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responded with a toast tc
President Kennedy and said
relations between South Korea
and the United States are very
close. President Yum was not
present. In accordance with
protocol, chiefs of state are not
invited to such functions.
Cabinet ministers and junta
members attended the swear
ing-in ceremony, conducted in
a military atmosphere at the
junta headquarters. Mr.. Chang
was not present, but a junta
spokesman said he was not
under arrest.
Gen. Song, 43, wore a busi-
ness suit, Gen. PAX, A, who
usually wears combat fatigues
was in dress uniform, his chest
bedecked with ribbons.
Newsmen were frisked fol
weapons by an armed Korean
army officer as they entered
the building, and photographers
were barred from the council
chambers until the principals
had left. Official photographers
recorded the ceremony.
Gen. PAX conducted the
ceremony standing in front Of
a large throne-like chair. His
first act was to salute a framed
pledge of the aims outlined by
the junta after the May 16
coup in which he played the
master role.
A man of few words, Gen
PAX in a one-minute speech
said he sincerely hoped" Gen,
Song would be successful in
carrying out his duties.
In Tokyo, officials of the
Japanese Foreign Ministry ex-
pressed belief the shakeup
would stabilize the government
situation in South Korea. They
said Gen. Pak's formal eleva-
ton to the top position of power
should end the struggle for
power among South Korea's S
military leaders.
The Japanese sources also
expressed belief the United
States Government would look
approvingly on Gen. Songs
appointment as Premier. They
said his reputation among
United States officials is good,
Evening star., 1961-07-04
LETHAL FIREWORKS
Holiday Celebrations
Lead to Tragedies

NAPANOCH, N. Y, July
(AP) A 16-year-old boy was
killed last night when a Fourth
of July skyrocket exploded and
a piece of metal hit him in the
chest and went through his
body.
The victim, Harry M. Gill;
gan, of Croton-on- Hudson,
N. Y, was killed at the sum-
mer home of a neighbor, James
Ottaviano.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4
(AP) .-Eight-year-old Johnny
Lukrich sat on a ledge near his
home yesterday, one of his
pockets stuffed with firecrack-
erS.
The firecrackers exploded.
Johnny was taken to a hos
pital with first, second and
third-degree burns. He told
doctors he didn't notice he was
sitting on a burning cigarette
until it was too late.
SPARTA, N. j., July 4 (AP)
"A 13-year-old boy was killed
yesterday when a homemade
firecracker he was making in
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convention session yesterday he
plans to set up a lobbying or
ganization in Washington sec
ond to none" and build up
TeamSter politics to oust "those
pot-bellied, slick individuals
who represent the employers
in Congress-"
The TeamsterS' boss also elab-
GRATED on prior assertions that
FBI and other Government
agencies are working behind
convention scenes to defeat his
reelection bid.
He said glamorous female
FBI agents are trying to COM
promise delegates against him
"a claim that the Justice De-
partment in Washington said
was too ridiculous to comment
on"
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Monsoon Hits Indiu,
Landslide Kills Is

MADRAS, India, July 4 (AP)
Unusually heavy monsoon
rains last night touched off a
landslide at Wynaad, in South
India's Kerala State, killing 13
persons and injuring many
others.
Floods in the Trichur district
killed four other persons and
drove several hundred families
from their homes.
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Actress Foot Hurt

NEW YORK, July 4 (AP).-
Anna Maria Alberghetti upheld
the theater's traditions last
night by going through her
starring role in Carnival" with
an 8-inch cut on the sole of
her foot. The star, swimming
at Westbrook, Conn, earlier
yesterday cut her foot on
something sharp under water.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
STAMPS
Continued From First Page

~ Continued From First Page
IN. They objected to the adver-
tised claim the hat was free. "
They did not object if the mer-
chant simply stated a hat was
included in the sale Of the
coat.
While irritated, merchants
began to comply. No cases ever
reached the courtroom and no
one seemed willing to go
through with a test case"
And some businessmen decided
they could live with the old
gift enterprise" law which was,
after all, protecting them from
the competition induced by
trading stamps.
Mr.. King stoutly maintains
"it's a good law. 1t prevents the
public from being deceived"
But it was when Mr.. King
"got a little intense about it
and started putting the pres
sure on" as he says, things
began to happen. He adds, ""the
big boys got disturbed" He
applied the 1871 law in such a
way so as to attract nation
wide attention.
Free" Shampoo
One of the big boys" was
Proctor & Gamble. The COM
! pany offered to residents of
the District, through stores
here. a tube of toothpaSte pack
, aged at the regular price. At
tached, however, was a free"
bottle of shampoo.
. Proctor & Gamble also ran
into the law with a school
time special"-a tube of tooth
paste and six pencils, both
free" and colored.
/, The Corporation Counsel's
office ordered the items off the
shelves and Proctor & Gamble
, ran into repackaging difficult
ties and, according to a spokes-
man for the company, the
whole national n advertising
program was upset"
The manufacturers of a
pungent meat sauce also had
troubles. Around their bottles.
they had tied some printed
material suggesting a free"
recipe book could be obtained
by writing the company. Some
one interpreted this as a viola
ton and the printed material
= was removed from all the bot
ties. Later. however, the COM
pany was told by the Corpora
ton Counsel's office they were
not in violation because one
didn't have to buy the bottle
to get the free booklet.
In the confusion, the Spec
ter Of trading stamps was ap-
parently forgotten.
Carl Shipley, the local Proc
ter and Gamble representative.
talked to Representative Ma
thias, Republican Of Maryland,
about changing the 1871 law.
Amendment Offered
Mr.. Matthias amended the
law with a bill. On introduce
ing the bill, he stated in the
Congressional Record:
Although there has never
been a judicial decision con-
STRUNG the Districts gift en-
terprise law as preventing the
usual and normal sort of pre-
MUM or gift-with-purchase
merchandising carried on
throughout the so States, the
Districts Corporation Counsel
has so interpreted the law be-
cause of its rather broad and
specific language.
"As a result, residents of the
District are being deprived of
the opportunity to make bar
gain purchases, and the Dis
trict is losing tax revenue, at a
time when it is badly needed.
Legitimate business is being
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Stevenson Leaves

NEW YORK, July 4 (AP).-
Adlai E. Stevenson, United
States Ambassador to the
United Nations, left by plane
today for Geneva, Switzerland,
to attend a meeting of the
U. N. Economic and Social
Council.
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Commercial Wire

signed the telegram to Mr.
Kennedy.
Commercial Wire
Andrew T. Hatcher, assistant
White House press secretary
said the Russian wire had been
sent through commercial rather
than diplomatic channels. II
was received at the White
House in Washington yeSter-
day afternoon and relayed here
after being translated at the
State Department.
Mr.. Kennedy sent his reply
to the State Department for
transmission to Moscow. Mr..
Hatcher said he did not know
whether it was dispatched from
Washington by commercial or
diplomatic channels.
|. This was the fourth COM
munication Mr.. Khrushchev
had got off to Mr.. Kennedy by
commercial wire. He had done
so previously to congratulate
Mr.. Kennedy after the 1860
presidential election, on New
Years eve and on the Presi-
dents Inauguration.
Mr.. Kennedy and the First
Lady, with relatives and friends
relaxing here with them on the
long holiday week end, planned
a quiet Fourth Of July OBJ
Servance.
They awoke on a ideal day
for getting off earlier than
usual on a cruise of Nantucket
Sound aboard the 52-foot yacht
Marlin. owned by the Presi-
dents father, Joseph p. Ken
nedy, former Ambassador to
Great Britain.
Fireworks on Schedule
The Kennedys have cruised
the sound for a couple of hours
each of the last three days.
This morning the sun shone
brightly from a cloudlesS sky,
and the waters of the sound
sparkled.
Otherwise, Mr.. Hatcher said,
the Chief Executive has been
spending a good deal of time
reading books, newspapers and
official documents.
Mr.. Hatcher described much
of the reading as homework. !"
No other plans, except pos
sibly a view of the annual fire
works display staged by adja-
cent Hyannis, were disclosed
for the Kennedys' holiday.
Three-year- old Caroline and
maybe 7-month-old John, jr.,
along with other children
romping on the beach at the
family reunion. could see the
rockets and flares from the
point of their shorefront land.
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Hurbor Project

TAIPEI, July 4 (AP) Ma
tionalist China. with American
aid, has launched a five-year,
IS million program to improve
harbor facilities at Keelung
bustling seaport Of Formosa.
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Revised Law on Gifts
Gets Stalled on Hill

unnecessarily intefered with
under the present law"
The Congressman incorpo-
rated in his bill a Federal
Trade Commission ruling on
the use of the word free" In
effect, it held that If you claim
something is free, it must in
fact be free. The word could
not be used as a deceptive de-
vice.
A number Of people were
pleased with the bill. Great
concerns could see, at long last,
a chance Of offering a bottle of
dishwaShing detergent along
with a free" scrub brush.
But on the eve of hearings
on the Matthias bill, later con-
Quoted by a subcommittee of
the House District Committee,
it was discovered that the bill
would open the door to trading
stamps in the District-maybe.
New Bill Offered
Mr.. Matthias moved fast. On
the day of the hearings, he
had his second bill ready. He
added at the end of the original
bill:
Notwithstanding anything
in this section, any person who
gives trading stamps in the
District of Columbia shall be
deemed to be engaging in a
gift enterprise business"
Immediately the Subcommit-
tee found itself locked in a
battle over trading stamps.
The first witness, Horace
Walker of the Metropolitan
Retail Gasoline Dealers AS
Sociation, charged in and said
both bills would open up "the
avenue of free gifts of all
kinds and descriptions and
other industries will get into
it,"
But he went on to charge:
"The greatest hoax ever
perpretrated on the American
buying public is the highly ad-
vertiSed claim that trading
stamps are free. This gigantic
misconception has been foisted
upon the American public by
a continuing multi-million dol
lar public relations program.
Other witnesses backed the
attempt to get rid Of bother
some 1871 law and added they
did not want trading stamps
IN the District.
But the cat was out of the
bag.
Lobby Starts Work
Trading stamp interests
across the country Immediately
saw an awful possibility:
The Congress of the United
States might ban trading
stamps in the Capital of the
World: There could be ramifi-
cations.
The trading stamp lobby went
off to work.
Since that day - June IA,
1961-no action has been taken
on either bill. Feeling pressure
both for and against trading
stamps is Representative
Dowdy, Democrat Of Texas,
chairman of the subcommittee.
He promises action soon. He is
troubled because he feels the
second Matthias bill would, in
deed, be a "gratuitous slap" at
trading stamps.
Mr.. Matthias, m e awhile,
wants action.
AS one Corporation Counsel
looks at the situation, only two
things can be done.
/. Repeal the act and let the
stamps fall where they may.
2. Stop enforcing the law.
But as Mr.. King says, when
asked about the latter alterna-
tive: II gotta enforce the law,
good or bad. And I think it's q
good law"
Evening star., 1961-07-04
KENNEDY

Continued From First Page
Shchev and Soviet President
Leonid Brezhnev. Each had
signed the telegram to Mr..
Kennedy.
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A requiem mass will be eel
ebrated Tuesday for Arlington
Fire Capt. Charles w. Theo-
dore, 80, who died yesterday
after being overcome by smoke
in an apartment fire.
The mass will be sung at 10
am. Tuesday at st. Charles
Catholic Church, Washington
and Kirkwood streets, Airing
ton. Burial will be in the Co
lumbia Gardens Cemetery.
Capt. Theodore, the father Of
three boys, died at Arlington
Hospital early yesterday morn
ing shortly after his arrival
from the scene of the fire in
the Arlington Tower apartment
project. Firemen said Capt
Theodore collapsed after ne
stumbled from an apartment
filled with heavy smoke.
Capt. Theodore, a native OF
Arlington, joined the. fire de-
partment in 1914 and was pro-
NOTED to captain in 1858. He
recently became commanding
officer of Company 10. He lived
with his wife, Katharine, and
their three sons at 1917 North
Eighteenth street.
Besides his wife, he leaves
his sons, Charles. jr., Timothy,
and Terrell, an of the home adj
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Fires Sweeping
Cunudiun Forests

ST. JOHNS, Md. June "a
(AP). Forest fires that have
forced thousands to flee their
homes roared through dry tina
berland in three Canadian
provinces today.
Wind whipped flames threat
ened the village Of Dover, 100
miles northwest of st. Johns.
The 800 residents prepared to
leave. More than 5000 resi-
dents of seven other Newfound-
land towns have fled already.
The number of men fighting
the fires was estimated any
where from TOO to 1000. The
Canadian army has alerted 500
regulars to join the fire fighters
if needed.
finder dry forests in the
Gander area threatened fire
fighters with q potentially ex-
plosive situation. Rainfall at
the Gander airport has been
the lowest in 20 years. The
United States Air Force base
at Stephenville, Mild, airlifted
men and supplies to help fire
fighters. -
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Miss Leohy,
Ex-Army Worker

Miss Katherine M. Leahy,
"a, former personnel officer Of
the Signal Corps division Of the
Army, died yesterday at her
home, $500 Sixteenth street
NV.
Miss Leahy, a native Phila-
delphian, moved here at an
early age and was graduated
from Sacred Heart Academy
shortly before World War I.
In 1917, she went to work for
the War Departments Signal
Corps office as a clerk-typist.
She was with the Signal Corps
for 81 years, being promoted
to her last position as personnel
manager shortly before her re-
tirement in 1854.
Miss Leahy was awarded the
Meritorious Award for outstand-
ing work in the personnel field
as well as numerous other COM
mendations. Several Army gen.
erals who had been connected
with the Signal Corps had sent
her letters Of commendation for
her work as well.
She was a member of the Sac
red Heart Alumni Association,
Miss Leahy was a member Of
Sacred Heart Parish.
She leaves an aunt, Mrs.
Edward A. Fay of Philadelphia,
and four cousins.
Services will be at $3.50 am.
Tuesday at the Collins funeral
home, 1921 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
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R. A. McFetridge,
Retired Sergeant

Ralph A. McFetridge, 81, a
retired Army master sergeant,
died Wednesday at Walter
Reed Hospital. apparently after
a heart attack.
Mr.. McFetridge. who joined
the Army at an early age. re-
tired from the Quartermaster
Corps in 1852 after Is years Of
service.
A native Of Catasaqua. Pa,
he came to Washington at an
early age. He was stationed
at Fort Myer, Va, during most
of his career and lived at GAS
Condor terrace Sc.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy,
and seven children of the home
address, william. Clifford. Dor
othy, Victoria, Randy. Steven
and Robin. He also leaves q
son, Pfc Ralph A., jr., who Is
stationed with the Army Signal
Corps in Stuttgart, Germany,
and a daughter. Mrs. Robert j
Bringhurst. Of 1884 Barnaby
terrace Sc, and three grand
children.
Graveside services will be
held at 2;30 pm. tomorrow at
Arlington Cemetery.
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Mrs. Sturbird, II,
Generals Widow

Burial services will be held
at 10 am. Tuesday in Arlington
Cemetery for Mrs. Ethel Dodd
Starbird, 70. who lived in the
District and in Vermont. She
died last Tuesday in Jericho,
VT.
Mrs. Starbird, widow Of Brig.
Gen. Alfred A. Starbird, was
born in Philadelphia. Her par
ents were the late Gen. George
A. and Clara Agnes Dodd. Mrs.
Starbird's son, Maj. Gen. Al
fred D. Starbird, recently had
worked here with the Atomic
Energy Commission. He now
lives in Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Starbird lived at 2700
@ street NV.
Besides her son, she leaves
two daughters, Mrs. Catherine
Jennison, Of Burlington, VT,
and Miss Ethel A. Starbird, also
of 2700 @ street NV, and six
grandchildren.
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O. E. Soderstrum Dies;
CSC's Cobinetmoker

oscar E. Soderstrum, 10, a
retired Government cabinet
maker, died Friday at Doctors
Hospital after a short illness.
Mr.. Soderstrum. who was
employed as a cabinetmaker by
the Civil Service Commission,
was praised for his craftsman
ship in the making Of tables,
desks and picture frames. His
employers said there were VERY
few who lived up to his stand
ards"
He had been employed by the
csc since coming to Washing
ton from Oklahoma City in
1941. He retired last year after
receiving many letters praising
his work.
Born and raised in Kansas
City, he first went to work as
a cabinetmaker there at the
age of Is. During World War I,
he saw action in France with
a mortar outfit and at one
point toward the end of the
war was reported killed.
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Radio Hams
Join National
Tests Here

The Rose Bowl game Of am
ateur radio operators is being
played throughout the country
today as thousands of ham
operators try for the highest
number Of contacts in a "a
hour period.
Sponsored by the American
Relay League, the annual con-
test runs under simulated disas-
ter conditions: Mobile sites are
employed and operators camp
out overnight at a net control
station.
The exercise began at 5 pm,
yesterday and ends at 5 O'Clock
today. During this time hams
operating at thousands of con-
troll points in 10 divisions (the
District is in the third try to
receive and contact as many
other points in the country as
they can.
The net control station in
the Metropolitan area is located
on a hill behind the new Sibley
Hospital. For the past few
weeks the is young high school
students manning station have
been repairing generators, plan
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Downing Pushes
For Oyster Aid
By the Associated Press

Representative Downing,
Democrat Of Virginia. is at
tempting to arrange an early
hearing for his bill to aid the
oyster industry in Virginia and
elsewhere.
Mr.. Downing, in a letter to
the chairman of a House fish
cries subcommittee, said some
Virginia oyster producers are
threatened with ruin because of
oyster diseases.
The bill would provide Gov
eminent loans for these pro-
ducers and also would author
ize the Government to furnish
seed oysters to replant ruined
oyster beds.
The proposed loans would
bear 3 per cent interest and be
on terms prescribed by the
Secretary Of the Interior. The
secretary would be authorized
to make the loans to oyster
producers in any area Of the
United States where he finds
that the excessive mortality of
oysters has caused a need for
credit.
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Pope John Cuts
Private Audiences

VATICAN CITY, June "a
(AP). - All private audiences
with the Pope will be Cancelled
from July 81 to August II, the
Vatican announced today.
General audiences win con-
tinue on Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
The Vatican newspaper LOS
.servatore Romano said the
cancellation is to allow Pope
John XIII more time for spir-
ltual preparation for events in.
October and November.
In october the preparatory
Central Commission for the
Ecumenical Council holds its
second meeting. In November
various celebrations are
planned to commemorate the
Pope's 80th birthday.
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Before coming to Washing
ton, Mr.. Soderstrum was a
hardware salesman in st. Louis
and a cabinetmaker with a lum-
Der company in Oklahoma
City.
He was a member Of the csc
Post of the American Legion,
Ivanhoe Masonic Lodge No.
446, and the Christian Church.
He leaves his wife, Brooks
E., of the home address, 1917
Remington drive, Silver Spring;
two sons, william O., Of 1905
Dexter avenue. Silver Spring,
and David j., of 1904 Weisman
road, Wheaton: a daughter,
Mrs. Anna Christine Jenkins
of Columbus, Ohio, and seven
grandchildren.
Services will be at 1890 pm.
Tuesday at the Warner E.
Humphrey funeral home. S434
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
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ming operating schedules and
allocating band and frequency
assignments.
Yesterday they rolled a 5KW
gasoline generator (about the
size of a small carr to the top
of the hill Then they raised
four tents, spread out sleeping
bags, staked out a cooking area
and set UP a series Of trans
mitters and receivers, most Of
which they built themselves.
ut was an all-morning Job, +"
said Jerry Scarano, newly ap-
pointed District emergency CO.
ordinator Of ham operators,
'but these are comfortable con-
ditionS! If a real disaster hit,
we could be operating in an
hour and a half"
All of the boys are members
of the st. Patrick's Circuit
Breakers Radio Club founded
by Mr.. Scarano three years ago
at st. Patrick's Church, at
Reservoir and Foxhall roads
NV.
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Swede Heads Lions,
1st European in Post

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June
"a (AP).-Per Gustav Stahl Of
Eskilstuna. Sweden, today was
installed as the first European
president Of Lions Information
al, the worlds largest service
club organization.
Ceremonies were held before
some $4,000 delegates attending
the 44th annual convention of
Lions International.
Mr.. Stahl, managing director
of a Swedish industrial firm,
succeeded Finis E. Davis of
Louisville. KY, a leader of the
worlds $4,000 Lions. He said
his own country now has 10000
members in 302 Lions Clubs,
all formed in the last IL years.
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Syria and Israel
Tension Mounts

DAMASCUS, Syria, June "a
(AP).-The Syrian Israeli from
tier threatened to explode into
a new Middle East crisis today.
A series of gun clashes over
the last five days has sent the
strongest wave of tension this
year sweeping along the 10
mile-long Syrian-Israeli from
tier.
A United Arab Republic
(Syrian) army spokesman said
the fighting had begun June
10 when an Israeli tractor en-
tered Arab lands in the demil-
itarized zone. Fighting contin-
ued throughout June 20 and 81
until the Israeli tractor was
forced to pull out" he said.
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Fordhum Club Elects

The Fordham University
Club Of Washington has named
the following officers for the
coming year: DR.. Robert j.
'Stimfle, jr., president; Peter v.
O'Reilly, first vice president;
John E. Blair, second vice presi-
dent; Robert M. O'Brien, secre-
tary, and William A. Pfeiffer,
treasurer.
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W. J. Connors, 50,
Illinois Democrat

CHICAGO, June "a (AP).-
William J. Connors, SO, veteran
Democratic Illinois State Sena-
tor and q power in Chicago
politics, died today in Presby-
terian-St. Luke's Hospital.
He entered the hospital June
5.
Mr.. Connors was q Demo-
cratic committeeman in Chi
cago's 42d Ward. He was elected
State Senator in 1894. He had
been reelected to the Senate
each time since 1884.
Mr.. Connors served as
minority leader in three Illi-
noiS General Assemblies. He
was In the insurance business.