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Evening star., 1961-05-24
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
De-Emphosis in North Carolina

PICK OUT ANY 100 people who give
hoot and holler about college roundball
and the chances are that half are all in
favor of the de-emphaSis program as
adopted in North Carolina and the other
half are critical It's a case of being
damned If they do and damned If they
don't in Carolina.
1t says here the Consolidated University
of North Carolina IN. C. State and UNC)
are to be applauded, especially on two
points. One is the barring of summer
basketball, notably in the CatSkills The
other is the limitation in grants -in-aid to
prospects outside the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference States of Maryland, Virginia, North
and South Carolina
Therell be some arguments on the
latter rule. Bud Milikan of Maryland, for
instance, doesn't think the geographical
base Of boy has any connection with the
gambling scandals. Bad practices in re-
cruiting encourage the gambling" Millikan
contends. "Just because a boy comes from
New York, say, doesn't mean that he's any
more susceptible to fix than boy from
the deep South.
"1'd do it this way" Marylands coach
says. 'Td concentrate on learning whether
prospect is getting any more from a school
than the NCAA maximum. That can be
found out. If they can uncover the fixes,
they certainly can learn If a boy has been
bought by a school to play basketball"
1T IS IMPORTANT not only for UNC
and N. c. State to prohibit players from
participating in organized competition in
the summer but also for all schools to follow
suit 1t is reasonably safe to assume that
everybody agrees on this point. No one is
naive enough to think that the basketball,
as practiced notably in the so-called
"borscht circuit" in the summer, is any,
thing but professional
The young men oStensibly are walters
or camp counsellors or handymen but they
are there to play basketball, really, and
they aren't playing for free. Many or most
of the confession-type pieces written by
exposed and disgraced players disclose that
it is in summer basketball that the first
contact with fixers is made
To return to the second point, Coach
Mfllikan sounds entirely logical in his
thinking that i'll recruiting practices, not
the home State of boy, is one root of the
gambling evil. Buds stand may not be
precisely original but it may be worth
amplification.
When a prospect is given the maxi
Evening star., 1961-05-24

two players from Seton Hall
University, both mentioned
previously in the investigation
Henry Gunther, %, and Ar
thur Hicks, %.
Hawkins, a sensational high
school player in his native
Brooklyn. was the first player
from e Big Ten school ever to
be implicated in the basketball
scandals.
The last big scandal in 1851
involved SO players from seven
colleges.
Hogan also said a bribe had
been offered to but rejected by
Frew Crawford, 10, sophomore
star for st. Bonaventure, wich
Crawford had not reported.
Gamblers also made ap-
Evening star., 1961-05-24
IOWA. DAYTON AMONG IS SCHOOLS
q Players Now in Cage Scandal

from these schools had not
been implicated previously.
Hogan also said that a player
from Dayton University snd
another from the University
OF Iowa had acted as inter-
mediarieS in recruiting college
players for bribeS.
Hogan identified the New
York U. player as Raymond
Paprocky. %. and the st. John S
players as Michael PARENT, 25
and William j. Chrystal, 26.
Hogan named as the inter-
mediarieS Roger Brown, 10, OF
Dayton, and Cornelius Haw-
kinS. 10. Iowa freshman from
New York who left school re-
Gently.
In addition, Hogan named
Evening star., 1961-05-24

NEW YORK. May "a (AP)-
The college basketball scandal
investigation IN New York
spread today to a total of %
players from Is colleges.
District Attorney Frank S.
Hogan said IA more players
and 10 additional colleges were
involved in the mushrooming
scandal.
Hogan made the disclosure
when announcing that Joseph
Hacken Of New York had been
indicted on charges of con-
spiracy and bribery to fix bas-
ketball games.
Two basketball players from
st. Johns University of Brook
lyn and one from New York
University were named. Players
Evening star., 1961-05-24
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Staff Writer

KANSAS CITY, May "a
Sharp hitting by the Senators
outfielderS has put Mickey Ver-
mons club on the threshold of
the first division and raised a
warning for Cal Griffith's
Minnesota Twins.
Last nights 7-3 victory over
the Athletics here raised the
new teams record to 1920.
With an assist from Marty
Kutyna. Ed Hobaugh brought
his record to % and left the
Senators only one game behind
the birthplace Twins.
The outfielders were con-
, spicuouS in Washington's 13-
hit attack that beat Ray Her.
bert (3-3). Rookie Chuck Hin
ton raped out three more hits
to hike his average to .381,
while Willie Tasby climbed to
.306 with a double and triple.
Jim King Clipped in with a
double to lift his mark to .286.
Trio Bats .315
This trio is hitting a COM
bined .315. Because Of this the
absence Of Gene Woodling, out
since May l3 with a knee in
jury. has not been too costly.
Gene was batting .299.
Also putting on a surge last
night was Dale Long. who had
two singles and a double to
jump to .274, a rise of 40 points
since last week.
Vernon planned to call on Tom
Sturdivant to pitch against
Kansas City'S Jim Archer to-
night. Sturdivant (2-3) lost
his last start against the ORR
oles. despite a good perform
ance. Before that he shut out
the Red Sox on one hit. Archer
Q-0D has the lowest earned
run average among the Ath-
letics. I'll.
Donovan Goes Tomorrow
Vernon also said he plans to
pitch Dick Donovan. recently
recovered from a pulled muscle,
tomorrow afternoon. He will use
Joe McClain, Hal Woodeshick
and Bennie Daniels. in that
order, in the big series against
the Twins this week end at
Griffith Stadium.
That Minnesota series is
stacking up as something"
Vernon said. If we can win
three here. or even two Of the
three. we'll go back in pretty
good shape. Well, we won last
night and now we'll shoot for
this one tonight. It's best not
to look ahead"
The Twins move into Griffith
Stadium for games Friday night
and Saturday and Sunday af-
Evening star., 1961-11-29
AT ABC HEARINGS
Hense| to Explain GU Talks

verSity officials about the bus
line"
The opponents of the license
to permit the sale of beer, wine
and spirits include more thar
a dozen persons who were tc
testify later today. The Pro-
greSSive and Georgetown Citi-
zens Associations oppose the
license.
The opposition attorney at
tempted to link university Off
cialS with the "1789." He showed
that the university owns the
property, that it contacted Mr.
McCooey, an alumnus, when it
became available, and that the
university'S business manager
requested information about a
full liquor license before Mr..
McCooey was approached.
Mr.. Richey also produced a
copy of the property's lease,
which gives the university a
percentage of the restaurants S
profits.
He showed that university
officials had agreed to ap-
proach the priest of Holy Trim
ity Roman Catholic Church,
which operates a parochial
school near the restaurant to
insure he would not oppose
the license.
Evening star., 1961-11-29

liquor may not be sold within
400 feet of a school.
Witnesses for the applicants
testified that the entrance OF
the school directly across from
the Holy Trinity Church had
been measured 419.89 feet from
the entrance of the restaurant
Opponents of the license have
argued that another door, closer
to the restaurant, is the schools
main entrance.
Mr.. HenSel is one of three
major residents of the area
represented by Attorney Charles
r. Richey. Mr.. Hensel is him
self an attorney. The other
major opponents are H. Alex
ander Smith. jr., and John C.
Cole, both of 1916 Prospect
street NV.
Mr.. Hensel said. There are
a lot of things the university
is doing that hurt the resi-
Dental property. There are
parking problems aggravated
by the space required for buses
and now. perhaps further ag-
gravated by the restaurant.
Mr.. McCooey and talked about
all these factors.
LAS he was leaving, McCooey
asked how bad the parking gets
and said he could talk to uni
Evening star., 1961-11-29
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

H. Struve Hensel today con-
firmed that he offered to talk
with Georgetown University
about traffic congestion in the
area of a proposed restaurant
at Thirty-Sixth and Prospect
streets NV.
But he said Richard j. Nc
Cooey, the principal backer of
the restaurant, gave an Gin
complete story" of the offer.
Mr.. .McCooey testified yester-
day in the first day of hear
ings before the ABC Board on
the "1789 restaurants" applica-
ton for a liquor license. He
said Mr.. HenSel offered to get
protests against the license
withdrawn if Mr.. McCooey
could persuade Georgetown
University to help get a D. C,
Transit busline removed from
Prospect street.
The hearing was continued
until today before Mr.. Hensel
had an opportunity to reply
before the board.
Testimony today centered on
the question of which door at
the university is the main en-
trance. Under ABC regulations,
Evening star., 1961-11-29
SABOTEUR FOILED
TRYING TO FIRE
D. c. YULE TREE

ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP).
An attempt to sabotage
the White House Christmas
tree was thwarted by police
on the eve of the 75-foot
Douglas frs sendoff for
Washington yesterday.
A police patrol from the
sister city of Hoquiam
routed a tall, teen-age
youth from alongside the
railway flatcar where the
tree was inclosed in a big
plywood box.
A circle had been cut
nearly through the box.
A pint jar full of kerosene
was on the ground below.
The youth escaped.
The 39-year-old fir, cut
a week ago at a tree farm
near here, will be erected
on the White House lawn
December 7 and illumi-
mated by President Kennedy
at the Pageant of Peace
program December %.
Evening star., 1961-11-29
Car Dealers Forfeit
$50 on Permit Count

tor vehicle dealer at the same
address.
Gerald Colbaugh, listed as a
director and president of @. x.
Motors and licensed as a Dis
count Genes" salesman-oper-
ating as an unlicensed motor
vehicle dealer at the same ad-
dress.
Ross Rosenberg the auto
salesman who figured promin-
emily in District licensing hear
ings last summer, once applied
for a dealers license at the
same lot but has asked to with
draw his application. a request
held up by the corporation
counsels office.
Suspended S1OO Fine
Auto Discount, trading as
Lee Ford Motors" closed the
lot after police and Inspector
Spiess visited it November 18,
a visit which led to yesterdays
charges. The lot reopened
November 21 when its license
application was granted.
No charges were filed against
Mr.. Battista, who has a Dis
count Genes" lot at 968 New
York avenue NV, and had an
other lot at 1910 Rhode Island
avenue NE. Last July 6 his firm
received a suspended 500 fine
for violating auto sales and fl
nancing regulations.
Evening star., 1961-11-29
Army Asks Bids
On Leasing Tract

The Army Corps of Engineers
is offering for leasing a parcel
of about 25.5 acres of land on
the Fort Detrick Military Re-
servation, Frederick County
Md.
The land, usable only for non-
price-supported crops, will be
awarded for a five year period,
beginning January l, 1862, the
lease revocable at will by the
Army Secretary.
Sealed bids for the property
will be received by the Real
Estate Division. U. S. Army
Engineer District, at First and
Douglas Streets NV, until 2
pm. December 18.
Evening star., 1961-11-29
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

Opposition to a proposed 10.
foot-high dam at River Benz
has been strengthened by state.
ments of the National Park
Service.
Thomas F. Giles, NPS re.
gional planner. told 900 person!
attending a briefing session
last night on development oi
the Potomac River that "tht
increasing needs for recreation
do not require" a major reser-
voir at River Bend on the
Potomac above Great Falls.
Mr.. Giles said Chesapeake
Bay and the estuary of the Po-
tomac "offer the metropolitan
region ample big water OPP
portunities both now and in
the future"
The National Park Service
position contrasts sharply with
a report made last week for the
Maryland Department of Eco
nomic Development by Checchi
and Co., a private firm of con-
sulting economists.
This report stated that q
major dam at River Bend
would create a major water
resort and recreation attraction
in an area starved for adequate
water facilities" 1t concluded
that if such a dam is built and
its recreation potentials proper
ly developed, the economic
gains from the project will fan
outweigh the economic losses.
However, Mr.. Giles said rec
reation opportunity for metro
politan area residents and fol-
the many tourists who visit the
Nations Capital would be bet
ter served by acquiring addi-
tional shorelands ION both the
Potomac and the estuary which
would allow fuller public en-
joyment of the varied existing
recreation resources.
"The proposed reservoir
would inundate virtually the
entire portion of the Potomac
River within the Piedmont
Province. It would destroy ir-
replaceable historic, natural
and recreation values associat-
ed with this 35-mile section OF
the river, its islands. shore
lands and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal National Monu-
ment.
A major dam at River Bend
is a key part of oneeof four
alternate plans for develop
ment of the Potomac which
were explained at the meeting
by Col. Warren R. johnson,
Army district engineer, and
Evening star., 1961-11-29

Two used-car firms and the
president of one of them have
forfeited $50 collateral each on
charges of failing to obtain
proper dealers licenses for a
lot at 1900 K street NV.
The charges stemmed from
three instances this month in
which the lots operators sold
or offered to sell cars while
their applications for licenses
there were still pending, ac-
cording to Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Clark F. King.
COnfers With Inspector
Mr.. King brought charges
yesterday at Municipal Court
after comforting with John A.
Spiess, an inspector for the
Department of Licenses and
Inspections, and firm officials.
Those charged were:
Auto Discount Corp. (whose
president is Eugene Battista.
head of another firm trading
as Discount Gene'sD-charged
with failing to obtain a motor
vehicle dealers license to trade
as Lee Ford Motors" at 1900
K street NV.
@. x. Motors Corp, incor-
porated early this month to
trade as Lee Ford Motors
operating as an unlicensed mo-
Evening star., 1961-11-29
Attorney Symonds Not
In MutuuI Security

Attorney Robert H. Symonds,
with offices at 918 Sligo ave-
nue., Silver Spring, said today
that he was not connected with
the Mutual Security Savings
and Loan Association or any
corporations affiliated with it.
Robert Harold Symonds, 1903
Rocton avenue, Chevy Chase,
is president of Mutual Security.
Attorney SymondS lives at 4110
Southend road, Rockville.
Evening star., 1961-11-29
Child Education Talk

The Montgomery County As
Sociation for Language -Handi-
capped Children will discuss
physical education of the Ian
guage-retarded child with DR..
Warren johnson, director of
physical education at the Uni
versity of Maryland, at 8::15
O'Clock tonight at the Silver
Spring Library, 1901 Colesville
road, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1961-11-29
Author Will Speak
In Macarthur School

Mrs. Marion Holland, Chill
dren'S author, will speak at
10 am. Friday at the Mac
Arthur School Parent Teacher
Associations Book Fair.
The book fair begins today
at the school, 1101 Janney's
lane, Alexandria. Hours are
$50 am. to 4 pm. today and
Friday, and $50 am. to 8 pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1961-11-29

HE COULD NOT find Du-
luth on the maps. II knew it
was bound to exist" he said.
I'm fact, sir, I was over
whelmed with the conviction
that Duluth not only existed
somewhere, but that, where
ever it was, it was a great
and glorious place.
"T was convinced that the
greatest calamity that ever
befell the benighted nations
of the ancient world was in
their having passed away
without a knowledge of the
actual existence of Duluth;
that their fabled Atlantis,
never seen save by the
hallowed vision of inspired
poesy, was in fact but an
other name for Duluth; that
the golden orchard. of the
Hesperides was but a poetical
synonym for the beer gar
dens in the vicinity of
Duluth.
Il was certain that Herod-
otus had died a miserable
death because in all his
travels and with all his geo.
graphical research he had
never heard of Duluth.
II knew that if the i'm
mortal spirit of Homer could
look down from another
heaven than that created by
his own celestial genius
he would weep tears of bitter
anguish that, instead of
lavishing all. the stores of his
mighty genius upon the fall
of Illion, it had not been his
more blessed lot to crystalline
in deathlesS song the rising
glcries of Duluth"
The gavel fell after 10
minutes of this. There were
many cries of Go on!" Hear
ing no objection, the Speaker
allowed him to continue. In
the voting that followed, the
land grant for a railroad to
Duluth was defeated.
Evening star., 1961-11-29
The
Rambler
Questions
Congressional Wit
By GEORGE KENNEDY


THE WIT AND WISDOM
OF CONGRESS. Edited by
Edward Boykin. Funk &
Wagnalls, SIS.
Mr.. Boykin, a longtime
resident Of Washington, has
not been seen much here
abouts of late. Two circum-
stances account for this: /.
He moved to Charlottesville.
2. He has been spending all
his time reading the Con-
greSsional Record and its
predecessors.
His book takes the reader
back to the days when
oratory was in power, when
the galleries were filled -
not with tourists -. but with
fans.
Most of the gifted orators
were SouthernerS. Their
ready reference to Greek
myths, ancient and medieval
history, Walter Scott and
magnolia, gave their efforts
a literary quality.
But is Mr.. Boykin, who
writes Civil War history from
behind the Confederate lines,
fair?
He leaves out Daniel
WebSter's reply to Hayne
which every Northern school
boy was able to recite a
couple of generations back.
Evening star., 1961-11-29

reform act which became ef-
fective June IL. Mr.. Ward is
also conservator of another
Baltimore firm, Phoenix Saw
ings and Loan Association.
Baltimore Circuit Court Judge
Joseph Allen ordered the con-
servatorship with the consent Of
First Guarantees officials.
In his petition to Judge Pow
ers, Mr.. Finan said the aSSocia-
ton had made only one loan to
a member since 1T was chartered
in March, 1860, even though the
major business of an associa-
ton is to make loans.
Instead, said the attorney
general, American International
exchanged $780, 900 shares of its
Glass A stock for second and
third mortgages in New York
and Florida and land sales con-
tracts on developments in
Florida.
These transactions were
neither adapted nor intended
to provide funds for loans to
its members or to promote the
interest of said corporation as
a savings and loan association"
he said.
Instead, the petition charged,
they were intended solely to
promote various interests held
by the active managers of said
corporation, including those of
Marshall I. Stewart"
Mr.. Stewart was identified in
the petition as a Washington
attorney and principal promo
ter of American International.
Persons answering the tele-
phone at l411 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, said Mr.. Stewart
had an office in the building
there but that he was not in.
The president of the associa-
ton, Howard Mallek, was re-
ported to be in New York.
On November 2, an ATTORNEY
for American international
said the firm had 100000 in
savers money. A spokesman at
the Takoma Park office, $3.50
New Hampshire avenue, refused
to comment.
GreenspOOn Comments
In the Mutual Security case.
Mr.. Greenspoon said, he had
advised his client, Leon Wein-
raub, owner of Leon Office
Machines Co., Inc, 14I5 K
street NV, to turn down any
request for his signature to the
receiverShip petition, and so
told Mutual Security officials.
A friend Of Mr.. Weinraub,
said Mr.. Greenspoon, told the
latter he would tell the at
torney general about the meet
ing. Today. Assistant Attorney
General James P. Garland said
he was to have met Mr.. Green
spoon Monday in Rockville
when the State was granted
authority to intervene in Mu-
tuai Security's voluntary re-
ceivership. The two failed to
meet, however, because of the
press of other matters, they
said.
Leon Theodore, of 1912 Blair
road NV. a dealer in advertis-
ing specialties, who is the second
creditor. said a meeting was
held November Is which he
attended, but that he refused
to sign the petition. 81 would
prefer not to say why" said Mr.,
Theodore, but added, II would
be glad to make any statement
to the best of my knowledge"
to any official authority. -
Evening star., 1961-11-29

INSTEAD HE gives the
Massachusetts, Senator's ideas
on the value of the West.
What do we want with
this vast, worthless area?
This region of savages and
wild beasts, of deserts, of
shifting sands and whirl-
winds of dust, of cactus
and prairie dogs? To what
use could We ever hope to put
these great deserts, or these
endless mountain ranges,
impenetrable and covered to
their very base with eternal
snow? What can we ever
hope to do with che Western
coast, a coast of 5000 miles,
rockbound, cherries, unin-
viting, and not a harbor on
it? What use have we for
this country?"
A footnote states: This
example of great wisdom was
expounded by Daniel Webster
in denouncing a measure in
1929 to establish a mail route
from Missouri, across the
plains and mountains to the
West Coast"
Is the title of this book
sarcastic? This is suggested
by many of the examples of
wit cited.
However, it contains some
gems in addition to the we'll
known eulogy of the dog by
Senator Vest.
One is the. famous bit of
satire spoken in the House
in 1871 by a new member,
Proctor Knott of Kentucky,
in opposition to a grant of
land to build a railroad to
Duluth. He termed it the
zenith City of the Unsalted
Seas" a term which Duluth
has chosen for its slogan.
Evening star., 1961-11-29

representatives of five Federal
agencies.
Before the briefing started
at the departmental audito-
rum, Arthur B. Hanson, a vice
chairman of the Co-ordinating
Committee on the Potomac
River Valley, arose on a point
of order and asked when the
Corps of Engineers would hold
hearings on the alternate
plans.
Col. johnson replied that a
hearing or hearings would be
held probably between April
and June before he will SUBJ
NIT his final recommendation
on construction of dams on
the Potomac.
Misunderstanding Settled
The Co-ordinating Commit.
| tee had withdrawn Monday a;
| q sponsor of last nights meet.
| ing as a result of a misunder'
standing over whether question:
would be permitted from the
floor, but later returned when
| it was agreed that such ques-
tons would be permitted.
The briefing session was CO.
ordinated by the Citizens Coun-
Gil for a Clean Potomac ano
the Washington Metropolitan
Regional Conference. Severa,
other organizations served az
sponsors for the meeting.
After receiving Col. Johnson.
answer on when the Army
Engineers would hold their owr
hearings, Mr.. Hanson turned tt
the audience and asked al
those who oppose construction
of a dam at River Bend tt
stand.
Nearly half the audience
arose.
Col. johnson asked: What
does that prove?"
Supporters Rise
Then J. C. Brown, jr., Poto-
mac Basin co-ordinator for the
National Rural Electric Coop.
erative Association, asked al
those in favor of a River Beno
impoundment to stand.
Another large group stood
up. While no official count was
made, the anti-River Bend
group present appeared to out
number those in favor of this
possible impoundment site.
Stuart Finley, program chair
man for the Citizens Council
| for a Clean Potomac, then
asked How many people are
open-minded about develop
ment of the Potomac Basin?"
/ Only about 10 persons raised
their hands.
Following the briefing, which
had been presented previously
at a press conference, nearly
200 written and oral questions
were submitted.
Many of the questions were
heavily slanted in favor of a