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Evening star., 1957-04-18
Incentive Award
Veto Attacked

State Senator Edward S.
Northrop. Democrat Of Mont
gomery. today attacked Gov.
McKeldin for his veto Monday
Iof a bill which would have
authorized cash incentive awards
to Maryland State employees.
Senator Northrup was chief
sponsor OF the measure in the
recent Legislature.
Gov. McKeldin objected that
the bill did not attempt TO spell
out standards and the awards
system would be difficult TO ad-
minister.
The veto. as Senator Northrop
sees 1t. definitely struck a blow
at employe morale in Maryland. /"
He said the bill was patterned
after the Federal Employees In
centive Act. which in one year
brought the Federal Government
a savings Of over 500 million for
awards TO Federal employees OF
less than So million.
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Potter Scores
Political Trend

Virginia Democratic leaders
last night were accused of pro-
noting the same situation at
home which they denounce in
the Federal Government
greater Capitalization Of gov
Iernment to the detriment of
local control.
The charge was made by /. Lee
Potter, Virginia State Repub-
lican chairman, at school for
politics at the Falls Church High
School.
Government functions prop
erly belonging to local county
and city governments should be
returned to those governments, /"
said Mr.. Potter. land the trend
toward greater Capitalization of
powers in the hands of the State
administration must be stopped. ]"
He said "the dominant Demo-
crat organization cries consist
emily against GENERALIZATION of
government in Washington and
at the same time retains a
strangle hold on local freedom.
This would be bad enough II
the Virginia State government
were operated as a democracy,
but actually it is run by a small
group Of self selected people
who pass Offices among them
selves. and from father to son
and uncle to nephew"
Mr.. Potter said q key to con-
tinuing control Of the Demo-
cratic organization is the ad-
ministrative functions of the
circuit court Judge. He noted
that Virginia Commission on
County Government II years ago
had criticized this situation,
and recommended that circuit
Judges be stripped Of the ap-
pointive powers vested in them
in most Virginia counties,
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CurwiIe Repeats Bid
For Almond Debate

RICHMOND. April IS R.-
Howard H. Carwile. Richmond
attorney opposing Attorney Gen.
J. Lindsay Almond. jr.. in the
Democratic gubernatorial pri-
mary, yesterday charged Mr..
Almond was chasing Republican
spirits all over the State when
a fiesh-and-blood candidate is
right here in Richmond begging
him for a debate"
Mr.. carwile. In q statement
released to the press. charged
Virginia taxpayers are "financ-
ing" the Almond campaign. He
predicted he would defeat Al
mond In the primary with the
backing Of "a strange coalition
Of Republicans and liberal Dem
ocrats" and "all the colored
vcte."
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rezoning was that of Duckett.
Gill and Orem. attorneys on be-
half of Dorothy Friedman,
owner of some eight acres along
kenilworth avenue on the other
side Of Bladensburg. Some 3.S
acres of it is between Kenilworth
avenue and the Baltimore &,
Ohio Railroad tracks and the
rest Of it west of the railroad.
Approved for commercial zon-
ing were applications of Julius
Fleischman. for some $4,000
square feet at Branch avenue
and Thirty-seventh place, near
the junction Of Naylor road
Silver Hill; Waldo Burnside,
agent for Frederick B. Warder,
for gas station porperty at East
West highway and New Hamp-
shire avenue. Takoma Park. and
Alfred H. Smith, for 1914
square feet at the northeasterly
corner of Old Branchville road
and Greenbelt road. Branchville
Rejected Petitions
Rejected were the petitions
OF Mary E. and Elizabeth s.
Emmons, for R-20 coming of
property on Bromley avenue.
Bradbury Park. and the Shell
OH Co.. as contract purchaser.
CO coming for land on the east
side Of Ager road. adjacent to
the Queens Chapel Apartments,
West Hyattsville.
A decision was deferred until
tomorrow on a controversial pe-
tition for C-l (commercial) zon-
ing for some 3.8 acres on UNI
versity boulevard at Anne street,
Langley Park. The plea would
add that total to six acres al
ready zoned for commercial use
at the southeast corner Of Uni
versity boulevard and New
Hampshire avenue. Nearby resi-
dents and civic groups protested
against the extension as being
unnecessary. and the commits
sioners rescheduled another
for 10 am. tomorrow to
work out a compromise. The
application was that of the New
Hampshire Gardens Shopping
Center. Inc.
Also taken under study was
the plea Of Weygandt Engineer
ing. Inc. which seeks IL (light
industriaD zoning for property
at Detroit and Fifty-fifth ave-
nues in the Lakeland subdivision
COIia0a partr
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Citizens Will Build
Own Parking Sites

Homeowners in Rockville. Nd,
who lack off-street parking space
have been bitten by the "do-it-
yourself" fad.
More than 100 residents, with
encouragement from city off,
cials. have decided to build their
own driveways and parking
areas.
The City is planning night
classes for the do-it-yourseli
men so they can obtain plans
and learn construction methods
In addition. the city has offered
TO break out curbs for a nominal
fee. provide dumping areas for
excavated dirt and inspect the
finished project.
Ofhcials estimate the home-
owners can construct the park
ing areas for half the cost a
esntractor would require.
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study Of Leesburg pike from
Tyson's Corner to Falls Church
with a view to lowering the
speed limit" Board Member Mrs.
Anne wilkins cited the traffic
death last Sunday Of nine-year-
old Kelvin Macdonald of the
Tyson's Corner area on the 55-
mile speed limit roadway.
The board received a report
from the County Park Authority
on its plans for providing safety
features at a large lake in the
Springfield area where a seven
year-old boy drowned last Janu-
airy when he fell through ice.
Residents of the area had COM
planned that the lake represented
a hazard and asked that it be
drained and filled. The Park
Authority said the large invest
ment in the land prompted it to
propose that a chain link fence
be erected and that a caretaker
be employed at the site during
the daylight hours as safety
measures.
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missioners were. rendering the
citizens Of the county top value
for their tax dollar"
Others who received compile
ments from the jury were the
superintendent of schools and
the board Of education, for their
efficient and effective school
system: Prince Georges General
Hospital and the sheriff's Office,
Jail STAFF Praised
1t also described the new coun-
ty Jail as an asset and said the
supervision. management and
matron services were outstand-
ing.
While throwing bouquets at
most Of the county government
the jury found exception with
the county service building in
Hyattsville. The group of %
men and women who made ur
the grand jury said the building
was completely inadequate" and
was lacking in parking facilities
They added the detention quar-
ters. while adequate in size
should be kept cleaner"
While finding the Once of
Parole and Probation INSULT
|ciently stated and underpaid,
the report disclosed the limited
personnel serves the county in a
capable and efficient manner. /"
Ut added. This Office is of the
utmost Importance to the peace
and good order of our county
and 1t is very important that
hey be given adequate and eff
cient assistants to carry out their
all-important responsibilities"
In closing their report. the
Jurors said they were impressed
with the overall conditions in the
county. and felt that many citi-
zens were not aware Of the true
picture Of the county government
and the many services rendered
them" To solve this they sug-
gested an office Of public rela-
tions be set up to inform the
public.
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Virginia PorIey Is Slated
On Mental Care FociIitv

The need for facilities to care
for mental patients in Northern
Virginia will be discussed at q
conference Of area hospital rep
resentatives and the State Men,
tai Hospital Board.
Delegate C. Harrison Mann OF
Arlington. announced that he
had arranged the conference.
Mr.. Mann said he arranged
the conference because the Fair
fax Hospital Commission has in
dicated its willingness to pro-
vide land adjacent to the new
Fairfax Hospital for the erec-
tion of a facility for mental pa
tients. The State would be asked
to provide As per cent Of the
cost Of construction, with the
remaining SIS per cent coming
from Federal funds.
His announcement prompted a
retort from the Arlington Chap
ter Of Defenders Of State Sow
ereignty and Individual Liberties
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that the patient load In Arling-
ton is not sufficient to justify a
mental hospital and would dupli-
cate existing services elsewhere
in the State.
AS described by Mr.. Mann.
however. the facility to be dis
cussed would serve primarily for
temporary care OF mental pa
.tients while they are awaiting
commitment to State institu-
tions. or for selected cases that
need only short-term care.
At present. nearby Virginia
Iails frequently are used to hold
mental patients while they are
awaiting transportation to State
mental institutions. No hospital
in Northern Virginia has a psy-
chiatric ward.
Mr.. Mann said he thought the
regional facility would be better
than enacting legislation to per-
NIT use Of st. Elizabeths Hos
Ipital in the District, which he
said already is overcrowded.
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State Bourd Tours
Seushore Park

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, April
l8 R.-Members of the State
Board Of Conservation and De-
velopment toured Seashore State
Park near here today.
The park has been closed for
two years because of racial
litigation. A delegation of Prin-
cess Anne County Garden Club
members was scheduled to ask
the board to keep the park as
"a nature area where animals and
plants could be studied by SCI
entists.
Tomorrow the board will tour
jamestown Festival Park.
Evening star., 1957-04-18

SAAC AO6hA0tAOAAo akAQ JllC UullQlIlB
industry. Instances in which
regulations were changed with
out adequate notice to develop
ers were cited to board mem
bers.
Another complaint was that
specifications for storm drain
age requirements are not ade-
quately spelled out in ordinances,
leaving too much discretion for
authorities administering the
laws.
James Keith, chairman Of the
Board of Supervisors. announced
after the executive session that
the discussions resulted in 1.-THE
realization of a very strong need
for some new thinking on design
criteria and standards for street
design and storm drainage"
He said he hoped that the
county would begin soon on the
work rewriting the standards
and specifications which are now
in existence"
Board members questioned
after the closed-door session said
they did not think complaints
would lead to relaxation of the
regulations.
Before recessing for the execu-
tive session, the board appointed
two Of its members, Joseph H.
Freehill of Falls Church District,
and Stuart T. DeBell of Centre
vile District to serve on the
Northern Virginia University
Center Control Board.
Earlier. the governing bodies
Of Arlington County and Alex
andria and Falls Church had
each appointed two members to
the control board which is en-
powered to receive donations of
funds or land toward establish
ment of a two-year college in
the nearby area.
The board adopted a resolu-
ton urging the State Highway
Department to conduct a traffic
Evening star., 1957-04-18

The Rev. John p. Galbraith,
general secretary Of the Com
mittee on Home and Foreign
Missions, Orthodox Presbyterian
Church. VIII speak at the 7:45
pm. service tomorrow in Knox
Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
Granville drive and Sutherland
road, Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1957-04-18

mlSSlonerS at the County Service
Building, Hyattsville.
Eleven of the % rezoning ap-
plications considered involved
properties destined to become
part of the new Highs plant
Nine of them. involving a total
of u lots. were filed in the
name Of c. Y. Stephens, presi-
dent of the dairy firm. The other
two were the petitions of Anna
c.. and James w. Rogers and
embraced three additional lots.
The entire tract, formerly
zoned for R-55 (residentiaD use
Is located just west of new
Kenilworth avenue and runs
generally from Upshur street on
the south to Forty ninth avenue
on the north. 1t was rezoned for
IL Qight industriaD classified
ton.
Main Company Offices
B. G. Murray. sales manager
for the Rohrback Realty Co.,
which handled the transaction
and the rezoning petitions for
the Highs firm, said the new
plant will house the main Offices
for the company, now located at
1925 Half street s. E.. in Wash
tngton.
Mr.. Murray said the new plant
would serve both the Washing
ton and Baltimore areas for the
firm, and would include process
ing facilities for milk. ice cream,
candy and bakery products. It
would replace separate ice
cream and dairy plants Of the
firm now in Southeast and
Southwest Washington. he added.
The dairy plant would be built
adjacent to a projected $3.50. 900
garage for the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co., soon to
be erected fronting on Buchanan
street in the same area. Mr..
Murray revealed.
Another Tract Rezoned
In other actions, the commits
sioners also rezoned another
tract for industrial use and
three for commercial use. Two
applications were denied, one
for commercial and the other
for R-20 tresidentiaD zoning,
and the commissioners took two
pleas under advisement before
rendering a decision. Three
other applicants were allowed to
withdraw their petitions.
The other approved industrial
Evening star., 1957-04-18

the General Assembly for theil
strict compliance with the law"
in these violations.
So far there are at least 80
cases pending before the Trial
Magistrates Court and the grand
jury itself.
The lengthy report submitted
to the Circuit Court at Upper
Marlboro was compiled during a
|l3-day session from April / to
April II and included a survey
|of the county from the Boys
Village at Cheltenham to the
Aims House.
The findings were termed by
the grand jury as an initial
report" giving rise to the posi-
bility that a further report may
be submitted : later.
In the report. the jury strongly
recommended" the complement
of policemen be increased to 200
by the end Of the year. with a
minimum starting salary OF
$500.
Police Funds Cut
On Tuesday Of this week the
County Commissioners cut $60.-
900 from the Police Department
budget request Of $l.035.O00 and
permitted Chief George J. Pana-
Igoulis to hire 20 additional men
instead Of the SO men he re-
quested.
The jury also asked that a
training program with compul-
sorry attendance be established
for both county and municipal
police officers for the purpose Of
"acquainting the less experienced
officers with the presentment of
their cases before the court.
Special praise was given Herb
ert Reichelt. chairman of the
county commissioners. The re-
port stated they were impressed
with his cooperation and that
the jury discussed all phases Of
the county government. parti-
cularly budgetary matters, and
mentioned that the county com.
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Revised Rules of Foirfox
Street Design Expected

Overhaulng of Fairfax Countys regulations design
ana storm drainage certain the heels
session yesterday between the County Super
vsors and construction interests.
Engineers and complained
lack of communication between county administering
Evening star., 1957-04-18
roct Rezoned for Highs
81 Million Main Plant

Some eight Of land in the Badensburg Edmonston
area OF suburban Maryland rezoned industrial
terday to the for processing plant for
Highs Dairy Products Co., costing 81 million.
Plans for such disclosed during the
monthly coming hearings before the Prince County
Evening star., 1957-04-18
Enforcement in County,
Evokes Grand Jury Praise

The Prince Georges County jury yesterday recon-
mended the various law enforcement
commended for their breakdown liquor gambling
In an 1page report the jury praised the Attorneys
Office the Police Department the delegation
the General Assembly for their efforts require and obtain
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cial working days expired about
the middle of June. At present,
80 per cent of the whole prof.
ect is complete. The remainder,
including final paved surfaces
on the highway interchange at
George Palmer highway plus
reconstruction of a four fifths
of a mile section of George
Palmer highway itself. should
be ready by mid-September.
The Annapolis highway is
still about 4.8 miles short of It's
ultimate connection with the
Kenilworth interchange, also
still under construction. In
October. the commission plans
to advertise for bids on the next
section of the Annapolis high
way. a 2.5-mile project extend
ing out from the Kenilworth
interchange.
The estimated cost for the
Rea Company'S section of the
highway, which includes two
secondary road relocations. the
George Palmer highway inter-
change and the George Palmer
dualization for g mile, is
81, 907 500.
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DISHONEST PRACTICES LISTED
IN TV SERVICE INDUSTRY

The argument licensing the television service
dustry revolves around how abuses like these can be
eliminated:
student at the University of Maryland with
knowledge of eectroncS, got job tube jerker'
for Washington area repair shop Each day ne sailed
forth on service calls armed with supply Of tubes
If failed to work after he tested the tubes he told
the customer III have to take set into the shop"
When he returned to the shop with set. the boss
first question was: They look like they've got money!"
Another gimmick used by the shop the tube
guarantee" trick. All tubes guaranteed for 80
days but many set owners don't know this. If guar
anteed tube found defective the shop would replace
it. charge for it and turn it in to the factory for
tube.
Similarly most don't know tube from
another and easily convinced that than is
defective The INSCRIPTIONS serviceman replace two
tubes charge for both and to the next house
with extra tube in his pocket.
One company suffering from the competition Of the
cheap service-can shops set up. paper subsidiary
which charged SO instead of the usual IS for service
call Repairmen given identification cards for both
companies
Thus the firm able to compete with shops offer
ing priced service calls while still collecting the
NAL SIS fee whenever possible.
Another firm required its technicians to sign state
menS relieving the shop of responsibility for anything
they told the customers The agreement obligated
the to collect average of $40 each set
he repaired.
Another shop gave each serviceman a bonus if he
brought eight sets day into the shop for repair.
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West Vireiniuns Get
Flu Vaccine Plan

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Aug.
20 (R.-State Health Director
N. H. Dyer urged West vir-
ginians today to contact their
family physicians when vac
cine against the Asiatic flu
becomes available in the State
about September IS.
He warned that as many as
100000 residents of the State
might catch the disease which
appears to be moving eastward
from California.
Two injections, three months
apart, will be necessary TO
establish immunity from the
flu. Dr.. Dyer said the cost
would probably be similar to
that physicians have charged
for shots Of anti-polio vaccine
Anti-fiu vaccine available in
the State will be the so-called
commercial channels. No Fed
eral funds have been provided
for its purchase. as was the
case with anti-polio innocula-
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Charges Hit
For CopitoI's
Guided Tours

A New Jersey Congressman
want to end the practice of
charging tourists Is cents per
head for guided tours of the
Capitol.
The fee system operated by
the Capitol Guide Service was
described last night by Repre-
sentative Thompson, Democrat,
as "pernicious and unwise."
He said there is no reason
for citizens and taxpayers
who own the very building
housing the Congress to believe
they must pay to see their own
property"
The practice Of charging
tourists TO see the halls of
Congress begain 80 years ago
on a voluntary tipping basis,
Mr.. Thompson said. Over the
years. however, it came to be
more like a fee than a tip.
Some of the guides. Mr..
Thompson said he understands,
make as much as $4,000 a
year.
He would like to see a uni
form practice for guide service
established that would provide
free guide service for the Capt.
tol as well as the White House
and other Federal buildings.
"The anomaly of charging
sightSeers," he said. lis re-
marked on constantly by
visitors from abroad, being
compared unfavorably with
practices in their own coun-
tries"
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Hearing Set
For King Of
Tube Racket

Joseph Mazzuka. A. de-
scribed by New York authori-
ties as the kingpin of a huge
television tube racket and
sought by them for two months,
was seized IN his Fairfax
County va home here last
week.
Arresting policemen found
$4,000 used TV tubes in the
Mazzuka home at 400 Queens
road, near Groveton, along with
special inks and rebranding
equipment, they said.
Already under indictment in
the Bronx, N. Y, along with IA
others for conspiracy to commit
grand larceny in the tube OPP
GRAFTON, he was arrested on a
warrant brought here by Bronx
Detective Kenneth S. Shields
last Wednesday.
He is free on $4,000 bond
pending a hearing in Fairfax
County Court September IL.
He refused to sign extradition
papers.
Bronx District Attorney
Daniel v. Sullivan described
Mazzuka as the largest re-
brander operating"
The racket deals only in the
small tubes used in TV and
radio, not in the large, more
costly picture tubes.
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Lane Would InstiII
Pride in Army

FORT LEONARD WOOD,
Mo-, Aug. l0.-Brig. Gen.
Thomas A. Lane. new COM
mandaht Of this Army Engi-
neer post, has called on officers
here to make 1t "one of the
finest training centers in the
world"
The former District engi-
neer commissioner, who took
charge of the fort August /,
told subordinates he wanted
young men coming to the post
for training Ito understand the
Army, to have pride in It and
to realize that their Army serv-
ice is one Of the most fortunate
things in their life"
He also told his staff that
differences Of rank are minor
and that I'VE must honor and
respect every soldier at all
times"
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Chamber Raises Dues
In Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va,
Aug. 10 Especially The Char
lottesville- Albemarle Chamber
Of Commerce has unanimously
approved an increase in dues
at a special meeting here.
Randolph H. Perry, execu-
tive secretary, said city menu
bers now will pay $35 per
year instead Of s25, and coun-
try members will pay $3.50
instead Of $12.50.