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Evening star., 1961-11-13
Man-iin-Space
Project Suffers
New Setback
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Nov
13-The delay plagued Mercury
man-in-space program has Suf-
fered another setback.
Malfunction of a small but
important control unit in a
Mercury space capsule was dis
covered yesterday. forcing a de-
lay estimated to be "at least a
week" in crucial launching in
the high-priority, half-billion
dollar project.
This appears to dash hopes
of the Kennedy administration
to even the score in the history
books by orbiting an American
astronaut in 1861. the year in
which Russia cracked the space
barrier.
Walter Williams, flight direc-
tor for Project Mercury, still
held a slim hope, however, that
a late-December manned or
bital flight could be carried out.
''It would be thin ice for any
body to predict what we could
or could not do" Mr.. williams
said last night.
Orbit Tomorrow Hoped
NASA had hoped to send a
40-pound chimpanzee into or
bit as early as tomorrow morn
ing, keep him there for almost
five hours while circling TIE
earth three times. and bring
him safely back to earth in the
Atlantic 1000 miles southt ast
of here. This would be a full
scale rehearsal of all elements
of the manned orbital flight.
But while running a last
minute check on the Mercury
space craft and its big Atlas-D
booster, technicianS came across
trouble. 1t. Col. John A. Pow
ers, official spokesman for the
Mercury program. said the
trouble was associated with the
capsule and not with the
booster rocket.
Other sources said trouble
was encountered in the rocket
as well as the space capsule
but agreed that the principal
difficulty was in the attitude
control" system of the space
craft. Col. Powers refused to
confirm this report, but there
appeared to be no doubt that
! it was correct.
The attitude control system
is the means by which the cap
Sule is controlled while in
flight. Steam jets. created by
the spontaneous decomposition
of high-strength hydrogen
peroxide, control the capsules
movements.
Shepard Might Be First
With the chimp shot out of
the way, the road would have
been paved for a manned or
bital attempt. An astronaut,
probably Alan B. Shepard, the
first American in space-thus
would have duplicated Cosmo-
naut Yuri Gagarin'S feat.
The history books then would
have shown both Russia and
the United States as having
orbited spacemen in 1861.
Delay in the chimp's orbital
shot focused attention on an
other launching that had been
almost overlooked in the excite
ment over the Mercury mis-
sion. The Navy will attempt,
probably Wednesday, to send up
another in its Transit series Of
naVigational satellites. Like an
earlier one, this will carry an
atomic-powered battery. 1t
also will carry a "piggy-back"
payload featuring a novel at
tempt to use the earth's gra-
vitational field to stabilize a
satellite in orbit.
Evening star., 1961-11-13

October IA. also at the medi-
cal center here.
Mr.. MacNeill's death was
the fifth resulting from the
crash.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy, his re-
turn somewhat delayed by fog,
flew back to the White House
today after a Sunday visit at
Camp David in Maryland's
Catoctin Mountains.
The President wore a top
coat. but he had no hat as he
strobe from the Army helicop-
ter across the south lawn to
his White House office.
The presidential helicopter
landed at 1888 am. after a
45-minute flight from Thur
mont, Md.
Mr.. Kennedy was accom-
panied by his brother-in-law
Stephen Smith. and Charles
Spalding. a friend and New
York investment banker who
spent Sunday with the Ken
nedys at Camp David.
Fog COmplicates Return
Because of fog, the White
House said, the President had
to drive down the mountain
from Camp David into Thur
mont and take the helicopter
from there. q.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Kennedy Is Home Again
From Sunday at Camp

Mrs. Kennedy and their
daughter Caroline, almost 4,
remained at Camp DaYid and
probably will drive back later
today. White House sources
said.
If Mrs. Kennedy and Caro-
line like the mountain camp
the Kennedys may abandon OF
at least spend much less time
at Glen Ora, their leased
Virginia country estate near
Middleburg.
Protectors Used Camp
Camp David had served as
a hideway for Mr.. Kennedy's s
three predecessors in the White
HouSe-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman and Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Kennedy himself had
been at Camp David only once
before, but he said he liked ii
and indicated he would be back
often.
That was in April when he
met Gen. Eisenhower at the
camp for a conference after
the Inflated Cuban invasion
Evening star., 1961-11-13
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

will be necessary to meet the
future challenge"
Craig F. Zimmerman, for
mer head Of air traffic control
for the old Civil Aeronautics
Administrations third region in
Chicago and now director of
the General Precision Co.'S Air
Traffic control department,
points out that "The system
must have more capacity than
the demand upon it,"
Such a system would be con-
trolling aircraft ranging in
speed from a helicopter cruising
at rs miles an hour to Jet inter-
ceptorS at supersonic speeds: in
attitudes from 1000 to $4,000
feet.
Mr.. Zimmerman observed
and Project Beacon most GER
tainly recognizes-that the Ma
tion's current air traffic con-
troll procedures are approach
ing the point of no return"
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Fog COmplicates Return
By JOSEPH b. BYRNES
Real Estate Editor of The Star

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Nov
13.-The United States is
headed for a real business
boom" next year provided inter-
national tensions can be eased
%. G. Powell. president of the
National Association Of Real
Estate Boards. believes.
The Des Moines. Iowa realtor
made his prediction to re-
porters at the outset of
NAREB's annual convention at
the Fontainbleau Hotel. Ap-
proximately 5000 real estate
men are attending the sessions
which continue until November
While easing OF the cold war
would give business, including
real estate, a shot in the arm,
Mr.. Powell declared, he was not
so optimistic about the cur
rent administrators housing
policies.
Tears into Housing Act
Mr.. Powell tore into the 1861
Housing Act, critizing in partic-
ulsr provisions permitting FILA
insured 35-year, no down pay
ment mortgages. However, he
did praise that phase of the
new housing act which allows
FILA to insure home mainte-
nance loans.
He pledged that NAREB
members would do their utmost
in cooperating with Govern
ment officials to make the
maintenance loans program a
success.
But he was bitter in his
comments about plans for
creation of a Department of
Urban Affairs with an admin
istrator holding cabinet rank.
Weaver Is Absent
Mr.. Powell said NAREB-
with some 10000 members
throughout the Nation-would
put forth our best efforts" to
bring a defeat of the bill. He
concluded his press conference
yesterday by predicting that if
such a bill is introduced in
Congress it will pass.
The NAREB president said
several committees at the con-
vention are working on new
proposals for housing legisla-
tion to be presented at the next
session of Congress. But, he
added, it is too early now to
outline any specific proposals.
The press conference got
under way on a note of con-
troversy when Mr.. Powell has
challenged on the absence of
DR.. Robert Weaver. the Gov
ernment's top housing man. a
Negro.
In the past the director of
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency has traditionally been
the featured speaker at the
convention. This year, Mr..
Weaver declined the invitation.
At the time he was quoted as
saying he felt he could mot
Evening star., 1961-11-13
$4,000 Controllers

There are about $4,000 FAA
air traffic controllers operating
today in 36 Air Route Traffic
Control Centers. There are 220
Evening star., 1961-07-02
7ill:l;l July =

q LOVE OF LIFE.
Serial. Audrey Peters stars.
1925 g NEWS.
Up-to-the-minute news.
1890 q 1T COULD BE YOU.
Audience participation. Color. Bill Ley
den, host
q Mr.. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Crime. David Brian stars.
q NUMBER, PLEASE.
Audience participation. Bud coyer, host.
q SEARCH FOR TOMORROW.
Serial. Mary Stuart stars.
12:45 q GUIDING LIGHT.
Drama. Ellen Demming stars
1855 Gl NEWS DAY REPORT.
Ray Scherer reporting.
loo q DR.. HUDS0NS JOURNAL.
Drama.
q THE BIG MOVIE.
ia Hours. "After Tonight" 1888. Fem
mine secret service agent operates in
Vienna, during World War !. Constance
Bennett, Gilbert Roland.
q PEOPLES CHOICE.
Comedy. Jackie Cooper.
q THEATER OF STARS.
Drama 'Virginian." The Virginan comes
to the aid of rancher whose men are
being killed by an unknown person.
James Drury.
1:25 q ABc WORLD NEWS.
l:26 @ TV EDITORIAL.
WToP Editorial presented by Jack Jurey.
1:3o q SUSIE.
Comedy "DoIIars and Sense"
q l MARRIED JOAN.
Comedy. Starring Joan Davis.
q AS THE WORLD TURNS.
Serial. Rosemary Prinz.
Evening star., 1961-01-03
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
BRIEFS
Officials
Called in
Sit-In Case

RICHMOND, Jan. 3 (AP>
Gov. Almond, Attorney Gen.
eral A. 8. Harrison, jr., anc
Richmond Newsman James
Latimer today were subpoenaed
to appear in a Federal court
case testing the constitution
ality Of Virginia's anti-trespass
laws.
The three were subpoenaed
by Negro plaintiffs who assert
the laws are in violation OF
the Fourteenth Amendment and
are unconstitutional.
The laws were passed by the
1860 General Assembly during
the first wave Of lunch counter
sit-ins in the State. Involved
in the court case is the City of
Hopewell and the proprietor of
Georges Drug Stores, where a
series Of sit-ins occurred.
A three-judge Federal court
will hear the case Friday.
Plaintiffs in the suit indi-
Gated earlier they would sub
poena Gov. Almond.
Mr.. Latimer is a political
reporter for the Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Evening star., 1961-01-03

rection the center has expand
ed to almost twice its original
size and now had As stores, %
professional Offices, a post Of
flee and a branch library.
Mall Is Planned
Mr.. Safer, who has built
apartment buildings and en-
gagged in redevelopment and
restoration Of older areas in
Washington, said the new
owners plan a major face-lift-
ing to make the stores more
modern.
I'VE also plan to make a
mall down the main street of
the center" he said.
He said plans for expansion
will have to wait until we take
over, then we'll know better
what we can do"
He pointed out that about
8l2 of the A acres of land in
the center are not in use at this
time and could be used to en-
large the facilities.
Mr.. Safer said he and the
Ourisman brothers. owners OF
Ourisman Mandell Chevrolet
Inc, are joint owners OF the
center.
But will be the manager
Of the center" he added.
He said the Cherner-Shir-
lington Motor Co., Ford dealer
ship founded by Mr.. Cherner
and operated by his brothers,
will remain as a tenant in the
center.
Evening star., 1961-01-03
BELTWAY'S PATH TO BRIDGE

This Hunting apartments
the sweeping approach which will the Capital bway
to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Point
raised the bridge be ghStar Staff Photo
by Francis ROutt
Evening star., 1961-01-03
Arlington Bar
Backs Currico

The Arlington Bar Associa-
ton has joined two other Vir-
ginia lawyers groups in sup
porting Judge Harry L. Car
rico for a seat on the State
Supreme Court of Appeals.
The Arlington unit voted at
q meeting today to ask Gov.
Almond to name Judge Car
rico, who now sits in the 18th
judiciary district, to the posi-
ton of the l7te Justice Willis
D. Miller.
Judge Ca. 90 was Endorsed
last week by the Alexandria and
Prince William County Bar
Associations. The 10th district
includes Alexandria, Fairfax
and Prince William Counties
The Arlington group also sup
ported Forrest F. Walker Of
Lorton, deputy United States
marshal in Alexandria, as mar
shall of the Eastern District oi
Virginia to succeed Richard A
Simpson.
Evening star., 1961-01-03

attacked the proposal. and the
City Council hastily discarded
1t. Then the council gave Mr..
Smith the job of coming up
with something acceptable.
Mr.. Smith had made some
progress in that direction al
ready. The city's first prelimi-
nary urban renewal plan had
been drawn in 1858 by Mr..
Smith and former planning di-
rector Denis Cahill following a
study by a 77-member citizens
committee.
The city's Housing Author
ity took over from there with
a $4,000 Federal grant and
engaged New York planning
consultant John Beggs. 1t was
his plan which died almost i'm
Evening star., 1961-01-03
Seven Apartments
Are Found Looted
In ShirIington

Thieves broke into at least
seven apartments in Shirlingtor
during the holiday weekend and
took cash and goods valued at
more than $4,000, Arlington
police reported.
Detective Capt. Dudley T
Rector of Arlington County
said the intruders apparently
gained entrance by picking the
locks or using a duplicate ke.
at apartments unoccupied ovel
the New Year holidays.
Thefts from the following
Shirlington residents have beer
reported:
Col. Walter T. Taskamoto
l465 South Twenty-eight street
five shotguns valued at SLABS;
Paul J. Wilbur, 1852 South
Twenty eighth street, $40;
David Don Rothstein, 1915
South Twenty eighth street
$40 in cash, a ring valued al
$50 and a SIS child's watch;
Carl F. Stiger, 1886 South
Twenty eighth street. $135, and
Harry E. Brandenberg, 1885
South Twenty-eighth street
! $65.
Thefts also were reported
from the apartments Of Robert
o. Peed. lit South Twenty
sixth street, where SO was
taken from a piggy bank, and
Miles E. Turner, Of the same
address. So in change.
Evening star., 1961-01-03
ShirIington Center Sold
ByMrs. Joseph Cherner

Shirlington, one Of the first
modern suburban shopping cen
ters in the Nation, has been
sold by the widow of its foun-
der, Mrs. Joseph Cherner, to
John H, Safer, real estate man
and Mandell J. and Florenz r
Ourisman. auto dealers.
The new owners are expected
to take over the 44-acre, 16-
year-old shopping center or
Shirley highway in Arlington
County in about two months
according to Mr.. Safer.
Mr.. Safer said the transfer
Of ownership must be approved
by District Court because the
estate Of Mr.. Cherner is in
volved.
Price UndiscIOsed
He declined to discuss the
purchase price of the center.
However. Arlington tax author
ities have assessed the property
at sos million. The center
did $25 million in business last
year.
Joseph Cherner, one of
Washington's most prominent
businessmen and auto dealers,
founded the center in 1914.
Starting with 23l2 acres. it
crossed SIS million in its first
year.
His widow. Mrs. Ruth Cher
ner, took over as president Of
the Shirlington Corp. in 1856,
about six weeks after her hus-
bands death. Under her di-
Evening star., 1961-01-03
By JOHN LAWSON
Star Stan Writer

Martin Smiths job is to turn
a decaying city into an old
town.
In a city where planners have
three times proposed urban re-
newal and three times failed,
Martin Smith is setting out to
devise another plan.
He believes this plan will
succeed.
In planning circles the job
would be considered unique,
Mr.. Smith says. But in Alex
andria, whose citizens are vocal
on the subject, it is familiar
enough.
For years residents of the
old town section have been do
ing a renewal job Of their own,
restoring historic old town
houses, patching UP decrepit
neighborhoods.
Maybe they're the true
planners of the area" said
Mr.. Smith. "They came in al
most as pioneers. It's their idea
we're following"
Mr.. Smith was placed in
charge Of the city's urban re-
newal efforts last October after
another plan for the downtown
area met a quick and violent
death.
Planner Rebuffed
That plan. drawn by a New
York plarner. would have
cleared the old town section
Of most Of its buildings and re-
placed them with apartments
and commercial development.
Residents OF the area, not
anxious to see their years of
work bulldozed, Immediately
Evening star., 1961-01-03
Almond Names Powell
To State School Board

RICHMOND, Jan. 3 (AP).-
Gov. Almond today named
Lewis F. Powell, retiring chair
man Of the Richmond School
Board, to the State Board of
Education.
Mr.. Powell succeeds State
Senator Robert Y. Button of
Culpeper. who is ineligible for
:reappointment. Mr.. Powell'S
appointment is effective Janu-
ary 20 for four years. He will
continue to serve on the Rich
mond School Board until
June 80.
II know Of no man more
qualified" Gov. Almond said of
Mr.. Powell. He has done a
magnificent job as a member
Of the School Board of Rich
mond. I am happy to make
that announcement"
Senator Button is one of two
State legislators whose terms
expire at the end of this month
on the Board of Education. The
:other is State Senator Garland
Gray Of Waverly.
Wouldn't Appoint Negro
While Gov. Almond has de-
.clined to comment on the
possibility. there have been
:rumors that Senator Gray, a
,staunch opponent Of the Gov
.ernor's observation-disclosures ap-
iproach to school integration,
might not be reappointed.
Negro leaders have indicated
they will seek an appointment
ito request that a member oi
their race be named to the
board.
Gov. Almond said he has moi
received any official communi-
cation from the Negro leaders
but added:
II think they should know
I'm not going to do that"
Gov. Almond said he feels
the time is not right in Vir-
ginia to name a Negro to the
Board of Education. He said
emphatically he had no inten-
'tion of making such an ap-
pointment.
He repeated that he has not
Beceived any official request
for a meeting with the Negro
leaders but said "any delega-
ton that wishes to see me, III
see them"
Gov. Almond was asked sew
eral questions dealing with the
States present financial prob.
lens, which stem in large
measure from declining reve.
nues on the sale of alcoholic
beverages since a 10 per cent
tax became effective July /.
Sales Tax Decision Waits
Asked whether he would try
to get a sales tax enacted if il
became necessary to call the
General Assembly into special
session to deal with the
financial troubles. Gov. Almond
said he would have to pass or
that when a decision is made
to call a special session.
II would not want to inject
it (sales taxi into the cam.
paign to embarrass anyone who
might run for Governor OF
Attorney General"
In the 1860 Legislature Gov
Almond tried to have a sales
tax enacted. The move was
defeated and the Legislature
instead imposed speciality taxes
on liquor, tobacco products ano
increased the beer tax.
On another matter newsmer
Evening star., 1961-01-03
ALEXANDRIA TRIES AGAIN
New Plan Eyes Old Town.
mediately after it was made
public last fall.

mediately after it was made
public last fall.
Then to Smith
After that the Housing Au.
thority divested itself Of thu
plans dissection, and the jok
was given to Mr.. Smith.
His approach to a $27 mil.
lion renewal project Is realistic
he said. 1T is to retain anC
enhance the distinct character
Of the historic downtown area
Some Of the old is to be torr
down. Some of it will be re.
stored. 1t is this combination o,
restoration with redevelopment
which Mr.. Smith thinks i.
unique to modern planning.
Unlike most planners Mr.
Smith has no university degree
though he is working on one al
night.
The SO = year old, quiet.
spoken planner. the son Of a
Pittsburgh businessman and
amateur classical artist, dropped
out Of the University Of Mary
land after a year to work for
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
as a planners aide.
In 1948 he Joined the city of
Alexandria as a craftsman and
by 1852 was highway engineer.
In 1858 he became chief plan
ner.
He was placed in charge of
the new project last fall after
residents of the area had made
it clear that only an approach
like the 1858 plan would be
acceptable to them.
I'VE want old Alexandria
to compare favorably with
Georgetown or WILLIAMSBURG, :"
Mr.. Smith has said. But un-
like Williamsburg, Alexandria
must be a living, vital COM
munity with room for future
growth"
In contrast to the Beggs
plan, Mr.. Smiths proposals for
the area are available at each
stage for scrutiny by residents.
"The plan must reflect the
community's attitudes and
views" he said. 1--WE are work.
ing closely with homeowners
and businessmen. Their sup
port, to put it mildly, is essen
tial."
Some SO million in public
funds will be spent to buy and
clear land. OF this, So million
will be returned to the city as
the property is resold for pri-
vate development. Another 81
million will be contributed by
the Federal Government. The
remaining 50 million the city
must pay.
Another $l8 million will be
required from private Develop
ers and businessmen If the area
is to be brought into line with
the new plan.
Evening star., 1961-01-03
School of Nursing
Gets $500 Grant

The Alexandria Hospital
School Of Nursing has received
anonymously a $500 founda-
ton grant to be used to fur.
ther scholarship aid. hospital
administrator Charles M. Gof1
announced today.
The new scholarships pro-
vided through the grant will be
made available to student nurse
candidates who are residents OF
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana.
Evening star., 1961-01-03
New Ports Job

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 3 (AP)
William ]. Murray jr., CHIEF
executive of the American Ex.
port Packing Corp. at Vice.
hawken, N. j., yesterday was
named director of commerce
development for the Virginia
State Ports Authority.
Mr.. Murray's post is a new
one. His appointment was an
nounced by Frank A. Ernst,
chairman Of the Ports Author
itys' Board Of Commissioners.
Mr.. Murray headed the
authority's New York office
from May, 1854, until Novem-
ber, 1856.
Evening star., 1961-01-03

asked Gov. Almond, a strong
|campaigner for President-elect
Kennedy, whether he thought
he might be named to a Fed
eral post in the new admins
tration.
I'm going to serve out my
time as Governor" Gov. AL
mond said. If the President
desires to talk with me about
that. I'd be glad to talk with
him about that and anything
else."
Evening star., 1961-01-03
The amazing
story Of
Frank Lloyd Wright

He forced his brightest
students to act as serv-
ants in his home. He
once slept on the ground
(legend has it) to get the
feel of a clients home
site. He supposedly
ordered a lady client to
dress with horizontal
stripes - to match her
new home. And he
frankly admitted he was
lone of the greatest
architects ever!"
Evening star., 1961-01-03

She's sleek, slen-
der Maurine Neu-
berger-newly elect
ed u. S. Senator
from Oregon. And
friends are betting
she'll bring some sur
prising antics to the
somber Senate!
In this weeks Sat-
urday Evening Post,
you'll learn why she
once addressed the
Oregon n legislature
in her stocking feet!
You'll read about the
time she whipped up
a batch of marg-
arine in the state
committee meeting.
And you'll find out
how she shocked So
ciety when she posed
for a cheesecake
magazine ph toto !!
Don't miss Madam
Senator from Ore
gon"- this weeks
Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

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GET BOTH
FIR EE!

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Tear off each label and, on the
back Of one. write the purchase
price you paid for both soups plus
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limited to one per family. Offer
ends December IS, 1861.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-27

AUGUST 5-Sat., GAINESVILLE
Picnic at st. Louis Church
Grounds, Rts. 81 g. 108, Clarks-
vile, Md. Country Ham 81 Fried
Chicken Dinners. Adults S1.75;
Children $1.00. Served from to
Is pm. 3t8-3