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Evening star., 1962-08-18

Squad, discussed the campaign
yesterday in answer to ques-
tions after a meeting at the
United States Attorneys office.
The meeting dealt with appli-
cation of the new import rules
to shipments to the National
Rifle Association. which does
not pass on weapons it gets
but fell under the new rules.
Principal Assistant United
States Attorney Charles T. Dun
can, in whose office the meeting
was held. said a tentative agree
ment was reached regarding
some NRA deliveries.
Forms Required
He said police last April di-
rected Railway Express to de-
cline to deliver pistols, shot
guns and rifles to persons here
unless they filled out forms
giving information to police.
The forms requested data
about a purchasers identity
the type of weapon being ac-
quired, the sellers identity, the
purpose of purchase and out
line applicable regulations.
There is a space for police to
approve or disapprove the
transfer. Inspector Sullivan
said records since April show
l22 pistols and 1876 rifles OF
Shotguns have been delivered
He said police have turned
down about 10 per cent of the
proposed deliveries, mostly
where persons had a felony
record or otherwise were con-
sidered as being mot suitable. .
Mr.. Duncan said that NRA,
which has headquarters at 1900
Evening star., 1962-08-18
Arms Delivery Curbed
To UndesirobIes Here

Police and the Railway Express Agency have been quietly
cooperating since April to undesirable from
importing firearms into the District been learned.
I'VE think have put deliveries of firearms from
outofSate juveniles other persons should
them" said Police Inspector John L. Sullivan.
Inspector Sullivan heads Special Investigations
Evening star., 1962-08-18
Jungle Hard
To Leave,
Doctor Found
BY HUGH WELLS
Star Staff Writer


s. McCune put down his scalpel,
grabbed his wife and a suitcase
and went off to the Far East.
Three days later, deep in the
abdominal region of Malaga.
DR.. McCune opened his suit
case, picked up his scalpel and
went to work.
For one month the town Of
Kuala Lipis had its own sur
geon. For one month it had a
man who could cut away the
dreaded tropical ulcers that
eat huge green holes in legs
and arms of natives.
For one month it had a man
who could take out an appendix
or do a Caesarean.
And when it came time for
the 53-year-old doctor to end
the month marathon of opera
tions, retrieve his wife and re-
turn to the comforts of $40
Moorland lane, Bethesda, it was
not easy to leave. Would an
other surgeon come out soon
under the MEDICO program,
as he had? 1t was hard to tell.
Good Place to Intern
"They need a surgeon badly" "
he unused yesterday. a few days
after his arrival back in Wash
ington. 1T would be a good
place to intern for some young
doctor. When I arrived, one
of the American doctors asked
me, What would you like. thy
roids. prostateS? Anything you
want, we've got it,"
Were the cases different
than in Washington?
Somewhat. There was the
case of the tough aborigine
who tangled with the tiger in
the jungle. The native slew
the tiger with his sheath knife.
Then, with his arms and chest
shorn into strips of flesh. he
walked seven miles through the
Jungle to the hospital in Kuala
Lipis.
His courage was magnified
in the eyes of the doctor by the
fact that the native suffered
from elephantiasis, a swelling
of the legs to enormous pro-
portions.
Visited Jungle Village
Fascinated by the aborigines,
DR.. McCune made a 50-mile
trip up the river, polling and
portaging his boat in rough
jungle terrain to visit one of
their villages.
In his honor, the natives
painted their faces with bril-
liant root colors and did their
odd dances.
But the dance was only a
momentary respite from the
ever-present scalpel. and the
doctor had to pay for his en-
tertainment by treating a line
Of patients.
DR.. McCune was impressed
with the strides being made
in health in Malaga. He spoke
of the fact that it was one
of the few places in Southeast
Asia where one could drink di.
rectly from the water tar
without worry.
Great Progress Made
He said great progress had
been made against malaria and
tuberculosis, the chief enemies
of this mountainous jungle
land.
But there was much to be
done. And when he said good
by to the two American doc
tors who will also soon leave;
and when he looked at the ever
present lines Of hundreds of
patients waiting at the hospital,
he thought that someday when
his four daughters were all
through college he might re-
turn.
Evening star., 1962-08-18
On Trip

Miss Ann E. McLachhlan
of this city is vacationing at
The Homestead in Hot
Springs, Va.
Evening star., 1962-05-03
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

If U-2 Pilot Francis Gary
Powers didn't tell the Russians
any more about the SPY busi-
ness than Cosmonaut Gherman
S. Titov told yesterday about
the space business. the Central
intelligence Agency has nothing
to worry about.
Mai. Titov, holder Of the
worlds record for time in orbit,
met the press for an hour at
the Soviet Embassy yesterday.
He easily, even off -handedly,
lived up to Ambassador Anatoly
Dobryninss prediction that ''he
win be able to Withstand your
most loaded questions"
The consensus was that II
the short, wiry. 27-year-old pi-
lot is the archetype Of the New
Soviet Man, then the NS.M. is
q very cool cookie, indeed. Only
once did Mai. Titov lose his
composure, and that was when
he spotted q photographer lying
prone on the floor. intent on
getting q picture with Just that
certain angle.
He broke up.
Otherwise he was imperturb-
able, fielding all questions with
aplomb. answering (and not
ansWering) just as much as his
conscience and the party-line
prescribed. and getting in q few
healthy propaganda licks for
such Soviet pet projects as dis
armament.
More than $50 news repre-.
Evening star., 1962-05-03
HE SAW FAREFLEs.,
/ Cool Cosmonout Titoy Lets No Space Secrets Slip

about 1t apparently flew with
me-" he said sarcastically. TT
was in bad taste. MY condition
was not bad"
He avoided discussions Of
cosmonaut training and the
numbers Of men involved. Be
fore the flight Of Gagarin we
had more than o million appli-
cations for flight" he said.
But now the number Of appli-
cations has been decreased be-
cause people have seen that
the training is very hard. Any
way, I think 1t Is Of no i'm
portance. For the next flight
the cosmonaut Is ready"
Other substantive questions
received similar treatment. And
always Maj. Titov returned to
the main theme: disarm first,
cooperate Id space later.
Would he go to Cape Canav-
eral, or had he asked to so?
"I think we have not yet
reached the level Of conditions
that will allow Us to see milf
tary rockets. We must have
disarmament" !"
An hour and two minutes
after the conference began.
Ambassador Dobrynin ended It
with the promise that Maj.
Titov win meet the press again
(the next time this evening at
the National Academy Of Sci
ences). The TV lights went
out, the crowd Of newsrnen
milled around, and Maj. Titov
left the conference room with
neither q hair nor q space
secret out Of place.
Evening star., 1962-05-03

shop" He said that in view oi
the fact that the two were
participating in q scientific
meeting later this afternoon he
did not regard It as appropriate
to say anything at that point.
The spacemen are to partici-
pate latef in Q session on life
sciences At the new State De-
partment Auditorium. The ses-
sion was part Of Q meeting Of
the International COMMITTEES
on Space Research.
The two spacemen first met
this morning at the National
Academy of Sciences Building,
when they appeared together
to register as delegates.
As the first face-to-face en-
See AsTRONAUTs, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-05-03
y. S. Willing TO Share
A-ControI in Europe
MILE RUNS, PUsH-UPs7
Woman, 65, AssoiIs
Peace Corps Rigors

A 65-year-old Texas woman
has been dismissed from the
Peace Corps because she could
not run a mile before break
fast. do push-ups each morn
ing and swim with feet tied and
her clothes off," she charged
today through Senator Tower,
Republican Of Texas.
Mrs. jamie F. Fletcher, for
merly of Panhandle, Tex, made
news January 8 when she told
Of retiring as q home demon
stration agent to begin a new
career with the Peace Corps in
Brazil.
Today Senator Tower re-
leased a Seven-page letter she
wrote complaining about her
treatment after more than two
months with the corps, result
ing in her being sent home to
Texas.
Tower Asks Probe
Senator Tower called on the
Senate Foreign Relat;Sns and
Appropriations Committees, as
a result Of Mrs. Fletcher,s COM
plant, to examine ''the entire
concept and administration Of
the Peace Corps" before funds
are granted for the next fiscal
year.
In her letter, Mrs. Fletcher
said she fell while swinging
from a rope on the obstacle
course where she was expected
to participate along with those
in their early 20S during the
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Thont DepIores
Lack of A-Bun

GENEVA. May . (AP1-
Acting United Nations secre-
tary- General U Thant said TO-
day the nuclear powers fall
ure to agree on q test ban
treaty was 20 matter Of the
profoundest regret and con-
Germ to everyone"
Mr.. Thant, addressing the
i7-nation disarmament con-
ference on his first official
visit to Europe. added:
"The world still finds some
hope in the fact that you are
persisting undiscouraged In
your efforts. =
Evening star., 1962-05-03
HE SAW ,FlREFLIEs,, roo

sentatives jammed O second
floor parlor to trade question:
and-anSwer thrusts with the
Soviet spacemars
Comparisons between space
men Of the Soviet and Ameri-
can varitieS were inevitable.
Political orientation aside, 1t
was obvious that q cosmic pilot
Of whatever nationality was
likely to be Q quick thinker.
Like 1t. Col. John H. Glenn.
Mai. Titov proved to be a man
Of ready wit.
A reporter asked whether the
next Russian in orbit would
be q small man like the 5-foot-
4 cosmonaut. He responded
with q grin that obviously q
five-ton spaceship can carry q
big man, and that small ones
are chosen because people like
to have their pictures taken
with cosmonauts.
TIA cosr1onaut were the size
Of Ambassador Anatoly Dobry-
min "a six-footer). Mai. Titov
explained. people behind him
wouldn't be able to be seen in
the picture.
Another reporter quizzed him
about the "cosmic fireflies"
which Col. Glenn reported see
Ing February 20 and which
Maj. Titov said yesterday he.
too, had seen. The reporter
recalled that . space agency
study had laid the FREELY phe-
nomenon to bits Of paint flax
ing off the Friendship-7 cap
Evening star., 1962-05-03

the day would come when So
Wet and American spacemen
would share the same capsule
on a trip to the moon. He
found in this question q propa-
ganda opening big enough to
drive a Stain tank through.
"I don't know whether they
will fly to the moon or further,
but I'm sure they'll fly," he
replied. "And as far as the
time is concerned. I'll tell you
1t will be sooner If our coun-
tries come to an agreement
to prohibit war - to disarm.
"Then our countries will have
the opportunity to send men
into space. The pilot may
be the representative Of one
country"
"The Soviet Union" Ambas-
sador Dobrynin, seated at Mai.
Titovis side. interjected.
Maj. Titov's non-answers to
technical questions were con-
ceded to be masterpieces. A
few were brushed aside with
the phrase, ''It is Of no im-
portance. But most were ac-
corded thoughtful, courteous.
detailed non-answers. The fact
that communication was fill
tered through an interpreter
with a less-than-perfect COM
mand Of English apparently
helped, too.
He sidestepped questions
about the Seasickness reported
one-third Of the way through
his 25-hour flight last August
CT. THE person who told you
Evening star., 1962-05-03
S3nT nTokyoDie
In Rail Crash
TAT More Hurt as
3 Truins Pile Up

TOKYO, May 4 (AP) Two
electric commuter trains, COM
ing from opposite directions,
piled into q derailed freight
tonight, killing So persons and
injuring l47.
Police said they expected the
death toll to rise.
Most Of the injured were In
serious condition.
Three hours after the violent
accident. rescue workers wers
stin boring into the twisted
wreckage.
Railway officials said the
freight arrived ct Mikawashirna
station In Northeastern Tokyo
ahead Of schedule and derailed
after being shunted to q siding.
The incoming and outgoing
Japan National Railway COM
muter trains smashed into the
wreckage.
The inbound train plunged
into q ravi1e and demolished o
large storehouse. One person
In the house was reported killed.
One conmuter train was
crowded with Japanese return
ing home from the suburbs
after Thursdays national holi-
day, Constitution Day. z
Two thousand police were
modified to assist In rescue
work.
Z The area, q residential
industrial district Is congested
and police said drivers had diff
ficulty getting ambulances to
the scene Of the disaster.
It was the second train ac-
cident In less than "a hours
in Japan. Early this morning
q freight train ran into the
rear Of q slow-moving local
passenger train pulling out Of
Koga station, SO miles north
of Tokyo. Forty persons were
reported injured. Police said
the freight train engineer had
fallen asleep.
Evening star., 1962-05-03

Puerto Rican phase Of heI
training.
Mrs. Fletcher added: "The
language was vulgar and bad,
I was cursed and yelled at and
pushed and showed beyond my
strength"
She recalled that when she
decided 10 enter the corps
the agency widely publicised
the fact because Of her age
she was believed to have been
the Oldest to enlist.
In replying to her charges,
See CORPS, Page At
Evening star., 1962-05-03
MOsIems Start
Dock Boycott
Where96Died
AIgiers Waterfront
Tied Up; Extremists
Keep Up Bombings

ALGIERS, May 3 (AP).-
Moslem dockworkers today boy
cotted the waterfront where at
least 90 dockers were killed
yesterday in a bomb blast
planted by the European Secret
Army.
The strike brought the port
to a standstill. Seven ships
were waiting to be unloaded
and others were anchored in
the outer harbor.
The underground extremists
fighting to keep Algeria French
kept their terror campaign to-
day with bombings and rob-
berries.
Two violent explosions today
wrecked a Moslem medical in
surance office near the Algiers
Casbah and two post offices
were held up and robbed Of
about $4,000 francs C$5y600).
Before Opening Hour
There were no immediate re-
ports Of casualties. The ex-
plosionS occurred before the
building opened for business.
During office hours 1t is usually
crowded with Moslems collect
ing government insurance pay
ments for medical expenses.
The new terrorist action fol-
lowed one Of the. bloodiest days
in Algeria since rebellion
erupted in the territory more
than seven years ago. Officials
reported 110 persons were killed
and lat wounded yesterday in
Algiers ond Oran. Almost al
were Moslem victims Of the
Secret Army.
i Algerian nationalist leaders
strpve to hold back enraget
AEoslerns from wreaking ven.
| geance against the European
extremists out to wreck the
cease fire reached by President
Charles de Gaulle and the
rebels March 10.
The savagery of the terror
lists attacks In Algeria's two
biggest cities was clearly de-
signed to provoke q civil war
to block Algerian independence.
Infuriated Moslems slit the
throat Of one European and
made threatening moves to
rise UP but they were held back
by nationalist leaders anxious
to preserve the peace and
speed their takeover Of the
North African territory.
At least So Moslems were
killed and 40 wounded in one
blow when a BOBBY trapped
car loaded with 40 pounds Of
explosives and shrapnel ex-
ploded among $500 Moslems
crowded around a dockside
hiring hall.
Authorities said at first eight
Moslems were believed killed.
The horror Of the blast that
rocked the waterfront was not
realized until rescue workers
dug into the wreckage and the
confusion cleared.
The toll may have been even
higher, for the Moslems try
to carry off their dead and
wounded to the Casbah.
Evening star., 1962-05-03

Spoee. C-Il
----~--s~--
by two interpreters who had
tourned with them all day and
by Anatoly Dobrynin, the So
Wet Ambassador, who Joined
them at the White House.
In the course Of a picture
taking session on the porch ad-
joining the Presidents office,
Mr.. Kennedy said "Mr. Titoy
is very welcome in the United
States. I am very glad to well
come him"
Mai. Titov told the President
they had "a very pleasant ride
during the morning, and re-
marked that their view from
the Washington Monument was
marred because Everything
was covered with mist
Following the meeting with
the President, Col. Glenn and
Mai. Titov discussed their trip
around town with reporters,
Mai. Titov said again that the
tour was very pleasant" and
when asked what impressed
him most. said:
my acquaintance with Col
Glenn. I have been following
his flight closely but 1t Is one
thing to read about it and one
thing to meet o person in the
flesh"
Col. Glenn said he too fell
this way.
Col. Glenn was asked
whether the two had talked
Evening star., 1962-05-03

sule, a theory Col. Glenn dis
putes.
Maj. Titov replied thought
fully that he believed the snow
like flecks were created by
rocket fuel. Then, with a
twinkle in his blue eyes, he
added:
"Erom my ship Vostok-2.
I'm quite sure the paint was
not peeling."
He was asked II he thought
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Shelters Rated
Best Defense
CD Shifts Policy,
Stresses Cover
Wy CHARLES d. PIERCE
star Staff writer

A new civil defense policy
for the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area emphasizing shelter
instead Of automatic evacua-
tion was announced today.
The civil defense alert signal
Of q steady siren blast for five
minutes viii no longer mean
automatic evacuation.
The new meaning for the
signal is:
TURN ON YOUR RADIOS,
LISTEN FOR INSTRUCTIONS
AND PREPARE 90 TAKE
COVER"
The other civil defense
siren signal, q three-minute
rising and falling, wailing siren
sound, win continue to mean
TAKE COVER IN THE BEST
SHELTER AVAILABLE"
The new policy was an
nounced Jointly by the Dis
trict Commissioners, the Gov
ernors Of Maryland and Vir-
ginia and national and local
civil defense leaders.
The announcement said:
"In keeping with the ma
tional guidance on evacuation
issued by the Department Of
Defense in January Of this
year, first priority in survival
planning in the Washington
Metropolitan Area viii be given
to movement to shelters, or
lacking shelters. to taking the
best cover which is immedi-
ately available"
Better Than in Open
The new policy recognizes,
the announcement said. that
''any type of shelter is far bet
ter than evacuation on the
open road, or in an open field"
Adoption Of the policy was
also prompted by the fact that
Steuart l.. Pittman, assistant
Secretary of Defense for Civil
Defense, warned last January
that probable short warning
time in the missile age and the
increasing danger Of fallout re-
quire that first priority in State
and local survival planning be
given to movement to shell
ters. :"
An extensive survey program
See DEFENSE, Page A-2
Evening star., 1962-05-03
POTATO SALAD
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Evening star., 1962-05-03
Space Pilots Tour CITY,
Chat With President
Titov Says He's Most Impressed
By His Meeting With Col. Glenn

President Kennedy chatted for u minutes at the White
House today with the who holds the worlds space record
the who blazed Americas trail into the
He received Soviet Cosmonaut 0herman s. Titov and
John H Glenn IT, the American astronaut in his office
Evening star., 1962-05-03
INTERPRETATION
Allies Resist Increase
In NATO's Armies

Of az divisions Is brought neare
the goal Of 30 divisions. tn
defense OF NA1No's eastern
frontier against any possible
Russian attack is practically
impossible.
Beyond this the American
administration is anxious tc
develop some alternative to all
out nuclear war In case there
Is an outbreak Of fighting in
Europe. NATO, 1t is argued,
must have the strength to
defend itself with conventional
weapons at least in the initial
stages Of any conflict = long
enough for the political leaders
on both sides to assess the
danger and call q halt to
the fighting before irreparable
damage Is done.
French Ear Short
Both Of these arguments are
questioned BY the allies on
whom most Of the burden of
an increase in NAT'O's conven-
tional strength would fall. For
slightly different reasons the
British and the Germans are
strongly opposed TO the idea
Of large increases in their mil
itary contribution to the alli-
ance at this point.
The Frenchs who also are
far short of their agreed COM
mitments, are considered O
rather hopeless case for the
time being. OF five French
See ATHENS, Page as
Evening star., 1962-05-03
BY CROSBY s. MOVES
r,o-ra.nonasn. AZ ira atay

ATHENS, May 8. - Some
thing like Q common from
against the idea Of increasing
NATO's strength in conven'
tional forces Is being formec
by the major European allies
here.
Even smore than the estab-
lishment Of an independent
NATO nuclear deterrent. about
which there has been 50
much talk recently, the need
for building up the conven-
tional strength Of the alliance
is a basic part Of American
NATO policy. The idea Is
heartily indorsed by NATO's
military high command. And Q
new effort to persuade the
allies to increase their troop
commitments has been ex.
pected at the ministerial meet
ing which opens here today, !.
Two Reasons Cited
Reinforcement Of NATO's
conventional strength is con.
sidered urgent by military
leaders for two reasons.
In the first place. the weak
ness Of the forces under the
command Of Gen. Lauris Nor
stad, particularly on the critical
northern flank, virtually rules
out the forward strategy" on
which the defense Of Western
Europe Is Theoretically based.
Until the present NAT0 force
Evening star., 1962-05-03

at 1919 pm. after the pair had
toured Washington's sightsee-
ing highlights.
The spacemen were accom-
panied in Mr.. Kennedy's office
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Clear tonight with
low Of a. degrees. Tomorrow win be sunny
ana warmer. High. u. at pm. today;
low, 40, at { am. today.
Full Report On Poss 81
Evening star., 1962-05-03

Titov Tells Wsmsa Ysu'n fIr 9
spoee. Gil
Evening star., 1962-09-28
CAPSULE cAREERs-13
So You Want to Be
A Journalist

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taking bachelors degree in liberal arts and then
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journalism some speciality, like political science.
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SALARIES The beginning reporter expect about ST.
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editors can go to $25,OOO year or even higher