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Evening star., 1960-11-14
First Director Holds High Hopes
For Juvenile Detention Center

can not be supplied in that time
either.
But he feels that in these
regional units. where small
numbers OF children can be
given more personal attention
than Is possible in the large
State training schools, much
headway can be made.
Served in Navy
Mr.. Bonuccelli, who grew Up
in Richmond. entered the Navy
in 1913 and spent 16 months
aboard q submarine chaser on
both oceans before he was dis.
charged in 1916.
He was graduated with q
bachelors degree in social
science from the Richmond
Professional Institute in 1852.
He married the former Miss
Mary Theresa Solari of Rich
mond in 1853. A year later he
got his masters degree in social
work.
Before accepting his present
position. he worked with the
Children's Aid Society Of Rich
mond. as q juvenile court pro-
baton ofhcer there and as as
sistant superintendent at the
Training School for Boys at
Beaumont, Va. '.
He, his wife and their g.
month-old daughter, Brenda
Anne, are getting settled in
their new home at 3539 South
Stafford street in Arlington.
Mr.. Bonuccelli's career has
its own own particular kind Of
reward besides the $1,000 an
nual salary.
He tells Of hearing footsteps
on a dark parking lot in Alex
andria. Suddenly he got a
hearty slap on the back and q
friendly voice asked, What
are you doing up here?"
1t was one of the boys from
Beaumont. He had a job. He
was getting married.
Evening star., 1960-11-14

The new third floor will cost
q total of $l50.000 with some
$50, 900 In matching funds COM
ing from the Federal Hill-Bur-
ton Hospital Construction Act
program and another $50, 900
from other gifts and financing.
The addition will provide
eight more rooms with two beds
each and four private rooms
providing service for 20 more
patients. It will bring the hos
pital's capacity up to 100 beds.
Each room will have a pri-
vate bath. air. conditioning ana
bedside communication between
patient and nursing station.
A kitchen and employees lounge
win also be provided.
The hospital, formerly known
as Anderson Hospital, was
started in .1947 by D. o. Ander.
son Engh. Mr.. Harris was one
of the early building planners
and a member Of the original
board Of trustees.
Evening star., 1960-11-14
by JOHN NEARY
Star stan Writer

After six years of handling
teen.age tough guys. Joseph C.
Bonuccelli still looks forward
to q lifetime Of y.
At first he wanted to be q
teacher.
But before he could get 20
college. there was a war aud
three years in the Navy.
Afteywayd he decided he
might be better at helping
children in another way. There
were some. he felt. who needed
help more than the children
who showed up every day for
school.
Today, At IS. iie is the first
director Of the new 1905 600
Northern Virginia Juvenile
Detention Center in Alexandria.
When The center starts opera
tions early next month, Mr..
Bonuccelli will have to cope
with cases ranging from re-
pentent runaways to young
hoodluIhs embarkinG on q life
OF crime.
Ropes He Can Help
he hopes he can change these
children. even in the short time
they'll be at the center, which
Is designed only for, temporary
custody.
He emphasizes however that
the job can't and won't be
carried out In D penitentiary
atmosphere.
/, The youngsters at the center,
he says. win get arm and care
full handling.
There won't. however, be any
guards patroling the halls, jing-
ling the lookup keys. In fact,
there won't be q lookup.
The security measures at the
center are subtly built in. In
stead Of heavy bars across the
shatterproof glass windows. the
center has what looks like ordi-
nary screens. But they aren't
they are escape-proof.
Beds are bolted to the floor,
Evening star., 1960-11-14
Orthopoedic Hospital
To Get $150, 900 Floor

A new floor on the building
of the National Orthopaedic
and Rehabilitation Hospital in
Arlington is expected to be
completed in JANUARY.
The additional 400 square
feet Of floor space was made
possible largely through . $5O.-
900 gift from Holbert L. Harris.
president Of the Northern Vir-
ginia Construction Co. and
member Of the hospitals board
Evening star., 1960-11-14
williamsburg Budget

WILLIAMSBURG. Va. Nov.
II (AP).-Colonisl williams.
burg. Inc. and Williamsburg
Restoration. Inc. have ap.
proved a joint budget Of $l0,.
5l2.025 for 1861. Both organi.
cations are concerned with the
restoration Of the colonial Vir.
ginia capital.
Evening star., 1960-11-14
Bristol Pustor Moves

BRISTOL. Va, Nov. "A (AP) =.
The Rev. David Mefford yes
terday submitted his resigna-
tion as pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church in Bristol to become
pastor of the Harrisonburg
Baptist Church. Mr.. Mefford
said his services at Harrison
burg will begin on January /,
1861.
Evening star., 1960-11-14

Mayor Leroy s. Bendheim
said the council never with
held its approval Of any oficial
request. He said he believed
Mr.. Boswell favored construc-
ton Of additional units but
that other authority members
had an "antipathy" to public
housing.
The authority was created
by the city council, and its
members are appointed by the
council. The five-man agency
now consists Of Burt Lopatin,
Luther Dudley, Bentley Ap-
person and Winder Harris bee
sides Mr.. Boswell.
In q 1866 report, authority
members said 1t would be
completely impractical" to
build public housing toy all
who need 1t.
The answer 70 why the
agency did not proceed with
the development Of q sufncient
number Of safe and sanitary
dwelling units 50 that all falni.
lies In the community might
have adequate housing at rents
they can afford" lay In eco.
Monies, authority members
said.
The authority's economists
according TO the report. had
demonstrated that I'VE ean-
not successfully build to meet
more than 20 per cent Of che
low-rent housing need. W.
can only care for the demand
OF one out Of every i've eli
gible low-rent families"
The authority's executive di.
rector, John Y. Kerr. said the
authority had been building
closer to the one-third marx
and might even be able TO GO
to one-half. But he denied
the agency's pace has been slow
1T hasn't been necessary @
move any faster than we have, /"
he said. I'VE would rather be
on the conservative side than
overbuQd."
The authority several times
has pointed out that Its nous.
ing projects return more money
20 the city than the city re.
Ieeives when she lana was cor.
cred with siums.
Last years report noted that
there was an ''acute need 5os
safe and sanitary housing ac-
commod odations for low and mid.
die income families" At that
time. the report said, there
was Q waiting list o9 $40.
Since then che list has
grown to almost 600, ana re.
Gently Mr.. Kerr appeared be.
fore the city council with q
request for approval OF . new
project. The authority had
known about the need for 70
months, he said.
Mr.. Kerr later explained that
it had been decided that "un-
less something is started, we
will have q serious problem.
He added: TT is not serious
now, let me make that clear"
The new project. Mr.. Kerr
told the council. could not be
completed for 10 months. He
would not say how many units
1t would have.
He told the council the au-
thority has 500 applications foI
dwelling units and that he
knows Of at least 325 other
families who live in houses the
health department calls unfit
for human habitation.
The authority, he said, had
been deferring action for 1a
months in the hope of oh.
tanning q workable urban re-
newal program.
Plans for urban renewal
projects have been presented
to the council three times and
rejected each time.
One was for q Negro COM
munity known as Midtown
Another was for commercial
redevelopment on upper Prince
street. The last called fol
demolition Of virtually every
structure in q 20-block down.
town area. The authority nov
is engaged in a reworking o,
the last plan.
Evening star., 1960-11-14
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
U5DCOpens
Its 9th :.
Convention

RICHMOND. Nov. II (AP).
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy open their 67th
annual convention in the Con-
federate capital today after
paying tribute yesterday at the
tomb of Jefferson Davis.
Mr.. Murray Forbes Wittichen
of Coral Gables, Fla, UDC
president general, places d
,wreaths at statues Of Con.
'federate war heroes after o
parade to the cemetery.
The $50 delegates gathered
around the Davis family plot
while Samuel J. T. Moore, jr.,
a Richmond attorney, praised
the Confederate President.
Miss Desiree l.. Franklin of
New York, chairman of the
UDc Centennial Committee,
challenged the members to de.
fend the South from "misrepre-
,sentations in the theater. on
the screen and in newspapers. ="
Evening star., 1960-11-14
Housing Slums Continue
T o Plague Alexandria

-
are rat-infested: q large num-
Der are without hot water:
many have no heating or no
hot water.
The cost to the city IL high.
The return Is low. Some Of
the houses return taxes Of less
than $50 Q year. Some bring
in less than $40.
The cost Is also high to many
of the tenants. most Of them
Negroes. Health officials re-
port rents Of from $40 to $275
a month In structures they
have found severely over
crowded and unit for human
habitation. -
standards Set
Public concern about the
slurns resulted three years ago
in the enactment Of an ordi.
nance setting up minimum
housing hygiene standards.
The code required that dwell.
ing units have plumbing. hot
water, q bathroom, adequate
ventilation, heating and lights
ing. It also prohibited overs
crowding and required owners
to provide rodent proofng.
Most OF the presently sub.
standard houses have never
been inspected. On some the
health department has ordered
repairs but taken, no action
when owners did not somply.
On one. repairs were ordered
completed by July. An inspec-
ton last month showed the
house Unrepaired and rats
present.
The department is working
presently on about $50 cases.
It closed 80 In the last six
months. but II opened SO new
ones. prompting some officials
to wonder II the city is keeping
up with its own decay.
DR.. T. F. McGough. director
OF public health. believes the
city has been going fast enough.
The health department. he
said. has been undertaking ~an
individualized approach rather
than . crash program"
Opposes Canvass
Though some officials have
suggested o canvass Of slum
neighborhoods TO tackle the
blight problem. Or. McGough
Is opposed.
Can you afford to go Ia and
stir up q lot Of supposed activ.
Iity such as knocking on doors
and making complete inspec.
tions?" he asked. Owners Of
houses have q right 70 refuse
US admission unless we suspect
10 violation" he said.
The DEPARTMENTS II inspect.
ors, who are also required to
inspect school cafeterias, res
taurants and other facilities,
investigate suspected slum con-
ditionS only when o complaint
has been filed or when the
owner asks for Q building per.
NIT to make repairs.
The problem Is made more
dif1cult by the shortage Of love
income housing. Health ofii-
IcialS have said they cannot
|evict families out Of substand.
ard housing onto the street.
The health department must
"temporize," permitting fam
lies to continue living in sub
standard housing because Of
the shortage Of places in which
to put them, DR., McGough said
in q letter TO the Housing
Authority in July.
Enforcement
Strict code enforcement
would create o need for ITS
units Immediately and for 100
more q year thereafter, he said.
The Housing Authority also
has recently commented on the
shortage Of low-cost public
housing. Nearly 800 families
are now on its waiting list.
Mr.. Boswell blames the city
council for the shortage of
public housing. Councilmen,
he said, have blocked the au-
thority's efforts to provide ad-
ditioual housing.
Evening star., 1960-11-14
BY JOHN LAWSON
Star stan Writer

Star stan Writer
On q sunny October day In
1883, Housing Administrator
Nathan Straus wound up Q
tour Of slums in 18 cities with
Q look at some Of Alexandria's Z
shab5iest areas.
"You can't find any worse
slum conditions anywhere in the
country than those I have seen
here" he told city officials.
Statistics backed him up:
Nearly a third Of the city's
dwellings were found to be
subStandard. A total of 1.675
were listed as unfit for human
habitation.
Eleven months later the eity
created . housing authority
after Q citizens advisory cons
vnittee recommended an agency
which would build lowsincome
housing and would bear In
mind q long.ternl housing
program 70 relieve entirely the
subStandard housing eondi.
tionS." y
The authority began with a
vigorous program. and within
three months the city council
had approved a proposal for
two : projects-a total Of 240
units to be built on the sites
Of some OF the city's worst
SlumS.
-~ About 1000 Left
Since the completion Of that
project almost 20 years ago
the authority has built but two
more projects, a total of $50
units. In the last six years II
has built fewer than so units
City officials today cite abou,
1000 Alexandria houses and
shacks as substandard. Some
200 are In dire need" of major
repairs. More than 300 are
unfit for human habitation.
An estimated $500 to 1900
persons live in these substands
ard structures. The demand fol
housing -- especially Negro
housing-has been so great, In
fact. that 1t has produced q
sudden growth Of makeshift
rooming houses which health
authorities consider over.
crowded and lacking In facil-
tiles.
Most Alexandria officials
agree there is an increasing
demand for more low-cost
housing as well as q pressing
need for additional slum clear
ance and rehabilitation.
But they disagree on who
should do what about 1t.
The problem has been Bit
terly controversial, pitting
Housing Authority Chairman
v. Ward Boswell against the
city council, with each accus-
ing the other Of blocking pro.
posals for new housing.
East Of Tracks
Most Of the city's slums are
located in the area east Of the
railroad tracks between First
street on the north and Frank
lin street on the south.
In, one section. north Of
Cameron street and east of
Columbus street. 81 per cent OF
the houses are In need Of ma
jor repair.
The squalor and overcrowd-
ing Of some Of the houses pre-.
sent q major problem for
police, fire. health and welfare
authorities. Some structures
Evening star., 1960-11-14
AMVET Resignation

RICHMOND. Nov. Il (AP).
Mrs. Anne ONeal of Alex
andria, citing job conflicts as
her reason, yesterday resigned
as president of the Virginia
AMVETS auxiliary. She was
succeeded by Mrs. Ruth Gross,
also of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1960-06-01

Catholic University has announced that 26
seniors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa,
the national scholastic honor fraternity. They
are Christian brothers: Albian s. Caplice, G.
Martin Cullen, Albert ]. Cusack, Alban G.
Harkns, a. David GagnOn, Brice G. Haughey,
AquinaS X. GiOeIIa, Alfred Towey and Charles
NJ Wheeler; Xaverian brothers: Dreux Dow
dall, SartO Fox, Franz KiesIer, Sabinus Lyons
and Franklin MullOy; a nun, Sister Mary
Charlene Heintz, Community of White Sisters;
Evening star., 1960-06-01
A. TOwey

Arsene A. Boucher, 1854 Euclid street NV;
Paul G. Driscoll Mineola, N. Y; Charles
c: Griffin, Cape May, N. j.; Bruce T. Hartmann,
31O9 Twenty-fOurth street NE; Edward j
Mullen, jr, Devils Lake, N. Dak.; Gregor M.
Kenhard, S131 Military road NV; Miss Shirley
I. Johnson, BrushtOn, N. Y; Mrs. PeneIone
D. Kenez, Princeton, N. j.; Miss Barbara A.
McCafferty, Sandusky, Ohio and Miss Florence
e. Sally, Park Ridge, iii. Not pictured above
is Miss Marilyn A. Gang, Toledo, Ohio.
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record can't afford a prolonged
slump"
Killebrew stepped into the
batting cage yesterday and
pumped two drives out of sight
in his first five swings. Watch
ing was Joe Cronin, American
League president, who powered
q few homers in his time.
Harmon should be trying to
go for hits and forget the
homers," Cronin said. with
his strength, if he gets the hits,
the homerS will come. He has
to figure those pitchers. To me,
that's the romance of the game.
You have to study pitchers, try
to learn what they're trying to
accomplish against you, and adj
just accordingly.
When Ted Williams first
came up, he'd corner anybody
See SENATORS, Page BE-
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Sievers Selects KiIIebrew as Best
Of Four Who Could Top Ruth Mark

yet" Sievers continued. His
career is ahead of him, while
I'm running out of time. He'll
have to learn his strike zone.
That's his only problem. He
can't go for bad pitches. He
wasn't swinging at bad pitches
in the first half of the season
last year, and he hit % hon.
ers by the time we played half
our games. Then he started
going for the bad ones and the
pitchers had him."
Killebrew agrees. 1--WE got to
make those pitchers come to
me-" he said. II don't think
getting 10 or 10 more homers
is beyond possibility, but if I'm
going to do it I'll have to meet
the ball more frequently. !
want to build up that average
and cut down on my strike
outs. Anybody who beats Ruth's
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ACC Tourney
0pens;;Deacs
Slim FaVorites
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star STAFF Writer a.a


RALEIGH, N. c., March 3.
Wake Forest is an ever-so-
slender -favorite to win the At
lantic Coast Conference basket
ball title in the three-day scrap
that opens here this afternoon
with Maryland's respected chal-
lengers meeting the home team,
North Carolina State.
The ACC is the only confer
ence other than the Southern
that decides its champion and
NCAA representative by a
tournament. Each team meets
the other twice during the
season, but that only counts
toward seedlings. The $4,000
that the tournament brings
into the conference treasury is
the big reason for continuing it..
Wake Forest plays Clemson
in the other game this after
noon. The afternoon winners
meet in the second semifinal
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.
North Carolina and Virginia
play at 1880 tonight, with Duke
and South Carolina tangling
in the nightcap at 9 o'clock.
The evening winners play in
the first semiflnal tomorrow
night at 1880.
Although most of the 12,400
seats in Reynolds Memorial
See ACC, Page BIS
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TED TAKES STEP TOWARD MANAGING
Schoendienst Looks
Like Regular Again

General Manager Bucky Harris,
Field Boss Billy urges called
a press meeting at Scottsdale,
Ariz., yesterday to announce
the assignment for Williams
"in addition to his regular
chores"
Ted, bothered by a painful
neck ailment for a full year,
said he doubted if he could
play when he reported to camp
Monday. However, he admit
ted he felt better yesterday.
He ran hard, poled a couple of
drives over the right field wall
and barked:
Il didn't come out here to
be a pinch-hitter."
Mantle Sits Tight
Rocky Colavito arrived at
Cleveland's training camp in
Tucson late yesterday and
promptly signed his contract,
although he had said he wasn't
happy over the terms. He was
reported to have signed for
approximately $35,000, a Is
per cent increase. The Yam
KEGS, however, apparently we're
no closer to coming to terms
with their slugger, Mickey
Mantle.
From his Dallas home, Mickey
said: I've been waiting on
them to call me. I'm going to
continue-I guess" Mantle has
rejected a contract calling for
a $4,000 cut from his $4,000
of last year.
Ramon M q 7ant, the reluct-
ant highlander who sat home
all last season, showed up at
Phoenix to begin practice with
the Giants. but whereas he
had a cinch relief berth last
spring, he'll have to fight for
See BASEBALL. Page B-S
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BY BURTON HAWKINS
Star stan Writer

ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. s.
Harmon Killebrew, who hit AZ
homers last year in his first
steady employment as a major
Lacquer, doesn't feel that base
balls most publicized record
Babe Ruth's so home runs in
1927-is impossible to eclipse.
The Senators stocky third
baseman receives support from
Roy SieverS, who reached the
AZ mark in 1857.
Il figure four fellows-Hank
Aaron. Mickey Mantle, Rocky
Colavito and Killebrew-have
a chance to beat Ruth's Rec
ord" Sievers said. "Of that
group, Killebrew would be my
pick as the man to do it.
Harmon isn't "a years old
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z D. c. G|overs Score in Finals:
Bowie Racing Again Called off
GoryJowish,
Loucus Win
Title Bouts
By DICK O'BRIEN
Star Stan Writer

NEW YORK. Mar. 3.-Little
Mike Loucas and big Gary Jaw
ish began aiming at higher fistic
honors today after winning the
Eastern bantamweight and.
heavyweight Golden Gloves
championships, respectively, for
Washington last night at Madi-
son Square Garden.
Loucas and lavish swept all
opposition aside in an exciting
night Of battling for eight titles
which saw Washington's gallant
Glovers come from behind to
tie the tough Elizabeth, N. j.,
team for the Eastern team
trophy.
BY virtue of their stunning
triumphs, lavish and Loucas
automatically won berths on the
Eastern Golden Gloves team
scheduled to meet the Western
champions at the Garden
March 81. The ultimate desire
OF both winners is to gain posts
on the United States Olympic
boxing team this year.
Roberts, Mitchell Lose
While Loucas and lavish
were betting their way to semi
final and final victories, two
other Washington representa-
tives. Welterweight Leroy Rob-
berts and Sherman Mitchell.
a lightweight, were eliminated
in the Semi-finals.
But the combined efforts of
the Washington quartet were
good enough to hold of the
rush of the New Jersey bog
ers and both teams wound I'D
with IL points each. New York,
which won three individual
titles, does not figure in the
scoring as the host team.
Loucas, the Baltimore-born
senior in the physical educa-
ton department at the Uni
VerSity of Maryland, received
one of the greatest ovations
ever given Gloves boxer after
he beat Luis Figueroa of Puerto
Rico, the 1859 Eastern and
National Golden Gloves 49,
pound titleholder.
LOucas Thrills Crowd
The crowd of about 5000
stood for three minutes and
applauded the Washington
representative who turned back
the thruStS of the aggressive
Puerto Rican with a MASTER
full exhibition of boxing and
punching to win a unanimous
verdict.
So thrilled were the onlookers
with Loucas' performance
against the Puerto Rican that
the announcement of the final
bout between lightweights Vim
cent Shomo of New York and
Leonard Thomas of Elizabeth,
See GLOVES, Page B-s