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Evening star., 1960-02-23
Truck Hits Alarm
In New Senate
Office BuiIdinq

The new Senate Office Build
ing, which has presented its
share of problems. caused an
other headache today.
A caterers truck with a TO-
foot 6-inch clearance ripped
out a part of the buildings
automatic fire sprinkler sys-
tenn as it maneuvered in the
buildings sub-basement garage
Although the entrance to the
garage is II feet high and the
ceiling is about 20 feet high
overhead plumbing pipes, heat
ing ducts and the sprinkler
system limits use of most of the
garage to vehicles not over 10
feet high. The pipes and ducts
have been suspended from the
ceiling, resulting in the COM
paratively low clearance.
The caterers truck cleared
the entrance and managed to
get through the basement al
most to a loading dock before
it struck the protruding sprink-
Ter pipe. Breaking the pipe
automatically set off an alarm
in the building guard room
However, it did not trip the
alarm system in the rest of the
building and most of the Sen
ators and members of their
stats were unaware of the
accident.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
D. c. Lists Regulations
For Parking Operators

be informed that they must do
the following:
/. Post in letters at least
4 inches high the maximum
hourly and daily rates. CThe
parking fee is 10 cents a hall
hour at Union StationD
2. Issue claim checks to
motorists parking their cars
when they pull up to park.
8. Attendants on duty must
wear a badge issued by the
District identifying them as
parking lot attendants.
Station Head Speaks
Mr.. Nottingham said that
M. H. Lingenfelter, manager of
Union Station, attended this
mornings meeting and urged
that some arrangement be made
so that parking operators can
continue to lease and operate
the facilities.
Representative Stratton had
packed his car on the lot on
January % when he caught a
train to make a speech out Of
town.
He returned on January 25
and later received a bill for
the S11.20.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
Tugbout Crew
Saves 7 in Buy

BALTIMORE, Feb. % (AP)
THE water was so cold we
couldn't have lived. If they
hadn't seen us we wouldn't be
here now"
Thus a Baltimore boat owner
credited a tugboat crew with
saving his life and that of a
companion when their 35-foot
cabin cruiser sprung a leak
and sank yesterday in Chesa-
peake Bay.
The owner, William Och
lecker, 33, and Wilson Warwick,
%, donned lifejackets and
waved bright colored life-pre-
server cushion at the tug
shortly after they noticed the
leak on a trip from Annapolis
to Bear Creek.
They were picked up soon
after the boat went under near
the mouth of the Patapsco
River.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
Mother, Son, NovyMon
Killed in Auto Crashes

A mother and son from
Washington and a Navy petty
officer from Magnolia, Ala,
were killed in separate auto
accidents early this morning in
the District and Lexington
Park, Md.
Mrs. Mary F. Longus, AZ, of
1719 Kilbourne place NV. and
her son. Alfred O'Neill Longus,
jr., 81, of 1881 Franklin street
NV, were killed when their
car collided with a tractor
trailer at New York avenue and
First street NE. Mr.. Longus
was driving, police said.
Also injured in the same
accident were Mrs. LonguS
daughter, Miss Shirley Longus,
%, of the Kilbourne place ad-
dress, and Charles r. Dekle. %,
an Army specialists stationed
at Walter Reed General Hos
Evening star., 1960-02-23
Gunmun Gets
500, FIees;
Suspect Held

A gunman, wearing a mufflel
over the lower part of his face
held up and robbed a counter.
man at the Triangle Restau.
rant, New York avenue anc
North Capitol street, about
am. today, police reported.
About $100 was taken.
According to Detective Sergts
Robert Krahling and Vincent
Antonelli of the robbery squad
Albert Thompson, go, was alone
in the restaurant when the
man came in. carrying a %
caliber target pistol. Mr.
Thompson said the man jabbed
the pistol against his chest and
demanded money.
Leaving the restaurant, the
man apparently got in a car
nearby and drove into an alley
At this point, a car was seen
racing through an alley by
Detectives Billy H. Lemocks
and John w. Cannon of No. 2
precinct. They started in pur-
suit.
The car stopped after a short,
wild drive, and a man got out
and disappeared into another
alley. The policemen followed
on foot, but lost their man.
Meanwhile, other police arrived
and surrounded the area.
Soon. a man identified as
William c. Chesters, 80, alias
William Chesters Tyner, came
out of the alley and was ar
rested.
Chesters was charged with
holdup and robbery.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
Hope Of MuffIing Jets
lin Future) Is Outlined

New hopes for muff1ing OF
aircraft noise were aired here
today.
But, as many an airport
neighbor knows, it is still a
laundering, shrieking problem
the House Aviation Subcommit-
tee was told.
One of the greater promises
still not due until possibly early
1861, is the so-called turbo-far
engine, scheduled to replace en-
gines on many of the jet trans.
ports now in use.
The committee heard Bar
tholomew S. Spano, an acous-
tical expert, formerly on the
staff of the Federal Aviation
Agency. give some details of the
fan engine, which in tests ha:
shown 1000 pounds of thrust
more than the standard jet en-.
gine of today, WITH about the
Evening star., 1960-02-23

The operator of meter park
ing areas at Union Station was
to be told today to make clear
to the public that it was a
private lot charging fixed fees.
District License Supt. c. T.
Nottingham said he will have
a hearing this afternoon with
representatives of Auto Parks,
Inc, which operates the busi-
ness under lease with the
Washington Terminal Co.
Complained of Bill
The Districts investigation
of the private operation got
under way last week after a
New York Congressman COM
planned he was billed $l1.20
when he parked his car at a
meter which he mistook for
one Of the city's metered
spaces. The Congressman,
Representative Stratton, Dem
ocrat of New York, wrote Dis
trict Commissioner Robert E.
Mclaughlin about the incident.
Mr.. Nottingham conferred
with several District officials
this morning and told reporters
that the parking operators will
Evening star., 1960-02-23
"THE MOISTURE OF the

"THE MOISTURE OF the
soil below also is important.
A dry soil will absorb more
than half the water con-
tent of the snow. Soil mois-
ture is measured with an
electric current-the drier
the soil, the higher the re-
siStance.
eve have some remark
able pictures of adjacent
farms. On one where the
farmers planted crops rec
commended because of lin
tied water-dryland wheat
insted of alfalfa and a small
amount of corn-there is
abundance. On the other
where the farmer planted
many acres of corn as usual,
the crop was stunted and
unproductive."
Oh, to be a snow scout,
going up the slopes on a
Snowmobile, crossing tn e
mountain meadows on snow
shoes and sliding down the
slopes on skis. How exhila-
rating!
The science of measuring
the snow pack was started
in the 1905 by DR.. James z.
Church, a young professor
who went to the University
of Nevada from Michigan to
teach Latin and Greek. He
climbed Mount Rose in the
winter and was able to eSti-
mate the runoff into Lake
Tahoe where irate summer
residents whose cottages had
been flooded were threaten
ing to dynamite the power
dam that had raised the level
of the lake.
Long after his classics de-
partment at the university
had been abolished he con-
tinued as a famous scientist
in his field, measuring the
runoff in the Himalayas and
the Alps.
He died last year at the
age of 80. His son, Donald E.
Church of the Census Bu-
reau lives in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
Virginia Man
Charged in
Wfe's Death

A Springfield Cva0 house
wife, whose husband has been
charged with homicide, died of
a brain hemorrhage, an au-
topsy disclosed today.
Detective Capt. Grafton Wells
of the Fairfax County police
said D. H. Sexton, 81, of 1907
Cumberland avenue, a car
penter, was arrested after he
told police he and his wife
Esther, %, had exchanged
Slaps during an argument Sun
day night. Mrs. Sexton was
pronounced dead on arrival al
Alexandria Hospital.
The detective said Mrs. Sex.
ton was not bruised. Police
said Sexton told them he was
cooking dinner Sunday night
when his wife grabbed a grid.
die of the stove. He told in
veStigators he thought she was
angry because he was cooking
dinner for himself alone, police
added.
Police said he told them he
struck her on the neck and
that she collapsed in the din
ing room of their apartment. A
daughter, Deborah, 4. went to
neighbors for help after her
parents argued, police said.
Neighbors described tn e
couple as devoted" There is
another daughter, Cheryl, l8
months.
Sexton was released in $4,000
bond pending a hearing March
%.
Evening star., 1960-02-23

Mr.. Nelson, who is hard of
hearing. said he was taken
from his home without his
glasses or his hearing aid, SO
he could not hear the two con-
victS talking.
He understood, however
when Hall told me to keep my
mouth shut and no harm would
come to me-" he told the jury
The trio finally ended ir
Washington. Pa. Mr.. Nelson
said the two men drove him tc
a house where they spent the
night with some good people
who didn't know what was
going on"
Left at Gas Station
After sleeping in the kitchen
of the house that night, he said
the two men drove him near 9
gas station in Washington, Pa.
and then went away on foot.
The two convicts were ar.
rested later the same day or
a street in the town and were
returned to Virginia for trial.
Hall had been serving an IL.
year sentence on a second.
degree murder conviction ir
the death of his father ir
Rocky Mount, Va. Plott ot
Severn, Md, was serving two
years for forgery.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
7009o PAY RISE
SOUGHT IN BILL
By a Star Stan w.:ter


ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. %
"A bill was introduced last
night to give members of the
General Assembly a 100 per
cent pay raise, from $1,000 to
I$3, 900. The bill was offered
by Delegates Blair Lee II and
Edna P. Cook. Democrats of
Montgomery.
The bill would set up a con-
stitutional amendment refer
|endum in which the pay raise
proposal would be voted on by
the people. Mr.. Lee said the
primary aim of the bill was
to ward off the possibility of
lit being tackled onto the con-
troversial reapportionment bill
now before the Legislature.
There had been reports that
some of the opponents of the
reapportionment might try to
kill that bill by tacking on an
amendment for higher pay.
Mr.. Lee said, however, that the
pay bill has some merit" in
itself aside from the attempt
to keep it off the reapportion-
ment measure.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
Hospital Boord
Reflects Mason

Charles H. Mason, automo-
bile dealer and civic leader, last
night was reelected president
of the Alexandria Hospital
board of directors.
Reelected vice president was
Richard H. Bussard, vice pres
ident of the Washington Gas
Light Co.
Named board secretary was
Alexandria Attorney John r.
Williett, who succeeded Attor-
ney William w. Koontz. Re-
elected treasurer was Oscar P.
Ryder, resident manager of a
brokerage firm.
Named to serve with the Off
GERS on the executive commit
tee were Mr.. Koontz, Ira R.
Devonald and Mrs. Henry Rau
former president of the hos
Ipital board of directors.
Evening star., 1960-02-23

corresponding noise level of the
power plants in use now.
The House group also heard
D. D. Thomas, director of the
FAA's Bureau of Air Traffic
Management say that the only
thing the agency can do in the
interim "is to move the noise
in other words, change the
traffic patterns in an effort to
move the noise away from the
airport neighborhood.
Representative Friedel, Dem
ocrat of Maryland, directing a
question to Mr.. Thomas, asked
if the FAA had many noise
complaints around Friendship
Airport near Baltimore. The
reply was very few" Obvi-
ouSly referring to Friendships
efforts to bring more traffic to
the nearby Maryland facility
Mr.. Friedel quipped:
Those jet airplanes don't
make noise-it's muSic.I
Evening star., 1960-02-23
Delegates Set
For Showdown
On Walsh Bill
Reupportionment
Faces Opposition
Of Eastern Shore
BY PAUL HOPE
BY q Star Stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. %
The House Of Delegates, which
had given Gov. Tawes his way
on the teacher pay issue, is
scheduled to ballot today on
his reapportionment bill. And it
appeared doubtful that enough
votes could be mustered to pass
it.
Big county and city legiSla-
tors were able to garner enough
votes last night to postpone the
showdown, but they will have
to do better today to get it
through the House. Opponents
of the bill. led by Delegates
from the Eastern Shore, tried
to kill the Walsh bill last night
by bringing it up out of order
when several members were
absent. Their move was de-
feated by a 66-to-43 vote.
Three-Fifths Vote
The reapportionment bill,
since it calls for a conStitu-
tional amendment, requires a
three-f1fths vote of the LegiS-
lature, which means "a mem
berS of the House. The Senate
apparently is waiting to see
what happens in the House
before it takes UP the Senate
version of the Walsh bill. Last
night. those who are pushing
the bill weren't able to count
more than So House members
in their camp.
They are hoping that Gov.
Tawes will collar some opposing
legislators before today's vote
and get them on his side.
Clear Sailing Indicated
The Governors teacher pay
program appears now to have
clear sailing. The Senate last
night defeated attempts to
amend the James bill which
was pushed by the Governor.
The James bill provides a $500
pay raise for veteran teach
ers. Senators John T. Parran.
jr., Democrat of Charles. and
Harry T. Phoebus, Republican
of Somerset, tried unsucceSS-
fully to amend the James bill
in the Senate last night to
give pay raises to all teach
ers. The House already has
passed the James bill.
Final action in the Senate is
expected in the next few days.
Gov. Tawes yesterday turned
thumbs down on aSbill which
would have given the four large
suburban counties-Montgon-
cry, Prince Georges. Baltimore
and Anne Arundel-a greater
share of the secondary road
funds.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
DURING THE WINTER

DURING THE WINTER
about 1900 volunteers go up
the slopes to measure the
snow pack in the mountain
meadows. They are en-
ployeS of interested Federal
and State agencies, and
hydroelectric companies and
rancherS who depend on
irrigation.
"The men go in pairs and
usually have a walkie-talkie
radio. The Snowmobiles are
a big help. We have cats
designed especially for this
work. The airplane is a big
help. They will swoop into
mountain valleys and the
pilots will record the depth
of the snow by counting the
crossbars still exposed on a
20-foot pole.
"The man in the airplane
can only estimate the
density, or water-content of
the snow. The snow scout on
foot uses a sampling tube,
forcing it through the snow
to the ground, then weigh
ing the content.
Evening star., 1960-02-23

pital Specialist Dekle is the
owner of the car.
Miss Longus suffered head
and chest injuries and was
reported in critical condition
today in Casualty Hospital.
Specialist Dekle suffered head
and leg injuries. He was trans
ferred from Casualty Hospital
to Walter Reed General Hos
pital today. His condition was
reported as satisfactory.
The driver of the tractor
trailer, Charles R. McCauley,
26. of 202 S. Georgia avenue,
Martinsburg, w. Va, was not
injured. Police charged him
with colliding and homicide.
Police said the auto was
travelling north on First street
NE, while the trailer
was going west on New York
avenue NE. The truck struck
the right side of the car, police
said.
Mrs. Longus and her son
became Washingtons 18th and
18th auto fatalities of 1860.
There were IL traffic fatalities
at this time last year.
In the Lexington Park acci-
dent, Arnold F. Ryans, "a, of
Magnolia, Ala, was killed when
he was thrown from the car
as it overturned several times
and was pinned beneath it when
it finally came to rest. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Patuxent Naval Air Station
hospital
Mr.. Ryans was an aviation
electricians mate Sd class as
signed to the PatuXent base.
State Trooper S. M. Russell
said that Mr.. Ryans car was
headed east on Willows road
when it careened to the left
and overturned about l35 am.
Mrs. Longus leaves her hus-
band. Alfred O'Neill Longus;
another son, Donald E.; six
daughters, Mrs. Nathaniel
Hendrick and the Misses Shlr-
ley, Barbara Ann, Silvia and
Sheila Longus, all of the home
address; Mrs. Wilbur johnson
of l708 Seaton street NV, and
IL grandchildren.
Besides those survivors. Mr..
Longus leaves his wife, Mrs.
Carolyn Longus. She is ex-
pecting a baby next month.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
Evening star., 1960-02-23

4dA NOuIlJy July 81.
Mr.. Nelson was the first wit
ness for the prosecution as the
trial got under way. Defense
Attorney William Clinch told
an all-male jury that a plea
of insanity would be introduced
on behalf of Plott.
An FBI agent, Thomas For
Sythe, told the jury that Plott
admitted that he and Hall had
abducted Mr.. Nelson.
Visited Friend
Plott also described, the
agent said, how the two con-
victs and Mr.. Nelson drove to
the home of a friend of Hail. S
at Washington, Pa.
The friend, John M. Dollan,
and his wife told the jury they
did not know anything was
wrong until the night of July
"a when Hall told them he was
wanted by the FBI.
Asked why they did not call
the police, Mr.. and Mrs. Dollan
said I'VE were afraid"
Mr.. Nelson said the two men
came to his home about 8 am
on July 81. They had a gun
trained on him when he an
swered a knock on the door,
and told him, This is a hold
up" Mr.. Nelson said. He added
that the men tiled me up with
a sheet" to a bed and took
money from his wallet, then
marched him outside in his
pajamas and put him in his
car.
Mr.. Nelson said the two men,
one of them driving, the other
watching the tailor, then drove
for a day and night.
Entered Turnpike
The tailor said they then
drove through Maryland, up the
New Jersey turnpike and on tc
the Pennsylvania turnpike.
He said he made no outcry
as they went through turnpike
toll gates.
"One man was watching me
all the time. I didn't like tc
get killed outright" he said.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
3 Injured
In Crash on
Boy Bridge

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. % (Spe-
ciaD.-A car careened wildly
of both railings of the CheSa-
peake Bay Bridge, last night.
injuring its three occupants and
narrowly missing a plunge into
the water below.
State police said the car,
driven by a Baltimore city fire.
man, apparently was going at
a high rate of speed when it
went out of control at the first
curve on the east end of the
bridge.
The driver, Identified as Jas
per Lee Nesbit, 80, of Balti-
more. suffered severe head in
jurieS, including a puncture
and possible skull fracture. He
was treated at Anne Arundel
General Hospital here and
transferred to Mercy Hospital
in Baltimore.
Also injured were two pas
sengers, James E. Simpson. Al,
and Lewis E. Taylor, %, both
of Baltimore. Mr.. Simpson suf-
fered cuts of face, head and
mouth and was transferred to
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti-
more. Mr.. Taylor, a Baltimore
city policeman, also received
head and face cuts and was
treated at the hospital here.
According to Trooper Joseph
A. Grzesiak, the car veered to
the right at the curve, ripped
up about 80 feet of railing, then
careened l20 feet to the other
side of the bridge and Straddled
the railing there.
He SAID the car continued on,
taking more railing with it,
and spun around several times
before coming to a halt in the
center of the roadway. The
total distance travelled was
more than $50 feet, the trooper
added.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
B&O DeruiIment
Cost $4,000

OAKLAND, Md, Feb. %
(AP) THE derailment Of two
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad
freight trains near Oakland on
Sunday caused a loss of about
100000, BS5O officials said
today.
They estimated equipment
damage at 100000 and track
repairs $1,000.
Thirty-f1ve cars were de-
rallied when the trains side
swiped.
Westbound traffic was re-
stored early today. Wreckage
had been cleared from the
T-bound rails and they were
expected to be reopened today
Evening star., 1960-02-23

committee. increasing the tax
on beer from 2 cents to 8 cents
per bottle. This would yield
SIS million in new money.
6. A new bill by Delegate
Lewis McMurran of Newport
News for a $500 across-the-
board schedule for exemptions
for the taxpayer, his wife and
each dependent. This would
yield $9.5 million more by re-
placing the present exemption
of $1,000 each for the tax
payer and his wife and 5000
for each dependent.
7. A bookkeeping" saving
of $5 million by transferring
the States shares in the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg & Poto-
mac Railroad to the supple
mental retirement fund.
DOONAC A"" OASANN
Alexandria State Senator
Armistead L. Boothe offered a
package of revenue measures
yesterday that would carry out
most of the 7-point plan agreed
to by the House members. Mr..
Boothe's plan, which he said
would produce $40 million, did
not include the tax on hotel
rooms or the revision Of the
income tax exemption formula.
Among other developments
in the tax field, Delegate Sam
Pope of Southampton would
add two cents to the cost Of
every daily and weekly news
paper purchased in Virginia
after July /.
He said it was an alternate
revenue program to the pro-
posed tax on tobacco products.
which he opposes. He said it
was not intended as a punitive
measure aimed at newspapers.
Reply to Byrd
Late yesterday. Gov. Almond
replied to State Senator Harry
F. Byrd, jr., of Winchester for
what he said was "innuendo
and implication Cof) ex-
travagant and unnecessary in
creases" in the number of
State employees.
Senator Byrd last week OBJ
tanned some personnel increase
figures at the request of a
newspaper editor and these
figures later were published in
news stories.
The Governor released an
eight-page statement reviewing
the number of employees and
their salaries.
In the last two years of for
mer Gov. Stanley's administra-
ton, the number of State en-
ployes rose 12.5 per cent, he
said. In the first two years Of
the Almond administration, the
increase was 3.9 per cent.
Salaries in 1868 added 8.6
per cent to payroll costs COM
pared to as per cent during
his administration, Gov. Al
mond said.
Evening star., 1960-02-23
The
Rambler
... Checks on
The Snow Scouts
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Last weeks wintry weather
reminded the Rambler that
there is always a good story
at this time of year at the
Department of Agriculture.
It's the story of the snow
scouts who climb the steep
slopes of the Rockies and the
SierraS in both United States
and Canada to measure the
snow pack.
white gold" they call it
in the West, for the size of
the snow pack determines
the amount of the runoff-
the amount of water that
will flow into the great .tribu-
tarieS of the Mississippi,
which are the Missouri and
its great branch, the Platte,
and the Arkansas River; and
over the Great Divide, the
great basins of the Columbia
and the Colorado Rivers.
From these reports man
ayers of the great hydro
electric dams determine how
much water to release in an
ticipation of the spring thaw
and managers of irrigation
projects advise farmers how
much water they can expect
and what crops will bring
the best returns.
At the department the
Rambler met Frank Harper,
an information man, and
William G. Shannon, both
in the Soil Conservation
Service. Mr.. Shannon is the
departments liaison man
for the snow survey in the
West.
THE February reports,
which have just come in,
indicate that this has not
been a good snow winter in
the mountains" said Mr..
Shannon, except for Ari-
zona. The upper Colorado
area and the upper Colum-
bia, both in the United
States and Canada, are poor.
THAT "a inches dumped in
the Squaw Valley of Cali
fornia on the eve of the
winter Olympic games ap-
parently was a local affair.