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Evening star., 1960-02-26
DepotO Official Defends
Parking Meter Setup

Inc, the public has had a bet
ter chance to find parking
space at the terminal for short
stops to pick up train passen-
gers or tickets and the like.
The primary reason, he en-
phasized, for the quick turnover
parking is convenience for the
travelling public.
The parking areas in dispute
are located at each side of the
terminal where prior to 1857
there had been all-day parking
Representative Stratton, Demo
crat of New York, miStook one
of the clockleSs meters for a
regular city meter and left his
car parked there when he
rushed to catch a train for an
out-of- town engagement. He
brought the matter to the at
tention of District Commission
er Robert E. Mclaughlin.
The operators of the parking
areas said they will ask for a
change in District regulations
requiring a full-time attendant
be on duty at all parking lots
to give motorists claim checks
for their cars.
Evening star., 1960-02-26
District and States
Exchanging More
TrufficCuse Dutu

The District has joined 10
Northeastern States and six
Canadian provinces in ex-
panding the exchange of in
formation on traffic convic-
tions.
In the past, the States have
Exchanged information on
only the most serious offenses,
such as drunk driving.
Under the new setup," said
George A. England, director of
the Department of Motor We
hicles, I'VE will exchange in
formation on all moving vio-
lations. For instance, if a New
Jersey motorist runs a light
in the District, we so notify
his home State"
Mr.. England said the out
of-State convictions could, on
a cumulative basis, result in
suspension or revocation Of a
motorists license in his home
State.
The compact of the Eastern
Conference of Motor Vehicle
Administrators was agreed
upon at a meeting in New York
City yesterday. Members. in
addition to the District, are
New York, New Jersey, Penn
Isylvania, Maryland, Delaware,
all of the New England States,
and the Canadian provinces Of
New Brunswick, Newfound-
land, Nova Scotia. Ontario,
Quebec and Prince ward
Island.
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Expansion Urged
For D. 6. Transit

A special board has recon-
mended that the Interstate
Commerce Commission author
ize the D. C. Transit System to
establish new passenger service
routes between the District,
Rockville and Ashton, Md.
D. C. Transit proposed in its
application to integrate the
routes with existing service in
Washington and Montgomery
County, offering transfer privi-
leges.
The D. C. Transit applica-
ton is similar to one which the
ICC turned down last Septem-
ber. At that time, however
Maryland bus firms operating
competing routes had objected.
The ICC said new service by
D. C. Transit would be harmful
to the Maryland firms. The ICC
said there was no opposition to
the new application.
Evening star., 1960-02-26
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
Adlai Stevenson Urges
New Kind Of Campaign

DARING PROPOSALS present presidential
election system OF primaries and "stumping" the
country the best way to clarity the issues? Adlai
stevenson says no" You can read his plan for
better election in two-part article beginning
this Sunday in This Week Magazine
A MARINES MARINE"-That term describes Cen
David M. Shoup, Medal of Honor winner and new
boss OF the Marine Corps. For word -and-p picture
visit with Gen. Shoup, who recently became the
22d Marine Corps Commandant, see SUNDAY The
Star Magazine
PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE 1S60s-What's ahead for the
picture takers in this decade? Among other
things, it is predicted that photographers will take
almost twice as many pictures per year as they did
in 1859. Alexander J. Wedderburn, editor of Cam
era Angles" brings you the full report on this
Sunday Stars Hobby Page.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SECTION-Each year in
increasing numbers, Washingtonians head for Eu-
rope, Canada Mexico, the Caribbean South Amer
lea and the Far East. To learn about these exotic
spots, how to get free guides and review of the
latest travel books, see the International Travel
Section in The Sunday Star.
THE "FEATHERBEDDING" DISPUTE-Raway man
agement accuses labor of 'featherbedding"- using
work rules to maintain unnecessary jobs the unions
say the disputed rules needed for safety The
result is the threat of Nationwide rail strike To
put this crucial dispute into focus, The Star will
begin Sunday series of three articles on the
"featherbedding" issue.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Mother Freed
In Fire Death
OfChiIdren

Neglect charges against an
Alexandria mother whose two
children burned to death when
an oil heater exploded we're
dismissed today.
Juvenile Court Judge Irene
L. Pancoast told the mother,
.Olinth Malloy, %. she had suf-
fered enough without being
punished for contributing to
the neglect of her children.
The mother was charged
after police reported she hao
been away from home about
an hour when the fatal fire
broke on February IL. She told
them she had been searching
for an open grocery to buy
milk and bread, not knowing
some were closed because of q
meat cutters strike.
Mrs. Malloy's sons, Ricky, q
months, and Tony, 8 months
burned to death when a defec.
tive oil heater exploded about
eight feet from the living room
sofa on which they were sleep.
ing in their home at 518 Gibbor
street, police said.
Another son, Larry 8, was res
cued from the back porch by q
neighbor.
Judge Pancoast told Mrs
Malloy the fire should be a les
son to her to never to leave
Larry alone. She admonisheo
the mother:
when you 60 to the store
take your child with you"
Mrs. Malloy was arrested the
day of the fire. She spent two
nights in jail before her mother
posted $1,000 .bond for her re-
lease, police said.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

sons, those in the 5-to-17 age
group, increased from an esti-
mated $4,000 in 1858 to
100000 last year, the report
said. The number of older per-
sons also increased slightly
over previous years.
Conclusions Drawn
The Commissioners stated:
: The social and economic i'm
plicationS of these trends are
clear. More children will re-
quire schools as we'll as related
services, including recreational
facilities. More older people will
require more hospital and nurS-
ing home facilities, especially
for those needing care in con-
nection with chronic disease"
And, the report emphasized
the continuing drop in the wage
Garner age group means a
steady decline in tax revenue
potential.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

population at about 40 per cent
of the total in the Washington
area.
Two major population shifts,
one racial and the other as to
age groups, are continuing, the
Commissioners told Congress.
Potential Loss
The trends mean a loss of
potential tax revenue coupled
with mounting demands for
public social services, the re-
port said.
The number of nonwhite
residents, which for the most
part make up tie low-income
group, has iro Sed from 36
per cent of the total popula-
ton in 1850 to the estimated
SIS per cent last year.
At the same time, the Com
missioners said, the percentage
of residents in the 1874 wage
earning and taxpaying group
continues to drop.
The number of younger per-
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Police Lieutenant
Faces Trial Bourd

Police 1t. Louis H. Giersch
of the Districts second precinct
will face a trial board next
Wednesday to answer charge;
concerning a tour of duty or
February 3.
1t. Giersch is charged with
reporting himself off duty be-
fore his tour expired, leaving
his precinct on other than po-
lice business without reporting
where he could be reached, ano
neglect of duty.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

THE SIGNAL CORPS was
the first purchaser of the
Wright airplane and it made
a very good buy at $4,000.
The centenary year is
based on this: In June. 1860,
an Army surgeon, DR.. Albert
j. Myer, then a major and
later a general, for whom
Fort Myer is named, became
the first signal officer of the
Army.
Up to that time the Army'S
communications work had
been largely devoted to try
ing to read Indian smoke
signals. Our Army men were
not too successful. Their
faith in Indian honesty was
implicit and it never occurred
to them that the red man
might be giving them a bum
steer.
The Indians were not the
first to use military COM
munications. The French
had a string of towers with
semaphore arms, similar to
railroad block signals, all
the way from Marseilles to
Paris and the channel ports.
They signaled Napoleon's
return from Elba 100 days
before Waterloo.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

The manager Of Union Sta
ton has written Representa-
tive Mcmillan, Democrat of
South Carolina. explaining the
need for clockless meter park
ing spaces operated by a pri-
vate concern.
The private parking opera
tor has been criticized by a
Congressman who was billed
$11.20 after leaving his car at
one of the spaces over a Janu-
airy week end and later received
his bill in the mail.
M. H. Lingenfelter, manager
| Of the Washington Terminal
Co., said that since the lots
we're taken over by Auto Parks,
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Stadium Fund
Recommended
By House Unit
Floor Action Set
Next Monday on
Facilities Bill
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

A S2.6 million bid for funds
to build parking areas, drive
ways, walks and lighting facil-
tiles for the proposed national
stadium in Washington today
was approved by the House
Appropriations Committee.
The big test for the total
Interior Department spending
program for the stadium is
scheduled for Monday on the
House floor.
Committeeman directed the
National Park Service to with
hold bids for the parking and
landscaping items until the
District Armory Board had
awarded a construction con-
tract.
This contract should be
awarded in the first week of
May, Robert E. Mclaughlin,
president of the Board of Com
missioners, said. He expected
the city to ask for bids about
April l. Once answers are re-
ceived. city officials can fix the
amount of bonds to be issued
to finance construction.
Bond Commitment
At that time Mr.. McLaugh-
| lin explained. a commitment to
underwrite the bond issue will
be sought. With this in hand,
the Armory Board can award
the construction contract.
National Parks Director Con-
rad L. Wirth told the commit
tee that funds would provide
$500 auto parking spaces in
paved areas and 5000 more on
stabilized soil.
Work around the 50,000-seat
arena near the Anacostia River
falls into four areas.
The first, to cost 1851 900. is
for circulating driveways rout-
ing vehicles to and from special
parking areas to accommodate
about 300 cars. Team members,
sports writer's and special guests
will find spaces there.
Other Facilities Planned
Another 8-acre area between
Nineteenth and Twenty-second
streets north of East Capitol
street and opposite the Armory
will be paved for parking Of
100 buses and 900 cars. Ramps
are to be built for 100 taxis.
Two temporary Government
buildings now stand on this
land. Interior costs run to
$285, 900. but do not include
the cost of razing the buildings
and moving occupants, the
responsibility of the General
Services Administration.
The biggest parking area
with $500 spaces is to be on 40
acres extending from Oklahoma
avenue north Of the stadium to
the proposed Anacostia drive
along the bank of Kingman
Lake and south from the Dis
trict General Hospital. The
GSA also would be required to
move dormitory buildings now
standing on part of this land.
A fourth area of 80 acres
bounded by Benning road,
Oklahoma avenue and the
kingman Lake shore would be
finished with gravel and top
soil to provide a stable lawn lot
for 5000 vehicles.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

Committee this morning for a
later vote, expected Monday.
Passage of the liquor tax bill
today was a strong indication
that the administration forces
are sure of dislodging the to-
bacco tax measure from COM
mittee.
The liquor bill had been held
on the calendar so that if the
Finance Committee killed the
tobacco tax, suitable amend
ments could have been at
tached to the Whitehead bill.
BY letting the liquor bill move
on to the Senate it appeared
this strategy will not be needed.
Almond "VictOry"
The Appropriations Commit
tees action in reporting out the
budget was a victory. in one
sense. for Gov. Almond. The
budget allows about $40 million
more than he called for to meet
essential needs.
Yet, paradoxically, the bill
cut $67.5 million out of the
original budget the Governor
submitted along with a plan to
finance it with a sales tax.
The budget bill, as approved,
has eliminated S45 million to be
returned to the localities from
a sales tax. $2.5 million for ad-
miniStering that tax and q $40
million appropriation to the
literary fund-the source from
which localities borrow for
school construction.
Minority Protest
The fact that the bill calls
for about $50 million in new
taxes prompted a minority on
the committee to protest that
the budget is out of balance.
The committee reported the
bill by a vote Of 10 to 7.
Minority members attempted
to hold the bill in committee
until the means of financing
it had been adopted by the
legislature.
Gov. Almonds budget would
have appropriated $764.5 mil
lion from special funds and
$555.6 million from general
fundS-those raised from non-
earmarked sources of revenue.
The Appropriations Commit
tee left the special fund items
unchanged. BY eliminating
$67.5 million, the committee cut
the Governors original general
fund requests to about $48S
million.
But the bill reported by the
committee actually would ap-
propriate $498 million, or $40
million more than the Cover
nor'S figures exclusive of the
sales tax and literary fund
items.
This does not mean the COM
mittee approved every other
item requested by the Governor
originally. There were, in fact,
several cuts made to allow for
some $40 million more than
the Governor recommended in
other areas.
For example. George Mason
College, the Northern Virginia
branch of the University of
Virginia, to be located near the
Town of Fairfax, got a COM
mittee recommendation of SIS
million. The Governor had
asked only $550,000.
AS it came from committee,
the budget bill adds another
$5.4 million to give public school
teachers a $3.50 raise in the
next two years, a move Gov.
Almond advocated this week in
the face of criticisms that the
total of his budget was unreal
istically high.
The two Northern Virginia
members of the committee split
their votes on the appropria-
tions bill. Mr.. Webb voted
with the majority for the bill.
and Delegate James M. Thom-
son of Alexandria opposed it.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

SEMAPHORE SIGNALING
always has fascinated the
writer. The alphabetical sig
mails possible with two crossed
flags were in the first Boy
Scout manual, and the Ram
bier has become aware of
the Civil War communica-
tions high points in his tour
ing and writing about the
Washington area. Sugar
Loaf in Montgomery Coun-
ty was a Union semaphorc
post. Signal Knob in the
Shenandoah Valley was a
Confederate one.
The signalers were well
aware that the enemy could
read their messages. In the
battle of Cedar Creek, Sheri-
dan was much concerned
over information that the
Confederate signaler on the
knob had messaged the arri-
val of Longstreet's corps.
However, LongStreet was still
defending Richmond.
The military was slow to
realize the Importance of the
telegraph. That's true of
business, or human kind for
that matter, about any new
invention.
When Jubal Early with
10000 men got to Harper's
Ferry, his scouts did nothing
about the telegraph. They
should have cut the wires or
forced the telegrapher to
send misinformation to their
own advantage.
Instead, as they crossed
the Potomac, the telegrapher
sat there sending his esti-
mates of their numbers to
Baltimore. And it was three
days before the Union army
acted on it by sending troops
from the siege of Richmond
for the protection of Wash
ington.
Sounds stupid, doesn't it?
But in early December, 1914,
100000 German troops were
assembled in the Ardennes
opposite a weak point in the
American line. Communica-
L.tionS were much better than
in the 1860s. Headquarters
must have been informed.
But nothing was done about
it until the Germans started
their drive to the coast.
Evening star., 1960-02-26
The
Rambler
Notes A
Centennial
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The mail contained a re-
Notwithstanding to write
a book about, not a column
that 1860 is the centennial
year of the Army Signal
Corps.
Perhaps the impact of that
announcement would not
knock every reader off his
chair, but the Army Signal
Corps has had quite a his
tory.
While it had its start
more than a decade after
the invention of the tele-
graph - which Uncle Sam
refused to puy-it is now on
top of the communications
industry.
Its sending station at
Woodbridge, Va, where the
Occoquan flows into the
Potomac, is the greatest in
the world. So is its receiver,
the giant cone antenna at
La Plata, Md, which keeps
an ear always turned east,
because radio signals have a
way of travelling the suns
route.
The corps has equipment
that can send facSimiles in
such detail that peacetime
occasions for its utilization
seldom occur. Just the other
day a lung X-ray of a SOL
dier in the Middle East,
whose symptoms suggested
surgery, was sent to Walter
Reed Hospital in the Army
Medical Center. Within an
hour the word was back from
a specialist that an operation
was not necessary.
Evening star., 1960-02-26

NOIC VI 90 W i, anu WAS ocuJ
to the Senate.
1t would raise $23 million in
new revenue in the next two
years. The lone vote against
it was cast by Delegate w.
Darlington Thompson of Pitt
sylvania County.
The liquor and wine levy is
one Of a series of tax proposals
offered to help finance a budget
that calls for $50 million in
additional revenue over the
next two years. The budget
was sent to the House today
by its Appropriations Commit
tee.r 4
Gov. Almond had proposed
that the additional revenue be
raised principally with a gen.
eral sales and use tax, but his
plan failed to win essential
COinLIllCUee support IN the Gen.
eral Assembly.
Coalition Proposals
A coalition of sales taS
friends and foes subsequently,
came up with a series of rev.
enue proposals, including the
liquor and wine levy approved
in the House today.
Already passed is a bill to
collect $40 million by accel-
Grating collections on capital
and intangibles held by busi-
nesSes.
A third revenue measure, de-
signed to produce $25 million
in two years-a 3-cents-per-
pack levy on cigarettes and
other tobacco products-was
held up in the House Finance
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Auto Turns Curbed

Left turns have been banned
during evening rush hours on
Massachusetts, avenue from
Observatory Circle to Garfield
street NV, District officials
have announced.
Evening star., 1960-02-26
1000 Population Cain
Estimated for District
D. c. Report Indicates As Per Cent
OF 82o, 900 Residents Are White

The number of District residents last year
estimated $4,000 increase of while
white residents dropped from AZ per
it reported today.
The latest figures included in the Districts of the
Nations Capital report Congress today cty
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Virginia House Okoys
1919 Liquor, Wine Tax
By ALEX r. PRESTON
Star stan Writer

RICHMOND Feb. 26.-A 10 per cent State tax on
liquor and wine today by Virginia
Delegates.
The tax sponsored by Delegate Robert Whitehead
of Nelson County whsked through lower chamber by
Evening star., 1960-02-26
Congress Gets DC.
Legislative Outline
Urban Renewal
Change Urged
By City Heads

AlIC OloIlIS . lCsIoldlINe pTO1
gram, which includes a bill to
increase the city's scope of au-
thority on urban renewal prof.
ects, was formally submitted to
Congress today.
The program covers % bills
already sent to Congress, six
scheduled for submission this
session and 10 other legislative
proposals which may not be
offered until a later session.
The city's legislative plans
were included in the Commits
sioner's State of the Nations
Capital" report which went to
Congress today.
Special Hearing Out
Senate and House District
Committee Chairmen Bible and
Mcmillan said they had de-
cided against a formal hear
ing on the Commissioners
message.
The summary of priority
legislation for the city reached
Congress too late for testimony
to be helpful, they said.
Both Senator Bible and Rep
resentative M C MILAN have
urged the Commissioners to
send their next message in 1861
to Congress in the first week of
the session.
The urban renewal bill would
increase the Commissioners
authority and the redevelop-
ment Land Agency's scope of
operations in this field on
number of points.
Waterfront is Cited
These include clearing up the
legal tangle involved in pro-
posed transfer of land owned
by the Federal Government but
under the city's jurisdiction to
the RIA. A n example is the
waterfront property which is
under the Districts Jurisdiction
but owned by the Corps Of
Engineers.
The goal in this proposed
provision is to permit the Dis
trict to tax land transferred to
RIA and leased to developers,
officials explained.
Another provision would spell
out RLA's authority for urban
renewal projects where residen-
tial areas may be converted to
commercial and other non-resi-
dental uses. Still another point
in the proposed legislation
would eliminate the require
ment for public hearing where
RIA leases or sells property at
public bidding.
Bills Being Drafted
The bills which are being
drafted but with an uncertain
submission date include:
l. Raising the jurisdiction of
Municipal Courts small claims
branch to cases involving $3.50.
The present limit is $50. The
move is aimed at catching up
with imitation.
2. Authorize the Parole
Board to terminate parole peri
DDS at it's discretion.
Most of the other bills in
this category, such as legisla-
tion to provide shorter work
week for city firemen, had been
reported earlier.
In their report, the Commits
sionerS gave top priority to
their territorial home-rule bill.
Second was the approval by
Congress of compact covering
mass transit in the area.
Third on the priority list was
the bill to provide two addi-
tional judges for Juvenile
Court and next was the city's
proposed tax increase program.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-07-29

brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Johnston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Selby Jones and
family of Valleyfield, Canada, ar
rived Thursday for a vacation at
the Jones home on Front Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Morris of
Downey, California, Mr., and Mrs.
Bill Morris of Macon, Ga, arrived
Friday for visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Morris and othe rela-
tives. Mrs. Dena Morris who has
been visiting her daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Mason in
Macon, Ga, returned home with
| them.
Mrs. Macon Tooley of Norfolk,
Mrs. Matt E. Stroud and Mrs. K.
A. Pittman of Kinston visited here
on Thursday.
The Rev. and Mrs. Angus Mil
Ter spent several days at Manteo
and attended the Lost Colony the
past week.
Mrs. Joe Miller and children of
Beaufort, S. c., are visiting friends
here this week.
Mrs. I. w. Hughes motored to
Suffolk, Va, on Friday to meet
her daughter, Mrs. H. F. Randolph
Anne and Frank Randolph of st.
Louis, Mo. The Randolphs will visit
| in Belhaven for the next few
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griff Daniels WIS.,
tied in Sladesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie McWilliams
and family of Aurora visited here
Sunday.
Mrs. Troy Sawyer spent the
week end at Sladesville with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Flow
ers.
Gene Johnston of Alexandria,
Va, spent the week end here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Satter-
thwaite and family of Plymouth
visited Mrs. Nettie Satterthwaite
Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Hartman of New
port News, Va, and Mrs. Leslie
Jones of Norfolk are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. D. C. Creole.
Beverly Moss, w. F. Veasey and
Thomas Spencer of Washington at
tended the w. G. Ralph funeral
on Sunday.