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Evening star., 1962-01-12
Towns Hermit
Dies in His Cave

SOUTH SHORE, S. Oak, Jan
II (AP) John Freund, II, who
lived a hermit'S existence in a
cave, was found dead in the
dugout yesterday.
A South Shore policeman
found his body after towns
people became concerned be-
cause the recluse had not been
in for supplies for several days.
He was IS when he moved
into the cave, on the shore of
Punished Women's Lake near
this Eastern South Dakota
town. He said the cave was
heated in the winter by the
warmth of several goats who
shared the place with him.
Last summer he told a news
paper reporter, Il like it here.
I've got all my teeth and I'm
hardly ever sick. But when 1
go into store in town during
cold weather, it's so hot inside
that 1 get dizzy and have to
sit down."
Evening star., 1962-01-12
100000 Estote
Left by GiesIer

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Jan
IL (AP) P).-Attorney Jerry Gies-
Ter left an 100000 estate, most
of which is covered by two trust
funds to be controlled by his
widow, Mrs. Ruth Giesler. His
will was filed for probate yes
terday.
1t stipulates that Mrs. Gies-
Ter can will half the estate as
she sees fit, but the other halt
upon her death will go to a
son, Michael, and a daughter
Mrs. Jerry Lee Wright. The
family home was willed to Mrs
Giesler.
Evening star., 1962-01-12

the National Institute Of Al
lergy and Infectious Diseases,
part Of NH in Bethesda, Md,
and 1t. Comdr. Henry H.
Bloom Of Camp Lejeune, N. c.,
where the virus was recovered
from the throatS Of Marines
suffering colds.
The four researchers reported
their findings today in the
Journal Of the American Medi-
cal Association. In an editorial,
the journal called the work
important but warned that
large obstacles still may be en-
countered in any attempt to
prevent colds by vaccination.
The editorial said there may
be numerous other viruSes ca
pable Of producing colds.
Among recruits, the virus was
recovered from half of the men
suffering colds. Among the
group, sniffles, headache, chills
and fever were reported more
frequently than by the cold
sufferers in which no virus
was found.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Elections Bourd
Vacancy Filled

Robert Earl Martin, aSsoci-
ate professor of government at
Howard University, has been
named to the Districts Board
of Elections.
Mr.. Martin, At, of 1920 Irv-
ing street NE, was named by
the Commissioners for a three
year term. A Democrat, he sue
ceeds West A. Hamilton, a Re
publican, who had completed
two terms on the board.
The Commissioners yester-
day named Charles H. Mayer
a Democrat, as chairman of
the board. The third member
is Ernest Schein, a Republican.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Space PortnershiP p Role
Argued by AT General

Gems. Ritland and Mitchell
are close associates of Gen.
Bernard A. Schriever, the Air
Forces No. l spaceman. Gen.
Mitchell is the immediate sub
ordinate Of Gen. Schriever in
the Air Force Systems Com
mand at Andrews Air Force
Base, Md.
Gird for Military Role
1t has been apparent for
some time that Gen. Schriever
has been girding his command
for a role in space fully as
important as that presently oc-
cupied by the civilian National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
iStration.
In his speech, Gen. Mitchell
offered NASA full support for
the man-to-the- e-moon program,
but added that the Air Force
would also develop "the oper-
ational capabilities that will be
needed to prevent the use Of
space as an avenue of agrees
sion"
At the same time, he warned
against unnecessary duplica-
ton" in the life sciences field
"a new reminder of Air Force
opposition to NASA's plans to
develop its own aerospace
medicine capability.
Gen. Mitchell said the re-
cent reorganization Of the Air
Forces space medicine Setup
into the Aerospace Medical Di-
vision was IAN important step
in bringing the management of
the varied Air Force aeromed-
ical activities in line with the
demands of a rapidly advanc-
ing technology
Some persons have expressed
concern that a major life-sci-
ences effort by NASA would
place undue strain on the small
pool of trained manpower in
the space medicine field. This
view is shared by Representa-
Evening star., 1962-01-12
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan.
l2.-Another high-ranking Of
ficer has added his voice to
the Air Forces campaign for
full partnership in the conquest
of space.
Maj. Gen. Clyde H. Mitchell
told meeting of scientists here
last night that in the face of
a potential Soviet thre a t
Americans must go into space
not only as scientists and ex-
plorerS but also in a military
role. His speech echoed one
made a fortnight ago at an
other scientific meeting in Den
YER, Colo, by Maj. Gen. o. j.
Ritland, chief of the Air
Forces space systems division.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Saturn Job
Leap-Frogged

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Jan. IL
(AP) The space agency, leap
frogging over three concepts of
the Saturn rocket, has decided
on a super Saturn with far
more power than any rocket
the free world has ever known.
The first stage, or lift-off
booster, will have five engines
developing a total of rs million
pounds of thrust. That COM
pares with the is million
pounds of thrust built into the
Saturn first stage which was
launched at Cape Canaveral,
Fla, last November.
And the huge rocket will be
capable of carrying a payload
Of about ITO tons, twice the
normal maximum load of an
ordinary railroad box car.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration and
the Marshall Space Flight Gen.
ter here announced yesterday
that a decision had been made
on the five-engine cluster for
the first and second stages of
the advanced Saturn. The third
stage will carry a single engine.
Earth orbital trips for three
men are to be accomplished
with the present Saturn, The
C-1.
The advanced Saturn, ex-
pected to be ready for launch
ing in 1865, will be used first
to send a three-man craft into
orbit around the moon and
back to earth. Later work for
it will include a manned land
ing on the moon and the re-
turn trip to earth.
In deciding on this type of
advanced Saturn, NASA by
three concepts - the
CO, C-3 and CA. Each was
more powerful in concept than
the preceding number but none
would have been as powerful
as the one decided on. which
probably will become known
as the C-5.
Evening star., 1962-01-12

tive Daddario, Democrat OF
Connecticut, an influential
member of the House Space
Committee.
Soviet Threa
In his speech, Gen. Mitchell
asked the question: why do
we need a military man in
space?' and answered it in
terms Of "the Soviet threat in
space" which he said is becom-
ing increasingly obvious"
Citing Russian manned orbital
flights, including one by Maj
Gherman Titov over the United
States within 1875 miles of our
Capitol" Gen. Mitchell said:
These were not Just
isolated events. They are the
latest accomplishments of a
carefully planned, single-mind-
ed Soviet effort to achieve a
manned military capability in
space. For the SovietS realize
that if they can determine a
way to dominate space, they
may be in a position to DOM
mate the world"
Ability to Function in Space
Gen. Mitchell outlined in
broad terms the Air Forces
space aims, which appear to be
even more far-reaching than
NASA's eight-year, $400 bill
lion moon program:
1T is not enough merely to
send a man into space and
keep him alive there" Gen.
Mitchell said. He must also
be able to function in space
and he must be able to leave
his vehicle safely for a variety
of purposes such as emergency
escape, vehicle repair, trans
fer to another vehicle and as
sembly of space stations"
The Air Force must develop
the capability. he said, to put
large payloads into space on
a reliable and relatively eco
nomical basis, to maneuver, to
achieve rendezvous, to dock
with other space vehicles, to
transfer personnel and supplies
E. to re-enter the atmosphere
from both high and low orbit,
and make controlled horizontal
landings.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Humphrey Louds
Senate Aide

Senator Humphrey, Demo-
crat of Minnesota, paid tribute
in the Senate yesterday to the
long service of Vernon L. Tai
bertt. who retired recently af-
ter serving the Senate for more
than 81 years.
At the time of his retire
ment, Mr.. Talbertt was chief
messenger in the office OF the
Secretary of the Senate, FELTON,
M. Johnston. Mr.. Talbertt had
served under eight other Sen
ate secretaries. His service was
broken only by period of en-
listment in the Army.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
BOYS ORION ZIP.LINED COATS

A classic fly-front cotton poplin rain
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making it water and stain repellent.
Warm zip-out lining of Orion acrylic
pile. Wonderfully generous size range
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Evening star., 1962-01-12

tive Daddario, Democrat OF
Connecticut, an influential
member of the House Space
Committee.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Earth Has Helium Belt

Another lecturer, DR.. Wolf
gang PrieSter, of the Space
Agency'S Institute of Space Re-
search, reported the existence
of a belt of helium gas about
1000 miles thick in the high
atmosphere of the earth.
DR.. PrieSter said the long un-
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Creation of Life in Lab
Seen Likely by 1000

discovered after observations of
Echo and Explorer VII satel-
lites. 1t lies between 600 and
l 900 miles altitude, and while
it is highly rarified is still from
100 to 10000 times as dense
as the gas of interpanetary
space.
The German-born scientist
also told of great daily changes
in the upper atmosphere
above about l25 miles. These
changes, apparently caused by
the suns action on the rare
upper air, alter density by a
factor of 10 or more and tenn
perature of gas particles by as
much as 1000 degrees faren-
heit.
Atmosphere Extended
Studies of the atmosphere
keep pushing its outer limits
farther into space, DR.. PrieSter
said. To the tropoSphere, STRAIT
oSphere and ionosphere, rang
ing out hundreds of miles, must
now be added the "magnetoS-
phere,' containing the Van AL
ell radiation belts.
The magnetosphere travels
with the earth through space
and must be considered part of
the atmosphere" he explained.
The magnetoSphere extends
many thousands of miles, get
ting thinner and thinner until
true interplanetary space is
reached. The density of matter
between the planets is far less
than in the best vacuum ever
achieved on earth.
The five-day lecture series
on aeroSpace medicine at
Brooks Air Force Base near
here concludes today with five
papers on problems involved
in working on the surface of
the moon.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
By a Star Staff Writer

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Jan IL.
"A young California scientist
says life probably will be
created in the laboratory be-
fore this century is over.
DR.. Stanley L. Miller told
scientists at an aeroSpace med
icine meeting here that it is
reasonable to assume that inI
a few years 10 to 100 years -
living material will be syn
thesized. Later he narrowed
the most likely period down
to the 20-5O year range.
The living material will be
nucleic acid, the basic build
ing block of life, the 31-year-
old University of California
chemist said. Already some of
the components of nucleic acid
have been Synthesized, and the
work ahead chiefly involves put
ting these compnents in the
proper way, he explained.
Defines Living Material
DR.. Miller gave this as a
definition Of living material:
1T must reproudce itself in
reasonably accurate way, and
in addition it must mutate
(change) and then reproduce
the mutation This, DR.. Mil
Ter explained, is evolution.
And this, he said, is the way
life has developed since it got
started on earth billions of
years ago after the first living
matter developed spontan-
eouSly in the oceans under
favorable conditions
If there is life on other
worlds and the most likely
prospect we know of is Mars
it probably got a similar start
and underwent similar evolu-
ton, DR.. Miller added. He re-
jected such ideas as life forms
based on the element silicon
instead of carbon.
DR.. Miller's views were given
in lecture on extra terrestrial
life, and in an interview which
followed.
Life Likely Elsewhere
Life is not a unique event
on EARTH" DR.. Miller said. 1T
seems rather reasonable that
life exists in many places. Life
will originate wherever condi-
tions are favorable, and once
evolution starts nothing will
stop it short of a catastrophe"
DR.. Miller said the mirror
image" of earthly life may exist
on other planets. Earth-based
life is found on certain chem
icalS termed "L-amino acids"
There conceivably are other
worlds where life is based on
"D-amino acids" whose chem
ical structure is identical to
ours except for being back
ward"
Possibly both types existed on
earth in the days when life |
was first forming in the warm
oceans, DR.. Miller said. If SO,
the D-amino' acids came into
competition with the L-amino
acids at some point and our
form of life crowded out the
other and took over. On other
worlds the D might have |
crowded out the L, he said, and |
asserted there is no possibility
the two type could co-exist.
Had D acids become eXtab-
lished here instead of L, the |
development of life as we know |
it now, would not necessarily |
have been different, DR.. Mil
Ter said.
Earth Has HeIium ReIt
Evening star., 1962-01-12
ORION ZIP.LINED BALMACAAN

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Reserve Officers
To Honor Vinson
Conference

: Representative Carl Vinson
Democrat of Georgia, will be
honored Friday at the mid
winter conference Of the Re-
serve Officers Association at
the Sheraton Park Hotel.
The ROA's Minute Man
citation will be awarded to Mr..
Vinson, chairman of the House
Armed Services Committee. for
his outstanding contributions
to national defense" Repre-
senting the award will be
Speaker of the House John
Mccormack, ocrat OF
Massachusetts,.
Also honored by the associa-
ton at the 7::30 pm. banquet
will be Col. Samuel M. Bays,
staff chaplain, 26th Air Divi-
sion, Hancock Field, N. Y. Col
Bays will be cited as chaplain
of the Year"
Senator Ralph w. Yarbor-
ough, Democrat Of Texas and
chairman of the ROA legisla-
tive advisory committee, will
speak at the conferences Fri
day luncheon.
At 3 pm. Thursday, the dele
gates will dedicate the Reserve
Officers Memorial Building
Third and c streets S.W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Accused Private
Suspended Again
On Drunk Churqe

A ninth precinct private who
was suspended from duty after
a mix-up in the Districts
drunk court" was suspended
again last night by police Off
Gals after being charged with
drunken driving.
Pvt. Willie w. Stark, a vet
eran Of 16 years on the force,
was charged also with failing
to give the right Of way after
his car was in collision with
another at South Dakota ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street NE,
according to 1t. John B.
Southland.
Pvt. Stark, off duty and alone
at the time, was suspended by
superiors at the ninth precinct.
On January 81 he was sus-
pended on drunk charges when
he insisted a man called before
the bench in Municipal Court
was the man he had arrested.
! At that time Capt. John w
Trotter Of the ninth precinct
recommended that trial board
action take place. The possible
action has been pending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Pro-Red Troops Hold
Wide Section of Laos

Khouang. The neutralists in
other areas also have set up
administrative villages as
rivals to the real provincial
capitals.
Three more provincial capt.
tals-Nam Tha in the north
west and Attopeu and Sara
vane in the south-are almost
isolated and threatened with
capture by the Pathet Lao at
almost any time.
Frontiers Vague
Laos political frontiers ap-
pear just as vague as its mill
tary lines. Prince Souvanna has
been in Vientiane for four
laborious days, but has made
little if any Roadway in efforts
to form a three-party coalition
government so miraculouSly
balanced that it could keep the
country neutral. independent
and peaceful.
He has had three meetings
with Gen. Phoumi Nosavan,
strong man of the Vientiane
government, and other political
leaders and diplomats in his eff
fort to work out q compromise
government in which Prince
Boun Gum, Prince Souvanna
and Prince Souvanna's pro-
Communist half-brother, Prince
Souphanouvong, would be rep
resented.
None of the meetings ever
seems to get anywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Compony's Shelter
Will Hold 1.4OO

SPARTANBURG, S. c., Feb
"a (AP).-A fallout shelter cap.
able of protecting k400 people
is being built at Deering Mill
ken Research Corp. here.
The shelter will cost about
100000. 1t is designed to &C.
commodate all the employees Of
the textile research facility anc
their families. 1t is expected tc
be ready this spring.
Food, medical supplies, blan.
kets, and air mattresses will be
stocked to last at least two
weeks. The shelter also will
have a radio transmitter ano
receiver.
The shelter, entirely below
ground level. is being built in
the basement of a building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Surplus Sale Set
At Fort Meade

Surplus items valued at $780,
600 will go on sale at / pm
Thursday at Theater No. 3 at
Fort Meade, Md.
Among the items offered by
the Army are $4,000 garrison
caps.
Other items include tool car
riers. washing machines, dish
washers. garbage disposers, hot
water heater parts, plumbing
fittings, electric refrigerators,
electric motors. searchlights
and one boiler.
Items may be inspected be-
tween $3.50 am. and $3.50 pm
tomorrow through Thursday
at the Property Disposal Office
at Fort Meade. Catalogs detail
ing the items and outlining the
matter in which they are to be
sold will be available tomorrow
at the same office and the De-
Tense Surplus Sales Office at
Fort Holabird. Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Case Proposes
Astronuut Visits
BY the Associated Press

Senator Clifford P. Case, Re-
publican of New Jersey, sug-
gested Yesterday an exchange
visit of American astronauts
and Russian cosmonauts as one
way to reduce East-West ten
sions.
This would be a first ster
toward corporation between
the two countries in space
sciences, said Senator Case, q
member of the Senate Space
Committee.
IAN exchange program OF
this kind would demonstrate
that no country has a mono
poly on courage and scientific
capability," he said in a state
ment. while this is a small
STEP" Senator Case said, 81
could smooth the path to 6
pooling of knowledge which
should belong to all mankind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25

help requirement of the ALI.
ance for Progress. To make II
worse, the same problem exists
in Washington, with the MAR
roadblocks revolving between
the White House, the State
Department. and AID"
Self Aid Needed
For argentina, the Alliance
has authorized three programs
but not all are actually in ope-
ration. They deal with educa-
ton and toal about half a mil
lion dollars. More programs
are on the drawing boards, but
the official explained Argentina
has not been to keen on plann-
ing.
This is another problem the
assessment team found to be
worrying Aid field offices. The
source said AID personnel
worry that the Kennedy Ad-
.ministration and Congress may
forget that an effort is re-
quired on the part of the Latin
American countries before
funds are made available.
1--WE wonder, for example,
whether Richard Goodwin is
going to Chile with a blank
check or to improve relations
or to speed up the Alliance for
Progress" he said.
Mr.. Goodwin is a Latin
American adviser to Mr.. Ken
nedy although he is attched
officially to the state depart
men. Washington has not Off
cially released details on Mr..
Goodwin's trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25
Red Tape Seen
Bar. 70 Action
In Alliance Aid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Feb. "a (AP).-President Ken
nedy's Alliance for Progress,
which aims to help Latin Amer
lea develop itself. is undergoing
a thorough first-hand inspec-
ton. a United States official
said today. .
An assessment team from the
Agency for international De-
velopment has just ended a
weeks inspection of what is
happening in Argentina. The
MISSIONS next stop is Santiago,
Chile, on a tour throughout
the continent.
The official, who asked not
to be identified by name, said
much more red tape and in
decision" than expected has
held the program at a slower
than desired pace. The two
obstacles are present in WASH
ington as well as in Latin Amer
lea, the official added.
That's the reason an assess
ment team is out today making
a thorough check of the sit
uation."
Argentina Lays
The $40 billion program was
initiated last August. Directed
by AID, the Alliance has not
had the opportunity ito wake
up, must less stretch and grow
in Argentina" the official said.
Argentina formed it's devel-
opment agency last November,
said the official, adding:
But it never got off the
ground. There are factions
within the Ministry of Econ
omy and within the offices of
President Arturo Frondizi. And
they extend to Congress, and,
of course, from the business
fields of agriculture and in
dustry which exert their in
fluence.
1.-THE result is that Argen-
tina cannot turn out projects
which come under the self
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-25

V1ET1ANE, Laos, FeD. 70
(AP)-Pro- Communist Pathet
Lao forces, with the aid of
neutralists and an estimated
10000 North Wet Namese SOL
diers and advisers, have a
tenuous hold over perhaps two
thirds of Laos.
But the American-backed
royal government of Premier
Prince Boun Gum. with about
10000 soldiers, in general con-
trolls a broad belt along the
Mekong River which probably
contains the bigger part of
Laos's two million population.
This belt lies along the western
borders of the country.
In this belt are Laos major
cities-Vientiane, Luang Pra-
bang, Thakhek, Savannakhet
and Pakse-and by far the
greater part of the ethnic group
known as the real Lao people.
People of mixed and minority
racial strains predominant in
the pathet Lao areas.
Various Views
This is a picture far from
encouraging for the non-com-
munist world. Some observers
will quarrel with it, some claim
ing the pro-communist forces
and their neutralist allies hold
as much as three-fourths of
the country, others arguing
that they have les than two
thirds.
But is as pictures drawn
from the estimates of the best
available sources.
There is no satisfactory way
in which a map can be drawn
of Laos rugged mountains and
jungles showing definitely the
areas held by the government
and it's enemies,
The troops of both sides are
widely dispersed over miles of
thinly populated and almost
inaccessible wilderness.
Infiltration Seen
Drawing a line between two
points known to be in the hands
of the same side does not nee
essarily show the situation.
Between the two points may be
an area of mountain and jungle
big enough for a whole army.
Villages quite close to this
administrative capital have
been infiltrated by Pathet Lao
agents.
On the other hand pro-gov-
eminent Meo guerrillas and
tribesmen hold mountain tops
near the rebel center of Xieng
Khouang in the des Jarres and
strike out from their bases on
frequent raids to sabotage
roads.
Loas' cease-fire of last May
never has been reduced to a
written agreement showing the
front lines held by either side.
The situation as Nam Tha,
"a village in the far northwest
which was attacked by the
pathet Lao in January, is an
example. The Pathet Loa claims
the cease-fire line last May 8
was less than two miles from
the village. 1t claims its attack,
by five or six battalions, was
no violation of the cease-fire
because it's troops are now no
closed than 31a miles.
Hold Three Capitals
Pathet Laos claim to a
cease-fire line less than two
two miles from Nam Tha may
be based. however, on nothing
more than that five or six OF
: it's soldiers were in a settlement
that close to Nam Tha last
May.
Pathet Lao forces definitely
hold three of Laos IL provincial
, capitals - Sam Neua, Phone
: Sally and Xieng Khouang -
!. though Prince Souvanna Phou-
S mas neutralists claim to ad-
minister Phong Sally and Xiene