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Evening star., 1963-05-13
ALL DAY WE WATT
Dominicans Tighten Border Watch

struggle with Haitian Dictator
Francois Duvalier.
A tent is pitched here or
there for troops who lounge
in the shade around an am
bulance, several trucks and
two jeeps with machine guns.
Their commander is Col.
Fernandez.
He cannot give his first name
"for security reasons" He is
very security conscious. Short,
dark and taciturn, he wears a
mustache and American-style
battle fatigues and has been
ordered here with his troops
from Santo Domingo, some 200
miles to the southeast.
No, he cannot tell how many
troops have been sent. No, he
cannot permit inspection be-
hind the fort walls which are
rumored to hide five rewly ar
rived tanks. No. he cannot say
how he feeds his troops or
where they are billeted.
What do they do all day?
I'VE wait" comes the short
answer.
Have they had any trouble?
Everything is completely
quiet"
DO they patrol the border2
DAY and night. Absolutely
no one can cross the border
without permission"
Even to drive the kilometeH
to the border requires a mill
tary escort-which the colonel
readily gives.
It Is an interesting drive
On one side q buildozer is put
ting the finishing touch to q
landing strip. There's a glimpse
Fof q patrol returning through
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common criminals and cannot
have safe conduct passes.
But this war of words seems
TO pass unnoticed over Col.
Fernandez's head. I'VE In the
military do not base our plans
on excitement" he said. I'VE
wait for commands and then
act on them"
To Judge from the atmos-
phere Of the Jimani garrison,
a command for action is not
imminent.
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the murmur Of soldiers voices
breaks the silence. Only slightly
farther back, wives and chill
dren shuttle through the nor
NAL daily tasks around faded
wood bungalows on either side
of the hot, unsheltered road.
3ut this is only the first
line Of defense.
One kilometer back along
the road. Jimani military head
quarters displays reinforce
ments ordered by President
Juan Bosch in the current
Evening star., 1963-05-13
BY GEORGE SHERMAN
star staff Writer

JnAANI, Dominican Republic, May 1S-Looking across
the quiet border at the matted green hills of HAITI
wonders where the stuff Of crisis between the two parts
Of this Caribbean island.
Ahead, in HAITI desolate silence covers the country
SIDE Any overgrown towpath without life ortification
Evening star., 1963-05-13

in the outpost wall. It marks
the end Of the asphalt road
to the border.
Through the open windows
Of q small garrison compound,
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cuts Its way through the foliage
toward an invisible Port au
Prince, the Haitian capital only
30 miles away.
A Dominican sentry stands
guard over a lovely iron gate
Evening star., 1963-05-13
Militia on Roofs

Blue-uniformed, rifle-toting
militia were on the roofs of
the tax office and surrounding
buildings.
The elite presidential guard,
wearing natty khaki and four
rageres, lined the sidewalk be-
tween the Caserine Francois
Duvalier-the Haitian police
headquarters - and the tax
building. For blocks around,
armed men stood every three
feet cycling the throng of
several thousand people as
sembled for the rare public ap-
pearance.
AS I started across the street
to the steps Of the tax build
ing, q helmeted army sergeant
barred the way and said un-
mistakably that in my case,
"Ils ne passeront pas"
Walking to the entrance of
the police headquarters build
ing, I saw q sign reading, of
ficier du jour-" A 80 caliber
air cooled machine gun was
mounted on the floor nearby,
aimed at the desk but un-
manned.
A pass to witness the dedi-
cation was refused by a young
lieutenant.
Back outside, a handful of
other American correspondents
had made it UP to the steps,
but this was impossible to ex-
plain to a Creole-speaking
Haitian soldier.
Then, across the Champs,
DR.. Duvalier emerged publicly
for the first time since May l..
The three tanks in the Haitian
army were there So was an
encourage of black limousines
and a truck filled with brown
uniformed Haitian troops.
Just before II am. a file Of
helmeted motorcyclists began
racing in oval formation back
and forth in front Of the
palace.
Instantly Surrounded
When DR.. Duvalier stepped
out into the sunlight, he was
instantly surrounded by at
least 200 men. some in uni
form, others in multi but car
rying rifles.
Instead Of climbing into q
limousine, DR.. Duvalier started
walking 200 yards from the
palace. past the statue Of
Toussaint L'Ouverture along
the walk where no passerby
can ever tread. toward the
gleaming TAX Duildlng.
Just then a file Of blue-clad
militiamen struggled past and
one singled me out for his un-
divided attention. These men
have the reputation of being
the most undisciplined Of DR..
Duvalier's armed forces and
often ply themselves with rum
before o public function.
My man was q rangy, mus
tached Negro with q Mauser
rifle and obviously very nerv-
Gus. He gestured with the
rifle. and said something in
Evening star., 1963-05-13
BY JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
star staff Writer

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti,
May l3-President Francois
Duvalier emerged from his
palace citadel for the first time
in nearly two weeks yesterday
to dedicate a new tax building.
The security arrangements
would have made President
Kennedy's Secret Service guard
blush with envy.
A huge square. of which the
presidential palace is the
centerpiece, was alive with
troops, militiamen and police
The Ton Ton Macoute, who
wear what they choose, were
there, too.
Attempting the direct ap-
proach to get a spot close TO
the rostrum Of the new build
ing at the west end of the
Champs, de Mars. I walked up
wearing q ribbon on my shirt
In the blue and red colors Of
Haiti.
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Dentist Elected

DR.. Newman Crawford Tay-
lor. an Alexandria dentist, was
elected president Of the Old
Dominion Dental Society at Its
annual meeting last week In
Roanoke. Va.
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the dense thicket from the
border wasteland. A monde
script truck is neatly camou-
flaged with tall palm leaves,
And on the other side, soldiers
gather around a water truck
for a chow break"
Town Mostly Normal
Back in Jimani itself, groups
of soldiers who straggie through
quiet, shaded streets, are the
only signs of crisis. The town
seems to be laid out according
to some underlined geometric
plan.
Coming in from the primi-
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cATA black. Rock Creek aHiila. caI
ARK Oh e-0O4
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Novel Front Yard Effect
Noted in Silver Spring

yards or dwellings or as a
result of building operations. !"
He said this definitely included
toilets.
The Kipleys were bowled
over by this news. What on
earth could they do with the
thing?
Il was thinking of planting
flowers in it." said Mr.. Ripley.
"I'd be tickled to death to get
rid of it." He added that he
considers it a pink elephant, or,
more accurately, a pink-col-
ored white elephant.
He has called private trash
firms, but none of them seems
to want the job, or they ask
too much. money. Eventually,
he gueSses, he'll have to put it
in his station wagon and haul
it over to the public dump in
Rockville, the county seat.
Meanwhile, it sits out on the
sidewalk in front of the Kip
leys' commodious lot at S11
Arlington drive, drawing snide
comments from the neighbors
and raised eyebrows from
passing motorists.
It also causes a certain
amount of confusion among the
neighborhood dogs. It's sitting
right next to a fire hydrant.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
PooIesviHe Tract
Zoned for Housinq
BLADENSBURG FIRMS $773,750
IS LOW ON RAZING 7 TEMPOS

A Bladensburg, Nd. wTeckng company has turned
the lowest bid to tear down tempos that extend
on the Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the
Washington Monument
The firm Julian c. Cohen Salvage Corp told the
regional office of the General Services Administration
that would demosh the tempos and the old Fisheries
Building for $173750
A Chicago firm Bosley Wrecking Co., said the razing
was worth $565 900, the highest bid.
The total floor space in the sprawling tempos
and the brick Fisheries Building is around IL million
square feet This enough space for 5000 Government
workers. based the Governments rough average OF
around $50 square feet needed worker The Govern
will its award of the contract early next
month.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
By DAVID BRAATEN
Star Staff Writer

Houses in suburban develop
ments are apt to look pretty
much alike-the same neat
lawns and shrubs, the same
untidy children and garages.
But there's something differ
ent about the Donald E. Kip
leys' home in Silver Spring
namely, the pink toilet that's
been parked on the sidewalk in
front of the house for the past
six or eight weeks.
There's really a very simple
explanation Of how it got there.
It used to be in the bathroom,
Mr.. Ripley explained, but "the
kids were jumping on it one
day and it broke"
So Mr.. Ripley bought a new
fixture and moved the old one
out to the curb for the trash
men to haul away.
They refused to take it.
UNLESS they can burn it,
they won't take it," Mrs. Kipley
said.
A spokesman for the WASH
ington Suburban Sanitary
Commission quoted regulations
prohibiting the pickup OF
substances that may accumu-
late as q result of repairs to
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Fire Levels
Theuter in
Salisbury

SALISBURY, Md, Dec. 81
(AP).-The Ulman Theater
here was destroyed yesterday
by a general alarm fire which
roared out of control for al
most three hours before it was
subdued.
Milton Marsey, manager of
the movie house, estimated
damages at $150,00O. Stores ad-
jacent to the theater suffered
smoke damage.
Salisbury's two fire compa-
nies and equipment from five
nearby communities fought the
blaze which was discovered
several hours before the movie
was to open for the day.
Mr.. Marsey said he started
an electric heater in his base
ment office, beneath the lobby
just before leaving for the
bank. When he returned,
firemen already were on the
scene.
John Cramer, a janitor
called firemen after smelling
smoke in the building.
Evening star., 1963-12-31

grant rezoning petitions than
DR.. Wilson.
DR.. Wilson, AZ, of 1l309
Huntover drive, Rockville, has
been a county resident for nine
years. He studied at Duke Uni
versity, received a medical de-
gree from George Washington
University and specializes in
obstetrics and gynecology.
DR.. Wilson succeeds John A.
Floyd, So, who had been men,
toned as a compromise candi-
date to serve another one-year
term if council members had
failed to agree on DR.. Wilson
or Mrs. Hepburn.
Rockville Housewife
Mrs. Hepburn, SO, a Rockville
housewife, is a former member
and chairman of the County
Board of Appeals. A former
Government attorney, she is a
past president of the Maryland
F e d GRAFTON of Republican
Women and was general coun-
sci to the national federation.
Miss Diggs, 33, of Manor
Club, is a graduate of the Amer
ican University Law School and
has a practice in the county.
She formerly taught in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
public schools and has been
active in various Republican
clubs.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Ex-Policemun
In DC. Found
Shot to Death

A former Metropolitan pol
iceman was found dead in his
apartment yesterday, about an
hour after convincing Alexan-
dria police who had been
warned of his intentions that
he did not intend to commit
suicide.
Police said Sidney j. STRAIT
ton, 81, shot him e I
through the mouth was a 30
caliber rifle he had purchased
at a department store earlier
yesterday. They officially ruled
1t a suicide.
The body was discovered by a
roommate, Charles K. Wallace,
in their 10th-floor apartment
at Southern Towers, Shirley
highway and Seminary road,
police reported.
Alexandria police said they
received a radio call from
Metropolitan Police to investi-
gate a threatened suicide
District police said Mr.. Strait
ton had called about 4:30 pm,
threatening to take his life.
Received Call
While Mr.. Stratton was kept
talking on the telephone, the
call was traced and Alexandra
Police Sergt. John Herritt and
Pvt. James Hightower went to
the apartment.
The policeman talked with
Mr.. Stratton who denied con-
templating suicide. He ZAP
peared in good spirits" they
said. They left then.
Mr.. Stratton's roommate
arrived at 6 pm. and found the
chain latch across the inside OF
the door. He called the building
engineer, Richard E. Maggard,
who cut the chain.
Door Was Latched
Mr.. Stratton'S body was
found lying on a cot in the
front room and holding a rifle
police said.
Detective 1t. Francis john
son said the victim was under
pSychiatric treatment and
recently had trouble with his
former wife, Barbara, who is
living in Bethlehem, Pa.
Mr.. Stratton was employed
by an Alexandria duplicating
service, 1t. johnson said.
District police said Mr.. STRAIT
ton joined the force in Janua-
ry, 1949 and submitted his
resignation in May, 1852. He
served in the third precinct.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Drafting Of Low
On Child Abuse
In D. c. Ordered

The District Commissioners
today asked the corporation
counsel to draft "child-abuse"
legislation to protect children
from beatings and wilful starv-
alton at the hands of their
parents.
The law would require physi-
clans % report suspicious of
child abuse. The doctors would
also be protected from law
suits which might otherwise re-
suit from such accusations.
In recent months, there has
oeen growing publicity through
out the Nation to cases in
which parents have beaten or
starved their infants and young
children.
Today, DR.. Murray Grant,
District health director, dis
cussed the problem of child
abuse with the Board of Com
missioners who then requested
that legislation be drafted.
This legislation must then be
J cleared through Congress.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Murder Now
Is Charged
In HoIdup

A murder charge was placed
yesterday against a holdup sus-
pect accused of shooting a
Montgomery County storekeep-
er last week.
The charge vas filed in
Rockville a short time after
the victim, Charles Leon Sny-
der, 81. died in Suburban Hos
pital, Bethesda, from a head
wound suffered in the holdup
two days before Christmas,
police reported.
Held without bond at the
Rockville Jail on the murder
charge is Charles Stanley Stull,
"a, an unemployed tilesetter
who lives in the 1900 block of
East-West highway. Silver
Spring, according to police.
When the victim died, Stull
already was in Jail, in lieu of
$4,000 bond on two other
charges, filed after the hold
up, police said.
Mr.. Snyder was the owner
Of a combination grocery and
antique shop at Ounce Or
chard road and Route %, north
Of Rockville, and was robbed of
about $l00 in the holdup De-
cember %. A customer arriv-
ing shortly after noon found
him lying on the floor behind
the cash register.
The suspect was arrested a
few hours later and was
charged initially with assault
with intent to kill and rob-
berry.
A preliminary hearing on
those charges in Rockville
Peoples Court had been sched-
uled for yesterday, but was
Cancelled after Mr.. Snyder
died. A warrant charging the
suspect with murder was then
served against him and a new
preliminary hearing date set
for January 13, police said.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
JOHNSON SIGNS
D. c. FUNDS BILL
CARRYING BOOST

President Johnson signed
yesterday the 1913 million
District appropriations bill
for the fiscal year which
started last July /.
The money measure car
ries a Federal payment to
the city of $37.5 million.
This is SIS million more
than the city got last
fiscal year, the most dra-
matte rise in the Federal
contribution in decades.
The approved budget is
$18 million above appro-
priations for the 1962-63
fiscal year. 1t includes
$261.6 million for operating
expenses, $46.5 million in
construction projects and
S. million for the repay
ment of loans from the
Federal treasury.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Laboratory Chief

1t. Col. M. s. Hochmuth,
who recently completed the
senior course at the Industrial
War College at Ft. McNair, has
b cen named commanding
officer of the Harry Diamond
Laboratories. He replaces 1t.
Col. Robert w. McEvoy, who
has been transferred to the Far
East.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Man, "a, Charged
In Rope-SIoyinq

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dec.
81 (AP).-Police today charged
a man with the rape-slaying of
an Eastern Shore woman
whose body was found buried
here beneath leaves Sunday.
Wilford Mcdonald Wilson,
"a, Of Newport News, was
charged with raping and slay-
ing Mrs. Karen Ursula Han
chey, %, of Melfa, Accomack
County. Wilson denied the
charges.
Police arrested Wilson after
arouSing him from sleep in his
mothers apartment.
The body of a young woman
was found Sunday in a woods
in Newport News. Mrs. Han
chey'S husband identified the
body.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
The
Rambler
-. Is Cautious
About Predicting
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Here we are at the end Of
another year.
This has been the year Of
the assassination of the
President, the death Of a
Pope, the public revelation
Of the quarrel between Rus
sia and China, the test ban
treaty and the longest
peace-time session of Con-
gress.
A few predictions for the
New Year are in order:
Congress will be back on
January Z, 1864.
On January II the sun viii
begin to rise earlier. This
morning 1t got up at 7:27,
later than on the solstice.
1t viii continue to rise with
in a few seconds Of that time
for the next 10 days. Then
1t will start giving us more
daylight, before, as well as
after, noon, getting up a
minute or two earlier every
day.
Bowie will open on Janu-
ary II. That once meant the
start of spring in Maryland
but no longer.
In March we will have the
flower show in the Armory,
the first real harbinger of
spring.
Toward the end Of the
month the willow branches
along the Potomac will be
turning green. The lawns will
be showing signs Of life. And
excited subscribers will be
making telephone calls to re-
port the first robin, although
many robins winter in this
cline.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
DR.. Wilson to Head
Montgomery Council
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
Star Staff Writer

DR.. Thomas M. Wilson today
was unanimously elected presi-
dent of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Council. ending weeks OF
Republican Party pickering
about who should get the one
year post.
In his post as president pro
tenn this year, DR.. Wilson, by
precedent, earlier was thought
to be the only candidate under
consideration for election by
the other council members.
But a faction within the Re-
publican Party was pushing for
the election Of Mrs. Mary A..
Hepburn, council secretary,
who today was elected president
pro tenn, according to custom,
to succeed DR.. Wilson. In the
past, council officers have au-
tomatically been elected in the
succession of secretary. presi-
dent pro TEN and president.
Wave Of Support
The intra-party conflict
stirred up a wave Of support
for DR.. Wilson, including 800
petitions and the backing of
Republican members of the
legislative delegation who were
irked at the thought of Mrs.
Hepburn being jumped ahead
Of DR.. Wilson.
Upon taking office today, DR..
Wilson announced that the
council had CLOSED ranks" The
remark came after the election
Of Mrs. Hepburn and the new
secretary, Miss Kathryn E.
Diggs.
DR.. Wilson was nominated
for the presidency by Mrs.
Hepburn. There was only ons
candidate for each of the three
posts. The ballots were unani-
nous, including the vote of the
candidate for the respective
office.
Republican leaders have de-
clined to say publicly why Mrs.
Hepburn was being backed for
the presidency. Authoritative
party officials, however, said
it was thought DR.. Wilson'S
medical practice would not al
low him the time needed for
council meetings, rezoning
hearings and party caucuses.
Others attributed the party
split to rumors that Mrs. Hep
burn would be more inclined to
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Lecture on Religions

DR.. Prynce Hopkins, formerly
a psychology lecturer at Uni
versity College in London, will
lecture on Eastern religions at
a reception given by the Mar
garet Brent Fellowship at 4
pm. Friday at the National
Women'S Party headquarters,
144 Constitution avenue NE.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
THE MARLIN, those 81,

THE MARLIN, those six
foot hunters of the deep,
will be congregating over the
shoal Is miles off Ocean City
known as the Jack Spot.
Next summer I hope to boat
one. I feel quite up to it.
White sails will be dotting
the Chesapeake, the finest
sea for sailing this side Of
the Atlantic.
Schools will open in Sep
tember and the orchards
that bloSsomed in May will
be bearing fruit. The golden
rod, a reminder that summer
will soon be over, will Sadden
us. The newspapers will start
publishing the pollen count.
In October the naples and
sumacS and gums and tulip
poplars and oaks will be in
a color contest. Better make
early reservations at skyland
on Skyline drive.
In November great VS. of
geese will be flying south
over the capital. Then the
hunter will oil his gun for
upland game, which is more
plentiful than ever in this
ideal hunting country, or for
ducks.
For the first time, citizens
In the District of Columbia
will vote for a President.
Next December will mean
Christmas parties as>well as
Christmas shopping.
My New Years wish is that
you will enjoy Washington in
1864.
Evening star., 1963-12-31

chairman Of the powerful and
highly respected Armed Serv-
ices Committee. Mr.. Vinson has
been conferring with the Dis
trict as a representative of the
House office Building Commis-
sion, which has jurisdiction
over Capitol ground needed for
the tunnel.
Two Alternate Plans
The tunnel proposal, as 1t is
worked out so far. could be
either one of two alternate
plans which generally use the
right-of-way of Third street
Details of the two plans were
announced by District Engineer
Com missioner Charles M
Duke, who has been working
with Mr.. Vinson on the plans.
Mr.. Vinson was asked by
Representative McC orma c k
Democrat of Massachusetts
and Speaker Of the House, tC
represent the Speaker and the
third member of the commits
sion, Representative Auchin
Gloss, Republican Of New Jer'
sey.
The earlier plan for thi
freeway was to go across thu
Mall between Second anC
Third street, using "cut anC
cover" methods Of construction
Numerous trees, some of which
were the oldest on the Capito
grounds, would have beer
destroyed, and the Gen. Meade
Statue near Third street anC
Pennsylvania avenue woulc
have had to be moved.
A key factor in the switch tc
the Third street route was Mr.
Evening star., 1963-12-31
Mall Freewuy unneI
Gets Vinson Approval
BY LEE FLOR
Star Staff Writer

key Congressman has approved general details Of
proposal Center Leg eeway under the Mall
Third NV giving the District significant break
through in its freeway program.
The congressional nod from Representative VnSon
Democrat of Georgia and chairman of the powerful and