davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Two Brothers Take Five
Of 6 Academy Openings

Two Falls Church brothers
have accomplished a near per-
feet feat. taking five of six pos
sible appointments to West
Point, Annapolis and the Air
Academy during recent COM
petitive examinations, I'd Army
headquarters said today.
They are Lawrence N. Geist,
20, and Thomas Geist, 10, sons
of 1t. Col. and Mrs. Alfred N.
Geist of lib East Marshall
street. Col Geist is assigned to
Air Reserve personnel at the
Pentagon.
Determined to enter one Of the
top military academies. the boys
decided to take examinations for
all three. At their conclusion
last March Thomas had won ap-
pointments to West Point, the
Naval Academy and the Air
Academy at Denver.
''IIis older brother, Lawrence,
didn't do as well. He only won
appointments to West Point and
Annapolis" his mother quipped
with obvious pride.
Years Preparation
Mrs. Geist said she did not feel
her two sons were in the bril-
liant class. She said Thomas
was on the honor roll at Falls
Church High School while she
typed Lawrence as Just a pretty
good student"
More than a years preparation
went into their task before they
took college board exams for APP
Ipointment from the ranks to the
schools for military elite.
While in their junior year at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

Falls Church High. both brothers
enlisted in the Washington Ali
National Guard.
After a year in the Air Guarc
they asked for active reserve
status to enter the Army PREF
school at Stewart Field, New
burgh, N. Y.
Upon completion Of theii
courses they took the examina-
tons, making almost a clear
sweep between them of an ap.
pointment to each of the three
academies.
Leaning Toward Army
Mrs. Geist said her sons have
had a hard time making choices
However. she added. II think
they have both Just about made
up their minds they will enter
West Point together on July g.
Meanwhile, the Air Force ha,
given them a months leave.
Lawrence and Thomas have
one other brother, Gerald, IL
who hasn't made up his mine
yet about a military career.
Five other Washington area
men have also won college boarc
appointments to the United
States Military Academy from
the Second Army Area.
They are:
Bruce S. Nevins. 2107 Wyom-
ing avenue NV; Michael F
Field, 1920 North Military road
Arlington: James S. Goodwin. 10s
South Irving street, Arlington;
William E. Hathaway, Mclean
Va, and John S. Steele. 1874
South Twenty-sixth street, Ar
Ilington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
County Firemen Respond
Civil Defense Drill

Fire sirens sounded at every
fire house in Prince Georges and
Montgomery counties at about
the same time yesterday, but
there wasn't any fire.
1t was all part Of a civil
defense drill based on a simu-
lated bombing at the Census
Bureau at Suitland, Md.
More than 225 volunteer fire.
men participated in the drill.
using IS pieces of fire-fighting
and rescue apparatus. In gen.
geral. it was one piece of equip
ment from each fire company in
the two counties. although in
some instances additional equip
ment was dispatched.
Smoke Bomb Used
The Prince Georges fire house
sirens sounded at 7 am, with
each Of the companies respond
ing individually just as if they
were going to a real fire. Mont
gomery County units we're called
out at 7:31, after a request for
aid. Its units left in a group
from the -Four Corners area
under the direction of Howard
Larcombe of the Silver Spring
Fire Department, county fire
co-ordinator for civil defense.
At Suitland. smoke bombs set
of on the roof of the Census
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Maryland Stote 6. o. P
Changes Announced

BALTIMORE. June 4 (P).-
The chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee has an
nounced two changes in the
groups executive committee.
D. Eldred Rinehart said Sec
Rotary of State Blanchard Ran
dali was named treasurer to Ill
the vacancy created by the res
ignation of Charles S. jackson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Flow Called insufficient
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
it to The Evening Star,
Washington 4, D. c., or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
The cost--$36.40 for IL
days, $500 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Cathedral Blast
|SuspectQuizzed

Police planned another inter-
rogation today of a 25-year-old
man they questioned yesterday
in the explosion of a homemade
bomb in the Washington Ca
thedral.
The suspect. repeatedly in
volved in other demolition DEM
constructions within the last year,
was released yesterday but de-
tectives indicated they were
dissatisfied with his story.
The blast went off Saturday
night in a recess in the 8-foot
wall of the cathedral in a gall
lery go feet above the main floor,
where $500 persons were listen
ing to the oratorio king David"
The boom was like thunder
and the glare was like a light
ming flash. But the concert and
soloist Beverly Wolff continued
without interruption. The crash
Ireverberated through the cathe-
dral for more than two minutes
but the music did not miss a beat
Performers Ignore Blast
Conductor Paul Galloway said
today that there was nothing re-
markable about it. You con-
centrate on the music and ignore
Everything else" he said. "You
just put such noises out Of your
mind"
In Atlanta, where Miss Wolff
lives, she agreed sit was no feat. "
The mezzo-sporano, whose mar
ried name is Mrs. John S. Dwig-
gins, said TITS just a matter OF
concentration. No matter what
goes off, the atomic bomb OF
anything else, you stick with your
SOLO"
The Very Rev. Francis B,
Sayre. jr., dean of the cathedral,
was first to reach the scene OF
the explosion.
He found the remains Of the
explosive device, including wires,
flashlight batteries and a small
clock.
1t. Sheldon r. Mckee, the
bomb expert for the Metro
lpolitan Police, was to study the
bomb remains today. 1t had
not yet been established what
explosive material was used.
The suspect scheduled for
questioning today repeatedly was
involved in an explosion about
six months ago in which dyna-
mite was used.
Echoes Last Two Minutes
Mrs. DwigginS was singing a
tender passage about the emo
tons Of King David and the
beauty Bathsheba when the
bomb blew up. The program
was being broadcast over Radio
Station WGMS and thousands OF
music lovers we're startled.
Thomas Appleby, $500 Four
lteenth street NV, a retired ra-
dio engineer, was recording the
program on metal tape. He sale
the tape shows the explosion
rumbled through the Cathedral:
vast reaches for more than
minutes and for a while almost
obliterated the singers voice or
the tape.
Earlier Saturday police rar
down report Of an explosion
which an anonymous telephone
caller said was scheduled to &c
OF in Woodrow Wilson High
School. The blast never hap.
pened and investigators learned
the caller was a woman suffer.
ing a mental illness. Her tip
and the Cathedral blast we're moi
believed to be related.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

Telephone harassment has
caused a white couple to with
draw from a desegregation suit
lin Arlington.
A third white person who
Joined with a group Of Negro
parents in suit against the
Arlington School Board said to-
day she will not withdraw though
she too has been receiving anon
ymous calls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack c. Orndorff
of 5000 North Carlin Spring road,
complained that foul and vi
cious' telephone calls caused
them to withdraw.
They and Mrs. Barbara s.
Marx, of 6897 North Washington
boulevard, were the only white
persons who Joined in the suit
filed in Alexandria Federal Court
May II by attorneys for the Ma
tional Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People.
Calls Follow Interview
Mrs. Orndorf said the phone
calls began Friday after an in.
terview appeared in a Washing
ton newspaper.
The harassment led the Orn-
dorffs to place a temporary stor
on their phone last night. A
reporter for The Star was the
first caller to get through to the
family this morning.
I'VE are withdrawing our
names because Of the extreme
lily adverse psychological effect
the foul and vicious telephone
calls have had on our family
Mrs. Orndorff said.
The day the suit was filed
Mrs. Orndorff told The Star
that she and her husband would
like their son Eugene ito share
our principles. We want him tc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

belong to an integrated school
system. 1t is in his behalf in
that sense"
Mrs. Marx said she definitely
will not withdraw from the suit.
eff you 60 in for something OF
this sort you are not going to LET
a few crackpots scare You out of
it," Mrs. Marx said.
"They are a small crackpot
minority and are not very
bright" she added, when asked
III she could identify any of the
callers.
Offer to Pay Tuition
The Orndorffs and Mrs. Marx
also received kilograms Saturday
offering to pay their children's
tuition to Washington integrated
schools. The kilograms were sent
by Jack Rathbone, in the name
OF the Arlington Chapter, De-
tenders Of State Sovereignty and
State Liberties, of which he is
president.
Mr.. Orndorf said callers used
foul and obscene Language to
his wife and mother n-law. He
said he had gone to Winchester
yesterday to talk with his parents
about the problem and although
news Of his joining the suit was
published there, he said there
was less pressure on his family
in Winchester.
In an earlier interview Mr.
Orndorf said he joined the suit
for religious reasons. She is a
Methodist. Her husband is an
Episcopalian.
Mrs. Marx said she had joined
the suit as a question of prin-
ciple.
The Orndorffs have one school
age child, 6. Mrs. Marx has
two, 8 and 10,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Chest Federation
Meeting June IS

The Community Chest Fedora
ton will hold its annual meeting
at 1915 pm. Friday. June is. at
the Hotel Statler. New officers
will be elected, President John
S. Hayes will report on the fed
eration's future and 10 former
presidents and campaign chair
men will be honored.
The meeting is open to all
Chest contributors. The Star
yesterday inadvertently gave the
date Of the meeting as this
Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

Va. Two others are still too
young.
You can give the three older
children IL days Of playing and
living with other children in a
forest world they have never ex-
perienced, through your contri-
buttons to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund.
Mrs. Hastings couldn't afford
to give them this break herself
Will you help?
The following contributions to
the camp fund are acknowledged
today:
Previously
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

Regional cooperation in the
development Of an adequate
water supply system for the en-
tire metropolitan area is a major
Recommendation of a report re-
leased today by the Northern
Virginia Planning Commission.
It urges the various jurisdic-
lions to unite in a study of avail
able water sources-particularly
the Potomac River.
I'VE agree with the conclusion
Iof the National Capital Regional
Planning Council that any ulti-
mate water supply proposal
should be determined on a regi-
onal basis, considering not only
the streams in Virginia, but the
Potomac River and the streams
in Maryland" the report states
The report indirectly criticizeS
Ia proposal by the town of Fair
fax to build a $4.5 million water
system supplied by a dam on
Goose Creek in Loudoun Coun-
ty. Public bodies, interested
citizens and the United States
Engineers have expressed a feel
ing that any major future sup
ply of water to Fairfax County
should come from the Potomac
River" it says.
Flow Called insufficient
The committee says that
neither Goose Creek nor Difficult
Run, the two major Potomac
upstream tributaries in nearby
Virginia, seem to furnish sufi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
The
Rambler
Nothing So Simple
AS q Formal Gurden
By JACK JONAS

SSaJ Pu01lCu do 10
how those formal gardens
the kind Georgetown and
other places around here take
proper pride in-get started,
this tale might help.
A couple living in the 1000
block of N street NV. had a
sort Of catch-as-catch-can
garden in the small yard at
the rear Of their home until
an artist came along.
The artist was there because
the lady of the house thought
it might be nice to have a
coy verse lettered on the
white wall at the back.
There was some haggling
about how much the job
would cost, and no satisfac-
tory answer except that it
would be So an hour.
The artist spent a lot Of
hours, at So an hour, stencil
ing the verse in Old English
letters, red and black. 1t
seemed to the husband that
every time he came home in
the evening - for several
weeks-the artist was there
working. The husband ment-
ally licked off the dollars.
Once" the husband said,
che brought his brother with
him. And you know how long
1t takes ta0o people on a job"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

1T WAS FINISHED, finally,
and the lady of the house
stood looking at it with the
CLINT of speculation in her
eyes.
I'VE ought to have a nice
patio back here to go with it,
she said to her husband.
So he went out and bought
some bricks and sand and
built the patio. Because of the
size of the yard to begin with,
all of it became patio except
for the concrete walk and a
parking area just big enough
to squeeze a car into.
This looks good" the lady
said, "but we're SO close to
everything when we sit out
here. Maybe there ought to
be a white fence. ="
The husband lugged home
some boards and had a man
in to build the fence and paint
it white. The lady bought
some fancy antique type
hinges tor the gate.
ut does look NICE" the hus-
band admitted, with a little
pride beginning to creep into
his own voice.
Except !" the lady
paused.
The husband gulped.
ITS beginning to Look so
good back here" she went on,
that we really ought to do
something about the passage
way into the kitchen. Some
paint, perhaps"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04

THIS TIME, when the hus-
band came home in the eve
nings, he was the one welding
the brush, applying a coat of
blue to the steps, floor and
ratings in the passageway.
There, now" he said, dust
ing his hands, "we're all ready
to enjoy our little garden"
1T will be nice to sit out
here" she said, when we get
some kind of edging between
the flower bed and the patio
on this side"
So the husband bought some
more bricks and put a neat
edging along the side indi-
Gated.
1T would look SO nice to
have it edged at the back,
too" the lady said.
After several more trips to
the brickyard, the edging
went across the back, up the
other side, logged around the
corner Of the house, and went
on to a tree halfway up the
side.
And there" the husband
said, tits going to stop. No
more patchwork"
He had six bricks left, and
stacked them neatly at the
rear of the patio.
I'VE should put those some
where out of sight," the lady
said.
mo, sir! They stay right
there handy" the husband re-
piled, "in case that artist ever
sticks his head in here again. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
Rambling

A sign on Route / near
Hunting Greek requests:
Clean Dirt Only" ).
A street cleaner in the
downtown area enjoys his
work every day by taking along
with him a portable radio
mounted on his pushcart. :. +.
st. Johns Episcopal Church
has for several years had a
stock answer for telephone
callers who have wanted to
know whether the President
and family would attend serv-
ices that day. The reply: I'VE
don't know whether they will
be here, but God will be
here. !"
The people who put on the
+. Saturday TV show, Traffic
Court" report that a lot Of
citizens seem anxious to pub
licize their brushes with the
law. The show presents actual
trafiic cases, and each week
the producers get calls from
persons who want their cases
aired again. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-04
School Issue Sparks
Row Of Officials
Horossed White Couple
Drops Out of NAACP Suit

Telephone hasbelong ntegrated schoo
caused white couple to with system. It is in his behalf
draw from desegregation suitth sense"
Ar1no ArcN Mary coidc She dodpi fa1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

LIT Nine leading childrens clothes
- manufacturers find Hotpoint
wonderfully safe for your children's clothes. For
confirmation and details, see the September 10th
issue of Life Magazine and it's 10-page spread
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
The Curfew Question

she believes high school freshman should
get home by 1880 pm, while seniors
deadline could be 1890, with an extra hour
on prom nights.
A Seat Pleasant (NGd.) mother Of five,
reported that headlines must be flexible
because of the variety of ''night-outs" for
teen-agers. 'We're lenient, but we clamp
down after we agree on deadline. We
punish by Withholding the car" she said
For 'smovie-Soda" date, 1880 is late
enough" said Bethesda (Md.) mother Of
a teen-ager. For . "fairly important"
school dance, another hour Is permissible.
Another parent, concerned about her
teen-ager's wandering around" after
movies, tried to encourage her to bring
the crowd home" solution that met with
mixed success.
"What the crowd does" was . phrase
that popped up repeatedly as TEEN pursued
its questioning.
Herbert Wilkinson, = Montgomery
coatiaued - PoSs 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
BY GEORGE FLYNN
Teea Editor Of The Stor

to stretch that far, TEEN survey seems to
indicate Jan Browning of Bladensburg
Junior High School told us: "Eleven'S late
enough"
In her age group, Friday night sched-
ule calls for a movie-early Show-soda.
chatting, then home.
Senior high school students aim for
later movie, plus longer feed-gab session..
AS often as movies, they head for parties
or school dances.
Parties nowadays don't get off the
ground until after TO-" explained Eric Soil
bakke Montgomery-B Blair senior.
Like many teen-agers, Eric said he had
no precise curfew. "When I'm finished,
come home-that'S my guide"
On the other hand, parents questioned
by TEEN said they'd be willing to be elastic
if they knew their teen-agers would come
home directly from party.
Girls appear to be more willing to observe
a rigid curfew than boys. Rosalie ManaS-
seri, a senior at Notre Dame Academy, says
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

How late should teen-agers stay out on
Friday and Saturday nights?
OF all the tensions which arise between
parents and their sons and daughters in
high school, the question of curfew pro-
vokeS the most conflict.
Some Washington area families manage
to settle the issue in friendly fashion, with
firm headlines firmly, enforced. In many
homes, however, the "getting-home" hour
stirs weekly eruptions of cold war. Father
storms, the youngsters sulk-and Mother is
the torn truce-maker.
Teen-agerS say, Things have changed
since they were our age" Parents retort,
'sYes, but not that much
If such a thing were possible, an
agreed curfew code established and en-
forced by all parents would do more than
anything else to ease the situation. But
it isn't possible.
At stake in the dispute are the magic
hours past IL pm. The keeneSt battlers
are the senior high school students
Few junior high school students try
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
Heir
Sought Here

The International Investigation
Detective Service is seeking in
formation of missing heir Tommy
George Land, son of George and
Vivian Land who once resided in
Phoenix.
The services Capt. Joseph Salz-
man reported the father died about
18 years ago in Lake Charles, La,
and that Mrs. Land remarked
about Is years ago and left the
boy with his grandmother in Flor
ence. The son is about 20 to 20
years old now, SalZman said.
Persons with information about
this family should contact Salz-
man at P. o. Box 956, Houston,
Tex.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27

SAY YOU SAW IT ADVERTISED IN
THE PHOENIX JEWISH NEWS
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
Meeting Loss
By Indonesiu
Earns Proise

DR.. Israel GoldStein, president
of the American Jewish Congress,
has commended the World Uni
versity Service ION its prompt and
fortnight action in moving its an
nual meeting from Indonesia when
it learned that the services Israeli
delegates would not be admitted
to that country"
DIR. GOLDSTEIN expressed the
belief that ''if the policy you have
followed is generally accepted, it
will ultimately force upon the In
donesian government a reconsider
alton of its SenSeless position"
The AJCongress leader describ-
ed Indonesia'S policy of refusing
to grant visas to Israeli citizens as
shameful" adding: "Yet too many
persons and organizations, when
faced with this kind of practice,
take the position that they must
accept it without demur because
they are not in a position to influ-
ence the decisions of foreign gov
eminent"
DIR. GOLDSTEIN declared that
while the individual citizen can
not directly change offensive pol
icy, he can and should make clear
the revulsion it arouses in him and
his refusal to condone 1t.
ACTIONS such as that taken by
your organization are bound to
have that effect. They tell the
discriminating nation that it is
not an appropriate place for an in
ternational meeting"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27

the sluns and a bad start in life
to become not only middleweight
champion of the world, but-what
is much more important-a solid,
law-abiding citizen.
GUIDING THE champ (por-
trayed by Paul Newman) on his
way to fame are two Jewish char
acters, who are far from being
the run-of-the-mill types of past
movies.
Everett Sloane, who gave an
unforgettable performance in Or
son Welles' "Citizen Kane" Is
years ago, is dignified fight man.
ager, Irving Cohen. Joseph Buloff,
of the Yiddish-English stage, is
Benny, the struggling boxers
friend and adviser who helps Gra-
ziano to gain self-respect and
love. Robert Wise directed this
piece of Americana, which never
goes overheard in stating its case.
THE SCREEN Producers Guild
has given recognition to Samuel j..
Engel by re-electing the Goth Cen
tury-Fox producer, who is preSi-
dent of an Orthodox synagogue,
for another term as head of the
organization. Engel, who never has
made an Objectionable film from
the point-of-view of the Production
Code. currently has two samples
of his wholesome brand of movie
making in release: "a Man Called
Peter and "Good Morning, Miss
Dove" both of them dealing with
spiritual values.
Engel will start production next
month on boy on Dolphin" to
be filmed entirely in Greece and
the Aegean Islands, with Clifton
Webb playing the lead. The ven
ture may run into difficulties, both
due to political unrest and the
eruption of nature.
SAM SPIEGEL, who had his ups
and downs in Hollywood, made
himself a mint as the producer OF
"On the Waterfront. He has now
started a new picture which seems
to be equally controversial, END
AS a Man" The current opus,
starring Ben Gazzara of Broad
way fame in his first movie role,
has been launched on location in
st. Petersburg, Fla, soon to re-
turn to the local studios for inter-
ior photography.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-07-27
DISTRICT ALA.
OFFICE GOES
TO NERENBERG

Four Arizonans, including Bill
Nuremberg of Phoenix, have been
elected to district offices of B'nai
B'rith-sponsored teenage organiza-
TONS
In meetings at Santa Barbara
(Calif) College, Aleph zadik
Aleph elected Tretiak, Univer-
sity of Arizona sophomore as dis
trict president and another Tucson
member, Bob Tretiak, as treasur-
er, and Nuremberg as sergeant
alarms, while Judy Kuropatkin OF
Tucson was elected district coun-
selor for B'nai Birth Girls.
The districts of each group in
clude eight Western states plus
British Columbia.