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Evening star., 1961-08-26
4Fort BeIvoir
els Killed in
CopterCrush

Six men, four of them at
tached to the Army's Polar
Research and Development
Center at Fort Belvoir, we're
killed Thursday when their
hehcopter crashed on the
Greenland ice cap, the Army
reported yesterday.
Those attached to Fort Bel
voir we're Capt. Paul L. Lynch.
a chaplain; Capt. Owen B. Neff,
co-pilot; Sergt. John H. Law
ton. crew chief, and Pfc. Gerald
L. Murphy.
The pilot of the helicopter
was 1t. Joseph F. Garrity, jr.,
of Fort Riley, Kans. The sixth
victim was identified as a
Danish civilian employe at the
Thule Air Base.
Only two of the four Army
men technically assigned to
Fort Belvoir actually main
tanned residences there, the
Army said.
Mrs. Barbara Neff, wife of
Capt. Neff, lives at Fort Bel
voir. She and her husband had
no children.
Sergt. Lawton's wife, Altoria,
also lives at Fort Belvoir. She
has two children.
Both Capt. Neff and Sergt.
Lawton were on six months
temporary duty with the Polar
Research unit. Capt. Lynch
was from Canandaigua, N. Y,
and Pfc. Murphy from Arena,
Wis.
Evening star., 1961-08-26
Ki||ingSuspect
Freedin inMixup

Police sought today to re-
capture a man who was being
held for grand jury action on
a murder charge. Police said
United States marshals turned
him loose yesterday "by mis-
take"
According to police, Abra-
ham Williams, jr., %, of the
1900 block of M street NE,
was released from the Districts
Municipal Courthouse yeSter-
day when charges of assault
with a deadly weapon and
carrying a dangerous weapon
we're dropped.
Police said the marshals
overlooked the fact that these
we're lesser charges and that
Williams was ordered August
Is to be held for grand jury
action on a charge of murder.
Williams was described as a
dark-skinned Negro, about
feet, weighing 1870 pounds, with
a scar between his brows, q
two-inch scar on his left cheek
and a scar on his left ear. The
police lookout called him "eX-
tremely dangerous"
Williams was reported in the
area of Seventeenth street anc
Benning road NE. last right
with a man in a gray 1851
Buick with Maryland license
plates.
Williams was arrested Au.
gust II in connection with the
shooting that same day ot
Freddy G. Burton. 80, of 110(
Seventh street NE, near SIT
l. street NE. Burton died the
following day.
Evening star., 1961-08-26
Salary Increase OKd
For Virginia Workers

10 per cent in July, 1860. Other
| groups and individuals may be
omitted for similar reasons.
State Budget Director L. M,
Kuhn estimated total cost OF
putting the raises into effect
for nine months of the cur
rent budget year, which ends
next June 80, at approximately
SO million.
With the pay announcement
Gov. Almond released the final
summary report by State Con-
troller Sidney c. Day, jr., of the
State general funds condition
at the end of the last budget
year, June 30, 1861.
The report showed the gen.
eral fund is more than $14 mil
lion above earlier expectations,
subject to some qualifications,
and much of the sum may be
used-if necessary-toward sal.
aries and operating expenses OF
the general fund agencies.
Fiscal officials said the $14
million cannot properly be
called surplus because State
accounts are budgeted on a two
year basis and no surplus can
be determined until the books
are closed next year.
Evening star., 1961-08-26
Montgomery Bar Asked
To End Exclusion Rule

The District Bar Association
yesterday asked the Montgom-
cry County Circuit Court to
change a rule which the group
says discriminates against t
Washington lawyers.
In a resolution adopted
unanimously by its board of di-
rectors, the association asked
the Circuit Court judges to
. permit a member of the Mary
land bar to maintain his office
anywhere in the Washington
metropolitan area.
The resolution was prompted
by a new rule of the Montgom-
cry Circuit Court judges which
provides that only lawyers
who live in Montgomery Coun-
ty and maintain bona fide Of
ficeS in Maryland may practice
in the Montgomery County
courts.
The District Bar Association
said that this rule creates "a
new political barrier to the de-
velopment of a single co-ordi-
mated Washington Metropolitan
area community. ="
Edmund Campbell, president
of the District Bar Association,
said he hoped that the Mont
gomery County Circuit Court
judges will accept the resolu-
ton in the spirit IN which it is
given and amend their rule, be-
Evening star., 1961-08-26

RICHMOND, Aug. 26 (AP)
Pay increases for nearly two
thirds of the State govern
ment's full time, salaried en-
ployes have been approved by
Gov. Almond.
The Governor announced the
wage boosts for about 10000
State workers yesterday nov
that I have satisfied myself
that deficits will not be in
Cured" in State finances be-
cause of the uncertainties of
revenues from the new tobacco
and liquor taxes.
The new scales take effect
October / and will De reflected
in State pay checks of October
Most of the increases are
for one step, or about 5 per
cent. in the State personnel
system of salary graduations
A few are for two steps-or
about 10 per cent.
The raises, however, are not
across-the- board for all State
employees, State Personnel Di-
rector John w. CARRIER empha-
sized. He explained they do
not apply to the clerical-and-
related-groups, classifications
which received raises of about
Evening star., 1961-08-26
Federal Worker
Asphyxioted
In Home Fire

James Spruill, 35, a truck
driver for the Government
Printing Office, was aSphyxi-
ated today in a fire at his
home, 1866 Twenty-third
street Sc.
Deputy Fire Marshal An
thony B. Mileo said Mr.. Spruill
was found dead in the second
floor front bedroom, lying
across the bed. He apparently
fell on the bed while attempt
ing to get to the window and
escape hot gases rising from
below.
The fire was started by a
cigarette burning in a couch
downstairs, the investigator
said. About $4,000 damage was
done to the combination liv-
ing room and kitchen.
Firemen arrived at the scene
around $50 am.
Evening star., 1961-08-26
Reserves Not Surprised

The massive Gallup yesterday
Of Army. Navy and Air Force
reserve units was no surprise
to most of the Washington
area men affected by the order.
Some Of them had expected
it for several weeks. ever since
President Kennedy's July Is
speech on Berlin.
The best estimate of the
number of District and nearby
Maryland and Virginia men
ordered back into uniform by
the Defense Department direc-
tive is several thousand.
The size of some units is not
known Immediately, while the
number of men in others is
classified.
None Is Disturbed
Generally. yesterdays orders
shocked none of them.
Comdr. Charles D. Pulver, an
employe of the Office of Civil
Defense Mobilization and COM
mander of the USS R. F. Keller,
assigned here, suffered a heart
attack earlier this week and
was admitted to Bethesda
Naval Hospital.
Comdr. Pulver, of 1882 South
Oakcrest road, Arlington, was
not available for comment, but
some of his men were.
Hardly surprised at all at the
Gallup was the destroyer es-
cort's Harry Hudson, "a, Of
1922 Crawford place Sc.
| MY wife won't want me to
go, but if I've got to go I'll go,
/ he said.
President Kennedy said ev-
Ierybody's job would be waiting
when they get back" the COM
miSSary man Sd class, said.
"I'll probably take a couple of
weeks vacation before going so
I can finish up my business.
1 suspected this would happen. !"
Sees 1t His Turn, Now
Currently a bakery employe
and the father of a 2-year-old
boy, added: THE way 1 figure
it, the older guys covered for
me in World War II and now
they can stay home and I'll go
out for them"
Donald Walker, "a. a store
keeper third class, also assigned
to the Keller, said yes and
no" when asked if the Gallup
surprised him.
He explained that the Gallup
itself was disturbing but he
expected that the Kellar would
be assigned to the Atlantic
Fleet. The ship is now in Nor
folk undergoing a two-week
overhaul.
Storekeeper Walker said ac-
tivation of the ships reserve
personnel will blow my plans
to the wind"
Employed at Providence Hos
pital as an assistant oxygen
therapist. he had planned to
attend some special training
program classes.
This will set me back about
Evening star., 1961-08-26

a year in my work and special
schooling" he said. MY wife
and I just finished painting the
apartment and buying furni-
ture."
Two Other Big Units
The Keller was one of three
large District units activated
by the Gallup order. The others
are the Air National Guards
18th Tactical Fighter Wing,
which includes the 121st Aacti-
cal Fighter Squadron, both sta
toned at Andrews Ain Force
Base. and Naval Air Patrol
Squadron 661.
The air units, comprised of
some $50 men, will report to
Andrews for activation. They
are under command of Brig.
Gen. Willard w. Millikan, 7
North Flaxton avenue, Alexan-
dria. Gen. Millikan is senior
representative of the Northrop
Corporations Norair Division.
The Navy Patrol unit, at the
Naval Air Station, Anacostia,
will go to the Patuxent Naval
Air Station on or about Oc-
tober /. 1t is commanded by
Comdr. Ralph J. Kaufman,
80, sos CroSswoods drive, Falls
Church, an engineer at the air
launch missile section. Bureau
of Naval Weapons. The unit,
also called to active duty in the
Korean conflict II years ago
this month, has been flying
P2V Neptune patrol bombers.
Other activated units in the
Washington area include the
226th Military Intelligence De-
tachment, Army Reserve, cur
rently located at Fort Myer.
Commanded by 1t. Col. Ru-
dolph G. Seeley. Maplewood
drive. Mclean, the detachment
is slated to report to Fort Hola-
bird. Baltimore.
Many Fields Covered
The jobs of the area units
cover many fields. including
military intelligence work, air.
to-ground support and numer-
GUS sea operations.
Il expected the orders - if
not in the next few days, pretty
Soon," said the USS Keller S
ship secretary and communica-
tions officer. 1t. James R.
Corey. 80. of 808 South Arling-
ton Mill drive, Arlington, an
auditor for the Navy Depart
ment.
The fighter pilots of the
Andrews units said they have
been braced for the ordered
Evening star., 1961-08-26

activation for several weeks
We're ready and willing" they
said today.
The Navy's VP 661 group
already had tatken it's place
temporarily, with its regular
counterparts in terms of "acti-
vation."
When the word came yester,
day, the group ended IA days
of summer training at the
Brunswick (Me.) Naval Ali
Station and headed back to
Washington. Most of them will
get here today or tomorrow
The unit is about 100 men
strong.
Evening star., 1961-08-26

political maneuvering began
earlier than usual for the
gubernatorial and other State
contests to be settled next year.
Two candidates, George Ma
honey and David Hume, have
already announced they will
seek the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor. Gov. Tawes,
although not expected to an
nounce for some time, is openly
indicating he will run again.
Announcement Due
Mr.. Mahoney said last night
he will officially announce two
members of his ticket today
or tomorrow. They will be
Blair Lee III, a member Of the
House of Delegates from Mont
gomery, who will run for United
States Senator, and State Sena-
tor Samuel w. Barrick of
Frederick, who will seek the
post of Attorney General.
The three members of the
Mahoney slate appeared last
night together at a conven-
ton of the Maryland ASsoci-
alton of County Commission
erS
One persistent rumor, stout
ly denied by the Governors
close associates, has it that
Gov. Tawes will not run for re-
election.
Some of the party members
here this week end feel Gov.
TaweS Will have difficulty win
ming the nomination and the
general election when former
Republican Gov. Theodore. r.
McKeldin is expected to be in
the race. They would like for
Gov. Tawes to step aside for
a younger candidate.
Tawes Expected to Run
But by far the majority
think that the Governor will
run for reelection. Mr.. Lee
said the Mahoney ticket is
proceeding on the assumption
that Gov. Tawes will be a
candidate.
Two announced candidates
for Maryland's new Congress-
at-large seat arrived last night
and worked their way through
the County Commissioners con-
vention and down the board
walk. They are Carlton Sickles,
a member of the House of Dele
Evening star., 1961-08-26

cause I'm certain the proposal
is in the public interest"
Mr.. Campbell said that at its
meeting yesterday the associa-
tion board of directors also re
affirmed our request to the
District Court that it amend
its rules so that members of
the bar of the District of Co.
lumbia can maintain their
offices anywhere in the Metro
politan Area"
Evening star., 1961-08-26

SllUuIu OC ulFGSJlS dUCu lOI It's
letter-deSignation policy.
The council, which said it
was "unjustly" attacked earlier
this week by Representatives
Roosevelt, Democrat of Cali
fornia, and Powell, Democrat
of New York, for placing the
letter IN" on apprenticeship
forms filed by Negro workers,
said Mr.. Goldberg's Labor De-
partment is doing the same
thing.
The council maintained
again it used the designation
for statistical purposes only"
The council. holding its reg
ular quarterly meeting yester-
day, not only denied that the
letter designations were used
for discriminatory purposes
but said they were used
to better determine the par
ticular fields in which most
Negro apprentices wished to
work.
Councils Stand
That way, said Council Di-
rector Gino j. Simi, the Coun-
Gil could concentrate on trying
to get those fields to take more
of the Negroes who registered,
We've been taken to task
for trying to do our job too
we'll" Mr.. Simi said.
Meeting in the District Build
ing, council members then dis
played a July, 1861, copy of
Employment and Earnings" a
regular Labor Department pub
lication in which at least two
charts showed breakdownS of
statistics under White" and
Non white" headings. The
cover OF the booklet carried Mr..
Goldberg's name as we'll as that
of Evan Clague, commissioner
of the Bureau of Labor Sta
tisticS.
Members of the council told
reporters the racial break
downs probably are used for
statistical purposes only, but
they argued that their use of
the letters IN" and wv" on
council forms was justified for
the same reason.
In scoring the attacks by
the two congressman, the
Evening star., 1961-08-26

gates from Prince Georges
County, and Herbert R. O'Con-
or, jr., of Baltimore, son of the
late former United States Sena-
tor and governor.
Several knowledgeable politi-
clans said that. despite the
feverish activity to put together
opposing states, it would not be
surprising if a dominant ''har-
mony" ticket emerges in a few
months to avoid a hard-fought
primary.
Evening star., 1961-08-26
Politics May Delay
Secondary Roads
Funk Doubts
Action in ~
Legislature
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

OCEAN CITY, Md, Aug. 26.
p olitics and State Roads
Commission Chairman John R.
Funk have just about ruled out
any possibility of additional
secondary road funds being
provided at the 1862 session of
the Maryland General Assem-
bly,.
Despite a big backlog Of
needs, the Governor and the
General Assembly are unlikely
to approve any tax increase
just before an election to fl
nance additional road con-
Struction.
Mr.. Funk indicated to a con-
vention of the Association of
County Commissioners yester-
day that the State Roads Com
mission will not push for any
new financing measures at the
next session in February.
More Delay Seen
In fact, Mr.. Funk said, it
probably will be two years be-
fore the Roads Commission is
in a position to lay a compre-
hensive program before the
Legislature.
He said that traffic studies
now under way in the Balti-
more and Washington areas
will not be completed for about
two years and Ito Jump into it
without knowing the magni-
tude of the problem would be
jumping the gun"
His statement was in re-
SponSe to a question from
Montgomery County Council
woman Stella Werner, who
asked what the roads. commits
sion would recommend to the
next session of the Legislature.
A study presented to the 1861
session indicated a need for
1858 million worth of secondary
road improvements in the next
Is years.
Although Mr.. Funk indicated
no recommendation is likely in
1862, he last year sought an
increase in the auto titling tax
which would have brought an
additional Sc million a year
into the secondary road con-
struction fund.
The request was made late
in the session and lawmakers
said they did not have time to
give it sufficient study.
Other Problem Posed
Aside from the secondary
system, the State also is faced
with the necessity of coming
up with a new plan for financ-
ing primary road construction.
Authorization for selling bonds
for highway construction runs
out in 1865 and before that
time the Legislature must come
up with a new financing plan
unless the construction pro-
gram is to come to an almost
complete Standstill.
Roads officials say that reve-
nues from existing taxes will
be sufficient to pay for little
more than maintenance and
amortization of bonded in
debtedness by 1865.
Carl Wannen, controller for
the State Roads Commission,
said that possible sources of
additional revenues in addi-
ton to more bond authorize
ton, would be an increase in
the gasoline, titling or auto
license taxes.
County commissioners were
particularly concerned with the
secondary road system which
has taken a back seat in the
attempt to push to completion
a backbone" system of major
arterial highways by 1865.
I'VE don't need a study to
know that the So million a year
going into secondary roads
system is ridiculous" said John
Hodges, county commissioner
from st. MaryS. He said he
was disappointed that the
roads commission hasn't come
up with something to push in
the Legislature.
OF the 1910 million worth Of
bonds to be sold by 1865 for
road construction only So mil
lion a year will be used for the
secondary system.
Evening star., 1961-08-26
ApprenticeCounciI
Ends Race Listinqs
Director Defends Statistics Policy,
Rups Goldberg for Same Method

The District Apprenticeship Council, under fire from
Capitol H decided yesterday to drop its policy marking
forms filed by Washington apprentices with the letters
IN" or wv" to indicate race.
followed however. with swipe
at Labor Secretary Goldberg who this
Evening star., 1961-08-26

council "reaffirmed its conf
dence" in Mr.. Simi, whom
Representative Powell asked
Mr.. Goldberg to fire.
In announcing that the letter
designations will no longer be
used, the council approved a
resolution reaffirming a long
standing policy in which it has
insisted that area apprentices
be hired without regard to
race, color, creed or national
origin. 1t said it felt the re-
affirmation was necessary in
view of recent attempts to
create the impression that &.
the council favors a policy of
discrimination and arbitrari-
ness"
The council serves as a sort
of registry for area apprentices
and established apprenticeship
standards. 1t does not place
them in jobs.
The letter designation furor
arose when Mr.. Simi appeared
at a House Labor Subcommittee
hearing early in the week on a
bill to prohibit Labor Depart
ment cooperation with appren-
ticeship programs thta discrim-
mate on the basis of race, creed
or color.
Demands Firing
When Mr.. Roosevelt noted
the ms" and "WS" on the
councils forms, he demanded
an explanation. He turned
aside Mr.. Simi's statistical ex-
planation and called the prac-
tice "reprehenSible." The next
day Mr.. Powell asked Secretary
Goldberg to fire Mr.. Simi.
Mr.. Simi, though on the
Labor Department payroll,
heads the council in the name
of the District Commissioners.
The other members of the
council are appointed and also
fall under the jurisdiction of
the Commissioners, officials
said.
Nevertheless. Mr. Goldberg
told Mr.. Powell that the letter
designation system was CON
trary" to Labor Department
policy and called for an ipvesti-
cation of the council.
Evening star., 1961-08-26
Maryland Democrats
Draw Primary States
Muneuverine Storts at Ocean City;
Tuwes, Muhoney, Hume Seen in Top Ruct
By a Star staff Writer

OCEAN CITY, Nd Aug 26-Slates of candidates for the
Democratic primary being together here this week but
who have watched the Vaccinations of Maryland politics
say that anything happen before the May primary
Most of the dozens of top Democratic political figures
gathered here this agree strong
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-23
Rick BurreH Hostess
To Piano Group

Ricki Burrell was hostess to
the March meeting of Mrs. o.
Gains Elementary Piano Roper
toire Class.
The study was about S m c
young COMPOSERS. Paul Hague
told about an eight year old boy
Kenneth Works, writing a com
position and the assistant con-
ductor of the Philadelphia Sym
ebony rewriting it and perform
ing it before a large audience.
Jerry Read told of three New
York students whose compost
tons were performed by tn {
Symphony Of the Air.
Bob Brown told about Mozart
the child prodigy, who played
at three years of age and wrote
a Minuet when five.
The following played pieces
scales, arpeggios and cadences
Mickey Lewis, Paul Hague. Bill.
Mckenzie, Rick Burrell, Sar;
Worrell. Roy. Smith, Jr., Melody
Lewis. Bob Brown, Jerry Read
Patti Melton, Sally Brown, Caro-.
Mcclellan, Sherry Makamson
Gwin Dickerson.
The hostess then invited The
class to the Coffee Shop where
an attractive party plate, with
Saint Patrick favors, was served
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-23
Through Hazel Eyes
Continued From Page One)
out of the Union again.

State Representative Wilburn
Hooker of Holmes County ex-
presses himself as against re-
| apportionment of the Mississippi
State Legislature in a town
| halp' type of meeting at the
| Jackson YWCA last week. He
sand he might consider support
ing a modified reapportionment
bill in the 1862 session, but
could not 60 along with a county
! by county reapportionment on a
| basis of representation by popu-
| alton.
| Hooker said that counties with
large populations could be con-
trolled by pressure groups who
would have control of the en-
tire state by controlling eight or
ZEN counties.
(By pressure group" MI.
Hooker is understood to mean
| Union Labor and Negro voters,
we understand
Hooker said he was afraid that
| Negro block voting would be
possible under a representation
| system based on population
although his opponent in debate,
State Rep Russell Davis of Kinds
Ha.
| County, argued that such a sys-
tenn would actually lessen the
possibility.
Rep. Davis heartily favors re-
apportionment, as do all fair
minded people in the state.
The Holmes County man is
quoted as saying: "Tm talking
about the unintelligent block
vote. I believe everybody ought
to be qualified to vote, and I
believe that an ignorant white
person is no better qualified to
| vote than an ignorant Negro"
| He added that he thought igno-
rant whites were less likely to
vote in a block than Negroes.
The State Times reports that
when the meeting was thrown
omen to questions and answers
A listener asked Hooker who he
thought was qualified to decide
what pressure group or block
|, vote was favorable" or "un-
f~avorahle."
The Jackson paper didn't quote
his replay but the answer to this
IRE IS easv-anvone who votes
| like Wilburn wants them to
| would be fright"
And anyone who opposes him
IS bound to be WRONG"
AS we see it the only demo-
/ cratic, fair way of representation
n the LEGISLATURE is on the basis
Of population-and we favor this
even if it means losing some of
our representatives in Holmes
! County.