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Evening star., 1960-06-25
Wife BIomes Arrest
Of Rees on Jealousy

A blond night club singer who
identified herself to Memphis
reporters as Mrs. Melvin Davis
Rees. jr., proclaimed her huS-
bands innocence in the 1857
Staying near Gambrills. Md, OF
Mrs, Margaret v. Harold.
Mrs. Rees vowed: I'VE are
going to fight this thing right
out to the end and prove his
innocence"
The wife blamed Rees' impl-
cation in the murder on an Gin
sanely jealous former musician
friend" who she said accused
her husband of the killing in a
letter sent to the Governor Of
Virginia two years ago.
Mrs. ReeS said the musician
was jealous of her husbands
musical ability. But he (the
former friend) just didn't have
it and the thought of my hus-
band being so good drove him
to make up these terrible lies
about him." she said.
The ReeSes came to Memphis
last Easter after touring the
country with various bands.
Mrs. Rees said her husband
worked in Tulsa, Okla, before
coming to Memphis. He was a
pianist with Chuck Cabot'S
band, she said, but left the
group before coming to Mem
phiS. He worked in Memphis
as a piano salesman. The man.
ager of the store described Rees
as a nice quiet guy who didn't
sell much"
The FBI, according to Mrs
Rees, started questioning her
and her husband in Memphis
about five months ago. At one
time, she said, three FBI agents
questioned her in the Memphis
apartment while other agents
questioned her husband sep
arately at their Office. The FBl
also searched the Rees' modest
garage apartment in Memphis,
she said.
Mrs. ReeS said she was a
native of HyattSville, Md, and
sang in various Washington
night clubs. The attractive,
green-eyed blond described her
husbands first marriage as an
intellectual" one and his pres
ent one as "the real thing"
She said she and Rees met in
Washington three years ago.
Eventually, they left the Wash
Evening star., 1960-06-25

ington area together, stopping
first at Norfolk.
When asked when and where
they we're married, Mrs. ReeS
said, mo comment"
Evening star., 1960-06-25
Como Has First President:
Rivals Must Share Power

LEOPOLDVILLE, Belgian
Congo, June Is CAP).-Joseph
Kasavubu, who styles himself
as a Gandhi-like foe of African
colonialism, was elected Presi-
dent of the new Congo repub-
lie yesterday.
He will share power with his
chief political rival, Fatrlce
Lumumba, the newly confirmed
Premier.
AS the departing Belgian CO.
lonial rulers had hoped, the
compromise making Mr.. Rasa-
vubu chief of state and MI.
Lumumba chief of government
brought together the two major
political factions whose sCpa-
rate ambitions carried a po-
tential of violence. The main
problem now is whether they
Will work together.
Belgium is quitting the Congo
next Thursday and turning au-
thority over the 13million peo-
pie to Mr.. Lnnumba and Mr..
KasaVubu.
Jailed In Past
Mr.. Kasavubu, using the nom
violent civil oiSobedience tao
tics of the late Mohandas K.
Gandhi in the war against CO.
lonialism, has been jailed by
the Belgians in the past as an
agitator. He once studied for
the Roman Catholic priesthood,
later became a Protestant, and
has worked as a teacher, civil
servant, agronomist and book
keeper.
Mr.. Lumumba. too, was ar
rested after riots in Stanley
vile in 1859 and spent nearly
three months in jail.
Although the presidency is
largely a ceremonial position.
it involves considerable pres
tige and the power to summon
Parliament. In some cases the
President can postpone a meet
ing of Parliament, and this
could be a strong check on Mr..
KaSavubu'S old chief rival if
strategically timed.
Country Totally Unready
No country in Africa was
ever less prepared for national
independence than the Congo.
This vast, wealthy country of
over 13 million people, sprawl
ing across the equator, so far
has a government with no pro-
gram, no name for the inde-
pendent country-although the
one word Congo is greatly
favored-no national anthem
and no national flag.
Young Lumumba. "a, went
wild with joy when the Senate
voted strongly yesterday in
favor Of his government.
Thus emergeS in the Congo
a new African leader, mod
elled on the pattern Of Nkru-
nah of Ghana, astute, smiling,
suave. young and ready to
learn. He is fiery at times,
grave at others, a man about
whom the world has yet much
to learn.
His friends are now hailing
him as the Congo's great po-
litical Strategist.
Can he hold his team to-
gether?
; Can he maintain stable con-
ditionS, ensure continuance of
Congo prosperity and at the
same time fit his country into
the pattern of pan-Africanism
to which he is welded?
These are some of the ques-
tions being asked in Leopold
vile as Mr.. Lumumba the poll
tician prepares to don the
coat of Mr.. Lumumba the
statesman.
Evening star., 1960-06-25

morrow; high rs to 81; north
erly winds at 10 to Is knots.
Cape Hatteras Area-Partly
cloudy tomorrow; high near
80 degrees.
Skyline Drive-Mostly sunny
with low humidity tomorrow;
high 70 to rs; excellent Wis
ibility.
Long Island and New Jersey
Beaches - Mostly sunny with
low humidity; high in the 70s.
River Report
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and cloudy at Great Falls.
Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Midnirs1 iTssR1psia'urss37 s7 fSa Sao1 Yesterday 70
! ! ann. ann: - e ! sP.m. P.m: g e
Record Temperatures for the Year
Hishest 95 on April %.
Lowest To- rfS. Hn MsEss fsSf., H.
oeodstie Survey, H'
Today Tomorrow
High ----- 9:43 AM 1915 am
Low - 4:l7 am. 1855 q m
High --10:l0 pm. 1912 pm
Low - 4:52 pm 5:31 pm
For high and low tides at the fol.
lowing points subtract times indicated
from the above.
Annapolis. . hours; Bloody Point
Light, 3 hours; Colonial Beach So
hours; Deale. 3 hours: solomons Is.
land, hours; Point Lookout, hours
The sun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, today SAB am S:37 pm
Sun, tomorrow 5:44 am. S.3S D m
Evening star., 1960-10-19
Starts tomorrow, October 20, at $50 am

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timely merchandise for weeks Fo ond yofun
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Evening star., 1960-04-12
BIuze Damages
Virginia Home

A house in the Bucknell
Heights subdivision near Alex
andria was badly damaged by
fire last night as the result of
a short circuit.
A bedroom was damaged by
flames and the rest of the
house by smoke from a rubber
mattress in the home of Demp-
sey E. Bachelor at 2410 Davis
street.
A bystander, Robert E. Reams
40, Of II Woodlawn drive,
Alexandria, was treated at
Alexandria Hospital for smoke
inhalation after attempting to
assist flremen fighting the
blaze. He was released later.
The Fairfax County fire mar
shal's Office said the blaze
apparently started from a
clock-radio or a table lamp in
a bedroom.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Cost Spiral
OfSuburbs
Weighed

More official voices have
joined the chorus of alarm
over the areas continuing sub
urban sprawl.
Members of the National
Capital Regional Planning
Council warned yesterday that
extension of water and sewer
lines for new subdivisions could
eventually mean bankruptcy"
for Metropolitan Area counties.
The warnings grew out of
a proposal at yesterdays coun-
Gil meeting in which the coun-
Gil was asked to permit its
staff to participate in drawing
up a regional master plan for
sewer and water facilities.
Donald E. Gingery, chair
man, objected to a suggestion
that the council staff obtain
population and density infor-
nation from the staffs of other
planning and service depart
ments.
Mr.. Gingery explained that
experience shows a rapid build
up in the suburbs after sewer
and water lines are installed.
The lines and treatment plants
are soon inadequate, he said,
and additional expenditures
have to be made. The cost of
providing schools and roads
also should be considered, he
added.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
RIA Approves
More Demolition

The District Redevelopment
Land Agency today approved
contracts for the demolition Of
IL more squares in Southwest
Washington, including a site
south Of M street on which the
Potomac Cooperative Fedora
ton plans to build l03 town
house and 400 apartment units.
RIA Director John SearleS
said the site for the co-opera-
tive units-between N and o
Third and Fourth streets-waS
included because of the speed
with which the plans for the
project are being developed
The Reynolds Metals Co. will
build the units for the fedora
ton.
The RIA board also ordered
another appraisal on a tract
at the northwest corner of
Sixth and E streets S.W. The
regional Office of the Housing
and Home Finance Agency
turned down an earlier ap-
praisal on the site, which St.
Dominio's Catholic Church
hopes to buy for school pur-
poses. because the HHFA felt
the appraisal might have been
too low.
Evening star., 1960-04-12

the childS story of the Bible sent to the village
one day on an errand. 1t hot sticky summer
morning AS passed group of on the street one
of them commented on the weather. and to add en-
phass to his remark, he applied profane adjective.
This was something new to me. When reached home
burst into the house and repeated exactly what the
man had said My father Mortified He did not punish
me but he took me aside and for half hour he ex-
planned the Thou Shafts" and the Thou Shalt Nots"
of the Ten Commandments. That incident made very
deep impression me and has helped me ever since to
refrain from careless and profane of the Lords
Tomorrow: Harold o. Louvre
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Hearing Set Tomorrow
For 5 in Club HoIdup

some of the patrons to discuss
the holdup or what was going
on at the club at the time.
Trooper Rogers said the gun
men invaded the club, lined
its occupants against a wall,
stripped most Of them of their
trousers and then took many
of their rings and watches as
well as the cash.
Arrested in Bethesda
The five suspects, in a 1860
Cadillac, were arrested by
Montgomery County police at
a roadblock on new Route 240
and Old Georgetown road,
about 2:45 am.
Trooper Rogers said the
county police found a green
pillow case in the car contain
ing a little over $4,000 and
about $1,000 on the men. A
pistol also was found in the
car, the trooper added, and
four other guns-three auto
maticS and a sawed-off shot
sun-later were recovered on
the ground near the roadblock.
The suspects, when returned
to the Frederick police bar
racks, denied the holdup, ac-
cording to the States attorney.
He said, however. that sew
eral holdup victims signed state
ments identifying the suspects,
and some of the complainants
would be summoned to appear
at the preliminary hearing. The
warrants were based on COM
plants Of two of the victims,
Mr.. Rothenhoefer said.
The club, which has a Mem
bers Only" sign on the outside,
is in a one-story frame and
cinderblock building in the rear
of a restaurant and adjacent
to a trailer camp. The States
attorney said its operation as a
private club is legal, but said
that any form of gambling is
NOT
Evening star., 1960-04-12
The
Rambler
Recalls on
Immierunt's Gift
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

What should the modern
library be like? What can it
do to keep up with that
conservative institution, the
bank?
Perhaps the library should
advertise on radio and TV.
1t could assure the borrower
that all he would have to do
would be to telephone for his
book.
Then, if the library were
properly located, the bor-
rover could drive-in and be
handed his book through a
hole in the wall.
This speculation was
prompted by a TV program
Sunday night on the con-
tribution of an immigrant to
American public libraries.
He gave them $50 million.
His name was Andrew Car
negie. He was born in Dun
fermline, Scotland, the son
of an impoverished weaver
who brought his family to
Pittsburgh in 1845 when
Andrew was 10.
That marble structure,
Central Public Library, at
Mt. Vernon place where New
York and Massachusetts, av-
enueS cross is a gift of An
drew Carnegie.
Words to that effect are
carved in the upper lefthand
corner of the facade. More
imperishable words across
the front of the building
state that it is dedicated to
the diffusion of knowl-
edge"
Evening star., 1960-04-12

THE EBATE SHOWED
that there was a strong feel
ing in Congress against build
ing on park land. That re-
luctance broke down later in
World War I and again in
World War II. Few of the
temporary buildings" of
those emergencies have been
removed from the parks.
Senator George Vest of
Missouri, remembered for his
oratorical tribute to mans
faithful friend, the dog, en-
tered the debate. He was for
the Mt. Vernon place loca-
ton; against building the
library at Market space. He
said:
"I have heard the idea
advanced again and again
that all the southern part
of the city across Pennsyl-
vania avenue should be used
for public buildings. Why,
Mr.. President, it is a quick
sand.
Il have always expressed
the opinion that no large
public building, filled with
hundreds of human beings,
and tons of dead matter,
&hould be put on an artificial
foundation.
Mr.. Carnegie, though not
a citizen of Washington, has
made a princely donation.
I think, like Sancho Panza,
we should praise God and
ne'er look a gift horse in the
mouth. Let us locate this
building and get rid of the
controversy"
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Construction to Close
Drive in Rock Creek

Construction work will force
the closing of the Rock Greek
Park section of Bingham drive
from Oregon avenue NV. to
Beach drive for three months.
starting Thursday.
Harry T. Thompson, super
intendent of National Capital
Parks, said the work to be done
will include construction Of
curbs and cutters, paving and
new lighting, plus improvement
of alignment and grade Of
Bingham drive.
Evening star., 1960-04-12

rule. A lot of District residents
who are now registered to vote
elsewhere would re-register
here.
And if we had a general
election they could register as
independents which they can't
do now"
Ask Accurate Count
M e a NV lille. Joseph Fair
banks. chairman of the Board
of Elections. and Daniel Noll,
board executive secretary. said
a determined effort is being
made to insure prompt and
accurate count.
At the request of the board,
a task force of students from
the University of Maryland
chapter of the Society for the
Advancement of Management
is now conducting time studies
of various systems of counting
paper ballots.
The board is also planning
to start its vote count several
hours before the polls close.
This would be done by having
two ballot boxes at each pre-
.cinct. The one used on the
morning of election day could
be picked up around noon and
taken to the District Armory
so that the count could get
under way.
However, the board will not
make any report on how the
count is going until after the
polls close at 8 pm. If the re-
suits of the early vote count
ing leaked out, the board could
be accused of attempting to in
f1uence persons who had not
yet voted.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Science Award to Go
To Irish Professor

DR.. Ernst ]. Opik, visiting re-
search professor at the Univer-
sity of Maryland and director
of the Armagh Observatory in
ireland, will be awarded the
National Academy of Science
]. Lawrence Smith Medal dur
ing the academy's annual meet
ing here, April 1921.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
WITHIN THE RAMBLER

WITHIN THE RAMBLER
was given a mimeographed
history of Carnegie's dona-
ton compiled from the files
Of The Evening Star and The
Congressional Record.
The first item was from
The Star of January IL, 1899:
"At a conference today
with Mr.. B. H. Warner, vice
president of the Washington
Public Library, Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie offered to give
$250,000 to erect a building
for the Washington Library
provided Congress will fur
nish a site and provide suit
able maintenance, not less
than $4,000 per annum.
"Mr. Carnegie was seen by
a Star reporter at the Capt.
tol today, he said that his
offer had not been a
long -premeditated thing, but
as soon as he appreciated the
need of such a building here,
he was delighted to be able
to insure its construction.
HE said that it was all
a matter of a few minutes =.
He was at the White House
waiting to see the President
Mckinley when he met
Mr.. Warner, and Mr.. Warner
told him of the need of a
library building"
B. H. Warner was the head
of the Washington Loan &
Trust Co. and the developer
of KenSington. In the Stars
library is a one-volume edi-
ton of ShakeSpeare's works,
printed in Washington. The
publisher is B. H. Warner.
The $4,000 a year required
by Mr.. Carnegie was no prob
lem. The existing library was
getting almost that from
District and Federal sources.
But the location of the
library was. The first sug-
gestion was that it be erected
at Market space, the area in
front of the S. Kann's Sons
Co. store. Mt. Vernon place
was then proposed because it
was passed by two streetcar
lines.
1t was objected that the
Mt. Vernon place area was
one of the reservations" of
the original plan of Washing
ton-breathing space in the
city that was to be.
Evening star., 1960-04-12

Resurrection. These and many
other incidents made a great i'm
preston on my mind.
AS I grew older my interest
was transferred to the Bible it.
self. 1t took precedence over my
other reading. AS a result bene-
flied immeasurably from it's
teachings. The detailed knowl-
edge thus acquired of the Biblical
story established my firm belief
in immortality, the Golden Rule
and the need to observe the Ten
Commandments.
About the time I ACQUIRED
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Used Car Bill Waits
Presidents Signing
Gray Promises
StrictCode to
Protect Buyers
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

Corporation Counsel Chester
Gray predicted today that the
auto finance bill Just passed by
Congress will certainly put a
crlmp" in the activities of un-
scrupulous auto dealers and
finance companies.
The bill, aimed at protecting
Washington'S car buyers, passed
the Senate yesterday and now
awaits President Eisenhower's
signature. 1t becomes effective
80 days after White House
action.
Mr.. Gray said he would get
to work Immediately on the
regulations authorized in the
act. These regulations spell out
the projections which the Com
misSionerS can assure to those
who buy cars in the District.
Praise for Star
Like Senator Hartke. Demo-
crat of Indiana, on the Senate
floor yesterday, Mr.. Gray
praised The Stars role in ex-
posing unscrupulous practices
in the used car business in the
Buyer Beware" series. Sena-
tor Hartke, who headed the
Senate District subcommittee
which held hearings on the bill,
told the Senate that The Star
deserved the praise of the COM
munity in unmasking the prac-
ticeS of unScrupulous car
dealers.
Mr.. Gray predicted that the
feature of the bill authorizing
the Commissioners to require
bonds of car dealers will cer-
tainly curtail the activities Of
those engaging in unconscion-
able practices" He said that
those cheated by car dealers
will be able to proceed against
the bond to get back their
money.
While the bill assured GRIM
inal penalties, he pointed out.
those who are gypped are more
interested in getting back their
money and under the new
measure they will sbe able to
do so.
Limits Charges
The bill. in addition to au-
thorizing bonds, fixes maxi
mum finance charges for cars
bought on the installment plan
and also provides for regula-
tions to outlaw unscrupulous
car sales.
I'VE will correct all the evils
we know Of" Mr.. Gray said
We will put as many obstacles
as we can in the path of the
unscrupulouS dealers"
When they devise new tech.
niques to evade the regulations
we will amend the regulations
to plug the holes"
The Commissioners have al.
ready written new and much
Strlcter regulations for motor
vehicle dealers and provided
for licensing of statesmen for
the first time. The city heads,
however. were unable to regu-
late the finance charges or re-
quire bonds from auto dealers
and finance companies before
Congress acted.
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Candidates Meeting

The Rockville Junior Wom-
ans Club will sponsor a public
meeting at 9 pm. tomorrow in
the County Building, at which
candidates for Mayor and coun-
Gil of Rockville will present
their platforms.
Evening star., 1960-04-12

A preliminary hearing is set
for tomorrow for five men ar
rested at Bethesda roadblock
yesterday as suspects in a
5000 holdup at a private club
near Frederick, Md.
Charges Of armed robbery
were placed against each of
the five suspects late yester-
day, some Is hours after the
holdup occurred at the Spar
ton Club on State Route 355
two miles south of Frederick
One of the suspects is from
Washington.
1t. Walter K. May, COM
mander of the State police
barracks at Frederick, identi-
fed the suspects as Benjamin
Greif, 81, of New York City;
Johnny Douglas Boyd, 43. and
Willie Williams, 35, both OF
Newark, N. j.; Charles Robert
Graves, 35, of East Iron, N. j.,
and James Charles Toland, SIS,
of the 900 block of Howard
road Sc.
Charged With Robbery
States Attorney Robert S.
Rothenhoefer said each was
charged on two counts Of rob-
berry with a dangerous or
deadly weapon and ordered
held under $4,000 bond pend
ing the preliminary hearing in
Frederick at 10 am. tomorrow
There was a delay in get
ting the warrants issued, the
States attorney said, because
of extensive questioning of the
five suspects and attempts to
question some of the Is to 20
patrons inside the club when
the holdup occurred at 2
O'Clock yesterday morning.
Both Mr.. Rothenhoefer and
State Trooper Douglas E
Rogers, who conducted the
police investigation, reported
a reluctance on the part of
Evening star., 1960-04-12
Falls Church
Council Votes
Vote Is 81 for Plan
To Take in Area
Of6 Squure Miles

The Falls Church City Coun-
ell voted 6 to l last night to
resurrect plans to annex up to
about 6 square miles Of Fair
fax County.
A final decision on bringing
an annexation suit against the
county is expected within four
months.
Councilman Charles C. sey-
mour voted in absentia with
the council majority.
The council agreed to hire
engineering and planning ex-
perts to make a study of the
area, originally mapped for
annexation by City Manager
Lewis z. Johnston in mid
1859.
Earlier Survey Called Of
BY this action, the council
takes up annexation where it
left off last October when
similar technical survey was
called off by a 4-to-3 council
vote less than three weeks
after it started. Lack of coun-
Gil support for expanding the
city beyond its current q
square miles was cited as the
reason for scrapping the
$l5,o0o-$2o.Oo0 study.
Only Councilman Charles ].
Hedetnieni remained firm last
night in his opposition to an
nexation. Mayor Charles M.
HALEY and Councilmen Lee M.
RhoadS and Everett D. John
ston changed their earlier posi-
tions by voting for the study. |
Mr.. Rhoads said his shift was
based on "a reappraisal Of the |
overall situation" He said |
greater knowledge of city af-
fairs, the current financial pic
ture and citizen reaction had
prompted his switch.
Mayor Explains Vote
The Mayor pointed out that
he voted against annexation
last october only when it be-
came obvious that the council
was closely split on the issue.
He has, he said, always favored
expansion. provided more than
a bare council majority sup
ports the move.
The original area proposed
for annexation includes nearly
$4,000 residents, f1ve elemen-
tary schools, the Seven Cor
ners shopping center and the
Melpar plant on Route so. At
the time the study was halted
last fall, however, only about
2 square miles 70 the west Of
the city were under active con-
sideration by the council.
These areas include two of the
clty's four schools, George Ma
son High School and Mount
Daniel Elementary School.
Survey to Be Complete
The city manager said last
night that the renewed study
will start from the beginning
and include the entire g.
square-mile arc on three sides
Of the city.
Re-engaged by last nights
action will be the Lynchburg
engineering firm of Wiley g.
Wilson; Julian Tarrant of
Richmond. a consulting plan
ner, and Walter L. Phillips of
Falls Church, a civil engineer.
The council for the second
time decided against a plan to
widen and extend block long
Maple avenue through the city
in a one-way traffic pattern
with Lee highway CRoute 29-
21D.
The city, therefore, will re-
vert to its original plan to
widen Lee highway to a 60-foot
thoroughfare through Falls
Church.