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Evening star., 1961-10-27
SHOOTING
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ger half a block down the
street.
= Il knew he'd never make it,"
Mr.. Proffitt said.
= Mr.. Beall went to the office
,.of the Blue Bird Cab Co. on
nearby Route l and told the
owner, Joe Hansen to call the
police. Then he collapsed. Mrs.
Margaret Burch. SIS, the cab
company telephone operator,
summoned police.
-, Police Pvt. S. T. Seger took
Mr.. Beall to Leland Hospital
where he was pronounced dead
by DR.. Roland Wilkinson.
Meanwhile. Pvt. Clarence Kriet-
ger and Pvt. C. o. Flynn went
to the apartment and arrested
hittle.
Police quoted the accused
man as saying the apartment
was rented on September %
after she had left her husband.
Four Children
Mrs. Beall's four children are
Virginia Mclean, 10. who was
born Of an earlier marriage;
.and Albert. 4. Bobby, and
Jimmy, 3 months. 4 So
: Virginia told a reporter she
was in the bedroom when the
shooting took place and
watched it through the door.
Police said Little is an air
conditioner designer and works
for a firm on Connecticut ave-
.nue NV.
The dead mans sister, Mrs.
Michael O'Sullivan., with whom
ne lived, said her brother went
out this morning and told her
he was going to see his children.
She said her brother had been
in Occoquan serving time for
traffic offenses when his wife
left him to live in Hyattsville,
- Mr.. Beall. she said. was a
native of Washington and at
tended Anacostia High School.
He was veteran Of the Army
and had served overseas. His
parents are deceased but he is
survived by Mrs. O'Sullivan
land four other sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Lindsay of Fort
Evening star., 1961-10-27
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

- No firings are expected to
result from President Kennedy's
directive to Federal depart
-ments and agencies to hold
down employment.
- Rather, administration Off
cials say, the objective is to
make reductions wherever pos
-sible through attrition - not
filling some of the personnel
vacancies that ordinarily occur
as a result of retirements, resig-
nations and deaths.
Also, the Presidents state
1,ment to cabinet officers and
agency heads yesterday is de-
signed to prevent a further in
crease in Federal employment,
which has risen about $4,000 in
the last six months.
Administration officials say
there are no plans to set specific
employment reduction quotas
Tor Government departments
and agencies. 1t will be left
to the judgment of each de-
-partment and agency head as
to what employment economies
can be made.
= This column exclusively pre-
,dicted Mr.. Kennedy's action
several weeks ago.
In his statement, Mr.. Ken
.nedy said he wants the num-
Der of Government employees
-."limited to the minimum con-
.sistent with getting the job
done"
." AS a result, many agencies
are expected to impose a vir-
tual freeze on hiring.
However, there will be some
exceptions to this rule.
For example, essential jobs
In defense establishments will
continue to be filled. So will
scientific, engineering and pro-
'fessional jobs in the National
,AeronauticS and Space Admin
.istration. And there are other
departments and agencies
which have to fill vital jobs as
vacancies occur.
Evening star., 1961-10-27

But the overall effect Of Mr..
Kennedy's statement for most
agencies and departments is
that, at the very least, they
will be expected to keep the
number of employees from in
creasing. And, wherever pos
sible, they will be expected to
make overall reductions S
through the attrition method.
The Budget Bureau is now
hearing agency and department
requests for their 1868 fiscal
appropriation estimates to be
sent to Congress.
In view of the Presidents
policy statement, it is expected
that employment estimates will
be most carefully scrutinized
and reductions in present levels
will be ordered by the Budget
Bureau wherever possible for
the fiscal year starting July l.,
1862.
BOLISH D-The Civil
Service Commission has abol-
ished it's sixth regional district
in Cincinnati, which served
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and
West Virginia. The first three
will be transferred to the juriS-
diction of the CSC's seventh
regional office in Chicago. West
Virginia will come under the
Jurisdiction of the CSC's third
regional office in Philadelphia
In the area now served by
the sixth region, civil service
representatives will be stationed
in Cleveland. Dayton, Indi-
annapolis, Louisville, Cincinnati
and Charleston. w. Va.
The CSC said it was making
the changes to reduce admins
trative expenses and provide
more resources for it's operat-
ing programs.
u
CREDIT GIVEN-Although
| it escaped general notice in
| the laSt-minute rush of Con-
gress toward adjournment, it
was the effective work of
Chairman John Macy of the
Evening star., 1961-10-27
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Attrition Expected to Cut Stoffs
To Minimums Without Firinqs

Civil Service Commission that
was mainly responsible for the
enactment of the bill adding
more than 300 new super
grade and other high salaried
Government jobs.
The administrations initial
request for these jobs met with
indifference and even hostility
on the part Of many members
of Congress. However. Mr..
Macy'S skillful testimony, in
which he gave ample justifi-
cation for the necessity Of
these additional jobs, plus his
close liaison with key members
of Congress in working on be-
half of the bill, resulted in its
enactment.
1t was a typically fine per-
formance by Mr.. Macy and one
which deserves recognition.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-ClAra
w. johnson has received the
Rangerette Award, the highest
honor the Forest Service can
give a woman employe. Mrs.
johnson. a secretary in the Div
ision of Watershed Manage
ment Research, was honored
for her top performance and ac-
tive participation in Forest
Service programs. Ezra
Lander and Raymond Eagan,
jr. of the Army Ordnance Corps
have received degrees for ad-
vanced study in their fields
from American University and
Syracuse University, respec-
lively. Interiors Bureau of
Reclamation has given top in
centive awards to Mrs. Martha
Bruyninck, Karl johnson, Maui
rice Langley, Charles Tucker,
Lois Brandt. Jim Casey, Bruce
Davis, Ogden Donellan, Mrs.
nellie Burnett, Fred Gugel,
Royce Ladd, Price Nicholas,
Mrs. Agnes Peckham, Mrs. Mary
Rice. Mrs. Linda Shellhouse, T.
w. Mermel. V. A. Gabbert,
Samuel Wasserman, Fred Gil
bert. Dorothea Chechak and
Mrs. Margaret Gould.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
FALLOUT PRIMER
Health Officials Drop
Safe FoIIout' Idea

of a millionth of a curie Ra-
diation levels have topped 100
micromicrocuries in some cities
on specific days but averages
are well below this level.
ALERT" LEVEL - The
Public Health Service has de-
termined that the alert" level
of fallout is 100 micromicrocur-
les of gross beta activity per
cubic meter of air sustained
for five to 10 days. When this
alert" level is reached, Feder-
al. State and local governments
become more particularly inter-
ested in the quality of the beta
activity.
BETA EMITTERS - These
are primarily iodine 13l, stron-
tium SO, Strontium 80 and
ceSium 1877. The quality of the
overall beta activity may be
mostly due to the kind of nu-
clear blast and the age of the
fallout.
HALF-LIFE - The time it
take for a radioactive substance
to lose half it's radiation
strength. ut does not lose the
second half in the same amount
of time additional, but con-
tinues to halve in strength
each half-lifeO
IODINE 131 - Radioactive
iodine chemically like the
iodine diluted to put on
scratches. The stable (or nom
radioactive isotope is needed
in the diet for proper function
Of the thyroid gland, regulator
Of body growth and activity.
Radioactive iodine can harm
the thyroid but has a half
life Of only eight days.
STRONTIUM SO and 30
radioactive versions OF Stron-
tinum. an alkaline -earth metal,
that when consumed collects
in the bone marrow where in
large quantities it can cause
leukemia. The half-life of SO
is only So days. Strontium 80
is more worrisome because it
is semi-permanent with a half
life of 81 years.
CESIUM 137-A radioactive
version Of cesium, a silvery
blue metal, 1877 spreads and
may harm the whole body
when consumed in large guam
titles. Its half-life is ~ years.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Quiet Drill Sought

LONDON, Oct. q (AP). -
British manufacturers. joining
a London Noise Abatement
League campaign, have decided
to offer a fortune to an in
ventor who can take the rata
tat-tat out Of pavement drill
ing. They figure manufacturing
rights to a silent road breaker
or pneumatic drill would be
worth $280,000.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

| Ga ONdAA "AANNA
Health officials from the
States. the United States Public
Health Service and the Food
and Drug Administration are
basing fallout discussions here
on the official "non-threShold"
concept concept they would
be delighted to see prove faulty.
The concept holds that there
is no level of radiation exposure
below which one can be abSo-
lutely certain that harmful ef-
fects will not occur in one or
more individuals when large
numbers of people are involved.
The cautious concept is not
based on firm scientific find
ingS. Scientists studying men
who have been accidentally ex-
posed to heavy radiation have
learned it can effect both
health and 'heredity, but facts
about low or moderate radia-
ton over long periods are
Sketchy.
This "non-threshold" concept
is behind the Department of
Health, Education and We'll
fares official statement that
current Russian tests will add
to the risk of genetic effects in
succeeding generations and
possibly to the risk of health
damage to some people in the
United States" 1t admits no
permissible levels of radiation,
only such guides as upper risk
limits"
Upper risk limits" are not
measured by air Sampling but
by calculation of the amount
of radiation consumed by an
average person. per day. av-
eraged over a year.
Intake Factors
The upper limits per indi-
vidual per day of the accepta-
BILE. risks are 100 micromicro-
curies of iodine 1871; 200 micro
microcuries of Strontium 80 !
and 1000 micromicrocuries of
strontium 80. No limits have
koar cot fAr naci,tYva
When daily intake per day |
averaged for a year ranges be-
tween 100 and 1000 micro
microcurieS for iodine 1871: 200 !
and 1000 for strontium 80, |
and 1000 to 10000 for stron-
tium SO. consideration of con-
troll measures to limit food and |
water intake should be con-
sidered, the experts say.
Although the yearly average |
has not approached these
ranges, iodine l3l reached this
consideration stage" for sew
eral days last month in several
Southern cities. In New Or
| leans. the level reached $50 in
liter-l.056 quarts-of milk. }
Radioactivity Terms
4 Discussions such as these in
troduce words unfamiliar to
most men and women whose
educations were geared more to
the crystal set than the atom.
Here's a rundown on what the
words mean in terms Of health
and safety:
| BETA One Of three prin-
cipal types Of radiation given
off by unstable or radioactive
isotopes. Beta rays or particles
are the radiations that are
worrisome in fallout. They are
similar to the harmless cleo
irons that create images on
television tubes. Unlike the
gamma radiation near an
atomic blast. beta radiations
can be stopped by a thin sheet
of metal.
They become a concern when
they contamfnate foods that
are taken inside the body.
GROSS BETA ACTIVITY =
The total radioactivity of air
samples. This activity is mon
itored for allerting purposes as
a quick indicator Of the total
amount of fallout in any parti-
cular area.
CURIE - The equivalent OF
the radioactivity Of / gram of
radium. Fallout is measured in.
mieromicrocuries - a millionth
Evening star., 1961-10-27

Myers. Fla; Mrs. Thelma Green
of Waterford, N. Y; Mrs. Vir-
ginia Grigsby of 1908 Florida
avenue NE, and Mrs. Ruth
Carlisle of 7l5 jackson street
NE.
Evening star., 1961-09-18
BY FRANCIS sTANN

TOM MOVES, WHO was to pass on the
next year at the age of A, was president of
the Washington Club. In the crises he
moved with alacrity and force. He had
received and declined with thanks a wire
less message from Charles H. Ebbets of
Brooklyn that read:
MY personal sympathy for your mis-
fortune. Have been through it myself and
know what you have to contend with. MY
park is at your disposal for your two open
ing series without cost"
Mr.. Noyes' response was practical. He
announced that work would begin immedi-
ately on construction of steel and concrete
stands. At the same time he solved the
Walter johnson matter The pitcher, who
had rejected a $4,000 offer and demanded
a contract calling for $1,000 in 1912, was
wrapped up with three-year pact calling
for $21 ,000
The new park-the present Griffith
Stadium-was ready by July Is, 1911. 1t
held $4,000 people instead of $4,000. The
players were joyous because five showers
were installed, replacing the two old ones.
few years later the seating capacity
was increased by upper decking the left
field stands. In 1922 the concrete single
decked bleachers were installed, bringing
the capacity to 10000 or so, depending on
whether the bleacher seats were reserved.
This was the ball park which became a
heartbeat Of city =. site of so many
memorable events playground of some
of the great athletes of half century.
*% &*
1T NEVER WAS pretty ball park. In
increasing the capacity over the years the
roofline became jagged. Real estate prob
lens created a marked lack of symmetry
to the playing field
But in 1911 and in the years soon to
follow the park-renamed Griffith Stadium
in the early 1920s-waS a showplace, lust
as is the new District of Columbia Stadium
is today Here is how times change:
In 1901 the manager of the Senators,
James H. Manning, was permitted to pick
the site of new park. A newspaper story
dated February 26, 1901, began:
Manager Manning has closed his lease
for the Florida avenue ground. The site is
rather inaccessible, being located on the
outskirts of the city in a direction which is
inaccessible and unattractive to nine-tenthS
of the patrons of the national game in
this city"
That was the rap against what was to
become Griffith Stadium - inaccessibility
Ironically, that's been the rap for the last
two decades, but for different reason
1t has been too much in the center of a
teeming, crowded, neighborhood in need of
redevelopment
But to return to II and the birth of
new era" one thing was lacking. Wash
ington had its ball park and the great
young pitcher, johnson, was satisfied. How
ever, the Senators finished seventh and the
fans.derided them. In one of the last major
acts of his life Tom NoyeS hired Clark
Griffith, an unhappy manager at Cincin-
natl, as his field boss in the winter of 1912.
Then the fun began.
Evening star., 1961-09-18

were righthanded batters.
Maris, like Ruth, hits from the
left side.
Chicago swept two from Los
Angeles, 81 and 4-3 in 10 in
ningS. Al Smiths grand-slam-
mer and Frank Baumann's five
hitter won the opener. Billy
Goodrnan's pinch-single broke
up the second. George Thomas
of the Angels drove in their
only run of the first and all
three in the second.
Meanwhile yesterday. Bill
Monbouquette of Boston held
Baltimore to three singles and
won. 10, on Jim Pagliaroni's
double in the fourth.
Minnesota took a pair from
Cleveland, SO, and 5-3, on
Camilo Pascual's seventh shut
out and the combined pitching
OF Al Schroll and Ray Moore.
Joe Altobelli. who homered off
Jim Perry, drove in three runs
in the opener and one in the
second.
Evening star., 1961-09-18
Torkenton and Etcheverry
Help Knock orm Awry

play calling and deceptiveness,
threw a five-yard scoring toss
to Mestnik after Hammack
gave the Cards a 14-10 lead
with a 28-yard run. Rookie
Larry Hayes block of a kick
and it's recovery in the end
zone got the New Yorkers' only
touchdown.
Tarkenton, taking over for
Veteran George Shaw, fired
passes for four touchdowns and
scored another. He went 8-for-
II in the third period, includ-
ing two touchdown tosses. He
hit Bob Schneider, Jerry Rel
chow, Hugh McElhenny and
Dave Middleton for the scores
as the Vikings began their NFL
career before 32,236 home fans.
Green, obtained in a three
way trade with Washington
and New York, kicked a 27-
yard, game-winning field goal
in the final second after Eddie
Lebaron. in the final two min
utes, guided the Cowboys on a
75-yard touchdown drive and
maneuvered them 40 yards for
Green's tield goal.
Nick Pietrosante scored both
Detroit touchdowns after punts
by Yale Larry had set the
Packers deep in their own ter
ritory. The second was on an
11-yard pass from Earl Nor
rail-. Jim Taylor scored the
Packer touchdown in the first
four minutes.
Evening star., 1961-09-18

Skowron and Clete Boyer also
hit homers for the Yanks before
Maris connected, boosting the
teams major league record to-
tai to 228.
Luis Arroyo, who took over
for Bill Stafford in the eighth,
won his 18th against four de-
feats. Fox, of course, was the
loser.
Monbouquette's shutout was
his 18th victory. He won when
Pete Runnels singled and Dave
Philley missed a shoestring stab
on Pagliaroni's liner that went
for double.
Pascual ran his strikeout to-
tai to 207 by tanning nine in
the Twins first-game victory
and Moore bailed out Schroll
when he ran into trouble in the
eighth of the second.
Smiths homer for the White
SoX was his 9th of the season.
Jim Lands 22d homer tied the
second game in the eighth.
Evening star., 1961-09-18
WxN LOSE OR DRAW
Farewell to q Stodium-No. !

lThis is the meek tohen Griffith Sta
dtnn, hdllotoed and nr0ligned, is sched-
uIed to be abandoned as q big-Iedgue site
In fnuor of the Het0 District of Columbia
Stadium. For halt century it has been
the home of the Senators cradle of
the Redskins scene of big fights
Here is the first in a series in t0hich the
venerable parks history is trdced)
WHEN A NEW ERA begins, an old one
must end ..
The old era ended on March II, 1911
The muSty, unofficial fire department rec
ords suggest that the chief was Irish. It
was st. Patrick'S Day, but he had nothing
to celebrate as he surveyed the ruins of
what had been the Washington Baseball
Park.
Eighteen engine companies had re-
Sponded after the initial call at 1880 am,
but in vain. The fact that workmen tenn
porarily had shut off the water supply had
defeated the chief and his fire-fighters
The blaze, famed by high wind, virtually
destroyed the dry, wooden grandstand and
pavilion.
The fire chief stood at what was known
in those days as Brightwood avenue (now
Georgia and Florida avenues), and wrote
his report. "A plumbers blow lamp caused
the blaze" he duly noted.
In Chicago gentleman named Joe
Cantillon read of the chiefs investigation
with rare understanding. Hes un-
doubtedly right" quoth Mr.. Cantillon, "and
the plumber probably was playing third
base"
Cantillon was a man grown cynical. He
had been fired as manager of the Senators
at the end of the 1909 season, after his
club had finished in the cellar twice and
in seventh place once. He had seen others
preceding and succeeding him go nowhere.
He retained few illusions about the future
of baseball in Washington.
THIS FRAGMENT OF history is re-
cited chiefly to point up that, no matter
what moderns think, things were even
worse once upon time. March IT, 1911,
ended an era stigmatized by tremendously
bad baseball teams and a park that ap-
parently deserved the torch. In fact, the
stands that burned had been transferred
from the former park at 18th and H streets,
northeast, in 1905 and had been condemned
by an umpire, no less.
A yellowed clipping from The Sporting
News commented:
"The stands constituted as crazy a
structure as ever invited serious disaster
So little faith was felt in their strength
that Umpire Tommy Connolly once called
game and dismissed the crowd because
particularly dangerous looking cloud was
gathering in the southwest. He was afraid
that If a real high wind hit the place there
would be murderouS panic E. :"
So, things seemingly had hit rock bot
tom on ST. Pats Day, 1911. Not only was
the park burned to the ground, but also
Walter Johnson, fabulously promising
pitcher, was holding out at his home in
Coffeyville Kans.
Evening star., 1961-09-18

cago Bears look like the new
team with a 37-13 victory in
their first start, while sopho-
more Dallas won its first game
in IA tries in the new NFL,
27-24, over Pittsburgh.
In still another mild sur
prise, the Detroit Lions up
ended Green Bays defending
Western champs, 17-13, while
Baltimore had to scrape to
down Los Angeles, 27-24. San
Francisco rolled over Washing
ton, 35-3.
And those rookies-just ask
the Bears about a quarterback
from Georgia named Fran
Tarkenton, and the Steelers
about a place-kicker from Mis-
siSSippl by the name of Allen
Green.
The Eagles applied the
crusher early on the Browns,
springing Tim Brown on a 1O5-
yard touchdown run with the
opening kickoff. Sonny Jurgen-
sen, Van Brocklin's successor.
then tossed touchdown passes
of lS and six yards to Bobby
Walston and Tom Mcdonald.
Quarterback Milt Plum of
the Browns completed 18 of 30
passes for 329 yards, but the
Eagles kept the running of Jim
Brown and Bobby Mitchell in
check.
Etcheverry, whose arm had
little to do with his masterful
Evening star., 1961-09-18

right now I would say he'll play.
I think he's good man to have
in that lineup"
Asked whether Maris' bid to
overhaul Ruth's record would
have any bearing on his deci-
sion, Houk replied:
I'm thinking of just one
thing-clinching the pennant. ="
Maris appeared more happy
than tired yesterday after
smashing his 58th home run
with a man on base in the 18th
inning to give the Yankees a
GA triumph over the Tigers.
He had narrowly missed a home
run in the seventh inning and
had to settle for a triple when
his 365-foot drive bounced off
the rightfield screen, a foot
short of going over.
Maris is the third player to
reach So in a season. Jimmy
Foxx hit that many with the
Athletics in 1882 and Hank
Greenberg matched that total
with the Tigers in 1888. Both
Evening star., 1961-09-18
BY the Associa ted Press

Something has gone awry in
the National Football League.
The Cleveland Browns are
almost the unanimous choice
to win the Eastern Division
crown. The defending
champion Philadelphia Eagles
are dead without their great
quarterback, Norm Van Brock
lin. So are the St. Louis
Cards without their great rum
ming duo of John David Grow
and Joe Childress, and with
Quarterback Sam Etcheverry's
sore arm. The Minnesota
Vikings probably won't win a
game, and the Dallas Cowboys
may be lucky to get Just one.
And above all, never trust
a rookie in the NFL.
That was the word as late as
noon Sunday before the league
opened its 42d season. Today
the tune has changed.
The Eagles, with Van Brock
lin now coaching the new Min
nesota entry, broke Cleveland's
bubble the first time out,
27-20. The Cards found that
even with a half an arm and
a couple of adequate runners
in Frank Mestnik and Nal
Hammack, they had enough to
upset the New York Giants,
2l-10.
The Vikings made the Chi
Evening star., 1961-09-18
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18-
The Redskins gave their worst
performance of the young foot
ball season yesterday while the
Forty-Niners we're giving their
best, and the result was a 35-3
victory for the home club in
the opening league game for
both teams.
Elsewhere in the National
Football League the opening
action was marked by seesaW
battles and stunning upsets, but
the Redskins looked even more
inept than the oddsmakers ex-
pected. They went into the
game as only two-touchdown
underdogs.
In proving that his shot
gun" offense is mighter than
the Redskins version of the T.
Coach Red Hickey indicated
that the Forty-Niners probably
would lean more toward the
new style from now on.
Our object is to get the ball
down the field and into the end