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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
$40 BELL TOLLS
FOR TRUCK DRIVER
WITH NO FIRE

ANN APOLIS (AP).-
Robert A. Blaisdell, an An
napolis fire truck driver,
has been fined $40 on three
traffic charges stemming
from the near collision of
his engine and a police
car.
Mr.. Blaisdell was con-
victed yesterday of using
the trucks red light and
siren while not on an
emergency and of going
through two red lights.
The 32-year-old truck
driver was placed on sus-
pension by department au-
thorities Immediately after
he was charged September
IA. Two Anne Arundel
County policemen said the
truck almost ran down
their cruiser when the
truck was returning from
a patriotic parade in Bal
timore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
DRIVERS INJURED
AS TRUCKS CRASH

Two truck drivers were in
jured today in a head-on COLI
sion on a portion of Route 1856
which is under construction 2
miles west of Annandale, State
police reported.
Admitted to Arlington Hos
pital was Robert A. Beach, 81,
of 200 Roberts road, Fairfax
John Thomas Tyner, jr., SO. OF
1910 Eighty second avenue,
Hyattsville, was admitted to
Alexandria Hospital. Both were
reported in satisfactory con-
dition.
Police said Mr.. Beach was
driving a dump truck and Mr.
Tyner was operating a gasoline
truck.
Mr.. Tyner was thrown from
the gasoline truck, which rup-
tured and spilled gasoline over
a large area. Police said he was
found in a ditch at the side OF
the road soaked with gasoline,
There was no fire or explosion
they reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
Federation
Backs Law
On Lettering

The District Federation of
Civic Associations last night
voted to support an antiloi-
tering law for the District.
This law would not keep
children of the streets, but
would prevent juvenile trouble
spots, the group said.
The federation also voted
to study proposals for increas-
ing the efficiency of the Met
ropolitan Police Department.
The federation will present its
recommendations to the next
Congress after looking into the
questions of additional police
men, a more efficient use of
present manpower, police dogs
and walkie- talkies for foot pa
trolmen.
Another proposal was to in
vestigate the transfer of the
jurisdiction of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission to the White
House. This also will be
brought up to the next Con-
gress.
Ralph Phillips of the Urban
Renewal Council said "the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission is finally getting some
money to help in neighborhood
improvement, but official ac-
ton is just a drop in the buck
ct compared to what practical
housework can do"
The federation, presided over
by DR.. Phillip T. johnson,
amended the constitution to
provide for a third vice presi-
dent to handle junior civic as
Sociations, and extended all Of
flcers' terms Of Office from one
to two years.
The meeting was held in the
board room of the District
Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
Four Boys Face Trial as Adults
As Judge Hart UphoIds Waivers

the indictment also was denied,
with the judge making his OBJ
servation on playing shuttle
cock" with juvenile defendants.
On Thursday, Chief Judge
David A. Pine of U. S. District
Court, in a speech, asserted
that an increase in waivers
from Juvenile Court was i'm
periling the trial calendar of
the District Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
REPORTER IN THE CLASSROOM

Mrs. Verda v. Carlton had to
do this problem:
"Angeline bought a sweater
for 1898 and two pairs of socks
at $50 a pair. How much
change did she get from a $40
bill?"
They shouldn't have had
much trouble with it. All the
skills needed to get the correct
answer were learned - sup
posedly-by the fourth grade.
Reading-started in the first
grade - continues as a prime
concern. Students in Mrs.
Helen H. Burnside's class con-
stantly see a reminder Of this
on the blackboard in a listing
of long-range plans: Continue
to improve our reading, par
ticularly our speed, accuracy,
vocabulary and understand
ing"
AS in the lower grades. the
children have their regular
readers designed to build such
skills:
1.-THE opossum is probably
the most stupid animal on
earth. But Old Slowpoke is a
peaceable little creature and
minds his own affairs"
Detects Weaknesses
This story, entitled "Old
Slowpoke, the PoSSum," gives
Mrs. Burnside a chance to re-
view compound words and pre-
fixes.
What is a forefootP" she
asks.
"a dogs backfoot," one of
her students replies.
The teacher can quickly no.
Iice whatever weaknesses the
children have because she uses
the small-group method of in
struction-just like all the
other teachers at Janney. Be-
cause Of this she can also give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

removed from phone coin box.
The youths attorney, Jacob
Permit, asked that the indict-
ment be dismissed and that
Judge Hart sit as a Juvenile
Court judge to conduct pro-
ceedings against stoddard.
Factors Cited
In rejecting the motion,
Judge Hart said the following
elements are considered by
Juvenile Court before waving
cases: The defendants age, his
degree of sophiStication, past
history and his suitability for
rehabilitation.
1--WE can only assume these
matters are given considera-
ton (by Juvenile Court and
to grant this motion would be
in effect to override the Juve-
nile Court judge who is learned
in these (juvenile) matters"
Defendants in the second
case before Judge Hart were
Joseph P. Donerson of the HOO
block Congress court NV;
William Frye of the 400 block
M street NV, and William R.
Walton, jr., of the 1900 block
of Eleventh street NV.
All were indicted on charges
Of assaulting and attempting
to rob an elderly man in the
street, an offenSe which was
characterized by Assis t a n t
United States Attorney Thomas
O'Malley as fairly brutal"
Data Refused
The youths attorney, Andrew
w. Carroll, told the court he
had been unable to ascertain
if Juvenile Court had taken
into consideration the various
elements referred to earlier by
Judge Hart before the case was
waived to District Court.
Mr.. Carroll said he was re-
fused access to data in the
hands of Juvenile Court au-
thorities, including social rec
ords of the youths. He said he
learned that such records only
could be obtained by court
order.
! His motion for dismissal OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

1.-THE dory teetered on top of
a wave, then pitched rapidly
into a deep hollow. The fog
was now so thick that the
young oarsman could barely see
his old companion bailing out
the water with the wooden
bucket. :"
The children also are start
ing to analyze a poem, The
Sea Wolf" by Violet McDouglas.
Eventually they will have to
memorize it:
THE fisherman says when
your catch is done,
And you're sculling in with
the tide,
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BALTIMORE, Oct. "a (AP)
About 20 witnesses are sched-
uled to testify Monday at a
hearing to determine if new
trials should be granted to two
Washington area men convict
ed of a $1,000 bank robbery.
AS the hearing opened yes
terday a convict serving time
for another robbery tried to
take the blame for this one.
But a bank teller'S wife denied
he was the man who had held
her hostage in the robbery of
the NARROW Heights branch of
the First National Bank of
Southern Maryland on January
26, 1858.
The 23-year-old convict,
Martin j. McNicholas, was the
chief defense witness for Tyrus
F. Jones, 80, of Capitol Heights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
CLASSROOM
Horizons Broaden for Pupils in Final Year of Elementary School

You must take care that the
Sea VOLTS share
Is tossed to him oversize -"
"Who knows what the sea
wolf is?" asks Mrs. Burnside
after reading through the
verses.
"a submarine" suggests one
boy.
you've got the imagination
Of a punctured balloon" retorts
the teacher.
Shaky Start
The children are also getting
of to a start-albeit a rather
shaky one-on learning some
new concepts of grammar.
What sort Of word is bathe?"
asks the teacher.
One boy answers: "a pro-
noun"
Then Mrs. Burnside defines a
pronoun-"A word replacing a
noun"-and repeats her ques-
ton.
The answer this time: "a
noun"
I was somewhat relieved to
see that this child at least had
no trouble in using 'bathe" in
a sentence when asked to do so:
Are you going to bathe?"
The sixth graders, like their
younger schoolmates, do most
Of their work during school
hours. They are given fewer
drills in workbooks, however,
and more chance to write.
The children, as usual, are
encouraged by their teachers
to pursue individual projects
and to do original research.
One boy in Mrs. Cartons class
has built a device to show how
earthquake tremors are regis
tered; a girl made a color wheel
to illustrate the breakdown of
colors from white.
Specific homework assign
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special attention to these weak
neSSeS.
BY no means, certainly, do
sixth graders suddenly develop
such failings after sailing
through lower grades. But the
correction of faults becomes
more urgent in this final year.
Generally, the children
clearly show they belong in the
schools highest class.
Mrs. Burnside does not go
through the weeks spelling
words when she first presents
them on Monday. She just
asks, Are there any you don't
know" Then. after a discus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
Loudoun 0Ks
SewageP|an
Regional Authority
Backed by County

Loudoun County officials have
signified their approval of a
regional approach to sewage
disposal problems raised by
construction of the Dulles
International Airport at Chan
tilly, Va.
Harry H. Blee, chairman of
the county sanitation authority,
expressed this view in a letter
to Brig Gen. Alvin C. yelling,
District Engineer Commissioner
Gen. yelling also is chairman
of a Washington regional COM
mittee dealing with waste dis
posal in the area.
Speaking for the Loudoun
Board of Supervisors as well
as for the sanitation agency,
Mr.. Blee said a sewer line
should be built from the air.
port down the Broad Run VAL
ley to the Potomac River, then
along the river to a connection
with Washington's sewerage
system at Chain Bridge.
He estimated the cost at
about $50 million and indicated
the initial cost, at least, should
be borne by the Federal Gov
eminent, which is building the
airport. The airport is ex-
pected to prompt vast new
residential and business de-
velopment in its vicinity.
Mr.. Blee specifically Endorsed
q proposal by Representative
Bow, Republican of Ohio, for
the Federal Government to
create a regional authority
encompassing parts of Fairfax
and Loudoun Counties and to
pay the sewer construction
costs. The cost would be repaid
by sewer users over the years
Gen. yelling has been con-
ferring extensively with officials
of both counties in an effort
to reach agreement on the
regional-authority approach to
the airport sewage question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

the problem of delays neces-
sary for the thorough mental
examinations needed, the SUI
perintendent added.
Under present District law a
defendant is scheduled for trial
before the question Of his men,
tai competency comes UP in
court. 1t is then up to the Dis
trict Court to decide-after q
Neutrality-suspicious. a mental eX-
animation is warranted.
Attenuation Law
DR.. Overholser suggested
that the District adopt a pro-
cedure similar to Massachu-
sets Briggs Law" This pro-
vides for an automatic mental
examination for criminal sus-
poets who have committed
serious offenses or who are re-
peaters of felony offenses.
This early screening" thus
cuts down on delays inherent
under procedures that apply
under present District law,
DR.. Overholser said, eliminating
delays that might deny a de-
PENDANT his constitutional right
to a speedy trial.
DR.. Overholser said that
Judge Pines suggestion that
the old Howard Hall be re-
opened is precluded by the
fact that the staff once as
signed to that building and
two medium security wards at
the hospital now have their
hands full in the new Howard
Pavilion.
A temporary substitute to the
Briggs law approach might be
an expansion of the District
Courts legal pSychiatric serv-
ices, which now provides psy-
chiatric help to the court,
largely in cases relating to con-
victed criminals who have been
placed on probation.
However, until the Nations
medical schools turn out more
pSychiatristS and until more
doctors are willing to take on
such work-in lieu of going into
more lucrative private practice
it is questionable the staff
could be recruited to carry out
such a proposal, DR.. Overholser
said.
There just aren't enough
pSychiatrists to go around" he
added.
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ments amount to no more in
the sixth grade than in the
fifth, fourth or third. They
are still primarily in arithmetic
and spelling.
Assignment Neglected
Mrs. Burnside once gave her
class an unusual weekend
homework assignment of two
pages in a social studies book.
On Monday morning she dis
covered only four children had
done it. Normally over week
ends they are just told to read
a current events magazine or
the newspapers.
The sixth graders in Mrs.
Cartons class, which is the
honors section, have three
special group activities on top
of their normal academic work.
They are preparing an operetta
on the Pied Piper; they are
learnin gto bind books, and
they are all taking flute lessons.
Even without these extras the
schedule for all of Janney'S
seniors is a tight one. 1t is a
strain, not only on the teachers
who have difficulty fitting every
thing in, but also on the chill
dren, many of whom are be-
coming ready for more specific
instruction in specific courses.
All of the students have de-
veloped both Intellectually and
personally in elementary school.
But some of them may realize
by the end of the year that they
have outgrown its particular
style of education and are ready
for a new-and perhaps terrify-
ing at first-experience in the
new world of junior high school.
I feel sure all Of them will
remember their experiences at
Janney even if they forget
some Of the specific facts. I
know I will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
Short Staff Delays
Tests for Prisoners
TREES FOLIAGE
ON RIDGE IS AT
PEAK OF COLOR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
(AP)-The State Forestry
Service reported foliage on
the Blue Ridge Mountains
this weekend will be about
as pretty as it will get this
fall.
Because of rains the
mountain foliage is about
two weeks late in turning,
and the coloring has not
been as brilliant as in past
years.
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sion of the more difficult ones
in the list, which might in
clude author, battle, bath,
path, thunder and chalk, she
tells the students:
write the words in alpha
betical order, divide them into
syllables, and mark all the long
vowels. You must have them
all done by 9 am. tomorrow
Difficult Reading
Their social studies textbook,
moreover, contains some truly
difficult reading. 1t has an
introduction to a chapter on
Newfoundland which beginSi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

United States District Judge
George L. Hart, jr., yesterday
declined to dismiss indictments
and to conduct juvenile-type
hearings in two cases involving
four 17-year-old youths which
had been waived to the adult
court by Juvenile Court Judge
Orm w. Ketcham.
Judge Hart commented that
he could not assume" that
Juvenile Court did not give
proper consideration to the
cases when it waived them.
When an attorney for one of
the youths suggested that
Judge Hart might waive the
cases back to Juvenile Court,
the jurist replied:
do you mean or are you say
ing that District Court and
Juvenile Court should play
shuttlecock with the defend
ants, batting them back and
forth?"
Predominant legal opinion is
that a District judge cannot
waive cases back to Juvenile
Court. A grand jury may ig-
more charges against juvenile
offenders, but there is some
question whether a grand jury
could obtain Juvenile Court
action by referring cases back.
In Time for Trial
The result of the ruling is
that the youths, one of whom
is charged with three house.
breakings, and the others with
assaulting an elderly man with
intent to rob him, must stand
trial as adults in the District
Court.
If found guilty, they could
be sentenced under the Youth
Corrections Act to a special
penal center for young Of
tenders or given probation.
The first case involved Ralph
Stoddard of the $500 block Of
Ninth street Sc, who was
charged with the housebreak-
ings, one of which was the en-
tering of the Congress Heights
Presbyterian Church last An
gust. Cabinets were broker
open. Police said 1925 wa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
Dalton to Become
Judqe Next Week

ROANOKE, Va, Oct. "a (AP)
Former State Senator Ted
Dalton will be sworn in as a
Federal judge next Saturday in
the United States District Court
here.
Judge Roby C. Thompson will
officiate at the ceremony when
Mr.. Dalton will become a judge
of the United States District
Court for the Western District
of Virginia.
The Radford attorney will
succeed Judge John Paul of
Harrisonburg, who has retired.
His appointment was confirmed
by the Senate in August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
Y Crossroads Speaker

DR.. Joy Elmer Morgan. pres
ident of Senior Citizens of
America, will speak on What
of the Future?" during the
International Crossroads Sun
day Morning Breakfast at 9
am. tomorrow in the Central
YMCA, 1876 G street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
OverhoIser Says More Time
Is Needed for Mental Exums
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star stan Writer

The superintendent of St. Elzabeths Hospital i'm
mediate remedy for delays in trials of criminal suspects
the institution for mental examination.
But Dr. Wnfred overhoser suggested the District might
adopt practce-long under Massachusetts aw-of
giving suspects immediate screening examination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

before they go to trial.
The psychiatrist mentioned
this on the heels of a revela-
ton yesterday that District
Court judges here have been
advised to send future mental
examination cases to the hos
'pital for 80 days instead Of the
5000 day period that has
previously applied.
District Court Judge George
L. Hart, jr., disclosed that
Chief Judge David A. Pine made
this recommendation in answer
to a plea from DR.. Overholser.
Explains Reasons
The hospital superintendent
explained that there we're two
reasons for his asking for the
time extension:
/. The hospitals new John
Howard Pavilion-uSed to house
patients who have been found
not guilty of crimes by reason
of insanity or who require ex-
aminations to determine their
mental competency for trial
can't be put into full use until
more hospital personnel are
trained.
2. Recent decisions of the
United States Court of Appeals
here and good medical practice
require more lengthy examina-
tons relating to mental COM
potency at the time of a crime
and competency to stand trial.
The new building, having a
capacity Of about 1896 patients,
was opened just last month, re-
placing the old Howard Hall
maximum security" building
at the hospital.
Trained Staff Short
But the fifth floor of the new
structure, having an 87-patient
capacity, has not been put into
operation because there is a
temporary shortage Of fully
trained psychiatristS and nurs-
ing assistants to staff this part
of Howard Pavilion.
And DR.. OverholSer said, il
may be mid-February before
the personnel are available,
with several staff vacancies at
the hospital.
The Howard Pavilion now
has five doctors, but could use
twice that number" DR..
Overholser said.
However, even with adequate
staff, this still wouldn't answer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
NdWPhysicist
And Wife Die
In 3-Car Crash
HyuttsviIIe Couple
Virginia Victims;
D. c. Pair Injured

A young Navy physicist and
his wife died yesterday when
their small sports roadster was
hit broadside in a three-car
collision on rain-slicked Route
south Of Triangle, Va.
Another Washington couple
was injured in the crash.
Graden Lee Barker, %, Of
7401 Eighteenth avenue, Hy-
attsville, was killed instantly.
His 22-year-old wife died 30
minutes later in the Naval
Hospital at Quantico.
Col. Daniel H. Torrey. 70,
CUSA ret.) and his wife, Alice,
who were travelling in another
car, were hurt. The Torreys
live at 5127 Palisades lane NV.
Col. Torrey suffered severe
head cuts and a conclusion.
His condition at Quantico Hos
pital was reported as serious.
Loses Control Of Car
Mrs. Torrey, who police said
was driving their 1859 sedan,
was cut on the face and legs.
Virginia State police said the
accident occurred when Mr..
Barker, who was driving south
ward, apparently lost control of
his sports car on the slippery
highway.
1t swerved across the high
way and the oncoming car in
which the Torreys were riding
smashed into it, police said.
A truck driven by Lee Darr
of Lily Pons, Md, then struck
the rear of the Torrey's sedan,
according to police. Mr.. Darr
was unhurt.
Promising Young Scientist
Described by associates as
a promising young scientist,
Mr.. Barker was graduated this
year from the University of
Maryland and was working at
the Naval Ordnance Laboratory
at White Oak, Md.
Mrs. Barker was the Secre-
tary of DR.. Joseph Rogers
Young, chief Of staff at Cas-
ualty Hospital, and DR.. James
w. Braden, a member Of the
hospital staff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barker grew
up in North Carolina where
they attended school together
and were childhood sweet
hearts.
They were driving to their
home towns at Oriental and
Arapahoe, N. c. A parakeet
they were carrying with them
also persisted in the wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star STAFF Writer

Sixth graders at Janney Ele-
mentary School slowly are ap-
preaching the end of the world
in their social studies work.
During the year they will be
learning about Canada, Mex
leo, two South American coun-
tries and two of the following
Great Britain, Southwest Eu-
rope, China and Russia.
Such a curriculum is a fal
cry from their first work in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Supreme Council,
Southern Jurisdiction, of
the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freema-
. sonry ends a week-long
convention in the Statler
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

kindergarten with social stud
les; then it centered on the
home. The children have since
moved through the neighbour
hood, the community, the city,
regions here and there" the
United States, and now the
world.
They will be at the end Of the
line this year. The only place to
go will be junior high school.
What happens in social stud
les also occurs in other subjects.
The sixth grade is the culmina-
tion-and the end-of elemen-
tary school.
Brings on Reviews
This helps to explain why
the final year for students at
Janney is not simply one OF
continuing academic progress
but also one Of considerable
review and consolidation.
| In arithmetic, for instance
the children in the class Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24

To find out whot kind Of education
the younger generation Of today is
getting, The Star sent Stoff Writer
Andrew W. Bingham beck to ele-
mentary school. Today in the last
Of seven articles Mr.. Binehom, q
Horvord graduate, discIoses whot he
learned as q ixth-erode student.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
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