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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-11

by Herbert H. Howell, the Fed
eral Aviation Agency official in
charge of the Chantilly project.
The road would have two
double-lane express roads
fianked by two dual-lane lin
ited-access roads.
The Supervisors lauded the
idea and urged that adequate
right of way be bought to carry
out the project. They stressed
that enough land should be
purchased for traffic inter-
changes at Route 1913 and
the Circumferential highway,
Route Z and the Herndon area.
Mr.. Howell has said the "ul-
innate possibility" Of such a
road is not certain, but is being
discussed. He has said also
that no decision has been made
on how many interchanges
there might be between Falls
Church and the airport for the
first four lanes to be built.
Drainage Study Okayed
On another major question,
the board agreed to have the
Massey Engineers complete
q storm drainage study for the
Trips Run area.
The study should look into
the possibility Of getting Fed
eral Capper-Crampton funds
for parkland acquisition to help
solve storm drainage problems
in flood plain areas, the board
said.
Byron Massey, representing
the engineering firm, said a
storm drainage project that
would run from Lake Bancroft
through the Bel Air subdivision
to Annandale road would cost
about SIP million.
About $84, 900 Of the $1.2 mil
lion would 60 for control Of
siltation at Lake Bancroft.
where there is an exclusive resi-
Dental development.
The supervisors seemed
agreed that they did not have
$1.2 million to spend on such
q project and asked Mr.. Massey
to return with a smaller tag.
Span Widening Asked
A traffic survey made by the
Hill-Mar-Heights Citizens AS
ISOLATION of q one-lane bridge
over Pimmet Run on West
moreland street was sent to
the State Highway Depart
ment by the Supervisors with
an appeal for a Noject to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-11
Hishwoy Group Okoys
South Richmond Route

RICHMOND, June II tAP). 80 The state Highway Com
mission rejected the Recommendation Of consulting Arm It
employed and voted 53 today the
southern route for Interstate Route g.
The vote taken In closed session after commission
questioned engineers who prepared report advocating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-11
Foirfox Board Backs
ChontiIIy 'DuoI-DuoI'

The "dualdua" highway proposed between Washington
and Chany Airport has received the approval Of the Fairfax
Board Of County Supervisors who specified they want to
1t at three points
The Supervisors acted yesterday resolution proposed
by Mrs wilkins duadual road had suggested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-11

Roosevelt street. an insurance
agent. and Daniel A. Cerio of
1863 Broad street. an attorney.
Walter Mess. chairman of the
city electoral board, said there
were several questions to be
answered before any winner
was declared.
CeriO Declines
Mr.. Cerio said he did not
want the job. He held the posi-
ton for a month shortly after
Harold c. Fellows, the former
city sergeant. resigned in jan
uary.
Mr.. Mess said this did not
mean Mr.. Thorne was an auto
matte winner. He said it
would have to be determined
officially whether Mr.. Thorne
fulfilled the legal requirements
on residence in the city and
State, had paid his poll taxes
and was a registered voter.
Mr.. Mess also raised the
question of the way Mr..
Thorne's name was written in.
The name was listed simply as
m. Thorne." Mr.. Mess said
there would have to be a de-
cision on whether Milton M.
Thorne was the IN. Thorne" on
the ballot.
Votes Canvassed
All the election results were
being canvassed in Fairfax
County Circuit Court today.
The results are to be returned
to Falls Church. The certified
results of the canvass alone
will not necessarily mean a
winner has been found, Mr..
Mess said.
Right now, Mr.. Mitchell, who
was appointed originally by the
city council, still is on the
Job. The duties consist in the
main of serving legal papers
for the Municipal Court.
Mr.. Thorne. who said he was
considering" taking the $50-a-
month post, said his name was
written in by a neighbor. G. H.
Sandy of 500 North Sycamore
street. Mr.. Sandy did not like
to see only one name on the
ballot. Mr.. Thorne said. adding
that Mr.. Sandy now wants him
to take the job.
II went over to talk to him
last night to see what my plat
form was" Mr.. Thorne said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-11
900 From 2 Counties
Honor Harry B. Shaw

Tribute paid last night to Harry Shaw retiring chief
engineer of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission at
testimonial dinner at the Indian Spring County Club
More than 900 persons attended including public
officials and other notabes of Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties which the utility agency has served since 1913
They heard Mr. Shaw Landed devoted public servant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-11

Methodist Appointments Announced.
Pose c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

met his brother. Mr.. Webb and
Mr.. Miller at a boat yard at
the foot of M street Sc. All
the men drive trucks for
Highs Dairy, Mr.. McMiekle
said.
They took turns plotting the
craft, he said.
81 couldn't tell you just how
it happened" Mr.. McMickle
said, but we weren't in the
water for more than three or
four minutes"
After Mr.. Clarke, who is en-
ployed by the Lion Transfer &
Storage Co.. 400 New York ave-
nue. NV, had helped the sur
vivors aboard, he headed for
the Columbia Island Marina.
where he summoned harbor po-
lice.
According to 1t. Charles
Burns of homicide, the harbor
boats dragged The channel for
Mr.. Miller'S body while hun
dreds of spectators attending
the Watergste concert watched.
Darkness finally hampered
the search, which was resumed
again this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Summer Prospect:
Playing in Streets

Chronic illness in the home
can take its toll of childhood.
Simon, IL, and Jerry, IL, help
their mother all they can with
the care of their invalid grand
mother.
They do most of their own
laundry, and take turns staying
with their grandmother so their
mother can have some free
time.
There is little relief in sight
during the hot summer days
ahead.
There is no swimming pool
for blocks and blocks, nor is
there any real play area near
by. The boys will have to spend
the summer playing in the
street, or helping out in their
sitting, tiny home.
Their mother will be able to
spare them while they spend IL
days at camp, but she cannot
possibly send them there. Their
father left home years ago, and
the family lives on public as
SiStance.
The boys have missed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
Airline Crash
Hearing Set
By the Associated Press

A Civil Aeronautics Board
hearing to determine the cause
of a May IL explosion that
killed all 81 persons aboard a
Capital AirlineS Viscount will
open Wednesday in Baltimore.
The four-engined turbo-prop
plane blew apart while flying
at about $4,000 feet Is miles
east of Baltimore, killing q
passengers and a crew of four.
Harmar D. Denny, a CAB
member, will head the five
member board of inquiry. The
CAB said witnesses to the air
tragedy would testify at the
hearing.
DR.. Russell S. Fisher, Mary
lands chief medical examiner,
reported May 90 that the plane
was af1re before it exploded.
He said significant amounts of
carbon monoxide were found
in the bloodStream during post
mortem examinations of several
of the victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
DOG ALLERGIC
TO FIRECRACKERS
TAKES OVER CAR

A big German shepherd
dog, unnerved by Saturday
nights fireworks, jumped
into a Northwest mans au-
tomobile-and refused to
get out.
He held the cars owner,
Daniel Arnold of ,6132
Thirty-flrSt place NV,
and eighth precinct police
at bay until Sunday morn
ing. BY that time. Mrs.
Henry j. Gibson of $685.
Utah avenue NV, who
owns the 4-year-old pet,
had arrived on the scene.
Mrs. Gibson found the
dog, Gosh. still sitting in
the front seat. She opened
the door and took him out
by the collar.
Hes the size Of Rim
Tin Tin, and when he
growls I don't blame any
body for not wanting to
go near him." she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
D. Cleans
CheWChose
WoterP Pipes

The District has launched an
experimental water pipe clean
ing and lining job in a five
block area of Chevy Chase.
The $4,000 project is aimed
at ending the discoloration and
sediment that started in the
drinking water more than a
year ago. About 80 homes in
the vicinity of Nevada avenue
and Patterson street and the
5000 block of Morrison street
NV. are affected.
Roy L. Orndorf, deputy di-
rector of sanitary engineering,
said the cause of the trouble is
belived to be differentiation"
of the old 8-inch cast iron
water service pipes. This is a
condition where rust blisters
form inside the pipes.
The remedial experiment re-
quireS excavation at both ends
Of the afflicted mains, roaming
out the rust and coating the
inside with a thin layer Of
concrete mortar to prevent re-
currence of the corroSion.
Temporary lines laid on the
surface are supplying the water
users during the project which
is expected to be finished by
the end of the month.
Cost of the undertaking is
$3.40 per foot of pipeline. SUBJ
stantially cheaper than the
estimated $12 per foot it would
cost to replace the $3.50 feet Of
mains being worked on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOURNAMENT
Lone Woman, 81 Men Vie in Chess

D. Spear. an officer of the
Washington Divan. Becoming
a good chess player requires
hard work-sometimes a play
er will spend an evening study
ing alternatives and reactions
to a single move"
Mr.. Spear noted a larger
than-usual Sprinkling of young
men among the contestants.
The youngest entrant was IA
year-old Samuel Sloan, a high
school sophomore from Lynch
burg, Va.
Younger men have been en-
couraged by the success of a
15-year-old Brooklyn boy. Mr..
Spear said. The youth won ma
tional titles and recently held
his own against veteran inter-
national champions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

THE SHOREHAM was able
to build a motel in the city
due to its ownership of much
of the wooded slope into Rock
Creek valley. This motel is
a broad arc of five stories, 20
rooms to a story, all facing
the park. The 100 rooms are
costing the hotel about 81
million, or $4,000 a room.
1t would cost less to add
100 rooms in an eight-story
wing to the hotel. But the
public wants the motel. The
81 million figure includes the
swimming pool, a two-Story
garage and a large black-top
parking space - free for
guests
The motel room is designed
for family occupancy. 1t has
twin beds, but they are both
double beds. The rate is SIS
for one, SIT for two, three or
four and $40 for five.
This may sound high, but
it is not so much higher than
similar motel rooms along
the highway which can be
constructed for $4,000 a unit.
It's cheaper by the Dozen"
A family of five costs only
81 a head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

Miss Lisa Lane. a slender, at
tractive brunette from Phila-
delphia. Miss Lane matched
moves and strategy blandly
with the wisest male COMPETE
tors. She is American womens
amateur champion.
Not entered was Russell
Chauvenet of II Sussex road,
Silver Spring. American mems
amateur champion, who came
late to the tourney at 719
Madison place NV. to watch.
The sunburned former presi-
dent of the Washington Chess
Divan said he preferred sailing
to chess over the holiday week
end.
Another non entrant who
came to watch was Chess Mas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

that precinct chairmen live in
the precinct they head.
This feature alone will bring
changes in from Is to rs pre-
cinctS. In addition, there are
five new precincts created re-
Gently by the Board of Elec-
tons Supervisors.
Central Committee members
admit they expect a bitter fight
for control of the precinct Or
ganization.
Insurgent Strength DwindIes
The insurgent group, which
acted for a while as the Demo
cratic caucus" at one time had
its strength up to nearly 40
precincts. In the primary last
year it's strength dwindled to
under 80 chairmanships.
Ray v. Murphy. Central
Committee member, who has
been acting as spokesman for
the dissident group, today said
he was certain there would be
a fight for grass-roots control.
He criticized the Central
Committee for not giving the
insurgent group more appoint
ments to State and county Jobs.
He charged that the per-
sons associated with the anti
organization Democrats for
SO" had been given only one
of % appointments made this
year. He noted, however, that
the Central Committee had in
dorSed Richard Schifter, an at
torney and a member of the
Murphy faction, for an untitled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
CityAdmits
Bond Delay
On Brutcher

Donald Clemmer, Director of
Corrections, today conceded a
mistake by District Jail author
tiles in keeping man 21a days
without chance to make bond.
The case involved orchestra
leader Washie Bratcher, who
was brought to Municipal
Court last Friday charged with
threatening the owner of the
Presidential Arms in a contract
dispute.
Mr.. Bratcher, A, of the 260C
block of Woodley place NV.
was placed under $1,000 bond
by Judge Thomas C. Scalley
who continued the case Until
this Thursday.
Mr.. Bratcher, who was f.
nally released under bond about
2 pm. yesterday, said he was
taken from the courtroom to
the court cell block and then
sent to the Jail without being
permitted to contact a bonds
man.
He said he filled out three
applications while in the jail
but got nowhere. Finally, he
said, his mother read about his
arrest in Saturdays papers and
managed to have a bondSman
free him yesterday.
Mr.. Clemmer today said the
detention was partly the fault
of the holiday. The employe
who checks the box where the
applications for telephone calls
are filed was off duty. He said
the box wasn't checked until
this morning.
Mr.. Clemmer declared it has
not happened before to his
knowledge and will not happen
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

ter N. T. Whitaker of 3237 M
street NV. Mr.. Whitaker who
only admits being lover co."
has been a nationally recog-
nized player with the rank of
master for SO years. He said
he wanted to "stay fresh" for
the international Journeys he
will enter soon in Europe.
The room was lined with
chess boards. Small clocks
alongside each board limited
the cogitating by requiring so
moves within two hours. Charts
by each player kept track of
the opponents moves for fu-
ture reference.
Better players keep files on
all their games and spend hours
studying them," explained j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

position on the State Board of
Education.
Can Remove Chairman
Another provision of the new
regulations governing precinct
organization gives the Central
Committee authority to remove
a chairman after a hearing for
failure to fulfill duties spelled
out in the regulations.
This regulation is likely to
lead to a move to prohibit Gen.
trail Committee members from
serving as precinct chairmen.
1t would bar Mrs. Ann Brown,
Central Committee vice chair
man; Mrs. Margaret Carpenter
and Mr.. Murphy from running
for reelection as precinct
chairmen.
Party Chairman Ward w.
Caddington said that as far as
he was concerned it would be
"every man for himself" in the
precinct elections.
Mr.. Caddington defended the
appointments backed by the
Central Committee. He said
the county had made a good
record in putting residents in
top State jobs. Six county resi-
dents have been named to State
agencies.
New PrecintS Listed
The newly created precincts
are:
/. Rockville, No. 8, created
from Rockville 4 and z, in the
Randolph Hills area.
2. Bethesda, %, west Of
GoldSborough road, carved out
of Bethesda IA.
3. Wheaton SO, made by
splitting Wheaton 16 at Grub
road in the Rosemary Hills sec
ton.
4. Wheaton 40, created from
parts of Wheaton 81 and
Wheaton Is in the Viers Mill
Village area.
5. Wheaton Al, carved out of
Wheaton 10, % and Is, in the
southeast corner of the county.
The Central Committee is ex-
pected to name temporary
chairmen for the five new pre-
cinctS later this summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
Fire Origin Traced
By Pentagon Probe
Man browns, 3 Soved
In Upset on Potomac

A quick thinking Annandale
man rescued three men from
the Georgetown Channel last
night, but was powerless to save
a fourth-who panicked and
drowned in sight Of the res
cuer'S wife and child.
The holiday death occurred
on the Potomac River, some
200 yards upriver from the
Memorial Bridge. after a IA
foot speedboat piloted by the
victim, Merl S. Miller, went
into sharp turn and capsized.
Even before the boat upset,
about 1880 pm, the sound of
its cupboard motor had attract
ed the attention of Charles G.
Clarke, 81, Of 420 Luttrell road,
Annandale. who. with his wife,
Dorothy, Is. and 3-year-old
son. Charles. had been resting
in their boat in the shade of
the bridge.
Mr.. Clarke told police he
looked up and saw four men
spilled into the water and
quickly steered his 18-foot in
board to their aid,
According to Robert T. Nc
Mickle, 81, owner of the cap
sized craft, he and his brother
William surfaced on one side of
the boat and Mr.. Miller and a
fourth passenger, Clifford A.
Webb, jr., on the other.
my brother and I held onto
the boat until Clarke threw us
life preServers," Mr.. McMickle
said today. II couldn't see
what was happening on the
other side"
Mr.. Clark threw life pre-
servers to Mr.. Webb, 20, of 7N8
Grand View drive, Alexandria,
and also to Mr.. Miller, listed at
26l9 South Troy street. Ar
lington.
But Mr.. Miller, 25, was
thrashing around wildly" and
apparently mistook Mr.. Webb
for the preserver and dragged
him under.
Preserver in Arms Reach
"All the other man had to
do was to turn around again
after he came up that first time
and grab the preserver," Mr..
Clarke said. 1T was in arms
reach right behind him, and he
would have had it,"
Panic struck the victim, Mr..
Clarke said, and he sank before
finding the preserver floating
almost within grasp.
Mr.. Clarke said his wife stood
up bravely under the ordeal.
IF she hadn't been with me
and helped me pull in those
men on the lines. or if she had
broken down under the strain,
it might have been a different
story for those men we saved, !"
he said.
After it was over and they
realized one man had drowned
despite their efforts, Mr.. Clarke
said, my wife just broke down
and cried"
According to Washington
Detective Sergts. Peter Zazanis
and Edwin Coppage of homi-
eide, Mr.. Webb finally had to
pummel Mr.. Miller to keep
himself from drowning.
Mr.. McMickle said he had
been alone in his boat from
about / pm. until $50 pm,
when by prior agreement he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
BERNARD BRALOVE was

BERNARD BRALOVE was
at the party, and, on request,
he told a small group at a
small table how his father,
Harry, who was upstairs,
built the hotel and never let
it go despite difficult cir
cumStanceS. He was doing
pretty well for a man in his
late 20S. He had built houses
and then apartment houses
and then the Broadmoor. He
was asked to build the new
Shoreham (the old Shore
ham at Fifteenth and H is
now an office building).
For the first time he was
building on other than his
own account. But he had an
option to buy. The building
was started in 1929. In Octo-
Der came the crash. The
defalcation of one of the men
financing the building Che
went to PRISON. forced a re-
ownership sale before it was
completed. And the builder,
Harry Bralove, bought it and
has owned it ever since
through a period in which
hotels have been changing
hands.
The 100 rooms don't make
the Shoreham the largest
hotel in Washington-that's
still the Wardman pardon
mel Sheraton-Park, which
has about 1000 rooms. The
Shoreham and the Statler
pardon again. the Statler
Hilton, were somewhat even
with about 1000 rooms. The
Shoreham will start another
100-room motel as soon as
this is finished. Construction
strikes delayed it. Only so
rooms are ready.
The Rambler would like to
report that he went riding in
the park or proved to be a
William Tell at the archery
butts. He did take a dive
from the Springboard into
the pool and summed himself
on the turf that had been
placed there the midnight
before. The room $50 on
the level of the treetopS was
refrigerated. 1t was like
Mount Desert Island, Me-, or
Murray Bay, Quebec. But
there were blankets.
These travel editors get
around, and they're a
chummy lot. Poor Miss Cor
nelia CurtisS of the Cleveland
News was bemoaning her
fate. She will have to go to
Europe in October and she
would much rather go to the
travel editors convention in
Puerto Rico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
By CARL IRVING
Star staff Writer

Fifty-four men and zone wo-
man engaged in a series Of
silent, thoughtful clashes in the
USO basement over the week
end.
And the checkmating isn't
over yet. The survivors of the
early rounds of the National
Capital Open Chess Tourna-
ment will meet today over the
ageless patterns of pawns,
knights.
rocks, bishops and royalty for
the title and prize money.
Four chess masters were
among the entrants. Some
came from as far as South
Carolina and New York.
The single diStaff entrant is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
Hayward Skyrocket
Injuries Three Girls

LURAY, Va, July 6 (AP).-
Wind blew a skyrocket of its
path during a fireworks display
here Saturday night and it
slightly injured three girls.
Anne Rothgeb, Is, Of Luray,
suffered burns on the chest and
arms and a minor eye injury.
Burned on the arm were Becky
Zeal, 10, and Nancy Rankin, S.
Police said the rocket fell in
the midst Of a group of girls
sitting together at the display,
attended by 5000 persons at
the Luray Singing Tower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail to The Evening
Star, Second street and Vir-
GINA avenue Sc. Wash
ington 3. D. c.. or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
A receptionist in the lobby
will direct you to the
cashiers Office.
The cost-$36.40 for IL
days, $500 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
The
Rambler
Spends
Fourth in the Park
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

There was a clergyman
who made himself famous
with one oft-repeated SER
mon entitled "Acres of Dia-
monds," and a popular song
that had these lines: you'll
find your castles in Spain,
through your windowpane."
Both had the same moral:
1t may very well be that
you'll find what you're look
ing for right in your own
back yard"
All this occurs to the Ram
bier as he begins his report
on how he spent the holiday
week end. He spent it very
comfortably, thank you, in
the Shoreham's new motel,
which is practically in Rock
Creek Park.
1t would never have oc-
cured to him, but knocking
around in a house party in
an aforementioned, almost
empty motel is a lot of fun.
The party was for travel
editors, and someone, I'M
aware of the ShortneSS of the
Rambler's tether and under
the impression that he is a
travel writer, invited him and
Mrs. r.
AS it happened we we're the
first to register for the motel,
and Philip Hollywood, the
manager can easy name to
remember" he says, made
quite a ceremony of it, cut
ting a ribbon and doing
everything but baking a cake.
Eddie Dziura, the executive
chef de cuisine" chow do you
like that title?) had taken
care of that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06

guidance and companionship a
good father could give them.
Along with fun-filled days,
camp can provide, if only for a
while, reliable friendships with
men they can admire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-06
Montgomery Election
Regulations Adopted
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star staff Writer

Montgomery County Democratic leaders expect rise
of faconam ockeyng underway for precinct organ
cation elections scheduled this fall.
The State Central Committee has adopted and sent to all
precinct officials regulations establishing the machinery for
formal elections October g. key feature is requirement