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Evening star., 1957-04-25
Policeman Fired
After 'Joy Ride

Greenbelt City Manager Charles
T. Mcdonald has fired one po-
liceman. suspended another foi
10 days and reprimanded the
city's recreation director foi
using a police car to drive three
l5-year-old girls home.
He said the incident occurred
April IL after a city-sponsorec
roller skating party at the
Greenbelt Elementary School.
Mr.. Mcdonald said "a very
t thorough h investigation" wa,
made after the incident was re.
ported by the father of one Of
the girls. There was no evidenc,
Of evil intent or that the girls
had been molested, the city man.
ager said.
Policeman Peter Joyce wa.
fired and Joseph O'Laughlin re.
iceived the suspension Monday
according to Mr.. Mcdonald, who
Identified the recreation direc.
tor as Warren Leddick.
Greenbelt police regulations
prohibit the use Of police cars
by persons other than municipal
employees. Mr.. Mcdonald said
Mr.. OLaughlin apparently in.
tended to drive the girls directly
home when they found them.
selves among the last to leave
the party but was delayed BY
"a police call.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Coming Raids Net
g in Northeast

Eight persons, including a To-
year-old woman, were arrested
yesterday. in a series of North
east gambling raids.
Charged with operating a lot
terry were Mrs. Patsy ". Peavy.
70. Of the 100 block of G street
NE; Walter L. Fields. jr.. IS, of
the 2700 block of Thirteenth
street NE; Rufus Roberts. 43. of
the 100 block Of G street NE;
Howard " Addison. 81, of the
900 block Of Twelfth street NE.
Also. Mrs. Shirley v. Turner.
I21. of the 600 block of Elliott
street NE: Mrs. Alberta Brad
ford. A. of the 100 block of
Benning road NE. and Mrs.
Veronica L. Clifford. as, of
the 700 block of Eighteenth
street NE.
John T. Spriggs, 81. of the
600 block of Twelfth street NE.
was charged with possessing a
numbers slip.
Capt. Todd Thoman said a
svitch-blade knife. a roulette
wheel. a punchboard and as
sorted drugs we're found in
Fields apartment. He said Fields
may face additional charges.
Evening star., 1957-04-25

of the school administration be
denied use of school facilities
or equipment in disseminating
information"
Mr.. Lightsey declared that the
PTAs do not indorse individual
candidates for Office. But he
said basic PTA objectives re-
quire that the organization take
a position on legislative issues.
Mrs. Lane did not reply to Mr.
Lightsey's reference to her. But
she told Mr.. Stockard she was
surprised" ne had invited the
PTA chairman to read a pre-
pared statement without letting
her know.
Criticizing the PTAs as "toe
political" Mrs. Lane said Mr.
Lightsey had described what the
organization should do, rather
than what they do.
/ Mr.. Stockard called the Rath-
bone letter an unfortunate" at.
tack on a sacred institution.
His sentiments we're echoed BY
Mr.. Draheim and Mr.. Joy.
The board deferred action on
a $4l9,000 bid for improvements
and additions to the Lee and
Woodmont Schools and DR.. E. j
Breun. assistant superintendent
in charge of finance in school
construction. said there was nc
Justification for the cost"
Evening star., 1957-04-25
University Park Boy.
Is Injured by Auto

A 6-year-old boy was ad-
mitted TO Prince Georges Gen.
eral Hospital yesterday with
a skull fracture received when he
was struck by a car near his
home in University Park. Md.
The boy, Richard L. Gooding
of 5000 Baltimore boulevard. was
hit while crossing the street in
the 4400 block OF Underwood
street. $50 feet west of Balti-
more boulevard. His condition
today was listed as good,
County police listed the driver
of the car as Charles c. Shank,
20. Of the 6700 block OF Forty
fourth avenue, Hyattsville. Mr.
Shank reported he was going
about neutrality-suspicious. when
the boy ran into the street from
between two parked cars.
A reckless driving charge was
placed against the driver. SUBJ
ject to a hearing in Hyattsville
May l3.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
SEVEN MONTHS AHEAD
Arlington Pupils Top
National Norm in Test

Arlington County students In
four grades ranked an average
of seven months ahead Of the
national median in achievement
tests given last October.
The test results, presented to
the school board last night
caused Acting Chairman James
g Stockard to remark: These
are thrilling results. They indi-
cate Johnny can read"
Associate School Supt. c. Glen
Hass and John L. Palmer. assist
ant director of research, ex-
Iplained the test results to the
board.
Students in the third. fifth
seventh and ninth grades were
tested in five fields-reading
arithmetic. grammar. spelling
and language.
Eight Month Lead
Third graders scored an aver
age of eight months ahead oi
the national median on the five
tests. Fifth and seventh graders
also were eight months ahead
and ninth graders had a four
month edge.
The median Is the middle
score of all students tested; hall
ranked above the median. hall
below.
Third graders in Arlington
scored highest in reading. rank
ing a year and a month aheac
OF the nationa' median. Ir
arithmetic. they were severa
months ahead; spelling. 81,
months ahead; language. five
months ahead. and grammar
three months ahead.
Fifth graders were veal
ahead of the national mediari ir
spelling and language; nine
months ahead in grammar anc
reading and six months ahead ir
arithmetic.
Far Ahead in Spelling
! Seventh graders ranked a yeal
and FIVE months ahead Of the
national median in spelling. &
year and two months ahead II
language. nine months ahead ir
grammar, eight months ahead ir
reading and five months aheac
f in arithmetic.
/ Ninth graders ranked five
months ahead of the national
median in reading, spelling anc
language; four months aheac
in grammar and three month:
ahead in arithmetic.
Df Hass said the achievement
Evening star., 1957-04-25
New Police
Chief Named
lin GreenbeIt

James H. Williams. %, a men,
Der Of the Maryland Parole and
Probation Department and for
mer Montgomery County police
man. has been named chief of
the Greenbelt Police Depart
ment. effective May IS.
Chief Williams. a Greenbelt
resident for the past Is years
and a former policeman there,
has been a parole officer for the
past seven months and now
works out of the State office and
the Prince Georges County
Courthouse in Upper Marlboro.
The new chief will receive an
annual salary of $4,000 for head
ing the force of three full time
and two part-time men in the
community of 1900 residents.
He fills the vacancy caused in
February. 1855. when George j.
Panagoulis resigned to become
chief of the Prince Georges
County Police Department.
Charles T. Mcdonald, the City
Manager who selected Mr.. Will
liams from six applicants, said
the new chief has been employed
by Greenbelt in various positions
since 1916. They included ten
mis- instructor. recreation direc-
tor, swimming pool lifeguard,
fireman and first aid instructor.
Before joining the probation
office, Chief Williams worked as
a Greenbelt night police clerk.
He studied at the University
Iof Maryland and attended sew
Ieral police in-service training
courses. He lives with his wife
and young son at 34-B Ridge
Evening star., 1957-04-25
.EX-MARYLANDER
HIGHEST PAID
SCHOOL HEAD

Benjamin c. Wills, former
Maryland educator and now
superintendent of Chicago's
public schools. yesterday
signed a new four-year con-
tract with Chicago making
him the Nations highest
paid school superintendent.
Under his contract Mr..
Willis present salary of $780,
900 will increase $4,000 next
year and $4,000 yearly in the
three remaining years. His
1860 school year salary will
be $42,500.
The new salary compares
with $32,500 paid superin-
tendents in New York and
Los Angeles and $4,000 in
Detroit. However the Chi
cago retirement pension is
$4,000. compared to New
York's annual pension Of
$4,000.
Mr.. Willis was born in
Baltimore and educated at
st. Johns College. Annap-
oils; George Washington
University. Johns Hopkins
and Columbia University.
He was principal at the
Maryland schools of Hen
derson, fredericksburg and
Caroline in the 1920s and
l930s. In 1884 he was ap-
pointed superintendent of
school for Caroline County.
Md. a post he held until
1910. From 1910 to 1947
he was superintendent of
schools in Washington
County. Md. Mr.. Willis
then served four years in
Yonkers, N. Y. and three
in Buffalo, N. Y. He went
to Chicago in 1858.
Evening star., 1957-04-25

tests-prepared by the California
Test Bureau. a private organi-
zation--have been given in
Arlington for about four years.
Figures available for the two
previous school years-l954-5
and 1866 - show Arlington
students have consiste emily
ranked ahead Of the national
median
In three other types of tests
given last October. Arling. on
students also ranked above the
national median. These tested
silent reading skill, primary
mental ability and mental ma
turity. The last two are similar
to 10 tests, DR.. Hass explained.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Junitor Cleared

William A. Woodson, %. of
the first block of @ street NE.
has been cleared by an Alex
Iandria Corporation Court jury
of a charge of statutory bur-
iglary with intent to rape.
He was accused Of entering
the apartment of an Army lieu
tenants wife on February 20 at
Hunting Towers where he was
a janitor.
The woman said the man who
entered ner apartment put a
pillow over her head and fed
when she struggled from under
it. The defense introduced evi-
dence indicating it was too dark
IN the apartment to identify the
man.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Power
Seen eninPotomac

A former Federal Power Com
mission chairman advised nearby
Virginia women Democrats yes
terday that the Potomac River
may hold the key to cheaper
power rates for Virginia con-
sumers.
Leland Olds. now a private
consultant. said Washington
power consumers pay $l.32 less
per month for their power needs
for an average home than nearby
Virginians.
Federal development OF hydro
electric power in proposed flood
control and water conservation
projects in the Potomac River
basin could force lower rates for
nearby Virginia consumers. he
said.
Mr.. Olds served as a member
Of the Federal Power Commits
sion from 1899 to l949 and was
chairman for six years. He is
now director Of Energy Research
Associates.
His comment on the cheap
power aspects of proposed Corps
Of Engineers projects on the Po-
tomac stirred strong interest
among the 100 members of the
Women's Democratic Club Of the
10th District during a luncheon
meeting at Court House Coun-
try Club in Fairfax.
Mr.. Olds said Washington
electric power users pay $6.3s
for average home requirements
per month. while nearby Vir-
.ginians pay $40 for the same
service.
He said the Potomac River
basin is considered the least de-
veloped river. basin in the United
States. The three great uses tc
which the Potomac should be
put. he said. are, TO provide ar
assured water supply for urban
farm and industrial uses in the
future. for development Of cleo.
trio power and to provide rec.
reational facilities for the
greater Washington area
Evening star., 1957-04-25

Oh using SCHOOL DulIulnBS 10 nOlO
''left wing" political meetings
Mr.. Rathbone's letter demanded
that PTAs and the Arlington Ed
|ucation Association pay the max
|imum rate charged to non school
groups for political meetings.
The School Boards answer
was to pass a resolution full of
praise for "the 10000 PTA men,
bers in Arlington County and for
the Arlington Education Asso-
citation.
Acting Chairman James G
Stockard. E. r. Draheim and
Barnard Joy voted for the reso-
luton. Mrs. Helen Lane, who
is regarded as the boards con-
servative member, abstained
She said she agreed with the
resolution but thought 1t hac
mo relation to Mr.. Rathbone' s
letter.
The action came after Will
liam NJ. Lightsey. president OF
the County PTA Council. read
Ia reply to Mr.. Rathbone's
charges.
The Rathbone request, he
said. is part and parcel, of a
planned scheme of a few r-
responsible agitators in Arling-
ton County. Cut from the
same cloth is the motion made
several weeks ago by Mrs. Lane,
our new School Board member,
that organizations not a part
Evening star., 1957-04-25

the car April 3 in the schoolyard
in order to question the occu-
pants about a f1recracker explo-
sion.
At the original court hearing,
Mr.. Thompson. of 1906 North
Trenton street. testified that he
first saw the car speeding and
feared that some of the students
would be injured.
Mr.. Thomson testified that the
car stopped at his signal and
then began to edge forward, with
the driver shouting for him to
get out of the way. The teacher
jumped on the hood of the car,
reached inside and took the ig-
milton keys and pulled the driver
out.
A scuffle followed during
which the driver and two pas
ton" but is sometimes afraid
TO show 1t.
At the time Of the incident
at Washington and Lee both
boys were working full time in
a filling station. The driver is
an Arlington youth and the
other boy is from Fairfax.
The teacher. Mr.. Thomson
suffered minor bruises in the
fracas.
Evening star., 1957-04-25

.sengers escaped in the car. One
of the passengers, also 16, drew
an indefinite probation and a
license suspension at an earlier
hearing before Judge Reid. The
other passenger was an adult
who was not charged.
Today a court social worker
testified that the l6-year-old
driver has "a real swell DISPOSE
Evening star., 1957-04-25

andale roac link be provided ir
lieu of the Glenbrook road con.
nection.
Mr.. Walker and some of the
other opponents suggested thai
an entirely new study of the
traffic situation be instituted tc
determine if there is a better
solution.
Other opposition speakers in
cluded Paul H. Griffith of the
Greenwich Forest Citizens Asso-
citation: John P. Furman of the
Edgemoor Citizens Association
and Brig. Gen. Adam Richmond
of the Battery Park Citizens AS.
sociation. Statements were alsC
read on behalf of the Woodhaver
and Edgewood-G -Glenwood Citi.
zens Associations.
Another opponent was Judge
10 v. Morgan Of the District Ia,
Court and longtime resident o.
Edgemoor.
Delegate Lee Appears
( Blair Lee III. member Of tn,
Maryland House of Delegates
also appeared on behalf Of thI
opposition as ap rivate planninl
consultant. He called GlenbrooI
road "the key to the future o.
whole western Bethesda" anC
said any parkway linking with i
would only bring induced
traffic"
Commissioner Gingery told tn
audience the Little Falls Branch
parkway will not solve the area
traffic ailments.
/ IF you want TO do somethin!
concrete" he said. "get behinS
the southeast leg of Route 24I
through Rock Greek park ant
the Cabin John bridge"
Adding that traffic is build
ing up to such a point wher
something has to be done" MI
Glngery said the Rock Cree
road will solve a lot Of train
problems: the Little Falls park
way is just peanuts"
After the public session. Chair
man Pyles said he agreed thai
If the commission puts the prob
lem off much longer. the matte
should wait until the new 10
member commission comes in o.
June /.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Howard PTA Festival

Entertainer Pick Temple and a
drill team from Fort Myer will
provide entertainment at a spring
festival, sponsored by the Parent
Teacher Association of the Min
ME Howard School, from 10 am.
to 4 pm. at the school.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Marion AIumnoe Event

DR.. John H. Fray, president OF
Marion College. Marion. Va, will
address the annual spring lunch
con meeting Of the Marion
Alumnae Association at pm.
Saturday at the Little Tea House
1901 Ridge road. South Arling-
ton.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Lions Club Sole

CENTREvILLE. Va, April IS
tSpecial) Members Of the Lions
Club here will begin the organi-
cations annual broom and light
bulb sale Saturday. Members OF
the sale committee are Orlando
Gallegos. Joseph Lake anc
Meade Stull. sr.
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Probation, LossofLicense
Follows Attack With Car

l6year-old Arlington boy placed indefinite pro-
baton today for attempting WashingtonLe High
School teacher with his
Juvenile Court Judge Hugh Reid also suspended the boys
driving permit the that tries to use
a car weapon should be driving
The teacher Robert L. Thomson 36 had attempted To flag
Evening star., 1957-04-25
School Board Spurns
ATTACK on County PTA

The Arlington School Board last night spurned request
by segregaonist that Parent Associations
restricted in their use of public school buildings.
Three board members bitterly attacked letter from Jack
Rahbone chairman Of the Arlington Defenders of State
ereigny and Individual Liberties which he the
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Planners Defer Contract
In Parkway Controversy

Maryland planners have refused by 4o2 vote to award
for construction of the controversial Little Falls
Branch parkway leg Bethesda but also left way
open for reconsideration May g.
Yesterdays action of the Capital
Planning Commission followed another the fight
Evening star., 1957-04-25
Opposition Heard

Principal spokesman for the
opposition was John S. Walk
er, OF the Glenbrook Area Home
Owners Association. He said he
represented more than 1000
homeowncrs He repeated most
OF the arguments made during
/previous appearances before Me
planning agency and the county
council and urged that the Hill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

modernize laboratory equipment
to protect the Nations health.
He said much Of his groups
equipment is more than II years
old and needs replacement due
to poor condition or because it
lis inadequate.
New Methods Needed
He pointed out agriculture and
the food industries are turning
to pesticides and chemical addi-
tives to permit production of an
adequate food supply. He said:
I'VE require new methods for
detecting and measuring minute
residues of these chemicals"
Commissioner of Social Sc
curity Charles I. Schottland told
the conference there are 14.5 mil
lion persons over 65 years old
and they are increasing by 1000
daily. He said a little over one
third Of the men in this age
group are working. while only
about 10 per cent of the women
are employed. He declared due
to health measures there are not
more than $4,000 children in the
United States. both of whose
parents have died. He said there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08
Egypt Seeks oeoth
Of Is Spy SUSPECTS

CAIRO. Feb. 8 (R.-Egypt will
seek the death penalty for four
Britons and IL other persons
charged with spying after the
-Suez Canal was naticnalized last
July. Trial is scheduled for
Thursday.
The prosecutor generals Office
said the defendants are charged
with obtaining secret docu-
and information concern
ing the armed forces to be
handed over to Britain" It
claimed Britain paid tn e m
for the documents
The alleged acts preceded the
British-French-I invasions
of Egypt.
The British defendants are
James Swinburn. manager of the
Arab News Agency; Charles Pit
tuck, assistant manager of the
Marconi telegraph Office in
Cairo; James Zarb, an import
export agent and John Thorn
ton Stanley. a businessman.
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.Civituns to Discuss
Retarded Children

Mentally retarded and handi-
capped children will be discussed
at the Mayflower Hotel tomor-
row, when Washington Civilians
open a two-day meeting as hosts
to clubs from Pennsylvania. New
Jersey, Maryland and Virginia.
Thomas F. McNulty of Balti-
more, president of the Founda-
ton for Mentally Retarded and
Handicapped Children of the
organizations Chesapeake Dis
trict, will address a noon lunch
con.
Extension of new clubs and
membership expansion will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

cinated with even one shot," he
said. This means that there
are over go million Americans
still to be reached and many
more whose vaccination with
three shots is still incomplete"
DR.. Price also told of in
creased emphasis on water. air
D pollution and radiation control,
and chronic diseases with which
more than one-sixth of the pop
ulation suffers.
John L. Harvey, deputy COM
missioner of food and drugs, de-
clared more than 100000 has
been requested to replace and
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300-Yeur-OId Dole
Given Every SUNDAY

ABINGDON. England. - This
Berkshire town SIS miles north
west of London still faithfully
carries out custom more than
800 years old, called the Black
nall Bread"
In accordance with the will of
John Blacknall, who died in
1925, loaves are placed every
Sunday on the monument to him
and his wife in st. Nichols
Church for distribution to the
poor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

are 5000 persons in the United
States over 100 years of age.
Mrs. Richard j. Bernhard.
president, Social Legislation In
formation Service, declared:
This meeting is clear evidence
of the fact that there is no pub
lie apathy toward the work of
this department. The democratic
process is a process necessarily
involving popular participation
in public affairs-and for this
information is an indispensable
ingredient"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

year, he said. Yesterdays meet
ing was sponsored by Social
Legislation Information Service,
Inc. 1886 Connecticut avenue
NV, and was addressed by top
officials of the Department of
Health. Education and Welfare.
Assistant Surgeon General
David E. Price stressed the need
for persons under 40 obtaining
maximum vaccination against
infantile paralysis.
60 Million Not Protected
"Of the approximately 10S
million people under 40, only
about As million have been vac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08
PorIey Told U. S. Needs
More Specially Training

The need for highly educated specialists continues to
demands unsklled labor decrease
education health and social welfare told yesterday
This information representatives 800 national
voluntary organizations by Evs j. Stair executive director
Presidents Committee Education Beyond High School,
The committee will make final report the of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. A.:
5,

one of the prime topics on the
agenda of this third quarterly
council meeting of the district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-08

District Governor John S. Rich.
ardson of Arlington, Va, will
lead the sessions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-11

tened to a detailed report from
party cabinet ministers in the
outgoing government on devel-
opments in the foreign and do
nestle political situation and the
circumstances which led to the
government resignation"
The party announcement also
said Mr.. Nabulsi will make two
political speeches tomorrow In
Ramallah and Jenin.
Immediately before its resig-
nation, Mr.. Nabulsis' government
terminated the services of several
government officials. including
the chief justice. the public Sc
.curity tpolice) chief, the Jor-
danian Ambassador to France,
and the Ambassador TO Wash
lington, Abdul Monem Rifai.
In the Israeli sector of Jeru.
salem. an Israeli Foreign Min
istry spokesman said his gov
eminent had no knowledge OF
reported Arab troop concentra-
tons or movements in or around
Jordan. He referred to news
paper reports of troop moves and
what were described as Israeli
fears" that they heralded an
attack on Israel.
In Damascus, Syrian poll
ticians expressed deep concern
lover the situation in Jordan.
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Hussein ReportedAs
KhoIidi to Form Cabinet

/ AMMAN. Jordan. April Il
tR.-King Hussein was reported
today to have asked DR.. Husseir
Kakhri Khalidi to see if he car
form a new government for Jor-
dan Premier Suleiman Nabuls.
resigned yesterday at the Kings
request.
Mr.. Khalidi. an elderly Pales-
tinian leader. is q political
independent and former member
of several Jordan cabinets.
The situation in Amman and
other towns throughout Jordan
was reported quiet and normal
today following the resignation
lof the Nabulsi government. For
eign observers had feared the
Premier's custer might bring out
rioting street mobs which have
unseated previous governments
and with whom Mr.. Nabulsi !:
popular.
Hussein asked Mr.. Nabulsi tc
serve as caretaker premier until
a new government is formed.
Mr.. Nabulsi's National Social
list Party announced late last
might it would not participate in
a new government. 1t said that
decision was reached after the
Iparty's Executive Committee lis