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Evening star., 1960-01-08
The
Rambler
Writes on
Work for Blind
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Probably one Of the most
satisfactory forms Of philan-
thropy is adding to the
library for the blind.
Money is not necessary,
but it does take a lot of
time.
However, it's time spent at
home.
But it also calls for a skill.
And that skill is not easy to
acquire.
Some persons who have
tried to master it have con-
cluded it is beyond the scope
of their ability.
1t certainly is a challenge.
1t is transcribing printed
books into braille books which
can be read by the blind.
1t sounds simple. All you
have to do is to copy the book
you are reading with a braille
typewriter.
And yet it is far from as
simple as that. Braille has a
pattern of raised dots for
every letter in the alphabet,
for punctuation marks and
the nine Arabic numerals.
But it also has 189 con-
fractions. One symbol, for
instance, stands for the end
ing of the present participle,
ing" Others stand for COM
binations of letters in our
language that are frequently
recurring.
But it is very satisfying.
For one thing, the volunteer
transcriber selects a book
from his reading that he
wants a blind person to read.
He would do well to check
first to see that the book has
not already been printed by
the hundreds on braille
printing presses. In that case
he would be doing a lot Of
unnecessary painStaking work
by hand that already had
been mass-produced by
machine.
(The use of the masculine
third personal pronoun above
is generic. Most of the volun-
teen transcribers are women.)
Evening star., 1960-01-08
Home Rule Drive
Slated in House
Bockers Push for Signatures
To Get D. G. Bill to Floor Vote

District home-rule partsans in the House launched
drive today to discharge the District Committee from
sdering long pending home-rue legislation
The move was announced after bipartisan strategy
conference the Office of Representative Baldwin Repub
can Of California The closed session by eight
Evening star., 1960-01-08
Continued From First Page

to borrow some money so he
could return to Mineral.
Police said Mr.. Davis and
Miss Frederickson said Cole
man made no mention of the
shooting.
There was a furry of police
activity at the Potomac Rail-
road Yards this afternoon when
a Park policeman saw a man
answering Coleman's descrip-
ton walking along Mount Ver-
non boulevard. Arlington, Alex
andria andA Park police sur
rounded the yards and made
an intensive search using a
police dog and walkie-talkie
radios.
Brush to Be Burned
Shortly after noon, Alexan-
dria police prepared to burn a
large area of underbruSh near
the airport in an effort to flush
out the suspect. Arlington and
Air Force fire equipment stood
by to control the flames. Five
colored men were picked up by
Alexandria police in the scare,
of the yards area and we're
held for investigation.
Earlier a special lineup Of
l9 suspects was held at police
headquarters but the viewing
failed to bring a positive iden-
tification Of the second bandit
being sought in the shooting.
Chief Scott said a car located
near the scene of the gun fight
was traced to Coleman.
The shooting took place in
an alley near Florida avenue
and Fifth street NV. where
the two policemen had pursued
the pair from the scene of a
holdup at the LIE Droit liquor
store.
The events leading up to the
shooting started about $50
pm. when Pvts. Brereton and
Winters-both of duty from
the 18th precinct and working
the liquor store stakeout on
overtime-took up their posi-
tionS behind a wooden par
tition at the rear of the store.
The two policemen wore
civilian overcoats in case any
robbers were watching the
place.
The store owner, Benjamin
Bookoff, 46, was alone in the
front section of the store at
$50 pm, when the two bandits
walked into the small shop
minutes later.
Asks for Bottle of Gin
"The taller of the two asked
for bottle of Booths gin." Mr..
Bookoff said. The proprietor
walked over to a shelf just
above two peepholes the police
men were using. got the bottle
and returned to the counter.
The man who had ordered
the gin then threw So on the
counter.
When Mr.. Bookof opened
the cash register to give the
man his change, he said. the
taller man pulled out an auto
matte pistol.
"Okay, lay on the floor" he
ordered.
Mr.. Bookof obeyed.
"The next time I looked up"
Mr.. Bookof said, he had the
gun pointed at my back over
the counter while the other
man scooped the money out
of the cash register"
Police said the shorter man
grabbed $197 in cash, but
dropped SIS of it in his haste
when the pair fled moments
later.
Mr.. Bookoff said he cried
out, They are herel" loud
enough for the policemen in
the rear of the store to hear.
Later, he told police, II guess
II shouldn't have said that.
They could have killed me-"
The proprietor said the men
became alarmed when he cried
IouU and ran out of the store
Evening star., 1960-01-08
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
How to Win a Promotion
Told in The Sunday Star

ITS UP TO YOU-Can you move up the ladder in
1860? It's matter of four important steps that
you land only you) can take In This Week Maga
zine, learn why these requirements are necessary
and how you can meet them. In the same magazine
read "Teen-Agers Can Be Great" Nation
wide roundup of what our youngsters have achieved
In everything from sculpture to nuclear physics
ON FIGURE IMPROVEMENT-Beginnin Sunday in
her column why Grow Old" Beauty Expert Jo-
sephine Lowman will outline the procedure to follow
to shed 20 unwanted pounds in just eight short
weekS.-Womans Section.
WINTER TRAVEL SECTION-More and more Ameri-
cans are finding travel be fun and less
expensive than they thought. To help you plan
your winter fun-dayS in the or snow read
the special Winter Travel Section in The Sunday
Star.
ABOUT THE ESKIMO TEEN-AGER-What is it like
to be an Eskimo teen-ager in Alaska? For the
interesting answer, see the story and pictures in
Teen Magazine, which tells about our young people
in the 49th State.
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he believed in and supported
were being continued.
In reply President Lleras
proposed a toast to the pros
perity of the OAS and then
excused himself because it
was then 2:15 and he had to
join President Eisenhower.
Ninety-four guests were
seated around the outer edge
only of the mammouth oval
table that filled the Hall of
the Americas. The decor in
the handsome room was most
attractively done from the
intermittent bouquets of
spring flowers to the simu-
lated flower beds in the
center filled with pots of
real, multicolored tulips sur
rounding pink cherry trees.
The Ambassadors to Wash
ington from Argentina, a,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Co.
lombia, Costa Rica, El Sal
vador, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Mexico,
Uruguay and Venezuela
Evening star., 1960-04-08

the leader OF the statehood
proponents. to fly back from
Puerto Rico to Washington
with him in the Columbine.
Its good propaganda, re-
torted the Governor with a
smile, for your opponent to
get undeserved privileges" =
CHAIRMAN SANCHEZ
GAVITO of the Council of the
Organization of American
States rose at the end of the
luncheon to propose a toast
to the guest of honor. He had
hoped. he said, to offer DR..
Lleras the completed statutes
OF the Inter-American Com
mittee of Human Rights and
a settlement of the tensions
and problems that confronted
them, but unfortunately he
could not do so. But he could
tell the man who was secre-
tary General of the oAs for
seven years that the principles
Evening star., 1960-04-08
Citation Given To LIerus

The Carrie Chapman Gait
Memorial Fund and the
League of Women Voters of
the United States presented
a citation yesterday to Presi-
dent Lleras of Colombia at
Blair House.
The citation was given the
Colombian President "for his
encouragement Of citizen
participation in government,
especially among the women
of the Americas. and for his
inspiring leadership in the
furtherance of democratic
ideals"
President Lleras became
interested in the work of the
League while he was serving
in this country. first as AM
basador, (l943) then as Di-
rector General of the Organ
ization of American States
Q947-53).
In April, 1857. he sparked
formation of a new type of
women's organization in Co.
Evening star., 1960-04-08

were present, most of them
with their wives, and the
Ambassadors to the OAS
from Brazil. Costa Rica,
Cuba. the Dominican Re-
public, Ecuador. Haiti, and
Colombian and Guatemala
representatives Salazar San
tos and Saenz de Tejada.
From Cuba also came the
Charge d'Affaires of the EN-
bassy and Mrs. Patterson but
the Dominican Ambassador
to Washington and Mrs.
Thomen did not attend. 1t
is. Of course, the affairs of
these two countries that have
most concerned the OAS of
late.
The able Colombian Presi-
dent and his wife will leave
Washington following Am
bassador and Mrs. de San
tamarias' reception in their
honor late this afternoon
They will run, not walk, to
the HON estead at Hot
Springs, Va, for a rest.
Evening star., 1960-04-08
Princess Royal
Back From Tour

Portsmouth. England, April
8 (AP).-The Princess Royal
Aunt of Queen Elizabeth
arrived home aboard the royal
yacht Britannia yesterday
from a three-month Carib-
bean tour. She was greeted
by a marine band playing
Calypso songs. During the
l0.000-mile cruise the prin-
cess visited every major
island in the West Indies. The
Britannia goes into dry dock
today for overhaul and re-
painting in preparation for
Princess Margaret's honey
moon trip.
Evening star., 1960-04-08
BY BETTY BEALE
Star Stad Writer

The President of Colombia
and Mrs. Alberto Lleras must
have been fed by yesterday
evening. I use the word in
the literal sense, not the COL
loquial meaning.
Last evening at a brilliant
dinner for President and Mrs.
Eisenhower at the Colombian
Embassy, President and Mrs.
LleraS, slender as they are,
disposed of fresh caviar, filet
of sole with cucumbers vim
aigrette and finger sand
wiches, filet mignon with
sauce bearnaise, French peas
and potatoes souff1e, endive
and watercress salad with
cheese, and strawberry
mousse with petits fours and
Colombian coffee. Cham
pagne Bollinger 1852, 1
might add, was served
throughout this light snack.
All this followed a huge
filling luncheon at the Pan
American Union and a quick
trip for President Lleras to
Camp David with President
Eisenhower who undoubtedly
offered his guest something
in the way of refreshments
just to show his hospitality.
JUST WHY THE TWO
PRESIDENTS flew to Camp
David at 2:30 when they had
to be back in town by $50
isn't clear Since they could
have talked just as easily in
an inner sanctum at the White
House and saved themselves
a trip, it must be either-(D
Mr.. Eisenhower thinks the
wooded peaeefulness of Camp
David leaves its spiritual i'm
print on international rela-
tions; or 90 every foreign
chief of state has to be taken
there now because Nikita
Khrushchev was invited to
see it; or 90 it's just an
excuse to get off and slip
in two hours of fishing.
At any rate, both gentle
men survived the experience
Evening star., 1960-04-08
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Eisenhowers Are Bonqueted
By President, Mrs. LIeros

to sit down to dinner in the
palm banked ballroom of the
Colombian Embassy last eve
ming at the head Of a rose
decorated elegant E-shaped
table.
The hierarchy of the Fed
eral Government was very
much in evidence. In addi-
ton to the Eisenhowers, there
were Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon, Chief Justice and Mrs.
Warren, Speaker Rayburn,
Secretary of State and Mrs.
Herter, Majority Leader of
the Senate and Mrs. Lyndon
johnson. Chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and Mrs. William
Fulbright, ranking Republic
can member of the Commit
tee Senator Alexander Wiley
and his wife, Chairman of the
House Foerign Affairs Com
mittee and Mrs. Thomas
Morgan and ranking minority
member Representative Rob-
ert Chiperf1eld.
DR.. Milton Eisenhower at
tended, as did Undersecretary
of State and Mrs. Dillon, AS
sistant Secretary and Mrs.
Rubottom, Assistant Secre-
tary and Mrs. Mann, Ameri-
can Ambassador to Colombia
and Mrs. Dempster Mcintosh,
the Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps and Mrs. Sevilla Sa-
casa, and Chief of Protocol
and Mrs. Buchanan.
BECAUSE OF NELSON
ROCKEFEILER'S close
friendship with President
Lleras and Colombia, Dean
RuSk, president of the Rookie
feller Foundation, came down
from New York with his wife.
So did Colombian Ambassa-
dor to the United Nations
and Mrs. Alfonso Arujo, and
Mr.. Andres Uribe, head of
the National Coffee Growers
OF Colombia, and Mrs. Uribe.
From financial circles came
the president of the World
Bank and Mrs. Eugene Black
Evening star., 1960-04-08

and Vice President Bob
Garner, director of the In
ternational Monetary Fund
and Mrs. Per Jacobson, the
president of the Export-Im-
port Bank and Mrs. Samuel
Waugh, the president of the
Development Loan Fund and
Mrs. Vance Bran and the
president of the r-Ameri-
can Development Bank and
Mrs. Felipe Herrera
Prominent Washingtonians
invited included Mrs. Mich
olas Longworth, Mrs. Robert
Low Bacon, former Ambassa-
ador to Colombia and Mrs.
John Wiley, and Mrs. Arthur
Bliss Lane, widow of Am
bassador Lane.
Naturally, Colombian Am
bassador and Mrs. SAM de
Santamaria, whose official
residence was the scene Of
the party, were there but with
their head of state present
they seated themselves con-
slderably closer to the salt
than usual.
Sidney and a string Or
chestra supplied dinner music
from the little balcony over
looking the ballroom. And
after dinner noted Colombian
harpsichordist Rafael Puyana,
who studied with the great
Nine. Landowska, gave a
brief recital.
BRAZILIAN AMBAS SA-
DOR Walther Moreira Sales
said at the Pan American
Union yesterday that the ru-
NOR of his resignation is not
true. He already has COM
mltmentS up to July and he
even expects to spend the
summer here. The well-known
banker said he is definitely
not leaving at this time.
Puerto Rican Governor
Munoz Marin, who attended
the Lleras luncheon with his
wife, was asked what he
thought of President Eisen-
hover inviting his opponent,
Evening star., 1960-04-08

lombia. the Union of Women
Citizens of Colombia, which
now has branches in four
cities.
Evening star., 1960-08-14

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daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam E. Kimmerling, Washing
ton, to Mr.. Charles Pollard
Recknor, Washington, at Christ
Episcopal Church in Washing
ton. A reception followed in the
Church Hall. The young couple
went to California on their we'd
ding trip.
On August 5 Mr.. and Mrs.
Kimmerling observed their
tenth wedding anniversary.
Here is a reminder that the
annual picnic for benefit of the
Women's Society of Christian
Service of the Hyattstown
Methodist Church will be held
Saturday, August 10. Serving Of
the chicken and country ham
supper will begin at $3.50 at
Mountain View Park in Hyatts-
town.
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Farm Group
To Name Officers

Election of local board and
Farm Home Advisory Commit.
tee members will highlight the
Southeastern States Coopera-
tive's annual membership meet.
ing at 8 pm. August II at the
Pioneer Coon Club, Cedar
Grove.
Nominees for the local South
ern States Board are Herbert
Watkins and Talmadge L. Wat.
kins, both of Germantown.
Nominees for the Farm Home
Advisory Committee are Mrs.
]. ]. Hutton, Brookeville, and
Mrs. Oliver Watkins, German
town.
A report on local operations
and services will be given by
Wilson Duvall. Group singing
will be led by Leonard Beall.
Chairman of the meeting will
be ]. ]. Hutton.
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cry County firm will complain
on the ground that county funds
should be spent locally.
They'll tell me that they are
taxpayers and should be given
consideration on that basis"
Millie asserted, ''but they al
ways calm down when / ex-
plain that under our policy, we
just cannot show any preference
for anyone"
Also, her office requires all
estimates to be received by the
time set for opening the bids
and not a minute later. The
Federal Government, she said,
accepts late bids If the post
mark shows they were mailed
on the day when they were to
be opened.
Payola, in any form, is strict
ly "verboten" in the purchasing
office. And Miles relation
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Purchasing office Head
Combines Beauty, Brains

ships with those doing dealing
with the county is "all bust
ness"
81 make it a policy of never
going to lunch with any of the
So ~rar" she emphasized.
A native of Rockville, where
siA ..~s with her husband and
17-year-old daughter, Mile was
graduated from Richard Mont.
gomery High School and at
tended Strayer's Business Col
lege.
Her first job was with Cen
trail Microfilming, which did all
of the microfilming work for
the Government.
Later, she worked for the
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. and the Montgomery
County Ration Board, where
she was in charge of gas ration
ing, before coming to the coun-
ty in 1916 as a clerk in the
purchasing office.
She received periodic promo
tons until she took over her
present job in 1913.
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It's safe to say that Mrs.
Mildred Weaver is the most
attractive purchasing agent
of any governmental agency
in the Washington area.
The 39-year-old purchasing as
sistant to the county manager
directs a four-women office
which handles about SIS million
worth of purchases annually.
They range from antibiotics to
wheelbarrows and from pins to
bulldozers.
In addition to writing APP
proximately 10000 purchase
orders a year, her office pre-.
pares all bills which the county
must pay. These include cleo
tricity, telephone, rentals and
repairs to equipment. The office
also keeps the county ware
house fully stocked.
The law requires sealed bids
for everything costing over
$1,000. But as a matter of
policy, the purchasing office
also takes oral or written bids
for everything under $1,000.
Wherever possible" Mile
explained, where there are
competitive products, we try to
get the lowest price for the
county for the best possible
product"
In cases of identical bids, she
follows a procedure which Is
unique in this area: a public
drawing is held at which repre-
sentatives of the various firms
involved are present; the one
whose bid is drawn gets the
contract.
"All of the companies are
very happy with this method, "
she said. They realize it's the
only way to be fair to everyone,
without any favoritism."
Once in a while, Montgom-
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Sanitary Commission
To Sell Bond Issue

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission called for
bids last week on the sale of S.
million in bonds, 81 million Of
which is allocated for construc-
ton of storm damage facilities
in Montgomery County.
The remainder of the issue
will provide SO million for ex-
tension of existing water and
sewer lines and 81 million for
storm drainage construction in
Prince Georges County. Bids
on these issues will be opened
August IS, while those on the
Montgomery County storm
drainage will be opened Septem.
Der 1.
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institution 10 welcome the spotlight of The examiners audit
Not every institution is willing pay the premiums necessary 10
give their shareholders this unexceHed protection
The u Associations in the c. League proud be members
of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and thus
be able extend their coveage of insurance
$4,000 every Our Associations also proud that
behind their FSC insurance fund of than S85 100000
which has been aside wisely additional
safeguard Wherever YOU SAVE, BE SURE THE ASSOCIA-
TON YOU CHOOSE DISPLAYS THIS INSURED EMBLEM.
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going on to MarySVllle, WASH,
where they were guests of their
brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles L. Chiswell.
The sisters were entertained ex-
tensively and Travelled to many
places of interest in the area.
OF the plane ride out and back
Mrs. Grubbs was especially inn
pressed with the snow-topped
mountains and the beautiful
hues of the scenery on all sides.
AS she expressed it, This was
land made by God, not man.
made"
Upon her return to Pooles-
Vile, Mrs. Grubbs entertained
her sister and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Reyner and daugh-
ter of Marysville, o., and DR..
and Mrs. Chauncey Grubbs of
Sarasota, Fla, who were en-
route to see the remainder of
the Grubb family before return
ing home.
Mrs. Charles Upton, Rock
vile, and Mrs. William A. Dan.
iel, near Dickerson, spent sew
eral days last week at Bethany
Beach at the cottage of the for
mer's daughter, Mrs. John (Ann
Lee Parrera, Silver Spring.
Stephen Lang, young son of
DR.. and Mrs. Stephen w. Lang,
Sellman, is a patient at Wash
ington Hospital Center. He was
rushed there following an acct
dent Friday, July 80, when he
fell beneath the wheel of hay
wagon.
Celebrating birthdays last
week were Charles N. Staub
and his son, Charles, jr., Bealls-
vile.
Mary Lee and her brother,
John Gordon Warfield, How
ed County, recently spent part
of their vacation with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Malcolm White, near Dickerson.
Approximately % members of
the White family attended an
evening party hosted by Mr..
and Mrs. White honoring the
young people.
Guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Kimmerling,
Poolesville, last week were Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Ludwig of New
York City. On Thursday the
Kimmerlings took their visitors
boating on Chesapeake Bay and
reported the fishing and crab
bins were good.
Friday night, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kinmerling attended the we'd
ding of Mr.. Kimmerling's
granddaughter, Kathryn Ann,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

This emblem is symbol of safety for your savings cees
that the institutions displaying this honored seal have
ceponay high standards order protect savings
with written by the FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
INSURANCE CORPORATION which is permanent agency
of the U.s. Government More Importantly this seal that
after qualifying the association examined regularly by Federal
sentative operations.
NOT every institution The exacting standards OF the
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Not every
Where you save {
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PooIesviIIe
Travelling Is High
On Activity List
BY Cattle c. Linthicum
Diamond 1882

Mrs T. L. Grub, PooIevile, and her sister, Mrs.
Charles Urbne Arlington, Va have returned to their
homes after three-week visit the West Coast Leav
ing Washington D. c.. by plane they landed in Seattle,
WASH where they stayed awhile with relatives before
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

Celebrating birthdays last
week were Charles N. Staub
and his son, Charles, jr., Bealls-
vile.
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Where you save does make difference!