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Evening star., 1955-11-22
Legislative Council
OF Maryland Backs
New Roads Setup

BALTIMORE, Nov. % tP.--A
Legislative Council committee
Ilast night gave unanimous ap-
proval to a bill which would re-
place the three-man State Road
Commission with a Department
of State Roads headed by o sim
gle director.
The action by the Budget and
Finance Committee followed a
Recommendation by the Cover
Inor's Green Commission for
scrapping the present SRC setup.
The councils proposed bill,
however. differs in one important
aspect from the recommends
tions of the Green Commission,
which advocated that the roads
director be appointed by and
serve at the pleasure of the Gov
ernor.
Delegate Boone. chairman Of
the Legislative Councils COM
mittee. said his groups bill would
require that the selection Of the
director be subject to Senate
approval.
That proviso also would apply
to the three-man roads policy
board, of which the director
would be a member. If the full
council approves the bill, it will
be put to the General Assembly
next February.
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DEED TO FIVE ACRES
ON MOON WORTH S.
GIVEN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE R.-Balti-
more yesterday was given
the deed to land for a s.
acre park on the moon.
James Margaritis showed
up at City Hall In a helmet
with two-way radio to turn
the deed over to Mayor
Thomas D'Alesandro.
Mr.. Margaritis got the deed
q Baltimore bar and grill.
paid IS for the acreage. To-
Gated in what is described
as the scenic southwest cor
ner of the great lunar crater
Copernicus.
Margaritis got the deeds
through the Interplanetary
Development Corp. of Glen
Cove, N. Y, headed by Rob-
ert r. Coles. former chair
man Of the Hayden Plane
tarium.
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CONVICTED SPEEDER GOES TO JAIL
TO BACK UP HIS CONVICTIONS

John Chapman eager is q man of conviction in more
ways than one. -
He convicted in Fairfax Trial Justice Court yes
teay Of speeding Because of his personal conviction
that the charge not proved he elected to to jail for
81 days rather than the $235 fine and costs assessed
against him.
According to the 34-year-old bachelor who works
radio technican in Washington and lives in Baltimore
Fairfax police charged him with travelling so miles hour
in a 40 mile zone Arlington Boulevard Sunday.
Mr.. eager told Trial Justice John Rothrock he may
have been going faster than 40 but denied that he
travelling so.
Mr.. Gagers attorney Miss Susan Hendershott of Rock
vile, paid the fine and costs but Mr. eager instructed
her TO get the money back
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Cheap Way Seen to End
Power Plant River Threat

An investment Of q "few thou
sand dollars" by the Potomac
Electric q Power Co. can pre-
vent damage to the Potomac
River from PEPCO's proposed
steam plant. Maryland scientists
say.
Researchers OF the Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory yesterday
suggested to the Maryland Board
'of Natural Resources that water
from the plant be run through
q relatively simple filtration
and cooling process before being
returned to the river.
Washington District Army En-
gineers have estimated that the
steam plant, planned at q river
side site In Loudoun County. Va,
win raise the temperature Of the
water 10 degrees In summer and
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scious. While he was trying tc
revive her, the other girl, Lucy
| got up and tried to walk to the
kitchen. She collapsed at the
kitchen door.
Mrs. lie Bre went to the tele.
phone to call q doctor and Mr.
LIE Bre took the two unconscious
children out in the hall.
While he was in the hall. he
heard the telephone drop to the
floor. He rushed back and found
his wife lying unconscious on
the floor.
BY now 1t was 7:30 am. Three
Of the family were unconscious
Mr.. lie Bre managed to tele-
phone police and the local res
Icue squad. Squad members ad-
ministered oxygen to the family
All were sick at the stomach
but nene was seriously affected
according to DR.. Stephen Jones
who examined them.
Workers from the Washington
Gas Light Co. were unable to
| find any gas leaks in the apart
lment building. But gas COM
lpany workers said they found
10 bottom door on the basement
furnace open when 1t should
have been shut.
They speculated that a back
draft let poisonous exhaust
fumes into the air-circulating
system.
Evening star., 1955-11-22
Stiff Fine and Term
Melted in Car Chase

Fines totaling $210 and a
prison term OF Is months were
handed Q District man yesterday
in Hyattsville Police Court as the
aftermath Of a chase along Sher-
|iff road last Friday.
John D. Carpenter, 10, colored.
Iof 4305 Third street NV. re-
ceived a 500 fine for driving
under the influence, 500 for ex-
ceeding 10 miles per hour $40
for reckless driving. 80 days for
resisting arrest and year in
the Maryland House Of Correc-
ton for assaulting q policeman.
After hearing the sentences
from Trial Magistrate Grover L.
Small. the defendant said he
would appeal.
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Three Are Injured
In $1,000 Blaze

Two firemen and a 74-year-
old woman were injured, none
|of them seriously, during a fire
last night in a third-fioor apart
ment in Mount Rainier. DAM
age was estimated at $1,000.
Reported in good condition
with q fractured arm at Prince
Georges General Hospital today
was Mrs. Barbara Shockey. a
resident Of the apartment next
to the one burned at 3412 New
ton street. Firemen said she
was injured when she tripped
over a fire hose.
Two flremen, treated and re-
leased, were 1t. Karl A. Young,
'jr.. 26. a cut hand, and Pvt,
Robert Mutchler, "a, smoke in
halation. Both are members of
the Mount Rainier Volunteer
Fire Department.
Mount Rainier Fire Chief John
e. Fisher said apparatus from
Brentwood, Cottage City. Chill
lum-Adelphi and Bladensburg
responded to the blaze In the
two-bedroom apartment Of Mrs.
Marlene Makrides.
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IAIexnndrio Police
Yield TO U. S. on
Two Rood Signs

The Alexandria TRAFFIC Con-
troll Department had to beat q
hasty retreat in a dispute with
the Federal Bureau Of Public
Roads over two signs at Shirl-
ington Circle.
Last Monday the city erected
two yield right Of way" signs
on Quaker lane leading into the
circle and on q road leading out
Of the circle onto Shirley high
way.
Three days later. police re-
ported the signs mad been re-
moved. Traffic Director Ken
meth Smith did some fast check
ing and found that the Bureau
Of Public Roads had taken them
away without advising the city
Yesterday, Mr.. Smith con-
ferred with public roads officials
Today he said the city was ap-
parently assuming jurisdiction
we don't have" He said that
although part Of the circle l,
in Alexandria, the Bureau oi
Public Roads retained admins
trative control because Fedora
funds were used in the construc.
ton Of Shirley highway and its
traffic iflterchanRes.
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Fugitive Charged
In Burglary

A montgomery County Cir
cult Court grand jury yesterday
heard burglary charges against
the companion Of a man shot
to death at the Bulls School
In Silver Spring early Thursday
Montgomery County police
said the man, still free, was
with Albert w. Brown, "a, COL
ored, Of the 1900 block of Hol-
brook street NE, who was shot
TO death by Bulls Coach Hugh
In. Hendrix.
The coach told police he hac
fired four shots In an effort tc
scare q trio he believed hao
been trying to rob the school
cook, Charles Kenney, 38.
The identity Of Browns com.
|panion was learned after police
questioned a woman who was
with the two men at the time
Iof the reported attempted rob-
berry. The woman, in her 30s
went to Metropolitan Police after
she had learned of Browns
death,
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iiEx-Tox Agent
Sent to Jail

BALTIMORE. Nov. 20 R.-A
former tax collector from Hy.
Iattsville who added to the Of.
lfenses for which he was indicted
lby his inattention to his case ir
court" according to the Judge
drew q 30-day jail sentence anc
la $500 fine yesterday for EN-.
|bezzling some Of the taxes ht
collected.
He was Robert q. Brady. 48
10 former collector for the In.
|ternal Revenue Service. Hi
pleaded guilty to a charge oi
taking $50 Of . 500 payment
the Archer Hardware Co. Of Riv.
|erdaie gave him for social Sc.
Icurity taxes.
Judge w. Calvin Chestnut. whit
imposed the penalties, heard thl
evidence after Brady PLEADED
guilty and slumped in a witnes
chair.
The judge commented the de
fendant added to the offense
for which he was indicted b.
Ibis inattention to his case II
court" :"
| The Judge noted the case wa
set for last Monday but Brad,
didn't show UP until afternoon
HE was late again yesterday. Il
both cases juries were summoned
and finally dismissed whel
the defendant decided to plea
guilty.
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harm downstream fish and plant
life.
After hearing the report. the
Maryland board voted to recon-
mend to the Department Of Ge-
ology, Mines and Natural Re-
sources that 1t win assurances
from PEPCO that the plant OPP
Grafton will have no harmful
effects on marine life.
The department, which holds
jurisdiction over the use of Po-
tomac River water, has not vel
acted on d request from PEPCC
to take water from the river
lPEPCo announced last month
| it would file such q request. but
held up It's application after the
|Loudoun site drew protests from
Washington and Maryland In
terests.
Maryland claims ownership Of
the Potomac and It's waters.
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U. S. Scrombling Typewriter Keys
In Move to Boost Speed 35 Pct.
ydco CO ole

Ydco CO Ole
Which Is what comes Of try
ing to teach an old dog new
tricks under proposed revision
Of the well-known and well
battered typewriter keyboard.
It merely says ''This is speed"
The Government has started
on tests Of the radically new
keyboard in the hopes Of Inn
proving the efficiency Of thou
sands Of typists to cut costs.
The "Ydco co ole" stems
from an old hand using
the touch system on standard
machine and keeping eyes on
the chart Of the revised key
board. For the beginner 1t should
be as easy as any-some experts
say easier.
IS Per Cent Speedier
Advocates claim the new key
board arrangement would boost
the average typist's output by up
to IS per cent. No one has specu-
lated on how long it would re.
quire the experienced typist to
"uniearn" the old keyboard.
General Services Administrator
Edmund F. Mansure says there
already is considerable evidence
that the "simplified" keyboard
does result in more production.
The Government operates more
than SOC. 900 standard machines
costing about $125 each.
The idea of changing the key
board on today's typewriters has
been under discussion for years.
but there has been no major
revision for SO years.
The test COUP Is being divided
into IL typists who win use the
standard keyboard and 10 who
win use the new system. Each
member win be matched with q
person of roughly equal skill,
temperament and intelligence, in
the regular group. No one win
know who his twin is.
Ready to Compete
While the experimental group
trains with the new keyboard and
builds up speed and proficiency. j
the regular group viii concen-
trate on speed drills.
The GSA said the two groups
Evening star., 1955-11-22
Fumes Fell 3 Of Family
In Rockville Apartment

A Rockville tMd.) family ol
i've was all but overcome BY
escaping furnace fumes in theii
today. Three Of them
were unconscious by the time
rescuers arrived.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
l.. lie Bre and their three chill
dren. Lucy Diane, S; Jeanette
8. and John Steven, /, of SOC
Blandford avenue. Rockville. Mr.
lie Bre is a salesman for a Dis
trict photographic studio.
Montgomery County Police
Pvts. Louis Kelly and Leonard
Cook gave this account:
About 6 am. the baby awoke
and began crying. Mrs. lie Bre
prepared a bottle and was feed
ing him when the second child
Jeanette, began to cry.
Mr. lie Bre told the child not
to make a fuss. He became sus-
picious at hearing jeanette fall
silent so quickly.
He returned to the children's
room and found eJanette uncon.
Evening star., 1955-11-22

The removal of temporary
Federal Iow-income housing prof.
ects at Cabin John and Seven
Locks, where about 120 families
live in substandard homes, was
asked today by the Montgomery
County Council.
The council acted on the rec
ommendation Of its legal de-
partment and representatives Of
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
The county request was made in
answer to a Public Housing ADJ
ministration proposal that the
wartime houses be sold, with
preference given to their present
occupants.
r. Robert Linowes, an assist
ant county attorney, said the
Government houses. built over
10 years ago. do not conform to
county subdivision regulations
and zoning ordinances. Other
county officials said the homes.
about 100 Of which are located
In Cabin John, are mot in keep
ing" with other homes In the
area.
Last September. at a Joint
meeting OF PT1A spokesmen and
Representatives Of the county
and the planning commission,
the Government asked the
county to allow project residents
to have an opportunity to buy
the homes. Otherwise. the Gov
eminent said, the project prop
critics win be auctioned as one
unit.
The council, however, today
voted to inform Government
housing officials that it is not
agreeable TO excepting the homes
from subdivision regulations.
r. M. Little, assistant director
Of the Washington PHA field
ONCE. yesterday said the Gov
srnment homes at Cabin John
Evening star., 1955-11-22
BY DAVID KooNCE

E. E. Cummings. who likes tc
be called e.e. cummings. and tc
whom any old hatful Of pied type
might well be a poem. both
charmed and startled a capacity
audience last night In the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art.
He read from his published
and unpublished poems. His un-
published poems viii probably re-
main just that. If Postmaster
General Summerfield has any say
lin the matter. These were the
ones that raised the eyebrows.
His published poems raised ap-
Ipreciative applause.
Still Saucy
The years have not changed
Mr.. Cummings noticeably Che Il
SD. He has never really grown
up. He is still the saucy boy who
would rather shock his listners
than soothe them. and he car
do both equally well.
Perhaps not shocking, but q biI
brash were such lines as:
"A salesman is an it that
stinks excuse mel" or, II Low,
freedom more than ! loathe tn,
radio"
| But when 1t comes to charm,
ling an audience. Mr.. Cumming
also has lines OF melodic beaut,
("Time Is q tree: this life on,
leaf" and Love is the whole
Iand more than the all").
Then there is yet another side
to this many-sided man, one oi
well planned m a dness anc
scrambled syntax ("Is when fol
sale? forever Is to give').
On Comrades
And the comment political:
! Comrades die because they are
| told
Comrades die before they are
old
:. All Good comrades you can
tell
| By their dltruistic smell.
In reading from his autobi-
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Housing Project Removal
Asked by Montgomery

land Seven Locks have Served
q definite purpose" and would
mot do any harm If allow
ed to remain. He said that II
the Government does not sell
the one-story frame dwellings to
their present occupants. the 100
plus families involved viii have
Ito be evicted.
Evening star., 1955-11-22
Creek
Sewage Plant
Work Ordered

The Virginia State Water Con-
troll Board today authorized
Fairfax County to go ahead with
construction of a primary sew
Iage treatment plant on Little
Hunting Greek, provided the
planning and construction Of
secondary facilities is started
without delay"
The county win open bids at
u pm. Friday for the primary
Little Hunting Greek plant, one
of three plants the county is
building in its $40 million sewer
Improvement program.
Residents near the Little Hunt
ing Creek plant site had asked
the water board to require sec
londary treatment facilities, and
suggested a construction time
table.
The Board of County Super
visors had agreed to put in sec
ondary facilities. 'as soon as
possible" but decided not to hold
up construction of the primary
plant.
While the water board did not
adopt the strict time table rec
commended by residents near the
plant site, 1t approved the pri-
mary plant conditioned on the
owner fcounty) proceeding with
out delay with the planning for
and construction of secondary
facilities"
A water board spokesman said
"If the county dawdles, we can
cali them In at any time and
make them go ahead with Sec
ondary facilities"
Primary facilities provide
about 80 to 40 per cent treat
ment, while secondary facilities
give 80 to 95 per cent treatment.
Engineers assured the county
lprimary treatment would be suf-
flcient at first on Little Hunting
Creek, but the supervisors agreed
with residents after inspecting
the creek that 1t should have q
secondary plant.
Evening star., 1955-11-22
School Controct Okoyed
BY Montgomery Boord

December . to hear spokesmen
from groups opposing a faster
|iptegration timetable.
Tentatively the session is
planned at the Wheaton High
School. Among groups to be
heard win be the Maryland Pc
Itition Committee, the Montgom-
'ery County Farm Bureau and q
group known as We the People,
The board also slated a closed
door session on December IA for
"a review Of integration problems.
Earlier Budget Sought
on the motion Of wylie Bar
row, the board voted to ask the
County Council to set up a ref
Ierendum in November. 1856
which would ask voters to ap.
prove the advancing Of adoption
Iof annual budgets by thret
months.
Under the present system. the
school budget must be submit
ted to the County Council BY
May Is. and adopted by June 80
The board wants these date
shifted to February IS ant
March 80.
Mr.. Barrow said this woulS
permit earlier ALLEGATION Of fund
$50 that the board could sign con
tracts with teachers for the mex
school year before the end O.
June, speed up school construc'
ltion and buy school equipment II
time for September delivery.
The move Is strongly backet
lby the Montgomery County Edu
cation Association, which say,
teacher recruitment would b
lmade easier II teachers knew II
learly June what salary to expec
1.-The following September.
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Cummings Both Charms
And StortIes Audience

biographical 'f-a series Of non.
lectures" Mr.. Cummings re-
vealed himself as a mote.
worthy specimen Of the Lost
Generation" He recalled his
early days In Boston, days Of the
bunnyhug and the turkey trot,
and sang a few lines from the
hit parade of those days. His
Irecollections show him to have
been a real 23-skidoo guy, and
oh you kid.
He hinted at his own COM
bined bitterness and sentimen-
tality in describing the world
as "a world worth hating and
Iadoring" and security as some
thing negative. undead" Ono
free spirit ever dreamed Of
security.~.
Capitals for Emphasis
In an interview after the read
ling, Mr.. Cummings explained his
aversion to capital letters: II
use capitals ONLY for empha-
SIS" he said. after all. that's
what they were invented for.
weren't they?"
/ AS for his weird typographical
ldisarrangements, Mr.. Cummings
said he so arranges his lines
THAT the reader may be forced
to read or "hear" them with the
same emphasis the author in
tended.
The reading. sponsored by the
Institute Of Contemporary Arts,
went o
I
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100000
thL)y
Evening star., 1955-11-22
|Lot-Size Plan
Hit in Damascus
Citizens Urge Zoning
For HuIf-Acre Plots

Il "A new zo0lng ordnance pelne
prepared for Upper Montgomery
County may vary sharply in re-
|quirements for lot sizes from
ELECTION district to election dis
Itrict.
This appeared probable as
planning consultant Irving C.
Root saw his proposals for the
Damascus election district hit
last night by residents Of the
AREA.
Some 80 persons turned out for
the meeting and voiced unani-
'Imous opposition to Mr.. Roots
proposals for lot size require
Iments Of two acres and five acres
for most of the area.
Opposition Repeated
1 The meeting was a repeat per-
..Iformance Of opposition voiced at
a hearing by the County Council
in October when about 500 resi-
dents opposed the agricultural
zone with its 5-acre minimum
lot size.
| Damascus area residents urged
that the zoning ordinance permit
establishment Of one-haH acre
lots throughout the election dis
trict.
| Mr.. Root has been retained by
the County Council and the Up
per County Planning Commis-
sion to prepare a zoning map
land ordinance for the rural area
that includes commercial, In
dustrial and residential zones. In
1923 Mr.. Root, who lives in
Chevy Chase, drafted the first
coming ordinance for the lower
county under sponsorship Of the
4 Maryland National Capital Park
land Planning Commission.
| Mr.. Root indicated last night
that he win take TO the plan
ming commission the zonine
recommendations he receives
from residents Of each election
district. The result is likely to
Ebe that some districts, such az
1.-THE Potomac-D -Darnestown area,
may have minimum lot sizes ex-
llceeding the one-half acre desired
Iby the Damascus district.
Half Acre Near Town
Mr.. Root had suggested one
half acre lots only In and around
lthe present town Of Damascus
and In other smaller communi-
tiles in the election district.
1 He proposed minimum lot sizes
lof two acres along main roads
such lots would be $50 feet wide
and 800 feet deep.
4 In the remaining 96 per cent
|of the district, Mr.. Root proposed
10 five-acre minimum lot size.
j Last nights meeting was the
lnrst Of eight planned In upper
county communities by Mr., Root
las he works toward a December
u deadline in submission Of his
proposed coming map. He will
meet tonight with residents of
the Barnesville election district
lat Dickerson.
Evening star., 1955-11-22

The Montgomery County
Board of Education last night
approved q contract for con-
struction of an elementary
school on land It doesn't own.
Chairman Willard G.. McGraw
said the board hopes to acquire,
within 80 days. . tract ct
Georgia avenue and Aspen Hill
road for the 24-Toom Aspen Hill
School. which. when completed.
will be the biggest elementary
school in the county.
A condemnation suit now Is
pending IN Montgomery County
Circuit Court. The construction
contract. which must be signed
within 80 days, win be awarded
to the n. o. McAllister Construc-
ton Co., whose 1863 ,493 base bid
was the lowest Of 10 submitted.
Total cost Of the project is esti-
mated at $545. .l08.
To Speed Construction
The chairman explained that
the unorthodox contract pro-
cedure was intended to pave the
way for actual construction as
quickly as possible.
The new school is intended tC
relieve overcroWding at the Wei
Ter Road, Wheaton Woods, High
land and Connections Avenut
Park schools. which face double
sessions next September unless
the Aspen Hill facility is com.
pleted about December l. 1856
The board. which a week agt
heard representatives Of the Ma.
tional Association for the Ad'
vancement Of Colored People ant
its supporters press for stepped
up program Of integration
scheduled q special session fol
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200 to Be Confirmed

The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle. Archbishop of Wash.
ington, win confirm 200 children
at 7:45 pm. today at st. Martins
Catholic Church. North Capitol
and T streets NV. He will be
assisted by the Rev. Louis ].
Miltenburger, pastor Of the
church.
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Gen. Prentiss to Speak

Mai. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
commanding general Of Fort Bel
lvoir, Va. and former Engineer
Commissioner Of the District Of
Columbia. will address the COM
lbined service clubs Of Alexandria
lat 1880 pm. tomorrow at the
George Mason Hotel, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1955-11-22

in effect will race each other
until reaching top speed in both
systems.
After studying the results. the
Government will be in a position
to decide whether to switch to
the new system, devised by Au-
gust Dvorak, research director at
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Beyond Control

Mrs. Goricki said her husband'l
RACES were beyond his contro
and could be touched OF by in.
consequential events.
His impulse to cause her pair
became more pronounced whils
she was weeping from his initia
onslaughts, she said. She tolt
of him kicking her until g,
forced myself to stop crying
Then he would stop kicking me.
He could not remember late
that he had kicked her. she said
Once he inquired about bruise
on her body, she said. and HI
"just couldn't believe he hat
done such a thing" when sh'
told him they were from hi
blows and kicks.
She said he refused to seel
medical advice.
He said that, II the Marine
Corps ever found out, he woult
be ruined" she testified.