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Evening star., 1960-03-15
CLEVELAND PARK
NEW LISTINGS

Lovely older home, well arranged
family living The first floor has
large living room with fireplace,
den, dining room, powder room
and sunny modern electric kitch-
en-. with breakfast space: seven
bright bedms. and four baths open
OF wide halls on the second and
third floors; a paneled room below
stairs provides a splendid play
room for the small fry or teen
ayers. For appointment 10 in
spect. please call Mrs. Harfield.
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GOTHAM

I REALTY, INC.
800 Arl. Blvd. JE. 2-S300
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LO1 OWNERS build aow-LESCO
offers q wide variety of plans with
quality construction: no down
payment on vour lot in most cases
LESCO HOMES, George W. Dor
Sey, !r. Box l16. Riverdale. Nd
Phone Appleton 7-9472 or WA
1880.
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CAPITOL bill, 9th St, nr. Mass.
ave.-Brick house; 8 rms, bsmt.
with 2 rms. and bath: hot-water
oil heat; lge. yard: brk. gar;
nice house "AS Is or for reStor-
alton: 100000; $1,000 cash.
CALL NO 7-5965, or ABSHER
REALTY, Ii. 7-44l3.
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Negroes Charge
Store OfficiuI
SIoshed Ammonia

PETERSBURG, Va, July 10
(AP) An assistant manager
of the local F. w. Woolworth
store was arrested yesterday
on charges he sloshed ammonia
on three Negro high school
students who took part in a
lunch counter sit-in demon
stration.
Police arrested Robert E..
Slaughter, 20, of Colonial
Heights on three simple as
sault counts. The complaint
was filed by Dorothy Jeffer-
son. Ella Thomas and Roy
Washington, all 18 ard all stu
dents at Peabody High.
The warrants, sworn out July
9, charge that Slaughter de
liberately sloshed" ammonia
over them that day.
Slaughter was released on
$50 bond on each count for a
municipal Court appearance.
expected to be held either
July IS or August /.
Woolworth's is one of three
stores here which have been
the target of sit-in demonstra-
tions.
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cancel present power purchase
contracts with the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
The 23-year-old coop has
been purchasing all it's power
from PEPCO since 1945. With
main Offices here, the coop has
23,500 customers in st. Marys
and Charles Counties, and in
the southern sections of Prince
Georges and Calvert Counties.
The start of the plant hinges
on an $18 million loan applica-
ton filed last November by the
coop with Rural Electrical
ton Administration. The firm
already has spent 100000 for
the plant site, a 300-acre tract
The coop pays PEPCO more
than SIS million annually, ac-
cording to Forrest Coakley
manager of the coop.
When completed, the plant
! would have a working force OF
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Damaged Hall
De|ayUn|ike|y

Smoke damage from a fire,
set by vandals in Rockville's
civic auditorium now nearing
completion; caused $1,000 dam
age but probably will not delay
the scheduled August Is OPEN
ing. City Manager Walter A.
Schieber said today.
Believed to have been set by
juveniles, the fire was started
in packing cases containing
porcelain laboratory fixtures,
which were ruined, Mr.. Schie-
ber added. .,.
The main damage was to the
buildings newly-plastered walls
and ceilings, which had not yet
been painted. Heat ducts and
electric wiring, which had just
been installed, now must be
removed to permit repairs, the
city manager said.
The VandalS entered the
building. which is on Norbeck
road, by climbing a wire fence
The alarm was reported BY
neighbors who saw smoke com
ing from the auditorium al
dusk Sunday.
The damage is covered by in
Surance, Mr.. Schieber reported
Evening star., 1960-07-19
Capt. Mini Gets
Annapolis Post

ANNAPOLIS, July 19 CAP)
Capt. James H. Mini will take
over tomorrow as commandant
of midshipmen at the Naval
Academy.
The captain, who graduated
here in 1885. will relieve Capt
William F. Bringle. who has
served as commandant since
August. 1858.
Capt. Bringle has been as.
signed duties as prospective
commanding officer of the
Kitty Hawk. a supercarrier now
under construction.
The new commandant, a
Navy aviator, was senior aviator
Of the battleShip Arizona wher
it went down at Pearl Harbor
He also commanded Bombing
Squadron Is during the Battle
of Leyte Gulf in 1914.
Before reporting here, Capt
Mini was commanding officer
of the carrier Midway.
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25 to 30 men, Mr.. Coakley
said.
He noted these plans do not
mean the coop has abandoned
interest in a proposed hydro
electric generating facility at
River Bend on the Potomac
River.
steam and hydroelectric
plants can work we'll together
Mr.. Coakley said. He said
steam plants can supply reg
ular power demands while the
hydroelectric setups could be
used for standby and peak load
needs.
Before it started buying
power from PEPCO in 1945,
the coop had diesel plants in
Popes Creek, Leonardtown and
Solomons. These became toe
expensive to operate and are
no longer in use, Mr.. Coakley
said.
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Residents OF Mclean, Va,
who have been battling a SIS
million apartment development
for two years, won another de-
lay last night as the Fairfax
County Planning Commission
deferred action on the project.
More than 200 persons show
ed up for a 3E2 -hour hearing
which frequently had to be
gaveled to order by Chairman
Keith Price.
The proposal. to build four
eight-story buildings on a g.
acre tract on the Arlington
Fairfax County line, was de-
ferred until the commission and
the Board of Supervisors hold
hearings on a countrywide
apartment plan.
Residents of nearby areas
last night strongly protested
the project because, they said
it would destroy the natural
beauty of the site.
they contended that more
trees would be preserved in
the area through careful sim
gle family home development
than through construction Of
the apartments, which would
require leveling of a large
parking area as well as the
building site.
Opponents of the project
Ostly from ChesterbrooA
Woods and Golf Club Manor
also argued that the only ac-
cess to the development now
would be from Glebe road but
that another street through
residential areas would have tt
be opened.
Hardee Chambliss. attorney
for the developer. however
said that no other streets
would be required.
The project. on the De Lash.
mutt tract 4 miles east o.
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Airport, Quorry Called
Nuisoncesin Indictment

A Fairfax County grand jury
yesterday indicted corporations
which operate an airport and
a rock quarry on charges OF
being public nuisances.
The special session OF the
grand jury was called after
residents living near the Falls
Church Airpark and the Gra-
ham Virginia quarries COM
planned. The indictments were
returned against the corpora
tions which may sue and be
sued under Virginia law.
The indictment against the
airport at Graham road and
Arlington boulevard, charged
that the landing and taking of
of aircraft from the dirt run
way causes "a large amount OF
dust to permeate and pollute
| the air in the neighborhood."
The jury acted after receiv-
ing a complaint signed by IL
persons. most of whom live on
Graham road.
The indictment against the
Graham Virginia quarries
charged the quarry caused q
public nuisance directly affect
ing the citizens of Prince Will
liam County"
! The operation of the quarry
near Occoquan Creek on the
southern boundary of Fairfax
County, causes intense shock.
ing and quaking of the sur
rounding area resulting in
physical damage and the crack
ing of homes and other build
ings," the indictment said.
The operation also causes
"unbearable dust. smoke and
the like, which renders resi-
dents properties practically
uninhabitable" and at times
renders the highway in both
counties "unusable and
dangerous" the indictment
charged.
Ten residents of Occoquar
complained on May IL thai
the quarry was a public
nuisance.
John r. Eakin, president oi
Eakin Properties, which owns
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Mclean Residents Win New Delay
Against SIS Million Apartment

Mclean, would include 1,462
units.
About a third of the land
is in Arlington County. Leo
U3banske. county board men,
ber, asked the commission to
deny the request, which he said
was opposed by a majority of
the board.
The commission voted to
defer making a recommenda-
ton until after the group had
considered the county wide
apartment plan on August 4
and the supervisors hold a
hearing September IA.
The plan, prepared by the
county planning staff, lists the
DeLashmutt property as prac-
tical for apartment develop
ment.
Hugh R. Pomeroy. New York
planning consultant who
drafted the county's present
coming ordinance, appeared as
a witness for the developer.
Mr.. Pomeroy said he be-
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the airport. said dirt had been
put on the runway in an effort
Ito reshape the strip, make it
safer and make it drain prop
erly."
I'VE are very sympathetic to
the people who are objecting. !"
he said.
An attempt has been made
to plant grass on the strip, he
said. but ''it is difficult to do so
now with the hot weather"
The man who leased and OPP
Grated the airport died re-
Gently, he said.
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lieved "it would be to the
sound interest of the county
to grant this application, hav-
ing in mind that the develop
ment will depend on approval
of a site plan"
The proposal spurred strong
opposition from nearby resi-
dents when it was presented
two years ago, At that time
the planning commission de-
ferred action pending COM
pletion of a comprehensive
high rise apartment plan. The
plan was completed recently,
but has yet to be acted upon
by the supervisors.
The project proposes a shop
ping area, tennis courts and
swimming pool, and would be
screened by trees and shrubs
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Blue Cross and Shield
Rate Hearing Set

BALTIMORE. July 19 tAP)
"A public hearing on proposed
rate increases by Blue Cross
and Blue Shield in Maryland
has been scheduled for Au-
gust 3.
The date was set today by F.
Douglass Sears, State Insurance
Commissioner, tc consider the
rate increase application filed
June 30. The hearing, in the
State Roads Commission Build
ing, also will deal with other
aspects of the Blue Cross-Blue
Shield application.
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Annapolis Receives
Urban Renewal Gront
BY the Associated Press

The Urban Renewal Admin
istration announced today ap-
proval of a $19,250 grant to
Annapolis, Nd. to plan for its
growth and development.
The grant, to be matched by
State and local funds. will be
administered by the Maryland
State Planning Department.
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All Girls TO Compete

The Girls All Clubs of Mont
gomery County will hold their
annual Achievement Day and
Style Review tomorrow at the
County Agriculture Center In
Gaithersburg. Md. Three girls
will be chosen to represent
Montgomery County at the
State Style Review in August.
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Area Woman Elected

Miss Margaret j. Buckley of
4807 Leland street, Chevy
Chase, Md, was elected ST.
preme Regent of the Catholic
Daughters of American last
week at a national convention
in Pittsburgh.
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MARYLAND COLLEGE QUEEN
Big Coop Power Plant
Is Slated on Potuxent

HUGHESV1LLE Md. July 19 (SpeciaD - The Southern
Maryland Electric Cooperative is planning $18 million
plant the Patuxent River three miles from Orave
in st. Marys County
If finished within three years planned the plant
will all the needs Of the and permit the
Evening star., 1960-07-19

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Each accommodates 8 six.room households,
and will handle your move quickly and safely
to any place in the United States and Canada
Call Fidelity about your big move now. We've a
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Evening star., 1960-11-15
BRIEFS
EorIyStudy
Urged.for
Languages

Specialists last night urged
Arlington schools to begin
teaching foreign languages to
elementary school pupils.
Teachers replied. however,
that to do so would require
lengthening of the school day,
employment Of specially quail
fed instructors difficult to re-
cruit and major revision in the
language program.
The discussion occurred as
some $50 county residents met
with educators to consider for
eign language instruction.
D. Lee Hamilton Of the For
eign Services Institute of Lam
guages stressed that pupils can
master idioms quickly when
they are young.
Comdr. George Laning, mem
ber Of the Citizens Curriculum
Committee. declared that, after
six years Of study of French or
Spanish, children can approx
mate the fluency of a native.
Mrs. Gennette Nygard, CO.
ordinator Of elementary in
Struction, asserted that the
curriculum in early grades al
ready is crowded.
Arlington students now may
start foreign languages in the
seventh grade.
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ready been put into effect by
the city manager.
Among the reorganization
steps outlined last night are:
/. Establishment of an in
formation and complaint GEN.
ter in the city managers Office.
2. Exploration by Mr.. john
ston of the possibility of using
the facilities of George Mason
High School for a city-spon-
sored recreation program.
3. Steps to institute a stand
ard filing system throughout
City Hall.
4. Rearrangement Of certain
functions and Office space OF
the public utility department,
the clerk, treasurer and di-
rector of finance.
The council rejected one OF
Mr.. Yarger's major proposals.
that the librarian be appointed
by and responsible to the city
manager rather than the IL
brary board of trustees. The
council asked for further in
formation before acting on a
proposal to seek abolition OF
the positions of the two State
constitutional officers - the
treasurer and the commissioner
of revenue.
Evening star., 1960-11-15
Ir11personafor
Gets Sentence

A 27-year-old salesman. ac-
cused of impersonating a police
man and ordering three young
women to follow him to the
police station, received a 90-day
suspended Jail sentence today.
Arlington County Court Judge
Berton v. Kramer imposed the
sentence upon Douglas Lee
Woodson of the 2700 block Of
North Pierce street, Arlington.
He made the suspension con-
ditional upon five years Of good
behavior.
Police said the three women
complained that on October II
Woodson stopped them at Nine
teenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. and told them
they would have to follow him
to the Arlington police station
because their car bore no
county tags.
Angered, the women followed
to see if WoodSon actually
would lead them to police.
After he did, one of them swore
to a warrant charging him with
impersonating an officer.
The 9O-day suspended SEN
tence was recommended by
Assistant commemorative At
torney Neil Doherty.
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Fronconio Apartments
Indorsed by Planners

Fairfax County planners last
night approved one garden-type
apartment project and opposed
another one.
Their recommendations will
go before the board of super
visors for final action.
Receiving favorable action by
a 5-to-3 vote Of the planning
commission was the Rose Hill
project proposed for a 22-acre
tract in Franconia. It calls for
$40 units to be built over O
three-year period.
The facility. Planning Direc-
tor William c. Burrage told the
commission. is desirable as a
buffer" between present single
family residences and existing
commercial land uses.
Herbert F. Schumann, deputy
planning director, said the site
met most Of the apartment
criteria recently adopted by the
board Of supervisors. Commits
sion members Mrs. John Brad
ley, Franklin Karns and Curtis
johnson voted against the prof.
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ect. Five other planning COM
misSionerS were recorded in
favor. Commission member
James Quackenbush abstained
because Of the proximity" Of
his home to the project in ques-
ton.
The commission disapproved
the second application, which
was for a 615-unit apartment
on 30 acres of land just south
Of the Springfield Estates Ele-
mentary School.
Mr.. Burrage and his staff
recommended against the prof.
ect because they believed no
coming action should be taken
in the area before q compre-
hensive plan can be drawn up
for the remaining 200 acres Of
undeveloped property north
and east Of the site.
The commission also ap-
proved q site plan for a 22-unit
garden apartment structure on
/ acre Of land in the Mount
Zephyr subdivision south Of
Richmond highway.
Evening star., 1960-11-15

MANY business executives regard Union
Trust officers as their partners in progress,
And so they should.
Union Trusts experience often points
the way to financial soundness through
short term bank loans, non-banking
sources of low-cost, long-term loans, and
Evening star., 1960-11-15
5000 Aides
GeorUpAreo
Seal Drive

About 5000 volunteers are
putting the Washington areas
annual Christmas Seal drive
into high gear this week.
THE best Of success to you
ALL" said Ted Mack of the TV
Amateur Hour as he wished
200 Christmas Seal workers
well at a kickoff luncheon
yesterday at the Presidential
Arms.
The volunteers are putting
100000 letters in the mail this
week. urging area residents to
support the campaign for
funds to combat tuberculosis.
Mr.. Mack paid tribute to
Lorton Reformatory and Dis
trict Jail guards, Potomac
Yards railroad detectives, Alex
andria firemen and others who
are helping with the drive.
Mrs. Robert C. Mclaughlin,
wife of the Commissioner, and
F. Joseph Donohue are District
co-chairmen of the campaign.
| Mr.. Donohue pointed out
yesterday that Washington is
second only to Baltimore in
the Nation in the incidence of
tuberculosis cases reported.
! Also on the luncheon pro-
gram with Mr.. Mack as master
Of ceremonies were singing by
Ruth Rea, Miss Washington Of
1860 and tap dancing by Cathy
Oliver, 8, Of Alexandria. Cody
Pfanstiehl. public relations di-
rector of The Star accompanied
himself with a violin in a Mono
logue.
! Mr.. Mack presented an
orchid to Mrs. o. F. Dougherty,
I87. of Alexandria, for her 10
year participation in the
Christmas Seal drive.
Evening star., 1960-11-15
School Bus Crash Iniures
Seven Pupils in Foirfox

Seven children were injured,
one seriously, when the private
school bus in which they were
riding collided with a car today
on Lee highway in the town Of
Fairfax.
Paul B. Hoyle, 5. of 128 Ber-
ritt street, Fairfax. was ad-
mitted to Arlington Hospital
suffering head injuries. A hos
pital aide listed his condition
as serious.
Six other children and the
two drivers were treated at the
hospital and released.
Pvt. Stephen w. Foster, of
the town police force. said the
crash occurred about 8 am. at
the intersection Of Lee highway
and Route 1913. He said the bus,
owned by Cardinal School in
Vienna, was driven by Mrs.
Lillian B. Hoover. 81, Of 623
Mclean street, Fairfax, and the
car was operated by M. James
Barnes. A, Of 1916 South
Stafford street, Arlington.
Pvt. Foster said the bus was
making a left turn of Lee
highway toward Vienna and the
car was travelling west on Lee
highway.
The other children, all from
Fairfax, who were treated at
the hospital were: James H.
Reynolds. 8, Of 215 Woodlawn
drive; Kelly Marie Groves. 6,
206 Thayer court: Michael
Groves, 8, same address: Brenda
K. Havenner, 6. Of 612 Harvey
drive; Thomas E. George III, 5,
of 119 Roberts road, and Bar
bara Lester, 6. of SIT La Marie
drive.
Police said several other stu
dents on the bus were not
injured.
Damage to the bus, described
as a 1859 Chevrolet carryall,
was estimated by police at $400.
and damage to the car at $500.
Evening star., 1960-11-15
Two Held for Slips
Hidden in Cue

Alexandria police arrested
two men on gambling charges
yesterday after. they said, they
had found numbers slips hid
den in the end Of a poolroom
cue.
Seven police officers led by
Detective Capt. Thomas Woods
raided the pool hall on Hume
avenue near Potomac yards.
They found numbers slips.
horse race bets and more than
$400 in currency. police said.
Charged with operating a
numbers game and taking horse
race bets was Theodore r.
!, Knott, At, of the first block of
Park road. He was released
on $4,000 bond. Raymond
surgeon, ST. of Potomac Yards,
was charged with operating a
numbers games and released
on $1,000 bond. Hearings in
'aboth cases were set for Friday.
Evening star., 1960-11-15
Council in Falls Church
OKs Reorganization

The Falls Church City Coun-
Gil authorized City Manager.
Lewis Johnston last night to
move ahead on more than IA
proposals to reorganize the
city government.
The proposals are among Ill
recommendations to overhaul
government operations con-
tained in a report prepared
last May by administrative
consultant, James o. Yarger.
The proposals cover many
things from simplification of
the city's files to total reor-
ganization Of the public works
and public utilities depart
ments.
Many Of the plans have al
Evening star., 1960-11-15
D. G. Youth
Sentencedon
Auto Charge

HANOVER, Va, Nov. IS (AP) i.
"A 16-year-old Washington
youth convicted of unauthorized
use of an automobile received
q one-year penitentiary SEN
tence yesterday in Hanover
Circuit Court.
Another 16-year-old youth in
the case which had gained wide
attention received a one-year
suspended sentence on the same
charge. Judge Leon M. Bazile
suspended the sentence for 20
years.
The youths were arrested
with five other Washington
teen-agers near Ashland in
July. Two are 14-year-old girls.
The two girls were convicted
of vagrancy by Hanover Coun-
ty Judge J. L. Landram and
given IL months in jail. They
have appealed and trial is set
December IL in Circuit Court.
Another Of the youths, aged
II. was tried October IL. He
pleaded guilty and Judge Ba-
zile suspended imposition of
sentence for 20 years. Two
others. aged II and 16, are
scheduled for trial December 20.
Evening star., 1960-11-15
Polio Cases Rise

RICHMOND, Nov. is (AP).-
The State Health Department
yesterday reported two addi-
tional polio cases-a Rocking
ham County brother and sister
to increase the State total
thus far this year to 80.
Neither the 10-year-old boy
or his 7-year-old sister had re-
ceived salk vaccine shots, and
both developed paralytic polio,
the department said.
Evening star., 1960-11-15
LEGAL TENDER .
TMpoyer Resumes
Payments in Coins
LEGAL TENDER

Paul A. Lain finally got to
pay his tax bill in coins yes
terday.
Mr.. Lain appeared at the
office Of Fairfax County Finance
Oficer Lewis Coyner with 405
silver dollars and several dol
lars in small change.
Mr.. Coyner, who had re-
fused to accept MIR. Lain's
money when he brought it in
last week-all in small change
took it this time on the ad-
vice Of Assistant Common
wealth's Attorney Guy o. Far
ley.
Tax officials then reluctantly
counted the $414.l3.
Evening star., 1960-11-15

Mr.. Farley advised the finance
oficer that Federal law says
pennies do not have to be ac-
cepted for any one payment II
there are more than Is Of them.
Asked how many pennies he
had in his box Of coins. Mr..
Lain answered %.
So far as the silver dollars
were concerned, Mr.. Farley said
they would be acceptable. Silver
dollars are legal tender In any
amount. n
Mr.. Lain, a civilian engineer
with the Navy. said he was
paying his taxes in specie as q
protest move against the rising
tax load.