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Evening star., 1954-06-30
Some Juvenile Offenders
Called Adults in Social Aqe
Paul Keve Writes
Book on Experience
As Probation Officer

Some boys in trouble who are
young in years are old in "Soc-
ial age" according to a former
Washington and nearby Virginia
probation officer.
Paul w. Keve, who was pro-
baton officer in United States
District Court for the District
of Columbia before accepting a
similar position with Arlington.
Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince
william Counties. makes this OBJ
servation in his new book to be
published soon by the University
of Minnesota Press. Mr.. Keve
is now assistant chief probation
officer for Hennepin County,
MINI.
The book is largely an account
of his experiences as a State
probation officer in nearby Vir-
ginia from 1943 to 1945.
AduIthOOd Age Varies.
The author says he found that
the idea that a boy becomes an
adult at a specified age is a fic-
ton.
In Virginia. youths from IA
through II years of age may, in
the discretion of Juvenile Court,
be transferred to courts Of
record for trial as adults "if
they cannot be adequately con-
trolled or induced to lead a COR
rect life" by Juvenile Court
means. Where the penalty for
the offense is from 20 years to
death, the Commonwealth's at
torney may present the case
directly to a grand jury, il he
deems such action to be in the
public interest.
AS a result of this law and
this philosophy in nearby Vir-
ginia, juveniles charged with
serious crimes occasionally find
themselves facing court action
as adults.
Juveniles are of course not
the only persons who get into
trouble. Anti-social acts of
elderly people are becoming a
problem of serious proportions
Mr.. Keve says.
Finds Weakening Controls"
There is little public aware
ness" he says, "of the special
nature Of the behavior prob
lens that are found among
those persons who are middle
aged or older. Controls weaken
ing with age allow our secret
unholy urges to SloSh over the
restraining walls and produce
astonishingly bad behavior"
Mr.. Keve came to Arlington
just after Virginia had set up its
probation and parole system. He
describes his work this way:
In Virginia, my function as q
parole officer was to work with
men and women who were leav-
ing prison and returning to the
community on parole. AS a pro-
baton officer. I worked closely
with the local courts. Here my
first job was to investigate
thoroughly the personal history
of persons in court, convicted o.
crimes and awaiting sentence.
1.-THE report I made of any
Evening star., 1954-06-30
Byrd, MahOney
AreLining Up
Recount Men
Slight Changes
In3 Counties Could
Upset Verdict

BALTIMORE, June 30.-Dr. H.
c. Byrd and George P. Mahoney
tensely lined up teams of politics.
wise observers today for the Off
cial vote count of Maryland's
whisker-cloSe Democratic pri-
mary for Governor in which DR..
Byrd was the apparent winner.
Both camps sent out calls for
experienced recount men" to
represent them tomorrow in
three strategic counties where
slight changes in the unofficially
reported totals could throw the
nomination to Mr.. Mahoney.
With only IL of 1888 polling
places still unheard from-and
none of these in the doubtful
counties-Dr. Byrd had 161, ,142
votes to 158,070 for Mr.. Mahoney.
Byrd Leads Unit Count.
But what at the moment was
more important, DR.. Byrd also
led by an 80-72 margin in NOM
mating unit votes, which are
similar to the electoral college
votes in presidential elections.
Each county and each of the six
Baltimore City legislative dis
tricts has as many unit votes as
it has seats in the General AS
sembly. If there's a tie in unit
votes the nomination goes to
the candidate with the most
popular votes.
The hopes Of Mr.. Mahoney,
former State racing commission
er, for upsetting the unofficial
verdict. lay in Calvert, Queen
AnneS and Talbot Counties. DIR.
Byrd, who resigned as Univer-
Sity of Maryland president to
make this race, Squeaked by in
them with margins of 81, 40 and
81 popular votes in the unoffi-
cialS returns.
Since Calvert and Queen
Annes have three unit votes
apiece and Talbot has four, Mr..
Mahoney would need reversed
decisions in at least two. Talbot
would give him a tie in unit
votes but DR.. Byrd still would
win on the basis of popular
votes in that event.
Asks to ImpOund Ballots.
Mr.. Mahoney requested elec-
ton officials in those three
counties to impound all ballots
pending petition for recount. "
While DR.. Byrd claimed the
nomination and Mr.. Mahoney
refused to concede., Republican
Theodore R. McKeldin, renomi-
mated easily over three political
unknowns, waited to see which
of them he would face in the
general election.
After the Democrats were sim
ilarly split in the 1850 primary
he defeated former Gov. William
Preston Lane in the general elec-
ton by the biggest margin ever
recorded by a gubernatorial can
didate in this traditionally Dem
ocratic State.
Evening star., 1954-06-30
Prince Georges Gets
$l26,685 From Tracks

The Prince Georges Commits
sioners yesterday accepted a
$126,685 check from the State
as the county's share Of horse
racing revenues for the six
month period ending June 30.
In other business at the Upper
Marlboro meeting the board au-
thorized its chairman, Thomas
E. Latimer, to have plans pre-
pared for q county dog pound.
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Maryland Urged to Abandon
County Unit Election System

Senator Turnbull noted that
several times in recent years the
county unit SyStem-Similar to
the United States electoral col
lege system-haS failed to NOM
mate the popular vote winner.
Mr.. Turnbull, who won re-
nomination in Mondays pri-
mary, was on the county ticket
which indorsed apparently un-
successful George P. Mahoney in
the race for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination.
DR.. H. C. Byrd won in popular
rs well as unit votes on the basis
unomcial returns.
Evening star., 1954-06-30
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District.
Arlington County, Prince Georges
County. Montgomery County
Recreation Departments and the
Film Center of Washington.
Washington, at Dusk.
Gallinger, F and 22d streets
NV.
Takoma. 4th and Whittier
streets NV.
Turkey Thicket. 10th street
and Michigan avenue NE.
Benning, Minnesota avenue
between Benning road and Foote
street NE.
Thomson. 18th and L streets
NV.
Fort Greble, Nichols avenue
and Chesapeake street S.W.
Howard, 4th and w streets
NV.
Crummell, Gallaudet and Ken.
dali streets NE.
Happy Hollow. 18th street ana
Kalorama road NV.
Lincoln, 9Th and L streets Sc.
Arlington County, $3.50 pm.
Patrick Henry, TOO South Fill
more street.
Hofman-Boston. South Queen
and South Thirteenth streets.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 pm.
Bradbury Heights Elementary
School, 1901 SD avenue, Brad
bury Heights.
Berwyn Heights Elementary
School, Ruatan street. Berwyn.
Montgomery County, $3.50 pm.
Rock Greek. East Leland street
and Beach Drive. Chevy Chase.
Colesville, 14105 Colesville road
Silver Spring.
Lincoln Park, Carver Junior
High School. (old. Roclsl
Evening star., 1954-06-30
Ryan DepIores
Failure 10 Bare
Juveni|eData
Institutions Action
Slows Police Drive,
He Tells Workshop
By ChurIes 6. Brooks

Many more police cases would
be cleared if personnel in cor
rection and OBTAINING institu-
tions would pass on to police
what they learn about juvenile
deinquentS' past actions. juvenile
squad Capt. John F. Ryan de-
clared.
Speaking to a workshop group
on training personnel for work
with delinquent children at the
conference on juvenile delin-
quency. Capt. Ryan said yes
terday that. sit irritates me to
know that there are certain facts
which are known but which are
concealed from me in institu-
tions."
The juvenile squad leader
called for closer cooperation
between employees of correctional
institutions and the police force.
He declared that the personnel
of institutions often learn that
an inmate has committed Of
fenses the police do not know
about. "They should notify the
police about this and help to
clear our books" Capt. Ryan
asserted.
"DO Not Have Proper Idea"
"But," he continued, cit seems
to be inherent in their philoso-
ply not to tell the police any,
thing. This indicates to me that
they do not have a proper idea
of the interrelationship of all
groups who work with juvenile
delinquency"
After several members of the
panel, one of 13 in the 450-
member conference which con-
cludes a three-day session this
afternoon, asked whether the
Juvenile Court judge would use
such information to add to the
child's punishment rather than
to further his rehabilitation,
Capt. Ryan replied:
MY job is to collect facts and
it irritateS me to know that facts
are being concealed from me.
It is not my job to punish but
to collect facts and bring them
to the proper tribunal. It is the
judges business to decid
whether to give further punish
ment."
Judge COckrill Speaks.
Capt. Ryan's remarks came
after Juvenile Court Judge Edith
Cockrill told another work group
that laws should be passed for
bidding police fingerprinting
and photographing of juveniles
She also asked for a law keep
ing police records on juvenile
cases from the press and public
In both instances she said thai
such laws are needed in the
District.
The judge, often criticized fol
her secrecy in court, declared
that with police giving out in
formation about juveniles il
makes "the protection given by
law to the Juvenile Court
ridiculous.
Evening star., 1954-06-30

such investigation was studied
by the judge before determining
how to dispose of the case. IT
the defendant was then placed
on probation, he came under my
active supervision. The main
emphasis is on friendly and ac-
lively helpful guidance, with the
big stick kept unobtrusively in
the background. though in easy
reach" The "big stick" was, of
course, time in prison.
Mr.. Keve,s concerned that his
views differed with those of some
attorney, recalls he received this
advice from Arlington Circuit
Court Judge Walter T. McCar-
thy:
The lawyers will never see
eye-to-eye with you. A lawyer is
trained differently. He has to
be. You're looking for the
true, inward degree of guilt in
stead of the legal. category the
case fits in"
Although most of the book
cites case histories of persons
convicted of crimes in the North
ern Virginia area in the period
1943-45, Mr.. Keve devotes con-
siderable attention to pointing
out the value of parole and pro-
baton work.
Parole Provides Guidance.
We have to face the fact that
SO per cent of penitentiary in
mates return to society sooner
or later" he says. THE greatest
single strength of the parole idea
is that a man who would be re-
leased anyway at the expiration
of sentence is released a little
earlier so that he may for a
time be under skilled guidance
and control"
The results? Mr.. Keve con-
cludes that it's hard to tell, al
though only about 10 per cent
of all cases can be listed as def
mite failures. It will take a LOT
of research to come up with the
final answers on how to dea.
with persons who get into trou-
BILE, he says.
One of his findings is that
persons in the field of criminol-
ogy learn to be very cautious
in estimating the seriousness Of
any rape case. In Virginia, dur.
ing the year ending June 80
1850. there were 255 persons ar.
rested and jailed pending tria
on charges of rape, but only 81
persons were actually committee
to the penitentiary for this of.
tense during this period.
Evening star., 1954-06-30
Council Budget
Adds 6Cents
ToTax Rate
$29.3 Million
Fund Approved
For Montgomery

Montgomery County property
owners will pay an additional 8
cents per $100 of assessed valua-
ton to balance a $29.3 million
operating and capital outlay
budget adopted yesterday.
The increase will peg the tax
rate at $193.
The budget breakdown for the
fiscal year beginning tomorrow
is:
For general county operating
expenses, $5,788.142.
For school operating expenses.
$11,554,778.
For general county capital out.
lay. $3,738,640.
For school capital outlay. $8..
282.559.
The county council juggled Q
$1,562,000 surplus. accumulated
over the last several years. to en-
able financing of the record budg-
ct with a minimum of tax in
crease. OF this surplus $605, 900
was set aside to be used for
emergency needs.
Withholding Protested.
Councilmen j. Louis Monarch
and Grover K. Walker opposed
withholding of the $605, 900 from
availability for appropriation.
They argued the money could be
used to prevent a tax increase.
Council President Harold
Hammond argued. however. that
the fund would provide insurance
against a possible reduction in
the revenue anticipated in the
coming year.
Approval of the budget fol-
lowed short public hearing in
which the county's Council OF
Parent Teacher Associations ex-
pressed regret that the council
did not restore all of the school
operating budget cuts imposed by
Jeptha Carroll. former acting
county manager.
| Mr.. Hammond said the council
had restored "98 per cent of the
school boards request"
Sign Budget Today.
Jesse M. MacKnight. speaking
for the PTA Council, said county
council members were to be COM
mended for restoration of cuts
in the school boards capital OUT
lay budget.
Council members agreed to
meet this morning to sign the
budget document as it was final
ly approved yesterday.
i In another action the council
appointed Newton F. Butts to
the new post of budget officer
at a salary of $500 year. Mr..
Butts has been serving as
finance department director OF
accounts.
The council also appointed r.
Robert LinoweS of 8601 Milford
avenue. Silver Spring. to q va
cancy in the county attorneys
Office. Mr.. Linowes. 80. was
graduated from Columbia Law
School in 1948 and was aSSo-
ciated with the Federal Power
Commission for a year before
joining the legal department Of
the Agriculture Department.
Evening star., 1954-06-30

TOWSON, Md, June 30.-A
State Senator wants Maryland
to abandon the unit system in
electing Statewide offlcerS-a
system under which the man
with the most popular votes
doesn't necessarily win.
State Senator John Turnbull.
Democrat. of Baltimore County
said he will ask the Democratic
State convention to put an end
to the system.
He said he will propose that
the party name its candidates by
popular vote.
Evening star., 1954-06-30
2 Runaway Ponies
Roped by Police at
Western Avenue

Montgomery County police at
Bethesda proved early today that
they can handle runaway ponies,
if they are given enough rope.
A citizen reported two ponies
running along EaSt-West high
way. They were stopped at Wis
consin and Western avenues but
Bethesda police needed rope to
tether them so they could be re-
turned to the owners.
Washington police provided
the rope and the ponies were
returned to Rock Greek Riding
Stables on East-WeSt highway.
Evening star., 1954-06-30
Summer PTA Conference

The annual summer confer
ence of the Maryland Congress
of Parents and Teachers. a
training school for local parent
teacher leaders, will be held at
the University Of Maryland
July 1914.
Evening star., 1954-06-30
Fire Auxiliary Meets

The Ladies' Auxiliary to the
Prince Georges County Volun-
teer Firemen's Association will
meet at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the Clinton (Md.O FirehouSe.
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DENTIST TAKES
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asked her husband for q senarafion

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asked her husband for a separation
and divorce.
blinded BY Anger"
Defense Atty. Leo Hoffman said
DR.. Small was blinded by anger
because he felt Lack was "just
making a toy" of Mrs. Small.
DR.. Small, held at the Allegan
County Jail pending trial, told re-
pOrters he once warned Lack by
telephone to stay away from Mrs.
Small but Lack just laughed at
him.
DR.. Small's father Jacob, a re-
tired bricklayer, collapsed with a
heart attack while waiting to take
the stand yesterday. Taken to a
hospital, his condition improved
He begged to testify but doctors
advised against it.
Hoffman, opening the defense
yesterday, pictured DR.. Small as
a desperate man, unable to con-
troll himself"
Because of an irresistible i'm
pulse from which he couldn't re-
st in himself, he shot Jules Lack"
Hoffman asserted. ''We will prove
that at the time he was insane. He
was desperate"
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Mechanics Value
To Industry Is
TOldInCOurt

PASADENA, Calf. "a brilliant
young mechanic who wounded a
boy with a paper bullet" was
granted probation, because, wit
neSseS testified, if he went to jail
two aircraft firms would have tc
curtail operations.
Thomas Dunning, "a, pleaded
guilty to a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon. He was accused
of firing a paper wad from a blank
cartridge in an antique rifle as a
gag. 1t struck Warren Without, IS
over the heart, seriously wounding
him.
A witness, George M. Bryant
representing Utility Metals Corp
of Pasadena, told the court yester.
day that Dunning is lone of the
outstanding young mechanics OF
the nation" and that the Convair
Aircraft Crop. is one of two firms
which would have to shut down
manufacturing in certain depart.
ments if Dunning were jailed.
Dunning'S work is so classified
it couldn't be disclosed in court
Bryant added.
Dunning was put on three years
probation and must spend 20 week.
ends in jail, get rid of his gun
collection and pay $425 medical
expenses incurred by Warren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-15
.Cross-Complaint
Filed By Actor

SANTA MONICA, Calf. R-Cow-
boy actor Guy Madison has filed
cross-complaint for divorce
against actress Gail Russell, al
leging cruelty.
Madlson's lawyer, Harvey L.
Sllvert, indicated yesterday that
the actor will be permitted to OBJ
tain a default judgment inasmuch
as his wife in recent months has
been too i'll to appear in court.
Miss Russell has been under a
physicians care since her arrest
last fall on charges of intoxication
and drunk driving. She subsequent.
ly pleaded guilty to the intoxication
charge but the drunk driving case
has been continued several times
because of her health.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-15
Western Union
Interstate Rate
Boost Okayed

WASHINGTON Up - Western
Unions interstate rates went up
an average IL per cent at mid
night last night, a boost the FEEDER
al Communications Commission
figures will bring the telegraph
company another nine million dol
lars a year.
FEC okayed the firms proposed
rate hike yesterday, saying it is
designed to restore Western Uni.
onS's earnings to the per cent
level recorded in the first half of
1858. If state regulatory bodies al
low similar increases for business
within the state, FEC said. the
company would pick up another
nine million annually.
The interstate increases range
from to 20 per cent, with about
a Is per cent rise for general tele-
graph message service. The press
rate stays unchanged.
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'YoungFarmer
Tells Troubles

SEATTLE R-"T wanted to go
to AFRICA and live in the jungles, -
explained the muscular young
farmer.
he mad Just been arrested yes
terday after trying to take over a
Trans-Canada airliner and firing
a couple of pistol shots that sent
terrified Stewardess scurrying
from the plane parked at Seattle
Tacoma International Airport.
Ecdle Marmur, 81, who makes a
hobby of weight lifting, told report
ers ne planned to force the plane
crew to fly him to Africa because
ne didn't like the lousy draft"
There was no one aboard the
plane, however, except the stew
ardess, Isabel Abraham, "a.
She turned from inspecting the
forward part of the plane to find
the youth seated in a front seat.
He pulled pistol, she said, and
told me to sit down. Instead, |
ran down the aisle. Don't ask me
now l did it. Just as I rounded
the last seat he fired the first shot.
Il think felt the bullet whistle
by. though he had me-
The bullet pierced a rear bag
gage compartment door.
Then as the stewardess ran down
the steps from the cabin, another
shot was fired, tearing a hole in
the planes fuSelage.
Police soon arrived and at their
command Marmur tossed his
weapon through the door and came
out with his hands up.
Il thought she'd stop if she
heard the shot," he said, "but she
just went faster. didn't shoot at
her. ! shot by her."
No charges have been filed.
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TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK R-The aircrafts
and rails led the stock market high
er in early trading today.
Communications issues were
firm and there was considerable
activity in radio-television shares.
Also higher were the Steels, mail
orders, and some of the rubberS.
Chemicals were mixed.
A Standout in morning trading
was North American Aviation,
which advanced nearly two points
on Washington reports that a bill
lion dollars worth of new aircraft
would be contracted for. Other air
crafts were strong as well.
Also higher were US. Steel, Gen.
eral Motors, Mack Trucks Good
rich, American Cyanamid, Inter-
national Telephone, Western Un-
ion, National Container and Inter-
national Harvester. Lower were
Du Pont, Chrysler, Allied Chemi-
cal, Pan American and Anaconda.
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The
Weatherman
Says
The

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy to cloudy with local show.
ers or thundershowers thru FRIDAY,
Not much change in the tempera,
ture. Low tonight near IS degrees;
night Friday near 80 degrees.
Light to gentle variable winds
mostly from easterly quadrant but
treshening in and near showers.
Florida: Mostly cloudy with oc.
caslonal showers and local thunder.
storms thru Friday.
Jacksonville Thru the Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Light to
moderate variable winds mostly
southeast to south. Weather part.
ly cloudy with scattered showers
tonight and Friday.
Western Caribbean: Moderate to
occasionally fresh easterly winds
and partly cloudy weather thru
Friday. A few widely scattered
showers.
Weather Summary for the Trop.
lcaal Atlantic, Caribbean Sea area
and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico:
Remnants of the weak easterly
wave remains stationary thru the
Florida Straits and over Cuba and
the western Caribbean. It is at.
tended by showers in western
Bahama Islands and central and
southern Florida but conditions are
generally settled today with no
signs of a developing disturbance
Observation Taken at Post Office
Building. ZOO AM. EST,
Key West. Fla. July Is. 1854
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Cruelty To
Troops Brings
Court Martial

FIT. DIX, NJ. R-Court.martial
proceedings have been ordered
against an Army lieutenant and a
sergeant charged with having their
company stand at attention for an
hour in 9O-degree heat.
An investigation into the June
q incident led to the court-martiaI
order yesterday by Col. Earl R.
Rlngler, commanding officer of the
272nd Infantry Regiment.
Ringler ordered a July q trial
for 1t. Robert S. Morgan, %, OF
Wilkes Barre, Pa, and Sgt. &c.
Richard ]. Witbeck of Wellington,
Ohio, on charges of taking mass
disciplinary action against Com
p9ny L.
Both men-Morgan was company
commander and Witbeck his adj
miniStrative first sergeant-have
been relieved of their duties.
Several soldiers repeatedly
tainted during the disciplinary &C.
ton, which was imposed for a
reason not explained by the Army.
In his order yesterday, Ringler
said Morgan would be charged with
dereliction of duty under Article
80 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice -''in that he negligently
failed to take appropriate correc.
tive action to prevent the unau-
thorized treatment of personnel in
his command"
AS for Witbeck, he will be tried
under Article SO for alleged NAL
treatment Of company personnel
"by keeping them in formation and
attention for an excessive period Of
time"
Ringers name cropped up in the
recent Army-McCarthy hearings in
Washington in connection with Pvt.
G. David Schine, who had been an
aide to Sen. Joseph R. Mccarthy
(R.WiS). He was Schine's COM
manding officer when the former
consultant to McCarthy's subcom-
mittee took his basic training here.