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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
BY GEORGE BEVERIDGE

Possible location of a small,
floating heliport in the Potomac
River near downtown Washing
ton was considered yesterday at
a meeting between Federal and
District officials and a private
helicopter service firm.
John B. Hichborn, president of
Pilgrim Helicopter Services, Inc,
said he hopes to become the
Washington areas first private
helicopter operator next June
with establishment Of a nom
scheduled charter and contract
helicopter service.
In addition, he unveiled longer
range plans for regularly sched-
uled helicopter passenger flights
that would make frequent stops
on routes between Washington
and Baltimore and Washington
and Frederick, Md.
AS a practical matter, Mr..
Hichborn stressed, the day of
the commuter 'copter is not
quite here. Without subsidy, the
cost of scheduled commuter
"helicab" operation is just too
high to be practical.
Five Sites Suggested
But 1860 may not be looking
too far in the future, Mr.. HIGH
born believes, to the day of the
helicopter as popular supple
ment" in the Washington area
to trains. buses and clogged
highways.
His immediate concern, how
ever, is space for a small. float
ing heliport-possibly only 40
by so feet in size-on downtown
Washington water to stimulate
the charter and contract service.
In a conference at National
Capital Planning Commission
offices, Mr.. Hichborn suggested
five possible sites to officials of
the Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration, Army Engineers, Ma
tional Capital Parks and District
government.
They were:
The Anacostia River near
Buzzards Point, Washington
Channel near Seventh and o
streets S.W.. the Tidal Basin. the
Potomac River shore near Ar
lington Memorial Bridge and the
Georgetown shore of the Poto-
mac near Roosevelt Memorial
Island.
For esthetic. air safety and
other reasons, the officials pretty
well ruled out all but one-the
Washington Channel near the
foot of Seventh street.
AS result, Mr.. Hichborn said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
Woman Tokes100th Birthdoyin Stride,
Spends 6 Hours q Day Before TVSet

Living 100 years is nothing
to Mrs. Julia Mackenzie, who
watches television six hours a
day and dances the tarantella
whenever she can find a partner
who matches her energy.
Mrs. Mackenzie, who has lived
in Washington since 1920, spent
yesterday, her Tooth birthday,
as she does every other day. She
was UP at s am, wondering why
the young folks would want to
sleep any later, and in front of
the TV set by 8 o'clock.
Stairs No Handicap
Her son, Amedeo. who lives
with her at 526 Oglethorpe street
NV. bought her a new portable
set last Christmas. but the spry
Mrs. Mackenzie prefers the larger
set in the basement Of the two
story house. She thinks nothing
Of the number of stairs involved
in a climb from the cellar to her
second-floor room.
Tomorrow at party in her
honor at the Catholic DAUGHTERS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
Teen Benefit Dance

The Landover Hills Teen Club
is sponsoring a dance from 8
to II o'clock tonight for the
benefit OF the Teen-Age Drive
Against Polio. Entertainment
for the affair is being supplied by
the Six Carusos, a teen-age sing
ing group. The Polio Dance will
be held In the Youth Service
Building, next to the Landover
Hills Elementary School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26

brate her centennial in more
festive fashion, surrounded by
her two sons, nine grandchil-
dren and % great-grandchil-
dren.
Native Of Italy
Although her married name
seems to identify her as a Scot,
Mrs. Mackenzie is native Of
Filadelf1a. Catanzaro, Italy. Her
maiden name is Giuditta Purri.
but her married name-spelled
Mackenzie" in its original form
lis no less Italian. according to
her son.
She left her homeland in 1910.
after her husband died, and lived
three years with a cousin in
Brazil. In 1918 she Joined her
son in Brockton, Mass, and
moved with him and his family
to Washington seven years later.
When Amedeo congratulated
his mother yesterday. she
brushed him aside.
"A hundred years? That's
nothing. Congratulate me when
I'm 200," she advised him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26

shed. for which Montgomery
County planners have drawn an
extensive coming plan to guide
future development.
Donald E. Gingery. Montgom-
cry County Council member, said
he felt the installation, which II
mot of county-shaking size,
could be provided for in the new
plan"
That conclusion also was
reached by the council staff and
in a report by Montgomery
County staff planners. The staS
members, however, noted thai
the small site will create some
road problems, which the coun-
Icil directed should be ironed out
by the Air Force.
Future Explored
Harland Bartholomew, acting
council chairman, asked Gen.
Hooks how many "other small
units of the Air Force such as
this are we going to be asked
to consider for new building
locations"
Gen. Hooks said he understood
new space will be needed event.
TALLY for a number of employees
now housed in tempoS, but that
he knew Of mo special activity,
such as ours, that will be, look
ing" He said his unit received
special authority to seek a sep
arate location.
He said the Montgomery
County site was selected because
of its proximity to related Gov
eminent agencies planned for
that section, to disperSe outside
the downtown target area" and
for q number of other reasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
Prince Georges Adds 81
7 o Dog License Costs

sioners accepted a $22,500 pro-
posal by the Wilson T. Ballard
Co. of Baltimore to prepare
plans and specifications for the
widening and rehabilitation of
Livingston road in Oxon Hill.
The project would cost about
100000. 1t would run from
Indian Head highway at Forest
Heights south through Oxon Hill
and on back to Indian Head
highway, about 3 miles.
The commissioners also agreed
to provide funds for a land sur
vey at the College Park Airport,
preparatory to a bill being intro
duced in Congress to get the
Federal Government to purchase
it for use as a site for an Air
Force museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26

Approval of a 7.7-acre site
south of Rockville as the loca-
ton for small Air Force ad-
Iministration center was voted
yesterday by the National Capt.
tai Regional Planning Council
The proposed 81 million build
ing. for which funds are avail
able, would be a two-story
structure which would house a
total of $40 military and civilian
employees.
The council Endorsed the loca-
ton, with minor conditions, at
the request of Brig. Gen. D. E.
Hooks, chief of the special Air
Force headquarters activity that
would be housed in the new
building. The site now goes
to the National Capital Planning
Commission for consideration.
Gen. Hooks would not disclose
the precise function of his unit,
but said it has "a wartime mis-
sion." is essentially administra-
tive in nature and is known only
by the designation, "USAF
AFOAT-1."
Preferred Site
The officer said the unit, now
housed in a tempo on Constitu-
ton avenue. must decide on a
new site by May if it is to keep
its appropriation. He also sub
mitted possible sites near CATH
ersburg, Md, and near Hybla
Valley. Va, but said his first
choice was for the Rockville
location-on a knoll at the east
side of Seven Locks road, about
600 feet south of Montrose road.
This site is within the 20
SuUare-mile Cabin ,Iohn water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26

Dog owners will pay 81 more
to license their pets in Prince
Georges County under a new
ordinance adopted by the County
Commissioners.
The commissioners yesterday
increased the fee for male dogs
from 81 to So and for female
dogs from 50 to So.
The move drew opposition from
Commissioner Lansdale G. Clag-
EFT with the other four commits
Isioners voting for it.
Mr.. Clagett said the plan to
add further taxes on dog owners
was a poor source Of revenue. "
He said the whole purpose of the
dog ordinance was to provide
money to pay off claims for dam
age caused by dogs on livestock.
In other action, the commits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
Ban on Trucks
Wins Support
By a star stan Correspondent


ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 26.-The
Maryland House of Delegates
yesterday approved and sent to
the Senate a measure authoriz-
ing the Montgomery County
Council to ban through trucks
In some residential sections.
The bill would empower the
council to regulate truck traffic
on county roads.
Montgomery Delegation Chair
man Blair Lee III. said the
council asked for the bill to deal
with complaints from some res
idential areas that trucks are
using their streets as shortcuts.
In other action yesterday be-
fore the weekend recess, the
House adopted a favorable COM
'mittee report on a Montgomery
sponsored bill to replace the
State Tax Commission with a
new State tax court and a De-
partment Of Assessments.
The Senate approved two Of
the five bills requested this year
by the Maryland Municipal
League. They still must pass
the House.
The most important of the
two is a bill providing that
municipalities with coming and
planning agencies can extend
that authority over any territory
that they annex. This would
allow Rockville, for example, to
take over planning and coming
for areas 1t annexes within the
jurisdiction Of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The second approved bill is
aimed at removing any doubts
about a municipalities power to
repeal or amend local laws en-
acted by the Legislature before
the municipal home rule amend
ment to the constitution was
adopted in 1854.
Among bills introduced yes
terday was one by Senator An
thony DiDomenico. Democrat OF
Baltimore, to make a 500 per
cent increase in the license fee
the State requires Of merchants
who issue trading stamps with
retail purchases. The fee would
60 from $500 to $4,000 under
the proposal. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
U. Of Nd. Aims
At Tightening
Student Rules

BALTIMORE, Jan. 26 tR.-
"A University Of Maryland COM
mittee studying academic stand
ards, may soon release a report
calling for higher standards, in
Guiding frightened admission
policies.
DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, univer-
sity president, disclosed this yes
terday in a report to the board of
regents.
He said the university wants
to make sure no future students
are admitted who then have to
struggle for five or six years to
graduate.
The president limited one part
of the report to be filed by the
committe on standards may ad-
vocate probation for any student
after one unsatisfactory term.
DR.. Elkins told the board,
however, that the university in
tends to raise standards only
to the point where anyone with
average ability can make the
grade"
Emphasizing the need for
stricter policies, DR.. Elkins said
1--WE often find students, just like
adults. merely do what is re-
quired of them"
At the same time DR.. Elkins
told the regents his administra-
ton is trying hard to determine
the proper criteria for measur-
ing the value Of a teacher. He
stressed the difficulty in finding
the proper yardsticks for pro-
noting the university's teaching
staff.
In the past. he said, too much
emphasis has been placed on
the value of research done by
educators as compared with
their actual performance in the
lrla SernnYn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
SUNDAYS BEST READING
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In Friendly Musket Meet

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passed since the War Between the States was ended
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
BY q Star stan Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Jan 26.-Provi-
sion of more funds to support ex-
banded educational activities OF
the Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin was
urged yesterday by Maryland
State health and water pollution
control authorities.
At the same time the Mary
land officials remained firmly op-
posed to surrendering any of
their present regulatory powers
to the commission for interstate
law enforcement purposes.
These were the main points es-
tablished in a three-hour after
noon session involving officers of
the interstate commission, the
State Health Department and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
Educational Funds Urged
By State Pollution Group

State Water Pollution Control
Commission. The meeting was
one of a series in which a spe-
cial committee of the basin group
has been seeking the views OF
the five member jurisdictions OF
the interstate compact on the
money and enforcement ques-
tons. The Maryland position is
almost identical with that ex-
pressed by authorities of the
other States to date.
Say Funds Inadequate
Ellis S. Tisdale, director of the
basin commission, prepared a
statement of conclusions con-
Cured in by the several officials
present:
l. The interstate group is re-
ceiving inadequate funds to
carry on its work, now confined
to educational and co-ordinat-
ing activities. The present $685.
900 ceiling on the commission
budget, to which each member
body contributes a share, should
thus be eliminated.
2. The State of Maryland feels
the commission has sufficient
authority to do the job it was
created to do in the pollution
abatement field.
3. The best service the COM
mission can provide is to edu-
cate the public and coordinate
planning and abatement work
undertaken by the individual
jurisdictions. This service should
be augmented by periodic meet
ings between commission author
tiles and State pollution control
agencies so that both can be
kept up to date on such work
in the basin as we'll as develop
ments of a technical nature.
Aware Of Problems
Speaking for himself and other
State officials. Perry F. Prather.
director of health. asserted: 1--WE
think we are extremely aware of
our pollution problems and we
are certainly DESTROYS Of exercis-
ing our responsibilities wherever
the need for pollution abate-
ment exists"
He added that as Maryland
sees it,. the basin commissions
job is to prepare and support
plans of action by the individual
jurisdictions as undertaken by
the jurisdictions themselves.
David v. Aud, Washington's
director of sanitary engineering,
"a commission member and chair
man Of the special committee,
said the Washington Metropol-
itan Area, at least, needs an
pollution con-
troll plan and some agency to
sponsor 1t.
Mr.. Aud intimated the basin
commission might be considered
as a possible sponsor. Even now
it has retained a consulting en-
gineer to study and report on
area pollution abatement needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
SIeet Hits Ski Slopes

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 26 (P.-
The State Department Of Infor-
nation said yesterday sleet and
rain had turned Western Mary
land ski slopes into sheets of ice
and it would take an inch or
so of snow to put them in shape
for skiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
Cub Scouts Given FLAG

The Veterans of Foreign Wars
of Kentland, Md, have presented
a flag to Cub Scout Pack 719 of
Palmer Park, Kentland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26

Of America Club. 2 Scott circle
NV, Mrs. Mackenzie will cele-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-26
ReqionoI Planners Back
AT Site Near Rockville

Approval of 77-acre site she'd for which Montgomery
south of Rockville the loca County planners
ton for small Air Force adj extensive coming plan guide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
5000 EMPLOYEES
LEAVE BUILDING
IN SURPRISE RAID

Five thousand Com
merce Department en-
ployes evacuated the build
ing at Fifteenth and E
streets NV. today in six
minutes in a surprise civil
defense drill.
The bells went of at 10
am. for the test. The de-
partment knew a drill
would be called this week
but not when. Traffic out
side the department was
blocked temporarily as en-
ployes streamed across the
street onto the Ellipse.
-Four minutes after the
evacuation. the workers re-
turned to their ofhces. I'm
dersecretary of Commerce
Walter Williams and I'm
dersecretary for Transpor-
tation Louis Rothchild led
the evacuation. The drill
was part OF National Civil
ian Defense Week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
KENEIPP ASKS EXTRA HELP
JUST TO PLAN THE DETOURS

Washington's coming highway construction is
extensive Trafhc Director George Keneipp wants to
hire extra tac engineers Just to plan the detours
Mr.. Keneipp told the Districts budget ONCE his
staff along with Washington motorists faces the prospect
Of serious "boenecks unless he gets more planning
help to keep up with the citys highway meh. Trafc
planners anayze the permanent impact Of the
construction. well as the temporary detours he ex
planned.
The budget ONCE recommended two additional trafnc
engineers and craftsman in Mr.. Keneipps tentative
1859 allotment Mr.. Keneipp though. had said he would
like 10 have 1ve Of each.
The trafnc director also was allotted funds to hire
an extra hearing ocer and seven clerks TO speed other
work. including revocation Of lawbreakers licenses and
z special breakdown unreported accidents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
United Givers
Drive toOpen

With the launching of the
Government Unit drive tomor-
row. the 1857 United Givers
Fund campaign ofilcially gets
under way with 81 million as
its goal.
Secretary Of the Interior
Seaton, chairman Of the Gov
eminent Unit, will preside at q
1915 pm. meeting in the De-
partmental Auditorium for key
men and others working in
the drive. Miss Washington Of
1857. June Roberts Cook, will
greet the volunteers.
Gen. Lucins d. Clay, national
campaign chairman for the
American Red. Cross. will ad-
dress the volunteers.
The Government Unit has a
quota Of $3.22O.O0O.
Sharing in UGF are l4O
health, welfare and character
building services, with 10000
volunteers at work to raise the
funds. The campaign closes
october 81.
Three other kickons-the
Business Unit on Friday, the
Metropolitan Unit on Septem-
Der "a. and the Residential
Unit on october l-are sched-
uled in this second annual
UGF campaign. the largest
drive for funds for health and
welfare services ever conducted
in the National Capital area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18

times the mothers slip into the
kitchen Of the old converted
house for coffee and shop-talk
about their children and the
progress they are making.
Their strong appeal for
more U0F funds for another
teacher to assist Miss Rosa
mond @. Wright was a major
factor in the addition Of Mrs.
d. N. Ryan to the stan this
year.
"As her lessons progressed.
we watched the development
in Sally from absolutely no
reaction to sound. to the
realization that there was such
a thing as speech. to lip read
ing. vocalizing. and finally
to talking herself" Mrs. Grillo
said.
Sally has been saved from
an outsiders life by parents
who did not finch at the word
handicap, but sought to over
come it. And by a community
that cares.
Contributions to the United
Givers Fund campaign. which
begins this week, win help sup
port l40 health. welfare and
character-building services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18

GLADDEN. street, Alexandria,
Va, Sally was believed at one
time to be completely deaf.
In fact, one doctor told the
parents the auditory nerve
was dead.
But the young couple did not
give up. To find expert help for
Sally, they decided to move to
q city from the small Pennsyl-
vania community where they
made their home. They chose
Washington. where Mr. .Grillo
now is a design engineer with
the District Highway Depart
ment.
Nerve Found Living
Testing by specialists in this
area showed that Sally's audi
tory nerve was not dead. The
brain had not learned to I'M
derstand and interpret sound.
The condition Is not related to
intelligence. Sally is exception
ally bright.
A hearing aid, which corrects
"a moderate hearing loss,
'heightens Sally's consciousness
Of sound and makes her more
receptive to 1t.
There is sound for Sally. but
how 1t sounds to her we don't
know" Mrs. Grille explained.
"She is being educated to con-
centrate on 1t, to tell what it
is"
For the last two years Sally
has gone to class one hour iive
days a week at the Washington
Hearing Society at 1884 CAL
vert street NV, which is shar-
ing in the United Givers Fund.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grille pay for the
lessons. and also paid for Sally
hearing aid.
The fee is q modest one COM
pared to the cost Of such serv-
ice on a private basis. which
Sally's mother said the family
could not possibly afford. Those
who cannot pay attend classes
free of charge.
Mother Goes With Her
Twenty two year old Mrs
Grille accompanies Sally 10
class each day. She has learned
the techniques that have helped
her daughter, and tries to con-
tinue the days lesson in game
form at home.
She has studied the books
in the hearing society library
1--WE read every one, / think"--
and is taking the John Tracy
Correspondence Course recon-
mended.
Parents may watch the
youngsters through a one way
window during class. Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
so 1T WAS with that back

so IT WAS with that back
ground that the Rambler
called the Weather Bureau
yesterday to ask them what
had happened. Everyone
was busy what with plotting
the course Of Hurricane
Carrie out in the Atlantic.
He finally got hold Of Ken
meth Norquest, the No. 2
man.
Hurricane Carrie had
nothing to do with it," he
said. I'VE have had 2.14
inches Of rain which fell
gently since 4:36 pm. Mon
day. 1t was a slow-moving
cold front that forced up
the warm humid air and
squeezed the moisture out.
ut acted just as a cold
front should. This is the
most rain we have had In "a
hours in more than two
years.
1T was a wide front and
caused about one-half inch
of rain for the most part but
along a line running south
west from Baltimore includ-
ing Washington, Charlottes-
vile and Lynchburg, Va. 1t
delivered about 2 inches"
The Rambler had a ques-
ton: Why didn't the cold
fronts Of July and August
cause rain?"
Mr.. Norquest's answer was:
The cold fronts in July and
August weren't very cold by
the time they got here, and
the air they pushed up wasn't
very wet. Sometimes cold
fronts cause rain, and some
times they don't"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
Budget Provides
Two Parking Lots
Of 300 Cars Each

Two 3O0-car fringe parking
lots are included in the Dis
trict's proposed budget for next
year.
Both lots are part Of a pro-
posed S427,000 allotment for
the Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency. The lots, one at
Michigan avenue and Hare
wood road NE. and the other
near the East Capitol street
bridge. would be paid for from
parking meter receipts.