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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
Mother of 7 MISSING:
Lives Near Slain Girl

A young mother reported
missing since early yesterday
was the object of a vigorous
police search today.
The investigation was given
special attention because the
home of the missing woman,
Mrs. Virginia Grace Murden at
l741 Lanier place NV, is
about five blocks from that of
Miss Marta Santa Cruz, the
Bolivian woman who disap-
peared and was found MUIR
dered two days ago.
Mrs. Murden, a 25-year-old
brunette, left home about 8 am.
yesterday, police were told by
her husband, Richard Murden,
an apprentice fireman with the
District public schools.
Baby Sitter Sought
She left her two children by
a former marriage, Debbie, 6,
and Hickey, 3, with a baby
sitter known to police only as
a Mrs. Joyce. They are seeking
her for further information.
It first was believed Mrs.
Murden had intended to visit
a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd
of 1914 Columbia road, about
6 blocks from the 1880 Co.
lumbia road address of Miss
Santa Cruz.
However. Mrs. Boyd told
police she had talked with her
sister. and pleading illness,
asked her to come over some
other time. Mrs. Murden never
showed up there.
Missing All Day
Mr.. Murden said he went
to his job about Z am. and
on returning home at 5 pm.
was told that his wife had
been missing throughout the
day, although she had said
she would be back in an hour.
The husband said he found
hamburger, previously frozen,
in a sink where Mrs. Murden
had left it.
Mr.. Murden called police
about 10 pm. after his own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
CIVIL DEFENSE
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a new defense budget request
to Congress and get approval
before adjournment.
The reorganization is in
tended as a first step in an en-
larged civil defense program
The President has said the fis-
cal year 1862 budget request
would be tripled-pushing II
over $500 million-and Mr.
Ellis has laid out a $40 billion,
four-year Federal-State- local
program. =.
Governors Backed Ellis
Mr.. Mcnamara, Pentagon
sources say, did not seek any
of the civil defense program
for his department. But, they
add, he believes that if the
President wants to give him the
shelter programmes was indi-
Gated in a Kennedy speech last
month-then it would be best
to give a major share of civil
defense authority to the Penta-
gon.
Some key congressional sup
porters of civil defense also
want a major shift to the
Pentagon. They believe that is
what the program needs to be
revitalized.
Mr.. Ellis secured support for
his position from the Confer
ence of Governors in Honolulu
last week. The Governors civil
defense committee, headed by
Gov. Rockefeller of New York,
said that civil defense policy,
control, direction and CO.
ordination should remain under
civilian authority in the execu-
tive offices of Federal, State
and local governments" and
that operations" be carried out
by civilian authorities.
Ask Military Control
Some of the Governors be-
lieve that any Pentagon opera
ton would for practical pur-
poses be military rather than
civilian, even if directed by a
civilian Secretary. They want
to do business with OCDM
rather than the Defense De-
partment.
The Governors conference
directed it's civil defense COM
mittee to confer with the Presi-
dent lin developing necessary
procedures and policies for the
Federal Governments new and
affirmative program for civil
defense" A spokesman for Gov.
Rockefeller said yesterday the
committee would call on Mr..
Kennedy as soon as it learned
the new program had been
decided on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
DIPLOMATS
Group Backs Drive
To End Housing Bios
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would not accept African diplo-
mats.
Questioned by reporters, Mr..
Duke said, This is not entirely
Ia problem of discrimination.
There are a number of agents
who will not rent to diplomats
of any color. There have been
a number of real incidents in
volving diplomatic immunity
that have worked to produce
this attitude"
Mr.. Duke said, however, that
the State Department was
working with the Washington
Real Estate Board to try to
alleviate the problem. He added
that, although the problem of
renting to diplomats does exist,
the State Department docs
not want all owners to hide
behind this situation in re-
fusing to rent to African diplo-
mats"
Calls for Support
Tighe Woods, chairman of
The Diplomatic Housing Conf
irnittee Of the real estate board.
said today'S meeting served a
useful purpose. He said he
thought the problem of hous-
ing Africans would be solved If
the eity'S 10 largest real estate
men wohld follow the example
of the three today and allow
two apartments in each Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06

search proved futile. He told
police he knew no reason why
his wife would disappear-"I'm
afraid something has happened
to. her."
The Murdens have been mar
ried about a year, making their
home on the ground floor of
a four-story. brownstone-front
apartment building most of
that time.
Detectives Keep Vigil
Today half a dozen detec-
tives kept a vigil at the build
ing, working under the direc-
ton Of Capt. James Sartain.
Mrs. Murden, whose home
formerly was in South Hill, Va,
was described as 5 feet S, 100
pounds, medium build with
brown hair and eyes. She was
wearing a white dress and
carrying a. black pocketbook
with SIS. She was wearing
black ballerina slippers.
Police said she also wore a
wide gold wedding band, wrist
watch, an ankle bracelet and
a st. Christopher medal about
the neck. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06

court Trial.
Argument Upheld
In upholding Mr.. Raskauskas'
argument, the appeals court
today reversed Harley's con-
viction and sent this case back
to District Court for a new
trial.
The court left open for fu-
ture consideration the status
of spontaneous statements
made by juveniles not in con-
nection with any official inter-
rogation or inquiry.
Recognizing that its ruling
could result in major head
aches for prosecutors and po-
lice dealing with juvenile con-
LESSONS, the court also pointed
out that exclusion of statements
In a District Court trial does
not bar the criminal proceed
ing itself.
If a prosecutor decides he
can't make a successful case
without the admission of such
statements, he can ask District
Court to sit as a juvenile court,
or, the court said, the prosecu-
tor could request Juvenile Court
to rescind its order waving
jurisdiction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
$4,000 Settled
In Initiation Death

LOS ANGELES, July 6 (AP)
The parents of a University
of Southern California student
who died while undergoing a
fraternity initiation have ac-
cepted a $35, 900 settlement of
their $750.000 law suit, attor-
neys announced.
Richard Swanson, 81, died
during a Kappa Sigma Fra
ternity initiation September II.
1858. He choked trying to
swallow a large piece of raw
liver.
His parents, DR.. and Mrs.
Arthur M. Swanson of Los
Angeles, sued the university,
Kappa Sigma and also the City
of Los Angeles, alleging negli-
gence on the part of an ambu-
lance crew.
Edgar Simon, attorney for
DR.. Swanson, a dentist, and his
wife, said the settlement was
reached during a pre-trial con-
ference yesterday. He said all
defendants had agreed to con-
tribute to the settlement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06

Cnelr DuldlngS TO be used by
African diplomats.
In recent months, the State
Department has said there are
between IS and 80 African diplo-
mats and their families without
adequate quarters. This num-
Der will rise to over 100 in the
coming months, the department
said, as new African nations
send missions mere.
The survey of apartments
issued today was taken several
months ago, Mr.. Duke said. He
said it was not released at that
time because the department
was not sure if it could help or
hinder the situation. The sur
vey included buildings west Of
Sixteenth street and specifically
those larger apartments which
were considered modern and
suitable for diplomatic person.
mel.
Two Reasons Assigned
The survey, read at the
closed meeting, indicated that
there were two principal rea-
sons given for not renting to
Negro diplomats.
They were: Building agents
felt their tenants would not
want Negroes in the building
and agents did not want diplo-
mats of any kind.
One unexpected outcome of
the survey was the attitude of
many rental agents towards
diplomats in general.
|. They said that because diplo-
mats have legal immunity it
can be difficult for owners to
take legal action for damage to
an apartment; also, bills have
gone unpaid. In addition,
agents noted that diplomatic
personnel are shifted frequently
from post to post.
Case of One Diplomat
One building operator said
1--WE had one diplomat but
afterwards had to scrub for
weeks to get the apartment
clean" The diplomat he had
in mind was not from an Afri-
can nation.
President Kennedy showed
his interest in the session by
sending what was described as
an informal message with Har-
ris L. Wofford. a special assist
ant to the President. Mr..
Wofford declined to give de-
tails of the message, but said
1t showed the Presidents con-
tinuing interest in the problem.
Listed on the agenda to speak
for the White House was Frank
D. Reeves, a former special
assistant who withdrew last
week after a Senate hearing
into his nomination for District
Commissioner. Mr.. Reeves did
not attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
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coup in Seoul established "a re-
sirne of open military-Fascist
dictatorship" and added:
THE threat from the mill
tary-Fascist clique is growing
It is known that this clique has
an army of 100000 equipped
with American weapons.
I'VE consider it our duty to
warn the aggressive forces that
if an attack is made on the
Korean Democratic Republic
then the Soviet Union will look
upon this attack as an attack
Upon itself"
Mr.. Khrushchev made the
announcement at a Soviet
Korean friendship meeting in
Moscow.
Denies Aggressive Aim
Mr.. Khrushchev told the
meeting:
1--WE are not in favor of sign
ing military agreements" he
said. But we have been
obliged to sign this treaty of a
defensive nature because the
governments of the United
States, Japan and other powers
have turned down all our pro-
posals toward the relaxation of
tension and the insuring of Sc
curity in the Far East.
This treaty has no agrees
siye aims. We sincerely believe
that its military articles may
never have to be invoked in
practice"
Nevertheless, Mr.. Khrushchev
continued, "if an attack is made
on the North Korean Demo-
cratic Peoples Republic, the
Soviet Union will regard it as
an attack against itself. and
will support the Korean Demo-
cratic Republic with all force
and by every means"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06

still have not found one piece
of clothing Miss Santa Cruz
was wearing. Dogs from the
District canine corps have gone
over the rough area about 2
miles northwest Of Lorton,
where the body was found in
about 4 inches of water. =
Fairfax Police Chief William
j. Durrer said police were
searching today for a missing
wrist watch in addition to
clothing. Earrings and a ring
were found on the body.
Trash Pile Searched
A squad of men from the
Sanitation Department was to
sift a trash pile near the creek.
Police also were walking along
all access roads in the vicinity
in search for personal effects.
and others were gong over the
vicinity where Miss Santa Cruz
lived.
How long she was held cap
tive and where the Staying &C.
CURED also still are conjectural.
District police are of the
opinion she was not slain here,
but there is no evidence she
died where the body was found
at the little stream known as
South Run.
The body was about 10 feet
off a country lane known as
Hoos road, which is an off
shoot Of Route 636, in Fair
fax County.
Miss Santa Cruz'S closest
friends said she was not shy
and withdrawn, but liked such
activities as boating and ten
mis-, and enjoyed being with
people. However, she did not
date often.
Her principal interest was in
gaining the education needed
to become a language transla-
tor. She was taking night
courses in English and German
at George Washington Univer-
sity while working days at the
hospital.
She previously had shared
the apartment with her sister
and mother, Mrs. Maria L. Del
gado. who is separated from
her husband, a retired Bolivian
Army officer. Mrs. Delgado
has returned to Bolivia because
of the illness of her mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06

casionally, but no one steady.
I know she would never go out
with a stranger. 1t was some
one she knew, or someone who
forced her to go withea gun or
knife"
The four Jiminez sisters, who
live at 4316 Albemarle street
NV, knew Miss Santa Cruz
before she came to this country
with her mother and sister.
They agreed Marta would never
go voluntarily with a stranger.
II don't think she would take
a cab, either" said Miss Lucille
Jiminez, while her sisters. Nell
lie, Maria and Laura sat by.
"She never took cabs because
she was very frugal and usually
rode street cars. I think she met
someone she knew"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
Mario, a Happy Girl, :
Liked to Go BOATING

Miss Martha E. Garrido, last
person known to have seen Miss
Marta Santa Cruz alive,
watched the television screen
and saw police searching a
wooded area where her friends
body was found.
Friday night she was sit
ting right there where you
are" she told a reporter at
the Gelmarc Towers Apart
ments, 1880 Columbia road
NV.
"She was waiting until she
finished studying her English
and German. She had no
definite plans about where to
work, but she did so want to
be a translator. You know how
it is with dreams.
"A Nice, Quiet Girl"
Ronnie Garcia, 81, of 1925
T street NV, a Library of
Congress employee, was one of
the few men Miss Santa Cruz
had dated.
II haven't seen her in quite
while, three months I guess"
he told The Star.
II met her at a church
dance, a church off Washington
Circle. We went to a movie
once or twice. I met her sister
and her sisters fiance-a
dental student from Baltimore
one evening.
"She was a nice, quiet girl.
We talked about movies and
books. I met another girl, but
was going to call her again,
but never did"
Miss Maria Castellon, 81, of
1871 New Hampshire avenue
NV, a legal secretary, helped
identify Miss Santa Cruz's body
yesterday.
Dated Occasionally
Marta was a happy girl"
Miss Castellon said. II met her
in January, 1860. when we both
were taking courses at George
town. She liked to play tennis
and go boating. She dated &C.
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groes have not been permitted
to register and none are now
on the voting rolls. The suit
said a substantial majority of
the 6,072 white persons of vot-
ing age are registered, and as
serted there are 1888 Negro
residents of voting age in the
county.
The Forrest County suit al
legged that Negro residents have
been delayed, discouraged or
turned away in their attempts
to register, with the result that
only rs Of 7,495 Negroes of
voting age are on the rolls.
The Government said a major
ity of the 22,431 eligible white
citizens of Forrest County are
registered.
different Standards"
The Government charged
that Forrest County Registrar
Theron C. Lynd had applied
different and more stringent
standards" to Negro applicants
than to white applicants, and
had refused to register Negroes
with qualifications similar to
those of registered whites.
Clarke County Registrar
A. L. Ramsey was charged with
arbitrarily denying Negroes the
opportunity to register and re-
fusing to register Negroes hav-
ing "the same qualifications as
white applicants who were
registered"
Both complaints asked the
court to find that "a pattern
and practice" of discrimina-
ton exists. Under such a find
ing, the Government can ask
the court for the appointment
Of Federal voting referees if
this appears necessary to get
eligible Negro voters on the
rolls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
KUWAIT
KUWAIT
British Complete BuiIdup,
Order Mining Of Border
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and said "the British know
that to date Iraq has not
moved a single soldier"
(Gen. Kassem said in his
statement that Iraq will combat
British Imperialism "by all
legitimate ways until the
liberation of our Arab countries
in the gulf and until Kuwait,
the stolen part, is saved and
restored to its homeland, Iraq.")
Arab League Secretary Cen
eral Abdel Khalek Hassouna.
trying to mediate through talks
with the Arab governments.
was in Saudi Arabia today after
comforting with Sheik Abdullah
and Premier Kassem.
Mr.. Hassouna said before
leaving yesterday he was con-
WINGED a peaceful solution could
be found.
Saud Backs Membership
Radio Mecca said King Saud,
who has sent troops to join
with the British in defending
Kuwait, had expressed his "ur-
gent wish" to Mr.. Hassouna
that the tiny Persian Gulf ma
ton be admitted to the Arab
League as q full-fledged mem
Der without delay. Iraq OPP
poses admitting Kuwait to the
Arab alliance because it would
constitute recognition Of Ku-
waits independence.
Six hundred British marine
Commands who set up a for
ward defense line in the desert
five days ago were relieved by
fresh troops yesterday after
about a third of them suffered
from heat exhaustion. Most
quickly recovered but some
were flown for treatment to the
commando carrier Bulwark off
Kuwait.
Brig. Horsford, after touring |
front-line defenses, said he was
worried about the conditions !
under which his men were
working.
winds whip up cruelty hot
burning sands, absolutely sting
ing" he said. Imagine what it
is like-it is not so much the
heat as this burning wind all
day long" |
Warships Use Suez
. Six British warships, includ-
Ing the aircraft carrier Centaur,
started through the Suez Canal,
bound for Kuwait. A. A. R.
President Canal Abdel Nasser,
who seized the canal from |
French control in 1856,
made no attempt to block them
though he is opposed to the
British force in Kuwait.
In London, Lord Privy Seal
Edward Heath, No. 2 man in
the British Foreign Office, told
the House of Commons that the
United Nations is considering
taking over in Kuwait and "our
minds are not closed on this"
Meanwhile, he said, Britain's
defense buildup is proceeding |
according to plan" He said !
there still is anxiety "concern-E
ing Iraq's threat to the indie
pendence" of the sheikdom,
which supplies 40 per cent of
Britain's oil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
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terrific struggle" police say
the victim must have put up
against her attacker.
1t was learned that the only
pertinent evidence obtained
from tests is that the assailant
was a white man.
Police of three Jurisdictions
are cooperating to ferret out
clues that might narrow the
search. Detectives of Fairfax
County, where the body was
found, met in Washington with
Inspector Aubrey Tolson, act
ing chief Of detectives, and
others.
Arlington Officers Help
Inspector Tolson has named
Capt. Lawrence A. Hartnett,
chief of the homicide squad, to
head the District phase Of the
investigation. Arlington County
also is lending q hand.
Miss Santa Cruz. who lived
with q sister. Ivonne, 20, and a
friend, Miss Xenia Melendez,
"a. at 1880 Columbia road NV,
was last seen by friends early
Saturday.
Thus far there has been no
inkling as to her activities after
she left the apartment of a
friend, Miss Martha E. GarriGo,
in the same Columbia road
apartment house about / am.
Saturday.
Miss Melendez told police she
did not see Miss Santa Cruz
after she supposedly returned
from watching a late television
show at the Garrido apartment.
She thought she heard Miss
Santa Cruz leaving the apart
ment Saturday morning, but
has no way to confirm this.
Cab Report Discounted
An earlier report that the
small, red-haired woman was
seen entering a cab about
10 am. Saturday since has been
discounted. 1t was presumed
she was on her way to the
Hecht Co. to cash her salary
check from the Washington
Hospital Center, where she was
a clerk-typist. But no one ever
saw her at Hecht's.
Close friends of Miss Santa
Cruz, a member Of prominent
La Paz family, are convinced
she would not have gone any
where with a stranger. She
either was picked up by an
acquaintance, or was forced to
go with a stranger at gun or
knife point. they believe.
Medical examiners said the
slight woman, just over 5 feet
tall, must have struggled val
iantly against overwhelming
odds. There was evidence she
had been bound hand and foot
and possibly was sexually as
saulted before the killer
strangled her with a strap or
rope.
But the murder occurred as
long as three days before dis
covery of the body, giving the
killer a long time to make a
getaway.
Cropping for leads, detectives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
ONE HAND BROKEN
JUDO EXPERT
SKATERS BLOCK

ST. SIMON'S ISLAND.
Ga. (AP)@Sergt. Carl
Freudenberg of Paris Is
land, s. c., Marine judo ex-
pert, broke his hand in
stead of a concrete block
during a karate exhibition
before a sunshine festival
audience.
At the exhibition Tues
day, Sergt. Freudenberg
was supposed to have shat
tered the block with a slap
Of the edge of the hand.
The Marine, undaunted,
had the hand treated, then
returned for the next show
and shatterd the two-inch
building block-with his
other hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-06
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ton as evidence in the District
Court trial.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-08-24

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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-08-24
President John Kennedy And To Premier Fide Castro:

An Appeal To President John Kennedy Al
WHEREAS:
There much feeling Of genuine moral protest in the
against the proposed exchange of 500 for the l200o
OF the recent invasion Of Cube by porty parties unknown
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That our Committee of People For People do propose
plan which will altogether better suit the moral feor Of
who naturally resist the notion Of bockmo part
BE IT KNOWN THEREFORE:
Thot will give in Millions for anonymous invosio
cent for indemnity!
THEREFORE WE SUBMIT OUR LIST (IncompIete):
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-19

The last three issues Of
this column have been a
sketchy report on the APP
plication in the United
States of the principles
outlined in the social encycli-
calls. Rerum Novarum and.
Quadrasesimo Ammo, the an
niversary of which encycli-
Gals will be observed on May
Is.
SOCIAL M, OF
COURSE, will not be effec-
tive unless there is a wide
spread reform of morals,
which Plus XI describes as
1.-THE first and foremost rem
edy" for the social and eco
nomic problems of our day.
"ALL EXPERTS IN SOCIAL
problems" His Holiness wrote
in Qusdragesimo Ammo, "are
seeking eagerly a structure
so fashioned in accordance
with the norms Of reason that
it can lead economic life
back to sound and right or
der. 3
but this order will be
wholly defective and incom-
plete unless all the activities
of men tremendously unite to
initiate and attain, in so far
as it lies within human
strength, the marvellous unity
of the Divine plan.