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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Understanding, Rather Than Missiles,
Called Solution to Worlds Problems

African votes lost to the
Americans on the issue of
seating Red China in Ma
tionalist China'S place.
Should the latter occur. it
would be a disaster for Chi
ang and Taiwan. It also
would throwthis country into
a period Of profound po-
litical disorder.
Is this. then, matter for
missiles?
Gen. de Gaulle. that stiff
necked, admirable autocrat,
dislikes the U. N. chiefly be-
cause it did not support him
in Algeria. with its African
ramifications, or in Indo-
China.
Gen. de Gaulle opposes
any U. N. participation in
the German Berlin problem
and stoutly protests any ne
gotiations whatever by the
Americans and the British.
He privately has said that
when an agreement is made
it must be one which will
last a hundred years. The
fact that his own govern
ment is hard-pressed for sur
vival does not shake him
from his views.
No one in Europe wants a
nuclear war to unity West
Germany with East Ger
many. President Kennedy
has said that we will use
such weapons to maintain
position and principle in
West Berlin. But If it comes
to that, there will be moth
ing left of the city and but
a few Of its people will sur
vive.
West Germany cannot now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17

thinks I should be more
thrifty; would that I we're!
Twice a week she has a
date with her beau. They go
to the movies. American
Westerns preferred. or join
other Romans in the big
squares to meet friends and
have a good time. The Piazza
di Popolo is the favorite on
Sundays. The huge Piazza,
surrounded by magnificent
edifices, statues and foun-
tains, has a band which plays
both popular and classical
music while literally thou
sands mingle in the square or
sit along the walls to look
and listen.
Banking in Rome is not so
delightful. Making a deposit
or cashing a check entails
more red tape than can be
found in Washington bu-
reaucracy. My first attempt
to make a purchase in a de-
partment store with a check
not only caused much con-
sternation but delayed the
delivery Of my purchase four
days while the check was be-
ing cashed. First the assist
ant inspector was called. then
the assistant manager and
finally the manager himself
appeared on the scene. After
much consultation it was de-
cided the check was &C
ceptable.
The bank is no picnic, Ell
Their. 1t takes at least half an
hour to cash a check on my
own account at an American
bank. For the sake of $50.
papers must be signed, then
the clerk goes to the room on
the left on some mysterious
mission. then I must sign an
other paper and he goes to
the room on the right. After
more signing of papers I fl
nally receive the cash.
An Italian bank, I thought,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-17
Hermit Prefers Island
Despite Punthers

NAPLES. Fla. APP. - Roy
Ozmer, 81 year old hermit,
lives in an 8-by-40-foot ply
wood cabin with plastic win
dowS on one of the islands in
Ten Thousand Islands.
Ozmer says he knows why
pioneer boatmen named his is
land Panther Key - there still
are panthers on it. The hermit,
who frequently hears panther
screams in the night. COM
ments, Il hope they are as
cowardly as they are supposed
tc be-
Evening star., 1961-03-18
BY JOHN ROSSON
Star Staff Writer

The University of Maryland
Board of Regents yesterday
took exception to being cast as
the ogres in the current State
wide controversy over setting
up a branch of the university
at FroStburg.
The board, apparently caught
in the middle, officially la
mented its unsolicited position
and insisted it is and always
has been a neutral in the fight,
Meeting in College Park. some
board m m bers admitted
openly that they favor the
Frostburg branch, but the board
served emphatic notice that it
has said only it will establish
the branch if Gov. TaWeS and
the State Legislature ask it to-
Otherwise, the board said, it
is not particularly anxious to
do so.
I'VE have been pictured in
the press and at the current
session of the Legislature in
Annapolis as greatly favoring
the move" DR.. Wilson H. Elkins
and other board members said,
but we have not and will not
take sides"
Evening star., 1961-03-18

Detectives said they were
summoned to the house about
II pm. after w. G.. johnson
the suspects father, found the
youth in the trunk in the base
ment. When police arrived, they
found the trunk tied with cleo
trical cable. The lid was up
about 3 inches.
They lifted the lid and found
the nude youth lying on his
back with his knees pulled up
to his chin.
The detectives said he was
blindfolded and gagged with
gauze and masking tape. His
hands were tied behind him
and the rope was looped around
his neck. His feet and hands
were bound with the same rope.
When the detectives went
upstairs to call an ambulance
they found the younger john
son lying on a bed, apparently
unconscious.
After he was taken to the
hospital, the victim told police
he had met johnson Thursday
night in Washington and was
persuaded to accompany him
to the Arlington house.
He had been given some pills,
Evening star., 1961-03-18
House Foes
Bar Vote to
Reupportion

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. II (AP)
Administration forces yester-
day were Stymied again in their
effort to push reapportionment
through the Maryland House of
Delegates.
A minority kept the issue up
in the air for the second success
Sive day by parliamentary ma
neuver. They gained a delay
until at least Monday.
There will be only two weeks
remaining in the session then
and the bill still has to hurdle
two showdown votes in the
House to reach the Senate.
The reapportionment ques-
ton was originally in the Sen
ate. When it failed to move out
of committee, Gov. Tawes had
it switched to the House.
The full force of his admin
iStration is behind it. A de-
termined band of Eastern
Shore men is fighting it to
prevent Baltimore City and the
largest counties from gaining
more delegates.
The administration forces
beat down one amendment to
the bill yesterday. but were
helpless when another was Of
fered. Under the rules, the mo-
tion Of five members to lay it
over until the next legislative
day was automatic.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Three Injured
In Virginia Crash

Three persons were injured
one critically, in a head-on col.
liSion on Route II neor Opal
Va, yesterday, State Police re.
ported.
Admitted to Arlington Hospi-
tai in critical condition with
multiple injuries was Mrs. Pear.
Noe, 81, of Mount Morris, Mich
Her husband, Ray, IS, was ad-
mitted to Fauquier Hospital ir
Warrenton with cuts and pos
Sible broken leg. His condition
was satisfactory today.
Also admitted to the Warren
ton hospital was Mrs. Ernestine
Cox, II, of Cleveland. She was
in satisfactory condition with
a broken arm.
State Trooper Lew Wetse,
said both cars were demol-
ished.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Minimum Fee
Put Into Effect
At Glen Echo

Visitors to Glen Echo AmuSe-
ment Park this year will have
to buy at least 25 cents worth
of amusement ride tickets be-
fore they will be admitted tC
the grounds.
Leonard Woronoff, manager
of the park, said patrons will
enter the park through a new
entrance gate where the mini
mum number of tickets will be
sold as well as books of tickets
for several prices.
THE new entrance gate will
give us more effective control
over people entering and leav-
ing the park" Mr.. Woronoff
said. I'm the past anybody
could wander through the
grounds and out again."
Mr.. Woronoff said the new
minimum policy will be in ef-
feet when the park opens for
the season on March 81.
Last week, it was announced
the park will operate this sea-
son on a non-segregated basis
1t will mark the first time the
park has admitted Negroes in
its 52-year history.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Nude Youth, Is, Found Gagged,
Tied, Drugged in Arlington Home

An l8-year-old Washington
youth, nude and unconscious,
was found bound. gagged and
doped in a black steamer trunk
in the basement of an Arling-
ton home last night.
Police said the youth, who
attends high school in the Dis
trCt, had been beaten with a
rubber hose. He had been in
the trunk more than Is hours,
police added.
Detective Capt. Dudley Rec
tor said John Johnson, %, who
lives in the home in the 500
block of North Oakland street
where the youth was found, has
been charged with attempted
murder and sodomy.
The victim, who told police
he had been stuffed in the
trunk early yesterday, was
taken to Arlington Hospital,
where officials said his con-
dition was satisfactory.
Father Called Police
Detectives said the suspect
a former Army officer, has a
long record of mental illness
and has twice attempted sui
eide. He is being held in Soli-
tary confinement at the Ar
lington Jail pending a hearing
Monday.
Evening star., 1961-03-18

which drugged him, the victim
said.
Some time Friday morning,
while still drugged, he was
bound and gagged and stuffed
into the trunk, the victim
claimed.
Mental Record
Detectives said Johnson had
studied at the University of
Houston, and received a second
lieutenant'S commission after
attending officers candidate
school at Fort Benning.
Later, he received a medical
discharge from the Army and
since then has been in and out
of seven mental institutions,
police added.
In September, 1855. Johnson
was sent to the Southwestern
State Mental Hospital in Mar
ion, Va, after he had been ac-
cused of robbing and seXually
aSsaulting two young men on
successive nights the previous
August.
In both cases, the victims
we're handcuffed. One incident
took place in a gravel pit off
Shirley highway, and the other
at the Oakland street address.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Peury School
Dedication Set

A Rockville high school
named for an Arctic explorer
will be dedicated at 2:45 pm.
tomorrow.
The Robert E. Peary High
School is the first in the United
States honoring the Naval dis
coverer. Admiral Pearys' grand
son, Comdr. Edward Peary
Stafford, USN, of 3423 Glen
moor drive, Chevy Chase, will
make the dedication address.
The Navy band also will play.
The name for the school at
Arctic avenue and Aspen Hill
road, was selected by sixth
graders at Aspen Hill Ele-
mentary School, DR.. Fred L.
Dunn, jrp the high school prin-
cipal said.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
MONEY EXHIBIT
Cash Talks as Hall Opens

The hiStory-of f-money part
of the exhibition lays heavy
emphasis on the erratic de-
velopment of currency in North
America. This section is de-
signed for the people who like
to ask their friends whose por-
trait is on the 100000 bill.
and what bill gave Dixie its
name, and who issued the card
board pennies and the scent
bill.
For sake Of information. the
exhibit shows that President
Wilson graceS the 100000 bill.
which is used only as legal
tender between the Treasury
Department and Federal Re
serve Banks.
Recall Panics
1t shows that Dixie" was a
nickname given to that part
Of the country which used
paper money printed by the
Citizens Bank Of Louisiana
Being in a French-speaking
section, the bank used the
French word for 10, dix" on
its popular l0-dollar bill.
Evening star., 1961-03-18

lower court which allowed the
defendant into society without
the facts here involved being
heard in a trial of the case
was a clear abdication of judi
cial power" the Governments S
petition said.
Judge Kronheim, in accepting
Mrs. Melchoir's guilty pleas
Wednesday, said, 1T is a queS-
ton of placing my conscience
against that of the United
States Court of Appeals"
Known as Durham Rule
The controversy over his
ruling spotlights a problem that
has faced defense lawyers oper-
ating under the Districts In
sanity Law, known as the Dur
ham Rule.
Under the 1854 Durham
Rule, a defendant who is ac-
quilted by reason of insanity
must be committed to a men
tai institution for treatment.
The defense lawyers dilemma
is that this commitment, being
for an indefinite period, can
result in a much longer period
of confinement than a defend
ant might receive if he pleaded
guilty to a comparatively minor
.offenSe-passing bad checks, fol-
example.
The Municipal Court of APP
pealS is expected to rule on Mr.
GaSch's request for the writ OF
mandmuS early next week.
Evening star., 1961-03-18

Cardboard pennies and ever
postage stamps enCaSed il
small coins were used as lega,
tender during the financial
panics which sporatically swept
the country before currency
was stabilized.
Besides the history section,
the current exhibit contains
the entire United States Mint
collection of all coins struck
by the Treasury Department.
Other exhibits include the
worlds largest collection of
gold coins, and selections from
the William H. du Pont collec-
ton of Russian coins and
medals.
The entire exhibit, located in
the Arts and Industries Build
ing, Ninth street and jefferson
drive. contains between 5000
and 5000 pieces Of coin and
currency.
A reception at 3 pm. today
will mark the opening of the
exhibit. The general public will
be able to visit the hall start
ing tomorrow.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Cash Prizes Offered
In Stars Baseball Contest

YOU CAN WIN AS MUCH AS $15O-To learn all the
details OF The Stars Lucky Lineup Contest see The
Stars Sunday Sports Section, which will tell how
you can try your hand at being an armchair base
ball manager Entrants who know the game can
win up to $3.50
ON WHITE HOUSE FURNITURE-The Fine Arts Com
missions White House Committee will be furniture
hunting for 1900 Pennsylvania avenue. What items
Will they be looking for? In the Society-Hom Sec
ton, Star Home Furnishings Editor Mary l..
Vaughan, supplies the to this and other
questions in the first of her illustrated SERIES
Titled The Presidents HouSe-The Early Years" In
the same section Star Fashion Editor Een discusses
Mllady's hats in words and color pictures.
IT'S FUN TO BE TALL-So says Avanel Bass, a Con-
greSSmans wife, who tells how the outlook in
wearing apparel takes of the tall woman. Read
ABOUT 1t in full color fashion story in SUN
DAY, The Star Magazine
THE FIRST WINNER-Winner of the first weekly
round in the $500 Star Travel Contest will be an
nounced this Sunday. To learn how you enter
and become eligible for the $3.50 grand prize see
The Stars Travel Pages.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Nd. U. Regents Stress
Frostburg Neutrality

The FroStburg branch (Which
would be established at the
teachers college there was first
suggested at a board meeting
last January by Judge William
Walsh. At that time the re-
gents made it clear they were
only taking note of the fact
that some residents of Frost
burg were asking for it. The
regents agreed that they would
be glad-if the Legislature so
Ordered-to establish such a
branch.
Judge Walsh and another
board member, Louis l.. Kaplan,
saying yesterday they we're
speaking as individuals, said the
university should establish a
branch in Frostburg.
Judge Walsh, still pushing
for a branch at FroStburg as
an individual, scored the tao
tics of some State educators in
opposing the move during the
current legislative session. par
ticularly Thomas G. Pullen, jr..
Maryland'S superintendent of
schools. He charged the educa-
tors with sending letters of op-
position into Maryland. homes
by way of school children.
The regents also:
/. Approved the purchase of
about 10000 square feet of
property north of the campus
which would give the univer-
Sity a traffic outlet onto Uni
Versity boulevard as it bypasses
the campus near Metzerott
road.
2. Named DR.. John M. Curtis,
38, a professor of marketing
at North Carolina State Uni
versity, as head of the depart
ment of agricultural economies.
DR.. Curtis will succeed Dr.. Paul
Potfenbergcr, who recently was
named associate dean of agri-
culture at the university.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Winchester Girl
Dies After Crash

WINCHESTER, Va, Mar. Ia
(SpeciaD-A 17-year-old Win
chester girl died early yesterday
less than four hours after she
was injured in a two-car crash
on State Route 522, a half
mile north of Main. Va.
State police said Wanda Faye
Midkiff of 400 South Loud
oun street. Winchester, died at
3 am. in Winchester Memorial
Hospital from injuries received
in the collision.
According to State Trooper
j. w. Kincaid, the dead girl
had been a passenger in a car
driven by Welton Kenneth
Shanholtzer, %, of Route 2,
Winchester. He identified the
driver of the other car as Mel
vim Andrews Clark, also OF
Route 2, Winchester.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 18.-Prince
Georges residents would have
a more direct influence on the
future issuance of liquor il
censes under a bill favored by
the county delegation at the
Maryland Assembly.
During a caucus that lasted
until early today, county law
makers acted favorably on a
measure that prohibits the
transfer of any liquor license
over the objection of 81 per
cent of property owners within
300 feet of the proposed liquor
outlet.
At the same time, the dele
CATION indorsed another bill TO
limit license transfers to within
the election district where they
are now in use.
Freeze" Is Retained
The delegation voted against
lifting the freeze" of 365 liquor
licenses, but favored another
measure prohibiting package
store licenses for firms which
limit their customers.
The only store affected under
this bill would be the GEM
store, in West HyattSville,
whose patrons must be Gov
ernment employees and obtain
store membership cards to
make purchases. The Prince
Georges Package Dealers AS
Sociation has charged that
GEM is underSelling other
liquor stores.
I'VE do not feel the GEM
practice is in keeping with the
intent of the liquor law" said
Lansdale G. Sasscer, jr., dele
CATION chairman.
GEM representatives, who
protested the measure at a
hearing this week, said it is
unconstitutional and will be
challenged in court if passed.
The unfavorable action on
the freeze-lifting bill is vic
tory for the package dealers
and temperance groups, which
fought the measure at a hear
ing. The county liquor board
wanted more licenses available
as an answer to a grand jury
report last year complaining
about the high-priced market
in liquor permits. Some re-
portedly sell for as high as
$4,000.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Thug Strikes
.HouseGro
EmpIoye

An investigator for the HOUSE
Un-American Activities Com
mittee, on his way to his office
at the Old House Office Build
ing late last night. was at
tackled by thug who got away
with his wallet-but no money
Police reported that Ray
mond T. Collins, 43, of 2lO9
Spencer road. Silver Spring
was walking south in the 100
block of c street Sc. about
l0:15 pm. when the attack oc-
Cured.
They said he reported that
the aSSailant, a Negro wearing
a light cap, came up from be-
hind, struck him, grabbed his
wallet from a trousers pocket,
ripping the pocket, and fled
through an alley.
The wallet contained no
money, only personal papers,
he told police.
Another attack, a yoking. was
frustrated by a 64-year-old
Agriculture Department en-
ploye who fought off four
youths, police said.
They said Martin F.. Smith
of 4l30 Arkansas avenue NV,
and his wife Virginia, so, were
walking near their home last
night when the youths grabbed
them from behind.
But Mr.. Smith kicked one of
them and the couple struggled
enough to discourage the at
tack. The youths ran without
getting any money.
Police broadcast a lookout
for four Negroes, probably older
teen-agerS, they said.
Evening star., 1961-03-18

After expressing deep con-
Germ" over the judges ruling,
the United States Attorneys
office yesterday asked the
Municipal Court of Appeals to
order the case reopened.
| In a petition filed with the
appeals court, United States
Attorney Oliver GaSch re-
IqueSted issuance of the rarely
sought writ of mandamus, last
used against a Municipal Court
Judge in 1858.
A writ of mandamuS is a
legal paper that a superior
court can issue telling a lower
court judge to perform a par
ItiCular act. If issued, the writ
would force Judge Kronheim to
| throw out the guilty pleas and
subsequent convictions of the
woman, Mrs. Nora L. Melchoir,
27, Of the 1900 block of Gaines
willie avenue Sc.
Retroactive Sentence Imposed
/ At the trial the judge. after
accepting the guilty pleas, gave
Mrs. Melchoir a retroactive 30
day sentence, in effect releaS-
ing her.
The United States attorneys
office contends the judges &C.
ceptance of Mrs. Melchoir's
guilty pleas despite her record
Of mental illness was an abuse
of judicial discretion.
The course of action of the
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Exchange Concert
Scheduled Tonight

Northwestern High School
will hold an annual exchange
band concert with Nazareth
PENNSYLVANIA High School at
8:15 O'Clock tonight at North
western, Colesville road, Hy-
attSville.
The concert climaxeS a visit
by the Nazareth band members
who are living at the homes OF
their Northwestern hosts and
attending classes with them.
Comdr. Charles Brendler, di-
rector of the United States
Navy band, will conduct the
concert, while featured soloiSt
will be Frank Scimonelli of the
Navy band.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
By WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

From a cardboard penny tc
a 100000 bill, and from 8
pearl-sized piece of ancient sill
yer to an eXquiSitely stamped
Spanish gold piece, it's al
money, and it's all at the
Smithsonian Institution.
The occasion is the opening
today of the institutions newly
reorganized Monetary Hall
and the unveiling of a new
method of displaying rare. coins
I'VE have grouped our coins
to make some sense out OF
them" Mrs. Elvira Clain-Ste-
fanelli said. I'VE have placed
the coins in exhibit cases which
will show in what period of
history they belong"
Mrs. Clain-Stefanelli is as
sociate curator of the institu-
tion's division of numismatics,
and was responsible for super
viSing the new exhibit.
Money and Man
The focal point of the new
exhibit is a series of 10 display
cases, of modern design, out
lining how the development of
money followed the develop
ment of man.
1T took more than two
years to gather the material
and develop the displays" Mrs.
Clain-Stefanelli said. And it
presented some problems"
The problems included how
to illustrate the ancient Egyp-
tians' use of the barter method
and what would be the best
way to show visitors that one
of the first coins" was a 60
pound piece of metal, the same
size and shape as an OK hide.
The answers to these prob
lens are contained in the ex-
hibit itself, where drawings
copied from ancient Egyptian
documents illustrated the bar
ter, and a scaled down repro
duction Of an OK hide repre-
sented the coin. A carefully
lcttered sign tells you the coin"
had the value of live OK.
Answers Trick Questions
Mrs. Clain-Stefanelli said
the exhibit is the only one of
its kind in the world. She de-
clined to estimate the value of
the exhibit because some of
the coins and bills are the only
ones in existence.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Prince Georges Bill
Tightens Liquor Law

I'VE introduced the bill to
get public reaction and now we
feel the people do not want the
freeze off," Mr.. SaSscer said.
Since the bill was introduced,
he said the liquor board has
received SO to 60 inquiries from
persons asking how they could
file for new licenses.
Rider on Another Bill
The measure prohibiting
transfers over the objection OF
81 per cent of property owners
is a rider on a bill banning
liquor licenses in Takoma Park
unless the transfers have the
approval of the Mayor and
council.
On other liquor measures,
the delegation approved bills to
institute a 5000 permit transfer
filing fee, increased by 25 per
cent the annual permit renewal
fees that start at $3.50 and
doubled the current top fees of
$3.50 paid by tavernS which
have a package store on the
premises.
Lawmakers also approved pay
raises for the two trial magiS-
trateS, from $500 to $4,000,
and the substitute magistrate.
from $4,000 to $4,000. They re-
jected a proposed increase in
the local real estate transfer
fee from Is to 2 of l per cent.
The bill was opposed by the
county real estate board.
Evening star., 1961-03-18
Leaves School Board

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w.
Va, Mar. Is CSpeciaD.-Olaf
L. DilkeS, a member of the
Morgan County School Board,
has submitted his resignation.
He is moving from the county
to Winchester, Va, where he
will be superintendent of pro-
duction for large orchard
interests.