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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17

ish. What she misses are sports
like ball games and horseback
riding.
Here sports are for the boys"
Marjatta thinks.
Dating in U. s. Differs
School dances in the United
States differ from Finnish school
dances because here a girl al
ways has to have a date. In
Finland girls and boys can go
separately to dances and are
not stuck" with one particular
date. And dating, Marjatta adds.
is different because students in
Finland do not have cars. Fewer
romances, would you think?
Marjatta's impression is that
American students on the whole
are more mature than their
Scandinavian counterparts.
The most common misconcep-
ton in Europe about Americans.
according to Marjatta. who has
lived in England, too. is that
they think all Americans are
rich and have no problems. Mar
jatta observes that Americans
work hard for their families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
New President
is lnstuIIedby
VireinioSchtooI

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. II (R.
"A 41-year-old Petersburg ma
tive who got his start in phar-
macy by delivering prescriptions,
was inaugurated the fourth pres
ident of the Medical College of
Virginia today.
DR.. Robert Blackwell Smith,
IT., received his oath of Office
from Chief Justice Edward w.
Hudgins Of the Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals.
Gov. Stanley and an estimated
100 delegates from colleges and
universities across the Nation
crowded into Richmond's Monu-
mental Episcopal Church to
watch the ceremonies. Closed
circuit television brought the
events to others in two NOV
auditoriums.
A luncheon for the approxi-
Imately 275 invited guests and
their wives followed the inaug-
Iural ceremony. The presidential
reception came after the lunch
con.
In the academic ceremonies,
DR.. Smith heard DR.. Joseph C.
Robert, president Of Hampden-
Sydney College say healing is
a seamless garment.
DR.. Smith succeeds DR.. w. T.
Sanger who is retiring from the
presidency at the age of 70.
DR.. Smith becomes chancellor
DR.. Smith was dean of the
MCV school of pharmacy when
he was named assistant presi-
dent in March. 1855. He holds
his pharmacy degree from NOV,
his M. s. from the University of
Florida and his Phi. D. from the
University Of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17

and continuity to follow
through" the commission said,
most efforts to effect needed
reforms and improved admins
trative procedures were abor-
tive"
Qualifications Listed
The commission said the pro-
posed executive should possess
a record Of Successful experi-
zee in the responsible manage
ment Of large operations similar
in completely TO those Of the
department"
1T is not deemed essential for
the position TO be one In the po-
litical family Of the Governor, F"
the report said. but one that
should be on a career basis under
the State merit system"
The Government and the Leg
islature we're asked to give
prompt attention to meeting the
leadership needs OF the depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17

'466:ACIlte Site
Hearing Is Set

Request for a 400-horne
planned community on 40 acres
opposite Kentland will be stud.
led by the Prince Georges Coun-
|ty Commissioners at a coming
hearing Wednesday.
Dodge Park Village would
have a shopping center with 700
parking spaces and room for 10
to is stores facing Landover
road. The community will abut
the west side Of George Palmer
highway. according to Fred w
Tuemmler, planning consultant
and one member Of a three
man syndicate scheduled to
finance the project.
The Board of Education will
be consulted about the possible
purchase of school site, Mr..
Tuemmler said.
The north boundary Of Dodge
Park Village will touch the
south boundary of a proposed
Negro subdivision, now the sub
ject of a coming suit filed against
the County Commissioners: Her.
vey G. Machen. attorney for
the plaintiffs, has charged the
county heads with being arbi.
trary and capricious in denying
his clients their coming request
because they refuse to comply
with specifications not imposed
on others previously and not
spelled out in the coming ordi-
nance.
The area cited in the suit is
a 126-acre tract just south of
Glen Arden, a Negro munic-
ipality.
Mr.. Tuemmler said his pro-
posed development is for white
residents. A wooded area sepa-
rates the two tracts. with very
deep" lots proposed on the
northernmost line of Dodge Park
Village.
No plans are contemplated for
roads to join the two commu-
mites, Mr.. Tuemmler said.
The entire tract now is zoned
rural residential. The Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission has approved
the requested R-55 classification
but recommended denial for the
commercial request.
Commission spokesman say
commercial expansion in that
area should be built around the
Kent Village shopping center,
less than one-half mile west Of
the center designed to serve
Dodge Park Village,
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tenbader of Colonial Beach have
complained loudly over the gun
play. Two Maryland Tidewater
Fisheries Commission patrol
boats and patrol plane chased
King.
Stanford. the boatyard owner,
and his wife and kid were stand
ing right over there on that dock
and almost got killed." King
said. Somebody's gonna get
killed over these oysters one of
these days"
There have been shootings be-
fore in the Maryland Virginia
oyster war.
It's the same old story. Mary
land owns the Potomac up to the
high-water mark on the Virginia
shore. Maryland laws do not per-
NIT dredging for oysters, only
longing.
Virginia laws do permit dredg-
ing. Although dredging rakes up
more oysters, Maryland contends
it also ruins oyster beds.
Mr.. Mason calls the Maryland
patrolers "trigger-happy."
TITS not worth killing sorne-
body over a few oysters" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
Takes
New CD Post

Col. John E. Fondahl sat down
for a conference with other Civil
Defense directors today, no
longer a police inspector on loan
to Civil Defense but solely as
Civil Defense director for the
District.
Col. Fondahl referred to the
change in his status as a paper
transaction" But 1t put him
under Civil Defense retirement
instead of the less advantageous
Washington Police Department
retirement.
He resigned from the police
department Saturday. AS of yes
terday he was appointed Civil
Defense director by the District
Commissioners. He has held that
position on loan from the police
force for five years
The conferences he held today
with Civil Defense directors from
Maryland and Virginia was to
reach agreement on a contract
to draw up a survival plan for
Metropolitan Washington, The
Federal Civil Defense Admins
tration has made available $685.
900 to cover the cost of drafting
such a plan. 3
Col. Fondal's resignation as
police inspector made perma-
nent the rank of Inspector John
Winters. "a
The Civil Defense director ex-
planned that the improved Civil
Service retirement plan under
which he is counted was the
reason for his switch. The po-
lice departments retirement plan
counted his six years of Marine
Corps service but not his World
War ! service. He entered the
police department after World
War I. His police department
service is also counted under
Civil Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
Finnish Girl, u, Studying
US. Life by LivingIt 4
y GEORGE c. EHRNROOTH

By GEORGE C. EHRNROOTH
Mafjatta Snellman, of Hell
sinki. Finland, likes being a
senior at Oxon Hill High School
so much that she would go
crazy" if she had to leave today
She hopes to stay until July.
Marjatta. II, came to the
Washington area under the
American Field Service program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
Oystermon Calls 1t Quits
After Gunfire on River

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, Dec.
II P.-HarVey King, 29-year-
old Virginia FISHERMAN who finds
himself in the middle of the
latest shooting battle of the
Maryland-Virginia oyster war, is
going to call it quits.
Warrants have been issued in
Charles County, Nd, across the
Potomac River from this resort
town. charging King with un-
lawfully dredging oysters in
Maryland-owned Potomac wa
tiers, resisting arrest, concealing
the name and number Of his
boat, leaving the Potomac with
out an inspection permit and
failing to pay the Maryland
oyster export tax.
King and his lawyer, George
Mason. who also is town attor-
ney of Colonial Beach, plan to
fight extradition.
Sees No Chance in Court
II know a Virginia waterman
amt got a snowball's chance in
hell in a Maryland court" King
told a newsman here this week
end. Il amt going over there"
This may keep King and his
boat, the Miss Ann" out of
Maryland hands. But it also
means King - who. like his
father, has been an FISHERMAN
all his life-cannot enter Mary
land waters to ply his trade.
That's why he has to quit OYSTER
ing.
I'm gonna, have to quit and
get me job. I guess" King said
rs he fingered a bullet hole in
The cab of his 42-foot boat. It
was one Of a half dozen the boat
received last week as King zig
tagged up and down Monroe
Creek, behind the Colonial Beach
peninsula in Virginia waters,
lodging a hail of pistol, rifle and
shotgun fire from Maryland pa
troll boats.
Virginia State police finally
arrested King and released him
On $3.50 bail on charges of con-
cealing the name and number of
his boat. But they refused to
turn him over to Maryland
His Virginia trial
was set for December ID but has
now been postponed.
Undecided on Future
King hasn't decided what he
will do about his inability to
work the river.
Virginia authorities. including
Mr.. Mason and Mayor L. c. Cos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
Newman Is Cundidute
For Juycee President

DANVILLE. Va. Dec. II (R.-
Alvin H. Newman of Danville is
the first man to announce his
candidacy for president of the
State Junior Chamber Of Com
merce. The election will be held
in May.
Mr.. Newman. international d.
rector for the Virginia Jaycees,
served as a national director Of
the Jaycees last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
Stote Employment Board
UnderO One Official Asked

BALTIMORE. Dec. II R.-
The appointment of a single,
strong executive with "aggres-
sive leadership" to direct the
State Department of Employ
ment Security. has been recon-
Ehended by the Commission Of
Governmental Efficiency and
Economy.
Under the proposal the execu-
tive would replace the three
member Employment Security
Board. which asked the commits
sion to make the study.
The commission said its re-
port was aimed at correcting
what 1t called hesitance and
wasting time on outside and
unrelated interests" by the pres
lent department and its board.
I Most OF the departments
major inadequacies would be
promptly and more or less auto
matically remedied under the
capable management OF highly
qualified executive who is free
to act and who has the support
OF the Governor and the General
Assembly for required iegisla-
tion." the report said.
Board Would Be Retained
The commission also recon-
mended that unemployment in
surance and employment service
operations be centralized into a
local operations division report
ing 10 the chief executive.
The Employment Security
Board would be retained as q
unit responsible only for adiudi.
eating appeals. Under the
present setup. the report said.
the board makes policy. carries
It out and serves as an appellate
body on appeals from action
takpn in carrying its own policy.
Without executive stability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
U. Of Nd. Publishes
Farm Account Book

The University Of Maryland
Extension Service has published
a new account book for farmers.
designed to make 1t easier for
them to keep track Of their busi-
ness.
The book. distributed BY
county agents and the univer-
Sity's department Of agricultural
economies and marketing. con-
tains information on fling in
come tax returns and Social Sc
curity reports. and space for
renth : BY month record keep
Ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17

George c. Ehrnrooth, q member Of The
City Council Of HeIisnki. FinIond, hos
been O member Of The Stor stoH.
Just before leaving to return home,
Mr.. Ehrnrooth wrote this story about
q l7-yeor-old girl from his hometown
who is q student in the Washington
oreo.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17


But the sanitary. commission is
not bound by the planners rec
concentrations.
Recently, in Northwest Branch
valley. planners wanted to re-
tain high value homes on acre.
age lots.
The commission, nonetheless
approved its own plans for a
trunk sewer line in the valley
At the same time, however, the
sanitary commission bowed to
the wishes of the planners for
keeping sewers out of the rich
large farm area of Prince
Georges.
A move is underway either to
give the planning commission
veto power over trunk sewer ex-
tensions or let disagreements
between the two agencies be
settled by the county governing
bodies.
U. S. Is UncO-0perative
Most notorious for its failure
to deal with planning agencies is
the Federal Government in its
location of dispersed agencies.
Dumping a Federal agency
employing hundreds of persons
into a remote or residential area
can dislocate plans for trunk
sewer extensions, school and
park construction. and residen-
tial development while clogging
highways and transportation
systems.
Theoretically the General
Services Administration recon-
mends Federal installation sites,
but more often top level bureau
Gratis bypass these recommended
tons in pushing their own ideas
IN Capitol Hill.
In the General Plan, several
Federal installation sites have
been recommended. Selection of
these sites is difficult and a bit
impractical, planners, concede,
because Of the lack of a con-
sistent policy on Federal dis
perSal sites.
The General Plan recognizes
these weaknesses and calls for
their correction.
If the Plan is adopted as a
guide by other agencies, then
the taxpayers may get a break
On advance land acquisitions for
governmental facilities.
Purchasing rights of way in
the shadow of the shovel. so to
speak. is an expensive PROPOSE
ton as recent reports of the
State Roads Commission indi-
Gates.
Central Office Needed
Another goal of the planners
is a streamlining of the present
awkward. time-consuming and
exasperating procedures for pro-
cessing land development plans.
Developers and just plain
home building residents find
themselves shutting back and
forth between the planning
commission in Silver Spring or
Riverdale. the sanitary commits
sion in Hyattsville and county
seats in Rockville and Upper
to get necessary APP
prevail of their plans.
Plans are under study for
establishment of central license
permit Offices in both counties
where representatives of all
necessary agencies would be
located.
The planning commission can
present working rela-
tons with the National Capital
Regional Planning Council. and
coordinate its mark with the
heads of the area.
But all of this means nothing
as far as the success of this
General Plan is concerned. I'M
less we have the general. back
ing of public agencies and the
and understanding of
residents" Planning Director
William C. Bulrage said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
Rock Creek Hills Sets
Home Lighting Prize

The Rock Greek Hills MD
Citizens Association will award
a prize again this Christmas for
the best exterior home lighting
display in the area. c. DON
aid Larsen, president, has arl-
nounced.
The organization also plans q
Twelfth Night community cele-
bration January 6, at which dis
carded Christmas trees will be
burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
Christmas Music

The Washington Lee High
School orchestra and choruses
will present a program Of Christ
mas music at l:50 pm. Friday
in the school gymnasium, 1900
North Quincy street, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17

part IN determining the success
or failure of the 25-year Plan.
Residents tonight and tomor-
row night at 8 o'clock will all
their views on the General Plan
The first hearing is scheduled fol-
Suitland High School: the Sec
ond for Montgomery Blair High,
in Silver Spring.
Other hearings will be held in
January and February.
The Plan recommends patterns
Of land uses. density of develop
ment. locations of highways,
schools, parks recreation areas
government installations and the
like.
Plan Remains Flexible
1t is not static. Even after its
adoption. additions and amend
ments may be made. Sections
will be added on locations of
f1rehouses. libraries, and other
public facilities within a year.
Once the Washington area trans
portation study is completed, it
also will become part of the
Plan.
The REORGANIZATION Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion, whose staff authorized the
plan. is the sole authority for
planning in the bi-county region
al district in Montgomery and
Prince Georges.
Lack of correlation between
the commission work and other
governmental agencies has drawn
criticism in the past.
Most recently LadiSlas Segoe.
planning consultant studying
the planning setup, observed this
weakness and made recommended
tions for alleviating it.
The commission, however, has
enjoyed excellent working rela-
tionship with the Maryland
State Roads Commission.
Commissions Efforts Cited
Constant effort on the part of
the planning agency, backed up
by county governing bodies, can
be cited as a reason the big
share the area has received in
the States 12-year road plan.
Major proposed highway and
expressways such as the new
National Pike and Baltimore Ex-
pressway adopted on the COM
missions master road plans are
now or are becoming realities.
The commission, in many
cases, reserved land for these
highways. and in some cases.
such as for sections of the
Intercounty Belt Freeway, made
detailed layouts to establish
their center lines.
The commission also has
spearheaded establishment Of CO.
ordinating committees for park
and school planning.
While unofficial for many
months the committee in Mont
gomery has been formalized.
School boards, through this
committee are kept up-to-datei
on sewer and water main ex-
tension approval, subdivision
status and building permit is
suances.
The committee also may per-
NIT advance park and school,
site acquisitions prior to the
speculative spiralling of values
when new subdivisions are
created.
Two Problems Apparent
Two major weaknesses that
must be overcome to effectuate
the General Plan are relation
ships with the sanitary commits
sion and the Federal Govern
ment.
In reality, planning in the past
has been done in many cases by
the sanitary commission.
The sanitary commission,
which operates on a five-year
capital program. submits its pro-
posals to the planners for review.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17
QUARTER CENTURY PLAN
Suburban Project
Depends on Public
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

CONCENTRATION and legislation the keys transform
i34page General Plan suburban Maryland into
sound orderly economic development of the area.
Unless the Plan accepted guide by
residents and county officials then like dozens before it, will do
little more than gather dust book shelves.
School boards officials state agencies all have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-17

The service gives foreign stu
dents a chance to see the United
States not as tourists but as
members Of an American family
In the community of Friendly
in Prince Georges County. Md,
Marjatta lives with Mr.. and Mrs.
Conrad Ernst, whose daughter,
Carol. also attends Oxon Hill
High. To stay with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernst is like living at home"
she says, and better compli-
ment is hard to think of for
Marjatta, the only child of Mai.
and Mrs. j. w. Snellman Of Hell
sinki.
Two Countries Compared
After four months in this
country. Marjatta says things
are different. of course. in the
United States and Finland"
Here the fact that all people
have one or more automobiles,
.TV sets and all the modern
household equipment is bound to
make life different from that of
Ia country which moves at a
slower pace.
But basically, Marjatta says,
people are the same everywhere.
1t was rather tough for Mar
jatta and 40 other Finnish stu
dents to win the scholarships
which landed them in America.
They had about 300 competitors.
She had to prove her knowledge
of the English language and to
write a thesis in English. Be-
sides. her report card for the
past two years had to be good.
Maybe that's one reason why
she is doing well at Oxon Hill
Another reason is that in Fin
land schools require IL courses,
here she has six. Languages
seem more important in Fin
land. Marjatta speaks Swedish
at home, Finnish at school and
has learned German and a little
French.
But, over all, she likes Ameri-
can schools more than the Finn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
ID. c. Kidnapping
Defendant Cleared

A Federal Court jury in Fay
etteville, N. c., yesterday ac-
quilted John Joseph Mitchell, 25
of Pittsburgh, of a charge OF
kidnapping brought by Albertus
Lowery, 1914 Potomac avenue
Sc, saxophonist and Pentagon
mail clerk.
Nh. Lowery, who is colored
charged that Mr.. Mitchell kid
mapped him and attempted to
force him to drive Mr.. Mitchell
to Florida last November. Mr.
Lowery said he met the Pitts
burg man in a bar at Twelfth
street and New York avenue
INV. where Mr.. Lowery was
lplaying in a band.
Mr.. Lowery said he was forced
to drive his own car nearly tt
the North Carolina line before
1T ran out Of gas and he was
able to get away from Mr.. Nit
chell.
Yesterdays acquittal for Nit
chell marked the third trial fol
/ him on the kidnapping count
Previous trials in Fayetteville
and New Bert ended in mistrials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
PROSECUTOR FINDS
LAW WIDE ENOUGH
TO COVER PLANES

OKLAHOMA CITY (P.-
A pilot used State Highway 3
northwest of Oklahoma City
as a taxiway to get his light
plane into the air, creating a
problem for the county at
torney's Office yesterday.
Carroll Freeman, assistant
Oklahoma County attorney,
said he spent considerable
time thum bling through
State laws before finding a
suitable charge to file against
plane owner John P. Pad
dock, War; Acres, Okla.
Mr.. Freeman said the
owner will be charged today
with permitting the opera
ton Of an overwidth vehicle
on the highway. Under law
the crafts wingspan was %
feet too wide.
Mr.. Paddock said the pilot
was his brother, Robert, of
Oklahoma City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20

Truman @. Benedict. Nays
Bureau Of Aeronautics has pre-
scented outstanding performance
ratings to the following civilian
employees: Edwin j. Lewis. Delyle
|Medlin, Russell T. Walker. Emma
Dawson, Ruth Christi, Fred j..
Boos, Rose Catzva. Mary Murphy,
q. Robert Reed, Lawrence
Kitchen, Yancey Sweet, Marion
True, Helen Matthews, Robert
Decker, Orville Craig, Helen
Pasterchalk, Myra j. Bailey,
James w. Grodsky. Eula Kemp,
Raymond Luks. Gus D'Onofrio.
Hilda Strother, Paulette Palmer,
Rita Becker, Louise Glemboski,
Marie Lehman, Martha ODon-
nell, Dorothy Haffner, Robert
Shafer, Edith johnson, Mark
Hanabury, Brantley Frank, Louis
Boyle, sLeona Glemboski, Ray
Edwards. Gilbert Weiss, otto
Lunde. william Frisbie, George
Spangenberg, James Tassin,
Margaret Basl1ta, Shepard A.
Arkin, Lucille Thibeault, Josefina
Treadway. Xina Fielder, Escellyn
Pelton, Richard Stickney. Charles
P. Elliott, Malcolm Smith, Jesse
Eberdt. Lucy Rumley, Peter Rud-
den, Charles Merriman. Thomas
Schmitt, Frederick Loche, Aba
ham Hyatt, Gennaro Vacca, S.
Gayle Marwine, George Gould,
Carl Levine, Julian Thompson,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
Kentucky Educator
Takes Federal Post

Elvis j. Stair, jr., Of Lexing-
ton. KY, will take leave Of alb
sence from his duties as provost
of the University of Kentucky
and dean of the university's COL
lege of law to become staff di-
rector of the Presidents Commit
tee on Education Beyond the
High School.
The appointment was an
nounced today by Marion B. Fol-
som, Secretary Of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare, who said the
appointment was recommended
by Devereux C. Josephs, chair
man of the committee formed
last April to develop proposals on
a wide range of problems of
higher education, adult educa-
ton, business and technical
schools and other subjects.