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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
3 Boys Arrested
After Wild Chase

Three Prince Georges County
teen-agers we're picked up today
after leading a county police
cruiser on a high-speed chase
through the West Hyattsville
area during the morning rush
hour.
The boys. one IA and two IS,
finally abandoned the car and
fled on foot after a wild ride
in which they crossed front
lawns. jumped a highway traf-
fic island and drove up and
down blind alleys and side
streets. police said.
They were arrested about an
hour later after police REIN
forcements were called to
search a wooded area on the old
Heurich tract. IL
Police Pvt. James Godbold
said the auto had been stolen
earlier in the Langley Park
area and bore Virginia tags with
District tags fastened over
them. Inside the car were a
set of Maryland plates.
Police said the 14-year-old
boy lives in Riverdale an the
other two in Langley Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Automotive
Parts Association opens a
two-day meeting i'm the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Beginning a three-day
general management Sec
ton meeting, the American
Gas Association is head
quartered in the Shoreham
Hotel.
The American Academy
OF Oral Pathology holds
fourth-day sessions in the
. Mayflower Hotel.
The American Bridge,
Tunnel and Turnpike AS
ISOLATION. Inc, begins a
two-day workshop confer
ence in the Statler Hotel.
Continuing its conven-
ton, the Association Of In.
ternational Relations Clubs
holds sessions in the May
flower Hotel.
The National Federation
of Grain Co-operatives
opens a Mayf1ower con-
clave scheduled to last
through Thursday.
This information supplied by
the washington Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Toy Horse Ckokes
Girl to Death

An 49, months : old Falls
Church girl died yesterday in
Arlington Hospital after chok-
ing on a tiny toy horse that
once decorated her older sisters
birthday cake.
The child. Susan Ann Vest,
was rushed by her parents to
the hospital when she began
coughing repeatedly. Her father.
Stanley ]. Vest, an electrical
engineer with the Rural Elec-
IRRIGATION Administration, said
he did not know when the
child swallowed the toy.
The Vests. who live at 6512
Payne street. Falls Church,
have one other child, Dorine, Z.
A mass of the angels will be
offered at 8 am. Wednesday
in st. Anthony's Catholic
Church, Falls Church, with
burial in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

The judges and how many
marriages they performed last
year follow:
Chief Judge Leonard P.
Walsh, 106; Judge Beard, So;
Milton S. Kronheim. jr., So;
Austin L. Tickling, 81; Mildred
E. Reeves. So; Thomas c. Seal
ley, A; Andrew j. Howard, jr.,
81; Catherine B. Kelly, 30;
Harry L. Walker, "a; and John
j Malloy, 20.
A survey indicated that one
reason people apply for a
court-conducted marriage is a
desire to avoid a religious
ceremony.
An increasingly frequent GER
emory here involves use Of a
telephone to unite a bride in a
judges chamber with a service
man overseas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Schools 10 GET
Truant Reports
Juvenile Court Also
To Inform Police

Disposition of all truancy
cases that come before Juvenile
Court will be reported to the
District public schools begin
ming tomorrow.
Judge Orm w. Ketcham said
the move was in line with the
courts recent decision to in
form police Of the disposition
Of all Juvenile Court cases and
to strengthen relations with
the school system.
Mrs. Francine Temko, the
judges legal aide, said the
schools had requested the in
formation concerning DISPOSE
ton Of truancy matters in order
to keep their attendance rec
ords straight. Mrs. Temko
said the dispositions will be
forwarded to the school sys-
TENS attendance Office.
The reporting Of case dispo-
sitions reflects the change from
procedure under the previous
Judge. Edith H. Cockrill. who.
left q year ago. The latter did
not report disposition to the
schools and only certain cases
to the police. according to court
officials.
Information will be limited
to the dispositions both in the
cases reported to the police and
to the schools. Police last week
hailed the judges announce
ment as something vitality
needed for law enforcement,
but noted that the information
will be used only by author
lied detectives on official bust
ness.
The court recently an
bounced it will dispose OF all
remaining truancy cases on
the court calendar after April
81 on that date.
DR.. Carl F. Hansen, acting
superintendent of schools. has
reported that only q out of
n truancy complaints for the
school year had been heard
before the court. After DR..
Hansen's comment that some
were scheduled for as late as
five weeks before schools close,
the court followed with its an
nouncement to dispose Of the
remaining cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Three Men Drop
From Low Roof
To Escape Fire

Three airline employees
crawled through a second floor
window and dropped to the
ground from a low-hanging
roof early today when fire de-
stroyed most of the first floor
of a house at 514 South Fair
fax street, Alexandria.
Two of the men, Timothy
Brown. Is. of Northeast Air
lines operations Office. and
Stuart Jennings. 20, a ticket
agent for Capital Airlines, were
treated and released at Alex
andria Hospital for smoke in
halation shortly before 6 am.
The third man. Raymond Du-
bois. a Northeast ticket agent,
was not injured.
Firemen said the men, asleep
IN second n0or bedrooms, were
awakened by heat and smoke.
The drop from the roof was
about 5 feet. They, as well
as neighbors, sounded alarms.
The house is located in the
Old Port section of the city.
1t is one of several restored
founder houses which have low
hanging roofs on one SID !. The
men told firemen they were
aided in their drops from the
roof by an" unidentified serv-
iceman who stood by to help.
Damage, estimated at several
thousand dollars. was confined
for the most part to the first
floor, where furniture and other
belongings were described as
a total loss. There was little
outside damage.
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out of quarters rezoned to first
commercial, he added.
Businesses other than liquor
concerns would be allowed to
stay despite such rezoning.
This discrepancy stems from
provisions in the District Alco-
holic Beverage Control Act.
Mr.. Kneipp noted that strict
coming controls over liquor deal.
ers were written into this law
to protect neighborhoods before
any city-wide coming revisions
were planned.
Would Lose Licenses
A new coming code adopted
in May would bar issuance Of
licenses to the 100 liquor deal
erS on February /, 1859, the
beginning of the license year,
according to Mr.. Kneipp.
IF new zoningS rules out
these dealers. we have no other
place in the District to put
them" said ABC Board chair
man Frank E. Weakly. who
testified in support of the bill.
1t also was backed by Herbert
K. Schollenberger, ABC board
member; billiard Schulberg.
executive director, Washington
Retail Liquor Dealers Inc; and
Milford Schwartz, counsel,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers AS.
Sociati0n
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we do-no grants and fellow
ships and soft jobs"
Mr.. Warren, who won the
Pulitzer Prize for his novel. "All
the Kings Men," and has just
won the National Book Award
for 1858, will read from his new
poems at 8:45 o'clock tonight
in the Corcoran Gallery for the
Institute of Contemporary Arts
: In an interview today he was
reminded that another literary
man, Oscar Williams. recently
criticized America for letting
its poets Starve artistically."
Mr.. Warren said he has had
some lean years himself but he
feels America offers solid re-
wards for the poet. He said
many writer's support them
selves by teaching. For some
writer's, he said. the teaching
profession is death" But for
others, who have some voca-
ton for teaching. it is a good
way of life"
Mr.. Warren said people who
are scared of modern poetry
"are probably trying to read it
as prose, or else they do not
have innocence enough to face
it directly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
THE BENCH RECORD
TenMunicipoI Judges
Perform 531Morrioqes

Ten Municipal judges are
engaged in an off-the-bench
activity which has reached
proportions = the performance
of weddings.
A total of 53l couples ex-
changed marriage vows before
them last year, an all-time high
for civil wedding ceremonies at
Municipal Court. The total re-
presents 100 more than we're
recorded at the court in 1856.
200 more than 1855 and 100
more than in 1850.
BY law. all judges in the
District can perform weddings,
but are not required to do so.
In practice. the civil marriage
ceremony in Washington is
performed almost solely by
Municipal Court judges.
The three judges of the new
Domestic Relations branch of
Municipal Court have agreed
not to marry anyone. They
have not announced a reason,
but one judge at court observed
that they will not play a role
in the commencement of the
marriage since they may have
to ofiiciate at its cleavage"
Techniques Vary
The law is silent about the
form and manner In which
marriages are to be conducted.
The judges. therefore, have
branched into some distinct
techniques.
Some prefer to perform we'd
dings in the mornings before
court begins, others at noon.
Some require a ring ceremony.
some make witnesses manda-
tory, others do not. The judges
vary about donning robes for
the ceremony. officiating on
week ends and holidays or out
side the courthouse.
Some judges refuse to per-
form weddings II one or both
parties belong to certain reli-
gious faiths.
Refuse Remuneration
On only one subject do all
the judges agree, Judge Beard
observed. None will accept
personal remuneration for off,
ciatine at the services.
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may De relSSueQ annual IL
censes even If the sites of their
establishments are rezoned,
making land use non-conform-
ing.
Subcommittee Chairman
Beall. Republican of Maryland,
cleared the technicality with
House District Com m ftte e
Chairman Mcmillan, Democrat
of South Carolina, before to-
days action. Representative
McMillan's pledge of the ac-
ceptance will prevent the need
for another House vote.
More Action Due Soon
The bill is expected to be
brought before the full Sen
ate District Committee shortly
after the Easter recess which
ends April IA.
Liquor dealers. many from
the Southwest, are faced with
an imminent threat because Of
new coming regulations slated
to become effective by mid
May, Assistant Corporation
Counsel Robert F. Kneipp
warned the subcommittee.
He explained a retailer now
located in the commercial zones
would be forced to give up his
business if his land were re-
zoned residential. Likewise, a
wholesaler would have to move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

am not too disappointed today,
because know they will soon
be out"
Disappointed neither by the
bare branches nor the unsea-
sonable chill was the radiant
Blossom Queen. With a stylish
mink about her shoulders C"1
borrowed tim Just a work.
ing grips and a heavy tweed
coat on her lap ("That ones
really mine~, Miss Drigotas
denied any suggestion that she
might be cold.
Well Conditioned Queen
Remember. please, I'm 4
Down Easterner.s she said
Her escort. Air Force 1t. Frank
lin c. Brooks said that he was
from Alexandria and called
attention to the fact that his
teeth were chattering.
Among the dignitaries shar:
ing the limelight was Michael
Ansara, better known to thou
saidS of children as Cochise
Though lightly clad in buck
skins, Cochise bore the cold
with enough fortitude to do
credit to a tribal chieftain.
Asked how he was bearing
up under the near frost, the
TV Apache glanced quickly
about him to see whether any
of his fans were within ear
shot.
I've got it made" Cochise
said. rolling up a buckskin
sleeve to show the cuff of his
long-handled union suit.
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DC. He|iporfs
Hearing Slated
BeuII Coils for Study
Of Downtown Sites

A full scale hearing on the
ACCESSIBILITY of building hell
ports in the District is planned
on Capitol Hill on April II.
Senator Beall, Republican of
Maryland. said he hoped to call
District officials and interested
parties among the public to
the hearings before his Senate
District Business Subcommit-
tee.
Pending before this local
law-making unit is Senator
Beall's own resolution directing
the District Commissioners to
investigate "all factors in
volved in. including sites to be
recommended, the construction
of a heliport or heliports with
in the District" The resolution
recommends sites in close prox-
unity to downtown Government
and commercial areas.
Issue Revived Annually
The issue has been revived
annually on both sides of Con-
gress since the Maryland dele
cation began a drive several
years ago to route regular air
passengers bound for Washing
ton into Friendship Airport,
near Baltimore.
Already, one helicopter COM
'pany. the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Always. Inc, is operat-
ing on a charter basis at
Friendship to fly passengers to
their final destinations.
A company spokesman said
today helicopter flights to
Washington were landed at
National Airport and at a hell
port on a Chesapeake Bay pier
in Baltimore.
I'VE certainly are making eff
forts to find sites in the District
for heliports," the spokesman
said.
Chalk Seeks Areas
Also calling for downtown
landing areas is D. c. Transit
System President o. Ray Chalk.
He has promised to buy two
helicopters and put them into
service within Is months if he
can find landing space. His
suggestion is for heliportS atop
bus terminals.
Senator Beall's resolution, as
written, directs the Commits
sioners to report findings of
their study to Congress no
later than January 81, 1858.
After a closed session of his
subcommittee today, Senator
Beall indicated the new date
for a report should be January
81. 1859.
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win Be on Capitol Hin

I'm sure it wouldn't cause any
body to lose his job"
Will Be on Capitol Hill
Mr.. North isn't retiring from
active work.
Il wouldn't be satisfied do.
ing nothing" he said.
Instead. he will become the
legislative representative for
the National Association Of
Postmasters. and will spend
much of his time lobbying on
Capitol Hill.
The Georgia born postmaster
started his career as a railway
mail clerk. and was commits
stoned as q postal inspector in
1915. He drew national acclaim
in the early '20s for helping to
solve a So million train robbery
at Wittenburg. Mo.
He was appointed deputy
third assistant postmaster of
the United States in 1898 by
President Roosevelt, who be-
came a close friend. President
Truman named Mr.. North, a
Democrat, to his past position.
Hasn't Taken All Of Leave
II think I've given the Gov.
eminent its moneys worth" he
said. 1--WE taken only about
one-third Of my annual leave.
worked about so hours a week
and have 2.l00 hours of sick
leave unused. A lot of my time
has been spent in working with
experimental machines and
techniques being tested in the
Washington Post ONCE"
Mr.. North says he will now
have more time to spend with
his wife at home, 250l Calvert
street NV. But. he admits. he
will have to be mighty careful
about It.
Women don't generally want
you under their feet" he as
serted. And there's always a
chance they'll catch you with
an unmailed letter in your
pocket"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

WHAT ABOUT SHAKE
SPEARE, Aeschylus, Ibsen,
Euripedes, Eugene O'Neil,
Aristophenes, Bernard Shaw,
Sophocles? The questions
were individually hurled at
him by irate students. The
Rambler felt his head doing
a rat-a-tat-tat on the black
board behind him from the
rapidity of verbal blows.
Fine flowers of the cul-
lures of their times" the
Rambler responded bravely,
"but not to be compared in
Importance with Aristotle
and Plato who suggested
systems of thinking and
Pythagoras, Euclid, Archi-
medes and Eratosthenes. He
was the man who measured
the circumference of the
earth within so miles more
than 200 years before Christ.
"And in the modern world
even Shakespeare has to
yield to Sir Isaac Newton
and the others you ask about,
to Einstein, Fermi, Open
heimer and Teller"
The still resentful young
man asked:
Didn't the creative writ
ing Of Rousseau and Vol
taire bring about the French
Revolution?"
Now the cause OF the
French Revolution is one of
many blind spots in the
Rambler's historical perspec-
tive. But he tried.
Influential, perhaps" he
said loftily, but If the cause
is found to be books, which
I doubt, it is Diderot's Ency-
clopaedia, the first modern
compilation of facts
Just then the signal, which
caused all his auditors to
pick up their books and leave
the room, rang.
Saved by the bell!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

we voice our anxiety, uncer-
tainty and fear. The need
for understanding, for better
human relations is basic to
each of us in our individual
lives and in our community.
The meeting of this need
for understanding-for realiz-
ing in our personal and social
living a Wilderness of life to
which we are committed as
Christians-is the purpose. of
the YWCA.
God has not given us the
spirit Of fear; but of power
and love" AS an organization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

liam Beno1X, muff1ed TO the
ears. peered sourly at them
through the misting rain and
quipped:
Festival"
Not nearly as well-dressed as
Mr.. Bendix was a bevy Of girls
who developed goose flesh in
the wings. awaiting their turn
to perform.
The lightly dressed lasses
borrowed raincoats, scarves
rugs and blankets, and re-
sourceful Alexandra Scott, q
10 year old sophomore at
George Washington University,
lifted the tailcoat Of a nearby
male to shield her decolletage.
Ambassador Plays II Warm
Japanese Ambassador Koi-
chiro Asakai, who crowned the
Queen, sought refuge in his
warm limousine until it was
time for him to persent the
500, 900 pearl diadem.
The Ambassador revealed
that in Tokyo, invitations to
the annual cherry blossom
viewing at the Imperial Palace
are not sent out until the
flowers actually appear"
But the diplomat graciously
added that the Washington
festival is renowned in Japan,
and that some of the blossoms
here are considered to be
superior to those in his coun-
try.
II am told they are very
clear in color and am anxious
tn SOC them he sold "And I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Legion Post to Meet

The next meeting of the
James A. Delano Post No. 6
American Legion. will be held
at 8 pm. Wednesday at the
Perpetual Building and Loan
Association Auditorium. Elev-
enth and E streets NV. Post
Comdr. Ware White will pre-
side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Festival Royalty Joins
Blossoms Under Wraps
1000 Ignore intermittent DrizzIe
To Watch Ceremony at Tidal Bosin
BY MICHAEL MOK
Star stan Writer

High fashion received low blow the Tidal Basin
day shverng royalty donned ureneck sweaters their
backless evening gowns.
With nary blossom in sight, estimated at 1900
ignored intermittent dzze eaden skies Carolyn
Drgoas of Maine Queen of the 1858 Cherry Bios
som Festival
The hudded spectators guffawed deghtly as Actor VIII
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

of women working together in our community and
around the world we seek through our faith a per-
sonal realization Of the power and love of God.
Christian faith vital and active and evident
in our daily lives help to face the perplexities
and fears Of our time. We strengthened and
heartened by Jesus words IT am come that We might
have life and that We might have 1t more abundantly
Tomorrow: Milton J. Prassas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

part with experiments that
may revolutionize the Nations
mail delivery.
The biggest single need in
the postal service, he declared,
is a perfected machine to sort
the mail within the Post Office.
There is a need to elimi-
nate a lot Of manual labor"
the husky, gentle voiced post
master said. And the way
the post Offices are expanding,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Civic Chorus Program

The Herndon Civic Chorus
will present THE Seven Last
Words of Christ" at the Hern-
don (VaJ High School audito-
rum at 8 pm Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31

THE RAMBLER'S HEART
sank. For a fraction of a
second he felt that he was
as unprepared as a lecturer
as he so often had been as
a student.
Then he bucked up. If there
is anything he ought to be
: able to talk about Gd ibitum
it is writing.
The new group that filed
in locked pretty sharp. The
Rambler decided the thing
to do was to stimulate their
interest by being unorthodox.
He said, they had probably
had enough history of their
language to realize that for
centuries writing was all in
verse, that storytelling in
prose was slow to take over,
that the 18th century became
the century of the novel. The
10th was the century of
journalism, of fact. It is
shown in our periodicals and
our books with biographies
of the living and histories
up to the day before yes
terday. Novels are for paper
back addicts.
"And the theater?" asked
a. young man resentfully.
kid stuff" said the RAM
bier.
You could hear an ooh"
of hurt go all through the
room.
The Rambler was in for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
ONLY LIP-SERVICE ABROAD
u. S. Rewards Poets,
Noted Author Finds

America does better by its than literary
willing recognize prize winning author Robert Penn Warren.
said today
There's lip service paid poets in other countries"
Mr. Warren said France and Italy for example regard their
poets Of importance But they treat them less wen than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Postmaster North, 81,
Retires With PIoudits

Roy M. North. ST. Washingtons postmaster since l94e
retired today with paudits from Federal officials his
48 years Of postal service
His boss, Postmaster General Summerfeld and j.
Edgar Hoover director of the Federal Bureau Investigation
commended him for his work Since 1853 has dealt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
Rambler:
Meets His Notch
Among Teen-Agers
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

By GEORGE KENNEDY
Those who are concerned
about the intellectual level
Of the coming generation
should have a go against
some of the brighter stu
dents in our high schools.
The Rambler had an ex-
perienee he viii never forget.
High schools now have "ca-
reer days" at which repre-
sentatives Of almost every
uniformed and white collar
calling, except the ministry.
are invited to explain what
it offers to youth.
At Bla d EN- burg High
School three or four years
ago, the Rambler was told
he was to talk to two groups
IS minutes each, and he as
sumed that he was expected
to make the same pitch to
both.
The first hour went about
as usual. The Rambler was
trying to impress them with
what a thrill it is to play
even a minor role in the re-
porting Of great events.
Again he had that discour-
aging realization that the
events, which seemed rela-
lively recent in his life, oc-
CURED before his auditors
were born. He asked for
questions.
One determined young
woman said she would be
unable to afford to 60 to
college. What should she do,
short of college to prepare
herself for journalism?
The r a m BILE RS answer
couldn't have satisfied her.
1t didn't satisfy him.
The bell rang and the
pupils began to file out. She
and a couple of others re-
manned in their seats.
Surely you don't want to
hear this all over AGAIN."
the Rambler asked.
She said: you are to talk
about writing in the second
period"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-31
GRntrtt ThnnghtH
How the Bible Has Affected
Lives Of People You Muy Know
BY MRS. CHARLES W. TUCKER
President Young women's Christian Association

why you afraid9 Have you no faith2" Jesus
asked His disciples These questions are as compelling
today they we're 1000 years ago.
In this perplexing age Of uneasy peace how often