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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Teacher Session
To Close Schools in
Arlington 3 Days

Arlington public schools will
be closed for three days begin
ming next Monday for a teach
ing staff conference.
:. A major theme Of the pro-
gram, which marks the midpoint
of the school year, is guiding the
student toward responsible citi-
zenship.
The classrooms will reopen for
the second semester on January
81.
The conference will open at
o am. Monday at Washington
Lee High School auditorium with
q talk by Roscoe Drummond
correspondent for the New York
Herald Tribune.
One Of the events scheduled
for the second day is a study Sec
ton at Wakefield High School
for teachers who will instruct
10th graders in automobile
driving safety rules.
On the closing day. elementary
school teachers will tour busi-
mess concerns and public utilities
banks and the Arlington Hos
spital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Reese Grabs for Power,
Palmer Counsel Chorues

eral agency "just doesn't make
sense"
Questions Planning
Mr.. Freeman indicated the
builders have an entirely diff
ferent idea as to the source of
planning in the Maryland subur-
ban area.
II have long had the suspicion
that the park and planning COM
mission is not the real planning
commission" he said. Some
how or other. where the WASH
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission places a sewer line, that
is where the communities are
built"
Three proposals to change the
commission are under con-
sideration by legislative dele
cations from the two counties in
the current session Of the Gen.
eral Assembly.
A bill proposed by the COM
mission itself and another pro-
posed by Blair Lee III, Mont
gomery delegation chairman,
would change the commissions
organization but retain its BIZ
county role. Delegate Margaret
C. Schweinhaut of Montgomery
has said she is drafting a bill
which would remove planning
functions for Montgomery from
the commission and place them
in a separate planning agency
under county council control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

Nearby virginia police eX-
pressed uneasiness today over the
number of guns and ammunition
stolen in the last few days.
Since Thursday four stores
handling firearms have been en-
tered by burglars, one of them
twice, and the loot totals about
$4,000 in rifles, shotguns, side
arms and ammunition.
Its beginning to look like
more than just robbery for
profit" a Falls Church police
official said.
Police Capt. George E. Simp-
son said the thieves who took
nine pistols from a store In
Falls Church yesterday very
carefully picked ammunition to
Ifit the guns"
Value Put at Over $500
anyone who just wanted to
steal guns and sell them for
money wouldn't bother with am
munition." he said.
The guns and ammunition
were valued at more than $500,
Capt. Simpson said. They were
taken from Don's Gun Shop al
1875 West Broad street, APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
.Swipp Resigns
Post os Mayor of
.Lundover Hills

Stanley w. Swipp resigned
last night as Mayor of Landover
Hills. Md.
The resignation was announced
at a special meeting Of the Town
Council. Mr.. Swipp, who was
elected to the post in May, 1855,
said pressure Of private business
and family illness are the reasons
for his resignation.
Councilman James w. Hardin
was nominated to succeed him.
Nominations will remain open
until February 20 when the coun-
Gil will elect temporary mayor
to serve until the municipal cleo
ton in May. The Mayor Sc
lected at that time will serve the
remaining two years of Mr.
Swipp's term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
$2,O00in Thefts of Guns
Worry Virginia Police

Iparently by two men who left
their tracks in the snow. They
entered through a side window
they pried open.
Arlington police, meanwhile,
were investigating the second
breakin at Dewey Hardware
Store, 4756 Lee highway, last
night. Six rifles and some
knives valued at about $500 were
taken by thieves who entered
by prying open a rear window.
Earlier Robbery Thursday
Last Thursday the Dewey store
was entered through a skyiight
and $500 worth Of shotguns and
rifles were stolen. Bernard w.
Dewey, owner of the store, said
he could not be certain if any
ammunition was missing.
A gunsmith's shop in Wheaton,
Md, was broken into Sunday.
Guns, knives and ammunition
were reported stolen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
.MoryIonders Ask
Yearly 60-Duy Session

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. % R.-
Three Baltimore City legislators
proposed yesterday that the
Maryland General Assembly meet
annually for so days. 1t now
meets for 80 days in even-num-
bered years and for 80 days in
odd-numbered ones.
Sponsors of the proposal were
Delegates Cardin. Friedman and
Mandel, all 5th district Demo-
Gratis. They introduced a bill
under which the 60-day session
would be open to general legisla-
ton. as 90-day sessions now are.
Thirty-day sessions are confined
by the constitution to considera-
ton of legislation on Statewide
fiscal matters. emergencies and
f"the general welfare"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
BEALL AND BUTLER
STUDY FEDERAL AID
ON CONSTELLATION

A proposal is being studied
b. Maryland's Senators to
have the Federal Govern
ment match Maryland funds
for restoration of the famed
USS Constellation.
An aide to Senator Beall
said he and Senator Butler,
Maryland Republicans, are
trying to learn what cost
might be involved before
deciding whether to offer
such a bill. The legislation,
If offered. would authorize
the matching of funds. per-
haps on a $3.50 basis.
One cost estimate, the aide
said, has run as high as
SO million.
The Constellation, built
at Baltimore and launched
in 1877. was the first war
ship Of the United States
Navy. The ship was returned
to Baltimore harbor in 1855.
An estimated IS per cent of
its wooden planking has de-
Perforated to the point where
it needs to be replaced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Probe Opened
In Floyd Death

BERLIN, Md. Jan. % (R).-
State police and the Worcester
county sherif1's Office today be-
gan an investigation into the
death Of William Washington
Floyd. an uncle of Delegate Rus
sell Hickman, Democrat OF
Worcester.
Mr.. Floyd, Sc, was found dead
at his home near Bishop, 5 miles
north Of Berlin yesterday.
Worcester county Deputy Medi-
cal Examiner Francis Townsend
said Mr.. Floyd was killed by a
blow on the head. DR.. Townsend
estimated he had been dead for
q week.
State Police Lieut.. C. c. Ser
man said the pockets in Floyd's
clothing were turned inside out
and his wallet was found about
40 feet from his body. The VIC
TINS truck was located in a
woods about two miles away
Lieut.. Serman said.
Mr.. Floyd was employed by
the Sussex Bag Co., Of Ocean
View. Del. He was found by his
employer, John r. Hill.
Mr.. Hill said Mr.. Floyd worked
as a buyer of used feed bags
He said Mr.. Floyd probably had
about $500 or $500 in company
funds in his possession at the
time he was killed.
Mr.. Floyd reported to the COM
paiy about once a week. Mr.. Hill
said. but when he failed to come
in at the end Of last week it was
attributed to the bad weather.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Hill
went to the rural home where
Mr.. Floyd lived alone. He found
Mr.. Floyd's body spragled in the
yard.
1t. Serman said a .22-caliber
rife owned by Mr.. Floyd was
used to beat him. He said the
rife, covered with blood, was
found broken in pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Stripteose Act Bon
In Baltimore Proposed

BALTIMORE, Jan. 20 R.-
The scantily clad girls in Balti-
more's numerous striptease shows
experienced a noticeable shiver
last highland it wasn't due to
the weather.
James M. Hepbron. city police
commissioner, had an ordinance
submitted to the city council
which would outlaw striptease
acts in the city.
If New York can do it, why
not Baltimore?" he asked.
Council members promised to
give the proposal careful scru-
tiny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star STAR Correspondent

| ANNAPOLIS, Jan. o. The
administration leader in the
Maryland House of Delegates was
set today to introduce a bill fav.
Iored by Gov. McKeldin to provide
for compulsory motor vehicle
inspection in State-owned and
operated garages.
The House already has passed
and sent to the Senate a meas
lure calling for annual inspection
of trucks and cars by State po-
lice-supervised private garages
The House action was on a 90-to-
10 vote.
But Gov. McKeldin is on rec.
ord, in his State Of the State,
address, delivered at the open.
ing Of the 1857 session, as being
in favor Of q system Of State op.
erated inspection stations, SINH.
lar to the washington and De.
laware systems.
The Republican Governor said
he saw a danger in the private
inspection system of some gar
age operators who might make
only Superficial inspections" fol
friends or try to exploit motorists
Iby discovering "non-existent
mechanical faults"
$1.3 Million To Start
House Minority Leader George
r. Hughes. jr., said the bill hi
had ready for the hopper today
would ENSURE a greater degree
of integrity in inspections anc
guarantee equal treatment fol-
the motoring public"
! His bill would authorize a ST.:
million State appropriation to
Iget the program started, after
which it would be supported BY
inspection fees. Inspections
would be required every sis
; months at 81 each. The Commits
lsioner Of Motor Vehicles would
administer the program.
| This is substantially the same
measure introduced in the House
two years ago but shelved by the
Ways and Means Committee ir
favor Of annual inspections by
State police-supervised private
garages at $3.50 fees. This is the
system used in Pennsylvania.
Chief objection expressed then
to the State owning its own in.
Ispection stations was the initial
cost and the fact that there
could be fewer stations than un.
der the private garage system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Bethesda Boys Thworted
In Boot Trip to Norfolk

Two Bethesda youngsters. ham,
pered by ice and q poor sense
of direction. were picked up after
a night on the Anacostia River
in an open boat and an un-
successful attempt at voyage
to Norfolk.
Police said they picked up the
boys-l2 and LAS they brought
their 14-foot aluminium boat in
yesterday at the Naval Gun Fac
tory pier.
The adventurous boys left their
homes Saturday after breaking
into a neighbours house where
they took camping equipment,
canned goods. a medical text and
bandages. They hitchhiked to
Washington. spent Saturday
night on a cabin cruiser, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Inspection Bill Foyored
BY MckeIdin Reodied

Delegate Hughes said he had
heard Of strong opposition in ths
Senate to the current House in
spections bill, sponsored by a
Legislative Council Committee
on Motor Vehicle Laws. The
Senate has killed similar meas
ures In the last two sessions.
The minority leader said his
bill would put the issue squarely
before the legislature "as to
whether it wants automobile
inspection Of any kind"
A State-operated inspection
system also has been Endorsed by
Henry A. Barnes, director of
traffic for Baltimore City.
Another measure set for intro
duction In the House today would
abolish the State Tax Commits
sion as it now exists and create
q State Tax Court and a new
Department Of Assessments.
The bill is being sponsored by
the Montg o m cry delegation,
which introduced almost the
same measure two years ago. It
died in the Senate then and
again a year later when it came
in under Legislative Council
sponsorship.
The bill was recommended in
1850 by the Case Commission but
has never received legislative
sanction. The Case group OBJ
Ijected to the present set up Of
having property assessment SUI
Ipervision and assessment appeals
handled by the same commission.
Area Bills Enacted
The first two Washington area
bills of this session were enacted
last night in the Senate. They
were the two measures put in by
the Montgomery delegates to
exempt Maryland nonprofit
rescue squads from the State adj
missions and titling taxes.
Youngsters who come before
the court for playing Rookie.
running away from home or
being habitually disobedient
would be classified as "incor-
Irigibles" instead Of "delinquents,"
under a bill introduced last night
by Delegate Ernest A. Loveless,
jr., Democrat of Prince Georges.
Mr.. LoveleSs said the measure
was requested by Judge Dudley
Digges Of the Seventh Judicial
Circuit to remove the stigma of
the delinquent" label.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

Sunday night took the aluminium
boat from Miller's Boat Yard at
Nineteenth and L streets Sc.
The boys were unable to start
an cupboard motor on the boat
and started to row in the direc-
ton they thought would take
them to Norfolk. Later, they
realized they we're going the
wrong way and stopped at a
filling station for a road map
and help in starting the motor.
They said an attendant helped
them with the latter and that
they then headed for the Navy
dock.
The boys said ice il. the Ana
costa made the going rough.
Police said they would confer
with the boys parents and re.
turn the stolen equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22

| An ofhcial Of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission last nigh
accused Montgomery County
manager Of attempting to gral
power in the current controvers,
over legislative proposals to spill
the bi-county agency.
j. Bond Smith, the commits
lsion's general counsel, levied tn,
charge against County Manage,
IN. L. Reese during a panel dis,
cussion on methods to insur,
effective planning at a meeting
Iof the Homewood Citizens Asso.
citation.
Mr.. Reese, who was not at tn,
meeting. has recommended tina
planning in Montgomery becom,
an arm Of the county government
rather than under the commits
sion's jurisdiction.
"I1l tell you what's at the bot.
tom Of the county manager'i
Recommendation" Mr.. Smith
said. Mel Reese is an admins.
traitor. The more instrumentali'
ties he has to administer, tn,
better he likes it. It's purely anC
simply a matter Of control"
Personal Viewpoint
Mr.. Smith said his opinion.
were personal and not neces.
sarily those of the commission
which also exercises planning
functions in Prince George,
County.
Other panel members were
County Councilman j. Graham,
Walker and C. Darwin Stolen.
bach, president of the Mont.
gomery County Planning AS
ISOLATION. who agree with tn,
Reese proposal, and Carl M
Freeman Of the Suburban Mary
land Builders Association.
/ Mr.. Walker said planning a.
an arm Of the county govern
ment is in line with the HON,
rule theory Of the county
charter.
He said his camp agrees will
defenders of the commission tina
regional planning should b,
strengthened, but that I'VE il
Montgomery County should hav,
a strong planning body respon
sive to the people and co-ordi
mated with the Regional Plan
ming Council"
Hits Commission
Mr.. Stolzenbach criticized tn
commission for what he said wa
a failure to plan ahead of de
velopment. He commended tn,
school construction program ha
been hampered by a lack of sit,
planning. which he said tn,
commission should perform. HI
questioned VIII Their bi-count,
problems are of sufficient impor
lance to warrant keeping locs
planning problems under contro
OF an independent commission.
The commissions Independent
status is its principal fault, h
said.
i Mr.. Stolzenbach also said hi
; group contends regional planninI
} problems extend beyond tn
counties to include the Distric
and Northern Virginia and tina
the Regional Planning Council
would be strengthened by mem
! bership appointed by the count,
governments.
4 Mr.. Smith pointed out tina
the regional council is a Fedora
} agency. He said that the transfe
OF regional planning in MARYLAND
from the commission to the Fed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
Silver Spring Juyeees
Sponsor Beauty Quest

This years contest for the
title of Miss Silver Spring. a
preliminary for the Miss Amer
lea pageant. will be sponsored
by the local Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
The Silver Spring finals will
be held in May. Howard ].
Thomas, chamber president,
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
c. of c. Breakfast

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Chamber Of Commerce will hold
. breakfast meeting at 8 am
Thursday at the Bethesda Hot
6hoppes. Wisconsin avenue and
East-West highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-22
,Izuuk Walton Leader

Donald J. Thompson, an on
cial of the National Housing
Center in Washington. has been
Installed as president Of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase chapter
eof the Izaak Walton League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
ND. u. LEADERS TO MAKE ROUND
OF FRATERNITY HOUSE BARS

-Four studen-faculty leaders at the University of Mary
land going to make round of the bars next
But it's all on the up-and-up They fact-finding
subcommittee of the Student Life Committee appointed
yesterday to study the "a fraternity houses
whether the houses should be stripped of their
not.
Three professors and student will make the tour.
They Dr. Joseph Mattick Dr. Warren L. Sausbaugh,
Dr. Furman Bridgers and Ed Reilly who president of the
Mems League and not fraternity member.
The move is folowup of proposal by the committee
to ban the bars of April L. Meeting in closed three
hour session yesterday the committee heard protests to
the barban by Mr. Reilly and representatives from the
Student Association and the fraternity
Council.
The subcommittee will inspect the bars and report
just what would be involve din ripping them out Fraternity
members have declared it would cost from $50 several
hundred dollars to remove the bars
Assistant Dean Russell B Allen said the proposed bar
ban is another step to enforce the unversitys no.
drinking rule
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
Thief Suspects Seized
After Attack on Officer

In the garage, Pvt. Ruffing
said, the suspect leaped up,
grabbed the policeman's gun,
struck him on the head, fired
one shot as Pvt. Ruffing lay on
Tire floor. and then fed.
The suspect was picked up
at his home a half hour later
Booked as Walter Lee Berkeley.
or Burkely. "a. of the 1900 block
of Capitol avenue NE. he is
charged with assault with intent
to kill, larceny of Government
and HOUSEKEEPING. He
told police where he had hidden
the gun in a shed at the rear of
a house in the 1900 block of
Kendall street NE.
Others Traced
He said he knew his COM
panions only by their last names,
but on a partial license plate
identification investigators traced
the car and picked up the other
two suspects.
One of them. John A. Webster.
"a. Of the 1900 block Of Lewis
street NE. was to have taken
an examination for the Police
Department next Wednesday.
The other is Edward T. Brady.
jr.. 26. of the 1900 block of Penn
street NE Both are charged
with housebreaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
$4,000 Fire Hits
House in Fuirfux

Fire caused extensive damage
to a Groom frame house on
Rolling road near Burke in Fair
fax County last night.
Firemen said the blaze forced
u members of the James H.
Reno family. including eight
children. to seek temporary
quarters with relatives on
Edsall road.
Mr.. Reno was a tenant in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
Brotherhood Names Fox
Leading Baptist Loymon

The District Baptist Brother
hood Council selected Edward j.
Fox, ST.. as its outstanding lay
man last night.
Mr.. Fox, twice president of the
District Baptist Convention. re-
ceived the award at the annual
Ladies Night dinner of the
brotherhood council in the First
Baptist Church. He is a member
of the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist
Church.
A native of Matthews County,
Va. Mr.. Fox is employed by the
Agriculture Department. He is
a graduate of the University of
Richmond and George Washing
ton University.
He has lived in the Washington
area since 1919. He and Mrs.
Fox now live at 112 Revere place.
Silver Spring. They have a son
and a daughter.
Yearly Presentation
| The Outstanding Baptist Lay
man Award is presented every
year tc church members for their
contribution to the Baptist faith
on a city-wide basis. DR.. Clarence
Henderson, headed the awards
committee.
| Some of the previous reci-
Ipients attending last night were
Herbert w. Ludwig, Petworth;
John A. Patterson, Calvary; G.
Clinton James, Fifth; John L.
Roberts. Fountain Memorial;
Carl Bogardus, Clifton Park;
Clifton E. Mack. Chevy Chase.
and Mr.. Henderson,. silver
Spring.
The main speaker, DR.. w. A..
Diman, executive secretary of the
Chicago Baptist Association.
told the more than 200 persons
attending the dinner:
No generation has ever con-
fronted the church with so many
problems. But no generation has
ever confronted the church with
more opportunities"
Sees Crisis Spots
He warned that, THE great
metropolitan areas are the crisis
spots for the onward movement
of the church. We are going to
win the cities for the church or
we are going to lose America
Dr.. Diman called on members
to dedicate themselves more to
the work of the church.
Officers of the council are:
John M. Firmin. president;
James Eaton. Robert T. Allan,
Glen Haycraft. Raymond E.
Gable, William L. Rice, Rufus w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
A suspected thief grabbed

A suspected thief grabbed a
policeman's revolver last night
struck him on the head and fired
a shot which missed the victim 1
head by an inch
Within 80 minutes police had
the man and a few hours later
had picked up two companions
on housebreaking charges. one OF
them an applicant for appoint
ment to the Metropolitan Police
Department.
The policeman, Pvt. Raymond
Ruffing. 30, a plainclotheSman on
the vice squad, is in Casualty
Hospital for treatment of head
cuts and bruises.
Pvt. Ruffing was cruising south
on Kendall street NE, near Gal
laudet street when he saw a car
parked in front of an electric
company storage yard. He said
three men were loading lead
covered cable into the car and
that two of them leaped into the
auto as he approached and drove
away.
Fires at Policeman
The policeman took the third
man to the Greyhound bus
garage at Kendall and Oakie
streets NE. a half-block from
the storage yard. to telephone
for a police wagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
Maryland Public
Dutu Bill Snooqed

: ANNAPOLIS. Feb. % pa
bill to open public records and
other matters in the Office Of
any municipal, county or State
Office hit a snag in the Maryland
Senate yesterday.
s Sponsor ed by Senate President
Louis L. Goldstein, Democrat OF
Calvert. the measure was amend
81 by the judiciary Committee
70 exempt certain Health De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
Judge Is Chosen
For FreehiII Case

Circuit Court Judge Lyttelton
Waddell of Charlottesville has
been named by the Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals TO
hear a suit in Fairfax County
on the controversial Freehill
Izoning amendment.
The three Fairfax circuit court
judges earlier had disqualified
themselves from hearing the
case.
The Freehill amendment limits
development in the western
two-thirds Of the county to two
acre lots. Some 30 landowners,
including former County Board
Chairman G. Wallace Carper,
have filed suit to invalidate the
coming restriction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22

partment and police records un-
less a special court order is OBJ
tanned
Senator Layman j. Redden,
Democrat OF Caroline, said he
did not doubt the possible merit
OF the bill. but he wondered if
there had been any abuses Of
or unnecessary restrictions on
the accessibility of public records.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22

house owned by Mason Hirst,
Annandale real estate man. fire.
men said. Five rooms in the CO.
year-old building were damaged
by fire and the remainder of the
house suffered smoke and water
damage. firemen said. Damage
was estimated at $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-22
Martha Chapter Dinner

Martha Chapter No. of the
Order of the Eastern Star will
have meeting and chicken din
ner between 5 and 7 pm. tomor-
row at 1880 Ridge place Sc.