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Evening star., 1963-02-15
VENEZUELA
Castro Offers Refuge
To Ship Hijockers

sage from the freighter last
night which said:
Grew is well. Officers and
men under arrest. All are we'll"
A Venezuelan radio operator
who contacted the ship asked
her position.
"Cannot give position. Am
being threatened" came the
reply. .r,.
The ship was en- route to New
Orleans and Houston to pick up
cargo when it was seized. 1t
had sailed Tuesday, it holds
empty, from La Guaira, the
port Of Caracas.
Caracas papers identified the
leader of the hijackers as Wis
mer"Medina Rojas, second mate
of the Anzoategui and half
brother of a marine corps Of
ficer jailed for leading an up
rising by marine battalion in
Puerto Cabello last June.
They said another member
of the band is a former en-
ploye of the government steam
ship line who slowed away
aboard the freighter.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Maryland Unit
OKs Loan for
Clam Chip Plant

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. IS (AP).-
The Board of Works approved
yesterday a loan Of $l6,400 to
a corporation which will build
a clam chip plant at Cam
bridge in Dorchester County.
The money, to be used by the
Chesapeake Clamchip Corp.
will come from the States re-
volving loan fund which is used
to help economically distressed
communities.
The board was told that the
clam chip factory viii cost
$328,000 with Federal funds
from the Area Redevelopment
Administration providing $2l3.-
900 or IS per cent Of the money.
The company viii mesufac-
ture clam chips. similar TO po-
tato chips. and viii start with
an employment Of 30 persons
and increase to at hast IS next
year.
Gov. Tawes. a memHer Of the
board, said helping such ~ in
dustry follows the policy Of the
State to promote the clam in
dustry.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Acheson Views Ruling
As Hurting Dope Cases

United States Attorney David
c. Acheson said today that
prosecution OF accused mar
cotics peddlers may become
more difficult because OF yes
terday's ruling by the United
States Court OF Appeals.
The court ordered a new trial
for a convicted heroin pusher
on the grounds that money
supplied by the police may have
wrongfully induced him into
making a heroin sale.
The court said that the use
OF police funds. OF a police
agent and OF a policeman's
automobile in the dope nego-
tiations was sufficient evidence
TO go TO a jury for their deci-
sion on the entranment issue.
The District Court had re-
fused 10 permit the defendant,
Earl johnson, 10 have the en-
trapment question decided by
the jury on the grounds that
as a matter OF law. the evil
dence was too slender 10 raise
the entrapment question.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Ex-Aide Pleads Guilty
To Laos Fraud Charge

bumbling and bribery marked
the handling Of $25 million Of
United States aid given to Laos
since 1855.
Mcnamara testified before
the subcommittee in March
1869 that he had received
$4,000 from Universal In re-
turn for his help in getting
contracts for the firm.
ICA then Cancelled the re-
naming contracts with Uni
versal.
Among the contracts cited
in the indictment was one for
construction Of a ferry ramp
on the Mekong River. The in
dictment said that according
to a message Mcnamara sent
to ICA headquarters on June
II 1857, q low bid Of $l25,072
was rejected and UniversalPs
bid Of $188.775 was accepted.
The indictment also cited
contracts for IA houses, road
construction, road building
machinery, maintenance and
the training and supervision Of
Laotian road workers.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Robbery Suspect
Ordered Back to
Receiving Home

The 17-year-old District
youth charged with robbing
the wife of Brooks Hays at her
Capitol Hill home and break
ing her wrist. today was or
dered returned to the Receiving
Home pending a full report by
Juvenile Courts social staff.
Judge Morris Miller explained
to the youth that the crime
with which he is charged
could be handled by Juvenile
Court or District Court, de-
pending on the judges decision
on possible waiver proceedings.
Judge Miller then returned
the suspect to the Receiving
Home. A complete background
investigation generally takes
from four to 10 days. There
was no mention made of the
charges during the detention
hearing.
This is another difficulty
in prosecuting narcotics cases. "
The decision" he said, may
considerably increase the num-
ber Of cases in which the
issue Of entrapment must be
considered by the jury.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Idle Account
Goes to Work
For Hospital

The long-forgotten checking
account Of an Alexandria
woman who died nearly so
years ago has been discovered
by her heirs. and the remain
ing balance Of $238.74 has been
donated TO the Alexandria Hos
.pital.
The name of the late Mary
Catherine Terrett. was recently
noticed in an advertised listing
of dormant accounts in the old
Alexandria National Bank by
her granddaughter, Mrs. Ar
thur Charles Parons Of 2706
Cathedral avenue NV.
Following the death of Mrs,
Terrett in 1904 and Of her hus-
band, Thomas Terrett, sr., in
1909 none of the survivors was
aware of the existence of the
account in the bank. now
known as the First and Citi-
zens National Bank of Alexan-
dria. The published listing OF
the dormant account was In
accordance with a 1861 law re-
quiring the State TO advertise
all bank accounts dormant for
over II years. If the money is
not claimed, 1t is turned over
to the State.
Because Mrs. Parsons felt
that the money, If divided
among all the heirs would not
go far" she obtained the agree
ment Of the other Survivors for
the donation to the hospital.
The old Terrett family, home
stead was located near the site
Of the new Alexandria Hospital
on Seminary road. .seI. 40
Four generations of Terretts
participated in the presentation
Of the check to the hospital,
which notes that the money
will be used to purchase equip
ment for the pediatrics depart
ment.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Air Force Lists
PuyIood Details Of
Secret Satellite

LOS ANGELES, Feb. Is Cap
Air Force today gave de-
tails about a small part Of the
payload in one Of those secret
satellites 1t has been launching
from the Pacific missile range
Neither the date of the
launching nor the vehicle were
disclosed.
The secret satellite carried
into space a thin, 4-inch-square
panel termed an improvement
over the solar cells currently
used to convert sunlight into
electricity to power instruments
on spacecraft.
Called a thermoelectric con-
verter, 1t is designed to be more
resistant to the high-altitude
radiations which have damaged
solar cells in the past.
Project Engineer Charles
Glassburn said, "The electrical
energy generated in the expert
ment was small because of the
limited size Of the converter, but
the test was considered a major
step in proving this concept"
The Air Force said signals
were received from the con-
verter for four days but would
not say whether 1t had been
designed to operate longer.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
DISABLED
y Probe Of so Cases
q Finds IneIigibIes

procedures would be involved.
Senator Byrd, Democrat of
West Virginia, is q member Of
the / Senate Appropriations
Committee. that ordered the
national probe. -.
In answer to q reporters
question, he confirmed that he
had talked with President Ken
nedy about the nationwide in
vestigation Of Aid to Families
with Dependent Children when
President Kennedy conferred
with him and other Congress
sional leaders recently. The
President asked Mr.. Celebrezze
to call Senator Byrd. ~
Senator Byrd said there have
been complaints from some
States about procedures, and
also that the General Account.
ing. Office. which. was invited
to work on the investigation by
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee leaders after HEW did
not include the GAO, had some
questions. Asked II complaints
had come from State welfare
directors, Senator Byrd said
this is possible"
I'VE hope to be able to evolve
a meeting Of minds with re-
gard to these procedures" SEN
ator Byrd said.
About 2 per cent, or 1000
AFDC cases. will be investigated
in field visits. HEW and State
welfare departments are con-
Quoting the probe.
AFDC is financed with
matching, Federal and State
funds.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
French A-PIune
Crash Reported

PARIS, Feb. Is (AP).-The
first prototype of the Mirage
~ jet bomber-to be Frances
atomic bomb carrier crashed
Wednesday on a training flight,
unofficial sources reported to-
day. tta>. &.
Both crewmen were elected
but one was injured on landing
by parachute.
Three Of her prototypes exist,
according to a military publi-
cation.
The second has successfully
completed bomb dropping tests
In the Sahara.
The third Is being fitted with
a navigation system. The
fourth was test-flown January
20 and is considered opera
tional. the publication bulletin
D'Information-Air reported.
Evening star., 1963-02-15

The defense Of entrapment
provides that the Government
cannot be permitted to contend
that a man is guilty Of a crime
II Government officials are the
instigators OF his conduct
rather than permitting the ac-
cused TO commit the crime
when he is predisposed to per-
form criminal acts.
Mr.. Acheson said:
However, whether this prob
lem can be handled easily or
only with difficulty is a ques-
ton that will be answered by
the retrial."
Deputy Chief Inspector Roy
Blick, In charge Of the police
morals division, has said he
does not believe the decision
will affect narcotics squad
practices.
The narcotics squad frc-
quently uses undercover police
agents. Intermediates and
special police funds 10 capture
narcotics peddlers.
Evening star., 1963-02-15

States, called the Kassem rule
'dictatorial and individualistic.' y
"Kassem never shared his
opinions with anyone Mr..
Jawad said. II submitted my
resignation in writing several
times but II was always re-
jected. What could / do2"
Gen. Abdi went further. say
ing all Gen. KasSems promises
were lies and forgeries." He
called him a man Of evil, full
OF "selfishness and lust for
power"
II have made q mistake and
I am ready TO bear the re.
sponsibility," Gen. Abdi said
II didn't resign. I stayed on my
Job. I should have stayed home
That's my luck"
Gen. Abdi and Mr.. Jawad
were interviewed by the news
paper Al Jamahir. the only
newspaper permitted by the
new regime. II is published by
the national guard In the plant
OF the outlawed Communist
newspaper Al Bilad. All other
papers In Baghdad are closed
and most Of their editors and
publishers are in jail.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
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has examined the facts in the
case two or three times, a su-
pervisor has reviewed the So
cial workers findings. and a
medical review team composed
of one doctor and a medical
social worker have certified the
recipient as eligible, based on
his medical examination and q
social history summary. There
are periodic reviews.
Senator Byrd estimates that
the final results will show an
eligibility rate of about 80 to
40 per cent.
This is the third relief cate
CORY to be investigated in the
District. The first category, aid
to families with dependent
children, showed 81 per cent
ineligible in a check Of a sam
pie of cases.
The second investigation of
General Public Assistance for
the temporarily disabled, had
an ineligibility rate Of 7S per
cent. f.
Senator Byrd said the Dis
trict relief caseload had drop
ped 1915 per cent between the
time he called for the first in
vestigation on September 80,
1861 and January 81, 1868.
The first District relief In
vestigation, Of aid to families
with dependent children, was
launched in November, 1861.
Since then, AFDC cases have
declined 23.9 per cent. General
public assistance cases, investi-
gated next, have declined 45.7
per cent.
AFDC cases dropped from
5,60l to 4,262. GPA cases drop
ped from 1877 to 878.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
New Leaders in Iroq
Round Up Communists

BAGHDAD. Iraq. Feb. is
(AP). - A week after over
throwing Premier Abdel Karin
Kassem, Iraq's new leaders to-
day were roofing out Commu-
nists from places high and low.
Government ministries we're
being screened for henchmen
OF the fallen strongman. Army
and student national guard pa
trols searched this capitals
main Communist districts.
"A Communist accused Of
shooting a soldier in fighting
yesterday was captured and
killed by national guardsmen.
But the fierce tempo OF fight
ing of the previous "a hours
had slackened.
Pravda Protests
TN Moscow, the Communist
Party newspaper Pravda pro-
tested the killing Of Iraqi Com
munists. II said THE Soviet
people are deeply concerned
over the wave Of terror in Iraq."
The Soviet Union recognized
the new Iraqi regime Monday
although the regime already
had begun It's campaign against
It's homegrown communists)
More than $500 persons have
been jailed since the uprising
OF young Arab socialist officers
against the Kassem regime,
which had moved ever closer
10 Moscow.
In jail we're all OF Gen. Kas-
SENS cabinet ministers and his
No. 2 man. Mai. Gen. Ahmed
Salem el-Abdi. The latter was
military governor general,
Kassem Denounced
Gen. Abdi and Gen. Kas-
sem's Foreign Minister, Hashem
Jawad, were quoted In inter-
views as denouncing Gen. Kas-
sem. But both claimed they
we're powerless under the rule
OF the strongman.
Mr.. Jawad, well known as
Iraq's representative In the
United Nations where he FREE
uuently assailed the United
Evening star., 1963-02-15
CELEBREZZE SEES
BYRD ON PROBE

Senator Robert C. Byrd, who
inspired the District investiga-
ton of cheaters on relief rolls,
has gone to the mat with the
Secretary Of Health. Education
and Welfare over procedures"
in the national investigation
Of families with children on re-
lief that grew out Of the Dis
trict's probe.
Senator Byrd and HEW Sec
retary Celebrezze emerged from
a two-hour discussion in SEN
ator Byrd's office yesterday to
tell a press conference that
there would be still further dis
cussions to iron out procedures,
but they declined to say what
Evening star., 1963-02-15
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the trial continued for nine men
charged with trying to asSassi-
nate the French President with
a burst Of machine gun bullets
last August. Most Of those de-
PENDANTS are army officers or
former members of the military.
Gen. de Gaulle has been con-
sidered a traitor by a segment
of the French officer class since
he agreed to Independence for
Algeria. This group was influ-
ential in bringing Gen. de
Gaulle to power because it be-
lieved he would keep Algeria
French.
Fourth Plot Since 1861
One defendant at the cur
rent assassination trial, a vet
eran of Dien Bien Phu, told the
court Gen. de Gaulle had been
condemned to death by the
National Council of the Resist
ance. This is an ultra fright un-
derground headed by Georges
Bidault, a former premier and
foreign minister who Is q fugi-
tive outside France.
The plot announced today
was the fourth reported against
Gen. de Gaulle's life since the
fall Of 1861.
In September, 1861, a can of
gasoline exploded on the road
side as the President was driv-
en- past on his way to his coun-
try home. Gen. de Gaulle's
car drove through a sheet OF
flame but he was not hurt,
Investigators found that the
gasoline was to have set off
nine pounds Of explosive plastic,
but the plastic did not ex-
plode.
In June, 1862, the Interior
Ministry said six members Of
the Secret Army. the terrorist
arm of the National Council Of
the Resistance, planned to kill
Gen. de Gaulle while he was
on a hand-shaking tour Of the
provinces.
The machine gun attempt
came last August. as Gen. de
Gaulle and his wife we're being
driven to an airport. The
Presidents car, a member OF
his escort and a passerby were
hit, but the President and his
family escaped unhurt.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Feasibility Questioned

Mr.. Glasgow said that If the
company attempted to comply
with the Fine Arts Commission,
construction of the building
would not be economically fea-
sihle. as
Engineer Frederick j. Clarke
said that the Fine Arts Com
mission apparently wants a
buffer zone to be provided on
privately owned land IN order
to preserve the view from Rock
Greek Park.
However. Brig. Gen. Clarke
said that he also thought the
Tower Construction Co. had
not explored sufficiently the
possibility Of preparing new
building designs which would
be more acceptable to the COM
mission.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
BY JACK LANDAU
Star Staff Writer

A former United States for
eign aid official has pleaded
guilty TO charges Of conspiring
to defraud the Government in
connection with the multi-mil-
lion dollar foreign aid pro-
gram in Laos.
The defendant is Edward T.
Mcnamara of Bloomfield, M.
who served from December,
1855, until November, 1857. as
the public works and indus
trial officer in the Laos mis-
sion Of the International Co
operation Administration which
was then handling American
foreign aid.
He faces q possible maximum
sentence of five years in prison
and a $4,000 fine.
Mcnamara was indicted last
February along with Gerald
Peabody, former chairman OF
Universal Construction, Ltd, OF
Bangkok, Thailand. and Willis
H. Bird, who was managing di-
rector Of the company. Bird
and Peabody are repeatedly liv-
ing abroad.
Pleads To All Counts
Mcnamara pleaded guilty to
all counts of the indictment
late yesterday before Chief
United States District Court
Judge Matthew F. Mcclure.
The indictment charged that
between July 1856 and October
1857, Mcnamara helped Uni
versal obtain foreign aid con-
struction contracts in Laos, ap-
proved payments to Universa'
without examining contract
performance and received moo
ey and other gifts from Bird
and Peabody.
The Indictment listed q
$4,000 investment in a mutua
stock fund which. it said, wa.
made for Mcnamara and paid
for by Bird with a check ir
June 1857.
In october 1856. the indict.
ment charged that McNamars
received $2,230 from a Univer-
sal employe and shortly after
ward Bird and Peabody reim-
bursed their employe with ar
identical amount out of COM
pany funds.
Contract Cancelled
McNamara's guilty plea
came almost four years after
the situation had been airec
by a House Government Opera.
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Considers
Revival Of !. . !. I. !.
Aging Council
BY CHARLES PIERCE
Siaf staff Wrlterss z

k star neah Writer ffN
A Citizens Advisory Commits
tee asked the District Cpmnis4
|sioners yesterday to reactivate
the District Of Columbia Coun-
oil on the Aging. Z fsa
The commissioners took the
matter under advisement.
william c. Fitch. committee
chairman. told the commits
siouer that the Council on the
Aging, which had been formed
here in 1885, ceased activities
when the commissioners de-
clined in 1861 to provide addi-
tional funds for its operations.
Walter N. Tobriner, presi-
dent Of the Board Of Commits
sioners. asked II . previous
board had not reviewed the ac-
tivities Of the council and de-
cided that they were not worth
supporting.
Mr.. Fitch said that the COM
missioners may not have had
full information at the time
they declined to renew funds.
The council was originally
financed by q $4,000 Federal
grant and $4,000 provided by
the District. 't st,
10000 Involved Y
Mr.. Fitch, said he believed
that II the council were re-
.activated 1t would receive Fed
eral grants to help carry out
special programs to aid the
more than 10000 persons In
Washington IS or older.
In another action, the COM
missioners suggested. that the
Tower Construction Co.. make
another attempt to get Fine
Arts Commission approval OF
its plans for an apartm e n
building to be constructed at
l845 Harvard street NV.
The Fine Arts Commission
has contended that construc-
ton Of the building oh'a slope
near the entrance to the WASH
ington Zoo would detract from
the scenic view In this area.
c. L. Martin. general coun-
sci for the Fine Arts Commits
sion. said that all the other
buildings In this area are built
on the rim of the Rock Greek
Valley side. rather than on the
slope.
Norman Glasgow, attorney
representing the Tower COM
pany in its appeal to the COM
missioners of the unfavorable
ruling Of the Fine Arts Com
mission. said the comp a my
could not comply with the
commissions suggestion that
the building be moved back 70
the valley rim. F
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spokesman declined comment
on the newspapers report.
Shipping circles in Caracas
said the motorship Sucre re-
ported sighting the Anzoategui
yesterday midway between
Venezuela and the Dominican
Republic.
This would have placed the
freighter about $50 miles south
east Of Santiago, which is 40
miles from the big United
States naval base at Guam
tanamo.
Some observers believed the
hijackerS had not decided
whether to try for the Cuban
port or for Mexico. The
freighter has a top speed of
Is knots, considerably less than
the pursuing destroyers. But it
had a considerable start on the
pursuerS.
InterceptiOn Ordered
President Romulo Betancourt
ordered an all-out effort to in
tercept the hijackers, identified
as nine members Of the armed
forces for National Liberation
(FALN), a,Communist organi-
sation with links to Fidel Cas-
tro's regime. Mr.. Betancourt
called on friendly nations in
the area to help.
The Communists boasted Of
seizing the freighter Wednes-
day to dramatize their fight
against Mr.. Betancourt and to
force him to call off a trip to
Washington next week for talks
with President Kennedy. The
President showed no inclina-
ton to cancel his trip. even
though the sea action was ac-
companied by mounting terror
ism in Caracas and other
Venezuelan cities.
Declared Pirates
Interior Minister Carlos An
drez Perez called the hijackers
pirates and said all nations
under international law are
obligated to help capture them.
Mr.. Andres Perez derided a
reported broadcast offer by the
hijackers to trade the captain
of the Anzoategui and his crew
Of 35 for pardons for impris-
oned Venezuelan terrorists.
"It's ridiculous propaganda
because they have to surrender
the ship eventually" he said.
The United States Coast
Guard picked UP a radio mes
Evening star., 1963-02-15
Contract Cancelled

McNamara's guilty plea
came almost four years after
the situation had been aired
by a House Government Opera
tionS subcommittee. The sub
committee claimed that waste,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29

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Holmes County herald., 1963-10-17
Lexington Lions to sell bulbs
Mondoy night

Members Of the Lexing-
ton Lions Club will be call
ing on residents over the
city Monday night selling
light bulbs in their annual
campaign to raise funds for
civic projects.
The members, under the
Craftsmanship of Henry Nc
Clellan, will be working hou-
sc to house and ask that those
who wish to buy light bulbs
leave outside lights burning.
They plan to start the calls
at z p. m. and work until
their stock of bulbs are sold
out, Mcclellan said.
Club secretary, Roy Gel
ston, said, Revenue from
the light bulb sale will &c
for community betterment
and sight conservation; that
is, to buy glasses for the I'm.
derprivileged."
Recent projects of the club
include donations to the Lex
ington High School Band, anC
to the grammar school fol
playground equipment and
new fence.