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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
VIVA Athlete
Wins ice Test

The Inter County Transit
Corp, a subsidiary of the
VIVA Transit Co., won the
first round in its battle with
the D. c. Transit System. Inc,
yesterday for bus routes in
Montgomery County.
The Interstate Commerce
Commission gave the Inter
County line permission to take
over the routes now served by
the Suburban Transit Co for a
6-month period. The D. C.
Transit System had also APP
piled for permission to take
over these routes.
Inter County recently agreed
to buy the assets and franchise
of Suburban for $4,000, in
Guiding payment of some $780,
900 to local CT editors of Su-
burban. The contract is con-
tingent on approval by both
the Public Service Commission
of Maryland and the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The D. c. Transit proposals
would not include payments to
Suburban or its creditors, ac-
cording to Earl M. Foreman
and D. Jay Lyman, attorneys
for both Inter County and Su-
burban.
Final hearings for a per-
manent settlement by the ICC
are expected late next month
The Public Service Commits
sion of Maryland has sched-
uled further hearings in Balti-
more Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Ex-WuIdorf
Pastor Faces
Rape Charge

The former minister of the
Waldorf Md Methodist
Church will be brought back
from Michigan Monday to face
charges of statutory rape.
The former minister, Richard
D. Miller, rs, turned in his Gre
dentials shortly after the al
legged offense occurred.
States Attorney George w.
Bowling Of Charles County said
Miller was accused Of carnal
knowledge of a 13-year-old
Waldorf girl on February 10 at
the girls home. Statutory rape
of a child under IA is a capital
offense under Maryland law.
Mr.. Bowling said Miller,
whose parents live in Michigan,
had been picked up by Port
Huron Mich) police and held
IN the st. Clair County jail.
Miller is married, Mr.. Bowling
said.
Charles County Sheriff Fran
els C. Garner said he would
leave for Michigan tomorrow to
bring Miller back Monday. Mil
Ter told police he would waive
extradition.
Miller was replaced at the
Waldorf church by the Rev. w.
K. Darlington. formerly minister
of the Rhode Island Avenue
Church at First and Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Fire Leaves
q Homeless
In Maryland

Fog and an inadequate water
supply today hampered firemen
fighting a two-alarm blaze that
left a family of four homeless
near Mitchellville, Md.
Fog cut down f1remen'S view
of the flaming house. Hose had
to be extended from Queen
Anne road across Central ave-
nue. about 2 miles to the
Patuxent River, according to
Capt. Earl Walker of the Up
per Marlboro Fire Department.
Eight Prince Georges County
fire companies responded to
fight the blaze. The two-story,
eight-room frame house burned
to the ground.
The house had been occu-
pied by Roy Lusby. his wife and
two young grandchildren. They
plan to stay with relatives and
friends, Capt. Walker said.
He SAID the blaze started
shortly before 8 am. on the Sec
ond floor and roof. 1t was be-
lieved to have been started by
a short circuit in the wiring
Damage was estimated at
$1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

was QfaILeQ at the request OF
business groups in the county,
At present, residents are pro-
tected against false arrest and
store owners can be sued or
prosecuted for arrests or de-
tention of customers they
suspect falsely of thievery.
The delegation yesterday in
Ftroduced a bill that would ex-
exempt the county from a State
wide law prohibiting persons
Fhnder 81 from being employed
lin taverns and restaurants
where alcoholic beverages are
served.
Under terms of the Prince
Georges bill teen-agers would
not be allowed to sell alcoholic
beverages but could work ir
taverns.
Two additional circuit court
judges for the county would
be provided under another bill
the delegation has ready foI
introduction. 1t will require
a constitutional amendment.
Monday night the delegation
is slated to introduce a bill in
creasing the expense allowance
of the county commissioners
from $500 to $4,000 a year.
Although the commissioners
salaries would not be raised be-
cause of a constitutional bar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
BorAcquuintonce
Grabs CorporoI's
$500 and FIees

An Air Force corporal early
today told police he was robbed
Of 1920 as he attempted to hide
the money in his shoe before
picking up a date.
Corpl. Joseph T. Gray, 20, OF
Andrews Air Force Base, said
he had over $500, much of il
Ire-enlistment money. and hao
been visiting a number of bars
| for several hours with two mer
he had met earlier in the
evening.
About 1870 am, he said, they
stopped in Franklin Park, where
he said he took 1920 and was
going to put it in his shoe when
one of the men grabbed it and
ran.
Corpl. Gray said he and the
othe rman chased the thief, but
lost him. Later, when the cor
poral called police, the second
man ran away. He was picked
up later for questioning, then
released.
Police broadcast a lookout fol-
a young white man, about 10
dark hair, 5 feet 6 inches tall,
wearing a red jacket and dark
trousers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Aluminium COVERING
Planned by Konn's

experiment to give an idea of
the proposed notifications
without investing a couple of
hundred thousand dollars in
plans that might not be fully
approved.
Observing that no other
buildings on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. are encased in aluminium.
Mr.. Wilson commented:
THE Importance of Penn
sylvania avenue cannot be over
stressed, 1t is one of the great
avenues of the world. This
project has many more implica-
tons than simply doing over d
building. 1t might become a
pattern for future changes.
That is the reason for care
and study"
/ Bernei Burgunder, vice presi-
dent of Kann's. said he hopes
for a decision within a couple
| Of weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Suspect Arrested
In New York After
Rope Of D. c. Girl

A Washington detective was
to question a suspect in New
York today in the rape of an
18-year-old girl in a Fourteenth
street NV. Office three months
ago.
The suspect, identified as
Frederick M. Inman. 26, was
arrested by FBI agents yester-
day and held on $4,000 bond
on a charge of fleeing the Dis
trict to avoid prosecution for
rape and another charge of in
terstate transportation of q
stolen vehicle, Washington po-
lice said.
They said he has admitted
raping a girl in Washington.
Agents tracked the suspect
to a construction job in Passaic,
N. j., where they learned he
was not at work because he had
broken a leg.
In New York, they discovered
a friend of the suspect was be-
ing visited by a man with a
cast on his leg. The agents
found him at the friends home
Yesterday.
The victim. who was choked
and robbed by her assailant,
touched off the search when
she identified a picture of the
attacker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

their individual total incomes
would be increased from
$4,100 to $780,. Chairman
Herbert w. Reichelt, who works
full time, would be getting
$4,000 a year with the in
creased expense allowance.
Another bill introduced yes
terday would permit the State
Controllers Office to expand
its border patrol" which en-
forces Maryland's laws against
importation of untaxed whisky
1t was one of a series of bills
proposed by the Alcoholic Tax
Division of the State Control
ler'S Office.
The House yesterday passed
a bill by a 70 to 80 vote to per-
NIT the indignation of the all
white Montrose Training
School for Girls.
Mr.. SasScer voted against the
measure. Delegate Charles w
Woodward, jr., Democrat Of
Montgomery, did not vote.
The House yesterday gave
tentative approval to a serie;
of scholarship bills which hae
been reported favorably by tbs
House Education Committee
One of the bills would create
300 new scholarships, costing
the State $500,000 a year, ano
another calls for a study Of
present scholarship legislation
in the State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

ing of Chief Judge Leonard P.
Walsh and was expanded last
fall after the Commissioners
provided an extra sum. The Dis
trict's jail population dropped
dramatically.
The Municipal Courts pro-
baton staff of 10 officers cur
rently is supervising a total of
TOO cases involving criminal
misdemeanor convictions placed
in their hands by the judges.
Mr.. Connor is a native Of
Shenandoah County, Va. He
became a Municipal Court
bailiff in 1941 and an assistant
probation officer a year later.
He and his wife and four
children live at 719 North Jack
son street, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

Kann's Department Store. at
Eighth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, plans to sheath
its four exterior walls in alu-
minum.
The 100000 project would
transform the store into q
modernistic shop with no win
dows above the street floor.
Before it can do so, however,
approval must be obtained from
the Fine Arts Commission.
Yesterday, workmen pulled a
sheet of blue, gold and grey
metal UP the side of the build
ing as a three-man architec-
tural panel of the commission
watched.
L. K Wilson, secretary Of the
commission, said the commits
sion previously agreed to permit
/ the store to sheath three Of it;
sides.
Kann's arranged yesterdays
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Alexandra Wins
SIums Aid Okoy

Alexandria, Va. today was
recertified by the Housing and
Home Finance Agency as eligi-
BILE for Federal assistance in its
renewal and housing projects.
Housing Administrator Nor
man P. Mason said the city has
adopted a workable program
for the second year in It's effort
to eliminate slums and blight.
Recertification for Federal aid
is based on the city's report
which indicates reasonable prog
ress has been made toward
achieving the long-range OBJ
ljectives for community i'm
provement, the HHFA an
nouncement said.
The Alexandria Housing au-
thority has 90l low-rent hous-
ling units and another IS under
reconstruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Delegate Hits
Bill 10 Set Up
Inquiry Board
BuItimoreon Tries
To Halt Measure
For Five-Mon Unit
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
star stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 2s.-Dele-
gate Jerome Robinson today
condemned what he termed
witch hunt and star chamber
characteristics" Of q proposed
bill to establish a State investi-
eating commission.
The Baltimore civil liberties
champion and speaker pro tenn
Of the House said operations
Of such q commission would
create IAN air Of fear through
out the State"
The bill was introduced yes
terday by Sol j. Friedman.
Mr.. Robinson emphasized he
felt Mr.. Friedman "has been
prompted by the best Of mo-
tives."
He said. however, he felt Mr..
Friedman had not thought out
the consequences" Of the bill.
Baltimore Case
The bill was prompted by
difficulties the Baltimore City
delegation now is having with
its investigation of the admin
istration of City Police Com
missioner James Heborn.
The bill would create q FIVE
member commission whic h
would operate on a year-round
basis. The members would re-
ceive $4,000 a year.
The commission would have
as its field law enforcement
organized crime, conduct OF
public officials and any other
matter concerning the public
peace, safety or justice.
The commission could be
used by the Governor, the
States attorneys or the Legis-
lature.
1t could hold hearings in
public or behind closed doors
at any place in the State.
Could Subpoena Records
The bill would give commits
sion members and staff author
ity to subpoena records and
witnesses and to examine them
under oath.
Examinations of witnesses
would be behind closed doors.
The commission would have
complete control over the in
formation it would release to
the public. Disclosure of in
formation given the commission
or Of names of witnesses would
be a misdemeanor for anyone
involved in the investigation.
The commission also would
have authority to grant immu-
nifty to any witness examined
either publicly or privately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

who exhibit outstanding abil-
ity, on the other hand, viii be
considered for two new steps in
the pay schedule for teachers
with masters degrees. These
steps. the 18th and 18th. would
bring the M. A. scale to q new
high Of $500. The current
scale ranges from $4,000 to
So. 200.
He said the proposed M. A.
scale ranging from $4,700 to
$4,000 in IL steps (the last two
Of which are not automatic) is
intended to attract professional
teachers of high caliber-
those who will make teaching
a career"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

thorough screening this sum-
mer.
The action came in the wake
of a public hearing Thursday
at which some 100 representa-
tives of yacht and boat clubs
protested the measure as ar
attempt by the State to raise
extra revenues.
Delegate Dale Hess, Democat
of Hartford, chairman of a sub
committee studying the legisla-
ton, said: $50 much work has
to be done to this bill and Sc
many people are opposed to il
that it would be difficult to get
into proper form at this ses-
sion."
Mr.. Hess said the committee
also was advised by Federal
authorities that there may be
further amendments to a
Federal bill under which the
State was exercising an option
to take over regulation of boats
He said the State has until
April, 1860, to pick up this
option and can do so with
emergency legislation in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

the National Orthopedic Hos
pital in Arlington.
Mr.. Coakley leaves his wife
Charline; q daughter. Beverly.
Z, and his mother, Mrs. Ants
Coakley. all Of the home ad-
dress. He also is survived by
flve brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

not only recommended q large
teacher pay raise but have de-
signed q salary plan with new
merit pay" features TO elevate
professional standards.
THE people," Mrs. Kramer
said, ARE willing to support
the pay increase II they get
quality"
The plea was made Is County
Manager M. L. Reese entered
upon the last three days Of in
tensive budget study prior TO
submission Of his 1o59-60 bud
get recommendation to the
County Council Tuesday.
Tax Boost Probable
There has been widespread
speculation that the county
manager would call for a siz-
able cut in the proposed school
budget Of nearly $50 million.
School officials have admitted
that the cost of teacher pay
raises, together with increases
for administrative and super
visory personnel, will amount
TO nearly 81 million Of the rec
ord school budget. These in
creases, officials state, may re-
suit in a tax rate boost of 30
to-50 cents per 500 assessed
valuation.
Commenting on public re-
action to the school boards
proposal, DR.. Whittier declared
at a press conference yester-
day: Some people said we
didn't 60 high enough"
But both he and Mrs. Kra-
mer stressed the school boards
new policy of applying more
stringent standards in the eval-
uation Of teachers. They de-
scribed the policy as IAN ap-
proach to q merit pay sytem.
Two Annual Civilizations
Teachers. the superintendent
said, will be given at least two
annual evaluations during their
probationary period prior to
going on tenure. In addition,
he said Maryland law gives him
the authority to give a teacher
Class II rating, thereby freez-
ing his salary, if he is deemed
unsatisfactory in scholarship,
executive ability, personality
and teaching power"
DR.. Whittier said teachers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Big Test for u. S. Kids
Will Begin in March

SEARCH FOR SCIENTISTS-Across the Nation, apti-
tude testing Of every one of 9 million high
school boys and girls is about to start The aim:
to find out what your youngsters talents are For
United States Education Con- missioner Lawrence
G. Derthick'S preview of this important testing
program see This Week Magazine.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, 1859 - Going abroad?
Want some tips on planning your trip? On how
to get through customs? On what to wear and
how to pack? All these and many other features
will appear Sunday in The Stars International
Travel Section.
MEET MARYLAND'S NEW GOVERNOR-What kind
of a man is Gov. ]. Willard Tawes? How did he
get into politics? To learn the answers to these
and other questions, be sure to read SUNDAY,
The Star Magazine, which takes you to Annapolis
on an interesting word-and- picture visit with the
new Governor of Maryland
AN OPENING NIGHT EVERY WEEK-To a Broadway
actor, the glamour Of opening night is a sometime
thing But to one group of young Washington
troupers, it happens all the time. The story
of the teen-agers who perform in the District
Recreation Departments volunteer camp shows
appears Sunday in TEEN Magazine. -
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

the late Joseph N. Sanford as
chief in 1850. A bachelor, Mr..
Cooper plans to leave his resi-
dence at 200 Rhode Island
avenue NE. and move to Flor
ida.
Mr.. Conner, 81, whose salary
will be increased from $3.50
to $1,000 annually, began one
of the first court rehabilitation
programs for drunkards in the
United States in 1945.
The former public relations
executive, who frankly de-
scribed himself as a reformed
alcoholic, persuaded judges to
place on probation some of the
people convicted for drunken
ness. They were closely super
vised and some were rehabili-
tated.
His work received the back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

General Assembly next Febru-
airy.
Boat owners had objected tc
numerous features in the bill
especially to plans which woulc
put all the license fees in the
States general fund and moi
earmark any of the money fol
boat Improvements.
They also protested provi-
sions for the Tidewater Fisher
les Commission to enforce the
act, instead of creating a
special boat agency, and tc
licensing of all boats regard
less of size.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

the place wherein thou
StandeSt is holy ground"
Moses took time, in Sc
cret, to speak with God and
abided in His word. Today,
as in the days of Moses, we
are on Gods holy ground and
in His holy world, and we
must take time to speak often
with our Lord and let Him
be our guide. For today, we
need for personal spiritual
growth, quietneSs of soul, and
more time for private devo-
ton.
Moses received the Ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
'Copter Hits
Power Line:
Four Killed

CONOWINGO, Md. Feb. "a
(AP).-Four men we're killed
yesterday when a helicopteI
developed engine trouble, tan
gled with a transmission wire
and crashed near the Como
wingo Dam.
The helicopter, carrying
three power company employees
and the pilot, burst into flames
at Hopkins Cove, about one
half mile north of the dam
The dam crosses the Susque-
hanna River in Northeast
Maryland.
Killed were:
Gerhardt Elmer Klapper, AZ,
Of Villanova, Pa, an engineer
for the Philadelphia Electric
Co.
Victor Hansen, So, of Upper
Darby, Pa, another engineer
for the company.
Robert Turner. 81, of OAR
lington, Md, who worked for
the Susquehanna Power and
Light Co., an affiliate of Phila-
delphia Electric.
William H. Meier, 36, Of FL
mont, N. Y. the pilot, employed
by the Delaware Valley He'll
copter Co.
Police quoted a witness as
saying the helicopter appar-
emily developed engine trouble
over the river and tried to make
for a landing when it hit the
transmission line.
A Philadelphia Electric
spokesman said the engineers
were on a routine inspection
flight. They were surveying a
possible site for a new trans
mission line from the dam to
Peach Bottom in York County,
Pa, the proposed site of an
atomic energy plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Study Made
With Eye to
Easing Code

I A quiet study Of the Districts
milk regulations has been I'M
der way for months, the Health
Department said today.
Health ofilcials are now
awaiting q Corporation Coun-
sells ruling on possible changes
in the milk inspections code
with an eye toward liberalizing
the regulations.
The study, q spokesman said,
involves undermining some Of
the regulations under the 1925
MIX Act which pertain to
physical facilities on farms. 1t
is being done with the CO.
operation Of the United States
Public Health Service.
Should the Corporation Coun-
sci rule the act too rigid to
modernize, it will mean going
to Congress for an entirely new
milk act, the spokesman said.
But, he continued, there will
be no compromise in the pres
ent quality of milk sold here
in the District.
Standards Attacked .
News of the study came
shortly after Edgar N. Brawn-
er. general manager of the
Chestnut Farms (Sealtest)
Dairy, attacked the Districts
milk inspection standards as
"antiquated."
At the same time he served
notice on the Maryland-Vir-
ginia Milk Producers Associs-
ton that his dairy will buy
milk directly from the farmer
instead Of through the co-op-
erative. .
Several other diaries have
also expressed interest in buy
ling milk outside of the farm
ers' cooperative. Thompson's
Dairy has Joined Chestnut
Farms in asking the Health
Department to revise its reg
ulations.
Mr.. Brawner charged that
the present milk code does not
agree with United States Pub
Ilic Health Service standards.
He said that the regulations
here set up farm construction
and other requirements unique
to this market so that only
local farms can sell their milk
in Washington.
PrOxmire Seeks Change
! Recently Senator Proxmire,
democrat of Wisconsin, wrote
the Commissioners saying that
he understands such a study is
under way and asking that the
District milk negotiations be
changed to conform with those
of the Public Health Service.
This would permit. he said.
Wisconsin and other dairy State
producers to ship milk to the
District and would result in
lower prices for the consumer.
The District Health Depart,
ment, however, feels that such
distant producers would be
sending only surplus milk here.
It feels that it is better to have
closer suppliers to insure a
stable supply. And, it feels it
can keep a closer check on milk
suppliers if they are located
nearby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28

Commandments, among them the greatest Of ALL the
Commandment of Love Never there such con-
tribution to Christ's teaching in all of literature
For the Commandments the laws of life and
through them Christ had the power to deliver hearts
from the prison of sin.
To me, the words quoted by the late Cecil B. de
Mile: "You can't break commandment Of God it
breaks you will strengthen hearts for challenges
and demands Of this day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Book Fair at School

A book fair, under the spon-
sorship of the school newspa-
per, opens at st. Stephens
School, Alexandria. today and
continues all next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Conner Named to Head
Court Probation Office

Robert j. Conner yesterday appointed chief pro-
baton officer at Municipal Court, effective March 6.
He succeeds Irving Cooper who is retiring because Of
arthritiS condition
Mr. Conner assistant probation director since 1884,
appointed by unanimous vote of the Board Of Judges
Mr. Cooper Sc Joined the court staff bai in 1887 and
transferred to the probation Office in 1889 He succeeded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
Bill Absolves Stores
In False Arrest Suits
Rxa star stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS Feb. 28-Legsation to exempt store owners
and police from civil and criminal liability for false arrest in
suspected shopng will be introduced here Monday
The bill has been prepared by the Prince Georges deega-
ton.
Delegation chairman Lansdale G. sasscer IT, said the bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-28
School Pay Boost
Plan Explained
Montgomery Officials Urge
More Public Understanding
BY G. o. HERNDON
star star writer

Top Montgomery County School ofcials have issued an
eeventh-ho appeal for greater public understanding"
teacher salary increases in the proposed school budget
County School Supt c. Taylor Whittier and
Kramer president Of the Board of Education said they believe
many county residents aware that school heads have