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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

land embarked, they were on
their own"
Being on your own in the
middle Of San Francisco Bay
on a foggy night with a fast
tide tapping at you. water
about 81 degrees numbing you,
must be nerve-tingling thing,
a frightening thing.
Perhaps the most frighten-
ing thing is the fact that you
wouldn't be able to see much.
If the fog is in, the Golden
Gate bridge to the west would
be blotted out, as would the
Oakland bridge to the east.
The lighthouses would be blan-
keted. And fog horns would
moan all around you.
Mr.. Blackwell and Mr.. Will
kinSon insist that even if they
had a board or something" it
would be too much for three
"non-athletic types, for all of
their planning" to overcome the
challenge Of the bay, a chal-
lenge on which the fame of
Alcatraz is built.
Did They Make 1t?
Officially there is no police
projection of what happened.
The FBI. in charge Of the
search, would say only I'VE are
doing everything we can think
of. The case is not closed until
there is a body"
Did they make it? No one
knows.
Including Frank Lee Morris
and John and Clarence Anglin,
38 men have tried to bust the
rock" OF these, eight were shot
to death or found drowned. The
rest never got off the island,
some not even outside the cell
blocks.
The last two men to try it,
in 1858. were caught, one alive
right after he set sail, the other
after he had drowned. They
too, had improvised flotation
gear. The dead man didn't turn
up for Is days.
In 1887, two Oklahoma bank
robbers apparently swan off
and the prison says they
drowned. No trace has ever been
found of these two, the only
two men before last week to
flee Alcatraz and remain unac-
counted for.
Morris and the Anglin boys
escaped confinement" Mr.. Will
kinson says. There's no doubt
about it. But they didn't escape
from Alcatraz if they died in
the attempt"
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living in q Communist con-
trolled area are relocated ir
new hamlets under heavy guarc
from Communist marauders
Communist propaganda lately
has attacked the strategic ham.
let program.
Elsewhere, a major govern
.nent operation begun two days
ago 40 miles north of Saigor
was still underway. About l zoo
Wet NameSe troops, using 9
new type of armored personnel
carrier, were taking part.
The operation, supported by
U. S. Marine Corps and Army
helicopters, was in a region vir-
tually controlled by the Wet
Cong near the border of Cam
bodia.
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jeep. The body Of the other
was some distance away.
The Wet Cong ambush was
strung along more than a halt
mile of road.
Villagers said the Wet Cong
moved into the area about Z
am. and set up the ambush
about 20 yards from the side
of the road.
Villagers said the Commu-
nists threatened them with
death if they betrayed the am
bush to government authori-
ties.
you shouldn't get the idea
our people Just walked into
this flat footed" a U. S. officer
said.
ut was a very well planned
and executed ambush. We
knew the road was dangerous
but no one realized there was
"a Wet Cong force OF that
strength in the area.
Mine Blows Up Truck
The Wet Cong began the at
tack by blowing up a civilian
truck in front of the convoy
with a land mine, killing all its
civilian occupants. The Com
munists then dentonated other
mines and poured whitening
fire into the convoy. The firing
lasted only Is minutes.
The convoy consisted of two
military trucks, a civilian
truck, three armored cars and
the jeep.
Government forces in near
by Ben Cat heard the firing
and sent a rescue unit. But the
Wet Cong had set up a road
block with a felled tree, and
rescuers were delayed a half
hour in reaching the ambush
site.
The bodies of the two officers
were brought to Saigon.
Site of New Operation
Ben Cat is a central town in
an area where South Wet Nam
has been concentrating on a
strategic hamlet program called
Operation Sunrise"
Under the program villagers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Frondizi's Appeal
Rejected by Court

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
June Is (AP).-The federal
court of appeals upheld today
"a lower court ruling rejecting
an application for a writ Of
habeas corpus for deposed
President Arturo Frondizi, i'm
prisoned by the present govern
ment.
Mr., Frondizi was deposed by
the armed forces March 90 and
has been held since then at the
naval base of Martin Garcia
Island. in the River Plata
estuary.
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B-GirIs StiIICIippine
Despite Senate Probe

simply grab q dollar or two off
the bar for cigarettes" "foT
a tip" for a sandwich" or lust
for nothing.
Once she even grabbed a
dollar as a Tip" for the bar
tender, and when he thanked
me, she snapped:
What are you thanking him
for? I got it for you. didn't -"
When my attention was di-
verified by a strapping brunette
in a strapleSs white gown,
Michele dug her nails into my
arm, and whispered:
Never mind her. Why don't
you meet me tomorrow in
Washington"
Bargain" Drinks
The brunette found another
sucker and the crisis passed.
But just as Michele was
about to entice me to a booth
cThey're much more init
mate,") a more serious crisis
developed. What with her 81
water cocktails, the $3.50 water
champagne, my modest intake
Of $l.l5 beers and about 81
Secreted in various crannies of
her costume, the stack Of
greenbackS on the bar had dis
appeared. All that remained
was a litter of wet nickels.
My disclosure of this put
Michele into a pet.
What's the matter with
you? Just write another travel
er's check" she pouted, drop
ping both her tense Of
friendship and her French &C
cent. When said there was
no more, she snapped:
We'll, l can't stay here
them" and she didn't.
AS I left, I checked my re-
sources and discovered that the
hour with Michele and her
friends had cost exactly $28.
This puts Baltimore substan-
TALLY ahead Of San Fancisco's
Tenderloin or Paris Pigalle.
The Senate investigating
committee is scheduled to take
up charges of prostitution and
other rackets in Baltimore's
clip joints at its Tuesday hear
ing.
One thing is certain: II an
investigation is needed the
Government is the only one
that can do it. No one else
could afford it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Small Tornado Hits
Florida Community

A small tornado hit Lantana
Heights near West Palm Beach.
Fla, causing minor damage.
Thunderstorms dashed portions
of the Gulf Coast westward to
Louisiana. ,.
The turbulent weather
whipped up waterspouts in the
Gulf of Mexico.
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Atlanta Lawyer
Heads Yale Alumni

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, June 16
(AP Yale President A. Whit
ney Griswold announced today
the election of Daniel B. Hodg-
son, an Atlanta (GaD attorney,
as national chairman of the
alumni board.
The alumni board met here
today during the week end
alumni reunion program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

LllIl6S dIlQ SIIldll arms Dy
guerrilla band of from 800 Il
400 men.
Not a member Of the arm.
ored column escaped unhurt
said United States sources, wht
estimated the number O
wounded Wet Namese soldier
at 20. All seven vehicles in thu
column were heavily damaged
and the guerrillas stripped then
Of weapons before fading int
the jungle.
HelicOpter Aids Pursuit
Wet Namese soldiers, aided
by a big U. S. helicopter, set
out in pursuit of the raiders
but the chase appeared hope
less.
Never before had the Wet
Cong guerillaS appeared SC
close to Saigon so heavily
armed. And they staged their
ambush near the town Of Ber
Cat by terrorizing villagers into
Silences.
Six U. S. servicemen now
have been killed in combat
since last December, when U. S
military aid was stepped up
A U. S. Army sergeant wa.
killed in action in central Wet
Nam this week.
The two Americans killed
today were a captain and 9
lieutenant, both advisers to the
Wet Namese army's It'll Regi.
ment Of the 5th Infantry Divi-
sion. They were riding in 6
jeep, the third vehicle in the
convoy.
One of the officers was iden.
titled by the Army in Wash.
ington as Capt. Walter R. Nc.
earthly, jr.. whose wife, Nancy
resides in Columbia, S. c. Hi.
mother was listed as Mrs. Eliza
beth A. Mccarthy of Brooklyn
N. Y.
The other officer was not i'm.
mediately identified pending
notification of his next of kin.
Villagers Threatened
One apparently was killed
instantly by q mine explosion
His body was found in the
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SEQ Transport Chief
In Pacific to Retire

SAN FRANCISCO, June Is
(AP).-Rear Admiral Eugene
B. Mckinney, Pacific area COM
mander of the Military Sea
Transportation Service, will re-
tire July l after 80 years of
naval service.
Admiral Mckinney won three
Navy Crosses as World War II
commander Of the submarines
Salmon and Skate for sinking
japanese ships in the Pacific
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leyes and blond hair. Clarence
q year younger. was 5-11h
weighed 1853, fair completed
but hazel-eyed. They were
of Is children in their family
Morris, then, was already or
THE Rock" eight months wher
the first Anglin arrived. The
AnglinS eventually were put ir
side by-side cells, as is Fedora,
custom for brothers. Morris wa,
four cells away. The cells were
on the lower tier of a triple
decker.
Cell Walls ErOded
Morris must have noticed the
cell walls are eroded and thu
metal fixtures rusted. Mr.
Wilkinson and Warden Olir
Blackwell admit this condition
The first step must have beer
to pry at the walls around q
metal ventilator cover. The
results we're satisfactory since
all three men eventually
Clipped loose the ventilatol
covers in their cells. They would
take the dirt down to the prison
exercise yard and throw it to
the winds, a handful at a time
Eventually it became neces-
sary to cover up their handi.
work. There is a workshop in
the prison and the warden says
the men had access to such
things as paint, glue, and so On
Someone with patience snug
gled enough material into the
cells to make and paint card
board likeneSses of the venti-
lator covers, plus q little bill
of wall.
When did they do all this
The cell doors at Alcatraz clans
shut at S pm. Lights go out al
$3.50 pm. The men sleep in 9
sort of half-light, heads to thu
bar. There is an hourly check
the guard walking past.
The work clearly was don't
at night, the chipping of the
walls with bits of spoons taker
from the community mess.
The last time the men wert
seen was at lights out Monday
They were not missed unit
showup Tuesday morning al
tbs, almost 10 hours later.
In their beds, accepted all
night-long as fast asleep con-
victs, were amazingly life-like
dummies with soap and plaster
heads and pillow bodies.
Electric Moment
The head had real hair
filched a handful at a time
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Robber With High 10 Credited
As Potter of AIcotroz Escape

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16
(AP).-Who thought UP this
weeks escape from Alcatraz is
unclear. But it's apparent that
the mastermind Of the break
by three southern bank rob-
berS was Frank Lee Morris, a
small man with the high in
telligence quotient of 1872.
Comment on the three es-
capees by Fred T. Wilkinson,
assistant director of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Prisons, bears
this out.
Morris is quiet and very in
telligent. He's not given to
rash violence. Above all, he's
a planner. The whole opera
ton seems typical Of him"
Mr.. Wilkinson added, how
ever. that the other men,
brothers John and Clarence
Anglin. ARE more on the
natively cunning side, throw
backs to the swamp country,
more given to action"
Mr.. Wilkinson said he came
to know the men at the Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary where he
served as warden.
Morris was IS, short, about
STA, weighed 135 pounds. He
had hazel eyes and black, wavy
hair, and a thin mouth. He
was a fugitive from the State
Prison at Angola. La, when he
took part in $6,l65 burglary
of a Slidell, Oa0, bank on
November 25, 1855. He was
arrested at Houma, La, the
following January.
14-Year Sentence
Later he tried to slip out of
the Orleans Parish Prison, and
then was sent to Alcatraz, THE
Rock" in San Francisco Bay,
on January ID, 1860, to COM
plete his 14-year sentence.
John and Clarence Anglin
and a third brother robbed a
Columbia (Ala.) bank Of 49,
600 in January, 1858. They
were arrested and the money
recovered. Clarence already
had a record Of four escapes
from Florida prison work
gangs. On August 8, 1860, he
was caught trying to spring
John from the Leavenworth
(Kan) Federal Prison by Sc
creting hime in a bread box.
John was sent to Alcatraz in
October 1860 and Clarence fol-
lowed him January, 1861, to
complete is and 10-year SEN
fences, respectively.
John Anglin, 80, stood $40,
weighed lao pounds, had blue
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from the prison barber shop.
1t must have been an electric
moment for the men when they
got the ventilator covers loose
and enlarged the holes in the
four-inch thick walls to about
10-by-14 inches, big enough to
crawl through.
What they found first was a
passageway connecting all the
cells. Now they could meet And
plot without being observed
They could explore. Next there
was a 30-foot pipe, narrow but
wide enough to squirm up, that
led to the roof.
From the roof it was 100 feet
to any number Of long drain
pipes leading to the ground
Beyond that there was only a
l2-foot barbed wire topped
fence and 100 yards further
they were on the beach, THE
Rocks" cliffs rising some 100
feet above them.
At this point Alcatraz' very
inacceSsibility may have worked
in favor Of Morris and the
Anglins.
The fog in San Francisco
Bay is sometimes so thick it's
binding. On a night like that,
and the Coast Guard reported
late Monday and early Tues
day foggy, three loose convicts
could not be seen. They were
not, and how many nights they
we're loose no one knows.
Raft From RaincOats
Now that they knew they
could reach Alcatraz' rocky
beach, what next? Something
would be needed to help them
cross the water that lay in all
directions. Here, too, an agile
mind proved useful. Another
convict said the trio fashioned
a pontoon raft of raincoat
sleeves. No such raft has been
found, but since the escape
two makeshift paddles, turned
out in the Alcatraz workshop,
have been discovered.
One of the paddles was found
on THE Rock" the other on
Angel Island to the north, the
closest point Of land to Alca-
traz, but still two miles away.
This floating gear had been
hidden on the roof.
Warden Blackwell and Mr..
Wilkinson, the latter sent to
AlcatraZ to investigate the
break, do not deny any of the
above but they insist that once
the men went to the water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Charges Made
Afford Talks

DETROIT, June Is CAP)-
Bargaining sessions between
the Ford Motor Co. and the
United Auto Workers Union
viii resume tomorrow following
what q Ford spokesman termed
some progress" at today {
session.
| Meetings today broke up
after an exchange Of charges
concerning the origins Of the
dispute.
Shortly before the end of the
sessions. M. NJ. Cummings, di-
rector Of labor relations at
Ford, denied q JAW charge
that the company had will
fully provoked" an Ohio strike
which resulted in laying off
some $4,000 Ford workers.
| Today's meeting began with
a charge by Ken Bannon,
JAW executive board member,
that Ford deliberately took an
entirely local situation and used
it for some as yet unknown
motive.
Sales Are Cited
In reply, Mr.. CumminS stated
that 'Bannon's charge is pug
cling and obviously without
merit. Ford Motor Co. Is in the
midst Of its second best sales
year in history.
"On Tuesday, the company
increased its third quarter pro-
duction schedule to meet an an
ticipated further increase in
demand. Deliberate provocation
OF a shutdown under such cir
cumstances would be foolish"
The firm shut down the last
OF its auto assembly lines last
night, contending that the
strike of 5000 workers at
Ford'S Walton Hills stamping
plant near Cleveland had
choked off stamped parts sup
plies for all Ford models except
the Lincoln Continental.
Mr.. Bannon had charged that
Ford reneged on agreements in
the Ohio dispute.
The Walton Hills JAW Local
struck in a dispute over pro-
duction quotas in three areas.
A management spokesman said
Al additional grievances have
been added during negotiations.
The plant was one of the last
to settle local grievances during
national negotiations between
Ford and the JAW on a new
three-year wage contract last
fall.
All of Ford's l6 assembly
plants were shut down at the
close of work yesterday. A
battery manufacturing plant
had been closed earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
By DAVID BRAATEN
Star staff Writer

Star Staff Writer
If Baltimore's notorious
block" is worried about the
Senate's honky-tonk inveSti-
cation. it didn't show Friday
night.
The clip joints along East
Baltimore street were jumping
Shippers were stripping, B.
girls were hustling, bartenders
were pouring 50 glasses Of ice
water. and customers were get
ting kissed, paved. PROPOSE
toned and generally fleeced
with the speed of q sheep
shearing machine.
The only requirement is mon
ey, preferably a steady flow of
it. Mine-or, rather The Stars,
since this was an assignment
disappeared at the rate Of ap-
proximately so cents a minute
The outpouring started with
a single question to q WASH
ington cab driver on Connecti-
cut avenue:
Where's the action around
here?"
Knew the Score
The cabbie's eyes glazed with
greed momentarily. And with
the suppressed excitement of an
angler who has just hooked a
big one. he said: "Ain't none
around here. mister. But there's
plenty in Baltimore. I'll take
you there for $18."
A little bargaining got it
down to $l3-a small victory,
and the only one of the eve
ming.
An hour later, the cabbie let
me out three blocks east of the
Lord Baltimore Hotel, waved
toward the row Of neon-lighted
fleshpots and said:
Start with the first one. If
you make it to the end of the
strip, Mister, you don't want
any action"
The Oasis, the Circus. the
Troc and the rest all looked
about the same-flashing lights
guaranteed the presence of
GIRLS. GIRLS, GIRLS and the
absence of a minimum or cover
charge.
Warm Reception
I picked a likely-looking
grotto with the emblemS of
Carte Blanche, Diners Club and
American Express proudly
blazoned on the door.
Good evening, sir, a booth
or the bar?" asked a hand-rub-
bling gentleman in a slightly
soiled tuxedo.
I sat at the bar and ordered
a shot and a beer.
That's $3.50" said the bar
keep.
Can I cash a travellers
check"
Sure, if you got identified
ton"
The travellers check was
Aladdin's lamp. The ink wasn't
dry before a buxom blond genie
appeared out Of the cigarette
haze and pinned me to the bar
with frontal attack. In a pos.
sibly authentic French accent
she began a rapid-fire mono.
logue.
Halo. baby, you want some
company? Oh, I'm so hot, dane
ing makes me so hot. Did you
see me dance? I've got a beau
tiful figure, don't you think?
Oh, I'm so hot. Buy me a drink
oh, I want to feel good tonight,
don't you? Say, are you gonna
buy me a drink, or aren't your"
Bargain Drinks
Since she seemed on the verge
OF collapse, I agreed. and from
that moment it was a race to
see who could get the lions
share Of the greenbacks on the
bar-Michele or the bartender.
1t was a good-natured COM
petition. He would sell me a
bargain" split of alleged cham
payne, which was supposed to
hold five 50 drinks, for $3.50
ut held two). She would reach
over from time to time and
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Pokistun Aids U. S.

KARACHI. - Pakistan con-
tributed $357,000 in local labor
toward construction of tn e
American Embassy in Karachi
last year.
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Ambush in Wet Nam
Kills z U. S. Officers

SAIGON South Wet Nam, June 16 (AP)-Heavily armed
communist guerra smashed South Wet Namese
column today near this capital killing United States Off
GERS and is Wet Namese. ~
The bold ambush 80 miles north Saigon was carried out
WIN oO-caore machine guns 57mm rifles land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-08
Grunt to Boost
StuH Truinino
In Welfare

Steps to meet the critical
shortage Of trained ,manpower
In the public welfare field will
be financed by a grant Of $780,
925 from the Field Foundation
to the American Public Wei
fare Association.
Under the grant, which will
be administered by APWA, q
1868 institute to train people
who train public welfare staff
members will be co-sponsored
by the Council ON Social Work
Education in New York with
the cooperation Of two Fed
eral agencies, the Bureau of
Family Services and the Chill.
eren's Bureau Of the Depart
ment Of Health, Education and
Welfare.
Throughout the country, only
D per cent OF all public as
sistance workers and 26 per
cent of Child Welfare staffs
now are professionally trained,
1t is estimated.
The institute would begin
with a two-week session early
in February. 1t will involve
more than half of all those
employed in full-time public
welfare staff training activities.
Participants will return for
three months practice on their
Jobs and then return for the
final week of the institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-08
New Trial Set
For SuiIor in
Auto FutuIity

A new trial was ordered for
a sailor charged with negligent
homicide after O Municipal
Court jury yesterday said II
could not reach a verdict. The
count was IL TO for acquittal,
The defendant, Allen A,
Lauer, 10. stationed at the
Bethesda Naval Hospital, was
charged after an auto accident
last July on Foxhall road NV.
Another sailor in the car was
killed.
The jury OF 10 women and
two men took the case Thurs
day afternoon and returned TO
the courtroom at 2 pm. yester-
day. They told Judge Randolph
c. Richardson there was no
use for further elaboration.
Police testified that the de-
PENDANT told them at the time
Of the accident that he was the
driver OF the car and that II
had gone out Of control. The
car collided with a telephone
pole. The officers said the sailor
told them he had been drinking
beer. The defendant did not
testify at the trial.
Judge Richardson set jan
uary Is for the new trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-08
BY JOHN HASKNS
Contributing Critic

The Festival Winds melvin
Kaplan, oboe; Ronald Roseman, oboe
and English horn: Philip West, oboe /:
Charles Russo. clarinet: Morris New
man, Lester Cantor. bassoons; Ralph
Froelieh. Howard Hillyer, French
hornsl. At Library Of Congress Pro-
gram: Divertimento in P for two
oboes. two bassoons, two horns,
solo, Stravinsky; Trio for two oboes
and English horn, Beethoven; Two
arias for two oboes. two horns, and
bassoon, Handel: Trio for oboe,
clarinet, and bassoon, Aurie: Diver
timento In F for two oboes, two bas-
soons. and two horns. K. 253. Mozart