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MajOrsShade
HammondFiVe

Hammond High School as
signed two men to cover Marty
Lentz, Mount Vernon's high
scoring junior, and it backfired
as Arnold Cash and Eddie
Byrd picked up the slack for the
Majors and they scored a 55-4l
victory in a Group I basket
ball game last night at Mount
Vernon.
Lentz took IL shots and hit
on four of them. He went 9
for l3 at the foul line for a
total Of II markers. Cash and
Byrd scored IS and II points,
respectfully.
LentZ, who has been averag-
ing 80 points a game, stayed
outside, pulling Hammond's S
Jim Shaw and Bob Burke with
him. Cash and Byrd were left
free and they took full ad-
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TITLE RACE IN JAM
Stuart, Mclean and Foirfox
Score U psets in Group

at 42-42 with five minutes left.
Hunter Lindsay scored two bas-
ketS and Buzz Buse one to salt
the game away for the High
landers.
Lindsay took only five shots
in the game and he hit on all
of them. The Highlanders
sank 81 of 49 shots, as COM
pared with 18 of 81 for the
Generals.
Wakefield and Fairfax battled
almost to standof at Fairfax,
before Levendis gave the Rebels
the victory. Wakefield held a
21-20 halftime lead and moved
ahead. 1924, after three peri
DDS, for the largest point
spread between the two teams.
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Mckinley Tech
Takes Top Spot
In Eastern Race

Trailing, 3O-25, at halftime,
Mckinley Tech High School
turned on the steam in the
second half and defeated
Phelps, 1854. in an East Divi-
sion basketball game yesterday
at Eastern.
In the opening game of the
double header, Chamberlain
bounced Anacostia, $3.50. be-
hind Don Govan and Jesse
Porter's scoring punch.
The victory moved Tech into
first place in the East Division.
Bennie Walls scored IS points
and James added IA as the
Trainers scored their third
straight league victory.
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goal tending on a shot by the
Raiders Bob Jellum to give
Stuart the win. Ray Fraley,
GroVeton's top scorer this sea-
son. was fouled as the buZzer
sounded to end the game. He
missed both shots after time
had expired.
At Washington-Lee, Mclean
was able to run its fast break
against the Generals, primarily
a defensive team, and it paid
of. The score was deadlocked
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St. Johns Trims
O'ConneII Five

st. Johns High Schoo
ranked fourth in the ares
warmed up for it's big basket
ball struggle Friday again
DeMatha with a 66-46 plaster
ing of O'Connell last night !
the losers gym.
Veteran Frank Dubofsk
paced his teammates with 2
points. as the Cadets heigh
and experience prevailed. Tn
Johnnies romped to their fiftl
win, against two setbacks- .
the hands of college freshme
teams.
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Cold Gym Fails
To Stop Gonzueu

Gonzaga High Schools bas
ketball team racked up a 1913,
victory over st. Anthony in {
Catholic League game at D.
Matha yesterday. The lack o
heat in the gym didn't dete
the Eagles, who hit their stridr
midway of the opening perioG
and held a 28-5 lead at tn
end of the first eight minutes
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League-leading Bladensburg
High School built up a 1917
score after three periods and
then coasted to a 52-33 verdict
over Richard-Montgomery in a
Bi-County League basketball
game yesterday on the losers
court.
The Blades were paced by
their one-two scoring punch.
6-foot-10 Jay Buckley and Tom
Rn n..,.ntA nnnh iii. .....-L.
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Suitlund Sponks
Walter Johnson

Suitland, with 6-foot-3 Mike
kirkpatrick leading the fast
break, ran up IA straight points
in the last quarter to break a
55-55 tie and give the Rams a
69-57 victory over stubborn
Walter Johnson in a Bi-County
League basketball league game
yesterday at Suitland.
Walter johnson. which upset
Bethesda-Chevy Chase last Fri
day, hung on for three periods
before kirkpatrick went to
work. Suitland had a 1921
lead at halftime.
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Hoffman, Boston Wins

Hottman-BoSton High School,
trailing 1925 at the half, re-
gained its shooting eye in the
third period and rolled to a
66-52 basketball triumph over
Jennie Dean last night on the
losers court. The comeback
was ignited by Samuel Muse.
who tailed 25 points.
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Saints Spill Priory

st. Stephens scored eight
points in the last two minutes
Bobby Clore scored four Of
them-while holding Priory
Scoreless in yesterdays game
at Priory. The Saints won, 46-
38. The score was deadlocked
at 38-38 with two minutes left
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antage OF the openings.
Brooks Leeds B-CC
Over Little Hoyus

Bethesda Chevy Chase's tall
basketball team broke a tight
game wide open in the final
seven minutes to bury George
town Prep, 72-55, on the hot
shooting Of 6-foot-7 Brad
Brooks yesterday at B-CC
Brooks had l9 points. followed
closely by Dave Young's l8 and
AHilyn nroJJool,s. &c ,.s,,i.
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FuIIs Church Wins

Leading 1924 at halftime.
Falls Church scored % points
in the third period and coasted
to a 66-49 victory over winleSs
James Madison in a Group l
basketball game last night at
Madison.
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Coolidge RoIIies

Trailing, 45-43, with 81
minutes left, Coolidge High
School scored 10 straight points
to come from behind and defeat
Bell, 53-45, in a West Division
basketball game yesterday at
Coolidge. Harry Burchette
scored % points for the win
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Gwynn Park Clicks

Gwynn Park High Schools
basketball team came from be-
hind in the final two minutes
on free throws by Jackie
Schwaner and Danny Dyer to
gain a 40-35 victory over
Frederick-S -Sasscer yesterday on
the losers court.
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Snowden Sparks
Wheuton's S VictoN

Jim Snowden sank two foul
shots and then hit a field goal
to give Wheaton High School
a 47-45 lead late in the fourth
period and then spanked a g.
81 win over stubborn Gathers
burg yesterday in the victor's
gym.
Wheaton held Gathers
burg'S top scorer Mike Norris to
two points in the second half
after he had scored 81 in the
first half.
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Northwood Still Rotes
{ ontender for Title

Indians now have a IL record
overall.
Northwood does not have to
play Bladensburg, the league
leader, this season. However
it has return engagement
with B-CC on February 5 at
NorthWood.
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HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
RESULTS YESTERDAY

Bel Air, 40; Howard County. 40.
tnSS sp5cneVy p Chase y; George
BlsdensburE, SO Richard MONTGOMERY
Chamberlain, 81: Anscostia. 80.
Charlotte Hall, SO. Bulls High, 80.
Coolidge. So: Bell, A..
DeMatha, n: Macktn, 80.
PaRe15. Psste4n. 3: p: spinSsrn. %iIs0ni =, 20
Falls Church, SO; James Madison, 40
Fairfax, "a, Wakefield, 80.
George Washington, 10: Annandale, So
Glenelg, 81: Sherwood, 40.
GonzeEa' a3: 81. Anthony, 80.
HoRman-B Boston, So: Jennie Dean, 50
Jeb Stuart, AZ: Groveton. 40
Lackey' 81; Leonardtown, 80.
Luther Jackson, So: Union, SO.
Marshall, 81, Nokesville, 40
Mclean, IS: WaShinRton-Lee, "a.
MontPomery Blair. ~: High Point, 25
Mount Vernon, So: Hammond Al.
Neale, b2: Ouantico Post, a..
Northwood, SO; Northwestern, so.
Osborn, SO: Culpeper, 80
Parker Gray at Fairmont Heights, post
Roosevelt, rs: western. 81.
Suitland. SO: Walter johnson, 81,
81. Johns. SO: O'Connell, 46.
St Stephens. 40; Priory, 80.
syrrattSvilie, 50: Laurel 30.
wheaton, 81; GaitherSburE, 81.
GAMES TODAY
Carroll at Eastern, $50.
georgetown Prep at Friends, $50.
81 James at st Adams, $40,
81. Anthony at LonRfelloW 4
BuIls Prep at GWU FroSh. 4.
handolph Macon at Woodberry Forest
j. J. Wright At Parker-Gray. 7:sO.
GAMES TOMORROW
episcopal at g.. Anthony, $40.
woodward Prep at Belvoir Prep, T.SO
carroll w at Good Counsel. Slk,
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Osbourn Triumphs

Osbourn High School coasted
to an easy $3.50 basketball
victory over Culpeper last night
at Culpeper. Osbourn never
was headed throughout the en-
tire game.
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Garfield Bumped

Scoring "a points in the
final period, Herndon High
School posted a 66-48 basket
ball verdict against Garfield
in a Virginia District 9. Group
II game last night at Herndnn.
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Chisholm Sparks CIV

George Washington High
School, led by Sonny CHS
holm's q points, had little
trouble with Annandale as the
Presidents scored a 1882 bas-
ketball victory in a Group I
game last night at Hammond.
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Victory for Blair

Montgomery Blair High
School survived an of" day
as it shaded High Point, 1925,
yesterday in a Bi-County
League basketball game at High
Point. The home team made
only six field goals while Blair
scored IL.
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HOCKEY SCORES
EASTERN LEA

EASTERN LEAGUE
Philadelphia, >: New Haven, l.
Clinton. 3; Washington, .
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Fort Wayne, 8: st Paul, 5.
Minneapolis, 4 Omaha. E"
WESTERN LEAGUE AIL-STAR GAMF
Coast, 8; Prairie, 3.
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Luther Jackson Wins

BOWLING GREEN, Va, Jan.
13 (SpeciaD. - Tim johnson
and Eddie Jones, each with 81
points, paced Luther Jackson
High School of Merrifield, Va,
to a 68-56 basketball victory
over Union here last night.
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Totals 10 933 Totals IL 10 "a
Halftime score: 2l-2O, Wakeheld.
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Totals l3l44O Totals l3 s35
Halftime score: 23-l5, Gwynn Park
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Totals IL 13 81 Totals 6l5
Halftime score: 1915. Blair.
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Totals 81 $50 Totals 2Ol7b7
Halltime: 1924, Chamberlain.
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Totals % ss Totals "a 8 "a
Halftime score: 1891, jackson.
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Blades Coast Home

Totals % p55 Totals IS q
Haftime score 1924. B-CC.
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Totals 2lll So Totals 1912 80
Hslftime: 27-l6, NorthWood.
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Totals 81 IL 81 Totals lsl45O
Ha!ftime score. 1926, spinRarn.
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Totals 1sIO4 40
Hslftime score: 1926. Mclean.
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Union here last night.
Evening star., 1960-09-01

But it was something else
that broke the market wide
open for electronic language
laboratories. When Americans
became aware of Russian ad-
vances in science following the
orbiting of Sputnik. Congress,
determined to improve the Ma
tion's educational facilities,
passed the National Defense
Education Act.
By that time, the fame of
such language centers as
Geor towns had spread
throughout the country, and
with money available to the
public schools, orders began to
pour in.
Now, according to company
estimates, so per cent of its
contracts are commercial and
40 per cent from the Govern
ment.
Students using ETL equip
ment have included such per-
sonages as Pope John XIII,
Vice President Nixon and Ad-
miral Arleigh Burke.
Together with his famous
cousin. Maj. Gen. John B. Me-
daris, chairman Of the board
and former head of the Army's
ballistic missile agency, Mr..
Medaris believes the company
has made an important coIlri-
button to the Nation.
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Economists Favor
Faster Write-Offs

Faster tax write-offS of capi-
tai equipment to obtain greater
plant investment are favored by
seven of every nine business
and labor economists, the
American Economic Foundation
said.
The foundation polled these
experts and said the result fore
shadows the probable outcome
of an opinion survey on depre-
citation by the Treasury Depart
ment. Replies are due at the
department today, the founda-
ton said.
The Treasury has sent out g.
900 questionnaireS to business
firms. They were asked to
indicate their attitude on 10
methods of liberalized deprecia-
ton and to submit, figures on
their present depreciation prac-
tices, the foundation recalled.
The foundation said 102
replies it received favor faster
tax write-offs, 90 were opposed
and eight made no answer.
But the study showed 95 per
cent feel that continuously in
creasing private investment is
both necessary and desirable to
our national growth, prosperity
and defense" Nearly 80 per cent
said they felt there would be
better incentives for capital
investment if businesses were
permitted to recover their
investments more rapidly than
present regulations permit.
The foundation recalled that
congressional hearings have
pointed up an estimated sos
billion worth of obsolete tools
and equipment burdening Amer
ican industry. An increase of SIS
billion to 81 billion annually in
depreciation allowances is
estimated as needed to close the
gap between the flow of cash tc
business for tools and equip
ment and the total normally
needed to finance capital ex-
penditures which provides jobs
the foundation said.
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0ffutt Begins
Term asChief
OF D. {. Bank

A. Scott Offutt today became
the new president Of the First
National Bank here.
Mr.. Offutt. until recently
president of the Anacostia Ma
tional Bank, succeeds the late
John A. Reilly. who died May
18. He is the banks seventh
president.
With 40 years in banking
behind him, Mr.. Offutt has been
president Of the District Of Co
lumbia Bankers Association in
1894, has held important
posts in the American Bankers
Association and recently was
elected to the board Of direc-
tors of the Federal Reserve
Bank Of Richmond for a three
year term.
The First National Bank had
deposits Of $38.949,5 ,526 on June
Is. date of the last call Of the
Controller of the Currency.
Called "Washington's oldest
chartered national bank" it
was organized July "a, 1872,
officials said. The bank has
Offices at 1888 G street NV,
500 Seventh street NV. and
3700 Calvert street NV.
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CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Sept. 1 (AP).-UsDA)-
Hogs 1000; active, butchers 25 to 30
higher: sows steady to 25 higher; fair
shipping demand; mixed lots 1-3 200
23O lb butchers and mixed 1-3 230-
26O lbs 15.50-15.75; 26 head around
230 lbs 1900; mixed grade 1-3 200
go lbs and mixed 2-3 200-300 It's
1925 ) .65; mixed grade l-3 1S0-
goo lbs 14.15-1o.25; mixed grade / 3
and mixed 2-3 3O0-4OO lb sows 1925
1915; mixed srade 2-3 and 3s 400
$50 lbs 12.00-13.75.
Cattle 500: calves none: slaughter
steers and heifers steady; cows steady
to weak; bulls and vealers steady: nc
sales stockers and feeders: a load OF
prime 1.314 ID steers 1850: several
lots good to high choice 22.00-25.75
with choice 24.50 up; a load good
1850 lbs $500; and a part load choice
1000 lbs $500: a load utility ZOO
10 Holstein steers 1880; and a few
mixed standard and good 21 .00-21 so;
good to choice heifers 22.OO-24 .OO
with choice 2275 up; utility and
standard 15.00-2O.O0; commercial
cows 13.00-16.00: utility 13.00-15. 50:
cutters 12.50-15.00; Gamers 1850
1915; utility and commercial bulls
15.50-19.00: good and choice vealers
20 00-25 60: standard 17.00-22 90;
culls down to 1900.
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ST Million Offering
Is Sold by WSSC

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission today
sold 81 million in storm drain
age bonds for work in Mont
gomery County to a New York
firm at an effective interest
rate of 3.4631 per cent.
Shearson, Hamill & Co. and
Associates was the low bidder
among seven companies seek
ing the bond issue. which is
part of a larger issue approved
by the Maryland Legislature
in 1859.
Two weeks ago the WSSC
sold 81 million in storm drain
bonds for Prince Georges
County at an effective interest
rate of 3.5398 per cent.
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give the World Bank one large
building.
Mr.. Howell said this will
bring together under one roof
practically all the banks staff
of 600 and the top officials. The
International Finance Corpora
ton, an affiliate of the bank
with rs workers, will have one
floor in the old Hurley Wright
building. A few employees, now
housed in the old Veterans
Administration building at
Nineteenth and H streets, NV,
will also be moved to the new
headquarters.
The unified structure will
make for a better operating or
ganization, Mr.. Howell said. 1t
will afford expanded dining
facilities not previously en-
joyed. The twelfth floor of the
renovated building will have
staff dining room facilities,
while the 18th floor will be used
as a cafeteria.
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TALKING OF BUSINESS
Language Teaching Through Tape
Nursed Into Fast Growing Field
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star Staff Writer

John E. Medaris has been
fascinated by sound recording
ever since he was a kid.
Unlike most folks, though,
he has put his hobby to work
for him. Today Mr.. Medaris.
A, heads a business engaged
in teaching language through
tape recordings.
That business, according to
company estimates. is expected
to gross So million by the end
Of the year. I
The success Of his company,
Electronic Teaching Labora-
tories, Inc, has been phenom-
enal. Last years sales were
$797 900. A year ago the COM
pany employed IL persons; this
year 101.
Mr.. Medaris complains that
his Rockville factory, COM
pleted only a few months ago,
already is unable to keep up
with production demands and
confidently predicts that the
manufacture of such equipment
will be a billion-dollar indus
try by 1870.
Revolution in Teaching
Still a little breathlesS at his
company's rate of growth, the
Kansas City born executive
admits he is sometimes amazed
at it all.
"The demand for this kind of
equipment for use as a teach
ing and learning aid has sim
ply gone crazy" he declared in
delight. I'VE think we have
started a revolution in teach
ing"
He has no intention of
putting teachers out of work,
of course. AS a matter of fact,
Mr.. Medaris says his equipment
(called the Monitor syStem) is
a boon to teachers--a way of
relieving them of a number of
routine chores.
ETL's language laboratories
work this way: A room is set
up with booths, each equipped
with two-channel tape recorder
and headSet. A student listens
to a voice clearly enunciating
a phrase. then he repeats it as
best he can. Over and over the
process goes on until the stu
dent has memorized the phrase
and learned to pronounce it
like a native.
Students Part Erasable
The master (upper) half of
the tape. which is pre-recorded,
cannot be erased. but the stu
dents half can. In addition,
the teacher can tune in the
whole class from a master con-
sole and direct their efforts
from there.
AS one company official OBJ
served, ut takes a lot of mono
tony out of teaching"
ETL has set up small pilot
labs for less than $1,000 and
others valued at more than
100000. One order is pending
for an installation worth $780,
900.
This has become a tremen-
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YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Family Budget Squeeze
BY SYLVIA PORTER

creasing deliberation. While
personal incomes are at a rate
of over $407 billion a year, $40
billion higher than in 1859 at
this date. retail sales are aver
aging only 2 to 3 per cent over
1859. Several major hard goods
industries are openly crying the
blues. Every recent survey of
consumers indicates buyers
have trimmed their spending
plans.
Why? An obvious answer is
concern about the economic
outlok. Another obvious an
swer is the very fact that the
ending of inflationary price
rises and imitation fears has
eased the pressure to buy
heavily. A third obvious answer
is that millions of consumers
have now loaded themselves tC
the hilt with installment debt
and need to rest a while to
catch up. A fourth is that con-
sumers have had Is years since
World War II in which to stock
up on all sorts of goods and
are not hungry"
/ Major Changes Cited
None of these gets into the
more subtle explanation-the
major change occurring in the
age characteristics of our pop
ulation.
Yet, the crucial fact is that
between now and 1865 the 15-
10 year age group will rise 28.5
per cent. By 1865 almost 81
per cent of all Americans will
be in the 5-19 year age groups
The number of large families
four or more persons-is way
above what it was in 1850.
Teen-agers bite huge chunks
out Of the typical family's in
come. The logic is that they
are compelling increasing num-
bers of families to spend COM
paratively less of their in
comes on the goods which DOM
mated shopping lists in the
1950s.
It'll be the mid-1960s before
the teen layers begin marrying
each other and again changing
the age characteristics of the
population. AS of these early
1960s, the teen-age torrent is
a fact of economic life which
demands a lot more attention
than it is getting.
f(Distributed 1860 by The Hall Syndicate
Inc, All Rights ReservedD
Evening star., 1960-09-01

the general direction of Presi-
dent Eugene r. Black of the
International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development. 1t
is expected to be completed by
November /.
The World Bank, which is
interested in promoting worth
while projects all over the
globe. is thus securing a more
imposing headquarters in this
Capital City.
Washington has known many
cases in which the interiors of
buildings have been entirely
torn out. leaving only the
exterior walls standing and the
renovation carried on within.
But the World Banks job in
volved removing the walls.
Sound Skeletal Structure
The renovation job, carried
on by the American ConStruc-
ton Co. as general contractor,
and the architects, Chatelain,
Gauger and Nolan, consisted of
reducing the building to its
pillars and slab-a mere skele-
ton-and then rebuilding. The
World Bank was assured by its
architects and engineers that
it was a sound structure.
The reconstruction job has
been in progress for little more
than year, having started in
June 1859. 1t is now at the
stage of plastering. painting
and creating partitions for the
smaller offices that are an in
tegral part of the banks work.
These are needed for consulta-
tions that go on as projects all
over the world are evolved.
While President Black has
not been exactly a Sidewalk
superintendent" he has been
keenly interested in seeing that
the bank has more adequate
headquarters. He has carefully
gone over the various plans
with the engineers and archi-
tects and periodically exam
ined the work first hand as it
progressed. He's a very busy
man, travels extensively and is
abroad a great deal.
Two Buildings Harmonic
William F. Howell, director of
administration of the World
Bank. who is directly respon-
sible to Mr.. Black and the
board of directors who author
lied the project, explained it
will harmonic with the head
quarters at 1918 H street, NV,
adjoining just to the west.
The two structures, con-
nected at various levels above
the second floor, in effect will
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New Seors Subsidiary
Will Develop Centers

CHICAGO. Sept. 1 (AP).-
Sears. Roebuck & Co. an
nounced the formation of an
other wholly owned subsidiary.
The new subsidiary, Homart
Development Co.. was created
to own and develop shopping
centers, each of which will
include a Sears store. the an
nouncement said. The COM
pany reported such a center
already is under construction
at Fort Worth, Tex, and that
land for others has been pur-
chased in Austin, Tex, and
Albany, N. Y.
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dous business in the past few
months" Mr.. Medaris declared,
but we're not about to sacri-
flee quality for quantity"
A level-headed man, the
president is not overawed by
his own accomplishments. On
the contrary, he tends to play
down his role with the COM
.pany-which he tenderly nurSed
through its first lean years.
He started a predecessor
business. Medaris & Associates,
a partnership, in 1916 follow
ing service with the Army in
Europe during World War II.
Made Two Discoveries
Working with large manu-
facturer of tape recorders, Mr..
Medaris designed and installed
five pioneering electronic Ian
guage laboratories at George
town University. He worked
with the equipment for two
years, modifying it in response
to needs of the school and
students - who included his
wife Harriet.
He discovered. first of all,
that Americans are pretty
poor at speaking a second
language" despite their heritage
Che is a descendant of French
Basque immigrants). He also
learned that his laboratory
misunderstanding a language
by repetition of sounds - was
scoring undreamed of sue
cesseS.
The firm, self financed,
grew very Slowly-it had to" /"
Mr.. Medaris recalled.
While domestic sales climbed
slowly, the demand for his
product from overseas grew
much faster. Production was
increased and prices lowered.
Responding to requests from
overseas customers, ELL pre-
recorded its own language in
struction on tape and thereby
broadened the base of it's ap-
peal.