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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

NSNAAASS VAN AlAAoAlSldlAy SIlpplIIlS
cost of medical care for pro-
longed and severe illnesses. Ma
jor medical expense insurance
would cover the kinds of medical
expense that are not covered by
basic hospital and surgical in
surance.
Q. Why doesn't the Govern
ment make financial contribu-
ton to the employees cost of
his basic health insurance, rather
than provide major medical ex-
pense insurance coverage?
A. Careful consideration has
been given to doing just that
But a Government contribution
toward the cost of basic insur-
ance would not enable employees
to get anything they can't al
ready get for themselves. Com
munity nonproflt and employe
organization plans are available
everywhere in the United States
at a reasonable cost. However,
major medical insurance, which
is needed by Federal employees,
cannot be purchased by individ-
ual employees except at prohibit
tive cost. But it can be provided
economically on a group basis,
as was done for group life in
surance. Accordingly, it is be-
ieved that the interests of Fed
eral employees will be best served
by providing them with major
medical insurance.
@. Could employees get major
medical insurance on their own?
A. Only at very high premium
rates.
@. Do many families actually
face catastrophe medical costs?
How Many Affected
A. This depends to some ex-
tent on how catastrophe" is
defined. But in 1858, the latest
year for which figures are avail
able
100000 United States fam
lilies incurred medical costs of
more than S495.
100000 United States fam
flies paid medical costs of half
or more of their annual in
comes.
100000 United States fam
flies paid out amounts equal
ing or exceeding 100 per cent
of their annual incomes.
All these costs were over and
above any health insurance pro-
lection the families might have
had.
@. How many employees are
expected to receive benefit pay
ments under the major medical
insurance program?
A. 1t is estimated that each
year one out of every 20 en-
ployes would receive major med
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy tonight and tomorrow
low tonight about so. Somewhat
cooler tomorrow.
Maryland-Partly cloudy to-
night, cooler in western portion
Low near 40 in west, 1855 in
east. Some cloudiness and cool
er tomorrow.
Virginia--Partly cloudy to-
night. low 46-52 in west and
north and 54-58 in southeast
portion. Some cloudiness and
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cooler tomorrow.
Winds - Westerly winds to-
night. Good visibility.
River Report
From u s. Englneers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and clear at Great Falls: Shenan-
doah clear At Harpers Ferry
Temperatures for Yesterday
tReadings Washington National Airport)
Midnight IS Noon 80
am. AZ 4 pm go
am, 81 = pm. bH
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest T3. on March 3.
Lowest 30, on January "a, % and
February o.
IliKb and Low ~ Last - Hours
High, 20, at 4.30 pm
Low 10 at $40 am,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
CSCAnswers Queries
On Insurance Proposal
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

In queStion-and FORM the Civil Service Commission
oday answers the mostasked queries regarding the adnsra
tons proposal for free major medical health benefits
Tor Government workers and their families
O. What is the advantage of major medical expense
Surance to employees?
A Employees and their dependents would get protection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
= ooto from Us. wfATHlR sURIAU

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST Showers and thunder
storms expected tonight east of the Mississippi except
for New England and Florida The Northwestern quarter
will have showers along the coast and urres in the
higher elevations inland 1t will be warmer in the Plains
States; cooler in Northern New England the Great Lakes
and Montana-AP Wirephoto map
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the employe died.
More csc Questions and
Answers Tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
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tons were in Chillum, Lanham,
Bladensburg, Hyattsville and
Evansville districts.
Between 10000 and $4,000
voters, it was estimated, will be
eligible to cast ballots on May T.
The estimate was computed by
adding to the 1851 registration
total last September the sum
5000 and deducting the 1000 to
5000 names Of persons deceased
and those who have failed to vote
in the last FIVE years.
OF the 1851 September total.
5000, or 63.5 per cent we're
Democrats; 28,l60, or 32.5 per
cent we're Republicans, and 1851.
or four per cent. were listed as
independents,
Registrations since Septem-
Der. 1t was reported, have showed
an increasing Democratic trend.
To be eligible to vote May 7,
applicants must have lived in
Maryland one year, and in Prince
Georges County six months up
to November 6, 1856, and must be
81 years old by the latter date.
Registered eligibles who have
moved from one precinct to an
other and have not filled out
transfer forms are expected TO
lvotelin their former precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
Prince Edward
Budget Drafted

FARMVILLE. Va. April 6 CP,,
! The Prince Edward County
School Board proposed last night
to spend a record sum for school
operations in 1867 on the
same basis as in past years.
The school board is under Or
ders from the Supreme Court to
desegregate in compliance with
the 1854 ruling outlawing sepa-
rate facilities for Negroes and
whites.
The National Association fol
the Advancement of Colored
People recently announced plans
to press its legal assault aimed
at forcing the county to comply
with the high court decision.
Prince Edward officials, how
ever, have sigllifled their inten-
ton to close public schools
rather than submit to integra-
ton.
The county-which was in
volved in the Virginia test case
before the Supreme Court-woulc
spend $715,227 for school opera
lions in 1867 under the budget
approved by the school board
This would be $4,000 more thar
the amount budgeted for thi!
year.
In a statement accompanying
the budget, the board said the
only procedure available to it wa!
planning ION the basis of the
operation of schools in the man
ner they have been operated il
the past"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
Parents Institute
ToHeur DR.. Fox

DR.. James Harold Fox, dean
of the school of education of
George Washington University.
will be guest speaker at the first
meeting of the Institute for
Parents to be held at the Walnut
Hill School in Fairfax County.
The session at which he will
speak will be held at 1880 pm.
Monday at the school. 20l5 Camp
Alger avenue. near Falls Church.
The Institute will meet on five
consecutive Mondays through
May 7.
DR.. Fox will discuss THE Ma
ture of Learning and Teaching"
Topics to be considered by the
Institute include the gifted child.
the early adolescent. reading
problems, and modern school
methods.
Mrs, William E. Tolley. gen.
eral chairman of the institute,
may be called for additional in
formation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
Prince Georges DeodIine
Tomorrow on Primorv

Prince Georges County citi-
zenS eligible to vote in the May
7 primaries may register from
. 6 to 9 pm. today at the County
Service Building, Hyattsville, OF
from $3.50 am. to 4:30 pm. to-
morrow at the Upper Marlboro
Court House.
AT the 4:30 pm. deadline to-
morrow, the County Board OF
Election Supervisors will end reg
istrations until May II under
law requiring that enrolment
books be closed for 30 days be-
fore and 10 days after primary
balloting.
A total Of 5,749 new voters
were enrolled. the Election SUI
pervisors announced. in registra.
tons held Monday in the 81 pre-
cincts Of the county's 81 election
districts.
OF the total, 1888 were listec
as Democrats, 1880 as Repub.
leans, and 22l without party at.
flliation.
An augmented staff working
overtime in election board Of.
fees has not yet completed de.
tailed precinct tabulations but
preliminary figures indicated
that Mondays heaviest registra,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
Mrs. Berry Elected
BY Methodist Women

NORFOLK. April 6 (Pl.-Mrs
j. A. Berry of Roanoke yester-
day was reelected president OF
the Woman'S Society of Chris
tan Service of the Virginia
Methodist Conference.
Other officers named are Mrs
R. G. Pullen. LaWrenceville, vice
president; Mrs. r. Maxwell Will
lis. Culpeper, recording secre-
tary, and Miss Virginia South
gate, Norfolk, treasurer.
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/ to 9 pm. on Monday.
Voting machines at l0l00
Fifty-first avenue will be opened
to those registered voters living
on the land sought by College
Park. The area lies along both
sides of Baltimore boulevard
from the city's northern boun-
Diary to the south line OF
the agricultural research farm,
according to Mayor Davis.
The mayor also noted that the
charter amendments change the
name of the city's governing
body from Common Council to
City Council. Also. authorize
ton for street construction now
can be initiated by the council
rather than a petition signed by
81 per cent of residents border
ing a street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
Foirfox Urged to Limit
Tax Boost to 8'Cents

Fairfax County's proposed
budget could be trimmed so that
only an 8-cent property tax
would be required, Ernest j. Hol-
comb told the Virginia Citizens
Committee for Better Schools
last night,
Tentative budget proposals
would require a 95-cent increase,
If adopted in full.
Mr.. Holcomb addressed an
audience Of more than 100 at
Fairfax Courthouse.
Mr.. Holcomb is an Agriculture
Department economist and for
mer chairman of the Budget
Advisory Committee to the Ar
lington County Board.
Explains Budget Increase
Robert B. Walker, director OF
surveys for the Fairfax school
system also addressed the meet
ing. He said an estimated en-
rollment increase of about 4,500
pupils. the opening Of III new
classrooms and the need for
higher teacher pay to attract
new teachers are the main rea-
sons for a proposed increase OF
about SIS million in the rec
commended school budget.
The school board proposal that
teacher salaries be increased by
up to $500 annually in the COM
ing year was attacked by Mr.
Holcomb.
Citing the Federal pay scale
for teachers, Mr.. Holcomb said
AT a minimum a Federal en-
ploye must work 10 per cent
more days than the teachers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06

The farmers expressed consid-
cradle resentment against or
gained labor. which they appar-
emily felt had something to do
with their own economic di-
lemma.
Mr.. Tydings, who had been a
target of organized labor before
his defeat by Republican Senator
John Marshall Butler, reminded
his farm audience. You can't
compel people to work for cct-
tain wages if they don't want to-
AS he left the friendly gath
ering, he held his right arm high
and said:
Vote early on May z and as
often as the judges will allow.
And God bless every one of you. {"
4 "a Years in Senate
+ Before his 1850 defeat, Mr..
Tydings served for "a years in
the Senate and before that in
the House of Representatives
and the State Legislature.
Mr.. Maooney pushed his cam
paign i'll ST Marys County to
the accompaniment of a blaring
sound truck and a television
movie crew.
Mr.. Mahoney. who has been
Endorsed by the ST MaryS Dem
ocratlc Central Committee, was
met at the CharleSs-St. Marys
County line by Henry j. Fowler,
his county campaign manager.
Other greeters included Dele
gate j. Frank Raley, jr., county
campaign treasurer: Richard D.
Arnold, State convention dele
ate,and William A. Burch. for
mer county committee member
Driving through the county.
Mr.. Mahoney stopped at road
side establishments to shake
hands with proprietors, employees
and patrons alike.
On Television Feature
An added attraction on his
tour was an NBC television crew
which had selected him as the
subject OF a news feature on
typical Misunderstanding candidate.
Among other things. the Bal
timore County contractor played
volley ball with school children.
filled a nuns cupped hands with
jellybeans and got down into a
roadside ditch to shake hands
with a group of laborers.
All the while cameras were
filming his doingS for a lataer
showing to national audience.
The filming slowed down the
candidates progress somewhat,
as the cameramen occasionally
suggested retakes.
He ran into the school chill
dren .shepherded by a nun. in
the yard of a parochial school
in Bushwood. Mr.. Mahoney
sent for bags of jellybeans he
carried in his car for just such
occasions, and even filled the
hands of Sister Joseph Marta.
st. Marys County has been
kind to Mr.. Mahoney in the past.
III 1854 he won the county's
three State convention votes by
a popular margin of 400 votes
in the primary race for Gov
ernor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06

land in the higher acreage allot-
ments.
Itinerary Listed
Tomorrow, a caravan espous-
ing Mr.. Sothoron's candidacy
will tour Prince Georges County.
The itinerary:
Assemble at headquarters on
Baltimore avenue, Hyattsville. 10
am; Langley Park shopping
center, 1890; Adelphi shopping
center. 1880 am; College Park
at noon; Riverdale shopping CEN
ter at 1880 pm; Rogers Heights
at 2:30 pm: Bladenburg shop
ping center. 2:45 pm.
Also, Cheverly shopping CEN
ter, 3:l5 pm; Prince Georges
shopping center on Defense
highway. $3.50 pm; tea at Chev-
erly at 4 pm; Landover Hills
shopping center, Ais pm; Glen
ridge shopping center, 4;30 pm;
tea at Landover Hills at S pm;
Kentland and Kent Village shop
ping centers, $50 pm, and
chicken dinner at st. Luke's
Church. Bladensburg, $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
Sothoron and Landlord
Plan Verbal Duel Tonioht

its share to the Federally-im
pacted area. Private industry
brings more families into a CON-
Imunity and must pay the taxes
to educate the children of those
families"
He was asked to comment or
Wednesdays announcement by
Prince Georges Delegate Carlton
r. Sickles who said he wa;
throwing his support to Mr.
Landlord in the May 7 primary
Mr.. Sickles, a labor lawyer. i!
the only member of the county
legislative delegation to come ou'
against Mr.. Sothoron.
Backed by Labor
Mr.. Sickles' statement indi'
Gates that labor couldn't lose re,
CARELESS of which one of us il
elected" Mr.. Sothoron com
mented. cts quite obvious tina
when you are employed by some
one you have to be in harmon!
with his views"
Mr.. Landlord has received tn,
Endorsement of organized labo
groups.
In another development, tn,
weekly newspaper, the Enquirer
Gazette of Upper Marlboro
came out with an editorial yes
terday accusing Mr.. Landlord o
political propaganda for claiming
credit for higher tobacco acreag
allotments for Southern Mary
land.
The paper is partly owned b,
former Representative Lansdal
G. Sasscer, leader of the Primo
Georges Democratic organization
which is backing Mr.. Sothoron.
The editorial gave credit TO
the increased allotments to leg
islators from the hurley Tobacco
areas kentucky, Tennessee an,
Virginia.. 1t said the Depart
ment Of Agriculture recon-
mended the inclusion of Mary
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The proposed teacher scale is
actually approximately 20 per
cent higher than the Federal
pay scale"
: Proposes 100000 Cut
Mr.. Holcomb proposed raising
the minimum and maximum
500 in each Of the next three
years. thus cutting 100000 from
the proposed 1861 budget.
Harley NJ. Williams. president
of the committee. presented fig
ures which he said showed that
a comparison of assessed prop
erty values and pupil enrolment
in areas around Washington
shows that Fairfax cannot hope
to compete with other jurisdic-
tons on teacher pay scales. The
cost to Fairfax property owners
would be prohibitive. he said.
Mr.. Holcomb attacked the rec
ommendation of School Supt. w.
T. Woodson for adding four new
assistant superintendents. An
assistant superintendent for
management should be employed.
Mr.. Holcomb said, to supervise
management of the school plant.
personnel. information and sur
veys, transportation. cafeteria
management, accounting and
purchasing. Instruction respon-
sibilities, he added, should be
under the leadership of an as
sistant suerintendent for in
struction."
Employment Of additional
supervisors as proposed. he
added, could "detract from the
progress" of pupils.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
College Park Officially
Becomes City To-day

Some 10000 residents of Col
lege Park became city" resi-
dents today.
A nomenclature change in
Prince Georges County'S largest
incorporated area from a town
to city was authorized in
charter amendments adopted
last February. They are effec-
tive starting today.
"Other places smaller than us
were calling themselves cities,
so we decided to make the
change" said Mayor c. R. Davis.
The 4.8 square-mile city next
Tuesday may have nearly an
other square mile of land and an
additional 500 residents. A ref
.erendum on the annexation of
the Sunnyside and White House
communities will be held from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06

MIN III 1850, JIle IOIIuer SeIldtOT
his whirlwind canvass of Mary
land with a shoe-leather tour of
Calvert County,
George P. Mahoney, who is Mr.
Tydings' principal opponent in
the May Z Democratic senatorial
primary. also was slated to CAM
paign in Calvert today. Both
were to end up tonight speaking
at a candidates dinner in Chesa-
peake Beach,
To Cover All Counties
Mr.. TydingS. whose rudy APP
pearance and campaigning pace
belle his Sc years. told reporters
yesterday he has canvassed IL of
the % counties to his satisfac-
ton and expects to cover all Of
them by April 10.
After that, he plans to concen-
trate on the six Baltimore City
districts, five of which Mr.. Ma
honey carried in all three of his
previous primaries. and on the
more crucial counties.
One of these crucial counties
might be Frederick, where Mr..
Tydings pounded leather yester-
day in a tour of IL communities.
Most observers see Frederick as
a toSs-up at this stage.
Mr.. Mahoney has been there
three times. Mr.. Tydings was
making his first swing through
Frederick yesterday. but he plans
to spend Tuesday afternoon and
all day Wednesday there next
week.
10 Minutes for Lunch
AS usual, Mr.. Tydings set a
fast pace for his painting en-
tourage. After a 10-minute
noontime pause for a sandwich
and coffee in a Thurmont law
Office, he leaped to his feet sur
denly and declared: Let's go.
boys. We can eat after the cleo
ton"
Then he was off to shake
hands and pass out his cards at
a local dress factory and shoe
manufacturer.
The highlight Of yesterdays
tour was an old-fashioned meet
ing of neighbors who had been
invited to the farm home of
John D. Leatherman. Frederick
County Democratic Central
Committee member at Lewis
town. There were about 20
farmers in MI. Leatherman's
sitting room when Mr.. Tydings
arrived
One farmer told him that, last
winter, after butchering a steer
he got Sl60 for the hide. The
next day, he said. he paid $40
for new pair of work shoes.
FavOrS Exporting Surplus
Mr.. Tydings. after explaining
that farm SURPRISES were caused
because the Government encour-
aged the farmers to raise all the
food crops they could during
World War II and the Korean
conflict, told the group that I'VE
ought to send our surpluses
abroad to our allies instead of
money wherever possible"
AS long as big surpluses are
hanging over the market. prices
will be depressed" he argued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
Campaigning Tydings
Won't Stop for Birthday
BY GENE GOODWIN

Campaigner Willard E. Tydgs planned celebrate Goth
birthday today by not paying any attention to it.
In the midst of comeback campaign which he SAYS is the
toughest since President Roosevelt tried usucceuly
him 1888 the former Senator scheduled today to continue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

Hampered by a voice that
sounds like shelled corn run
ming down stovepipe." L. Har-
old Sothoron is scheduled to
speak tonight from the same
platform with his opponent for
the first time.
He has laryngitis. The descrip-
ton of his vocal limitations is
his. Mr.. Sothoron drew the COM
parison in croaking tones at a
tea given in his honor at Laurel
yesterday.
Tonight he and Representa-
tive Landlord. his opponent for
the Democratic nomination for
the latters seat in Congress. will
speak at Chesapeake Beach be-
fore the Women's Democratic
Club. 1t will be at the Rod and
Reel Restaurant at 7 pm.
Yesterdays tea was given by
Mrs. Ralph Boyd at her home
at 400 Montrose avenue, Laurel,
Mrs. Ruth Swami of Rogers
Heights, Mrs. Boyd's mother
stood by ready to act as lin
terpreter' for those who might
not have been able to hear the
vocally-afflicted candidate, He
was able to make himself heard
to all.
Changed His Mind
Responding to questions from
guests, Mr.. Sothoron told the
women. up until the time l was
16 years old, l was opposed to
public schools. Then I began to
realize they were necessary"
In a more serious vein. he saio
he did not believe the Federal
Government should benefit from
tax exemptions which private
industry does not enjoy.
Il believe" he said, that wher
the Federal Government brings
in large numbers of people to a
community. it should contribute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
PRINCEssEs FOR APPLE FESTIVAL

WINCHESTER VA.-Two more prncesSeS for the Shenan-
doah Apple Blossom Festival April 1921 announced
today Miss Keyes l9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Jerome W. Reyes of Alexandria Va will represent Bridge
water (VaD College. Miss Dettra, 49, daughter of Mrs
Lula Dettra Winchester and Paul Detra of Patuxent Md
will represent Stuart Hall, Stanton, Va.
The Arizona post., 1956-02-17


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The Arizona post., 1956-02-17
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Hi there!
SWFTY's took advantage of
a perfect Sunday afternoon to
go picnicing at the Arizona
Sonora Desert Museum. Car
10 a d S of kids travelled the
miles to eat their lunches in
those wild surroundings and
wander through the live mu-
scum. Watching the animals
watch them were: Judy Mar
golis, Bunny Burns, Phyllis
Rakita, Dee Myerson, Bonnie
Halpern, Hal Smotkin, Joel
August, Robert Posner, Sam
Oppenheim, Sandy Danziger,
Danny Kirchner. Ever see a
big, fat snake?
Pool and ping-pong were a
few of the activities played at
the combined AZA chapters
stag. The Center was opened
on a Saturday night to "boys
only" of course, and Art
Be cker, Leon Thikoll, Bob
Stearns, Bert Molinsky, Jay
Refs, Tod Zelickson, Mark Ad-
leman, Dave Greenberg, Mike
Zimbler, M a uric e Mordka,
tore themselves away from
their girls to be with the "fel-
las" Quite an example of true
AZA brotherhood, I must
admit.
Attending Sabbath Services
at Temple Emanuel with Tue
son AZA were Judy Berens,
Gretchen Weiss, Vicki Myer-
son, Stan TIimelhoch, Phil
Rose, Art Brett, Burton Bur-
low, S t a n Hallem, and Jan
Solomon. This inspired" con-
gregation flowed over to the
residence of Carolyn Whitesel
The Arizona post., 1956-02-17

Do you listen to the Arizona
Post radio programs over
KVOA every Sunday morn.
ing, starting at 1890?