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Evening star., 1960-12-14
Snow Spurs Demands
For Auto Chains, Tires

chains and snow tires due to
this storm.
There have been more
calls for chains in the last 72
hours or so than for several
years. It is impossible for
some of our dealers to keep
adequately stocked with chains.
In some cases 1t will be i'm
possible to replenish them ini-
mediately. But we should soon
be able to build up the depleted
inventory in mud and snow
tires. Probably by tomorrow
they can be built up again.
But chains will take longer, be-
cause the automotive supply
houses supply them-and there
has been quite a run on them. "
Horace Walker. executive
director Of the Metropolitan
Retail Gasoline Dealers As
ISOLATION, said:
Service station operators
rendered yeoman service. Chains
are in short supply. 1t was so
very early in the season that
this snowfall occurred that most
service stations were taken by
surprise and did not have a
sufficient supply on hand.
However, every automotive
jobber in the Washington area
was open all-day Sunday, Mon
day and yesterday trying to
supply service station demands
for chains to take care of GUS
toners"
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Federal Aid Cited
Hortke Sees Congress.
Treating D. G. Better

should be a showplace, Sena-
tor Hartke said this city has
more reason and right to ex-
pect more concern and feeling
and effort from Congress than
we've had for years"
He said it is Ito our utter
shame that in the Nations
Capital there is substantial un-
employment. crime is on the
rise, much housing is substand-
ard and the city does not have
enough judges to handle the
juveniles who wind up in court
Hits Apathy
II think the crisis in regard
to juveniles is just as real as
when a house is burning" Sen
ator Hartke said. deploring the
failure of Congress to authorize
more judges for the District.
The apathy of the people on
these and other "day-to-day
needs" in a country bold enough
to invoke the Marshal Plan in
dicates, Senator Hartke said,
that we're a peculiar lot here
in America. Maybe we don't
really see with 1920 vision"
Senator Hartke, elected to
Congress in 1858. is a member
of the Senate District Commit
tee and was instrumental in
getting that body to investigate
Washington's urban renewal
program.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
FREEZE DISRUPTS
PURCELLVILLE'S
WATER SUPPLY

The Loudoun County
tVa.D town of Purcellville
today faced a serious crisis
brought on by the storm
and the cold wave.
A water main froze and
burst during the night,
leaving the town entirely
without water. probably for
the rest of the day.
Town Councilm a n
Thomas J. Hatcher. who is
also a plumber, pointed out
that Purcellville would be
helpless to combat any fire
that might break out be-
fore water service is re-
stored.
Residents were reported
borrowing water from those
with pumps and melting
snow for enough water for
cooking.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

This weeks big snow has Gre
ated unprecedented demand for
antifreeze, chains and snow
tires.
Getting chains is a real prob
lem. but snow tires and anti
freeze are easy to come by, q
survey showed.
H. l.. Welsh, chairman of the
Petroleum Division Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, who is district man.
ager Of the American Oil Co.,
put it this way.
This was an unexpected
snowfall. While most of the
dealers are well stocked with
mud and snow tires. with the
snow this deep, particularly in
the outlying areas. chains seem
to do a better job. Sales were
spurred because of the District
Government requirement that
chains or snow tires be on cars
that travel certain arterial
streets In Washington.
"The pressure put on service
stations to meet the emergency
tied UP normal operations and
many customers were standing
IN lire. waiting to be served.
Most customers today render
their radiators At before this
type Of emergency occurs. U.s.
ually we do not anticipate
such q storm as this until
after Christmas. But there
has been a brisk business In
Evening star., 1960-12-14
BY CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star Stan Writer

A lengthy list of recommen-
dations on how to help clean up
the Nations waterways was
presented today to the National
Conference on Water Pollution.
but no agreement was reached
on the touchy issue of extend
ing the power of the Federal
Government in this field.
The recommendations were
prepared by conference sub
committees to reflect the con-
sensus of those attending the
conference. While conference
delegates may object to recon-
mendations with which they
disagree, there will be no voting
on the individual proposals de-
signed to serve as national
goals.
The most controversial sub
ject at the conference has been
what role the Federal Govern
ment should play in pollution
control.
A conference subcommittee
headed by DR.. Abel Wloman,
Johns Hopkins University sani-
tary engineering professor. re-
Evening star., 1960-12-14

The District will fare better
in the coming Congress than in
any one in years, according to
Senator Hartke, Democrat Of
Indiana.
The former Mayor of Evans
vile, Ind, told the Potomac
Chapter Of the National Asso-
citation of Housing and Rede-
velopment Officials yesterday
that this better treatment
would stem from a one-party
Government and a downgrading
of the House Rules Committee.
Senator Hartke said much
District and other legislation
was defeated because of the
division caused by a Republi-
can President and a Democrat
ic-controlled Congress.
Changes Rebuffed
AS for the House Rules Com
mittee. he predicted ":nodif1ca-
tions" in its method of opera
ton. Liberals in Congress for
years have been trying to
change the committee to make
it easier to get legislation un-
stuck, but those efforts have
been unsuccessful.
The House Rules Committee
can keep most legislation from
getting to the floor unless ex-
traordinary procedures are fol-
lowed.
Declaring that Washington
Evening star., 1960-12-14
STORM SIDELiGHTS
Two More Deaths
Blamed on Weather

drive on dual highways in
Prince Georges County.
The Maryland State Roads
Commission had set up most
OF the 48-inch stakes on roads
elsewhere in the State but had
not finished putting out the
$4,000 markers when the big
snow came.
Chalk up another victory for
We olde Hagers-Town Town
and Country Almanack. Some
of the official forecasters may
have missed the storm. but
the Almanack predicted ram
or snow on December IL, and
did it more than a year ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Borum awoke in their ground
level apartment at 9l04 Piney
Branch road to find several
inches Of water on the floor
and more seeping through a
wall.
A Silver Spring Fire De-
partment crew helped the
Borums out of their trouble by
pumping out the water and
helping to move furniture.
Mrs. Evelyne Gangloff, resi-
dent manager Of the Mob Hill
Apartments, said a pipeline
outside the building burst be-
cause of the cold weather and
flooded the apartment.
Three youths injured in sled
ding accidents yesterday were
admitted to Prince Georges
General Hospital.
They were identified as
Charles Zoerner. II, Of all
Seventy FIRST street, LAndover
Hills. suffering from a ruptured
spleen: Thomas Mould, 16, Of
1908 Sixty-fourth avenue,
Cheverly. with a possible frac-
tured spine and head injuries.
and Marie Balestri. Is. of 5000
Laurel avenue, Cheverly, with
possible facial fractures.
.
Engineer Commissioner Fred
erick j. Clark today sent a
letter to Police Chief Robert
v. Murray expressing keen ap-
probation" for the efforts of
police during and after the
snowstorm. Calling their work
a job well done, he lauded the
extra effort police made under
Emergency Snow Plan 4 to keep
arterial streets clear Of parked
cars so snow plows could oper-
ate.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Weather
Puts Off
Meetings

Hazardous driving conditions
caused a number of area Or
ganizations to cancel scheduled
meetings.
The cancellations and post
ponements include:
The meeting of the North
Washington Council of Citi-
zens Associations scheduled
for 8 p.m.,. Wednesday, De-
cember IA, in the No. 6 pre-
cinct, Thirteenth and Nicholson
streets NV. has been can
celed.
Carole Highlands School
PTA in Takoma Park, Md, has
postponed indefinitely the
Christmas program scheduled
for Wednesday night.
The Parkway Citizens As
sociation, has Cancelled Its
meeting scheduled for 8 O'Clock
tonight in the Parklawn
Elementary School. Hyatts-
vile.
An election meeting of the
Young Democrats of Mont.
gomery County, originally
scheduled for tonight, has beer
postponed.
The meeting of the Midway
Civic Association, postponed
yesterday. has been re-sched-
uled for 8 pm. Tuesday at the
Morgan Elementary School
California and Champlair
streets, NV.
The Mount Vernon Seminary
production of the play, "Mexi-
can Christmas Posadas," sched-
uled for 8 o'clock tonight at the
school, has been postponed
until January IL.
The meeting of the Rhode
Island Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation scheduled for tonight
has been Cancelled.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Burns Kill Buby
In Curriuae Fire

A 2-month-old boy died of
burns today when a covering
on his carriage caught fire.
William Brewster, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Brewster, of
1717 Swami street NV, was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Children's Hospital.
Fire Department Capt. Ra-
thael A. Smith, of Engine Co. 4,
said the covering on the baby's
carriage apparently fell off on
to a hotplate and caught fire.
The pillow in the carriage had
burned, he said.
The accident occurred in
Mrs. Brewster's basement
apartment shortly before IL
am.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Water Por|ey Reaches
No Accord on U. S. Role

ported that mo agreement was
reached among the conferees as
to extension of authoritS of the
Federal Government in the area
Of water pollution control"
On the question of Federal
grants for construction of
municipal sewage disposal
plants, DR.. Wolman's subcom-
mittee said these grants had
provided a valuable stimulus"
but that other means of financ-
ing construction of sewage
treatment plants deserve thor
ough study.
These other means suggested
by the subcommittee include
use of revenue bonds, earmark-
ing specific taxes fer water
SSllution control purposes and
Incentive grants from. Federal
and State appropriath MS.
Most Of the recommendations
were couched in general terms
to reconcile the divergent in
terests Of the approximately
1000 persons attending the
conference at the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Among the 300 organizations
represented at the conference
were labor. civic. business and
conservation groups.
The four subcommittees that
prepared the recommendations
included persons representing
various interests.
The conference was called by
Surgeon General Leroy Burney
at the request Of President Ell
senhower to encourage people
to appreciate their responsible
ties for keeping waterways
clean.
among the recOmmendatl atlOnS
were those calling for:
Immediate stepping-up of
construction of municipal
waste treatment plants to
catch up with the backlog of
pollution by 1870.
Expansion Of the program to
inform the public on the prob
lens involved in water pollu-
tion.
Adoption of a national credo
saying: 81. Users of water do
not have an inherent right to
pollute. 2. Users of public wa
ters have a responsibility for
returning them as nearly clean
as is technically possible. 8.
Prevention is just as important
as control of pollution"
Research on water supply
and pollution control problems
should be substantially in
creased.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Alexandria Puts Aside
Lond-Use Stoff Plans

the eligibility requirements for
Federal urban renewal aid.
A October report called for a
minimum Of four more plan
ming staff members at a cost of
sic, 900 for the rest of this year,
$4,000 next year and $4,000
for data and map production to
carry out the job. Mr.. Kenney
also asked for consultants' help.
The planning staff currently
includes a secretary, four per-
sons who administer coming and
subvision laws and a craftsman.
Mr.. Pancoast said he haw
land-use planning as trying
to gradually chop away peoples
right. 1t looks like a little
movement to build up an en-
pire."
The Vice Mayor said, II can
see planning. If they don't walk
in the clouds and keep their
feet on the ground"
Interchange Advances
The council last night gave
the go-ahead to final planning
of the city's proposed SO million
Duke street-Telegraph road in
terchange.
Final plans for the massive.
three-deck network of ramps
sprawling over 10 acres are not
expected before six months, Mr..
Heatwole said.
The council approved spend
ing $32. 300 for a $4,000 square
foot plot in the interchange
area to protect needed right
of-way. Under the Federal
State urban aid program, the
net cost of the purchase to the
city will be $3.50.
The council boosted its pay
ment to area hospitals for in
digent care from $2,350 to $26 a
day and allocated $4,000 to the
city's Community Health Gen.
ter.
The council set 7:30 pm.
next Tuesday as the time for
its special session on the city
slum problem.
Mrs. Anne Ware Montgom-
cry Of 702 Ramsay street. was
appointed to the Board of Zon-
ing Appeals to replace James s.
Douglas, who resigned. Jack L.
Wheatley was re-appointed to
the board.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

that the tax revenue which can
be expected for fiscal 1862
for the general fund will be
no more than $235 million, and
maybe less" This would be
SIS million short Of meeting
the $3.50. million budget esti-
mated by Senator James.
The Governor has $12 million
in frozen surplus" fund
which he had the State legis-
lature set aside at the 1860
session for a rainy day." The
State also had a Sc million
surplus at the end of the last
fiscal year. and is expected to
have about that much left over
at the end of this fiscal year.
Gov. Tawes has not said yet
how much of the surplus he
will use to help balance the
coming budget. He has said
he hoped to finance the budget
without an increase in taxes
but he has not ruled it out. In
fact, he opened the door SOME
what for a tax increase at his
last press conference when he
Endorsed the James Commit
tees proposal for increased
State aid to localities.
Political Aspect of Tax
Some legislators think that il
a tax increase is going to be
needed during the remainder Of
Gov. TaweS' administration, it
should come in 1861. They don't
want tax increase in 1862, the
year the governorship and State
legislative seats are up for
election.
Senator James said politics is
not the basic issue involved.
THE basic issue is whether
were gong 10 nave the courage
to levy taxes to meet spending
at the State level" he declared.
independent of election year
politics." Senator James said,
If We pursue the policy Of
spending regardless of willing
ness to pay, there is absolutely
no question that we are digging
our own financial grave"
Lowering the sales tax
exemption to 20 cents would
produce an extra $6 million,
Senator James estimated. He
said taxing restaurant meals
would add about IS million
/ more.
Evening star., 1960-12-14

NOW ONE of the para
doxes of this gas business is
that the cost of this artificial
gas is higher than the natu-
raj gas they are buying on
contract. But they save
money in the contract
by keeping the amount pur-
chased from the pipe line
supplier down on peak days.
The present contract is
based on a peak of 370 mil
lion cubic feet. They hope
that this cold spell will not
cause them to purchase much
more than that on any one
day.
The service calls were light
on Sunday and Monday but
heavy yesterday. Where a
house is heated by gas, the
company will relight the pilot
light and make minor ad-
justments without charge.
Most of the calls yester-
day were not caused by pilot
lights snuff1ng out-many
people are afraid to relight
them-but by poor heating. I"
when it gets real cold
like this" Mr.. Bussard said,
many people find that their
furnaces are unable to raise
the temperature above 10.
Sometimes this is due to
a furnace that was too small
for the size Of the house In
the first place. Sometimes
heat is leaking out and cold
seeping In because doors and
windows and sometimes the
exterior walls are not prop
erly sealed or insulated.
But more often-and I
wish you would point this
QUIT is because the spun
glass air filter in their fur
naces is dirty. They cost
less than 81 in hardware
stores and drugstores and
they are very simple to re-
place.
IF the fan can't force the
hot air through them, you
are paying for the gas but
not getting the heat"
Evening star., 1960-12-14

The sales tax now does not
apply to items costing less than
81 cents.
Senator James also indicated
he will favor taxing restaurant
meals if additional funds are
needed. He said his final deci-
sion on this would depend on
estimated revenue and spending
figures.
Senator James said he ex-
poets the 1852 general fund
budget will total about $3.50
million. This would be an in
crease of about SIT million
over the 1960-1 budget.
Revenues Outstripped
%The Hartford County senator
said the State must face the
fact that expenditures are out
running revenues.
He said the budget is grow
ing at the rate of about SIT
million to $l8 million a year,
but that revenues have been
increasing only about $40 mil
lion a year. The 1960-1 budget
was financed partially from
surplus revenues left over from
the previous years budget.
If we're going to be re-
sponsible fiscally, we've got to
do something to close the gap
between expenditures and reve-
nues," Senator James said.
The revenue gap is real and
as long as it exists we are not
on a sound financial basis re-
gardless of how much surplus
is in the State treasury"
The James Committee has
recommended an increase in
State aid to localities which
could cost between So million
and So million. Gov. Tawes
has said this will be included
in the budget he will propose
for the next fiscal year.
Pay Raise Needs
Senator James said he be-
lieves that at least" this in
crease in State aid plus some
81 million which it will cost to
finance an increase in State
employees salaries should be
met by additional taxation.
The Bureau of Revenue Esti-
mates is expected to hand its
forecast of incoming tax money
to Gov. Tawes tomorrow. Sena-
tor James said indications are
Evening star., 1960-12-14
STORM

Continued From First Page
ington University and Dun
barton College.
Still closed today are schools
in Fairfax. Montgomery. Prince
Georges. Anne Arundel,
Charles. Calvert. Howard, st
| Marys, Fauquier. Loudoun and
Prince william counties.
Public transportation is back
! to near-normal.
Airport almost Normal
! At National Airport, almost
/ normal" conditions are ex-
pected today and two Of the
three runways are open. ON
cialS said they had no flights
diverted here from other points
because of bad weather.
Train schedules out Of Wash
ington are normal, but arrivals
from New York and New Eng
land have been delayed.
Greyhound bus officials said
departures were on schedule
but arrivals from the north
were running about 80 minutes
late. Trailways said all buses
are back on schedule, with NO
delays anticipated.
The A. B. & w. bus company
of Northern Virginia reported
normal schedules today except
for delays on Shirley highway
The D. c. Transit System
which has more customers than
usual because of the large num-
Der q cars being left at home
by commuters and shoppers
expected to return to normal
schedules today on all but a
few short sections.
I Streetcars Tied Up
A snow plow hort-circuitec
the third rail and put street.
cars out of operation at Seventh
street and Florida avenue NV
for a time today on the U street
line between Seventh street an6
the Calvert Loop. Buses were
pressed into service on the line
Motor travel still was gen.
orally hazardous.
In the District, emergency
Snow Plans / and 3 still re.
main in effect. The first de.
declares a state of traffic emer.
gency and the other warns
against non-essentia.. travel.
Plan 4. which bans parking
on 85 arterial highways be.
tween midnight and 7 am. tC
permit snow removal, was can.
celed late yesterday.
The American Automobile
Association continues to war;
of treacherous driving condi-
Itions.
| The worst traffic tieup thi.
morning came at 7 am. wher
cars and trucks were backec
up on Shirley highway, north.
bound, for 5 miles. The Ar.
lington Fire Department sale
the massive snarl was causec
when a tractor trailer jack.
knitted at Washington boule.
Ward and Shirley highway
backing up traffic all the wa,
to Route 7. The situation wa!
complicated when a bus go
stuck in a snow drift on Wash.
ington boulevard nearby.
Traffic also moved slowly or
Route so and Lee highway.
In Maryland. the traffic flow
increased somewhat yesterda,
but still had not reached nor
malcy today.
Evening star., 1960-12-14
Sales Tax
Urged by James
Maryland Legislator Fovors
Levy Beginning at n Cents
By PAUL HOPE
Star Stah Writer

BALTIMORE, Dec. H-State Senator William S. James
head OF the influential Committee on Taxation and Fiscal
Matters said today he fvos extending Maryland sales
tax to finance next years spending program.
Senator of Hartford said he fayors apply
ing the cent sales costing 81 cents or more
Evening star., 1960-12-14

Two more deaths were at
tributed to the storm and cold
today. bringing the total to at
least half a dozen.
Lloyd A. Barnes. sr.. So. of
540l Ninth street NV, who
suffered head injury in a fall
at 7 am. Monday at Sixteenth
street and Colorado avenue
NV. died at $40 o'clock last
night at Washington Hospital
Center.
Another man, Walter Single
ton, AZ, of no fixed address, was
found frozen to death in a car
in the 1900 block Of Eleventh
street NV.
While travel conditions have
improved IN general, there were
several irritating streetcar tie
ups last night. The most seri-
ous backed no % cars for sew
|efnl hours on Pennsylvania
avenue near Twelfth street
NV. Ice aceumulating in the
center slot caused the trouble.
Other snarls developed along
Massachusetts, avenue and on
H street NE. Part Of the STALL
ing was caused by auto chain
links breaking OF and dropping
into the slots.
A water heater exploded at
$500 Clay place Me-, knocking
out a basement wall and injur-
ing two women.
Mrs. Abbie Grimm, rs. was
admitted to Casualty Hospital
in critical condition from burns
on the face, hands and arms.
Her daughter. Mrs. Hattie /.
Brooks, 50, was burned on the
face and hands. but released
from the hospital.
Fire officials said the women
had just returned from South
Carolina and lighted a furnace,
which exploded when ice in
the system melted and vapor-
lied.
Fighting a fire at 27l0
Twelfth street NE, Pvt. La
verne Proctor, 26. Of Engine
Co. 26. was slightly burned
about the ears and was treated
at Washington Hospital Center.
The fire did major damage to
a two-story frame house.
4
It may come a little late for
this snow. but motorists soon
will find bright yellow stakes
marking where they should
Evening star., 1960-12-14
BY JOHN NEARY
Star Stan Writer


Alexandria last night shelved
a proposal to bolster its plan
ming staff for the job of making
a land-use plan.
The city councils action fol-
lowed a announcement by Vice
Mayor Joseph M. Pancoast of
land use planning as unneces-
sary and authoritarian"
City Manager E. G. Heatwole
had recommended spending
$4,000 a year for two planners
to help make material progress
in land-uSe studies"
IF you review your master
(zoning) plan every 10 years, Z"
Mr.. Pancoast asked" why is it
necessary to have a great big
planning department just to do
a land-use plan how much
more complicated do they want
to make it?"
Federal Aid Cited
In an October report, Plan
ming Director Francis Kenney
said a land-use plan is neces-
sary if Alexandria is to keep its
future growth in line with its
spending power and retain its
character.
A land-use plan was listed in
1857 by Mr.. Heatwole as one of