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Evening star., 1962-03-28
SY SYLVIA PORTER

1867 Will go down in the rec
ordS OF consumer gypS as the
bonanza year of a generation
for hucksters of desert waste
land in Texas, Arizona, New
Mexico and Nevada, submerged
swamp land in Florida. other
near worthless real estate ir
areas ranging from the Big
Islands of Hawaii to the Ba-
hamas.
"The southwestern Unite &
States now leads in question.
able land promotions" says
John R. Hoffman, vice presi-
dent of the National Better
Business Bureau, who has just
completed a tour of the region
He found some promoters are
making good on promises tt
build modern communities ir
the desert, but in many widely
promoted areas progress i.
next to nil.
One report states that de.
velopers can purchase a large
tract of desert land for 81 ar
acre and sell it sight unseer
for as much as $500 an acre
Land promoters haven't made
hay like this since the '20S!
Swamp Promotions
But the Southwest has NJ
monopoly on this type of con-
sumer deception. Florids
swamp promotions are making
headlines again. In recent
months, the fantastic exagger.
ations of home. development.
in Hawaii'S Big Island have be.
come an open scandal in oul
50th State. Colorado has hac
its share of the land hucksters
Right now the National Bet
ter Business Bureau is turning
wary eye on the land promo
tionS coming out of the Ba.
hamaS.
If you have mailed downpay.
ment checks in response to ads
cleverly implying that a bar.
rem. remote area is about tt
become an ideal site for a va.
cation or retirement home, you
may be stuck. Perhaps over 6
long period of time, your gam
BILE will pay off, your dream
will come true-perhaps. But
if you're still in the group just
dreaming and just looking al
the ads. this report can save
you money and heartache.
You'll be caught in these
land promotions not by what
the ads say but by what they
neglect to which is the
reason "the land sharks can gel
away with it," Mr.. Hoffman
emphasizes. The half truth.
are slimly within the limits oi
the laws and regulations"
For instance, an ad may cal
Arizona land "one of the best
buys" in the Nation at $129 ar
acre, but may fail to mention
that the land is in a critica
water region where the cost o.
Evening star., 1962-03-28
N&W Agrees to Lease
P&WV in Expansion Plan

NEW YORK, Mar. % (AP)
The Norfolk e. Western Rail-
way agreed yesterday to lease
the Pittsburgh and West Vir-
ginia railway for SO years, fur.
ther smoothing the path of q
pending expansion proposal.
The lease, approved yesterday
by directors of the respective
railroads, is contingent on
P&WV stockholder approval.
1t further is predicated on
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion approval of the N&W ex-
pansion plan, which involves
consolidation with the Nickel
Plate and Wabash Railroads.
Under the lease. the N&W
would pay rent of $915,O0O
a year. The lease would be
renewable indefinitely.
The Pittsburgh and West
Virginia is a 112-mile segment
Iof the so = called alphabet
route" a series of bridge lines
connecting the Midwest with
the port cities of Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
The alphabet route is COM
petitive with single-line routes
such as the Baltimore & Ohio
and the Pennsylvania Rail
roads. The P&WV connects on
one end, at Pittsburgh juno
ton, with the Nickel Plate, and
at the other, Connellsville, Pa,
with the Western Maryland
Railroad.
The P&WV, with assets of
about $53 million and long
term debt of $11 million, had
an operating loss of $1.8 mil
Evening star., 1962-03-28
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. March 2s (AP).-For-
eign exchange rates (Great Britain and
Australia in dollars, others in cents
and decimals of a cent?:
Evening star., 1962-03-28
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
7o62's Consumer Gyps III

drilling a we'll. installing a
pump and bringing in the
power to operate it is prohibi-
tive. Your ad may represent a
good buy, but beware! - il
you're an fastener, the odds
are against your even think
ing of the availability of wa
ter as the pivot point in a
purchase. Or an ad for q
Texas development may men,
tion nearby skiing" but not
refer to the fact that near
by" snow skiing is 100 miles
away.
To legitimate real estate men
who have bona fide land offers
to make in the States being
invaded by the swindlers, the
competition from the unscrup-
uoluS promoters is not only un-
fair but also destructive public
ity. AS a result of the pres
SureS, new State laws are being
passed which certainly will
help.
A 1861 Arizona law now re-
quireS a promoter to furnish
prospective purchasers with a
report giving all pertinent in
formation on utilities. water
supply, availability of fire pro-
lection, etc. A similar law in
California has done much tc
keep that States lands out o1
the hands of slick operators
A Hawaiian law passed last
year is designed to force pro-
moters to follow through or
promised improvements before
they sell their lots to inno-
cents.
Protect Yourself
AS it always has been and
always will be, though, you
must protect yourself-and al
you need do is use your com.
mon sense.
Don't purchase land sigh
unseen and solely on the baSi.
of lush promises in a hand.
some ad, unless you are addict.
ed to playing the long shots
If you can't afford to pay the
price of transportation to gt
to see what you're buying, yor
can't afford to be swindled.
Do have the simple intelli.
gence to check the reputation
of the land promoter with the
local Better Business Bureau
and consult a lawyer before
you reach a decision and mai
a check. Ask about the value
of other land in the area, tht
nearnesS of highways, schools
shopping centers. Find ou
what public facilities actual!
exist in contrast to what i.
promised on streets, electricity
water supply,
If you'll do only these things
you'll avoid turning your va.
Acknowledgement dream into 6
lifelong nightmare.
Tomorrow: Auto Repair
Frauds.
Distributed 1862. bv the Hall Syndicate
Inc. All Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1962-03-28
METALS

NEW YORK, Mar (AP).-Spot
nonferrous metal prices today: Copper
81 cents pound, Connecticut Valley
Lead GA cents pound, New York
Zinc IL cents a pound, East st. Louis
Tin l,24 a pound, New York. Foreign
silver .0lLs per troy ounce, New York
Pittsburgh scrap steel No; heavy was
quoted by Iron Age at 32.00-33. 90.
Evening star., 1962-03-28
Muqowun Elected

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. %
(AP) P).-Robert A. Mcgowan.
president and chairman Of the
board of Safeway Stores, was
elected director of the Cater
pillar Tractor Corp.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
Rowan Told to Leave
Memphis Airport Cafe

banning segregated seating on
trains and buses and prohibit
ing interstate carriers in some
cases from using segregated
terminals. However. it does not
have jurisdiction over air
travel. The Justice Department
has suits pending to desegre-
gate airport facilities at New
Orleans and Montgomery, Ala.
Mr.. Rowan said the waitress
called the assistant manager
and the police.
II took her name and the as
sistant managers name and
the names of the police and
indicated I would simply turn
the matter over to the Justice
Department" Mr.. Rowan said.
He said ne was given the
names of Rube Hunt as assist
ant manager of the restaurant
and George r. McCaul as air
port control officer. They were
the only names he had with
him at his State Department
office in Washington.
Mr.. Rowan's name also fig
ured in a dispute involving one
of Washington's most exclusive
clubs earlier this month. When
it became known the Cosmos
Club had turned down Mr..
Rowan for membership, a num-
ber of members resigned.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
Alabama Rule Chonqe
Seeks Negro Vote Loss

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 20 AP).-States rights Ala
bama Democrats shouting white supremacy action
today to keep Negroes off the party governing body
will be elected in this years primaries
The State Democratic Executive Committee officially threw
the 1862 election campaign by adopting May
Evening star., 1962-01-21
1925 Race Case
Plea Is HeId.Up

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan.
20 (AP).-A case involving a
Negro lawyers contentious that
he was denied his constitu-
tional rights in a Federal court
trial in Huntington, w. Va, in
September, 1925, has been
postponed indefinitely here.
Edwin F. Lark, a Charles
Town and Washington, D. c.,
attorney who instituted the new
proceedings, became ill while
on the witness stand yesterday.
Federal Judge John A. Field,
jr., ordered an indefinite post
ponement.
Lark was convicted on three
counts of mail fraud in the
alleged solicitation of member
ships for social fraternity in
Huntington. He was sentenced
to four years on each count,
with the sentences to run con-
currently.
Lark was paroled after serv-
ing more than three years in
the Federal Penitentiary at At
lanta, Ca, and received a presi-
Dental pardon in 1914. He now
has alleged that he didn't re-
ceive a fair trial in 1925 be-
cause of his race.
Lark brought the new pro-
ceedings here to clear his name.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
SuIvo Firinq
Of Tituns
Given Test

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Calf, Jan. 20 (AP) -
The Air Force today fired a
Titan intercontinental missile
and then-in the first practice
for firing Titans in salvo-be-
gan readying another. =
Two of the three armored,
underground silos in the Titan
complex here were used in to-
days test.
From one of the deep pits a
giant Titan rose into the sky
at 4:57 pm. Pacific Standard
Time, 7:57 EST heading for
a target area near Wake Island,
1000 miles west.
Plans called for a second
Titan to be elevated from its
hole an hour later, but it will
not be launched.
The test was a run-through
for Strategic Air Command
crews on how to fire a Salvo
of the huge missiles.
The Air Force says that a
Titan battery should be able
to launch all three missiles be-
fore an enemy missile could
complete its Commute flight.
No attempt was made today
to get the second missile ready
for launching this quickly. The
Air Force at first planned a
speed test. then decided to do
it more slowly, Stimulating var
ious types Of failure to make
the test harder.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
5 Die in,Peru
As Dixie Breaks

LIMA, Peru, Jan. 20 (AP).-
An artificial dam formed of
mud and rocks in the river Sal
cantay collapsed Thursday and
caused the death of five per-
sons, according to reports
reaching here today.
An unusual thaw on snow
covered mountains had washed
the mud and stones into the
small river at a point about Is
miles from the village of Santa
Teresa.
Most persons living nearby
feared the artificial dixie would
collapse and fled to higher
ground, but two women and
three men remained to watch
the flooding river. They were
caught when the dam collapsed.
The flood waters covered a
number of plantations, destroy
ing cacao and coffee crops, and
also covered about 80 huts
whose inhabitants had fled.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
Fire Destroys
Abandoned Mill.
In Kensinqton

Flames lit the sky over Ken
Sington last night as part of
an abandoned lumber mill
burned. No one was injured.
Montgomery County police
said a storage shed and the
mill area of the General Mill
work Co., 1850 Knowles avenue,
caught fire around $50 pm.
Police said the officers of the
firm had applied for a permit
to burn down the shed today
Cause of last nights blaze was
not Immediately known. The
firm is in the process of NOV
ing to a new location on Rock
vile Pike, police said.
The blaze, which could be
seen for several miles, brought
out fire equipment from Ken
sington, Chevy Chase, Bethesda
and Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
Bethesda Woman
Dies in CurCrush

PERRY, Fla, Jan. 20 (AP)
Mrs. Lille Virginia Morris,
63, of 58l5 Lone Oak drive,
Bethesda, Md, died in a high
way accident yesterday, posi-
bly, as a result of heart failure.
Mrs. Morris was riding in a
light truck driven by her hus-
band, Adolph F., Sc, when it
went out of control on U. S. 19
and overturned. Investigators
said Mrs. Morris apparently
suffered a fatal heart attack.
Her husband received bruises.
The accident occurred about
go miles southeast of Talla-
hasSee.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
PRESIDENT GIVES TWIST
FOR INAUGURAL REMARKS

President Kennedy tickled his fellow Democrats at
$OOapate dinner last night by parodying phrases from
his own inaugural address into a commentary the
Democratic Party deficit.
I'VE observe tonight. not celebration of freedom
but victory of party, the President said with tongue
n-cheek, for have pay off the party
debt that forbears nearly year and three
months ago.
Our deficit will not be paid off in the next 100 days,
will it be paid off in the first 1000 days. nor in the
life of this Administration Nor perhaps in our life
time on this planet!'
The President concluded, Let us begin, remembering
that generosity is not sign of weakness and that am
baSsadors always subject to Senate confirmation
For if the Democratic Party cannot be helped by the
many who are poor cannot be saved by the few who
are rich. So let us begin"
Evening star., 1962-01-21

committee.
Mr.. Mizell, one of the six
Democratic presidential elec-
tors in Alabama who refused to
vote for John F. Kennedy in
1860, said increased Federal
pressure for mass Negro voter
registration might enable Ne
groes to win committee seats
under the old system of run
ming at large.
Singles Out Negroes
BY voting in a bloc and sup
porting one Negroe candidate
and no one else, he explained,
Negroes might muster enough
ballots to put them ahead of a
white contender.
But, continued Mr.. Mizell, by
running for specific places it
will focus attention on any
Negro candidates and better
enable white voters to defeat
them.
Scores of candidates for gov
ernor, lieutenant governor,
Congress, the state legislature,
lesser state offices and the in
coming Democratic committee
itself began qualifying immedi-
ately. Still others will get into
the race before the March /
qualifying deadline.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
Tribesmen and Police
Clash on Thai Border

BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan.
20 (AP).-A hundred Haw
tribesmen claShed with border
police Friday night in Thai
lands northern Chiengmai
province, a police spokesman
reported today.
The spokesman said REIN
forcements have been sent to
bolster a 12-man police unit
against the Haw, who are re-
ported armed with light mod
ern weapons.
Local press reports specu-
lated the fighting broke out
over a police breakdown on
opium smuggling in the border
area.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
OFFICIALS AWAIT
DETAILS ON PLANE

Both United States and for
eign spokesmen expressed keen
interest last night in any films
that might be found aboard
the Bulgarian jet plane which
crashed in Italy yesterday.
AS one Italian Embassy of
ficial put it, THE pilot wasn't
taking pictures of birds"
The State Department, de-
clined official comment on the
incident, made it clear that all
comment would be handled by
italian authorities. The De-
fense Department also refused
comment.
Evening star., 1962-01-21

MEMPHIS, Jan. 20 (AP). -
Carl T. Rowan, Negro Assistant
Secretary of State. was refused
service and ordered to leave
the restaurant at Memphis Mu-
nicipal Airport today.
Mr.. Rowan said he flew to
Memphis from Little Rock with
three white companions in a
small private plane to make
connections with a commercial
airline.
when we got to the Mem
phis) airport, they suggested we
go in and have coffee, to keep
the pilot awake" Mr.. Rowan
said. II don't drink coffee. I
didn't want service"
Mr.. Rowan said a waitress
told him he could not be served
and asked him to leave. Mr..
Rowan said later he would file
an official protest with the JUS
tice Department Monday.
Il had no idea the restaurant
didn't serve Negroes" Mr.. Ro-
wan said. II certainly wasn't
trying to create an incident"
Acting Police Chief w. w.
Wilkinson said the waitress told
Mr.. Rowan he would have to go
to the International Room of
the airport, which serves Ne
groes.
Rowan told the waitress he
was Assistant Secretary of
State, and if she did not serve
him, he would have the place
closed" Mr.. Wilkinson said.
Mr.. Rowan, Assistant Secre-
tary of State for Public Affairs,
had been in Little Rock last
night to address a meeting of
the Arkansas Council of HUI
man Relations.
Rowan Gives Details
Asked about the incident
after he returned to Washing
ton, Mr.. Rowan gave these ad-
ditional details:
He was unable to book a
flight from Little Rock back
to Washington because of the
late hour after he finished his
speech. A white businessman,
Fred Darragh, volunteered to
fly him to Memphis in a private
plane so he could catch a reg
ular airline flight to Washing
ton. Mr.. Darragh invited three
friends, all white, to make the
trip with them.
When they went into the
restaurant and the waitress re-
fused them service, Mr.. Rowan
said he told her he thought
this sort Of thing had ended
with recent ruling by the m
terstate Commerce Com
mission"
The ICC last fall broadened
existing court and ICC rulings
Evening star., 1962-01-21

This year, he estimated, the
contributions will again surpass
81 million-a sum large enough
to pay off the remaining debt,
put $4,000 into the senatorial
and congressional campaign
committee treasures, finance
the national committee opera
ton and leave the party at
years end with its first surplus
since 1855.
The only squabble of the COM
mittee meeting was a brief
flare-up between Western and
MidWestern delegates over the
location of the next national
committee session. Westerners
backed a resolution to have the
session in Seattle in August, but
were defeated, 1929.
Committee sources indicated
the next meeting probably will
be held in Indianapolis or Mil
waukee.
Evening star., 1962-01-21
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que described the tracking of
the plane but did not go into
the possible causes of the crash.
Officials declined comment
on whether he was carrying out
a reconnaissance mission.
Mr.. Powers was sentenced to
10 years in prison by a Soviet
court after his 1860 flight over
Russia ended with him para
chuting and his plane crashing.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
used the incidents to break up
a planned EaSt-West summit
meeting in Paris with former
President Eisenhower,
Evening star., 1962-01-21

l primary and the runoff four
weeks later. Democratic nomi-
nation is the same as election
in Alabama.
The racial issue erupted over
the method of electing a new
72-member governing body to
regulate party affairs in Ala
bama.
On a 1923 vote, States
Fighters showed through a pro-
vision requiring candidates for
the incoming State committee
to. run for specifically num-
bered places. Eight members
will be elected from each of the
states present nine congress
sional districts.
Chances LesSOned
In the past, candidates with
in each district have run at
large, with the top eight con-
tenders emerging as victors.
Under the new rules, each can
didate must qualify for a spe-
cific seat, such as place No. /
etc.
Committeeman Frank Mizell
of Montgomery, himself a can
didate for lieutenant governor,
offered the numbered-place
resolution as an openly avowed
attempt to minimize the chance
of electing Negroes to the new
Evening star., 1962-01-21
BECK

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pealed to the United States Su-
preme Court.
II never took a nickel from
anyone in my life," Beck de-
clared.
At issue in the reversal was
the taxability of embezzled
funds as income.
The Appeals Court decision
pointed out that Beck's income
included IAN amazing series of
embezZlement."
The Appeals court, like the
Supreme Court, had held since
l945 that embezzled money was
not taxable. However, the Su-
preme Court ruled last May, in
the case of Eugene James, a
Chicago union official, that en-
bezZled income was taxable.
Can't Follow Suit
The Supreme Court reversed
the James conviction because
of its earlier Interpretation and
the Court of Appeals followed
suit in the Beck case today.
Beck was convicted February
10, 1859.
Today in Washington, D. c.,
a spokesman for the Justice
Department said the Appeals
Court decision reversing Beck S
conviction on income tax eva
sion charges reflects the posi-
ton taken by the Department
of Justice" The spokesman
added I'VE will have to study
the decision before determining
the departments future course
in the case.
The Appeals Court, in its de-
cision today, took note of the
James Case ruling.
Retrial Ordered
The decision, written by JUS
tice Stanley N. Barnes, who was
chief of the Antitrust Division
of the Justice Department from
1858 to 1856, said the jury failed
to make clear how much of the
evaded taxes was on embezzled
funds.
1--WE cannot read the jury's
mind" the decision read, land
we conclude it becomes neces-
Sary to reverse the conviction of
Beck on the four counts relating
to tax evasion and order a re-
trial of that issue"
The four counts involved
years in which Beck reported
total tax liability of $86,489.
The Government charged the
figure should have been
1927, ,346.
In Seattle, Jack Obenaur, the
assistant United States attorney
who helped try Beck, pointed
out that the affirmation of
Beck'S conviction for false union
returns still would subject the
onetime Teamster boss to five
years in prison.
That conviction was based on
charges that Beck aided in the
preparation and filing of false
and fraudulent returns for Joint
Council No. % of the Building
Association in Washington
State for 1850 and 1852.
The counts charged that the
association reported expending
$16,718.17 and $69,923.19 in
those years for payments and
alterations, whereas the true
sums were much smaller.
! Beck and his attorney, Charles
Burdell of Seattle, said they
first would seek a rehearing on
the false union returns charge
Then, if that is denied, an ap-
peal will be taken to the United
States Supreme Court.
There never was any merit
in what the Govern me n
charged me with" Beck said
concerning the tax-eyasion con-
viction.
Asked how he felt about a
possible retrial, Beck answered,
You never let stuff like that
disturb you too much"
An appeal by Beck from a
grand-larceny conviction in
King County (Seattle) Superior
Court is pending in the United
States Supreme Court, which
heard arguments last Novem-
ber 13.
In the State court case Beck
was accused of keeping $1,000
from sale of union-oWned
Cadillac. He was sentenced to
Evening star., 1962-09-23
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vanced degree in E.E. or phys
les and appropriate experience
are required.
Evening star., 1962-09-23
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PROGRAMMING

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