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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
JUVENILE THIEF
ESCAPES WITH
MOTHERS CAR

A convicted Juvenile car
thief escaped the National
Training School here yes
terday-by stealing the car
his mother had driven from
Florida to see him.
According to Capt. g. H.
lie Bar, the 17-year-old had
served six months Of an
indefinite sentence for TAX
ing a car in Tennessee.
When his mother arrived to
visit him, she pocketed her
ignition keys and entered
the building for a visit with
the youth.
But in the meantime her
son left his quarters. "hot
wired" her automobile, and
left her stranded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
10000 Here to Share
In New Aid Benefits
BY BETTY MILES
Star staff Writer

More than 10000 Washington public assistance recipients
will begin to share in appropriation Tuesday
hailed by Public Welfare Director Gerard Shea the most
significant in years.
Since the accent growing children, large will
benefit most from the grants by the 85h
The checks DELAYED day past the first of the month BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

given to growing children" he
declared.
The $1.341 900 increase in
the total public assistance bud
get. which allows for an antici-
pated 8 per cent increase in the
constantly rising welfare roll,
is 80 per cent boost over last
years District expenditure for
public assistance. With $6.4 mil
lion in matching Federal funds
added to the $5,698,9O2 District
total, the expenditure this fiscal
year will be more than $12
million.
Cut for Some Families
Ironically, not all the recipi-
.entS will share in the increase.
There will be a cut for 5l4
families, Mr.. Scholz explained,
running from a few cents to
So a month. The new budget
standard reduces the food and
clothing allowance for single
persons by $2.1S a month. About
800 will be cut.
The change in the food bud
get was recommended by the
committee of experts because
of the reduced number Of calo-
ries now believed necessary for
adult well-being.
Another boon for Welfare re-
cipients is the surplus food pro-
gram, being continued for a
second year at a cost of $780,
900. All those with cooking ia
cilitieS are eligible to receive
this Agriculture Department
surplus.
Glasses run by Mrs. Lois Earl,
Inutritionist consultant for the
Health Department, not only
train recipients in the use of
this food. but also teach them
basic nutrition. adequate diet,
and meal planning.
Almost half of the relief
funds are spent in the aid to
dependent children program
which makes it possible to keep
children in the home when the
breadwinner is either disabled
or absent. The biggest allot-
ment of all will go to a family
with IL children which will re-
ceive $454 a month, an increase
Of about 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Home Accidents
Claim Five Lives

Five persons died and ISL
were treated in District hospi-
tails for home accidents last
week, the District Red Cross
has reported.
One of the fatalities was a
1-year-old boy, a victim of
aSphyxiation, who was found
dead in bed with his face buried
in a pillow. Four adults died
as the result of falls.
OF those treated for injuries,
a woman, Is, and a 59-year-old
man were victims in separate
stove explosions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Mclaughlin
Sees Stadium
Can PoyWuy

Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin said last night he
believes the Armory Board will
be able to justify construction
of the proposed municipal sta
dunn and I'VE are going to work
very hard to that end"
But he told a radio audience
over Station WWDC he is not
disposed to saddle District tax
payers with the cost of a
losing proposition If the pro-
posed new arena can't support
itself.
Stadium hopes are not
pinned solely to it's use by the
Washington Senators baseball
team, he said. The ball team
is reported to be considering a
move away from Washington.
ct don't think anybody in
Washington feels that Mr..
Calvin Griffith has the only
baseball team that might pos
sibly be available" Mr.. Nc
Laughlin said.
1--WE Like Mats"
"Of course, we all like the
Mats, and we obviously would
prefer to have them remain
here and occupy the stadium.
obviously we are not going
to negotiate with anybody else
as long as we have Mr.. Griffith
to negotiate with" he said.
But we certainly would not
let our hopes and aspirations
terminate with the possibility
of getting the Nationals here.
The Armory Board members
feel a great responsibility" to
make the stadium possible il
it can be made anything like
a self-liquidating project. the
commissioner reported.
But he asserted that II de
not want to be in a position Of
supporting a stadium which IL
going to penalize the taxpay-
erS of the District because Of
the luxury of a monumental
stadium which is really being
built because this is the Ma
tons Capital"
States View
Legislation for the new arena
makes it a clear local respon-
sibility. 1t carries a provisc
that the Commissioners will
budget money annually to make
up the difference between bono
payments and stadium re-
ceipts, if necessary.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said last
night that he constantly dan
giles before the other Armory
Board members "the spectacle
of our financial situation" and
the fact that even though
Government-guaranteed bonds
might be Salable without any
prospective tenants for the
stadium, I'VE cannot approve
getting the city into such a
situation because ultimately
the stadium then would be paid
for by the taxpayers"
He reported that it hasn't
been found as easy to get prof
liable takers as some might
have anticipated"
But the board is seeking tc
get the best potential contract
i can with the Washington
Redskins football team, and
will talk with the baseball
team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Arlington OKs
Referendum
On Housing
By SAM EASTMAN
Star STAFF Writer

A referendum on establish
ing a redevelopment authority
for Arlington was authorized
yesterday by the County Board,
Voters will decide the ques-
ton at the November 4 general
election.
Creation Of the Arlington
Redevelopment and Housing
Authority would provide a
necessary step toward acquisi-
ton Of Federal funds for major
area redevelopment.
The boards action yesterday
was taken without comment on
the recommendation Of the
Planning Commission.
County officials are now pre-
pairing area development pro-
grams as a basis for a master
plan. Planners have indicated
that the major redevelopment
work would be in the Rosslyn
area.
The proposed redevelopment
authority would be set up on a
standby basis to carry out any
urban renewal programs which
may be authorized.
In other action, the board
awarded a $2,060,602 contract
for expansion and remodeling
of the courthouse to the Houser
Construction Co. of WASH
ington.
The bid, the lowest of five
submitted, provides for:
A STORY tower structure,
a three-Story center section, a
third floor on the south wing
and other remodeling items.
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg said the total costs for
courthouse improvements, in
GLIDING land acquisitions for
parking, and architect fees. will
amount to $2,816,000.
The county has $2.2 million
in authorized bond money for
the project. The difference be-
tween this figure and the total
cost would be made up in cur
rent revenue during the present
fiscal year and the following
two fiscal periods.
In a related action, the board
authorized Mr.. Lundberg to &C
quire the Title Guaranty Build
ing on Courthouse square, for
no more than 100000. Mr..
Lundberg was instructed to &C
quire the building which would
be used for county offices,
through condemnation pro-
ceedingS if the owners refuse
the county's offer.
The board also recessed I'M
til 8 pm. Tuesday for a special
meeting to review developments
in the school racial contro-
versy. Chairman Ralph Kaul
said that the board in Coop
Grafton with the school board,
would take all possible steps
to try and keep classrooms
open. '
The county board, Mr.. Raul
said, will convene daily if nee
.essary to deal with the school
issue. The Arlington integra-
ton case is expected to be
heard early this week in Alex
andria Federal Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

repeatedly has received a ten
tative list from social leaders
of the Capital.
Prominently mentioned are
such philanthropists as John
D. Rockefeller. jr.. Henry Ford,
Paul Mellon, William du Pont,
jr., Harvey Firestone, jr.. Henry
Kaiser, Mrs. Henry Luce, w.
Averell Hartman, Mrs. M.
Merriweather Post May, and
Herbert Lehman. A number Of
Washington civic leaders also
have been recommended to
Senator Wiley.
Representative Thompson said
he thought educators, as well
as patrons of the arts should
be considered. The big, i'm
mediate problem, he said, for
some one to talk with many
suitable candidates for the
Presidential board as possible.
New Gift Trend
In his letter to DR.. Eisen-
hover, Representative Thomp-
son noted that John D. Rookie
Teller, III, was president of the
Lincoln Square Center of the
Performing Arts in New York
City.
The Ford Foundation gave
.$12.5 million to this center. the
only model for the Washington
national center.
A Ford gift to the artistic
center reflected a new trend in
American philanthropy, &C
cording to Mr.. Thompson. He
quoted Mr.. Rockefeller's as
sessment Of the gift to IL
lustrate his point:
Nov. with no lessening Of
emphasis on health, welfare and
education, American giving is
being directed to a new area
the broad field of the arts.
Cultural Responsibility
"All who are interested in a
better America are coming to
recognize that we have COM
'munity responsibility not only
for our hospitals, schools and
welfare agencies, but for our
cultural institutions as well. AS
we enter this new field of phil
anthropy, it is appropriate that
the great foundations, such as
the Ford Foundation. should
show the way" Mr.. Rockefeller
said.
The Lincoln center is a SIS
million endeavor. Planners
foresee a paved plaza with a
3,800-seat opera house at one
end and, on either side, a 2,400-
seat concert hall and a 2,200-
seat theater for dance and
operetta.
Present thinking on the
Washington center evisions a
$40 to $25 million center. A
symphony and opera hall could
be combined. Sponsors hope
to build a 1,S00-seat theater
and a more adaptable, perhaps
600-seat arena for smaller
theatrical productions.
The bill. now awaiting the
Presidents signature, locates
the center on a Potomac river
side tract bounded by the pro-
posed inner loop freeway and
approaches to the Theodore
Roosevelt Bridge, and Virginia
avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Junior Bur Names
Chew Chase Mon

The Junior Bar Conference
of the American Bar Associa-
ton reappointed James j.
Bierbower of Chevy Chase, Md.
as a director of the conference
at its recent meeting in Los
Angeles. Calf.
Mr.. Borrower was an execu-
tive council member of the
Junior Bar, representing WASH
ington, and is the past chair
man Of the Junior Bar section
Of the District of Columbia Bar
Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

the holiday, Will affect the lives
of 20,836 Washington residents.
Pointing to the real prog
ress" reflected in the increase
and revisions in the city's relief
program, Mr.. Shea said it has
eliminated with one stroke a
major cause of criticism for
years of the local welfare pro-
gram.
New Formula Used
Shelved is the old relief for
mula, based on SO per cent of
q f1ve-year-old budget stand
ard.
In it's place is a new stand
ard set up by the District Com
missioners, which is based on
100 per cent of a 1857 Agri-
culture Department food critic
rion.
The checks are still very
modest-a mother and three
children could receive $166 a
month, for example, compared
to $146.91 last year, if each
child was in one of the new
age tepories-13-l7. 6-12.
and under 6.
She would receive even more
if all her children were between
6 and 10, where the allotment
has jumped $l3.55 each for a
family of four and over. If
they we're teen-agers, the in
crease would be $12.40.
Next month. the Department
hopes to send checks to fami-
lies receiving more than $500
a month-approximately 40
semi monthly instead OF
monthly.
Minimum Subsistence Seen
Superintendent of Public AS
sistance Bernard w. Scholz be-
lieves the new allotments will
provide minimum subsistence"
to families served by the pro-
gram.
Mr.. Scholz points out that
under the former plan all of
the children were simply d.
vided into over 10 and under 10
categories for allotment pur-
poses.
The forward-looking quality
Of the program is indicated by
the adequate assistance being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
FAIRFAX COUNTY

An anticipated enrolment of
Al 500, with its $500 pupil in
crease. represents less of a Jump
than the system has expert
enced in the last three or four
years.
To help accommodate the
newcomers. there are four new
schools. two Of them expected
to be open in time for schools
beginning.
The two are Lee High School
on Route ga, with a pupil
capacity Of l,40o and bufit at
a cost Of SIS million. and the
Churchill Road Elementary ct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

mating participation by TO-
morrow.
This represents more than
IS per cent of the cabs licensed
in the District.
Some Hold Of
Oficials said they have no
figures as yet on participation
in the suburbs. but that the
program is under way in all
jurisdictions except Montgom-
cry and Fairfax counties.
In Montgomery, they said,
only Silver Spring operators
are now participating. Most
other cab companies in the
county have declined to go
along because they feel they
get a better deal under exist
ing practices. Officials said
they were disappointed in this
reaction, but that they hope
for participation soon.
In Fairfax, cab companies
have not been brought into the
program because the county
does not yet have a taxicab
licensing ordinance, and the
program was developed through
the local licensing agencies. Of
f1cials said such an ordinance
is being drawn up now, how
ever.
Prominent Stickers
Under the voluntary plan,
participating cabbies agree to
charge no more than 40 cents
a mile after crossing the boun-
Diary line from their licensed
Jurisdictions into another area.
This maximum charge applies
on trips involving from one to
four passengers.
The red, white and blue
striped stickers are displayed
on the right front tenders of
cabs.
Edward s. Northrop, Mont
gomery County State Senator
and chairman of the Regional
Conferences legal committee,
said he was not disturbed by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Polio TotuI at 50

RICHMOND, Aug. 80 (AP).-
Virginia's 1858 polio case total
reached SO today when a 10
year-old Big Stone Gap boy
was admitted to a Roanoke
hospital with bulbar polio. 1t
was Wise County's 9th victim
Of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

brother, DR.. Milton Eisenhower,
be named to head such an
informal advisory committee.
The Congressman said he
made the proposal because Of
his concern that the strongest
possible board Of trustees be
selected to plan, raise funds
and direct construction Of the
center. Under the cultural CEN
ter bill, Is members Of the
board of trustees will be ex-
officio members from the Gov
eminent, and IS citizen leaders
will be named by the President.
DR.. Eisenhower interested"
Mr.. Thompson said he called
on DR.. Eisenhower. president Of
Johns Hopkins University, for
support Of the project last
week. He said DR.. Eisenhower
expressed extreme interest in
the center, and told the con-
gresham he would discuss the
matter of appointments with
the President.
Or. Eisenhower also asked for
more information about the
center, which Mr.. Thompson
sent him. In a return letter
received yesterday. DR.. Eisen-
hover noted that DR.. Arthur s.
Flemming, secretary Of the De-
partment Of Health, Education
and Welfare, will be the rank
ing government member Of the
commission and said he felt
sure this distinguished educa-
tor will contribute his creative
thinking to the problems of
project development"
"As you well know" DR..
Eisenhower's letter said, such
a center, if realized, would be
valuable not only to the people
of the United States, but would
also be helpful. at least mod
estly, in international relations.
For peoples of many countries
are as interested in our cul-
tural and social affairs as they
are in our economic develop
ment."
Responsibilities Heavy
In an earlier letter to DR..
Eisenhower, Mr.. Thompson
stressed heavy responsibilities
which will fall on the shoulders
of the citizen members of the
center commission.
The Congressman pointed
out that funds must be COL
lected within five years. Leg
iSlation provided that money
raised. if insufficient for the
center by that time, will revert
to the Smithsonian Institution
for an art museum.
DR.. Eisenhower's aid was
sought because the President,
beset by international prob
lens, presumably would have
little time to devote to selec-
ton of the board. The Presi-
dent, however, personally re-
quested passage of the center
bill in August.
Wiley Proposal
Senator Wiley, Republican of
Wisconsin, another legislation
sponsor, has asked hackers of
the bill in both the Senate and
the House to suggest prospec-
tive trustees. Mrs. Eisenhower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Culture Center Board
Screening Sought
Dr.. Eisenhower Proposed to Assist
President With Nominations
BY GRACE BASSETT
star stan Writer

President Eisenhower urged yesterday to set up
top-eve advisory group to possible apponees to
Washngtons new National Cultural Center Commission
The proposal came from Representative Thompson Dem
ocrat of New Jersey suggested that the Presidents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Suburban Cabs Log
On Uniform Fare Plea
By GEORGE BEVERIDGE
Star STAFF Writer

The campaign to Washington taxicab operators
voluntarily standard charges for travel outside their
home jurisdictions got under schedule this week end
Arthur T. Sonnenberg. spokesman for the Washington
Metropolitan Regional Conference of the pan said
than 5000 District cabs will be bearing sckers desg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
1900 New Students
Due in Area Schools
5000 D. c. Pupils Fuee Overcrowding
As Lists Rise z, 400 Over Last Yeur

More than 1900 students expected in Washing
ton public school cassrooms opening this week and next
Anticipated enroments will total estimated 33l 900
this fall, as compared with about $4,000 year ago.
Montgomery County looking the biggest boost-5OO0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
FALLS CHURCH

School officials anticipate an
enrolment of 1872. including
1893 elementary students. The
total is about lis more than
last year. The increase will be
virtually all in the high school
level, with a slight drop in
elementary school enrolment,
according, to the indications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Wiley Proposal

Senator Wiley, Republican of
Wisconsin, another legislation
sponsor, has asked hackers of
the bill in both the Senate and
the House to suggest prospec-
tive trustees. Mrs. Eisenhower
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-11-06
Large Delegation
To Attend Dover
College Night

The ninth annual Delaware
College Night program will be
held in Dover on Monday, Nov.
"a, beginning in the Field House
at 7 pm. Students and their par
ents, grades III and IL, are en-
couraged to attend. The speaker
will be DR.. Seymour L. Wolk-
bein, Chief, Bureau of Statistics,
u. S. Department of Labor,
Washington, D. c. There will
be opportunity to consult with
representatives from at least
three schools. The following stu
dents from Smyrna will attend:
Bertha Mae Thomas, JoAnn
Craig, Linda Diemicke, Janice
Ellingsworth, Sandralynn Short,
John Sheridan, Luther Lucas,
David Marsh, Zane Robinson,
Lois Warren, Doris Slower, Will
liam Slacum, James Fleming,
Oscar David, Raymond Westrod,
William Relax, David Passmore,
Frederick Wiebel, George Dun
mack, Newlin Wood, Susan Price,
Patricia King, Judy Loder, Steve
Hawkins, Robert Keen, Mary
Catherine Smith, James Per-
singer, and Edwin Eley.
Students were asked to indi-
cate the schools, career fields,
the scholarship and testing pro-
grams in which they are inter-
ested. Individual and small group
help will be given primarily to
those who expressed interest in
the various educational testing
and scholarship programs.
The following students, at
their request, had a counselling
hour with Mr.. Adams, guidance
director of Goldey Beacon
School of Business: Linda Gonce,
Janet Christopher, Doris Slower,
Barbara VanPelt, Norma Blendt,
William Krim, Belle Exum, Lois
Warren, Grace Davis, Ruth Ann
Bartsch, and Sue David.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-11-06

The Smyrna Special School
District is growing by leaps and
bounds, and new teachers are
being hired to care for the
charges coming to our schools.
Mrs. Laura S. Myers and Ernest
H. Bossard are two examples of
hiring because of increased en-
rollment.
This year it was necessary to
have four sections of the first
grade. Mrs. Myers teachers the
fourth section. Her experience
spans some nineteen years and
includes both elementary school
teaching and library work in
such places as Clayton and Mag
nolia.
Active Civic Worker
The new first grade teacher
took her undergraduate work at
West Chester State Teachers
College, West Chester, Pa. Since
her graduation she has been TAX
ing additional courses from the
Extension School at the Univer-
sity of Delaware. She is mem
Der of the National Education
Association, the Delaware State
Education Association, and the
Kent County Education Associ-
alton. In the Kent County
organization, Mrs. Myers is
a past director. She has also
been very active in church and
community organizations such
as Asbury M. E. Church, B.P.W.,
Grange, W.S.C.S., and the Home
makers Club. A past chairman
of the B.P.W., she has also serv-
ed that organization as State
Chaplain.
Her travel experiences are all
centered in the United States.
Among her favorite recollections
of travel are the New England
States, Kentucky, Florida
jamestown and Williamsburg,
Virginia, and the State of New
York. Her favorite spot, shown
by repeated two-week visits ev-
cry year, is New York City. Mrs.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-11-06

Myers hobbies include reading,
travelling, and collecting pic
lures and interesting stories
about the places which she Wis
its. A widow, she resides at ia
Mt. Vernon Street here in town.
Bossard Delaware Native
Ernest H. Bossard comes to
Smyrna Schools as high school
math and science teacher. He is
a new teacher fresh from exper-
fences at the University of Del
aware where he obtained his
Bachelor of Science degree. He
| is native of Seaford.
In his new position in the
high school, Mr.. Bossard teaches
seventh and eighth grade math-
ematics, and ninth grade general
science. He is responsible for
the ga homeroom. Though only
in his first year of teaching, he
is a member of several profess
sional organizations which have
as their end the enrichment of
the teaching career. These or
CARNATIONS include the National
Education Association, the Della
ware State Education Associa-
ton, the Kent County Education
Association, and the Smyrna Ed
ucation Association. He is pre-
sently engaged in work leading
to a Master of Science degree
from the University of Mary
land.
Enjoys Music and Travel
Music is one of Mr.. Bossard's
favorite interests. He has been
active in both band and choral
forms of the art. At the Univer-
sity of Delaware, he was a MEM
Der of the well-known band
which has made records. He also
enjoys woodwork and travel.
Like Mrs. Myers, Mr.. Bossard
has done most of his travelling in
the United States. The new high
school teacher rooms at 1874 w.
Commerce Street during the
week and travels to his home in
Seaford on Weekends.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-11-06
BOggs PrOclaims
Diabetes Week

In proclaiming the period,
Nov. l6 through %, as ''Dia-
betes Week in Delaware" Gov.
]. Caleb Boggs, this week, point
ed out that diabetes exists as
hidden ailment in approx
mately twelve thousand men,
women and children in Della