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Evening star., 1961-03-11

aflInmeJlc Dy using OlQ-1aSh-
ioned methods combined with
techniques which have been
developed in recent years.
Apparently convinced that
the Amidon System-now in use
only at Amidon Elementary
School, Fourth and I streets
S.E.-is the answer to many of
the long standing shortcomings
in the Districts public schools,
the principals acted unani-
mously at special meeting last
Tuesday. Miss Edith Lyons,
assistant superintendent in
charge of elementary schools,
told School Supt. Carl F. Han
sen, who personally devised the
new teaching system.
Hansen Gratified
The superintendent an
nounced the principals decision
yesterday at his weekly press
conference. I'm gratified," he
said.
DR.. Hansen invited the prin-
cipalS to think about joining
the movement" some weeks
ago. He said he would not make
it an order because Ito force
adoption of the plan would not
insure its success" A number of
principals were Skeptical but he
left 1t in their hands.
The program i in effect at
Amidon since last September -
has attracted Nationwide at
tention and is listed among the
National Education ASSocia-
tion'S important new school
programs" getting underway in
the United States this year.
The plan is not complicated.
Out of the crosScurrent of
educational theories in the
Nation today, DR.. Hansen has
fashioned for Amidon an ANAL
gam of the old and the new
systems of public school train
ing. retaining what he calls
1.-THE best of both"
Adds Psychology
Kindergarten students at
Amidon, for instance, have
learned the alphabet and many
can now read. But in the proc
eSS of learning they have made
wide use of phonoviSual charts
which teach them from the
outset not only how to pro-
nounce letters but syllables and
words, too. They also learn the
meaning of words and how to
spell them.
The plan has drawn wide
parental approval.
In reporting the Willingness
of the elementary principals
to adopt the system, DR.. Hansen
pointed out that they probably
will be able only to make a
start next fall. The start, for
the most part, would be with
Evening star., 1961-03-11
Arlington Sets
New Budgetdt
S10.2 Million
Officials Hopeful
Of Avoiding
Any Tax Boost
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg today presented Arlington
taxpayers a conservative"
$18.2 million budget which is
barely out of balance.
Although it recommends a
scent raise in real and per-
sonal tax rates, county board
members think the budget can
be shaved enough to make new
levies unnecessary.
Annual Arlington budgets
during the last decade have
tended to climb by the millions,
but this one requests just $240,-
600 more than was appropri-
ated last spring.
Deficit of S222,OOO
1t envisions a deficit of only
$222,000, roughly the amount
Arlington had to spend to re-
move snow and repair street
damage inflicted by extreme
weather in recent weeks.
Every effort was made to
hold expenditures down. The
budget is tight and conServa-
tive one" Mr.. Lundberg said.
Although the county board is
determined to hold tax bills
down next year, it probably
will advertise 10-cent increase
in real and personal property
rates as a precaution against
possible reduction in Federal
grants to schools and so that it
can obtain more money should
it be unable to pare the budget.
$685. Million Total
Combined with the $15.3 mil
lion spending program ap-
proved by the school board last
week, Mr.. Lundberg's proposal
brings the overall county
budget prepared for the COM
ing fiscal year to $33.5 million.
The county manager urged
a $648,000 increase in outlays
for Government operations
financed by current local rev.
enueS and State grants.
OF the added expenditure,
$250,000 is allotted for pay
raises, $109, 900 for welfare pro-
grams, 100000 for employ
ment of % new personnel and
$4,000 for normal salary in
crements resulting from lon
gevity.
However, these increases, to-
gether with comparatively
minor ones spread through nu-
merous departments. are par
TALLY offset by a $4,000 de-
crease in pay-as-you-go capi-
tai Improvements and even
greater reductions in public
works program financed by
previously authorized bond is
sues and utility service charges.
Spending Matches Income
Both the county government
and school budgets reflect pri-
vately, but emphatically ex-
pressed wishes of County Board
members who insisted that
See ARLINGTON, Page A-3
Evening star., 1961-03-11
Chinese Get Ruin

TOKYO, Mar. II (AP)-Red
China. blaming drought for
severe food shortage, has had
three times the normal rainfall
in central regions so far in
March, Peiping radio said yes
terday. Drought persists only
in such normally dry areas as
Inner Mongolia, Sinkiang
Tsinghai, Yunnan and Tibet,
the broadcast reported.
Evening star., 1961-03-11
HouseWindsU UpAction
On JobIess Aid Bill

its 60-40 Federal-State match,
ing formula.
Government officials re-
ported earlier this week thai
10 States have indicated they
may not participate in the
program because of lack o1
matching funds or other rea-
sons.
States Listed
The States are Arkansas
Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Mis-
sissippi, North Dakota, Ne
braska, South Carolina, South
Dakota and Virginia.
Gerard M. Shea, head of the
Districts Welfare Department
said the maximum number Of
families here who would be
eligible for aid number about
5000.
This aid would cost about
$8,180,000 in local funds tc
which would be added about
$40 million in Federal funds
he said.
This number, however, as
sumes the commissioners would
approve a very liberal defini-
tion of unemployed" Mr..
Shea said.
The Senate Finance Commit
tee, completing public hearings
on the 13-week extension meas
ure yesterday, heard a plea by
Secretary of Labor Goldberg
See BENEFITS, Page A-3
Evening star., 1961-03-11
Z Nations Study
u. S.-Cubun Rift

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Mar. II tAP) Foreign Minis
try sources said last night
Presidents Arturo Frondizi ot
Argentina and Janio Quadros
of Brazil will meet this month
to discuss the Cuban-Uniteo
States dispute.
They said the meeting will
take place somewhere in the
border area between the two
countries within 20 days.
Argentina already has offered
to mediate the dispute.
Evening star., 1961-03-11
BY the Associated Press

The House has completed
action on President Kennedy's
emergency unemployment ben
efits program. The Senate has
barely begun work on it.
A voice vote yesterday sent
to the Senate the final piece of
the two-bill package-a meas
ure that would make children
of the unemployed eligible for
the same benefits now received
by children without parents, or
whose parents are disabled.
The House last week passed
the companion measure to pro-
vide up to 13 weeks additional
unemployment benefits to job
less who have exhausted their
present rights. This bill has
been stalled in the Senate
Finance Committee, which will
begin closed door meetings
Tuesday to consider possible
amendments.
81 Billion Cost Seen
AS passed by the House, the
extra jobless benefits would
cost an estimated 1890 million
to ST billion. Like the child aid
measure, it would expire June
80, 1862.
If all SO States chose to take
part in the child aid program
and a number of States already
have indicated they will not
it would cost the Government
an estimated $3O5 million with
Evening star., 1961-03-11
Cubo OKs U. N. Aid

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Mar. II (AP) Cuba signed an
agreement here yesterday to
get help from the United Ma
tionS special fund for pre-in-
veStment projects in under
developed countries. The funds
governing body has not yet
approved any such project for
that country.
Evening star., 1961-03-11


Another Story and Pictures. Poee Az
bandaged, Mr.. Davidson told o.
the blast and fire that levelec
the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Otho Davidson, a
1912 Alabama avenue Sc. Hi
fathered listened to the nara
tive from the other bed in tht
Casualty Hospital room.
1--WE had planned to replace
the water pipes in the house
today. We were going to pu'
new copper piping in.
Using PrOpane Gas
I'VE had a propane gas tank
for the pot plumbers pot) for
sweating the copper pipe. ]
couldn't get the hose from the
pot onto the (gas) tank the
way it was supposed to go. ]
noticed there was a cap or
the side of the tank and
thought that might be for the
hose. When I unScreWed it ii
blew off and the gas rushed
out. We both tried screwing
the cap back on. but we
couldn't do it.
"The opening in the tank
pointed right at the oil burner
and it didn't take long to fill
the furnace. We heard the eX-
plosion and saw the flames
coming toward us. There was
nothing we could do then. The
flames hit the gas bottle"
THAT explains the two dis
tinct explosions" his father
interjected.
Finds Self in Yard
Il don't know what happened
then. I found myself out back
but I don't know how I got
there. I don't know if I was
blown there or what"
The son continued:
Il was thrown against the
wall on top of the steps. Then
I went up to call the fire de-
partment but there was nc
phone there. I guess it was
blown out of the house. Their
1 found my mother and we both
looked for it. What is it?' she
asked me. I remember looking
in the living room and the TV
was blown off the stand.
Then I went back down tt
See SURVIVOR, Page A-24
Evening star., 1961-03-11
California Governor
Race Vetoed by Nixon
Tells Stote 6. O. P. 1t Should Find
New Faces for 1862 Campaign

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Mar. II (AP)-Richard M Nixon,
saying he will not run for Governor of California next
urged California Republicans today to search for
faces for the 1862 election campaign.
The former Vice President in his first political speech
he lost the presidential election last November said
Evening star., 1961-03-11
Amidon 3 Rs System
To Be Extended Here
All Schools TO Try Mixture
Of Old and New Methods
BY JOHN ROSSON
Star Staf Writer

The Districts experimental method of teaching the
three RS going to be extended elementary schools
over the entire city.
The citys 100 elementary school principals have decided
to start adopting the experiment, as the Amidon
plan next fall.
The system calls for emphasis on reading writing and
Evening star., 1961-03-11
EDIBLE ITEMS
RAISE FUNDS

EDIBLE STEAMBOATS,, wagon
wheels ond merry 60 rounds, all
coke shapes, ore the vehicles Of q
fund raising drive by the Sisterhood
Of the Rockville Wheaton Syno-
goeue. The story is in The Stor's
Church Section on Pose AS.
Evening star., 1961-03-11
Laos Leftists Cain
In Thrust Aimed
At Road Junction
RoyuI Defenders
Flee, Reducing
Hope of Peace

VIENTIANE, Laos, Mar. IL
(AP). - LeftiSt Pathet Lao
forces, showing a new strength
that threatens peace plans, sent,
government troops fleeing in
two directions today from a
showdown battle for the Sala
Phou Koun road junction.
The rebel assaults drove gov-
ernment defenders eight miles,
north to the high ground of
neighboring Sala Pou Keng.
Other royal troops Abandoned
the strategic road completely
near Muong Kassy, % miles
south. !!
The junction controls the,
north-south highway in CEN.
trail Laos and lies less than 100
miles north of Vientiane and
only 40 miles south of the royal
seat of Luang Prabang.
The Pathet Lao guerrilla &C.:
ton apparently stalls the gov
ernment's intended INVASION
drive into the Plaine des Jarres!
the rebel stronghold lying east
ward along Queen Astrid high
way.
Route DESTROYED
Loss of a big stretch of the
road from the administrative
capital of Vientiane to Luang
Prabang is the governments
biggest military setback since
January. But systematic de-
struction by government troops
made the route useless to tfie
advancing rebels.
The government said the
northern sector around Sala
Pou Keng was holding firm;
with royal artillery in com-
mand. The fighting near Mu-
ong KaSsy was said to be guer-
rilla style, with no heavy losses
on either side.
Vientiane remained quiet,
though rumors flew through
the capital. There was no pub
lie announcement of the set
back. Royal military sources
said the outcome would be
doubtful for a few days.
Heavy rains, which turneS
the road into a virtual swamp
in the last two days, also halted
government airlifts. !
Leaders Seek Accord
The strong rebel offensivs
came after leaders from two
rival Laotian factions met iK
Cambodia and put forward a
program for stabilizing Laos.
Observers said the two-former
Neutralist Premier Prince Sous
wanna Phouma and the gov
ernment Strongman, Gen. Phou-
mi Nosavan-were drawn into
their talks by mutual fear the
Communists would take over
the country.
Souvanna, who is recognized
by the Communist bloc as the
legal Premier of Laos, was re-
ported to have been shocked by
the magnitude of the arms
buildup he saw during a bries
visit to the rebel-held areas
from his exile in Cambodia.
At Phnom PENN, Souvanna
said today he wants to replace
Malaga with India on a pro-
posed three-nation commission
to end both the fighting and
foreign intervention in Laos.
The eXiled prince said he
plans to meet tomorrow with
Cambodia's Prince Norodim
Sihanouk, who earlier turned
down the idea of serving on the
neutraliSt commission proposed
by Laotian King Savang Vat
Evening star., 1961-03-11
WEEKLY STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK tAP).-Following are
the sales (add 00I, high, low. closing
price and net change of the 20 most
active stocks for the week
Evening star., 1961-03-11
Survivor Tells
0fHonle Blast
DO 1t Yourself
Project Fuils
BY RUPERT WEIGH
Star Staff Writer

Il was only trying to help out
and I blew up the whole house -
This was Grant Davidson's S
wry conclusion today after his
home had been demolished by
an explosion which was the
climax of a do-it-yourself
plumbing project.
His face swollen and smeared
with ointment and his hands
Evening star., 1961-03-11
TILE AIEATuED. Full Report
I'LL "I%'I'LN' on Poee Az

District and vicinity-Considerabl cloudi-
ness, not so cold tonight, low about 38.
Partly sunny, mild tomorrow, high in low
SOS. High and low of last "a hours: High,
AS at II am. today; low, 26, at $40 am.
today.
Evening star., 1961-03-11

Another Story and Pictures. Pose A-24
Evening star., 1961-11-15
ABB STANDINGS

By the Associated Press
EASTERN DIVISION
Evening star., 1961-11-15
Sports Club
Holds Dinner
In Arlington

Jim Gentle, the Orioles
slugging first baseman, heads a
list of sports celebrities who
will attend the Arlington Bet
ter Sports Clubs fifth annual
banquet at $50 pm. tomorrow
at the Knights of Columbus
Hall. 51l5 Little Falls road in
Arlington.
Joining Gentle at the annual
banquet honoring Arlington's
youth are Manager Mickey
Vernon Of the Senators, Brooks
Robinson of Baltimore, Jack
Fischer Of Kansas City, Jim
Lemon Of Minnesota and Coach
Rollie Hemsley of Washington.
End Andy Stynchula of the
Redskins and two former Red
skins stars, Jim Castiglia and
Wayne Millner, will represent
the football world.
Coach Stan Stutz and Gene
Conley of the Washington
Tapers and Coach Bill Rine-
hart of George Washington
University also are on the list
of guests who will present
awards.
Sully Krouse, Maryland's
wrestling coach, Steve Bene-
dek, the new track coach at
Georgetown, Shelly Mann;
Arlington's Olympic swimming
champion, and tennis star
Donna Floyd also will attend.
President Clay Kemp of the
club also announced that Mat
thew Warren of WTTG will
serve as toastmaster and Mil
ton @. Ford will direct the en-
tertainment.
other guests include Charles
Fenwick, Virginia State Sena-
tor, the Navy Sea Chanters and
members of the Arlington
County government.
Evening star., 1961-11-15
THE COLLEH LINE
By GEORGE HUBER

If Texas, the No. / college
team, wins its two remaining
games-and it is expected to
do just that-the Longhorns
viii have the first undefeated,
united Southwest Conference
team in % years.
The last previous one was
Homer .Norton'S 1899 Texas
Ann team. undoubtedly the
best he had in his IA years
there, although the 1910 and
Al teams also were outStand-
ing.
The 80 Aggies won their 10
regular-seaSon games by hefty
and upset Tulane, IA
l3. in the Sugar Bowl. The
next season they went 81 and
beat Fordham in the Cotton
Bowl, 1913. and the year after
that they had a 9-1 record and
bowed to Alabama in the Cot
ton Bowl, 1921.
The big star in those days
was Jarrin' John Kimbrough.
=
One Of the country's Oldest
football rivalries ended last
Saturday when Syracuse tram
pied Colgate. 51-8. It was the
62d meeting of q series that
started in 1891 between up
State New York rivals.
Syracuse has won the last
II games in this series, but
it wasn't always thus. There
was a time when Colgate was
the power and Syracuse the
soft touch. Colgate won 10
Evening star., 1961-11-15
DESPITE REJECTION OF BID
LSUCouId Wind Up
In Sugar Bowl Jan. I

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. Il
(AP).-Louisiana State says
it's not interested in the Sugar
Bowl, but you can get even
money today that come jan
uary l, the Tigers will meet
Ala b a m a in the post-season
classic.
LSU Athletic Director Jim
Corbett rejected an invitation
yesterday for the fourth-ranked
Bayou Bengals to play in the
Sugar Bowl. Corbett said his
decision was based on a resolu-
ton Of the University Athletic
Council and the teams strong
indication" 1t wanted an out
of-State trip if given the
chance.
On the surface, the Corbett
statement takes LSU out of the
Sugar Bowl picture. What's
more. both LSU and second
ranked Alabama are flirting
with the Rose Bowl.
Rose Bowl Criticized
So, where does that leave
the Sugar Bowl? Searching for
lesser-rated teams?
Possibly, but consider these
points:
Where can LSU go?
Unless the school changes its
policy concerning games with
integrated teams, the Rose and
Orange Bowls are automatically
ruled out.
Corbett has been quoted as
saying the racial question
would present no problem, but
the final word must come from
the LSU Board of Supervisors.
A source close to the board told
the Associated Press that it will
not approve LSU playing a
team with Negro players.
Then the Rose Bowl is draw
ing criticism for considering
Alabama and LSU. Sports
Columnist Melvin Durslag of
the Los Angeles Examiner
wrote last night that lit would
be sheer lunacy for people who
believe in integrated athletics
to mess with a school whose
Evening star., 1961-11-15
Picked Up 1,12S Yards
you BE- THE
QUARTERBACK
Question
By FOREST EvASHEVSKI
Athletic Director and Former Head
Coach, State University of Iowa

Question
You are playing quarterback
for Louisville, the post once
manned by Johnny UnitaS.
Down, TO. to North Texas, you
have moved to the opponents
5-yard line, midway between
the sidelines, fourth down and
goal with IL seconds left in the
first half. So far in 1861, you
have tried no field goals, al
though you have kicked nine of
IL points after touchdown.
What is your call:
l. Pass deep?
2. Pass into flat (area Just
over scrimmage line to side)?
3. Try field goal?
4. Run around end?
tAnswer on Page CA
Evening star., 1961-11-15

straight from 1928 through 81,
and holds an edge in the series,
81 to 26. with five ties.
Anyway. Syracuse's lopsided
victory, made it a unanimous
choice in this weeks voting
for the Lambert Trophy, en-
blematic of Eastern football
supremacy. It's the first time
in any of the weekly polls a
team has received a unanimous
vote. And in voting for the
Lambert Cup, for the small
colleges. Amherst also got the
first unanimous nod of the
season after beating Trinity,
22-6, for its seventh straight.
a.
Although as noted above, two
schools named Trinity lost
football games last week, it
wasn't a completely bad Sat-
urday. Duke beat Navy, 3o-9
and you may remember that
Duke was Trinity College until
1924.
And speaking Of names. we
always thought the official
handle of the Big Ten was
Western Conference. But In
their latest newsletter, the Big
Ten itself says the official tag
is intercollegiate Conference of
Faculty Representatives. Still
don't believe it.
Another tough one is the IC-
"A, getting all the AS in the
right order. It's intercollegiate
Association of Amateur Ath-
letes of America,
Evening star., 1961-11-15

team in The Stars weekly
rating list of area scholastic
teams. turned in its last perfect
season in 1858 under McLaugh-
lin. Walden has compiled an
impressive record, and an un-
beaten season would be froSting
on the cake.
Evening star., 1961-11-15
E piscopors Star Runners Hoping
They Can Add to Mileage Saturday

year Episcopal has come up to
the Woodberry game unbeaten.
Twice before the Orange CVa.)
school has ruined Episcopal's
season by taking the final de-
ciSion.
Woodberry Forest, coached
by Red Caughron, who for
merly coached at Alexandria's
Hammond High. has won seven
games and tied one this year.
1t is lead by Fullback Bill
Trapnell, who can rival either
Chapman or Davis in the run
ming department. But he can't
offset both and that's Episco-
pals big advantage.
Attended IL Schools
Chapman attended IL schools
before enrolling at Episcopal,
while Davis is a product of the
Alexandria schools vast foot
ball program. Chapman at
tended Central High School,
near London, before coming to
Episcopal, and played two sea-
sons of rugby.
The English game is one of
the reasons for his develop
ment, according to Max, es-
pecially in broken-field run
ming. But Chapman would
rather play football. pointing
out there is much more body
contact in the American game.
Davis has been at Episcopal
for four years and came up
through the ranks of the junior
teams. His big chance came
last year as a replacement for
the injured Chapman. He
scored six touchdowns and has
been in the lineup ever since.
Both Praise Blocking
Both boys are quick to credit
their teammates blocking, es-
Ipecially that of Archie Hoxton,
Chapman'S running mate at
halfback. Coach sgd Walden
adds that they do a lot of
blocking for each other, too.
Walden, whose record at
Episcopal is 34-5-4 since taking
over from Lee Mclaughlin five
years ago, cautions not to over
look the passing of Quarter
back Harry Burn.
Burn hasn't had to throw
much this season, what with
Chapman and Davis burning
up the turf, but he has proved
he can pass effectively. Help
ing out is the fact that most !
teams concentrate so much on
Chapman and Davis that there
almost always is someone open
to throw to.
Episcopal has rolled up 226
points while allowing only 80.
Stalwarts on defense are Ty
Tyler, the middle guard, Line
hackers Wink Kinnard and
Howdy Goodwin and Tackles
Jim Maddox and Dick Yarbor-
ough.
Episcopal, the top-ranked
Evening star., 1961-11-15

leaders hold firmly to segrega-
ton"
Next year is election year in
Alabama and the Crimson Tide
is less likely to go bowling
where the integration question
might come up,
Shapes Up as Natural
The Cotton Bowl? Missis-
Sippi is almost a certainty to
cinch an invitation to meet
Texas at Dallas New Years
Day. Cotton Bowl officials re-
portedly believe Mississippi is
the most colorful team they can
get. Besides, Texas wants re-
venge for the 39-7 drubbing Ole
Miss gave it in the 1857 Sugar
Bowl and the Longhorns think
they can get it this year.
That leaves the Gator and
Bluebonnet Bowls and neither
classic has as much to offer as
the Sugar Bowl.
So, a Sugar Bowl meeting
between LSU and Alabama is
a natural. Either team is ready
to slip into the No. / COLLEGIATE
rating if Texas falls by the
wayside, and the New Orleans
game could decide the Dixie
if not the national-champion-
ship.
Then there's the tongue-in-
cheek suggestion from Louisiana
Gov. Jimmie H. Davis, a par
tiSan LSU fan. He says LSU's
three teamS-the White, Go
and Chinese Bandits-are each
good enough to go to separate
Bowls.
But all things point to the
White, Go and Chinese Bandit
teams playing Alabama in the
Sugar Bowl next New Years
Day.
Evening star., 1961-11-15
Titons Sign Player

NEW YORK, Nov. Is (AP).-
The New York Titans yesterday
signed Jerry Fields, former
Ohio State player, to replace
injured Jim Furey as a line
backer. Fields will play with
the Titans at Houston Sunday.