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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

to $170 million in the wide
spread flooding Of a million acres
. in the peak inundation or
/ Christmas Eve.
With Crisp, clear weather, the
runoff slackened in the still
swollen Sacramento and Sar
Joaquin Rivers.
Atop Bonner Summit In the
Sierra Nevada the snowpack
reached SO inches, compared with
IS a year ago.
Ellsworth Bunker, president
of the American Red Cross. few
by helicopter today to Stockton
and to Santa Cruz. He viii fly
tomorrow to Yuba City and then
to Sacramento to confer with
Gov. Goodwin ]. Knight.
& With 161 disaster workers
modified from all over the
United States. the Red Cross
estimates it will spend S. mil
lion providing prompt aid to
families in immediate need in
Northern California and South
ern Oregon.
Gov. knight. after viewing in
Santa Cruz 1.-The worst business
property damage" In all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29
Why do courts
protect criminals?

In New Jersey q gang of boot
leggers went free because they
were arrested without a warrant
=. In Texas a man convicted of
drowning his wifew onareversal
because the accusation failed to
state if he'd drowned her in
water, coffee, or what"
In January Readers Digest
q distinguished law authority
suggests a practical way to stop
the legal hairsplitting that
mocks justice and aids the
guilty.
GetJanuary Readers Digest:
80 articles of lasting interest,
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THE DEMON JET THAT CAN'TFLY
Bio Future in TV

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 (P.-
The Television- Electronics Fund,
Inc. estimates there will be IS
million TV sets in use in so mill
lion American homes in another
10 years.
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Flood Deaths Rise to 81,
With 20 to 80 MISSING

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20 41-Reief and reconstruction
counties CALIFORNIA; destructive floods
worked earnestly today to speed the restoration Job
The toll of known dead reached 40 in California and IL in
Oregon Between 20 and 80 still reported missing and
presumed dead in California; in Oregon
damage-stin prelmnary-are million
Evening star., 1955-11-14
G. |. Watkins
Dead at 66

G. Luckett Watkins. director Of
public works for the City OF Alex
|andria. and former vice chairman
Of the National Capital Regional
Planning Council. died today at
George Washington University
Hospital. He was 66.
Mr.. Watkins had been on leave
from his position with the city
for IA months, suffering from
|neurodermatitis. a nerve ailment
He had been in and out of the
hospital eight times in the past
year.
Mr.. Watkins came to Alexan-
dria in 1910 as city engineer. His
duties later were expanded and
the name Of the position was
changed to director of public
works. He served numerous
times as acting city manager
while Alexandra went through q
period of frequent changes in ad-
ministration. On one occasion
he held down the job of city man
lager and public works director
simultaneously for over q year
Before coming to Alexandra
Mr.. Watkins was city engineer
of Roanoke for 81 years. He was
q graduate Of Virginia Polytech-
mic Institution and a native Of
Alexandria.
He is survived by his widow
Evening star., 1955-11-14
IS COLONEL Homes
AT Fredericksburg
Will Open to Public

FREDERICKSBURG Va, Nov
Ia tSpeciaD. - Five Colonial
homes inland near this commu-
nifty win be opened to the pub
llic Sunday between 2 and $50
lp.m.
1 They are the Mortimer House,
erected In 1854, where Washing
lton, Lafayette and other Revo-
Ilutionary War generals were en-
ltertained after the British sur
|Irender at Yorktown; the home
Iof Barry Lyndail. former Nor
timer family carriage house and
servants quarters; Wexford
House. Clearview. across the
lRappahannock River and Carl
ltOn House.
/ Also to be open are the St
GEORGES Episcopal Church, the
presbyterian Church and the
Masonic Lodge where Washing
lton was made q member. Tick
Jets wiz cost 81 and receipts will
lgo to Historic Fredericksburg
Inc. a recently-formed nom
lprofit organization.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
College Park Meeting
|Sloted BY Democrats

Democratic Party ofncials vii
speak at q tea from 3 to S pm
Sunday under auspices OF til,
|Greenbelt. Hollywood ant
Twenty first District Democratic
Clubs at the College Park Moos'
Club.
Senate President Louis L
Goldstein: Mrs. Alice Candles
National Democratic committee,
woman, and Mrs. Ruth Swami
Southern Maryland chairman o.
the United Democratic women'i
Clubs. win speak.
Evening star., 1955-11-14

ny Gov. STANLEY, released its re-
port yesterday recommending
that local school boards be al
lowed to adjust their school sys-
TENS as they saw fit, and also
proposing that State and local
funds be provided for tuition
grants to children who do not
want to attend integrated
schools or for children living
in areas where public schools
might be abolished.
1ntegration Predicted
Two area officials promptly
predicted that Arlington and
Fairfax County - with small
Negro populations-would choose
to integrate their school sys-
TENS rather than do anything to
weaken public schools. Both
lspokesmen felt this could be
done, without compelling either
white or colored children to at
tend integrated schools il they
did not want to.
Robert F. Davis, chairman of
the Fairfax County School
Board, said he was confident a
large majority Of the residents
in his county did not want to
abolish or weaken the public
schools.
Il am grateful the Commission
recognized that the problem is
not the same all over Virginia, 4
said Mr.. Davis.
He said he believed most chill
ldrer- colored and white would
choose to stay In their owp
schools If the enforced racial
barrier is removed. If there are
Ichildren-white or colored--whc
do not want to attend an inte-
grated school, they could be as
signed to an all-white or all
icolored school in Fairfax County
without too much difficulty. said
Mr.. Davis.
Aid Plan Challenged
He questioned the legality OF
the private school grant plan
recommended by the Gray Com
mission.
IF you give a child grant to
Evening star., 1955-11-14
|YEGGs LUG AWAY
300 POUND SAFE,
BUT GET ONLY S18.

Hardworking thieves found
themselves richer by only
$18 after Juggling away an
800-pound safe from the
Anderson Moving & Storage
Co. In Arlington.
Detective Capt. Dudley
Rector said they gained en-
trance to the building at
201l WestnnoreIand street by
breaking the glass in q door
over the week end.
The big safe contained
only $1S. he said. The
thieves also made OF with q
typewriter.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Two on -Truin Hurt
AS Coupling Ports

BALTIMORE, Nov. IA R.--
Two passengers aboard q Balti-
more Il Ohio Railroad train were
injured at Mount Royal Station
early today when q coupling
parted between two coaches al
the train was coming to q stop
Aboard the train were about
TOO football fans who attended
the Baltimore Colts-New YorlI
Giants football game In New
York yesterday.
John Budrow. ~, was thrown
to the ground as the coupling
separated. He had been stand
ing near the platform Of one
coach. Robert Herget, jr., rs
was thrown on balance and
struck his knee inside the coach
Both Baltimore men were
taken to Mercy Hospital fol
treatment. An attendant said
neither appeared to be seriously
hurt.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Form Wives Ask Diplomats
TO See Thanksgiving Sales

their homewares. The motif will
be based on the annual turkey
day holiday.
The coop group. which opens
twice. weekly Wednesdays and
Saturdays-to dispose Of county
grown farm items or home
goods, has invited ambassadors
|or their staffs.
The women will serve cider,
doughnuts and coffee during the
usual market hours, Q am. to
Is peN
Evening star., 1955-11-14
BY SMITH HEMPsTONE

How the residents OF Lortor
In Fairfax County successfully
tackled the job Of setting up q
volunteer fire department is q
story that has been repeated
time and again in the Washing
ton area.
Lorton is q community oi
about l,500 on q. s. / at Occo-
!nuan Greek. People there got
sick and tired about q year age
Iof having their homes and farm
buildings burn down every time
the compost pile got warm.
It seems that the nearest
county fire departments, at Penn
Daw and Franconia. were toe
far away and, since Lorton
homes use wells or creeks fol-
their water. neither had enough
|pumping equipment to handle
the situation.
So LOrton, with q boost from
|citizens' associations in the area,
decided To organize q volunteer
fire department and rescue
squad,
How They Raised Money
They needed money.
So they had . bake sale. Pro-
ceeds Of several bake sales and
q ham-and-oyster dinner later
were $500.
Many local citizens opened
their hearts and their pocket
books to the new organization.
Ira Cochran, an attorney, con-
|tributed his efforts to get the
group Incorporated In Septem-
Der Of last year. A local store
owner donated a building site
just on U. S. | in Lorton. And
10 retired Army major directed
the drawing up of plans for y
Evening star., 1955-11-14

Foreign diplomats In Wash
ington will have an opportunity
TO learn more about Amer
ican Thanksgiving traditions
"wednesday as guests Of a group
lot Montgomery County farm
women.
The occasion will be "Diplo-
mats Day" at the Farm Women's
Cooperative Market, 7155 Wis
eonsin avenue. Bethesda.
About so farm wives viii sell
Evening star., 1955-11-14
CONVENTIONS
TO-DAY

Ultra-sliort-wave radio
signals - scatter propoga-
ton" Of radio waves above
television frequency ranges
viii be discussed at q two
day symposium sponsored
jointly by George Washing
ton University and the Insti-
tue Of Radio Engineers in
Lisner Auditorium.
The National Lumber
Manufacturers Association
starts q three-day meeting
In the Shoreham Hotel with
about 200 persons attending.
Electrical Techniques In
Medicine and Biology is the
subject Of q three-day con-
vention IN the Shoreham
Hotel. It viii be attended BY
about 300 persons.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
How Lorton Worked Up
To Fire Fighting Trim

$50. 900 two-story brick building
to house the group.
A grocery store owner, a meat
supplier and q garage owner
Ichipped in last month to buy the
first piece Of equipment, the
rescue squad ambulance. And
with funds raised from dues
from the fire departments 200
members, contributions and bake
sales, a fine engine with a 500
gallon-per-minute pumping ca
Ipacity was bought.
A local painter gave the en-
Igine a new coating of enamel
and a garage owner gave the
equipment a home at his garage
until completion of the new
building.
"Got Things Started
"And don't forget the Belmont
Civic Association, adds Mrs.
Thomas H. Peyton. secretary of
the volunteer fire department.
They got things started and
carried the ball until enough
Lorton people got interested in
the project"
Work on the new building is
under way with completion
scheduled for next spring. The
headquarters will include ac-
comodations for four pieces of
equipment, quarters for crews,
q kitchen and a meeting hall
for social functions.
On August z the Fairfax
County Fire Commission ac-
cepted the Lorton group as an
auxiliary company of the Penn
Daw Volunteer Fire Department.
The Lorton crews have been
learning the ins and outs of fire
fighting from Penn Daw f1remen.
Evening star., 1955-11-14

switchboards and telephones
have been added q wrist radio
and q sound truck" Like the
earlier numbers. they enable a
child to get behind a chair, trail
ing microphone and wires. and
blast out q loud testing, testing
testing cali over the loud
speaker.
Telephone Talks Back
A new wall telephone even
talks back at you when you turn
Ia crank.
Girls kitchen sets, a sensation
10 year ago, have trebled In pop
|ularity this year. You can nov
|get miniature sets for making
yariously. candy, desserts, bar
becue, soda fountain treats
pastry and pancakes, and tea,
One. called . '.chuck wagon set,
offers real Western chow'--hot
soup, pork and beans and
spaghetti.
Most stores now classify their
toys by age groups. For the
youngest children. q new item
is q plastic. unbreakable quart
milk bottle Allied with colored
spools.
For musical types, the plastic
instruments. most Of which use
harmonica reeds for sound, now
include trumpets, clarinets, ac-
cordions. glockenspiel. saxo-
phones, trombones, tubas and
pianos. One set Of jazz-band trap
drums has q double appeal, the
bass drum being decorated with
q Western rider horsed on q
rearing bronco.
DO-It- Yourself Kits
3 G ~
Do 1t yourself accounts for
many toys. There are kits from
which a child can construct air
planes, boats. cars. houses and
play pens. Some Of the model
racers and planes even come
with real miniature gasoline en-
gines.
There are tool sets for young
tinkerers, too. Some are In carry
ing boxes, others In racks or tool
holsters. One set Is attached to
q '.junior linemAn tool belt" for
aerial work.
Davy Crockett ware is still Of
fered in large numbers. but buy
ers report that the "big flash"
Of buying has tapered on.
And spacemen. space helmets,
space guns and flying saucars--
d universal craze for o while
have almost dropped out Of
sight. AS one store manager put
it:
Space Is dead"
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Brisk Sales Begin in Christmas Toys;
voriety Of New Ploythings Offered

Space is dead" this year. but
everything else Is jumping. a
survey Of toy stores and toy
departments shows.
With parents drifting UP to
the toy counters earlier than
ever, merchants, almost to a
man. predict this will be the
best season vet for toy sales.
The big rush for toys win be
mounted the day after Thanks
giving and rise to It's annual
peak In the first two weeks Of
December. But already stores re-
port brisk sales.
Santa Claus dozens Of him
will move into most departments
by the end Of next week.
The newly decorated depart
lments are stocked with the
familiar toys Of other years and
Ia bumper crop Of new items. The
greatest number Of innovations
lis In mechanical toys.
More Electrical Toys
More and more toys are going
electrical and automatic.
Dolls and trains. always big
sellers, are not much changed
this year. The baby doll that
cries real tears is having q good
second year. She Is joined this
year by large number Of teen
|age dolls. Some have high heels
Iand lacy underthings for the
first time, and one wears a
Princess Margaret-style tiara
In trains, the principal addi-
Itions are an electric streetcar.
which fiips its trolley and re-
verses direction every time it
bumps into anything, and a
diesel locomotive with q life-like
roar" which rises and falls with
the trains speed.
Foreign imports are more nu-
Imerous than everyone store re-
ports that rs per cent Of its
stock is foreign-nade and
many Of them are in the ex-
lpanding electro-nechanical lines.
From Germany come whole
series.
Remote Controls
One is q ''gas pump" with a
revolving dial which pumps elec-
tricity into the battery Of o tiny
Evening star., 1955-11-14
|McKeIdin TO Speak

LEXINGTON. Va. Nov. D.
Gov. McKeldn will speak at
Washington and Lee unitersity's
Lee Chapel here Friday under
auspices Of Pi Sigma Alpha, ma
tional honorary political science
'fre.ernity.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Church Council Dinner

The Arlington Council Of Re-
ligious Education viii install
teachers Of after-school religious
classes at a dinner at 7 pm. to-
morrow at st. Georges Episcopal
Church. Fairfax drive and North
Nelson street.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Mixed Schools Seen
In Nearby Virginia
Local. Option Plan in Gray Report
Gathers Support in Counties

The local option feature Of the Gray Commission report
began to gather support In Northern Virginia today as it
came clear that the could make It's about
integration in public schools.
While there mixed reaction to other phases Of the
study the local option feature drew favorable comment
The S2ember Gray Commission appointed II months ago
Evening star., 1955-11-14
|Kensington Dance

A dance sponsored by the La
dies Fire Auxiliary Of Kensing-
ton. Md, will be held at Q pm
Saturday at the Kensington Ma
ltional Guard Armory.
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Book Discussion

The Alexandra Library wiz
sponsor Great Books Discus.
sion Group starting at 8 pm.
tomorrow. Dee Ferguson Of the
Great Books Foundation win di.
rect the meeting.
Evening star., 1955-11-14

car giving u several IulIiutSS
Juice to run on.
Others are remotely controlled
electric boats, a tiny kitchen
mixer that runs on its own pow.
Ter, aerial sand leaders, cranes
steam sl1ovels and claw buckets
land smaller than ever electric
trains.
| From England come q child
size automobile with simulated
engine and real spark plugs, new
sets Of lead soldiers, steam en-,
gines and walking dolls.
Japan Is not 80 wen repre-.
lsented as in other years. bui
there are many Italian imports
most Of them intricately detailed
dolls and fantastic animal fig.
lures, some in colorful felt-work
Spain. too. has joined the lisl
lof importers. One Spanish toy
lis q perfectly detailed street or.
Igan or hurdy gurdy. which plays
Ia whole series of tunes. Don't
jump too quick for it, though. II
is one of the most expensive toys
anywhere. with a price tag Of
$295.
Mostly Plastic
Almost everything comes In
plastic. But there is a strong
counter current. Many manu-
|facturers advertise their products
are made of real wood or -'real
metal r
Educational toys include In
formation games and construc-
Ition sets and whole laboratory
kits for amateur scientists and
craftsmen. There are sets for
the chemist. metallurgist. doctor,
weather forecaster. optician
glass blower. uranium prospec-
tor, printer, miner. electrician
biologist and radio ham. Fol
the budding penologist there il
even a Dick Tracy crime-stoppei
lab"
There are noise-makers in pro-
fusion. Along with the usual
Ihandguns Of all vintages, there
are two new World War II copies
One is q pod-mounted anti
aircraft gun and one q subma-
chine-gun or .'burp gum" Both
shoot whole rolls Of caps in
rapid fire.
TO the crop of walkie- -talkies,
Evening star., 1955-11-14
Remote Controls

One is q "gas pump" with a
revolving dial which pumps elec-
ltricity into the battery Of q tiny
Evening star., 1955-10-04
June VaIIi

Friday, Oct. Z, 2P.M. -. Premieres
and viii autograph her latest RcA
Victor album The Torch" to be
seen later in the week on Ed
suilivan's Toast Of the Town"
~ show.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
VaasgIsas Monroe

Saturday, oct. 8, 2 P.M.--Famed
RCA Victor recording artist viii
sing his latest song hits and auto
graph his records for q thrilling
TV-Orama wind-up.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
Meet the Stars!


Thursday, Oct. Q, 2 Pm. :. World
famous conductor Of Boston Pops
Orchestra. Dr.. Fielder has thrilled
musical audiences for % years.
Evening star., 1955-10-04
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Evening star., 1955-10-04
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super glamour girl and eomedienne
presented by "Tv Guide"
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You sit comfortably in your chair
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channels, cuts off sound. No cords,
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KEoKUK, Iowa R.-Ths
Rev. Dale E. Oliver has instI-
tuted q unique telephone In
spirational program.
Known as Inspiration $40,
Rev. Oliver provides recorded
words Of cheer and faith from
his study at the Evangelical Free
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residents are greeted BY mes
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through appropriate home De.
sign.
Quality Of Luxury
Viewed overall, he said, Wash.
lington has developed a mag
niflcent quality Of luxury thai
mo other city Of the world Ia.
attained.
Redevelopment here and else,
where calls for creating amen.
tiles in the downtown area tina
people now are seeking in thu
suburbs. he said. Likewise. hs
commended, redevelcpment coule
very well include what he termed
invisible public housing that
would be welded to the general
character of the city and tc
which there would be no stigma
attached.
Citing the 1866 residential
architecture awards program as
q pioneering step In the direc-
ton Of good design, Mr.. Stonoroy
said the practice Of house
architecture Is important Is i
BACKGROUND to all types Of con-
struction.
Joseph Miller. chapter presi-
dent. was in charge Of the meet
ing.
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.Wonts 70 Help

HOUSTON. Tex. lH1.-Wal-
Lace Davis. a retired advertising
man. Is building q series Of dams
| for fresh water lakes on his
place. He had one stipulation
for firms wanting the Job: They
had to give him q job driving
one Of the tractors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-11-02

for q more beautiful and more
desirable community.
Referring to this years
awards program. in which Mr.,
Stonorov served as one Of the
members Of the jury. Mr.. Me-
Kelway said It was initiated il
line with the newspapers con-
ception Of its public service re-
sponsibility.
Mr.. Stonorov told members Of
the chapter there Is unexampled
opportunity today or new ideas
and new approaches toward re-
making the face Of cities and en-
couraging Happy family living"
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