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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Wet Nam Forces Kill
200 Reds, Get Supplies

to the China Sea, five govern
ment battalions pressed deeper
into a vast mangrove swamp
where a big rebel force was
believed hiding.
A rising tide in the area
Friday forced government
troops to take refuge in the
mangrove trees. A Wet Cong
group began moving through
the area by boat during the
night, apparently unaware
government troops were in the
trees above them. Troops
jumped into the boats, captur-
ing at least IS.
Large-scale operations con-
tinue in An Xuyen and other
southern provinces, but reports
from the isolated area were
Scant.
A United States military
source said all United States
Army troop-carrying helicopters
that took part in last week S
operations in the south were
hack in Saigon ready for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
Mar. IL (AP) About 200 Com
munist guerrillas have been
killed, mostly in air strikes by
American-supplied planes, in
a three-day government often
Sive in the Mekong River delta,
an informant said today.
Wet Namese forces launched
an attack by ground and air
against Wet Cong rebels en-
circling a government outpost
in the town of Me Lang, Vinh
Binh Province.
Ground forces moved in after
the air assault and reported
capturing mountainous guam
titles" of rebel arms and equip
ment the source said.
There was no indication
whether United States Air Force
pilots took part in the air strike
as advisers, but Americans have
accompanied most such opera
lions in the past three months
In KEN Hoa Province close
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
JobIess Pay Changes
Pushed by Kennedy

ing decline" in the number out
of work there still are 4,543, 00O
workers who need help, with Ia
million of these jobless for II
weeks or longer.
Unless prompt action is
taken, he said, workers who
exhaust their regular benefits
after March 81 will no longer
receive unemployment compen-
sation.
He said it is estimated that
10000 workers will exhaust
their regular unemployment
insurance during April, with
more than 100000 exhausing
their benefits in all but one
of the remaining months Of
the year.
He urged action on the per-
manent improvements he has
recommended rather than an
other temporary bill, pointing
out that this would remove
need for Stop-gap action each
time a crisis develops.
The proposed legislation, thu
President asserted, will exer
a stabilizing effect upon GU,
economy, helping to maintain
consumer purchasing powe,
and cushioning any economic
reverSes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

IT, were arrested. They have
not been identified.
South Wet NameSe author
tiles have been questioning
Saigon residents extensively
during the last two weeks, and
a number of arrests have been
made. The police activities
here evidently are related to
the February 81 bombing OF
the presidential palace by two
rebel fighter planes from the
Wet Namese air force.
They were polite, but they
searched very thoroughly" DR.
Durham said.
The United States Embassy
has been notified of the Incl
dent. but there has been nc
official comment. An investi-
cation was begun.
The apartments searched are
only a few blocks from the
presidential palace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Anthony Eden,
In Boston, Faces
Chest Surgery

BOSTON, Mar. IL (AP) -
A medical checkup has dis
closed a lesion in the chest Of
Lord Avon. who as Sir Anthony
Eden won international fame
as Prime Minister of Great
Britain. the Lahey Clinic an
nounced today.
The clinic announced that
IAN exploratory operation" will
be performed at the New Eng
land Baptist Hospital, with
which the clinic is affiliated.
Lord Avon, now "a, under
went gall bladder surgery as a
patient of the clinic in 1858. He
was travelling homeward from
a West Indies vacation when
he decided to come to Boston
for another checkup.
The clinic issued this
bulletin:
During Lord Avon's current
checkup a lesion unrelated to
his previous illnesses was found
in his chest.
IAN exploratory operation is
planned by the thoracic sur
gical service of the Lahey Clinic
this afternoon.
Another bulletin will be
issued later today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

President Kennedy prodded
Congress today for quick ap-
proval of permanent improves
ments he has proposed in the
unemployment compensation
system because of the imminent
expiration of temporary legis-
lation extending jobless bene-
fits.
This legislation is a vital
part of the programs I believe
essential to assure sustained
prosperity and to strengthen
our manpower base" the Presi-
dent said in letters to House
Speaker Mccormack and Vice
President johnson.
The permanent improve
ments in the unemployment
compensation program urged
by the President would extenc
benefits for an additional /;
weeks and increase benefit pay
ments to so per cent of thu
jobless workers wage or to two
thirds of the average wage O
his State. The temporary in
crease enacted last year expire
April /.
Mr.. Kennedy told Congress
that while February unemploy
ment figures show a "hearten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
6 Babies Die; Salt Error
At Hospital Is Probed

BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Mar.
liz (AP). Salt mysteriouSly
placed in a sugar can was the
possible killer of six babies in
city-owned hospital and also
struck down IL other infants,
four critically.
The salt apparently was used
by mistake in the infants feed
ing formula at Binghamton
General Hospital.
A pregnant mother. Mrs. Lii
lie Colvin, 30, practical nurse
who refilled the sugar con-
tainer last Tuesday for the
formula room, declared today:
II have done absolutely no.
thing wrong my prayers
md sympathy are with the
parents"
Suspended by Hospital
Mrs. Colvin also said in a
statement issued through her
attorney, II have three small
children myself and can under
stand the heartache suffered
by the parents who lost their
babies" as a result of the ira
gedy.
The hospital has suspended
Mrs. Colvin pending compile
ton of an investigation by
state and local officials. She
was questioned by District At
torney Stephen Smyk but was
not held. No charge was placed.
She said she was positive she
had filled the can from a sugar
;ontainer, not a salt container,
She had been with the hospital
as a practical nurse for about
three months and gave every
indication of being a good en-
ploye," a hospital spokesman
said.
The spokesman said salt poi
soning was a definite POSSIBLE
ity as the cause of the deaths
Of the three boys and three
girls. DR.. Jason K. Meyer, med.
ical director at the hospital
said, however, that one or two
may have died of other causes
All died last Friday and Satur.
day.
Ironically, the salt in the
sugar can was discovered BY
another practical nurse WHIT
was violating rules. Police sale
Mrs. May Pier, who was il
charge of the formula, broke {
regulation when she used wha
she thought was the formuli
sugar for a cup of coffee. Sht
tasted the salt and that lee
to the apparent solution of thu
ailment.
The salt evidently had beer
used for sugar in the formult
from Wednesday until yester
day.
Pediatricians said an over
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dose of salt could upset the
balance in the body and cause
heart failure in a very young
child.
The babies who died ranged
from 3 days to 8 months.
Second Probe in 3 Years
The investigation was the
second in three years at the
hospital. In 1859 the hospital,
then named Binghamton City,
underwent inquiry after a
woman cancer patient died
from an overdose of radiation.
The hospital administrator at
the time charged the hospitals
chief radiologist with incom-
petence and misconduct and
suspended the radiologist and
his assistant. They later were
reinstated but had left the
staff before the outbreak of
infant deaths.
DR.. Vincent Maddi, q cor
oner, ordered autopsies per-
formed on the bodies of six
babies.
Two State departments, So
cial Welfare and Health, also
began Investigations.
C. Walter DriScoll, Syracuse
area director, conducted the
inquiry for Social Welfare,
which has general supervision
of hospitals in the State.
Staff Overhauled
Mr.. Driscoll said last night
that the hospitals medical
staff had been overhauled
since the radiation incident.
The hospital has a new medical
setup and staff, he said.
DR.. Clealand Sergeant. Bing-
hamton city health commits
sioner, opened the Health De-
partment's investigation. The
department said a staff doctor
would be sent to Binghamton
to assist DR.. Sergeant, II
needed.
Carl N. Wathne, acting ad-
miniStrator of the hospital,
announced the deaths and in
vestigationS at a news confer
ence yesterday.
The dead babies were:
Glenn Stewart Jones,
weeks. Son of Mrs. Athea Jones
of Binghamton; Randy Allen
Mower, 3 days, son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. John F. Mower of Cor
bettsville; Barry John McPeek
7 days, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George w. McPeek of Bingham
ton; Lisa Marie Bealo, 7 days
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bealo Of Binghamton; Kathryn
Fleming, 8 months, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Fleming Of
Port Dickinson; and a girl, 4
days, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Walker of Binghamton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

economy by opening up new
markets for exports.
3. To assure access on a fair
competitive basis for United
States exports in the booming
Common Market.
Importance of Exports
Turning attention away from
the potential dangers of i'm
ports, Mr.. Hodges noted that
some industries depend heavily
on exports. For example, he
said 81 per cent of the railroad
locomotives produced here in
1860 were sold abroad. He said
exports accounted for % per
cent of United States produc-
ton of metal-forming machine
production.
Exports support 81 million
American jobs. he said.
If the United States fails to
reduce its tariffs, Mr.. Hodges
said, other countries will keep
their tariffs high or even raise
them. If that happened, he
warned, American profits ano
employment would suffer.
Most imports do not compete
directly with American prod
ucts he said. Imports that dc
compete, he said, are needed by
American industry and con-
Sumers, stimulate competition
and help hold down costs here
Painting a bright picture o.
the outlook for export sales
Mr.. Hodges said a soaring
}, demand for consumer and IN
!; dustrial goods presents "ar
. enormous new opportunity"
The Common Market, HI
said, "offers the most exciting
prospects for economic and pc
litical progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Saigon Police Search
u. S. 7 eochers' Homes

SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
Mar. IL (AP) "A squad of at
least 80 Wet Namese police,
government agents and soldiers
combed through the homes of
three American professors in a
fashionable Saigon neighbor-
hood Saturday morning, then
arrested two Wet Namese
house guests.
The Americans were not ar
rested, but were quetioned and
their houses were searched
thoroughly, along with all other
houses on the block.
Our dog had been restless
for some time, and about mid
night, he started to bark" DR..
Frank Durham said.
DR.. Durham, a professor at
the Citadel, military college in
Charleston, S. c., has taught
English literature at Saigon
University since August. He and
the two other professors are
working here under an educa-
tional assistance program fin
anced by the United States.
II looked out the window and
saw the driveways around the
house swarming with men
most of them in uniform" he
said. They apparently were
searching houses all up and
down the block"
In Same Building
The other two American pro-
fessors, DR.. Stanley Millet Of
DobbS Ferry, N. Y, and DR.
Katherine Carmichael of the
University of North Carolina
also arrived last August, anc
live in the same apartment
building. Said DR.. Durham:
MY wife and l saw then
checking around Miss Car
michaers apartment, and W,
called out to her to make SURF
she was all right. She live
alone. She said she was"
DR.. Millet, who also live
alone, was out at the time o
the raid. But two Wet Names
men who had been staying a
his apartment, one an adul
and the other a youth of abcu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
TRADE
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cent and to eliminate some
other tariffs, notably those on
products traded heavily with
Western Europe's Common
Market.
1t would dilute the escape
clause and the peril points
provisions of existing laws
which are designed to protect
American industry against
rough foreign competition.
To supplement these safe
guards, the bill would provide
Government assistance to helI
injured companies and workers
adjust to import competition.
Mr.. Hodges listed three ma
jor detectives of the admins.
tration's trade program:
l. To take the initiative tt
strengthen the free world
economies in the struggle
against the Communist bloc
trade and aid offensive.
2. To stimulate ant
strengthen the United State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

Democrat of California, for
Qualification of administration s
policy, Mr.. Kennedy wrote:
my letter of February 8 to
Secretary Mcnamara made it
perfectly clear that the direc-
tive to refuse to make certain
specific information available
to a special subcommittee Of
the Senate Armed Services
Committee was limited to that
specific request and that each
case must be judged on it,
merits.
GAS you know this admin
istration has gone to great
lengths to achieve full Coop
Grafton with the Congress in
making available all appropri-
ate documents, correspondence
and information. That is the
basic policy of this administra-
ton and it will continue to
be so.
Executive privilege can be
invoked only by the President
and will not be used without
specific presidential approval
The Presidents February
letter to Defense Secretary Nc
Namara dealt with Senate com.
mittee hearings on complaints
that military officers were
"muzzled" by Pentagon censor
ship of their public Speechei
and statements. The claim O
executive privilege was invoked
at the direction of Mr.. Kennel,
in refusing to identify the cen
sors in specific instances.
In his recent letter to tn
White House Mr.. Moss was no
concerned mainly about tina
case. He recalled that forme
President Eisenhower in 1876
refused information to a Sen
ate subcommittee, but did no
state that questions of futur
availability of information tt
Congress would have to be an
swered as they came up. MI
Moss said this resulted in
rash of restrictions" by ad
ministrative officials curbinl
the flow of information tt
Congress and the public.
II know you are aware o
the result of President EiSen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
SHORE
Continued From Page Al

trucks for burial in deep holes.
The Red Cross in the Chin
colleague area found itself
swamped by the generosity of
other Virginians. Truck after
truck of food and clothing
rolled in from Norfolk and
other cities, until the Red Cross
finally was forced to say:
Thanks, but please don't send
more. We have far more than
we need"
Many Refugees Return
The more than 1000 evacuees
who had crowded into old bar
racks on the mainland were
reduced to 903 last night as
many returned to their homes
along the shore.
After seeing the devastation
for himself, Gov. Harrison
echoed the impression of
others: you've got to see it to
believe it"
At Ocean City, police planned
today to permit nonresident
property owners in the storm
area. But they, like Mayor
Chopper, deplored the $500
Sightseers who hampered clean
up operations over the week
end.
Good news came from Col.
Warren Johnson of the Army
Corps of Engineers. He reas-
Sured residents that their beach
is mostly intact.
1T won't be quite as big as
it was" he said, but it still
will be there"
100 BulldOzers Busy
Pushing the sand back to
the beaches from the city
streets are more than 100
bulldozers, preceded by 10-foot
piles of sand. National Guards
men still are on duty all along
the coast. The cleanup job is
in the hands of State workmen,
others recruited by the De-
partment of Employment
Security, and convicts. Boy
Scouts also are aiding.
All along the shattered coast
officials of the Office of Emer-
gency Planning and the Small
Business Administration con-
tinued to assess damage. The
former will be in charge Of
distributing Federal funds
made possible by President
Kennedy declaring a disaster
area. SBA will set up offices to
make loans to property and
home owners wishing to re-
build.
Among those in the Ocean
City area yesterday was House
Minority Leader Halleck, whose
daughter, Mrs. Walter Itch
field, lives there. He said the
resort was almost unbelievably
devastated.
Help from outsiders con-
tinued to cheer the storm VIC
Tins. An Eastern Shore tele-
vision and radio drive to raise
funds was halted after the Red
Cross needs were filled.
Joining the movement of re-
lief articles to the Chincoteague
area was Naval Air Reserve
Technical Air Support Squadron
661, based at Andrews Air Force
Base. Today the squadron sent
transport aircraft to the is
land with 300 pounds of cloth
ing contributed by residents of
Dunn Loring. Va.
| At Winchester, Va, residents
began planning to adopt" one
! of Chincoteague's neediest fam
, lilies and to supply it with all
: items necessary for rehabilita-
:, ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Kennedy Says Only He
Can Invoke Privilege
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy told the House Government Infor-
nation Subcommittee today that executive privilege to with
hold material from Congress invoked only by the
President and must not be claimed individually broadly
by subordinate officials.
In reply to request from Subcommittee Chairman Moss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Kentucky Gets Aid

President Kennedy today
designated 38 flood stricken
Kentucky counties as disaster
area.
, 1962-12-15

Continued from Monday
Mr.. MOOREHEAD: Mr.. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Moorehead.
, 1962-12-15

MR.. ALEXANDER: Mr.. President, / think these
motions should be put in writing, so that there be no mis-
understanding. / think that Senator Ottley made an
amendment to the original motion ito request and ac-
cept" because / do not believe he (Mousantol has ten
Continued on page 81
, 1962-12-15
LEGISLATIVE RECORD

Continued from Monday
Mr.. MOOREHEAD: Mr.. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Moorehead
MR.. MOOREHEAD: Mr.. President, at this point,
n following through on what Senator Maduro said, |
WOULD likeJo move mat the acIlon recommended bySen-
or Maduro be taken by this Body and that this Body
.cept the gentlemans resignation, il it is within the
ody's purvieW to do SO.
MR.. oTTLEY: MI. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator ottley.
Mr.. would like to amend that Mr.. Pre-
sident, by saying that the PRESIDENT write a letter based
upon a roll call vote Of the Legislature, asking the Gov
ernor to demand and accept the Commissioner OF Pub
lie Safety's resignation.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any objections to that
amendment, Senator Moorehead?
Mr.. MOOREHEAD: No, Mr.. President.
Mr.. GOMEZ: second that motion, Mr.. President.
THE PRESIDENT: The Chair would like to say
this: / would ike to request that when such a letter is
written we include our feeling that under the circum-
stances the Legislature should not pass any funds for
the Department Of Public Safety as long as Mr.. Mon
santo remains at the head ofit. / think that would have
the desired effect. No morefunds of the Government OF
the Virgin Islands should be spent by Mr.. MonSanto in
the Department of Public Safety, because he does not
enjoy the confidence of the Governor or the Legislature
His name has not been submitted to the Legislature.
cat this point, Senator Frits Lawaetz left the Cham
bers headed for his Office
MR.. TILE Mr.. President.
H PRESIDENTS: Senator Ott1ey.
Mr.. TTLEY Mr.. President, I notice that Senator
Lawaetz is not present. Since | should like to have all
members present recorded on this question, | suggest
a two-minute recess until the Senator returns.
THE PRESIDENT: All right, without objection, /
will call a two-minute recess. Il sN6 @1a
RECESSED AT 3:23 F. N.
RESUMING FORMAL SESSION AT 1885 Pm.
THE PRESIDENT: The Legislature Of the Virgin
Islands is hereby reconvened IN formal session. Since
members requested a full roll cali on this question, the
Char would like to delay roll call vote at this time, it
there are no objections, until later on today. May / hear
Evening star., 1962-10-09
Mrs. DunieIson,
Teacher, Wife of
Navy PoIuris Aide

Mrs. Roy E. Danielson, So,
an area teacher and wife Of the
chief engineer of the Navy's
Polaris Missile Branch, died at
Prince Georges Hospital yester-
day after a short illness.
Mrs. Danielson, the former
Helen Aich, taught fourth grade
classes at Riverdale Elemen-
tary School, Hyattsville.
A native of Topeka. Kans.,
she came to Washington in
1945. She was in the choir and
an active member of st. Peters
Evangelical Lutheran Church,
1925 Michigan avenue NE. She
was also active in Ruth Chap
ter 7, Order of the Eastern Star,
in Hyattsville.
Mrs. Danielson leaves her
husband, Roy E.; two sons, R.
Kirt and David S., of $500
Thirty-ninth avenue, Hyatts-
vile, the home address; and a
daughter, Mrs. Karen Meyers,
of 4240 st. Barnabas road. Also
surviving is one grandchild,
Michele.
Services will be at 1890 am.
Thursday at st. Peters Church,
with burial at Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-10-09
Dorothy Doughty,
Ceramic Artist

TRURO, England, Oct. 9
(AP) Funeral services will be
held in Cornwall tomorrow for
Dorothy Doughty, 10, a ceramic
artist whose porcelain figurines
of birds are highly priced by
American collectors.
Miss Doughty died in a hos
pital at Truro, Cornwall, on
Sunday. She had injured her
head in a fall outside a shop
recently.
The artist had made her
Doughty birds" for the Royal
Worcester Porcelain Co. since
1886. They were produced in
limited editions, mostly for ex-
port to America, and the molds
were destroyed.
Queen Elizabeth presented a
pair of Doughty birds to former
President and Mrs. Dwight D.
Eisenhower when she visited
the United States in 1857.
Another pair sold for $4,000
at an American auction last
year.
Miss Doughty was a daugh-
ter of the late Charles M.
Doughty, pioneer explorer of the
Arabian peninsula and author
of Travels in Arabia Deserta." /"
Evening star., 1962-10-09
Mrs. Hanson, 81,
Lifelong Resident

Mrs. Clara Cassell Hanson,
80, lifetime Washington resi-
dent, died of a cerebral hem
orrhage yesterday at her home,
5507 Chesterbrook road, Sring-
field. Md.
Born and raised here, she
married Edward E. Hanson,
former general purchasing
agent for the Southern Rail-
way, in 1909. Mrs. Hanson was
a member of the Columbia
Country Club and the Little
Flower Catholic Church, $500
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
She had been in failing
health and moved from Wash
ington to Springfield three
months ago.
Mrs. Hanson leaves her hus-
band, Edward, of the home ad-
dress; three sisters, Mrs. Adele
C. Hanson, of the home ad-
dress; Mrs. Maebelle Owings of
6708 Offutt lane, Bethesda,
Md; and Mrs. Irma Tenant
of Fort Lauderdale, Fla; and a
brother, Robert L. C. Cassell of
Queens Village, N. Y.
Services will be at $50 am
tomorrow at Hines Funeral
Home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV, followed by a 10 am.
mass at the Little Flower
Church. Burial will be in Mount
OliVet Cemetery.