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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-08

1.-THE entire marina has been
said to have q business poten-
tial of more than So million
annually" said James ]. Lynch.
commission treasurer.
$121.O43 Cost Seen
Dredging, levee repairs and
other maintenance are ex-
pected to cost $121,043 next
year. Only $80,500 is expected
to be required from the WSSC
tax and other revenues to Offset
the cost, according to the COM
missions proposed record
budget Of 1891 million for
1860.
For the first eight months Of
this year, river maintenance
cost $79.831. compared to Sat-
654 received from the tax and
other revenues.
The difference in expenses
will be met with rent and a
percentage Of receipts from the
marina.
1.-THE programs maximum
cost should be reached next
year and then level off," Mr..
Lynch said.
The Scent tax includes Z
cents for storm drainage work
throughout the county. plus l
penny each for maintenance
and bond redemption on the
flood control project,
Hope for Eventual Cut
Mr.. Lynch said he hopes that
income from the marina even
tually will be enough to enable
q 2-cent reduction in the tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-08
BY JAMES B. ROWLAND
star stan Writer

Fees from boat owners are
expected eventually to pay fol
maintenance Of the $12.3 mil
lion Anacostia River flood con-
troll project in Prince Georges
County.
For several years. however.
the project must be financed
in part by a portion Of a tax
of nine cents per 500 assessed
property valuation, levied in the
county by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion.
The bi-county agency will
assume responsibility for
dredging and levee repairs
along the Anacostia on No
vember II. The District Corps
Of Engineers is now doing the
work.
Fees at Marina
Boating enthusiasts will pay
for the maintenance with fees
to the Prince Georges Marina,
which opened last summer on
banks of the Anacostia in
Bladensburg.
The marina with lat slips
for boats has been leased for
20 years by a private boat
dealer. Rent to the commission
is $4,000 the first year and
$4,000 annually thereafter.
plus a percentage of gross re-
ceipts.
An additional 143 slips are
expected to be built. Plans also
call for construction Of a res
taurant, motel and boatel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-08

Court 1t won't help me much.
be said. I'm broke"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

factory variable pitch propeller
that could be applied to his
engine. There wasn't.
Over the years a number of
attempts have been made to
design variable pitch cupboard
propellerS, but no satisfactory
one was ever marketed.
O'Connor found that the only
variable pitch production pro-
peller was Of British manu-
facture designed for inboardS.
1t carried a price tag of $500.
y 4 \ \
O'Connor has remedied this
sorry state of affairs. A new
marine company is now mar
keting a variable pitch cupboard
propeller of O'Connor's design
called Multi-Pitch.
It's advertised as seven pro-
pellerS III One-a conservative
claim. because the three-blade
propeller of 1917 Inch diameter
offers an almost infinite pitch
range from 9 inches to is
inches.
1t is dubbed so that it will
fit any rs to 35 horsepower
Evinrude, johnson or Sea
King, as well as the Gale Buc-
cancer and Sea Bee %, IS and
IS. the Brochure and Royal
% and 25.
The Multi-Pitch prop has a
number of distinct advantages
over the conventional propel-
lerS available for these motors.
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vests in some alternate pro-
pellerS.
Many cupboard manufactur-
ers fit their power plants with
what they consider to be an
average" propeller, one that
viii perform in an average
manner on the average boat to
which they expect their motor
to be applied.
This is Just a studied guess
on the part of the manufac-
turer who realizes that there
really is no such thing as an
average boat nor an all-purpose
propeller.
Eventually most cupboard
owners realize that they need
not only an average" prop but
also one of considerably lesser
pitch for pushing heavy loads
or towing water skiers and an
other of considerably higher
pitch for high-speed activity
under light loads.
O'Connor asked his marine
dealer if there wasn't a salts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

sons ana bag limits for doves,
rails, gallinules and woodcock.
Mourning doves may be
hunted from IL o'clock noon
until sunset each day between
September 15-November Is, in
elusive. Bag limits remain 10
a day, 20 in possession.
The season for clapper rails
and gallinules opens Septem-
Der IL and closes October 81,
Bag limits are is a day in the
aggregate of rails and galli-
mules and 80 in possession.
Sora season extends from
September 12-October 81 and
Sora bag limits are is a day,
80 in possession.
Woodcock season opens with
the general hunting season on
November l6 and extends
through December rs. Bag
limits are 4 a day, 8 in pos
session. COVELL.
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AN D

then Club Nautico Of San Juan
keeps a plaque designating
Puerto Rico as the blue mar
lin capital Of the world"
v
Because a letter OF protest
from the county supervisors
arrived in Richmond too late,
Loudoun County will have its
first deer season this fall.
For several years the super
visors have successfully OPP
posed a deer season, but this
year the letter arrived after
the Game Commission had
made its decision.
AS in all counties east Of the
Blue Ridge, the season will
run from November l6 to jan
uary 5. The limit will be one
buck.
Loudoun County Chapter OF
the Izaak Walton League is
sponsoring a fishing contest
for youngsters Saturday at
club grounds a half mile south
of Leesburg on Route Is.
X 4 X 4
The Virginia Game Commits
sion has announced the sea-
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come out of the depths, mouth
agape, to seize the bait trailing
from the. two outriggers or
from the two lines astern.
Big Test in Hooking Fish
Remember that the biggest
test in marlin fishing is in
hooking the fish. You can't
doze off. You must be instantly
alert to throw off the brake
and give the marlin line as it
strikes, especially if it's in
clined to mouth and spit out
the bait, as they usually are.
With the current heavy run
Of marlin your chances of get
ting one on your first trip are
much brighter than were those
Of Jack Snyder, our friend and
member of the Ocean City
Light Tackle Club. Jack, a surf
fisherman, got the marlin bug
and made SO trips before he
ever boated one.
At a conservative cost of $25
per trip, assuming that he al
ways f1shed in a party, that
first white marlin cost him
1925.
Bottom Fishing Cheaper
With that in mind, maybe
you'd like to stick to bottom
fishing. Head boats go out of
several locations every morn
ing and for SIS a throw an
angler can catch sea bass and
porgies on the wrecks offshore,
including the wreck of. the
African Queen, the tanker
which went down last winter.
Already fish are finding its
rusting hulk a refuge.
Don't hesitate to take along
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WATER LINE
By HANK BOWMAN

Two summers ago Charles
O'Connor, a mechanical en-
gineer from Floral Park, N. Y,
was bitten by the boating bug.
He bought a 15-foot lap
Strake runabout, a 30-horse-
power cupboard motor. Like
many other boatmen, he ex-
pected his rig to be an all
purpose outfit.
O'Connor wanted to take up
water skiing but he found that
though the boat and motor
performed quite satisfactorily
for a Sunday outing with his
family, its performance towing
water Skiers was disappointing.
1t didn't take O'Connor long
to realize that a lack of pro-
peller selection was his problem
Unlike an automobile with a
gear shift or automatic trans
mission to do the shifting, the
cupboard is limited to one gear
ratio and one propeller pitch
and diameter.
At least the boats owner is
stuck with these unless he in
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The Cape Hatteras Billflsh
Club has named a team Of we'll
known anglers to take part in
the second phase Of the chal-
lenge match with Puerto Rican
fishermen to determine which
has the most blue marlin, Cape
Hatteras or Puerto Rico.
On the team will be DR.. ]. C.
Overbey. president of the Hat
teras club and team captain;
Ross Walker, Richmond;
George Purnell, Berlin. Md;
Reese Layton and Milt Chaski,
Baltimore; Wilbert w. Keech,
Welcome, Md; Howard Waller,
Delmar, Del, and AL Pheuger,
Miami.
The Hatteras team will fly
from Baltimore to San Juan
August IL. The three-day
match in Puerto Rican waters
is scheduled August 1915.
The first phase was fished
of Hatteras in June when the
Puerto Ricans landed seven of
the eight marlin boated. Total
weight of the fish was 2,145
pounds. If the weight in the
second phase exceeds this total,
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a spinning rod. A few casts
near the wrecks may catch you
a nice trout or two. It's being
done.
Last week ends northeaSter
knocked out founder fishing in
the inlet and in Sinepuxent
Bay, but the fish are expected
to come back as soon as the
muddy water clears. No. 6 buoy
in Sinepuxent Bay is reported
a current hot spot for kings,
also known as whiting. Trout
have been taken in that area
as well as at No. II buoy fur
ther up the Bay.
Shark Fishing Interesting
Another inlet sport getting
attention Of late is shark fish,
ing. Devotees perch on Josh
Bunting's Pier or the one
closer to the inlet depending
on which way the tide is run
ming and drift out long-dead
blues. bonito or similar bats.
Much f1sh-cleaning is done
on adjacent docks and sharks
up to 300 pounds cruise up
the channel looking for scraps.
An angler will use a big hook
on a stout wire leader at
tached to the heaviest tackle
he can muster. About 4 feet
up the leader will be tied an
empty gallon jug, tightly
sealed.
The jug keeps the heavy bait
floating free of the bottom so
that a cruising shark can see
it. When it bites, the angler
tries to stop it, but if it's too
big he jumps into one Of
Bunting'S small boats tied
alongside and goes for a boat
ride, towed by the shark.
Fish Near Dark
Best time to fish is on a rising
tide near dark. A good method
is to keep the reel in free spool,
allowing the shark to make off
while it leiSurely swallows the
bait. Then strike and hang on.
Fun, Ell?
Other anglers have been
trolling the inlet near dark or
casting from the breakwater
and catching rockflsh. One
couple we know took five weigh
ing up to 5 pounds on buck
tails and pork rind just above
the bridge. They had been
founder fishing and saw a little
school Of rock breaking.
II you like leiSurely fishing,
you can try the fishing pier on
the ocean side. Formerly mu-
nicipally operated and free to
anglers, it is now. privately con-
trolled and charges SO cents
for spectators and 81 for
anglers.
Surf fishing this season has
been very poor. There should
be kingflsh, spot and trout at
this season, but very few have
been taken.
In any event, you shouldn't
lack for fishing at Ocean City.
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in the branch Of wildlife re-
search, presented the official
1859 status report of water
fowl to the Waterfowl Advisory
Committee.
The findings were closely in
line with advance predictions
except for the Pacific Flyway,
which had been described as
possibly having in store a few
more birds than last year.
The committee and officials
of the Bureau of Sports Fish
cries and Wildlife then started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

a series Of closed meetings to
consider proposed waterfowl
regulations for l959-6O.
Recommendations of the bu-
reau will be presented to In
terror Secretary Seaton for his
action.
The consensus was that there
would be drastic courtailment.
probably through reductions in
shooting days, in at least the
Central, Mississippi and Attain
tic Flyways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
FROM MARLIN TO KINGFISH
Variety Adds Spice
ToOceon City Fishing
By CHARLES COVELL
Outdoor Editor

If fiShing's your sport you'll find that one of the
most interesting things about Ocean City, Nd is the
variety it offers.
From the lordly marlin to the lowly kingfiSh that
haunts the surf and bay waters there's fishing of
many kinds.
If you banker for marlin it's $500 per day for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

DOdI Plus d UP IOr Cne mdCe,
If he's done a good job and he
usually does. Divided among
four anglers-only four can
troll-that's not peanuts. Best
chance for a booking is mid
week because weekend dates
usually are arranged far in adj
vance.
You can bring your own 40
to go reel equipped with from
400 yards up of 20 to 80 pound
monofllament and your own 3/6
or SO rod. or you can use the
boats tackle, which usually is
heavier and less sporting.
Mate Rigs Bait
The mate will rig your
bait Of Squid or balao, COM
monty called ballyhoo, care
fully threading the wire leader
through the squid so that the
hook is concealed and the fish
rides the water in lifelike
manner.
The mate also will do a thou
sand and one extra chores. The
captain you'll seldom see. He'll
be high on the flying bridge
watching the water ceaselessly
as he cruises to find fish.
From the inlet the powerful
dual engines (mighty wonder
full to have If one should break
down far at sea- send your
boat throbbing to the Jack
Spot, some "a miles out. Not
much marlin fishing is being
done now on the Jack Spot
Lately they have been a few
miles further out but some
times they are sought as far
south as the Winter Quarter
LightShip.
There you'll cruise hopefully,
waiting for your trophy to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Duck Report
Hints More
Restrictions
By the Associated Press

The Fish and Wildlife Service
is precasting marked reductions
in the fall flights of ducks in the
Central and Mississippi Flyways
and moderate decreases in the
Pacific and Atlantic Flyways.
w. F. Crissey, staff specialist
Evening star., 1959-05-21

discretion of the court" Mr..
Doub told the meeting.
He called the Districts law
self defeating" contending
that juries shrink from con-
victing anyone of f1rst-degree
murder when they know that
capital punishment is inevi-
table.
He questioned whether the
mandatory death penalty has
been successful in deterring
murder in the District. In spite
of the law, he said. the homi-
eide rate in the District has
exceeded for years that of
many other metropolitan areas
| in the United States. He said
the rate of 9.7 murders per
100000 population here is
higher than Baltimore with S.S,
Boston with 2.6, New Orleans
with 8.4, and Cleveland with
- per cent.
Permits No judgment
Experience with this stat
ute," he said. makes clear
that under it, certain sanctions
may be lost through long de-
lays, reversals, retrials and ul-
timately inadequate punish
ment."
Since all first-degree murders
are punishable by the death
penalty, Mr.. Doub made it
clear, the law precludes any
discriminating Judgment, "any
use of lubricating common
sense and any exercise of COM
passion"
He declared that "it is be-
yond legislative ingenuity to
invent an effective mechanical
vending machine that will dis
Ipense automatic justice"
/ "The philosophy of this stat
ute," he said. ''in providing the
same compulsory ultimate
Evening star., 1959-05-21

aided police in capturing four
would-be kidnappers.
Death Risk Cited
Mr.. Marchegiani, who lives
at 1918 Michigan avenue Me-.
and his wife and daughter re-
manned in their house while
District police set a trap there
that resulted in q wild gun
fight. in the capture Of two
men and the arrest Of a third.
The fourth man was captured
later.
Mr.. Marchegiani. his wife,
daughter and sister, r-in-law
heard L. Clark Schilder, execu-
tive director of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association,
Ilaud them for exposing them
selves to death in the course
Of good law enforcement. He
said that they exemplified to
the highest degree the duties
and responsibilities of the pri-
vate citizen.
The meeting approved these
officers for the coming year:
Eugene Meyer. honorary
president; Robert c. Simmons.
president: Robert Woods Bliss,
first vice president; Ella G.
Werner, second vice president;
]. B. Shapiro, third vice pres
ident and membership chair
man: James Marley, treas
urer; Sally M. Orrison, secre-
tary; Fontaine Bradley, general
counsel, and John A. Remon,
honorary member.
Evening star., 1959-05-21

impact of this singular law by
strained and unnatural con-
structions that may do havoc
to our legal systm in future
cases."
Mr.. Doub attacked the
m andatory death penalty,
which is in force only in the
District, on the eve of the
meeting of the Judicial Con-
ference where judges and lead
ing lawyers will also consider
the question Of the automatic
death penalty.
In his argument against the
mandatory death sentence in
first degree murder cases, Mr..
Doub contended that if a
person is convicted of first-de-
gree murder in the District che
is less likely to be adequately
punished and society protected
than if in the first instance he
had been convicted Of second
degree murder"
81 Per Cent Reversals
He reported that the Court
of Appeals here reverses capital
cases-those where the death
sentence is automatically i'm
posed--in 81 per cent Of the
cases. He said this extra
ordinary figure" far exceeds the
reversals of non-capital Of
fenses.
He called. the District law
making the death sentence
mandatory in f1rst-degree cases
"the most conspicuous law Of
this character in the Free
World"
mo other country Of the
Free World requires the death
penalty and other countries
which have retained capital
punishment not only have re-
stricted its application but in
variably left imposition to the
Evening star., 1959-05-21

punishment for the unforeseen
consequence of another crime
for a deliberate, calculated
killing for money cannot fail
to result in the unequal ad-
ministration of justice"
Evening star., 1959-05-21

The association at Its meet
ing in the Ambassador Hotel
also gave its first annual Mr..
Citizens Award. The recipient
was Felix Marchegiani. who
Evening star., 1959-05-21
Fixed Death Penalty
Seen Defeating Justice
BY MIRIAM OTTENBERG
Star staff writer

A Justice Department spokesman yesterday spoke out
against the mandatory death penalty in effect in the
District
Assistant Attorney General George Cochran Doub told the
23d meeting of the Washington Criminal Justice
Association:
appellate tribunals have lately attempted defect the
Evening star., 1959-05-21
Civic Unit Up
Welfore Program

The River Terrace Civic AS
sociation last night named q
committee TO assist people or
families needing welfare help.
The program Of the commit
tee includes provisions for rails
ing food from the community
and giving loans up to SIS in
cases Of temporary distress.
The committee also viii direct
the needy to appropriate met
|ropolitan welfare agencies.
The association reported q
membership Of 402. twice last
years number.
Walter Lewis presided In the
River Terrace Elementary
School.
Evening star., 1959-05-21

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t-coor Lotone foIe Sizes 32-38 B, c cups; "a
9-l5 A. B cups ~
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blue/qreen woven ploid Lotone oIIe Sizes n
34-40 B and c cups A4'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-13
Check Defendant
Fails as Lawyer

Jail house painter Frederick
r. Putnam disrupted the legal
decorum Of a Municipal Court
room yesterday before he was
found guilty of false pretenses
in a forged check case.
The 4l-year-old bad check
writer, who two years ago dec
Grated District jail with murals,
fired his defense attorney, Miss
Lola Boswell, and took over
himself.
Then he asked Judge Harry
L. Walker for permission to
subpoena as witnesses in his
defense the head of the De-
partment of Corrections, a
CongresSman'S secretary and
several Washington newsmen.
Permission was denied.
At one point, Mr.. Putnam
provided an outburSt from the
prosecutor, Assistant United
States Attorney Maurice B.
Dunie. when he questioned Mr..
Dunie's veracity on a court
issue.
That's a lie," shouted Mr..
DUNE.
Judge Walker found Mr.. Put
nam guilty of writing another
mans name on a $51 check and
passing it off on a grocery
store manager. He sentenced
Mr.. Putnam to four months in
jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-13
President
Burs Visit
ByChou
By the Associated Press

Representative Porter, Dem
ocrat of Oregon, said yesterday
President Eisenhower has
turned down his suggestion that
Red China'S Premier Chou En-
lai be invited to visit the United
States.
Mr.. Porter had suggested an
exchange of visits between
Chou and Mr.. Eisenhower or
that the President encourage
United States visitor exchanges
with Red China. The proposal
was prompted by the projected
visit exchange between Mr.. Ell
senhower and Soviet Premier
Khrushchev.
Mr.. Eisenhower wrote Mr.
Porter that Il cannot agree
with you that it would be de-
sirable for this country to give
diplomatic recognition to Com
munist China or for me to in
vite Chou En-lai to visit this
country"
so long as the balance of
advantage lies in maintaining
our present policies in the Far
East, I believe we should not
change them" Mr.. Eisenhower
said.
Mr.. Porter. commenting on
the reply, said of course such
an invitation involves recog-
milton of Red China but, he
added. this can be done with
Iut turning soft"
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been covering the White House
for years was surprised speech
less the other day when he and
a group playing golf on the
Gettysburg Country Club course
let the President and his. party
go through, and Mr.. Eisenhower
smilingly said: Thank you,
fellows" The same thing had
happened several times before
without the Thank you"
When the President walked
out of the temporary White
House press room yesterday,
his limousine was waiting out
side to take him the less than
half-a-block to the entrance Of
the Hotel Gettysburg where he
has set up his temporary White
House Office in a second floor
suite.
Secret Service agents, re-
Sponsible for the Presidents
protection. obviously wanted
him to get in the car to avoid
any possible risk Of walking
to the hotel through a crowd
Of a few hundred townspeople
and tourists gathered to see
him.
But Mr.. Eisenhower chose to
walk through the crowd, stop
ping every once in a while to
shake hands with someone.
nodding and smiling friendly
greetings all the way.
"Selling" His Ideas
This sort Of thing would be
expected in a man running for
Office. But Mr.. Eisenhower is
not a candidate for anything
the Constitution bars him from
another term. He isn't trying
to sell himself-he is trying to
sell his ideas.
Foremost among these ideas
is peace-finding some way to
solve the basic problems divid-
ing the East and West so as tn
thaw out the cold war and
reduce the threat of a hot war.
So when all other methods
failed to make any progress
toward a settlement with the
Soviet Union. the President
decided early in July to invite
Premier Khrushchev here and
visit Russia, himself.
He emphasized yesterday
that he does not intend at all
for his meetings with Mr..
Khrushchev to involve any
real negotiation of basic East
West differences.
Il would hope for a better
ing of the atmosphere be-
tween the East and the West"
he said Il am trying to do
my best to see whether we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-13

can't bring about somewhat
better relations between the
two (the United States and
RUSSIA. and maybe he can
learn a little bit more about
our country, as certainly can
about his"
The President intends to do
some plain talking to Mr.. Khru-
shchev, One thing he wants to
ask the Soviet Premier, he
told his news conference
yesterday. is why he will not
allow such progress" in lower
level negotiations that would
Justify a summit meeting.
He also feels that 1t is high
time to ask Mr.. Khrushchev
right out what he is up to with
some Of his tough talking, and
to suggest that he call of his
dogs" by stopping trying to
stir up Communist agitation
in this and other free countries.