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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-01
POWERS
POWERS
Pistol Discovered;
FBI Making Tests

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peared in her purse, according
to Chief Halves.
I'VE feel she is truthful in
this statement" he said.
Asked if the dealer was able
to identify the woman who
came to the Maryland shop to
buy the gun, Chief Halves said
he was certain Miss McKille-
get was not the woman. I'VE
can divulge that much" said
Chief Halves. Whom he did
identify we cannot divulge at
this moment"
Miss McKilleget said she last
visited the Powers residence,
three blocks from where the
pistol was found, about Octo-
Der 10, four days before Mr..
Powers was shot to death in
a downstairs room of his
home.
Mrs. Powers, he said, dis
counts" that date but said she
is not sure when Miss McKil-
leget visited her last.
Neither Miss McKilleget nor
Mrs. Powers could be reached
for comment on the police dis
closure. Mrs. Powers and her
five children are staying with
relatives in the 300 block of
Duke street, around the corner
from their home.
A woman who answered the
door this morning said Mrs.
Powers was her sister-in-law
She said Mrs. Powers was
sleeping and could not be dis
turbed.
The pistol, which was turned
over to Alexandria police soon
after three men found it on
the mudflatS Wednesday, now
is in the crime laboratory of
the FBI for ballistics and spec
troscopic examinations.
The weapon contained a CLIP
with several cartridges in il
and there was one shell in the
chamber. Police said one shell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-01

had been fired from the
weapon.
The FBI refused to comment
on its comparison of the bullet
taken from Mr.. Powers head
and test bullets fired from the
weapon found in the river bed.
The FBI said it would send
the results of its tests to Chief
Halves today.
Reporters attempting to see
Mrs. Powers at her parents
home were rebuffed again this
afternoon. They were told that
Mrs. Powers was very Ill and
could not see newspapermen
about the case.
The pistol was identified by
Alexandria police as a Span
ish-made Star model auto
matte. Ironically, the pistol
had been sold to the Strobe
gunshop through the Interarm-
CO Arms Co. Of 10 Prince
street, Alexandria. Interarmco
is located only a few feet from
where the pistol was recovered
in the river bed.
1t is also ironic that, under
Maryland law, it was not
necessary for the woman who
bought the gun to establish her
identity with a document as
unassailable as a birth GER
tificate.
Apparently the next step in
the investigation will be to de-
termine whether the weapon in
the river was the weapon used
by Mr.. Powers slayer.
Found Near Shore
The gun was discovered about
20 feet off the shore line. Chief
Halves said. He added:
at was an act of God that
there wasn't any water there
A capricious northwest vino
caused the water to be ex.
tremely low and exposed the
pistol.
Right now, the dilemma is
who stole Miss McKilleget';
birth certificate and bought the
pistol. We are not saying thil
is the pistol that caused thu
murder, but the fact that it's
new gun that was bought a few
weeks before the murder anC
thrown into the river makes i
highly suspicious that it is thu
murder weapon"
Mr.. Powers was found dying
on the dining room floor of hi
home early on the morning o
October %. Mrs. Powers SaiC
she tried to staunch the FLOW
of blood from his head wounC
before calling for an ambulance
! She said her husband, a forme.
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Second Small Explosion

Spectators said there was a
second, small explosion. When
the big crane pulled the debris
apart, fire broke out again
briefly.
One woman probably ex-
pressed the feeling Of many
spectators.
tits part Of the show" she
sobbed. Its got to bel It's
got to bel"
The Coliseum, site of hockey
games, horse shows and other
sports and entertainment, was
locked up indefinitely for a
thorough investigation OF struc-
tural damage. Built by the
WPA in 1899. it has a replace
ment value of IS million, &C
cording to State Fair Board Of
ficials.
Ironically. the opening night
performance started IL to is
minutes late, said John Ladue,
one Of the shows stars. Had
it started on time, the crowd
would have been moving out
for 10 minutes or more before
the blast.
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Seen Cool to Coup


big Mini" to distinguish him
from another Gen. Mini, has
long been viewed by both the
Americans and President Diem
as the man most likely to lead
a rebel government.
He himself. however, even in
private conversation with his
intimate American friends. al
ways insisted he did not want
a coup, much less be a leader
of it.
Mr.. Diem used Big Minis
talents. right up to the end,
apparently on the assumption,
that the general genuinely dis
liked the efforts to nominate
him as a rebel.
At the same time Mr.. Diem
tried to isolate Gen. Mini from
other army officers and from
the public. The President re-
moved him from his Job as
chief of the armed forces and
made him his personal military
adviser.
Big Mini was privately criti-
cal Of the Diem government,
but he insisted to American
friends that a coup was unde-
sirable.
He made two basic points
against the regime.
First and most important. he
said, the Diem government had
alienated the nations students
by falling and beating their
leaders. The students are the
nations future, he said. and
the nation cannot thrive in the
long run if the young people
oppose the government.
Second, he said, the govern
ment had been unnecessarily
harsh with the Buddhists and
had lost friends among them
and their sympathizers.
Gen. Mimi believed that the
war against the Communist
Wet Cong was going we'll in
Wet Nam, but he worried that
the two political mistakes OF
the Diem regime would under
mine a military victory.
When asked if he would lead
a coup, he would say fatty no
He said President Diem had
so successfully isolated him
from his supporters and black.
ened his reputation that he
was no longer popular enough
to be a leader.
Chung to Regime
He also said that it was his
proper duty to support the
regime. Even with its faults, HI
said, it could well turn out tt
be the best Wet Namese gov.
eminent possible.
To a large extent it was Biz
Minis reluctance to lead {
coup that discouraged Ameri
cans who were looking for al
alternative to Mr.. Diem.
Gen. Mimi doubted that h
had the personal ability to Leaf
the country. He is not a fier.
person nor an eXceptiona
administrator. He is solid
reliable and honest.
His appreciation of demo
cratic methods and his abhor
renee of communism, combined
with his personal integrity
make him IN the opinion o
most Americans in Wet Mar
the best possible leader of ;
new government, however.
Gen. Mini could be expected
to have the same detectives a
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Blast Straight Up

The force Of the explosion
was straight UP or the tragedy.
worst in the history Of Indian
apolis, could have brought a
far heavier toll. Most of the
debris fell down, although some
small pieces of concrete were
found on the opposite side Of
the arena.
1t appeared that the blast
occurred in a commisSary, I'M
der the seats which supplied
popcorn and soft drinks to
vendors.
Wilbur Gauthier, IS, Of In
dianapolis, who worked in the
commissary, said:
II don't have any idea what
happened. I was underneath
the stands. It got dark all of a
sudden, and then I was lying
with concrete and timbers on
me. I tried to get loose. I
must have passed out then,
because the next thing knew
a medical officer had me-"
There was a big hoom," said
Mayor Albert Losche, "and
bodies we're flying through the
air. Then they we're lying
there limp on the ice. This is
the worst catastrophe Indian
apolis ever had"
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Diem Fate Uncertain

suaded to issue a cease-fire
order.
Diem Fate Uncertain
The whereabouts Of the
President and his brother were
not known in Washington
early this afternoon. Uncon-
firmed reports that President
Diem had been spirited out Of
the country and was being
held aboard a ship could not
be confirmed. Nor was there
confirmation that Mr.. Nhu had
been killed.
The Saigon radio report by
the Revolutionary Coup Com
mittee named IA generals as
members without designating
any one as the leader.
Officials here assume, how
ever. that Gen. Mini will be-
come the rallying point. if he
is not already the leader, be-
cause Of his prestige through
out the South Wet Namese
fighting forces.
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Big Hall Would Have Emptied
Only Few Minutes Afterwards

Continued From Page Al
pital at Fort Benjamin Har-
riSon.
Finally the hundreds of fire
men, policemen and civil de-
Tense workers turned their at
tention to the dead and began
laying them in rows along the
side of the ice opposite the
gaping hole in the south side
Of the arena.
Auto wreckers drove directly
onto the ice to help tug at the
chunks Of concrete, some Of
them as big as pianos. Finally
a huge commercial crane was
brought in, and it uncovered
the last of the seats.
Many of the bodies were
charred by flames that roared
80 feet in the air, to the ceiling
Of the huge amphitheater. in
the initial blast. The first it
self was quickly extinguished.
There wasn't much inflammable
in the shattered section except
the seats.
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GENERALS

Continued From Page Al
has been captured and per-
suaded to issue a cease-fire
order.
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Serving HiIIcrest Heights, NARROW Heights,

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Regular Checking Accounts Savings Accounts
Automobile, Home Improvement and Per.
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OPEN HOUSE Saturday Z. meet the people,
and see the bank that can serve you best"
The Nome nugget., 1963-12-24

suit of this reduction.
 Even though the experiments are just beginning it is already apparent that water in reasonable quantities can be extracted from almost any rock, the Boeing re- searchers point out. Oxygen can be taken from the water with a s simple electrolytic cell in- stallation.
 At present the research group has used Andesitic Basalt, Olivine, and Zeolite, all from Washington State.
 Temperatures employed in the experiment have ranged from less than 300 degrees F. Q49 degrees Centigrade) to more than 1900 de- grees F. (982 degrees O. The time involved varies for each experi- ment, but is usually an hour or two.
 Water extraction is done in a closed, nitrogen-filled system. Moisture forms in the nitrogen air and is pumped around to a con- denser, which removes the water and allows the nitrogen to return to the beginning of the system.
 The Boeing research group be- lieves that the water output can be increased greatly by pumping hydrogen into the closed system. It would combine with the oxy- gen present and produce water.
The Nome nugget., 1963-12-24
Boeing's Moon Survival Work Includes
 Furnishing Water - From The Rocks!

SEATTLE CSpeciaD-Researc CTS at The Boeing Company in Seattle, Wash, are daily producing water from ordinary rocks in an attempt to solve the drinking water problem on the moon.
 Lunar expeditions, the research CTS have concluded, will be able to carry water and oxygen along for short trips but longer stay, requiring large quantities of water and oxygen, will create a prob lem. The simplest solution, they believe, is to devise some means of extracting both from the materials at hand. Now Boeing has begun study to determine the possibility of taking water and oxygen from materials which could be expected to be found on the moon.
 According to Boeing research CTS, there is considerable evidence that the moons crust is composed of basaltic rock, similar to that found in the Seattle area. Some of that rock is now being used in experiments to produce water
 Experimental equipment has been built which heats crushed rock, reduces it to rubble and in the process produces about three per cent of it's weight in water.
 The heat first evaporates any surface water in cracks and crew ices. Then at higher temperatures the components of the rock begin to break down and more water, which has been trapped in the crystalline structure of the rock, is released.
 A third step is the result of the fact that rocks are made up large ly of oxides. They can be decom- posed by passing hydrocarbons over them at high temperatures. Water will form when the hydro gen and oxygen combine as re-
The Nome nugget., 1963-12-24
MENU AND COOKING CUES

Well, tomorrow is another feast day - Christmas dinner always features some grand old-time fav- orites, like roast turkey or duck, and fancy rich desserts like plum pudding or fruit cake.
 Today's dinner menu sugges- tions features simple foods, and it's quick-and-easy: For the main course, broile d hamburgers, whipped potatoes, buttered green beans, and tossed salad. For des- sert, served canned or frozen fruit, and some crisp cookies if you have some "extras" on hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-09

CAKE MIKES:
While, Yellow, Spies
or Devils Food, s,z-ez.
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These prices effective Until close ofhvsiness,
Sotvrdey, October u, 1888. IN wothinq-
Ton. o. c. MARYLAND Lovrsl. Polmsr Pork,
ssthssdo, Hillersss Aeishts, Tekome Pehk,
lndien Heed, slodsnsbUrs. Silver Spring,
Rockville. VIRGINIA. AlsxondriG. Arlington,
FeirfoS. Folls Church, Melssn, Anson5als,
Hsrndon. lsesbUrs. Msnosos. VT RESERVE
The RIGHT 70 INIT QUANTITIES. Prodvss
prices subject to daily narksa shonsss.
Some efihs items IN this'odvsrsissmsni moy
vet Be found in al our siorsA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

For example: If a knife. fork
and butter spreader are suf-
ficient. why clutter things
up with implements that will
not be used?
Question: Ny husband is
a doctor of medicine. Should
his cards be engraved Henry
James Brown, MD" or DIR.
Henry James Brown" when
sending Christmas cards?
Mrs. B. l. F.
Answer: Your husbands
cards would be engraved
Doctor Henry James
Brown" If you are to be in
cluded. the full name. pre-
coded by "Dr. and Mrs" is
correct.
Question: My wife has one
bad habit that annoys me
very much. It's a small thing.
but here goesl She sets a
pretty table for dinner every
night. but insists upon put
ting bottles of catsup and
mustard on the table. They
look awful. but she won't lis
ten to my plea that she do
away with them. She does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

be fancy add sparkling Sc
quins, decorative gum m e d
seals and colored conStruc-
ton paper for cutouts.
Ribbon should be only a
decoration. Do not depend
on it to hold your wrapping
together. Use cellophane tape
to secure the edges. You can
conceal the tape by overlap
ping the ends of a SIN all
piece, sticky side out, and
placing this between the
edges to be sealed. Then press
together firmly.
If a box Is too big for one
sheet, tape two sheets to-
gether before you begin
wrapping.
Never make a bow from
the ends OF the ribbon you
tie around the box. Make the
bow separately and use the
ribbon ends to tie in place.
If you are working with a
round box. tape the ribbon to
the bottom so it won't slip
before you have tied it Sc
curely.
Soft ribbon Is easier to
work with than stiff ribbon.
If you have odd ends Of
rib bon left over cut them
into matching lengths, about
four to seven inches, and tie
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them together in the middle
with spool wire and you have
q pinwheel bow, particularly
effective when made with
different colors Of ribbon.
II you are wrapping home
made jams or jellies. place
the Jar on several different
colored sheets of tissue. and
draw the tissue up into a
pouf at the top. Hold it in
place with wide ribbon.
Deep blue paper with
gummed stars sweeping
across like a comets tail is
different and effective. A sill
yer pinwheel bow can be the
comets head.
A child's package can be
cleverly decorated with rib
bon pierced through with
little lollipopS.
For a very small box cut
colored felt to size and glue to
the box itself. Tie with gold
or silver string and thread
some little bells into the bow.
Pleat a strip of heavy COL
lored or metallic paper and
make random wedge-shaped
cuts into it while it is still
folde d. Cut the edges off
slantwise. Then fan it out to
make a sunburst decoration
to be glued to a package.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
Miss Press
Is Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hans Press Of Washington
announce the marriage Of
their daughter Christine to
Mr.. Carlos Robert Heina, son
Of Mr.. Carlos Daniel Heina
of McAllen, Texas, and the
late Mrs. Heina. The wedding
took place yesterday in Holy
Trinity Church, Georgetown.
The bride was graduated
from Stone Ridge Country
Day School of the Sacre d
He art, Bethesda, Nd, and
attended Immaculate Col
lege. Paoli. Pa. She was a
member Of the Queens Court
Of the 1862 Presidents Cup
Regatta. She is the grand
daughter Of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Jean Louis Grand Of
Washington and the late Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Jacob Press
of Washington and Herring,
Denmark.
Mr.. Heina attended the
University of Texas, Austin,
and was graduated from East
Texas State College, Com
merce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
WHY GROW OLD?
Patience and These Tips
Lead to Pretty Packages

and use your creative urge
for artistic beautiful results.
On the other hand, you
may be like I am. I have five
thumbs on each hand when I
try to wrap a gift and my
finger either gets caught in
the ribbon or the ribbon is
too loose when I finish. To-
day I bring help for my
re a ders with five thumbs
which may also be useful to
more expert gift wrappers.
Here are some suggestions
from a professional gift
wrapper to make this task
easier and the packages pref
tier.
Some basic materials you
should have: Several gift
wrapping papers. includ-
ing one solid color, tissue pa
per white and two bright
shades, a cellophane tape,
colored ribbon and spool wire
for bows. If you have time to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

weaker sex" should do. II
he handles himself in a
courteous manner, he should
not be criticized either for
following this procedure.
Question: How much sill
yer should be placed on a
dining table? Only that &C
tually needed? Or should a
balanced place setting al
ways be included. even if you
aren't going to use the i'm
plements? Mrs. B. T.
Answer: 1t is not neces-
sary to put the whole place
setting on when you are
only going to need part of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

this even II we have COM
pany. Mr.. r. L. P.
Answer: Why don't you
stop at a department store
on your way home and pick
up a china or glass set just
made to hold the contents
Of these ugly bottles2 I agree
that the bottles themselves
do not add to the beauty Of
any table. but these contain
ers are very attractive and
will take care Of your prob
lem, I'm sure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
By JOSEPHINE BOWMAN
lRerisfer and TrihlIna sundicaiaN

Here 1t is the first Of that
month when you know what
happens.
There are signs Of Christ
mas everywhere. Maybe you
are one Of those people who
really enjoy wrapping gifts
because you are good at it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
MODERN MANNERS
Helpful YuIe
Shopping Hints
By CAROLYN HAeNER SHAW

Down through the years It
has been proclaimed that
certain days be set aside to
commemorate specific occa-
sions. Among these are
Christmas. Easter. Mothers
Day, and Fathers Day.
Even though the customs
followed when observing
each of these occasions are
different. there is a deplora-
bic trend taking place that
applies to all of them. 1t is
Recommendation. This
Is particularly true with re-
gard to the traditional OBJ
servances that surround the
coming Of ChristmaStide.
now only three short weeks
away.
The beautiful religious
meaning seems to be getting
lost, more and more each
year, and only the giving of
gifts would seem to be the
important thing. Granted
that presenting gifts is part
of the celebration of the
birth Of the Christ Child. 1t
would seem deplorable that
It should be allowed to out
shine the true spirit behind
it all
This expression Of an
opinion on my part is
brought about by the al
ready glaring advertisements
that, in tone, practically or
der you to buy gifts for ev-
eryone you know RELATIVES,
friends and also mere ac-
quaintances). The general
idea would seem to be trying
to make 1t obligatory to give
gifts, or else. Naturally,
shops want business. but do
they have to advertise the
fact by blasting at you?
The above is only a little
TRADE aimed at suggesting
that you take it easy when
you do purchase your Christ
mas gifts. Try to avoid the
pitfalls Of being urged to
hurry, hurry. Make your
list now. and don't put off
the shopping until the last
minute, and you won't greet
Christmas morning so tired
that all the glow is dimmed.
A few shopping hints:
Avoid a me first" attitude.
Showing and pushing will get
you nothing but glares and
muttered comments from
those you tread upon. Trying
to impress a busy salesper-
son that you are important
and should be waited on
NOW. regardless of those
ahead Of you. is unfair to all
concerned. You complain
that those who serve you in
the stores are rude, snippy
and harassed. Did it ever
dawn on you that perhaps
your actions multiplied by
many others who take the
me only" attitude. too
cause some of the traits you
complain about? Think it
over.
Special to the Ladies':
Above all give the poor male
shopper a chance!
He has as much right to
purchase his gifts as you
have. Unfortunately, all too
often 1t is taken for granted
that he will be a gentleman
and hold the door for you.
but he is then rudely pushed
aside II he happens to reach
the counter first that you
were heading for. This is one
time when a poor man
should be allowed to drop
the old ruling of ladies
first" and be able to make
his purchases when his turn
comes around, Just like the
members Of our so-called
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plored In a factual description of
what is being done in Washington
for both adults and children af-
flicted.
Concert at the Monastery of Elm
siedeln" Is this weeks international
Hour feature on WETA-26, Friday
at $3.50 pm. The orchestra (the Col
legium Aureum Of the Monastery,
soloists and the monastery choir
will be heard in music by George
Friedrich Handel and j. c. Bach.
THE BOSS: Bill Malone, WNIAL-7
Sportscaster, and Commander Malone
to the Naval Air Reserve. has been
named commander of Jet Fighter
Squadron SOL. But you can't see the
pictorial evidence that accompanied
the Naval Reserve press release. It's
stamped on the back: Official Pho
tograph Not to be Used for Publ
cation by Order Of the Chief Of
Naval Operations.
!. WuShinotou D c IulV "A 1874
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D. c. STUDIOS

The most elaborate local musical
production in some time has been
tapped by WMAL-Tv for showing
next Friday night at 1880. It's
Washington Summertime" a one
hour musical tour of the city fea-
turing soloists and the chorus Of
the American Light Opera Co.
They'll do their singing against a
variety of Landmark backdrops -
the Washington Monument, Great
Falls. Rock Greek Park. the Zoo,
Hams Point, the Lincoln Memorial
and Carter Barron Amphitheater.
Johnny Batchelder will be the nv
tour guide.
Far to Co." second documentary
in WRC-4's Report from Airlie Sc
ries, is set for telecasting Monday
at 1890. in color. It's subject is the
world of the mentally retarded. ex-
- The Sunday Stor " Mosuzi
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The Sunday stor V MosOrine. WOshinStc