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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28

L1OlitAOIl, the uIdltlIlS Vi CIid1ReS
in the building code and de-
.mands from citizens groups and
Others for city licensing of all
building and wrecking con-
tractors.
The suit, filed in Municipal
Court yesterday and asking ST.
600 damages, is the first move To
get a court ruling on why the
wall collapsed and who is re-
sponsible.
No Insurance
1t was filed by LLOYD I. Haak,
l66 Hanover place NV. owner of
the only wrecked car on the lot
that was not covered by compre-
ihenSive insurance. The insur-
ance companies have either
settled or are in process of set
Ting with the other 10 car own
iers. Some insurance spokesman
made it clear that they will then
go into court in an effort to re-
coup their loss.
| Mr.. Haak named as defend
ants Sol GrosSman, operator OF
the parking lot: Eighth Realty
Corp. owner of the parking lot
premises; Harry Hoffman &
Sons. Inc, doing business as the
General Wrecking Co.. which
RACED the houses previously on
the parking lot site: Joe s
Davies. ST.. sued individually and
as trustee Of the estate of Ann
Merchant. owner Of the apart
ment house at 2127 P street
NV. and M. Paul Hannah
manager Of the apartment house
! Mr.. Haak is suing for 81 500 Il
cover his wrecked 1854 Ford
J loss OF personal property anC
: other expenses.
| The wall that collapsed wa
part Of a party wall shared by ;
house that was RACED and tn,
neighboring apartment house
;. When the house at 2l29 p stree
, was demolished. the shared wal
remained.
Allegations Listed
In his suit, Mr.. Haak mad,
these allegations against tn,
various defendants:
, That Mr.. Grossman as lease,
Of the parking lot and operate
Of the business failed to main
tain the premises in safe condi
.. ton for his customers.
That the Eighth Realty Corp
as owner of 2l29 p street. hat
the house raised and Gin doinI
so. allowed the party wall con
! tiguous to 2l27 P street NV. Il
. remain standing in a hazardou
and dangerous condition b.
|, reason Of the fact that 1t wa
not properly secured or anchored
to the adjoining wall" There
after, the suit alleged, the Eight
Realty Corp. failed as owner Il
take proper measures to secur
; and anchor the wall to make
safe and harmless.
That the General Wreckinl
Co. was negligent in failing :,
raze the building lin a prope
, and workmanlike manner IN tina
, 1t left standing q wall which wa
not properly anchored o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28

Ipulsory school attendance law
would have to be amended
the practice of expulsion would
he limited to:
"The few very fragrant and
dangerous situations and then
only after every facility at the
disposal of the schools has been
applied in the hope that cor
receive measures may be estab-
lished and exclusion avoided"
DR.. Corning said he shared
Senator Hennings' concern over
what happens to the child once
Expelled. He pointed out that
ia special committee of citizens
is meeting currently in an effort
to come up with an answer.
Senator Hennings has said he
felt the school board should
develop a referral system fol-
incorrigibles, requiring expert
treatment facilities for such
children. He has said this should
be done before any law is sought
providing for expulsion.
Dangerous" Pupils Expelled
/ Despite the lack of any Legal
authority. school officials have
expelled a number of children
over the years-mainly of junior
high school age-after deciding
the pupil actually represented 9
danger to other pupils anc
teachers as well.
I DR.. Corning also wrote the
Senator that:
Il am becoming increasingly
Of the opinion that if the prob
lem of juvenile delinquency Il
to be solved. we must be equipped
to prevent it by working scien.
Itif1cally with children in the
elementary schools"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
County Budget
Study Slated
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

4 ~ NAAAhAAAAAAJ A@e AASFA = AAAAAAN
| The Montgomery County
Council is facing budget requests
that would mean the cost OF
dsy-to-day operations would be
up Sc per cent since 1886.
School and other department
requests total $35.7 million for
the next fiscal year compared
with total operating expenditures
during 1954-5 of S22.8 million.
The total operating budget
has increased more than IS per
cent since that time.
The lions share Of the in
creased day-to-day cost. both
percentage wise and dollar wise,
| has gone for schools. School
costs are up AZ per cent in two
years and would be 20 per cent
over 1954-5 costs II all requests
are granted this year.
But the cost of operating the
rest of the county government
has been far from stable.
Cost Of all other operating
services. excluding schools and
payments on the county's debt,
jumped % per cent in the past
two years.
Some SIS million was spent
for these operations in i954-5
! This year the county council
budgeted $9.7 million for these
services.
This is the situation as the
council prepares to receive
budget recommendations from
County Manager M. L. Reese
The recommendations have beer
promised for next Tuesday and
the council must adopt a budget
and set the tax rate to support
lit by April Is.
The tax baSe-the assessed
value Of property in the county
has failed to keep pace with thu
increased cost Of government
The base Increased SIT million
or Is per cent during the coun'
ellis first two years. According
to county officials it will go VI
only about 5 per cent this yea
to 1927 million.
II the county manager Is 90.
ing to maintain any close rela'
tionship between increased gov
ornamental costs and the in
creased tax base. he would havu
to cut sharply into budget re
quests.
When the present count,
council took Office the genera
county tax rate was $l.93 pc
500 During its first bulge
deliberations the council in
creased the tax rate 10 cents
then held the line last year.
The former county council
went into Office with a $l.90 Ia,
rate. let it go up to $2.l0, and lef
office with the TAX rate at $1.93.
4 Heavy percentage increases II
the last two years in govern
mental costs have been eviden
in the department Of publi
safety. A per cent; public health
As per cent: the courts. As pc
cent; the sheriff's Office. so pc
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
Memory Expert

They're still laughing on
Capitol Hill about the pro-
fessor, recruiting pupils for
his memory-training course,
who dropped into one Office
to meet the Congressman.
After a polite interim the
Congressman excused him
self and retired to his inner
sanctum.
"Nice fellow" said the
professor to the secretary,
"What'd you say his name
was?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28


oughly screened.
His remarks were contained in
a letter to Senator Hennings,
Democrat of Missouri. who re-
Gently offered the aid Of the
Senate Juvenile Delinquency
Subcommittee in dealing with the
problem of incorrigible pupils,
Proposal Outlined
DR.. Corning outlined for Sen
ator Hennings these proposed
steps in the expulsion Of a child
/. Recommendations for ex-
pulsion with supporting evidence
would be made by the principa
of the school to the assistant
superintendent of schools who
after reviewing the evidence
would report the case to the SUI
perintendent. Actual permanent
expulsion would require approva
by the Board of Education OF
recommendation of the superin'
tendent.
O.. The school would be re-
Quired to show the nature Of thu
i6ffenses and all steps taken Il
control the. individual.
3. Decision to expel would b
based in part upon results Of ;
clinical analysis by the depart
ment of pupil appraisal ant
wherever psychiatric advic'
could be obtained.
I 4. While the case was undel
consideration. the superintend
ent would have authority to sus
pend temporarily (not NOR
than 80 days. If he is convinceS
the child should be immediatel.
removed from school.
DR.. Corning said that If sucl
legislation is passed-the com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
Street Scenes

AN ou' ,of-town motorist
caught in the batting traffic
situation at Union Station
Plaza.
The white porcelain bell
pull on an old home near
Second and H streets NV.
you can't hardly get 'em
anymore. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
ASKS 81, 900 DAMAGES
Car Owner Files Suit
In Topping Wall Case
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

The of the topping wall street has moved into
Municipal Court with suit naming five defendants
The wall collapsed January %. damaging demoishng
IL parked the lot at 2l29 street NV.
The wall incident explored in The Star of February TO-
resulted in immediate tightening of existing rules covering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28

A select list OF Washing
tonians, invited to visit Lucius
Beebe's lush, private Pullman
here recently, heard this anec-
dote concerning its history.
The rolling salon lone o,
Mr.. Printer) was being redeco-
rated to the lavish taste of Mr..
Beebe, former New York COL
umnist, when a workman acct
dentally smashed the glass of
a wall cabinet containing fire.
fighting equipment. Mr.. Beebe,
who now publishes Mark
Twain's ancient weekly, the
Territorial Enterprise, was
properly miffed.
Don't worry" the crafts
man calmly said, I'll fix it.
When Mr.. Beebe returned he
found a new glass panel had
been installed.
"You won't have to bother
about that any more" the
workman triumphantly as
sured him. That's shatter-
proof"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
Corning Outlines Plan
For ExpelIing Pupils
Seeks Authority to Gust IncorrieibIes
Who Are Menace to Other Students
BY JOHN M. McKELWAY

District School Supt Hobart Corning today again said
he seeks authority to expe only children behavior
them into physical moral educational menace" to other
children.
The superintendent emphasized expulsion authority sought
not to egaze wholesale excluonsbut only very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
The
Rambler
Rock m Roll
Is lettering /?

Cheering news for the tired
businessman who must pilot a
clients better half around a
dance floor as part Of his days
work comes from Maestro
Leon Brusiloff. The calypso,
which seems to be replacing
rock n roll, will be much cas-
Ter on the feet, says the vet
eran orchestra leader.
Calypso is nothing more
than a slow mamba without
the businessman's bounce"
says Mr.. Brusiloff, who has
been fiddling around Wash
ington since 1917. "It'S nice
music"
Good or bad, it can be no
more trying for the middle
aged generation than rock N
roll. Frankly, we've been Won
dering what songs Current
teen-agers could sing when
they gather, ssv Is years from
now, for a little close harmony.
you Amt Nothin' BIT a Houn'
Dawg," and GO Jim Dandy"
seem hardly appropriate for
family parties, or even bar
bershop quartets.
But Mr.. Brusiloff, who di-
reefs the l10-piece Police Boys
Club Bald in addition to his
orchestra. says not to worry
about it.
Twenty five years from now
these youngsters will be sing
ing the same songs we know"
he assured us. Songs like
Put On Your Old Gray Bon
net and I Want a Girl Just
Like the Girl That Married
Dear Old Dad They'll learn
them from their parents"
Let's hope the gentleman
who has played for every
thing from grand opera to
Chinese funeral professionals
is right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
Typed

Maybe you'd better have
another look at the family
bus and see if your character
is showing.
A hard bitten old cabbie,
who TAXED Star WOmen's
Editor Lee Walsh downtown
the other day, raised the
point after being annoyed
by the in-and-out tactics of
a man in a small, foreign
make car. Pulling alongside
his tOrmenter, the old gaffer
cOldly sized him up and
SnOrted.
He looks the type" he
grumbled. "Georgetown's
full Of them Jaguars and
things. Now you take a doc
tor or a banker, they drive a
conservative car, like black.
But not these people. 1 guess
they've got to be different"
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19

ington as it was during the Civil
War. "The Confederate Reader
edited by Richard E. Harwell
Oongmans, Green tells "the
story of the Confederacy as the
Confederates themselves wrote
it," Although they cover the
same field, KimmeFs work is in
no sense a duplicate of Margaret
Leech's "Reveille in Washing
ton," long considered definitive
description of Washington in
wartime. Kimmel has gone to
original sources, the newspapers,
and uses their wartime content,
text and illustration, to give a
picture of Washington in 1876
that has a rare contemporary
feeling. The Reader" is in the
same vein, in presenting contem-
porary writings, but it delves in
to oddments of life in presenting
material that ranges from Con-
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19

PETAL-HARVEY BAPTIST
CHURCH.

Services. will begin with Sun.
day School at 9,45 am, Pat
Rogers, Supt.
Rev. Sam w. Waggener, Pas
tor, preaches-at IL am. and 7:S(
pm.
Training Union meets at GAS
pm, C. E. Richardson, Director.
Mid-Week Prayer meeting Is
held at 7:30 pm. Wednesdays at
Richton Road and Harvey Mis-
sion prayer meeting is held 1880
pm. Thursdays.
Song services are under the
Iii action of Mr.. Charles Caulkin
Mrs. w. III. Chairman, Organist.
and Mrs. Maize Nell Smith,
pianist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend; the nursery is open
at all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19
GREEN'S CREEK BAPTIST
CHURCH.
OLD RICHTON ROAD, PETAL

Services begin al 9:45 am.
with Sunday School, R o b ert
Powell, Supt.
@. C. Barrett, Pastor, breaches
at HOO am. and TOO pm.
Prayer Meeting is 700 pm.
on Wednesdays following
prayer meeting all organizations
meet WAS, GAS, RA's,
WMU, brotherhood, and Sum
beams.
Song services are under the
direction of w. C. Rainey, Jr.;
pianist is Miss Polly Morgan.
The public is extended a cor
dial invitation to attend services.
Nursery is open at all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19
SECTION ONE, PAGE 3

federate Valentines to the "Order
of Procession" for Stonewall
Jackson's funeral.
A field relatively unexplored-
the war on the waters - is the
subject of "Mr. Lincoln's Navy"
by Richard West Jr. Iongmans,
Green. West has fast-moving,
important story and tells it well,
although some will wish he had
devoted more attention to the
Confederate raiders on the high
seas. To cite one omission, he
does not mention the 6henan-
doah, the cruiser which did not
haul down its flag until two years
after Appomattox.
There is an echo of a hit OF
the last Christmas season in
"This Was Andersonville," by
John McElroy Mcdowell, Obol-
ensky). McElroy's story was an
Continued on Page 81
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19

Ellen Ravens, Sarah Alice Goss,
Beverley Hicks, Linda Ann NAL
lette, ANGELA Carter and Pearl
Provost.
The FILA girls are busy selling
magazines, hose and shampoo.
enlarged edition of Stefan Lo-
rants Lincoln: A Picture Story
Of His Life" (Harper). It contains
every known photo of Lincoln,
along with authoritative discus
sion of the circumstances of its
taking, and a gallery of the trial
and execution of the Lincoln
conspirators, new to this edition.
Reconstruct the Past
Two of the new works recon-
struct the past. ''Mr. Lincoln's
Washington" by Stanley Kimmel
Coward McCann picture Wash
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
CENTRAL AVENUE. FETAL

Services begin with Sunday
School at GAS am. Ienry
Hardy, Supt.
Rev. w. A. Richardson, Pastor,
breaches at IL am. and 1880
pm.
Baptist Training Union m s
at $50 pm. Sundays.
Mid Week Prayer meeting is
held at TOO pm. Wednesdays.
Song services are under the
direction of Mr.. Ford Parker;
Mrs. j. NJ. Van Devender, pianist.
The public is cordially invited
TO attend.
Nursery is open at all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH,
JACKSON STREET, PETAL

Services begin with Sunday
1choo, al 9:45 am, Bill Bar
ow, Supt. reaching at II am.
md Ills pm by Rev, justin
Garrett, pastor. Baptist Train
lug Union meets at 6:15 pm.
Mid w eek Prayer meeting is
acid at 1880 pm. on Wednesday.
GAS meet after school on Mon
lays, and RA's meet before pray
e. meeting on Wednesdays. Song
services are under the direction
Of o. U. Barlow, Mrs. Jack Fixes,
pianist.
Church nursery open at all
services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19
Wide Range 0fNew Publications Offer
Choice For Civil War History Readers

IF YOU HAVE A Civil War
buff OH your Christmas list, the
nations book publishers are do
ing their best to solve your gift
problems. Current additions to
the massive literature of the con-
flict cover a wide range of sub
ject matter and offer something
of interest to the buff of every
degree, from the serious re-
searer to the dabbler.
The lineup includes books of
handsome formal which certainly
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19

must have been put together with
the holiday trade in mind. A
lavish touch with illustrations,
artistic jackets, special type set
ups = these are signs that the
publishers have sometime else IN
mind than casual bus ness.
One Of the most i'm posing of
the new books is a revised and
Doris Cunningham, B ar b ar a
Davis, Helen Marie Farley,
Sylvia Provost, Bonnie Lynn
Taylor, Glenda Mallette, Mary
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19
PETAL METHODIST CHURCH,
MAIN STREET, PETAL

Services begin With Sunday
S. h oil at 9:45 am, w. G.
Mathis, Superintendent.
Rev. j. P. Payne, P a S t r.
breaches at 1900 am. and 700
p.n.
WSCS meets at 900 pm. on
Mondays.
Mid-Week Prayer Meeting is
held at TOO pm. on Wednes
days. Choir practice follows pray
er meeting.
Song services are under the
direction of Mrs. B. l.. Coulter;
Mrs. d. H. Halliwell, ST., Organ
ist.
The public is cordially invited
70 attend. The nursery is open
A. all services.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1957-12-19
PETAL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
MAIN STREET, PETAL

Services begin at 1000 am
with Sunday School, H. L. Nors-
worthy, Supt.
Evangelist Howard S. Williams
breaches at 100 am.
Bible Glass meets Sunday from
s 100 to TOO pm. Choir practice
Is held Wednesday nights at 1880.
Song services are under the
direction of Mrs D. L. Priest;
pianist is Miss Bernice Nors
worthy. :.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the public to attend services
each Sunday. NT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-16
.Minoso Opens
Annual HassIe
With Con1iskey
BY the Associated Press

The major leagues were ready
to announce the official openins
of the holdout season today, fol
Outf1elder Minnie Minoso ha.
started his annual tug of wal
with the Chicago White Sox.
Some of Minoso's past battle.
with the White Sox front Office
have approached the comic-opers
proportions. and this one ap.
pears headed that way right off
The White Sox received Min.
o5o's unsigned contract from
Havana yesterday with the no.
tation:
1T looks like this contract
was intended for the Minoso Of
1858 or 1854. not the one who
had such a fine season in 1856
Please send corrected contract.
Vice President Chuck Com.
iskey went along with the gag
Minnie is right" he said
1.-THE contract should be cor.
Irected. 1t should be addressed
to Saturnino Orestes Arrieta
Minoso."
Minoso. who batted .316 last
year. repeatedly was offered $32,.
900, the same as last year.
None of the major league club:
has come up with any serious
holdout threats as yet, and many
of the top players are coming
into the fold without argument
A fistful of players signed yester.
day. The Milwaukee Braves got
First Baseman Joe Adcock tc
agree to a two-year contract
calling for $4,000 to $4,000 q
season. The big 29-year-old frs,
See CONTRACTS. Page C.:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-16

brewery and horse race track
said such protests were based
on the belief that pari-mutuel
gambling was to be conducted al
the golf club.
They said an agreement was
reached after an explanation
that the gambling operation, un-
der permit Of the Mexican Gov
eminent. was to be at the near
by Caliente race track.
Pro Fred Hawkins. acting as
spokesman for the golfers, told
Inewsmen:
Our contract with the spon-
sors does not cover legalized
Asee GAMBLING. Page Ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-16
Three Factors Favor
/ erps to Beat GU
|GW Due for Worst Mark
OF Reinhort-PiIoted Elves

trouble getting here over the
snowy roads, and only a handful
of spectators showed up. The
setback left CIV with a Ia rec
ord in the Southern Conference,
while Richmond, which already
had beaten CIV once before this
season, was lifted to So in the
conference and 8-5 overall.
Roy Peschel of Richmond, a
6-foot-l junior from Minnesota
who was high man for the
Spiders In their earlier win over
CIV with 10 points, improved
on that performance by dump
ing in 26 points last night and
again was high man. GW's
best was Gene Guarilia, whose
% points was his second best
production this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-16
N. c. States Domination
OfNorth CoroIino Is Over

lrallying to trim DePaul, 1910
the st. Louis Billikens smother
ing Drake in the Missouri Valley
Conference, 91-65, and Washing
ton & Lee beating Presbyterians
1855. Connecticut ran over New
Hampshire, 94-54. in the Yankee
Conference and Richm o n d
trimmed George Washington. 10
81, in a Southern Conference
game. In a Pacific Coast Confer
Ience battle of losers, Washing
ton topped Idaho, 1910. Colgate
won its sixth in a row by whip
ping Hobart. 1862.
The end of an 18-game VIC
tory string was the big news in
smaller college circles as West
Virginia Wesleyan nosed ahead
in the last minute to beat West
Virginia Tech, 1897, and dror
Tech from the unbeaten list.
Rosenbluth Big Gun
Lennie Rosenbluth was the
key man in North Carolina s
victory over the Wolfpack, who
played without their injured ace,
John Richter. Rosenbluth
Melted 6 field goals and II free
throws in 10 attempts for 29
points to lead the scorers. State
kept it close. trailing only $3.50
with less than seven minutes re-
manning. but North Carolina
connected on IL straight free
throws to pull away. The Tar
Heels had only a one-goal edge
from the field. but they hit on
43 foul shots to the Wolf
packs 10.
Grady Wallace, the Nation S
second highest scorer, almost
carried South Carolina to vic
tory over Virginia. The 6-foot-4
senior scored % points and IL
came in the last 10 minutes as
he helped lift the Gamecocks
from a 68-56 deficit to a ITO
lead with less than three minutes
remaining. The Cavaliers took
over from there, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-16
BY the Associated Press

Time was when the mere pres
|ence of North Carolina State on
Ia basketball floor was enough to
scare North Carolina into de-
feat.
That time is past. Unbeaten
North Carolina, the Nations
second-ranked team in the AS
ISOLATED Press poll, emphasized
the new order by whipping the
Wolfpack. 1857. last night for
the Tar Heels 18th consecutive
victory.
1t wasn't always thus. State
"a perennial basketball power
and winner of three straight
Atlantic Coast Conference
championships, had beate IN
North Carolina "a times in q
meetings since 1916. Last nights
defeat before a crowd of 10000
in Raleigh, left the defanged
Wolfpack with an 81 overall
record for the current season.
BY conquering its old nemesis
North Carolina remained the
only unbeaten team among the
top 20 in the APP poll.
Virginia Tops South Carolina
Third-ranked Southern Meth
iodist edged closer to a third
straight Southwestern Confer
Ience championship by nipping
Rice. 59-57, before $500, the
largest crowd to see a college
basketball game in Dallas. West
'ern Kentucky's Hilltoppers, No
IL in the poll. grabbed the lead
nj Ohio Valley Conference COM
petition by tripping Tennessee
Tech. 1914.
Most of the Nations elite were
idle last night but there was ac-
ton aplenty in the South where
Virginia squeezed by South Caro-
lima, 1918. in an ACC battle;
i'm the Midwest where Notre
Dame withstood a late Michigan
State rally to beat the Spartans
1915, and in the Southwest
where Baylor surprised Texas
Ann, 67-58.
Other action found Duquesne