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Evening star., 1961-03-29

The Senate met two hours
earlier than usual today to
speed passage Of the 15-month
extension of the sugar quota
law approved by the Finance
Committee yesterday.
The bill is expected to pass
before evening, but a floor
fight is in prospect to eliminate
a committee amendment de-
signed to prevent a windfall to
countries which take over the
Cuban quota.
The bill, which must be
passed before the present law
expires Friday, would continue
the Presidents authority to cut
off the 3-million-ton quota for
merly assigned to Cuba as long
as the Castro regime is in
power. 1t also would put an
end to the extra quota the
Dominican Republic has been
receiving since the embargo on
Cuban sugar.
Treasury Would Profit
The amendment which was
added to the bill in committee
yesterday on the motion Of Sen
ator Douglas, Democrat of Illi-
nois, would require all other
countries which are expected
to make up the Cuban deficit
to accept only the world price
of three cents a pound. The
purchasers in this country
Evening star., 1961-03-29
President Asks Money
For Ocean Analysis

President Kennedy today asked for extra
for study resources saying our survival
may hinge upon it."
He requested net $945380O0 spending
programs them the oceanographc studies and
preliminary toward development of supersonic civil
Evening star., 1961-03-08
Woman Is Found Slain
In NE. Cleaning Shop

A 43-year-old woman was
found Strangled with an apron
and a coat hanger today in her
Northeast Washington dry
cleaning shop, police reported.
Mrs. Eta Sabsook, her hands
bound behind her, was found
dead at 8 am. on the floor of
the Kearney Kleaners, which
she co-owned at 1908 Twelfth
street NE, according to Capt.
Lawrence A. Hartnett, head OF
the homicide squad.
Mrs. Sabsook was discovered
by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Clau-
dia Wilkinson, 43, of 3719 South
Dakota avenue NE, also a CO.
owner of the store. The body
was lying in the back room of
the two-room establishment,
Capt. Hartnett said.
Mrs. Wilkinson said the front
door Of the shop, in the Brook
land section, was locked when
she arrived this morning to
open UP for the day. She told
police the cash-register dl aver
was open and only 81 cents re-
mained, indicating robbery was
the motive in the Staying. There
was no sign of a struggle in
the cleaning shop.
Mrs. Sabsook, who was COL
cred, was married to q service
man. They were separated
and the husband is stationed
overseas, according to police
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There are no children The
dead woman, whose home was
at 33 Gallatin street NV, nor
mally would have closed the
store at 6 o'clock last night,
according to her sister-in-law.
She was last seen about S pm.
when she left the shop to make
a small purchase at a nearby
store.
The one-story brick building,
which houses a beauty parlor
and a tavern as well as the
cleaners. stands just south of
the Brookland Branch Post Of
flee at Twelfth and Kearney
streets NE.
Coroner A. Magruder Mac.
Donald said the apron and the
coat hanger were still twisted
tightly around the neck when
he reached the scene after po-
lice arrived. He said death ap-
parently occurred between 6
and 10 o'clock last night.
A similar robbery Staying
still unsolved, took place on
January IL, 1855, in the Campus
Cleaners & Dyers at 1927
Georgia avenue NV, less than
a mile and a half away from
the Kearney Kleaners.
In that case, Mrs. Ann H.
Brooks, "a, of TAT Newton place
NV, was found strangled and
bound with neckties in the shop
where she worked.
Evening star., 1961-03-08
BY RICHARD FRYkLUND
Star staff Writer

The Air Force was given al
most complete responsibility fol
research and development Of
military space vehicles in ar
order by Defense Secretary NC
Namara made public today.
Pentagon observers We've d
the move as a tentative victory
for the Air Force in q long
service dispute over dominance
in space. 1t was tentative" be-
cause the order left room for
exceptions and because opera
tion Of space systems after their
development d was left open to
further discussion.
In q memorandum to the
service secretaries and the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff, Mr.. McNamara
said he has become convinced
that (the military portion OF
the national space program)
could be much improved by
better organization and clearer
assignment Of responsibility"
Order Drafted
His newly created Office of
Organization and Management
drew up Q tentative order con-
solidating space research under
the Air Force and circulated the
order to the services.
After careful consideration
Of the comments and alternate
plans that were submitted" Mr..
Mcnamara said. "the deputy
secretary and I have decided
Evening star., 1961-03-08
LafayetteP|an
kAccepted
Agencies Disclose
Project for Square
By ROBERT ]. LEWIS
Star Staff Writer

Full agreement has been
reached by all agencies on a
general scheme for redevelop-
ment Of the west side Of La
fayette Square.
Plans call for the Presidents
executive offices facing the
square to take the form of q
relatively low, pavilion type
building set back into a gar
den setting" it was learned.
The hitherto closely veiled
plans drawn up by two Boston
architectural firms have never
even been limited at in public
speculation on the years-old
controversy.
Three Decisions Cited
Among decisions agreeable to
the Fine Arts Commission, the
National Capital Planning
Commission and the General
Services Administration are:
I. Retention of the 102-year-
old United States Court OF
Claims Building on its present
site at the northeast corner Of
Seventeenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV. It will
be restored, renovated and
used for another purpose yet
to be decided.
2. Retention, or redesign in
smaller scale. Of the property
at the northwest corner OF
jackson place and Pennsylvania
avenue. and another adjoining
it on jackson place. These two
are diagonally across the street
from the White House.
3. Construction of a nine
story wing of the Presidents
executive offices on Seven
teenth street, north Of the court
building, to shield the square
from views of commercial
buildings now existing or to be
built on the west side of Seven
teenth street. This building
would extend to H street. It
would be about $50 feet long
and so feet wide.
Harmony Is Sought
Under the agreed-to plan,
the agencies believe that build
ing placement, and the propor-
tions Of the different parts of
the scheme, will be in harmony
with the square, the White
House and the general sur
roundings.
The relatively low, pavilion
type wing of the executive
offices facing the square will
See LAFAYETTE, Page AS
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from many sources, including
one hostile conservative news
paper which publicly proclaimed
its Joy in retracting an earlier
designation Of him as IAN in
nate appeaser."
Ambassador Stevenson is
somewhat bemused by his new
reputation as a fire-eater.
Instrument for Peace
cts all very well to say
boy, Is he tough on the Rus
sians,'" he said in his office
yesterday, "but the real ques.
ton Is how is he getting or
with his work?'"
II regard the U. NJ, not a.
an arena for conflict, but as ar
area for working out agree.
ments, not for extending the
cold war but for furtherins
peace. I refuse to engage II
a competition of vindictivt
statements, although I mus
admit the provocation is some.
times extreme"
Ambassador Stevenson says
the job is tougher than cam.
paigning in that it never end,
and that the Russian style oi
diplomacy, which he learned
at the U. N. founders meeting
in 1946, never changes.
He had invited the Russians
for lunch the day that Patrice
Lumumba was killed in the
Congo. The Soviets Cancelled
and the atmosphere, according
to Mr.. Stevenson, Changed
from warm conciliation to deer
freeze" The luncheon was re-
See STEVENSON, Page Al
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first United States delegate we
have seen. Before. all we ever
saw were junior representatives
when your country wanted us to
vote for something. But you
come and you ask US what you
can do for U.s."
Takes Play From GromykO.
At the opening Of the General
Assembly yesterday, Ambassa-
dor Stevenson, entering the
blue and green hall with Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt, a United
States delegate, completely stole
the play from Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Y. Gromyko
Mr.. Stevenson. in short, ap-
pears to be flourishing in the
job he said he didn't want from
his erstwhile rival, President
Kennedy.
The sometimes unsure Demo-
cratic candidate Of yesteryear
has been replaced. according to
his staff, by q sure-footed
diplomat who raps out orders
and decisions and, incidentally,
speeches with none Of the
anguish that attended his cam
paigns.
His fierce statements calling
the Soviets to attention have
been met with startled approval
Evening star., 1961-03-08
Air Force Given Bulk
OfSpoce Research Duty

to assign space development
programs and projects to the
Department Of the Air Force
except under unusual circum-
stances.
Navy DiSpleaSed
This assignment Of space
development programs and
projects does not predetermine
the assignment Of operational
responsibilities for space sys-
TENS which will be made on a
proje ct-by-project basis as a
particular project approaches
the operational stage, and
which will take into account
the competence and experience
Of each Of the services and the
unified and specified COM
|mands."
The Air Force was cautiously
pleased, and the Navy was
somewhat displeased by the new
order. Offices in both serv-
ices, however, said that the
real role Of the Air Force in
space will only be clear when
project assignments are made.
In general, however, both serv-
ices agreed this gave the Air
Force q good toehold in space.
The services see the space
race as q determinate Of future
service predominance. The
Army already is out Of the
race.
Secretary Mcnamara is not
See SPACE, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-03-08
BY ]. A. O'LEARY
Star staff Writer

Senator Morse, Democrat ot
Oregon. admitted today he ex.
poets the Senate to confirm
Charles M. Meriwether as q
director Of the Export Import
Bank by an overwhelming vote
this afternoon.
But the Oregonian continued
his attack on the nomination
predicting 1t will rise to plague
President Kennedy"
Senator Morse added q new
charge today that this mar
lacks veracity."
The Oregon Senator said Q
newspaperman suggested to
him that, II retired Admiral
John Crommelin. now q politi-
cal figure in Alabama, were
called as q witness before @
Senate committee, he would
testify that Mr.. Meriwether
lied" when he said he had nc
part in a Crommelin campaign
against Senator Sparkman ir
1854.
nti-Semitism Denied
Mr.. Meriwether told the Sen
ate Banking Committee he
broke with Admiral Cromme
lin in 1854 after advising the
admiral not to run against Sen
ator Sparkman.
Although Mr.. Meriwether tes.
titled that he managed q
Crommelin campaign back ir
1850, he told the committee
there was no anti-Semitism In
that campaign.
Confirmation was foreshad.
owed when the Senate late yes
terday defeated an effort tc
sidetrack the nomination Of Mr.
Meriwether by sending 1t back
to committee.
The vote against recommittal
was 66 to 10, with only 9 Dem
ocrats and 8 Republicans sup
porting the move. Senator
Keating, Republican of New
York, who voted to recommit
also predicted the nominee
would be confirmed.
Mr.. Meriwether is State f.
nance director of Alabama and
See MERIWETHER, Page At
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Ribicoff Hits
Racial Rider
In School Bill
Secretary Skirts
Delicate Issue
Of Private Aid
BY DAVID s. RRODER
Star staff Writer

The kennedy ADMINISTRATOR
today re-emphasized its op-
position to an anti-segregation
rider on its Federal aid to edu-
cation bill but skirted the
touchy issue Of whether aid
should be given to private or
parochial schools.
Secretary Of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare Ribicoff,
lead-off witness for the ad-
ministration before a Senate
Education Subcommittee, said,
ut would be my deep hope"
that no amendment barring
funds to segregated schools be
offered on the bill.
IT would decry anything that
would detract attention from
the main provisions" he said.
Morse Backs Secretary
Senator Morse, Democrat OF
Oregon, the chairman of the
Education Subcommittee,
backed Mr.. Ribicoff's stand.
He said it would be very un-
fair to little boys and girls to
suspend their education while
their elders argue over their
constitutional rights"
On the parochial school aid
issue, Senator Morse told Mr..
Ribicoff he was sure efforts will
be made to amend the admins
tration bill to include low
interest loans to private schools.
The Kennedy plan provides
no aid for the private schools
and the President has said he
believes any such aid Is un-
constitutional.
Senators did not press Mr..
Ribicoff for an elaboration of
the administration position on
parochial school aid, but asked
him to submit q full legal brief
on the constitutional question.
Senator Morse said Mr.. Ribicoff
will be recalled "at least once
and probably several times" to
discuss the parochial school aid
question.
Segregation Angle Discussed
Past efforts to pass general
education aid bills have been
stymied by fights in the House
over the segregation and paro-
chial school questions.
Speaking on the segregation
issue, Mr.. Ribicoff declared, 1T
would be my deep hope that
we would not have the friends
Of this bill do it in" by adding
an anti-Segregation rider.
Senator Javits, Republican of
New York, told the Secretary,
Il may come to the same con-
clusion myself" but expressed
reservations about giving Fed
eral aid to a school district that
is in actual defiance Of q Fed
eral court order to deSegregate.
The bulk of Secretary Ribi-
coff's testimony dealt with the
need for Federal funds to boil
ster State and local efforts on
education.
Mr.. Ribicoff said the program
can be administered without
one shred Of Federal control"
He said the proposal recog-
nizes the special concern Of the
Federal Government for pro-
Grams which are in the national
interest but keeps the basic re-
sponsibility for the operation
and administration Of schools
in the States and local COM
munities.
I'm my six years as Governor
See SCHOOLS, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-03-08
Duke Engaged

LONDON, Mar. 8 (AP).-The
engagement Of the Duke of
Kent, dashing cousin Of Queen
Elizabeth II, was announced
tonight. The 25-year-old Duke
will marry Katherine Worsley,
daughter Of Sir William Wors-
ley. She Is 2S.
Evening star., 1961-03-08
Moroccan Troops
Quit U.N.in Congo
Bargaining
Position
Worsens

LEOPOLDvILE, The Congo,
Mar. 8 (AP).-The q. N. Congo
Commands bargaining position
worsened today, at least tenn
porarily, with an announce
ment that 800 Moroccan troops
previously scheduled for trans
fer to Eeopoldville would be
flown home instead.
The q. N. had announced
yesterday that the Moroccans
were already being flown in
from Katanga Province, and OBJ
servers saw them as a strength
ener for the U. N. Commands
demand to return troops to
Matadi. But today a U. N.
spokesman said there had been
a change Of orders and the
Moroccans would be flown to
Morocco direct as soon as air.
craft could be found to trans
port them.
The spokesman refused to
comment on reports that the
Moroccans had refused to board
planes to bring them to Leo
poldville. They had been re-
called home previously as a
demonstration of the Moroccan
governments displeasure with
the U. N. refusal to recognize
the Stanleyville regime Of An
tome Gizenga as the Congo's
legal government.
600 Tunisians Arrive
Six hundred Tunisian soldiers
did arrive in Leopoldville today
on schedule to reinforce the
local U. N. garrison. The first
Of 5000 Indian troops are due
next week, but 400 Sudanese
troops who were ousted by
Congolese Army attacks in the
ports Of Matadi and Banana
last week are being called
home.
The Congolese government
today presented a five-point
ultimatum to Rajeshwar Dayal,
Indian head Of the U. N. Congo
operation, and said it must be
fulfilled before U. N. troops
can return to Matadi, the chief
supply port from which the
U. N. Sudanese garrison was
expelled Sunday.
The U. N. was considered GER
tain to reject the Congolese de:
mands which were:
!. Dayal must be recalled and
replaced by an impartial" y. N,
official. (The Leopoldville gov
eminent charges Mr.. Dayal is
opposed to it,
2. The Congolese must con-
troll the flights Of all U. N. air
craft in the Congo and all river
traffic.
3. The United Nations must
hand over all strategic bases to
the Congolese.
4. The U. N. must stage no
more armed parades in Leo
poldville.
S. Mr.. Dayal must officially
retract his lying statements"
that the Congolese fired first
at Matadi and Banana.
COngOlese Talking Bigger
An earlier Congolese demand
for control of the strategic
bases and air traffic in ex-
change for return Of U. N.
troops to Matadi had been
termed obviously unaccept-
able" by U. N. sources.
The Congolese demands were
put to Mr.. Dayal and Irish
Gen. Sean McKeown, the U. N,
chief, by Acting Pre-
mier Albert Delvaux and
Jacques Massa, a member Of
his cabinet.
AS the negotiotions continued,
the Congolese talked with in
belligerence as a re-
suit Of their victory over the
140-Sudanese garrison that
from Matadi. Mr.,
Delvaux told newsmen "for the
moment we have decided that
o. N. troops will not go back"
to Matadi, which is $50 miles
southwest Of Leopoldville.
The United Nations has about
$4,000 troops in the Congo. The
fresh troops from India and
Tunisia will boost the force to
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to make 1t more attractive.
The Agricultural Marketing
Services reason is that the pro-
posed scale Is not tied in close
ly enough with public assist
ance standards in the District.
A precedent would be set ma
tionally If the Districts request
were granted, spokesmen say.
The surplus food program re-
wolves around the principle OF
need.
All public assistance recipi-
ents are eligible. Others have
been approved BY Agriculture
whose incomes were closely re-
lated to public assistance levels.
The present District surplus
food standard, approved by
Agriculture when the program
was set up in 1857, however, is
a little above the public as
Sistance levels.
May Rejudge Case
Agriculture said it could not
raise the ceiling now, but is
asking for additional argu-
ments that might justify well
fares position.
A recent day-to-day survey
by the Welfare Department re-
vealed that about IS families q
month are being denied surplus
food here because their in
comes, though low, were above
the approved scale. Especially
hard hit are 4, 5 and 6 mem
ber families, welfare officials
say.
They believe surplus food can
be used as a preventive measure
to help keep families together
and off relief, since "underem-
ployed" District workers live
marginally all the time.
Proposed Scale
Under the present rules, a
single person not on relief is
eligible with an income of sos
Evening star., 1961-03-08
Quake Rocks Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile, Mar. 8
(AP).-An earthquake shook
the port city of Iquique, about
1900 miles south OF. this capital,
yesterday. The shocks caused
alarm but no damage was re-
ported.
Evening star., 1961-03-08
D. 6. Plea Fails to Ease
Surplus Food Eligibility
Agriculture Department Rejects
Request to Ruise Salary Ceiling
BY BETTY MILES
Star STAR Writsr

The Agriculture Department has turned down the Dis
ct Public Welfare Departments request the salary
ceiling for families eligible for surplus food.
The Welfare Departments request had been approved by
the District Commissioners and stimulated by President
Kennedys expansion of the food program the needy
Evening star., 1961-03-08
u. MS NEW FIRE-EATER
Stevenson Emeroes
As Tough Diplomat
BY MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Mar. s-Adlai Stevenson
doesn't yet know his way this great glass house.
but he seems to be quite at home all the same.
In the month since he arrived he has entertained
lunch or dinner chief Of the 81 missions represented
at the u N He has courted AroAsian nations with
Evening star., 1961-03-08
ROCKET ENGINE
IS A GLUTTON

A MONSTER ENGINE for the
future "Novu" spoee rocket is under
test near Los Angeles, The stor's
science writer, WiIIiom Hines, re-
ports on Poss AT on the power
plant, which will sulp three tons
Of fuel per second.
Evening star., 1961-03-08
MeriiWether
Is Confirmed
Senate Approves
By 66-lS Vote
BULLETIN

BY a vote Of 66 to 10. the
Senate today confirmed
Charles M. Meriwether Of
Alabam to be a director of
the Export-Import Bank.
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and over Add S26 Add S36
Cash savings exemptions and
real and personal property ex-
emptions also would be liber-
allied.
Gerard M. Shea, District
Welfare Director. said he would
wait until notification by the
Agriculture Department before
taking further action.
The District spent $l57,431
to distribute 3,796,613 pounds
Of food. worth $1,054,731, to an
average Of 26,679 persons in
fiscal 1850.
Welfare officials say an extra
$45,00 for handling costs they
seek for fiscal 1862 still would
be needed, even If the liberal
lied program is not approved,
for $4,000 persons now eligible
but not participating, who may
take advantage Of the ex-
panded program.
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q month. The most q single
relief recipient can get here is
$93 a month.
Families Of four receive about
$15l a month in relief; families
whose breadwinner makes 5000
a month are eligible for surplus
food here now.
The District proposed chang
ing the scale this way:
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and INDUSTRY unprecedented IN
American history, seeking them
out at their homes and offices
before they could come to him.
One small new nation told
him emotionally: "You are the
Evening star., 1961-03-08

United Motions Seeks to SheIvs Issues
Of Cold War. Poss A-3
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TIE WEATuEb. Full Report
on Pase Az

District and vicinity Cloudy, windy with
rain ending tonight, low in upper 3Os.
Partly sunny, windy and cool tomorrow.
High and low Of last "a hours: High, II, at
3:20 pm. yesterday; low, II, at noon today.
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Proposed Scale

Under the present rules, a
single person not on relief is
eligible with an income of sos
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-12-21

bury Center cemetery with
Rev. Theron French officiat-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Bend
er of Newbury proudly an
nounce the birth of their son
at Geauga Community hos
pital on Dec. 7.
The Newbury P.T.A. held
their monthly meeting at the
school auditorium on Tuesday
evening, Dec. II, and follow
ing a short business meet
ing the Junior High choir
sang h e traditional songs
and a bake sale also was in
progress at the same time.
Everyone that attended had a
very nice time.
Mrs. Smeader'S fifth grade
room put on a Christmas play
Santa Claus put in his an
nual appearance at the New
bury Fire Station Sunday af-
ternoon, Dec. II and he pass
ed out toys and other goodies
to all the children that attend
ed. 1t was opened to all.
All the Newbury merchants
have made the announce
ment that Santa Claus will
arrive for the pre-Christmas
season on saturday, Dec. %
at the NeWbury Plaza, Route
81 just west of the Kiwanis
Lake entrance and his hours
will be from 2 pm. until 5 p.
m. and again from 7 pm. un-
til 9 pm. Dear old Santa will