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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
MOTHER LEAVING
HOSPITAL GETS
WRONG BABY

When Mrs. John H.
Baker returned home from
the hospital with a new
born baby last Friday she
found a message to call
back Immediately.
An embarrassed George
town University Hospital
official told her she had
the wrong baby.
Mrs. Baker checked the
child'S Identification brace
let and the hospital was
right. 1t was the wrong
child.
Albert M. Blecich, assist
ant administrator of the
hospital appeared at the
house, l17l0 Higgins drive,
Silver Spring. shortly aft
erwards with a registered
nurse and the correct boy.
They took the other boy
to Mrs. Donald M. Baker
in the hospitals maternity
section.
Donald Baker. of 4l00
w street NV, said today
the hospital discovered the
error as the other Bakers
were leaving. He told his
wife Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Two Named
To Planning
Agencies

President Kennedy today
gave recess appointments to
two men for posts on important
Washington planning agencies.
Named to the board of the
District Redevelopment Land
Agency was John L. Newbold, a
Republican first appointed to
the post by President EiSen-
hover in December, 1860.
Edwin T. Holland, a North
ern Virginia banker and ousi-
nessman, was named to the ad-
visory board Of the National
Capital Transportation Agency.
He had been nominated for this
post during the last session of
Congress but was not confirmed
by the Senate prior to adjourn
ment.
Mr.. Holland, So, is president
of the Old Dominion Bank of
Fairfax County, a director of
the National Bank of Manas-
Sas and chairman of the board
and president of the First Vir-
ginia Corp. He is a Democrat
and lives at 1870 North Dam
vile street, Arlington.
The appointment of Mr.. New
bold to the RIA board was for
the term expiring March 8,
1865. Although Mr.. Newbold,
who is president of the Mer-
chants Transfer g. Storage Co.,
has been serving on the board
since last December, the Senate
adjourned before acting on his
nomination.
Mr.. Newbold, IS, lives at
2435 Tracy place NV. A native
of the District. he has served
on various civic groups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-THE
Maryland Legislative Council
will be asked today to recon-
mend State financial aid for
Friendship Airport to help fight
expected competition from Dull
les International Airport.
Friendship Airport. owned
by Baltimore City, now is the
terminal for jet flights for the
Washington Baltimore area.
Presumably much of this traf-
fic would go to Dulles Inter-
national Airport in Fairfax and
Loudoun Counties in Virginia
when the big Federal airport is
opened.
The budget and finance COM
mittee of the Legislative Coun-
Gil passed a resolution last night
asking Gov. Tawes to appoint a
committee to study giving State
financial aid to Friendship. 1t
will be presented to the full
council today.
Delegate A. Gordon Boone,
Democratic floor leader of the
House Of Delegates and chair
man of the councils finance
committee, initiated the move.
He called Friendship Airport a
state asset" even though 1t
is owned and operated by Balti-
more.
Self Supporting
Delegate Marvin Mandel,
Democrat Of Baltimore, said
Friendship is self-supporting so
far as operating funds are con-
cerned, but that funds are
needed for capital improve
ments to meet competition from
Dulles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Bus Driver Tells
OF Shooting Boy
After Argument

A former bus driver took the
stand in his own defense yes
terday at his District Court
trial on charges Of shooting a
l6-year-old boy.
The driver, James E.
Weatherington, 40, of the 5100
block Of Vincent street Sc,
told a Jury that the youth tried
to grab his change carrier on
May 30 after the bus had
reached the end of its run.
The youth. William A. Green
of 2649 Nichols avenue Sc,
appeared as one of the main
Government witnesses in the
case, in which Mr.. Weather.
ington is charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon and
carrying a dangerous weapon.
The boy. who was in a wheel
chair, said that he was
merely reaching toward a
friend when the bus driver
pulled out a gun and fired,
severing young Green's spinal
column, during an argument
over a transfer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
BY BETTY MILES
Star Staff Writer

The voice on the other end
Of the line may be a wife de-
spairing over a drinking hus-
band.
1t may be a husband worried
about his wife.
1t may be an alcoholic wor-
ried about himself-or her.
self.
1t may even be a teen-ager
looking or help for a drunken
parent or grandparent.
In each case, the Alcoholism
Information Center at Hobart
2-2877 tries to direct the caller
to the specialist, agency or or
ganization 1t consider best for
his needs.
About $50 calls for help
came into the center last year.
Sometimes as many as 80 are
received in one week.
Half are from Virginia and
Maryland.
The Alcoholism Information
Center is one service of the
Washington Area Council on
Alcoholism. sharing in the
United GiverS Fund for the
first time this year.
Mrs. Nancy Zentay, execu-
tive director Of the agency
founded 31a years ago, has
found that wives are more apt
than husbands to summon help
for their spouse. The incidence
Of alcoholism is greater among
men than women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Maryland Aid Is Sought
For Friendship Airport

Friendsh ip was becoming
something of a white elephant
for Baltimore until the advent
Of jet flights. which had no
place to land in Washington.
Some Maryland members of
Congress vigorously opposed
construction of the Dulles Air
port.
The finance committee re-
jected a proposal to increase
Maryland beer and wine taxes.
The legislation. which was
turned down at the 1861 ses-
sion of the General Assembly,
would have increased the beer
tax by 5 cents a gallon and
the wine tax by Is cents.
Several legislators had pro-
posed the tax increases and
asked that the 1913 million they
would raise be turned over to
the counties and Baltimore City.
Increase Harmful
During a hearing before the
finance committee last month,
Maryland brewers and tavern
owners opposed the increases.
The brewers said Maryland is
among the top beer-making
States because Of its low tax
Is cents a gallon) and an in
crease would hurt the industry.
Basically, the same argument
was made by Mr.. Boone against
a proposed tax on savings and
loan deposits. The committee
also rejected this proposal,
which would have taxed de-
posts at the rate Of one-tenth
Of one percent.
The finance committee will
ask the council to support its
actions today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11

THIS SET THE Rambler
thinking. Like Daniel O'Con-
nell he would rather write
the Nations songs than its
laws.
Unfortunately the Ram
bler'S mind has never been a
creative one. The best he can
do is parody.
He thought of an early
Berlin hit, Michigan, |"
which starts:
/ toaS, born in Michigan
And / ,UiSh and irish again
The best he could come up
with was:
] tpdS born in Washington
And / tUGSh and tDdSh-
Obviously that wouldn't
do. Let's try again to the
tune of Chicago"
The District, the District,
that wonderful to,Dn!
If he kept this up he prob
ably would become involved
in a copyright suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
6-to-l School BoordVote
Kills Yeor-Round Plan

to study the 1874 plan and
report his findings, which
resulted in his subsequent
proposal.
However" he said, this is
a brand-new concept. and there
is nothing in literature to pro-
vide information about it. De-
spite the new and intriguing
possibilities, a tremendous
amount of study would be re-
quired to determine the effects
because no community has
attempted it."
Agrees TO Delay
Instead OF occupying long
months Of staff and board
perusal, he added, he agreed
that ut would be better not to
pursue the 1874 plan at this
time. with so many other items
requiring intensive study in the
immediate future"
DR.. Beck proposed that the
curriculum study, a tremendous
volume about the size Of Wash
ington's classified telephone d.
rectory should be divided into
four categories:
/. Changes in existing pro-
grams, on which the school
system already has undertaken
studies.
2. Suggestions in the report
viii ch can be accomplished
easily, without reorganization
or large expenditures of money.
3. Items which would require
substantial reorganization Of
the present system, and budget
appropriations.
4. Proposals for the future,
which do not have high priority
now.
DR.. Whittier assured the
board that the first two recon-
mendationS were underway al
ready.
The resolution on the 1874
plan. which was approved by
the board was:
Live-in School SheIved
THE board does not wish to
consider the 1874 plan further,
except for any information
which the superintendent al
ready has and wishes to share,
in view Of the prior matters
facing the board at this time"
Also placed on the shelf by
the school board was a contro-
versial summer school program
which made its debut at Monoc-
acy Elementary School, near
GAINESVILLE, where a group of
up-country children took part
in a "live-in" workshop of out
dorr study for two weeks last
summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Pupil Needs
May Bring
'HiII' Pickets
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

Congress may face student
picket lines and bobby sock
lobbyists next session if the
District Interhigh Stud e n
Council takes John D. Koontz
idea and runs with it.
Mr.. Koontz, the Districts
assistant superintendent in
Ncharge Of junior and senior
high schools, has told the coun-
Gil that District schools are in
a bad way and you people are
going to have to help US"
Then he told the students
how a 10-year-old girl last
session made the Districts
most impressive plea before
Congress for q new library. He
didn't quite ask the young
sters to get out and organize a
Capitol Hill lobby but he clear
ly had tossed a pass.
II the council, which heard
Mr.. Koontz yesterday after
noon at Anacostia High School,
decided to run the ball, there's
no telling where youthful exu-
berance might lead-picketS,
rallies, marches on the Capitol.
Perhaps by the time the whole
thing is over, there would be a
few Congressman burned-in
effigy only. Of course.
The result Mr.. Koontz wants,
however, is seven new junior
high schools and a new senior
high school he said were need
ed by 1865 If District students
are to avoid part-time educa-
ton.
Mr.. Koontz also asked for
help in ending school vandal-
ism-"this is done by our stu
ents." he said.
Council representatives,
elected by the student councils
of the individual District high
schools, raised their heads in
surprise as Mr.. Koontz told
them that broken windows
alone in District schools cost
$50, 900 in the year ending this
September.
That's more than is spent
on library books-more than is
spent on all the athletic sup
plies at all the Districts high
schools" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11

But more women have q
drinking problem than is gen.
orally recognized, Mrs. Zentay
believes.
At least one in every four
alcoholics calling the center are
women, she estimates.
Answering telephone calls for
help is only one service of the
agency.
The council carries on educa-
ton and information programs
throughout the community, CIV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
By ANNE CHRISTMAS
Star staff Writer

Montgomery County's revo-
lutionary plan to operate its
school system on a year-round
basis was killed yesterday by
a 6-1 vote Of the board of edu-
cation.
The proposal. which would
have divided the school year so
that pupils would be in class
rooms three months and on
vacation one month, was known
as the "12-4" plan. Vacation
periods were to be staggered. so
that children starting in each
quarter would take holidays at
different times of the year.
The motion to shelve the
much discussed plan. which
originally was presented by
School Supt. c. Taylor Whit
tier. came from Robert E. Nor
row, a board member, who
urged that it be dropped so
that staff and community
groups could give first priority
to a study Of curricula.
Mrs. Lucy Kicker, another
member. said she thought DR..
Whittier should be commended
for his presentation Of the plan
but added that she was ready
to vote on the motion.
Higher Priority
DR.. Clifford K. Beck said he
concurred with DR.. Whittier
that more use should be made
Of school buildings during sum-
mer months, but said he con-
sidered further study of a re-
cent curriculum report. made
by a citizens advisory COM
mittee, was higher on the
priority list"
Board President Harold F.
Briemyer, who was responsible
for the dissenting vote. observed
that he thought the matter
should have been discussed dur
ing a closed session instead of
in an open meeting, and re-
garded it as critical of the
superintendent" For this rea-
son. he added, he did not care
to discuss it further.
DR.. Whittier pointed out that
he had been asked by the board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
RIA OKs Purchase
For $3.8 Million
Columbia Plaza
Deal Opens Way
For Projects
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS
Star Staff Writer

The Redevelopment Land
Agency today approved pur-
chase of all syndicate-owned
land in the Columbia Plaza
urban renewal area for So
The action opens the way
for assembly of numerous tracts
for a private apartment and
hotel redevelopment project
bounded by Twenty fifth.
Twenty-third and E streets and
Virginia avenue NV, and for
a part of the Potomac River
freeway.
Covered by today'S action
are 1896 square feet of land
owned by two syndicates-one
headed by Dominic F. An
tonelli, jr., and Kingdom D.
Gould and another by Frank
Luchs of the firm of Shannon
& Luchs. Part of the purchase
will be at $18 a square foot
and another part at 1910 a
square foot.
Unusual Use
In a complex arrangement
which represents unusual USE
of urban renewal powers in
the District, the bulk Of the
land later will be resold to the
two syndicates at the price
that was paid.
In addition, RIA will sell to
the syndicates another 71,7O1
square feet of land held by
other owners in the area at
whatever price the agency is
obliged to pay when it &C
quires the land.
AS a gift, the Syndicates will
receive, as part of the arrange
ment,( another 1922. square
feet of land now in streets and
alleys.
RIA today authorized settle
ment on the syndicate-owned
land on the basis of a letter
Of intent" from the syndicateS
to re-purchase part Of their
own land, plus that of the
other owners when it is &C
quired.
An agency spokesman said
a neffort will be made to buy
the non-syndicate land "amic-
ably" In case owners Of this
land are not willing to sell at
an agree-to price, RIA will take
legal action to obtain it through
condemnation proceedings.
Needed for Freeway
OF the 1913, 1865 square feet Of
land owned by the two syndi-
Gates, l9,708 square feet are
needed for the Potomac River
freeway, which is part of the
approach system for the new
Theodore Roosevelt bridge.
When the transaction is COM
pleted, sponsors of the Column
bia Plaza development will re-
ceive a total of 368,581 square
feet Of land-including the 49,
222 now in streets and alleys
for which no specific payment
will have to be made.
The transaction must receive
approval of the Philadelphia
office of the Housing and Home
Finance Agency's Urban Re
newal Administration. RIA ex-
ecutive director John R. Searles,
Jr., is expected to go to Phila-
delphia tomorrow to seek this
approval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
PERHAPS A CAPITAL song
will come with the vote.


will come with the vote.
Politics-in New York at
any rate-has a way of re-
viving old songs and max
ing them popular. While Al
Smiths 1928 campaign was
not successful it put THE
Sidewalks of New York" near
the top of the hit parade.
Mayor Jimmy Walker re-
vived a song he wrote in his
vaudeville days as his cam
paign theme song - will
You Love Me in December
AS You Did in May?"
Usually the Democrats are
ahead when it comes to
music. But in this years
mayoralty campaign the Re-
publicans have stolen the
lead.
Mario Del Guercio, a song
writer for Twentieth Century
Fox, has given them a theme
song, How Can You Miss?"
Five thousand records
have been pressed. A male
chorus will sing it at the
$100-a-plate dinner on Octo-
Der "a at the Coliseum to be
attended by Gov. Rockefeller
and former President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. It goes:
Ho,o can you miss
With a ticket like this
Letko,oitz, Gilhooley and Elmo
Let's make a note
To get out and Dote
For Letko,0itz, Gilhooley and
Elmo
You'll be safe in the park
ANY time after dark
With LetkoUits, Gilhooley
and Elmo
ThereU be neU golden rules
You'll be proud OF your
schools
With LetkoDits, Gilhooley
and Elmo
That fine City Hall
Will be open to all
With Letko,oits, Gilhooley
-. and Elmo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11

nlittee to the District Depart.
ment of Health who urged the
Commissioners to make add.
tional funds available for the
Health Department.
DIR. william p. Herbst, medi-
cal advisory committee chair
man, said the most serious de.
ficiency at District Genera
Hospital is the condition Of
the operating rooms.
He asked the Commissioner
to restore several items in the
hospitals budget and strongly
urged that the salary of DR.
Daniel Finucane. director of the
Department of Public Health
be increased from its present
"inequitable" level.
DIR. Paul b. Cornely, recon-
mended that $77,958 be in
cluded in the budget for ar
additional medical team tc
provide prenatal services for
expectant mothers.
DIR. Hugh d. IIussey, dean
of the Georgetown University
School of Medicine. urged that
additional funds be provided
for administrative activities in
the Department of Public
Health.
DIR. Leon Y0chelSOn, head of
the Department of Psychiatry
at the George Washington Uni
versity Hospital, requested that
the Commissioners supper
budget increases asked by the
Public Health Departments
Bureau of Mental Health.
DR.. J. Winthrop Peabody, ST.,
requested the Commissioners to
grant funds requested by the
Health Departments bureau OF
enviromental health.
Samuel Biddle, chairman OF
the Public Health Advisory
Council, said the council
strongly Endorses the recon-
mendations made by the doc
tors on the Medical Advisory
Committee to the District De-
partment of Health.
Milton A. Brown, director of
the District Health and We'll
fare Council, told the Commits
sioners that I'VE strongly sup
port" the request for additional
funds to provide three new cot
tages at Junior Village and to
operate the new admissions and
infirmary building at this in
stitution.
Mortimer C. LebOwitz, preSi-
dent of the Washington Urban
League. recommended that the
staff Of the Commissioners
Council on Human Relations
be expanded.
Philip Schwartz, a represent
alive of the Washington Chap
ter of Americans for Demo-
cratic Action, said District
schools do not measure up to
the standards cited in Yard
sticks for Better Schools" a
publication of the National
Citizens Council for Better
Schools.
Mrs. Barbar Atkinson, a rep
reSentive of the NeighborS, Inc,
suggested the Commissioners
invite the public to a giant rally
in order to help convince Con-
gress that the residents of the
District are determined to get
additional funds for the city's
budget.
Mrs. Henry Munroe, chair
man of the budgetary sub
committee of the D. C. Mental
Health Association, asked for
See BUDGET, Page B-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
The
Rambler
...Hums
Without q Sonq'
By GEORGE KENNEDY


What this Nations Capt.
tai needs is a song.
Imagine! After 161 years
there is still no piece of pop
ular music that will make
every listener think of Wash
ington, D. C.
This was brought to the
Rambler'S attention at a
little ceremony on the Dis
trict Building steps to pro-
claim the centenary of the
Metropolitan Police.
At an appropriate moment,
Mark Evans, who was acting
as master of ceremonies,
called upon Inspector
Charles Bender and his po-
lice band.
The band played Mary
land, My Maryland" and
Garry Me Back to Old Vir-
ginny." No District song.
There are 100 or more
songs about the District"
the bandleader said, but
they are all lousy. None of
them are arranged for
bands.
Every State seems to
have a song. The Dixie States
have popular music from Tin
Pan Alley, Back Home in
Tennessee Nothing Can Be
Finer than to Wake in Caro-
lima in the Morning. Way
Down Yonder in New Or
leans and all that.
Some of the States have
songs made official by their
legislators. OF course that
doesn't make them popular.
But the Western States with
big State universities and
great football teams have
been making the football
song the State song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Liquor Raiders Busy

RICHMOND, Oct. II (AP)-
Enforcement agents for the
State ABC board had a busy
time in September, conducting
5l3 raids. destroying SO moon
shine stills. and confiscating
illegal equipment worth $751;
872.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11

OF the OlSCrlcL congress Ol
Parents and Teachers. con-
tended that some So million
could be transferred from high
way and other public works
activities to finance school con-
struction.
He charged, at the hearing
held by the District Commits
sioners on the budget for the
fiscal year beginning next July
/, that the Highway Depart
ment construction program is
running "hog-wild" and if al
lowed to continue at its present
rate will soon leave the Dis
trict with no land privately
owned"
Mrs. Arthur Blacklow, pres
ident of the District Congress
Of Parent Teacher Associations,
told the Commissioners that
I'VE are terribly disappointed
in the reduction made in the
proposed school budget.
Importance Of Minds
Mrs. ROLAND G. Lamensdorf,
legislative chairman of the Ben
Murch Home and School As
ISOLATION, declared that 1.-THE
fight for our civilization will
not take place in new cars on
new highways; it will take place
in the minds of men"
Asked Riddick H Pree. legis-
lative chairman Of the PTA
Area 5 Council:
Why should the school sys-
tenn suffer while traffic arteries
are expended"
At the end Of the day-long
hearing, a weary Engineer
Commissioner Frederick j.
Clarke. who has jurisdiction
over the Highway Department,
rose and remarked wryly:
We'll, back to the drawing
board"
Speaking seriously, Gen.
Clarke said he believes that the
highway program recommended
is property balanced.
Commissioner Walter N.
Tobriner said he wanted to get
the expert Judgment of Dis
trict budget officials before ex-
pressing any opinion on the
proposals made at the public
hearing.
Question Of Authority
He added that he particularly
wanted to know it the Com
miSSioners have the authority
to transfer money from the
highway fund to the general
fund for school construction.
Failure Of Congress to pass
a revenue bill for the District
has forced city budget aides to
divide the proposed budget for
fiscal 1868 into two sections.
The first totals $261.5 million
and could be financed from cur
rent revenue sources.
The second budget would add
an additional $34 million, but
only If more revenue can be
obtained.
While the highway fund has
sufficient money to make cuts
in the highway program I'M
necessary. the general fund
which finances such activities
as education, health, welfare
and police falls far short of
being able to meet all requested
spending proposals.
Forty-five witnesses testified
at the hearing. Among those
appearing were five members
of the Medical Advisory Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
Roads Funds Transfer
.Souqhtfor DC. Schools
PTA Officials Urge Use of Money
To Rescue Construction Program

Association officials and several other wit
at public hearing yesterday drummed the theme
money earmaked for highway construction should be
shifted help school caught the Districts fnan
cia squeeze.
Dr. Ellis Haworh, chairman Of the legislative committee