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here. He received his law de-
gree from the National Univer-
Sity Law School and attended
George Washington University.
Mr.. Strubinger was elected
chairman of the customs COM
mittee of the first session Of
the meeting of national direc-
tors of immigration, customs
and touriSm of the United
States, Mexico, Central Ameri-
ca and Panama held in San
Salvador, Ell Salvador, in 1862.
Attended U. N. Farley
He served as a member of
the United States delegation TO
the Eighth Inter-American
Travel Conference in Guadala-
lara. Mexico, in 1862 and at
tended the United Nations
Conference on International
Travel and TouriSm in Rome
this year.
In his post at the Bureau of
Customs, Mr.. Strubinger was
responsible for all aspects of
management. control and tech
meal guidance of the Customs
Service, and was responsible
for many innovations in the
customs program.
He received numerous
awards during his long Govern
ment service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
BY BETTY JAMES
Star Staff Writer

One American city's battle to
beat poverty of the kind that
has plagued Washington was
described at the American Pub
lie Welfare Association confer
ence yesterday.
1t is the New Haven Conn
project known as Community
Progress, Inc, described as an
attempt at human conservation
and social renewal.
The project ties in with a
SIS million, three-year Ford
Foundation grant, and two
one-year grants from the Fed
eral Government that are ex-
pected to be renewed for three
years. These are 100000 from
the Presidents committee on
Prevention and Control of De-
linquency and 100000 from the
Office of Manpower and Train
ing of the Labor Department
for youth employment pro-
gram.
Bernard M. Shiffman, direc-
tor of program development
and training for Community
Progress, Inc, told a confer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
New Haven ATTEMPTING
Human Conservation

ence session that one of CPS
most valuable contributions is
the opportunity it gives COM
munity leaders and organiza-
tons to get together and re-
vamp traditional approaches
without losing face.
The voluntary board of Cpl
ranges from a representative of
Yale University to labor and
business leaders, urban renewal
specialists and educators.
Half of the Ford Founda-
TONS money went to the Board
of Education, which is trying
to bring "a new programs into
the public schools, Mr.. Shift
man said.
They range from pre-kinder-
garten work with children and
parents to literacy classes for
adults who can neither read
nor write, an estimated 5000 in
New Haven
Another facet of the educa-
ton program is the use of
schools as community centers,
where employment and other
neighborhood services are TO-
cused.
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NEUTRINO
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
10 neutrino-nucleus interac-
tons in a year.
The Catholic University
group has been spotting them
on the average Of one every
four hours, and on one occa-
sion detected three "neutrino
events" within 70 seconds.
The explanation. DR.. Cowan
said, seemed to be that his
group is observing a "reso-
nance" involving neutrinos with
an energy of ITO million cleo
iron volts. At this energy level,
the neutrino's cross section
seemed to be roughly 10 bill
lion times larger than had or
dinarily been expected, he said
"CroSS-section" is a way of
expressing the probability of
interaction between the neu-
trino and an atoms nucleus.
Such a possibility was sug-
gested four years ago by three
Japanese physicists. but their
presentation of the theory was
never generally accepted by
q atomic ScieOtiStS
In addition to the Messier 81
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source. DR.. Cowan said. his
group has noted large neutrino
emissions from the Crab Neb-
ula, a famous radio noise
source that was seen by Chi
nese astronomers as an explod-
ing star nearly a thousand
years ago.
OF the huge exploding uni
verse" known as MesSier 81,
DR.. Cowan said, certainly if
anything is making neutrinos,
that is"
Our own sun, as we'll as all
stellar bodies in the universe,
is probably making neutrinos
in the violent atomic reactions
that give us heat and light and
life. But DR.. Cowan said de-
tectorS now in existence are I'M
able to discern solar neutrinos.
About 5000, 900 has been spent
over the last three years on the
Cowan experiment. A new and
more sensitive detector is now
being built in the recreation
room of a nuns dormitory. 1t
is being financed by the Air
Force office of scientific re-
search.
Aiding DR.. Cowan in the cur
rent study are DR.. Donald Ryan
and Paul Szydlik. also of the
Catholic U. physics depart
ment.
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Strubinger Of Customs
Ends 43-Yeor Career

David B. Strubinger, mfr
Customs Service" of the
Treasury Department, ended
his 43 years of Government
service today and received the
Nations highest civil service
award.
Mr.. Strubinger, assistant
commissioner of customs, was
awarded the gold medal and
certificate by Secretary of the
Treasury Dillon in the Treasu-
ry Department.
The ceremony was attended
by Mrs. Strubinger and the
couples son, David B. Stru-
binger, jr., an assistant GUS
toms appraiser in Miami, as
well as representatives of sever
al Government agencies and
non-G Government groups relat-
ed to the Bureau of Customs.
Took Part in 81
Mr.. Strubinger, a native of
York, Pa, Joined the Bureau of
Customs in 1887. after conduct
ing two-and-a-half years of
studies of the customs program
for the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice. Earlier he had been en-
ployed by the Census Bureau.
The customs official. who
held the top career position in
the bureau, is a graduate of
Benjamin Franklin University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07


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SOLDERING drama deals with the brutazng influence Of
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GuiItyinWife'sMur +,
Lower Gets Life Term

Thompson, outwardly calm,
was searching the jury's faces,
but after brief glances at him.
they looked elsewhere.
Clerk Frank Archambo took
the sealed verdict from the
foreman, Sidney c. Becker, II.
After handing it to Judge
FosSeen. who read 1t without
expression, Mr.. Archambo read
1t aloud.
Thompson Reacts
When he came to the word
guilty" Thompson's head
dropped.
AS each juror was asked, at
Defense Attorney Hyam Sc
CALLS request. If this was his
or her true verdict, Thompson
stared at the jurors.
The jury took seven ballots
10 arrive at a guilty verdict. It
was reported first split about
$3.50.
Mrs. Jackie Olesen the other
woman in the life of Thomp-
son, refused comment on his
conviction.
That family is in enough
distress without my opening up
my mouth any more" the
twice-married mother Of three
told newsmen through a half
opened door Of her apartment
here. @. -
Mrs. OleSen had testified at
his trial that sne had a
lengthy affair with Thompson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
Wig Buyers
Unite for Suit

A group Of Washington wom-
en- who lost prepaid wig service
ings when a District wig shop,
Custom Wig Stylists, went out
of business recently, have
banded together to take their
case to Federal court.
Mrs. Terry Petrak, one of
about $500 women who paid
for 48 wig servicings and didn't
get them, said yesterday she
was hoping 40 or so would join
together to make a large
enough claim to take to a Fed
eral court.
i When Custom Wig Stylists
closed in early October. the
women were no longer able tc
get their wigs fixed. They were
however. obligated to complete
"a $14-a-month payments tc
United Securities, Inc, which
had bought the wig shops
notes.
Mrs. Petrak, of 1855 fancy
avenue. Alexandria, said she
hoped her organization coulo
get a Federal injunction
against the finance company to
stop them from attaching oul
salaries, harassing us and
suing when the payments
weren't made.
Several women are banded
together now, she said. They
call themselves the Note
Makers Protective Committee
Against Custom Wig Stylists
and Wig-Tyme. Wig-Tyme is
another shop that sold hair
pieces on a service plan.
Mrs. Petrak estimated that
each woman's claim against
the wig shop was $3.50. She is
hoping to get together a $10,-
900 collective claim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
Castro SCOTS
Al Terror Link

HAVANA, Dec. Z CAP.-
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
has ridiculed charges Cuba is
behind the pro- Communist ter
rorists staging a campaign of
terror in Venezuela.
Addressing thousands of stu
dents in Havana's Sports Pal
ace last night, Mr.. Castro asked:
How can we be accused of
promoting rebellion in Vene-
zuela? Who can believe that?
We are many miles from Vene-
zuela."
He charged that the terror
ism is a reaction to United
States monopolists who he said
are sacking the country.
Mr.. Castro also repeated a
denial of Venezuela's charge
that an arms cache recently
found buried in a Venezuelan
beach came from Cuba, Vene-
zuela's President Romulo Betan-
court said the arms were
shipped by Mr.. Castro for the
terrorist Armed Forces for Ma
tional Liberation CFALN). The
organization of American
States voted this week to inves-
tigate the charge.
"Subversion is promoted
against us by lackey countries
using 500 million and the re-
sources and technical exper-
fence of the UNITED States)
Central Intelligence Agency
he said. They try to promote
instability and subversion in
our country"
Mr.. Castro accused Venezue-
la of being the main instru-
ment Of Yankee imperialism in
its aggressive plans against
Cuba"
He described last Sundays
presidential election in Vene-
zuela as an electoral farce and
comedy based on blood and ter
ror" in which votes were
bought and officials bribed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
OTHER TV
HIGHLIGHTS

700, WMAL G)-Trails West.
"The Maidstone. A 12-year-
old boy brings two genera
tons together by his courage
and loyalty.
$3.50, WMAL 0-Jerry Lewis
Show. 2 hours. Live enter.
tainment. CasSius Clay
guests.
$3.50, WTOP (9)-Phil Silvers
Show. More life than usual
as Harry Grafton goes to
Las Vegas, where he's mis-.
taken for Comedian Phi
Silvers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 7 (AP)
IT. Eugene Thompson, SO. was
convicted yesterday of arTang-
ing the Staying of his wife
Carol, "a, after one of Mime
sofas most sensational murder
trials. He was Immediately
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
A six-man, six-woman jury
took just over a day to convict
the attorney of first-degree
murder nine months to the day
after his wife was fatally beat
en- and stabbed in their fashion
able home in st. Paul.
The State commended Thomp-
son hired the killer for love OF
another woman and for more
than 81 million in insurance.
The lawyer remained in jail
today pending his transfer to
the State prison at Saltwater
to serve the sentence imposed
by Judge Rolf Fosseen. There
is no capital punishment in
Minnesota.
Appeal Is Indicated
With good behavior, Thomp-
son would be eligible for parole
after 1712 years.
If his attorneys appeal
which they indicated likely
and if the predictably heavy
bond is met, Thompson could
go free pending a decision by
the State Supreme Court.
The scene in the courtroom
when the jury returned topped
six weeks of steadily building
emotion.
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TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

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500, WOL-Professio a |
Basketball. The Baltimore
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Baltimore.
1880, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1895 Nc. )-Library of
Congress Literary Series.
Terence H. White, British
novelist, in a lecture titled
"Poets Questionable"
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TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

800, WHFS-FM uO2.3 Mc.)-
Concert in Stereo. LISTS
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and 1895 c.)-The Phila-
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Mendelssohn, Britten and
Dvorak.
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FIN Stations

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WOOK-TV (ChonneI ~

/ S:OO-Public Service.
S:3O-0ne Night Stand.
1O:OO-Topic.
1O:3O-News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
Bullets Kill
Caracas Girl,
Wound Seven

! CARACAS. Venezuela, Dec.
CAPO .-Scattered street distur-
Dances and shooting overnight
between Castroite- Communist
terrorists and police patrols left
a l5-year-old girl dead today
and seven persons wounded.
The girl was hit by a stray
machine gun burst while she
was watching a skirmiSh be-
tween police and rooftop snip
ers in a tough district of Cara
cas-. Tomas De Urdaneta. The
snipers occasionally dropped
homemade grenadeS.
A policeman was shot in one
leg by his own pistol when he
tried to disperSe armed and
rioting youths in a downtown
sector. Three bystanders were
injured in an exchange be-
tween other police and the
rioters. Six youths were arrest
ed.
Bus Set Afire
Pursuing a campaign to
overthrow President Romulo
Betancourt's government, some
youths set fire to a bus. But
the passengers extinguished
the flames before they did
serious damage.
Two terrorists set fire last
night to a music store owned
by an immigrant from Trini-
dad. The flames destroyed 49,
900 records.
The attack apparently was in
retaliation for the Trinidad-To-
bago governments release to
Venezuelan authorities last
week Of six terroristS who hi
lacked a Venezuelan plane and
flew it to Port of Spain
Irving Alum. store owner,
said he and other Trinidad
merchants have been threat
ened by terrorists of the out
lawed Armed Forces for Ma
tional Liberation FALN.
Tacks Aid Arrest
In another phase Of the I'M
rest here. it was reported that
a terrorist tactic of strewing
tacks in the streets may have
led to the downfall of a cap
tured renegade army officer
who was named yesterday as
the brains behind the kidnap-
ing of United States Army Col.
James K. Chenault.
The Interior Ministry said
the suspect is Juan de Clos
Moncada Vida, identified as
chief of staff" of the pro-
Communist FALN. His arrest
had been announced Thursday,
the same day Col. Chenault
was released. A police source
said Moncada was in a taxi
/ halted when tacks strewn by
the FALN flattened a tire
The informant said agents saw
him in the taxi and seized him
Election Figures
Meanwhile, the supreme cleo.
toral council reported thai
Raul Leoni, candidate of Presi'
dent Romulo Betancourt'l
Democratic Action Party in las
Sundays presidential election
held almost 33 per cent of the
votes counted.
The count showed 761, sol
votes for Mr.. Leoni, who ha!
unofficially been declared the
winner of the race. Rafael Cal.
dera, Social Christians, wa,
second with 505,388 or 2l.5 pei
cent.
About 2.3 million of the more
than 3 million votes cast have
been counted. The council sale
it probably would complete the
tabulation by tomorrow. The
victor moods q Sinnnle 1llIralitv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07
TV KEY PREVIEWS

Tonights top shoUs preUietOed By TV Keys Staff,
Uho attend TehedrSds. match screenings and Gndyze
scripts in Men York Hollywood and elsewhere. Their
opinions are offered a guide to area Uietrers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-07

3:3O-Cartoon Time.
4:OO-Teen Dance Party.
6:OO-Western Movie.
7:OO-News.
7:3O-Adventure Theater.
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WMLL FM-1o1.3 Me- an. to las a.
WRc-FM-sI.s Me.-s:3e an. 70 I an.
Smyrna times., 1963-12-12
81 Die In Pan American Jet
Crash Near ElktOn Sunday

likely cause and discounted the
probability of lightning. Never
In the history of modern avia-
tion has a lightning bolt des-
troyed an airliner.
Some Investigators have sug-
gested that if lightning did cause
the explosion 1t might have oc-
Cured frara the opening of a
seam by a damaging hit. Jet
fuel which might pour forth from
such an opening could be ig-
nited by electrical discharges
or the airplane's own power
plant, officials stated.
Turbulence remains prime
suspect since there is a known
tendency of swept-back wing
airliners, such as the Boeing
707, to stall when they encoun-
ter control difficulties in ex-
treme turbulence.
The flight recorder, found
late Monday, was badly dam
Continued on Page Eight
Smyrna times., 1963-12-12

no hint of what happened.
Robert Fulton, public affairs
officer for the l5-state east
ern region of the Federal Avia-
tion Agency, said there was no
thing on the FAA tape at the
Philadelphia Airport that would
either prove or disprove the
plane had been struck by light
ming or had any other unusual
experience.
Numerous eye Witnesses have
said they saw lightning strike
the plane or flash near 1t, and
saw or heard one and possibly
two mid-air explosions.
Fulton said everything on the
tape before the final essage
consisted of normal CONVEX
sation between tower personnel
and the pilots in the holding
pattern"
Investigation is expected to
take several weeks. Officials
have ruled out sabotage as a
Smyrna times., 1963-12-12

Nearly 1000 residents of
Kent County turned out for the
Type 8 Sabin oral vaccine Sun
day in the second stage of the
states polio immunization
campaign.
DR.. Henry H. Stroud said to-
day that tallies at the county
clinics showed a total of 1907
at the end of the day. This was
an increase of about 200 over
the November 3 clinic, when
Type l vaccine was given.
DR.. Stroud said that a make
up clinic will be held from 9
am. to A pm. every day this
Smyrna times., 1963-12-12
Local Girl Among Recipients Of tuberculosis
Society's Nursing Scholarships at U of D

Ten University of Delaware
goods have been awarded tuber-
culosis society scholarships for
undergraduate studies in nurs-
ing.
John E. Hocutt, dean of STU
dents at the University, and DR..
Gerald A. Beatty. president of
the Delaware tuberculosis Hhd
Health Society, today announced
the 1868 recipients of the
society's scholarship program
which began eight years ago.
The freshman recipients are
Susan ]. Campbell. Clayton, N.
j.; Wanda A. Fischer, Smyrna,
Del; Nancy L. Long, Selby-
VILE, Del; and Sandra l.. Nc
Donald, Wilmington. Del.
Previous scholarship holders
whose grants have been renewed
by the Society are Dorothy J..
Guth, Salem, N. j.; Joyce Nc
Laughlin, Wilmington, Del;
Jean M. Martin, Harrington,
Del; Marjorie E. Miller. VIII
mington, Del; Eileen ]. Whit
ing, West Chester, Pa; and
Mariln ]. Wilc,, wyoming, Del.
DR.. Beatty saiu that since the
initiation of the Society's nurs-
ing scholarship program in
1855, about $4,000 has been
granted by the tuberculosis
society to undergraduates al
the University of Delaware.
The scholarship program was
praised by Dean Hocutt, who
said,
"The annual Christmas Seal
campaign by the Delaware
tuberculosis and Health Society
supports many activities which
benefit every Delawarean. As
one of its numerous projects,
the Society provides scholar
ships for qualified students en-
rolled in the University of Della
ware nursing program. This is
aimed at alleviating the nursing
shortage in Delaware.
Originally limited to resi-
dents of Delaware, the scholar
ship program of the Delaware
tuberculosis and Health Society
has since been expanded to in
Smyrna times., 1963-12-12

A Pan American World Air
ways jet airliner crashed In a
soaring ball of flame just north
of Route 40, near the Delaware
Maryland line Sunday night.
carrying 81 persons TO their
death.
The ill-fated Boeing 707 jet
was bound from Puerto Rico TO
Philadelphia. Minutes before.
it had discharged 7lpassengers
at Baltimore and was contin-
uing to Philadelphia with 73 pas
sengers and a crew of 8.
The plane was being held at
a 5,000-feet pattern over north
ern Delaware awaiting landing
sequence at Philadelphia Inter-
national Airport. Hundreds Of
motorists and nearby residents
watched in horror as the huge
Pan Am jet burst into flame ap-
parently by an explosion, after
a brilliant flash of lightning,
then followed the flaming plane
on its course to earth, where
it exploded again.
Debris from the liner was
strewn over a l-square mile
area, The jet fell in the Henry
Berry cornfield between US.
40 and the new Delaware Mary
land turnpike during driving
rain storm.
Rescue workers including
firemen, Delaware and Mary
land state police, civil air pa
troll and red cross we're at the
scene within minutes.
Bodies of the victims were
transported to the National