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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Housewife Argues Own Case
On Driving Charge and Wins

An Arlington housewife has
been cleared of a reckless driv-
ing charge after she argued her
own case before a Circuit Court
Jury.
The woman, Mrs. Alexander F.
MuZyk, was arrested on Deem
Der 9 and accused of violating
"a county ordinance in passing a
car at a railroad crossing on
IGlebe road near Bluemont drive.
She appeared before County
Court Judge Paul D. Brown. who
found her guilty and levied a
$40 fine.
Acting as her own attorney,
Mrs. Muzyk, 4437 North Eight
zenith street, appealed the con-
Iviction. Yesterday, she con-
WINGED a five-man jury she was
innocent of the charge.
An Arlington police officer,
Conrad Koneczny. testified that
lGlebe road is a two-lane high
way at that point and that the
defendant had passed in the
wrong lane.
The traffic, he said, was NOV
ing slowly at the time.
Mrs. Muzyk, the mother Of
four, told the jury she had pulled
out of a line Of traffic that was
lat a standstill. Also, the house,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

mot have to rely on private
schools.
There are only a few hun
bred in these special categories,
Mrs. Stone said. We've got to
weigh the welfare of these few
hundred against 100000 public
school children"
Sees "Clock Turned Back"
Mrs. Stone said passage of the
amendment would be turning
the clock backward - back to
class education"
William L. Winston, an Ar
lington delegate and prepayment
of the amendment. said that "tc
refuse any State aid is simply
to punish the children whose
parents don't believe in inte-
grated schools"
Mr.. Winston said schools In
Southern Virginia will be abol-
Iished unless the aid provision il
approved and there has beer
no suggestion from any of the
opponents for. providing educa-
ton in those areas If schools
were abolished"
Mr.. Thayer said the Gray rec
concentrations were made by a
representative commission
made up principally of angry
men"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Boy, Called
.Parakeet Killer

HAGERSTOWN. Md, Jan. 5
up. - Washington County All.
thorities solved the mysterious
Iparakeet Sayings yesterday with
apprehension of a 14-year-old
boy who said he hated all birds.
Deputy Sheriff Claude Cline
quoted the boy as saying he
particularly hated parakeets.
that something would Flip in
my head" and he would feel
the urge to kill birds.
Yesterday Sheriff Cline was
called to the Fountain Dale Ele-
imentary School north of Hagers-
town by school authorities who
discovered their third pet para
Ikeet slain. The bird had been
Idecapitated.
A previous pet parakeet had
been drowned IN a school aquaf-
Iium and its predecessor had its
head cut off. The school had
been broken into three times in
two months with death Of the
iparakeets the main target Of the
forays. asa
Mr.. Cline said the boy told
him he had enjoyed" killing
birds ever since he once killed
some chickens for his mother.
States Attorney Tom Kaylor
turned the boy over to Juvenile
Court Magistrate Evan CroSye
who said he would attempt to
have him placed in a mental
institution for examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Battle in Plea
For Gray Plan
BY a star stan writer

LEESBURG. Va, Jan. s.
Former Governor John S. Battle
last night urged Loudoun Coun-
ty voters to "give the Legislature
the tools with which to meet the
threat of integration."
Mr.. Battle, in his first speech
in the campaign to amend Vir-
ginia's constitution. said that the
proposed amendment to be voted
on next Monday would merely
put in the hands of the State
legislators the powers they need
to stop school integration.
Mr.. Battle said that it has
been stated that the tuition
grant program would be too
costly.
Il do not fear this" he said.
Il have spent too many years
attempting to get money for
schools. know how hard it isl
Mr.. Battle said he is con-
WINGED that If there is not a IA
Ivorable vote Monday on the con-
Istitution change some counties
in the State will close down their
schools
The former Governor spoke al
the high school auditorium here
to more than 600 county resi-
dents.
Representative Smith, Demo-
lcrat of Virginia. urged voters to
Igo to the polls in the Monday
referendum.
In a warning to colored resi-
dents, a number of whom were
Ipresent. Mr.. Smith said that il
Indignation comes about it will
mean the loss of jobs now held
by colored teachers.
He said that Virginia now
employs more colored teachers
than all of the integrated States
together. He added that these
teachers may lose their jobs il
the effort to integrate persists.
The meeting was sponsored by
the Loudoun County Committee
for the Convention. Lucas D.
Phillips. Loudoun's menIeer of
the House of Delegates, presided
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

appear at the hearing today to
protest.
Also protesting the private con-
Istruction of the bridge was the
Worcester County Development
Association, a citizens group
which favors construction of the
bridge by a public authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Disabled Veterans
Ability to Be Stressed

Members of the Disabled
American Veterans in Virginia
this week launched a six-month
program to emphasize the ability
of disabled veterans as employees
Each DAV chapter in the
State will honor outstanding
employers and disabled veterans
in its territory with a Depart
ment of Virginia citation. The
employer judged the most out
standing at the close Of the pro-
gram will be honored at a spe-
cial ceremony and will be pre-
sented with a national distin-
guished service plaque.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Hyde Reports
Voters Oppose
U. 5. School Aid
BY the Associated Press

Federal aid to education is be-
ing opposed almost 81 in letters
being received by Representative
Hyde, Republican of Maryland
An aide said the first letters
received after Mr.. Hyde recently
invited expressions from resi-
dents. Of Maryland's 9Th Con.
gressional District showed g
count of II for and 81 against
Representative Hyde is op-
posed to Federal aid to educa.
ton, a major issue before Con.
gress.
In a recent news letter, he
said he wants to hear from his
constituents.
"Shall we break with tradi.
ton and embark on a new phil
osophy of public education?" he
asked. ~
An aide said there were typical
for and against replies. "a.
FOR: "In my opinion, Mr.
Hyde, if Congress passes a schoo
construction bill it will not b.
breaking with tradition and EN-
barking on a new philosophy O.
public education. The Fedora
Government has been giving aie
to public schools for years
I do not see how public educa.
ton can secure adequate sup
port from local and State sources
of taxation when the Fedora
Government collects about II
per cent Of all the taxes"
AGAINST: Estates and mu
inequalities are In a better posi-.
ton to finance education thar
the Federal Government. Wash.
ington takes a 20-25 per CEN
bite of the national incom,
through taxation, while in 1853
State and local taxes took onl!
7.6 per cent. The debts Of Stat,
and local governments are small
when compared to the staggering
Federal debt, States and nianl
school districts can sell, long.
term general obligation bonds a
lower interest rates than thu
Federal Government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
miller Heads
" Guide Tribes

Norman r. Miller of 260r
Randolph road. Silver Spring. i.
the new chief of the Silver
Spring YMCA'S q father-and.
son Indian guide tribes.
Other officers are Robert Gar.
land, assistant chief; Water
Barr. medicine man; Edward
Nethercutt. tallykeeper: Charles
Simpson, wampum- bearer; Nor.
man McKonley, sachem; anc
Martin Alderman, Henry Griggs
and Ray Anderson, delegates-at.
large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
January Z Set
For Assateague
Bridge Hearing

| BALTIMORE. Jan. 5 Up, - A
Public Service Commission
hearing on a proposal to builc
a privately-owned toll bridge tc
Assateague Island was post
poned yesterday until January
IL.
Spokesman for the Assateague
Island Bridge Corp. asked fol-
the poStponement on the ground
that certain State agencies
wanted to negotiate an offer OF
$40 acres Of land for use as q
State park. The agencies were
not identified.
The bridge corporation at
torney. former State Senator
Thomas F. johnson. announced
the offer at the outset of the
hearing today. He said the
property would be given to the
State If the corporation is given
permission to build its proposed
bridge.
One-Mile Ocean Front
The $40 acres in question lie
north of the present subdivided
portion of Ocean Beach on the
island. Much of the land was
obtained from the State by
patent in 1851 by North Ocean
Beach. Inc. for $4,000.
Mr.. johnson said the land
would be worth about $500, 600
If it were to be developed. It in
.cludes about one mile of ocean
front and two miles fronting on
Sinepuxent Bay.
Today's hearing originally was
called to allow the bridge corpora
ton to present certain informa-
.tion required by the PSC. notably
ia financing plan. approval by the
Worcester County commissioners
Iof the proposed site, and clear
.ance from the State Roads Com
mission and the Army engineers.
Bridge Draws Protests
In the meantime, however. the
State park question arose. At a
meeting of State officials, Gov.
McKeldin sale he was determined
that the State would build a pub
lie park on the island.
The Governor directed Russell
III. Mccain. roads commission
chairman: Joseph F. Kaylor, for
'ests and parks director, and Di-
rector Alvin I. Pasarew of the
State Planning Commission to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
By GEORGE FLYNN

How much rumble shoulc
cause q grumble?
The Army Engineers. busy
trying to get a big tunnel bull
near Brookmont. Md, are get
ting an answer to that question
If you set off 200 pounds o.
dynamite 100 to 200 feet below
the ground three times a day
wen, the neighbors are going tt
complain.
A spokesman for the En-
gineers says they are seriously
concerned" about the gripes but
know of no way to build a tun.
mel without blasting.
The tunnel has to be built.
The 4.400-foot- long tube will
be a vital part of the Little Falls
dam system, needed to augment
the intake of raw water from
the Potomac. so that Washing
tonians will have enough to
drink in 1857. @1..
700 Feet in 2 Months
In two months of work. TOO
feet of the tunnel has been cut.
The 13-foot bore Is edging
through the solid quartz hill
side overlooking the Gao Canal
at the rate of "a feet a day.
This means another 1876 to
140 feet, of blasting and rock
chewing before the tunnel
reaches the Dalecarlia reservoir
T. C. Smith, construction en-
gineer for the Army Engineers
comedies that the earth tremors
will be more pronounced in
Brookmont residential neighbor-
hoods as the work progresses
toward the midway mark.
The tunnels path, after reach
ing Macarthur boulevard, cuts
eastward across property of the
Army Map Service en- route tc
the reservoir. At that end, the
blasts will be more muted.
So far, Mr.. Smith says. there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Tunnel Blasting Stirs Up
Rocks and Tempers

has been no evidence of physica
damage to residences as a result
Iof the blasting. Nor does he ex,
Ipect any.
The 200-pound charges of dy.
mantle are set of in strings O,
10 shots, SO that only 20 pound,
of powder is exploded at ont
time.
How They are Ranked
In the category of shock from
such blasts, the charges fall be.
tween the easily noticeable Il
persons" and the troublesome
Ito persons" groupings. Mr.. Smith
said.
They're well below the severe
to persons" type of charges.
Mr.. Smith quoted this question
and answer from research re.
port on blasting, prepared by the
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.:
THE property owner asks:
Will that contractors blasting
damage my building?"
Your building should stand
five times the shock that will
scare you"
Mr.. Saith Vsays none Of the
charges have been sufficient to
scare" though he admits the
element or surprise In the night
time blasts justifies laments from
the light sleepers in the neigh
borhood.
Blasts are scheduled at 4 pm,
10 pm. and 8 am. In between,
construction crews clean out the
blasted rock. Work goes on
round the clock, seven days a
week-"which is the way you
build tunnels"
Group Won't Complain
Despite the individual COM
plants to the Engineers, the
Brookmont Civic Association has
decided not to make a major
civic issue" of the condition, ac-
cording to Donald Bent, asso-
citation president.
He reported the blasting was
discussed at the last association
meeting and that several MEM
bers were mildly distressed
about the rumbles, but that no
official action of the associa-
ton was proposed.
Some Of the members are en-
ployes of the Corps of Engineers.
They live within rumble distance
of the blasts. If they are suf-
fering, they are keeping their
grumbles to q humble,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Hyde Will Address
Life Underwriters

The ewly-formed Suburban
Maryland Association of Life
Underwriters will hear Repre-
sentative Hyde, Republican Of
Maryland, at its organizatiorial
meeting at. noon tomorrow at the
Silver Spring Hot Shoppe. S643
Colesville road.
Mr.. Hyde. who is slated to dis
cuss expected changes in social
security laws, also will present
the association charter to VIII
liam H. Ball. the groups first
president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05
Gray PIon Discussion
Slated at Worrenton

The Gray report will be dis
cussed by two speakers at 8 pm.
tonight in the Warrenton High
School. Warrenton, Va.
Delegate Omer L. Hirst, Arl-
ington. will speak against the
report and State Senator Robert
Y. Button. Culpeper. member of
the Gray Commission. will speak
for it. The meeting will be spon-
sored by the Fauquier Education
Association. Written questions
from the floor will be permitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

wife testified, her drivers man.
ual says a rnotorist may pass on
% railroad track If there are two
lanes moving in the same direc-
ton.
After considering the case for
less than 10 minutes, the jury
returned a not guilty verdict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-05
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Suppose a doctor has been
brought to court and charged
by the State with performing
illegal abortions.
The medic admits he performed
the specific operation upon
the woman in question. But, he
says in effect, I cannot be con-
victed of a crime because what
I did is not prohibited by law.
At this point the prosecution
demurs. pointing to the statute
which says that it shall be a
crime to operate upon a preg-
nant woman with intent to pro-
cure a miscarriage.
Exactly. the defense lawyer
retorts. but it turned out that
the woman in the case was not
actually pregnant. She thought
she was and so did the doctor;
but she wasn't. Hence no crime!
A very similar situation arose
recently in Indiana, and it is
no rare thing in law. 1t is a
point that continues to come up
in one State after another.
Must pregnancy be charged
and proved in order to prose-
cute successfully anyone who
undertakes an illegal abortion?
Indiana decided no.
Under common law 1t was
necessary for the prosecution to
prove that a condition of preg-
nancy actually did exist. The
matter today is generally covered
by statute, but these vary quite
a bit. Some of them specifically
mention pregnancy as an ele-
ment of abortion, others do not.
Plenty of persons charged with
illegal abortion have got of
on this technicality. The courts
in such States as Alabama,
California, New York, North
Carolina and Pennsylvania have,
at one time or another, taken
the position that there could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
GOING LIKE so
Age Found
NoBurrier
ToLeurninqs

We read that science knows no
reason why the average elderly
person cannot continue to learn
with at least IS to 80 per cent
efficiency.
It would be a fine thing if
more elderly people went back
to school or learned new skills.
Millions of oldsters cut them
selves OF from exhilarating in
tellectual adventure because they
think they are too old.
Yet your mental powers grow
with use just as will power grows
with practice. Every time you
force yourself to finish a task,
it will come a little easier next
time.
If you use your will power and
your brain you will find yourself
more alert in a more interesting
world.
prepared bp Committee on the Aging,
United Community Services)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
TODAY IN MEDICINE
Hospital Administrator
Keeps Public Posted
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS

The dean" of Washington
area hospital administrators has
carried news of his Arlington
Hospital into private homes via
radio three times a week for
eight and a half years without
missing a program.
John j. Anderson. who built
the institution from small
Federally owned hospital to a
modern-day private, community
hospital. goes on the air from
his office at AIS pm. each Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday. He
is on station WARL.
When he goes on vacations.
he tapes his broadcasts in adj
vance.
This continuous series Of ra-
do shows is credited in large
part for the growth of Arlington
Hospital to its present status.
Keeps People Posted
I'VE keep the hospital before
the public in living rooms and
kitchens all year round" Mr..
Anderson declared this week. 1T
keeps people posted on our prof.
ectS as well as our future plans.
I'VE feel people should know
what's going on in their hospital
all of the time. not just those
periods when we are campaign
ing for funds"
Consequently, donors m all
their 81 bills or IS bills 365 days
in the year.
Mr.. Anderson is unusual
among hospital administrators.
He visits each and every patient
In the hospital at least once
during the persons stay, unless
business or an occasional vaca-
ton causes him to be out of
town.
Audience Contributes Money
Patients are our best public
relations men," he declared.
"And the radio audience is more
important than the hospitals
trustees themselves. The audi
ence is the group that contrib
utes money"
The five-minute broadcasts
come directly from Mr.. Ander-
sons desk. The radio station has
provided a permanent micro
phone. AS the ION air" time APP
proacheS, Mr.. Anderson switches
on the radio and when the an
nouncer introduces him, he turns
II down and starts talking.
Often he introduces one Of his
patients to the audience. Always
he speaks of what's going on in
medicine on a local level.
Disc Jockeys Compete
Recently the stations disc
Jockeys staged a contest to see
who could raise the most money
for the benefit of the hospital.
I'll play your favorite record
II you'll send me 10 cents for
Arlington Hospital" the disc
Jockeys announced. Mr.. Ander-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

years, instead of the agreed upon
five years. During those four
years he also staged q campaign
for a 81 million addition which
was paid for when it was opened
in 1858.
At the time this was occupied
another campaign was opened
for a second addition to cost 81
million. This, he said, will be
completely paid for when it is
opened this January.
Arlington has a hospital that
is strictly community backed"
the dean Of administrators
here declared. The next goal?
One hundred more beds to make
the institution "the right size
for. the community.
Collecting Bills
One Of the toughest things
about being a hospital admin
istrator,. Mr.. Anderson says, is
collecting unpaid bills.
One man was finally talked
into visiting his ONCE two weeks
ago after three years Of dicker-
ing back and forth.
Don't worry" he told Mr..
Anderson. You'll get your
money. Even if I die I'll send
it to you from Heaven"
and" asked the administra-
tor, what happens if you don't
go to Heaven?"
I'll just hand it to you." was
the retort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

son reports 5000 was raised in a
matter of couple Of weeks.
BY visiting each patient at
least once. the administrator is
able to keep a sharp eye on the
floors. Everyone is on his toes
because of this" he declared.
And. / think the patient prob
ably gets a little better care"
Decade at Sea
Before Mr.. Anderson entered
the hospital business" he spent
over a decade at sea. He eventu-
ally became chief engineer of
what was the largest oil tanker
in the world before the second
World War.
And then he married, and
chose Washington as his home.
He became engineer at Chill
dren's Hospital in 1898. It wasn't
long before he became assistant
administrator. In 1913 he was
offered the job of administrator
at Arlington.
Arlington Hospital was $751;
900 in DEBT. The building was
owned by the Federal Govern
ment. II was told the hospital
couldn't stay open more than
three more months" he recalled.
There was a staff Of so doctors
and the 100-bed institution had
$50 employees.
465 Doctors
Now, there is a staff Of 465
doctors and some $50 employees.
1t is a 200-bed institution.
Mr.. Anderson started cam
paigning. The hospital was
bought from the Government for
$125.000 and paid for in four
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

same phrase to include embryos.
In any event. there can be no
mistaking a present trend to-
ward revamping the law in such
Ia way as to diminish the en-
Iphasis on pregnancy. In other
words, the attempt to commit IL
legal abortion is itself criminal.
Today the statutes are COM
ing around to this kind of state
Iment: who ever prescribes or
administers to any pregnant
woman or any woman he believes
to be pregnant with intent
to procure miscarriage :" is
guilty.
The next Low in the News column
will appear Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
LAW IN THE NEWS
Doctor Loses Plea
In Operation Case

mot be abortion without preg-
nancy.
A further complication may
arise where the statute involved
makes use of the phrase "preg-
|nant with child" Georgia. for
example. has interpreted this to
mean that an induced miscar-
riage is not abortion within the
law unless the unborn child has
quickened. lie. shown life. Con-
versely, Oregon interprets the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

The next Low in the News column
will appear Wednesday,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-20
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