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Evening star., 1960-08-15

f1unked. I know I fiunked," said
one girl.
"Oh we'll, you can take it
again. You get three chances.
And if you funk all of those
you can wait go days and try
again." a helpful soul said.
I ventured a feeble, What
happens if funk the math?"
II think you're out on the
whole test"
A still more feeble, What
happens then?"
They calls your name,
honey" drawled one girl. AN
they says, All whose names is
been called-leave.' They don't
say you f1unked. but you sure
know. So does everyone else in
the room"
Half Reach Typewriter
One pretty girl said she
wanted to get into the Govern
ment because the pay was good,
Another wanted a job to save
money for college. Others said
they didn't really know why
they were taking the test.
About As minutes and several
cigarettes later, we were herded
back into the room for the typ
ing test. Along the way, a girl
said, Il hope I get a typewriter
with thin keys. 1 can't type with
thick keys"
Down the alphabet went Mr.
Travel Talks. Tears smarted in
the eyes of the girl who wanted
to get into Government because
the pay was good. Her compan-
ion didn't have to worry any
more about getting a typewriter
with thin or thick keys.
The girl who said, They
calls your name" failed for the
second time.
After the exodus. half re-
mained to take the tipping and
| of this group, there were about
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Stute to Examine
Gurrett Highway

BALTIMORE, Aug. IS (APl.
"A section of Route 219 in
Garrett County, Md, will be
one of the first highways to
come under the investigation
of a new state committee.
A staff committee of the
State Roads Commission was
set up Saturday to predict
future traffic loads. Commits
sioner John B. Funk said the
Garrett County highway was
one of many on which traffic
is too heavy. The. new COM
mittee will help al selecting
and designing new routes.
Evening star., 1960-08-15

come (e) result in damage tc
machinery"
Rather than pick any p1
these answers I wanted to add
THE quotation best supports
the statement that (f) The
author of the sentence is ver-
bose"
Then came spelling. There
were three ways to spell rec
ommendation." They all looked
fine to me. There also was ar
insidious little none Of these.
In fact, none of these" wa:
very popular. 1t was one oi
the answers for all 20 spelling
questions.
Arithmetic Is "Simplc"
Good old Travel Talks ther
gave us instructions for Part B
This included alphabetizing
Does c. A. Cohen come aftel
or before C. A. Cohn, and if
so, where does another Mr.
Cohen with the initials A. C
belong?" Then arithmetic-s
subject I will do away with
when I become President.
I was deathly fearful the
questions would be the IF you
have 10 pencils and Mary give!
you seven and Suzy takes away
eight and I come along anc
give you seven how many dc
you have left at the end of ~
hours?" variety.
Fortunately, they were sim.
pie addition, multiplication
subtraction and division. How.
ever, I had barely finished hall
when we were told to step.
We had a break while they
checked the tests. With blue
fingers. girls lit cigarettes ir
the comparative warmth of the
ladies' room.
Through the smokescreen you
could almost distinguish youl
face in the mirror. Converse
tions filtered through.
Il know I f1unked, I know ]
Evening star., 1960-08-15

uCCluC VII oIdOC "IOE bdoLo
in the general election Novem-
ber 8.
One issue is the Potomac
River compact with Virginia,
The document giving Virginia
an equal voice in administra-
ton of the Potomac fishery was
ratified by the Maryland Legis-
ilature but was petitioned onto
the ballot through the efforts
of Southern Maryland water
men, who oppose it.
Here is the list of questions
in the order in which they will
appear on the ballot:
l. Empowering circuit judges
and the supreme bench of Bal
timore City to fill a vacancy
in the Office Of States attorney
for their jurisdiction.
2. Permitting land acquisi-
ton in Baltimore County by
paying the appraised value of
the property to the owner or
to a court, with security for the
payment of any additional costs
which might be awarded by
a jury.
8. Permitting the State to
borrow, against anticipated tax
collections. any sums necessary
to meet temporary deficiencies
in the treasury and issue short
term notes to provide for ap-
preparation already made by
the Legislature.
4. Creating a municipal court
for Baltimore City to replace
the present system of police
and traffic magistrates.
S. Granting the General As
sembly power to authorize ur-
ban renewal programs for any
county or Incorporated munic-
ipality. (Only Baltimore City
now has such authority.
6. Letting candidates. in ad-
dition to the incumbent judge
run for election to the People s
Court Of Baltimore City.
7. Permitting acquisition OF
unimproved land in Montgom-
cry County by paying the owner
or court the appraised value oi
such property. with security fol-
payment of any further sums tc
be awarded by a jury.
8. Creating two new circuit
judgeshipS in Prince Georges
County and removing any bal
to members of the General AS
sembly being appointed to such
judgeshipS.
9. Prohibiting a newly-elect-
ed General Assembly from act
ing on bills vetoed by the Gov
ernor after passage by the
previous General Assembly.
10. Providing that in event
of a vacancy in the Office OF
Governor the line of succession
shall be: President of the Sem
ate, Speaker of the House OF
Delegates, State Controller
Attorney General.
IL. Creating one new circuit
judgeship for Montgomery
County and one for the I'd Ju-
dicial Circuit Cecil, Kent
Queen Annes. Caroline and
Talbot counties) and removing
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share the distinction of being
the only prehistoric creatures
to appear onStage this summer.
Jacqueline Cook. a blue-eyed
blond from Hagerstown, Md,
played the mammoth in Skin
of Our Teeth" Rollins Maxwell,
the only male apprentice,
Evening star., 1960-08-15

Is who would also take the
stenography test.
When we started to type. it
sounded like a hundred clicking
castanets. 1 wondered how the
girl next to me, burdened with
her boy friends giant class
ring, re-sized with nearly a
spool of adhesive tape, could
type, but her fingers were going
as furiously as her gum-chew-
ing teeth.
With the tipping test over,
we left the aspiring stenog-
raphers. On the way out we
were told we could pick up the
results that afternoon at the
main information counter.
Learns the Score
I passed with a score of 88.
I was given a notice-of rating
paper by a woman who turned
at once to the next person in
line. I asked if she could ex-
plain what I should do now.
She snapped, you can't be
reached yet"
"Perhans vo,I cap eynlain
how I can be reached?"
only the GAS are being
reached today" she snapped
again.
And what does THAT
mean?" I asked.
You have to wait until the
88s are up for hire. Until then
you can go around the agencies
yourself and ask for temporary
employment"
when will the 88s be up for
hne?"
Il couldn't tell you." she
said, dismissing the subject.
For the person who passes
the test, this is the extent OF
information received. She must
wait in darkness until some
agency receives her certificate
and then contacts her.
Later I checked with the
Civil Service examining divi-
Evening star., 1960-08-15

THE BUYER said that
when New York corn comes
to an end in the fall, Florida
corn is arriving on the
market and continues all
winter. In the spring, the
harvest of sweet corn moves
up the coast.
What surprised me most
and he is an honest man,
very interested in food and
flavor-was his statement
that the August corn from
nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia and the Eastern Shore
is no better than corn in
other months.
Well, 1 remember what was
good. 1t didn't need a tub of
cold water. The ears were
plunged into a boiling CAL
dron less than an hour after
they were picked. They were
the young, tender ears that
would squirt milk if you
punctured a kernel.
Only three minutes in the
boiling water-never more
than five-then to the table
on big platters and a whole
pound Of print butter in the
butter dish.
Rub the corn on it. A
little salt. Yum! We would
make fantastic records. My
brother ate a dozen ears,
bantam ears, mind you.
There was a plate for the
cobs, and then:
please pass the corn"
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Anti-Po||utionWork
Wins Must Label
Bible Presses
Bill for Loan
Of $32 Million
By GRACE BASSETT
Star Stad Writer

A bill TO let the District
Commissioners borrow $32
million to abate Potomac River
pollution today passed the
urgent need" test Senator
Bible is applying to all District
business in this special session.
Senate District Committee
Chairman Bible said at a hear
ing that the legislation to in
crease District borrowing au-
thority from SIS million to $32
million was IAN absolutely
must piece of legislation"
He plans to call his commit
tee into executive session this
week to decide what other Dis
trict easures should be
pushed through the Senate.
Sales Tax Action Due
Among proposals with an un-
certain fate in the Democratic
controlled committee are two
EiSen hover appointments,
Mark Sullivan. jr., to be Dis
trict Commissioner and Joseph
M. F. Ryan to be a Municipal
Court judge. Sure to win con-
Sideration is House-passed
bill to raise the District sales
tax from 2 to 3 per cent.
The anti-pollution measure
would save WashingtonianS
sharp increases in sewage and
water charges by freeing Fed
eral funds to build a master
trunk sewer from the Potomac
River above Chain Bridge to
the treatment plant at Blue
Plains. Residents of the entire
Metropolitan Area will use the
facility.
Sanitary Engineering Di-
rector David V. Auld testified
today that it would be unfair
to collect charges from District
residents for more than 100
years to cover the capital out
lay for this project to serve
residents Of Maryland and Vir-
ginia. as well as of the Dis
trict.
Construction costs eventually
will be repaid by users of the
sewer.
/ Project Is Started
The $40 million project is
under way. Congress has ap-
propriated $40 million for its
construction. Mr.. Auld said
/ $500,000 of work was under
contract. The District is au-
thorized by law to handle
sewage from Maryland and
Virginia communities adjacent
to the Potomac River and from
the Dulles international Air
port, due to be in operation in
1868.
Robert E. Mclaughlin, pres
ident of the Board of Com
missioners, urged the passage
of the loan increase and OF a
separate measure to give the
District Civil War Commission
legal status. The commission,
originally set up by Commits
Sioner's order. could seek con-
gressional appropriations under
the proposed authorization.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said between
$125.000 and $150,0OO would be
needed to celebrate the Tooth
anniversary of the Civil War
from 1861 to 1865.
Plans call for the establish
ment of a centennial center in
the old Belasco Theater on
Madison place NV, near the
White House.
Evening star., 1960-08-15

any bar against members OF
the General Assembly being
named or elected to these
judgeships.
II. Adding two new judges
to the Court of Appeals ano
realigning the appellate Cir
cults of the State.
13. Empowering the General
Assembly to provide for the
separate assessment. classified
ton and subclassification Of
land.
IA. Authorizing the General
Assembly to provide that lanc
actively devoted to farm or ag'
ricultural use shall be assessed
on the basis of such use anc
not as if subdivided. (Aimed al
continuing lower farm assess.
ments in metropolitan areas
which the Court of Appeals ha'
ruled invalid under present
terms of the Constitution).
Is. Eliminating the need fol-
a county, when contracting fol
certain debts or obligations, tt
publish the act of the Genera
Assembly authorizing such deb
or loan.
Is. Ratifying on the part o.
Maryland a compact with Vir'
ginia which would place fishery
resources of the Potomac Rivel
under a joint agency of the two
States.
Three additional question,
have been placed on the ballo
in Montgomery County by the
| County Council. They would:
Authorize the council to in
crease the County Manager!
budget item recommendation
by majority vote Of the seven
member council. At present
/ five votes are required.
Provide that purchases anc
contracts involving more thar
81 900 may be made in emergen'
cies without obtaining sealet
bids.
Pay council members $50 TO
each meeting they attend afte,
the 1862 election. Council mem
bers now receive $50 per session
Evening star., 1960-08-15
900 Inmates End
Parole Dispute

BALTIMORE, Aug. IS (AP) q.
= Nine hundred Maryland
Penitentiary inmates returned
to their jobs today, bringing to
an end a series of disputes in
volving parole benefits at three
State institutions.
Warden Vernon Pepersack
said routine was normal at the
'penitentiary where prisoners
had been locked in their cells
since last Monday night.
Evening star., 1960-08-15

onlooker at summer produc-
tionS for years, this season
she's an insider, currently
serving as assistant stage man
ager for the double bill of
Shadow of a Gunman" and
THE Bespoke Overcoat.
The last two apprentice
Evening star., 1960-08-15
BY SUSAN POWERS
Contributing Writer

Currently in residence at the
Olney Theater are six stage
struck apprentices, who prac-
tically pay for the right to
work.
For the privilege OF collect
ing props, sewing costumes and
cleaning the theater, these
aspiring actors pay their own
living expenses and put in a
minimum 72-hour week.
They also collect enough
traumatic memories to last a
lifetime.
But where else can you
observe and learn first-hand
as you can in summer stock?"
asked Faith Quabius, a st.
Louis University coed from Mil
waukee who currently holds
an actress-or-nothing outlook
on life. Another Broadway
minded miss is Annie Goff, a
Washingtonian in her second
season of stock who has her
sights set on New York this
fall.
Across the FOOtlights
Of a different bent, but still
claiming the theater as her
first love. is Marilyn Sutton,
from Salina, Kans. No grease
paint for Marilyn-her cen
ter sta" spot is behind a
light boa and her autumn
hopes include graduate study
at Catholic University, to learn
more about the technical side
Of the theater.
Another Midwesterner here
for the summer is Linda Jones
of Jasper, Ind. A fascinated
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Stage Struck Six Aid O|ney Theoter

thumped across the stage as a
dinosaur in the same show.
1T was fun" says Jackie,
who received her fur-covered
canvas costume four days be-
fore the opening. II walked on
all fours, sort of. My feet were
on the ground, naturally, but
my hands were on stilt-like
platforms and the highest part
Of my body was the back of my
neck"
A 5-FOOt Tail
"My role called for limited
blocking" says Rollins, a Wash
ingtonian who is now a junior
at Harvard. His ancient in
habitant was a "semi-erect
creature with Intellectual arms,
very large legs, and a 5-foot-
long tail"
Now in their second month
of apprenticeship. the six have
averaged one day off per week
and one major crisis per pro-
duction.
The free day usually takes
them into Washington, where
they go sightseeing and wind
up with a visit to one of the
in-town acting companies.
AS for crises, probably the
most memorable one came in
the run of Life With Father
During the breakfast act one
night, Father Day roared for
bacon and eggs. The maid
blithely arrived on the set with
a tray full of cakes for the tea
scene.
But in summer stock, that's
! the way the tea cake crumbles
Evening star., 1960-08-15
NEW GIRL IN TOWN

Continued From First Page
ity. 1t samples the knowledge
of the exact meaning of words. y
This was followed by a simple
sentence which struck terror in
my heart, 1T also samples the
ability to spell common words. u
I was told later by those who
conceive the tests that they are
"geared to the average high
school student"
Perhaps "the average high
school student" knows about
"appurtenance," but this was
one of the words we had tc
know and its meaning ano
spelling were hazy to me.
Lead pencils like the ones
we used to poke each other with
in the eighth grade were prof
fered to darkened rectangles or
our answer sheets.
There were questions such as:
"Unanimity means MOST
NEARLY (a) emphasis (b)
nameless Co disagreement I'd
harmony and (e) impartiality.
Tricky little phrase, that most
nearly" How nearly is most
nearly?
Questions WOrdy
Then came sentences such as
THE prevention of accidents
makes it necessary not only
that safety devices be used to
guard exposed machinery, but
also that mechanics be in
structed in safety rules which
they must follow for their own
protection, and that the light
ing in the plant be adequate. "
This sentence was followed
by: THE quotation best sup
ports the statement that indus
trial accidents (a) may be due
to ignorance CD are not always
avoidable Co usually result
from inadequate machinery
ID cannot be entirely over
Evening star., 1960-08-15
Maryland Voters Face
Is Questions on Nov. 8
Potomac River Compact, Succession
To Governorship Are Included

ANNAPOLIS Aug Is (AP).-Shoud Maryland approve a
Potomac River compact with Virginia? Set up new
line of succession to the governop Expand the Court OF
Appeals? lower for farmland in metro
politan areas?
of the questions voters will be asked to
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Evening star., 1960-10-31
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Evening star., 1960-10-31

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-23
ON THE AIR
First Shots
Are Fired

For Civil War bluffs. the Tv season begins
this week.
NBC fires the first salvo Tuesday with
costly dramatization Of John Browns Raid"
taped entirely on location at Harpers Ferry.
West Va.
And Saturday, q local station (WNAL-D
offers area viewers the first inStallment ("Storm
Over Sumter') Of the prize winnig series. The
American Civil War. based on the photographs
Of Mathew w. Brady and employing the exciting
technique by which the still" pictures seem to
come alive
For q period of history which holds endless
fascination to Americans lover 800 book titles
are published annually on the Subject TVS
activities in the area have been minute, If not
timorouS.
The Brady series, in fact was financed and
produced by the Westinghouse stations, not
network.
And with the Tooth anniversary Of the epic
struggle drawing near. the ambitious projects
announced with fanfare last year by all three net
Continued On Following Pess
Mosozine, Washington. o. C.. October q. 1860
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-29
Bernard 7. Welsh

the Sugar Loaf and raided every corn field
and potato patch north of Gaithersburg to
get the food to feed the old car nuts who
turned out at their annual show. A Church
supper can't compare to an old car show
when it comes to food; provided of course
that the transportation to the old car show
doesn't break down--which it most always
does. Final score: old car nuts one hundred
chickens nothing
The Nixon-Kennedy debates gave me the
fantods. Had these two contestants, who con-
Quoted themselves as though they were in a
high school oratorical contest, been sponsor.
ed by other than an elephant and a jackass,
their contract would not be renewed.
They apparently think that teachers can
be bought. l find this cynicism distressing.
They assign as reason for no Federal aid to
education that il money is paid directly to
the teacher by way of salary, the teacher
will teach anything the government demands,
but that II the money is used to build schools.
the teacher is free from government inter.
ference. They both not only promise to do
nothing about this situation, but are appar-
emily resigned to the conviction that the gov.
eminent will interfere and that teachers are
spineleSs namby pambes. This negative atti.
tude OF helplessness coming from two of
Americas eager young men is most disturb
ing when think of throwing one or both of
them in the ring with Mr. K. So far. it is 90.
ing to be tough to vote on election day Final
score: Kennedy o; Nixon 0.