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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
II in Indictments
Plead Not Guilty

Seventeen persons were ar
raigned yesterday before Judge
John r. Fletcher Of the Prince
Georges County Circuit Court on
indictments returned last week
By the April term of the grand
jury.
All those indicted pleaded not
guilty. They are:
Arthur Prince. John Wills
Pinkney A. Spencer, all colored.
ana Donald Sebastian, Joseph
Chestnut. bastardy: Robert
Moulton, colored. and Howard
M. Miller, assault with intent to
rape; Alexander Shorter. colored
assault and battery; Hilda RAJ
dice. false pretenses; Clyde Sis
trunk. colored, larceny and re-
ceivlng stole ngoods.
Also James w Burton. colored,
auto theft; Maurice NJ. Hager.
ir.. and Clarence r. Patterson.
carnal knowledge; Charles Lee
Cright. colored, incest and carnal
knowledge; James II. jenkins,
rape and four counts of carnal
knowledge, and James B. Woods
and Roy Lee Epling. storehouse
breaking, larceny and receiving
stolen goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
AVG Revises
Stand to Speed
.Occoquon Suit

An amended petition has beer
filed in Fairfax County Circuit
Court passing the way for settle.
ment of a dispute over plans oil
the Alexandra Water Co. tt
build a new dam on Occoquar
Creek.
The company's original petit
ton to condemn about 80 acres
of land along the creek was
stalled by action of the property
owners who protested their fish
ing and boating rights would be
Ijeopardized.
The amended petition was pre-
pared by Armistead l.. Boothe
attorney for the water company
and Carter Whitehead and Hugh
Marsh, attorneys for the land
owners. 1t leaves only the ques.
ton Of payment to be settled
The court will appoint viewer:
who will set a dollar value on the
acreage involved.
The original petition asked
that the company be given full
title to the land that would be
flooded by the dam and an ad-
joining strip of perimeter land
The amended version would give
the company an easement rather
than full title to the perimetel
strip but enables the granting Of
full title to the actual lake area
Auditing property owners anc
their guests would have full ust
of the proposed lake for fishinl
and boating purposes under tn,
amended petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
District Man Shot, Held
AS Suspect in Breok-in

A Washington man was shot
as he attempted to break into a
Maryland tavern early today. &C
cording to State and District po-
lice.
Charles Wilkins, 40, colored. OF
the 1000 block Of Forty-eighth
street NE, was arrested after he
reported to District General Hos
Ipital for treatment of shotgun
wounds in the right arm.
Hospital aides said wilkins
may lose the arm which, police
said. was peppered with buck
shot in a blast fired by Vincent
u. Swami, owner of the Noon
light Inn on Route 3 at Waldorf
in Charles County, Md.
A second man implicated by
Wilkins in the attempted break
in was picked up on a fugitive
warrant in the District ano
turned over to Charles County
Sheriff Henry B. Albritton fol
questioning. He is Leroy Ores
ham. 40, colored, also of the
Forty-Eighth street address, who
drove wilkins to the hospital
according to police.
Police said the shooting &C.
Cured about 2 am. They SAID
Mr.. Swami had been bothered
by providers before and was
waiting with a shotgun today
| Police said Wilkins ran out
to a waiting Cadillac after he
was shot.
When he arrived at the hos
pital he told authorities he wa,
shot by an unknown person dur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Occoquon Man
Feared Drowned,
Boot Recovered

An Occoquan (VaD business
man has been missing since Sun
day night and is feared drowned
in Occoquan Creek.
Frank w. Hornbaker. Sc. left
Occoquan in a motorboat about
6 pm. Sunday and has not beer
seen since. His boat was found
washed up on the shore yes
terday.
Occoquan rescue squadmen. g
Coast Guard cutter and Marine
helicopters yesterday searched
the area around the mouth of
the creek but found no trace OF
the man.
A helicopter pilot spotted the
lS-foot boat at High Point where
the creek enters the Potomac
River. 1t was about FIVE miles
from the pier at Occoquan from
which Mr.. Hornbaker left.
Mr.. Hornbaker, a real estate
man, appliance dealer and boat
dealer, left to meet 4 friend at
Quantico, according 10 his sister,
Mrs. Mildred Wilcher.
Mr.. Hornbaker, owner Of the
Auto Home Supply Co, 4 Deco
guam, is the father Of two dauah-
tiers. 10 and II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
MARYLAND-VIR NEWS
Federation Unit Takes
Issue With McKinsey

ceSsful cafeteria service is due,
in many cases, to volunteer help
given by local parent-teacher
groups. The committee feared
that local enthusiasm for cafe
terra service would decline if all
cafeteria incomes are pooled.
Long Discussion
The Federation, after long dis
cussion. approved the school
committees comments on f.
nancial management practices
recommended in the McKinsey
report.
George D. Hanson. chairman
of the Federation's financial
committee, complained that his
committee didn't have time to
study these financial aspects of
the school committee report.
The school committee report
suggested that the operating
budget and the capital budget
might each be spent as one fund.
The committee also disagreed
with a McKinsey report pro-
posal that movable school equip
ment purchases be removed from
the operating budget to a sepa-
rate equipment budget.
Other Actions
The Federation, in other &C
ton. recommended that no
charge be made for the use of
school facilities by community,
civic nonprofit groups except
when fees, admission or sales
charges are made.
The park school recreation
plan proposed by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission got Federation
approval. The Federation urged
the County Council and Board
of Education TO cooperate with
the commission.
The Federation also opposed
proposed amendments to the
county's road code which would
allow changes in the thickness of
roads in new subdivisions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Youth Gets 6 Years
For 3 BurgIories
In Montgomery

A Montgomery County Circuit
Court judge yesterday sentenced
a 49, year old Gaithersburg
youth, charged with housebreak-
ing. to s years in the Maryland
House of Correction.
Thomas j. Mitchell was SEN
fenced by Judge Kathryn j.
Lawlor in connection with three
ourglaries last December 6 and
7. Police said the youth broke
into the Parklawn Cemetery
Office on Rockville pike and two
nearby garden supply firms.
Also sentenced in the same
case was Phillip T. Tighe, 20. Of
the 100 block of Calvert street,
Rockville. who was sentenced to
i8 months in the House of Cor
rection and ordered sent to the
Patuxent Institution for mental
examination.
In sentencing Mitchell. Judge
LaWlor said the court was not
going to coddle young hood
lums.' The judge noted that
both youths had served time for
previous offenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
z Boys Fined $40
In Arlington Riot

Two boys who were among the
% teen-agers arrested last month
at the Arlington Forest shopping
center drew $40 fines in Airing
ton Court yesterday for disor-
derby conduct.
Police. who acted on a tip that
riot was about to break out,
were told by the youths that they
had gathered to watch a fight
between an Arlington boy and
Washington teen-ager. Officers
confiscated weapons ranging
from a meat chopper to an iron
pipe from the cars.
The final two cases are sched-
uled to be heard by Judge Hugh
Reid today, Seventeen boys have
been cleared and the cases Of
the two principals-both II
have been continued for DISPOSE
ton on May Is.
Five 18-year- olds, who were
among those arrested, were found
guilty in County Court of dis
orderly conduct and placed under
5000 peace bonds for one year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
f oirfox Board to Study
New Sanitation Law

governing swimming pools, bar
Der shops and construction OF
wells are to be submitted to the
supervisors within the next six
weeks, DR.. Kennedy said.
Also on Wednesdays agends
is a report by County Executive
c. c. Massey on the possibility
of establishing a county water
system. and consideration of the
proposed county budget fol
1956-57.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Episcopal Group
Meets 7 onorroW

The annual spring meeting of
the Northern Convocation. Epis-
copal Diocese of Washington,
will be held at $50 pm. tomor-
row in St Luke's Episcopal
Church, Bladcnsburg. Md.
The Rev. William Wright, sec
rotary of the home division, Ma
tional Council of the Episcopal
Church. will speak after the din
ner session.
The Rev. William p Anna,
dean of the Northern Convoca-
ton, will preside. The Northern
Convocation includes "a par
ishes in MONTGOMERY and Prince
Georges Counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10

The school committee of the
Montgomery County Civic Fed
Grafton last night disagreed with
some proposals of the McKinsey
report program to improve
county schools.
The Federation gave its back
ing to most provisions Of the
school committee report but sent
1t along to the County Council
and Board of Education with the
provision that further informa-
ton and recommendations will
come later from the Federation S
Budget and Finance Committee
The school committee report
criticized elimination of the po-
sition of assistant superintend-
ent for instruction in charge of
all public school curriculums
The McKinsey report would pro-
vide for one assistant superin-
tendent in charge of elementary
education and one in charge of
secondary education. The school
committee report said there
should be an assistant Superin-
tendent for instruction over the
two recommended by the Nc
Kinsey report.
Doubts About Construction
The school committee did not
object to the McKinsey report
proposal for 10-year school con-
struction plans. But the COM
mittee expressed doubt about
the effectiveness of such an at
tempt.
Consolidation of schools for
vocational training. recommend
ed in the McKinsey report
should be given further study
the committee said.
But it pointed to possible ef-
fects on student morals by
segregating vocational students
School cafeteria income should
be pooled. the McKinsey report
said, But the school commit
tee report declared that suc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
County Sections
Oppose Merger
With College Park

Residents Of an unincorporated
area north OF College Park voted
244 to lis against incorporation
into the city yesterday.
The area includes the White
House and Sunnyside sections
About 500 persons live in the
two sections.
Principal opposition came from
residents of trailer courts in the
White House section.
DR.. Charles r. Davis. Mayor
of the city. noted that 397 per-
sons used the voting machine in
the referendum as against a
total vote Of $50. Apparently. he
said, SO persons, or almost 10 pei
cent OF those using the machine
did not know how to operate il
so that their votes would be re-
corded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10

A new sanitation ordinance
will be considered by the Fair
fax Board of County Supervisors
Wednesday.
The ordinance has been drafted
by committee appointed by the
previous Board of County Super
visors, with Bernard R. Mullady
as chairman.
DR.. Harold Kennedy. county
health officer. also assisted with
preparation of the document.
Septic Tank Standards
According to DR.. Kennedy, the
proposed ordinance would spell
definite standards for inStalla-
ton of septic tanks.
When the committee was APP
pointed to draft the ordinance
it was estimated there we're 1900
notwithstanding septic tanks in
IIle equity.
The ordinance also would re-
strict use of outside toilets to
lots of one acre or more not in
subdivisions. Within subdivisions
outside toilets would be restricted
to three-acre lots. DR.. Kennedy
said.
( At present. outside toilets are
allowed on half-acre lots in the
county
Other Regulations Slated
DR.. Kennedy said the ordinance
was being presented to the
supervisors at this time to con-
slider whether it should be adj
vertised for public hearing ano
adODti0n Additional replllatinns
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Rope Churqe Rejected

/ LEESBURG, Va. April 10 (P).
- A Loudoun County grand jury
dismissed a rape charge yester-
day that had been lodged
against Wilmer Payne, 42-year-
old Middleburg colored stable
hand. Payne was accused of rap
ing a 26-year-old white woman
March 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Air Trip Insurance
Judgment Is Upheld

RICHMOND. April 10 (P).-
The United States 4th Circuit
Court of Appeals yesterday up.
held a $4,000 judgment in favor
Of Mrs. Emmadean N. Com
mander of Martinsville, whose
husband lost his life when ar
airliner fell into the sea of
Provincetown. Mass, July 8
1858.
She was the beneficiary Of ar
airline trip insurance policy
bought by her husband, DR.. J. c
Commander. for a trip between
Newark. N. ]. and Provincetown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Prince Georges Sets
Playground Dutes

Fairgrounds will be opened
April l6 in II communities I'M
der spring program announced
by the Prince Georges County
Recreation Board.
The supervised Fairgrounds. to
be open four afternoons each
week for seven weeks. will be at
Langley Park. Lewisdale, Carole
Highlands. Woodbridge. Rlverdale.
Seat Pleasant, Bradbury Heights,
Morningside, North Brentwood,
Highland Park and Fairmont
HEIGHTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
SILVER Chips q Winner

The Montgomery Blair High
School student newspaper,
Silver Chips" has been awarded
All American honors by the Ma
tional Scholastic Press Associa-
ton for publications during the
first semester this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10

ing some trouble at a beer
Joint" in Prince Georges County.
Police who were checking his
story said he later admitted he
was shot at the Moonlight Inn.
Police said the car used was
bought yesterday for $4,700 by
Gresham's brother.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04

.aH.
 would like to alIay some of the fears that most of the voters have concerning the forthcoming cleo tion for Consumers Tax. Some of the people who would like to see our town die on the vine are pump ing anyone who will listen, full of the idea that this tax is going to drive all business out of the com munity.
 These same people were yelping when it was proposed that parking meters be installed to try to con trol those citizens who cared not for his fellow man and would leave his car parked indefinitely to the detriment of everyone. These same people said the park ing meter would drive all trade out of town-have you tried lately to find place to park near where you would like to shop?
 Some business men are also screaming that this Consumer Tax is one more excuse for some of our better citizens to send outside for their supplies and not patron ize the local merchant. I am the first to agree that it is extremely frustrating to think that some per sons will take all the benefits of an incorporated city such as fire protection, schools, water, sewer, roads and all the many other ad- vantageS but try to justify their civic duties by lodging all forms of taxes. I feel we have to go ahead in spite of these deadheads and whenever they are forced to spend fifty cents in town through their own lack of foresight, the town will get at least one cent from them to help in trying to make better place for their kids and ours.
 l sincerely sympathize with the merchant who is the one doing the work of collecting the tax and turning it over to the city but ac- tually, everyone is geared to the task of making out many forms for the government and territory and this will only add few more min utes each month.
 I voted in the affirmative when a similar tax was proposed by a former council. When I voted at the city council meeting to bring this Consumer Tax to you Citi-
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04
sens for the final decision, it was

zens for the final decision, it was with the understanding that half of the tax is; to be used for streets and street improvement such as sidewalks, drains, etc. and half of the tax for the inner facilities for our small boat harbor, which will help to insure its reality in the near future. Also, it was my un- derstanding that the tax will ap- ply to our entire shopping dis trict and not just the citizens with in the corporate limits of Kodiak. To this I pledge myself, as l am the last person to want to heap unnecessary taxes on my own head.
 I sincerely believe this consum- CTS tax is essential for the better
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04
BASE HOSPITAL BIRTHS

Laurita Mary, 6 lbs. 6A ozs., January 24 to Rita Mary and Ri chard Ernest Selby, RM2, USN.
 Lynn Anne, 2 lbs. 2 ozs., Janu- ary 25 to Naomi and Herbert Title, LTJG, USN.
 Patty Lynn, ? lbs. 10 ozs., Janu- .ary 26 to Melba Joyce and Joseph Brantley Manning, ATT, USN.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04

nent of our community ana ss"h ly urge you to register and sose Tuesday, Fshruary 7th and |" course. ! urge you to vote YES TOT the CONSUMERS SALES TA& Yotrs very sincerely V Bob Hall
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04

Boys enjoy Scouting LETTER TO THE EDITOR ten-ysar span from age eight to Sir; eighteen Iwotad like to alay some of Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
tallahassee Drops
Boycott PurIeys

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, July 10
(P,.-All efforts to settle the
Negro bus boycott were dropped
by the Tallahassee City Com
mission yesterday.
Its been proved to me that
all they want is indignation and
they'll never get it as long as
I'm on the city commission, "
said H. C. Summit in a state
ment Endorsed by a commission
majority.
All five commissioners joined
in a declaration there will be no
more boycott negotiations under
any circumstances.
Mayor Fred -:nterle indicated
there is a possibility the city
will make a formal protest to the
State Board of Control about the
boycott leadership assumed by
some members of the faculty of
Florida A. and M University for
Negroes.
The State Board of Control de-
termineS policies of A. and M.
and other State universities.
The Rev. M. G. Miles, director
of student activities at A. and M.
presided Wednesday night at a
mass meeting of the Negro
1nter-Civic Council which has
spearheaded the boycott. At the
meeting, the Negroes took up a
collection to finance the carpools
which have provided them with
TRANSPORTATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
5 Negroes Rejected
By Georgia COLLEGE

ATLANTA. July Is (R.-Five
Negroes seeking admission to the
Georgia State College of Bush
ness Administration we're turned
down yesterday by DR.. Harmon
Caldwell, chancellor of the uni
versity system.
An attorney for the five. in a
letter to the Board Of Regents,
had asked that regulations with
which they were unable to COM
ply be made inapplicable so they
could enroll in the all-white
school.
The regulations require appli-
cations to contain certifications
from two alumni and a county
ordinary or Superior Court clerk.
DR.. Caldwell, in letter to the
attorney for the Negroes. said
the regents feel that the regu-
lations should stand and be
rigidly followed in the cases of
all students seeking admission to
institutions Of the university
system"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Family Still Waits
After SELLING Home

DETROIT, July Is R.-The
John w. Rouse family is still
waiting to move out of the
house it sold after a rock-toss-
ing demonstration April 6 by
neighbors who thought Mr..
Rouse was a Negro.
"Everything's o. K. now and
everything is quiet" Mrs. Rouse
said. Were just waiting for
people to move out of the house
we bought. We don't know how
long it will be because they're
waiting, too. to get into a new
home"
The RouSeS sold their home
on Robson avenue to the Bel
mont Improvement Association,
a group of neighborhood prop
erty owners. The organization
paid $18,50O for it. $4,000 more
than Mr.. Rouse paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
Press Blamed
or|nadequate
Racial Stories

ASHEVILLE. N. c., July 10
R.-Ralph McGill, editor of the
Atlanta Constitution, said last
night he fears the Nations press
has not done a thorough job of
informing the public on the
segregation controversy.
II hesitate to speak of this"
he said, because I do not by
any means see all the papers.
But it seems to me we, all of
us collectively, have not done a
good job in adequately present.
ing and interpreting the segrega-
ton controversy. for the simple
reason the average person seems
so badly informed about it.
Either we haven't printed
enough. or it has been so written
1t hasn't been understood. I
don't know. All I know is that
the peddlers of hate, distortion
and falsehood seem to have been
more successful than we. But
maybe I'm wrong. I hope so.
Maybe they are only louder.
"On the other hand, I do think
we have helped keep down
violence. I believe we can con-
tinue to do this while the pro-
cesses of time, common sense,
religion and Americanism pro-
coed with the slow job of work.
ing toward a solution"
In a speech at the opening
session of the North Carolina
Press Association, Mr.. McGill
urged his listeners to guard
against attempts to upset the
balance of governmental powers
among the executive. legislative
and judicial branches as created
in the Constitution.
I'VE. being special benefici-
aries of that Constitution, owe it,
I think, to stand up and be
counted against all those whose
fanaticism leads them to accuse
the Supreme Court of Gem
munistic tendencies or of violat-
ing the Constitution. if these
statements are employed in any
insidious plan to curb what
power the Constitution gave the
court. We should, think. do so
equally for the executive or the
Congress-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13
White Citizens Sue
Montgomery Paper

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 10
R.-A $l50,000 damage suit was
filed yesterday against the Mont
gomery Advertiser by Asa E.
Carter, head Of a Birmingham
White Citizens Council group.
The suit is based on an edi-
torial in the June 8 edition of
the Morning Advertiser, and
claims damages for falsely and
maliciously publishing" the arti-
Gle with intent to defame."
The Advertiser editorial which
resulted in the suit commented
on the formation OF a council
chapter in Washington, D. c..
BY Mr.. Carter's organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

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What's On
A Little
Boys Mind
BY CHARLES Q. RICE

lere is question that has forever puzzled the phi
losophers, and at times even the little boy himself
Photographer Walter Chandoha had a rare oppor-
tunity to study the matter when he caught his son
Hank making faces TO himself out on the porch steps.
Mr. Chandoha proceeded to snap some pictures,
which did not disturb Hank in the least = he just
went on making faces.
Later, when asked what he'd been thinking about,
Hank said, ''Oh, nothing = school. guess" Well,
that doesn't get us very far, so in the interest Of
science we'll go out on limb and try to reconstruct
his thoughts for him: