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Evening star., 1960-08-31
THEY WERE EMPLOYED

as common laborers, unload
ing materials. That didn't
satisfy them. They thought
it was fun to be out on the
bridge walking the spans at
great heights.
Most bridgemen then were
from the old sailing ships
men used to working aloft.
The company decided that
it was missing a bet in not
using the Indians. A dozen,
enough to make three rivet-
ing gangs, were given train
ing. They were naturals.
From then on men from
the Caughnawaga reserva-
tion have been bridge build
ers. In 1907 a bridge under
construction nine miles
north of Quebec collapsed.
A span fell into the river,
killing 96 men. of whom IS
were Caughnawagas. On the
reservation it is spoken of as
1.-The disaster"
Instead of soaring the
Indians off bridge work, the
disaster made the occupa-
ton a satisfactory one for
braves. High steel became the
aspiration of youth on the
reservation.
MitchellS article recently
has been republished as a
foreword to Edmund Will
sons Apologies to the Iro-
quoiS" (Farrar, StrauS &
Cudahy, $495l.
Since the encounter, Don
White has quit work on the
Jones Point Bridge and gone
back to Buffalo. He said the
SOO-mile drive to his home
and back each week end was
too much.
But I think the bridge is
just not high enough to be
exciting.
Evening star., 1960-08-31

some time in 1861, the cente-
nary of Mr.. Shevchenko's death,
without expense to the United
States.
Design of the statue would
be subject to approval of the
Fine Arts Commission and
the National Capital Planning
Commission. The site would
be selected by the Interior De-
partment.
The Senate also authorized
a memorial to Gen. John j,
Pershing.
The memorial is to be located
just south of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in the square bounded
by Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets NV.
The bill is still awaiting &C
ton in the House.
Evening star., 1960-08-31
Hurrisonburq
Fire Menuces
Entire, Block

HARRISONBURG, Va, Aug.
81 (SpeciaD The worst fire
here in nearly 40 years ragged
out of control for eight hours
today, destroying three build
ings and threatening an entire
business block.
The fire broke out shorCly
after 4 am. in a three story
department store and spread
to an adjoining sandwich shop
and jewelry store.
Many nearby buildings were
damaged by smoke and water.
Damage was tentatively esti-
mated at $350,0C0.
However. a light drizzle be-
gan in the early afternoon, aid
ing the firefighters, and the
danger appeared to be over.
Cause of the fire was not
Immediately established. 1t was
well under way before a night
watchman spotted the blaze in
an upper story of the Bargain
Place Department Store.
/ The store, on Main street
was destroyed. While f1remen
fought it, the flames ruined the
small sandwich shop next door
/ Then, after weary fire fighters
thought they had controlled
the blaze, flames licked through
the walls of the Jewel Box, an
other three-story structure next
to the sandwich shop. The blaze
broke through the roof of the
building and threatened a new
3-story structure next door.
Firemen feared the flames
might ignite the new Fink's
Jewelry Store Building, not due
to be occupied until next week
Firemen from seven COM
panies battled the flames fol
eight hours and 10 minutes be-
fore the blaze was reported as
under control. One fireman was
slightly injured.
Evening star., 1960-08-31

and confuSlonS' with otner DIS
trict agencies.
The report, prepared by
Hayden S. CARRIER, committee
chief counsel, also listed num-
Der of possible legislative
changes other than the addi-
ton of two new judges to the
court. a step strongly urged by
Judge Orm w. Ketcham. the
courts present judge, and other
judicial leaders.
But the report made no spec
iflc recommendations, appar-
emily leaving these until after
further hearings planned be-
tween now and January.
COncede Difficulty"
The Davis-Garber document
conceded that the court lis in
genuine difficulty" But it in
effect Saddled Judge Ketcham
with at least part of the blame
for a growing case backlog
which has been the chief argu-
ment of those seeking to win
additional judges.
There was no backlog under
Judge KetchamS predecessor,
Judge Edith H. Cockrill. and
the case pileup has been SPIRAL
ing under Judge Ketcham de-
spite administrative streamlin-
ing and added staff, the report
charged. AS of June 80 back
cases stood at 1867, it said,
although fewer new cases now
are being filed.
Also criticized was a loss
of more than 100000 annual
ly since 1867 in collections
due from adults involved in
|non-Support cases, another area
in which the court has slipped
under Judge Ketcham, the re-
port said.
Citing a boost in the courts
budget and % new staff men,
bers. the report complained:
"All steps which might be eX-
pected to improve the court
seem to have had the opposite
result"
The conflicts and confu-
Sions" involved court contacts
with the city's welfare and po-
lice departments and the city's
legal arm, the corporation
counSel'S office. the report said
/ The Juvenile Court judge
must have the capacity to CO.
operate closely with agencies
whose functions may be related
to the court" it said, adding
pointedly with reference to the
alleged conflicts:
ITO minimize such incidents
clarifying amendments may be
necessary"
The 17-page report went tc
considerable length to discount
arguments in behalf of addi.
tional judges. In addition tt
comments on the backlog, il
criticized inconsistencies in sta.
tiSticS on the courts hear.
ing load, asserting that the re-
ported total had dropped from
Evening star., 1960-08-31
The
Rambler
Meets
Live Mohawk
By GEORGE KENNEDY

On a recent inspection tour
of the jones Point Bridge,
the Rambler got up on the
bridge and walked the beams.
Apparently he is getting
over his acute acrophobia
(fear of high places.
1t was not a feat to brag
about. After all, the Jones
Point structure is a low-level
bridge and the beams are "a
inches across.
But even then it's best not
to look down. Water below
is bad enough, but every once
in a while you find you are
walking above a concrete pier
that would smash you up
badly if you fell.
Bridgemen structural
steel workers. were setting
beams near the Maryland
shore. One of them, a solid,
powerful man with skin of
copper hue, was driving
splicing pins, which lock the
beam in place, with a heavy
sledge. He had to lean over
dangerously, it seemed) be-
cause the holes were several
inches below his feet.
He Strengthened up as we
came along.
You must be one Of the
Mohawk steel workers from
the CaughnaWaga Reserva-
ton on the st. Lawrence"
the Rambler remarked.
That's right" he said.
Good"
Whats good about it?" he
said and resumed hitting the
splicing pin with his heavy
Sledge.
Evening star., 1960-08-31
NO QUESTIONS ASKED
Statue to Shevchenko
Approved by Senate

The Senate, which has had
some difficulty approving a
memorial to Theodore Roose-
welt, passed without a mur-
mur today one to Taras Shev-
chenko,
No one even asked who Mr..
Shevchenko was, as the bill
sailed through under a unani-
nous consent agreement.
Authorization of the me-
mortal. to be constructed in the
District, also had passed the
House and was sent to the
White House today.
Mr.. Shevchenko, according to
a report of the Senate Com
mittee on Rules and Admins
tration, was a great Ukrainian
poet and advocate of freedom.
The statue would be built
Evening star., 1960-08-31
Congress0Ks
Pay Raise for
D.. {. Teachers
7.5% Increase
Puts Minimum
Scale at $4,000

The Districts school teachers
won a rs per cent salary in
crease from Congree last night
They were the last District
employees to be granted the
same pay raise, retroactive to
last July /. The legislation
means beginning teachers will
have a minimum starting salary
of $4,000 a year.
Their pay bill cleared the
Senate without dissent despite
a complaint from Senator
Lausche, Democrat of Ohio
that the raises had been stimu.
lated by politics rather thar
common sense.
| Local teachers pay has beer
increased 54.4 per cent since
1851, Senator Lausche told the
Senate. In the same time, po.
lice and firemen here have beer
given 52.5 per cent in increases
he said.
Will Keep Record
1T is imperative that VT
raise teachers salaries, since
we already have voted increase!
for all other District employees,
he admitted. But I plan tt
keep a record. I expect thai
in another election year, we viii
be back here again granting
greater salary increases"
Senator Bible, Democrat O.
Nevada, who steered the pa!
bill through a brief debate or
the floor, noted that Supt
Carl Hansen and Deputy Supt
Lawson Cantrell would no
benefit from the legislation.
Senator Bible, chairman o
the District Committee, prom
ised to sponsor legislation mex
January to give the two majo
school officers more none.
too. He said the amount woult
be fixed after consultation will
city officials.
Gets Commissioners Pay
DR.. Hansen now receive
$4,000 a year, the same salar,
drawn by each District Com
missioner. He is, however, th'
lowest-paid superintendent o
a comparable school system il
the nation.
II personally regretted yer.
much that the superintendent
was not recognized in the pend
ing BILL" Senator Bible salt
last night. He said the Com
misSioners felt that teacher
and other school officers shoult
be taken care of first.
One of the problems that ne
cessitates the superintendent
pay being considered separated.
is that a raise would give hin
more than the Commissioners
who, in a sense, are his supe
rior officers.
School administration falls t,
DR.. Hansen Independently o
the Board of Commissioners
In practice. however, he mus
shape his policies to meet budg
ct requirements fixed by tn,
board.
Evening star., 1960-08-31

! $4,000 to 10000 and later less
than 5000 for the same one
year period.
Also disputed was the valid
ity of comparing the Districts
court with those elsewhere
Such comparisons ignore many
differences in judicial and po-
lice systems, the report de-
clared.
If standards cited by advo-
Gates of a three-judge court
were applied consistently, they
would require Cleveland to ap-
point six juvenile court judges
instead of its present three, it
was asserted.
In dealing with the judge
ship question, the report SAID
first considerations" are:
l. will additional judicial
personnel alone provide eff
cient handling of the court
load?"
2. Should the Juvenile {
i Court continue as an autono.
nous body?"
3. If supervision is needed
should the Juvenile Court be.
come a branch of the Municipa
Court OF a unit within the Do
mestic Relations Branch of tht
Municipal Court of the District
of Columbia?"
Mr.. Davis earlier had sug'
gested a possible merging o
the court into Municipal Court
Other Suggestions
Among other possible change
in present law, the repor
listed:
Hiring referees to supplement
work of the judge.
Authorizing the court t,
transfer miSdemeanor cases t,
adult courts when they involv
juvenile felons already sent t.
such courts.
Authorizing waiver of case
of "incorrigibles."
/ Reducing the juvenile ag
limit from 18 to 16 for all, o
repeat. offenders, at least TO
felonieS. This would remov,
those beyond probable help b,
the Juvenile Court rehabilita
ton resources and minimiz,
their potential of detrimental
influence on other juveniles,
the report asserted.
Abolishing jury trials for ju
veniles.
Opening court records, nov
secret by law.
Transferring traffic cases t,
adult courts.
Empowering the corporation
counselS Office to screen com
plants and decide which 60 t.
court.
The Senate has passed a bill
authorizing two extra judge
for the court. but no Legislation
has been recommended by MI
Davis House subcommitte
handling the subject.
Evening star., 1960-08-31
ECHO'S SCHEDULE
FOR TONIGHT

The Echo I balloon satel-
lite will make four passes
over the Washington area
tonight and early tomor-
row morning. Weather per-
mitting, the satellite may
be seen at:
800 pm, in the north,
81 degrees over the hori-
zon, going northeast.
1925 pm, in the north,
SIS degrees over the hori-
zon. going southeast.
1882 am, in the south,
81 degrees over the hori-
zon, going southeast.
2:43 am, in the south,
IL degrees over the hori-
zon, going southeast.
Evening star., 1960-08-31
Spoilers to Meet

The Capital City Spelling Club
will meet at 1880 pm. tomorrow
at the Mount Pleasant Library,
Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV.
Evening star., 1960-08-31
Davis Report BIomes
Ketchom for Conflicts
New Round of Inquiries Likely
As Alternatives to Judge Are Listed
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star STAFF Writer

Districts much-nvestigated Juvenile Court appears
headed for another round of inquiry the wake OF critical
report handed to the House yesterday
Representative Davis Democrat of Georgia, filed House
District Committee staff report which, among other things
the court of being involved in conflicts
Evening star., 1960-04-08
Family Campers
ToMeet Tuesduy

The Capital Section of the
American Camping Association
will sponsor a meeting of those
interested in family camping
at 8 pm. Tuesday at the Cen
trail YMCA, 1886 G street NV
Edward Remington, a special
consultant for the Defense De-
partment on cold weather
clothing and survival gear, will
talk about camping equipment
and demonstrate a new method
of water publication.
Fred D. Carl, assistant gen.
eral secretary of the YMCA,
will discuss a training program
for families interested in camp
ing. The course will include
equipment needed, where to 20,
types of food and its prepara- =
ton, programs for the children
and safety measures.
Evening star., 1960-04-08
Fishing Series
Sites Selected

MARATHON. Fla. April 9
(AP).-San Diego, Calf, and
Grand Junction, Colo, have
been named Sports Fishing
World Series sites in the 1860
anglers championship tour.
Hy Peskin, director of the
double-barreled fresh and salt
water tournament. said San
Diego would be host to the
opening day of the salt water
series tour June 6 as we'll as
site Of a California state title
tournament. The competitors
will go from there to Rancho
Buena Vista, Lower California.
Grand Junction will play host
to fresh water series rivals
about September 10, Peskin
said. The Colorado sports CEN
ter and Nashville, Tenn, are
among state tournament sites
Peskin is lining up.
The national people-to-peo-
pie sports committee will pre-
sent the salt water series title
at a Marathon dinner June IS.
Evening star., 1960-04-08
Poor Roads Block
Access to New Lake

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April
g (AP).-A new 45-acre lake
near Wardensville, Hardy
County, will be stocked with
trout before the new season
opens April 30. but four miles
of road leading to it have not
been improved enough for
travel.
Ed Kinney. the Conservation
Departments fish chief, said
lack of funds has prevented
road improvement.
The lake will be drained the
second or third week in May
and undesirable fish removed
from the stream above the dam
Smallmouth bass then will be
stocked in the impoundment,
known as Warden Lake, in
May or early June.
Evening star., 1960-04-08

of fresh water. How could any
one fish it and not catch a
bass? We did.
How also could anyone fish
the best water at Cocoa and
not catch a lunker sea trout
That we also did.
Rains Spoil Fishing
The bass failure was excus-
able. We arrived after extreme
ly heavy rains had raised the
levels of rivers and lakes and
ruined the bass fishing in many
parts of Florida.
Our fishing was in the
marshes at the south end of the
lake and the J-Mark fishing
camp at Belle Glade was our
takeoff point with the towns
chief of police as guide.
These marshes are a tangle
of reeds, grasses, lilypads and
water hyacinth with only here
and there a tiny patch of open
water but the 18-horsepower
outboard motor which propel-
led our Skiff was not only an
diversified engine for so small a
boat but especially equipped to
chop its way through the thick
growth.
Bait casting tackle with 25-
pound test line is preferred,
which surprised us until we saw
the conditions under which we
were to fish.
Like Spoons and Pork Rind
The bass sometimes will hit
surface plugs cast into the
pockets but when the fish are
deep they will go only for john
son spoons in gold, silver or
black, and weedless, of course.
To these are attached diversified
chunks of pork rind.
Reason for the heavy tackle
is to horse the fish away from
submerged logs and out of the
dense vegetation. Rough fish,
ing. it is, and we cast for hours
in various locations to end up
with just two fish. One, a pick
erel, called jack in those parts,
was taken by the guide and the
other, an alligator gar with
wicked teeth, struck a Dalton
plug we were trying.
At Cocoa We went out of Jim
Leases fishing camp on Merritt
Island at the Barge Canal. This
canal connects the Indian and
Banana Rivers and is one of
the hot spots for trout. A
"spec" weighing II pounds, 4
ounces is tops for this season
and rs button trout have been
caught there since Decem-
ber %.
Jim, himself, taught biology
and coached baseball and bas-
ketball at Florida Southern un-
til ulcers caught up with him.
Evening star., 1960-04-08

buttons weigh more than 6
pounds.
Cocoa is a little city on Route
not far below Daytona Beach.
Back in 1882 the founding
fathers wanted to call it Indian
River Town but postal author
tiles objected. Too long a
handle, they said. whereupon
one of the fathers eyes lit on
a case of cocoa just being
opened in the country store
and gave the town its unusual
name.
Cocoa also calls itself the
sea tfout capital (sic) of the
world and who's to argue? An
nually the catch of lunker trout
in the 6 to IL pound class runs
into the hundreds.
Trout LaZe and Get Fat
Why? Because Cocoa is on
the Indian River which, with
the nearby Banana River, has
many square miles of protected
salt water with fats on which
the sea trout like to laze and
grow fat.
Not that sea trout are all you
can catch. Causeways cross the
rivers to Cocoa Beach where
you can fish the surf for chan
mel bass, blues and other vari-
cites. From its motels you can
see the missile launching towers
at nearby Cape Canaveral and
at dusk, perhaps, the flame as
one heads into the sky.
Charter boats fish the ocean
and reefs out of Port Canaveral
and in the rivers, the Barge
Canal which connects them,
and Sykes Creek, one also can
take sheepshead, black and red
drum, Jacks, whiting and
pompano. In the nearby st.
Johns River and lakes are
black bass. But sea trout are
the big thing and the catch
ing Of a 12-pounder causes
a bigger flareup in Cocoa than
the launching of another satel-
lite.
Give Yourself Time
With all this buildup, yould
think there was nothing in 60
ing there for a day or two and
catching a whopper, but here's
a warning. Don't go to Florida
with the idea of catching any
particular fish without giving
yourself plenty of time.
We had our hopes set on
two, big bass and big sea
trout.
Now everybody knows that
Lake Okeechobee, 40 miles
west Of West Palm Beach, has
giant largemouths. Strings of
bass up to 10 pounds or more
come out of this great body
Evening star., 1960-04-08
NEW SHOPPING CENTER MARINA

He also taught the first skish
(skilled flshing) course ever
given for credit and still keeps
his hand in by teaching grade
school youngsters boating and
fishing skills.
Our guide was Thurman
(Windy) Clapp,. a hotel clerk
who is one of Cocoa's top trout
fishermen. A half hour with
Windy explains his nickname.
We learned all about button
trout without one pause fol
breath. A fine fellow, though,
and an excellent fisherman.
With skiff and outboard we
put-putted up the canal to 9
point where a side stream
caused a small eddy. There we
anchored close to shore and
drifted our bats Of huge, pink
live shrimp as close to the
bank as possible. Big trout feec
along the bank.
Use Spinning Rods
Spinning rods were used and
to these were attached sliding
bobberS rigged so as to keer
the bait just off the bottom
One prong of a good-Sizec
treble hook was passed under
the shrimp's horn and we wert
ready for action.
Preferred bait are small, live
needlefish, but they usually are
very difficult to obtain.
We fished this point anc
others where streams emptied
into the canal as we'll as at
various points along its banks
but the best we could catch
were several speckled trout in
the pound or pound and q half
class. The big ones Just
weren't hitting.
A little later the experts will
turn to plug-casting on the
Evening star., 1960-04-08

flats when the big trout 60 for
artif1cials just like bass. A IA
vorite for this type Of fishing
is the banana plug" a silvery
Florida creation.
Wish we could be there.
Evening star., 1960-04-08
CITY'S CLAIM TO FAME
Button rout' Rival
Satellites at Cocoa
BY CHARLES COVELL
outdoor Editor

COCOA, Fla, April 8.-Bet you've never heard of
"button trout
It's local name, coined for Speckled sea trout
weighing pounds or more. Fishermen catching one
claim bronze button from Field and Stream maya
zine and some anglers have collected SO many their
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-08-25
Alert All Car Drivers

The recurring reminder to motorists that
the schools in Noble county will soon be open
for another new term, was issued today, with
area law enforcement officials joining edu-
catonal authorities in plea that all drivers
be on the alert of the safety of the young
SterS
All joined further in pointing out that
the responsibility of the car driver is grave
one, especially in the area of the elementary
schools.
Though education in the avoidance of
traffic hazards has become traditional in the
schools, from the very beginning, child psy-
biologists point out that the thoughtless
exhuberance of the youngsters all too often
makes them forgetful.
No matter how much protection is af-
forded them by police crossing guards and
the School Safety Patrols, there is always
the danger that one may dart heedlessly into
a stream of moving traffic.
For this the motorist must be, not only
alert, but he should, in advance of the open
ing of the new school term, make sure that
the care he drives is in mechanically perfect
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-08-25
Two Million FOur-H Youth

Every one of the 2,3OO,OO All club men,
bers in the US. pledges his "head to clearer
thinking, heart to greater loyalty, hands to
larger service health to better living for
club, community and country. The initial
"H" of these four key words is used to form
the familiar green and white clover emblem
proundly displayed by $4,000 clubs in all so
states and Puerto Rico.
Responsibility for Al work rests with
the Cooperative Extension Service of the
USDA and the land-grant colleges ard uni
versities. Additional support comes from
the National All Service Committee, the
National All Foundation and 100000 volun-
teer leaders.
Like many other successful ventures,
All resulted from need The need was to
find way to show farmers at the turn of
the century how to improve crops, livestock
and home life. A dozen or so far-sighted
men in different parts of the country got the
same idea at the same time: Teach the chill
dren and they will convey their new-found
knowledge to the parents. And the system
worked. What's more the All philosophy
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1960-08-25

has reached out to more than 60 foreign
countries
The All method is to "learn by DOING
In the carefully planned and supervised pro-
jects covering science, agriculture home &C.
onomics, safety and health, hard-gained goals
are achievement and citizenship.
Most Alters have several projects going
at one time They are encouraged to enter
into competitive activities, demonstrate
knowhow, participate in school, church,
civic and social events to round out the full
All experience.
At the end of club year their project
records are reviewed and evaluated for in
centive awards given at the local, state and
national levels. This tangible recognition
for superior achievement and effective cit
izenship comes from private sources that
have lnshakeable faith in the youth of today.
Todays All club members are tomor-
rows parents They are the teachers, doc
tors, lawmakers, invent tors, researchers,
farmers and homemakers who must keep
our country great. The future is in their
hands