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WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy in afternoon, high near 47.
Fair tonight, low 34. Variable cloudiness
Friday, high 45. (Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperature* Today
Midnight 34 6 a.m.„ 35 11 a.m.„.40
2 am.... 32 8 am..—34 Noon 43
4 a m—34 10 a m 37 1 p.m 47
104th Year. No. 362.
D. C. Approves Pact
To Use sl4 Million
On Area C Project
RLA Co-operation Agreement
To Bring SBO Million Loan
The District Commissioners today approved a “co
operation agreement” with the Redevelopment Land
Agency under which the city promised to spend $14,782,- 1
360 on slum clearance and rebuilding in Area C of South
west Washington.
The agreement clears the wav for actual loan of SBO
million in Federal funds earmarked for the project by i
the Housing and Home Finance Administration.
John Searles, executive director of RLA, said he
hopes to obtain the first loans within a few weeks. He
said the agreement was the last
of 17 conditions laid down by
HHFA for granting of the loans
The agreement provides for
spending $46 million in rebuild
ing of the area after the land
has • been cleared and commits
the District to share at least
one-third of this cost.
Frojects Enumerated
A breakdown of 16 projects;
showed an estimated cost to the
District of S3O million, of which j
sl4 million would be credited as
the District's share.
The list showed:
1. Water supply construction’
In the area, $502,000.
2. Sewerage construction, in
cluding separation of storm
and sanitary sewer systems.
$2,774,000,
3. Construction of the pro
posed Southwest expressway
from Fourth street S.W. to the
highway bridges, total cost. sls
million, with one-third of this
credited to the District.
4. Construction of the center
leg of the innerloop express
way from E street S.W. north
to Independence avenue. $2 mil
lion cost and $670,000 credit.
5. Construction of approaches
to the Southwest expressway on
Ninth and Eleventh streets S.W., 1
cost $3.6 million and credit of
$1.2 million.
6. Construction of a grade
separation and traffic inter
change at M and South Capitol
Egypt Allows U. N. Fleet
To Start Clearing Suez
CAIRO, Dec. 27 UP).— Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler
announced today the Egyptian government has agreed the
United Nations salvage fleet can begin clearing the southern
end of the Suez Canal immediately. He said the clearing
operation would begin today.
Cairo newspapers said Egyptian technicians already had
started clearing channels at
Ismailia. the canal midpoint, and
Suez, its southern terminus,
"preparatory to conducting re
search about sunken ships." But
this obviously referred only to
the clearing of mines from the
channel, begun by the Egyptians
earlier this week.
A British ship and two
Fiench vessels also are con
tinuing salvage operations in
the Port Said harbor, the canal's
northern entrance This work
was begun by the British occu
pation force, which also cleared
a channel through the northern
third of the canal to El Cap.
Ships Xot Designated
Gen. Wheeler's statement did
not make clear what salvage
ships would be used in the opera
tion around Suez. His statement
was released by the U. N. infor
mation office m Cairo. It said:
"Gen. Raymond Wheeler,
special representative of the U.
N. secretary general on clearing
of the canal, announced today
that the Egyptian government
has agreed that the U. N. sal
vage fleet should start imme
diately clearing the Suez Canal
in its southern mouth at Suez. )
"Gen. Wheeler said also that
the clearing operation will begin
today iThursday'.’’
A spokesman for the Egyptian
canal authority said the U. N.
announcement had not yet been
confirmed by Mahmoud Yanes,
the canal authority director.
“Frankly. I doubt if the work
will begin today although some
planning and studying may be
done." the spokesman added.
The bulk of Gen. Wheeler's
existing fleet is collected around
the northern end of the canal
from Port Said to El Cap.
More Vessel* Reported
At the last account no U. N.
salvage ships have been sole to!
travel down the canal farther I
south than El Cap but later re
ports said two salvage ships--
one Danish and one Dutch—had
already arrived at Suez, coming
SHOP
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BIG, COMPLETE
FOOD SECTION.
TODAY
Todiv and every Thursday
be aure to snop The Star*
bm complete food section for
all your week-end and weea
long food needs You wtU
find every food need to pre
pa: e your New Years Day
feast.
Remember, for quality food*
a' savings you cant aflotd
to overlook
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IDORI YOU RUT
Phone ST. 3-5000 ** 3
a
’ streets, cost SBOO,OOO and credit,
$640,000.
7. Amidon Elementary School,
Fourth and I streets S.W., cost
[ and credit $1,340,000.
8. Addition to the Anthony
Bowen Elementary School, Dela
ware avenue and M street S.W.,
cost $380,250 and credit $167,310.
9. Addition to the Syphax
; Elementary School on Half street
. S.W., cost $319,000 and credit
$95,700.
Swimming Pool Planned
; 10. Construction of a swimming
i pool, demolition of the existing
dog pound and additional facili
ties at the Randall Recreation
Center, South Capitol and I
streets, cost $893,000 and credit
$380,000.
11. Improvement of Jefferson
Recreation Center, Eighth and
H streets S.W., cost and credit
$12,000.
12. Improvement of* Hoover
Playground, Delaware avenue and
N street S.W., cost and credit,
$65,000.
13. Fire and police station be
tween Fourth and Sixth streets
and School and E streets, cost
and credit of $1,137,600.
14. Fire station and fire ap
paratus repair shop at Half
1 street and K street S.W.. cost
$1,135,000 and credit of $283,750.
15. Demolition of the Harbor,
Garage, H and Seventh streets
S.W.. cost and credit of $40,000.
■ | 16. A branch library, site un
de trimmed, cost and credit of
_5475.000._
up through the Red Sea from
the south, and that 20 more sal
vage vessels were at Aden await
ing signal to come to Suez.
< These may be British and French
ships, however, and there was no
indication the Egyptians had yet
agreed to their use.)
The three British and French
ships working at Port Said har
bor are finishing jobs they al
ready had started before with
drawal of British-French forces,
an authoritative Egyptian source
said. The Egyptian consent to
their use covered only work al
ready begun, it was said. Eight
(other British ships in the harbor
remained idle, the source re
ported.
The U. N. fleet consisted of
vessels hired on contract from
Continued on Page A-3, Col. 4
Bus Manager, 9 Drivers
Arrested at Tallahassee
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Dec. 27 UP). —The manager and nine
bus drivers for Cities Transit. Inc., were arrested today on
charges of attempting to operate the line without a franchise
in Florida’s capital city.
Negroes have been attempting to integrate travel on the
line.
Police arrested the manager, Charles Carter, and the
drivers when buses started out
on their morning runs after the
City Commission hit the bus
company with a surprise fran
chise suspension last night.
After the arrests. Police Chief
Stoutamire permitted operation
of the buses and told the drivers,!
!"We expect you to keep the buses
segregated. If you don't, there
may be more charges later in the
da>.”
Arrested in Office
i Chief Stoutamire and Lt.
jJohnny Coggins of the Talla
hassee Police Department ar
rested Mr. Carter in his office.
Mr. Carter signed checks of
SIOO each covering bonds for
himself and the drivers.
The buses lined up and as
they entered the street from the
bus company lot each was
stopped and the driver formally
arrested The buses then were
allowed to proceed
The buses, scheduled to start
*t 6 a m were delayed by the
arrests and did not begin service
until shortly after 7a m Among
the drivers were two Negroes
who operate buses on predomi
nantly Negro runs.
( all* Order Illegal
Charles Ausley, counsel for
the bus company, said the com
mission « oi der was illegal and
the coaches would run "as
usual" unless stopped by police
The arrests were taken in
good spirits by both drivers and
police.
‘ “Our franchise requires 30
%\]t feeninn Skf
V > J V V. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L/
WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1956-52 PAGES
Transit Asking
New Method of
Figuring Profit
Says Plan Is Needed
So It Can Estimate
Gas Tax Payment
By HECTOR McLEAX
District of Columbia Transit
System today asked the District
Public Utilities Commission to
change the method of calculatihg
its profits.
| The change requested would
(relate profits to the company's
gross operating income, which
has been approximately $25 mil
lion a year, rather than to the
company's investment in plant
and equipment used for public
service.
The transit firm said the
change was necessary to let it
estimate how much of the city’s
6-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax it
will have to pay. Under its con
gressional franchise, D. C. Tran
sit is exempt from payment of
, the $400,000-a-year-tax to the
extent it fails to earn 6.5 per
cent.
This percentage can be related
either to the gross operating
' revenues or to investment, which
' now has an historical book value
of about $lB million.
Follows Writedown Order
The D. C. Transit request for
a shift to the gross operating
revenue method of calculating
i profits came as the Utilities Com
mission ordered the company to
i write down the value of its prop
erty from the $lB million figure
I to $7.7 million. The difference
, reflects the excess of the com
pany’s book value over the
amount paid by O. Roy Chalk
; when he bought out Capital
, Transit Co. last August.
Harvey M. Spear, company at
■ torney, said the writedown order,
1 with its change In procedures for
* accounting for depreciation was
• one which D. C. Transit would
carry to the Supreme Court if
'necessary.
D. C. Transit, resisting the or-;
' der to change its accounting
f system, has asked for informal
hearings on the issue.
Fares Not Involved
The petition filed today
stressed that no change in fares
or in valuation of the property;
was involved. The request for
adoption of the gross operating
revenue system of profit calcu
lation was limited to the first
year of operation under the new
franchise, which will expire
next August.
D. C. Transit contended lt
must know now how much
exemption it can expect from the
gasoline tax “before placing or
ders for new equipment currently
being contemplated and planned
in substantial amounts. Said
plans are being held up and
must necessarily be delayed
pending establishment of the
gross operating revenue base
sought herein.”
Old Method Favored
Arguing for abandonment of
the old “rate base" method of
calculating profits in relation to
investment, today's petition said
this "does not give proper recog
nition to the elements of grave
risk faced by D. C. Transit in its
efforts to combat the forces of a
contracting industry, declining
passenger revenues, increased
labor and operating expenses,
an inflationary economy and the
short life and rapid depreciation
Continued on Page A-2, Col. 6
1 days notice before it can be
1 forfeited,” Mr. Ausley said. “Un
' til the franchise is legally re
voked, the bus company expects
,to continue operating.”
The suspension of the fran
chise by the City Commission
| was announced late last night by
, City Manager Arvah Hopkins,
who said the measure was taken
in "the best interest of peace
and harmony between the races."
Earlier the Negro Intercivic
Council, whose leaders had rid
den buses unmolested, sitting
where they pleased, announced
a "ride the buses, integrated”
campaign in which lapel buttons
would be distributed to Negroes
1 who took bus seats in the front
: areas reserved by Florida and
‘ city laws for white persons.
•;
I j Other Incidents Studied
Mr. Hopkins said the commis
sion gave consideration to inci
- dents that followed bus tntegra
«tion m other cities. He said also
; s case of dvnamite had been
i found two days before in a va
. cant tot in a Tallahassee white
residential area
"I suspect the only dynamite
they found is the good will be
' tween the Negro and white
■ people and the intention of the
I bus company to go into court to
‘ determine their right to enforce
segregation.” said the Rev C. K
i Steele, president of the Inter-
I civic Council and leader of the
drive to break the segregated
I seating law.
FIRST'SNOW STORM'
FIZZLES QUICKLY
AS FLAKES MELT
The first “snow storm” of
the season proved a fizzle
today as the soggy flakes
melted as fast as they hit
the streets.
The Weather Bureau
didn’t bother to measure
the fall. It said for prac
tical purposes the snow
ended at approximately 8
am., one hour after the
soggy flakes began falling.
In the suburban areas,
however, traces of white
covered the fields and back
roads. This was due to dis
appear by noon with a ris
ing thermometer expected
to reach a high of 47 de
j grees.
Tomorrow will be about
like today, except for the
snow flurries. The tem
perature will reach the mid
; 40s and is expected to drop
j to a low of 34 tonight.
Eisenhower Set
To Aid Refugees
Quota Action Awaits
Advice of Leaders
By GARNETT D. HORNER
President Eisenhower has
started clearing the decks fori
admitting to the United States
more than the present quota of
21.500 Hungarian refugees.
He asked Attorney General
Brownell late yesterday to con
tinue processing applications of
refugees in Austria beyond the
21.500 quota on a “tentative
basis.”
The President held up final;
decision on actually bringing’
Hoover Soys Hungorion Refugees Will,
Benefit Notion. Page A-3
more of the refugees from Com-'
munist tyranny to the United
States, however, until he gets
advise from Democratic and Re
publican congressional leaders in
a bipartisan conference at the
White House next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Vice President
Nixon and a group of other Gov
ernment officials working on the
refugee problem today flew to
New York and Camp Kilmer,
N. J., the main refugee process
ing center in this country.
Hear* Nixon Report
Mr. Eisenhower's order to con
tinue processing refugee applica
tions in Austria came a few hours
after he had received a pre
liminary oral report from the
Vice President on his personal
study of the refugee problems
in Austria last week.
In announcing the President's
action. Assistant White House
Press Secretary Murray Snyder
said American officials in Austria
had completed in the last 24
hours the work of processing ap
plications of the 21,500 refugees
offered asylum here under the
present emergency program.
He said transportation of the
21.500 to the United States would
not be completed until about
January 10, however.
“This action by the President.”
Mr. Snyder explained, "means
that there will be no interrup
tion of the important work of
processing applications of addi
tional Hungarian refugees who
have indicated a desire to come
to the United States.”
He added that it also would
mean no interruption in the
"pipeline” of planes and ships
bringing the refugees to this
country if it is decided after the
January 1 meeting with congres
sional leaders to increase the
quota.
"This entire subject will be
exhaustively considered by the
President and the legislative
leaders at their meeting on
January 1,” Mr. Snyder em
phasized
Want* Clearance
He said the applications of
additional refugees would be
processed “on a tentative basis”
pending the discussion with con
gressional leaders.
Mr. Eisenhower obviously
wants clearance from Senate
and House leaders before getting
into possibly a deeper hole on
the refugee problem. Only 6.500
refugees being brought here
under the present program have
permanent residence rights in
(this country.
They were given refugee relief
act visas. The other 15.000 are
being admitted on "parole”
under a special provision of the
basic immigration law.
The President already has said
he will ask Congress early next
month for special legislation to
grant permanent residence rights
to the 15.000 admitted on parole
Plans for changes in the im
migration laws, or possibly spe
cial new refugee relief legisla
tion. will be submitted to the
congressional leader* next week
for a broader attack on the
; problem.
Upper French House
Approves Saar Pact
PARIS. Dec. 27 UP) —The up
per house of the French Parlia
ment last night approved the
French-Oerman treaty return
ing the Saar Valley to West Ger
many The National Assembly
ratified it December 12,
The vote in the upper house
council of the republic waa 209-
66
During the debate. Under Sec
retary of State for Foreign Af
fairs Maunce Faure stressed that
the return of the coai-nch ter*
-ntorv to Germany was "un
avoidable.”
3 Arrested in Slaying
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WITNESSES TO SLAYING—Three Gallaudet College students use sign lan
guage to exchange versions of how another student was slain today. From the
left they are Larry G. Stewart, Roger F. Prendergraft and Howard R. Busby. A
fourth student who was with them, Thomas W. Holloway, was not present for
the picture.—Star Staff Photo.
Lankford Urges Board
To Revamp Hatch Act
Southern Marylander Prepares Legislation
To Permit More Political Activity
By CHARLES PUFFEXBARGER
Representative Lankford. Democrat of Maryland, will pro
pose in the coming session of Congress that a special commission
be named to revamp the much-talked-of Hatch Act, which re
stricts the political activities of Government workers.
Mr. Lankford, whose Southern Maryland district contains
probably as many Federal work- 1
ers as any in the country, wants
the act changed to permit the
greatest possible freedom of
political activity for civil servants
while still maintaining govern
mental efficiency and im
partiality.
He has prepared legislation
that calls for appointment of a
12-mcmber commission—four by
the President, four by the
President pro tern of the Sen
ate and four by the Speaker
of the House. Two of the Presi
dent's appointees would come
from Government, and two from
representatives of Federal em
ploye organizations. Each of
the Congressional leaders would
name two from their houses
and two from private life.
Proposes Legislation
! The Congressman proposes in
his prepared legislation that the
commission consider:
1. Exempting certain employes
from provisions of the act, in
cluding persons employed by
State and local governments
who are paid in part from
Federal funds.
2. The advisability of defining
more precisely the activities
prohibited.
3 Classifying violations ac
cording to the nature of the
: activities engaged in and pre
|.scribing more severe penalties
for serious violations and lesser
ones for minor infractions par
ticularly with the idea of grant
ing the Civil Service Commission i
complete discretion in setting
Man, 36, Shot by Police
After Third Entry in Case
A persistent burglar was shot
and critically wounded early 1
today on his third attempt to ‘
steal food from a downtown res- (
taurant.
Police Pvt. Austin A. Moyer, i
who was hidden in the twice
entered J. & J. Restaurant at |
513 K street N.W, said he fired
when the man lunged at him (
with a meat cleaver,
i The victim, well-known to po- ,
lice, was identified as Hwindeil
Kaiser Cable. 36. Negro, alias
Tobey, alias Robert Waddell
whose last known address was
the District Jail. He Is in Dis
trict General Hospital with a
'gaping wound in his chest only
a half inch below the heart. He i
regained consciousness long i
enough to give his name as I
"Robert Waddell.”
Display Window Smashed
Pvt Moyer, a former Coast 1
Guardsman, and Pvt. Thomas 1
A. Bowles, working as plain
clothe.smen on a special detail,
discovered a smashed display '
window in the restaurant at
10:45 pm. I
They called the owner, Joe 1
J. Louie. 29. of 61$ I street '
NW„ and on entering found'
the place ransacked, with a
stack of food taken from the '
‘refrigerator. ,i
, i■- " 1
> m.nimum penalties for minor
1 cases. Convicted employes must
’ now be either removed from
1 their jobs or suspended for 90
days.
4. Granting power to the heads
of various departments and
agencies to determine what'
officers and employes are ex
empted from the law.
Continuing Review of Law
5. Providing a continuing re
view. or periodic reviews, of the
law in order to allow as much
political activity as possible.
The commission would be given
full power of subpoena and a
paid staff. It would submit in-;
terim reports and a report of its
activities by June 30. 1958. Its 1
(final report would be due by
(December 31, 1958.
Lawrence V. Meloy. acting
general counsel of the Civil Serv-;
ice Commission who is charged
i with enforcing the Hatch Act,
suggested recently that the mini-,
■ mum penalty be done away with
i and that the commission be
permitted to meter out the pun
ishment it deems necessary.
He would have the same rule
i apply to State or local employes
falling under the act. At pres
. ent. State employes convicted of
i violations must be removed from
their jobs for 18 months, or
i funds equal to twice their annual
salary will be held out of the
, local government's Federal ap
propriation.
, Richard L. Still suggested such
See HATCH ACT, Page A-2
They barricaded the broken
window with a table. Shortly
after 2 a m. they returned and
found the table had been moved
aside and the food again taken
from the refrigerator and
stacked near the window.
Pvt. Moyer hid inside the
place with Pvt. Bowles outside.
At 3 45 in. a lone figure
crept through the window and
Pvt. Moyer ordered him to halt
after he entered the kitchen.
Seises Meat Cleaver
As he covered the man with
his .38-caliber service revolver.
Pvt. Moyer asked him it he
had an accomplice. The suspect
motioned toward the front and
said "the man in the be-bop
hat.’*
When the policeman turned
his head, the man reached over
head. took a meat cleaver from
a rack and lunged at Pvt Moyer,
he reported.
The policeman stepped back
ward and fired
Police said Cable had two $1
bill*, two nxkel*. seven pennie*
three pecans, an opened pack
of chewing gum and a pack of
cigarettes in hi* pocket*
At the hospital, he was charg
ed with assault on a policeman
and nouseorcaaing.
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Slain Student
Wilson to Stay
In Job for While
Hopes to See Budget
OK'd Before Quitting
By JOHN A. GILES
1 Defense Secretary Wilson In
dicated today he would remain
in President Eisenhower's cabinet
at least through the coming
session of Congress.
There have been repeated
rumors that he would resign
shortly after Mr. Eisenhower
begins his second term.
Returning from a holiday week
end in Detroit. Mr. Wilson said
that "my present intentions"
are to see the military budget
through Congress.
“However, a man never knows,
you know, and I might change
my mind of course.” he said.
AF Cuts Still Undecided
Mr. Wilson, when asked about
reported reductions in the Air
Force, said the question had not
been decided, but "I might
know in an hour or two. or per
haps a day or two.”
j This was in reference to his
afternoon appointment with
Mr. Eisenhower. He # planned to
take along other top Pentagon
officials* who have been working
on the budget.
The defense chief's last ses
sion with Mr. Eisenhower on the
subject of the military budget
was in Augusta.
Although no announcements
were made after that session, it
was indicated clearly that the
President wanted the military
spending cut back more than
had taken place.
141 Billion Requested
The military service* originally
requested some MS billion. When
Mi. Wilson asked them to trim
their figures they came up with
around $44 billion and during
prolonged sessions earlier this
month the figure was brought
down to around MO billion.
There were repeated indica
tions earlier that the administra
tion plans to reduce armed
forces manpower but these came
before the Sues and Hungarian
crises
Latest reports are that some
Air Force wings will be cut out
However, at least three wings
are scheduled for transfer to the
Military Air Transport Service
which in effect come* udder the
Air Force
Flood Routs 10,000
MANILA Dec 27 yP. —Four
persons were reported dead and
10 000 homeiess today in one of
the worst floods to hit the east
ern seaboard of Mindanao Island
in ina soutnern Philippines.
5 CENTS
Car Tip Leads
To Pickup in
Street Killing
A Gallaudet College freshman
was shot to death on the street
early today and nine hours
later three suspects were
arrested, one of whom confessed
the killing, police said.
Quick tracing of a tip on the
getaway car's tags enabled de
tectives to trap the men as they
reported for work at a Bethesda
(Md i restaurant.
The tragedy started when five
students of the deaf-mute
school Intervened In what they
thought was a robbery attempt.
John Arthur Rieff, 20, of Cen
tralia. Wash., died in District
General Hospital of a .38 cali
ber builet wound in the head.
Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald.
District coroner, said.
Face Murder Charge
The three captives, all Negroes,
are scheduled to be charged with
murder later today. They were
identified as:
Joe Granville Metoyer, Jr., 26,
of the 2100 block of Nineteenth
street N.W., a restaurant busboy.
Police said he admitted firing the
fatal shot.
Charlie William Harris. 21, of
the 3800 block of Fourteenth
street N.W., also a restaurant
busboy.
Albert Neely. 39, of the 200
block of Ascot place N.E., a cook
at the eating house and owner
of the auto.
Had Been Drinking
Lt. Nunzio Bonnacorsy said
Metoyer told him he and the two
companions had been drinking
last night and were parked on
Sixth street just north of Florida
avenue N.E. *-
Metoyer said he and Neely
were trying to wrestle Harris
into the car. Metoyer said Harris
was surly, fighting their attempt
to take him home to sleep off
his drinking spree.
Metoyer said the Rieff boy
and four others from Gallaudet
approached, protested the trio's
dispute, then Jumped into the
fight.
Metoyer said he got his pistol
from the car and fired a shot
to scare off the youths. Instead,
young Rieff toppled to the street,
he said.
Sped Away in Car
The busboy said he then
jumped into the car, along with
Harris and Neely, and with
Neely at the wheel sped away.
Earlier there was a theory
the boy s fatal head wound was
caused, not by a bullet, but by
an auto running over him.
Lt. Bonnacorsy said Neely told
him that in the excitement of
the flight, he couldn't remember
hitting anything. The autopay
failed to reveal that the boy
had been run over, although
there were signs a vehicle might
See SLAYING. Page A-2
Slayer of Wife
Dies of Wound
James E. Fleenor. 25, who shot
his teen-age wife to death and
then turned the gun on himself
Saturday night, died today In
Walter Reed Hospital.
Montgomery County police
said the Army specialist third
class shot his wife Susan, IS, to
death as she held their 4-month
old daughter in her lap after an
argument in their home in tha
4400 block Hewitt avenue, north
of Wheaton.
The baby, who was unharmed,
was returned by relatives to
Southwest Virginia where the
couple s parents live.
Relatives in the house at tha
time said Fleenor had been
drinking and had accused his
wife of being unfaithful. He was
stationed at Fort Leslie J.
McNair, his first assignment
since returning from Iceland Ul
July.
Police ruled the deaths a mur
der and suicide.
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