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Evening star., 1962-05-16
By PHIL THOMAS
Star Staff Writer

The head of a CalifoTnis
natural gas company yesterday
disclosed that his phone line
was tapped in Los Angeles sew
eral weeks before the May
flower Hotel "bugging" case
developed here.
In another development. a
Hollywood electronicS specialist
Reed Wilson, 80, employed by
the California company. con-
ceded he expects to be called as
a witness before a grand jury
investigating the Mayflower
case.
The phone tap in Los An
geles was discovered on May II,
according to Guy w. Wads-
worth. jr.. president Of South
ern Counties Gas Co. of Cali
fornia.
Mr.. Wadsworth said he or
dered an investigation of cir
cumstances surrounding the dis
covery of a tiny tranSmitter
hooked onto Mr.. Wadsworth's
phone line in his ninth-floor
office in Los Angeles.
He said the discovery of the
tap was not reported to the
FBI because We didn't have
enough to go on" in attempt
ing to prove who put it on
the phone line.
Charged In District
The disclosure of the Wash
ington bug" was made in a
civil suit filed here early last
month in which Malcolm T.
DUNCAN, San Francisco law
yer, charged that three private
investigators had planted an
electronic listening device in his
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for Cuba and may well be the
first vessel intercepted under
the new United States blockade
ordered to keep offensive weap-
onS out of Cuba.
There were indications that
the Navy had mounted fairly
widespread aerial surveillance
of the shipping routes and was
watching certain specific YES
sells suspected of carrying weap-
ons of this nature.
It was known that Navy re-
connaisance planes had taken
pictures of the Polotavia.
These pictures were the sub
ject of Navy command discus
SionS today. '' Ell"
The Polotavia was described
as a modern ship which looks
much like an oiler because its
superstructure and deck are
toward the stern.
Experts said this allowed for
special matches forward and
the ship was apparently de-
signed to transport guided mis-
sileS.
The Polotavia, it was under
stood, has been seen making
trips about every 10 days.
Meanwhile, two Russian
freighters sailed into the Bay
of Havana this morning while
a Cuban corvette patrolled the
waters about l mile offshore.
The Russian vessels appeared
to be lightly loaded and were
believed to have sailed from
Cuban coastal ports. One was
identified as the Gratsk.
There was speculation that
all Russian ships have been
ordered to assemble in Havana,
perhaps TO form a convoy.&sc.
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nations that appear headed for
Cuba, the spokesman said, They
will radio information on such
ships to United States surface
units which will then intercept
the vessels.
American naval boar in g
parties will search cargoes and
check manifests on all vessels
in a course for Cuba.
The official set no outer lin
it in Atlantic waters where the
blockade ships will operate.
He said the United States
was aware of the possibility
there might be attacks on
Ameican ships and planes en-
forcing the blockade.
Losses to Be Faced
"Well face losses" the Off
cial said. If any ship or plane
fires on any American ship or
plane, the fire will be returned,
he said.
The quarantine also includes
air shipments to Cuba but the
official said Soviet Russia has
a limited air fleet capable of
moving materials or weapons
to Cuba. But he emphasized
that the embargo on offensive
weapons to Cuba includes air
shipments and that this would
be enforced "by any means nee
essary."
However, he declared COM
mercial aircraft would not be
prevented from flying to Cuba
unless they were carrying Of
fensive weapons.
The official was asked If the
United States expected a Soviet
counter move in Berlin. He said
he could not speak for the
Russians but declared, We're
prepared for any action
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Public Reaction Strong:
Opinions Vary Widely

Washington area residents
today reacted to President Ken
nedy's blockade of Cuba with
surprise, pride and, In some
cases, dismay.
After a day Of tension. which
affected the man in the street
every bit as much as 1t did the
relative handful who knew
what was coming, citizen re-
action was positive If not uni
form.
I'm very proud Of the Pres
ident," said Mrs. Karen Pack,
%, of 2015 Oglethorpe street
West Hyattsville, Md. Il ex-
pected him to do something
long before this"
Mrs. Pack has as great q
stake as anyone in the United
States abrupt decision to take
military measures for the ma
tional security. Her husband,
Gene, IS, is a former member
of the 82d Airborne Division
and might easily find himself
back in uniform.
Sees Political Move
|, The opposite reaction came
from Mrs. F. Price Merrels, a
housewife, of 5000 Wilson lane,
Bethesda, Md. She described
the White House move as mo
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mon sense" with warnings the
Soviet Union was prepared to
deal powerful blows against
what it called aggression.
It "resolutely rejected" Amer
lean demands to inspect So
Wet ships carrying cargoes to
Cuba but made no mention of
what measures if any would
be taken to protect the Rus
sian vessels from American
warships now patrolling the
Caribbean.
There was no mention in
the statement q a possibility
that Premier Khrushchev would
60 to New York for an emer-
gency session of the Security
Council or for talks with Presi-
dent Kennedy.
Danger Cited
The Russians charged that
United States policy toward
Cuba is a serious danger to
the cause of peace"
1.-The statement Of the United
States President shows that
the American :mperialist circles
balk at nothing in their at
tempts to stifle the sovereign
state (of Cuba), a United Ma
tions member. For this pur-
pose. they are prepared to push
the world into the abyss Of a
war catastrophe"
1t added:
cat this anxious hour, the
Soviet government regards it
as its duty to issue a serious
warning to the United States
Government, warning it that by
taking the measures announced
oy President Kennedy it as
|sumes a grave responsibility for
the destinies Of peace, is reck-
lessly playing with fire"
The statement said the United
States sought to press its de-
mands through a position Of
strength.
There is another force in
the world, no less powerful,
which advocates that the
peoples arrange their life just
as they want to-" the statement
said.
1.-THE Soviet government re-
affirms that all weapons of the
Soviet Union serve and will
serve the purposes of defense
against aggressors. In the pres
ent international situation the
powerful weapons, including
nuclear rocket pons,
possessed by the Soviet Union,
are, as all the peoples of the
world acknowledge, a decisive
means which deters the agrees
sive forces of Imperialism from
engineering a war Of extermi-
nation. The Soviet Union will
continue to discharge this mis-
sion with all firmness and con-
sistence."
The statement then referred
to Mr.. Kennedy's speech last
night that, if a nuclear bomb
fell on United States territory,
the United States would strike
a full retaliatory blow.
Urges Common Sense"
The statement called this
hypocrisy because, it said, the
Soviet Union had made it clear
it would not bomb the United
States or any other country
unless aggression is committed.
But if the aggresSors touch
off a war;" the statement said,
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MISSILE SHIP
WATCHED FOR

The United States Navy was
reported keeping a watchful
eye out today for a big Rus
sian ship, rugged to carry
guided missiles.
The ship. identified as the
Polotavia, was said to be bound
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-23
Danny Koye Slated
For TeIeYision Series

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. % (AP).
Comedian Danny Kaye will
90 40 one-hour shows for the
CHS television network next
season. 800
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-23
SHIPS
SHIPS
West Ready to Meet
Red Move in Europe
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years, has alerted the entire
Western intelligence commu-
nifty to a new vigilance.
In the cold war of week be-
fore last, nuclear buildups by
both sides were thought to be
deliberately slow and deliber-
ately open. Now Washington
knows the Soviet Union has
tried a sneak, quickie buildup
and can never relax as it has
before.
In a sense, the Soviet moves
in Cuba have violated the un-
written rules of nuclear brink
manship, that nuclear buildups
should be visible to the advers-
airy and deliberately slow, to
avoid over reaction by the
other side which must always
fear surprise attack.
Objective Outlined
United States strategy in the
United Nations, high State De-
partment officials said, would
feature a minimum of force
and a maximum of negotia-
ton, but answering determine
ton to achieve the objective.
Mr.. Kennedy stated the OBJ
jective as the elimination of
the nuclear-rocket threat from
Cuba.
The 11-power Security Coun-
Gil was expected to be powerless
before the Soviet veto but hopes
were high for a solid General
Assembly vote backing the
Western Hemisphere.
American officials were meet
ing in advance the anticipated
Soviet argument that establish
ment of Red missile bases in
Cuba meant no more than
American bases in Turkey and
Italy, both of which have had
similar-range ballistic missiles
of United States manufacture
since the late 1950s.
The NATO alliance decided
on placing missiles inside the
treaty area, officials pointed out,
after the Soviet government
news agency TasS and Pre-
mier Khrushchev had boosted
of rockets which could hit West
European nations.
intermediate range ballistic
missiles were put at the disposal
of NATO commanders in re-
spouse to this NATO decision
and Jupiter rockets were based
in Turkey and Italy as a re-
suit, officials recalled.
The moves were made pub
licly, after announced decisions
by the NATO allies, not with de-
ceit, officials said. The rockets
were not to be considered
United States weapons but
NATR weapons, officials said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-23

uOTe CIlau COIIle-OIl W pIO-
mote the Democratic party"
cts the most fragrant poll
teal usage ever known" Mrs
Merrels said of the Presidents
declaration.
This sentiment was echoed
by Mrs. Norma Nash, of 2605
East-West highway, Chevy
Chase, Md, who said, at
seems peculiar that two weeks
before congressional elections
President Kennedy does some
thing he should have done
year ago."
Col. Van A. Clarke CUSA
retiredD of Gaithersburg, Md.
called The Star to criticize TIT
Chief Executive for not making
a stronger policy.
HE started off beautifully,
Col. Clarke said, but he just
trailed off into nothing"
Another caller, who refused
to give his name, said:
1T was the most abortive
speech I've ever heard in my
life"
Still another caller, also
anonymous, warned:
1.-THE United States should
not have gone ahead with the
blockade) without comforting
with our allies first"
And another caller wanted
the President to appoint q
"fact finding committee to
do something to provide q
peaceful solution"
"It was a terrifying television
broadcast" declared one wom-
an who said she was calling
from her Spring Valley home
why, it almost seems like
we're going to war;" she said
Plans Are Upset
Its very hard to say what
we're thinking now when none
of US actually have been asked
to pull a trigger" answered
Jerry H. Little, %, a reservist
who only a week ago was called
to active duty with the Sea-
bees at the AnacoStia Naval
Station.
When the announcement
came as quite a surprise" Mr.
Little said his first thoughts
were of his wife, Marsha, ano
their apartment at 2206 Wash.
ington avenue, Silver Spring.
Last week, we had it al
planned" Mr.. Little said. "My
wife would live with her par
ents in Chevy Chase while
was overseas .. (the Seabees
usually are assigned overseas
duty we would save our money
. in two years, we'd have
enough for a house. :"
Looks like there's going to
be war" said a book store
proprietor to a customer, mat
ter-of -factly. Then he added
with the air of someone trying
to convince himself more than
his listener: This is probably
the best place to be, anyhow
They'd never bomb Washing
ton. They'd want to save it for
a monument, like Paris"
The customer looked dubious
1T doesn't look good" said
a man.
Il think 1t does look good
said his companion. AT last
they're going to do something.
Its all Roosevelt's fault
said another man ENORMOUSLY
"Giving the Russians Berlin the
way he did. Patton was just
across the river from Berlin
but Roosevelt stopped him from
taking it and gave it to the
Russians.
Reservists came in for good
natured rubbing, and replied ir
kind, to cover their genuine
uneaSineSS.
To some people. the occasion
demanded a look at the big pic
ture "One thing about thi;
country" said a young civil
servant Importantly, "it always
closes ranks in a real crisis"
] -
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and did not disturb the status
quo" in Europe as the new
buildup in Cuba has in the
Western Hemisphere.
To bolster the American team
at the United Nations, the
White House announced yester-
day that John j. McCloy, re-
Gently disarmament adviser to
the President, would join Am
bassador Adlai Stevenson's
staff as a special consultant on
the Cuban crisis. Mr.. McCloy
was Undersecretary of War in
World War II, later United
States High Commissioner in
Berlin.
Ready to Meet Airlift
Officials said the United
States was also ready to take
whatever action would be re-
quired to prevent the supply Of
nuclear warheads or other Of
fensive equipment to Cuba by
air.
President Kennedy indicated
that a sea quarantine would
be attempted first. This guar
antine will be extended, If
needed, to other types of cargo
and carriers" the President de-
clared.
One high State Department
official said he expected and
allies would help in regulating
air traffic to and from Cuba
by denying airport facilities to
planes plying that trade.
Canada repeatedly has barred
Soviet planes from using bases
formerly open to them in Nova
Scotia. Other Soviet planes
were reported turned away
from airports in Trinidad.
All 46 of the United States
allies were represented at the
State Department last night
when United States officials
briefed them on the new Amer
lean moves.
Most of them are tied to the
United States in mutual Sc
curity treaties or multilateral
pacts; a few are such new ma
tions that the usual treaty
arrangements have not been
completed although base ia
cilities are in use by the United
States,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-23
Air Route Agreed On

DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. %
(AP). - Syria and Hungary
have agreed to establish q
us-Budapest air route
for their airlines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-23
Information Tuesday

The first preliminary hard
information" about prepara-
ton of a series of offensive
missile sites in Cuba came to
him at 9 am. last Tuesday,
the President went on.
And then on Thursday, he
said, Mr.. Gromyko told me in
my office that he was instruct
ed to make it clear once again
. that Soviet assistance to
Cuba pursued solely the pur-
pose of contributing to the de-
tense capabilities of Cuba. .
and that if it were otherwise,
the Soviet government would
never become involved in rem
dering such assistance"
That statement by Mr.. Gro
myko "also was false" Mr..
Kennedy declared.
Mr.. Kennedy went before ms
Nationwide audience after a
series of crisis meetings at the
White House.
The conference with congress
sional leaders of both parties,
summoned back to Washington
for an emergency fill-in, broke
up less than half an hour be-
fore Mr.. Kennedy went on the
air. They had been at the
White House for an hour and
a half.
Earlier, Mr.. Kennedy presided
at suddenly called meetings
of the National Security Coun-
Gil and the cabinet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-23
Sees Political Move

mist regime, the President said:
Many times in the past. the
Cuban people have risen to
throw out tyrants who de-
stroyed their liberty. And ]
have no doubt that most Gu
bans today look forward to the
time when they will be truly
free"
The President bitterly ac-
cused the Soviet Government,
and Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrea Gromyko in particular,
of lying about the Communist
military buildup in Cuba.
He recalled that after he had
made clear in a press confer
ence last month that he con-
sidered the military buildup in
Cuba defensive in character but
warned against bringing in Of
fensive missiles, the Soviet gov
eminent publicly stated on
September II that the arms it
was sending to Cuba were Tex
clusively for defensive pur-
poses" and that "the Soviet
Union has so powerful rockets
to carry these nuclear war
heads that there is no need to
search for sites for them be-
yond the boundaries of the
Soviet Union"
He asserted: THAT statement
was false"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
Alexandra Man
SIushed, Robbed
By Hitchhiker

An Alexandria man was cut
and robbed in Arlington early
today by a razor-wielding
hitchhiker to whom he had
given a ride from a service
mans pickup station in
Washington. police reported.
Joseph Stanley Wojnaro-
wicz, jr., 81, of 5763 Sanger
avenue, told Arlington police
he picked up the khaki
dressed man at the service
mans station at Fourteenth
street near Constitution avenue
about 2::15 am.
He drove the hitchhiker to
zoos South Fourth street, Ar
lington, where the passenger
said he lived. The address
turned out to be a parking lot,
police said. The hitchhiker
pulled out a razor and took 81
or So from him, police said.
A brief scuffle followed and
the motoriSt received minor
cuts around the face before
the hitchhiker overpowered
him and stole the car, police
said. Metropolitan police found
the car abandoned in Wash
ington about an hour later.
The hitchhiker was described
as white, % or "a years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
New Bridge,
ExPresswoy
Working Well

Traffic was moving Every,
very smoothly" and beyond
our expectations" from the new
Washington Channel Bridge
and Twelfth street expressway
into the District this morning,
Police Inspector Lewis B. Peters
reported.
Institution of double lane
turns at the exit from the ex-
pressway at Constitution avenue
practically eliminated the jam
ming problems that were pres
ent yesterday morning, he said.
An evening traffic jam on
Constitution avenue yesterday
was not due to the bridge or
the expressway but just heavier
than normal downtown traffic,
the traffic division official said.
There was no backup of
traffic in the Twelfth street ex-
pressway and only minor back
ups in eastbound traffic on
Constitution avenue, Inspector
Peters said. He blamed the
latter on the lack of familiarity
on the part of bus drivers with
the double lane left turn north
onto Twelfth street.
Inspector Peters theorized
that the evening jam "all along
Constitution avenue yesterday
was caused in part by a 6 pm.
double header ballgame at the
D. c. Stadium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
Senate Appointment
Appealed Anew in Stote

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 2 CAP)-
The Maryland Court of Ap-
peals has been asked to grant
reargument of a suit seeking
more representation for metro
politan areas in the State Sem
ate.
The request yesterday by the
Maryland Committee for Fair
Representation, Inc, a citizens
group. cited recent decisions by
Federal courts in Alabama and
Florida and by a State court
IN Kansas.
In all of these cases, it said,
reapportionment of the Senate,
as well as of lower houses of
the legislatures, was ordered.
Maryland's lower house was
reapportioned at a special Ses-
sion Of the Legislature last May
after the courts declared in
vidious discrimination existed
against metropolitan area resi-
dents.
= The committee then sought
feapportionment Of the Senate
presently made up of one Sena-
tor from each county and one
from each Of six legislative dis
tricts in Baltimore.
Judge o. Bowie Duckett ruled
In Anne Arundel County Circuit
Court that the Senate did not
have to be related to population
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02

The Court Of Appeals, in a 4-3
split on July %, upheld his rul-
ing but has not yet filed an
opinion setting forth its reasons.
The State high court inter-
rupted a summer recess to hear
the appeal.
Alfred L. Seaman, counsel for
the committee. asked yesterday
that the court grant a reargu-
ment of the Senate question
after its return in September.
Recent cases very strongly
suggest that if Judge Duckett's
ruling is allowed to stand.
Maryland will be alone and out
Of step with all the other States
which have had occasion to
pass on the question of whether
a State Senate must be appor-
toned on a basis which takes
population into some account"
he said.
"As of this date, those States
are Alabama. Florida, Kansas,
Michigan. Oklahoma, TenneS-
see and Vermont :"
He said the Alabama, Florida
and Kansas decisions had come
to hand since the latest Mary
land arguments, and have a
bearing on the Maryland case
since they require that popula-
ton be taken into account in
both houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
Arlington Sets
Civic MEETING

Representatives Of numerous
Arlington civic associations will
gather tonight to discuss the
impact of proposed highways
and apartment development on
the county.
The meeting will begin at 8
pm. at the Woodmont Ele-
mentary School, 2422 North
Fillmore street.
Members of civic organiza-
tons in areas likely to be af-
fected by Routes Sc and 266
as well as the Three Sisters
Bridge have been invited. The
public also is welcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
Huge Prince Georges
Community Planned

Development Of what could
become Prince Georges Coun-
tvs largest planned diversified
community was explained yes
terday to the County Planning
Board.
Representatives of Northamp-
ton Estates Venture, which has
applied for rezoning of 1922
acres around Largo, Nd, out
lined plans for a mammoth
community with apartments,
single-family dwellings. parks,
a shopping center, an indus
trial site, a country club and
golf course.
An estimated 10000 persons
eventually would reside in the
development, company officials
said.
The rezoning is sought by
Northampton Estates Venture,
a syndicate which owns the
land and has agreed to sell it
to Northampton Corp, Inc, a
subsidiary of Disc. Inc, which
has developed other tracts in
the Washington area. Sale of
the land to Northampton Corp.
is contingent on the coming be-
ing granted, according to Jer-
rold v. Powers, the attorney
who has filed for the rezoning
The project would run some
212 miles along Central avenue
A 284-acre tract on the north
east quadrant of the Central
avenue-Route 202 intersection
would be an apartment site
and land to the south would be
designated for apartments, pri-
vate homes and commercial
and industrial use.
A section of the Capital Belt
way will intersect one parcel Of
the land, near Brightseat road
the proposed site of a motel.
Beltway Rights
T. Hammond Welsh, jr., at
torney for the petitioners, said
rights-of-way had been re.
served for the Beltway, which