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Evening star., 1961-01-29
Star to Tell FIunkers
Howto Get Good Grades

Getting good grades-whether
in high school or college-does
not always depend on the stu
dents knowledge or intel
ligence, but often on his study
techniques.
DR.. Leslie ]. Mason. an edu-
Gator for 40, years and a long
time researcher in how to make
better grades, says it's all q
matter of approach. He also
says each subject should be
approached differently.
Certain that he knows what
hes talking about, DR.. Mason,
a professor of education at the
University Of Southern Cali
fornia,. says it's no task III all
to take a student Of less intel
ligcnce and get him to make
better grades than a student
with more intelligence.
He also can walk into a fra
ternity house where the group
is losing pledges because of
below-average grades and in
less than two years cut the
number Of flunk-outs by 80
per cent.
How DR.. Mason does this is
the theme Of q 15-part series
which begins on the daily fea-
ture page of The Star tomor-
row. The account of the
remarkable results in grade
improvement achieved by DR..
Mason. former supervisor Of the
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Kennedy Pays 500 Fee
To Join Press Club

President Kennedy last night
praised the National Press Club
for standing by its principles
even though it cost him $50.
The President. a former news
paperman himself, made a sur
prise appearance at the clubs
annual inaugural ball and con-
graduated John P. Cosgrove of
Broadcasting Magazine, the
organizations new president.
After receiving a membership
card in the club, Mr.. Kennedy
remarked that recently he was
given an honorary membership
in the Burning Tree Country
Club, where President Eiseh-
hover used to play golf.
There was a difference, Mr..
Kennedy added. The Burning
Tree membership was free. The
President noted he wasn't given
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Flower Thieves Ruid
West Berlin Again

BERLIN, Jan. % (AP).-
West Berlin's mysterious flower
thieves broke into two estab-
lishments early today, making
so burglaries in a row. The
motorized gang has been ac-
tive for the past six months,
and the police have no arrests
to announce.
1t first broke into the gar
den house of a cemetery and
made off with tulips, carna-
tions and assorted cut flowers.
A little later. they burglarized
a greenhouse and took $50 tu-
lips and have been busy ever
since.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Women Found
Dead on Street,
Hit-Run Possible

The body Of a woman was
found last night on a Southeast
Washington street.
Police said the woman, iden-
titled as Mrs. Elizabeth Lee
Henderson, 81, Of the 100 block
Of r street Sc, mother of two
children, 2 and 5, was an ap-
parent hit-and-run victim.
She was found lying on the
street at the intersection of
Third street and South Caro-
lima avenue Sc, two blocks
from her home.
The body was taken to Dis
trict General Hospital.
Homicide squad detectives
said glass at the scene led them
to believe she had been struck
by a car.
No witnesses to her death
were found Immediately. If she
was killed by an auto, she would
be the first traffic accident
victim in the District this year.
Eleven traffic fatalities had
been recorded by the same date
last year.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

such a free ride by the press
club. He had to pay the stand
ard $50 initiation fee.
Mr.. Kennedy's status is that
Of non-active members - one
who has worked as a news
paperman but is now otherwise
engaged. All Presidents back to
and including Woodrow Wilson,
have been members of the club.
Although he left journalism
many years ago, President Ken
nedy is still an avid newspaper
reader.
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said the Presi-
dent reads The Washington
Star. the Washington Post, the
New York Times, the New York
Herald Tribune. the Wall Street
Journal. the New York News
and the Baltimore Sun.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

struggle through the bleakest
winter in a generation.
Worst In Years
There must be about 80, 1000
employed in the local building
trades industries here and !
would say about so to IS per
cent are out of work." said j.
C. Turner, president of the
Greater Washington Central
Labor Council.
Il can't remember anything
this bad with SO many people
out of work." he said. Its
easily the worst since before
World War H."
In terms of cold statistics,
the District Unemployment
Compensation Board tells part
of the story.
For the week ending this
Friday the board mailed out
8,l88 checks. A year ago this
time the board was mailing out
about 5,400 checks.
"Our increase is mostly due
to the bad weather and the
construction workers who are
out of work." Edgar L. Lickey.
director Of the board, said.
Contractors, hard hit by the
Evening star., 1961-01-29

Navy's wartime Viz and VS.
pilot-training programs. will
run Monday through Friday
for three weeks.
known throughout his pro-
fession because qhis methods
work" and because he's never
had q failure among the many
students who have gone to him
for help" DR.. Mason says any
See GRADES, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Rayburn Sees
Rules Victory
|nHouse Vote
Says Opponents
Will Get Jolt
In Floor Fight
BY ROBERT X. WALSH.
Star Staff Writer

Speaker Rayburn declared
yesterday that all efforts to
compromise the House Rules
Committee issue have collapsed
and predicted that he will win
on a House vote Tuesday.
He served notice that this
fight to the finish on the House
floor might "jolt" the opposi-
ton. He indicated that he
counts on somewhat more than
200 Of the 261 Democrats cur
rently In the House to vote for
his proposal to liberalize the
committee. Passage would re-
quire at least ZIG votes of the
present House membership, al
lowing for two vacancies.
Facing one of the sharpest
tests Of his long legislative lead
ership, the 79-year-old Speaker
denied to reporters that he or
the White House are trying to
win Democratic or Republican
support by threats or pressure.
He said he is lust appealing
to the reason Of the members. +"
Seeks Power Break
The scheduled showdown,
postponed last week when
Democratic leaders apparently
feared they might lose, involves
Mr.. Rayburn's plan to break
conservative control of the H.
member Rules Committee by
increasing its membership to IS.
Addition of two Democrats
and one Republican. Mr.. Ray
burn believes. would overcome
possible Republicans Southern
D e mocra tic coalitions that
might otherwise prevent Ken
nedy administration programs
from getting a fair chance to
be considered by the House"
The Rules Committee regu-
lates the flow of bills to the
House floor and in past years
has sometimes blocked or de-
See HOUSE. Page Az
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Today's Star

ORAL VACCINE osoinst polio
is o hot subject in the medical
world. How wueh do you know
about this greet new. weopon3
For 10 answers from the scientist
who developed the Sobin voeeine,
see Pose 8 Of This Week Moso-
zine.
BOBBY DARN. the Mock the
Knife" boy, is spotlishted in the
cover story Of Tv Magazine. For
more about q young mon, going
pieces. more color pages and much
more prosrom information see this
weeks Tv Magazine.
CITY POLICE Of 1861 were
hordly "Woshinston's finest" juds-
ing from The Stor's reports Of a
century ego. For more obout the
home front" and the big news
Of Iote Jonuory. l86l-the seees-
sion Of Louisiono-see the eontinu-
otion Of The Stor's Civil War
series on Pose "A Of Sunday. The
Stor Mosozine.
SITES OF WAR series presents
the Kennesow Mountain bottle
where Gen. Sherman met entreneh-
ed Confederate forces. For more
about the Civil War engagement
see TroveI on Pose FL.
DANCING TEEN-AGERS ore 90
ing for the Majestic sIop, the
Skote, the Mashed Potatoes ond
the Kangaroo slop. For some ex-
pertese on foney footwork see
TEEN, appearing otter Pose H-4.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

9[ mIiIton. PoQe B.
Weather Bureau said, but we'll
probably escape a snowstorm
coming from the South.
"Dixieland will get most Of
the bad weather." a forecaster
said cheerfully.
The forecast for today calls
for some sunshine and con-
tinued cold.
After yesterdays low of 6
degrees, the coldest recorded in
nearly three years, the fore
caster predicted that the tenn
perature would drop to is early
this morning.
AS for tomorrow, the bureau
is cautious. The forecaster,
sounding somewhat like a man
recalling the lines of "The
Charge Of the Light Brigade"
says:
There's snow to the south Of
us, snow to the west of US, snow
in the lakes, snow in Montana,
snow in Canada-and it's all
heading this way. as it usually is.
We're just worrying about
Sunday. No. we can't say now
We'll be hit age.11 SOON"
Evening star., 1961-01-29

the policy making body for the
states public schools.
Mr.. Powell, SO, succeeded
State Sen. Robert Y. Button
Of Culpeper, who had served
the limit of two terms.
Mr.. Darden voluntarily STEP
ped down last august after
serving as president of the
University of Virginia for IL
years.
In announcing the appoint
ment, Gov. Almond paid tribute
to Mr.. Darden's eminent stat
ure as a statesman and edu-
Gator which is nationwide.
His great capacity for lead
ership, his vision. courage and
acute sense Of dedication have
See DARDEN, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-01-29
8-Lone ShirIeyHig
To Be Urged by U.s..

by creating a highway COM
posed Of three parallel sections
separated by open space.
Three new lanes would con-
stitute one of the outside Sec
tions. The center would con-
Sist of two Of the present high
way lanes. The other outside
section would be formed by
two existing lanes and a third
one to be built.
Flexible Use Seen
The highway would be un-
balanced during rush hours by
allowing only one.way traffic
on the middle strip. Thus, com
muters would have five lanes
at their disposal when driving
toward Washington in the
morning and when travelling
homeward in the evening.
Other ways of expanding the
highway are also being con-
Sidered, however. Engineers
think that the new Potomac
bridges, combined with express
ways under construction in
Washington and improvements
in the Pentagon network, will
be able to absorb the increased
traffic from the widened high
way.
They also point out that
much of the traffic it bears
ends or originates. around the
Defense offices on the Virginia
side of the river.
The Bureaus initial plans,
which are to be ready in two
or three weeks, would require
acquisition of more right of
way along the Shirley corridor
and extensive changes in over
passes and access roads.
Complete cost estimates have
not been prepared, but one
source says the price would be
in excess Of $40 million.
Construction would require
two years.
Shirley is the one remain
See SHIRLEY, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-01-29
y. S. Calls on Brazil
To Let Liner Dock
Dorden Replaces Gray
On State School Boord

Former Gov. Colgate w. Dar-
den, jr., who opposed massive re-
sistance to public school integra-
ton, yesterday was appointed by
Gov. Almond of Virginia to sue
ceed State Senator Garland Gray
on the State Board of Education.
The Governor declined to re-
appoint Mr.. Gray, who opposed
the Almond freedom of choice"
school program in the Legisla-
ture.
DR.. Darden will be GA in two
weeks and retired last year as
president Of the University of
Virginia. He believes a public
school system should be pre-
served at almost any cost.
The massive resistance pol
icy, which was backed by Mr..
Gray, calls for closing public
schools rather than bowling to
Federal Court desegregation or
QerS, Sucn as occurred IN Prince
Edward County.
Besides opposing the Almond
school policy, Mr.. Gray also
fought the Governors sales
tax legislation proposed in the
1860 session of the General
Assembly. Mr.. Gray's term on
the State board expires today
but State law allows members
to serve two terms.
Almond Pleased
Gov. Almond announced the
four-year appointment of Mr..
Darden with profound salts
faction" the Associated Press
reported.
1t was the second appoint
ment Gov. Almond has made
this month to the board. Earlier,
he picked Lewis F, Powell.
jr.. chairman OF the Richmond
citv school h0ard tn Sel.va IN
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Rio Asserts.
ItWiII Intern
Seized Ship

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil,
Jan. % (AP). - The United
States asked Brazil tonight to
grant the rebel skipper Of the
hijacked Portuguese liner San
ia Maria safe conduct to dis
charge captive passengers at a
Brazilian port. But Brazilian
officials said they would seize
the ship and return it to It's
owners, however granting rebel
Capt. Henrique Galvao asylum
if he asked for 1t.
A United States official said
Ambassador John Moors Cabot
was closeted with Brazilian
Foreign Ministry officials in an
attempt to persuade them to
let Galvao put his 588 passen:
gers ashore at Recife or Belem.
1--WE are negotiating from a
humanitarian angle to get the
passengers off the ship" said
a United States official. They
(the Brazilians) don't want to
let the ship into port without
interning it"
A Brazilian Foreign Ministry
spokesman said they too were
thinking in humanitarian
terms and "the Brazilian gov
eminent wants to assure the
safety Of the passengers and
will aid in any way 1t can"
Abiding by Law
He said the Brazilians took.
the position they must abide
by international law and seize
the ship and hold Galvao for
questioning at least.
A Brazilian Foreign Ministry
source said, however, he be-
lieved the ship would put into
"a Brazilian port" He left the
impression this might be Re-
cife, possibly Monday.
Asked if he thought Galvao'
would put into a Brazilian port
knowing the conditions, the
source said that's up to him"
1T is my own impression the
ship viii put into a Brazilian
port" he said. Asked If it would
be Recife or the island Of Fer
nando de Noronha he said: II
would lean toward the first"
His indication tailed with
reports the United States Navy
destroyer Wilson may rendez-
vous with the Santa Maria
Monday so miles off the Re-
cife coast.
Flights Resumed
Meanwhile, the Brazilian
Foreign Ministry said United
States military aircraft have
been given authorization to.
resume search flights for the
Santa Maria from Brazilian
territory.
Brazil issued an order last
night grounding United States
search planes at Recife and
Belem. Brazilian authorities
said the planes flew into Brazil
without authorization.
Reports said United States
authorities had requested per-
mission to land two planes but
that many more craft had
landed.
The United States meeting
with the Foreign Ministry came
as the latest United States
Navy fix showed the Santa
Maria might be sailing toward
a tiny Brazilian island used by
See LINER, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-01-29
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Evening star., 1961-01-29
U. S. Flag Burned

GUATEMALA CITY. Jan. %
(AP).-A group Of demonstra-
tors burned an American flag
in the city's main intersection
today. One of the group shopt-
ed: Before the Guatemala
people we burn the most i'm
perialist flag in the world"
Evening star., 1961-01-29
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer


The Bureau of Public Roads
soon will propose addition of
four lanes along the most con-
gested four miles of Shirley
highway.
Republican Representative
Broyhill yesterday disclosed he
will introduce legislation in the
hope of obtaining Federal funds
to start widening the thorough
fare between the Pentagon and
Virginia Route 7 this year.
Mr.. Broyhill predicted Con-
gress will support the project
provided Virginia consents to
pay at least S per cent of the
cost and agrees to accept re-
sponsibility for the highway
once 1t conforms to interstate
standards.
Will Seek Accord
He said he will go to Rich
mond in an attempt to obtain
such an agreement from State
authorities.
Recently completed studies
demonstrate that Shirley is
one Of the most saturated thor
oughfares in the United States.
They also show that its four
lanes already are crowded with
as many cars as a six-lane
highway is expected to accom-
modate. AS a result, rush-hour
traffic often creeps along at
only 8 to 10 miles an hour.
Addition of four lanes to-
gether with major improve
in the road maze sur
rounding the Pentagon will
permit traffic to move as rap
idly as 35 miles an hour during
peak periods, Government en-
gineers believe.
The Bureau of Public Roads
currently favors doubling the
capacity Of the thoroughfare
between the Pentagon and
Virginia Route 7 at Alexandria
Evening star., 1961-01-29
Construction Industry
Hard Hit by Weather
so to IS Pct. of Areu Workers
Out of Jobs; Loss Seen in Millions
BY HAYNES JOHNSON
star stan writer

The and cold which has kept the washington area
locked in deep freeze has thrown thousands Of the
industry out of work The loss contractors
running into the millions. ~, saats
the workers the weather forcing them to
Evening star., 1961-01-29

New uSlA Chief Coined Fome os
News Commentator. Poee AT
--~--->----
Secretary of the Air Force in
the Truman administration. He
will succeed w. Randolph Bur-
CESS as the United States rep
resentative to the North At
lantic Council.
In announcing the Finletter
appointment, the White House
said the President indicated the
great Importance" he attached
TO the NATO post. The Presi-
dent also expressed his conf
dence in Mr.. Finletter's ability,
the White House said, ''to bring
about the strengthening Of
NATO which the United States
desires"
The President also announced
his selection for four major
posts on the United States mis-
sion to the United Nations and
disclosed his intention to ap-
point Edward r. Murrow, wide
ly known broadcaSter, as di-
rector of the United States
Information Agency.
Was q Secretary
Mr.. Finletter served as Sec
retary Of the Air Force from
1850 to 1858. He has held other
Government jobs and in pri-
vate life is a partner with
Coudert Brothers, New York
banking firm.
Mr.. Finletter was one of the
leading supporters of Adlai
E. Stevenson FOR the Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
He has been one of the leaders
of the liberal wing of the DEM
ocratic Party in New York along
with Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt and former United States
Senator Herbert. Lehman.
The White House said polit-
ical considerations did not enter
into the selection. Press Secre-
tary Pierre Salinger said the
President wanted to get the
most able man available for the
NATO assignment. Mr.. Stew
See KENNEDY, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-01-29
District Seen
Missing Dixie
SnOWStOrm

After the weather we've had,
the Washington area is in the
position of being thankful for
small blessings.
There was a cnance Of snow
flurrieS this orning, the
Evening star., 1961-01-29

Snow Removal Costs Washington Areo
~ Million. Poee 3D.
Evening star., 1961-01-29

Also Sunday. The Ster Moso-
zine; This Week Mosozine. Tv
Mosozine, Comic Section, and
PiIIsbury Boke-oH Prize Recipe
Roto Section.
Index Of Subjects
Evening star., 1961-01-29

New uSlA Chief Coined Fome os
News Commentator. Pose AT
Evening star., 1961-01-29
TIE uSHAFurn. Full Report
6 V6AtV6N. on Page Az

District and vicinity-Partly cloudy and
windy. chance of snow flurries, high today
near Is. Clear. windy and cold tonight
with the low near 10. Fair and continued
cold tomorrow. Winds out of the northwest
20 miles per hour.
Evening star., 1961-01-29
.Fin|etter Gets
Post as NAT0
Ambassador
President Also
Names Murrow
Chief of USIA
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Staff Writer

President Kennedy filled an
other top post in his admins
tration yesterday with the Sc
lection Of Thomas K. Finlet-
ter as this country's Ambass-
ador to NATO.
Mr.. Finletter, a 67-year-old
lawyer and banker, was former
Evening star., 1961-07-13
ATCHISON.S ANGLE
Appearances Can Be MisIeodino
Sherry Out 80 Days
By LEWIS r. ATcHIsoN

and Whizzer undoubtedly knew what we
were thinking
"One year they beat the hell out of us
in the second game" he admitted, getting
down to brass tackS They won the first
TO- remember Bill Osmanski came
through on fast-opening play and went
about go yards for the touchdown and the
Bears ends took me right out of the ball
park"
This was in 1910 and OSmanski gave
an encore for Washington fans in the
championship playoff with the Redskins
In the first minute of play Bullet Bill'
romped 68 yards for a score that started
the 1910 rout. If it's any comfort to Whiz-
zer, George Wilson, Bears end who nov
is head coach of the Lions, took out TWO
Redskins, Ed Justice and Jimmy Johnston,
on the S0-yard line.
#H
COLORADO FANS STILL proudly re-
call their teams IT. victory over Utah in
1887 in which Whizzer starred. But he best
remembers the 1886 game at Boulder, also
won by Colorado, 31-7.
1T was played in snowstorm," he
remembered, "but everything we tried that
day worked. Every pass we threw, every
punt, every running play. We were up on
the steps for that one"
One Of his closest friends on the
Colorado squad was Lew Smith, a strong.
silent type from Denver. Smith said so little
he must have used the sign language
Il remember him pulling out of the
line and knocking down defensive tackle
on play on which scored touchdown" !"
White explained. when it was over, he
came up to me and said, Nice going I'm
sorry to say he was killed in a tank in
France in the war"
WH1zzER LIKED FOOTBALL but de-
cided that if he was going to be lawyer
he'd "better get on with it." He quit to ac-
cept Rhodes scholarship and then went on
to law school. The money he earned in the
pro game, repeatedly $15,80O year, en-
abled him to study without having to work
part time, and to marry and hang out his
shingle. But he liked football for other
reasons, too.
1T has some intrinsic values in itself,
he said, ''like the pleasure of playing. It
can be lot of fun-it was for me. The ex-
perience of playing can contribute to your
development You learn what it takes to
make successful group effort You learn
about yourself. 1t teaches you to make up
your mind in situation without panick-
ing.
"Its like practicing law" Whizzer con-
cluded. I'm football you practice all week
for game and on Saturday you do every
thing you can to win it. Sometimes you
lose. A lawyer spends a lot of time pre-
pairing case and when he goes to court
it's like playing game. You do everything
possible to win
Whizzer has done well in both football
and law. He ought to do something about
that photograph.
Evening star., 1961-07-13
Lena Leading
Canadian Golf

WINNIPEG, July 13 (AP).-
Tony Lena, a former United
States Marine from California
who thought of quitting pro-
fessional golf after a shaky
showing last year, carried a
one-stroke lead into today's
second round of the Canadian
Open golf championship here.
He posted a sizzling 5-under-
par 65.
Meanwhile, some of the top
names in golf, including Billy
Casper, Doug Ford, Doug San
ders, Dow FinSterwald and Stan
Leonard, sought to recover
from unusual over-par perform
ances in yesterdays rain
drenched opening round of the
72-hole tournament at the
suburban Niakwa Country
Club.
LENA did some fancy re-
covering of his own, escaping
serious trouble on three of the
four holes on which he found
it. The tall, 27-year-old from
San Leandro. Calf, fired six
brides with the help of some
razor sharp approach shots
and a couple of clutch puts.