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Evening star., 1963-09-19

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy tonight. low in the lower
sos. Mostly cloudy tomorrow
with scattered showers, high
near 80 but turning cooler in
the afternoon.
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
mild tonight, low So to "a.
Cloudy tomorrow with scat
tered showers and turning
cooler.
Virginia-Partly cloudy to
the north tonight and fair in
southern portions, low in the
sos and low COS except 40s in
the southern mountains. To-
morrow. cloudy with scattered
showers and turning cooler.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Southwest winds
tonight, 10 to Is knots. North
erly winds Of about the same
force tomorrow. Partly cloudy
tonight, becoming cloudy with
scattered showers tomorrow
Visibility 8 miles.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Staff Writer

A Russian seaman who de-
fected to the United States
told a House committee today
he was influenced by Voice OF
America broadcasts and books
about this country.
A resident Of Washington for
the last three months and an
English language student at
Georgetown University, Vladis-
law 8. Tarasov related how he
jumped from q Soviet tanker
in o Calcutta harbor last No
vember and swan to a nearby
American ship to ask political
asylum.
Testifying before the House
Committee on n-American Ac-
tivities, in calm contrast to up
roarious sessions last week on
the Cuban visit Of q United
States youth group, the 25-
year-old witness gave this basic
reason for leaving Russia:
I'm 1851 and 1862, I began
to feel that in the USSR I was
only q grain Of sand In a desert
which ct any moment could be
blown anywhere by the wind Of
the dictatorial powers. All my
life I had been dependent on
the whims Of other people.
I'VE had to defend and pro-
mote the bureaucratic direc-
tives and explain the party line
to the masses. That meant we
must lie out Of fear Of losing
our means Of livelihood and
even physical freedom"
He said that during those
years he had q chance to listen
to some Voice Of America
broadcasts and read Russian
translations Of several books
including works by Theodore
Dresser, Mark Twain and Jack
London.
II came to understand that
America is the leading country
Of the free world" he said. II
became convinced that people
there really are equal under the
law and that each person Is
able to build his own life with
out directives from above"
Committee members comph-
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Clyde E. Brown;
Hoener EmpIoye

Clyde E. Brown, 81, a Gus
todian with Randall H. Hagner
g. Co., Inc, since 1881, died
Monday IN his office after a
heart attack. as.
A native of Richmond, Mr..
Brown formerly worked at
Union Station. He held a phar-
macy degree from Howard
University.
He leaves his wife, Ryeda.
and a daughter, Geraldine. of
4416 Fifteenth street NV; a
son, Everett, of 1929 North
Capitol street: a brother,
Charles, of Richmond; a sister,
Mrs. Edith Westbrooks Of
Cleveland, and one grandchild.
Services will be at 1880 pm.
tomorrow in Jarvis Chapel, 1432
U street NV. Burial viii be
in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
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currence Of blood-clotting diff
ficulties in women over 35 who
are using Enovid and those
who are not using the drug.
FDA now is backtracking on
its labelling demands on the
drug manufacturer, @. D.
Searle g. Co.
The FDA is now calling its
August committee report q
preliminary" study. The cor.
rected report will be known as
the final report.
Warnings against the use Of
Enovid by women with blood
clotting problems or cancer
still stand. an FDA spokesman
said.
Evening star., 1963-09-19

make a statement at Mr.. Nor
tons conference today.
Hearings on Assateague bills
are in prospect in the House
late this session. Action is not
contemplated until next ses-
sion.
Interior spokesmen have in
dicated they would accept bills
sponsored by Senator's Brew
ster, a Democrat, and Beall, q
Republican, and Democratic
Representatives Long and
Sickles, all Of Maryland. This
legislation Is more detailed
than Interiors draft. but would
implement the Interior plan for
a National seashore park. COM
bined with a Maryland State
park and recreation area on
Assateague.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
FALSE ALARM KDNAP HUNT
LEADS TO z FRIENDS IN CAFE

Two young spent three hours drinking beer at
suburban Maryland restaurant last night unaware that
Falls Church police looking for them on kidnap-
ping report.
man driving on Maple avenue In Falls Church
turned in the report at 1898 pm after he saw car
the roadway and stop beside youth riding
bicycle The rider left his bicycle beside the road and
drove off with the in the car the citizen told police
When officers questioned the youths in Falls Church
about am turned out the bicycle rider and moorist
were friends who Just went out for a drink
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Mrs. Ira H. Kennon,
Ex-District Resident

Mrs. Ira H. Kennon, 81, a
former Washington resident,
died Monday at her Coventry
Comm home.
Mrs. Kennon, a native Of
Richmond, Va, waS active in
st. Stephens Catholic Church
here.
She leaves her husband, of
Coventry; a son, DR.. Robert
s.. Of Coventry; a sister, Mrs.
Poliner Bendicta, of California;
and two grandchildren.
Services and burial were held
yesterday at Coventry.
Evening star., 1963-09-19

times by the Red Gross for
blood donating activities. He
lived at 3008 Eighth street
south, Arlington. a.
He leaves a brother, 10y
Smith of Lansing, Mich: a sis
ter, Mrs. Ralph Curtis Of Null
liken. Mich, and three stepSons.
Services will be at 1890 am.
tomorrow at st. Thomas More
Church, 10I North Thomas
street, Arlington. with burial
at Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Annual Service

Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub
president of the Washington
Board Of Rabbis and spiritual
leader Of Temple Israel Congo
cation, will direct the annual
Community Memorial Services
at 3 pm. Sunday in the Open
Air Chapel of the King David
M emorial Garden, Falls
Church, Va.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls. Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight - "a Noon ----- 6s
I am. ----- 85 pm. ----- 20
Record Temperatures for the Year
HiGhsst 90. on May o. June 10
Lowest. 3, on January "a.
Pollen Count
The District Medical Society re-
hours ending at am. today Of 80
srains per 3.6 centimeters Of square
Tide Tables
Furnished BY the United states Coast
and Geodetic Survey
To-day Tomorrow
Hish -------- 9:iSa.m. 1927 am.
Low Low -------- 3:l2 am. 800 am.
Tng TTl1sh -------- s:aa99 pm AH:5d PIN
For hiEh and low tides at the follow.
ms points subtract times indicated from
Bloody Point Light, 4ia hours; Colonial
Beach, o hours; Deale, 4la hours;
solomonS Island, GA hours: Point
Lookout, IA hours.
The Sun and the Moon
SUM- ssR: ts$sy.ov sSssy ssSSss ssSss am 3$S 35S BR
Precipitation
Month 1893 1852 Norm. Rec. Yr.
EsS5gEsr' Es9sE isa "a $.ssss $d5ii s.sii 81 "a
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Psychiutric Meeting

The Washington Psychiatric
Society will hold its first meet
ing Of the season at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in the Medical Soci-
ETY. auditorium at 1718 M street
NV.
Evening star., 1963-09-19
3-Woy Assoteugue Plan
Proposed in Morton Bill

Representative Morton Republican Of Maryland today will
propose legislation to expand both private and public
development of Assateague Island for recreation.
His bill will differ from already introduced by four
members Of the Maryland delegation and from proposal
yet be sponsored in Congress- Interior Secretary Uda
Details Of the Morton plan to be disclosed at
Evening star., 1963-09-19
Political Study Club

The Political Study Club of
Washington will hold q card
party from / to 5 p. m. Satur-
day in the Montgomery Room
of Woodward g. Lothrop at
Wheaton Plaza. s..
Evening star., 1963-09-19

expected tonight the North
Atlantic States
Gulf Coast the Lakes and Ohio Valley westward through the Central
Plains and Plateau 1t will be cooler the Upper Lakes and Central
Plains in the North Atlantic Area
and Central and Southern Pacific
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1889 Poe Letter
Brings $500

LONDON. Nov. IL (AP).-A
lengthy letter by Edgar Allen
Poe to Washington Irving in
1889 sold at a Sotheby auction
today for $4,000 ($5,6OO.
A letter written by Abraham
Lincoln in 1860 concerning his
potential nomination for the
presidency and his proposed
policy during the campaign sold
for $50 (S3,500.
The two letters were put up
for sale by the American Acad-
envy of Art and Letters Of New
York and were bought by the
Carnegie Bookshop of New
York. The Lincoln letter was
addressed to a Samuel Gallo
way.
The academy also sent for
sale a letter by Ludwig van
Beethoven to J. Brauchle in
Vienna, in 1915. 1t was bought
by London bookseller for fl,-
$50 (S3. 5000.
The composers letter said:
Il am not well but as soon as
I do feel better I will visit you.
PeeviSh about many things.
More sensitive than all other
mortals and tormented by my
poor hearing. often feel only
pain in the society of others"
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Man and 2Cuts
Drift to Samoa

SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. II
(AP).-William Willis, 70-year-
old New Yorker who set out on
a raft with two cats last July
to sail to Australia, has reached
Western Samoa, reports reach
ing here said today.
By landing at Samoa, Mr..
Willis was more than two
thirds the way toward his goal
Of drifting with the ocean cur
rents on the 12,O0O-mile voyage
to Australia.
Mr.. Willis apparently ran
into some difficulties after he
set out from Callao, Peru. July
4 on his raft, Age Unlimited.
The brief message said that
he would make some repairs
before continuing his drift to-
ward Sydney. He landed on
New Zealand'S western Samoa
island of Upolu.
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Home Pegs Election Bid
To Britain as A-PoWer

not carry off such a program
without straining the economy
Sir Alec denied this.
Sir Alec received an ovation
from his Conservative Party
followers when he entered the
House of Commons after a
speech from the throne opened
the new parliamentary session.
The days events marked the
final Transformation of a
nobleman into the leader of
the nations government in the
House of Commons.
While Conservatives cheered,
Labor Party members good
naturedly jeered and teased the
Prime Minister with shouts of
I'VE want Rab, we want Rab. "
This was a reference to Rich
ard A. (Rab) Butler, the pres
ent Foreign Secretary who lost
the leadership in a power
struggle with Sir Alex. Mr..
Butler grinned at the Laborites,
The speech from the throne
was prepared by Sir Alec's
cabinet in the name of Queen
Elizabeth II and read for her
by the Lord Chancellor. Lord
Dilhorne, to a joint session of
members of the House of Lords
and House of Commons. The
Queens pregnancy prevented
See BRITAIN, Page AS
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GIRLS LEG REMOVED
Mother Embittered Over Operation

CLEVELAND. Nov. IL (AP).
Blond Mrs. Lily Simko was
confused, broken-hearted, but
most of all she was bitter-at
everyone. Three floors up in
an operating room, surgeons
were amputating the right leg
of Christine, her 14-year-old
daughter.
Seated in a corridor of Met
ropolitan General Hospital,
Mrs. Simko remained unrecon-
ciled to the facts. What kind
of life can my daughter have
now?" she said as sobS broke
her voice.
Christine had life-or- death
question hanging over her. She
had a malignant tumor in her
right hip. Doctors agreed that
only removal of the entire leg
even including the hip-could
save the girls lie. OthefWlSe,
life expectancy was reduced to
6 to 18 months.
Now Christine has a reason
able chance to be cured over
a five-year period. Every week
and month brings added hope,
doctors say.
A team of four surgeons
completed the operation in five
hours yesterday. All went
smoothly. Christine will be out
of bed in a few days. She will
walk. first with crutches and
then under physical therapy
treatment with an artificial
limb. Since her hip is gone. the
limb will have to be attached
from strap around the waist.
Mrs. Simko never consented
to the operation. Doctors said
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Saigon Forces Declared
On Upgrade After Coup

Obviously the Communists
did not have advance word of
a coup. They did not step up
operations as the government
forces slowed down. In fact it
took them about three days to
react to the coup and enliven
the war, according to the
spokesman.
Assistant Secretary of De-
Tense Arthur Sylvester sought
today to kill rumors that Gen.
Harkins will be fired. Reports
from Wet Nam say that the
general had been too close to
the old government and that
there was pressure in Wash
ington and Saigon to drop him.
THE idea of any pressure
having any effect is absolutely
baloney," Mr.. Sylvester said.
The Defense Department
spokesman said that Wet
Namese military operations
dropped off about 80 per cent
just before the coup on No
vember l. Operations now are
back to about the level of July
and August, the official said
and there is great promise OF
"a quick, complete recovery.
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aid-to- dependent relief, does
not work. When doctors
couldn't gey permission from
Mrs. Simko. they asked Juve-
nile Court last week to allow
the operation. Judge Walter G..
Whitlach gave permission.
Because everyone kept bug
ging me about the operation, p"
the frightened Christine ran
away from the hospital in her
bedroom gown last Tuesday
night. She was found across
town in her East Cleveland
home the next morning.
Christine returned to the
hospital, saying she was ready
to face her fate. But Mrs.
Simko still blamed the court,
the doctors, social workers and
everyone connected with her
daughters case.
"Oh, why did everyone keep
the facts from her and from
me?" Mrs. Simko asked. They
said she always ran away and
got into trouble. The doctors
operated on her leg so she
won't be able to run anymore.
They'll always know where to
find her-she'll always be in a
chair. Oh. she'll just fret and
fret"
Mrs. Simko. whose home was
in Leicester. England, married
an American CT. She came to
America and had two children,
a son who now is Is and Chris
tine. She and her husband are
divorced. He disappeared six
years ago.
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Two armed bandits held up
the District Heights branch Of
the Citizens Bank of Maryland
at $50 am. today and fled
with $4,776.
Prince Georges County po-
lice and agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation quickly
closed in on the scene and set
up roadblocks, but found no
trace of the bandits.
The holdup occurred at the
bank branch on the ground
floor of the Citizens Bank
Building, $3.50 Silver Hill road
at the intersection with Old
Marlboro pike.
A police radio LOOKOUT was
broadcast Immediately after
ward for two white men, both
armed with revolverS and about
5 feet IL inches or 6 feet tall,
and wearing black suits.
Escape Car Uncertain
The lookout said the men
may have been driving in an
old gray panel truck, but sub
sequent lookoutS also said they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12
By RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Staff Writer

Pentagon officials detect "a
moderate favorable trend in
morale and determination" of
South Wet Namese armed
forces since the coup, reporters
were told today.
1t is too early, however, a
Pentagon spokesman cautioned,
to determine what long-range
effect the change in Govern
ment may have on the war.
Secretary of Defense Nc
Namara and Secretary of State
Rusk will fly to Hawaii next
week to confer with Ambas-
Sador Henry Cabot Lodge and
Gen. Paul D. Harkins, COM
mander of the $500 American
troops in South Wet Nam. The
purpose of the trip obviously is
to catch up on the news of the
coup and its aftermath.
For two or three days before
the coup there was a sag in
military operations. Wet Nam
csc military commanders ap-
parently were looking two
ways" and could not keep their
minds on war plans, the official
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12

life can be realized. The In
dams, about half Peru's 10 mil
lilo n population. are illiterate
and poverty-stricken.
Mr.. Belaunde first put his
proposal before United States
aid agency officials here. They
pointed out that the United
States already had approved a
limited roadbuilding plan. in
Guiding a supply of bulldozers
and similar heavy machinery,
which would serve as a pilot
project for an expanded pro-
gram.
1t takes an average of about
two years to get approval for a
new proposal, and Mr.. Be-
launde was asked to wait and
see how the pilot project
worked out.
Tools Called Poor Risk
Mr.. Belaunde, a man in a
hurry, turned to the Export
Import Bank. He felt that the
roadbuilding machines would
not serve his broader purposes
of improving farm production
and water supply through self
help m e t h o d S. Also it would
See PERU, Page At
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2 Bank Bandits Seize salts
In District Heights HoIdup

10 watched the proceedings
through a window from the
parking lot.
They we're sitting on the
curb outside, making a model
plane to kill time while wait
ing for a doctors appointment,
when they saw the holdup.
They told police they ran
to a nearby drugstore and told
a clerk there the holdup was
going on, but the woman at
the center just told them:
You're kidding"
The boys said they then
ran back to the bank and saw
the men run past them on the
parking lot. Police declined to
release the boys names.
Police said several other per-
sons also saw the bandits
without masks. Several per-
sons also saw them as they
drove off the parking lot after
almost sideswiping another
car, police said.
Besides Mr.. Nash and Mrs.
Clements, the other employee
in the bank at the time was
teller, Frank Regacho,
%, of 5000 Oakcrest drive, Oxon
Hill. Mr.. Nash lives at 1924
Parkway court, Hyattsville, and
Mrs. Clements at 4914 Forest
vile road, Westphalia.
Last July 8, the Citizens Bank
of Maryland branch at Oxon
Hill had $142,636 taken in what
the FBI reported as the largest
bank holdup in Maryland his
tory. Much of the loot was
recovered later and 10 persons
arrested in connection with it.
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Four Children Killed
In Fire in Indiunu

KOKOMO, Ind. Nov. IL
(AP). - Four small children
were killed today in a fire
which swept a two-Story frame
home here.
The victims were Randall
and Ronald Lee. Swear old
twin brothers; Raymond Lee,
4, and 8-month-old Regina Lee.
Their mother, Mrs. RoXene Lee,
81. a divorce. was critically
burned.
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two years has amounted to
about $3.50 million with more
to come. But it is important
because the new government of
President Fernando Belaunde
Terry seems determined to
move fast on reform and de-
velopment programs.
The question is whether the
United States can move fast
also.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Bel
aunde asked the United States
for a pick and shovel loan of
$40 million. He said he wanted
to buy simple hand tools for
the millions of Indian peasants
in the mountainous interior of
the country. He laid out a plan
to set up l44 tool lending GEN.
ters-one in each county seat.
Tools Needed Most
Everyone agrees these simple
tools are the things the Indians
need most-to die bitches for
water supply, to build roads, to
cultivate the land. Most have
only primitive wooden digging
sticks and short handled
wooden hoes.
United States officials here
hope Mr.. Belaunde's goal of
raising the living standards OF
the In dams and migrating
them into modern e economic
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Yale Professor Held
By Russians as Soy
On Tourist
Visit Since
Last Month

MOSCOW. Nov. II CAP).-A
Yale professor who wrote books
critical of the Soviet Union has
been arrested on a charge of
spying. the Foreign Ministry
notified the United States En-
bassy today.
The arrest of Prof. Fred c.
Barghoorn was the first such
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Estes InVOkes
Fifth at Probe
Refuses Senators
Request for Dutu
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

Billie Sol Estes, the west
Texas financier, pleaded the
Fifth Amendment today when
asked about his business deal
ings and political connections
in Washington by Senate inves-
tigators.
Among the questions he re-
fused to answer were what gifts
or purchases he had made to
present or former Government
officials or employees in the
four-year period throug h
March, 1862.
He also declined to say what
discussions he had with Gov
eminent officials concerning
cotton allotments or whether
he exerted any influence upon
Government officials in con-
nection with his cotton deals.
Public Session Held
The 39-year-old Texan,
whose agricultural empire COL
lapSed amid charges of politi-
cal influence in high Wash
ington places, was questioned
by the Senate Investigations
Subcommittee in both execu-
tive and public sessions.
His appearance brought to
an end the subcommittee in
vestigation of Estes financial
and cotton operations which
provided major headlines last
year. The investigation has
been in recess for more than a
year while Estes faced fraud
See ESTES, Page AS
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u. S. Offers BuIIdozers
But Refuses Hand Tools
Red Tape and Banker Mentality
Blamed for FouIuD on Aid in Peru
BY JOHN NJ. HIGHTOWFR
Associasad prass gtaff Wfr{tar

LIMA Peru Nov. 12.-The United States seems to have
missed good chance to help the poorest people of Peru
because of red tape plus what South Americans consider
an overdeveloped banker mentality" in Washington.
The Sl0-millon incident is small by comparison with
overall United States assistance to Peru which in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12

case involving an American
since the thaw in the cold war.
A relative in America expressed
belief his arrest was in retalia-
ton for the recent arrest Of
Soviet citizens in the United
States for spying.
The Foreign Ministry said
Prof. Barghoorn, So, was ar
rested several days ago. 1t re-
fused to tell the United States
Embassy where he is held or
give details of the charges.
The professor, a former
member of the United States
Embassy staff in Moscow, last
was seen earlier this month
He had lunch in Moscow about
10 days ago with Eugene
Staples, United States cultural
attache.
Prof. Barghoorn's arrest
caused establishment in Ameri-
can circles. Not only was there
doubt that the charge had any
basis, but his activities were
largely on the cultural side.
Prof. Barghoorn arrived in
the Soviet Union early in Oc-
tober on a months tourist visa.
He attended an exhibition of
American graphic arts at Alma
Alta, capital of the Central
Asian republic of Kazakhstan.
Later he was in Tbilisi
(Tiflis), capital Of the eau
casian Republic of Georgia, for
a concert by an American choir
orchestra group, the Clarion
concerts, October IL. Later he
returned to Moscow.
Follows Usual Pattern
If the charge follows the
usual pattern in cases of foreign
tourists accused of espionage, a
camera might have got Prof.
Barghoorn in trouble. The usual
charge is photographing mill
tary installations, and in the
Soviet Union that can mean al
most anything, such as a bridge.
In New Haven, Conn, his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth B.
Barghoorn, said the professor
always was careful on trips be-
hind the Iron Curtain and
never carried a camera. They
have it in for him on account
of his books" she said. THE
books have been very critical"
In Washington the State De-
partment had no formal COM
ment Immediately but one Of
fetal expressed some surprise
that Prof. Barghoorn had OBJ
See SPY, Page AS