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Evening star., 1961-04-15
EDUCATION
Federal Aid Bockers
Gaining Confidence

and leaders of the Catholic
church have indicated they
would oppose the bill unless
it is amended to include
church schools.
In 1860, a similar amendment
was rejected in the Senate by
II votes and ruled out of order
on the floor of the House.
BackerS of the Kennedy bill
are confident they can turn
the amendment aside the same
way this year.
They hope to blunt the pres
sure from advocates of paro-
chial school aid by the promise
of quick consideration of a
separate measure to provide
loans to the non-public schools.
Testimony on such a bill was
scheduled to start Monday in
Senate subcommittee, but the
hearings have been postponed
at least a week to permit. the
Senators to complete drafting
of the public school assistance
measure.
BackerS of the administra-
ton bill have promised to seek
vote in both the Senate and
House on private school loans
soon after the public school bill
has been disposed of.
The Kennedy measure for
primary and secondary schools
calls for $2.3 billion of Federal
grants over the next three
years. Each State could use its
share of the money for school
construction or teachers Sala-
rieS or both, as it wished.
Senate Passage Seen
The Senate is expected to
pass the measure without sub
Stantial change, but prospects
for permitting the funds to be
used for teachers salaries ap-.
p2sE doubtful in the House.
Speaker Raybur l, other power
full Democrats and virtually all
Republicans have opposed in
clusion of the teachers sala-
rieS in the past.
Mr., Powell said yesterday he
thought teachers salaries
might be" included, but made
it plain that he would regard
passage of a bill limited to
school construction as a victory
for the administration.
The higher education aid
bill, now being drafted by
House Education subcommittee
h e a d ed by Representative
Green, Democrat of Oregon,
provides funds for conStruc-
ton of academic facilities in
private and public colleges and
a program of Federal scholar
ships.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Valve Failure
Ends Space Test
From Island
BY the Associated Press

The space agency launched a
206-pound bundle of instru-
mentS to an altitude of 1913
miles yesterday but failed to
achieve test objectives.
A two-Stage Aerobee sound
ing rocket launched the inStru-
ment payload from Wallops
Island, Va. 1t rose as planned
and fell into the ocean ST. miles
offShore about 8 minutes later.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration said,
however, that So seconds after
the launching a valve on one
of the control systems failed.
The control system was to
have made the payload point
successfully to four positions in
space. That was not accom-
plished.
The shot was planned as a
test of new instruments de-
signed to stabilize future Satel-
lites, particularly those that
must be steady in orbit while
their telescopes study the
planets and stars.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Gas Station
BIust Kills |
And Traps 3

PHILADELPHIA, April Is
(AP).-An explosion ripped a
neighborhood gasoline station
today, killing one fireman and
trapping three or four others
under tons of rubble. Twenty
two persons were treated for
various injuries at nearby hos
pitfalls.
1t was feared the trapped
firemen were dead.
Police ordered all unau-
thorized people within a block
evacuated for fear the second of
two gasoline tanks at Martyrs
Sunoco Service Station, at Sec
ond and Diamond streets, might
blow up.
Oil tanks, containers and
drums went up in rapid sue
ceSSion, shattering plate glass
windows in nearby stores and
jolting flower pots and uproot-
ing dishes and utensils from
cabinets in homes a block away.
Firemen fighting the blaze
in the North Philadelphia resi-
Dental and commercial area
were knocked off their ladders
by the blasts which shattered
other windows throughout the
area.
Along with firemen and po-
lice, three chemical companies
sent men to the scene to help
combat the heavy. acrid fumes
muShrooming SkyWard.
The firemen were hampered
in their efforts to get at the
blaze by flaming gasoline run
ming into the street and setting
fire to their booster. Even the
tires of a ladder truck were set
afire by the leaking gasoline.
Just before the fire broke
out. Joseph Russo, a truck
driver, was delivering 5000 GAL
Ions of gasoline to the station.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
NEVERTHELESS.
SOME STILL SAY
EARTH IS FLAT

DOVER, England (AP).
There are still people
prepared to argue that the
world is flat instead of
round despite Maj. Yuri
Gagarin's orbit in space.
Samuel Shenton, secre-
tary of the International
Flat Earth Research So
ciety, said:
Il am convinced that
Gagarin landed back on a
horizontal piece of earth
after circuiting what might
be described as a sort of
saucer"
Evening star., 1961-04-15

danger If she told everything
she knew" during her trial
testimony
However, Judge Tamm re-
fused to raise the bond pend
ing sentence, which will be de-
layed for a pre-sentence inves-
tigation by the District Court
probation office.
The only count in which the
jury brought in a not guilty
verdict against Mrs. Hucks re-
lated to obstructing the COM
mittee inquiry. Mr.. William
son was acquitted on this count.
Mrs. Hucks could receive a
possible maximum sentence of
As years in Jail and a $4,000
fine.
Mr.. Herman could receive a
possible maximum sentence of
10 years in Jail and a $4,000
fine.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Reds to Publish
Medical Dutu
On Space Flyer

MOSCOW, April is (AP) -
Soviet scientists who appeared
at a news conference today
with Maj. Yuri Gagarin said
the data from his space flight
would be published as it is
processed.
Academician Vastly Parin of
the Soviet Academy of Medi-
cine said that during his train
ing Maj. Gagarin became a
real scientific worker and ac-
tually co-author Of the medi-
cal program"
DR.. Parin then described the
pre-flight medical care. He
said "the day before the flight
was especially difficult"
DR.. Parin said the spacesuit
worn by Maj. Gagarin had
transductors incorporated in
it that enabled doctors on the
ground to measure the space
mans respiration, pulse rate
and other factors.
Changes in these rates, he
said, were roughly similar to
those during the premilinary
tests on the ground and dur
ing the period of weightless-
ness they were practically at
the normal level.
From the medical point of
view, the flight proved highly
successful" DR.. Parin said.
He concluded by saying the
flight had proved that during
space travel man will be able
to do his normal work and suf-
fer no" physical damage.
Evening star., 1961-04-15

Earlier this week Moscow Ra-
dio reported the government
paratroopers were encircled.
1t was reliably reported in
Vientiane that the evacuation
finally was forced by the fail
ure of Gen. Boun Leuth, gov
ernment commander-in chief
based in Luang Prabang, to
commit infantry troops from
the north to support the para
troopers and outflank Pathet
Lao units.
Gen. KoUpraSith Abhay, gov
ernment commander in the
Wang Vieng area, was said to
consider the whole paratrooper
operation useless without such
support.
Evacuation apparently was
carried out without loss of
any of the 20 large helicopters
donated to the royal govern
ment by the United States and
serviced by a United States Ma
rine detachment at Udorn,
Thailand.
Vientiane's citizens, mean
while, were busy with their
four-day celebration . of the
Buddhist New Year.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
ASTRONAUT
Soviet Hero Porries
Queries Like Expert
GAGARIN FLIGHT
WAS FIRST ONE
TRIED, REDS SAY

MOSCOW CAP). - The
President of the Soviet
Academy of Sciences said
today that no preliminary
manned space flights were
made "and Yuri Gagarin
was the first to make such
a flight"
Academician Alexander
N. NeSmeyanov said he had
read reports in the West
ern press that there had
been previous attempts.
This was not so, he said.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Moss Warns
Kennedy on
u. S. Secrecy

SEATTLE, April IS (AP).-
The House subcommittee on
information problems will get
just as tough with the Kennedy
administration, if necessary, as
it did with that of former
President Eisenhower, Chair
man John Moss, Democrat OF
California, said last night.
The subcommittee was
formed to guard against need
less secrecy m Government.
Mr.. Moss told a meeting of
Washington State weekly news
paper publishers here that the
present administration has a
good record to date in taking
secrecy wraps off Government
information.
I'VE have had a high degree
of success so far in settling the
problems" he said. 1T is pos
Sible the day will come
when such will not be the case.
At that time the subcommittee
will follow the same procedures
we employed with the Repub-
lican administration in an eff
fort to win acceptance of the
Mr.. Moss said the secrecy
formed people"
Mr.. Moss said Secretary of
Commerce Hodges had reversed
a 20-year-old policy against re-
vealing the names of firms
shipping good abroad.
In Washington, the Com
merce Department said it was
considering disclosing the
names of export license holders,
but had not worked out the
details. About 10000 to 10000
such licenses are granted each
month.
Mr.. Moss said the secrecy
policy was started just before
World War II and kept in force
partly because certain busi-
ness firms making shipments to
iron curtain countries thought
they might have public rela-
tions difficulties if the facts
were let out"
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Land Doctor
Teams Urged to
Supplement Hope

A doctor just back from
serving in Indonesia with the
U. S. hospital ship Hope
believes this service mission
should be expanded to include
land-based teams of American
doctors.
DR.. Mark S. Beaubien, who
for more than a year has been
the field director of the hoSpi-
tai ships activities in South
east Asia. said yesterday the
work to date has been so sue
cessful and so we'll received
that it should be followed up
with service to areas that can
not be reached by ship.
This idea for expansion as
well as other recommendations
will be considered over the
next few days in meetings
between DR.. Beaubien and DR..
William B. Walsh, president
and founder of Project Hope,
at the organizations head
quarters at 1918 M street NV.
The ship, completing it's
maiden tour which started last
October when it docked in
Djakarta, Indonesia. is spon-
Sored by the People-to-People
Health Foundation Inc. The
ships yearly operational cost
is paid for by private contribu-
tionS.l
The American doctors and
nurses aboard the Hope teach
medical courses to the ASians
as well as treat their ills. The
ship, a 15,000-ton vessel, has
230 beds aboard.
DR.. Beaubien, a 39-year-old
interniSt from Detroit, left his
practice l8 months ago to
direct the mercy mission from
field headquarters in Djakarta.
He said the reception of the
American medical aid "by and
large has been excellent"
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Congo'Asks
Economic Aid

LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo,
April Is (AP) The governor
of the Congo's National Bank
has called for substantial and
immediate financial aid to save
the troubled nations economy
from complete catastrophe"
The youthful Congolese econ
omist, Albert Ndele, gave a de-
tailed report showing the seri-
GUS consequences of independ-
ence, of the politically inspired
blockade of the rebel provinces,
and the high wages promised to
the army to prevent mutiny.
THE national army now re-
ceives three times the wages it
earned under the Belgians, ="
Mr.. Ndele told a meeting of
businessmen. diplomats and
newSmen. Premier Joseph Ileo
sat at his side as he gave these
details:
Unemployment throughout
the country reached a figure
equal to SO per cent OF the
total mum ber of Salaried
workers.
Prices rose by 20 per cent
during the first six months of
independence. he said. Exports
fell by As per cent. The budget
deficit averages $50 million
francs $3.50 million) per month.
Nor are there any signs of
improvement, Mr.. Ndele said.
Indeed, the land may we'll
reach an economic state even
more perilous than what we
have already gone through" he
said.
THE United Nations has
given and gives to the Congo
very useful financial and eco
nomic assistance. But every
thing will be useless unless the
Congolese accept the way of
sacrifice and unless we receive
substantial financial aid to
help us through this difficult
period"
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Gogorin Chosen
For Liking Life

LONDON. April is (AP).-
Moscow radio said today the
communications system of the
vehicle that carried Maj. Yuri
Gagarin into space did not
function quite normally" when
it was being prepared for the
flight.
Because of this, the broad
cast said. engineers and work.
erS stayed at the assembly shop
two days and two nights.
The broadcast was based on
a Tass dispatch of an article
in KomsomolSkaya Pravda.
1t said a psychologist, asked
before the flight why Maj. Ga
garin was picked as the first
to go into space, replied:
He likes life"
Evening star., 1961-04-15
EDUCATION

Continued From First Page
passed the House last year by
only II votes. Republican gains
of 81 seats in the 1860 election
and a roaring controversy over
parochial school aid appeared
to have doomed its chances this
year.
But Mr.. Powell said yesterday
that after the Russian success
in orbiting the first astronaut,
II don't see how anybody can
vote against an education bill. "
A veteran school aid lobbyist,
admitting today that this
week is the first time I've been
at all optimistic" predicted
probable House passage of the
measure by a margin of 5 to
Is votes.
Optimism Grows
In addition to the argument
provided by the Soviet astro-
naut, hackers of the bill cite
two down-to-earth develop
mentS they believe have i'm
proved its chance of passing
the House.
l. With Mr.. Powell now
saying he is "99 per cent GER
tain" he will withhold the anti
segregation rider he has at
tached to the bill in past years,
there are prospects of gaining
up to SO Southern Democratic
votes for the measure. Last
year there was blanket oppo-
sition from the Southern States.
Support for the Kennedy
measure has been voiced by
the Governor of North Carolina,
the Tennessee legislature and
the Georgia house of repre-
SentativeS.
2. CongressmeA from districts
with large Federal installations
which now receive "impacted
area" school aid are facing a
threat that such aid will be
cut off unless the general
school assistance bill is passed.
The administration has in
cluded the "impacted area" aid
in the general school aid bill.
An effort to separate the two
is expected on the House floor,
but Mr.. Powell said yesterday
he would recommend a pres
idential veto of the impacted
area aid unless the program
for broad assistance passes.
ParOchial Aid is Issue
The chief threat to the
measure at present appears to
be the controversy over paro-
chial school aid. The admins
tration bill is limited to public
elementary and high schools,
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Arrested Man, 46,
ColIupses, Dies

A 46-year-old construction
worker collapsed in the ninth
precinct station house early
this morning while being
booked on a drunk charge, po-
lice said, and was pronounced
dead a few minutes later at
District General Hospital.
Police identified the man as
Luther R. Congleton of the
1900 block of Maryland avenue
NE, who had been arrested at
Ninth and E streets NE. He
was pronounced dead at 1925
I'm.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
HUCKS

Continued From First Page
which later indicted the three
defendants.
The indictment also had
charged her with lying to the
committee in April, 1859, when
she testified that she did not
own a mink stole.
Mr.. Poretz and his associates
in presenting the Government
case, brought out testimony
that Mrs. HuckS had once
Dragged that Mr.. Hoffa. the
Teamsters president, gave her
the stole.
Both she and Mr.. Hoffa took
the stand for the defense and
denied this. She claimed that
the stole had been lent to her
by a Minneapolis businessman,
Ben Dranow. The TeamsJers
president said Mr.. Dranow had
negotiated loans with the
TeamSterS welfare fund.
Pushed HOffa Suit
The Governments star wit
ness against Mr.. Williamson
was John R. Cunningham, who
became a controversial Wash
ington figure in 1858 when he
and IL other dissident men,
bers of the Transfers Union
in New York filed suit to chal-
lenge the election of Mr.. Hoffa
to the union presidency.
During the lengthy trial of
Mr.. Williamson and the other
two defendants, Mr.. Cunning
ham said he saw Mr.. William
son burning hotel telephone
slips that had been sought by
the committee.
Marshall Miller, attorney for
Mr.. Williamson, struck back
with testimony seeking to show
that Mr.. Cunningham was a
bigamist and a liar.
Phone Records Altered
Testimony against Mr.. Her.
man showed that he had in
structed one of the telephone
operators at the Woodner to
change records Of phone calls
from the hotel. His lawyer had
claimed that his client did not
do this in an effort to obStruct
the committee investigation,
that Mr.. Herman did not know
the records had been SUBJ
poenaed.
During final arguments this
week, Mrs. Hucks' attorney
Benedict Fitzgerald, jr., had re-
marked to the all-Negro jury
that the Senate committee
chairman, Senator Mcclellan
Democrat of Arkansas, came
from a State which was "origi-
nally one Of the slave States .
Mrs. Hucks' lawyer, before he
was interrupted by Judge Ed
ward A. Tamm, at one point
launched into an attack on
Arkansas Gov. Orville Faubus
for his role in the 1857 Little
Rock school crisis.
Mr.. Poretz characterized part
Of this final argument as q
"despicable display"
Neither Mr.. Miller nor Ken
meth D. Wood, counsel for Mr..
Herman, made any reference
to race or religion in his closing
argument.
Higher Bond Asked
Mr.. Poretz asked Judge
Tamm to raise the bond of
Mrs. Hucks-which had been
set at ,000-to $4,000. He
said that before the trial he had
been given an indication" that
Mrs. HuckS' life might be in
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Dance Class to Sturt

The Montgomery County De-
partment of Recreation has
announced that registrations
are being accepted for square
and folk dance classes that will
start Wednesday night at Chevy
Chase Elementary School and
Rock Greek Recreation Center.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
It's Guqurin Street

LONDON, April Is (AP).-
Leningrad named a street after
Astronaut Yuri A. Gagarin
yesterday. Moscow radio said it
was an avenue formerly known
as Narymsky Prospekt.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Laos Air Drop F allure
Is Setback to West

VIENTIANE, Laos April Is (AP).-Western diplomats
plunged into despair by the evacuaton-wthou
major ghof 500 royal paratroopers dropped Muong
KasSy nine days
The Westerners had hoped for decisive push by royal
before expected fire negotiated with
Evening star., 1961-04-15

OOL OruerS Early
At one point he was asked
when he was told that he would
be the first man into space.
He answered simply, THE
notification was in good time. +"
He reiterated what he had
! said in his prepared statement
that he and all other persons
concerned in the flight had al
ways had compete confidence
4 in its success.
Asked II he carried any good
luck charm or pictures of his
family. the handsome young
astronaut replied:
Il have no superstitions of
any kind so 1 carried no
charms. I had no pictures as
/ had complete confidence that
I would see my family soon" +"
Reporters tried to draw him
out on how many other astro-
nauts are being trained in the
Evening star., 1961-07-09

900 q NBC MYSTERY THEATER.
Color I Hour Wear Is The Parent"
Mona Freeman, Arthur Franz (Repeat)
9 JOHN CROSBY SHOW.
Discussion. l Hour.
q THE REBEL.
Western. "The Champ" Johnny's old
Army buddy tMichaeI Ansara), a prize
fighter, is victimized by his manager
(Repeat)
q GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER.
Drama. "The Money Driver" Mickey
Rooney and his son, Teddy, in drama
about harness racing. tRepeat)
$50 q THE ASPHALT JUNGLE.
Police. l Hour "The Lady and the Law
yer" A body is found in locked car.
Vera Miles guest stars tRepeat)
q HOLIDAY LODGE.
Comedy. "The Kissing Bug" Social d.
rectors Miller and Boone Wayne and
Shuster) try to protect a wealthy widow
Midge BIake) from romantic adven-
turer.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
31'|EI -
Evening, Cont.
800 q ED SULLIVAN SHOW.

Variety. l Hour Featuring The Brothers
Four. Felicia Sanders, Joey Adams and
Al Kelly. Other Guests: Phyllis DiIIer,
dancer Eileen 0'Dare, magician Cali Cali,
dancer Jimmie Rogers and a balancing
act. The Domenechs. Plus scenes from
the new motion picture, Goodbye Again"
$50 q TAB HUNTER SHOW.
Comedy Paul and his friend Peter
Orchard Erdman) win Las Vegas
casino. (Repeat)
q A WAY OF THINKING.
Public Affairs DR.. Albert Burke
"a THE LAWMAN.
Western "Demma" A doctor (Tom
Drake) poses as porter to protect him
self from an outlaw band (Repeat)
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16
Writing Contest
For Teenagers
Attracts $50

Two-hundred and fifty Mary
land teenagers We'd for county
and state honors in the fourth
annual Teen.Age Writing Con-
test sponsored by the Maryland
Press Association as part OF Ma
tional Newspaper Week.
First state prize, a 500 Saw
ings Bond, has been awarded d
Westminster high school senior,
Robert Miller. Miller's entry,
What My Newspaper Means
To Me-" was rated by the judges
as "professional.quality writ
ing"
Miller placed second In the
1860 contest.
This years runner.up, receiv-
ing $25 Savings Bond, is Mary
Marsden, a student at North
Hagerstown High School who
placed first In the Washington
County Contest in competition
with SO other writers and sec.
ond place in the state contest.
Certificates of honorable men
ton have been awarded David
Miller, Bel Air High School; Cal
vim Spedden, Cambridge High
School; David F. Sears, Anna.
polls High School; Harriet
Clark, Bruce High School CAL
legany County,, Judy Shultz,
Berlin High School; and Tim
Wolbert, Howard County Senior
High School.
Eta May Mcdaniel, editor Of
the Hurlock Upper Dorchester
News, served as state contest
chairman for the Maryland
Press Association. Also on the
committee were William r.
Cronin, Aberdeen Hartford DEM
ocrat; and Charles Mooshian,
Westminster Carroll County
Times.
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Capitol Comment

exercise for the vigorous. Prop
err access to roads, bridges and
culverts can make the longtime
Inhabitants of the Potomac Val
ley benefit more than ever from
the proximity of a great body
of water.
Next week, I expect to reach
the farthest corner Of our Con.
gressional District, the Fairfax
Stone" This is the southwest
extremity Of Maryland--a spot
rich In historic association. My
next column will give a fun re-
port of this visit.