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Evening star., 1961-09-04
Police Bullet
Nicks Youth,
TWoAreHeId

Disregarding a command to
halt, a 17-year-old youth was
nicked by a policeman'S bullet
early today and was captured
along with another young man
outside the Lafayette Bowling
Center, 1885 I street NV.
Treated for a flesh wound
in the left shoulder, Lawrence
Harris, of the 1900 block of C
street Sc, was sent to the
Receiving Home for Juvenile
Court action on housebreaking
charges. James Jackson, 18, of
the 2100 block of Maryland
avenue NE, was charged with
the same offense, police said.
About l am. Special Officer
Ronald Ludwig of the Southern
Railway Building, Fifteenth and
K streets NV, told police he
saw two men entering a rear
window of the bowling alleys.
Robbery Squad Detectives
Charles P. Linn and Nicholas
Beltrante responded, the former
going to the east and the latter
the west side of the building.
Detective Linn said he heard
his partner yell, stop! police! !"
and a shot, then saw two fig
ures running toward him. One
was carrying a shiny object,
later found to be a screwdriver.
Detective Linn said he Or
dered the pair to stop, but they
continued toward him. He fired
once, wounding Harris. The
other man kept coming and the
policeman said he pulled the
trigger again. but the revolver
miSfired. BY that time Detective
Beltrante had arrived to help
collar the second suspect.
Evening star., 1961-09-04
AT Officer Helps Save
Two in Upset Canoe

An Air Force lieutenant COL
onel, out for a drive with his
family, plunged into the Po-
tomac yesterday to help save
two men from drowning.
1t. Col. David C. Yeoman
AZ, of 1923 Patrick Henry drive
Falls Church, was driving along
the George Washington Me-
mortal parkway about a hall
mile above Key Bridge when
his son, Bruce, IL, pointed out
the two men struggling near an
overturned canoe.
1t. Col. Yeoman stopped the
car and heard a call for help
He ran down a steep embank-
ment to the river, stripped off
his trousers and shoes ano
grabbed a piece of driftwood.
Then. shouting to the men tc
keep swimming if they could
he swan about 80 yards to one
of them, Teddie Keller, "a, OF
1925 V street Sc, and handed
him one end of the driftwood.
The other man, David w
! Tayman, %, of 1925 u street
Evening star., 1961-09-04
CURB FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Citizens Corps Seeks Volunteers

80 in September of 1859
about Is mothers met in the
middle of the street and began
planning"
Today THE Crusaders" as
the unit is called, are having
fun working and playing to-
gether.
Keep Area Clean
Frequently some of the
youths sweep the sidewalks
and streets of the neighborhood
to keep them clean. More i'm
portantly, said Mrs. Belton,
parents are not so worried
when they send their children
to the store.
The neighborhood isn't per-
feet" she explained. But now
when a child comes from the
store without the milk he was
sent to get. he probably got
halfway back and dropped the
bottle"
G. Howland Shaw, former as
sistant Secretary of State who
is president of the corps board
of trustees, said he did not be-
come interested in the organi-
zation when Mr.. Cowan, the
executive director, first spoke
to him concerning it about IA
years ago.
But when I went out to the
neighborhood where the corps
started near Ninth and w
NV, I saw boys clean
ing alleys. That convinced me
his plan had merit"
The plan," said Mr.. CoWan,
'is very simple. We think a lot
of delinquency can be curbed
and neighborhoods improved if
youngsters and adults, without
on outside help, will
work together in a program to
help themselves"
Evening star., 1961-09-04

1t was this idea of adult par
ticipation that attracted Mrs
King to the corps program
about a year ago.
She admits that "the idea to
form club was first discussed
at a party about three years
ago, but none of us did any,
thing about it,"
Meets Regularly
Now, her boys, a group from
6 to II years of age who call
t h mse Ives Commands, ~
meets regularly for talks, games
and movies.
During nice weather the
movies are shown in her out
door theater," where the only
major equipment needed is a
protector and film, supplied by
the corps headquarters.
Then we just pin a white
sheet on the front porch and
let the boys crowd around"
Usually she serves refresh
mentS bought at a discount
from neighborhood stores.
Mrs. Edward Roberts, whose
husband owns Roberts Market,
1859 F street NE, and Tai
mage Wilson, co owner of Com
munity Pharmacy, 1130 Mary
land avenue NE, said one of
the reasons they were willing
to help was because "the con-
duct of the boys has improved"
and I'VE aren't having trouble
with petty pilfering."
Pilferage Drops
AT least we aren't catching
them any more" Mr.. Wilson
said, pointing out this indicated
pilferage had been reduced if
not eliminated.
Mrs. Kings boys have
formed a basketball team and
are hoping someone will offer
to coach.
Evening star., 1961-09-04

There are volunteers work
ing in the four sections of the
District. One of them, Mrs
Bertha Dyson Of 10 P street
S.W. has been working with
the corps about nine years.
The children in our neigh
borhood unit invited me to
their meeting one Saturday,
she said. Il went and accept
ed an invitation to visit again
the next week.
When l arrived the next
Saturday, they asked me to
take over. And I've been super
vising the unit ever since"
Start Ball Teams
The 20 members of her unit
have started ball teams, a drill
team and some "strutting ma
jorettes." They attend movies,
symphony concerts and "al-
most anything that's free"
Once, after Mrs. Dyson and
her workers had taken the
group to the Nature Center at
Rock Creek Park, school teach
ers of the children heard about
the trip and asked each child
to write a report on what he
had seen.
THAT meant we had to take
them back to the center so
they could look again." Mrs.
Dyson said.
Mrs. Ola Belton of 1913
Seventh street NE. became in
terested in starting a unit of
the corps because her 5-year-
old son would return from the
store without food or money.
The only way to stop the
big boys from taking money
from the children was to get
them organized in a club
where they would have some
thing else to do" she said.
Evening star., 1961-09-04
SUSPECT FELLS
POLICEMAN, BUT
DOG TAKES OVER

Police Pvt. Roy L. Ross
luckily had a little extra
going for him when a
housebreaking suspect
knocked him into a window
during a scuffle in the
1900 block of Queen street
NE.
Seeing his master in
trouble, an alert canine
corpsman named King
lunged at the suspect,
clamped a tight hold on
his leg and held fast.
After he was treated at
District General Hospital
for bites, Robert L. Field,
80, of the 1900 block of E
street NE, was charged
with attempted house
breaking and assault on a
policeman.
The fracas occurred early
yesterday when Pvt. Ross
heard a woman scream for
help and saw a man trying
to climb through a first
story window. The suspect
pushed the policeman into
the window. Pvt. Ross
needed seven stitches in his
arm at Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1961-09-04

asked to arrange for daily
transportation to and from the
campus.
Residents in each building OF
the new housing complex will
be divided into houses" COM
prising So students. Each house
will have it's own living room
plus a study room with q
blackboard.
Resident Assigned
A trained faculty resident
will be assigned each house
where he will serve as counselor
and link to such student serv-
ices as the counseling center
reading and study-skill clinics
and college academic advisers
Each dormitory building will,
have its own student gov
ernment. responsible for the
cultural, social and athletic
activities of residents.
The univerSity'S first "honors
dormitory"'will be in one of the
houses. Students assigned there
must have an academic average
of three points or better out o1
a possible four points.
In spite of the new accom-
modations for 1000 students
there still is need for more
housing, Dean Borreson said
Dormitory waiting lists now
carry the names of 104 men and
PIG women who have will tc
commute or find space in homes
near the campus.
Still in use at capacity are
trailers for 500 students, in
stalled last fall, and temporary
buildings obtained after World
War II for $50 students.
Dean Borreson said fraterni-
ties and sororities have filled ali
their living space with members
to free dormitory rooms fol
other students.
Evening star., 1961-09-04
Man Dies in Fall
From Hotel Ledge

A 42-year-old man was
killed yesterday after he ap-
parently lost his balance and
fell two stories from a window
ledge of the D. c. Annex Hotel,
904 New York avenue NV.
Police said the man was iden-
titled from personal papers as
George Russell Collins, of no
fixed address. The papers indi-
Gated he had once lived in
Spokane, Wash, they said.
He was pronounced dead on
arrival shortly after 3 am. at
Washington Hospital Center.
Hotel officials said he had
checked into the hotel a few
hours earlier.
Evening star., 1961-09-04

commodate 500 co-eds and is
located on one side of the
quadrangle complex.
On the other three sides are
four-story dorms for 500 men
Cambridge, Bel Air and
Chestertown Halls. On the
fourth side of the complex, a
/ nine-story dormitory for men
will be built. Construction will
begin next year.
The SAT million project, with
S1.8 million from university
funds and $2.9 million from
the State. is the start of the
university's new self-contained
housing concept, designed to
better accommodate the
schools burgeoning enrolment.
About 11,400 students are
expected to enroll at College
Park when registration begins
September 18. Glasses start the
following Monday.
10 Pct. Increase ..
The anticipated enrolment
represents a 10 per cent in
crease over last year. Univer-
sity officials are anticipating
the same increase for the next
several years.
The three sides of the hous-
ing complex presently include
three kitchens, each serving
three dining rooms. This will
take pressure off the main din
ing hall which serves other
dormitories on the campus.
The high-rise dormitory con-
cept is being used by colleges
throughout the country. 1t
leaves open space where stu
dents can have recreation and
intramural athletic events, az
cording to Dean B. James Bor-
reson, executive dean for stu
dent life.
The top four floors of the
nine-story unit will not be fin
iShed until a week or so after
school starts and co-eds as
signed these rooms have been
Evening star., 1961-09-04

son can present the program
for all 18 professions in one
assembly period. 1t would be
difficult if not impossible for
the schools to arrange Sepa-
rate presentations for all 18.
I'VE find that guidance
counsellors and students had
no idea how many careers are
open to them - some without
a college education. Many
jump at the opportunity to be-
come a part of the health team
in good job that pays we'll"
/ Last year, Mrs. Warren car
ried the program into seven
public and parochial schools
in Arlington alone. This was
only one of SO communities
reached that year.
/ Because of her crowded
schedule. she attempts to ar
range presentations at one
time in several communities
within the same area.
The Old Dominion Founda-
ton grant was for the first
year only. The program now
costs between $4,000 and $16,-
900 annually.
The cost was higher initially
because of the material that
had to be printed. But the
council, which is a voluntary
organization, privately sup
ported, now needs additional
funds to enlarge the health
careers program.
New Material Needed
1T is extremely important"
Mr.. Fisher said, Ito get some
one 10 help Mrs. Warren. If
she gets sick, there's no one to
replace her. There's a lot more
we'd like to do in presenting
the program to college fresh
men and sophomoreS.
"All of this would require
preparation of new material,
since what we now have is pri-
marily aimed at high school
students.
| Council files are filled with
testimonials from the health
professions and training schools
showing the success of the pro-
gram.
The School Of Physical Their
apy at the Medical College Of
Virginia said: +,
I'VE tend to believe that the
splendid work done by your
council, and specifically the en-
thusiastic work carried on. by
Mrs. Warren, is playing a sig
nificant role in the develop
ment of increased interest in
the field. Since ours is the only
school in the State, and urgent
requests for physical therapists
are constantly pouring into our
offices, we begin to feel that
in a few years time we may be
able, with your continued as
sistance. to supply a more ade-
quate number of physical
therapists to our hospitals and
clinics.
Evening star., 1961-09-04

. N1Cl d al JllC1No IOIdllllS COOul
Sc million, the authorities have
raised an eyebrow or two.
The morning after the Wa.
terloo hero disappeared on Au-
gust %, steps we're taken, sale
Ernest R. Fielder, National Gal
lery administrator.
"A series of such episodes
caused us to call attention to
our people about the problem,
he said.
So the captain on duty has
taken it up at the guards daily
morning training sessions, along
with first aid, fire drill, and the
dates of Van Dyck.
Eyes for All
Therefore, if the guard force
seems to have trained more
than a casual eye on you these
last several weeks, you will un-
derstand.
Our security system oper-
ates so that there is no area
where paintings are exhibited
without constant vigilance" he
said.
Each day between IS and TO
guards patrol the 27,000-piece
collection and half million
square feet. They are close
enough so messages can be re-
layed by word of mouth.
/ In emergencies they "can
close the building in seconds, -
said Mr.. Feidler-by sort of a
reverse fire alarm system.
Any of the guards can set
off a series of bells which sends
the guards at the Mall and
Constitution avenue entrances
scurrying to close the doors.
They also carry whistles to
sound the alarm. Nevertheless,
the museum is thinking of in
stalling some sort of system
possibly electronic-that will be
closer to goth century commu-
nicationS.
S500,0OO for Security
Security costs account for
the largest single item in the
S1.9 million annual budget.
More than 100000 is spent on
it.
THE less that people know
about our system, the better, 4"
said Mr.. Fielder. IF people
don't know what we have
that's fine. If we don't have
something "a security measurel
and they think we do, fine.
too"
Once, he said. a man did try
walking out with a painting
a reproduction. He just ambled
out of one of the two Informa-
ton Rooms where they're sold,
Evening star., 1961-09-04

Z
nearly $4,000 students the first
year, $4,000 last year and will
reach about 10000 in the COM
ing school year.
1T has become less and less
of a selling job," says council
director Edgar ]. Fisher. eve
find that once we've introduced
the program in a school. they
and others who hear sbcut
it-want us to come back"
Making careers in health at
tractive to high school and COL
lege students is only one ac-
tivity of the Council on Health
and Medical Care, which came
into being Is years ago.
Another Service
It's physicians placement SER
vice, by which communities
needing doctors and doctors
searching for suitable places tc
practice are able to get togeth-
er, served as a model for the
Nation.
That program actually got
under way in May, 1850, and
since then nearly $50 physi-
clans and specialists have been
placed through the councils
assistance.
The newer health careers
program also has attracted in
tereSt and inquiries from groups
similar to the Virginia council
operating in other States.
Launched in December, 1858
with a matching $4,000 grant
from Paul Melons Old Do
minion Foundation, the pro-
gram was placed under the di-
rection of Mrs. Warren, a regis
tered nurse.
In an increasingly heavy
schedule Mrs. Warren travels
into virtually every community
in the State, armed with mate
rial prepared by organizations
Of the Is principal professions
relating to health.
The council itself does not at
tempt to promote one profes-
sion over another, although il
does cite those in which great
est shortages exist. For exam
pie, it points out that at present
there is an adequate supply oi
hospital administrators but EN-.
phasizes there is a potential fu-
ture in this field for qualified
personnel.
Mrs. Warren arranges with
school officials to present hel
program at an assembly period
Her talks are illustrated with
colored slides.
Material summarizing hel
presentation is left with school
guidance counSelors. 1t is then
up to the student who becomes
interested to write directly to
the Council on Health and
Medical Care in Richmond fol
further information in a spe-
cific field. The council provides
the student with detailed fact
sheets.
In order to provide a follow
up for this information repre-
sentatives of the local profess
sional organization or group in
volved are informed of the stu
dents interest.
In the first year, the pro-
gram was taken into IA high
schools and three junior col
leges; fast year it reached into
! 81 schools and six junior COL
leges.
The advantage of the
health careers program" Mr..
Fisher says, is that one per-
Evening star., 1961-09-04
By RAY COCHRAN
Star Staff Writer

wanted: volunteers TO nelp
curb juvenile delinquency.
This is the appeal being
made by about 100 individuals
who are working to improve
their neighborhoodS by helping
children and teenagers fill
some of their idle hours in
supervised activity.
The volunteers have been
contracting their neighbors and
friends, asking for their as
sistance. In many cases prom
ises of help are made, but
rarely kept.
There are more than so
boys who meet once a week in
my dining room and kitchen" "
said Mrs. William ]. King of
1928 Maryland avenue NE.
I'VE need larger place to
meet, and I need little assist
ance in supervising their acti-
vitieS."
Mrs. King is one of the vol
unteers in 81 neighborhood
units of the Junior Police and
Citizens Corps, which has its
main headquarters at 720 Bar
ry place NV.
Started by Policeman
This corps of both young
and older citizens was started
in 1912 by Oliver A. Cowan, a
Metropolitan policeman who
thought the gangs on his beat
near Ninth and Florida NV.
could be re-oriented to con-
structive rather than destruc-
tive activities.
But to do this he believed it
was necessary to persuade the
adults living in the community
that they should do something
to help improve it.
Evening star., 1961-09-04
Wheaton Circus Set

The Wheaton Rotary Club
will hold a circus September IS
for the benefit of underprivi-
legged children and the Whea-
ton Rescue Squad on the site
of the Randolph Hills shopping
center on Rockinghorse road.
Rockville. Performances will be
at 3 and 8 pm.
Evening star., 1961-09-04
The
Rambler
Is All for
Bank Holidays
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Because it always is OBJ
served on a Monday, Labor
Day is our one equivalent of
British bank holiday.
We ought to have more of
them.
The Rambler would gladly
trade the November II holi-
day (it used to be Armistice
Day; now it's Veterans Day.
for a Monday in August.
And, while he yields to
no one in admiration of the
Father of His Country, he
would be ready to trade the
holiday on February % for
a Monday in July.
1t has been often observed
that we are less than for
tunate in the timing of our
holidays. Two of our great
men, Washington and Lin
coin we're born in February.
There can be no chang
ing the religious holidays,
Christmas and New Years
Day and the one American
holy day, Thanksgiving.
1t is fortunate that the
Continental Congress passed
the Declaration of Inde-
pendence on July 4 and that
the sponsors of Decoration
Day (now usually called Me-
mortal Day. had the good
sense to schedule it for a
late spring day-May 80.
No one would want to
change them.
Evening star., 1961-09-04
Maryland U. Opening
New Housing Complex
By JAMES B. ROLAND
Star Staff Writer

The University of Marylands first 1OO0-student con-
tanned housing complex including the taes building
Georges County will be ready occupancy this month with
the opening of the fall semester
Nnestory Centrevile Hall with elevators will ac-
Evening star., 1961-09-04
Theft of Goyo Tightens
Gallery Security Here
BY ROBERT GRUENBERG
Star Staff Writer

Except for the bubble gum stuck the lips an other
wise correct looking gentleman the piercing of
Delacrox the National Gallery Of Art hasn't been worried
lately.
Yet following the theft two weeks ao of the 1892 Goya
portrait of the Duke of wellington and the series of Ri
Evening star., 1961-09-04
Virginia to Widen
Medical Career
Plan for Students
Health Council Program Expected
To Reach 10000 This Year
By ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Staff Writer

With the of schools this month the Virginia Coun
Gil Health and Medical Care will greatly expand its two
yearod of encouraging young choose
of the many careers in the field of health.
Conducted almost singehandedly by Cynthia N War
rem of Richmond, who assistant council director the
Evening star., 1961-09-04

lay (nOW usually CdlleQ Me-
mortal Day. had the good
sense to schedule it for a
late spring day-May 80.
No one would want to
change them.
THE BRITISH, of course,
do things much better. Sew
eral of their bank holidays
fall on Mondays.
Frank Mitchell of the. Brit
ish Information Service sup
piled some information on
this. 1t would seem that
bank holidays on Mondays
originated in the British
fondness for the long week
end and the extension of
the great feasts of the
church which fall on Sun
days.
Take Easter, British banks
and businesses are closed on
Good Friday and do not re-
open until after Easter Mon
day.
The weather is likely to be
perfect on an Easter week
end-"Oh to be in England
not It's April there" and all
that.
The Church of England
and the English make al
most as great q holiday of
Whitsunday (Pentecost Sun
day, the seventh Sunday
after Easter which COM
memorates the Holy Ghost
descending in tongues of
flame upon the Apostles.
But British genius ex-
pressed itself at its best in
the creation of the August
Bank Holiday, the first Mon
day in August. 1t amounts
to midsummer day and the
populace crowd the beaches
or go hiking in the Cots
walds. qt's not nearly as
hot in England's August as
it is here.)
Up until 1884, the Old
OUR LABOR DAY dates
from 1882 when Peter ].
Mcclure, secretary of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, rose at Gen.
tral Labor Union meeting on
May 8, and proposed that a
day be set aside in recogni-
ton of "those who from
rude nature have delved and
carved all the grandeur we
behold"-"a festive day dur
ing which a parade through
the streets of the city would
permit a public tribute to
American industry"
The idea quickly caught
on. State after State LegiSla-
ture passed a law making
the first Monday in Septem-
ber a holiday in honor of
the working man. In 1894
Congress made it a holiday
for the District of Columbia
and all Federal territories.
This Peter J. Mcclure was
quite a firebrand. The Star
Library contains a pamphlet
biography of the man pub
lished by the Central Labor
Union of Camden County
IN. J) entitled THE Life
Story of a Forgotten Giant"
Mcclure is buried near
Camden and there is a
graveSide ceremony there
every Labor Day.
He went to work for a
piano factory in his youth
and joined the Cabinet
Makers Union. The biogra-
pliers relates, He became
indoctrinated with the phi
losophy of Karl Marx and
Frederick Engels; he set out
to create a form of socialism
in Tory America. Today he
would be slightly left of
center. But then he was an
anarchist, a Communist, a
raging revolutioniSt."
He helped found the So
cial Democratic Working
mems Party which rebelled
against the MARKHAM theory
of world revolution. His own
father, a veteran of the Civil
War, denounced him from
the steps of st. Johns
Roman Catholic Church in
New York. But" the biog-
raphy notes, "he stood by
the cause"
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