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Evening star., 1961-02-16
Arlington Liberals Seek
Control of Democrats

| Marshall, and other officers to
implement 1t ct an executive
committee meeting tonight.
I'VE will submit Q group Of
resolutions aimed q creating q
more affective working Demo-
ocratic Party in Arlington and
at ending the conservative coal
ition which has handicapped
the party" Mrs. Marshall said.
Slap at Byrd
The proposed re solution.
which represents Q slap ct SEN
ator Byrd. concerns dispense
ton Of Democratic patronage
In the State.
I'VE believe that no conSid-
Grafton should be given to the
views Of any Virginia Demo-
crat, including the senior
United States Senator, who
did not support the national
ticket" Mrs. Marshall COM
mented.
Regarding the role Of the
party In local politics, she said
$50 long as the Hatch Act
prevents Federal employees from
participating in major party
politics, we think the Demo-
cratic Party should not NOM
mate candidates for the Coun-
ty Board"
She added, however. that
this view might change II re-
Strictions imposed by the Hatch
Act are eaSed.
Ironically, many Of the lib
erals who have consented to
support the resolution which
would keep Mr.. Kaul from run.
ming as q Democrat while re-
tanning his ties in the ABC
were among his leading advo-
Gates in the recent congres-
sional campaign. None, though
is q member. Of the ABC.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Alexandra School Head
Protests Site Reduction

encounter some difficulty" ir
winning State approval.
approving the earlier site, Mr..
Williams said.
The city council, Board Men,
Der Leonard knight said
should have shown US the
courtesy Of letting US know
about the reduction.
Board Chairman Thomas B.
Mechling said, I'm distressed,
but this is the way it is and
we might as well go ahead and
live with it."
Mr.. Williams asked the board
to secure a guarantee from the
council that land in adjacent
Chinquapin Village would be
made available for school use
when the city assumes owner
The board asked Mr.. VIII
liamS to investigate.
The Southern Association OF
Secondary Schools and Col
leges, Mr.. Williams told the
board, has warned the city
about crowding at George
Washington and Hammond
High Schools. The warning
was more emphatic as In
Hammond High School," Mr..
williams said.
The board last night took no
action to seek local pupil as
signment power. The city, Mr.
Williams said, has received nc
official notice from the State
Board Of Education that II
may assume pupil placement
responsibility.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
star StAff Writer

SS4t 0tAA4 WtAset
RICHMOND, Feb. i6.-Con.
gress today was asked by the
State Highway Commission Il
extend q July ! deadline Sc
that the 1852 Virginia General
Assembly win have time to
qualify for bonus funds foi
eliminating billboards along al
interstate highways.
The roads agency also re-
ceived a report from Commits
sioner II. H. Harris stating that
Virginia viii be able to spend
only about one-third of Federal
aid funds which President Ken.
nedy has ordered released i'm
mediately in an anti-recession
move.
Virginia's share, amounting
to about $23 million, for the
fourth quarter-April, May and
June - has become available
Immediately. President Ken
nedy told his press conference
last night he has telegraphed
the Governors Of all the States
urging their cooperation in
the speed.up program.
Salaries Too Low
Due to low salaries, Mr..
Harris told the commission
meeting today, the highway de-
partment has enough engineer
ing and right-of-way personnel
to plan for spending only 81
Evening star., 1961-02-16

made the suggestion yesterday
that an auditor be hired. The
subject has been discussed by
the board since January, 1856
he said. "but the ball hasn't
moved in al that time"
Warns Board
He warned the board that II
an auditor were not '.active
and operating BY September,
he would support employment
Iof an outside firm Of manage
ment consultants.
A motion BY Mr.. Moss that
the board not hire efficiency
experts for the next six months
receivedS1o second. An earlier
motion by supervisor Stuart
DeBell that the subject be de-
ferred until April had also
failed.
Mr.. Moss then moved that
the auditor be hired, and the
motion passed with Mr.. DeBell
and supervisor A. Claiborne
Leigh dissenting. The matter
was then dropped.
Mr.. Leigh. on whose motion
Donahue- Grower was original
ly hired, did not oppose the
boards action. He commented
only that If management con-
sultants are permanently ex-
cluded, the effect would be to
put US further back than jan
uary, 1856"
Evening star., 1961-02-16
BY JOHN NEARY
Star Staff Writer

Alexandria School Supt. T. C.
Williams last night protested
Q reduction in the already
under-sized sites for the city's
new high school.
The City Council Tuesday
voted unanimously to exclude
from the school site a 1.5-acre
commercially zoned portion Of
the site after the owner, Miss
Agnes Donaldson. 4135 Semi
nary road. objected to inclusion
Of her land.
Mr.: williams told the school
board he knew nothing Of the
move until after the council
meeting, and said he lodged a
protest with Mayor Leroy s,
Bendheim. The site is in an
area called Midtown at King
street and Quaker lane.
Under State regulations, the
proposed 2,000-pupil school
should have at least q 25-acre
site, Mr.. williams said.
The school board, however
had agreed earlier to accept
an l8-acre site, 50 enough land
would be left in the area for
relocation Of Negro residents
whose homes would be demol-
ished.
School officials said q waiver
could be obtained from the
State to permit the 18-acre
site.
Mr.. Williams last night said
however, the smaller site may
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Committee Urges
More U. S. Funds
In District BUDGET

The Committee Of 100 on the
Federal City has told members
of Congress that the Federal
Government Is carrying much
less than its fair share" Of
the District budget.
Neil Phillips, committee
chairman, said in a letter to
members of the House and
Senate Appropriations and Dis
trict Committees that the Fed
eral Government has - first.
class obligation toward the
maintenance Of the Nations
Capital"
Yet, he said, 'for fiscal 1861
the Federal Government, by
far the largest property owner
and the largest user Of mnic-
ipal services in the District,
paid less than 10 per cent Of
the D. c. budget"
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Virginia Teo Room,
Ends Color Line

ROANOKE. Va, Feb. l6
(AP).-Miller & Rhoads has
agreed to serve Negro customers
in its tea room in Roanoke.
John r. Marchant, manager
Of the Roanoke branch Of the
department store, said yester-
day two Negroes were served
in the tea room the night of
February 10.
I'm this latest development, /"
Mr.. Marchant said, Miller &
Rhoads is very hopeful that
the good community relation
ship now existing in Roanoke
will continue. Miller q Rhoads
and ThalhimerS Department
Stores in Richmond integrated
their restaurants on January
20 this year."
Lunch counters ct II Roa-
noke drug, variety and de-
partment stores were inte-
grated last August ~.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
No Decision Yet
On Weapons Plant

Secretary Of the Navy John
B. Connally, jr., said today the
new administration is still
reviewing the earlier decision
to close the Naval Weapons
Plant here by the end Of this
year.
Secretary Connally said a re-
port that the old decision had
been upheld in the review was
premature, for the review is
not completed.
He would give no date for the
review or the new administra-
tion's decision to be made
public.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
BY JOHN BARRON
star staff Writer

Liberal Democrats in Arling-
ton win try tonight to seize
control Of the party organiza-
ton in the county.
One Of their purposes is to
destroy the coalition Of con.
servative Democrats and Re-
puhlicans who refused to sup
port President Kennedy and
who have helped elect Repre-
sentative Broyhill to five terms
IN Congress.
In pursuit Of this objective.
they will fight for passage Of q
resolution which in effect con-
stitutes a reputation of Sen
ator Byrd.
The liberals also hope to re-
move the Democratic organiza-
tion at least temporarily from
local Arlington politics and to
expand the party loyalty oath
20 require support OF national
candidates.
Limit on Candidates
However. they have agreed
to back an attempt by conser-
vatives to prevent any member
Of the non-partisan coalition,
Arlingtonians for o Better
County from becoming q
Democratic candidate.
Should the attempt succeed.
1t could complicate the political
future Of Ralph Kaul. an ABC
member, who last year unsuc-
cesSfully ran for Congress as q
Democrat.
The liberals, who claim 81
members Of the 74-man Dem
ocratic executive committee
developed their strategy at Q
caucus last night. They elected
q minority leader, Mrs. Mary
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Truck OVerturns
On Shirley HiohWuY

A tractor-trailer overturned
on the northbound lane Of
Shirley highway at Springfield,
Va, just before dawn today,
but the roadway was cleared
before the morning rush hour.
Fairfax County police said
the truck. carrying q load OF
peanut butter and peanut oil
for the Giant Food Stores,
rolled on its side about 4:3O
am. after pulling aside to let
another truck pass and then
hitting a soft shoulder.
The driver, Lee w. jenkins,
Al. Of 6753 indian Head high
way, oxon Hill, Nd. escaped
injury.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Stolen Auto Hits
Others, Starts
Fire; Driver Held

A 26-year-old truck driver
was arrested in Fairfax County
last night after police said he
stole a car and collided with
two other autos, setting off a
fire.
Held under $4,000 bond was
Thurman c. Hinson Of the $500
block Of Ninth street Sc. Hin
son and a 16-year-old girl were
injured in the crash.
County police said the car
was stolen from a used-car lot
in Arlington. Hinson, police
said, drove the car into q gas
station at Route so and Cherry
street, then took off without
paying for the gas. He drove
down Route so to Westmore-
land drive, where he struck q
car driven by Barbara Lee
Bowker. %. Of 1919 st. James
place, who was entering Route
so, they said.
The impact threw the car
Hinson was driving into an.
other car. Rachel A. Wheelock,
16, of 727 Washington avenue,
Falls Church, who was in the
other car, was admitted to
Fairfax Hospital with head in
jurieS.
The collision ignited spilling
gasoline and firemen from the
Jefferson Village Volunteer
Fire Department were called
to put out the flames. Police
said passersby rescued passen-
gers from the car.
Hinson was treated at Fair
fax Hospital for head cuts. He
was charged with recking driv-
ing, being drunk in public and
auto larceny.
Evening star., 1961-02-16


over fiscal procedures. Then Il
moved on TO other matters.
The new auditor will be, In
effect, an internal efficiency
expert. His duties win include
reviewing ana examining ii.
nanciai records and purchasing
procedures, advising on bond
sales and assisting In. improving
accounting procedures.
sls,oeOsto Expert
The position, Which viii pay
from $1,000 tos4l1,2a0, will be
provided for in the next budget
which Is to take. effect on
July /.
The supervisors hired an
efficiency expert last SeptemheI
at q cost Of $4,000. The firm.
Donahue, Grower and AS
SOCRATES, reported three weeks
later that the county could save
500. 900 q year II 1t changed
some Of its procedures.
But 1t said q further study
would be required and that this
would cost $3.50, 900.
Since then the county's
Taxpayers Alliance and the
Chamber Of Commerce have
supported hiring outside experts
while the Federation Of Cit
izenS Associations has opposed
1t.
County Executive Carlton C.
Massey suggested employment
Of a permanent county auditor.
Supervisor william H. Moss
Evening star., 1961-02-16
.Virqinio Asks More Time
To Earn No-BiIIboord Bonus

million Of the funds before
April /.
Gov. Almond was awaiting
formal word Of the commits
sion's attitude before replying
to the President later today.
In asking Congress to allow
more time for Virginia to quail.
ify for a bonus, estimated al
between $4 million and $5 mil
lion. for banning outdoor ad-
vertising along all interstate
highways, the c o m missio \
urged highway authorities In
other States to Join in the re-
quest.
Maryland is the only State
I know Of that has qualified
for the bonus" Mr.. Harris said
Ban Passed
Last year the Virginia Gen.
eral Assembly passed legislation
which, In effect. prohibited bill
boards along the 1,053-mile in
terstate network except along
lS0 miles Of right-of-way pre-
viously acquired. The law al
lowed Virginia to buy ease
mentS along the 180 miles 50
that billboards would be pro-
hibited withing $50 feet Of the
right-of-way in order to qualify
for the Federal bonus amount
ing to one half Of / per cent Of
interstate funds.
Attorney General Albertis s.
Harrison, jr., has indicated,
Evening star., 1961-02-16

however, that payments to
property owners along the taO
miles-and failure TO pay others
along the rest Of the system
probably would invalidate the
entire law banning billbosrds.
Gov. Almond and the high
way commission have said they
would urge an amendment in
the next Legislature for an out
right ban along the entire sys-
tenn. Delegate Harrison Mann
Of Arlington has promised to
offer the amendment.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Prisoner Escapes
Drop in Virqiniu

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 16
(AP).-A total Of 212 prisoners
escaped from the States penal
system in the year ended last
June 30. officials reported yes
terday.
This was II fewer escapees
than in the preceding year.
None Is still at large.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
Water Firm
Raps Public
Purchase Bid

The Alex0n0fta Water Co,
today declared that public own
ership of the facility by Alex
andria and Fairfax SIS not
economically feasible" or neces-
sary.
The Alexandria City Council
Tuesday released Q question and
answer brochure aimed at ex-
planning why the city should
Join Fairfax in seeking public
ownership Of the water COM
lpany. The city win decide
whether to make the move
after 3 public hearing February
2e.
Public ownership Of the COM
pany the brochure said, Is e
matter Of vital mutual concern.
P. H. Dowdell. company man
tager. said in q release that "the
city and the authority have not
been properly advised as To
true facts Of life with regard to
what they propose to do"
Assertions Denied
Mr.. Dowdell asked for more
than two weeks to "set the rec
ord straight" on the proposal.
The water company denied
assertions in the brochure that
its Occoquan Dam supply
would become inadequate after
1880.
"The company's supply
source" Mr.. Dowdell said, els
capable Of substantial expan-
sion at relatively low cost. All
factual facts presently avail
able clearly indicate that the
present supply viii meet feasi-
bic needs well beyond the year
1000"
Population Gain Seen
The city and county. how
ever, maintain that the Deco
guam source can serve q poten-
tial capacity of 400. 900 persons.
The brochure says the COM
pany now serves about. 200, 900
consumers in Fairfax and
Prince William Counties and
Alexandria, and estimates that
future populations "in the
areas now served by the COM
pany" will exceed the maxi
mum by 1850.
Mr.. Dowdell denied the bro
chure's claims that water rates
to consumers could be reduced
in the city and would remain
about the same in the county
under public ownership.
Water rates would rise un-
der political operation Of the
system" he said.
Evening star., 1961-02-16
New Auditor to Police
Foirfox Fiscal DeoIinqs
BY JOHN LAWSON
Star staff Writer

controversial proposal to hire set Of efficiency experts
to go Fairfax County operations quietly dropped
yesterday by the Board of Supervisors.
After discussing the subject and refusing to- defer
u the board voted to hire county auditor who win watch
Evening star., 1961-07-01
NMwfINWU- INCLUDES

Asphalt drives bueboud howoter heot large fully sodded and
seeded lots sidewalks urbs and CUTTERS city and
Excellent shopping PLUS the big modern Muumsco Shopping Gen.
under Churches and schools nearby There
unsurpassed facilities Murumsco ueuboone
Belmont Boy community swimming pool and eestone beach neo
compno and pcnckne at Prince William Nutionu Park.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Do-It-Yourselfer

WICHITA, Kan. un Rather than wait in line at a service station, Wichita man decided to winterize his car himself.
 With the job barely underway, wrench slipped, breaking a sparkplug and injuring his thumb.
 He borrowed a neighbor's car to go buy q new sparlxplug and scrapet . fender in backing out.
 The job finally completed, he took his newly winterized car out for spin. The engine overloaded, a hose broke and the new anti freeze ran out. Reason: Thermo- stat was installed backward.
 Said the red-faced dQ-it=your- seller: Please don't tell anybody whom 1t happened to. 2
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Sinclair Lewis Couldn { Cut the Mustard as A Newspaperman

I' SAN FRANCISCO tH Sin- clair Lewis, who won the Nobel Prize for literature, couldn't cut the mustard as newspaperman. Lewis never forgot it, his bi- egrapher Mark Schorer, said Fri day night in an address to the San Francisco Press and Union League Club.
 After graduating from Yale in 1909, Lewis came to San Fran cisco to work on the Bulletin for $30 a week. He was dropped after seven weeks. He lasted six weeks with the Associated Press here.
 Then. Schorer said, HRed Lewis decided he was lousy news paperman and turned to books"
 Lewis won the 1880 Nobel Prize for literature.
 'sTIe was irritated when he didn't receive the Pulitzer Prize after writing Main Street in 1920," Schorer said. "TIe was more irritated in 1922, after writing sBabbitt,' he wasn't nominated. When, in 1925, after writing Ar rowsmith. Lewis was offered the Pulitzer. He said no"
 But all through the years, through all the honors and fame, Lewis thought of himself as a newspaperman, Schorer said.
 Time and time again, in digging up old records and stories, there were pieces about Red Lewis going to a town and calling the local newspaper editor. I'm Red Lewis the novelist would say. I'm in town. Let's get together and talk
 about newspapers
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Proposed Cut in Federal Spending Could Block
 The Fight Against Cancer

WASHINGTON th A pro- posed cut in federal spending could bsock promising avenue in the fight against cancer the use of drugs-a leading surgeon says.
 pr. Isidor $. Ravdin, past president of the American Col lege of Surgeons, said cutback in cancer research funds at this point could make it impossible to test 23 new drugs developed by the National Institutes of Health. z- E;
 Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, has announced he vii! cut $f02 million fr0s1s his overall depart ment budget 50 meet President Kennedy's request for less fed- eral spending this fiscal year.
 Dr. Kavdin made his statement at news conference Friday toward the end of two-day meeting of surgeons and cancer specialists sponsored by the Can- cer Cheanotherapy Service Gen. ter, division of the National Cancer Institute.
 Joining him in opposing a cut in federal funds were Rep. John F. Fogarty, D-R.Io, and pr. Sid- ney ! Faber of the Harvard Med ical School.
 Fogarty said $60 million of the amount Ribicoff plans to cut had been ticketed for medical re. search, including $l5 to $16 mil lion for cancer.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Bomb Explosion Damages Count of Paris Mansion

PARIS H = IA plastic bomb exploded Friday night at the sub urban mansion of the Count of Paris, 9zetender of the non=ex- istent throne of France, causing considerable property damage but no injuries.
 The Count and his family were away at the time.
 Although not active in politics n such, the Count distributes a regular bulletin setting forth his views on French problems. In il he has endorsed President Charles De Gaulls's policy of self deter mination for Nigeria, an attitude, violently opposed by right-wina extremists. :
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Trotsky's Widow Asks SOviets for New Look at rial

PARIS tA - Leon TrotslSy's widow has written to Soviet au- thorities asking for new look al 1 Irotslxy's trial and assassination in the light of denunciations of Stalin at the recent Soviet Com rnunist Party Congress.
 The letter, disclosed Saturday by ts1e international secretariat of the Fourth Internationale, said in part:
 q ask that you totally and pub licly revise the Moscow trial in which the chief accused were Leon Trotsky and my son Leon Sedoff. I ask a complete and pulp lie investigation on the means employed by the GPU tStalin's secret police against Trotslxy on his assassination in Mexico, and on those who inspired and ex- ecuted the crime"
 Madame Trotsky also asked the whereabouts of another son, Sergi Sedoff, arrested in 1885.
 The letter was addressed to the Presidi,l1n of the Supreme So- viet and the Central Committee of the Communist party.
 Trotslxy lost power battle with Stalin in 1927 and fled to Turkey, then to Mexico, but was always in danger from secret police agents.
 Tn 1940. Soviet agent invaded Trotsky's house, despite heavy security, and murdered him with an axe. His slayer was imprisoned and released in 1860.
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Street Signs for Nome

rTNHE MOTHERS CLUB Of Meme, which is both Nome and heme minded may be small club, but they wsssn it comes to the community in which they live.
 They have announced that they will be making street signs sorey needed and this is not project which can be done in a day but will involve much labor and much time to complete. They are to be praised for tacklng the project.
 They should be backed up immediately by one of our several male civic and service organizations with the needed cooperation including climbing the telephone poles and installing the signs they completed.
 The progress of the project will be watched with interest by everyone and should set the example for civic improvement not only in the summer but throughout the year
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Army Accepts Maj. Gen. Walkers Resignation

WASHINGTON M = The Army accepted Saturday the resigna- ton of Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker. effective immediately.
 Walker was removed from com mand of the 24th Division in Ger many last May following an in vestigation of complaints about an information program sponsor ed among his troops. He had been ordered to staff assignment at Army Headquarters in the Pa-- cific.
 Acceptance of the resignation means Walker now is completely out of the Army, without retire. ment pay or accompanying bene- fits but also free to discuss any subject as a civilian, free of mili- tary control
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
NO FREE RIDE

NO FREE RIDE
 LOUISVILLE, Ky. M The Black Mud Volunteer Fire De- partment sped along the Ken lucky Turnpike Friday to help fight brush fire in adjoining Bullitt County
 Before reaching the fire, Chief Frank Harden said, the truck was stopped at an interchange and required to pay 65 cents toll.
 Said the chief: ''I thought it was kind silly" l"
The Nome nugget., 1961-11-06
Q Withdraw Passports

To Withdraw Passports
 BRUSSELS. Belgium n - The. government has announced it will withdraw the passports of Bell gians serving with the armed forces of the Congo's brealkaway Katanga Province Observers said the step should help the JUN. Command in the Congo in its ef- forts to rid Katanga's army of white mercenaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-15
FOCUS ON BERLIN
NATO Arms BuiIdup Stirs Fears of u. S. Intent

rhetorically: when do they be-
come necessary - when the
enemy reaches the Rhine or
when he reaches the Channel?"
High civilian officials Of
NATO now say that an intense
educational campaign is neces-
sary in all NATO countries to
explain strategy and use the
nuclear and conventional
weapons.
Actually all forces needed
by NATO are being reinforced
and about in the same ratio,
nuclear and non-nuclear, as
in past years. Troops in Eu-
rope are getting more conven-
tional arms and more and bet
ter nuclear rockets. And the
strategic. long-range nuclear
forces of the United States,
both bombers and missiles, are
being expanded.
The planned buildup in Eu-
rope will add about 20 per cent
to NATO strength. This will
permit NATO to handle larger
aggresSions with forces on the
scene or permit a longer
pause"
But as one civilian leader
pointed out, Even If we in
creased the effectiveness of our
ground forces by 100 per cent,