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Evening star., 1960-08-15
Films of More Than Routine Merit

ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY notwithstanding
II not especially lively film of the Mark Twain story
BELLS ARE RINGING"-Judy Holiday delights again in
lavish movie version of her Broadway musical hit.
ICE PALACE"-Drama-laden film on a scale to match
Edna Ferber's drama laden novel about Alaska.
LIMITATION OF LIFE"-SOmething for the girls Lana
Turner in fve-handkerchief soap opera
''OPERATlON PETTICOAT'-Cary Grant as a beleaguered
sub skipper playing unwilling host to a plague girls
ROOM AT THE TOP"-SimOne Signoret, Laurence Har-
vey in the soaring story of ruthless ccess-seeker
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER"-Tennessee Williams drama
well-played by Katharine Hepburn Elizabeth Taylor
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS'-Cecil B. de Miles mammoth
Biblical spectacle Moses and his life and times
Evening star., 1960-08-15

likely Cnat this phrase came
into the spoken language as
the compliment it has since
become. 1t is much more prob
able that the term popped into
a political argument centuries
ago. One participant, in exas-
peration, finally shouted at his
opponent, you don't have as
much sense as a horse!"
The accused, knowing him.
self to be a man of wisdom, as
sumed that this meant that
horses were smarter than
people. Every time it was said
after that. it led to the same
assumption. and before long
horse sense had this complete
ly unjustif1ed definition.
%% -
II you think unjuStified is an
unjust word, consider the
horse. The horse is what the
American Humane Association
always is considering - the
horse. plus the dog, the cat, the
wombat and all other non
human mammals. The AHA
even rates movies, not by
morals or merit, but by wheth-
er or not the animals in them
were treated properly during
the shooting.
To make sure that animal
actors are fed. watered and
housed properly and coaxed
rather than clouted when a
trick is necessary, the AHA
maintains a staff of inspectors
for movie set duty. Comments
by some of these made the mos.
fascinating reading of the day
when the most recent Holly
wood report of the Humane
Association reached the drama
department. Especially this
one:
Horses refused to run to-
ward camera. Explained to di-
rector that horses had to run
opposite direction from where
they were being kept at night.
Suggested they reverse shot so
Evening star., 1960-08-15

that horses could run toward
corral. OK"
1t may have been OK with
the horses and the inspector,
but you can bet the producer
screamed. Anyone Cor any
horse with, any horse sense
should know it costs money to
move cameras and other equip
ment clear across the prairie
so the horses can run toward
home. @
OPENING TOMORROW
Jean Giraudoux's "Elektra" be-
gins two-week run to wind
up Olney Theater's summer
season, with a cast directed by
Leo Brady headed by Lois
Nettleton. Anne Chodoff and
Laurence Hugo. Miss Nettleton
is a Clarence Derewent Award
winner Q959 for her support
ing role in God and Kate MUIR
ply" more recently was in
volved on Broadway with Bar
bara Bel Geddes and Henry
Fonda in Silent Night. Lonely
Night" She appeared at Olney
IN Much Ado About Nothing"
and had another Shake
Spearean outing with Katha-
rine Hepburn in the American
Shakespeare Festival produc-
ton of The Merchant of
Venice Victor Borge, the
one-man music-and-comedy
spectacular. follows Louis Arm
scrong and Count Basic (on for
the last time tonight) at Carter
Barron Amphitheater. Mr..
Borge will be on hand for a
full week. winding up his stay
on Monday, August % =
Singer Mary Lou Brewer and
Dancer Margie Robinson open
a one-week engagement on the
Shoreham Terrace.
BROADWAY REPORT u
Cover Champion. currently
basking in the success Of "Bye,
Bye Birdie" has been signed
to direct and choreograph an
other tune show for David
Merrick. This one will be a
musical version of "Lili," the
movie charmer of a few years
back with Leslie Caron, being
aimed tentatively at next
spring Still another movie
is to make a Broadway musi-
cal, or at least is to serve as
the inspiration for one. This is
Sunset Boulevard" which
starred Gloria Swanson as a
fading silent movie star. 1t is
being planned by Robert E.
Griffith and Harold S. Prince,
who will update it by making
its central figure a fading star
of the talkies. They also plan
to give more cheerful tone.
Sunset Boulevard" however,
will have to await Grifnth-
Prince attention until after
October IT. That's the date
set for their Broadway OPEN
ing of "Tenderloin," starring
Maurice Evans and directed by
George Abbott g. Benn w.
Levy decided not to direct his
new comedy, after all. and en-
gagged Alan Schneider to take
over the chore. The play, based
on a Greek legend involving
Hercules and Hippolyte. is
titled The Rape of the Belt"
and will star Constance Cum
mings.
HOLLYWOOD REPORT -
Another Rooney generation is
Evening star., 1960-08-15

fractions promised by Butter
field g.: The sight of Eliza
beth Taylor putting on a cigar
Natalie Wood has a plum
role awaiting when she fin
iShes "Splendor in the Grass"
for Ella Kazan-the feminine
lead in the movie version of
West Side Story"
Evening star., 1960-08-15

descending on show business
in the person of Timothy
Rooney. 13-year-old son of
Mickey and grandson of Comic
Joe Yule. He's been signed by
Warner Bros. and cast in a TV
series titled Room For One
More" That title is a tempta-
ton all right. but you'll just
have to make up your own
comment Add to the at
Evening star., 1960-08-15
l1:15 am. 1:50, 4:20, 6:55 and

l1:15 am, 1:50, 4:20, 6:55 and
$3.50 pm.
Playhouse - Come Dance
With Me-; 1920, 2:20, 4:10,
sos, 7:55 and 9:45 pm.
Plaza-"For Members Only;
HAS am, lis, 2:40, 4:25, $40,
7:50 and 9:40 pm.
Town-'Psycho"; II, 2. 4, 6,
8 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Strangers When
We Meet; II am, los, 3:15,
SIS, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Uptown Can Can; $50
pm:
Warner-"Ben Hur";; 8 pm.
Evening star., 1960-02-25
Jury Indicts Teomsters
On 'Poyoff Charges

ton by United States Attorney
Wayne H. Bigler, the FBI and
the Internal Revenue Service.
In 1856 and 1858, the in
dictment charged, payments
ranging from $3.50 to $4,000
were made to the campaigns
Of Senator Hennings, Demo-
crat Of Missouri; Senator
Morse, Democrat of Oregon;
Representative Roosevelt,
Democrat of California; Rep
resentative Reuss, Democrat of
Wisconsin, and unsuccessful
congressional candidates James
L. Sullivan and Robert c.
Dowd, both of st. Louis.
Deputy Attorney General
Lawrence E. Walsh said, AL
the payments, whether con-
tributions or expenditures, were
not voluntary contributions"
Mr.. Gibbons issued a state
ment at Miami, Fla, where
the unions executive board is
meeting, claiming the indict-
ment is part of "the policy
of the Eisenhower administra-
ton and the Justice Depart
ment to harass unions in an
effort to weaken them, or il
possible, to destroy them"
He added, II have violated
no law. I am not guilty OF
doing any wrongdoing."
Two of the others, Mr.
Zagri and Mr.. Reichardt, indi-
Gated they felt the same way.
Evening star., 1960-02-25
Fumes Curbs
0nCarsurged
THE BERRYs
FREDDY
HI AND LOIS
SCAMP
UNCLE CHARLIE
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of Health Flem-
ming wants the automobile in
dustry to equip all new cars
with an anti-air pollution de-
vice now planned for use only
in California next year.
IT can't understand why il
should be confined to the State
Of California" Mr.. Flemmine
told a House Commerce SUBJ
committee yesterday.
He said the device represents
a contribution to air pollution
control and "the contribution
ought to be made" nationally
But he added he does moi
favor requiring installation o.
the device in all new autos un-
til sufficient progress has beer
made in air pollution research
He offered the subcommittee
a program he said would make
the Federal Government ar
effective leader in the air pol.
luton field.
1t included eliminating the
S. million annual ceiling or
Federal air pollution appro.
priationS and authorizing thu
surgeon general to investigate
air pollution problems Of broac
significance.
Mr.. Flemmtng said the Gov
ernment cannot now investi'
gate air pollution problems
such as those in Los Aneglei
unless State or local govern
ments request help.
Evening star., 1960-02-25
By the Associated Press

Harold j. Gibbons, a vice
president for the Teamsters
Union and top aide to Team
sters President James r. Hoffa,
is under indictment on a charge
of making illegal political con-
tributions. Five other TeamSter
officials have been indicted
with him.
All were accused yesterday of
violating or conspiring to vio-
lating or conspiring to violate
the Taft Hartley Act, which
forbids unions and corporations
from contributing funds to
candidates for Federal office.
The alleged offenses are mis-
demeanors. carrying maximum
penalties Of one year In jail
and a $1,000 fine, or both, on
each count.
Indicted with Mr.. Gibbons
we're Sidney Zagari, legislative
counsel for the union; John
Naber, secretary of Local 68e
in st. Louis: William Latal
president Of Local 6S8; Philip c
Reichardt. acting secretary OF
Taxicab Drivers Local 405 in
st. Louis, and Joseph Bonn
marito, business agent for Lo-
cal 405.
The indictments also named
Locals 688 and 405 as de-
PENDANTS.
Lengthy Investigation
The 22-count indictment fol-
lowed a five-month investiga.
Evening star., 1960-02-25
.SHEINWOLD
ON BRIDGE
Good Guessing
Not AIwuys Luck
By ALFRED SHEINWOLD

HOW SUCCESSFUL are you when
your contract depends on guess
ing which opponent has q key
card? The average player is
right about half the time. Some
experts are right about nine
times out Of ten.
How do they do It? Do they
peek, read minds or stroke a
rabbits foot3 Let's examine a
guess hand to see how the ex-
pert makes up his mind.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
.e NORTH
AAK62
0A107
oK95
&A5
WEST EAST
AQs5 AJs4
7s43 09652
OF oQ632
%Jl09S43 @72
SOUTH
A1073
0KQJ
oAJl04
%KQ6
South West North East
INT Pass 6NT All Pass
Opening lead: Jack of clubs.
West opens the jack of
clubs, and dummy's ace wins.
Declarer has ten tricks in top
cards. He can make IL tricks
if he gueSses which opponent
has the queen of diamonds.
There Is one other chance
for the contract. One Of the
opponents may have the dou-
bleton queen-jack Of spades.
Declarer therefore leads out
the ace of spades to test the
suit. AS it happens, only small
spades fan on this trick.
Our expert friend is in no
hurry to try the diamond fineSse.
Instead, he leads a low spade
from the dummy. West wins
with the queen and leads an
other club.
Gathers Evidence
South is now ready to gather
the evidence. He wins the club
return with the queen. leads a
spade to the king, and cashes
dummy's last spade when the
suit breaks favorably.
Declarer next takes three top
hearts, ending in his hand.
Finally. he cashes the king Of
clubs. At the end Of this series
of plays South is left with
three diamonds in each hand.
He still has to guess the finesSe.
But South has seen East
show out on the third round Of
clubs. This means that West
started with six clubs. West
has followed suit to three rounds
of spades and three rounds of
hearts. This accounts for IL
cards Of Vests original hand.
West can have only one dia-
mond at most.
Hence South leads a diamond
to dummy's king, taking the
singleton diamond out Of the
West hand. Declarer then leads
a diamond from dummy and
illnesses through East for the
queen of diamonds. This finesse
cannot lose, since East is known
to have all of the missing dia-
monds.
| So now We have the answer.
The experts don't peek, read
minds or stroke a rabbits foot.
They just count.
Daily Question
Dealer, at your right, bids
one spade. You hold: i
A1073 VKQJ @KQ6I
What do you do?
Answer: Pass. You haven't
the distribution for a takeout
double, and you have no suit
to bid.
Ccopyright, 1860. Gen. Features Corp.
| I1llIIIII,.lI -
Evening star., 1960-07-07
Webb 8 Knapp Seeks Local Firms
To Put Money in Renewal Projects

Magazine intensified local spec
ulation along this line.
The article said Mr.. zeck-
endorf, Ito meet his bills ano
due notes is engaging
amid rumors of crisis upon
crisis, in the biggest sell-off oi
properties in his company's his
tory" AS for his several urban
renewal projects, the article
said Mr.. zeckendorf went into
this work Ito build properties
for recurring income How
ever, he has since decided to
use them, too, to generate capi-
tai, either by selling them out
right or by selling them and
leasing them back"
Mr.. Zeckendorf told The
Star in a telephone interview
that he is mot selling any of
his Washington holdings" Mr..
Slayton amplif1ed this by say
ing the firm cannot afford to
pull out Of Washington, since
it already has invested SIS
million in urban renewal prof.
ects.
Webb & Knapp got into the
urban renewal program in
Washington in February, 1854,
by submitting a plan for re-
development Of $50 acres in the
Southwest. A memorandum of
understanding between III e
Evening star., 1960-07-07

firm and the Redevelopment
Land Agency signed March Is,
1854. called for Webb & Knapp
to develop half the 450-acre
area. A modified plan was ap-
proved by the National Capital
Planning Commission on April
6, 1856. But the price on the
first parcel of slum- m-cleared
land was not established until
three years later.
Construction is under way for
the Webb g. Knapp Town
Center in Southwest consisting
of four apartment houses and
two shopping centers straddling
Fourth street near M street.
The two apartment houses and
single shopping center in the
eastern half of the Town
Center are we'll underway.
Webb & Knapp also is plan
ming to build a complex of town
houses north of M street S.W.
near the Town Center. A third
Southwest project planned by
Webb & Knapp is the Tenth
Street Mall and Plaza, consist
ing of a world communications
center. 1,000-room hotel and
four Office buildings on 20 acres
bounded roughly by the Wash
ington Channel, Independence
avenue, Twelfth and Sixth
streets.
Evening star., 1960-07-07
EYES CYCLES LoNGNGLY
Doctor Grounds Motor Maid at II

sport. We're not harum scarum
We have rules. The girls can't
have noisy cycles and they
can't wear shorts. We have 9
uniform = gray slacks, royal
blue cotton long -sleeved shirts
with Motor Maids on the back
And we have a blue shirtwaist
dress with a full skirt fol
parties and social affairs. We
wear leather jackets-but moi
black"
Kidney belts? No, they're
outmoded, and unnecessary
My motorcycle rides better
than my car"
Her mother said, "I car
sleep in the side car real good
In fact, I can even sleep or
the back of the cycle"
Bonnie Berry from Toledo
and a motor maid for six years
looked a little dubious as she
prepared to board the sight
seeing bus that would toul
Washington.
Il don't know about this bus
riding. You know, we're pretty
careful. I'm sure there are
some accidents. but I can't re-
member when q motor maid
was last hurt.
And we always dress neat
We wear a pair of coveralls
Evening star., 1960-07-07
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star STAFF Writer

The District Highway De-
Ipartment has ordered a speedur
on the Twelfth street under
ground expressway projec t
which congressional commit
tees have proposed halting
pending building of a Twelfth
street subway.
Highway Director Harold l.
Aitken on June "a approved an
order cutting three months of
the construction timetable OF
the $3.3 million road job, which
runs through the Mall between
Constitution and independence
avenues NV, it was learned
today. Completion is now
scheduled by next June, instead
jof September.
A Senate-Ho joint COM
mittee had urged on June Is
that the city give serious con.
sideration" to postponing COM
pletion of the project until q
new mass transportation agen-
cy acts on a plan for an under
ground rail line in the same
location.
The recommendation for de-
lay was approved by the Senate
Evening star., 1960-07-07
D. c. Holds Tax
On Business at
Current 81 Rute

The Districts tax on busi-
ness inventories and equipment
will be held at the current So
rate for another year. the Com
missioners announced today.
No change in the levy had
been contemplated. The busi-
ness levy, known as the tang
ible personal property tax.
again was set at the 50 per
500 of assessed value level for
the fiscal year which began
July l.
This tax and the real estate
tax are the only two set by the
Commissioners. All other tax
action requires congressional
approval.
No action has been taken on
the question of raising the
$3.50 per $100 real estate rate.
The Commissioners would like
to postpone action until after
Congress votes on related
spending and revenue measures
when it returns next month.
The 50 personal property tax
rate brought in more than $8.1
million during the past fiscal
year and is expected to pro-
duce about $8.3 million this
year
Evening star., 1960-07-07
Papers,
EngruYers
SettleDispute

Agreement on terms for a
new contract was reached yes
terday by negotiators for the
Photoengravers Union and
Washington's three daily news
papers.
The settlement came several
hours before Sc employees of
The Star, Washington Post and
Daily News were scheduled to
walk out at 8 am. today.
The full membership of
w shin 6 ton Photoengravers
Union No, II will hold a rati-
fication meeting at IL am.
Sunday in the Hamilton Hotel.
Walter F.. Risdon, the locals
president, said all 235 members
of the local, including those
working for commercial shops
and the Government Printing
Office, will vote on the agree
ment.
Terms we're withheld pend
ing disclosure at the meeting,
but Mr.. Risdon said the wage
offer will be retroactive to Feb
ruary 81, expiration date of the
contract with the Washington
Newspaper Publishers Assocla-
ton.
Mr.. Risdon said the new con-
tract offered considerable i'm
provement over the old. The
agreement was reached with
the assistance of Federal Medi-
ator James A. Holden who met
with the groups for longer
than three hours last night.
Evening star., 1960-07-07
BY GEORGE WILSON
Star STAFF Writer

The national real estate firm
of Webb & Knapp, hard
pressed for cash to support its
sprawling empire, is trying to
get local firms to invest in its
Southwest Washington urban
renewal projects.
William L. Slayton, head OF
Webb & Knapp's Washington
Office, said discussions with
two or three" firms already
are underway. He added that
the discussions have not reach
ed the formal negotiation
stage.
Mr.. Slayton said this does
not mark any change of policy
by Webb & Knapp in its
Southwest redevelopment work,
We've always been looking for
local participation and still
are" he said. He declined to
identify the firms with which
discussions are being held, but
said more interest has been
shown by investment firms than
by builders.
William zeckendorf, presi-
dent of Webb & Knapp, said
the firm has no intention of
pulling out of Washington. An
article in this months Fortune
Evening star., 1960-07-07
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Stan Writer

Mrs. James Nom" Goulding
70, smiles nice smiles until she
spots a motorcycle. Then she
looks with all the longing of a
retired jockey eying Venetian
Way.
This year, doctors orders un-
seated Nom from her cycle, SC
for the first time she came to
"a Motor Maids convention by
train.
All day yesterday her friends,
members of the National Wom-
ems Motorcycling Club, roared
into Washington, suitcases
strapped to their motorcycles,
crash helmets on their heads,
leather jackets on their backs.
They came from Los Angeles
and Minneapolis and Detroit
and Cleveland and Philadel-
phia for the five-day meeting,
their goth annual convention
at the Burlington Hotel.
Mrs. Goulding. a silver
haired lady with a white pic
ture hat and a slight scent of
lavender, watched them arrive.
"Oh, my, but it was fun.
Pop cher 75-year- -old husband)
and I live in Saginaw, Mich,
now but we started motorcy-
Evening star., 1960-07-07

over our slacks so we'll look
neat when we arrive some
where. We wear a lot of make
up so we won't get sunburned.' y
One Of the beauty problems
of the hobby is that e streak
of white from the helmet chin
strap mars a tan.
Bonnie continued, "even
though we might like to cut up,
we don't because we have to
always act like ladies. When
ever a girl crawls on a motor
cycle, people suspect the worst
So you never hear us backing
our muffiers and things like
that and when a car driver
runs you off the road to be
smart, you just smile"
Mrs. Robinson and a girl
friend organized the club 2(
years ago.
I'VE started with So. We've
got 700 now. About 200 will
make the convention. and we
get together at divisional ano
state meetings and races.
1--WE have organized outings
and field meets where we PLAY
games with motorcycles SEE
how slow you can go without
putting your feet down, ridt
by a barrel and pitch a bal
into it,"
Evening star., 1960-07-07

cling years ago when we lived
I in Australia. Pop was riding q
bike and the doctor said he bet
ter stop that so he got a motor
cycle and we've been riding ever
since. That is, til this year
ME and the kids would &c
everywhere. They'd sit in the
side carve used to tie one tc
the cycle with wire until POP
started making side cars"
One of MONS three children
is Dot Robinson of Detroit
Motor Maids president. She is
48, a young Looking red -haired
grandmother, and has been a
motorcyclist for 81 years.
This sport keeps you young
said Mrs. Robinson. -'Tve tray
eled 1000 miles in the last six
weeks. My husband used to
race and my daughter, she's
29, rides. This isTa real family
sport ~
Her trim aqua slacks
matched the aqua crash he'll
met in her hand and that in
turn matched her aqua motor
cycle.
Some people think those
machines are toys. They're not
cheap. The de luxe ones cost
from 81, 500 to $4,000.
This is a misunderstood
Evening star., 1960-07-07

THEY ARE NOT protected.
There is no closed season on
the flying squirrel, we
learned. You can hunt them
the year around.
We went out to the squirrel
orium, passing through his
shop where he makes his
cages-an important part of
his sales. 1t was quite evident
that he is a meticulous work
man.
The 1000 squirrels were
housed in cages in a remark
ably small space in an air.
conditioned room. He sells
from 5000 to 5000 a year.
There was no odor. He got
out Sammy and Joe and sure
enough, they snuggled into
the pocket of his shirt.
He put Sammy on the palm
of my hand. The tiny thing
was Shivering from nose to
tail at being with a stranger,
so I hastily put him back
with Joe in Mr.. Greeson S
pocket.
Evening star., 1960-07-07
SEND A KID TO CAMP
! Dickie Needs to See
The Green Outdoors

Summer is pancakes and a
soft drink for dinner and tele-
vision all day in a darkened
room for 9-year-old Dickie.
His mother fears the Slum
streets outside the basement
apartment where they live. She
feels that if her youngsters are
indoors with her they are safe.
So games and excursions out
of doors are rare.
Poverty and ignorance are
Dickie's mothers greatest enc
mics. Struggling along on her
husbands income of $40 a
week, she feeds the children as
best she can within her meager
knowledge and threadbare
budget.
But Dickie needs more in
every way than his parents are
able to give him. He needs to
play and romp outdoors with
other children. He needs to
learn how to swim, to find out
about the thrill of camping. He
needs three good, balanced
meals a day, the kind he might
not get at home in months.
Dickie's parents can't pos
sibly send him to camp. But
your gift to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund can take
him from an unreal television
world to the glowing green out
doors.
Evening star., 1960-07-07
SIRENS TO SOUND
ON SATURDAY FOR
DEFENSE TEST

All civil defense warning
sirens in the Washington
area will be sounded stimuli
taneously at 1855 a. m.
Saturday.
The sirens will sound for
approximately one minute
in a regularly scheduled
quarterly test to check all
warning devices in the Dis
trict and adjacent Mary
land and Virginia counties.
The tests also are held to
familiarize the public with
the long. sustained blast
Of an alert warning.
John L. Sullivan, direc-
tor of Civil Defense Mobil-
ization Region 2. said bell
and light warning signals
connected directly to many
Government and private
installations in the area
also will be tested at the
same time Saturday.