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wipes out the 18th Division
which has 600 men in Balti-
more alone. 1t would also elimi-
nate nine Of the IA missile
units of the State National
Guard, now assigned to the
aerial defense of the Baltimore
Washington area.
Gov. Tawes and State Ad-
iutant General Milton A. Reck-
ord served notice they will fight
the proposal to reduce the man.
power Of the National Guard.
Gen. Reckord and the Cover
nor held a long conference yes
terday about the Defense De-
partment plans.
Andrews Air Force Base
gained Is Reserve units trans
ferred from the Washington
area and two entirely new units
will be formed there. Most Of
the units transferred to An
drews are special forces such
as guerrilla warfare experts.
military intelligence units and
civil affairs groups which would
be in charge Of occupied terri
tory in event of war.
Brig. Gen. George M. Gel
son, executive officer of the
Maryland National Guard, said
the 29th Division-which won
its greatest honors on the
Omaha beachhead-is not af-
fected by the proposed reorgan-
ization.
Some units are being inacti-
waited, some retained in their
present form and others reor-
ganized.
Some new units are being
created and some other units
are being moved from one State
to another, although no per-
sonnel will move with them.
Still other units are being re-
designated, retaining their pres
ent function but under a diff
ferent command.
An Army spokesman said per-
Sonnel from units being mac
tivated or relocated in another
State will be reassigned to units
in their present area.
The spokesman said in most
cases reserviSts will not have to
travel more than 35 miles to at
tend drill with their new units.
A few may be placed on nom
pay status for lack of a nearby
unit, but such cases will be
very much the exception to
the rule" he said.
The breakdown:
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Maryland

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE: Re.
location (Gain) Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, 310th Log
lstical Command: 10th Judge Advocate
General Detachment Headquarters;
4O4th and 439th Military Intelligence
Detachments; Administrative Detach-
ment, Company B, 2nd Special Forces
Group. LIST Special Forces: Detachments
lB and c. Company b, 2nd Special
borne); Headquarters, 354th Civil Az
fairs Unit SS8th Army Postal Unit;
Headqua rters and Headquarters Detach.
ment, SS30th Military Police Recruit
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Virginia Beach
Police DESTROY
Still in Guruoe

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Dec
5 (AP).-Police yesterday de-
stroyed a large still in the
garage of a home just off the
golf course of the Princess
Anne Country Club.
Ray M. Hutcheson, 30, OF
Norfolk, was arrested Monday
night as he entered the brick
home on Holly road at Thirty
third street. He was charged
with possession of untaxed q
whisky and possession of dis
tillery equipment.
Red-flowered chintz curtains
at the windows of the two-car
garage concealed from passers-
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Battalion. s0th Division. Inactivated-
Service Company. 2420th Engineer Re
cruit. Training Center; Headquarters
Special Training Group, 2420th En-
gineer Recruit Training Center; Spe
cial School, 2420th Engineer Recruit
Training Center; Headauarters' .anc
hHesdquarters Company, lst Battalion
teri Companies A.. B, c. d, list Bat.
TALON. 2420th. Engineer Recruit Train
Ensineer Recruit Training Center
Headauarters School Battalion, 2420tt
Engineer EnsI Recruit TEainins Center
Training Center; Headquarters Bat.
TALON 242Oth Engineer Recruit Train
ing Center; Headquarters Company
242Qth Engineer Recruit Trainina
Center. New-Chemical Company (Pro'
ARLiNGTON-99th Army securitS
Agency (Procurement) reorgani1ed az
99th Army Security Company (Secur-
TT. MYER-Inactivated: Company A
242Oth Engineer Training School Bat
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by several 275-gallon cookers,
l10 of which we're full of mash
an exhaust fan in the roof and
other equipment.
A sharp-eyed clerk In the
Virginia Beach Water Depart
ment last Friday became curl
Gus why a three-bedroom resi-
dence was using 10000 gallons
of water during a two-month
period.
A check for water leakage
turned up the still In the ga
rage after an odor of mash
was detected.
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Mr.. Phipps, an automobile
dealer and son Of Anne Arundel
County's former State Senator,
will serve the remainder Of the
term Of the late Jesse A. Fisher
of Annapolis. The five-year
term expires May 81, 1865. 4
Mr.. Phipps will be one of
two Western Shore members
of the five-man commission.
The other is DR.. George j.
Weems of Calvert County.
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Viruiniu

ALEXANDRIA = Retained. Al 6th
Army Postal Unit; 955th Engineer
Company: S0th Transportation Com
Center (7614): 9944th District Nationai
Postal Station: 9944th Army Element
Office National Censorship; 300th Di-
vision Postal Unit; Company d. 317th
Regiment, 1st Battalion, S0th Divisioni
talon. S0th Division; Company G.
3l7th Regiment, End Battalion, S0th
Division: Headquarters and Headuuar-
ters Company, 3l7th Regiment. 2nd
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Fisheries Position
Goes to Phipps

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 5 (AP).--
Gov. Tawes announced appoint
ment today of Louis N. Phlpps.
jr., of Annapolis to a $4,000
a-year vacancy on the Mary
land Tidewater Fisheries Com
mission,
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Armored: Headquarters and Headauar-
ters Detachment, 220th Military Police
Group, ted---305th Gonzales
cent Center. New Units Headquarters
and Headquarters Detachment, Medical
Group; Medical Detachment Headquar-
ters; Medical Detachment.
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Area Guard, Reserve
Would Lose 1854 Men

National Guard and Army Reserve units in Washington
Maryland and Virginia will lose 1884 under the Defense
Departments reorganization to sharpen the
fighting trim Of the organizations.
In the of the eservsts the trimming Of units
transfer others begins Immediately The National Guard
Evening star., 1962-12-05


proposals will be discussed
here this week end at meetings
Of the State adjutant generals
with Pentagon officials.
The Reserve is under Fed
eral control and the changes
in its forces start at once. Be-
fore any changes may be made
in National Guard forces, the
Governors must approve.
Mai. Gen. William H. Aben-
droth, commander of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Guard, said
he has no great quarrel with
the proposals made for his
unit. The District Guard,
which now has about 1900
Army members and about 1000
Air Guardsmen, would lose only
AZ men in Secretary of Defense
McNamara's reorganization.
d. C. Reserve Cut
The Districts 16 Army Re-
serve units, however, will lose
910 men, according to the
Pentagon. Only one D. c. re-
serve unit, the 464th Transpor-
tation Co. MEDIUM Boat, is
being retained. -Four D. C..
units are being inactivated and
the remainder are being relo-
Gated, probably to perform
their drells at Reserve centers
in nearby Maryland. All are
members of the I'd Corps with
headquarters at Fort George G..
Meade, Md.
Virginia loses 2,196 reservists
and the proposal is to eliminate
704 Virginia guardsmen. Mary
land loses 1,540 reservists and
it is proposed to eliminate 557
Maryland National Guardsmen.
Gen. Abendroth said he will
meet Friday morning with I'd
Army Corps officers to discuss
the National Guard proposals
and later all adjutant generals
in the country will meet at the
PentGgon, probably next Mon
day.
Area Units Eliminated
The overhaul in assignments
also eliminates 26 Reserve units
that have been meeting in CEN
ters at Alexandria, Arlington,
Andrews Air Force Base, the
District, Rockville and River
dale.
Also scheduled for elimina-
tion is the 10th Training Divi-
sion which encompasses men
from Maryland. Delaware and
Pennsylvania.
In Virginia the drop in Re-
serve manpower is from about
1900 to $500 and the number
of Virginia Reserve units will
fall from 1870 to lit. Although
the decision rests with Gov. AL
bertis Harrison, the guard
stands to lose 704 men from
its present strength Of about
5000.
Gov. Harrison said today he
has directed the State Adjutant
General to make a thorough
study and report to him on the
effect of the shake-up. He said,
"I will go over the report in
very great detail" with Mai.
Gen. Paul M, Booth to see what
action is needed.
Under the Pentagon plan, 36
Virginia reserve units would be
inactivated, IL new ones would
be activated, one would be re-
organized and rs would be
relocated.
Maryland to Fight Plan
Tu AKorvlond the order clit
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MARYLAND to Fight Plan

In Maryland. the order cut
Reserve strength from 8,144 to
6,604 and the plan virtual,
Evening star., 1962-11-16

OLDSMOBILE '62 F-5s Cutlass
coupe, hydramatic. r. and h.. solid
white, blue interior, cannot be
told from new. S2.695.
Evening star., 1962-11-16

PLYMOUTH '6I Savoy 4-dr. sedan,
6-cyl., auto. trans, iet-black fin
ish, ] owner, sharp, ready to CO.
Special weekend sale price.
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ROYAL MOTORS

PLYMOUTH '62 Fury VS. 2-dr.
hardtop, power steering, auto
trans. T. and h., Wv. tires.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PLYMOUTH 81 4-dr. Recond. mo-
tor, r. and h., stand. trans. $3.50,
ia. S-2S95 after pm.
PLYMOUTH '5s 2-door hardtop, s
cyl. auto. 7. and h; A real clean
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SLNG0lN--Latest 1860 Continental
4-or. sedan, driven $500 mi, fac
p.w., SWAY power seat. 4-way
dual range, auto. trans, pb.,
AUTO rear window, auto. DIR. locks.
illuminated ash trays, jet-black
finish. custom 2-tone upholstery.
tinted glass, back-up lights, twin
sgis.. garage-kept and chauffeur
driven, same as brand new
throughout.. Cost approx. $500.
will sacr. for S3,490. Write P.O.
BOY 4036, Wash. Is, D. C.
MERCURY 80 e-pass. sta. wag.
1uiiy equip, one owner. low mi.
VII guar. call FRED FRED
ERICK, 776-7373.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

So 2-dr.. r. and h.,
extra clean inside and out. Priced
TO sell. S645; L. P. STEUART Sill
YER SPRING, 1880 East-West
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exposed to situations which
could be mastered within the
repertory Of their capacities.
This has led to success, and
success to heightened self
esteem.
"one might picture life his
tories which start with fine
abilities and a favoring child
hood environment. providing
basic emotional security and
firm Identification. Thereafter
follow recycling progreSsions.
consisting Of appropriate aspi-
ration. success, increasing self
esteem. increased aspiration,
and so on"
DR.. Ruff said in his paper on
astronaut reactions that stress
was the hardest problem 10
master" On subsequent flights,
once a man was chosen, delays
had little effect on him.
I'm most cases Dust before
flight anxiety seemed more
related TO intense concern that
the flight would be successful
than 10 fear Of injury or death. -
Or. Ruff said I" -. II tension
began 10 build up. their re-
Spouse was TO stop, take stock
Of themselves. and decide what
TO do In order TO bring matters
under control"
Their attitude toward poten.
tial hazards was not TO worry
because I can't do anything
! about IT," he said.
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Hazardous Driving
UNCOMMON COMMON MEM
u. S. Astronauts Thrive on Stress

the seven men. DR.. Korchin
indicated. All grew up in small
towns or on farms, none knew
severe privation, all related to
a strong father-figure during
childhood. and none was ever
confronted with q series Of
sharp difficult decisions.
Prom childhood on. their
lives flowed in relatively smooth
progressionS." he said. There
were relatively few crises or
turning points. as each phase
led naturally into the next.
Rarely we're there overwhelm-
ing numbers Of alternate, COM
peting possibilities TO choose
among, but rather one pre-
dominant choice"
Typically. the astronauts
married girls they had grown
up with and never really de-
cided 10 marry her in prefer
ence TO someone else" he
pointed out.
Growing UP in this fashion
and then turning TO military
careers-"it's hard for them 10
visualize another way OF life"
the astronauts found II easy
10 make the sort Of career they
desired, he said.
1.-THE high order Of innate
intellectual and physical abil-
tiles Of these men should not
be overlooked" DR.. Korchin
said. They started with con-
siderable ability and have beer
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SCIENTISTS BELIEVE VENUS
SPINS SLOWLY IN REVERSE

STANFORD. Calf (AP) TO venusans-if there
are any-the sun may very well appear 10 rise in the
west and set In the east, surprised scientists have
announced.
This state Of affairs unnatural 10 an earthman
would be brought about II the earths cloud-obs
space neghbor rotates in cockwise direction as SCI
entists have tentatively concluded
Thus. Venus would rotate backward In relation TO
the earth and 10 all other planets In the solar system
with the exception OF Uranus and possibly farout Pluto
The conclusions. still subject TO revision came from
data beamed through space by the Mariner spacecraf
when buzzed the planet December H. and from radar
experiments by Richard H. Goldsten from October 10
December II at the Godstone tracking station In Cali
fornia's Moiave Desert.
Mr.. ooldsteins report was one Of several presented
at the Joint meeting OF the American Geophysca Union
and the American Physical Society.
He believes Venus rotaes slowly. about in $50
earth days.
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French AirIiner
Missing With "a

AJACCIo, Corsica, Dec. 20
(AP) A French air liner with
"a passengers and crewmen
aboard disappeared today and
authorities feared the four
engined craft crashed In snow
covered mountains.
The Stratoliner took off from
Bastia, on the northern tip Of
this Mediterranean island, for
a flight Of about so miles to
Ajaccio. The plane was TO have
continued on to Nice. on the
French Riviera.
Radio contact with the plane
was lost. and the weather was
bad.
Aboard the plane. which be-
longs TO the Air-Nautique Co.,
were 81 passengers and three
crewmen. The passengers in
cluded members Of the Bastia
basketball team and team fans
who were en- route TO Nice for a
game.
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DR.. Korchin gave new in
sight into the personalities Of
the seven astronauts and their
relationships TO the Mercury
team.
There is the common and
sincere belief that this is a
team effort, along with the
awareness Of the many indivi-
dual contributions to its sue
cess" he said. But II is as II
each were working for similar
detectives, rather than working
for the team as SUCH"
The astronauts are friendly,
outgoing people-"easy men 10
relate TO In a cocktail-party
sense"-but tend not to be
highly involved in relationship
with other people," DR.. Kor-
chin commented. Associations
appear TO be based on respect
rather than personal affection;
on whether a person is techni-
cially competent or incompe-
tent. he added.
DR.. Korchin termed the as
tronauts a capitalization Of
the Protestant ethic." Their
background, upbringing and
adult life all mark them as
what have been termed core
Americans" he said.
The lack OF friction and con-
flict In early life may have
contributed TO the serenity OF
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BY WILLIAM HINES
star Science Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 90
Astronauts are uncommon
common men" who have fears,
anxieties and problems as any
one else does-but better-than-
average techniques for handling
them.
This was the valuation OF
the Mercury Seven. given yes
terday by two pSychiatrists who
have been studying the space
men for nearly three years.
Reports on the astronauts and
their reactions TO stress we're
presented by Drs. Sheldon
Korchin OF Bethesda and
George z. Ruff OF Philadelphia
before the American Associa-
ton for Advancement Of
Science here.
Or. Korchin. OF the National
Institute Of Mental Health,
said the seven Mercury pilots
ARE strong egos" and free OF
consuming self doubt" He
emphasized. however. that the
astronauts are not fearless. but
approach and override their
fears realistically and effec-
lively.
Stress-such as the APP
proach OF an unprecedented
trip into space-only serves 10
raise their efficiency level, DR.
Ruff said.
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him so he could use both hands
working. That kept him from
jumping away though I'm not
sure anything could have
helped, it was 50 fast.
I'VE we're afraid Of working
at the wall before because OF
the embankment."
Most Of the survivors agreed
the slide occurred so quickly
they did not even see what
happened. Many Of the men
disappeared from sight under
the shattered wood and the
flow of gummy clay. Investi-
gators said there was not much
concrete in the form; the main
crushing force was the tons Of
clay mud and the smashed form
itself.
Thomas Shanebrook, FORE
man for the construction firm,
said the men were placing tie
rods through the form. A load
of concrete had just been
dumped into the form when
the embankment caved in with
out warning, he said.
MY back was turned" said
Mr.. Shanebrook. When I
heard the crash and turned
around, 1t was all over. I've
seen a lot of them before, but
I've never seen anything like
this"
Jerome Galloway, AZ, a car
penter Of Uniontown, Pa, was
one Of those who lived to tell
what happened in the hole. He
said he was working between
the form and the earth wall.
When the clay crashed down
against the form, he said he
was carried along with the
wooden barrier instead of being
buried under 1t as were many
Of his co-workers.
There was so much dirt. I
couldn't tell how many people
were under there" said Mr..
Galloway.
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Soviet RudiO Signals
Bounced OFF Venus

MOSCOW, Dec. 30 tAP).-
Soviet scientists announced to-
day they have bounced radio
signals off the planet Venus
for the first time.
The Soviet news agency No
vosti said the signals were sent
November 10 and November "a.
The words peace" "Lenin"
and "USSR' we're flashed to
the planet in Morse code and
returned TO earth about Az
minutes later.
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Dother Duncan, of Ardmore,
Mo-, and Landover, Md, said
he was completely buried under
the form. 1T sounded like an
A-bomb when 1t FELL" Mr.. Dun
can said. II mas completely
covered. / couldn't see a thing"
Willie Floyd. %. of Balti-
more, remembers hearing some
one yell, Here it comesl" The
next thing he knew. Mr.. Floyd
said, he was recovering con-
seriousness on a stretcher.
II looked up and saw the
big bank Of dirt coming down
on me. That's the last thing I
remember" he said.
Mr.. Floyd said he was work.
ing upon the wall running a
vibrator device to pour wet
cement.
Brother on Top Of Form
Willie's brother, John. "a, was
working atop one of the wood
forms. He said, II didn't know
what was happening until !
woke up in the hospital"
Archie James, 81, Of Balti-
more, said he was hanging from
a rope and hook about half
way up the wooden form when
See CAVE-IN, Page Ais
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An immediate investigation
was launched by county police
and building inspectors. One
preliminary theory was that
the relatively warm tempera-
lures yesterday melted ice
within the earth wall and sent
the mud crashing down on the
steel-reinforced plywood forms
Another speculation was
that vibration from heavy con-
struction and earth-moving
equipment may have Jared the
clay loose.
Witnesses said that when the
wall, 10 feet from the plywood,
crossed the gap, it splintered
the wood and twisted the steel
in the form. The accumulation
of mud and debris covered an
area Sc by II feet in the ex-
cavation 40 feet below ground
level.
Seventy-five men we're work.
ing in the excavation at the
time Of the tragedy. The job
foreman, Lester Dowell, Of
Baltimore, one of those killed,
was working with a crew Of 16
close to the plywood form
when the mud rolled through
the barrier and over the men.
Father and Son Victims
A father-and-son team from
Takoma Park, Md, was among
the victims Of the cave-in.
Edgar Allen Poole. 81, of 6608
Poplar avenue, a carpenter. was
killed and his son, John Boyd
Poole, 10. Of the same address.
suffered multiple injuries. John
was admitted at Prince Georges
County Hospital with cuts,
bruises and a possible fractured
pelvis.
From his bed in Prince
Georges General Hospital this
morning. John described how
he survived while his father, a
few feet away, was killed.
Il was on top the wall,
straddling 1t, and was Just
ready to come down. The cliff
gave way then" he said.
II rode the wall all the way
down, landing on my head and
side about 40 feet from where
the wall had been. That's why
I wasn't buried.
MY father" the younger
Poole continued. was working
on the wall about is feet away
from me.
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Tshombe Rule
Held Totterinc
Guerrilla War
Is Big Question
BY WILLIAM r. FRYE
, "AHAAHNA Nv T NA ]
Special to The Star

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Dec. 20 - The tiny empire
which Noise Tshombe and his
Belgian hackers sought to build
in Central Africa appeared to
be crumbling in chaos today as
United Nations troops forged a
ring around Elisabethville, the
Katanga capital, and drove re-
lentlessly toward the center of
the city.
The big unanswered question
was: will there be a long and
bitter guerrilla war-or will Ka-
tangese resistance totally COL
lapse?
United Nations officials
vowed privately not to pull
their punches. as they did a
year ago when they had Mr.
Tshombe on the run.
This time there will be M
stopping short of total victory,
a grim-faced official said.
I'VE did not seek this fight
1t was forced on us. But W
will finish i'll promise yol
that"
Aides Flee
Reports from the Congo in.
dicated the Katangese capita
was in panic. with top aides oil
Mr.. Tshombe-if not he him.
self-in full flight.
After taking Is hours of NOR
tar and machine-gun punish
ment without shooting back
the United Nations went into
action yesterday. 1t won control
of key strongpoints encircling
Elisabethville, including tn e
Katanga army headquarters.
Then 1t pushed toward the GEN.
ter Of the city.
United Nations strategy was
to capture the roughly 500
white mercenaries who are con-
sidered the backbone of Mr..
Tshombe's army. Without them,
he could not plan and execute
a guerrilla war.
Other mercenary roundups by
the United Nations are expected
momentarily in Jadotville, Kol-
wezi. and Kipushi in south Ka-
tanga.
The Elisabethville operation
began shortly after nooil, local
time, the United Nations said,
after repeated efforts to get q
cease-fire had failed.
United Nations Spokesman
said Mr.. Tshombe, taken to one
scene of firing Thursday night
admitted his men were the only
ones shooting and promised To
try to stop them.
When the shooting did not
See ELISABETHvILLE, AS
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Was Held by Belt

His arms hurt so he made
a belt-kind OF like a window
washers safety belt-to hold
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y. NJ Bombers Rout KutunQuns
7 Inches Plus
OF Snow Due;
Crews on Job
Driving PeriIous
On Glazed Roads,
Autoists Warned

Winter dealt the Washington
area a sneak punch today when
an early-morning glaze of freez-
ing rain was supplanted unex-
pectedly by a full Pledged snow
storm.
The Weather Bureau had
predicted Sleet and freezing