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Evening star., 1960-05-13
BY CARL IRVING
Star stan Writer

A legal technically ap-
parently has defeated a Coast
Guard veteran in his f1ve-year
fight to reverse a murder con-
viction.
|" Virgil v. Lampe had reason
to hope until yesterday, because
his cause had been taken up
by the American Civil Liberties
Union.
But the United States Court
of Appeals, in a brief verdict
said that possibly valid argu-
ments for Lampe's freedom
came too late. They were not
presented when he asked for 9
hearing, in g carefully hand
written document that had beer
forwarded from Jail. before the
ACLU entered the case.
Lampe, now 43, served honor
ably with the Coast GuarC
during World War II. Late
he beanie a union painter anc
prospered until a railroad ac'
cident cost him an arm.
After the accident, he wa.
unable to get any more jobs il
Evening star., 1960-05-13

yield after he told her "be
quiet and you won't get hurt"
and stopped her screams with
his hands.
Judge Guerin granted a re-
quest that the Judge sit as a
committing magistrate and hold
Mallory for trial on three other
burglaries linked to him by de-
tectives who testified at the
trial.
The jury deliberated an hour
and so minutes. returned to ask
the court for the legal defini-
tion of burglary" then delib-
Grated five more minutes before
returning its verdict.
Justice Felix Frankfurter,
who wrote the opinion revers-
ing the Washington conviction
held that Mallory had not beer
given a preliminary hearing
without undue delay. A con.
fesSion had been obtained ir
the interval. 1t was voided BY
the reversal.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
500 CABS
FUNK D. G.
INSPECTION

Taxicab traf1ic through
the Districts vehicle in
spection stations on the
last day for inspection of
cabs was not extraordi-
narily heavy today.
Up to noon yesterday,
about 5000 of the estimat-
ed 5000 cabs in Washing
ton had been passed by in
spectors. an inspection Off
cial said. Another 500 cabs
had been rejected, he
added. r.,
He said drivers whose
cabs have flunked the in
spection or have not yet
been inspected will be as
signed special inspection
dates by the Motor Vehicle
Department.
This years annual in
spection of cabs has been
protested as unusually
stringent by the United
Hackers of D. c., a driv-
erS' organization.
After granting a one
week extension of the cab
inspection deadline past
May 6, Motor Vehicle Di-
rector George A. England
this week refused a second
extension request by the
United Hackers.
Evening star., 1960-05-13

his trade. He started drink
ing and his wife left him. He
had been an alcoholic for over
five years when a friend, Fred
B. Lamar, So, was beaten into
insensibility in Barnard Hill
Park here.
Lamar, on his death bed, told
police that Lampe had been
one of his assailants. Mean
while, Lampe. after two days OF
.sobering up in District General
Hospital, confessed to police
that he had beaten Lamar.
Only IL hours later, he had
to be strapped to his bed wher
he began suffering from de-
lirium tremens.
He later was convicted anc
sentenced to 8 to "a years fol
second-degree murder. He has
served five years.
The defense argued before
the appeals court that his con-
fession, made in a state of hay
sobriety, was not voluntary
and should not have been used
The defense cited an appeals
court decision of last Decem'
Der which questioned whethel
a confession of guilt by mar
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Jury Acquits Mallory
In Second Rape Case

PHILADELPHIA. May l3
(AP).-Andrew R. Mallory. once
saved by the Supreme Court
from a rape conviction in a
1855 Washington ID. c. case,
was acquitted of another rape
charge here yesterday.
Common Pleas Judge Charles
L. Guerin said he was shocked
by the verdict. The jurist told
the jury which had heard evi-
dence in a trial involving a
burglary by the 25-year -old
Mallory at the apartment of a
2l-year-old mother of three:
There is no doubt in my
mind the preponderance of evil
dence was against him"
The jury found Mallory
saved from execution by the
Supreme Court in 1857, guilty
only Of burglary and aggra.
waited assault and battery ir
the attack on Mrs. Joyce Saun.
ders. She surprised him in hel
apartment March %. Both art
Negroes.
Mallory could be given {
sentence of 10 to 20 years OF
the burglary conviction ant
another IA to 3 years on tn
aggravated assault conviction.
Malloy was charged Will
raping Mrs. Saunders when sh
returned home and SURPRISED
him robbing her apartment.
She said he forced her t,
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Court U phoIds Murder Conviction,
Says Arguments Came Too Lote

cotics addict was Influenced by
withdrawal symptoms.
But the Government pointed
to six witnesses who testified
at Lampe's trial that he ap-
peared normal when he con-
fessed.
Lampe raised another con-
troversial issue, whether a de-
fendant has the right to coun-
sci at a coroner's inquest. Two
of the appellate judges limited
they might have given consid-
Grafton to this if he had men.
toned it in his original motion
Judges Henry Edgerton anc
Charles Fahy noted that two
other recent appellate deci-
sions involved the theory thai
there is no right to counsel ir
proceedings before the coroner
Those opinions do not men,
ton the point but it was pre-
sented in briefs in those cases
they noted. Judge Wilbur K
Miller. who agreed with the
decision, dissented on this point
He said it was implicit" in thr
earlier opinions that there i
no right to counsel before tn
coroner.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
100000 Are Expected
At Armed Forces Show

More than 100000 persons
are expected to visit Andrews
Air Force Base tomorrow and
Sunday for the Washington
areas celebration of Armed
Forces Day. The gates open at
10:30 am. tomorrow and at
noon Sunday.
High lighting the Unite d
States display of armed might
will be three expert aerial
teams-the Navy's Blue Angels,
the Air Force Thunderbirds
and the Golden Hawks; official
aerobatic team Of the Royal
Canadian Air Force.
A World War II-type subma-
rine, the Crevalle, will be open
for public inspection at Mu-
nicipal Pier 5 on Maine avenue
IS.W. today, tomorrow and
Sunday. The sub will be open
from 9 am. to 1880 am. and
/ pm. to 4 pm. all, three days.
The White Oak Naval Ord
nance Laboratory in Silver
Spring will hold an open house
for the public May 2l.- For
the first time in six years. the
doors of one of the Navy's
most modern research and de-
yelopment laboratories will be
open to the public and some
of its wonders in science and
technology will be displayed.
Visitors will be welcomed be-
tween 9 am. and 4 pm. and
will be able to see 1870 exhibits
and demonstrations, plus doz-
ems of laboratories, wind tun-
nels and other research facili-
ties. Featured among the
exhibits will be an electroniC
brain against which visitors
may match their wits, and a
lfaIlria0 Iiohf hooua
Evening star., 1960-05-13
PRESIDENTS MAIL
GENERALLY BACKS
HIS STAND ON U-2

The White House said
today that letters and
kilograms to the President
are predominately favora-
BILE to the administration
stand in relation to the
U-2 spy plane incident.
Mrs. Anne Wheaton, as
sociate press secretary.
said about 500 kilograms
have been received. She
told reporters their con-
tents 'fluctuated with the
development of news"
over the last several days,
but that overall they are
favorable" to the admins
tration.
About 900 letters touch
ing on the plane incident
as well as disarmament,
nuclear testing and the
forthcoming summit meet
ing have been counted in
the last several days, Mrs.
Wheaton said. She added
that "the predominant
note is favorable"
Evening star., 1960-05-13

slow learners special instruc-
ton without delaying the prog
ress of normal and fast learn
ers, school officials said.
Mr.. Williams said 687, or
about IA per cent of the city's
$500 elementary pupils. will
attend special classes in II ele-
mentary schools.
New Policies
The program is in line with
two policies adopted last year
Elimination of social pro-
motions" and organization OF
readiness classes for 6-year-
olds considered too immature
for firSt-grade work.
The school board adopted the
ability grouping program after
receiving a report from eight
school principals who studied
problems of slow learners for
more than a year.
The principals said a slow
learners achievement is one or
two years below that of his
grade level.
Mr.. Williams said "a COM
bination of this program with
the readiness program should
go a long way toward solving
a problem which as been a
thorn in our sides for some
time"
The principals committee re-
port said. "at the present time
the range of achievement in a
class may amount to as much
as four or five years difference
Until recently, many. of the
poorer students in Alexandra
were allowed to move on in the
age group even though theii
achievement was low (socia
Evening star., 1960-05-13
New Family
SetupUrged

Washington will have "thera-
peutic communities" for poor,
badly diSorganized families if
the recommendations of the
Commissioners Youth Council
project for underprivileged chill
dren are carried out.
Begun in 1854, the councils
maximum benefits project, de-
signed to help children get the
most out of their elementary
school experience. has shown
that regular social services ap-
parently will not prevent de-
linquency among elementary
school-age children.
In fact, the incidence of de-
linquency was higher among 81
children treated by the project,
than among 80 with similar
backgrounds who were not
helped.
Social case work with chill
dren and parents, usually the
mother. was at the heart of
the project.
But specialists involved have
concluded that any help the
project gave was wiped out by
the total family situation.
The maximum benefits prof.
ect is expected to come to end
in October, 1861. when a cur
rent study of kindergarten and
first-grade children is COM
pleted. Mrs. Nina B. Trevvett,
Youth Council executive direc-
tor. said.
Therapeutic communities are
made up of families who agree
to live together under one roof
and accept all of the services
the community can provide to
bring them better life under
a program directed by a psy-
chiatriSt.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Gibson Quits
Falls Church
School Bourd

Lytton H. Gibson has re-
signed from the Falls Church
School Board. City Manager
Lewis z. Johnston said today.
Mr.. Johnston said Mr.. Glib
sons resignation, which will
be effective when accepted by
the City Council. was prompted
by "press of business" Mr..
Gibson is a partner in the Falls
Church law firm of Gibson,
Hix, Hansbarger & Millsap.
In a letter to Mayor C. M.
HALEY. Mr.. Gibson explained
that business had kept him
from recent board meetings.
The resignation creates the
second board vacancy in a
month. Barnard Russell has
resigned to accept an overseas
job.
Mayor HALEY said city coun-
Gil probably will fill both
vacancies at its May % meet
ing.
New appointments to the
board are expected to shift
control from a conservative tc
q more liberal majority. Mr.
Gibson was the chief proponent
of a successful school economy
drive last year. He was also
a strong backer of the shift oi
the seventh grade last veal
from the high school to the
elementary schools.
A change in the board ma.
jority had not been anticipated
for another year, when Mr.
Gibson's term was to expire
The "pro-school" faction in the
city won council control las
June.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Transit Unit Plan
Pushed at Session
Joint Committee
Works for Bill
On Metro Agency
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star Staf Writer

A joint Senate House COM
mittee made headway today in
seeking to resolve controver-
sial points of the pending leg
islation to create a new agency
to develop a District area rapid
transit system.
Members of the Joint Com
mittee on Washington Metro
politan Problems headed by
Senator Bible, Democrat Of
Nevada, met for more than two
hours to discuss issues raised
at recent public hearings and
staff proposals for legislation
the unit hopes to push before
adjournment.
Committee members decided
not to disclose the results OF
the closed-door session. Sem
ator Bible indicated satisfac-
ton with progress made, how
ever. and disclosed that an
other meeting has been sched-
ulad for a week from Monday.
Bill May Come Soon
! The joint committee is TO
make recommendations to the
Senate and House District
Committees which in turn may
be able to act in time to put
a bill before Congress in the
next several weeks.
The measure being studied
was drafted by the Federal
Bureau of the Budget. 1t pro-
poses creation of a temporary
agency empowered to plan a
surface subway rail system,
other commuter transportation
facilities and possibly co-ordi-
nation with railroads, and to
acquire some rights of way. The
bill also would create a later
Federal corporation. but au-
thorizes an interstate agency
controlled by the District,
Maryland and Virginia, pro-
vided the three jurisdictions
and Congress can agree on such
a course.
All Present but Two
Senator Bible heads the Sen
ate District Committee as we'll
as the joint unit. Senator's
iBeall, Republican of Mary
land. and Morse, Democrat of
Oregon. are the other Senate
members, and the House Dis
trict Committee is represented
by Representatives Mcmillan
Democrat of South Carolina
and Smith, Democrat. anC
: Broyhill, Republican, both oi
Virginia. Mr.. Mcmillan heads
the House District Committee
All of the members of the
Joint unit were present fol
today's session except Senators
Beall and Morse. who were
represented by aides.
The proposal to develop q
rapid transit system has won
strong support from area gov
erning bodies and other or
ganizations although a num-
ber of differences have arisen
over organizational details
Chances for creation of al
least the temporary agency
this year are considered good
Evening star., 1960-05-13
The
Rambler
Hopes
To Moke 1t
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Fifty years ago Halley's
Comet could be seen Just
before dawn in the eastern
sky.
This writer remembers it.
His father told him how
1t was named after an
English astronomer who be-
came aware of its cycle by
noting a rhythm in history.
A giant comet had appeared
every 76 years.
This was in 1882, when
HALEY was 26 years old. He
said it would be back In
1758. He would not be there
to see it, he predicted, but
he asked poSterity to look
for it.
Sure enough, it showed up
in the predicted year. And
it was back in 1884 and then
again in 191O-5O years ago.
That's when the writer
saw it. It was a splendid
sight with its long tail, hang
ing, not shooting, near the
horizon.
But topping that vision is
the memory of his fright on
the night of May 18, when
the earth was to go through
the comets tail.
He was 10 but through
some science fiction put out
for children in those days,
perhaps the "Child'S Book of
knowledge" he was well
aware of the planetary
theory. He was much more
confident about the origin of
the universe than he is
today.
He had become disturbed
about the possibility that
heavenly bodies might col
lide and that the earth
might be one of them. And
then this comet swan into
his ken.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
ANDREWS LISTS
SPECIAL EVENTS

Here is the schedule of
events for Armed Forces
Day at Andrews Air Force
Base tomorrow and Sun
day. The gates open at
1890 am. tomorrow and
at noon Sunday.
1880 PM.
Royal Canadian Golden
Hawks aerial team demon
stration of aerobaticS (both
days..
2:15 PM.
Demonstrations and
flybys of Century Series
planes and Strategic Air
Command planes in Air
Force events. The Thun-
derbirds will give an aerial
show at 2:48 pm. on Sum-
day only.
3 PM.
Navy, Marines and Coast
Guard show. Marines put
on helicopter attack in
limited war demonstration.
Coast Guard "rescueS" a
downed pilot. Navy Blue
Angels put on air show at
3::31 pm. Saturday only.
4:O5 PM.
The Army's portion of
the show featuring a COM
bined arms attack. Para
chute jumping exhibition
at 4::20 pm. Helicopter
square dance" at ABS pm.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
NOW THEY DON'T PLAY RIGHT
Fiddler, 100, Moons at 1t All
BY JACK KELSO
Star stan Writer

A merry-eyed fiddler from
Bristow, Va, celebrates his
Tooth birthday today on a back
ground of rock and roll.
1t isn't that Milton Alexan-
der Rollins, a farmer and fiddler
all his life, likes rock and roll.
But it's the only thing on the
radio.
They don't play right any
more" Mr.. Rollins told a ques-
toner while sitting in q wheel
chair at the home of his young
est son, Alphonse.
His bright blue eyes peering
sharply from under the bill of
a red corduroy cap, Mr.. Rol-
Inns contended:
They don't play 'em out
clean"
Turning his back on tunes
like "a Stove Lid Rock" Mr..
Rollins asserted his preference
for Arkansas Traveller" "Jen-
ME Put the Kettle On" and
Pretty Bessie Martin"
Hurries to Play
His relatives, who stood by
to jog his memory, said the
only time in his life he ever
hurried was when he was going
out to play the fiddle at q
dance.
Until he was 95, he played
around the country side at
square dances. picnics and
country music festivals.
I'D go for miles to play the
fiddle" he declared.
Just sold my old fiddle last
year. Fingers got stiff" he said.
putting down his corncob pipe
and clinching his thick farmers
hands.
He bought the fiddle in
Manassas. a few miles away.
for So when he was 18 and
learned to play without taking
a lesson. He had his SO back
a few months later through
playing for a dance.
Looks Back to War
When he wasn't playing the
fiddle, Mr.. Rollins farmed. Ex-
cept for five years in Pennsyl-
vania, he has spent his whole
life at BriStow.
He was on the farm as a
small boy when Confederate
troops, wearing Yankee over
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Poppy Sales Begin
In Silver Spring

The American Legion Auxil,
iary of Silver Spring today
began its sale of memorial
poppies, to be worn on Poppy
Day, May %.
The red crepe paper flowers
worn as a tribute to the
Nations war dead each year
will be distributed by volunteer
workers. Mrs. Ray Bergstrom
Poppy Day chairman of CisSel-
Saxon Unit No. Al, American
Legion Auxiliary, has an
nounced that more than l,50t
poppies have been received ir
Silver Spring this year.
Evening star., 1960-05-13

vegetable garden at his home.
Mr.. Rollins has 10 children,
81 grandchildren, 80 great
grandchildren and six great
great-grandchildren.
He attributes his long life to
going to bed early, getting up
early and chewing tobacco that
was strong as a mule"
Evening star., 1960-05-13
THE NIGHT of May 10


was clear and moonlit.
The event was so porten-
touS that the saloons on
Pennsylvania avenue closed
shortly after II.
One man looked at the old
post Office clock and shouted:
Hold tight! We're going
to hit her in a minute.
There was a great crowd
at Observatory Hill (the
Naval Observatory on Mas
sachusetts avenue). Those in
the milling throng were a bit
puzzled. They were inclined
to make light of it. They
hoped nothing would hap
pen, yet they expected to see
something. But there were
no meteors, no aurora bore
alis-just a beautiful moon
on a chilly May night.
Prof. ASaph Hall was
puzzled also. Not that he nor
any other learned aStrono-
mer expected anything to
happen. They had been re-
assuring the people for weeks
that the passage of earth
. through the comets tail
meant no danger-that the
vapor Of the tail was rarif1ed,
that there was probably only
one molecule of matter in a
cubic yard.
But toward morning, when
he was peering into the eye
piece OF the great 26-1nch
lens, an assistant tugged at
his sleeve. The assistant led
him down to the lawn.
And there hanging in the
eastern sky, just where it
had been before dawn the
day before, was the tail of
the comet.
There had been a mis-
calculation. The earth had
not gone through the tail OF
the comet after all.
Evening star., 1960-05-13

promotion). When this prac-
tice was studied and stopped in
1859, we found a large back
log of under-a -achievers."
2O-Pupil Limit
Remedial reading will be en-
phasized in the classes, which
will be limited to 20 children
each with no more than three
years difference in achieve
ment levels.
Report cards will be marked
on the grade level at which the
pupil is working and will indi.
cate his grade level in each sub.
ject.
The committee explained that
the remedial classes for SLOW
learners will be different from
classes for retarded children
which Alexandria has had TO,
several years. Children are re.
turned to regular classroomi
as soon as their academic
standing warrants it.
The elementary schools where
special classes will be eStab.
liShed, and the number of SLOW
learners in each. are Minnie
Howard, 18; William Ramsay
II; Stonewall Jackson, 70
Macarthur, II, Ficklin, so
Cora Kelly. 80; Robert E. Lee
81; LyleS-Crouch, 1874: Noun
Vernon, AZ; Prince Street, SO
and Charles Houston, 1853.
Slow learners at the remain,
ing four elementary schools
Maury. IA; George Mason, 6
Patrick Henry, IA, and Charlie
Barrett, 13-will be transported
by bus to classes in the othe.
schools.
Evening star., 1960-05-13

coats. filed down the road
toward home after the Civil
War.
He sits in a kitchen now.
where he can look over the
100 acres he once farmed.
He gave up farming a few
years ago, but the year before
last he planted and tended a
Evening star., 1960-05-13

HIS PARENTS weren't
disturbed. Their astronom-
ical knowledge was very
rudimentary.
But there it was in the
paper. At 11:20 that night,
the earth was to go through
the tail of the comet.
He was sent to bed at 9 as
usual. The imminence of the
worlds end kept him awake
a long time; it seemed al
most an hour.
1t was fun yesterday to
review it in the 1910 copies
of The Star.
The comet was first sighted
at Cape Town, South Africa,
on April 8.
The transit of the earth
through the comets tail al
ready had been charted. A
European astronomer, D. F.
J. Allen, suggested bottling
the dust of the comets tail
by filtering large quantities
of the atmosphere.
The comet was first
sighted in Washington on
April II by Prof. Asaph Hall
of the Naval Observatory.
Then things began to
happen. In San Bernardino,
Calf, a sheep herder and
prospector named Paul Ham
merton, who had been pre-
dieting the end of the world,
was found crucif1ed. He had
nailed his feet and one hand
to a cross. He was released
in time to save his life but
the conclusion was that he
had become deranged be-
cause of the comet.
In Alabama two person,
dropped dead after seeing it
Evening star., 1960-05-13
County YMCA Dinner

The Prince Georges County
YMCA will hold its annual
mother and daughter dinner at
Sis pm. tomorrow at Green
belt Junior High School. Miss
Mabel Cook, general secretary
of the Washington YWCA will
be the speaker.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Little League to Open

Ellis Hardware. the defending
champion, will play Belle View
Barber Shop at 2:45 pm. Sum
day at Bucknell School in the
opening game of the Bucknell
Little League season. Pre-game
ceremonies will begin at / pm.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Dance to Celebrate

The Beth Torah Congrega-
ton, 4601 Eastern avenue,
Mount Rainier. Nd, will cele-
brate its 18th anniversary with
a buffet supper and dance al
9 pm. tomorrow in the congre.
CATION social hall.
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Remedial Glasses Set
For 687 in Alexandra
Elementary School Program Adopted
After Yeur's Study by Eight Principals
BY DAN POOLE
Star STAFF Writer

new program in Alexandria schools will require slow
learners elementary grades attend remedial classes this fall
Adopted by school board last night the
daton Supt Williams the is designed to give
students classroom work at their achievement level
The grouping of students learning ability provide
Evening star., 1960-05-13
Towes Gets Checkup

BALTIMORE, May 13 (AP)
Gov. Tawes was given a clean
bill of health yesterday follow
ling a four-day routine check
lup at University Hospital.