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Evening star., 1960-03-23
BY GEORGE WILSON
Star stan Writer

Washington is in for a wet
summer and dry fall and win
ter in 1860. according to long
range weather predictions re-
leased today by DR.. Charles G.
Abbot of the Smithsonian In
stitution.
DR.. Abbot predicted what the
weather will be like in WASH
ington and 81 other cities for
the next eight years.
He claims his 78-page re-
port, "A Long Range Forecast
of United States Precipita-
tion," represents the first time
any scientist has predicted so
far in advance how much rain
or snow will fall at a given
place at given time.
DR.. Abbot says, rainfall in
this area in May, June, July
and August will be 26 per cent
above normal. This may be
good news for farmers, bad for
weekend golfers.
Dry Fall Seen
From September through De-
cember, he predicts there will
be % per cent less than the
usual amount of rain and snow.
Besides giving precipitation
for four month intervals for
each year through 1867. DR..
Abbot's report forecasts snow
and rain for the 80 cities month
by month.
He sees his method Of fore
casting a technical break
through as well as a practical
aid to farmers. seasonal busi-
nesses and families trying to
avoid rainy vacations.
But the 87-year-old scientist
fears few conventional mete-
biologists will look away from
their barometers long enough
to study his report seriously.
They'll probably say it's just
more Abbot'S stuff" DR.. Abbot
complained. He has spent some
20 years trying to convince sci
entiStS of the validity of his
weather theory.
Repetition Theory J.,
Basically, his theory is that
weather repeats itself at regu-
lar intervals. Once you know
the master cycle, he contends,
forecasting becomes merely a
Evening star., 1960-03-23

building of my Christian character began after started
teaching Sunday school class about one and one-haf
years ago. In my church, teacher of present-day
knowledgeable seventh graders grows in Christian
stature for at least two very good First, you
pray to God regularly and frequently that you can
teach His word in way that is acceptable in His sight
Secondly proper preparation for school sessions requires
concerted and studous effort Just reading the Bible
will not do 1t must be studied to better under
stand how God has expressed His word through for
hundreds of years.
Tomorrow R0Ilin d. Barnard
Evening star., 1960-03-23

you are fellow citizens with the
saints and members of the house.
hold of God, built upon the foun-
dation of the apostles and proph-
cts, Christ Jesus himself being the
chief cornerstone-in whom you
also are built into it for a dwell
ing place of God in the spirit"
To build upon something, as
in engineering, we have to have
a starting place-a receptive en-
vironment. In my particular
case, the Bible has been a corner
stone in my life since childhood.
Con ctrllntixrn and cier.ai iAna,.k
Evening star., 1960-03-23

high schools. This would cost
SIT million.
Equipment Additional
The estimated equipment cost
for new schools and additions
to present buildings would add
S2.l million.
Land acquisition needs for
the next 10 years would cost
$1.2 million and alterations and
renovationS to buildings $l47,-
600. A contingency fund of $l.4
million made the total $29.2
million.
The four new high schools
proposed would be in Fairfax
Wakefield, Rose Hill, Tysons
Corner and Fort Hunt.
The Fairfax Wakefield school
would be constructed on a TO-
acre tract. 1t would include q
vocational school, a large COM
bined auditorium gymnasium
for community and school use
and a large athletic field.
Mr.. Walker, in discussing the
program, said the school ad-
ministration had considered
such classroom refinements as
educational television. but had
discarded it because "it was
probably too rich for our blood
for the service it could render. 4"
The only immediate protest
was raised by Board Member
Berge Thomasian, who said he
had a very violent objection
to the short time that would be
allowed for consideration of the
proposal.
Mr.. Walker explained the
construction program had been
put off by the former school
board because new members
were to join the board in jan
uary.
The board scheduled its first
work session on the bond pro-
gram for 8 am. Saturday in
the new school administration
building.
Evening star., 1960-03-23
D. c. Revises Setup
In Appeals, Review
Three-Member
Committees Set
oHeur Cases

Adoption of sweeping revi-
sions in the District adminis-
trative machinery for hearing
appeals from license rejection
and from housing orders was
announced today.
The Commissioners, at a
closed meeting yesterday, ap-
proved recommendations for
the reorganization of the Board
of Appeals and Review.
The major changes, which
were recommended by Schuy-
Ter Lowe, head of the Depart
ment of General Administra-
ton and Corporation Counsel
Chester H. Gray, are:
/. Appeals will be heard by
three-member committees in
stead of a hearing officer. Each
committee will have a lawyer as
chairman, and one member will
be a city official.
2. The present 12-membel
board will be expanded to Is
members. At present, only II
members are serving and the
terms of all but one have ex.
pired.
3. The post of hearing officer
now held by Charles w. Hart
will be transferred to the Cor.
poration Counsel's Office. Mr.
Gray's staff win provide profess
sional and clerical assistance tc
the board.
The breakdown of the 1s
members will be three attor-
neys with more than five years
practice in Washington, three
doctors, three engineers or ar
chitects with District licenses
and three administrative, buSi-
ness or public members. The
other six will be city officials
in the higher positions from
any agency other than the De-
partment of Licenses and In
spections and Mr.. Gray's office.
The overhaul is aimed at
speeding up the disposition of
the cases along with establish
ing the type of legal record
needed in a court appeal of a
board decision. In addition, of
ficials said, the revisions are
designed to obtain more direct
participation by citizens in set
ting the administrative ap-
peals.
The present Board of Appeals
and Review has been involved
in controversial disputes with
various high ranking District
officials. such as the police chief
and the corporation counsel,
since it was set up about five
years ago.
A major criticism by lawyers
has been the accusation that
the hearing officer has filled
the roles of investigator, prose-
cutor and judge.
Under the present procedure,
the testimony is taken by the
hearing officer. He then gives
his findings, legal conclusions
and recommendations, to the
board.
Evening star., 1960-03-23

THE NEW BRIDGE will
cross the river about 800 feet
north of Constitution ave-
nue., in a direct line west
from the old Heurich Brew
cry tower.
There are two trailer Of
ficeS at the site.
In one we met Bernard
O'Donnell, project engineer
for the District Highway De-
partment, a tall, heavy-Set
yong man, dark and pre-
%>'ely balding.
7 Il want to tell you some-
thing remarkable about Ber-
ME" said Mr.. Wallace.
He has an identical twin,
Dan. You can't teel them
apart. Dan is the prof.
ect engineer on the new
Fourteenth street bridge, now
under construction"
While we were there, the
first steel arrived. 1t was a
huge beam more than 100
feet long.
That's not for the bridge
itself but for the cofferdam
for one of the pierS," said Mr..
Wallace.
You'll notice that there's
something about this bridge
that is different from those
under construction down.
stream. This one will be built
on solid rock. We are not
driving piles.
Evening star., 1960-03-23

"THE COFFERDAM will
be more than 100 feet wide
and 20 feet thick. Those are
the dimensions of the con-
crete pier that will be built
within it, once the water and
muck are pumped out.
There will be five of these
piers between here and the
island. The spans will be
steel beams 222 feet long. The
whole job to the Virginia
shore will cost S24 million.
Bernie O'Donnell produced
the chart of the bridge and
its approaches.
We took the big chart to
the car and were driven
across Memorial bridge.
We stopped on the Virginia
side IN front of the Two Jima
statue.
The traffic from the new
bridge will feed into the
Arlington boulevard right
here" said Mr.. Wallace. 1t
was quite evident that there
is room for only one high
way, the present one, be-
tween the statue and the
apartments.
But how are you going to
avoid a terrific traffic jam?"
I asked.
That's a good question, /"
said Mr.. Wallace. Il don't
know the answer"
Evening star., 1960-03-23
Bill 10 Shift
Liquor Tax
Burden Viewed
Bible, BeuIl
Offer Measure
For Industry
By GRACE BASSETT
Star Stan Writer

Legislation to shift the ad-
ministrative burden of liquor
taxes from dealers to District
officials has been introduced
in the Senate.
1t would save wholesalers
the trouble of buying tax
stamps from the District. and
producers the chore Of putting
stamps on bottles scld here.
But it probably would cost
the District about $50,000 to
enforce tax levies under a re-
porting system to be substi-
tuted for the stamps. The
Commissioners have taken no
position this session on the bill.
supported by all segments of
the liquor industry.
Senators Bible, Democrat of
Nevada, and Beall, Republican
of Maryland, sponsored the
measure at the request of the
industry. They have not COM
mitted themselves personally
but are understood to be SYM
pathetic to liquor dealers COM
plants.
Stamps Now Bought First
Their bill would require
liquor sales reports by the 10th
of each month and tax pay
ments by the 18th of each
month on such liquor sold.
Now wholesalers buy stamps
from the District. They must
make that payment-$16,273
last year for 44.455, 900 stamps
before they sell liquor to re-
tailers. Wholesalers send stamps
to producers, both domestic and
foreign, who affix the stamps on
bottles.
Producers have protested
that stamping causes peaks and
dips In their employment be-
cause Of uneven purchase or
ders from District dealers.
Although wholesalers pay the
stamp tax. they generally add
that cost to their liquor bills
to retailers.
Enforcement Is Smooth
These complications for
dealers result in a smooth en-
forcement procedure for Dis
itrict officials. Tax checkers
simply inspect liquor stores for
the stamped bottles.
Under the new system, it is
estimated that from eight to
10 auditors would have to work
full time to compare sales re-
ports. tax payments and pur-
chase reports. In addition, at
least as many inspectors as are
now checking stores would con-
tinue on the job. Thirteen men
now devote IS per cent of their
time to this job.
Also introduced by Senator
Bible was a bill that could be
expected to increase District
revenues by about $4,000 an
nually. He proposed raising
from 81 to 50 the fee charged
by the city for drivers learning
permits. This was part Of the
Commissioners overall program
for new revenue to meet in
creased costs.
Evening star., 1960-03-23

about 100000 persons. At the
present rate of growth this
figure will be 5000 900 by 1875.
When that day arrives the
populace will be consuming
water as fast as it flows into
the two dams now serving the
city and surrounding suburbs.
The water intakes are located
at Great Falls and Little Falls,
just above Chain Bridge.
Periods Of No Flow
Gen. Lipscomb further ex-
planned that during dry summer
months. when the river is at
its lowest and demands are
greatest, no excess water will
flow over the dam .crests.
Consequently, from Chain
Bridge to Little Falls the river
would be bone dry. Below the
bridge the river would be filled
with tidal water from Chesa-
peake Bay. Bay tides. he said.
reach only to Chain Bridge.
This would leave the river
from Washington's waterfront
to the bay nothing but a salt
water marsh loaded with ef-
fluvia that woud float in with
the morning tide and out again
at night.
The dire water situation, the
Army officer declared. has been
brought about by a "phenome-
nal population growth" 1t ran
contrary to all predictions by
census experts made in the
l940s when the Corps of En-
gineers undertook to study wa
ter needs for the area.
New Study Under Way
The unexpected increase has
caused Congress to order a new
survey that is currently being
undertaken by his Office. 1t
will be completed within a
year or two," Gen. Lipscomb
said.
So far, the Army engineer
stated, his survey probed the
following solutions:
/. Erection of two dams above
Great Falls to meet only the
needs of the Metro Area at an
estimated cost of $l20 million.
2. Construction of a total of
IL dams including the two
above Great Falls costing $3.50
million. There would take care
of the entire Potomac Basin
water storage and pollution
needs.
3. Expenditure of an extra
$167 million to include recrea-
tional facilities and flood con-
troll, much Of it for dikes in the
vicinity of Washington's river
front.
4. Tapping of groundwater
sources. This would cost S140
million; would meet only a
fraction of projected needs and
would not provide for pollution
abatement.
5. Desalting water taken
from Chesapeake Bay. While
possible, it would cost in excess
| of 81 billion; would not provide
for pollution abatement and
would set the wholesale price
of water at 10 to 20 times that
drawn from reservoirs.
Evening star., 1960-03-23
DR.. ABBoT's LONG VIEW
Wet Summer, Dry Fall Seen for 80

cluded the weather and sun
both go through master cycles
of 273 months each (22A
years.. This master weather
cycle is broken up, according
to DR.. Abbot, into 81 periods Of
varying duration.
Theoretically, the weather to-
morrow will be the same as it
was 273 months ago. But va
riables, like smoke in the at
mosphere and cities on the
ground, keep the weather from
repeating itself exactly, accord
ing to DR.. Abbot'S theory.
In an effort to make the
proper allowance for these
variables, DR.. Abbot spent years
pouring over statistics and
weather charts. He worked in
his Office in the tower of the
Smithsonian as well as on the
dining room table of his Col
lege Heights GMd0 home. He
then predicted precipitation
month by month from 1850
through 1858. His overall bat
ting average for those years for
predicting Washington weather
was .523.
Today he emphasized those
predictions were made "in the
infancy of my method of fore
casting before any help has
come to me from theoretical
meteorologists. 1t may be that
some of them will discover the
causes of occasional displace-
mentS of features between fore
cast and event"
AbbOt's Hopes
Seeing his weather theory
studied seriously is DR.. Abbot's
greatest hope. DR.. Abbot was
secretary of TIE Smithsonian
from 1928 to 1914 and has con-
centrated on refining his
weather theory since then. He
hopes to follow up today'S long
range precipitation predictions
with ones on temperature.
The Smithsonian and the
Association for Applied Solar
Energy of Phoenix, Ariz., we're
the chief sponsors of DR. Alb
bots present study. He worked
at the Smithsonian as a re-
search associate. Mrs. Lena Hill
and Mrs. Isobel Window of the
Smithsonian assisted him.
Copies of the report are avail
able from the Smithsonian at
ISl25 each.
Evening star., 1960-03-23

matter of drawing upon past
experience.
DR.. Abbot thinks he knows
this master cycle of the
weather. He said the sun, on
which he is a lee ding author-
Evening star., 1960-03-23
Dry Potomac Forecast
Unless Dams Are Built

Potomac River bone dry at Chain Bridge and amiasmal
saltwater Hans Point within is envoned
yesterday by the Army Engineers top the
Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Brig Gen Thomas H Lpscomb painted the ugly picture in
talk before deleeates attending of the
Evening star., 1960-03-23

Robert Walker, assistant super
intendent for finance.
Mr.. Walker suggested the
board could act on the proposal
by the middle of next month
and put the program before
the voters in a referendum in
May
Most of the money-S22.7
million-would go for new
schools and additions to present
buildings.
Four High Schools
The program calls for Is
elementary schools, four inter-
mediate schools and four high
schools.
1t proposes additions to IA
elementary schools, three high
schools and two combination
intermediate and senior high
schools.
The construction program is
designed to hold the ratio of
pupils to teachers at 80 to /.
In presenting the figures, Mr..
Walker raised some questions
for which there are no answers:
will the Pohick watershed
be developed with utilities?
Will the Difficult Run water
shed be developed with util-
tiles? What will the impact of
the Dulles International Air
port really be like?
will the planned highway
construction in the county
speed the rate of the county's
growth? Will there be a rapid
expansion of industrial activity
accelerating the county's de-
velopment?"
Flexible Program
With these questions unan-
swered, the plan cannot be per-
feet and the board will have to
alter 1t as circumstances
change, Mr.. Walker said.
The bond proposal is the
fourth in the last decade. Each
has been bigger than the last.
In 1850 the county agreed to
spend sos million for school
construction. Three years later
the county passed on another
I$1l million. In 1855 the voters
approved $22 million in school
construction spending.
The county now has IS schools,
IL of them high schools. In
the next school year, the coun-
tvs new intermediate school
system is to begin operation
with eight new schools.
Money is proposed in the
bond issue for site improve
ment to So Of the present ele-
mentary schools and to the IL
Evening star., 1960-03-23

ity, provided the key. He said
long observation showed that
changes in the suns energy
were accompanied by changes
in the weather. After exhaus-
tive research, DR.. Abbot con
Evening star., 1960-03-23
Foirfox Schools Urge
$29 Million Bond Issue
Record Proposal Aimed at Housing
Enrolment of 1000 in 1o64-5

1922 million bond program for school construction in
the next four years has been presented the Fairfax County
School Board
The record proposal is aimed at housing $4,000 school
children in l9645 The current school enrolment figure
is 54234
The bond program outlined to the board last NIGHT by
Evening star., 1960-03-23
Efntftt Thuughta
The Incident Thut Cove Me
An Appreciation Of the Bible
By HAROLD L. AITKEN
District Director Of Highways and Tranic

doubt that any one incident in my life holds
clear-cut position in terms of making the Bible more
significant to me- The Bible is replee with references
to building and increasing in Gods grace.
In the second chapter of Ephesians Paul writes
Evening star., 1960-05-08
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Saturday; Sunday an to midnisht
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Sunday mIanight to an Msassy,
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NPec- 1850 ke.-Dsylight sHIy.
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Ian 10 I p.m.. Sunday an 10 Mldhigst.
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Evening star., 1960-05-08
GuIIuudet Honors
Five With Degrees

Gallaudet College, the worlds
only college for the deaf, will
confer five honorary degrees al
its 96th commencement on
June 6.
Senator Cairine Reay Wilson
Of Ottawa. the first woman
senator in Canada; DR.. Clarence
D. O'Connor. superintendent of
Lexington School for the Deaf
in New York, and Marshall S,
Hester. superintendent of New
Mexico School for the Deaf in
Santa Fe, will receive honorary
doctor of letters degrees.
DR.. Maxine Tull Boatner,
author of a biography of Ed
ward Miner Gallaudet, first
president of Gallaudet College,
and Mrs. Petra Fandrem
Howard. retired chief of the
Minnesota Bureau for the Deaf
will receive honorary doctor OF
humane letters degrees.
They are being honored for
their service to the deaf. the
college board of directors said,
Evening star., 1960-05-08
School Closes

Several hundred delegates
from % Catholic parishes in
Northeast and Southeast WASH
lngton will attend closing ses-
sions of the 1860 Oman School
of Charity at 10 o'clock this
morning in st. Francis Xavier
Parish Hall, Twenty-eighth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. A 8 o'clock mass and
breakfast at the church will
precede the school.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
u. S. SCHOOLS
NEED $4,000
NEW TEACHERS

The United States faces
a shortage Of $4,000
teachers this fall, a study
made recently by the Ma
tional Education AsSocia-
ton points out.
The report indicates that
10000 Of the June college
graduates will be eligible
to teach, but only 73 per
cent, or $4,000, will actual
ly teach.
Men comprise 38 per cent
of the incoming group Of
teachers. This reflects the
greater number who have
prepared for high school
teaching careers.
ENCOURAGING trend: Sci
ence teachers show an in
crease of 26 per cent over
last year. Mathematics
teachers show a 80 per cent
increase, and foreign Ian
guage teachers a 81 per
cent jump. The report
found that three out Of
every four Of the $4,000
elementary school teach
ers now in service have coll
lege degrees.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
TODAYS RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

1880, WWDC-Mass for Shut
Ins. Father Joseph Nc
Govern celebrates the serv-
ice from Georgetown Uni
verSity.
1890, WEAM-The Army Hour.
A report on the 101st Air
born. a Strategic Army
Corps unit based in Fort
Carson, Colo.
1880, WTOP Baseball. The
Washington Senators VS.. the
Kansas City Athletics.
1:55, WOL-Baseball. A double
header between the Balti-
more Orioles and the Detroit
Tigers.
$500, WWDC - Nat Wright
spins last weeks top 80 tunes
and this weeks pick hit.
4:3O, WINK - Baseball. The
Los Angeles Dodgers VS.. the
Philadelphia Phillies.
$3.50, WTOP - Gunsmoke. A
fancy-type gambler fitting
the description of a knife
toting killer is jailed on
suspicion by Marshall Matt
Dillon.
700, WASH-FM-World AZ
fairs Seminar. Guests are
Richard Demuth of the
World Affairs Bank and
Isaiah Frank of the School
of Advanced International
Studies.
1880, WMAL - Engineering
News Report. Guest is DR..
John Stalnaker, president
and director of the National
Merit Scholarship Corpora
ton.
sos, WTOP-New York Phil
harmonic. The broadcast
premiere of an opera by Lu-
kas Foss with libretto by
Gian-Carlo Menotti. The
work, "Introductions and
Goodbyes," will be conduct
ed by Leonard Bernstein.
9:35, WWDC-District Round
table. Area attorneys will
discuss Capital Punishment
in the light of the Caryl
CheSsman Case"