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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
Mans Gun Death
Ruled Suicide

A 57-year-old Groveton (Va.)
man shot and killed himself
today with a 12-gauge shotgun,
Fairfax County police reported.
The victim was Louis Alder
man Barnhill of 421 West Oak
street.
Police said he walked about
80 feet from his house to his
back yard about 5:45 am. and
shot himsel fin the head.
No one saw him leave the
house but a neighbor, Mrs.
Erna Matthew of 427 West Oak
street, heard the gun blast.
Clarence Alexander, a tenant
in Mr.. Barnhill's house, found
a note on the victims car. It
stated that Mr.. Barnhill's body
would be found on the back
lawn. Mr.. Alexander discovered
it about 6 am.
Tenants and neighbors said
that Mr.. Barnhill, who was
divorced, had been respondent.
Police ruled the death a
suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
Teen-Age Cadets
Help to Prevent
Potomac Mishup

Alexandria's Naval Cadet
Corps helped avert a possible
accident on the Potomac River
yesterday.
1t halted a gasoline-laden
barge off Jones Point about 6
pm, just before the barge
came upon submerged anchor
aged chains used in connection
with construction of the new
Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
Morris Springer, 1904 Crest
wood drive, Alexandria, a mems
clothier who serves as captain
of the teen-age organization,
said the barge got out of the
main ship channel by mistake.
If it had gone another $50
yards, it would have hit the
chains, he reported.
Mr.. Springer said the So
foot craft manned by 10 boys
ranging in age from IA to 18
first hailed the barge, then led
it out to the main channel
about 200 yards away. He said
the barge apparently had mis-
interpreted channel markings.
changed because of the bridge
construction hazards.
The cadets, on a routine
Sunday training trip from their
base at King and Union streets.
Alexandria, also assisted three
disabled cabin cruisers yester-
day, Mr.. Springer said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
Trucker Slain
In $3.50 Row
Tavern Manager
Held in KILLING

A truck driver was shot to
death last night in an argu-
ment over a $1.6O beer bill,
Prince Georges County police
reported.
The manager Of the Hillside
MD tavern where the shoot
ing occurred has been charged
with murder in the death of
William D. Wilburn, 38, of the
first block of Sixth street NE.
Mr.. Wilburn died at ITO am
in Prince Georges General Hos
pital.
The victims brother, Luther,
At, of the 400 block of New
comb street Sc, also a truck
driver, suffered a slight gun
shot wound in the back of his
head during the fracas in the
Homestretch Restaurant in the
1900 block of Marlboro pike,
police said. Detective Sergt.
John F. Wilding said he placed
the murder charge against Carl
A. johnson, 26. of the 5000
block of Shadyside avenue.
Capitol Heights. He is being
held without bond pending a
preliminary hearing tomorrow
in Upper Marlboro Police Court.
The shooting occurred about
11:15 pm. when a waitress
tried to collect the $1.60 from
the table occupied by the Will
burn brothers and their wives,
Sergt. Wilding said. He said
when the men refused, and be-
gan arguing, johnson tried to
collect the money.
When the men refused and
became boiSterous, johnson or
dered them to leave the tavern
police said. The brothers Their
repeatedly rushed Johnson
threw beer bottles at the man.
ager.
johnson retreated to the
kitchen where he grabbed an
automatic and fired seven shots
at his attackers. Sergt. Wilding
said. Patrons in the restaurant
either scrambled for the front
door or dove for cover, he
added.
William Wilburn was hit in
the chest, lower stomach and
leg, Sergt. Wilding said.
Luther Wilburn was released
after receiving treatment at the
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27

BALTIMORE-July 81 (AP)
"A flop-eared puppy. trapped
in a ground-hog tunnel since
last Wednesday, shifted her way
to food and freedom last night.
Residents of the northeast
suburbs had vainly tried a d.
rect approach to rescue the
furry female, about six weeks
old, from her underground
prison.
Her whining had disturbed
their conscience by day and
their sleep by night.
They tried to coax her to the
entrance of the tunnel with
soft words and friendly whistles,
but the pup only growled in
distruSt and backed farther into
her predicament.
They tried to dig her out,
but a tangle of tree roots and
fear of a cave-in stopped them.
At wits end, they called the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27

far too great to permit a good
and honest job in line with the
original philosophy of the jul
venile court.
Juvenile Court Of the Dis
trict of Columbia is no ex-
ception. The court was estab-
lished in 1906. The population
of the District at that time was
100000 and the court was
served by one judge. The
population of the District to-
day is approximately 100000
and it is still served by only
one judge.
THE number of complaints
filed in the court has steadily
increased as have the number
of court hearings. so that in
order to give ample time to the
cases which come before him,
it is necessary for the Judge
to incur a tremendous back
log of cases waiting to be tried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
HE LOADED THE BASKET

HE LOADED THE BASKET
with low-calory preserves,
gelatin sweet n ed with
saccharin, mayonnaiSe and
French dressing. He began
trying to make a meal from
romaine lettuce, fresh toma-
toes, cottage cheese and the
French dressing which (ac-
cording to the LABEL con-
thaned no oil.
He doesn't have a sweet
tooth; always has taken his
coffee black and passed up
desserts. But this new regi-
men left him feeling that a
dessert would not be a bad
idea. The gelatins proved to
be a very delicate sweet that
postponed hunger-a little
while.
Another friend suggested
that he had lost a dozen
pounds on a diet of steak
and tomatoeS-no bread, no
potatoes. But Mrs. R. said
that steak every night was
way beyond the household
food budget. 1t would be
helpful if I got to like the
cottage cheese. That was
very nutritious and very
economical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
TENTING TONIGHT?
TENTING TON1GHT?
Hams Point Bargain Lures Visitors

Motorized campers tenting on
the Capitals doorstep enjoy
naturally aforementioned quar-
tiers for so cents a day.
Today they awakened as
usual within the shadow of the
Monument, yawned, and agreed
that downtown Washington is
a campers paradise.
To find their encampment,
one has only to head down
Hams Point until the wispy
smoke of their cook fires PIN
points the nesting tent city.
Because the site is park land,
the hardy visitors can't be
charged for the area they
occupy-they pay so cents per
person a night to enjoy shower,
laundry and bathroom faci-
litieS.
Typical campers are Milton
Cloonan and his family. Mr..
Cloonan, a tool engineer from
Berkeley, a Detroit suburb,
came here with his wife, his
brother Ed. and four children
Diane, Is; Vera, 8; Mike, 6,
and Johnny, 4.
This has been a perfect va
cation-no newspapers, no ra-
dio and no telephone" Mr..
Cloonan said. I'VE made no
definite plans, except deciding
that we were coming to Wash
ington. AS it turned out, we
visited Niagara Falls and the
St. Lawrence Seaway on our
way" he added.
1--WE toured most of Wash
ington yesterday and like it a
lot, but it certainly is a hard
place to find your way in"
Another family enjoying the
camp site thinks that these are
the finest facilities in Wash
ington.
SIS there another hotel in
town with a river at the door,
step, trees in every room and
natural air conditioning?"I
asked Donald Benscoter of Fort
Madison, Iowa.
Mr.. Benscoter, an employe Of
the International Business Ma
chimes Co., made the trip with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27

families (averaging four men,
berS) today fill the camp site
to near capacity. I'VE had more
during the Boy Scout Jamboree,
but that was special. They set
up their tents on the recrea-
ton areas-why, there were
Boy Scouts just everywhere"
johnson said.
He said the camping season
usually begins in the middle of
March and continues through
September. I'VE get people
from all over the world and in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
D. C. Guard Officer
Made Full Colonel

1t. Col. Claiborne r. Mobley,
head of the District National
Guard Selective Service Sec
ton, was promoted to the rank
of full colonel yesterday in
final ceremonies marking the
end of the National Guards
two-week summer camp in In
diantoWn Gap, Pa.
Col. Mobley is a publication
editor for the Department OF
Agriculture. He lives at 1888
Hileman road, Falls Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
Safe Robbers Get
ST 500 at Range

Safe crackers got about
$500 at the University of
Maryland Golf Driving Range
over the week end, State po-
lice reported.
Thieves entered the office by
breaking a window. They took
the floor safe outside the
building and broke it open,
police said.
The loot represented week.
end receipts. Police said the
safe was about 4 feet high and
q feet wide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
The
Rambler
.....T Tries for
Youthful Figure
By GEORGE KENNEDY

The Rambler has taken off
20 pounds, and 1t wasn't
easy.
1t has taken eight weeks
with a lot of helpful sugges-
tions from friends who have
reduced. Still it wasn't easy.
He found he had gone up
to 2lO pounds. He is over 6
feet and 200 pounds, even
2l0, do not make him a fat
man-just a tall man with a
potbelly.
He started out by cutting
breakfast down to a glass Of
water with the juice of one
lemon (no sugar., one piece
of lightly buttered toast, one
boiled egg and black coffee
(no sugar..
That worked all right. On
the first morning and every
subsequent one, he was
hungry at 10.
That's fine" said a friend
who had reduced. Nov
you're taking off. Just be
sure not to eat anything
until noon"
The hunger wasn't I'M
bearable; it was the thought
of giving up something. He's
always been self-indulgent.
A 5O-cent paperback book
on reducing, purchased in a
drug store, showed that he
was making a good start. 1t
gave the caloric value of al
most everything. A breakfast
like that isn't much more
than 200 calories and a 1000
calory day is a real reducing
diet.
The paperback suggested
that an amazing variety of
prepared foods with low
calory content were being
produced by the food indus
try. Sure enough, there was
a dietary section" in the
nearby supermarket. And
the dairy section h a d
skinned milk as we'll as
cottage cheese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
Clinton RebuiIds

CLINTON, Tenn, July q
(AP).-A $4,000 construction
job has been started to rebuild
Clinton High School, dynamited
last october after being racially
integrated. Pupils have been
going to school at nearby Oak
Ridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
IMPRISONED FIVE DAYS
Smell Beckons Puppy
From Chuck Burrow

Humane Society of Baltimore
County, which dispatched two
representatives with horse sense
and dog food.
They placed the food at the
tunnel entrance and, hoping
Miss Pup would get a Whit of
their plan. waited to see what
she thought of it. She ate it up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27

all kinds Of weather." Mr..
JohnSo nsaid.
Il remember four girls from
Australia who stayed with us
quite awhile. They said they
hadn't seen camping facilities
SO conveniently located any,
where else"
This place is open "a hours
a day, IL months of the year,
Mr.. johnson said proudly.
1--WE even have campers in
the middle of winter, who set
up their tents in the snow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27

his wife and four children
Marsha, 8; Donald, 7; Terri,
II, and Sandra, TO-.
II rented the camping equip
ment this year, but it's worked
out so we'll I'm going to buy
my own" Mr.. Benscoter said.
According to Winfree John
son. manager of the camp con-
cession for the last 10 years,
this promises to be lone of the
biggest years ever at Hams
Point"
Mr.. Johnson said about 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
STILL ANOTHER FRIEND,

STILL ANOTHER FRIEND,
a naturally big man who
probably has given up diet
Ing a dozen times, said:
Pretty soon you're going
to begin to appreciate the
taste of foods. You are going
to become very interested in
the flavor of clear broths.
You are going to like jellied
consommes because they are
solid food until they melt in
the mouth. But I'll bet you
a dollar you don't last until
Tuesday"
The bet was made but he
went on his vacation.
Haven't seen him since. 1t
would have been easier to
have paid him the dollar and
called it all off. But by
Tuesday my taste buds had
become very acute. Clear
broth? I was becoming an
expert on the flavor of the
saltines that went with it.
The paperback said that
black coffee without sugar
contains no calorieS. I began
to make coffee breaks at 9,
10 and II, and sometimes at
1880. Each one helped-for
about five minutes.
A friend advised weighing
In only once a week. He was
30 right. Weighing-in daily
shows up or down variations
Of two pounds, probably
water content. At first that's
discouraging, but you report
the lower weight to your
friends and pretty soon it is
crest of the daily variation.
Twice I seemed to hit rock
bottoms-weights that were
very difficult to break
through. The first was 200
(down from 210); the second
1876.
AS I went along I discov-
cred I could eat well and still
lose weight by keeping away
from starcheS and fats and
bills. A good luncheon: Grape
fruit, a cup of cold borscht
without the sour cream, a
filet of rockfish broiled to
order without butter), iced
coffee and a scoop of sher-
bet. A SIS bill Just manages
TO get around it.
Well, I'm going for broke.
| intend to eat off 10 pounds
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27


Esther C. Rector, at Spring
Hill, Va.
Mr.. Nelson fell into the
hands of James Edward Hall.
SO, of Rocky Mount, Va, and
Connie Plott, 81, Of Covington.
Va, after the two broke away
from a State road gang early
last week.
Among the questions authori-
ties must answer is whether to
press harboring charges against
a Washington (PaD man to
whose home the convicts took
Mr.. Nelson and held him Fri
day night.
Charge Under Study
The United States attorney
at Pittsburgh will decide wheth-
er a case can be made against
the man, who had employed
Hall about nine years ago on
a Pennsylvania farm. Not long
ago Hall, convicted of Staying
his father in 1856, had written
the Washington man asking as
siStance in gaining parole.
The Washington man never
answered the letter, and said
he was surprised to see Hall
drop in with Plott and Mr.. Mel
son, whom he introduced as
Uncle john" The householder
insisted he was not aware the
convictS had escaped, or had
kidnapped Mr.. Nelson.
Taken on a ride to New York
State and Pennsylvania in his
own car, Mr.. Nelson was given
only a couple of hot dogs and
some coffee before they reached
the Pennsylvania home. There
he was treated we'll, and was
allowed to spend the night in
a kitchen chair.
The FBI gave Mr.. Nelson
much credit for helping to cap
ture the convictS Saturday eve.
ming, 10 hours after lie was re-
leased. He recalled the men
had suddenly turned him loose
about half and hour after they
left the Pennsylvania home,
headed toward Pittsburgh.
Flyers Distributed
From this it was figured the
home was about IS minutes
distance from where Mr.. Neil
son was released. Some of the
100000 flyers the FBI put cut
on Hall and Plott were diSGrlb-
uted in the neighborhood. One
resident, Mrs. Ralph Beard.
remembered seeing the two men
on the street. They were cap
tured shortly afterWarQ oy Two
town policemen.
After releasing their captive.
the convictS had returned to
the home where they had
spent the night, but found it
locked and hid all day in some
woods. They were broke and
hungry.
The FBI wants to learn
where the convicts pawned a
rifle, stolen before the kidnap-
ing; also Mr.. Nelson's watch
and a spare wheel and tire from
his car.
Unless Hall and Plott decide
to plead guilty in Pittsburgh
where they are held without
bail on a Federal kidnapping
charge, removal proceedings
will be held to return them to
Alexandria for trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
Policeman Pinkston
Serves Edmonston

Police Pvt. Williams Pink
ston, who reported last week
the theft of his auto containing
his ticket book, was incorrectly
listed in a story in The Star on
Friday as a BladenSburg (Md)
town policeman. Pvt. Pinkston
is a member of the EdmonSton
town police force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
MONKEY PAYS
HECTIC VISIT
FOR DINNER

The Joseph B. Norrises
had Just sat down to the
Sunday chicken when a
monkey came to dinner.
Mrs. Norris" said a lit
tie boy who knocked on the
door at sos Dunwoody
avenue, Oxon Hill, Md,
yesterday, there's a mon
key on your back STEP"
Mrs. Norris went to the
door and there he was.
Hes a two-tone monkey
with big poppy eyes," Mrs.
Norris reported to her hus-
band.
Mr.. Norris put down his
napkin patiently. "See if
he wants a banana" he
said. His children, Gail, Z,
and joey, 2. rushed to COM
ply, and the monkey did
want a banana.
About this time, Mrs.
Norris said, neighbors came
running with ropes, nets
and blankets, and the visi-
tor headed for the roof.
The monkeyshines were
ended several hours later
by Samuel Pullman of 5141
Crisfleld drive, who trapped
the animal in a nearby
laundry room.
There's a happy ending
to it all, too. The monkey,
a q year = old capuchin
named Romeo, is the priced
pet of Miss Ann Sherman
of 1872 Shoshone drive,
Forest Heights, Md.
New in the neighbour
hood. Romeo just hap
pened to be exploring. He
spent today in a cage be-
side a monkey owned by
the Pullmans and tonight
will be back home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
Sons Initiate Pupu

NORMAN, Okla. (AP). -
Gary and Dennis Butler OBJ
served their father passing out
cigars in honor of his new
daughter and began handing
out chewing gum cigars to their
own friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-27
FIJI Studying Trail
Of Two Abductors
Hurboring Charge Under Study;
Hostage Receivers From Ordeal

The FBI making thorough recheck today of all the
ground covered by two escaped during the 48 hours
they held 79year-od Peter M. Nelson hostage last
week end.
Apparently the for his narrowing experience the
nervy retired Washington tailor comfortable night at
Evening star., 1959-06-24

would be made too narrow un.
der the expansion plans.
Melpar said 1t wanted tc
make the buffer strip 80 feet
wide instead Of the present 27O
feet. The cut would allow ex-
pansion Of the parking lot to
accommodate the cars that will
come when a new section is
added to the present building.
The civic association said the
proposed buffer was not ade-
quate. The association said fur
ther a road should be built
from the plant to Lee highway
to keep through traffic out OF
Pine Springs.
Melpar countered that Pine
Springs grossly distorted" the
picture Of conditions and said
property in the subdivision had
been increasing in value rather
than decreasing.
Board member A. Slater La
mond proposed that Melpar be
given the 60 ahead on the prof
ect under conditions previously
laid down by the Planning
Commission. The commission
had given its approval Monday
night.
The commission had agreed
on a 80 foot buffer strip, which
would have to pass county in
spection before the new three
story section on the building
could be occupied.
Evening star., 1959-06-24

10 NOUJBOIIlcTy highway pTOJ
ects scheduled to be undertaken
in 1859, the county spokesmen
submitted detailed recommen-
dations to the roads agency.
Council members, whose
views were stated by Council
President Stella B. Werner. also
requested that the county "be
informed officially" whenever
the commission considers
changes in the published high
way program
In the past, 1t has been diff
hcult to know why you change
prioritieS," Mrs. Werner told
the newly appointed commits
sioners, adding: I'VE would ap-
preciate it very much If all
policy-making matters. espe-
cially in regard to changes in
location and priority, be cleared
with U.s."
New Look" Promised
Commission Chairman John
Funk replied to the councils
requests with a promise that he
and other SRC officials would
within the next two weeks"
take a new look" at the criti-
cal county locations cited by
the council.
Mr.. Funk said closer contact
with highway problems in
counties throughout the State
would be achieved by means of
the agency's new division of
planning. programming and re-
search.
In its statement Of recon-
mendations TO the roads COM
mission, the council asked for
a review of five particular prof.
ects which had been dropped.
The five projects are:
1. University boulevard (State
Evening star., 1959-06-24

alition group crowd hopes to
fool enough people to get
Tweedle-d -dum and Tweedle-dee
elected"
Last nights nomination was
mostly a cut-and-dried affair
with Mr.. Groves selection a
foregone conclusion with most
of the party leaders.
1t started out as a three-way
race between Mr.. Grove and
Leroy Bachelor. an attorney
who was manager Of the late
Joseph Freehills campaign for
Congress. and Guy r. Bowers,
an accountant.
Mr.. Bowers withdrew from
the race last night and in the
balloting that followed, Mr..
Grove received 302 to SO for
Mr.. Bachelor.
AIS Pay Fee
More than 800 delegates,
some voting proxies of others
who were not present, attended
the convention in Stratford
Junior High School. Each had
paid a IS qualifying fee. Ernest
L. Lyons. county chairman, an
nounced that AIS persons had
paid the fee.
Il will campaign vigorously"
Mr.. Grove said. However, I
wish to make my position on
campaigning clear at this time.
I will not conduct q back biting
type Of campaign. Neither will
I enter into the usual mud
singing"
Mr.. Grove. 43, is a native
Of Birmingham. Ala. He moved
to Arlington in l947. He is
married and lives at 3027 North
Dickerson street.
The candidate is president of
the Vet Vans Of Virginia. Inc,
and president of the Sport
mems Boat Co. Of Arlington.
He served in the Navy in the
Pacific during World War II.
Evening star., 1959-06-24
Arlington Democrats
Enter Grove for Board
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star stan Writer

Arlington Democrats last
night took the first step to at
tempt to re-establish two-party
politics at the county board
level.
Alfred z. Grove, president Of
the County Chamber of Com
merce. was nominated at a
Democratic convention for one
Of two seats on the local govern
ing body which will be filled
IN the November election.
It was the first time in six
years the Democratic Party has
named a candidate for the
board. The Republican COM
mittee will meet Thursday
night to set a date for a SIM
liar convention at which a
nominee is expected to be
chosen for the second seat.
Party Seizure Feared
The move, in both parties,
Is designed to wrest control Of
the county governing board
from the Arlingtonians for q
Better County. Two ABC in
cumbents. David L. Krupsaw
and Ralph r. Kaul, already
had been renominated by the
non-partisan faction.
With the ABC holding a A.
to-1 majority on the board,
conservative members Of the
Democratic Committee have
expressed the fear that the
Ion-partisan groups support
ers are trying to take over con-
troll Of the Democratic Party.
ABC candidates for the COM
mittee have filed for election
in the July IA primary in most
Of the county's precincts.
Leaders Of the ABC move
ment have charged that the
Democratic and Republican
nominations are an attempt to
get the now-inactive Arlington
Independent Movement back in
power under another label. AIM
was the conservative political
coalition which withdrew from
the political scene after suffer-
ing several defeats at the polls.
Krupsaw Sees Plot
Mr.. Krupsaw today COM
-mented on Mr.. Groves NOM
.tnAtion:
= "The gentleman is domi-
mated by the ultra conservative
element Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. He was hand
picked by H. Mann & Co. (Ar-'
.lington Delegate Harrison
Mann.
;. His running mate will be
,the chairman of the local Re-
publican Executive Committee
-(David Gordon. BY cross-in-
.dorsing, the old discredited
AIM darlington Independent
Movement, a non-partisan CO.