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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-19

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design 6.00x16. Res. 22.75 ao1.
without old tire. Now in sets 4II
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
Fairfax 10 Get
More Vaccine

Fairfax County expects its
largest shipment of Salk polio
vaccine next week.
DR.. Harold Kennedy. county
health officer, said he had been
notified that $4,000 cubic cent?
meters of Salk vaccine were on
their way to the county through
the Federal-State polio vaccina-
ton program.
This shipment more than
tree times as larger as any pre-
vious shipment should be
enough to complete the first and
second shots for all children in
the county from / through II
years.
DR.. Kennedy said county ply
sicians would be allocated as
much Of the new shipment as
they could use to give private
inoculations. The rest will be
administered through public
clinics to begin around the third
week in January. The public
clinics will be conducted for all
children. / through IL. who have
not yet received both their shots
The public clinics will be held
first for school-age children
Clinics for pre-school children
will be arranged later. DR.. Ken
nedy urged parents to have pre-
school children inoculaJcd pri-
vately, if possible, because of the
difficulty Of getting smaller chill
dren to clinics and the problems
of handling smaller children in
mass inoculations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
Districts u Troffic Deaths Blamed
On 'CoreIessness and 'Disinterest

Most of the accidents hap
pened between 4 and 10 pm.
when the weather was clear.
August produced the worst record
with 10 deaths. June was the
best, with one fatality. Saturdays
proved the most dangerous days,
with II deaths.
Asked to pick the worst acct
dent. traffic men singled out the
mishap of August IL when five
young people, four of them stu
dents from Thailand. drowned
in Rock Creek Park after their
car plunged into a hurricane
swollen creek.
The same storm blinded a
driver on Massachusetts avenue
NV. and caused the death of
an elderly woman.
In another case. a pedestrian
standing on a streetcar platform
while observing a traffic acct
dent was fatally injured when
Ia car driven by a drunken driver
plunged into a crowd Of specta-
tors.
A young mother. holder of a
learners permit, lost control OF
her car and crashed into a tree
The accident took the life of one
of five children riding with her.
The experts feel they have one
recourse. The program calling
for harder driver tests. SITTER
auto inspections and continued
use of the point system. which
they feel helps weed out the po-
itentially dangerous driver, will
be stepped up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31

NORFOLK, Va. Dec. 81 R.-
How could a sweet soul like Miss
Minnie become involved in a
king sized embezzlement scan
dial?
That question still puzzled po-
lice today as they delved deeper
into the background Of kindly
Minnie Mangum. the gray
haired spinster charged with
stealing 100000 from her en-
Iployer.
The charge was placed
against Miss Mangum after fed
Ieral auditors checked into the
financial records Of the Com
Imonwealth Building and Loan
Association where the 52-year-
old woman held a $9.000-a-year
Job as secretary-treasurer.
Oficials OF the firm-one of
the largest of its kind in Eastern
lVirginia-said the amount en-
bezzled may reach close to a
million dollars by the time the
auditors finish.
To friends and family Miss
Minnie seemed to lead an ex-
emplary life. She gave regularly
to church and charity. For IL
years she was president Of her
Sunday School class. She aided
friends and relatives and gave
generously at Christmas to the
poor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
Bandit Gets $83
[At Arlington Theuter

The Wilson Theater in Airing
ton was robbed last night by a
lone bandit, who told the cashier
that's enough" after she had
counted out $83. He grabbed it
and fled.
The cashier, Mrs. Constance
Hanson, 1909 North Eighth
street, told police the holdup
man, who held his hand in his
pocket as If he had a gun, showed
a note to her that read: This
is a stickup. Keep quiet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
THIS SUNDAYS BEST READING IS IN THE sTAs
1855 Passes in Review
In Editorial Section

YEAR IN RETROSPECT-You're given a comprehen-
sive review of the year it happened-month by
month-with accent the great world and ma
tiona events that shaped 1855 and will shape 1885,
Also, by The Stars Maryland Virginia and District
administrators of significant events in those
areas-The Editorial Section.
so YEARS OF CALENDAR ART-In The Star Maya
zine of the oldest calendar houses in the
try reviews its files to show that while pictures
change, subject matter clings to popular themes
Look for Star Staff Artist Bob Hokes delightful
ful-color New Years greeting cover on the same
magazine.
THE PERFECT Observation-Disclosures today have
very clear picture of what President should be-
Read Eugene Burdicks feature in This Week Maya
zine and learn what kind of Americans want
in the White House-regardless of party
HOUSEKEEPING FOR CONGRESS-Next Tuesday
marks the opening day for the second session of
the 84th Congress. In The Star Magazine, Brian
Bell tells you about the great amount of work to
be done beforehand by custodal and office staffs.-
Photos by Elwood Baker.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR WOMEN - Beginning Sunday,
Carolyn Hagner Shaw's Modern Manners" column
will appear regularly in the Womens Section
all about manners for minging in society. from
the VIP to the next-door- neighbof level; and, be
to read Betty Beales "Greetngs!"-her annual
New Years poem salute to Washngton's, uniformed
brass and officialdom alike.
Choose The Star Sunday When You Haze Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
Miss Minnie a Thief?
All Norfolk Wonders

And all the while she lived
quietly and modestly in a small
frame bungalow in a middle
class neighborhood in nearby
Portsmouth.
DR.. H. L. Arthur, who once
was her minister at the Port
Norfolk Baptist Church, recalled
how she used to charter buses to
take youth groups to coastal
beaches.
And the Rev. Clayton r. Pitts,
Port Norfolk's present pastor,
said she would always buy toys
for underprivileged children at
Christmas. Her Sunday School
classmates would often receive
expensive gifts from her, he
added.
But, Mr.. Pitts said, she was
not noted for spending a great
deal on herself.
Members of her family voiced
high praise for Miss Minnie
Maude. the blind sister with
whom she lived, said she has
been wonderful to me-" Another
sister. Mrs. L. v. Eure, said the
same thing. 70
A native Of South Carolina
Miss Minnie had joined the
Commonwealth company % years
ago as a stenographer. She was
Ia prodigious worker, often re.
manning at the Office after quit
ting time. ]
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31

donment of its plans for a
Loudoun County site in favor of
locating in Montgomery County.
Officials of both PEPCO and
the farm syndicate today would
offer only terse mo comments"
r. w. Wilson. a vice president
of PEPCO. Said company officials
would have mo information" on
whether the option will or will
not be renewed.
Glenn U. Richard. attorney
member Of the syndicate, said he
has not heard of any plans to
renew.
What PEPCO plans to re-
quest, if anything. is up to them, |"
Mr.. Ritchard said. Meanwhile
the land is still up there and
we'll go right on farming it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
School Bonds
Use Appealed

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 81 up
"A North Carolina case involv-
ling the constitutionality of using
school bonds approved prior to
the Supreme Courts anti-Segre-
CATION decree for the construc-
Ition Of segregated schools will be
argued in a Federal appeals court
here next spring.
An appeal from a North Caro-
lima district court decision was
filed with the United States 4th
Circuit Court of Appeals yester-
day. The District Court had held
lit had no jurisdiction over how
localities spend their school
money.
Eliza Jane Dolby and J. Lillian
Dolby, the APPELLANTS, contend that
voters in the June 8, 1854, refer
|endum approving issuance of
bonds in Albemarle. N. c., were
voting for the use of the money
i'm building, charging and re-
pairing segregated public
schools.
Clerk Richard M. F. Williams,
ljr., said yesterday the North
Carolina case will be argued on
appeal either at the circuit
courts regular term in April or
i'm a special term in March.
The case is of interest in Vir-
Iginia because of a ruling by
Judge Leon M. Bazile in Han
over Circuit Court that school
bonds approved by Hanover
voters prior to the Supreme
Courts decree could not now be
issued. Judge Babies ruling has
been appealed to the Virginia
Supreme Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31

ing most of the youngsters,
either crossed a street outside a
marked crosswalk. we're negh-
gently inattentive to traffic,
stepped from between parked
cars, crossed on a red light.
stepped from a streetcar plat
form in front Of oncoming traf-
fic or were playing in a roadway
Thousands on Education
Officials are particularly ap-
palled by the pedestrian record
because most of $40. 1000 and a
lot of work this year was spent
on pedestrian education. In q
cases it just didn't work. THE
only thing left to do" one
spokesman said. sis to keep on
hammering away"
The experts are unable to
fathom, they say. the reasoning
of drivers who this year caused
the death OF 10 passengers.
Eighteen. or IS per cent. of
the drivers involved in the ~
fatal accidents. for instance, had
been drinking. In three cases
both the driver and the pedes-
trian had been drinking.
Excessive speed, failure to
yield the rlght-of-way to pedes-
trians, passing a red light and or
driving on the wrong side of the
road was charged to "a of the
70 drivers.
In 13 cases, the drivers mis-
take or carelessness cost him his
own life.
Officials are deploring the fact
that drivers aren't respecters OF
age. Twenty-six of the Al dead
pedestrians were more than sc
years old.
Half in Northwest
The records shows that So OF
the dead were men. About half
of the deaths occurred in the
Northwest section of the city
This is credited to traffic conges-
ton. Only five occurred in South
west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
Willard Cites
IS Progress

Alexandria's City Manager Ira
Willard believes the past year
will be remembered as a mile
stone" in the city's history as far
as municipal accomplishments
are concerned.
He said so yesterday in a year.
end report to the mayor and
city council.
Mr.. Willard noted that Alex
Iandria, with population of
5000. has jumped from small
community status to one of ma
jor Importance in the State and
metropolitan area.
One of the major accomplish
ments of 1855, he said, was the
citys Operation New Look" un-
der whic hthe council became
responsive to positive 'citizens
participation in government and
sought information to guide their
QcCISlOilS.
These were some of the years
highlights, he said:
Wiping out the city's deficit
of $675,417 and building a sur
plus of $1,000; initiating a wa
terfront audit to determine it's
commercial potential starting a
land use an deconomic base sur
vey including formulation of
census tracts; adoption of a
classification and pay plan for
cit yemployes, and naming of
committees to work on a tree
planting program and a city
housing code.
Also. appointment of a Citi-
zens' Advisory Committee to re-
view the Wharton Institute sur
vey for streamlining the city's
administrative branch; getting
out of the contracting business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31

the contracts for the purpose Of
building a 100000 kilowatt steam
power plant at the location on
the Potomac River upstream
from Seneca Greek.
Since the earlier negotiations,
however, strong opposition has
been raised against the Loudoun
County site. At the same time
there has been strong agitation
especially on the part of Mont
gomery County Md taxpayers
to get PEPCO to locate its pro-
posed new plant in that county.
A plant in Montgomery prob
ably would be located farther up
the Potomac at or near the
mouth of the Monocacy River.
Speculation is current that PEP
co may soon announce aban-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
.Smoot Sees Exodus
Across the River

Many Northern Virginia resi-
dents are likely to move across
the Potomac to find better
schools and escape higher taxes
If the tuition-grant plan is
carried out. in the opinion Of
Albert A. Smoot. chairman OF
the Alexandria Committee for
the Public Schools.
In a statement yesterday, Mr..
Smoot said. VERY large numbers
Iof our property-owning. tax
paying citizens could just as well
live on the other side of the river,
and are very likely to do so. If
we hike our taxes to the point
where the other side of the river
looks more attractive.
Alexandria, along with other
Northern Virginia communities.
faces an incalculable economic
loss If the proposed constitu-
ltional amendment is approved"
MFR. Smoot said.
THE proposed constitutional
amendment quite clearly threat
ems property values. retail bust
ness prosperity and the level
of employment throughout all Of
Northern Virginia.
"Only with new businesses can
our State hope to support a
growing population at an Ameri-
can standard of living. But no
businessman with his eyes open
is going to walk into such fog
Of uncertainty )" Mr.. Smoot
said.
He added: whether we like
it or not, we in Northern Vir-
ginia must compete for large
share of our Prosperity with near
by Maryland and the District of
Columbia For Alexandria,
the special election on January
+ Is the most important election
Iof this century"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
.boothe Labels
GrayProposaI
Drain on State
Webb, Thomson and
Gibson Also Voice
Views in Forum

approval Of the Gray tuition
grant plan would bring pressure
for Virginia taxpayers to meet
the full cost of private non-sec-
tartan education, Senator-elect
Armistead Boothe believes.
Mr.. Boothe, Of Alexandria,
was a speaker on Station
IWTTG-TV last night.
With him were Delegate John
IC. Webb of Fairfax, Delegate
elect James Thomson of Alex
andria, and Lytton H. Gibson,
former city attorney OF Falls
Church.
Mr.. Boothe and Mr.. Webb are
opposed to calling convention
to amend the State constitu-
ton. The proposed change
would allow the State to appro-
pirate tuition grant funds for
private school education. The
Gray plan would affect children
whose parents refuse to allow
them to attend integrated
schools where no segregated
schools are available. or who
live in areas where public
schools are abolished.
Mr.. Thomson and Mr.. Gibson
favor the amendment as I'M
Iportant in preventing forced in
tegration.
Virginia voters ballot on
January 8 on whether to call
the convention.
Would Limit Outlay
Under the Gray plan, the tut
ton payments would be limited
to the amount now spent per
student by each public school
system. One question on the
plan has been whether this
amount would cover the cost OF
private school education.
Mr.. Boothe said he agreed
with suggestions that, if the con-
istitution is amended, there will
be pressure for the State to meet
the full cost of educating stu
dens whose parents send them
Ito private non-sectarian schools.
Mr.. Thomson said there is no
question there would be prob
liens to work out if the Gray plan
is approved. But he said the pro-
gram would give parents a clear
choice of whether to hustle out
and create private schools or &C
cept indignation"
Gibson Urges Approval
Mr.. Gibson emphasized the
relatively small number of Neg
roes in Falls Church. The Gray
plan should be put in effect, he
said, so that white students could
be withdrawn from public schools
lin case a whole lot of colored
people move out from Washing
ton"
| Mr. Webb reiterated his stand
that the plan is an attempt to
circumvent the law. 1t could not
Withstand an attack on its con-
stitutionality, he said.
Matthew Warren was modera-
I tor of the forum,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
Paper Burned Out

CRISFIELD. Dec. 81 tP).-Fire
last night destroyed two-story
concrete building on the water
front, putting the weekly Cris-
field Post and a fruit store out
of business and doing upward Of
$4,000 in damages, not counting
equipment. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31

District traffic experts today
came up with a familiar explana-
ton for the city's 70 traffic IA
talities of 1855.
It's familiar because it accounts
for most of the traffic deaths
year after year.
Traffic Director George E.
K eneipp said the alarmingly
high figure was directly attrib-
.utable to fantastic pedestrian
Icarelessness and an unpardon-
able disinterest on the part of
many drivers in preserving their
own lives and the lives of
others"
The drinking factor was in
.cluded in those categories.
Since the explanation proves
again that experience is poor
teacher where traffic mishaps
are concerned. no one was suffl-
GENTLY optimistic to hazard a
guess that the u count wouldn't
go any higher before midnight
tonight.
Highest Since 1945
Details concerning the deaths
the highest since 1945 when
the count was 96-bear out that
need for caution. They also prove
correct the directors contention
that carelessness and disinterest
are significant factors in the 1855
fatalities Last years SO deaths,
the lowest on record, is looked
upon with longing.
This years record shows that
Al, or more than half. of the u
persons killed were pedestrians.
Eight of them were children. OF
the Al figure. 81 died because
they themselves were at fault.
Seven of the II had been drink
ing.
Large traffic tolls are being
counted In Maryland and Vir-
ginia. too. in Maryland. at least
500 have died on the highways
and in Virginia. at least 800.
The faulty pedestrians, includ-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-31
PEPCO's Option on Lond
In Loudoun Is Expiring
Neither Party Will Discuss Prospects
As 51o-Acre Truct Poet Neurs End

option for Potomac Electric Power Co. to buy
Loudoun County to expire the
end but neither party would discuss the prospects
option the site expired originally November
by of both the Triple Seven Farm syndicate and
PEPCO then renewed for go PEPcO entered into
Evening star., 1955-07-07

BROOKLINE, Mass, July
P.-Mr. and Mrs. Melvin B
Ellis, who face the loss of theil
adopted daughter because they
are Jewish and she is a Catholic
vowed today to keep on doing
everything we can to keep her.
The Ellises have been engaged
in a long legal battle to keep T.
year-old Hildy Mccoy since Their
adoption petition was nullifled
in 1858.
The notification was based on
a Massachusetts, law which says
that when practicable a child
should be given for adoption to
a couple Of the same religious
faith as the child.
Supreme Court Action
In the latest court action,
James Zisma, counsel fon the
Ellises, went before State Su-
preme Court Judge Raymond S.
wilkins yesterday and argued
for a review of the Probate Court
proceedings in which the couple
was ordered to surrender the
child or face arrest.
Judge Wilkins gave attorneys
for the commonwealth two weeks
to file answers to Mr.. Zisman's
contentious that the arrest of
the Ellises without a hearing
would be a deprivation of their
fundamental rights"
Mrs. Ellis and the child are
"out Of town" and unreachable
for comment.
Mr.. Ellis said in an interview
"We are determined that Hildy
won't be hurt. We feel Hildy's
mother doesn't want her. We are
going to keep on doing every
thing we can to keep her. We
can only play defensive role
and try to counter the attacks
Evening star., 1955-07-07

of those who are trying to take
her"
He said Mrs. Ellis and the
child are "out of town." but had
not run away to another State
Under Doctors Care
Mr.. Ellis said his wife is suf-
fering from a nervous condition
and an infection and has beer
under the care of a doctor.
The Ellises have had Hildy
since she was 10 days old.
The child was born to Mar
jorie Mccoy. now Mrs. Marjorie
Mccoy Doherty.
The mother contended she did
not learn the Ellises were Jewish
until after they adopted her
child.
Probate Court Judge Raymond
F. Reynolds ruled in 1853 that
the mother wanted the child
back as far back as April, 1851,
and for primary religious reasons.
The Boston Post today quoted
Mr.. Ellis as saying he is pre-
pared to go to Jail to keep Hildy.
Evening star., 1955-07-07
Jewish Couple Continues
Fight for Adopted Girl

BROoKLINE, Mass, July 7of those who trying tax
Evening star., 1955-07-07
Coop for EIephonts
lis Formed in Burma

RANGOON.--Burma has an
Elephant Cooperative Society.
newly formed in Rangoon. A
group Of about 20 of its men,
bers rent four trained elephants
as decoys and then go into the
jungle to trap wild elephants.
These beasts are much in de-
mand in Burma so they are
easily sold and the profits are
shared among the coop" men,
bers.
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
Three Buttes
BY Club

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ault and
Cindy of Wolf Point and Glen
Ault from Cavalier, N. D., visited
at the Theo. Schields home a
week ago Wednesday.
MI. and Mrs. Lester Putnam
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Oberg-
fell and Paula were Friday ave-
ming supper guests at the Harold
Franz home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Albin and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
McMillen called at the Walter
Bauman home Wednesday night
to help Mrs. Bauman celebrate
her birthdy.
Mrs. Irene Schwenke of Sidney
spent several days the past week
at the Walter Bauman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Balls
were Sunday afternoon visitors at
the Charlie Radke horne.
The following helped brand a
week ago Thursday at the Herb
Hier ranch: Erwin, Jim and Bob
Putnam, Orlo NevinS and Lloyd
Duncan. Mrs. Elva Putnam and
Mrs. Lille Nevins visited with
Mrs. Hier while the men brand
ed.
Mrs. Gail Sawyer called at the
Lester McMillen home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Provost
drove to Minot a week ago Sat-
urday to spend the week end
with their daughter Charlotte who
is in nurses training there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Wick and
children of Sioux Pass spent Sun
day at the Erwin Putnam home a
week ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bauman
called at the Jim Putnam home
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bentson
and Rodell and MI. and Mrs.
Harry Johnson were Sunday din
ner guests at the Walt Lanouette
home in Fairview.
Mrs. Elva Putnam was a Sun
day dinner guest at the Bill
Burnside home a week ago. That
evening Mrs. Putnam had as sup
per guests Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Quinnen and family of Skaar
N. D., and Mrs. Elsie Woodrufi
and children. Mr.. and Mrs. Cas-
per Wick called later in the eve
ming.
Mrs. Lille Nevins and Orlc
were Saturday dinner guests Of
Mrs. Tillie Bahls.
Mrs. Harold Franz entertained
a number of ladies at a quilting
bee Tuesday a week ago at the
home of her mother.
Mrs. Jerry Obergfell helped the
HomemakerS council ladies clear
up the small room of the NYA