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Evening star., 1961-02-24
St. Stephens 5 Tourney
Sees Fovorites Advance

Conn, Q come from behind
4O-3S victory over Friends.
The semifinals today match
Good Counsel and Norfolk at Z,
followed by the st. Stephen's-
Kingswood game at $3.50. In
consolation games, st. Adams
meets Georgetown Prep at 4,
and Christchurch tangles with
Friends at $50.
Good Counsel's. speed and
shooting were too much for
the Saints. who were playing
without two regulars. Steve VIII
hanson stole the ball repeat
edly, and combined on the
break with Bob Bombard and
Gene Harper to give the Fal-
cons more points in three pc
RODS than any other team
scored in q game. Bombard,
possibly the best player In the
tournament, had Is points to
be high scorer for the night.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Two Area Fives Play
In TFi-County Event

KEYSER. w. Va, Feb. "a
(AP).-Prince Georges Com
munity College plays Charles
County Junior College today In
the opener Of the Tri-State
Athletic Conference basketball
tournament at Potomac State
gym.
Shenandoah &c meets Har-
ford In the windup Of the after
noon double header.
In tonight's twin bill, Mont
gomery &c plays Baltimore &c
In the opener and Potomac
State tackles Catonsville In the
nightcap.
The winners advance to to-
morrow mornings Semifinals,
with the losers there meeting
In Q consolation game at $3.50
pm. and the semifinal winners
meeting for the championship
ct $50.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
FINALS
SUBNOVICE DIVISION

112-POund Class
Harry McGarvey (Hillcrest
Heights) VS.. Cecil Beverly (Mel
A. c..
11S-POund Class
William Abels (Hillcrest
Heights) vs.. James Mccoy cd
wards A. c..
126-POund Class
Charles O'Connor (Boys' Club
Of Washington VS.. Adrian
Davis (Southeast A. c..
135-POund Class
Gabriel Magtutu Catholic
Youth Organization) VS.. Robert
Galloway (unattached).
147-POund Class
Anderson Bethea Edwards
A. CO. VS.. Danny Hildebrand
(Hillcrest Heights).
1eO-POund Class
Richard Harley Twelfth
street " vs.. Chester Hammond
(Police Club No. %.
175-POund Class
Warren Copeland Twelfth
street " VS.. Jimmy Long
Olympic Club.
Heavyweight Class
Mike Hunt (Hillcrest Heights)
VS.. Steve Organ Edwards A..
c..
Evening star., 1961-02-24
GLOVES PAIRINGS
SENIOR DIVISION

SEN1O6 U1V1S1ON
ll8-Pound Class
Purcell Burrell Police Club
No. y VS.. Ralph jackson (Po1
lice Club No. %.
126-POund Class -.
Ralph Boone Edwards A.C.)
VS.. Calvin Woodland, (Polieo
Club No. %.
135-POund Glass
Sherman Mitchell (Police
Club No. % VS.. Ralph Wolfe
(CYO).
147-POund Class
Leroy Roberts Police Club
No. y VS.. David Ryans (Edz
wards A.C0. 70.
16O-POund Class !.
Albert De Vaughan (South-
east A.C.) VS.. Charley ClemonS
(Police Club No. %. -.
175-POund Class ~,
Eugene Welborn Police Club
No. o VS.. Harold johnson (Po~
lice Club No. %. ~
Exhibiti0n Bout -
Rene Zwicker (CYO) vs.. WI.
liam Outz (Mel A.C.). :
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Langley, Morgan and Guthrie
Enter DoytonuRuc Today

Elmo Langley Of Wheaton
and Wes Morgan Of Alexandra
are entered in lO0-mile races
today at Daytoria International
Speedway, and Glenn Guthrie
Of Temple Ellis, Md. viii race
in Q 50-miler as the final week
end Of the month-long speed
weeks" begins at Daytona
Beach, Fla.
The two 1O0-mile races today
win determine starting posi-
tionS for Sundays third annual
Daytona 800" for NASCAR late
model passenger cars, carry
ing Q purse Of $9S,145.
There also are two 50-mile
races for sportsman and rnodi-
fled stock cars which will whit
tie 95 entries down to SO. start
ers for o 250-mile race tomor-
row on the 21a-mile tri-oval.
Langley, driving q 1859 Pom
tiac. qualified for one Of the
l00-mile tests with an average
speed Of 138.333 miles per hour
in trials Wednesday. Morgan
is entered In q 1851 Chevrolet
housing . 409-cubic-inch en-
Evening star., 1961-02-24

gilie, but no word has been re-
ceiyed Of his qualifying speed.
Langley's speed compares with
Fireball Roberts record quail
tying figure Of 155.7O0 for two
laps in a Pontiac. Roberts Of
Daytona Beach and Joe Wealth
erly Of Norfolk won the two
pole positions for the Daytona
$500" by winning 25-mile races
February IL.
The top 20 finishers in each
100-miler today qualify for the
Sunday lineup and 10 other
starters viii be determined in
Q 25-mi1e consolation race to-
morrow.
Guthrie, the NASCAR modi-
fled champion in 1859. viii
drive a Ford with q Mercury
engine, the same car he CAM
paigned with infrequently last
year.
Guthrie finished 10th at Day.
tona last year after bashing q
couple of tenders In o pileup
early In the race. Langley came
In 25th and SD in two previous
shots at the $780,"
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Wakefield Five Hurtino
For WI Game I Toniqht

straight victories since being
upset by the Warriors.
Herby Brown, Wakefield's
top substitute, also Is on the
casualty list after Q throat
ailment. Herby returned to
school Wednesday and It Is
doubtful he viii see action
tonight.
Wakefield can clinch its
second straight Northern Vir-
gtnia Group IA League cham
pionship with . victory tonight.
II the Warriors are upset by
the Generals, they will have to
wrap up the title and the top
seeding in next weeks league
tournament against Osbourn
tomorrow night at Wakefield.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

Two starters On the Wake
field High School basketball
team win be available for only
limited duty tonight Is the
Warriors risk their lS-game
winning streak against WASH
ington-Lee at WI.
Rick Duques Sprained an
ankle In practice Monday and
Gerry Spadetti Just returned
TO school yesterday after q bout
with the flu. DuQueS has had
ankle trouble all season but
has his doctors approval for
limited duty against the Gen.
erals.
Coach Maynard Haithcock
probably win start Bill O'Con-
nor and Ronnie Peters In palace
Of Duques and Spadetti. The
other starters are Jim Barr,
Rolf Russart and Gerry
Francis.
Washington-Lee, beaten, a.
35, by the Warriors early last
month, has reeled off nine
Evening star., 1961-02-24

100 miller today. and the out
side pole for Sundays race.
with a qualifying speed Of
l54l22.
But 13 other drivers in the
100 milers also bettered $50
m.p.h, indicating o ding-dong
battle In both events. The two
races will qualify q total Of 40
drivers for the Sunday 500. and
IS more will be qualified in the
25-mile consolation race tomor-
row. Roberts and Weatherly
bring the field to so for the
Sunday event.
The 100-milers today art part
Of . four-race program. There
is Q 50-mile event for the
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Former InfieIder
Of Detroit Dies
ROANNYE

ROANOKE. Va, Feb. "a
(AP)-David Solomon (Davey)
Crockett, IS, who played first
base for the Detroit Tigers
right after the turn Of the CEN
tury. died yesterday in a Char
lottesville hospital.
A native Of Roanoke County
and q resident Of Roanoke dur
ing most Of his life, Crockett
entered professional baseball in
1900 with Raleigh Of the Caro-
lima League. He retired as Q
player at age As.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

DAYToNA BEACH. Fla,
Feb. "a (AP).-Tall Glenn
(FirebalD Roberts Of Daytona
and stubby Joe Weatherly Of
Norfolk. Va, turned in the
fastest qualifying times for to-
days two 10O-mile late model
stock car races at Daytona
International Speedway. but
that is no indication they will
win.
Roberts won the pole position
for one Of the races and the
Sunday "Daytona 500" event
with o speed Of 155.709 miles
per hour for two laps over the
21a mile asphalt course. Wealth
erly won the pole for the second
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Duke Set for ACC Title PIoy
After Glossy Gorden Showing.

pulled within . half-game Of
Cincinnati In the Missouri VAL
ley Conferences chase. Tim Rob-
inson had II points and Chet
Walker and Mack Herndon 16
apiece for the Braves, who'll
defend their MT title In New
York If they fan to beat out
Cincinnati for the Missouri VAL
ley berth In the NCAA.
Tourney Teams Win
Other tournament possibili-
ties and entries moved ahead
comfortably.
Utah. leading the Skyline
Conference. won its eighth
straight for an 1876 record and
Ia 10-l conference Slate-95-o0
over Brigham Young as Billy
McGill scored 80 points and
Jim Rhead 20.
Providence NTT) thrashed
Lemoyne, $3.50, for an 1874
record, and Miami Of Florida
(NID whipped Morehead
Ky.l, $3.50, for its 18th tri-
umph against six defeats.
Drake, q Missouri Valley also
ran with o chance for the NIT,
won its seventh straight for an
1876 mark. 83-63 over q North
Texas State team that has lost
19 Of its 20 games.
Holy Cross, an NIT hopeful,
got 40 points from Jack Foley
in smashing q bundle Of school
records in q 1924 rout Of
Fairfield, and Christ Smiths
Is points were high for Vir-
ginia Tech, which nailed second
place in the Southern Confer
ence regular-season chase, 103-
81 over Furman.
Ken Rohloff'S 20 points led
North Carolina State over VII
lanova. 1886, despite o 34-
point burst by Villanova's Hubie
White.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

Monday. News Of the death
had been withheld from the
l9-year-old sophomore because
he was making his Garden
debut.
This was the last game be-
fore the ACC tournament at
Raleigh March "a for Hey.
man, who hit IS Of q shots
and added six Of 10 free throws
In matching the SO points
scored by Seton Halls Hank
Gunter at the Garden against
st. Joseph's (Pa.l last Decem-
Der 81 In the Holiday Festival.
He'll sit out Dukes ACC regu-
lar-season finale at North
Carolina tomorrow.
BOnnies Boost Streak
NYU, making Q determined
drive for q National Invitation
Tournament berth despite Q
1919 record, beat bigger, heay-
Ter Wake Forest with top team
defense, and the steady shoot
ing Of Al FilarCii (18 points, ,
Ray Paprocky and Art Loche.
Tony jackson hit 28 points and
Leroy Ellis added 26 as st.
Johns, which win play the
ACC tournament winner In the
Eastern regional, won
its fifth straight.
Second-ranked st. Bonaven-
ture Glib boosted its winning
streak to IL and its home
court string to 90 with q 99-57
rout Of Siena as Tom Stith
and Freddie Crawford each
scored "a points. Third-ranked
Cincinnati (20-3) made Hous-
ton its 18th straight victim.
$3.50, as Soph Tom Thacker
In six clutch points In
the closing minutes.
Fourth ranked Bradley
(20-4) beat tough Wichita, ST.
56, for its sixth straight and
Evening star., 1961-02-24
IS QUALIFIERs BETTER $50 Mp.H:
Ding-Dong Battle at Doytono

modifieds. and another so
miller for the sportsman class,
Frank Secrist Of Oildaie. Calf,
set . qualifying record Of 1884,
S12 in the modifieds, indicating
q good chance for . record time
in that event. He was driving
q 1853 Studebaker.
There were some disap-
pointed drivers In the qualify
ing heats for the Grand Ma
tional, for late-model stock
cars. Lee Petty and his son.
Dick. Of Randleman. N. c..
could get no better than
146.484 and 146.945, respec-
lively. out Of their 1861 Plym-
ouths. and Johnny Beauchamp
Of Harlan. Iowa. was clocked at
only 140.515 in his new Chevro-
let. Beauchamp was second by
inches in the 1859 $780,"
Paul Goldsmith Of st. Clair
Shores, Mich, win be the lone
standard bearer for the In-
dianapolis drivers, who were
made eligible by the sanction
Of the NASCAR races by the
international federation,
Goldsmith finished third In
the Indianapolis 500 this year.
The winner Of that race, Jim
Rathmann Of Miami, failed to
show up for the qualifying for
today's races after It had been
indicated he would enter.
Goldsmith, an experienced
stock car driver and familiar
with the Daytona track as q
result OF many tire test runs,
arrived yesterday and was
timed in 150.030 for his five
mile qualifying run in a new
1861 Pontiac. His time was sec
only only to the 150.968 regis
tered by Tom Pistone Of Chi
cago in q 1861 Pontiac.
A stout wind cut the quail
flying times as much as 4 mr. h.
yesterday. indicating Goldsmith
win be o solid contender today
in the 100 miller in which Rob-
erts also VIII compete. =
Evening star., 1961-02-24
BobsIed Run Closed

LAKE PLACID. N. r, Feb.
"a (AP).-The Mount Van
Hoevenberg bobsled run was
closed yesterday when rain
washed away remnants Of the
winter snow. The closing.
earliest in the runs history.
forced cancellation Of the
North American two-man and
four-ma an championships,
scheduled for the week end,
and the National AAU Junior
championships March 4-5.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
y NE Associated Press

Take IL from Coach Vic
Buhas. Dukes Blue Devils are
ready, confident and able to
earn their crack at the NCAA
basketball championship in the
Atlantic Coast Conference title
tournament next week.
And take it from the Madison
Square Garden jury-Art Hey
man. the Blue Devils sopho-
more offensive wizard, is liable
to take them there.
Heyman, the controversial
6-foot-5 scoring whiz from
Rockville Centre, N. Y, matched
the Garden season single game
record Of SO points last night
Is Duke matched the season
team record in o 112-7S rout
Of Seton Hall. It capped a
triple-header that also saw
classy st. Johns (16-4) rout
Marquette, e5-6e, and surging
New York U. upset Wake For
est. 7O-61.
RetsOres Confidence.
The effort was tabled 'just
what we needed" by Coach
Buhas, whose Blue Devils have
been sppttering . bit since los
ing Heyman for their last three
ACC games for his part in a
fight during q. North Carolina
game earlier In the month.
"A game like this will give US
our confidence back before the
tournament" Bubas said, add
ing: II thought Art had q great
night and ] think he showed q
good variety Of shots for the
home folks"
The only post-game item
that could dull the Duke en-
thusiaSn was when Heyman'sI
family told him, his grand
father had died in Brooklyn
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Garfield Moves
To 'SemifinuIs

ORANGE. Va, Feb. a. (Spe-
ciaD Orange High School
plays Stafford ct z o'clock and
Garfield meets James Monroe
at . in the. semifinals Of the
Battlefield Conference Group
l-B basketball tournament here
tonight.
Garfield last night advanced
to the semifinals against James
Monroe. the leagues regular
season champion. by defeating
Spottsylvania, 6S-62. Bob
Southworth and Bill Belcher
led Garfield with 10 points
each and Morty Lambert added
VI
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Cart Club Races

The Competition Cart Club
win holds its first races Of the
year Sunday at Marlboro Motor
Raceway. Pits open at 8 am.
and the first event Is scheduled
to start ct noon.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Dugun, Eg0n Lead
Gonzdqu to Victory

Gonzaga High School pulled
away from Episcopal In the
third quarter yesterday TO take
Q 67-43 basketball victory at
the Alexandria school. Jay
Dugan led the winners with Is
points and Tom Egan added l3.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Area Colleges
PIayhgLast
RequIarGaI1nes

The Army-Navy basketball
game. televised nationally to.
morrow afternoon from An
napoliS (WAGAL-D tops the
last big Saturday Of regular
season games Of the college
teams in the area. The game,
which is Q complete selluut,
starts at 2 pm.
Maryland closes It's home
schedule against Clemson in
an Atlantic Coast Conference
game at 8:15 in Cole Field
House. The Terp Frosh meet
the VPI Freshmen In q pre-
liminary at 6:15. Clemson plays
at Virginia tonight.
Georgetown plays Connecti-
cut ct $3.50 In McDonough Me-
mortal Gym. The Georgetown
Freshmen play Bulls In Q $3.50
preliminary.
The Hoyas have one more
home game after this, playing
Saturday, March IL, against
Fordham to make up q game
showed away q month ago.
CIV at West Virginia
George Washington will meet
West Virginia at Morgantown,
where the Mountaineers have
lost only one game in five years.
The Mason-Dixon Conference
teams play their playoff games
tonight at three sites.
Navy is through after today's
game. Maryland win play in
the Atlantic Coast Conference
tournament next week in Ra-
leigh, and George Washington
in the Southern Conference
tournament In Richm on d.
Georgetown still has q game at
New York q. next Thursday.
Army Favored
Army invades Annapolis with
its best record in Is years, q
bid to the National Invitation
tournament in its pocket, and
9 rare favored role over Navy.
The Cadets are 17-5 on the sea-
son, to 80 for the Middies.
Maryland and Clemson, who
met two weeks ago at Clemson
with the Tigers winning by 10
points. meet for q third time
next Thursday in the first
round Of the conference tour
'nament. They win finish fourth
and fifth In the standings
after North Cardinals name is
withdrawn.
Georgetown still has hopes
Of breaking even. Connecticut,
Yankee Conference champion
for 10 straight years, did not
defend its title. but has an
11-9 record and has beaten
some Of the East's better teams,
The Hoyas have an 8-10 record.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Douglass Detected
By Hoffmun-Boston

Four Of the starting five hit
In double figures to pace Hoff-
man-BoSton High School to a
6l-55 victory over Douglass Of
Leesburg in q Virginia Inter-
scholastic Association Group I
District I basketball game last
night at the Arlington school.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Yorktown Downs
George Mason w

Yorktown High School with
stood q fourth-quarter rally
and defeated George Mason
junior varsity. 1880. In basket
ball last night at Yorktown.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
NBA STANDINGS
By the Associated Press

RESULTS YESTERDAY
syracuse 144, st. Louis 1l6
Philadelphia 129, Detroit l2l,
GAMES TODAY
syracuse at Boston.
81. Louis at New York.
GAMES TOMORROW
Philadelphia at Cincinnati (TV).
Boston at st. Louis.
GAMES SUNDAY
New York at Syracuse.
81. Louis at Cincinnati.
Boston at Detroit (TV),
philadelphia at Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
Results Yesterday

| Results Yesterday
Garfield, IS; Spotsylvania. 90.
Qlenelg, 50; Havre de Grace. Al.
0ongaga, 81; Episcopal, 43.
Aoittman;sO''0n' ia5sa s. Sl; Lss'0urs Doug
MarsSali. IA: Nokesvills. 30,
NTS. 81; woodward Prep, 40.
Pomonkey' 7S; DouglaIs, 5S: - an
81. stenhen'S TearnSment
Good Counsel, II: st, ,Albsns. IS.
Norfolk Catholic, ~; 0eorgetown
St, SSi steiD6en's len 4s; !christehurch. SO.
Games Today
st. Stephens Tournament, 4.
St. Mary's tournament. $3.50.
Virginia state Catholic tournament ct
DeMatha ct Carroll. .S:46.
Longfellow At St. Anthonys. 8.
SostRsssssrn as' as { SlcRard RS Mont nontsomsry.
B-cc cisy 1. sladensburr, $50.
Blair ut High Point, $3.50.
oxon Hili at Walter johnson. 8.
Wheaton at Gaithersburg. 3.
Howard County at Damascus, 8.
Poolesville at Peary, 8.
Laurel at Sherwood. &.
DuVal at Southern, 8.
Sasscer at qwynn Park. 8.
Lackey at Surrattsville, 8.
Arundel ct Calvert County, 8.
Neale at LaPlata, 8.
Coolidge at Roosevelt. $50.
Bell VS.. Wilson at Roosevelt. 8.
Chamberlain at Mckinley, $3.50.
Cardozo vs.. Western at Mckinley, 4:30.
AnacoStta at Spingarn, $3.50.
Ballou VS.. Phelps at Eastern, $3.50.
0roveton at Annandale, 8.
George washington at Hammond, 9.
Stuart at Mount Vernon. 8.
Madison at Fairfax, &.
Mclean at Falls Church. 8.
Wakefield at WI, g.
Leesburg Douglass ct Walker Grant.
7:30.
Parker-oray ct Jennie Dean, 1880.
Games Tomorrow
St. Mary's tournament, $3.50,
virginia State Catholic tournament, @.
ST.. Stephens tournament. IL am.
Episcopal at Woodberry Forest, 4.
High Point ct Bladenshurg. $50.
Qaithersburg at Poolesville, S:15.
Falls Church at Fairfax, 8.
Annandale vs.. George WASHINGTON at
Hammond, $3.50.
W-L at Mclean, 7:30.
W-L w at Yorktown, 8.
Mount Vernon at Lee, 3,
Hammond at Stuart. $40.
osbourn ct Wakefield. $50.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

HsisIm.s zsihlIi e sCas. oorss.s Ts:s1; 10 S-s
Evening star., 1961-06-09
GRADUATION ISSUE
What Seniors Leave Behind
By DANIEL POOLE
Editor Of TEEN

of 1851 The senior class gift tradition almost old
graduation itself.
Schools in the Washington area receive gifts from
their seniors that from the unique to the elaborate
all Of them useful, or at least decorative.
The seniors raise funds for their gifts through class
dues and various projects such the senior play The
decision what to give based mostly what the school
needs is usually made by class vote recommended
tionS from q student committee.
What the classes come up with frequently is sur
prising
Take for instance the senior gift at OxOn Hill High
School in Prince Georges County, Md. 1t is device for
lowering" the ceiling of the large mutpurpoSe room
where school dances held This will be accomplished
by attaching to the ceiling group of parachutes sewn
Continued Poss
Evening star., 1961-06-09

When you graduate from high school, you take
with you only what you leave behind.
Scattered classmates become lifelong friends, If
only in your memory. The record Of your accomplish
mentS forms the foundation Of your education. Small
incidents become moments to relve, both the happy
and the sad.
They go with you, these things you leave behind on
commencement day.
Then there are the tokens-sentiments and sigma
lures scribbled in yearbook, egacies for the under
classmen left in the scorebooks and trophy cases.
unintentional scratch desk extra gray in teachers
hair.
These are the personal things, certainly the most
important.
But most of you leave something else behind, too
something to remind the school officially Of the Glass
Evening star., 1961-08-06

q EDGE OF NIGHT.
Serial.
500 "a Bozo THE CLOWN.
Kids. Color. Cartoons.
q NEWS REPORT.
News. Matt Warren. reporting.
q ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS.
Cartoons
q THE EARLY SHOW.
Movie. l Hour, IS Min. W Wake Up
Screaming" 1871. A psychopathic cop
has an insane love for dead girl. Betty
Cradle, Laird creear.
SIS q SPORTS AND FISHING.
Dick Morgan and Bill Herring.
$40 @ WEATHER.
Joyce Carr.
$50 q COMEDY TIME.
Willy: Dog Joseph"
g POPEYE.
Kids. Featuring Captain Tugg.
q PICK TEMPLES RANCH.
Kids Cartoons. "Dick Tracy"
Evening star., 1961-08-06

TUESDAY, ~
Afternoon, Cont.
2:3o Cd HOUSE PARTY.
Variety Art Linkletter.
300 q YOUNG DR.. MALONE.
Drama.
q MEDIC.
Drama. "Dr. Impossible"
q QUEEN FOR A DAY.
GiVeaway. Jack Bailey. host.
q THE MILLIONAIRE.
Drama Marvin Miller stars.
800 q FROM THESE ROOTS.
Drama Live series.
q THE PIONEERS.
Western. "The Hoodoo Nine"
q WHO DO YOU TRUST?
Quiz. Comedian Johnny Carson, m. C.
q THE VERDICT IS YOURS.
Trial. Bill Stout reporting.
400 q MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY.
Comedy Starring Danny Thomas.
Cd BOLD JOURNEY.
Adventure "Sands of Time"
q AMERICAN BANDSTAND.
Variety. l Hour Dick Clark. host.
Cd THE BRIGHTER DAY.
Serial
ais q THE SECRET STORM.
Serial
4:3O N HERE'S HOLLYWOOD.
Interviews. John cassavetes. Maa Powers.
g ROBIN HOOD.
Adventure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-22

RETIREMENT BILL-Final
approval by Congress is due on
the House-Senate conference
report strengthening the civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-22
NAACP Link
Denied CHARGES
Aouinst Carrier

Charges against w: w. Law,
the Savannah (Ca.), letter
carrier involved in a con-
troversial case before the Post
Office Department, have moth
ing whatsoever 10 do with his
NAACP activity" the depart
ment said yesterday.
Postmaster General Day said
in a letter to Senator Case, Re
publican of New Jersey, the
case against Mr.. Law is being
handled in routine fashion by
the department.
Senator Case had written the
Postmaster General, incuiring
about the departments charges
against Law, who is president
of the Georgia branch Of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People.
THE charges against him
have nothing whatsoever to dc
with his NAACP activities" Mr.
Day said.
However, I think it should
be clear that the fact that he
is a leader of the NAACP does
not make him immune from
normal ard ordinary depart
ment procedures"
The charges against the car.
rier have not been disclosed BY
the department. Mr.. Day told
Senator Case this is never done
while there is a possibility Of
appeal by the accused. Mr.. Day
said that Mr.. Law has indicated
he will appeal his dismissal, in
which case further hearings by
a three-member board will
follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-22

their contracts here for State
Department review.
Charging that the Russians
deliberately refused to submit
their American contracts for
review. the State Department
ordered a postponement in the
opening of the Russian medical
exhibit at Oklahoma City and
the Soviets responded by delay
ing the opening of the Amer
lean transportation exhibit in
Moscow.
The United States and Soviet
shows are part Of a general
United StateS-Russian cultural
exchange program that is sup
posed to promote good will.
The Soviets had a book ex-
hibit in this country and the
United States a plastics exhibit
in Russian earlier this year.