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Evening star., 1959-11-06
wesWon't Push Plan
To Reopportion House

difficult to say whether the
Walsh commission could come
up with another proposal in
time for the 1860 session. Any
plan to change the representa-
ton must win approval of
three-fifths of the member
ship of both houses of the Leg
islature and be submitted to
the voters as a constitutional
amendment.
Senator Edward S. North
rop, Democrat of Montgomery
County, majority floor leader in
the upper chamber, said today
he plans to ask the Governor
for a conference on the reap
portionment fight. He said he is
hopeful that some sort of plan
to give the larger counties more
representation could be sub
mitted to the 1860 session.
The Walsh plan would ulti-
mately increase the size of the
House of Delegates from 1913 to
14l members. 1t would not af-
feet representation in the 90
member Senate.
The plan would have meant
that a county could get as many
as 10 delegates based on it's
population. The present maxi
mum is six. Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties each
would have received two new
delegates under the Walsh pro-
posal. Baltimore County would
have received at least three and
Anne Arundel one.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
FAST WORK PREVENTS BLAST
AFTER CRASH SPILLS GASOLINE

One thousand gallons of gasoline were spilled into
a downtown street last night after collision between
two tank trucks but fast work by police and fremen
prevented an explosion.
The near-catastrophe occurred about pm. at Third
and streets NV. when Cities Service tanker
colided with the of another sping the fuel police
said. Trucker Edward C. Smorgens 81, of Baltimore,
Md, was charged by police with following too closely,
after his truck struck driven by Laurence Richards,
AZ, also Of Baltimore.
Firemen rushed to the and police kept a
gathering crowd at safe distance from the spilled
gasoline. Battalion Chief Francis c. ODonnell deployed
his fremen with hoses to wash the gasoline down a
sewer opening and then more water was flushed down
sewers along the course of the flowing gasoline.
officials said there could have been serious explo-'
sion if the gasoline had been gnted by the impact
by streetcar third rails Police kept people from smoking
in the crash area.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
Dedication Set
Jury Finds
Loan Firm
ThiefGui|ty

An Arlington jury last night
returned a guilty verdict against
a 31-year-old Washington man
accused of taking part in the
armed robbery of a Wilson
boulevard loan company office
last March.
The defendant, Ogden c.
Kelly of the 1900 block Irving
street NV. was one of six
who held up the Liberty Loan
Corp. at $3.50 Wilson boulevard
on March 13, police said. 1t was
testified that the holdup men
took $3.50 from the Office at
gunpoint.
In returning the guilty ver-
dict, the jury recommended
that Kelly be sentenced to eight
years in prison. Testimony at
the trial indicated he was
posted as a lookout during the
holdup. Circuit Judge Emery
N. Hosmer took the jury recon-
mendation under advisement.
Of the five other suspects
charged in the case, four have
pleaded guilty and the fifth is
awaiting trial.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
ARTIST IN THE COURTHOUSE
Busy Expert Preserves
Paintings in Foirfox

Wearing a natty blue beret.
a 62-year-old Oakton CVa.) art
restoration expert is making the
Fairfax county courthouse look
more than ever like an art
gallery.
The expert is L. Sigsbee Gil
ham, who is doing preservation
work on an 18-foot mural of
historic Fairfax scenes on the
main stairway of the court
house.
He is climbing over his elab-
crate network of ladders and
scaffoldings against a back
drop of paintings hung by coun-
ty artists.
The exhibitions are changed
from time to time. But the
mural, by Esther L. Stewart,
has been untouched since it was
painted in 1854.
Mr.. Gillian, who began study
ing the technique 40 years ago
in France, is applying a paint
food" formula used by the
painter Rubens.
He began studying under an
expert in the Louvre in Paris
in 1919 after he was discharged
from the American army in
France.
Very few know how to make
this paint food" said Mr.. Gill
ham. He manufacturers it from
his own formula in his labora-
tory studio near Oakton.
This is not the first govern
ment job for Mr.. Gilham. He
said he has done much work on
murals in Government build
ings in Washington.
He was first called to the
county courthouse last year to
restore two paintings damaged
by vandals in the old court
room.
While he was there, he
noticed other paintings in a
room were beginning to de-
Evening star., 1959-11-06

1000 acres Of land will be un-
der industrial development near
the airport by 1860.
The firm, which made en-
gineering studies for the air.
port project, also predicts that
more than 5000 acres in the
Loudoun area near the airport
will be occupied by residences
by 1880.
Burns and Mcdonnell were
hired by the county sanitation
authority to study water and
sewer requirements for the air.
port area. The study is ex-
pected to be completed in De-
cember but the sanitation
authority this week released
some preliminary results.
Population to Increase
The firm said the Broad Run
District Of Loudoun County can
be expected to grow by 1880
from the present 4,300 essenti-
ally rural Inhabitants to more
than $4,000 persons of urban,
suburban and rural habitation.
Population and industry will
tend to concentrate in the
Broad Run area north of the
airport. the survey shows. This
area, off Route z, currently is
involved in a great deal Of land
speculation.
However. the engineering firm
predicted that Arcola, Pleasant
Evening star., 1959-11-06

teriorate. The county hired him
to restore these paintings also
and to do preservation work on
the mural.
Paint on the mural was be-
ginning to flake and fall off be-
cause of moisture, he said.
Mr.. Gillian has cleaned the
mural and applied the paint
food.
Working under a strong
floodlight that illuminates every
part of the mural, he will apply
coats of special varnish and
finally bees wax.
He isn't sure just when the
job will be finished.
IF its raining I won't touch
it," he said.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
AAA Aide to Head
YMCA Member Drive

Glenn T. Lashley of 306 Dale
drive, Silver Spring, has been
named general chairman of the
national YMCA membership
campaign, which will be con-
Quoted in January.
Mr.. Lashley, a former FBI
agent and Navy veteran, is
of the pedestrian pro-
gram of the American Auto
mobile Association.
Evening star., 1959-11-06

Mr.. Cline charged that about
1l8 illegal mail votes were cast
in the precinct Of South Coe-
burn. -
The mail ballot also was the
reason given for the proposed
contest of the Dickinson
County election. in which Re-
publicans lost all five Of the
key county offices.
Rufus v. Mccoy, Dickinson
County G. o. P. chairman, said:
1T seems to be the concen-
sus of party members I've
talked to today wednesday,
that this election should be
contested on grounds of IL
legal use of the absentee
ballot. :"
Heavy use of the absentee
ballot was reported Tuesday in
this mountainous county in the
9th congressional district.
OF a total of about 1000
votes cast, some 1.100 were
said to be absentee ballots.
Mr.. Mccoy said most mail
votes had been cast for Demo-
Gratis.
Evening star., 1959-11-06


the vote for State Senator, and
Wise County. dealing with the
Circuit Court clerk race.
Glen M. Williams, Republic
can candidate for State Sena-
tor from Lee County, said in
Jonesville he plans to contest
the election of Democrat J.
Hubert Wheeler.
Hugh P. Cline. 9th district
Republican chairman, said at
Norton plans are in progress to
contest the Wise clerk election.
In all, Mr.. Wheeler showed
a $50 vote margin over Mr..
Williams.
MIR. williams claims there
were mail ballot irregularities
in counting. He said he
planned to take his case tc
The General Assembly.
State law provides for a leg
sSlative committee to inveSti-
gate charges in contested leg
.Slative elections.
The Wise County returns
gave Democrat Eugene Brooks
5.763 votes to Republican, C.
w. Bolling's $3.50 in the clerk
race.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
Flash Fire Burns
Commissory Worker

Vincent Wilson, IS, of 509
Mellon street Sc, was burned
on the face and hands early
today by a flash fire from an
oven he was lubricating at the
Hot Shoppes. Inc. commissary
at 1884 Upshur street NV, 20
lice reported.
Mr.. Wilson, a maintenance
man at the commisSary, was
admitted to the Washington
Hospital Center, where his con-
dition was reported as good.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
ForestviIIe Church
To Hold Buzuur

The Forestville, Va, Metho-
dist Church, will hold its an
nual dinner and bazaar to-
morrow from 2 to 8 pm. in the
Grange Hall.
The various women's circles
of the church, the young people
and the Mems Club will stock
and man the stalls.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
Fushion Show

The Mothers Club of st.
Mary's Parish School, 400 Green
street, Alexandria, will sponsor
a fashion show tomorrow at Z
pm. Door prizes will be giver.
Tickets may be purchased at
the door. ..
Evening star., 1959-11-06
BY CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star Staf Writer

A contest between supporters
of Adlai Stevenson and Senator
Humphrey, Democrat of Min
nesota. may develop in the Dis
trict Democratic primary May
3.
Backers of the Midwestern
Senator announced yesterday
that they intend to run a
Humphrey pledged slate Of
convention delegates at the
election.
Seymour M. Chase, president
of the District Stevenson for
President Draft Committee,
said his group has not yet
decided whether to enter a slate
of delegates in the primary.
However. he said, while this
committee is concentrating its
efforts now solely on rounding
up support for Mr.. Stevenson,
our group is clearly orlenteo
toward the primary"
The Stevenson committee has
already set up headquarters at
the Dodge Hotel and has
started a methodical precinct
by-precinct organization.
New precinct captains for the
Stevenson group are receiving
intensive instruction in opera
ton of the Districts primary
law.
Dedication Set
The Stevenson headquarters
will be formally dedicated on
November 20.
w. John Kenney, head of the
District of Columbia Commit
tee for Humphrey, said the
committee includes several for
Evening star., 1959-11-06
Women Deans Meet

The regional Association of
Women Deans and Counselors
is holding its annual meeting
today and tomorrow at the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School. The theme for the
is Personnel Issues:
Today and Tomorrow"
Evening star., 1959-11-06
School Board
Shakeup Seen
In Arlington
By PAUL HOPE
Star staff Writer

Reappointment of two Arling-
ton School Board members and
selection of a woman to replace
Mrs. Helen Lane appeared
likely today.
Arlipgtonians for a Better
County will be In position to
appoint a controlling majority
on the school board January /,
and hackers of several ABC
leaders are lining up support
for their candidates.
The terms of DR.. Barnard
JOY, James G. Stockard and
Mrs. Lane expire December 81.
The county board, which makes
the appointments, has asked
for recommendations by No
vember Is.
The ABC victory in Tuesdays
county board election assures
the liberal coalition group
control of the school board for
several years beginning jan
uary l. The ABC now has two
representatives on the FIVE
member school board-Dr. Joy
and Mr.. Stockard. The other
three were appointed before
ABC gained control of the gov
erning body.
ReappOintments Expected
DR.. JOY and Mr.. Stockard are
expected to be reappointed. The
four ABC members of the gov
erning body have said they will
not reappoint Mrs. Lane.
Several persons have been
mentioned prominently for Mrs
Lanes post. ABC leaders are
hoping the appointment won't
stir internal warfare in their
group but members of the
county board report that vigor-
GUS campaigns on behalf o1
several candidates appear to be
getting under way.
Board members have indicated
they will pick a woman to fill
the post of Mrs. Lane, only
woman on the school board
but they haven't completely
ruled out the males. The man
mentioned most frequently as
"a possible appointee is William
Lightsey. president of the Com
mittee to Preserve Public
Schools and campaign chair
man for ABC in the past elec-
ton. Mr.. Lightsey said today
he is not actively campaigning
for the school post but has told
groups proposing his name that
he would accept the nomina-
tion.
16 Names Offered
Sixteen other names have
been recommended by various
groups and more are expected
to be submitted before Novem-
ber Is.
Among the women mentioned
most frequently as front run
ners are Ruth ODell Cox,
chairman of ABC; Mrs. Eliza
beth Campbell, former school
board member; Mrs. Theda
Henle, former president OF
the League of Women Voters;
Mrs. Elizabeth Weihe, svice
chairman of the Committee to
Preserve Public Schools and
former Women Voters leader,
and Mrs. Alice Letzler, who is
active in school and community
work. :
Evening star., 1959-11-06
Stevenson-Humphrey
Contest Looms Here

mer convention delegates who
supported Mr.. Stevenson.
Asked if he had consulted
Senator Humphrey before dis
closing that a slate of Hum
phrey-pledged delegates would
be entered in the primary, Mr..
Kenney said:
1--WE talked to the Senator
and I wouldn't be doing this if
I didn't have a certain under
standing with him."
While a fight between Ste
venson and Humphrey hackers
looms now. several possibilities
could eliminate one or the
other potential contenders be-
fore the May primary.
Mr.. Stevenson has said he is
not a candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination and Senator
Humphrey has said that he will
not decide until the first of the
year whether to seek the nomi-
nation.
Although Mr.. Stevenson has
told some District Democratic
leaders that he does not want
his name entered in the Dis
trict primary, the Stevenson
group point out that their
campaign is q draft.
They also emphasize that in
the District it would not be
necessary to list Mr.. Steven
sons name on the ballot.
Nine Votes for d. C.
Spokesman for Senators Sy-
mington of Missouri, johnson
of Texas and Kennedy of Mas
sachusetts said yesterday that
they knew of no plans at pres
ent to enter in the District
Democratic primary states of
delegates pledged to these three
potential candidates for the
presidential nomination.
The District will have nine
votes in the 1860 Democratic
n tional convention. While
there is no preference vote now
in the primary. delegates elect
ed may be pledged. Consent of
a candidate is not required.
Some support was reported
building up among labor lead
ers for a campaign to enter
candidates in the District pri-
mary pledged to Senator Wayne
Morse, Democrat of Oregon.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
Shrimp Feast Set

The Cottage City Fire House,
3840 Bladensburg road. will
hold a shrimp feast tomorrow
from 7 pm. to II pm. Dancing
is included in the program.
Evening star., 1959-11-06
9. 0. P. to Challenge
3 Elections in Virginia
BY the Associated Press

Southwest Virginia Republicans say they planning to
contest two in Tuesdays general election Their
reports the heels Of earlier that
Dickenson County Republicans also will take issue over an
election outcome.
The new challenge comes from County, concerning
Evening star., 1959-11-06
industrial BuiIdup Seen
Around Dulles Airport

LEESBURG Va, Nov. (SpeciaD.-A huge industrial
budup population increase in Loudoun County
dcted by engineers result of the construction Of Dulles
International Airport.
Burns and Mcdonnell Engineering Co., consulting firm
for the Loudon County Sanitation Authority forecast that
Evening star., 1959-12-13

miles farther they will run into cut
rate gasoline, they run out of gas
and pay in time, temper and service
charges more than they could save
in years on gas. Never daunted, they
drive on - and out of gas.
But motorists don't have a mo-
nopoly on silly saving. Welding rem
nants of cakes of soap and thus max
ing both cakes quite unsatisfactory is
a dizzy form of economizing which,
my survey discloses, has its persistent
devotees. So does boarding pencil
stubs too short to be of any use but,
by some bizarre calculus, still too
precious to be thrown away.
know of kindling hoarder who
freely confesses: ri have basement
full of kindling to use in my fireplace,
but cherish it so much that never
use enough to start fire without
three or four attempts, thus | end up
by using far more than | would if |
were not so stingy in the first place.
Why? Don't ask me-
Shoes, in all stages of disrepair,
seem to be magnets for economizing.
II am such a pushover for shoe
sales," one of my survey sources
reported, that I continuously buy
shoes that don't fit because they are
Evening star., 1959-12-13

Waste not, want not" says favor
ite American proverb. And cores
pondent of mine goes so far as to urge,
Saving is good for its own sake"
As an economist, am prepared to
give very broad Endorsement to saw
ing, but not quite that broad. In fact,
I've been conducting a survey which
discloses that an enormous amount of
personal and family economizing is,
realistically examined, positively silly.
For example, among motorists, l
find these thriftless economizers:
. The seGrcherS for unused time on
parking meters. One of this numer-
Gus company tells me of a compulsion
he can't overcome: ''I drive all over
our municipal parking lot to find three
or four minutes of unused time on a
meter. The going rate at the lot is
one cent for ten minutes, five cents
for sixty minutes"
The tOllgate detOurers. Living
in the vain hope that they will save
money by going around, they burn up
far more gas, rubber and time (often
lost on strange byways) than the cost
of the toll.
. The gGSOline-,UGr hunters. Ever
hopeful that if they drive only few
Evening star., 1959-12-13

such bargain. We don't have your
size, &C. says the salesman, but we
have a I2AAAA and it is about the
same width at the ball of the foot
Result: | have a trunkful of slightly
worn shoes resembling Turkish slip
pers very long and turned up at
the toes"
For years | have hung on to all
my wornout Shoes" reports another
shoe hoarder, because | plan to use
them for gardening. | don't garden,
and if did already have garden
shoes to garden all of Kansas"
1t is his steadily increasing collec-
ton of old and useless hats II
must be planning to use them as fish
ing hats" - that gradually is driving
one of my sources out of house and
home. And it is an incapacity to part
with any sort of a gift box that is
doing the same for another.
A used paper and string hoarder,
the late Henry L. Mencken developed
a refinement on fatuous economizing
of them. When he had something to
wrap up, he would carefully comb his
collection until he found paper of the
right size and string of the right
length to do the wrapping with moth
ing left over. Although he was an
Evening star., 1959-12-13

When you're away from home
working, shopping, out having
fun-and acid indigestion upsets
your stomach, take minty tasting
Phillips Tablets. There's no glass
no water-to bother with. You
Just chew a few-and feel fine
again fast. That's because Phillips
Tablets contain one of the worlds
fastest, most effective stomach
sweeteners. So carry Phillips
Tablets wherever you go.
Evening star., 1959-12-13

People do lot foolish things saOi"g Maybe you're
bad as but tamiyjInanc describes
Othout realizing
Evening star., 1959-12-13

For upset stomach, heartburn,
gas or other symptoms of acid
indigestion
Take Minty Phillips Tablets
Evening star., 1959-12-13

THIS WEEK Mosorine / December 10. 1852
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-01
Movie Studio Bars
Preston's Duel

HOLLYWOOD, July l (AP)
-TV star Wayne Preston's
studio has forbidden him to
fight a judo match with Lawyer
Arthur Crowley.
Warner Brothers notified Mr..
Preston and his agent yesterday
that any such bout would vio-
late several clauses in his con-
tract.
One gives the studio Mr..
PreSton'S exclusive services in
all phases of public or private
entertainment" Another for
bids him to engage in any
sporting event in which he
might suffer bodily harm.
Mr.. Crowley, "a, 5 feet 9, said
earlier that he and Mr.. Preston,
%, 6-foot-4 star of TVS Colt
AS" had agreed to settle an
argument by fighting japanese
style at $50 pm. today. Mr..
Crowley said they wagered
81, 900 on the outcome. The
argument arose Sunday night
at a party at Lance Revent-
lows home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-01
British Papers
FaceCIosinq

LONDON, July / (AP).-
Britain today faced the threat
of the biggest shutdown o.
newspapers since the genera
strike 33 years ago.
A strike of printing ink work
ers supplying Fleet street
London's newspaper row-cut
of supplies of ink to the bis
national newspapers which cir.
culate 20 million copies a day
throughout the nation.
A spokesman for the News.
paper Proprietors' Association
said the papers had stocks only
for four days and would be
forced to suspend publication
with Sundays editions.
Members of the association
have an agreement that wher
one newspaper is halted, al,
stop.
Peace Attempts Fail
Eleventh-hour peace at
temptS by Labor Minister lair
Macleod failed last night tc
avert a walkout by $500 men,
bers of the National Society OF
Operative Printers and Assist
ants - NATSOPA - who work
for firms supplying ink to Fleet
Street.
About 1000 magazines and
newspapers published outside
of London have been shut down
for two weeks by a strike in
volving 100000 printers.
Both the ink men and the
printers are demanding a IL
per cent pay raise and a shoe.
ening of the WorkWeek from
~ 10 4O hours. Weekly wages
now range from E9 to Els
t$23.60 to $42).
The employers have offered
a 2l2 per cent pay increase and
to reduce the workweek by one
hour.
The unions rejected the en-
ployers' offer to submit the dis
pute to arbitration.
Two Not Affected
The spread of the walkout
to Fleet street will idle another
$4,000 newspaper workers anC
leave the possibility of only
two national newspapers pub
fishing after Sunday-the Man.
chester Guardian and the Com
munist Daily Worker. Neither
is bound by the proprietors
pact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-01

when the doors opened. A
spokesman for the 42-day ex-
hibition estimated total at
tendance at between 10000 anc
$4,000.
Its hackers aren't worried
that the admission price Of 81
for adults and so cents fol
children won't even meet eX-
penses.
The aim Of the show. like
the aim of its American coun-
terpart which opens in Moscow
July 25, is to show people how
the other side lives.
Newspapers generally found
1t a good show. But they
pointed out that in some de.
partments, such as housing
clothing and automobiles th5
Soviet goods didn't come ul
to American standards.
Apparently they were some
what above Soviet standards
however.
AS Max Frankel, a former
Moscow correspondent, wrote
in the New York Times:
"A visitor can see far more
here in two hours than this
correspondent saw in two years
in the Soviet Union, far more
especially of the stuff OF Soviet
wishful dreams.
THE exhibition projects g
glistening Soviet future, but