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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Prisoner Escapes
On I'd Try Despite
Doubled Guard

BALTIMORE, Nov. % tP).--
Despite handouts and a double
guard, a determined State Peni-
Tertiary prisoner made good yes
terday on his second attempt to
escape.
Warden Vernon Pepersack said
Willie P. Freeman, 27-year-old
Negro. gave his two guards q
shove as they started to enter the
gate OF the prison. One of the
guards fired shot at the fleeing
man. but apparently missed. the
warden said.
Police began an intensive
search of the neighborhood.
Earlier in the day. Warden
Pepersack said, Freeman walked
away from a road gang working
in suburban Baltimore County.
He was picked UP a short time
later by two patrolmen.
Freeman was taken TO a near
by police station. where he was
turned over to penitentiary
guards. They put handouts on
him and were returning him to
prison near downtown Baltimore
when he made his second at
tempt.
Freeman, a Baltimorean, was
serving an eight-year sentence
on a 1852 burglary conviction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
D. {. Farley Set
On Transit Plan

Top-level District officials will
confer at 1915 am. tomorrow
on the nine point program re-
quested by o. Roy Chalk. presi-
dent Of d. c. Transit System, to
improve business.
Robert E. Mclaughlin, presi-
dent Of the Board Of Commits
sioners. said the session will be
attended by his two fellow Com
miSsioners. members of the
Public Utilities Commission and
representatives of the traffic and
police departments.
He called "unrealistic7 the
December l deadline set by Mr.
Chalk for city agreement to his
program. 1t includes requests 10
bar parking and all moving
vehicles other than buses from
curb lanes on nine streets. for
cuts in the number Of bus stops
and for sharp restrictions on
downtown curb parking.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said there Is
a disposition" among the Com
missioners, who helped Mr.
Chalk get his 20-year franchise
from Congress-, 10 support Mr.
Chalk as far as is reasonably
possible.
He noted that a number Of the
Chalk requests had been re-
commended in a study by con-
sultant Leslie Williams for the
utilities commission in 1854
when Mr.. Mclaughlin was chair
man Of that agency.
The Commissioner warned
however. that several OF the re-
quests ought 10 be the suniec,
OF public hearings before they
are authorized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Virginia Records
.$l,943, 1000 Bids
For Roads, Spans

RICHMOND. Nov. % tR.-
The State Highway Department
received low bids yesterday total
ing $1,943,O49 for IS road and
bridge projects in Virginia.
The projects and low bidders
include:
Allegheny County, U. S. CO.
220-0.42 mile Of 40-foot street
widening. including curb. gutter
and sidewalk. in Clifton Forge.
Charles w. Barger g. Son. Con-
struction Co.. Inc. Lexington;
$ll9,833.
Allegheny County. State Route
6O6-0.56 mile Of grading, sta
bilization and hard surfacing,
three and a half miles north Of
Clifton Forge. Charges w. Barger
& Son. Construction Co, Inc,
Lexington; $5l,037.
Stafford County, State Route
6l0-88-foot bridge over Aqua
Creek. between Ruby Post once
and U. S. /. Moore Brothers Co.,
Inc, Verona: S35.485.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
WANTED BY CITY:
SOME GOOD NAMES
FOR NEW SCHOOLS

The District Board Of Ed
ucation is looking for some
ideas.
Two new ele m e ntary
schools are going up. one a.
Fifty-sixth and Eads streets
NE, and the other at Sixth
and Chesapeake streets Sc.
The board yesterday said
II would like some sugges-
tons as TO who 70 name
them after.
District schools generally
are named after distin-
guished persons who are
dead--usually educators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
GIRL DROPS BID
TO BE FIRST WOMAN
IN NAVAL ACADEMY

UNION CITY, N. j. R.-
The Navy has won its battle to
keep women out Of the all
male Naval Academy-by de-
fault.
Miss Mary Ann Bonalsky,
17-year-old student Of Union
City, decided not to force the
issue. She decided not to take
a preliminary entrance exam
nation Tuesday.
She had shocked the Navy
brass last month by ANNOUNCE
ing that she hoped to be the
first Of her sex to enter An
napolis. Navy Secretary
Charles Thomas commented
shortly afterward, Il can't
imagine one girl down there
with all those men, can you?"
Mary AIMS mother said to-
day, IAN the publicity did her
more harm than good" anA so
her daughter decided TO ADAM
don her bid to become mid
shipwoman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Balloon Parade Due
To Draw Thronqs
To Silver Spring

Silver Springs annual balloon
parade will be held at 1890 a m.
tomorrow. heralding the OPEN
ing OF the Christmas shopping
season there.
The parade route starts at
Georgia avenue and the District
line and runs north on Georgia
avenue to ColeSyille road thence
right on Colesyille road 70 Fen
ton street and right on Fenton
until It's conclusion at Pershing
drive.
Montgomery County police are
preparing for a record crowd.
Sponsored by the Silver Spring
Board Of Trade. the mile-long
parade will include some so
giant balloons. seven bands. q
number Of floats, local teleyision
and radio personalities - and
Santa Claus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Taxi Rote Rise Asked
At Charlottesville
-HARIOTrESVIILF

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.
Nov. 22 CSpecial)-Charlottes-
vile City Council has referred 10
"a special committee a request
from the city's four major taxi
companies for a rate increase
and stronger controls on taxi
cab operators.
J. T. Graves. Of the Yellow
Cab Co. requested that the rate
be set at so cents for the first
mile and one-third. It Is now
so cents for the first mile and
two-thirds. No change was re-
quested IN the present rate OF
10 cents for each additional one
third mile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
BY JOHN w. STEPP
Star staff Correspondent

BALTIMORE. Nov. 22.-Mary-
land State authorities have been
asked to defer action on all per-
nit applications to withdraw
water from the Potomac River
until the General Assembly has
a chance, at its next session, to
make a policy decision of its
own.
The request was dispatched
yesterday to the State Geology,
Mines and Water Resources
Commission by Heryey Machen,
chairman of the State legislative
council on the Potomac Mary
lands river" whose waters are
In ever increasing demand.
The basis for the requested
delay. Mr.. Machen said, is a fear
that granting these permits Ito
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission and Fairfax
County, Va at this time will
jeopardize the future develop
ment of the Potomac River"
Mr.. Machen emphasized that
the committee is not trying to
bar Washington area cOmmun-
tiles from the Potomac. 1t is
merely the committees COM
prehensive plan for maximum
use of all the rivers resources
The session extends from jan
uary to April. 1857.
The committee chairman in
Dictated that granting water
withdrawal permits befor plans
for water storage dams for the
river have been developed might
jeopardize the water supply fol
the whole area.
Conference Arranged
Arthur B. Stewart. who pre-
sided over yesterdays hearing
gave no indication whether the
State Commission would honor
the deferment request. How
ever. he Immediately arranged
for conferences with legislative
committee members and with
officials of the State Attorney
Generals office.
The legislative committee re-
quest was received during the
commissions hearing on the
petition Of the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Architecture Course
Extended TO 5 Years

BLACKSBURG. Va. Nov. %
CPl,--It will take 1--WE years for
new students to get an archi-
lecture degree from Virginia
Tech from now on.
The Tech board Of visitors
have added a year to the degree
requirements but agreed that
students now working toward
the degree would not be affected.
Students in the architecture de-
partments other two divisions
architectural engineering and
building construction-will not
be affected by the new regula-
ton.
The board approved the leas-
Ing OF an eight-acre tract for
the Piedmont experiment station
At OtanFe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Bank Robbers
Make Escape
ST., 900

BALTIMORE, Nov. De- tR.-
Two armed men terrorized Is
persons. rified the cash drawers
Of branch bank here yesterday
and fled in an old car with
nearly $4,000.
+ The holdup OF the Fidelity
Baltimore National Bank d
Trust Co. branch was the second
this year.
/ One Of the men was armed
with pistol. The other was
masked and carried a sawed-on
shotgun.
I Police said the man with the
pistol stood In line at one Of
the tellers' windows. When his
turn came. he stepped to one side
and drew the pistol.
He ordered 10 customers in
the bank TO face a wall at one
side. Three employes-Frederick
S. Smart, manager. Mrs. Regina
Vessel and Mrs. Stella Labu--
we're ordered TO face a wall at
the rear.
While the mans accomplish,
who had been standing near a
drawer. threatened the patrons
and employees with the shotgun,
the other gunman vaulted the
counter, police said.
He scooped the money from
the cash drawers into a brown
paper bag.
Police said he vaulted back
over the counter and ran out
the door. followed by the other
gunman. Mr.. Smart looked
through a side window In time
TO see the men get into q 1913
black sedan with temporary
Maryland license tags, police
said.
The manager got the license
number. they added.
Last January .. q lone masked
bandit held up the same bank.
He held four persons at gum
point before escaping with more
than $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22

center at Armstrong High
School.
Suspended November /
Mr.. Bishop was suspended on
November after being accused
Of defying instructions from
superiors and using abusive
language to an assistant custo-
dian.
Mr.. Bishop and his attorney,
James j. Laughlin, who attended
yesterdays board meeting. told
reporters the Armstrong officer
had a lock removed from .
classroom being used for storage
purposes last June in order to
move some students there from
another room which he said was
overheated.
Later, they said, Mr.. Bishop
failed to report to junior high
school where he had been told
to report to teach Spanish.
Mr.. Laughlin told the board
the charges should never have
been made" and complained that
he had unsuccessfully been seek
ing a hearing from DR.. Corning
Action Awaits Hearing
The board voted to continue
Mr.. Bishops suspension pending
the outcome of the hearing.
The board yesterday also:
Tabled, for the second time, a
proposal by Mr.. Tobriner to have
a team of three outsiders APP
pointed to investigate the teach
ing of reading in the city's
schools.
Instructed its rules committee
to study Tobriner proposal to
change the top age for hiring of
permanent teachers from As to
so.
Approved the retirement of
Mrs. Mary H. Skinner. teacher at
Cardozo High School. and Mrs.
Helen H. Bolton. assistant pro-
fessor at Truesdell Laboratory
School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Board Censure Of Hoqer
In Cheating Case Dropped

The District Board of Educa-
ton has decided to drop a pro-
posed cenSure of DR.. Walter E.
Hager. president of the District
of Columbia Teachers College.
Walter N. Tobriner, board
member who had raised the CEN
sure question, said yesterday he
was satisfied with a letter to the
board from DR.. Hager on a cheat
ing case at the college.
One or more members Of a
philosophy class were reported
to have cheated during a quiz
last spring. DR.. Hager at the time
intervention by the
school board to punish the stu
dents, contending the college had
handled the case itself satisfac-
torily. Only one student adj
mitted cheating.
No Defiance Intended
At d board meeting, DIR. Corn
ing said the college president
had refused to participate in an
investigation of the incident. DR..
Hager in his letter, however
said he had no intention of de-
flying or being insubordinate to
the board or DR.. Corning. and
had complied with all requests
from the superintendent.
Mr.. Tobriner said he felt
there was technical insubor-
dination" in the matter, but that
in view of the letter he favored
dropping the subject. Wesley S.
Williams. who also had been
critical in the matter. seconded
the motion, which was then ap-
proved.
Mrs. Frank S. Phillips re-
marked however, that she felt
the situation had been handled
very poorly"
The board agreed yesterday
to hold a special meeting
December 10 on charges Of in
subordination against a school
employee, James w. Bishop. as
sistant director of the Veterans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22

additional legal and cost docu-
mentation to bolster the RIA
application for Federal funds.
Warren P. Phelan, HHFA
acting regional administrator,
wrote the RIA that acceptance
of the project is "a most sig
nificant step in carrying out
the urban renewal program for
Washington. We are glad to be
able to continue our co-opera.
ton with you in this WORTH
while endeavor."
Paves Way for Action
RIA officials said the ap.
proval paveS the way for these
future major steps:
/. Approval by the District
Commissioners of the formal
redevelopmenC plan and an
agreement between the District
and the RIA on public construc.
ton the city will provide.
2. Formal application to the
HHFA for a binding loan and
grant contract" to be submitted
within six weeks. This contract
would empower the RIA, under
today's action, to draw against
la Federal loan of $79.S million
to buy and clear land. relocate
people and meet other costs. The
eventual Federal grant would
help pay of this loan.
3. An eventual change in the
wording of the official plan to
incorporate the additional data
required by HHFA and its II
conditions. This need not be
done. however. until the RIA
is ready to sell land to private
developers.
In explaining the conditions
requiring additional documenta-
ton of the RIA plan, the HHFA
said the first submission meets
requirements of law, but fails to
meet administrative policies and
lis generally deficient in other
respects" RIA officials were
not surprised at the request for
more data in view of the vast
ALLEGATION of Federal money
involved.
Find Request Trimmed
The action scaled down the
RLA's request for the loan and
the grant by about So million,
but officials said the program
can be adopted to these changes.
The RIA intends to dispose Of
land for rebuilding in relati ely
small sections. The first will be
the site of a big commercial
town center" and the right Of
way for the Districts South
west IF street, freeway through
the project.
;, The so-called Zeckendorf plan
calls for extensive remodeling Of
the waterfront. consolidated
shopping facilities in the town
center" new residential units
in elevator apartments end at
tractive row houses and features
a broad, tree-lined south mall"
between Independence avenue
and the Washington Channel.
/ The RIA has not vet COM
pleted terms under which it will
dispose Of land to Mr.. zecken-
dorf and other developers Who
will be given a change to take
part in the rebuilding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Wait for Assembly Policy
Urged in Topping River

application to go to the Potomac
by 1860 to augment the water
of Maryland commune
ties of suburban Washington.
Water for the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District now
comes from the Patuxent- River
and wells. Population increases
will necessitate new sources by
1861, WSSC engineers assert.
Pending simultaneously before
the State commission is the APP
of Fairfax County, Va,
to take water from. the Potomac.
The county's request still stands
despite last weeks court APP
prevail of plans by the City of
Fairfax to build a dam on Goose
Creek, Va, to obtain its public
water supply.
Survey Under Way
Two exhaustive surveys of the
Potomac Basin resources already
are under way. One, under SUI
pervision of the Washington En-
gineer District of the Army
Engineer Corps, is covering the
entire Potomac watershed.
The other. being conducted by
the er-State Commission on
the Potomac River Basin. is con-
centrating on needs of the
Metropolitan Washington area.
The aim of both studies is
development of m ster plans
governing all aspects of the river
water supply for municipalities
industry and farms; pollution
abatement, flood control, recrea-
ton and hydro-electric power.
Harry B. Shaw, chief engineer
of WSSC. told the State commits
sion yesterday he appreciates the
need for comprehensive studies
He emphasized, however, that his
sanitary district faces periodic
water shortages by 1861 unless
its PatuXent River sources are
augmented by the Potomac's flow
DisIikes Wait
When Mr.. Stewart asked him
about the legislative committee
requested delay until April, Mr.
Shaw replied fatty:
"You can wait just SO long
We'd hate to wait that long. Oul
problems we will simply need
more water for our area by 1861
and we must get started SOON"
Mr.. Stewart expressed con-
Germ over cost for a big water
storage dam, such as that pro-
posed 10 years ago by the Army
Engineers at River Bend, located
between Great Falls and Seneca
Creek.
Mr.. Shaw responded that all
beneficiaries of such a dam
could be expected to pay their
proportionate construction and
maintenance shares, after the
bulk of the expense is met by
the Federal Government.
General concurrence in this
thesis was shared by D. v. c.
Birrell, assistant chief Of the
engineering division of the
Washington District Engineers;
Or. John c. Geyer, State COM
member. and Joseph C.
Rodgers, Rockville city engineer.
Rockville is another municipality
which proposes to draw its water
supply direct from the Potomac
Or. Geyer even proposed a
possible condition to all river
tapping permits which may be
granted in the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
S7OMi|IiOn Plan
To Build Schools
Backed by PTA
By JAMES G. DEANE


Parent-teacher leaders today
Endorsed School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning's $40 million school,
construction plan and predicted
"a show of public support at a
Forthcoming Board Of Education
hearing.
The board agreed yesterday
to schedule a public hearing on
the construction proposals the
week after next. The exact day
and place for the night session
have not yet been announced.
The decision to hear public re-
action to the Corning plans was
made after a request for such
a hearing from Russell N. Shew-
maker, legislative chairman of
the District Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
Mr.. Shoemaker and John B
Gillilland, PTA congress presi-
dent. today declared they feel
there is an urgent need to speed
the city's school construction.
Endorsement Ready
Mr.. Gillilland said he is al
ready prepared to indorse the
$40 million program and will
recommend formal action in
favor of it by the PTA board of
managers when it meets Deem
Der 6.
The PTA president said he has
not yet studied the specific pro-
iects listed by DR.. Corning. but
he said he is ready to go along
with the Judgment of school
officials as to the school systems
housing needs. Mr.. SHOEMAKER
took q similar position.
Both PTA leaders expressed
some concern that there might
be delay in action on the Corn
ing proposals.
The school board tentatively
plans to consider the Corning
plan formally before middle.
cember. DR.. Corning has urged
prompt action in order to put
the program before the Com
missioners and Congress.
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane,
Engineer Commissioner, already
has indicated publicly that he
feels the school needs should be
considered in conjunction with
other city capital outlay needs,
however. Commissioner David B.
Karrick also has expressed a
cautionary view on the plan.
Approval in Principle
PTA spokesman took a lead in
conferences with school officials
which led to the unwilling of the
new construction plan last week.
Mr.. Gillilland and other leaders
specifically urged getting a loan
to finance school construction at
recent hearings before the Com
missioners. A borrowing program
has already been approved in
principle by the school board.
Meanwhile the school board
yesterday voted TO ask the Com
miSsioners to try to acquire some
Government land in the Camp
Simms area in the Southeast
for a new elementary school
one Of the schools in the $40
million program.
The site in question, formerly
occupied by military housing,
- d0Id|Eilt W tAAdb VI PiOitOb-
ed new Southeast senior high
school.
The board also approved the
reopening on January 2 Of the
Wilson Elementary School, Sew
enteenth and Euclid streets
NV, which was closed Two
years ago. The reopened
school will be operated as . unit
with the nearby Harrison Elem-
entary School.
The reopening is necessitated
By rising enrolment, DR.. Corn
ing said.
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1
to win HHFA approval under
the ambitious urban-reconstruc-
ton program.
The HHFA action requires q
number of technical conditions
to be met before money actually
can be spent, but carries with it
agreement to lend the District
Redevelopment Land Agency
nearly $50 million to carry out
the program and earmarked q
future Federal grant to help de-
fray the cost.
ala Families Involved
The project area. west OF
South Capitol street between In
dependence avenue and the
Washington Channel, will involve
relocation Of ALA families. RIA
officials said the HHFA action
should let them begin acquiring
Area c property and rehousing
families by early Spring.
The area will be rebuilt in
strict accordance with the plar
largely drawn by the New YorE
real estate firm headed by Will
liam Zeckendorf. which hopes tC
participate extensively in the re-
building job.
Commissioner Mel a ughlir
said there are mo barriers thai
! 1 know of" in the way of adop-
ton of the plan by the city head,
/, as required by law before Fedora
aid money becomes available. He
said the Commissioners SHOULD
take up the matter within 9
week.
Studied Since May
The Commissioners held 8
public hearing on the plar last
May IA. They have held of
action until the HHFA had 9
chance to rule on the project
The Federal agency has beer
studying it since the May kear.
ing.
; Mr.. Zeckendorf also praised
the HHFA action in a statement
. and said he hoped the project
will be a model for urban re-
! newal projects from coast t
coast"
THAT we are participating il
this mammoth undertaking i
wonderful" he said. Webb &
/. Knapp (the ,Zeckendorf firm
looks forward eagerly to the da.
that the hundreds Of maps
, drawings and diagrams come tt
; life as realities-lovelv horcs
beautiful buildings, green park
ways and off-street Fairgrounds
rounds"
S26 Million Reserved"
Technically. yesterdays &C
ton reserves" $26.359, 290 in tn
form of a Federal grant to b
made available later. to appl,
: against the total program cost
Other parts of the cost will b
met by sale Of the Southwes
land to private interests which
, will develop it and by publi'
: facilities the District will pro
: vide.
The approval is based on /
) separate conditions to be me
in the future, all Of which ar
, perfectly workable" according
, to John r. Searles. jr.. RIA di
/ rector. Most Of them deal will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
City Head Pledges
Action on Area c.
Agency okuys S.W. Project;
Adoption by D. c. Is Next Step
By GEORGE BEvERIDGE

Commissioner Robert Mclaughlin today promised earlv
action toward adoption of washngton big c. Southwest
redeveopment plan
Adoption of the plan by the city essential
step called for in the Federal Housing
approval Of the project yesterday
The 442acre project covering nearly Southwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Whew!

The secOnd-grader re-
turned home from a sub
urban school and reported:
1--WE appointed committees
in school today. / was elected
chairman of dynamics."
His mother was too awed
to question such a fearSOme
character as a chairman of
dynamics. She called his
teacher, who explained that
it was chairman of dia-
ramas"-a fancy name for
the job of collecting card
board cartons for Christ
mas exhibits.
Mother tOddIed off to the
supermarket, relieved.