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Evening star., 1956-12-31
District Police
Commended
ByEisenhower
Holiday Message
Luuds Force for
Its Work in 1856

Washington's Metropolitan Po-
lice Department has received a
holiday commendation from
President Eisenhower.
Police Chief Robert v. MUIR
ray today made public a letter
from Mr.. Eisenhower thanking
the police chief and his men for
service to himself and Mrs. Eisen-
hover and praising the depart
ment for its great courtesies."
The police force, among other
duties connected with protecting
the President, regularly provides
motorcycle escorts when the
President motors through the
city.
Chief Murray today sent out
the text of the presidential let
ter to police precinct stations on
teletype. The message said:
Dear Chief Murray:
"In these closing days of 1856
I am reminded of the debt that
Mrs. Eisenhower and I owe to
you and to the members of the
Metropolitan Police Department,
for all you have done for us dur
ing the year just passed.
II am rather afraid, that for
one reason or another we caused
you more than the usual diff
culties in our travels in and out
Iof Washington this past year,
and again 1 want to tell you how
impressed I am with the fine de-
pertinent and great courtesies
that I have observed from every
member of the force.
ITO you and to all your asso-
ciates in the Metropolitan Police
Department. Mrs. Eisenhower
and I join in greetings and best
wishes for a happy new year.
with warm regard, sincerely
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER F."
Evening star., 1956-12-31
|RooftopHe|iporI
Suggested for
State Building
Plan Is to Replace
Penthouse Slotted
For New Structure

General Services Administra-
Ition architects are currently
studying the prospects of turn
ing an afterthought into a fore
thought.
With structural plans for the
new State Department annex
close to completion. department
officials asked architects to ex-
anime the possibilities Of plac-
ing a heliport on the roof of the
$57 million structure.
Plans now call for a pent-
house type structure on the root
Iof the building which will be
placed in a four block area sur
rounded by Twenty-first, p
Twenty-third and C streets NV
The penthouse would be used for
receptions and dinners, for ex-
ample. 1t was not designed tc
carry any particular load as il
necessary when heliportS are
constructed.
The problem now confronting
GSA architects is whether the
penthouse or some other portion
lof the roof could be converted
to serving as a landing spot fol
helicopters.
In this respect the idea is ar
afterthought, said one GSA
spokesman. But he added thai
since the downtown area lack.
heliports in a period when there
Us at least a chance Of another
airport being located some dis
tance from the city, the sugges.
ton is a "forethought." The
heliport would speed both mai
and personnel operations.
Also examining the proposal |.
the Civil Aeronautics Admin.
istration which has pointed out
the area is under a restricted
block of air as far as airplane.
are concerned. The rule serve.
as protection for the Whits
House and major Government
buildings.
President Eisenhower will lay
the cornerstone for the new
building Saturday.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Fort Meade GI
in Escape
Held Under Arrest
In Post Robbery

A Fort Meade Army sergeant
who was arrested Saturday as
he left the church where he was
married on money the Army said
he took from the post Western
Union office was shot to death
while trying to escape yesterday
The victim was Specialist Ok
Vernon L. billiard, Negro, 25, o.
Pittsburgh, who was shot as hi
raced through the front door Of
the main stockade building after
wrestling a guard to the floor.
The soldier was picked up Sat.
urday in Annapolis, walking
away from a church with his
bride. Special FBI agent D. K
Brown said the soldier bought
a wedding ring and clothes with
part Of the $807 taken in the
December % robbery of the Fort
Meade Western Union office.
Spending ArOuses Suspicion
Authorities became suspicious
after he was seen spending an
unusual amount of money. About
half the money was recovered.
The Fort Meade public infor.
nation Office said the sergeant
was being returned to confine-
ment shortly after 9 am. after
trying to telephone his home.
A spokesman said he wheeled
on a guard, grabbed for his car
bine, then ran for the door, 2s
feet away, when the guard fell tc
the floor.
The guard shouted for him tc
halt, then fired one shot from q
prone position. The bullet passed
through the glass door and struck
Dillard in the back.
Picked Out Of Lineup
Mrs. Carol Morton of Balti.
more, the Western Union clerk
repeatedly identified billiard from
Ia lineup as the man who held her
up with AS caliber automatic.
He had been at Fort Meade
since the summer of 1855 and
was assigned to the 2101st Service
Unit. His bride is from Linthi-
cum, Md.
The FBI scheduled his ar
Iraignment before the United
States Commissioner in Balti-
more for today.
The Army would not release
the name of the guard who shot
billiard, but said he was one Of
the regular Military Police
guards at the post.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
NEW YEARS DAY
PHONE SERVICES

The StoTs phone services viIl ob
sers the following opeso,isS houn
tomorrow:
Classified Department From 3 an.
10 s pm. iclossiiss ods @ay be
placed ia ps'sos o. she bssissss eoua
Ter in The S,sf lobby from 3 en-. 10
s PM.
cNeuIo,ioa Department; From Q
On. 10 9:30 pm.
Main Svaehboord: From 7 en-. 10
u pm.
A. ssssI. sishs seres Ines III
b placed 10 opsssiiea ssbssassss 10
closing si mois svfckbeerd.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Man Is Sentenced
For Refusal to Pay
$10 Tuxicub Fare

A Washington man who said
he is an accountant. today was
sentenced to a $25 fine or 80
days in jail for failing TO pay a
$40 taxicab fare yesterday.
Donald z. Rodier. As, Of the
5000 block Of Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, was also sentenced tc
As days in jail on a drunk charge
by Municipal Court Judge
Thomas c. Scalley.
Lester ingram, "a. Of 30S
Thirty-fourth street Sc, told
the jurist he was hailed at New
York avenue and Eleventh street
NV yesterday morning by
Rodier and was told to drive
from place TO place around town
for three hours. He said that
he finally stopped and asked
Rodier for his fare. about $40.
When the passenger refused tc
pay 1t. he drove to the ist pre-
Icinct. and asked him again fol
the money. They went inside
and we're met by Pvt. Albert
Kunmann, who was told BY
Rodier: Book me. I'm moi
paying IT,"
After testimony in court this
morning. Judge Scalley looked
qiixically at Rodier. asking
Haven't I seen you in here be-
fore?"
Yes. your honor" said the
defendant. you gave me As days
last October"
Then I'll give you As more
days on the drunk charge and
SIS or 30 days for not paying
your fare" Judge scalley said.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Rambling .

A Democrat on Eleventh
street was telling a Republican
friend: Well. I finally con-
cede that your man won. The
electoral college was my last
hope"
Mrs. Robert Whitney ImbrIe
sends along a Washington
postmark which was on one OF
her Christmas cards. It's a
fine legible impression--but
in reverse. A mirror Is needed
for reading 1t. :.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
PEACE PAGEANT
SCHEDULE

Today
7::30-8:30 p.m.-First Bap-
tist Church Choir.
S:30-9:00 p.m.-St. Johns
Episcopal Church George
town. Choir.
Tomorrow
2::30-3:30 pm. = Carlton
Concert.
The free reideer sleigh
ride for children will be open
fro ml-7 pm. both days.
(All Events on the Ellipse)
Evening star., 1956-12-31


six days hearing testimony
about the accident, and rem
dered its verdict on January
8, 1906.
The double green block
signal at Silver Spring was
fixed as the cause for the
accident.
Railroad officials had testi-
fled that the two green lights
normally meant that the
Takoma station had closed
for the night, and that except
for a possible obstruction at
Terra Gotta, the way was
clear into the University
station.
A white signal would have
been the proper one, they said,
10 give the engineer notice TO
watch for another signal at
Takoma.
The jury made two major
recommendations - that the
block signal system be dras-
tically improved and that
railroad men keep their
watches more closely syn
cronized. And 1t found the
Silver Spring operator GRIM
inally responsible for an acci-
dent horrible enough TO linger
IN the memory for so years,
Evening star., 1956-12-31
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Modern Language AS
sociation holds its final ses-
sions at the Mayf1ower and
Statler hotels.
The Congress Of Eastern
Scientologists winds up its
meeting at the Washington
Hotel.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
The
Rambler
Old Train Wreck
Is Reconstructed
By JACK JONAS

"The year closes with the
Capital in the depths of an
agony Of suffering such as it
has never known before"
That line Is from an edi-
torial in The Star so years
ago today, but it's subject
Washington's worst railroad
disaster-Still Is a lively topic
around the Terra Gotta area.
Many residents still recall
the scenes of horror in a
Washington vastly different
from today as the dead-head-
ing Baltimore 81 Ohio engine
No. 2l20, hurting at so miles
an hour through a dense fog,
crashed into the rear of the
holiday-packed Local No. 66,
waiting to pull out of the tiny
station at Terra Gotta.
Forty-four were killed and
more than 100 injured.
No. 2120, late and trying to
make up time. passed a double
green light at Silver Spring.
At the Takoma station, the
engineer, the fireman and
another engineer along for
the ride failed to see a red
warning signal.
BY the time the operator
at the Takoma station had
rushed outside to see what
had happened, No. 2120 had
disappeared into the fog and
was headed for Terra Gotta.
The engine barreled from
the fog into the glare of the
Terra Gotta clay furnaces too
late to see the tiny red lantern
at the tail of Local 66. The
rear car Of the three-car local
was exploded into kindling,
the middle car was split
neatly down the middle, and
the third was telescoped.
Evening star., 1956-12-31

A WORKMAN from one Of
the furnaces was first at the
scene. He saw a seriously in
jured woman lying on the
tracks and thought a train
had struck her. He moved her
to a more comfortable posi-
tion, then looked around to see
dead and dying all around
me-"
Some time-conscious rail-
road men set the crash hour
at 6:38 pm. Others, equally
time-conscious, said their
watches showed it at 6:34.
A relief train set out from
Washington. Horse-drawn
ambulances raced from down.
town hospitals, their drivers
under shouted instructions to
'1et your horses outl"
There weren's so many tele-
phones then, and a frantic
effort was made to round up
the city'S available surgeons
and get them to the hospitals.
Luckily, many of them were
attending a meeting at the
Columbia Theater and were
quickly gathered up.
The manager of the Raleigh
House loaded one of the
hotels automobiles with ban
dages and medical supplies
and made a wild ride to the
scene.
Rescue work was hampered
Dy the fog, a drizzling rain,
tne iact that only flickering
lanterns were available to
light the scene, and the gen.
eral confusion created bv
relatives trying to find loved
ones.
About IL hours later, afte,
the bodies had been removed
railroad officials followed
what was then described a
in general practice - torche,
were set to the wreckage.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21

We could all learn a lesson in
humility from the Moors who built
the Alhambra in Spain, one OF the
worlds most beautiful structures.
The Moors built the famous castle
according to q deliberately unsym-
metrical plan, since they held that
only Allah makes perfect things.
They held a mint julep contest in
New York recently (what, not IN
Kentucky?) and the winning recipe
proved to be Senator Clay's punch
dating back to 1841. 1t consists OF
Old Crow bourbon; gum syrup,
tinctures Of orange peel, lemon peel,
gentian and caradamond, plus fresh
mint and water from special springs
in Kentucky.
Capt Chuck Banfe, one Of my
favorite pilots, tells the story Of a
green navigator who threw up his
hands in despair after franctically
trying to pilot their position en-
route from Tokyo to San Francisco.
"Have faith in yourself, mani" en-
couraged Chuck. The navigator
promptly took of his hat What's
that for?" asked Chuck. well, IL
that last position Is right, we're over
rhe Salt Lake City Tpbernaclesand
I'm q MormonlT -
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21

Building up the producing
power of each acre can increase
your net income better and faster
than buying or renting more land.
And increasing your soil fertility
level is the first step towards more
production per acre.
Your lands peak production
level can be reached by u adding
those amounts of commercial fer
tilizer recommended by your Land
Grant College, p using lime if
needed, 81 planting the right vari-
cites at the right time in the right
place, and d controlling diseases
and insects. All this adds up To
using sound judgment combined
with your best managerial ability.
Higher yields per acre mean
lower production costs. That is, as
more crops are grown on an acre
you'll get more bushels, bales,
pounds per man, more per hour,
more per machine. Remember,
yields go up and costs go down.
Costs go down and profits go up.
According to the Agricultural
Service Division of Union Bag and
Paper Corporation, manufacturers
of multiwall paper bags for ferti-
lizer, the farmer who cuts down on
commercial fertilizer use in these
days of low farm prices won't see
the profits he's capable Of making.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21

And it's natural to cut down on
spending after a bad crop year,
but fertilizer should be the last
production item to cut. In fact. bad
crop years might well call for in
creasing fertilizer use both to re-.
gain losses and to offset further
reductions.
If your land is just coasting
along, make it stand up and work
for you-work really hard. Com
mercial fertilizer will lend you a
hand with the job.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21

during maneu-
vers when it
was supposed
to be down.
Sir" he told
the commando
ing officer, 1T
was SO clean !
didn't know 1t
was up"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21
IA "a the C.osv
|set*~7Nle'..
HJ by Richufd Joseph

In Frankfurt, Germany, an Amer
lean CT. got off without punish
ment. for having his windshield up
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21

! STRANGE BEDFEILOWS'-The bowler hat Of q typicol
London CITY mm looks rather out Of place beside the mill
ia hats Of members Of the Soviet singers
group. The hos left in cooluoom the Mansion house
London whore the attended reception given by
Lord Mayor Cuthben AclroYd. (NEWSpRESS PHOTO)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21
Bigger
Increase Your Farm Income

Are planning increase the size of
your business volume? First why not try produce the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-07-21

TELEvISON STAR SPRING BYNGTON you every
citizen have voice the of the
lose precious privilege of voting
regulations community Make fulfill all
ments to be eligible to inform candidates
issues and then don't fail Do -
largest informed N history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
DC. Women Found
Dead in Basement

A 63-year-old woman wa:
found dead early yesterday or
the basement floor of her home
with a rope around her neck.
Police said the other end Of
the rope, which had broken, was
tied to water pipes near the
ceiling.
Mrs. Fairy K. Flick, of 1904
Kilbourne street NV, had beer
in i'll health and under treat
Tment by physicians. according
to Capt. Richard J. Felber Of
the Homicide Squad.
The body was found by hei
husband. Russell. a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad conductor. He
told police he had not seen hi.
wife since Friday, but haC
assumed she was with theil
daughter, Kathleen Moody, o.
300 Dogwood street NV. whom
she often visited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
3 Truinmen Hurt
As Engine Rums
Freight Car Here

Three Pennsylvania Railroad
trainmen were injured early yes
terday when an engine ran into q
freight car while switching tracks
in the Pennsylvania yards near
East Capitol street, police re-
ported.
w. r. Rampley. 80, of Balti-
more, a brakeman, suffered q
possible broken right elbow and
arm and a possible brain concus-
sion. His condition was reported
good at Casualty Hospital.
Treated and released for minor
injuries at Casualty were Ear
Coffroad, 46. of 6109 c street
Capitol Heights, Nd, a fireman
and Andrew Baker, Al. of 23C
Twelfth place NE, the engineer
The engine left the tracks but
did not overturn, Pvt. Stanley
Turner Of No. IA precinct said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04

expected to have an important
influence on future school de-
signs in the area.
One already has been started
It's a 10-room addition to the
Viers Mill Elementary School ir
Wheaton, Md. Target date fol
its completion is December is
approximately 80 days from start
of construction. This compares
with six to nine months usually
allotted such a,project.
Other Project
The second, the new 8-classroon
Parklawn Elementary School neal
Lanham, Md, is expected to gel
under way later this month anc
be completed in slightly less thar
four months.
Contractor for both schools i,
Hill & Kimmell, Silver Spring
firm which submitted the low bic
on both jobs.
The VierS Mill project will bt
about so per cent prefabricatec
construction, according to its
architect, Charles Goodman
Illuminated beams and panel wall:
will be used. although founda.
tons and utilities will follow
standard construction lines.
Mr.. Goodman described the
project as a fair, but only fair
test" of prefabrication. He ex-
planned that design was re-
stricted by the fact the project
is an addition to an existing
school and that its placement or
the site was determined in ad-
vance by the Board of Educa-
ton.
The addition will cost $213,039
or about $13 a square foot.
The ParklaWn School Will utll.
ize the modular system of uni
form columns and bar joists tt
speed up the erection of thu
building, according to its archi.
tect, Ronald Senseman.
While primarily a masonry
and-steel frame building, like
conventional existing schools ir
Prince Georges County. thu
school will be walled on the ex-
terror with aluminium panels a.
another construction timesaver.
Steel Seems Key
1t win cost $3O5, 900, or abou
SIS a square foot. The project
however, includes kitchen ant
Iall-purpose room in addition tt
classrooms.
Mr.. Senseman believes thai
once spans and columns o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
ID. c. Pedestrian, IS,
Critically Injured

A 65-year-old man is re-
ported in critical condition today
lat District General Hospital
after he was struck by an auto
mobile last night at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Sixth street
Sc.
Claude Maggie. Of 721 East Cap
itol street. suffered head and
chest injuries and a broken leg
after. police said. he started
crossing Pennsylvania avenue in
an unmarked crosswalk. and was
struck by a car driven by John
Leonard Penn. 80. colored. Of the
500 block Of Ninth street NV.
Police charged Penn with fail
ure to give the right-of-way 70
q pedestrian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04

school structures can be stand
Iardized, steel professors can
stockpile them and make them
readily available to builders,
Many of the holdups in school
construction in the last two years
have been traced to shortage of
steel or delivery delays.
The modular system has been
used widely in England and is
spreading in this country.
Basically, Mr.. Senseman says
it calls for Standardization OF
certain component parts of a
school structure. They would
be used as a series Of tinker toys
or meccano SETS" although. he
adds, the system should be flex-
ible enough to allow the archi-
tect to approach the design OF
each school as an individual
problem with its own educa-
tional requirements and site con-
ditions
Mr.. Goodman's plan embraces
the modular system, too. The
Viers Mill addition is actually
a combination of two-room units
each with its own heating plant
Mr.. Goodman was the designer
of a prefabricated school pro-
duced by National Homes Corp.
of Lafayette. Ind. pioneers in
the field of prefabricated schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Rambling

A man washing his car in
front of the Warner Theater
at 1880 am. 49,.
A shoeshine boy looking
with disdain at the shoes Of a
man who has just stepped out
of a competitors shop after
getting a shoeshine, and ask
ing, Shine, mister?"
A man we know found this
printed note when he opened
an S-pound tin of pretzel
sticks: Counted by 1875. In
case OF discrepancy please
return this slip with your
complaint"
Beverly J. Mast Of Cheverly,
Md, says she saw an Army
officer get out of his car on
Kenilworth avenue NE. to di-
rect trafic around a minor
accident. thereby avoiding a
rush-hour trafic Jam. He de-
serves a medal" she says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Parade to Mark Kickoff
Of Civil Defense Week

Val Peterson, head of the
Federal Civil Defense admins
tration, will be the guest of
honor at a ceremonial review at
Fort Myer next Sunday. touch
ing of Washington's celebration
of the first annual national Civil
Defense Week.
Other highlights of the week.
long observance in the Metro
politan Area will be an open
house at the new civil defense
emergency training hospital
first aid and other demonstra-
tons, and a critique and review
of the recent Operation Alert.
Yesterday, Ellsworth Bunker
president of the Red Cross, said
the organization will cooperate
next week Gin every possible way
with Civil Defense on national
and local levels to bring to the
attention of the American peo-
pie the need for a strong, fully
prepared Nation"
Red Cross chapters, he said
have been asked to work with
Civil Defense units next week
in mass feeding demonstrations,
firSt-aid drills, home nursing
and other demonstrations.
Equipment Displayed
The review at 4 pm. next Sum
day at Fort Myer will feature a
display of civil defense equipment
furnished by organizations in the
area as well as the Sd "Old
Guard" Infantry Regiment and
the Air Force Band. The review,
Ito which the public is invited,
lis under the auspices of the
Military District of Washington.
Ceremonies at 1880 pm. next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04

viewed Mr.. Hilton's action "as
a gross breach of confidence and
does censure him accordingly"
The board then formally made
Mr.. Hilton's report public and
adopted a second resolution
pointing out specific items of the
report as examples of the err
roneous and misleading contents
so contrary to the views of the
board
School Costs Are Issue
Mr.. Hilton's report said 1t
would cost an additional $780,
900 to run the county school
system if three high schools are
built as contemplated with the
bond money. The referendum is
Sept. IL.
One point on which the boards
views conf1icted with Mr.. Hill
tons concerned anticipated in
terest charges on the bond issue
Mr.. Hilton's report contained
several items the school board
said were not necessary and will
not be included in the budget.
Proceeds from the bond issue
together with a State grant ano
accumulated funds, would be
used in the school construction
and Improvement program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-04
Maryland Has Most Winners
In Country Music Contest

WARRENTON, Va. Sept. 4
(R.-Maryland contestants won
the lions share Of honors as win
ners were selected in iive divi-
sions at the conclusion yesterday
Of the sixth annual National
Champion Country Music con-
test.
A crowd estimated at more
than 5000 looked on at the nat
ural amphitheater overlooking
nearby Lake Whippoorwill
bringing the two-day attendance
to almost 5000.
Vocal winner was Saundra Hill,
of Westernport. Md. She picked
up a $3.50 prize, as did all first.
place winners Taking the $50
runnerup award in this division
was Charles Waller, Hyattsville
Md
Fiddlers From d. c. Area
In the fiddle competition, the
winenr was Scott Stoneman oil
carmody Hills, Nd. John Hal
Of Washington. d. C., last years.
winner. was second.
Ernest Pop Stoneman Of
307 Seventy-fourth place. Car
mody Hills. Nd. and his Blue