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Evening star., 1961-08-16

sentative Bill Ayres of Ohio
at the Capitol: Hill Club.
This should haze been done
in January" said the host,
who has just been made pub
lie relations co-ordinator for
the Republican CongresSion-
al Committee.
He was right. There are
some very personable men
in the new opposition and
the COP. isn't helping itself
any by hiding their lights
under a bushel.
One of the new ones to
watch is Bill Scranton from
Scranton, Pa wealthy Re-
publican from a Democratic
district who could easily
charm himself into a Senate
seat or the governorship if
he chose. Though a brand
new freshman, it is no secret
that he has been asked over
to the White House on more
than one occasion to state
the Republican view. Repre-
sentative Richard Schweiker
of Pennsylvania thinks Bill is
a natural for the guberna-
torial race or for winning
Senator Joe Clark's seat.
Two more particularly per-
sonable types present were
CLARK MacGregor of Mime
sofa and Peter Dominick of
COLORADO, who is married to
an extremely attractive New
Yorker. But no wives were
preSSnt yesterday. The only
women on hand were Mrs.
Carroll ece, Congress-
woman from Tennessee, and
woman reporters,
The good-looking former
Governor Of Vermont Robert
Stafford, who is chairman of
this, the Republican 87th
Club, was there, along with
Charles Matthias of Mary
land, James Harvey of
Michigan, Robert Dole and
Garner Shriver of Kansas,
and so forth.
Facts and figures on the
new crop printed on a large
poster In the club garden
told guests that the average
age Of Al new members was
44.5 years; that one tBen
Reifel Of South Dakota was
born in a log cabin; that two
are physicians edwin Durno
of Oregon and Durward Hall
of Missouri; that one is a
professional newscaster
donald Bruce of Indiana;
one auctions cattle Orchard
RoudebuSh of Indiana, and
so forth.
There were signs around
the garden reading, "Give
Kennedy a Republican Con-
gress," and there was an ill
disguised crack at Ted Ken
nedy in the sign over a toy
pool with floating fish and
ducks. The sign read: Posi-
lively no swimming fully
clothed will be allowed in
this pool. !"
Evening star., 1961-08-16
BY JOSEPHINE LOWMAN


I feel that many people
miss a lot of pleasure in
daily life because they do
not wear glasses when they
need them, or may not be
using. the right kind for the
sort bf work or play with
which they are occupied.
I was simply amazed to
learn of the varied needs in
eyewear. For instance, did
you know that shoe sales
men G ften have the near
sight" section at the top of
their glasses rather than at
the bottom so that they can
read the print on the shoe
boxes Gs they climb the lad
der, without getting a
"crick". in their neck?
Certain hobbies require
special: glasses. Many people
have special glasses for
bowling.
Evening star., 1961-08-16
LISA DATE

SATURDAY
J. c. PENNEY's presents
the back-to-school and back
to-club work fashion show
at the Twinbrook Pool in
Rockville, Md. with Pool
members modelling fashions
for the whole family.
Evening star., 1961-08-16
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Portuguese Envoy Here
NewG. O. P. Congressman Feted at Party
BY BETTY BEALE
star Staff Writer

The second most important
man in Portugal is now a
resident of the Portuguese
Embassy in Washington.
The fact that Pedro Theo-
tonic Pereira is no longer in
the home government nor
within the physical confines
of his country, say the Portu-
guese, in no way minimizes
his stature, which is second
only to Prime Minister Sal
azar'S.
The esteem in which the
warm and polished states
man is held by Portuguese
everywhere was very much in
evidence when he disem-
barked from the Vulcania in
New York early Monday
morning. Hundreds of Portu-
gueSe Americans were there
to greet him and some had
been there since S am. He
knew a few of them but
hundreds he did not know.
They came from Connecti-
cut, New York, Rhode Island
and Massachusetts. They
brought their children and
flags and flowers.
II was greeted in a very
touching way" he said. And
the morning was lovely"
Having crossed by air dozens
of times he wanted to sail
up the New York harbor and
he was thrilled with the
sight.
THE NEW AMBASSADOR
of Portugal returns to WASH
ington In the same ambassa-
dorial capacity in which he
left 1t II years ago after a
three-year tour of duty. 1t
takes no great powers of
deduction to know that this
unusual occurrence is a clear
indication of the Importance
DR.. Salazar attaches to
Americas attitude toward
the Angola question.
But Senior Pereira pre-
ferred not to discuss this
question until he had seen
both the President and Sec
retary of State. He would
only say, 1--WE are not very
far from an understanding"
But on the subject of re-
turning to Washington, the
tall, elegant Portuguese had
much to say.
II was delighted when I
arrived yesterday. I had the
lovely feeling of coming
home" he said. II love the
city. I feel very comfortable
about my mission and all I
have to do. The fact that I
was chosen shows that my
government wanted to send
an old friend of America
for this mission" He was re-
calling his part as a signatory
of the North Atlantic Treaty,
as a representative of Por-
tugal for the Marshall plan,
and as a participant in our
agreement on the Azores.
ASKED ABOUT HIS
AMERICAN-BUILT 60-foot
schooner, the Bellatrix which
has taken part in several
ocean races, the handsome
yachtSman Smilingly pro-
duced a beautifully made lit
tie silver model with which
some friends surprised him
on the eve of his departure
from Portugal.
Nothing could give me
more pleasure. 1t is so un-
usual and difficult to have
Evening star., 1961-05-04

The permit subsequently was
approved by the county, as
construction Of the $2.8 million
school is expected to begin next
week.
But the issue of co-ordina-
ton on future planning still is
unsettled and the County
Council, tired of all the
wrangling. wants to resolve it
Immediately.
Even on that point, the
planners and educators cannot
agree. The Planning Board has
postponed its proposed joint
meeting with the School Board
and council, scheduled for
tomorrow night, asking instead
for a date on May 25.
I'VE weren't notified in
time" Mr.. Brewer declared.
Evening star., 1961-05-04

winning the first round Of Rus
sian roulette, the chief said
The Duffy youth then spun the
chamber again. pulled the trig-
ger and fell over fatally wound
ed, Chief WiSeman said.
The chief said there was no
indication the student had been
respondent or in any type OF
difficulty at the university. He
said the youth entered school
in February as a freshman. The
youths room was one of a half
dozen on a second floor over
the locker and training room at
Byrd Stadium.
A spokesman for the athletic
department said young Duffy
was going out for football in
September. although he was
not a football scholarship STU
dent. He said the youth was
only slightly known by his
roommate, who is a sophomore
end on the varsity football
team. used mostly as a place
kicker.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Judge Planning
To Be Deacon

ANNAPOLIS, May 4 (AP.-
Judge William R. Horney said
yesterday he was planning to
retire from the Maryland Court
Of Appeals within the next few
years to enter the Protestant
Episcopal ministry.
The judge, who will be SO
next Thursday, said he felt he
was too old to become an Epis-
copal priest.
He said he would become a
permanent deacon. which he
said involves helping the poor
and visiting the sick"
AS a youth on his native
Eastern Shore. Judge Horney
was torn between choosing a
career in law, medicine and the
ministry. He finally chose law.
and was graduated from the
University Of Maryland Law
School in 1923.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Roulette Shot Fatal
To University Student

A University of Maryland
freshman fatally shot himself
in the head during a game
Of Russian roulette in his room
at the football stadium dormi-
tory last night, campus police
reported.
The victim, Richard M.
Duffy, 20, of New Castle, Del.
shot himself in the right temple
at 7:45 pm. and was pro-
nounced dead at 9:07 pm. at
Prince Georges General Hos
pital, according to Police Chief
Dan WiSeman.
Chief WiSeman said young
Duffy had been cleaning his
gun, a .38-caliber pistol, when
his roommate, John flanagan,
20, Of Oaklyn, N. j., entered
the room and the two began
talking about Russian roulette.
Young Duffy placed a bullet
IN the gun chamber, spun the
cylinder, put the weapon to his
head and pulled the trigger
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Silver Spring
rude Bourd
Elects Graft

John r. Graft, assistant vice
president and business develop
ment director for Suburban
Trust Co., was elected president
of the Silver Spring Board of
Trade in elections last night
held at the Villa Rosa Restau-
rant.
Other officers include: Alfred
w. Knowles. manager of the
SherWin- Williams Paint Co..
first vice president; G. Gregg
Everngam, attorney, second vice
president; Mrs. Dorothy Rosin,
manager of Casual Corner in
Silver Spring, secretary; Frank
H. Proudfoot, vice president of
American National Bank, treas
urer; Garnett D. Inscoe, assist
ant treasurer of Suburban
Evening star., 1961-05-04
FROST BITES
Poet Quips
On Image
OfAmericu

Poet Robert Frost last night
held an overflow audience in
his hand at the Library of
Congress, read his poetry, gave
his views on few things and
seemed to have a good time.
He read a work titled, Amer
ice Is Hard to See." He COM
mented. 1T must be. Mr.
Khrushchev thinks Walter
Lippman is a Republican and
that Mr.. Rockefeller runs the
country. Even Emperor Will
liam said he could walk through
our country with 10000 of his
best men"
The gray-haired poet said
he recently had been "over two
or three countries" and had
kept hearing people say how
empty America was. II saw a
lot Of American money in these
countries and replied to the
people that their countries look
ed like American colonies"
Mr.. Frost said some Ameri-
cans have asked him "if we'd
feel less empty if we were in
vaded." His audience laughed
when he added, Il seem to get
that question more in the
North than the South. They've
never had a good invasion"
While introducing a poem,
Lines of Detection on the Eve
of Great Success" Mr.. Frost
made reference to the astro-
naut scheduled to make the
first space flight for the United
States: II used to race with
that boys grandfather back in
New Hampshire" he said with
a smile.
Mr.. Frost eyed his audience
and said of today's tensions,
When things seem to get un-
bearable. try to think Of a lit
tie village you knew a long time
ago. You'll find you've forgotten
your enemies if you had any"
The poet seemed a little ran
killed. about poems which must
have double meanings" Some
men, he said. ARE practicing
them all the time"
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Montgomery Dispute
Over School Reopens

Montgomery County planners
and educators yesterday staged
another round Of a dispute
over a Kensington- Wheaton
area high school site.
The argument, boiling since
April 5 when the Planning
Board rejected the School
Boards request for a building
permit on the site, erupted
anew yesterday morning.
At issue was a letter from
School Board President Harold
F. Breimyer to a Montgomery
County newspaper stating,
tongue in cheek, that my
heart bleeds for the poor, de-
fenseleSs Park and Planning
Commission, stabbed in the
back according to some news
paper accounts by the black
guard Board of Education"
THE boards heinous crime, !"
Mr.. Breimyer observed sarcas-
tically, was to force the COM
mission to relocate a street a
few hundred yards so that the
board could build a new
school"
His comments, printed Tues
day, set the planners tempers
boiling at their regular meeting
yesterday.
1T looks like the School
Board is being vindictive," OBJ
served j. Newton Brewer, jr.
chairman of the Planning
Board.
The planners turned down
the application because they
said the School Board wanted
to locate the building in the
path of a proposed road con-
Meeting Kensington boulevard
and Newport Mill road.
The School Board, however,
contends the planners were
aware Of the proposal for more
than year.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Red|ignn1ent
Splits County
Democrats

Montgomery County's Demo-
cratic leadership split anew
yesterday over the question of
realigning Maryland'S new 9th
Congressional District.
The conflict, brewing for sew
eral weeks, broke into the open
in letters from a five-member
majority of the Democratic
State Central Committee ad-
viSing two inSurgent members
to refrain from their campaign
in support of the proposed re-
alignment.
Requesting Ray Murphy and
Mrs. Margaret Carpenter to
abandon their poll of 88 county
Democratic precinct chairmen,
the majority suggested instead
that the question be taken up
''in orderly fashion" at a meet
ing of the chairmen lin the
near future"
Recently Tabled
Motions to consider the ques-
ton were tabled at recent ses-
Sions Of both the central COM
mittee and the precinct chair
men.
Mrs. Carpenter, however,
said she and Mr.. Murphy would
continue to poll the chairmen
as planned. They announced
last week end they would petit
ton Gov. Tawes to call a special
session Of the Legislature to
consider realignment as well as
redistricting Of the State and
abolition of the unit vote sys-
tenn.
The minority also supports
the petition drive, spearheaded
by the Montgomery League of
Women Voters, to nullify the
Legislatures recent creation of
the 9th District in Prince
Georges and Howard Counties.
G. o. P. Backs Drive
County Republicans several
weeks ago announced their sup
port of the drive, scheduled to
open Saturday.
More than 5000 signatures
are necessary by June l if the
drive is to continue, according
to campaign officials, and TO-
900 names must be secured by
June 80 to place the question
on the 1862 Statewide ballot.
Mrs. Carpenter said the
minority would continue its
campaign because of the press
of time.
Party officials had indicated
previously that the chairmen's
meeting would not be held until
mid-May.
! Copies of the majority letter
were also sent to all the chair
men. an official said. The mes
sage was signed by Ward Cad
dington, chairman; Mrs. Ann
Brown, vice chairman; Warren
Browning. Mrs. Alice Hostetler
and William Wheeler.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
MARYLAND BRIEFS
OIney Inn
Site Picked
For Tower

Suburban Maryland planners
stepped around a controversy
in the Olney area yesterday to
choose one of six sites proposed
for a 2.5 million gallon water
storage standpipe.
The two-acre site selected for
the 100-foot-high facility is be-
hind the Olney Inn, 500 feet
east of Georgia avenue. 1t was
the least controversial of six
thrashed over at a public hear
ing held by the Washington
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Fire in Peat Moss
Fought Two Hours

A burning pile of peat moss
outside the Coop Store Super
market at Wheaton kept two
Kensington volunteer fire COM
panies occupied for nearly three
hours just before dawn today.
They were summoned about
1928 am. when the fire was
discovered in a bin at the stores
garden center in the 11100 block
of Georgia avenue. Damage
was estimated at $400. Fire Of
ficials said spontaneous COM
bustion may have been to
blame.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Auctions Planned
To Aid Boys Club

Items from all over the
world will be auctioned off at
the international auction of
the Board of Directors of the
Boys Club of Silver Spring on
May IL and 13.
The auctions will be held
from 8 pm. to midnight both
nights at 1900 Forest Glen
road.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
700 Workers Move

BALTIMORE, May 4 (AP).
The Olin MathieSon Chem
ical Co. will move TOO employees
from Baltimore to New York by
mid-1962, the Baltimore News
Post said yesterday. A gradual
exodus will begin in August,
the paper said.
Evening star., 1961-05-04

Suburban Sanitary Commission
April 4.
The WSSC is expected to act
promptly on the favorable rec
ommendation yesterday of the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commis-
sion. The site is part of a tract
of an off-sale license where
the holder or applicant restricts
the sale of alcoholic beverages
to any specific group or men,
bership.
Evening star., 1961-05-04

Trust Co., assistant treasurer;
T. Robert Romero, attorney
sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Picture on Poee Al

Picture on Poee Al
lives when they were called out
of the line of tourists entering
the White House and escorted
to President Kennedy's office
to be greeted personally by the
President before photogra-
pliers.
"I hope we get l million
more before the year is out, )"
Mr.. Kennedy told the Spray
berryS.
He later issued a statement
saying he believed the new
record of visitors this year in
dicateS a renewed interest in
the White House as a great
American landmark, and vir-
tually the only home of head
of state in the world where the
people of the country are well
come as visitors"
"The White House." he added,
"iS alive with history back to
the earliest days of our country
and I would like to take this
opportunity to urge every
American when the opportuni-
ty presents itself to come to
Washington to visit this his
toric home.
"Our young people can be
inspired by the history, our
older people can have their
faith renewed by it. The White
House is the home belonging
to the United States and it is
only fitting that as many visit
it as possible"
With Mrs. Sprayberry were
her husband, Jack, a whole
sale grocery salesman. and
Evening star., 1961-08-23

Two officials of a Chicago
company, Paul P. Karnov, pres
ident, and Hardy Gray, secre-
tary-treasurer of H. E. Mason
& Co., candidly admitted to the
subcommittee that they make
a variety of crooked gambling
e quipm mt. They said that
about 40 per cent of their busi-
ness is in the manufacturing of
perfect dice which are sold to
legitimate casinos in Puerto
Rico and Nevada.
They produced for the COM
mittee some of the crooked
equipment ranging from loaded
dice to a magnetic belt, which
makes dice flecked with metal
fall the way the house wants
them to fall.
ElectrOnic Aid
Mr.. Gray demonstrated how
Evening star., 1961-08-23

which a confederate could see
the hand being played by one
of the suckers in the game.
Marked Cards for IS
Marked cards which sell at
So a deck when they go with
the contact lenses.
A hold out machine" which
the gambler keeps up his sleeve
to throw desired cards into his
hand. The little machine with
its bracket to hold the cards
sells for SIS.
Mr.. Karnov said he also sells
card cutters and invisible ink
for "do-it-yourself" marking
and stripping of the cards.
When cards are stripped the
edges are trimmed to make
some cards either narrower or
shorter than the others.
Fraud Issue Raised
ut seems to be that there
is an element of fraud here"
drawled Chairman Mcclellan.
They're designed to give the
advantage of one player over
another" Mr.. Karnov acknowl-
edged.
Don't you think that you're
in a business which facilitates
fraud and cheating" Chairman
Mcclellan went on.
I'VE advertise it for exactly
what it is" Mr.. Karnov argued.
But the other fellow doesn't
know it," Senator Mcclellan
pointed out. You're not there
to tell him"
Mr.. Dunno, now over his
shock, testified that a survey
showed that one out of 20
pairs of dice is loaded in some
way and that 20 companies ad-
vertise such products as marked
cards and loaded dice. He said
the companies carried on a
substantial trade with service
men.
This takes the gambling out
! of gambling" commented Sen
ator Erwin, Democrat of North
Carolina.
The fascinated Senators got
a postgraduate course in de-
tecting crooked gambling from
John Scarne, who testified that
he makes his living by keeping
people from getting fleeced. On
the basis of five-year survey,
Mr.. Scarne said, he is con-
vinced that at least 100000
decks are now being used and
that one out of every 10 private
card games-outside of the
neighborhood get together -
has a marked deck on the table.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Teacher Is MiIIionth
Visitor to White House

their three .children-Susan,
IL; Tom. 10, and Alice. 8.
The Sprayberry's were taken
to the Presidents office i'm
mediately, and then escorted
by a White House policeman
on a special tour by themselves.
Mr.. Kennedy gave them an
autographed picture of him
self and a picture of the White
House.
Evening star., 1961-08-23

the radio cue prompter" works.
The company'S catalogue de-
scribeS this as the ultimate in
precision electronics." Mr.. Gray
explained that the device sends
a small electric shock to the
partner in game to give him
the signals when to bet and
when to fold. He strapped the
little device on the arm of As
siStant Counsel Robert E.
Dunno and gave Mr.. Dunno
enough of a shock to make him
jump for the benefit of the
committee.
The partners also showed the
committee:
Contact lenses through which
the gambler can see invisible
ink markings on the cards.
These items sell for $3.50 a pair
and are part of a package
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Continued From First Page

which includes invisible ink
and marked cards.
A one-way mirror through
said, showed the size of the
business. Records indicating
that gamblers handled over 81
million a year were not unusual.
AS for individual bets, he
reported, one bettor dealing
with a gambler in Terre Haute,
Ind, bet $4,000 on races and
other sports events in 10 weeks,
and another bettor put out
$4,000 in the same period.
The subcommittee was pre-
sented with a chart showing
how the betting crosses State
lines. Harold Wallace, special
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Navy Chief in London

LONDON, Aug. % (AP).-
United States Secretary of the
Navy Connally arrived today
from Berlin. He was met at
London Airport by Lord Car
rington, First Lord of the Brit
iSh Admiralty.
Evening star., 1961-08-23

Mrs. Edith Spryberry, a fifth
grade school teacher in Rome,
Ga, set a record today as the
1-millionth visitor to the White
House since January l.
This is the first time in his
tory that one million persons
have made the White House
tour within a year. The pre-
vious high was 977,142 for the
full year Of 1860.
Mrs. Sprayberry and her
family got the thrill of their
Evening star., 1961-08-23
GAMBLING
Crooked Equipment
Shocks Senators

agent of Internal Revenues
Intelligence Division, explained
that the chart with lines crisS-
crossing the Nation reflects
the flow Of bookie calls on
layoff bets gathered from tele-
phone toll records.
In that connection, Mr.. Cap
lin noted that the unlimited
long-distance dial service with
out a record of individual calls,
as now provided by telephone
companies, is already being used
by some gamblers and blocks
the investigators from obtain
ing documentary evidence to
support requests for search war
rants.
Light Sentences Hit
Mr.. Caplin noted that a
principal enforcement problem
is the extremely light sentences
meted out in wagering tax
cases.
He said there is a danger
that these sentences will en-
courage contempt for the wag-
ering tax laws and, if carried
to extremes, could create other
serious enforcement problems.
Another enforcement diff
Guilty he cited is a Supreme
Coourt decision that pickup
men in the gambling business
are not subject to the gambling
occupational tar. He said this
affords the gambling operators
another Subterfuge to fruStrate
enforcement.
The committee turned its
attention this afternoon to race
wires speeding information to
the bookieS.
The race wire investigation,
beginning with a service ema-
mating from Boston, is ex-
pected to cover several days of
testimony as the investigators
explore what has been described
as the life line" of gambling.
About half a dozen of these
services are now said to be in
operation.
Two witnesses were called to
explain efforts to prevent
gamblers from stealing betting
results from the tracks. The
committee has been told that
bookies must know the winning
horses in a hurry to encourage