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Evening star., 1955-11-16
By GEORGE HUBER

Two Of George Washington's
proudest defensive records are
IN danger Saturday when the
Colonials play Maryland st Col
lege Park.
No team has scored against
CIV in the first period. and only
one Of the 10 touchdowns against
CIV has been BY passing.
Even Florida, which racked ur
the Colonials BY $50. couldn't
start scoring until the second
period, and Florida also was the
team that got that one passing
touchdown.
The g CoIonials admit that
Maryland Is dangerous through
the air as well as On the ground
and that the Terrapifls are a.
prone to score In the first period
las they are in any Of the Other
three.
Ends Key % System
The Coloniais have IN air
tight defense, one that has beer
dented for an average of unls
as wards 4 game: It is based on
d combination Of two good end
Paul Thompson and Gecrgt
IDancu = worrying the passei
while b fast secondary cover
potential receivers.
Looking back only as far 81
last years Maryland game, how
ever, gives CIV real reason fol
concern. The Terrapins opened
the game by throwing for .
touchdown, and It was . beau
|tiful play by Frank Tanburellf
and Paul Kramer worth rs yards
10 add salt to the wound, 4
was the only pass Kramer caught
all year.
That wasn't all. however, be-
cause four Of the seven touch
downs Maryland got on that oc-
casion were through the air
|Tambo connected with Jim Par
sons for "a yards, Charley Box
|oId worked one to Bin Walker
for ~ yards, and the final Mary
land score In the last period
the one that made II 4s-0. came
as Lynn Beightol tossed n yard,
Ito Tim Flynn.
The Terrapins are threats x
come up with more Of the sams
Evening star., 1955-11-16
BOTH DEFENSIVE MARKS
Two Colonial Records
Threatened BY Terps

Saturday. Ten Of their 1888
scores have gone through the
AIR, with quite 4 variety Of throw
|ers. Tamhurello and Eeightol,
the uuarterbacks, have passed
for touchdoWns this year. a.
have Halfbacks Ed vereb who
incidentally ran for SO yards and
ID scors against CIV last year
and Dave Nusz.
Frosh Has Important Job
George Washington naturally
lis practicing against Maryland,s
FORMATIONS this week. both Of
Tense and defense Coach Bu
sherman wants TO scrimrnage 3
bit but so far hasn't had q
real banging session because sew
ieral of the boys still are pro-
tecting bruises from last Sat-
lurday's loss at Richmond.
The Colonials are hayirls
dummy scrimmages. however, Ii
which they work against the
various Maryland setlps with
lout hitting each other too hard
The youngster taking the pari
Iof Maryland's quarterback 4
Bob Brackbill. q good freshman
ipasser. Although freshmen are
1 eligible for the varsity on
Southern Conference teams, l1t
hasn't played with the varsity
this year because Sherman
wanted him to get the expert
Ience Of playing regularly IN jay
lvee games rather than sit on ti1e
varsity bench nine-tenths Of the
time.
Brackbill is regarded as quite
la Whizz, though. and even on the
Ejayyees he's been q big aid tc
1.-THE varsity. Hes such 9 good
lpasser that. In learning how Il
stop him III scrimmages, the var
lsity has learned how to at least
slow down almost every throwel
they've faced this season. Thai
Hist includes Freddy Wyant oi
West Virginia. Tom Theodose oi
Richmond. Billy Cranwell 81
virginia Tech and one cr twe
Iother pretty good passers. Tht
Question now Is whether Brack.
lbill this week Is initiating Tam.
lburello and BeiRhtol well enough
lfor tl1e CIV players % learn how
Ito handle those Maryland
lpassers also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

soon will give Congress "a broad
ened and improved program OF
Federal assistance" to help COM
bat the Nations classroom
shortage.
Mr.. Folsom took his stand on
the basis of a new policy decided
on by Mr.. Eisenhower yesterday
morning. an informant disclosed,
The decision. the source added,
was influenced directly by the
2 to l support registered yes
terday by the White House con-
ference delegates for increased
Federal aid.
Form New Policy
Secretary Folsom and Budget
Director Dodge of the Health,
Education and Welfare Depart
ment went to Gettysburg yester-
day morning with word OF the
conference stand.
Until yesterday morning, ad-
ministration policy on the con-
troversial aid question was not
definitely established. the source
said. Bat the two officials came
back to Washington with a new
approach specifically set.
The change in administration
policy had been limited in
speeches by the President and
Vice President Nixon to the
opening conference session last
Monday. The Presidents mes
sage, while itself somewhat non
committal. was regarded as sig
nificant because Of its timing
The Vice President explicitly de-
clared that more Federal school
aid was necessary. however.
Citing President Eisenhower
declaration to the conference or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Uronium-Coote Dishes Are Safe,
With Few in Use, Mines Bureau Says

er small. To throw out those
dishes would amount to throw
ing away your radium activated
phosphorus watch"
III fact, a spokesman said
there are few of those dishes
around today. Most OF them
were made before the war.
In 1949 some 270 pounds OF
the uranium compound was dis
tributed to china manufacturers
In 1862 the Atomic Energy Com
mission distributed 1927 pounds.
But, since then, the Acc has
not distributed any. "Undoubt-
edly," the spokesman added,
china manufacturers have dis
covered a substitute to obtain
the orange glaze"
In any case, 1T is harmless to
humans.
Bureau of Mines officials ex-
pressed hope that a minimum Of
housewives threw away their
dishes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS

When an Albuquerque IN
Mex scientist heard his Geigel
counter go, nuts over his dish
ware and threw the china Out
he made a mistake. the Bureau
of Mines decided today.
Furthermore, officials of the
bureau added, the manufacturers
of the plates are not necessarily
sitting on any uranium mines.
The outburst began several
days ago when DR.. Lincoln Lapaz
sat down at his noontine meal
plunked a Geiger counter on the
table and listened to it tick fast
and furiously.
DR.. Lapaz decided that gran
for gram there's a lot more
in the coating on those
plates than there is in this
sample of trinitite from the
atom bomb crater. AL ! know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

lis that we're not eating from
these plates again."
The story, carried by the AS
ISOLATED Press, hit the front
pages in papers throughout the
country.
Today, however. Kenneth
Smith Of Brandywine, Md, a
ceramics engineer with the
Bureau of Mines, called to say
the plates aren't at all danger
Gus. I'm fact" he declared,
there must be from 5 to 10
million plates glazed orange with
sodium uranate in existence"
This caused a call from The
Star to other officials in the
Bureau of Mines. And the
bureaus reply:
I'm general there is no danger
whatsoever for the average in
dividual," was the carefully
qualified statement.
1.-THE gamma radiation Is rath-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
$18 Million Paid
For Newspapers
lin Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec.
l(P.-Sale of the Birmingham
News and all of its subsidiaries
Including the Huntsville Times
was announced in a record $18.7
million deal yesterday.
Publisher S. /. Newhouse, who
owns numerous other newSpa-
lpers, also acquired a television
station and three radio stations
lin the transaction, as well as the
Mercury freight line.
The Birmingham and Hunts
willie newspapers became the 18th
and 18th newspapers in Mr.. New
houses chain. Editor and Pub
Usher, newspaper trade maya
zine, termed it the biggest such
transaction in American news
paper history.
The previous high was an $18-
million deal in which the Phila-
delphia Inquirer was sold to
Cyrus Curtis in 1880.
Television station WABT and
radio stations WAPI and WAFM,
all In Birmingham, and Stations
WHIPS in Huntsville, were In
cluded In the deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

put under the new Mall at an
estimated cost of more than 81
million.
4. Run an Eighth street Mall
directly through Jefferson Junior
High School near the Washing
ton Channel waterfront.
S. Eliminate a number of resi-
dental and other uses proposed
for private development by the
Zeckendorff firm. and generally
require a rewriting of the plan
which has been many months in
the making. ~.
Decision Due December Is
Mr.. Wirth's committee had
been asked by the commission to
meet specifically to consider a
location for the Air Museum
which would not conflict with
the Tenth street Mall.
He said his committee intends
to make such a recommendation
at the commissions next meet
ing December Is but that I'VE
have not yet reached any de-
cision on it."
Ieoh Ming Pei, chief architect
for the Zeckendorff arm. said he
had not seen the new scheme
before today and would have q
full report" on 1t by December
Is. It was not expected that
the firm would agree to any part
of the new idea.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Pei said, the
With committee promised that
the planning commission staff
would continue to process the
original plan.
Two meetings of the Wirth
committee, however. have left
unanswered the basic hurdle
facing the plan: a location for
the Air Museum.
Mr.. Wirth said his group had
received a protest from Repre-
sentative Thompson. Democrat
of New Jersey, against locating
the tremendous air museum any,
where In downtown Washington
and that we will consider his
views"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Roads Land Speculation
Seen in Prince GEORGES

In his Prince Georges Count!
evidence, but he conceded tina
some of the persons involved ar.
the same as those indicted by thu
Montgomery County grand jury
on November % on a charge Of
conspiracy to defraud the road:
commission.
Indicted In Montgomery were
Ben Du Pre-. former assistant
right of way engineer for the
Maryland Roads Commission and
now reported in Mexico, and
these six Washington area real
estate men: Constas Gus Basil
ike, George Basiliko, John B.
Hudson, Max Gutenberg. j. Rob-
ert Resented and Jerry Gold
berg.
| No Du Pre- Routes
| Mr.. Buscher said none of the
suspect State land purchases in
Prince George were on routes
which had been under the SUI
pervision of Du Pre-.
Du Pre-, who quit the roads
commission under fire last July
had been in charge of right-of-
way purchases for the Washing
ton National pike in Montgomery
County, and New Hampshire
avenue, Route 1913 connecticut
avenue-Old Bladensburg road)
and the intercounty belt freeway
which run through both Mont
gomery and Prince Georges.
Meanwhile, Alger Y. Barbee
Montgomery States attorney
said he intends to institute extra
dition proceedings against Du
Pre- next week. He said he will
forward papers to Gov. Nickel
din with the information neces-
sary for what he called "a Gov
ernor'S warrant"
Du Pre- had lived in Bethesda
but he was a native of Mexico
City. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
Fire Routs Guests
In Kunsus City Hotel

KANSAS CITY, December 2
(R.-Fire swept through a small
hotel and an apartment build
ing in downtown Kansas City
early today, forcing approx
mately so persons to flee into
near-freezing weather.
The two three-story brick
buildings also housed a penny
arcade, two taverns and res
taurant. Twenty apartments
were In one building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
EISENHOWER FARM
GETS PONY, A GIFT
70 GRANDCHILDREN
BY a star stan Correspondent

BY star Stan Correspondent
GETTYSBURG. Pa.-The
Eisenhower farm here has
received another gift - one
for the Eisenhower grand
children.
It is a 5-year-old horse
pony" given by j. r. Lackey
of Ashyille. N. c.. for Presi-
dent Eisenhower's three
grandchildren, David, Bar
bara Ann and Susan Eisen-
hover. 1t joins Tony.
another pony already at the
farm. Appropriately enough.
the newcomer is named
Little David"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

uTm TO consider the new pan aIlC
comment on 1t at a meeting De.
cember IS.
At the same time. however
Mr.. With stressed that the plar
has mo Official status" anc
added:
II don't know of anybody who
has expressed approval of al
features Of this plan. or even q
majority of them"
Consider All Suggestions
Asked why the new scheme was
raised with approval of the Zeck-
endorff redevelopment plan ap-
pearing imminent, Mr.. Wirth
said he thought his group should
consider all suggestions during
this planning stage"
He also fatty refused to say
who originated the new scheme,
although it was understood that
it has been proposed by Harland
Bartholomew, planning COM
mission chairman.
CAN I can say is that our
staff has assembled these ideas
from several outside sources.
he said. He refused to disclose
the outside sources.
The new scheme moves the
Zeckendorff plans key feature
S0O-foot-wide Mail designed as
an attractive entrance for the
new Southwest-from Tenth
street S.W. to Eighth.
Space for Air Museum
Among other results. this
would:
/. Permit the Smithsonian In
stitution's National Air Museum
to occupy the Tenth street site
Mr.. Zeckendorff contends is the
only suitable one for his Mall.
2. Require demolition of the
huge General Services Admin
istration warehouse to make way
for the Mall on Eighth street.
Replacement cost for this struc-
ture alone amounts to more than
So million.
8. Require that Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks be moved and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
kChiefs Hear
Dealer Blast
Sloane and Curtice
Forced to Listen
BY the Annotated Press

Senate antitrust investigators
today confronted the top officers
of General Motors Corp. with an
angry Pontiac dealer who ac-
cused the GIN command of MAX
ing "pawns and vassals" of its
10000 dealers.
President Harlow H. Curtice
and board chairman Alfred p
Sloane, jr., took their places at
the judiciary subcommittee's wit
ness table supposing themselves
to be the first witnesses of the
day.
Instead, they were forced to
sit silent while acting subcom-
mittee Chairman O'Mahoney
Democrat of Wyoming. called
up three complaining dealers
summoned by subpoena.
Then. with the dealers seated
across the table from the TOP
men of the worlds biggest manu-
featuring organization, Senator
O'Mahoney read into the record
a letter from one of them, M. H
wager. for IA years Pontiac
dealer in Albany. N. Y, and ar
employe of GIN for Is previous
years.
Reports Ethics Gone
Mr.. Wager wrote that "all the
ethics. dignity and fun have
gone out of the automobile bust
ness"
In a wild" race for sales. he
said, the GIN officers have
adopted the policies of arrogant
selfish dictators.
He called the GIN command "a
bully of the greatest magnitude.
In advance of the hearing GIN
gave out for release this morning
prepared testimony in which Mr.
Curtice said the corporation has
prospered because it has been
able to offer greater dollar value
in its products.
Replies to Critics
In a general rejoinder to COM
Ipetltors, former dealers and
Iothers who have complained to
the committee about GIN prac-
Itices. Mr.. Curtice said he knows
Iof no management organization
with higher business ethics or
stronger sense of public RESPONSE
bility. He specifically claimed q
high regard for the interests of
dealers, among others.
On that score Mr.. Wager wrote :
IGN ofiicials) have attempted
See GENERAL MOTORS, Pg. AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02
GET THE LOWDOWN
FROM THE RAMBLER

SUBSuRFAcE PoRTALS-Know
whot's behind those doors in the
Dupont Circle underposs? Well, Jock
Jones' does, and he tells about il to-
doy in The RombIer's column on
pooe 81.
SANTA STEPS ASIDE-Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Culhone have brought
their household book from the ordi-
nory Christmas tradition Of Santo to
the more religious side Of the holy
holiday. stor Reporter Mary /. Vaughn
describes II on poae B-5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

for its proposed air museum.
"a. Not be practical ever
should the delay be admissible
There is very little chance the
Congress would approve the re-
placement of the GSA building
when it is not necessary to the
development of a workable, at
tractive plan for the redevelop-
ment of the area.
Complications Anticipated
with regard to the first con.
clusion, it need only be observed
that Development of the South
west redevelopment plan which
now has the tentative approval Of
1.-THE National Capital Planning
Commission has required two
years, and even this effort was
preceded by several years of work
on other Southwest plans which
helped to lay the groundwork
Moving the proposed South NAL
from Tenth to Eighth streets
would require many changes in
other parts of the plan, and this
would mean a restudy of the en-
tire scheme from a standpoint Of
traffic, utilities, population den.
isity, arrangement of buildings
proper land uses and all other
factors that go into the develop
ment OF such a plan. 1t would
take at least year to revise the
plan and bring it again to it,
present state of completion.
1.-THE plan now tentatively ap.
proved for the Southwest ha.
evolved as the joint work of thu
NCPC, the redevelopment lane
agency and Webb g. Knapp. 1t!
features have been laboriously
hammered out and approved
lstep by step, until at the last
meeting of the commission Mr.
Bartholomew was able to an.
nounce that all major problem.
had been solved except the site
for the proposed air museum.
Funds Already Spent
"1n this effort, Webb & KNAPP
have expended more than $780,.
900 with no contractoral guar
antee Of any kind that they viii
recover any of it. or even share
in the ultimate redevelopment
A stable public sum also ha.
Continued on Page AS, Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

being raised at this time ana
that its serious consideration
would be IAN act of bad faith by
the Government in its relations
with the firm Of Webb g. Knapp"
Webb & Knapp, headed by
william Zeckendorff is the Arm
which has, at its own expense.
prepared a complete redevelop-
ment plan which has cleared
most hurdles.
Text of Letter
Following is the text Of Mr..
CARROTS November % letter to
Mr. Adams:
at have given careful consid-
Grafton to the suggestion of Mr..
Bartholomew CHarland Barthol-
omew, planning commission
,hairmanD that the Government
remove the General Services
Administration Building between
Seventh and Ninth, c and D
streets S.W., in order to make
possible a Mall entrance to the
Southwest along the line Of
Eighth street.
my conclusions are that to
consider this suggestion at this
time would:
ii. Most certainly delay the
redevelopment of the Southwest
at least two years.
SO. Be an act of bad faith by
the Government in its relations
with the firm of Webb and Knapp
which, if it did not cause their
withdrawal from the project,
would, at the least, make future
participation by private industry
In Washington redevelopment
uninviting.
"3. Raise a number of serious
problems, not all of which can
be forseen at this time, and APP
pear to solve only one-the pref
erence of the Smithsonian In
Stitution for a particular site
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

Maryland Assistant Attorne,
General Joseph D. Buscher an
nounced today that State in
Ivestigators have turned up evi.
ldence of apparent highway lane
speculation in Prince George.
| County similar to that which
has resulted in the indictment
Eof seven men in Montgomery
County.
Mr.. Buscher, who is in charge
Iof legal affairs for the State
Roads Commission, said the evi.
Idence "of possible inflated lanc
values" his investigators have
found will be turned over to the
Prince Georges County State;
attorneys Office within two
weeks"
Mr.. Buscher said the evidence
Iof apparent highway land Specu-
Ilation in Prince Georges wa:
uncovered during a three-month
probe of all Southern Maryland
No suspicious transactions were
found in Charles. Calvert anc
St. Marys Counties, he added.
Jury Reconvened
The Prince Georges County
grand jury is reconvening II
special session at Upper MARI
boro Monday on other matters
MIR. Buscher said it will be ny
to Blair Smith, Prince Georges
States Attorney, Ito decide
whether there is sufficient evi'
dence TO take the case before thu
grand jury"
Mr.. Smith said he plans to lay
the speculation evidence before
the grand jury next week. H
said that in addition to the evil
dence from the State, he viii
present information obtained If
ian investigation his Office ha'
been conducting for seVera
weeks.
Nr. Buscher declined to say
how many land dealings or how
many persons may be involyee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-02

Monday that the lack of ade-
quate schools can no longer be
allowed, Secretary Folsom in his
address last night said fatty
that If the country is to
meet classroom needs soor
enough, 1.-The Federal Govern
ment must help raise some Of the
funds for buildings"
He indicated. however. no de.
Fcision has yet been made on how
much will be sought.
The question is how much
Federal aid, and exactly how Il
should be given" Mr.. Folsom tolc
delegates.
He asserted that the admin
Iistration wants to avoid curbins
incentive for State and local ef.
fort. and that funds should b
distributed according to need.
single Program Urged
Education Commissioner Sam.
uel M. Brownell told the 1906
delegates last night that botf
President Eisenhower and Vica
President Nixon. in speeches tx
the conference on Monday, hae
been expressing the view "thar
the Federal Government mus
do more than it has heretofore
lin terms of both leadership ant
financial assistance, to advance
the cause Of education"
Mr.. Folsom told delegates, WHIT
went on record strongly yester'
day for increased Federal schoo
financial aid. that the Natior
should unite on one program To-
school Improvement.
Education of our children
| See EDUCATION, Page A.