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Evening star., 1955-07-20
3 Silver Spring Youths
Hurt as Cor Hits Pole

Three teen-age Silver Spring
youths were injured last night
when their car hit an electric
utility pole in the 100 block Of
Dale drive, Silver Spring.
All were taken to the Wash
ington Sanitariun. Takon a
Park, and two were released after
Michael A. Maiuzzo,
is, of 8 Belmont court, who suf-
fered cuts and bruises, was held
for observation.
Also injured were the driver
of the car, Michael C. Giacalone,
~, Of 2o2 Silver Spring avenue,
and Ronald B. Collins, Is. Of IA
Wolf drive,
Evening star., 1955-07-20
8 Firemen Injured
In Baltimore Blaze

BALTIMORE. July 20 (R.-
Six firemen were hurt today By
bales of rags weighing severa,
hundred pounds falling on them
while they helped put out q
warehouse blaze.
There were 5000 tons of rags
in the building and Joseph Scha-
piro, company president, esti-
mated one-third of them burned
Evening star., 1955-07-20
IWinterereen Oil Given
By Sister, 3, Kills Buby

BALTIMORE, July 20 (R.--
Eleven month h-old vanessa Green
died at a hospital yesterday after
her three-year-old sister, who
was trying to be helpful. gave
her some oil Of wintergreen by
mistake.
The police report on the trag-
edy said the older child heard
the baby crying and decided to
give her drink Of water. She
got the wrong bottle, put q nip
lple on 1t, and fed 1t to the baby.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
z Heat Victims Treated
At Arlington Hospital

Two victims Of heat prostra-
ton were treated at Arlington
Hospital yesterday. One was adj
United.
Oscar Sherman. 54, of 923
Hamilton street NV. was the
Ione admitted. He was stricken
while working as plasterer at
the Oakland Apartment in Ar
Ilington.
George Fields. %, colored, Of
I2l37 South Oxford street. AR
|lington. an employe of the Ar
Ilington County Refuse Depart
Iment, was treated and released.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
z More Called
In Du Pre- Quiz

Two unidentified witnesses viii
be called tomorrow by the at.
torney for Ben Du Pre-. suspend
ed Maryland States Road Com.
mission employe. to testify in his
behalf at a public hearing on
the suspension.
Mr.. Du Pre-, assistant right-of.
way engineer. faces a two-day
hearing before Russell S. Davis
state personnel commissioner, or
charges of alleged misconduct ir
office.
The roads commission field
three counts against Mr.. Du Pre-
for alleged misconduct while
serving as right-of-way engineer
in charge of acquisitions for the
new national pike, the inter-
county belt freeway and two
other projects. all In Montgom-
|ery County.
Walter r. Tabler, jr, attorney
for Mr.. Du Pre-, said last night
he would call at least two more
witnesses In addition to the ID
he asked to have subpoenaed for
the hearing. Six of the IA are
Washington real estate men.
Mr.. Tabler declined to identity
the witnesses.
Mr.. Du Pre- was suspended by
the roads commission for 80
days last June TO- after a Mont
gomery resident made a COM
plant to the commission on his
activities.
Then two weeks ago the roads
commission sent to the person.
mel commission three counts
alleging misconduct in the ham
ding of acquisitions.
The commission said two
charges were based on state
ments made to the commission
by Dyke Cullum, a Montgomery
County land owner, and Frances
70. alexandria, Washington real
estate man..
Mr.. Alexandria, the commits
sion said. told them that Mr.. Du
Pre- had brought road-location
information to the Office of Jonn
Basiliko while Mr.. Alexandria
worked form him. John and two
brothers. George and Gus, are
witnesses for Mr.. Du Pre-.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
vireinian Slain
In Family Feud

A family feud over drinking
resulted In the fatal shooting Of
Q 3o-year-old Clifton (va.) man
last night during a Wild West
style encounter between the VIC
tim and the man who shot him,
Fairfax County police reported.
Andrew w. Beasley. jr., of
Route /, Clifton, was felIed by
his stepmother's brother, Charles
A. Fitzgerald, As, of 208 Ridge
wood road, Falls Church, as the
two men stood with guns poised
at each other in Fitzgerald's
backyard. police said.
The shooting occurred at 7:25
pm, and Beasley died two hours
later in Arlington Hospital. He
was wounded in the stomach and
shoulder.
Describe Events
Fairfax Detective Herbert N.
Marcy said Fitzgerald and other
witnesses gave the following ac-
count of events leading up to
the shooting:
Beasley, an unemployed brick
layer, got into an argument Mon
day with his stepmother, Mrs.
Sadie Beasley. when she threat
ened to put him out of her house
because he was drinking so much.
The arguing continued until
yesterday afternoon. when Mrs.
Beasley called police to complain
about her stepson's conduct,
Mrs. Beasley declined to get
a warrant. and left her home at
Clifton to- 60 to the home Of
her brother. MIR. Fitzgerald.
Beasley followed her and at the
Fitzgerald home he seized q o.
caliber rife and ran out into
the backyard with it.
i've got one shot in this rifle
and it's for you," shouted Beas-
ley to Mr.. Fitzgerald from the
backyard.
4 Shots Fired Z,
Mr.. Fitzgerald picked up a o.
caliber pistol and went out to
persuade Beasley to put down
the rifle. When Beasley refused
and continued to aim the rife,
Mr.. Fitzgerald fired four times.
Mr.. Fitzgerald then called Ar
lington Hospital and neighbors
called police.
About five hours later Fairfax
police were called back to the
Fitzgerald house again when
Beasley's. father, A. w. Beasley,
sr.. arrived. He was arrested on
a charge of cursing and abusing
Fitzgerald's brother, Adoah M.
Fitzgerald. Police said the sem
ior Beasley ripped the Fitzgerald
telephone from the wall and
shouted abusive language about
"the man who shot my baby
Mr.. Fitzgerald was scheduled
to appear in Fairfax Trial Jus
tice Court today for a prelim-
mary hearing on the murder
charge.
Evening star., 1955-07-20

healthy. dangerous and waste-
iful land uses are becoming estab-
lished" in the rural areas.
After hearing Councilwoman
Stella Werner caution that
there's general opposition To-
large hillboards IN Montgomery
County" the council referred to
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
for study a proposed liberaliza-
tion Of the coming rules on bill-
boards.
The council gave the go-ahead
sign to Mason A. Butcher, di-
rector of public works, to plan
the first step in construction Of
Ia link Of Randolph road. between
Georgia avenue and viers MIN
road. He was authorized to bid
for fill. to raise the level Of o
lgulley in the Glenmont Recrea-
ltion Center through which the
link viii pass.
Set Up New Route
Eventually. Mr.. Butcher said,
Randolph road will provide .
through artery from Georgia
avenue to the new Route 240.
setting up an east-west route
across the county.
Earlier the council approved
the creation of three new posi-
tions in the county managers
office. One of the positions, an
administrative analyst, was filied
with the appointment Of Brad
LEY L. Clark II.
The council took under adj
viSement q proposal by the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission to re-
zone a large area Of Chevy
Chase, near Jones Bridge road
and Montgomery road, so as to
permit q reduction in allowable
llot sizes from 5000 to 5000
square feet. Most of the lots in
the area affected already are
lower than the present standard.
Arthur Stellhorn, planning
commission engineer. said II was
1.-THE first sectional rezoning Of
hts type proposed in the county.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
z Arlington Teachers
Get Specialists Jobs

Two Arlington teachers have
been promoted to new positions
to assist regular classroom in.
structors in seeking new methods
and materials in science and
mathematics teaching.
DR. Phoebe Knipling, science
teacher at Wakefield High SchooI
and Mrs. Helen Garstens. mathe.
matics teacher at Washington.
Lee, will help prepare qualified
Arlington students to continue
int advanced mathematics and
science
Evening star., 1955-07-20
BY CHARLES 1. HOFFMAN

.
The Maryland State Roads
Commission paid $4,000 more
for q five-acre tract Of land In
Bladensburg than its original
owner received for 1t less than
mine months earlier.
The State purchased the COM
Imercially and industrially zoned
tract from Gale Realty Corp. of
11i3 ] street N. w. for $gs. 900
last summer. The State took an
option on the land July %.
The president Of Gale Realty
at the time was George Basiliko.
His secretary. Alice p. Hesse, also
signed the transfer papers.
George is the brother of John
Basilike. The State Roads Com
mission says it was informed that
its suspended assistant right-of-
way engineer. Ben Du Pre-, al
legedly took maps showing the
location of proposed highway
protects to John Basiliko,s office
Purchased for $4,000
Richard Teagle purchased the
property for $4,000 in 4 Iced
dated November 20. 1853. from
"a Robert H. Dorsey, also known
as Robert H. Jones and Herbert
Dorsey Jones.
Mr.. Dorsey held a first trust
on the property for $65, 900, indi-
eating not more than a $4,000
cash transaction. He held this
mortgage throughout negotia-
tions between Gale Realty and
the roads commission, S. r. C
records show.
The deed filed in Prince
Georges County land records
bore a notation that a copy was
to be sent to Mr.. Teagle &C the
I street address of Gale Realty
| -Four days after obtaining it'll,
to the land. Mr.. Teagle trans,
ferred it to Gale Realty under ,
deed dated November "a, 1858.
For River Road Relocation
The tract is located along tn,
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad nea
Peace Cross and has a small
frontage on Route so. It wa
acquired by the State for thl
relocation of River road soutl
4of Route so. The relocation i
1tied in with the massive Kenil,
worth Interchange.
Mr.. Du Pre- was in charge O
the River road project at TIN
time of the Teagle acquisition
The actual negotiations wer,
handled by John Henschell. whit
succeeded Mr.. Du Pre- on tn,
project after Mr.. Du Pre- wa
promoted to assistant right-of
way engineer in late December
1858.
| The property was appraised b,
Evening star., 1955-07-20
sCHILDREN FREE
POLICY STRAINED
BY THIS FAMILY

NEWPORT NEWS. July
20 Sometimes it's a bit
Of q strain, but a local hotel
backs up its family rate plan
Letting children under IA
stay free with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Potter
Of Elmira, N. Y, visited the
hostelry over the week end
and brought nine Of their
IL children along for q free
tab.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
Reese Seeks to Broaden
County Education Survey

Any study Of the operations Of
the Montgomery County Board
Of Education should consider
the boards relations with the
County Council especially in
the financial field. County Man
ager M. L. Reese told the eoun-
Gil yesterday.
Reporting on q board proposal
Ito retain the firm of MeKinsey
Co. Washington MANAGEMENT
|consultants, to do 4 so. 900 sur
vey. Mr.. Reese said he would
request the study be broadened
to embrace his views.
A letter from willard q. Nc
|Graw. board chairman, showed
that the McKinsey Co.. II it
wins a contract, plans a
thorough evaluation. of the
School Boards spending for con-
struction, equipment. mainte-
nance and site acquisitions. Cur
|riculuIn and teaching methods
viii not be part of the survey.
No Reason for Delay
Mr.. Reese said the work
should be commenced immedi-
|ately-I can see no reason for
delay"
The project will be financed
half and half by the board and
council. At the last board meet
ing, Lathrop Smith, a member
charged there was an .'implica-
tion Of distrust" in Mr.. Reese's
suggestions for the nature Of the
survey.
The survey issue was aired at
the end of an all-day council
meeting which also saw these
developments:
The council scheduled q spec
ial session for next Monday night
to discuss a new temporary zon-
ing ordinance for the Upper
Montgomery County Planning
District. The ordinance was pre-
pared by Mr.. Reese, County At
torney Charles M. Irelan and
Harold Taubin, planning engi-
Ineer.
The authors urged its early
adoption, warning that "un.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
Heads Reserve Unit

BALTIMORE. July 20 (P.--
c. r. Zarfoss, vice president II
charge Of trafiic Of the Western
Maryland Railroad. has been
elected chairman of the boarc
Of the Baltimore branch Of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich.
mond.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
Probe Of Mid-Air Crosh
FotoI to z in Area Opens

J. ]. Getson. and Mr.. Getson told
police he saw 1t already was on
fire, before 1t crashed in woods
The injured men were treated
lat Baltimore, about 10 miles
away.
A housewife. Mrs. Eva
Schmidt, said the two planes
looked like they were going to
hit.
.I heard something that
sounded like a pop, she said. "It
seemed the right wing of one
Iplane hit the other. One ship
came straight down. The other
tthe B-25) few straight on"
1t Viering is survived by his
widow, the former Lois Shulder
They have no children. His par
|ents are Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
10. Viering of Whitestone, N. Y
He was in the Navy from 1943
to 1916. then went to the Uni
|versity of Miami, receiving his
bachelor of science degree in
1048.
so Combat Missions
He entered the Air Force in
1949 and was commissioned the
following year. 1t. viering held
the Distinguished Flying Cross
and the Air Medal with two Oak
Leaf Clusters. In Korea, he
amassed so combat missions in
B-25s and CAT transports, as
well as ITS combat hours in BPS
light bombers.
Maj. Milistefr is survived by
his widow. Mrs. Helen H. Mill
stefr. There are three sons,
Mark, Stefan and Anton. The
major was born in Bison, S. D.,
started college at Creighton Uni
versity, in Omaha. Nebr., and
finally received a master of SCI
ence degree in 1853. He entered
the Air Force in July, 194l, went
Through cadet school, and was
commissioned in February, 1912.
During World War II, he COM
pleted So combat missions, had
nearly 162 combat hours in the
China Burma India Theater in
B-25s and CATS. His Asiatic-
Pacific theater ribbon had three
battle stars. He was rated a SEN
ior pilot and held the Air Medal.
Native of Alabama
A native of Florence, Ala,
Maj. Phillips attended the State
Teachers College there before
entering the Air Force in l942.
He was commissioned a pilot in
1943. During World War II he
served in Italy. He and his wife,
Patricia ]. Phillips. have four
children, Janeen, 9, william T.
(BilD Phillips, jr., 8. Cynthia
Louise. 7, and Carolynn, 3.
A native of Oakdale. Calf,
Maj. Bonham is a graduate Of
the University of California at
Davis, Calf, entered the Air
Force in 1941, served in World
War II and in Korea. He and
his wife Betty have three chill
dren, Billie, 8. Bob, 8. and Brett,
q
Evening star., 1955-07-20
I roct Sold to Maryland
AT S18 900 Above Cost

lthe roads commission ct $e2. .150
Independent outside appraisals
by Hagen and Boswell and By
james A Carroll were ST7,0o0
and $4,000 respectively.
Gale Realty asked $4,000 fol
| the property. road commission
records show. Mr.. Basiliko could
not be reached for comment to-
day on the transactions.
Roads commission records Of
acquisitions for the new Ma
tional pike In Montgomery
County show that Gus Basiliko
q brother Of John and George
assigned the sale Of q piece Of
property north Of Clarksburg tc
Mr.. Teagle.
Paid $1,000 for Tract
lie Roy C. Moser, roads COM
mission right Of way engineer
said Gus Basiliko had paid ST.
900 for a 39-acre tract lying il
the path of the new highway or
February 26. 1852.
The roads commission took
l5.72 acres of the tract and land
locked another 5.83 acres, deny.
ing it access to the present route
240 on which the full tract
lfronted.
The State paid $4,79S for it's
right Of way and resulting dam
lages.
Gus and Marie Basiliko, his
wife. as officers Of Murphy
Properties. Inc. to whom they
conveyed the property, even
Itually sold the remainder Of the
tract for not more than $1,000
TO another party. Montgomery
County land records show.
Gutenberg Held First Trust
At one time Max Offenbers
lwho told The Star he headet
.lup a syndicate speculating OF
land in the path Of new Mary.
land road projects. held $4,000
first trust on the Basiliko parcel
Murphy Properties also wa.
lthe purchaser Of the 238-acre
Rockville fruit farm on Fall.
.Iroad in a deed bearing Ia,
stamps indicating 4 purchase
'Iprice of not more than $2I5, COO
\ The corporation later trans.
lferred title to the farm to Viii.
liam r. Litchenberg and JOSEPH
lLuria, associates of Mr.. Often.
berg, but the deed bore no ia,
stamps. Alice p. Hasse notarizee
,Ithe transaction.
j The two men then sold tws
!, acres of the tract to the road.
,Icommission for $4,000 for al
,Iinterchcange on the new ma.
;ltional pike. The two acres wer,
adjacent to four acres sold thu
.lcommission for $4,000 by two
more of Mr.. Offenberg's asso.
'iciates.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
UnderhiII Memorial

ANNAPOLIS, July 20 GA
memorial service viii be held at
the Naval Academy Sunday In
honor Of the 1l2 crew members
|of the destroyer escort Under
hill, which was sunk of Oki-
|nawa on July "a, 10 years ago.
Evening star., 1955-07-20
r ]
Stanley Sees
State Upheld
On Segregation
Says Court Ruling
Comedies With
Announced Policy

RICHMOND. July ~ lAJ.-
IGov. Stanley hasn't changed his
mind concerning q special ses-
lsion of the General Assembly.
and the future Of Prince Edward
County's public school system
lstill is uncertain;
That is the sum and substance
iof the Governors press confer
lence yesterday and the reaction
lof Prince Edward County ON
lcials to Mondays Federal Court
lruling here that ordered ultimate
school desegregation. but in ef-
fleet permitted segregation to
continue for another year.
Some sources on Capitol Hill
indicated q special legislative
session viii be held this fall
probably in late October or in
lNovemDer. They said the ruling
iby the three-judge court Mon
day reinforced the belief all Vir-
lginia localities could operate
segregated schools during the
! 1855 session.
Confers With Counsel
Il Gov. Stanley said as much
latter an hours conference with
EAttorney General j. Lindsay
Almond. jr.:; Henry T. Wickham
Ijr.. Mr.. Almonds special as.
Isistant; David j. Mays, counsel
flor the State Commission or
Public Education. and T. justin
Moore. ST., Prince Edward
lcounsel.
AFTER reading the decision oil
1.-THE District court and conferrins
with counsel" Gov. Stanley said
1T have reached the conclusion
the decree comedies with the
policy of the Governor and the
State Board of Education an
lnounced June 23."
i That statement Of policy de.
creed the continuation of segre.
gation in Virginia's schools fol
lanother year.
i Gov. Stanley reiterated he /.
watching conditions to deter.
lnline If there is any need for q
Especial session." Gov. Stanle,
Isaid the wording Of the Fedora.
courts ruling was such there
lis no necessity for "any hurry.
Iup or unduly rushing into spe.
cial session of the General AS.
sembly."
/ Commission Busy
| He also noted his education
Icommission has not reported
Iany recommendations and saic
IT have every reason to believe
they are making satisfactory
progress on their report, but j
naturally would want their re.
port before calling a special ses.
sion"
1 For the most part, Prince Ed.
ward officials were reluctant
yesterday to. make any positive
Statements about the future OF
their public schools.
i One group in Prince Edward
specifically affected by the court
torder and one of five localities
involved when the United States
Supreme Court outlawed segre-
cation, felt the school board
there should ask the Board of
Supervisors to reconsider its
earlier action Of withholding
school operating funds.
No Specific Permission
Another group was not so GER
tain about what the court order
meant. The county attorneys
had asked the court for specific
permission to operate SEGREGATED
schools another year and the
court did not grant that specifi-
Ically.
School Supt. Thomas j. Nc
lnwaine said school board men,
lbers were ready to go back to
1.-THE supervisors forthwith" and
request operating funds. Lester
E. Andrews, school board chair
imam. said the Monday order left
him well pleased. I think we
Evening star., 1955-07-20

An Air Force board Of inquiry
today was probing the mid-air
collision Of two planes from
Boiling Air Force Base, which
killed two officers and caused
minor injuries to two others
yesterday.
The dead were Maj. Lud j.
Milistefr, 35, of 3817 Keller
avenue. Alexandria. from the
Provost Marshal's Office In the
lPentagon. and First 1t. Francis
ID. Viering. 81. Of 954 Southern
avenue Sc, who was with the
l100th Operations Group at
Boiling. They were in a Gas,
light Air Force transport.
Slightly cut and bruised were
Maj. Leonard H. Bonham, SO,
lof ITO Huron Drive, Forest
Heights, Md, an instructor
pilot with the 1100th, and its
assisting operations official, and
Maj. William T. Phillips, IS, OF
the Air Force Controllers Office
lat the Pentagon. These men
were in a light Mitchell B-25
bomber when the collision oc-
Cured over High Point, near
Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arun-
Idel County, Md.
Avoided Population Areas
Meanwhile, in reconstructing
the collision. it was brought out
that Mai. Phillips, having lost
his right engine on the twin
Iengined BIS, avoided fully pop
ulated areas before his ship
struck . house just OF a runway
lat Friendship International Air
port where is. finally came to
earth.
The house was owned by Will
liam, James and Kenneth Muir
ray, but was occupied at the
time only by a housekeeper,
Mrs Herada Hunter, and her
two children. 8 and Z years old.
They managed to get out safely,
although the plane ripped a hole
lin the front bedroom, and the
fuselage wrapped itself around a
corner of the house. The home
was on the Hollins Ferry road,
about 1000 yards east Of the
airport runway.
The crippled B-25 managed
to fly more than 10 miles after
the collision in an effort to reach
Friendship.
The twin-engined Cas- had
taken on from Boiling shortly
before the B-25. which also was
on an instrument obstruction
mission.
Burning Before Crash
Smaller than the bomber, the
Gas was at about 5000 feet
when the collision occurred. The
ship crashed about a half a mile
from the High Point Elementary
School. The ship. which carries
six, few low over the house of
Evening star., 1955-07-20
Burning Before Crash

Smaller than the bomber, the
Cas- was at about 5000 feet
when the collision occurred. The
ship crashed about a half a mile
from the High Point Elementary
School. The ship. which carries
six, few low over the house of
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