Evening star., 1951-06-30
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Retired Printer
And DC. GirI,17.
Truck and Wagon
Figure in Collisions I.
On Nearby Roads

Figure in Collisions
On Nearby Roads
Two automobile srnashups on
nearby highways have caused the
deaths Of a young Coolidge High
School girl graduate and . re-
tired printer.
Miss Mary H. Basiliko. II, of /
62l1 Eighth street NV. was killed
instantly yesterday near Warren
ton, Va, when the automobile in
which she was riding rammed a |
tractor-drawn wagon. Her father,
Oscar Basiliko, is o Washington
investment broker.
Fenton w. crown, So. of 126I
Kentucky avenue Sc, died in the
Peninsula General Hospital at
Salisbury. Md, Thursday night
after the car in which he was
riding collided with a truck near
Westover, Md. A printer for more
knan ou years. ne r6tlIed III 1870.
Struck by Board.
Virginia State Trooper L. E.
|Wetsel said Miss Basiliko was cnI
route to Washington in an auto
mobile driven by Theodore A.
Ivey. 10. Of 728 Roxboro place
NV. when the car struck the
|dirt-laden wagon. "A board from
the wagon smashed through the
Windshield. striking the girl, he
added.
The car overturned and plunged
into a field, slightly injuring an
other passenger. Robert F. Man
|zanares. az. 8718 Cameron street,
Silver Spring.
Police charged MIR. Ivey with
RECKLESS driving and operating AM
Automobile on q revoked permit.
la hearing was set for July 13 atI
lWarrenton.
Miss Basiliko was graduated
from Coolidge High School last
year. After attending a private
school in Bristol, Va, for a semes-
ter. she began working in her
fathers Office.
Victim on Fishing Trip.
Mr.. Crown was on q fishing trip
with Q friend. Harry M. Freeman,
So. Of 1926 Sixteenth street Sc,
who was driving. They were on
the way to Crisfield, Md.
Police said the Car collided with
o vegetable truck driven by Clar-
ence Miles. SO. Of Westoyer. Md.
lat . junction near Westover. Mr.
Freeman's car smashed into q pole
latter the crash. He was not hurt.
Mr.. Crown was taken to the
salisbury Hospital and died five
hours later. He suffered fractured
ribs and a punctured lung.
A native Of the District, Mr..
Grown had worked for the Law
Reporter Printing Co. for more
than 20 years. His last position
was with the Doyle Printing Co.
IHe is survived by three sons, Fen
ton w. Crown. jr.. of 1888 Ely
lplace Sc; Arthur B. Crown, 1915
ITwenty-third street Sc, and
STANLEY c. Crown, 116 Fourth
street Sc: o daughter. Mrs. Vir-
|ginia Kuzna Of Tampa, Fla; IA
grandchildren and one great
Igrandchild.
! Two Children Hurt.
| Two children were hurt in acci-
dents in the District yesterday,
Ipolice reported.
| John B. Murphy. 6, Of ATS
lOrange street Sc. was struck by
Ian automobile driven by Sergt.
Richard L. Post. 26, of Boiling Air
Force Base, at Nichols avenue and
Portland street Sc. The boy was
admitted to the Boiling Hospital
with head injuries and a broken
lcollarbone.
Il Sergt. Post was charged with
failing to give full time and at
,ltention to his driving and posted
-i$100 collateral for an appearance
i August Is in Municipal Court.
Ted Lawshe. 16. Of $3.50 Sixth
street NV. was riding his bicycle
7lat Eighth and Underwood streets
INV. when he collided with an
Automobile driven by John w
,lCooper, 81, Of 301 Dearborn ave-
! llnue, Silver Spring. He was ad-
J United to Washington Sanitarium
: with a broken collarbone and
, head injuries.