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Evening star., 1962-05-21
BY CLARENCE HUNTER
Star Staff Writer

The world Of sound is fright
ening after almost II years Of
silence.
For all Of the years Of his
childhood, Richard Cannon, 23-
year-old Arlington furniture up
holster, didn't hear human
voices, the blare Of auto horns,
the rumble Of traffic, the sound
Of music or the shouts Of his
playmates. Even though he
didn't hear his teachers voice,
he was graduated from high
school.
Until he was 81, Mr.. Cannon
listened" to others by read
ing their lips.
In 1860, he was introduced
to the world of sound when he
was fitted with a hearing aid
by the Washington Hearing
Society, an agency Of the Health
and Welfare Council Of the
National Capital Area.
"It was frightening" Mr..
Cannon said as he recalled
tuning in his hearing aid to
the noises about him for the
first time. II didn't know there
was so much noise. I didn't
know that people talked so
fast"
But after three months Of
lessons at the society. Mr.. Can
non learned to tolerate sound
and wv to use his hearing
aid to best advantage. Even
though he has been wearing
the aid for two years, he plans
further training to clear up
his speech difficulties. He will
continue, however, to combine
listening with lip reading.
Mrs. Ruth A. Hudnut, execu-
tive director Of the Hearing
Society, explained that Mr..
Cannon's adaptation to the
world Of sound is rather un-
usual. Usually, she said, per-
sons who are not fitted with
hearing aids in their early years
simply refuse to wear them in
adulthood.
"Mr. Cannon had a severe
hearing loss in his right ear
and practically no hearing abil-
| ity in his left ear" Mrs. Hudnut
said. VERY few people who
have such q severe hearing diff.
ficulty bother to use hearing
aids But he overcame this re-
luctance. and his adjustment
has been wonderful"
Mr.. Cannon, q native Of Con-
Evening star., 1962-05-21
Falls Church Group
Demands Council Quit

The Falls Church Taxpayers
League today called for the
resignation Of the entire Falls
Church City Council, charging
that the new tax rate and
budget adopted last week was
predetermined and the public
hearing on the budget was q
mockery and an insult to the
people of the city"
William r. Pierce, chairman
pro tenn Of the league, dis
closed that a paper was passed
to the press early In the eve
ming by Vice Mayor Lee M.
Rhoads stating ''in detail and
with accuracy the results
reached by the Council upon
its vote" taken nearly five
hours later.
Action Of the Council in
cluded approval of a 81 million
1962-63 budget, with an II per
cent tax increase.
Mr.. Rhodes explained that
the information was provided
solely at the request Of one of
the reporters at the meeting to
facilitate coverage Of the pro-
ceedings.
Presentation Being Made
Mr.. Pierce said, "Spokesmen
for some 1900 citizens and
businessmen represented by the
Taxpayers League were in the
course Of making their presen-
tation to the council requesting
that it hold the line on taxes
when the paper was handel
lout
Evening star., 1962-05-21
Ocean City
Greets 25,000

OCEAN CITY, Md, May 81
AP).-Mayor Hugh Cropper.
| jr., said some $4,000 people
visited Ocean City during the
week end.
Ocean City boasts an average
summertime population Of 50.-
900 people, but it dwindles to
only a thousand or more in the
winter.
The mayor said most busi-
ness places had repaired dam
age from the March storms and
were able to take advantage Of
the preseason business.
The resort officially opens the
summer season on Memorial
Day.
Evening star., 1962-05-21

way, s. c., attended the old
Rhinehardt School, a private
school for the deaf, here from
the first through fifth grades.
The school taught lip reading
only. Mr.. Cannon returned to
his home town and entered
sixth grade in the public
schools. Because he attended
q county school, there were no
special facilities or instruction
for deaf or hard-of-hearing
students. So. through lip read
ing alone, he completed his ele-
mentary and high school edu-
cation. getting his diploma in
1860.
His sister, Ann, 1s and also
deaf, will be graduated from
high school in Conway this
Evening star., 1962-05-21
Urban Areas
Ask kMdjOritY
Of Delegates
Equal Senute Voice
Ample, Committee
Argues in Court
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, May 21.-The
Maryland Committee for Fair
Representation asked today
that the urban areas be given
a workable majority" in the
House Of Delegates and at
least an equal voice" in the
State Senate.
Arguing the case for re-
apportionment of General As
sembly seats, the committees
attorney, Alfred L. Scanlan,
said rural control of the Cen
eral Assembly is frustrating
the right of the majority"
Its not that the rural areas
are mean to us. they just have
other fish to fry-they're un-
responsive to u.s." Mr.. Scanlan
said.
Circuit Court Judge o. Bowie
Duckett questioned Mr.. Scanlan
closely about the makeup of
the Senate. Some of his ques-
tions indicated that the judge
may not go along with the
committees request for reap
portionment Of the Senate as
well as the House of Delegates.
Judge Duckett pointed out
that there is geographical
representation of States in the
United States Senate.
IF the country is prospering
under this system, why not a
State?" he commented.
Judge Duckett also noted
that Alaska and Arizona have
a smaller population than Anne
Arundel County, but still have
two Senators in Congress.
Mr.. Scanlan argued that the
counties Of Maryland cannot be
compared to the situations of
the States under the Federal
plan because counties are not
sovereign entities.
Mr.. Scanlan said he was not
asking that the Senate seats be
distributed strictly on a popu-
lation basis, but that he be-
lieves the urban areas should
get a fair shake" by having
an equal voice in that body.
Officials of the Committee
for Fair Representation are
scheduled to meet today with
Gov. Tawes to discuss legisla-
ton that might be introduced
at a special session Of the Gen.
eral Assembly which is expected
to be called soon.
Gov. Tawes has said he will
lcall the session before June ]
iif Judge Duckett rules that the
present makeup Of the General
Assembly is unconstitutional.
After 21a hours Of argument.
Judge Duckett took the case
under consideration today and
said he would render a decision
shortly.
In an opening statement, At
torney General Thomas B.
Finan told the court that the
State takes the position that
the makeup Of the General As
sembly does not violate the
! United States Constitution.
Evening star., 1962-05-21

HE WAS REMINDED of a
victory. He had refused to
move out Of an office next to
the Education Committee
when the, chairman Of the
Committee, Representative
Powell, Democrat of New
York, had stated he needed
the room for an enlarged
staff. Mr.. Kearns had chal-
lenged Mr.. Powell to remove
him bodily, He had held on
to the room.
He worked against me in
the prim ary," said Mr..
Kearns. Powell and labor
were against me.
81 kept him out of the Of
flee. He got me out of Con-
gress."
Mr.. Kearns, a former or
chestra conductor and opera
singer, reminisced. -.
"I had that bill to save
the John Philip Sousa home,
remember? And I led that
orchestra in front Of the
home. One Of the papers
carried a lot of pictures.
"well, a few days before
Sam Rayburn left town for
the last time he called me
over. He was against the bill
and told me so. He called me
Son like he did everybody.
He frowned and asked me
what I was trying to do. And
then he laughed and said in
all his years in the House he
had never been able to get
his picture in the papers five
times in one day"
Mr.. Kearns said he did not
know If he would stay in
Washington after his term
runs out.
"It's a beautiful town." hi
added.
Evening star., 1962-05-21
Four Perish in Fire

SYRACUSE, N. Y, May 81
(AP).-Four children perished
today in a fire that engulfed
a farm house in the hamlet of
South Onondaga, just south of
here. The victims, children of
Frank and Barbara Henchen,
were Kevin l month. Mary 3,
Joseph 5, and William 2.
Evening star., 1962-05-21
HE HAD WRITTEN the

HE HAD WRITTEN the
following in pencil after
striking out a false start E.
II want to say that"
"It has been a great
privilege and a high honor
to have served the great (the
word was then struck oath
Congressional District of
Pennsylvania for the past 16
years. You have been won
derful people to represent and
I have been glad to give the
best years Of my life in serv-
ice to you and to my coun-
try. I hope that your next
Congressman, whoever he
may be, will serve you as
we'll"
Mr.. Kearns said it was all
over.
"Naw," he said, 'I1l never
go back to politics"
II didn't lose" he said.
"The people Of my District
lost. what'n they get. Zero.
That's what the leadership
gives you when you first get
here. Zero. I'm the ranking
Republican on the Education
Committee. But people don't
know what that means. They
don't know what that could
mean for Pennsylvania. I
couldn't go around telling
them what that means"
Mr.. KearnS talked softly in
a rambling sort of way.
THAT DOCTOR" he said,
thinking back to the primary
campaign, had 131 bill
boards, lighted billboards.
That's more than Kennedy
or Nixon had"
Evening star., 1962-05-21

mitment law, said the high
court concluded it was not
Congress purpose to make
commitment compulsory when,
as here, an accused disclaims
reliance on a defense of mental
responsibility"
Lack of a finding that Lynch
was presently of unsound mind
when he was committed to st
Elizabeth's was one of the ar
gumentS raised in the Supreme
Court by Richard Arens
Lynch's attorney, who main
tained an insanity defense haC
been forced on his client.
Today's opinion noted that
adoption of the mandatory
commitment law in 1855 was
the direct result of the change
in the standard of crimina,
responsibility here produced by
the Durham decision, which
said that a defendant mus
be found not guilty because oi
insanity If he was sufferinS
from a mental disease or defect
that caused the offense.
Justice Harlan said that
there had been concern at the
time that application of the
Durham rule would result in q
flood of acquittals by reason oi
insanity that might set crimi-
nal defendants loose upon So
ciety, possibly to commit addi-
tional offenses.
Clark Regrets
In his dissent, Justice CLARK
said he regretted that the high
court had seen fit ito repeal
the plain terms" Of the man.
datory commitment law ana u
write its own policy" in this
area.
1.-THE insane who have com.
mitted acts otherwise crimina
are a still greater object o.
concern" he said. than per
sons who are hospitalized be-
cause Of mental illness but hav
done nothing illegal"
The Justice said that 4
something must be done /
would be better to rewrite re-
lease procedures. which somC
feel are stringent, than to tam
per with the present operation
Of the Districts mandatory
commitment law.
Evening star., 1962-05-21
Supreme Court Decision
Disrupts insanity Pleas
Mandatory Commitment Statute
Reversed in Lynch Case Appeal

Supreme Court ruled today in the Frederick Lynch
that the Districts mandatory commitment law does not
apply criminal defendants who scam insanity defense
high courts to decision will have extensive
percusSions criminal insanity
Evening star., 1962-05-21
The
Rambler
-. Meets Loser
Who Feels Fine
By JOHN McKELWAY

Defeat apparently had
settled on Representative
Carroll Kearns - but he
denied it. He said he felt fine.
His interesting pudgy face
looked very tired as he
slumped in his chair. Even
his fine, deep voice sounded
thin at times.
Since 1916, Mr.. Kearns, 81,
a Republican, has repre-
Evening star., 1962-05-21

RClCuooAOiAo III VI AAAAAAdA NooNo
become almost a regular fea-
ture in a large percentage of
serious criminal cases in the
District.
The Supreme Courts opinion
was written by Justice Harlan.
Justice Clark filed a l6-page
dissenting opinion. Justice
Frankfurter, who is i'll, and
Justice White. who was re-
Gently named to the high court,
did not participate in the de-
ciSion.
Lynch, 43, a former Air Force
lieutenant colonel, was COM
mitted to st. Elizabeths Hospi-
tai in 1859 after an unsuccess-
full attempt to plead guilty in
Municipal Court to bad check
charges.
Plea Rejected
Chief Municipal Court Judge
John Lewis Smith. tr., rejected
the plea when a pSychiatrist
said Lynch, while competent for
trial, had been mentally i'll at
the time Of the offenses and
needed hospital treatment to
avoid new offenses.
Judge Smith found Lynch
not guilty and sent him to st.
Elizabeths under the Districts
mandatory commitment law,
which requires disqualification
of persons found not guilty be-
cause of insanity until they
recover.
Lynch did not appeal from
the Municipal Court decision.
However, after a period in st.
Elizabeths Hospital, he at
tackled the legality Of his de-
tention through a habeas cor
pus proceeding in District
Court.
District Court ruled he had
been unlawfully committed. The
United States Court Of Appeals,
in a 6 to 3 decision, upheld
Judge Smiths action, which
the appellate court said ap-
peared to have been "the best
possible decision"
In today's opinion, Justice
Harlan said the judgment Of
the Court of Appeals was
reversed and the Lynch case
will be sent back to the District
Court "for further proceedings
consistent with this opinion. "
Justice Harlan said that the
literal construction Of the
mandatory commitment law "is
quite out Of keeping with the
Congressional policy that un-
derlies the elaborate procedural
precautions included in the
civil commitment provisions"
of the law.
Must Be Confined
He said one section Of the
commitment law prohibits pre-
trial commitment over the OBJ
lection Of the defendant al
though there was q medical
finding Of present insanity
unless the government is able
to prove by a preponderance Of
the evidence that the accused
Is presently Of unsound mind.
Under the mandatory COM
mitment section Of the law, a
person found not guilty be-
cause Of insanity must be hos
.pitalized. Such an acquittal
results when the insanity issue
Is raised and the Government
is then unable to prove a de-
fendant sane beyond a reason
able doubt.
Justice Harlan said there ap-
.peared to be "an anomalous
disparity" between what one
section Of the commitment law
commands" regarding post
trial commitments and what
the other section. "forbids" re-
garding pre-trial commitments.
Justice Harlan. after a dis
cussion Of the background of
the Districts mandatory COM
Evening star., 1962-05-21

George Kennedy is i'll. He will resume
his column on his return.
Evening star., 1962-08-27

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1962-08-27
Juan Carlos to Meet Kennedy

Spring of 1858, on a Spanish
Navy training vessel.
The young couple, who
have been in San Francisco
and New York, spent the past
weekend in Newport. r. l., as
guests of Former Chief of
Protocol and Mrs. Wiley Bu-
chanan.
They will visit the United
States Military Academy at
at West Point tomorrow and
the United States Naval
Academy at napolis S
Wednesday, coming on to
Washington after attending
a luncheon at Annapolis.
Don Juan Calos, who is a
lieutenant in the Spanish
Army, Navy and Air Force,
wanted to see the military
and naval installations.
Spanish Ambassador Gar
rigues. who returned to
Washington today after
spending the week end with
the couple in Newport. will
rejoin them in Baltimore
Wednesday for the trip to
Annapolis.
The couple will be over
night guests at the Embassy
Wednesday, and will leave
Washington sometime Thurs
day. No entertainment has
yet been planned for them by
the Embassy, because of un-
certainty about whether
there will be time.
Evening star., 1962-08-27
First Lady Expected
At Cultural Party

Stone, will be present to dis
play his new scaled-down
plans for the center. Mr..
Stone originally drafted
plans during the Eisenhower
administration for a multi
purpose SIS million building,
which would contain three
separate theaters.
Is Reduced
The Kennedy administra-
ton drastically reduced the
scale Of the proposal, and
Stone was requested by the
trustees to draft a less
grandious plan. which would
contain three separate build
ings and cost only $50 million.
The two-hour cloSed-cir-
cult telecast November 20 is
being presented in many COM
munities Gncluding Wash
ington in connection with
$100-a-plate dinners, with
the National Cultural Center
Committee getting half Of
the net proceeds from each
dinner. The other half would
go to the local sponsoring or
ganiZation-uSually a SYM
phony, university or other
cultural organization.
Evening star., 1962-08-27
WATER SKIING
DANGEROUS,
SAYS PAPER

LONDON. Aug. 27 CAP).
The mass circulation
tabloid Sunday pictorial
has criticized President
Kennedy's wife for taking
her daughter Caroline
water skiing.
Please Mrs. Kennedy,
don't do it again" the
paper said in front page
headlines.
Most of the papers front
page was devoted to two
photographs showing Mrs.
Kennedy water skiing with
4-year-old Caroline during
their Italian vacation.
In one picture Caroline
was holding on to the tow
bar and appeared to be
perched on her mothers
lap.
In the other, Mrs. Ken
nedy was holding Carol
ines head above water as
she floated low on the skis.
please, Mrs. Kennedy,
look at the face of your
little daughter in the pic
ture-and don't do it
again" the paper said.
For these pictures of you
and Caroline on holiday
in Italy will send a cold
shiver through mothers
everywhere.
Water skiing is hazard
GUS for grown-ups. For a
4-year-old girl it's mad
ness. And when the pre-
carious trip ends in a
crashing tumble into the
sea well, Caroline's
face tells its own story"
Evening star., 1962-08-27
"EVERY WOMAN
OUGHT TO

read this article. 1t is like
having a personal interview
with a heart specialist"
Katy Collins,
Nationally Syndieated coIumnist
If wives were to heed the i'm
portant things DR.. Sobol says
about IS o'clock frenzies,"
exercise, vacations and sex
their husbands would live
longer, and their own lives
would be pleasanter.
'HoU Can / Help My Hus-
band AUoid a Heart Attack
InReader's Digest September
issue-on sale today.
Evening star., 1962-08-27
FIRST LADY
SKIS AGAIN

RAVELLO. Italy. Aug.
81 CAP).-Mrs. Jacqueline
Kennedy went water skiing
and swimming yesterday
after attending mass at the
Cathedral Of San Pante-
leone in this Amalfi Coast
resort where she is vaca-
tioning.
1t was a scorching day.
The pastor. the Rev. Fran
cesco Camera. preached no
sermon. Mass was over in
half an hour.
Mrs. Kennedy went from
her villa to the private
beach at Conca di Marini.
With her went her 4-year-
old daughter Caroline and
her niece and nephew, An
thony Radziw1ll, 3, and
Anna Christina, 2.
While the United States
First Lady whizzed on wa
ter skis in the water of the
Gulf of Salerno. Caroline
padded about in a light
blue bikini with a plastic
tube around her waist.
Caroline delighted in jump
ing with a splash from the
shoulders of the United
States secret service men
who escorted the group.
Evening star., 1962-08-27
Dinner Dance

The Mckinley Tech Class
of 1852 will hold a reunion
october 19 at the Crysta |
Room of st. Bernards Church
in Riverdale, Md.
The event will be a buff
fet dinner dance from 7:30
pm. to l am. Reservations
must be made, by contact
ing Mr.. Bruce Johanson. by
September Is.
Evening star., 1962-08-27

New plans for the National
Cultural Center will be un-
veiled September IL in New
port, r. I.
First Lady Jacqueline Ken
nedy, who is honorary CO.
chairman with Mrs. Eisen-
hover, of the Cultural Gen.
ter Committee, is expected
to attend a tea held in con-
nection with the meeting,
and may participate in the
discussions as well.
Mrs. Eisenhower, who is
presently in Europe, has not
yet indicated whether she will
attend.
Select Newport
Newport was selected as
the location for the meeting
because Mrs. Kennedy is ex-
pected to be vacationing
there with the President at
that time.
The First Lady'S mother,
Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss,
who is chairman of the
Greater Washington Com
mittee for the National Gull
tural Center, also will be va
cationing there through that
date.
The meeting will be at
tended by members of the
board of trustees and the ad-
visory committee of the Gull
tural Center. and also by
representatives of cultural
groups across the country
which are helping stage a
closed-circuit telecaSt No
vember 90 to raise money for
the center.
1t will mark the first time
that all three groups have
met together.
Architect Edward Durell
Evening star., 1962-08-27

Don Juan Carlos Of Spain
and his bride, Princess So
phia Of Greece, who are
honeymooning in this coun-
try. will come to Washington
Wednesday and pay a cour-
Evening star., 1962-08-27

tesy call Thursday on Presi-
dent Kennedy at noon.
The bridegroom, who is the
son of the pretender to the
Spanish throne, visited Wash
ington once before, in the
Evening star., 1962-08-27
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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1962-03-01
DeMoIay
|nstaIIs
Saturday

James T. Bezdek, 14727 Ar
denall ave-, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Bezdek, will be installed
as the 117th Master Councillor
of Cleveland Chapter, Order OF
DeMolay, Saturday evening, in
the lodge room of the East
Cleveland Masonic Temple, 1850
Belmore rd. at a public In
stallation Of Officers at s p. m.
Other officers to be installed
are Edward w. Brass, senior
councillor and David w. James,
junior councillor.
Scribes
Chosen to serve for the en-
suing term as scribe is Ken
meth d. Korosec, retiring mas
ter councillor. Also chosen to
assist him is William Dearth
as assistant scribe.
Appointed officers to be in
stalled are William G.. Howell,
senior deacon; Russell Rein
holz, junior deacon; Thomas
Kennedy, senior steward; DON
aid Schuping, junior steward;
Joseph Barnowski. chaplain;
Charles Wilson, almoner; Rob-
ert Nelson, marshal; Lee AL
berts, standard bearer; David
Bell, orator; Donald VanHorn,
first preceptor; Richard Wal
ters, second preceptor; Jon H.
Probst. third preceptor; Terry
Molenar, fourth preceptor;
Leonard Balk, fifth preceptor;
Richard Dearth, sixth precep-
tor; Charles Coiner, seventh
preceptor; William Fricke, SEN
tinel and James Malone, mu-
sician.
Installers
Korosec will serve as In
stalling Officer. He will be as
sisted by Larry Davis, Heights
Chapter. installing senior coun-
cilor; George Mckee, installing
junior councillor; John Bezdek,
installing marshal; Donald W.
Jones, installing chaplain and
George Mastrobuono, jr., in
stalling senior deacon.
Refreshments will be served
following the Installation.
Bezdek is junior at Shaw
High School.