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the relative humidity 100 pei
cent. The discomfort indie,
would be go"
A D. I. reading of 80 would
also result. according to Mr.
Thom's calculations, from suct
temperature and humidity com.
binations as IS degrees and 81
per cent, 80 degrees and 40 pei
cent, and 100 degrees and
per cent.
About 10 per cent Of us NOR.
tails are uncomfortable" with
a D. /. in the vicinity Of 10;
about so per cent register dis
comfort when the D. /. exceeds
rs. land everyone is uncom.
Portable and plenty unhappy
when the index reaches 70. Mr.
Thorn says.
Getting down to still more
specific cases. Mr.. Thorn point.
out that the Government car
let its employees of for the rest
Of the day when the index
stands at 86. Things have go,
pretty serious. discomfort-wise
by that time" the climatologist
allows. hopping his brow at thu
very thought.
Although there wasn't any
such thing as a discomfort in.
dex then, the highest thai
would have been registered wa:
SO on July 20, 1880.
From a practical standpoint
Mr.. Thorn says. the D. 1. read.
ings would help let people know
when and how to set their all
conditioners II the perspiratior
they're bathed in doesn't give
them a clue.
The Weather Bureau. in any
case. is encouraging its stations
in the 200-odd major American
cities to supply the D. I. to the
public. II it's well accepted. il
may then be supplied regularly
to newspapers. radio and tele-
vision stations.
The local weather station
hasn't yet decided whether il
will disseminate discomfort in
dices.
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Cut Favored
InD.C. Budget
BY JOHN A. GILES
Star stan Writer

Registered Republican voters
in the District by better than
4-to-l. favor a cut in the local
governments budget. rather
than an increase in taxation to
meet an anticipated deficit.
This is the trend in q poll
being taken Of $4,000 citizens by
the District Republican Com
mittee.
The House District APP
preparations Subcommittee has
been asked for $32 million in
additional funds but indications
are that the members think the
city ought TO produce more tax
money.
Carl L Shipley, Republican
Committee chairman. said that
there had been an 'upsurge in
the feeling that the budget
should be cut" both in the re-
turned questionnaires and in
telephone calls. About one
third Of the missionaries
are in
He pointed out that the re-
turns on increased taxation
had been changed from the
first tally made earlier last
week when 48 per cent said
they favored q budget cut.
The committee initiated the
poll at the request of Repre-
Widnall, Republican
Of New Jersey. and one Of the
sponsors Of the administra-
ton home rule bill. who wanted
to find out the sentiment on
that issue.
Thus far, 81 per cent Of those
replying favor home rule. 80
per cent are against and 3 per
cent have no preference.
But Mr.. Shipley said that
these answering the question:
mares, as we'll as those calling
the committee. express strong
sentiment for a bill which
would allow them to vote for
President and Vice President
rather than for city council
men.
The committee also threw in
another question in the home
rule poll which Mr.. Widnall
requested. This involves re-
taxation Of the Hatch political
activities act.
Sixty-four per cent favor
relaxation Of the act to allow
greater political participation
by Federal and District en-
ployes. Twenty-seven per cent
want the act kept as it is and
8 per cent have no opinion on
the issue.
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cLiMA7oLocsTs EQUATION
Discomfort Index Covers Both
Districts Heat and Humidity

the bureaus Suitland ONCE
said the means Of arriving at
the figure is complicated. II
involves taking the reading Of
q "dry bulb" thermometer, add
ing it to the reading of a wet
bulb" thermometer, multiply
ing the sum by a. then adding
is.
81 know It sounds myster-
ious," Mr.. Thorn admits, but
we've found it to be the best
equation for arriving at the dis
comfort index"
So. what precisely is this in
dex?
WELL" explains Mr.. Thorn,
"it's merely the number that
comes from working out our
equation" He continues:
Lets say the temperature on
q given day Is 30 degrees and
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partment as a laborer and
worked his way UP through va
rious jobs. For some years he
held the title of Engineer of
Streets.
In his first four years as a
city employee he attended night
classes at National University
Law School, winning three
degrees and qualifying as a
member of the bar, but he has
not practiced law.
An Arlington CVa.) native
and resident. he has a son.
Samuel. Jr., %, who works for
the District Sanitary Engineer
ing Department. and a daugh-
ter Dorothy Elizabeth, II, who
is a senior at Wakefield HiNh
School. -
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BY JOHN w. STEPP
star stan Writer

People around these parts
know without prompting that
Washington's midsum m e
jungle heat makes them un.
comfortable.
The Weather Bureau is fixing
to make everyone even more
acutely aware of the fact BY
letting people know just how
uncomfortable they are.
Bureau climatologists have
devised what they call q dis
comfort index" for this pur-
pose. The D. l.. II you want to
call 1t that. is neither q tenn
perature reading nor the rela-
tive humidity percentage. but
a sort Of coordination of both.
Earl c. Thorn. and j. F.
Bosen. a fellow climatologist at
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BeoutyWho Robbed Las Vegas Bank
Called Victim of Amnesio Here

A 19-year-old blond beauty,
who left Washington only last
Wednesday. yesterday was
charged with the solo robbery
Of a Las Vegas bank.
The girl whose beauty led to
her fast capture was identified
by the FBI as Ida Belle Ingram.
most recently registered here
under another name at the
Roosevelt Hotel.
The FBl said she got $1,780
from the First National Bank
Of Nevada in a daylight rob-
berry Friday. while her taxicab
waited outside.
She was wrestled of a bus
in the middle Of the desert so
miles from the scene of her
crime. All but $40 of the
stolen money was recovered.
Friends here agreed with &C
counts from Las Vegas in only
one particular-her good looks.
To those who befriended her
here, she was q mice girl" a
church going, hard working
youngster who suffered an am
nesia attack last Thanksgiving.
To the Las Vegas bank teller
who handed over the money,
to bank customers and to the
cabbie who hauled her to and
from the robbery, she was
knockout"
To the police who arrested
her and to the FBI who ques-
toned her. she was a belliger-
ent female at bay who fought
the deputy sheriff arresting her
and muttered go to he'll" in
answer to all queries.
Account Given
Investigation here and re-
ports from Las Vegas produced
this account of the Ingram
girls sudden crime spree:
She checked out Of the
Roosevelt Hotel last Wednes-
day. paying a hotel bill of
$94.51 for Rita Rays" Of Roa-
noke, Va.
She few to Los Angeles and
back tracked to Las Vegas,
where she checked in at the
FL Mirador Motel last Thurs
day.
On Friday morning. she
called q cab and directed the
driver b take her to the Third
Street Branch Of the First Ma
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son house stood abandoned
across the road from the ceme-
terry. A child's tricycle. could be
seen at the side Of the house
Police investigators called or
area farmers to search Their
land thoroughly for Mrs. Jack
son and Susan.
1--WE must assume now that
whoever forced the Jackson car
of the road and abducted
them was travelling north. in
the general direction Of Wash
ington. Investigator G. S
Cooper said.
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Harrison Plans to Quit
Highway Post March 81

Samuel r. Harrison. second
in command Of the District
highway and traffic depart
ment, will retire March 81. 1t
was learned yesterday.
Mr.. Harrison. 81, a veteran
of more than 81 years with the
highway department, disclosed
his retirement plans to fellow
officials Friday. He probably
will take an outside job after
a brief vacation, he said yes
terday.
Mr.. Harrison is one Of five
deputy directors Of the depart
meEt. which recently absorbed
the traffic functions Of the old
vehicles and traffic department.
He has senior status and fire.
quently has served as acting
director.
He became deputy director
of the department in 1858.
Harold l.. Aitken last week
was appointed to head the de-
partment as successor to John
N. Robertson, director, who re-
tired a week ago. Mr.. Aitken,
40, a former Federal Bureau of
Public Roads engineer, Joined
the department last year as a
special assistant to Mr.. Robert
son and more recently became
a deputy director.
A successor for the second
rank post has not been picked.
Mr.. Aitken said last night. It
was reported that the job may
60 to an outsider.
1t. Col. Thomas B. Hunter,
assistant engineer commits
sioner, last night described Mr..
Harrison as an extremely de-
pendable official and declared:
"The city is going to miss his
knowledge Of the department"
Mr.. Harrison joined the de-
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acquire through negotiations.
This has been interpreted
as q partial victory for the gas
company. I'm 1855, 1t sought
the delegations approval and
failed.) While the delega-
tons approval Of a local bill
usually is enough to insure
adoption by the Legislature.
there still are some obstacles
in the path Of the gas COM
Ipany's unique storage venture.
First. the bill approved by
the delegation contained re-
strictions, limitations and pro-
tective measures which, in eff
feet. may prohibit the storage
field. Oscar Berry. counsel for
the company, said yesterday
he had not obtained a final
copy Of the bill. He said the
delegation is still working over
wording Of some proposals.
Berry Statement
Mr.. Berry said 1t probably
would be Tuesday before he
and other gas company officials
will be in a position to COM
ment on the legislation.
I'VE do not object to genu-
Inc protective measures" said
Mr.. Berry. I'VE would not
want to invest $25 million in
a storage field which was not
safe"
The delegations proposals
contained several restrictions
on the right of eminent do
main under which the company
would appropriate land or un-
derground storage rights. One
section provides that the COM
pany must obtain options on
rs per cent Of the land and
from rs per cent of the land
owners before exercising con-
domination powers. The utility
new has options from 80 per
cent Of the landowners but
these options cover only about
81 per cent of the 10,000-acre
storage site.
Other sections would limit
condemnation rights to the
BraDdywine area and give the
property owner the option of
I granting storage rights or SELL
ing out completely to the COM
pany. Under the latter pro-
Sposal. condemnation .juries
would return two verdicts-one
specifying a price for storage
rights and another on full tax
ing Of above-ground land. The
landowner would have six
months to move before making
his choice.
COmpany's View
The company has pointed
out that 1t does not need or
want to acquire land or build
ingS. except for small areas
which will be required for wells
and service buildings. The
company also has said that ex-
istence Of the field would not
disturb present activities in the
area.
Among the safety precau-
tons in the proposed bill are
requirements that the dome of
the storage area be at least
1000 feet below the surface Of
the earth and that the field be
certified leakproof by State
agencies.
The field would require the
approval of the State Water
Pollution Control Board, De-
partment of Mines, Geology
and Natural Resources. Board
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COlOnlaI 0OuIn ANNA 6dptlSt
largest funerals in LOUISE
County's history.
Even while the service wa:
under way. FBI agents anc
State and county police were
looking for their slayer.
Tragic figures in one Of Vir-
ginia's most mysterious muir.
der cases. the father and
daughter were buried In tho
family plot about three miles
from the church. and about
500 yards across Route So
from their deserted home.
Mr.. Jackson. his 27-year-old
wife Mildred. and their two
children. Susan Ann, 8. anc
Janet. disappeared on the night
of January II, while driving
home from q visit with hel
parents.
Forced on Road
The car. apparently forced
of the road was found aban-
doned only a few miles from
their home.
The bodies Of Mr.. jackson,
a feed store employe and q
leader in his church, and his
youngest child were found
Wednesday under a pile Of
brush and sawdust in q densely
wooded area about two miles
northwest Of Fredericksburg.
Mr.. jackson had been shot
in the left temple. His hands
were bound across his chest.
He also had been pistol
whipped. Janet's body was
lying beneath him. Police said
she too may have been struck
on the head with q blunt object.
Louisa County Sheriff w. e
Profit was among several
police investigators watching
the funeral.
The 159-year-old church
where the service was held was
banked with wreaths and filled
to overfiowing with the Jack
sons friends. Some 200 persons
had to stand outside. An esti-
mated 800 cars filled the church
yard and lined route 500 for
more than half a mile.
Many at the service wept
Among them were Mrs. C. v,
jackson, ST.. Of Richmond; Mr.,
Jacksons mother. and Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin L. Hill,
Mrs. Jackson's parents.
Mr.. Jackson's casket was
covered with an American flag.
JanetS, all white. was draped
In white carnations.
Psalms Read
The Rev. Leslie Newman, the
Jackson's pastor for the first
six years and who joine d
searching parties in the hunt
for the bodies. read several
psalms and other Bible pas
sages. Another minister. the
Rev. Rives Ferguson, particle
pated in the service.
Mr.. Newman told the gath
ering:
mo eulogy, no words that I
can speak can add to the love
and respect with which these,
the deceased were held In the
hearts and minds Of their COM
munity and their church. Let
not your hearts be troubled"
The modest two-story Jack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
By WILLIAM A. MILLEN
STAT star Writer

The doomed gasoline station
1t Massachusetts, and Wiscen-
sin avenues NV. center Of a
series court and congressional
actions, has been given a re-
priege at least until April 2.
Thsi station had been sched-
uled to close yesterday.
Chief Justice Earl Warren
yesterday granted the Amer-
canlpil Co. a stay of possession
by the Federal Government.
Tho oil firm win seek a su-
preIhe Court review Of its case,
afte losing both in the United
States District Court and the
United States Court of Appeals
here which held the gasoline
station will have to 60 and the
Land it occupies be taken over
for park.
Authorities recently cleared
brush from the adjoining area
and created a neighborhood
park to which the gas station
proberty will be added.
Tie Chief Justice granted q
stay until the final disposition
by She Supreme Court Of a
petition Of the company for a
writ.of certiorari--a review by
the high court. But he attached
thes condition that the COM
pans's petition be filed on or
befdte April 2.
Opposition by the Federal
Government to a Supreme
Cortt review Of the case is
certain.
~
losing Postponed Once
Originally the station was
SUPPOSED to close down on
January IS. but an extension
was given until yesterday. The
Couit Of Appeals set yesterday
for Che Federal Government to
take.possession.
Pkrry s. Patterson, Washing
ton ,.attorney. represented the
company before Chief Justice
Watten.
National Capital Parks has
acquired all the porperty
bounded by Massachusetts, and
Wisconsin avenues and Garfield
street NV. with the exception
Of the gasoline station. The
statjbn. which does not con-
form to coming Of the area, was
opered before the coming code
became effective in 1920.
Joining in the fight to have
the gasoline station removed
Wee civic interests, the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission. the National Park
Service and others. The plan
ming commission purchased the
rest Of the land in the block
for National Capital Parks.
Situated across Massachu-
setts avenue from the WASH
ington Cathedral. the site is
considered a prominent gate
way to the National Capital.
Since the Zoning Act became
effective the station has oper-
ated as q "nonconforming use"
but was forbidden to expand,
Congress Granted Pleas
The tation's owners made
several efforts to have Con-
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tional Bank Of Nevada. Reach
ing there, she apparently
changed her mind and told the
driver to continue to the Fifth
Street Branch of the same
bank.
Attracting a trail of admir-
ing glanceS as she walked in,
she handed this note to a 81
year-old teller:
Keep your mouth shut
Someone else is watching.
have a gun and I'll use it. SC
put 10 $50 bills on the counter
Then put $4,000 in large bills
down. II you don't have it, put
at least $4,000 down and you
don't say anything until 10
minutes after I leave. If you
do. you'll get a bullet in your
head"
Gets Money
The teller, Mary Herring,
gave her three 500 bills. four
$50s and GA $20S. Apparently
satisfied, she departed.
She told the waiting cabbie
to take her to the motel, where
she picked up her bags and
ordered him to take her to the
bus station.
Her beauty prompted the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
Jackson Family Rites
In Viroinio Draw 700
BY JOHN M. ROSSON
star stan Writer

APPLE GROVE Va. Mar. Carroll Vernon jackson. 20
and his 8monhd daughter Janet were buried here today
in the shaded corner Of small country cemetery.
An estimated persons attended the services at the
Colonial South Anna Baptist Church It Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08
Waterfront Plans
Expansion Studied
RLABocks Proposal to Provide
For More Commercial Property
ny SAM EASTMAN
star stan Wriler

New plans to expand development OF the Southwest water
front into major marine receaonal center under
study BY District ofncals. a, y. sHA
The proposals under consideration includes $50
Achange ine routing Of part Of the new Maine
to pick UP additional waterfront land.
Construction OF new piers to provide sti more COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

mercial devel0uInent DrODarty
A revision ~ Are nresenf Mar
was proposed TO the Distric,
Commissioners by their Urbar
Renewal Operations Committee
at q recent closed meeting.
The nronosal hv the eommit.
tee. headed nv, Assistant Enci.
neer commissioner THOMAS K
Fullerton. has the backing 81
the District Redeyelopmeni
Land Agency
Fullerton Gives Reasons
"a, E,,,arto,, tol, the co,n.
missioners tbsf his co,mmittet
believes the amount Of COM
mercial property provided un-
der the present plan is made
quate. He also said that the
present development program
=
of the land. 80 =
Under the Urban renewal
program adopted in April, 1856,
the new Maine avenue would
carve out q crescent-shaped
parcel Of land along the WASH
ington Channel between the
Southwest expressway and I
street-at the north end Of the
waterfront. In, support of his
committees stand. Col. Fuller
ton said that more than half
Of the SIS acres of commercial
land in the crescent would have
TO be set aside for parking.
~, r,,,l.rto,, .,so +o,A ths
commissioners that the present
building Enecifications limit
utilization AZ the property and
mat they shouId Be revised.
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Gas Storage Issue
Nearing Decision
Some Obstacles Remain to Plan
Affecting Prince Georges Area
BY ALFRED ALIBRANDO
Star stan Writer

The hveyear controversy storage Of natural
der the Brandywne Of Prince Georges County appears
near final decision in the Maryland Legislature
Last week. the Prince Georges legislative delegation ap-
proved proposals that would permit the Washington Light
Co. to appropriate storage rights 1t has not been able to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

r.. searles. jr.. executive direc-
tor.
Mr.. Searles said that the
District has ian opportunity Il
capitalize on an asset rather
than have it lying fallow'
through development Of q wa
terfront tourist and recrea-
tional facility"
The urea should be expanded
Inc said. to provide space foi
boating businesses, restaurants
and. other marine and enter
tainment attractions.
Long Run Gain Seen
According to Mr.. Searles. the
present plan could be revised
without causing any delay in
development Of the area. The
initial cost Of carrying out pro-
posals under consideration
probably would be greater but
would pay on handsomely over
the years, he said.
It was reported that q key
feature Of plans under study
would shift the new Maine
avenue route inland from M
street to p street.-The lower
end Of the waterfront.
Also under study is the cost
Of constructing new CONNER
cial piers.
The RIA recently received q
new study Of the waterfront
| from q consultant, Stanley
Sherman, professor Of archi-
lecture at the University Of
Michigan.
Discussion Scheduled
Last August. o. Roy Chalk,
head of the D. c. Transit Sys-
tenn, proposed Q waterfront de-
yelopment plan Of his own.
He said that he had offered to
buy q huge waterfront area
and that it could be developed
by q combination of private
and government capital. Mr..
Chaik's ideas included a
"boatel." a williamsburg-type
residential area, a diesel speed
boat feet and q monorail rapid
transit system. The proposals
were not supported by RIA.
At the recent executive ses-
sion of the Board of Commits
sioners, no action was taken
on Col. Fullerton's report but
the Commissioners Tentatively
scheduled a discussion of the
matter with interested officials
Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

teller to give police an exact
description. The cabbie. located
quickly. remembered her well
for the same reason.
The FB1. moving swiftly into
the case. worked with the
sheriff's office on road blocks.
Deputy Sheriff Clark Olson
tagged down the right bus. took
one look at the girl and slapped
handouts on her.
The girl maintained a tight
Tipped silence under question:
ing but her purse was more
revealing. Las Vegas police said
they found an unmailed letter
addressed to a man at the
Cairo Hotel here in which she
said in part. II love you so
much. in fact I love you three
times as much as that other
guy"
Registers Checked
The hotel records disclose a
man Of a similar name checked
in there for one night on two
occasions in January and Feb
ruary but is not there now. He
gave a Los Angeles return ad-
dress.
At the Roosevelt. a clerk said
a Rita Rays, whom he iden-
titled from the picture in The
Star as the Ingram girl,
checked in at the hotel OH
February %, led a quiet life at
the hotel. She left last We'd
nesday.
The Ingram girl, as far as
Alexandria friends knew. had
not returned to Washington
after her mother came from
Roanoke to take her home from
the Washington Hospital Gen.
ter in early December.
A woman who knew her from
the time she came to Washing.
ton first in January. 1857. until
she left in December said she
had suffered an amnesia at
tack on the Sunday before
Thanksgiving and had failed to
recognize anyone for 10 days.
"She IS a very sick girl" the
neighbor said. "She wouldn't
have done q thing liI)e this
otherwise"
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Congress Granted Pleas

The cations owners nade
several efforts to have Con-