davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-10-18

The Medina Chapter of
B'nai Birth Women will meet
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow, at
the Silver Spring Library to
hear Judge Reva B. Bosone
speak on "Women's Place in
Politics."
Evening star., 1960-10-18

gram scheduled for March /
in the Adas Israel Congrega-
tons Education Building.
Mrs. Henry Gichner Is
chairman. Further informa-
ton may be obtained from
the National Conference of
Evening star., 1960-10-18
To Hold Porty

A get-acquainted party
will be held for all present
and prospective members Of
the District Chapter Of the
Kiwi Club at the South Gate
Motel, Arlington, tomorrow
from 8 until II pm.
Evening star., 1960-10-18
Judqe Bosone Is To Speak

A former CongresSwoman
from Utah. the speaker is at
present counsel for the House
Committee on Education and
Public Welfare.
Evening star., 1960-10-18
BONDS BEAUTY

Mrs. Vivian Ackermon of Tucson, Ariz., pres
emily the MRS. United Stotes Soyines Bonds
OF 1861" orrived here yesterday for four-doy
visit to promote the sole of savings bonds and
to honor volunteers in the Nations CopitoI.
Mrs. Ackermon is shown with two of her three
children, daughter Judy, 6, and Billy, 7. Her
other son is Andrew, l0. The ttIehoder is
married to Mr.. Harry Ackermon, Pima
County attorney.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
By WILLIAM G. POLLARD
Star staff Writer

The United States Court of
Appeals today. in a 5-to-4 de-
cision, affirmed the flrst-degree
murder conviction of Willie Lee
Stewart for the Staying of a
Washington grocer seven years
ago.
In the majority opinion, writ
ten by Judge Warren E. Burger,
the appellate court held that:
"Our close scrutiny of this
record reveals no error which
could warrant reversal and the
Judgment is therefore af-
firmed."
The conviction affirmed was
the third for Stewart, now 36,
The two earlier convictions had
been reversed by the Court Of
Appeals, one on the grounds
that a trial judge erred in his
instructions to the jury about
Stewards insanity defense. A
second conviction was set aside
on grounds the prosecutor hao
made a prejudicial remark ir
closing arguments to the jury
Stewards third conviction
was in November, 1858. The
grocer, Harry Honikman, 65
was shot and killed during q
$400 holdup in his grocery ir
the 700 block Of East Capito.
street on March IL, 1858.
The appellate court pointed
Evening star., 1960-02-16

out in its decision today that
Stewart had faced trials before
three different judges and three
different juries, with the first
two convictions having been
set aside by the Court of Ap-
peals. The third appeal on
which today's decision was
handed down was the second
that had been reviewed by the
full bench Of the appellate
court.
The Court of Appeals re-
viewed in part the trial testi-
mony at Stewards last trial
commenting on psychiatric tes-
timony and testimony by Ste
wart himself. Regarding Ste
warts own testimony. the
majority opinion said:
I'm the third trial, unlike
the two earlier trials, Stewart
took the stand and his testi'
mony, if it can be so described
is gibberish without meaning
It is such that it permits o.
only one of two conclusions
Either he was suffering from
grave mental disease or defec'
during the trial. in which cast
he could not be legally triec
at all, or he was malingering-
staging a show of menta
alteration to influence the judg,
and jury"
The appellate court theI
went into some detail Of psy
Evening star., 1960-02-16

lettuce to legs of lamb aboard
trucks bound for the 257 chain
stores in the area. BY noon
today, executives expressed con-
fidence that the housewives
would find just about every
thing they want when the chain
stores open tororrow morning.
Buyers Had Instructions
"The housewife will even be
able to buy avocados," promised
j. w. Upton. sales promotion
manager of the 1872 Safeway
stores in the area. He said his
buyers throughout the United
States had been instructed be-
fore the strike was settled to
line up everything from oranges
in California to vegetables in
California so they could be
shipped to the Washington
area at a moments notice.
The way Safeway executives
reacted to the settling of the
strike was typical of the other
struck chain stores.
J. A. Anderson, Washington
division manager, called in Mr..
Upton and Basil M. Winstead,
retail operations manager, as
soon as word was received yes
terday that the strike was over.
They met in the Safeway Office
buildings conference room at
4:30 pm. and discussed the
stock-up plan they had worked
out while the strike was on. BY
6 pm. everyone had his orders
and went out of the meeting
to pass them on down the line.
1--WE were all geared to move
within a matter of minutes, !"
Mr.. Anderson said. Speed is
of the essence in getting back
Evening star., 1960-02-16
HoIdup Murder Conviction Upheld.
5-4, After Three Trials, 7 Years

chiatric testimony negardlng
Stewards mental condition.
On this score, the majority
opinion declared:
"The disputed facts and con-
flicting expert opinions were
properly submitted to a jury
under instructions which were
correct. The IL jurors in the
instant case, like "a jurors be-
fore them, have rejected his
(Stewart's) claims and have
found appellant guilty." said
the Court of Appeals.
Judge Burger was joined in
the majority opinion by Chief
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman,
Judges Wilbur K. Miller, John
A. Danaher and Walter M.
Bastian.
A dissenting opinion was
written by Judge Charles Fahy.
Judges Henry w. Edgerton.
David L. Bazelon and George
T. Washington Joined in the
dissent.
The dissenting opinion found
that a prosecutors comment
regarding Stewart not testify
ing at his two previous trials
was prejudicial.
The death penalty is man
datory for a first degree murder
conviction. Stewards execution
date was indefinitely postponed
pending outcome of the appeal
A new execution date now will
have to be set.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
The
Rambler
On the
Troll of on Echo
BY JOHN McKELWAY

The Capitol guide gathered
her group around the bronze
plaque on the floor of Statu-
ary Hall. 1t marks the spot
of the desk of John Quincy
Adams. She walked across
the room, leaned down and
spoke softly. Her voice
bounced around the hand
some room and landed back
on the visitors.
All the guides do it and
have been doing it for years.
A whispered voice carries
across the great hall. The
demonstration is staged to
show the halls remarkable
acouStical qualities" and to
point out the statues and the
fact the room was once the
House of Representatives.
The Substitute Rambler,
who had stopped to listen,
began wondering if John
Quincy might have heard
what was going on in a hud-
die across the room-a de-
cided advantage to any
member of the House. Mr..
Adams was, of course, con-
sidered a political genius. A
little checking seemed in
order.
Representatives moved in
to their new chambers in
october of 1907. 1t had been
designed by Benjamin La
trobe who sort of took the
original design of DR.. Will
liam Thornton and changed
it around.
Thomas Jefferson wrote
Latrobe that the Repre-
sentative Chamber will re-
main a durable monument
to your talents as an archi-
tect."
John Randolph of Roanoke,
Representative from Virginia,
said the chamber was hand
some" But he added it was
at for anything but the use
intended"
Other members of the
House continued to COM
plain about very defective
acoustic qualities" of the
chamber, according to one
source, until Latrobe finally
hung up a curtain, in 1903,
Just back of the columns.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
BY PAUL HOPE
Star stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 16.-Gov.
Tawes won a narrow victory
today in the first major test of
his teacher pay program.
The House of Delegates Ways
and HeanS Committee voted
19 to IA to send the James bill
to the floor.
The bill, strongly backed by
the Governor, would give a $500
raise to teachers with 10 OF
more years experience. The
Maryland State Teachers AS
sociation and PTA's have
pressed for a program which
would give an average raise of
$400 to all teachers.
The opponents of the James
bill showed more strength ir
the committee than admin
istration leaders had expected
Lee Backs Bill
Two members from the
Washington area were on op-
posite sides of the bill in the
House committee.
Delegate Blair Lee III, Demo
crat of Montgomery. voted fol
it after strongly indorsing il
Evening star., 1960-02-16
VirginionsHit
Blonk-Poper
Registration

RICHMOND, Feb. 16 (AP).-
A move to repeal the blank
paper voter registration law
and to return to the practice
of registering on a printed form
is scheduled to be made in the
General Assembly this week.
In 1858, the Legislature
passed law interpreting the
Virginia constitution as requir-
ing potential voters to register
on blank paper, as the consti-
tuition says, without aid, sug-
gestion or memorandum"
Legislation is to be intro
duced in the House this week
by Delegates Willard j. Moody
and Donald H. Sandie, ST.,
aimed at repeating the law
interpreting the constitution,
and eventually changing the
constitution to eliminate the
language persons must register
on blank paper.
He contended that the bill
passed in 1858 has no useful
purpose.
Under the registration sys-
tenn in effect since the 1853
law, a potential voter is handed
a blank paper and a copy of
Section 20 of the Virginia Con-
stitution when he goes to reg
lister. After reading the con-
stitution section, he must list
on the blank paper the infor-
nation called for in the section
name, age. date and place OF
birth. occupation, whether or
not he has previously voted and
if so the State, county and
precinct in which he last
voted.
The registrar is not allowed
to aid or advise the person in
filling out the blank paper
Prior to 1858. most registrars
used printed forms,
Evening star., 1960-02-16

IN 1922, another commit
tee was appointed. They &C
cepted a Bulfinch suggestion
to stop the echoes and
stretched canvas across the
room at the height of the
tops of the columns. This
stopped the echoes. 1t also
stopped most of the sound
and light. Members could
neither hear nor see. The
canvas was removed.
In 1882, Robert Mills, an ar
chitect, told another select
committee that the floor of
the House should be raised,
that the chair of the
Speaker be placed near
where the principal en-
trance now is and that the
seats of the members be
turned so as to preserve
their relative positions to
the chair" He added that a
circular wall should be built
back of the third row of seats
in the gallery.
The floor was raised, the
circular wall was built. Fast
research on the subject does
not show If the seats were
turned around.
The present House of Rep
resentatives was opened in
1857, the old one was turned
into Statuary Hall in the
1S60s and no one was ever
able to do anything about
the echo.
Except, of course, ]. @.
Adams who may have seen
its advantages.
Evening star., 1960-02-16

man, saying he thought the
school system had been gen.
erously treated. insisted there
is no desire in Congress to keep
expenditures below the level
necessary to maintain a fine
school system.
Despite the economy pro-
posal, the Rhode Island leg
Iislator indicated interest in DR..
Hansen's request, which in
cluded sums for expanding
summer school facilities, pro-
viding librarians to help junior
high school pupils improve
their reading and three super
visorS to improve elementary
instruction.
Question Raised
Senator PaStore aske d
whether the school system
could not arrange to finance the
proposed staff increases with
money expected to be left over
due to retirements and resig-
nations.
The Senate subcommittee
chairman. in referring to the
actions of the House, said he
did not want to "roughen up
their sensitivities" by taking
relatively small restoration re-
quests to conference.
He made a similar comment
with respect to other budget
increases asked by District de-
partment heads today. These
included a strong plea by Public
Utilities Commissioner Harold
Kertz for $4,000 to establish
a new motor carrier bureau and
$4,000 to hire a man to revamr
the existing public utility law
which Mr.. Kertz described az
badly obsolete.
City officials already are
under instructions from Mr.
Pastore to come up with COM
ments on possibilities for re-
ducing new hiring. The sub.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
owes Wins First est
On 7 eochers' Pay Rise

in a speech before the COM
mittee.
Carlton R. Sickles, Demo-
crat of Prince Georges, voted
against the James bill.
Mr.. Lee said that Maryland
ranks high in the Nation in
teachers average salaries, and
said he favored providing more
money for other services this
year.
Mr.. Sickles tried to get the
committee to approve an
amendment which would allow
localities to use the money set
up in the James bill anywhere
along the teacher pay scale
rather than reserving it only
for teachers with 10 years or
more experience.
His amendment was defeated
by a 19-to-14 vote.
Bar Montgomery Ceiling
The committee also turned
down an amendment which
would have restricted higher
maximum salaries in Mont
gomery County. Delegate James
j. Clark, jr., Democrat of How.
ard County. said that teacher
pay in Montgomery County
should be made ito stand still
while others catch up"
There was considerable com.
ment from other counties in
favor of limiting Montgomery
The Clark proposal was de.
feated, II to Is, when Com
mittee Chairman A. Gordon
Boone cast the tiebreaking vote
against it.
Mr.. Lee said that the Clark
amendment would have killed
Montgomery County's merit pay
plan which provides for salaries
up to $4,000 for outstanding
teachers. The normal maxi.
mum in Montgomery is $1,000
The committee also defeated
81 to IL, an amendment which
would have given a $500 raise
to all teachers. This was pro-
posed by Russell o. Hickman
Democrat of Worcester County
Representatives of the Mary.
land State Teachers Association
and the PTAs have tried to put
off committee action as long a.
possible in order to drum ur
support for a higher pay bill
The teachers association i.
backing a bill which would cos
about $13 million the first veal
and give all teachers an aver
age $460 raise.
Among bills introduced IL
the Legislature last night wal
one by Senator John L. San
ford. Democrat of Worcester
which would eliminate tht
criminal penalty for adultery
Senator Sanford noted tina
the penalty for conviction or
an adultery charge is $40.
IF it's not worth more thar
$40, it has no business beins
on the books" he said.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
House Hits Auto

WINDSOR. Ontario. Feb. 16
AP).-Kenneth Hortop stopped
his car at an intersection and
was just sitting there when
along came a house and hit
him. The house was being
towed in the opposite direction.
Evening star., 1960-02-16

into business. We stepped up
the tempo and cut every possi-
BILE corner to get perishables
into the stores" He predicted
by tomorrow the housewife will
be able to buy "99 per cent Of
what she needs"
The drive to get perishables
into the stores right away
prompted Mr.. Upton to in
struct personnel to buy several
freight cars of vegetables right
On the track. These rollers"
as freight cars with unbought
goods are called, are sent from
producing areas to cities where
sales prospects look promising.
Warehouses Are Frantic
Mr.. Winstead had individual
store managers stand by for
several hours last night so de-
liveries could be co-ordinated.
The most frantic activity was
in warehouses supplying Wash
ington area chain stores. There
men worked throughout the
night moving crates of oranges
cans of soup and sides OF beef
off incoming trucks and freight
cars and onto trucks bound fol-
area stores.
"This stocking up in a hurry
Is a lot of work all right" said
one chain store manager this
morning. But you should have
seen us running around here
trying to find a place to sell
the perishables right after the
strike broke out"
Everybody seemed to be glad
that the strike was over, extra
work or not.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
THIS MAY HAVE HELPED

THIS MAY HAVE HELPED
some. But DR.. Thornton,
still piqued after Latrobe
had taken over as Archi-
tect of the Capitol, said at
the time that if his original
plan had been followed the
"echoeS would not have oc-
Cured"
The British arrived in
1914 and it is reported that
before burning down the
House, an officer in charge
of the detail said: 1T is a
pity to burn anything so
beautiful"
BY 1919, the House had
been rebuilt. Members re-
turned and found the room
as beautiful as ever-Still
echoed.
BY now, another archi-
tect, Charles Bulfinch, had
taken over and said in a re-
port of 1920 that "it was
found that a difficulty ex-
listed both in speaking and
hearing in the House of
Representatives"
In 1921, House members
appointed a committee to
inquire into the practical
bility of making such al
terations in the present
structure of the Hall of the
House of Representatives as
shall better adapt it to the
purpose of a deliberative
assembly" The committee
consulted a number of
architects, but never got
anywhere.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
Food Chains to Offer
AVocodos to zwiebock

Warehouses supplying the Washington became frantic
today the chain loaded all kinds of food
that housewives will demand tomorrow.
The strike which shut down APP Acme. Food Lane,
Giant Grand Union and Safeway stores ended yesterday.
Those chains normally supply per the food bought
in the Washington
Warehouse worked all night getting everything from
Evening star., 1960-02-16
Senator Bible
Urges Transit
Plan Changes
Roises Questions
With Budget Men;
Bill Delay Seen
By GRACE BASSETT
Star Stah Writer

senator Bible, Democrat OF
Nevada, has raised questions
with Budget Bureau officials
that could lead to major revi-
sions of a legislative draft to
create a Federal transportation
corporation.
The draft, originally due in
Congress this week, possibly
may be delayed by the dis
cuSSions.
Analysis of the corporation
structure started today after a
conference yesterday afternoon
held by Senator Bible with
Deputy Bureau Director Elmer
B. Stats and Philip S. Hughes
and Norman Beckman of the
legislative management sections
of the bureau.
These men are perfecting
proposed legislation to set up
a corporation, directed by a.
presidentially appointed ad-
ministrator, to plan a multi
million dollar. rapid rail trans
portation system for the WASH
ington metropolitan area.
Guarantees Sought
Senator Bible urged Bureau
authors to consider revisions to
guarantee:
l. That the preliminary de
velopment" phase of the cor
poration's job be pursued for
a considerable period-perhaps
two or three years-before any
actual property acquisition for
transit begins.
By development, the Senator
meant co-ordinating plans of
private transit companies, taxi
cab drivers and organized
labor within the transportation
field. Spokesman for these
forces have charged they were
excluded in a $500,000 survey
of transportation needs con-
Quoted by the National Capital
Planning Commission and the
REGIONAL Planning Council.
Senator Bibles own Joint
Congressional Committee of
Washington Metropolitan prob
lens put considerable stress
on the Importance of linking
private with public plans. Yet
the Budget Bureau officials. in
drafting legislation. accepted
survey plans as the basis of
their draft.
2. That emphasis be given to
a downtown distribution sys-
tem-such as a loop subway
to tie to radial bus and auto
routes from the suburbs.
The survey accepted as the
basic problem the movement
of metropolitan residents back
and forth from their homes in
the suburban areas to their Jobs
in the city.
Core Protection Sought
Senator Bible was understood
to feel that strengthening the
core of the Nations Capital
was just as basic a problem to
be settled, in part, by trans
portation planning.
Specifically, he wanted to
| protect planning for a loop
subway. possibly to link the
Pentagon. Capitol Hill, Dupont
circle and the South Agricul-
ture Building. But this kind of
project would require that pri-
vate and public roles be fixed
in the pattern of the future.
The real question raised by
these two Bible suggestions is
whether any other duties of
the corporation can be carried
out before the first develop
ment" phase is completed.
Evening star., 1960-02-16
STRIKE
Food Stores.
To Be Ready
For Buyers
Continued From First Page

OUHtllucu EEOIn ElESL rag z
ditorium. A week ago the men,
bership had revolted against
its officers and bargaining unit
and set off the strike.
Yesterday there was order as
their president, Woodrow F.
Strong. outlined advantages OF
acceptance at the start of a
two-hour discussion period
While members talked, result
Of the clerks vote came in and
was announced. Leaders also
heard of Local $685. acceptance,
but withheld it from the men,
berS.
Finally, a standing vote was
taken and the day was won for
proponents of settlement, GAS
to 249. The strike was over.
Pact Runs 25 Months
All three unions, which had
baked over the length of the
contract, won a 25-month pact
instead of the 28-month con-
tract offered previously. The
final wage settlement is COM
parable to that offered earlier
with Improvements coming
from the shorter contract
period.
The butchers also were grant.
ed another concession, which
will give them an immediate
boost, and another in seven
months. The contract rejected
last week was in two stages
with the second raise coming
after IA months.
All increases are retroactive
to February l. Management
also agreed to increase by ~
cents an hour its contribution
to the health and welfare fund
bringing total company pay.
ment to 1912 cents. For the
first time, workers will get 6
four-week vacation after q
years service.
Schedules of Raises
Raises for journeymen mear
cutters over the length of thu
contract amount to $3.50 {
week. for weighers and wrap.
pers, $7.80; for grocery clerks
1927.
Journeymen meat cutters
will be raised Immediately from
$91.70 to $98, will receive $10t
the second seven months ans
SOB thereafter.
Weighers and wrappers nov
making $74.20 will be raised tt
$78 the first seven months, $8l
the next seven months and So:
thereafter.
Grocery clerks now making
S87.73 weekly will be boosted
to $93 for IA months, and TO.
the final II months of the con-
tract will earn $97.
The clerks starting wag,
will be increased from tn,
tpresent $75 to SIT a week, will
another ST. to be applied Apri
/, 1861.
One of the conditions of tn
agreement with Local 1893 wa
that the union will drop plan
to sue Giant Stores on ground
the butchers were locked out
Although Giant was no
struck, its 43 stores have beel
closed since last Thursday be
cause of an agreement will
other chains that if one of tn
six was struck, all were struck
Evening star., 1960-02-16

committee chairman yesterday
suggested creating a rowing
employe" pool to provide de-
partments with extra help as
needed.
Senator Pastore scolded city
Spokesmen for what he termed
somewhat picayunish" pleas
for restoration of several House
deleted employees, including two
clerk-typists. He suggested the
work-load be absorbed in the
city's existing work force
He called attention to the
House-approved TIL new en-
ployes already included in the
spending estimate, as we'll as
the city's original request for
l,095. He said he considered
the TIL "a rather sizable fig
ure." The l,095 he labeled "tre-
mendous."
Mclaughlin Agreeable
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin agreed to look into
the rowing pool" possibility
but said authorizing language
might need to be written into
the appropriation bill.
An $4,000 item for earmark-
ing buildings for preservation
under the Old Georgetown Act
was one Of those drawing Mr.
PaStore's criticism. The two
81, ,000-a-year typists are wanted
by Geoffrey M. Thornett, secre-
tary to the Commissioner, anc
the Board of Appeals and Re.
view.
With respect to the proposed
Georgetown project, Mr.. Pas
tore inquired:
Couldn't you spare one in
telligent, talented individual
out of so many people you hav,
working for the DISTRICT"
Mr.. Mclaughlin, after SOM
discussion, replied. We'll try Il
find some way to do it,"
Evening star., 1960-02-16
Insurance Abuses
AreToId to Probers
Hansen Asks Senators
To Raise School Sum
Postore Indicates He Fovors Stuyine
Within $4o.2 Million Figure, However
By JAMES G. DEANE
Star stan Writer

$125000 increase in the $49.2 million appropriation
by the House for the District public school system for
urged today by School Supt Carl F. Hansen
The plea got skeptcal reaction from Senator Pasore,
Rhode Island who urged Mr.. Hansen to give
serious thought to staying within the appropriation.
The Senate District APPROPRIATIONS Subcommtee chair