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, 1963-06-26
United States Atty.
Christion Announces
New Appointments


United States Attorney Al
merle q. Christian announced
the appointment Of Mrs, Grace
E. A. Sebastien, as Administra-
tive Clerk, and of Mrs. Jean
cite Angelica Mena Rivera, as
Clerk-Stenographer, in his
Office,
Mrs. Sebastien's service with
the United States Department
of Justice commenced with
the United States Attorneys
Office at St. Thomas as Clerk
Stenographer in 1851 and con-
tinued to 1859. In the latter
year, she was reassigned to
the Civil Rights Division of the
Department of Justice in
Washington, DC until 1850
When sheaWas again ReasSignA
ed, on thisaoccasicn TO the Tax
pivisianof the no lepart=,
ment, as Administrative Aide.
In 1862 Mrs. Sebastien was
promoted to the post Of Super
visor, Secretarial Unit, Of this
Division, and continued to
serve in this post until June
II, 1868, when she returned to
the United States Attorneys
Continued on Page q
1868 White House
Conference Repori
Now Avuildble
Thnrn ocn oxyoilAh1n IN tho
, 1963-06-26
GOVERNOR WINS
EXTENSION ON $500
TAX EXEMPTION

Governor Ralph PaieWon
sky conferred today with
the members of the Joint
Conference of the House
and Senate Committees in
Washington, DC.
The Committee then pass
ed the Bill extending the
$4,000 tourist exemption
for the Virgin Islands for a
period Of nine months up to
and including March 81,
1864.
st. Croix Youth
Committee To Initiute
New Proqrom
Evening star., 1963-05-10
NATO Short War
Plan Accounts
Called Incorrect
By the Associated Press

The Pentagon denied today
published reports that Britain
and the United States had
agreed to plan a NATO de-
fenSe on the assumption that
conventional forces should be
prepared to fight only a 30
day instead of a long war in
Europe.
The reports said agreement
on that and other points was
reached In talks between Sec
retary of Defense Mcnamara
and British defense experts in
London last month.
In answer to inquiries by
reporters, the Pentagon said
the reports were incorrect on
every major point"
The written Pentagon reply
to the inquiries said also:
For the past two years the
United States has been rec
ommending that each Of the
members Of NATO strengthen
its forces to meet the agreed
upon force goals. Only by this
means will it be possible to
sustain a fcaward strategy for
the defense Of Europe and to
defend the territory Of West
Germany against a massive at
tack on its borders"
This has been and con-
tinues to be the United States
position"
Evening star., 1963-05-10
County Students
Win for Writings

Students Of Montgomery
County public schools won a
first place. three second places.
four honorable mentions and
five concentrations for out
standing ability in the 1868
Scholastic Magazines Writing
Contest.
David Boochever. Of Western
Junior High School. won q first
place award in the "junior
short story" category. Another
Western student, Paula K.
Speck. took second place in
Junior poetry"
Stephen Glazer and Peter
Jaszi, Of Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School, won secon d
awards in the senior informal
article" and short story" cate
gories.
Honorable mentions went TO-:
Jennifer Leaning, Bethesda
Chevy Chase: Lynne H. Bur-
CESS, Of Walter johnson; Ara
bella Rogers. OF Leland Junior
High. and Nancy McIlvaine. OF
Springbrook. James Harrod and
Richard Hogan, OF Walter
johnson: Rebecca Read and
William O. Fisher, OF Leland
Junior High, and Jack Hirkach,
OF Wheaton High School, were
commended.
william Bats. Wheaton High
School, won a scholarship 10
the New York. Phoenix School
Of Design in the 1863 Scholas-
tic Art Awards.
Evening star., 1963-05-10

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy tonight. with q chance
Of scattered showers or thun-
dershowers; low in the middle
COS. Considerable cloudiness
and cooler tomorrow. again
with a chance Of scattered
showers.
Maryland Variable cloudi-
ness. with a chance Of scat
tered showers tonight; low 56
To 81. Continued variable
cloudiness but cooler tomorrow,
with a chance Of scattered
showers. High in the 70s.
Virginia. chance Of scat
tered showers or Thunderstorm
efs developing tonight, with
lowest "a TO SO in the south
and So to "a in the north.
Partly cloudy and cooler to-
morrow. with a chance of scat
tered showers. High 80 to IS
in south. rs to "a in the north.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Westerly winds OF
10 to 20 knots. becoming north
east 10 to IS knots tonight and
continuing tomorrow. Variable
cloudiness, with a chance OF
scattered showers tonight and
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Couple Wins Suit
In Navy Air Crash

NORFOLK, Va, May 10
(AP).-A Navy couple has won
a $20,450 court award for dam
ages received when a Navy pa
troll bomber crashed into Their
East Ocean View home in jan
uary 1858.
In a memorandum filed
Wednesday, U. S. District
Judge Walter E. Hoffman found
the Navy at fault and ordered
the award to Mrs. Frances Nc
Claim and her Navy chief petty
officer husband.
Four of the planes crew Of
IL we're killed in the crash.
The plane crashed into the
front of Mrs. McClain's home
as she was in her kitchen. She
escaped through a bedroom
window and suffered cuts and
back injuries.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Peace Corps Aide
Injured byCor

The management director Of
the Peace Corps received a pos
sible skull fracture and back
injuries yesterday when struck
by q car in front Of 1917 H
street NV, police reported.
Howard Greenberg, So. of
4740 Connecticut avenue NV,
was admitted to George Wash
ington Hospital.
Police said he was struck by
a car driven by Charles E.
johnson, jr., 40, Of 7430 Georgia
avenue NV.
Pvts. Lewis E. Peters and VIII
liam P. Nolan Of the accident
investigation unit, said Mr..
Greenberg walked into the
street to avoid getting wet from
water that was being sprayed
on a building during a cleaning
project.
They charged Mr.. Johnson
with failing to give full time
and attention to his driving.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Maj. D. Honey,
On Pentogon Duty

An Army officer stationed at
the Pentagon and living in Ar
lington was killed yesterday in
an auto crash near Morgan
field, KY. &C..
The Associated Press re-
ported that Maj. Leslie Dolin
Haney, 81, was killed when his
car went out of control as he
attempted to pass another car
on U. S. Route so and crashed
into a wooden fence. Planks
from the fence struck him in
the chest, police said.
A Pentagon spokesman said
Maj. Haney was assigned to
the office Of the Army Chief
of Staff and had been staying
with another Army officer in
an apartment at 2S16 South
Eighth street, Arlington. Cr
His wife and family were liv-
ing in his home at Sturgis, KY,
and Mai. Haney was on leave
for a visit to them, the Army
spokesman said.
He was a 20-year veteran of
the Army. He had earned nu-
merous decorations, including
the Purple Heart with two oak
leaf clusters for wounds re-
ceived in combat, the Distin-
guished Flying Cross. and the
Silver Star and Bronze Star
with oak leaf cluster for hero
ism, the Army reported.
Evening star., 1963-05-10

OF public health methods of the
Public Health Service In 1895,
He was chief Of the medical
statistics division of the Of
flee Of the Surgeon General,
War Department. from 1943
to 1946.
He was chief Of the biomet-
RIGS section Of the National
Cancer Institute and, from
1850 to 1860, chief Of the bio
branch division Of re-
search services of NH.
A native of Tompkins
County, N. Y, DR.. Dorm earned
his Ph.D. from the University
Of Wisconsin in 1898.
He is survived by his wife,
Celia, who has worked at NH
since 1856, and two daughters,
Mrs. Patricia Adams of East
Lansing, Mich, and Mrs. Flea
nor Phillips of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. Dorm lives at is Burning
Tree court, Bethesda. Md.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Monday at the Jo-
seph Gawler Sons Funeral
Home, with burial in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Stussen May Enter
New Hampshire
Presidential Vote

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 10
(AP).-Former Minnesota Gov
Harold E. Stassen said yester-
day he may be a candidate in
the New Hampshire presiden-
tial primary "and in other
State primary contests If all
goes we'll in New Hampshire. "
The Philadelphia lawyer,
now Sc, was here to address
the annual meeting Of the
Minnesota Historical Society.
Mr.. Stassen told a news con-
ference his entry in the New
Hampshire election would "test
the amount of support among
the Republican voters for the
kind Of foreign policy and
domestic program in which I
believe"
Once known as a hoy
wonder" in politics, Mr.. Stas-
sen was 81 when he was elected
Governor of Minnesota. He
served as Governor from 1889
until 1943. He was assistant
chief of staff to Admiral VIII
liam F. Halsey, jr., during
World War II, later was presi-
dent of the University Of Penn
sylvania for four years, and
was President Eisenhower's
disarmament adviser.
He unsuccessfully sought the
Republican nomination for
President in 1948 and 1852.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
CityAdopts
Residence
Job Policy

A policy giving District resi-
dents preference in hiring and
promotion by the city govern
ment was adopted yesterday by
the District Commissioners.
This policy, which is subject
to approval by the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, would
grant this preference only
when a District resident
has qualifications substantially
equal to applicants who do not
live in the city.
Approval of this type of pol
icy has long been urged by
leaders of the local political
parties and numerous civic
organizations. Approximately
one-third Of the city's $4,000
employees live in the suburbs.
This policy would apply only
to those employees under the
direct administrative control OF
the Commissioners and would
not affect school, library, court,
police and fire personnel.
Also excepted would be en-
ployes at city institutions in
Lorton, Va, or Laurel, Md,
whose jobs require that they
live either on or near the in
stitutional grounds.
There would also be a two
year delay before the new pol
icy on promotions affects Dis
trict employees now living out
side the city.
Purpose of this deferral is
to give city employees in the
suburbs an opportunity to
move into the District during
this period if they wish to do
so.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Bethesda Wife Killed
In Great Falls Plunge

The Potter home is at 681S
winterberry lane. Bethesda.
Mrs. Potter was pronounced
dead at Suburban Hospital.
DR.. Frank j. Broschart. county
medical examiner. indicated
that she died from fractures
and internal injuries. but or
dered an autopsy, police said.
Cabin John rescue squads
men told police they found the
husband in a hysterical con-
dition. He also was taken to
Suburban Hospital and treated
for shock.
Police said the husband re-
ported that his wife lost her
balance when she tried to
boost herself to a sitting posi-
ton on the bridge railing.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Mrs. Thomuides,
Ex-EmpIoye Of
Revenue Service

Mrs. Evelyn Stone Thom-
aides, 81, of 1901 Quebec street
NV, died at Washington Hos
pital Center Wednesday after
surgery. ~
Born in Washington, Mrs.
T h homaides attended Holy
Cross Academy before begin
ming a career in civil service.
She retired after 25 years with
the Internal Revenue Service.
Mrs. Thomaides was an ac-
tive member of the Shrine of
the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, frequently appearing
as accompanist at presenta-
tions of the Friendly Sons Of
Saint Patrick.
Mrs. Thomaides leaves two
sons, Comdr. Thomas George
Thomaides, USN, of Mclean,
Va, and Theodore George
Thomaides, Of Philadelphia; a
daughter, Mrs. Eleanor T. Graf,
OF Dallas, Tex, and six grand
children.
Funeral services will be at
l0:30 am. tomorrow at the
Shrine Of the Sacred Heart,
Sixteenth and Park road NV.
Prior to the services, there will
be prayers at Hines Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Mine Accident Kills
West Virginia Mayor

EAST RAINELLE, W.. Va,
May 10 (AP).s- Thomas Will
liam johnson. 4s, mayor of
Quinwood. Greenbrier County
and chief engineer for Imperial
Smokeless Coal Co.'S No. 2 mine,
was killed yesterday in q slate
fall at the mine.
Another man, Ronald Ham,
rick, 33, also Of Quinwood, was
injured.
Evening star., 1963-05-10

fecting employees health, and
their adequate maintenance /;
however, broader coverage by
amending the present wage law
will create an economic factor
for the employer that could
affect the expansion Of in
dustry In the District Of Colum-
bia and cause a contraction Of
employment, resulting in unem-
ployment of wage earners and
the loss Of opportunities for
this group"
Miss Beatrice Mcconnell, dep
uty director, Women's Bureau,
Department of Labor, urged en-
actment Of the minimum wage
law.
She cited a 1862 survey of
the District which revealed that
one-fifth Of the employees in
the real estate industry, more
than one-fourth of the en-
ployes in motion picture thea
ters, and slightly more than
two-fifths of the employees in
the eating and drinking estab-
lishments earned less than 81
an hour.
Alfred A. McGarraghy, rep
resenting the Restaurant ASso-
citation Of Metropolitan WASH
ington. said q minimum wage
Of $1.25 applied to the restau-
rant industry would have an
adverse effect.
This is because wages win
be increased so drasticalIy in
the restaurant industry" he
said. Such an increase will
have an inflationary effect"
Mr.. McGarraghy also attacked
the proposal for time and a
half in excess Of 40 hours a
week. He said restaurants will
be under q great hardship If a
40-hour provision is applied to
them.
Evening star., 1963-05-10

: Relocation practices and
maneuvers by businessmen
involved in urban renewal
activity came in for sharp
questioning from a House Dis
trict Subcommittee yesterday,
Representative Whitener,
Democrat Of North Carolina,
and chairman Of a House sub
committee handling several
anti-crime bills for the District,
said that displacement Of fam
lilies by urban renewal and
highway construction was q
big factor in the increase Of
crime.
The District will continue to
deteriorate and ominous pre-
dictions will come true II Gov
ernment agencies don't provide
housing for displaced families,
Mr.. Whitener said.
Moves Are Questioned
Mr.. Whitener and Repre-
sentative Dowdy, Democrat Of
Texas, and chairman Of the
subcommittee investigating ur-
ban renewal. questioned the
displacement of families for the
huge southwest urban renewal
area.
Mr.. Dowdy produced a Gov
ernment Accounting office
audit Of the Redevelopment
Land Agency's relocation pro-
decures, which said that RIA
had not kept accurate records
to show it had relocated fam
lilies into adequate housing.
The audit said that on numer-
Gus occasions RIA housing in
spectors at the time of the
audit had not inspected new
housing and had not completed
work shown on their records.
Commission Estimated
Mr.. Dowdy disclosed that a
memorandum of the National
Capital Planning Commission
showed that officials of the
washington real estate firm Of
Shannon & Luchs were inter-
viewed at length about a Foggy
Bottom urban renewal project
before the area was declared
blighted. Mr.. Dowdy said that
Shannon & Luchs had a con-
tract with the former owners
of the majority Of land in the
Foggy Bottom project for a
commission on any land sold
Evening star., 1963-05-10

A Bethesda woman fell %
feet to her death at the bot
tom Of q rocky gorge at Great
Falls last night.
Montgomery County police
said Mrs. Natalie Ann Potter,
IS, was killed when she top
pied from a bridge railing over
the second gorge on the Mary
band side Of the falls about
9:10 pm.
Mrs. Potter, a mother Of four
children, had been to the falls
area with her husband, Will
liam E. Potter, for an evening
walk when she fell from the
railing Of a 58-foot wooden
bridge over the gorge and
landed partly submerged in l8
inches Of water, police re-
ported.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Witnesses at Variance
On Minimum Pay Law

The District Minimum Wage
and Industrial Safety Board
today urged enactment Of a
general minimum wage law for
workers here.
The recommendation was
made to the Citizens Council,
which called a day-long hear
ing into the advisability Of
recommending minimum wage
legislation.
Charles w. Putnam, chair
man Of the board, said at pres
ent minimum wage rates ap-
ply only to women in the Dis
trict and he wants this ex-
tended to male employees.
Mr.. Putnam said Is States
have put a floor under wage
rates by enacting minimum
wage legislation which applies
to men as well as women.
The District, he noted, has
had a minimum wage law for
women and minors for many
years.
He said statistics show low
levels for many wage rates in
the District and he added that
Washington ranks with the l3
cities whose budgets for a fam
lily Of four are placed between
$4,000 and $500 per year.
IF interstate workers all over
the country need a minimum
wage of $l.25 per hour so surely
do the workers in the District, .
he said.
Leo Schlosberg, representing
the District Republican Com
mittee, said the proposed wage
law is too broad and will de-
feat the purpose and intent
that such proposals attempt to
accomplish"
He said, "the committee is
most cooperative in certain
minimum labor standards af-
Evening star., 1963-05-10

for more than $lS 3 square
foot.
"I believe" the rezonine
commission was around 500. 900
Mr.. Dewey said.
The firm also agreed to pay
into the Columbia Plaza Corp
enough money to pay for archi-
tects' fees, he said. Officials
of Shannon 81 Luchs playe
a unique role in the Foggy
Bottom project, called the Co.
lumbia Plaza urban renewal
area, by acting as redeveloper
after a complicated series OF
financial dealings to acquire
the land from previous major
ity owners. The former own
ers later owned stock In the
Columbia Plaza Corp. and in
this way would receive the
benefits Of the $4,000 COM
mission, the hearing showed.
"Is that proper?" Mr.. Dowdy
asked Brig. Gen. Frederick j,
Clarke, District Engineer Com
missioner.
"Sir, you are telling me
things I didn't know before, I"
Gen. Clarke replied.
There was nothing unethical
or wrong with the project or
the redevelopers, Gen. Clarke
said. The private owners Of
the land did have a priority to
come back into the project
area and this conflicted with
any move to offer the land to
any other real estate people in
the private market, Gen.
Clarke said.
No Accusation Made
Representative Sisk. Demo-
crat Of California, said that he
was not accusing anybody in
the governmental agencies Of
collusion. There apparently
was some unique maneuvering
by the private owners Of the
land, which leaves a "lot OF
implications Of some sort of
collusion," Mr.. Sisk said.
II may be wrong. but it
seems that some Of the pro-
cedures used here carry the
seeds of destruction" he
added.
Subcommittee members yes
terday raised the question Of
the missing stock books Of the
Columbia Plaza Corp. Officers
of the corporation today told
The Star that the records had
been lost by their general
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Scientist Puts Aqe
Of Life Process
At 3 Billion Years

DR.. Philip H. Abelson, d.
rector of the Geophysical Labo-
ratory Of the Carnegie mstitu-
ton of Washington and editor
of Science" discussed
Chemicals from Ancient Life"
at a lecture last night spon-
sored by the Carnegie Institu-
ton of Washington.
Life processes are about
three billion years old. he told
trustees and directors of the
institution, and in sedimentary
rock are found chemicals re-
naming from the most ancient
life. These chemicals hold a
potential wealth Of informa-
ton not yet understood but
nevertheless movable" he
said.
Describing investiga-
tions made by him and fellow
scientists, DR.. Abelson said that
the remains Of organic COM
pounds manufactured by living
creatures at the time the rocks
were formed can be extracted
and studied.
Indications are, he said, that
the basic processes Of life may
not be materially different to-
day from what they were three
billion years ago. Chlorophyll,
for example. appears to have
been utilized by plants for at
least 500 million years.
I'VE believe" predicted DR..
Abelson," that eventually,
from the study of these rocks,
we shall be able to learn q
good deal more about early
life"
DR.. Abelson was introduced
by DR.. Caryl p. Haskins, presi-
dent of the Carnegie InSuitu-
ton. The occasion for the ad-
dress was the annual meeting
of the trustees Of the institu-
ton,
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Man Pronounced Dead
After Cor Hits Tree =.

Jack M. Pickett. As, of 1915
Pard road, Coral Hills. Md,
was pronounced dead on ar
rival at Providence Hospital
today. after his car left the
roadway in the $500 block Of
South Dakota avenue NE. and
struck a tree, police reported.
Police are awaiting an au-
topsy by District Coroner Rich
ard Whelton to determine
whether Mr.. Pickett's death
was caused by the accident or
II he died Of other causes.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Renewal Relocation Methods
Questioned by House Unit

counsel when he moved his
law office into a new building
Any information that could
have been learned from the
missing stock books was made
available to the staff Of the
subcommittee through other
records, officials pointed out.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Dr.. Harold F. Dorm, So,
NH Cancer Authority

DR.. Harold F, Dorm, whose
statistical work provided evi-
dence Of a link between Smok-
ing and higher death rates
from lung cancer, heart and
respiratory diseases, died Of
cancer yesterday at the Ma
tional Institutes Of Health's
Clinical Center. He was Sc.
DR.. Dorn's statistical study
was a basis for the Public
Health Services official stand
in the tobacco-lung cancer Is
sue.
He had worked since 1892
to standardize methods for col.
lecting, analysing and evaluat-
ing statistical data in medical
research.
HOnOred by Department
A pioneer in developing and
applying biometrics-the use Of
statistics to make biological
observations-Dr. Dorm was
made chief Of the biometrics
research branch of the National /
Heart Institute in 1860.
In 1861, he received q Su-
perior Service Award from the
Department Of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare. He was cited
as "the Federal Governments
outstanding leader in the field
Of biometric theory and prac-
tice."
Joined Service in 1886
He was an expert consultant
to the World Health Organi-
zation and adviser to Egypt
and Yugoslavia on surveys for
determining the incidence and
prevalence Of cancer.
Since 1858, DR.. Dorm has been
elected each year as general
secretary of the International
Union Against Cancer.
DR.. Dorm joined the division
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Sc. Woman Finds
Body of Gun Victim

George z. Quimby, &c.. a
Hollywood MD gasoline sta
ton mechanic, was found dead
In his apartment at 1914
Twenty-Ninth street Sc. last
night. lying on the floor next
TO his bed with a bullet wound
In his head and q .22-ealiber
rifle across his legs.
His body was found by his
daughter-in-law. Mrs. Sonya
ziraley, who lives In another
apartment at that address,
police reported.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Won Kurmun Rites

PASADENA, Calf. May 10
(AP). :. Funeral rites for DR..
Theodore Won Karman, 81,
pioneer space scientist, will be
conducted at his home Tues
day. Burial will follow at the
family crypt at Bath Olam Ce-
metery in nearby Hollywood.
DR.. Won Karman, called "the
father Of the space age" died
Tuesday in Aachen, Germany.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Mrs. Mary HodeI

BECKLEY, w. Va, May 10
AP).-Mrs. Mary Katherine
Hodel. 73, wife of the Beckley
newspaper publisher, Charles
Hodel. died Of pneumonia yes
terday. She had suffered a
stroke 20 months ago. Her
husband is president of Beckley
Newspapers Corp, which pub
fishes the Beckley PoSt-Herald
and the Raleigh Register. Pri-
vate funeral services will be
held Sunday.
Evening star., 1963-05-10

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