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Evening star., 1960-05-27
Metro Transit Plan
Gets Green Light
Two Brothers, 5 and 6,
Drown in County Pond

Two brothers drowned in a
small pond a mile from their
rural Prince Georges County
home yesterday.
The boys were Richard Cor
don Coleman, jr., 6, and David
Wayne. Coleman, 5, of Old
Stage road, Mitchellville.
Their bodies were discovered
yesterday afternoon after a
13-year-old boy went to the
pond to fish.
County police said the boys
were last seen playing outside
their home about 9 am, but
were not missed until they
failed to show up for lunch
about noon.
The boys had been left in
care of Mrs. Myrtle Collins,
who looked after them during
the day while their parents
worked. Mr.. Coleman is a
heavy equipment operator for
the Montgomery Construction
Co. Of Rockville. Mrs. Coleman
is employed as a secretary in
Washington.
Police said Mrs. Collins got
neighbors' children to help look
for the boys about 2:45 pm.
and finally reported them miss
ing to police about Sis pm.
Meanwhile, a boy identified
as Calestine I. Johnson, l3, of
Mitchellville. went to the pond
along the John Hanson high
way to Annapolis about 4:45
pm. and saw a body floating
on the water. He ran home
and told his father. Norman
johnson, who returned with
him and a brother, Oden. II.
and retrieved one boys body.
Police said the Johnsons did
not know the second boy also
was missing until they went to
the Coleman home and noti-
fed Mrs. Collins. When she
told them, police said, they re-
turned to the pond and
searched until they found the
brothers body.
Police said the boys appar-
emily went to the pond to swim
Some of their clothing was
found nearby, police added
| DR.. John T. Maloney, county
deputy medical examiner, pro-
nounced the boys dead.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
The
Rambler
>. Becomes
Involved in Verse
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

thing of answering news
paper readers questions,
turned the tables on them.
He asked them for their
favorite poem.
The question went to
readers of 252 newspapers in
80 States.
A total of 61,s ,s72 responded.
There were 2,625 votes for
Longfellow'S "a Psalm of
Life"
That was not surprising.
Let US then, be up and doing
With a heart for any fate:
Still GchieUing, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to ,Udit.
1t probably will be the
favorite expression of the
American scheme for many
years to come.
The second choice, with
2,263 votes, probably will sur
prise many.
1t was THE House by the
Side of the Road" by Sam
Walter Foss.
The last four lines are:
Then tOhy should I sit in the
Scorner'S seat
Or hurl the cynic'S ban,
Let me liUe in my house BY
the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
Only eight other poems
received more than 1000
votes. They we're:
"Thanatopsis" by william
Cullen Bryant, Crossing the
Bar" by Alfred Lord Tenny-
son, Trees" by Joyce Kill
mer, "Evangeline" by Long
fellow, Gray's "Elegy," Whit
tiers "Snow-Bound," Kip
ling's "If" and 20 Why
Should the Spirit of Mortal
be Proud?" by william Knox.
Two of the poets, Kilmer
and Kipling, lived into the
goth century.
The 22d choice was Rock
Me to Sleep" by Elizabeth
AkerS Allen. 1t starts with
one of the most quoted lines
of American verse.
Backward, turn backward,
o Time in your flight:
Make me a child again, just
for tonight!
Mother, come back from the
echoleSS shore;
Take me again to your heart
as OF yore;;
Kiss from my forehead the
turro1DS OF care;
Smoothe the telo Siluer
threads out of my hair;
OUer my Slumbers your loving
match keep;
Rock me to sleep, Mother;
rock me to sleep.
Somebody's Mother" by
Mary D. Brine was the 30th
choice, just ahead of the
Rubaiyat. Mrs. Brine's poem
is about an old woman on
the curb.
So Deak, so timid, afraid to
stir
Lest the carriage wheeIs or
the horses feet
Should crush her dopn in the
croDded street.
Boys out of school pass.
One turns back and sees to
it that the old woman gets
across the street safely.
Then back again to his mates
he Dent,
His young heart happy and
1Dell content;
"For she's Some ebody'S
Mother, boys, you kloD
For all that she's aged and
poor and Slo1D."
Some frequently quoted
verses were missing. Harry
Truman'S favorite was not
on the list, the opening lines
of Byron's Destruction of
Sennacherib"::
The ASSyrian came do,Un like
the Dolt on the fold,
And his cohorts 1Dere gleam-
ing tOith purple and gold.
Nor was Reginald Heber'S
hymn which starts:
What though the spring
breeseS
BlOl0 soft Ger Ceylon'S
isle;
Though eUery prospect
pleGSeS
And only man is Uile. .
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Cannes Queen Eyes Films

Lajuene Hundley, the Alex
andria girl who was elected
queen OF the Cannes film festi-
val in France, came home yes
terday-but not for long.
She'll be around Just long
enough to wash out a few
things" Then she'll leave for
Paris early next month and a
featured role in a French
movie.
Miss Hundley, tall, trim and
10, is the second American
Negro girl to win the contest
in two years. She was the only
American girl, the only Negro
and one of the few girls who
didn't wear a bikini in the
contest.
The role in the French
movie, a murder mystery called
"The Corpse in the Trunk" is
being especially written for
her. She doesn't know yet what
the part will be.
But the producers have as
sured me it won't be the
corpse" she said.
Lajuene stepped off a train
from New York yesterday,
wearing a green, white and
mauve striped crisp summer
cotton dress. In her hands she
clutched a tiny Panda bear, a
gift from Panda Films, pro.
ducerS of her movie.
She was swamped by photo
graphers and well wisherS and
practically buried under flow-
ers. Standing on the sideline,
beaming proudly, were her
mother, Mrs. Blois Hundley,
and her five sisters.
Mrs. Hundley of 400 South
st. Asaph street, Alexandria, is
the former cook in the Alex
andria school system who lost
her job because she tried to
enroll two of her younger
daughters in a white school in
1858. She later was reinstated.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Pre-TriaI Test
Urged on Plea
OF fInsdnitY
Prosecution Held
Handicapped by
Present System
BY CARL IRVING
Star Stan Writer

Persons who will rely on in
sanity as a defense should be
required to be examined by
prosecution appointed psychi-
artists before trial, it was pro-
posed yesterday.
Attorneys for the Govern
ment have complained that the
present insanity law in the Dis
trict makes it difficult for the
prosecution to prove a Defend
ant sane once he has resorted
to a defense that he was insane
at the time of crime.
Two assistant United States
attorneys suggested at the
opening session of the annual
District Judicial Conference
that the Government be for
warned Of such cases and be
allowed to conduct psychiatric
examinations as soon as poSsi-
bic after the crime.
Defendants are not required
to forewarn the Government
that the defense of insanity
will be used under the present
law. But once the defendant
has introduced some evidence
of insanity, the Government
must prove sanity beyond a
reasonable doubt. Many lawyers
say the Government cannot
prove this with only the testi-
mony of laymen.
Attorney Abe Krash admitted
yesterday the Government is in
an "intolerable" position when
the accused uses insanity as a
defense and then refuses to
be examined by Government
appointed psychiatrists. Mr..
KraSh said it could be argued
that a defendant who pleaded
such a defense valves his i'm
munity to examination.
The conference concluded
yesterday that the problems
were too complex to merit a
stand by the members at this
time. Instead, the group voted
to appoint a standing COM
mittee for a continuing study of
problems in the insanity field,
in cooperation with psychia-
tristS.
Assistant United States At
torney Harry T. Alexander sug-
gested that mental tests by
psychiatriSts appointed by the
Government be made. within
one or two days after the crime.
1t was questioned whether a
defendant who is interviewed
by a Government psychiatrist
is in danger of discriminating
himself. in violation of his
rights under the Constitution.
Evening star., 1960-05-27

The Colemans have two
daughters, Trudie, 7. and
Sharon. 4, and two other sons,
Stephen, 2, and Keven, 8
months.
Funeral services for the
brothers will be held at 2::30 pm.
tomorrow at Gasch's Funeral
Home, Hyattsville. and burial
will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Public Housing Project
Draws Stiff Opposition

A proposal to build a 234-
unit public housing project
along Ainger place, west of Ala
bama avenue in Southeast
Washington, met with over
whelming opposition today at a
hearing before the District
Commissioners.
Twelve of the 13 witnesses
who testified by l pm. said
they were against the so-called
Fortside project.
Among the opponents was
Representative Bennett, Dem
ocrat of Florida, who lives at
1880 Thirty-eighth street. Sc.
In a somewhat heated ex-
change with Commissioner Nc
Laughlin and James Ring, di-
rector Of the National Capital
Housing Authority, Mr.. Ben
nett demanded to know how
many slum dwellings were torn
down when their occupants
moved to public housing.
Population on Relief"
"Slums are not being con-
demned," he said, because
transients are moving in when
the former tenants move to
public housing. It's a chain
thing and :. we are producing
a population that's all on re-
lief"
Both Mr.. Ring and Com
missioner Mclaughlin replied
that public housing units here in
recent years have gone largely
to persons displaced by urban
renewal or other public works
in which Substandard houses
were torn down. Despite these
assurances, Mr.. Bennett de-
manded figures, which District
officials said they would supply
The only witness joining in
support of the proposal was
Charles A. Horsky, president
Of the Washington Housing
Association. Mr.. Horsky said
that, since there already is a
great deal of public housing in
Southeast Washington, steps
should be taken to counteract
any social problems that arise
from such concentration. He
Evening star., 1960-05-27
EorIy Elected Head
Of Personnel Group

The Washington Personnel
Association last night elected
officers at dinner meeting in
the Kennedy-Warren. They
are:
Richard D. Early. president:
Carl R. Anderson, Richard B.
Miller, Lawrence F. Beck and
Ernest v. Connolly, vice presi-
dents; Miss Elizabeth Evans.
secretary, and Miss Elizabeth
Ann Plack, treasurer.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
House Debate
Set Next Week
On Compact
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staf Writer

Authorization for the District
to enter compact with Mary
land and Virginia to regulate
Washington area tranSporta-
ton today was scheduled for
House debate next week.
The House Rules Committee
recommended one hour of floor
time for the resolution at a
brief hearing this morning.
The Maryland and Virginia
Legislatures already have
cleared the compact. Congress
must act before the District
may become a party to
any transportation regulation
agreement.
Walter Backs Measure
Representative Walter. DEM
ocrat of Pennsylvania, told the
Rules Committee that only two
questions have been analyzed
by the House Judiciary Com
mittee, which recommended
passage. They we're: Is the
compact legal? Would it vio-
late the Constitution?
1--WE are thoroughly con-
vinced that the compact would
be legal and would involve no
constitutional violation" Judi
ciary Committeeman Walter
testified.
When Representative Foley,
Democrat of Maryland. began
to stress the Importance Of
the compact to co-ordinated
transit, Rules Committee
Chairman Smith, Democrat Of
Virginia, interrupted to say, 1T
sort of looks like you have won
your case"
Chalk Is Opposed
The compact measure goes
to the floor opposed by the
D. c. Transit System. Transit
President o. Roy Chalk fears
area wide regulation is the
first step toward acquisition Of
his private operations.
The Judiciary Committee, in
its report, however, emphasized
that the compact was aimed at
improving transit servcice Of
fered by the existing privately
owned transit panies
through "co-ordinated organi-
zation and improvement Of
traffic conditions on a regional
basis"
Under compact authorize
ton, the District Commission
ers could agree to establish
ment Of a Washington Metro
politan Area Transit Commis-
sion, composed of three men,
berS. One member would be
appointed by the Maryland
Governor, one by the Virginia
Governor, and one by District
Commissioners.
They would regulate all trans
portation, except for intraState
Virginia transit, throughout
the District, cities of Alexan-
dria and Falls Church, and
counties of Arlington and Fair
fax in Virginia and Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges Coun-
ties in Maryland.
This regulatory commission
was recommended in the mass
transportation survey COM
pleted last year by the Nation
al Planning Commission and
the Regional Planning Council.
After centralized regulation is
accomplished the survey called
for introduction of express bus
service on all new radial free
ways and Inauguration no later
than 1870 of a rapid rail transit;
service.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
Lutin Show TONIGHT

The Latin Department of
Wheaton High School will pre-
sent a program, knights in
Ancient Rome" in the school
cafeteria at 7:30 o'clock to-
night. Scholastic medals and
certificates earned in various
competitions throughout the
year will be presented.
Evening star., 1960-05-27

suggested providing more as
sistance for public housing
families in meeting their prob
lens" and added:
There is now a recognition
that, unless public housing au-
thorities are given resources
with which to cope with social
problems, public housing will
largely fail in it's purpose. He
said various agencies respon-
sible should see to it that ade-
quate schools, recreational IA
cilities and social services are
provided.
Objections Outlined
The principal objections Of
those who opposed the project
were that there is already an
Recommendation of public
housing in the area. They con-
tended also that schools are
grossly overcrowded.
Those who opposed the pro-
posal. in addition to Mr.. Ben
nett, were:
Nelson c. Roots, of the
District Federation of Civic
Associations; Homer F.. Gable,
Naylor- Good Hope Citizens As
sociation; the Rev. C. Shelby
Rocks, Washington Urba n
League; Quentin w. Banks,
Garfield Douglass Heights Civic
Association: Leonard v. Stahl,
Naylor Gardens Apartment
Project; Arthur E. Morrissette,
HillcreSt Citizens Association;
Mrs. John F. Snyder, Fort Davis
Citizens Association; Alvin E.
Coins and Alton M. Jones, Fort
Stanton Civic Association; Her.
man Schmidt, Home Builders
Association of Metropolitan
Washington, and Thomas D.
Laney, executive director of the
Building Owners and Managers
Association of Metropolitan
Washington.
Evening star., 1960-05-27
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
Consequences of Careless
Driving Told in This Week

Il HIT AND RAN"-What kind of man is hit-and-
run driver? For the absorbing true story of man
who Ned from the scene of serious accident why
he did it and the effect it had his lfe see This
Week Magazine with The Sunday Star In the same
magazine read "Everybody's Wrong About Hot
Weather" an article which dispels nine myths
about a heat wave and tells you the right things
to do when the thermometer scars.
THE WORTH OF SCHOOL LETTER-Every year.
many high school students spend hundreds of hours
earning points for high school letter. Is it worth
it? Why do they work hard to earn these symbols
OF status? The answers given in TEEN.
r. I. BARNUM is TOPPED-Drums not real ones
number among a variety of gimmicks being used to
promote the latest visitor attraction in Ocean City,
Md Star Travel Editor Jack Jonas reports on the
attraction-and the gimmicks-in The Sunday
Stars travel pages.
ANOTHER TV CROSSWORD PUZZLE-To find out how
much you really know about teevsion, see the Sec
ond in the new series of Unrelated crossword
puzzles now appearing every week in Televue. In
addition, youn get the to last Sundays
teaser.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Suit Dismissed
As Girl Continues
Free Schooling

A District Court suit to keep
a 17-year-old girl in a public
school here by having her
declared a District resident
under the law was dismissed
yesterday.
Judge Luther w. Youngdahl
said the issue was moot since
the girl is being permitted to
continue her education at
Roosevelt High School, where
she is a senior.
The girl had been declared
a nonresident by school off,
cials earlier this year and
excluded from classes until
tuition was paid.
The judge said the girl,
Gretchen Jermany, who has
lived with her aunt at 1888
Gallatin street NV. since 1947,
must first conclude her appeals
to the school board before going
to court. Her attorney. William
A. Robinson. had admitted
that the school officials had
agreed to let her remain in the
school on a tuition-free basis
until the issue is settled.
The school board has stated
that all tuition cases decided
adversely by officials can be
appealed directly to the board.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
Woman Potient's S Death
Holds Doctor, Assistont

room by DR.. Wayne. her sister
continued. A few minutes
later, she said, the doctor came
out and said the pregnant
woman was doing well.
After hearing a groan. the
doctor returned to the bed
room. He came out a few min
uteS later and said, "Oh my
God, think she is dead" Joan
Dickerson related.
Details Flight
AS Dr.. Wayne picked up the
telephone, Miss Dickerson said,
she tried to flee, but was pushed
back in her chair by Miss Wat
son. When he had completed
his call, the doctor and Miss
Watson began a whispered con-
versation. and Miss Dickerson
dashed out the door and down
a hallway.
With Miss Watson on her
heels, she ducked into a closet,
shut the door, and hid until
all was quiet, Miss Dickerson
continued. She then went to
a relatives home and notified
police.
Miss Dickerson, her relatives,
and police all assembled outside
the doctors apartment a few
minutes later. but found the
door locked, Capt. Hartnett
said.
Police forced their way in,
and found the body, DR.. Wayne,
Miss Watson, and Lincoln
johnson, who vas identified as
the doctors attorney.
District Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald said a preliminary
examination indicated Jean
Dickerson had been four or five
months pregnant. The cause Of
death was not immediately de-
termined. The autopsy will be
continued today.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

administrations opposition to
any compulsory health inSur-
ance program. He specifically
criticized the bill sponsored by
Representative Forand, DEM
ocrat of Rhode Island. for in
creases in the social security
tax to provide hospital. nursing
home and surgical services for
persons over IS otherwise elig-
ible for social security benefits.
The subcommittee studying
problems of the aged heard Mr..
Flemming after James B. Carey
president of the electrical work.
Evening star., 1960-04-06
YueosIuviu to Get
u. S. Atom Reuctors

BELGRADE, April 6 (APD.-
Yugoslavia will get a 100-kilo-
watt atomic research reactor
and two smaller reactors from
the United States, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Slobodan Nakicenovic, head
of a recent Yugoslav nuclear
commission to the Unite d
States. told Tanjug, the official
Yugoslav news agency. that the
Atomic Energy Commissions of
the two countries have decided
to cooperate in the peaceful
application of atomic energy.
Evening star., 1960-04-06

A Northeast Washington ply
sician and his woman assistant
were ARA igned today on
charges of causing the death of
a Dis trict school teacher
through an attempted abortion.
The victim. Jean A. Dicker-
son, %, died last night in the
the doctors office. according to
Capt. Lawrence A. Hartnett,
head of the police homicide
squad.
The hearing was continued
until April 81 pending a cor
oner's inquest. The doctors
bond was set at $4,000 and
the woman's at $4,000. Both
made bond and were released.
The physician. DR.. Lewis L.
Wayne, IS, and Portia B. Wat
son, 38, were arrested in the
doctors Office in the 27OO block
of Thirteenth street NE. after
police forced their way in,
Capt. Hartnett said.
Police were summoned by the
teachers sister, Joan NJ. Dick
erson, "a, who lived with the
victim in the 1900 block of
Corbin place NE, the captain
said.
Sisters Account
He said this is Joan Dicker-
sons account of what took
place:
She and her sister, a first
and second grade teacher at
the Gage School, went to DR.
Wayne's Office in the Rhode
Island Plaza Apartments about
5 pm. yesterday.
She knew her sister was preg-
nant, and that the purpose of
the visit was an abortion, Miss
Dickerson said.
They were admitted by Miss
Watson, and the elder Miss
Dickerson was led into a bed
Evening star., 1960-04-06

Mr.. F1emming did not say
whether detailed legislation will
be recommended to Congress
for enactment at this session.
But he declared:
This administration n
is acutely aware of the need
for approaching these prob
lens with a sense of urgency.
But We are no less aware of
the necessity for seeking and
finding solutions that are sound
and that expedite rather than
impede the progress we all
desire"
Mr.. Fleming reiterated the
Evening star., 1960-04-06
FIemming to Give PIon
ForAqed Medical Care
By ROBERT X. WALSH
Star Stan Writer

Welfare Secretary Flemming said today that within two
weeks he expects work specific plan for providing
adequate medical for the aged.
He told Senate subcommittee that he will submit
posa for consideration White House following current
consultations with major aspects Of the problem
Evening star., 1960-04-06

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Egg, Butter Cream Egg or Coconut
Cream Egg, each pocked in its own
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lbs, l.eS.
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morshmoIIow eggs covered with rich
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Butter Cream Candy Corn, pink, or
child, yellow, chocolate, Ib., 4ee; z
lbs, 79e.
Tiny Solid Chocolate Eggs in foil,
Ib. l.69
Soft Butter creom Robbis Fisurines,
Ib. 79e
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Evening star., 1960-09-04
BY CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star Stan Writer

Washington travellers, already
hampered by the Pennsylvania
Railroad strike, may have more
troubles early Saturday when
the greatest peace-time air
defense exercise ever held
grounds all civil aviation in
North America for six hours.
The defense operation, called
"Sky Shield" will give millions
their first idea of what it is
like to have no airline service,
There will be no passenger,
mail, freight or express flights
for the Six-hour period, 2 am,
to 8 am.
At National airport the usual
employees will be at their posts,
taxis and limosines will be at
their stands and all service
will be at a normal pace-ex-
cept for the actual fights. Ma
tional handles between so and
10 aircraft movements during
the period.
Air traffic controllers in the
tower may get a well-earned
rest in a day which normally
sees over 900 aircraft move
ments every "a hours. But those
in the air route traffic control
center will likely be at a pace
far beyond the normal.
"Sky Shield" will involve some
$500 sorties' by American and
Canadian interceptor planes.
seeking out $50 jet bombers
which will take the "aggressor"
roles. Also involved will be the
complete electronic detection
system used by the North
American Air Defense Com
mand.
For the six hours, more than
1000 commercial airline flights.
TOO general aviation and $50
military flights will be on the
ground. The operation brings
about what is probably the
greatest scheduling problem the
airlines have ever encountered.
It means outright cancella-
ton in many instances, delayed
flights in others. American Air
lines, for example, will cancel
Evening star., 1960-09-04
American Suspends
Service to Richmond

American Airlines has re-
ceived permission of the Civil
Aeronautics Board to suspend
service to Richmond, Va, for
two years.
The CAB said the airline had
asked permission to suspend
service to both Roanoke and
r C h m o n d as intermediate
points between Washington and
Knoxville, Tenn. In its appli-
cation, American said its serv-
ice to the Virginia cities was
duplicated by Piedmont Avia-
ton, Inc. Piedmont supported
Americans request.