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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
~ TIE Associated Press

United States officials said
yesterday Russia Is co-operat-
ing In developing proposals to
be discussed at an interna-
tional conference next month
on radio frequencises for COM
munications satellites.
The communications satel-
liteS are used. among other
things, to relay television pro-
grams between the United
States and Europe. The United
States satellites for this pur-
pose are Telstar. Relay and
Syncom.
In new proposals circulated
in advance Of an international
Accommodation Union
conference opening at Geneva
on October 7. the Soviet Union
has shown q willingness to as
sign a much greater number Of
frequencies for communication
satellite operations than 1t hac
previously been willing to DO
the officials said.
The Soviet proposals fal,
short Of what the Unitec
States wants, but State Depart
ment authorities consider thai
fact much less important thar
the indication that the Soviet
government is taking q Coop
erative attitude.
The Soviets have advocated
assignment Of four microwave
bands totaling 1900 megacycle,
for the satellites. The United
States has asked for five bands
totaling $500 megacycles.
The TTU conference wa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
'Coretuker' Cabinet
Takes Over in Greece

ATHENS, Greece, gept. az
(AP)-King Paul today swore
in q nonpolitical cabinet headed
by Justice stylianos Mavromi-
chalis. president Of the Supreme
Court. to govern Greece until
the election Of Q new parlia-
ment November 8.
Mr.. Mavromichalis, 81, took
over the Interior Ministry as
well as the premiership In the
new caretaker regime.
He replaces Premier Panay-
iotis Pipinelis, who resigned
under opposition pressure that
included charges he was trying
to rig the election in favor Of
his National Radical Union,
which had $50 Of the 800 seats
in the old parliament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29

lparently says little, but every
little movement has q meaning
all its own. He gave ValachI
"the kiss Of death" in their cell
valachi. who knows the ritual
kissed him back. Just 90 Geno-
vese would know that he woulC
know what was going on.
ALI the other prisoners knew
what was going on too, anc
several tried to hurry along the
process. Vito Aguici called Va.
lachi names In Italian in on,
set-up. In another t-ur
Johnny Do. looking up at thu
sky, asked Valachi how come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
By JOSEPH YOUNG
star STAT Writer

The wisdom and desirability
Of the veterans preference law
in Federal employment Is ques-
toned BY Representative Mar
tina Griffiths, Democrat of
Michigan.
In an article inserted In the
Congressional Record, entitled
Should Not Civil Service Prefer
the Best?," Mrs. Griffiths In
cludes O letter from one Of her
Federal ernploye constituents.
The employe, . non-veteran,
70 facing loss Of his Job after
% years because his installa-
ton II being closed and vet
Grams with far less service will
have Job rights over him in
other units. Numerous nom
veterans In Government have
the same problem In agency
economy moves and mergers.
Mrs. Griffiths told the House
the employe has "a most justi-
fable complaint"
DETAILS - The employees
letter to Mrs. Griffiths Is as
follows:
THE phasing-o Of the De-
tense Automotive supply
Agency has brought forcibly to
my attention o situation in the
Federal service that has. In
my opinion, long been In critica'
need Of legislative reform II the
merit system Of civil service Il
to have o valid meaning.
II am referring to the Vet.
Grams Preference Act as cur
rently supplemented and ad'
ministered through the Civil
Service Commission wherein
within the letter and intent o.
the law, the non-veteran Il
subjected to unjust discrimi'
nation in the matter Of re-
tention.
whether or not any Of oul
legislative representatives real
ize It, o noncombatant, health!
veteran with one year militar!
service and three years undel
civil service Is placed In {
caste above a 25-year non
veteran civil servant, notwith'
standing the possibility tina
the non-veteran might be
double-amputee. have q Phi. .
and an outstanding record Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
BumpedbyVeteron, 23-YeorAide
Protests Injustice Of Rigid Law

that Is the veteran, If he has
passed his three years Of civil
ian service In the Federal serv-
ice, has veterans preference
that subordinateS all other
considerations, and this pref
erence IL protected by public
law. enacted by the legislative
bodies Of the Government,
Consequently. I have no argu-
ment with those who enforce
the law Of the land. I do have
argument, however, with those
that enact or perpetuate the
existence Of such laws.
II have no desire nor In
tention Of leaving the impress
sion that I am opposed to
giving some sort Of preferen-
tial treatment to those who
have served, voluntarily OF
otherwise, with the Arme 4
Forces Of the United States.
would propose, vote for, anc
sustain any veterans prefer.
entail consideration In employ.
ment when other factors are
basically equal. However, fol.
lowing employment. somewher.
along the line, tho factors o.
tenure and Job Performance.
should become the prevailing
factors. Whether this Is after
one year, three years. five
years or 10 years, certainly
performance and tenure mus
be Of foremost consideration
at some point.
"Embitteredp Yes; perhaps
am. I must admit that I fine
1t chatting to sit to one sidt
and observe the mass exodus
Of Desc employees to continu'
ing Jobs wherein veterans pref
erence, under the law. plays 81
important q part In determin-
ing destiny.
1.-THE Veterans Preference,
Act, 1t appears to me, expressed
an emotional response befittinI
OF Its time. However, as q con,
tinuing thing, I feel that many
Of its features are prejudicia
beyond reason, and inimical Il
the interests and welfare o
the Government"
The employe closed his let
ter with an appeal to Congress
to exact legislation to give
non-veteran career employees
stronger Job retention right
when competing against vet
; Grams with less service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
JUST A SOLDIER
VaIachi Awed by Big Boss

out. He's out Of the stir for as
long a. 1t lasts. Television CAM
eras are trained on him: Sena-
tors call him Joe" and ask
him wondering questions he's
only too glad to answer.
The Mcclellan committee
likes having him, too. He
brought the stir Of q big open
ing to the Caucus Room-over-
flow crowds, sightseeing Sena-
tors, extra cops.
Joseph Valachi'S broad face
Is the first friendly one they've
seen on the stand in some time.
The Tx warplane contract
hearings, held behind closed
doors, have brought them no
thing but headaches and bad
notices FROM editorial writer's
who can't figure out why
they're going after r bert
Mcnamara.
SO nobody was In Q hurry,
and the questions and the an
swers rambled all over the
place.
Chairman Mcclellan was
anxious to Justify the presence
Of o convicted murderer and
dope pedcler in the witness
chair, 80 he took up Valachi OF
q very late point In his career,
In 1860, In the Federal Peniten-
tiary In Atlanta. It was then
that he committed what Chair
m q n Mcclellan delicately
called "the offense you COM
mitted there"
Actually, valachi. fearing
that his boss and cellmate,
Vito GenoveSe, had passed q
death sentence on him for
squealing In o narcotics case,
beat another prisoner to death.
AS 1t happened he got the
wrong one, but as he said
II got some satisfaction - you
might say"
Every time valachi men
toned Vito Genovese he
brought q real feeling Of me-
mace into the air. Genovese ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29

he missed his shower that day,
Finally. Chairman McClel-
Ian asked ValAchi why he wa
informing On the organization
that had been his life.
There was no nonsense about
paying Q debt to society OF
anything like that.
Joseph Valachi, son OF
Neapolitans, wants vengeance.
II want to destroy the Coss
Nostra," he said, "the bosses
the whole thing. They have
been very bad to the soldiers. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
Two-Week-OId
QuintupIets Fine

ABERDEEN, 8. Oak. Sept. %
(AP). - The Fischer quintu-
plets are two weeks old today
and doing fine.
The quints. one boy and four
girls. were born September IA
to Mrs. Andrew Fischer, 80.
wife Of a shipping clerk. The
couple has five other children.
st. Luke's hospital said today
the quints seem to be gaining
and move about q
great deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29

the service Of the Government
- -
II happen. through no fault
Of my own, to be O non-veteran
classified as AT because Of
polio, which left me with
limited use Of my right leg.)
also happen to have managed
to survive nearly % years Of
Federal civilian service. This
survival has only been possible
through my finding o Job fol-
myself following four reduc-
tions In force, including the
acceptance Of o change to lower
grade on two occasions, and q
willingness and stamina (now
weakening) to work myself back
up through the ranks In q new
agency.
II am now facing possible
observation-disclosures No. 5 In my
career. Presumably I will have
functional transfer rights to
either the Defense Construc.
ton Supply Center, Columbus,
Ohio, or back to my former
agency, the Army Tank Auto
motive Center In Detroit.
"One would normally think
that with % years Of civilian
service I would be relatively
safe. This Is simply not 20
For example, representatives Of
the Defense Construction Sup.
ply Center (DCSC), in an ad,
vance recruiting trip to oul
activity to fill existing vacan.
cies, informed me that, al.
though they were impressed
with my background and ex'
perience. they must pass ovel
me In filling their key positions
"Why2 Simply because I an
q non-veteran, and 1t appear
there will be more veterans Il
my categorieS (grade 49, thar
there will be available Jobs. /
matters not that the combineC
service Of the veterans (mili
tary and civilian service) ma!
be much less than my as years
1t matters not that many o
the veterans are retired militar.
personnel on retirement pay
with only slightly moro thar
the minimum three years civil
ian employment; 1t matters no
that I have q highly commend
able performance record, q
opposed to the veteran VIII
may have q mediocre rating
"Only one thing does matte
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29

Mercury was made June IL
when James e. Webb. chief Of
the civilian space agency, said
continuation would only delay
development Of the two-m o n
Gemini program that Is to pre-
cede the Apollo moon shots.
Five days later walter C.
Williams, the man in command
when m 0 nned space vehicles
are launched at Cape Canaver-
al, Fla. said Mercury had pro-
vided material for 0 textbook
for the future.
I'VE are now ready to write
the textbook Of the Mercury
program and use its suidelines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29

placing an astronaut on the
moon by 1910.
About 5000 scientists and
representatives h ave accepted
invitations to hear II reports
summarizing the results Of Mer-
curry and hear Maj. Cooper
make Q formal report on bis
22-orbit mission Of May 1915.
Maj. Cooper's flight was the
last Of six manned flights Of q
project that was not formalized
until November 26. 1858 when
1t received its Mercury designa-
ton. This was more than q
year after RuSsia's Sputnik !
orbited the earth October 4,
1857.
The decision to terminate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
Brotherhood Barbecue

The Brotherhoods Of five
Washington area Reform Jew
ish temples will hold Q barbe-
cue at $3.50 pm. Tuesday ir
the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation, Massachusetts, ave-
nue. and Macomb street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29
Project Mercury Talks
ToEnd 5-Yeor Program

HOUSTON Sept. 20 AP)-space scientists viii assist
Asonaut Leroy Gordon Cooper IT, in presenting the final
chapter Of Project Mercury Thursday and Friday.
two-day summary conference will mark the formal end
Of the fveyear $685. million pioneering project Of the United
States manned flight program that has objective
Copper River current., 1963-07-05
Ke my lake No tes K

The re s } str5 tch of rod h5- tween lowe Tonsin2 and the t0"n of Chitina that's 2 rich opportunity for the Sta t7 Del rtn7nt of N1 tural Resources to set up j numhG Gr of "ay g id6 vi6a points and over night camp ing facilities.
 For brc4 th-t2ling vi5"s of this far-flung basin of ours aa '6l Il 1s Sc vo r4l nice strGl lma 4nu I1G5s for ed to accommod t6 doz5ns of c1mJ6 rs, it's oo5 of the est in this end ot s ta te.
 I think the to"n of Ghitin1 is far from be ing jus , ghost tom to be inc lud5d ol the ltine r2ry of the tourist 4G curiosity only. The place has ch1r3ct5r a0d 3 sort of Alpine Sc ttin5 th7 ts uni qu5.
 m thinking of what used t0 be 3 forgot te n mining villag g of Apsen, Colorado, no" 3 shi-m5 ccl IS N5 II as the scene of an annual festival of mus ic that dr2"s people nation 4ide ,, when I think of Chitin7. This piece of highway has sort of "5 nd of the road" aspect to the tr1va lar from out s ide but I doo t think it will Ways b7 SO. HoA5v6r, "nil5 it is 3a |ho live h6 r5 can do much to"arj making tourist or other Vac4tiOne rs.
 Pc 6rna 5s "h55 Is are clicAin5 1nd gelra be ginning to slowly grind in sta t6 33ve r0m5nt places and "ith private indiviuulist ts to make some thing of this sort 4 r7 lity, if so, fine- not, conc5 rtad inquiry 40d sug rus tions Sem to c7 the tni15 tod 0
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Copper River current., 1963-07-05
LITTER"

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 Hitter is an axp5 tive luxuryn Jo0nson said.
 In eacn of the te m1 1i0tan4nc6 c1122s' t"o n7n work oo5-n7 If da4p z1ca
Copper River current., 1963-07-05
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Ike my LaA6 News con
 A1 ntona Club ne June 2Otn Fran KibtIes 4no our next ule7 ting is to be at Bills on the 5tn 0f July
 The re Nas ,1 di0l6 r n0n0ri13 the ne" pas tor 40d family Rev. 4nd r1"s. Joe Virgin after church l49t Sunday a. the Adam Be Il home everyone brought , dish and a0 j0yed 3 f6 lIO"- ship to36 tn5r. Thoaa atte nd ing were Linc0Ins, Be lis, Kit cles and 70 y6 rs.
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Copper River current., 1963-07-05
II ZIP CODE "

Our five -digit q? code i 7-~ ~.~- -u1 ". d Ih I1II1t,<, today.
 Every yon5 in 3akona, flask use this ZIP Code on all the ir core sp0n15nce .to sp65d mil l cries and reduce the chance of ent mail. (next col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
WI Certain
Of Top Spot
In Tourney

Defending champion WASH
ington-Lee High School, I'M
beaten in its last 80 games, is
assured the top seeding in the
Virginia Group la State bas-
ketball tournament March 80
at Richmond.
The Generals have swept
past IT Group la opponents
and one outside team this sea-
son, WI also will be the top
seed in the Northern District
tournament beginning Wednes-
day.
Other teams already in the
State Group la tournament
are Douglass Freeman of Rich
mond and CRANKY of Norfolk.
Freeman knocked off regular
season champion Manchester,
It'll, for the Central District
title in the tournament final
Saturday night.
The other four entries will be
decided this week, one each in
the Eastern and Northern Dis
tricts and two from the COM
bined Observation-Disclosures Dis
trict regional tourney.
The Northern District cham
pion, or runnerup if WI wins
will join the Generals at Rich
mond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Congressional Sturs
Break Swim Records

Peggy Hagood and George
B oizelle of Congressional
County Club broke age group
swimming records yesterday in
the fifth annual South Allan
tic age group swimming meet
at Baltimore.
Miss Hagood clipped 1T Sec
onds off the 100-yard butter
fly record for girls 1914 with
a time of los. Boizelle set a
1O0-yard breastroke mark for
boys 1914 with a time of
1:O8.5, breaking the old record
of 1.09.
. Other Congressional winners
were Dale Barhhard, who won
the 200-yard breastroke for
girls 15-17. and Dean Hardy.
who finished first in the 100
yard freestyle for boys 10 and
under with a time Of 1:07.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Interhigh Elves
Fill Last Spot

Coolidge and Dunbar meet at
$3.50 tomorrow afternoon at
Mckinley Tech for the one
remaining berth in the Inter-
high Leagues West Division
playoffs.
Coolidge dropped a 55-42 de-
cision to Cardozo last Thurs
day, giving the Clerks one Of
the two playoff spots. The win
ner Of tomorrow's game will
flip a coin with Cardozo to de-
termine first and second place
The second place team, will
meet Eastern, the East Division
winner, Thursday at Tech
while the winner Of the coin
flip will face Spingarn, which
finished second in the East,
Friday at Tech.
Those two winners will meet
for the championship Tuesday
March 5 at Tech. All games
will start at $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Never Bend, Candy Spots
Get Big Tests Saturday

and the 100000 Santa Anita
Derby. Both are at a mile and
an eighth and designed to be
a stern test for 3-year-olds
whose owners at this time of
year have hopes Of winning the
Triple Crown.
Never Bend, the 1862 Juvenile
champion from Capt. Harry F.
Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable,
will go in the Flamingo. IN
beaten Candy Spots, owned by
Rex Ellsworth and with a 1862
victory over Never Bend to his
credit goes in the Santa Anita
Derby.
Large fields may be entered
against them, but both Never
Bend and Candy Spots likely
will go off the favorites. Each
has been out once this year
in overnight races designed as
tighteners.
Never Bend has run only once
since coming to Florida, in a
betless exhibition last Monday
But he is expected to be about
AS in the Flamingo.
Three Hialeah Stakes win
ners may be in the race
Ogden Phipps' Royal Ascot,
Mrs. Charles Morgan's SKY
Wonder and Elmendorf's B.
Major. Royal Ascot won the
Hibiscus, Sky Wonder the Ba-
hamas and B. Major the Ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
THE BOWLING LINE

739; L. H. Rogers, 1888; Fred
Murphy, 1873; Carl Baudu. 729;
Belle Field, 1913; Wilton Hill,
727: Lorraine GULL, TBS; John
Ashby, 721; Joe Coppinger, 720,
and James Taylor. TIC.
Ed Pugh and Joyce Kaiser
are on top in the fast moving
mixed doubles competition at
White Oak. but their lead is a
precarious one.
The Pugh-Kaiser combine,
with a 1923 record, has a full
game lead over Irish Emerson
and Jim Wolfensberger, who
have a 1924 record. Jimmy
and Jacque DietSch are in third
place, three games off the
league leaders with 1926.
Frank D'Imperio has been
substituting for Wolfensberger
during the latter's absence In
the White Oak action. Wolf
ensberger hopes TO resume COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25

glades, the latter at the
Flamingo distance.
Other probable starters in
clude william G. Helis, jr's.
Cool Prince, Red Oak Stables
King Toots, George d.
Widener's Top Gallant, Philip
Godfrey's Sum Dunn Kid, j. M.
Roebling's Pack Trip, ]. r.
Straus' Tenacle, Harbor View
Farms Master Dennis, Walnut
Hill Farms Gray Pet and Ken
Love Farms Bally Squire.
Candy Spots, winner of the
1857, $50 Arlington-W Washington
Futurity in 1862, got off slowly
last Tuesday and beat Bonjour
by only a nose in a 6-furlong
overnighter. However, Candy
Spots will be making only the
fifth start of his career. His
rivals likely will include Demo-
dado and the Fred w. Hopper
entry of Sky Gem and Win
EMAIL. Candy Spots will be
running in an entry with Space
Skates and possible Three
Links.
Denodado won the San Felipe
Stakes at this meeting. Win
EMAIL is expected to join the
field as a supplementary
nominee for a fee of $4,000.
Mr.. Thong, winner Of the San
Vicente Handicap, has been
nominated but may not start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
BY DICK O'BRIEN
Star Bowling Editor

AL Goucher Is a big fellow
who rolls in the Honeymooner
League at Queenstown Bowl
just for fun.
Big AL, who looks as II he
could step in and play a guard
position with the Redskins,
never has been In the duckpin
limelight before.
But after the tally sheets
were reviewed last night at the
Kingpin Lanes he found him
self the winner OF the annual
Heart Fund Handicap tourna-
ment with 1855.
AIS score didn't threaten the
record for this annual five
game classic set last year by
Steve Foltz with 800. but 1t was
good enough TO beat 1855 other
rivals and enrich him by $500,
Working behind a l08-pir
handicap, AL rolled l45-l09-
i35-l55-ll4 TO beat Dick Sheet2
by six pins. Sheetz. who won
$3.50 for second place. tailed of
when he rolled 100 in his fina,
game after he had blasted the
naples for 1872 In his fourth
game. He finally settled FOL
760.
Jack Rabbit, who won this
tournament In 1862 with a TIC
series. tied George Thomas for
third place with TAT and they
shared S67.50.
High out-of-the-money series
was posted by Vincent Diver
with a SAT, and high out-of-
the-money game was hung up
with Bill Lucy with l73.
other money winners: Pau
Robbins. TAI; william Morris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
InternutionuIs Win
Soccer at Huqerstown

Only 10 members Of the
w shington Internationals
Soccer Club could find the
South Hagerstown Md High
school field, but that was all
the team needed to defeat the
Kickers, 80, in a National Soc
Ger League game yesterday.
This was the only game
played in the area yesterday.
A Rowland Cup match between
Central Valet and Clear
Spring, a Stewart Cup match
between the British Lions and
lisa Italia and a league game
between Georgetown Soccer
Club and Maryland sc all
were cancelled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
Injury May Keep
Skating Champion
From World Meet

HERSHEY, Pa, Feb. rs
(AP).-Tommy Litz, the IT
year-old. United States mems
senior figure skating champion
who has been hobbled for the
past five days by an ankle in
jury, has decided to go to Italy
for the 1868 world champions
ships opening there this week.
However, Litz' father, Floyd,
said it was very doubtful
Tommy will be able to compete.
We're going to go over" the
senior Lite said, but we don't
know if he can skate"
The world championships
open at Cortina d'Ampezzo
Thursday and continue to
3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25
THE BOWLING LINE
Goucher Takes Heart Fund Tourney

Elizabeth (TootS Barger
also was in good form and
raised her average from l24.50
TO 1925 with a $50 game and
a Alb set. Helen Pappas' l22.l2
average is still good for Sec
ond high in the league, while
Dot Clark is not far behind
with a 1880. Dot carved out
a 397 in the weekend play.
The Philadelphia Patriots
were too much for the WASH
ington Colonials and won
three games in the Eastern
Professional Bowling League
yesterday at Totowa, N. j.
John Chapman and Herb
Zost posted 2ll and 30 for
the Colonials. who are in sew
enth place in the circuit with
an 8-l6 record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-25

hear them, you know the
weather's broke and it's going
to get warm. Why some years
I've heard them start up just
after February Is"
The Weather Bureau would
do we'll to consult with Marty
about meteorological phenom-
ena in the Southern Maryland
area. The slightly built, white
matched gentleman is the only
Bowie official whose experience
spans the entire so years the
track has existed. He was 10
when the track opened and he
sold hot dogs for the conces-
sionaire.
It's now Martyrs responsible
ity to keep the mile racing
strip open in every type of
weather. There has not been
too much snow this year. In
stead Meyer has had to try to
outsmart the elements when
the temperature took a swift
drop. This is especially dan
gerous when the track has
been wet from a rain or a thaw.
If you don't catch it in time