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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-10
THRILLER

a-Fouled out for Cheney in 9th; b.
Singled for King in 9th; Gran for
O'Connell in 9TH; d-Grounded out for
RetZer in 9th.
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Carpenter Sighted on Life Raft
After Successful 3-orbit FIiQht
Titun Destroyed
BY Explosion
In Its SiIo

CHICO. Calf, May "a (AP).
"A Titan missile was destroyed
in a blast today as it exploded
at its silo at the missile COM
pleX near Chico.
Twenty-four persons were
treated for smoke inhalation,
the Air Force announced.
There were no fatalities.
The other two missiles and
silos in the complex escaped
damage, as did the control
center, the announcement
stated.
The explosion occurred as
contractors were running a
test before turning the base
over to the Air Force.
The Air Force spokesman de-
clined to say what caused the
blast or to comment on whether
it resulted while test fueling Of
the Titan missile was under
way.
The blast at 7:10 am. was
felt in Chico, eight miles south
of the nearly completed Titan
base. The missile installation
has not yet been placed in op-
Grafton.
Evening star., 1962-05-24

/. THE FIREFLIES"-Ever
since Col. Glenn reported
strange luminous objects in
space. the size and color of
fireflies, science has wanted to
learn more. Comdr. Carpenter
has been briefed by his prede-
cessor In space and was told to
watch out for the phenomenon.
which he reported seeing.
In addition, at one point in
his flight he released tiny pieces
of plastic confetti to compare
the way these appear with the
fireflies, If any, that he OBJ
serves.
2. AIR DRAG-Even at the
altitude Goo miles or more) of
See EXPERIMENTS, Page AS
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By WILLIAM HINES
star staff Writer

CAPE cANAvERAL. Flap May 24-Astronaut Malcolm
Scott Carpenter orbted the earth successfully three times
today but lost contact with the Mercury control center
reentered the earth atmosphere spokesman specuated
he may have landed 200 miles beyond his planned
point of impact.
Medically equipped Air Force search planes dashed far
out into the Atlantic in quest of him and his spacecraft
Aurora-7. signal contact was reported at 2:O5 pm
The S7-year-od Navy lieutenant commander was last
heard from at 1880 just his reenterng spacecraft
was heading into the most dangerous part risky 8l
000-mle ride
Trouble with the fuel supply of his capsules steering
mechanism had plagued Comdr Carpenter early the
second orbit
Long after he to have landed at sea 1000 miles
southeast of here there indication of what had
happened to the astronau whether his fuel supply
troubles had anything to do with his plight.
200 Miles Off
spokesman at Mercury control here said after
communication had been lost for minutes that there
was distinct possibility that the space capsule might have
overshot its landing area by much as 200 miles.
There was explanation, however Of how this might
have happened The landing Of the Mercury capsule
normally predetermined by its point in orbit the time
small slow down rockets fired bring back to earth
The capsule has little capacity to glide beyond It's
predetermined landing point to land of place
Evening star., 1962-05-24
A FEARLESS OBSERVER
Astronuut Had a Lot to Do

observe, but the fuel loss COM
plicated this.
Even in this age Of electronic
brains no one has figured out
a machine that, pound for
pound, comes anywhere close to
being as versatile as a trained
human being. instruments can
be made to steer a course more
accurately than a man. But
no machine can look out a
portfolio in a spacecraft and say
what Astronaut Alan B. Shep-
ard said a year ago:
What a beautiful view."
So Comdr. Carpenter OBJ
served, reported and did ex-
periments that instruments
cannot do as well. Chief among
these were:
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Comdr. Carpenter fired the
retro-rockets on the curved
front end Of his craft at 1:i8
pm. He reported to the Cali
Ifornia tracking station that
the rockets had fired properly,
Their purpose is to cut about
$50 miles an hour off the
17,500-mile speed Of the space
craft.
This reduced the velocity
below the minimum needed to
stay in orbit, and allows the
gravitational pull Of the earth
to- make itself effective on the
capsule.
When the rockets fired,
Comdr. Carpenter experienced
the end of the "weightless"
state in which he had been
riding for nearly four and q
half hours.
While in contact with the
California station. Comdr. Car
penter told his fellow astronaut,
Alan B. Shepard. on the ground
there, that he was encountering
some difficulty with the auto
matte fuel system. It is neces-
sary that the position Of the
space capsule be regulated ex-
tremely carefully during the
few minutes that the craft is
exposed to the frictional heat
ing Of re-entry.
At 1:20 pm. the Mercury
control center here announced
that the capsule was "on its
way down." Four minutes later
Aurora-7 was reported passing
across the northern portion of
Texas, only a few hundred miles
south Of his boyhood home Of
Boulder, Colo.
The fuel situation was stilI
critical at this time, and Comdr.
Carpenter was instructed to ex-
ercise close surveillance of the
steering system and to practice
the maximum economy Of fuel.
At 1875 pm. he came within
voice contact Of Cape Canaveral.
His fellow astronaut, Virgil I.
Grissom communicated with
him as he approached the time
Of greatest danger in the entire
flight.
"He will encounter the dens-
est atmosphere and highest G.
loadings over the East Coast"
a spokesman in Mercury control
center said at that time.
The astronaut was advised at
1928 pm. Of conditions in the
landing area: Four-tenths cloud
cover. waves of two to three
feet and winds of slightly
under 10 miles an hour.
An inescapable period Of sus-
pense-about Az minutes long
began at 1880 pm. while
Comdr. Carpenter was report
ing a build-up in the G forces
imposed by re-entry. Voice
communications were lost at
that moment, as they had been
See MERCURY, Page AS
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Judge HoItzoff Reps
Appellate Court Critics
BY DANA BULLEN
Star STATE Ur,terAi

District Court Judge Alexander Holtzoff today fired
singing counterpunch to appellate court criticism Of his
handling of the John A. Naples murder case
Judge Holtzoff who has been the Washington bench
almost II years. said intermediate appellate courts
necessarily superior in wisdom scholarship
Their sole function is to affirm reverse or modify the
Evening star., 1962-05-24
U. 5. Demands
Phounli Custer

VIENTTANE, Laos, May "a
(AP).-Royal government Of
ficials reported today that the
United States has demanded
Gen. Phoumi Nosavan, strong
man Of the pro-Western Vien-
tiane regime. resign his cabinet
posts.
Gen. Phoumi, vice premier of
Prince Boun Gums govern
ment, controls the royal armed
forces as defense and interior
minister. The Kennedy ad-
ministration blames him for
blocking negotiations to set UP
q coalition government in Laos
under neutralist Prince Souv-
anna Phouma.
Responsible government Of
ficials said United States AS
sistant Secretary Of State Ave-
rell Hartman summoned the
Laotian Ambassador In WASH
ington and told him the
United States has no more con-
fidence in Gen. Phoumi.
Mr.. Hartman repeatedly
said Gen. Phoumi must quit
the government" or the United
States will be obliged to re-
consider its aid to the Wen
tiane regime.
The Laotian officials charged
Mr.. Hartman with "interfer-
ence in our internal affairs. F"
They charged Mr.. Harri-
mans stand was prompted by
a personal quarrel" he had
with Gen. Phoumi when the
American diplomat came to
Vientiane in March to urge
Prince Boun Oun to join in
coalition talks with Prince
Souvanna Phouma and pro-
Communist Prince Souphan-
ouvong.
Reports from Washington
previously said President Ken
nedy is backing the move to
curtail Gen. Phoumi's power
preferably by getting him to
yield his cabinet posts and con-
fine himself to purely military
matters.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Streets of Oduwuru
SprinkIed With Yen

ODAWARA, Japan, May "a
CAP). 1t rained money in
Odawara today.
Residents scrambled as the
notes fluttered down-10.0 600
yen bills, 1000 yen, 100 yen.
Police said seven persons so
far have turned in $4,000 yen
($272) worth of notes. The po-
lice speculated that the money
dropped from a passing plane.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
BY a Star Staff Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, May
24.-If Astronaut John H. Glenn
was the intrepid pilot last Feb
ruary, Astronaut Malcolm Scott
Carpenter was the fearless
observer this trip.
The machinery Of the Mer-
curry space capsule-which acted
up and caused 1t. Col. Glenn
to spend valuable time plotting
his craft-was refined, although
there was a slight fuel prob
lem.
Officials of the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration had hoped 1t. Comdr.
Carpenter would be able to let
his tiny ship "go automatic"
most Of the time so he can
Evening star., 1962-05-24


lesser counts because he
thought this would be "illogi-
cal" in view Of the death SEN
tence on the first degree mur-
der count.
First Count Reversed
Thus. the appellate court
only reversed as to the first
count. The defense yesterday
asked Judge Holtzoff to vacate
the other guilty findings to
clear the way for Naples new
trial.
Judge Holtzoff started to
See HOLTZOFF, Page At
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decision of the trial court, and
not to supervise or censure trial
Judges" Judge Holtzoff said.
Judge Holtzoff, who heard
the Naples case without a jury
at the defense's request, found
Naples guilty Of first degree
murder and imposed the then
mandatory death penalty.
The United States Court Of
Appeals reversed the conviction
earlier this month. An opinion
written by Judge John A.
Danaher for six of the nine
appellate judges severely criti-
cized Judge Holtzoff.
The opinion, which discussed
Judge Holtzoff's handling of
insanity, confession and other
issues, said the murder case
should be tried again before
a different judge"
Criticism Sharp
The criticism was the sharp
est received by a District Court
Judge in years. There was wide
spread speculation as to what,
if anything, Judge Holtzoff
would say.
His vigorous answer came
today in a ruling on a defense
motion to vacate three other
guilty findings in the case that
had not been taken to the
appellate court.
Naples was found guilty on
four counts in the fatal stab
bing in December, 1858, of Miss
Edna Jewel, 81, in her apart
ment in the 200 block of Mas
sachusetts avenue NE.
Judge Holtzoff did not SEN
tence Naples on the three
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Too Old to Run

ACQUI TERME. Italy. May
"a (AP). vincenzo Cavallo,
grabbed by bank guards here
for picking a bank clients
pocket of $50. told police as he
was being booked: But for
these shaky old legs Of mine,
they wouldn't have caught me. "
Cavallo Is 80. Z.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Overshoots orget,
Sets Off Search
BULLETIN

CAPE CANAvERAL, Fla-Astronaut Malcolm Scott
Carpenter missing for nearly hour after successful
three-orbt trip around the world sighted at 2:24
pm. EDT today in life raft his floating capsule
more than 1000 miles southeast Of here in the Atlantic
Evening star., 1962-05-24
District Heads
Ask Delay in
Loop East Leg
Board Reverses
Stund on Project
By FL Decision

The District Commissioners,
split Q to l, today told a con-
gressional committee they want
to junk the city's plan to build
the east leg of the Inner Loop
system along Eleventh street
Sc.
The boards new proposal,
which calls for a study of
routing this freeway link along
the west bank of the AnacoStia
River, would mean a substantial
construction delay.
Commissioner Walter N. To-
briner, it was learned, led the
way toward the boards re-
versal with a statement made
to the committee Monday.
The statement came as a
shock to the other two Com
miSSioners and to members of
the appropriations subcommit-
tee.
The Eleventh street construc-
ton plans for the key segment
of the proposed inner loop
freeway system were approved
on several occasions during the
last few months.
Clarke OutvOted
Commissioner John B. Dun
can Joined Commissioner To-
briner in outvoting Engineer
Commissioner Frederick j.
Clarke on the reversal at a Sc
cret session on Tuesday or
Wednesday, it was learned to-
day.
Today's request Of the board
to delay appropriations for the
Eleventh street corridor project
was made to a congressional
subcommittee handling the
District budget.
The major reason given by
Mr.. Tobriner for his delay
and-new-study proposal was to
avoid the impact on families
now living in the path of the
Eleventh street route.
Delay Opposed
Gen. Clarke arrived at to-
days closed committee session
obviously prepared to battle for
the Eleventh street route and
to fight against any delay in
the city's highway program.
The engineer commissioner
arrived first, carrying rolled
highway maps. The other two
commissioners came from the
District Building together a few
minutes later.
A long session behind closed
doors enSueu.
In addition to the displace-
ment of families, Mr.. Tobriner
also said at the earlier budget
session that he thought his plan
would be less costly and would
avoid the construction of a
giant interchange designed
Just northeast of the Naval
Weapons Plant at Eleventh
street Sc. He said he believes
the interchange would be
smaller under the new plan.
Sources reported that Mr..
Tobriner said that if the new
design required additional leg
islation then the city should
be willing to wait until Con-
gress passes on it.
The controversy over the 10
cation of these two sections Of
the Inner Loop boiled over this
week as the subcommittee be-
gan examining the budget OF
the Highway Department as
See TOBRINER, Page AS
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Estes Probers
Question 1000
By the Associated Press

Senate investigators disclosed
today their agents have ques-
toned more than 1000 persons
in the widening Billie Sol Estes
case.
And, said the informant,
many, many more" will be
questioned before the Senate
Investigations Subcommittee is
ready to start its hearings into
whether Washington influence
helped Estes build his rickety
business empire.
The report came after Pres
ident Kennedy related at a
news conference yesterday that
the FBI has moved into the
investigation Of the mysterious
death of Henry Marshall, a
Texas farm official, shot to
death a year ago while check
ing into Estes dealings under
the Government cotton pro-
gram.
The FBI declined to COM
ment on the unusual circum-
stances of its entry into what
normally would be a local
police case.
Body Exhumed
Last June, when Mr.. Mar
shall was found dead, shot
five times, his death was writ
ten off as suicide. But under
the pressure Of the Estes in
vestigation, his body was ex-
humed Tuesday for an autopsy
in Franklin, Tex. Later the
county medical examiner told
county grand jurors his pre-
liminary finding was murder.
The examiner, DR.. j. A.
Jachimczyk, was expected to
make his final report today.
The FBI also had no COM
ment on the case of Howard
Pratt, 81, Chicago office man.
ager of Commercial Solvents
Corp, found dead in his car
yesterday of carbon 1nonoxide
poisoning. The company's fl
nancial relations with Estes,
See ESTES, Page At
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COOLING DRINKS
FOR SUMMER

LEMON DRINKS in the sum
mer con hove many voriotions.
They ore not only tasty, but also
heolthful. The Stor's Food Editor,
Violet FouIkner, gives recipes for
five thirst-quenchers from the
elossie lemonade to q foney fizz
and foot. See her eosy-to- follow
Instructions on Poge c-l.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Hooker in Bill Reported

The rural lawmakers attend
ing yesterdays meeting with
the Governor said the interim
bill has a hooker in it. This is
a provision that would put the
permanent plan into effect in
1866, whether the constitutional
amendment is passed or not.
The rural lawmakers are ex-
pected to put up the stiffest
fight against the permanent
plan which would take dele
gates away from their areas
They will try to get the pro-
vision putting the permanent
plan in effect out Of the stop
gap bill.
Rural legislators also OBJ
See MARYLAND, Page At
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Provisions of Bills

Two bills viii be introduced:
/. An interim, or stop-gap
measure to give the urban
areas more representation i'm
mediately by simply adding 10
seats to the House of Delegates.
2. A constitutional amend
ment, which would be effective
in 1866, providing a permanent
plan. This would drop the
House membership back to its
present 1913 and would take
10 seats away from the rural
areas and give them to the
urban areas. The constitu-
tional amendment would have
to be approved in a referendum.
Under both plans, Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties would get four more
Delegates each.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Court vOids
De|egateSetup
Gov. Tuwes Calls
Session Tomorrow

ANNAPOLIS, May 24.-Cir-
cult Court Judge o. Bowie
Duckett today ruled that the
makeup of the Maryland House
of Delegates violates the Fed
eral Constitution. He said, how
ever, that the makeup Of the
State Senate does not discrimi-
nate against the rights Of ur-
ban area residents.
Thus, the Judge set the stage
for a showdown on reappor-
tionment. Gov. TaweS issued
an immediate call for a special
session Of the General Assem-
bly, at 10 am. tomorrow to
enact legislation to give the
urban areas more membership
in the House.
Gov. Tawes had the kilograms
ready earlier today to send to
State Legislators calling them
into special session tomorrow to
deal with proposed legislation
which would give the urban
areas 19 more House members.
The Governor and legisla-
tive leaders arrived at general
agreement on the legislative
yesterday, although there we're
indications that the session
might get stormy. Rural law
makers attending the meeting
did considerable grumbling over
some sections of the legisla-
ton.
Evening star., 1962-05-24

NATIONAL LEAcUE
At San Francisco, Night
New York at Los Angeles, Might
Cincinnati at Houston, Nlght
Chicago at Milwaukee, Nlght
Pittsburgh at st. Louis. Nlght
Evening star., 1962-05-24

sOnikOwski and Zimmerman, sehwsIl
and Tiliman.
Los Angeles at WsshinstOn, sos
Detroit at Baltimore, Might
Evening star., 1962-05-24
BASEBALL TODAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE
A. New York
Kansas City 600
New York go
RakOw and Ascue, Daley and Howard
A. eosion--
Minnesota $780, 10
Bo9fon ---------O d..
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Clearing tonight, low
In the middle COS. Tomorrow, mostly sunny
ana not quite as warm or humid High,
80, at 2 pm. today; low, 81, at 6:I5 am.
today.
Full Report on Poee BIZ
Evening star., 1962-05-24

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Kendall for Reading
Of Red Propaganda

CLEVELAND, Jan. 27 (AP).-
Clarence B. Randall, one of the
Nations outspoken champions
of free speech, voiced a defense
of individual freedom-includ-
ing the freedom to read Com
munist propaganda - in a
speech at John Carroll Univer-
sity yesterday.
The retired board chairman
of Inland Steel Co. and a spe-
cial assistant to Presidents
Truman, Eisenhower and Ken
nedy also told an audience of
civic leaders and faculty men,
bers that Russia and Commu-
mist China may be able to out
produce us. But he added that
Increased production efficiency
was not worth the toll it would
take of individual freedom and
dignity.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
14Cities to Hear
D. c. Symphony

The National Symphony Or
chestra will play in IA cities
during a tour of the South next
month.
The orchestra, under Howard
Mitchell, announced that its
first out-of town concert will
be February 8, with an after
noon and evening performance
at Virginia Military Institute.
Tour plans also include con-
certs in Bluefield, w. Va;
Greensboro, N. c.; Chapel Hill,
N. c.; Rock Hill, S. c.; Spar
tanburg, S. c.; Columbia, S. c.;
Albany, Ca; Tuskegee, Ala;
Leaksville, N. c.; Lynchburg,
Va; Sweet Briar, Va, and
Westminster, Md.
The orchestra also has been
invited to play on May 26 in
Philadelphia at a concert COM
memorating the 60th anniver-
sary of the American Guild of
Organists.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

by Clarance E. Brooker. Al, a
at $50 Kenilworth terrace NE.
real estate firm messenger, of
662 Kenilworth terrace.
Also burned in the flash blaze
was Mr.. Greenfield's nephew,
Orville Greenfield, 30, who es-
capped through a second-story
window and was helped to the
ground by Mr.. Brooker and an
unidentified passerby. T h e
nephew was listed in fair con-
dition at the hospital.
Fire inspector B. ]. Lynch
said the Greenfield dwelling
was extensively damaged by
what appeared to be a flash
explosion and fire, possibly due
to the sudden ignition of accu-
mulated fumes.
Mr.. Brooker said that while
standing in the doorway of his
home he saw thick smoke pour
ing from the windows and door
of the Greenfield home. With
the strangers help, he said, he
broke open the locked front
door of the dwelling, found Mr..
Greenfield unconscious OF
asleep on a living room couch,
and pulled him to safety.
Firemen said the blaze was
Evening star., 1962-01-28
BY the Associated Press

A special Federal task force
has recommended a Six-point,
10-year drive for the elimina-
tion of syphilis as public
health hazard. The program,
announced yesterday, was in
spired by a recent swift in
crease in the disease.
Estimated cost would be an
additional $3.5 million annually
for intensified control measures
and $500,000 for behavioral
studies and education programs
described as essential to the
control effort.
The task force said it as
Sumed the added cost sis to be
preferred over perpetuating un-
necessarily the maintenance of
the syphilitic insane and the
syhilitic blind at a cost that is
ten times the Federal appro-
priation for prevention and
control ="
Long Fight Seen
It warned the effort must be
continued a long time, saying:
mo public health effort III
modern times demonstrates
more dramatically the
results of failure to follow
through on a successful pro-
gram, the results Of reliance on
miracle drugs rather than on
case finding and proven public
health practices, and the re-
suits of overhasty budget re-
duction."
1t reported Federal expendi-
lures on veneral disease reached
SIG million in 1850 but, after a
dramatic reduction in syphilis
cases, spending in 1856 was cut
to So million. Last year, Fed
eral spending was $5.8 million
The five-member task force
was headed by DR.. Leona Baum
gartner, New York City health
commissioner. It was appoint.
ed last year by United States
Surgeon General Luther L
Terry on instruction from the
House Appropriations Commit.
tee.
The task force cited esti-
mates that new syphilis case!
probably are occurring at 6
rate of 10000 a year, though
only 10000 cases were reported
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Loose Barges
Rounded Up;;
Port Damaged

CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. 81 (AP).-
More than $50 runaway river
barges crashed along the
Cairo riverfront early today,
causing possibly million dol
lars damage and frantic ef-
forts by rivermen to round
them up before they sank.
BY tonight crewmen of four
or five powerful riverboats had
most of the runaways spotted" !"
tied off in punches along the
river bank. Later they will be
bound tightly together with
heavy lines and cables and
pushed back to Cairo.
The barges were tied up on
the Ohio River, where they
have been waiting for a 30
mile pack Of ice north of
Cairo on the Mississippi to
break UP and open the river t.,
traffic.
A rising Ohio swept th5
giant bargeS out into the Mis-
sissippi. Some went rs miles
down the latter river. Two
sank.
These barges average about
200 feet in length. They can
carry rs and more freight car
loads of cargo each. The car
goes include steel, coal, sui
phur, petroleum and other bulk
loads.
No one was injured, but
crewmen of the recovery boats
suffered in the sub-freezing
weather.
Cairo Mayor Robert Peddie
owner of one of the mooring
fleets, made the 81 million to-
tai damage estimate. This in
cludeS time and costs of the
recovery work.
Rivermen had hoped that the
above-freezing, rainy weather
OF Thursday and Friday woulc
break up the 80 miles of ice
above Cairo.
But Friday night the mer.
curry dropped to the 20s and by
late today there was no sign o1
early clearing of the ice, which
has halted river traffic on the
Mississippi for II days.