davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
Montgomery Groups
Clash on School Costs

With an election of Mont
gomery County Board of Edu-
cation members set for Tuesday,
two groups today made OPP
posing appraiSalS of the county's
school system.
The Truth on the School
Committee, an organization
formed by past presidents of
the County Council of PTAs,
said the county system, though
not perfect, compares favorably
with the best in the Nation
and has managed to do this on
a smaller operating budget
than many comparable dis
trictS."
The Non-Partisan Citizens
Taxpayers League, however,
threw its support to four can
didates challenging the in
cumbentS on the board.
A. Myron Cowell, league
president, said the challengers
could correct the present school
policy which is allowing "educa-
ton to take a back seat to
extravaganza"
Mr.. Cowell said the league
calls for a stronger curriculum
and an end to extravaganza in
building expenses and adminiS-
tration COSTS" The taxpayers
group will support candidates
William I. Saunders, Charles
w. Bell, William E. Coyle and
Everett H. Woodward.
Joseph Els, one of the
founders of the truth group
claimed that opposition state
ments about school costs have
been "unfounded and unfair"
He said school construction
costs in Montgomery are so
cents a square foot less than
the national average and So
less than some Jurisdictions
to the northeast"
TOTS, although not officially
supporting candidates, has sup
ported the record of the four
incumbents running for re-elec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01

Mobilization organization until
his retirement in 1850.
Mr.. Haley was a member of
the Spanish American War
Veterans, the World War /
Veterans, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, The American
Legion and the Disabled Amer
lean Veterans. Also, he was a
member of the Catholic War
Veterans.
Funeral services are being
arranged by the DeVol Funeral
Home, 1924 Wisconsin avenue
NV. Requiem mass will be
said at 1915 am. tomorrow
at st. AIMS Church, 400 Wis
conSin avenue NV, with burial
in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
Shorpshooter Hits
Girl Aide in Eye

+ MILAN, Nov. l (AP).-The
cowboy SharpShooter in a circus
missed his target last night and
shot his girl partner in the eye
before thousands of spectators.
Khoidi Barlay, 38, had been
breaking bubbles over Alic e
Altof'S head with rifle fire when
he missed on his third shot.
The 19-year-old girl screamed
and collapsed, critically injured
Police held Barlay for ques-
tioning.
Doctors said the right side
of the girls body was paralyzed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
Aluminium Cable Firms
Deny Plot to Fix Prices

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l
(AP) -Four of six big alumni
mum conductor cable manu-
facturers indicted by a Federal
grand jury on charges of price
fixing have vigorously denied
the accusations.
The six firms, supplierS of
go per cent of the aluminium
conductor cable sold in the
United States, were charged
with conspiring to fix prices in
violation of the antitrust laws
between June, 1858, and Au-
gust, 1860.
Denials came from the
Aluminium Co. of America,
Pittsburgh; Anaconda Wire &
Gable Co., New York; Kaiser
Aluminium & Chemical Sales,
Inc, Oakland, Calf; Reynolds
Metals Co., Richmond, Va,
and DIN MathieSon Chemical
Corp, New York.
Also indicted yesterday was
the General Gable Corp, Perth
Amboy, N. J.
More Than $40 Million
The indictment by an 49,
member grand jury said that
in 1859 sales of the cable wire
by the defendant firms exceed
ed $40 million and substantial
quantities were sold to munich
pal, State and Federal Govern
mental agencies and to public
utilities throughout the United
States.
Lawrence Litchfield, presi-
dent of the Aluminium Co. of
America, said I'VE are aware OF
no wrongdoing on our part and
expect to defend our position
fully in court"
The aluminium industry, said
Mr.. Litchfield, has been Sc
fiercely competitive it is hard
to believe there has been any
attempt to fix prices with COM
petitors or any other unlawful
practice.
Richard B. Stenimetz, presi-
dent of Anaconda Wire and
Gable, said his firm would dis
prove the charges against it in
court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01

A spokesman for Kaiser said
Charges of price fixing are
completely untrue. The alumni
mum business has been ex-
tremely competitive, especially
in recent years"
Strict Powers
A spokesman for DIN Mathie-
son said the firm has strict
corporate policies demanding
complete compliance with the
antitrust laws.
Our aluminium conductor
operations have been managed
in accordance with these poll
.cieS," said the Olin spokesman.
1--WE plan to contest these
charges in court vigorously"
A spokesman for Reynolds
Metals said in Richmond:
1--WE are confident that we
have not been guilty of any
action that has caused our Gus
toners or the public to suffer
any loss. 1t is almost unbeliev-
able that a conspiracy to set
prices could exist with prices
depressed as much as they are
in the electrical wire and cable
market.
If such a conspiracy has
been attempted, it has been
peculiarly inept. With profits
practically nonexistent in the
electrical wire and cable field,
there has been no benefit to
Reynolds nor any losses to GUS
toners"
The grand jury was sworn In
last November IA by United
States District Court Judge
Alfred L. Luongo.
The maximum penalty in
volved in the charges would be
a $4,000 fine for each de-
PENDANT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
D. {. Transit
Union Rejects
Wage Offer

D. c. Transit Systems bus
operators. mechanics and ter
minal employees last night re-
jected a company proposal fol
a new three-year contract.
The unions rejection caused
%. Roy Chalk, the company
president, to charge that the
union acted in bad faith" ano
showed mo intention to nego-
tiate."
Mr.. Chalk claimed the COM
pany had accepted the unions
offer for a settlement made BY
Walter j. Bierwagen, president
of the union. He charged the
union leaders have reneged or
their own agreement.
Its not correct" Mr.. Bier
wagon countered. 1T doesn't
jibe with the facts at all. In
fact, had an ultimatum from
Mr.. Chalk not to submit the
company offer if I thought
that the men would not accept
| it. I made no assumption that
the proposal would be accepted
I did not assure him that il
would be accepted"
Rejection Asked
Mr.. Bierwagon said it was
Mr.. Chalk who expressed con-
| fidence that the union men,
bers would accept the CON-
pany's offer. The unions ex-
offer and recommended to the
offer and recommended to the
members that it be rejected,
he said
1t was reported that the
transit company offered a 20
cent hourly pay increase spread
over three years. The employees
covered by the agreement
would get eight cents an hour
on July l, 1868; six cents on
April /, 1864; and the final six
cents on April l, 1865. The pay
increases would be in addition
to other fringe benefits, it was
reported.
Mr.. Bierwagen could neither
confirm nor deny the COM
pany's reported offer.
THAT was the company Of
fer, but you had better get
it from them" he commended.
Whatever it was it was less
than our proposal and unac-
ceptable to the membership"
Rejected in Entirety
Mr.. Bierwagen said there
was no discussion on the points
of the offer it was voted
down in its totality."
1--WE want a settlement" Mr..
Bierwagen said. 1T is a demon
Stration of the unions public
responsibility that six years ago
we insisted upon an arbitration
clause being included in the
contract so as to forestall a
strike because we don't think
these matters should be i'm
posed upon the public"
Even though we invoked
last night, this does
not preclude bona fide attempts
TO resolve the dispute by con-
tinued collective bargaining"
ne added.
The agreement, which ex-
oired at midnight, provides that
disputes not settled by collec-
tive bargaining be submitted
% binding arbitration.
There will be no strike in
his city," Mr.. Chalk said today
as he left a closed meeting of
the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Commission.
This would be unthinkable." ~
Charging that the local bus
operators union is controlled
by the international union in
Chicago" Mr.. Chalk said he is
to continue negotiations.
The offer the company sub
to the union is still
there of the members wish to
accept it, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
PRIVATE
to Women

Thousands Of women md speedy re-
lief from the physical distress Of irreg-
ulaR. seanty. or painful menses due
TO functional disorders By taking
HUMPHREYS "il"-a gentle, non-hor-
monal, homeopathic remedy. At all
drug stores. No prescription needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01

ton. They are: Robert E. Nor
row, William R. Thomas, III,
Paul C. Howard and Harold F.
Breimyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01

For high and low tides at the follow.
ing points subtract times indicated
Bondy tI Potn2 f9h A 4 bnnrs ~ d 1OntS
Beach, hours Deale, 4la hours
Solomons Island, ga hours; Point
Lookout, "a hours.
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, today B:35 am. sos D m
Sun, tomorrow 6:36 am 5:O7 o. m
Moon. today 1913 lam S.l2 D m
Automobile lights must be turned OF
II hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
3O-Day Weather Forecast

outlay weather GOTcChst
Much OF the Northeast can expect
wintry weather ahead of schedule with
below normal temperatures and
abundant precipitation forecast for
the next month. The Weather Bureaus
outlook for November calls for tenn
peratures to average below seasonal
normals over the Eastern half Of the
Nation and the Southern plains with
the Ohio Valley hardest hit by the
drop Greater than normal precipita-
ton was forecast over the Southeast
and from the Eastern Great Lakes
eastward to New England Normal
amounts elsewhere
River Report
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and clear at Great Falls Shen.
andoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight - 40 Noon - 4E
I am am ----- = I pm pm 1880 4
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 80, on August 20.
Lowest, 8, on January IL.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coas
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High ----- 1902 am. 10:46 m
Low -------- 4:53 am. 5:3l am
High ----- 1925 pm. 1l:l0 pm
Low ABS pm. 500 p m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
THE EVENING STAR

Washington, D. c.
Thursday, November !, 1861
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Two Babies Mixed, Get
Each Others Operation

PONTIAC, Mich, May 26
(AP).-Thirte e n-month-old
Mark Trautman went to a hos
pital for a hernia operation
but got a tonsillectomy instead.
Tracy Fernald, IT months
old, went in for a tonsillectomy
but got a hernia operation.
Both youngsters were recov-
ering nicely at their homes to-
day, but face the prospects Of
another hospital trip to get
their proper operations.
The baby boys were room
mates at st. Joseph Mercy Hos
pital here Thursday when they
were wheeled into surgery with
in minutes of each other.
When Mark came back, 1--WE
looked for his incision," said
his mother, Mrs. MILO Traut-
man. ''but there was none"
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Rescuers Discovered
A Cheerful Carpenter

HE said, Hi. How did you
get here?'"
Airman Heitsch and Staff
Sergt. Ray Mcclure, 80. Of
Mount Sterling, KY, told of
spending two hours and 10
minutes bobbing around in the
Atlantic with Comdr. Carpen-
ter in three one-man life RATS.
They had larger RATS avail
able, but decided not to use
them, they said.
The two men parachuted
from an SC-54 rescue plane,
a little less than an hour after
Comdr. Carpenter Ian d e d
nearly $50 miles outside his
target area.
Airman Heitsch said Comdr.
Carpenter looked surprised to
see him when the swimmer
See CARPENTER, Page A..
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Mammoth Ego

"Billie Sol," said a man who has
known him since he came here, "has
a mammoth ego which takes lot
to feed"
He entertained laviShly at his home,
the finest in Pecos, and spent money
as if he had private mint.
A fastidious. though conservative
dresser, he liked to buy clothes for
those in position to do him favors,
including some Washington officials.
There were $245 suits, $10O Texas hats,
$36 shoes and $i8 shirts.
81 guess Billie Sol is the last of the
big spenders," Pecos merchant said.
MADE it fast and spent 1t fast?" 1t
was suggested.
well" the merchant replied, Lets
Just say he spent it,"
Before the Government moved in he
was looking beyond the seas and talk
ing of establishing granaries in India
to help feed the hungry people of the
world. Billie Sol, said one Pecos resi-
dent, always talked big and acted
big" The extent Of his operations,
expansive even by Texas standards,
and the mess he left for receiver
to unravel bear this out.
An appraisal Of his affairs has re-
vealed assets of $20.7 million and
unsecured liabilities approaching 1884
million.
This picture will change. more
bills are coming in all the time," said
Receiver Harry Moore of Ell Paso. Last
week Billie Sol pleaded the Fifth
Amendment at creditors meeting in
El PaSo.
Evening star., 1962-05-27
SEC Accuses Brokers
Of Fovoring Insiders

Judge Luther Youngdahl
against Oscar r. Sheppard
doing business as o. r. Shep-
pard and Co., at 3003 Naylor
road Sc. Mr.. Sheppard regis
tered as a broker dealer on
March IA, 1861.
In the Best and Carey case,
the SECS Division of Trading
and Exchanges alleged schemes
to defraud, price manipulation,
and false and misleading state
ments in the distribution Of
two stocks the firm underworld
Visual Dynamics Corp. and
Chemionics Engineering Lab
oratories.
The SEC investigators also
charged that the firm falsified
certain customer account, cash
receipt and stock delivery rec
ordS; that it failed to report
the firms financial condition
See INVESTORS, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-05-27

feated in school board election in
Pecos last year by write-in candi-
date.
Billie Sol, under Federal and State
indictment and congressional investi-
cation, has withdrawn to his Pecos
home, which has been reported as
costing $150,O0O.
With him is his wife Patsy, a child
hood sweetheart, and their four
daughters and son.
Billie Sol is something Of prisoner,
under orders from his attorneys not
to talk with reporters. This reporter
had few words with him through
broken screen door.
Dressed in checked sports shirt
and tan trousers, he smiled a greeting,
declined to answer any questions and
opened the door just enough to shake
hands. Then he cheerily said Rye
now," and the Interview" was over.
1t had lasted Just long enough for
one to catch an impression Of man
about five feet, seven or eight inches
tall. stockily built, wearing horn
trimmed glasses, and not outwardly
upset by his troubles.
The airplanes, in which he used to
carry business associates and govern
ment officials around in Texas, are
gone. In the driveway stood a white
Cadillac convertible.
The house itself reflects Billie SOILS
rise in 10 years from nothing to spec
tacular = though short-lived - opu-
lence. The original section was built
on an abandoned airbase, using a
swimming pool as the basement. Pecos
residents say it was built of scraps
from the airfield where Billie Sol, in
one Of his first Pecos enterprises,
erected some inexpensive housing.
The house has been expanded by
two additions, and in them Billie Sol
spared no cost.
One of the new sections is a two
room guest house, repeatedly rushed
to completion for a visit from former
President Truman which never came
off
Evening star., 1962-05-27
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
May 26.-Two Air Force para
rescue" men said today that
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Car
penter was cheerful when they
joined him in the sea last
Thursday afternoon.
In the tradition Of ''Dr. Liv-
ingston I presume" the meet
ing Of the returned space man
and his rescuers was completely
routine.
Airman NC John Heitsch,
81, of Madison, Wis, swan up
from behind the 37-year-old
Naval officer after parachut-
ing into the sea from 1000
foot altitude.
"I reached my hand over the
side of his raft and tugged at
his arm and said, Hi
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Himself q Paradox

Billie Sol, one discovers here, is a
paradox as confusing as the mystical
success formula he says he followed.
Last year he claimed he was worth
$50 million. Yet w. M. Holcombe, a
Pecos banker, says billie Sol was in
solvent in 1855 and has been insolvent
ever since"
He has been leading member Of
the austere Church of Christ and a
frequenter of religious gatherings. Yet
he was so controversial within his
own congregation that a number of
members walked out when he was
named an elder.
He yearned for the political limelight
and boasted of connections with
President Kennedy and other high
Democratic officials. Yet he was de-
Evening star., 1962-05-27
She asked a doctor why.

She asked a doctor why.
"He took off like a flash fol
the operating ROOM" she said
Too late. Tracy had been
found to have no hernia and
the four-inch incision was
sutured up before the warning
arrived.
That's not my son." said
Walter Fernald when he saw
Mark wheeled into his room
with Tracy's chart on the
stretcher.
A nurse dashed off for sur
gerry with similarly unprofitable
results.
The mixup apparently came
with a switch of the boys
charts somewhere between their
room and the operating table.
Hospital officials and the two
doctors involved had no COM
ment.
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Courts and Pool

The other is living room completed
last year and decorated with potted
palms and finished off with rich wood
paneling. It's like a dance hail."
said Pecos man, although Billie Sol
doesn't dance"
In the front yard are q leafy null
berry trees and three royal palms
bending disconsolately under the
Texas sun and wind. In the rear are
two tennis courts and walled-in
45-foot swimming pool.
In PecoS, Billie Sol is known as a
puritan in some matters. Single men
and women cannot swim together in
Continued on Page A-19
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Ball to be Recalled
Needle Is FutuI

MANCHESTER, England,
May 26 (AP) Mrs. Alice Sat-
terwaith, 81, died Of emotional
shock after running an en-
broidery needle into her finger.
authorities said. She was work.
ing in a baby clothing factory
at the time.
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Shells, Bombs
Rain in Algeria
Terrorist Attacks
Kill at Leust IS

ALGIERS, May 26 (APJ -
Secret army terrorists bombed
and burned public schools and
buildings today, vowing to
leave only debris and ruins for
an independent Algeria.
Police reported a dozen emp
ty schools were destroyed or
damaged by plastic bombs,
PHOSPHORUS grenades or
charges Of explosives attached
to gasoline containers. Two
town halls were damaged by
fire.
A secret army pirate radio
broadcast said Moslems will
get Algeria as we found 1t l30
years ago."
The terrorists continued their
attacks against Moslems and
Europeans considered to favor
Algerian independence.
Three Europeans Slain
Throughout Algeria, terrorist
attacks left 35 persons dead
and 81 wounded. Most Of the
victims were Moslems.
were finished off by terrorist
bullets while being carried away
in ambulanceS. Two died when
their ambulance was stopped by
a band Of Europeans who flung
open the rear doors and went
inside. The ambulance crew
heard several pistol shots.
The third victim, in a sep
See ALGIERS, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-05-27

SEC choirmon Cory Describes Abuses
in Stock SoIes Here. Pose B-3
-~-~---~
q court injunction to halt an
other local investment firm,
Both firms were run by
former salesmen of the now
defunct American Diversified
Securities, Inc, which was
described without being named
by SEC Chairman William L.
Cary in congressional testi-
mony last week.
Mr.. Cary said at least 16 new
firms were started by alumni
of the original alma mater" /"
With the latest SEC actions
and another earlier last week,
the SEC now has moved
against 10 of the 16 and three
others are no longer in buSi-
ness in Washington.
The latest proceedings to re-
woke a registration were or
dered against Best and Carey
Co., Inc. Of 1925 Connecticut
avenue NV. which has been
registered as a broker-dealer
here since March IL. 1861.
The permanent Injunction
was signed by District Court
Evening star., 1962-05-27
SPECIAL REPORT
PECOS BILLIE Sol
The Home Folks Soy Estes Always
Had q Way With q Dollar
By CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

PECOS, Tex, May 26.-Billie Sol
Estes has often talked about the
Christian paradox" of holding on by
letting go.
you win by losing, hold on by let
ting go, increase by diminishing and
multiply by dividing" he would say.
These are the principles which have
brought me success"
The success which Billie Sol claimed
ended few weeks ago. FBI agents
Confidential Agriculture Report Shows Estes Got
Cotton Acreage Illegally. Poee AZ
~----------
moved in and arrested the 37-year-old
financial operator on charges of fraud
involving millions of dollars.
Since then other criminal charges
and civil suits have piled up. The
agricultural empire of which Billie Sol
boasted has been exposed as card
board affair based on credit, decep-
tion and, some suspect, influence in
high places in Washington.
For many here in the high plains
of Texas, Billie Soils downfall came as
no surprise. The people of PecoS have
suspected for a long time he was not
a millionaire, as he claimed,
but was in fact skirting the edge Of
bankruptcy.
Few tears are being shed for him
by the home folks. People here know
him as tough-some say ruthless
businessman with compulSive need
to stick his finger into every financial
pie,