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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

1t was a little before noon
when White House Press
Secretary Pierre Salinger called
reporters into his office. They
thought 1t was for the briefing
scheduled at that hour.
The only thing odd was that
Mr.. Salinger. who works with
photographers as well as re-
porters. limited the gathering
to newsmen.
As soon as reporters were
inside, pads and pencils at the
ready, Mr.. Salinger said:
THE President would like to
have you come in and have
coffee with him"
That was the start of an
unprecedented, on-the-record
informal meeting between
President Johnson and the
press.
The President, standing just
inside his oval office, shook
hands with the 80 or more
reporters, many of them friends
or acquaintancestor years.
A row of chairs had been
arranged between the PreSi-
dents desk and two large
couches and his rocking chair.
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Hit-Run Driver Sought
After Killing Policemen

A rookie policeman was ia
tally injured by a hit-run car
last night as ne directed traffic
near q Southeast Washington
shopping center crowded with
Christmas buyers.
Police officials said the
young officer. David c. Hig-
ginbotham, %, of 1852 Valley
place Sc, was hit as he stood
ct the center of Alabama ave-
nue. near Thirtieth street Sc,
directing traffic at the en-
trance to q Sears, Roebuck and
Co. parking lot.
The hit-run car, described
by witnesses as a 1857 or SO
blue Plymouth station wagon
with Maryland registration
tags, continued eastward on
Alabama avenue.
Officer Only 3 Months
Pvt. Higginbotham had been
a Washington policeman less
than three months. A native
Of Princeton, w. Va, he was
appointed to the force Septem-
Der Is and was assigned to the
18th precinct.
When struck, the policeman
was wearing the bright orange
colored visibility jacket used by
policemen on traffic duty after
nightfall.
Witnesses told police the car
struck Pvt. Higginbotham at
about 1925 pm. He was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at
Casualty Hospital.
Police in Southeast Wash
ington and nearby Maryland
were alerted to watch for a
car believed to have a damaged
left front fender and headlight.
Describes Accident
John Elgin, 10, of 300
Bangor street Sc, had Just
driven through the intersection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
Secret Service
Role Queried
Ex-Chief in Doubt
On Kennedy Guard
Star staff Photo
BY DAVID S. BRODER
Star Staff Writer

| olaA ohoAA "AAbtA
Former Secret Service Chief
~. E. Baughman yesterday
raised critical questions about
the performance of police and
Secret Service agents at presi-
dent Kennedy's assassination In
Dallas.
He said there are a lot of
things to be explained" by
Transcript Of Interview. Pose F-3
Kennedy PIonned Import Bon on DeOth
Gun Type. Poee As
those responsible for protecting
the President.
In a copyrighted ON The
RECORD interview with CORE
spondentS of The Star, the De-
troit News, the Newark News
and the st. Louis Post Dis
patch. Mir. Baughman, So. who
retired in 1861 after "a years in
the Secret Service, said at least
five points about the crime
need Qualification. In his words:
/. Police ARE supposed to
have searched" the textbook
warehouse from which accused
assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
apparently fired. Il don't know
if they did it."
2. Oswald lis supposed to
have shot from the window" OF
that building. Il am not critical
of the Secret Service, but why
didn't they use the machine
gun TO spray the Window"
3. There are reports some
one saw a gun sticking out this
window. Who saw the gun?
would like to pin that down. "
4. rs there one or more in
volved?"
5. why wasn't that fellow
See BAUGHMAN, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

the Americans, seized along with
Comibol Corporation Minera
de Bolivia technicians, are:
Thomas M. Martin, U.SI.S.
assistant information officer,
of New York City; Michael A.
Kristula, US.IS. assistant in
formation officer, Cadillac,
Mich; Bernard Rifkin, labor
advisor for the Agency for In
ternational Development. and
Robert Fergerstrom, a Peace
Corps volunteer.
Mr.. Phillips said the miners
held an assembly yesterday
morning and resolved to hold
the technicians prisoners until
the three Communist labor
leaders being held by the gov
eminent are released.
Safety Promised
The miners have promised
headquarters that the hostages
will not be harmed.
The Communist labor leaders
the miners want released are
FREDERICK Escobar. Irineo Pr
mentel and a man identified by
Mr.. Phillips as Zaral. Escobar
and Pimentel have been charged
with misuse Of union funds and
murder, according to reports.
The incident occurred at Sig
10 Veinte, a mine located about
$50 miles south Of La Paz. The
four Americans had gone to
visit a community development
project in the area when they
were seized.
Bolivian Foreign Affairs Min
lister Jose Fellman discussed the
case with the new United States
Ambassador, Douglas Hender-
son, who Just arrived in La Paz
The names Of the 16 Bolivian
technicians and the manager
of the mining enterprise al
Catavi, presumably the German
held with them, we're not given
out.
Catayi is a leading tin-minine
center in West-Central Bolivia
As the kidnapping became
known, the Catavi Miners
Union announced 1t was join.
ing a strike to obtain the re-
lease of the Communist lead
ers. held as alleged Subversives
About $500 of the 10000 mine
workers in the nationalizec
system are at Catavi.
Mr.. Henderson said the
White House was taking ar
active interest in the matter
but that the Bolivian govern
ment was handling the case.
Mr.. Martin, Of the United
States Information Service, got
in touch with the Embassy al
La Paz yesterday through the
Catavi radio and reported al
those held were safe and well
Catavi Is a hotbed of govern
ment opposition. The govern
ment of President Victor Pa
EstensSoro wants to put the
money! losing tin operations or
a sounder basis by cutting
down on featherbedding anc
transferring unneeded minerS
elsewhere.
In a recent clash with the
government, the miners STRUCK
but finally lost out in theil
demands to maintain the worl
force and pay scales. The gov,
eminent has avoided resortine
to armed force to make the
miners toe the economy line.
There was no indication
See HOSTAGES, Page AZ;
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Tremor in Balkans

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia
Dec. z (AP) "A light earth.
quake was recorded today in
the neighborhood of Ljubljana
capital of Slovenia. Reports
from the area mentioned nc
damage or casualties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
Baker Assets
Being Studied
Motel Appraisal
Intrigues Probers
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

The question Of whether
Robert G. Bobby Baker is a
millionaire in fact or merely
on paper is now critical to the
Governments investigation of
the deposed secretary to the
Senate majority.
Specifically, several agencies
are trying to verify that Mr.
Baker, in loan applications,
accurately reported his fortune
and listed all of his liabilities
as the law requires.
Undergoing intensive scrutiny
are financial statements which
indicate that the former pro-
tege of President johnson made
some $700, 1000 between october,
1862. and February. 1868.
According to authentic
sources, he claimed in the first
statement that his overall
worth was $1.3 million and in
the second that it was 2 million.
Motel Under Study
OF all the complex holdings
the statements enumerate, the
one which at the moment most
intrigues investigators Is a
Howard johnson motel IN
Charlotte, N. c.
The same MOTEL earlier
achieved some notoriety be-
cause. at different times, Mr..
Baker was associated in the
ownership with Kidd Brewer.
a lobbyist now imprisoned for
influence peddling, and with
Commerce Secretary Hodges.
But it currently is being ex-
amined from an altogether diff
ferent perspective.
The motel opened in 1861
at an interchange Of U. s.
Route IS on land which Seby
B. Jones, Raleigh builder, had
assembled from several owners
in 1857 and 1858.
Mr.. Jones sold the land in
1860 to two corporations which
he, together with Mr.. Baker
and Brewer, had formed.
He said that shortly before
the transaction, he had beer
introduced to Mr.. Baker fol-
the first time either by Brewer
or by Mr.. Hodges, who Their
was Governor of North Caro-
lima.
Hodges Bought Stock
Before construction began
Brewer Withdrew and Mr.
Hodges was invited to assume
his shares. He did so, eventual
ly investing $4,000, according
to one of his spokesman.
The motel was built under
the sponsorship Of one of the
two corporations, and an ad-
joining motel under the con-
troll of the other.
Mr.. Hodges says that after
his appointment to the cabi-
net, he sold his shares back
to the other two for $4,000.
Mr.. Jones says that since
See BAKER, Page As
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when the accident occurred. He
said:
II heard a sound like he hit
the side of my car. I looked
around and saw the car come
by me with the officer on the
hood. Then the car cut me
off-he cut in front of me
and the officer slid off the hooC
into the left lane.
THE car stopped about 81
feet ahead of me and I saw
the guy start to get out. Their
he saw the officer lying in the
street and just took Off"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
Reductions
ToBeMude
BYDefense
By CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

President johnson announced
plans yesterday for cutting
civilian employment Of the De-,
tense Department by $4,000 in
an effort to keep down next
years budget which he indi-
Gated may soar beyond sl02
billion.
The President disclosed this
move in a surprise press con-
Transcript Of Presidents Press Con-
ference. Poss A-l0
ference with about 80 reporters
he invited into his White House
oval office for coffee"
1t was only one of several
announcements the President
made as he gave an extraordi-
nary account Of the two weeks
Of his stewardship and outlined
some of his plans for the i'm
mediate future.
He said that on assuming the
presidency after the asSassina-
ton Of John F. Kennedy, he
had directed his efforts toward
assuring the continuity Of gov
eminent and creating "a sense
of unity in this country and the
world"
Mcnamara Outlines Steps
The Presidents military
budget cuts If realized, would
reduce the total defense civil
ian jobs to $4,000 by July 1,
1865. 1t would be the first time
such employment had dropped
below the million mark since
1850.
Defense Secretary McNa-
mara, meeting with reporters
later at the White House. out
lined steps that will be taken
| toward meeting the goal.
He said he hoped most Of the
reduction could be accom-
plished by attrition and trans
fers.
In other announcements at
his meeting with reporters. the
President said:
/. Next years defense budget
which will be sent to Congress
next month will be Several
hundred million dollars" be-
low the current level.
Tax Cut Important"
2. He regards the passage OF
the tax-cutting bill "as early
as we can" as very important"
and has assurances from con-
greSSional leaders. including
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Demo-
crat of Virginia, chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee.
that it will be made retroactive
to January /.
3. He has ordered a review
of all military installations in
this country to see what can
be consolidated" No conclu-
SEE JOBS, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
Four Americans
Held as Hostages
At Bolivian Mine
Group Seized to Effect Release
Of Three Arrested Red Leaders
By the Associated Press

The State Department said yesterday that three United
States Government officials and Peace Corps volunteer
were seized by miners Bolivia Friday and being held
hostages for three Communist labor leaders arrested by
the Bolivian government
In La Paz the Bolivian government said Is Bolivian tech
nicians and one German also we're being held.
Richard Phillips State Department Press Officer, said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

The historic publication,
which may be ordered for
yourself or sent as q gift,
will be in hard covers and
about 10 by IA inches. 1t
will be something to treasure
as the years pass.
Details of how the book con
be obtained and on order
blank for buying "The Torch
Is Passed" appear in The
Stor todoy on
Page IA
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KhrushcheV
Faces Crucial
Red Meeting
Purty Leaders
Discuss Ambitious
Economic Plans
BY WILLIAM L. RYAN
Associated Press Staff Writer

Premier Khrushchev plunges
this week into one Of the most
important debates in his To-
year leadership of world COM
munism.
The Soviet leader will need
all his resourcefulness as a
politician to carry out an
ambitious program requiring at
least a pause in the Soviet
American cold war.
If Mr.. KhruShchev has his
way, the cold war pause can be
fairly long. If his program boys
down again, new crises can be
expected.
AS its secretary, Mr.. Khru-
shchev carries to the Commu-
mist Central Committee, hub of
party power, his blueprint for
dealing with economic prob
lens which Illustrate Red
hopes for expansion. The
committee, which Mr.. Khru-
shchev over the years has
invested with great authority,
convenes Monday in Moscow to
struggle with problems of the
economy and disastrous agri-
cultural failures.
Some Have Doubts
Mr.. Khrushchev probably
will get his proposed remedies
accepted by the committee, but
obviously some in the Soviet
leadership have doubts about
whether they will work.
In addition, the committee
will be throwing worried
glances at the Red Chinese
and how their anti-Khrushchev
polemics diminish Moscow's
image in the Red world. If the
Chinese had their way or
international Communist
policy, Mr.. Khrushchev's pro,
gram would have little chance
of succeeding.
Like a man ready to put al
his eggs in one basket, Mr.
Khrushchev views concentra'
ton on the chemical industr!
as the key to solving agricul'
ture and consumer economy
problems. This is the thirC
time since 1858, when he begar
hammering on the theme. tina
See KHRUSHCHEv, Page Al
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Johnsons Move ln-And Dine Out.
Poss CO
revealed plans for meeting
with leaders Of other nations
at the White House or at his
Texas ranch in the near fu-
ture.
Mr.. Johnson said he will
speak at noon before the
United Nations. He described
it as a brief visit that will give
him an opportunity Ito meet
with the delegates" before
they return home.
II don't want to play it
down." the President told
reporters, but there won't be
anything shocking to you. But
do want to establish an ac-
quaintance with them (the
U.N. delegatesl and know some
Of them personally"
No Foreign Trips Seen
The President asked II he
has made any plans for trips
abroad said "a goodly num-
Der" of foreign leaders had
suggested visits but added:
1T is my own feeling at the
moment that I will be
pretty much tied down here
and I will not be leaving the
country"
j The President said he will
be comforting with German
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard late
this month at his Texas ranch
near johnson City.
. He also said he is arrang-
, ing meetings here with British
Prime Minister Home and
, President Segni Of Italy in
January and February.
Another leader coming here
next month will be Canadian
Prime Minister Lester Pear
son.
LOpez-MateO Invited
The President also disclosed
that he was inviting President
Lopez-Mateo of Mexico for q
visit.
Mr.. johnson was asked
about President Charles de
Gaulle Of France. 1t was indi-
Gated when Gen. de Gaulle
was here for the funeral for
the late President that he
would be returning for confer
enceS with Mr.. johnson early
in 1864, but later reports from
Paris said plans for such a
meeting were in allegiance.
I'VE have made no definite
plans yet," Mr.. johnson said
land when we do, I will make
them available to you"
The President noted that HI
had met with some 80 foreign
! leaders and had conferred
briefly or at length with 20 tc
80 of them when they were
here for the Kennedy funeral.
I'VE think we have answered
: all their cables and have as
sured them there is continuity
and there is a sense of unity in
the country" the President de-
clared.
He said he has had log con-
ferences since November %,
about 10 a day,
He pointed out that the cab
met and'the White House staff
had been asked to remain on
duty and to a man had done
lS0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
$4,000 Job Cut Slated;
johnson to Address u. n.
Talk Won't
Be Shock
He Declares

President johnson will ad-
dress the United Nations Cen
eral Assembly In New York on
December II.
The new President, an
nouncing this yesterday, also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

The story Of President Ken
nedy's assassination will be
published by the Associated
Press in book form with
more than 100 pages Of
text and pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

The School Pose. regularly port
Of The Sunday Stor, will oppeer this
week in Mondays editions Of The
Stor. This will include the column,
College for the Asking" and the
column on education by Dr.. Leslie
J. Noson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
TOday's Star

Also Sunday The Stor Mosozins;
This Week Mosazine; TV Moso-
zine; color comic section; Ions
bureh's eroVure Gift Guide; Hecht
Co. gift tabloid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

Johnsons Move In-And Dine Out.
Poss CO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
Describes Accident

John Elgin, 10, of 300
Bangor street Sc, had Just
| driven through the intersection
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Transcript Of Interview. Pose F-3
Kennedy PIonned Import Bon on Deoth
Gun Type. Pose As
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26
Disable Named Heed
Of New Foirfox Town

Michael v. Disable. who was
defeated last year in his bid for
reelection as Governor Of Ohio,
win head the development Of
Reston, a new community to be
built In northwest Fairfax
County. Va.
The announcement was made
here today by Robert e. Simon,
jr., of New York, owner Of the
7 ,000-acre tract.
Mr.. Disable, currently a visit
ing professor of Political Science
at the University Of Massachu-
sets. win assume his new duties
May /. according to Mr.. Simon.
A spokesman for the Reston
community said the former
Ohio Governor would be In
Washington Thursday to look
over the Virginia property and
to decide whether to make his
home nearby.
Speaking at q luncheon meet
ing of the Advertising Club here,
Mr.. Simon said the first lots at
Reston, located near the Dulles
Airport, IS miles west of WASH
ington, would go on sale early
in May. Construction, he added,
is scheduled to start this sum-
mer on 250 housing units and
o village center containing q
l4.story apartment building
and stores.
The project was first am
nounced in August, 1861, five
months after Mr.. Simon bought
the property, originally owned
by the A. Smith Bowman g.
Sons distillery.
Mr.. Simon's plan calls for
q community Of several thou
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26
Dyn0lectron Reports
Record 1867 Profit

Net income and special In
come Of Dynalectron Corp. ag-
gregated s9s9.8i7 for the year
ended December 81 and set q
new record, Charles @. Cul-
ledge. president. told stock
holders at the annual meeting
yesterday.
The net was equal TO "a cents
q share and contrasted with q
net decrease In retained earn
ings in 1861.
Operating revenues declined
to $32.877, 996 in 1862, COM
pared with $34,03l,l07 in the
previous year..
The company had operating
losses In 1859 and 1860. A small
operating profit in 1861 was
offset by a special charge
arising from adverse economic
conditions In South America
at the years end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26
By SYLVIA PORTER

curity cards - in all age
groups, those working. those
retired. They are trying to de-
wise a method Of using the
computer to make a continuing
check on all card-holders. Al
though from the start the
Social Security Administration
has believed 1t has an obliga-
ton to try to locate all bene-
ficiaries and pay what is COM
ing to them, 1t has been only
since the development of the
computer that the task has
been reduced to manageable
proportions.
More than IS million Amer
leans are now receiving MONTH
ly Social Security benefits to-
falling more than $14 billion .
year. The average old-age BEN
eft is $76.18 a month. More
than nine out of 10 United
States workers are now covered
by the program. More than rs
per cent of the 65-and-over
age group are now eligible for
benefits.
Yet, the fact remains that
hundreds Of thousands are pass
ing up the biggest financial
bargain you'll ever be offered
and one to which they are en-.
tirely entitled - because they
aren't aware Of changes in the
Social Security law in recent
years or because Of misunder-
standing Of the law. If you sus-
pect you or q friend might be
involved, / repeat, help your
local Social Security office To-.
cate you.
Distributed, 1853, by the Hall Syndicate.
Inc, All Rights ReservedO ~
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YOUR MONEYS WORTH
Socio1 Security Hunts
Many Pension EIigibIes

meant checking out old ad-
dresses, voting records, city d.
rectories, post offices, etc.
So far, however, the search
has turned up an impressive
total of 10l,S00 eligible claim
ants!
This has resulted in the fill
ing Of $4,000 old-age claims,
10000 claims by dependents,
$500 claims by survivors. The
survivor claims are compare
lively low. because funeral di-
rectors across the country fur
nish the Social Security Ad-
ministration with the name,
Social Security number and adj
dress Of the next Of kin of
deceased workers. Thus, the adj
ministration has up-to-date
records on deceased workers,
and has an effective method of
contracting survivors.
OF course, the success Of the
search has varied, has been
Importantly affected by the
area in which the individuals
live. In rural sections, officials
have been able to find about
70 per cent Of the persons
sought. for they often are still
living in the same town or
nearby, are well-known in the
region. In other sections, how
ever. urban redevelopment has
so uprooted neighborhoods that
officials can't even find the old
neighborhood, much less tn e
individuals concerned.
The search is Just beginning
Officials have now run a one
per cent sampling Of all types
of people holding Social Sc