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Pom Am Tukes Action
To Prevent Unlocking
Of It's Pldnes

As announced by Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy at a
news conference recently,
armed border patrolmen
in plain clothes are being
assigned to some Pan Amer
lean Anyways aircraft.
The international airline's
engineering experts are al
SO reinforcing the doors
leading to cockpits SO that
it will be impossible to open
them except from the in
side. Doors are being
strengthened with heavy
aluminium and steel cross
bars to prevent forceful
entrance from the passeng-
er cabin. The key to the
doors will be kept by
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the runway at well over 100
miles an hour with better than
100000 pounds of weight.
The FAA's and CABS intensi-
fled study of the hydraulic sys-
TENS and landing gears may re-
suit in changes. The major
means for requiring design
changes is what the FAA calls
an airworthiness directive.
Watch for Pattern
These are invoked when a
pattern of trouble develops and
an evaluation is made. The di-
receive will spell out the design
change and set a deadline for
corrective action.
Probably the most notable in
stance of this procedure is the
history of the Lockheed Electra
A directive reduced their
cruising speed after two fatal
crashes caused by flaws in the
wing and engine mounts.
The notifications were made
at multi-million- dollar cost
the aircraft we're returned to
service at their design speed.
Today the Electra is hailed
by pilots and by FAA Admins
traitor N. E. Halaby as the
Sturdiest plane ever built. At
least in one instance, that OF
American Airlines, the Electra
is leading the fleet in load
factor (the number of occupied
seats.
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Annexation
Plans Told
Switzer

HARRISONBURG, Va, Sept
g (SpeciaD. - Plans for Har-
risonburg's annexation of a g.
square-mile area were outlined
this week by Mayor Frank C
SwitZer.
Mayor Switzer said the COM
ing annexation, effective jan
uary l. 1862. provides that the
city's area will be nearly dou-
bled and over 1000 additional
residents and a large number
/ of business places will come
under its jurisdiction.
Mayor Switzer said that
after annexation becomes eff
fective, we who hold places in
the city government will be re-
sponsible for providing the best
in services for more than $4,000
people who have invested over
SIS million in their homes and
businesses"
Plans have been made for an
additional fire truck which is on
order. An additional compress
sor-type trash truck has been
delivered, and an additional
police cruiser will be delivered
before January /.
Another meeting of city Of
ficialS and agencies will be held
october 3 for further discus
sion of annexation problems.
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Soving-Loon
Operations
Trial Opens

BALTIMORE, Sept. 9 (AP) =.
United States Attorney Jo-
seph D. Tydings told a Federal
court judge yesterday the Gov
eminent would introduce evil
dence of secret room used for
hiding documents as it devel-
ops a contempt case against
the former chairman of a saw
ings and loan company.
Mr.. Tydings also told Judge
R. Dorsey Watkins testimony
would be introduced to show
arguments among parties in
volved in the savings and loan
business that is the subject of
the trial.
On trial before Judge Wat
kinS, who is hearing the case
without a jury, is Bernard j..
Coven, New York lawyer and
former chairman of Phoenix
Savings & Loan Association.
Coven of Rego Park, Queens,
is accused of willfully failing
to produce records of related
companies before a Federal
grand jury investigating saw
ings and loan operations last
July.
The present case involves
contempt charges against
Coven and the Great Eastern
Mortgage Corp, Commercial
Finance & Acceptance Corp,
Maryland Fidelity Consultants
Corp, the three companies
fined in July. and Jay Stewart
& Co., and National Registrar
& Stock Transfer Corp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

The children report they are
enthusiastic about the big new
family. They had a trial run
before the wedding. Shortly
before the ceremony, Swear odd
Nicky Beardsley said:
This is the happiest day OF
my life. I have been waiting
for this ever since I heard
Momma and Daddy were goin'
to get married"
After a reception, the couple
left on a To-day honeymoon
Relatives will look after the
children.
Retired Fleet Admiral Ches-
ter w. Nimitz, who commanded
United States Navy forces in
the Pacific in World War II,
wrote in longhand his best
wishes to "the bride, the groom
and your happy and lucky
children"
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Their 18 Children See
Widower Wed Widow

CARMEL. Calf, Sept. 9
| AP).-Flanked by their 18
children-including a cooling
baby who almost stole the show
Navy Chief Warrant Officer
Francis Beardsley and Mrs.
Helen North were married to-
day in historic Carmel Mission.
The children marched into
the mission in a double-rank
military style formation, tallest
in the rear. A baby and a todd
Ter were carried in. At the
front pew they divided and half
sat on each side for the Roman
Catholic ceremony. Father
Geary, Catholic chaplain at the
Nays postgraduate school at
Monterey, where Mr.. Beardsley
is stationed, officiated.
Most of the children beamed
approvingly as the wedding pro-
ceeded. But 1-year-old Teresa
North played, chartered and
cried while older children tried
to quiet her. Finally a baby
bottle was produced and dignity
was restored.
Mr.. Beardsley was left with
10 children when his wife died
last year after a short illness.
Mrs. North's husband was
killed in a Navy jet bomber
crash. They exchanged con-
dolence prayers after learning
of each others tragedies, began
corresponding, dated and then
decided to get married.
Mrs. North was calmly con-
fident about his coming hurcu-
lean task of homemaking. In
fact she said she hopes she
and Mr.. Beardsley can have
more children-perhaps many
more children.
To take care of the present
family, Mr.. Beardsley has en-
larged his home from five to
eight bedrooms and from three
to five bathrooms. Kitchen
facilities are set up along
restaurant lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

ldnQlIlS gears ny IIle rSuerdl
Aviation Agency and Civil
Aeronautics Board.
The years gear total appears
in the daily maintenance re-
ports required by the FAA
under a ruling which makes it
mandatory for the airlines to
report any malfunction they
reasonably expect could be a
hazard to the plane.
The 80 figure does not in
clude instances in which a
faulty cockpit warning light
has indicated the landing gear
is not in the desired position.
There are always means of
checking gear position visual
ly and also methods of crank
ing the gear down manually
unless the gear itself has a
mechanical failure.
The apparent causes of gear
failures as listed in the daily
maintenance reports range
from hydraulic and electronic
malfunctionS and actual me-
chanical failures to one in
stance of "inadvertent retrac-
ton"
The maintenance reports
form imposing Recommendation
not only of the complexity of
the modern airliner but to the
Jealous pursuit of safety by the
airlineS. Many go far beyond
the letter of the reporting rule,
noting some corrective actions
so minor that even the FAA ig-
nores them except where a pat
tern appears to be developing.
No one appears to have a
ready answer to the landing
gear problem except to empha-
size the complexity and the
wide range of conditions under
which an airliner operates -
vast contrasts in temperatures,
in speed and the increasing
weight of the plane itself.
There are go miles of cleo
trical wiring in a Boeing TOT.
The blueprint of the hydraulic
system of a DC-8 covers a table
four-by-eight feet.
The hydraulic system today,
with its countless couplings and
miles of tiny tubing, is particu-
larly vulnerable to temperature
changes-from the frigid, thin
air of $4,000 feet to Phoenix,
Ariz., on hot day, for instance.
Also the system has to work
harder than those of a decade
ago.
Fail Safe" Principle
In what veterans call the
"old days." the commercial air.
liner flew far below the cruising
attitudes of today and the by
draulic systems were placed in
a bypass position and not used
after takeoff. Today, for its
booster value, it helps the pilot
with the controls.
The airliner is built on a
"fail-safe" principle. That's
why there are at least two
pilots. Redundancy might be
the word. but redundancy can't
be built into every part-every
strut. bolt and cotter pin in an
intricate landing gear.
A big transport of today hits
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Public Hearings Set
On Virginia Budget

RICHMOND. Sept. 9 (AP)
Virginia government leaders
begin three days of public
hearings Tuesday on the States
1924 budget.
The heads of So State agen-
cieS, departments, boards, COM
missions, committees, founda-
lions and institutions are due
to present their budgets for
maintenance and operation for
the biennium and explain their
request item by item.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
EmpIoye Study
Sets Hearings

President Kennedy'S Task
Force on Employee Management
Relations in the Federal Serv-
ice yesterday scheduled it's first
public hearings for 10 am. to
4:30 pm. next Wednesday and
Thursday in Hearing Room B,
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Building.
The task force plans to take
testimony on such matters as
the Federal employees right to
join or not join a union, stand
ards for recognition of unions
and union participation in
grievance and appeals pro-
cedures.
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Hoffa Booed
On Contract
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 (AP)

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 (AP)
Some Transfers Union men,
bers booed and Kissed James
R. Hoffa in a stormy meeting
on their new contract today
Mr.. Hoffa pounded the gavel
and called for order through
out the more than six-houI
session.
Transfers repeatedly
shouted down, with cries OF
"sellout," his reading of the
lengthy proposal. Many said
the terms fell short of prom
Uses Mr.. Hoffa made to the
union here last July.
The national president had
come to the meeting of Los
Angeles Freight Drivers Local
208 to urge ratification of the
agreement with the Western
States for-hire trucking in
duStry.
A roar of protest arose when
Mr.. Hoffa, answering a ques-
ton, said Local 208 would be
bound by the contract if a
majority of the other 103 locals
involved approved it and the
Los Angeles local did not.
Members leaped to their feet,
waving fists and shouting at
Mr.. Hoffa.
Mr.. Hoffa couldn't restore
order for nearly five minutes.
When he announced that mem
bers would vote on the pro-
posal by secret ballot, objec-
tons were shouted. Later,
members rushed to the stage
and several climbed onto the
platform during argument
over who would count the bal
lots.
The vote was ultimately tai
lied as 800 to $50 against the
proposal an unofficial spokeS-
man later reported.
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Scent Fare Increase
Sought in Richmond

RICHMOND, Sept. 9 (AP).-
The Virginia Transit Co. an
nounced yesterday it will ask
Richmond City Council to
approve a scent increase in
fares on city buses.
Cash fares would rise from
Is cents to 20 cents under the
VIC petition. which will be
presented to council Monday
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CurriIIo's End Near

SANTA MONICA, Calf,
Sept. 8 (AP).-"It's Just a mat
ter of hours now-how many 1
don't know" the doctor of crit
ically i'll Leo Carrillo said to-
day. DR.. Adolph Kosky said the
cancer stricken 81-year old
actor remained in a coma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
Queen Annes Grant

A $14,030 grant to aid Queen
Annes County, Md. in prepara-
ton of a comprehensive plan
to guide it's growth and develop
ment has been approved by the
Urban Renewal Administration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
Landing Gear Mishops
Spur Agency Studies
By CHARLES ]. YARBROUGH
Star staff Writer

The Nations arnes 80 landing gear accidents
this year-a dozen of them in the last 81 days
None resulted in fatalities.
While not alarming figure the $4,000 hours
day the commercial ainers fly the rise incidents
pured very intensive studies of hydraulic systems
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

night. The fare increase is the
first requested by the transit
company in seven years.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

!. District and vicinity-Fair
tonight, low about 80 in city
and upper 20s in suburbs.
Cloudy tomorrow with rain
likely by afternoon.
Maryland-Fair in east, some
cloudinesS in west tonight; low,
26 to 80 in east and in the 20s
IN the west. Cloudy tomorrow
with rain in west through east
IN afternoon, high SO to As.
: Virginia-Fair In east, in
creasing cloudiness in west
tonight, chance Of rain in
extreme southwest portion be-
fore morning; low, 26 to "a.
Cloudy tomorrow with some
rain in west spreading over east
by faternoon or evening, high,
mostly in 40s.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Winds becoming
northeast, 10 or Is knots to-
night. Northeast to east winds
10 to is knots tomorrow be-
coming east to southeast and
increasing to Is or 20 knots in
afternoon or evening. Partly
cloudy this afternoon. Fair to-
night becoming cloudy tomor-
row with rain likely in after
noon. Visibility, 10 miles.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
u. ). Accidents
Kill $4,000

CHICAGO, Feb. Is (AP)-
Ninety-three thousand persons
were killed in accidents in the
United States last year, more
than two-thirdS Of them in
traffic crashes and in the home,
the National Safety Council
said today.
The number killed was the
highest total since 1857 but
the death rate was a record
low, the council said.
The council estimated the
economic loss at $13.4 billion.
It covers both fatal and nom
fatal accidents, the council
said in reporting that more
than nine million persons were
injured In accidents in 1860.
It said Of every 19 persons
in the Nation suffered a dis
abling injury last year.
Although accidental deaths
last year were per cent high
er than the 92,080 in 1853, the
death rate per 100000 persons
dropped to SIT, compared to
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Dance Studio
SuitAsks
$750,0OO

The operator of the Arthur
Murray Dance Studios here has
asked District Court to award
her $750,000 damages against
her former manager.
The money judgment was re-
quested by Mrs. Ethel M. FiS-
tere Of $500 o street NV. as
q counterclaim in response to
q $500, 900 damage suit filed last
month by the former manager,
Nicholas P. Cokinos Of 5803
Osceola road, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mr.. Cokinos claimed in his
complaint that Mrs. Fistere had
failed to live up to a 1855
partnership agreement under
which she would have stepped
into eventual retirement, CIV
ing her manager control Of the
more than 81 million-a-year
business.
However, in. her counter
claim Mrs. Fistere said that
Mr.. Cokinos became a changed
person" after the agreement
was signed.
She said that since that time
the studio dropped from first
place in its earnings among
Arthur Murray franchised
studios in the country to 18th
place in the Arthur Murray
system.
She said she was compelled
to resume active management
Of the business. finally remov-
ing him from the payroll last
May.
The basis for the $750,OO0
counterclaim was her charge
that the studios suffered losses
in that amount under Mr..
Cokinos management.
50 Mrs. FiStere has operated
dance studios here for % years.
She employed Mr.. Cokinos in
1946 as q dance instructor. He
rose to manager at a $12,000-a-
year salary by 1852.
Evening star., 1961-02-16

taxable wage base from $4,000
to $4,000.
Senator Dirksen said he had
a letter from Defense Secretary
Mcnamara which the Senator
contended bore out recent
newspaper stories in which the
Pentagon claimed there is no
longer a missile gap.
The Senator said Mr.. Nc
Namara admitted holding some
background press conferences
during the past month. He
also quoted the Secretary as
saying the Department has be-
gun to move so that there will
be no missile gap in the months
ahead.
Mr.. Halleck said that If
there had been a missile gap,
as Democrats claimed In the
recent campaign, it could not
be corrected in a month or two.
Evening star., 1961-02-16

the previous record low Of S2.9
In 1859. The council attributed
the drop to a 2 per cent in
crease in. population.
Motor vehicle accidents, as in
previous years. was the No. l
killer, with $4,000 deaths, the
biggest toll since 1867 and COM
pared to 81, $40 in 1852,
Home accidentS-poiSoning
fire. burns and firearms
ranked second to traffic with
27,500 fatalities, some 500 more
than in 1859.
Public accidents not involving
motor vehicles took the lives
of 16,500 persons, equaling the
1859 toll.
Deaths from work miShaps
totaled 13.800. about the same
as in 1859. Accidents at work
resulted in the loss Of 280 mil
lion map-days, which the coun-
Gil said was equivalent to an
entire years shutdown of a
hypothetical plant employing /
million workers.
The report showed 1900 per-
sons lost their lives in fires. a
6 per cent increase over 1859;
$500 persons drowned, a ! per
cent rise over 1859, while fire
arms deaths totaled 1890, a, 2
per cent boost over 1859.
Evening star., 1961-02-16

apol1S News. Results were MADE
available to the Associated
Press. .-.'a
A total Of 780 Of the 1881
delegates responded to the poll,
or 58.6 per cent. q
Delegates we're asked: al
the Republican convention were
next week. would you support
Mr.. Nixon. Senator Goldwater
or Gov. Rockefeller for the
presidential nomination." A
space was left for ,write-ins.
Delegates were not required to
sign their names.
The breakdown Of those re-
spending was:
Mr.. Nixon. 436 or $50 per
cent.
Senator Goldwater, 21s OF
27.9 per cent. -- F.
Gov. Rockefeller. IS or l0.S
per cent. :.
Others, II or SO per cent.
Nixon Support Down
Mr.. Nixon's support, though
scattered throughout the coun.
try, was not nearly so unan-
iInous as it was at the 1860
convention when. he got, all
but 10 of the 1881 votes.
Senator Goldwater got the
other 10 at the last conven-
tfon4-frorn Louisiana despite
his request that his hT1aEne' be
withdrawn from nomination
and hisf support transferred to
Mr.. Nixon. sfft
\ Senator Goidwater's backing
by 2l8 delegates in the News
poll compared with only 80
he had going into the 1850
convention - from Arizona,
South Carolina, Idaho and Ne
braska. Most Of his support
in the poll came from the
South and Midwest with a
scattering in the Far West.
Gov. Rockefeller's indorse-
Evening star., 1961-02-16

leCK ana senate u. .. p. Leader
Dirksen said ".We recognize full
well there is a jobless relief
problem in certain areas, and
are Just as deeply interested
as the administration in rene
dial legislation to bring relief
from the present situation"
Asked If their criticism of too
much talk by the administra-
ton meant that If the recession
becomes a depression the blame
would belong to the new admin
istration, Mr.. Halleck replied:
TOO much time has pone by
to put the blame on the Eisen-
hover administration, or on
the handful Of Republicans who
were in Congress during the
last two years."
Mr.. Halleck recalled that The
Democrats have been in control
OF Congress for six years.
The House leader predicted
the Ways and Means Committee
would bring out q, bill which
could be generally supported to
extend the unemployment COM
pensation Of workers who have
exhausted their benefits. He
implied that this would be a
compromise bill which would
not go as far as the President
recommended In raising the
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Nine 7 Tuke Ouths
On Traffic Unit

The Commissioners today
swore in nine new members of
their Citizens Traffic Board.
Taking office for three-year
terms are:
Mrs. Agnes D. Beaton, Peter
N. Chumbris, Arnold Fine, Mrs.
Doris Keith. Glenn T. Lashley,
Robert E. Newly, William K.
Norwood, w. Norman Reed and
Mrs. c. Rhodes Cox.
The new chairman of the
Traffic Board is Ernest Brett,
manager Of the Keystone Auto
mobile Club, who succeeds Ar
thur ]. Sundlun. Mr.. Sundlun's
term had expired.
Evening star., 1961-02-16

ments in the poll were centered
in New York. Pennsylvania and
some In California.
1t is not known how many
1860 delegates win be delegates
in 1864. A G. o. P. National
Committee check shows that OF
the 1881 delegates to the Chi
cago conclave last year only
l04, or 7.8 per cent. also were
delegates to the 1856 conven-
ton. The ratio varies from
convention to convention.
Conservatism Preferred
Senator Goldwater's sup
porters in the poll almost unani-
mously cited his avowed con-
Servatism as preferable to what
they termed Mr.. Nixon's me
tooism" or Gov. Rockefeller's
liberalism"
Many who indicated a pref
erence for Mr.. Nixon specified
Senator Goldwater as his run
ming mate.
A dozen or so delegates lndi-
Gated no preference at this
time, but expressed hope that
some new figure OF presiden-
tial stature will arise in the
party ranks before the next
convention - 7---
Names written in as choices
In the poll :. included Senator
Morton Of Kentucky, @. o. p.
national chairman; Henry
Cabot Lodge. Mr.. ,Nixons run
ming mate last year; Gov. Mark
Q. Hatfield Of Oregon, Senator
Cooper Of Kentucky and Repre-
sentative Judd Of Minnesota.
Evening star., 1961-02-16

! -
Schultz, the csc information
director: William Ragan, jr.,
assistant director; James Spry
and all the- other members Of
the Information unit. And,
wonder Of wonders in Govern
mef1t. this new project was sue
cessfully undertaken by the in
formation unit without adding
anyone to its staff.
Z y =
PROTECTED AGAINST L.
BEL-A Federal court in Geor-
gia has held that Government
personnel or other officials
who furnish information to a
former employees prospective
new employer as to the reason
the employe had been removed
from Government, are not liable
to damages for libel or slander.
The court held that the off,
cials are not liable because
the information is given in the
performance Of their official
duties.
HATCH ACT-Senator Clark,
Democrat Of Pennsylvania, has
sponsored S-9l9 to give the
Civil Service Commission the
discretion to waive any penalty
or suspension in the cases Of
Government employees who are
guilty Of minor or inadvertent
violation of the Hatch Act. At
present, even in the most minor
cases. the csc must impose O
minimum penalty Of 80 days
suspension on employees found
guilty Of violating restrictions
on political activities.
The csc is expected to sup
port the Clark bill, since it has
supported similar measures in
the past. Under the Clark bill,
the CSC could merely let the
employe off with a reprinaand
or a warning not to repeat the
offense.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP. - For
getting the weighty problems Of
personnel matters, etc. for one
night. the Society for Personnel
Administration is holding q gala
buffet-dance from 8 to IL pm.
Friday, February "a. at the
Army-Navy City Club, 901
Seventeenth street NV. The
SPA expects one Of its biggest
turnouts and asks that reserva-
tions be made as soon as pos
Sble. :. Treasury's Bureau of
Engraving and Printing has
given the following awards: out
standing performance ratings,
Elaine Brown. Margaret Cullen,
Morgan; superior per-
formance, Helen Garrett; bene-
ficiai suggestions, Edgar Link,
Virginia Hair. M. Catherine
Ellis, w. Lee Cantrell. Ralph
Cohen and Frixie Charuhas.
g.. Treasury's Bureau Of Ac-
counts has given beneficial
awards to Louella Brannar1,
John Bregger. Arthur Eddy,
Grace Hall. Bernard Schrider |
and Patricia Vella. Veterans |
Administration veterans bene- |
fits office has given exceptional
service awards to Fred Harnish, |
Robert Holbrook, Allen Lewis
and Frank Shortz. and benefi- |
cial suggestion awards to Will
bur Carnegie, Georgia F. Jones. |
Robert Kahn. Earl McMains,
Ruby Nichols, Mary Pannell,
Winona Thurston. Jameszetta |
Woodfox and Beecher Woods.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Writing Course Set

An eight-week course in
magazine writing for men and
women will begin at 7 pm.
today in the Central Branch Of
the YMCA, 1876 G street NV.