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WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy, humid today, high in 70s. Chance
of rain. Cloudy, warmer tomorrow, showers
or thunderstorms. (Full report, Page A-2.)
Hourly Temperatures
Noon 66 6 p.m 72 11 p.m 62
2 p.m —69 8 p.m —66 Midnight, 61
4 p.m 72 10 p.m 63 1 a.m..__6l
104th Year. No. 148.
LeMay Warns
Os Progress in
Red Air Power
But Air Chief Says
He Does Not Think
U. S. Is Vulnerable
By L. EDGAR PRINA
Gen. Curtis LeMay believes
the Soviet long-range air force
can possibly by 1959 and certain
ly by 1960 destroy the United
States’ ability to retaliate—pro
vided they catch the Strategic
Air Command completely by sur
prise.
The tough, cigar - chewing
commander of SAC, hastened to
add, however that “I don’t think
this is possible’’ to catch SAC
unaware even though the Rus
sians would outnumber us under
present production estimates by
at least two to one in inter
continental bombers.
Gen. LeMay made his "guess”
under questioning by Senator
Symington, Democrat of Mis
souri, chairman of a Senate sub
committee looking into the rela
tive strengths of the United
States and Soviet air power.
The testimony some 200
pages was released yesterday
after Defense Department cen
sors had made more than 100
deletions.
Would Need All Breaks
"If everything broke in (Rus
sia’s) favor, using the equip
ment (it) has in a sudden sur
prise attack, wisely handled by
the air commanders, it might
be possible for the Soviet to
destroy the United States now;
is that correct?” Senator Syming
ton asked.
"Yes,” the General replied.
“Ts everything went in his favor
and we made all the mistakes
possible to make, and we were
caught completely by surprise
on the ground—l might add, I
don't think this is possible to
happen—but if it did happen,
we only have 30-some bases,
and I think that they could all
be hit; and in that case, we
would have practically nothing
left to do any retaliating with.”
Senator Symington pursued
the matter and asked when the
Russians would be in a position,
“if they hit us, to destroy us?”
1959 Seen Crucial Year
Gen. Le May said he did not
like to guess but that war games
had shown that by 1960 “he can
do it with a complete surprise
attack.” And then he added;
"I pointed out that in 1958 i
we would probably be ecfUal (in
long-range striking power). So
somewhere between those two,
possibly is the answer, say
1959.”
Earlier the general had esti
mated that our early warning
radar lines in the Far North
probably would provide a suit
able warning, but that when the
ICBM (intercontinental ballistic
missile) becomes practical this;
warning time would be cut to
15 minutes.
Gen. LeMay did not mention
the air-atomic power of the
Navy’s big Forrestal carriers in
this connection. But he said at
another point that as SAC com
mander, with the primary mis
sion of destroying Soviet air
power, he would not be "able
to plan definitely on the fleet
Continued on Page A-8, Col. 11
Eisenhower Plays
27 Holes of Golf
At Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG. Pa., May 26
(JP). President Eisenhower
played 27 holes of golf today—
his longest round since the day
before his heart attack last
September.
Mr. Eisenhower took to the
links at the Gettysburg Country
Club at 9:30 a.m. He completed
the 27 holes a few minutes after
1 p.m. and then motored back
to his farm, where he is spend
ing the week end.
George E. Allen, friend and
Gettysburg neighbor of the
President, may have provided
the incentive for the last nine
holes. Mr. Allen had a lower
score on the first 18 holes but,
as Mr Eisenhower climbed into
his car. Mr. Allen was heard
saying to him:
"You beat me on the last
nine ”
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Myers, Munter and Burnett Due to Get
Nominations as Family Court Judges
By MIRIAM OTTENBERG
A Municipal Court Judge and
two prominent Washington at
torneys are expected to be nomi
nated shortly for the three Judge
ships of the newly created family
court here, it was learned yes
terday.
They are:
Judge. Frank H. Myers, who
has been on the Municipal Court
bench since 1948 after 25 years
in private practice.
Godfrey L. Munter, former
president of the District Bar
Association and long active in
civic and legal circles here.
John H. Burnett, a veteran of
both civil and criminal trial work
during 35 years of practice here.
All 59 Years Old
All three candidates are 59
years old. They are all fathers.
Mr. Munter and Mr. Burnett
are long-time Republicans. Both
were recommended, among
others, by the District Bar Asso
ciation and the Republican
State Committee.
When it was thought desir
able to transfer one of the pres
ent Municipal Court judges to
the new bench, Judge Myers
was given wide support. A
Democrat, his term on the Mu
nicipal Court bench would ex
pire in two more years but his
reappointment was considered
a foregone conclusion if he
wanted to be reappointed. A
replacement for him in Munici
pal Court has not yet been
chosen.
Since this is a new court, it
was understood that Judge
Myers has undergone the same
pre-nomination investigation as
the other two candidates and
like them would go through
Senate District Committee hear
ings after nomination.
Approved April 11
The court, to be known as the
Domestic Relations Branch of
Municipal Court, was set up un-
$5 Billion Cost
In Missiles Seen
Air Force and Army
Pushing Production
By JOHN A. GILES
More than 15 billion already
has been or in the next few
years will be poured into the
ground-to-air guided missiles
which are now the subject of
an Army-Air Force controversy.
The Air Force will spend more
than $2 billion over the next two
Plans for Low-L«v*l H-Bomb Attack
Bartd. Pag* A-6;
or three years for refinement
and production of a land-base
version of the Navy’s Talos and
| surface-to-air missiles and the
installations from which to fire
them to protect important air
bases.
The Army, which in 1954 even
earmarked $2 million for the
superior-range Talos but then
cnanged its mind in favor of
continuance ol its Nike missile
1 program, will account for up
wards of |3 billion for its new
Nike B weapons.
AF Critical of Nika
The Air Force has charged in
a staff study paper that the Nike
is unable to guard the nation.
Batteries of the present-day
Nike missiles already ring Wash
ington and other metropolitan
areas. Hand-made or prototype
Talos missiles are being tested
at the White Sands (N. M.) Prov
ing Grounds where only last week
ithe Nike also was given a pub
lic demonstration,
i Production of Talos now is ex
pected to begin in 1958. Improved
Nikes are slated to roll off pro
duction lines sometime there
after.
The present range of Nikea is
around 25 miles. The improved i
versions will have something like
double that range.
Talos, according to Air Force
sources, will have a range of up
wards of 100 miles.
Control Systems Debated
The ranges and guidance of
control systems are the princi
pal differences between the two
weapons and the subject of
present dispute. Talos, powered
by a ramjet engine with a
rocket booster, is guided part
way to the target by radar and
then an auxiliary system takes
over for the rest of the way.
Nike, powered by a booster and
liquid-fuel rocket, is controlled
on the ground from the time of
its takeoff to the moment it
hits its target.
Thus, it is argued, the Talos
weapons system can put more of
the missiles in the air or has a
greater rate of firing. The Nike
must complete its task before
another can be launched while
a second Talos can be sent on its
way earlier.
The Navy developed Talos for
See MISSIVES, Page A-8
Soviet Fleet on Visit
BELGRADE, May 26 (ff), —
A cruiser and two destroyers of
the Soviet Black Sea fleet are
expected to visit Yugoslavia next
Thursday. A brief announcement
said Admiral V. A. Kasatonov
will be aboard his flagship, the
I cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov, for an
! official call on the Yugoslav
navy.
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JUDGE FRANK H. MYERS
—Harru-Ewlnt Photo
der a bill signed by the President
April 11.
Like the other Municipal Court
judges, the three judges of the
new Domestic Relations Court
will be named for 10-year terms
at an annual salary of $17,500.
The court will handle divorces,
annulments, maintenance suits,
custody cases, adoption proceed
ings and other family actions.
The cases already filed in Dis
trict Court, where domestic re
lations matters have previously
been handled, will remain in
District Court. Cases filed 30
days after the new judges are
sworn in will be handled by the
new court.
Cuts Number of Drunks
Judge Myers is a native
Washingtonian who was nomi
nated for the Municipal Court
bench by President Truman.
Before going on the bench his
practice, mostly civil, kept him
more in courts than in the office.
A year after he went on the
bench, he tried an experiment
which resulted in a marked de
crease in the population of the
District Jail and Occoquan
Negroes Denied Entry
To D. C. Nursing School
By CHARLES G. BROOKS
Negro applicants to the District’s municipal nursing school
are refused admission although there are 99 student vacancies
and a critical shortage of graduate nurses at the District Gen
eral Hospital which operates it.
Miss Beatrice Ritter, director of nursing at the hospital
and head of the Capital City School of Nursing, confirmed that
there are no Negro students
there. ]
She added that she has no <
plans to admit Negro nursing l
students.
Miss Ritter also confirmed the i
following:
1. Although the school has a
capacity of 150, there are cur
rently 51 students, leaving 99
vacancies. This summer’s grad
uating class consists of 21 stu
j dents. j
1 2. More than 80 per cent of
the hospital’s patients arc Ne
gro. About 30 per cent of the
staff nurses are Negro but are
all trained elsewhere.
3. There are 220 staff nursing
positions authorized at the hos
pital but as of April 1 only 161
staff nurses are employed.
Miss Ritter declared that many
Negroes inquire about the school
but that they are turned down.
This, she conceded, is done by an
intensive screening process in
cluding an interview with her.
Miss Ritter defended the policy
SEND A KID TO CAMP ’
A Child's Happiness
May Depend on You
Would you like a chance to make a child happy this
summer?
Would you like to know that he is gaining in health while
enjoying some of childhood’s finest experiences?
Children get short shrift in some Washington area homes
—homes where worry and deprivation dwell.
You can give a child with a discouraging outlook a bright,
rejuvenating holiday, a vacation living and playing with other
Ricturee es Camp Activities on Rage A-15
children in a laughter-filled world away from pi-oblem-Tof
home.
You can give him a trip to summer camp."
Once again, The Star is opening Its annual appeal for
funds to provide camping vacations for children whose own
families couldn’t afford the cost.
Camp Pleasant and Camp Goodwill in Prince William
Forest Park, Va., are waiting for 1,200 children this summer.
The park covers 11,000 acres of woodland, 35 miles from Wash
ington, near Quantico. The camps are managed by the Sum
mer Outings Committee.
On the camp program are carefree hours of play, swim
ming and crafts. There will be hikes and cookouts and nature
lore. Regular, nourishing meals and restful nights of sleep
will help build up spindly bodies.
Community Chest and Heart Association lunds will pay
the way for 678 campers to spend 12-day vacation at the
camps this summer. But an additional $19,000 Is needed to
send the remaining 522.
And here is your chance to help, through The Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund. Your contributions to the fund
will help make sure that there are no empty beds at camp
which could be filled.
Proceeds from The Star’s congressional ball game June 19
will go toward the camp fund, also.
You can send a child to camp for 12 days for $36.40, or
six days for $18.20. Or you can chip in as much as you want
to give.
Mall a check or money order made payable to The Eve
ning Star Summer Camp Fund, or bring cash to the cashier,
at The Star Building, Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave
nue N.W.
The Star will be glad to acknowledge your contribution.
WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 27, 1956—192 PAGES.
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Workhouse. His plan consisted
of giving each convicted drunk
a brief lecture, a suspended sen
tence and a warning that if the
; person should appear before him
again, the penalty for a second
drunk charge would be added to
See JUDGES, Page A-8
by pointing out that the caliber
of the school’s graduates is very
high. "These nurses can match
the products of any school,” she
declared.
The school itself is on the
grounds of the District General
Hospital. Most of its graduates
are absorbed by the hospital. As
head of the school and the in
stitution's nursing staff, Miss Rit
ter is responsible to Dr. P. A. E.
Stebbing, hospital administrator.
He in turn is responsible to the
Health Department.
The school is the only adjunct
of the hospital which is not in
tergrated.
Despite the figures and Miss
Ritter’s statements, disagreement
came from Dr. Stebbing, who
i declared that the fact there are
, no Negroes in the city’s nursing
; school is a matter of not getting
Negro applicants.
“We would admit them if we
See NURSES, Page A-8
Wiley Loses Support
Os Wisconsin G.O.P.
North Carolina
Voters Retire
3 in Congress
Cooley Keeps Seat,
But Other Manifesto
Non-Signers Lose
RALEIGH, N. C., May 26 (JP).—
Three of six representatives seek
ing renomination met defeat in
today’s North Carolina Demo
cratic primary in which Gov.
cratic primary, in which Gov.
Luther Hodges and Senator Sam
J.’ Ervin, jr., won landslide nom
inations.
Two of the three defeated
representatives were nonsigners
of the Southern Manifesto—a
document in which about 100
Southern members of Congress
pledged all legal means in oppos
ing the Supreme Court’s school
segregation decision.
The manifesto played a big
part in the victories of Ralph J.
Scott of Danbury over Repre
sentative Thurmond Chatham in
the Fifth District and of A. Paul
Kitchin, Wadesboro lawyer, over
Representative C. B. Deane in
the Eighth District.
Neither Mr. Chatham nor Mr.
Deane signed the manifesto.
But tne manifesto was no issue
in the Seventh District, where
former United States Senator
Alton A. Lennon of Wilmington
defeated Representative F. Ertel
Carlyle.
Cooley a Winner
The State's third nonsigner
of the manifesto, Representative
Harold D. Cooley of the Fourth
District, was victorious. Mr.
Cooley, chairman of the House
Agriculture Committee, defeated
Raleigh radio announcer W. E.
Debnam, who had pitched his
campaign on a segregation plat
form.
With 138 of 187 precincts re
ported from the Fourth, the un
official vote was: Mr. Cooley, 22,-
800; Mr. Debnam, 14,263.
With 170 of 209 precincts re
ported in the Eighth, the vote
was: Mr. Kitchin, 18,798; Mr.
Deane, 15,222.
Results from other districts:
Fifth, 95 of 154; Mr. Scott,
12,858; Mr. Chatham, 8,065.
Seventh. 93 of 176; Mr. Len
jnon, 14,301: Mr. Carlyle, 11,532.
i Third. 147 of 173; Representa
tive Graham Barden, 17,300;
'James O. Simpkins of New Bern,
7,493.
Sixth, 83 of 142; Representa
tive Carl T. Durham, 15,203;
See N. CAROLINA, Page A-8
Heiress Killing
Suspect Held
MIDDLEBURY, Vt„ May 26
| (.?*).—A much-traveled bartender,
j hunted throughout the Nation
in the slaying of a pretty Phila
delphia heiress in Nevada, was
captured today at the end of a
cross-country auto trip to see
i his wife.
i William E. Boswell, 35, seized!
in a police trap in this small'
Vermont town, denied he gar
-1 rotted Mrs. Anne Harris Van
;Ryne, 22, whose body was found
in his Carson City, Nev. apart
ment Thursday.
After several hours of ques
tioning, Boswell pleaded guilty
to a fugitive warrant and was
ordered held without bail by
Municipal Court Judge Samuel
Fishman. He said he would waive
extradition.
William H. Bauman. Vermont
Public Safety Commissioner, said
Boswell admitted he saw Mrs.
Van Ryne Monday but denied he
killed her
Mr. Bauman also said Boswell
had Mrs. Van Ryne's wallet and
was driving her car.
Two Men Killed
In 3-Car Accident
Near North Beach
Two men were'killed last night
in a three-car collision near!
{North Beach, Md., and a 12-1
year-old girl was killed in an
other accident in Fairfax County.
I Nine persons were injured in
the accidents, two critically.
Dead in the North Beach acci
dent on Route 260 were Tim
Rldgely of Lothian, Md., and
Paul (Junior) Foster of Way
sons Corner, Md. The injured
persons from the accident were
admitted to Prince Frederick
(Md.) Hospital.
Loretta Bridges, 12. the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bridges
of 106 Colllngwood road, Fairfax
County, was killed in a two-car
collision tn the 600 block of
Colllngwood road.
Mrs. Bridges, a passenger in a
car driven by her husband, suf
fered a fractured left arm. Jack
Knox, 26, colored, of Route 1,
Alexandria, a passenger in the
->ther car, suffered a broken arm
and leg.
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AS HE LOST THE INDORSEMENT—Milwaukee.—Senator
Alexander Wiley, senior Senator from Wisconsin, bites his
finger nails at the G. O. P. State Convention here as he loses
support of his party. The convention gave the senatorial
indorsement to Representative Glenn R. Davis, who was
favored on the third ballot.—AP Wirephoto.
Census Puts Population
Os Area at 1.8 Million
The Washington Metropolitan
Area reached a total population
|of 1.884,000 on January 1, ac
cording to Census Bureau esti-*
mates.
| This represented an increase
of 420,000, or 28.7 per cent, over
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Tobl* on Page A-8
jthe 1950 Census count. The 1950
(Census put the area’s population
at 1.464.089.
For the District of Columbia
alone the gain was shown as only
‘7 per cent. The January 1 popu
lation was put at 859,000 com
| pared with the 1950 figure of
|802,178.
Prepared for Civil Defense
The figures are part of a Cen
sus Bureau report on four met
ropolitan areas Washington,
Houston, St. Louis and Milwau
kee. All four, according to the
ibureau. increased in population
'at a greater rate than for the
Icountry as a whole.
The estimates were prepared
at the request of the Federal
Civil Defense Administration as
[Part of a study relating to civil
idefense planning.
While the District’s popula
tion gained only 7 per cent in
the April 1, 1950, to January 1,
1956. period, Fairfax County
showed a gain of 79.4 per cent.
This was the largest rate of gain
in this area. The 1950 figure was
98,557, and the estimate for last
January 1 was 177,000. The gain
was realized despite the annexa
tion of part of the county by
Alexandria.
Montgomery County, Md.,
showed a gain of 76.5 per cent,
or from 164,401 to 290,000.
Os the four metropolitan areas
covered by the study the Hous
ton_ area, the bureau reported,'
Jackie Gleason Absent
At Wedding of TV 'Wife'
Comedian Jackie Gleason
wasn’t invited to the wedding of
his television “wife,” Audrey
{Meadows, to a wealthy Wash
ington builder yesterday in New
York.
The bridegroom is Randolph
Rouse, who lives at the Valley
Rictura on Rago A-S
Vista Apartments, 2032 Belmont'
road NW.
Miss Meadows and close rela
tives smilingly declined to an
swer queries as to Mr. Gleason’s
absence, the Associated Press re
ported But a Gleason aide said
the comedian received a tele
gram at 7 a.m. yesterday saying:
"Dear Ralph—So sorry but
I’m becoming a bigamist today,
marrying Randy Rouse. Love,
Alice."
Miss Meadows and Mr. Olea
son use the names Alice and
Ralph Kramden in the "Honey
mooners" sketches on television.
■showed the greatest percentage
lincrease 33.5. The Houston
{January 1 total was put at
■J 1,077,000.
j The Washington area was sec
ond in the percentage increase.
| The St. Louis area showed a
.gain of 12.5 per cent, bringing
'the January 1 total to 1,892,000.
Milwaukee gained 119 per cent
and had a January 1 total of
975,000. The area gain was 13
per cent.
The national increase for the
period was at the rate of 10.3
per cent.
Outlying Area Gain
In each of the four areas the
gains of the outlying areas were'
greater than those of the central
cities. In one—St. Louis—the
city actually declined in popula
tion. The 1950 Census gave St.
Louis a population of 856.789.
The January 1 estimate was 841,-
000, a decline of approximately
16,000, or 1.9 per cent. St. Louis
County, however, increased in
the period from 406.349 to 571,-
000, a gain of 40.5 per cent. The
total gain for the area outside
the city amounted to 27.5 per
cent.
In Houston the city gain was
19.3 per cent; the gain in thej
rest of the area was 73.8 per
cent, v
Shell Kills 2 Children j
MONTE SANTANGELO, Italy,!
May 26 (A*). —Concettina Lauri
ola, 5, and Raffaele, her 7-year
old brother, were killed today
when a World War II shell they
{found in a ditch exploded. An
[ other brother, Michele, 9, and
I two other children were gravely
'wounded.
i j They will continue to appear to
•igether in shows this fall.
,1 Some 50 persons saw the red
| haired Miss Meadows, 27, married
'to Mr. Rouse, 38, in the chapel
' of the Church of the Heavenly
Rest on Fifth avenue. It was the
, first marriage for both.
No one from the cast of "The
Honeymooners” was among the
wedding guests.
The bridegroom went through
ithe nuptials with his left arm
- In a cast. He recently suffered a
fracture In a fall from a horse
The ceremony was performed
by the bride’s father, the Rev.
i Francis James Meadows Cotter,
an Episcopalian minister of Shar
> on. Conn.
Mr. Rouse i»a former president
of the Northern Virginia Build
; era Association and at present is
, a member of the board of direc
, tors of the District Home Builders
Assosclatlon. He Is a graduate of
Washington and Lee University.
1 and has been prominent in the
■ university’s alumni organization
. here.
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Davis Backed
For Senate by
State Parley
MILWAUKEE. May 26 (IP). —
Representative Glenn R. Davis,
41-year-old Waukesha Republi
can, was Indorsed on the third
ballot by the Wisconsin Repub
lican convention today for nomi
nation to the United States Sen
ate over veteran Alexander Wiley
who has served three terms. The
vote was Mr. Davis 1,795, Sena
tor Wiley, 481.
The convention then by un
animous approval declared it a
nomination by acclamation by
the convention’s 2,564 delegates.
Senator Wiley, who was 72 to
day, had left the convention floor
before the final vote was taken,
and apparently was aware that
sentiment was against him. He
is an ardent supporter of Presi
dent Eisenhower.
Later he said he definitely
would continue in the race—that
he would seek the nomination in
the September primary despite
loss of convention indorsement.
Asked if he thought he had
been deserted by the organiza
tion, Senator Wiley said "these
people have not deserted me.
They have not been with me for
a good many years.”
Does Not Bar Race
Indorsement by the convention
means only that the man sup
ported will get financial and
party organization help in the
primary. It does not prevent any
other candidate from making
the race.
Representative Davis, who said
It was a moment of great pride
and humility for him, told tho
convention:
“I would not be here if I were
not convinced in my heart that
what we have done here in tho
past few hours is right for the
I 1 Republican Party.
"I accept the indorsement of
this convention.
"I realize that this campaign
; will be no pushover, but I have
never lost a political campaign,
; and I do not intend to lose this
'one, either in September or in
November.”
Senator Wiley has been at
odds with party leaders and the
convention for several years. He
i was indorsed by the 1950 con
tention, the first year senatorial
.candidates were supported.
Sponsored by Leaders
Mr. Davis, whose candidacy
was dropped on the convention
as a surprise today, was spon
sored by Wayne Hood of La
Crosse, former State G. O. P.
chairman; Thomas Coleman,
Madison, long a Republican
leader and floor leader for the
late Senator Robert A. Taft of
Ohio at the 1952 national
G. O. P. convention, and Walter
Harnischfeger, Milwaukee in
dustrialist, and other leaders who
have opposed Senator Wiley’s
policies.
At the convention today, Mr.
Davis was asked whether ne had
approved the move to win him
ithe convention Indorsement. He
said:
"I didn’t say yes, I didn’t say
no.”
Mr. Davis was elected to Con-
See WISCONSIN, Page A-8
Bus Falls 80 Feet,
Turning Over Five
Times; 16 Hurt
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va., May 26 UP).—A Grey
hound bus bound from Rich
mond, Va.. to Charleston, W. Va.,
plunged 80 feet over a U. S. 60
embankment tonight carrying 17
passengers. None of the injured
was in critical condition.
Witnesses said the bus went
out of control as it rounded a
sharp curve about 4 miles west
of here and weaved from side
to side before striking a car and
plunging over the steep hill. It
turned over five times.
The bus was driven by Earl M.
Sharp. 32, of St. Albans, W. Va.,
who was probably the most seri
ously hurt.
Fourteen passengers, including
a soldier who was not hurt, were
taken to a hospital in nearby
Ronceverte. Two other injured
went to Covington. Va.
The driver of the car was
identified as Houston De Priest,
about 35, of White Sulphur
Springs.
CAPITOL EXTENSION
FIGHT STILL ON
ARCHITECTS ORROSE-Century
old proposal* to extend and rebuild
th* United Stotts Capitol's cost
front, finally approved by Congress,
still art battled by architects. The
full story and pictures an the project
are on Rage A-11.
JUNE WEEK ORENS—Rictares as
the Naval Academy's 1956 graduates
from the Washington arte appear o»
Rag* A-14.
Complete Index, Page A-2
/Herb Shriner
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