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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Assembly Names
Pro-Lobor Pair to
Head Committees
D. q s,or ssoff Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. Is
Maryland labor leaders. who
already are fighting against
a "right-to-work" bill even
though one hasn't yet been
introduced in the General
Assembly, were pleased to-
day by the selection Of chair
men for the House and Sem
ate labor committees.
In the House. the new
Labor Committee chairman
is Delegate Ira Bird Kirk
land, Democrat of Anne
Arundel County. who once
was chief counsel to the
AFL Musicians Union. His
counterpart in the Upper
Chamber is Senator Anthony
F. Didomenico, Democrat,
a Baltimore lawyer who has
been elected to the House
of Delegates twice and the
City Council twice with
strong CLIO and ALL back
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Smithsonian Adds
100000 Objects
To Its Collection

The Smithsonian Institution
added more than 100000 objects
to its scientific study collection
last year. the annual board Of
regents meeting was told yester-
day.
Most were geological items.
said DR.. Leonard Carmichael.
Snlithsonian's secretary.
The institution conducted ex-
plorations in the Fiji Islands.
Venezuela, Mexico and Artic
Islands. besides many places in
the United States.
Among the acquisitions were
the wedding and inaugural
gowns of Mrs. Eisenhower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
License Curb Urged
On Area Drivers
Periodically Unfit
Star star Photo.

Sitter driving license controls
were recommended yesterday in
cases involving dIunks, drug
addicts. and mental cases. The
recommendation also covers
epileptics.
District Traffic Director George
E. Keneipp outlined the pro-
posals at the quarterly meeting
Of the Metropolitan Area Traffic
Council.
He said his department will
ask the District Commissioners
to require institutions to notify
the department of such cases,
so permits could be revoked or
withheld.
Delay Seen In Acceptance.
Mr.. Keneipp noted the pro-
posal win not be accepted for at
least q while throughout the
area. Maryland, for instance,
decides each epilepsy case indi-
yidually, insofar as driving per-
mits are concerned. Virginia
already requires institutional re-
ports to traffic officials.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert F. Keneipp also submitted
recommendations at the coun-
ellis luncheon in Silver Spring.
He urged that Maryland follow
the District and Virginia in re-
quiring auto inspections and
periodic renewal Of driver
licenses.
Mason Butcher, acting Mont
gomery County manager, report
ed for the councils Traffic I'm
provemeht Committee.
He said much has been done
toward the Improvement Of off,
street parking programs" in the
Metropolitan Area.
Traffic Engineer Sought.
Pointing out that Prince
Georges County's budget in
cludes request for q full-time
traffic engineer, Mr.. Butcher
said his committee hopes the
Prince Georges commissioners
will recognize the urgent need"
for one.
Other proposals for the area
urged chemical tests in drunken
driving cases, stricter physical
examinations for motorists and
an intense traffic safety educa-
ton campaign for elderly pedes-
TRANS.
Col. Thomas A. Lane, WASH
ingtons new Engineer Commits
sioner,. was elected chairman OF
the council.
The next meeting was sched-
uled for March 1 in the George
Mason Hotel In Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Van Adams Resigns
As Administrator Of
Alexandra Hospital

Van c. Adams today an
nounced his resignation as adj
ministrator of the Alexandria
Hospital, effective March l..
In his letter of resignation.
Mr.. Adams said he considered 1t
advisable to leave now as the
hospital is planning q major ex-
pansion program.
"The major problems Of i'm
proved patient care. corporate
reorganization and more ade-
quate community financial spon-
sorship have been largely over
come" said Mr.. Adams In re-
viewing events of the past seven
years that he has run the hos
pital.
Notes New Problems.
Snow new problems of expan-
sion of our hospital plant and
the acquisition of a modern home
for the school Of nursing are
pressing for solution. Because
these new problems call for diff
cult board and corporation deci-
siors. I feel 1t in the. best In
terest Of the hospital and my
self to leave these groups free
to determine these vital issues. I"
There have been rumors Of
friction between Mr.. Adams and
the hospital board, but his let
ter made no mention of it.
Gets "Warmest Regards
Mrs. Malcolm D. Lamborne. jr.,
president of the board Of di-
rectors, said the boards warm
est regards" go with MIR. Adams.
She said a successor had not
been selected.
Before coming to Alexandria
Hospital In January. 1913, Mr..
Adams had served for seven
years as superintendent Of jew
ish Hospital in Cincinnati.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
By Harry Bucos

A romantic chain reaction that
introduced Betty Joyce RAIDER tt
her man one month ago ex.
pfoded last night into a triple
wedding for Betty. her two room
mates and three airmen.
The three-way rites were per.
formed by DR.. Lawrence Folke-
mer in the Lutheran Church Of
the Reformation. 2l2 East Capt..
tol street.
Uniformed airmen acted al
ushers, but there were no best
men. or bridesmaids because
with six Of US standing up there
1t was crowded enough in front
Of the alter" said Betty.
The story begins In Parkers.
burg, W.. Va, where she ano
Wilma Walker and Della Rol-
ston grew up In different neigh
borhoods. They knew one
another slightly at Mountain
State College. where they learned
to be secretaries.
When they met again In
Washington 10 months ago, they
decided to live together and
took an apartment at 5000
Minnesota avenue Sc. Betty
worked for the Navy, Wilma for
the Air Force and Della for q
West Virginia freshman Rep
resentative..
Enrolled Is Hostesses.
The three enrolled as hostesses
with the Armed Services Hos
pitality Committee and regularly
attended dances at nearby mill
tary posts.
One Saturday night last Sep
tember, Della met Roger F.
Kline, 23-year-old Air Force
staff sergeant stationed at
Andrews Air Force Base. at a
dance at Andrews. Their first
date was the next morning.
when they attended church
services at Reformation Lutheran,
1t wasn't long before they
were engaged to be married. One
night. Roger called and asked If
he could bring along q buddy,
who had just come to Andrews
after two years service in
Alaska. He was Staff Sergt.
Donald Frank Manahan from
Chicago. and before he arrived,
the girls figured out that his
date would be Wilma, because
Betty had to wash her hair
that night"
Then on Saturday, December
10, Donald called and said he, in
turn, had q buddy he wanted to
bring to the apartment.
Love at First Sight.
"And that was that" says
Betty, remembering how she met
Airman 1tc Jimmie Lee Taylor
from Marion, Ind. just back
from 80 months in Japan. 1T
was love at first sight"
THAT morning, Jimmie helped
me trim the tree" she says
"and then that night all. six OF
us went to the movies. Although
Jimmie's rather shy, the picture
was so exciting that he held my
hand" She and Jimmie went
to church together the next day,
at Reformation Church.
Then on New Years eve, when
Della and Roger were at church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Pamphlets 10 Brief
Drivers on New D. {.
Auto Insurance Law

For a month before the Dis
trict's new "security-type" au-
tomobile responsibility law goes
in effect on May Is, an educa-
tional campaign will be con-
Quoted to acquaint District driv-
ers with its provisions.
Under the new law both
drivers in an accident involving
an injury or property damage
in excess Of 500 to any one car
must post collateral or insur-
ance Of from $l1,0 up to $685.
900 within six days after the
accident or lose their licenses.
In effect. it takes of the street
the drivers who cannot show
financial responsibility.
At the campaigns start on
April Is. all owners of motor
vehicles registered in the Dis
trict will receive a pamphlet ex-
planning the new law in ques-
tion-and-anSwer form. Addi-
tional material will be distrib-
uted to newspapers, radio and
television stations.
Keneipp Heads Campaign.
The campaign will be under
the direct supervision of Traffic
Director George e. Keneipp, but
much Of the cost viii be borne
by the Association Of Casualty
and Surety Companies, repre-
senting the casualty insurance
business Of the Nation.
Addressing the District Asso-
citation of Insurance Agents,
organization of casualty and lie
ability firms. Harold X. Philips,
manager of the national associ-
atoms publicity department,
yesterday urged all Insurance
agents here to support the cam
paign through advertising Of
their individual firms and other
means.
Data to Be Distributed.
The main part of the cam
paign starting with the pamph-
let's and a radio talk by Mr..
Keneipp will be the distribution
Of information and material.
Mr.. Philips told the agents at
a Mayflower Hotel luncheon
the campaign here would be
similar to those conducted before
this type of law went into effect
in A. States and Hawaii. In
New York State, he said, the
number Of insured vehicles
jumped from So per cent of total
registration to IS per cent in just
a few weeks and now stands at
96.4 per cent.
He estimated that about so per
cent of registered District vehi-
cles now are insured. Maryland
and Virginia already have "se-
curity-type" responsibility laws
and the proportion Of insured
cars in the suburbs is very high
as q result, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Aid Planned
In BorderIine
YouthCases
Council to Act in
Cooperation With
New Police Unit

The Commissioners Youth
Council. in cooperation with
the newly organized Youth Aid
Division Of the Metropolitan
Police Department, is working
on plans to help serve youngsters
who have come to the attention
of the police for minor il1frac-
tons that do not warrant formal
arrest.
This was disclosed last night
during a meeting Of area board
chairman of the council in the
Raleigh Hotel. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle is chairman of
the council. Other develop
ments were:
/. The Youth Council has been
officially accepted as the Dis
trict representative to the ma
tional council.
2. It was recommended that q
central Office be established in
the downtown area to help area
boards provide part-time EN-
ployment for youth.
National Chairman Speaks.
During the closed meeting, the
first city-wide conference of the
council. 1t was stressed that it
was timed to coincide with the
executive meeting of the National
Advisory Council on State and
Local Action for Children and
Youth.
The main speaker at the local
meeting was DR.. Edward d.
Greenwood, chairman of the
national group. He pointed out
the local council has been off,
cially accepted as the Districts
representative to the national
group.
He also complimented the 10
cal council on its tremendous
strides" In leading a program of
neighborhood citizens groups.
Experiment Slated.
Mrs. Doyle said she hopes
ways can be found for special
committees Of the area board
to help play a major role in
connecting some of the youths
more closely with their specific
neighborhoods. Mrs. Doyle OBJ
served, however, that the plan
would move very slowly and ex-
perimentally during the coming
months. She said the Area ''P"
Pilot Board will be checked be-
fore any movement becomes
city-wide. This area Is behind
Union Station, In Northeast
Washington.
The conference was divided
int two study groups-one of
area board chairmen and the
other of other delegates from
each Of the city's area boards.
As to the centralized office for
employment, odd-job pool pro-
grams would be established in
the local area by the area
boards. This subject is expected
to be explored further at a meet
ing at 1880 am. Thursday in
the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Man Living Alone Dies
As Fire Destroys Home

The lone occupant Of . one
room house died In q fire that
destroyed the building early to-
day.
The body Of Lucas Coleman.
50, coIored. was found In the
ashes Of the house at 6001 K
street. Fairmont Heights, Md.
Prince Georges County police
said the victim had lived alone
for years.
The fife was reported at 1880
q m. by . neighbor. Fire COM
panies from Hillside. Temple
Oaks. Tuxedo heyerly. Capitol
Heights and Seat Pleasant re-
sponded. Police believe Mf. Cole
man fen asleep whiIs smoking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Gruenther Will Speok
To Oversees Students

Gen. Alfred N. Gruenther,
supreme allied commander in
Europe, has accepted an invi-
tation to speak at commence
ment exercises for the Univer-
sity Of Maryland Overseas pro-
gram. according to DR.. Wilson
H. Elkins, university president.
The ceremony win be held in
the Heidelberg University Of
Germany on May n. Or. Elkins
win present diplomas 10 more
than so students who are COM
pleting their college require
rnents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Maryland Gives
Roads Priority
ToD.C. Area
Antilles Of
Columbia Pike
On Top Of List
BY Alex R. Preston
Sior Staff Correspondent

- n - M " ~ =, ddti. 10
Maryland's road builders con-
tinue to give the Washington
Metropolitan Area top billing in
their priority list Of construction
projects planned for 1855.
At the very top Of the list
are I'VE contracts to- build ~
miles Of dual highway on Column
bia pike from the Cedarcroft
Sanitarium to Sligo Greek Park
way In Montgomery County.
This is continuation Of
projects started last year to re-
locate Route 20, the back road"
to Baltimore from Washington.
A 4.5-mile extension Of the
highway from Burtonsville to-
ward White Oak was COM
Inenced last year.
The State Roads Commission
held a press conference for more
than 30 representatives Of the
daily and weekly press and radio
and television representatives
yesterday.
Reviews Progress.
Primarily, the commission
wanted to review progress made
in the first year of its 12-year,
1858 million highway program.
The Washington Star disclosed
two weeks ago that some $59.1
million worth of highway prof.
ects either had been placed un-
der contract last year OF. were
scheduled for assignment this
year In Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties.
Commission Chairman Russell
H. Mccain was asked by a news
man for comment on a statement
earlier this week by Delegate
Cannon, Democrat, Of Wicomico
that he might ask for an in
vestigation Of the roads agency
by the Grand Inquest Commit
tee Of the General Assembly.
"It has been my privilege to
serve on the commission under
three great Governors-O'Co nor.
Lane and McKeldin." Mr.. Nc
Cain said. II personally know
there Is nothing wrong with the
State Roads Commission.
All Files Available.
1.-THE commission is willing to
cit down and work and cooper
ate fully with the General AS
semhly or turn over to any of
its committees any information
or any files that they may ask
for"
Mr.. Mccain also disclosed q
plan to permit the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. to place
phone booths along stretches of
limited-access highways for the
benefit of motorists who run out
of gas. have fiat tires or expert
ence other difficulties.
Last year. the commission
chairman said. the commission
started road projects costing
more than $50 million. Some of
those projects will carry over
into this year. That is some $27
million more than the States
previous road building year
record in 1949. he said.
The $144 million Patapsco
River tunnel project took up
a considerable portion Of the
press conference.
This project means that
Washington motorists bound for
Philadelphia. New York and
other points North, can bypass
the Baltimore traffic headache"
by leaving the Baltimore park
way. passing through the tun-
mel and joining Route 40 in the
northwest section Of the city.
The largest single contract
1865 million-for the tunnel it
self will be advertised next
month. Construction will begin
In April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-15
Cupitul Hiking Club

The Capital Hiking Club will
meet at $40 am. tomorrow at
the bus terminal at Georgia and
Alaska avenues NV. for trans
portation to a hike along Upper
Rock Creek Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Food and Drug Act
Stomp Endorsed by
Glover Park Group

The Glover PARK Citizens AS
ISOLATION last night indorsed Q
move to get the Post Office De-
partment to issue q stamp COM
memorating the fiftieth an.
niversary Of the Food and Drug
Act.
At the first meeting Of the fall
the group also backed measures
to demand q complete Congress
sional investigation Of the Dis
trict's school system" to oppose
immediate junking of Capital
Transit Co.'S streetcars." and tt
ask shat the Commissioner
hold the line on expenditures"
These points brought to the
floor by Henry Backenheimer
passed unanimously as did Q mo-
ton by Carl Harnrick to form q
committee to draft plans for ''the
improvement Of the Glover Park
area"
Other business included q talk
on Educating the Public" by
Mrs. Jerome K. wilkins. q repre-
sentative for the National Asso-
citation for Retarded Children
She stressed that mental re-
tardation Is not q disease and
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nat. Pleasant Unit
Fights Tax Boost

The Mount Pleasant Citizens
Association last night voted to
oppose any further increase In
the taxes Of District residents
during the next fiscal year.
Association president Marcus
Borchardt viii appoint q menu
her to represent the association
before the Commissioners at q
public hearing In tax proposals
October 28.
In another action, the group
asked that steps be taken to force
planes from the washington Ma
tional Airport to maintain the
required height while passing
over the Dltrict.
DR.. Grace Stone, chief Of the
Division Of School Health Serv-
ices Of the ID. G. Health Depart
'ment. spoke on the Salk vaccine
program In the District schools.
The meeting was held In the
Mount Pleasant Public Library,
Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Los Vegas Closes
Third Plush Hotel

LAS VEGAS, New, Oct. II IN
six months after it opened thu
|$3 million interracial Moulin
Rouge Hotel Is padlocked today
after financial failures.
It was the third plush hostelry
here, where hotels bank on theil
gambling casinos, to be hit BY
money difnculties In recent
months. AL opened this year.
Alexander Bisno. principal
stakeholder Of the 1O0-room
Moulin Rouge, said legal adj
published last week for two cor
Iporations in California served
notice to sell hotel assets tc
recover $37l,o28 in defaulted
notes.
Although the ads set October
~ as the date Of public sale
there was speculation that new
interests may take over control
Iof the hotel.
Mr.. Bisno said there are also
100000 In court liens against
the hotel from businessmen,
claims for unpaid bills, and q
suit has been fled BY . union
to recover $2l.500 in wages due
October 5,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
US. Gets Golfers
For Rubber PIunt
~ the Associated Prsss

The Government has received
six bids to buy it, big synthetic
rubber producing plant ct Insti-
tute, w. Va.
Negotiations win start imme.
diately on q ANAL sale contract
and must be completed by Dec
II. the Rubber Producing Facili.
ties Disposal Commission said
yesterday.
Proposals to buy were received
from Goodrich Gulf Chemicals
Inc. Cleveland: Goodyear Syn.
thetic Rubber Corp, Akron: I'm.
perial Commodities Corp. New
York; Edwin w. Pauley. Los An.
geles; Union Carbide & Carbon
Corp. New York. and United
Rubber & Chemical Co.. q
wholly owned subsidiary Of
United Carbon Co.. Charleston.
w. Va.
The Government already has
realized more than $218 million
from the sale Of Is other plants
in Its program Of disposing Of
It's synthetic rubber facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
BurIeith Group Joins
AntipoIIution Move

The Burleith Citizens Associa-
ton last night voted to join other
citizens groups Ia requesting
that jurisdictions discharging
sewage into the Potomac River
take action to treat 1t according
to recommendations Of the Inter-
state Commission Of the Potomac
River Basin.
The resolution urged other ci-
items associations to campaign
against pollution in the Potomac
and Rock Greek 50 public health
would be protected and recrea-
tional facilities improved,
The association also agreed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
NEWS or MUSIC
Gifted Instrumentolists
Heard as Sonata Duo

i Briesmeister and Mr.. Ryce did
not make q particularly satisfying
lduo.
| Like many excellent ensemble
players. Miss Hriesmeister tends
Ito be somewhat on the timid side
as Q soloist. Her tone, although
sweet. enforced and generally
ltrue in intonation, is small and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
BY IRVING LoWENs

Ernestine Briesmeister, violin: Joel
Ryce, piano. At Phillips Gallery.
pfoeram: Sonata In G minor, Opus 80,
land: sonata q 4. opas ' Is spl Fsurs S'p-
Violinist Ernestine Briesmeis-
ter and Pianist Joel Ryce were
the artists featured at last
nights Phillips Gallery concert
The gifted. young Instrumental
lists offered . program consisting
entirely Of three sonatas, widely
contrasted in mood and area.
Miss Briesmeister will be re.
membered as q former membel
OF the National Symphony Or
|chestrR and the Catholic Uni,
yersity String Quartet. She i
playing now with the New Or,
leans Philharmonic. The carrot
topped Mr.. Ryce. q. very youth,
|ful pianist with q phenomena
technique and 3 somewhat UNI
restrained artistic temperament
is Q pupil Of Kapell and Serkin
He is about to embark on {
European concert tour.
Despite the fact that they ar,
both excellent musicians, Mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11

thin. 1t did not seem wen suited
to the impetuous C minor Bee
|thothoyen sonata with which The
evening opened. This is q work
which demands rather more IRE
than she could manage to muster.
Mr.. Ryce, on the other hand.
does not yet seem to have learned
the art Of restraint. His Beetho-
ven was dramatic almost to the
point Of eccentricity.
After the Beethoven, the pianist
turned his attention to the enig-
matte and extremely difficult
COPELAND piano sonata, q piece as
rough to project eloquently as
any shocker in the modern
repertory. Mr.. Ryce made light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11

sponsor q Halloween party for
children Of the area. DR.. Harold
Elwyn. owner Of the Western
Pharmacy. Thirty-fifth street
and Reservoir road NV. said he
would turn over q lot adjacent
to his store for the children's use
on the evening Of October 81.
The group also took steps to
launch q membership drive which
viii be conducted by block cap
tains appointed by the president.
The meeting was held in Cor
don Junior High School. Thirty
NTH and r streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Miss Noel Reelected
By BrookIund Group

The Brookland Citizens Assoc
citation last night reelected Miss
Kathleen Noel president.
Other officers elected were:
Arthur K. McNerney. vice
president: Mrs. John Rechmack,
secretary: Mrs. George Speaker.
treasurer: Mr.. McNerney. Mrs,
Rechmack and Mrs. Speaker,
delegates to the Northeast Coun-
ell. and Miss Noel and Mr.. Nc
Nerney, delegates to the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations
The meeting was held In the
home Of Miss Noel. ct 1885,
Lawrence street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
+. w. Hirth to Speak

The District and Arlington
chapters Of Round Table Inter-
national win hear Frank w,
|Hirth. international president
and Denver businessman. at
1880 pm. Friday in the WASH
linRton Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
Keneipp to Speak

District Trafic Director Geore.
II. Keneipp viii speak at q meet.
ing Of the BENJAMIN Franklin
Lodge, No. 80. Free Ancient anc
Accepted Masons. at . pm. to.
morrow at the Masonic Temple
Thirteenth and II streets NV.