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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-23

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Evening star., 1960-01-20
ARLINGTON, FAIRFAX AFFECTED
Right to Bar Drivers
Under18UrgedinB in Bill

drivers permit at the age OF
Is. But if the county sets the
age limit at 1S years, that
would prevent those children
from driving in the country.
urban areas of Virginia
have always been unhappy
about the law that allows chill
dren to drive at the age of 49,"
MI. Mann said. "They feel
that it is too young to operate
high-powered machines over
crowded streets.
But rural areas have in
sisted that the driving age
limit be kept low, and under
standably so. Their families
must depend on younger chill
dren to run long distances on
errandS, operate trucks and
perform farm chores such as
that"
A child of Is might be Ii
censed in Loudoun County and
be arrested if he drove into
Arlington or Fairfax Counties,
depending upon minimum age
limits set in those areas, under
Mr. Mann's bill.
Il expect the bill will be
popular with some, unpopular
with Others" the Arlington
legislator said.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
First in Series
Of Credo Stamps
Goes on Sale
BY the Associated Press

Postmaster General Arthur
E. Summerf1eld today launched
the American credo stamp
series, designed to revitalize
famous quotations from great
American patriots.
The first of the Accent series
honors George Washington. II
carries the advice contained in
his farewell address of 1876:
observe good faith and justice
toward all nations"
Mr.. Summertield said this
counsel had been followed fol
ITO years and should continue
to be the American guide in
dealing with peoples through
out the world.
But what about the ideol-
ogies that are hostile TO oul
very way of llfe?" Mr.. Sum-
merfield asked. THE counse,
of Washington still applies, as
surely as it did to the tyrannies
of his day"
Other stamps in the series
designed by Artist Frank Con.
ley, will feature sayings oi
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin
Franklin, Patrick Henry, Fran
els Scott Key and Abraham
Lincoln. The Washington
credo stamp, after its first day
sale at Mount Vernon, will bt
available to all post Offices
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
BY a Star Staff Writer

RICHMOND, Jan. 20.-A bill
that would allow Arlington and
Fairfax Counties to ban drivers
under the age of 18 from their
streets was introduced today
in the Virginia Assembly.
Purpose Of the legislation is
to eliminate hot-rod driving by
teen-agers, according to Dele
gate Harrison Mann of Arling-
ton, the sponsor.
The Arlington County Board
requested legislation raising the
age limit. AS drafted, it also
would apply to Fairfax County
The bill would give Arlington
and Fairfax authority to enact
local ordinances prohibiting
persons under 18 from operat-
ing motor vehicles in those
jurisdictions.
Mr. Mann said his bill will
not prevent any child under the
age prescribed by a local ord
nance from obtaining a State
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Crime Comic Book Statute
Upset by State Court Rule

lications dealing with news
stories of bloodshed, lust and
crime.
Judge Oppenheimer cited de-
cisions of the United States
Supreme Court and the high
courts of some other States.
He noted that Justice Felix
Frankfurter had mentioned the
Maryland statute as one that
could not stand the test be-
cause of a Supreme Court de-
cision on a New York law.
The Crime Comic Books Act
of Maryland attacked in the
latest case was the subject Of
heated debate in the 1859 Gen
eral Assembly. The House Ju-
dietary Committee tried to
write it so that it would come
within constitutional limits.
Siegel Book and Magazine
Store and Charles Book Center,
both Of Baltimore, brought the
suit.
Evening star., 1960-01-20

BALTIMORE, Jan. 20 tAP)
Another section of Mary
lands law dealing with the sale
of Objectionable printed matter
has been upset in court.
Superior Court Judge Reu-
ben Oppenheimer yesterday
ruled that that the statute on
offensive crime comic books
was not valid. He said in a
l7-page opinion that it violated
constitutional provisions of due
process, equal protection OF
laws and freedom of the press
James H. Norris, jr., assistant
attorney general who handled
the States case, said he would
recommend to Attorney Gen.
eral C. Ferdinand Sybert that
the verdict be appealed.
Three years ago, Criminal
Court Judge Joseph r. Byrnes
held that Section 4l9 was un-
constitutional. That prohibited
exhibition to minors Of pub
Evening star., 1960-01-20
BY G. o. HERNDON
Star Staff Writer

An advisory groups proposal
to hold back rising property
taxes in Montgomery County
by imposing a 2 per cent levy on
new residential construction
has evoked strongly-worded
protests from area builders and
developers.
"It's a totally ruthless tax. "
said one builder, Donald E.
Gingery, whose construction
firms have erected hundreds of
low-cost homes in the Rock
vile area.
AS proposed, the tax would
be paid by the builder or seller
prior to the listing Of the pro-
perty on assessment rolls. But
both the adherents of the tax
and the builders agree that it's
cost ultimately would be borne
by the buyer Of a new home.
The proposal includes a
proviso for new commercial
and industrial construction.
The rate for this class of prop
erty would be $40 per $1,000
of value-or per cent. The 2
per cent figure would apply to
new private homes and apart
ment developments.
The general counsel for the
Suburban Builders Association
said the proposed levy, which
was recommended yesterday by
the County Councils Financial
Advisory Committee, would be
inequitable.
The attorney, John w. Neu-
mann, said he as an individual
lis convinced that the only
real and long term solution to
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Proposed z Pct. Construction Tax
Hit by Builders in Montgomery

the county ask the State OF
Maryland to rebate "a per cent
of all income tax collected in
the county. Under a system
adopted less than two years
ago, the county gets back
about 22.7 per cent of the in
come tax paid on ordinary in
come by county residents and
approximately 33 per cent of
the investment income tax
yield.
Most, if not all, of the tax
proposals would require prior
enabling legislation by the
Maryland General Assembly,
revenue probers declared. They
agreed generally with leading
county delegates to the legis-
lature that such tax measures
probably cannot be considered
by the Assembly until its 1861
session.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Council Bars
Rezoning Bid

Alexandria city councilmen
last night denied a request by
the Bo-Bud Properties for
smaller lot sizes on a 13-acre
tract at Seminary road and
Quaker lane.
Councilmen concurred with
the City Planning Commission
that re-zoning land from 10000
square foot residential lots to
10000 square foot lots might
set a pattern for additional
changes in the area west to
st. Stephens road.
In other action. the council
approved re-zoning of a 47.6-
acre tract on Duke street east
of Lincolnia for a large apart
ment development. The owner,
Carl M. Freeman, Inc, also
received permission to plan a
small commercial development
on a 6l2-acre tract in that
area.
Councilmen also approved re-
zoning from heavy to light in
dustry of a tract east of Tele-
graph road and south of the
Temple Trailer Village. The
applicant. Hubert N. Hoffman,
said he proposes eventually TO
build a large motel. but in the
meantime will seek a use per-
nit for a trailer park.
A request by Brookville
Homes, Inc, for rezoning to
permit a small commercial de-
velopment at Richenbacher
avenue and North Van Dorm
street was denied.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
AB&WHits
Scot 7 ak on
Parkway Use

An official of a Northern Vir-
ginia bus line said his COM
pany will appeal to the Secre-
tary of Interior to rescind an
order requiring an annual IL
cense fee of SO per seat for all
buses using the George WASH
ington Memorial parkway.
Robert T. Mitchell, executive
vice president of the AB&W
Transit Co., said he has
been notified by the National
Park Service that the fee will
now be charged on 80 buses
using the parkway from Mount
Vernon to Memorial Bridge.
He said it would cost the
company more than $500 a
year.
The problem arose, Mr..
MlCcnell SAID, When the Ma
tional Park Service extended its
So fee order to the new portion
of the parkway leading to the
Central Intelligence Agency
site at Langley, Va. The Arnold
bus line has been given au-
thority to operate buses along
this portion of new roadway.
Mr.. Mitchell said his COM
pany has been paying the fee
on 10 of its 44-seat buses that
normally run on the Mount
Vernon leg of the parkway on
regular routes.
But, he said. the Park Service
is now requiring the company
to pay the fee for all buses
including about 20 that operate
on the parkway during rush
hours only. Some of these
buses go onto the parkway only
once a day, he said.
Evening star., 1960-01-20

grade were kept at Thomas
Jefferson.
In studies submitted earlier
to the board. the PTA's and
the League of Women Voters
backed the return of the
seventh grade to the high
school.
In answer to questioning by
Board Members H. P. Strople
and Lytton H. Gibson, Mr.
Schmitt stated that if the
seventh graders were at the
high school they could take
such subjects as art, home
economics and foreign Ian
guages not now offered at the
elementary level. He added
that a better physical educa-
ton program would also be
available.
The board took no final ac-
ton on the seventh-grade issue.
Evening star., 1960-01-20

curriculum for all high schoo
students. 1t calls for eight in
stead of six periods a day al
George Mason. This would ado
a total of one and a half hours
to the school day.
The seventh grade was shift
ed from George Mason tc
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
School last spring by a 4-to-2
vote of the school board.
Mr.. Schmitt explained to the
board that the heightened
school day would be staggered
so that not all of the expected
1000 students would be in the
.720-pupil-capacity school at
once.
He said at least eight new
courses could be offered under
the proposed system. These
would include third yeaI
French, Spanish and Latin
ancient and medieval history
international problems and
mechanical drawing.
A total of five additional
classroom teachers, he said
would be needed to handle the
additional courses and in
creased enrolment. He said
the additional staff would be
needed even if the seventh
Evening star., 1960-01-20

the revenue problem is to
attract to the county more OF
the kinds of uses Commercial
industrial and apartmentaD
which yield sufficient tax to
make up some of the deficit"
Proponents of the new tax
were not shaken by the criti-
ciSm. I'VE expected contro-
versy." said Clarke L. Fauver
the advisory committees chair
man.
Mr.. Fauver, an active civic
leader in the Silver Spring area
who works for the Federal Re-
serve Board, noted that the
f1ve-man committees recon-
mendationS, which included
several other possible tax
sources, were unanimously
agreed upon by all members,
three of whom are bankers.
The report also urged that
Evening star., 1960-01-20
DMV Asks
Re-reqistry

BALTIMORE, Jan. 20 (AP)
"A proposal to require drivers
to reregister every two years
has been advanced by Motor
Vehicles Commissioner John R.
Jewell.
He said the Department Of
Motor Vehicles would ask the
General Assembly next month
to enact such a law on a per-
manent basis.
At present the department is
in the process Of reregistering
motorists to weed out dead
wood that hasn't had attention
since 1887.
Maryland is the only State
that issues a lifetime motor
vehicle operators license and
Mr.. Jewell suggests the time is
ripe for a change.
Evening star., 1960-01-20

the act does not favor farmers
but does favor developers OF
farm land for residential, COM
mercial or industrial use.
The appellate ruling upheld
a Howard County Circuit Court
decision which had been ap-
pealed by the State Tax Com
mission.
Ward said after the ruling
that farm land in deep rural
areas" is generally assessed al
from $50 to $l00 an acre. He
said he would not be surprised
to see farm land on metropoli-
tan fringes rise to $1,000 OF
ST. 500 as a result of the courts
finding.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Repair Bill
Splits Industry

Two television repairmen
groups split today over a pro-
posed law to license their in
dustry in the District.
Spokesman for the l6-member
Television Service Association
of Washington said licensing
is needed to curb quick buck
artists" fraud and incompe-
tence in the TV repair business.
Representatives of the 35-
member Metropolitan Area
Television Service Association
strongly opposed the licensing
move. They argued that po-
Icing should be left to the
Better Business Bureau and
the repairmen themselves.
District Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin sided with the
latter group against the pro-
posed licensing, saying it would
be too burdensome to the city.
House Unit Hearing
The question was argued be-
fore a House District subcom-
mittee, which expects to decide
next week whether to back or
.pigeonhole a bill sponsored by
Representative Foley, Demo-
crat Of Maryland, to set up Ii
censing machinery.
Bernard w. Bognovitz, presi-
dent of the pro-license repair
men group, said the District
gets Its share of racketeering
on TV tubes and other repair
abuses. He told the committee
"licensin gis the only answer to
fraud and over-charges be
cause self-policing doesn't
solve the problem.
Norman C. Paulson, attorney
for the anti-license association,
conceded the existence of
abuses. He said the number
of complaints is negligible,
however, adding:
The situation is being rapidly
remedied, very largely through
the efforts of the Better Busi-
ness Bureau.
Il think, within a matter of
a couple of years, you'll see a
startling cleaning Job DONE" ne
predicted.
Bureau Opposed
Leland S. Mccarthy. Better
Business Bureau executive di-
rector. supported MIR. Paul
sons stand against licensing.
While TV repairs accounted for
a great proportion of the
nearly 780 radio end televislon
complaints recorded by the
bureau last year, the agency is
able to get adjustments in a
large number of cases, he said.
Mr.. Mccarthy conceded the
bureau must rely on moral
suasion" and has to be careful
about potential la wsuits. But
he said cases of apparent fraud
can be turned over to enforce
ment officials.
MIR. Bognovitz charged that
lone firm which operated l3
trucks belonged to the Better
Business Bureau before being
the first to sell out" But Mr..
Mccarthy later testified the
firms membership was can
celed.
I'VE occasionally get a bad
apple in the barrel" the bureau
official said.
Under questioning by Repre-
sentative Multer, Democrat OF
New York, Mr.. Mccarthy said
his bureau will tell citizens
making inquiries when a firm
has failed to cooperate" after
complaints.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
owHouse Burns;
Cigarette Blamed

A frame row house at 1908
Queen street, Alexandria, was
badly damaged yesterday by a
fire believed to have been
started by a cigarette on a sofa,
Fire Inspector Joseph HUNT re-
ported.
The occupant, Robert Tbs,
who was asleep when the fire
broke out, fled outside when
he smelled smoke, Mr.. HUNT
said. Mr.. Tbs was alone in
the house.
An adjacent row house at
1905 Queen street was dam
aged by smoke, Mr.. HUNT said.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Discussion of Plans

Planning prospects for South
ern Prince Georges County
will be discussed at a meeting
OF the Fort Washington Forest
Community Association at 8
O'Clock tonight in st. Mary'S
Parish Hall, Piscataway. Guest
speakers will include engineers
from the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Evening star., 1960-01-20

ruling by the Court Of Appeals
will cause assessments to rise
on some farm lands, particu-
larly in the fringe areas of
Baltimore and Washington.
The court said the 1856 act
which permits lower tax as
sesSmentS for agricultural land
is unconstitutional because it
fails to meet two requirements
of a valid tax exemption -
reasonableness and public pur-
pose"
Associate Judge Stedman
Prescott filed a dissenting opin-
ion to the majority four Judge
ruling.
The majority opinion said
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Voter League Teu

The northern unit of the
Prince George County League
of Woman Voters will hold a
tea for prospective new men,
bers from 3 to 5 pm, Sunday
in the College Park Municipal
Center, Knox road and Yale
avenue.
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Longer Day at Mason
Urged by School Head

Falls Church School supt Irwin H Schm told the school
board last night that by enghenng the high school day
seventh grade could be returned George High School
next year without undue overcrowding.
Mr. Schmtts longer day plan designed only to ac-
commodate the seventh grade but also enlarged
Evening star., 1960-01-20
Farm Valuations Seen
Rising After Decision

ANNAPOLIS Jan. 20 (AP)-A Maryland tax official
says court decision upseng the States farm
act result in extensive farm
land in metropolitan fringe areas
Albert w. Ward director of the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation said there yesterdays
Milford chronicle., 1960-02-26

I'D endeer are cattle of Lapland the bleak barren
land that stretches the northern part Norway
Sweden and Finland From them the Lapp gets his tent
his blanket, part of his clothing, and his food.
Some of the reindeer wander wild, but others are
herded like cattle western plains. They feed on
mosses and chens cling rocks and trees, visible
above the snow that blankets of the
the Lapps the most exciting time of the year is
when they round the reindeer from the snowy mountain
pastures for the annual redvison among their owners
The big roundup is called the nVendemia." is lasso
swinging operation setting of glistening white The
herdsmen sing as they work.
Not only do the Short sturdy Lapps separate their
respective herds work animals and those destined
for slaughter but they also make this the occasion for
their annual with friends and relatives after long
Arctic Circle.
reindeer roundup IN Finnish Lapland is pictredhere.
Milford chronicle., 1960-02-26

Population of Monaco. better
known as Monte Carlo, is 2O,422
permanent residents. This does not
include transient devotees Of games
of chance in the gambling casinos.
Evening star., 1960-06-17
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW B, FRANCE. s7Auu
Report From NeWtown

NEWTOWN CONN., June IT, - This is the most
depressing and the shabbieS of all of Floyd Paterson
primitive training quarters Here in atmosphere that
would roll the stomach of hungry $50 preliminary boy
Patterson winds up his training for miondoar heavy
weight title fight
Ell Ronda is the macabre nadr in Gus DAmatos career
OF choosing o-beat and spartan-ke sites for the
champion he no longer is legally permitted to advise in
person. 1t roadhoue once but so forgotten that
even the natives can't direct drivers of the chartered press
buses to the back road that leads to this skid
strosty.
An air of pungent neglect hangs over the old ruins
The woods and weeds embarrassed by this
reach out for the nightmare Ehsans where Pater
son trained year ago champion of the world, was
better, bad 10 The basement of the Indianapolis
Arena where Patterson lived and trained for the Brian
London mismatch the Waldorf by comparison
Inside, the oncegarish walls, ceilings, drapes and
furniture broken materials of faded green and pink
and Pattersons bedroom upstairs simplicity ITSELF
and uninviting 1t is said that before the ex-champ
his little encourage could in they had to take 90
rifles and shoot the rats.
NOBODY CAN UNDERSTAND why man who has
made much money in the ring deliberately chooses such
places to spend weeks and months before fight almost as
penance AS visitor put it, "A can think of is that
there's no class to this firm"
Patterson himself has not changed much in the last
dozen months He is six pounds heavier than the dried
out 02 ne weighed for 1ngemar Johanson last June and
in the absence of DAmato talks more on his own He
w
the strings and that he is thinking for himself vet his
unrocked Svenga talks to him by telephone and pre-
sumably has his say.
The youngest man to win the heavyweight title
now feels that D'Amato mSadvised him as to public rea-
tons and Floyd is trying his own T didn't even
feel like champion" Patterson was saying in his ghoush
camp III win this fight I'll meet anybody couldn't do
like did, fighting men DAmato picked for me-"
Floyd revealed that Nino Valdes when he was con-
Sdered ranking contender, disturbed him by claiming
to be the professional champion while Patterson merely
was the amateur champion"
asked Gus to get me fight right away with Valdes"
Patterson disclosed to members of the press He told me
that we wouldn't fight Vades and not to get excited"
FOR WEEKS NOW Patterson has been answering the
same tired questions foremost of which probably is do
you think the memory of those seven knockdowns bv
JohanSson will bother when the bell rings? Or will
See WIN, LOSE OR DRAW Page C-5
Evening star., 1960-06-17
By the Associated Press

The Los Angeles Dodgers,
wobbly world champions thus
far. find out whether they're
really on the way back tonight
when they open a three-game
series at home with Pittsburgh,
the National League leader.
The Dodgers climbed into
fifth place with a 1916 decision
over last-place Philadelphia last
night. The champions, nine
games out of first place, have
won four of their last five games
all against Cincinnati and the
PhilS, two of the three clubs
they lead.
Pittsburgh completed a
three-game sweep at San Fran
cisco with a 10-7 victory. The
Pirates now have a four-game
lead over the second-place
Giants, who have lost four in
a row. Milwaukee, five games
back in third. defeated Chi
cago, 1877. Fourth-place st.
Louis made it four straight,
Spilling Cincinnati to sixth
with a 6-5 decision.
Law Faces Williams
The Pirates, picking Right
handler Vern Law (9-2) to face
the Dodgers Stan Williams
$50 tonight, took two of three
in their last trip to Los An
geleS. But the Dodgers sent
them skidding out of first place
with a three-game sweep at
Pittsburgh three weeks ago.
Wally Moon and Frank How
ard each hit three-run homers
last night for the Dodgers, who
tagged Loser John Buzhardt
(2-5 and three relievers for
IS hits. Moons shot climaxed a
four-run third and he then
brought in the clincher with a
sacrifice fly in the fifth for a
total of % RBI in a 12-game
hitting streak. The Dodgers
have hit home runs in each
of their last II games. The
major league record is rs, the
league mark "a.
Southpaw Johnny Podres
(6-6 was a winner for the
fourth time in his last five de-
ciSions. He gave up 10 of the