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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
By HECTOR MCLEAN

House and Senate conferees
met again today in an attempt
to solve the Washington transit
crisis.
The session started at 1890
after the lawmakers had been
harasSed for half an hour be
efforts to assemble a quorum in
the last hectic days of the Con-
|gresSional session.
The conference committee had
been scheduled to meet Friday,
but gave up for lack Of a quorum
The conferees had before them
a written statement from Cap
lital Transit Co. President j. A. B
Broadwataer reaffirming an oral
commitment to continue in bust
ness after August IA if necessary
Ito complete sale of the CON-
pany's assets to o. Roy Chalk Of
lsome other buyer.
Franchise Tentatively Approved
| The conferees have tentatively
Improved terms of a franchise
flor Mr.. Chalk's proposed D c
Transit System, Inc. They have
been wrestling with the problem
lof making sure that bus anC
Streetcar service continues wheI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Six Injured
Slightlyus
Bus Hits Curb

Six passengers were shaken up
today when a Suburban Transit
Co. bus rammed against a curb
las the driver fought to bring it
under control.
The driver, Paul Muchlitz, 81,
of $500 Lancer drive. Hyattsville,
said the bus suddenly veered to
the right after he applied the
brakes at the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad underpass on Georgia
avenue near Sligo avenue in Sill
yer Spring. \
Surrounded by traffic, Mr..
Muchlitz said he struggled to
prevent hitting other vehicles.
put his arm through the steer
ing wheel to hold it steady, and
finally brought it to a stop after
several bumps against the curb,
The northbound bus was go
ing 20 to IS miles an hour at
the time, he said. 1t was be-
llieved the air brakes locked
when applied.
Jolted by the impact, the six
passengers were taken to WASH
ington Sanitarium by the Silver
Spring Rescue Squad. but none
was seriously hurt.
They were listed as Melvin
Holt, 81, of 1109 r street NV;
Linwood Stith, %. Of 1867 Rose
dale street Me-, and his wife
Frances, 81; Robert Bell, SIS, OF
the Lafayette Apartments, Sew
Ienth and @ streets NV; Thomas
Withers, rs, of 5123 Seventh
street NV, and Joseph Canty,
80, Of 2470 Ontario road NV,
ALI are colored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

ulation durin gthe year. The
total of prisoners rose from
1914 at the beginning of the
year to 1920 at the end of the
year During the year a total
of S38 were admitted and 626
discharged. Figured in the Dis
trict totals are the Lorton Re-
formatory and Occuquan work.
house.
At the end of the year the
Federal Bureau of Prisons re.
ported, a total of $4,000. pris-
oners were serving sentences IN
State and Federal prisons and
Ireformatories-the highest prison
population since the present form
of reporting was started in 1889
Though the count reached
an all-time high, the rate of in.
crease lessened. The increase was
IL per cent in 1855, compared
with 80 per cent in 1858 and
5.4 per cent in 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Throttle Jummed,
Runaway Boat
'Excites Murinu

A runaway powerboat with a
damned throttle caused consid-
cradle excitement. much con-
fusion, several minor injuries
and a lot of noise at the Co.
|lumbia Island Marina yesterday
The boat was a 21-foot in
board cruiser. Paul E. 3oschet
%, of SOO5 Collins avenue, Silver
Spring. the owner, said the boat,
named Rebel" was just coming
out of its slip when the throttle
damned wide open.
1t roared into a 14-footer
owned by William r. Hammel.
20, of 1921 North Barton street,
Arlington, and knocked Mr.,
Hammel into the water.
Then it crashed into the gaso-
lime dock. Another man was
knocked into the water. After
glancing of the dock, the boat
filled rapidly from a large hole
smashed in its bow and sank
before it could hit anything else.
Mr.. Boschet swan to the dock
Several persons are cut OF
bruised, but the only one re-
quiring hospital treatment was
Mr.. Hammel. At Arlington Hos
lpital it was discovered he suf-
fered a Clipped bone in one
finger.
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7 ronsit Crisis Conferees
Finally Get Quorum

the CTC franchise expires 20
days from now at midnight, Au.
gust IA.
The lawmakers repeatedly were
given a week lend draft of a pro-
posal by Engineer Commissioner
Thomas A. Lane, calling for etc
to lease itself to some new oper-
ator after August IA if a sale had
not yet been completed.
His proposal repeatedly would
call for terms of the lease agree
ment to be set by the District
Public Utilities Commission.
etc Agreement Doubted
Observers doubted that CTC
would agree to such a proposal.
The company last week insisted
that time remaining before q
special stockholders meeting
August 8 would prevent working
out of a lease arrangement.
Other proposals call for the
company to keep operating on
monthly permits to be issued by
the District Commissioners if a
little more time is needed to
work out legalistic details Of the
deal under which Mr.. Chalk has
contracted to buy out etc for
$13.54O, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

that the first three items APP
parently are the responsibility
of the Hospital Commission
whereas the Embarrassing ,ap-
pears to be a job for the trustees
Speedy Action Urged
1t urges speedy action on
these items, so there will be
time for public discussion OF
some of them before the Sep
TENDER II deadline arrives. GINA
also urges the trustees to set a
headline for raising necessary
funds to meet the Hill-Burton
application date.
The memorandum whole
heartedly suggests to. the board
that it report at the earliest date
possible-either through public
statement or in public meeting
of all charter henderson the
current status Of the hospital
program"
The memorandum was mailed
to the trustees by Carl D. Soresi,
GINA chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Purple Heart Order
Elects Baltimore Mon

CUMBERLAND, July 16 R.-
Carl w. Kuehne Of Baltimore will
serve another term as COM
mander of the Maryland Depart
ment. Military Order of the Pur-
pie Heart.
Mr.. Kuehne was reelected at
closing sessions of the State con j.
yention in Cumberland yesterday
He defeated Albert o. Rabass,,
of Baltimore in the only election
c, test.
The women's auxiliary elected
Mrs. Leona Sanders Of Keyser,
w. Va, as president to succeed
Mrs Alice E. Reilly Of Baltimore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Three Soldiers Hurt
AS Cor Strikes Pole

Three soldiers were injured
Saturday night when their car
smashed into a utility pole anc
overturned on Route % north
Of Rockville.
They were Pvts. Marvin Mil.
Ter, %. and Cleo Howell. 10, ant
Pfc. Harry Kadunce, 10, sta
toned at an anti-aircraft bat.
terry near Rockville. All were
reported in fair condition al
Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Pvt. Howell, driver of the car
and Pfc. Kadunce suffered
shoulder injuries. Pvt. Miller
suffered a fractured collarbone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Area Schools See Need
For More Good Teachers

growth o fthe suburban areas
and said the public does not
fully realize the problems Of
growth
Mr.. Norris said that people
criticize the cost of schools al-
though unit costs in Montgom-
cry are among the lowest in
the country.
Because we constantly need
more money for new schools to
meet the needs Of expanding
population. people thing schools
here are more expensive than
in other places" he said
Mr.. Norris said that integra-
ton has not lessened school
costs. Mr.. Rutter predicted
that indignation in Arlington
would not make any difference
On the need for more teachers
or adequate pupil space"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

The difficulty in obtaining
high quality teachers is one Of
their most serious problems, two
area school superintendent
agreed yesterday.
Appearing on a television pro-
gram, Celebrity Parade" on
WMAL, Supt Forbes Norris of
Montgomery County said that
his county has rs to 100 teacher
vacancies to be filled before Sep
TENDER.
Mr.. Norris said the big prob
lem in Montgomery County is
the pay scale.
Mr.. Norris said that last year
the county was short about a
dozen teachers and had to stan
that many classrooms with sub
stitute teachers.
Supt. J. Edward Rutter Of
Arlington said his city has only
about four Of five vacancies to
Ifill.
Both educators stressed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

1EO.4 al OAAC DAoeA 4Sos
Maryland Shows Drop
Maryland showed a 5 per cent
decrease in prison population. Its
rate of prisoners per 100000
population amounted to 1907
Virginia showed a IA. per cent
decrease. Its rate was 1923.
The prison report said the
Districts high rate could be
partly attributed to the fact
that the District includes the
more densely populated central
section of a large metropolitan
area which extends beyond its
boundaries into Maryland and
Virginia"
For the first time since 1851
the report noted, court commit
ments to State and Federal in.
Stitutions decreased. In 1885,
there were 77,503 new commit.
ments-a 81 per cent decrease
from the previous year.
Increase Noted
The District showed a SIS pei
cent increase in its prison pop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Two Boys Rushed toHospitul.
Ate Rut-Poisoned Douqhnuts

home they stopped by Wood
bridge to visit his brother, Harry
Larch.
Then, police said, the boys got
the doughnuts, which had been
set out for rats. They became
sick when they got home and
were rushed to the hospital after
they told of eating the dough-
nuts.
A l4-year-old aunt. Hattie
Larch, also was taken to the
hospital because it was feared
she might have eaten some Of
the doughnuts, but police said
itrwas learned later that she had
mot.
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Friendship Airport
Shows Traffic Gain

BALTIMORE, July is R.-
More passengers and more
freight moved through Friend
ship International airport near
here during the first half Of 1856
than IN the comparable period of
last year.
That report came yesterday
from the Department Of Avia-
ton, which said 168,335 passen-
gers used the field during the
six-month period, compared with
160,20S for the same period in
1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

nominating committee.
A flve-page memorandum sent
by GINA to the trustees says that
September II is the deadline to
make application this year for
Hill Burton funds to help finance
the hospital. The county has
approved a SO million bond is
sue and proposes to apply for a
matching amount from Hill
Burton funds.
Four Steps Listed
According to the GINA memo
randum four major steps must
be accomplished between now
and September II to file appli-
cation:
/. Selection of an architect
and completion Of drawings.
2. Sale Of the hospital bonds
8. Preparation of a report on
the areas ability to staff a hos
pital.
4. A Embarrassing campaign to
cover two years Of operating the
hospital.
The GINA memorandum states
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Street Scenes .

A streetcar motorman, at
Seventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, chasing a dol
lar bill which had blown from
a window Of his streetcar. F. 4.
A lone red hollyhock grow
ing beside q utility pole in
the sidewalk on Cleveland
avenue NV.
A cocker spaniel burying a
bone in a box Of dry concrete
mix on a construction Job on
Massachusetts, avenue NV. :.
The driver of q truck for
an air. conditioning firm,
stopped at a traffic light,
hopping perspiration with his
handkerchief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
DOG IN CREW CUT
'STIRS LION SCARE

A frantic caller urged
Fairfax police to come right
away-a lion was loose in
the streets.
Police sped to the scene.
They didn't find a lion.
But they did meet Prince. a
big shepherd dog. with a
summer haircut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

Two Fairfax County brothers
aged 8 and 6, were rushed to
Alexandria Hospital last night
after they ate some doughnuts
saturated with arsenic rat poison
at the home of their uncle.
John +. Larch, 8, was admitted
to the hospital and was reported
In good condition. His younger
brother, Richard, was treated
and released.
Fairfax County police said
their father, william E. Larch
of Gunston Heights near Lor-
ton, had taken the boys and
some others on a swimming
party yesterday. On their way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

State Police said The Briggs
car collided with one driven by
James Payton, 10, colored, of the
1900 block of Corcoran street
NV, Washington.
Police said Payton veered into
the path Of the Briggs auto when
he was making a turn OF the
parkway onto Route 602 about
5 miles east of Laurel.
Payton, his wife Evelyn, ID
and a passenger in the Payton
car. Walter Meredith, 81. of the
Corcoran street address, were
treated for minor injuries al
University Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Young Adults Club
To Bowl Thursday

The Young Adults Club Of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase YWCA
cottage plans an evening Of
bowling for its meeting Thurs
day. On Sunday the group will
ATTEND a Watergate concert.
Other summer programs In
Iclude a wiener roast on Thurs
day. July 26, and q swimming
party at the Chevy Chase Lake
pool, Thursday, August 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

and heavy equipment operator.
A preliminary hearing was to be
hel din Rockville Peoples Court
today.
County detectives said Long
was arrested at his home after
police found the girl, who had
been reported missing Saturday.
in a neighbours home. The girl
was detained in county Juvenile
Detention Quarters Saturday
night as a runaway.
The alleged rape occurred on
June 30, police said. Detectives
said Long denied the girls
charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Maryland Youth Dies
In Two-Cur Collision

A Prince Frederick IND. }
youth died yesterday Of injuries
suffered in a two-car accident
on Route 2. just south of Port
Republic.
Russell L. Ramsey, 10, died in
Calvert County Hospital. He
was a apssenger in a car driven
BY Thomas w. Smack. 10, also
Of Prince Frederick, whose auto
collided with one driven by Cliff
ton w. Stallings, 81. of Barstow
Md.
The two drivers were hospit-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

1T HAS BEEN Is years since
the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Company carried
Its first lone listing under air.
conditioning in its classified
directory. The day may soon
arrive when a Shorts-clad
working man can step from
his air-conditioned home and
be taken in an aforementioned
cab to another aforementioned
building to conduct his bust
ness.
1t will be but a short step
after that, of course, to plans
for cooling off the sidewalks.
The Police Department has
struck a blow for freedom,
too. by allowing its men to
patrol their downtown beats
in short-sleeved shirts, and
the inch-by-inch progression
Immediately becomes clear.
It has been only a few years
since policemen sweltered un-
comfortably with ties knotted
and full sleeves down and
buttoned tight. Then the
order went through allowing
them to shed their ties and
roll their sleeves when the
temperature went up. y
Now it is short-sleeved
shirts. Next year, or the year
after that, the pith. helmet
might replace the policeman's
warm cap as a part of his
summer attire. And after that
would come the ultimate
policemen In shorts.
And what would be wrong
with that?
Why should the policeman
suffer while all those shorts
clad men roll comfortably by
in aforementioned taxicabs?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Lyons Picked to Heed
Xirainiu Press Group

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va.
July l6 (R.-The Virginia Press
Association has elected Curti:
Lyons of the Petersburg Pro-
|gress-Index as president sue
|ceeding Watt Miles Of the Dan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

allied with serious injuries, police
said. :.
HDiice said the Smack youth
swung his northbound car into
the southbound lane to avoid a
third car which had stalled, and
crashed into the Sailing vehicle
The stalled car was operated
by Malcolm B. Burton, 10, Of
4705 South Chelsea lane, Be-
thesda, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Futher of 9 jailed
In Attack on Girl, ID

A Clarksburg MD man. the
father Of nine children, yester-
day was charged with raping a
14-year-old girl, Montgomery
County Police reported.
Jailed without bond was
Horace Wesley Long, AZ, de-
scribed by police as a bulldozer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
vile Commercial Appeal

VIIIS CUahutICIdI Appear.
Other officers named at the
summer convention here Satur-
day are Paul Manns Of the Caro-
line Progress, Bowling Green,
vice president for weeklies;
Charles H. Hamilton. Richmond
News Leader, vice president for
dailies: Thomas Glass, Lynch
burg News and Advance, treas
urer, and Ed Meyer of Rich
lmond, reelected secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
The
Rambler
All Beasts Shed
In Hot Weather
By JACK JONAS

Males Of the Metropolitan
Area are making Roadway in
their efforts to shake on, or
at least ease. the choking
yoke of summers heat and
humidity.
In the suburbs, the pipe
stem legged man in shorts no
longer is snickered at when
he stops in at the corner drug
store. Rather it is the beefy
man suffering in long trousers
who is the object Of the super
cilious glance.
Whole neighborhoods blos-
som into suburban yards in
the comfort once reserved for
the ladies. Some of the drawer
men venture into their down
town offices in shorts, but it
takes a lot of courage to do
that.
Floyd Montgomery, in his
Taxi Topics, notes that now
that the humid weather is
here and "a few cabbies ap-
pear in shorts, the public is
aghast."
He quotes the wall Of one
hacker, who says:
IF a woman can get in my
cab half dressed =. there is
no earthly reason why I
shouldn't drive the cab while
clad in respectable shorts"
1T SHOULDN'T be Too long
= until the public takes such
things in stride. Another
hacker, sweltering behind the
heat Of his engine, has a Diff
ferent solution.
"Next year, when I get this
hack paid for" he was saying
during a trip down Eleventh
street the other day, I'm 60
ing to put in air-condition-
ing. This heats too much for
me.
about Is drivers have it
here already" he went on.
And how do you pick one of
those aforementioned cabs
from the city's thousands?
"They have it painted on in
big letters" he said.
Hackers with air-condition-
ing are better of here than
In New York. There the hack
regulations make it illegal to
call attention to the fact that
a cab is unconditional.
But our cabbie friend, alas,
was a little high in his esti-
mate Of the number of cabs
equipped with summer COM
fort. A check Of the major in
stallers of air-conditioning
indicates that it is only about
five.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Vegetable Oil Source

RIO DE JANE1Ro.-Greatest
vegetable oil source in the world
may be the Amazon River valley
area Of South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Army Officers Wife,
Son Killed in Car Crash

The wife of Fort Meade officer and their 8monthod
killed last night crash Route COZ the
Baltimore Washington parkway.
Dead Mrs Briggs, 26, and her David. 1t
Cranson Briggs &C. admitted Fort Meade Hospital ser
condition suffering possible fractured leg shock and
cuts. Briggses lived at 500 Main street Laurel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
d. c. Has Highest
u. S. Prison Rate
Rutio Is Twice National Average;
Maryland, Virginia Show Drop

The District had higher prison rate population than
State in the country last the Federal Bureau of Prisons
reports
the country WHOLE there ia State and Federal
confined at the end of last for each 100000 of the
civilian population
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Foirfox Group Fears
Years Delay on Hospital

warning that construction of the Fairfax Hospital
might be delayed been mailed by Members
Association to the Board of Trustees
The GINA association of hospital corporation
slate sponsored by as the board of trustees The
slate however included many original nominees put up by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
PROPOSED. CHANGES FOR SILVER SPRING COMMUNITY

Sligo Creek, and how it cuts through the
Sligo Park Golf Course, causing partial
relocation now in progress. The hospital
site is bounded by the black broken lines.
Construction of the hospital was author
lied by the County Council earlier this
year, but an effort is under way to hold
referendum this November on the legiSla-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16
Contributors
ToComp Fund

The following contributions to
The Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund are acknowledged today:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-16

Previously Acknowledged - $1S.2l2.40
For My Mother 1000
I. Ben a. Edith L. Davis ---- 1920
Club % 80 - 600
Front Line-Federal Post NO. s24.
VFW 1920
Ladies Auxiliary to Front Line
Federal Post No. S24, WV 1000
Jennifer Johnston. and Jenifer
Payne 800
James r Ayers 500
Proceeds from Amateur Show put
on BY, Celeste Vennerdrow, age
q; Bobby Buffers, 10; Pamela
vennerdrow. .; Rieky Medlock, Q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-07

Eone. Talk to anybody and
you'll find that's the feeling.
The Republicans are doing
more for us than the Democrats
Warren Earl Warren, Chief
Justice of the United States is
Ia Republican. Some Democrats
speak out against segregation
you never see them disown the
other Democrats who are segre-
gationists.
I'VE want our children to have
Ia better chance as citizens. The
Republicans are giving us some
action while the Democrats give
mostly lip service"
Democratic attacks on Mr.
Nixon, and even some aversion
to him within the G. o. p, APP
pear to puzzle the average Re-
publican who is interviewed.
HE always has been Johnny
-the-spot to help Ike" said a
Hudson businessman. Hes been
a Woodworking Vice President"
A New York City Republican
commented on charges that Mr..
Nixon dragged the Supreme
Court into politics by saying in
a speech that Chief Justice War
rem, who handed down the school
Idesegregation decision, was a
Republican.
1.-THE average person reading
about that" he said, sis COM
imenting. We'll, Warren is a Re-
publican. What's all the shoot
ing about?'"
On Mr.. Eisenhower's health. a