davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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West, Columbus and Cameron
streets.
2. Census tract 10. which
embraces the central business
district.
,. Census tract 10, which
embraces from Hunting Greek
to Prince street between Lee
street and No. l highway,
4. A corner OF Census tract 4
along the Southern Railway
tracks at the southwest corner
of the city.
Denis cahill. planning direc-
tor. emphasized that the COM
mittee did not mean all OF the
general redevelopment areas
needed renewal.
Eligible for Funds
Mr.. Cahill said the pilot re-
development area will be rec
commended within one Of the
four general territories proposed
for renewal.
Alexandria was made eligible
for Federal urban renewal
funds last october.
Donald King served as chair
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HyottsviIIe Post
Goes to Burnside

Waldo Burnside. a Prince
Georges County attorney for IS
years. has been named Hyatts-
vile city counsel.
Mr.. Burnside. So. succeeds
Hervey q. Machen. Al. q Dele
gate to the Maryland General
Assembly who resigned the
81. O0o-a-year city job. Mr..
Burnside served as city attor-
ney clerk from 1927 to 1891. and
was reappointed to the attor-
ney's Job for the 1894 term.
County attorney from l94l
TO 1919. Mr.. Burnside also was
a police court judge in l934-35.
He was president of the county
bar association in 1856.
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a ladder into the well and
hung by his knees from the
bottom rung to pull Barbara
from the water.
Cold and bleeding from flesh
wounds caused by protrudine
bolts in the wells wall, the
little girl was taken to the
Medical College of Virginia
Hospital emergency room here
for treatment.
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cation with the Housing and
Home Finance Agency for
funds 10 make specific plans for
redevelopment.
He also was instructed To
have his stan recommend q
pilot area from the four gen.
eral areas listed In the report.
First Attempt Failed
The T7-member Community
Development Committee was
appointed by the council a year
age after the city's first at
tempt at urban redevelopment
failed because OF public dis
agreement.
Mayor Leroy Bendheim. who
has been an outspoken advo-
cate Of urban renewal, said he
considered the councils action
last night a major step toward
getting q project started IN
Alexandria. Mayor Bendheim
has made q number Of per-
sonal appearances before local
civic groups explaining the
purpose Of urban renewal.
II believe We have the COM
munity with us this time" he
declared.
4 Areas Recommended
The city planning ONCE
identified the four general
areas recommended for rede-
velopment as follows:
l. Census tract Is, which
embraces that portion of the
downtown area bounded by
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CourtUpsets $258, 400
Verdict Against PEPCO

BALTIMORE. July % -
(SpeciaD-The Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. has been cleared
Of $3.50, 400 in damage verdicts
entered against it by a Federal
court jury last December, under
q new ruling filed this week by
Judge r. Dorsey Watkins, who
presided at the trial.
The judgein a 19-page writ
ten opinion granted a motion
Notwithstanding the verdict,
on the ground that the evil
dence did not show primary
negligence making PEPCO IL
able for the two deaths and
five injuries resulting from al
legged arcing Of a 33,000-volt
electric current from q power
line.
The killed and injured work.
men were employees Of Sligo
Engineering Co.. which was en-
gagged In road surfacing job
In Wheaton at Old Bladens-
burg road and Fern street in
September. 1855. The electric
current somehow was transfer
red TO q hosting crane and
road-building forms on which
the men were working.
10 Verdicts
Trial Of the case last Decem-
Der resulted in 10 verdicts
amounting to the total of $685.
400, ranging to as much as
$4,000 for one Of the injured
workmen. The power company.
through william B. Jones,
Richard M. Emory, Robert r.
Barr and the law firm of Ham
ilton and Hamilton. filed the
special motion on the ground
that the jury verdict against 1t
was not justified.
Judge Watkins pointed out
that the crane operator. a rela-
tive Of some of the injured men,
insisted that his crane never
got closer than 30 inches to the
power line, and that the cur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-23

In science for elementary
school teachers.
3. Strengthen guidance serv-
ices from the elementary
schools through high school
and help every student 10 un-
derstand his own potential.
4. Provide parents with
guidance information and OBJ
tain parent understanding and
cooperation IN student selec-
ton of high school programs
and courses.
S. Provide differentiated pro-
grams such as academic. busi-
ness and vocational. and indi-
cate on diplomas the programs
followed.
6. Consider achievement and
ability In particular subjects in
developing sections" in high
schools.
Accelerated Glasses
Z. In the large high schools.
provide accelerated classes that
are limited to those with
superior ability and that cover
broader and more advanced
subject matter than regular
classes.
8. Undertake q positive pro-
gram to improve the prestige
Of teachers.
9. Make in-service training
attractive to teachers.
10. In school divisions with
small high schools have especi-
ally qualified teachers in special
subjects. such as physics classes
at two or three different
schools.
IL. Study the reasons why
the community seems unwilling
to spend the amount Of money
required to have good teachers
working with "teachable"
groups and with adequate
facilities and materials.
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Bowman Of Petersburg was an
increase In teacher salaries 50
that the average for a divi-
sion IL At least equal 10 the
average salary Of the parents
Of the children they teach"
The report. prepared by q
committee headed by DR.. Bar
mad Joy. vice chairman Of the
Arlington School Board. said
ways should be found for pro
wiling appropriate economic
awards for outstanding teach
ers.
The association made some
congratulations about Virginia
schools In its report.
ut aid schools having a large
number Of merit scholarship
winners generally were making
alarker effort 10 provide sat-
isfactory education for the
giiled students.
1T said. too, students gradu-
ating from schools where
teachers comparatively are
pad well are much more likely
"a excel in winning merit
stewardship awards and to 60
OF TO- college than those grad
u1|Ins from schools with low
e salary scales for teachers,
Inc percentage Of students
di1nping out OF schools is
hlIhfst, the report said. where
se#fies are lowest,
ASK Help For Gifted
Other proposals by the as
sokiation included:
L. Identity "gifted" children
al An early age, and encourage
them TO work to their capaci-
ties By leading them into bet
TED work habits. broader UNI
defstandings and a more ex-
tensive knowledge.
z Provide supplemental aids
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ne did not see her fall into
the well.
He summoned his mother,
Mrs. Edward Sigmund.
Then. while he ran a quarter
of-a-mile TO q telephone to
summon aid. Mrs. Sigmund
held the well rope and gave
encouragement to her daugh-
ter still clinging to the bucket
Capt. E. o. McNutt of the
Varina Fire Department lowered
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Fish for Science

TAKAMATSU. Japan. July
% (R.-The school board has
ordered 10000 goldfish for dis
tribution to all the city's ele-
mentary elassrooms. The
avowed aim is to promote SCI
entific education.
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Alexandra Approves
Urban Renewal Report

The Alexandra City Council last night committed itself 10
proceed with urban redeveopment program.
At informal conference council members unanimously
approved report OF the Alexandria Community Development
Committee in which four general recommended
for renewal projects
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Child Falls Into Well,
Rescued by Fireman

RICHMOND lPI-Blond Barbara Anne Sigmund, 33
months umbed into 33foot-deep well at Henrco County
home yesterday but chung to bucket for 20 minutes until
fireman reached her.
Barbara was playing near the well while her brother
Herbert drawing water Just before Herbert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-23
Virginia Survey Urged
To Help Gifted Pupils

RICHMOND. July 70 O1.-The Virginia School Boards
Association has proposed academic inventory Of
throughout the State TO determine whether talented pupils
are taking the proper courses.
This Of II recommendations made BY the asso-
citation In study entitled educational Implications Of Sputnk
Also proposed In the report released President Lester
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man Of the community deve program Of urban renewal In-
opment COMMITTEES. In its in- ated BY the city sup
tAi report 70 city council last ported BY its cens must be
May the committee said "a undertaken without delay n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
New Job for Old Plant

1t is gratifying to learn that one
of WaShingtons oldest industrial plants,
the Naval Gun Factory, has been, given
a new lease on life by the Navy. In
stead of following conventional battle
ship guns into oblivion, the historic
factory on the Anacostia River is to be
converted to serve the Navy's special
needs in the age of missiles and rockets.
The venerable plant has had its ups
and downs since its establishment In
the early days of Washington. 1t was
putting the finishing touches on the
Frigate Columbia in August, 1912, when
the British sailed up the Anacostia.
Yard hands fired the frigate and de-
Stroyed nearly everything else to keep
the invaders from capturing the ship
and guns. Business revived with the
outbreak of each war since then, and
the products have changed, too. In
recent years, during the heyday Of the
battleShip, the chief job was the relir-
ing of 16-inch guns, a task requiring
heavy machinery and much skill.
With the mothballing Of the big
battleships, however, the Gun Factory
has had less and less to do. 1t began
to look as though the days Of the fac
tory were numbered. That was very bad
news for more than 5000 employees,
many of whom have worked there most
Of their adult lives. Now, however,
comes the word that the Navy has de-
cided to convert the plant into manu-
featuring center for missile components
and for other specialized work of the
modern era of warfare. This is SEN
sible plan-one that will benefit both
the Navy and the employees of the
sprawling plant in the Southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
Little Rock Turnobout

One thing can be said with certainty
about the Federal court order suspend
ing migration in Little Rocks Central
High School: 1t is going to stir up a
furious controversy. Beyond this, there
is nothing but uncertainty.
To set the record straight, it should
be remembered that the original inte-
grafton plan was proposed by the Little
Rock school authorities and approved
by Federal court The request to sus-
pend indignation for 21a years came
from the same school authorities, and
since the court, as distinguished from
the individual Judge, had retained iur-
isdiction, the assumption is that Judge
Lemley's order will be binding pending
an appeal An appellate ruling nor
mally would not be forthcoming prior
to September, so the prospect is that the
school will open on a segregated basis
this fall.
The key question, of course, is
whether the facts justify the order. In
seeking the delay, school authorities
testified that the last year at Central
High had been one of chaos, bedlam and
turmoil Judge Lemley found this to
be a fact. He said that the situation
was intolerable, that it had been aggra-
waited by the sending of Federal troops
to Little Rock, and that there was no
reason to expect any improvement by
this fall
But why suspension for 212 years?
The president of the school board testi-
fed that Governor Faubus, assuming his
reelection this year, might not be in
Office at the end of that period. The
inference is, of course, that another
governor might maintain order. In his
decision, Judge Lemley did not touch
specifically on this point. He did say,
however, that in 2l2 years temperS may
cool, emotions may Subside and person
alities" may change. I'm Arkansas, the
governor serves two-year term.)
This may or may not prove to be
the case. But in any event it was a
primary basis for the judges order The
next move will be up to the appellate
courts. Since Judge Lemley's order
ostensibly fixes definite time when
Indignation must be resumed, it is pos
sible that his ruling will be upheld To
uphold it, however, might also serve to
encourage the notion that indignation
can be successfully resisted by resort to
violence. So the bitter choice still re-
mains-a choice between enforcement of
the Supreme Court decree on the one
hand, and, on the other, strict en-
forcement of the ruling at the price of
chaos in Central High School. In short,
this turnabout in Little Rock solves
nothing. 1t merely poStpones the day
Of reckoning.
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FROM THE STARS FILES j..

the world. Thermometers are
registering temperatures UP
into the nineties. The air Is
laden with humidity, and
there have been a number Of
residents in the city who were
stricken down :"
There was a hue and cry.
Is years ago. about how the
city was spending its money,
but a proposed investigation
fizzled. On June IA. 1888, The
Star reported: The proposed
investigation Of the District
government and its business
practices will be abandoned
because Of the failure OF the
House to appropriate funds
for the inquiry. )"
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Is Years Ago

The depression Of Is years
ago hit Government and pri.
vate industry alike. The Star,
on June %, 1898. reported:
THE scythe Of retrenchment
was swinging vigorously
through the old established
Federal agencies today. cut
ting down additional workers
in its sweep. In order to stay
within a $40 million slash in
operating expenses for the
coming year, Commerce De-
partment officials announced
today that approximately 500
married workers in Washing
ton would be dismissed, and
that the entire department
personnel would have TO take
a l5-day administrative fur
Tough, effective June 80. :"
An advance making out
door television possible was
reported rs years ago. The
Star, on June 20. 1888. in .
story from Chicago, said: IAN
electric camera. believed by
its inventor TO solve one Of
the major problems Of tele-
vision. was announced yester-
day. after 10 years Of research
work. before the American
Association for the Advance
ment of Science. 1t Is be-
lieved TO place the televising
Of outdoor scenes In the realm
Of practicability. 80"
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conventional" flight, with his thrilling
exploits In Navy and Marine Corps
fighter planes. He pushed those old
aircraft 10 the limits Of their endurance,
risking his neck repeatedly TO set new
speed records and to prove the mastery
Of man over space.
He was the first flyer TO exceed 800
miles an hour, the first TO prescribe
definite techniques for righting an up
side-down plane and for getting out Of
a tailspin. The acrobatics which he
performed we're not just stunts, however.
He was seeking, as he put II, 10 take the
mystery out of any and every situation
In the air." Prior TO World War II he
developed the dive-bombing system
which the Navy used so effectively at
Midway and elsewhere in the Pacific war.
The name Of AL Williams deserves
to be Inscribed In place Of honor beside
those other courageous flyers OF avia-
tons infant era who blazed trail In
the skies for others to follow.
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Water Under the Bridges

Apparently obstacles which once
raised dam against all Potomac River
bridge projects in the central area have
been swept away with settlement of the
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge issue. Gone
with the tide are such debated things
as draw spans, clearanceS and tunnels.
The way thus has been cleared for i'm
mediate planning and prompt construc-
ton not only of the Theodore Roosevelt
Bridge but of the long-delayed south
bound bridge at Fourteenth street.
House and Senate confereeS have
given a green light to replacement of
the outmoded southbound span by
twin to the northbound bridge built
some years ago. Previous efforts to get
funds for construction of the twin
bridge-authorized at the time the first
span was approved-were frustrated by
objections to District plans for fixed
span structure. Similar objections were
raised to fixed span in the Constitu-
ton avenue area However, in view of
presidential and public demands for
action on the bridges, Representative
Howard Smith of Virginia, leader of the
flxed-span opposition forces, bowed to
majority sentiment and withdrew his
opposition.
So the prospects are good that con-
Struction Of both the Roosevelt and
Fourteenth street bridges will be started
in about year and that both will be
opened to traffic by 1862. And motorists
who daily struggle with traffic conges-
ton on the present bridges will watch
the construction progress with under
standable impatience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
The Soviet Way

The execution of Imre Macy.
Gen. Maleter and two other
Hungarians is a sickening and
shocking thing. These victims
of Soviet assurances Of safe
conduct" sh ould give all
the proof we need to know
that Soviet methods under
Khrushchev are no different
than they were under Stain.
However shocking this exc
cution, it is not the first the
world has seen Of Soviet
bestiality, lawlessness and
treachery.
In 1945, the Soviets in
vited is Polish political lead
ers to Moscow for discussion
on a postwar Polish govern
ment. These men, upon their
arrival, we're thrown into
prison, eventually tried" and
only two survived to return.
Two others are known to have
died, while the remaining IL
simply disappeared.
Verbal condemnation is not
enough to put an end to this
sort Of thing The USSR
will continue its uncivilized
actions until it can be brought
to respect the United Ma
tons and world opinion.
In the case of the Hun
garians, we could lend sim
certify to our professions of
outraged shock by immediate
withdrawal of recognition of
the Hungarian puppet regime,
which should never have
been recognized in the first
place and was a poor tribute
to pay to the freedom fight
ers Of courageous little Hun
gary. This action would be
far more honorable and con-
structive than loose and naive
congressional talk of sending
economic aid to loosen the
reins Of Moscow" Surely eco
nomic aid to victims Of Soviet
imperialism is essential, but
it should be given as an act
Of human decency and not
as a political maneuver to
spur those countries toward
a freedom that could too
easily explode into another
Budapest" or worse.
+. ID, Simpson.
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SeH-Defense

When We saw that queS-
ton and answer about the
flag in This Week on June
8. the same day our flag arti-
Gle appeared in The Sunday
Star magazine, we were aware
that someone would probably
compare notes" This pre-
monition was borne out by
the letter from Charles r. AL
len. jr., on your editorial page
and the Editors Note" that
ran with it.
We realize that this sort Of
controversy could go on and
on and on. for like so many
similar subjects. there are a
variety Of authorities on the
flag who do not agree. To
support our contention that
the flag was not flown by
the Army during the Revolu-
ton, however-and in saying
the flag. we refer to the Of
fetal STARS and Stripes
we can give such references
as Milo Quaife, THE Flag OF
the United States; George
Henry Preble, Flag of the
United States; James A.
Moss, THE Flag of the
United States, Its History
and Symbolism" Lawrence
Phelps Tower, The Story of
Our Flag; Franklin Hanford,
Did Betsy Ross Design the
Flag?" and others. This all
goes, we think, to support the
contention we expressed in
our afticle-that we're sure.
really. only Of the fact that
Congress did authorize the
Stars and Stripes on June IA,
l777. Apart from that. even
the sagest historians on the
subject find 1t difficult to
separate truth from fiction.
OF course, there were many
flags being used in those
days. Many of them had red
and white stripes, an idea
copied from the Dutch. The
New England Confederation
had a flag. the Sons Of Liber-
ty had a flag, the Minute
Men had a flag. as did dozens
of military and civic organi-
cations. That there was con-
fusion. later, about which
flag was which, seems not
only understandable but al
most inevitable!
Charles and
Margaret KOehler.
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have cathedrals designed like
Las Vegas night clubs be-
cause Of the accoustical and
scenic properties they offer;
but real church organ music
in such surroundings would
be as incongruous as a spire
on a pigsty. Grey Leslie.
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Carrot for Soviet Farmers


mittee of the Soviet Communist Party,
the Kremlin now has taken another
"liberalizing" step designed to increase
agricultural production In the USSR.
In effect, although it has yet to be
explained in detail, the step apparently
means that Russia's collective farmers
will no longer be obliged to hand over
the bulk of their produce to the govern
ment at prices arbitrarily fixed at very
low levels.
In the past, the official prices have
often been far below the minimum
needed to cover even the cost Of produc-
ton, and so the compulsory deliveries
have long been cause of great resent
ment among the millions engaged in
Soviet agriculture. In turn, since they
have thus been robbed Of fair COM
penSation for their hard labor-robbed
through a despotic ukaSe forcing them
to accept from the state payments in
comparably less than they could receive
on free market-these shamefully ex-
plotted millions have suffered such loss
of incentive that efforts to expand the
country's farm output, which is seriously
deficient, have made little Roadway.
Premier Khrushchev has been we'll
aware of this fact for long time, and
he began to take corrective action
against it many months ago, beginning
with a Soviet decree modifying the
rules on compulsory deliveries. And
now, judging from the Central Com
mittee'S latest announcement on the
subject, those rules are to undergo a
much greater iflcation-enough so
to make them more or less palatable
by giving the collective farmers sub
stantially higher prices, and hence con-
siderably improved income, for what
they raise in the fields. Thus, despite
the Marxist dogmas that shrilly con-
denim all such examples Of capitalism
or private enterprise, profit-motive in
centive seems to have been established
and blessed by the Kremlin.
This change, coupled with MoScow's
recent decision to dissolve the central
I'D, dictatorial control of RuSSia's 5000
tractor stations, may well bring about a
far-reaching transformation in the COL
lectivized system of Soviet agriculture
a transformation that could give an i'm
portant new measure of freedom to the
USSRs farming population. Although
in other respects Mr.. KhruShchev seems
to be reverting to StaliniSm, he appears
in this particular to be still in favor OF
liberalization" as something absolutely
essential to his ambitious program to
catch up with and surpaSS the United
States in food production.
That program, of course, has a very
long way to go before 1t can possibly
succeed. But the Soviet Premier has
repeatedly indicated that he is fervidly
dedicated to it, even to the point Of
abandoning any doctrinaire Communist
thesis that might impede it, More than
that, his views of the matter land this
is a measure Of his continuing personal
power) now seem to have the full sup
port of the party'S Central Committee.
1t is support that favorS an important
new degree of agricultural effort along
private enterprise lines, and the more
of it there is the more chance the USSR
will have of achieving what Mr.. Khru-
shchev has in mind.