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Evening star., 1962-01-27
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

week the attack was in support
of an illegal transit strike
called against a law making
liability insurance obligatory
for owners of motor vehicles.
But "Betancourt resign
scrawls appearing on walls in
dicated the real purpose.
The leftists also timed their
attack to coincide with the in
ter-American conference on
Cuba at Punta del Este and
scattered leaflets which de-
scribed the conference as a ma
neuver by the United States
against Cuba.
U. S. Embassy Damaged
A time bomb blew out a Sec
ton of wall of the United States
Embassy on the first day of
the guerrilla attack. The bomb,
made of a putty-like substance,
has been the trademark of
right-wing opponents of Presi-
dent Charles de Gaulle in
France.
Mr.. Betancourt did not speak
once to the nation during the
wave of terrorism. This was
taken by many as a sign he
did not feel the situation bad
enough to call upon the people
for support.
Few doubt, however, that the
extremists will continue to fight
Mr. Betancourt during the re-
naming two years of his term.
ut is just a question of what
tactics they will use next and
when," one diplomat said.
Evening star., 1962-01-27
Clouds Postpone
Glenn Orbit Flight
AStronuut
In Capsule
Five Hours
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Jan.
27.-Weather today forced post
ponement of an attempt to
place Mercury Astronaut John
H. Glenn, jr., into orbit around
the earth.
Col. Glenn, 40-year-old Ma
rine test pilot who lives at 3683
North Harrison street, Arling-
ton, Va, had been sealed in his
Mercury space capsule for ex-
actly four hours when the shot
was called off at 9:12 am.
(EST). 1t was another hour
and 13 minutes before he was
out of the capsule.
Well" he remarked as he
emerged "there'll be another
day"
An almost solid deck of
clouds, with a ceiling of about
5000 feet, forced the managers
of Project Mercury to call off
Americas first manned orbital
space attempt at a point at
which the countdown was
within 20 minutes of blast off
Though there was no imme-
diate announcement about a
new launching date, it ap-
peared likely that the next
attempt would not be made
until Tuesday, Wednesday or
Thursday, although an earlier
effort was not ruled out. A
scientist who spent the morn
ing in the Mercury control CEN
ter cited these factors as indi-
eating a delay beyond to-
morrow:
First, he said, there was the
weather, with a front moving
in from the west.
Human Factor Cited
Second, there is the human
factor. Those guys in the
control center are beat. A
launching attempt is a man
killing job. 1t would be awfully
rough to try it again tomorrow"
Third was the equipment
factor. In the complex and
delicate rocket are many thou
sands of parts, each of which
has a mean time to failure"
(MTTF) which must not be
exceeded even if the part seems
to be operating completely.
Some of the guidance gyros, for
instance, may prove to have
been operating close to their
MTTF.
Some definite word may come
at a midafternoon briefing
called by Project Mercury
officials.
The poStponement announce
ment read as follows:
"An attempt to launch a
manned orbital Project Mercury
space craft here today was post
poned due to a heavy overcast
in the launch area. The pilot.
Astronaut John H. Glenn, will
be removed from the vehicle.
1t is not known at this time
when the flight will be re-
scheduled"
S Hours in Capsule
Col. Glenn lifted himself out
OF the capsule at 1925 after
five hours and 13 minutes in
side. He showed a big broad
grin as he stepped to the ele-
Vator and rode to the bottom
of the gantry. Then he re-
turned to his special ready
room" in Hanger S about four
miles from the launching pad.
Two minor problems delayed
the launch past the scheduled
time and while technicians
were correcting one of them the
clouds moved over the cape
and completely obscured what
had been clear skies earlier.
Today's postponement was
See MERCURY, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-01-27
Special Talks
On Test Ban
Held Useless
U. S. and Britain
BIoming Russian
Inspection Stond
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER

noooSAuICu EACoo obd1l "lIbCL
The United States and Brit
ain are expected to tell Russia
in blunt terms Monday that
further separate negotiations
on a nuclear test ban treaty
are useless because of the Soviet
attitude on the critical inspec-
ton issue.
State Department officials
said the record of Soviet ma
neuvers in recent weeks has
made it plain that Moscow is
opposed to a ban on nuclear
weapons testing under effective
international control. Russia is
only interested now, they said,
in trying to put the blame for
the failure of the long negotia-
tionS on the United States and
Britain.
The two Western powers are
due to take the position that
new efforts must be made
within the framework of gen.
eral disarmament negotiations
to find a common basis for
EaSt-West agreement on the
test control problem.
Discussions i'm March
The broad-scale negotiations
on disarmament are scheduled
to open at Geneva March IA
under United Nations auspices.
The conference will be made up
of 18 nations.
In Washington's view the
prospects for any real progress
toward ending the nuclear arms
race are extremely dim. But the
Western powers intend to put
fresh emphasis on the need for
a nuclear test ban as a start
ing point.
Yesterday Russia rejected a
United StateS-British offer
made earlier this month to
merge the test ban talks with
the forthcoming disarmament
negotiations. This was a sharp
turnabout in the Soviet posi-
ton. For months Kremlin
leaders, including mier
Khrushchev, had declared that
they should be merged.
Reasons Not Clear
1t was not entirely clear why
the Russians switched signals
after the United States and
Britain had reluctantly con-
cluded there was no other ave-
nue. of nuclear test negotia-
ton open. But State Depart
ment officials said the move
fitted in with the broad Soviet
purpose of trying to pin the
blame for failure on the United
States and Britain.
The next nuclear test meeting
at Geneva is scheduled for
Monday and officials said that
presumably that will be the
last session Of the series which
began more than three years
ago. They said the United
States and Britain would for
mally state their position at
that time.
The Soviet maneuver yester-
day followed one of November
% when the Russian delega-
ton made new proposals to
the Western powers on a test
ban treaty. In effect. these
proposals call for a declaration
that there would be no more
nuclear weapons test ex-
plosionS. The key provision was
that each country would police
it's own pledge.
The Western powers promptly
rejected this, saying it was a
variety of "self inspection"
which would give no assurance
at all that the Soviet Union
would in fact live up to its
commitment.
State Department officials
declared that the Western
powers will never agree to ma
jor disarmament steps, begin
ming with a ban on testing,
which were not safeguarded by
an international inspection
cUctnno
Evening star., 1962-01-27
Food Drop in Africa

LONDON, Jan. 81 (AP)
The government says Royal Air
Force planes have dropped 5
million pounds of food to COM
munities in drought-stricken
East Africa since last October.
Evening star., 1962-01-27
CHURCH GROUP
AIDS PRISONERS

FRIENDSHIP ond guidance have
been the passwords Of the Lutheron
Institutional Mission AuxiIiory since
the group wos founded here in
lo48. For the story on how much
the church organization serves hos
pitol potients and prisoners, see
Poee A-8.
Evening star., 1962-01-27
Pact on Cuba
Reported Set
By Minister
Some Softening
In U. S. Position
In Uruguay Seen

PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay
Jan. 81 (AP) P).-Foreign Min.
listers of the Western Hemi-
sphere were reported to have
agreed in tough bargaining Ses-
Sions today on the main out
lines of declaration on Eide
CaStro's Cuba.
Apparently the bargaining
brought the nations headed by
the United States who were
seeking a hard policy against
Cuba closer to the demands OF
the seven-nation go-slow bloc
Earlier reports said United
States Secretary of State Rusk
appeared to be giving ground
slightly over how and when to
oust Cuba from agencies of the
Organization of American
States.
Conference sources said this
question still was a stumbling
block.
Representatives of both the
hard-line and go-slow groups
at the inter-American confer
ence planned to meet again
this afternoon to start drafting
the declaration. They hoped
to have it ready for signing on
Monday.
Progress Reported
Delegates leaving the con-
ference room said the two sides
made progress in a Commute
huddle at United States head
quarters.
Brazilian Foreign Minister
Francisco San Thiago Dantas
called the progress great"
One Latin American source
said the seven-nation Soft-line
bloc was working on a draft,
asking that the question of re-
moving Cuba from agencies of
the OAS be eliminated from
the final action.
Foreign Minister HON e o
Martinez of Uruguay, who has
shifted back and forth between
the two sides, told reporters
"thingS are going all right and
we are advancing step by STEP"
Signs pointed to a delay of
at least 60 days in removing
the Havana regime from the
family councils of the Ameri-
can states.
A member of the Cuban dele
cation said that if it is a 60
day delay 1--WE will be getting
more than we expected"
Rusk Weary
Obviously weary, Secretary of
State Rusk met until after mid
night with representatives OF
the seven-nation go-slow bloc
and the 13 hard-line foreign
ministers at the hemisphere
conference.
He went back at 1t again to-
day, first. with the representa-
tives of Argentina, Brazil, Chile
and Colombia and then with
Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala,
Uruguay and Peru.
Mexico was reported standing
firm against the United States
demand for swift custer of
Cuba from OAS bodies and
was said to be even more ad-
amant than Brazil, which has
been leading the soft-line bloc
until now.
But according to sources in
the United States delegation,
chances are the United States
will emerge with enough votes
to get much it has been seek
ing. This would include a ban
on arms trade with Cuba-but
with none of the other eco
nomic sanctions the United
States has been seeking-and
a formula for removing Mr.
Castro's Cuba from the OAS
probably by a delayed action
Mexico Firm
In moving into the lead Of
the go slow bloc, Mexico
argued there is nothing in thu
OAS charter permitting eithel
See CONFERENCE, Page A:
Evening star., 1962-01-27
Rocket Missing Moon,
Nav Become Planet
Rangers Overshootine Target
By About 10000 to 10000 Miles
By a Star Staff Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Jan. 27.-A picture taking
aimed straight at the apparently has
astray AS result the solar system may have man
made planet by the name of "Ranger-3"
Rangers 727pound engineering and scientific marvel
launched Pad IL here at $3.50 pm ST yesterday
Evening star., 1962-01-27
Betoncourt Wins Again
Over Venezuelan Foes
President Appears to Get Better
Of Leftists in New Terror Wave
By RICHARD MASSOCK

CARACAS Venezuela, JAM 27-PreSdent Romulo Betan-
court appears to have out again extreme left
enemies who seek to undermine his government with
Cuban-type revolution.
The latest attack-terroristic nipng and bombing this
week by socaed balcony guerrilla" the third try
Evening star., 1962-01-27
TILE WEATuED. Full Report
fHI VLAf fIEN. on Poee Az

District and vicinity-Fair and colder to-
night; low around %. Partly cloudy and
colder tomorrow. High and low of past
"a hours: High. SO, at 11:1O pm. yes
terday; low, As, at pm. yesterday.
Evening star., 1962-01-27

In moving into the lead of
the go slow bloc, Mexico
argued there is nothing in the
OAS charter permitting either
See CONFERENCE, Page A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-20
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

A word long in the language
has suddenly acquired a vari-
ETY. Of new meanings, appears
in print with ever-increasing
frequency-and no one seems to
be quite sure how to spell it.
The word is program" not in
that simple form, to be sure,
but in its present and past par
ticipal forms. Is it program
ing" or "programming," pro-
grained" or programmed?
This may strike you as a
matter less than earthshaking
in Importance but to some
among us, copy editors and
proofreaders especially, it's no
laughing matter. There seems
to be a sharp division between
the educators (who favor the
single my and scientists (who
prefer "mm~ People who pro
gram" course material for
teaching machines spell it that
way but the editors Of such
erudite publications as Sci
ence" and Scientific Ameri-
can" speaking Of program
ming"
Part Of the difficulty may
result from the fact that
they're not talking about the
same thing. In the newly fash
ionable programmed instruc-
ton" the textbook or teaching
machine feeds tiny tidbits of
information to the pupil, re-
warding him from time to time
with assurance that he Is on
the right track or sending him
back to repeat the exercise If
he has failed to understand it
the first time.
Scientists "programming" a
problem for Univac and SIM
liar thinking machines do so
by preparing letter and num-
Der symbol combinations that
will indicate the functions the
computer is to perform and
their sequence. Punched cards
or tapes are then prepared and
the program Is fed into the
machine.
Who will win the war Of
words - or, rather, spellings?
Time alone will tell - unless
those whiz kids over at IBM
want to feed this particular
problem into one of their ma
chimes.
Incidentally, just to prove
that someone connected with
the mechanical monsters re-
tains his sense Of humor, IBM
has applied the name SHARE
to its library Of programs fire.
quently used by major United
States businesses. The name
not only indicates that the
high costs Of preparing these
programs is thus shared"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-20
SHERWOOD
ON BRIDGE
b. Allied sHETNWOLD

My opponents are toe
lucky" Doleful Don complained
the other day as we sat In the
lounge Of our faVorite bridge
club. II give them every chance
to go wrong, but they stumble
into the right play by &C.
cident."
South dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
NORTH
AQ52
2Q7653
oJ109
WEST EAST
AJ1O94 AK863
2K2 "a
1A652 o8743
&843 &9762
SOUTH
AA7
7J10ss4
oKQ
&KJ105
South West North East
~ Pass 50 Pass
~ All Pass
Opening lead: Jack Of spades
Perhaps West was lucky in
leading q spade against Don's
contract Of four hearts. With
any other lead, declarer could
have developed the diamonds
to discard a spade from his
hand on dummy's third dia-
mond.
II put up dummy's queen of
spades" Don told me, 'but the
king came up, and I had to
take the ace. Now I looked at
both opponents very sneakily
and led the jack of hearts. You
see the plot?"
I nodded without bothering
to tell Don that ethical play
ers don't try to make a con-
tract by looking sneaky.
West had the king Of hearts
halfway out of his hand" Don
continued. But at the last mo-
ment he gave me a peculiar
look and played the low heart.
What miserable luck"
My doleful friend will never
know why West gave him that
peculiar look. West was tempt
ed to put up the king Of hearts
but took another look at who
was playing the hand and de-
cided that Don didn't have the
nerve to lead the jack Of hearts
from a suit headed by ace-jack.
West decided that his part
ner had the ace Of hearts and
he was right. What was so
lucky about making q sensible
decision2
Actually. East and West were
lucky, but not the way Doleful
Don meant it. They were lucky
the hand was played by him
instead Of by some sensible
declarer.
After winning the first spade,
South should run four rounds
of clubs, discarding two spades
from the dummy. If an oppo-
nent ruffs the fourth club with
a low trump, the ace and king
of trumps will fall together,
This is the right way for de-
clarer to try to cash the ace
and king of trumps on a single
trick.
Dealer bids one heart, you
partner doubles, and the mex
player passes. You hold:
&Q52 Q7653 oJ109 AAc
What do you say?
Answer: Bid one no-trump
Your hand is good enough fol
this encouraging bid. but your
hearts are not solid enough
for a penalty pass Of one heart
doubled. You can afford q pen
atty pass only when you ex-
pect to draw trumps yourself
Copyright 1862. Gen. Features Corp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-05
SHEINWOLD
ON BRIDGE
Guard Against
Reel Dangers
BY ALFRED SHERWOOD

| n CduJlOuS 1TlcIlQ OF mime
plays every hand with his elbow
up in front of his face. II the
hand blows up, he explains, he
won't get cut by flying glass.
The trouble with this way of
playing Is that he can't see
enough to stay out Of bitches.
Moth dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
A7543
0Q1094
oKJ63
IS
WEST EAST -,
AKJ6 AA9s
3J52 23
o10987 oQ542
%A104 &J9863
SOU1h
AQ102
0AKs76
GA
&KQ72
North East South West
Pass Pass 10 Pass
I22 Pass 40 All Pass
Opening lead: . 10
My cautious friend won the
first trick with the ace of dia-
monds and cashed the ace of
trumps to guard against a 40
trump break. If either opponent
showed out Of trumpS. South
would be In position to finesSe
through the other player.
AS it happened, both oppo-
nents followed suit. South next
led a trump to dummy's queen
to discard spade on the king
Of diamonds. Then he led the
singleton club. losing the king
to Vests ace.
Returns Trump
West promptly returned a
trump, leaving only one trump
in the dummy. South could ruff
only one club In dummy and
therefore had to lose q second
club trick in addition to two
spades. Down one, right in the
ditch.
South's cautious trump play
would have been correct II he
had held K-Q-J-2 instead of
K-Q-7-2 Of clubs. With the
actual hand South had to al
low for two ruffs In the dummy
and therefore couldn't afford
to worry about a 40 trump
break. 1t was more important to
provide against q 81 break,
which was far more likely.
At the second trick South
should simple lead a low trump
to dummy's queen. He can then
discard a spade on the king of
diamonds and lead the single
ton club. West can take the
ace of clubs and lead a trump,
but that will still leave two
trumps in the dummy to take
care of South'S club losers.
Daily Question
Partner bids one heart, you
raise to two hearts and part
ner now bids two no-trump.
The opponents pass at each
turn and 1t is up to you with:
A7543 0Q10s4 oKJ63 IS
What do you say?
Answer: Bid four hearts.
Partners bid asks you to
choose between game and part
score. Since you have top values
for your raise to two hearts,
you choose game. II your dia-
monds were headed by the Jack
instead Of XII, you would bid
only three hearts.
tCopyriEht, 1862, Gen. Features Corp.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-05
Big Flower Shop

AALSMEER, The Neither
lands. - Aalsmeer boasts Eu-
ropes largest flower shop and
largest greenhouse garden.
Mountains Of blooms are sold
every morning and flown to
Stockholm, Paris. Zurich and
Rome.
Evening star., 1962-06-28

used up, and it will mean that
we will fall back and behind
at a time when the common
market in Europe is moving
ahead. This is no time to pen
alize our industry and agri-
culture by denying them mar
kets. If we can not make new
trade bargains with the COM
mon market in the coming year,
our exports surplus will de-
cline, more plants will move to
Europe. and the flow of gold
away from these shores will
become more intensified.
1t is for these reasons that
this bill has enjoyed bipartisan
Endorsement from the very be-
ginning. and I am confident
that the members Of both par
ties will support this bill in the
national interest tomorrow.
Evening star., 1962-06-28

case a very easy remedy, and
that is to pray ourselves. and
I would think that it would be
IA welcome reminder to every
American family that we can
pray a good deal more at home,
and attend our churches with
"a good deal more fidelity, and
we can make the true meaning
of prayer much more important
in the lives of all of our chill
dren. That power is very much
open to US.
I would hope that as a re-
suit of this decision that all
American parents will intensi-
fly their efforts at home and
the rest of us will support the
Constitution and the response
bility of the Supreme Court in
interpreting it. which is theirs,
and given to them by the Su-
preme Court-by the Constitu-
tim
Evening star., 1962-06-28

ago you said that you had no
plans to propose tax reduction
at that time, at the moment,
but that In new conditions you
might think about it again. In
the past month, the economic
situation has not gotten mark
edly better, and the stock mar
ket has gotten worse. What
do you think Of tax reduction
now?
A. I think If we decide it Is
needed We will propose it,
though I do point out that we
do have one bill which would
give us standby powers on tax
reduction which I think would
be very useful. 1t doesn't seem
that we are going to get action
on that, but that is a tax re-
duction bill which would give
us powers to move If the econ
omy turns down. It has taken
us nearly 18 months and we
haven't finally gotten q judg-
ment on our tax credit bill,
which indicates the length Of
time it can take moving through
the ordinary procedures of the
congress. That is why the stand
by powers are important.
Evening star., 1962-06-28
For Neutral Laos

q. Mr.. President, what are
your views of the present situa-
ton In Laos?
A. Well, I am convinced that
the agreement which was
which came into effect in June
among the three princes, that
it shall be successfully imple-
mented, and that the Geneva
accords agreed to last summer
shall be amplified at the COM
ing Geneva conference. Laos
continues to be q matter Of
great concern to US. We have
never suggested that there was
a final, easy solution to Laos.
On the other hand, there Is
a government, there is q cease
fire, they are meeting in &C.
neva. We will continue to CO.
operate as fully as we can. 1t
is a situation which is uncer-
tain and full Of hazard, which
life is in much Of the world,
and we will continue to support
the concept of an independent
and neutral Laos to which Mr..
Khrushchev has also given his
personal commitment.
Evening star., 1962-06-28
6. H. Zimmerman
Gets Space Post

Charles H. Zimmerman, IS,
has been named to succeed
John Stack as the Space
Agency's director Of aero
nautical research.
The 33-year veteran of gov
ernment and industrial aviation
work will come to Washing ton
from Langley Research Center,
Hampton, Va, where he has
served since 1948, the Space
Agency said. Mr.. Zimmerman
has been associate chief Of
Langley's aerospace mechanics
division.
A native of Kansas with q
mechanical engineering degree
from the University Of Virginia,
Mr.. Zimmerman Joined the old
National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics in 1929. He
was in private industry for II
years between 1887 and 1913
before rejoining NACA, which
became the National Aeronau.
tics and Space Administration
in 1858.
Evening star., 1962-06-28
Pledge by Formoso

q. Mr.. President, in Decem-
Der Of 1854, following the
signing Of the mutual security
treaty with Nationalist China,
there was an exchange of let
ters between the United States
and Nationalist China under
which Nationalist China
pledged itself not to take force
full action against the main
land without the consent Of
the United States. Do you
think 1t is within the spirit Of
that exchange Of letters that
Chang Kai-shek should be
making statements proclaiming
his intention Of regaining q
foothold on the mainland?
A. I think that letter still
governs. We would regard
the agreement which was part
of the '54 action, that no
such action as you mention
would take place without the
agreement of the United States,
and I have indicated that our
interest in this area Is defen-
sive, and we would like to have
a remuneration Of the use of
force.
@. Mr.. President, four weeks