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Weather Forecast
Cloudy with scattered showers and
thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon,
high near 88. (Details on Page A-2.)
Yesterday’s Temperatures.
Noon 82 6pm 90 9 p.m... 83
2 p.m 85 7 p.m 8J 10 p.m 68
4 p.m 90 Bpm —B4 11 p.m —71
101st Year. No. 158.
Truce Is Reported Agreed On;
South Koreans Boycott Talks,
Order 'Semi-Emergency Alert'
3 Brief Sessions Ji
Held; Parleys j
Resume Tonight
BULLETINS
PANMUNJOM, Sunday UP).
—The United Nations and the
Communists were believed
Sunday to have reached gen
eral agreement on a Korean
armistice and an announce
ment was expected at any mo
ment, possibly within 24
hours.
SEOUL, Sunday (JP). —Gen.
Mark W. Clark rushed by air
to Seoul today. He was re
ported to be carrying a mes
sage, possibly from President
Eisenhower, on South Korea’s
worsening attitude toward ar
mistice moves in the three
year Korean war.
It was the U. N. Far East
commander’s second trip to
Korea in three days. That
pointed up the urgency of his
visit.
i
By th* Associated Press
MUNSAN, Sunday, June 7. :
Allied and Red truce delegates
met in three brief sessions at
Panmunjom today amid a rising
Panmunjom today.
The sessions lasted 13, 19 and
17 minutes. Then both sides re-
Defense Buildup Problems Seen If Truce 1
Comes. Page A-6
Taft Soys Truce May Cut $2 Billion
From U. S. Spending. Page A-6
cessed by mutual agreement until
11 a.m. Monday (10 p.m., Wash
ington time, Sunday).
There was no announcement
of what took place.
New Storm of Protest.
Even as the meetings were in
progress, high South Korean
government officials in Seoul .
kicked up a new storm of pro- '
test over the new Allied truce ]
proposal. National Assembly
spokesmen charged the Panmunr
jom talks were another Munich.
It was at Munich that England's
Prime Minister Chamberlain ap
peased Adolph Hitler before the
outbreak of World War 11.
And for the first time in nearly
two years of negotiations. South
Korea was not represented in tjje
talks, even by a liaison officer.
Col. Lee Soo Young, a liaison
officer, packed his bags and left
Munsan, making the South Ko
rean boycott complete.
South Korea's violent opposi
tion to any truce that would
leave the country divided was an
ominous counterpoint to surging
optimism in Western and Com
munist capitals that an armistice
was near. The stormy little na
tion has threatened to keep on
fighting unless its terms are met.
POWs Are Major Issue.
The major block to a truce was
the disposition of Communist
prisoners of war who may re
fuse to return to Red rule even
after their own people have
talked with them and political
conferences of the warring na
tions has discussed their situa
tion.
Authoritative South Korean
sources reported these moves >up
to today on the POW problem
in the secrecy-cloaked talks:
The United Nations command
suggested May 25 that the U.N.
General Assembly be given the
final responsibility for such pris
oners. The Communists replied
Thursday that the U. N. was a
belligerent and asked the allies
to withdraw their proposal.
Indications were yesterday that
the U. N. Command was willing
to drop the general assembly pro
posal if prisoners who remain
unwilling to go home could be
released to civilian status in
South Korea four months after
an armistace.
Minor Points Discussed.
A high South Korean source
said the delegates discussed at
yesterday’s 19-minute meeting
two “minor” points which had
been raised by the Communists.
The Allies offered to permit
about 250 Red agents into South
Korea to make “explanations” to
POWs resisting repatriation. The
Reds asked 900 and the Allies
earlier had proposed 150.
Also the Allies asked the Reds
what type and number of radio
facilities such agents would re
quire to communicate with their
homelands. The Communists
had asked for that privilege.
Reports were widespread that
these matters could be settled
quickly and pave the way for an
early arminstice.
But the mounting hopes for
a truce were interlaced with ten
sion in Seouf and Washington
caused by Bouth Korean oppo
sition.
Terms Officially Secret.
The negotiations themselves
and the exact terms remained
officially secret as they have
since May 25 when the allies
(See TRUCE, Page A-8.)
Phone ST. 3-5000
Rhee Recalling Army Officers
Now Under Training in U. S.
Bars Departue
Os 15 Generals
Due Next Month
BULLETIN
SEOUL, Sun. (A*). Presi
dent Syngman Rhee today
told his people “we must con
tinue fighting and unify our
country by driving north by :
ourselves” if his three-point
plan for a Korean armistice is
not accepted by the United
Nations. In a public declara
tion released shortly after
noon President Rhee declared:
“I wish my people to fully
understand the situation and
unitedly act in accordance
with the decisions of their
government."
By th* Associated Press
SEOUL (Delayed) June 7.
President Syngman Rhee de
clared a “semiemergency alert”
today and directed his defense
minister to recall all Army of
ficers. now in training in the
United States.
The declaration, in effect, put
this war-shattered peninsula
under martial law —but it by
passed the army which might
have been more loyal to the
United Nations than to Presi
dent Rhee. The power was
placed in the hands of the na
tional police headed by Home
Minister Ching Hon Shik.
High South Korean officials
have fumed and fulminated dur
ing the past week against terms
of the May 25 allied proposal.
They have called it a Munich,
"a manifestation of defeatism
of the free world,” “a shame and’
a HiQOTSIPP **
The volatile little nation has
threatened to carry on the war
alone unless its terms are met.
President Rhee also ordered
Defense Minister Shin Tai Yung
to halt the departure of 15 Re
public of Korea army generals
President Sends Note
To Rhee in Step to
Bar Truce Disruption
Eisenhower and Aides
Draft Plan to Reassure
South Korea on Peace
By John M. Hightower
Associated Press Staff Writer
President Eisenhower sent a
message to President Syngman
Rhee yesterday in a move to pre
vent South Korea’s bitter opposi
tion from disrupting an im
minent truce in Korea.
Highly placed officials con
sider that full agreement on the
long-deadlocked prisoner-of-war
issue is at hand and that all
other matters may be cleared
away and an armistice actually
end the fighting in a week or
10 days.
The most serious threat to
this prospect has arisen from
South Korean declarations of
opposition to an agreement which
would leave Korea divided. Lead
ers of the South Korean govern
ment have warned that they will
fight on alone for a unified
country if they have to.
Gen. Eisenhower conferred for
an hour yesterday with Secre
tary of State Dulles, Assistant
Defense Secretary Frank Nash,
General J. Lawton Collins. Army
Chief of Staff and other advisers
on the South Korean problem
and subsequently dispatched his
message.
There may be some official an
nouncement regarding this mes
sage in the course of the week
end, since Mr. Rhee has made
public various statements and
proposals of his own, Including
a request for a defense pact with
the United States.
The President and his diplo
matic and military policy makers
charted action to block South
Korean disruption of a truce if
at all possible and the message
was designed to serve that pur
pose, although there was no offi
cial announcement concerning it.
Secrecy covered the White
House deliberations, but it
seemed almost certain that the
United States would offer Presi
dent Rhees government fresh
new guarantees of American sup
port against any renewal of Red
aggression after an armistice. ‘
That the next few days of the
truce negotiations and the South
Korean reaction are crucial was
indicated by the fact that Secre
(See EISENHOWER. Page A-8.)
Storm Warnings Down
NEW ORLEANS, June 6 ( JP ).—
A small tropical storm in the
Gplf of Mexico moved inland to
| day and decreased in force. The
Weather Bureau ordered all
i storm warnings down along the
Sunday Skf
J 'S WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
,** s WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 7, 1953—204 PAGES.
150 Korean Officers
Taking Training
At Fort Benning, Ga.
By th« Associated Press
FORT BENNING, Ga..
June 6.—Approximately 150
Republic of Korea army of
cers now are undergoing
training at Fort Benning,
public information officers
at this vast infantry center
say.
Presumably they would be
among those recalled under
Korean President Syngman
Rhee’s order to his defense
minister to recall all South
Korean army officers now in
training in the United
States.
There was no immediate
estimate of the number at
the other two military cen
ters in the United States,
the engineers’ school at Fort
Belvoir, Va., and the artil
lery school at Fort Sill,
Okla.
scheduled to go to the United
States this month for training.
Orders to return immediately
were radioed to the ROK army
chief of staff, Gen. Paik Sun
Yup, now in the United States,
and the naval chief of staff, vice
Admiral Sohn Won 11, now in
England.
The alert and recall order
came as Korean national assem
blymen voiced their determina
tion “to continue fighting rather
than accept any armistice that
would be a death penalty for
South Korea.”
The cabinet was in extraordin
ary session, almost certainly dis
cussing the armistice situation.
The 12-man national assembly
delegation was scheduled to meet
with the cabinet later today for
high level policy talks on the
crisis.
Senators Tell Stassen
To Halt New Projects
Until Cash Is Ready
Order Delays MSA Aid
Programs; Value of Some
Industrial Plans Queried
By tha Associated Press
The Senate' Appropriations
Committee yesterday ordered
Mutual Security Director Harold
E. Stassen not to start any new
aid programs until Congress has
provided specific funds for them.
In a letter to Mr. Stassen,
Chairman Bridges said the com
mittee believes there is “serious
question as to the soundness” of
trying to spur industrial develop
ment in foreign nations.
“At the request of the com
mittee you are hereby advised
that no further expenses are to
be incurred on commitments
made in connection with this
program or any other new pro
gram, until specific appropria
tions are made for such pur
poses,” Sen. Bridges wrote.
Broadness Stressed.
In an accompanying statement
Sen. Bridges said the Mutual
Security Agency had created an
industrial development branch
in August, 1952, under such broad
authorization terms that it
"could in effect take part in al
most any MSA activity and in
almost every geographical area.”
“The order specifically con
templated an extension of the
program to include the Far East,
Africa, Turkey and certain parts
of Europe,” the Senator said.
Senator Bridges said the pro
gram had- been expanded to in
clude an evaluation of basic re
sources in foreign countries, “to
be accompanied by aerial surveys,
instrumentation, plus follow-up
ground work, selected area drill
ing and material testing.”
Heavy Expense Cited.
Such surveys in Italy and the
Philippines “would require years
and involve an indefinite amount
of money,” he said, adding:
"The hope has been expressed
that if MSA should finance the
early stages of the surveys, which
might require from one to three
years, the participating countries
might then recognize the benefits
and continue the surveys at their
own expense.”
However, he said there had
been “no concrete achievements
to date” from staff work esti
(See MSA, Page A-8.)
U. S. Jet Pilot Killed
TUNIS, Tunisia, June 6 (>P).—
One American jet pilot from the
United States aircraft carrier
Coral Sea was reported killed
and another seriously injured
today in forced landings ashore
during a sudden storm.
ROKs Regain
Much of Lost
Ground in East
Infantry Battling
At Close Quarters
In Light of Flares
By th* Associated Pres»
SEOUL, Sunday, June 7.
South Korean infantrymen,
battling at close quarters by the
light of flares, early today re
gained more than half the east
ern front ground they lost to
North Korean Reds yesterday.
Frontline reports said the ROK
troops drove the Communists
back 300 yards, regrouped, and
again pushed theii f counter
attack slowly forward.
The Reds drove 500 yards into
allied territory east of Luke the
Gook’s Castle yesterday. The
South Koreans launched their
counteroffensive Saturday night.
Truce Buffer-Zone.
Three miles to the east, about
175 North Koreans aimed a two
pronged blow at a hill position
held by the ROKs. A United
States Bth Army briefing officer
said they retreated 70 minutes
later after losing 22 killed and
12 wounded.
This continuing Red punch in
the east, made while reports
from Panmunjom indicated
near agreement on an armistice,
suggested the possibility the
Communists were bidding for a
new truce buffer-zone.
In recent weeks, Chinese and
North Koreans have captured
more than a dozen allied out
posts and three mail line posi
tions. The lost territory, how
ever, amounts to only a few
square miles.
Quarter-Mile Penetration
In a smashing attack yester
day, between 750 and 1,000
North Koreans overran three
South Korean outposts ahead of
the main line. Then the rein
forced Red battalion socked into
the line itself in four spots east
of Luke the Gook’s Castle, some
20 miles inland from the east
coast.
The Reds drove more than a
quarter mile deep into allied
territory in a two-pronged at
tack in which they hit at points
about 500 yards apart. The line
j between the penetrations sagged
and the Reds poured through.
Fighting has been almost con
tinuous in the rugged eastern
sector since Monday when the
Reds got their first foothold on
an outcropping ridge of Luke’s
Castle. By last night, the Reds
held about half of the forward
ridge
On the east-central front,
soldiers of the sth Korean Divi
sion fought desperately against
about 750 Chinese Reds for an
outpost on Bloody Ridge, 13
miles east of Kumsong.
U. S.‘ Officer Seized
In Korean's Slaying
By th* Anoclated Prats
TAEGU, Korea, Sunday, June
7.—A United States Air Force
lieutenant was arrested today
and charged with ordering two
enlisted men to kill a Korean
civilian at an Allied air base.
All three will be tried by courts
martial.
Lt. George C. Schreiber, 25, of
Hollywood, 111., was restricted to
his base near Pusan on charges
of premeditated murder and con
spiracy to commit premeditated
murder.
The same charges were filed
earlier against Robert W. Toth,
21, a discharged airman of Pitts
burgh, Pa., and Airman 1/c
; Thomas L. Kinder, 21, of Cleve
land, Tenn. Toth was arrested
while in a Pittsburgh steel plant
and flown back to Korea with
such secrecy that he already had
arrived before his arrest became
public.
Col. Jerome L. Loewenberg,
United States sth Air Force
judge advocate, said that Bang
Soon Kil, the Korean civilian,
was arrested last September 27,
in a restricted area on an air
base near Pusan, pistol-whipped
by Toth and taken to Schreiber.
Col. Loewenberg said Schreiber
allegedly ordered the shooting;
Toth chose the spot for it; Kin
i der did the shooting.
Kinder will be tried first, then
i Toth, then Schreiber.
1 1 Some witnesses in the case
| must be returned from the United
’ States.
Walter Lang Operated On
SANTA MONICA. Calif., June
6 UP). About half of Movie
■ Director Walter Lang’s stomach
> was removed in an emergency
• operation today after he suf-
I sered a ruptured ulcer. Dr. W.
I L. Marxer said Mr. Lang's con
: dition was serious but not criti
cal.
Thunderstorm Brings Relief
As City Swelters in High of 93
Mercury Drops 15 Degrees as Gusts
Fell Trees; 88 Is Forecast for Today
A thunderstorm toppled the
temperature 15 degrees in an
hour last night to bring tempo
rary relief to Washingtonians
who had sweltered through the
year’s high of 93.
But forecasters predicted an
other sultry day for today, with
Picture on Page A-2
a high temperature of 88 and
high humidity. Showers and
thunderstorms are expected this
afternoon.
The storm, which moved into
the District at 9:30 p.m., was
accompanied by gusts of wind
up to 42 miles an hour. It tem
porarily blacked out some areas
in nearby Maryland and Vir
ginia. The mercury went down
from 83 at 9 p.m. to 68 an hour
later.
Water service to a Northwest
Dairy Workers Vote
Strike Authorization
As Contract Expires
Leaders to Decide
On Walkout; 8 Firms
In Area Involved
Members of the dairy workers
union last night authorized their
officers to call a strike, if neces
sary, to enforce their demands
against eight dairies in the
Washington metropolitan area.
Their contract expired at mid
night. Eugene R. Hubbard told
reporters his union. Local 246
of the Teamsters’ Union, did not
want to strike but would do so
if an agreement could not be
reached.
A day-long session Friday and
another yesterday in the Shera
ton Park Hotel proved fruitless.
After the strike authorization
vote, Mr. Hubbard said he and
representatives of the dairies in
volved would meet this week to
continue negotiations.
Principal demand of the
drivers is so ra 5-day week. At
present, they work a 5-and-a
half-day week, one week, and a
6-day, 48-hour week the next.
The drivers seek a reduction
in the work week without a loss
in pay.
Dairies involved in the dispute
are Alexandria, Chestnut Farms,
Embassy, Harvey, Lucerne, Rich
field. Thompson and Wakefield.
President Going to Church
President Eisenhower will at
tend services at 11 a.m. today at
National Presbyterian Church,
where he is a member.
Late News
Bulletins
Typhoon Hits Kyushif
TOKYO, (Sunday) (/P)—A
typhoon hit the southern Japa
nese island of Kyushu early to
day and is heading swiftly for
the Tokyo-Yokohama area of
central Japan, the central me
teorological observatory re
ported.
ROKs Threaten India
SEOUL (Sunday) (JP).— The
vice chairman of the South
Korean National Assembly to
day declared “We will . . .
declare war against India
should they send troops with
out oar consent” to guard
balky Red prisoners whUe they
are under custody of the pro
posed five-nation repatriation
commission.
section was cut off for more than
an hour last night, when light
ning struck power lines leading
to the Reno road pumping sta
tion, shutting off the pumps.
Homes in the vicinity of McLean
Gardens and American Univer
sity were affected.
The wind felled trees across
power lines at Columbia and
North Washington streets and
near Adams place and Rogers
drive in Arlington. Lights went
off in about a fourth of Falls
Church and in all .of Fenwick
Park in Arlington County.
Lights Off, Wires Down.
Lights in Wheaton and Be
thesda, Md., were off briefly
shortly after the storm hit.
Arlington police reported wires
down at Columbia pike and High
street in South Arlington, and a
tree across North Utah street he
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets.
Yesterday’s 93 was recorded
at 4:10 p.m. The previous high
for the year was 92, on May 26.
But it still was four degrees be
low the record for June 6, set in
1925.
The high temperature didn’t
discourage those seeking outdoor
pleasures nor the shoppers. Mer
chants reported fair crowds
downtown.
Yachtsmen Out In Force.
Everyone who had a sailboat,
motor boat or cruiser on the An
acostia and Potomac Rivers ap
parently was on the water. The
Harbor Precinct reported no
trouble, commenting, “Everybody
is out but everybody is staying
on top.”
The Zoo reported good crowds
and the Park Police said picnic
parties were everywhere. Traffic
was heavy on the roads to the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and
to Chesapeake Bay.
The few pools open in the Dis
trict had big crowds. Glen Echo
Pool had one of its biggest diys
with thousands showing up to
take a swim. The lines of wait
ing swimmers stretched for
blocks during the morning.
Boys Use Swimming Hole.
Swimming facilities were lim
ited. however. The six public
swimming pools operated by Na
tional Capital Parks will not be
open until Wednesday. The two
pools operated by the District
Recreation Department will open
June 19.
Boys in the neighborhood of
Temple Heights, at Florida and
Connecticut avenues N.W., took
advantage of a temporary swim
ming hole. Recent rains have
filled a huge hole dug there for
construction of a multi-million
dollar office building.
Queen Awards Knighthoods
To Two Mt. Everest Climbers
By the Associated Press
LONDON, Sunday, June 7.
Queen Elizabeth II today award
ed knighthoods to Col. John
Hunt and Edmund Hillary for
the conquest of Mt. Everest on
the eve of her coronation. She
expressed hope also of honoring
in some way their famed Ne
palese guide. Tensing Bhutia.
Col. Hunt directed the success
ful assault by a 15-man British
expedition on the 29.002-foot
Himalayan peak which had
foiled 11 climbing teams since
1921.
Mr. Hillary is a 34-year-old
New Zealander who with Ten
sing. 39. planted the Union Jack
on the summit May 29.
The news that the world’s
highest known mountain had
been scaled by the British
reached London last Monday
night, spreading joy among mil
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Motorists to Be Polled
For Data on Placing
Os Potomac Bridge
Cards to Be Passed Out
To Drivers This Week
At 4 River Spans
By George Beveridge
District highway officials one
morning this week will ask an
estimated 40.000 Washington
bound motorists crossing Po
tomac River bridges to supply
data to help resolve arguments
over the location of a* new
bridge.
In a vast project to gather
what highway planners call
“origin and destination” data,
postcard questionnaires will be
handed to all motorists crossing
the Highway, Memorial, Key and
Chain Bridges between the hours
of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
The officials didn’t name the
day, but said it would be a “typ
ical weekday” morning. Autos
will not be stopped, but will be
flagged down to the point the
cards can be distributed.
Asks Three Questions.
The questionnaire will ask only
three simple questions: Where
did the trip start? Where did it
end? Is the vehicle a passenger
car or truck? The self-addressed
cards will require no postage.
The key answer officials are
looking for is the number of cars
using bridges during peak hours
which are bound for downtown
Washington, and the number
which pass through the central
section bound for other desti
nations.
District officials obviously hope
the figures show enough traffic
is destined for the central part
of town to back up their claim
that another central-area bridge
is needed now. They are ex
pected to ask Congress soon to
approve a span leading from E
street N.W. to the Arlington
shore, between Memorial and
Key Bridges.
Opponents of the E street pro
posal, however, have argued that
many motorists using the bridges
actually want to go beyond the
central area, and therefore could
be served better by upriver or
downriver bridges which would
circumvent congestion on down
town streets.
Studies Based on Full Day.
While such destination studies
have been made in the past, they
always have been on a basis of
24-hour bridge use. Officials
questioning the District's posi
tion argue that the morning and
evening peak hours are the only
times the bridges are really con
gested. and that the data during
those times is what is needed.
Two weeks ago, in opposing
the E street proposal, the Na
tional Capital Planning Commis
sion urged specifically that such
(See SURVEY, Page A-10.)
liqns gathered here for Eliza
beth’s crowning in Westminster
Abbey the next day.
The expedition presumably
now is working its way down
from the icy. wind-swept upper
reaches of Everest toward base
camps at its foot.
British Embassy officials in
Nepal, preparing a mammoth
welcome for the expedition, re
vealed Col. Hunt has asked his
London backers to arrange for-
Mr. Hillary and Tensing to be
flown to Britain immediately
upon their arrival at Katmandu.
Col. Hunt began his Hima
layan climbing career in 1935. A
Sandhurst graduate, he served
in World War H as chief in
structor to the Commando
Mountain and Snow Warfare
School and then in Egypt. Italy
and Grefece. His wife, a former
Wimbledon tennis player. Is also
a Himalayan climber.
FIFTEEN CENTS
Pentagon Use
Os Arms Funds
lo Be Probed
Senators to Examine
Charges of Failure
In Fiscal Methods
By th* Associated Pratt
The Senate Armed Services
Committee yesterday ordered an
investigation of the way the
Defense Department handles
money.
Chairman Saltonstall named
a subcommittee composed of
Senators Flanders, Republican,
of Vermont; Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia, and Case, Republican,
of South Dakota to direct the
inquiry.
Senator Saltonstall said In a
; statement that the department
; had failed to “establish business
\ like fiscal procedures” ordered
by Congress six years ago. He
said it should have been pos
sible to save great scfms of money
and avoid many costly mistakes.
Controllers Required.
When Congress unified the
Army, Navy and Air Force in
11947 under the new Defense De
partment, Senator Saltonstall
said, it accepted a provision by
Senator Byrd requiring that spe
cial management or controller
sections be set up in each of
these agencies.
As evidence that this had not
been done. Senator Saltonstall
pointed to two recent Senate
investigations:
The probe of the ammunition
shortages in Korea headed by
Senator Margaret Chase Smith,
Republican, of Maine. The in
quiry group sharply criticized
Army and Defense Department
procurement and accounting
methods.
Investigation last week of costs
and methods of awarding con
tracts for C-119 “Flying Box
cars” to Kaiser-Frazer Corp.’s
Willow Run, (Mich.) plant.
Senator Bridges, Republican, of
New Hampshire, who heads that
inquiry, found much tp criticize
here.
Failures to Be Aired.
"The subcommittee will look
into specific areas where the law
has failed to function and will
report on the results of these
failures,” Senator Saltonstall
said, adding:
“The American people are en
titled to know the truth con
cerning past mistakes, and what
these mistakes cost.”
Senator Saltonstall said the
staff for the special inquiry will
Include Fran Schneider, who
helped draft the special section
of the 1947 Unification Act, and
Carter Burgess, State Depart
ment consultant with experience
in Government organization.
POW Killed, One Shot
After Disobeying Order
By the Associated Press
PUSAN, Korea, Sunday, June
7.—One North Korean prisoner
of war was shot to death and an
i other seriously wounded early to
day when they disobeyed orders
to leave an “out of bounds” area
and return to their compound,
the United Nations prisoner of
war command said today.
The incident took place at the
Masan camp for non-Communist
North Korean prisoners, the
command said.
Boy Saves Girl,
But His Sister
Drowns in Creek
A 14-year-old boy unwittingly
traded his sister’s life for that
| of a friend yesterday.
I The tragic incident began
when David Swann went swim
ming in front of his home on
! Charleston Creek, at Issue, Md.,
near the Potomac River Bridge.
His sister. Margaret, 13, and a
| playmate, Jean Murphy, 15,
followed him into the water.
: A few moments later, both
girls disappeared beneath the
surface. David grabbed his
sister’s arm, but she struggled
; and pulled him under.
He broke away and came to
the surface. He told St. Marys
County Police he saw an arm
sticking out of the water and
clutched it. He pulled the girl to
shore to discover it was Jean
Murphy.
His sister’s body was recovered
a half an hour later by rescue
squad workers.
Vacation Section
In Today's Star
MOUNTAINS AND SEASHORE—
Know where you want to go this
summer? The onswer may lie in any
page of The Star's special summer
vacation section today.
MARYLAND'S COMMENCEMENT
' DAY—The University of Maryland
graduated 2,080 students yesterday.
Picture and story on Page A-37.
TWO LITTLE MEN—Bill it only
8 and his brother Bob is just 10,
but they're hel.'iing to support their
family. They need a vocation, too.
i For more about Bill and Bob—and
how you can help give them a vaca
tion—tee Page A-15.
Complete Index, Page A-2
Rodio-TV, Programs, Pagtfi E-4-5