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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
Spain Colonies
Get SeIf-RuIe

MADRID. Aug. 10 (AP).-
Spain decided today to grant
autonomy to its equatorial Afri-
can colonies, but made no men,
ton Of its Sahara holdings
which Morocco wants freed.
The decision was taken at a
cabinet meeting of Gen. Fran
cos government at the summer
capital of San Sebastian.
The two territories are Rio
Mundi and Fernando Pc.
Fernando Pc is an island Of
779 square miles just off Afri-
ca below the bulge Of its West
Coast. Its $4,000 population
includes only 2,700 Europeans.
Many of its residents are Nj
gerian laborers hired by con-
tract to harvest the cocoa
which is the islands main
money crop. There are so many
Nigerians that Nigeria has at
times raised a claim to the
island.
The 10,039-square-mile Rio
Mum, on the mainland Just
below the former French Congo,
has a population Of 175,00O, of
whom only l,700 are Europeans.
Its main products are timber
and coffee. Most Of the coffee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10

Mr.. Mikoyan, a frequent
guest at the Khrushchev villa,
has been Ill for the last two
weeks. He is reported hospi-
talized.
Its good to swim here be-
cause you can see the sea and
you get the illusion of the sea, "
Mr.. Khrushchev observed.
One American visitor noted
that the pool roof was made
out of old bomber wings.
The Soviet Premier then led
the Rusk party to the big man
sion for a huge Russian style
meal. It was eaten on a porch
overlooking the sea. The side
facing the water was open and
shielded from the sun by white
Grapes.
Mr.. Khrushchev sat beaming
at the head of the table urging
his guests to eat and keeping
the conversational ball rolling
Western newSmen meanwhile
learned that two other promi-
nent Communist leaders were
esconced on the estate in Sc
cluded villas some distance
from the main house.
Soviet officials said they were
French Communist Leader
Maurice Thorez and Czecho.
slovak Premier Antonin No.
votny. Nothing was seen OF
them during the Rusk visit.
East German Communis'
Boss Walter Ulbricht also wa
reported mentioning on thu
Black Sea, but it could not b,
learned if he was living nea
the Khrushchev hideaway.
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3 Koreans Get
Death Sentence

SEOUL, Korea, Aug. 10 (AP)
An army court martial SEN
fenced three high ranking
South Korean army officers to
death today for plotting to
overthrow Gen. Chung Hee
Parks ruling military junta.
The condemned men are 1t
Gen. Park Im-hang, a former
junta member and reconstruc-
ton minister. and Brig. Gen
Lee Kyu-kwang and Col. Chung
jim, both retired. All three are
expected to appeal to a higher
military tribunal.
The court sentenced four
others to prison terms ranging
from 2 to 10 years, handed
down one suspended sentence
and found six other defendants
innocent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
Children's PIaythings Abound
Day Says Nixon
Can Best Heal
Republican Split

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IL
(AP). - Former Postmaster
General j. Edward Day says he
thinks the next Republican
presidential nominee will be
Richard M. Nixon.
Mr.. Day, whose resignation
became effective yesterday
said:
Il do think that Nixon will
turn out to be the only one
that can heal the deep split ir
the Republican Party"
Mr.. Day made his remarks al
a Los Angeles Rotary Clut
luncheon yesterday.
The 49-year-old former 10:
Angeles insurance executive re-
signed after 21z years in Pres
ident Kennedy's cabinet. He will
head the Washington office Of
a Chicago law firm.
Mr.. Day said that former Vice
President Nixon, despite his
move from his native California
to New York City, still was
looking to another crack at the
presidency.
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SEE IHIDEOUT'
Khrushchev Enjoys Luxury Estate

jr., a tow-headed 8-year-old,
spends most of his time zoom-
ing around the grounds in a
green toy sports car powered
by a gasoline engine. The toy,
beaing the trademark "Chee-
tab Cub Car" and QUILTED
with electric ignition and Loop
ard-skin upholstery, is appar-
emily Amercan-made.
Newsmen noted that almost
every room, beach cabana and
bathhouse has a telephone.
Small telephone boxes are
spotted throughout the woods,
apparently in event a call
should come through while Mr.
Khrushchev is strolling.
The five American CORE
spondents who accompanied
Secretary of State Rusk and his
party were the first foreign
newSmen ever to visit the
estate. They had expected to be
escorted off the premises after
the preliminary greetings, and
security men did begin to lead
them away.
But Mr.. Khrushchev, In
hearty good humor, suddenly
rose from the conference table
on a verandah overlooking the
sea and called down to his
aides: Let them go for a walk
or go swimming or anything
they like"
The six Russian newsmer
present were as surprised a,
the Americans and the security
men who obediently escorted
them to the beach for a swim
After the 21a-hour Rusk.
Khrushchev talk, the Sovie
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Fire Injuries Two
In Guithersburq

A fire at a Gaithersbure
Md home early today sent
two persons to a hospital suf-
fering from burns and smoke
inhalation.
The blaze broke out about
1880 am. at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Lynwood Lagerson
10 Montgomery avenue. Mr.
Lagerson was admitted to Sub
urban Hospital with burns
about the face, chest and arms
and Mrs. Lagerson was admit
ted for treatment for smoke
inhalation. Both we're in salts.
factory condition.
MONTGOMERY County police
were told by Mr.. Lagerson the
fire may have started from q
cigarette dropped on uphoi-
stored furniture. The blaze
started in the front living room
and damage to the house anc
10 furniture was estimated al
about $4,000. firemen said.
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Two Gunner Rob
Cleveland Hospital

CLEVELAND, Aug. 10 (AP)
Lakeside Hospital was robbed
last night by two gunner who
escaped with an undetermined
amount of valuables kept for
patients at the university hos
pitfalls complex, plus $4,000 in
cash.
The robbers walked into the
open door of the cashiers Of
flee at the close of visiting
hours. They used adhesive tape
to tie cashiers Gary Fields, Is,
of Cleveland Heights. and Mrs.
Dolores jolly, SO.
After the gunner fled, Mr..
Fields crawled to an emergency
alarm on the floor and pressed
it with his body.
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BY the Associated Press

Senator Wallace F. Bennett,
Republican of Utah, has pro-
posed that the United States
offer a bounty, asylum and a
job to any Russians in Cuba
who will defect to this country.
Senator Bennett, in a Senate
speech yesterday, said the
beaming Of such an offer to
Russian flyers and soldiers
would raise tremendously the
price of continued Soviet occu-
patton of Cuba and the cost of
maintaining their Soviet-sup-
piled, Soviet-led striking force"
Criticizing the Kennedy ad-
ministration, Senator Bennett
said there has been the substi-
tuition Of "bravado for boldness,
rhetoric for resolution" by a
little band of timid men who
presume to guide our Nations
destinies."
I'VE must not allow the Gu
ban problem and the slavery
OF its people to be forgotten
or to become a sacrificial pawn
in a global program to keep
Khrushchev smiling" Senator
Bennett said.
He said President Kennedy
has submitted the limited test
ban treaty with Russia and
Britain for approval as ian
executive fat accompli," but
Republican proposals for deal
ing with the Cuban menace
ARE dismissed with a glib
phrase-or with contemptuous
silence"
Senator Bennett recalled
that, during the Korean war,
a bounty was offered to any
Communist flyer who detected
with a Soviet aircraft.
Let US 60 further" Senator
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Spain Will Sign
Test Bon Pact

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain
Aug. 10 (AP) Spain will sigr
the limited nuclear test bar
treaty, the Spanish cabinet de-
cided in a session which ended
early today.
Information Minister Manuel
Fraga Iribarne, announcing the
decision, said it was in line
with SPANS continuing desire
to support all possible measures
safeguarding world peace.
The informed sources said
the Spanish cabinet also APP
proved the dispatch of aid to
earthquake victims in Yugo-
slavia, a surprising move to
many because the Franco gov
eminent maintains no diplo-
matte relations with the Com
munist Tito regime.
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Senator Urges Bounty
To Lure Reds in Cube

Bennett said in reference to
Cuba. I'VE should offer asylum
not just to flyers but to any and
all Soviet soldiers now engaged
in the occupation of Cuba"
In Cuba today, Senator
Bennett said. there are MICS
and Soviet bombers poised to
fly against us-and to help
suppress any internal upris-
ings against the Castro
Communist regime"
He added that the threat
of detection alone may force
the practical meh of the
Kremlin to reconsider the
risks, the costs and the psyche
logical disadvantage of their
present aggressive policy--f1oS
only in Cuba but throughout
the hemisphere"
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Lutheran Group Votes
Amity With Catholics

HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 10
(AP) The fourth General As
sembly of the Lutheran World
Federation today approved Gre
alton of a group to further
friendly relations with other
churches, especially the Roman
Catholic Church.
The move was called one of
the most important decisions
made in the closing work ses-
sion.
Under the recommendation
approved by the assembly, a
special Lutheran Foundation
on Inter- Confessional Research
will be established-probably
in Strasbourg, France-to fur
ther what the resolution called
the ecumenical dialogue with
non-Lutheran churches, but es-
pecially with the Roman Cath
Ollie Church.
Seek Ecumenical Dialogue
The Roman Catholic Church
held its own Ecumenical Coun-
Gil last fall at the Vatican and
plans to resume it this fall.
Ecumenical means worldwide,
with subsidiary meanings of
liberty and tolerance.
The new Lutheran commits
sion, which would continue
work started several years ago
by a study commission with
the same purpose, will be in
dependent in its work but
closely related to the Lutheran
World Federation.
Moves to close the gap
beween Catholic and Lutheran
churches has been a prominent
feature of the l2-day assembly
here, marked by the invited
participation of two Official
Vatican ENJOYS. They have
declared here that the Vatican
recognizes the Lutheran church
as a brother church, although
not on the same level as Their
own.
Outgoing President Franklin
Fry Of New York led the proce-
edings Of the assembly today.
The assembly approved q
recommendation by its section
on theology, calling on Luth-
eran churches not in altar and
pulpit fellowship with other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10

trying to squeeze more produc-
ton out of poorly run small
farms, admitted to the peas
ants the government had made
mistakes in dealing with them.
He said several government in
stitutes had planned the wrong
programs.
The government announced
that the national Agrarian
Reform Institute will be re-
organized shortly as the min
istry Of Agricultural Produc-
ton.
Many Work Own Land
The Communist regime in
the last year alternately has
exhorted farmers to become
more efficient and threatened
to force them into government
run collective farms. Sixty per
cent of the islands farmers
were reported working Their
own properties last year.
Last night Mr.. Castro told
the peasants they should sci
their produce through govern
ment distribution centers in,
stead of trying to profiteer b!
selling directly to consumers
Direct selling will not b.
barred, however, Mr.. Castro
said.
The farm association com.
planned of a shortage of equip
ment, fuel and spare parts and
tires for tractors.
1t blamed the "imperialistic
blockade and inexperience and
mistakes in distribution and
planning in the first years of
! the revolution"
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member churches of the fedora
ton to justify their position.
A substitute motion, in
troduced by DR.. Fredrik A.
Schiotz, president of the Ameri-
can Lutheran Church, was
defeated. 1t proposed to re-
quest member churches not in
altar and pulpit fellowship "to
give serious consideration to
entering into discussions that
might remove the barriers to
fellowship"
Other Measures Taken
The delegates also agreed to-:
Let the federation negotiate
with South Africa on Lutheran
churches affected by that ma
tons resettlement program
under its policy of separating
the races.
Create regional secretariats
and a new post of assistant
general secretary.
Revise the federation's COM
missions.
Hold assemblies every six in
stead of five years.
Strengthen material and spir-
itual activities of Lutheran
churches in Latin America.
Set up an exchange program
among younger African, Asian
and Latin American churches
Delegates elect officers at the
conclusion of the working ses-
sion and the 12-day conclave
ends tomorrow with a festival
in Olympic Stadium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
8 More Sign
Test-Ban Pact
By the Associated Press

Eight more nations have sub
scribed to the limited nuclear
test-ban treaty. which prohibits
atomic explosions in the air. in
outer space and under water.
This raised to 80 the list of
Washington signers. Counting
two nations that signed in Mos
COW but not here. and the
three originators-the United
States, the Soviet Union and
Great Britain-the signatories
now total A.
More signatures are sched-
uled on Monday and, ultimately,
more than 100 of the ia ma
tons Of the world are expected
to subscribe to the pact.
Those signing here yesterday
were Turkey, the Sudan, Ethi-
opia, the Netherlands. Den
mark. Ghana, the Congo and
Norway.
The State Department said a
country that signs the new
treaty in only one capital GER
tainly assumes the obligations
Of the pact. But it said also
that, where possible. a country
should sign in Washington,
London and Moscow.
State Department Press Of
ficer Richard I. Phillips, giving
that advice, was unable to say
why three signings are better
than one. Other State Depart
ment officials have said
simply it's a matter OF protocol
"a courtesy among govern
ments.
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Summer Schools
To Hold Exercises

Leroy s. Bendheim, Of 30S
Mansion drive, Alexandria. Va,
attorney, and former Mayor
will deliver the commencement
address tonight at the COM
bined graduation Of Francis c.
Hammond. Parker-Gray, and
George Washington High
School summer schools.
Forty-eight students are ex-
peeted TO receive their d.
plomas in the ceremonies at the
George Washington High
School auditorium, beginning al
l8:i5 pm.
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Switch Knocked Out,
40 Trains Halted

LONDON. Aug. 10 (AP).-A
fire which knocked out the cleo
trio signal system in London's
Waterloo Station stopped 100
commuter trains last night at
the height of the rush hour.
The blaze. which broke out in
a cable. was extinguished in
five minutes, but It paralyzed
train service for more than an
hour while 10000 homeward-
bound suburbanites milled in
the big station.
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is sold to the Spanish mainland
Morocco since independence
has been cycling the Spanish
IS a h ara, a 32.047-square-mile
area with $4,000 inhabitants.
and the enclave Of Ifni, a TAO
square-mile area with 10000
population on Morocco's Allan
tic Coast.
Spain has not only declined
to consider a change in these
areas, but has been building
them up substantially in re-
Gently years.
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Castro to NotionoIize
Rest of Large Farms

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 10
(AP). - Prime Minister Fidel
those large farms in Cuba
Castro plans to nationalize
which still are in control of
bourgeois" landowners.
But there is no hurry" Mr..
Castro said last night in an
nouncing a reorganization of
Cuba's troubled agriculture.
He spelled out few details.
He predicted that 10 per cent
of all farm land will pass into
government hands and the
rest will be retained by small
farmers.
1T may take Is to 80 years.
to achieve the distribution, he
told the National Association
of Small Farmers. What We
need now is increased produc.
ton"
Some Plantations Seized
Individual Cuban farmer
have been able to retain own
ership of large sugar planta
tons despite Mr.. Castro's Com
munist land reform laws. MI
Castro appropriated Unite
States-owned plantations an,
ranches soon after he cam
to power in 1859.
Mr.. Castro accused 'bour
geois farmers" of trying II
circumvent reform by "givinI
land to employees and peasant
before leaving the country.
The government will not rec
ognize this type Of distribution
he said.
Mr.. Castro who has beer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10

GAGRA, USSR, Aug. 10 (AP)
Premier Khrushchev opened
his Black Sea retreat to inspec-
ton by American newsmen to-
day. 1t was an eyeful. Behind
an ugly l0-foot-high concrete
block wall, the leader of the
Russian proletariat vacations in
sun drenched luxury many cap
italiSts would envy.
The latest in modern con-
veniences were evident every
where on the vast estate: an in
door swimming pool with glass
walls that disappear at the
push of a button; a glass
inclosed gymnasium with ORR
entail rugs on the floor; an ele-
vator on the outside of the two
story main house up to a sun
roof.
The estate is one of the last
preserves of a special variety Of
prehistoric pine trees sad tc
grow only on the Pitsunds
isthmus where Mr.. Khru-
shchev'S boxlike, off-white
Stucco house stands.
The trees, each marked with
a metal number plate, grow in
a dense thicket and hide most
of the buildings from the sea
and from the surrounding
countryside.
Children's Playthings Abound
Part of the unkempt forest /:
laced with asphalt pathway:
and dirt roads. Mr.. Khru.
shchev's grandchildren anc
their playthings are seen every.
where.
Grandson Alexei Adzhubei
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Premier again spotted the
newsmen standing nearby and
called to them to join him
as he showed Mr.. Rusk and
the others around. Mr.. Khru-
shchev then led them into the
glass-enclosed gymna SUM
equipped with parallel bars,
dumbells, exercise bars and
other such gear.
He picked up two badminton
racketS, passed one to Mr.. Rusk,
and took up a position at the
end of one of the two rec
tangular Oriental rugs covering
the floor.
He served the shuttlecock to
Mr. Rusk, who managed to re-
turn it across an imaginary
net and ultimately win the
first point.
POOPs Heat Regulated
But the vigorous 69-year-old
Khrushchev, displaying sur
prising agility and racket form,
won the next four points, amid
general cheering and laughter
Mr.. Kh1uShchev then led his
visitors outside to the side OF
the swimming pool where he
pushed a button to demon
strate how glass panels auto
matically close the three oper
sides.
I'VE close it in the winter,
he explained. I'VE can also reg
ulate the temperature the way
you want. 1t is now 26 degrees
! (Centigrade, or 1873 degree:
Fahrenheit) because (Soviet
Deputy Premier Anastas L.
! Mikoyan likes it thai way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-11
HEADLINE PERSONALITY ~
Bill Meyers, at %,
Fills Important Role

a young man VINO walks
through the White House West
executive offices these days
with a quick and purposeful
stride could easily be mistaken
for a college senior-and some
times is.
I At the age Of 90, Bill Don
Meyers. who once intended to
be a teacher, finds himself fill
ing an important role in Presi-
dent Johnson's new admins
tration.
1t is a role which, as yet. has
no title. and duties that are
many but ill-defined.
Mr.. Meyers, deputy director
Of the Peace Corps, was one of
the men Mr.. johnson called to
his side when an assaSSin's bull
let felled John Fitzgerald Ken
needy and thrust the Vice Presi-
dent into the White House.
In his own words, Mr.. Moy-
ers is lust filling in the chink"
and serving as "a pipefitter"
doing odd jobs.
No staff could be more eff
cient than the one left by the
late President, according to Mr..
Meyers, and their work and
devotion have helped immeasur-
ably to smooth the transition
from one administration to an
other.
One of the Busiest
But, somehow, Mr.. Meyers
and everyone else around the
new President have been kept
busy every day and well into
every night. One Of the busiest
has been the young man who
worked for Mr.. johnson for
several years before moving
into the Peace Corps.
One Of Mr.. Meyers friends
explained why. BILL" he said,
lis a quick, intuitive and INTEL
ligent guy. His greatest asset is
his initiative. He doesn't sit a.
round waiting Cor orders. He is
out thinking of IA things to
do"
| And this explains, perhaps,
why the telephone in Mr.. Moy-
ers office. not far from that of
the President, seldom stops
ringing.
He helps with appointments,
statements, speeches and a
host Of other matters which re-
quire White House attention.
Whatever he puts his hand to,
says one Of his associates, is
done with dispatch, efficiency
and, most of all, with calmness.
His ability to remain calm
under pressure" the associates
said, rs another decided asset
and one devoutly to be wished
in situations like this"
Attended q. Of Texas
He speaks softly, but aSso-
ciates say that he can "be as
tough as an old leather boot If
he has to be-"
The youthful appearing
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FULL NAME-BiII Don Meyers.
CLAIM TO FAME-Aide TO President
Johnson, Deputy Director Of Peace
Corps.
HoME-AleKondrio.
BlRTHDAY-June 5, 1894.
EDUcATIoN-Attended North Texos
Stots College; journalism sroduote,
University Of Texas; RotoD fellow,
University Of Edinburgh, SeotIond;
sroduote, Southwestern Boptist
Theological Seminary.
JoBS-Rodio-TV reporter, ossistont
news editor; church poster; 1850
eompoien manager for M. John
son; Deputy Director Of Peoee
Corps. :
FAMlLY-Wife, the former Judith
DoVidson; Two children, Cope, 4,
and Suzonne, I.
NOTWITHSTANDING.
johnson assistant was born in
Hugo, Okla, near the Texas
line, in 1884. He attended
North Texas State University
and at the suggestion Of Mr..
johnson, then a Senator.
switched to the University of
Texas.
He became acquainted with
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the President through q letter
he wrote in 1852 which ended
up with him getting an intern
ship for work at the Capitol in
1854.
Mr.. johnson suggested he
transfer to the University Of
Texas and work on Mrs. john
sons television station in Aus
tin. He started out as q report
er and when he finally left he
was assistant news editor.
For one year he attended the
University Of Edinburgh, Scot
land. on a Rotary International
fellowship. He then returned to
take a degree at the South
western Theological Seminary.
He intended to teach public
affairs and ethics, but once
more the man who now occu-
pies the White House beck
oned. In 1859 Mr.. Meyers came
to Washington to work in Sem
ator Johnson's office. He was
with him through the 1860
campaign in Mr.. Johnson's un-
successful bid for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination.
When Mr.. johnson became
Vice President, the young Tex
an had his desk right outside
the vice presidential office.
He is married to the former
Judith Davidson Of Dallas.
Tex, and they have two chill
dren, Cope, 4, and Susanna, l.
Appointed by Kennedy
In time. Mr.. Meyers moved
into the Peace Corps as assis-
tant director. He vas later
named by the late President as
deputy director.
To him. President johnson
and Sergeant Shriver, the
Peace Corps director, are the
two most significant men he
has ever met. Both demand
from you more than you're
able to give" he explained.
He has no hobbies except
reading, with his main interest
being Greek history.
From his work with the
Peace Corps, Mr.. Meyers be-
came devoted to its principles
and ideals. Even now he likes
to think of returning but there
seems to be little chance of
that.