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Armed Services subcommittee
and read a letter from Mr..
Kennedy which said the SAND
instructions were being issued
to Secretary of State Rusk in
regard to identifying State DeJ
partment reviewers.
Subcommittee Chairman
Stennis, Democrat Of Missis1
sippi, promptly upheld the plea,
II am convinced this executive
plea applies and the chair sus-
tains it," he ruled.
The only objection that was
voiced in a brief public hearing
came from Senator Thurmond,
Democrat of South Carolina,
whose charges that military
leaders have been "muzzled" led
to the investigation.
Act Called Dangerous
ITO me-" said Senator Thur
mond, this is one of the most
dangerous acts any President
has ever committed as President
of the United States"
The ruling came after Mr..
Mcnamara appeared at the
hearing and seated himself be-
side one of the Pentagon re-
viewers, Willis D. Lawrence,
who faced, however fleeting, the,
threat of being cited for con-
tempt. Mr.. Lawrence said ha
refused to disclose the informa-
ton on the instructions of the
Secretary. !
Mr.. Stennis prefaced his ruiz
ing with a declaration that,
there is no tarniSh Of any kind
on Mr.. Lawrence or any of his
Is associates" in the Pentagon
censoring department.
In another move in the con-
troversy-ridden inquiry, Gen.
David M. Shoup, commander of
the Marine Corps, was revealed
as having lambasted as "a waste
Of time" an interrogation Of
Marine personnel on their
knowledge of communism by a
team of subcommittee investi-
gators.
In a report that Mr.. Nc
Namara forwarded to the sub
committee last night, Gen.
Shoup said the subcommittee's
See INQUIRY, Page Al
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ence. Poee AS
United States should meet be-
fore the disarmament confer
ence starts on March IA, the
two free world leaders sug-
gested.
Note Is Sent
The Foreign Ministers also
should return as personal
participants" in the negotia-
lions "at appropriate stages as
is made" the President
and Prime Minister suggested.
A note from Mr.. Macmillan
and Mr.. Kennedy was sent
yesterday to Mr.. Khrushchev
the proposals.
In a joint statement released
simultaneously today in Wash
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A|veyGui|ty,
Given Life in
BoyKidndping
Condetti Jury Tieur
On Deoth Penalty
Ended by Judge
BY JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.
Star Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Feb. 8. - A
Federal jury, deadlocked for
more than eight hours over
whether Joseph H. Alvey should
receive the death penalty in
the kidnap-murder of 7-year-
old Michael Condetti, found
him guilty early today, but
spared his life.
The taciturn, 42-year-old
kidnaper was Immediately SEN
fenced to life in prison by Fed
eral Judge Roszel C. Thomson
with the recommendation to
the Parole Board that Alvey
never be released until it is
certain he will never be dan
ger to our children or our
children's children"
Under Federal law he will
not be eligible for parole for
Is yeaSs.
Defense Attorney j. Carl Hill
disclosed today he plans to file
a motion with the court to set
aside the verdict on grounds of
insanity. Mr.. Hill said Alvey
had told him about a state
ment he signed in Florida adj
hitting the crime, but denied
to him there had ever been a
re-enactment.
The verdict and sentence
came with dramatic sudden
ness at 1915 am. in the nearly
deserted Federal Court here.
The jury of 10 men and two
women obviously had reached
an impasse and was on the
point of being sent to a hotel
for the night when, shortly
after midnight, Judge Thomson
called them into the courtroom
and asked one question:
HAS the jury unanimously
agreed whether the defendant
is innocent or guilty and is the
dispute on the penalty? Answer
yes or no."
Eleven Favor Death
The jury fore m a n, John
Brooke Duvall, vice president
of the Baltimore Transit Co.,
arose and answered, Yes"
It was later learned that III
of the jurors favored the death
penalty.
The jury began deliberations
at 2:30 pm. yesterday. The first
ballot, taken soon. after was
unanimous that Alvey was gull
ty with nine for and three
against the death penalty.
On the next ballot, the jul
rors voted II to l that the guilty
verdict include the death pen
atty and remained deadlocked
at that vote until Is minutes
past midnight.
Ask to See Map
There were several interrupt
tons. At 4 pm. the jurors
asked to see a bus route map
and some photographs of Mi
chael's beaten, suffocated and
sexually-abused body. At $50
pm, they sent out for coffee.
They were escorted across
the street to the Emerson Hotel
by United States marshals at
$50 pm. for dinner and re-
sumed deliberations at 8:l5
pm, still deadlocked at II to l.
Observers got a clue to the
impasse at 1890 pm. when the
jury returned to the courtroom
and asked Judge Thomson to
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Amendment Drafted

14C lao d1 dAOC0 Oil uAAACAlA-
ment, in the form of a substi-
tute, to send first degree MUIR
derers to prison for life with
no chance of probation or pa
role. The only exception would
be for convicted defendants
who, after sentencing, were
found by a court to be inno-
cent rather than guilty.
The pending business on the
Senate floor is q House-passed
bill to make electrocution here
discretionary rather than man
datory.
The penalty in first-degree
murder cases would be death
unless jurors unanimously rec
commended life imprisonment.
Should jurors fail to agree, the
Judge could sentence the con-
victed person to death or to
Jail for life. Stiff probation
requirements would have to be
met.
Senator Hartke, Democrat of
Indiana, who managed the
sentencing legislation in COM
mittee, was ready for floor
action. But Majority Leader
Mansfield of Montana said
there had been no indication"
that the Senate could consider
the death penalty bill without
a roll-call period.
Senator Morse insisted on a
record-vote. The leadership
decided yesterday against any
roll-call votes until after next
Thursday. The Morse oppoSi-
ton could delay action for
weeks. If he succeeds in STALL
ing the bill until the closing
days of the session, he no doubt
would try to filibuster it to
death.
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Tiros N Put
In Orbit, Sends
~ Pictures
Weather Satellite
Beams Excellent
Cloud Cover Films
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Staff Writer

The Nations fourth T1ros
satellite was launched this
morning and already is taking
excellent pictures" of the
worlds weather.
Boosted by a 90-foot Thor
Delta rocket, the squat. 1885,
pound cylinder was launched at
Cape Canaveral, Fla, at 1894
am. Three and one-half hours
later, the National Aeronautics
a nd Space Administrations
weather satellite chief, Morris
Topper, read this announce
ment to newsmen at NASA
headquarters here:
Pictures of excellent quality
are reported from Wallops Is
land, Va, and Princeton, N. j.
The area covered is the north
ern midwestern United States,
southern Canada. Nova Scotia
and the North Atlantic.
"A full readout was obtained.
Infra-red data is coming in in
the same excellent fashion.
"All reports are verbal from
the stations at present. We ex-
pect to release pictures later
this afternoon"
All Equipment Working
The hatbox-shaped satellite,
studded with solar cells to de-
rive electrical power from the
suns radiation, contains two
televiSion cameras and a de-
tector to measure the heat bal
ance Of the earth by buaging
the infra-red radiation. All this
equipment was reported work.
ing well.
Today's launching was the
fourth success in four tries for
Tiros, which already has revo-
lutionized world weather re-
porting.
1t appeared likely that Tiros
~ would be called into service
to aid in forecasting for the
orbital ride of Astronaut John
H. Glenn, jr., now scheduled
for next Wednesday.
"a In addition to the NASA sta
ton at Wallops Island on the
Virginia sea coast, and a facil-
ity operated by the Radio Corp.
of America at Princeton. Tiros
reports periodically to a NASA
station at Point Mugu, Cali
fornia, near Los Angeles. This
station, as well as the others,
received the Tiros signals in
the first few hours of its flight
in space.
Close to Orbit Plan
DR.. Topper said the satellites
orbital features are very close
to what had been planned.
Very rough data" shows Tiros
~ DRIFTING the earth once
every 100 minutes, along a path
inclined to the equator at a
48-degree angle. This takes the
satellite about as far north as
Seattle and correspondingly far
south each time around.
At its closest point to the
earth, Tiros is about 450 miles
up and at that point travels
about 1900 miles an hour. At
its farthest point from the
earth the satellite Is about 500
miles high, going 1900 miles
an hour.
At present, the cameras and
infra-red gear are pointed at
the northern hemisphere, but
already the focus of attention
is starting to move south, &C
cording to DR.. Topper. Tiros
satellites are oriented always
with respect to a point in space,
which means the cameras point
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Dealers Advocate Law
To Protect Investors
Special Committee Acts After Studying
Complaints Against Unqualified Firms
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Ctar STATE Urttar

special committee of Washington investment dealers
has voted to law protection for
the citys investors. .-.. ~. "...~
The action was disclosed today by Melvin o. Wright Of
Rouse Brewer, Becker and Bryant chairman of the spe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-08
For mony homemokers St.
Valentines Doy represents q
special cuIinory challenge,
including q dash Of senti-
ment.

Violet Faulkner, The Stor's
Food Editor, describes recipes
for this special occasion thot
have both eye and Taste
appeal.
In Today'S Star
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Kennedy Rules Out
Naming Of Censors
Letter Read
At Probe by
McNumuru
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star staff Writer

Acting on President Ken,
nedy's direct orders, Secretary
of Defense Mcnamara today
invoked the doctrine of ex-
ecutive privilege to bar Senate
investigators from obtaining
names of specific censors who
changed anti Communist
speeches of military leaders. !;
Mr.. Mcnamara appeared
personally before a Senate
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Text Of President Kennedy's Letter toI
Secretary MeNomoro. Pose Al
Text Of Gen. shoup's Report I'd
Secretary MeNomoro. Pose A
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Excerpts From Kennedy Press Confer
enee. Pose AS
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TILE WEAruED. Full Report
'"E VEAIHIN. on Pass BE-

District and vicinity - Occasional light
snow tonight; lowest about 80. Cloudy
and warmer tomorrow with occasional
rain. High and low of past "a hours:
High, IS, at noon today; low, %, at 1l:l5
pm. yesterday.
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Tieup Of D. c. Tax Bill
Unlikely, Morse Says

in "impacted" aid to the States.
But Congress extended the pro-
gram two years last session.
In a fighting mood, Senator
Morse also blocked Senate con-
Sideration this afternoon of a
bill to eliminate the mandatory
death penalty for first degree
murder in the District. The
Oregonian is against capital
punishment.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
ACCENT ON SPACE
instruments on Moon
.Moy Answer Riddles

formation about the detailed
character of the lunar surface
than is possible using the 600
inch Palomar Telescope" The
big Palomar instrument can
not distinguish anything small
er on the moons surface than
about $50 yards wide.
Ranger 4 is expected to be
launched from Cape Canaveral
late this month. If successful, it
will reach the moon about 21a
days after launch. 1t will crash
on the lunar surface. leaving
only its specially protected
quake-meter in working order.
This seismometer will be de-
signed to measure the number
of moonquakes during a period
of about a month. "This infor-
nation can then be interpreted
| in terms of the internal ther-
NAL structure of the moon,
DR.. Mcdonald said.
RadiOactivity Measured
The gamma ray spectrometer
will measure the output of ra-
dioactivity in the moons rocks
These measurements will be
made while the Ranger vehicle
is plunging moonward.
IF the moon has the same
concentration of radioactive
elements as does the earth," DR.
Macdonald said, there SHOULD
J be about eight times as man!
, moonquakes in any given ares
: as there are earthquakes in {
Evening star., 1962-04-09
HI AND LOIS
MUTT AND JEFF
SCAMP

When the first American in
strument package reaches the
moon-perneps before this
month is out-age-oid ques-
tions about that bodys origin
and nature may be answered.
A quake measuring device
aboard Ranger-4 may be the
key to unlock this riddle, DR..
Gordon j. F. Macdonald said
today. DR.. Macdonald, asso-
ciate director of the Institute
of Geophysics and Planetary
Physics at the University of
California CLos Angeles, deli
vered the 14th in a series of
Space Science Forum lectures
over the Voice of America.
THE first package to be sent
to the moon will contain three
scientific instruments: "A tele-
vision camera, a gamma ray
speetrometer, and a seismo-
meter" DR.. Macdonald said.
The TV camera will start
taking pictures that will cover
an area about Is miles on d
side and will continue photo
graphing the moons surface
uptil it is 50 close that the
pictures will cover only about
670 yards on side.
=. More Data Possible
The last pictures will havc
a resolution of some two X
three meters, and it will b.
possible to obtain far more in
Evening star., 1962-04-09
FAMOUS FABLES
By Rupe
BY E. E. EDGAR

EMERGENCY: One day,
on the street floor of a New
York office building, come
dian Fred Allen was in a
crowded elevator, waiting to
go up.
A middle-aged couple ap-
preached and tried to get on,
The woman managed to
squeeze aboard, but the hus-
band could not make it.
Let my husband I'M" cried
the woman. No one budged.
I'm sorry. sir" said the
operator, addressing the man.
You'll have to take the next
elevator"
He started to close the
door. The woman became
hysterical.
Let my husband m!" she
screamed. You can't leave
him behind! I won't go with
out him!"
At this, Allen broke his
silence.
Really, madam" he said.
This isn't the Titanic, you
know"
Evening star., 1962-04-09
BY EDWARD STREETER
Contributing Writer

Books have always been in
my life. They were planted
there many, many years ago
by q devoted aunt who used
to read to me every night
while I ate my supper. I can't
remember any break in those
delightful sessions until I
was graduated from the
nursery to the grownup's
table downstairs. In those
precocktail party days the
relationship between the
young and their elders ap-
pears to have been more
stable.
The important thing was
that she never tried to force
books on me. She read me
what I wanted to hear, which
must have been tough on her
at times. I am eternally
grateful to her. however. for.
by reading those things
which interested me. she
made books my friends.
The pleasure that I get
from them has never dimin-
ished, but something strange
has happened during the in
tervening years. Today when
I settle into a comfortable
chair with a book. reasonably
secure from interruptions. a
feeling Of cream-Smooth con-
tent creeps over me which
could only be expressed by q
few lusty purrs. And at that
precise moment my conscience
hops onto the back Of the
chair and whispers, angrily,
Come, come; who do you
think you are: jefferson at
Monticello or the Vicar Of
Wakefield or somebody? Last
night you made out a list Of
things you were going to do
today. Whey don't you go and
do them? What about that
stuck drawer in the pantry
and the letter Of sympathy
you were going to write to
old Mrs. Hillary?" I know
when I'm licked. Laying aside
my book with a sigh. I go
about my unending chores.
I suppose that is why I like
boats and planes and trains.
They are the only places
where I can read without my
conscience dreaming up some
silly thing that I should be
doing instead.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
LIBRARY WEEK
Many Things Wreck
Plans for Reading

This is solute TO the fifth obser-
once Of Notionol Librory Week by
Edword Streeter, outhor Of the
current best-seIler, "choirmon Of
the Bored" (Horper.D
Evening star., 1962-04-09
NAACP Asks Reds
To Spare Jews

NEW YORK, April 9 (AP).-
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People has appealed to the So
Wet Union for clemency in the
cases of IL jews and 3 other
Soviet citizens sentenced to
death "for various alleged eco
nomic offenses."
The NAACP said yesterday
the large number of Jews in
the group indicates the Soviet
Union "utilizes the weapon of
group persecution and discrim-
ination in it's attempts to Sc
cure and maintain power"
The appeal was in a letter
to Anatoly F. Dobrynin, Soviet
Ambassador to the United
States.
Evening star., 1962-04-09

-=-~--------~~-~-~-
OF course there are always
pitfalls. For example. if you
are not constantly alert you
will run into old friends who
are dying to tell you the
trouble they are having with
their Stomachs or how clever
they are about their invest
ments. When I was commut-
ing I always entered a car
from the rear platform,
which gave me a chance to
look over the passengers
without being observed. If I
saw a familiar pair of shoul-
ders I could duck out and
go to the rear of the next
car, and so on. until I found
myself safely seated beside a
stranger.
1t is too expensive to trav-
el just to get an opportunity
to read free of ones con-
science: and so it is that
with the passing years the
only chance I have to read
is after I go to bed at night.
But even there I am not Sc
cure. Shortly after I settle N.Y.
self against the pillows with
a relaxed sigh. an invisible
ether cone is clamped over
my face and as my book slips
to the floor ] know whose
hand has done the clamping.
I have no idea how 1t IS
with other people. but a few
hours later I usually pop
awake as alert as a bird dog.
If could be as sharp in the
daytime as am in the mid
die of the night I would have
been President long ago. You
might think that would be a
logical place to get in a few
chapters. but my conscience.
which is on 24-hour duty,
warns me that If I do I will
feel dreadful the next day
and not to forget that / have
an important meeting at $3.50
in the morning.
when people complain
about how little time they
get for reading I know just
what they mean.
lCopyright, 1862. by Edward streeter)
TOMORROW: George Waller.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
BY Volt Disney

comparable area (on earth)."
It is now believed that the
moons shape is somewhat ir-
regular, DR.. Macdonald point
ed out. 1t is flattened at the
poles and bulges around the
equator. as does the earth. In
addition, it protrudes in the
direction of the center of the
earth - in DR.. MacDonald's
words, "a nose Of the moon that
always faces the earth. l..
(and) which has apparently
been pulled out by the gravi-
rational attraction of the
earth"
Next week, Gerord de Voucouleurs,
associate professor Of astronomy ot
the University Of Texas, will report
on Exploration Of the Nearer
Plonets" over VoA. An occount
will be eorried in The Stor.
Evening star., 1962-04-09
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Happy Yesterday to YOU

OVER THE PACIFIC
She was off the blocks at
11:45 pm. She moved up the
ramp slowly. a cry-baby in
the night. Capt. Harry Boyer
sat in the gloom Of his dials.
talking down the last check
list. His officers listened
and responded. like acolytes
at a pagan mass. I was one
of 79 passengers.
MY SOLE INTEREST was
that this plane would fly me
backward in time - from
Monday to Sunday. D.
The trip itself is dull.
Haneda Airport, Tokyo, to
Honolulu-3,900 miles. Time:
6 hours, % minutes. Altitude:
$1,000 feet. Weight Of plane:
ITS tons. Fuel: 10 tons. Off
cial designation: Pan Ameri-
can Flight 2. Plane: Boeing
TOT.
The captain has a lot Of
gray. He has flown them all.
but this is a new age, an age
in which he speaks in terms
of minutes, rather than miles.
and in radio logs rather than
geography. The work is not
true flight; the monster
racks up the miles by itself;
the crew does the bookkeep-
ing.
Boyer mods to First Officer
Herbert Platt. Four throttleS
are advanced and the fat girl
shriekS all the way to Fuji-
yama and takes thunder as
an echo. The nose wheel
moves slowly down the white
stripe and Boyer reads in
struments; Second Officer
Bill Wakefield leans between
the captain and first officer.
reading instruments; Engi-
neer Bill Newport clocks his
Evening star., 1962-04-09

panel Of pressures and heats
and calls out numbers.
The fat girl moves faster
and faster, her FREELY lights
winking and, when she is
ready, she lifts off, nose high,
tucking her legs inside her
body. For awhile, she moves
northeast, toward the center
of Tokyo. Platt turns her
slowly, so gently that the ship
is at 5000 feet before he is
over the Pacific Ocean.
It is 1903 Monday morn
ing as Pan-American 2 leaves
Tokyo, but it will be 11:40
am. Sunday. Hawaii local
time, when she lands. I had
met Capt. Boyer. I'm going
to sleep through this one"
I said. ASK the purser to
wake me up when we cross
the International Date Line"
He nodded. Then he exam
ined a flight chart. "Your
watch on Tokyo time?" he
said. I said yes. I'VE esti-
mate at 1857 am. I'll have
AL Raubitschek, our purser,
give you a jog. Which side
of the line you going to
photograph-east or west?"
Very funny. A half hour
after takeoff, the ship is
seven miles up, moving with
out strain. The sound inside
is like a cellar oil burner.
Passengers eat snacks, drink
a nightcap, tuck themselves
in under blankets. Ahead Of
the plane, Arcturus winks a
yellow eye. No matter how
fast the plane moves, the
star keeps its distance.
On the flight deck, the
heading is 096 for Midway
Island. Boyer and Platt ask
teasing questions Of Engi-
neer Newport. He's o book
Evening star., 1962-04-09

man. He has not only read
everything about the TOT; he
seems to remember every
thing. So they ask him OBJ
tuse questions involving
situations which will never
arise. He answers seriously.
His black eyebrows are so
thick they have 20 degree
flaps.
At $40, the purser nudges
me. The sun is coming up. A
faint green light rims the
world. Above. the sky is
deep indigo, freckled with
stars. Below, the sea is a
royal blue dinner plate.
Flight 2 hangs .motionless
between them. She has
picked up a Jet stream and
is now moving at 725 miles
per hour.
I awaken Kelly. At $50
am. we will pass into yes
terday. We had spent all day
Sunday in Tokyo; now we
will spend all day Sunday in
Hawaii.
At $3.50 am. Boyer sends
a message back by steward
ess: HAPPY YESTERDAY
to you" Coming around the
world eastbound, we had lost
IA hours by the time we
reached Tokyo. and more.
in flight since. At Hawaii. we
would be five hours behind
New York. This imaginary
line, over which we were
passing, is, in essence, the
end of time. Also, the be-
ginning. Time is officially
measured from high noon at
Greenwich, England. Rough
ly, each thousand miles east
is an hour later. Each thou
sand miles west is an hour
earlier.
The two meet at the In
ternational Date Line where,
although both directions
have the same time. the east
side of it is a day earlier.
There is nothing complicated
about it. Anyone who can
do logarithms on a Chinese
abacus can understand.
Copyright. 1862, King Features
Syndicate. Inc.