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Evening star., 1960-08-02

the pool and saw Rodney (Rod-
ney Mcknight, the 12-year-old
victim) lying on the bottom OF
the pool" The boy was in about
9 feet of water.
Il jumped in the pool to get
him." the lifeguard continued
When l got down in the water
I received a bolt-a shock.
stayed suspended. couldn't
move my arms or legs"
Felt Electricity
II could feel electricity run
ming all through me. 1t seemed
like I was going down for
hours"
Suddenly Mr.. Wynn found
himself at the surface with his
arm over the side of the pool.
He was helped out and began to
administer mouth-to-mouth re-
suScitation to the Mcknight
boy, whom somebody else had
taken out of the pool. After
that, Mr.. Wynn said, his legs
began to feel wobbly. II felt
faint" he said. They gave me
oxygen and took me to the hos
pital."
Still shaken by his expert
ence, he is dubious about re-
turning to his summer job as
a lifeguard.
Evening star., 1960-08-02
Bonneker Pool Drained in Probe
Of Deaths Of Lifeguord and Boy, Il

pumphouse. The boy said he
went to the upper level, but
did not know which switch tc
push and turned them all on.
That turned on all the lights
in the pool. which the poo
manager, Willie F. Williams
said were being operated for
the first time in two years
since there is no night SWIM
ming there.
Lifeguard Thomas was SWIM
ming at the time near the
bottom of the 9-foot depth
making a routine check of the
drainage systems There were
about $50 youngsters around
the pool at the time.
Soon Mr.. Thomas was seer
emerging from the pool and
touched one of the lights, be-
lieved to have been short
circuited.
I've Been Shocked"
HE got Sort of hung up on
the side" said another life
guard. Leon L. Gassaway. But
then he stumbled out, saying,
I've been shocked"
Mr.. Williams began giving
mouth = to = mouth respiration
and called to Lifeguard John F.
Wynn, jr., to get an automatic
reSuscitator.
AS Mr.. Wynn returned with
the device, he saw young Nc
Evening star., 1960-08-02
4 ON BIKES TAKE
ATLANTIC WATER
TO PACIFIC COAST

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va,
(AP).-A canteen of At
lantic Ocean water started
on a 3,0O0-mile bicycle ride
to the West Coast yester-
day.
Bearing the water to the
Pacific Ocean in California
are four Virginia Beach
youngsters who scooped it
from the Atlantic and
headed off on Route So
equipped with ponchos,
sleeping bags and foods.
About a month from now
they plan to pour the
liquid into the Pacific
Ocean. The youngsters are
James Payne, II, Melvin
Hooker, II, George Ferrell,
18, and Oral Lambert, 18.
Evening star., 1960-08-02

Electricians today sought the
source of defective wiring be-
lieved responsible for the deaths
yesterday of a lifeguard and
a young swimmer at the Ban
neker Community Club pool,
$500 Georgia avenue NV.
The mid-afternoon tragedy
costing the lives of Donald E.
Thomas, %, of 23l Douglas
street NE, and Rodney Nc
knight, IL, son of Mrs. Billy
Mcknight, 327 Elm street NE,
occurred when the pools lights
accidentally were turned on.
Today the pool was drained
and electricians were inspect
ing the tank under the direc-
ton of Government Services,
Inc, which has the concession
from National Capital Parks.
Investigators said the acci-
dent apparently was caused
when Paul Kelley, II, mad
vertently turned on the POOLS
lights at a switch in a brick
pumphouse at one end of the
pool. Paul was helping his
father, Ansel P. Kelley, an
electrician for GSI, who was
working on wiring inside the
brick house.
Threw All Switches
Mr.. Kelley asked his son to
switch on the lights for the
lower level of the two-level
Evening star., 1960-08-02

returned to NSA from a years
study in advanced mathematics
at Illinois, his father said. Mr..
Mitchell said his son is a bril-
liant mathematician who also
likes painting, chess, skim
diving and mountain climbing
The FBI said iti is not in
vestigating their whereabouts
because there were no indica-
tions that any Federal law has
been violated. At the request of
the Pentagon, the two were
listed in the missing persons
section of the FBI files, how
ever.
Maryland State police also
have been notified the men are
missing. Pentagon officials de-
clined to say what steps are
being taken now to trace further
the movements of the two men.
officials have not made clear
what access they might have
had to secret information.
Evening star., 1960-08-02

WHAT CARS! The show
piece was Mr.. Huguely's
Duesenberg, chassis built in
indianapolis with a cabriolet
body built in Paris by Fer
nandez & Darrin for Greta
Garbo.
The newspapers of this
concentration of civil serv-
ants paid it no mind. That
figures. But in the metropolis
of private enterprise As miles
north by northeast of us, the
message was: Now you, too,
can own a Rolls Royce"
The secretary of the or
ganization was listed as DR..
Erwin C. Ruth, 1921 Thirty
seventh street NV. The
Rambler asked him for
lunch. DR.. Ruth was very
reluctant about accepting;
his Lincoln Continental
might get scratched in a
parking lot. He debated to
himself about coming down.
town on a bus but finally
decided to risk driving.
He is a little man in his
Cos with very blue eyes.
A physician, born in New
York, brought up in Kansas
City, he spent years in Public
Health and left to form an
organization important to
the pharmaceutical industry.
He passed a copy of the
1860 directory to The RAM
bier across the table,
Understand, there is an
older group, the Antique Au-
tom o bile Association of
America. They overlap. DR..
Ruth belongs to both. Here
are two listings in the di-
rectory of the Classic Club
(these are the largest collec-
tors but others approach
them):
Jack PaSSey, jr., of San
Jose, Calf, has a stable of
Sc classic cars. 1t includes
two Duesenbergs, II Pack
ards, five Pierce Arrows and
20 Lincolns.
j. B. Nethercutt of Los
Angeles has 27 classic cars,
including two Bugattis, three
DueSenbergS an Hispano.
Suiza, an Isotta FraSchini,
a Mercedes Benz, a Minerva,
three Rolls Royces and two
StntzeS.
Evening star., 1960-08-02
County Faces Need
For New Schools
Men Missing From NSA
Traced to Mexico City

Two Laurel CMd) men miss
ing since June "a from their
jobs at the super-secret Ma
tional Security Agency, may
have gone to, Cuba, official
sources indicated today.
Military intelligence agents
have traced the men to Mexico
City where they registered at
a hotel but later departed. One
Mexico City source said they
had gone to a place they
should not have visited" and
this was interpreted to mean
Cuba, the Associated Press
said.
The men, both mathemati-
clans, are: Bernon F. Mitchell,
81, of 1910 Eighth street,
Laurel, and William H. Martin,
90, who lived in a motel in
Laurel near the NSA at Fort
Meade, Md.
Booked Mexico Trip
The search for the unmar-
ried Navy veterans began when
they failed to return to their
secret communications work at
Fort Meade after their vaca-
tions ended last month. The
Defense Department said they
booked passage on a plane for
Mexico City after telling friends
they planned to drive together
to the West Coast to visit rela-
tiveS.
Mr.. Martin, a native of Co.
lumbus, Va, has parents in
EllenSburg, Wash, while Mr..
Mitchell's father is an attorney
in Eureka, Calf. Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Martin in Ellensburg
said they had received no word
from their son since he wrote
that he and Mr.. Mitchell
planned to leave June % on a
tWo-week auto trip.
In Eureka. Attorney Emery F..
Mitchell said he had received
no word either from his son
or from Mr.. Martin.
Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. Martin
were due back at work on July
II and July 10, respectively.
Round Clock Monitor
The security agency, so secret
that its employees are not sup
posed to- tell their friends
where they work, is engaged
in communications intelligence
work. The NSA onitors
around-the-clock all signals
and messages on the air waves,
lncIudlng those in code.
Mr.. Martin, who is 5 feet II
inches tall and weighs ITS
pounds, went to George Wash
ington University after he
Joined the NSA upon his re-
lease from the Navy in 1854
He received his masters degree
at the University of Illinois last
June. While at Illinois he
passed a reading proficiency
examination in Russian, as we'll
as a number of courses in
higher mathematics. His
mother said he had all but
completed work on a thesis for
a doctors degree.
Mr.. Mitchell also had just
Evening star., 1960-08-02

Knight lying on the bottom OF
the pool and dived in for him
After bringing the boy to the
side of the pool, the lifeguarc
was seen "floundering" neal
the edge.
Harold Grant, 10, of 1905
Fairmpnt street NV, wrapped
a towel around his hand ano
pulled Mr.. Wynn out. He was
removed to Freedmen's Hos
pital and was reported in sat-
is factory condition today.
Falls Back in Water
The Mcknight boy. mean
while, had fallen back into
the water. Brother Andre Nc
Ginley, who was with a group
from the Fides Neighborhooo
House, 1854 Eighth street NV,
sdived in and pulled the boy
out again. Brother Andre es-
capped being shocked.
Mr.. Gassaway realized the
difficulty was connected with
the lights and called for young
Paul to turn them off. He in
turn called to Mr.. Kelley, who
cut off the electricity at the
switches.
Il yelled as loud as I could" !"
said Mr.. Gassoway. for every
one to get out of the pool"
Mr.. Kelley was unable to ex-
plain the electrical trouble. He
said he checked the lights out
only last Friday, at a time
when a few swimmers were in
the pool.
Volunteer tests by the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. showed
the water registering 70 volts
directly in front of the
light where Mr.. Thomas was
shocked. Company officials said
that as much as 100 volts may
have been emitted, but that
even 20 volts might be fatal.
Temporary Lifeguard
Mr.. Thomas, a recent grad
uate of District Teachers Col
lege, leaves his wife. Mrs.
Shirley A. Thomas, and two
children, Donald, jr., 8, and
Martin E., 2, all of the home
address.
Mr.. Thomas planned to
teach in an area junior high
school this fall. He was a tenn
porary lifeguard at the pool.
Young Mcknight attended
Mott Elementary Sch ool,
Fourth and w streets NV. He
leaves his parents, Christine
and William Mcknight, and a
sister. Sandra, IA, all of the
home address.
At Dunbar High School Mr..
Wynn was a member of a
swimming team of which the
dead lifeguard was also lead
ing member.
Mr.. Wynn was employed as
a full-time lifeguard at the
Banneker pool during the sum-
mer. This fall he will be a
senior at Howard University,
where he is majoring in me-
chanical engineering.
Evening star., 1960-08-02
LONDON DOG COMES HERE
Canine Corps Expanding

Two Washington policemen
returned from London today
with a fresh recruit for the
canine corps.
Pvt. William B. Corcoran, 30,
and Sergt William C. Wright
flew the Atlantic with Tara, a
2-year-old German shepherd,
from England, resting Tranquil
lized and happy in the airliner'S
baggage compartment.
Pvt. Corcoran teamed up with
Tara while taking the London
Metropolitan Police Depart
ment's l4-week dog handling
course.
I Later, he took a four-week
instructors course, and is now
qualified to help teach f1edglng
members of Washingtons new
canine corps.
Sergt. wright flew to London
several days ago to pick up
pointers in the administration
end of dog training.
Pvt. Corcoran said the Lon
don police dog operation, en-
ploying 1876 cannes, functions
quite smoothly. Police there
have been using dogs for 10
years.
The Washington corps will
have an even dozen animals on
the street this week end when
a class of seven graduates.
The training site, where Pvt.
Corcoran will spend much of
his time, has been switched
from the Archbold estate in
Georgetown to several acres on
the grounds of the National
Training School at Bladens-
burg road and South Dakota
avenue NE.
Evening star., 1960-08-02
HughesCourt
New Portion)
Goes Royal
Queen Anne Tug
Okuyed for Port
Of OIdtime Alley

"A Wlnolng Foggy Bottom
alley known as Hughes court
NV. is still plain old Hughes
court, but a new 15o-foot ex-
tension has been promoted to
Queen Anne's lane.
The District Board of Com
missionerS agreed today to
name the alley extension after
the English queen, but took no
action on Hughes court itself.
Both are in the block
bounded by K, I, Twenty fifth
and Twenty-sixth streets NV.
Residents of Hughes court
had been upset ever since they
recently started receiving elec-
trio bills addressed to Queen
Anne's lane.
Il didn't like it," said
Charles E. Rogers, GIT Hughes
court. editor of the Foggy Bot
tom News. 1T wouldn't kill me
to have Hughes court called
Queen Anne's lane, but I lust
don't think it fits"
Townhouse Project
The confusion apparently
arose from the fact that A. l.
Wheeler, real estate developer
had asked District officials to
rename Hughes court extended.
but not Hughes court itself, as
Queen Anne's lane.
Mr.. Wheeler is building Is
$3.50 to $4,000 townhouses
on Queen Anne'S lane.
A spokesman for the Potomac
Electric Power Co. said that il
had received a request from Mr.
Wheeler or one of his repre-
sentatives to send bills to Queen
Anne's lane rather than Hughes
court extended as we'll as a
notice from the District Gov
ernment that this name change
was under consideration.
Apparently" said the spokes-
man, someone made a mistake
and started addressing Hughes
court bills to Queen Anne's
lane. We're going to correct
this"
"Mews" Coming Up
The bills were delivered be-
cause the Post Office had also
received notice that a change
in the name of Hughes court
extended was under considera-
ton.
Mr.. Rogers said that he has
been hoping that the name of
Hughes court could be changed
to Hughes News.
| Il think news" would imply
an area of elegant living" said
Mr.. Rogers. Court is sort of
an ordinary name"
: However, a check with the
District surveyors Office dis
closed that even though Hughes
court has found it's way into
the telephone directory, this
alley has no official name as
far as the District Government
is concerned.
Evening star., 1960-08-02
Railroads Request
Fares Increase

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2 CAP)
Two railroads-the Pennsyl-
vania and the Baltimore &,
Ohio - have asked for S per
cent fare increases in Mary
land effective September /.
The railroads said the in
crease would be applied to
basic one-way and round "trip
coach and first-class fares and
would not affect commuter
rates.
The requests we're filed yes
terday with Maryland's Pub
lie Service Commission and
the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Evening star., 1960-08-02
Copyright Office
Section Head Retires

David E. Wells of 1899 South
Dakota avenue NE. has retired
from the Copyright Office after
81 years of service.
Mr.. Wells had been head of
the Miscellaneous Section
since l947. A farewell luncheon
in his honor was held Thursday
at the Carroll Arms Hotel.
Evening star., 1960-08-02

1T LISTS THE CARS made
during that period which, if
properly restored, qualify
their owners to membership.
And it openly Tin print)
gives the blackball to many
of the most popular cars of
the period.
For instance:
Chevrolet, NO,
Ford, NO,
Brewster (heart front
Ford) 80"
(Three asteriskS mean
Full Classic" This Ford,
with a body named after the
famous New York carriage
maker, appeared in the 193Os
at the outrageous price of
$3,5O0.)
Maxwell, NO."
Now how do you suppose
Jack Benny feels about that?
The Rambler would have
been unaware of all this if
he had not given a gander to
the Baltimore Sun yesterday.
Pictures and print indicat-
ed that the Chesapeake Bay
Region of the Classic Car
Club of America had a whee
of a time at a jamhoree on
the South River estate (near
Annapolis) of George w.
Huguely, jr., scion of a Wash
ington planning mill and
building firm (Galliher &
Huguely).
Evening star., 1960-08-02
CAMP FUND
Todoy's
Donations

The Star today acknowledges
the following contributions to
The Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund received since the
1860 appeal was successfully
completed. Funds in excess of
this years needs will go toward
next years requirements.
The following contributions
are acknowledged today:
Evening star., 1960-08-02
The
Rambler
Looks
Into Snobbery
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

AS an unsuccessful social
climber, The Rambler has
often given thought to: What
is the snobbiest club in
America?
Is it Harvard's PORCELAIN
or Boston'S Somerset, or New
York's Jockey Club, limited
to so members with much
more than $50 million, or
Philadelphia's Union League
many more members and
many more millions?
There is a club of 100 men,
berS in Washington that is
considered very exclusive
the United States Senate.
The answer is something
very difficult to arrive at.
Yesterday The Rambler
thought he had it. But on
second thought he is going
to suggest only that the
Classic Car Club of America
is one of our Snobbiest or
ganizations.
OF course this charge will
have to be documented. And
it will be.
The Rambler has been
given a copy of the 1860 di-
rectory of the Classic Car
Club of America.
1t defines the classic car"
as IAN artiStically designed
high-quality automobile pro-
duced during the classic car
era, so proclaimed by con-
noisSeurs as being the years
1925 to 1912"
Now hear this: Most snob-
'biSh clubs make no mention
of the requirements of mem
bership.
But the Classic Car Club
comes right out with it.
Evening star., 1960-08-02
Prince Georges
YeorIyCost Put
At 50 Million
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
Star STAFF Writer


Prince Georges County is
facing SO million annual out
lay for school construction,
with no one able 10 predict
when the classroom need will
be met and stabilized.
School Supt. William S.
Schmidt noted last night that
the county spent about $780,
900 a month last year for
school buildings. This was in
accordance with a two-year-
old building program initially
priced at about $18 million but
which mushroomed into $40
million.
Mr.. Schmidt presented the
financial resume during a two
hour public hearing on the
school boards proposed $3.50
million construction program
for the next three years. About
100 persons heard staff men,
bers outline the program for
II elementary schools, Is addi-
tionS, 6 secondary schools and
9 secondary additions.
None Grunble
No one expressed disillusion-
ment over the high price tag
put on the program. In fact.
applause followed one mans
offer to pay more taxes if
needed to fulfill the school pro-
gram.
! The program is designed to
meet an enrolment Jump from
an estimated 69,6OO in Septem-
Der to 76,780 in 1923. Fol-
lowing school board adoption,
the program will be forwarded
to the county commissioners
for final approval.
Mr.. Schmidt said that while
no priority list has been made
for the Al projects, the more
pressing ones are considered
an addition and a new ele-
mentary school in Carrollton,
elementary schools in Laurel
and Camp Springs, and an
addition to Gaywood Elemen-
tary in Seabrook Acres.
The largest delegation was
from the Carrollton area,
where residents asked for four
more rooms in the proposed
six-room addition.
Joseph S. Barkovich, a town
councilman, speaking for resi-
dents, said there will be TAT
youngsters ready for school in
the fall, with accommodations
for only $50 students.
Move Families
During the coming year
Carrollton's developer expects
$50 to 500 families to move in,
Mr.. Barkovich added. In addi-
ton, he said, 1000 apartments
units are planned adjacent to
the town.
One speaker asked for a new
high school in Oxon Hill. 9th.
ers Endorsed a 14-room addition
and renovations to Mount
Rainier Junior High, and a
siX-room addition to Accokeek
Elementary.
Several residents also urged
the board not to delay pro-
posed junior high in the
PiScataway area. to relieve
overcrowding at Gwynn Park
Junior High.
On the problem of obtaining
school sites, Mrs. John Flewel-
ling of Accokeek, suggested
that builders and developers be
required to give land or money
for school ground.
w. Carroll Beatty, school
board chairman, said the
county planning board is urging
developers to do this. and that
some builders are selling tracts
to the school board at reduced
prices.
Mr.. Schmidt noted that as
classroomS became vacant in
the older urban areas, the space
is used to instruct handicapped
children or to house co-opera-
tive kindergartens, financed by
parents. Also, some children
in other sections are carried
by bus to fill rooms not needed
for pupils in the immediate
area, he said.
Evening star., 1960-08-02

Mr.. Kelley asked his son to
switch on the lights for the
lower level of the two-level
Evening star., 1960-05-15
DEAR ABBY :.
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

tell short boys not to ask a
girl who is taller than he
for a date. Thank you.
LONG TALL SAL
Not all tall girls share your
point of view. Furthermore,
a short fellow tplease not a
"shrimp") who asks a taller
girl for a date is paying her a
compliment. He assumes that
she has the intelligence to
measure a man for what he
is-nOt how much Of him
there appears to be.
-
DEAR ABBY: Is there
no justice for an innocent
widow? I am 80 and have
two children. 10 and II.
About six months ago I met
a man who told me he was
divorced. I fell for him hard.
We started to make plans
for marriage. Then one night
he came over here with his
suitcase. He said his wife had
kicked him out of the house
Evening star., 1960-05-15

and he was moving in with
me. ] was stunned to learn
that he was still married. !
told him, oh, no, he wasn't,
because although I loved
him, I wouldn't live that way
before my children. He left
and his wife called me. She
said she was divorcing him
and naming me. I got in my
car and went over there. Her
story and his didn't jibe. She
doesn't believe me. and If she
names me. I will lose my job,
and maybe my children. Can
you help me. Abby?
DESPERATE
If you can't afford a law
yer, get in touch with your
local legal aid society. And
the next man who tells you
he Is divorced, ask to see
legal proof. II he's on the
up and up, he'll respect you
for your good sense. And II
he isn't, the sooner you know
1.-THE better.
- y EE
DEAR ABBY: Our 24-year-
old son has recently returned
from the service. I realize
that he Is no longer a child
but a grown man and what
he does is none of my busi-
ness. Yet while he is under
my roof, isn't it my business
where he goes. what he does,
and what time he comes
home?
I have other children
(younger) and he is setting a
very poor example by his
conduct. He has gotten to
be the talk Of the town be-
cause of an affair he has
been carrying on with a
woman is years his senior.
Don't tell me to have his
father talk to him. His
father says he is a man and
'can do as he pleases. How
can I keep him in line? Or
can I? HELPLESS
While your son Is under
your roof lat any age) 1t is
your business how he con-
ducts himself. If he Is not
willing to live more discreetly,
you should ask him to head
quarter elsewhere.
+ 4
What's pour problem?
write to Abby in care OF The
EOening Star. For a personal
reply, incloSe a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
For Abby's pamphlet, What
Teen-Aoers Want to Know," I"
send rs cents and a large,
Self-GddreSSed, stamped en-
Uelope in care of The Eue-
ming Star.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate
Incl
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Insurance Women
Meef Tomorrow

The Insurance Women's
Club Of Washington will hold
its final dinner meeting of
the year at $50 pm. tomor-
row at the Touchdown Club.
The dinner will be pre-
ceded by a cocktail hour, at
which the new officers,
headed by Mrs. Mary P. Lord,
president, will be guests of
honor.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
The Tall and Short of 1t!

DEAR ABBY: Why do
short fellas ask tall girls for
dates? Sometimes a girl Just
doesn't know how to say no.
I am a tall girl and it seems
that every shrimp I know
wants to date me. Not wish
ing to hurt his feelings, I
accept. Then I feel so foolish
when we dance. Other people
point at us. nudge each other
and snicker.
Please print this, Abby, and
Evening star., 1960-05-15

at the groups 1890 am.
meeting May % in Carter
Hall. A 10 am. coffee hour
will precede the meeting.
Mrs. SALESMAN will present
a report on the Institute for
Auxiliary Leaders, to be held
in Chicago this week.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Mrs. Scotsman
To Be Speaker

Mrs. James A. SALESMAN.
jr., president Of the Woman's
Auxiliary of Suburban Hos
pital, will be featured speaker
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Wives to Meet

The Foreign Service Wives
OF the Department of State
will hold a luncheon meeting
at 1880 pm. Wednesday in
the Terrace Room of the
Shoreham Hotel.