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Weather Forecast
Sunny and dry today, high near 88. Fair
tonight. Tomorrow, fair. (Full report,
plus resort forcast, on Page A-2.)
Hourly Temperatures.
Noon —B2 6 p.m— 85 11 p.m—7s
2 p.m 82 8 p.m 82 Midnight 74
4 p.m. 85 10 p m 77 1 a.m 73
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Senate Recesses Near Midnight
After 85 Hours, 40 Minutes;
Vote on Cloture Due Tomorrow
Johnson Fails
In Move to Get
Lesser Curbs
By J. A. O'Leary and
* Allen Drury
The Senate recessed at 11:48
o’clock last night, after 85 hours
and - 40 minutes of almost con
tinuous session, broken only by
a token recess of 25 minutes
early Friday morning.
And it did so with a warning
from Majority Leader Knowland
'Filibuster Widows' Adjust to Round
the-Clock Schedule. Page D-3
See Editorial on Page A-26.
that if cloture (limitation of de
bate) is not adopted when the
Senate meets again tomorrow,
continuous around-the-clock ses
sions will be resumed to get ac
tion on the pending atomic
energy bill.
The cloture petition, which
would have to be approved by
64 of the 96 Senators to take
effect, will be voted on at 11 a.m.
tomorrow, one hour after the
Senate convenes at 10 a.m.
There is little hope that it will
carry, however.
Before the Senate quit last
night. Senator Morse, Independ
ent, of Oregon, formally killed
by objection an attempt to get
a unanimous consent agreement
which would have put less
stringent limitations on debate.
The proposal, offered by Dem
ocratic Leader Johnson would
have limited debate to two hours
each for all amendments; six
hours on the patent-licensing
provision of the bill; permitted
new amendments to be offered
up to 12 noon Wednesday; pro
vided for eight hours of debate
on a motion to send the bill ;
back to committee, and six hours
of final debate on the bill it- j
self.
Morse Adamant.
Senator Johnson’s proposal was
for all practical purposes already
dead when Senator Morse gave it!
the final blow by objecting. The j
minority leader had offered it
originally shortly after 8 o’clock.
But an angry debate at that j
time indicated it would be impos- 1
sible to compromise the bitter
differences and reach an agree- i
ment.
But no one formally objected
at that time and it remained for
Senator Morse to do it when Sen
ator Johnson made another at
tempt at 11:30 o’clock.
Senator Morse, however, was
unable to make the speech he
obviously hoped to make. At the
insistence of Senator Anderson,
Democrat, of New Mexico, who
demanded the regular order,
Vice President Nixon gaveled
Senator Morse into silence and
insisted that under the rules of
the Senate he must confine his
remarks to a simple objection or
approval of the Johnson proposal.
Senator Morse said, “I ob
ject!” and the proposal was
dead.
The Senate then relaxed for i
10 minutes of good fellowship j
as Senator Goldwater, Republi- !
can, of Arizona, informed his
colleagues that Senator John
son was winning his race for
re-election in the Texas pri
mary by a vote of three to one.
Johnson Applauded.
The Senate gave Senator
Johnson a round of applause led
by Senator Knowland. The ma- j
jority leader and other Senators !
paid tribute to Senator John- [
son’s leadership and Senator
Knowland remarked that, “I
know of few men in public life
entitled to more respect, or for
whom I have more affection.”
Senator Capehart, Republi
can, of Indiana then proceeded
to send the Senate home with
a laugh by remarking that in
away he was glad Senator
Johnson’s unanimous consent
agreement had failed.
He explained that the Banking
Committee, of which he is
chairman, has scheduled eight
weeks of hearings on the FHA
housing scandals.
"We were going to take to
the road," Senator Capehart
said, “but now that I see you
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. 1.)
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In Want Ads
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Pentagon Drops Plan to Pull
All Troops Out of Asia by '57
Critical Situation in Far East Cited;
Top Pacific Chiefs Here to Discuss Outlook
By John A. Giles
The critical situation in the
Orient has caused abandonment
at the Pentagon of original plans
mapped by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff to withdraw virtually all
Army divisions from the Far
East by 1957.
However, President Eisenhower
has yet to approve the new pro
gram.
A top Defense Department of
ficial said yesterday some Army
units would unquestionably be
returned from the Far East
gradually during this fiscal year
but “the old plan—which we
must remember was tentative—
to get out entirely is not in the
cards now."
He added that some top offi
cials never had accepted the Far
East evacuation “as valid in the
first place.”
“We are not going to get into
the position where our friends
and interests cannot be defended
in the event of an emergency.”
he added. “There’ll be no pull
out where we can’t get back into
position in a hupy.”
To Be Discussed With Rhee.
The whole subject is scheduled
for top level discussion here this
week with the arrival of Pres
ident Syngman Rhee of South
Korea. He will talk it over with
Gen. Eisenhower but the spade
work is up to others.
Involved principally are a pair
who have just returned from a
90-day survey of Far East mili
tary needs. They are Gen. James
A. Van Fleet, special representa
tive of the President with the
rank of ambassador, and Wil
fred J. McNeil, Assistant Secre
Yarborough Leading
Gov. Shivers in Close
Texas Primary Vote
Polls 198,175 Ballots
To Rival's 192,785
In Incomplete Returns
By the Associated Press
DALLAS, Tex., July 24.—Shift
ing leads in early returns from
today’s Texas primary pointed
to a close race in the liberal
conservative fight forth« Dem
ocratic nomination for Gover
nor.
Ralph Yarborough, 51, a for
mer District judge and assistant
State Attorney General, who
made an unsuccessful bid for
Governor two years ago, took the
lead in the first tabulation, lost
it in the second, regained it,
then lost it, then forged ahead
again. He has the backing of the
liberals in Texas’ divided Demo
cratic party.
Gov.' Allan Shivers, 46, a con
servative who supported Dwight
D. Eisenhower, is seeking an un
precedented third term. He de
feated Mr. Yarborough easily
two years ago.
The 11:30 p.m. (EDT) tabula
tion of the Texas Election
Bureau, an unofficial agency,
showed 198,175 votes for Mr
Yarborough and 192,785 for Gov.
Shivers, with returns from 146
of Texas’ 254 counties in.
The day was hot in Texas,
with a temperature of 109 in
Dallas alone, but there was an
unusually heavy turnout esti
mated at a million voters.
The Republicans held a pri
mary, too—their fourth in the
history of Texas—but they had
only unopposed candidates in
four statewide races. Early tabu
four statewide races.
Texas’ two Democratic minor
ity leaders in Congress—Senator
Lyndon B. Johnson and Repre
sentative Sam Rayburn of Bon
ham—held leads over their op
ponents for re-election.
In the 9 p.m tabulation Sen
ator Johnson had 67,682 votes.
His challenger, Dudley Dougher
ty, a wealthy young State Repre
sentative from Beeville, had
25,652.
In his district race, Mr. Ray
burn had 2,007 votes at 9 p.m.
and A. G. Mcßae, Bonham busi
nessman, had 1,083.
Missouri Plane Crash
Kills 2 Soldiers, 3 Others
By the Associated Press
IRONTON, Mo., July 24—A
twin-engine plane exploded
while in flight over Southeast
Missouri today killing all five
persons aboard.
State Police Sergt. Hardin
Smith said only two of the
bodies had been recovered.
Sergt. Smith identified one as
Pvt. Kenneth M. Vandenberg.
attached to the sth Armored
Division at Camp Chaffee, Ark.
1
%\\t Sunday Sfaf
' J WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION V-/
| tary of the Defense Department.
, i Also on hand are the top Pa
j ciflc commanders. Gen. John E.
' Hull, Far East commander, and
r! Admiral Felix B. Stump, Pacific
J j Fleet commander, arrived last
. week.
A principal item on Mr. Rhee’s
agenda is the strength of his
army, including reserve forces.
The 20 divisions there now are
supported in large part by the
United States. Mr. Rhee wants
’ to add another 15 division but
i there is doubt that this is pos
sible.
Manpower Outlook.
This country’s military man
power outline has been compiled
for formation of the fiscal 1956
budget. Essentially the armed
forces will remain at strengths
■ they will reach at the end of
the current fiscal year—next
June 30—rather than continue
the gradual deadline scheduled
during the following year as set
forth in the Joint Chiefs “new
; look” program late last year.
The military services are
scheduled to have 3,047,000 of
ficers and enlisted personnel by
June 30, 1955. They had planned
to drop down to 2,815,000 by
June 30, 1956.
Most of the increase above
previous goals will be in the
! Army. That service had been
scheduled to cut around 1
million but the new program
calls for it to continue with the
1.173,000 projected for next June
30. Instead of a further cut in
divisions below the 17 TJianned
for next June, a total of 18 will
be maintained.
The other service strengths
projected are Navy, 689,000; Air
Force, 970,000 and Marine Corps,
215,000.
Foreign Aid Funds
Slashed 13 Pet. By
House Committee
Its Report Criticizes
High Overhead Costs
And 'June Buying'
By Robert K. Walsh
Criticizing everhead costs and
under-the-wire spending, the
House Appropriations Committee
yesterday slashed foreign aid
funds by $812,213,554, or 13 per
cent, below the amount asked by
President Eisenhower.
The foreign military and eco
nomic assistance bill reported
out for Houge action this week
recommended $2,895,944,000 in
new cash and $2,312,475,979 in
unobligated money carried over
from the fiscal year that ended
June 30.
The recommended total of $5,-
208,419,979 for the fiscal year
which began July 1 fell far short
of Gen. Eisenhower’s request for
$6,020,633,533, including $3,438,-
549.805 in new cash and $2,582,-
083, 728 from unobligated bal
ances.
The committee report came
out under unusual circum
stances; Congress has not yet en
acted the customary legislation
authorizing a ceiling on funds to
finance the foreign aid program.
Under Protective Ceiling.
In any event, the committee’s
total was well under the pros
pective ceiling. The House on
June 20 approved an authoriza
tion measure fixing the limit at
$3,338,608,000 for new appropria
tions. The Senate Foreign Rela
tions and Armed Services com
mittees 10 days ago trimmed the
amount to about $3.1 billion. The
Senate, mainly because of the
filibuster on the atomic energy
bill, has not yet taken up the
authorization bill.
Cuts made by the committee
were more or less expected In
tne light of past performances
by the group headed by Repre
sentative Taber, Republican, of
New York. But the committee
sparked an otherwise fairly
familiar fiscal report by putting
the heat on what it called some
“questionable practices” Dy the
Foreign Operations Administra
tion headed by Harold E. Stas
sen.
“June Buying” Hit.
It pointed to 600 waste paper
baskets as an example of some
thing that Congress ought to
look Into very carefully.
On the last day of the past
fiscal year. June 30, the commit
tee disclosed, there was a $72,500
purchase order for office equip
ment including 600 wastepaper
baskets.
"With the knowledge In FOA
that available administrative
funds were not all planned for
use—there being a forecasted
(See APPROPRIATIONS. A-8.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 25, 1954—152 PAGES.
Reds Propose
New Parley on
| Europe Issues
Sees Way Open
For Accord; U. S.
Rejection Seen
By th# Associated Pres*
MOSCOW, July 24. —The
! Soviet Government in notes to
the* United States, Britain and
France today proposed calling a
new conference in the next few
months to consider setting up a
system of collective security for
Europe.
The notes said the conference
would “include, of course, the
United States” and suggested
; that it would be “useful” if ob
i servers from Communist China
; were invited too.
The notes, similar but not
identical to the three govern
ments, said the agreement
reached at Geneva on an Indo
china cease-fire showed clearly
that the way was open for agree
ments on other world problems.
Faces Firm Rejection.
(United States Department of
ficials in Washington indicated
that the proposal would be firmly
rejected after consultation with
Britain and France.
(The new move was regarded
by these officials as an effort
to kill the West’s plan for a
European Defense Community
(EDC). now that French Pre
mier Pierre Mendes-France, with
an Indo-China cease-fire in his
pocket, is in a position to reach
for a showdown on French rati
fication of the six-nation Eu
ropean Army pact. It was re
called that Russia’s proposals
for an all-embracing European
security was first advanced at
the Berlin four-power confer
ence early this year in an effort
to knock EDC in the head.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov first wanted the United
States kept out of the Soviet
style European security system,
but later gave up that position.)
Move Is No Surprise.
The new Soviet move was no
surprise. It had been fore
shadowed by an editorial in
Pravda, the Communist Party
newspaper, last Thursday which
asserted that the Geneva con
ference should be followed up by
attempts to settle other out
standing international muddles,
including the disputes over ato
mic energy, Korea and European
security.
The note handed to United
States Charge d’Affaires Walter
Walmsley was 16 pages long and
denounced the United States
development of atomic weapons
as a threat to peace.
“In accordance with numer
ous statements recently made,”
the note said, “the Soviet Gov
ernment considers # it expedient
to expand an all-European j
treaty for the collective security
of Europe by new clauses con
cerning co-operation in the
economic field.”
Would Invite China.
“Based on what is set forth
above,” it continued, “the Soviet
Government proposes for the
purpose of exchanging opinions
on the question of establishing
a European collective security
system, the calling within the
next few months, of a confer
ence of all European states
which wish to take part and
also, of course, the United
States. The Soviet Government
considers it desirable that the
Chinese People’s Republic send
its observers to this conference.
, “It goes without saying that!
participants in this conference.
should have the opportunity not
only to express their opinions on
the Soviet Government’s views
but also to advance their own
proposals on the question of es
tablishing a system of collective
security.”
Russia said the conference
could consider whether a united ]
Germany should become a par
ticipant in the security system.
The system that is envisaged j
by Russia would admit the Soviet I
Union to NATO, while the United !
States would become a member
(See CONFERENCE, Page A-2.) <
'Mermaid' Proves Too Modern,
Comes Down Amid Blushes
By th* Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, England, July
24.—A modern painting, “Mer
maid.” which roused approving
comments from art sophisticates
at an exhibition of modern art
in Birmingham Town Hall for
10 days, was abruptly removed
from the wall today.
The mermaid, which looked as
much like a mermaid as it did
like nothing at all, turned out]
to be the work of 8-year-old j
Michael Allin. son of the princi- 1
Cafritz Likely to Be Called
By Housing Probers in 10 Days
Woodner Definitely to Be Summoned
When Hearings Resume on FHA Projects
Morris Cafritz, one of Wash
ington’s biggest building oper
ators and one of the Capital’s
best-known hosts, Is expected to
be called to testify when Senate
housing investigators resume
hearings in 10 days.
William Simon, Senate Bank
ing Committee counsel, said that
at hearings August 3 and 4 it is
expected to complete testimony
about rental housing projects
built here under the program
which called for financing with
Federal Housing Administration
guaranteed mortgages of 90 per
cerit of estimated costs.
Woodner To Be Called.
Mr. Simon said one of the
witnesses would be lan Woodner,
builder of the huge $7.5 million
Woodner Apartments oh Six
teenth street.
Mr. Cafritz was not listed at
this time as a witness, but there
were indications he also would
be called. The Cafritz project in
which the committee has shown
interest is Parklands Manor at
3325 Stanton road S.E.
It was built by Parklands
Manor, Inc., and was financed
with a FHA-guaranteed mort
gage of $3,563,000, according to
William F. McKenna, deputy
administrator of the Housing
and Home Finance Agency. Mr.
McKenna, testifying June 28,
supplied the committee with
data on that and other projects.
According to Mr. McKenna,
FHA records show tha£ officers
of Parklands Manor, Inc., which
received the $3,563,000 loan, are
Morris Cafritz, president and
treasurer; Edward Cafritz and
4 Children Found
Alter 6-Hour Hunt
A searching party found four
missing children early today
huddled around a camp fire on
the banks of Accotink Creek.
The youngsters were found
after a party of more than 200
had scoured the Fort Belvoir,
Va., area for nearly six hours.
The hunt began when these
four Springfield, Va., youngsters
were reported missing: Dyanna
Brazeal, 11, daughter of Marine
Corps Maj. and Mrs. Donald O.
Brazeal, 7003 Floyd avenue;
Donald Olson, 10, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin R. Olson, 6005
Grayson street; Richard Bantle,
11, 585 Craig avenue, and Larry
Payne, 9, son of Air Force Lt.
Col. and Mrs. Joseph E. Payne,
5909 Amherst avenue.
Col. Payne was leading the
group which found the children.
The four had left about 3 p.m.
yesterday to take a bicycle ride.
When they failed to return, po
lice were notified at 8 p.m. The
bicycles were found an hour later
near the Fort Belvoir reservoir.
First reports from the scene
indicated that the youngsters
were all right, and unaware of
the commotion they had caused.
pal bassoon player in the city
symphony orchestra.
His father said he secretly
put the painting in the exhibi
tion as a joke. He explained he
told the son to paint "anything
he liked” and “mermaid” Was
the result.
“No harm has been done,” ex
plained Allin senior, “every one
looked upon it as a good joke.
I have got nothing against
modern art but some of the
exhibits have no line of vision.’
First You Have to Catch the Rabbit
Charles H. Purcell, vice presi
dents, and Martin Atlas, secre
tary. The mortgagee in the loan,
Mr. McKenna said, was the
Cafritz Mortgage Corp.
Cafritz Denies “Windfall.”
Morris Cafritz told The Star
there was no “windfall” profit
in this project and no distribu
tion of profits.
Mr. McKenna said Parklands
I Manor, Inc., had loaned $630,-
1000 to two affiliates, Parklands
Shopping Center, Inc., and Park
lands Terrace, Inc.
"The FHA records also Indi
cate,” Mr. McKenna said in his
statement, "that rents of about
$380,000 were collected prior to
the date of the first principal
payment on the mortgage, and
that the annual gross rental re
ported by the mortgagor for the
year ending June 30, 1953,
amounted to $524,400, and was
$66,336 more than the rentals
shown in the FHA project, analy
sis form .”
He said that the company’s
articles of incorporation stated
in substance that the rental
rates should be appproved by
FHA.
New York Hearings.
After the committee holds
hearings here, according to pres
ent plans, it will take to the
road. Hearings will open in
New York August 24. There will
then be a swing around the
country, with hearings in Cali
fornia, at New Orleans, Chicago,
Cleveland and New York again.
More hearings in Washington
will follow.
Mr. Simon said of the com- ]
mittee’s tour, “The committee i
has just scratched the surface j
on improprieties and maladmin- ]
istration and there are a lot of
cases in other parts of the coun- ;
try. The witnesses are there and
it is logical for the committee to
go where the witnesses are.”
Chances of Prosecution.
He conceded there is little
chance for prosecution in con
nection with any irregularities
turned up in the Section 608;
rental housing program. This
section provided for Govern
ment-guaranteed mortgages of]
90 per cent of the estimated cost
of the project. The section ex
pired in 1950, and the 3-year
statute of limitations has run. i
"The only prosecution possible
will be if we find a false docu
ment filed since the completion
of the project and within the
period of the statue," Mr. Simon
said.
He said the committee will also
inquire into projects built under
the still-active program for co
operative housing, where a 95
per cent mortgage is allowed, and
the still active Title 207 pro
gram, which provides financing
for projects at 80 per cent of
the estimated value rather than
; the estimated cost,
i The inquiry, he said, will also
be directed into guaranteed loans
, for repair and modernization. It;
has been charged that unscrup-;
] ulous concerns have bilked
householders of millions in work
financed by these loans.
25 Workers Killed
As Train Hits Bus
By th* Associated Brass
WORMS, Germany, July 24.
Twenty-five holidaying factory
workers were killed today when
I their excursion bus was struck ,
by a passenger train at an un
guarded grade crossing.
; The four survivors in the bus
! and the train engineer and fire
men were injured.
1 Federal Railroad investigators ;
said that the big white bus
' skidded 120 feet Into the path
’of the train. - I
Nest For War birds
Farmer G. H. Anderson’s tobacco patch
in Southern Maryland has become the
launching site for Nike, the anti-aircraft
guided missile which will guard the
Nation’s Capital. See story on
Page A-14
An Associated Press Newspaper FIFTEEN CENTS
U. S. Officials Agree
On Plans to Extend
Rock Creek Parkway
New 4-Lane Highway
To Include Bridge and
Tunnel Through Zoo
Federal park officials have
agreed on plans for the long-
I awaited extension of the Rock
Creek and Potomac parkway
through the Zoo, it was learned
yesterday.
At least part of the way—
I including a new creek bridge and
! a tunnel through Zoo property—
the extension will be designed
to handle four lanes of traffic.
At present, the four-lane
parkway, winding along the Po
, tomac River and Rock Creek,
dead-ends at a creek ford near
the Calvert Street bridge and
leads directly to the Zoo. On
the otherside of the ford—
closed by every sizeable rain—it
feeds into a two-lane Zoo road.
Under the latest plans, the
parkway will veer to the right
shortly before reaching the ford,
cross the creek on a new four
lane bridge, tunnel through a
j rocky hill near the creek and
! continue along the Zoo’s eastern
edge as a four-lane road as far
; as the Harvard street entrance
| to*the Zoo
From there, the parkway
would pick up as a two-lane
road, skirting the eastern edge
of the Zoo, to merge with the
! two-lane Beach drive just south
of Klingle street. Just before
making this connection. Beach
drive crosses the creek to its
eastern side via a second ford.
This plan is at least a partial
victory for officials who have
j been urging extension of the
j parkway as a four-lane road.
But as recently as early this
I month, 'it was learned, park of
; ficials presented a plan showing
' the bridge and tunnel extension
as only a two-lane roadway. This
fits in with the traditional think
ing of park officials that parks
are places for meandering, leis
(See PARKWAY, Page A-16.)
Ho Promises
•To Seize Rest
Os Indo-China
By ths Associated Brass
! TOYKO, Sunday, July 25.
Communist Viet Minh Leader Ho
Chi Minh today pledged to “iib
! erate” the southern half of Indo-
China, Radio Peiping said in a
Chinese language broadcast.
] The Red leader told Commu
nists at the time of the signing
Hanoi Gets News of Peace, Shows Little
Interest. Poge A-5.. ,
of the armistice agreement that
the line of demarcation agreed
upon was only a step toward the
final goal of "liberation” of the
Indo - China peninsula. The
i broadcast said the statement was
made by Ho on July 22.
The broadcast said:
| "At the Geneva Conference
j we gained a' great victory with
j the full assistance of Soviet Rus
sia and Communist China. We
must continue our utmost efforts
during the peace to win the uni
fication, independence and de
mocracy of the whole nation.
"During the cease fire we must
adjust the military g?nes as the
first step toward our final goal.
: The demarcation of the military
zone, however, is just a provi- ]
sional measure to be taken to re- !
store the peace and realize the
unification of the nation by
means of general elections. The
demarcation line does not mean
the political and territorial bor- !
der line. Northern central and ■
; southern sections of Viet Nam are j
unseparated parts of our nation’s ;
territory. We assure the peoples {
of each region that they will be
i liberated. ...” i
2 U. S. Carriers
Hunt Victims of
Riddled Plane
Shooting of Plane
By Chinese Called
Barbarity by Dulles
Outraged by the shooting down
of a British passenger airliner
with American citizens aboard,
the United States yesterday sent
two aircraft carriers to protect
the search for victims whb still
might be in the waters off Red
China’s Hainan Island.
Secretary of State Dulles de
nounced the destruction of the
Airliner Pilot's Own Story of Being Shot
Down in Seo. Page A-3.
airliner and the killing of some
of its 17 passengers and four
crewmen as an act of “barbar
ity” for which he said Commu
nist China “must be held re
sponsible.”
Secretary of Defense Wilson is
sued the order sending the car
riers Hornet and Philippine Sea
to the waters south of the island.
Both carriers are of the Essex
class and are equipped with Jet
fighter planes. The Navy said
they normally are based in the
Philippines, but were conducting
routine operations in the China
Sea.
Both the Navy action and the
Dulles statement on the plane
incident had been cleared with
President Eisenhower. Secre
taries Dulles and Wilson were
joined in their consultation on
the problem by Vice President
Nixon and Admiral Radford,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Britain Files Peiping Protest.
Shooting down of the British
airliner occurred Friday when
two fighter planes swooped sud
denly from the skies and opened
fire about 30 miles south of
Hainan Islands. Great Britain
yesterday ordered a protest filed
at Peiping.
Three of the six Americana
aboard the plane were presumed
lost. Only eight known survivors
have been picked up, three of
them Americans.
United States Air Force head
quarters at Tokyo said United
States Navy fighter planes flew
protective cover while an Air
Force amphibian from the Phil
ippines rescued the eight persons.
The rescue plane moved boldly
to within 100 yards of the tiny
Communist-held Island of
Tachou three miles off the east
coast of Hainan. French and
British planes co-operated in the
rescue and search operations.
The rescued Americans were
Peter Shaw Thatcher, 27, of
Stonington, Conn.; Mrs. Leonard
L. Parish of lowa Park, Tex., •
and her daughter, Valerie. Mrs.
Parish was first reported to
have a broken back but her
injury later was diagnosed as a
broken collarbone.
Mrs. Parish’s husband ahd two
small sons were among the
missing.
Another survivor was Stew
ardess Iris E. Stobart.
Dulles Assails “Barbarity.”
The State Department charged
that “two Chinese Communist
based fighter aircraft” deliber
ately shot down the airliner in
flames.
The statement by Secretary
Dulles yesterday, supplemented
by speeches in Congress, indi
cated that United States was
taking a much stronger and
angrier line than the British
government.
Announcing that Secretary
Wilson had ordered the two
carriers to proceed to the scene
“to cover and protect" further
search operations, Secretary
Dulles declared:
"The loss of life among pas
sengers and crew of a civilian *
plane, proceeding on a normal,'* '
scheduled flight, elicits our
deepest feelings of sympathy/'
"The United States Govern
ment takes the gravest view of
this act of further barbarity for
which the Chinese Communist
regime must be held responsible.
The action to be taken by the
United States will be subse
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Temple to Ceres Found
In Ruin Near Salerno
By th* Anocialed Pr*»»
SALERNO, Italy, July 24.
A tiny limestone temple to
Ceres, goddess of fertility, was
found today by archaelogists
digging in the sixth-century*
before-Christ levels of Paestum,
a Greco-Roman ruin near here.
Gold-decorated bronze votive
jars were found in the temple.
Gardening Hobbyists
Are Everywhere Now
FUN OF GARDENlNG—Evarywhcra
there's a garden, people are oat tee
ing how the vegetables are coming
along. That's part of the fun, watch
ing things grow. For some pictures of
typical seasonol scenes, turn to Pago
A-30.
FOR THE WOMEN—The Star's
photographers take you on a tour of
Washington's parties in the new
"Party Camera" feature on Page
D-3. And Fashion Editor Eleni dis
covers that the trend in hair styles
is away from the shorn lamb look to
longer looks. Page D-4.
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