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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-15

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to restore WaShington's conf
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Evening star., 1961-12-17
BREEDING QUESTIONED
Dog to Have His Day
In Claims Court Here

the dog was represented to him
"as being of select breeding, of
show quality and of lineage so
fine" that a 500 breeding
fee could be charged.
But. Gen. Huglin said, THE
dog proved to be an unsatis-
factory pet"
The poodle, he said, devel-
oped traits of excessive shyness
and cringing, barking and
snarling at visitors.
In addition, he said, the dog
is incapable of producing a
family. Consequently, he can't
be shown in dog shows under
rules of the American Kennel
Club.
Mrs. Glassman disagrees
with the general and contends
the dog is quite capable of
fatbering puppies.
The poodle will be brought
to court when the case comes
up Wednesday.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Police Raid
Liquor Still,
Charge Two

Two men were charged yes
terday with operating an illegal
100-gallon still along a creek
at the bottom of a 30-foot ra-
vine in Chapel Hill, Prince
Georges County police reported.
The suspects. siezed after a
short chase through the woods,
were identified by police as
Joseph G. Swami, 4S. and Will
liam E. Coleman, 81. both of
the 300 block of Livingston
road, Chapel Hill.
County Detective Sergt.
George E. Clements said he and
two of his men, plus two each
from the Federal and State
alcoholic tax units, surprised
the suspects after they had run
off two one-gallon jars Of
Ewhiskey. The apparatus was set
up in a woods off the 9100 block
of Livingston road, police said.
The raiders smashed six cases
of empty one-gallon jars, a
pressure tank. gasoline cans,
and a gasoline burner, Sergt.
Clements said.
He said each suspect was
charged under State law with
manufacturing whiskey without
a license and possession of un-
taxed whiskey. Bond was set
at $1,000 each pending a pre-
liminary hearing January 10 in
Upper Marlboro police court.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Transit Agency Backs
P. u. c. on New Buses

The Washington areas tran
sit commission is expected to
stand firm on a decision that
approval Of D. C. Transit Sys-
TENS streetcar conversion re-
quest hinges on the purchase of
new, air-conditioned buses.
The question was raised by
the company's request last week
for authority to complete it's
switchover to an all-bus system
on January 10.
This petition to the WASH
ington Area Transit Commis-
sion for conversion of the
Fourteenth street and u street
trolley lines was silent on the
new bus purchase provision.
The transit agency had in
dorSed a District Public Utih-
| ties Commission decision that
the company must replace its
Evening star., 1961-12-17
New Plan Urged
In L'Enfant Plaza

plaza with shops instead Of
offices. This was Mr.. Zecken-
DORIS original plan anyway,
Mr.. Finley pointed out.
Phil Doyle, the new director
of the RIA, said the change
in the plaza concept would
probs lily mean a delay but he
called it IAN attractive idea"
He said it will be discussed with
the NCPC in more detail,
However, he does not think
Webb & Knapp is faced with q
serious problem yet on sched-
uling construction of the twin
office buildings despite the fact
the RIA does not have an ar
chitect on the project right
now.
Mr.. Doyle, who has held the
RIA post only a few weeks,
said he and his staff are work.
ing on it.
Evening star., 1961-12-17

trolleys with new, air-condi-
toned buses.
The company has said that it
will have rs new buses before
january 10 to replace the
streetcars on the recently
abandoned Eleventh street and
Mount Pleasant streetcar lines.
But, in its request last week,
the company said nothing
about replacing the rs remain
ing streetcars.
o. Roy Chalk, company pres
ident, could not be reached
yesterday for comment.
In answer to a question, a
transit commission official said
there has neen no change in
the commissions position on
the matter. 1t was understood,
however, that the company
probably would be given until
the end of 1862 to have the new
buses in service.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Mrs. Rowe Sees
New Emphasis in
D. c. Renewal

Future urban renewal pro-
grams win require more empha-
sis on rehabilitation of exist
ing structures rather than de-
struction of huge areas such as
Southwest. according to Mrs,
Elizabeth Rowe, the new chair
man Of the National Capital
Planning Commission.
Mrs. Rowe said one of the
primary concerns should be the
problem Of relocation of those
families displaced by urban re-
newal and highway construc-
ton programs. 8
I'VE must give serious con-
cern to this problem" she said
Regarding Georgetown re-
newal plans, Mrs. Rowe noted
that the NCPC has not yet
made a determination concern
ing them and added that the
staff has been instructed to
make more studies and report
to the commission.
Mrs. Rowe made the remarks
during a tapping of WTOP-TV's
City Side" program prepared
for broadcast today.
Evening star., 1961-12-17

tor" noting particular items
to look for in each case. How
ever. investigators check all
eligibility factors. and report
all irregularities. A special re-
port on specific facts is called
to their attention.
The committee is composed
of Donald Brewer. deputy di-
rector of the Welfare Depart
ment; Henry C. Lajewsky. We'll
fare Research director; Donald
Gray. Welfare Department con-
sultant; William Calvin, di-
rector Of Welfare's investiga-
ton unit: j. E. Bindeman,
chairman of the Public We'll
fare Advisory Council; Robert
F. Burgess of the District In
ternal Audit Office. and As
sistant Corporation Counsel
Albert s. Povich.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Cities
and People
Hurbor Reflects
Past and Future
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS

@AAN4'EAA O91O, MA'-1O . = OU
o'clock on Friday afternoon,
and you're thinking of Fran
els Nicholson, and what sort
of a man was he?
You want to be back in
Washington by nightfall, so
now's the time to Jump in
your car and head for the
John Hanson highway.
The schooners, bugeyes
and oyster boats hug all three
sides of the city dock. A cool
wind ripples the surface of
the harbor. The sun Is drop
ping quickly behind you, and
you see, reflected in the wa
ter, the winking outlines of
Andy's Grill and Sadler's
Hardware Store across the
way.
A couple of youngsters run
along the quayside. followed
by a barking dog. In the har-
bor, a few boats are being
moved. But the traffic is
slow-motion on this watery
main street that flows right
into the heart of the city.
Next to the traffic on
Compromise street, and
around Market Space, the
harbor at this hour is calm
and quiet-and much like it
must have been in Francis
Nicholson's day.
AS you walk toward your
car, you decide you'll have to
check up sometimes on old
Sir Francis. How did it hap
pen he was able to create two
of Americas most charming
and significant cities? Who
was this genius who gave us
both Annapolis and Will
liamsburg?
ALL DAY LONG, you've
been walking around in the
midst Of the history that
Francis Nicholson made.
This morning, as you were
coming into town, you
stopped to read a State
Roads Commission sign sum-
marizing the city's history.
Annapolis" it said:
Capital Of Maryland since
1885.
Present State House be-
gun 1772.
Continental Congress re-
ceived Washington's resigna-
ton as Commander Chief
Of the Continental Army
1888.
Peggy Stewart Tea Party
occurred 1774.
Home of three signers of
the Declaration Of Independ-
ence.
Hammond Harwood
House built 1774 IA period
museum).
"St. Johns College char
tered 1874.
"U. S. Naval Aca denny
founded 1845."
At this point-So far as the
sign was able to report-his-
tory stopped. But you found
when you walked around the
city, and talked to a few peo-
pie, a lot of things have hap
pened in Annapolis since the
Naval Academy was founded
in 1845.
One Of the most important
things that have happened,
you guess, has been the
awakening of Annapolis to
the fact that history never
stops, and that to make good
things happen people must
do what Sir Francis Nichol-
son did so long. ago: Draw up
a good plan.
For almost 10 years now,
Annapolis has been taking
stock of it's assets, of where
1t stands, and of where IL
wants to go.
4
LIKE ALL CITIES it wants
to move ahead. But-not like
all cities-it is moving eau
tiously. In the process of be-
ing improved, it doesn't want
to lose the charm and the
character it now possesses so
abundantly.
AS you drive off. you look
up at the town from Market
Space in the gathering dusk.
You imagine Francis Nichol-
son might have stood on this
very ground to draw up his
plan for Annapolis. Here his
design could well have taken
form, for the harbor was its
key.
With his back to the har-
Dor and his eyes to the hill
where the State House now
= stands, he could not possibly
have imagined the problems
4 that would come to a city in
Evening star., 1961-12-17
TV TO INFORM
AIR TRAVELLERS
ON PLANES

Eastern Air Lines is in
stalling a television camera
in the operations office
down on the ramp level at
National Airport. This is
where all information con-
corning arrivals, depar-
lures and gate locations is
filtered or originated.
I'VE have similar install
lations at our counters in
Miami and at La Guardia
in New York." said M. A.
Selinger, jr., Eastern's traf-
fic and sales manager here.
Were installing the
cables at National now"
he said. land it should be
in operation in about. a
month. This is the first
such installation in the
Washington area"
The closed circuit TV
camera will flash the whole
picture to four 24-inch
television sets which will be
either suspended from the
ceiling or on platforms on
the wall behind the ticket
counter; Mr.. Selinger said.
What this means to the
air traveller is if the coun-
ter is crowded Gas it usually
Isl he won't have to push
ahead and crane his neck
to see when his plane takes
off and which gate he has
to go to.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
. Star STAFF Writer. =

l. A NATO general iss suing a
Washington dog breeder on
grounds the male poodle he
bought can't breed.
Brig. Gen. Henry G. Huglin,
deputy United States repre-
sentative to the Military Ccm-
mittee and Standing Group of
NATO, has brought a $50 suit
here against Mrs. Ethel G..
Glassman of 4201 Blagden
avenue NV.
The dog involved is an
8-month old, cream colored
poodle. - -.
According to papers filed in
the Small Claims division of
Municipal Court, Gen. Huglin
of Falls Church, Va, bought
him last August for 5000.
The general, who is now in
Paris attending NATO meet
ings, charges in court papers
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Progress Report Filed
In Relief Cheating Quiz

The District Welfare Depart
ment has forwarded the first
progress report on the month
old special investigation Of pos
sible cheaters on relief rolls to
Commissioner John B. Duncan.
The brief report does not
contain statistics on findings
to date.
Welfare SpokeSmen refused
comment on whether any viola
tors had been removed from
the rolls as a result of the in
vestigation. According to the
rules, administrative action
Is to be taken Immediately on
any one found ineligible.
They note that at least so
cases must be covered in a
statistical study Of this kind
before a trend is apparent.
Started November 13
The five-man investigative
team went to work November
13, operating under the guild
ance of a special committee set
up a week earlier. The COM
mittee is made Of Welfare De-
partment representatives. as
well as o representative from
the corporation counsel's office
and the Districts Internal
Audit office.
The special project was
launched at the request of Sen
ator Byrd. Democrat of West
Virginia, who has asked for
periodic progress reports.
The investigators are expert
enced men selected from the
regular welfare department in
vestigation unit.
A basic difference in ap-
proach is that cases are chosen
from through a random sam
pling. rather than through re-
ferral by social workers who
suspect abuses. The latter is
used in the regular investiga-
tive program.
Five per cent of the Sep
tember aid-to-dependent chill
dren caseload and 10 per cent
of the general public assistance
cases are to be covered.
Cases believed to be ineligi-
BILE are sent at once to the
assistant chief of the public
assistance division, who is
asked to report on action taken.
Should public assistance feel
the case is eligible. the ques-
ton is referred to the COM
mittee. A report on all cases
is forwarded ultimately to the
Office of Research and Sta
tistics for evaluation.
After project findings are
analyzed, the committee will
make recommendations on fur
ther avenues Of investigation.
Experienced Staff
The public assistance division
provides cases from its active
file, without notifying casework
units concerned.
An experienced social worker
is serving as eligibility evalua-
Evening star., 1961-12-17

another architect to work on
the project.
Occupancy commitments -
valued at SIS million a year
have already been made for the
twin office buildings based on
completion by the end of 1868,
Mr.. Downing said. Construc-
ton must start, he said. in six
months. G +:
Architect Gar Urged
At the same time, he added
the rental commitments are
based on the availability oi
parking facilities. This would
mean the 2,000-car garage
should be ready in time fol-
the opening Of the office struc-
lures.
The parking garage and the
office structures should be
built simultaneously because OF
engineering requirements. This
means. Mr.. Downing said, Webb
& Knapp designers cannot
plan the lower levels of the
office buildings until the entire
plaza design is ready.
What is needed is a top
name architect who will act as
a car for design and co-ordi-
nation of the entire MALL" Mr..
Downing suggested.
District agencies involved in
the mall development include,
besides the RIA, the Highway
Department and the Motor We
hicle Parking Agency. which
would handle the garage con-
struction.
Mr.. Downing said Webb &
Knapp is now planning to put
shops on the lower level of the
office buildings on the plaza
instead of offices.
Would Mean Delay
But, he said, the present con-
cept for the public plaza space
"is too severe the place
will just die after S o'clock. "
Instead of empty open space.
he said, there could be a sunken
garden lined with outdoor cafes
or restaurants or an ice skating
area similar to Rockefeller
Center.
1T should be something with
a lot of life to it, some striking
feature that would at the same
time give the whole plaza con-
ltinuity," Mr.. Downing added.
William E. Finley, executive
director of the National Capital
Planning Commission which
must approve urban renewal
design for the District, said his
staff favors the concept but
has not gone into any details
of design.
He said the NCPC staff urged
Webb & Knapp to line the
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Blaze Fatal.
To 4 Here
Is Probed

Firemen last night reported nc
success in their search for the
cause of a fire which killed
two young adults and a mother
and her 7-year-old daughter
in an unlicensed Northeast
Washington rooming house.
Arson. however. was tenta-
lively ruled out.
Officials. whose efforts were
hampered by sub-freezing tenn
peratures, called the tragedy
the worst since the Mount Ver-
non Nursing Home fire Febru-
ary l. Seven persons died in
that blaze.
The fire apparently began in
the kitchen Of the house at GIG
Ninth street.
The victims were identified as
Mrs. Rose Ann Jones, 81; her
daughter, Linda Ann; Miss Sally
Williams, 10. and Paul Miller,
%.
Walking his beat near the
house, Police Pvt. Leroy NJ
Lombard saw smoke shortly
after midnight yesterday and
entered the building. He led Lis
ton Mathews, 81; his sister,
Mrs. jamie Branch, and her hus-
band to safety.
Deputy Fire Marshal An
thony B. Mileo said the six
room building was leased by
Mrs. Branch, but did not have
a license for rooming house
operation. He said II persons
occupied the house at the time
of the fire.
District regulations require
a license for any building with
five or more roomers or three
or more apartments. Before
the license is issued, the build
ing must undergo fire inspec.
ton. TWo-story rooming
houses. such as this one, are
not required to have fire
escapes.
An occupant of the second
floor, Homer Beaddy, so, ran
out down the burning staircase
Mrs. Lula Coghill, 43, jumped
from a second-floor window
into his arms as he staggered
out of the front door. Both
suffered burns and were ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital in
good condition. Mrs. Coghill
also suffered a broken leg.
An injured fireman, Pvt
Francis x. Mayhem, 81, o1
Engine Company 10, was also
admitted to, the hospital fol-
smoke inhalation.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
ECHO SATELLITE:
WHEN TO SEE IT

Americas Echo satellite
will be visible over the
Washington area II times
between now and Christ
mas. The big space balloon
may be seen on:
Tuesday, 4:19 am, south
Of the city, % degrees above
the horizon, moving north
east, and at 6:26 am, Tues
day, north of the city, 81
degrees above the horizon,
moving northeast.
Wednesday, 5:37 am,
south of the city, 76 de-
grees above the horizon,
moving northeast.
Thursday, 4:47 am,
south Of the city, 54 de-
grees above the horizon,
moving northeast, and at
6:52 am, north of the city,
SIS degrees above the hori-
zon, moving northeast.
Friday, 1857 am, in the
south, SO degrees, moving
northeast: also at 6:03
am, north Of the city, 81
degrees above the horizon,
moving northeast.
Saturday, STA am, in
the north, "a degrees, NOV
ing northeast.
Sunday, 4::24 am, in the
south, IA degrees, moving
northeast, and at 6::28 am,
to the north, so degrees,
moving northeast.
Non day, December Is,
5:39.a.m., north of the city,
SO degrees, moving north
east.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
HuIe Sales
Heading for
New Mark

This Christmas season looks
like it will be the record break
er for shopping sales volume
for the Washington area stores
and yesterday apparently was
the busiest day so far.
According to department
store officials, customer buying
with six shopping days left
before Christmas-has been so
heavy that the total volume
will probably exceed the top
figure set in 1859.
One spokesman, describing
how busy a downtown, store
was yesterday, remarked that
"the customers are wrapping
us up we're going at
capacity"
Traffic downtown was heavy
but police reported no major
tie-ups during the afternoon
In the suburbs, parking lots
filled quickly and in some cases
parking spaces were scarce by
noon.
Store officials said they be-
lieve yesterday will be the big
gest day of the entire season.
Crowds are expected to be
heavy again tomorrow.
One reason for the big turn
out has been the weather, ac-
cording to a spokesman for
Woodward & Lothrop's. Last
year the weather at this time
hurt business-snow kept things
at a Standstill for several days,
But this week we've had
crisp, clear and cold days that
puts people in a shopping
mood" the store official ex-
planned. -.
One Of the busiest spots
yesterday was the Northeast
farmers market where thou
sands of Christmas tree buyers
came to make their purchases
For many it marked a family
tradition-the trip to the old
market for the Yule tree.
Downtown. it was a day for
children, too. The lines grew
long in front of the ersatz
Santas cheering the small fry in
advance.
Spokesman for major depart
ment stores said this will prob
ably be the biggest Christmas
volume year If the pace keeps
>up for the remaining shopping
days. Officials of Woodward &,
Lothrop's, Hecht's, Lansburgh's
Kann's and Julius Garfinckel's
agreed that yesterday will
probably stand as the biggest
day Of the season for down.
town stores.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Police Station Smoke
Brings 3 Fire Units

Three fire companies raced
to the Montgomery County Po-
lice Station in Silver Spring
yesterday when smoke was re-
ported coming out the second
floor window of the detective
bureau.
The trouble was traced to a
burning motor in a soft drink
machine. Firemen said damage
was negligible.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Dean to Be Speaker

E. A. Potts, assistant dean Of
the National Law Center Of
George Washington University,
will address the Washington
alumni chapter of the Sigma
Delta Kappa Law Fraternity at
noon Wednesday, at the Army
Navy Club, Seventeenth and I
streets NV.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
By GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Staff Writer

Webb g. Knapp, the New
York firm developing the key
area for the new Southwest
wants the District Redevelop-
ment Land Agency to build a
plaza similar to Rockefeller
Center within the multi-million
dollar L'Enfant Plaza. fT
Details of the new concept
have not yet been decided but
the developers are concerned
that a delay in final plans by
the RIA may jeopardize Webt
g. Knapp's construction time
table.
Top officials of the RIA ano
the National Capital Planning
Commission have shown initial
interest in the Rockefeller Gen.
ter concept and discussions
have already been underway
with Webb & Knapp.
L'Enfant Plaza is to include
a l,000-room hotel and three
office buildings to be built by
William Zeckendorf's Webb &
Knapp.
The RIA is to build a Tenth
Street Mall - a broad, tree
lined mall that will be the
focal point for the new South
west.
RIA must also build the pub
lie space within the center of
the plaza including an under
ground, four-level parking ga
rage beneath the plaza and
mall to hold 1000 cars.
Must Start in 6 Months
The surface of the plaza-an
area 600 by 400 feet-would
be an empty open space COW
cred with granite and some
greenery.
1t is this open space that
Webb & Knapp now suggests
should be given more striking
treatment.
At the same time, they point
out, the RIA needs to hire an
architect to get started on de-
tailed planning of the plaza
and the entire mall SO that
construction can get started
on the twin office buildings
on each side of the plaza.
Preliminary designs had been
drawn up by Philadelphia
Architect Wilhelm v. Won Mol
ike. But Mr.. Won Moltke is
now designing a new South
American city and has not
been available for the past
several months. ~
Cornelius M. Downing, jr.
who heads Webb b Knapp's
operations here, said he has
been pressing the RIA to get
Evening star., 1961-07-26
AMERICAN FLAGS
FLOWN TO SHOW
BERLIN BACKING

CENTERVnLE, Iowa,
(AP). = American flags
were flying in the bus
iness district of this South
ern Iowa city today as an
expression Of support for
President Kennedy in the
Berlin controversy.
A 200-word telegram to
the President, signed by
civic leaders. said the flag
would continue to be flown
daily until the Berlin crisis
was resolved, one way or
another.
The gesture is not ram
pant nationalism, the tele-
gram said, but IAN ac-
knowledgment that the
world situation puts an
emphasis on the need for
patriotism"
Evening star., 1961-07-26
Virginia Ruling
Hits Wholesalers

RICHMOND, July 26 (AP).-
Wholesale merchants doing
business in more than one city
or town may soon be required
to pay license taxes in the vari-
Gus communities.
Attorney General Gray ruled
that Virginia law does not pro-
hibit cities and towns from
levying separately their local
license taxes on wholesalers
operations in such communities.
The wholesalers already are
taxed in their home commu-
mites, and also pay a State
wholesale tax on their gross
volume.