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Evening star., 1961-02-27
By BETTY BEALE
star staff Writer

The charming and debo-
nair diplomats of the French
Embassy and their chic wives
joined the charwomen's bril-
gade over the week end.
Down on their knees went
Minister Counselor Claude
Lebel, Counselor Claude
Winckler, Nine. Pierre Pelen
and all the rest of the dip
lomatic staff as we'll as the
household staff in a wonder
fully cooperative effort to
right the magnificent resi-
dence that was badly dam
aged by fire, water and
smoke Friday night,
EVEN AMBASSADOR AL
PHAND, who walked into
this beehive Of activity when
he came back from his Of
flee late Saturday afternoon,
could thereafter be seen with
o broom in his hand.
And as for Nine. Alphand.
"She never stopped working
from early morning until we
left the Embassy at 8. She
was everywhere" said q col
league.
Nobody was too important
to pitch in, and it took every
pair Of hands to wash the
heavy coating of smoke oil
off the furniture and floors
and then wax them. roll up
the carpets and so forth.
BY working all day Satur-
day and again yesterday,
they made three rooms
livable-the dining room and
the paneled drawing room on
the first floor and the mas
ter bedroom on the second.
Fresh carpets were put
down, because all the other
carpets had to be carted off
to see If q thorough washing
would remove the black
splotches on them.
1T is QUITE LIKELY that
the Embassy will not be COM
pletely restored until Octo-
Der and there's no telling
how much it viii cost until
the extent of the ceiling and
wall damage is determined.
This can't be properly esti-
mated until they are thor
oughly dried out. The cost Of
repairs might easily run up to
100000 or $4,000.
On the first floor the
greatest damage occurred to
the Empire drawing room.
The big beautiful crystal
chandelier had to be taken
down Saturday afternoon be-
cause the plaster in the cell
ing was crumbling and the
whole thing may fall in.
Water caused this and also
caused cracks In the walls In
Evening star., 1961-02-27
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Bucket Brigade on Embassy Row
French Restoration Nov Ioke Seven Months

the front hall, where the car
pets were soaked.
On the second floor two
guest rooms and one Of the
bathrooms off the master
bedroom were entirely ruined
by water damage. caved-in
ceilings and so forth.
On the third floor the
whole west half was ruined,
including the studio Of the
Ambassadors step-daughter,
Prisca Bunau-Varilla, which
was entirely burned out.
AS for the roof, the fire
burned two gaping holes In
it which have been tempo
rarily covered with tarpaulin
and some billowing plastic
that whips in the wind and
rivets the attention of Q
continuous stream of passers-
by.
AS Of yesterday it was not
certain whether or not the
Alphands could go ahead
with plans for their supper
party Monday night, March
13. following the one-night
performance of two Moliere
plays by the Comedie Fran
caise at the Lisner. . Tick
cts for 81 L'Impromptu de Ver-
sailles" and Lies Fourberies
de Scampin" may be pur-
chased at the Hayes Bureau.
INCIDENTALLY, ANY IN
SINUATION that Nicole AL
phand was the one who tried
to get the Vietnamese chef
Bui Van Han to leave her
colleague. Nine. Chauvel Of
the French Embassy in Lon
don, in order to come to work
for Mrs. John F. Kennedy. is
pure fabrication. Nine. AL
phand has not been to Lon
don for 20 years: she has
never been to the French
Embassy there; she does not
know Nine. Chauvel, and she
never heard Of the chef un-
til he made headlines here.
To know what was cooking
in London, the First Lady
wouldn't have had to go any
further than her own sister,
Princess Stanislas Radziwill,
who is very much a part of
London society and would
naturally know who In So
ciety served the best food.
THE PRESIDENTS SCI
ENCE ADVISER already has
put his genius to the test.
Jerome Wiesner and his
wife were among the group
that gathered in a private
suite at the Sheraton-Park
for q cocktail before the
White House correspondents
dinner Saturday night. Host
at the to-do was Bob Spivack,
chairman Of the planning
board Of the new book club
Evening star., 1961-02-27

=. The Auchinclosses, for
mer Ambassador and Mrs.
Cliff Folger with q party Of
10, and Assistant Secretary
Of Defense and Mrs. Paul
Mite viii view the cavortings
on the stage Thursday night.
Friday evening French
Ambassador and Nine. Al
phand, Belgian Ambassador
and Nine. Scheyven and new
District Commissioner-tO-Be
and Mrs. Walter Tobriner
will be in the audience. And
on Saturday there will be am
other group Of notables.
They will see such provoc-
atiye numbers as Kennedy
Monologue," featuring "tae
President and q pair of CALI
Evening star., 1961-02-27

Contemporary Affairs So
ciety. DR.. Wiesner is on the
board Of judges along with
Richard Rovere of the New
Yorker. and Louis Lyons Of
Harvard, who also were
there.
Conversation among play
wright Gore Vidal, Robert
and Henry Morgenthau and
the others was almost
drowned out by the inside
whistling from the outside
gale. It got so bad the entire
company began to study the
problem. Finally, Jerry Wies-
ner put his fine electronics
mind to it with the result
that he simply opened the
door and let the gale blow
in. Everybody was almost
blown out of the apartment,
but 1t certainly did eliminate
the whistling.
Obviously, the Ken
nedy science program win
forge ahead.
DR.. Kenneth Galbraith
told Of his recent tour of the
White House, when he dis
covered what o lasting i'm
preston President Eisen-
hover had made. Presi-
dent Kennedy was showing
him around and he took him
into a room outside his Of
flee. DR.. Galbraith noticed q
lot Of indentations on the
floor.
What do you think these
are?" the President asked
him.
"Termites." guessed CAL
braith.
NO." Mr.. Kennedy said,
these were made by the
spikes on Ike's golf shoes"
The Contemporary Affairs
choice for its March book.
by the way, is DR.. Ralph
Lapp's Man and Space"
with an alternate choice in
Merriman Smiths "A Presi-
dents Odyssey"
MR.. AND MRS. HUGH ID.
AUCHINCLOSS will have
their first taste of satire at
the expense of the latter's
son = in law and daughter,
President and Mrs. Kennedy.
Thursday night. 1t will all be
good, clean fun in the Hexa-
CONS musical revue "On the
Rocks" which opens Wednes-
day night in the Western
High auditorium. The profits
are earmarked for Children's
Hospital.
The Ambassadors of the
Netherlands, Germany, Tu-
nisia, Burma and Panama
and Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Goldberg have taken
tickets for the opening night.
Evening star., 1961-02-27

tinguiShed Republican women
for the project.
The pyramid" method Of
fund raising is being used
by COP. women for the
first time in national politics.
1t has been a familiar device
used for local and state
fund-raising campaigns by
educational, religious and
business groups.
The "Pyramiding for 80"
committee has put out an ex-
planatory folder containing
suggestions for do-it-yourself
pyramid" projects. Here
are a few examples:
Beth ran an ad announc-
ing that-for a price she
would address envelopes for
weddings, parties and other
events. In her spare time at
home she built q sizable py-
ramid, which she sent along
with her dollar loan, back
to COP. Women's Divi.
sion headquarters.
A Young Republican with
a knack for home perma-
nents talked her friends into
making them more beautiful,
bought tea with the dollar
loan ito ease the ordeal"
and pyramided her profits
for the COP.
Another young homemaker
cleaned out her attic and
netted sizable profit with a
II Don't Need, Maybe You
Do" sale.
AS returns are received at
national headquarters. q
share of them will be REIN
vested by mailing out addi-'
tional one-dollar bills to new
COP. Pyramid Builders. I"
Evening star., 1961-02-27

ers; Gather in the Votes"
a musical description of the
secret of the 1860 elections:
my Kind Of Girl" a humor-
Gus duet by comedienne
Sally-Jane Schwartz and Sir
Kenelm Guinness Of the
World Bank, and BLUE
prints" a melodious look by
an interior decofator into
1900 Pennsylvania avenue.
Kennedy relatives and
friends win be amused by the
latter and the song "You
Need Blueprints II for that
cubbyhole office under the
western wing; where stock
market ticker for Papa Joe's
just the thing" Donna Dali
ton viii play Mrs. K.
Evening star., 1961-02-27
ToIent Porty
Is Ponned

Do sou have talent? II 90.
you can join the Follies
sponsored by the woman's
Club os Falls Church.
Tomorrow at 7::3O pm.
ct The Washington House,
Q Talent Party win be held
ct which those who are
Evening star., 1961-02-27
Joint Meeting
Planned

A Joint meeting Of the
Women's Bar Association and
the Women's Medical Society
win be held at 8 pm. tomor-
row. The meeting is to take
place In the auditorium of the
Medical Society Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Building.
Evening star., 1961-02-27

interested may meet the
director from the Jerome n.
Cargill Producing Corpora.
ton in New York.
The Follies. o musical revue
viii have an Irish theme this
year, and will be presented
March 16. II and 10 at the
Falls Church High School.
For further information. con-
tact Mrs. II. A. Tyler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
PLEASANT SURPRISE
Property Tax Lower
, For Some in Fairfax

partially offset the increase,
the board lowered the tax rate
from $3.75 to SO per 500 as
sessed valuation.
The reasseSsment affected
only slightly homes which had
been on the tax rolls a COM
paratively short time. However,
their owners will benefit greatly
from the rate reduction.
Most residents, of course. will
pay higher taxes. Hardest hit
will be those whose homes had
not been re-evaluated for
many years and owners OF
large tracts near Chantilly,
where land values are soaring
because Of the airport devel-
opment
Tax officials noted. though,
that some of the recent re-
assessments are being reviewed
and may be adjusted down.
ward because of refusal of the
Federal Housing Administra-
ton to grant home loans in
certain areas around the air.
port.
Fairfax anticipates that the
reasSesSments together with
the county's normal growth
will produce some 81 million
in added revenue from real
property taxes during the cur
rent fiscal year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Two Men Injured
AtMoson Springs

Two men were hurt, one
critically, when a car went into
a drainage ditch and crashed
against a culvert in Charles
County, Md. yesterday.
State police at Waldorf said
Ebert Weeks, 40, of Old In
dian Head road, a passenger,
was admitted to Physicians Me-
mortal Hospital la Plata in
critical condition. He suffered
a skull fracture, severe facial
cuts and possible internal in
juries.
The driver. Clayton McIns
tosh, As. of 1904 Milan drive,
Alexandria, also was cut about
the face, police said.
The accident occurred about
$40 pm. according to Trooper
John S. McGovern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Arlington Council
Of PTAs Backs
Bonds for School

A controversial $3.50. 900
school bond issue has received
a decisive Endorsement from
the Arlington County Council,
Of PTAs.
The council voted ASS last
night to urge passage of the
issue in the November 7 ref
erendum so that Negro children
now attending the overcrowded
Drew-Kemper School can have
new claSSrooms.
School Board member James
Stockard and some Negro
leaders have protested that
School Board plans to add %
classrooms to the existing
school are educationally UNI
sound and will perpetuate seq
regation.
The other four board mem
bers insist there is no other
suitable site on which a sepa-
rate school can be built and
that the overriding consider
alton is to provide adequate
classrooms for children now
being schooled in substandard
facilities.
The Drew-Kemper PTA
agreed with the Board majority
and is supporting the bond
issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
By DAVID BREASTED
Star staff Writer

The District Congress Of Par
ents and Teachers today voted
down a statement against a
proposed longer day for teach
ers.
The resolution on the teach
ers' working day issue, pro-
posed by DR.. Ellis Haworth, de-
clared that a proposal by School
Board President Wesley S. Will
liams to keep the teachers in
school until $3.50 pm. had an
unfortunate effect on morale
DR.. Haworth charged that
Mr.. Williams recent comment
that some teachers were rush.
ing from school at closing bell
was unfortunate" and con-
tributed to the House defeat
of a conference report on the
District revenue bill.
The conference report in
cluded aid for the District as
a federally impacted school
area.
Mrs. c. Rhodes Cox said the
proposal to lengthen the work
ing day was not unreasonable
and that many teachers actu-
ally stay later than $3.50 pm
Mrs. William Baisinger said the
move proposed by Mr.. Williams
was actually formulating some
thing that was already going
on"
The longer working day will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Midtown Plan Review
Due, More Lond Urged

The Alexandria City Council
on October "a will take still
another look at the city's con-
troversial Midtown urban re-
newal project.
The project, beset by many
delays, has a twin aim: To pro-
vide a site for a badly needed
new high school, and. at the
same time, to provide new
homes for Negroes now living
in the area.
The project, planned for q
acres at King street and
Quaker lane, narrowly won
council approval last week.
Now. however. two council
men, Timothy SWEET and John
K. Pickens, with the approval
of Mayor Frank E. Mann, have
urged the council to enlarge
the project area by acquiring
two acres of adjacent CONNER
cial land and roughly 8 acres
from nearby Chinquapin Vii
lage.
The site approved last week,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
z Escaped Youths
Turn Selves In

Two youths last night turned
themselves in five hours after
they broke out of the Northern
Virginia Juvenile Detention
Center.
The two. one is. from Alex
andria, the other is, from Fair
fax, clad only in T-shirts and
dungarees, eluded police and
canine corps dogs who searched
the area around the center or
Lincolnia road off of Duke
street, near Shirley highway.
Judge Irene Pancoast of the
city's Juvenile Court told De-
tective Norman Grimm not to
charge the youths with escape
because they surrendered vol
UNFAIRLY.
Joseph Bonuccelli. center di-
rector, said the youths escaped
when they found an open door
to the basement. broke a win
dow and climbed the fence.
The Alexandria youth or
october 6 broke away from a
detective at Juvenile Court anc
was caught after he ran several
blocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
District PTA Opposes
Longer Teachers Day

be discussed at a school boarC
meeting tomorrow. Mr.. Will
liams put forward the idea a;
a previous school board meet
ing. coupling it with a proposal
to raise maximum teacher sale
aries to $4,000.
School officials reported that
most teachers stay after school
anyway to see that their pupils
leave school safely, and to do
paper work.
School officials reported that
most teachers stay after school
anyway to see that their pupils
leave school safely, and to do
paper work.
The PTA statement voted
down today would have called
for a superintendent study
of the problem. 1t favored an
after school conference day
during the week for parents and
teachers. and asked that final
action be of a punitive ma
ture."
PTA board members opposed
any change in a District regu-
lation banning liquor outlets
within 400 feet Of schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Hume AssuiIs
JobIess Aid Bill
By the Associated Press

A candidate for the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination
in Maryland charged yesterday
that an unemployment compen-
sation bill passed by the 1861
General Assembly was de-
signed to get a few special in
terests protected for years to
come"
David Hume said the bill has
more holes than a piece OF
Swiss cheese" In a speech be-
fore the District of Columbia
Central Labor Council, Mr.
Hume said &c. the effort OF
organized labor in Maryland to
defeat this legislative atrocity
by a referendum of the voters
deserves the support of right.
thinking people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
REWARD POSTED FOR RETURN
OF MISS VIRGINIA'S CROWN

LYNCHBURG. Va. (AP).-H you happen to have
Miss Virginias crown you get $50 for bringing it
back to her. which at least $40 than you could
hook it for.
The $50 reward for recovery Of the crown emble
matte Of Charlotte Ann Thomas victory in this years
Miss Virginia pageant, was posted yesterday by two
Lynchburg organizations
s What good is queen without crown?" asked
Paul Byrne director of the Lynchburg Downtown Pro-
motion Group. Like Christmas parade without
Santa Claus" he said
Besides. said Mr.. Byrne Miss Thomas has senti-
mental attachment for the which she lost when
she left it atop cigarette vending machine in Stanton
hotel lobby last Thursday.
Police in Staunton still looking for the crown,
valued at $40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17

% white registrantS, were eS-
corted to a separate dining area
when the bus stopped at he
Natural Bridge CVa.D cafeteria.
Capt. Charles L. KeSsler, di-
rector of the State draft sys-
tenn, said the incident occurred
on October 2 and involved a
group of draft eligibleS return
ing to their homes from pre-
induction physical examina-
tons at Roanoke, Va.
James Nickens of Strasburg
Va. a 23-year-old auto me-
chanic and one of the four
colored registrants, said the
four were told to eat in a
shabby" side room off the
cafeteria's kitchen.
Il was disturbed over it. -
he said. He added that the
entire group of registrants was
together all day long and had
lunch together" during the pre-
induction procedure at Roa-
noke.
The draft registrants, all
residents of Shenandoah and
Rockingham Counties, were
being taken home aboard a
Greyhound bus chartered by
Selective Service officials. Draft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17

the three officials maintain, lis
totally inadequate to meet the
needs" of the school.
The councilmen said they last
week supported a proposal by
the school board reducing the
number of homes 70 be built
for present Negro residents
from 90 to 10 and increasing
the school site because they
understood the majority of the
Negroes could not afford the
houses.
Under their plan, Mr.. SWEET
and Mr.. PickenS said, the resi-
Dental area would include the
90 houses provided for last
week. but construction would
be subject to commitment
by each of the residents. This
means each family would have
to agree to buy a house before
it would be built.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17

officials said the bus driver
held meal tickets for the group.
State officials said chartered
buses on such trips ordinarily
avoid stops at segregated res
taurants.
Mr.. Nickens said he and the
other three men who ate in
the side room made no protest
at the time. There was no use
in making a scene" he said.
He is one of a family of seven
brothers and two sisters. An
other brother, Willard Eugene
Nickens, was killed in the
Korean action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17

Quite a few Fairfax County
homeowners now are receiving
one Of those modern-day rari-
ties, a tax bill which is lower
than the one imposed last
year.
The pleasant surprises are
going primarily to owners of
relatively new property bought
in recent years. They result
from a Encouragement of the
county tax structure last year.
A general reaSSesSment or
dered by the Board of Super
visors raised property valua-
tionS an average of 25 per cent
throughout Fairfax. But. to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Fire Destroys
Seneca Cottage

A frame cottage along the
Potomac River at Seneca, Md,
was destroyed by fire early to-
day, Rockville firemen reported.
The cottage of Robert G,
Zimmerman on Tschiffely Mill
road. described by Seneca res
idents as one of the oldest and
largest in the community, was
unoccupied. Cause of the blaze
about 1880 am. was undeter-
mined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Fooey Bottom Group
Won't Fiqht Project

The Foggy Bottom Restora-
ton Association last night
voted not to oppose construc-
ton of a 10-acre housing prof.
ect that a real estate firm plans
to build near the Theodore
Roosevelt Bridge.
A public coming hearing on
the project is scheduled for
October Is at the District
Building. At that time. repre-
SentativeS of the association
will be instructed not to oppose
the overall plans of Island
Vista, Inc, the real estate firm
that plans to develop the
project on land between the
river and the intersection of
New Hampshire and Virginia
avenues NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Precinct Speaker

Tom Jewell, a Prince Georges
County attorney. will address
the Fourth Precinct Democrat
Club of the Chillum area at
Sis pm. tomorrow at the
Parklawn Recreation Center,
EaSt-West highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Droft Officials Seek
End to Race Division

Virginia sective service official today said extra pre-
cautions will be taken to avoid situations in which draft
candidates separated by private during
Governments sponsored bus trips.
The statement followed disclosure Negro draft
regsrants while travelling
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
Kennedy Will Ask Congress For Extra Revenue
By Jack Bell

WASHINGTON R - President Kennedy has told Democratic leaders he will ask Congress for additional revenue to match any new spending requests that could be blamed for unbalancing the Eisenhower budget.
 Kennedy has made it clear he feels former President Eisen- hover left behind a budget that cannot be balanced without an un- expected upturn in the nations economy.
 The President was represented as being determined to make it clear that if there is a deficit in the year beginning July l, the preceding Republican Admins tration will have to take it's share of the blame.
 Kennedy told his party chief tains at White House conference yesterday he has ordered his economic advisers to analyze pub lished estimates that revenues may fall $5 billion below the $82.3-billion figure set by Eisen- hover.
 As a further complication, an upsurge of foreign aid purchases in the summer and fall months of 1860 - presumably to bolster the economy may make if necessary for Kennedy to ask supplemental funds to keep the overseas pipelines from running dry.
 Faced with what he regards a! a leftover deficit, Kennedy em. phasized that he will not add tc this by asking for additional spending without matching rev. enue.
 In this connection, he is ex- pected to renew Eisenhower s recommendations for postal rate increases and a half-cent a gal Ion boost in the federal gasoline tax.
The Nome nugget., 1961-02-01
SanOs III Circling The Globe; Top Military Secret

POINT ARGUELLO. Ca1if. R- Samos II is circling the globe every 95 minutes today on a pioneer mission which may lead to a whole system of United States electronic military scouts.
 The ultimate goal of the pro- gram is to be able to make de- tailed photographs of any point on earth and thus detect a build up by potential foe.
 The mission is so secret that the Air Force won't even con- firm that the satellite, launched yesterday, will radio pictures back to earth. The orbiting ve- hicle is equipped with cameras to photograph ground terrain and sensors to record electromagnetic radiation.
 It can be made to transmit in- formation as it passes over sta tions where data can be repro duced, stored, integrated and in- terpreted by automatic display equipment.
 Signals from Samos II were being picked up by tracking and telemetry stations at Vandenberg Air Force Base at Oahu, Hawaii and at Kodiak, Alaska.