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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
NAACP Decides
Not to Appeal
Norfolk RuIino

NORFOLK, Va, July 4 CAP).
"A Federal court ruling up
holding the Norfolk School
Boards pupil assignment plans
will not be appealed by Negro
plaintiffs who had challenged
the validity of the plan. 4
Oliver w. Hill..lsAACP at
torney, said I'VE decided after
due consideration and consul
tation WITH our clients not to
appeal the case"
But, Mr.. Hill said, he in
terpreted Judge Walter E. Hoff-
mans ruling to mean the as
signment procedures are APP
propriate only during the
transition" from a segregated
to a desegregated school sys-
TEN.
The assignment plan, which
sets forth procedures and
criteria for pupil assignments,
applied only to unusual"
transfers and admissions, such
as a Negro child to a white
school or a white child to a
Negro school.
On May 8 Judge Hoffman
agreed with the school boards
contention that the admission
of a Negro child TO an all-white
or predominantly white school
will continue to be unusual
for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Three Men Lying
Across Tracks
Killed by rain

DANVILLE, Va, July 4 (AP)
"A freight train struck three
men lying across the railroad
tracks about a mile east of
here late last night, killing all
three and dragging parts of
their bodies more than 100
feet.
State police identified the
men as Clarence Minter, 26, OF
Ringgold, and Franklin Leigh,
Is, and William Goble. 25, both
of Scheduled.
Engineer J. ]. Klein of Ports
mouth said the train. an At
lantic and Danville freight
northbound from Norfolk to
Danville, was nearly on top of
the men before he saw they
were lying on the tracks.
Before he could stop the
train, the bodies had been cut
to pieces and dragged some 100
feet to a trestle, Mr.. Klein told
investigating officers.
E. L. Tuck, deputy sheriff Of
Pittsylvania County, said ap-
parently the men had beer
drinking heavily. He said the
trains conductor, unidentified
thought he detected an effort
by one of the men to raise UP
as the train bore down on them
Mr.. Tuck said the freight was
moving about rs miles per hour
The tragedy occurred about
1890 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
AAA Warns Autoists
On Air Conditioners

The American Automobile AS
ISOLATION has warned Virginia
motorists buying car air condi-
TONERS that not all units will
pass State inspection.
Many Virginia drivers have
been ordered to remove air
conditioners so their cars could
pass inspection, an AAA Spokes-
man said. A list of acceptable
air conditioners can be OBJ
tanned from the AAA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Principal Quits
InFaIIsChurch
Reed Takes Job
In Maryland

Raymond R. Reed, principal
Of George Mason Junior-Seniol
High School in Falls Church
Va, which was involved in re-
cent political battles, has re-
signed to become principal OF
Northwestern Senior High
School in Prince Georges Coun-
ty, Md.
Mr.. Reed said, however, that
the controversy over the school,
had nothing to do with his
decision to move.
The high school became ar
issue in the recent city council
election after a conServatively-
controlled school board elm
mated some guidance and
maintenance employees at the
school and voted to shift the
seventh grade from the high
school next year.
Mr.. Reed was questioned by
the school board after a group
OF students staged a mourning
ceremony protesting the school,
board budget reduction.
Some school board members
also criticized Mr.. Reed last
year when he sent home ma
terial to parents telling them
that the school would be over
crowded.
Some board m e mbers
thought I was trying to drum
up a pressure campaign, but
my position that we would be
overcrowded proved to be
right" he said.
Mr.. Reed said that his new
school in Hyattsville will have
a bigger student body, 2,10C
compared to 800 at George
Mason.
The 49-year-old principal
will receive an increase in pay
from $4,000 to $4,000. He
said he would move soon to
Prince Georges County from
his present home at 2733 North
Jefferson street, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Rule Over CITY
By Congress
Is Dep|ored
Privilege to Vote
Requested Even
For Dog Catcher

1t is a disgrace" for Con-
gress to act as a city council
for Washington, Mrs. Richard
C. Simonson, vice president OF
the District League of Women
Voters, said yesterday.
In appealing for District
home rule, Mrs. Simonson called
for a local vote "even If II
means a vote for dog catcher"
Mrs. Simonson appeared on
the hour-long Capital Round
table" program on radio sta
ton WGAY.
Other Participants
Other participants were
George Pendleton, a director
Of the Washington Home Rule
Committee, and Walter l
Pozen, the committees legisla-
tive counsel.
Mrs. Simonson said it is
frustrating to escort foreign
visitors around the city and
tell them that there is no local
vote.
Mr.. Pendleton said there are
% home rule bills before the
House. In the Senate, he said,
there would be a vote on home
home rule legislation within
the next 10 days.
Mr.. Pozen said much Of the
legislation is too cumbersome
and that nothing is being done.
Support Cited
He added both President Eli
senhower and former PreSi-
dent Truman, the AFL-CIO
and various church groups sup
port home rule for the District.
The Senate District Com
mittee has taken favorable &C
ton on home rule legislation.
Commenting on this, Mr.. Pozen
said:
The Senate committees
overwhelming endorsement of
home rule for the Nations Cap
ital highlights the fact that re-
Sponsibility for returning the
vote to the District now rests
with the House District Com
mittee.
This is a disquieting fact,
since the chairman of the COM
mittee Representative Nc
MILAN, Democrat of South
Carolina) which has been de-
signed to give a fair and i'm
partial hearing to this vital
legislation recently has indi-
Gated his total opposition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
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Continued From First Page
exact location Of any fire in
the Pentagon.
when we got there Thurs
day." Chief Clements declared
"a guard had my first men on
the scene lay out 1000 feet OF
hose to reach fire that was
only 1850 feet from where we
first came in.
When I got there, I saw this
dead line running directly away
from the fire and asked the
battalion chief on the scene
to explain it." Chief Clements
said. He told me a guard who
was waiting for them had led
the men in the wrong direction
That also delayed the freight
ing operation"
Masks Inadequate
He said his men were
equipped with 33-pound oxygen
masks, good for half an hour OF
breathing in heavy smoke
Chief Clements said it took IL
minutes to get to the fire, an
other 10 to get through smoke
leaving about 10 minutes OF
working time.
Some of them didn't have
watches handy and didn't make
it all the way back" he said.
There were no fatalities ir
the four-hour blaze but about
40 men from all departments
involved were treated for smoke
inhalation. Several men suf-
fered nausea and other after
effects of inhaling smoke from
the burning magnetic tapes
which released fumes of hydro
chloric acid and other irritants
Chief Clements said he woulc
recommend, if asked, that the
Pentagon install a sprinkler
system.
when the Pentagon was
built Is years ago, it was about
as fireproof as a building car
be made" Chief Clements said
Since then, however, they
have honeycombed it with
wooden partitions and floors
and ceilings of other combus-
tible material.
IT'S long, sealed corridors
act as dead-end chimneys ir
time of fire, combining the
smoke and gases. In addition
to a building-wide sprinkler
system, it also needs an emer-
gency ventilation system by
which these gases could be re-
leased" he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Boutmun Beaten,
Thrown in River

ANNAPOLIS, July 4 (AP).-
William Voinche, 29-year-old
waterman, told police he was
beaten and thrown into the
Severn River yesterday by six
men who boarded his rowboat.
Mr.. Voinche said the men I'M
Justly accused him of stealing
crabs they had caught in the
area, just off the United States
Naval Academy. He said they
boarded his small craft from
two 35-foot fishing boats, pun
meled him, heaved him over
board, and disabled his out
board motor.
Mr.. Voinche managed to
struggle back into his boat and
row ashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Fairfax Men Fuce
Bad Check CHARGES

Two Fairfax County men are
scheduled to appear in County
Court July 80 on charges of
writing three bad checks
totaling 1924.
County Detective Richard
Wahl identified the men as
Matthew j. Sanza, IS, of 8O2
Ridge road. Columbia Pines,
and Loren E. Sellars. 40, of
302 Nash street, Herndon. De-
tective Vail said the men had
written the checks in April to
obtain building supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Builder Killed
As Lumber Falls

BALTIMORE, July 4 (AP).-
A homebuilder was killed yes
terday when a load of lumber
fell on him as he inspected a
construction project in Balti-
more County.
Police said j. c. Browne, 49,
was fatally injured when the
lumber fell from a worklift
Two workmen leaped clear.
Mr.. Browne was president OF
the Maryland Housing Corp
and the Lumber and Millwork
Co. of Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04

old Family Services Center and
the Wing Headquarters build
ing at Boiling.
1t. Col. Charles o. B. Cow
ardin, head of the services
division responsible for moving
offices for the Air Force, said
the Boiling site was selected
yesterday.
Has COmputers
The air base has the neces-
Sary Univac computers there to
replace electronic equipment
destroyed by the fire in the Air
Force statistical branch.
Col. Cowardin said the 10
telephone trunk lines Servicing
the Pentagon regular Office hav.
been connected to the hangar
and will be ready for use Mon
day morning.
Last night, civilian and mill
tary working crews already mad
unloaded desks. typewriters
filing cabinets. coat racks and
office supplies into the hangar
Report to PentagOn
About 200 feet of filing cabi-
nets containing classified ma
terial. the only files saved, also
had been moved and were kept
under guard.
Col. Cowardin said the office
personnel other than key Of
flcials who know about the
change-will report to the
Pentagon Offices. They will be
transported in shuttle buses
to Boiling.
Parking spaces will be made
available Monday for employees
driving to work, Col. Cowardin
said. Boiling cafeteria facil-
tiles, he said, would be able to
feed the displaced workers.
The airplane hangar, No. 2,
a short walk from the Opera
tons Building near the main
gate, has been furnished with
brand-new equipment from the
General Services Administra-
ton warehouse at Franconia
Va.
1t will be "the office" of the
statistical branch for the next
80 days or so. Employees will
have to forego smoking, all
conditioning, cold water and a
few of the other Pentagon
comforts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Homemukers Elect

ROANOKE, Va, July 4 (AP)
Brenda Stout of Alta Vista
High, was elected president of
the Virginia Association of Flu
ture HomemakerS of America
here Thursday. Betty Lanum,
Albemarle High, Charlottes-
vile, was elected a vice presi-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Car Removal
Irks0Wners
Towed Awoy
To Allow PAVING

Court protests are to bt
voiced by a group of residents
whose cars were towed away be-
cause of road paving in Langley
Park, Md.
The motorists aren't object.
ing to road Improvements
They are incensed about the
lack of warnings before paving
began in the Prince Georges
community.
The no-parking signs were
posted too Sparsely and missed
the more obvious locations, mo-
florists contend.
County police said more thar
so cars were ticketed on JUNE
% and % for being in the way
More than 80 cars were toweC
away to garages, according tc
Lyman Tannenbaum of zoos
Ruatan street, who is spear
heading objections.
The motorists plan to appear
July 16 in Hyattsville Police
Court to object to their parking
tickets.
Park in Dark
Gregory j. Sexton of 1905
Fifteenth avenue said he ano
his wife arrived home late al
night from an out-of-town TRIP
and failed to see any signs
posted in the darkness.
Il don't think I'm supposed
to go looking for no-parkine
signs when I park at night
especially in front of my own
home" he said.
The next morning, he said
he watched from his home as
his imported sports car was
being towed down the street
He said police ignored his oftel
to move the car himself.
THE tow-truck dented my
tenders and burned out the
transmission" he said.
Mr.. Tannenbaum said he
parked on a service road before
joining his car pool. When he
returned in the evening the
car was gone, he said.
Il saw some others standing
around looking for their cars
and then we figured out what
had happened.
Later 1 found out the no.
parking sign had been posted
about 100 yards below where
had parked" he said.
Ticketed on Moving
Another resident said his
wife was ticketed as she drove
out of her parking space. He
said he had moved their car
from his own street after see
ing a sign, but failed to see
another at the foot of the road
where he parked.
The Sign-posting is the re-
sponsibility Of the county De-
partment of Public Works
which is having the road work
done, officials said.
Some motorists also COM
planned that in addition to
parking tickets, they had to
pay up to $12 towing charges
to get their cars back. County
police say they have no au-
thority over towing charges,
and that garages usually base
their rates on distance.
A Montgomery County man
was promised reimbursement
when his car was mistakenly
towed away because of road
paving work-work that err
roneously was carried beyond
the Prince Georges County
line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
SUNDAYS BEST READING
$4,000 Readers Pick
10 Goals for the Nation

AMERICAS GOALS-On April 10, 1852 This Week
Magazine published article titled How You
Can Help the President" Readers were asked To
vote on the most important goals the Nation
should strive for in the next decade This Sunday
the results are published by This Week: $4,000
votes tabulated and scored. Number one goal
turned out to be: Control Initiation" The re-
port has been forwarded to President Eisenhower
and is must reading for all who think about their
country'S future.
KILLER" KILLEBREW - pictorial profile of the
Senators big gun at the plate is top feature of
Sunday, The Star Magazine Other top features
include: Tips on how not to leave your home a
vacation time temptation to housebreakers the
story of the ArmyNavy Country Club, now the
worlds largest, and account of how scientists in
West Virginia shopping around the universe bv
Kaleidoscope.
STAR SNAPSHOT CONTEST-The Stars annual ANA
teur Snapshot Contest is now under way For an
explanation of how the contest works read special
articles in Sunday and on The Sunday Stars
camera page.
CHOOSY ABOUT THEIR MOVIES-Teen-agers give
the movie theaterS plenty of business. But they
pick their films carefully. For teen-agers thinking
on movies read TEENS cover story this Sunday
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Sentry Kills Self
While Cleaning Gun

OTIS AIR FORCE BASE.
Mass, July 1 (AP) .-Airman
lie Ernest R. Batten of Buck
harmon, w. Va, accidentally
killed himself yesterday WINE
cleaning his AS caliber service
pistol on duty.
An Air Force spokesman said
the victim, an air policeman,
was found dead by the sentry
who arrived to relieve him.
Investigation showed the
shooting was an accident. he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
City Aide Named

RICHMOND, July 4 (AP).-
Robert T. FAIRY. 40, was named
city director of finance by City
Manager Horace E. Idwards
this week. Mr.. FAIRY had been
acting director since the death
in April of j. Maurice Miller
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Two Area Children
Killed in Collision
Heud-On Crash
In Mississippi
Injuries Parents

Two Upper Marlboro (Md.)
children we're killed and their
parents critically injured yes
terday in an automobile acci-
dent near Savoy, Miss, as the
Nations holiday traffic toll con-
tinued to mount.
In Anne Arundel County, Md.
a man was killed early today as
he walked across the road near
Pasadena, Md.
Killed in the Mississippi acct
dent were David Haggard, 4,
and his brother, J. r. Haggard,
/. Their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Haggard of 1ll9 Mid
land terrace, Upper Marlboro,
were reported by the Associated
Press as in critical condition.
The victims were among
f1ve'killed when two cars carry
ing 10 persons collided headon
during a rafnstorm.
Killed in the s6hond car were
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil H. Braden,
both in their mid-40s, and Mrs.
w. E. Braden, about 40, all of
Admission, Ala. Roy Stanley
Braden of Admission. listed as
the driver of the second car,
was seriously injured.
Pitched From Car
State highway patrolmen
said four of the victims were
thrown out of the cars. The
collision occurred near Savoy,
about five miles south of Meri-
dian in eaSt-central Mississippi.
Maryland State police identi-
fed the Anne Arundel County
victim as Ernest Martin, about
go, of Pasadena.
Police said William Frederick
Carter of Pasadena was pass
ing another vehicle travelling in
the same direction on Route
1T, 500 feet east of Jumpers
Hole road, when he struck Mr..
Martin, a pedestrian. A charge
OF reckless driving was placed
against the driver, police said.
Mr.. Martin was pronounced
dead on the scene by DR.. Gus
tav Flaubert, Anne Arundel
County medical examiner, at
2::25 am.
Four persons were injured,
one seriously. when two cars
collided on Route 301 north of
Route 4 in Upper Marlboro,
Md, at 2:12 am.
Admitted to the Naval Hos
pital at Bethesda, Md, was
Chester w. Rogers, %, of New
Bern, N. c., with broken ribs
and shoulder. Admitted to
Prince Georges General Hos
pital with a fractured jaw was
Mrs. Rita Phail, 40, of Mont
vale, N. j. Treated and released
there were her husband, Will
bur H. Phail, As, and their
daughter, Diane, IA, police said.
Veers Over Highway
Police said Mr.. Rogers started
to pass another car travelling
in the same direction but cut
back into his own lane, ran onto
the shoulder and went out of
control. His vehicle, police said,
then veered across the highway,
striking the car driven by Mr..
McPhail which had pulled off
the road to avoid the collision.
Three others were injured IN
another accident on Route 301
a quarter of a mile north Of
Rosaryville at 4:10 am. Police
listed them as Mr.. and Mrs. AL
fonSe P. Maillard, %, and Ron
aid Beasley, 33, all of New York
City.
Police said their car at
tempted to pass another vehicle
travelling the same direction
but went out of control and
turned over. All were treated
and released at Prince Georges
General Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04

State legislative delegates from
lSangamon County, he had
sr'ived tirelessly to have the
State capital shifted from Van
dalia to Springfield.
Now, on July 4, 1887, their
success was crowned with an
invitation to help lay the cor
nerstone Of the new State Capt.
| toll building. The seven men
from Sangamon were triumph
antly pleased.
Earlier that day-even though
it was a national holiday-the
court had been in session, and
Lawyer Lincoln was busy argu-
ing cases for his clients.
This was the unspectacular
way the man from Illinois
marked one of the "a indie
pendence Days in which his
activities have been traced by
historians.
Day-by-Day
The Lincoln Sesquicentennial
Commission, which next spring
will publish a chronology of
Lincoln's daily activities as
revealed by written accounts,
made the July 4 roundup. The
commission and its advisers
on the Lincoln Day-by Day
chronology concede it has many
missing days.
independence Day, 1881, was
the first the Lincoln scholars
were able to pin down. Their
finding was uneXciting but
characteristic of the young
frontiersman. He was return
ing to Illinois by steamboat
after delivering a load of cargo
to New Orleans by f1atboat.
Here are some of the other
July 4 entries:
1836-Running for the State
Legislature, he participated in a
political rally at Petersburg,
Ill. Whether he spoke is not
mentioned.
1837-The cornerstone laying
in Springfield.
Official in Parade
1839-Served as assistant
marshal of a parade in Spring.
field.
l842-He was worrying about
his courtShip of Mary Todd, and
wrote to his closest friend, Josh
Speed, expressing his uncer-
tainties. He married her four
months later.
l845-Spoke at an elaborate
celebration in Springfield.
1847-En route on his first
visit to Chicago to attend riv-
ers and harborS convention to
discuss the merits of railroads
versus canal building.
1848-Attended another cor
nerstone laying-this one for
Washington Monument in the
Nations Capital. He was then
a member of Congress.
1849-Involved in writing
letters to Federal officials seek
ing a patronage appointment
for a political friend.
1850-Went to Chicago to
argue a case in Federal court.
1856-Political speech at a
Republican rally for Fremont
at Princeton, Ill.
1858-WaS plotting his I'M
successful campaign for United
States Senator by trying to fig
ure out which Illinois districts
were safe, hopeless or worth
struggling for"
1859-Main speaker at a pa
triotic rally in Atlanta, Ill.
1960-AS nominee for Presi-
dent. wrote a letter to his fam
lily physician. DR.. Arson G.
Henry, passing along the news
that Tad Lincoln had scarlet
fever and that Lincoln thought
the Chicago ticket" (his own
would be elected.
Message on War
1861-Sent his war message
to Congress justifying his
emergency actions in their alb
sence. Also reviewed 10000
men of the 23d New York Regi-
ment, the "Garibaldi Guards"
in front of the White House.
1862-Had an interview with
Gen. Marcy, father-in-law and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
RECORD OF EVENTS
LincoIn's July 4ths
Traced by Historians
BY JOHN w. STEPP
Star STAFF Writer

Much the saith President of the United States today
lays the cornerstone Of the Capitol of the Nation country
pocandestned to become the 18th Presdentwas
performing the rite in Springfield Ill., exactly l22 years
ago.
Abraham Lincoln had earned the privilege With fellow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Hangar Fitted to Serve
Homeless AT Staff

The Air Force today began to convert of its hangers
Boiling Field into Office to house $50 employees left with
desks by the Pentagon fire Thursday
Come Monday. the military civilian workers will be
sitting in front of brandnew desks facing T29 navigation
training plane which occupies the other half of the hangar
Another so employees will be housed temporarily at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-04
Message on War

1861-Sent his war message
to Congress justifying his
emergency actions in their alb
sence. Also reviewed 10000
men of the 23d New York Regi-
ment, the "Garibaldi Guards, p"
in front of the White House.
1862-Had an interview with
Gen. Marcy, father-in-law and
, 1959-07-09

gin Islands in recommending enactment Of the attached
proposed legislation.
The Judicial Council has also proposed an amend
Inent to Section q of Title 4 Of the Virgin Islands Code
which would increase the salaries of the Municipal Judges
from $1,000 per annum to $11,O00 per annuna. III, view Of
the fact that the Governor wishes to make certain recon-
concerning this proposed bill, have deferred
transrnittal Of it until his return, and it is respectfully re-
quested that no action be taken by the Legislature on such
amendment until the Governor has had the opportunity
to make his views known tosyou.