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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Firm Sa|inger
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OF Red Flights
By the Associated Press

White House Press Secretary
Pierre, Salinger emphatically
denies reports that Soviet re-
connaissance planes have flown
over Southeastern United
States. So does Gen. Curtis E
LeMay. Air Force Chief OF
Staff.
A newspaper executive said
the reports are true and came
from high administration sour
ces.
Mr.. Salinger touched off the
exchange In a speech Tues
day night at a Pittsburgh
Journalism awards dinner. He
criticized what he called IT.
responsibility in news report
ing and cited a story carried
by the Scripps-Howard news
paper chain last week.
Reports OF Planes
That story reported that
Soviet planes had been over
the Southeastern corner of the
Nation.
The Washington Daily News,
which. with other Scripps-
Howard papers carried last
weeks overnight story, followed
up yesterday with headlines
proclaiming:
RED planes over United
States? mol Says Salinger.
Yes! We Say Again."
The News printed a story on
Mr.. Salinger's Pittsburgh COM
ments and added q statement
from Walker Stone, editor-in-
chief Of Scripps-Howard News
papers, reiterating the papers
belief that the story was true.
Mr.. Salinger, told at yester-
days White House news con-
ference Of Mr.. Stones state
ment, again denied the flights.
II don't know how they can
have evidence Of nonexistent
flights" he said. 81 am saying
no such flights have taken
place, period"
LeMay Makes Comment
Gen. LeMay followed up
with a statement saying:
There have been no over
flights Of Southeast United
States territory by either So
Wet or Cuban Air Force air.
craft.
THE only aircraft from Cuba
which have appeared over
United States territory have
been small aircraft flown by
defectors who landed in the
United States" =
He added that each Of these
small plane flights has been
! announced previously.
Rumors of Russian over
flights have been circulating
for weeks and have been
brought into the open by Sen
ators Thurmond, Democrat Of
South Carolina, and Tower, Re-
publican Of Texas, among other
members Of Congress.
The Defense Department has
repeatedly denied the reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
State Was Divided

FRANKFORT, KY. (AP). -
Kentucky remained in the IN
ion during the Civil War, but
Kentuckians fought on both
sides. About twice as many
Kentuckians fought in the
Union Army as in that of the
Confederacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
SHERWOOD
ON BRIDGE
Risky Discard
>Deceives Opponent
BY ALFRED SHERWOOD

| U U
When you have a choice of
illnesses it is the part of wisdom
to take the finesse that will
work rather than the finesse
that will fail. And it's up to
your opponents to turn your
wisdom into foolishness.
South dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
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SOUTH
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South West North East
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a. All Pass
Opening lead: Heart queen.
If you find South's bidding
peculiar, think nothing of it.
The hand was played in Paris,
where many experts follow the
"Canape" principle of bidding a
short suit first with a strong
hand. The final contract was
certainly most reasonable.
DR.. Pierre Jais led the queen
OF hearts from the West hand.
East overlook with the king of
hearts to make sure of con-
tinuing the suit even If West
had led a singleton.
When East led the jack of
hearts at the third trick, South
ruffed with the jack Of spades.
DR.. Jais discarded a low dia-
mond without the flicker of
an eyelash or the slightest
pause for thought.
How Wise?
How wise would you be in
this situation If you were South?
South needs either the dia-
mond finesse or the spade fl
nesse to make his game. It
looks as though the spade fl
neSse will work and the dia-
mond finesse may we'll lose.
That's the way our French
declarer worked it out. He led
out the ace of spades then
led a diamond to dummy's ace
to try the spade finesse.
DR.. Jais won with the queen
of spades and got out safely
with a club. Eventually he took
the setting trick with the queen
of diamonds.
You have to give DR.. Jais
credit for his risky play. If he
had over-ruffed, South would
have been compelled to try the
diamond finesse, and he'd have
made his contract.
Daily Question
AS dealer you hold:
AKJ1o4 V1O 2 *AKQ
What do you sayP
Answer: Bid one spade if you
play an American bidding sys-
tenn. The hand Is not quite
worth a bid of two spades.
(The opening bid of one club
night land you in the potage if
you tried it on this side of the
Atlantic.)
(copyright, 1862, Gen. Features corp)
Evening star., 1962-08-01

tons will directed that the bulk
of the estate should go to two
nephews, Heber Thornton. of
AIS Butternut street NV, and
Champ Thornton, of 10107
East Bexhill drive, Kensington.
Mr.. Thornton resided at 1881
Upshur street NV. He was
graduated from the old Bliss
Electrical School and was one
of the city's first electrical in
spectors. He built and devel-
oped much of the Districts
Takoma Park residential area.
as well as a large part Of the
commercial district of Takoma
Park, Md.
He was married in 1909. His
wife, Corinne, died in February.
They had no children.
Evening star., 1962-08-01

vice president Of Howard Uni
verSity. said the university was
delighted to have been called
upon to cooperate in the prof.
ect.
Ministers Ask Help
A committee Of ministers
concerned about repression in
their areas, approached How.
ad for help in attacking COM
munity problems. Civic organ
izationS. school representatives
and businessmen soon joined
them. A study Of the area by
DR.. Martin E. Danzig, director
of research at the Howard
School of Social Work, gave
the project prospective.
The university is dedicated
to the solution of community
problems and we feel we pos
SeSS resources we can make
available to the community"
DR.. Nelson said. The approach
will be to reach the people in
their neighborhoods. This or
ganization can't change them.
The university can't change
them. We hope to raise the
level of their sensitivity SO
they will change themselves"
$4,000 Persons
Walter B. Lewis, part-time
executive director of the
council, said there are $4,000
persons living in $1,000 dwell
lings in the organizations
territory.
Mr.. Lewis and Miss Anita
Bellamy will provide the pro-
fessional direction for the staff
of volunteers in getting the
project organized. Both are
staff members of the Washing
ton Urban League and are on
loan to the council on a part
time basis. The Rev. James j.
Reeb is chairman Of the coun-
ellis steering committee.
Mr.. Lewis said the council
will not replace any existing
organizations, but it will at
tempt to coordinate and
strengthen efforts to prevent
and repair community break
down.
Evening star., 1962-08-01
Neighborhood Council
Would Conserve Area

Neighborhood conservation
and improvement will be the
job of the recently organ
lied University Neighborhoods
Council. its officials announced
yesterday.
The Rev. William A. Wendt.
rector Of st. Stephen and The
Incarnation Church and Il
member of the councils steer
ing committee, said the coun-
Gil was organized to prevent
the deterioration of the central
Northwest Washington COM
munity.
I'VE were told that our area
is on the verge of going up Or
down and We want it to go up, 3"
explained Mr.. Wendt.
DR.. William Stuart Nelson,
Evening star., 1962-08-01
Sl,69l,l2l Estute
Left by ReoItor
H.L. Thornton, 81

The late Heber L. Thornton,
q realtor and builder who de-
veloped much Of the Takoma
Park area, left an estate of ST.
691, 121.
Papers filed yesterday at the
office of the Register Of Wills
at District Court revealed that
Mr.. Thornton, who died July
9 at the age of 81. left S458.531
in real estate and $1,232 $50 in
securities and other property.
After bequests totaling sew
eral thousand dollars to en-
ployes and friends, Mr.. Thorn
Evening star., 1962-08-01
Oceunoeruphy Films
To Be Seen Tomorrow

High school students are in
vited to view two color films
on oceanography and to hear
Undersecretary Edward Guide
man describe the work of the
Commerce Departments Coast
and Geodetic Survey at 1890
am. tomorrow. The showing
will be in Room 4817 of the
Commerce Department, Four
teenth street and Constitution
avenue NV.
Also speaking in the pro-
gram, sponsored by the Little
Cabinet Wives in cooperation
with the Urban Service Co.
operation, will be Rear Ad-
miral H. Arnold Karo, direc-
tor of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey.
Evening star., 1962-08-01

UssWards convenient Ioy.uwsy plan. Jusl
$ldewnheIds your eeai until Nevsmbsrs.
'Tredsmurk Mink Breeders A.soeiuiien
tPius 1875 Federal tax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
CoIorfuI Operu
Opens 18th Year
For Metropolitan

NEW YORK, Oct. Is (AP) -
The Metropolitan Opera opened
its 18th season at the earliest
autumn date in its history last
night with the colorful and
melodic Andrea Chenier" by
Umberto Giordano, starring
Eileen Farrell, Franco Corelli
and Robert Merrill.
For each singer it was a new
role.
Andrea Chenier" is a half
fictional story of the poet
Andre de Chenier, who was
condemned to death in the ter
ror of the French Revolution
despite his sympathy with the
revolutionary cause.
Mr.. Corelli sang the title role,
with Miss Farrell as Mad
dalena, who chooses to go to
the guillotine with him, and
Mr.. Merrill as Gerard, the
former butler who condemns
the poet.
andrea Chenier" was first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
Mistaken Identity
In Vatican Series

In the second Of The Stars
series of articles on the Vatican
Council September 24), au-
thorship Of a pamphlet en-
titled THE Ecumenical Council
and Christian Unity" was err
roneously attributed to the Rev.
Thomas Doyle of Hatfield, Pa.
Actually, the pamphlet was
written for the National Catho-
lie Welfare Conference by an
other Thomas Doyle, profess
sional writer on religious sub
jects. +
Father Doyle is pastor Of st.
Marie Coretti Catholic Church
lin Hatfield, and the other
Thomas Doyle is a layman liv-
ing in New York City, The con-
fusion of identities resulted
from a misunderstanding be-
tween Star Religious News Edi-
tor Caspar Names, author of
the five-part series, and the
| NCWC, whose Acting Director
Charles j. Bauer termed it a
rather natural error" Never
theless, The Star regrets any
embarrassment the mixup may
have caused Father Doyle and
Mr.. Doyle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
Joseph Kennedy
At White House
BY the Associated Press

Joseph P. Kennedy, the Pres
ident's father, arrived at the
White House Tuesday from the
family home in Hyannis Port,
Mass. He will remain with the
Kennedys in Washington for a
week.
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
niger said the senior Kennedy
probably will visit New York a
week hence, then fly to Palm
Beach, his winter residence. He
said the elder Kennedy is not
planning to visit the New York
University Bellevue Institute of
Physical Medicine and Reha-
Utilization in New York on this
trip. He had been treated at
the institute during his recu-
peration from the stroke he
suffered in Palm Beach last
December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16

Senate, who is opposed by DEM
ocrat Edward M. Kennedy, the
Presidents youngest brother.
Mr.. Lodge, son of former
United Nations Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge, served in
the Eisenhower administration
as an Assistant Secretary of
Labor.
Gen. Eisenhower said, He
has the energy and enthusiasm
and vigor of youth. More i'm
portantly, he is prepared for
the job he seeks"
In contrast, he said, Mr..
Kennedy-whom ne never men
toned by rame-'has boiled
down the high qualifications
long demanded of a candidate
for the United States Senate
into this Grass, almost arrogant
query: Who can get the most
out of the United States Treas
ury for Massachusetts,"
Earlier, at Hartford, Conn,
Gen. Eisenhower said America
desperately needs" Republican
administration in States and
communities.
lie criticized what he termed
Sophisticated nonsense" from
theorists in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
Test of MorshoIs' Guns
Set in Oxford Killings

lence over the admission OF
James H. Meredith, a Negro.
to the previously all-white Uni
versity of Mississippi at OK
ford.
In a preliminary report to
Justice Department officials
last week, the FBI said it had
checked scores of confiscateo
guns but had not found the
death weapons. 1t said the
check was continuing.
Both men were killed by 49,
caliber bullets apparently from
Smith g. Wesson type pistols
the report said.
The check of .38-caliber pis-
tolls carried by about 100 mar
shals in oxford was ordered
after Lafayette County Sheriff
Joe Ford suggested that Mr.
Gunter might have been killed
by a bullet from a marshals
gun, it was learned.
The Justice Department said
shortly after the riots that
marshals had fired only four
shots during the uprising and
that these were used only to
puncture a water hose being
welded by some of the rioters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
Community Cited
For FeWC Crimes

The Shepherd Park commu-
nifty, an upper Northwest resi-
Dental area, last night was de-
scribed as having one of the
Districts lowest crime rates.
Burglary and other crimes
are very rare" Police 1t. James
E. Lumpkin told a meeting OF
the Shepherd Park Citizens As
ISOLATION. The 9Th precinct
official said juvenile Delinquent
cy is almost unheard of" in
the community.
1t. Lumpkin said that while
housebreakings were rare in
the area, when they do hap
pen, the victimized home owner
usually is robbed of very sub
stantial amounts"
Last nights meeting was held
at the Shepherd Park Ele-
mentary School, Fourteenth
street and Kalmia road NV.
Mrs. Sonia Diatz was ap-
pointed chairman of a COM
mittee which will study the
associations bylaws and rec
ommend improvements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
BY the Associated Press

Guns carried by Federal mar
shals in oxford, Miss, will be
checked by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation for possible
clues to the Staying Of two men,
the Justice Department said
today.
A department spokesman said
ballistic tests had been ordered
lin an attempt to put to rest
| irresponsible statements"
The check was being made in
connection with the death OF
French Newsman Paul Guihard
and Ray Gunther, an Oxford
electronics repairman. Both
were shot to death during the
September 80 outbreak of vio-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

The Post office Department
has stripped the Los Angeles
postmaster of all promotion
authority, repeatedly because
not enough Negroes are being
promoted TO supervisory jobs
It's one of the few times
big-city postmaster has been
deprived of promotion author
ity, and is seen as a warning
to other postmasters through
out the country that the Ken
nedy administration isn't fool
ing in its announced intention
to give better promotion oppor-
tUnities to Negroes in the Post
Office as we'll as other Gov
eminent agencies.
Post office officials here con-
firmed that future promotions
in the Los Angeles Post Office
the country's third largest
will be handled by the postal
regional office in California.
Fred Belen, Assistant Post
master General for Operations
said removal of promotion au-
thority from Los Angeles Post
master Otto Olesen stemmeo
from a specific instance Of the
postmaster refusing to promote
a Negro, rather than from any
general pattern of denying
promotions TO Negro postal en-
ployes in Los Angeles.
However, Richard Murphy
Assistant Postmaster General
for Personnel, pointedly citeo
the promotion pattern in Los
Angeles which. he said, shows
that although more than Sc
per cent of postal workers there
are Negroes, only IS out OF the
400 supervisors there ar
Negroes.
Mr.. Belen said the incident
which led to the removal Of
promotion authority resulted
from Postmaster Olesen's re-
fusal to promote the president
of the Los Angeles local of the
National Alliance of Posta
Employees to a level 7 super
visory Job. Mr.. Belen said the
man, a Negro, was well quail
fled for the job and had beer
recommended for promotion b!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16

progress in the hiring of such
employees. Last year Is out
of every 1000 persons hired by
Government were handicapped.
compared to less than 6 out of
1000 Federal hirings in 1857
when the co-ordinator system
got under way.
Mr.. Macy said that it's good
business for the Government
to hire handicapped persons.
A study of their work histories.
the CSC chief said, shows that:
Handicapped employees per-
form as we'll as, or better than,
ablebodied workers in both
quality and quantity of work
produced. They have lower
rate of turnover. They have
fewer lost-time accidents, al
though their accident frequency
rate is slightly higher than nom
handicapped employees. Their
absentee records compare ia
vorably with those of the nom
handicapped"
+
PAY EXPLANATION The
General Services Administra-
ton is doing something that
other Federal agencies should
emulate. 1t is holding special
meetings among its employees
the next few days to explain
and answer questions regard
ing the complicated new Gov
eminent pay raise law.
DELAYED RETIREMENT
BENEFITS-The Civil Service
Commission has confirmed
what this column reported last
Sunday about the liberalized
civil service retirement bene-
fits being delayed until next
year when Congress is expected
to vote the necessary appropri-
atoms to put them into effect.
This applies to the 5 per cent
increase in retire. annuities as
well as the liberalized benefits
for present Government work
ers. All these benefits will be
retroactive once Congress ap-
proves the funds-which is
expected to be mere formality
when the years first supple
mental money bill is taken up
next January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
Cuban Thousands
Await Ben Bella

HAVANA, Oct. 16 (AP) The
Castro regime called out thou
sands of Cubans to give a mas
sive welcome today to Premier
Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria.
The As : year old Algerian
leader flies here from Wash
ington, where he reviewed
world problems, including Cuba,
with President Kennedy. A
spokesman for Mr.. Ben Bella
denied reports, however, that
the Algerian leader will try to
mediate between the United
States and Cuba during his
Havana visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
Foreign Policy Is 'Sod,'
Eisenhower Declares

BOSTON, Oct 16 (AP).-Former President Eisenhower is
sharply critical of President Kennedy for conducting what he
termed dreary foreign policy too sad to talk about
Gen Eisenhower responded to Mr.. KennedyS recent
criticisms of Republican foreign policy the 195Os with
sashing attack his own last night
The former Republican President treated partisan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16

heard at the Metropolitan in
1921, when it would have
starred Enrico Caruso except
for the illness that led to his
death. The present production
was first put on display in 1854
with the help of a gift from
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16

throng gathered at Common
wealth Armory for a $100-a-
plate G. o. P. dinner to his
strongest attack so far on the
Democratic administrator
foreign policy.
Gen. Eisenhower is scheduled
to continue his New England
campaign swing in support OF
local G. o. P. candidates today
with a speech in Manchester,
N. H. En- route to Manchester
he will stop at Exeter, N. H.,
to visit his grandson, David,
a student at Phillips Exeter
Academy.
Appears Angry
Gen. Eisenhower appeared
visibly angry when he tolc
some 5000 Republicans last
night of recent criticism Of hi
foreign policy.
Personally I have been care
full in all my speeches to keel
current foreign policy out o
partisan debate. But when
charge is made for political pur
poses-a charge that indeed
should be stated in reverse
must seriously question the ad
visibility of continued silence.
He quoted Mr.. Kennedy a!
saying, during eight years O.
Republican administration oul
foreign policy drifted aimlessl!
about"
Defends Record
Gen. Eisenhower called it "a
strange departure from fact
when his Democratic successor
said that during the past q
months, a new and firm ane
forward looking foreign polio!
has been developed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16

The crowd roared its approval
when Gen. Eisenhower added:
This was news, indeed, to all
of us who have been following
the news"
The cheers continued as Gen.
Eisenhower heatedly defended
his administrators record.
"In those eight years we lost
no inch of ground to tyranny,
we witnessed no abdication of
responsibility. We accepted no
compromise of pledged word or
withdrawal of principle. No
walls were built. No threaten
ing foreign bases were estab-
| lished. One war was ended and
incipient wars we're blocked.
IT doubt that anyone can
persuade you" he told his au-
dience, that in the past 81
months there has been any,
thing constructive on foreign
relations to equal any part Of
! that eight-year record. For the
moment, at least, I shall have
no more to say on that sub
ject."
Endorses Lodge
The affair was billed as a
birthday dinner for Gen. Eisen-
hover, who was 70 Sunday.
But it was the former Presi-
dent who gave the biggest gift.
He packed the armory and one
party official estimated the
gross receipts at nearly
100000.
Speaking in this Kennedy
stronghold the Presidents
home city-Gen. Eisenhower
saved his strongest indorse-
ment for George c. Lodge,
Republican nominee for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Negro Promotion Policy Cited
For Cut in Postmoster's Authority

the Los Angeles post offices
promotional panel. However,
Postmaster Olesen refused to
promote the employee on sew
eral occasions and the last re-
fusal led to. the revocation of
the postmaster's promotion au-
! thority, Mr.. Belen said.
Mr.. Belen explained that all
other features of the merit
promotion plan will remain the
same. A special promotional
panel will continue to make
recommendations, but instead
of the Los Angeles postmaster
acting on them they will be
acted on by the postal regional
director.
| Soon after taking office,
| Postmaster General Day an
Inounced a merit promotion
plan for the postal service in
which postal workers were to
be promoted strictly on merit,
regardless of politics, race, re-
I ligion, etc.
The action has precipated a
stir in the Los Angeles post
office.
Many of the supervisors in
the Los Angeles post office
have come to the defense OF
Postmaster Olesen, declaring
that he has not Disseminated
against Negroes. They declare
| that Mr.. Olesen was being
pressured into promoting Ne
groes who do not have the nee
Iessary experience for the SUI
pervisory jobs
/ Mr.. Olesen is Republican, a
wealthy businessman who was
appointed postmaster by the
then President Eisenhower.
/ However. Post office officials
deny that politics has anything
to do with the situation and
cite numerous cases where Re-
publican postmasters in large
cities have continued unham-
pered by this Democratic ad-
miniStration.
HIRING THE DISABLED
Chairman John Macy says use
of Federal CO. ordinators in Fed
earl agencies for selective place
ment of the physically handi-
$4,000 I.or ~oe,,1fad ~ rrrea y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-16

HIRING THE DISABLED
John Macy says use
of Federal co-ordinators in Fed
earl agencies for selective place
ment of the physically handi-
capped has resulted in great