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Evening star., 1957-04-15
Prince Georges Boy, 9,
browns in Estote Well

A 9-year-old University Park
boy drowned yesterday when he
slipped into a partially covered
well in a pump house, about a
mile from his home. on the old
Heurich estate in Prince Georges
County.
Robert Paul Long. son of Mrs,
Robert w. Long, 1905 Rutgers
street, fell into the well as he
and two friends were playing
about / pm. near an artificial
pond.
Prince Georges County has no
ordinance prohibiting open wells,
William L. Kahler. attorney for
the county commissioners, said
the county always requests resi-
dents to keep their wells COW
cred tightly. especially when one
is observed without a lid.
He said he knows of no case
where q resident refused to cover
his well.
The boys playmates. Wayne
Ross. 8. OF 7404 Wells boulevard,
and Thomas Sullivan, 8. Of 1910
Pennsylvania street, told county
police they tried to pull Robert
out of the well but were unable
to reach down far enough.
Police Pvt. Carroll Bond esti-
mated the well to be 10 feet deep
and filled to 8 feet with water
Unable to reach Robert, the
youngsters ran to nearby North
western High School and called
for help to George O'Neal. Is
and two other teen-agerS. The
three older boys pulled the VIC
tim out about l::20 pm.
The Chillum-Adelphi Rescue
Squad worked until shortly after
2 pm. in a futile effort to revive
the boy. He was pronounced
dead by DR.. John T. Maloney.
The pond area was described
by police as a favorite play spot
for youngsters. They added
however, Robert had beer
warned by his mother to stay
away from there.
The well has a lid that covers
about two-thirds of the 3-fool
opening, police said. The well
and pumphouse are near the
pond. which measures 80 by Il
Evening star., 1957-04-15

who ran across the road behind
three other boys. Timothy made
it safely to the other side.
Kevin's father. Frank c. Mac.
donald. is a mathematician al
the Naval Research Laboratory
Mr.. and Mrs. Macdonald alsC
have 6-year-old daughter
Bridget.
Kevin was a fourth-grader at
st. James Parochial School in
Falls Church and was a cub
scout member there. He earned
his wolf and bear badges. five
silver arrows and a gold arrow
in his cub scout activities. A
week ago he served as an altar
boy for the first time at Our
Lady Of Good Counsel Church
In Vienna.
Police identified the driver Of
the car as Curley White. 81, OF
Route 4. Vienna. No charges
were placed against him.
The death was the county's
eleventh traffic fatality this year,
Funeral arrangements, not yet
complete. will be handled by the
Fitzgerald Funeral Home at 3245
Wilson boulevard, Arlington.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
Legislative Leaders Hit
Veto Of I eocher Roise

ting Maryland among the top 10
State universities In the Nation
Importance Stressed
"It is Just as important to keep
good teachers at the elementary
and high school level so we can
send better qualified young
people to college, Senator Gold
stein added.
Overriding the veto at the
1853 session would postpone the
effective date OF the pay bill
until June /. 1858.
The Governors veto came as
no surprise. He has maintained
that it is the responsibility oi
the counties and not the State
to raise teachers salaries at this
time.
But the cigarette tax the Legis-
lature proposed as a means OF
financing the pay raise was SIM
liar to the tax the Governor
himself proposed to the Legisla-
ture in January as a means Of
balancing his budget. The law
makers found other means al
balancing the budget and turned
to the cigarette levy for the $iO.4
million needed for the teacher
pay measure.
Governor Explains Stand
Gov. McKeldin in a letter oi
explanation to House Speaker
John c. Luber said his cigarette
tax proposal would have equal
lied cigarette taxes all over the
State. whereas the Legislatures
plan would throw them into
greater disorder than they are al
the present time"
The Governor had proposed re.
placing all local cigarette taxes
such as the 2-cents per pacE
levied in Montgomery. with a S.
cent State tax. 3 cents of which
would be rebated to Baltimore
City and the % counties.
The cigarette tax in the
teacher pay bill was straight
I3-cent per pack State levy or
top Of any local cigarette levies
Evening star., 1957-04-15
The
RaIllbIet
The Biggest Story
This Citys Seen

This is the anniversary of
the biggest story in Washing
toms history
At 7:22 am. on April IS,
1865, President Lincoln died
of a bullet wound in the head
inflicted at Ford's Theater the
night before by J.W. Booth,
26, an actor.
Jim Bishop, a former re-
write man on New York tab
loids, who has q flair for re-
creating the moment, did a
book on it two years ago, "The
Day Lincoln Was Shot" 1t
has gone into seven printings,
plus paperback editions.
In casting about for a big
ger story for him to tackle,
his publishers could only sug-
gest a life of Christ.
When the Rambler first
came to washington, shortly
after Woodrow Wilson'S in
auguration in 1918, the Ford
Theater was a big disappoint-
ment to him. He was a child
then, but with other boys had
re-enacted the tragedy in an
attic theater. He had expected
to see the box from which
Booth leared.
The Ford Theater Building
was a storehouse then.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
MotoreycIist Suffers
Broken Leo in Crush

A University of Maryland
graduate student was injured to-
day when the motorcycle on
which he was riding collided
with a street car at the intersec-
ton of Rhode Island avenue and
College avenue in College Park.
The student. Andy Dallstrean,
"a. of 46l5 College avenue. ac-
cording to Prince georges
County police. was thrown ap-
Evening star., 1957-04-15
Tax Rush Fails
|1oDeve|opHe
And AcrossU.S.
Internal Revenue
Says Processing Is
Way Aheud Of Sc

Taxpayers in increasing num-
bers beat the income levy dead
line in Washington and through
out most of the Nation this year,
an appreciative Internal Revenue
Service reported today.
The expected. and customary,
leleventh-hour rush to file COM
pleted tax forms by midnight to-
might has failed to develop here
or in other large district IRIS
Offices.
IRIS officers said the more or
derly processing of an estimated
$685. billion in income taxes has
resulted in fewer headaches for
.both the payers and Federal
workers assigned to help them
In the Baltimore district Of
fees. where tax forms Of Dis
trict residents are filed, process
lsors said they are running from
10000 to $4,000 forms ahead Of
their pace last year.
Other Offices Ahead
Kansas City IRIS spokesmen
reported they are 10000 forms
ahead. And in Brooklyn, N. Y.
professors are 10000 ahead.
I'VE are getting similarly
heartening reports all over the
the country" said James C.
Rivers. information officer fol
IRIS here.
! In the Washington district of.
flee on Constitution avenue, be.
tween Tenth and Twelfth streets
INV. taxpayers began forming
Ia line early today. waiting te
receive help on filling out theil
forms.
! But the line seldom stretched
longer than a single corridor OF
the IRIS building. Last year, the
line was two blocks long during
much of the deadline day.
Even the cutback in mail de-
Iliveries. as result of Postmas-
ter General Summerfield's recent
lausterity order, has failed tc
bother IRIS office staffs, Mr.
Rivers commented.
| Education Drive Seen Help
In New York" he said, "they
ARE more concerned over pos.
Isible delays resulting from re.
lligious holidays coinciding with
the last days to file."
/ Mr.. Rivers attributed the alb.
lsence Of frantic. last-minuts
rushing on a broad scale thi.
year to an educational campaign
iconducted by IRIS in recent
years.
| The effort to educate the pub.
lie during the past 10 month";
seems to be showing results, h,
said.
| One Of the means Of inform.
ling taxpayers has been by wa,
Iof the public schools. he added
| He said high school course!
Ion income tax problems havt
paid particularly high dividends
Il know hundreds and hun,
dreds Of cases have turned w
where students went home anc
showed their parents the easy
Iand correct way to fill out theil
tax FORMS" he said.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
BY GENE GOODWIN
star star correspondent

BALTIMORE. April Is. -
Maryland legislative leaders
fumed today in the wake Of
Gov. McKeldin's veto Of the
teacher pay-raise bill.
The Republican Governor an
nounced yesterday that he was
|vetoing the bill passed By the
recent Legislature which would
have financed 3 s400 increase Ia
State teacher pay minimums
with a Statewide cigarette tax
lof 3 cents per pack.
Senate President Louis L.
IGoldstein today accused the
Governor Of "neglecting his duty
by vetoing this measure which
was approved, almost unani-
mously by both houses Of the
Legislature"
Senator GoIdstein and other
leaders Of the Legislature are
Democrats.
First Item for Council
Asked whether he thought the
Legislature would override the
veto when it meets again In
February. 1858. Senator Cold
stein said that depends or
whether the Legislative Council
comes up with another recon-
mendation in the meantime.
He said the teacher salary SIT
Iuation will be a FIRST order oi
business" for the council. which
lis scheduled to hold its first
meeting here May Is. The coun.
ell. of which Senator Goldsteir
\ is chairman. studies possible leg
islation in between annual ses.
sions of the full Legislature.
I The Senate President said III
feels the Governors veto is in
consistent with his earlier in
sistence that the Legislature
grant big faculty salary in
creases at the University o
Maryland. Gov. McKeldin al
ready has signed an increased
university budget which includes
faculty pay raises aimed at put
Evening star., 1957-04-15

son, in which he was to sing OPP
posite Soprano Renata Tebaldi
in "Tosca," as well as the COM
pany's post-season tour.
His replacement. Mr.. Pogei, is
in his first year at the Met. He
will be making his first ap-
pearance in Washington when he
sings the role of Rodolfo in La
Boheme' at 8 pm. on April 29
at the Capitol Theater.
The young tenor also will
appear Saturday afternoon on
the Nets regular broadcast
from New York. He will sing
the lole of EMO in La Gio-
conda." The broadcast is car
ried in Washington over The
Stars Station WMAL.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
ng Of the power

girl whose mother had been killed by automobile at the
crossroads and the building of school just
few Of the results OF Daw Kai's faith in action.
The whole New Testament passed in review this
radiant little shared with the many
her prayers BY the time returned Daw Kai to the
compound OF her Bible School standing of
the finest Christian had met
What miracles possbleW every American Christian
with the Bible guide took the time to nearby
busy crossroads and gave Of himself In service to ohers
Tomorrow: w. Harold Shape
Evening star., 1957-04-15
Stanley Kept Home
By Hip Discomfort

RICHMOND. April Is CR.-
Gov. Stanley was confined to the
executive mansion today with a
muscular discomfort in the left
hip
His Office said doctors believed
it was due to probably a strained
lieament. The Governor under.
went a checkup ana had some
x-rays made Sunday at the Med
ical College of Virginia hospital
He is expected to be back ii,
his Office tomorrow.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
Pepco Soon to Build
Upper County Plant
Dunn Predicts
Congress Will
Approve Dam

r. Roy Dunn. president of the
Potomac Electric Power Co., to-
day said the company planned
to start construction of its new
plant in Upper Montgomery
County in the very near future.
Mr.. Dunn also said he antici-
lpated no major trouble in get
ting Congressional approval Of
q dam across the Potomac in
connection with the plants con.
EStruction.
The statements were made in
answer to queries put to Mr..
Dunn at the annual stockhold-
ers' meeting.
| Mr.. Dunn appeared to leave
no doubt concerning construc-
ltion soon of the new steam gen.
Grating plant on a 1.000-acre
site near Dickerson, Md.
Expects Approval on Dam
| Asked if the company antici-
pated much difficulty in winning
approval of the low level dam
repeatedly needed to cool the
generators. Mr.. Dunn replied in
the negative.
He added that he felt the
needed legislation would have
passed the last Congress If the
session had lasted a little longer.
He said he hoped to get the
bill to the floor of the House and
Senate and anticipated little
difficulty in winning passage.
Last year Re enta tive
Smith. Democrat of Virginia,
blocked passage Of the bill by
preventing it from reaching the
House floor. He is chairman Of
the powerful House Rules Com
mittee and has said he will fight
the bills passage again this ses-
sion.
Some Antagonism Seen
Some people are antagonistic
ito our building in Montgomery,
lbut I don't see where else we can
build" Mr.. Dunn said.
I'VE plan to start construction
lon that plant in the very near
future" he added.
Construction of the new power
plant will take some time and
apparently Pepco officials feel
the dam construction can come
rIlater. if necessary.
L Mr.. Dunn also said that he
felt it would be several years
/ before atomic energy would sup
1 plant coal in this area as q
producer of power.
Asked If the new plant would
be constructed so as to handle
|, atomic power production he said
that when such became feasible
/ it would be considered as another
!, unit TO the plant.
The company. he said. would
maintain existing coal burning
power plants at that time.
The power company originally
had indicated it planned to
build its new plant at a site
in Loudoun County, Va. Later.
however. it announced its plant
would be built on the Dickerson
site just south of the point
where the Monocacy River meets
the Potomac.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
BrickIuyer, "a. browns
At Belle Haven Pier

A 34-year-old bricklayer was
drowned early today of a pier
jof the Belle Haven Boat Club on
Mount Vernon boulevard. Fair
fax County police reported.
The man was identified as
William E. Flaherty. "a, Of 9l2
Kenyon drive in the Bucknell
Manor subdivision.
County police said Mr.. Fla
herty's pleas for help were heard
by a park policemen who pulled
him out of the water. Mr.. Fla
herty was. pronounced dead at
Alexandra Hospital after the
Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire
Department worked unsuccess-
fully to revive him.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
School Band Concert

The Francis c. Hammond
High School band will give a
patrons recognition concert" at
8 pm. May Is in honor of per-
sons who have contributed to
uniforms for the band. The con-
cert will be given in the audi
ltorium Of the Alexandria School.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Opening a two-day meet
ing, the Radio Technical
Committee for Marine Serv-
ices meets at the Shoreham
Hotel.
The National Society,
Daughters of the American
Revolution. convenes at
Constitution Hall.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
IT'S A MUSEUM now and it

IT'S A MUSEUM now and it
contains a model of the thea
ter, about the size of a pack
ing case. A recorded voice
tells the story. That's not
much of a show for children
in this TV age.
Senator Young Of North
Dakota has introduced a bill
in the past several Congresses
to restore the theater. It
never getS anywhere.
And it Sseerns petty that
Uncle Sam SHOULD charge 10
cents a headvfo admission to
this museum which does not
compare With the Capitol's
great museums where there is
no charge.
When the Lincoln Museum
was first opened in 1882 to
show the Oldroyd collection
of Lincolniatla tstill on dis
play there was no charge. In
1889 the Budget Bureau sug-
gested to. Interior Secretary
Harold Ickes that he get some
revenue from the depart
ment's park properties and
the dime charge was started.
Debate oyer details Of what
happened that night 80 years
ago still goes on. On the
morning of April IA, 1865, the
White HouEe sent a messenger
to the theater asking that a
box be reserved for the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Lincoln, Gen.
and Mrs. Grant and their
aides, Thes manager of the
theater immediately donned
his top hat and walked over
to The Star where he inserted
a front-page paid notice In
that afternoons paper to that
effect.
Book after book has stated
that Mrs. Grant could not
stand Mrs, Lincoln and that
is why they did not accept the
presidential invitation. But
Maj. Gen. U. s. Grant III,
USA (ret.), says that he re-
members his grandmother
telling him the story and that
there was no III feeling. The
Grants merely wanted to take
advantage of the opportunity
afforded by the end of the
war to go together to visit
their son at Burlington Mill
tary Academy in New Jersey.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
Prison Reform
Plan Is Called
Only a'Stop-Gap
US. officiol Predict.
D. c. Will Be Forced
To Build New Jail

The Nations top prison official
today threw cold water on the
Districts new prison reform pro-
lposals as a substitute for build
ing a new prison.
James v. Bennett, director OF
the Federal Bureau Of Prisons
said the District Commissioners
and the public must not be
deluded" into believing q sweep
ing plan made public yesterday
for parole and probation expan-
sion is .'the solution to Their
problems"
The Federal prison chief, while
calling the new plan excellent.
labeled it "only a stop-gap." He
predicted the District still will
be forced to build major, still un-
|planned prison facilities to house
a rising number of criminals.
Mr.. Bennett made his com.
ments in reference to a Appoint
program made public yesterday
Iby committee headed by Dis
Etrict Commissioner David B
Karrick.
| Cost Set at $40 Million
Mr.. Karrick. and the other
members who included most OF
the city's top judges and other
correctional leaders. said the
Iprogram-costing an estimated
ISL million to launch--might
avert need for an additional SIC
million prison,
The committee didn't fatty
Erule out new prison, but urged
that other measures be tried
| first.
/ Mr.. Bennett said he agreed
with many features of the pro-
posed program, including moves
to combat the city's alcoholism
problems. set UP a full-time
parole board. deal more effec.
lively with deserting fathers ane
Others.
But he said the city alread,
needs new prison facilities, ans
he saw no signs that the city,
prisoner load can be reduced
! enough to avert need for still
more.
/ The prison official, asked
whether he thought a $40 mil,
lion prison would be needed
said he didn't know whethe,
that much would have to b
spent. But he said the Distric
SO far hasn't planned anything
adequate.
He Also asserted that biggel
new facilities would be needes
within the next several years
not a long time in the future.
Parole Rise Scored
Meanwhile, Col. Campbell C
johnson. chairman Of the Dis.
trict Parole Board, said any in,
crease in paroles-aIso advo
Gated BY the Karrick Committe,
lis impossible without a bigger
parole staff.
The part-time parole board
Colonel johnson said. already il
releasing as many prisoners a!
lit can process and oversee viii
Its present staff.
He estimated that the cit,
could increase the number O
lparolees by one-fourth over IN
present total If proposals for ex
panding the parole system ar
carried out, however.
i Alcoholic Beverage Contrc
Board Chairman Alan w. Payn
today proposed setting stricte
limits on the number of Distric
liquor licenses, especially i,
drunk-ridden neighborhoods.
The ABC mead. declaring h
has "felt all along we have 10
many licenses here" said he wi
ask the board to consider par
ticulrarly a license cutback o.
bars.
The Karrick Committee calle
for an all-out campaign agains
alcoholism in the District
downton first and second polio
precincts.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
A ThnnDht fnr Tuhay
Lenten Reflections on. How the Bible
Hos Affected Lives of People You Know
BY LLOYD S. MILLEGAN
President. Fairfax County Association Of Churches

The Bible as guide to daily action has taken on
new and deeper meaning to my wife and since we met
Daw Kai devoted little Bible the outskirts Of
Rangoon Burma during ayman visit to the churches
of Southeast Asia last year.
short hours learned something of the power
Evening star., 1957-04-15
Car Kills Foirfox Boy, 9.
Trying to Aid Brother

9yearod Fairfax County boy killed by yesterday
when he tried stop his 4yeaold brother from crossing busy
highway
Kelvin Macdonald drive Vienna Va hit
he darted onto Route Dunn Loring Fairfax police said
He pronounced dead at Arlington Hospital
passeby said trying stop brother Timothy,
Evening star., 1957-04-15

proximately Is feet after the
impact.
He was taken to Leland
Memorial Hospital where he is
being treated for broken left
leg and cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1957-04-15

feet, and is little more thar
two blocks from Colesville road
Robert, who was a fourth-gradei
at University Park Elementary
School, is survived by his par.
ents, q brother, Neil. 8 months
and both grandmothers. Funera.
arrangements will be made In
Cumberland, the boys birth
place.
Evening star., 1957-04-15

ting Maryland among the top 10
State universities In the Nation
Evening star., 1957-04-15

Tomorrow: W. Harold Shape
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-06-20
| SEE BY THE DAiLIES

A Hungarian rebel leader said
Communists had executed 1000
persons who took part in revolt
and that 1000 were sentenced to
death.
lnflationary pressures and cost
of government ruled out any early
income tax reduction, Secretary
of Treasury announced.
Russia offered to admit Western
inspectors into Soviet union pro-
yided agreement was reached on
ending hydrogen bomb tests.
Haiti's provisional president who
took office May 25, was m~eated
in a military coup. Hi, was fifth
government to be oyerthown since
last Decemboc'.
A tornado hit Springfield. ILL.,,
killing two and injuring 80.
Dr. Milton Eisenhower was dis
charged from Johns Hopkins hos
pital after treatment fo.' kidney
infection.
L. s. tourists spent Is billion
dollars abroad in 1856.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-06-20
Is Your Name
CUSTER?
Do YOU know that:

Custer, an old and honored sur
name, is principally of English
origin 1t admits Of at least TWO
derivations For example, accord
ing to some authorities on nomen-
tclature, it is of occupational mean
ing and was often bestowed in
medieval times upon those who
made feather beds or cushions.
This is in line with the practice,
often followed when smnamcs
came into vogue of naming indi-
viduals according to their place of
residence, phyical appearance or
occupation. Custer may also be
q shortened form of Custerson
which signifies "son of Custancc".
The latter is a personal name that
was popular in Cambridgeshire,
England several centuries ago,
George Custer UTILISED
served as an ensign in the North
amp.on County, Pennsylvania, mi
litia during the Revolutionary War.
Another patriot was private Arm
old Custer (1756-1SlO) Of the Viz
ginia troops.
The progenitor of a substanti-
ial segment of the present day
Clusters in Garrett County is
Emanuel Custer who, with his
brother John, left Frederick
County, Virginia over a century
ago. Emanuel Custer first went
to Somerset County, Pennsylvania
and later settled near Grantsville
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-06-20

the birth June 10 of daughter, Pa
tricia Lynne. TO Cpl. and Mrs
Charles Beckman, of Lawton, Iowa.
The child weighed pounds and II
ounces. The mother is the former
Miss Marion Sally" Myers, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Dale Myers
Aurora The father is a son of Mi
and Mrs Herman Beckman, also
of Aurora.
Mrs Lena Cole, Eglon, was no
titled of the serious illness of her
son, Norman Cole, who is in Air
Force training in San Antonio, Tex
He suffered a sun stroke
Mr.. and Mrs Junior Feather and
family. of Kingsville, o., spent the
weekend at the home of MIR. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-06-20

Mrs. Russell Feather. Eglon, and
relatives at Leadmine.
Gordon Heigh, of st Petersburg,
Fla. spent a week at the home Of
his brother-iE-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Wotring and fam
lily, Brookside. He left Monday for
home.
Mrs. Ezra Lee, Eglon, was taken
Saturday to a Parsons hospital
where she remains a medical pa
tient.
Mrs. David Shaffer, Brookside,
is visiting her sister, Mrs, Josie
Wilburn. at Arlington, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner of Salem,
o.. were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roscoe Teets and family and
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lawn to about 40 folk, including We
men and children.
The Rev. d. b. Spaid, accompa-
MED by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Spaid
and daughter, Nancy, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Spaid and son, Rich
ard, all of near Eglon, attended an
annual Memorial Service Sunday at