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Evening star., 1961-09-11
Work on Circle
Closes K Street,
Shifts Traffic

Another section of K street
at Washington Circle will be
closed starting at noon
Wednesday, the District High
way Department reported today.
The new portion to be closed
off, because of construction of
the circle underpass, runs from
Twenty-first street to the
circlel
Last week the Highway De-
partment closed K street from
the circle to Twenty-fifth
street for the same reason.
In order to get traffic around
this area, I street from Twenty
fifth street to Pennsylvania
avenue will continue to be
restricted to inbound traffic
only.
L street from Twentieth to
Twenty fifth street will be
restricted to outbound traffic.
Outbound traffic on Pennsyl-
vania avenue will detour north
on Twenty-fi first street to L
street.
Motorists on Virginia avenue
trying to get to the Whitehurst
freeway will be directed to
Rock Creek parkway and then
can use the loop ramp i'm
mediately north of the freeway
to get onto the freeway.
Outbound traffic using L
street can go south on either
Twenty-fifth street or Twenty
sixth street to get onto the
| freeway.
Evening star., 1961-09-11
Bar Due to Act
On Driver Tests

District Bar Association
members are scheduled to take
a stand tomorrow on legisla-
ture to provide chemical tests
for suspected drunk drivers.
Association members will
meet at 8 pm. in the Colonial
Room at the Mayflower Hotel.
The groups committee on
Motor Vehicle Law has recon-
mended Endorsement Of the
proposed legislation.
Under the measure, driver
refusing to submit to police
administered chemical tests
would be subject to six months
license revocation. Prior to such
action, however, a senior police
officer would have to declare
there were reasonable grounds
for believing that a motorist
was driving under the influence
of liquor.
Evening star., 1961-09-11

Four cabinet members will
speak to the Federal Bar AS
sociation during its three-day
convention opening Wednesday
at the Mayflower Hotel.
The convention theme is
New Directions in Government
Law" Among the speakers will
be Postmaster General Day.
Secretary of the Interior Udall,
Secretary of Commerce Hodges
and Secretary of Labor Gold
berg.
Five government officials will
address Wednesday afternoon
sessions. They are Glenn T. Sea-
borg, chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission; James E.
Webb, administrator of the Ma
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration; N. E. Halaby,
administrator Of the Federal
Aviation Agency; Army Secre-
tary Elvis j. Stahr, jr. and Un-
der Secretary of the Air Force
Joseph v. Clark.
Major Gen. Charles L. Dec
ker, Army Judge Advocate
General, will preside at the air
and space session.
A panel on Congress and the
courts will be held Thursday
Evening star., 1961-09-11
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

A bill to subsidize the D. C..
Transit System for carrying
children to and from school
was blocked on the Senate floor
today.
Senator Williams, Republi-
can of Delaware, prevented the
Senate-passed legislation from
moving to the House by ask
ing the Senate to reconsider its
vote last Thursday approving
the bill.
D. C. Transit officials re-
portedly we're negotiating be-
hind the scenes to try to rescue
the bill, which could mean
about $5O0,000 annually to the
company.
House District Committee
Chairman Mcmillan has been
conducting a poll of his mem
bers since last Friday on the
proposal. If a majority favored
a House vote, Mr.. Mcmillan
was considering putting the
subsidy to a floor test this
afternoon.
This would have been an un-
usual move because a House
District subcommittee earlier
refused to act on the subsidy,
instructing D. c. Transit, in
effect, to ask for a determina-
ton of the proper school fare.
The firms congressional fran
chise fixes the fare at half the
adult fare. Adults pay rs cents
in cash or a 2O-cent token fare
Evening star., 1961-09-11

UNFORTUNATELY THERE
is A lot of work to be done
on the Virginia approaches.
There the concrete paving of
the bridge ends above an ex-
cavating for the approach.
The approach highway dips
under the Memorial Boule-
ward. The work of tunneling
under seems to be completed.
But the road bed is not
yet ready for paving. Fur
thermore where it Joins U. S.
l a few hundred yards to the
west in a huge interchange,
construction is far from COM
plete. Here the access and
egreSs roads go into puzzling
aerial loops of suspended
steel. The path U. S. l takes
through this tangle has been
completed, but it looks as
though the bridge will not
connect with U. S. l until
near the first of the year.
This riverside Memorial
boulevard with its tree-lined
shore and picnic areas is a
wonderful park. Families
we're enjoying the shade and
beauty of the scene. The
Potomac was blue and spark
ling in the late afternoon
sun. White triangles of sail
were moving slowly. A faint
breeze was ruffling the rivers
surface but it was bringing
no relief from the neat. At
this time of year all the Po-
tomac can do is to give back
some of the heat it has been
acquiring all summer.
There were a few signs OF
advent of fall along the
highway. This is the height
of the long growing season.
The lush vegetation in Hunt
ing Creek was tropical, huge
elephant ears, hibiscus, etc.
The dogwood trees are
wearing a red berry for every
blossom of the spring and
the sumac's fuzzy cones are
dark red.
Evening star., 1961-09-11

States, where Negroes would no
longer have to "beg for JUS
tice and equality" He declared,
The white man will not &C
cept you until you own some
thing"
This country does not need
20 million servants" he con-
cluded to cheers.
To all this, Elder Michaux
retorted: If the Communists
gave them (MuslimS) what
they ask and they accept, they
would be worse than Castro at
our back door" His adherents,
about half the crowd, roared
back.
He argued that all men are
of one original blood, and that
the Scriptures refute the di-
visive teachings of Islam.
! During the security search. a
brief fight flared up and a IT.
year-old Philadelphia youth
was pummeled by the guards.
/ Police said the youth, one
of Elder Michaux' followers,
came to the rally with his wife
and his parents. When his
mother objected to the weapons
search, he leaped to her aid.
In the scuffle, several of the
bodyguards downed the 17-year-
old but when police appeared,
the bodyguards had disap-
peared and the youth, still un-
ruly, was charged with dis
orderly conduct.
| Police said he was released
to his parents custody after
being treated at a nearby hos
pital for bruises.
A reporter went through the
mill once, stepped outside to
take a note, and was told he
had to undergo the whole rou-
tine again.
Long lines of clean-shaven
Muslims wearing dark suits
and white bow ties guarded the
infield grass at parade rest and
patrolled the aisles.
About 300 white-garbed men,
bers of the Muslin Girls Train
ing and General Civilization
Glass filled two sections of
stands.
Three Muslin officials dis
patched details by walkie-talkie.
Other Muslims stood high on
the roof of the stadium, and
Evening star., 1961-09-11

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. IL
(AP).-Firemen ferried to the
scene in a fleet of private boats
last night brought under con-
troll a fire at the st. Helena
Island home of Judge Stedman
Prescott of Maryland's Court Of
Appeals.
The roof and second floor
library of the mansion were
damaged by the blaze, but the
100 firemen who fought the
blaze kept it from spreading to
the rest of the building. They
battled the fire for three hours,
chiefly with the water-pumping
services of a fire boat from the
Naval Academy.
The island in the Severn
River on Little Round Bay op-
posite Herald Harbor, can be
reached only by boat.
Evening star., 1961-09-11
Fire at Judges Put Out
By Ferried Firemen

A dozen private boats in the
Herald Harbor area ferried fire
men from seven companies
across the river with the aid of
a Coast Guard cutter and the
Naval Academy fire boat.
Charles H. Steele of the Anne
Arundel County Fire Preven-
ton Bureau said a malfunction-
ing of electrical equipment ap-
parently caused the blaze,
There was no estimate of dam
age.
Judge Prescott said he and
his wife were talking to friends
on the porch when they smelled
smoke and turned in the
alarm.
The judge said the flames
damaged about one fourth of
his collection of some 1900
books.
Evening star., 1961-09-11

along nearby streets and alleys.
When the Messenger left,
they timed in file ahead
of him between lines of their
colleagues, who chanted Long
live Mohammed!"
Two over-zealous Muslin
guards were arrested and
charged by police with disor-
derly conduct when they re-
fused to stop blocking a public
alley when asked by Thir-
teenth Precinct 1t. William F.
Rector.
The MuSlims were Franklin
x. Brown, 26, and Oliver x.
Shuler, both of Philadelphia.
They forfeited $25 collateral
each.
Evening star., 1961-09-11

that he cannot contest or re-
flute.
Court officials have said the
boy, apparently a model pro-
bationer, had appeared to be
respected, sincere and co-op-
erative" and had given no clue
he might NIT serious
crimes.
Mr.. Arens said hospital psy-
chiatric study was needed be-
fore Juvenile Court could de-
eide the waiver question. He
noted the law requires full in
vestigation" of waiver cases.
Mr.. Arens said that, given
adequate treatment in a hos
pital setting, "he (Kent) is a
fit subject for rehabilitation
under aegis of the Juvenile
Court"
Hearing Not Required
Louis Levathes, administra-
tive and legal assistant to Ju-
venile Court Judge Orm w.
Ketcham, said today's request
was the first time the court has
ever been asked to afford a
juvenile a pre-waiver court
hearing.
He said Juvenile Court laws
do not require the judge to
hold such a hearing.
Mr.. LevatheS also said court
social records are considered
private"
The court aide said the
waiver question is a discre-
tionary matter for the judge.
Usual considerations include
seriousness of the offenses
alleged and the boys record.
The youth has been at the
Receiving Home since his
arrest.
In an earlier request filed
with the court, Mr.. Arens,
asked that police be barred
from further questioning of
the youth while he is under
Juvenile Court custody.
Police have said the. husky
teen-ager. who is 6 feet tall
and weighs 180 pounds, has
spokely freely to them about
alleged offenses.
Evening star., 1961-09-11

smashing one with a flat iron,
assaulting several other women
and HOUSEKEEPING.
The boys attorney, Richard
Arens, today also asked hospi-
talization for the boy and dis
closure of his Juvenile Court
social file.
The lawyer, in papers filed
with the court, said waiver of
the youth for adult trial with
out a hearing would deny him
elementary procedural fair
ness" and due process.
Capital Crime
He said the boy should be
afforded every constitutional
protection because a waiver
for adult trial in District Court
might cost him his life. Rape is
a capital crime.
Mr.. Arens said the boy
should be given a chance to
show he should not be waived.
The lawyer said waiver. no
matter how it is termed. CON
stitutes a condemnation"
| The lawyer said he would
show at a hearing that the
youth has been mentally i'll for
some time and that this illness
has been neglected by Juve-
nile Court authorities"
The youth first came to
Juvenile Court in April, 1859,
after police accused him of
four housebreakings and an
attempted purse snatching.
He was placed on probation
and was continued on proba-
ton, despite two subsequent
alleged offenses, until his arrest
in one of the current rape
cases by police last Tuesday.
Asks to See File
Mr.. Arens asked today to see
the youths Juvenile Court psy-
Geological test results and So
cial service file to help him
render effective legal counsel.
The attorney said it would
violate due process If the boy
was waived for adult trial Ion
the basis of secret evidence"
Evening star., 1961-09-11
The
Rambler
Seems
To Be Weakening
By GEORGE KENNEDY

u
Comfortably ensconced on
a couch in air-conditioned
comfort, the Rambler was
paging through the Sunday
papers yesterday when Mrs.
R. appeared, dressed for the
road.
where are we going?" he
inquired dutifully.
I'VE are going down to
Mount Vernon" she said
firmly, ito look at some
houses. I am told there are
some very good values.
In this matter of not buy
ing a new house, in avoiding
the grunting and sweating of
moving and the horrors of a
refinancing settlement, the
Rambler is employing Fab
ian tactics.
Fabian is the general who
followed Hannibal about the
Italian peninsula for 10
years, nipping at the heels of
his elephants until the great
Carthaginian was calle d
back to Africa.
The Rambler intends to
wear her out by following her
around.
So we started off and the
Rambler soon realized that
it has been a long time since
he last drove down the
George Washington Memo
rial boulevard.
For one thing, the Wood
row Wilson Bridge from
Jones Point to the Maryland
shore seems to be completed.
At any rate it is paved. This
is a very important improve
ment because it will side
track the U. S. truck traffic
from the Fourteenth street
or Highway Bridge.
A far-sighted inspection
indicated that the Maryland
approaches are finished. One
can see dual ribbons of con-
crete come down the hill to
the bridge.
Evening star., 1961-09-11

THE BOULEVARD to
Mount Vernon was finished
in 1882, the year of the BIZ
centennial of Washington's
birth.
Before that a Toonerville
trolley ran to the national
shrine from Alexandr n d a.
Along it on attractive shore
locations some very attrac-
tive homes were built near
three trolley stops with color
full names, Herbert Springs,
Arcturus and wellington,
Things have changed in
the Mount Vernon area. Real
estate developers have in
vested George Washington's
home (the term is a mill
tary one meaning ito sur
round and lay siege to-.
But as Mount Vernon still
has 400 of it's original 5000
acres, they can't build within
sight of the house.
Asked why it had taken so
long for this to come to pass,
a real estate agent explained
that unil not long ago Fair
fax County's zoning regula-
tions allowed only one home
to an acre. Recently the
public and private utilities,
electricy, gas, water and
sewerage, were brought in
and the lot requirements re-
duced.
Very attractive homes. The
Rambler made an offer on
one of them. I'm afraid he's
weakening.
Evening star., 1961-09-11
1000 CHEER BATTLE OF CREEDs
Michoux Engages Muslin Leader
By DAVID BREASTED
Star staff Writer

The creed of the Black Mus
Inns collided with Christian
evangelism at second base in
Griffith Stadium yesterday.
The result was an apparent
standoff before a crowd of
1000, most of whom were
searched by the Black Muslims
before they entered the stadium
for concealed weapons.
On one side of a program
entitled christianity versus
Islam" was Messenger Elijah
Muhammad, Divine Messenger
of Allah and spiritual head of
the Lost Nation of Islam in the
West. Messenger Muhammad,
with headquarters in Chicago,
is leader of 200, 900 BLACK Mus
Inns"
Upholding Christian beliefs
was Elder Lightfoot Solomon
Michaux, the Happy Am 1"
preacher, pastor of Washing
tons Church of God, Temple
of Freedom Under God, who
invited Messenger Muhammad
here for the discussion.
Buses Bring ThrOng
The Messengers followers, in
about so buses, had come from
New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Baltimore and points
south. A few introduced them
selves as Californians.
They greeted their leader
with a roar when he belatedly
appeared with his wife and
bodyguards to walk between
lines of solemn, dark-suited
Muslin attendants to the
speakers stand at second base.
There Elder and Sister Michaux
waited, along with guest Lu-
theran, Baptist and PreSbyter-
ian ministers.
There will be no debate here
this afternoon" the introduc-
ton ran.
Messenger Muhammad, an
ascetic looking man in dark
suit and bejeweled black fez,
rose to cheers and after lengthy
remarks declared:
For 800 years you (Negroes)
had no religion at all. You
couldn't go to church or to
school for 300 years. You were
permitted into Christianity by
the children of Shareholders in
the last 80 or 80 years"
Messenger Applauded
That's right" shouted his
followers in the stands. About
this time he began to cough,
and observers began to fear the
63-year-old Messenger would
have another attack of the
throat irritation which kept
him from an appearance in
Washington July 25. A fan was
brought. The microphone was
moved back under the stand
canopy. One of his bodyguards
hung a coat on the awning tc
keep the sun off.
Hammering the theme of
Evening star., 1961-09-11
ECHO SATELLITE
DUE SATURDAY

The Echo satellite will
make only one visible pass
over the area this week.
Weather permitting, it
may be seen on Saturday
at 6:32 am. one degree
over the south horizon,
moving northeast. The
Star yesterday listed the
time incorrectly.
Evening star., 1961-09-11
Hearing Is Sought
In Juvenile Court
For Rape Suspect
Attorney Asks Right to Argue
Waiver of Youth to Adult Court
BY DANA BULLEN
Star Staff Writer

The attorney for youth charged with today asked
Juvenile Court to hold unprecedented hearing before deciding
whether to waive his client for adult trial.
The YOUTH Morris A. Kent, 16, of the 1900 block of
street NV is charged by police with raping three
Evening star., 1961-09-11
Housing Unit
Seen in Peril
InRockViIIe
Cole Asks PurIey
In Dispute Over
Lincoln Project
By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star Staff Writer

By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star staff Writer
The Rockville Housing Au-
thority, embroiled in a bitter
controversy over a proposed So
million apartment develop
ment, is ind danger of going
out Of business, its chairman
declared today.
Leslie Cole. head of the au-
thority's board of commits
sioners, issued the warning in a |
plea to the City of Rockville for
a conference to iron out differ
ences over a 125-unit housing
development the agency wants
to build in Lincoln Park.
THE future of this authority
is at stake" 3he asserted.
Mr.. Cole said it was doubt
full whether the agency could
continue to operate econom-
ically with its present SIS units,
and that urgent consideration
must be given to expansion.
He also charged that delays
by Rockville city officials in
reaffirming their approval of
the 125-unit addition threatens
the entire project.
Federal Funds Involved
Even though the city ap-
proved the expansion two years
ago, Mr.. Cole said, it has re-
Gently refused to cooperate
lin getting things rolling"
The Federal Public Housing
Authority, he said, had notified
the Rockville agency that funds
for the project would be with
held until the city offers such
assurances.
Rockville Mayor Alexander
j. Greene, on the other hand,
said the city's own study showed
there was a demonstrated need
under Slum clearance plans for
only about As units.
He said the authority's rec
ommendation for the larger
number was based in part on
applications for housing. The
list, Mayor Greene asserted,
was compiled over the period of
several years and is apparently
no longer altogether valid.
Opposed by Residents
Both positions, however, are
unacceptable to any residents of
Lincoln Park, who insist the de-
velopment should be located |
elsewhere.
Led by officials of the Pro-
gressive Citizens Association,
the residents argue that such a
project would turn the area into
a ghetto" by removing much
Of the available land from the
private housing market. Lin
coin Park is a Negro COM
munity.
The authority, however, in
sists that the project would
also include white tenants if
they chose to live there. The
existing units are all occupied
by Negroes.
The agency is planning to
build the development on a site
adjacent to the present project. |
Officials say it would be eco
nomically unfeasible to locate |
the units several blocks apart. |
Ashley Avenue Debated
City officials, on the other
hand, hold that the smaller
project they prefer would be
better located on Ashley ave-
nue., near the present site. but
just outside the city limits.
Area residents declare that
Ashley avenue is essentially
part of Lincoln Park and there
fore unacceptable to them.
Mrs. Norma H. Duffin, chair
man of the neighborhood
groups housing committee, in
sists the association is just as
anxious as anybody else for
public housing.
But why should all public
housing be in Lincoln Park?"
she demanded. 1--WE have strug-
gled all our lives to attain mid
die class status and create a
middle class community. More
public housing here will destroy
what we have built"
Evening star., 1961-08-27
PHYSICISTS-ENGINEERS

Advanced degree in physics or electronic engi-
neering preferred; should be familiar with latest
techniqueS in the development of advanced HF
receivers and tranSmitters and possess working
knowledge of HF networks employing ferrites and
metallic tape cores; background in modern linear
circuit theory desired; will be responsible for
laboratory development and augmentation of
new HF communications
Evening star., 1961-08-27

FILTERS and lay out men; expert
eneed only; apply in person
SOUTHERN IRON WORKS. INC. :,
Shirley highway and Edsall rd.,
Springfield, Va.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
HELP MEN !
ESTIMATOR or

ESTIMATOR or junior estima tor
for established building contractor
on Federal projects. must be eX-
perienced in earth work, concrete
and masonry takeoff: engineering
or architectural BACKGROUND de-
sirable; advance predicsted upon
ability. Reply Box 47-E. Star.
EXECUTIVE TYPE, salary and
bonus for man to represent large
corporation. No travelling, estab-
lished resident. IS to 40, married,
ambitious. CAPABLE of assuming
responsibility. Please give full per-
sonsl history. All replies strictly
confidential. Box 37l-D, Star.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
STAFF PHYSICISTS

Advanced degree preferred; should be familiar
with present knowledge of upper atmosphere
Physics and possess an understanding of current
programs using rockets and satellites for studies
in F-region and beyond Qualified individuals
will have an exceptional opportunity to assume
project leadership on HF projects under way
involving F-layer propagation studies backed by
substantial experimental program.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
ELECTRo-PHYsICs
IONOSPHERIC
PROPAGATION
and HF
COMMUNICATIONS

If you have the background, the imagina-
ton and the desire to contribute to impor-
tant programs in these fields, you are in
vited to join a carefully selected team of
outstanding scientists and engineers now
contributing significantly to current knowl-
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Evening star., 1961-07-27
REYNOLDS Metals
Votes to Acquire
TiIo Roofing Co.
For 8 Months to June 30

RICHMOND, Va, July 81
(AP). - Reynolds Metals Co.
stockholders gave their ap-
proval yesterday to the planned
acquisition of the Tilo Roofing
Co.. Inc, of Stratford. Conn.
Stockholders of Tilo, a $13
million a year firm, also ap-
proved the action at a meeting
in Stratford. An unofficial tally
showed the vote running IS per
cent in favor, l per cent
against, with the remainder
abstaining.
Reynolds stockholders also
approved an amendment to the
certificate of incorporation in
creasing the number of author
lied common ST ares from 20
million to 25 million.
Acquisition of Tilo, which
produces, sells and installs
asphalt and abeStos-cement
siding and asphalt roofing
materials, will be financed by
exchanging one share of Rey-
nolds convertible $3.50 second
preferred stock for 5.75 shares
of Tilo common.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Manufacturers Expect
Business to Improve

NEW YORK, July 81 (AP).-
A big majority of manufacture
ers expect their business to
increase in the second half of
this year over the final six
months Of 1860, a National
Industrial Conference Board
survey showed.
Nearly four out of five of the
manufacturers surveyed called
the outlook for new orders
more favorable.
However, slightly less than
half expect higher pre-tax
profits this year. Thirty-one
per cent anticipate lower earn
ings and 81 believe profits will
be about the same as last year.
In % or 90 major industry
groupings covered by the sur
vey, the majority of companies
in each group expect their rate
of new orders in the second
half of this year will equal or