trine of continuing and in
evitable conflict"
To Resist Bullying
The communique stressed
that the NATO countries are
willing to negotiate just settle
mentS of international prob
lens but do not intend to be
bullied.
The commurique made no
specific mention of Laos, the
Congo or Cuba but referred in
general terms to world trou-
BILE spots.
Aware of the intensified ef-
forts of the Communist bloc to
foment and to exploit con-
flictS and to extend it's domina-
ton over an ever increasing
area, the ministers reaffirmed
their resolve to meet this chal-
lenge." the communique said.
For their part the Atlantic
nations are ready to make their
contribution towards achieving
an equitable and just settlement
of outstanding political ques-
tions. They deplore Soviet un-
willingness to reciprocate."
Firmness on Berlin
The communique took an
unequivocal stand in support of
the people of West Berlin who
live ITO miles behind the Iron
Curtain.
The ministers also declared
that American British French
rights to maintain troops in
West Berlin could not be null
lifted by the Soviet Union
alone. The Russians are ex-
See NATO, Page AS
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Low, top space officials who
face Congress each year to ex-
plain and justify Mercury and
other programs. Most are sub
ordinates Of Robert Gilruth,
the quiet engineer who heads
the Space Task Group that
made Mercury possible.
They are men who don't often
get their names in the paper:
men who for the most part
would like to keep it that way.
But some of the glory that
shone on Comdr. Shepard Mon
day has inevitably reflected on
them. 1t has drawn them tenn
porarily from the off-stage
anonymity Of their vital sup
port jobs.
Capsule Designer
Meet a few of the men who
make up Alan Shepard's we:
If one man can be said to be
the father of Project Mercury"
he Is Maxine FACET, an engi-
neer in the Space Task Group
at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
Mr.. FACET Che pronounces it
fah-zhay) was an engineer
with the National Advisory
C Comm mittee for Aeronautics
when he started working on a
manned space capsule. The 40
year-old design expert hit on
the truncated cone which is
now the familiar shape of the
Mercury capsule, and he was
a central figure in development
of the vital contour couch on
which the Astronaut rides.
Mr.. FACETS capsule shape
was all right except for
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BEAUTY IS AIM
OF NEW PLANNER

MRS. JAMES H. ROWE, IT,,
Woshinston's first woman city plan
ner, soys she will work TO preserve
the beauty Of the Nations copitoI.
For the story on the newest MEM
Der Of the National copitoI PIun-
ming Commission, ,Ssee Pose c-5.
Evening star., 1961-05-10
Fairfax Seeking Vote
On Becoming a City
Approves Consolidation With Clifton
In Move to Head OFF Annexation
By JOHN LAWSON
Star Staff Writer

The Fairfax Board County Supervisors today approved
agreement to consolidate with the tiny town of Clifton to
become Virginia's second largest city
The board adopted resolution asking the County Cir
cult Court to set referendum for July II in both ursdc
tions whether not they should merge.
II approved by the voters the city would become the
Evening star., 1961-05-10
5-StateFIood
Routs Many
Is Persons Decd,
Damage Heavy
BY the Assoeisted Press

Swollen creeks and rivers
cracked Midwestern levees and
left thousands of persons home
less today, including 1880 fam
lilies in a five-State flood-rav-
aged area.
Twenty-Five dead and mil
lions of dollars in damage were
left in the wake of rampaging
waters in parts of Missouri, In
diana, Kansas. Kentucky and
Southern Illinois. Five per-
sons are missing in the five
State area: 118 persons were
injured and SO hospitalized.
Red Cross rescue workers
converted barracks. garages and
Civic buildings into emergency
shelters. They worked around
the clOck providing food, medi-
cine. orders for clothing and
household necessities and shell
ter to refugees from "a counties
in the stricken area. High
waters closed schools and busi-
ness places, isolated many COM
munities and made impossible
many major and secondary
roads.
Threat of Typhoid
The threat of typhoid fever
from contaminated drinking
water worried officials in many
Midwestern communities.
Through the night river town
dwellerS and flood crews bat
tied the churning waters. Vol
unteer workers, civil defense
and National Guard crews and
soldiers joined in the fight to
hold heavily taxed levees.
Near Washington. Ind, the
west fork of the White River
spilled over an earthen levee,
but weary workers hoped that
a two-foot wall of sandbags
would hold the flood crest.
Thirty National Guardsmen
and volunteers watched the
levee, filling in breaks as they
developed.
Power Lines TOppled
The sandbagging crew totaIed
almost 400 during the night as
personnel from Crane Naval
Depot helped volunteers.
Southeastern New York also
came in for a share of severe
weather when a sudden, dam
aging windstorm roared into
the area. At least four persons
were injured. Some homes and
farm buildings we're destroyed.
Trees and power lines were
toppled as wind, rain. thunder
See FLOODS, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-05-10
Control Group in Laos
Seeks Sure Cease Fire

VIENTIANE. Laos, May 10
(AP).-Top officials of the In
ternational Control Commits
sion flew to the rebel-held
PLANES des Jarres today in an
effort to get the Laotian cease
fire on firm footing before the
opening of the Geneva confer
ence on Laos Friday.
Before leaving Chairman
Samar Sen of India said he has
Evening star., 1961-05-10
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

Who these people who make up the collective we
which Alan Shepard used the central pronoun of the day
Monday?
They of the Mercury program-hundreds of
them Comdr Shepard told the press the public eye
Evening star., 1961-05-10
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MEET THE UNSUNG
Shepord's Team
Shuns Spotlight

think maybe it is appropriate at this time said
earlier today that Gcutey of the hundreds of
Individuals tDho made this flight possible.
-Astronaut Alan B. Shepard at his news conference
Evening star., 1961-05-10

they are little men," hidden In
the shadows Of the Astronaut
and his six colleagues. There
is nothing little" about their
stature, however.
They are men below the level
Of Abe Silverstein and George
Evening star., 1961-05-10

First Reds Reoch Geneva for Loos
Conference. Pose A-6
Evening star., 1961-05-10
TILE UEATuED. Full Report
''H 'hA'IThN' on Puee BIZ

District and vicinity-Cloudy and cooler
tonight, lowest about so. Tomorrow cloudy
and cool with chance Of occasional rain.
High and low of the last "a hours: High, SO,
at pm. today; low. 81, at 5 am. today.
Evening star., 1961-05-10

Shepard in yrsinio Beech for Quiet
Doy With FomiIy. Pose A-l0
Evening star., 1961-05-21
iRuRnAN PERsoNNEL

sECRETARY-oFFICE MGR. 23-35
yrs. attrac.. alert. some secre-
tarial,. busy telephones. excel. op-
port for advancement, 5-day wk.
beaut. air-eond. offices, CO. bene-
fits. Call Mon. and Tues. DI.
7-0o23
Evening star., 1961-06-26

in treating It and determining
the exact cause Of death when
medicine fails. .
This laboratory, set up II
the midst Of hundreds Of other
scientific exhibits, win be the
beginning Of q large research
project to check unknowns In q
number Of fields, including
the body's reaction to diets.
Detailed family histories are
taken from physicians under
going the tests. Blood pressure
diets and other items are
checked and recorded. DR.
Peery hopes more than so doc.
tors will be found who are or
severe weight-reducing diets
A comparison Of data from
these tests may result IN the
first large-scale study of what
ACTUALLY happens to the body
when these diets are put into
effect.
This reporter went though
the laboratory and took the
tests. While the machines and
ltechnicians were busily count
ing blood cells and measuring
engines, DR.. Peery heard him
say, "You know, I had three
martins before lunch with a
District Medical Society Off
cial."
"Ohhh." he groaned. Maybe
Evening star., 1961-06-26
Mass Test to Predict
Diseases of Doctors

National Institutes Of Health's
clinical center; DR.. Henry G.
Kupfer, professor Of clinical
pathology at the Medical College
Of Virginia, and Miss Nellie
May Bering, past president Of
the American Society Of Med
ical Technologists and q men,
ber Of Hunter Laboratories In
Washington.
II Minutes Per Subject.
Between $500 and 5000
physicians of the $4,000 at
tending the ANA meeting are
expected to- file through the
laboratory. Tests made one day
will be reported out the fol-
lowing day.
It takes only II minutes to
register and have the blood and
urine samples readied to be
processed by the team, which
hopes the demonstration will
emphasize the Importance OF
laboratory tests to predict fu-
ture troubles in conjunction
with the routine physical ex-
animation.
Evening star., 1961-06-26
Nsstar staff writer

NEW YORK, June 26. - A
pathologist today opened full
scale laboratory tests on doc
tors attending the annual
American Medical Association
convention here to predict fu-
ture troubles for the first time
on q mass basis.
The multi-thousand-do dollar
exhibit, stated largely by
Washington area physicians
and technicians, is expected to
be the prototype for future
mass tests. 1t is designed to do
what the common physical ex-
animation doesn't do. It should
predict future diseases rather
than merely identify current
ailments.
The huge automatic labora-
tory is run by Q group headed
by DR.. Thomas M. Peery, pro-
fessor Of pathology Of the
George Washington University
Medical School. with DR.,
George z. williams. chairman
Of clinical pathology at the
Evening star., 1961-06-26
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Named Never Officer

The Eugene and Agnes E,
Meyer Foundation has an
nounced the election of James
L. Kunen to the position Of
executive vice president Of the
foundation.
Evening star., 1961-06-26

On the team Is Mrs. Lowell
Secrist, wife Of q 1861 CIV
Medical School graduate who
is now becoming an intern
there. Mrs. Secrist Is one of
six medical technologist super
visoys brought to the exhibit
hall from Washington to man
the laboratory.
The lab team Is concentrat-
ing on doctors from 80 to 65
years old. Although the highly
automatic testing machines
can finish q test in less than
three hours, they focus atten-
ton on the future Of aging
human tissue and forthcoming
degenerative diseases.
Under scrutiny are the heart
and blood vessels, kidneys, liver,
lungs, brain, bones and joints
Cancer Of the lung, leukemis
and other cancers are also
watched for.
Pathology Growing
Pathology is one Of the least
heard-of medical specialties,
but in recent years has be-
come one Of the most dramatic
and important. The patient in
the hospital seldom realizes it,
but the pathologist is lowering
in the background diagnosing
disease, following its course,
helping the attending physician
Evening star., 1961-06-26

you'd better come back tomor-
row before lunch" He was
thinking Of how the transatni-
nase level--a test Of liver func-
tion-might well be abnormally
elevated.