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Evening star., 1960-07-12
Two Police Guilty
In Sex Case

A trial board today found
two Washington police privates
guilty on four misconduct
charges. Stemming from an
alleged sexual assault on a 81
year-old housemaid. Their re-
moval from the force was rec
commended.
The verdict, which now goes
to the District Commissioners.
was announced by Deputy Chief
George Wallrodt, who presided
over the three-man board.
Pvts. Bobbie r. Campbell and
Owen w. Cunningham, both 80,
were found guilty specifically
of conduct unbecoming a police
officer. conduct prejudicial to
the reputation of the police
force, willfully and knowingly
making an untruthful state
ment and willful disobedience
of orders.
Both men had denied the
woman's accusations that she
was raped by four policemen
in a scout car last February 20.
The two other policemen re-
signed from the force after all
four we're acquitted Of rape
charges in court.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
1T WAS ADMIRATION of

1T WAS ADMIRATION of
the House (South) wall of the
Capitol that got the Rambler
among the trees.
There is a white ash half
way down the hill that is a
beauty. 1t is probably 80 years
old-maybe more. The ash,
as every literate baseball fan
knows, provides the timber
for home runs.
And there is a huge Empress
tree below the Capitol, down
hill. 1t is probably the oldest
example of Pawlownia I'M
perialis in this neighborhood,
an import from the Orient
there are many of them in
this area. 1t has a blossom
like the lilac.
The assemblage does not
quite illustrate Kipling's i'm
perialiStic dominion over
palm and pine" But beeches
and sugar naples and white
birch and Canadian hemlock
are getting through these hot
summers.
SouthernerS soon can find
perSimmon, the tree fruit that
looks so much like a tomato
but tastes so different, in the
northeast quadrant in front
of the Methodist Building.
1t all started in 1874 when
Frederick Law Olmstead, the
landscape architect who de-
signed Central Park in New
York, was commissioned to
do something about the en-
larged Capitol.
Olmstead was for the rus
tic, sylvan park that sur
rounds the seats of the Eng
liSh aristocracy. He was
against the formal gardening
Of Villa D'Este and Versailles.
That's why our Capitol,
patterned after st. Peters,
has, to this day, that Currier
and Ives landscape that no
one would want to change.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Three Hurt
FoiIingAttock
OnWuitress

Three men bent on rescuing
a young woman from two at
tackers suffered injuries early
today in struggle in a George
town alley. The attackers then
got away.
Police said Miss Jewel j. Lam
ham, "a, of 1908 Twenty-second
street, Arlington, a waitress,
was getting into her car when
two men seized her at about
1:50 am. The car was parked
in an alley off the 5000 block
of M street NV.
Miss Lanham'S scre a m S
brought several persons to her
help. The first to arrive, Edwin
T. Davis, %, of Ills North Utah
street, Arlington, was bitten on
the upper left arm by one of
his adversaries. Mr.. Davis was
treated at Georgetown Hospital.
James w. Thebodeau, "a. of
the 1900 block of South Thir-
teenth road, Arlington, Joined
the fray. and was struck over
the left eye. The third chal-
lenger, Gerald B. Thebodeau,
81, of the Thirteenth road ad-
dress. arrived later. He was on
crutches.
Mr.. Thebodeau tried to use
his crutch. as a weapon, but as
he aimed a blow, one of the
attackers seized the stick and
hit its owner on the left arm.
Mr.. Thebodeau was taken to
the hospital for treatment.
Police said the attackers were
white and about 20 years old.
Evening star., 1960-07-12

Brig. Gen. A. c. yelling,
whose successor was named to-
day, has served as the Dis
trict'S Engineer Commissioner
for almost three years.
He brought to the Office
military dash, energy and a
deep desire to see something
accomplished in the District.
He was sworn in as the Dis
trict's Engineer Commissioner
on August /, 1857. replacing
Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Lane.
Gen. yelling will be the first
Engineer Commissioner to serve
the full 3-year term since 1851.
In that year, Brig. Gen. Cor
don r. Young left the Office.
His successors failed to serve
the full three years, their terms
varying from l8 to 81 months.
A spokesman for the Office
of the Chief of Army Engineers
said today that the usual tour
of duty before the war was four
years.
Upon taking his post here in
1857, Gen. yelling plunged into
the tangled situation over the
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, a
project long 'stymied, and by
April of this year he had rolled
out a cannon to boom the start
of its construction.
The cannon failed to fire.
But, typically, Gen. yelling. a
perfectionist, ordered two can
non to stand ready at the ded-
ication of another project in
which he had also played a
leading role, the construction
of the city's S75 million Poto-
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Twice Yearly
Inspection Of
Tuxis Urged

George A. England, director
of the Districts Department of
Motor Vehicles, today urged the
Public Utilities Commission to
require taxicabs here to undergo
inspections twice a year instead
of only once.
The P. U. c. held a public
hearing on the proposal at the
District building today and took
the question under advisement.
Mr.. England pointed out that
the rejection rate is n per cent
iof all cabs inspected. He said
this has caused a burden on
inspection stations. Normally
all cabs are inspected within
the month of April.
He suggested that inspection
periods be made from May
through July and November
through January each year to
stagger the work load.
He said inspections twice a
year would require cab owners
to keep their vehicles in better
condition to meet safety re-
quirements.
Little opposition was voiced,
but taxi operators urged that
the inspection periods be stag
gered SO that service garages
would have time to make the
needed repairs.
Charles Pilzer, counsel for
the Yellow Cab Company, said
he was surprised by the high
rejection rate and did moi
oppose Mr.. England'S recon-
mendation. But he said the
main problem is caused by
marginal operators" who are
not earning their living pri-
marily by driving cabs, but use
them to supplement their salary
He said he did not believe
a semi-annual inspection re-
quirement would solve the
problem created by such oper-
ators.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
yelling Gave Military Dash, Energy
To Job as Engineer Commissioner

encourage civic pride in a
cleanup project.
His interests even included
rat control. Once, on being
presented with a swagger stick
from an organization in Alex
andria, he brandished the stick
and announced: "I'll watch all
the rat holes in the city, and
whenever a rat pokes his head
out, I'll smack him with it y
He was also an outspoken
critic of unsightly tempos and
was veteran of four years
of service in one while he had
been stationed here in the Office
of the Chief of Engineers be-
fore his appointment as Com
missioner.
While seeking ways to speed
the flow of traffic throughout
the city Gen. yelling at the
same time spearheaded at
tempts to make those same
streets safe for pedestrians.
The general, a West Point
graduate, is a native of Cow
ington, KY.
Before coming to Washington
Gen. yelling was serving as
deputy engineer, United States
Army in Europe.
The general lives with his
wife Nancy and their three
children at 1929 lockwood
parkway NV. Their Oldest
child, Mary, II, is a student
at Stoneridge Country Day
School, Bethesda, and Peter,
9, attends Annunciation School
in Washington. Their youngest
child is Brent. /.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail to The Evening
Star, Second street and
Virginia avenue Sc, or
bring cash to The Star
cashier. A receptionist in
the lobby will direct you to
the cashiers office.
The cost-$39.30 for IL
days, $19.95 for six days.
All sums received by the Eve
ming Star Summer Camp Fund
viii go to Family and Child SerV-
ice of Washington, q United Givers
Fund agency, for the use of its
Summer outings Committee. Fam
lily and Child Services is regis
tered under the District of Co.
lumbla Charitable Solicitations
Act No. 6-07-151.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Adams-Morqan
Renewal Plan
Hearing Voted
Commissioners
To Hear Public
View on July 2S

The District Commissioners
today decided to call a public
hearing on proposals that the
Adams-Morgan area be made
an urban renewal project.
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin said the public hear
ing, although not required by
law, was felt necessary in order
to give opponents a chance to
be heard.
The hearing will be held July
% in the District building.
NCPC Proposal
On June Is the National
Capital Planning Commission
approved a fixup project for
the Adams-Morgan area based
on recommendations from a
citizens committee representing
some property owners in the
area. The emphasis, under the
NCPC approval, will be on re-
habilitation rather than demo-
lition.
The area includes about 240
acres in Northwest bounded by
Sixteenth street, Columbia road,
Ontario road, Lanier place,
Calvert street, Rock Greek Park,
Connecticut avenue. Florida
avenue and U street.
1t was proposed that some
demolition to make room for
more Fairgrounds and parking
space near Eighteenth street
and Columbia road be included.
Some other commercial prop
erty might come down to make
additional room for residences.
The NCPC recommendation
was submitted to the District
Commissioners today at their
board meeting for approval. Be-
fore any application for plan
ming funds can be made to the
Federal Housing Administra-
ton, the Commissioners must
approve the project. This de-
cision will now be postponed
until the public hearing has
been held.
Mclaughlin Won't Vote
Mr.. Mclaughlin. whose home
is in the project area, said the
Commissioners are aware of
some resistance" on the part
of residents in the Kalorama
area. He said it is possible
that the boundaries of the
project may be changed. The
Commissioner added that he
will not vote on the question
because of his personal connec-
ton.
The Adams-Morgan area has
been undergoing f1xup pro-
gram, which was begun nearly
two years ago as a demonstra-
ton project and is sponsored
by private citizens of the area,
The property owners were
guided by the District, the
| NCPC and American Univer-
sity staff personnel. The
citizens group that finally
sought an official urban re-
newal plan grew out of the
demonstration project.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
By ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star stan Writer

Washington area educators
take issue with the textbook
standards recommended by the
Daughters of the American
Revolution.
They insist that they will not
be influenced by the DAR-or
by any other group-in the
selection of texts.
The final choice, they say,
should be based on the profess
Sional judgment of school
teachers and administrators.
Last week it was reported
that 80 volumes on the ap-
proved textbook list for Vir-
ginia schools fail to meet mini
mum OAR standards.
All schools in this area al
most certainly use many of the
books blacklisted by the OAR
Arlington Uses Several
Without actually criticizing
the OAR. several local school
officials say they feel the or
ganization's stand represents
an unusually extreme position
Arlington schools, for in
stance. use several of the criti-
cized texts-even though they
have specific criteria which
seem to parallel those of the
OAR.
Written into the Arlington
School Board policy statement
is a section saying that books
dealing with social, cultural
and governmental issues must
be constructive, friendly to
democracy and non-subversive.
This same section also lists
the criteria for textbooks out
lined in 1949 by the national
convention of the American
Legion.
Lawson j. Cantrell, deputy
superintendent of District
schools and chairman of the
city's textbook committee since
1943, says he can recall seeing
only "a negligible number" OF
books which he would consider
"inimical to the interests OF
America"
w. Harold Ford, assistant
superintendent for instruction
in Fairfax County, claims the
OAR probably doesn't under
stand the purpose of textbook:
these days. The books are ne
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Montgomery
Ask Pay Rise

Members of the Montgomery
County Council indicated to-
day they think they aren't
getting paid enough.
The complaint was raised
by Councilman Stanley B.
Frosh, who said the time
spent by council members at
meetings "interferes tremen-
dously with your opportunity
to earn a living"
He noted that members re-
ceive $4,000 to $4,000 a year
for attending 100 to ITO meet
ings. Council members are
paid $50 per meeting.
Mr.. Frosh suggested this be
raised to $50 per meeting.
This would help make it
possible to have good and eff
fective people serve on the
County Council" he said.
Mrs. Stella Werner, another
member. said she thought the
suggested $50 might be too low
Maybe we want to consider
more" she said. What do
bank officials get when they
meet?" She also said the coun-
Gil should consider switching
to an annual salary system.
Other council members noted
they received no pay for time
spent attending meetings OF
other groups as council repre-
sentatives.
After discussion the council
ordered preparation of a char
ter amendment to increase the
pay to $50 per meeting anc
include compensation for time
spent at meetings of other
groups as council representa-
tives.
The proposed amendment
must be approved by the voters
in November before going into
effect and would not apply tC
present council members.
Evening star., 1960-07-12

mac River interceptor sewer.
This time the cannon worked.
Gen yelling leaves his mark
on the city in a variety of ways.
He established what he
termed a "businesslike" plan to
maintain the city's $50, 900
trees. He was instrumental in
pulling city and surrounding
county officials together to
study water supply and sewage
disposal problems on a metro"
basis. He continually pressed
for advancement of urban re-
newal programs and once per-
sonally took an AK in hand to
Evening star., 1960-07-12
The
Rambler
Admires
Capitol Trees
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Many Washingtonians do
not realize that one of the
finest arb oretums S in the
world is on the Capitol
grounds.
1t is not an aSsemblage of
the largest variety of trees
that will grow in this climate.
That was never intended.
But, because it was started
more than 30 years ago, the
trees are in splendid matur-
ity.
The Rambler went to the
Hill yesterday to check the
progress of the new front.
This led to a little walking
about the grounds. And soon
he found himself more in
terested in trees than mar
BILE.
The big elm that members
of the House pass on their
walk from the Office building
to the floor is a memorial to
Senator Simon Cameron
of Pennsylvania, who played
an important part in the
nomination and election of
Abraham Lincoln.
Except for that and rugged
political strength, a Penn
Sylvania Republican charac-
teriStic inherited by his sue
ceSSors, Matt Quay, Boies
Penrose and William s. Ware,
there was not much to admire
about Cameron.
But there is about this tree.
This tree, which is in full
leaf, has a cavity in it's bole
that took two tons of con-
crete. More than two decades
ago photographers were tax
ing pictures of a tree surgeon
standing inside carving away
at its innardS.
1t is the oldest of the me-
mortal trees on the Capitol
grounds and was planted be-
fore 1875, when the Capitol
landSc a PING, now In full
bloom, was begun.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Educators Resist OAR Criticism
That Texts Lack NotionoIism

longer complete units contain
ing all the information to be
taught, he says. "They are
used as an aid-as a guide fol
finding additional information, -
he explains.
Mr.. Ford agrees with DR.
Mary l.. Grau, chairman of the
textbook committee for Mont
gomery elementary Schools
that the OAR represents one
particular viewpoint and that
other groups with equal con-
viction may take opposite po-
sitions.
The schools, DR.. Grau says,
should not be dominated by
any one group.
T. C. Williams, Alexandris
school superintendent, feels the
same way. Books, he says
should be selected through
professional channels without
undue influence from any
particular group.
School Autonomy
Prince Georges School Supt
William S. Schmidt maintain:
it is actually an advantage tt
have books with conflicting
viewpoints in the classroom
Unlike schools in Virginia
which must choose their text
from the State list, those II
Maryland have nearly complete
autonomy in the selection o.
textbooks.
"You shouldn't accept wha'
any one book says" MI
Schmidt claims.
For years the OAR has urgeC
its local chapters to review
school textbooks. Not until las
year, however, did the nationa
society come out with a detail
ed study which not only dis
cussed Objectionable materia
but also listed some $50 book
as either satisfactory or unsat
isfactory. Only about so wer,
approved. 1t is on this list o
unsatisfactory" books that tn,
80 Virginia texts appear.
Seek to Inform People
According to Mrs. Wilson K
Barnes, OAR National DefensI
Committee chairman, the avail
ability of this study probabl!
has increased OAR activit.
in the textbook field. She doe
not know, however, whethe.
Evening star., 1960-07-12

YOU DON'T NEED to bring
a tree book and puzzle about
leaves and seeds and buds.
Most of the trees are marked.
Thus you can becom e
aware of the subtle differ
ences between American wal
nut and butternut and pecan
or the Ohio buckeye and the
horSechestnut. I have always
understood that the latter
is an import from Afghani-
stan but it is labeled Amer
lean horSechestnut."
The reconstruction of the
East Front of the Capitol is
wonderful. All the new mar
BILE pillars have been put in
place.
There is not the slightest
doubt: 1t will be completed
by January 20, 1861, Our next
President will be inaugurated
before the most beautiful
Capitol in history.
But what was so exciting
was not the new front, but
the sand blast cleansing. Men
with hoses blowing sand were
completing the job on the
House wing.
I had no idea that the
wings of the Capitol (House
and Senate) were constructed
OF such beautiful marble. It
had become cleaning white
with visible blue veins.
I asked the foreman when
it had been cleaned.
Never" he said. This is
the first job in more than 100
years."
The wings were constructed
in the 1850s.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Florist Group Elects

ROANOKE, Va, July IL
(AP).-Carlton Morris of An
napolis. Md, was elected pres
ident Monday of the Middle
Atlantic Florists Association.
Walter Charron, Washington,
D. c., was elected second vice
president.
Evening star., 1960-07-12

any schools have changed their
selection procedures as a result
of this activity.
I'VE are not a pressure
group" Mrs. Barnes stresses.
1--WE are in business to inform
people the best we can" What
ever activity there is, she says,
is on an individual, rather than
a group, basis.
The OAR study objects to
the international slant of many
texts. 1t also notes that most
of the authors treat our Chris
tian heritage warily:: most are
guardedly patriotic even in the
satisfactory texts" 1t refers tc
"the total lack of reference
material critical of world gov
ernment."
Strenuous objections also
are made to alleged "socializeo
treatment of subject matter in
all fields. racial minoritieS
bigotry, tolerance, social &C.
ceptance and mental health
according to the study.
Doubt Seen Inculcated
There is a leveling down ir
many textbooks" the study
asserts. particularly on the
subject of your environment,
where ugly illustrations depict
untidy parents, careless stu
dents Slouching at their desks
and vulgar surroundings gen.
erally."
The study says much of the
uneasiness among teen-ager;
about world affairs is attribut.
able to texts which play up the
horror of war and "inculcate
fear and doubt rather than the
will to resist and to triumph.
The study deplores the mum.
ber of liberal and internationa.
references in the texts. 1t alsC
claims many books don't point
out sufficiently the dangers Of
communism.
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Woodruff in Line
To Chair NCPC
Foster Slated
For Other Post,
Is Report

n. M, WOOQrun, Oean OF the
George Washington University
School of Government, is re-
ported to be in line for the
chairmanship of the National
Capital Planning Commission,
replacing Harland Bartholo-
NEW, it was learned today.
A remaining vacant post on
the NCPC will repeatedly be
filled by the appointment of
William c. Foster, president of
the Federal City Council and
a former Government official.
The reappointment of c. Nc
Kim Norton also is expected.
Dean Woodruff, Al, came to
Washington last year from
Pittsburgh, where he had been
vice chairman of the Allegheny
County pittsburgh Planning
Commission.
Announcement of his ap-
pointment, expected soon from
the Newport (R. L. summer
White House, will end a IA
month delay in the retirement
of Mr.. Bartholomew.
Dean Woodruff, a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Williams
College who received his doc
torate at Princeton University,
was a professor of business ad-
ministration at the University
of Pittsburgh for nine years
before coming here.
During that time he also
headed the university's de-
partment of urban land stud
les and directed its bureau of
business research. For three
years, he was on the faculty
of Rutgers University's Gradu-
ate School of Banking.
He has served for several
years as economic advisor to
the Pittsburgh Chamber of
Commerce, the Pittsburgh
Housing Association and as a
member of the executive COM
mittee of ACTION-Housing in
that city.
Dean Woodruff, a native of
Newark, N. j.. is currently
writing book titled Munich
pal, County and State Admin
istration of the Ad Valorem
tax" and is working on an
other publication dealing with
growth costs and revenues in
rapidly expanding suburbs.
Chaired Gather Unit
Mr.. Foster. SO, an officer of
the Olin Mathieson Chemical
Corp, has served as Eco
nomic Cooperation Admins
traitor, Deputy Secretary of De-
fenSe and an Undersecretary of
Commerce. .s
! His most headlined post was
as co-chairman of the group
which compiled in 1857 the IA
nous Gather Report, which
detailed to the President the
comparative military strength
of the United States and
Russia.
In his most recent Govern
ment post, he was named chief
negotiator at the recently ended
Geneva conference on means
OF preventing surprise attacks.
Born in Westfield, N. j., Mr..
Foster was first brought to
Washington as an Undersec-
retary of Commerce in 1916
during the Truman admins
tration, although he is a life
long Republican.
He retired from government
service-temporarily - in 1858
to become president of the
Manufacturing Chemists Asso-
citation.
NIT Graduate
He was educated at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, was an aviator in
World War I, and served on
several wartime agencies dur
ing World War II.
Mr.. Foster, whose activities
on the Federal City Council
has given him an insight into
the planning problem in the
area, also is active in the
United Givers Fund.
Mr.. Foster will fill the va
cancy created last May by the
death of John A. Remcn.
Evening star., 1960-07-12

change Nancy's life. but con-
tact with understanding adults
could provide hope that would
make change possible.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-06-02

long be remembered. We all
join in thanking donaters of food,
prizes and services.
A new oil well will be drilled
in this area soon. The site Sc
lected for the well is about 4OO
feet from the oiled Chief Noun
tain high way at the Slide Lake
road junction and about one hall
mile from the old George no
berls' ranch.
Manuel Fenner is over from
West Glacier visiting his son
Monte and family.
Rance Connell of Babb was
special altar boy at Helena when
Hugh Black, Jr., was ordained
into priesthood. Father Black
held his first Solemn Mass at
the Catholic Church at Babb In
honor of the Catholic people OF
Babb. After the impressive ser
vices a reception was held at the
Babb School gym.