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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
800 MINERAL Toll
Stirs Japan's Politics
Leftists See
Disregard
For Lives

TOKYO. Nov. II CAP)-
Leftist cries of government ne
glect rang over Japan today as
bereaved families arranged
services for more than 500 per-
sons killed in a coal mine ex-
plosion and triple train crash
Socialist and Democratic So
cialist politicians seized on the
double disaster as a major
campaign issue in n alton al
parliamentary elections only 10
days off.
The Leftists held Premier
Hayato Ikeda's conservative
government responsible for the
tragedies, charging the acct
dents resulted from the gov
Iernment's "one-sided policy to
protest monopolistic capitalist
classes" at the expense Of
workers lives.
7 The coal dust explosion in
the mine at Omuta, on the
southern island Of Kyushu,
killed 449 miners, injured about
$50 and left 7 unaccounted for,
the Mitsui Mining Co. said. Po-
lice said, viewer, they had
counted 452 bodies.
4 American Student Killed
The train wreck six hours
later and 900 miles to the
north killed 1852 persons, in
Guiding William Scott. %. of
Colorado Springs, Colo, who
was studying in Tokyo. At least
10 we're injured
Two persons were injured
today in another train wreck. A
slow-m o wing passenger train
rammed another passen ger
train that had halted half a
mile out of the Hiroshima sta
ton.
Although the pressure was
on Mr.. Ikeda, the president Of
Japan National Railways, Re-
isuke Ishida, said he was ac-
cepting full responsibility for
Saturdays disaster and would
resign.
The pileup near Tokyo was
the second three-train crash in
10 months. Japanese rail acct
dents take an average of 10000
lives a year, including grade
crossing and other casualties.
Both leftist parties an
nounced they would investigate
the train and mine accidents
independently of the govern
ment.
Sought Larger Majority
The opposition parties had
few concrete issues last month
when Mr.. Ikeda dissolved the
lower house of parliament. He
called the election in an at
tempt to enlarge his Liberal
Democratic Party's overwhel-
ming m a jority of 286 seats,
compared with a combined OPP
position total of 154.
Before the tragedies became
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purns
u. 5. ArmsAid,
Takes Russia
Officials Disturbed
By Soviet Coins
In Africu Nation
BY the Associated Press

Somalia has informed the
United States it will accept a
Russian arms offer and has no
use for military hardware from
the West.
Administration officials said
this decision makes Somalia
the No. l SoViet-leaning coun-
try in Africa.
Independent since June,
1860, it is located on the
easternmost tip of Africa.
The officials said they were
less disturbed by the Russian
weapons that will reach Soma
liza than by the fact that Mo-
gadishu. the country's capital,
is teeming with Communist
bloc advisers.
Soviet Stepping Stone
The city. they said, appears
to have become a stepping
stone for Soviet ambitions on
the African continent.
The Somalia disclosure came
after long months of talks
between Horace @. Torbert, jr.,
the United States envoy, and
the Somali government. Mr..
Torbert tried to convince the
Somalis that a no-strings-at-
tached Western offer was more
attractive than the Russian
proposal.
The United States, Italy and
West Germany proposed a
package military assistance
program of $18 million. con-
sisting mainly Of small arms
Moscow offered $50 million in
arms.
The Somalis are understood
to have asked for more than
the West offered, and ques-
toned the feasibility of arms
coming from three countries.
The Somali decision is ex-
pected to satisfy neighboring
Ethiopia. a country disturbed
by the Western offer to supply
the Somalis with arms. Emper-
or Halle Selassie told President
Kennedy here last month of his
concern over Somalia's claim to
Ethiopia's Ogaden providence
and parts o. Eastern Kenya.
Reds Build Air Base
Mr.. Kennedy. it is under
stood, assured the Emperor of
United States support.
The Russians also are build
ing a modern air base in So
malta. 1t is considered by
Washington experts much lar
ger than justified by Somali
needs.
Experts here are concerned
over these new Soviet inroads
but cite previous Soviet failures
on Africa's west coast, especially
in Guinea.
The west coast Africans be-
came diSilluSioned with Russian
help, and the same could hap
pen in Somalia, officials pre-
dicted.
In broader scope. however, a
Soviet base in Somalia could
complete a Communist pincer
on the Gulf of Alden. The other
end is in Yemen, where the
Russians are building an air
base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
Firm in Baker Probe
Faces Home Loan Quiz

The present worth of the stock
should have been given as
$4,000, as was borne out by
figures later in the story
The Senate Rules Commit
tee is investigating the firm
because members view Mr..
Bakers holdings in the COM
pany as a key factor in his
far-flung financial dealings.
MGIC provides insurance to
lenders on loans they make to
buyers of residential property.
The company began to boom
after prominent savings and
loan officials we're put on the
board of directors about Janu-
airy, 1859, and after the ia
vorable tax ruling was secured
in 1860.
Stock ZOOmed
MGIC stock, which was SELL
ing for $3.50 a share in 1857,
has skyrocketed in the last few
years. At its height the stock
was selling for more than $50
a share. 1t is now listed at
about $28 a share.
One of the members of the
board of directors of MGIC is
Walter W. McAllister, ST., for
mer chairman of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board. Mr..
McAllister, who is chairman of
a Texas savings and loan aSSo-
citation, is one of several for
mer presidents of the United
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BIust Levels Home

OVERLAND PARK. Kans.,
Nov. II (AP).-An explosion
early today leveled a two-story
home, injuring the occupant,
Hubert GSson, IS, and damag-
ing II other homes. Fire Chief
James Broockerd saiu 1T looks
like a natural gas explosion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
3 Die in ItoTy Crosh

BELLUNO, Italy, Nov. IL
AP).-Two state technicians
and a pilot were killed in a
helicopter crash yesterday
while flying reconnaissance over
the Vaiont Dam disaster area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
INTERPRETATION
South Holds Promise
And Peril for COP.
By DAVID S. BRODER
Star Staff Writer

these days.
Realistic party officials returning from the weekend
ference Of Dixie COP leaders in Charleston S. c., are
cognizant of both.
The promise is clear If Senator Barry Godwater is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
US. War Dead
Are HOnOred
ByPresident
Places q Wreath
At Arlington;
Gen. Shoup Speaks
By HUGH WELLS
Star staff Writer

From a sky bare Of clouds,
the sun bathed the bone white
marble Of the Tomb of the IN
known Soldier today.
A cannon echoed 81 times
across the Potomac.
AS several hundred youthful
soldiers, sailors and Marines
stood at attention, President
Kennedy placed q circlet Of red
and white roses before the
tomb.
A solitary drum beat. Then,
taps for the dead cut the No.
vember air with q sharp sad
ness. Fallen leaves drifted
across the marble steps.
President at Rites
The President stayed for
a brief ceremony celebrating
Veterans Day in the amphi-
theater at Arlington Cemetery.
Gen. David M. Shoup, retir-
ing Marine commandant who
won the Medal of Honor in
World War II, said that with
bowed heads we face the dis
tasteful fact that man has
been unable to prevent the
killing and manning of men,
women and children in war"
Despite the great strides in
science and space, the general
said. man has not yet learned
to live in enduring peace with
his fellow man."
These hallowed graves in
this National Cemetery are
mute but constant reminders
that there are countless Amer
lean graves throughout the
world-on land an beneath the
seas. All are symbolized here
by the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldiers.
Expressed Gratitude
Our Commander in Chief has
just placed a wreath at this
tomb. BY this act, he has
expressed for all Americans,
past and present, their deep
gratitude to those who have
made great sacrifices so that
We can be here today. phys
ically and mentally free.
THE freedom we cherish, the
Constitution We support, the
rights we hold so dear, we owe
to them. So that future gen.
erations may say the same Of
us. we must respond to the
vexing challenges Of our time
with an answering steadfast-
ness.
Should such response re-
quire man to again engage in
mortal conflict, let us remem-
Der, that Is what Americans
stand for and what Americans
are willing TO fight for that
has made America great.
Wars Still Kill
Why do we have armed
forces? Because, with bowed
heads, we face the dishearten-
ing and distasteful fact that,
after many C centuries of So
called civilization, man has been
unable to prevent the killing
and manning Of men, women
and children, in war.
Man has learned the secret
of the atom. Man has penetrat-
ed space. Man plans to explore
the universe. In many areas,
science has lifted the load from
mans back.
I'm the United States, we
have developed the highest
standard Of living the world
has ever known. But man has
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GOODMAN MUSIC
RANGED WIDELY

BOTH cREW-cUT and long
hor music BY Benny Goodman wos
heard in q concert at Constitution
Hall A cello concert wos given
by Gordon Eppeyon ct the No
tionoI Gallery and Cleomine Lewis,
o soprano, gave reeitoI at the
Divine Science Church Of the Heal
in Christ Reviews Of the perform
onees Yesterday ore on Pose All.
Hove The Stor Delivered
Dolly and Sunday
Phone Lincoln 5000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11
"The American tourist hos
been oyer-cussed. He could
be missed. Ask the motives
of Hovono."

cOIumnist Jenkin Lloyd
Jones takes issue with the
alleged image Of American
tourists and CTS abroad.
Page A-9
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Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Fair tonight, low
about 40. Mostly sunny and mild tomor-
row. high around so. High today, s.. at
2 pm; low, A, at $40 am.
FHlI Repent o. Psss "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-18
ALUM. SIDING
WATERPRo0FINc

Electric Work instollsd by Licensed ond Bonded
Elsetrieion. Plumbing work instolsd by Regis
tered and Bonded Plumber Atonte's Code Of
Business Ethics and rigid supervision Of oil work
hos mode US the largest home rsnovotor in the
oFoo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
BY WoIt Kelly
BY Al Smith

There's a gas-driven minia-
ture B&O train providing
fun for the kids at Kiddie-
land, 1913 New Hampshire
avenue. Takoma Park, Md.
Rides for children to 10 years
Of age only. Open 10 am
10 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
ElIIi[Ii![Ik
QNlLEEil1iI!(iIlII

gal Singers at st. Peters
Church Hall, 313 Second
street Sc, $3.50 pm.
TO SEE
Special Event
National spelling bee fl
mails. sponsored by Scripps-
Howard newspapers, In the
Mayflower Hotels main ball
room. Begins $50 am. Ad-
mission free.
Theaters
For listings, see where
and When" on the Amuse-
ment Page.
Exhibits
An exhibit OF 20 photo
graphs from the successful
American Mt. Everest expedi-
ton, rushed from Katmandu,
Nepal, to Washington Is In
Explorers Hall OF the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
open 8 am. TO $3.50 pm.
Photographs include spectac-
ular views taken from the
top Of the 29.028-foot peak
and scenes during the climb
to the summit by the five
Americans and their Sherpa
guide. Many Of the photo
graphs were taken by Ma
tional Geographic Staff Mem
Der Barry c. Bishop OF Be-
thesda.
Concentrating so years
OF marketing service by the
United States Department OF
Agriculture 10 American
farmers, industry and con-
sumers. Is q display on the
first-floor patio of USDA's
Administration Building, be-
tween the Mall and Independ-
ence avenue. and between
Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets S.W. Exhibit includes
q do II yourself" panel
where visitors may test their
skill at matching grades OF
beef with pictures OF various
cuts OF beef. Open $3.50 am.
through s pm. Through
June 81.
Dolls In costume from Iraq
are on display at the Ameri-
can Friends Of the Middle
East headquarters. 1907 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Through June 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12

non with stop at Marshall
Hall Amusement Park; $2.25
round trip plus rs cents adj
mission to grounds and man
sion for adults; $3.50 for
children. Moonlight cruises
to Marshall Hall. Sis pm.
daily. s2.5o adults, $3.50 chill
dren under IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
Stereo View Of the Moon
In Photo Show at Interior

A display Of lamps, bronze
anklets. arrows. oil juglets
and other articles buried
thousands Of years in Holy
Lands ancient city of Miz-
pah, unearthed between 1925
and 1885, has been extended
to June 30 In the B'nai
Births Klutznick Hall, 1910
Rhode Island avenue NV.
Open / to 5 pm.
Art
Works by Argentine Paint
er Jorge De La Vega may
be viewed from $3.50 am. TO
4 pm. at the Pan American
Union, Seventeenth and Con-
stitution avenue NV
Through July /.
There's a difference be-
tween the Journalists" OF
modern art who paint In
geometric style and the alb
stract expressionists, or ac-
ton painters. and that DIFF
ference may be noted In cur
rent showing at the WASH
ington Gallery OF Modern
Art. 1903 Twenty-first street
NV. Includes works OF Mon
drian. Josef Albers, Stuart
David and Fritz Glarner.
considered originators OF the
Journalists" movement, plus
more than 35 others. Open
IL am. 10 8 pm. Through
July II.
National Gallery OF Arts
painting OF the week is THE
Crucifixion with the Virgin.
ST. John. st. Jerome and st.
Mary Magdalen" by Perugino
In Gallery 8. Tours noon
and 2 pm. Space and Form"
Is tour OF the week. leaves
rotunda at 1 pm. Gallery Is
at Sixth street and Constltu-
ton avenue NV.
TO DO
Outings
Canoeing on the Potomac:
Thompson Boat Center, foot
OF Virginia avenue. Opens 0
am; $3.50 first hour; 50 for
8 hours TO 7 pm; SO, 9 10
1880 pm.
River boat excursions:
George Washington sails
from Pier 4. Maine avenue
and N street s.w., 10 am.
and 2 pm. for Mount YER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
KERRY DRAKE
JULIET JONES
BUZ SAWYER


Lots Of Americans probably
are still having trouble just
getting their mental attitude
adjusted to the idea that
ooh, go fly to the moon"
isn't a mere figure Of speech
anymore.
We haven't concerned our
selves yet with which places
on the moon would be suit
able for lunar vehicle landI
ings. but that doesn't mean
the Geological Survey hasn't
been looking into this matter.
Witness q new exhibit in
the Department Of the In
terior's Museum: There's a
couple of photos OF the moon
which dramatically show the
form and surface Of that
body when viewed through a
stereoscope, and there's some
large back-lighted transpar-
encies of the moon plus a
collection from many parts
Of the world Of textiles and
impactites. objects OF UNI
known composition and orr
gin thought TO be from outer
space.
The museum isn't all moon
and space--far from II, real
far. even back 10 the early
Alaskan Eskimo civilization.
A parka made from cormo-
rant bird feathers and
trimmed with wolverine fur
"a the feature of this new
exhibit in the museum. on
c street between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets NV,
and open 8 am. TO 4p.m.
TO HEAR
Music
Young Washington area
soloists viii be featured with
the United States Navy Band,
Ii. Anthony Mitchell. con-
Quoting. in Watergate con-
cert. $3.50 pm. Free. Soloists:
Brenda Patterson. piccolo,
Fairfax High School; Peter
Conant, trumpet, Duval High
School. and Sara Stern. flute,
Calvin Coolidge High School.
Pianist Manuel Vega plays
At the Pan American Union.
Seventeenth and Constitu-
lion avenue NV, $50 pm.
James Madison High
School vienna, Va Madri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
County to UnveiI Flag
On 267th Anniversary

Prince Georges County Will
celebrate its 267th anniversary
Tuesday on st. Georges Day
with the official unwilling Of
a new county flag.
Flying of the new banner will
be part of a day-long observ-
ance which will include a pa
rade in Upper Marlboro, t h e
county seat since 1870, and a
speech on Southern Maryland
history by State controller
Louis Goldstein.
Adoption of the new flag,
which is a red st. Georges cross
on a white field with a county
seal in the upper left quadrant,
was advocated BY a county
builder.
w. Evans Buchanan is cur
rently flying a flag at a hous-
ing project he built in Bladens-
burg. Reproduction of his flag
which is similar to the new one
in an article in The Star or
February 16 revived interest ir
the county banner, which haC
not been displayed for about
rs years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
Man browns
In River as
Boot Sinks

A District man drowned yes
terday when his boat sank
while he was fishing in the
Potomac River just south Of
Seneca Creek, Montgomery
County Police reported.
HUMPHREYS G. Rice, go, Of
816 Kennedy street NV, an
electrical contractor, was pulled
to the shore by some fisher
men who were unable to re-
vive him through artificial res
piration, police said,
They said Mr.. Rice was pro-
nounced dead at the scene by
DR.. Frank Broschart, Mont
gomery County medical exami-
ner. Mr.. Rice's companion swan
safely to land from the sink
ing boat, police said. They did
not reveal his identity.
The two men had been fish
ing for about two hours when
the boat went down about 10
a m. for yet unknown reasons,
police said.
Mr.. Rice, a native of LOU
doun County, Va, had been
a self-employed electrical con-
tractor here for 80 years, &C
cording to a relative.
A bachelor, he leaves three
brothers, Noble W., Of Falls
Church; Cleve B., Of Chan
tilly; Charles, of Manassas; and
four sisters, Miss JAMIE Rice,
of Arlington; Mrs. Ruth Couch.
of Gainesville, Fla, and Mrs.
Nellie Downs and Mrs. Mabel
Pollin, both of Chantilly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
Mary Washington
Tuition to Rise

FREDERICKSBURG. Va,
April 20 (AP).-Mary Washing
ton College today announced
student fees for the 1963-64
session will be upped $65 for
Virginia residents and $125 for
non-Virginians.
This is the first increase in
three years.
The overall figure for Virgin
lans will be $l,0l5. For nom
Virginians, the cost will be ST.
440.
Residential costs cover room
rent, laundry and a genera,
medical fee. 1t does not cover
books and supplies or a stu
dents personal expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
CLERICAL FIRE HORSE
Siren Calls Priest to Duty

The Rev. Desmond P. Muir
ply discovered recently that as
new assistant pastor at Mount
Calvary Catholic Church in
District Heights, Md, he now
has two callings:
His church and the fire
siren.
Father Murphy doesn't chase
ambulances. he drives them.
He also is a volunteer fireman
with the District Heights Vol
unteer Fire Department in
Prince Georges County.
He replaced the Rev. Fred
erick R. Bloom as department
chaplain last october when the
latter was transferred from
Mount Calvary to st. AIMS on
Wisconsin avenue NV.
II more or less stepped into
his boots" remarked Father
Murphy, who moved to Indian
Head, Md. from Dublin, Ire
land, in 1857.
I'm the beginning I thought
I wouldn't like it at ALL" he
said. But now he feels differ
emily. AS a volunteer fireman
in-training, he spends three
hours every Sunday afternoon
studying firefighting at the
University Of Maryland.
A buzzer in his room at the
rectory gives him three min
utes to drive to the firehouse
and change from his coat and
collar into the traditional run
ming coat and helmet.
His biggest blaze so far was
a brush fire at Leonardtown
which spread over thousands OF
acres more than a week ago.
II thought we were going on
a local." he said, but then they
found 1t was more than a
50-mile trip to Leonardtown.
They spent more than six hours
fighting the blaze.
Father Murphy. who also
teaches religion at La Refine
Girls High School in Suitland,
said:
II feel like the old fire horse
felt" he explained. When 1
hear the siren I want to CO."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
Lecture on Glass

Hugh Wakefield, keeper Of
circulation of the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London. will
give an illustrated lecture on
English Victorian glass at $3.50
pm. Wednesday in the audi
forum of the Freer Gallery OF
Art. Mr.. wakefield is visiting
the United States as a guest Of
the American Association Of
Museums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21

Charles Majer and Mr.. Burk-
lund.
Board Of County Supervisors
Zone from each district: Cen
treville District-A. Beecher
Sutherland and Amy Holder;
Drainesville district-William
C. Hewlett and Samuel E.
Carpenter; Falls Church dis
trict-Robert C. Gotten dn-
cumbent); Lee district -
Thomas r. williams and Rich
ard Neel; Mason district
Stanford E. Paris and Lamar
Newcomb; Mount Vernon dis
trict-Robert Lee Fitton; Prov
idence district - Richard E,
Naudeau and Herbert r. Foun-
tain.
Commemorative Attorney:
j. Grant Wright.
Sheriff: James Swinson.
Justice of the Peace Zone in
each district: Dranesville dis
trict-Richard Gentry; Mount
Vernon district-Peter Stink.
Primaries, Conventions
The party will choose its can
didates for supervisor and JUS
tice of the peace at individual
district mass meeting on May
7. The convention to choose
Republican candidate for the
State Senate and House Of De-
legates will follow on May 20.
Republican candidates in
Alexandria will be chosen in a
July 8 primary. Those in Arl-
ington are to be named in a
convention on June IL.
Fairfax County Republican
Chairman John B. Mcdonald
said he expects the county to
put up a candidate for each
seat to be filled from Fairfax
County in the November cleo
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21

The county commissioners
appointed a three man COM
mittee to study the flags his
tory and the group suggested
adoption of the Buchanan pro-
posal. The commissioners are
expected officially to adopt the
new flag Tuesday morning.
Tuesdays parade at 3 pm
will be highlighted by an Air
Force drum and bugle corps
unit, floats, and a contingent
of county guards in pre-Revo-
lutionary War uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
BY the Associated Press

At "a per cent, the Negro
portion Of the population in
the Washington metropolitan
area is about the same as it
was in the time Of Abraham
Lincoln, Berl I. Bernhard, staff
director of the Civil Rights
Commission. said yesterday.
And while Negroes comprise
more than 81 per cent Of the
city's population, their ratio
of births is about equal to that
Of white persons living in the
city's suburbs, Mr.. Bernhard
said.
In q talk before the honor
society Of Wakefield High
School in Arlington. Mr.. Bern
hard titled his address $50
gans, Semantics and Shibbo-
leths" and called on the stu
dents to avoid those which
many people accept without
question.
Among them, the civil rights
official said, are a "fantaSti-
cally high" rate Of Negro popu-
lation growth in Washington
the only major United States
city where Negroes are in the
majority-and that the Dis
trict's crime rate is the high
est in the Nation and that this
rate continues to soar"
Cites FBI Data
Here we have two untrue
assumptions that have been
taken as gospel by people who
don't bother to question the
source Of their information,
Mr.. Bernhard said.
He quoted FBI data to make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
Form Bureau Asks
Legislation Delay

RANDALLST WIN, Md,
April 20 (AP).-The Maryland
Farm Bureau has urged Con-
greSs to withhold action on
1864 farm legislation until aft
err the wheat referendum or
May 81.
A. Kenneth Miller, executive
secretary Of the bureau, said
action on farm legislation
would be premature until after
farmers vote on extending the
governments wheat contro
program for another two years