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Evening star., 1963-01-07
George Mason Closed

Students Of the George
Mason High School of Falls
Church got an unscheduled
holiday today because of a mall
functioning heating system.
Evening star., 1963-01-07

During the war. Mr.. Hahn, the
only member Of his family TO
survive, wan put 10 work build
Evening star., 1963-01-07
Post Stain Change still on

Post Stain Change Still on
Asked about the controversy
over modern art in the Soviet
Union, Mr.. Katayev disclosed
that he was one of the intellec-
tuals who had written to
Premier Khrushchev expressing
the fear that a Stalinist repres-
sion in the arts might be in
the offing.
Mr.. Katayev said his fears
had been allayed when the gov
ernment explained that it was
only some extremist elements"
that were under attack. The
process of change that followed
the Stain era is still going on,
he said.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
Controversial
Maryland Bills
Face Stiff Fight
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

1868 session of the Maryland
General Assembly, but law
makers are waiting for details
before they commit themselves.
Several items in the Gov
ernor's six point legislative
plan are highly controversial.
Chances are he will have to
settle for something less-per-
hapS considerably less than
he's asking.
Gov. Tawes asked for legis-
lation to revise the States
congressional districts, abolish
slot machines, devise a new
road program, prohibit racial
discrimination in hotels and
restaurants, expand higher edu-
cation facilities and to provide
periodic inspection of motor
vehicles.
In his State of the State"
message at the opening session
Of the Assembly last week, Gov.
Tawes dealt with his major
proposals in generalities. What
happens to them in the Legis-
lature may depend on the de-
tails he will present later.
Displays His Power
1t may also depend on how
hard the Governor pushes his
program.
Many legislators feel It will
be very difficult, If not impos-
sible, to get a fair congressional
redistricting bill through. A
lopSided measure, supported by
Gov. Tawes, was passed in 1861
but it was so unfair to some
of the big districts that the
voters turned 1t down in a ref
erendum last November.
Two major problems exist in
devising a fair redistricting
bill; Baltimore City is over
represented, but taking away
one of its three congressman
would draw opposition from the
.city's big delegation in the Cen
eral Assembly, The Eastern
Shore also is over-represented
from a population standpoint,
but delegates from that area
which forms a convenient dis
trict geographically = probably
would resist adding any other
areas to it.
Might Win on Slots
Slot machines could provide
a lot of fireworks but most
legislators feel the Governor
can get through a bill to abol-
ish them If he cracks the whip.
Slot machine interests and some
officials Of the four counties
where they are legal will re-
sist. The strength of the re-
siStance may depend on whether
the abolition is phased out over
a period Of years. whether COM
mercial bingo and free-play
pinball machines are included,
and whether the slot interests
can make enough deals with
legislators from outside the slot
counties.
Legislation to bar racial dis
elimination in hotels and res
taurants will be strongly re-
sisted by the Eastern Shore and
some Of the other rural coun-
ties. With the urban and sub
urban areas having 10 more
members in the House of Dele
gates this year as a result of
reapportionment, chances for
the bill getting through the
House appear good, but the
Senate is still rurally controlled.
The so-called equal accom-
modations" legislation failed by
one vote In the House last year.
Even this was a watered down
bill from which several counties
had exempted mselves.
Chances Of getting a strong bill
applying to all parts Of the
State appear slim this year.
The highway program is
nebulous at this point since
the Governor is waiting for a
report from the State Roads
Commission detailing the needs.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
May Ask Tax Increase

Undoubtedly. the Roads Com
mission will recommend In
creases in some motor vehicle
user taxes. perhaps the gaso-
line tax. 1t also probably will
recommend a revision OF for
mulas !or distributing State
road funds TO the localities.
Both these will draw opposi-
ton. But 1t is almost impera-
tive that some kind Of new
road financing program be
drawn UP this year and prob
ably one will be approved.
Chances look good for pas
sage Of a motor vehicle inspec-
ton program. The Legislative
Council and the Governor have
indorsed a system Of State
owned and operated inspection
stations but there has been a
good deal Of opposition 10 the
cost Some legislators and citi-
zen groups have proposed a pri4
vate garage, State supervised
system. like virginia's. which
they claim would be eheapei
and more convenient for
motorists.
A plan 10 reorganize highei
education and TO pave the way
for expansion Of facilities. has
widespread support. The key "a
the program Is conversion oi
State teachers colleges intd
full-fledged colleges Of arts and
sciences.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
The
Rambler
Finds
Fishbuit
BY JOHN McKELWAY

By JOHN McKELWAY
One of the great characters
in the world today is a man
named William M. Miller.
He is SO, a skilled politician,
a round man who weighs
about 200 pounds. He is the
superintendent of a Sunday
school at a Baptist Church in
Arlington, a successful trash
man, a Democrat, the Door
keeper of the House of Repre-
Sentatives and a native of a
place'called Pascagoula, Miss.
He can move fast, in spurts,
at speeds approaching 10
miles an hour. His legs ap-
pear to be rather rubbery but
the upper part of his body re-
mains steady in flight. He
always knows exactly where
he's going.
His hair is coal black and
parted in the middle. His face
is moon-shaped and friendly.
One of his chores is to an
nounce the arrival of distin-
guished visitors in the cham
Der of the House such as the
President Of the United
States or the President of
Pakistan. He does this mag
nificently after a struggle to
pull in his stomach and puff
out his chest. In a ringing
cry, from the Deep South, he
says, "Mistah Speakaaah,
the President of :"
Yet he has never been
known by any name other
than "Fishbait."
THIS STARTED IN Iq32
when he arrived on the Hill
with Representative Colmer,
Democrat of Mississippi. Mr..
Colmer introduced Fishbait
as "Fishbait" to the young
mans boss in the House Post
Office.
Before that, in PaScagoula,
he had been called a variety
Of other names because at
the age of is he weighed only
rs pounds, having been smit-
ten in childhood by a collec-
ton of illnesses (which prob
ably toughened him up for
the rough and tumble of the
House) In those days, he was
called "Allig torbait,"
"Shrimpbait." !" "Garbait !" and
"Crabbait."
Fishbait once received a
letter from Pascagoula from
a constituent of Mr.. Colmer'S.
1t was addressed only to
'Fishbait, Washington, D. c."
The letter writer could not
think Of his Representatives.
name. He remembered Fish
bait and so did the local Post
office.
AS Doorkeeper, Fishbait
commands around 800 en-
ployeS on a payroll Of $1.3
million. His domain includes
all the other doormen, the
pages while on the floor, the
document room, the folding
room, two cloakroom snack
bars, three barber shops and,
in his words, "Six ladies' re-
firing rooms"
1t is also his responsibility
to station a man outside the
prayer room of the Capitol to
prevent any interruption if it
is occupied by a Member of
Congress.
He also runs a trash collec-
ton service. Under his super
vision, since 1856, 13 million
pounds of waste paper on
the House side Of the Capitol
has been picked up and baled
and sold. A total of $4,000
has been returned to the
Treasury and President Ken
nedy recently told Fishbait it
was the sort of thing he liked
to see.
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Evening star., 1963-01-07

wrote novels and movie man.
uscripts, studied art and pro-
duted cultural films in Berlin.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
And They Read Books

A brash young reporter
wanted to know If the Soviet
ruling circle could boast any
personal artists or authors to
match President and Mrs. Ken
nedy-or. presumably, ex-Presi-
dent Eisenhower. The Russians,
after some difficulty grasping
the point Of the query, replied
that the Kremlin leaders take
an active interest in the arts,
attending many exhibitions and
opening night performances of
plays. ballets and movies. "And
Of course, they read books, -
added Mr.. Katayev.
Another reporter wanted to
know II Mr.. Rozov, on his first
visit to the United States, had
been disappointed at not run
ming into any Erskine Caldwell
or John Steinbeck characters.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
Legislators Await Details
On Tawes 6-Point Plan
SPAR WITH PRESS
Russian Writers Here
BY DAVID BRAATEN
Star Staff Writer

Three visiting Russian writ
ers spared with the press for
an hour this morning at the
Soviet Embassy. No solid
punches were landed on either
side.
The visitors were two liter
ary giants, playwrights VAL
entin Katayev and Victor
Bozov, and a young literary
critic and translator of Amer
lean works, Frida Lurie.
In the finest tradition of Of
ficial tourists in any country,
they had high praise for as
much Of the United States as
they have had a chance to
see: Washington's Arena The
ater, Dulles international Air
port, West Side Story and
the city of Washington.
They brought "loads of good
wishes" for the Russians IA
vorite American poets, Carl
Sandburg and Robert Frost,
and expressed a wish to meet
as many American literary
people as they could in their
Nation wide tour: Irving
Stone, Erskine Caldwell, Ar
thur Miller, Carson Kanin,
Paddy Chayevsky and j. D.
Salinger, to name a few.
Air Of ShadOwbOxing
Except for Miss Lurie, who
speaks English, the press con-
ference was carried on through
an interpreter, which gave the
whole thing an air Of shadow
boxing. BY the time the
lengthy questions and length
Ter answers had been pro-
cessed from English to Russian
and back again. there was
often only the vaguest con-
nection between the two.
Asked about recent criticism
in Pravda of their famous COL
league, Ilya Ehrenburg, as too
pro-Western, Mr.. Katayev said
he hadn't had a chance to read
the issue Of Pravda in question.
But he ventured the opinion,
amid much good-n a ture d
chuckling from the Russians
present, that the only result Of
the criticism so far was that it
had landed. Mr.. Ehrenburg's
picture in American news
papers.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
Sees Gloomy View

Mr.. Rozov replied, II the in
terpreter did him justice, that
he had prepared for his Ameri-
can trip by reading "Huckle-
berry Finn" and was lookinI
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Kodiak mirror., 1963-09-06
Letter to the Editor

Following is Wally Nelson's formal declaration to seek the off, flee of mayor of Kodiak.
 It is my decision to participate in the coming election for the may or of Kodiak.
 I am not a politician. This is the first time I have ever felt in- clined to run for any public office. However, the need for definite, and determined action is so obvious in Kodiak that something must be done, and done quickly. I am there fore appealing to every resident regardless of group utilization to come out and do his part at the polls at this coming election.
 My program is simple, and to the point:
 FIRST: am absolutely opposed to any tax increase in any area until more results can be shown from the money already being re- ceived.
 SECOND: The streets of Kodiak must be black topped at once. The condition of these streets is mex cusable. There is no reason why this hazardous, and unhealthy con- dition should be allowed to con- tinue year after year. Pm sure that the thousands and thousands of miles of black-topped roads throughout the nation including Alaska attest to the fact that 1t is a practical solution, and certain ly not beyond the price possibility.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-09-06
Don Clark Will Discuss Artifacts

MT. Donald Clark, local arche. oioglst, and past president of the Kodiak and Aleutian Island His oorical Society, will present and discuss an extensive display of interesting artifacts at the Septem- per meeting of the society. The meeting will be held in the high school library at 8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 9. All interested persons are invited to attend.
 MT. Clark has worked with a University of Wisconsin archeologi. cal team the past two summers at sites on the south end of Kodiak Island and on Chirikof Island. Slides will be shown and MT. Clark will explain the research program being conducted by the University of Wisconsin.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-09-06

have more industry, well watered lawns, gardens, swimming pools, and washed streets. This just isn't the time to stop.
 SIXTH: I will earnestly work for more and better class rooms for Kodiak's fine school system. The present system is rapidly be- coming too small if it hopes to keep up with the rapid growth of this community. The local school board should have the ac- tive support of the city govern ment.
 SEVENTH: Kodiak's small boat harbor is already too small. Sev- eral ideas are in the wind for solution. We should get going. The
Kodiak mirror., 1963-09-06

THIRD: A full scale program for a complete and adequate recrea- tion center is of extreme import ance for all ages. It is not necessary to ask for tax money to do this All it will take is community CO., operation. This will be self SUD- porting venture on non-profit basis designed to furnish whole some recreation for all ages in many types of activities including swimming, ice and roller skating, a community auditorium, dancing facilities for all ages, and snack concessions suitable for this type of community center.
 FOURTH: To establish harmony and cooperation between the resi- dents of Kodiak and their city gov ernment, and between Kodiak as a city and naval base We may feel quite independent due to our wealth of industry, but we must not forget the purpose that the naval base plays in a much larger picture.
 Along with this will be a recom- mendation to establish hiring commission composed of officials already available and at no addi- tional expense to interview all per manent status job applications for city positions. By permanent I mean any job normally expected to exist more than six months. City jobs could then be classified and treated accordingly. I will urge that retirement program be cs- tablished for city employees. Precedent for hiring should be given local residents in all posi- tions, both temporary and perma- nent.
 FIFTH: To continue on with present proposals for more ade- quate water supply, sufficient for all community needs. This must be brought to satisfactory con clusion within the next three years A deadline must be set, and every possible means applied to meet thi! deadline. This unusual summer weather has dramatically pointed out to all, the simple fact that the present sources will not be ade uuate. It is no time to stop or this problem yet if Kodiak is tt
Kodiak mirror., 1963-09-06

fishermen both local and transient represent the major source of our economy. What are we waiting for? The fishermen of Kodiak are the producers of this city. Let's treat them that way. They should receive every consideration within reason, to encourage them to move in their families with the idea of staying a while. Every considera-
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Kodiak mirror., 1963-09-06
Board To Hear

JUNEAU-Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson today announced that hearings on disputed claims for benefits will be heard by the Alas ka Workmen's Compensation Board in Fairbanks and Anchorage next month.
 The hearing are scheduled for Fairbanks on September 12-13 and will be heard in Anchorage on Sept. 1921.
 Hearings by the Board in South easter Alaska will be scheduled during October.
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No Mixer T&ere

Not much is known Of his
life in Russia. He went to
Minsk. got q job in Q, factory
and was married q year and a
half later to the pretty phar-
macist, Marina Pruskova.
He did not mix well with the
other Russians, and disliked
the weather. But he found time
to join a rifle club where he
became an excellent shot.
Somehow he learned of his
undesirable discharge by the
Marines while he was in Minsk
and wrote a letter of protest to
John Connally under the i'm
preston the Texan still was
Secretary of the Navy. This
letter warned Mr.. Connally, 81
shall employ all means to right
this gross mistake or injustice. y
This correspondence has LED
to speculation that Gov. Con-
nally was the real target Of the
Sniper's fusillade. However, the
wounded Governor of Texas
said this week anyone could
have shot him almost any time
because of his almost constant
and unguarded public appear
ances. 1t wouldn't have had to
be done from a sixth floor win
dow, the Governor said.
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Publicly Defects

In the Metropole Hotel in
Moscow. Oswald called in
reporters and announced that
he was detecting. He said he
had signed an affidavit Of ALE
glance to the Soviet Union and
had applied for Soviet citizen
ship on October Is.
He told the Western report
ers in the Russian capital that
he had come because he was q
Marxist and no longer cared To
live in the United States where
being a worker means exploit
tation by the capitalists"
Capitalism has passed It's
peak" he told reporters
unemployment is growing. De-
preston is on the way. Capital
ism will disappear as feudalism
disappeared. I'd like to spend
the rest Of my life here"
He told the reporters he had
gotten a good conduct medal
from the Marines. The Marines
reacted by awarding him an
undesirable discharge from the
Reserves because Of his pledge
of allegiance to Russia.
The Russians, too, didn't
seem at all sure that this IA
matte youth held the answer to
their problems. They refused
him citizenship but did allow
him to stay on for three years
as q resident alien.
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Wrote Tower

In the third year of his self
imposed exile, Oswald appar-
emily lost some of his enchant-
ment with Russia. And in 1861
he wrote his mother and Texas
Senator John Tower. Oswald
said he had no funds, he need
ed the fare to come home ano
the Russians were holding ur
his exit permit.
Senator Tower turned the
letter over to the State Depart
ment and in purely routine
fashion, the American Embassy
loaned him the $435 needed to
bring his wife and their new
born child home. In June, 1862
they returned to the United
States.
Back in Fort Worth, Oswald
introduced his bride and baby
to his mother. Mrs. Oswald
now stout and sorrowing wom-
an of SIS. recalls that her son
had difficulty getting a job be-
cause of his service record, his
Russian wife and his chip-on'
the-shoulder attitude. First he
worked in a sheet metal factory
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Oswald: Tragedy Took Shape After Years Of ConfIic

Continued From Page Al
support during the whole time
although there was sort Of an
understanding that the ar
rangement was temporary.
We first met the Oswalds
at q party in Dallas last Feb
ruary." said Mrs. Paine. I'D
studied Russian in college and
we naturally gravitated TO-
gether because Of this"
Mrs. Paine said the Oswalds
moved in early this fall. putting
most Of their possessions in
the garage. There were three
Of them then; Rachel was born
in October.
Lee Oswald was seldom
there. When he was, Mrs.
Paine said, he liked TO talk
politics. He claimed to be a
Marxist and was proud Of his
ability to discuss communism,
Trotskyism and socialism. He
used to bring home a few books
and magazines on these mat
tiers, including copies Of The
Worker.
When the Oswalds moved
into her house in September.
they had arrived from New
Orleans broke. Mrs. Paine re-
called. Lee had stayed behind
in New Orleans. to "clear up"
a few things there and said he
would follow to Texas as soon
as he had some cash.
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DALLAS, Nov. 90 (AP) -
Tom H. Howard, veteran Dallas
criminal lawyer, says he is moi
planning to ask for a postpone
ment when the murder tria.
of Jack Ruby is called here
December 9.
Ruby is being held without
bond in the Dallas County Jail
for the killing of Lee Harvey
Oswald, 24-year-old accused
assassin of President Kennedy
81 know it is customary fol
a continuance to be granted
if requested by the defense,
Mr.. Howard said. But at the
present time we have no plans
to ask that the trial be de-
layed."
Mr.. Howard said that he Is
busy organizing a legal staff
to defend Ruby, a 52-year-olc
night club owner, and con-
tacting investigators.
I'VE are handicapped because
of the limited funds available
Mr.. Ruby is not a wealthy
man, in fact, he is a man Of
modest means" Mr.. Howard
said.
The 47-year-old Howard Il
recognized as one of Dallas
most successful criminal law,
yers. Since he was admitted
to the bar in 1910, he has rep
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No Delay in Ruby Trial
Planned, Lawyer Says

resented 40 defendants in MUIR
der cases, and in Is of those
cases the State had asked the
death penalty. In only one of
the 40 cases did a jury return
the death penalty and the sem
tence in that case was later
committed to life Imprisonment.
One of the persons whom he
defended successfully in a MUIR
der trial was Betty Powell. Fol-
lowing the trial eight years ago
she and Mr.. Howard were mar
ried. They have five children.
A native of Dallas, Mr.. How
ard was graduated from South
ern Methodist University's Law
School in 1910 and was admit
ted to the bar in the same year.
He has only ventured into
politics once. In 1858 he was
an unsuccessful candidate for
the Dallas City Council.
In 1861, Mr.. Howard was dis
barred by the Texas Bar As
ISOLATION for six months after
he received a probated six
months sentence in Federal
Court. He had been indicted
for failing to file income tax
returns for 1854, 1856 and 1856.
The Government had charged
that he made about $4,000 a
year during each Of the three
years.
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Buried Quietly

Her mother-in-law burst into
the room and screamed, Nov
it's all over with" and the two
women who had loved Lee Os-
valid collapsed in tears.
II want to see him." Marina
cried in broken English. The
Secret Service took her to
Falkland Hospital where they
had taken the MORALLY wound
ed President two days before.
Lee Oswald lay dead Of a
massive wound just below the
heart in the trauma room next
to the one In which John Fitz-
gerald Kennedy died.
Oswald was buried the next
day in relative secrecy after a
brief prayer by a minister.
There was one floral display on
his wooden caSket.
His mother, his brother and
his wife were there. Newsmen
were his pallbearers.
Marina Oswald and the chill
dren still are in protective Gus
tody of the Secret Service
somehow near here. Mrs. Paine
said she doesn't know what Os-
wald's widow will do, but that
Marina does not want to go
back to Russia.
"She doesn't know where to
go or what to do" said Ruth
Paine.
Her husband never knew
either.