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Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13

the reason his clients house was
so close to the road was that in
1858, she voluntarily dedicated a
5O-foot strip fronting her house
to the county, in order that it
could widen Spencerville I'd.
The county accepted the
land and widened the road,
leaving Mrs. WOoton in vio-
lation of the law. Now, Smith
cried, the county was prose-
cutting Mrs. Smith for her
generosity.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
newest 1859
ZAPPAn
MatchIess GAS Range

Come in, gel The deoI-of-o-Iifeiime
during our Big DeoI". doys. And in
addition, the TopPon moichless sos
ronge ihoi you select will be
equipped with Toppon's famous Set
N Forget burner al one-hof the
usuol cost. A rore opportunity 10
make O Double Sovingl
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13

S SENTINEL oUSTTx' SSSTeoAsns MD'
Thursday, November 10. lq5s-Ha
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DUSTY FILE TELLS THE TALE
Soul pture Boarded Up II Years
SymboIizes D. c. Government

place the old one. 1.-THE quarry
has run out" he explained.
But he said the whole sculp-
ture could be finished and look
as good as new for only about
1000. He suggested the city
pour concrete between the
granite and the wall-a dis
lance of a few inches. This,
he said, would plug the holes.
Then a Sculpturing firm could
finish 1t. following his original
model, which still exists.
Mr.. Lawrie said his sculp-
ture-consisting Of a woman in
the center representing Column
bia. pouring the water Of life
into a basin held by a child
and mother to her right, and
a young man setting out in the
world to her left-is his only
uncompleted work.
The Districts new director
Of buildings and grounds. James
A. Blaser. said yesterday that
he unveiled the work to see If
any way could be found to re-
pair it. He said it would be
boarded up again pending fur
ther investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
Two Forfeit $40
In Trash Cuses

A Fort Belvoir soldier and q
Prince william County man
each forfeited $40 in Fairfax
County Court yesterday for vio-
lating a county ordinance
against dumping trash on pri-
vate property.
They are Sergt. Bruce w.
Collins. 81. Of 100 jefferson
avenue, Jefferson Village. and
Kenneth l.. Weakley, IS. Of
Manassas Park. They were
charged last month.
Fairfax police Pvt. Walter
Hook. the arresting officer. said
Sergt. Collins had been dump
ing household trash % a lot
in the Homewood subdivision
for three years. Mr.. Weakley
was charged with discarding
refuse on a farm in Fairfax
County. the officer said.
The men, neither Of whom
appeared in court. cleaned up
the sites after their arrest, Pvt.
Hook added.
County offlcials launched a
highway and private property
cleanup drive several weeks ago.
The maximum penalty for vio-
lating the trash ordinance is q
$50 fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
Memorial Parkway
Collision Injuries z

Two persons were injured
early today in a head-on COLI
sion Of two cars on the George
Washington Memorial parkway,
police said.
Dick Bennett. 80. of 1912
Prince street. Alexandria, and
Edward Lloyd. 81. same address.
were admitted to Alexandria
Hospital. Mr.. Lloyd's condition
is serious; Mr.. Bennett is salts
factory.
Police said the injured men
were riding in q car driven by
Navy 1t. Comdr. John T.
Baker, Al. Of the Prince street
address.
They said Comdr. Bakers
car and one driven by Arthur
L. johnson. jr.. 10, Of 1911
Euclid street NV. collided
about midway between the
Fourteenth Street Bridge and
National Airport.
Comdr. Baker. police said.
was charged with reckless
driving and driving while
drunk.
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Gang Fight Averted,
Four Youths Seized

Fairfax police last night APP
parently headed of . gang
fight on the grounds Of Nc
Lean High School when q
cruiser arrived at the scene and
arrested four youths. police
said. a
Charged with trespasSing
were Richard @. Colley. 10.
and his twin brother. Bobby
Dean Colley. both Of Hern-
don. Va: Billy Lee Owens. %,
Of Sterling. Va, and q IT.
year-old juvenile.
The Juvenile and Bobby Dean
Colley also were charged with
possessing dangerous weapons.
police said, and Owens and
Richard @. Colley were charged
with being drunk in public.
Police said they conflscated
q straight razor. a homemade
blackjack, q rolling pin and q
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Car Crushes
Into Tree,
Driver Dies

James M. Clancy, jr., 80. of
694S Central avenue. Seat
Pleasant. was killed last night
when a car he was driving
skidded on Central avenue near
Enterprise road and struck a
tree.
Prince Georges County po-
lice said Mr.. CLANCY. q plas-
terer. probably lost control on
a curve. The car. apparently
travelling at a high rate Of
speed. was bent around d locust
tree, swapping it of about 10
feet above the ground.
The fatality is the 10th high
way death in Prince Georges
this year compared to 81 at
this time last year.
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pocket knife. They said they
found an empty whisky bottle
and several empty beer cans in
the youths car.
Investigating officers said
the youths told them they were
preparing to fight the occu-
pants Of another car. The dis
agreement between the two
groups developed at q dance.
The dispute was about o girl,
police said.
Fairfax Policeman Clarence
L. Hurst. jr.. reported he fell
in behind the two cars before
they turned into the school
yard shortly after II pm. The
second car sped away when the
cruiser was noticed, he said.
Police said the car occupied
by the four youths belongs to
Owens. The four are sched-
uled to be tried April Is in
Fairfax County Court.
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Hearing Is Ordered
On Release of Leach

q sociopathic personality dis
turbance as a mental illness.
The verdict resulted largely
from DR.. Duvahs announcement
on the witness stand.
Leach received a directed YER
dict Of not guilty by reason Of
insanity from Federal Judge
David A. Pine during the Sec
ond trial In January largely on
the basis Of the testimony in
his earlier trial.
There has been some disa-
greement among psychiatrists
whether a sociopathic person.
atty is actually a mental di-
sease. even though this is the
policy of st. Elizabeths.
In his petition yesterday
Leach maintained that 1t is not
q mental illness and that ST..
Elizabeth doctors will back him
up In this claim.
The Government has seven
days 10 answer Leach's request.
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Federal Judge Burnita Shell
ton Matthews yesterday ordered
the Government to SHOW
cause" why John d. Leach
twice found not guilty by rea-
son Of insanity in trials here
should not be released from st.
Elizabeths Hospital.
The judges order was in re-
Spouse to q petition sent to the
court by Leach. He was found
not guilty by reason OF insanity
in District Court trials here in
November and in January after
psychiatric testimony showed
he was suffering from a socio-
pathic personality disturbance.
In Leach's FIRST trial in Mo-
vember, where he was charged
with concealing stolen Govern
ment property, DR.. Addison Du-
val, assistant superintendent at
st. Elizabeths, said the hospital
had reversed its earlier policy
and had decided TO categorize
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Two drivers were injured.
one critically. when their cars
collided at Nineteenth street
and Independence avenue Sc.
early today.
Police said Frederick c.
Bunch, %, of 1910 Gallatin
street. Hyattsville. Nd. was
thrown from his car after q
collision with another driven
by Elmer j. Sweeney, so. Of
1899 C street Sc.
Mr.. Bunch is in critical con-
dition with head injuries at
District General Hospital, po-
lice said. Mr.. Sweeney was In
undetermined condition there
with head injuries.
Two passengers In Mr..
Bunchs car were not hurt.
Police said the car Mr..
Sweeney was driving skidded
more than 30 feet. rolled over
and landed on its top.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN
star stan Writer

go 0eoA "AAeNa
A dusty old record, stashed
away for years in the Districts
warehouse. provided the key
yesterday to the mysterious un-
finished sculpture. boarded up
for II years at the Municipal
Center.
The 10-foot-tall relief con-
sists Of four figures symbolizing
the Districts "life-givin 6
forces" 1t was unveiled" this
week after being covered with
wood for nearly two decades
Located on the west side of
the center's central plaza
promenade. the sculpture baf-
fed most District officials in
terviewed yesterday. Not one
knew what it was supposed to
represent. and only a few had
even a hay knowledge OF its
background.
The trail that started in the
warehouse at Ninth and H
streets S.W., led The Star to
the world famous sculptor
who designed the work and to
others who had roles in its
intriguing history.
Wants II Finished
Reached at his home in
EaSton, Md. Lee Lawrie. 80.
the sculptor. said he would
like very much" to see it COM
pleted. He said he would gladly
come to Washington and super
wise the work, asking only
expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12

Hit Alliance
InMoryIond
By the Associated Press

Two Senate candidates criti-
cized the Tawes-D'Alesandro
alliance in Maryland's Demo-
cratic primary yesterday, say
ing Thursdays developments
in Baltimore County prove it is
unacceptable to the voters.
James Bruce. former diplo-
mat who is one Of Mayor
Thomas D'Alesandro's six OPP
ponents in the senatorial race,
said in a campaign headquar-
tiers statement that the alliance
"has brought discord to the
party instead of harmony"
Clarence D. Long. the other
critic and Senate candidate
declared during a campaign
stop in Worcester County that
he has observed "a terrific re-
action among the people against
the machine trying to push
D Alesandro down their
Threats"
Mr.. Bruce and Mr.. Long re-
ferred to the failure of Mayor
D'Alesandro to win the in
dorsement Of the party's DOM
inant faction in Baltimore
County. That group. headed by
county executive Michael j..
Birmingham, went on record
Thursday in favor Of George
p. Mahoney for the senatorial
nomination.
Mr.. D'AleSandro shrugged on
the Baltimore County develop
ments with, that's politics. :"
and accompanied the rest Of
the harmony slate into Anne
Arundel County yesterday.
Candidates making television
appearances last night included
Mr.. Mahoney and Andrew j.
Easter.
Mr.. Easter. a Baltimore and
Washington craftsman making
his second try for the nominal
ton. raced through q prepared
l5-minute script in which he
called upon voters to get rid
Of the politicians" by backing
him.
Downing an Uncle Sam hat,
he invited his viewers to join
him In an Easter parade"
tomorrow down Charles street
In Baltimore as q protest
against the national debt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
SUNDAYS BEST READING
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Featured in Sunday Star

FOR DIAMOND FANS-Next Monday the 1858 base
ball season gets under way, and SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine, brings you its big baseball issue crammed
with features, stories and pictures on the stars
and washington prospects In the same magazine
Francis Siam writes about the Senators new tall
ent, Burton Hawkins profiles Ted Williams, Cookie
Lavagetto tells you about signals and closeup Of
the Braves pilot Fred Haney, is offered. Look for
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MACHINE OVER JOE DiMAGGIO?-1s a machine
smarter than Joltin' Joe? Find out Sunday when
the 1858 pennant choices of electronic brain
compared with the selections of such experts Joe
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SPECIAL TRAVEL SECTION-Theres lot new under
the sun for vacationers travelling in the United
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For the results, and for other stories about
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
Special Moss :.
Set for School

st. Michael's Parochial
School will celebrate its 25th
anniversary with q special high
mass at 10:l5 am. tomorrow
in st. Michael's Catholic
Church. Silver Spring, Md.
The Rev. Joseph j. Deppe,
pastor Of the church, will be
the celebrant.
A reception will be held in
the school. 8l4 Wayne avenue,
from as pm. tomorrow. Sis1er
Maria Patricia Is principal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12

included in the 1859 budget
Herbert A. Reichelt, president
of the commissioners, said
however. that money is kept
for emergency use and the ju-
venile situation now does not
come under that category.
The Juvenile Court, Judge
said the commissioners re-
fusal to allocate funds for q
juvenile squad is plainly un-
moral and just criminal" He
said that since taking the
bench, in July he has averaged
three speaking engagements a
week to civic and service clubs
and all express an interest in
a juvenile squad.
"The police can't keep on
borrowing men from the Dis
trict's juvenile squad. Maybe
the commissioners would be
impressed at my busheI basket
of knives. ice picks, machetes
and improvised weapons I've
collected from youngsters in
my court"
Valves Preliminary Hearing
Informed Of the courts opin-
ion, Commissioner Jesse s.
Baggett. vice president Of the
board. retorted: II don't know
everything about the matter,
and ! certainly don't think
Judge Mamma knows enough
about it either.
THE chief (Panagoulis). has
been in this business longer
then Mamma and I'll go by what
he says"
Chief Panagoulis has said he
would like to have a juvenile
squad but that he was stymied
by a lack of funds and "the
right type Of men for the
work" His request for IL ad-
ditional men was denied Tues
day when the commissioners
adopted the county budget.
Meanwhile George c. Doonis,
II. Of the 400 block Of Sixty
FIRST avenue, Capitol Heights,
yesterday waived preliminary
hearing on a charge Of firing
the shot Tuesday night that
wounded another youth. His
bond was continued at $4,000
pending action by the grand
jury.
Wounded was Donald
SchlosSer. II. Of 6315 Grenada
avenue, South Lawn, now in
Prince Georges General Hos
pital.
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funds for one In the county,
They said the wounding OF
q youth by q shotgun blast in q
gang night at Falkland Tues
day night was q rare incident
and not one that warrants
immediate change in the police
department operations.
The commissioners, however,
said any supplemental appro-
priation for a juvenile squad
would be based on a study being
conducted by Police Chief
George j. Pangoulis.
Only New Suggestion
Commissioner Lansdale @.
Clagett came up with the only
new stop-gap suggestion-oyer-
time pay for some Of the present
l50-man police force when
vigilance is needed
against juvenile crime.
Il think we could pay these
men for extra work as they
decided to do in the District
an outbreak of street
robberies," Mr.. Clagett said.
Chief Pangoulis said his
study consists Of his men
watching trouble spots" first.
He declined to name specific
neighborhoods. but said the
target areas are throughout the
county.
County police are being as
sisted in the survey by two men
from the Metropolitan Police
juvenile squad loaned in an
advisory capacity for 10 days
to two weeks.
Juvenile Court Judge Emmett
H. Mamma, jr.. last night said
the commissioners could well
finance a juvenile squad with
some of the 100000 surplus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
Thieves Steel $42l
From Doctors Office

Thieves stole $421 from a
Doctors Office in Alexandria last
night after ransacking two
rooms.
DIR. Leon r. Levitsky reported
10 police that q cash box con-
tanning $3.50 in cash and $62 in
checks was taken from his office
Ut 203 East oxford avenue.
Police said an adjoining
office occupied by DR.. Frank T.
Stone also was ranSacked. The
thieves found a money box con-
tanning $1.45 in change but left
II. police said.
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Check Case
Increase Seen
|nCourt Rule
Appellate Court
Applies Statute
To Old Debts

District officials predict more
bad check artists will be prose-
cuted as q result Of q new
Municipal Court of Appeals
decision.
The court ruled that the
Districts statute on worthless
checks covers cases where the
check is in payment of an old
debt, as well as checks for new
purchases.
Until now, prosecutors here
generally have not taken cases
to court where the bad checks
are written to cover existing
debts. according to Edmund T.
DAILY. chief assistant United
States attorney at Municipal
Court.
Some Jurisdictions Disagree
The appellate decision. writ
ten by Judge Thomas E. Quinn,
noted that some jurisdictions
have concluded that a worth
less check given to satisfy q
past-due debt is not a viola
ton Of the statute because the
payee has not been deprived
Of any rights or anything of
value since the debt remains.
But the opinion noted that
Q majority of courts have
ruled that such an approach
sis no defense at ALL"
Judge Quinn noted that a
person who would use a check
for . past-due debt always
expects to acquire some ad-
vantage thereby: for example
an extension of the time or a
respite in the demands of his
creditors"
The decision specified that
"the fact a check is issued
for q past-due obligation does
not preclude q conviction. >"
Mr.. DAILY said his Office had
not prosecuted check cases in
volving past-due debts because
Municipal Court judges had
acquitted defendants so
charged.
He said that now, however,
his Office will proceed with
prosecution of such cases. as
well as those in which the check
Is issued to cover present value.
Increase Expected
Police reported that an in
crease in detection work is ex-
pected in the bad check field
as Q result Of the ruling. Dep
uty Chief Edgar E. Scott said
additional men will be assigned
TO the check and fraud squad
u neeoeQ.
Joseph v. Gratlin, jr.. attor-
ney for the appellant in the
case. argued that the decision
would inject into the normal
debtor-creditor relationship :. j
criminal sanctions which may
be imposed on the always ILL
advised but frequently des-
perate panic-Stricken acts Of
failing debtors in their attempts
10 ward on pressing creditors. 4"
He warned that it would
come "perilously close to reviv-
Ing the debtors prison Of a
byoone era"
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County Juvenile Squad
Hinges on Police Study
Prince Georges Heads Not Opposed
To Unit, but See No Need for One Now

Possible formation of juvenile squad Georges
County hinges results Of study being conducted by the
police department
The ve members Of the board Of county commissioners
reached individually last night said they do oppose
juvenile squad such. but need appropriate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12

Mr.. Lawrie and the late John
Gregory OF New York were
hired by the District in 1910
to design panel reliefs for walls
on either side of the steps in
the center's gardenlike prone
made.
The file states that on No.
vember Z, 194l. Mr.. Gregory
received $500 for his panel,
east of the stairs. Mr.. Lawrie
said the four figures in Mr.
iregory's work were to repre-
sent the city's courts, hospitals,
businesses and sanitation de-
partment.
Faulty Granite
But Mr.. Lawrie reports that
In late November Of 1871, with
his own work two-thirds COM
Ipleted, holes developed in the
Texas granite-"a very fine
granite" - according to the
sculptor.
Subsequent investigation. as
revealed in the file. shows that
the d M. w. Contracting Co.,
Inc. of New York was charged
by the city with supplying a
granite that failed to meet spec
iflcations.
Hunter Nelson. an architect
for the District who designed
the central plaza, said yester-
day that the firm tried to plug
the holes. but when this failed
the whole panel was boarded
up with wood.
To finance adequate repairs
for the granite, Lee F. Dante,
an assistant corporation coun-
sci then and now. said that the
city withheld a certain amount
Of money from the contractors,
holding them liable for the
damage.
Mr. Dante said that D. M. w,
subsequently sued the city for
its money. but in an out-of-
court settlement in 1914, the
District received $1,000 for the
damage to the sculpture.
At that time, the city did not
want to repair the work until
after the war when it was be-
lieved a west administration
building would be built to
match the present east one
No new building has yet gone
up. and observers feel the
$4,000 may have been forgotten
about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
'Four-Track System
Asked for Jr. HIGHS
School Boord
Will. Consider
NewProposoI

A recommendation that the
Districts "four-track" educa-
ton system be extended into
junior high schools win be made
to the Board Of Education at
Its Wednesday meeting.
Another recommendation of
nearly equal importance in
Acting School Supt. Carl F.
Hansen's estimation viii be to
reduce the number Of elective
courses permitted in high
schools.
Under the stan plan to. be
placed before the school board
the honor track" would re-
quire II credit units: regular
college prep, 101a units. gem
eral curriculum, 7la units. and
basic curriculum. 91z units.
The present unit requirement
for all levels is 71a units.
DR.. Hansen, in a press con-
ference yesterday, said he also
will propose extension Of the
system to include 18th grade
classes as well. The -four
track" division of pupils now
applies only to the 10th and
18th grades. The categories
are based on the learning
capabilities Of pupils.
Declines TO Specify
DR.. Hansen refused to say
how far into Junior highs he
will recommend it be applied.
It Is believed, however. that the
proposal calls for encompassing
the ninth grade-for all prac-
teal purposes, the first year
Of senior high. |
The school head said he
favors the move because Of the
impressive" results the four
track system has obtained in its
two years Of showing in the
10th and 18th grades.
THE program appears to en-
able most pupils to be taught
at their levels. giving the gifted
child an opportunity to work at
a fast rate. and the academ-
ically retarded child q chance
to make progress at his level"
DR.. Hansen said.
THE evidence is clear that
good results are being achieved"
he said.
Want FlexibiIity
DR.. Hansen emphasized that
fiexibility must be retained in
selecting students for each
track. He said that some mis-
placements doubtless have been
made, and sometimes re-
shutting Of children from one
track is necessary due to
changes in the pupils mental
attitude.
But this only underscores
the continuing need for flexi-
bility," he said.
Discussing the program fur
Their, DR.. Hansen emphasized
the tracks are not f'ruts."
Pupils are not isolated accord
ing to their learning capacity.
but are mingled with others
in certain classes. he said.
He added that, so far as he
knows. the pupils assigned to
intellectual tracks feel no
the lower intellectual tracks
feel no recruitment toward
those of the higher. In fact. he
said, he recalls one school where
pupils in the basic curriculum
track have written letters of
gratitude to their principals for
being able to receive instruc-
ton closer to their capabilities
than before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-12
Quarry Depleted

Mr.. Lawrie, twice a member
OF the Fine Arts Commits
sion. said yesterday that he
believes it impossible to find a
piece Of Texas granite to re-