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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS

Nine old greenhouses used by
the Botanic Garden would be de-
molished along Independence
avenue S.W. to make way for a
park in that section. under a
bill introduced yesterday in the
Senate.
The measure was sponsored by
Senator Green, Democrat of
Rhode Island, and referred to
the Senate Committee on Rules
and Administration.
The old greenhouses have been
considered an eyesore for some
time and would be completely re-
moved. New greenhouses to ham
/. die the same kind of work for
THE Botanic Gardens would be
built in the so-called Botanic
Garden Nursery along the Po-
Itornac River in Anacostia near
the District Government Tree
Nursery.
Other Buildings Stay
The rest of the Botanic Gar
den buildings at the foot of Capt.
Itol Hill, including the big con-
Iservatory housing many interest
ing plants, would remain where
they are.
/ The bill would authorize $751;
900 for demolition of the old
greenhouses and building new
ones. The old greenhouses are on
a site bounded by Maryland ave-
niue. Second street, Independence
avenue and Third street S.W.
I The work would be handled by
j. George Stewart, the architect
. of the Capitol, under the direc-
; ton of the Congressional Joint
Committee on the Libary headed
; by Senator Green.
, The greenhouse measure was
one of six bills introduced yes
: terday in the Senate.
Trailers Affected
These other five bills would
, Make three changes in D. c
! regulations on two-wheel trail.
, ers. The bill would remove the
, present prohibition on operation
, of trailers which are registered
outside the District, reduce the
; annual license fee on antique
! vehicles to IS and reduce the
amount of fees on most trailer'
placing them on a sliding scale
depending on the weight Of the
; trailer.
Make taxicab owners carry
insurance in the same amount
as that required of operator:
+ of private vehicles to cover in
! juries and property damage.
Permit so-called free trading
on stock exchanges and secu'
, rites owned in the District by
, minors. Under present Law
miners, to get their securities
: traded in. would have to have 9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
I5z SlA]E EDITION :
30 Million IN Roads
Due North Virginia
Prince Georges Okoys
S220, 900 Road Program

authorized as well as bridges on
Brown Station, Naylor Baden,
Falkland. Tan Yard. Cherry Hill
and Old Ritchie roads, and Pos
sum pike.
In other matters, the Commits
sioners set June is for a hearing
on a proposed reciprocal agree
ment with Montgomery County
for the operation of taxicabs
The hearing will be held n the
Hyattsyille County Service Build
ing at II am.
The agreement would enable
drivers of one county to answer
calls in the other. provided the
trip terminated in the home
county. 1t would also permit
drivers to take riders from the
home county into the other
county and pick up passenger
on the return trip. Cruising
outside the home jurisdiction
would be prohibited.
The proposal was drawn by
C. Gerard Bushcher, Prince
Georges Cab Inspector. and S. w
Parrish, Montgomery licensing
chief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Freehi|I zoninu
Backed, 1910
Foirfox Supervisors
Continue Hearings

The Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors last night continued
public hearings on specific areas
to be affected by the Freehill
coming amendment.
Twelve county residents sup
ported the amendment, while IL
appeared in opposition. The
amendment would enact the
land-use features of the McHugr
master plan. which provides fol
Ia three-acre minimum lot size
restriction in the western two
thirds of the county.
Opponents based their opposi-
ton on the provisions affecting
the high density eastern areas
They argued the amendment is
inconsistent with the recon-
mendations of the McHugh plan
which permits close development
Wnere sewer ana water facilities
will be available.
Government Palmer L. B.
Cram opposed close development
for the lower Mount Vernon area.
He said that the water service
provided by the Woodlawn Water
Co. is inadequate to serve close
development.
Edward r. Carr. Springfield
developer and former chairman
of the Washington Board of
Trade. opposed the coming OF
land near his holding in West
Springfield. He said that sewer
and water will be available and
its development has been planned
accordingly.
Asked by Board Chairman
for overall recommendations on
the plan, Mr.. Carr favored a
lone-acre minimum lot size re-
Istriction as ample to control
development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Northwestern Mojorettes
And Bond Top Winners

lOxon Hill, in the band-playing
competition among schools with
less than 500.
Eastern Junior High School Of
Maryland came out on top among
Junior high school bands. Leland
Junior High of Chevy Chase,
Md. and Kensington Junior High
Iof Kensington. tied for the Sec
Iond spot.
Lackey Junior Senior High
School of Indian Head, Md, took
| first place for marching bands
in the junior-senior grade.
First and second place win
ners in the junior high school
majorettes competition went to
Mount Rainier (Md.) Junior
High and Hyattsville Junior
High, respectively. The latter is
one of the preparatory schools
| for the No. / winner, North
western.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19

A $220.000 road construction
program beginning in July was
approved yesterday by the Prince
Georges County Commissioners
in Hyattsville.
To speed up the program, the
Commissioners approved the
purchase of seven new trucks
and the replacement Of IL others
in the Department of Public
Works.
Projects slated to begin this
summer are Virginia avenue,
Woodland street in Columbia
Park. Franklin avenue in Sea-
brook, and Auth. Duley Station,
Montgomery, Brown Station,
Darcy, Metzerott and Naylor
Baden roads. Chew road will be
stabilized.
The commissioners also ap-
proved surface treatment for SO
miles of roadway throughout the
county.
A fund totaling $2S.l35 was set
aside for additional road projects
during the fiscal year beginning
in July.
The Book Road Bridge was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Broader Law
For Probation
HereUrged
Judge Laws Asks
That Federal Act
Apply to Court

Chief Justice Bolitha ]. Laws
yesterday urged legislation to
widen opportunities for proba-
ton here by putting his court
under the Federal Probation Act.
District Court defendants can
get probation now, but it is pro-
vided under the District Code
probation provisions which were
written in 1910 and are more re-
stricted than the Federal act.
Under the District Code. it was
explained, persons convicted of
q prior felony are barred from
probation. This bar does not
exist in the Federal Probation
Act.
50 Five Crimes Barred
Under the Federal act, only
crimes punishable by death or
life Imprisonment are excluded
from consideration for probation.
Under the District Code. five
specific crimes are now barred
from probation. Three of these
would continue to be barred be-
cause the punishment is death
or life imprisonment. but two
Observation-Disclosures and ar
son-wou1d be considered for
probation under the Federal act.
Testifying before House Jul
dietary subcommittee. Judge
Laws said the District Court here
Is the only Federal District Court
in the country excepted from
the Federal Probation Act
If the bill were passed, he said
1t would permit the judges of his
court to suspend the imposition
or execution of sentence and
place the defendant on probation
for such period and upon such
terms and conditions as the court
deems best"
Held Great Help
Declaring the bill would place
In effect here a more enlight-
ened view" he said "this would
be a very great help to us"
Furthermore, he said. the Fed
eral act if applied here would
enable the judges to transfer de-
PENDANTS to other jurisdictions
where they might have a job,
place them on probation and
transfer the supervision of such
probation to the place where they
were transferred.
The bill would leave the Mu-
nicipal Court and the Juvenile
Court here under the same Dis
trict code under which they now
have the right to suspend either
the imposition or execution of
sentence.
Judge Laws said he knew of
no opposition to the bill. He
said it had been approved by
Judges of the local Eleventh Cir
cult here. by the Judicial Confer
ence of the United States. the
Department of Justice. the Dis
trict Commissioners and the Mu-
nicipal Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
Retired Rudio Actor
Found Shot to Deuth

A retired radio actor was
found shot to death yesterday in
the bedroom Of his apartment in
the 500 block Of Chillum road in
Prince Georges County.
He was identified as John w
r. Bell, 60, who. police said. hao
been in i'll health for almost two
years.
Police said a .38 caliber pistoI
was found nearby. Mr.. Bell hac
been shot twice. once in The
stomach and again in the heart
DR.. John T Maloney withheld
q death verdict pending al
autopsy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
.BiIIWouId Roze Nine Old
Botonic Greenhouses

guardian appointed and be
supervised by the court.
Provide penalties and a time
limit for the collection of take:
by the District Assessor for the
Board of Condemnation Of In
sanitary Buildings.
Set up a revolving fund in the
District government for the cost
of several different kinds OF
District publications. This would
eliminate several administrative
difficulties now experienced BY
District government officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
$1,000 Is Stolen
By Thieves From
OIney Food Plant

Thieves broke into a frozen
foods supply plant at Olney. Md,
during the night and stole a
money box containing about
$500 Montgomery County
police said.
Francis M. Hawkins, jr.. owner
of the Olney Market and
Locker Plant. said the plant was
entered BY prying open a door
with a crowbar. The missing
money box was taken from a
cash register.
The break-in was discovered
by a bread delivery man shortly
before 6 am. today. The bur-
glars, overlooked an additional
undisclosed amount Of cash in
other cash boxes. Mr.. Hawkins
said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
II. J. Dominic Heads
Glen Echo Citizens

The Glen Echo Citizens Asso-
citation has elected the following
officers for the coming year:
Rudolph j. Dominic, president;
James McCabe, first vice presi-
dent; Casper Seine. second vice
president; Hazel Dyer. secretary;
Olga Myles. corresponding secre-
tary: Victor Mecca, treasurer
and Georgia Helm. nominating
officer.
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Northwestern High School ha

Northwestern High School has
done 1t again.
The 64-piece band and flashy
of the Hyattsville
school last night placed the
school at the top of the heap in
the eighth annual band and
majorette contest held in the
National Guard Armory.
Out of A participating units
the school was the only winner
of two first places in seven per.
Torrance categories: Marching
bands and junior-senior high
and high school majorettes. Il
marked the third successive veal
in which Northwestern has taker
first place in the marching bands
category.
Both the band and the high
Isteppers are directed by Michael
Ronca.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School came in second with 8
first and a second place spot.
Seven-HOur Program
Thirty school bands and Il
Imajorette units from the District
and Maryland We'd in the seven
hour program sponsored each
year by the Lions international
District &c. Some 1900 stu
dents and 46 band directors
participated.
Northwestern makes a habit OF
winning. The band was the only
local school group to take a first
place spot in contests here DUR
ing the Cherry Blossom Festival
this year. They also placed high
in 1855.
The judges at yesterdays con-
test. supervised by as Lions Clut
members, called the schools
band and majorette units "very
outstanding"
Bethesda Chevy Chase tool
first place in band playing among
schools with more than 500 stu.
dents enrolled in the 10th. 11tf
and 18th grades. and SECOND
place in the junior-senior high
and high school majorette cate.
CORY.
Others Win Again
There were two other repeal
winners besides Northwestern
Oxon Hill Junior-Senior Higf
School again won first place il
the band-playlng category which
features those schools with en-
irollments of less than 500 il
( the three highest grades. Ant
Anacostia High School. the onl!
District winner. repeated it
winning last year of second plac,
in the marching band competi
ton.
i The contest, which got unde
way at 4 pm. and ended shortl,
before midnight, permitted eacl
unit 10 minutes in which +
perform. The judges we're Philil
Fuller. Ralph E. Shank and Ro,
E. Smith. all of nearby Virginia
Herbert w. Reichelt, governor o
District &c, presented tn
awards.
Montgomery Blair High Schot
took second place in the band
playing category for schools wit
more than 500 students in tn
top grades. Surrattsville md,
High placed second, benin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-19
FoIIs Church Citizens
Elect Officers

Leonard A. Skubal has been
elected president Of the Falls
Church Citizens Association. Mr.
Skubal. Of 30l Kent street, is a
special assistant in the Office OF
Defense Mobilization. He sue
ceeds Charles Hoch.
Other officers elected are Fred
Snowden, 1902 Roosevelt street
vice president: Mrs. Lee Andrews
200 Cleve drive. secretary: Frank
McElroy. 4O1 East Broad street
treasurer, and Mrs. Betty Rice
405 Timber lane, corresponding
secretary.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13

The First Baptist Church of Palmer was the scene of the re cent wedding of Sonia Marie Stadem, daughter of MT and Mrs. Peter Stadem of Palmer and Carl Burnett, son of MT. and Mrs. Glenn Burnett, also of Palmer. The candlelight ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Dickerson on November g at 7:30 in the evening, before large gathering of relatives and friends.
 The bride was given in mar riage by her father. For her we'd ding she chose white full-length gown. of lace over satin. The fit ted bodice had a scalloped neck line and scattered sequins. Her sleeves were tight fitting. ending in points over the back of her hands and her skirt of the same lace material, was fashioned in several tiers. Her fingertip length veil was held in place by a tiara of white sequins and rhinestones. She carried small bouquet Of red roses on a white Bible.
 Darlyne Brager was maid of honor and Sally, Gertrude and Catherine Burnett, sisters of the bridegroom, and Isabelle Parker, were bridesmaids. The brides at tendants wore ballerina length gowns, Of pastel shades with matching balero jackets, all fash ioned in similar styles. They car rjed flower muffS of white car nations and wore small crowns of tiny flowers.
 The brides two little flower girls were Gloria and Violet Hurd of Bristol Bay who wore sheer gowns of pale green, trimmed with tiny flowers along the hem line and at the front of the neck line. Their head pieces were fash toned of matching flowers, and they carried baskets of flowers and petals which they scattered in the aisle ahead of the bride.
 Derrel Parker was best man for the bridegroom and Norman and Larry Stadem, bothers of
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
 gTgs s--.~
  NokAooh

Neva Roark, chairman of the bazaar and bake sale reoprted at in spite of the weather the Women of the Moose bake sale was a success. A few articles are left that would make nice Christ mas presents. Anyone interested may see them at Moose hall. Mrs. Roark thanked those who he-ped and those who took food and articles for sale.
 Cam and Bob Fancher are still vacationing. Word received this week tells of their trip from San Francisco where they have been visiting, to Los Angeles, their in teresting impressions of Holly wood and of their trip to Pomo- na, Calf. where they exclaimed over the citrus, date, and nut trees. Cam spoke of the beauti- ful motels they are finding along their travels and of the warm weather From Pomona they went to Yuma, Arizona and from there will head for Phoenix, Mexico, then on to Texas, Flori- da, and Chicago. They are mak- ing their trip in a new Volks- wagon.
 Approximately % young people from the Church of God in Pal mer and the Sutton Community Church joined young people from Anchorage churches in an even ing of roller skating at the rink in Anchorage on Monday night of this week. Everyone reported good time.
 Herb Land, loan agent with the Department of Agriculture, is going to the States where he will combine business with plea. sure. Enroute he will stop a1 Juneau on Department bushes. and will also visit the Producer: Credit Association and Federal Land Grant offices in Spokane His vacation time will be spent in New Jersey before returning to Palmer in mid-January.
 Christmas greetings have ar rived from Don and Amy IrWif who said, We want to wish af our friends very merry Christ mas and Happy Year of 1857 Would like to trade some ho sunshine for some snow balls
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
Youth for Christ To Present
 Christmas Play

'Mary's Christmas Dream" will be presented by members of the Youth for Christ group on Sat urday evening, December g at the Church of God on Matanuska Street.
 The modern=day play will be presented with a cast Of youths of junior high school age from he Lazy Mountain Childrens Home, the Valley Farm Home, and the Valley Christian Child ren's Home and will be directed by Eva Boyd The plays theme is of poor" young rich girl, living in New York and who thr- ough dream realizes her, desire to have a REAL Christmas.
 The public is invited to attend the presentation which will begin at 8 pm.
 The Youth for Christ group in the valley is composed of young people from a number of valley churches.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13

the bridegroom, Richard Burnett, brother of the bride, and Her. man Hermon, Jr. of Anchorage were ushers.
 Mrs. Stadem wore a navy blue dress with white accessories and yellow rose corsage. Mrs. Burnett chose a brown dress of nylon and wore a similar yellow rose cor sage.
 Following the ceremony a re- ception was held for the couple by the brides parents. Guests were present from Anchorage, Palmer and the Valley areas. Eileen Tribbett presided over the guest book.
 Following wedding trip to the Anchorage area for which the bride chose a going-aWay en. semble of black velvet, the coup le are now at home in Palmer where the bridegroom is employ. ed at Minor Roop and Company
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13

They are spending vacation time with their son It. Don Irwin and his family who resides at 2215 Ave. F., NV, Winter Haven, Florida.
 MT. and Mrs. Larry Rideout plan to leave Palmer this week end enroute to the States. They will return around the first of March. They plan to visit in Michigan and at the home of Mrs. Rideout's mother Mrs. Will Tiedemann of Springfield, Mis- souri. They may also go as far east as New York and possibly into New Brunswick.
 Irene Benson, manager in the Trading Post dry goods depart
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
General CD Meet Slated for January

An area-wide general meeting of the Civil Defense organization Nil be held shortly after the holidays, 1t was announced at the special meeting called last Thurs day. Very few representatives turned out for the meeting and conflicting dates between now and the first of the year made it impractical to set another date until after the holidays.
 At the Thursday meeting CD Director Alfred Hagen announe= ed that several thousand books may be made available to this area through Civil Defense They include all type reading, he said, and a charge of eight cents per copy may be made. If the charge is made by CD then this area will have to contribute the money if we are to have part of these books, he pointed out. It was sug. gested that perhaps organiza. tions in this area would each con tribute sum sufficient to hand le the purchase cost so that the library and the school could take advantage of the opportunity to get these books at so little cost.
 1t was also announced that ARC surplus buildings may be made available to the Greater Palmer Civil Defense area It has been proposed that at least two of these buildings be located at the airport.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
AIR COMMAND ASKS FOR &,000 ACRES NEAR FAIRBANKS

In order to provide a long needed training area and maneu- yer site for troops in the Fair banks area the Alaskan Air Com mand has filed an application to withdraw 85,200 acres of land To- cated 10 miles north of Eielson Air Force Base The area re- quested lies north of the Cinema River sled road and generally east of the Little Cinema River.
 Selected on the twin basis of non-interference with civilian en- terprise and economy of military operations, the area is mostly hilly country and relatively in- accessible. The area is best known for hunting and fishing, however, the lack of roads has limited it's use. Agriculturally, the area is limited by it's hilly to steep topography as we'll as by it's present inaccessibility.
 A large part of the maneuver site would be devoted to firing ranges. Because persons wander ing through the range would run considerable danger of explod- ing live shells, the site would necessarily be closed to the pub lie.
 Subject to approval of the withdrawal request. plans call for the construction of a make believe village complete with false-front structures in the com bat training area. Also planned for construction are grenade courses, artillery ranges, tank maneuve sectors and troop train ing area large enough for groups up to battalion strength.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
Palmer High School Again Accredited

Palmer High School has again ben fully accredited by the North west Secondary Association, ac- cording to William T. Zahrad- nicek, superintendent of schools. Zahradnicek returned to Palmer this past weekend following at tendance at the annual confer ence of the association held in Portland. Students from the Pal mer high school will be accepted in all colleges and universities in the States with academic credits earned in the local school.
 Attending the conference with Zahradnicek were Dwight New ell, assistant superintendent of Anchorage schools, Gordon Gulf fey, Anchorage High School prin- cipal, representative from the Alaska Native Service, Howard Mathews, Commissioner of Edu- cation office, Al Lawrence, prin- cipal of the Mt. Edgecombe sch ooI, Principal Soeffer of the Ketchikan high school and Dr. William Keller of the University of Alaska.
 The conferences are held each year to hear recommendations and reviews from the schools, from which the school accredita- tion is made.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13

About 50 per cent of Alaska's popu ation is under 25 years of age. Tn the United States, 41.5 per cent is under 25 years.
 Death rate due to accidents md other violent causes in Al aska is exactly three times that of the states. A five year average shows Alaska's rate at 238 deaths per 100000 population and United States at 793.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-13
Thursday, December ls, 1856 The rrontiersmaD

ment, leaves soon for a trip to the States. She plans to visit in Seattle and Los Angeles and will return to Palmer around Janu- ary '.
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TUESDAY

swonk country home and finds
story right under his nose.
9-ceIebrity Playhouse. Drono.
Live Bolt" A policeman dis
covers his brothers, role in
robbery. Macdonald Carey.
4-News and Locol News.
Horkness. Sprooue.
5-Motthew Warren. News.
7-News. Weather.
Rash. Allen.
9-News. Weather. Music.
Richards. Douglas. sieoeI.
II:l0
5-Feoturomo. Film Shorts.
Hour. Milf Gront host.
4-Weother. Sports. Music.
Strineer. Simpson. Les Paul.
7-BiIl Malone. Sports.
9-The Late Show. Movie.
"a Hours. Desert Storm. y
man and his foniIy find life inn
possible when anticipated crops
won't grow. Georges Morchol.
Filmed in Aloiers.
1I:20
1.-The Night Show. Movie.
ia Hours. The Devil and Dam
iel Webster" le4l. A man
sells his soul for riches WoIter
Huston, Edword Arnold, Ann
Shirley.
4-Tonisht. Steve Allen.
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