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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
Coercion in Lond Deal
Charged to County Aide

An investigation is planned
into charges of a Silver Spring
resident that she was coerced
into granting Montgomery Coun-
ty an option on her property for
use as a parking lot.
The County Council promised
the investigation yesterday after
the owner of the property asked
that the option be withdrawn.
Mrs. w. w. Talley of BIS
Easley street said she and her
husband had signed the option
after a county right-of way
agent had frightened me to
death" as to what would happen
If she did not sell. The agent
on the transaction was identi-
f1ed as John j. Shank.
Mrs. Talley said that the agent
told her that the parking lot was
going to be built and that if she
did not sell her property the
lights from the lot would shine
into her window. She said he
told her that if she wanted to
sell later the council would not
be willing to pay her as much
money.
Agent Meets $4,000 Price
Mrs. Talley said Mr.. Shank
came to her home April 8 and
offered her $22,500 for her land
on the eastern fringe of the
Silver Spring business district.
She said he told her the county
paid a set fee for land and no
more.
Mrs. Talley said she told him
she would not take less than
$4,000. She added she had said
this. anticipating that he would
make no such offer.
The complainant said that
two days later Mr.. Shank came
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2 Contracts Awarded

Ipendently reported a number OF
major hazards"
2 Contracts Awarded
A $69.320 contract was
awarded for a four-clasSroom ad-
dition for the Sleepy Hollow
Elementary School, and a $685.
$50 contract was awarded for a
four classroom addition and site
improvement at the Haycock
School. The low bidder for both
buildings was E. H. Glover.
On motion of c. Turner Hud-
gins it was voted to have all pre-
liminary building plans presented
to school board members for re-
view and comment. Mr.. Hud-
gins, Merton Parsons and Theo-
dore Heriot were appointed to a
new committee on building
plans.
The board gave final approval
to a SILT million budget for
1867, deleting $4,000 which
was cut by the Board of County
Supervisors. The deletions were
scattered through the budget.
A special meeting was sched-
uled for 1880 pm. June II to de-
eide whether the county should
Inaugurate a self-insurance pro-
gram for school buildings.
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Senate 0kays
SIS Billion Bill
For u. 5. Units

The Senate late yesterday
passed and sent back to the
House for conference the $2.3
billion appropriation bill for
several agencies. including $184.4
million for the National Insti-
tutes of Health at Bethesda, Md.
House-Senate conferees soon
will begin work to resolve the
differences between the Senate
figure for the institutes and the
l$135.5 million previously allowed
by the House.
the Senate approved by voice
vote the big appropriation bill for
the Labor Department, the Health
Education and Welfare Depart
ment and related agencies. It
passed without debate or change
the funds recommended by it's
Appropriation Committee for in
SOLUTIONS mere.
Carried in the measure are
funds for Howard University,
Freedmen's Hospital, Gallaudet
College, st, Elizabeths Hospital
and others.
The Labor Department budget,
as approved by the Senate,
stands at $1,000 million, an in
crease of $614,500 over the
amount passed by the House.
The conferees will be faced
with the problem of resolving
differences between the Senate
figure of $1.9 billion for the
Department of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare, which is STAT
million more than the House
figure.
The Senate raised nearly all
OF the appropriations for the
various National Institutes of
Health above the House figures.
Among the funds approved for
institutions here was 1892 900
for construction of new facilities
at Gallaudet College. They in
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which is about an hour and a
half shorter.
The motion to operate first
grades on double shifts was
offered by Sidney Solomon, and
supported by all other board
members. 1t also permits half
day sessions in second grades
wherever the school admins
tration feels it is necessary to
avoid using unsatisfactory class
room space.
School officials said they did
not know how many second
graders would 60 on halliday
sessions because they had not
yet figured out where extra
classroom space will be made
available by the full double
shifting of first graders.
1000 Now on Double Shift
Fairfax County this year has
about 1900 on halliday sessions
in the first and second grades.
Assistant Supt. George Pope
reported that the double shift
ing would not completely solve
a shortage of classrooms in some
areas. The board approved his
request to rent new houses in
two subdivisions for classrooms
next fall while schools are under
construction. 1t is proposed to
rent houses in North Spring.
field and at the new develop
ment on the Bristow tract.
The board agreed to have a.
committee reinSpect the old
Bailey's Crossroads Elementary
after a delegation of
parents protested it was unsafe.
A new Bailey's Crossroads Ele-
mentary School has been built,
but crowded classrooms have
forced continued use of the old
A structural engineer
by the county advised
the board that the building was
sound. but safety engineer who
the building indie
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MARYLAND-VIRGINIA NEWS
Double Shiftin Fall Voted
For Foirfox 1st Graders

All Fairfax County first grade,
will go on half day sessions mex
fall except in rural areas where
midday transportation is i'm.
practical.
The double shift program fol
beginners was adopted unani-
Imously by the school board last
might as a general policy"
School officials estimated il
will affect about $500 young
Isters. BY doubling up, the board
hopes to make some 40 extra
classrooms available for higher
grades.
Fairfax County and other
areas have used double shifts ir
the past to ease crowding, but
this is the first time in recent
years that a school board in this
area has decided to operate first
grades on halliday sessions re-
Igardless of the need in individual
schools.
Cite Instructor Report
School board members ex-
Iplained that their action was not
based only on the need for ex-
ira classroomS. They noted that
Ia committee of instructors had
studied effects of halliday ses-
sions, and advised the School
Board two weeks ago that stu
dents who attended double SEES
sions did not seem to suffer edu-
cationally.
In Fairfax County, two teach
ers are used for every class that
goes on double shift. One
teacher is in charge of the
morning session and the other
assists her. They reverse posi-
tons for the afternoon session.
The Institutional committee
told the School Board it favored
classes lasting until 2 pm. for
first and second graders, but did
not veto the halliday session
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back, offered her and her hus-
band $4,000 and that the two
of them had signed a 90-day
option.
She said that since then she
has been looking for a home to
replace her flve-bedroom house
and has been unable to find
anything under $4,000 or
$35, 900.
Mr.. Talley said that Mr.. Shank
had asked him not to tell his
neighbors what he had been
offered for his land.
NeighbOr Gets Less
The land price on the Talley
property figures out to $3.50 a
square foot. Another neighbor-
ing property belonging to Lester
E. Eliff cost the county 1921 a
square foot. Mr.. Elf said he felt
lit was fair value.
Mr.. Talley said that higher
price might be satisfactory to
him, but that his wife simply
did not want to go away from
their home.
A motion to rescind the option
Immediately was made by Coun-
Gilman j. Grahame Walker, but
was defeated when other coun-
Icilmen said they wanted to hear
Mr.. Shank's side before acting.
The council yesterday also held
IA public hearing on the purchase
of three lots on Pershing drive
for extension of the present lot
at Ellsworth drive and Fenton.
The council also approved the
expenditure of $4,000 as its
share of the cost of a $3.50, 900
storm drainage project along
Arlington road between Elm
street and Bradley boulevard in
Bethesda.
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Kent Gardens Citizens
Elect at FuIls Church

Kenneth Byrnes has beer
elected president. Ralph Spencer
vice president, Helen Jordan
secretary and William Harris
treasurer of the Kent Gardens
Citizens Association Of Falls
Church.
BY a vote Of $685., the as
ISOLATION supported a movement
to have street lights installed
in the area.
John Gonda and Harry Sey-
mour were appointed co-chair-
men of a committee to start
plans for a community swimming
n00l
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trance to Walter Reed are heard
singing 20 Sole Mto"-right after
that man-size martini, and after
the first forkful of shrimp la
cdcciatore-(th sturdy Gulf
beauties all dewy in a spicy, tangy,
ruby sauce of tomato, onion, gar
lie, oil, secret. exotic herbs. Then
when he tastes the mGccGroncelu
tall cooked al dente) there's an
other burst OF sole mto'S" until
Phil, radiating sunshine, brings
forth with the coffee the Dolce
Famine FLAMING anisette). 1903
Georgia Ave. NV.
MONDAY: Meet the ladies, the
lady Holsters that is, in the enc
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OF chopped onions, sweet country
butter, chopped mushrooms, real
cream. And just before serving in
goes a jigger of vintage white
wine. And there's an obligato of
pomnae Soleil, succotash Plaza.
king salads ditto cocktails. wines.
kqueurS)-and it's wonder ali
the top Navy brass Cnstead Of
only half don't dine here. ANY,
way, you'll see a who's who" in
the shaded patio bar come cock
tail time. Same, too, inside come
dinner time over that chicken
Prysy. Till midnight. 1904 3Oth
st. N.W.&t
SUNDAY The ubiquitous Phil
has new net nan1a fr0y, h;.
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Democrats to Meet

The Democratic C'uh of Ar
lington will meet 8:15 pm
tomorrow at the .yon Park
Community House, Pershin G
drive and North Fillmore street.
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gently Drowned in a bath of but
ter, then executes all sorts of pas
de deur and other high stepping
through the ProUencGle Sauce tan
ambrosia of tomatoes, mushrooms,
pimentosl? All, the delight Of
such culinary wooing after an
idyll of a martini graced with
horS d'oeuUreS parisienne. And
here's broccoli blanketed with
bread crumbs, butter, chopped
egg; lacy croiSSanteS, chilled
salad and dessert? A dozen to
choose from-all the apogee of
delights. Purse easy both in
PIERRETTE ownstairs and
PIERRE upstair- 1929 Que St.t
G ATTT y n A ". VIC tVIcf ~ n11frA
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PM : happy
p a irons. o
Sole Mo %,
m y S u n :
Shine!l they
call him. And
e v e n new
co m ers to
t his snu g
Italian bistro
just north Of
the Georgia
Au0V1t1a on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

a t ge NAL
FRANCES in
G e orgetown.
Chef Goillot
every once in
a while turns
culinary pol
ondiSeS over
t his broiled
boned chick
en-. 18th a
mouth = W a :
terlng sauce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

y III e y 1
serene plan
tation living
and dining in
the spirit of
the Founding
Fathers) at
C o L L ING
WOOD ION
THE Porto
MAC. Enter
this columned
doorway, be
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baby during classes but was
mother and homemaker during
her off-campus hours.
Her scholastic achievement has
won her sold-silver stethoscope
awarded by the William Branch
Porter Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

greeted with the charm of the
deep s'uth, SAVIOR the nut-flavored
Smithfield ham drenched in
champagne sauce, dear ole
mammy's spoon bread, hearty
spears OF garden asparagus,
candied yamS, fresh garden peas,
delicious COLLINGWOOD salad.
Then breathe lover the BURBERRY
cobbler, with the plump, ripe fruit
oozing its sweet juice over the
mammy-style pastry = THANK
heaven! This hasn't gone with
the wind!" Terrace cocktails.
Luncheons, 12-4:30; dinners, 90;
Sunday dinners, 1-9. Exquisite
private party rooms. S mi. S. of
Alexandria on Mt. Vernon Me.
mortal H'g'wy.kt
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c n a n I ] n 3
Golden Steer
Room of THE
WOOD N E r
hard by Rock
Creek Park.
THE WOOD
NER chef has
a fetish about
Holsters. If
they're OF
ladies, when
he's in the
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mood for charcoal-broiling these
South African treasures, he's Just
as likely to forget about the
whole thing. And simply carve
away great slabs Of THE WOOD
NER prime beef. But If the lob
sters are Of the gentler species
land so more delicate in flavor
he'll broil and haste with dairy
butter and serve EN- still a-sizzle.
Also a huge Idaho garnished with
melting Cheddar, climaxed with
branded peach Hdmbe. Modest
tariff, parking gratis. Dinners g.
10. Sunday brunch l2:30-3. 1886
18th st. NV.
And Gdbbg commends.
YENCHING PALACE. 1924
Conn. Ave. NV.
PETER PAN INN. Rt. $40 70
Urbana, Z mi S. Of Frederick.
ttt
DUTCH MILL FARM. Rt. so.
4 miles West Of Bay Bridge.
Copyright 1855
kclosed sun. ttAon. tttRh.
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Provence at
this bastion
of w a S h =
ington's epi-
curean cave
DIV Ell lie RS
r E S T A u
R A N T Pr
ERIE. And
W hat frog
W ould not
wish IN WOO
now that he's
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Saturday, We just ate Polish
rhapSody-chicken PryzypVsnu-
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Good bread. good meat
Mon Dieu, Let's EAT -.
THURSDAY:' You brotherhood Of
time-c lock-watchers eve another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

SUNDAY The ubiquitous Phil
has a new pet name from his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06

FRIDAY A frog he would a-woo-
ing go-with the grace of old
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pendently reported a number of
major hazards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
1t Makes a Big
Difference Where
You Buy
Your Diamond

Your most thrilling experience-buy-
ing someone you love O diomond
--moy be disappointing if you ore not
guided by expert odvse. Remember
oil thot eIitters is not q perfect
diomond and 90 to q deoIer whose
reputotion for integrity you trust.
At The Hecht Co. you buy with full
confidence and you get written
settlement of the four volue-determin-
ing foctors-color, cut, clarity and
weieht-with every dionond you buy.
Use your Shopping Plate Account and
pay y October, "a November, "
DeeembeF-oF use your Budget Ae-
count and pay as little as sic down
and Sic month.
Diamonds. Street FL. Washington,
Silver Spring and PARKingtoB.
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then with wholehearted enthu-
siasm down from the heights at
the city and the unfolding view
of the harbor and Kowloon.
The walk around the peak
This encircling walk. about mile
long, is pleasant and park-like.
with couples strolling hand-in-
hand to admire the changing
views and each other. On one
side, you look down on the city
and the busting harbor. On the
other, you see only trees, the
reservoir and water tapping into
peaceful coves.
Aberdeen-At this fishing vii
llage where junks and sampans
are clustered. the sampan girls
row you out to the floating res
taurants. On the side of the res
taurants are large cages sunk
into the water from which you
can choose your dinner. 1t might
be garoupa. unfamiliar in the
West but much priced in the
East, or crab or lobster.
Fascinating Fish
The most fascinating fish
squirming around in the under
water cages, though are parrot
fish. They have all the colors OF
a parrot and the same beaks. In
fact, they look like parrots with
fins instead of feathers.
The beaches-There's COM
Portable hotel at Repulse Bay
and an attractive beach. At
Shek-O-Beach in the old village
of Dragons Back Peninsula, the
gentle surf washes phosphores-
cent sea onto the beach. Walk
ling along the beach at night is
like stepping on noiseless fire.
crackers. AS your shoes hit the
damp sand, you leave a trail of
spark-like phosphorescense.
The New Territories - You
drive over mountain roads with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-18
Canadian Pacific presents Canada's
spectacular panorama from
the Scenic Domes Of s
The Canadian,

Pacihc's train, The Canadian. En-
joy unsurpassed eomfort-uniquely
Canadian decor-all at no extra
fare. Choose from coach, tourist,
or first class accommodations.
Make your reservations now.
s.
See your local agent or Canadian Pacific,
1904 X Street, NV,
Washington S, D. c. National S-4235.
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about Hong Kong-and the
reason why it messed up my care
fully arranged time schedule
is that there is always another
view from another peak you
don't want to miss, another
beach, another adventure in eat
ing from a 12-course Chinese
meal to fish dinner on a barge;
also, another picturesque street
climbing in ladder steps up the
mountain side. another bargain
Tourist "Musts"
There are some "musts" for the
tourists, if they can tear them
selves away from the shops.
Here are a few of them:
A trip on the peak tram
The cable car ascends the noun
tain from the city to the peak
This has the roller coaster beat
for thrills. The ascent is SC
steep you hang on instinctively
peering~ at first nervously and
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lbreath-taking views to see ter.
raced rice paddles and typical
little Chinese villages.
The old districts of the ladder
Istreets-Ranged along the mar.
row lanes with their steep flights
of steps are Chinese linen shops
open-air markets, ivory carving
establishments. places to buy EN-.
broidered silks, silver or rugs.
Whether you're sitting in 9
restaurant eating bird nest ano
quail eggs soup or getting fitted
for a British cashmere suit by q
Chinese tailor or being called
missy" by the hotel room boy
Ior looking at a Junk silhouetted
against the sky, you have the
feeling that now you have really
ARRIVED in the mysterious East.
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Stop Over at Hong Kong
And You'll See the East

is it's size. It's not simply an
island city. There is the city
of Victoria, more usually called
Hong Kong. That's on the
island. Then. a 10-minute ferry
ride away is the city of Kowloon
on the mainland. That's also part
of Hong Kong. Behind that is
the district called the New Ter
ritories. al land of mountain
peaks and valley farms acquired
from China in 1898 on a 99-year
lease.
At the barbed-wire. search
light-covered border between the
New Territories and Red China
are the two doors to China-by
rail and by road. With several
other islands, the total area Of
the British Crown Colony OF
Hong Kong is over 800 square
miles, peopled by nearly 3 mil
lion.
The second disconcerting thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-18
Bigger Than You Think

The first disconcerting thing
you discover about Hong Kong
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-18
IMuosdom Cruise Set

NEW IOISKA.
The aforementioned Holland
America liner Maasdam will
make an eight-day cruise May 26
Ito Nassau and Havana. This will
include the Memorial Day holi-
day. The ship will serve pas
Isengers as their hotel at both
morris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-18
Top Native Dishes
MANILA

Tourists to the Republic of the
Philippines can enjoy the three
top native dishes-adobo, lechor
and sinigang. Adobe is a mixture
of chicken, pork and beef lib.
orally favored with garlic lie.
chon is a whole roast pig; SIM.
gang is stewed fish or meat with
vegetables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-18
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

Before I finally left Hong
Kong, I had said my good-bys
three times-and each time post
poned my departure. Hong
Kong affects you that way.
Picture a harbor more beauti-
full than Rio de Janeiro's, res
taurants as varied as New York's,
an atmosphere as cosmopolitan
as Paris, cliffs plunging to the
sea as dramatically as Cape
towns.
Fill the harbor with high
sailed Chinese junks. ferries
scurrying between the island city
and the mainland, and ocean
liners from all over the world.
Put rickshaws to lodging buses
and cars on the crowded streets
And don't miss the girls in their
Chinese sheaths slit above the
knee.
Chinese in Neon
Consider the view from the
peaks at night-the Chinese
symbols over stores in red neon
the necklaces of blue and white
lights strung over the mountain
sides.
Add to that the most fantas-
tic bargains in the world. suits
custom made in "a hours, stores
crammed with everything from
jade. camphorwood and brocades
to British woolens, German
leather goods and American CAM
eras-cheaper than in their
land Of origin.
Americans can't bring into
the States all the glamorous
bargains of Hong Kong - but
that's another story. Editors
note: Miss Gutenberg will tell it
later
And finally consider that here
at the door to Red China is a
community that in the 10 years
since the disastrous and harbor-
wrecking Japanese occupation
has regained its position as one
Of the worlds greatest trading
posts, doubled its population
with refugees from Red China
become a manufacturing center
and created an atmosphere OF
peace and prosperity.
Everywhere-in the skyscrap-
ers going up in the city, on the
carefully planned farms Of the
New Territories, in the continu-
ing reclamation projects tc
get more land from the sea-
you get the impression that de-
spite their noisy neighbor, the
people of Hong Kong feel they
are here to stay.
Bigger Than You Think
rTba fret 6icoooccrfjYo thirC
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The second disconcerting thin,
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In dolly service between Mont.
real and Vancouver, Toronto and
Vancouver, The Canadian travsls
through BanH and Laks Louise in
the canadian Rockies by daylishi.
At last see the true grandeur Of
Canada-all around you, above you
and straight ahead-from exciting
Scenic Domes atop Canadian
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carefully clipped lawns placed behind rustic stone wall
But chap from the Ministry of Housing and Local Govern
ment top regulatory body regarding blboards told me- MANY
consider handicapped signs be merely putting pck
on the tiger Leading architect Sir Hugh Casson said OF the
new development: This is the ultimate hypocrisy
The Council for Preservation of Rural England goes even
further demanding complete abolition of these sylvan genS
along with all their outdoor advertising the grounds that
they exploit captive audience degrade public TASTE distract
motorists attention and are always ncongruouS
this of the English situation sounds as though the
whole countryside obcued by Signboards should be hastily
added that abuses really widespread by american
Standards In fact the impression the tourist will bring
home from his among British road signs how pleasant
is to see SO few Of them.
And after all when highway bllboards we Amer
leans, for shape criticize Europe he Emo
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-20

NOTICE.. Walter Brown. Cum
berland. Va. will offer for sale at
public auction in front of my gar
age on Route IS, Cumberland. Va,
Friday. March 80, at 1000 a. m.
one 1949 Buick Convertible Coupe.
MFR. No. 52804495, registered in
the name of Family Finance Corp
grafton. Broadway. New York City.
N. Y. for storage charges due me
at Sl00 per day since August /,
1855. 3-20-lt
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-20
AUCTION SALE

Lewis Auto Sales win offer one
1850 Packard. 4 door sedan. with
radio. heater and overdrive.
Motor No. H289436) for sale
March 80 at 3 p. m. on their used
car lot East Third Street. Repossed
from Charles johnson 2-23-lt