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THE WEATHER:
WASHINGTON—PortIy cloody today, high 90.
Thooderstonnt, low 72 tonight. Showori tomorrow.
REHOBOTH -OCEAN ClTY—fortly cloudy with
•ftamoon thuodorthowcn tomorrow, highott $5.
NAGS HEAD-VA. BEACH—Portly cloudy, high
around 75 tomorrow. Wind, tooth at 15 m.pJi.
CHESAPEAKE BAY—Portly cloudy and warm
with afternoon thondorahowert tomorrow, highott 85.
106th Year. No. 164. Phone ST. 3-5000
$5 Million Cut Off
U. S. Sum to D. G,
Now ats2o Million
* Taking Hard Look at City Funds,
Committee Also Trims Budget
By ALEX R. PRESTON
Star Stott Writer
Five million dollars were lopped off a requested $25 mil
lion Federal payment in the District’s budget bill sent to
Congress today by the House Appropriations Committee.
Like a surgeon with a free-swinging sclpel, the com
mittee also cut out sll,B million from the city’s budget,
bringing the total down to $203,276,100.
Floor leaders today scheduled action in the House
for next Wedhesday or Thurs
day.
The House Appropriations
Committee took a hard look at
the city’s financial situation.
It said that the city would have
a surplus of over $3 million
despite the committee’s reduc
tion of the Federal payment by
20 per cent.
In its report to Congress, the
committee said more attention
should be devoted to public
school space before attention is
given to the “ideal” 30-to-l
pupil-teacher ratio.
District officials sought money (
to bring the ratio down-from
32.8-to-l to 32-1. * ' 1
(
Hits Part-Time ’Classes ,
"The committee has denied
this request,” the committee 1
report says, “based in part on ■
the fact that each time the 1 !
pupil-teacher ratio has been
reduced, the number of part
time classes has increased. . . . |'
The objective of the school j
system should be to educate
the child and the committee j
does not believe this can be
accomplished through part
time classes.”
But the committee, accepting
the recommendations of its ]
subcommittee, headed by Rep- |
resentative Rabaut, Democrat ]
of Michigan, did add sl.l mil- (
lion to District Building re- \
quests for more classroom
facilities throughout the city. .
Using its own language,
this is what the committee had ‘
to say about its requests for ‘
more money:
“The revised p|blic school ,
construction budgtt included ’
for acquisition only’four school :
sites. The committee, in an 1
effort to speed up this vital
construction program, has in- J
eluded an additional $1,118,000 [
for those four particular proj-i 1
ecu.” - «
Projects Identified I
The Board of Education. '
when informed of the com
mittee’s action in granting sl.l 9
million more than requested
for four projecU, identified ‘
these projects as:
A 31-room elementary school 1
at Forty-seventh and Foote
streets N.E. for construction
and plans for the Lenox and
Maury elementary schools and 1
another elementary school at <
Fifteenth and Rosedale streets I
N.E. . i
Declaring it could see no
reason why the District should i
See BUDGET, Page A-8 1
Russians to Cut
Latin Tour Short
PANAMA, June 13 M’V—One
of 10 Russian newsmen touring
Latin America said today they
are going home after Mexico
and Costa Rica revoked per
mission for them to visit.
Panamanian officials began
arranging to send the Russians
back to Chile. They arrived in
Panama yesterday on transit
visas from Chile to Mexico.
The reason for Mexico's can
celing their visas was not
made public. Costa Rica can
celed their visas two days ago,
also without public explanation
The group has been traveling
around Latin America for more
than a month. Panama re
fused the reporters visas for
an extended stay but agreed to
let them pass through.
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PUBLIC WORKS
$3.9 Million
Is Sliced Off
Budget Item
By GRACE BASSETT
Star StalT Writer
The House Appropriations
Committee today stripped $3.9
million from the District’s gen
eral fund public works program
for the coming year.
Budgetmakers stressed cut
backs were made in items for
which they figure costs were
| overestimated.
Casting no blame on Build
ings and Grounds Director
James Blaser, who fixed costs,
the committee allowed him
$85,000 to hire 11 engineers to
submit more exact figures in
(the future.
Series of Meetings Starts
At the same time, the com
mittee or der e d department
heads to work closely with Mr.
Blaser to protect gainst pad
ding capital outlay budgets
from now on.
With this warning fresh in
their minds. District depart
ment directors started a series
of meetings with budget officers
in the District Building to re
organize spending proposals.
Sessions are aimed at perfect
ing restoration requests to be
taken to the Senate.
Senate Appropriations sub- j
committeemen handling the I
local money bill have invited
District Commissioners to lead
off official testimony on the
budget at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Hearings will continue through
Wednesday, when public wit
nesses will be heard at a 7 p.m.
session.
The works cutbacks reduced
budget estimates of $19.6 mil
lion to $15.7 million for the year
beginning July 1.
Requirements Laid Down
“The committee expects
these projects and all future
ones_ to be completed within
the amounts allowed and with
in the cost estimates originally
justified to the committee.”
wrote Representative Rabaut,
Democrat of Michigan, chair
man of the House subcommit
tee reporting the budget to the
floor.
Mr. Blaser’s own department
suffered the worst slash—some
$2.5 million. The major de
crease was $2.2 million for a
consolidated warehouse for
buildings and grounds, geiib
eral administration and the
public school system. A single
structure on the same site for
this sum “cannot be recon-
See PUBLIC WORKS, Page A-5
Crash Kills
Infant Girl;
3 Injured
An infant girl was killed and
three other persons were in
jured today in a head-on colli
sion of two autos on Route 123
at McLean. Va.
Dead was 5-month-old Diana
Pederson. Her mother, Mrs.j
Mary Pederson, 23, of 604 Cot
tage street, Vienna, Va„ and*
3-year-old sister. Ruth, were
among those hurt.
Mrs. Pederson was reported
in fair condition at the hospital. *
She suffered a broken leg and
face cuts.
The other victim was identi
fied as Mrs. Anne Feldman, 45.
of 4201 Massachusetts avenue
N.W. Her condition was re
ported good.
Fairfax County poliee said
the accident occurred when one
car crossed a center line while'
trying to pass another car. One'
of the cars rebounded into a
third auto, police said.
Eisenhower Plans
Gettysburg Week End
By the Associated Prts»
President Eisenhower plans
to go to Gettysburg today to
spend the week end at his
farm.
The President intends to re
turn to Washington Sunday
evening or Monday morning
enitm Sfof
\ J V x WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
** B WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1968-64 PAGES
BOY ATOP CRANE
HAS SUMMIT TALK
WITH BROTHER :, 5
SEATTLE (JP).— Hospital
regulations couldn’t keep
the Stamon brothers apart
yesterday.
Korey Stamon, 5, recov
ering from an operation in
Children’s Orthopedic Hos
pital, wanted to see brother
Mike, who is 7. The hospi
tal said no children visitors
are allowed.
This didn't stump the
boys! father, Louis Stamon,
jr„ superintendent of a
construction firm.
He had a huge crane
rolled into place, and Mike
was hoisted upward. As
Mike perched on the tip of
a 50-foot boom outside
Korey’s third-floor window,
the brothers held a high
level conference, with only
a pane of glass separating
them. „
Senate Votes
Pay Bill Report
Conferee Version
Waits in House
By JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Stoff Writer
The 10 per cent classified em
ploye pay raise bill today took
the next-to-last step before
enactment when it was ap
| proved by the Senate.
House approval is expected
Monday, which will sand the
| bill to the White House for
President Eisenhower’s certain
approval. The House has
I recessed over the week end.
i The way for final enactment
of the 10 per cent retroactive
j pay raise was paved by House-
Senate conferees agreement
| yesterday.
Major Provisions
As approved by House-Sen
ate conferees, here are the high
lights of the pay raise bill:
1. A fiat 10 per cent raise
for classified employes, retro
active to the first pay period
on or after last January 1. This
would be January 12 for most
employes.
2. The full 10 per cent raise
with the same retroactive pro
vision also is extended to all
Government scientists and en
gineers and other classified
workers whose pay-raise status
has been in doubt owing to
their previous Public Law 803
top-of-the-grade pay raises
authorized by the Civil Service
Commission. These employes,
as all other classified workers,
will receive a 10 per cent raise.
3. An additional 599 top-pay
ing jobs are provided. Os this
number, 292 are supergrade
positions (grades 16 to 18) and
307 jobs are for top scientists
and engineers and pay up to:
$19,000 a year.
Some Jobs Specified
Os the 292 supergrade jobs,
176 are in grade 16 while 72 are
in grade 17 and 29 in grade 18.
The CSC will determine the
allocation of these jobs to the
Jarious agencies. Eleven grade
7 jobs were specifically given
to the Immigration and Natu
ralization Service and 4 to the
United States courts.
The additional 307 jobs pay
ing $19,000 for top scientists
and engineers were specifically
allotted by Congress. Os this 1
number, 157 go to the Defense
Department. 25 to the National
Security Agency, 60 to the Na
tional Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, 5 to Interior. 5 to
Agriculture, 5 to Health, Edu
cation and Welfare, 25 to Com
merce and 25 to the National
Institutes of Health.
4. The $16.000-a-year classi
fied pay ceiling is raised to
$17,500.
5. College graduates enter
ing Government can be hired
at grade 7 in professional and!
administrative jobs instead of
the present grade 5 entrance
rate, thereby helping the Gov
ernment's recruitment prob
lem.
6. All appointees to super-.
See PAY, Page A-ll
Architects Withdraw
East Front Opposition
By GEORGE BEVERIDGE
«*r Stan Writer
The Washington Metropoli
tan Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, at a
four-hour closed meeting,
voted last night to rescind a
I two-year-old -position opposing
the extension of the Capitol’s
east front.
In a separate resolution, the
chapter voted to ask the AIA
at its national convention next
month also to withdraw its
previous expressions of opposi
(tion.
Some chapter members said
they viewed the actions as a
clear-cut victory for those who
have felt the national AIA has
gone too far in its bitter fight
against the project without
discussion of the issues and
full consideration of the pro
fessional ethidfe involved.
No motion was considered to
President Asks
All-Powerful
Flying Agency
Board Would Have
Full Authority
Over Airspace
By CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star Staff Writer
An all-powerful, single avia
tion agency was recommended
to Congress by President Eisen
hower today.
In a five-page message to
Capitol Hill which has been
working on such a measure, the
President urged a Federal Avi
ation Agency which would:
”... be given full and para
mount authority over the use
of aircraft of airspace over the
United States and its terri
tories except in circumstances
of military emergency or ur
gent military necessity.”
The Agency, under White
House recommendations, would
take over present functions of
the Civil Aeronautics in air
saftey regulations, the Civil
Aeronautics Administration and
the Airways Modernization
Board.
It would be headed by an
administrator and a deputy to
be appointed by the President
and subject to confirmation by
the Senate.
Early Action Asked
The White House recommen
dation urged enactment of
! legislation "at the earliest
| practicable date.”
White House proposals fol
low closely those contained in
a bill introduced by Senator
Monroney, Democrat of Okla
homa, and widely supported by
aviation groups, including the
Air Transport Association and
the Air Line Pilots Association.
However, the Transport As
sociation objected to a provi
sion in the Monroney bill which
would provide for a liaison be
tween the military and the new
agency. The Eisenhower mes
sage mentioned “active part
nership” between the two.
Congress indicated its posi
tion in a provision of the Air
ways Modernization Act of
1957 when it called for a pro
gram of reorganization estab
lishing an independent avia
tion authority “on or before
January 15, 1959.”
The President’s message to
day undoubtedly will spur ac
tion to establish the agency
before that date.
The general idea was called
for in recommendations of re
tired Air Force Gen. Edward
P. Curtis, who was named as
special assistant to the Presi-1
dent for Aviation Facilities I
Planning in February of 1956. j
His appointment came as a re-
See AIR AGENCY, Page A-10
Two Under Arrest
In Woodward's
SIO,OOO Burglary
The FBI today said two men
were arrested in New York and
another man is being sought in
the $10,886 burglary of cam
eras, watches and jewelry from
the
partment store the night of
May 10.
Seized by FBI special agents
was Ronald A. Morrison, 24.
1 Charged with complilcity in
: the burglary is Thomas Ed
'ward Simmons, 32, who is be
ing sought by the FBI. James
Frank Oliver, 34, was arrested
June 2 by New York Police on
charges of receiving stolen
goods.
Mr. Hoover said Oliver was
suspected because of his close
association with others ar
rested in a series of East Coast
! department store burglaries.
Further investigation, the
FBI said, resulted in the ar
! rest of Morrison and the
charging of Simmons as an ac
complice in the burglary. Com
plaints charging the three with
violation of the Interstate
Transportation of Stolen Prop
j erty Act were filed by the FBI
here today.
favor the project specifically.
But strong sympathy for it was
expressed in the motion asking
the national AIA to reverse
itself.
The motion, for example,
noted that past ALA conven
tions have opposed changes to
the Capitol "prior to the prep
aration of studies and recom
mendations on the building by
the appointed architects” re
tained as consultants. It added:
“<The) appointed architects
of the extension of the Capitol
project have demonstrated by
their report and sketches that
major repairs are required and
that the work of extending the
east front will be done in a
sympathetic and a restrained
manner in harmony with the
balance of the building.”
The meeting was described as
a "knockdown, dragout session”
See ARCHITECTS, Page A ll
Eisenhower Refuses
To Dismiss Adams
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‘IMPROMPTU AFFAlß’—Cleveland Financier Cyrus Eaton (right) and
his wife leave the Soviet Embassy last night after dining with Ambassa
dor Mikhail A. Menshikov. Mrs. Eaton, in a wheelchair, is a polio victim.
The dinner, Mr. Eaton said, was “an impromptu affair’’ arranged after
he came to Washington earlier this week.—Star Staff Photo.
100% Curfew
Put on Cyprus
Paratroops Also
Ordered to Island
*
NICOSIA, Cyprus, June 13
(JP). —Only British troops walked
the streets of Nicosia today as
atsthorities clamped on the first
100 pier cent curfew in an ef
fort to end communal fighting.
Britain also ordered para
troopers to the Mediterranean
island colony to strengthen her
troops trying to end continuing
clashes between Greek and
Turkish Cypriot?. Eleven Cyp
riots have been killed since Sat
urday.
Since the outbreak of com
munal rioting, the Greek and
Turkish communities had been
allowed out ot doors separately
for several hours daily to get
food and other essentials. To
day even that was prohibited
and such pass holders as doc
tors, civil servants and report
jers were included in the pro
hibition. "
More Violence Expected
British plans for the future
of Cyprus—to be announced
Tuesday—are expected to in
tensify the violence by failing
fully to satisfy either the 400,-
000 Cypriots of Greek descent
or the 100,000 Turks.
The Greeks want the island
annexed to Greece. The Turks
want Cyprus partitioned if the
British leave.
The situation approached
civil war yesterday with the
bloodiest battle yet. A gang of
300 Greek Cypriots tried to
raid a Turkish village near
Nicosia and was met with gun
fire. Three Greeks were killed
and nine wounded.
British troops headed off
part of the Greek mob, arrest
ing 30 and disarming the rest,
but one group set fire to crops
and was attacked by hidden
Turks. Seventeen Turks were
arrested
Troops Rout Mob
In another clash, club-swing
ing British troops broke up a
Turkish mob trying to storm a
Nicosia police station.
The War Office in London,
said the situation on Cyprus
is deteriorating and more
troops are needed to bolster the
British forces that make this
an East Mediterranean strong
point. About 500 paratroopers
are expected to be flown here
tomorrow and other troops in
England have been alerted.
BULLETIN
Jobless Bill Passed
ANNAPOLIS—The Mary
land Senate, by a 24-10-5
vote, today passed a bill that
would permit the extension
of unemployment benefits
from 28 weeks to 39 weeks.
The bill now goes to the
House, where a floor fight
may develop because of a 13-
to-13 split on the measure
in the Eastern Shore caucus.
Eaton Dines With Reds,
Welcomes House Quiz
Flies Back to Ohio Farm, Charges
Walter Is Attempting to Bully Him
By EARL H. VOSS ,
Star Staff Writer
Cyrus Eaton, fresh from a dinner at the Soviet Embassy,
flew back to his Ohio farm this morning proclaiming his
readiness to discuss his association with top Soviet
personalities “any time a congressional committee wants to
see me.”
The Cleveland financier dined last night with Soviet
Ambassador Mikhail A. Men
shikov.
Earlier, he accused Chairman i
Walter of the House Un-
American Activities Committee (
of "despicable un-American i
tactics.” 1
Representative Walter and >
the committee staff director,
Richard Arens, are “attempting
to Intimidate, bully and push
citizens around,” Mr. Eaton ,
charged. ,
As he was leaving his hotel <
for the airport this morning, j
Mr. Eaton said he had not yet ,
been served a subpoena to ,
appear before the committee. ,
The Committee is understood to
be divided on the wisdom of (
calling him.
"Vigorous Discussion” I
1
On Wednesday there had
been what Mr. Eaton called a
“quite vigorous” discussion of I
his case in the office of one
I
committee member, Represents- |
tive Scherer, Republiqpn. of j
Ohio. Mr. Walter and Mr. i
Arens also were present.
“There seems to be a com
plete misunderstanding con
cerning the Wednesday con
tact.” Mr. Eaton said this,
morning. “I had no thought
of meeting Walter or Arens. ;
A mutual friend wanted to
introduce me to Mr. Scherer, 1
U. S. Flyer Steals Plane;
Crash Alarms British
HUNTINGDON, England,
June 13 i/P).—A United States
j Air Force mechanic stole a
bomber plane early this morn
ing and zoomed off alone on a
mystery flight. He crashed to
his death a few miles away in
the kind of mishap that gives
the British the jitters.
Left-wing leaders here insist
that (he presence of American
bombers armed with nuclear
weapons adds to the island’s
dangers—that someone might
go berserk or accidentally drop
one of the atomic bombs on
Britain.
The plane that crashed this
morning carried no bomb of
any sort. A hurried announce
ment from the headquarters of
the 3d United States Air Force
assured Britons that the plane
was not combat-ready.
The Ah- Force said it was an
obsolete Tornado light bomber,
one of the last two in use at
the United States air base at
nearby Alconbury. Both twin
Horn, Delivered: ggg KUtME,"** fttt 5 CENTS
who is a Congressman from my
state.
“Whether by accident or pre
arrangement,” he said, "Walter
and Arens appeared. And we
had a quite vigorous discus
sion.”
Arm-Waving Session
Mr. Scherer, reportedly one
of the committee members who
disapproves Mr. Eaton’s asso
ciation with Soviet bigwigs and
his self-described efforts to pro
mote world peace, said the
meeting was an “arm-waving”
session.
“I believe,” Mr. Eaton said
this morning, “in the right of
the American citizen to inde
pendence of thought and ex
pression. I don’t believe in be
ing called on the carpet for
what I have said oY what my
thoughts are.”
He also indicated he has sup
port on Capitol Hill that may
be influencing the committee
in its subpoena-serving activi
ties.
“Most of the stalwarts" in
Congress he commented, “are
good old friends of mine. They
are magnificent Americans.”
“I’m minding my own busi
ness,” Mr. Eaton declared, “tut
any time a congressional com
mute wants to see me. I am
See EATON, Page A-10
jet planes were to have been
destroyed for salvage soon.
Just what prompted the run
away flight was not known.
The Air Force said the plane
was piloted by an airman sec
ond class who was a mechanic
and had no instruction in fly
ing. The circumstances sur
rounding the accident were
being investigated.
The plane sped off the run
way at Alconbury shortly after
midnight. It gained altitude,
banked right and crashed al
most immediately into a rail
way line.
The runaway crash cpme'only
10 minutes after another acci
dent involving another United
States Air Force plane from
Alconbury—a collision in flight
between an American Jet
trainer and a Royal Air Force
Canberra bomber. Two Ameri
cans and two Britons died in
that crash.
Names of all three dead
American airmen were withheld
until their families could be
notified.
Metropolitan
Edition
New York Markets, Page 1-15
White House
Says Case
Is Closed
By WILLIAM HINES
■Ur Staff Writer
The White House today drop
ped a curtain of alienee over
the affairs of Presidential As
sistant Sherman Adams in the
face of congressional criticism
of his relations with a Boston
financier.
Presidential Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty made tho
Partial Text of Hagerty Prtis Coo
fertneo on Adams. toga A-ll
Personality Sketch of Shtrman Adams.
Page A-ll
White House position clear in
a press briefing in which ho
said:
1. President Eisenhower has
absolutely no Intention of firing
Mr. Adams, as has been de
manded by Representative
Mack, Democrat of Illinois,
and others.
2. Mr. Adams refuses to
grant reporters’ requests for a
news conference and intends
to say no more than was em
bodied in a letter to Chairman
Harris, Democrat of Arkansas,
of the House Legislative Over
sight Subcommittee, made pub
lic yesterday.
3. Mr. Adams will neither
confirm nor deny reports that
he received a S7OO vicuna coat
as a gift from his wealthy
Boston - industrialist friend,
Bernard Goldflne.
Insist* Case Is Closed
At the same time, Mr. Hag
erty restated his position of
yesterday that as far as the
White House was concerned,
the Adams matter was closed.
On other fronts, however,
tho matter seemed to be Just
beginning to build up. Here la
Investigators for the House
Subcommittee on Legislative
Oversight, headed by Mr. Har
ris, revealed that Mr. Adams
had been the guest of Mr.
Goldflne, free of charge, in
hotel suites paid for by the
Bostonian. The bills were in
excess of $2,000. They revealed
further that Mr. Goldflne had
had dealings with two Federsl
regulatory agencies, and inti
mated that Mr. Adams had
smoothed the way for his Bos
ton friend with these bureaus.
In his letter to Mr. Harris.
Mr. Adams angrily denied what
he called “unwarranted and
unfair” insinuations. He con-
Continued on Page A-13, Col. 1
Air Force Sends
15th Thor Aloft
For NATO Test
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla.,
June 13 (A*). —An Air Porco
Thor intermediate range bal
listic missile roared into the
sky today in a fiery blast of
power.
The launching was the latest
test in a stepped up develop
ment program aimed at ready
-1 ing the 65-foot missile for
service with NATO before the
end of the year.
The missile climbed clumsily
at first from a swirling cloud of
smoke and fire at 11 a m. After
several seconds it began to ac
celerate rapidly.
Then the missile arched
gracefully toward the south
east before dropping out of
i sight.
It was the 15th Thor fired
since the test series began.
About nine of the launchings
were considered complete suc
cesses. This was the second
apparently successful Thor
launching in eight days.
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ventures in pastel coiffures." The
fashion giant lets dawn her hair to
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