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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

18 months; entire project will
run from Twelfth street and
Constitution avenue NV. to c
street S.W.
New York avenue NV, Sew
enth street NV. to First street
NE. - Widening and paving;
three of five lanes open; rs
days.
Rhode Island avenue, New
Jersey avenue to Thirteenth
street N.W.-Widening and re-
paving; traffic detoured; COM
pletion date for entire project
to Fourth street NE, next May.
Southern avenue, Suitland
road to Bowen road S.E.-Wid-
ening and paving; one lane
open each way except for Sec
ton between Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Suitland road where
two lanes are open each way;
four weeks.
Forty ninth and Yuma streets
N.W.-Closed for storm water
sewer project. which will run
eastward from Forty-ninth to
Forty-eighth, northward on
Forty-eighth to Alton place;
closed to traffic; two months.
Southwest freeway, South
Capitol street to Sixth street
S.W.-Construction under way
for overpass structures along
the F street line, one from Halt
street to Second street and the
other from Second street to
Fourth street; no traffic re-
strictions.
New Hampshire avenu e,
Grant circle to Sherman avenue
NV Widening and paving;
traffic restricted to one lane
each way; two weeks.
North Capitol street, Bryant
street to Michigan avenue
Widening and paving and car
track removal; traffic limited
See CONSTRUCTION, Page BE-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

OVER THE YEARS, Pick
has signed up about S00,-
900 children for membership
in "Pick Temples Giant
Rangers" From Is to 20
rangers" are invited by mail
to each show and sit in
awe of the Washington cow
boy whose closest connection
with the West is a married
daughter who lives in Ari-
iona. Most of them are
under 10.
About IS people put on the
show. A pony named "Pic-
colo" is driven into town each
day from his pasture near
Wheaton, walked through
the lobby of the Raleigh and
taken up to the studio in an
elevator. Two kids get to
ride the pony each show.
The pony frequently bites
Pick on the legs and hands
before he is carted back to
Wheaton.
Pick turns up at the stu
dio about 2 pm. every day
except Sunday. He writes the
Show-on both sides of a
sheet of lined paper-then
records all the voices, growls
and squeakS of the puppets
which are to be played back
during the show.
After one OF these record
ing sessions, after Pick had
talked like Popeye for the
Popeye puppet, he was asked
just how much longer he
could take it.
Maybe I'll retire in six or
seven years." he said Sc
riouSly.
Il think I'll go West to
live"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Neighbors
Enjoined in
Racial Tiff

District Court Judge Burnita
Sheldon Matthews today tenn
porarily enjoined a white fam
lily from interfering with the
premises of their Negro next
door neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Minor
of 1901 Underwood street NV,
the compliments, had charged
that their shrubbery, trees and
flowers had been damaged by
a chemical spray applied, they
said, by Mr.. and Mrs. James N
Economedes and their son
Manuel, as part of a campaign
of, haraSSment.
Mr.. Minor is a civilian en-
ploye of the Army assigned to
a section engaged in the trans
portation of officers household
goods. Mr.. Economedes is in
the fruit and vegetable bust
ness.
The Minors alho had COM
planned that the Economedes
had insulted and threatened
them. In addition, they charged
a pistol shot was fired over
Mrs. Minors head, and that
they had seen strange men
lying in wait apparently to mo-
lest them.
The Economedes' attorney
Richard Love, said the Minors
were abnormally nervous and
supersensitive because they arr
in a predominantly white
neighborhood.
For the purpose Of the pre-
liminary Injunction, pending a
full-scale trial. Judge Mat
thewS found only that the Eco
nomedes had molested the
Minors by interfering with
their premises.
Arrangements will be made
to have a chemical horticul-
turalist examine the damaged
landscaping. The Minors were
represented by Ford E. Young,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
100 City Workers
Get Service Pins

More than 100 long time
District employees were honored
today.
Service pins were presented
to Is workers with 40 years on
the Job and SO with 80 years.
The commissioners were the
principal speakers at the cere-
mony, in Room 500 Of the
District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
DATA FOR DRIVERS
North Capitol Paving Due

Paving work on the new
North Capitol street extension
through Soldiers Home Grounds
from Michigan avenue to
Hardwood road, will start Mon
day and is expected to be
completed by December /, Dis
trict highway officials an
nounced today.
This is one of dozens of high
way and sewer projects sche-
duled to start or now underway
in the Washington Metropolitan
area.
Other construction work in
progress on the highway sys-
TEN includes:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
MOTORISTS TOLD
OF DETOURS :.

Highway construction is
at an all-time high in
the Washington area. And
while the bulldOzers even
tually mean new highways,
they also bring temporary
detOurS.
As a convenience to area
motorists, The Star each
month lists highway, sewer
and other construction
projects which affect traffic.
This easy guide includes a
description of work being
done and tentative compile
ton date, where available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

made only yesterday morning,
several hours before the fire
was discovered by the schools
principal on the third floor OF
the building at Seventh and c
streets Sc.
DR.. Hansen is repeatedly re-
luctant to connect the phone
calls with the fire, but believes
that any possible connection
ought to be explored"
Most of the phone calls were
of very short duration with the
longest lasting only about two
minutes. The caller intimated
to DR.. Hansen that he was
having trouble with promotion
from one grade to another and
wanted the problem straight
Iened out "or else"
Not Specific
The cor else" alternative was
never spelled out to the school
superintendent.
At one point the boy men,
toned last years grade sever
at Hine School, but on another
occasion the caller alluded tt
Eliot Junior High School anc
also Eastern High School.
During the two minute
phone call to DR.. Hansen, the
boy mentioned that he was
talking for his sister, who evil
IDENTIFY was having trouble with
promotion in school. There was
never any actual threat made
of setting fire to Hine school
or any other school in the Dis
trict.
Harry j. Chasey, principal Of
Hine Junior High, was unsuc-
ceSsful in attempting to deter
mine the identity of the anony-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

THEN HE CHANGED into
some Stacks and a sport shirt
and put on his glasses. He
can't read without them, and
he must remember the COM
mercials and the general line
of the show without the help
of a teleprompter or cue
cards.
II used to get sick before
each show" Pick said. But
I've gotten over that. It's
hard to do. But I like it. I
like the kids. Sure, I worry
about the show. Sometimes
I can't go to sleep. I keep
trying to think up things to
help the show. But I really
don't have much time to
make a big change. And the
kids like the routine. Some
times we try a little some
thing different. Some adult
stuff, sometimes. We have
to. You'd go stir crazy if
you didn't"
Pick was born in Washing
ton and attended schools in
Baltimore. His father was
cofounder of the Temple
Secretarial School here.
Before Pick was "discov-
ered"-on an amateur show
in the infant days of tele-
vision-he had been working
at the Census Bureau for
close to 20 years as a statis-
tician.
He went from a salary of
about $4,000 a year at the
Census Bureau, which he left
in 1851, to his current salary
of about $4,000. He is spon-
sored by Giant Foods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
The
Rambler
Visits
An Old Hand
BY JOHN McKELWAY

Lafayette Parker Temple,
Jr, 48, leaned against a wall
and took nervous drags on a
cigarette. He was dressed in
one Of his 20 cowboy suits
each one costs about $500
and was watching a tele-
vision screen in the control
room Of WTTG-TV, or Chan
mel S, on the 10th floor of
the Raleigh Hotel.
At that moment the mon
itor was filled with a Popeye
cartoon-one of 234 Popeye
cartoons the station has at
Its disposal. The cartoons run
for about seven minutes and
they give Mr.. Temple, or Pick
ATemple, a chance to get out
OF the lights and away from
the ever-watchful kids to
catch a smoke and check
with the director of the show,
who sits in the control room
and selects the best picture
the two cameras record from
4 pm. to 5 pm. Monday
through Friday, or from 4:30
pm. to $50 pm. Saturdays.
You'll have to sing a
song" the director told Pick,
watching the clock and the
windup of the cartoon. Were
ahead a shade. Do the song
without an introduction"
The show had IS minutes
to go. A small crisis was at
hand.
AS Popeye won yet an
other battle, Pick was out
the door. He yelled back to
the director: "I'll try Streets
of Laredo =. if I can re-
member the words"
Pick Temple, back on the
set, managed five verses in
his pleasant, easy voice and
the show came to an end
shortly afterward. Pick, who
has done over 1890 similar
television shows, and made
his first televiSion appear
ance June 9, 1948, looked like
a man who has just finished
cutting his lawn. He walked
back into his cluttered Office
and sat down and rested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

out Of their classrooms before
the three fires were set. Au-
thorities said they have some
suspects, but nothing really
firm"
District Fire Marshal Ray
Roberts said the effort to find
the culprit who set the blazes
will be largely a process of
elimination"
Two investigators from the
fire marshal's Office, Its. War;
rem c. Kelly and Mr.. Null
Inns, said after an investi-
cation of the charred, third
floor rooms they could not de-
termine how the main blaze
was started, though books and
bits of paper were found in the
hallway where the fire evident
ly started.
A memorandum from James
A. Blaser, head of the Districts
Department of Buildings and
Grounds, said the charred walls
and ceilings on the third floor
of the school indicate almost
instantaneous. intense heat"
Lighter Fluid Suspected
Detective Cox surmised that
cigarette lighter fluid may have
been used to start the fire in
the third floor hall.
The first blaze was discov-
cred at'about 12:45 pm. in the
basement girls restroom by
Mrs. Grace Barnes, girls gym
teacher, and N. A. Pixton, build
ing custodian.
Smelling smoke. they ran in
and found a wastebasket on fire.
They put out the fire by throw
ing water-cupped in their
hands-from a wash basin
faucet.
Then at about las Gargano
James, fireman in the school
boiler room, smelled smoke
coming from the boys rest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14
Traffic Convictions
Here Held Too Low
Hansen Threat Calls
Preceded Hine Fire
Anonymous Teen-Ager Warned
Superintendent Over Promotion
By PHIL THOMAS
Star stan Writer

series Of threatening anonymous telephone calls to
District School Supt Carl Hansen prelude to the
fire which damaged Hine Junior High School yesterday
Fifth precinct Detective George Cox said Dr. Hansen
has been receiving the calls from teenage boy over
period of several weeks 1t understood the latest call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

Police and the District fire
marshal today we're attempting
to discover the identity of an
arSonist who apparently set fire
to Hine Junior High School
yesterday.
The three alarm blaze, which
severely damaged a hallway,
two classroofhs and part of the
auditorium in an unoccupied
condemned third-floor portion
of the 65-year-old building,
forced the evacuation of $50
students and "a teachers. Two
small blazeS were extinguished
in basement restrooms less than
an hour and a half before.
All escaped-safely and with
out panic-withing two min
utes after Principal Harry L.
ChaSey found 1.-The whole third
floor hallway ablaze" and rushed
to the second floor to turn
in a building alarm. He then
ran to the first floor to turn
in an alarm summoning fire.
men to the school at Seventh
and c streets Sc.
With the first alarm in at
2:13 pm, second and third
alarms followed at 2:14 and
2:l7. BY the time the blaze
was under control at 2::33, some
70 f1remen and % pieces OF
equipm emit had responded
Damage was estimated at $10,-
900.
Pupils Questioned
Fire Inspector Kermit R.
Mullins and police questioned
six Hine students at the fifth
precinct this morning. Other
groups of students were ex-
pected to be brought in for
questioning.
And Mr.. Chasey said he ex-
poets today a report from
teachers in an effort to check
which students may have beel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-14

nous caller, 1t has been
learned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21


Dragnet-Ths show is straightforward, unsensational
expose of the ponography and phony talent scout rackets
and it's definitely worth watching. Production and
treatment handled almost cnicaly but for televson
it's courageous entry Though the subject is rarely
touched upon in the medium it's nevertheless distinct
part of reality Yvete vickers gives nice performance
as a victim. 7:SO pm, wRc-4.
Red Skelton-smog may be local Joke but Red manages
to make it broad enough for general consumption He
plays George Appleby who discovers way to eliminate
the pesky stuff only the formula he turns out eliminates
practically anything. Maryn Maxwell plays wife Clara.
$50 pm WTOP-9.
Garry Moore-That classic primer song ROW
Your Boat" gets the benefit Of big orchesration to-
night, and the boat 1t urges is fancy gondola in
Venetian waters Still expansive Garrys wonderful year.
1885, recalls the first gush of oriental plays Broadway
CTeahouse Of the August Moon, etc. and medley of
hits like "Baubles Bangles and Beads" (Anna Maria
Aberghetti strangers In Paradise" (Steve lawrence
Lullaby of Brdland" martha Davis and Spouse, not
to mention Billy Gilbert and his current 10 pm
WTOP-9.
One Step BeyOnd-The Secret Absorbing but slow+moyng
story of neglected wife who finds herself very music
rous lover May revive national interest in ouja boards
spite of very contrved ending the performance of
Maria Palmer manages to sustain interest Believe
not this incredible tale actually the books at
Scotland Yard. 10 pm, WMAL-7.
Jack Paar ShOw-Esa Maxwell takes up her Tuesday mid
night cue and Joey Bishop joins Jack for delightful
spool diplomacy in marriage Charlie Weaver Strolls
the set with Mt Idy Phyllis Diler repeats
routine and newcomer to the show Eileen Rogers sings
Sunday" and Wonder Why" starter. 1850 pm,
WRCA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

6:15, WGAY-Seminars On
Saving: An educational
series on the management
of money. First is Savings
for a New Home" Guests:
Bernard Steinberg and Car
10 Christensen.
sos, WTOP-Baseball: Wash
ington Senators VS.. New
York Yankees.
9:35, WRC-This is AMI
American Machine and
Foundry special stockhold-
ers meeting on the air.
1900, WWDC-American Fo-
rum of the Air: do We
Need Federal Wage Price
legislation" will be dis
cuSsed by Senator Joseph
Clark and Congressman
Robert Barry.
HOO, WINX-Baseball: San
Francisco at Los Angeles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21
TODAYS GOOD
MUSIC DIAL
$500. wASH-FM (s7.1 Mel

$500, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
In the Concert Hall: Rienzi
Overture by Wagner and
Suite Bergamasque by De-
busy.
$500, WGTS-FM 1913 Mc.)-
Music of the Masters; Rus
sian Folk Songs and Magic
Fire Music by Wagner.
500, WMAL-FM t107.3 Me-
Concert Stage: Capriccio
Italien by Tchaikovsky and
Norfolk Rhapsody by
Vaughan Williams.
$3.50, WMAL-FM t1O7.3 Me-
Prom Washington Cathe-
dral: Live broadcast. The
Creation, an Oratorio by
Haydn.
SOC, VOL AM-FM t145O Kc.)
and 1871 Mcleod Music
Time: Trio Sonata on La
Follia by Vivaldi and Piano
Concerto No. 4 by Saint
Saens.
10000, WASH-FM t97.1 Me-
Symphony in Stereo: Bolero
by Ravel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21
OTHER Nv
HIGHLIGHTS

7;O0. WTOP Cg--Film Of the
Week: "Homeward Borne. |"
Linda Darnell and Richard
Kiley. Fighter pilot returns
home TO md that his wife
has taken in an s-year-old
war orphan (ls3D.
1889. wMAL t7)--Cheyenne:
School for cowards." Ty
Hardin. Bronco, hired by
a military academy to teach
frontier warfare tactics,
faces q domestic problem in
volving a l3-year-old cadet.
$500, WMAL t7)--wyatt carp:
Love and Shotgun Gibbs. {"
Shotgun Gibbs falls in love
with the owner Of Dodge
City's millinery shop.
$500. wMAL t7)-The Rifle
man: Three Legged Ter
ror." A wild teen-ager
wrecks the North Fork
schoolroom.
$3.50. WAIAL (D-Naked City /:
The Rebirth." A scrub
woman. armed with vial of
nitroglycerine. turns bank
robber.
1900, WRC A)--David Niven
Show: "Backtrack." A D.A.
faces ruin because of the
possibility that he sent the
wrong man to the electric
chair.
11:OO, WTTG ~ - Starlight
Theater: yellow Canary"
An English girl poses as a
Nazi sympathizer to track
down spies. Anna Neagle
(l944).
Ills, WTOP (9l-Late Show:
The Flame" John Carroll
and Broderick Crawford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21

One Of the major functions
of the kidneys is the elm
inoiion Of wostes from the
body - wostes which can
often be harmful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21

tie with dramas of a challeng-
ing, controversial nature. Il. E.
The Plot to Kill Stalin.")
Comment: SoIicitude for the
intelligence of the Playhouse
80 viewers is urgently indicated.
x y Y X
It's official now; the Steve
Allen show is set for next sea-
son in the time slot on Monday
90 to IL PM rumored earlier
as a strong possibility. Ply
mouth will be the sponsor COM
mencing September %. !
This moUes Steve and his
talented company Gway from
the murderOuS Maverick and
Ed Sulliuan competition and
plunkS them smack against dis
appointing DeSilu and a new
ABC-TV entry 10hich may. or
may not be, a break.
Where this leaves the Arthur
Murray Party, current occupant
of the 10 o'clock time period,
is holding its breath, I guess.
\ \ 4 X
TV Reflections:
Bennett Cert, the What's My
Line? panelist. gave Voice Of
Firestone fans some sound adj
vice at the opening Of the Sun
day night program. He sug-
gested a "write-in" campaign
as the way to save the show for
TV next season. If enough
fans write Ito the Voice, care
of ABC-TV, New York City,,
there's every chance that the
sponsor will find a way.
One possibility. for example, is
to video-tape the series for
offering on Independent sta
tons. :. (Broadcasting maya
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21


g. While watching Play
house COS excellent presenta-
ton 1 was under the inn
preston that several portions
of the sound track were blotted
out. / make particular refer
ence to the scene in the court
room when that Signal Corps
film on concentration camps
was run off; also near the end,
a bit of dialogue spoken by
Claude Rains was silenced.
"Was something wrong
with our set or were the GEN.
sOrs at work."
The answer is yes to the
latter-the censors were at
work.
1 checked it through WTOP-
9 yesterday and was told that
two references in the dialogue
to "gas chamber" were deleted
in Difference to one of the Spon-
sors, the American Gas Asso-
citation.
CHS insists, however, that
the association and, preSum-
ably its agency, did not request
the deletionS and is assuming
all responsibility for cutting the
lines.
Well, it was still a thunder
ing good play and it would be
regrettable if the action of an
over solicitious CHS executive
should reflect unfavorably on
Playhouse go, the network or
the sponsor.
The award-winning series
has repeatedly proved its met
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21

antenna system. Tennis
fans can relax: NBC-TV will
again cover the Davis CUP
challenge round and the Ma
tional Singles championships
this summer. (NBC has
televised the challenge round
all five years since World War
II that it has been played
in this country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21

zine reports this has already
been discussed with president
Raymond Firestone.)
Cuba's FideI Castro may be
fairly new to TV news quiz
shows, but he handled himself
like an old pro Sunday on Meet
the Press. Answering a
question with a question, in
cidentally, is a trick the veter-
ans employ. >. Question: Since
Chef Huntley's following half
hour could easily have been
postponed, why didn't NBC up
Meet the Press to an hour?
Note: WWDC-radio's Steve
Allison got the thrill of his
local career the night before
when Castro showed up at
Steve's downtown headquarters
(The Peking) for an interview
And a dip of the wings to
NBC for an exceptional nv
report Sunday from the World
Congress of Flight in Las Vegas
Stars of the show were
the planes themselveS-from
the do-it-yourself variety to
the giant commercial jets and
bombers. Some of the shots
of the ships in the sky--parti-
cularly the precision flying
teams-were breath taking ir
their beauty.
x 4
Quickie Notes: Desilu Play
house has postponed the Anna
Maria Alberghetti play with
sister Carla) from June l to
Sept. IA. Construction OF
the new TV tower to service all
three Baltimore stations has
entered the second phase-the
electrical checkout of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21
ON The AIR
ON THE AIR
Please, Hands Off
Priced Playhouse 80
By BERNIE HARRISON
star T-V Critic 4

Perhaps conditioned the frequent incidence
Of mechanical difficulties broadcasting it occurred
last Thursday night while watching Playhouse COS stun
ming production of Judgment at Nuremberg" that several
brief sound failures deliberate.
several alert readers however. w D. Gray
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21
7TV KEY PREVIEWS

.Toniohts top shoDs as prepetoed by Nv Keys STAG.
iDho attend rehearsd match screenings did 1ndlyze
scripts IN New York. Hollywood and elsewhere. Their
opinions offered as a guide to area DieiDers.
Evening star., 1959-11-08

Florida avenue NV. His
topic will be Frances Prob
lens at the End of 1852"
The president Of the Alli-
ance and Nine. Andre de
Llmur will give a reception
in December in honor Of the
French Ambassador and Mrs.
Alphand.
Evening star., 1959-11-08
YWCA
Will Hold
Food Fair

Twenty-three foreign en-
bassies will participate in the
Young Women's Christian
Associations 18th Interna-
tional Food Fair on Friday.
Australia, Burma, Canada,
Ceylon, Chile. China. Dem
mark, Finland, Germany,
Great Britain, Greece, India.
Japan. Korea. Lebanon, Mex
leo, The Netherlands, Nor
way. Pakistan. the Philip
pines. Portugal, Sweden and
Thailand will. have repre-
sentatives selling their ma
tive foods at the event.
The Fair, which will climax
World Fellowship Week in
Washington, will begin at IL
am. in the Chinese room and
Main Ballroom Of the May
nower Hotel.
Two new innovations will
be included in this years
program.
These are a continuous
program Of international
music and dances, and an in
ternational fashion show,
featuring the dress Of par
ticipating countries, to be
held at 2:30 pm.
Mrs. Ruey Messenger of
Julius Garfinckel g. Co. will
serve as commentator. Gar
finckel fashions will also be
shown.
For the musical part of the
event. accordion players.
Spanish dancers with tam
bourines and castinets, bell
ringers, bagpipers, folk
dances and children's dances
will be featured.
Women from the embassies
will preside at the booths
and will sell food and a Sc
lection Of unusual gifts. These
will include chopsticks. rice
bowls, handmade slippers and
handkerchiefs. koala bears.
wood carvings, hand-deco-
rated notepaper and Christ
mas cards and cook books
with international recipes.
The fair also again will fea-
ture an international table
and an "attic," where gifts
will be available.
The YWCA's International
Food Fair is held annually as