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unless they could get q firm
commitment in advance from
the union on labor costs.
Franchise Killed
In any event. Congress
bought the Commissioners
argument after several fruitless
hearings and mediation efforts.
and rushed a charter franchise
cancellation bill through on
the night Of adjournment.
The next step then was up
TO President Eisenhower. who
could sign the bill or kill 1t
with a pocket veto. At the last
minute, 1t looked like q sigma
ture might not be necessary.
An international official OF
the union worked out 0 settle
ment with CTC's president
to be effective II the bill kill
ing the company should not
become law.
The settlement was dealt q
near-mortal blow. however. at
the instigation OF Oregon's
Senator Wayne Morse. who had
praised the bill as a measure
to run Wolfson out Of town"
Learning of the company
union deal. he tongue-whipped
local officials of the union
who. the next day, repudiated
any agreement dependent on
q veto of the bill.
Dying but not quite dead,
the deal was completely killed
by publication Of its terms
while an effort was still being
made to persuade the COM
pany to Withdraw the veto
condition--on the theory that
President Eisenhower could be
depended on not to sign bill
so repugnant to Republican
economic philosophy If the
strike crisis had been ended.
Thus, with the strike still
going. the bill was signed on
August l4--to be effective in
exactly one year.
Book to Work
The strike was settled q
week later. after So days.
when the District Commits
sioners read an unanticipated
authority into one section Of
the etc death sentence bill.
First they got union agree
ment to go back to work for
an immediate raise Of 10 cents
an hour. plus 5 cents an hour
next July /, and other contract
improvements.
Then they persuaded the
company to accept the con-
tract in exchange for q nego-
tiated fare increase, in which
the Public Utilities Commits
sion took part only for pur-
poses of making q recon-
mendation." The Board of
Commissioners set the new
fares. which went into effect
Immediately, and gave the
company almost all it had
asked for in its plea to the
Utilities Commission June 6.
The new fares provided o
three-cent boost in the token
rates, from 16 CENTS each to
10 cents, a l5-eent hike in the
price Of the weekly permit
Cfrom rs cents to 80 cents
with no change in the 20-cent
cash fare. Later came a AZ
cent increase to ~ cents in
the school fare.
With these new rates, the
company started drastic econ
omizing in preparation for GO
ing out Of business and made
UP all but about $500 Of Its
strike costs within two months
Wonted--on Operator
The Utilities Commission be-
gan hunting for q private
operator to take over the dying
franchise. Six applicants filed
at the October 10 deadline
and Mr.. Mclaughlin said there
would be others.
There weren't, however, and
one Of the six dropped out for
inability to get financing
Early in December the Utili-
ties Commission ruled that
none Of the remaining 1--WE
had presented a satisfactory
plan, and began working-ir
cooperation with the Board Of
Commissioners-for establish.
ment Of an independent gov.
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Tragedy

The double murder in the
park at Lane Manor, near
the University of Maryland.
was the most spectacular Of :
seven murder cases in Prince
Georges County during 1885, 4
In that case, Nancy Marie y
Shomette, 16. and Michael :
Anne Ryan. IA, were ambushed
and shot down in cold blood .
by an unknown rifieman in
Northwest Branch park as they :.
walked to Northwestern High
School to pick up Nancy's :
year-end report card on June,
Is. 4.
Another Of the Prince
Georges murder cases was the. /.
knife-slaying In the Langley
Park shopping center of last :
November IL of Richard E.
Gibson, 20-year-old Univer-,
sity of Maryland student who ;
was stabbed in struggle with, !,
a youth he spotted driving his,
car away from his home.
Awaiting trial IN this murder :.
is Edward Vincent Marcionette,i :.
II, of Falkland, Md. -
Montgomery County's crime :
of the year was the strangula-. :
ton of a 6-year-old girl by
her 15-year-old step-sister. /,
Mrs. Marion Janice Moseley.. (.
The sinking of the schooner
Marvel was the worst disaster. :
of the year. But Maryland :
had another spectacular ac-
cident October 10, when a
big tractor-trailer truck lost
its brakes and ran wild down
Mount Savage on Route 40
in Allegany County. It forced
another truck off the road
and overran a passenger car
killing five persons in all be-
fore it finally came to a halt
in Cumberland after q nine
mile ride.
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MARYLAND
Inteerotion, Highway Scandals,
Toxes Capture Free Stote's Eye

tax law, was enough 10 balance
the budget.
1t was only Q one-year an
swer to the States financial
dilemma, however, because the
extra money coming from the
telescoping OF payments un-
der the withholding system
would not be available next
fiscal year. Or at least that Is
what Legislative leaders were
led to believe, and that is the
reason they appointed a spe-
cial committee headed by State
Senator Edward s. Northrop.
Democrat of Montgomery, to
delve into the State financial
situation and come up with
some new revenue sources by
1856.
The pessimisn of Maryland's
financial estimators. however.
appears to have made 1t un-
necessary for the Legislature to
seek out any major sources Of
new revenue for the coming
year. at least. incidentally, the
financial estimating at the
State level is done by the
Board of Revenue Estimates.
made up of the State Treas
urer, Controller and budget
director, all Democrats.
On Christmas Eve, Gov. Nc
Keldin announced that all he
intended to propose to the
1856 Legislature in the way Of
a tax program was an increase
in Maryland's 10 per cent
horse race betting tax and
an additional "a days of rae
ing on Free State harness and
fiat tracks. Thus. it would APP
pear, that general tax increases
viii be unnecessary to balance
next years budget unless the
Legislature drastically IN
creases the spending side Of
the State budget.
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VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA
Gray School Report
Tops Stote's News
BY ALEX R. PRESTON

overshadowng event in Virginia in 1855 actually had
its beginning outside Virginia May II. 1854
That the date of the Supreme Court decision
banning public school segregation because of
reaction followed in Virginia in other Southern
States end citizens engaged debate
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Transit

The transit mess began TO
boil last June 6 when Capital
Transit Company asked the
Public Utilities Commission
for a fare increase. The COM
pany pointed out it was-in for
heavy new wage demands from
the ALL transit workers
union when a three-year con-
tract expired July u. and that
the previous fare increase
(more than q year earlier>
had fallen far short Of
producing the income esti-
mated by the commission.
The request came only four
days after Robert E. Nc
Laughlin, Eisenhower : APP
pointed chairman Of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission, had
been promoted TO the District
Board of Commissioners. le-
placing Democrat Renah z.
Camalier.
Succeeding Mr.. Mclaughlin
as head of the Utilities Com
mission was George E. c.
Hayes, one of the Negro at
torneys VINO fought the Dis
trict school segregation case
to the Supreme Court and the
first of his race appointed 10
such an Office in the District.
Almost before Mr.. Hayes got
his. feet under the new desk.
the transit mess exploded. The
debris hasn't settled yet.
The commission rushed into
hearings on the application
for a fare increase, but the
strike came on schedule, with
Capital Transit insisting 1t
couldn't make an offer to the
union for lack Of earnings out
Of which to pay a raise.
The company's president,
]. A. B. Broadwater, backed
UP by Florida multimillionaire
Louis E. Wolfson, the con-
trolling stakeholder. insisted
the fare increase would have
to come with or before any
wage boost.
Mediation Fails
Attempting to head of the
strike, the Board Of Commits
sioners tried to mediate be-
tween the union and the
company. In an eleventh-hour
effort which failed, the three
Commissioners - Mr.. Nc
Laughlin, Samuel Spencer and
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane
attempted to club both sides
into sweet reasonableness by
threatening to ask Congress to
cancel the company's oper-
ating charter and franchise.
The city heads finally car
ried out that threat after the
strike was well under way. Mr.
Wolfson, they argued to Con.
gress, had forfeited his right
to run a public utility by re.
fusing to deal with the unior
and take his chances on the
kind of a fare increase HI
might get from the utilities
commission.
And, they told Congress
there would be plenty of othel
private operators eager ant
willing to take over the Capt
tai Transit franchise. The!
seemed to be saying, in short
that Mr.. Wolfson's profit mo-
tivation was greed. but tina
they could find other operator
with different motivation.
So far, of course, no salts
factory replacement for MI
Wolfson has turned up. Tn
most likely candidates. a grouI
Of Baltimore investors rep
resented by former Senate
Willard z. Tydings. stumble'
over the same problem tina
best the Wolfson management
and said they couldn't g
ahead with their application
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highway rlghtS-OI-Way. LII
Pre- then quit his $6.200-a-
year job with the roads COM
mission.
1t was four months later
before the Montgomery and
Prince Georges grand juries
were presented with the EVIL
dence collected by the inves-
tigators from the Attorney
Generals office. BY then, Du
Pre- had vanished. Authorities
believe he has returned to his
native Mexico and are trying
to extradite him.
Indictments were served on
the six real estate operators,
however, and their trial Is
pending.
Other Troubles
The right-of-way scandal
made up only part OF the
troubles the State Roads Com
mission had to weather dur
ing 1855.
The 1855 Legislature spent
a good deal Of its 90-day ses-
sion debating bills calling for
legislative investigation of the
commission. The bills grew
mostly from concern about the
propriety of awarding an un-
usual contract to David M.
Nichols, q former member Of
the roads commission. Under
terms of the contract, Nichols
and another Baltimore City
real estate firm agreed to ac-
quire the Baltimore Harbor
tunnel right-of-way for The
State at a fee Of 7la per cent
of whatever the right-of-way
cost. Thus, the more the State
paid, the more its land acquisi-
ton agent would get.
The Legislature never passed
any Of the investigation bills.
but later in the year, after
the Du Pre- incident, Gov.
McKeldin turned one Of his
study committees loose on the
roads commission. The com
mittee. headed by Harry ].
Green, prominent Baltimore
attorney. delivered its report
in November and recommended
that the roads agency be adj
ministered by q professional
highway director rather than
q tt1ree-member commission.
The Green commission pro-
posals. plus some proposed
changes In Maryland's right
/. of-way acquisition laws. are
scheduled for consideration
by the 1856 Legislature. meet
ing in February. Joseph D.
Buscher. assistant attorney
general in charge Of SRC legal
affairs, is preparing the right
of-way legislation, and he says
1t viii be patterned after the
Pennsylvania system, In which
the value Of right-of-way is
frozen early in the planning
Of new highway projects.
Construction Showdown
The controversy surround
ing the roads commission was
accompanied by a general
showdown in the construction
of new highways under the
12-year, 1858 million roads
program now entering it's third
year. The commission blamed
the showdown on the Legisla-
ture, first, through its failure
to increase roads maintenance
funds by raising the auto reg
istration fees and. second, be-
cause of its approval Of a bin
eliminating the tolls from the
new Patuxent River Bridge,
which forced the Legislature
to prematurely retire the bonds
financing the span.
Another big reason for the
slowdown---one that the COM
mission wasn't emphasizing
was an IL per cent increase in
the costs of buying right-of-
way. Much of this increase
went into the pockets Of specu-
lators. lit became obvious as the
year wore on.
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school construction and hospi-
tai. but turned down $50 mil
lion for a county-owned water
system.
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DISTRICT
Transit Mess Easily Qualities
As Worst Migroine of '55 Here

eminent Authority 10 run
the transit system.
AS the year ended, they were
drafting q bill for submission
to Congress. where the final
decisions must soon be made.
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DeMotho and GU Prep
Tuke LEAGUE Comes

DeMatha, which upset Carroll
of Division / Friday night,
proved its right to the favorite's
role In Division II yesterday dur
ing the opening double-header
Of the Washington Catholic
League.
DeMatha finished with a rush
to swamp Priory. 76-47. In the
second game yesterday at De-
Malta, after Georgetown Prep
beat st. Anthony, 65-46, in the
first game.
Ernie Cage, John McDonough
and Bill Wilson scored 10, Is and
IA points, respectively, during
DeMatha's eighth victory in 10
games. Don Ralph, second
ranking boys junior tennis
player In the area, was high
for Priory with II points.
Tony Carroll. whose rebound
ing and scoring was the big
fatcor in breaking st. Anthony's
zone defense, dumped in l9
points for Prep, followed by 13
each from Johnny Powell and
Chick Leasure. Dave Wilson
topped st. Anthony with 10.
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Hopes
Hinge on Mikan
81 the Associated Pres


There may still be hope yet for
the Minneapolis Lakers In the
Western Division Of the National
Basketball Association II George
!Mikan can whip back into shape
and play a good game.
Big George, the Associated
Press basketball player Of the
half century, made his return
from retirement ofiicial Saturday
might. and popped in II points in
II minutes as the Lakers de-
lfeated Fort Wayne, the Western
Division leader, l17-94.
Yesterday he scored 10 points,
playing about Is minutes. as the
iPistons rallied to beat the Lakers.
lO4-90
Despite the split, the Lakers
stayed a step ahead Of the last
place st. Louis Hawks, who were
knocked over by the Philadelphia
Warriors, 1896. last night. Paul
Arizin scored IS for the Warriors
as they padded their Eastern DE-
vision lead over Boston's Celtics.
The Celtics were chilled by the
New York Knickerbockers, l09-
Il04. in overtime as Carl Braun
hit q pair of decisive field goals.
The victory left the Knicks Ia
games ahead of last place SYRIA
cuse. a 99-88 winner over the
Rochester Royals.
New York, led by Gene Shue
and Jim Baechtold, with 20 each.
missed only four Of 81 free throw
attempts and hit 8-for-S in the
overtime at Boston.
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|Mar|ene Bauer
Takes Tourney

SEA ISLAND. Ca. Jan. II
R.--A beautiful approach shot
and a fine putt under pressure
yesterday sent Marlene Bauer
Hsgee of Asheville, n. c.. into
the winners circle Of the Sea
Island WomeB's invitational
tournament. the first in the
Ladies Professional Golfers as
ISOLATION 1856 tour.
The victory. Mrs. Hagge's first
since winning the New Orleans
Open several months ago, was
worth $3.50.
Mrs. Hagge won 1t the hard
way, knocking in o par four on
the first extra hole Of a sudden
death playoff.
She finished the regulation SO
holes in a three-way tie with
Mary Lena Faux Of brownsville,
Ga, and Joyce Ziske Of Water
ford, Wise. All three posted 1875
in the $500 tournament played
over the tough mems par 1885,
~ course.
On the extra hole. a 330-yard
par four, Mrs. Hagge was on
the fringe with her second shot,
then rolled the ball UP to the
lip Of the cup for an easy par,
Miss Faux missed a 6-foot putt
and Miss Ziske missed from 2
feet to take fives.
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STAR GAMES
Continued From Page Ali

AUhtSfAWC0 EtUuh &BS a.
|ner the New York metropolitan
|AAU mile. and Bill Taylor. form.
Ter West Coast half-mile champ.
ion now at the Quantico Marine
base. all are entered. Truck
scratched this morning.
Jack Davis. Charles Holding
Jim Lea and Harry Bright are
others who will be seeing theii
first major indoor competition
OF the season Saturday night.
High-jumper Holding won that
event last year with a meet-rec-
ord leap Of 6 feet Z and has done
q feet In practice. Victor Fritts
George Dennis and Robert Barks-
dale are others capable of break
ing Holdings mark.
Lea is the ex-Southern Cali
fornia star who is ranked fourth
among the worlds quarter-milers
He is one Of the favorites in the
600-yard run. which also has Lou
Jones. Joe Gaffney. Jack Ingley
and George Leas in the field. In
gley. the former Wilson High
star, has been clicked in l:l2
the record time set by Art Whit
the former great jamaican star,
in 1851. !,
Davis is . big name In the
hurdles. along with Rod Perry
but there are those who say Dick
Winston Of Penn State could
take it. Among them is his coach
at Penn State, Chick Werner
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Air Force Stors
Play at Andrews

The Air Force All-Star basket
ball team which will bid for an
! Olympic berth In the spring try
outs will play here three times
this week against two Of the
areas tougher service outfits.
The All-Stars play at Andrews
Air Force Base tonight. at Boil
ling Air Force Base tomorrow
night and against Andrews
Thursday night. all games start
ing at 8 o'clock. Proceeds from
the 50-cent admissions viii 60
into the olympic Fund.
Bruce brakes Of Oklahoma
has coached the Air Force stars
TO eight wins In row since a
defeat by the Phillips Oilers
|AAU team at the beginning Of
tn kjr tour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16

Werner reports that Winston has
been beating Perry. another
IPenn-Sta consistently. The
distance at the Armory Is 10
yards for this obstacle race. or
I25 yards more than the course at
Boston where Harrison billiard
was the victor.
Bright has entered the 1000
yard race. which also will have
Joe Deadly. the ext Georgetown
star. who set a record for three
quarters of q mile in the New
York Metro meet.
Deadly tried the mile at Bos-
ton. but the distance evidently
was too much for him. His COM
petitors in the 1000 will include
Gene Maynard, ex : Maryland
runner who was second to Tom
Courtney in that event in Bos-
ton: Bright. highly : regarded
member Of the Pioneer Athletic
Club. and Georgetown's Bob
Lippmeier.
The sprints also should be Of
special interest. Rod Richard.
who did not compete in Boston.
is the big threat to take over
where Art Bragg left off. Bragg,
formerly Of Morgan State. domi-
mated the series Of three races
for five years. but has hung up
his shoes, He won the 10 and
100 last year. with Richard. the
Negro Army lieutenant from
California, winning the 90.
Ken Kave, the former Dunbar
High star now at Morgan: Rod
Wilger. speedy Air Force runner:
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Dave Slime Of Duke. Andy stan-
field. 1861 Olympic champion. I
and Ron Horsham Of Philandef
Smith College. and Carl eager.
the running carpenter who lives
near College Park. all hope to
give Richard q tough time. E
Bob Richards. Don Lac and
Jerry Wellbourn. who tied VIZ
lanova's DON Bragg for the pols
vault honors in Boston at IA feeti
9. should do much better hers.
Bragg viii miss because Of the
Villanoya exams. Richards has
topped is feet twice and Lac has
done it once In previous Star
meets.
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Senator'S toGei
Quick Test Of
Altered Field

The Senators reduced playing
area. lessened considerably by
installation Of q fence in left
and centernelds. viii get q quick
test next spring. Twenty-one
of the clubs first % games viii
be played at Grifith Stadium.
After launching the season
here with q three-gAme series
against the Yankees starting
April II. the Senators win hit
the road for four games In Bal
timore. one in New York and
two in Boston. Then they'll re-
turn home for an BECAME stand.
The American League sched-
ule. released today, shows eight
of the Senators FIRST % games
win be with the Orioles.
A record 22s night games are
scheduled for the league. WASH
ington leads with IS home night
games listed, followed by Kansas
City with a. Baltimore AZ,
Cleveland 80, Chicago 23, New
York is and Boston and Detroit
Is each. The previous high was
224 night games In 1858.
The Senator'S will be at home
for two Of three holiday dates.
They'll be at New York Memorial
Day. but will play Baltimore here
July 4 and Boston here Labor
Day.
Baltimore will play the last
six games at Grifith Stadium.
After winding up q three-game
set with the Orioles here Septem-
Der s. the Senators viii be on
the road until September %,
when they return to climax the
season in another three-game
series with Baltimore.
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~ III. Associated Press

A world featherweight title
match in San Francisco Wednes-
day between Champion Sandy
|Saddler and Challenger Flash
Elorde viii steal some OF the
headlines from the many
pronged investigations Of the
Boxing Guild
(The fight will be televised
in Washington over Station
WMAL-Tv. Channel z. at 10
PM
Saddler, 20, is favored to cling
to the title he has held since
September 9, 1850 when he re-
captured it from Willie Pep
Sandy first won the l26-pound
championship october 20. 1915
but lost it to Pep the following
February.
It has been almost a year since
Saddler last defended against
Teddy (Red Top) Davis in Madi-
son Square Garden. February rs,
In a career dating back to 1894,
Sandy has a l42-15-2 record with
101 knockouts.
The chief reason for the Elorde
match is that the little man from
the Philippines beat Saddler in
an over-the-weight match, July
10, 1855 in Manila. Elorde's rec
ord Is 27-8-2. He is rated No.
3 among the challengers in the
year-end ring ratings.
Boxing continues In New York
past the January Is deadline set
by Julius Helfand, chairman OF
the New York State Athletic
Commission with licensed man.
ayers meeting the test by resign
ing from the broken Boxing
Guild of New York.
Where total darkness threat
ened 10 days ago. now two shows
will be run In the State this week
In New York and Syracuse.
The Monday series (WTTG
Channel s, In Washington. may
not continue for long, depending
on Hollands decision following
charges against the promoters
TOR alleged association with
known criminals in trying to
move to Baltimore.
Tonight's pairing between John
L. Sullivan of England and Tony
johnson Of New York was APP
proved by Helfand in fairness to
the boxers and all concerned
Sullivan. %. held the British
middleweight title for a time
Hek was stopped by Eduard'
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Toxic Wins Jump
FOX RTvEP

FOX RIVER GROVE. Ill.,, Jari.
is Up Art Toxic won the
Norge Ski Club Class A jumping
championship yesterday nosing
out Jack Bietila Of Ishpeming,
Mich. by onertenth of a point.
Toxic piled up 204.7 points on
jumps Of ITO and 178 feet.
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MIA STANDINGS

~ the Associated Press
EASTERN LEAGUE