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Evening star., 1960-08-26
Mail Sortinq
By E|ectronics
To Tested
By WILLIAM A. MILLEN
star StaR Writer

The Post Office Department
will soon test a high-speed elec-
tronic scanner. capable of read
ing more than 10000 addresses
on mail envelopes per hour and
sorting them.
Officials said today the con-
tract for this improved mecha-
nism is with the Intelligent
Machines Research Corp, 70l9
Edsall road, Alexandria, Va, a
subsidiary of the harrington
Manufacturing Co., Needham
Heights, Mass. The new ma
chine is expected to be in
stalled by February in the Post
Office Departments laboratory
in the City Post Office Building
at Massachusetts, avenue and
North Capitol street NE. A
contract totaling $250,0O0 is in
volved in the program, officials
asserted.
The device is being manufac-
tured and assembled in Alex
andria.
While the department has
been experimenting with ad-
dress reading machines for sew
eral years, this latest develop
ment is a modernized version.
Under this, the electronic read
er will be coupled to a small
sorting machine.
The new program calls for
completely transforming the
machine and doubling it's ca
pacity. officials said. It can
sort mail to any of 40 different
cities or States in a single oper-
alton. 1t is simply necessary
to change the plug board of the
type used in computing equip
ment to set up a different 40
way operation, officials said.
The newest scanner will read
the address, drop the letter into
a carrier and it will be dropped
into the proper pigeonhole
within the sorting machine
itself. postal officials said.
But the machine will read
only typed, imprinted or print
ed addresses. 1t will reject
handwritten addresses auto
matically and these will be
sorted by human hands.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Old Angus House
Wins Award From
Coffee Institute

Old Angus Beef House, 1907
H street NV, has been
given the golden cup award of
the Coffee Brewing Institute,
the first time it has gone to a
local cafe or restaurant. The
award was established two
years ago by the institute in
cooperation with the Pan
American Coffee Bureau, the
American Restaurant Associa-
ton, and other groups.
Chef Eugene Ruffiner accept
ed the award on behalf of own
er Raymond Sweitzer. Roy
Soper of the Wilkins company
made the presentation.
The golden cup is mounted
upon a walnut plaque that also
bears the formal citation.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Chrys|er Corp,
Stockholders
Bring Sd Suit

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (AP)
IA third major suit has beef
filed in court following the dis.
closure that William c. New
berg, former president Of th
Chrysler Corp, owned inter
estS in firms which sold part
to the auto manufacturing
company.
Defendants in the suit ar
Mr.. Newberg, who resigned q
president recently; L. L. Col.
bert, president and chairman
all directors who also are Chrys.
Ter employees, and the corpora
ton itself.
The suit. filed in Fedora
Court yesterday by two stock.
holders. seeks to recover TO.
the company stock and othe.
fringe benefits paid to officer,
and some directors.
The suing stockholders arr
Sol A. Damn, a Detroit lawye.
who owns 5,100 shares, ant
Sam A. Schwartsberg OF Nev
York City, who owns 3,20l
shares.
A spokesman for the Chrys'
1
Ter firm issued this statement
I'VE have not seen the com.
plant. SO we are not in a posi-.
ton to comment at this time
The complaint in the civi
suit accuses ChrySler official
OF a continuous looting" o.
the company by accepting stool
options and other executive
compensations at a time wheI
they allegedly held interests il
firms selling supplies to Chrys
Ter.
The company's inside direc.
tors and officers are charged
with violating Federal securi.
ties laws by failing to repor
any interests in supplier firms
The complaint says that sucl
interests were wrongly con.
cealed from stockholders.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Per|man Holds
Swiss Neutral
On B&00ffer

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (AP).-
The New York Central Railroad
said yesterday Swiss banks now
are neutral in the struggle be-
tween the Central and Chesa-
peake Ohio Railway for con-
troll of the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad.
Central President Alfred E.
Perlman, just back from a Swiss
trip, submitted as evidence cop
les of a new bank memorandum
to Swiss holders of B&O stock
outlining B8SO management S
stand in favor Of a three-way
merger of the three railroads.
/ The Central also seeks a
three-way merger, while the
C&O has maintained that a
possible merger with the Cen
trail should only be considered
after a C&O-B&O merger is
completed.
Both the Central and the
C&O have offered to exchange
their stock for that of the B&O:
Since Swiss bankers tradi-
tionally favor the management
position in any struggle involv-
ing control Of a corporation, Mr..
Perlman said, the new memo
randum leaves them in a neu-
trail position.
Mr.. Perlman conceded that
the new memorandum did not
retract a previous recommen-
dation from the banks to Swiss
B&O holders that they accept
the C&O offer.
The Gao commented that
there is no evidence whatever
that the Swiss banks have now
withdrawn. modified or neu-
tralized their earlier state
ment. The situation hasn't
changed at ALL a spokesman
added.
Evening star., 1960-08-26

years in preparation before this
first house was sold.
Company officials toured the
United States inspecting fac
tories. contemplating desigi.s
and analyzing the market. Each
Of the models, ranging from q
rambler to 3-level structure
is architect-d designed.
Like models of cars, the COM
pany's packaged homes can be
purchased with practically any
amount of extras the purchaser
chooses. The "Strinped-down
model does not include lot
foundation or basement mate
rial, kitchen. plumbing or heat
ing equipment or on-site labor
or grading.
Normally, the builder con-
tracts for construction labor on
his own. but Barber e. Ross
offers a number of optional
items such as kitchen priced
from $3.50 to $l,095.
Estimated Final Price
Mr.. Lipscomb says a good
rule of thumb for arriving at
the cost Of a completed paclA.
aged home, minus lot, is to
multiply the packaged price
times three.
I'VE sell quite a few homes
to people who put them up
themselves" he added. That
cuts their total price down quite
a bit"
Most of the company's homes
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Lonsburgh's
Appoints New
Vice President

President Charles H. Jagels
of Lansburgh's announced the
appointment of Claire L. Dunn
as vice president and controller,
effective September 10. He sue
ceeds Samuel S. Brown, re-
Gently resigned.
Mr.. Dunn for the past eight
years has been controller of
Loveman, Joseph & Loeb of
Birmingham, Ala. Previously,
he was for eight years with
the Macy organization, two
years of which was as assistant
controller at Dawson -Paxon in
Atlanta, Ga. He also has
served as senior auditor of the
Arthur Anderson & Co., New
York.
A native of New York State
Mr.. Dunn is married and has
four children.
Evening star., 1960-08-26

According to the survey,
California still leads in the
percentage of families moving
into the State as compared to
those moving out, but this has
failed to slow the westward
migration.
Figures from Aero-Mayf1ower
show that while household
movements to the 10 Western
States were slackening from
their pace of recent years, al
most 80 per cent more families
were moving into the District
and nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia than were moving out in
April, May and June of this
year.
The 80 per cent plus" mar
gn for this period compares
with 26 per cent in the first
quarter of this year and % per
cent in the comparable period
Of 1859. The District alone had
nearly 81 per cent more incom-
ing than outgoing periods dur
ing the second quarter of 1860.
the survey showed.
California had ATS per cent
more incoming than outgoing
families during the same pc
riod, compared to its nearest
competitors. Florida with 24.7
per cent? and Arizona with
80 per cent?.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
TALKLNG OF BUSINESS saa .ssaxesr
84-Yeor-OId Borberond Ross Builds
New Business With Precut Homes
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star stan Writer


A wiry young carpenter
named Robert Thomas has
been working on roof trusses
for months now at the Barber
q Ross Co. in Northeast
Washington. Yet he has never
seen one of those roofs to COM
pletion.
He and some so other en-
ployes of the 84-year-old build
ing supply company are assem-
bly, line specialists. Their prod
uct is houses, manufactured in
sections at the Barber & Ross
plant and shipped by truck for
erection on the home owners
lot.
Pre-cut houses, little known
in the Washington area q few
years ago, are under construc-
tion in ever-increasing num-
bers.
S. Ross Lipscomb, 33-year-
old president of the firm, says
sales have increased from $50
houses the first year (1956) to
700 in 1859.
With seven models ranging in
price from $2.860 to $500
(about $4,000 to $4,000 COM
pleted with lott. the company
last year crossed more than 81
million. The company is work..
ing around the clock to keep
up with sales demand at pres
ent, and Mr.. Lipscomb expects
volume to be even higher.
Sees "COming Trend"
Mr.. Lipscomb says he went
into the pre-cut house business
because I'VE felt it was the
coming trend. We felt we could
counter high labor costs with
mass production"
His confidence has been justi-
fed. but not exactly the way
he had planned it. Company
officials were certain initially
they should aim for buyers
among the general public. Thus
at first the firm was selling
about 80 per cent of its houses
to individuals.
But all that's changed now"
Mr.. Lipscomb, native Wash
ingtonian. explained. Now
we're selling about rs per cent
to builders"
He admits there was resist
ance to his product at the
start.
However. there's less and
less all the time" he insisted.
Our houses are FHA-approved,
come in 2. 8 and 4 bedroom
models and can now be fl
nanced through most banks"
The firm. he said, entered
the business determined to give
the customers house that was
cheaper to build. With parts
factory-produced even to door
frames cut in f1oor-to-ceiling
wall panels. the houses were
ready for quick assembly by a
contractor on the site-or by
the home owner himself, If he
preferred.
No Cutting Corners
But we did not cut corners
in building these houses" Mr..
Lipscomb declared, "as some
times happened in the early
days Of the prefab. Those were
occasionally inferior products.
These are not. We think they
are grade A products.
Barber g. Ross, which also
sells steel fabrication, hardware
and millwork. spent nearly 10
Evening star., 1960-08-26
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Aug 20 (APl (USDA.- -
HoEs 1000: slow. butchers steady to
mostly - lower: sows steady to -
lower. instances 80 lower on weights
over 5u0 lbs; fairly good shipping de-
mand at the price decline: mixed lots
J." and mixed Ia @O0-265 ID butch
erS 10 .OO-l6..5: several loads at 1928
including weights uo to 265 lbs; mixed
ersde y and mixed % 20O-2SO lbs
l5.50-l 500: butchers over ""O lbs
scarce: weights over "6O lbs very
scarce: mixed grade n 10000 10
hogs IA SOL Ia. 90: mixed srade | - and
mixed 2-3 3OO-400 10 sows IA 90
$50: mixed grade % and rs 400
$50 lbs lH25- - 90.
Cattle 200: calves none: not enough
SLAUGHTER steers, heifers bulls or veal
erS on sale for a price test: small sup
ply. of sows steady to weak: utility
and commercial 1900 $50, Gamers
snG cutters ;00-l4.i5 With few
liehtweiEht shelly Gamers down to
500
Evening star., 1960-08-26

Jet will require greatly in
creased manufacturing space
and probably will quadruple the
number of personnel. The COM
rany now has ~ acres o1
ground and can grow, officials
explained.
The France Jet weighs only
870 pounds and is capable OF
10 miles an hour. Mr.. McHugh
said. He explained all four
wheels have independent coil
suspension; hydraulic shock
absorbers combined with coil
spring in the same element are
fixed to all wheels. Gears are
three forward and one reverse.
The turning circle of the Jet
has a diameter of only 18 feet,
Mr.. McHugh said.
Makes 3-Wheel Truck
Tooling for the new job is
already in progress. Lofstrand
now makes a three-wheel COM
pact truck for the Roustabout
Truck Manufacturing Co.
Lofstrand plans to make Is
of the new France Jet cars
daily when it swings into pro-
duction. For the time being, it
will be the only manufactur-
ing center for these cars in
this country.
officials said the France Jet
was introduced to the Ameri-
can market in March at the
International Automobile Show
in New York. Mr.. McHugh said
contract for its American manu-
facture was negotiated by Jac-
queS Fisher, president of Amer
ican France Jet, Ltd, 79 Pine
street, New York, and Mr..
McHugh.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Rockville Firm to Make
New French Sports Car

The manufacture of the new
France Jet. two-seater sports
car with fiberglass body REIN
forced with aluminium, consum-
ing only one gallon of gasoline
each IS miles. was announced
today by the Lofstrand Co..
Rockville, Md. The tentative
retail price is about $500 and
production is slated to start IN
the next few months.
J. Slater McHugh, vice pres
ident of the Lofstrand Co., said
a five-year contract for Amer
lean production of France Jet
has been awarded to his firm.
He explained it guarantees q
minimum of 5 million per year
over a five-year period and a
minimum of SIS million per year
cars annually at the Lofstrand
plant, 1000 South Lawn lane in
Rockville.
Will Make Parts
Mr.. McHugh said his COM
pany will manufacture parts,
as we'll as assemble the car. In
some cases, the cost of some
components landed in the
United States from abroad is
considered higher than that at
which they can be produced in
this country. Lofstrand pro-
poses to make a detailed analy-
sis and determine which COM
ponents can be manufactured
more cheaply in the United
States. The car has been made
to a small extent in France.
Lofstrand now employs 125
persons, and has 100000 square
feet of space, but Mr.. McHugh
expects production of France
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Hoffman to MANAGE
Hotels in Hawaii

Richard E. Hoffman, resi-
dent manager of the Green
brier Hotel at White Sulphur
Springs, Va, and president of
the Southern Hotel Association,
has been named general man.
ager of the Sheraton Hotels in
Hawaii. He will take over his
new job September 20.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
Sears Lenethens
Monday Hours

Sears, Roebuck & Co. an
nounceS new Monday shop
ping hours for its five stores in
the Metropolitan Area, making
three long days for shopping
each week: Monday, Thursday
and Friday, 10 am. to 9 pm.
Other days the hours are 10
am. to 6 pm.
John T. Barnett, general
manager. said the longer Mon
day hours are to give the Gus
toner what he wants."
Evening star., 1960-08-26
METALS

NEW YORK. Aug 20 (APl.--spot
nonferrous metal prices today: Copper
33 cents pound. Connecticut VALLEY.
Lead |" cents a pound, New York
Zinc u cents a round. East st. LOUIS
TIN 81 :O2ss pound, New York. For
eisn silver alas cents per troy ounce.
New York
Pittsburgh scrap steel No | heavy
was quoted by Iron Age at ~ .OO-3", %
Evening star., 1960-08-26
PEPCO Declares 33c
September Dividend

The Potomac Electric Power
Company yesterday declared a
current common stock dividend
Of 80 cents per share, payable
September 80, to stock at rec
ord September s.
Evening star., 1960-08-26
rend to West Slowed
By People Moving to
D. c. Area, Firm Finds
BY PHIL THOMAS
Star stan Writer

continuing trend of families moving into the Washing
ton is contributing to showdown the of
westward migration in the United States.
This is the conclusion drawn by the Mayhower
sit Co Of Indianapolis in migration survey made by the
long distance moving firm for the second quarter of 1860
Evening star., 1960-08-26
OVER COUNTER

Washington listings on over-the
counter markets furnished BY the Ma
tional Association Of Securities Dealer
as OF ! PIN. Friday, August 20, ] qiO
Evening star., 1960-08-26
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE

NEW WORK. Aug. 26 (AP).-ForeiQn
excnange rates (Great Britain and
Australia In dollars. others in cents
and derimals of cent)'
Tndav prnr IA =
Evening star., 1960-08-26
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK (AP)-Noon over he coun.
bid, asked, net change and yield for
Evening star., 1960-08-26
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK CAP)
- Natio IL Associa-
tion Securities Deal
erS Inc. .
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

Hank Richmond (135), Lenore
Meinen 400 and Stan Meinen
(134).
Club 240, 2; Segreti's Stone
Masonry, 1. That's the way the
long awaited Congressional
Classic match between these
teams ended. 1t was a thriller
throughout with the outcome
hinged on the last bowler in the
last frame Of the final game.
The hero? Mario Segreti. He is
in only his second year of ten
pin bowling, but under the pres
sure rolled the only 600-that
a 641-in a losing cause.
In the Buships League at
Congressional, Fred Elsn r
rolled a 279 game-his average?
161. Dave Melton, a sometimes
100 bowler racked up GA We'd
nesday in the D. C. Mixed fol-
lowed by a 685 on Friday in
the Congressional Mixed. The
6S5 led the way for his Fran
cisco's Restaurant team to take
over first place.
Candidate for hardluck award
OF year is Robby Robinson
only a nailed down 4-pin kept
him from his first 700, but he
did get a 682 in the D. c.
Mixed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20
Miller Praises
Wheaton Backs,
Passing Game
BY George Bragaw
Sports Editor

Unbeaten Wheaton High
School who continues to
build on the growing reputa-
ton as a team that plays
hardest under pressure, will
get its stiffest test thus far
in the season when the
Knights entertain once-beat-
en- Walter Johnson Saturday
afternoon at 2 pm.
Wheaton squeeked by Blair,
20-19, by the slim margin of
Toby Waters two placements
last Saturday before the watch
full eyes of WI Coach Paul Mill
err and most of his ball players.
'Wheaton has some nice run
ming backs" Miller remarked
last weekend. what surprised
me most, however, was their
passing. didn't expect them to
be able to throw that we'll"
Miller feels the teams are ev-
enly matched and that the club
that makes the fewest mistakes
will be the winner Saturday. WI
is in good physical condition
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

Sherwood's game with
Southern was cancelled last
weekend because of a sched-
ule conflict and the Warriors
had another week to re-
cover from the $50 blast
ing by Richard Montgomery
the week before.
This Saturday is homecoming
at Sherwood and Aberdeen
plays Sherwood in the home
coming football game at 2 pm
Sherwood defeated Aberdeen,
1876, last year in what Coach
Tony Caruso said at the time
was the Warriors best perform
ance of the season.
last year, Aberdeen was the
biggest and toughest team we
played, including Richard Mont
gomery," Caruso said. Il hope
they are not any rougher than
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

and more important for the
Spartans-"(John) Murdoch is
beginning to look like his old
self again. And that's going to
make it rough on somebody"
Miller said.
Both 205-pound Murdoch and
dashman Dick Dunlap were
missing when WI lost to Rich
ard Montgomery early in the
season. Dunlap has scored three
touchdowns each In three of the
five games he has played in.
Murdoch is going to make it
rough on somebody unless they
hold us in tight, and, of course,
II they hold us in tight wei run
Dunlap outside" he said.
At Wheaton they have inside
and outside men, too, although
not as big and not quite so fast
as at WI. The Knights have
managed to win their last three
games without the services OF
their Mr.. Inside, Wayne Eader.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

Standings determined by percentage
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

II think the boys will be up
for this one" Harvill said.
They're a good bunch of boys
with good attack and lots of
hustle. l think they figure we'll
win EN- all from here on in"
Harvill saw the Counsel de-
feat st. Anthony's $50 at Blair
Sunday.
After five offside penalties in
the first quarter Halfback Sam
Fletcher raced so yards for the
first Counsel score. Frank
Montbriand scored on an H.
yard run and End Bob lombard
scored twice on long passes
from Quarterback Ronnie Ru-
bini.
This is a big game for us,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

Eader is possibly topped only
by Mike Curtis in ability in the
County and that would make
him number two in the entire
Washington area.
Wheaton came through with
the chips down for the third
time in six games this season
when the knights snatched vic
tory from Montgomery Blair in
the final minute of play before
$500 at Blair.
Wheaton drove 61-yards on IL
plays with Fullback George Ros-
ner crashing across from the 3
for the winning touchdown. Al
though Waters kicked the
points, and Rosner scored the
most important I'D, the real
hero of the affair was slender
Quarterback Billy Coggins, who
completed six straight passes
for IA yards in the second half
to lead Wheaton's comeback
from a 1877 halftime deficit.
Coggins completed nine of IA
passes for 121 yards on the day.
A 14-yard pass from Coggins to
Halfback Joe Abuse and an IL
yard run by Coggins to the 3
were the big plays of the drive
for the winning touchdown.
Coggins passed IL yards to End
Jimmy Snowden for Wheaton's
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

1Wenty-Iour games Will be
rolled-six at each of four
houses. Following on success
sive Saturdays will be 6 games
at Silver Spring, Silver Hill and
Wheaton Bowling Center. The
top II men If this 24-game
elimination win then compete
in the Maryland finals at Glen
Burnie on November 1918. The
State Champion will compete in
the national Bowling Proprie.
tors tourney In San Bernardino,
Calf, January 1861.
Every area bowling establish
ment has room for more league
bowlers. A high or even medi-
OGRE average is not necessary.
Matter of fact there are more
low average bowlers than any
others. / have a sneaking sus-
picion that low average bowlers
get more thrills out of bowling.
Recently at Congressional,
for example, Dottie Gibson
rolled a 1875 game. That's 80
pins over her average. In this
same league Bel-Air Cleaners
have stayed near the top, yet
two Of the couples on the team
had never bowled in league
before-Polly Mullville 10S),
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20

Counsel Coach Joe Cardaci said.
"We're physically in good shape
and hope to be ready" Cardaci
says that the Falcons in their
first year of varsity competi-
ton are showing improvement
every day on the practice. field
and thinks their two wins since
an opening game loss to Sher-
wood "have helped out consider
ably"
9TH do a lot more for us if
we take this one against Cath
ersburg," he said.
Richard Montgomery scored
every time they had the ball in
the first half against Gathers
bur glast week.
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second score after Abuse got
the first on a nine yard end run.
WI needed a 20 yard run with
an intercepted pass by wingback
Steve Nelson to deal Northwest
ern its fifth defeat week ago.
With four minutes left and the
score tied 1913 Northwestern
Fullback Phil Poston passed
from his own five yard line and
Nelson scampered to the 6. John
Murdoch blasted into the end
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zone but a quick whistle killed
the ball on the one foot line
where Dunlap dived over.
Lynn Craig recovered a fun
bic on the Wildcats rs to pave
the way for the Spartans first
score. After a clipping penalty
put the ball on the IS, Quarter
back Fred Stier passed to Dun
lap, who behind a crisp block
by End Ralph Harris raced for
a touchdown. On the first run
ming play after Northwestern
tied the score at &c, Dunlap
burst off left tackle and sped "a
yards for the second Green I'd.
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Sherwood Plays Aberdeen
IN Homecoming Ball Game

Richard Montgomery this year."
Fullback Bob Williams led
the win last season with two
touchdowns and Bill Carney
passed for the other. Williams
is expected to be in top form
for the first time in several
weeks this Saturday.