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Evening star., 1961-01-06

HONOLULU, Jan. 6 (AP).-
Fair wind and fair maidens
were blamed partly for bring
ing the 30,000-ton British liner
Arcadia to grief on a reef just
outside Honolulu's harbor yes
terday.
The Arcadia's master, Capt.
w. T. C. Letheridge, was not
lured on the rocks by softly
singing sirens.
Rather, it appeared that as
the ship Unanswered to pick
UP an offshore boarding party
she drifted in the steady trade
wind and crunched gently onto
a coral reef. The boarding
party included one of HOMO
lulu's welcoming task-forces of
hula girls, but it also had Gus
toms inspectors and shipping
agents.
No one was hurt and the
only damage was an indenta-
ton in the hull about a foot
long and half an inch deep.
But it took several tugs more
than two hours-while all other
shipping was halted through
the 480-foot-wide harbor en-
trance-to work the Arcadia
free.
The big P&O-Orient liner
carried 1882 passengers and a
crew of 713.
Capt. David E. c. Hassall,
steamship manager for Theo
H. Davies g. Co.. the ships
agents here, said he would con-
tact the lines head Office in
London to suggest it halt pick
ing up such offshore boarding
parties, which he called "a
hazard to both master and
pilot"
Evening star., 1961-01-06

that the White House give its
strong support to the csc on
all personnel policy matters so
as to strengthen its hand ira
dealing with the rest Of the
Government service and with
the Congress.
INAUGURATION HOLIDAY
Inauguration Day. January
20, is a legal holiday for all
Federal employees in the WASH
ington metropolitan area. This
includes all employees within
regular committing distance of
Washington. 1t would. for ex-
ample. include the National
Security Agency at Fort Meade,
Md, employees, at Beltsville,
Md. etc.
Congress passed a law signed
by the President in 1857 max
ing Inauguration Day a legal
holiday for Government en-
ployes in the Washington met
ropolitan area each four years.
For Federal workers employed
outside the Washington area,
it's just another work day.
MAh
FOREIGN SERVICE Out
going csc Chairman Roger
Jones is expected to put new
life into the foreign service in
his new job as Deputy Under
secretary Of State for Admin
istration.
It's no secret that the incom-
ing Kennedy administration is
dissatisfied with the calibre of
some Of our foreign service per-
sonnel. Mr.. Jones is expected
to shake up the foreign service
staff and improve the quality
Of its appointees. He also is ex-
pected to strengthen the State
Departments civil service staff
and improve the promotion
chances Of these employees.
Incidentally, Mr.. Jones will
be missed as csc chairman.
His ability. intelligence, integ-
rity and drive made him an ex-
cellent csc chairman. Small
wonder that Fortune Magazine
selected him as the ideal civil
servant" Good luck to you,
Roger, in your new job.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair
tonight, with low temperatures
ranging from about IS in the
city to the upper 20s in the
outlying suburbs. Fair tomor-
row and continued mild
weather.
Virginia-Fair tonight, with
low temperatures from 20 IN
the north and west to about IS
in the southeast. Continued
fair and mild tomorrow.
Maryland-Some cloudiness
tonight with low temperatures
from rs in the higher elevations
to around IS along the coast.
Partly cloudy and continued
mild tomorrow.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Winds from the
southwest at 10 to 20 knots to-
night and tomorrow. Fair
weather. Visibility will be 10
miles except for 2 to S miles in
early morning haze.
FIvE-DAY FORECAST
For Washington and Vicinity
January I'LL
Temperatures will average
near the normal high for the
area of A, and the normal low
OF 20. Mild temperatures are
expected over the week end, be-
Evening star., 1961-01-06

claimed the 18-day-old strikes
had collapsed in two of Bel
GUMS nine provinces and So
cialist leaders of the walkout
strove to find a formula to end
the costly walkouts.
The rioting in Liege erupted
after a fiery speech by Andre
Renard, Socialist trade union
official and one of the prime
leaders of the strikes against
the governments austerity pro-
gram.
TeaF Up Post Office
Rushing from the mass meet
ing when they heard Mr.. Re-
nard urge them to continue the
strike, the d e m o n S trators
smashed in the front of a new
railway station. They hurled
desks and equipment out of the
windows of a nearby post Office.
Police then charged, hurting
tear gas grenades, and the
strikers fell back. The strikers
hurled stones as they fed,
knocking down one officer COM
manding the police. They over
turned two police cars. One
caught fire. A fireman was in
jured by a flying brick.
Mounted police charged the
milling crowd with drawn sa-
bers. A striker was knocked un-
conscious.
The main body Of demonstra-
tors then rallied and headed for
the chief business district.
Troops Open Fire
AS the rioting grew wilder,
armed troops moved into the
streets. The troops, carrying
automatic weapons, opened
fire, apparently at the ground.
A civilian fell with a wound
in the leg.
Another wing Of the demon
strators advanced on the lio-
eral newspaper lie Meuse,
which has opposed the strike.
They smashed its windows and
hauled down a neon sign out
side.
When some Of the demon
strators tried to fight their way
into the newspaper Office. po-
lice opened up again with tear
gas. Mobile tank trucks with
high pressure hoses rumbled
up and shot water on the dem
onstrators, who then split up
into three groups and headed
out of the area. Four were in
jured in this furry.
SOCIALIST leaQerS OF tne StrlKe
against the conservative gov
ernment's economy program
were reported looking for a
way to halt the crippling walk
outs. A source close to the So
cialist high command said,
The end Is near"
Pierre Harmel, government
spokesman. said the strike is
over in the Provinces of Linn
burg in the north and Luxem-
bourg in the south and in the
northern cities of Oostende and
Alost. '.:--
Mr.. Harmel said strikers were
returning to work in Antwerp
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Army Shows Light
Anti-Tunk Rocket
Nv the Associatsd Presa


The Army displayed yester-
day a new feather-weight anti
tank rocket weapon which one
soldier can carry in clusters
like a quiver Of arrows.
The rocket warhead uses a
new powerful explosive called
octol. Army ordnance experts
say there isn't any known tank
which would !: be invulnerable
to the weapon,
The weapon Is technically
designated as the XM-72. but
has the unofficial name Of
Law" lightweight tank
weapon).
The Army expects to have
the weapon ready for delivery
to troops about July. 1862. 1t
estimates that in mass produc-
ton a unit will cost less than
$50. About 81 million has been
spent in development.
Evening star., 1961-01-06

an outstanding record OF ad.
herence to and strengthening
Of the civil service personnel
system.
During his stint as csc ex-
ecutive director from 1858 to
1858. he teamed with csc
Chairman Philip Young in de-
Tending the merit system from
the onslaughts Of politicians
who wanted to raid civil service
jobs for patronage purposes.
During this time MIR. Macy
also played q leading role in
the strengthening and improve
ment Of Government personnel
practices, benefits and working
conditions. When he left Gov
ernment two years ago to be-
come executive vice president
Of Wesleyan University, every
one in the personnel field as
well as Government employe
leaders felt a keen sense Of
loss.
This, then, is the man who
will be the new csc chairman.
If the Kennedy administration
had political patronage in mind
so far as appointments and
promotions to civil service jobs
are concerned, Mr.. Macy would
be about the last man Mr..
Kennedy would have chosen as
csc chairman.
In an interview with this
columnist. Mr.. Macy promised
strong leadership to improve
and strengthen the Govern
ment's personnel system. He
praised outgoing csc Chair
man Roger Jones for having
done IAN excellent job" Mr..
Macy said, I'VE intend to build
and improve on the founda-
tions already laid by Mr.. Jones
and the commission during the
past few years."
Incidentally, Mr.. Macy said
he first learned he was being
considered for the job when he
read the Federal Spotlight on
December 2. The column dis
closed that President-elect
Kennedy was strongly consid-
ering appointing Mr.. Macy csc
chairman.
CLARK BILL ATTITUDE
Mr.. Macy was asked about his
support Of the Clark bill which
would transfer most Of the
CSC's functions to an office OF
personnel in the White House.
Last year he Endorsed the In
tent Of the legislation in testi-
mony before the Senate Civil
Service Committee.
Mr.. Macy replied that what
he had indorsed, rather than
the Clark bill itself, was the
principle Of "a stronger and
more direct chief executive in
volvement with Government
personnel matters"
Mr.. Macy said he was GER
tain that Mr.. Kennedy would
take q strong interest In Gov
ernment personnel policy.
"As for myself, I will adhere
to the best Of my ability to all
of the statutes and regulations
felating to the Civil Service
Commission" Mr.. Macy said
He favors q strong csc with a
close partnership with the
White House.
The new chairman-he will
take ONCE shortly after jan
uary 20 after the Senate con-
firms him-feels 1t is essential
Evening star., 1961-01-06
Cronkite Honored

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 (AP).-
Walter Cronkite, Columbia
Broadcasting System newscast-
er, was named by the Adver-
tiSing Club of Baltimore yester-
day as the outstanding tele-
vision and radio personality of
1860.
Evening star., 1961-01-06

Client and Courtrai in the
north, Namur in Central Bel
gium and even at Tournai in
the south, where the Socialist
unions dominate and the strike
has been most effective.
In Brussels, about 1000
demonstrated in front of Forest
Evening star., 1961-01-06

ing points subtract times indicated
from the above:
Annapolis, 3A hours: Bloody Point
Light, 41a hours; Colonial Beach. 8
hours; Deale, 4h hours; Solomons
Island, 61a hours, and Point Lookout,
IA hours.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls. Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Merit tViewConfirmed
ByMocyAppointment
By JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Stan Writer

there still any lingering doubts about the Kennedy
ADMINISTRATORS attitude toward the Governments civil service
merit system they certainly dspelled by the Presdent-
elects appointment Of John w. Macy h the chairman
Of the Civil Service Commission.
Macy brilliant Government career employe with
Evening star., 1961-01-06
The Sun and the Mnan

The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
saT, san, tsSoyrov toasy 7:Ssssm. s:S9I5 s:SI5P pm, 3 n,
Moon. today 9:33 pm. 1905 pm
Automobile lights must be turned on
"a hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1961-01-06
1000 Go on Rampage
In Liege Strike Riot

BRUSSELS, Belgium Jan. (AP).-Wild rioting broke
out in the big industrial city of Lege today Police used
Sabers and tear hl back striking demonstrators
policeman fireman and at least six civilians in
ued in the melee after about 1000 strikers attacked railway
station. post Office, fire truck and police
industrial came government
Evening star., 1961-01-08
MA AeE,k,ov 4.,, +, VOLUME,

Ting murder and now
for KIDNAPPING o beautiful
young girll
But the girl. was-aoumed 70
perishi No one dared go near
their htdeout =. where Hank
Hays himself had boasted OF q
Robbers Roost whar NO posse
could ride In twenty yeaTsi"
Tbsg Dues RAN0sR
Ernest Howard was Q new
tenderfoot on the Red Rock
Ranch. The ranch manager
wouldn't even let him 60 near
0 horse. His daughter treated
Ernest like diYti And the fore
man hated him = even tried TO
KILL himi
But The Tenderfoot had an
ace up his sleeve. The others
didn't know it. but HR was
Evening star., 1961-01-08

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Evening star., 1961-01-08
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Evening star., 1961-01-08

the new OWNER Of Red Rock
Ranchi He wanted 10 flnd out
why the manager had $200. 900
in the bank while the ranch
ttseh was barely breaking
event He s0oaiid 1lnd
out, too II he
ItUed long
eBossghl -
Evening star., 1961-01-27

sand the hill, overcoming the
objections Of the policemen,
who didn't want sand crews
blocking traffic.
If people complain that 1t
took them three hours to get
home today, it'll still be a 100
per cent improvement over last
week." remarked an aide.
Pentag0n Deserted
At 3:15 pm. Gen. Clarke set
out on an automobile tour of
traffic trouble spots. accom-
panied by District Highway
Director Harold L. Aitken, two
reporters and his son, Pat,
home from semester exams at
Yale.
The car, equipped with
chains, carried a two-way radio
tuned into the highway de-
partment's radio frequency
which cracked with reports on
blowing and sanding opera
tions.
Heading down Fourteenth
street NV, the car negotiated
the Fourteenth Street. Bridge
without difficulty and entered
Virginia, where late-startine
Evening star., 1961-01-27

At the Shirlington overpass
the car was able to leave the
jam and head back to Wash
ington. At 3:55. the radio re-
ported two wrecks on the
Fourteenth Street Bridge. They
can't be moved without wreck
ers."
At this the car turned onto
Washington boulevard, went up
Arlington boulevard and ap-
preached Rosslyn.
The radio announced proudly
that 26 District plows were
now on the streets. This was
supplemented by the generals
assertion that well have 1870
plows out tonight"
Entering the traffic at the
Rosslyn end of Key Bridge. the
cars occupants were treated to
the rare sight of the head of a
traffic jam.
Cars wallowing through deep
Slush at the circle had caused
traffic to back up all the way
across the bridge.
Mr.. Aitken got on the radio
and called for plows to cross the
bridge and "hit the Rosslyn
traffic circle q few times. It's
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Use Of Gas
This Week.:
Sets Record:

Frigid weather has resulted
in an all-time record week
and day-for gas consumption,
the Washington Gas Light Co.
reported today.
Customers burned up almost
2.6 billion cubic feet Of gas in
the Seven-day period ending
this morning. The previous
record week for the Washing
ton area was March 3-9 last
year, when % billion cubic feet
were consumed.
Wednesdays chill sharply
raised the one-day record to
4O3.6 million cubic feet from
December 12's high of 381 mil
lion, which also was topped by
yesterdays 1885 million cubic
feet.
A frozen pressure regulator
in a gas main feeding the Ma
tional Capital Housing Au-
thority's Barry Farms project
in Anacostia spelled a chilly
night for 432 families. Heating
and cooking gas was cut off
from S pm. yesterday to 3 am.
today.
Cold caused another service
interruption at the NCHA's
James Greek development in
Southwest Washington from
noon to 7 pm. yesterday. af-
fecting 279 families.
Evening star., 1961-01-27

commuters still struggled over
snowy highways.
Nearly empty parking lots at
the Pentagon, where thousands
of cars milled helplessly last
Thursday, brought approving
mods from the two District
officials.
The first tie-up was en-
countered at Glebe road and
Shirley highway, where traffic
was slowed to a crawl by a
large sedan parked in the left
hand lane. 1t had a woman
driver and bore license plates
from Quebec.
Accidents on Bridge
Don't tell me she doesn't
know how to drive on snow
exclaimed the general.
At 3:45 pm. the generals cal
attempted to turn onto Glebe
road. only to be blocked by g
line of cars stuck at the foot oi
a long grade.
After Mr.. Aitken radioed g
description Of the tie-up to his
Virginia counterpart, the cal
turned, re-entered Shirley
highway and promptly rar
into another traffic stoppage.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Areas Latest Snow Battle Satisfies Clarke

a neutral area and hasn't been
plowed.
At 4:10 pm, the car turned
onto the eastbound portion Of
the Whitehurst freeway. The
westbound lane was filled with
a line of stopped cars that
reached all the way back to
Twentieth street NV.
A lengthy radio conversation
between Mr.. Aitken and high
way crews on the scene failed
to pinpoint the source of the
stoppage.
1.-THE Key Bridge is clear
now" reported the dispatcher
"I don't know what's holding
up the freeway traffic"
The car continued on to Me-
mortal Bridge, which proved
almost empty of traffic.
Officials Satisfied
I'VE need some kind Of stu.
alton map to locate the bottle.
necks and keep traffic away
from them" observed Gen
Clarke.
After another try at the
Fourteenth Street Bridge
which was still blocked by two
wrecked cars, the officials de-
cided to call it a day ano
headed back to the deserted
downtown area, arriving at the
District Building at 4:25 pm
They're doing a marvellous
plowing job" said Mr.. Aitken
It think we're doing all right
considering that highway We
hicles make 100000 trips a day
into and out of Washington" "
We're just not ready for q
lot of snow." said Gen. Clarke
I'VE don't have the equipment
that the Northern cities have
Anyway, the general said, 81
don't think we'll ever see
another day like last Thurs
day"
Everything went wrong that
could go wrong" agreed Mr.
Aitken.
I'm just glad I guessed right
this time" said the general.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Feeding Of Birds
Urged While Snow
Blankets Gfound

With snow blanketing the
area, Audubon Society mem
bers and other bird experts
urged residents to keep feed
available in yards and on WIN
dow ledges to see the birds
through their food shortage.
Although fancy feeders are
good, they are by no means
essential, according to Charles
G. Brown. acting supervisor of
the birdhouse at the ZOO.
Mr.. Brown advises putting out
lettuce leaves, meat scraps,
apples. oranges, bananas, vege-
tables and peanut butter.
Hamburger is particularly
good because it takes the place
of worms in their diet" he
added.
Mrs. Viola Hagan, an Audo-
bon Society member who lives
at 59l8 Admission road, Bethes-
da, suggested scratch corn is
available at low cost at many
hardware stores. She considers
it an improvement over the
usual bread-crumb diet pro-
vided by many bird lovers.
Evening star., 1961-01-27

NO ONE CAN TELL the
old-timers that even a snow
fall like the current one holds
a candle to ones Of yester-
year.
To John Clagett Proctor,
whose memories of seven
decades were published in
The Sunday Star, the big
snowfall was not the 1922
one which led to the Knick-
erbocker Theater disaster,
but one February II, 1899.
The thermometer was at IS
degrees below zero during a
snowstorm which added 20.5
inches of snow to lat inches
already on the ground, max
ing in all 35.2 inches of snow.
Let 1861 try to equal that.
And to Thomas jefferson,
who lived until 1925, the big
freeze was back in 1880 when
the Chesapeake Bay, which
is much more saline than the
Potomac, was frozen from
its head to the mouth Of the
Potomac River, and at An
napolis, where the bay Is 5
miles wide, the ice was 5
inches thick"
Evening star., 1961-01-27
BY HARVEY CLEW
Star staff Writer

Brig. Gen. Frederick j. Clarke,
the Districts Engineer Com
missioner. has the air Of q VIC
torious warrior today.
Aided by accurate weather
forecasting and new traffic.
control procedures, his forces
met and conquered yesterdays
snowStorm in a manner con-
trasting sharply with the rout
suffered during last Thurs
days pre-Inaugural blizzard.
Government workers, sent
home four hours early. got
there after experiencing traffic
jams only a little more con-
fused than those of the usual
rush hour. '
Starting as early as 1880
am, about the time the first
flakes fell, they funneled out Of
the city until $3.50 pm. BY
then downtown was nearly
deserted.
Downtown Deserted
The scene on Pennsylvania
avenue was nothing like that
Of last Thursday, when Deputy
Police Chief william ]. LIVER
man Of the traffic division
despaired: Pennsylvania ave-
nue. is closed for good; it'll
never be cpen."
Gen. Clarke, who decided at
8 am. yesterday to send Gov
ernment workers home early,
had a ready explanation for
the relative ease encountered
in evacuating the city during
the latest storm:
1--WE got more cooperation
out of the surrounding COM
munities than we did last time"
he said, referring to the new
procedure under which District
officials give advance warnings
to surrounding communities
when Government workers are
to be let off early.
The atmosphere in his office
yesterday afternoon was one
Of anxious waiting.
"It's like a military opera
tion," the general said. You
mobilize your resources, deploy
them and sit back and wait"
Reports Encouraging
Highway department and
traffic aides kept bringing in
encouraging reports on the
progress of the midday rush
hour.
At 2:45 pm. all bridges were
reported open and traffic was
said to be moving slowly but
steadily, with only isolated tie
ups reported.
An argument between Sani-
tation Department sand crews
and traffic policemen over a
slippery hill in Southeast WASH
ington was reported solved in
favor Of the sand men.
The crew won the right to