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Smyrna times., 1962-11-01

Small But
Mighty
Story and Photo
BY SSgt. Bob Olsen

Nestled In the heart of Do
yer Air Force base are three
unobtrusive offices where a
group of Air Force, Army,
Navy and Civil Service work.
ers perform a very vital func-
ton.
The vital function of this
staff is Air Traffic Coordina :
ting. Visitors are informed that
without the accomplishment of
ATCO's mission not one air
craft at this base can lift a
single pound of cargo a single
foot.
The service representatives
and civilian employees main
tain liaison between the Dover
Aerial Port of Embarkation
(APOE) and higher headquarters
to which each of the three
service ATCO's report.
ATCO's sole aim at this Mil
itary Air Transport service
base is to expedite movement
of respective departmental
sponsored cargo from sources
of departmental supply into and
through the Dover aerial port.
Air Force ATCO is stated
by 33 airmen and civilians who
process 80 per cent of the
freight. The Army ATCO has
a staff of nine, while the Navy
has one civilian employee.
Some of the accomplishments
can be measured In terms of
work loads and economy. Here
is an example: A monthly av-
erage for Jan. /, 1862 through
June 30, 1862 showed ATCO
monitored IL, 1888 tons of car
go, issued 67,60l Air Move
ments Designator's; and pro-
cessed 1854 certificate of ac-
ceptance shipments In the frus-
trated cargo section.
ATCO also corrected the
routing of 292 pieces of retro
grade cargo and diverted 1t to
the proper destination resulting
In a transportation savings of
$8,o36.52, the value of the l.
tens diverted--$738, 764.00.
There are five airport ATCOs
within the Continental United
States. They are located at the
following aerial ports of en-
barkation; Charleston FB,S.C.
MCGUIRE AFB, NJ, McChord
AFB, WASH, Travis AFB, Cali
fornia, and Dover Air Force
Base, Dover. Dover is the lar
gest ATCO in the United States.
The APOE Is a MATS or
ganization and the ATCO is a
tenant on the installation. ATCC
is part of one of the three
USAF Logistic Control Groups
established under supervision
of the commander of the Air
Force Logistic Command
(AFLC).
ATCOs are established al
MATS--operated aerial ports
of embarkation where traffic
warrants the position.
The ATCO mission and func-
tions are generally the same,
In Dover 1t acts as the single
Smyrna times., 1962-11-01
$4,000 Phone
Bill at Base

Probably the most useful
piece of equipment which graces
nearly every office desk and
home is the telephone.
More than l,700 telephones
are installed at the Dover Air
Force Base alone. These tele-
phones are purchased by Maj.
Fred F. Peterman, communica- :
Smyrna times., 1962-11-01

constant vigil" to safeguard
American agricultural inter-
ests from these harmful in
vaderS.
Smyrna times., 1962-11-01

The world looks brighter
from behind a smile.
Anonymous
Smyrna times., 1962-11-01

Your Vote and Support Will Be Appreciated
Evening star., 1962-09-16

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Evening star., 1962-09-16

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tables with O Green Peas with Cream Sauce
Evening star., 1962-12-31
BY DON HIRZEL
star staff Writer

A suspect in the attempted
robbery Of a Southeast WASH
ington market refused today to
allow doctors TO remove a bullet
which police want for eH-
dence against him-from his
shoulder.
George Ronald Upshur, OF
the 800 block OF Nicholson
street NE. according TO police,
was shot by the store owner
during the attempted holdup
OF Goodman'S market, 1000
Third street Sc. Saturday
night.
Several hours after the at
tempted holdup, according To
Robbery Squad detectives. Up
shur went TO Providence Hos
pital for treatment Of the
bullet wound.
Police were called TO the
hospital and Upshur. they said.
was identified by Max Good
man. as. owner OF the store,
as the holdup man. He was
charged with assault and intent
10 commit robbery.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Druggist Follows
Tip Aids Robber

SANTA ROSA, Calf. Dec. 81
(AP).-Pharmacist John Swire
heard an authoritative voice
when he answered the telephone
at his drug store:
This is an agent Of the FBI.
We have information that your
store is going to be held UP In
a few minutes. We have the
place under surveillance and we
will arrest the man as soon as
he comes out. Cooperate with
him In every way so we can get
evidence"
A shabbily dressed m a n
walked in a few minutes later
and announced he was staging
q holdup.
He took $50 and some mar
cotics and calmly walked out.
Mr.. Swire is still waiting for
the FBE
Evening star., 1962-12-31
BY ALTON BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. al
The United States plans TO
land an expeditionary force OF
robot detectives on Mars in
1866 TO search for life there.
A Space Agency official an
nounced the date yesterday,
and described ingenious de-
vices being developed or stud
led TO carry out the assign
ment on Mars surface.
The Mars landing would
start answering "the question
of how common life is" In the
universe, a Princeton scientist
said. and tina, is one Of the
most importahs scientific
questions Of our & injury"
Perhaps Mars Is sterile. But
we're working on the postulate
there may be some forms Of
life" said Or. Freeman H.
Quimby OF the National Aero
nautics and Space Admins
tration.
The first detectors will be
designed OF hunt for bacteria,
the most common form OF life
on earth. he told the American
Evening star., 1962-12-31
QUEST FOR LIFE
Robots to Probe Mars

4. Another arrangement TO
trap and detect bacteria
through changes in turbidity.
acidity. or other aspects OF a
culture medium.
5. A miniature laboratory
that would carry a variety OF
chemical reagents TO detect
microbes, engines, growth. and
metabolism.
Finding life on Mars would
be stunning news, said DR.,
Colin S. Pittendrigh Of Prince
ton University. II would mean
life had started up independ-
emily on at least two OF the
planets OF our solar system.
This could mean life most
usually occurs on many other
planets" and the great ques-
ton now beckoning for answers
is nov natural or inevitable
life is on other planets" OF
nearby or far distant stars.
He cited estimates there are
100 billion billion stars In the
universe, and 5 per cent might
have planets comparable 10
those In our solar system. That
would mean l billion billion
such stars with planets possibly
capable Of supporting life.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
HoIduP Suspect, Shot,
Bars Removal of Bullet

Later Upshur was transferred
to d. c. General Hospital where
he was listed In satisfactory
condition today.
Mr.. Goodman said a man
entered the store. pulled a
revolver and ordered him TO
open the cash register. Instead.
Mr.. Goodman pulled a revolver
from under his apron and fired
at him as he fled.
Now police would like 10
compare the slug in Upshurs
shoulder with the revolver
fired by Mr.. Goodman TO see
II the bullet came from that
gun.
William w. Greenhalgh, as
sistant United States attorney.
Municipal Court, told police
there is nothing In the books
requiring Upshur 10 grant
permission TO have the slug
removed.
Police are looking for an
other man who Mr.. Goodman
said Joined the holdup man
after he fled from the store.
The second man is described
as a Negro about 20 years old
and 5 feet 0 inches tall.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Special Train
Kills Youth, 1S
Truck Wrecked
In BeItsviIIe

A Mitchellville (Md0 youth
was killed today when his
pickup truck collided with a
Baltimore g. Ohio race track
special train at a grade crossing
in Beltsville, Md.
Prince Georges County police
identified the victim as Paul
Louis Sokolowski, 18, of Enter
prise road, Mitchellville.
Police said Mr.. Sokolowski
was driving the pickup truck
for the Pei Bern Electric Co. on
Old Conway road, Muirkirk, sit
uated a half mile from the scene
Of the accident.
County Police Pvt. r. Z.
Tague said the truck was NOV
ing across the tracks at the
time Of the crash but its prog
ress apparently was slowed by
the snow and ice.
The engineer of the train was
Robert P. Coulson, 81, of Glen
Burnie, who was headed from
Baltimore toward Washington
at TOTS miles an hour with the
Charles Town special race
train. After picking up addi-
tional passengers in Washing
ton. the train goes to Charles
Town.
Mr.. Sokolowski was killed
instantly in the crash, police
said. adding that the impact
hurled him 23l feet down the
track. The truck was pushed
500 yards down the track,
police said.
The crash brought the coun-
tvs death toll to 70. surprising
the record Of II deaths set in
1857.
A Washington man was killed
by a train at the same cross
ing November 81 when a train
hit the stalled truck in which
the man was a passenger.
The rear OF a trailer truck
was struck at the same crossing
about a week later. police re-
ported, but no one was hurt.
Evening star., 1962-12-31

Won Allen Assoils Test Thot Coused
New Rodiotion. Poss A-3
Association for the Advance
ment OF Science.
One detector device, the
sticky string. has already been
announced. II would pick up
a sample OF soil, letting any
bacteria In II grow in a culture
medium tagged" with radio
active atoms. Micro-organisms
taking up the radioactivity as
they multiplied could then be
detected.
DR.. Quimby said other re-
searcherS, under NASA grants,
are working on:
l. An instrument 10 detect
DINA, the genetic material Of
life on earth, in any Martian
micro-organisms.
2. A device carrying dyes
which change color when
brought into contact with
protein, the stuff Of earthly
life.
3. A mass spectrometer de-
vice TO detect ions or charged
particles from amino acids,
peptides or carbohydrates in
living things.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
C&0 Control.
OF BIO Set
ice Approves
Stock Transfer

The Interstate Commerce
Commission set up one of the
Nations biggest railroad mer-
gers today by authorizing the
Chesapeake g. Ohio to gain
control of the Baltimore a.
Ohio.
Approval of the control plan
came as two other big Eastern
railroad unification plans were
being processed by the COM
mission.
These would unite the New
York Central with the Penn
sylvania and the Nickel Plate
with the Norfolk & Western.
The commission emphasized
that the C&O-B&O case in
wolves only an acquisition of
control through an exchange
of stock. But the Gao had
made quite clear that this was
intended as a preliminary step
to merger Of its operations and
those Of the B&O.
Open TO Objections
The ICC said the stock-ex-
q ge deal between the Gao
B&O would strengthen the
lnancial condition of the B6cO,
and both carriers will continue
to operate as separate railroads.
Approval of the application
will not foreclose our opportu-
nifty to consider the lawfulness
of any future merger applica-
tion." the commission added,
NOR will 1t prevent interested
parties from raising objections
to proposals Of that application
when 1t is presented to the
commission for Its approval"
But railroad industry OBJ
servers had acknowledged be-
forehand that approval Of the
See RAILROAD, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-12-31

mittee counsel, said the mar
cotics and gambling investiga-
tions are "still being pursued"
and may develop into a series
Of public hearings.
LOOphOIes in Law
The subcommittee's narcotics
investigation, if it develops,
may reveal a need for legisla-
ton ito close some real loop
holes" in existing laws, it was
said.
On the Tx plane contract
the subcommitte has ordered
a preliminary investigation re-
portedly at the request of Sem
ator Jackson, Democrat of
Washington.
The contract was awarded
by the Defense Department
November "a to the two firms
after proposals submitted by 10
companies including the Boe-
ing Aircraft Co. of Seattle.
General Dynamics, a San
Diego Calf. } biased firm, has
manufacturing facilities in
Texas. The exact value of the
award was not announced Of
ficially, but has been described
in both dollars and numbers
as bigger than ANY fighter air.
craft program since World War
H." The contract has been esti-
mated unofficially as involving
eventually IS billion to 6 billion.
The Boeing company has
been reported as complaining
privately that it would have
provided a faster supersonic
plane. Boeing officials have
declined to comment publicly.
Evening star., 1962-12-31

United States, including Wash
ington. However, a subcom-
source said the Nations
Capital is not expected to figure
prominently in the investiga-
ton.
Undercover agents have been
working on the investigation
for months and representatives
Of the subcommittee already
have conferred with Interpol,
the international police organ
lzation, and with officials of
foreign governments to enlist
their cooperation.
Plan to Trace Flow
The subcommittee plans to
trace the flow of narcotics from
foreign sources to American
cities and show how the trade
is carried on through gangster
organizations. Several top
hoodlums may be called as wit
neSseS.
Another projected inquiry by
the subcommittee headed by
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat
of Arkansas, will delve into
gambling, with emphasis on
efforts Of gamblers to corrupt
sports and players.
The subcommittee also may
look into the award of a multi
million contract to General
Dynamics and the Grumman
Engineering Corp. for the Fill
(TFX) fighter aircraft, and
into the current longshore-
strike which has para
lyzed shipping from the East
and Gulf coast ports. Prelimi-
nary investigations have been
ordered by Senator Mcclellan
into both matters.
Jerome Adlel man. subcom-
Evening star., 1962-12-31
All Passengers Dead
In Airline Crush

BASTIA, Corsica, Dec. 81
(AP). - Mountain climbers
reached the wreckage of a
French airliner today and re-
ported none Of the Is persons
aboard survived.
Heavy SHOWS delayed the res
cue team.
The four-engine plane G
crashed Saturday on a flight
from Bastia to Ajaccio. It was
carrying Bastia basketball play
ers and their fans.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Snow DeruiIs Cor

LANCASTER. Pa. Dec. 81
tAP) "A one-car, self-propelled
Pennsylvania Railroad passen-
ger commuter train was de-
rallied today after hitting q
snow drift near here. The rail-
road said no one was injured.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Trains Crash Head On

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis,
Dec. 81 (AP) "A 500 Line pas
senger train and a freight COL
lided headon at slow speed at
Boyd. Wis, about midnight last
night. One woman passenger
was taken 10 a Chippewa Falls
hospital. None OF the cars OF
the trains derailed.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Scarbeck Fails
But Secrets Case
Term Muy Be Cut

The United States Court OF
Appeals today affirmed the
conviction of Irwin c. Scarbeck
former second secretary of the
American Embassy in Warsaw
who is serving a 30-year prison
term for passing classified in
formation to Communist Polish
agents.
The court, however, recon-
mended that the District Court
seriously consider" reducing
Scarbeck's sentence because "oi
the extent" of his Cooperation
with the authorities during the
investigation"
Scarbeck was convicted on
three counts of a four-count
indictment after a dramatic
three-week trial here in Octo-
Der, 1861. He was charged with
passing information from three
classified documents in the en-
bassy files during the first five
months of 1861.
3 Consecutive Terms
District Court Judge Leonard
P. Walsh sentenced Scarbeck to
10-year prison terms on each
count to which he was found
guilty, the sentences to run
conSecutively. In today's AZ
page opinion, written by Judge
George T. Washington, and
concurTed in by Judges David
L. Bazelon and j. Skelly Wright
the appellate court suggested
the sentences be reduced "foI
example, by making them run
concurrently."
Judge Walsh set no mini
mum term for Scarbeck to
serve, but he would be eligible
for parole sometime before the
expiration of the maximum
term. At the time of sentence
ing. Judge Walsh implied that
he wanted to set an example
of the consequences of bear
ing secrets to a foreign power,
especially in light Of United
States commitments around
the world.
Girl Involved
Scarbeck, married and the
father of three. had been in
volved with a dark-haired Pol
ish girl. Ursula DiScher, while
he was serving in Warsaw. it
was brought out at his trial.
During the investigation by
American authorities, Scarbeck
told in a tape recorded inter-
view and in written statements
how Polish Communist agents
surprised him in bed with Miss
Discher and then blackmailed
him into turning over United
States secrets.
In his appeal, Scarbeck's at
torney, Samuel C. Klein, con-
tended that the statements
should not have been admitted
into evidence. He argued that
the original statement had been
coerced and that subsequent
statements were a product of
the original involuntary conces-
sion.
The appellate court said
there was no evidence Of ply
sical violence" and that from
a tape recording 1t appeared
the Governments first inter-
view with Scarbeck was con-
Quoted on a fairly friendly basis
throughout"
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Five Children
Burn 10 Death
InMary|and
All Trapped in Home
Swept by Flames
From Cool Stoves

Fire trapped and killed five
children, 7 months to 4 years
old, as they slept this morning
at their home at 1922 Kenil-
worth avenue. Capitol View, in
Prince Georges County.
Three of the children's bodies
were found together in bed and
two nearby on the floor of a
bedroom on the second floor of
the cinderblock home.
Prince Georges County De-
tective Christopher Bryan
blamed the fire on two coal
stoves run to warm the small
home against \ the 1l-degree
weather outside. The stoves
were arranged back to back on
the first floor with a wooden
wall in between.
Mother Burned on Hands
The children's mother, shir-
ley Mae Bell, 81, who relatives
said is 6 months pregnant, was
burned on the hands but es-
capped death by jumping from
the front window of the bed
room in which her children
perished.
Relatives listed the children
as Paul, 7 months; twins Albert
and Robert, nearly 2; Shirlene,
4; and Charlotte, 8.
Two other children, James.
/; and William, 2, were
handed from the window of a
back bedroom to. a neighbor.
The boys are the sons of Will
liam Bell, jr., "a, and his wife,
Wilma, who also jumped to
safety.
William Bell, ST., and his
wife, Lillian, parents of Will
ham and Shirley Mae Bell and
grandparents Of the seven young
children, had earlier left for
work.
The others were sleeping
when the fire broke out soon
after 8 am.
NeighbOr Sounds Alarm
A neighbor saw the fire and
called firemen. Fifty men in
five engine companies and one
truck company responded.
Another neighbor, Donald
Brown, a cousin of the Bells,
dashed out into the snow in
bare feet to help save two of
the children and the adults.
Mr.. Brown, 6 feet 4 inches
tall and weighing 265 pounds,
caught Mrs. Wilma Bell head
first as she jumped or fell from
a Second-story window. II lust
saw something coming through
the smoke and reached out and
it," he said
When Mr.. Brown first reached
the fire, william. jr., was on a
ledge in the back and he handed
one OF his babies down to me
and then reached back and
handed the other one down"
Then the father jumped to
safety.
Mr.. Brown said, II then
See FIRE, Page b.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Mercury to Plunge Near Zero
Tshombe's Troops
Still Fight On After
U.N.VictoryCIaim

LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo,
Dec. 81 (AP).-President Noise
Tshombe's troops battled United
Nations Congo Command units
in North Katanga today, chal-
lenging a U. N. claim of light
ming victory in this third mill
tary campaign against the
secessionist province.
The United Nations claimed
full control of the area of Elisa
bethville, the capital, in the
south. But incidents of pillage.
and terror promoted unrest.
The U. N. Command ordered
looters shot on sight.
Consolidating gains, the
United Nations ordered Ka-
tanga pilots to surrender by
noon tomorrow and give up all
their planes which had sur
vived U. N. strafing attacks.
Mr.. TShombe himself, who
has vowed to fight to the end
against forced Identification of
the Congo, was reported to have
returned to Katanga. He took
off in a Rhodesian Air Force
transport from Salisbury for
an unannounced destination
after an overnight visit to the
capital Of the Central African
Federation.
Fighting at Kamina
Officials in the Rhodesian
border town of Ndola said Mr..
Tshombe flew to Kolwezi, 150I
miles northwest of Elisabeth
vile. Katangans at Ndola ex-
pressed belief he planned to
reform his government in
Kolwezi and organize his
armed forces to carry on the
fight. They believed cabinet
members accompanied him.
The U. N. command in Leo
poldville said fighting centeredI
on the outskirts of Kamina, a.
mining town $50 miles north
west Of Elisabethville, which
the United Nations said yes
terday had been captured by
Ghanaian U. N. troops.
Subsequently a U. N. spokes-
man said U. N. troops were re-
ported to have won mastery
Of Kamina at noon today.
The Kamina fighting came
as a surprise to Leopoldville.
BY U. N. accounts the town
was supposed to have been
taken yesterday by Ghanaian
troops who struck from the old
Belgian military base nearby,
a base long held by the United
Nations.
The u. N. Command said to-
day a Swedish battalion and
a Ghanaian company were un-
der fire.
Troops Still Hold Out
Messages reaching Leopold
vile this morning reported
three Katanga companies were
still in the town last night.
However, the Ghanaians
were reported by the United
Nations to have captured a !
road and rail junction about
is miles from Kamina, while
Swedish troops seized intact
about 10 miles Of railway track !
to the east.
Gen. Prem Chand, Indian |
U. N. commander in Katanga,
told newsmen in Elisabethville |
he had no reports of casualties
in the Kamina action. A Swed-
ish staff officer was quoted as
saying U. N. troops had reached |
the railway station and the |
center Of town.
In Leopoldville. a U. N.
spokesman said the Katanga
gendarmerie would be "con-
sidered a hostile force until
such time as its senior officers
proceed to Leopoldville 10 take
the oath of allpoiauca ne 70
Evening star., 1962-12-31
Senate Group to Probe
Illicit Narcotics Traffic
Agents Seek to Truce Dope Flow;
Inquiry on Gumbline Also Slated
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star staff Writer

ful-scae investigation of international trafficking in
narcotics has been charted by the Senate Investigations
Subcommittee of series major inquiries for the
coming year.
The inquiry will undertake to develop history of illicit
narcotics trade and likely will involve the major cities of the
Evening star., 1962-12-31
TODAY'S STAR
PHONE SERVICES:

PHONE SERVICES:
Because of the holiday
The Stur's Classified,
Circulation and Main
Phone Departments will
observe the following
schedule toduy:
Classified Dept:
$50 u.m.-6 pm.
Circulation Dept:
J u.m.-7 pm.
Main Switchboard:
7 u.m.-7 pm.
As usuoI, night service lines
will be ploced in operation
subsequent to closing Of
main switchboard.
Evening star., 1962-12-31
AGENTS NAB
HOMETOWN BOY

HARRY /. DONOVAN Of Rich.
mOnd vowed he vOs going stroisht,
bu, United Stotss Treasury Agents,
otter o super slsu,hinS Job thot In
eludsd posing os telephone line
men. nobbsd him os the kinspin
Of o numbers rocket in his home
town. Condensed from the new
book BY The Stor's Pulitzer prize
winnins invsstiSotivs reporter,
MiriOm Gutenberg. his story 10
told on Poss "A.
Hove The Stor Delivered
Dolly and Sunday
Diol Lincoln $1,000