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Evening star., 1960-04-23
Whiteside Trial
Faces New Delay

MIAMI, Fla, Apr4l % (AP)
Illness of Thurman A. White
side is again expected to post
pone his trial with Richard A.
Mack on charges of conspiring
to rig a Miami television chan
mel award.
Whiteside underwent a gall
bladder operation in Doctors
Hospital yesterday. His doctor
said he will be hospitalized a
week or 10 days.
Whiteside, a Miami attorney,
and Mack, former member of
the Federal Communications
Commission, were tried last
summer but the jury could not
agree. A second trial was set
for January % and February
II, but was postponed when
Mack was admitted to hospi-
tai for pSychiatric examination.
The latest trial date is April
Is and Federal Judge Alexan-
der Holtzoff will hold a hear
ing in Washington Monday to
decide what action to take.
Evening star., 1960-04-23
Police SLAYER
Sent to Chair

CHICAGO. April % (AP).-
A jury convicted a policeman's
slayer in criminal court yester-
day and fixed his sentence at
death in the electric chair.
Condemned was William
Witherspoon, 36, an ex-convict
charged with fatally shooting
Policeman Mitchell Stone last
April 90 as the officer tried
to arrest him in a vacant lot
on the near north side.
Wltherspoon at the time was
wanted in Detroit for question:
ing about a jewel robbery.
The defense had testified
that the murder weapon had
gone off as Witherspoon
"tensed up" when surrendering
his gun to Mr.. Stone. A police
firearms technician told the
jury that type of gun could
only be fired by depressing the
trigger.
Evening star., 1960-04-23
Leghorn Youths
Fight Purutroops

LEGHORN. Italy, April %
(AP).-Thirty persons were in
jured in en- eight-hour riot be-
tween Italian paratroopers and
local youths yesterday in this
NATO port.
On the surface the two sides
appeared to be fighting over
girls. But underneath there
were obvious political factors
Military and civil authorities
began an investigation.
Most Italian newspapers
charged Communists had
stirred up the violence. Com
munist newspapers said the
paratroopers were to blame
and accused them of fascist
like tactics.
Leghorn is a Communist
stronghold. Besides the Italian
paratroops, more than 1000
United States troops are sta
toned nearby.
The Americans were not in
volved in the disorders. In the
10 years they have been sta
toned here, there has been no
disorder between them and the
civilian population.
Evening star., 1960-04-23

any internal infelicity that
began to tear at the structure
of the Playwr1ghts. The first
loss was that of Mr.. Howard,
who died before completing
his first play for the group.
The second was a resignation,
without prejudice if not al
together creamily polite, of
Mr.. Behrman.
Death struck twice more in
quick succession with the pass
ing of Mr.. Sherwood, the giant
spirit of the organization, and
Mr.. Anderson. The Playwrights
were now almost without play
wright members although the
group had made a promising
addition in the instance of
Robert Anderson with the pro-
duction of his first play. This
was a big hit, Tea and Sym
pathy."
The ranks were finally de-
eliminated of original mem
bers when Mr.. Rice resigned d,
after a long period of nom
writing activity, about a year
ago. This left young Bob An
derson as the playwright mem
Der of the group now domi-
mated by Roger Stevens, Victor
Samrock and William Fields,
all concerned with the f1nan-
cial aspects of production rath-
er than the creative.
Under these. the Playwrights
continued to present plays,
many of them hits. all of them
up to the taste standards which
were established % years ago.
But, there were clear evidences
that the company was struc-
turally falling apart and that
the end must come.
1t came this spring with the
production of THE Best Man, I"
a hit of a caliber to make it
clear that the Playwrights
never lost sight of their origi-
nal purpose.
SATURDAY SUMMARY:
Kim Stanley, who has the tai
ent to make it fascinating, will
Evening star., 1960-04-23

Duel of Angels" on Broad
way this week. The English
import stars Vivien Leigh and
Mary Ure, both rhapsodically
praised for their roles in the
Jean Giraudoux play. adapted
by Christopher Fry. Few
plays involve so many polished
talents.
Spring plays published by
Random House and just ar
rived at the drama desk include
Dore Schary's THE Highest
Tree" and William Inge's "a
Loss of Roses" Both had
careers on Broadway this sea-
son that are described by the
word abrupt. Longer run
ming is the third one, Gypsy"
the musical whose book was
written by Arthur Laurents
who also wrote west Side
Story"
Evening star., 1960-04-23
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage-"Ring Round
the Moon" 2::30 and $3.50 pm.
NatiOnal-"The Dark at the
Top of the Stairs" 2 and $3.50
pm.
Screen
Ambassador - Visit to a
Small Planet" 1:20, 2:5O, 4:3O,
6:15, 8, and 10 pm.
Apex - When Comedy Was
King" 6:15, 8 and 9:55 pm.
Capitol - Please Don't Eat
the Daisies" 1920, 1:25. $50,
5:35, 1885, $40 and HAS pm.
Dupont - BLACK Orpheus. +"
1:10, $40. $40, 7:3O, s:4O and
11:50 pm.
Keith's - The Unforgiven, "
11:15 am, las, 4:20, $50, 9:25
and IL pm.
Macarthur - The Magi-
cian," 2:20, 4:10, 6, 7:5O and
$40 pm.
Metropolitan - visit to a
Small Planet" 11:45 am, 1:30,
1925, $40, 7:15 and 10:45 pm.
Sneak preView, 8 pm.
OntariO-"Our Man in Ha-
vana," l:25, $40, 5:55, $40 and
1925 pm.
Palace-"The Fugitive Kind, "
i0:45 am, 1855, 3:05, Sis,
7:25, 9:40 and 1850 pm.
Playhouse - Rosemary" F"
Evening star., 1960-04-23
HOLLY
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

Letter to David Susskind: /:
Dear David, why do you have
so many airy fantasies on your
Play of the Week." 1t seems
to me this is the fault of many
So-called dramatic shows on
TV. But 1 expect better from
Mr.. SusSkind.
-
Dan O'Herlihy will stop in
London on his way to Ireland
to film Heat Wave"-"to get
Jean Simmons to come over
to Dublin to make it with me. /"
Dams Irish company, Rexford
Films, is producing. The title
is deceptive. It's never hot in
Ireland. I've never been there
when it wasn't raining that
soft rain described by James
Joyce in The Dubliners. "
Heat Wave" is a mystery story.
Juliette Greco will make some
appearances in this country
with Crack in the Mirror, 4"
the film she made for Daryl
Zanuck in Paris. Zanuck's next,
the remake of Sanctuary, "
which starred Miriam Hopkins
and Jack La Rue "a years ago.
Zanuck has combined the story
with Faulkner's Requiem to a
Nun"
Don Murray and Dolores
Michaels, expected to marry
when his divorce is final from
Hope Lange, will co-star in
Don's first independent picture
for his company in Italy -
after his present movie with
Alan Ladd. But I can't help
wishing Don will reconcile with
Hope. They always seemed so
happy.
I'd forgotten that Gene Barry
the Bat MaSterson of TV-
could sing until I learned he
will star in "Kismet" this June
for the st. Louis Light Opera
Company. 1t was Genes ap-
pearance in the smash Gertrude
Lawrence musical. Lady in the
Dark" he was recalling. that
brought him to Hollywood 10
years ago.
Evening star., 1960-04-23
FerreII to Head
District Bar
For One Year

E. Lewis Ferrell has been
elected president of the Wash
ington Bar Association.
Mr.. Ferrell, who has served
for four years as first vice
president, begins a one-year
term on May l9. He succeeds
DeLong Harris. The annual
election of officers was held
Thursday night in the Recorder
of Deeds library.
Mr.. Ferrell is a member of
the Executive Committee of
the District Branch, National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, and a
member of its Legal Redress
Committee.
Other officers elected by the
bar group are John D. Faunt-
leroy, first vice president;
Emory H. Smith, second vice
president; Frederick Evans, re-
cording secretary; NJ. Will
helmina jackson, corresponding
secretary (re-elected); Will
liam Beasley Harris, financial
secretary, and Don Lockett
Young, treasurer. Mr.. Harris
and Julian R. Dugas were
elected to three-year terms on
the board of directors.
Evening star., 1960-04-23
Jill in the JunoIe

HOLLYWOOD, CNANA). -
Lance ReventlOw's actress bride,
Jill st. John, was struggling
through the jungle at Fox
Movietone City, working with
Michael Rennie in THE Lost
World" To protect the magni-
flcent diamond solitaire ring
given her by Barbara Hutton's
only son and heir, Jill had it
turned to the inside of her
hand. Over a cup of tea later,
the pretty, young matron re-
lated: I've been doing the
cooking for Lance. We're both
high proteiners. When this pic
ture is finished, we're flying to
Europe to have a honeymoon
at the Grand Prix de Monte
Carlo"
Handsome Gardner Mckay
will have to wait for another
series to achieve the fame pre-
dicted for him at the start of
Adventures in Paradise" The
adventure is over. And Gard
ner is a sad young man. The
series ended six shows short.
-
Ernie KOvacs will make three
movies in Italy-"One for Di
Laurentiis, about four girls and
an American soldier who smokes
big cigars" And Ernie ambled
OF, in his usual cloud of cigar
smoke.
Bobby DARN and Jo-Ann
Campbell have marriage plans
for late this year. BY that time
Bobby reckons he'll be rich
enough to take the big step.
. And Anna Maria Alberg-
hetti's best beau, Desilu dir
ector Claudio Guzman, is happy
because the pilot he made for
Lee ]. Cobb has found a spon-
Sor. In the series, Lee plays
two parts-a salesman, and his
boss.
\
Laurence Harvey is sure to
be Oscar-nominated again for
the glib, slick. heel he plays
in "ExpresSo Bongo." Next
time I see Larry I must ask
If any of the strip teasers in
the film caught cold while
working. I've never seen such
nudity on the screen-except
in Paris and Italy. And isn't
it time Hollywood discovers
Sylvia Sims, excellent in this
picture, also in Conspiracy
Of Hearts" as the young novice?
Evening star., 1960-04-23

Telegraph employees will be
given jobs with the new paper,
but the exact number was not
Immediately determined.
Under the sale terms, the
Post Gazette will take over the
Sun-Telegraph's large Office
building and a f1ve-year-old,
three STORY production plant
containing g IL high-speed
presses and other mechanical
and circulation facilities.
The Hearst organization will
receive a cash payment plus
deferred payments and the
Post Gazette building and
equipment. Hearst did not say
what it plans doing with the
Post Gazette building.
The Post-Gazette had a cir
culation of 266,177 for March.
The Sum- Telegraph had a daily
circulation of 1920 and q
Sunday circulation of 373,265.
Evening star., 1960-04-23
Hearst Newspaper Sold
In Pittsburgh Merger

PITTSBURGH, April % (AP) &.
"A new newspaper called the
"Post-Gazette and Sun-Tele-
graph" will begin rolling of
the presses here next week.
The new paper results from
the purchase yesterday of the
Pittsburgh Sum- Telegraph, an
evening and Sunday paper, by
the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, a
morning paper.
In announcing the purchase
OF the Sum- Telegraph from
Hearst newspapers, co-publish-
er William Block of the Post
Gazette said the new paper
will print morning, evening and
Sunday editions.
The first morning and eve
ming editions will appear on
Monday. The first Sunday
edition will be May /.
The transaction affects about
1850 employees of the papers.
The Sun Telegraph carried
about 900 on its payroll, the
Post-Gazette about $50.
Mr.. Block said some Sum-
Evening star., 1960-04-23
British Prince, II,
Will Join the Armv

LONDON, April 13 CAP).-
Prince Michael of Kent, IT.
year-old brother of the Duke
of Kent, will join the army
when he leaves Eton, it was
announced yesterday.
He will shortly take an ex-
animation for entry into Sand
hurst, the royal military acad-
emy.
The Duke of Kent, 25, is a
Royal Scots officer.
Evening star., 1960-04-23

play two roles in her next
play, "Taffy," by Anna Marie
Barlow E.. AS she played one
double her own age in the ILL
fated "Cheri" which Washing
ton saw last autumn .
"Taffy," set in Louisiana asks
Miss Stanley to be q woman
of 80 who returns to her child
hood home to find herself deal
ing with the same problems she
encountered there at 16, which
she also will play.
The blandneSs of her SEEM
ingly endless I Love Lucy title
on television will be lost to
Lucille Ball in the musical
which will return her to Broad
way in October. The second
one will be called wildcat. "
:. Style and the enthusiasm
for it hit new peaks on Broad
way with the presentation of
Evening star., 1960-04-23

1918. 2:I5. Ais. Sis, s:l5 and
10 pm.
Plaza Nights Of Shame
ll:45 am. lis. 2:35, 3:55,
Sis, 6:45, $40, $50 and II:2S
pm.
Town - Around the World
in 80 Days. 1870 am, 2:3S,
$40. 8:45 and HAS pm.
Trans-Lux - Suddenly Last
Summer" IL am. ITO, $50,
$50, $40 and 1890 pm.
Wsrner-"Ben Hur," 2 and Q
pm.
Evening star., 1960-04-23

vagantly promising set Of
founding fathers than the
Playwrights. In the quintet
were Robert E. Sherwood, S. N.
Behrman, Maxwell Anderson,
Elmer Rice, and Sidney How
ard.
They formed the Playwrights'
Company, half as an act of
protest against existing meth
DDS of play production, half as
a, gesture Of providing authors
with their own firm control in
the staging and acting of their
own works. The company in
stantly assumed the stature of
a. class operation, dominated
by a taste that aspired to be
consistently good but never in
different to being popular.
The good and the popular
were proved easily blendable
in a series of plays which in
cluded Sherwood's "Abe Lin
coin in Illinois," and There
Shall Be No Night" Anderson's
High Tor" and Wingless Vic
tory" Behrman's "Amphitryon
49," mo Time for Comedy"
and "Jacobovsky and the Col
onel," and Rice's American
Landscape" and Dream Girl"
Howard, the fifth member
of the group, was represented
by but one production, that
his posthumous Madam Will
You Walk" produced after a
sudden tragic death - while
using a tractor on his New
England farm. The play was
not a success.
THE TEST: From the be-
ginning. the Playwrights' COM
pany faced another test al
most as difficult as that of
proving its members could
produce better plays. This was
the ability of a group of such
f1rm-minded men of such diff
fering personalities to main
tain harmony among them
selves.
That the Playwrights lasted
for % years testif1es to the
reasonable success of this ef-
fort.
1t was death rather than
Evening star., 1960-04-23
Talk on Delinquency

Capt. John Ryan, head of the
juvenile bureau of the Metro
politan Police Department, will
address the St. Vincent de Paul
Society at 10 am. tomorrow,
at st. Augustine's Parish Hall,
1717 Fifteenth street NV.
His topic will be How to Pre-
vent Juvenile Delinquency"
Evening star., 1960-04-23
THE PASSING SHOW
But the PIoywrights
Had d Bright Years
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Editor of The Star

Time and events caught up this spring with of the
theater's artistically respectable institutions
This is the Playwrghs Company, formed back in 1888
by five of the then outstanding dramas of the country and
dissolved with the production of final hit Gore Vdas
1.-THE Best Man"
No producing group theater extra
Evening star., 1960-04-23

SATURDAY SUMMARY:
Kim Stanley. who has the tall
ent to make it fascinating, will
Evening star., 1960-07-02
NEA Approves
Moderate Policy
On Integrotion

LOS ANGELES, July 2 (AP)
The National Education Asso-
citation has altered its five-year
stand on public school integra-
ton with a resolution that goes
a bit further than its prede-
cessors = but not so far as to
be unacceptable to the Southern
States.
The statement of policy
adopted in the final business
session of the MEAS annual
convention last night is more
notable for what it doesn't say
than what it does.
1t does not condemn segre-
gated public schools and it does
not demand compliance with
the Supreme Courts desegrega-
ton decision of 1854.
1t does ask that the solution
to the problems of integration
be found at State and local
level by citizens working in a
spirit of fair play. good will and
respect for law.
The Southern delegates
pleaded, successfully. for a
compromise resolution that
would not hinder them in the
task they all consider most i'm
portant - keeping the public
schools open.
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Judge Moves
To lntegrote
Reformutories

BALTIMORE. July 2 tAP)
Statutes separating white anc
Negro youths in Maryland'S
four reform schools we're de-
clared unconstitutional yester-
day.
Circuit Judge Charles E
Moyland, in a 24-page opinion
said the laws violated the due
process clauses of the United
States Constitution.
An order directing the trans
fer of a Negro reform school
student to the previously all
white Maryland Training
School for Boys would be signed
next Wednesday. the judge
said.
The transfer will be ordered
for Robert Myers, IS. in whose
behalf the suit against the
State Board of Public Welfare
had been filed. Myers, judged
delinquent eight months ago
has been at Boys Village. an
al Negro institution.
Judge Moylan's decision also
affects segregation at Barrett
School. for Negro girls, and the
Montrose School for Girls, a
previously all-white institution
Attorney General C. Ferdi-
nand Sybert said he had been
advised an appeal would be re-
quested by State welfare Off
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Insurance Firm
Strike Settled
BY the Associated Press

The Johk Hancock Life In
Surance Co. reached an agree
ment early today with the In
surance Workers International
Union.
The agreement ended a "a
hour strike by the unions 5000
district agents. No picket lines
had been set up.
William Gillen, secretary
treasurer of the union, said the
company had agreed to pay the
agents 81 a week more. The
present minimum guarantee is
$40 a week.
In addition, John Hancock
has agreed to refund to the
agents $2.7 million in contri-
buttons they made to the pen
sion fund.
There were no changes in ex-
listing work rules, Mr.. Gillen
said. The new contract will run
for two years. The old contract
expired at midnight Thursday
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Gait1ersburq
Sewer Job LET

Sewer construction of $751;
3l4 were awarded yesterday for
projects to serve the Rock Greek
valley south of Gaithersburg
and end disposal of treated
sewage in the Potomac River.
The two projects. slated for
completion by the end of the
year, will connect Gaithersburg
to the Rock Greek trunk sewer
which flows to the District
treatment plant at Blue Plains.
This will eliminate the need
for Muddy Branch sewage
treatment plant, according to
the Washington Suburban San
itary Commission. Residue e
from the plant flows into the
Muddy Branch. which empties
in the Potomac.
Limitation of the plants
capacity, which serves the
Atomic Energy Commission
headquarters at Germantown,
has curtailed development of
areas south of GaitherSburg.
Daily capacity will jump l mil
lion to about 8 million gallons
upon completion of the Rock
Greek interceptor sewer. The
line will serve the new Bureau
Of Standards Office.
A contract of $259,327 was
awarded the Wright Construc-
ton Co., Inc, lowest of seven
bidders, for construction of the
Rock Greek and Mills Creek
interceptor sewers from Crabbs
Branch to Redland road. The
project calls for almost 3 miles
of 30-inch and 24-inch sewers.
A contract of $l27 ,987 was
awarded w. F. Wilson and
Sons, Inc, of Baltimore, low
est of 10 bidders, for the Mill
Creek interceptor sewer from
Redland road to Oakmont
street. Gaithersburg. About
10000 feet of pipe ranging in
Evening star., 1960-07-02

Plaza near the Colesville road
site.
II think it's better to get the
location in the right place even
if it costs more" said Commits
sioner A. Preston Perrie.
Lack of Data Hit
Commissioner Jesse S. Bag
gett voiced opposition to the
regional library, saying the
Library Board has failed to
submit a detailed plan of con-
Struction, communities to be
served, exact locations and
cost.
What will it cost the tax
payer?-that's the important
thing" Mr.. Baggett said.
Commissioner M. Bayne e
Brooke said he would not au-
thorize negotiations for any
tract until he had inspected it
himself.
Mr.. Hammond, at the COM
missioners' suggestion, said his
staff would maintain close liza
ison with the school board in
hopes school and library sites
could be purchased together in
the future. School officials
have nothing to offer now that
would help the library program,
he added.
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Maryland High Court
Voids Crime Book Ban

ANNAPOLIS, July 2 (AP).-
The court of appeals yesterday
affirmed that Maryland's crime
book act is unconstitutional.
Judge Reuben Oppenheimer
in a Baltimore City Superior
Court decision, had ruled that
three subsections of the law
were unconstitutional.
The sections under question
prohibit the sale of crime books
and those which emphasize
lewdness and indecency to
minors under Is and prohibit
the exhibition of such books on
newsstandS. The act bans any
such books tending to incite a
minor to crime.
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Sports Arena Name
Proposed in Senate

A resolution to name the pro-
posed National Stadium in
memory of the late John A.
Reilly, former president of the
First National Bank, has been
introduced in the Senate.
Senator Case, Republican of
South Dakota, sponsored the
measure. Mr.. Reilly, who died
in 1858, was a member of the
original stadium commission
which pioneered plans for the
sports arena now slated to be
built near the Armory on the
banks of the AnacoStia River.
Evening star., 1960-07-02

In Affirming Judge Open
heimer, the appeals court
quoted literally from his
opinion.
Judge Oppenheimer held that
the questionable sections vio-
lated barriers fixed by the
United States Supreme Court
with regard to due process of
law and freedom of the press.
The police commissioner and
States attorney for Baltimore
City sought overthrow of Judge
Oppenheimer's decision. They
argued that obscenity statutes
are a legitimate exception to the
rights of free speech and of the
press, that the .terminclosy of
the law is definite as to what Is
prohibited and the constitu-.
tionality of the law should be
upheld.
Judge Oppenheimer said that
the act is made unconstitutional
by exempting newspapers and
discriminating against another
class of publication, by being
vague on obscenity, and by ar
bitrarily depriving adults of
their right to buy such publi-
cations.
Judge Oppenheimer stated:
"The Supreme Court -, has
fixed barriers of due process of
law and freedom of the press
which the Maryland statute
clearly violates.
THE Legislatures power and
intent to endeavor to minimize
crimes among juveniles is not
in question, but the invalidity
of the means used to carry out
that intent makes any permis-
sible revision a matter for legis-
lative, not judicial determina-
ton"
Siegel Enterprises, Inc. Of
Baltimore, operators of the
Siegel Book and Magazine Store
and the Charles Book Center,
originally brought the suit.
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Nuude Is Named
Pretoria Envoy

PRETORIA, South Africa,
July 2 (AP).-Willem C. Naude.
veteran Foreign Service officer.
has been appointed South
Africa'S new Ambassador to
the United States. Foreign
Minister Eric Louw announced
yesterday. ....
Mr.. Naude succeeds Wentzel
C. du PlessiS, who recently re-
tired from the Washington post
and returned home.
Mr.. Naude now is Deputy
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
and has served previously in
Washington. London, Berne,
the United Nations and Geneva.
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Aneurin Bevun
Has Relapse

LONDON. July 2 (AP).-
Aneurin Bevan, deputy Labor
Party leader who has been
seriously i'll since late last year,
has taken a sudden turn for the
worse, a party spokesman said
today.
Bevan, 81 underwent a major
operation for an abdominal
condition late last December.
His wife Cancelled a speaking
engagement today to stay at
his bedside.
The ailment that brought
Evening star., 1960-07-02

size from 18 to 80 inches is
involved in the job.
Development north of
Gaithersburg will depen
largely on a sewer study now
being made of the Seneca
Greek watershed. according to
the WSSC. The report is ex-
pected to be completed this
summer.
Evening star., 1960-07-02
Death of Woman Puts
City Traffic Toll at ~

The death of Silver Spring,
Md woman in a one-car
traffic accident Thursday
brought the Districts 1860 traf-
f1c death toll to A, Metropoli-
tan Police report.
Mrs. Bebe Blum, SO. of 11117
Easecrest drive. died after her
car struck a tree near Monroe
street and South Dakota avenue
NE. Last year at this time, the
District had 36 traffic fatali-
ties.