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Evening star., 1960-08-03
2More Arrested
In Picnic Attack:
Eight Now Held

Virginia State police arrested
two more men yesterday and
charged them with participant
ing in an attack on group of
picnickers in Riverside Picnic
Grove on George Washington
parkway near Mount Vernon.
Arrested on charges of dis
orderly conduct were Chris
Leach, %, of the 400 block of
Thirty-sev place Sc, and
George F. Owen, 81, Of the First
block Of East Walnut street,
Alexandria. State police said
the men were among a gang of
about 20 who attacked six Alex
andria couples Saturday night.
Five of the picnickers, beaten
with fists, tire irons, rocks and
bottles. were treated for cuts
and bruises at Arlington Hos
pital. police said. The arrest
bring to eight the number of
men charged with disorderly
conduct and felonious assault
as a result Of the incident.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Runyon, Back on Force,
Protests rosh' Beot

Sergt. Runyon retired in Feb
ruary, 1858. after suffering a
back injury while making an
arrest at National Airport. He
subsequently twice campaigned
unsuccessfully for the county
board on platforms urging
police reforms and custer of
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg and Police Chief William
Fawver.
A physical examination last
May disclosed that Sergt. Run
yon was again fit for duty and
the county retirement board
ordered him reinstated.
When he returned to duty
yesterday, he was assigned to
patrol the county property yard
on foot from 4 to IL pm. daily
Mr.. Lewis asserted that the
duty is that of a night watch
man and that no policeman
had been assigned to it before.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Animals DeudIine
For Fair Is Friduy

Friday is the deadline for
submitting entries in the ami
NAL divisions of the annual
Montgomery County Fair,
scheduled at Gaithersburg Au-
gust 1927.
The date is four days later
than usual to encourage more
entries, according to Fair
Chairman r. w. Farmer.
Exhibits for the home arts
section of the fair will be ac-
cepted on Sunday. August 81,
and the following day Just
prior to the fairs opening, Mrs.
Gordon Umstead. women's de-
partment chairman announced.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
BEL AIR WINS OUT
a.
Levitt Told to Find :
New Name for Be|oir
BEL AIR WINS OUT

The Prince Georges County
Planning Board today told De-
veloper William j. Levitt that
he will have to find a new name
for the 4.5OO-home projected
community near Bowie that he
has been calling Belair.
The problem is that there is
another town in Maryland
called Bel Air, and officials
there think they have first
claim on the name.
The latter Bel Air, which is
spelled differently but pro-
nounced the same as Mr.. Lew
tits development, is the county
seat of Hartford County, near
Baltimore.
County Protests, Too
In a letter to the Prince
Georges planners. the town
protested the proposal to dupli-
cate its name.
The Hartford County commits
sioners also wrote a letter,
along the same lines. They
said that the second Belair
would create confusion" and
result in misdirected mail.
At today's meeting John L.
Pyles, a member of the planning
board, favored letting Mr.. Lev
lit use the name. in part be-
cause Belair is the long-stand-
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Surplus FOreseen
Camp Service Set
For Young Adults

A. camp meeting service for
young adults will be held Sat-
urday at Hope Valley Camp
near Frederick, Md.
The program will start with
a recreational period about /
pm. A picnic supper will be
held at 6 pm, with the service
following at 7 pm.
DR.. Clarence T. Nelson. pas
tor of Augustana Lutheran
Church, will speak at the serv-
ice.
The days program is being
sponsored by the Young Adult
Council of the National Capital
Area Council of Churches. Per-
sons desiring information or
transportation should call the
council office.
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Fairfax Schools
StortSeptember1 !

Fairfax County public schools
will open September /, with
registration for new pupils
scheduled for August IS and 16,
the school board announced
today.
New residents in Fairfax were
advised their children are ell
gible to attend school if they
reach their sixth birthday on
or before October /. a State
requirement in Virginia.
A holiday will be observed
on Labor Day. September S,
and on November 4, 7 and 8.
Schools will close for Thanks
giving on November "a and 25,
and the Christmas vacation be-
gins at 2 pm, December %
and runs until January 8.
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ing name Of the estate on
which the development is being
built.
1T is one of the most famous
stud names we have in this
country" Mr.. Pyles said.
The estate formerly was used
to breed race horses by the
William Woodward family.
Post Office Decides
County Planning Engineer
c. Warren Giauque reported,
however, that the Post Once
has refused to permit use of
the name Belair as a mailing
address for the Levitt develop
ment.
The planning board, noting
that the Post Once has the
flnal word in these matters.
ruled that Mr.. Levitt could re-
cord plans in the name of the
Belair subdivision but could not
use the name for the new COM
munity.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Marshal Roberts
Gets New Post

District Fire Marshal Ray
mond C. Roberts has been
promoted to assistant fire chief
by the Commissioners.
A veteran of "a years with
the fire department. Chief
Roberts replaces Assistant Fire
Chief Carl P. Pool, who retired.
The new assistant chief,
whose home is at 2002 Rock
wood road, Silver Spring, had
been fire marshal since Sep
tember. 1943.
Chief Deputy Fire Marshal
Richard C. O'Connor will be-
come marshal and First Dep
uty Fire Marshal Hugh A.
Groves will be promoted to chief
deputy. The latter two promo
tions will be effective August IA.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
University Of Virginia
To Manage Memoriu| |

RICHMOND, Aug. 3. (AP).-
The University of Virginia will
assume management of the
Carl Melchers Memorial under
a move approved by the Rich
mond Circuit Court.
The memorial, left to the
state by the artists widow
Corinne Melchers, in 1855 and
managed by the Virginia Mu-
scum Of Fine Arts, consists OF
a valuable art collection and
the Melchers estate. Belmont
near Fredericksburg.
The university in connection
with its Mary Washington Col
lege at Fredericksburg will
manage the memorial.
Evening star., 1960-08-03

A lawyer representing Airing
ton Police Sergt. Russell L,
Runyon today charged that the
colorful detective was SUBJ
jected to shabby and vindictive
treatment when ordered to walk
a beat which extends from "a
garbage mans locker to a trash
heap"
In q petition filed with the
County Civil Service Commits
sion. Attorney Oren r. Lewis,
jr., demanded that Sergt. Run
yon be reassigned Immediately
to detective duty.
This is really vindictive,, so
obviously a railroad job that
1t cannot be disguised. 1t is a
typical Chicago assignment, "
Mr.. Lewis declared. They de-
liberately sought a demeaning
assignment. It's a disgrace to
Arlington County"
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Driver Fined
In TB FutuIity

A motoriSt was fined $75 yes
terday for failing to yield the
right of way in a fatal auto
mobile accident near TB, Md.
Upper Marlboro Police Court
Judge William H. McGrath
fined John B. Tayman, So. of
Brandywine, and found him
not guilty of manslaughter.
Fatally injured in the accident
July l8 was Mrs. Ida White,
70, of Culver, Ind, who was
thrown from the car in which
she was riding, State police
said. Mr.. Tayman appealed the
fine.
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and predicted Mr.. Muses. fore
cast won't be wrong"
Also at Tuesdays session the
board:
/. Received a report from the
departments finance director
u. G. Blount, jr.. that the de-
/ partment will turn back to the
States general fund treasury a
surplus of $5.134,519 for the
biennium ended June 80. In
part the surplus was attributed
to school closingS in the racial
segregation controversy in the
past two school years.
2. Heard a proposal by Mrs
Gladys v. Morton of Charlotte
Courthouse, a board member,
that the department take steps
to overhaul the present 9th
grade science program. She
said an attempt should be made
to weed out overlapping OF
science instruction in the ele-
mentary school.
The scholarship grants regu-
lationS Ak November Is and
April IS headlines for parents
to file for grants for the first
and second semesters. Local
school boards must requisition
reimbursement for the States
share of the grant not later
than December IS and May IS.
legislation adopted by the
1860 General Assembly set a
$275 maximum on the grant
for high school tuition and $3.50
for elementary schools, with the
State putting up $3.50 and $125
of the two amounts, respec-
lively.
The money reverting to the
general fund treasury, Mr..
Blount said. came from three
sources: @
General appropriations, ST.
s07, 1892; money appropriated for
pupil scholarships but not used,
$2.059,197, and money provided
for hearing appeals under the
pupil scholarship program but
not used. $167,230.
School closings in Norfolk,
Charlottesville and Front Royal
in 1958-59 and in Prince Ed
ward in 1959-60 reduced or
eliminated State appropriations
to those localities for teacher
salaries, Blount told the board
The board was to conclude
its summer meeting today.
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Plans Told
For rNewCity
Near Laurel

BALTIMORE. Aug. 3 tSpe-
ciaD New plans were an
nounced here today for a pro-
posed community of 5000
homes and related facilities to,
be built half way between
Washington and Baltimore.
The community, work on
which is expected to get under
way within four weeks accord
ing to its sponsors. would be
named Maryland City. They
said the project would be the
largest such development az
tempted in the State.
The location would be just
west of the Baltimore Wash
ington parkway, generally
astride the Laurel-Fort Meade
road and not far from the
Laurel race track.
1853 Plan Recalled
This is the same land which
first was proposed for develop
ment as a city in November,
1853. by a group Of Washing
ton investors headed by Harry
A. Boswell. jr., of Mount Rain
ier. Meade City was proposed
as name for the area recently.
| Announcing the plans at a
press conference here were
spokesman for the Maryland
City Corp. of which Harvey
Kayne. Baltimore builder, is
president.
A 12-by-14-foot scale model
also was displayed. 1t depicts
a self-contained development
with schools. churches, a COM
munity center. shopping center,
medical center, outdoor am
phitheater, parks and an area
for development of light in
dustry.
Mr.. Kayne said the proposed
Maryland City would be unlike
the huge masses of conformity
built along the Eastern sea.
board in recent years."
Price Range Given
He said prices for the 5000
homes would range from SO, 900
to $4,000.
Mr.. Kayne said sample homes
and other exhibit buildings are
expected to be ready by autumn
on a tract totaling 1900 acres.
The corporation said it ar
ranged to buy the land from a
Washington group last April.
The name Maryland City
frequently was suggested in
paast year for a proposed mer-
ger of all incorporated commu-
mites of Prince Georges County
into a single town.
The new Maryland City, how
ever. would be entirely in Anne
Arundel Coounty.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Jobs to Be Discussed
At Church Meetinu

Miss Margaret Garrity, ex-
ecutive director of the Presi-
dents Committee on Govern
ment Contracts, will lead dis
cuSsions on Achieving Equality
Of Job Opportunities" at Mary
brook Farm at Burnleys, Va,
this week end.
The sessions, sponsored by
st. Peter Claver Volunteers, a
Catholic organization to pro-
mote social justice, will begin
Friday evening and end Sunday.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Water Fete Slated
AtYMCAPooI

A water show will be held at
the YMCA Family Center swim
ming pool in Silver Spring at
g pm. Saturday.
The program will include a
water ballet. clowns and other
acts, with music provided by
the Boys Club Of Washington.
The event is sponsored by the
Silver Spring YMCA. Cadets
of the Civil Air Patrols Wheat
on Squadron will assist with
parking and ushering.
If it rains, the event will be
held on Sunday.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Prince Georges Sets
Voter Registration

Residents Of Prince Georges
County may register TO vote in
the November elections on
Tuesday and Friday evenings
in the Hyattsville county build
ing.
Registration books will be
open from 6 to 8 pm. on both
days through September %.
Citizens also may register at
the election board office in the
Court House in Upper Marl-
boro from $50 am. to 4 pm.
Monday through Friday,
through September 26.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Board Member Named

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 3
(AP City Council has chosen
B. A. Cephas, jr., So a Negro
real estate man. to serve as a
member Of the city planning
commission. He will replace
Winfree Slater, who resigned
when he moved to Chesterfield
County.
Evening star., 1960-08-03
Water Bonds Voted

CONVICTION. Va. Aug. 8
tAP) Allegheny County vot-
ers have approved by an 814-
1874 margin a $650,000 bond
issue that will finance water
and sewer system construction
and improvements in several
communities.
Evening star., 1960-08-03

parents to apply for grants anc
for localities to seek reimburse
ment for the States share.
Action came yesterday at the
second days session of the
boards three day summer
meeting at The Homestead
here.
DR.. Davis Y. Paschall. who
will leave the post of State su-
perintendent OF public instruc-
ton on August Is to become
president Of the College of Will
liam and Mary. told the board
Virginia's testing program will
show the States public school
system is much better than
national statistics indicate.
Money Gauge Rejected
DR.. Paschall said he had con-
ferred with Alfred L. Wingo
co-ordinator of guidance, test
ing, research and surveys for
the State Department Of Edu-
cation, who headed the State
wide testing program.
The preliminary indications
hold promise for many Virginia
localities" said Paschall.
Board President Leonard G.
Muse, a Roanoke attorney. said
he was curious to see the re-
suits because he often had pre-
dicted the testing would show
Virginia ranking near or above
the middle of the list of States
in the quality Of its school
system. He noted many rank
ings, based on money spent for
education, placed Virginia near
the bottom Of the list and
added:
Surplus FOreseen
i've always contended that
you can't measure the quality
of education in terms of dollars
spent for it"
DR.. Paschall agreed, as did
William J. Story, a board
member and superintendent Of
schools in South Norfolk.
Mr.. Story called the idea of
measuring quality of education
by the amount of money spent
for it completely erroneous, -
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Virqinio Has New Rules
On Scholarship Grants

HOT SPRINGS Va, Aug 3 CAP)-The State Board of
Education has adopted regulations for Virgnas pupil
scholarship grants key of the freedom school
program
The major change in the regulations for the school
beginning month the establishment headlines for
, 1960-05-14

his wife, from whom he had
been estranged + 0 r three
years. He wants to be a good
father to them, but they have
ideas of their own that don't
Continued on page a
, 1960-05-14
Mental Health
Association to Hold
Meeting MuY 18th

The Mental Health Associa-
ton will hold a meeting on
Wednesday, May IS, at 4:so
p. m. in the Home Economics
Room of the Christiansted
High School.
All members are asked to be
present.
, 1960-05-14
ST. Johns School
Enrolment for Fall
Next Week

Applications for enrolment
Of children who have not be-
fore attended St. Johns Epis-
copal School will be taken by
the school office beginning
Monday, May 16, 1860, be
tween the hours of 8 and y
each morning. The school Of
fers instruction in kindergar-
ten through eighth grade,
Those who apply before Fri
day, May 20, 1860, will be
accepted in order of length of
residence on st. Croix. After
Friday, any vacancies will be
filed in order of application.
Since most of the children
now in the school are return
ing, there are not many va
cancies; and those who are in
terested are urged to come in
as soon as possible.
, 1960-05-14
Alexander Thedter to
Screen Ldugh-Louded
Picture "Housebodt'

A magnetic romantic team
in the attractive and glamor-
GUS persons of Cary Grant
and luscious sopia Loren
sparks Paramount's Techni-
color comedy, Household,
which will be presented at the
Alexander Theater this com
ing Sunday, Monday a n d
Tuesday.
IVY
, 1960-05-14

in st. Croix. He stated that
$1,000, 600 would be raised by
issuance Of stocks, and he re-
quested that the Legislature
approve a bond issue for the
other 100000 There would
be 10 rooms for critically i'll
persons, and SO rooms for per
sons se;nis who are couvaiescing.
The institution would be oper-
ated for profit.
The Legislature also heard
the Commissioner Of Property
Continued on page q
Evening star., 1960-12-08
Next Best Thinq

A purist might argue that lie
Bistro, at 1927 M street NV,
really isn't a bistro in the true
sense of the word because 1t
seats more than a dozen and
hasn't any sawdust on the floor.
Seats and sawdust notwith-
standing. this pleasant French
restaurant probably is the near
est thing you are going to find
to an authentic bistro along
the Atlantic scaboarG.
Il has atmosphere aid ciiaT-
acter without the sawdust. And
what's more important 1t has
an excellent chef. Eugene Ba-
Evening star., 1960-12-08

iirE tVkllIkG STAR
Washington. D. c.
Thursday. December 3, 1860
Evening star., 1960-12-08

taurant. which Is decorated in
Early American. will be served
at lunch that day. It will be
open daily. except Sundays, for
lunch and dinner. Steaks, sea-
food and prime ribs Of beef
will be featured.
STEAKS-For a spot, that
doesn't particularly push its
food, the Gaslight Club serves
Evening star., 1960-12-08
DINING OUT
By BARNARD K. LETTER

tisse. who gets billing on the
menu.
lie Bistro has two dining
rooms. The one downstairs is
perhaps the nearest to the real
thing in bistros. The walls are
brick. there is a heavy beamed
ceiling. and the lights are low.
Far away in the background you
can hear, on record, a Partisan
street singer or one Of those
accordions. The upstairs dining
room tends to be little more
chi-chi.
But the menu in both rooms
is the same. It's printed in
French. but thouKilttfuiiy tIailo-
lated into English.
You might begin with an ap-
petizer Of les huitres de SaiSop
(oysters). imported Sardines.
herring fllets in sour cream,
clans, les escargots au chabils
(snails) or perhaps some foie
graS de Strasbourg.
/ There are soups too-vichys-
soise. madr;lene. vegetable and
others. But you'd be remiss If
you failed to order lie Bristo's
onion soup ia soupe a l'oignon
gratinne). it comes in an
earthenware crock hot out Of
the oven with the top scaled by
a thick cheese Favored crust.
you have a choice of some
l8 entrees. They range from
coo au vim d'anjou du bistro
chicken with winel to chateau
BRAND, the most expensive item
on the menu.
In between you'll find such
tempting dishes as cotes d.
agncau vert-pre damb chops :;
truite sautee a la mode heas
ttrout: timbale de riz de
veau fianciere tsweetbreads :;
rogononS de veau turbigo kid
neySl: caneton poele a Ia
danoise (duckling). and cuisses
de grenouilies provencale frog
legs.
Naturally, there is a wide
variety of steaks and other sea-
foods and that best-known OF
all French specialties bouilla-
baisse Marseillaise "a stew
made Of at least seven different
seafoods in a saffron sauce.
| All entrees are served with
q fresh green salad. potatoes
and an unusual Italian green
bean. And there's a basket OF
fresh French bread on every
table, naturally.
The dessert list is extensive
ice creams, caramel cuStard
chocolate mousse; French
pastries as we'll as all of those
flaming spccialties the French
get a kick out Of whipping ur
.-crepCs suzettes. cherries jubi-
lee, rum flambes and a Grand
Mariner souffle.
Espresso and Irish coffee are
available in case you prefer
something q little stronger
than the house coffee.
There also is q long wine lisi
from which to choose. but you
can't 60 wrong by settling fol-
the carafe Of the houses rose
wine with your meals. ~
La Bristo is open daily except
Sunday. ,'..r
OPENING - Tom Ross will
open his new "Charcoa
Hearth" at 20Ol Wisconsin ave.
nue. in Georgetown on Decem.
ber Is.
First meal in the new res
Evening star., 1960-12-08

one Of the bigges. steak dinners
in town. It takes a real ap-
petite to demolish a steak that
large and polish OF the salad,
baked potato and hot biscuits
served with it.
II you know a member of
the club be nice to him and
he may just take you there
for dinner as q Christmas
present.
Evening star., 1960-05-11

money. He estimated the cost
at $500. 900.
Il don't think the sphere is
symbolic of anything" said Mr..
Jones. 1T might be stuff that
some call art"
The proposed sphere, with a
diameter of 40 feet, would
stand on a granite base facing
a rejecting pool in the center
of the island in the Potomac
River. The project is spon-
sored by the Theodore Roose-
velt Association with the back
ing Of the Interior Department.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Howard U. Choir
To.Give Concerts
In Latin America

Sixty members of Howard
University's 130-v choir
have been chosen for a sum-
mer tour of Latin American
countries.
The choir, under the direc-
ton Of Warner Lawson, dean
OF the School Of Music, and
eight administrative personnel,
Evening star., 1960-05-11

will leave June II. They will
return in August.
The tour. which will mark
the first appearance outside
the United States for the How
ard choir, is being sponsored
by the State Department and
planned by the American Ma
tional Theater and Academy.
About so concerts are sched-
uled.
Stops will include the An
titles, Argentina, Bolivia, Bra
I'll, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica. Cuba, Dominican Repub-
lie, Ecuador, El Salvador, Qua
temala, Jamaica, Mexico, Mica
Evening star., 1960-05-11

ragua, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru. Trinidad, Uruguay and
Venezuela.
The first performance is
scheduled for Havana on June
I3.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Memorial Sphere
Bill Reported

Legislation TO permit con-
struction of a huge bronze
sphere on Theodore Roosevelt
Island to memorialize the for
mer President was reported
yesterday by a House Admin
istration subcommittee.
The action was protested by
Representative Jones, Demo-
crat of Missouri, who branded
the monument a waste of
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Seat Belts Ordained

CHICAGO LAP).-New York
State employees driving State
vehicles have been ordered to
use seat belts, says the Inter-
national City Managers AsSo-
citation.
Evening star., 1960-05-11

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Evening star., 1960-10-09
You Can Create
Beauty
With Flowers
Geometric Curves in Desiqn
BY MRS. HERBERT H. GREGER.

Once become interested in problem to the aranger since
plants if and profuson of the fruit
bear by the tail and can't let all added great weight
Evening star., 1960-10-09

Once we become interested in
plants, we feel as if we have a
bear by the tail and can't let go.
There is ever more to see and
learn and we find. in widening
circles, that knowledge which
leads to a greater understand
ing of natures wonders.
In our country most people
are able to have a garden. 1t
usually holds a number and
variety of plants which are of
personal interest. I have a
friend who has almost" every
edible fruit, nut or berry that
can be grown in his climatic
zone. Others prefer to grow
chrysanthemums or roses ex-
cluSively.
When my friend the nursery
man came to my garden, he was
amazed that I had achieved an
orderly Handicapped effect. You
know" he said. II always ex-
pected that you were making a
botanical zoo." My desire to
have varied plant material for
flower arrangement gave a de-
Icisive slant to my garden.
Honestly, I am far from
having all I want or need, but
money, space and maintenance
are everyone's limiting controls.
The crab applies today posed