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HIGHWAYS
Continued From First Page

fAAOo$ AsASAA0oJ ~ ~NeNSS s~~@~eN
tor Harry F. Byrd, jr.. of
Winchester. At that time he
strongly urged the highway
Commission to proceed eau
tiously in expediting the Fed
eral interstate program at the
expense of Virginia's primary
and secondary road systems.
Senator Byrd indicated the
State could expect a 50 million
surplus from road funds de-
rived wholly from within the!
State.
At today's meeting. Arthur
Eure. Hig hway Department
finance director. said: Il am
quite sure that Senator Byrd
misunderstood the figures he
received from me in a phone
conference from which he fig
ured we would have a surplus
of 50 million in State funds in
the coming biennium."
Commissioner oam D. May
told the commission:
In l959-60 we are matching
all secondary system Federal
aid all urban Federal aid,
we are allocating all funds re-
quired for city streets at the
statutory rates per mile, we are
matching all primary Federal
aid $87.011,109 Of Federal /
interstate funds, but for the |
first time in history our high /
way department must recon- /
mend to the commission that |
due to lack of State funds We /
shall not match Sl8. 1874 .266 Of |
the interstate funds"
Money Not Lost
The comm. ION noted that
because it is passing by Federal
interstate funds for the coming
fiscal year. it does not mean the
money is lost forever:
States have two years TO
claim the money available to
them for the interstate work
II 1t is not used within this
time-which will be two years
from this July 1.-The grant can
be made available to a State
Today's ALLEGATIONS. all ten
tative. will be given two public
hearings. The first. for the
four Western construction dis
trictS, will be May q in Ro-
anoke and the second. for the
four Eastern districts. will be
May % at Richmond.
Culpeper District
OF the eight construction
districts. the Culpeper district,
which includes the Northern
Virginia area, received the
largest amount, $25.8 million.
The ALLEGATIONS ranged down.
ward to $4.6 million for the
Lynchburg district.
The SO million for the Wash
mgton circumferential would
supplement SIS million pre-
viously allocated for this prof.
ect. Commission engineers said
$50 million already is under
contract.
The next contract in the i'm
mediate future will be a Is
mile stretch east and west of
Shirley highway and a massive
cloverleaf interchange there.
Immediately afterward, en-
gineerS said, contracts will be
let for eight bridges along the
route. The tentative schedule
next calls for highway con-
struction from the Jones Point
bridge to connect it with Route
l in Alexandria.
Views on Timetable
Engineers emphasized they
could not commit themselves
to definite timetable because
If such things as right-of-Way
problems hold them up on one
segment, construction would
proceed on another.
Work is now well-advanced
on a segment of the route be-
tween Shirley highway and An
Mandate. If unforeseen prob
lens arise closer to the Jones
Point Bridge, the engineers
said, work may be advanced on
continuing the section near
Annandale toward its terminus
at Cabin John.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Mother Rescues
8 Children From
Fire in Home

A Fairfax County mother res
cued her three children from a
fire that caused heavy damage
to their home at Ill Sipes lane
last night.
County Fire Marshal Willis
H. Burton. jr.. said the fire
started in a bedroom closet in
the one-story home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Alan Gray, jr.
Mrs. Gray was a home with
the three children when the
fire broke out in the bedroom
where her youngest child.
Kelvin. 4. had been put to bed.
Another child was taking q
bath.
Mrs. Gray quickly gathered
the children together and
rushed them from the house.
Mr.. Gray, a teacher at AMMAN
dale High School. was away.
Mr.. Burton said two bed
rooms were badly damaged BY
the fire and smoke damaged
the rest Of the house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Rezoning Studied
By Tukomu Park

Takoma Parks City Council
last night deferred a decision
on a request, to rezone a tract
in a residential area for use
as a club for theatrical training
It did so following q public
hearing involving the former
Takoma Park Christian Church
at Chicago and New York ave-
nues. The council directed its
civic improvements committee
to inspect the property and re-
port its findings.
Mrs. Dorothy A. Mclean.
5514 Carolina place NV. told
the council the property would
be used for amateur produc-
tons. Area residents urged de-
NAL Of the rezoning requests.
In other business. the coun-
Gil watched as the Takoma
Park Police Department was
given the Walker Safety Award
by the National Police Ofhcers
Association for reducing traf-
fic accidents.
For the first time, a portion
of last nights proceedings was
broadcast. over station WGTS-
I'm. the Washington Mission
airy College radio station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
FIREFIGHTING ANNIVERSARY
Alexandra Company
Marks 10th Birthday

Alexandria's historic Column
bia Engine and Motor Company
No. 4 last night oserved its
l60th anniversary of freight
ing service.
Its volunteer and paid mem
bers convened briefly at the
flrehouse in the 100 block of
South st. ASaph street. then
went to Westminster Hall of the
Second Presbyterian Church for
a banquet. This was followed
by a dance at the Alexandria
Elks Club.
The occasion concentrated
the founding of the firefighting
unit in March Of 1899, as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Bya star stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. l0.-The
Montgomery County delegation
chairman and the sponsor Of a
bill to relax the county's liquor
laws are at odds over which
group should pass on the legis-
lation.
Delegation Chairman Blair
Lee. III, said the legislation
should first be approved by the
Montgomery delegation or a
House floor fight might result.
Delegate Alger Y. Barbee
said he would rather fight for
his bill on the floor than sub
NIT 1t to q delegation caucus.
He said II the bill is to be
acted on by the delegation he
would have been better of not
to have introduced 1t at ALL"
Mr.. Lee said there is only
one solid delegation vote--that
of Delegate Charles w. Wood
ward, jr.--against the measure
at this time.
Mr.. Barbee's bill would per-
init fraternal and veterans Or
CARNATIONS In the suburban
area to get pouring" licenses.
He is the county's only repre-
sentative on the alcoholic bev-
erage committee Of the House,
where the bill now is held.
He served notice that he in
tended to fight to have the bill
handled by that committee.
Mr.. Lee commended the bill
is a purely local matter and as
such should be handled by the
county delegation. Generally
speaking. the rule that local
matters are referred to the
county delegation for action
is waived only in the case Of
alcoholic beverage matters in the
House.
Mr.. Barbee said that despite
strong opposition to the bill
voiced at a public hearing Sat-
urday. he still believes 1t "polit-
ically wise" to enact it into
law.
He contended that while all
the opponents to the measure
were at the hearing those who
favored 1t were ION the golf
course or somewhere else"
Mr.. Barbee suggested that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Traffic Tied Up
By Spilled Gas

Ten D. c. Transit Co. trolley,
we're tied UP and north bouno
auto traffic on Wisconsin ave-
nue. was delayed this morning
when q tractor-trailer loaded
with more than 5000 gallons Of
gasoline broke down Just north
Of the District Line and spilled
gasoline across the highway. !.
Two Montgomery County fire
companies, from Bethesda and
Chevy Chase. went to the scene
to wash gasoline from the high
way. Police reported gasoline
from a ruptured tank on the
trailer was pouring into the
street.
Clarence A. Gates. 40, an en-
ploye Of the Standard Oil Co.
Washington distribution CEN
ter, said the frame Of the trac-
tor snapped while proceeding
northward at IL miles per hour.
This caused the heavy trailer
to fall onto springs protruding
from the tractor frame. A 670-
gallon compartment on the
tanker was punctured. North
bound trolleys could not pass
and service temporarily was
maintained with buses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Man Found Dead
Clothing Attire

Firemen early today found
a 52-year-old man, his clothing
still aflame, dead In the bath
room Of his home on the third
floor at 1885 Fourteenth street
N w.
The victim, Leroy Simms,
apparently fled through two
rooms to the bathroom after
the mattress in his bedroom
caught fire. igniting his cloth
ing, homicide detectives said
They said the cause of the
fire has not yet been deter
mined. However, detectives
said they had been told Mr.
Simms often awoke at night
and smoked a cigarette.
Firemen quickly extinguished
the blaze. Damage was con-
fined to the bedroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

fired an estimated $500 feet
into the air recently at Camp
A. p. Hill. Va. The judges
picked 100 top-scoring exhib-
its to be entered in later area
competitions.
The Williamsburg fair in
cluded almost 200 displays
where some Is top-scorers were
picked. The projects ranged
from thermoelectric demonstra-
tons to displays of ceramic
tiles.
The parochial school exhibit
was opened to- parents. It in
cluded some 200 projects in
several scientific fields. The st.
Mary's students. however, will
not compete in subsequent area
contests.
Similar exhibits are sched-
uled in various other schools
later this month.
Last nights exhibits were
open today to students only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

easier shedding In the House
than In the Senate. The point
system, for example, passed the
House two years ago only to die
in the Senate.
THIS year. with adminiStra-
ton backing. the traffic safety
measures are given q good
chance Of being enacted.
The point system passed by
the House was sponsored by
Delegates Carlton r. Sickles
and Hervey @. Machen, Demo-
Gratis Of Prince Georges.
Eyesight Requirement
A third bill to raise the eye
sight requirement for drivers
who can drive without glasses
also was passed by the House.
While the. House was acting
on more than 40 measures. the
Senate gave tentative approval.
16 to IL. to q bill to give 10
year-olds the right to vote.
The measure prompted de-
bate on the Senate floor, with
the fight for its passage being
led by Senator John T. Parran.
jr., Democrat Of Charles
County.
Proponents of the measure
will have to pick UP two more
votes. however, to pass the bill
on final reading.
Providing for a constitutional
amendment, the bill requires
the support of three-flfths Of
the 30 members of the Senate.
A similar measure already
has been killed in the House
Judiciary Committee.
Senator Edward S. Northrop,
Democrat of Montgomery. last
night introduced a bill abolish
ing the present semi-independ-
ent State planning commission
and creating a plannin g
department directly under the
Governor.
The bill becomes the third
major reorganization backed
by the Tawes administration.
Other departments slated for
revamping are the State Roads
Commission and the Tidewaters
Fisheries Commission.
A bill was introduced in the
House to abandon the present
law which prevents the Gov
ernor from exercising a pocket
veto" Of legislation coming to
him late in the session.
At present. the General
Assembly. when 1t reconvenes.
votes on overriding vetoes on
bills the Governor refuses to
sign after the previous session.
Last year, for example. the
assembly overrode Gov. Nickel
din's 1857 veto Of a teacher pay
raise and q 3-cents-a-pack tax
on cigarettes to finance 1t.
Dangling Veto"
The Dangling veto" was put
in effect in 1850 when the pre-
dominately Democratic con-
trolled Legislature faced a Re-
publican Governor for the first
time since the 1930s.
Another bill likely to draw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

Star Company serving the then
village Of Alexandria. That was
the year George Washington
died.
On March 8, 1871, the unit
was reorganized under the
name Of Columbia Steam En-
CINE Company after purchase
of a steam engine from
Philadelphia.
Feature of last nights ban
quet was the presentation of
life membership to Assistant
Fire Chief Charles L. Sampson
and Eugene Corbin and an
honorary life membership to
c. Bennett Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Boy, 10, Accused
Of Setting z Fires

Two fires apparently set by q
l0-year-old boy damaged the
Easements Of two Belle Haven
apartment houses yesterday
Fairfax County fire officials
reported.
The fires occurred in storage
rooms at 1882 and l146 West
Wakefield drive, Belle Haven,
according to Fire Marshal Will
lis H Burton, jr. Mr.. Burton
said the total damage was
about 5000.
The boy who apparently
started the fires was turned
over to his parents pending
further investigation, Mr.. Bur-
ton said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

interest here In the remaining
four weeks Of the session pro-
vides for the licensing Of loan
companies to lend money up
to $3.50 at high interest rates.
rates.
The bill provides for a 10
per cent rate per year charged
In advance-not on the unpaid
balance Of q loan.
The measure also would per-
init a l per cent service charge
per month on the cash adj
vance for the first 500 and u
per cent on the next $400.
In addition 1t allows a S per
cent default charge on any
scheduled installment II one
half Of 1t is unpaid for ten
days after the due date. II
subsequent due dates are sus-
pended a 2 per cent charge on
the aggregate balance per
month can be levied against the
borrower.
House Speaker Perry o.
Wilkinson said he had Joined
In introduction Of the bill at
the request Of Majority Leader
A. Gordon Boone. The other
sponsor was Charles Culver,
Democrat Of Baltimore County.
The House Ways and Means
Committee sponsored a bill
last night to use bond monies
left over from completed capi-
tai projects to help retire the
States debt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Crash Injuries z
County Policemen

Two Montgomery County po-
licemen were injured yester-
day when their cruiser skidded
on loose cinders and hit a tree
on Bradley boulevard at Deep
well drive in the Bethesda area,
police reported.
Policemen Leland McGhan
and William Coffey were adj
mitted to Suburban Hospital
for observation. Their condi.
ton was reported as good.
Investigators said the police
men were answering a report
of a house break-in at the
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
&c. Penney to Speak

]. c. Penney. founder Of the
]. C. Penney department store
chain. win speak at a dinner
meeting Of the Rockville
Chamber of Commerce at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Motel
Washingtonian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

estimated 1900 students, most
of whom contributed to the dis
plays to make themselves ell
gible to compete In the North
ern Virginia regional science
fairs this spring.
The largest exhibit, at Wash
ington-Lee. offered 1900 dis
plays. They ranged from one
students version Of the first
base on the moon to another
youths latest radar "inven-
ton" The entry categories in
cluded biology. chemistry, ply
sizes, aeronautics and agricul-
ture.
Another student displayed a
4-foot rocket he successfully
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Teacher Puy
Plan Includes
ak Increase
BY a Star star Writer

d ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 10.-Gov.
Tawes' reported program to
raise the minimum salaries for
teachers by $500 over a four
year period emissions a 20 per
cent increase in the tax rate
counties have to put UP to
finance the minimum State
program.
At present the political sub
division must levy a tax rate
Of rs cents per 500 of assessed
valuation. Sources close to
the Governor say his compro-
mise plan is likely to call for
increasing this rate to 80 cents.
Under the program being
pressed by the Maryland State
Teachers Association the mini
mum starting salary would be
increased from $4,000 a year
to $4,000.
The total cost of the teach
erS plan has been estimated
as $22.5 million.
Agar Period Desired
Some legislators have been
trying to get the Governor to
modify the program he report
edly was ready to release to the
public last week.
Gov. Tawes Is said to have
accepted in general the teach
ers program with the proviso
that 1t be put into effect over
a four-years period. Sources
close to the Governor indicate
that the increases in the local
tax levy would be spread over
the same period.
Defenders of the plan claim
that the tax levy increase is a
bookkeeping transaction only
and would not cost any county
additional money at this time
because all levy a school tax
In excess of 80 cents.
The Tawes formula reported
~ is the work primarily of a
group of advisers, including
Attorney Harry Green, archi-
tect Of a similar proposal in the
early l950s that raised the local
levy from IS cents to rs cents,
George Hooker, confidant of
Gov. Tawes, and bond attorney
Richard w. Case. who has been
one Of his leading financial adj
yisors.
Revenue Increasing
Gov. Tawes yesterday learned
that he will have an additional
SO million available for fiscal
1860 because of upward revi-
sion in sales tax and raising
revenue estimates. He also has
said that he will feel free to
use an estimated $500, 900 of
surplus to help finance any sup
Elementary budget he submits.
including one to provide some
increase in funds for teachers
pay.
All Of the teacher pay plan is
tentative. depending in large
part on how Mr.. Tawes decided
to handle the increase in reve-
nue. estimates, which fell short
OF what had been anticipated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Lee Wants Delegation
To Vote on Liquor Bill

the other delegates could avoid
a fight and at the same time
protect themselves against crit.
icism from the electorate by
simply voting against the bill
when 1t hits the House floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
Pupil Scientists Show
Space Ideas at Fairs

Some 100 exhibits including models of supersonc rocketry
and bases the went display last night three
annual student science fairs in Northern Virginia schools
Included Washington-Lee High School and Williams
burg Junior High School Arlington and St. Mary Parocha
School in Alexandria
The exhibits officials said represent the handwok of an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
New Traffic Bill Faces
Tough Senate Hurdle
BY q star stan writer

ANNAPOLIS, Mar toulouse legislation creating
POINT for curbng chronic tc oators and chemical
tests determine noxcation faces Its toughest hurdle to
date In the Maryland Senate
last night the full trac safety package
support Of Gov Tawes and sent to the Senate
Trac safety legislation in recent years always has had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

Downstairs Store. Photo Studio, North Building
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

epresent the handiwork Of an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

Authority on old photographs She'll tell you
how your treasured pictures con be mode
into lostino works OF ort . restored to
their original charm if they're worn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
DR.. Dorsey,
Physicist for
40 Years

DR.. Noah Ernest Dorsey, 86,
a physicist with the National
Bureau of Standards for 40
years, died Monday in Towson,
Md, after a long illness.
Born in Annapolis Junction,
Md, DR.. Dorsey received his
early education there and later
attended Friends School in
Baltimore.
He was graduated from
Johns Hopkins University in
1893 and received his DOCTOR
ate in physics four years later.
He taught at Johns Hopkins
until 1901, Joined the Bureau
of Standards after serving for
a short time with the Agri-
culture Department.
DR.. Dorsey, whose wife, Mrs.
Mary Tasker Bowie Dorsey,
died in 1918, lived for many
years at the Cosmos Club be-
fore he was hospitalized in
Baltimore last october. The
couple had no children.
While at the Bureau, DR.
Dorsey became an authority
in the physics of soil, electric
ity, radioactivity, X-rays, light
ming and water.
He was the author of num-
erous articles in his field and
served as associate editor OF
the international Critical Ia
bleS" from 1922 to 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
Reds in Tibet Disclose
Plan to Dust Landlords

TOKYO. July (AP).-Red China announced today
sweeping plan break the estates OF landlords and emanc
pate serfs in rebellious Tibet.
The announcement was made in the Tibean capital of
Lhasa Ngapo Ngawang Jgme the bean vice chairman Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
Criticized Desiqn
Calculated Risk

An official Of the Districts
public housing agency said yes
terday that design Of drainage
facilities in one OF the agency's
projects was "a calculated
risk"
An audit by the Controller
General commended that defects
in this drainage system for
one section Of the East Capitol
Dwellings caused damage to in
terror walls, loss of rental rev.
enues and health and safety
hazards.
William Simpson, acting di-
rector of the National Capital
Housing Authority, said the
decision on design of the drain
age facilities was influenced by
the high cost of such a sys-
tenn and stringent District
building requirements on such
drains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
AU-Bound
Abstraction
Seeks Visa

An expert in Far Eastern
affairs, who resigned yesterday
from the Australian National
University because of "aca-
demic politics." will set up a
Far East program at American
University in September If he
can get into the United States.
Lord Lindsay of Birker an
nounced yesterday in Canberra
he was giving up his senior
fellowship in the university's
department of international
relations. He said the school
gave only grudging recognition
to his international academic
standing and failed to provide
the conditions in which he
could carry on his work.
But the Associated Press in
Canberra indicated he may
have difficulty entering the
United States.
Lord Lindsay visited the
United States in 1858 on an
exchange visa. American En-
bassy officials said today the
Migration Nationality Act bars
holders of exchange viSas from
re-entering the United States
as immigrants or temporary
workers within two years OF
the previous visit. And last
year Lord Lindsay was a visit
ing professor at Yale.
officials said the law Is
rigidly enforced but could be
waived by special application
to the Attorney General. Lord
Lindsay said he has applied
to the United States Consulate
IN Sydney for a visa.
Lord Lindsay is supposed to
become professor and chairman
of the Far Eastern area study
program to be set up at Ameri-
can University's School of In
ternational Service in the fall
American University said today
he planned to arrive in Wash
ington about September /.
He also has been visiting pro-
fessor at Harvard, and he
taught economics at Yenchine
University in Peiping from 1885
to 1941.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-08
Export Of Capital
To Be Probed
BY the Associated Press

The impact on the domestic
economy Of American invest
ment in overseas factories win
get Senate scrutiny starting
next Monday.
Senator Proxmire, Democrat
OF Wisconsin. is the sponsor
Of a resolution calling for the
investigation nv a Senate
banking subcommittee.
I'VE all recognize the serious
damage Of exporting American
Jobs by building foreign fac
tories with American capital"
Senator Proxmire said in a
prepared Senate speech.
AT the same time" he adj
ded, I'VE know that it is highly
desirable to build up the econ
omies Of our friends through
out the free world, especially
when the buildup costs the tax
payer nothing"
Senator Proxmire said Con-
gress needs to know far more
about this "perplexing situa-
ton" than it does.