davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Texas Tower
Colonel Freed

NEWBURGH, N. Y, Aug. 25
! (APl Air Force Col. William
M. Banks has been acquitted
by a court-martial on a charge
of negligence in the collapse
of a Texas radar tower that
took % lives.
Col. Banks, 46, said at the
end of his trial yesterday:
with a fair and just court,
my innocence was established" "
He was stationed at Stewart
Air Force Base here and had
overall charge of the radar
tower that collapsed in an At
lantic storm 80 miles off the
New Jersey coast on January Is
After the trial, Col. Banks
returned to his present post as
assistant to the director OF
materiel management of the
San Antonio air materiel staff
Eight witnesses were heard
at the three-day court-martial
before a board of three generals
and five colonies at Stewart
AFB.
I A major charge on which
Col. Banks was tried was that
he failed to keep himself ap-
priSed of the storm threat to
the tower, which had been
damaged in previous storms
Others were that he failed to
hold himself in readiness for
any action necessary to rescue
the men on the tower and to
keep in touch with the officer
in direct charge of the tower
After the prosecution COM
pleted it's evidence. Col. Jean
RydStrom, the courts law Off
cer-a capacity similar to that
of a judge-gave the opinion
that the case against Col
Banks had not been proved.
The board of officers, SINH
lar to a jury. offered no OBJ
lection and Col. Rydstrom de-
clared Col. Banks acquitted.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
MOTORISTS PASS
AS GIRL, a, DIES,
NAIL IN THROAT

CHATSWORTH, Calf.
(AP).-Motorists on Ala
bama avenue m erely
glanced curiously at a
group of screaming wom-
en-. Meanwhile, a little
girl lay near death, a
three-quarter inch nail
lodged in her throat.
Alma Gomez. 4. ran
home from play yesterday,
crying that she had Swal-
lowed q nail. Her mother,
Mrs. Carmen Gomez, 80,
had no telephone or car.
She ran into the street,
carrying Alma. Neighbor
woman Joined her. None
of them had cars or tele-
phones.
When passing autos re-
fused to stop. one woman
ran to a house with a tele-
phone. A rescue crew
rushed the youngster to a
hospital.
She was dead when they
arrived.
Evening star., 1961-08-25

The finder of a thrifty ex-
slaves hoard of old silver coins
in the Southwest Washington
redevelopment area has lost his
legal battle to keep the treasure.
Leon Kanegis of 2506 Wood
ley road NV. successfully beat
off the claim Of a wrecking
company that was clearing the
property, but he still finished
out of the money.
Chief Municipal Court Judge
John Lewis Smith, jr., in an
released yesterday,
wound up more than a year of
controversy by ruling the jugful
of coins should go to the ex-
slaves heirs.
The 934 coins with a face
value of $407.50 were found by
Mr.. Kanegis in a partially
buried earthen crock. Judge
Smith said they had belonged
to John johnson, once a slave
of the late Gov. George Bowie
of Maryland.
Here After War
johnson. who lived at 1921
Sixth street S.W., came to
Washington after the Civil
War, obtained a wheelbarroW
and started peddling fresh pro-
/ duce, Judge Smith said.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
BroyhiII's Aide
Off Critical List

Richard C. Balm, legislative
a assistant to Representative
Broyhill, today was taken off
the critical list at a Morristown
IN. J.) hospital where he has
been since August IL after he
was beaten severly with a pipe
The 54-year-year- -old patient
will be transferred Monday
from All Souls Hospital ir
Morristown to the Naval Medi-
cal Center in Bethesda, accord.
ing to the office of the Virginia
Republican Congressman. Po-
lice have charged Khan FL
rouzbkhsh, %, eStranged hus-
band of Mr.. Bain's daughter
with astrocious assault in the
attack.
Mr.. Broyhilps office said Mr.
Balm is improving every day
and now can form sentences
He suffered a conclusion anc
severe head cuts in the attack
Evening star., 1961-08-25
BY the Associated Press


! Senators came up today with
a proposed compromise by
which any atomic-generated
electric power at the Hanford
(Wash0 plutonium plant would
be used only to run the inStalla-
ton.
Senator Jackson, Democrat
of Washington, said the COM
promise, which would reduce
the cost of the program from
sos million to $50 million, will
be laid before a Senate House
conference committee next
week.
The Senate had approved the
larger project, backed by the
Kennedy administration. It
called for construction of two
generators to utilize waste heat
from the plutonium plant to
produce electricity, part Of
which would be delivered to the
Bonneville power system.
Coal States Lead Fight
With representatives from
coal-producing States leading
the fight, the House voted, 1885,
164, August 8 to instruct its
conference delegation to stand
firm against adding any elec-
trio generating facilities at the
Hanford plant.
Senator Jackson said in an
interview he thinks the COM
promise proposal may be ac-
ceptable to the House conferees.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Release Denied Patient
Despite Token Care

than two years has a "devastat-
ing effect, not a therapeutic
effect"
But Judge Hart said this
wasn't sufficient reason to re-
lease Walter Jones, 33, from the
Howard Pavilion at the hospital.
DR.. Goshen contended that
Jones, committed to the hos
pital last year after being found
not guilty by reason of insanity
of a charge of second degree
murder in the stabbing of his
wife, was not receiving ade-
quate treatment at the maxi
mum security building.
He said Jones should be re-
leased and be given treatment
by the Districts Mental Hy-
giene Clinic or transferred to
another ward of the hospital
where better treatment was
available.
He pointed out to the judge
that Howard Pavilion has
about 500 patients and only
about three physicians to care
for the patients and supervise
the staff Five to 10 times too
many" patients for such a small
number of psychiatrists to treat.
His statement came after DR..
David j. Owens Of the st.
Elizabeths staff conceded that
the amount of treatment and
the facilities at the maximum
security building-and through
out the hospital-are far from
ideal.
Jones, he said, is not seen by
the staff doctors at the hos
pital "as often as he should be
due to a shortage of personnel
that's true of all hospitals
Ly7ovr oFD
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Cuban Ship
Case to End
Tomorrow

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. Is (AP)
Final arguments will be pre-
sented in United States District
Court here tomorrow morning
on the future Of the Cuban
freighter Bahia de Nipe.
The fate of the 3,S0O-ton ves-
sci has been up to Federal
Judge Walter E. Hoffman al
most since she arrived in Lynn
haven Roads last Thursday in
the custody of II crew men,
bers who imprisoned % fellow
crewmen in a bid for political
asylum in this country.
Cuba, claiming the sugar
laden ship is government
owned, wants the Bahia de
Nipe back, and the State De.
partment is backing Cuba's
claim.
But several business firms
and individuals have tried tt
have the ship attached to sat
isfy claims they argue run tt
more than 81 million. Included
are the II detecting crewmen
who claim $3.50 pesos in bacl
wages. The Coast Guard so fal
has refused to let either UniteC
States marshals or local Law
enforcement officers serve at
tachment papers.
Judge Hoffman must decide
whether he can consider 6
claim of sovereign immunity
asserted by Cuba and, if so
whether the doctrine is ap.
plicable in this particular case
An appeal is likely, whatever
he decides.
Meanwhile, the skipper Of
the ship, who led the defector'
on the RuSsian-bound ship into
Norfolk, was in New York
yesterday, ob-hunting.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Israeli Museum to Get
Epstein PIosters, Too

the most controversial figures
of modern art, was recognized
as one of the greatest SculptorS
of his time. His portrait busts
Of some Of the worlds greatest
men we're always acclaimed,
but other ruggedly unconven-
tional pieces. particularly
statues on religious themes,
aroused widespread anger.
Shocking ugly =.
cruel brutal primitive
vulgar. .. Sacreligious"
were just a few of the epithets
hurled at his "Ecce Homo" an
l1-foot statue of Christ; his
Adam; his pregnant Gene
sis"
Knighted in 1854
The New York-born Epstein
who spent most of his life ir
Britain, worked steadily away
despite the howls and won his
adopted lands highest recogni-
tion. He was knighted in 1854
for his service to British art.
The Epstein and Lipchit1
gifts will make the Jerusalem
museum one of the most enviec
in the world. Now under con.
struction atop a hill near the
Israeli Parliament, it will also
house the old Bezalel 'Nationa
Museum-the largest general ir
the Middle East; an archaeology
museum, the Dead Sea Scrolls
which Israel owns and the Billy
Rose Art Garden.
The art garden will hold 6
million-dollar sculpture collec'
ton Mr.. Rose donated to Israel
1t was accepted despite uneas'
mess among some Orthodox
Jews who felt it might violate
the injunction in Leviticus 2l:6
which says:
/ "Ye shall make you no idol
nor craven image, neither shall
yet set up any image of stont
( in your land, to bow down unit
it. :"
Evening star., 1961-08-25

A psychiatrist has charged
that st. ElizabethS Hospital can
provide only token treatment
for the criminally insane in its
maximum security building.
DR.. Charles E. Goshen, assist
ant professor of pSychiatry at
George Washington University
told District Judge George l.
Hart yesterday that keeping
such patients confined for more
Evening star., 1961-08-25

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug.
25 (AP).-American Snowman
Billy Rose has won another
bonanza for the new Jerusalem
Museum of Art. The Israeli in
stitution will get the original
plaster models of most of Sir
Jacob Epstein's sculptures.
The famous British sculptor's
widow announced last night she
has donated to the museum
more than 200 of the plasterS
from which almost all Of Sir
Jacobs great and often con-
troversial works were cast. The
gift also includes a large
bronze of Field Marshal Jan
Christian Smuts and the stone
figure Maternity"
Mr.. Rose accepted the gift
as chairman of the museums S
fine arts committee. A retro
spective exhibit of Epstein work
is now being shown in connec-
ton with the Edinburgh Festi-
val.
Second Such Gift
It was the second artistic tri-
umph within a week for Mr.,
Rose and the museum. On
Thursday of last week he an
nounced that another great
Jewish sculptor. Jaques Lip
chitz, had willed 300 of his
original plasters to the Israeli
institution.
One gift stemmed from the
other. Mr.. Rose said that
while lunching with Lady Ep-
stein in London a month ago
he told her of the Lipchitz be-
quest and asked her: IF SiI
Jacob we're here and knew q
museum was going up on q
hill in Jerusalem what would
he want you to do with hi:
original plasters."
"She quietly answered, Give
them to you ;" Rose said.
BY the time he died in Au-
gust, 1859, Sir Jacob, one oi
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Proud but Available

LONDON, Aug. IS (AP "A
distinctive item turned up at
the London radio show-a
$3.50 gold transistor radio.
Exhibitor Harry Roberts said
it is something to manifest
pride in British workmanship,
but if anyone wants to buy it,
it's for sale"
Evening star., 1961-08-25
SEC Probe
0fStOckRuIes
HeIdLike|y
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Staff Writer


The first full-Scale investi-
cation of stock market rules in
more than IS years became a
strong probability today be-
cause Of simultaneous moves in
both branches of Congress.
/ At the urging of Speaker
Rayburn and by an over
whelming voice vote, the House
late yesterday approved
IS750,000 authorization for such
a study by the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
The Senate Banking Com
mittee at the same time re-
ported out a similar bill which
leaders indicated they would
take up soon after the House
action.
Mr.. Rayburn a main sponsor
of the Securities and Exchange
Act in 1884, told reporters he
not only favors the investiga-
tion but believes the SEC is
far better equipped to make it
than any congressional COM
mittee would be.
No Criticism of Exchanges
Several House m embers
emphasized that passage of the
bill does not imply lack Of con-
greSsional confidence in the ma
tional stock exchanges or un-
due concern over stability Of
the stock market.
Others declared that a
thorough study of this kind is
long overdue. Commerce Com
mittee Chairman Harris, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, and Repre-
sentative Mack, Democrat of
Illinois, sponsor Of the bill, re-
called that the SEC and the
committee often investigated
various aspects Of the stock
market and securities exchange
operations in past years, They
explained that since 1884 there
has been no specific nvestiga-
ton to determine whether
stock exchange rules provide
all possible protection for in
vestorS.
Many Changes Since '34
}, Mr.. Mack said the Commerce
Committee noted that in re-
cent months the president of
the New York Stock Exchange
. and several large brokerage
firms have warned of the dam
, ger in uninformed public spec
ulation in the stock market.
He said that since the 1884
SEC investigation which led to
reforms in stock exchange rules
there have been many impor-
tant changes and a tremendous
increase in the size Of Securi-
ties markets, the volume OF
trading, new types of invest
ment media, the number Of
stockholders and the number
of customers men and branch
offices maintained by stock
exchange member firms.
The scope of the proposed
investigation of stock exchange
rules, Mr.. Harris said, would be
much brrf
title indicates. The rules of ex-
changes and associations cover
a vast amount of ground, such
as prevention of discipliring
fraudulent and manipulative
acts, safeguards against unrea-
sonable profits or rates, meth
DDS Of disciplining stock ex-
change members, and the types
of disclosure of information by
lSSuerS of securities for trading.
Limited Study Opposed
Main criticism of the bill in
House debate centered on COM
plants that the investigation
: might not go far enough or
/ that it could be done for con-
: Siderably less than $750,000.
Representative Pa tman,
: Democrat of Texas, urged that
, the SEC be directed to study
: the So-called "open market"
relating to prices and yields on
United States securities. Mr..
7 Harris said the bill was suffi-
. GENTLY broad to permit such
l a study but that this was mot
contemplated"
Evening star., 1961-05-21
WATER LINE
By HANK BOWMAN

receiver may capture only the
generator noise and the trans
mitted signal may be wholly
Funreadable.
- &H
On inboard boats proper
resistor spark plugs should be
used or all spark plug leads
and the distributor coil lead
should be fitted with suppress
sorS. Condensers should be in
stalled at the igr.ition coil
from battery lead to ground
and on the generator from
armature lead to ground.
Grounded meshed metal
shielding wire should be in
stalled to further eliminate
electrical noise from engines.
All of the metal surfaces,
lockers, REFER boxes and bait
wells should be bonded to-
gether and connected to an
adequate grounding system.
Evening star., 1961-05-21
FORE AND AFT
Conoeists Seeking
Funds for Regatta

Thomas A. Gatten, is plan
ming a visit to the new Oak
Grove Yacht Club for its
shakedown cruise June 10 and
II. There will be dinner ashore
and those staying overnight
will anchor in Church Creek.
Other officers are Robert A.
Pumphrey. vice commodore;
Lyman ]. Laughton, Sd. acting
rear commodore; John H.
George, fleet captain; Arnold
P. Wilson, treasurer, and Erich
P. Karlsoon, secretary.
Laughton. past commodore,
is filling in as rear commo-
dore because of the resignation
'of Capt. Leon H. Tanguay.
The annual invitation cruise
of Gibson Island Yacht
Squadron again will have Tides
Inn at Irvington, Va, as its
objective.
Yachts will leave Gibson
Island June II and are due at
Irvington June 20. They will
lay over the following day and
have their annual dinner the
evening Of June 81.
The fleet will spend the
nights of June 18 and % on
its southbound and north
bound trips at Solomon's Is
land. There will be other ports
Of call on the eastern and
western shores Of the bay and
at least three sailing races are
also planned.
The new White Sands Yacht
Club at the White Sands
Beach and Country Club on
the Patuxent River at Lusby,
Md, will be dedicated May 3
with Louis L. Goldstein, State
comptroller, as speaker. Tho
flag-raising will take place at
1870 pm. and the public is
invited.
In addition to a dinner
dance this Saturday, a mid
summer Luau and dance. a.
Labor Day dance and a Hal
lowe'en costume party and
dance are planned.
DR.. Vaughn Flyger Of the
Maryland Department of Re-
search and Education points
up the necessity Of giving wild
life a brake.
DR.. Flyger said that more
than 500 deer were killed on
the States highways during
1858 and 1859 and many more
probably were fatally injured
and crawled away to die.
Evening star., 1961-05-21

Electrical and natural static
interference are commonplace
to marine electronic equip
ment. Random flashes or er-
ratio operation Of indicators
may make it difficult for boat
men to obtain accurate read
ings from depth sounding de-
vices.
Radiotelephones, radio di-
rection finders, Citizens Band
radios, electric tachometers,
oil gauges, other engine in
strumcnts and even portable
transistor radios may be ad-
versely affectct by outboard
or inboard ignition systems
and other sources of noise
aboard Doats.
Boat owners are often con-
fused by this interference
Why, they wonder, should ma
rine electronic gear, that may
have cost q hundred dollars
or more. operate with far more
interference than a cheap
home radio
The pleasure boat operator
should realize that his home
radio picks up broadcasts from
commercial stations often with
high-powered transmitters OF
as much as 50,O00~watt input.
The normal communication
between boats is transmitted
by low-powered sets with as
little as five watts to a maxi
mum allowable power input OF
$50 watts.
Noise and interference exists
at all times, but interference
Is minimized by stronger sig
mails which override noise,
However, an unsurpassed gen.
orator may cause five micro
volts of noise and a trans
mitter may have a sigma, input
of only one microvolt. The
Evening star., 1961-05-21
23O MILES INSPECTED
Hikers to Find
. 7 rails in Shape.

back the briars and brush to
the standard 4-foot width, to
keep weeds from taking over
the footpath and remove fallen
trees.
The inspection trip showed,
for example. lat logs and trees
across the trail, and probably
that many more had been re-
moved before the inspectors
made their checkup. That may
sound like an alarming num-
Der, but 1t really is not for
230 miles of trail, particularly
considering the heavy SHOWS OF
last winter that laid low many
a tree. It Is nothing compared
to the heavy timber damage of
a decade or so ago from a
hurricane.
The club is we'll equipped to
take care Of those deadfalls
in routine fashion. It has
plenty Of axes and saws, and
volunteers to WELD them, and
for the heavy work there's a
gasoline-driven chain saw. An
other power tool that gets good
use is a scythe without wheels
but which can be slung over
the shoulder by a strap for
use on those mountain trails
where no wheels can operate
Blazes Mark Trail
All trails are marked with
neat paint blezes, white for the
Appalachian Tail and blue for
side trails, and wooden sign
boards are erected at intersec-
tions and road crossings.
According to the inspection
report, 50 miles Of trail need
reSlazing, not an alarming fig
ure. and quite q number Of
signs are needed, too.
The PATC Is rather proud
Of its newer signs, manufac-
tured Of redwood-for per-
manance against the elements
with the lettering routed out.
Even when the paint has faded
and we are using a special
weather-resiStant paint h e
signs still can be read.
Here are sample comments
from some of the inspectors
about the trails they visited:
Appalachian Trail, in Penn
Sylvania from Highway 16 to
Old Forge Paint blazes ex-
cellent. frequency and bright
ness very good; no work needed.
this section Is excellent, about
the best I've seen."
Appalachian Trail, in Penn
sylvania, from Old Forge to
Sanatorium road" Trail is in
excellent condition and shows
evidence Of much recent work.
A most commendable job"
More Good Trails
Piney Ridge Trail-"Condi-
ton Of this trail excellent,
showing evidence Of lots of
maintenance work in recent
past" ~
Piney Branch Trail "This
beautiful trail in excellent
shape, shows loving care"
Brown Mountain Trail and
Turk Mountain Trail Both
with sweeping views Of the val
ley and both with numerous
bear, deer and wildcat signs.
Corbin Cabin Cutoff Trail
Beside clearing logs. the prin-
cipal work here is pulling your
self and pack up 1,l00 feet in
IA miles!"
Editors note: Information
about hiking trails In this
area. plus maps, ouidebooks.
ETC.. is available from the
PATC headquarters at 1916
Sunderland place NV, open
from 2 pm. to 10 pm. Mon
! days through FriddyS.)
Evening star., 1961-05-21

Inlet during the week was
a 67la-pound black drum
caught by Mrs. Herbert Burk-
land Of Washington.
- -
Over on Maryland's Eastern
Shore. good fishing Is reported
for largemouth bass in Gar
land. Urieville, Back Greek,
Lnchester and Leonar DIS
Lakes.
Bluegill fishing Is said to be
wonderful In Wye Mills Lake.
Up in Western Maryland,
Deep Greek Lake is producing
good catches. These include 5
and 6 pound largemouths and
several 6-pound Great North
ern pike. In the McHenry In
let, rainbow trout have been
common in the cteel.
There is no open season as
yet on pheasants.-COTELL
Evening star., 1961-05-21
By ED GARVEY
Supervisor of Trails

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
The hiking trails in the Blue
Ridge Mountains near Wash
ington are in good shape and
ready for the summer season.
This isn't q guess; it's the
result of an ambitious week.
end checkup that sent in
spectors onto all go sections
of the Appalachian Trail and
other trails maintained by the
Potomac Appalachian Trail
Club.
The inspectors covered 130
miles Of the Appalachian
Trail and 100 miles. Of side
trails. They, of course, found
plenty of work to be done, but
none Of the trails were in
really poor condition. The ma
jority were rated good or
better, and a surprising num-
ber were excellent.
That's a real good showing
for so early in the season be-
fore many Of those volunteer
workers who maintain the
trails have had time to do
much.
Club Work Described
The PATC, for those who
don't know much about it. is
the trail building and main
tenance organization for this
area, one Of about Is such
groups In the East that build
and maintain the 2.000-mile
Appalachian Trail from Maine
to Georgia, plus associated side
trails.
The PATC section Of the
Appalachian Trail runs from
Central Pennsylvania SOUTH
ward through Maryland and
Virginia to the northern
boundary of Shenandoah Ma
tional Park. In the park, the
Park Service maintains the
Appalachian Trail but the
PATC does have numerous
good side trails there.
In addition to its trail work
the club has a chain of shell
ters and cabins along the trail
and publishes hiking maps and
guidebooks for the mountain
areas near Washington.
Work Trips Needed
Trail maintenance is a
never lending chore, especially
here in the southern APP
palachianS where the summer
growth Is heavy. A minimum
of three work trips a year is
needed on most trails to cut
Evening star., 1961-05-21

Not only is the deer popu-
lation suffering, but personal
injuries resulting from such
such accidents are increasing.
Maryland is not the only
State plagued. Michigan is
planning to erect deer fences.
particularly along expressways.
to protect both deer and car.
Question is the height Of a
fence. Maryland officials think
nothing short Of IL or IL feet
would do.
Pennsylvania reports 498
deer killed by vehicles last
month alone.
Most unusual in that State.
though. was the death of q
350-pound bear. struck and
killed May 10 by a large truck
travelling through Somerset
County on the Pennsylvania
turnpike.
Only one other bear is
known to have been taken in
Somerset County in many
years. That one was bagged by
a hunter in 1857.
First channel bass to be
taken from Oregon Inlet this
season was caught by an
Arlington woman, Mrs. Donald
Boyssie.
The fish, five weeks late,
arrived a week ago. Mrs.
Boyssie was trolling with a
Pflueger Record spoon from
Capt. Jesse Etheridge's cruiser
Caredwyn. She later caught a
second fish and both totaled
81 pounds.
Largest fish taken at Oregon