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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
Criminal Assault
IChurqe Reduced

Alexandria Juvenile Court
Judge Irene Pancoast yesterday
reduced rape charge against
IAN unemployed electrician, in
volving a 14-year-old girl to
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor.
The case against Bernard
Pierce, %, Of Lorton. Va, was
continued until March is. Po-
lice said the girl was a runaway.
The offense allegedly occurred
in vacant house in the Straw
berry Hill area of Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
Arlington Woman Hit
By Cor, Legs Broken

An Arlington woman was hos
pitalized early today with both
legs broken after she was struck
at Wilson boulevard and Pierce
street, police said.
In fair condition at Arlington
Hospital was Miss Virginia Shaw,
80, of 1911 North Seventeenth
street.
Police booked the operator.
Russell Heater, 20, on charges
of drunken driving, reckless
driving and no registration card.
Heater listed Fort Myer adj
dress and told police he was
unemployed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03

Sherry o. Sokoiik's love tri
angle murder case is expected
to 60 to the jurors today IL
Prince Georges Circuit Court.
The prosecution won thu
courts permission last night II
introduce into evidence a state
ment the 23-year-old airmar
signed admitting he shot his ro'
nance rival to death October ~
The five women and seven mer
jurors were scheduled to heal
the statement the first thing
today. They were kept out o.
the courtroom last night for 81:
hours while lawyers argued owe
its admissibility.
Airman 2/C Sokolik is charged
with numbering William N. Biz
kett, %, OF A Forester stree
S.W. in q fight over Miss Loi'
Robey. 5407 Humphrey drive
Forestville.
The Arlington Qowa) defend
ant, whose address here was IL
the 2l00 block of Minnesota ave.
nue. Sc, testified he was trickec
into making the statement.
Accuses Special Agent
The man he accused Of mis-.
leading him is Thomas ]. Weeks
jr., a special agent with the
Office Of Special Investigation al
Boiling Air Force Base.
Sokolik said Mr.. Weeks as
sured him 1.-THE Air Force woult
take complete Jurisdiction of thu
case /. that I would get q much
better break with the militar!
than with the civilian police. !.
He told me, You know, the All
Force always takes care Of theil
Iown.'"
Mr.. Weeks. however, withstooc
vigorous cross-examiqation II
declaring fatty he never made
any such promises. He EN-
phasized he stressed to Sokolil
that he could not say whether
military or civilian police woule
prosecute the case.
Sokolik also said he was in
terrupted so frequently while
making the statement. by police
demanding further explanation
that the statement wound uI
not even being his words.
Methods Attacked
His lawyer, A. Gwynn Bowie
cried: Il think it's high tint
something was done about how
these statements are obtained
I say it's time we broke UP the
practice Of getting statements
improperly"
While the jury was out. Mr.
Weeks testified Sokolik admitted
shooting Mr.. Birkett. Other wit
nesses testified Sokolik at frs
denied any acquaintance will
his rival for Miss Robey's atten'
ton.
Miss Robey told the jury sh,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
McKeIdin Would Like
Second Place on Ticket

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 8 R.-
Gov. McKeldin said yesterday
that he would like" to be the
vice presidential nominee.
a In a Baltimore television in
terview the Governor was asked
directly if he would like to have
his name put before the Repub-
lcan National Convention as a
vice presidential candidate.
Va II would like it," the Governor
replied. He added later that he
would accept the nomination II
It is proffered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
Oath to Support
Constitution Of
Virginia Sought

RICHMOND, Mar. 8 R.-A
Fairfax attorney said yesterday
he would contest Dean Brundr
ages qualifications to sit in the
constitutional convention Mon
day as the representative from
the 18th State senatorial district
(Fairfax-Falls Church,.
Charles Pickett said he would
not contest the outcome Of the
vote, in which Mr.. Brundage
prevailed over four other candi-
dates. Mr.. Pickett finished
second.
81 wrote him (Brundage) q
letter asking him whether he
would be willing to take an oath
to support section lao Of the
State constitution (Which pro-
hibits mixing Of white and Negro
children in public schools until
such time as the people Of Vir-
GINA amended or repealed 1t In
the manner provided by the
State constitution.
Received No Reply
IT told him that if he would
give me his assurance that he
would take such an oath. the
matter of his qualifications would
be closed as far as ! was con-
cerned, but that If he were I'M
willing to do it, it was my inten-
ton to contest his right to sit In
the convention"
Mr.. Pickett said he received
no reply from Mr.. Brundage to
his letter and therefore filed a
letter with the State Board OF
Elections saying he intended to
contest Mr.. Brundage's qualif1-
cations. The convention will be
Its own judge Of the qualifica-
tions of those elected to it.
At Forestville, Mr.. Brundage
classed as "a presumptous re-
quest indeed" Mr.. Pickett's "in-
sistence that alone among the
delegates should take a special
oath, Of his authorship, to sup
port without reservation the
disputed section" of the State
constitution.
Higher Authority Cited
While our Commonwealth has
not moved formally to repeal 1t,
there is little question among
competent scholars of constitu-
tional issues that the section in
question must ultimately yield to
higher authority-that is. the
Federal Constitution"
The limited constitutional con-
vention which will convene Mon
day was called to amend section
141 of the State constitution to
provide for public tuition grants
for education in private, nom
sectarian schools.
Revision of this section is nee
essary to open the way for a
key part of the Gray commits
sion's program for preventing
compulsory indignation in the
public schools.
Mr.. Brundage was the only one
Of the five Fairfax County can
didates who did not promise to
support the proposed convention
"No Chip on Shoulder"
The 32-year-old teacher said
after the election he wanted to
60 to the convention to keep
an eye on things"
Because I am not in favor
Of the Gray plan as it now
stands, don't suppose I'll be
greeted as warmly as someone
who is backing it," his post
election statement said.
II have no chip on my shoul-
der and know it would be futile
to think I could do a whole lot
But If it is possible to make one
small insert that will help pre-
serve the public school system
any of the hardships will be
worthwhile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
Pickett Will Protest
Seating Of Brundage
7 riongle Staying Case
May Go to Jury Today

was engaged to Mr.. Birkett from
June, 1852, to June, 1858. He
was then in the Air Force.
She said she met Sokolik in
October. 1854. began dating him
the next month and continued
until last September, when Mr..
Birkett. newly discharged from
military service. re-entered her
life.
Frequent Proposals
Before Mr.. Birkett's return.
Sokolik was proposing marriage
$50 often that "a couple evenings
I told him If he didn't stop talk
ing about it he could 60 home. -
she said.
Miss Robey, 20, said she broke
with Sokolik finally in Septem-
Der. She said that ended their
arrangement to decide by the
first Of this year whether to be-
come engaged.
Mr.. Bowie pressed question:
ing about threats he said Mr..
Birkett made about stopping
Sokolik from Fostering her. Miss
Robey denied Mr.. Birkett made
such threats in her presence, or
that she told Sokolik about such
warnings.
MIR. Bowie asked If she knew
when she resumed dates with
Mr.. Birkett that he had been
married and become a father
during his military service. She
said he told her on their second
date. Questioning did not men
ton his marital status at the
time Of his death.
The victims body, with three
.38-caliber bullet holes in the
temple, back and ribs, was dis
covered in the Kirby Hills Homes
subdivision near Oxon Hill in
lower Prince Georges County. At
the time, houses were still under
construction and none was oc-
|cupied.
Employed There
Mr.. Birkett, a construction
worker. was employed there a
while after his military discharge.
Deputy States Attorney John w.
Mitchell and Mr.. Bowie are ex-
|pected to duel today over wheth-
Ter Sokolik or Mr.. Birkett led the
other to that scene.
Medical testimony yesterday
described peculiar gashes on the
back Of the victims head. The
prosecution will contend they
were made by the gunsight in a
pistol-whipping proceeding the
shooting.
Sokolik's testimony was con-
fined to the issue of the state
|ment. Today, when the jurors
are present, he is expected to re-
count his version of the entire
fight.
Judges Charles c. Marbury and
John Raymond Fletcher are
hearing the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03

are accepted by the master to
work in the fields, and receive
at the end OF the days work the
same wage given to those who
worked from the first hours OF the
morning.
From the human Justices
point of view, such distribution to
reward the effort would seem un-
fair. Nevertheless, this passage
discloses all are granted suffi-
cient grace and God does not
measure with the tailor's rod, nor
with the shopkeeper's weight, our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
|CIA Site Action
Clears Way for
Appropriation
Agency to Present
Plans and Ask
For SAG Million

The Central Intelligence Agen-
cy had clear go-ahead today
to seek the money it needs to
build its huge new headquarters
center at Langley, Va.
Within the next few months.
CIA officials are expected to give
Congress a set Of plans for the
center and ask for a $46 million
appropriation. The agency ex-
poets the center can be finished
within 80 months to three years
after that.
Part of the money, along with
appropriations already granted.
will pay for extension Of the
George Washington Memorial
parkway from its present termi-
nus, just upriver from Key
Bridge. to the Langley site.
H. j. Spelman, Bureau Of Pub
lie Roads district engineer, has
told CHA the road would require
80 months to build. :
Pushed by Two Actions
The big project was pushed
ahead with two actions by the
National Capital Planning COM
mission yesterday.
In one, the planners approved
a final report to CHA on the
Langley site. It presented views
of a majority Of the commission
members in support Of the loca-
ton, as well as strong misgiv-
ings held by opponents Of the
Langley location.
The planners other decision
was to seek funds Immediately
from Fairfax County and the
State of Virginia to complete
acquisition of land for the park
way extension.
The planners already have ac-
quired most of the parkway
right-of-way as far upriver as
the Arlington-Fairfax County
line. What land it doesn't have
in this stretch is being con-
demned. Beyond the county
line, it has 100000 to buy land
as far as Route 1913.
S150,OOO Needed
From that point to the site
will require another 100000.
The commission already has
l$150.000, but needs $4,000 from
the county and $4,000 from the
State to complete the job. All
the parkway land is bought
under this Federal-county State
matching funds formula.
1 The commissions final report
to CHA stressed a belief that a
number of new highway i'm
provements aside from the park
way may be needed. It noted
that the CHA already has been
asked to seek Federal funds to
meet these needs. In addition, it
asked the agency to impress
county officials with the need for
strong coming to maintain the
present low-density population
Of the Langley area.
Favored d. C. Site 81 ; &
The report, drawn by a five
man committee, also made it
clear that members would have
favored q CHA site within the
District Of Columbia over any
Others. declaring:
1.-THE majority Of the commit
tee has accorded overriding
importance to the emphasis
placed (by) Mr.. Dulles letter of
January % that he is not free to
select a location within the Dis
trict and that by virtue of emer-
gency measures already taken it
is important to him to locate on
the west side of the Potomac
River"
Allen w. Dulles, CHA director,
made these statements in q
letter urging the commission to
reverse its earlier opposition to
the Langley site. This the COM
mission did on February 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03
A Thnught fnr Unhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY MERCEDES DE AREILZ.

of Spanish M Areila
Two Bible stories especially attract my attention
every time read them
One of them, in Matthew, is related to the laborers
Of vineyard We the workers that arrive late and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-03

Sherry o. Sokolks love engaged Brkett from
angle murder is expected June 1882 june 1853 HI
to 60 the jurors today in then the Air
Georges Circuit Court She said Sokok ir
Toa fhalF foEI dotipo
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-30
Summer Recreation
Program At
Dorsey Junior High

The Recreation Program at
Dorsey Junior High School got of
10 a very good start Monday,
June IS, 1856 at 300 AM. The
program is designed for children
Of Elementary and High School
ages. adults may register also.
One may register between the
hours GA, Monday thru Friday.
Registration Is Free. The Length
of the program is six weeks. The
hours are ga. Monday-Friday.
The program consists Of Arts
and Crafts, Music, Homemaking,
Industrial Arts, Library, ORA
mates, Remedial Reading, Soft
ball, Quiet games, Band, Dane
ing, Horseshoe, Basketball, Vol
leyball and Nature Study.
The Instructors are: David
Bythwood, Bernice Cox, Alexine
Delaney, Nellie Elliott, Vernetta
Ingraham, William johnson, An
nette McNeal, Pernell Miller,
John Sanders, Jonathan Thurs
ton, and Ethel Counts Wilkinson.
Mr.. S. o. Cohen, principal
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-30
Freak Accident Kills
Mother Three Children

WASHINGTON - CA N P)--
When a mother of four children
saw one Of her children step of
into deep water, she followed in
an attempt to save them. AS she
went otter the first child the
other three followed her, and IN
the confusion all were drowned.
Maryland State police said that
the victims were all wading in
.hallow water in Breton Bay, st.
Mary's County, Md, when one OF
he children stepped into deep
water and started to sink.
In an attempt to aid the first
victim, Mrs. Madeline Berry, %,
and her four children, Gladys
Barber, Is, aughter by previous
marriage; Christina Berry, 8; Lee
Roy Berry, S; and Paul Berry, 4,
we're all drowned.
While dragging operations were
in progress, police said the father
Augustus Berry, was shot in the
.eg and arrested for being abu-
sive on the shore" He was jailed
on changes of being drunk and
.disorderly.
Mrs. Berry's body was recover
ed before the search was called
off due to d1rkness and dragging
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-30
IRE Lee Summer
Program

Don't forget the recreation
program at the IRE. Lee Elem
entary school, South Miami.
Under the direction of Samuel
Johnson, a very energetic, en-
thusiastic and efficient worker.
His assistants are Mrs. Gwendo-
lyn Green and Mrs. Earlfne d.
Gillette.
The program will last Mon
days through Fridays every
week June IS until August 3,
hours 9 am. until 4 pm.
Many activities will be carried
on daily. Sport events, field trips,
picnics, dancing, arts and crafts.
Special events Thursday and
Friday of this week.
ThurSay: Doll show.
Friday: Pet show.
Parents, please attend our
Fun Nights. Come with your
children, share and join them in
'Heir evenings of fun. Make your
children feel proud and secure
by your presence.
Will you be here? We are look
ing for you.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-30
Back From Natl
p. T. A. Confab

MIR. and Mrs. Albert Dean,
1868 INV 62nd Terrace, arrived
home Saturday, June %, from a
one-week tour, accompanying
Mrs. Elizabeth Espy, principal Cd
r. r. Motion Elementary School
Perrine, in attendance at the
National Parent-Teachers AS
ISOLATION, conference, held in
Shreveport, La, Sunday, June II
and ending with tour and pic
mic in New Orleans on Wednes-
day. June 20. Also attending the
conference was Mrs. Wilhelmina
Kelly of Richmond Heights. Mrs.
Kelly and Mrs. Espy were dele
gates to the confab. The party
so visited the city of Marshall
and other parts Of Texas. Mrs.
Mayme Williams is president OF
he National Parent-Teacher AS
ISOLATION Conference.
was resumed the following morn
ing.
The Berry family is from Gle
ments, Md.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-30
THE LOWDOWN
by l. MAsco YOUNG for AMP -


retirement. Cholly, who's also
Dottie's husband, runs a dance
school in fills choice Canidaian
engagements. Wow! Some guy
that Cholly Atkins Brother
Joe May, the famous gospel
singer who conducts a daily
spiritual hour on rsdio station
WLOK in Memphis, Tenn, heads
for the West Coast next month
for a big anniversary tour (. .
Dorothy cambridge begins work
on the French film "The Short
Cut" for producer Henri Bevard
in August. Story is about the love
affair of an Italian army officer
and a girl of an occupied country
in Southern France
The Cadillacs did such ter
rife box office biz at the Apollo
Theatre recently that they're
slated for a quickie return en-
gagement, starting June 20
along with Tommy "Dr. 1--WE"
Smalls-who's also known as
Hizzoner The Mayor of Harlem
Since adding a line of gor-
,2eous chorus cuties to its usual
good show, New York'S Bsby
Grand is doing heavy business
lust like in Harlem's good Of
days Count Basic, who has
added an organ to his Seventh
Ave. bar, had 'em rocking n roll
ling on the sidewalks when he
felt in the mood to jam while
on his off-night from Birdland.
oIscK N DATA:
Bill Doggett's two newest king
releases, "What A Difference A
Day Made" and Stella BY Star
light", are a pretty pairing by
the Hammond organ stylist
Rubber Johnsons latest are a
coupling of Having A Little
Faith In Me" and my Lonely
Heart Capitol Records Anita
Tucker does some real crazy rock
in on Hop Skip And Jump"
which is backed with another
good one in 'iHandcuff Heart"
Dakota Station is betting them out
at the Crown Propeller Lounge
in Chicago And out in Los
Angeles at the 5-4 Ballroom, the
Five Keys remember them?) are
holding their own.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-30


the biggest benefits in the history
of show business will take place
on July 25th when the nations
entire theatrical booking indus
try stages mammoth benefit af-
fair at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom
for bandleader Arnett Cobb, the
well-liked SaXophone artist who
is now hospitalized because of a
near fatal auto accident few
weeks ago.
Heading the "Arnett Cobb
Night" benefit will be Ben Bart,
the reasonable chap who heads
Universal Attractions oking
agency in New York. Other book
ing biggies joining in the effort
are Joe Glaser'S Associated Book.
ing Corporation, Gale Agency,
and Shaw Artists Corp.
Arnett Cobb, who leaped to
fame during the early forties by
blowing a torrid, acrobatic sax
solo on Lionel Hampton's ely
ing Homee" suffered such serious
injuries in the accident that
physicians say he'll have to lie on
his back for at least year.
Cobb's wife is also hospitalized
with a punctured lung and broken
collar bone. as a result of the
same accident.
GRAPEVINE GOSSIP:
A famous comedian tells us
about the rock n roll singer
who'll never return to Ed Sulli-
vans Sunday night TV show be-
cause of a laundering faux pas
he committed. The deep-voiced
blues shouter, who had never met
Sullivan before rehearsals start
ed for the show, rush up to the
greatest of television's emcees and
shouted Say Ed, I'm a star. I
ought to be doing two numbers on
this here show!"
Is it true that Lionel Hampton,
who already repeatedly owns
few acres of farmland in Israel,
Is now being seriously considered
as the face for a new Israeli post
age stamp?
Sugar Ray Robinson, whose life
story will be produced as an in
dependent film production by
Frank Sinatra, may run into diff
ficulty getting clearance to use
some of his old business partners
and associates in the picture.
When Sugar cleaned house by
firing some of his longtime aides,
some intimates say, he stirred up
"bad blood" thst can only spell
trouble.
PhiladelphianS are still talking
about how Autherine Lucy-Fost-
er, the would-be library science
student at the, University of Ala
bama, left a bitter taste in quite
a few mouths when she started
acting 'fbiggity and too impor-
tant to meet any more common
folks"
PEOPLE & PLACES
Sammy Davis, Jr., subbing for
ailing Harry Belafonte at an Ur-
ban League benefit, joked about
his famous nose, which was
broken in the auto accident that
took one of his eyes. Sammy told
how he lay swatched in band
ages in the hospital bed, pdctur-
ing himself with a new handsome
proboscis. But instead the sur
goons labored diligently and re-
stored his broken nose exactly as
1t was before! Later surgeon ex-
planned 1--WE thought 1t was his
trademark and th5t he wouldn't
want to part with 1t for anything
in the world"
Cholly Atkins, the Broadway
musical comedy dance star, is so
busy these days that he can af-
ford to nix Hollywood offer.
Reason: He's managing one OF
showbusinesS' hottest items, Dot
tie Saulters, who has been a
smash hit since her return from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15

There, in all that sea of purple, one
single branch had turned an incredible
fiery, red-pink In color! And this one red
diSh-pink spike was not merely one foot in
length as the others had been, but u
stretched out TO IA feet Of SOLID BIOS
SONS blossoms IVA times larger than
these hybridizers had ever seen before =
each blossom virtually the same size as Q
magnificent prize-winning violet
Now Comes An Ever
Greater Discovery
Now they bred and croSsbred this new
race of Lythrum with other varieties +. :.
watched generation after generation of
these new giants come into bloom and fade.
Until one June day . 3Td generation
hybrid cross of Morden Pink and Lythrum
Alatum famed into bloom ahead of all
others stood out in sheer size and beauty
as no Lythrum had ever blOOmed before!
Masses Of red-aOwering torches up TO IA
feet high, Towering torches as long rs your
arm :. Towering torches cleaning \ new
red, red as fire, each tinged with luscious
shade Of rOSy-Fed from the heart Of each
perfect flower the entire plant aflame
like huge wall Of living color! And this Is
the brand-new 1854 plant variety, LYTH.
RUM MORDEN CLEAN, that Is now
available to you Il you act immediately
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15

for space -. that is so Enthusiastically easy
to grow that you may cut two, three and
four thousand blossoms from II THE
VERY FIRST SEASON ALONE, and
then COUNT EVEN MORE Bios.
SONS REMAINING IN BLOOM ON
THE PLANT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15
Hundreds OF
Towering Spikes |

These hybridizers discovered that this
Morden Clean took the energy that most
plants devote TO seed, and used that energy
TO send up = not 10 = not 20 - not so =
but rs many as 700 magnificent Towering
spikes >. flaming mass Of beauty S feet
high by nearly feet wide the entire
plant buried under showers Of solid bios
SONS! These hybridizerS discovered that
these plants would bloom in full sun or
shade. That they were so strong. SO hardy
soil. whatever whether that soil is wet.
dryiSh, clayey or sandy!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15

That beginning Its very first season II
would give you fresh new blooms almost
daily from June to July, August, Sep.
TENDER, sometimes right up to frost! That
II could easily give you five, six, seven
thousand blooms Its very first year! That
II easily gave you up TO 1900 blooms its
second year! And that every year thereafter.
ii continued to give you new value and
beauty that you could actually divide
each single plant into ;, 5. even 10, new
plants an unendine parade of gigantic
S.foot traffic-stoppers as many as 100000
magnificent blooms surrounding your home
with living walls Of fiery beauty!
pianf Now For Earliest.
Fullest Bloom
This SVn,msrL