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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

community group headed by
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Board Of Appeals for a special
exception to the county coming
code to permit the pool on resi-
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lie hearing date has been set
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
u Winners Selected
In Student Science Fair

TITS just true the ninth grader said adults
wrong. We kids are interested in science"
To press his point Barry Bayon H. Of Francis Hammond
High School Alexandria, stood beside his the
high school fair yesterday and looked the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
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LIKE OUR APPLE PIE
Soviet Students Hit
College 'MiIitorism'

He dismissed the question BY
saying, Sports are one thing
militarism is another"
The Russians also swung q
gloved fist at racial discrim-
nation. They contended the
sparsity OF Negroes on Amer
lean campuses testif1es to in
equality of opportunity in the
United States.
But the elederly Soviet stu
dents, most of whom appeared
to be about 80, were at least
as commendatory as they were
critical.
They repeatedly expressed
obviously genuine gratitude fol
American hospitality. Some
conceded surprise at the
warmth and cordiality Of theil
receptions throughout the
country.
They lauded college athletic
programs and the atmosphere
of small university towns.
Eugenii Bugrov. president Of
the Soviet Student Council, ad.
mired the collective living" ir
college fraternities.
He confessed mystificatior
though at the secret anc
strange" procedures of the fra
ternities.
The Russian group, here or
an exchange visit sponsored by
the Council on Student Travel
Inc, will fly home tomorrow
from New York. The GROUP
consists Of graduate student.
in architecture, physiology, mu'
sic, medicine, agriculture anc
foreign languages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04

specified weight for him. If he
doesn't meet the standard
then. he is suspended until he
does"
DR.. Reed said today he feels
that voluntary programs usual
ly fail. although a number OF
policemen are coming to him
because of advice from their
personal physicians and are
asking for reducing instruc-
tons. DR.. Reed said there are
Just as many overweight fire.
men as there are policemen, al
though the policemen have
been the ones under fire thus
far. He indicated there is moi
a f1rehouse in the city that does
not have an icebox and that
many trips are made to these
sources Of calories.
DR.. Reed wants the firemen
to be included in the weight re-
ducing plan for policemen and
said he viii take it up with Fire
Chief Willard H. Sutton. The
board. however, has agreed not
to hold policemen to the rigid
requirement of the weight-for-
height-for-age chart. 1t will
ALLOW a 10 per cent leeway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
Fire Routs
Guests at
Hotel Purty

A two-alarm fire broke UP
a festive celebration of the
tenth anniversary Of the Har-
rington Hotels Kitcheteria yes
terday.
About 200 persons were
routed from the gayly decorated
dining room about 5 pm. after
DANES shot from a kitchen oven
through an exhaust duct.
Firemen extinguished the
blaze after about 20 minutes
Pies, salads and a side of beef
destined for the party wound
up ingloriously in the smoke
and water THAT filed the
kitchen.
Hostesses. respondent in eve
ming gowns, escorted the guests
out to the sidewalk where some
of the visitors calmly went on
eating cantaloupe and chicken
Hotel Manager Robert Bryce
said about 1000 persons had
availed themselves of the cele-
bration's special 81 dinner
before the fire broke out. He
said another 500 had been ex-
pected.
Mr.. Bryce reported that the
hotel is protected by insurance
against the fire loss.
No estimate of the damage
which was confined primarily
to the stove, duct system anc
a large exhaust fan, was imme-
diately available.
Firemen said the second
alarm was sounded as a pre-.
cautionary measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
CHOICE OF FANCY NAMES
BRINGS CASHIERS ARREST

Somewhere on this wide earth there may "Yolanda
Young and Pansy Pilgrim" but police today figured
that az pages Of such alliteratve names couldn't be
right.
Thus rejecting, they charged Mrs Blanche Mildred
Waning So Of Ely place Sc. with Is counts OF forgery
against her employers at the Morton Clothing Store
1894 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Sergt. Karl Howe Of the Check and Fraud Squad
said Mrs Waning. cashier and widow had been under
surveillance for three months until her arrest today
Her method Of operation. he said. was TO forge the
Of store executive credit voucher-such as Is
written when customer returns artcle-then put
In the cash register and pocket the money He could not
estimate how much money had been taken.
The odd thing about the modus operandi, he said
was that all the Of ctiona customefs were at
erative-the first and last names invariably began with
the same letter.
Mrs. Waning denied everything, police said. Brought
before United States Commissioner James Spain today
on one forgery charge involving $i5ls she waived a
hearing and was ordered held for the grand jury in
$1,000 bond
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majority of the other 20 per
cent had previously left the
hospital against medical advice
and returned voluntarily after
the impact of the more strictly
enforced detention program"
Take Carriers Now
A total of As patients have
been sent to the hospital since
the beginning of this year by
order of Municipal Court.
Under the new setup a public
health doctor can recommend
that carriers of TB be removed
to the hospital because they are
likely to be dangerous to the
lives and health of other per-
sons :"
Before this year, such
patients only occasionally were
picked up by police and taken
to Occoquan, part OF the
District jail system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
STORES OFFER
MILADY A SACK
OF S1.5o BURLAP

Now it is possible to de-
termine which looks better
in a sack, woman or 100
pounds Of potatoes.
The opportunity for
comparison has been pro-
vided by an enterprising
novelty firm, which pro-
duced, "a genuine sack
dress" Of 100 per cent pure
burlap.
The dresses are on sale
at several downtown drug
and novelty stores and are
going like hot cakes. Some
stores have sold more than
$50 since the new $1.59 Gre
alton was introduced last
Wednesday.
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Wutergute Fete
To Feature Opera

The Watergate Sum m e !
Symphony Orchestra will pre-
sent its summer jubilee con-
cert" at $3.50 pm. Wednesday
at the Watergate. The pro-
gram, conducted by Nicholas
Pappas, will feature music
from opera.
SoloiStS will be Jacob Bar
kin, who has appeared fire.
quently with the National
Symphony, and Elaine Scott,
leading soprano of the Balti-
more Civic Opera Company.
The concert is one of six
being presented free by Local
l6l, American Federation OF
Musicians. through a grant
from the Music Performance
Trust Funds of the recording
industry. In case Of inclement
weather the program will be
presented in the Interior De-
partment auditorium, Eight
zenith and c streets NV.
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avenue NE. at Central place
lust after midnight.
Police said he was struck by q
northbound car driven by VII
liam Raymond Erwin. II. q fill-
ing station attendant, Of 1881
Hawthorne street NV.
Mr.. Erwin stopped his car
and left to seek help. Shortly
afterward the second car, also
northbound. struck the body
and dragged II IS feet beforr
the driver could halt. Tn,
motorist was named by polio,
as Clyde l. Stinson, ~, Of 340e
Forty-second avenue. Colmai
Manor, Md, the ambulance
driver.
Shirt 116 Feet Away
Mr.. Koontz' shirt was found
ll6 feet from the body.
Each driver was released In
$500 bond and will appear al
an inquest to be set later.
The trafi1c deaths were Wash
ington's $50 and saith Of the
year as against Il at this time
last year.
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men. with promotions depend
ing on compliance.
Deputy Chief Howard v,
Covell also is against fat, but
the police official said he is by
no means ready to hinge a vet
eran patrolman's entire future
on a few pounds of overweight
Mr.. Covell feels that a volu-
tary program should be tried
first to persuade the 8 per cent
of the city's 2,346-man force
who are sporting aldermans
and embonpoints that they
should reduce their salient fea-
lures. The whole thing should
be thrashed out this week.
IF a voluntary program
doesn't work in getting these
overweight officers back into
line" said Deputy Chief Cow
ell, then I would be willing
to try something more drastic
Some of the States have a
program whereby a man has to
meet certain weight require
ments once a year and he Is
notified a month ahead of time
that his examination is coming
up. That way. the man has an
opportunity to reduce to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04

our discretion, and so far we
haven't been challenged in the
courts"
VERY few" of the guns used
in crimes here have cleared his
squad, the captain said.
Want Protection
Most of the applications come
from home owners or business
men who want to protect them
selves, he said.
One of the problems, he
noted, is that a person who
wouldn't get clearance for a
gun application in the District
could go to a neighboring juris-
diction to purchase a gun legal
ly and easily.
"Only Arlington has a gun
law pretty much like ours" he
said.
The District doesn't have any
law comparable to New York's
Sullivan Law, which makes the
simple possession Of a gun by
anyone illegal, he said.
Carrying a gun in the Dis
trict, however. does require q
special police permit, according
to Deputy Chief Scott. Two
time violators can be prosecuted
as felons, he said. and receive
sentences Of several years. AM
other deterrent to carrying
guns is a statute which can add
five years to sentences in
crimes where guns are used.
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
ORR FAVORIT

OUR FAVORITE-us kids
was chicken. Mother called it
chicken fricassee. She still
likes a bit of elegance. It
was a stewed fat hen with
dumplings. 1t was fricassee
because the liquor had been
judiciously thickened with
flour. Mother was against
corn starch although 1t is
even better for thickening.
None of us kids were too
much concerned whether we
got white or dark meat,
breast or drum stick, second
joint or back. We always got
plenty Of mashed potatoes,
dumplings and gravy.
Let's pause a split second
to pity the poor kids watch
Ing and eating from televi-
sion trays.
Well, the Rambler Is for
tunate. Mrs. Rambler likes to
cook. We have Sunday dinner
at home every Sunday we
are at home, and that is
almost so Of the So Sundays
In a year.
He will probably be re-
garded as an old stick, but he
thinks that Sunday dinner
calls for a jacket. He does
his best to promote this by
example. But what are you
going to do when guests
arrive in polo shirts sans
jackets?
Exotic dishes have come
within our ken. Sometimes
we have arroz con polio
spanish chicken and rice).
Yesterday we had an Ital-
ian dish, veal scallopine with
mounds of rice boiled in
chicken broth. The bits of
veal were sauted in olive
oil, then introduced to a
mix Of fresh mushrooms,
fresh tomatoes and-would
you believe livery fresh
onions.
1t was delicious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
Store Clerk Given
Lengthy Free Ride

JACKSONVILLE, KY. R.-
Bobby Winstead. a grocery
store clerk, finished unloading
stock from a warehouse truck
and sat down inside to rest.
The trucks doors slammed shut
and it took of.
Mr.. Winstead finally was able
to attract the drivers attention
in Springfield. Tenn, after
three hours Of riding in the
rear Of the truck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04

Weiss, superintendent and
medical director.
The Steinle Report last year
recommended. after a survey.
that all TB patients could soon
be treated at the District Cen
eral Hospital. All 100 beds al
lotted to TB patients at Dis
trict General are now filled.
Better Control
DR.. Weiss attributed the in
crease to a more thorough TB
control program under the new
health director, DR.. Daniel l.
Finucane, former Glenn Dale
superintendent.
About 80 per cent Of the 42O
patients admitted during the
last half year were there fol-
the first time, DR.. Weiss pointed
out. Only $50 patients were sd-
mitted during the previous six
month period.
DR.. Weiss noted that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04

sale or through unauthorized
peddlers in the District.
I'VE have a very good gun law
here" Deputy Police Chief Ed
gar E. Scott said. 'The situa-
ton would be better If all States
had equally good laws. Some
of them don't have any controls
at all"
Chief Scott, who heads the
Detective Bureau, estimated
guns sold without a record of
sale were used in nearly all
the 223 shootings and is gun
murders recorded in the year
ended June 80, 1857. They are
also used in slightly under 20
per cent Of robberies, he said.
Must Inform Police
The Districts law, which
was made stronger in 1858,
states that authorized dealers
must give the police an appli-
cation for the sale of a pistol
within six hours after Gus
toner applies to buy one.
Within 48 hours, the police
must return the application,
either accepting or rejecting it
This system isn't required for
rifles, but the police investigate
! purchases of them, too.
Under the law, the police are
authorized to reject the appli-
cations of any one convicted
of a felony, narcotic addicts, va
grants, and persons whom the
police have reasonable cause
10 believe" are not Of sound
mind.
I'VE reject fewer than 5 per
cent Of the applications" said
head Of the Special Investiga-
ton Squad which handles them
Although we don't have ex.
Capt. Michael ]. Mahaney
Ipress statutory authority, We
normally wouldn't approve ar
application from someone WHIT
is emotionally upset or has do
lmestic problems. We exercise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
British Firm Is Agent
For Virqiniu's Ports

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 4 (P,
The Virginia State Ports Au-
thority said today it had APP
pointed Lambert Bros, Ltd, of
London to serve as correspond
ents for the authority in the
United Kingdom.
David H. Clark, executive
director of the Virginia agency,
said the move is in the interest
of achieving far greater cover
age of British shippers in solic-
iting commerce for Virginia's
ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04

The driver Of the car. Robert
H. Short, ~, Of the 900 block Of
Emerson street NV, told po-
lice Mr.. Chapman stepped on q
street car loading platform into
the Car. Mr.. Chapman had
parked his own car nearby,
leaving his wife In II. and had
crossed Georgia avenue TO 60
into q bank. He was re-cross-
ing the street from the bank
when he was struck.
In the other accident. q man
was knocked down by one car
and dragged IS feet by another
early today.
He died in Casualty Hospital
of head and internal injuries.
The two motorists. one ar
ambulance driver for the Dis
trict Government, were charged
with homicide, mandatory ir
traffic deaths. pending an in
quest.
Crossing Avenue
The victim, Barnell H. Koontz
"a, Of 1929 Meigs place NE.
was crossing West Virgins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04

A congressional report today
charged D. c. Transit System,
Inc, threatens its sightseeing
and charter service competitors
with extinction.
The charge came from Chair
man Patman of the House
Select Committee on Small
Business, which held clamorous
hearings on the sightseeing
controversy last May. The re-
port was made to Chairman
Mcmillan of the House Dis
trict Committee at the latter's
request. 1t urged:
/. The District Public Utili-
ties Commission to effect a
complete and prompt" sepa-
ration of d. c. Transit's sight
seeing charter bus accounts oi
revenues and expense from
those of the mass transit oper-
alton.
2. Local authorities to recon-
slider their earlier interpreta-
ton of sections of the D. C
Transit Franchise Act which. al
now interpreted, exempt the
non-mass transit operations o.
the company from paying thu
District motor fuel tax.
3. Congress. before it acts OF
any further legislation favor
able to the company, to giv'
"due consideration of the need
for D. c. Transit to agree Il
give up its sightseeing -chartel
bus and related operations al
together.
4. The utilities commission
in conjunction with the anti
trust division Of the Justice De
partment, to study the entir'
sightseeing charter bus indus
try here with a view to takinl
such corrective action as ap'
pears to be appropriate"
Chalk Comments
D. C. Transit President o
Roy Chalk commented toda!
that he respected the opinion
of Representative Patman. g
don't like to argue with a gen
tleman from Texas" he said
But in this case, Wright Pat
man is wrong"
Mr.. Chalk said he though
some Of the facts turned up b!
the committee staff we're mac
curate. D. C. Transit is not 81
big, he said.
Mr.. Chalk also noted that n
already had waived fuel tai
advantages granted by his fran
chise on his sightseeing opera
tons. His offer to pay taxes TO
sightseeing vehicle gasolinI
came two weeks before the Pat
man findings were released.
Stand on Franchise
But. Mr.. Chalk made it clea
that he believed his franchisI
intended to allow him to en-
gage in sightseeing, as well a
transit.
Il have no intention Of Civ
ing up rights which wer
granted to me by my franchise,
he said. ION the other hanc
I am not out to put anybod
else out Of business"
Before, during and since tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
House Report Critical
Of Transit Operations

May hearings by the Demo-
cratic Texans select committee,
other firms have charged Mr.,
Chalk's unfair" competitive
methods have cut deeply into
their businesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04
Virginia Fatalities
BY the Associated Press

Virginia's traffic toll for the
year stood at 464 today Ia the
wake of a week end that
brought death to IA persons
in accidents on the States
rain-slick highways. One year
ago the State total was SOL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-04

\. i. Notices
Disturbing Trend
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Something has happened
10 an important American
institution-the Sunday din
ner.
In going out 10 purchase
q Sunday loaf Of bread. the
Rambler sees queues lined
up at the Hot shoppe. Some
Of the people In line are
neighbors who live In nice
houses with well-equipped
kitchens.
And in the parking spaces
all around, families are sit
ting In their cars eating q
Sunday meal from trays
curb service. All right once
In q while, but he fears this
Is becoming a naoit.
1t was then q horrible
thought occurred. What
about all these television
dinners he sees In the frozen
food bins Of the supermar-
kets. Sunday is avery impor-
tant day on Tv. With this
modern convenience, even
the cook does not have 70
snatch more than a minute
. platter away from the
screen.