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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Politics
And Taxes

The pressure continued to
mount last week for a general
tax cut to stimulate the econ
Omy. The White House pOlled
Democrats in Congress on their
views, and found mixed opinion.
Even If the President asked for
cut, 1t was not at all clear
Congress would grant it.
So far in 1862, President Ken
nedy has Jared dismally in getting
legislation through Congress. Only
per cent of his requests were
given final approval in the first
six months.
BY contrast, he won approval
Of 10 per cent by early May last
year, and 48 per cent by adjourn
ment.
Last week Congress piled several
more defeats on the record. In
addition to loss of medicare, the
New Frontiersmen saw a proposal
to clamp tighter controls on ex-
pense accounts scuttled by the
Senate Finance Committee. And
the House voted down an admin
istration-backed scheme to sell
steam generated by a nuclear
reactor at Hanford, Washington
plutonium plant.
1t has been apparent for some
time that the President is SYM
pathetic to a tax cut. Both the
AFL-CIO and the United States
Chamber Of Commerce have pub
licly endorsed the idea. Walter
Heller, his chief economics adviser,
and others within the Kennedy
circle have pumped for one al
though Treasury Secretary Dillon
has henn 0np0cod
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but will weigh a mere 500 pounds,
thanks to its thin skin of
aluminium foil and plastic film.
Though the airplane seems near
the end Of its. logical develop
ment as a weapon, after a bril-
liant half century Of innovations,
a winged aircraft demonstrated
last week that they still can make
news.
Dropped from underside of a
mother B-52 at $4,000 feet above
Delamar Lake. New. a stubby-
winged Kills piloted by Maj. Rob-
ert M. White pointed its nose
skyward and rocketed higher
than any man has ever flown in
an aircraft, nearly SO miles.
The research vehicle will make
more trips to gather information
about the neither region between
the top of balloon flights and be-
low that of satellite orbits. Mean
while, Maj. Whites feat qualified
him as an astronaut, the first
pilot to do so on wings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Broadly Written

A neutral Laos, of course, would
close its borders to such activity.
Such a move would have impor-
tant effects in the South Wet Nam
war. but most observers are not
very optimistic of such a devel-
opment.
In fact, the agreement, signed
yesterday by IA nations, including
the Laotian government of Sou
wanna Phouma. is very broadly
written. It makes no provision
for migrating the three Laotian
armies, and the ''troika" system
Of government gives each side a
veto that could prevent any
integration.
The pact, however, is months
In the making, Is one of the few
times that the cold war powers
including Red China-have lined
up on the same side. The accord
Is meant to take Laos out of the
cold war battlefield, and only
tAAA4C NAn OCAA INV WC1l us DTO-
visions are carried out.
A control commission of Poland.
India and Canada is supposed 10
supervise the withdrawal of for
eign troops within rs days, but
there are many skeptics who doubt
that the North Wet Namese will
remove their forces.
The Soviet Union has praised
the agreement to the sky as an
example of cooperation between
East and West. The United States,
faced with miserable alternatives
II an agreement were not reached,
has viewed the pact with less en-
thuSiasm but Is, nevertheless, quite
pleased with the end to fighting
in Laos. Laos was at best a losing
war for the West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
The $1.2 Billion PoyoH

Amid controversy and opposi-
ton, the Army has pushed ahead
on its anti-rocket weapon, the
Nike Zeus, for the past seven
years. 1t has spent $1.2 billion on
the system and $500 million is in
the current budget for it.
The beginnings Of a pay
off came Thursday when a zeus
intercepted for the first time a
huge Atlas intercontinental bal
listic missile nose cone in midair
over the Pacific.
The Atlas had been fired from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California. Radar on Kwajalein
Island 1890 miles to the west soon
picked UP its flight and COM
puted the proper course for the
anti-rocket missile. It was inter-
cepted at a height Of about S
miles.
The United States still has a
long road ahead before Zeus can
be called successful. The weapon
did not come close enough to hit
the Atlas, merely to knock out its
nuclear warhead If one had been
aboard. No explosion occurred, as
neither was armed.
Beyond this theoretical kill"
there are other ifs. Any missile
strike presumably would be &C
companied by decoy missiles to
throw off radar. None accompa-
MED the Atlas. Extensive tests
must be made to assure that a
detection system functions per-
fectly in distinguishing decoy from
real McCoy-for it only takes one
ICBM to destroy city.
If zeus ever is put into full
production, it will make previous
spending look small. Estimates
range up to SIS billion for a full
scale system.
While America could point sue
ceSSfully at new scientific feats in
defense and space, the labor rela-
tions side reflected no such luster
last week. Contract talks ultimately
affecting 100000 employees in mis-
sile and aircraft construction were
deadlocked by Friday night.
Unless the impasse is broken
by another of Labor Secretary
Goldberg's now-famous solutions,
a strike will begin tomorrow noon
by some 100000 at half a dozen
companies. Other firms not in
volved now could be swept into
the conflict as contracts expire
with the JAW and Machinists
Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Big Issue Not Pay

The top issue is not wages but
demands for an agency Shop"
which would oblige non-union
workers to pay fees equal to dues
if they did not join the union.
Douglas Aircraft agreed to this
for its $4,000 workers last Mon
day, but other firms have baked.
Other labor troubles include a
month-old strike at Eastern Air
Lines by flight engineers. If no
settlement is reached, Eastern said
it will fly a full schedule by Au-
gust l whether the engineers re-
port to work or not. The dispute
involves reducing jet crews from
four to three mea. Also struck is
Electric Boat sion of General
DynamicS CT !, hating work at
Groton, Co ., on II nuclear SUBJ
maripeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Reporting for Duty to Hount the Fall Elections Sir"

terful skill of Franklin D. Roose-
welt in alternately cabling and
threatening lawmakers into pass
ing his legislation. he still has
popular support from the public.
He served notice last week that
he intends to use it in forming
a more tractable Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Up to the Voters

you are going to have a chance
to make that judgment" he told
Americans in a televised state
ment. II hope that we will return
in November a Congress that will
support a program like medical
care for the aged. . With your
support in November, this will
pass IN 1863"
Will the President heed Machia-
velli's dictum, Furnishing those
who failed to support the party
on last Tuesdays vote? Senator
Smathers, a Florida Democrat,
was one who helped kill medicare,
for example. He is up for re-elec-
ton in November. He worked with
Mr.. Kennedy in the 1860 campaign.
Can he count on the Presidents
support this fall? Such are the
questions hidden behind Mr.. Ken
nedy's warning last week.
Long before he received the
Democratic nomination at Los
Angeles, Mr.. Kennedy knew the
power of senior citizens at the
polls. Thanks to discoveries in
miracle drugs" in the past two
decades the average life span Of
Americans has increased from go
to 10 years. This means the bloc
of retired persons, with plenty Of
time to attend rallies, write law
makers and cast votes, is becom-
ing a larger percentage of our
population. There are Is million
American now IS or older.
The public is also health con-
.scious as never before. In 1929 the
average patient saw his doctor
two and a half times a year.
Three decades later his number
of visits had doubled. The average
head of a family Of four spends
about $500 a year on medical bills
five times the 1889 average.
To put it another way, Ameri-
cans in 1859 paid out $17.7 bill
lion for sickness and accidents,
roughly one and a half times
what it cost to keep our Navy
operating that year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Military:
Shokeup

Gen. Maxwell ID. Taylor was
named new head of the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff on Friday. He
replaced Gen. Lyman L. Lemnit-
ger who is due to become NATO
chief in Europe. Gen. Lauris
Norstad is retiring from the lat
ter post.
The Cuban fiasco, nuclear STRAIT
egg, and theories on the role of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff all glowed
like a silent but luminous back
drop on the drama of a major
military reshuffle last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
Reasons for WAITING

But the current mood of Con-
greSS is making the President
cautious. What if he asks for a
tax reduction and doesn't get it?
The result would hurt two ways:
He would end up with an even
worse Congressional batting aver
age, and economic uncertainty
would be aggravated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
SECRETARY RUSK
One thing, then another.

brought on Mr.. Kennedy and Mr..
Khrushchev to meet at the summit
again. Mr.. Kennedy has said he
would meet Mr.. Khrushchev if it
were in the national interest, and
certainly, if tensions threaten to
reach a breaking point, a summit
might be useful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
Tornado Hits
Wyoming Area

CASPER, Wyo., June IL
(AP). - A tornado swept
through an area 81 miles north
of Casper yesterday, Tipping
over several cars and trucks
and destroying two ranch
buildings.
Four persons, occupants of
a car and a 2-ton moving
van, were injured.
.Hailstones ~ inches in di-
ameter fell in the area.
Joseph Rock, jr., SO, and his
wife, Henrietta, 81, of Syracuse
N. Y, were injured seriously
when the twister picked uI
their auto and pitched it of
the highway. Mr.. Rock suffered
chest injuries and was in poor
condition at a hospital here
Mrs. Rock was in satisfactory
condition.
John Greisen, 81, and hi
wife. Agnes. 81, of Casper, were
treated for minor injuries. They
were in the moving van.
The twister ripped through
the John Beaton Ranch, de-
stroying two wood and metal
lambing sheds.
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POLICY
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Nam are currently in Laos sup
porting the pro- Communist
Pathet Lao. The United States
has about 800 military advisers
in Laos.
Chairman of the Internation-
al Control Commission is India.
The other two members are
Canada and Poland. The COM
mission is to report its find
ings to the co-chairmen of the
Geneva conference-RuSsia and
Great Britain.
8. After the foreign troops
have left, indignation Of the
opposing Laotian forces is to
begin. At the same time the
new government is to begin
administering areas which have
been under local control Of
one or the other Of the oppos-
ing forces.
4. After arms have been laid
down and q single military
force formed. Prince Souvanna
Phouma has said he will hold
national elections to determine
the will Of the Laotian people. "
American officials here admit
this procedure has many pit
falls. and that its success de-
ponds upon the good faith" of
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their compact at a meeting in
Khang Khay, Prince Souvan-
mas headquarters on the rebel
held PLANE des Jarres.
Among those on hand was
Gen. Phoumi Nosavan, deputy
premier, defense minister and
strongman of the outgoing re-
gime who is becoming a deputy
premier and finance minister
under Prince Souvanna.
Silent on Negotiations
Gen. Phoumi told newsmen
before departing from Wen
tiane, the administrative capt.
tai, that the new cabinet was
"the only solution" Asked il
he was satisfied with the nego-
tiations, he declined comment
Questioned about when he
would ask the several hundred
United States military advisers
with the royal army to leave
Laos under the Geneva agree
ment for withdrawal of foreign
forces, Gen. Phoumi said:
1--WE are prepared to follow
the accords provided everyone
else does the same"
Communist North Wet Nam
is reported to have from 5000
to 10000 men-troops, advisers
and supporting units-helpint
! the rebels.
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vestors in savings accounts in
those associations"
Also, the indictment said the
three collected fees and COM
missions for their personal gain
and benefit.
Monumental City and First
Union were the objects of a
receivership petition filed re-
Gently by the Maryland attor-
ney generals office. Pending a
hearing on the request these
associations we're placed in a
state of freeze"
Mr.. Ellicott came into State
wide prominence as former
general counsel for the Security
Financial Insurance Corp, the
only private State chartered
insuring firm for savings ano
loan associations in Maryland
He resigned from the post last
January 8.
Until January /, he was also
associated in the Towson law
firm which included A. Corridor
Boone, Maryland Democratic
majority floor leader; Delegate
John MCGUIRE and State Rep
resentative Daniel Brewster
recently nominated for the
United States Senate on the
Democratic ticket.
In 1858 Mr.. Ellicott was
elected head Of the States
Young Democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
POLICY
Geneva Conference
To Implement Pact

all parties. They also deny any
intention Of permitting Laos
to fall to the Communists under
guise Of the neutralist govern
ment.
For this reason the United
States will keep its 1900 troops
in neighboring Thailand for the
time being, despite the agree
Iment between the warning Lao
tian factions.
One of the main reasons why
Gen. Phoumi Nosavan-Strong-
man Of Prince Boun Oum's
rightest government - finally
gave in on the coalition gov
eminent, officials say here, is
because Of pressure brought by
Marshal Sarit Thanarat of
Thailand. When the Pathet Lao
broke the year-old cease fire
last month and routed the
Royal Laotian army in the
north, the That's were fright
ened by the spectre Of an out
and out Communist govern
ment next door.
American officials here con-
slider themselves and their allies
in Southeast Asia fortunate
that the military successes Of
the Pathet Lao have not notice
ably affected the makeup OF
the new government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
South Africu Red
Curb Wins Test

CAPE TOWN, South Africa,
June IL (AP). The Govern
ment's stringent sabotage bill
was passed by the House of As
sembly today. Approval by the
Senate is a foregone conclu-
sion.
The m easure-o officially
called the General Law Amend
ments Bill-was approved by
the Assembly over warnings
from the opposition that "its
inroads on civil liberties are so
deep and dangerous that no
self r. expecting democracy
should consider them except in
dire emergency or wartime"
Its wide Interpretation OF
sabotage can include mere
trespaSsing on property. The
bill provides that people can
be jailed or silenced or theil
movements can be restricted fol
staging political demonstrations
if the Government considers
this necessary to suppress al
legged CommuniStic or Other
subversive actions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
Debt CeiIino
Bill Facing
House Fight

Chairman Mills of the House
Ways and Means Committee
said today he may support q
Republican move to increase
the national debt limit to 5000
billion instead Of the 1908 bill
lion ceiling requested by the
Kennedy administration.
The comment by the Ark
ansas Democrat at a Rules
Committee hearing strength
ened earlier indications that the
$308 billion figure voted last
week by the Ways and Means
Committee faced a hard fight
in the House.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee bill, cleared by the
Rules Committee for four
hours Of debate tomorrow
would increase the present $500
billion temporary debt limit to
$308 billion from July to next
April /. The limit then would
drop to sos billion from April
/ to June "a and revert to $500
billion from June Is to June
80, the end Of the 1868 fiscal
year.
Republicans plan to pres,
for a substitute that would al.
low a 1906 billion limit to Apri.
/. and then have the ceiling
drop back to 1904 billion anc
$500 billion.
Unless the temporary deb
limit is boosted by the end o.
this month, it would automat.
ically return to the statuatory
permanent limit Of $685. bill
lion. The actual debt nov
stands at about 1894 billion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
Murdered Girl
Is Identified

TOMS RIVER. N. j., June IL
(AP).-A bathing -suit-clad girl
found beaten to death in an
abandoned gravel pit has been
identified as an aspiring Penn
sylvania actress, Phyllis Jones.
"a.
The girls father, Arch r.
Jones Of Norristown. Pa, made
the Identification. Miss Jones
had been reported missing
Sunday. She had been visiting
at Long Beach Island.
Results were awaited today
on a second autopsy performed
on the body.
Miss Jones body was discoy-
cred Sunday night by a passing
motorist. The face Of the at
tractive, red-haired woman was
mutilated from a blow on the
head. Her hands were bound
behind her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
Philippines
Claim Urged

w. Averell Hartman, Assist
ant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs, emphasized the
Importance of the Philippines to
American policy in the Far
East in urging Congress today
to reconsider and approve the
$73 million war damage claims
awarded to individuals and
companies in the islands.
The House several weeks ago
defeated the claims bill, which
Mr.. Hartman said came as a
shock to the people of the
Philippines.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, with Senator
Sparkman of Alabama presid-
ing, heard conflicting testi-
mony today on two methods OF
settling the claims. Mr.. Harri-
man said the administration
would accept either plan, but
prefers the bill sponsored by
Senator Humphrey. Democrat
of Minnesota. under which
payments would be made d.
rectly to the individual claim
ants.
Representative Barry, Repub-
lican of New York, testified in
favor of the alternative bill,
sponsored by himself and Sem
ator Pulbright. Democrat OF
Arkansas. under which the $73
million would be paid directly
to the Philippine government,
Senator Sparkman, presiding
in the absence of Chairman
Fulbright, did not commit him
self as between the plans, but
predicted Congress would pass
some bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
II East Germans
Body Included,
Flee Via Tunnel

BERLIN, June IL (AP) -
Eleven East Germans, includ-
ing three children and a A.
month old baby, escaped
through a tunnel to West Ber-
lin Sunday, usually reliable in
formants said today.
These informants said they
received a first-hand account
Of the daring flight from one
of the participants. They said
all had relatives in West Berlin
and had taken refuge with
them.
A tight curtain of secrecy
was drawn around the location
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12

chairman of the International
Control Commission.
Mr.. Singh said delegation
from the 19-member cabinet
named yesterday will go to
Geneva within three weeks to
sign the 14-nation Geneva
accords.
The one blank spot in these
accords is declaration by Laos
of the neutrality it expects to
maintain under the new gov
eminent, to be headed by neu-
tralist Prince Souvanna
Phouma.
Main Aim Is Peace
Prince Souvanna and the
other fractional leaders-right-
list Premier Prince Boun Gum
and pro-Communist Prince
Souphanouvong - signed the
formal agreement on the coali-
ton whose main task will be to
bring peace to this divided
kingdom.
The Premier designate ex-
poets to present the new min
isters-neutrals, representative;
from the present Royal Gov.
eminent and members of Sou
phanouvong's Pathet Lao-tC
King Savang Vathana Monday
at Luang Prabang, the roya
capital.
The three princes formaliZec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12

the bottom Of Mr.. Martins
glass.
The Honorable Artillery Com
pany bases its claim to being
the worlds oldest regiment on
its charter granted by Henry
VIII on August Is, 1887. The
wording Of the charter implies
that it existed as a fighting
outfit long before. Artillery in
those days meant archers.
Among its many offshoots is
the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company Of Boston,
Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
YMCA Team Defeats
Soldier Beer Drinkers

LONDON, June IL (AP).-
The worlds Oldest military reg
iment has been defeated in q
beer drinking contest by the
Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. And the YMCA team
included a girl.
The humiliating defeat took
place yesterday at the Old
Southwark Fair, staged for
charity in Shakespeare's part
of London.
In the semifinals Of what was
advertised as the worlds beer
drinking championship. men,
bers Of the Honorable Artillery
Company crossed tankards with
a team from the Central YMCA.
Teams Of three-drinking a
pint each in relays-faced one
another to decide the cham
pionship.
The YMCA team included a
girl named Sue Flynn, the wife
of the Us team captain, Mi
chael Flynn.
The US team downed their
pints in is seconds, 4 seconds
faster than the soldiers. This
put them in the finals and the
Honorable Artillery Company
in q Sudsy doghouse.
In the finals, the YMCA team
was defeated by a rugby foot
ball team called the Nevis. But
the Nevis won on a technicality
After both teams had fin
ished twice in a dead heat, one
of the Nevis pointed to q wet
spot on the shirt front of a
YMCA drinker named Tiger
Martin.
The referee exonerated Mr..
Martin of deliberate Spillage,
but he awarded the champion
ship to the Nevis when he
spotted a few drops Of beer in
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and other details Of the tunnel
flight.
1t was first reported by a
West Berlin newspaper, Nacht
Depesche might Dispatch. The
newspaper merely said "a siz-
able group" OF refugees reached
West Berlin through a tunnel
over the week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
Speaker Mccormack
Will Aid Nephew
By the Assoeiat,a Press

House Speaker Mccormack
will campaign for his nephew
in the Massachusetts, primary
Eace to pick a Democratic can
didate for the United States
Senate.
But the Speaker refused yes
terday to "dicuss Massachu-
sets politics here" when re-
porters asked for comment on
complaints that White House
pressure had swayed last weeks
Democratic convention to in
dorse President Kennedy's
brother Edward (TeO Kennedy
over his nephew. Edward j,
Mccormack. jr.