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, 1960-10-14
FRITZ NORRIS
rrespondence

October IL, 1850
Mr.. Canute A. Brodhurst
Editor, st. Croix Avis
Christiansted. st. Croix
Virgin Islands
Dear Mr.. Brodhurst:
Permit me to correct a state
ment in the St. Croix Avis Of Oc-
tober u, 1860, which quoted
Serator HODGE as ssying that prio~
to his becoming President of the
Legislature only the Daily News
was given the contract to print
the proceedings.
7 should arnreciate 1t if at the
end of this letter. which / respeet-
fully request that you print. you
verify the fact that you obtained
the contract for the printing of the
legislative Proceedings in 1857
and again in 1858. the two ses-
sions of the Second Legislature;
paid by Voucher Nos: SIS. AUGUST
z 1857; $50, November 90, 1857;
848. August s, 1857; 8, July 10,
1858: 1876, September 10, 1858; 624
March 5, 1859.
Thanking you, | remain
Very truly yours,
Aubrey a. Anduze
Editors Note:
The Avis had the contract to
and did publish the Legislative
, 1960-10-14
HONORING OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS

OUR PUBL1Co E1VA AMID
WE IN THESE Islands have spent so much time
criticizing and reviling our Police Force that we often
miss the significant jobi performs in protecting our pro
perty and defending our persons. True, there may be
much to be desired, but there is also much Of which we
can justly be proud. And a significant part Of this pride
is due in no small part to members Of the Force, mem
bers like Sergeant Richard and Corporal Williams.
THROUGH THE PAST 3O.odd years Sgt. William
A. Richards Of Frederiksted with 81 years Of unblem-
ished devotion to duty; and Cpl. Isiah Williams OF
Christiansted with his 81 years Of faithful servicel
have given the type Of example which all public SER
servants would do well to emulate. 1t was therefore most
fitting that appropriate ceremonies should mark their
retirement from active service.
IT IS HOPED that the type Of pension which these
two retired officers command is adequate for a comfor-
table, pleasant and secure retirement. The retirement
wears should provide as much sunshine as the working
years, and those who SO faithfully and ~devotedly give OF
their years. have earned for themselves a real stake in
the very fibre Of the community Now it is the commu-
nitys turn to show its appreciation by providing the
type of security which removes uncertainty and anxiety
from the day to day life Of such men and women.
WE HAVE NEVER felt more sure Of anything than
that the entire Virgin Islands agree intellectually with
us and join us in repeating what has SO effectively been.
said by Senator Hodge, Public Safety Director Mon
santo, Judge Moorhead, Administrator Nc Farlane and
others. Sgt. Richards and Cpl. Williams must by now
know that their years of service were appreciated, and
that we wish for them peace and happiness and q deep
sense of satisfaction which comes from a job well done.
We hope, however, that they will make themselves
available, at least for advice and consultation, which we
feel they could give from a background vast in ex-
perience.
, 1960-10-14
TWIXT N TWEEN
No. A Company Street Christi

No. 4 Company Street Christansted
Carries most of your new baby" needs in the Curity line.
'~Toddlers" & Walkers" Clothing Madelia and Phil
lipine Handmade dresses and Sunsuis $I98 up. Gift
Items, also locally handmade Clothing. Teens Bras Teen
Boys 81 Sleeve Shirts many other articles.
Pay us a vsit-see what you may have been missing
We strive to have what you.want.
CLEARANCE SALE during October TO make room for
new merchandise-Be seeing YOU.
, 1960-10-14
Editors Note:

Editors Note:
The Avis had the contract to
and did publish the Legislative
Evening star., 1960-05-02
GUTTER
GUTTER
Woman With Pick Ak
Puts City in a Hole
Continued From First Page

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told them she had lowered the
level of the gutter and asked
what she should do with the
debris.
They said they would be
glad to haul it away and that
I should put it in a trash can, -"
she recounted.
Il told them there was con-
Siderably more than would 60
into a trash can and that they
would have to send a truck.
When they heard that, several
city officials showed up in about
two minutes. They put up bar
ricades around the gutter and
then left"
Mrs. Laurent added, Il don't
know what's happened since
then. I've seen several people
from the city offices come by
to look at it. but they did not
invite me to join them in their
discussions and so I didn't"
AS for the reaction at City
Hall, Assistant City Manager
Eugene L. Barnwell commented,
we found out about this last
Tuesday. I must say, it shook
us all up"
Evening star., 1960-05-02

Public Works Director Philip
B. Hall admitted he does not
know what the next step in the
saga of the Jefferson street gut
ter will be.
Mr.. Hall will confer with
Mrs. Laurent today about re-
solving the problem. He told
her that he feels the gutter
should be filled again with
asphalt, with the Laurents pay
ing the cost. Mrs. Laurent,
however. believes that this
would not be a suitable solu-
ton since it would not restore
the original deep cobblestone
gutter.
Concerning the eventual con-
sequences, Mrs. Laurent OBJ
served, II didn't think about
anything else when I went
out there. I just dug and kept
on digging. I guess my husband,
like everybody else, thought
the city was finally fixing the
gutter. My vindication is. that
the day after I finished the job,
we had a heavy rain. After it
was over there was large pud-
die in the gutter and none in
my yard. So, you see, it works"
Evening star., 1960-05-02

Today the union got pretty
close to what it had asked in
money, and gave in to the as
sociation's proposal for a three
year contract.
Under new terms, drivers
handling bottle and can beer
will receive raises of SIS now,
SIS after a year and $5 more the
third year, in addition to a 10
centS-per-case commission. The
present rate is $44 a week and
the commission.
Keg handlers, making S68 a
week, will be raised Sc now and
ST the next two years. Com
missions will continue to be IA
cents for a half barrel and 8
cents for a quarter barrel.
Warehousemen now making
$1.70 an hour will be raised 10
cents each of the three years.
The union also gained in it's
sick benefit plan, the employ
erS agreeing to pay $13.26 a
month for Group Hospitaliza-
ton Insurance compared with
the present 1894 rate.
Evening star., 1960-05-02

out of money, all he has to do
is run next door for a new
batch"
When the bus pulled up in
front of the Bureau of En-
craving, the class was warned
not to take pictures inside the
building.
Souvenir Statesmen
The Ohioans' first encounter
with souvenir statesmen was on
the sidewalk in front of the
bureau. They had been pre-
warned about the high cost of
sidewalk souvenirs and told
only that they could buy the
same items elsewhere for a
better price. The guide made
no suggestion as to where-the
group took his advice and re-
Trained from buying anything.
Inside the bureau, the group
was divided into two tours. The
second tour was led by a typi-
cal guide who knew all the
facts about the building, but
gave out too much information
too fast.
"A 81 bill stays in circulation
about l3 months 10 per
cent of the 81 million printed
each day is in that denomina-
ton there are 18 notes
printed on each sheet of money
the Nations postage stamps
are also printed here :"
DetOur for Monument
What was said was barely
audible over the roar of the
presses. Dozens of other groups
were simultaneously taking the
Commute free tour. They shuf-
fled along catwalks over the
actual working facilities.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
VISIT TO WASHINGTON
Ohio High School Students Find
Fast Tour Leaves Them BreothIess

Most of the Wyoming stu
dents, included half a dozen
Negro boys and girls, stayed
up all night during the coach
ride from Cincinnati. None of
the students nor their chap
erones smoked during the trip,
a self-imposed restriction in
cluded in their own code of
conduct.
Official Welcome
Their official welcome to
Washington came from two
neatly dressed bus drivers who
escorted them to waiting char
tered buses. They introduced
themselves and explained they
both were licensed tour guides
as we'll as company drivers.
AS one student was boarding
her bus, she questioned the
driver as to the identity of the
large dome shaped building in
front of the station"
That" the driver sheepishly
replied, sis what the United
States Capitol Building looks
like while it is being rebuilt
and repainted. If you think
that's bad, wait until you see
Southwest Washington"
A quick bus ride brought the
group to a downtown hotel that
was to be their home for the
next three days.
An early morning arrival
called for a big breakfast,
which was quickly provided in
the cafeteria. Meals were part
of a prepaid $62 per person
fee paid to the railroad.
After breakfast, the trip up
Pennsylvania avenue to the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing gave the class its first real
look at Washington. Travelling
on chartered buses, they passed
the District Building. The guide
informed the group that the
statue in front was of Alex
ander R. Shepherd, "the only
Governor the District ever
had"
He'd forgotten about David
H. Cooke, the first governor.
This was the first and one of
very few mistakes made by the
driver-guides.
One guide referred to the De-
partment of Commerce as the
largest building in Washing
ton" which is true if you
don't count the Pentagon as
being in Washington. His COM
ment about the location of the
Treasury Building being next
to the White House was:
I'm case the President runs
Evening star., 1960-05-02

Leaving the bureau, the
group glimpSed the rear of the
White House on the way to the
Jefferson Memorial. Then they
went to the Washington
Monument.
At the Monument some of
the students decided to walk up
the 898 steps. Everybody rode
the elevator down.
Although exhausted from the
Monument climb, they still had
to stand in line for the next
visit-the White House.
The Executive Mansion is
open to the public only two
hours a day and people some
times stand for more than an
hour before they get inside the
grounds.
No guide was provided and
no literature was offered. The
students shuffled through about
a dozen rooms. Signs warned
them not to touch anything.
Less than 10 minutes after
entering the White House they
found themselves back outside.
rs that alp" asked 18-year-
old MARITIME Proflzi, an ex-
change student from Paris.
She said she remembered read
ing about the Presidents 1872
rooms and 20 baths.
At the next stop, the Pan
American Union Building. the
group paid its first fee to see
a building, a 10-cent charge.
But the students all agreed
that it was we'll worth it.
The buses took them back
to the hotel for lunch.
After lunch, the group visited
the FBI Building. A young
man who hopes to become an
agent, Lawrence K. York, pro-
vided them with an informa-
tive tour that lasted one hour.
Then they headed for the
Shrine of the Immaculate Con-
ception.
The 15-minute tour of the
Shrine - referred to as the
eighth wonder of the world"
by the guide-waS hardly long
enough to appreciate the mag
niflcence of the recently opened
structure. But a tour of the
Franciscan Monastery still re-
manned on the agenda that aft
ernoon.
The first day of sightseeing
had been hectic and the group
was happy to go back to the
hotel-bed check-and a good
nights sleep.
TOmOrrOw-The Stone and
Bone Yard.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
United Front Seen
Beer Truckers Strike
And Get Quick Boost

Washington beer truck drivers
began and settled a strike so
quickly today that not a whistle
went dry all over town.
This morning the members
of Local 81. Teamsters Union,
refused to carry bottles. cans or
kegs of the popular beverage
for nine principal distributors
in Washington and nearby Vir-
ginia.
At 10 o'clock they met at
Union Hall, 401 Third street
NV, and before an hour
elapsed had accepted a new
offer by the Washington Brew
cry and Distributors Associa-
tion.
Affected by the settlement
were distributors of Budweiser,
Michelob. Schlitz, Pabst, Mil
lers. Blatz. National, HammS,
Carling and Valley Forge.
The strike developed from a
Saturday meeting at which a
two-year contract was turned
down by the rank and file.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
COURTESY is natural tt

COURTESY is natural to
Homer Dodge.
He seems determined to
continue the 18th century.
(He was born in 1917
For years he researched
for Frederick ]. HaSkin, an
Swering the queries of thou
sands of newspaper readers.
Homer Dodge with his re-
tentive memory became an
encyclopedia.
Homer would write letters
to The Star protesting an
addition to the few modern
buildings in Washington.
He was against change.
The other day while writ
ing one of these pieces at
the club, 1 wanted to make
a reference to John Bun
vans book, Pilgrims Pro-
gress." Having last read 1t
when I was II, 1 distrusted
my memory and the ency-
clopedia was no help.
1 found Homer and asked:
Didn't Christian pass a
city of splendor?"
Yes" said Homer, that
was London. 1 re-read Pill
grim'S Progress three years
ago. Many consider it the
first English novel, and I am
among them. You ought to
read it again. You'll be sur
priSed at how many terms
our language owes to Bun
yam"
And then he outlined
Christians progress through
the Slough of Despond, his
conflict with Appolyon, his
stay at the House Beautiful,
his experience in Vanity
Fair and his troubles at
Doubling Castle all on his
way to the Shining Gate.
A very remarkable man.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
New Building Set
For Gu NURSING

Catholic University will add
a new building to the Univer-
sity's School of Nursing Gu.
Rector Msgr. William j. Nc
Donald. announced today.
To be erected on the campus
between the Maloney Chemis-
try Laboratory and the new en-
gineering and architecture
building, it will include instruc-
tional and administrative facili-
ties needed for a considerably
expanded enrolment and more
convenient functioning of the
schools programs.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
The
Rambler
Hail to q
Sick Friend
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

There has been a pail over
the Press Club for the past
few days because of the
Illness of Homer Dodge.
He is associated in the
minds of the members with
the club itself.
Almost every afternoon he
could be found seated in one
OF the overStuffed leather
chairs reading the daily press
IN the lounge.
1t is a large, splendidly ap-
pointed room with an early
1mpreSSioniSt French land
scape on one wall and on
the other a beautiful, reclin-
ing odaliSque.
Homer Dodge contributed
to the gentlemanly atmoS-
phere.
Not a tall man, he never
theleSS has what in the
theater is termed presence"
He has a flowing wave Of
white hair and a tiny tuft
of white beard just below his
mouth.
He would be smoking a
cigarette through a long
black holder until a couple
of years ago,
And now he is under an
oxygen tent in the George
Washington Hospital.
Evening star., 1960-05-02

lStrator in the initial agency
proposed for planning the tran
sit system.
A similar substitution will
be urged for a suggested later
Federal corporation. The COM
mission also will seek to make
corporation decisions subject
to approval by the Virginia
and Maryland Governors, to
defer its creation for at least
five years and to place the
timing of its establishment in
the hands of Congress rather
than the President.
Hearings Open Thursday
These DECISIONS were made at
a four-hour meeting at which
commission members reached
agreement on suggestions to be
submitted to the Congressional
Joint Committee on Washing
ton Metropolitan Problems. The
committee, headed by Senator
Bible, Democrat of Nevada, is
to conduct hearings on pending
transit legislation Thursday
and Friday.
Now before the Bible group
is a bill drafted by the Federal
Bureau of the Budget which is
aimed at the construction, with
Federal financial help, of a
Washington subway system
with fast surface extensions to
the suburbs.
Under the bureau bill, the
transit development would be
launched by a temorary, Fed
orally financed agency. This
agency later might be sue
ceeded by an agency created by
interstate compact between the
District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. But if this compact were
nota formed by 1863, the Presi-
dent could create a Federal
corporation with authority to
proceed on its own.
United Front Seen
The corporation plan drew
objections from State leaders,
but District Commissioner Rob-
ert E. Mclaughlin acted as
spokesman last night for the
interstate group which met in
his Office, said these objections
Evening star., 1960-05-02

-O
AT THE CLUB the other
day, a friend who had called
on Homer in the hospital
was reporting at lunch. He
said:
Il was almost too late for
visiting hours. I told Homer
that I had been held up at
the bar"
Here he mentioned a mem
ber who has the misfortune
on an extra drink or two,
of becoming a very demand
ing bore.
On hearing this, Homer
had stirred understandingly
in his bed and said:
Il know. That man could
corner anyone IN a rotunda.
Another man at the table
said:
81 have often thought of
Homer as an actor playing
a role. He wore spatS long
after they had ceased to be
fashionable, even after the
weather had become warm.
He carried a cane even after
the members of the Over
seas Press Club (foreign cor
respondents) had abandoned
that insignia.
1--WE wondered do we
knew the real Homer-not
that we don't love the
Homer we know"
Another said that Homer
reminded him of the open
ing stanza of a poem by
Edwin Arlington Robinson.
1t goes 1--WE checked the
quotes:
The man Fldmmonde from
God knoDS tUhere,
With firm address and for
eign air,
With ne,OS of nations in his
talk
And something royal in his
Wdlk,
With CLINT of iron in his eyes,
But neUer doubt nor yet
surprise,
Appeared and stayed and
held his head,
As one by kings accredited.
mot that there is any
thing exotic about Homer
Dodge" the quoter hastened
to explain, nor mysterious
about his background. He
is from Prince. Georges
County"
Evening star., 1960-05-02

/
100000 high school students
who come to Washington each
year and take guided tours of
the Nations Capital.
In an effort to check more
serious complaints, The Star
recently conducted a two-week
survey during which time this
reporter was able to join
various student groups.
Typical of such groups were
"a members of the senior class
of Wyoming High School of
Wyoming, Ohio, a suburb of
Cincinnati.
The school was selected ar
bitrarily from a long list of
visiting groups. Wyoming rep
resented an average sized class
that followed the normal tour
pattern established by hun
dreds of senior classes that
chose Washington for their
annual trip.
Reporter Boards Train
Travelling by train from Gin
cinnati, the group stopped
briefly at the Silver Spring
station and this reporter
boarded their reserved coach.
During the short ride from
Silver Spring to Union Station.
Cal Ourand, a Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad representative
from Cincinnati and Robert
Wagner, class sponsor and
chaperone provided background
information about Wyoming.
The town has a residential
population of about 1000 per-
sons, most of them in the
upper-middle income bracket.
wyoming can be compared to
our Bethesda residential area.
Many of its residents are en-
ployed by nearby General
Electric and Proctor & Gamble
plants.
Wyoming High School stu
dents compare to students at
Bethesda Chevy Chase and
Wilson high schools. Some
Wyoming students have their
own cars and enough spending
money, but many have part
time jobs.
Evening star., 1960-05-02
Witnesses DepIore
Lettering Ban Plan
Wider Transit System
Proposed for Area
ice Study Group Suggests New
Agency Operate Under Directors
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star Stan Writer

broader Maryland and Virginia role in directing develop
ment of District rail rapidtransit system
proposed by group of top officials.
The Interstate Commission for the Study Passenger
Transportation in Metropolitan Washington last decided
substitution of of directors single admin
Evening star., 1960-05-02
BY WALTER GOLD
Star Staf Writer

my feet hurt" exclaimed a
17-year-old high school girl as
she seated herself on the Cap
itol steps.
This is the most common
complaint of an estimated
Second Of four articles in which O
reporter tours Washington with Wis
itine high school students.
Evening star., 1960-05-02

had been dissolved by the sug-
geSted revision.
I'VE now have united
'front.'" he declared. He added
that the commissions recon-
mendation will be forwarded
shortly to Senator Bible and
said the group is hopeful they
will be acceptable to budget
officials.
Maryland State Senator Ed
ward S. Northrop and Virginia
State Senator Charles r. Fem
wick, who have taken leading
roles in the transit negotiations,
were present at the meeting.
Also among those in attendance
were Brig. Gen. A. C. yelling.
District Engineer Commission
er; Carlton r. Sickles, member
of the Maryland House of Dele
gates Commission; and Jerome
M. Alper. who has been acting
as consultant to the transit
body.
yelling Sees Approval
Gen. yelling expressed op-
timiSm about the prospects of
the transit legislation for ap-
proval by the Bible committee.
The committee includes Repre-
sentative Mcmillan, Democrat
of South Carolina, co-chair-
man; Senators Beall. Republi-
can of Maryland, and Morse.
Democrat of Oregon, and Rep
reSentatives Smith, Democrat.
and Broyhill. Republican. both
Of Virginia. The Engineer Com
missioner also voiced the hope
that creation of the initial
transit agency would be ap-
proved promptly by Congress.
The actions of this initial
agency, under terms of the
Budget Bureau bill, would be
subject to approval of the re-
Spective Governors whenever
Maryland or Virginia is af-
fected. Budget officials, how
ever, did not provide for such
approval in the case of the
Federal corporation.
This was viewed by State
spokeSmen as giving the cor
poration undue power in such
vital matters as routing and
land-taking.
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

cracy it will be fought by you. "
He presented the winner with a
plaque, and the runners-up, GER
tificates. Miss Mary B. Amo, of
the English department, paid tri-
butte to the Jaycees, saying that
if young businessmen in the
United States are working for
such ideals, there is no need to
fear the future. Robert Bentz,
member of the Jaycee commit
tee, said that the Mutual Life
Insurance Company is co-spon-
sor of the project. He also said
that the Jaycee organization is
international in scope and makes
a contribution toward world
peace. The Jaycee committee in
cluded Paul Cosden, MIR. Bentz,
and William T. Gathright,, Jr.
The local winner will represent
Smyrna in the state contest.
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25
Hens Open Spring
Practice March ! I

Delaware spring football prac-
tice will begin on March l, it
has been announced by David
nj. Nelson, head coach and di-
rector of athletics.
The starting date will depend
on the weather conditions ac-
cording to Nelson. Practices will
be held on Frazer Field for 20
days during March, for an hour
and a half each afternoon, and
will be completed before the
start of spring vacation on April
/. Highlight of the drill period
will be an intrasquad game on
the final day of practice.
The Blue Hens will open their
defense of the Lambert Cup,
symbolic of eastern small-col-
lege supremacy, and the Middle
Atlantic Conference champion
ship against league rival Lehigh
on September "a at Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania.
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

crime Smith, control officer; Alan
Robinson, propulsion expert;
Margaret Crawford, designer en-
gineer; Janice Lafferty, fuels;
Charles Mast, mechanical engin-
eer; Burrill Mccoy, navigator;
Connie Bush and Sydney Smith,
radiation experts; Susan Price,
dietician; James Melvin, captain.
A live rabbit was used in the
demonstration. Miss Bonner is
one of twenty-nine science
teachers, trained in Oak Ridge,
now touring high schools
throughout the United States,
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico during
the L959-60 academic year. A
biology teacher, Miss Bonner is
prepared to present lectures on
atomic structure, nuclear phen-
omena, reproduction and genet
les; structural chemistry and
chemical change; molecular bio
logy; biological effects of radia-
ton; chemical kinetics; rockets,
satellites and space travel; meta
bolism; cellular dynamics S;
growth and population problems.