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Evening star., 1961-02-28
7O-NiIe Area
InFdirfdxEyed
ByAIexandria
New Mop Outlines
Lond Considered
For Annexation
BY JACK KELSO
Star Staff Writer

Alexandria is eyeing some 10
square miles Of Fairfax County
land in its current annexation
study.
This was disclosed today as
the city made public for the
first time a map outlining
county territory under conSid-
Grafton. a
City officials noted, however,
that the map covers all areas
being studied for annexation,
but no decision has been
reached on just how big q bite
might be attempted.
The study area was analysed
six hours last night at a closed
session Of the city council.
No Estimate Of Cost
v. Floyd Williams. city attor.
ney. said he could give no def.
mite estimate Of the cost Of such
annexation, nor Of the number
Of schools or the miles Of road.
way covered by the map.
The 70-square-mile area II
far larger than any previously
suggested. The most land evei
mentioned publicly was 81
square miles.
Mr.. Williams said Martin
johnson and L. p. Wade Of the
engineering firm Of Wiley anC
Wilson Of Lynchburg. Va, pre-.
sented details Of their study tc
the council members.
The annexation map ranges
south to the lower end Of Fort
Belvoir, takes in Lorton, Spring.
field. Annandale, Baileys Cross.
roads. Munson Hill, the home
Of Fairfax County BOARD
Chairman Anne wilkins, anc
stops at the line proposed al
Seven Corners in the FALL
Church annexation suit.
Industrial Areas Included
The map also includes Fair
fax County's Shirley highway
industrial area and all the land
proposed for industry along the
Capital beltway in that quad.
rant Of the county.
Mr.. Williams said all the
areas on the map more or less
share a community Of interest
with Alexandria.
Belle Haven. an area which
carries an Alexandria mailinl
address, was cited as o case II
point by Mr.. Williams.
Mr.. Williams said that, II tht
city does decide to annex,
suit will be filed before the mex
session Of the Virginia Genera
Assembly.
He noted that the Legislature
at its next session nigh
strengthen prohibitions agains
annexation.
Evening star., 1961-02-28

gagged his sister, Marjorie, u
but 1t seemed a childish prank
Over the week end, the family
attended church and went tc
buy Chris a horse.
Chris picked a black one, aft
er riding several.
Although Mr.. Mickler hoped
the horse would help Chris,
he reluctantly permitted Mrs,
Mickler to at least talk with a
child pSychiatrist on her trip
to Washington Monday.
Chris Returns Home
Monday came. Marjorie went
to school. Chris also left for
school, but after Mr.. Mickler
left the house, he reappeared
saying he got sick at school
Since Mr.. Mickler was coming
home early in the afternoon
Mrs. Mickler decided she could
go to Washington.
A statement by Chris sub
mitted by the prosecution took
up where Mrs. Mickler's testi.
mony ended:
I was going to shoot my
mother. but / couldn't do that
and then ] was going to shoot
my father and Just leave,
Chris statement said.
(Psychiatrists said Chril
liked his father but irrationally
believed the shooting woulC
free" him. The defense pSy,
chiatriSts said Chris had al
ready shot his brothers dog
Chris statement related tn,
riddling Of the home and hov
when his father came in. Chril
shot him.
Chris on Highway
II was going to shoot hin
again and he said. No. son, yol
would regret it all your life,
and I said I would call a doc
tor and then I called DR.. Wood
dy, DR.. johnson and DR.. Edel
en- and they were not ther!
Evening star., 1961-02-28

THERE HE MET Joseph
Zieber and John North who
dizzied him with technical
data.
It was Mr.. Zieber, a trim
young man whose technical
education has largely been in
the telephone company, who
made the estimate that more
than half Of the long dis
tance calls are microwave.
Mr.. North, an older and
taller man with a dozen CT
gars in his handkerchief
pocket, was able to sketch in
the history of microwave
telephony.
1t all started in 1947 with
line-of-sight transmission.
between Boston and New
York.
About 80 million long dis
tance calls a year originate in
washington. It Is thought
that almost an equal num-
ber Of long distance calls are
received here.
This station, about a doz-
en- miles from Washington,
relays communications to
and from the telephone
building on Thirteenth street
to and from a tower IS miles
away on Catoctin Mountain
beyond Frederick, Md.
1t only takes half a watt
to send a signal IS miles. It
takes 25 watts to light a
small electric light bulb in
the home. But this AT&T
station is a good customer of
VEPCo. The power bills run
$500 to $500 a month.
Although half of long dis
tance telephonic communica-
tion is microwave-scram-
bled to defeat eavesdropping
the company is still laying
co-axial cables.
Microwave may fade
from 100 per cent to CO.'S per
cent" said Mr.. North. $50
we back it up with cable for
important transmission.
What is important trans
mission7 I would say the
most important is BMEWs.
the ballistic missile early
warning system"
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Two Bor Groups
To Hold Reception

The District Chapter Of the
Federal Bar Association and its
Capitol Hill section jointly will
hold a reception for members
Of Congress from $50 to 8 pm
tomorrow in the Capitol Plaza
Room Of the Continental Hotel
Guests will be greeted By
Thomas G. Meeker Of Philadel-
phia, the national president oi
the association; Miss Laurie M
Streeter. District chapter pres.
ident, and James E. Palmer
chairman Of the Capitol Hill
section.
Evening star., 1961-02-28

but I doubt whether they know
why they like him I think
they may like him for his
faults"
Last semester I started my
class off with e. e. cummings
I gave them about three
months of him and there was
q lot Of interest in the begin
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Russians VISITING

Four visiting Russian mu-
Sicologists will take part in a
round-table discussion at $3.50
O'Clock tonight at the Jewish
Community Center, Sixteenth
and Q streets NV. The writer's
are beginning a tour of the
United States.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

SsoA SS9AA Wtttet
LA PLATA, Md, Feb. o.
Christopher Mickler, 16. the
quiet, wavy-haired boy on trial
here yesterday for the shotgun
Staying Of his father, a former
Washington attorney, awaited
confinement to q Maryland
mental institution today.
Two psychiatristS yesterday
testified he was already con-
fined in q shell Of insanity,
paranoic schizophrenia. A jury
last night found him insane
now and on the afternoon of
November II. when his father.
s. Albert Mickler, was shot in
their Port Tobacco home.
Throughout the one-d q y
trial, defense attorney F. De
Sales Mudd, q friend Of the
Micklers, did not contest the
prosecutions evidence tn a
Chris had shot his father with
9 410 shotgun after Kidding
their home with 20 shots.
Defense's only lay witness,
the boys mother. Mrs. Dorothy
Mickler, testified she found a
murder plan on Chris bedside
table the Thursday before the
Monday shooting.
Relives Life
Chris and his mother, both
dark-haired and wearing black
suits, relived his short life yes
terday for q jury Of 10 men
and two women here. Her
mouth trembling. Mrs. Mickler
told many incidents from her
boys life before testifying she
believes her son Is insane:
The family moved from
Chevy Chase to Port Tobacco
in 1851. But before that when
Chris was "in the first grade
he fell from the top Of a slid
ing board was taken tC
Suburban Hospital, treated and
spent several days recovering
at home.
He attended La Plata High
School. repeated his first yeal
at Gonzasa High School a
Washington. He ran away h
April, 1860. and worked on {
farm in Virginia until soEneon1
recognized him.
He entered La Plata High
School in September but raI
away, without reason, in Oc,
tober, to Washington. He lef'
q note saying he was leavinl
and that nothing should be dom
to bring him back or somethin,
terrible would happen. (DefensI
psychiatrists said he was al
ready possessed by o "malig'
nant" impulse to murder ant
was trying to prevent harm II
his parentsD
Told Of Impulse
He told his mother that IL
Washington he had had q sud
den impulse to hit q man ovel
the head.
Mrs. Mickler talked will
friends and got the name of 9
good pSychiatrist, but her hus.
band thought the family coulc
handle Chris problem. He wa,
afraid psychiatric care woulc
mark Chris for life.
But when on November 10
the murder plan was found, Mr.
M1ckler began to reconsider
defense psychiatristS said thC
plan was left out in the oper
because Chris was unconscious.
ly saying. Stop me, before
kill.')
The plan said in part:
Lock all doors . load gun.
:. take phone off hook, cover
it.
CLOSE marie door lockit. :.
KILLING. -.
Shoot bitch (brother Albert's
dog). -.
Move bodies to addic.
"Clean up blood.
"Pick up shells. :.
Wipe off knife"
On Friday. Chris bound and
Evening star., 1961-02-28
Bitter Attack
On Mclaughlin
Clouds Future
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star Staff Writer


District officials today began
planning for q long and diff
cult fight over their proposed
$18 million tax program.
Yesterday. they went up to
the Hill with q neatly wrapped
package Of proposals and saw
it nearly unraveled. It was
temporarily forgotten in q sur
prising and bitter attack on the
lone witness, Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin.
There was only one proposal
which seemed a sure thing
the increase In the sales tax
form 2 to 3 per cent. The boost
Is the one tax raise favored 80
far by the chairman of the
House District Committee,
Representative Mcmillan, Dem
ocrat of South Carolina.
It Is estimated the sales tax
increase would produce a re-
turn Of so million-the most
lucrative of the various means
Of raising revenue suggested
by the District Building. Mr..
Mcmillan has introduced q bill
to this end. Trouble, how
ever, IS expected in the Senate.
Other Taxes Hit
But yesterday, the chairman
frowned on proposals to add
/ cent to the cigarette tax, add
so cents on the wholesale
alchol tax and increase the beer
tax from $1.50 to So per barrel.
He said further taxes would
drive the business people" out
Of town and to the suburbs.
And he gave no indication
Of how he felt about increasing
the Federal payment authori-
zation from $32 million to $36
million-onother segment Of
the program.
The hearing had been called
by Mr.. Mcmillan to give the
Commissioners a chance to
convince" committee members
OF the need Of tax legislation.
The hearing wound up with no
evidence any members had
been sold. But it was firmly
established some members were
out to slice up Mr.. Mclaughlin
possible because of his past
efforts for home rule leeisla-
ton.
Representative. Abernethy
Democrat of Mississippi, treated
the Commissioner to q series Of
rapid fire questions over q
newspaper clipping which in
directly quoted Mr.. McLaugh-
Inns remarks on q television
program.
Two Quotations
The clipping, from The Star,
read at one point as follows:
There is the question Of
racial bigotry by some Con-
gresSmen, he Mr. McLaugh-
lin) said. but more widespread
Is the reluctance by others to
vote for the city's programs be-
cause Of the fear Of defeat at
the polls"
A re-tape Of the Commission
er'S remarks showed he said:
There are Congressman
who know that it impairs the
possibility Of their reelection
If they come out and take posi-
tive steps in the District
which might let's say benefit
some people Of the colored
race and there may be
some who themselves entertain
feelings Of prejudice"
The Commissioner had gone
on to explain that some Con-
greSSmen realized there were
young lawyers back home
who were constantly watching
the Congressional. Record and
waiting to run against incum-
bentS if they saw the possibil-
ity Of raising o racial issue.
The program was carried
over Station WRC-TV on Feb
ruary IL.
Mr.. Abernethy said he "re-
sented" the remarks and said
he had devoted as much time
to the District in his service on
the committee as he had to his
Evening star., 1961-02-28
$18 Million D. c. Tax Plan
Faces Long, Difficult Fight
SLEW FATHER
MickIer Youth Held Insane

and then father said call the
Rescue Squad and / called
them two or three times and
they said they would be there
and then I called again and
they said somebody was on the
way"
Police found the shotgun,
which belonged to the older
brother. Albert. in the home.
They found Chris wandering
along the highway. Mr.. Mick
Ter died in La Plata'S Physi-
clans Hospital.
Chris, waiting In q patrol
car, heard Of the death and
wept. Deputy Sheriff Donald
Poole testified.
Prosecuting Attorney George
w. Bowling brought in two
psycihatriSts, both employees Of
the State. DR.. Oscar @. Pradc
testified, II think he was re-
sponSible in the legal sense"
This means that in the psy-
chiatrist's opinion Chris knew
right from wrong and knew
the consequences to himself oi
his actions. Based on q British
ruling in 1913, this is the fun
damental test Of legal sanity
in most States.
The second State psychia-
trist, DR.. John Hamilton, q
Howard University graduate,
agreed.
DefenSe's DR.. Manfred 8.
Guttmacher, chief medical Of
ficer Of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore. went further. Chris
suffered and still suffers schi-
zoprenia - split personality -
the psychiatrist said split
so he could carry out. the crime
and then not find it hard to
Sleep" And split, DR.. Gutt-
macher said. so that he was
capable Of writing his mother
at Christmas after the shoot
ing, May this coming year be
extra gay and bright"
And so removed from reality,
DR.. Guttmacher said, that he
could tell him. II don't see why
won't get probation. They'll
knew I'll never kill again."
The Jury and Circuit Court
Judge j. Dudley Digges ais.
heard DR.. Leo H. Bargemeier
who teaches psychiatry a
Georgetown University Hos,
pital. He firmly agreed thar
Chris was and Is insane. Ant
another physician testified
Chris brain wave patterns in,
dicated possible injury to tn,
brain.
DR.. 0uttmacher said Chris
thoughts were like a norma
persons's dream thoughts ant
were about as comfortable. H,
said he woke up" after shoot,
ing his father and then triec
to help.
The jury went out. Chri
smoked. His movements wer,
short and qiuck. He sat alone
deserted at the defense tabl,
as his lawyer conferred will
others.
His mother came up and sa
beside him.
The jury took about 20 min,
uteS to declare Chris insan,
now and insane on Novembe,
IA. The finding made Chris
ward Of the court:
Mrs. Mickler wept in relic
ana embraced Chris. The DO,
politely thanked his legal aide
and q State trooper. He still
seemed unmoved by the day
activities.
DR.. Guttmacher had testifie,
earlier:
Il think it vii. &c q long tim;
before he iChris) can be re.
leased into society--if ever"
Evening star., 1961-02-28

BUT TODAY more than
half the long distance calls
over so miles are transmitted
by microwave.
The next time you are in
the vicinity Of the CheSa-
peake and Potomac Tele-
phone Building in the TOO
block Of Thirteenth street
N.W.-between G and H
give a look to the roof. You
will notice a couple Of big
ears-something like the
radar equipment at an air.
port, but fixed in position,
not rotating. They are not
only ears, they are also
mouths. They send as well
as receive.
Microwaves, as every
schoolchild but few Of US
oldsters know, do not bend
over the horizons. They have
to be sent and received on q
line-of-Sight.
Sending from the telephone
building is relayed by towers
that stand along our high
ways. One is Just off the
Suitland parkway-a link
with Baltimore and the
North. Another is at Gam
Drills, Md, east Of Washing
ton, near Annapolis.
Not all these towers are
AT&T. The one at Tyson's
Corner on the Leesburg pike
Is a Civil Defense installa-
ton, as is the one at Olney,
Md.
Yesterday Fred Langbein
Of C&P Telephone Co., took
the Rambler to the princi-
pal AT&T installation in this
neighborhood, the tower and
relay station on the Lee high
way about a mile west. of
Glebe road. The location is
called Garden City, Arling-
ton County.
Evening star., 1961-02-28
The
Rambler
Cont
Get Over 1t
By GEORGE KENNEDY

By GEORGE KENNEDY
As he has often mentioned
In this column, the Rambler
was born in the last century.
And there are some ideas
he finds difficult to jettison.
One has to do with long
distance telephony.
He hopes all his readers
will even mentally pro-
nounce that right.
The accent is on the ante
penult-the third syllable
from the end.
Perhaps, because it is such
q familiar-and important
inStrument-we all know how
to pronounce speedometer.
The accent is on the ON
not on the MET.
The idea that he finds diff
ficult to throw overheard is
that long distance telephony
be sure you pronounce that
rights carried on over
those wires strung from pole
to pole that are on your
right or left as you drive
along our highways.
About so years ago-it'S
still hard to accept that 80
years ago" Is well within this
century-a relative died in
Boston.
The writer's mother told
him how interesting 1t was
to be on the telephone in
Buffalo and hear the wire
opening up-Roch chester, Syra-
cuse, Utica, Albany. North
Adams, Pittsfield, etc.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-19
ASKS POSTAL INCREASE


President John Kennedy has asked Con-
suit to the Post Office Department via
the Treasury, would be over seven hun
dred million dollars.
The Post Office Department, has, for
many years, been operated at deficit. The
Eisenhower Administration requestd from
Congress postal raises that closely parallel
those requested by President Kennedy. Con-
gress refused to vote them into law.
1t is generally predicted, this year, that
Congress will be hesitant to vote postal
increases suggested by the new President.
The proposed increases affect more classes,
and would increase letters from four cents
to five, air mail letters from seven cents
to eight, etc. Newspapers and magazines
would also pay increases.
Even if Congress does not vote post
al rate increases, the taxpayer is footing
the bill anyhow. A deficit of up to a
billion dollars is anticipated for the postal
department.
The difference between the taxpayers
shouldering the burden, through the an
nual Post Office Department deficit and
the user of the mails footing the bill, via
increased rates is quite real. Ordinarily,
we would favor users paying more but
the second part of the question today is
whether efficiencies should not be achiev-
ed in the Post Office Department, on a
high level
Congress may not accept highter rates
until newspapers and perhaps other semi
public service media are spared additional
costs, at this time-a time of rising costs
and lowered earnings. Newspapers, we be-
lieve, are entitled to this in the interests
of the public and better newspapers.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-19
ARMED SERVICES DAY

Armed Services Day falls on the goth Of
May, and word about the observance of
this day is in order. Interestingly, it comes
just two weeks before Memorial Day, when
we remember those who gave their lives in
the armed services in former wars.
The armed services today receive about
one half of the money paid to the federal
government by the citizens of the United
States in form of taxation. Thus the armed
services, how they operate and what they
accomplish in the way of security and eff
cheney, constitutes the business and concern
of every American.
Our Armed Services Day has replaced
various days for the separate services, in
sense, and to some degree, and under our
"theorectical' unification, Armed Services
Day is supposed to suffice for Army Day,
Navy Day, etc. - of old.
We should always remember even
though military spending is tremendous. and
the cost high, that there are many dedicat-
ed, patriotic and self-sacrihcing individuals
in the armed services. While it is a good
life for many, affording security and peace
of mind to a considerable degree one does
not get rich in the armed services, and those
who make it a career obviously place sever
al values higher than the value of money.
Moreover, it is important that we have
this type of American in the armed services.
The very survival of our country may de-
pend upon it again, quite soon, and has de-
pended upon it in the past on many occa-
sions. In some circles it is considered so
phisticated or smart, to depreciate service
in the armed services Of the United States.
On the contrary, it is a calling of the
highest form, and those who conscientious
ly serve their country in this field, as a mat
ter of choice and to the best of their ability,
deserve day Of remembrance and the graf
itude of the nation. Too often members Of
the armed services are heroes and heroines
in time of war, and scorned in time of peace.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-05-19

tested in Latin America is still, un-
fortunately. in too large degree the
private enterprise of the 18th Cen
tury." Latin American businessmen
the statement declared, must join
actively "in the search for ways
TO achieve the detectives of the
society-the most urgent of which
is to improve the conditions of life
of the neglected millions" II sug-
gested that, TO aid them in this
search, Latin American business
leaders might form organizations
like the CED, and offered TO coop
crate in the process. Such a step
is already under active consider
alton in at least one country, Brazil.
In its final recommendation, the
Committee urged the United States
to give more attention and more
weight in its thinking and program"
to such inter-American agencies as
the Inter-American Development
Bank, the Inter-American Econo-
mic and Social Council of the Or
ganiZation of American States, and
the United Nations Economic Com
mission for Latin America.
The report also cited four gen
eral and persistent attitudes" that
should underlie the cooperative eff
forts outlined: First, that the need
for program will continue indefini-
tely; Second, that the major effort
must be made by the Latin Amer
leans: Third, that institutions and
policies must be appraised by their.
effectiveness in. satisfying aspira-
tons in a manner consistent with
democratic processes rather than
/ by conformity to our practice; and
/ Fourth, that we proceed in the a
wareness that a certain amount of
resentment and hostility toward us
is inherent in our relationship
with Latin America.
Two of the Committees members
S. Bayard Colgate and Allan Sproul
voted to disapprove the statement,
and memoranda of comment, res
ervation or dissent on specific
points were submitted by William
Conner, Fred C. Foy and George
Russell.
The Committee for Economic De-
velopment is a group of 200 lead
| ing businessmen and university
presidents who work together to
| conduct research and develop pol
| icy recommendations on major &C.
onomic issues, and to sponsor ed
ucation on how the American &C.
onomy operates. Their purpose is
to contribute to full employment
and higher living standards; to
promote economic growth and sta
bility: and to strengthen the con-
/ cepts and institutions essential to
progress in a free society They
work not from the viewpoint of any
particular economic or political
group but with the object of ad-
vancing the general welfare.