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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-14
By WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

LOS ANGELES, Nov. a.
Meet "Optiman" - the COM
promise human being for the
future in space.
He will be something between
an ordinary" goth century
man like astronaut John Glenn
and othe futuristic semi-robot
called "Cyborg" that some
scientists have suggested as to-
morrow's spaceman.
Specifically he will look a
great deal more like Col. Glenn
than like Cyborg. but he will
have been radically changed
by medical science. These
changes will enable him to
Withstand high levels Of radia-
ton, to suspend his bodily ac-
tivity for years on end, and to
ignore rigors that would give
today's astronauts the scream
ing meem1eS.
Such a man will be neces-
sary for the space missions be-
ginning about the year 1000,
two space physicians said yes
terday.
Introduce 'Optiman'
The pair, Toby Freedman
and Gerald s. Under Of North
American Aviation, Inc, intro
duced" Optiman at an opening
session of the American Rocket
Society meeting here yesterday.
For hundreds Of years the
concept of the natural man"
who could not be improved on,
has governed medical thought,
DR.. Freedman said. But natural
man is too frail a creature for
long-range space missions last
ing years or decades.
Natural mans inadequacy
led some scientists to think Of
Cyborg-an earthly man sur
gically transformed into some
thing suitable for normal"
existence in space. But Cyborg
is not the answer either, DR..
Freedman and DR.. Under con-
tend. Such a being could never
rejoin the human race, they
The two doctors said it is
not fanstastic to think Of modi-
flying men for space work. Even
without benefits Of science,
men have adapted marvelously,
they pointed out.
Superhuman Abilities
eff we look at the evidence,
all over the world, people have
d developed by hit-and-miss,
pseudo scientific, empirica al
methods what are literally
superhuman abilities" they
said.
"Tibetan lamas can main
tain normal skin temperature
in sub-zero cold, Yogis buried
alive manage on a fraction of
normal oxygen consumption,
Eskimos thrive on a high-fat
diet that would give US all coro-
narieS, Peruvian Indians do
heavy labor at attitudes where
you and I couldn't breathe"
Science can now speed up
the adaptation process, the doc
tors added. Space travel pro-
vides the incentive for this
speed up, because the less strin-
gent the spacemen's require
ments, the simpler his space
ship can be.
Pill Seen Possible
An example, given by DR..
Freedman, concerned radiation
in space. The only way to
dodge radiation at present is
to hide from it-behind heavy
walls of lead or concrete. II
a pill could be devised that
would enable the spaceman to
ignore radiation instead Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-14
Pin Seen Possible

An example, given by DR..
Freedman, concerned radiation
in space. The only way to
dodge radiation at present is
to hide from it-behind heavy
walls of lead or concrete. If
a pill could be devised that
would enable the spaceman to
ignore radiation instead Of
Evening star., 1962-03-31
13 Killed
By ornodo
In Florida

MILTON, Fla, March 81
(AP) .-Slashing out of the
west without warning, a tor
nado roared through a resi-
Dental area here today, killing
at least l3 persons and injur-
ing possibly so others.
One funeral home had nine
bodies, another received four
and workers dug through
wreckage on the chance that
others might be buried beneath
it.
The weather bureau issued
tornado warnings for north
Florida, but not until after the
twister had smashed at this
community in the extreme
northwest Florida panhandle
Only scattered showers had
been forecast here.
tornado winds also hit near
Beulah, a Pensacola suburb,
destroying house trailer, and
a windstorm caused minor
damage at Valparaiso, near
Eglin Field.
The black funnel of the Mil
ton tornado touched the ground
on the northern city limits at
highway 81. then whirled
through the College Park resi-
Dental section. More than so
buildings in its path were de-
stroyed.
A spokesman at the Wolfe
Lewis funeral home said names
of the victims were not yet
available.
All ambulances, fire depart
mentS and other organizations
in the area we're called in tC
help.
Evening star., 1962-03-31
Colonel Is Found
Dead in Pentuqon
Of Bullet Wound

A 43-year-old Army officer
assigned to the Assistant Chief
of Staff for Intelligence was
found dead of a gunshot wound
in a Pentagon dispensary this
morning.
Army authorities reported
that Lieut.. Col. Harry K.
Thomson entered the dispen-
sary for treatment of "a minor
ailment" and during the mo-
mentary absence of a doctor
apparently took Luger auto
matte pistol from his briefcase
and shot himself in the head"
The Army, which is conduct
ing an investigation, said it
knew of no motives for the
shooting. Col. Thomson lived at
2l29 Annandale road in Falls
Church, Va, with his wife,
Ruth, and 12-year old son,
Harry, jr.
Evening star., 1962-03-31
South Wet Nam
Launches Drive

SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
Mar. 81 (AP). - South Wet
Nam has launched a military
operation reported involving
1,500 troops near the Cambo-
dian frontier, an informed
source said today.
The offensive against Com
munist guerrillas infesting Kien
Phong province about 100 miles
west of Saigon is the largest
government drive to be opened
in a week.
The object was to clear a
large canal that has been sab
otaged and blocked by the Wet
Cong.
Details of the mission were
withheld by all official sources.
1t was understood, however,
that United States advisers
were participating and possibly
United States aircraft.
In the same area two weeks
ago Wet NameSe fighter planes
strafed and killed about 40 flee
ing rebels.
Evening star., 1962-03-31
Thunderstorm on Woy
To Drench D. G. Area

A thunder and lightning
storm, accompanied by a soak
ing rain, is expected to bring
the Washington area its first
moisture in 10 days late today
or tonight.
The Weather Bureau said
Washington, Maryland and Vir-
ginia should get about half an
inch of rain before the wet
weather front passes through
the area about midday tomor-
row.
The temperature will rise into
the high 70s today before
the showers arrive, the fore
caster said. Tonight's low tenn
perature will be in the SOS.
Cooler weather will follow the
rain late tomorrow.
The local storm is part Of a
Evening star., 1962-03-31
BETTER THAN DIAMONDS
She Prefers q Gold Bed

LONDON, Mar. 81 CAP).-
The wife of a Ghana cabinet
minister baked today at her
husbands order to give up her
new $8,400, gold-plated bed.
Mrs. Mary Edusei likes it bet
ter than diamonds. Besides, she
said, it's a better and safer in
vestment.
Mrs. Edusei spotted the dou-
BILE bed, plated with 22-carat
gold. in a London store last
week and Immediately tested
its 1,240 cleaning springs.
Il took one look and said,
that's for me-" she told news
men. Il just knew I had to have
it. Every wife will know how !
felt"
Mrs. Edusei handed startled
store clerks a check for 5000
pounds ($8,400) and five work
men hauled the huge bed tt
Evening star., 1962-03-31

People might think I'm eX-
travagant, but l believe it's
safer to put my money in a
golden bed which I use and en-
joy. 1 can enjoy the bed every
night. 1 don't get much pleas
ure out of jewels"
Smiling, she added: "Dia-
monds or jewels have to stay
in a bank, but whoever mag
ined anyone trying to steal a
bed?"
Store officials said no one
has yet tried TO return the
golden bed and spokesman at
the Ghana high commission of :
flee in London said what be-
comes of the bed has nothing
to do with u.s." He added,
sympathetically:
1T is just like a wife to 60
and buy an expensive item on
her own initiative, isn't it?"
Evening star., 1962-03-31

her London apartment and
assembled it in the bedroom
Mrs. Edusei has been living in
London while her new $4,000
home is being built in Ghana
When word of the purchase
reached Accra, her husband
admitted embarrassment. He
is Ghana'S minister of indus
tries. Declaring himself the
No. l disciple of President
Kwame Nkrumah and social
ism, Mr.. Edusei said such a
bed lis not socialism" and told
his wife: Take it back at
once"
Mrs. Edusei said. however,
that it is not up to him to
decide.
Il paid for it with my own
money" she said. 1T has
nothing to do with my hus-
band.
Evening star., 1962-03-31

slow-moving cold front stretch
ing from Louisiana to Elkins,
w. Va, and northward into
Maine. The front has brought
3 inches of snow to Ohio and
Indiana, hail and high winds
to Alabama and Mississippi
and tornadoes are likely in the
South.
ThunderStorms normally oc-
cur in the spring and summer
but Washington already has
had two this year, one on jan
uary Is and anothef on March
II. Such storms depend on
tall clouds, warm temperatures
and heavy moisture. Thunder
and lightning were reported
along the whole leading edge
of the front as it moved toward
Washington today.
Evening star., 1962-03-31

w GLlC WCoG olOc VI IIle SGduluII
the nearest parking areas
will retain the old 81 fee.
The lots adjacent to the
armory and north of the
armory will carry a charge OF
rs cents. These provide more
than 1000 spaces.
The largest lots, containing
more than 5,100 spaces, will
carry a fee of so cents. The un-
paved lot at the old circus
ground off Benning road, with
1000 spaces, will remain at so
cents.
Deficit Factor
All the parking lots except
for the old circus ground tract
carried a charge of ST. until
yesterday, when the Armory
Board announced the new fee
schedule.
Pressure had been strong on
Evening star., 1962-03-31

Ventura Luis Moron, and Man
uel Ilascoaga, director of an
armed forces school. The min
istry did not say so, but in
formantS said Gems. Fraga,
Rauch and Peralta were under
house arrest.
Ambassador Resigns
In Madrid, reliable sources
said another top Argentine SOL
dier, Gen. Hector DAndrea, had
resigned as Ambassador to
Spain in protest against Mr.
Frondizi's custer. Gen. Dan
drea was on active duty before
taking up his post in Spain in
1859. Sources in BuenoS Aires
said a number of other Ambas-
Sadors abroad had resigned.
Gen. D'Andrea once person
ally arrested Gen. Peron follow
ing a coup in October, 1945
when Gen. Peron was Vice
President of the Republic.
N. Guido also faced a knotty
problem of winning diplomatic
recognition for his regime. NJ
foreign diplomats attended yes.
terday's ceremony in which Mr.
Guido glumly took the oath o.
office publicly under the eye.
of the nations military bosses
Brazil Explains
Venezuelan President Romul,
Betancourt announced a polio,
of "belligerent reputation" o
the coup and withdrew the en-
, tire Venezuelan diplomatic mis-
sion from Buenos Aires. H
urged other American govern
5 ments. including the Unite
States, to do the same.
Brazilian Foreign Ministe
Il See ARGENTINA, Page Al
Evening star., 1962-03-31
By GEORGE SHERMAN
Star Staff Writer

Brazil Sprawls over the mid
die of South America like a
sick giant-itS nervous system
torn, its arms thraShing.
But the life pulse continues
to throb. 1t comes through in
This is the lost Of seven articles bosed
on l3.000-miIe trip through Lotin
America
the haunting rhythms of the
Samba. With devil-may-care
abandon, the country sinks
deeper into a crisis from which
there may we'll be no return.
The visitor to Rio de Janeiro
has to remind himself contin-
ually that the crisis really does
exist. The eXhilarating tempo
of the city stirS the emotions.
Buses roar along like sportscar
racers. Even the vendors rap
out their cries on the crowded
Copacabana beaches with sticks
alive to the quick samba beat.
Nothing about this gaiety is
studied. 1t is wrapped up in
the general disorder which has
become steadily more chaotic
since Janio Quadros suddenly
resigned the presidency last
August.
Evening star., 1962-03-31

the Armory Board to reduce
the parking costs despite the
argument that parking fees
will help offset a deficit that
the stadium faces this year
The deficit is estimated at
$627,OOO.
Armory Board officials say
they cannot be certain what
effect on the deficit the new
parking fees will have, since it
is possible that the reduced
charges may encourage larger
attendance 10 stadium and
armory events.
During the closed meeting
yesterday, while the board
members debated the new
schedule of parking charges, a
letter was received from the
Senators baseball organization
offering to increase the rental
to be paid for the stadium
should attendance exceed 800,-
600 - provided the board re-
duced the parking fees.
Officials of the Armory
Board said they will ask the
baseball club for a specific pro-
posal now that the reductions
have been made.
District Commissioner Wal
ter N. Tobriner, one of the three
Armory Board members, did
not agree that the large lots
north and south of the stadium
should carry a charge of so
cents. He urged that the charge
be reduced only to rs cents. The
Armory Board chairman, Fran
cls Kane, and National Guard
Gen. w. H. Abendroth, the
third member of the board,
voted for the lesser charge.
Rates In Effect
Ihe new rates went into eff
feet yesterday and will con-
tinue until the end of this year.
The board said that when the
1864 budget is sent to Congress,
1t will seek opinions of the ap-
preparations committees con-
cernlng future parking fee
schedules.
In other action yesterday the
board:
l. Decided against $4,000
maintenance shop project to be
located beneath the stands of
the stadium and instead al
lowed $1,000 to close off the
space and make it suitable for
storage.
2. Deferred action on a $4,000
lighted sign identifying the
stadium until the Fine Arts
Commission can be consulted.
3. Suggested that the base
ball club pay the costs of in
Stalling a $3.50 intercom SyS-
tenn for the baseball press box,
since this expense is normally
borne by the baseball club in
other cities.
4. Suggested that the expense
of removing several seats on
the third base line to make
room for a CHS television ca
mera be borne by CHS.
5. Decided to seek bids for
paving and curbing a cinder
parking lot on the east side of
the armory that now holds $50
cars.
Evening star., 1962-03-31
New Steel Contract
Approved by Union
2-Yeur Pact
Receives
Final Okoy

PITTSBURGH, Mar. 81 (AP).
The SteelWorkerS Union Pol
icy committees today gave their
approval to new tWo-year
steel labor contract.
Union President David j.
Mcdonald obtained an okay on
the strike-avoiding pact first
from the unions executive
board, then from the larger
Wage Policy Committee.
This completed union ratifi-
cation of the deal already ap-
proved by top industry eXecu-
tiveS.
Mcdonald was to give out
details on the new contract at
news conference. The new
contract was said to call for
about 10 cents an hour in fringe
benefits, conforming to Presi-
dent Kennedy's call for nom
inflationary settlement.
Kennedy Pleased
President Kennedy congratu-
lated Mr.. Mcdonald in a tele-
phone call from Washington
that was carried on an ampli-
fier at the unions Wage Policy
Committee meeting.
A union source disclosed that
the finishing touches were put
on the proposals early this
morning.
The reported terms seemed to
provide a measure of Satisfac-
ton for all concerned.
Coming a full three months
ahead of the June 80 eXpira-
ton of present contracts, they
met the administrators eX-
pressed wish for an early and
non-inflationary settlement. 1t
is expected to be hailed as an
example of how other unions
and employers can solve their
problems consistent with the
national interest.
Called Least Costly
E For steel producers, faced
= with growing competition from
steel firms abroad, the terms
appeared to be the least costly
of any industry labor contract
| in many years-one that may
be absorbed without price in
creaSeS.
For the union, the deal rep
resented job security gains for
workers more worried these
days about retaining jobs in
an industry hard-hit by un-
employment than obtaining
higher earnings. The workers
already earn an average 1928
an hour.
The new contract is expected
to guarantee minimum weekly
earnings, improved seniority
and grievance settlement pro-
cedures, and extended vaca-
tions for longer service en-
ployeS.
Evening star., 1962-03-31

CI6dleu ny UIle MILITARY OuSIGI
of President Arturo Frondizi
In this Mr.. Guido is expected
initially to get considerable
support from almost all polit-
ical parties now in Congress,
But he faced formidable op-
position ahead, both at home
and abroad.
Angry and possibly violent
opposition was expected from
the followers of eXiled Dictator
Juan D. Peron, who drew more
than 2.5 million voteS-35 per
cent of the total-in the March
18 elections that touched off
the crisis, and the powerful
Confederation of Labor. with
more than 3 million members.
Up to Congress
The military wants Mr.. Guido
they apparently consider him
under their thumb-to once
again drive the Peronists un-
derground and sharply curtail
the powerful labor unions
largely Peronist. But it is up
to Congress to make the deci-
sion.
How far Congress will go to
meet the military's demands
and just how hard the military
will push them-Will likely de.
termine the future course o.
the new administration.
The military itself showed
signs of splintering. The Wa
Ministry announced that fiv
top generals who opposed tn
coup asked for retirement. The
are Gen. Rosendo Fraga, for
mer army secretary; Gen. En-
:, rique Rauch, cavalry corr
1 commander; Gen. Carlos Per
: alta, former army undersecre
tary; Gendarmerie Commando
Evening star., 1962-03-31
Anti-Peronists Ro||ying
To President Guido
New Argentine Leader Seeks Cabinet
Under Shadow of Military Rule

BUENOS AIRES Mar. 81 (AP).-ArgentinaS anti-Peron-
s political parties showed signs of ralyng to PreSi-
dent Jose Maria Guido today But the shadow of military
rule lowered the nation.
The dimnutive 51year old former Senate President
about assemble cabinet to deal with the confusion
Evening star., 1962-03-31
ItoIy's Troop Pay Rises

ROME, Mar. 81 (AP).-
Italy'S soldiers have 80 per
cent pay increase. raisluP them
from lis to $50 lire d day
(184 cents to "a cer.S).
Evening star., 1962-03-31
Most Parking Fees Cut
At Armory, Stadium
Board Adopts Varied Charges;
Some Spaces to Cost so and IS Cents

The District Armory Board has established sliding
scale of parking rates for the lots around the stadium
and the 1t provides reduction in the charge
most spaces
The two lots containing $50 spaces Immediately adjacent
Evening star., 1962-03-31
Divided Authority

who is the government"
A longtime foreign resident
asked rhetorically in Rio. The
country is drifting along with
out direction"
Evening star., 1962-03-31
Compromise
Reported Set
On u. n. Loans
Senate to Back
Kennedy Plan for
Financial Help
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

The White House and Senate
leaders were reported near
agreement today on a COM
promise proposal giving PreSi-
dent Kennedy discretionary
authority to provide the United
Nations 500 million in United
States funds.
While details were not re-
vealed, it was understood that
under the compromise the
President could make long-term
loans to the United Nations or
buy U. N. bonds up to a limit
of $100 million.
The administrations original
plan called for the United
States to purchase half of 5000
million in 25-year, 2 per cent
intereSt-bearing United Nations
bond as financial assistance
for the world organizations eX-
penSeS in the Congo and other
operations.
Senator Aiken, Republican of
Vermont, proposed a substitute
for the administration plan
which would call for a $100
million loan for three years at
whatever rate of interest the
Treasury must pay for the
money.
Compromise Accepted
The compromise giving the
President "either/or" authority
was said to be- agreeable to the
White House, Senator Aiker
and other Republican leaders
Senate Democratic Leade
Mansfield of Montana said to
day that good progress wa
being made on the compromise
He added that it was hope,
to wrap it up" on Monda.
morning.
The compromise, he said
would avert Democratic
Republican scrap and make g
bipartisan approach effective
| in dealing with the problem.
! After receiving the PreSi-
dents request, the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
defeated 81 a substitute pro-
posal by Senators Hickenlooper
Republican of Iowa, and Aiken
for a three-year loan to the
United Nations at prevailing
rates, about 3l2 per cent.
Compromise Backed
The committee then approved
a proposal for the outright pur-
chase of $25 million in U. N,
bonds, with the provision the
United States would make ad-
ditional purchases up to $100
million by matching other ma
tons subscriptions.
Although the administration
repeatedly had rounded up a
majority of Senate votes for
/ this proposal, Mr.. Kennedy was
represented as feeling that
United States support of the
United Nations would be made
suspect by any close note of
approval.
In three days of dickering,
administration leaders and
Senate Republicans got to-
gether on the compromise pro-
posal.
Under its terms for loans to
the U. NJ, the President would
be able to fix the interest rates
at 2 per cent and extend the
loans to 25 years if he chose
This would parallel the pro-
visions of the bond purchase,
This compromise was ex-
pected to head off a proposal
by Senator Russell, Democrat
of Georgia, that the United
States limit it's special finan-
cial help to the United Nations
to writing off $38 million in
debts the international organ
ization owes this country.
Evening star., 1962-03-31
The human side Of religion
becomes q mortor- ond-stone
reality in the new Baptist
Home at Ward Circle.

The Stor's Religious News
Editor Cospor Names, priv
iIeeed to tour this new struc-
ture, reports on its tasteful
blend of proetieoI design
and architectural grace.
. In Today'S Star
Page AT
Evening star., 1962-03-31
CHURCH CHARTS
TEEN NEEDS

UNlTARIANS in Arlington hove set
up special committee to study
youth problems to discover new
oreos Of participation for young
people in church and community. For
story on their plans, turn to Pose
AS.
OPERA scored here with the Opera
Society of Woshineton's production
Of "Ariodne ouf Noxos" lost night,
Irving Lowens, The Stor's music
critic, reports. His review Of the
production, which will be repeot
tomorrow and Monday, is on Poee
Alb.
Have The Stor Delivered TO
Your Home Dolly and Sunday
Diol Lincoln $4,000
Evening star., 1962-03-31
AMERICAS IN TRANSITION
SprowIing Brazil
Like oSick Giant

What he and others decry
is that vague division of power
between president and prime
minister which exists in the
new parliamentary system. This
fuzzy compromise saved the
country from civil war after
the Quadros resignation. 1t put
controls on "leftist" President
(then vice preSidenN Joao Gou-
lart demanded by a suspicious
military. But it also has led
to frustrating inertia in the
government.
Sometimes we deal wit h
Prime Minister Neves, some
times with the President, but
we are still trying to discover
who has the final authority"
confided a United States diplo-
mat in the modern glass en-
baSSy in Rio.
Government Physically Split
To make matters worse, the
government is still physically
divided between the old capital
of Rio and the half-completed
new capital of Brasilia some
600 miles away in the interior.
congressman who are supposed
to hold sessions in their ultra
modern new chambers spend as
much time as possible outside
Brasilia in the established COM
fort of the coastal cities.
The President stays in the
new capital, while government
ministries are still in Rio. One
day a week is put aside for
cabinet meetings in lonely
See ALLIANCE, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-03-31
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Cooler with rain and
thunder tonight, lowest in the sos. Showers
may continue tomorrow forenoon, with
clearing and cooler in the afternoon.
Full Report on Pose Az
Evening star., 1962-01-31

SPECIAL STORE HOURS THIS
WEEK! CLOSED TODAY AT
2 PM. FOR INVENTORY! Shop
Thursday and Friday 10 to 3:
Saturday 10 TO 6.