davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
DC. Transit Is Hit
On Monopoly Aims
Arnold Says
Firm Breaks
rust Lows
By GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

Attorney Thurman Arnold to-
day told House committeeman
that tax advantages enjoyed by
D. G. Transit System were pea
nuts" compared to monopoly
power he said the firm used to
drive sightseeing competitors
out Of business.
Mr.. Arnold, former chief of
the Justice Departments ANTI
trust Division. represented Gray
Line sightseeing and limousine
services at a hearing before a
House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee.
His firm helped Gray Line
officials draft legislation now
being considered to forbid d. c.
Transit from using its transit
equipment and personnel for
sightseeing.
Results of Sc Franchise
District Commissioners and
members of the Public Utilities
Commission testified yesterday
that tax exemptions granted
D. c. Transit by Congress in a
1856 francise allowed the COM
pany to funnel transportation
receipts into limousine and
charter bus activities.
The question of unfair COM.
petition goes far beyond the
tax exemptions" Mr.. Arnold
said. Taxes are peanuts COM
pared with D. C. Transit utili-
cation Of transit resources for
sightseeing"
He noted that d. C. Transit
could not afford to lose $780,
600 annually on its sightseeing
operations unless it expected
to take the loss in order to
drive out competition. D. C.
Transit is dipping into trans
portation funds" to substitute
sightseeing-a practice con-
demned by the Supreme Court
in numerous cases, according
to Mr.. Arnold.
He said he was very sur
prised" at the position of the
Public Utilities Commission
that the pending bills would
take D. c. Transit's private
property. BY prohibiting the
use of buses and drivers for
sightseeing. the bills would
keep D. C. Transit from en-
gaging in a sightseeing BUSH
ness which had been the right
of its predecessor, Capital
Transit Co., and was guaran-
teed by Congress in the franz
chise. according to the Com
mission report on legislation.
Cites Antitrust Laws
Present practices of D. C.
Transit are in plain violation Of
ANTITRUST laws" Mr.. Arnold de-
clared. bills to stop those prac-
tices could not be declared un-
constitutional"
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, asked why d,
c. Transit had not been prose.
cuted if it were violating anti
trust laws.
We'll, there is a very grave
difference of opinion between
me and the Public Utilities
Commission. and. l suspect, the
Justice Department on this
question:" Mr.. Arnold replied.
D, C. Transit officials will
have their chance to testify on
the bills at the next scheduled
hearing at 10 am. next Tues
day. They have commended that
Gray Line, not d. c. Transit. is
the monopolistic giant of the
local sightseeing field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
Group Urges Arlington
ToAvoid Becoming City

having city status would be the
power to annex new land. In
corporation also would give Ar
lington more independence al
lowed cities in running their
local affairs.
Mr.. Campbell said the pro-
posed charter will be presented
to the county board Saturday.
He said the commission will
recommend that the charter be
approved by the State Legis-
lature at its 1860 session.
Once the charter is approved
by the Legislature, it would be
up to the voters to decide when
and if the county will incorpo-
rate. A referendum could be
set in motion by the county
board or 10 per cent of the
qualified voters.
A proposed city charter has
been available to Arlington for
about Is years. but county Of
f1cials say it is inadequate and
outmoded. City status under
that charter was rejected by
county voters in 1852,
Draft Changes Few
The commission made a few
changes from the preliminary
charter draft on which a hear
ing was held in February.
Among the most important is
one which would require APP
proval of the voters before any
bonds could be issued.
Under the original draft,
bonds could have been issued
by action of a 5-member city
council. Although this authority
is provided in most city char
tiers, several persons at the
February hearing spoke against
it for Arlington.
Among other controversial
provisions in the charter are
appointment Of a city attorney
by the council rather than hav-
ing him elected, and authorize
ton for the collection Of local
taxes to be taken over by the
director of finance instead Of
the elective treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21

eNo SFNA$H AAA01~ ~ Ae@tANANN-fSs4N<A 2
know. there's nothing quite so
fine as a good wind when you're
going to sea IN q sailhoat.
The ninesmembef crew Of
the cutter Theodore out of
Southampton. England.
bound for Southampton, Eng
land. the long way--yia the
West Indies and the United
States-still hasn't got over the
faithfulness of the winds that
have carried them two-thirds
of their 12,000-mile voyage.
The Theodore, an elderly So
foot-Single-master whose hull
rides anxiously low in the wa
ter, has just arrived in Wash
ington. At her berth of the
Capital Yacht Club, some of
her crewmen yesterday were
lolling about the decks reflect
ing on their good fortune.
Terribly lucky" observed
Sean Gardner. 10, a recent
graduate of Marlborough Col
lege. Wiltshire. H elpful trade
winds from the Canary Islands
to the British West indies were,
of course, to be expected, young
Gardner explained.
But what we didn't expect
was the following winds we got
from the English Channel
across the Bay of Biscay to the
Canaries," he said. The breezes
were even good, though varia-
BILE, from Puerto Rico up the
coast and the Intracoastal
Waterway to Washington.
The party of Britishers-three
girls included-are all on ex-
tended vacations. Most are re-
cent college graduates. al
though their skipper-and the
Theodora's owner-Christophel
st. John Ellis, SO, is a mathe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
"A GREAT MANY COuN-

"A GREAT MANY COUN-
TRIES contributed. Siam,
China, Turkey and recently
liberated Greece were among
them. Their gift stones are
part of the monument today.
"And among those re-
spending was the ruler of the
Papal States, a strip across
the Italian Peninsula in the
latitude of Rome.
eThe ruler who expressed
his admiration for George
Washington by the gift of a
stone was Pope Plus TX.
st was at the time the
American Party, a nativist,
anti : foreign, anti Catholic
movement, was coming into
prominence. They were called
Know Nothings. It was a
secret society movement and
that was their answer to any
one who asked about it.
"The Know Nothings de-
manded that the Washington
National Monument Society
return the stone to the Pope.
The society, then as now,
made up of leading citizens,
paid no attention.
ION the night Of March /,
1854, a delegation of nine
Know Nothings under the
leadership of a man named
Sam Briggs, went to the
Washington Monument, held
up the night Waterman with
a pistol, entered the con-
struction shed and removed
the stone.
They are supposed to have
trundled the stone to a wait
ing boat in the canal which
was where Constitution ave-
nue. is now and to have taken
it out into, the Potomac and
dumped 1t.
"They didn't. Apparently
the stone was such a wonder
full souvenir to them that
they we're unwilling to lose
it. They buried it in the
woods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
Foirfox Gets U. S. Loan
To Start Water System
$500, 900 Advanced for Design
Of Lines for North Part of County

The Government today agreed to lend Fairfax County
100000 for design of S. million water system to
the northern part of the county including Chanty Airport
The advance to the County Water Authority was
approved by Commissioner John c. Hazene of the
munity Facilities Administration.
1t will be used to plan 35-me water line which will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
Fire Victim Dies
Of May z Burns

Eugene Cain, 81. of 344O
lakewood terrace NV, who
was burned May 2 in a fire in
his second-floor rear bedroom,
died at 2:10 am. today at Dis
trict General Hospital.
Firemen said Mr.. Cain suf.
fered burns over the entire
body when his bed caught fire
from a cigarette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
Plan for CIV Expansion
Is Both Urged ondHit

George Washington University officials today appealed to
Commissioners for general Endorsement of
pansion plan while citizens strongly urged rejection
of the request.
Commissioners who took the matter under study had
been advised BY Corporation Counsel Chester H. Gray
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
DC. Schools
Vote 10 Stiffen
Honors Course
Language, Muth
Units Boosted;
4 Trucks Okoyed
BY JOHN McKELwAY
star stan Writer

Major curriculum changes
were approved yesterday by the
District Board Of Education.
These are. the highlights:
/. Beginning next September,
students entering the honors
program at the 10th grade will
be required to take three units
Of science or three units Of q
foreign language. Today, stu
dents are required to take two
units in each subject.
2. Honor students in Junior
high. will. by September of 1860,
be required to take one adj
ditional unit in language, one
in mathematics and one in
social studies.
3. In the eighth grade, honors
courses in language or algebra
will be accepted as part Of the
total requirement for gradu-I
alton.
4. Honor students, by 1860,
will need Is units for gradu-
alton, compared to the present
Is.
5. All pupils entering the
college preparatory sequence
next September will be re-
quired to take an additional
year of science.
Hansen Recommended
The changes were contained
in q set Of recommendations to
the board from School Supt.
Carl F. Hansen. Also APP
proved was the four-track pro-
gram in the senior high
schools ION q continuing basis"
Up until yesterday the board
had watched the operation of
the track system on an expert
mental basis only.
Also approved at yesterdays
meeting was a proposal to post
pone the city college idea in
favor Of a junior college. The
Junior college, which needs APP
proval Of the District Commits
sioners and Congress, would be
set up within the present
framework Of District Teach
ers College.
Summer Program
The board also:
/. Approved an expanded
summer school program, to be
placed in the 1862 budget. I'm
der the plan, so new summer
school teachers would be hired
at $4,000. Courses at all
school level would be offered
in science, music, languages,
mathematics and public speak
ing. The courses would be for
a student wishing to gain more
knowledge and improve his
skill. Regular school credits
would not be given.
2. Approved a new set of
tuition rates to be charged
nonresident students. The new
rates will be 1896 for one year
of senior high, $549 for one
year Of vocational high school,
S355 for one year of junior
high, 1922 for one year Of
elementary school.
8. Approved new accident
insurance rates for next year
for students and teachers.
Students will be charged pre-
miums of $1.75 for the school
year while school personnel
will pay $3.50.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09
KODIAK. ALASKA. MAY Q, lsss

fled by students wearing clothes like grade-School children. Sloppy shirts, blue jeans, and hair in pin curls were all characteristics of sloppy day. Students dressed in white characterized white day.
 At 7:30 pm. on May l, the annual Junior-Senior Banquet was held in the high school cafeteria. An international food menu was served which helped to carry out the theme of the Prom, Around the World in Eighty Days. The
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09

diak; Emma Zieba, Summer school in Washington, return to Kodiak; Betty Ebert, vacation in Calf, home to Minnesota, possibly to summer school, then Kodiak; Ger tie OtneSS, old '48, Kodiak; Connie Dandeneau, Sitka to BPW conven- ton, then to Massachusetts, and back to Kodiak.
 Those who plan to remain in Kodiak and return to teaching here this fall are: Ruth Belcher; Curtis K. Saxton; the Bokos' who are undecided; NJ. J. Hickey; Wan da Fields; Leona Dickow; Helen Schott; Eunice Neseth; Ellen Dawson.
 Vacation plans among faculty members in the downtown. school are as follows: Betty Springhili, attend U. of Washington; Betty Metzgar, remain here; Lois Burn ham, attend Portland State; Caro- lyn West, remain here; Bertha Hamann, travel on the Alaskan mainland here; Charles White, spend the summer in St. Louis, Missouri and Indiana; remain in Kodiak.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09
teachers Plan Varied Vacations

The end to school terms is in sight, and teachers are making plans for the summer and the fall terms to follow. Some will remain m Kodiak, others will leave for teaching jobs elsewhere.
 Teachers contacted revealed their plans, which may be summa- Tized as follows:
 The Joe Floyds will go to Ore gon and Mississippi, returning to Kodiak; Louise B. Walker to Ore gon, will return; George Wick, Colorado, then return; Helen Pruessing is undecided, but will return to Kodiak; Mary Culver, Wisconsin, then return; The Bells will travel Outside" then to Sew ard in fall; Patrick Kennedy, Greeley, Colorado, fall indefinite; Geraldine Hofer, Oregon, back in the fall; James H. Gray, Iowa, Missouri and Indiana, and iIndi- ana U. in the fall; Rhoda Lersnan, here or vacation at home, pre- sumahly in Florida, and Kodiak until January; Norma Hendrix, University of Texas, will teach in Austin, Texas; R. E. Henderson, U. of Washington, will teach in HaineS, Alaska; Melanie Draper, Western Washington College, Bel ingham, Wash, will return; Vir- ginia Briner, Long Beach, then Whittier, Alaska; Rozella Brewer, Arcata, Calf, possibly summer school, then Fairbanks; Guyneth Rash, Pittsburg, Kansas, will re- turn; Mildred Rextrew, U. of Den yer, vacation in Calif., then Ko-
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09

waitreSSes were dressed In bright costumes of different nations and greatly added to the theme.
 Colorful muralS and scenic tra- vel posters decked the walls of the gym for the Prom. Tables were cleverly decorated with centerpieces depicting such coun- tries as Australia, Ireland, Japan, and Africa. In the center of the floor was a bridge covered with cherry blossoms on which couples posed for photographs.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09
: Prom Week
By Janet' Zieba

Slave day, twin day, little, peo- ple's day, white day, and : sloppy day were the namesSdesignated to each day, Monday to Friday the week: Of,,the annual Junio-Senior Prom. ,-sOns slave day the girls carried their dates books around the hal1s and: held the doors for them. Twin day found the boys and girls wearing matching shirts. Little peoples day was exempli-
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09

Crowned King and Queen of this years Prom were seniors Dick Frost and Jill Acheson- They were elected by members of the student body. Their coNrt consie- ted of four members from each of the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes.
 The music was furnished by the Naval Station Band and was en- ioyed by aM :
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09
Kodiak Grade and High School News

tEd note: Items of school page by students high school nents of the Kodiak school system)
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09

Additional school items on page 2
Kodiak mirror., 1959-05-09

t'A \
 n t-ta 7. ." -:.+ .-. .-l
 
 -
 "A. ....h}T
 4esIS ! .... ....a- 14t /. ~. w. -. < |: .., I..": |.
 ..% .'. -....: 7
 :.. : 4. ,".- '-. ,- '.. w. r',:
  z t' .,:;.-.n ..: .'N :, ';:. '.' w ..:..::. <: :. s...: :" rf <, ~, ' <<~: '. t'H . ..rl -.:' :' .~~: ...r1'' '
 n:.... . :.. ..::~.I .~:'
 r . ..: ... :as'. .. a."~
 ....
 '
 :.  .tA>n~eTt
 
 f y-...f.+ '>'Y5.Vf
 :si
 1t 5 ::,,.s~ ..:g ,a5f '. .'4.A .n......,s .-.. :+t"r-". hH:- x .aa''.:; .,"r ..:1;...
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Big Thursday
Home Coming
Week Closes
At Slaughters
Strong Winds And Rain
Prevented The Presen-
tatiOn Of The Schedul-
ed Closing Activities
On Sunday Last.

The Slaughter Beach Big Thurs
day Week Celebration came to a
close Sunday afternoon when
strong winds and rain prevent
ed the closing day activities from
being presented. Scheduled for the
final day along with the week
long carnival in attendance, was
the Ski Bees Water Carnival, set
to start at 2 p. m. Everything in
cluding the cast of performers was
in readiness, however, a South
east Wind churned up the Bay to
the extent that a creditable per-
formance was impossible. Since the
programming did not call for a
postponement date efforts will be
made to present the act on Sunday,
September 5th at the same hour
2 D. m.
A.P.B.A. Hydroplane Races are
scheduled for Sunday, August 30th
and will be presented as scheduled,
weather conditions permitting,
starting at 800 p. m. Should it be
impossible to present the races on
Sunday, August Both there will be
no postponement date as the A. p.
b. A. schedule is arranged months
Ia advance and since participants
are from all over the Eastern sea-
board, a postponement date will
be impossible.
Everything is in readiness for
this speedy Hydroplane racing
event and those present to witness
the two hour long event are in for
thrills galore throughout the ten
CONTINUED on page flvel
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Kent Dairy Farmers
See NeLU Methods
Eight Went With Group Of
49 On Maryland
Jaunt

Eight Kent County folks took
the two day dairy tour to western
Maryland with 40 other Delaware
dairymen. Woodrow Haas, of Wy
oming, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dix
on, of Dover, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Webb, Mud Mill, Willis Ritchey,
Camden, Mr.. and Mrs. George Va
paa, Dover, spent profitable two
days examining several dairy
housing farms. They ranged from
conventional stanshion barns to a
brand new herringbone system
with an attached milk bottIing
operation.
You can ask those who went
about the details, but here are a
few remarks which have applica-
ton for us in Delaware:
1. With any type of housing, pro-
vide plenty of room to get around
with power machinery.
2. Concrete or other hard sur
face loafing areas are a must in
our larger herds.
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Handicapped
Meeting Due
Il
Second Annual Fete Will
Be Held At DUPONT
Country Club In Wilm-
ingtOn On That Date.

Rudy Bannow, vice president of
the National Association of Man
ufactuTers, will be the key speak
er at the second annual national
meeting of the Employer Commit
tee of the Presidents Committee
on Employment of the Handicap
ped which will be held at the Du
Pont Country Club, Wilmington
September IL. Announcement to
this effect was made this week.
P. S. DUPONT III, secretary OF
E. 1. DUPONT de Nemours and Com
pany, and Henry Viscardi, found
er and president of Abilities, Inc,
New York, will also address the
more than 800 persons expected
to attend.
The Employer Committee is re-
sponsible for contracting local en-
ployers and encouraging them to
hire physically handicapped per-
sons.
Walter D. Fuller, national chair
man of the board of the Curtis
Publishing Company, will preside
over the luncheon meeting. A re-
ceptlOn at IL a. m. Will proceed
the meeting.
Governor J. Caleb Boggs will
officially welcome the visitors to
the State of Delaware.
The Governors Committee on
Employment of the Handicapped
will hold no meeting this year be-
cause of the national conference in
the state but will present it's two
annual awards during the lun-
cheon.
One state award will go to the
handicapped person who has made
the best progress on-the-job dur
ing the year. Another will be CIV
en- to that business or industry
which has the best record for en-
ploying physically handicapped
CONTINUED on page f1ve)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Children Had
Good Time In
COverdale Pool
Two Frederick Ladies
Have Helped A Good
ly Number Of Children
TO A Richer Fuller
Summer.

Miss Mildred Coyerdale, of Fred
erica, opened her private swim
ming pool this summer to the
children Of that town, with Mrs.
Emma G. Hollege, r. NJ, in con-
slant attendance. These two ladies
have spent their afternoons for
nine weeks supervising the chill
dren at play and encouraging
them to learn to handle them
selves in water. They helped the
children in good sportsmanship,
fellowship and manners. Their eff
forts have paid of, for Frederick
parents can boast that they have
the cleanest, most suntanned and
happiest children in this area.
Over twenty-five youngsters have
learned to swim and dive and as
many more have improved in those
fields.
There have been some scrapes
and bruises but only, one child,
Patsy Walls needed stitches. She
cut her chin when she hit the con-
crete wall, however, she returned
and with sheer determination be-
came a very good swimmer for a
little girl of only seven year.
A party was given recently to
mark the closing of the season.
The children surprised Miss Gov
erdale and Mrs. Holleger by pre-
senting them with bouquets of
hrysanthemums and welry
Many parents and friends came to
watch the contests and to voice
their appreciation for the pleasure
and care given the children this
summer. Ribbons and prizes were
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Petit Jurors
Are Drawn In
Sussex County
Additional Slate Was
Also Selected BY Com
missiOners For Court
Session Beginning On
September IA.

Petit jurors have been drawn
for the September term of Sussex
County Superior Court, beginning
Monday, September IA, as follows:
District 1, Veirl Webb, Ellen
dale; John Donovan, Lincoln; Mrs
Nellie Mulholland, Milford; Frank
Clendaniel, Milford.
District 2, Mrs. Margaret Metz
Ter, Elwood Bennett, Harvey Short
and John G. Hammond, all of
Bridgeville.
District 8, Jack F. Messick, Can
non; ]. Edwin Dutton, Jr., Mrs
Charlotte H. Adams and Walter j.
Bell, all of Seaford.
District 4, Mrs. Louise. Wheatley
Bethel; Carl T. Vincent, Jr., Sea-
ford, and Harvey Spence, Bethel.
District 5, Herbert j. Prettyman
Mrs. Evelyn H. Hastings, Caleb
Fowler, Frank w. Die, all of Lau-
rel.
District 6, Mrs. Hazel Moore and
Reginald d. Spence, both of Mills
boro; Preston English, Laurel R
D., and Milton Meyer, Dagsboro.
District z, Reudal Miller and Ev-
erett Hill, both of Selbyville, and
Mrs. Doris Stevenson, Millville.
District 8, Mrs. Grace Tate, JohT
Wilkerson and Mrs. Emma H. De.
vim, all of Millsboro.
District 9, Roland 1. Baker, Mrs
Ruth Murray and Amos Roberts
all of Georgetown.
CONTINUED on mage Baven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Davis Family VIII
Hold Reunion Sept. Il
Affair VIII Be Held In Social Hall
OF Avenue Church

Descendants of Nehemiah Davis
(1709-1791) of Sussex County,
Delaware, will hold their 18th an
nual reunion on Saturday, Sept.
18th, 1859 commencing at 10 a. m.
in the Social Hall of Avenue Meth
odist Church in Milford. A trip to
the family burying ground in
Cedar Greek Hundred is scheduled
for IL a. M, followed by picnic
lunch and a social and business
meeting at Avenue Methodist
Church afterwards.
AS many members of the family
as possible are being notified by
mail of the date. However, those
descendants of Nehemiah Davis
who have not recently attended an
annual reunion are cordially in
vited to renew their family asso-
Citations at this meeting.
CONTINUED on page f1ve)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
South Pacific NOLC
Shouting At Schine's
Famous Rodgers And Ham,
merstein ''Opus" At
Local Theatre

The management of Schine's
Milford theatre is proud to an
nounce that they have been select
ed to play the Rodgers and Ham
merstein Pulitzer Prize winning
musical, South Pacific. This great
screen triumph had it's delux color
motion picture opening at the Mil
ford theatre on Thursday, August
9th, it will continue through Sun
day.
About 90 per cent of South Pa
cific" was shot on one of the most
picturesque spots in the Pacific
Kauai-known as the Garden Is
land of the Hawaiians".
The screen version was directed
by Joshua Logan who also direct
ed the original stage production
which opened on broadway and ran
for almost five years.
South Pacific" will undoubted-
ly be recognized as the top film
program playing at Schine's air
conditioned Milford theatre, DUR
Continued on page nine)