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Evening star., 1953-12-10
Official Pleads Guilty
10 Safety Sticker
Charge in Arlington

William C. Vest, 80, suspended
director of transportation for
Arlington schools, today pleaded
guilty to a charge of illegal use
of State vehicle inspection
stickers.
County Court Judge Hugh
Cregger fined him 500 and costs.
Hearing on Second Charge.
Preliminary hearing was
scheduled later today on a grand
larceny charge accusing Vest of
stealing eight tires from a school
administration storage building
at the county property yard.
There was no testimony in
court today regarding the in
Spection sticker charge.
When Vest was arrested No
vember 80 by Detective Walter
Kadel. the detective said Vest
admitted giving inspection stick
ers to two school bus drivers
and a mechanic because he knew
they would have trouble getting
their private cars through in
spections.
Sticker Permit Withdrawn.
! State Trooper r. H. Lester
said books of inspection Stickers
were issued to the school admin
istration for use on its buses and
other vehicles, but not for private
cars.
/ The State has withdrawn the
school administrations permit to
inspect its vehicles and State
police have been supervising a
re-inspection of all county school
buses. The re-inspection, nearly
complete today, has shown the
vehicles to be in good condition.
Vest was employed by the
school board as a mechanic in
February. 1850, and became
transportation director in Sep
tember of that year. He lives in
the 3100 block of Schellhorn
road, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
$50 Alumni Honor Dr.. Byrd
With Portr0it-und Cadillac

of the man who is winding up
II years as president at Mary
land after serving for many prior
years as teacher, football coach
and assistant president.
Called University's Creator.
Father Bum termed DR.. Byrd
the ingenious creator of the
University of Maryland"
His astounding feat in father
ing the uniyersity's growth from
a small agricultural COLLEGE,
Father Bum said. was all the
more unusual because it was
done mot in the Midwest where
States traditionally build large
universities, but in conservative
Maryland"
DR.. Byrd made only one fleet
ing reference to his political as
pirations when he said he hoped
''in the future that conditions
will be such that I can do as
much for the university as has
been done in past years..
DR.. Byrd has promised the
Board of Regents he will not
campaign actively" until after
his retirement. He has not yet
officially announced his candi-
dacy in the Democratic guber-
Material primary next June, but
has conceded informally that he
will be in the race.
He singled out several persons
in the audience, including many
Democratic politicians, who he
said helped him make the uni
versity grow. Those he recog-
nized include:
Former Senator Millard Tyd-
ings. State Senators Louis
Phipps, Democrat, of Anne
Arundel County. and Louis
Goldstein. Democrat, of Calvert
County; State Delegate John
McNulty. Democrat. of Anne
Arundel County; State Dele
gate Richard A. Lankford
also of Anne Arundel County,
who is seeking Democratic nom-
ination to Congress from the
5th District: State Controller
Millard TaWeS, Montgomery
County Democratic Leader E.
Brooke Lee, DR.. T. B. SymonS,
retired dean of the Maryland
College of Agriculture; Coach
Tatum and members of the
Board of Regents.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
kensingion Post Office
Extends Holiday Hours

The Kensington (MdO Post
Office has announced a change
in its schedule to handle an ex-
pected increase in holiday mail.
Beginning today. the Office will
be open daily from 8 am. to 9
pm. through December %. On
Saturdays. the office will be open
from 8 am. to 6 pm. On Sum
days, the hours will be from 10
am. to pm.
The office will be closed Christ
mas Day, although gift parcels
and special delivery mail will
be delivered.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Man, 26, Kills Himself
With Shotgun in Arlington

An Arlington man was found
shot to death in the basement of
his home yesterday, county po-
lice reported.
The county medical examiner.
DR.. w. C Welburn, ruled the
death of Ralph Henry Rauth, 26.
a suicide.
Police said his mother, Mrs.
Christine Rauth, arrived home,
4908 North Seventeenth street,
about 4 pm. and found note on
a living room table indicating
the son intended to take his life.
The body was found in the
basement beside a shotgun and
stick, police said. The 18-inch
stick apparently was used to
press the trigger after the barrel
was placed against his temple.
the police report said.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Arlington Firemen Defer
Pension Revision Stand

The Arlington County Paid
Firemen'S Benefit Association
has deferred taking a stand on
a proposed new county retire
ment system.
The association, at a meeting
last night, voted to keep in
touch with the Policemen'S S
Beneficiary Association and meet
again to consider further action.
The policemen's group has
voted to take legal action against
the new plan.
The new proposal approved by
the County Board, to be effec-
tive January /, will broaden the
present retirement plan to in
clude all county workers and to
bring Social Security coverage
into the system.
Firemen and policemen prefer
the present plan which gives
them an option of retiring after
25 years service. regardless of
age. Under the new plan, they
would not be eligible to retire
before age SIS. regardless of
length of service.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
BY Gene Goodwin
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

BALTIMORE. Dec. 10.-If DR.
H. C. Byrd achieves his ambition
to be Governor of Maryland, he
won't need the sleek Cadillac
car that goes with the job.
He has one of his own today
"a gift of the University of
Maryland Alumni Association
which gathered $50 strong last
night to pay tribute to his AZ
years service to that institution.
DR.. Byrd, who is retiring as
president of the university the
end of the month to seek
the Democratic nomination for
Governor. also was given a large
portrait of himself, painted by
D. w. Stokes.
In accepting the Cadillac
which somehow was transported
to the second floor of the Lord
Baltimore Hotel where the trib-
ute banquet was held-Dr. Byrd
remarked:
This is quite a milestone, be-
cause apparently the alumni as
sociation thinks as much of the
president as they do the foot
ball coach"
Refers to Tatum Gift.
He referred to a similar auto
motive presentation made to
Coach Jim Tatum two years ago.
In addition to the gift, DR..
Byrd was highly praised by sew
eral speakers and in an elab-
crate 46-page pamphlet pub
liShed for the occasion.
The pamphlet was jammed
with letters of tribute, including
message from President Eisen-
hover. which stated:
1T is privilege to join in the
tribute being paid you by the
University of Maryland Alumni
Association. It aWakens pleas
ant memories of three decades
ago, when we were both football
coaches-you at the university
of which you later became pres
ident. and / at Fort Meade.
Please accept my warm con-
gratulations on receipt of an
honor that l know means much
to you."
The main speaker was the
Very Rev. Edward B. Bum,
S. j.. president of Georgetown
University and long time friend
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Jaycees 10 Sponsor
MiIe-Long Parade in
Bethesda Tomorrow

A mile-long parade will be
held in Bethesda at z pm. to-
morrow as the second in a series
OF Candy Cane Lane" Christmas
festivities.
Sponsored by the Bethesda
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the parade will form at Bradley
boulevard and march up Wis
consin avenue to Cheltenham
drive, right to Pearl street and
right again to Our Lady of
Lourdes Church parking lot,
where prizes will be awarded to
participants.
After the parade there will
be dancing on the. parking lot.
A contingent of Montgomery
County police will lead the pa
rade, followed by a color guard
from the Maryland State Police
and IL mounted police from the
United States Park Service. Pick
Temple. television entertainer
will serve as parade marshal
He will be on horseback.
Ten bands and numerous
marching units will take part
in the parade. The bands in
clude those from the Air Force,
the Sd Infantry Regiment from
Fort Myer and the Coast Guard
from Curtis Bay, Md.
Representatives of Is fire de-
partments and rescue squads
and cadets from the ROTC units
of Georgetown, George Wash
ington, Maryland and Howard
Universities also will participate.
Among the Is floats entered
will be one from the Bethesda
Naval Hospital and one from
the National Institutes of Health.
Other floats sponsored by local
businessmen will depict Christ
mas scenes and fairy tales.
Bringing up the rear will be
Santa Claus mounted on a fire
truck and with candy for all
children.
Among those who will ride in
the parade will be John r.
Reeves, Maryland Secretary of
State: Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her.
shey, chairman of the Mont
gomery County Civil Defense As
sociation; members of the
County Council, and Jay Fitz-
gerald, president of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Don Dunnington is the chair
man of parade arrangements,
with E. j. Sackett, co-chairman.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Silver Spring School to Be Set
For Movie Produced by NEA

Portions of the film have been
made at Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School during the past
three weeks. Seventeen students
there were picked for major
speaking parts by Irving Rusi-
now, of Agraf1lm, Inc. Mrs. Jo-
seph P. Collan, of the speech
and drama department at Cath
olic University, plays the role of
the teacher.
Arrangements for the produc-
ton were made by the National
Education Association and DR..
Forbes Norris, Montgomery
County school superintendent.
The film is the fourth or a Sc
ries. The second of the series
was produced in Arlington about
two years ago.
Evening star., 1953-12-10

The all-purpose room of High
land Elementary School, Silver
Spring, Md. will become movie
set Saturday afternoon for a
film being made for the National
Education Association.
Members of the Parent
Teacher Association will serve as
actors in a mock school board
meeting. The film is being made
by Agraf1lm, Inc, and shows the
work of a social studies teacher.
1t has been tentatively titled
"The Freedom of Learning"
Children at the school will
study movie making during the
camera crews week-long stay at
Highland. according to Mrs.
Suzanne Waters. principal.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
By J. |. Michael
Stor Stuff CORRESPONDENT

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 1O.-Tele-
vision has tossed line aboard
the United States Naval Acad-
emy.
Under sponsorship of Navy's
Bureau of Ships, a $250,000 video
system is aiding instruction of
5000 midshipmen.
In 19 electrical engineering
department classrooms and lee
ture space in Sampson Hall, 81
inch receivers reflect programs
produced by Academy techni-
clans in the basement studio of
Mahan Hall.
A theater TV protector, pro-
viding a means for mass train
ing, operates in the auditorium
of Mahan Hall, which seats
about 1000.
On the screens. the MiddieS
have seen graphic clarif1cation
of such subjects as electro
magnetism. kinetic molecular
theory and uniform circular mo-
ton. Other subjects are added
as programs are developed.
Supplementary Method.
Installed in June, the system
began functioning in September,
after selected engineering de-
partment personnel became pro-
f1cient in its operation. Capt.
R. H. Dale heads the extra duty
TV corps and 1t. Frederick H.
Lamartin. jr, is officer in charge.
Senior Prof. Earl w. Thomson
co-ordinates all programs.
Naval officers emphasize that
television is merely a supple
mentary method of classroom in
struction. Its use will neither re-
suit in reduction of the teaching
staff, they say, nor will it revo-
lutionize present methods. That
is because the great naval school
stresses individual training.
Television's chief virtues, as
the Academy sees it. are that
one instructor can lecture stimuli
taneously in scattered claSsroomS
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Wicomico Disputes
Other Areas Claims
AS Tax Victims
BY the Associated Press

SALISBURY, Md, Dec. 10
The Wicomico County commits
sioners deny the "false report"
that Baltimore City, Montgomery
and a few other counties are
victimized by high assessments
while others are highly favored
by low assessment.
They said in a resolution yes
terday that was the false i'm
preston" created by a State Tax
Commission report which said
assessments in some counties
were relatively too low.
Wicomico was mentioned as an
example along with Calvert,
Charles. Howard, Kent, St.
MaryS, Somerset and Worcester
Last Thursday the Montgom-
cry County Council took note of
the tax commission study and
called upon Gov. McKeldin and
the commission to press for more
uniform property assessments
before the next distribution of
State equalization funds for edu-
cational use by the counties.
Three Sources.
The counties and Baltimore
meet their basic education costs
through three principal sources
Revenues from such levies as
the property tax outright State
contributions based on number
OF pupils and teachers and State
contributions from the equaliza-
ton fund.
II taxes and State contribu-
tlons aren't enough to pay for
minimum educational require
ments, the equalization fund
makes up the difference.
Distribution of the equaliza-
ton fund is at the root of the
controversy over assessments.
The Wicomico commissioners
called the tax commission re-
port on assessments grossly un-
fair and erroneous" They said
their county had co-operated
fully with a recent Tax Com
mission program to establish
fair assessments despite often
stated feelings among local resi-
dents that local assessments are
too high
Commissioners Answer.
The commissioners argued
that their county is bearing
it's full and honest share of the
State tax burden on real estate. -
They called for a study "by a
competent and disinterested
committee on the problem of
the ratio of assessments" and
urged that the other report
charging that inequities exist be
rejected.
The commissioners charged
that the survey group which Wis
tied Wicomico County were from
five other counties. all of which
were given high ratings on the
assessment ratio list.
The Wicomico group further
argued that the surveyors spent
only a few hours in each county
checked, seeing only few prop
critics and studying only "a few
assessment cards.
Local conditions and relation
to values elsewhere were not
given proper consideration in
establishing assessment ratios,
the commissioners charged.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Post Office Sets
Special Holiday
Hours in Arlington

Special hours for Arlington
County post Offices have been
announced to speed up Christ
mas mailing.
All Arlington stations, except
these on military posts. will be
open until 6 pm. Saturday and
December 10. The larger sta
tions. Central, North, South,
Preston King, Rosslyn and Shir-
lington, will be open until 8 pm.
Monday through December 81.
The main Arlington Post Office
will be open from Monday to
December 81 from 8 am. to 9
pm, except Sundays. On SUM-
day and December 20, the main
Office will be open from 2 to
6 pm.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Montgomery Doctors
To Hear McKeIdin

Maryland's Gov. McKeldin will
address the Montgomery County
Medical Society at 9 pm. Tues
day at the Woodmont County
Club in connection with the Or
ganization's 50th anniversary.
The talk will be transcribed
by radio station WGAY and ex-
cerpts broadcast at noon the
next day over it's Community
Reporter program.
Evening star., 1953-12-10

cause of his previous activities
in this. area.
He was seized with a blond
companion, the mother of two
and wife of a soldier in Japan,
and charged with the $612 hold
up of the Regional Finance Co.
of Chevy Chase July IA. Later
he was identified in two North
east Washington liquor store
robberies involving $2,400 loot.
When he hacked his wrists
with sharpened belt buckle and
refused to eat for 10 days. Mont
gomery County authorities trans
ferTed Dickerson to the Spring
Grove (Md.) State Hospitals
maximum security ward in Au-
gust.
OverpOwered Guard.
With the help of another pris-
oner, he .overpowered and beat
a guard and escaped Septem-
ber %.
Dickerson was only II when he
received a suspended sentence
for auto theft in Maryland. He
went to the Army in 1943, but
his trouble-making got him re-
peated court martials and
eventually he was sentenced to
five years at hard labor for dis
obeying commands and being
absent without leave.
After a dishonorable discharge,
he was convicted of a 1948
jewelry store robbery at CO.
lumbus, Ohio, sentenced to 10
to Is years and last February
was paroled. Violation of this
release is another mark against
him.
Description of Fugitive.
Born in Glen Rogers, w. Va,
Dickerson has brown eyes. black
wavy hair, and a dark COM
plexion. A number of scars on
his face attest to his tough ca
reer. Tattooed on his right FORE
arm is the name Evelyn" on
the right shoulder, a heart; on
the upper right arm a cross, and
on the upper left arm, a girls
head.
He replaced on the most
wanted" list Sydney G. Martin,
picked up by the FBI in Corpus
Christi, Tex. last month for as
sault with a dangerous weapon
in Massachusetts,.
Evening star., 1953-12-10

the fifth amendment to the Con-
Stitution. To say that the intent
OF Congress was to provide seq
regation in education, when
every other act of Congress pro-
vided against any discrimination
on the basis of race, is incon-
ceivable.
Sees Inconsistency.
Segregation is inconsistent
with the Constitution. No coun-
sci has offered any reason for
segregation save something in
the nature of the Negro, that
he is unfit to associate with
whites in schools. Our Consti-
tuition has no provision that all
men are equal, but that white
men are more equal than others. :"
Mr.. Nabrit noted that Presi-
dent Eisenhower, former Presi-
dent Truman, Attorney General
Brownell and former Attorney
General McGranery have taken
firm stand not only against
racial segregation as such but
also that the laws relating to
District schools do not compel
or authorize segregation.
The third and last day for
argument began with Mr.. Kor-
man presenting documents and
the results of poll showing that
the Board of Education, not
withstanding the opposition OF
some members to segregation
wanted him to represent them
as clients so that the case could
lead to a Supreme Court decision
on the issue.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Campus Club to Meet

The Christmas meeting of the
University of Maryland's Cam
pus Club will be held at 1880
pm. Wednesday in the Maryland
Room on the campus. A musical
program will be presented and
an exhibit of Christmas floral
arrangements and decorations
will be on display.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Photo Traps Boy Who Looted
Stores to Get PinbuII Money

cred it was Of a little girl in
North Brentwood.
Her older brother, IA. was
picked up today and admitted IA
store breakings in the Hyatts-
vile area. He implicated an
other boy, also IA, who also con-
fessed. police said. Both boys
are colored.
The officers said the boys loot
totaled $125. The boys told
them they spent it all in pinball
machines.
Evening star., 1953-12-10

A teenage pinball fan who
broke into stores to finance his
duels with the flashing lights.
was arrested today as a result
of family affection.
It seems he carries his kid
sisters photograph in his bill
fold. And he lost the picture
in the last place. he ransacked.
HyattSville Police Pvts. Charles
Williams and William Baxter
found the photo. They discpv-
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Students to Give Drama

Students at Montgomery Blair
High School in Silver Spring will
present Miracle in Manhattan
at 8 pm. Tuesday in the school
gymnasium. The production will
use the talents of the schools
music, art and drama depart
ments.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
School Bond Plays

The Fairfax High School
Band presented a concert at an
assembly program in Alexan-
dria's George Washington High
School today. The band is
under the direction of Phil
Fuller.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Firemen PIun Dance

The Forestville CMdD Volun-
teer Fire Department will Spon-
sor a dance at 9 pm. Saturday
in the Clinton (Md0 firehouse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23

of and landing runs. It's unusual
tandem wheel landing gear also
will permit the aircraft to OPP
crate off small emergency land
ing fields in forward areas or on
rough, unfinished airstrips.
The long-range plane, as a
troop carrier, will be suitable for
ground support or the dropping
Of paratrooperS. AS a cargo car
rier, the C-130 will be able to
take on such large objects as a
high-Speed tractor or a 155-milli-
meter howitzer. When fitted as
hospital plane, the transport
will carry many patients on lit
tiers, as well as attendants.
The four-engined C-130, in
appearance. is a squat low-slung
aircraft with high wings and
sleek engine nacelles. It's fuse
lage is only As inches from the
ground.
The C-130 will be powered by
Allison turbo-prop engines turn
ing Curtiss-Wright three-bladed
Turboelectric propellers.
The airplane will have a wing
span Of 1872 feet, a length of IS
feet and a height of SO feet. All
other dimensions, capacities and
performance figures still are re-
stricted information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Plane
Will OufdistanceAII
Transport Graft
By HarN Lever

The first facts about Americas
new turbo-prop transport were
released today.
With several details withheld
for security reasons, the Air
Force and Lockheed Aircraft
Corp. have disclosed that the
new airplane will fly faster and
higher and more economically
than any other existing military
transport.
Called the Lockheed C-130, the
big troop and cargo plane will be
the first transport designed from
the beginning to use the heavy
new turbo-prop engine, which
harnesses jet power to conven-
tional propellers. The ship also
will be able to use any future
propulsion units.
Hall L. Hubbard, Lockheed vice
president of engineering, told a
Hotel Statler press conference
that prototypes of the C-130 al
ready are under construction at
Lockheed's factory in Burbank,
Calf.
The mission of the C-130 will
be to fly support and assault mis-
sions. carry supplies or troops to
the front and return casualties
to the rear.
Because Of it's large wing, tail
and body surfaces. the C-130 will
be able to operate on short take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
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The tail section will be sharply
upswept, to make room for the
built-in loading ramp which
serves as a rear door. This door
can be lowered to floor level for
straight-in loading or dropped
to the ground and used as a
ramp for driving vehicles di-
rectly into the airplane.
The rear door can be opened
in fight for the discharge of
troops and equipment dropped
from the air. A large forward
cargo door also will permit front
and rear loading at the same
time.
The entire fuselage will be
preSSuriZed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23

the great challenge to lead the
way to peace? Canada can be
the modern leader in the world
if she takes up the challenge. +"
The Dean is on a tour of
Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23
Peace Drive by Canada
Urged by Red Dean
BY the Assoeiated Press

ey me ASsoe'oted PTeSS
HAMILTON, Ontario, Feb. %.
The Rev. Hewlett Johnson. the
RED" Dean of Canterbury. yes
terday urged Canada to lead
other countries of the world to
peace.
He told a meeting of 800 per-
sons:
why doesn't Canada take up