davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1963-03-22

Another spoke knowingly Of
the captive universe" of sam
pied homes and showed several
pounds OF charts which illus
trated "flurries Of tuning"
"coincidental telephone calls"
and an overwhelming predilec-
ton on the part Of the Ameri-
can public for the Beverly
Hillbillies" on wednesday
nights.
For four hours the committee
plodded unhappily through the
charts. Suddenly Representa-
tive Moss rebelled. He refused
TO so another step In the
jungle.
you have taken an absolute
maximum OF time TO bring a
minimum Of relevant material"
he shouted. "Your ratings are
used by advertisers 10 advertise
and by networks 10 program.
All I want TO know about is tho
validity Of the sample itself"
These are strong words In
Ratingsville and as the sun
went down the raters were
pleading with Representative
Moss 10 look once again at the
total array"
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Ro|vaag Wins
In Minnesota
Andersen PIuns
To Waive Appeal

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Mar. q
(AP) Republican Elmer l.
Andersen plans to waive his
appeal and viii turn the dis
puted Minnesota governorship
over to Democrat Karl F.
Rolvaag Monday. the Associ-
ated Press learned today.
Three judges who supervised
the recount of votes from the
November 6 election ruled yes
terday that Mr.. Rolvsag won
by 81 votes Of the more than
one and a quarter million
votes cast.
Gov. Andersen confided his
plans to several State legisla-
tors and is expected to make
q public announcement over
the week end. Under State law,
he has 10 days to file an appeal
to the Supreme Court.
Waiver of the appeal will
permit the 49-year-old Mr..
Rolvaag to assume office Mon
day--some four months and
three weeks after the closest
Governor election in Minnesota
history.
The original tabulation Of
the State canvassing board in
November gave Gov. Andersen
the governorship by a 142-vote
The recount judges found the
tally was: Mr.. Rolvaag Gle. .842,
Gov. Andersen 6l9.751.
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up the steep graphs and keeps
his head when the etceteras lily.
Mr.. Richardson finds fault
with the native guides whom
the subcommittee retained 10
escort 1t safely through the
trackless wastes.
He was particularly critical
OF a statistical veteran named
DR.. Sydney Roslow, whose two
days OF testimony gave new
meaning 10 the random half OF
the phrase random sampling,"
one OF the few all the members
understood.
DR. Roslow Is the headman Of
The Pulse" a survey service
which apparently determines
the rise and fall OF radio stars
and the expenditure Of huge
sums Of money by advertisers.
No Answer
He Is the author OF any num-
Der Of monographs In the field
OF percentages. One was called
Apparatus 10 Facilitate the
Scoring Of the Thurstone At
titude Scales" Another is THE
Standardization Of the AS Re-
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over a half acre Of privately
owned land within the cultural
center's site. as presently de-
fined by law. remain to be
acquired. Two are owned by
the Heurich estate and a third
is owned by Adele Ward, an
NCPC spokesman said.
In soon-to-be-proposed legis-
lation to have the Joint backing
of the planning commission
and the cultural center's board
Of trustees. Congress will be
asked to provide funds for the
purchase of this land.
The legislation also would
authorize purchase Of the
Watergate Inn property and
another privately owned par
See CENTER, Page A-6
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Fire Fighter.
Is Charged
With Arson

An Alexandria city fireman
who doubled as a volunteer In
his home town of Warrenton,
Va. for the past several months
was jailed yesterday on arson
charges.
The Fauquier County sheriff's
office said the charges against
John Russell Murphey. 70, stem
from a series Of fires dating
back 10 1857.
Murphey. assigned to Alex
andria's Truck Company NO. !
after he joined the force there
last August. was arrested IN
Warrenton while off duty, ac-
cording to Deputy Sheriff
Luther Cox.
Alexandra fire officials said
today that he would be sus-
pended from duty pending out.
come Of the charges.
Murphey is charged specif-
ically with starting six fires.
most Of them In barns or sheds,
Deputy Cox reported. =
He Is charged with arson in.
two fires in 1857, three in 1850
and one on February which
destroyed a frame warehouse
storing building supplies in the
business section Of Warrenton,
Deputy Cox said. Damage from
that fire was estimated at. be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
II was the latter blaze which.
touched off an intensive invests
cation by Deputy Cox and
Deputy State Fire Marshal
Harold Glascock.
Deputy Cox said Murphey Is
held under $4,000 bond. A
preliminary hearing was set for
April l in Fauquier County
Court.
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Welfare Food
Fraud Probed
7 Cuses Reported
BY Relief Officials
BY BETTY MILES
star staff Writer

The District Welfare De-
partment is investigating seven
cases Of possible fraud by re-
cipients Of surplus food.
Four recipients used food
cards Of dead persons. officials
said.
The other three either took
advantage Of duplicate cards
or were getting food after they
were no longer eligible.
This Is one Of several de-
velopments In the surplus food
picture under investigation
after charges of abuses.
The Metropolitan Police De-
partment's Internal Investiga-
ton Unit today sent al the
data collected in its inerroga-
ton of drivers who deliver food
to recipients to the United
States Attorney for possible
prosecution.
50 Are interviewed
Deputy Chief Lorraine T.
Johnson, head Of the unit.
which is handling the police
part Of the surplus food probe.
said about so drivers have been
interviewed.
The police have been looking
for violations by the drivers,
also called hustlers, and for
evidence Of collusion with We'll
fare Department employees.
The United States Attorney
See FOOD, Page AS
Evening star., 1963-03-22
BY MARY McGRORY
star staff Writer

A House subcommittee is
hardly pushing deep into the
jungles Of radio-television rat
ings.
They are startled by the shrill
cries OF THE Unexplained
Fluctuation:" they warily skirt
the thick undergrowth Of the
"Self-weighted Sample" one OF
the most curious OF the flora
and fauna OF Ratingsyille: they
hope they do not encounter the
ominous bulk OF the Roster
Recall"
The members are getting hun
cry for certainties. parched for
facts. Representative Moss.
Democrat Of California. COM
planned yesterday that signiti-
cant statistics keep evapor-
ating."
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Cream for U. S.

AUCKLAND. Mar. "a, (AP).-
New Zealand has started ship
ping frozen cream to the United
States In a program to expand
foreign markets for the coun-
try's dairy products.
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White House Tour
Hours Extended

Starting tomorrow. the White
House will be open to tourists
an extra 2 hours on Saturdays
and holidays through Labor
Day. Press Secretary Pierre
Salinger announced today.
The White House normally
is open for public tours between
10 am. and noon on Tuesdays
through Saturdays. But during
the spring and summer heavy
tourist season, MFR. Salinger
said, the hours will be extended
from 10 am. to 2 pm. on
Saturdays and holidays only.
Evening star., 1963-03-22

subcommittee sidetracking its
main inquiry into whether fa-
voritism or political influence
figured in the award to question
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric about
stories last week end quoting an
unidentified Pentagon "spokes-
man" critical Of the investiga-
ton.
This was the second instance
during the investigation Of
Pentagon criticism of the SUBJ
See Tx, Page Al
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criticizing the committee and
then expressed the hope that
Defense officials would CO.
operate in its probe of the con-
tract awarded to the General
Dynamics Corp.
Their expectations received
a boost when President Ken
nedy described the investiga-
ton as "a good thing"
Defends Mcnamara
But at the same time, the
President, at his news confer
ence last evening, strongly
backed Secretary Of Defense
Mcnamara and said he believed
the investigation would prove
that Mr.. Mcnamara made the
right decision. Mr.. Kennedy
sidestepped a question on Pen
tagon criticism that the in
vestigation had been unfair.
He replied that I'VE all know
q lot more about the Tx than
we did" and went on to praise
Secretary Mcnamara for his
judgment and decision-making
ability, The President added
that I'VE are lucky to have
him" in the Defense post.
The Presidents remarks cli-
NAKED a day which saw a full
airing of the Senate subcom-
mittee's row with the Pentagon
in closed hearings, impromptu
comments by Defense officials
and subcommittee members,
and a sharp debate on the
Senate floor over whether the
investigation should be ter
minated quickly.
A day Of fast-moving devel-
opment started off with the
Evening star., 1963-03-22

TAIPEI, Mar. % (AP). -
Gen. Huang Chieh. governor Of
Formosa. has issued 10 COM
mandants for the islands gov
ernment officials. One is thou
shalt not indulge in fanfare at
funerals. weddings and birth
day parties"
Evening star., 1963-03-22
VoIcano's S Death Toll
Put at1,1OOin 5 Days
AIso75,ooo
In BuIi Are.
Homeless
BY KARSTEN PRAGER
Associated Press Staff Writer

DENPASAR, Bali, Mar. 22.-
The deluge Of lava from sacred
Agung Volcano was reported to
have stopped today after five
days Of eruption. The Cover
nor of Bali said at least l,I00
islanders have perished.
I'VE have $4,000 homeless
people to feed at this point.
and we need help from every
body" said Gov. Anak Agung
Sutedia.
He said another 100000 may
have lost their livelihood.
Thousands of acres Of once
fertile riceland lay beneath
tons Of lava and ash that have
blanketed Balls northeast
coast.
An estimated 100000 Bali
nese we're fleeing the stricken
area. Riding and afoot, they
carried what possessions they
could as they tried to get away
from the 10,308-foot volcano
which erupted briefly In Feb
ruary after years of virtual
quiet, then went into violent
action Sunday.
Smoke Still BiIlOws Up
Reports from the disaster
area said a heavy column of
smoke still billowed from the
crater.
A civil defense spokesman In
Jakarta said earlier that more
violent eruptions were feared,
and authorities were trying to
clear about 250,000 persons
from a radius Of 20 miles
around the volcano.
A mushroom shaped cloud Of
smoke could be seen from air
craft flying into Denpasar, but
no ash was visible in this cap
) ital. about 10 miles southwest
Of Cunning (mount) Agung.
Many foreign tourists werI
on the island. but all were be,
lieved safe. Most Of them ar
staying In Denpasar. =:
Agung awoke with q roar4las'
month. Its first eruption killed
II people.
Hundreds Roasted
Last Sun day It came back
with a second explosion, push
ing lava down its slopes and
burying hundreds Of people un-
der a deadly umbrella of scar
ing ash. The Governor said
most people were killed by'the
ash cloud. He said the tempera-
ture OF the ash was $50 de-
grees.
People who survived the
holocaust at Z am. Sunday said
See VOLCANO, Page AS
Evening star., 1963-03-22
British War Minister
Denies ConceoIine Girl

highly placed persons were re-
sponsihle for hiding Christine,
whom she termed the missing
call girl"
Called Completely Untrue
II understand my name has
connected with rumors about
her disappearance" Mr.. Pro-
fumo told Commons today.
ANY suggestion that I was
In any way connected with or
responsible for her absence at
the trial at the Old Bailey Is
wholly and completely untrue"
The name Of the minister
was not mentioned in the ex-
change last night between the
Laborites and the Conservative
government spokesman, Home
Secretary Henry Brooke. Mr..
Brooke refused to comment on
'rumors that have been raised
under cloak of privilege" and
in effect challenged the Labor
ties to tell the tale outside of
Parliament, where they would
run the risk of a slander action.
Mr.. Profumo said he was
prompted to make his state
ment because of allegations
that people in high places
might have been responsible |
for concealing information |
concerning the disappearance
Of a witness and the perversion |
Of Justice"
Wife Watches in Gallery
The minister said he last |
saw Miss Keeler in December,
1861.
II have not seen her SINCE"
he declared. II have no idea
where she is now"
Watching from the gallery
as Mr.. Profumo made his state
ment was his beautiful wife,
Valerie HobSon, a noted British
stage and screen actress.
Mr.. Profumo said he and his
wife met Miss Keeler at a house
party at Cliveden. home Of Vis-
count Astor. son Of American
born Lady Astor.
Among the others at Clivedcn
See MODEL, Page AS
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Half for $4,000
Expands Center Site
Three More Lots Needed to Complete
Cultural Unit Area, House Group Told
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS
star staff Writer

half Of land to enlarge the site of the National
Cultural Center has been purchased ty the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission for $774OOO
That disclosed today after House Appropriations
subcommittee released testimony by the planning commits
sion that legislation being prepared to authorize further
Evening star., 1963-03-22

enlargement Of the cultural
center site and an additional
appropriation for land pur-
chase.
Cost of the 22.93S square feet
of land just acquired was at
the rate Of about $3.50 a
square foot.
The purchase was made
from Landau g. Brandt and
MIG Associates. which re-
Gently assembled IL lots within
the center's site. The tract was
offered for sale to the plan
ming commission, which used
Capper- -Cramton Act funds for
the purchase.
Local Firm
Landau & Brandt is a local
construction firm. MIG Asso-
ciates is a firm Of attorneys
composed of Gerald j. Miller.
Donald Brown and Joseph B.
Gildenhorn.
Three additional lots totaling
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Probers Hope for Truce
As Tx Row SINNERS
Kennedy LobeIs Inquiry Good Thing
But Coils McNomuro Decision Right
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star staff Writer

The controversy ridden investigation Of the Tx war
plane contract in today with investigating
tors hopeful that amcable relations with the Pentagon
will prevail when the inquiry resumes next Tuesday
Members of the Senate Investigations Subcommittee
their wrath against Pentagon yesterday for stories
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Native Guides

The sharpest member OF the
expedition Is It's white hunter.
the subcommittee counsel. Rob-
ert Richardson. who does not
falter on the treacherous paths
Evening star., 1963-03-22
HIGH SCHOOL FAIR
NETS $500

WOODROW WILSON Hlp6
Schools snRuol country Fair wos.
q booming success os 5000 studsnlt'
spent $500 o, 50 booths IN two.
hours Reed about N In the Tees
Section on Psss B-6.
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Grand Jurors
Fail 10 Support
BribeCharge
Evidence Lacking
On Move to Kill
Slots Measure
~ WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 22.-An
Anne Arundel County grand
Jury today reported it had found
"a lack of substantial evidence"
to support a charge of bribery
made in connection with the
Governors anti-slot machine
bill.
The jury which interviewed
Is witnesses yesterday has been
looking into a charge by Dele
gate Clarence M. Mitchell III,
Democrat of Baltimore, that he
had been offered $500 in a
State House corridor to vote
against the slot machine bill.
In reporting to Circuit Court
Judge Matthew S. Evans, how
ever, the jury said the investi-
CATION was mot meant to re-
fleet on any member Of the
General Assembly"
Colleagues Quizzed
The bribery charge came
during heated floor debate on
the gambling machine bill dur
ing which several open allega-
tions were made that gambling
money had been used in an at
tempt to swing votes.
Eleven Of the witnesses
called were Mr.. Mitchell's COL
leagues. many Of whom made
these allegations in speeches
supporting the Governors bill
to outlaw slots in Southern
Maryland within a 5-yeaI
period. The bill finally passed
to the Senate after one defeat
in the House.
Several other Delegates from
Prince Georges had been calico
because Mr.. Mitchell told them
Of the alleged bribery attempt
before he made the charge in
the House.
Identification Uncertain
State Police and the jury
we're apparently hampered be-
cause Mr.. Mitchell said he
would have difficulty recog-
nizing the man who stopped
him at the top of the State
House main stairway shortly
before q session on March IL.
The freshman Delegate was
able to say that the encounter
was so hasty he remembered
only that the man wore dark
glasses and q wide -primmed
hat.
The panel, in the last para
graph of its brief report, said
without elaboration, 1T is fur
ther the opinion of this grand
jury that some of the state
ments published in the news
See SLOTS, Page AS
Evening star., 1963-03-22
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Clear tonight with
lowest around 80. Sunny and becoming
warmer tomorrow. High 46, at pm
today. Low, "a, at $3.50 am.
Full Report on Poss 81
Evening star., 1963-03-22

highly placed persons were re-
sponsible for hiding Christine,
whom she termed the missing
call girl"
The chronicle., 1963-11-08
Estimate Work
Al RI Crossing
Is $4,000 Job

IL has been estimated that
automatic crossing protection at
the L & N Railroad crossing on
Chicot Road would cost approx
imately SIC, ZOO.
W. T. Dudley, L & N superint-
endent at Mobile, stated the fl
CURE by letter to Keith Howell,
president of the Bayou Casotte
Community Projects, Inc.
Dudley stated the major por-
ton Of the estimated SIC, 900 Twill
have to be borne by the State or
County, whichever one main
tains this particular piece of
road"
He said this was normal pro-
cedure where public roads cross
railroad trackage.
The Bayou Casotte Community
Projects, Inc. is made up of a
group of citizens united to main
tain and advance the area.
The chronicle., 1963-11-08
MPC0 Rates
Seem Excessive
To Commission

JACKSON CUPID - The State
Public Service Commission says
rates charged by the Mississippi
Power Co. appear to be excess
i've, and it will conduct hearings
to determine whether the rates
should be cut.
The three-man commission. a
regulatory body with the power
to cut rates, announced Thurs
day it has ordered the power
company to send representa-
tlves to a Dec. 8 meeting for
the scheduling Of hearings.
The company has been in
IStructed to make its records for
1862 and 1868 available to the
commission.
Mississippi Power maintains
a home office in Gulfport and
serves % counties and AZ mu-
inequalities. 1t is the states Sec
ond largest electric company.
]. Watson, Mississippi Pow
er president, said in a state
ment Thursday night the press
report of the commission order
had come as a complete sur
prise"
Watson, who had not received
the order when he issued the
statement, said he was certain
lit would be shown that the COM
pany's rates were not excessive
when the company had an op-
portunity to present the facts =
Watson said the company had
made voluntary rate reduc-
tons "even as recently as
July He said during the past
five years the average price for
residential service has been re-
duced approximately Is per cent
"despite increasing costs" in
Operation.
1--WE have in this same five
year period added more than
$50 million in additional new ia.
cilities in southeast Mississip-
Ipi," said Watson.
The commission, headed by
Norman Johnson Jr. of Philadel-
phia, said it has been conduct
ing a continuing investigation of
the company for several years.
Investigation indicated, the
commission said, that rates are
materially excessive" and
could be substantially reduced
and still be such as to yield a
fair rate of return"
johnson said this would be
the 'first large-scale electric
rate case"ever tried in Missis-
sippi'' and could be expected to
settle principles of law concern
ing rates of return, rate bases,
and depreciation.
The chronicle., 1963-11-08
Weather
FAIR, WARMER

Middle Gulf: Variable winds
8 to 16 knots today. becoming
southeast to south 10 to 20 knots
by tonight and increasing to Is
to Is knots over north portion
Saturday. Winds shifting TO
northerly 20 to 80 knots over
northwest portion Saturday af-
ternoon. Scattered thunderstorm
ers near wind shifts.
Coastal: Southerly winds 9 to
16 knots increasing to Is to rs
knots tonight and shifting to
northerly 20 to 30 knots Satur-
day. Scattered thundershowers
Saturday.
Mobile Vicinity: Generally
fair and warm today. Increasing
cloudiness with scattered Show
ers and thundershowers late
Saturday. Northerly winds 8 to
10 miles per hour becoming . to
Is miles per hour late today.
High today 50, low Saturday Sc.
The chronicle., 1963-11-08
Ole Miss Prof
Hits States
Closed Society

ASHEv1LLE, N. C. CUPID -
A history professor Thursday
night described Mississippi as a
~closed society" where histori-
cal truth had been replaced by
official orthodoxy.
DR.. James Silver, a 2S-year-
veteran Of the University of
Mississippi history staff, charg-
cd that ''today the totalitarian
society of Mississippi imposes on
all its people acceptance of an
obedience of an official ortho-
doxy almost identical with pro-
slavery days"
In a speech entitled "Missis-
gippi: The Closed Society" at a
meeting of the Southern Histori-
cal Society here, Silver said
that ''the search for historical
truth has become a casualty in
embattled Mississippi"
He called attempts to blame
The federal government for the
rioting accompanying the en-
rollment of Negro James Mere
dith last fall a cynical hoax"
He said that during the Mere
dith episode the "closed society
was operating efficiently and
almost automatically as it does
I'm times of great stress as if
directed by some malicious
FrankenStein...
Every Mississippi politician
not only denied the validity of
the 14th Amendment bat in his
heart hungers for the negative
days Of the Articles of Confed-
Grafton"
He said The political philoso-
ply of the white Mississippian
was not conservative but "mere-
~ negative"
He also charged that Gov.
Ross Barnett's personal Con-
stitution stops with the 10th
Amendment and said the gov
ernor was" conveniently ignor-
ant Of the incompatibility OF
states rights and modern indus
traliZation."
The professor said 1t appeared
Sinescapable that Mississippians
will one day drop the mockery
of the late Confederacy and will
assume their obligations as
Americans"
The chronicle., 1963-11-08
Home Wins His
Vital Election

PERTH, Scotland (UPI) -
Prime Minister Sir Alec Doug
today won a seat in
the House of Commons and
called his 9,328-vote majority
"a decisive vote Of confidence
in the government"
The prime minister defeated
six other candidates, but the
victory was dampened by q
new Labor party triumph ut
the polls.
The results gave a Lift to Con-
sentative party hopes, which
had been severely shaken in
Thursdays by-election when q
Labor candidate ouSted the Con-
servatives in the English indus
trial town Of Luton.
The chronicle., 1963-11-08
Supreme Court
Called Liberal
By Former Clerk

Ray Brown, former clerk for
Supreme Court Justice Tom
Clark, spoke to Pascagoula
Young Republicans Thursday
night on the attitudes and pow
ers Of the judiciary body.
SIN effect" Brown said, "the
liberal majority Of five now on
the court have powers equal
to a two-thirds majority in the
legislative branch of the govern
ment."
He described a qualified con-
sentative" a block of justices,
consisting of Harlan, Clark, Ste
wart and White. They vote con-
servatively on matters Of crimi-
nal due process. Brown stressed,
that even this minority
of justices probably would not
be considered conservative In
many quarters.
'There is no escaping the fact
that we have a liberal Supreme
Court" he said, "and have had
since Roosevelt's first admin
stration. The only way to get a
conservative judiciary branch is
to elect a conservative presi-
dent, for no justice is appointed
without presidential approval"