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102 d Year. No. 166. Phone ST. 3-5000 S ★★ WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 15, ,1964—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES.
Churchill and Eden Due Here
For Surprise Visit on June 25;
Dulles to Take Part in Talks
No Agenda Planned,
But Southeast Asia
Is Likely Subject
By Garnett D. Horner
British Prime Minister Church
ill and Foreign Secretary Eden
will come to Washington June
25 for a week end visit with
President Eisenhower, the White
House announced today.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said it would
Eden Sees Molotov as Geneva Parley
Nears Breakdown. Page A-2
be “an informal meeting be
tween the President and two
friends.” with no specific agenda.
Secretary of State Dulles al
most immediately told a news
conference that he hoped the
conference would lead to prog
ress toward a collective defense
for Southeast Asia, although he
emphasized that no formal de
cisions were planned.
Mr. Dulles will participate in
the talks, Mr. Hagerty told re
porters.
He said he did not know ex
actly how long Mr. Churchill
and Mr. Eden would be here.
But he emphasized it was a
"week en#” visit. They will ar
rive on a Friday and presumably
stay until Monday at least.
Prepared Statement.
Mr. Hagerty read reporters
the following announcement:
“Some weeks ago the Presi
dent of the United States in
vited the Prime Minister and
the Foreign Secretary of the
United Kingdom to spend a
week end as his guests in Wash
ington.
“The invitation was cordially
accepted and it has been ar
ranged for the visit to take
place during the week end be
ginning June 25.”
Although no agenda for the
meeting was announced, it was
obvious that the chiefs of state
would discuss Indo-China and
the Far East generally, which
have produced probably the
most dangerous split in Anglo-
American policies since World
War II ended.
Great Britain is primarily
responsible for at least tempo
rarily thwarting Secretary Dul
les* drive for united action by
the western allips to protect
Southeast Asia from Communist S
assaults. In addition. Great
Britain has discouraged the
United States from taking any
unilateral action as the Reds
have crept across the Indo-
Chinese state of Viet Nam.
Different Approach.
Behind this friction over the
specific area of Southeast Asia
there is a difference in approach
toward the Far East generally.
While the United States has
sought to isolate Communist
China, Great Britain has main
tained diplomatic relations with
Peiping and sought to co-operate
with her. t
These Far Eastern problems
almost certainly will hold the [
center of attention at the White |
House talks, although there are ;
other matters for discussion
which in less tense times, might
prompt such conversations.
The two great Western allies
have problems over the exchange
of atomic information, the de
fenses of Western Europe, trade
with the Iron Curtain countries,
the dismaying political instabil
ity in France and other issues
of global importance.
Rhee Sees U. S. Help
In Asia Anti-Red Drive
By the Associated Press
CHINHAE, Korea, June 15. i
President Syngman Rhee told
an eight-nation unofficial Asian
anti-Communist conference to
day that “we shall not lack sup
port” from the United States in
trying to stop Red expansion in.
the Far East.
The 79-year-old Korean pres- '
ident told the 28 delegates the
prime objective of the confer
ence is the establishment of an
anti-Communist movement in
Asia.
30 Seized in Red Roundup
BANGKOK, Thailand, June 15
</P).—Police arrested 30 persons,
including some women, and
seized a carload of documents
yesterday in a surprise raid
against suspected Communists.
30 Golf Enthusiasts
Act on Stdr Want Ad
Recently, Mr. R. F., on ardent
golfer, retired ftam participation in
bis favorite pastiAia. He offered his
13 dubs, including bag, for SSO
through a small ad| in Star Classified.
In all, 30 golfers responded. He found
a buyer the first: day the ad ap
peared.
If you have something fa buy, trade
or sell, tell the long-established au
dience of Star readers about it.
You'll find ready prospects.
The Star publishes more classified
ads than the other Washingtonfriews
papers combined because it produces
results.
Phone Sterling 3-5000 and aA
for an ad-taker.
China Hints
Early Release
Os U. S. Men
By the Associated Press
GENEVA, June 15.—Red China
today told the United States
| that China will consider the
“early release” of American mili
tary and civilian prisoners who
have records of good behavior.
This was announced by the
United States after a third meet
ing between United States and
Chinese Communist representa
tives. An estimated 83 Amer
ican civilians and military per
sonnel are either in prison cf
have been unable to get visas
to leave the China mainland.
The Chinese told U. Alexis
Johnson, United States Ambas
sador to Czechoslovakia, that
those in prison are there because
of offenses committed in viola-
I tion of Chinese law, but that the
Peiping regime will review their
f behavior to see whether it war
rants commutation of sentences
or release.
Extensive Changes
In Foreign Service
Ordered by Dulles
Wriston Group Report
Is Released; Saltzman
Named Undersecretary
By James E. Roper
Secretary of State Dulles to
! day announced a sweeping re
i organization and expansion of
j the Foreign Service.
He issued a series of orders to
carry out basic recommendations
of a special investigating com
mittee headed by Dr. Henry M.
Wriston, president of Brown
University.
Secretary Dulles said he heart
ily indorsed the two key recom
mendations:
“A. Integration of the person
nel of the departmental home
service and the Foreign Service
where their functions and re
sponsibilities converge.
“B. The bold and imaginative
' recruitment and scholarship pro
gram whereby the Foreign Serv
ice would obtain a constant and
adequate flow of young men and
young women representing the
best cross section of American
life. Under this program, mem
bers of Congress in the future
would have a 'part in selecting
the candidates to the Foreign!
Service Corps, much as they now !
do to West Point and Annap- j
olis.”
Hopeful of Results.
In releasing the report and his
recommendations at a hews con- |
ference. Secretary Dulles said'
the new program would work to
ward meeting what had given l
him the greatest concern—the
fact that while the Foreign Serv- !
ice was taking on mounting re
sponsibilities it was drying up
because of lack of replenishment
from below. He said many rec
ommendations for improving the
Foreign Service had been made
in the past but he expected
something really to happen this
time.
President Eisenhower, coinci
dent with Mr. Dulles’ anpounce- j
ment, nominated Charles E.
Saltzman. a former Army briga- !
dier general and one-time As
sistant Secretary of State, to be
Undersecretary of State for Ad
ministration and thus carry out
the Wriston plan.
Mr. Dulles’ formal orders did
not immediately cover one rec
ommendation—that the Foreign
Service Inspection Corps report
to Mr. Saltzman instead of to
State Department Security Chief
R. W. Scott McLeod, contro
versial friend of Senator Mc-
Carthy, Republican, of Wiscon
sin.
Mr. Dulles, however, still had
(See REORGANIZATION, A-14.)
G. O. P. TrieS Again Tonight to Win Ball Game
The Republicans, who needed
20 years to get to Washington,
will try tonight to break through
the Democratic baseball jinx in
only seven.
It has been that long since
Democrats began beating the
Republicans with yearly regu
larity in the annual Congres
sional baseball game at Griffith
Stadium. x
Tonight’s contest, like all the
others, will make money to send
needy and crippled children to
a recreational spot sponsored by
The Evening Star’s Summer
Camp fund.
Vice President Nixon will toss
out the first ball after review
ing a pageant in which 48 women
of the various service organiza
tions—WAVES, WACS, WAFS
and Women Marines —will pa
rade with the 48 State flags.
Preceding them will march the
356th Army Band under Mas
Sk tknittQ J&kf
Story of Bravery
In Face of 2 Strokes
Comes to Light
By tho Associated Brass
LONDON, June 15.—A great
story of personal bravery lies be
hind Sir Winston Churchill’s
t decision to go to Washington:
It is a story of an old man's
5 fight against the advance of time
Photo on Page A-2
' —against a stroke that tem
porarily paralyzed part of his
s body, left him without the power
■ of speech, and caused his wife
1 and doctors to despair.
A friend of Mr. Churchill told
• this correspondent abQut it to
■ day a few hours before it was
1 announced the 79-year-old
i Prime Minister is traveling to
Washington next week for talks
; with President Eisenhower.
Just a year ago the foreign
, office announced the postpone
: ment of the Bermuda conference
. planned by Mr. Churchill, Gen.
! Eisenhower and French Premier
• Joseph Laniel. The explana
| tion: Mr. Churchill was tired
; and his doctors had ordered him
to rest.
Actually Had 2 Strokes.
Mr. Churchill’s intimate saw
him a day or two later. He says
the fact was that the old war
leader had suffered a stroke.
And, he says, it was Mr.
Churchill’s second.
The story as related by a man
who for many years has been
one of the Prime Minister’s
closest friends:
Some days after the attack
Mr. Churchill was being trun
dled about in a wheel chair on
the lawns of his estate, Chart
well, 30 miles southeast of Lon
don.
He could not speak. One side
of his face was paralyzed. He
looked pale and .wan. Only his
eyes showed the sparks of his
inner energy.
Wife Begged Retirement.
His wife, Clementine, was beg
ging him to retire and conserve
his failing strength so they could
have “a year or two together.”
His doctor, Lord Moran, was
pressing him urgently to step
down.
Lord Moran described it as a
relatively mild stroke. He told
Mr. Churchill’s friends, how
ever, that a man of his years
and state of health did not re
gain the power of speech or the
use of paralyzed muscles after
an attack of that kind.
One of the Prime Minister’s
old friends, Brendan Bracken,
one-time cabinet minister, sent
him a special wheel chair replete
with gadgets—one button to
move forward, one to go into
reverse, one to sound a bell for
j the nurse. It first intrigued, then
! angered Mr. Churchill. He hated
I being dependent on a button, or
! an attendant, to get where he
; wanted to go.
He made it known that he
wanted work. State papers were
! sent down to him. Officials
called.
Slowly, He frins Fight.
Slowly, his speech returned
and his paralyzed muscles came
back to life.
Lord Moran said he must have
done it through Yogi. Mr.
Churchill had had a similar
mild stroke four years ago, at
the Riviera home of his friend
Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian
born newspaper publisher, and
! no one expected him to recover
{ from the second.
His friends said he got well
j because of his basically powerful
j constitution, his lust for activity,
| and his great desire to lead the
nation and the Conservative
Party and to play out his role in
world affairs. His big aim since
the war has been to go down in
history not only as a great war
leader but as one of the archi
tects of a lasting peace.
Pakistan Wheat Reserve
KARACHI, Pakistan, June 15.
OP).—Pakistan Food Minister Ab
dul Qayum Khan said today that
United States wheat aid has en
abled Pakistan to collect a re
serve of half a million tons of the
grain for the year.
ter Sergt. L. D. Cook, and the
3d Infantry Drill Team, headed
by First Lt. A. E. Colebank.
Then will come the U. S. Marine
Corps Drum and Bugle Corps,
commanded by Master Sergt. W.
O. Nickell, and followed by a
Marine Corps Drill Team directed
by First Lt. Francis X. Quinn.
The Unitid States Navy
Band, conducted by Comdr.
Charles Brendler and the Navy
drill team led by Boatswain’s
Mate 3/c Paul Sutton, will then
come on the field. Following
them will be the United States
Air Force Band led by Chief
Warrant Officer Lewis L. Ander
son and the drill team headed by
Staff Sergt Calvin C. Maitland.
Before the game, a silver bowl
will be presented to the mem
ber of the Congressional Secre
taries' Club who sold the most
tickets to the game. Twenty
one members of the club’s ticket
A Challenge to any Cabinetmaker!
; Dulles Voices Hope
Guatemalan People
Will End Red Terror
Can't Confirm Reports
Os Army Ultimatum
To President Arbenz
Secretary of State Dulles ex
pressed hope today that Guate
mala can clean its house of the
Communist-type terrorism which
he said now exists there.
Mr. Dulles expressed this hope
at a news conference when he
was asked about reports that the
Guatemalan Army has warned
President Jacabo Arbenz that he
must disassociate himself from
Comunists or else quit or pos
sibly face a revolution.
Mr. Dulles said the State De
partment had heard some re
ports along this line but not from
firm sources:
But, continued Mr. Dulles,
there is a reign of terror in
Guatemala.
He said the great majority of
the Guatemalan people have the
desire and capability of cleaning
their own house. But this is
difficult, he added, in the face
of the Communist-type of ter
rorism which exists in Guate
mala and which was exemplified
by one member of the cabinet
who said that if there were a
disturbance that would be the
start of the beheading of anti
communists.
Secretary Dulles had no new
developments to report in the
campaign for a meeting of for
eign ministers of the American
Republics to consider what to
do about the Red-tinged gov
ernment of Guatemala. /
80 Army Officers Hand
Questionnaire to Arbenz
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras,
June 15 (jP).—Eighty Army of
ficers have handed a question
naire to Guatemala President
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman about
Communist * influences in that
country and demanded a satis
factory answer by the end of
the week.
The action was reported today
in private advices from the
Guatemalan capital.
If the army should oust Gen.
Arbenz, he would presumably try
to go to Belize, British Honduras,
where he was reported to have a
large seagoing yacht at anchor.
Two former Guatemalan de
fense officials who fled their
Communist-tinged land say the
army is on the verge of revolt.
Former Guatemalan Air Force
Chief Col. Rodolfo Mendoza and
his brother Miguel Angel yes
terday described how they fled
their country to political exile
here. They said there was a
“reign of terror” in Guatemala
with at least 600 persons ar
rested.
committee, headed by Miss Sara
Hazlett. secretary to Representa
tive Phil Landrum, Democrat, of
Georgia, * have been selling
tickets.
For the Democrats, Pitcher
Don Wheeler of. Georgia will be
trying for his seventh straight
♦in. Once known as the fire
baller, he has lost some of his
zip, but still has his cunning to
rely on. For a capable replace
ment, Manager Syd Herlong of
Florida depends on a rookie with
semiprofessional experience. Bill
■Natcher of Kentucky.
Manager Runt Bishop of the
Republicans, still trying for his
first victory, again will rely on
Glenn Davis on the mound.
Davis was a one-man show last
year until the Democrats rallied
in the final frame.
Tickets will be sold for sl,
$1.15 and $2.50 and may be pur
chased at the Griffith Stadium
box office.
Average Frenchman Cynical
As Cries of Doom Resound
Man in Street, Inured to Political Crises,
Has Little Hope of Bettering Situation
By Crosby S. Noyes
foreign Correspondent of The Star
PARIS, June 15.—Where does
France go from here?
Another government has been
overthrown the 13 th since
World War 11. What does it
Paris Crisis Spells New Trouble for EDC
Army Pact. Page A-2
mean? Is it true that this is the
great crossroads—that from here
on France could stop being a real
cornerstone of the anti-Commu
nist coalition in Western Europe?
Is it possible that some new and
vigorous policy can be born out
of the present agony? Or is the
outlook for a “retread” govern
ment—the same old faces and
same old policies—warmed over
and dished up once again to a
long suffering country?
Be it said that the average
I Frenchman couldn’t care less.
France may be trembling on the
brink of an abyss. But the man
in the street has long since
abandoned any illusions of im
proving the situation within the
present system. He is used to
crises and predictions of doom.
His cynicism about the future—
good or bad—is profound.
For the few who do care, any
change would be a change for
the better. If France could find
herself today—if some formula
could be devised that would
| make a coherent nation out of
this mass of people—nearly
everyone would applaud. The
new order might not be con
genial to the major objectives
of American foreign policy. It
might mean the early loss of
Indo-China and the scrapping
of the idea of a European army.
Still at least the free world
would know where it stood and
could make its plans accord
ingly.
Unfortunately there are few
who seriously expect anything
of the sort.
The big chance for a change
was killed off by the National
Assembly itself. If the govern
| ment had been overthrown by
; 314 votes—just eight more than
! there were—national elections
! might have followed. For the
first time in four years the peo
ple of France could have had
something to say about the sit
uation.
In contrast to most of his col
leagues, Mr. Mendes-France is
a political comer who has some
ting to offer in addition to being
against the government. His
basic thesis: In trying to play
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the great power role, France has
taken on a lot more than she
can carry. The overload explains
many of the nation's troubles,
including distressing political
symptoms.
Mr. Mendes-France lays em
phasis on policies which would
put the country on a sound
economic basis—a process which
inevitably means a hard new
look at military commitments in
Europe, Asia and Africa.
Denies Being Neutralist.
He vigorously denies that he
should be classed as a neutralist.
He insists, for example, that he
isn’t for peace at any price in
Indo-China. Neither has he ex
(See NOYES, Page A-7.)
Gov. Meyner Reveals
16 Hoffman Charges;
3 Suspended in Probe
False Bank Deposit
Os $300,000 Laid
To Former Official
By the Associated Press
TRENTON, N. J., June 15.
Sixteen charges of misconduct,
including a false bank deposit of
$300,000 in State funds, were
made today against former Gov.
Harold G. Hoffman, who died
11 days ago.
Democratic Gov. Robert B.
Meyner announced the charges
at a special press conference
following disclosure by Hoff
man’s daughter that her father
had admitted embezzling $300,-
000 to finance his political cam
paigns and to pay off a black
mailing State official.
Hoffman, a Republican, who
served as Governor of New Jer
sey from 1935 to 1938, was un
der suspension as director of
the State’s Division of Employ
ment Security at the time of his
death. The division had handled
a billion dollars in unemploy
ment funds since Hoffman took
over the post about 15 years ago.
The charges covered many of
Hoffman’s activities as employ
ment security director, Gov.
Meyner said.
Falsification Charged.
Attorney General Grover C.
Richman told newsmen Hoffman
falsely certified to the State
Treasurer in 1951 and 1952 that
$300,000 in State disability funds
was on deposit at the South
Amboy Trust Co., which Hoff
man headed.
A total of $1.2 million in
State funds was listed as depos
ited in the bank in Hoffman's
hometown.
! Three top division employes
were suspended as a result of
the investigation of the division, j
the Governor announced. A
fourth employe resigned.
Gov. Meyner, Mr. Richmwn
and Warren Gaffney, State t
commissioner of banking and :
insurance, said they have not
yet determined how the false ,
certification affects the $300,000 I
which Hoffman confessed he
embezzled prior to 1938.
Face Public Hearing.
Mr.. Richman said the three
persons suspended would face a
public hearing before Gov. Mey
(See HOFFMAN. Page A-7.)
Van Fleet Sees Wood
SEOUL, June 15. (JP). — Gen.
Jamfes A. Van Fleet conferred i
with U. N. Economic Co-ordina
tor C. Tyler Wood today as he,
wound up a second visit to study
South Korea’s military needs. He
leaves tomorrow for Japan, For
mosa and the Philippines.
Low Calorlo Recipes
Thanks to a new non-calorie sweetener,
dieters are learning that many foods,
taboo because of high caloric content,
can now be* theirs. See
Page B-S.
New York Markets, Pages A-22-23
s2oMillion Payment
To District by U. S.
Is Voted by House
Cut Is Restored, 186 to 168;
$l6B Million Budget
Passed, Sent to Senate
The House today overrode its
appropriation committee and
restored a $4 million cut in the
Federal payment to the District
by a roll-call vote of 186 to 168.
The House immediately passed
and sent to the Senate the full
$l6B million District budget for
the fiscal year beginning July 1.
The Senate hearings on the
District budget bill are scheduled
to start Friday.
The showdown on restoration
of the cut in the Federal pay
ment made last week by the
appropriations committee s was
postponed yesterday until today.
House reversal of its Appro-
Army Shielded Those
Who Protected Reds,
Carr Says on Stand
But McCarthy's Aide
Admits Conflicts in
His Staff's Statements
By James Y. Newton and
John A. Giles
Francis P. Carr said under
oath today that Army Secretary
Stevens and Army Counselor
John G. Adams “went to great
lengths to prevent the exposure”
of people in the Army who were
shielding Communists.
The staff director of Senator
McCarthy’s committee made the
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charge in the 34th day of the
:Senate hearing of the Army-
McCarthy row.
Mr. Carr at another point,
when the alleged infiltration of
Communists in the Army was
likened to “a razor blade poised
over the jugular vein of the Na
tion,” said Mr. Stevens and Mr.
Adams “certainly didn’t rush in
to pull the razor away.”
The McCarthy staff officer,
under intensive questioning from
Army attorneys, also admitted
there was an “inconsistency” in
memoranda he prepared on al
leged “blackmail” threats by
Mr. Adams last December and a
statement by Senator McCarthy
about the same time that Mr.
Adams and Mr. Stevens “had co
operated fully” with the Mc-
Carthy probe of alleged Com
munist infiltration of the Army.
No Coddling, He Concedes.
Special Army Counsel Joseph
N. Welch at one point asked the
witness if it wasn’t incredible to
say that “any one in the Army
coddled Communists.”
“I don’t think the Army cod
dled Communists,” Mr. Carr re
plied. But he then went on to
qualify the answer.
“I don’t think the Army cod
dled Communists,” he continued.
“But Secretary Stevens and Mr.
Adams certainly went to great
lengths to prevent the exposure
of people who were shielding
Communists.”
Mr. Welch drew from the wit
ness the concession that the
“point of real collision” between
the McCarthy group and the
Army was the refusal of the ad
ministration to allow members
of the Army Loyalty Board to
testify. Senator McCarthy last
January wanted to call the board ;
to tell about the clearance of!
personnel at the Army’s secret
Fort Monmouth (N. J.) radar
laboratories. He charged there
were Communists among person
nel at the installation.
“Razor Blade Poised.”
Senator McCarthy, in ques
tioning Mr. Carr, likened the
presence of Communists in the
Army “to a razor blade poised
over the jugular vein of this
country.”
Senator McClellan, Democrat,
of Arkansas later asked Mr.
Carr that if the McCarthy
charges against the Army were
true wouldn’t Secretary Stevens
and Mr. Adams be guilty of hold
ing* a razor over the country’s
jugular vein by prdtecting those
who shielded Communists.
“The Communists are the ones
who are holding the razor blade,”
(See HEARING, Page A-3.)
Late News
Bulletin
Trade Act Extension Gains
The Senate Finance Com
mittee today approved a sim- j
pie Ane-year extension of the
Reciprocal Trade Agreement
Act, already passed by the
House. An effort to have fur
ther hearings, which might
have delayed adjournment,
was defeated.
By Hector McLean
priations Committee by 18 out
of 354 votes cast today was re
garded by supporters of the move
as an unusual moral victory for
their argument that the $4 mil
lion cut—if allowed to stand—
would be a repudiation of the
recently approved public works
bill.
Although the House occasion
ally overrides the Appropriations
Committee, the event is not com
mon.
City Officials Pleased.
The District Commissioners
said they were delighted that
I the House had voted to uphold
j the Government obligation, * ■ *
The chamber yesterday' had
tentatively voted, 70 to 7 59, to
restore the cut.
The Appropriations Commit
tee-approved the cut—from S2O
million, to sl6 million—last week
only a month after Congress had
authorized the S2O million figure
in passing the District’s 10-year,
$305 million public works bill.
Against “Repudiation.”
Today’s House victory followed
action of supporters of the works
bill who yesterday pleaded with
their fellow lawmakers not to
“repudiate” the Eisenhower-sup
ported measure, in which taxes
on District residents were raised
nearly sls million a year.
Representative Smith, Demo
crat, of Virginia, a membel- of
the joint House-Senate subcom
mittee that drafted the works
bill, pointed out they had even
levied a tax on groceries.
“I regarded that as a con
tract,” he declared. “If we are
going to cut down on the part
that the United States is going
to pay, I wonder if we should
not go back and repeal the
whole public works bill. I don’t
think it is the right thing to
do—to repudiate our part.”
He was echoed by Representa
tive McCormack, Democrat, of
Massachusetts, House minority
whip.
Recalls Eisenhower Support.
Representative O’Hara, Re
publican, of Minnesota, chair
man of the joint subcommittee,
made the motion to restore the
cut and recalled that the S2O
million figure had been strong
ly supported by President Eisen
hower in his budget message to
Congress early this year as part
of a long-range building pro
gram for the Nation’s Capital.
“We committed the Congress
to a long-range program,” he
said, “and we committed the
taxpayers to a long-range pro
gram. I feel we would be re
neging on it at the very start
if we don’t approve the S2O
million payment this time.”
The House, by voice vote, re
jected a bid by Representative
Hyde, Republican, of Maryland,
to restore a committee cut of
(See BUDGET, Page A-14.)
Subway Passengers Panic
As Smoke Fills Train
By tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 15.—Panic
developed today when fire broke
out in a subway train near the '
Eighty-sixth street station of the
j Lexington avenue line.
Smoke, apparently from a
short circuit, poured through the
cars, and early reports said
about 25 persons were injured
or made ill by the smoke.
A group of about 20 persons
pushed through the doors and
| climbed to an emergency exit,'
! only to find themselves momen
tarily trapped by a sidewalk
grating. The group, including
many high school students,
screamed and shouted.
The shouts attracted a man
in a nearby church. He ob
tained a crowbar and pried open
the grating, releasing tha
trapped passengers.
One in Four
Couples Divorce
DIVORCE GRANTED!—One out of
every four marriage contracts are
disolved by divorce. Many couples
think that solves their troubles, but
their problems just begin. See the
third of e series on page A-4.
OPPENHEIMER'S 800 K—Some
philosophical end scientific views of
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimcr, fomoes
nuclear physicist who has appealed an
unfavorable security risk ruling to the
Atomic Energy Commission, art re
vealed in his book, published todoy.
For a discussion of this work, see
page A-12.
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