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Evening star., 1955-06-12
Special Glasses Urged
For Gifted in Foirfox

come 6. A 3-hour program is
proposed, and the committee
suggests that small neighborhood
school of one or two clasSrooms
would best serve the pre- primary
program.
Good Preparation
BY bringing children to school
at S years of age. the committee
feels they can be taught to get
along together. tested for intelli-
gence and get accustomed to
school discipline so they will be
ready to start regular classroom
work when they enter the first
grade.
Separate enriched" classes for
gifted children is recommended
by the committee that studied
their needs. 1t is proposed to
keep these classes small and give
them special teachers. Accelera-
ton, or skipping grades, is not
recommended.
Which children belong in the
gifted classes would be decided
by intelligence tests. individual
accomplishment. age. academic
progress, teacher consultations
and other factors.
Ultimately, the committee on
gifted children proposes con-
of a separate arts and
sciences high school.
Expansion of vocational train
ing offered in regular high
schools is proposed by the COM
mittee on vocational subjects,
instead of building a separate
vocational high school. More en-
phasis and training in distribu-
tive education, carpentry, elec-
plumbing and similar
subjects is advocated.
Establishment of night classes
for adults is proposed by the
adult education committee.
Space in all new school build
ings for remedial reading, lip
reading, speech therapy, hearing
and psychological tests is pro-
posed by the committee on
special education. The county
has instructors in these sub
jects now but they have hard
time finding room to do their
work
Evening star., 1955-06-12

Separate classes for gifted
children and a special high
school to prepare them for col
lege is one Of a series of recon-
mendations to be submitted to
the Fairfax County School Board
Tuesday night.
The proposals have been pre-
pared by committees of school
personnel who have been study
ing ways of enriching educa .ional
opportunities in the county.
Other recommendations call
for pre-primary classes for s.
year-olds, increased vocational
training. night classes for adults,
expansion of opportunities for
handicapped children and pos
sibly q junior college.
New Facilities Needed
The school board is holding
a special meeting to hear the
proposals before deciding the
exact amount of a new bond issue
to be voted OH in the fall. Some
of the ideas would require new
facilities. Others could be put
in operation with little or no
added expense. The school board
plans to consider how much
might be incorporated in the
forthcoming bond issue to add
some of the new projects recon-
mended.
About IS teachers, principals
and supervisors have been work.
ing on the six committees. Each
committee was assigned topic
to consider as follows: Pre-
primary education, vocational
training. needs of the superior
or gifted child. adult education,
special education for handicap
ped children and post-high
school training.
Robert w. Walker, director of
surveys and information for the
school board has received reports
from most of the committees,
which will be presented to the
school board Tuesday night.
The pre-primary committee in
its report recommends establish
ment of classes for 5-year-olds
to prepare them for entry into
the first grade when they be-
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Many Too Late to Register
In Alexandra, Falls Church

A quirk in the law caused dis
appointment to many eligible
voters in Alexandria and Falls
Church who thought yesterday
was the deadline for registering
to vote in the July IL Democratic
primary.
Yesterday was the deadline for
registering in most other Virginia
Jurisdictions but in Alexandria
and Falls Church, the deadline
had long since passed. Those
who braved the rain to sign up
found the doors shut and the
books closed at the registrars
Offices.
State law requires that regis
tration books be closed for 80
days before a regular primary
or general election. But in Alex
andria and Falls Church, where
city elections are scheduled Tues
day, the books were closed May
IA, which was 80 days before the
city election.
The overlapping of time came
about through a 1852 General
Assembly Act which, changed the
State primary date from August
to July. Through an oversight,
legislators apparently forgot to
change the registration statute
to prevent overlapping of regis
tration headlines in cities where
Evening star., 1955-06-12
. FIBER GLASS AWNINGS .
. CANOPIES . CARPORTS .
Q PATIO COVERS .

. ONLY CHAMBERLIN HAS ex-
truded onodized oIuminum corniee
ond distinctive horizontal
"step-down" roof.
. CHOICE OF CoLORS nodded
in translucent FIBER GLASS
shode rooms with jeweI-tone light.
. PERMANENT no seasonal toke-
down :. provide increased living
comfort. pleasure ond yeor-
round protection OF little cost.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
London's Best-Dressed Girl

This tiny sssanil<in Is small
but oh nnyl Her clothes cost 5000
On the stair at the Icff stands lady sur
rounded by one Of the most expensive ward
robes in London. If she had to pay for all
those items, they'd set her back over thou
sand pounds, or about 5000.
Virginia Lachasse" was born af the request
Of charity organization. for whom she helps
raise money for the British blind. The fashion
house Of Lachasse made her to scale On the
measurements Of model Virginia Woodford,
shown with her here. Other fashion firms con-
tributed clothes and accessories, from the
worlds smallest pair Of fully fashioned nylOns
TO one-inch cigarette lighter. Altogether, her
fancy wardrobe IS a very little BIT OF all right.
Evening star., 1955-05-26

2S 1885,
Washington MARYLAND Hicrest Hs Bethesda silver sDrn.
Lau Arlington
DEALERS RESERVE QUANTITIES.
sub %
Evening star., 1955-05-26
rushed from
sunny California

All are solid red, field ripened
berries with their green caps
on. Firm, fresh. juicy. Luscious
with stored-up tantalizing sweet
ness.
Evening star., 1955-11-13
By BERNIE HARRISON

The hay fever season gener-
ally ends with the first frost
and / wish / could say the
same for the awards season,
which is now, heaven help US,
about to take its annual toll.
The critics. whose iciest OBJ
servations on this sore subject
have icily been ignored, are
now being asked to send in
their ballots for the IS champs
and most Of them are COM
plying.
They might as well. Awards
will be distributed anyhow--ro
matter how many carry on de-
ffantly about the unjust and
arbitrary categories and in
many cases. the astounding
nominations made.
Nominations Come First
Look Magazine, for example,
has q National Television
Award Jury. which 1t first asks
for nominations In such cate.
gories as Best Dramatic Pro-
. gram" .'Best Variety Pro-
gram. Z BEST Educational Pro-
gram" etc.
Television has evolved and
changed appreciably over the
past ~ nonths-but not the
categories.
After the nominations are
in the jury Is asked to make
q choice from the top three
In. each category.
! Just finished doing It, but
don't ask me why.
Here, for example, Is what
We have to choose from In
the way Of:
Best Dramatic Program:
Climax.
Kraft.
Studio One.
For Best Producer:
Fred Coe.
Max Liebmarl.
Robert Montgomery
For Best Director:
Robert Montgomery.
Alfred Hitchcock.
Jack Webb.
BOb's show Ignored
Now ponder these selections
for about three seconds and
you'll see how wildly irrational
they are.
Robert Montgomery, for ex-
ample. Is nominated for best
producer and best director. yet
the program he produces and
directs is not included in the
top three dramatic programsl
As q matter Of fact, none Of
the programs produced or di-,
rected BY any Of the nominees
has been nominated for an
award in any categoryi
What this may prove, indi-
rectly. Is the power Of pub
licity. And the National Tele-
vision Awards Jury, as d
whole, has apparently NOM
mated only those producers 1t
can identity by name.
For example quick, who di-
rected last weeks Studio One
play?
or Fred Goes last nv pro-
duction. Snow job?
Even Hollywood, in its most
sentimental moments, was
never as capricious as this.
The Years Top shows
The very finest things on nv
this past season have been In
the 90-minute category: the
Omnibus Renaissance" pro-
gram. Cyrano. Peter Pan,
Wide, Wide World, etc. Yet
these are all Jumped into one
category. Special Programs" |"
with one award to 60 to either
Cyrano, Peter Pan or Wide,
Wide World. Omnibus Is In
the "Educational'' field. ac-
cording to Looks jury)
AL Of these programs de-
serve awards.
And what about the writer's
and actors2 Season after sea-
son. Look ignores them.
Two Of last seasons best
plays were Rod Servings "Pat-
terms" on Kraft and the adap-
tation Of Mac Hyman's mo
Time for sergeants' on y. s.
Steel.
Writers Ignored
Look still maintains cate
gories for Best Quiz or Panel
Program" and even the best
Evening star., 1955-11-13
Highliehts

1880, WTTG l5)--T1lis Is the
Life: Authority on child train
ing finds she should practice
what she breaches.
1:o0. WNIAL t7l--College Press
Conference: Senator Kefau-
yer, Democrat of Tennessee,
Is quizzed.
2:O0. WMAL t7D-Celebrity Pa
rade: Joe McCaffrey inter-
views Gov. McKeldin, Repub-
lican Of Maryland: Drew
Pearson reports on two royal
British romances.
2:30. WMAL (D--This We Be-
lieve:: DR.. Shane McMarthy
narrates story of st. John
Baptiste de Ia Sale. founder
OF the Christian Brothers.
400. WRC t4)--Wide, Wide
World: "A Sunday with
Youth program includes his
tory-making Havana to- Mi
ami overseas telecast and
pickups from Old Benning-
ton. Vt: Oakland, Calf: De-
triot, University of Miami,
Toronto. Madison. Wis. Ojai.
Calf, and Brigham City,
Utah.
l:30, WTOP ts)--Let,s Take a
Trip: Sonny Fox takes Pud
and Ginger to the Post Once.
$500, WTOP t9)-Cmnibus:
american Boyhoods," third
in series, tells Of the mem-
cries of Capt. John M. Ellis
colt. who was with Dewey at
Manila.
$500, WRC a. - Meet the
Press: Israel's Foreign Min
lister, Moshe Sharett, is
quizzed.
$500, WAIAL tD--Science Fic-
tion Theater: 1.-THE Hastings
Secret. " story of strange breed
Of termite that can eat
through earth.
$3.50, WTTG (5)-Georgetown
University Forum: Topic
Goth Century Colonialism. DR..
Harold Cooper, DR.. Leon Dos
teri and Bernardo Teixeira,
guests.
$3.50. WTOP (9) - You Are
There: For the Hoax Of the
Cardiff Giant"
TOO, WRC a. - It's q Great
Life: Former screen star.
Laura LaPlante. plays a star
whose path unfortunately
crosses that Of Denny and
Steve.
700, WMAL t7) - You Asked
For It: How to study during
sleep: an Air Force pressure
/ chamber, and Ada Ash, the
worlds strongest woman.
1880, WRC (4)--Frontier. Part
One Of king Of the Dakotas, :"
story Of titled FrenchmanI
who nearly cornered the mar
ket on beef.
$500, WRC tl)--Variety Hour:
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
headline.
Evening star., 1955-11-13
TODAY's TV
MOVIES

1900. WT0P ls) Abilene
Town: Randolph Scott stars
In western.
1889, WTTG (5)-"Operation
Haylift":: Drama Of the Air
Forces aid to ranchers during
the winter blizzards: Ann
Rutherford. (i950)
1880, WRC t4)-"Paper Gal
lows: A writer becomes OBJ
sessed with his own murder
story. English. 1950).
500, WTTG t5l-"The Long
Dark Hall: A woman stands
by her unfaithful husband on
trial for his life; Lilli Palmer.
Rex Harrison. tie54).
500. WAIAL l7I--"The Devil
and Daniel Webster Walter
Huston and Edward Arnold
star in q story Of q man who
sells his soul to the devil.
(l94D.
700, WTTG l5)-'tBig Fight:
Joe Kirkwood as Joe Palooka
is confronted by a crooked
fighter and murder. tl94e) !.
1880, WMAL t7)-"Caesar and
Cleopatra; Part two Of the
Shaw classic starring Claude
Rains and vivien Leigh.
(1946D.
$500, WTTG t5)-"One Big
Affair: Dennis o'Keefe as
lawyer who finds romance
south Of the border. ti952).
Ills, WRC t4)-"The Ma
comber Affair: Starring
Gregory Peck. Joan Bennett
and Robert Preston: focuses
on big game hunt in Africa.
(1947).
Evening star., 1955-11-13

he playing the part Of the
Office boy and she the role Of
the ONCE girl. They have now
been married % years and
have two children, Melinda,
IA. and Jay, IL.
Nolan said he likes doing
one-snot television shows, but
he wouldn't like a regularly
scheduled program. He is con-
stantly looking for a good part
in a movie or a play which is
just like looking for diamonds. /"
He is also going into the pro-
ducing end of the theatrical
business and, with a friend,
has formed a company known
as Trans World Productions.
They plan to produce both
teleyision and Broadway plays.
Producing is not the limbo
to which all actors eventually
CO." said Nolan. Once an ac-
tor. always an actor. However,
producing a play is a very sat-
isfactory substitute to per-
forming in a play while one ID
waiting between parts.
II go absolutely nuts If ! lie
around too long without work.
ing. My wife can't stand it.
After all. you can play just so
much golf"
Mr.. Nolan was finishing his
beef ragout. He ordered coffee
and the attentive headwaiter,
who was also a fan, urged him
to have dessert.
Nolan declined. He said he
was watching his weight. This
Captain Queeg would not even
consider the Strawberries,
tReIeased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1955-11-13

was graduated from Stanford,
felt quite certain that he
didn't want to go into the fam
ily shoe business and went to
the Pasadena Playhouse. where
he had a years training as
an actor.
From Pasadena, he went to
New York, knocked around for
q few months and got his first
Job in Front Page"
Looking back, realize how
lucky was" he said. Il had
some hard times, but there
were very few Starving -in-the-
attic days. I guess / ate my
share Of sardine sandwiches.
but even during the depres-
sion I had a good part in One
Sunday Afternoon For a
while that was the only show
running on Broadway"
After a number Of years on
Broadway and In summer stock
in the East. he returned to
his native California. and to
Hollywood and the movies.
Complete With Pool
Now Nolan is a full-fiedged,
taxpaying, property owning
citizen of Brentwood, Calf,
with q handsome Georgian
house and the necessary
swimming pool. His wife is
the former Nell Efird OF
Winston-Salem N. c., q grad
uate Of the Women's College
Of the University of North
Carolina.
They met when they were
both in the cast of the Broad
way show Sweet Strangers,
Evening star., 1955-11-13
Rowing Rodio Reports
Spice WARL Newscosts

Other independents have
concentrated on area news
but WARL is the first case
to my knowledge where q sta
tion has concentrated exclu-
sively on home town report
ing. Monitor In Miniature?
-
On the Run:
Tom Harmon's workshop. q
do-it-yourself show. switches
from Monday TO Sunday on
WT'TG, effective tonight.
Sponsor Hechinger, is replacing
Harmon's Workshop on Mon
day. which follows the fights.
with q filmed sports show Of
Madison Square Garden high
lights more appropriate pro-
gramming choice.
Vice President Nixon will
make q brief appearance on
tomorrow nights NBC Spec
tacular. .sDateline 2, !" the Over
seas Press Clubs salute to
freedom Of the press.
Maurice Evans production
Of "The Devils Disciple next
Sunday afternoon tWRC-4l.
stars Maurice as Richard
Dudgeon, Ralph Bellamy as
Rev. Anderson, Dennis King as
Gen. Burgoyne and Teresa
Wright as Judith Anderson.
Ruth st. Denis. the remark
able 75-year-old dancer whom
you may have seen on Arlene
Francis Home show Sept.
30. makes two guest appear
ances on TV next Friday
Mark Evans (WTOp-9) and
Art Lamb tWTTGl Miss
st. Denis, still pioneering in
the dance. will appear Nov. 20
at the Dupont Theater.
Add TO today's Omnibus:
The D'Oyly Carte company in
excerpts from The Pirates OF
Penzance."
BERNIE HARRISON
Evening star., 1955-11-13

$500, WTOP t9)-Ed Sullivan:
Shirley Booth in scene from
Desk Set: French singer
Edith Piaf; comedian Joyce
Grenfell; vocalist AL Hibbler
and Purdue University Glee
Club.
$500, WRC (4)-Alcoa Hour:
Diana Lynn as beguiling
young woman with number
of ardent and eligible beaus
and the problem Of which one
to choose In the Broadway
comedy. "A Girl Can Tell"
$500, WTOP t91 Electric
Theater: Alan Ladd. as
young policeman. runs into
strange dealings that involve
future father-in-law.
$3.50. WNfAL (7)-Ted Mack's
Amateur Hour: Ted Mack
salutes flood : stricken VIM
sted, Conn.
$3.50. WTOP tS)--Alfred Hitch
cock Presents: Breakdown"
drama of night Of terror that
Evening star., 1955-11-13

The perkiest thing that's
happened to radio news broad
casting in this area In years
Is WARL's fiavorful recounting
Of the days happenings in the
nearby Virginia area.
] don't know how long they
can keep 1t up maintaining a
stan exclusively for news Is
practically unheard Of for an
independent Of WARL,s size
but it must be paying OH In
plus listener interest.
The station lowned and op-
Grated by Cy BiumenthaD took
gamble when it dropped reg
ular newscasts that repeat and
repeat and repeat the identical
bulletins you're likely to hear
on any other station.
The network afiiliates and
larger stations can do It bet
ter-why not concentrate on
things that are happening
here?
With this reasoning, Assist
ant Manager Ray Armand,
Disc Jockey Howard Fisher,
and two fuiI-tirne newsmen.
Bob Sandin and George Gee
sey, set out to answer IRE and
police calls and attend civic.
political and any newsy meet
ing In the area. (They hope
to have q mobile unit In ac-
tion soon.)
As q result. there may be
as many as three on the spot
reports during q flye minute
news period. I heard one q
week or so ago where the
owner Of q sports shop that
had caught IRE was uuizzed
about the damage. The re-
port had proceeded calmly
until then.
Suddenly, as II the import
had Just struck him. he
gasped:
I'm going to hare TO clean
eDeyv dam gun IN the shop"
Evening star., 1955-11-13
N
GobeI Turns
An Uncertain
Eye on Alice
BY sHEILAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD. - George
Gobei. having dropped his
mother from his show. Is now
debating whether to bring
back wife Alice - successfully
played last season by Jeff Dom
nell. No one can understand
why lonesome George changed
mis- formal when it was so sue
cessful =. Which brings me
to Jackie Gleason. And don't
be surprised II the portly one
returns to a live show. pronto.
hear that CHS is ready, able
and very willing to buy UP the
16 honeymooner shows already
filmed at q cost Of SAC. 900 per.
Perry Como, the fiy in
Jackie's TV ointment. will do
four shows at NBC Hollywood,
early in 1856.
Jackie Coogan was watching
an actor blow his lines at q
Johnny Carson rehearsal. But
Jackie blew his top when
someone suggested, Maybe
he's too young for the part"
What dye mean. too young?"
hollered the ex-kid. i made
three comebacks before ! was
nine!"
Red Skeletons language ut
rehearsals Is so spicy there Is
now rule" at his TV studio
that, whenever an unescorted
woman wanders on to the set.
an usher must dash over TO
warn her. Anything you hear
Is at your own risk and must
be taken lightly"
Noel Coward. in Jamaica.
called Claudette Colbert to
persuade her to do "Blithe
Spirit" with him on TV in
January. And Dear Noel must
have been very persuasive. be-
cause the lady said yes"
Lauren Bacall looks set for the
other lead. :. / was In Holly
wood Teleyision City the morn
ing after Phil Silvers' show.
and phone calls were coming
in fast and furious from vet
erans complaining, I'VE think
the show is a disgrace. It's q
slur on the United States
Army to have that show on. !"
Happens every Wednesday, !
was told.
It was Brother Bob who in
advertently set on the rumors
OF Bing Crosby's retirement. A
columnist asked Bob, why
don't you and Bing do q TV
show togetl1er?" to which the
younger Crosby replied. Moth
ing I'd like better, but Bing
Crosby doesn't want to work
that hard" Bing Is currently
telefilming ''High Tor" for
CBS-Tv. And while he isn't
exactly looking for more work,
he'll accept anything good that
Is offered.
Al top TV comic in Holly
wood blacked out on the way
to the studio and came to with
front wheels Of his car hang-
ing over q precipice. In telling
me about it. the ailing actor
begged me not to use his name
-"It'll scare my sponsor" !
wish he'd give UP while the
giving is good.
"a, ..Z..... :. ns....... ...- Atftn rna
Evening star., 1955-11-13
COLOR SHOWS
THIS WEEK
MONDAY throuEh Friday.

Monday through Friday.
$50 to 6 pm. WRC d.
Howdy Doody.
Tuesday, 1880 to noon,
WRC (45-Home: What's
new in home furnishings
and decorations.
Tuesday, $50 to 10 pm.
WTOP (9)--Red Shelton
Show.
wednesday. 3 to 4 pm.
WRC tD--NBC Matinee
Theater: "All the Hoff-
meyers in the World"
wednesday. 8 to . pm,
WTOP t9)-Arthur Cod
frey and His Friends.
Thursday. 3 to 4 pm. WRC
t4--NBC Matinee Thea
ter: "The Aspern Papers.
dramatization Of story by
Henry James.
Friday, 8 to 4 pm. WRC a.
--NBC Matinee Theater
Roman Fever" story by
Edith Wharton.
Saturday. 4 to 7:30 PM,
WTOP 90 - The Gene
Autry Show.
Saturday. $50 to II pm,
WToP t9)--Ford Star Ju-
bilee: "The Caine Mutiny
Court Martial"
Evening star., 1955-11-13
A Ty HERO TURNS TO SOME LEGENDARY ADVENTURES
ON THE AIR
" Nay Change,
But Not Awards

master Of ceremonies. 50 help
me. but none for writers or
actors.
Trying to pick one actor out
Of a year of TV is an impos-
sible assignment. but II asked
to do so. my nominee would be
a superb stylist who has en-
riched the medium with many
excellent performances all year
Cyril Ritchard.
His credits include peter
PAN" The King and Mrs.
Candle" " visitor to q Small
Planet" an engaging play in
which he played an irnpecu-
nious actor who foists him
self and his wife into the life
Of q lonely old man i've for
gotten the titlel and the Mr..
Peppers guest appearances.
There's no way to single him
out-but we can vote for the
best sports program:
Blue Ribbon Bouts.
Cavalcade of Sports.
NCAA Football
SyIvania An Exception
Not all awards, to be fair,
are handled in this ridiculous
manner.
Sylvania, for example, Sc
lects a representative panel Of
outstanding citizens to make
the awards and this season
formed an additional panel Of
seventeen television critics
from throughout the Nation
to assist in the nominations.
Sylvania, at least. revises its
categories and method Of se-
lection to meet the changing
TV picture. Which may be one
Of the reasons why the Syl-
vania Awards along with the
Peabody Awardsare most re-
spected in the trade.
The least respected. Incl
dentaIly, isn't Looks. That
has to go to the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences,
which gives out 'Emmies. "
And on television. yet. The
most surprised man In show
business last year was Danny
Thomas. who got the Emmy for
best actor" in this Hollywood
based poll.
Even Lassie won an Emmyl
Is there a sillier season than
this?
Evening star., 1955-11-13

follows hard upon sudden
detour; Joseph Gotten.
1900, WRC (4)--Loretta Young
Show: "The Bracelet" star
ring Merle Oberon with >Ju-
dith Evelyn.
1880, WRC t4)-Justice: 1.-THE
Big Frame" story about
young aircraft worker VIC
timized by ring OF thieves;
William Prince.
11:OO, WTTG t5)-Tom Har-
mons Workshop. New day,
time, Tommy demonstrates
workings Of Shopsmith by
making a game table top.
1850, WMAL t7)--Big Picture:
Filmed highlights of Pam
American games in Mexico
and interviews with Army
participants,
1880, WTOP (9)--Police Call:
Policewoman and detective
use disguise to catch gang
operating In Calgary. Cam
ada.