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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05

AS you recall, a computer
with a nagging h e a dache
misread q digit late in the
campaign and announced DR..
Pangmire was preferred by
48.6 per cent of the voters.
Reporters rushed to DR..
Pangmire's headquarters in
an abandoned garbage scow
to record his fearless stand
on the issues In depth.
@. DR.. Pangmire, If you'll
pose for a picture -.
A. Wait til I get my trous-
ers on, gentle m e n. There.
Now my vest, coat, top hat.
Good. Shoot.
@. But, sir, as a practicing
nudist. t.a.
A. True, true. I stand four
square for private areas.
Highly fenced. If the local
authorities don't object.
@. Now, sir. about the clar-
ion call you issued yesterday
in the Daily Worker for IAN
immediate revolution of the
proletariat, though the
streets run red with blood"
A. Exactly. And VIII EN-
elected President, my first
act will be to order an ex-
haustive Federal study to
determine VIII ether an i'm
m e date revolution of the
proletariat is feasible. At this
time.
Q. An exhaustive study?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Rights Displays
Flare Up Again
By the Associated Press

Mass marches, demonstra-
tons and sit-ins have flared
again on the racial scene.
The Utah chapter Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vanucement Of Colored People
voted against a demonstration
against the Mormon Church
during the church's l33rd
semi-annual conference this
weekend.
The demonstration had been
threatened to take place I'M
less church leaders issued a
statement indorsing civil rights
and civil rights legislation. A
spokesman for the NAACP said
the vote last night was ex-
Temely close.
Negroes resumed m q S S
marches at Orangeburg. s. c.,
yesterday after the collapse of
talks with city officials. Nearly
100 state troopers and other
officers mintained order and
took the demonstrators to Jail.
About $40 Negroes we're ar
rested, bringing to more than
1900 the number taken into
custody since last Saturday
when mass antisegregation pro-
tests started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
ARTHUR HOPPE
Or, Politicians Take For-Out Stands
As Long as They Haven't a Chance

The liberals are furious
with Senator Goldwater. And
in their anger they're hurting
a pretty vicious charge at
him. The Senator, they say
with outrage. is becoming
more like them.
He has begun his Great
Mutation" cries the New
Republic. And 1t says the
Senator Is no longer issuing
clarion calls to abolish the
income tax and farm subsi-
dies or crack down on labor
unions. At most, he's de-
manding maybe "a complete
study" Of these problems.
Which Is q pretty wish
washy clarion call.
So the Liberals are accus-
ing the Senator Of forsaking
his principlesl (Which they
can't abide.) And comm g
over, to their way of think
ingIi (Which SCUM d 5 disas-
trous) Just because he wants
to be President! (Which is
true0
It seems to happen every
four years. The country's full
Of radical candidates from
the Left and Right. Yet we
always seem to elect a mod
crate President. It's like the
case Of DR.. Albert Pangmire.
the standard bearer Of the
Nudist- Communist -Vegetar-
ian Coalition Party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Gogurin Reported
Moon Team Head

HAVANA, Oct. 5 (AP).-
Spacewoman Valentino TereSh-
kova says Yuri Gagarin, Rus
sia's first cosmonaut. has been
designated to head the team Of
astronauts assigned to ny to
the moon.
Speaking on Cuban television,
she said she is a member Of
the team and said II will pro-
pose that a Cuban woman be
included"
Miss Tereshkova, discussing
moon flight problems, said one
piloted craft would take off
and, when in orbit, a pilotless
fuel tank spaceship would be
orbited, and the two craft
united. Then, she said. a Sput-
mix fired from the earth would
rocket out and tow the double
vessel to the moon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
GeminiSpocecruft
TESTING Will Sturt

CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla,
Oct. S (AP).-Tec hnician
toiled to erect Gemini, Amer
ica's secon-generation manned
spacecraft, today for tests look
ing forward to its first I'M
manned launching next year.
The four-ton capsule arrived
aboard a big Air Force cargo
plane yesterday. Work started
at once to set the craft up on
a three-story test stand for
checkouts with a Titan-3 boost
er, currently being tested at
Baltimore.
Near-flight conditions viii be
duplicated for the tests by Nc
Donnell Corp, builders Of the
Gemini space vehicle. before it
is attached to its two-stage IT,
tan booster built by the Martin
Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Nonoggression reoty
A Trap, Nixon Warns

Eastern Europe last summer.
said:
"Be cause there are strong
pressures from within as we'll as
from outside the Kennedy ad-
ministration to make such a
deal, I believe that only the
mobilization Of an aroused and
informed public opinion will
prevent the sellout of the right
of 81 million enslaved people in
Eastern Europe to be free"
Wouldn't Draw Line
He said 1t, would be immoral
for the United States to dc
anything that would give the
impression of drawing a line
down the middle of Europe.
Mr.. Nixon held that the IN
tied States goal must be a free
Cuba, a free. Eastern Europe, a
free Russia and a free China.
And every policy must be
directed to reach that goal
through peaceful m cans" he
said.
This was once the stated
policy Of the Kennedy admin
istration, but it has been wat
cred down and wrapped in
double talk from the time the
for the (nuclear)
test ban began"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05

Western Europe is not eager
for British leadership. II has
worked out its own economic
relationships and needs no
mediator in its political bust
ness with the United States.
Besides, 1t cannot forget that
Mr.. Wilson has never with
drawn from his position that
Britain must have absolute
independence in her foreign
policy even If she becomes a
member one day Of the Com
mon Market. This certainly
is a strange doctrine for the
man who aspires to be Eu-
ropes spokesman and leader.
Yet the recent speeches Of
Mr.. Wilson show that he has
some appeal to Europeans,
especially when he is talking
about changes in the struc-
ture and purposes Of NATO.
He has been most effective In
pointing to the contrast be-
tween the new political aims
Of the NATO community and
its old strategic purposes.
The NATO countries are
thinking Of economic unity
In Western Europe and Of a
settlement of the Germ an
problem based on the disap-
pearance Of cruel Russian
pressure and much greater
trade with Eastern Europe.
This may seem to Americans
to be a hasty program in
which our European friends
are anxious to take the
fourth and fifth steps long
before the Russians have
taken the second step. All
the same, this eagerness for
a new approach is shared by
many Of the Socialist parties
now in opposition. and sew
eral Of them may soon be in
power.
There is, in fact, a Euro
pean debate on the degree of
independence which our al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Military coup in Honduras Latin American military Of
fcers have been growing holder since young PIT boat
lieutenant seized power in the United States.
A&NR
The United States and Russia to ban atomic
pons DRIFTING space vehicles It's nice read about
bomb in the OBITUARY columns.
The of justice Of leading Dixie Senators is
nicely balanced. They may not vote to let Negro into
restaurant-but they won't vote to give white
cut either.
There's dance called the CoSa Nostra partner
sings while the other squirms.
Godwater accuses Kennedy of operating mutual aid
society with Russia And that's the sort of crafty manipu
laton that could push the world to the brink peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
BROWN as.
Tito's Trip Stirs Spanish Reds

The proteges Of the Yugoslav
dictator are concerned with
the improved relations be-
tween Madrid and Washing
ton. They are aiming at step
ping I'D their activism In the
hope Of creating q renewed
anti-Franco atmosphere in the
United States.
From Mexico. President
Tito journeys to Washington
to be received by the highest
in the land, including. Of
course, President Kennedy.
This comes as the agreement
with the Madrid government
for naval and air bases in
Spain Is being eXten d e d.
Tito, so the stories go around
Rome, is expected to draw
President Kennedy's atten-
ton to the repression Of civil
rights" in Spain and to
the fact that the continual
ton Of good relations with
Franco could in the long run
harm accommodation" po-
licies Of Washington.
The atmosphere is propi-
Cious in Washington to listen
to President Tito's sugges-
tons that we should be care
full in our dealing s with
Spain. The administration
wanted, of course, to contin-
ue the bases agreement, par
ticularly since the economic
aid to Spain will be greatly
reduced.
But President Tito may
conceivably influence some
of Mr.. Kennedy's advisers
about responding to SPANS
request for closer military
coo peration and under
standing with the United
States. Tito may prevail with
his arguments that a close
association with Spanish
fascism" may affect the good
beginnings for the thaw in
the cold war and co-e xis-
tence with the Communist
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
MAX FREEDMAN
Mr.. Wilson's Socialist Europe

lies can enjoy quite apart
from American leadership.
President de Gaulle is put
ting an extreme view when
he talks about virtually COM
plete independence. But
there are echoes of that phi
loSophy, In muted form, all
over Europe. In England, Mr..
Wilson has called for a fresh
debate on many political and
economic questions which
Mr.. Macmillan would like to
regard as closed or at least
beyond the reach Of partisan
bitterness.
Mr.. Macmillan n, for in
stance, is very interested in
the tariff reductions pro-
posed by President Kennedy.
But an unexpected revival Of
interest in state trading has
tended to chill the Labor
Party's enthusiasm for free
trade. Mr.. Wilson still pro-
fesses to see some merit in
Mr.. Kennedy's trade pro-
gram but his tributes are al
ways rather absent-minded.
He thinks 1t is possible for
Britain TO remain on good
terms with Am erica while
she moves much closer to
Western Europe. even though
still outside the Common
Market. Mr.. Macmillan can
not meet this challenge by
merely talking about the spe-
cial relationship between
Britain and America. ----
In short, it will be necessary
for the Kennedy administra-
ton to watch q difficult and
exasperating debate not only
with detachment but with
. sympathy. The beginning Of
wisdom in Washington would
be to recognize that the al
most-c ertain result Of this
debate will be a diminution
of American influence in
NATo, and to make the ne
cessary adjustments in policy
in good temper and in good
time. -.r
g 1859 ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (AP).-
Former Vice President Richard
M. Nixon says there are pres
sures inside and outside the
Kennedy administration for a
nonaggression pact-and that
such a pact could permanently
enslave 81 million Eastern Eu-
ropeans.
II believe the time has come
for a complete change Of direc-
ton and emphasis in American
foreign policy toward Eastern
Europe" Mr.. Nixon said in an
article in the current Saturday
Evening Post.
Mr.. Nixon said Soviet Prem
Ter Khrushchev was sitting on
a powder keg Of possible revolt
by the peoples Of Eastern satel-
lites against their Communist
governments 'if they thought
they had a chance to succeed"
1T is not surprising, there
fore, that Khrushchev's main
foreign-policy objective at this
time is to keep the lid on this
Pandora's box Of troubles for
the Communist e empire" Mr..
Nixon said.
Pact Would Seal Title
To-day Khrushchev hopes to
do this by negotiating a nonag-
erosion pact between the
NATO nations and the Com
munist Warsaw Pact group.
This would give him exactly
what he wants-recognition by
the West of the legality and
permanence of his Eastern Eu-
ropean Communist regimes.
He knows that all he now
has are squatters' rights in
these countries, obtained
through very questionable
means. For him, a nonaggres-
pressures from within as well as
deed-a legal title from the
West"
Mr.. Nixon, who Travelled to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Quick Hoffu Trial
Urged by U. S.
By the Associated Press

Solicitor General Archibald
Cox says it is "of the utmost
Importance" that the jury tam
pering trial of Teamster Union
President James r. Hoffa not
be delayed any longer than
necessary.
Mr.. Cox said In q motion
filed In the Supreme Court that
Mr.. Hoffa's case ideals with
the integrity Of the admins
tration of justice"
Mr.. Hoffa is appealing to the
Supreme Court a lower court
refusal to dismiss the Jury
tampering case which grew out
Of a trial on labor law charges
In Nashville, Tenn.
Mr.. Cox's motion asked to
delay the trial only until Mr..
Hoffa's appeal can be filed and
disposed Of by the Supreme
Court.
Mr.. Cox said his motion, If
granted, could dispose of the
issue of Mr.. Hoffa's appeal by
October 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
ARTHUR HOPPE
Our Next President "A Moderate

A. I don't care If it takes
20 years.
@. Yes, sir. Do you feel
your vegetarian principles
will cost you the support Of
the meat industry?
A. My vegetarian princi-
Piles, gentlemen, are as AM
erican as the hot dog. I firm
ly believe vegetables are good
for you. And that goes for
hot dogs, too.
@. Can you sum UP In a
word, then, the a wer to
this question: How do you
stand, sir?
A. Moderately.
@. Since when2
A. Since that poll came
out.
Unfortunately, the compu-
ter corrected the figure the
next day to .000o468 of one
per cent. DR.. Pan g m re
promptly took off his trous-
ers, raised the hammer and
sickle and m arc h e d off
munching a stalk of celery.
And he hasn't been seen since.
Which all proves you can
count on a politician to
swear by his principles. As
long as he hasn't got a
prayer.
For the liberals sake.
however, I hope the Senator
proves the exception. For
tn cir sake I hope he gets
elected, wrecks the economy
and plunges us all into World
War III. It's the only way
he'll make them happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05

his wife talking to Kitty (Mrs.
Hyman) when he picked UP a
phone in another room.
Heard Explosion
Mr.. Scruggs said he went
into the bedroom and saw his
wife holding a gun, the detec-
tive said. He testified that
Mr.. Scruggs told him he tried
to push the gun away and heard
an explosion, and found the
gun in his hand. He said he
took it and put it in the kitchen.
The detective also testified
that about two years ago, Mr..
ScruggS told him a similar in
cident occurred in the kitchen
when Mrs. Scruggs was holding
the gun and he pushed it away.
At that time, the gun dis
charged into the floor. Mr..
Scruggs took the gun and put
it back In its place. the detec-
tive said he was told.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05

A candidate may not be
listed on the November ballot
as an independent when she
fails to remove her name from
the July 9 Democratic primary
ballot, a Fairfax Circuit Court
Judge ruled yesterday.
Judge Paul E. Brown denied
the plea of Mrs. Margaret j,
Plattner, who sought an order
requiring the county electoral
board to list her on the ballot
He said she had waited toe
long to revoke her Democratic
loyalty oath. required to entel
the primary.
She had commended that he
election from the Falls Churcl
District Democratic COMMITTEES
in a party battle on June (
n UTILIZED her loyalty pledge
Mrs. Plattner wants to Oppose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Mrs. PIottner Is Denied
Label as Independent

Democrat John Nurge for the
district justice Of the peace
She may still seek
election as a write-in candi-
date.
Judge Brown ruled that Mrs.
Plattner had ample oppor-
tunity to request removal Of
her name from the primary
ballot before July 8, but failed
to do so. She's made her
choice and she has got to stand
by it," the Judge said.
She was read out Of the par
4 ty by district chairman Freder-
lex Babson after she conducted
a campaign against dirty
books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
MoneySuspended
For AUG. q Meals

Rexford G. Vessels. District
procurement officer, has noti-
fled the caterer for police
lunches at the August % civil
rights march that the District
is suspending payment pending
a final ruling by the District
Corporation Counsel.
He said that, according to
the District Health Depart
ment, IA cases of illness have
been linked to the meals. Many
meals, however, were discarded
by police after the first report
of illness.
The original contract called
for the District to pay $4,650
to Dinner Supreme, Inc, of 129
Kennedy street NV. The firm
prepared part Of the meals ana
subcontracted for the rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Scruqqs Is AbsoIved
In Killing of Wife

she had had one but said she
hadn't had a drink since jan
uary.
Policeman Testifies
Eighth Police Precinct Pvt.
William j. Dunn, first officer
to reach the Scruggs home at
3845 Harrison street NV. after
the shooting, testified the de-
PENDANT appeared to be intoxi-
Gated when he met police at
the door.
He didn't make too much
sense" the policeman testified.
He said he asked Mr.. ScruggS
what was happening and the
defendant replied that every
thing was not all right. II
think she's dead" the police
man said Mr.. Scruggs told him.
Pvt. Dunn said he found Mrs.
Scruggs in q kneeling position
by the bed with the telephone
still clutched In her hand.
with blood stains on her cloth
ing, There was q bullet hole
in the wall 40 inches above
the floor, he said. He said he
asked Mr.. Scruggs what had
happened but the defendant
replied, II don't know. I don't
know"
A..38-caliber Smith & Wesson
revolver was lying on the
kitchen sink, Pvt. Dunn said.
Under questioning by Mr..
Williams, Pvt. Dunn said he
saw no signs Of violence except
for the bullet.
Coroner Tells Of Drinking
Coroner Richard L. Whelton
testified that both Mr.. and
Mrs. ScruggS had been drink
ing. He said the husbands
speech was rambling and dis
jointed and that there was a
strong odor of alcohol on the
wife.
Detectives said after the
shooting that Mr.. Scruggs told
them they had been drinking
and had quarreled. He said,
according to Capt. George
Donahue, that his wife had
seized the gun and it had gone
off in the struggle for it. Mrs
Scruggs had planned to seek a
divorce, investigators said.
Detective Bernard E. Crooke
/ jr., of the homicide squad
testified that Mr.. Scruggs told
him that he, Scruggs, heard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Debate on Problems Seen Reducing
Influence of United States in NATO
MAX FREEDMAN

At the British Labor Par.
tvs annual conference Mr..
Harold Wilson. the party
leader. spoke Of a Socialist
Europe that would enter into
a new relationship with the
United States. Is this a mi
rage or a threat2
Mr.. Wilson has at least
given US the reasons for his
program. He expects to re-
place Mr.. Macmillan as
Prime Minister Of Britain
after the next election. He
hopes that Italy and West
Germany win also elect Soci-
alist governm ents. This
would enable all the Scandi-
navian countries to be united
by common political purposes
to three of the four strongest
powers In Western Europe.
France would stand outside
the Socialist circle, but her
influence could not prevent a
fresh European approach to
this country. .,.-
The first thing to be said
about this plan is that it is
an old one, and has never yet
been achieved. Mr.. Ernest
Bevin used to dream Of a So
cialist Europe led by Britain
and speaking with new au-
thority to MOSCOW and
Washington. He soon discov-
cred that he could work more
closely with Mr.. Acheson in
Washington than with his
Socialist colleagues in Eu-
rope. National interests are
much more important than
political PHILOSOPHERS. AS for
Russia, there was no sign
that the Kremlin was ready
to give any special trust to
British policies merely be-
cause the Socialists were in
power in London.
1t will be surprising If this
experience is not repeated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05

ROME. President Tito's
forthcoming working visit 10
Washington is being watched
with keen interest by the
Spanish Communists in Italy
and Yugoslavia. While the
cities Of Milan and Genoa
are the centers Of the Com
munist intellectuals, Yugo-
slavia Is the center Of the
aetivists.
It is from Yugoslav ports
that substantial quantities Of
small arms, plastics and 9TH
er explosives for do-it-your-
self bombs are sent to Spain.
These supplies. at no cost to
the Spanish Communists, are
shipped to Algerian ports.
There they go by sailing or
small motor boats to eoves on
the Spanish coast. Many are
captured by the vigilant
Spanish coast guards, but
many Of the vessels carry
their cargo to the comrades.
The activists in Yugoslavia
and the intellectuals in Italy
are aware that for the time
being their chances Of over
throwing the Spanish govs
ernm emit headed by Gen.
Francisco Franco are ex-
tremely slim. But they are
determined to undermine the
Madrid governments rising
prestige in the world. Spain
has now become one Of the
prosperous western Euro
pean countries. But this
spectacular economic revival
has brought with it q number
Of headaches. such as a sub
stantially increased demand
for consumer goods. This in
turn has caused loud de-
mands for q substantial in
crease in wages.
Although Spain still is de-
scribed as q dictatorship,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
Hit by Teacher,
Girl Gets $42.500

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (AP).-
A 13-year-old girl has won a
$42,500 settlement for injuries
she claims she received when a
teacher struck and pushed her
from a classroom seat three
years ago.
A State Supreme Court jury
yesterday awarded the sum to
Denise Jones in a $500, 900 dam
age suit against the Board Of
Education.
Her attorney said the girl
suffered a shortening of the
left leg and a permanent hip
injury, and required hospital
treatment for about seven
months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05
ActNists Viewed as Working to Bring
New Anti-FFonco Atmosphere in u. S.

strikes are legal and do take
place. This is an inevitable
sequence Of q change from
poverty to prosperity.
The opponents Of the
Spanish regime hope to make
what Is a purely economic
phenomenon into a social rev.
olution. Hence the increased
violence, including the explo-
sion of q plastic bomb at the
doorstep Of Ambassador
Woodward's residence in Ma
drid.
The Italian government. In
keeping with the constitu-
ton, cannot interfere =
neither does it wish to. lest 1t
get into serious trouble with
the Socialists and Commu-
nists in Parliament - with
the activities Of the anti
Franco groups so long as
they are confined to shouting
and making subversive prop
uganda.
But the activists in Yugos-
lavia and in Algeria are cap
able Of causing trouble. The
shipment Of bombs and small
arms has been increasing in
recent months.
Marshal Tito is also visit
ing a number Of Latin Amer
lean republics, including
Mexico, where the hard core
of Spanish Loyalists In the
Western Hemisphere is very
active and well-fina nce d
with $50 million deposited in
Mexican banks before the
collapse Of the Loyalist gov
eminent.
According to available re-
ports, Marshal Tito has been
in touch with the Spanish
Communists in an effort to
coordinate the moves Of
those in Yugoslavia and in
the Western Hemisphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-05

The signed columns on these pages, like the
cIrtoon belo, intended to present Star readers
aDtth tOde range of opinions on issues of the day.
including opinions mitch conflict Nth our otUn.
The Stars UtetDs are expressed tn its editorials