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Evening star., 1961-09-23
Resignation
Expected
From EWinq

BALTIMORE, Sept. % CAP).
The resignation of Mary
lands Civil Defense director is
expected today in the wake of
Federal income tax charges
filed against him in United
States District Court.
The charges were placed
against Sherley Ewing, State
Civil Defense chief for nine
years, in a criminal informa-
ton filed by United States
Attorney Joseph D. Tydings and
and Assistant United States
Attorney Stephen H. Sachs.
Mr.. Ewing, 81, a resident of
Timonium and a former coun-
sci for the Tax Division of the
Department of Justice, was
accused of deliberately failing
to file Federal income tax re-
turns for 1857, 1858 and 1859.
Gov. Tawes, at Baltimore for
the swearing in of Judge Shir-
ley Brannock on the city's Su-
preme Bench, said he talked
with Mr.. Ewing by telephone
and was told his resignation as
head of the agency was being
submitted.
when I get it I'll accept it
and that is that" the Governor
said.
Mr.. Ewing, contacted at Civil
Defense headquarters. declined
to comment on the Federal
action. saying he did not feel
it would be appropriate.
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Duncan Drafting
New Relief Plan

A package of new public well
fare proposals is being drafted
for the District, Commissioner
John B. Duncan announced to-
day.
The proposals will be an
nounced in about As days, MI.
Duncan said. He added they
would provide a new concept"
of meeting the city's long
range welfare problems.
Mr.. Duncan. whose comments
were made on WTOP'S City
SIDE television program. as
serted the need for ''rehabilita-
ton" is of equal Importance
with the problem of Kidding
welfare rolls of any free
leaders.
Mr.. Duncan's proposals ap-
parently are beng drafted as
an outgrowth Of recent orders
by members Of congressional
appropriation committees that
District officials take a hard
look at welfare.
Evening star., 1961-09-23

notifications installed through
July IA. 1861 cost total of
S3,858, he said.
On July 81 a special sound
engineering study had been
conducted in the neighborhood
with very unusual difficulty in
iSolating noises" Mr.. Permut
said, adding that this and work
now underway would amount
to about $4,000.
His witness, John E. Stuart,
an air conditioning service and
maintenance Specialist, testi-
fled This is the first time in
10 years I've had to hire a
sound man"
Mr.. King turned down a
neighbor's request that he have
Regent House rip out the old
ones and put in new ones"
I'm going to give these peo-
pie a chance to spend $4,000"
he ruled. "I'll give them until
next April l."
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Insurance Chief
Is Ruled Eligible
Despite Pension

BALTIMORE, Sept. % (AP) i.
An attorney generals opinion
held yesterday Il. at F. Douglass
Sears is eligible to hold his
$10,000-a-year post as State
insurance commissioner while
receiving a pension from an in
surance company trust fund.
The opinion by Attorney
General Thomas B. Finan said
the pension from the Great
American Insurance Co. is paid
from a trust fund administered
in New York.
The opinion added that Mr..
Sears interest is in the trust
fund and not in the insurance
company. and that the firm
cannot alter the commissioners
rights to the pension.
Gov. Tawes had requested the
opinion after receiving a pro-
test from Hyman A. PreSsman,
a Baltimore lawyer and fire.
quent critic of Mr.. Sears.
Mr.. Pressman argued that
MIR. Sears was ineligible for his
State post because of the pen
sion. He contended receipt of
the pension violated a State law
which prohibits the commits
sioner of insurance from hav-
ing direct or indirect interest
in an insurance company.
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Boys Find Pistol,
One Is Wounded

A 7-year-old District boy was
admitted to Children's Hospital
last night after being hit by a
bullet fired accidentally from
a .32-caliber "capgun" by a
playmate.
Police said the wounded boy.
Anthony Richardson of 1926
Park road NV, was struck
while playing in the 1900 block
OF Park road. His condition
today was listed as good.
Homicide squad detectives
said a 4-year-old playmate of
Anthony's found the .32-
caliber pistol in a NEARBY base
ment and thought it was a cap
gun. The gun discharged when
the 4-year-old attempted to m
sert a cap in it.
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Negroes Freed
In Trespass
Hunger Strikers
Fines Suspended

ELKTON, Md, Sept. % (AP) l..
"A 16-day hunger strike ended
for three Philadelphia Negroes
yesterday when they were re-
leased from custody after their
$50 fines on charges of tres
passing were suspended.
The defendants, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace F. Nelson, and Miss
Rose Robinson, were helped
from the Cecil County Circuit
Court by happy friends who
carried vacuum bottles of food
and drink.
The defendants had refused
food since their arrest Septem-
ber 6 at the Bar-H ChuckhouSe,
about 6 miles from Elkton on
U. S. 40. They also had re-
fused legal counsel, refused to
enter pleas, and declined to
testify at their trials Thursday
before three separate juries.
Judge J. DeWeese Carter had
withheld sentencing until after
disposition yesterday of an ap-
peal by Mrs. Kay Fields of Chi
cago, a white woman, who was
travelling with the Negroes
from Washington to Philadel-
phia when they were arrested.
Mrs. Fields was convicted of
trespass in Magistrates Court
September 7 and paid a $50
fine. At yesterdays trial, the
previous sentence and fine was
upheld.
Mrs. Nelson also had been
charged with disorderly conduct
as a result of the incident, but
that charge was dropped yes
terday at the request of States
Attorney j. Albert Roney, jr.
During the trial yesterday,
two Cincinnati ministers car
ried signs outside the court
room which read Il support
Three Great People" and "17
Days Without Food. All We
Wanted Was Food"
The ministers, who identified
themselves as the Rev. Ernest
Bromley, a Methodist, and the
Rev. Maurice McCrackin, a
Presbyterian, later told report
ers several youths roughed
them up and destroyed the
signs.
Elkton Police Chief w. H.
White said he would have no
comment on the alleged Incl
dent.
Evening star., 1961-09-23
MONEY APPROVED
FOR MASS TRANSIT

Money to reserve land for
mass transit strips and station
stops on three major Metro
politan area parkwayS was ap-
proved by the Senate Appro-
priation Committee in a re-
port awaiting Senate action to-
day.
Committeeman recommended
that the National Capital
Transportation Agency be given
$2.6 million to reserve corri-
dors along Route 95 in Prince
Georges County, Md, Route &c
in Fairfax and Arlington Coun-
ties. Va, and to buy potential
parking spaces along the George
Washington Memorial Park
way in Montgomery County,
Md.
A request of $4,000 to help
devise a means of protecting
transit right-of-Ways through
the Pentagon network to a
widened Shirley Highway was
cut to $4,000.
Senator Robert C. Byrd,
Democrat of West Virginia, in
a development related to the
last supplemental money bill,
promised that five social work.
ers charged with curbing juve-
nile delinquency in tough
neighborhoods would be re-
tained.
The supplemental budget also
carries SO million for construc-
ton of a Southeast Washing
ton hospital and $165,000 for
the improvement of the White
House and its grounds. 81
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Council Approves
Anucostiu-B -BoIIino
Renewal Site

The District Commissioners
Urban Renewal Council has ap-
proved a proposal to make the
Anacostia- Boiling area an ur-
ban renewal site.
However, Howard w. Kacy,
council chairman, said the or
ganization will not forward its
recommendation to the Com
missioners until October 2.
Mr.. Kacy said the council
needs additional time to hear
the views of the Metropolitan
Washington Board of Trade
and other interested groups.
He said the council is now
concerned only with the suit
ability of the area for urban
renewal and is not prepared at
this time to go into the question
of use of the land after it is
obtained by the city.
The Commissioners will have
to decide whether the 627-acre
area is sufficiently deteriorated
to be eligible for Federal assist
ance as an urban renewal prof.
ect.
Evening star., 1961-09-23
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Annual Home Inventory
Can Help the Homemaker

BRING YOUR HOUSEHOLD UP-TO- -DATE-In This
week Magazine with The Star this Sunday a team
OF Wldely-knoWn experts home maintenance
finance modernization and overall good taste tell
you how to make a rewarding inventory of your
home; and, in the magazines new Read
faster read better!" program learn how to test
your present reading speed and how to make it
more rapid
ON THE SCHOOLS PAGE-This Sunday, the new fea-
ture, entitled Mason on Education" explores the
advantages of learning you go rather than cram
ming for an examination. It's rich with tips for
students.
ATTENTION, BIRD WATCHERS!-With the approach
of fall there is no place better than Hawk Mountain
to see the migrating birds of prey their way
South. For word and picture visit to Hawk
Mountain Bird Watchers Paradise" IN Pennsyl-
vania see SUNDAY, The Star Magazine
ner of new shows starting--is the theme of TV
Magazine, which each week brings you more tele-
vision listngS and more pages in color In addition
you'll prevew Top Cat" a cartoon show;
Naked City" which will feature Lee j. Cobb; the
new Peggy Lee show, and others.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Driver Beaten
In 24O HoIdup
Bandit Captured
In Victims Auto

A 27-year-old Rockville in
surance agent told police he
was robbed and beaten last
night by bottle-toting beatnik
who forced his way into his car
at the interchange of the new
U. S. 40 near Rockville.
John E. Oxley, jr., of 1913
South Van Buren, street. said
he was hit on the head with the
bottle, and kicked in the mouth
after the bandit forced him to
drive from Rockville to the
Gaithersburg interchange.
County police said the bandit,
who sported a mustache and
be-bop goatee, took Mr.. Oxley's
1853 Cadillac, his wrist watch,
and left his victim lying in the
center strip of the superhigh-
way about 1920 pm.
Hearing Set Monday
Frederick Md city police
recovered the car and arrested
its driver at 2:l5 am. today
Montgomery County police
charged the driver, Perry Roy
Robinson, jr., 26. of the 700
block of Sheridan street NV,
with robbery. Robinson is being
held in Montgomery County
jail in lieu of $4,000 bond for
a preliminary hearing Monday.
Mr.. Oxley, the son of John
E. Oxley, candidate for Mont
gomery County Circuit Court
judge during last years Demo-
cratic primary, told police the
bandit entered his car while Re
was waiting for traffic on U. S.
240 to pass. He quoted the rob-
ber as saying, You'd better
keep going. l have a knife -
The victim told police the
robber held a bottle in his hand,
talked be-bop language, and
beat out rhythms on the cars
dashboard during the five-mile
trip to GaitherSburg.
Bottle Broken in Blow
Mr.. Oxley said he never saw
the knife, but that he obeyed
when the men ordered him to
pull to the side of the road.
Police said that the robber then
hit his victim on the head with
the bottle, which broke on
impact. The insurance man was
able to grab the ignition keys
and to Stagger from the car.
The bandit chased Mr.. OK
ley. knocked him down, and
kicked him in the mouth. police
said. He then took the car keys
and left.
Mr.. Oxley said he was able
to walk to a nearby house and
ask the occupants to call police
He was treated by his own
physician for mouth and face
cuts and two broken teeth.
Evening star., 1961-09-23

about the two machines on the
roof of the Regent House, 1901
Wisconsin avenue NV.
Heeding their pleas, Mr..
King gave Fred A. Smith, agent
and part owner of the apart
ment, until April /, 1860, to
muffle the units.
Mr.. King received a return
visit yesterday from II neigh
bors, who said the machines
were at it again, fraying nerves
and running sleep. No Regent
House dwellerS were among
them.
Their chief spokesman, Guy
Farmer, a former National
Labor Relations Board chair
man, of $500 Macomb street
NV. said the noise subsidized
during most of 1860, picked up
toward fall and returned this
year after winter Information.
There are two sounds" he
said. "One is an occasional big
screech like two autos crash
ing at high speed. The other is
a constant pulsating, pumplike
noise"
Like a locomotive" put in
Mrs. Gilbert Harrison, 1856
Macomb street NV. What Mr.
Farmer called a "screech''
sounded more like "the trum-
peting of an elephant" said
Ephriam Kahn, 1910 Macomb
street.
The protesting delegation re-
preached Mr.. King for not act
ing on several letters, wires and
telephone calls they said they
had directed to him. He replied
they had finally done the right
thing by coming to his Munich
pal Court office in person.
In reply to the delegation S
complaints, Jacob Permut, at
torney for Regent House, pro-
duced a list of improvements
he said had been made to the
machines after Mr.. Kings 1859
order.
Rubber insulators, metal
sheathing, pulleys, sound proof
ing, supports, pipes and other
Evening star., 1961-09-23

President. But he signed into
law late yesterday three other
bills which:
/. Eliminate the eight-Story
limit on buildings in apartment
areas but continued a height
limit.
2. Name the White House as
a national minument.
3. Provide for the licensing,
registration and regulation of
physical therapiSts here.
Partial Endorsement
In his veto message, Presi-
dent Kennedy said he liked
portions of the retirement bill
affecting widows and surviving
minor children of deceased po-
licemen and firemen who re-
tired before October /, 1856.
Their annuities," the mes
sage said, were last adjusted
in 1949. and, in the years since,
this fixed income has dimin-
iShed in value with each in
crease in the cost of living
S. 1918, which has passed the
Senate, provides for an early
increase in these annuities and
I am hopeful that the House
of Representatives will pass
this bill promptly"
But he added:
Already, as a result of the
Equalization Act of 1928, which
gives an automatic proportion
ate increase in annuities when
ever active duty policemen and
firemen receive them, a Signi-
ficant number of these retirees
now receive a larger pension
than their annual salaries
while on active duty.
"The record also indicates
that this group is much more
generously treated than other
District government annuitants
who are covered by other re-
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Gunshot Kills
D. c. Resident

Raymond Hall, 81, of 1913
Sixth street NV, died early
today at D. C. General Hospital
of gunshot wounds.
Police charged Russell Smith,
35, of 1343 Girard street NV.
with homicide. They said the
shooting with a small-caliber
pistol occurred last night in the
1000 block of Eighth street
NV. Friends reported bad feel
ing between the men, police
said.
Evening star., 1961-09-23

tirement programs. The pro-
posal would compound the ex-
isting disparity and is incon-
sistent with essential objectives
of fairness and impartiality to
all employees"
Rail Siding Vetoed
Mr.. Kennedy also vetoed a
measure that would have per-
mitted construction of a rail-
road siding proposed by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad near
Taylor street NE.
He rejected the bill, his mes
sage said, because the siding
would be in the path of Inter
state Route 95, the Districts So
called third route to Baltimore.
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Virginia Board
TaIksof School
Atom Shelters
Stute Supervisor
Told to Learn Cost
Practical Effects
By ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Staff Writer

RICHMOND, Sept. 23.-The
State Board of Education is
seriously considering a require
ment that future public school
buildings contain shelters Of
fering protection from atomic
bombs.
The question arose yester-
day as the board approved an
application by Norfolk to con-
Struct the States fourth-and,
for the time being, its last
Climate controlled" without
windows, school.
G. L. Quirk, State super
visor of secondary education,
presented for the boards ap-
proval a warden service man.
ual compiled by the State De-
partment of Education in CO.
ordination with the Office of
Civil Defense.
I'VE no longer think of
wardens as tin-hatted. white
helmeted persons wearing arm
bands. as we did during World
War H." Mr.. Quirk said.
Delayed "TOO Long"
In the discussion that fol-
lowed. board member Lewis F.
Powell of Richmond suggested
that the subject of air raid
shelters ''be seriously considered
in approval of blueprints for
any new buildings"
THE average person." Mr.
Powell said, cannot conceive
of a disaster striking. Certainly
we should be at the very fore
front in anticipating disaster
I'd like to see us change our
regulations by the next meet
ing; we've delayed too long, as
it is"
Board President Leonard G.
Muse of Roanoke, however
warned that this might entail
unnecessary expenses for some
localities.
The situation in Richmond
Norfolk and Northern Virginia
might be entirely different
than in Buckingham County, >
he observed.
Mr.. Muse deplored the pres
ent state of international
affairs made more dangerous
by the advancement of mans
scientific knowledge. He said
the ever-preSent question OF
shelters suggests that man is
retrogressing to a Stone Age
life in caves.
To drive home his point, he
commented, Sardonically: Here
all of us are supposed to be
educated but we have to worry
about being blown off the face
of the earth. It's ridiculous
Maybe what we need is more
ignorance to survive"
Discussion Slated
The board agreed to have
Arthur E. Chapman, State
supervisor of school buildings
discuss at next months meet
ing, the cost, practical effects
and other factors that might
be involved in requiring shell
ters to be included in future
school building plans.
The temporary halt in future
windowless school construction
came after approval was given
a request by Norfolk School
Superintendent E. L. Lamberth
for plans for a Junior high
school in a predominately
Negro section of that city.
Norfolk County, now build
ing two such climate con-
trolled" buildings. was the first
in the State to obtain approval
last year. Since then the city
of Hampton has had one school
approved.
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Kennedy Vetoes Boost
In Police, Fire Pensions
Sees Existing Disparity Compounded;
Three Other District Bills Siqned

Like President Eisenhower before him. Kennedy
has rejected per cent increase retirement benefits
of certain Secret Service and District femen and police
men.
The BILL which would have made the 1857 Retirement
apply to who retired before 1857, by the
Evening star., 1961-09-23
Noisy Air Conditioner
Protests Go Into Year
By HARVEY CLEW
Star Staff Writer

Cleveland Park dispute noisy apartment house
conditioner its third year today with temperS still
heated.
September 23 1859 neighborhood descended
Assistant Corporation Counsel King complain
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
Mrs. Sprecher
New President of
Suburban Club

Mrs. Drexel Sprecher, newly
installed president of the Wom-
ans Suburban Democratic
Club, will entertain members of
her executive board when they
meet for the first time at 10
am. on June 26. Mrs. Sprecher
lives at 5608 Beam ct, Be-
thesda.
Other officers installed with
her for a two-year term last
week at the home of Mrs.
Harold Raveson are: Mrs. Mel.
vile E. Locker, Mrs. William
Lubbers and Mrs. Paul Warnke,
vice presidents; Mrs. Darius
Phillips, recording secretary;
Mrs. William E. Vogeslang, COR
responding secretary, and Mrs.
Richard Schifter, treasurer.
Mrs. Sprecher has announced
the following committee chair.
men and special officers:
Parliamentarian, Mrs. VIII
liam E. Carpenter; program,
Mrs. John r, Foley; member
ship, Mrs. John Truesdale; hos.
pitality, Mrs. Harold Raveson;
ways and means, Mrs. r. E.
Friedman; public relations,
Mrs. Harold N. Graves, jr.; spe.
cial projects, Mrs. Odell Kom-
iners and Mrs. Joseph Pech-
man; community services, Mrs.
William r. Consedine; new
neighbors, Mrs. William Cham
pin; financial secretary, Mrs.
James A. Barker; telephone,
Mrs. Carl Berueffy, and his
torian, Mrs. Maurice Landy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
By: JOYCE
HAPPY VACATION

Vacation fine is fun time! How
ever. there is a knaek for getting
the most enjoyment out Of it. II
calls for special beauty prepare
lions so that you won't miss out
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
Democratic Club Endorses
Hazardous Product Labels

ing the public's health and
pocketbook.
Discussing proposed regula-
ton dealing with the labelling
of hazardous products, she
noted that the u. S. Public
Service estimates that every
year some 100000 children
swallow household aids and
that about 500 children die as
a result.
More rigid labelling of these
products, with the use of the
skull and crossbones symbol If
the substance is one requiring
the word Poison" as proposed
by the FDA, was approved by
the club. Requirement of the
printed statement Keep out of
the reach of children" in promi-
nent type on the labelling is also
stipulated by the agency.
Commenting on the wide
scope of FDA's activities, Mrs.
Williams said it not only
checks food, drugs and cos
metics for purity, quality and
labelling" but also covers re-
ducing and therapeutic devices.
She showed a number of such
devices put out by unscrupu-
lous manufacturers which have
been seized and removed from
the market.
Because of FDA's inadequate
budget, which costs each per-
son only is cents a year, Mrs.
Williams said the consumer can
play an important role by re-
porting any violation and main
tanning a constant vigilance
against insanitary and unsafe
products.
During the business session
Mrs. Richard Fleming, presi-
dent, announced the appoint
ment of Mrs. Anna May Cham
bliss of Bethesda as parliament
tartan to replace Mrs. P. M.
Holt, also of Bethesda
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22

on one mo-
ment Of the
{ . S / vifies.
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to complexion
as we'll as hair
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know sun and
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22

cluded the George Barnes,
Vincent and Margaret Bevan
Longo, the Richard Bradshaws,
George and Shirley Brown
Butler, the Charles Burtons,
Larry and Lou Campbell
Haynes, Dick and Reta Caro-
theirs McKeever, the Harry
Cissels, Wilfred and Frances
Colleli Taylor, Herbert Lockett,
Charles mad Joan Cox Fincham
and Bob and "Popey" Doten
Xander.
The family-style dinner fea-
tured steak and fried chicken
and among the additional area
guests gathered at tables were
the Jack Dunns, Aubrey and
Winfired Estep Wright, Bob
and Helen Elliott Ellis, the
Robert Ellis and Jimmy Estes;
Bob and Kathleen Faulconer
Leary, George and 10 Foster
Crichton, Tommy Knight, Dick
and Barbara Grace Gawler and
Ralph and Elaine Muhly
Graves.
George Krouse and his or
chestra - a faVorite with the
group since high school days
provided music for dancing It'll
midnight. More couples attend
ing from Montgomery County
included Brian and Lois Grie-
semer Hessler, the Tom Hal
slips, James and Betty Hamil-
ton O'Neal, Frank and Mary
Helm Goodwin, Ed and Wilma
Young Kerr, James and Jeanne
Limric Brown, Frank and Pat
Moore Sharrar, Dick and Bev-
erly Newcomb Hesselgesser,
the James Noonans, Jerome
and Joan Orrison Schrider.
Also the Keith Pierces, Joe
and Betty Pisapia Patschak,
John and Jackie Runkle Petit,
Richard and Betty Salisbury
Baker, Edward and Bernice
Salisbury Zones, the Ned San
dels, Horace Schiefs and AL
Schriders, Edward and Lois
Smith Marley, the Leonard
Solomons, Robert and Shirley
Tague Stephens, the Paul
Thompsons, John and Ann
Whitcomb Hessler, the Alan G..
Whittleseys and Lois Wooding
Middleton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
Sligo Club
Picnics> Lists
New Officers

A husband-wife picnic, held
annually by the Sligo Creek
Woman's Club, concluded &C.
tivities for the club season on
June 16 at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Rhea in Potomac.
New officers of the group
were installed by Mrs. George
D. Nolan, retiring president of
the County Federation of Wom-
ans Clubs, during a prior meet
ing at the home of Mrs. John
Cissel.
The slate includes Mrs. Leslie
Hurt, president; Mrs. Alfred
Rice, first vice president; Mrs.
David Vanable, second vice
president; Mrs. Russell Optran-
der, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Donald Riggin, recording
secretary; Mrs. Edward O'Con-
mel, treasurer, and Mrs. Leo
Slaughter, jr., director.
was filled with platters of tur-