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Evening star., 1957-12-27
Baltimore County
Jail Approved for
Juvenile Use

BALTIMORE. Dec. ~ (R.-
Maryland youths under 10
charged with violating Federal
laws can now be held in Balti-
more County Jail.
United States Marshal Ger
aid s. Bracken announced
yesterday that he had con-
tracted with county authorities
for use Of the jail facilities.
The new arrangements I'LL q
serious gap In dealing with
Juvenile afienders in his Gus
tody. Mr.. Bracken said. Before.
there were no facilities in the
State for holding juveniles
charged with Federal crimes.
Most Federal prisoners are
held in Baltimore City jail until
they are tried in United States
District Court but jail authors
ties are barred from keeping
persons under Is. Juvenile
offenders are often taken TO the
National Training School IN
Washington.
Juveniles are held In Jail only
as a last resort when parents
cannot be found to post bail or
State authorities will not ogrea
to deal with them under local
facilities, Mr.. Ik.acken sai&
Evening star., 1957-12-27
Germantown Man
Struck by Auto,
Fiohts for Life

A Germantown (Md.) man
lay near death in Suburban
Hospital today from injuries
received last night when hit by
o car near Gaithersburg.
The hospitals doctors and
staff worked overtime trying TO
save the life Of Richard Lowe.
"a, Of RID l. Germantown. who
Is unconscious and unable TO
be moved from the emergency
room.
Mr.. Lowe suffered q skull
fracture, broken legs and pos
sible internal injuries in the
accident on Route 355 told
240). 4 miles north Of Gathers
burg. about $50 pm.
He was placed in q portable
iron lung brought to the hos
pital by the Bethesda Chevy
Chase rescue squad and under
went several blood transfu-
sions.
Montgomery County police
said Mr.. Lowe was hit by q car
operated by Aubrey Albert
Clagett. 3e. also Of RID 1.
Germantown. The driver told
police he could not stop in
time when he saw Mr.. Lowe
walking across the highway.
about 800 feet south Of Ger
mantown road.
Evening star., 1957-12-27
Sonitory Board Adopts
Budget

1858. thus decreasing expenses
for water and sewer connec-
tions.
Included in the budget Is $4.2
million 70 begin construction
Of a Potomac River water sup
ply tap at Watts Branch in
Montgomery County. The COM
pleted plant will cost $2e mil
lion. 1t is expected to handle
30 million gallons Of water per
day by 1860.
Commissioners inclu d e d
$l62,2o0 in the budget to a
nance construction Of IL miles
of the Paint Branch trunk sew.
er from just west Of Route /.
near the University Of Marv-
land, to the confluence Of Paint
and Little Paint Branches.
The sewer line ultimately
will run "a miles west to serve
the Hillandale area. homes
along Powder Mill road and the
Hollywood Park section Of
Montgomery County.
Evening star., 1957-12-27
Mother Burned
Critically in Fire

A young Huntsville, Nd,
mother of two children is In
critical condition today with
severe burns over 95 per cent
Of her body.
Mrs. Harold Proctor. 20. Of
1904 Seventieth avenue. was
admitted TO Prince Georges
General Hospital after her dress
caught fire in her home about
4 pm. yesterday.
Mrs. Proctor, who is pregnant,
was trying TO dry her dress
over a ood-burning heater in
the living room when II sud-
denly ienited. according TO a
next-door neighbor. Mrs. Emma
Duncan. She beat out the
flames herself. Mrs. Duncan
said.
The two children, Marjorie
3, and jeanette. about l8
months, were In the houSe at
ttA time but escaped injury
Neighbors cared for them until
their father cannb hons:
Evening star., 1957-12-27

University Of Virginia Law
School. He served in the
solicitors once Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture until
l9l7, when he entered the law
firm Of Bean a. Sizemore In
Arlington.
Active In Civic Affairs
Since 1895. when he was
stricken with polio. Mr.. Bean
has worn braces on both legs
and walks with crutches. He
has led two polio drives in
Arlington. is past president Of
the Arlington Council Of
Churches. vice chairman Of
the Northern Virginia Juvenile
Detention Home Commission. q
member of the Lyon village
Citizens Association and the
Page School P-TA.
Mr.. Peck is 43. He says in
his biography that he was the
first honor student at the Uni
versity Of Maryland in his class
of 1885. He is the owner Of
the Kenyon-Peck Automobile
Agency in Arlington. His chill
dren are Donald. IL. a student
at Stratford Junior High
School. and Kathleen. 6. at the
Taylor Elementary School.
Mr.. Peck went to Richmond
10 support the so-called Mon
cure bill. which took away Ar
lington's right to elect its school
board. He also went before the
Legislature TO protest the for
mer program Of sex education
In the county's school system.
Mr.. Bean observes that this
is his introduction TO the pub
lies problems Of education.
II will have a conservative
approach" TO issues before the
school board. he said.
Evening star., 1957-12-27
Return Retirement Pay,
Navy Asks Of Rueger

A former Navy commander.
paroled in time 10 spend the
Christmas holidays with his
family in Arlington. Va, after
serving l6 months in prison for
manslaughter. has been told he
got 4S.770 In retirement pay BY
mistake and must give It back.
The Navy maintained that
the former oficer, Robert B.
Rueger. should not have been
paid after last March 8. when
he was dropped from the re-
tired list by direction Of Pres
ident Eisenhower.
But the Navy admits that be-
cause Of q bureaucratic slip
the Navy Finance Center In
Cleveland didn't get the word"
on the action against Rueger
until November 26-nine
months later. The center con-
tinued TO mail out checks 10
Rueger during that period.
Claims He Earned Il
According to the Navy, all
pay is stopped automatically
for anyone cut from the re-
tired list. Rueger, q veteran Of
nearly 80 years service. con-
tends that he earned the re-
tirement money and that 1t
cannot be legally taken away
from him.
The Rueger case stirred pro-
tests in Congress and elsewhere
that his retirement pay was
earned and should not have
been taken away from him.
Plans Collection
In q letter TO the parole Of
ficer. Anthony c. Gaudio. dated
December o. Rear Admiral w.
@. Cooper. deputy controller Of
the Navy. explained:
"The first indication the
Navy Department had that Mr..
Rueger was still in receipt Of
retired pay came about as q
result Of your telephone call TO
the once Of the Judge Advo-
cate General.
AT the present time Mr..
Rueger Is indebted to the Gov
ernment in the amount Of
S3,770.i6. An attempt will be
made by the Navy Finance
Center TO collect this money
from Mr.. Rueger as soon as
possible"
Rueger, the father OF iive
children--one a Marine and
another o Navy enlisted man
told The Star he had not yet
been notified directly by the
Navy to return the money.
Representative Broyhill. Ne-
publican % Virginia. introduced
a bill which would have the ef-
feet Of granting Rueger O con-
tinuation OF his retirement pay
Rueger retired from the Navy
In 1855 after more than q
years service. Six months Aftsl
his ratiNment. On unlimited
guest started an argument ct
Evening star., 1957-12-27
StephensG
$50 Fine on
AutoCounts

Roy A. Stephens. whose wife
was the principal in q bedroom
arrest early last month. was
fined $50 and costs In Arlington
County Court today on two
trafic counts.
He was fined for driving be-
fore q revoked license had been
reinstated and for having no
county tag.
Mr.. Stephens pleaded guilty
after commonwealth's Attor-
ney william J. Hassan changed
the first charge from driving
without Q Virginia operators
permit.
Testimony showed Q one.
year revocation Of Mr.. Ste
phens' drivers license had
ended May II. but he had not
applied TO have It reinstated.
Arlington police summoned
him on November 20.
Judge Homer r n d dip h
Thomas fned Mr.. Stephens $2S
for driving before his revoked
operators license had been re-
instated. and IS and costs for
having no county automobile
tag.
Mr.. Stephens wife was ar
rested at their home, 360S
North Twenty-second street. on
a parking ticket warrant By
three policemen who entered
the couples bedroom while
they were sleeping.
Protests resulted In confer
ences Of judges and county
ofiicials on the method Of
handling parking ticket war;
rants.
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg upheld the policemen'l
actions. But the inciden
resulted In recommendations
that summonses to court rather
than arrest warrants be used
in such minor trafic ofienses,
Evening star., 1957-12-27
P|onner at Arlington
Returning to College

lineton, q place where I have
grown UP and a county with
which I have been associated
with internationally since l947." !"
He observed, however. that
his staff is nearing completion
of a pilot plan for guiding
Arlington's future development.
Work on a master plan Is well
under way. he said.
Mr.. Anderson submitted his
resignation TO Frank l.. Dieter,
director of planning for Arlins-
ton. Born In Arlington. NN
Anderson was graduated FROM
Virginia polytechnic Institute
N 1881.
Evening star., 1957-12-27
$4,000 Vehicles
Use Hurbor Tube

BALTIMORE. Dec. 27 R.-
A total OF $4,000 vehicles used
the Baltimore Harbor tunnel
during the first rs days OF its
operation.
Louis J. ODonnell. chief ad-
miniStrative ofiicer for the
States toll facilities. an-
nounced the figures last night
for the period ending midnight
Wednesday. He said about
$4,000 was collected in tolls,
Mr.. ODonnell said about 60,-
600 vehicles used the $3.50 mil
lion tunnel during Christmas
eve and Christmas Day. The
daily average has been io,o6i
Evening star., 1957-12-27

New Years eve party in the
Rueger home. The man was
killed and Rueger was convict
ed Of manslaughter. He was
sentenced to five years and en-
tered the Virginia State Peni-
tentiary in Richmond on Au-
gust 81. 1856.
The Ruegers live at 706 South
Fayette street In Arlington.
Evening star., 1957-12-27

in q park at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Seventh street NV. q
baby then, last June 20. He
took 1t home TO nurse.
But Federal law forbids q
person to keep a wild songbird
without a permit. and Mr.. Min
ker. who lives at 1882 P street
NV. had been worried about
an extension of the permit
from the regional headquarters
Of the Wildlife Service.
Permit Extended Twice
The present permit expires
December 81. II has been ex-
tended twice. The last time,
in September, Mr.. Minker
wrote the service that Having
to look after this bird is about
all the pleasure that ! have
at the present time"
Informed OF the new exten-
sion to June 80. Mr.. Minker
said that 1t was such q re-
lief-I couldn't have had q
better Christmas present. ]
was afraid someone might hurt
him If ! had to release him be-
fore he was we'll"
Mr.. Minker, 43. a quiet. soft
spoken man. runs an elevator
at Twelfth and G streets NV.
Each day he brings Mockie in
his cage to work with him.
Each night he takes Mockie
back home to the rooming
house. run incidentally by Mrs.
Charlotte Bird. who Mr.. Minker
says. likes Mockie. too.
Sometimes Mockie. in his
cage. rides the elevator with
Mr.. Minker: sometimes he sits
on somebody's desk.
Mr.. Minker has talked to the
Washington Zoo about care
Evening star., 1957-12-27
Electric Train Derby
To Be Held Monday

The Prince Georges County
YMCA will hold its animal holi-
day electric train Derby at 7
pm. Monday in HyattSville
Episcopal Church. Forty-second
avenue and Gallatin street.
Boys planning to enter the
Derby may get details from w,
X. Cooper, executive secretary
OF the YMCA.
Evening star., 1957-12-27

Arlington's chief long-range
planner resigned today to begin
postgraduate work at the Uni
versity Of North Carolina.
Robert N. Anderson. jr., said
his resignation will be effective
January ~. He has served as
the county's chief planner since
June. 1853.
Besides working on his mas
ter's degree. Mr.. Anderson said
he well be associated with the
firm Of City and Town Planning
Associates In Chapel Hill, N. e.
Mr.. Anderson said, II find II
difiicult TO break ties with Ar
Evening star., 1957-12-27

and feeding Of mockinsbirds
and even has taken Mockie out
there. He consults . veteri-
marian, too.
FAN Injured Wing
Mockie has been eating well
lately. Mr.. Minker says-dried
greens and seeds mixed with
hamburger. fruit and lettuce
he loves lettuce"
But Mockie has been drink
ing lots of water, and Mr..
Minker thought he might not
be feeling too good. Mockie
fell against the door Of his
cage just a week ago and in
jured his wing.
Blood hemorrhage they call
it." Mr.. Minker said.
Mr.. Minker was fixing q new
red travelling cage for Christ
mas trip to New York for
Mockie, but that fell through.
On Christmas Day I'VE just
went calling on some friends,
he said.
If the Atlanta ofhce wants to
see If Mockie really isn't ready
to cope with life In the great
outdoors. Mr.. Minker said he'd
take Mockie down to Atlanta.
And, If Mockie ever gets back
on his two wings. Mr.. Minker
said. he'd let him 60.
IF he can fiy, I'm glad to
let him CO." Mr.. Minker said.
The secretaries in the Boyd
School Of Commerce where Mr..
Minker works. wondered about
that.
That bird is Howard's life. "
one said. 1T would break his
heart If they took 1t"
Evening star., 1957-12-27
Roll Officiol Retires

NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 81 (R.
w. d. Simpson. chief engi-
neer Of the Seaboard Airline
Railroad. will retire from active
duty Tuesday. Thomas B.
Hutcheson will succeed to the
post on Wednesday. John w,
Smith. president. announced.
Evening star., 1957-12-27
luureI Kiwonis InstuIIs
ShuffreY us President

Edwin M. Shaffrey has been
installed as president Of the
Laurel Kiwanis Club. He is
manager Of the Baltimore Gas
q Electric Co.'S Laurel district.
Other officers are DR.. John
r. Buell., vice president; Charles
L. White. secretary. and Phillip
N. Kingsbury. treasurer. New
directors are the Rev. William
p. Anna, jr.. rector OF st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Beltsville;
Albert Behnke. Carl Waldman
and Howard Wood.
Evening star., 1957-12-27

tract more industry TO Virginia.
Revise inheritance laws.
Mrs. Stone said she would
offer . resolution to set up q
youth commission whic b
would co-ordinate activities Of
agencies involved in handling
young people.
She also win seek q survey Of
the state mental health pro-
gram by the American Psychia-
trio Association.
Mrs. stone said III the cli-
mate IL right" abe might seek
restoration Of Arlington
elected school board. or at
least permission for Arlington
residents 10 vote on how they
want the school board selected
She also said she would seek
Tightening Of Virginia's motor
vehicle laws.
Wants Garnishment Study
Mr.. Winston said he viii ash
for O study Of garnishment pro-
cedures. He said his proposal
will be aimed at controlling
the wholesale use" Of the
courts by easy-credit companies
seeking payment Of bills.
Mr.. Winston also viii offei
Q bin 10 provide legal represen.
tation for persons for whom
mental commissions are called
The four legislators said they
have not yet conferred with
Arlington County ofncials on
what bills the county headi
might want presented. A legis.
lative committee appointed By
the county board now 10 con.
sidering several proposals from
department heads and others
Fer Stricter Adoption Law
Among these are legislation
which would:
Change the adoption law
TO prohibit adoption unless
child is placed In q home
legally. The change was sug.
gested by Ralph z. Arble
chairman Of the county vel.
fare board. who said in 4
letter to the State director oi
welfare and institutions. "Tht
black market seems TO b
.siphoning OF some perfectly
good children who might other.
wise find their way into more
suitable homes"
Allow fingerprinting by coun.
ty police Of persons charged
with serious misdemeanors.
Require that persons b,
capable OF reading before hold
ing O drivers license. Also re.
Quire q photograph Of finger
print on . license 70 discourae,
Illegal use Of drivers licenses
Revise child labor laws h
give youths from II to i6 tn,
same working opportunitiel
| given TO those is to 10.
! Require that general con
tractors. particularly repail
work contractors, be bondeC
TO insure completion OF job
after payment Is made.
| Place half the State surplus
estimated at s3S to $50 million
in the literary fund for loar
to localities for school con
struction.
| Tomorrow: Alexandria's leg
islative PROPOSALS.
Evening star., 1957-12-27

BALTIMORE. Dec. ~ R.-
Roland Yakaitis won the an
nunl oratorical contest spon-
sored by the Maryland Junior
Association OF Commerce. The
Baltimore high school junior
competed 9th about 1000
contestants throughout the
statn.
Evening star., 1957-12-27

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission yesterday
adopted a 1858 budget Of s2s.s
million and approved a 2-cent
cut in a property tax.
Reduction Of the ad valorem
tax means a reduction Of 81
annually in the tax bill for q
home assessed at $4,000
Ad valorem levies are used
mostly for storm drainage pro-
jects in the 325-Square mile
area of Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. where the
WSSC serves some 100000 per-
sons.
In Prince Georges County
the reduction from next year
will be from IL to 9 cents per
500 assessed valuation. In
Montgomery County the reduc-
ton will be from Q to Z cents.
The extra 2 cents in Prince
Georges Is used to pay for the
Anacostia flood control project.
Surplus Anticipated
Commission officials said the
tax cut was made possible by
an anticipated sl.2 million sur
plus during 1858. They said
charges for water and sewer
line construction are paying
their way and do not have to
be financed partly with the
ad valorem tax.
The construction rates.
termed front-foot benefit
charges, are % cents per foot
for water lines and SO cents
per foot for sewers.
theoretically. the tax cut will
reduce ad valorem revenues
next year by about $252, 900.
Much Of this loss will be made
up by increased revenues FROM
an anticipated rise in the tax
base due to new construction,
a WSSC spokesman said.
A $50 million increase in the
tax base of the two counties
next year is expected to raise
the combined tax base to $l.26
billion.
Commission officials said the
$l.2 million anticipated surplus
will be used for operating ex-
penseS until revenues are re-
ceived by the utility later in
the year.
MNuro M4iddtns Uecllnse
The budget is $2.s million less
than this years. Part of the
drop is due 70 the present de-
crease In residential conetrue-
ton expected to carry over into
Evening star., 1957-12-27

Seeono " seFiot
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compact among Virginia. Mary
land and Washington. II would
provide for setting up an inter-
jurisdictional body which would
regulate but not operate transit
facilities In the Metropolitan
Area.
Another bill to be offered BY
Senator Fenwick would provide
for creation Of q state airport
authority empowered 10 acquire
and operate airports. Senator
Fenwick headed Q study COM
mittee which was appointed
after the Federal Government
indicated It would like 70 re.
linquish control Of National
Airport In nearby Virginia.
Would Freeze Road Allotments
Other bills to be introduced
by Senator Fenwick would:
Freeze distribution Of pri-
mary and secondary road
funds at the present level. and
provide that all additional
moneys coming into the funds
be distributed on the basis Of
need. Need would be figured
on the number Of vehicle miles
Travelled IN each locality.
Provide annual sessions Of
the General Assembly reg
ular 60-dAy session every two
years and Q 30-day budget
session the intervening year.
Mr.. Mann also listed this
among his proposals.
Provide % million 70 assist
in the construction Of dormi.
tories and classroom space at
schools Of nursing. Also Get
up nursing scholarships so
graduate nurses can take spe-
cial training to teach In nurs-
Ing schools throughout the
State.
Counsel for Public
One Of Mr.. Mann's major
proposals would set up a con-
sumers' counsel" TO provide
representation for the public
ct rate case hearings before
the state Corporation Com
mission.
Other bills by Mr.. Mann
would:
Strip the State MIX Commis-
sion Of power TO fix the retail
price Of milk. and provide for
Q consumer representative on
the commission.
Provide tl.750.000 for con-
struction Of q headquarters for
the Northern branch Of the
University Of Virginia.
Require advertising signs 10
be ct least 500 feet from all the
new interstate highways being
constructed.
Establish q clinic to treat
alcoholics In Northern Virginia.
Permit State retirement fund
money to be lent 70 localities
for school construction.
Youth Board Sought
Create q division Of industrial
development within the State
Conservation Commission to at-
Evening star., 1957-12-27
|Fenwick Will Offer Bill
For Area Transit Setup
Ry RAUL MOKH

bill 10 authorize participation by Northern Virginia in
Metropolitan transit authority viii be offered by Arng
state Senator Charles Fenwck at Che next session Of
the General Assembly.
This Il many pieces Of legislation TO be proposed by
Senator Fenwck and Angton three members Of the House
Evening star., 1957-12-27
Songbirds Protector
Gets GiH.He Wanted

late but welcome Christmas present came last night to
Howard Minker and his mockingbird. Mockie.
The Fish and Wdle Service reported at Atlanta 1t had
granted Mr. Mnker extension Of permit TO possess and
care for % mockngbrd" for six months more
He found the little bird bedraagled grounded and mpnR
Evening star., 1957-12-27

OF Delegates. Harrison Mann,
Mrs. Kathryn stone and VII.
liam winston.
Senator Fenwick said his
transit bill would authorize q
s.eenA A a Salies
Evening star., 1957-12-27

The budget is $2.S million less
than this years. Part Of the
drop Is due 70 the present de-
crease in residential conetrue-
ton expected to carry over into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-05
Political Spending

The chief merit of the Senate sub
committee report on Federal election
spending in the 1856 campaign is it's
dramatization Of a fact which long
has drawn ho-hum Acknowledgement
namely, that the Corrupt Practices Act
is woefully Intellectual and out of tune
with the times.
The law seeks to limit political COM
mittee expenditures to So million and to
restrict to $4,000 the amount an indi-
vidual may contribute. AS the Subcom-
mittee pointed out, the $3-million figure
is enthusiastically low" and the law,
which is studded with loopholes," per-
mits many committees to spend that
much each and individuals to give sums
totaling we'll above $5,0O0.s Zone Demo-
crat gave $4,000 and Republican gave
$65,500.)
Senate subcommittee investigators,
under terms of inquiry limited to the
general elections and the period Septem-
Der to November 80, could account for
only 33,185,725 in direct expenditures,
with the G. o. P. outSpending the Demo-
Gratis by almost to /. They conceded
that this was not the complete story
even for the period examined and said
that the total actual campaign cost far
surpasSes" the $33-million figure. Some
experts put the cost at well over 500
million.
One category in which the subcom-
mitee apparently far undershot the mark
was in connection with labor'S campaign
hn Cub NIT
jority, composed of Democratic Senators
Gore of Tennessee, the chairman, and
Mansfield of Montana, listed labor'S
direct spending at $941,271, or about six
cents apiece for the 16 million members
of trade unions in the United States.
Almost all of this money went to support
Democratic candidates.
Republican Senator Curtis of Ne
braska, in minority report, pointed out
that the S941 ,27l represented voluntary"
subscriptions only, which, he said, ARE
but small portion of their (the unionSO
total political expenditures" He asserted
that money spent for manpower, radio
and TV time and publications, under the
heading political education and citizen
Ship" is not reported by labor. This type
of spending should be examined closely
to determine whether it crosses the line
into the purely political.
Two things are clear as Congress
prepares to grapple with the problem Of
campaign contributions: There is need
for some limitation on the amount an
individual should be allowed to give and
there must be system of uniform report
ing. But both Democrats and Republic
cans will have to resist the temptation
to support those who would put limit
of as low as SIS a person on contributions
and those whose main purpose is to
unduly restrict organized labor'S particle
patton in election campaigns. If such
things as these are attempted, little Of
value is likely to come Of the newly
reinvigorated drive for sensible legisla-
tion in this field.