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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-03
Dr.. Hunnuh
Optimistic
On Project
BY HOWARD L. DUTKIN
star star Writer

bthr btan writer
DR.. John A. Hannah, chair
man Of the newly-formed Civil
Rights Commission said today
he believes the three North
erners and the three South
erners on the commission will
come to conclusions that are
agreeable all the way around"
DR.. Hannah made his COM
ment during q press conference
at the White House following
swearing-in ceremonies for the
commission.
The oath was administered
by President Eisenhower in his
ONCE. During the simple, q
minute ceremony. the President
presented the commissions to
the members.
DR.. Hannah said he thought
the members Of the commits
sion. regardless Of the sections
Of the country whence they
come. viii get along together
very well.
My expectation is that well
not only get along well. but
well come TO conclusions that
are agreeable all the way
around" the chairman stated.
100000 Set Aside
DR.. Hannah also said that
Mr.. Eisenhower had signed a
letter earlier today setting
aside 100000 from the Presi-
dents emergency funds so the
commission can operate until
funds are appropriated for it.
The most important decision
the commission has to make
Immediately. DR.. Hannah said.
was the appointment of a staff
director. The position pays
$22.500 yearly. He will be APP
pointed by the President on
recommendation of the COM
mission.
i hope We can come UP with
a director acceptable to all
members Of the commission"
the chairman commented.
He said he doubted If one
would be recommended today.
I'VE must have time to study"
the situation. he said. adding
that Justice Stanley F. Reed.
who had been named to the
commission but had resigned,
turned over material contain
ing possible selections for the
post.
No vice chairman has yet
been named, DR.. Hannah said.
This will be done by the Presi-
dent with suggestions for the
position made by the commits
sion.
Confer With President
Before the press conference.
the commission met with the
President for about half an
hour. DR.. Hannah said Mr..
Eisenhower indicated that he
Continued on Page A-10, Col. 6
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Tough Economies Seen
Succeeding in Britain

and they have no intention OF
going soft again until Britain
has fat surplus In its foreign
exchange accounts. until prices
are down and until produc-
tivity Is up.
CThe British treasury an
nounced today that vital gold
and dollar reserves rose by
$S8 million in December and
now stand at $2,273, 000, 900.
The reserves are $l40 million.
more now than at the end
Of 1856.
Economists generally re-
gard 50 billion as the mini
mum level for these reserves
which Britain. as banker,
uses to finance the trade of
the sterling area with the
dollar worldD
Britain's government got
tough after more than a year
Of financial troubles which or
binary economies could not
solve. Foreign exchange diff
ficulties began in June. 1856.
SURPRISES in gold and foreign
hard money-principally dol
lars-failed to materialize as
expected. AS Britain lives on
world trade. the country must
have a balance in foreign ex-
change and a strong reserve.
Then in the fall the Suez war
drained British banks Of hard
money. and the worlds specu-
lators began dumping sterling
in the expectation that dollars
or German marks or Swiss
francs would be safer to hold
on to.
Cost STA Billion in Reserves
The government decided that
fall to spend all the money at
its command in order to restore
faith in the pound. 1t bought
heavily of pounds in the world
market and halted the dumping
trend.
The pound steadied. but sur
pluses in foreign exchange were
slight in February. March, May
and June Of last year. and there
dificits in the other months
through September. The long
crisis cost Britain $l.4 billion
IN reserves. 1t was in Septem-
See BRITISH. Page A-IO
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NewGroupvies
In Area { With
zeckendorf
Offers 81 Per Foot
Against His 81. so for
Shopping Center

A newly formed washington
corporation today entered into
direct competition with William
zeckendorf for the purchase Of
land for q big shopping center
in Southwest Redevelopment
Area c.
The group. Incorporated De-
cember %. offered to pay the
District acknowledgement Land
Agency 81 per square foot for
the property. RIA now is
negotiating with Mr.. zecken-
DORIS New York firm Of Webb
d Knapp for the sale on the
basis Of q $2.50 per square foot
value.
The $2.50 price was offered
Mr.. Zeckendorf by the RIA
board Of directors last Decem-
Der II. on the recommendation
Of a panel Of private real estate
appraisers.
The new group. Incorporated
under the name Of Town Gen.
ter. Inc. made the formal offer
TO RIA after meeting with
agency ofiicials December ~.
The bid comes nearly four
years after RIA and the Webb q
Knapp firm reached q memo
randum Of understanding" on
the rehabilitation Of Area C.
Partly as a result Of this agree
ment. the agency has been ne
gotiating exclusively with Webb
d Knapp.
$2.50 Approved by Agency
Last month the Federal
Housing and Home Finance Ag-
ency approved the $3.50 figure.
This was after a special board
Of RIA appraisers decided the
price was equitable for long
term lease Of the land.
The new offer by Town Center.
Inc, was made in writing by
William T. Hannah. Washing
ton area lawyer with interests
in several major real estate
developments. Mr.. Hannah Is
q director Of the new corpora
ton, along with Lawrence ].
Heller. former owner of Radio
Station WINK. and Ralph r.
Berlow. an attorney associated
with Mr.. Humans law firm,
Hannah and Costello.
Along with the offer Mr..
Harmon requested RIA TO pro-
vide his group with q copy Of
the terms Of the lease-pur-
chase ssreement reached be-
tween RIA and Webb &
Knapp. He made it plain that
the new corporation would in
sist on the same conditions and
terms - except for purchase
price-as RIA has determined
in It's negotiations with Webb
& Knapp.
The lawyer also requested a
further meeting with RIA Of
ffcials at an early date.
Director to Get Letter
Malcolm A. Burrows, acting
director Of RIA, said he in
tends TO present Mr.. Humans
letter to the RIA board Of d.
rectors at its meeting next
Tuesday.
The proposed town center
would be located in a 600. OO0-
sQuare-foot area bounded BY
X. NJ, Third and Sixth
streets S.W. RIA has fixed
its total valuation at SIS mil
lion.
Oficials have estimated Webb
d Knapp has spent hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars on the
nee SSary preliminarieS TO
launching the Southwest re-
development Job.
Mr.. Hannah. aside from his
law practice. Is a director Of
the Marlowe Heights Shopping
Center beyond Southeast
Washington in Prince Georges
County. He is a director and
part owner Of the Twinbrook
Shopping Center. near Rock
vile. and president Of the CAL
win Humphrey Corp. which
owns an apartment building at
1900 X street NV. now leased
TO the British Purchasing Com
mission.
Mr.. Heller is a director Of
the Strock Wooden Co. He also
has extensive commercial real
estate holdings here.
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ColIos WoIkout AssoiIed
BY Italian Opera Lovers
Singers Doctor Blomes Bronchitis;
She Denies Losing Temper at CutcuIls

ROME, Jan N9.-Prima Donna Maria Meneghini
Calais wakout the Rome Opera and glitterng opening
night audience blamed by her doctor today bad
case Of bronchitis.
But the stormy soprano still being roundly criticized
by newspapers and members Parliament Excited street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-03

CIONo1 katklcEHu OUTSIDE Ittf
hotel. Some shouted:
"via Ia Callas da Roma. ("
tCallas get out Of Rome.l
The American soprano re-
fused to continue last night
after the first act Of Bellini's
Norma" There had been q
few catcalls and whistles from
the balcony. She insisted she
had lost her voice.
Her physician. DR.. Umberto
de Martini. came to her de-
Tense today. He said she had q
high fever and bronchitis and
would have to stay in bed for
two or three days.
Fever Reported ICE
He said her fever was i02
degrees last night when she re-
fused to continue.
He examined her at 8 am
and again at noon at her hotel
apartment. where she has re-
manned in seclusion since last
night. Her husband. manufac-
turer Giovanni Battista Meme
ghini. was with her.
Italy's newspapers and music
critics almost unanimously re-
fused TO accept the operas
singer explanation. They said
she had lost her temper. not
her voice.
Late Hours Charged
Almost every front page
headline and critic blamed the
walkout on irritation over the
catcalls and whistles.
Carlo Latini. superintendent
Of the Rome opera. told the
press Miss Callas had stayed
up imprudently late celebrating
New Years Eve.
Il must disclose" he said
that only this morning did
learn, not without surprise
that during New Years Eve
the artist after having COM
pleted a general test or
Norma sang La casta Diva
on television and then cele-
brated the beginning of the
New Year until a late hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-03
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
European CORRESPONDENT Of The HtaI

European Correspondent Of The star
LONDON-The British gov
eminent believes its new
tough" - almost heartless -
economic policy is succeeding.
II the average Briton is will
ing TO take it for another year.
and II unforeseen economic
disasters do not occur abroad.
the end Of 1858 could bring this
island to a position Of economic
well being 1t has not seen since
the Great Depression.
The biggest question mark is
the man in the street. If he is
not willing 70 work another
year for virtually his present
salary. and II he does not work
harder and increase his out
put. then the whole bright pic
ture viii cloud up. There are
signs the working man is noe
as resolute as the government.
The government. itself. is de-
termined TO force Britain to
live well within its income and
save money-no matter what.
Officials say everything will be
sacrificed to this effort.
II the price is unemployment,
then there will be unemploy-
ment.
If businesses must fail. then
let them fail.
Action Hats Decline
This cruel abandonment of
the welfare philosophy. which
has shaped government policy
in both Labor and Conserva-
tive cabinets since the war,
took place three months ago
The British economy then was
sagging. International specu-
lators were betting heavily that
the pound would have to be
devalued again.
The tough policy was an
nounced September 10. Before
a month was out Britain's eco
nomic position had improved
visibly. By the end of the year
the economy was stable and
speculation against the pound
had been stopped.
Today Prime Minister Mac
milan and Chancellor of the
Exchequer Thornycroft believe
toughness is still paying of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-03

shooting ARRAY in which two
men were killed and one was
critically wounded at a coroner's
inquest at the District Morgue.
Mr.. Reed was unable to say
whether Russell Wayne Car
penter or Henry Clay Overton.
who was killed in an auto ac-
cident, held the .4S-caliber pis-
toll or the sawed-off shotgun
which have been described as
the murder weapons.
He said. however. that the
two men left the tavern at TIC
Ninth street NV. about LAS
am. after an argument with
the owner, George P. Kaldes.
He saw them return about
2 am. and push their way in
past Mr.. Kaldes. Mr.. Reed tes-
tilted. Then he heard a shot.
he said.
Began Dragging Body
He said he heard Kenneth
Fisher. the guitar player in the
tavern band, cry out. I'm shot
in the leg" and he went to Mr..
Fishers aid and began drag
ging him to the rear Of the
room.
Then. he said. "all hell broke
loose" He said he counted
seven shots and then dropped
Mr.. Fisher on the floor-where
he was later found dead--and
fed to the basement.
Today's inquest was the first
See CARPENTER. Page A-lO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-03
Orders
Carpenter Held
Testimony Heard
On Cote Killings
BULLETIN

Russell Wayne Carpenter.
II. was ordered held for
grand jury action today by a
District Coroner's jury in the
Ninth street tavern staying Of
two men and the critical
wounding Of a blind musician.
The six-man panel debated
20 minutes.
"All hell broke loose" when
two drunken men entered the
Jo-Del Tavern last Friday
morning. the tavern bartender
testified today.
Harry Reed. the bartender.
gave his version Of the wild
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Confer With President
Before the press conference,
the commission met with the
President for about half an
hour. DR.. Hannah said Mr..
Eisenhower indicated that he
Continued on Page A-IO, Col. 6
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WEATHER FORECAST

low 20 in the city. u In suburbs. Sunny.
cold tomorrow. tFull report. Page A-2l
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
SLAUGHTER NECK
Mrs. ElwU0d Argo
Phone: Milford 4242

Church services at Slaughter
Neck Methodist Church on March
Is: Sunday School at 10 a. M
Preaching service at IL a. III Rev
w. w. Hamilton, pastor,
Mrs. Elizabeth Clendaniel and
Mrs. Blanche Bennett attended the
50th Anniversary of New Market
W.S.C.S. at Glendale Church on
Sunday Later were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barker OF
Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Dickerson
and Janice were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Paynter Collins on
Saturday evening.
Miss Jane Hollenbeck was the
guest OF Miss Barbara Lee Biggs
on Saturday.
Mrs. Hammond Bennett has re-
turned home after being a patient
in the Nanticoke Hospital, Seaford
We hope she is feeling better al
this writing.
Mrs Lynn Hollenbeck is a pa
Milford. A speedy recovery is wish
I'D for her
Mrs. Lottie Collins, Mrs. Clara
ingram, Mrs. Mildred Nutter, Miss
Alice Brown and Miss Betty Dwyer
went to Fisherman's Inn for din
Ter at Bay Bridge on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Muncy and
on were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Medfor6 Cole, Jr., of New
Castle on Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Ingram and Mrs
Henry c. Bennett have been on the
.ick list part of last week.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Danrow
spent the weekend in Washington,
ID. c.. as the guests of Mrs. Dan
rows brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. William Aekerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Edgens,
Jr., have purchased the Harrison
property on Market ST., and have
planned to move in their new house
by the first of May.
Capt George T. Coulter, 50, OF
the Delaware River Pilots Asso-
ciatioil. died Saturday at his home
265 rulfview Road, Ardmore, Pa.
He was a native of Lewes, the
son of William E. and Mary c.
Coulter. Captain Coulter was q
past president of the Delaware
River Pilots Association. He was
also a commander in the u. S. Navy
during World War III.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Helen Coulter; a daughter, Miss
Nancy Coulter; a brother, C. Edwin
Coulter, of Elmhurst; three sisters
Mrs. Eva Redden, of Lewes; Mrs
Zena Hornberger, of st. Petersburg
Fla, and Mrs. Mary Linden, OF
Wynnewcod. Pa.
The funeral services were held
Wednesday in the Ardmore Presby-
terian Church at p. m. Interment
was in BrOokline Cemetery.
Mrs. Flora E. Wolfe, II, wife OF
Fred C.. Wolfe, a retired Lewes
banker and former town treasurer,
died early Saturday at the Beebe
Hospital, after brief illness.
She was born in Philadelphia, the
daughter of the late William PETER
| and Mary Franklinfield PETER, and
had lived in Lewes about AZ years
Of her married life, on Kings High
way.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by one son, Fred G. Wolfe,
Jr, of Philadelphia; one daughter
Mrs. Catherine Baetz, of New York.
me sister, Miss Helen PETER, of
Philadelphia, and three grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services were held Mon
lay at the Atkins Funeral Home
here, at p. M, conducted by the
Rev. DR.. William Leishman, pastor
emeritus of the Lewes Presbyterian
Church. Burial was made in the
Presbyterian Cemetery.
Mrs. Anna Dutton Taylor, of
Lewes Reach, SO, died Sunday at her
lome She had been bed-ridden with
broken hip, the past four years.
She was the widow of John E.
Taylor. She was born near Milton,
the daughter of the late Harvey
Dutton and Elizabeth Jester Dutton.
She is survived by a son, Robert
O., Lewes, one daughter. Mrs. Laura
Lowe, of Lewes Beach, grandson,
George Lowe, and granddaughter,
Mrs. Jack Frazer, both of Lewes and
two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this
Thursday at the Atkins Funeral
Home, here, at 2 p. m, conducted
by the Rev. John B. Grove, pastor
Of the Lewes Baptist Church. Burial
will be in the Lewes Methodist
Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

Sunday afternoon callers of Mr..
and Mrs. Aubrey j. Gooden, Sr.,
were his son, Mr. and Mrs. Aubr"V
Gooden. Jr, of New Castle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Afford Mitchell and
family entertained to dinner on
Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hill
and family of Lincoln.
Mrs. George Carey was given a
surprise stork shower by the choir
of Slaughter Neck Church. Host
and co-hostesses were Mrs. Joseph
Penuel, Mrs. Reuben Rutt and Mrs.
Robert Graham. She received many
nice and useful gifts from the ones
who attended the shower.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jones are
being congratulated upon the birth
of baby girl born on Sunday.
March 9Th. The new little Miss has
been given the name of Lisa Gail.
Her mother will be remembered as
the former Connie Howell of Mil
ton.
Due to an error in last weeks
column we wish to state that Mrs.
James Reed is still a patient in
Beebe Hospital, Lewes. We hope
she is feeling better by iris writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Muncy and
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Clendaniel of
Lincoln attended a play at the
Play House in Wilmington, We'd
nesday evening. The play was call
ed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Graham and
family were Sunday afternoon call
ers of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Gra-
ham of Greenwood.
Mrs. Helen Collins entertained
to lunch on Monday her daughter
Mrs. Pal Billings and sons of Mil
ford They enjoyed a ride to Reho-
both in the afternoon.
Mrs. Richard Argo visited Mrs.
John Argo on Monday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
Plastic Film Now
Used For Garden Mulch

Mulching is an old and time
honored method for controlling
weeds and conserving moisture in
the home garden. Many materials
sawdust, straw, grass clippings
even shredded newspapers are
familiar to every experienced gard
ner and used with varying degrees
OF success.
Something new and very effective
to use as a garden mulch is black
polyethylene film, according to VIM.
II. Henderson, county agricultural
agent.
In Maryland and Kentucky tests,
the plastic controlled virtually all
weeds except nutgrass, which has
sharp pointed leaves able to pierce
the film. Findings indicated only a
small amount of hand wedding
necessary, and-during the dry 1857
season-crOps mulched with the
material grew faster and yielded
more than similar plants grown
without mulch, the agent said.
Suggestion for cutting costs of
mulching home garden plots is to
use strips of the film, rather than
attempting TO cover the whole gar
den surface. Directions come with
packets of film.
Mr.. Henderson said the soil
should be fertilized and thoroughly
worked into a friable condition be-
fore plants are set i'm place and the
area is covered with film. If it is
necessary to feed plants later. the
agent said fertilizer in solution can
be poured Into the opening around
each plant. through holes punched
In the film. or along the edges of
the covered plant bed where it will
soak in as rain does when 1t falls
on the film.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
TIT FOR TAT

MOLINE, Ill. = up IL An auto
thief who emulates a pack rats
tactics of,stealing but leaving some
thing in return is on the loose here
abouts.
Ken Beckman reported his sta
tion wagon was stolen while parked
on 23rd ST., near 31st. A farmer at
Illinois City discovered his 1854
Qldsmobile was missing but that a
station wagon was in its place in
the farm yard. The sieriff's Office
determined that the station wagon
was Beckman's. a
Then the next day the farmers
car was found just down the street
from where Beckman's station
wagon was stolen.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

Mrs. Russell Bennett, Mrs. Reese
Stevenson and Mrs. Walter Muncy
visited Mrs. Vera Reed in the Bee
be Hospital, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lank of
Milton and Mr. Floyd Shepard of
Wilmington visited Mrs. Alice
Shepard Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. John Finnity has returned to
mis- home after being patient in
the Milford Memorial Hospital. He
is improving and feeling much bet
ter.
Mrs. Alice Shepard was Satur-
day evening dinner guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Lance Lynch and family
of Spring Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Warrington
and children were dinner guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Payn-
eer Morris, Sr., of Milton on Sun
day.
Miss Dianne Clark was dinner
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Clendaniel and daughter, Brenda,
Sunday. Mr.. Clendaniel has also
been on the sick list part of last
week.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
HUNTERS FOLLY

STAMPS, Ark. - up = Con-
vinced she had lost a valuable dia-
mond ring. Mrs. Pearl Elledge sift-
ed barrel of floor sweeping and
searched every corner of her dry
goods store After hours of hunt
ing vainly, she opened her hand
bag to get a cosmetic Guess what
he saw sparkling in the bag?
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
ROUND TRIP

NEW CASTLE, Ind. - PD -
Some time ago Doyal Plunkitt trad
ed in his 1853 model car for & new
one. The used car travelled a cir
cult among dealers that took it tc
Muncie, Anderson, Indianapolis and
finally got back to New Castle
where Plunkitt bought it again to
give to his daughter.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
l.. Clendaniel, Saturday evening,
were their daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Brunley and daughters, Les
lie and Ann from Georgetown, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil L. King of Lau-
of
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
NO LIMIT

VICTORIA - Up - Residents
here now may own all the cats they
wish. City council rejected pro-
posals to limit each family to five
cats.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-23

His o~ertion, howoTar under
minded hin hcaiti., IN ooatractcd
tuberculosis AID ~ Va SEM We /
'iS good aa dead H. was while
hc Was convalescing from | nj n
dread malady that he worked olH
some Of tlia possibilities and prob
lens Of business forecaaiing Hi
Weekly releases Ore Used Ivy over
4D HtM papers ana ms financial
reports hy 70 900 Corporations and
estates He research WORK Is car
RED on by d large staff of experts
Mr Eabs0n founded Eabson III
stltttte for Men and, IN cO-opera
ton Rtil the late Mrs Eabson, do
scioped Webber College 70 /
Women both Nationally known 2d
Ii@ailonal institutions Here young
men and women may concentrate
M The fundamentals OF honest and
efficient business administration
Later. he founded u Midwest Ill
stitut. Of Business Administration
located In Eureka. Kansas. the
center Of the United State He ha =
been active also Ill tie establish
lneNt NJ other mediums III service
M Nm public, such A4 the Gravity
Research Foundation, located 81
New Boston New Hampshire