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•* THE FVFNTNG STAR. Washington, D. C.
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INSPECT WEDDING VElL—Miss Helen D. Stevenson
(right) and her mother, Mrs. William E. Stevenson, examine
the veil that Miss Stevenson will wear Saturday when she
is married to Gov. Robert Meyner of New Jersey. The
weading will take place at the First Congregational Church
in Oberlin, Ohio —AP Wirephoto.
Ruling Widens Division
On Court Interference'
By ROBERT K. WALSH
The Supreme Court and Alabama stood farther apart than
ever today on what constitutes undue Federal court interference
with State court criminal prosecutions.
In one of two Alabama criminal cases acted on by the high
court yesterday the justices differed among themselves on exactly
where to draw the line. A 6-3 opinion reversed the death
•entence conviction of a Selma
(Ala.* Negro who was charged
with burglary and intent to rape.
Another order granted a second
review to a Montgomery (Ala.)
Negro under death sentence on
a rape charge.
The written opinion read bv
Chief Justice Warren reversed
the conviction of William E.
Fikes because the State court,
admitted into evidence two con-!
sessions that seemed to be in
voluntary or coerced. After Fikes
was arrested ana accused of try
ing tc rape the daughter of the
mayor of Selma, he was held for
several days without seeing
lawyers or friends, the record
Indicated.
“Beyond Allowable Limits”
The Chief Justice stated that, 1
although there was no evidence
of physical brutality or various
other ordinary signs of a forced
confession. Fikes was “in un
educated Negro certainly tof low
mentality, if not mentally ill.”
The Chief Justice declared that
“the totality of the circum
stances that preceded the con
fessions in this case goes beyond
the allowable limits” and vio
lated due process of law under
the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution.
Justice Harlan, in a dissent
Joined by Justices Reed and
Burton, protested that the set-,
ting aside of the Fikes convic
tion “oversteps the boundary
between this court’s function
under the 14th Amendment and
that of the State courts in
the administration of criminal
Justice." He said there was no
manifest showing of "psycho
logical coercion” and admittedly
no physical coercion While the
questioning by police went on
so: several days it never ex
ceeded two or three hours at a
time, he wrote.
"In the absence of anything
In the conduct of the State au
thorities which shocks the con
science or does more than offend
some fastidious squeamishness
or private sentimentalism about
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Cloudy <
and cold, high about 20 this i
afternoon, with some light snow i
beginning about dark and |
ing through tonight. Low tonight :
about 17. Partly cloudy and con
tinued cold tomorrow. Wind. 11 ]
am. today, cast-southeast, 8 :
miles per hour. i
Virginia—One or two inches i
of snow over Southern Virginia '
this afternoon an* 4 tonight with
some snow spreading ovr north
portion. Low tonight, 15-20 in ,
north and about 20 ,n .south por- ]
tion. Partly cloudy, continued «
cold tomorrow. !
Marylanu—Some light snow
tonight and no* as cold, low 8- i
12 in mountains, 18-22 in ex- 1
treme east and southeast portion i
and 10-20 elsewhere. Partly
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WEATHER FORECAST—Snow Is expected tonight in New
England, the Middle Atlantic States, Upper Ohio Valley,
Middle and Upper Lakes, Central and Northern Rockies and
Northern Plateau. Rain Is forecast on the Pacific Coast
from Central California northward and in North Carolina,
with freezing rain in Bouthern Oklahoma and the Tennessee
Valley. It will be colder in the central third of the Nation,
with little change elsewhere.—AP Wlrephoto.
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H
I combatting crime too energetic
j ally,” Justice Harlan said, ‘ I
th.nk that due regard for the
1 di- ision between State and Fed
jeral functions in the adminis
| tration of criminal justice re
quires that we let Alabama's
j judgment stand.’’
Agrees to Review Case
In the other Alabama case
1 yesterday the court merely an
nounced it would review the
! speond trial conviction of Jere
miah Reeves, jr. His first trial
conviction on charges of raping
a Montgomery woman in 1952
was set aside by the Supreme
Court test y«|r on the ground
that a confehslon was illegally
I obtained. Appeal.ng his socon;’,
j conviction, Kee\fl« contends
I Negroes were systematically ex
. eluded from juries in Mont
. gefoery, Staff officials denied
• sueh exclusion. “
From the standpoint of vol
ume. the eight written opinions
and scores of orders handed
down yesterday made up the
heaviest session in several
’ months. On Inauguration Day
next Monday the court will
meet briefly to announce orders.
It will dtJiver its written opin
ions the following day.
Among cases it accepted for
review later this year were three
which challenge New York and
California laws against sale of
suspected obscene books and the
Federal postal law against ob
scene publications.
Other Actions
In other actions the court:
1. Agreed to review the con
-1 viction of a Baxley <Ga.( wom
an on a charge of trying, with
out obtaining a city permit, to
persuade others to join a labor
union.
2. Held, 6-3, that vetr ans
need not repay the United States
1 for piemiums it pays on their
* commercial life insui ance under
; ceriain conditions. Justice 1
cloudy and continued cold to
morrow with snow flurries in
western portion and high tem
perature 15-20 in v est and 20-
30 in east portion.
Lower Potomac and Chesa
peake Bay—easterly winds. 10-
15 miles per hour tonight becom
ing northwesterly tomorrow. Vis
ibi.ity fair bui becoming good
Wednesday.
Ro»d Condition AAA
IsMird at O a. m. today
We?>t: District of Columbia to Prnn
sylvania Turnpike, clef . excej slip
pery spots in Pennsylvania section;
Pennsylvania Turnpike, slippery spots;
Ohio Turnpike, clear. U. 8. to West to
Ohi-* slippery -pots; L. 8 Ao West to
Ohio, slippery spots.
South: U 8 ' to P chmond. clear,
Shirley Highway (U 8 ;ts<n. clear;
Richmond South, clear; District ot
Columbia to Charlottesville, clear
North and East District « Columbia
to Delaware Memorial Bridge, clear.
•ew Je-sev Turnpike, clear; New Eng-,
lyand. fw Slippery spots in south,
Gas Company
|Io Reduce Bills
By 3 Per Cent !
A 3 per cent reduction in
monthly gas bills, to be spread
over a year, is on tap for 350,000
customers of the Washington
Gas Light Co. beginning next
month.
O. H. Ritenour, financial vice
president of tne company, made
the announcement yesKrday. It
followed Federal Power Commis
sion approval of a rate settle
ment under which the gas com
pany’s wholesale s ;pplier, At
lantic Seaboard Corp. is refund
ing $1,578,402 to WGL.
The gas company is passing on
the rate cut to its customers in
Washington and the nearby areas
of Maryland and Virginia.
$4 Million Return
Atlantic Seaboard, a Cha les
ton, W. Va., natural gap firm, is
giving hack a total of *4,383.067,
plus 6 per cent interest, to a
total of 12 companies. The FPC
order requires Seaboard to com
plete the refunds within 15 days.
Washington Gas Light, how
ever, is making its rebate over
a year’s time, Mr. Ritenour said,
to make It more equitable be
cause of seasonal variations in
the monthly bids.
Area customers also will re
ceive a rebatet for overpayments
in November and December, to
talling between $75,000 to SIOO,-
000. The settlement approved
yesterday, but agreed to last No
vember 14, included a rate re
duction of about 1 per cent ef
fective Novembe- 1. Mr. Riten
our explained the reduction Cculd
not be passed on until the FPC
acted.
2 Years of Hearings
The FPC decision climaxed
two year* of hearings anu nego
tiations which started when
(Atlantic Seaboard increased its 1
wholesale rates. The settlement
disallows two increases Seaboard
was seeking, one for $6,639,000
and the other for $752,000 an
nually, and provide for one of
about $5,960,000 effective last
November 1. The first two in
creases had been in effect for
two the rebate constitutes
the difference.
Other companies and their
••efunds are:
Amere Gas Utilities Co., $410,-
829: Cumberland & Allegheny
Gas Co., $79,428: Baltimore Gas
& Electric Co., $860,651; Char
lottesville. Va., $33,281; Com
mor.wealth Natural Gas Corp.,
$743,742; Lynchburg Gas Co..
$31,259; Manufacturers Light
V Heat Co, $267,173; Roanoke'
Pipe Line Co., $68,779; Shenan
doah Gas Co., $8,608; Virginia
Gas Distribution Co., $300,895
and Zebulon Gas Associates, Inc.,
$lO.
Boy Held in Assault
Faces Mental Tests
The defense lawyer for a 16-
year-old boy charged with carnal
knowledge today filed a motion,
in Juvenile Court to send the
buy to District General Hospital
for a mental examination.
The Northeast youth Is charged
with assaulting an 8-year-old
girl on December 8.
Frankfurter, Burton and Harlan
dissented
3. Agreed to decide whethe>-
gold mining companies are en
titled to Government compensa- 1
tion for the closing of such mines '
during World War 11.
4. Ruled. 6-3. that a Philip
pines cit'zen was prevented by
[the statute of limitations from
.seeking reimbursement of sll9,- (
765 from the United States for
food and materials he suoplied
to Philippines guerillas helping
United States armed forces dur
ing World War n. Tiiat was the
case argued before the high court
last month by the late Prew
Savoy, Washington attorney who
represented the Philippines !
claimant. Mr. Savoy was mor
tally ill when he appeared be- 1
j fore the court. He di :d two 1
days later.
. 01. erwlse clear: district of Columbia to
Harrisburg. Pa . clear
Klvrr Report
'From tl. fc Engineers!
Potomac River, muddy ai Harper*
■ Ferry, and muddv at Great Fall* shen
anhoah. cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature* tor lrsterday
■ Rear’in- Washington National Airport)
. Midnight 'lit Noon gs
4s m. *ii ip m. :;h
Sam. tit K pm. till
Record Temperature* Thl* Year
Highest. at n January t
| Lowest. It, on January lft.
lleh and Low of t.ail 21 Ilnur*
High. HO at H fin pm.
Low. It at H; 1 .ft am.
tide Tahlei
. 'Furnished by the United Ba'e« Coa*t
and Oeode .e Surveyi
: . Today Tomorrow
Hldh ... « ft! am, : llim
■ Low .... l ift am. t!;l«am.
. i ah i tn pm. h i'lp.m.
Low _ j till* p m. ti;.Ti p m
The Sun and Sluon
Rise* Set*
* Sun. tod'v i :2ft am. 5:10 pm
’ Hun. tomorrow 7 'lft a.pi, ft up ,
Moon, today t :,:i p ;) .j a , n
1 utomoblle l.ahts must b turned on
• one-half Mur fer unset.
Prerinllallon
Monthly preci,.ltatloii i Inches In the
Ce -ltal cr .rrent moni.i tn dalei
Month lflft7 I fifth Ave Record
January uHt I .mi nl4 7 k.i ,7
February ft.Hi 141 tint hi
Ma.ch . ,vi :t n:i ssf ni
April nun unit n 1:1 -h.i
May git :i iih 11111" f,:i
June tldil ;| 41 min (in
July ft hh t tin in on ‘Hn
Alien | fit 4 —ft f.f ,| ‘Oft
September 1711 tit! 17 4ft :t4
;'October tint: "a;, -;i7
(November '! M 17,'1 -|h 77
December HO2 '1 ni 7 All 'Ol
Temperature* in Various tillrs
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Abilene t l i K«v W«-a Hn it"
Albanay 1" -'.O Knoxville tt .1"
Alliuouerque i;:t ;ih Little Rock .ft "I
Anchorage mi I'l los Anneles tft
Atlanta ftn tn . lulsvlilc tlft "n
Atlantic C'ty •> 7 Memphis HI •»: i
Ja llmore 2ft » Miami Hn in;
lllllniK* lft ~| Milwaukee in _t
Bismarck In Mmneanoli* it h
HOn-r 4. ;*t| Montmuncry ftil ftl
H' ton ii -1 1 Ni i Orleans 7.i lit;
;Ruifalo 11-11 New York 'lt H
Charleston Hi tl Norfolk 41 'l4
Charlotte ft.'t HI Okla. City fin tin
jChcyenhu H. H Omaha In n
Chicago 11 11 Pi ladelphla !14 ft
Ctnclnnatt 2M It Phoenix 7n Hi
Cleveland JH -t Plttsbu th 17 1;
Columbue 111 .'I Portl’d. ore. t'l Hft
Dallas 41 HI Kaleluh tn tlft
Denver 4S 17 Rrno 4.1 tlft
Des Moines H n Ru .mond lIH Ift
Detroit It! 4 St Louts IH lft
Duluth II -H 8 Lake City 44 Ht!
Fort Worth 4H tin San Antonio (' -It
Fresno An lift 8 Francisco ft!* 47
Houston hh ftn savannah 8:1 SO
Huron II -2 Beattie Sa ns 1
Indianapolis 14 ft Tampa 77 Aft I
Jackson 67 hh Washington 3" 141
Kansu City SI It) Wlchlt* 22 lst 1
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Commerce Unit Offers
Career Training Plan
Bv JOSEPH YOUNG
An employe career training program, which Assistant Secrr
tary of Commerce H. C. McClellan declares will be “a model for
other Government agencies and even private industry to fol
low,” was announced today by the Department’s Bureau of
Foreign Commerce
Commerce Secretary Weeks and other top department of-
•, flcials have joined in indorsing
the program initiated by Loring
■ Macy, BFC director.
‘ The program will emphasize
- individualized advanced career
■ training of nr mising employes
■ who are willing to abide by cer
■ tain conditions in order to qua’ fy
■ for training for executive jobs.
The employes must promise to
augment the training given them
1 ' by attending night college
1 class?;, etc., at their own e..-
’ pens?; (Should the legMatipn
authorizing outride training for
Federal employes at Government
expense be approved by Con
| gress, rs requested by the ad
-1 ministration, th" employes
1 would not have to use their own
, money for this purpose.)
Also, the employes must
promise to accept whatever
overseas assignment is given
them as part of their executive
development.
In return, the employes will
be given individual attention
and instruction. They will at
tend briefings of foreign service
officers, trade missions and for
eign and American businessmen.
They also will be given courses
on human relations and man
agement techniques, public
speaking, and attend the War
and Industrial Colleges Foreign
Services Institute. They also
will be given leave of
for temporary jobs in private in
dustry which will enrich their
■experience.
The BFC also will start a
broad training program for su-j
pervisors as well as a basic in-'
doctrination course for new em
ployes.
The program will be under
the supervision of a Career De
velopment Council. To direct'
the program the BFC has hired
a training specialist, Donald
Hayes, who will be the bureau's
career development officer.
Mr. Macy says he and his staff
are particularly enthusiastic ovei
the executive training plans for
individual employes who show
promise in their work and are
willing to augment their training
by outside studies of their own.
Mr. Macy says he feels such an
approach has not been tried in
Government or in most indus
tries He feels that such a pro
gram will do much to give em
ployes the opportunity to ad
vance to important advisory and
supervisory positions in the BFC.
** * *
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYE BILL
—The first pay raise bill far
Government classified employes
to be introduced in this session
of Congress has been sponsored
by Representative Lesinski, Dem
ocrat of Michigan. The b‘ll would
provide an average pay raise of
SBOO.
** * *
EMPLOYE . MANAGEMENT
BlLL—Legislation to establish
an employe-management labor
policy in Government has been
sponsored in both House and
Senate. The Senate sponsors are
Chairman Johnston of the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee and
Senator Langer, Republican of
North Dakota. Die House spon
sors are Representatives Lesin
ski. Democrat of Michigan, and
Rhodes, Democrat of Pennsyl
vania.
The bill would require Federal
agencies to deal with employe
groups on personnel policy mat
ters and grievances.
FBl—The FBI has presented
the following awards to em
ployes: Sustained superior per
formance, Brent H. Hughes,
George L Cheesman, William H.
Cain Name Struck
From Divorce Trial
LOS ANGELES. Jun. 15 OP).—
Former Senator Harry P. Cain
has been eliminated from a com
plaint which had named him as
one of 10 corespondents in a
divorce ti.al.
The court ruled yesterday that
accusations charging Mr. Cain
and two Califoinia men with
misconduct with Mrs. Alice'
Eleanor Madden, 45, were too.
remote as to time or not spe-j
cific enough so: - consideration!
in the trial.
Dr. Ea'l E. Madden SE. a
Redondo Beach (Calif.) physi
cian, had charged his wife v.ith
cruelty and n.isconduct with 10
men: Seven John Does, Mr.
Cain, Gordon Keith McCormac.
Bakersfield Calif.) businessman
|and former Kern County polit
ical leader, : nd James Cump
<ton, retired Twentynine Palms
■Calif.i businessman.
The court's ruling left only
' (he John Doe allegations in Dr
Madden , cross-complaint, plus
(he cruelty ci.arge.
Mrs. Midden, a Repub.ican
leader in her community, has
denied the accusations of mr
i conduct. She charges her hus
iband with cruelty.
Two Stores Burn
KANSAS Cr"Y, Kan., Jan. .5
[ (A*).—Fire destroyed two cloth
! ing stores in the man business!
j district la.,t night. Fire Chief
Francis Do.ierty estimated the
lass at half a million dollars.
The blaze broke out in Bodk’rr.,
a women's apparr’ store, and
spread to Rothschilds.
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ATOMIC ENERGY JOBS
Looking forward to the move of
its headquarters ’ate this year t,o
its new building near German
town, .Md., the Atomic Energy
Commission is starting an im
mediate drive in the Montgomery
County area to recruit 500 cleri
cal employes. The opening are
for secretaries, stenographers,
typists, mail and record clerks,
telephone operators, teletype op
erators, messengers-drivers and
messi .lgers. Die jobs will pay
$2,690 to $4 480 a year.
No clvi. service status Is re
q”ired.
COMMISSIONERS’ AWARD—
Ernest S. PrimuT, head of the
trades and industrial unit In the
C vil Service (Commission’s test
development section, has been
selected to receive the first Com-1
missioners’ Award for Distin
guished Service. Mr. Primoff to-
morrow will receive SSOO and a get special citations for out
gold medal for his development standine achievements Th-v art
of new and improved pe-sonnel Warren Irons, Bernard Rosen,
; ..election techniques. James J. Johnson and John A.
Four otht r CSC employes will Overhelt.
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