Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-19
a Killed and Is Hurt
In Weekend Crashes
Prince Georges
Toll Rises to
81 for Year

Four persons were killed and 10
others injured in four separate
accidents in the Washington area
yesterday.
The dead are:
Donald j. Bailey. 81, of 1885
Twenty-Second street NV.
Mrs. Leona B. Givan, SO, Of 201
North st. Asaph street, Alexan.
dria.
Clifton Osbourn Pollen, 81, Of
Gainesville, Va.
James r. White, Al, Of Balti-
more.
Mr.. Bailey, who was National
Institutes of Health laboratory
technician, was killed early yes
terday when the car in which he
was riding crashed into a con-
crete wall two blocks from his
home.
The driver of the car, Willard
r. Webster, 20, of 1856 Oak
street NV, a porter, told po-
lice he had been driving for
only a month. He and three
other passengers were injured,
none seriously.
Car Crashes Into Wall
The car was going south on
1 Twenty-third street near N
street NV. when it went over
the curb on the left side,. skidded
back to the right side, mounted
the curb. glanced off steel
fence and crashed into the wall.
Admitted to Emergency Hos
pital We're Miss Thernel Will
liams, 10. Of 1927 Shepherd
street NV, and Thomas E.
White, jr., 20, of 1015 Irving
street NV. Mr.. Webster and
William Robinson, 10, of Ais
Seventh street NV, were treat
ed and released.
/ Mr.. Webster was charged with
reckless driving, released ON $500
bond and ordered to face a COR
oner's jury.
4 Mrs. Givan, a civilian employee
in the finance Office at Fort Bel
Ivoir, was killed yesterday when
the car in which she was a pas
Senger went out of control and
hit a tree near Upper Marlboro,
Md.
i Driver Is Injured
Prince Georges County police
said the car left the road at q
curve on Route 761 mile south
of Upper Marlboro. The driver,
Chief Petty Officer Aaron w.
Sheriff., 30. Of the Anacostia
Naval Air Station. was admitted
to the Bethesda Naval Hospital
with chest injuries.
] Mrs. GiVan, a divorce, is sur
vived by a 3-year-old son and a
brother, Army Warrant Officer
George P. Givan of Fort Belvoir.
I Mr.. Pollen died of head and
chest injuries suffered in a head
on crash on Route 234 north Of
Manassas. Va, late Saturday
might. Seven other persons were
injured in the two-car collision.
ALI the injured we're admitted
to Arlington Hospital. Among
them are members of Mr.. Polen's
family, vino were passengers in
the same car, They are his wife,
Agnes. %. with possible frac-
tured pelvis. and his daughter
Jeanette. 9 months, admitted for
observation.
Others Admitted
The driver of the car was
Thomas Gordon Pattie, "a, also
of Gainesville, Va. He was ad.
United for observation. Also adj.
United were the other passengers
in his car. including Mr.. Pattie's
wife Gloria, 81, with broken
arm: his son Thomas, 8, q
crushed chest and leg injuries,
and his daughter Sharon, 8. q
broken leg.
! The second car was driven by
Lewis Lightner. IS, also Of
Gainesville and a friend Of the
other families. He was also ad.
mitted TO the hospital.
I Mr.. White was killed when the
car he was driving hit another
stopped on the Baltimore park
way near Beltsville and plunged
of the road.
The first car, CARRYING three
Baltimore teenagers. stopped on
the parkway at Powder Mill road
to change drivers. police said.
Mr.. White, seeing them too late,
swerved to avoid hitting them,
struck the rear Of the car a
glancing blow and plunged
down the embankment.
A passenger I'm the White car,
Andrew Washington. 40. OF Ball
timore. was thrown to the high
way. He was admitted 70 Prince
Georges General Hospital with
internal injuries and face cuts.
The teen-agers' car was
knocked to the opposite side Of
the road. The three occupants,
treated for shock at the hospital,
we're listed as Robert c. Lind,
~; Joseph O. Sterner, 10. and
Robert Harrison. II.
The weekend deaths brought
the Districts traflc fatalities for
one year TO so. compared to 60
at this time a year ago. and the
count in Prince Georges County
70 81, compared 10 So at this
time last year.