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father had claimed diplomatic
immunity.
A Fairfax County policeman,
Pvt. Jack A. Goldman, said he
had chased the youth from the
Hot Shoppes parking lot at
Seven Corners to where the ac-
cident occurred. He said the
chase reached speeds of up to
10 miles an hour. AfterWard
he said, he understood the
youth and his father both
claimed diplomatic immunity
and no charges were filed in
Fairfax.
Mr.. Plate denied that he has
asked for immunity. He sale
that when he came to the po-
lice station, he showed his iden.
tif1cation and, upon that, police
released his son to him with.
out any charges.
He said both he and his sor
have grand admiration for po.
lice" and the youth realized HI
had done something wrong.
He understands and is sorry,
the Ambassador said. He il
very emotional about it,"
The Ambassador added tina
every young person can b.
wrong sometime as everyon,
else can. My son is a younI
boy and a good boy. This i
his first time in any trouble.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
4 Prisoners
By Tear Gas

Four teen-age prisoners were
in a hospital today, one in
critic al condition, suffering
from the aftereffects of tear
gas used to quell their rowdy-
ism at the Prince Georges
County jail in Upper Marlboro,
Md.
In critical condition is John
N. Coakley, jr., 18, of Bladens-
burg, admitted Tuesday to
Prince Georges General Hos
pital. The three others in
volved in the Jail disturbance
Monday were admitted yester-
day and last night and listed in
fair condition today.
All four have sore throats
and Coakley has developed
chest complications, according
to the hospital.
Sheriff j. Lee Ball identified
the other three as Robert Ma
gill, 18, of Bladensburg; John
G. Pyles, 18, of Maryland Park,
and Lawrence Scarboro, 18, of
Baltimore. A fifth prisoner,
James Pugh, Is, of Carmody
Hills, has a sore throat but
is eating and drinking in the
Jail without much trouble"
the sheriff said.
The four have been placed
in one room at the hospital
and a deputy sheriff is guard
ing them around the clock,
Sheriff Ball said.
I'm sorry these boys had to
get so sick but there was moth
ing else we could do" Sheriff
Ball added.
Magill and Coakley tried to
escape from the Jail December
IL when they bound and
gagged a guard. Another guard
spotted them and called police
before they could flee. Coakley
escaped from the hospital last
month when taken there for
an X-ray, and was recaptured
the following night.
He and Magill are awaiting
grand jury action on charges
: filed after their escape attempt
earlier this month.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Postal Clerk
AtMcLeun
Faces Charge

A Mclean postal clerk has
been charged with overcharg-
ing for parcel post packages
handed over to him for weigh
ing, according to the United
States Attorneys Office in Alex
andria.
Assistant United States At
torney A. Andrew Giangrecc
said James D. Roberts, 80, OF
the 500 block of Anne street
Falls Church, was charged with
the violation by postal inspect
ors. He was released under $500
bond pending a hearing before
u. S. Commissioner Stanley
King on January 18.
Mr.. Giangreco said Roberts
an employe at the Mclean
Post Office since l948, allegedly
charged a postal inspector $3.1;
for a package on which he
later placed the proper $2.6;
postage.
Roberts is accused of over.
charging for postage to make
up deficits in his cash drawer
receipts, Mr.. Giangreco said
Evening star., 1959-12-31
OWnerShoots
Intruder in
Cafe Cellar

A 60-year-old restaurant pro-
prietor early today shot and
critically wounded a man he
found hiding behind a water
heater in the basement of his
establishment at 1927 North
Capitol street, police reported
They said Tom Fook, the
restaurant owner, who lives on
the second floor of the prem
iseS, heard a noise about 2:3C
am, shortly after he closed
the business.
When he investigated, &C
companied by a neighbor, &C.
Icording to Homicide Squad 1t
Charles L. Burns and Detective
Sergt. Peter ZazaniS, Mr.. Fook
heard footsteps and ordered
whoever was in the darkeneC
basement to come out.
He fired two shots from hi
.38-caliber revolver, the detec,
tives said, and one struck John,
ny N. Bell. 25, of the first blocl
of @ street NV. Bell wa
wounded in the abdomen ant
taken to Washington HoSpita
Center. The second bullet pune
tured the water heater.
After the shots were fired, /;
second man emerged from be
hind a door. Police identified
him as Aaron Slade, 81, of tn,
1900 block of First street NV
Both Slade and the woundeC
man were charged with house
breaking.
Municipal Court Judg
Thomas C. Scalley granted
Slade a continuance to Janu
ary 20 as Bell is not expected
to be able to appear in cour
before then. Judge Scalley Sc
81, 900 bond on Slade.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Five Rescued
In Sc. Blaze
Six Families Flee
Second Night Fire

Firemen rescued five persons
threatened in a two-alarm fire
last night and early this morn
ing they had to fight another
two-alarm blaze in near-freez-
ing temperature.
Four of those rescued were
children aged 6 to IA years, all
members of the same family,
who were found clinging to
third-fioor windows at 73l Sew
enth street Sc.
Firemen shouted to the
youngsters to remain where
they were and quickly moved
ladders up to them. They were
carried down without injury.
The youngsters were Thomas
and Vicki Stubbs, 14-year-old
twins, and their sisters, Kath-
crime, IL, and Mary Ann. 6.
The fifth person rescued was
Charles Millard. 81. who livec
in another apartment on the
same floor.
The, fire broke out about
pm. in a second-floor apart
ment at the public housing
dwelling unit. Six families hao
to flee the building.
Intense heat and heavy
smoke quickly filled the unit
firemen said, and at first they
were fearful the trapped chill.
dren might jump from theil
windows.
About midnight a two-alarn
blaze broke out at II v street
NV, and quickly spread to the
two houses adjoining on eacf
side.
The v street fire started il
the basement of the three
story row-brick dwelling anC
: ignited the front porch. From
, there it spread to the from
porches of the other two build
ings.
One fireman, in rushing
: hoses into the blazing building
, pulled a ligament and had t
, be taken to Washington Hospi
tai. Pvt. Daniel O'Connell o
!, Engine IL was treated ther
1 and taken off duty.
Causes of both two-alarn
D fires have not yet been deter
e mined.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Voting Machines
Ruled Too Costly

The District Board of Elec-
tions decided yesterday against
using voting machines at the
May primary election here.
Joseph Fairbanks. board
chairman, said the board had
been considering renting ma
chimes from Arlington County,
but decided the cost would be
prohibitive.
He also said the Arlington
machines would not have been
suitable for the District elec-
tion because of the large num-
Der of names expected to be on
the ballot here.
Evening star., 1959-12-31

sign at South Carlyn spring
road and Fifth road and ran
over the hedge and lawn of the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert
E. Dyke, $40 South Carlyn
Spring road.
Mrs. Dyke said the youth, ae-
lcompanied by his father, AM
bassador Juan Plate of 1904
Pinetree terrace, Falls Church,
came to the house twice yes
terday in an effort to pay for
the damage.
She said, however, that the
Dykes only rent the house and
referred the youth TO the real
estate agent for the owner,
Navy Comdr. Dean Kelly.
Expressed Regret
"He was very nice about 1t
and sorry for it," Mrs. Dykes
said of the youth. "He wanted
us to take the money there and
then, but we didn't think it was
our place to take it, since we
don't own the house"
Arlington police, meanwhile
said they charged the youth
with failure to carry an opera
tors permit. The father said he
did not know of the charge
He said his son has Virginia
drivers license but had left il
in other trousers by mistake.
The Arlington police accident
report listed three traffic viola.
tions but only one charge, thai
of no permit. 1t. John E. Cul-
Inns, head of the police juvenile
bureau, said he had received 6
copy of a summons directing
the youth to appear in Juvenile
Court January II, but said HI
did not know if it had beer
served yet or whether it actu'
ally would be carried through
because of young Plates diplo.
matte status.
There was some confusion
over whether the youth or hi
Evening star., 1959-12-31
IN THE OLD DAYS, large

IN THE OLD DAYS, large
institutions such as st.
Elizabeths Hospital and the
Soldiers Home had farms
that produced much of the
food eaten by the inmates.
They raised hogs as well as
dairy COWS and when the
chickens stopped laying they
went into the pot.
Cost accounting did away
with these farms. 1t could
not be denied that the eggs
and milk and butter and
pork cost more to produce
on the institutions model
farm, much much more than
it would cost to purchase
them on the food markets.
So the farms had to go.
But today they would be a
kindergarten course in 20
ology-before the zoo that
iS-for our city children who
have plenty of milk and but
ter and eggs and pork but
don't know what cows and
chickens and pigs look like.
The tour of Soldiers Home,
despite it's loss of 100 acres,
was very rewarding. If ever
there was an illustration of
American eclecticism "a very
fancy word for choose the
style you WANT in architec-
ture, it is the home.
There are cottages sug-
gesting the Swiss chalet,
there is something that
might we'll be called 10Th
century functional - four
stories of porcheS or bal
comics where old soldiers
could lie in the sun in bad
weather.
There are caStellated
buildings from which bow
men could shoot arrows at
the besiegers-Similar to
those at West Point. And
there is a modern building
of plane surfaces broken
only by windows.
Also a brownstone gothic
chapel. A funeral service
was going on as we drove by
Old soldiers do die.
Evening star., 1959-12-31

the principal causes of accl-
dents in 1859. This. they said,
was a typical case:
Traffic was moving slowly
down Florida avenue near
Fourteenth street NV. at $50
pm. when a man stepped out
from between parked cars in
mid-block.
Look out!" shouted a wom-
an across the street, but her
warning went unheard.
The pedestrian, 81, side
stepped the eastbound lane Of
traffic, but was struck by car
moving west.
Driver Returning Home
The driver, 35, a married
man, was returning home from
work. He was driving at an
estimated speed of l6 miles an
hour and skidded II feet in a
vain effort to dodge the pedes-
/ trian.
The older man never regained
consciousness. He ewas pro-
nounced dead on arrival at the
hospital.
This is the picture of g
Typical Washington traffic
death. The ages, time, location
and circumstances represent 6
composite study of how moSt
fatalities occurred.
A Pedestrian Deaths
In each of the categories, the
victim was typical: the oldel
pedestrian, a working mar
whose children were grown, wa!
Washington's most accident
prone citizen.
1t is a tragic portrait: 6;
traffic deaths in 1859, "A o
them pedestrians. The latte
figure, police records show, i
the Districts worst since 1858
Throughout the Washington
area, the deadly picture wa
generally the same. Pedestrian
deaths increased in Alexandra
and Fairfax and Arlington
Counties, while one communit
only-Falls Church survive,
the year without a traffic death
The entire Washington are
counted 179 such deaths for tn
year, compared to 1872 in 1855
Most traffic deaths in Wash
ington, according to Metropoli
tan Police, were pedestrian,
The majority of victims ar
under Is or over 81, mostly tn
later.
More Youngsters Hurt
Youngsters were injured il
far greater numbers than an
other age group, although tn
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Square Dance Purty

A New Years Eve square
dance party will be held at the
Taylor Elementary School, $500
North Stuart street, Arlington,
at 9 o'clock tonight with Mr..
and Mrs. Chuck Donahue of
231 Park avenue, Mount Ver-
non, and the Twirling Fights
square dance club as hosts.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Fuuquier Boy Dies

WARRENTON, Va, Dec. 81
(AP).-Jimmy Ross, l2-year-
old Fauquier County boy, died
at a hospital here yesterday
of a shotgun wound which
police said was accidently in
f1icted by a playmate.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
AREA TRAFFIC
TOLL COMPARED

The Washington areas
179 traffic deaths in 1859
compared with the pre-
vious years toll of 1872 as
follows:
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under-l5 bracket did not in
clude as many deaths as citi-
zens over 81.
The reason for that, says 1t.
Albert B. Nicholson, head Of
the Accident Investigation Unit,
was that children have remark
able powers of recovery.
Police records also showed
that most pedestrian deaths
occurred at dusk or at night,
and that drivers generally were
operating within the law. In
many cases, they were not even
cited.
Far too many children are
killed in the District" 1t.
Nicholson said. I'VE must all
take even greater safety pre-
cautions"
Postwar Drop Shown
Nevertheless, he added, the
fatality rate is well below the
pre- World War II figures. The
all-time high for the District
was in 1884 when l35 traffic
deaths were recorded.
Traffic accidents of all kinds
in Washington reached a rec
ord high this year, totaling
nearly $4,000 at years end. 1t.
Nicholson said the increase re-
flected a national trend, and
was not alarming in itself.
Insurance companies" he
explained. "aS well as many
drivers themselves are demand
ing an impartial report on traf-
fic accidents. They get it from
the police. More people are re-
porting every kind of accident"
Per capita accidents, how
ever, have decreased steadily
since formation of the AIU in
1910, 1t. Nicholson explained.
He cited traffic safety educa-
ton as a major cause of the
decline.
Elsewhere in the area, Capt.
Roland Sweitzer, chief of the
Prince Georges County uni
form division, seconded 1t.
Nicholson's analysis.
He noted a reduction in traf-
flc deaths in the county, and
credited courts, police and news
media for their part in stress
ing safety programs.
Drop in Montgomery
In neighboring Montgomery
County, where traffic has in
creased about per cent during
the last year, fatalities never
thelesS declined from Is in 1858
to % this year.
Two Virginia communities,
Arlington County and Alexan-
dria, showed an increase in
traffic deaths, while a third,
Fairfax County, registered a
decline.
Arlington Police Chief Will
liam G. Fawver said the 1859
traffic toll doesn't follow any
pattern" The county recorded
3,l69 accidents in the first II
months of the year, compared
to 3,436 for all of 1858.
Capt. Lewis Shumate, head
of the Fairfax County traffic
bureau, attributed the drop in
fatalities in his area to in
creased traffic enforcement and
safety campaigns by the county
safety council.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
DC. Traffic Deaths
Match 1858 Figure
Bundsmon's Fatality Lifts SO Toll
To 63, Including "A Pedestrians
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star STAFF Writer

District today matched its 1858 traffic death toll when
former Air bandsman killed in early morning
collision in Southeast Washington
His death brought the 1859 toll to 63 Unless another
death before midnight the figure will be exactly
in 1858.
AS police made final tabuations traffic officials muIled
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Ambassador Tells Son
To Pay Auto Damage

The Paraguayan Ambassador has directed his
for damages he caused Tuesday night when his
skidded onto lawn in Arlington while being chased by Fair
fax County police.
Arlington police estimated the damage at about $O0
the Youth Carlos Plate IL knocked
Evening star., 1959-12-31
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Phi Delta Epsilon closes
its sessions at the May
flower.
This information supplied by the
Convention and Visitors Bureau of
the Washington Board Of Trade.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
The
Rambler
:. Explores
The Heart of D. C.
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Not long ago on a hell
copter flight over Washing
ton, the Rambler was i'm
pressed by the highway
work, completed and under
way, at Soldiers Home.
Yesterday he decided to
explore it-in an automobile.
His report is going to be
a sad one:
The Soldiers Home Grounds
sure have been cut up.
There's no gainSaying that
the Washington Hospital
Center is a wonderful insti-
tuition, or that the extension
of Irving street is a great
help.
And the extension of
North Capitol street through
the Soldiers Home grounds
is going to help the residents
of Takoma Park motor to
downtown Washington.
But does anyone remem-
ber Soldiers Home as it
was?
1t was 500 acres behind a
fence of cast iron palings,
right in the geographical
heart of Washington if you
will add Bethesda, Chevy
Chase, Silver Spring and
Takoma Park, to say Moth
ing of Wheaton and Ken
sington and Chillum Heights,
etc, to the conglomerate
that is our populated area.
Evening star., 1959-12-31

BUT 1T WAS MORE than
500 acres. Along Michigan
avenue, it's southern bound
ary, it was a splendid forest
of oakS-or as a countryman
would say, a good wood lot,
and a dairy farm.
The wood lot of giant oaks
which was loved by lovers, is
all cut up. The extension
of North Capitol street, on
which work has been post
poned until spring, goes
right through it.
And the butter and egg
and milk farm went years
ago-almoSt 20 years.
Set aside by a grateful
Congress for the men who
had risked their lives in the
Mexican War (l846- -1848
the Soldiers Home grounds
comprised Washington's first
park.
washington citizens who
could afford a carriage and
q coachman, and those who
drove their own one-horse
surreys, would drive out
there in the latter half of
the 10Th century.
AS every school child
knows, Lincoln used the An
derson cottage as his sum-
mer White House, driving in
every day in those war-torn
JulyS and Augusts to the
White House on the Four
teenth street road.
It's too bad that the dairy
and poultry farm could not
have been preserved into the
196OS and later, to show city
children what COWS ano
chickens look like.
The chicken house was g
skyscraper. 1t must have
been 20 stories, or about 6C
feet high.
The dairy herd, as the
writer remembers it, wa!
purebred HolStein.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-04-02

You submit photographs and
measurements of your home, and
an idea of the changes you want
80. qualified architect prepares
plans and specifications at a
nominal charge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-04-02
Inventors Corner" Will Be HaUen
For Advanced Thinkers at Exhibit

Advanced and original think
ers will have their special corner
at the Industrial Exhibit to be
held at Bluffton college May 8-9.
Every inventor professional
or amateur, if such a distinction
can be made - is invited to ex-
hihit and demonstrate his inven-
tions. There will be no charge
for display space, DR.. Howard
Raid, chairman of the colleges
department of business admins
tration, has announced.
DR.. Raid said he hopes to have
a number of exhibits in the I'm
ventor's Corner" pointing out
that Bluffton has not been exact
ly a barren desert for the inven-
tor.
did you know that DIR. Cor
don Bixel invented a lawn sprink-
Ter to cover a square area, or
that DIR. B. w. Travis invented
a relay for electric trains?" he
inquired.
The radio condenser was in
vented in Bluffton and r. L.
Triplett has been responsible for
a number of electrical measuring
devices.
Clair Fett not only developed
a slaw cutter but also special
hammering machine designed to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-04-02
Thelrna AIthaus
Dies i'm Bethel

Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at Bethel,
Ohio, for Mrs. Thelma AIthaus,
IS, wife of d. w. AIthaus, native
OF Bluffton and son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim AIthaus.
Mrs. .Althaus died at her home
in Bethel early Saturday morn
ing. She had suffered from a
heart condition for several years.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are two daughters, Sonia
Kay, IL, and Ruth Anne, 13; al
so her mother, Mrs. Emmett
Hancock; a brother, George, and
grandmother, Mrs. Mayne Bur-
nett, all of Bethel.
Services were conducted Mon
day afternoon at the Kennedy
funeral home and burial was in
the Bethel-Tate cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Rickert,
sister and brother-in-law of Mr..
Althaus, attended the funeral
from here. ..... ....
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RAWSON
ROUNDUP

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald DeLong,
MIR. Lloyd Ackley and Miss
Edith Athison of Marietta spent
Easter with Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
DeLong and family.
Mrs. Anna Strahm of Findlay
was a guest of Mrs. Judith Deg
Ter last Friday. Judith and Kay
accompanied her back to Find
lay.
Flossie Culp and Erven Cogley
attended the Past Councillors club
in Fostoria last Thursday eve
ming.
Mrs. DeLong, Judy and Kay
attended sunrise services in the
Trinity Lutheran church in Find
lay Sunday morning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-04-02

Grace Klingler. Sunday visitors
were Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Will
kins and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Klingler and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Don wilkins and
family.
Mr.. Cecil Hartman and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Grismore were past
week callers of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
P. Hartman.
Mrs. Sarah Oates and Miss
Clarabel Owens called on Mr..
and Mrs. c. d. Fisher Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Herbert Moser and chill
dren called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Erwin Moser Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Montgom-
cry and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Smith were Sunday
dinner guests of Mrs. Lenore
Montgomery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Bell and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Con
ley and family and Mr.. o. L.
Stratton were Sunday supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan
Montgomery and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Downey
and son called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. W. Montgomery and family
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Sweitz-
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Rolly Moser
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Laverne
Moser and daughters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Hauenstein and fam
hy, MIR. and Mrs. Ellis Hauen-
stein and family were Sunday
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ArmOrsville

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. J. McCaf-
ferty and daughter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Max McCafferty and family
were Sunday supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty
and son.
Mr.. Reed Hilty and daughters
Barbara and jamie of Floral
Park, N. Y, are spending sew
eral days with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. o. Hilty.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. p. Hartman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Fenster-
maker and family of Rawson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Babe Lora and
family of Findlay and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Vandivier and family
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry GriSmore in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman's S
wedding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Hilty, Mr..
Reed Hilty and daughters, Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Hilty and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Young
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Spencer and family, Miss Clara
Wilson and Mrs. Mary Plate
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Ewing and
family. 80.
Sunday callers in the Owens
home were Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman
Barnes, Mrs. Joarn Phriss and
daughters Sandra and Pattie, Mr..
Harry K1ay and daughter Rose
mary and Mr.. Ben Daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle McCarty
and son were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin
Moser. Afternoon callers were
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Moser and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. E. Coldiron
and family of Indianapolis, Ind,
were weekend guests of Mrs.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-04-02

make the cutter stay sharp for
ever. William Burkholder, of
West Elm street, has. developed
a machine to automatically close
up a tile line once tile are laid.
Devices can be displayed
whether they are patented or not,
DR.. Raid said. The inventions
need not have been in produc-
ton. This can be a brand new
idea that the inventor wishes to
try for public reaction. s
DR.. Raid said the Industrial
Exhibit may offer a prize for the
most unique invention by a per-
son under Is.