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Evening star., 1960-07-26

A California man has offered
to buy an 18th Century ware
house in Alexandria's "Old
Town" area to preserve the
atmosphere of Captains Row" "
The warehouse at the corner
of Prince and Union street is
scheduled to be razed to make
way for a parking lot. Resi-
dents of the historic section Of
the city are fighting to keep it.
Nathan Sameth of the Old
Town Citizens Association said
today that Martin Gold of
Piedmont, Calf, has offered to
buy the warehouse to preserve
it. 1t is owned by Herbert
Bryant, who repeatedly plans
to sell it to a commercial firm
for a parking lot.
In a letter to Mr.. Bryant.
Mr.. Gold said that on a recent
visit he was very much i'm
pressed" with the way Prince
Evening star., 1960-07-26
Water Bond
Sales Set
By Fuirfox

The Fairfax County Water
Authority announced today a
sales agreement for $5.7 mil
lion in bonds to finance con-
struction of a water supply
system in the northern section
of the county and Dulles In
ternational Airport at Chan
Itilly.
The authority said the bonds
would be sold in late August
and that work would start on
the project "in the near fu-
ture."
The money will finance "a
miles of transmission mains,
two pumping stations, a stor-
age standpipe and various
small lines.
Some $l30,000 will be used
to build an outfall sewer from
the Pimmit Hills sewage treat
ment plant.
The authority will buy the
Pimmit hills system.
Interest at so
The bonds are to be pur-
chased by financial firms from
Baltimore and New York. The
bonds will carry 5 per cent
interest rate, which authority
chairman Samuel E. Neel said
was favorable"
Mr.. Neel noted that security
for the bonds rests almost en-
tirely on prospective growth in
the county"
Sale of the bonds had caused
some concern in the county.
Buyers apparently had been
slow to respond. The authority,
because of this, had found it
necessary to get extensions on
its construction bids.
The transmission mains will
range in size from IL inches to
80 inches.
The line is to be complete
to the airport by January /,
the authority said.
The line will be capable of
pumping IA million gallons a
day. Later the system is to be
expanded for an expected popu-
lation in the northern section
of the county alone of 286,OOO
by the year 1000. The county's
total population now is over
100000.
Evening star., 1960-07-26

Alexandria's S Chamber of Com
: merce last night spurned the
city's controversial urban re-
newal plan.
The business leaders decided
to form their own Downtown
Development Corporation" in a
closed session of chamber. Re-
tail Merchants Association
and greater Alexandria Devel-
opment officials.
The action was taken after
the groups heard the urban
renewal plan outlined by its
author, John j. Beggs. New
York consultant.
Mr.. Beggs addressed the
groups, along with John Y.
Kerr, director of the city's
Redevelopment Housing Au-
thority and Stuart Morrison,
urDan renewal cO-OrQlndt0r.
Specific Stand Avoided
In a separate meeting. the
city Junior Chamber of Com
merce strongly indorsed the
principle of urban renewal but
declined to take stand on the
specific plan advanced for a
24-block downtown area by the
consultant last week.
=, A Jaycee resolution said "a
city must go forward or die"
and urged the City Council to
proceed with development of an
appropriate renewal plan. The
Evening star., 1960-07-26

Two Arlington school board
members are advocating a spe-
cial bond referendum to obtain
money for enlargement Of the
all-Negro Drew Elementary
School.
Funds for a 19-room addi-
tion to Drew, where overcrowd-
ing has made halliday sessions
necessary, were contained in a
$1,750,000 school bond issue
which voters rejected along
with eight others last May.
However, Board Member l..
Lee Bean said last night, II in
tend to support very strongly a
bond issue in November for an
addition to Drew. I feel that
if voters are given an oppor-
tunity to vote for that and that
alone, they will approve it."
Robert Peck also said he
would vote to ask the county
board to schedule another ref
erendum.
II think it is essential. 1t
would be utterly inconsistent
for us to maintain in May that
a bond issue is urgent and not
to maintain in November that
it is urgent" he declared.
Set No Sum
Neither specified the amount
he thinks should be borrowed
Two other board members
Barnard Joy and Mrs. Eliza
beth Campbell, said they favor
an "early" bond issue. but de-
clined to state whether they
would support scheduling one
in November.
However, all four agreed tc
authorize architects to begin
preparation at once of prelim-
mary plans for the addition.
The fifth board member
James Stockard, was out ot
town.
Mr.. Beans comments came
as the four members present
unanimously voted to inaugu.
rate bag lunch" program al
the temporary annex to which
some $50 Drew pupils will b
transferred next fall.
The former Dolly Madison
Evening star., 1960-07-26

said he had no idea what led
to the death.
Under Doctors Care
1--WE think he was ill-he had
been under the care of a Wash
ington physician" Mr.. Pom
ponio said.
Last January Rocco Pom
ponio decided to go into buSi-
ness for himself and had dis
solved the partnership with his
brother.
Friends at the hospital said
Mr.. Pomponio had seemed up
set about something.
In the attractive brick and
f1agStone house at the time were
the other sons, James and
David, and several neighboT
children watching TV in one
of the lower rooms.
Among Mr.. Pomponio'S activ-
tiles was an interest in Be-
Scout work. He had served on
the executive board of the
National Capital Area Council
Evening star., 1960-07-26
Bond Issue Vote Urged
Expand Drew School

Junior High School, which will
serve as the annex, has no
cafeteria facilities.
About 80 of the children who
will be shifted to it received
free lunches at Drew last year
through Federal grants.
Mrs. Campbell particularly
had expressed concern that
unless provisions for some
lunch program are made at
the annex, these needy pupils
will lose assurance of at least
one adequate meal a day.
School Supt. Ray Reid said
equipment necessary to provide
cold lunches would cost ST, 900,
but that it would require $18,-
900 to install kitchen facilities
to supply hot meals.
Evening star., 1960-07-26

street has been restored "re-
tanning all of its original Co.
lonial charm" Mr.. Gold, a
member of the California
Heritage Society, said he was
shocked to learn that plans
were afoot to destroy the old
building at the foot of the
street in order to build a park
ing lot"
He said he is prepared to
purchase the property" and
inclosed a check for $1,000 as
a deposit.
The three-story brick ware
house has been abandoned
since last winter. 1t lies at the
foot of the cobblestoned 100
block Of Prince street, which
has been called Captains
Row" for the sea captains who
lived in the e-buStling port.
The Old Town residents will
pause tonight in their fight
against another project-an ur-
Evening star., 1960-07-26
Rocco Pomponio, 80,
Found Hanged in Home

The body of Rocco Pom
ponio, 80, well-known Arling-
ton builder and real estate
man, was found today hanging
from a rafter in the attic of
his home at 1921 North Thirty
fifth street.
Detective Sergt. George Cop
page said police had ruled it
suicide, though the cause was
not clear.
Mr.. Pomponlo's wife Lee
frantically tried to cut him
down and restore life with
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Later efforts by a fire de-
partment squad also failed and
he was pronounced dead at Ar
lington Hospital at 9:25 am,
about Is minutes after he was
found.
Husband Was Feeling Fine"
Sergt. Coppage quoted Mrs.
Pomponio as saying her hus-
band was feeling fine" when
he rose this morning. On
dressing, he discovered a tear
in his trousers and told his
wife he would change while
she cooked breakfast.
With this, he went upstairs.
A few minutes later Mrs. Pom
ponio called to him and re-
ceived no answer. She started
search which ended with the
discovery of Mr.. Pomponio
hanging by a length of manila
rope. He was dressed in
trousers, underShirt and shoes.
He apparently had stood on a
collapsible luggage rack found
nearby.
Son Brings Large Knife
Mrs. Pomponio at first tried
to cut down the body with d
pairing knife. Failing. she called
to her eldest son, Michael, IL,
to bring a butcher knife, with
which she was successful.
Telling Michael to run to q
neighbor for help, Mrs. Pom
ponio then attempted artificial
respiration. Soon the ambu-
lance crew arrived, also failed
to revive him and took MI.
Pomponio and his wife to the
hospital.
Mr.. Pomponio's brother, Ar
thur, with whom he had until
recently been associated in the
firm Pomponio r e atty, Inc,
Evening star., 1960-07-26
Six Cubuns Arrested

MIAMI, Fla, July 26 (AP)
Six Cubans were arrested to-
day for throwing beer bottles
loaded with red paint at the
homes of Fidel Castro support
erS. This is the anniversary
of Castro's revolutionary move
ment.
Evening star., 1960-07-26

said he had no idea what led
to the death.
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-25

Hard work and stubborn will had turned the phar-
macy into solid business. Smith didn't rest on his
aurels Even though people throughout the city
talking about the beauty and of his establish
men he still wasn't satisfied. He wanted to make his
building center for medicine in the
Smith began to accelerate his program of in
vng doctors into his spacious two story office build
ing, program still in progress. third floor is being
planned which will provide still more doctors with
ample facilities. "The Medical Center" is the only
center of it's kind in the 1t is fulfllment of
Charles Smiths great dream of bringing the entire
medical team :. the doctor, the and the phar
macist into convenient closeness.
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-25
PRoGRES ESSIVE
PHARMACIST

EVERYONE likes a success story, and such is
l. the story of Charles w. Smith, pharmacist.
It is story of hard work and big dreams. and it
is story of fulfillment.
AS boy, in the streets of Chicago, Charles
Smith had determination to be pharmacist like
his father, Charles Sr. At times he would sit for
long periods watching his father prepare needed
medicine for the sick. Young Charles learned much
during these moments. He learned that pharma-
cist is a valuable person to the community. He
learned too that aid to the sick was a team opera
ton. The doctor, the nurse, and the pharmacist
each played an important part in curing and pre-
venting disease.
During his high school days, Charles worked in
his fathers drug store. Here, in closer contact
with the field of pharmacy he learned more respect
for the profession. 1t also during this period
that he earned his nickname BOX" He was then
known as an aggressive basketball player. In one
particularly rough game he received bumps at four
places the head. The ensuing swelling gave MS
head the appearance OF square, hence the name
The time came for BOX" Smith to go to college.
had to work his way through school taking full
time jobs in drug stores, laboratories and even the
steel MILL His work and study rewarded by
the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy De-
spite three year interruption civilian instruc-
tor in the Army Air Corps, he plugged on until he
received his pharmaceutical degree in 1916
Smith then took his savings, which amounted to
about $2 700, gathered through careful budgetlng,
and bank loan of about ST. 00O founded Doctors
Pharmacy" This modern pharmacy was outfitted
with the ultimate in fixtures and prescription mer-
chandse Although he started out by himself, offer
ing twentyfour hour service and sleeping on back
room cot, things changed Doctors in the area
liked his spirit. They also appreciated the special
services offered by the imaginative young proprietor
Arizona tribune., 1960-06-25

They began to patronize his establishment
THE Medical Center provides the atmosphere and
physical requirements for doctors Offices Smith
says particularly, in where it is badly
needed. People come here, even without refer
to particular doctor, and know that there will
be someone here who can help them"
Smiths fame has spread throughout the country,
and he receives many inquiries from doctors in other
parts of the country who considering practicng
in Chicago. To each one of these he extends well
coming hand.
This began a story and that just
what it is for the medical team" based
the foresight of one man.
Evening star., 1960-01-17
II'';|EI Y 80; |;;|S;;i COZ

Ten-position thermostot outo-
moticoIIy mointoins desired
degree Of comfort. G-E's sep
orote "off" position permits
you to leave thermostot at your
fovorite setting for "Set-ond-
Forget" convenience.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

COOL: HIGH for moximum
cooling, LOW for moximum
decentralization and quiet
nighttime use.
FAN: VentiIotes at two dis
tinct fan speeds.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

Eosy-oction control provides
forced ventilation Of fresh
outside dir - with or without
cooling. Ideal for boImy spring
days and pleasant autumn
weather.
Evening star., 1960-01-17
Up-FFont Control
Convenience

All controls ore right up
front for tuning ond od-
iustment-rieht next to
the picture. They're eos
ier to see and reoch .
50 convenient when tun-
ing in. And with "Set-
ond- Forget" volume con-
troll you tune in instontly.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

Rich, cIeor sound is pro-
iected stroieht from the
front Of the set. There's
no muffIino or distortion
thot sometimes occurs in
side mounted speakers.
This wide range speaker
brings superb, Iostine
tonoI quoIity.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

When you purchase appliances at The Hecht Co.,
you can trust that purchase because we service it.
Our stoff Of expert repoirnon will come to your
home and service all brands Of refrieerotors,
freezers and teIeVison; oIso G-E, Westinghouse
and Norge laundry equipment. Just call MA.
$500, ask for Service Repair What's more you
can rely on The Hecht Co. INTERPRETATIONS charge
land always convenient credit
Evening star., 1960-01-17

A new oIuminized tube
with even more picture
power. This new l7-inch
overall diooonol screen
tube with O full l5S
square inches OF viewo-
Bile picture wos de-
veloped to handle more
power, for stronger pic
tuTe.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
TREASURY BONDS

days closing Over-the-counter United
States Government Treasury bonds.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. Feb. 10 CAP) CUsDA.-
Hogs 5000: fairly active, uneven
strong to 25 higher on butchers. mostly
70 higher on weights 230 lbs anc
heavier; sows steady to Is higher
mixed l-3 200-23O lbs l3.50-l4 90
several lots mixed I-2 and Is l9O-22(
lbs IA ;00-l4 .35: 40 head lot is 2I0 lbl
at IA. so: several lots I-2 and Is 230-
40 LBS lbs ol3.75114.o0; mixed 2-3 ane
few lots Is 350-350 lbs is.S5-i2.75
mixed l-3 33O-475 ID soWs IL 25.
1900: mixed 2-3 475-550 lbs 1878
Cattle 10000; calves 100; genera
trade on slaughter steers and heifers
moderately 'V active. steady SS 70 fully IS
higher; bulls and vealers steady; stock.
eTs and feeders scarce; a load OF
prime l,275 ID steers 1915, highest
since last September; around a dozen
steers steers Soos Ue % H @5; bulk hiEh 'SS choice &c
and mixed choice and prime. l;l0Q-
l.4O0 ID 27.0O-E9 90: several loads
prime I,450-l ,4s5 lbs 27.25-27. so. g
iSad rSGo. Of prime ,6o 800 lbs SsOo; 6gIk g
$500: some high choice up to $3.50;
ing to weight; choice / 400 lbs 25. so;
load utility around 1900 ID HolStein
steers 1880; fve loads high choice
and prime 975-l,2OO ID heifers $500;
good to high choice 22 .O0-27 so; utility
and standard 16.00-22 90; utility and
commercial cows l450-16.5O: few
high commercial up to 1900; Gamers
and cutters l3.00-15.50; utility
bulls. 10 1921 90; commercial absent;
standard and good vealers % 3.O0-30. 90:
culls down to 1900: no action on
stockers and feeders largely due to
very adverse weather conditions.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Food Prices
Edge Higher
AtWhoIesuIe

NEW YORK. Feb. 10 CAP).-
Wholesale food prices edged ur
a bit this week but continued
to run well below 1859 levels
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc, re-
ported today.
The organizations food in.
dex, which represents the total
cost at wholesale of one pound
each Of 81 foods in general use
rose to $5.77 from $5.76 a week
earlier. This was SIS per cent
below the $6.17 figure in the
same week last year.
The year-ago figure, in turn
was Sd per cent below the $6.52
reading in the like 1858 week.
Higher this week were flour
wheat. rye, hams, sugar, milk,
eggs, steers and hogs. Lower
were beef, bellies, lard, cotton
seed oil. cocoa and raisins.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Lawyers Title
OF Richmond
Sets Record

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. IL
(AP).-LawyerS Title Insurance
Corp. yesterday reported a
record high total income for
1859 and net profit that was ls
per cent higher than the pre-
vious year.
President George c. Rawl-
ings told stockholders that res
idential housing construction
probably will be down 10 to Il
per cent this year-largely be-
cause of a tight money market
Construction and industrial
building, he said, should con-
tinue at a pace that will offset
some of the decline in res
idential building.
Lawyers Title total income
last year was up 1914 per cent
to $13.l62.831. Net profit rose
lS per cent to $1,848,723. The
company has a large Washing
ton Office.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
WINGS & WHEELS
Motorists Ponder Mileage Claims
By CHARLES YARsRoU6H
Economy of operation?

Economy of operation?
Probably never before in au.
tomobile history has fuel econ
omy played such a heavy part
in buying and selling, rivaline
the pioneer "will-it-really-run?
days of the early 1900s.
The 1860 cars have been on
the road long enough now that
owners, some of them disgrun-
tied, are vainly trying to at
tain the mileage claimed by
the manufacturer. 1t would
be a safe bet that, in virtually
every instance, the builders
claims are possible, but no mo-
torist would want to drive that
way.
During the introduction of
Ford's new Comet recently, Ben
d. Mills, general manager of
the Lincoln Mercury division,
reiterated a long standing fact:
That the top mileage claimed
may be obtained only under the
ideal conditions-super- careful
use of the accelerator, tire pres
sure, brake condition, traffic
condition, proper engine tuning
and a host of other factors.
During Introductory test
driving of the Falcon, I won a
second prize for getting Al miles
to the gallon, but it would take
gas-rationing to make that
kind of driving a full-time op-
Grafton.
The Ford Motor Company's
new Buyers Digest Of New
Car Facts" leads of with plain
Truth About Gas Mileage, &"
which tells of an oil company
engineer who scored 81 miles
per gallon in a 6-cylinder, 108-
inch wheelbase car! He had
stripped the car of everything
that would save power, wind re-
sistance or weight.
He took off the fan, radia-
tor, generator, water pump:
junked the grille, headlights,
windshield wipers. shock alb
sorberS, door handles, hub caps,
threw out the seat cushions and
sun visorS. He locked the drive
shaft in high gear with free
wheeling. put 80 pounds of
air in the tires and shaved off
the treads."
The recent Pure Oil economy
tests at Daytona Beach's IN
ternational Speedway, was won
by a Rambler American, 6-cyl-
inder, 125-horsepower engine
with overdrive. The mileage
figure was 51.281 to the gallon.
A Falcon was second with 44-
plus; a Valiant third with Al
plus.
But among the so or more
participating cars the average
speed was less than 81 miles
an hour. In every case, the cars
had to be a stock model with
the exception that carburetor
jet size could be slightly re-
duced.
\
The Federal Aviation Agency
last week counted, among its
other problems, cheating on
pilot examinations, particularly
by the most common category
the private pilot.
Examination papers are kept
under lock and key and even at
tn Government Printing Office
they are given the same treat
ment as secret" documents.
The FAA's announcement
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Curbonuted Coffee

BOGOTA.-A Colum bia r
company plans to produce car
donated coffee. bottling it for
both home consumption and
export. The firm says the
product will be all coffee and
not just a coffee-fiavored soft
drink.
Evening star., 1960-02-10

points out the obvious fact -
that the fight student whC
falsely passes his tests is 6
menace to himself as well a.
others.
If you're still wonderinr
about the sudden invasion Of
BritiSh-built DeHavilland air.
craft at National airport, thai
would be Gateway AirIines
Inc, flourishing since opening
service here seven months ago
Operating under a scheduled
air taxi permit, Gateway links
Washington with Newark, Long
Island, Boston and only last
week copped a million-pound
cargo contract with New York's
Airborne Freight Co.
Main operating base is Mac
Arthur Field on Long Island,
but they recently sent James v.
DeVitO to Washington as sta
ton manager.
Back in the air now after the
first major overhaul of a turbo-
jet airframe by United States
air transportation industry,
American Airlines jet Flagship
New York." is better than
new"
American contends that if
your automobile received the
careful maintenance lavished'
on the aircraft, 'it would prob
ably give you trouble free serv-
ice for a century"
At the big overhaul base in
Tulsa the BOeing 707 was de-
fueled, washed, disasSembled,
cleaned, inspected, re-worked,
repaired, assembled, inspected
again and finally test-flown
over a two-week period before
going back into service.
Before going into overhaul.
the jet had been flown 2,132
hours and more than IL mil
lion air miles; carried some
10000 passengers.
In all, there were 1874 work
items tended to on Flagship
New York, recorded in advance
on l,500 work cards. Into the
job. including incorporation of
Improvements and modifica-
tions developed since the plane
first went into service, went
1909 man-hours.
&x
The Corvette Clubs board
of directors meets at Burt's
Galley, 82l1 Wisconsin avenue,
Bethesda, at 8 pm, tomorrow
and the Clubs general meet
ing convenes at Toms Chew
rOlet. l1416 Georgia avenue in
Wheaton at 8 o'clock next
Tuesday Warren J. North,
chief of NASA's manned satel-
lite program, will address the
Washington chapter, Society
of AutOmotive Engineers, at
the Naval Weapons plant at
% pm, next Tuesday. AL
ready a national winner with
Renault, ROsenthaI Chevrolet
has been named Dealer of the
Year" by the SwediSh-built
SAAB. Austin Stevens has
been named manager of the
Martin COmpany's Washing
ton information Offices.
Douglas has delivered the first
of Pan Americans DC-8 jets,
with 20 more on order
Trans World has told the Civil
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Studebuker Hawk
Production Reoins

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 10
(AP). Studebaker-Pack
Corp. has begun production of
the 1860 model Studebaker
Hawk, a five passenger sports
coupe.
The Hawk was displayed last
fall but SIP said production
was held up so that all avail
able steel could be used in
building the Lark models. The
first Hawk production model
was completed yesterday.
Evening star., 1960-02-10

Prices quoted In dollars and thirty
seconds
Subject to Federal taxes but not to
State income taxes.
Evening star., 1960-02-10

is frustrating not to be able to locate additional office
space when you need it-or not to be able to find
tenant for unused Office space in your building. And it's
COSTLY too. But such problems are much better solved
at Shannon & Luchs than on the psychiatrists couch
ing, managing and buying-are Shannon & Luchs'
specialties. We manage more new Office space than
any other Washington realtor The sale of the Munsey
Building for three million dollars the rental of FIVE
Evening star., 1960-02-10
Auto Sales at Peak

Leon Cherner today an
nounced total January auto
sales for Cherner's Washington
and Shirlington locations to-
tailed 703 units, the highest
January sales in the company's
history.
Evening star., 1960-02-10

Aer0nauticS Board that the
number of round-the-world
air passengers will reach ST.
600 year by 1862. Japan's
Mitsubishi will build and sell
the F-104J Starfighter under
a license agreement with Lock-
heed. -. Rambler production
gets under way this year in
Canada.
Evening star., 1960-02-10
OldClub
Restaurant

Meet friends at Geo O
O Washington's old Clubhouse 4
. Finest food at prices you like \
4 Attractive Colonial dining rooms y
4 Open hreplaces Lunch and dinner u
= daily except Monday Para Freei =
Worries. sanqUsts. Meetings Rsesptiens~