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Evening star., 1961-07-28
Citizens Group Favors Vote
On Arlington Renewa|P Plan
Years Delay
Asked to Aid
Understanding

A bipartisan citizens COM
mittee yesterday recommended
that Arlington establish an ur-
ban redevelopment authority.
However, it suggested that
the county board not seek voter
approval of the proposal until
next year.
The recommendations are
considered significant because
the board has indicated it will
be greatly influenced by ed
vice of the committee, which
includes prominent business
men.
In a 1858 referendum, Ar
lington residents decisively re-
jected creation of a redevelop-
ment authority and members of
the business community were
among the leaders of opposi-
ton to it.
However. the report signed
by all but one of the commit
teemen. said:
"A comprehensive urban re-
newal effort would be good
business for every section of
our community"
1t also asserted that an au-
thority represents the only
means by which the county
can invoke the power of en-
inent domain to assemble large
enough tracts for redevelop-
ment.
Few Stun Areas
There are few areas in Ar
lington which could be clasSi-
fled as slums. However, planners
repeatedly have argued that a
redevelopment authority could
promote orderly and spectacu-
lar renovation of some deteri-
Grating sections, such as
RoSSlyn.
Although, when appointed
last May, the committee was
asked to study the desirability
of conducting a referendum
this fall, it suggested a years
delay in the hope of achiev-
ing communicative under
standing" of the program.
The sixteenth member of the
committee, Warren Cox, filed
a separate report strongly OPP
posing a 1862 referendum and
denouncing a. propaganda
campaign" in behalf of the
authority.
The main body of the COM
mittee concluded that an
organized urban renewal pro-
gram could make a construc-
tive contribution to Arlington's
development"
I'VE reach this conclusion
not because the county pres
emily suffers from structural
decay on a large scale" the
committee said.
Explaining, the committee
noted that fast, unplanned
growth since the 1930s has by
passed the unique opportunities
for productive and aesthetic
use of Arlington'S limited COM
mercial and industrial areas
afforded by their strategic To-
cation"
Finance Question
AS for financing, the commit
tee said some members would
prefer to rely entirely on COM
munity and private finances.
But, the committee said, it
did not resolve the question of
using Federal financial assist
ance.
Tackled to the report was a
letter from the Old Dominion
Citizens Association opposing
an urban renewal referendum.
The letter, signed by Harold D.
Wilson, association president,
said an urban renewal authority
would be nothing more than a
smoke screen for Federal hous-
ing"
Evening star., 1961-07-28

THERE is a. picture on
exhibit at the National Air
Museum of the Smithsonian
of Goddard at the black
board fundamentally dem
onstrating the feasibility of
sending a rocket to the
moon.
A six-page mimeographed
biography of Goddard, issued
by NASA, states that "'along
with Ziolkovsky of Russia
and Oberth of Germany,
Goddard envisioned the ex-
ploration of space"
He was a professor of
physics at the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, one of
the schools of Clark Univer-
sity. He attended that school
and there is a story that he
fired a powder rocket in the
basement of the physics
building in 1907 and narrow
ly escaped disciplinary
action.
"Goddard's rocket sue
cesses made little impression
on Government officials"
the biography continues.
Charles A. Lindbergh OBJ
tanned some financial sup
port for Goddard's work from
the Daniel and Florence Gug-
genheim Foundation and he
received some modest grants
from Smithsonian.
In 1885 he launched a
liquid-fuel rocket near Ros-
we'll, N. Mex, that exceeded
the speed of sound. In 1886
the Smithsonian published
his report, Liquid Propel-
liant Rocket Development"
Unfortunately it was the
Germans who took Goddard'S
work seriously. His liquid
fuel rockets were the fore
runners of the V-2S that fell
in England late in the war.
Evening star., 1961-07-28

plants were on file against
Nation Wide.
Several complaints are now
listed IN District Government
files against Nation Wide.
Asked about reports that he
bought these cars at or near
dealer cost, Mr.. Nottingham
said that he knows many peo-
pie who have purchased cars at
prices similar to those he paid.
He said that ThunderbirdS
are being advertised for sale in
the newspapers this week at
$500 to $400 off list price.
Mr.. Nottingham said that he
bought the 1861 Thunderbird in
December, 1860, and paid about
$4,000 for it. He said this price
included tax and tags and that
the cost of the auto alone was
about $4,089.
The District official said that
the car, which has push-button
windows and is air conditioned,
would sell regularly for about
5000.
ShOpped Around
He said he had bought his
1859, 1860 and 1861 Thunder
birds from the Handley Motor
Co.
Like anybody else," Mr.. Not
tingham said, Il shopped
around. These people are my
friends. There was nothing
ulterior.
Almost anyone can go to a
new car dealer and get a car
for just $100 over cost.
Il get new cars because you
don't have the repair bills"
MI. Nottingham said. I'm the
other business I've become in
volved in-business in loans
it's nice to have a new car
when you look at properties, or
when you entertain. don't see
anything wrong with it."
Bought From Another Lot
Mr.. Cardano's own automo-
bile transactions involved sew
eral deals with another used
car lot.
Records of the Department of
Motor Vehicles in Baltimore
show that Mr.. Cardano has
purchased three cars from the
Auto Discount Corp, trading
as Discount Genes Auto Sales,
since January 80, 1859.
A. T. Helan, assistant SUPER
intendent of the District per-
NIT and licenses division, said
that there are now more than
rs complaints against Discount
Genes in the files of the divi-
sion office.
He said the division has not
taken any action to revoke
Discount Genes license be-
cause he has not received any
Recommendation from the en-
forcement officer, Mr.. Cardano.
IF there has been an over
sight here" Mr.. Helan said,
lit could have been because of
a clerical error"
When asked why he bought
his cars at Discount Genes,
Mr.. Cardano said:
Il didn't buy any cars there
with the idea 1 would get
special treatment. 1 just bought
there with the idea in mind
that he carried a good quality
car"
Mr.. Cardano said he plans
to bring complaints against
Discount Genes to the attsn-
ton of Mr.. Helan. He added
that most of the complaints
against Discount Genes have
been made since last November.
the beginning of the new license
year.
When he first went TO Dis
Evening star., 1961-07-28
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
6-Query Quiz Answered
In The Star This Sunday

1. ARE THE RUSSIANS SUPERNEN or do they make
mistakes? How many of the 81 Soviet Ambassadors
speak the language of the country to which they
were accredited? See Soviet Blunders You Never
Hear About" in This Week Magazine.
2. DO YOU REALLY KNOW how to tell story to chill
dren? Want some tips? Read q. And They Lived
Happily Ever After in SUNDAY, The Star Magazine
3. CAN WE SELL AMERICA the same way we sell tooth
paste? For the ideas of Volt Gilmore, presidential
nominee to head the new United States Travel
Office, see Sundays Travel Page
WHAT KIND OF FOOD do TV stars like to cook? The
culinary Specaltes of such personalities Raymond
Burr and Preston Foster given in TV Magazine
which each week brings you more program liStings
and more pages in color.
5. WHAT MAKES MAN start long voyage to Ber-
muda, alone in 32-foot sailboat? What does he do
when he hits 50-mile winds and 10-foot waves? Out
door Editor Charles Cove provides the in his
column on the Leisure Sports Page.
6. DO THE THRILLS OF WINNING a beauty contest
offset the headaches? See the "Wacky World of
Beauty Contests" in This Week Magazine.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1961-07-28

Blue Book on used-car prices
listed the value of a 1860 Thun-
lderhird at $685..
| Mr.. Nottingham said Mr.. Car
dona told him last November
he believed Nation Wide would
be happy to sell the car for him
"At that time" Mr.. Noting
ham said, Il was told that
Nation Wide was a new outfit
and clean one"
S3,4O0 Price Set
He said he agreed to let
Nation Wide sell the car if it
would give him $3,400 for it.
He added that he agreed to let
Nation Wide keep all the money
it got above this price as its
commission.
Then, Mr.. Nottingham con-
tinued, the day came for him to
settle for his 1861 Thunderbird,
but II wasn't ready because the
other one hadn't been sold"
Mr.. Nottingham said he then
talked to a Mr.. Pappas of
Nation Wide and told him about
his problem.
'Mr. Pappas asked how much
I needed to SETTLE" Mr.. Not
tingham said. II told him
needed a little over $4,000 and
Pappas. said, I'll send you that
much now because I'm going to
sell that car"
Mr.. Nottingham said that he
told Mr.. Pappas he would sign
over the title on the 1860
Thunderbird.
After getting his 1861
Thunderbird, Mr.. Nottingham
said he would wash out" the
deal at Nation Wide by drop
ping by 500 the amount he
wanted for the 1860 Thunder
bird.
Would Buy Car Himself
Mr.. Pappas, according to Mr.
Nottingham, said that he would
buy the car himself but added
that he would still try to sell
the car later for the sum OF
$3,400 originally asked by the
District official.
Mr.. Nottingham said that
one morning while driving to
work he saw his former 1850
Thunderbird being driven into
the Nation Wide lot.
II thought to myself maybe
he (Pappas) is using it now for
himself" Mr.. Nottingham said
II said, Connie (ConraC
Cardano) - Connie had han.
died negotiations for me with
Nation Wide-I said, Connie
find out what he is doing with
the car-if he is using the car
I think he ought to settle"
Mr.. Nottingham said that Mr.
Cardano had then visited Ma
tion Wide and returned with a
check for 5000 and that was
the end of it,"
The 5000, Mr.. Nottingham
said, was the difference be-
tween the $3,100 check he had
received from Nation Wide orig
inally and the reduced amount
Of $1,000 he finally had agreed
to take for the car.
Mr.. Cardano, when asked
about the transaction between
Mr.. Nottingham and Nation
Wide said that the only role
he had played was to take the
1860 Thunderbird to Nation
Wide and accept the checks for
Mr.. Nottingham.
When told that Mr.. Noting
ham said that he had set up
the transaction. Mr.. Cardano
said, Il might have said, Try
Nation Wide" Mr.. Cardano
said that at that time no COM
Evening star., 1961-07-28
The
Rambler
Visits
Space Flight Center
By GEORGE KENNEDY


The r bier confesses
that he never heard of Rob-
ert H. Goddard until yester-
day.
But that's not remarkable.
Prof. Goddard, who died in
1945, was not even listed in
Who's Who in America
He sure would be were he
alive today. For Prof. God
dard developed and fired the
first liquid fuel rocket.
That was in Auburn, Mass,
in 1925.
The Rambler learned all
this yesterday when he
visited the Goddard Space
Flight Center of NASA (Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration at Belts
vile.
A lot has happened since
Sputnik was shot into orbit.
The Space Administration
has been given more than
500 acres of the Agricultural
Research Center at Belts
vile.
The Space Flight Center is
housed in three new build
ings and has about 1,5OO
employees.
Two other buildings are
nearing completion and
there will be more. There
soon will be 5000 employees.
THE BUILDINGS are in a
forest of tall oaks, hemlock
and tulip poplars, which has
been cut into to make room.
AS a result the center has a
timber wall on two sides. The
buildings are spread out-far
apart, with lawns and walks
between. Young scientists
hurrying bewteen buildings
complete the impression that
this is the campus of a new
college built in the woods.
The buildings are func-
tional in design, long rec
tangleS of enameled steel
panels for offices and lab
oratories, but the severity is
relieved by the lobbies which
are plate glass on three sides
very pleasant rooms and
very well decorated.
The decoration in the lob
by of the administration
building is an exhibit of
Satellites-weird shapes with
paddles to catch the suns
rays for the solar batteries
and peepholeS for the lenses
of television cameras.
The center is about Is
miles from the Capitol via
the Washington Baltimore
expressway. This seems a long
way to stenographers and
clerks, which makes the re-
cruitment of administrative
personnel something of a
problem.
The distance makes no
difference to the young
scientists. They'll cross the
country to work on the prob
lens of space flight.
There are plenty of jobs
open in both categorieS.
Saw some of the work of
ass e NIB ling and testing
satellites and their cargo of
instruments.
The agency is working on
the most peculiar presi-
Dental directive in history:
To put a man on the moon
in a hurry.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Silver Spring Homeowners Prepare
To Block 8-Acre Shopping Center

recommended approval OF
high h-density apartment deVel-
opment on the land, now
zoned single family residen-
tial. and has forwarded its de-
cision to the council.
The latter group, which has
ultimate responsibility for zon-
ing changes, Is scheduled to
hold q public hearing on the
rezoning application at 8 pm
Monday in the County Office
Building auditorium in Rock
vile.
John p. Dodge, president Of
the Sligo Woods group and vol
unteer attorney for the oppo-
nents, predicts that more than
500 persons will attend the
meeting.
The citizens groups, he said,
will recommend that single
family houses be built on the
land instead.
But Robert C. Christie, at
torney for the Kays, says:
"High-rise apartments are
the best use to which you can
put that land. 1t is served by
three major highways and Is
certainly q most ideal location
Evening star., 1961-02-05

for multi-family buildings oi
some kind"
Part of the residents OBJ
jections have centered about
the Kays' proposal to build an
e g h t-and-a-half -acre shop.
ping center at the intersection
Of Colesville road and Universi-
ty boulevard. They say such q
site might be used to build q
medium-sized shopping center
"a use they consider incom-
patible to the neighborhood.
Virtually all Of the area con-
sists Of single houses, ranging
in value from about $4,000 to
$35, 900.
Mr.. Christie, however. says
the shopping center planned by
the Kays would only include q
handful Of storeS-about two
Evening star., 1961-02-05
=.
Bill Expected to Ask
Teacher College Shift

gram recommended by the
Warfield Commission which
stirred q controversy last year
in Maryland higher education
circles. -s-1
Plan Attacked
The Warfield Commission
recommended conversion Of
three teachers colleges into
University branc hes Gov.
Tawes supported the plan, in
principle. but the recomrnel1da-
tions were strongly attacked by
the Board Of Education and
State Superintendent of Schools
Thomas G. Pullen, ir.
The teachers colleges nowsare
under the jurisdiction OF, the
Board Of Education, In the
face Of the heavy opposition
from public school officials.
Gov. Tawes sent the Warfield
plan to the Legislative Council
for further study. -
However, there are indica-
tons that the Governor would
not oppose the conversion Of
Frostburg this year If enough
sentiment is built up for: it
in the General Assembly.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

acres Of buildings at the most -
and parking.
The size Of the shoppine
center Is of no moment tC
U.S." he said. "We are willing
to 60 along with the Park and
Planning Commissions recon.
mendation to zone four acres
instead Of the eight and o hall
we asked for, as local COM
merical."
The opposition also claims
that construction of six large
buildings, which might even
tually contain a total Of up tc
! 400 apartments. would create
an overload problem in area
schools.
Mr.. Christie is just as cer-
tain they would not, and says
that planners figures back his
argument that high rise apart
ments normally bring fewer
children to a development than
single family houses.
A council spokesman said q
final decision on the case is
not expected for several weeks.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star staff Writer

Battle lines are forming this
week end in preparation. for q
bitter fight over the fate of q
former Silver Spring country
club.
Enemies Of Q proposal to
build an eight-story. high
density apartment house and
an eight-acre shopping center
on the old Indian Spring Club
In Four Corners outnumber
the proponents.
Lawrence Speelman, clerk to
the Montgomery County Coun-
ell. says his office has been
swamped by hundreds of pro-
tests against the proposal.
Almost all organized resi-
dents Of the area-represented
in the Woodmoor, PinecreSt,
Sligo Woods, North Hills of
Sligo, Indian Springs and Four
Corners Citizens Associations
are against the proposal.
But owners Of the land, A. 8.
Kay and family, have heavy
guns Of their own to bear on
the opposition.
The Montgomery County
Planning Board has already
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Research Potentio|s
Here Cited by CIV Head

for intercollegiate athletics
during his appearance on the
WToP teleyision program. City
Side. He said he feels that
while a schools academic pro-
gram is the, most important
consideration. t"the athletic
program has great plus values"
DR.. Carroll gave qualified
support to President Kennedy's
peace corps" plan by which
young college graduates from
the United States would be
sent to underdeveloped ma
tions to work with them in
governmental and technical
fields. He said that the prob
lem Of choosing participants
in the program would be q
sensitive one.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
THE SUNDAY STAR
" uSUIIIHtUH1 y. Ss
February 5, 1861
syassAr star writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. "A
move to turn the State Teach
ers College at FrostbIirg into
q branch Of the University OF
Maryland Is gaining 1laomen-
lturn at the General Assembly.
It appears likely that . bill
to accomplish the transfer will
Fbe introduced at the current
session.
Western Maryland legislators
and the Governor are being
beseiged by local officials and
representatives Of some Of the
major industrial firms Of West
ern Maryland fayoring eStab-
hShment Of q branch.
Geography Cited
Promoters Of the move claim
that the Western Maryland
section needs q major liberal
arts college. They say that the
University Of Maryland at
College Park is too far from
the mountainous reaches Of
the State to, do that area much
good.
There is some indication that
Gov. Tawes would go along
with the plan. The University
Of Maryland Board Of Regents
approved the plan yesterday.
Turning the Frostburg Teach.
ers College into . university
branch was part Of the pro-
Evening star., 1961-02-05

George Washington Univer-
sity's new president yesterday
envisioned Washington as a
center where professor and
practitioner can get together.
DR.. Thomas H. Carroll, 46,
who took over as head Of CIV
last Wednesday. said the OPP
portunity for empirical research
Is greater here than IN any
other United States city.
Some effective way must be
developed in order to insure
that the professor and practi-
TONER can get together for their
mutual benefit" he said. He
lamented that the Nations
Capital does not currently hold
more attraction for those in
the educational field. r
DR.. Carroll had a good word
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Agency to Give Duto
On Ice in Chesapeake

BALTIMORE, Feb. 4 (AP)
The Baltimore Maritime Ex-
change has announced q new
service to members to provide
information on ice conditions
in Chesapeake Bay.
Under the plan, members oi
the exchange may telephone fol
ice information at any time be-
tween December / through
March IS. Reports will be based
on Coast Guard information
and data from other agencies
Ice reports will cover the 72-
mile stretch encompaSsing
Chesapeake Bay and the Ptaps-
CO River.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Contract Awarded .
For Marlboro Pike. ,

BALTIMORE, Feb. 4 (AP).-
A. H. Smith Of Branchville, Nd,
yesterday was awarded . '$159,- =
078 contract for improvements
on two sections of the old
Marlboro pike in Prince Georg-
eS County.
The State Roads Commission
said the work would include
widening and surfacing the
route for four tenths Of q mile
west Of county road in District
Heights. and surfacing from
Sixty second place to the Dis
trict Of Columbia line.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Sunitury Unit Lets
Record Contract

A $1.3 million contract for
103 miles Of cast iron pipe
was awarded last week by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission - largest single
material contract In the
agency's history.
The award went to the War
rem Pipe Foundry Division Of
Shahmoon Industries, New
York, lowest Of five bidders.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

1cS SAo4htIVc cSabS aLC up 4OI cAcC-
ton.
These are fields where the
administration Of Gov. TaweS
has little to- point to as ac-
complishments as it goes into
its third year.
Organized labor Is becoming
increasingly restive, and from
current indications 1t is likely
to get little to placate it at the
1861 session Of the General
Assembly, despite the introduc-
tion Of q series Of labor-spon-
sored bills.
-, There has been no apparent
effort by the Governor or his
staff to include any construc-
tive labor legislation In his pro-
gram or to assist in passage Of
any significant bills" said w.
F.. Strong. president Of the
Maryland-D. c. AFL-CIO.
$1.25 Minimum Sought
Among the legislative aims
Of organized labor are o mini
mum wage Of $1.25 an hour, a
requirement that private con-
tractors on State jobs pay the
prevailing wages for the area
where the project is located,
tablishment. Of an "appren-
ticeship council to promote
training programs, upgrading
Of workmen's compensation
laws, and liberalization Of un-
employment insurance laws.
Also q fair employment prac-
tices law. prohibition against
the. use Of professional strike
breakers in labor disputes and
q graduated income tax aimed
at making people in higher in
come brackets pay q greater
share.
Most Of the legislation has
been introduced under the
sponsorship Of Delegate Carl
ton r. Sickles, Democrat Of
Prince Georges, and several
Baltimore City Delegates. One
thing that has irked labor
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Action for Muchen

STOCKTON, Calf, Feb. 4
(AP).-Promoter Bill Hunefeld
announced today he had signed
Eddie Machen Of Portland,
Oreg., and Garvin Sawyer OF
New York for q 10-round
heavyweight fight here Febru-
ary Is.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Inoction in 3 Fields
Seen Hurting Towes
BY PAUL HOPE
Star stan Writer

ANNAPOLIS Feb 4-Politicaf repercussons may be In the
offng II the Tawees administration fails act this year
next In three major edslabor civil rights and reapporton
ment. s'-czt
This the opinion Of Democratic legislators who
looking toward 1852 when top State offices and all the State