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Evening star., 1961-03-15
Lewd Picture
Ring Roided
In Arlington

Arlington police today re-
ported they have broken a
pornography ring suspected OF
circulating lewd pictures
throughout the Nation.
Detectives reported that they
confiscated thousands Of photo
graphs of nude men. elaborate
camera equipment and extern
sive mailing lists in a raid last
night at a home in the 1900
block of North Oakland street
Accused of possessing and
selling obscene items were
Jerald Bernard Merrithew, 43,
and Shirley Elizabeth Cox, a.
both Of the Oakland street
address.
Detective Sergeant Joe Bur-
nett said police began investi-
CATION of the suspects 10
months ago as a result Of in
formation provided by postal
authorities and Treasury
agents.
AS a consequence Of raids ir
New York, the postal officials
learned that a pornography
ring might be operating in Ar
lington, he said.
Merrithew was released or
$3.50 bond and the woman wa.
freed on $500 bond. Their case'
today were continued in County
Court until March "a.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
NEW SCHOOL CHIEF SOUGHT
BUT NO SCHOOLS TO RUN

FARMVuLE Va, Mar. IS (SpeciaD The Prince
Edward County School Board. which hasn't operated
public school system for two years is looking for new
superintendent.
Supt. T. ]. McIlwane SO. who has headed the system
for 43 of the a. years he has been in it, plans to retire
on June 80.
Since 1888, he has headed the two-county school
division Of Prince Edward and Cumberland but they Will
be separated July because Cumberland continues to
operate public schools
Prince Edward County is in its second school
year without public education The board Of supervisors
shut off public funds for schools rather than bow to
Federal court deSegregation order for an area where
Negro children outnumber white children.
Why, then, would Prince Edward need super1ntend-
ent if it has public schools Mr. Mc1wane was asked
an office that is required to be filled under the
State Constitution he said 1T is part OF local
eoyernmen regardless of what the situation might be-
Evening star., 1961-03-15
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
2 Workers
Burned by
Rocket Fuel

Two men working with rocket
propellantS were burned early
today when some propellant
caught fire.
Admitted to Fairfax Hospital
with second and third degree
burns were Edwin Fritts, 26, OF
Front Royal. and Boles Mum
derry, ~. Of Manassas Park.
The men, both production
workers at the Atlantic Re-
search Corps Gainesville plant.
told physicians at the hospital
they were thrown backward by
a minor explosion, which was
followed by a fire.
Ezra Rockwell, director of
personnel for Atlantic Research,
said the men were working on a
solid-propellant rocket motor.
The material is a plastic like
substance which burns but does
not become explosive unless
inclosed, officials said.
The two men were saving the
propellant when it suddenly
caught fire about S am, they
added.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Nozi Party Gets
Virqiniu Charter

RICHMOND, Mar. IS CAP) q.
The American Nazi Party
became a Virginia company
yesterday.
Its application for a charter,
submitted on a letterhead
bearing a swastika and the slo-
gan "The World Union OF
Free MISREPRESENTATION So
cialists," was approved by the
State Corporation Commission
The Nazis' goals. set forth in
the charter, include "the gain
ing Of political power in the
United States by all legal
means and elective processes
and "the. education of the
American public to suppressed
facts concerning the Commu-
mist conspiracy to destroy us
and the white race"
The directors are Lincoln
Rockwell, chairman. and Seth
David Ryan. both of Arlington
and j. v. Kenneth Morgan oi
Alexandria. The party's Of
fices are listed as being at 92s
North Randolph street, Arling-
ton.
Evening star., 1961-03-15

900 In unexpected street repair
bills, Mr.. Barnwell said.
Real estate taxes are set at
$3.15 per 500 Of assessed value
and personal property taxes are
$3.50 per 500 of assessed value,
In other business, the council
appropriated $4,000 to solve
a drainage problem on church
property.
The money will go for con-
struction Of a storm drain tc
eliminate flooding of the Fair
| lington Methodist Church
property at 1416 Key drive.
Mr.. Barnwell told the coun.
Gil the drainage problem is moi
a city responsibility. as argued
by representatives OF the
church.
Alexandria's newly appointed
Citizens Advisory Committee or
Slum Clearance has been dis.
solved by the City Council.
Vice Mayor Joseph M. Pan
coast, who offered the motion
last night putting the commit
tee out of business, said thu
group had strayed Into field'
never dreamed of or contem.
plated by this council"
The council acted after i
received letters of resignation
from four committee members
along with a resolution from
the city's Junior Chamber O.
Commerce criticizing the com
mittee's leadership.
The group last month elected
as chairman Edward 'Culewicz
The committee members whit
resigned are: Mrs. John C
Doud, vice chairman; Mrs. Nal
colin D. Lamborne, jr., cores
ponding secretary; Tully r
Wise and Nathanial McKitter'
ick.
Mr.. Gulewicz last night tolC
the council, II refuse to be {
puppet or a figurehead or {
political backscratcher
! am a free thinker"
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Redistricting Schools
In Arlington Protested

suits. objected to the suggested
redistricting of the Halls Hill
area.
1t would split the Negro
neighborhood so that about 40
children would be eligible to
attend Stratford Junior High
School, and approximately the
same number eligible to enter
Evening star., 1961-03-15

Hospital, but all were released
after treatment.
One of the injured was
aboard the Richmond, Fred
erickSburg & Potomac Railroad
switch engine standing 100
yards off Track No. 3 on a
Fruit Growers Express Co. sid
ing near Roth street. Four
others on the switcher leaped
to safety.
First statement as to the
possible cause came from
Woodward B. Baugh, general
superintendent of the RF&P
in Richmond.
Mr.. Baugh said the RF&P
operates a switching tower at
the scene jointly with the
Chesapeake & Ohio and South
ern Railroads.
I'VE have determined that
the route (of switches) was set
up wrong, but what caused
this is not yet known" Mr..
Baugh said today.
The official said a formal in
Evening star., 1961-03-15
AGED Aid PIun Fades

RICHMOND, Mar. Is (AP)
The outlook for Virginia's
participation in the new Fed
eral-State old age medical as
sistance program this year ap-
pears dim.
w. L. Painter. chief Of the
State Welfare Division, told the
State Board of Welfare and In
stitutions yesterday that a ten
tative plan submitted to Fed
eral authorities has been re-
jected.
The Department of Health.
Education and Welfare differed
from the Virginia plan on Fed
eral requirements on recovery
Of medical payments to the
patients, and on insisting that
the welfare records be kept
confidential. Virginia law
makes welfare rolls public.
Evening star., 1961-03-15

vestigation will be held in Po-
tomac Yards, probably Friday,
to learn whether the accident
occurred through human or
mechanical error.
"Our signal investigators are
making a thorough examina-
ton of the track and signal
apparatus in preparation for
the hearing" Mr.. Baugh said.
Angles Off Main Track
The 13-car, diesel drawn
Atlanta-bound Southerner hac
stopped in Alexandria and wa:
just getting up speed. probably
moving at 20 to 25 miles ar
hour, when it angled off the
main line onto the spur traci
where the yard engine wa!
standing.
Four trainmen on the yarc
engine, preparing to move
freight cars, scattered in time
to avoid injury. but Brakeman
Herman Turner. 55. of South
east Washington, was caught
and injured slightly.
Besides those removed to the
hospital. some other Southern
passengers were shaken up anC
treated on the train. The from
diesel's coupler was knocked
off, but all the cars remained
on the track.
| The train in time backed III
into the Alexandria station anC
after a delay of about twt
hours, departed for Atlanta.
! The engineer, Ernest L. Bibh
IS, of Annandale. Va, remained
at the throttle Tor his Gus
tomary ride as far as Mon
roe, Va.
Another injured trainmal
was Leonard G. Fahnestock
IS. Of Strausburg, Va. a bag
gageman on the Southern whit
was knocked down by a doc
while he leaned out to see VIII!
the train was slowing down. Mr.
FahneStock's son, Preston, wa
engineer on the rammed RF&E
switch engine.
Others Of the Southern crew
injured we're James w. Smith
SO, of ~ Williamsburg road
Alexandria; E. r. Norvell O.
326 Fairhaven lane, Alexandria
and Frank Carr of Charlotte
N. c., chef on the Southerner
Injured Passengers Listed
Passengers treated at tn,
hospital we're:
Lawrence Albertol1, 55, Phlla
delphia; Robert w. Drye, SO
Charlotte, N. c.; N. F. Jarrett
40, Charlotte; Albert Katin, A
East Chester. N. Y; Stella Mas
ley, 2S. Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Miss Betsy and Miss Alice Nc
Spadden. II and 81, sisters, o
Birmingham. Ala.
Also Mrs. Robert Petty, 20
and 8-tnonth-old son, James
Palmyra, N. Y: Mrs. Johl
Soares. 26. and year-old son
John, jr.; Bristol, r. l.; Lenori
Tatum. 33, Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Harry Westover, IS, Sar
Marino, Calf.
Evening star., 1961-03-15

mitted the SLAB million budget
recurring no tax hikes, after
pairing $317,625 from the school
boards request of $6.369,324.
Mayor Leroy S. Bendheim
said the school budget cut will
not affect teacher pay, libraries
or curriculum items, but only
maintenance and capital i'm
provement provisions.
He said $4,000 in unex-
pected school revenue will re-
duce the cut to $137.000, which
will apply entirely to So
called capital items"
williams Backed
The council acted after Rob-
ert A. Wood, president of the
Patrick Henry School PTA
said, I'VE are willing to sus-
tain whatever tax increases
would be required to support
the school budget"
Miss Lucy Norville, president
Of the Alexandria Education
Association and a teacher at
George Mason School, said her
group stands firmly behind
(School Supt0 T. c. Williams
in the belief the original bud
get was conservative"
Councilman James T. Luck
EFT said he is positive we will
come up with a full budget.
Councilman Josiah s. Everly
said, II don't think you'll have
anything to worry about"
Mr.. Barnwell, however, told
the council that "if you prom
Use the schools their full bud
get, we won't have the funds
to cover the cost of snow re-
moval and street repairs this
winter.
Drainage Funds OKd
The city now can make up
$50, 900 of its $55. 900 snow re-
moval deficit and may Scrape
up the rest by the end Of the
fiscal year, but it faces $l25,-
Evening star., 1961-03-15
THE EVENING STAR
w....:s.,, wsis;'sts: ss;.s p IS; s. ,,s, Virginia

the presently segregated Swan
son Junior High School.
No one voiced objection to
desegregation of Swanson.
But Mrs. Ham complained
that the redistricting would
result in children from Halls
Hill attending three different
schools, Stratford, Swanson and
the all-Negro Hoffman-BoSton.
The president Of the STRAIT
ford PTA, Nathan Brodsky,
Evening star., 1961-03-15

however. applauded the pro--
posed change, citing over
crowded conditions at Stratford.
After a lengthy hearing,
board members indicated they
may alter some Of the new
boundaries suggested as a result
of the views expressed. ,.
The board tomorrow night
will approve new attendance
areas together with the place
ment criteria.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Alexandra Train Crash
Thot Hurt 18 Is Probed

An investigation under today to determine why
Southern Railway passenger train diverted to spur In
Alexandra, where it rammed standing yard engine and
injured 10 persons last night
The collision half mile south of Aexandra's Union
Station 3 passengers five trainmen to Alexandria
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Rise in Tax Ruled Out
By Alexandra Council

The Alexandria City Council decided last night the city
ends meet next without an increase IN real
estate or personal property taxes.
Holding the line taxes the councmen said. will not
affect proposed teacher pay raises.
T. Rarnw last month sub
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Emphatic Objections

Emphatic statements from
more than 30 speakers indi-
Gated that many do not want
to go.
Parents of Junior and senior
high pupils declared their chill
dren should receive the option
of being graduated from schools
they now attend.
The contended that the shifts
would destroy happy relation
ships among teachers and stu
dents, impair school spirit t.n6
diminish chances of winning
offices and honors which i'm
press university admissions Of
ficerS.
Some said they had pur.
chased property primarily Sc
their children could attend 8
particular school. A. T. Brass.
field said he had paid a pre-
MUM price for the house so HI
could keep his child in Wash
ington-Lee High School.
Others conceded that thu
changes may be necessary II
equalize enrollments of county
schools. but insisted that al
the new boundaries should be
made effective at once.
! Splits District
However. many parents o1
Negro elementary school chill
dren asserted that the proposed
boundaries disregard geo.
graphic and social factors
which form neighborhoods.
Mrs. Leslie Ham, mother oi
a child involved in one of the
first Arlington desegregation
Evening star., 1961-03-15
By JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

Arlington's decision to open
voluntarily the doors Of white
schools to some $50 Negroes
next fall evoked no protest at a
crowded public hearing last
night.
Numerous parents among the
more than $50 present did ar
IDENTIFY object to the effect of the
proposed redistricting which h
would shift their children from
one school to another.
But to the surprise of school
board members, no one COM
planned about plans to grant
Negro pupils who live near a
white school the choice of at
tending it or an all-Negro one.
Federal Courts have ordered
some As Negroes admitted to
previously segregated schools in
the county. But heretofore the
school board has admitted none
Iof its own yolition.
However, preparatory to re-
gaining from the State the
power to assign pupils, it has
rearranged school boundaries
and formulated placement cri-
terra which board members vow
would be followed without re-
gard to race.
Last night they met to listen
to what county residents think
about the new attendance areas
which would cause 837 white
students to have to go to differ
ent schools next September.
Evening star., 1961-01-22
COVER
STORY
| MILLER
RAMMING


RRISON
That's the only way to establish
apport with the audience"
This may indicate why his TV
cries is still "in the works" while
hidseason replacements like "One
[appy Family" keep rolling out OF
hollywood. The series started re-
emily on NBC)
SITUATION PLUS
The premise for this situation COM
|dy from the stable of Goodson and
|odman, better known for their quiz
'lccesses, indicates how zealously
twist" or variation" is sought
establish series identity.
This one sounds like a medley OF
copies Choice (newlyweds), Danny
homas (parents) and the Ed Wynn
now (grandparents) sort of COM
iic lone Mans Family" The
witch is that all three generations
Ee under the same roof. They are
aged, respectively, by Jody Warner
Id Dick Sargent; Chick Chandler
Id Elisabeth Fraser, and Jack Kirk
pod and Cheerio Meredith.
In the series Jody portrays viva
ous Penny Cooper, who has just
arried Dick Cooper, a struggling
eteorologist, played by Sargent.
hey move in Temporarily" with her
rants enacted hu Chandler and
Evening star., 1961-05-26

where violence followed the
first court-ordered desegrega-
ton in 1857.
Nine Negroes were assigned
to East Side Junior High, while
Forest Heights and Southwest
Junior Highs each were as
signed two Negroes.
Board members said no Ne
groes applied for admission to
the other junior high school,
Pulaski Heights.
SO Applications Denied
Eighty-four Negroes applied
for admission to once-white
junior highs, but SO we're as
signed to All-Negro Dunbar
Junior High School. They may
appeal their assignments to the
board under the State Pupil
Placement Law.
Central will have 13 Negroes
next fall, compared to seven
this year, and Hall will have
six compared to three this year.
Two will be graduated from
Central and one from Hall this
spring. Central has a total stu
dent body of about 1,700, Hall
about $50.
Five Negro boys were as
signed to Tech, a 160-student
vocational high school.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

out in the two-judge bill. be
stricken. He said these nor
mally would be considered by
the President before nominat-
ing youth judges. Mr.. Acheson
said "the department" feels the
qualifications are too pointed
and too personalized to allow
the appointive power the de-
sirable freedom of selection"
But Mr.. Davis pointed out
his bill spells out no qualifica-
tionS for a juvenile judge.
And Mr.. Acheson-frequently
trying to explain he was not
expert in juvenile court matters
- was told that Municipal
Court judges handle juvenile
cases today, when Judge
Ketcham is absent. The prac-
tice, Mrs. Davis said. has not
met with any criticism from
the community.
But Mr.. Acheson maintained
that Municipal Court judges are
not qualified to act" in the
trial Of a juvenile. He said it
was his understanding they are
picked for the judgeships with
out any consideration Of what
background they might have in
child psychology"
Evening star., 1961-05-26
Freedom Riders Trial
Starts To-day in Jackson

promised speedy arrest of any
additional freedom riders who
violate State segregation laws.
There is too much work to
be done in Mississippi for us to
have to put up with outside
agitators trying to stir up our
people to no good cause what
Soever," Gov. Barnett said.
James Farmer, national di-
rector of the Congress of Racial
Equality-one of the sponsors
of the Freedom Riders-urged
continued defiance OF Segrega-
ton laws. Mr.. Farmer was one
of the 81 arrested in Jackson.
In New York, CORE an
nounced it was dispatching
field secretaries to New Or
leans, Jackson and Montgom-
cry. A spokesman said they
would assist in preparing addi-
tional attempts to crack seq
regation barriers.
IntegrationiSt leaders at
Nashville, Tenn, said more
Freedom Riders would be sent to
Jackson if those in Jail in the
Mississippi capital city are con-
victed.
Fourteen Nashville ministers
and students are among the 27
in Jail here.
Evening star., 1961-05-26

JACKSON, Miss, May 26
(AP). - Segregation-defying
Freedom Riders were scheduled
to go on trial in Jackson City
today as integrationists con-
tinued their assault on barriers
throughout the Deep South.
Trial of the q Freedom
Riders-25 Negroes and two
whites-is set for 6 pm. (EDT)
in the same courtroom where
earlier this year other Negroes
were convicted for attempts to
integrate Jackson's main public
library and city bus system.
At the trial of the library
itnegrationists, club-swinging
policemen using trained dogs
dispersed a large crowd OF
hymn-singing Negroes outside
the court building.
The 27 Freedom Riders were
arrested Wednesday'after their
arrival on two separate buses
from Montgomery.
They we're charged under the
same breach-of-peace statute
used in the previous integration
attempts here. They also face an
additional charge of disobeying
an officer. If convicted of both
charges. they face a maximum
six-month Jail term and $500
fines.
Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett
Evening star., 1961-05-26
JUSTICE

Continued From First Page
his discussion of racial prob
lens.
Our society,"" he said, "is
set up so everyone knows about
our successes and they know
about our failures. When
Comdr. Shepard went into
space, if he had failed. every
one would have known about it
and everyone knows about the
riots in Montgomery"
Progress Noted
Returning to his theme he
said the important thing is
that the American Government
and the vast majority of the
Evening star., 1961-05-26
East|and Sees
Rides as Red
BY the Associated Press

Senator Eastland, Democrat
of Mississippi, says the Free
dom Riders visit to Mississippi
marks the first time the people
Of his State came face 10 face
with the world Communist
conspiracy"
He told the Senate yesterday
he salutes the people of his
State and Mississippi, officials
for their reaction to the visit
from racially mixed bus riders
demonstrating against segre-
cation in buses and at bus sta
tionS.
Senator Eastland charged
that the freedom ride was
planned in Europe. master
minded" by an organization
known as the Congress of Ra-
cial Equality and designed to
embarrass President Kennedy
on the eve of his talks with
Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
Faced With Communism
81 salute the people of Mis-
sissippi for their courage. their
intelligence and their patience"
Senator EaStland said. This
| is the first time they have
come face to face with the
world Communist conspiracy.
They have acted we'll"
Senator Eastland charged
that persons with long records
of association with Communist
fronts are among those in the
top echelons of CORE. He pic
tured CORE as "the war de-
partment of those who sell
hate, collect donations and sow
the seeds of diScord in this
country"
"Since it's inception" he al
legged, "its creed has been one
of lawleSSnesS and its tactics
have followed the pattern set
by Communist agitators the
world over"
Four Mississippi House men,
bers. meanwhile, congratulated
Gov. Ross Barnett on his ham
ding of the Freedom Riders.
Press, Radio, TV Prejudiced
while the prejudiced ma
tional press. radio and televi-
sion will never give to the world
a completely unbiased report.
the facts are that our country
as a whole is proud of the man
ner in which the officials and
citizens Of our State, both white
and colored, have handled
themselves and the situation"
they told Gov. Barnett in a
telegram.
The four are Representatives
Abernethy, Colmer, Williams
and Winstead, all Democrats.
The House members said
"the horde which entered Mis-
sissippi was on an expense-paid
lark seeking the publicity of
martrydom from a prejudiced
national press. Their venture
amounted to an invasion which
they hoped would evoke vio-
llence, riot and bloodshed."
Evening star., 1961-05-26

increased from II to "a the
number of Negro students due
to attend the once-white high
schools and desegregated all
white Technical High School.
Action on the assignments
under State pupil placement
procedures was swift and ap-
peared routine. There was no
discussion, but ]. H. Cottrell,
jr., a board member, voted
against the motion to approve
assignments at all school levels.
Il object to 25 assignments
to the Junior highs" he said
later.
Faubus Hits Action
Gov. Orval E. Faubus today
termed the action surrender
by degrees" to the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People.
School Board President Ever
EFT Tucker, jr., declined COM
ment on the Faubus statement
but said he felt the boards ac-
ton was in compliance with
the original court-ordered plan
of desegregation.
The board sent IL Negroes to
West Side Junior High. a 900
student school only four blocks
from Central High School,
Evening star., 1961-05-26
JUVENILE
Continued From First Page

continued FROM FlTSL rage
why, that's no compromise
at all"
He gave no indication he
would accept any part of the
District Buildings approach to
the problem of the courts
steadily increasing backlog OF
cases.
Mr.. Davis, backed by mem
bers of his subcommittee, is
convinced the court has been
operated inefficiently. And fol-
lowing yesterdays hearing on
his bill, he feels opponents have
not produced any arguments
damaging to the proposals con-
tained in his bill.
One of the controversies sur
rounding the Davis bill involves
the use Of Municipal Court
judges to hear Juvenile cases.
The measure was written into
the bill, according to members
of the staff of the House Dis
trict Committee, to allow the
chief judge Of Municipal Court
to assign his judges to juvenile
cases if such action was war
ranted by the amount Of back
log in the youth court.
David c. Acheson, the new
United States attorney for the
District, testifying yesterday in
opposition to the Davis bill,
heard a disturbing backfire
under cross examination by Mr..
Davis.
Mr.. Acheson, with the Justice
Department behind him, asked
for two more judges at Ju-
venile Court. But he also asked
that the qualifications for a
Juvenile Court judge, spelled