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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

would start next Wednesday.
She had pleaded not guilty and
not guilty by reason Of insanity.
Sentences to Be Set
All that remains for Koeger
is a penalty trial after his
wife's insanity trial because he
entered a straight plea Of not
guilty. II she is found legally
sane. she also would face @
penalty trial where the Jury
would decide between a life
term or execution in the San
Quentin Prison gas chamber.
The jury deliberated 5 hours
and IL minutes. II asked for
all 1879 exhibits In the case.
Later. the jury asked for q re-
reading Of testimony given by
handwriting experts that linked
Ralph. 81, and Iva, A.. 10
papers connected with the
motel. including the deed. and
travellers checks belonging 10
Mrs. Arneson. Some papers
were signed. Ralph Long" or
Eva Long"
Mrs. Kroeger kept the court
room In an uproar throughout
the SO days OF trial. She
shouted, tainted once. and fell
asleep. forcing a bailiff 10 carry
her snoring in her chair 10 an
anteroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Magazine Sales
Methods Studied

Clark King, assistant corpo-
ration counsel, said yesterday
that he is considering whether
action should be taken against
certain magazine statesmen be-
cause of the selling methods
they are using here.
Mr.. King said some Of his
information on the salesmen's
activities has been received
from the Better Business Blu
reau.
The bureau warned Wash
ington residents yesterday
against magazine statesmen who
are using what 1t termed un-
scrupulous methods.
The bureau said 1t has re-
ceived information that some
solicitors have attempted to
sell magazines by playing upon
peoples sympathies with false
assertions that the statesmen
need money to pay for an OPP
Grafton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
BY the Associated Press

Bills that will let the armed
services buy 10000 missiles,
5000 airplanes and 43 ships,
and pave the way for Army
induction of an estimated co.
900 men next year, face roll
call votes in the House next
week.
The two key defense meas
ures-a four-year extension Of
the draft law and a record Sl5.8
billion military authorization
bill-are due on the House floor
Monday and Tuesday.
The House Armed Services
Committee unanimously APP
proved the draft bill, saying
"its enactment is essential to
our national security"
The induction authority runs
out July /. The bill would ex-
tend 1t until July /, 1867.
The measure, which comes
up Monday, also would keep
in effect a 13-year-old suspen-
sion of statutory ceilings on the
size Of the armed services. II
that expired, the services would
have to cut more than 100000
men.
Extension Held Necessary
1T is clear that this section
Of the law must be extended, +"
the committee report said.
The Army estimates it will
draft about 10000 men during
each Of the next four fiscal
years. And the committee said
that, without the draft, volun-
tary enlistments would dror
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Indictment Asked
For Philadelphia
Ex-U. S. Attorney

PHILADE PHIA, Mar. 8
(AP)-A grand jury looking
into alleged City Hall corrup-
ton has recommended the in
dictment on q perjury charge
of w. Wilson White, former
United States attorney and
civil rights prosecutor under
the Eisenhower administra-
ton.
Mr.. White declined comment
after the jury announced its
Recommendation yesterday. He
retained as Counsel Thomas
D. Mcbride, also a former
United States attorney and
onetime State Supreme Court
justice.
The grand jury has been in
vestigating City Hall since last
November. 1t does not have
the power of indictment but
must pass on its recommends
tons to the March grand jury
District Attorney Jam
Crumlish said he would ACT
promptly to bring the charges
before that body.
Mr.. White, a Republican
was prosecutor Of an earlier
grand Jury investigation into
the Observation-Disclosures city
government. That probe wa,
ruled invalid, and the present
jury called Mr.. White twict
TO testify on its findings.
Mr.. White testified last weel
he had bypassed the distric
attorney. a Democrat, and haC
given the State attorney gen,
eral, a Republican, the names
Of certain informants. Tit
Jury said Mr.. White previousl!
had testified that he haC
| turned over all his informa.
ton to the district attorney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Crest Near so Feet
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Cloudy
chance of intermittent rain to-
night, low in middle 30s. Vari-
able cloudiness and cool to-
morrow.
Maryland-Cloudy chance Of
occasional rain tonight, low IS
40 In south and 30-35 in north.
Variable cloudiness tomorrow,
high 1855 in south and east
and 42-48 in northwest.
Virginia-Cloudy chance of
occasional rain tonight, low 80
NJ in southeast and 1898 in
vest and north. Variable cloudi-
ness tomorrow, high $500 in
outheast and 1886 in north
and west. except 42-4s in
mountains.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Winds becoming
westerly tonight at 1915 knots
and continuing tomorrow
Cloudy tonight with chance Of
rain and variable cloudiness to-
morrow. Visibility 40 miles.
l.AAA WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS
AS OF q AM. TODAY
Il West-D. c. 10 Pa. Turnpike, clear
pa turnpike. clear from New Jersey
10 Alleghany Valley INTERCHANGE and
Wet from light snow from Interchange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Hanging Prisoner
Sent to Hospital

A 42-year-old man, jailed at
No. IL precinct after his ar
rest in a stolen car. was found
hanging from the bars Of his
cell early this morning by a
policeman checking the cell
block.
The man was still breathing
when Pvt. James P. Shugart
found him at 1855 am. and
united the sweater that was
knotted around his neck. Pvt.
Shugart administered artifi-
cial respiration and the man
later was sent 10 d. c. General
Hospital for observation.
He was arrested yesterday
and had been charged with un-
authorized use and driving
without a District permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Berlin Professor Here

Richard Lowenthal. professor
of political science at the Otto
Suhr Institute of the Free Uni
versity Of West Berlin. viii
speak on changes in inter-
national communism and the
Sino-Soviet dispute" at 1890
pm. Tuesday in the faculty
conference room Of the George
Washington University Library,
1923 @ street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
ThuIidomide
Seen Hurting
Experiments

The thalidomide disaster and
the Trash of emotional writ
ing" which followed it have
created a greater likelihood OF
lawsuits against physicians US
ing experimental drugs. the d.
rector of Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospitals clinical study
unit said today.
Thalidomide, a sleeping pill,
was linked to thousands Of mall
formed infants born in Europe
and the United States.
The clinical study units d.
rector said the publicity has
Exposed to the public some
Of the details Of poor clinical
investigation and has raised
their index of suspicion"
It has, he added, created q
wave of anti-intellectualismF
and undoubtedly will make per-
sons who may be used in re-
search more conscious Of their
opportunities for lawsuits.
These factors, plus new regu-
lations from the Food and Drug
Administration, have put re-
searchers out on a legal limb,
DR.. George E. Schreiner, the
CIV director, said.
The FDA regulations, he said
give lawyers a hard-and-fasi
check list with which to Judge
clinical investigators.
DR.. Schreiner's remarks were
prepared for a session today Of
the national medicolegal sym.
postum Of the American Medi-
cal Association in Miami Beach
Recent developments, he said
strikingly increase the practical
legal problems of the clinical
investigator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09


That ancient but endlessly
fascinating question-does life
exist on the other planets?-
has been given another airing
in a darkened basement hear
ing room on Capitol Hill.
And it seems that all hope
for Venus is not lost.
Last week the results of the
historic space probe Mariner II
which flew close by Venus, were
announced. 1t turned out that
the surface temperature Of the
earth's sister planet was SOC
degrees Fahrenheit, far too high
for life to exist "as we know
it," as the saying goes.
That apparently ruled out
Venus at a possible habitat Of
some forms of life, leaving
principally cold and arid Mar:
to keep the prospect alive.
New Slant on Subject
But wait. Here comes Homer
E. Newell.
Mr.. Newell, director of space
sciences for the National Aero.
nautics and Space Administra.
ton, had a new slant on it fol
members of a House Space sub.
committee yesterday. The room
was darkened so they could SCI
slides to illustrate the talk.
Mr.. Newell said recent ex.
lperiments with balloons in the
learth's upper atmosphere have
proved that "at times thu
stratosphere does contain large
numbers Of micro-sorganisms.
And If it is found by future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
River Floods Threaten
Thousands in Six States

from Cincinnati, where there
are no levees.
Disaster headquarters we're
begin established in Columbia,
S. c., by the Red Cross for
some $4,000 flood victims of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and West Virginia.
Residents Of Columbia's low
land herded their cattle to
safety and moved personal
property as swirling water
Tipped the Congaree River. The
river was expected to crest at
about three feet above level
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Animal Collectors
To Be Questioned

H. Selwyn Smith, Prince Will
liam County Commemorative
attorney. said today that two
executives of Geological World
wide, Inc, a Virginia animal
collecting firm, have been asked
to appear at a meeting Of the
county Board Of Supervisors
Thursday.
He said they will be asked
to show cause why their permit
to operate the farm where hun
dreds Of dead dogs and cats
were found should not be re-
voked. The corporation was dis
solved yesterday, according to
Richard Turner, the secretary
treasurer. Mr.. Turner and Al
bert Sirmai. president. we're
ssnt letters to appear. Mr..
Smith said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
House Votes NextWeek
On Boosts in Defense

far below their present levels.
The military authorization
bill may stir controversy when
1T comes up Tuesday. That
measure includes $685. million
to step up development of the
2,000-mile-an-hoUT RS-70 re-
connaissance strike plane.
The administration wants to
held that program at its pres
ent level, which calls for con-
struction of three Of the speedy
planes. The committee, headed
by Representative Vinson,
Democrat Of Georgia, insists
that five RS-7Os should be
built.
RS-7O Expansion Asked
In its report on the authori-
zation measure, the committee
commended the RS-70 program
should be expanded so that the
value Of the plane as a weapon
can be proved or disproved.
The committee also tackled
an additional S134 million onto
the authorization bill to build
two more nuclear-powered at
tack submarines. That will
mean construction Of eight
killer subs under the fiscal
1864 authorization bill.
With Soviet submarine capa-
bilities increasing. the COM
mittee warned the House, con-
struction Of eight of the attack
submarines every year us the
minimum program to insure
the modernization Of our sub
marine force against the de-
lveloping threat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Choir and Bond Slate
Concert in Rockville

The Springfield College Sing
ers, Springfield. Mass. and the
Rockville Municipal Band will
give a combined concert at 8
pm. on March 20 at the Rock
vile Civic Center Auditorium.
The choir, numbering SO.
will stay overnight in various
homes in Rockville. Anyone
interested in sponsoring a choir
member is asked to contact
The Department Of Recreation,
City of Rockville, GA. $4,000:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Entrance Exums Set
At Teachers College

The freshman entrance ex-
animation for the District of
Columbia Teachers College will
be given at 6 pm. on Wednes-
day, March Is, in the colleges
Wilson Building, Eleventh and
Harvard streets NV.
All persons seeking admission
must have filed an application,
complete with photograph. with
the director Of admissions be-
fore taking the examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Struck Papers
Hope to Resume
Within Week

NEW YORK, Mar. 9 (AP) -
With a formula reached for
ending the city's three-month
newspaper blackout, the eight
closed dailies hoped to get back
into publication next week.
Contract language and the
resolving Of minor issues we're
all that remained to be worked
out between the New York
Publishers Association and Lo-
cal 6, AFL-CIO International
typographical Union. 1t was
the strike by the printers last
December 8 that triggered the
blackout of New York's nine
major newspapers.
The New York Post, boiling
from the Publishers Associa-
ton, resumed publication last
Monday.
Eight other newspaper craft
unions still must come to con-
tract terms with the publishers
including the mailers and ster-
eotypers, who recently Joined
the printers strike.
Early yesterday the publish
ers and printers accepted a for
mula proposed by Mayor Rob-
ert F. Wagner, after Fedora
and State mediation efforts
failed.
Bertram Powers, head of 10.
cal 6, said he and his nego.
tiating committee wanted Il
reject the terms, but bowed Il
the unions national officials
Mr.. Powers added that the 10.
cal committee would recon.
mend adoption by the mem.
bership, which must vote tc
ratify.
A union spokesman said the
vote could not be held before
late next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
Senators Deny
Unfairness in
Tx Sessions
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Senators investigating the
award of a contract for the
new Tx fighter plane have
promptly denied 9 Pentagon
spokesman's suggestion that
they can't make unbiased find
ings because their States have
q stake in the contract.
The suggestion was made
yesterday at a Defense Depart
ment briefing when the Spokes-
man-unidentified under brief
ing rules-declared:
you will hardly get a judi
cial rendering by a committee
in which there are various
Senators with State self
interest in where the contract
goes"
Fantastic" replied Senator
Jackson. Democrat Of Wash
ington, who originally asked fol
the study by the Senate In
vestigations Subcommittee. "Ar
old gimmick," said Senator
Mundt. Republican of South
Dakota.
Both Senators are member.
of the subcommittee headed by
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat
Of Arkansas. It has been hold.
ing closed door hearings on the
Defense Department award o.
the $28 million contract fol-
development Of the Tx fighter
plane to General Dynamic.
Corp. of Fort Worth, Tex.
The subcommittee has re,
leased portions Of testimony
indicating that the Boeing Co
Of Seattle, Wash, offered {
superior design at lower cost.
Eventual cost of the program
for a jet fighter to be used BY
both the Air Force and the
Navy is estimated at SCI
billion.
In addition to raising the
question of possible home State
bias the Pentagon spokesman
said the subcommittee has beer
issuing new figures which die
not enter into award of the
development contract.
"As 1 read the testimony, i
sounds like I'm reading a coun.
sci for Boeing," the spokesman
said.
In Tulsa, Okla, Senator Nc
Clellan replied last night: &c,
have more than once invited al
figures and information tina
would throw any light on thu
contract and particularly thost
that would support and sustain
the decision to give the contrac
to General Dynamics."
The Pentagon spokesman diC
not name Senators who nigh
have home-State interests il
the Tx. But he did say tina
Senator Muskie, Democrat o
Maine, is the only disintereste,
Senator he has noticed in tn
hearings.
Senator Mundt said no at
fected companies have plant
in South Dakota. 80 I can
figure out what interest he at
tributes to me-"
Other members Of the sub
committee are Democrats Ervfl
of North Carolina. Mcintyre o
New Hampshire and Brewste
Of Maryland, and Republican
Curtis of Nebraska and Javit
Of New York. Senators Nc
Intyre, Brewster and Javit
were named to the subcommit
tee after the hearings began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
BY the Associated Press

Murky flood waters endan-
gered homes and business es-
adjustments Of cities in six
States today as hundreds Of
persons fled the creeping de-
struction which has left mil
lions Of dollars in damage.
Rivers crested in some areas.
bringing relief to a week which
turned scores Of cities and
towns into swamps.
The Ohio River began re-
ceding in most Of West Vir-
ginia. but the Small Business
Administration added two
more counties - Wood and
Marion-to the list of disaster
areas. Five other counties
were put on the disaster list
Thursday from the effects Of
floods Monday and Tuesday.
All The Ohio is expected to crest
shortly before midnight to-
night in Cincinnati at so feet
3 feet above flood stage. Five
Hoodgates were constructed in
Cincinnati. The Weather Bu-
reau said the river may fall 2
feet by Monday morning.
Crest Near so Feet
A crest of SO feet is expected
today in Portsmouth and SOS
feet in Maysville, KY.
In Ohio, 100 families were
evacuated in New Richmond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
ToIkotive Grandmother
Convicted of Murder
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar.

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. Q
(AP) .-Talkative Iva Kroeger,
a grandmother found guilty of
double murder along with her
husband Ralph. hasn't Quoted
down yet.
They must have been paid
off," she said when the jury
Of eight women and four men
returned the guilty verdict late
last night.
II can sleep with a clear
conscience" she continued. II
haven't done nothing TO no
one"
Her husband had TO be re-
strained by Defense Attorney
Emmett Hagerty after each
member Of the jury announced
the couple guilty Of first-degree
murder. Kroeger wanted To
turn his chair around so he
could stare into the faces OF
the jurors as they filed past
the defense table.
Bodies Under Garage
They never was more
wrong" the taciturn KroegeI
remarked.
The couple was found guilty
OF strangling Jay Arneson. 10
and his estranged wife Mildred
So. Their bodies we're dis
covered by police last August
buried beneath the patched
concrete floor in the basement
garage OF the Kroeger home
In San Francisco.
Chief Assistant District At
torney Francis Mayer main.
tanned in his rebuttal argu.
ment yesterday that the Arne.
sons we're slain 10 gain owner
ship Of a motel In Santa Rosa
Calf.
Mr.. Mayer made his rebutta
remarks through a salyo OF l2i
Interruptions by Mrs. Kroeger
The outbursts fell nine short
Of her previous high earlier In
the week when Mr.. Mayer waS
making his closing argument
Judge Harry J. Neubarth an
nounced after the jury was
polled that the insanity phase
Of the trial Of Mrs. Kroeger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

For high and low tides at the follow
ms points subtract times Indicated
from the above. Annapolis, 3h hours
Beach. hours: Deale. AZ hours:
solomons Island. ga hours; Point
Lookout. ~ hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

yesterday and another 100 are
expected to head for higher
ground today. Twenty left
their homes in Aberdeen, rs in
Manchester and many in Rip
ley, an old steamboat town
whose business district lay UNI
der water.
Five hundred persons left
their homes in Fremont as a
mile long ice jam on the San
dusky River periled the north
western Ohio city's safety.
IF it moves gradually, we're
in good shape" Mayor Richard
Mailer said. But if 1t breaks
up all at once, we're in trouble
again." The Sandusky was at
1875 feet last night, slightly
over flood stage, but slowly
dropping.
South Carolina Hit
The. unpleasant job of clean
ing up continues in Central
Ohio where flash floods hit
earlier this week. us. So, which
runs alongside the Ohio River
for several miles, is blocked in
some places and many local
roads are out.
The Red Cross said 1t has
aided 800 persons in the Rhine
land area and may set UP more
shelters tomorrow. The gravest
situation is in Bellevue and
Dayton, KY, across the river
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09
South Carolina Hit

TO Ohio line; Ohio Turnpike, wet from
slush in passing lane of eastern nall
and dry IN western half; U s.. 40
West e, g Ohio Ohio clear "a q $500 80 west s.
because Of fioodins al cersdo. closed At
Barboursville.
south-shirley highway and U. 8. 1
70 Richmond. clear: Richmond South
clear; d. C. TO Charlottesville, clear.
North and East-D, C. to Harris
icy In New York; D. c. 70 Delaware
Turnpike to New York City, clear;
New ENGLAND, generally clear.
River Report
Potomac River muddy at Harpers
Ferry and muddy 1t Great Falls.
Shenandoah muddy at Harpers Ferry
Temperatures fer Yesterday
Midnight ---- IS Noon ------- So
sam. 80 IS sp.@ 800 Il
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest. 40 on March 4.
Lowest. on January "a.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED By the United States Coast
and oeodetie Survey
Today Tomorrow
low - Jam. g:i0 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-09

Record Temperatures for the Year
HiGhest. 80 on March Z.
Lowest. 3 on January "a.
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-29

radiation from fallout. You can't
see, feel taste, smell or hear
this radiation.
Distc c., time and shielding
are the only protection against
radiation. Nothing can be done
about the first two, says Walpole.
They depend on the weather and
the location of the bomb burst.
Shielding, on the other hand,
is matter of concern to every
one. With proper protection, peo-
pie can survive even In areas
of heavy fallout. An ordinary
frame house would reduce radia-
tion to half that outside. Select
Ing the safest spot now available
and then adding more shielding
could cut exposure still further.
Our county extension office has
further details plus plans and
specifications for do-it yourself
shelter insurance.
Lime helps fertilizer to work
II soils are acid. The use Of
lime encourages the use of fert-
ilizer. Crops show a better re-
sponse to nutrients, resulting In
higher yields.
These larger yields pull more
nutrients out Of the soil. This
means that more, rather than
less, fertilize is required In the
soil management program.
Here are some of the benefits
from lining.
i. Lime, where needed, helps
promote the growth and develop
ment of soil microbes. These
convert organic nitro
gen to the nitrate form which
crops can readily use.
2. Lining adds calcium and
magnesium to the soil. It also
helps prevent the accumulation
in soluble form of toxic amounts
Of aluminium, iron, and mangan-
ese.
8. Lime helps keep fertilizer
available to crops for
a longer period.
4. It improves soil structure
by promoting granular, crumb-
like soil structure. Such a soil
soaks up more water and allows
air to move in and out more
freely. It also provides fleg
for crop roots.
5. Lime helps assure the
growth and vigor of alfalfa and
other legumes.
The Heavier Pigs at weaning
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-29
Veterans N ews

Cyril F. Brickfield, general
counsel of the Veterans Admin
istration since October 80, 1861,
has assumed the post of Chief
Benefits Director of the agency.
He succeeds Philip N. Brown
stein who has been confirmed by
the Senate as sioner of
the Federal Housing Adminis-
tration.
AS head of the Department of
Veterans Benefits, Brickfield
will be In charge of all the major
veterans benefits programs, ex-
cluding medical-hoSpital care,
administered in Delaware by the
VA Regional Office, according to
Leon Fields, Manager.
These benefit programs in
clude compensation and pension,
vocational rehabilitation and ed
ucation, the CT loan program,
CT insurance program, War Or
phans Education and the