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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Foirfox Man browns
AS Boat Overturns

Rescue squadsmen dragged
the Potomac River yesterday
for the body of a man lost
during a boating accident in
which his two companions were
rescued.
The missing man was identi-
fled by relatives as Ralph Eddie
Dodd, 81, of Old Mount Vernon
road, Fairfax County, Va.
RescuerS from the District,
Prince Georges County, Md,
and Alexandria, Va, we're still
dragging tn river last night
for his body, just off the Mary
land shore near Goat Island.
His companions were identi-
fled by the Alexandria Rescue
Squad as Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
j. Yeats of ITO Common
wealth avenue, Alexandria.
Mr.. Yeats, "a, said the To-
foot inboard speedboat turned
over suddenly and he rescued
his wife Beatrice, 80, who could
not swim. A boat picked them
up as they headed toward Goat
Island.
Il heard Ralph yell and then
I didn't see him any more" Mr..
Yeats said. Mr.. Dodd could not
swim, he said.
Mr.. Dodd was born in King
George County, Va. He moved
to the Washington area II
years ago. He was employed by
the Hot Shoppes as a caterer
for the American AirlineS at
National Airport.
He is survived by a brother,
Irving Dodd, SO, of the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Bio Insurance Structure
To Boost Foggy Bottom

house. containing lis units Of
one and two bedroom apart
ments. to be built by Meyer
Siegel at Twenty-fourth and
H streets NV, across the street
from the other one. A wreck
ing company is now tearing
down an old church that stood
for years on the corner and
old houses that stand in the
way of the development. The
new APARTMENT house will be
ready next year, Mr.. Siegel said
4. The Educational Center
for the American Association of
University Women. now under
construction at Twenty-fourth
and G streets NV. Hegemar
Harris Co. is building the struc-
ture. Corning and Moore are
the architects. In this eight
story building will be housed
the associations administrative
and professional staff.
Y The structure will cost So
million. 1t is expected to be
ready for occupancy early next
year. but Shannon g. Luchs,
rental agents, said all the sapce
the association will not occupy
already has been rented.
Just where is Foggy Bottom?
The Foggy Bottom Restora-
ton ssociation'S official
boundaries are: the south side
of Pennsylvania avenue. the
north side of Virginia avenue
west to Twenty-seventh street
and east to Twenty-th third street
NV.
But historically. the "Foggy
Bottom lands" ran from Seven
teenth street to the Potomac
River, north to Pennsylvania
avenue and south to Constitu-
ton avenue NV, say those
who should know.
Charles Norris, jr., of the real
estate firm of Woodward g.
Norris. 723 Twentieth street
NV. one of the pioneers in
the redevelopment OF Foggy
Bottom, said the remodeled
houses there range in price
from $4,000 to $4,000. He
said there are at least 300
houses, covering several blocks,
which have been restored.
When Peoples Life Insurance
Co. moves into its new building
and the new State Department
building, at TWenty-third and
C streets NV. is finished,
Foggy Bottom probably will ex-
perience a population boost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

Housing Authority, will be the
main speaker at this event.
Edwin M. Gardner, housing
manager of Barry Farms, said
the results achieved by Mr.
Fisher and his committee have
been terrific"
He explained that I'VE try to
encourage tenant cooperation
and we provide free grass seed
and loan lawn mowers, hoes
and rakeS to tenants to help
with this program"
Mr.. Fisher said he volun-
teered to help with the cleanup
and Identification program be-
cause 1T fills me with pride
and I want to prove that we
not only can make this a nice
place to live, but that this can
also be done at any other pub
lie housing project.
I'm not going to pretend
that we have no sore spots, but
would say that we've received
cooperation from more than
80 per cent of the tenants. It's
been backbreaking work, but
it's been well worth while"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
President 0Ks
Jackson Study

President Eisenhower's CO.
operation was enlisted yester-
day for a Senate study of poll
cy-making machinery for the
contest with world communism.
Senator Jackson, Democrat
Of Washington, made public a
letter assuring Mr.. Eisenhow-
er'S cooperation with a forth
coming study of organizational
structure by Senate subcom-
mittee the Senator heads. The
Senate has voted the subcom-
mlttee $4,000 for the inquiry.
Various proposals have been
made in Congress for changing
the governmental structure to
provide quicker response to
day-to-day challenges. Some
have suggested an economic
council to cope with economic
threats in the same manner the
National Security Council con-
siders military threats.
After reading over the guide
lines Senator Jackson proposed
for his study, Mr.. Eisenhower
wrote:
THE bounds contemplated
seem to me to be generally
satisfactory. it being my under
standing that insofar as the
National Security Council is
concerned, your study is to be
directed to procedures and ma
Ichlnery and not to substance.
Within those bounds my
staff, including personnel of the
National Security Council Or
ganization, will, I assure you,
work comparatively with your
committee in an effort to help
make this study of value not
only to the legislative branch
out to the executive branch as
we'll"
Senator jackson termed the
letter "a major contribution"
and added:
Never before have to Con-
grcss and the eXecuull ranch
worked together in a scholarly
and nonpartisan valuation OF
our national policy machinery"
He said the study will at
tempt to come up with sug-
gestions for any necessary re-
organization that will enable
the country to so organize its
human and material resources
so as to outthink. outplan and
outperform totalitarianism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Legion Plans
Gen.. Pershino
Statue Drive

The District Department of
the American Legion may spon-
scr Nationwide campaign TO
raise funds for the erection Of
a statue next year to memorial
lie Gen. John j. Pershlng.
A committee of the local Le-
gion group will offer a resolu-
ton at the departments an
nual convention. opening
Thursday in the Shoreham
Hotel. If it is approved, the
group would seek authorize
ton from national Legion head
quarters to conduct the drive.
Next year will mark the CEN
tennial anniversary of the
World War l hero's birth. He
died here in 1913.
Meanwhile, plans for a Per-
shlng statue, to be erected un-
der a congressional grant upon
land already allocated. ere be-
ing drawn up by the American
Battle Monuments Commission.
The site earmarked for the
memorial is the park opposite
the Willard Hotel al Four
tenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Col. William A. Walker. ad-
miniStrative officer of the COM
mission, said the Jegion's Plan
might cause some confusion
if two Pershing memorials are
proposed. He said Congress VIII
be asked, perhaps during this
session, to approve a 81 million
memorial-including fountain
and gardens.
Joseph G. Weeda. chairman
of the Legion's committee. said
he would rather that it were
financed by private subscrip-
ton among veterans groups.
Our primary purpose how
ever" MI. Weeda said. lis TO
stimulate public interest. Its
about time we have a statue
here for Pershing."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

address, a custodian at the
Alexandria Post Office. Mr.
Yeats was his step-brother.
Mr.. Yeats and Mr.. Dodd
bought the boat a few weeks
ago and launched it last week
after making repairs. Mr.. Yeats
said the boat was making be-
tween Is and 20 knots when
the accident occurred. 1t sank
Immediately.
They had left the dock at
the Old Dominion Boat Club in
Alexandria 10 minutes earlier,
bound for a late-afternoon
cruise on the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
THE 10 WORST JAMS
Mt. Vernon Parkway
Cuts Suburban Joys

when I arrive home at the END
of the busline.
Joe thinks public transpor-
tation to his home is too SLOW
and expensive and driving too
nerve-wracking. His comments
summing up the situation are
characteristic.
There ought to be a better
wav to get through AleEaE-
dria." he said.
Pathways Shortcomings
The National Park Service
which built and maintains the
Mount Vernon Memorial Para
way, realizes the parkway s
shortcomings as a main traffic
artery.
1T was never intended TO bs
a freeway." said a park seTI ice
official. 1t was opened Ii
1882 as part of the 20Oth an
niverSary OF Washington's
birth and was intended 10 serve
as an access road to Mount
Vernon.
While sections of the park
way north Of the airport are
now being improved and tht
park service is asking for funds
to rebuild the portion south OF
the airport, the solution Il
Joe's travel problems were out
lined in the Metropolitan Area
Mass Transit Study made
public a week ago.
, The study recommends ar
elevated waterfront freeway 10
carry large volumes of general
traffic, as well as part of the
vocational travel, through thu
city. .. 1t should be built early
in the accelerated highway
program"
Highway plans also call for z
completion within a few years
of the Anacostia freeway and
the Woodrow Wilson Bridge
The freeway and bridge vii
provide a direct route from
Southeast Washington anC
Prince Georges County. via thf
circumferential. to the sub
urbs south of Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
By WILLIAM A. MILLEN
Star Staff Writer

Fcggy Bottom. erstwhile slum
area now being reconditioned
by private capital, will get a
shot in the arm" wnen the
S3.5 million national headquer-
tiers of the Peoples Life In
surcuce Co. is occupied late
next month.
Those in close touch with
the rehabilitation of this North
west area say that nearly sc
per cent of the region Within
the boundaries of the official
citizens assoc alton has now
been revamped.
Now it's an area of pastel
homes and flower gardens
Built of white Georgia
marble. the Peoples Life In
surance Co. structure is a new
landmark on this historic
landscape.
The architects and engineers
are Mills, Petticord & Mills
and Charles H. Tompkins Co
is the builder. The building
consists Of five floors and covers
a whole block bounded by New
Hampshire avenue, F and G
streets and Twenty-f1fth street
NV.
The insurance company for
years has been located at 1913
H street NV. officials said
it will begin the move next
month to Foggy Bottom. where
it will be the biggest new bust
ness in that area.
Several other projects are
now under way or planned for
the immediate future in FoggV
Bottom.
Among these are:
l. The National Cultural
Center on an area bordering
the Potomac River and reach
ing up to Twenty-sixth street
and c street NV. A Nation
wide campaign is now under
way to raise between SIS and
S35 million within five years
for this project.
2 A new 168-unit apartment
house, with doctors Offices on
the first floor, to be built at
Twenty-fourth and H streets
NV, for which plans are now
in the final stages. This will be
built by the Edmund J. Flynn
Co.. which said so of the new
apartments already have been
reserved, although construction
-9S not yet begun.
3. Another new apartment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Woman Falls
Into River,
Still Missing

Mrs. Helen Louise Booth, 80,
OF 722 E street NE, fell into
the Potomac River yesterday
near Quantico from her hus-
bands boat. Coast Guard Of
f1cials were still looking for
her body late yesterday. The
search halted at nightfall but
was scheduled to resume today.
officials were told that Mrs.
Booth was on a trip aboard the
boat, Pot Luck, with her hus-
band, Joe B., owner of the Pot
Luck Restaurant, 500 Eighth
street NE. With them was
another couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph P. Toppi. 904 Maryland
avenue NE.
Mrs. Booth, who had a brok-
en- left leg on which there was
a cast, apparently fell over
board from the fantail of the
vessel. The heavy cast immedi-
ately took her below the waters
surface.
Mr.. Booth told authorities
the vessel was about a quarter
OF a mile south of the Marine
Corps School post dock at
Quantico, yesterday afternoon.
in the Potomac River, heading
southwark.
Immediately after Mrs.
Booth fell in, Mr.. Toppi dived
in and got hold of her, but
had to let 60 because she was
fighting and scratching, the
authorities were informed.
Then Mr.. Booth took the
vessel to the pier. Marine
Corps investigators were noti-
fled and the crash crew from
the Marine Corps Air Station
instituted a search. The Dunn
fries (VaD Rescue Squad and
Coast Guard vessels from Pier
S in Washington, from Dahl
gren, Va. and Indian Head.
Md, went to the scene and be-
gan dragging for the body.
Virginia State Police also re-
sponded to the call for aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
RIA Striving
For HOUSING
Compromise

District Slun clearance Of
fclals are hOulng for a quick
comprcmlse on housing legls-
lation 10 clear two nor-cJn-
trOVeTslal" prUvlS.Ors which
would speed Southwest rede-
VelopmenI-
A bill vetoed hy President
Eisenhcwer would have 1rO-
Ti6ed more liberal Federal
Housing Admin ssrarlOu mort
FP9a Insurance on housing IN
Urban re-2s-sl areas Develop
us Wl-n VIII tuI-d EerreI prop-
cries IN Southwest Wsslfl-ton
are 21OlG-lC UD contraction to
take acvsntage of the more lib
e-sl tRTms
Another nom controversial
provision would permit the
General Services AdmIuistra-
ton 10 buy land from the Dis
trtcI RedevelOpmeut Land
Agency even though GSA does
not have funds TO build new
Office buildings
Present laws prevent GSA
from buying Slum cleared land
until the agency has money to
put up new ONCE buildings As
\ result the RIA has been
holding tho large tracts for
GSA for more than two years.
During this period RIA, has
paid more than 100000 in
carrying charges on the land.
john SesrleS- RIA director.
said the RIA must pay taxes
as we'll as interest on money
borrowed TO purchase the land.
The two tracts are between c
and d and Second and Third
STREETS S-W- and between Sixth
and Ninth streets south of In
Gepsn6snoP-
The vacant Land IS not going
TO waste however About l5C
goTe-umflT %OEkerS- most Of
Them from the Department of
Health Education and Welfare
and Public Health Service. are
parking free On the cleared
land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Lack Of Sites Hits
School Plan
Construction
Delays Seen
By Woodson

DlIIlculLy IN nndlng SITES is
threatening to delay Fairfax
County's high school construc-
ton program.
1t also may force postpone
ment Of basic changes planned
in the county educational sys-
tenn.
School Supt. w. T. Woodson
warned yesterday that unless
acquisition of sites is accel-
Grated, he fears that mot a
single intermediate school will
be ready" by the September.
1860, target date.
He added that it is doubtful
that all eight intermediate
schools which the county hopes
to open then will be completed
on time.
CrOwding Problem
Fairfax is building the
schools to relieve overcrowding
and permit change to a new
system under which pupils will
attend elementary school six
years. intermediate school two
years and high school four
years. Currently they attend
elementary school for seven
years and high school for five
years.
Mr.. Woodson and Assistant
School Supt Robert Walker re-
ported that soil conditions have
created the major obstacles IN
finding adequate sites.
There is much wonderful
land in Fairfax for homes, but
when you try to get 20 acres
that are entirely suitable for a
school site, you have difficulty"
Mr.. Woodson said. Mr.. Walker
disclosed that two tracts pur-
chased for about S145 900 were
later found unsuitable for
school buildings. One is unfit
because of its soil and the
other because it partially lies
in a flood plain.
April l Key Date
He said that all sites should
have been obtained by last
April l. He said that to date
four have been purchased and
that acquisition of another is
imminent.
He predicted that the schools
will not be finished as planned
unless building contracts are let
before September is.
Mr.. Woodson said that
change to the "siX-tWo-four"
system will be made in each
school area as soon as the
intermediate school serving it
becomes available. Thus in all
probability the change at least
will be begun in some areas in
the fall Of 1850.
What botherS me more, how
ever. is the overcrowding. the
failure to have adequate space
that will result if the schools
are not ready"
About $4,000 students at
tended Fairfax schools last year
and Mr.. Woodson reported that
enrolment is increasing at the
rate of 1000 to 5000 annually.
The school board yesterday
adopted a regulation requiring
thorough soil surveys before
negotiations for purchase Of
school sites are begun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Girl, z, Unhurt
In 1-Story Fall

A 2-yF4T-OlG gIEl tumhIed
from a secOn6-1OOr window of
her home yesterday and a short
time later was playing about in
the yaro-with0ut even a
bTulse-
judy Smith daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Smith BOT
Decatur street NV fell from
the window apparently when
an unlocked screen opened as
she leaned on IT, She landed on
the lawn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Society
of Sanitary Engineering
meets in the Mayfower
Hotel. opening a six-day
convention.
The Sd Marine Division
winds up a three-day May
flower Hotel meeting.
This information supplied by
the Washington Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Green-Thumb Tenants
Make Project Bloom
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
star stan Writer

the neat carefully tended lawns
blooming flowers nod summer breeze at the huge apart
ment development in Southeast Washington
appearance Of the grounds would be an asset to any
suburb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
BY ALFRED ALIBRANDO
Star Staff Writer

Suburban living is a Joy,
says Joe Smith. except for the
traffic congestion between his
Washington Office and split
level home south of Alexandria,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Seventh Of o Series

Seventh OF o Series
Joe Smith is not his real
nance drives to and from
work during rush hours three
times a week. Two days a week
he uses public transportation.
He isn't satisfied with either.
My home in Westgrove is
about two miles from the Alex
andria-Fairfax County boun-
dairy" said Joe. Il work in
Southeast Washington and 1t
takes me about AS minutes
with the automobile.
In the morning, I'm slowed
down by the traffic in Alexan-
dria. There's a light about
every block on Washington
street.
In the evening, after I
make it through the traffic
Jams on Maine avenue and the
Fourteenth Street Bridge, run
into another mess on the
Mount Vernon Memorial park
way, between Skaters and
Bashford lanes. All the way
through Alexandria the. going
is slow"
Rides Bus Tive Days
Joe's green sedan is only one
of about 1000 cars that pack
the parkway during the 8-to-S
am. and 5-to-6 pm. rush hours
This is an increase of about
80 per cent over 1850 peak-houl
traffic.
To provide his wife with
transportation for shopping
Joe Smith rides the bus tive
days a week.
My wife drives me to the
bus pickup station near Hunt
ing Towers" he said. From
there 1 ride one bus to the
Federal Triangle and transfer
to a city bus. which takes me
to the office. The trip takes
about an hour and 10 minutes
in the morning and about ar
hour and 20 minutes in tht
evening 1t costs a dollar g
day for the buses, plus 10 cents
to call home in the evening
The Glacier reporter., 1959-03-05
The Prin,aries-
Syminston's Candidacy
Dulles Chances
His Career

" ASKING Mar 3-ThcrC
j 4 growing chance that Senator
john Kennedy viii but: his head
:t.,a.n>, one or Two other prrSi
DENTAL candidates II next year 5
pr.ma::r>. One report circulated
:rrGH..l Indicated Kennedy might
no, De eager 20 battle Senator
Huber, Humphrey. for example
- W.>,uM>.n or N.nur>o:a
Bu: '.r:r = u chance that the
VOTING Massachusetts Senator will
carr! ".> f.Ih: 70. delegates into
:hr>r states. which save long been
cons. !,r,d ha>:Ion> for l!um?h
rcy II :hc Minnesota Senate,
were defeated il these states. i:
would cook his prc>!dcnl!a: goose
Nca!.AN!.r. Sr!:a:rr S.ua.. Sym
.ng;ou has earned Il? Is 4 power
!u! caud.da:r-acc".ding to pol
conducted by a Washington new.
magaIIur-t. : News and World
Rrpor: Tia: magazine po!lcd p0
l.;ical leaders in al the safes and
came up with the Interesting re
suit that S:HI!Hg'On was the mos
popular candidate IN II" demo
cratic Party
~ result o! :A!> there = >:rou9
talk these day> about Sym!nG
ton Brown ticket for the Dem :
rra:> IL 1850 Edmund Pat
Brown !> the s"vr""nr pu: - ca!
!:ornia who put Il licking . D. ,r
mcmbcrcd on William X :, wlrII
n last year. sensational. CO.. .
MIA gubcrnatO.!a! race
The cX.Scna,c Minority !
had resigned u !vadr. q: '..> Il d
publican pa-:y III the | : =, =,
70 make his bid for The pre-. .r..
cy in 1860 ard he los, b!> sea, aac
the gOvcruOr>h!p "a Brown. wh'
rolled up \ smashing Vote tota!
Still strongly kicking A. cnntci!
crS are Majority S,.i;..r !.'a!r!
Lyndon JOINS ~. wNu as now
Joined the WESTERN contr: cncc oi
Senators. and .\d.al Stevenson
the two.,lmc loser 20 President
The Glacier reporter., 1959-03-05
Weekly News Report On Doings
Under The Dome In Woshinqton

Eisenhower.
There is one thing certain about
the Democratic convention for
1860. II will be a Slam-bang affair
with many contenderS and the
final selection will probably not
be known with any degree Of
confidence come convention time.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles may have a better chance
10 return to work than some have
assumed. The tough New England.
cr doesn't seem resigned TO a re-.
tlrcmCnt fate and if he gets we'll
enough 10 resume work any time
soon he may turn up at his old
desk.
The bl!Sicring attack on Senator
Syn,IagiOn by press ear Jim liag.
criy. although too blunt for max.
lmum effectiveness accurately re.
Elected the inner feelings Of Pres.
!dcNt EiScnhGwcr-whO will stick
by Dulles until the Secretary
makes up his mind what he can
do and what he wants to do.
Sym!ngiOn suggested that Dulles
resign. and argued iha; the nation
needed now. as ncvc: br.ore. an
active Secretary Of : a,". lie did
no; reflect on the job dulles has
The Glacier reporter., 1959-03-05
Letters From,
Our Mail Box
Mr.. Milo Fields. Editor
The Glacier Reporter
Browning. Montana

"N >'sSN 80 ss>
Browning. Montana
Dear Nj:
would like 20 quote You from
recent letter | received from
Mr.. John { EwcrS o: The Smith
Sorian Institute in Washington.
y. C.:
The Museum o: III, Plains
Indian has d remarkably :!,.c
reputation among museum mcn.
an,hropo!osisis and travellers |
have been happy 10 hear from
foreign Visitors 20 this country
that they have found :h":r I.>.:>
70 tina; museum one Of the h!gh.
lights Of their tour Of the West.
know many Of them have gone
out Of their way Jus: 20 sec i
I'm doubly glad 10 knn" tha.
the members Of the B!ack!cr;
Tribal Council and Of .hc :::hc
are proud o! Il"
In view Of what ONE: people
think Of our museum. some.
times wonder lt Brow n!ng know :
what il has on is hands I'll"
museum is not just a >how.placc.
,r!nkci shop. or tourist stop J.
is q cultural center for half q: 4
race Of people who at one I'm"
were the sole inhabitants o.:
North America And when pr0pl"
Of Mr.. E"cr> cal!bcr Mr. Ewcr>
IS now administrative officer Of
the Museum Of History and rcc&.
no!ogy a. the Smithsonian lm,;.
tuieJ tell you o! IL I'm" rcpU'a
The Glacier reporter., 1959-03-05

The County Comm. ><!oncrs have
brcn holding their regular month
) mcr'uns ,h:S week. having ad
rnL"M"d 'oda! y Nth the last
."ic.Il monthly meetings. bu>!
confined mos;l! 10 The routine
.Io,"rh Bui!ch!ld arrived home
from Tacoma the fore part o! the
M,"k hai!ng been patient a'
t4c CI.hman h0.p!;a! for scvcra!
.pnntH,
The Glacier reporter., 1959-03-05
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 5

We met al the CIR! ScOu: mouse
II, 80 Karen Anderson collect.
cd duc> and rol! call was called
Wc had the flag ceremony ":.h
Donna D. Karen \ and Chc.y!c
II" G.rl Scou, pledge Was led
by Elizabeth ard the american
pledge Mas led by Judy Jeffcr'
>uN
We d!>cu>,rd open house sun
day. March IS i, > pm. and the
mother and daughter banquet IS
on May : We discussed camp
We might leave July 6 or