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Evening star., 1961-04-03
Research Unit
Sees End Of
Recession

NEW YORK, April 3 (AP).-
One of the Nations leading re-
search Institutes said today the
economy may have reached the
bottom Of a business cycle.
The National Bureau of Eco
nomic Research said this could
mean the economy has passed
from a phase of contraction to
one that usually precedes re-
covery and expansion.
But the bureau stressed that
any recovery was months away,
and added there is no guarantee
it will appear.
The bureau said its findings
were shown in a statistical
study, based on an economiS
indicator developed over 20
years Of research. The indicator
shows the economy has reached
the lowest level Of general busi-
ness since last May, when the
l960-6l recession began.
The indicator also showed
that the process of improve
ment has begun, and this proc
ess always begins before wide
recovery is detectable, the bu-
reau said.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Southern Oxygen
And Spencer
Planning Merger

KANSAS CITY, April 3 (AP)
The Spencer Chemical Co. of
Kansas City is negotiating for
a merger with the Southern
Oxygen Co. of Bladensburg,
Md, John C. Denton, Spencer
president announced.
Spencer produces plasticS,
nuclear fuels, coal and chem
icals for industry and agricul-
ture. Its sales in the last fiscal
year were about STA million.
Southern Oxygen's sales were
$12.5 million in compressed
gases, industrial and medical
equipment and supplies. 1t has
plants at Kingsport. Tenn; !;
Greensboro, N. c.; Vineland,
N. j.. and st. Petersburg, Fla.
Negotiations have been
promising, with Spencer to be-
come the surviving corpora
tion," Mr.. Denton said. ZAP
proval Of the boards of the two
companies and their security
holders will be required to ef-
feet the merger"
An exchange of stock would
be the basis of a merger, he
said.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Bankruptcy Rejected
AS New Haven Plan

The Interstate Commerce
Commission today rejected sug-
gestionS that the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road Co. take bankruptcy as a
solution to its continuing fl
nancial troubles.
The commission said a bank
ruptcy reorganization would
not solve the basic problems"
of the road.
The commission, discussed
the bankruptcy issue in an in
terim report on a year-old in
vestigation into the New
Haven's difficulties.
The ICC said it was issuing
the report because the talk of
bankruptcy might hurt the
company's chances for receiv-
ing tax relief and other assist
.ance from the New York, Mas
sachuSetts, Connecticut and
Rhode Island legislators, where
moves are on foot to extend
help.
Evening star., 1961-04-03

The Institutes ambitious
campaign to bring the cleanup,
fiX-up month, not only stresses
the safety aspects, but the eco
nomic as we'll.
Mr.. Volland contends that a
successful Good Car Keeping
Month could produce a 10 per
cent increase in the volume Of
the entire automotive industry.
1t is getting more difficult by
the month to really pin down
the new model season." Gen
orally accepted idea is that it
is the time when the next
years cars" are rolling down
the assembly lines.
But the last few weeks has
brought a furry of activity in
new cars, or at least new types.
Newest is the 185-horsepower
sports coupe Buick is an
nouncing as the Skylark in its
smaller car line. Also offered
is the two-door Buick Special
with a 155-horsepower alumni
mum engine.
The Skylark has as optional
equipment a special fabric roof
covering and bucket seats. Sale
date is about May Is; sale price
factory list): About $2.400.
There is a luxury model of
Evening star., 1961-04-03

an undiScloSed number of the
devices.
The device is hooked up to
existing radar but improves
upon it by providing a separate
screen to show aircraft steadily.
In conventional radar, OBJ
jects are picked up only mo-
mentarily by a sweeping hand
on the operators screen. How
ever the objects fade while
awaiting the next clockwiSe
sweep of the hand, and valu-
able seconds are lost.
The ServonicS product, called
Track While Scan, records
such objects on a second screen
and shows their speed. course,
whether or not they're friendly,
and other data. (The system
was described in detail in The
Evening Star, March l6).
The contract with the Ma
rineS is repeatedly signed but
awaiting security clearance be-
fore public announcement.
Authorities are hopeful of it's
application to civilian airline
traffic control over congested
airports. ServonicS has had
talks with the Federal Aviation
Authority but thus far no Or
ders have been signed.
Servonics stock has been
climbing in recent weeks as
news of the favorable military
reception spread. 1t reached
$40 share by mid March, and
vas selling today at $26.75 bid,
S27.75 asked. The stock orig
!nally sold at 81 a share when
the company was formed in
1855.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
ARC Buys Shares
In Pittsburgh Firm

Atlantic Research Corp. to-
day announced it has pur-
chased 10000 shares of Nu-
clear Science and Engineering
Corp, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
ARC President Arch c. Sour
lock said the move will give
his company about Is per cent
ownership of the company.
simultaneously it was an
bounced that Mr.. Scurlock will
De elected to Nuclear's board
Of directors.
A joint statement by Mr..
Scurlock and Roland A. Bright
sen. Nuclear's president, said
mutual interest by the COM
nanies will insure cooperation
on technical programs beyond
the scope of either company
done"
ARC, with headquarters in
Alexandria, Va. produce
rockets and solid propellants
and electronics hardware. The
Pittsburgh firm does research
and development for the Acc
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Gradual Rise
Indicated for
Steel Output

CLEVELAND, April 3 (AP) -
Signs Of strength are multiply
ing in the steel industry, with
demand for the metal held to
a gradual rise only by sub
normal automobile production,
Steel Magazine reported today
The steel output is now at
the highest weekly rate since
the last week of June, 1860, and
production of about 7 million
tons in March was the highest
for any month since last June,
the Woodworking weekly said.
The March output was up IL
per cent from February's 6.2
million tons.
Steel said this weeks produc-
ton will be about the same as
last weeks 100000 ingot tons.
"As construction accelerateS
seasonally and manufactur-
ers step up their output of dur
able goods, market analysts ex-
pect orders to climb steadily"
the publication said.
Steel said a recent survey it
conducted shows the latest
postwar business recession has
run its course.
Exports of scrap are provid-
ing support for the scrap mar
ket. Steels price composite on
prime grade of steelmaking
scrap held at 1886 a gross ton
last week after rising for six
straight weeks.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Earnings

Service Pipe Line Co. in year
ended December 81 earned
$18,059,169 VS.. $17,769,513 in
1859.
BALTIC. Gas & Electric in 2
months ended February %
earned $5,425, 900 or 81 cents a
share VS.. $5,030,000 or "a cents
in 1860 period.
Sears, ROebuck Acceptance in
year ended January 81 earned
$4,607.128 VS.. $3,331,295 in 1860.
U. S. Hoffman Machinery in
year ended December 81 had a
loss of $2.244,18S VS.. a loss of
$3.156.899 in 1859.
Ex-Cell-O Corp. in 3 months
ended February % earned ST.
181 .234 or SO cents "a share VS..
$2,342,472 or So cents in 1860
period.
National PrOpane Corp. in IL
monCnS ended January 81
earned $821,1 100 or SO cents a
share VS.. $4,000 or 81 cents
in 1860.
Fairbanks Whitney Corp. in
year ended December 81 earned
$733,116 VS.. $3,198,206 in 1859.
MasOnite Corp. in 3 months
ended February % earned $685.
020 or 6 cents a share VS.. $732,-
142 or As cents in 1860 period.
BullOck's, Inc. in year ended
January % earned $6,876, 1874
or $2.65 a share VS.. $6,683,l72
or $2.57 in 1860.
Other earnings included:
For Year Ended December 3I
Evening star., 1961-04-03

the Comet, also with bucket
seats, now showing at the In
ternational Auto Show in New
York, priced $3.50 to 5000 more
than the current two-door
Comet.
Due in Pontiac shoWrooms in
late April is the two-door coupe
versions of the Tempest, one of
them with bucket seats.
RenauIt of France is showing
a new Gordini - body shell of
of the Dauphine and a 25 per
cent boost in horsepower. The
earlier car with the Gordini
name took high places in Euro
pean economy runs and rallies.
The new Gordinf.is another
entry in the bucket seat field.
Britain is presenting a new
and high powered Sunbeam
Alpine sports car and the hand
some, luxury Humber Super
Snipe. Both are showing. or will
be soon, at Fowler Motors in
Rosslyn and at Jack Pry'S.
+ 4 y
The May issue of Motor Life
Magazine is saying new op-
tional, floor shift linkages are
due soon from Ford, Chevrolet,
Pontiac, Plymouth and Dodge
|. the Swedish VOlvO four
door sedan is offering a semi
automatic, clutchless transmits
sion called SaxOmatic. Ever
consider the astronomical cost
of snowfall as you add snow
removal, street repair and re-
pairs to autos damaged by hit
ting potholes in the streets? d?
American Motors will boost
Rambler production 46 per cent
beginning at mid-month. ,
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Aero Geo Astro
Awards Contract

The Aero Geo Astro Corp.
has selected w. R. Manches-
ter, Inc, contractors, to begin
construction of its $1,250,O00
plant in Alexandria, Va.
The first wing of the build
ing will be completed in Oc-
tober, according to Thomas
Mechling, executive vice presi-
dent of Aero. Later additions
will bring total space to more
than 100000 square feet. The
two-story building will have a
penthouse roof for radar and
aerial experiments.
The electronics concern,
founded in June, 1859. with a
staff of four, now has $50
employees.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Blue Shield Posts
Gain for 1860

The local Blue Shield Plan,
formally titled Medical Service
of the District of Columbia, re-
ported net underwriting income
of 81 ,034,920 for 1860, a vigor-
GUS comeback from its under
writing loss of $848,922 the
previous year.
Blue Shield, which helps pay
medical and surgical expenses
of its customers, saw member
ship reach a record 817.867 by
last December 81. according to
DR.. James A. Dusbabek, presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Ford Gets Contract

DETROIT, April 3 (AP)-
The Ford Motor Co. has been
awarded Government contracts
totaling $4.243,821 for cars and
trucks, the Detroit tank auto
motive command announced
today. The contracts call for
l,l37 passenger cars, 542 con-
ventional cargo trucks and 257
our-wheel-drive trucks.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Studebuker-Puckurd
To Increase Stock

SOUTH BEND, IND, April 8
CAP). - Studebaker Packard
Corp. said it has asked stock
holders to authorize increases
of 250,0OO shares in it's second
preferred stock and S million
shares of common stock.
The corporation said the ad-
ditional shares would be used
for acquisition of major busi-
nesses under a diversification
program launched in 1858.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Capital City SCI
To Open New Office

Capital City Savings & Loan
Association will open its third
office here Wednesday at 8
am, Jack Riley, executive vice
president, announced.
The new branch is in the
808 Building at 808 Seven
teenth street NV. The asso-
citation, organized in 1916 and
now reporting assets of SIG
million, has its main office at
20l0 Rhode Island avenue NV.
and another branch at 4420
Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Chrysler Corp. Plymouth Di-
vision announced it will in
crease its original production
schedule for April by 500.
Safeway Stores, Inc, sales in
4 weeks ended March Is totaled
S193, ,297, 1923, up $3.50 from
1860; for IL weeks ended March
rs $567, 7,754.476. up 3,7% from
1860.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
THE EVENING STAR
Servonics Is Awarded
Navy Contract for Air
7 roffic Control Unit
BY TRUMAN r. TEMPLE
Star staff Writer

Servonics Inc Alexandria electroncs company today
announced has been awarded by Navy Bureau
of Ships for new tracking system designed for better
traffic control.
simultaneously trade magazine Missiles and Rockets
reported today Corps about to order
Evening star., 1961-04-03
BY SYLVIA PORTER

The l960-61 recession has
ended and the economy again
is getting in shape for an
advance.
Now the fundamental ques-
tions take on new urgency
How rapid and broad will this
next upward move be? What
forces now exist and what
forces can be set in motion to
put us into an upswing suf-
ficiently strong to take up the
slack in our economy, absorb
our unemployed. provide jobs
for new workers?
1t is imperative to under
stand that these questions have
been the most important
throughout this fourth reces-
sion of post World War II. For
the mildness of this downturn
has been apparent from its
start in the spring of 1860.
Not at any time did it show
signs OF snowballing into a
major slump. Month after
the figures have en-
phaSized that the recession was
restricted to industry-partic-
ularly to steel, housing, appli-
that many service
and allied fields were hardly
feeling the showdown. The way
personal incomes have held up
confirms this. The way the
stock market has bounced up-
ward underlines the confidence
OF investors in the modest pro-
portions of the recession.
Glaring Problem
But the very brightness of
these facts makes the extent of
the unemployment problem
more glaring. A jobless rate of
81 per cent of all able and
willing to work in a serious
business decline would be easily
understandable. A jobless rate
OF this magnitude in one of
the mildest. shortest recessions
OF modern times, though, saws
simply that we have not been
ana are not growing fast
enough.
This is a warning that if we
are not to have an intolerable
Jooless rate, the next business
advance must be stronger than
the last, must be sustained
longer than the last.
This tells us plainly that an
other weak recovery-compa-
rable to that of 1958-59-won't
40. Even though it takes us to
unparalleled peaks, another
gradual, soggy advance would
leave us with the worst unem-
ployment problem since the de-
preston '30s.
There is no ducking this chal-
lenge whatsoever. We are into
a decade in which the number
Of jobSeekers will soar-iust
because the babies born in the
194Os are growing up and en-
tering our labor force as youne
workers. Our economy must ex-
pand sufficiently to produce
jobs for these young men and
women.
Drive Called Need
Because a downturn ends
doesn't mean a strong upturr
automatically begins-not by q
long shot. What, then, are some
of the basic forces which might
Evening star., 1961-04-03
OVER COUNTER

Following prices furnished bv ~.
National Association of seciIrities
Dealers in Washington represent the
range within which locally active
securities could have been bought or
SOLD at l pm. Monday. April 8:
Evening star., 1961-04-03
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK (AP)-Noon over the coun-
ter u. S. Government Treasury bonds,
bid, asked, net change and yield for Mon
Evening star., 1961-04-03

on reactors and also sells
atomic isotopes to industry.
Evening star., 1961-04-03
Drive Called Need

Because a downturn ends
doesn't mean a strong upturn
automatically begins-not by a
long shot. What, then, are some
of the basic forces which might
propel us into growing once
more?
First, there is no doubt that
consumers have the incomes
and the credit to spend increas-
ing amounts once they get back
in the mood. Encouraging are
the latest surveys indicating
that consumers are optimistic
about prospects next year-for
the economy and themselves
and they also like what is hap
pening to prices. These atti-
tudes can be quickly translated
Evening star., 1961-04-03

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-23

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cleaning Sterling Silver Rim
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and gadroon sterling rims, can be
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own home.
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Evening star., 1961-03-20

and political affairs and a
staunch supporter of the prin-
ciples I have sought to advance
during the years of my two
administrations. He will be
greatly missed :"
Mr.. Reece leaves his wife,
Mrs. Louise Golf Reece, and a
daughter, Louise, the wife OF
Col. George w. Marthens OF
Washington.
Memorial services were to
be held in the House of Repre-
Sentatives at noon today.
Representative Howard H
Baker, Tennessee's only other
Republican Congressman, was
in charge of the session. The
House planned to adjourn for
the day following tributes to
Mr.. Reece from his former
colleagues.
Funeral services will be at
2 pm. Wednesday at st. Johns
Episcopal Church in johnson
City, Tenn. Burial will be in
Monte Vista Burial Park.
Active pallbearers will be
selected from junior members
of the chain of banks Of which
Mr.. Reece was chairman in East
Tennessee.
Honorary pallbearers will in
clude members of the Tennessee
delegation to the House OF
Representatives and Senators
Kefauver and Gore, as well
as Republican leaders from
throughout the State.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
Mrs. VIII. Butes,
CoIoneI's Widow

Mrs. Martha Jones Bates,
the. widow of Col. Walter H.
Bates. an Army infantry off
Ger, died Saturday in Shreve-
port, La.
She lived in suburban Mary
land and Virginia from 1896,
when Col. Bates retired, until
1856, when he died.
Mrs. Bates was the daughter
of the late Maj. Gen. William
A. Jones of the Army Engineers.
She leaves two grandchil-
dren, Mrs. Lee Truman and
Edwin M. Hughes, both of
Shreveport, La.
Graveside services will be at
.2:30 pm. tomorrow in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy take the
form of contributions to the
Army Distaff Foundation, 5000
Nebraska avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
W. E. Brooks, 70,
On Riggs Staff
For 40 Years

William E. Brooks, 10, a life
long resident of the area, died
last night at his home after a
heart attack.
Mr.. Brooks, who attended
the old Business High School
here, was employed at the
main branch of Riggs National
Bank for 49 years. At the time
of his retirement in 1855 he
was assistant cashier.
He was a member of Acacia
Lodge of the MasonS and a
30-year member of Petworth
Baptist Church. He lived at
127 Eastmoor drive, Silver
Spring.
He leaves his wife, Margaret
M; daughter, Barbara Ruth,
and a son, Thomas E., all of
the home address; another son,
William E., jr., of Formosa,
and another daughter, Mrs.
Ethel B. Phillips of 1901 Lin
dell street, Wheaton, and seven
grandchildren.
The Warner E. Punlphrey
Funeral Home. 8434 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring. is ham
ding funeral arrangements.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
I'm Mrnturiattt

GLASCOE, LAURA v. AND PETER C..
In cherished memory Of our loving
mother, LAURA v, GLAsCoE. who
asyoted e as sSer pEER Il 1872 ns Spr
who passed away March 90. 1945.
THEY ARE REMEMBERED
They are remembered in peculiar
ways:
or small word said:
Remembering their words, their
deeds. their ways,
Though they are gone, there is so
LEoNaRb. aisb RHYMoNb. faas SsSys; LAURA.
q our devoted Ua hu5anS ln Svfs fsef sn
grandfather, ROY W. HARDEN. who
departed this life ten years ago
today. March 90. l951H
In our hearts your memory fingers,
:, sweetly, tenderly. fond and true.
That we do not think Of You.
Your life Is beautiful memory,
Your absence a silent grief;
You sleep In God's beautiful garden.
HIS LOVING Wire. Siisf NELLIE 'isc' +.
IAR HARRDEEi n, DaAusGHTEE; aI AIusGMHT,E;EE;;, sSoM,IN-
JENKINS. JOSEPH, d. In loving mem
STnt CRY q our husband and father, ,Jo-
the great beyond one year ago to-
day, March 20. 1860.
Our family circle has been broken,
a link gone from our chain
We have parted for awhile
But we hope to meet again"
LIVERPOOL, CLARENCE P. In loving
memory Of my dear husband and
my father. CLARENCE p. LIVER-
POOL. who departed this life five
years ago today. March 20, 1856.
In memory we see you yet,
God save ,eu us strength to fight the
And courage to bear 1t.
But what Il meant to US to lose you
No one VIII eyer know.
WIZ VIET1XEy' XxEEylAN AND DAUGHTER
MOORE. FANNIE E. IN loving mem
oTy Of our dear aunt, FANNIE E.
MOORE, who passed away seven
years ago today, March 20, 1854.
There is loneliness in our hearts
Though yqn have been gone for
An empty SPOT is stil your own
IN our hearts, and in our home.
DEVQTED NEPHEW AND NIECE.
LAURENCE AND HENRIETTA
OLIVER, WALTON d. In memory Of
our dear son, WALTON b. Oliver,
who died one year ago today, March
20. 1860.
Days Of sadness still come over me,
silent tears SO often llow;
Memory keeps you ever near me,
Though YOU lett me Just one year
ago today.
MOTHER AND FAMILY.
WEIGH, ELLA MILES. In memory OF
our dear mother and grandmother,
ELLA MILES WEIGH. who departed
this lie. IL years ago today. March
20, 1850.
Our Thoughts of yau will never fade
When all the years have flown;
Your memory, as the brightest star,
WIN alwayS light our home.
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1961-03-20
Mrs .H,K. Green, Arlington,
Mother of Clerk of Court

Mrs. Harry K. Green, 78
the widow of a former Airing
ton Commissioner of Revenue,
died Saturday at her home
1407 North Barton street, Ar
lington.
Mrs. Green was known in
the county as ma Green" Her
son, H. Bruce Green, is clerk
of the court in Arlington.
Mrs. Green's husband, who
died in 1851, was one of the
best-known political figures in
Arlington County. He was
Commissioner of Revenue for
more than 80 years.
Keenly interested in politics
herself, Mrs. Green was at her
husbands side each guberna-
torial campaign year when the
Greens were hosts to the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor,
She continued the custom
after his death, giving recep-
tions for former Gov. Thomas
B.. Stanley and for Gov. AL
mond.
1856 Woman of Year
She was named Woman OF
the Year by the non-partisan
Organized Women Voters OF
Arlington in 1856, and COM
mended for her family, civic
and church work.
Asked to comment on her
success in working with groups,
she said, I'm blunt. I have
no diplomacy so I never ac-
cepted a chairmanship."
An Arlington resident since
1908, Mrs. Green was a charter
member of the Hospital Aux
iliary, the Women's Auxiliary
Of. the Fire Department and
the Arlington County Women's
Democratic Club.
A member of the Community
Methodist Church, Mrs. Green
was active in successful fund
raising drives that paid for the
church grounds and building.
Active in Eastern Star and
Masonic circles, she helped
young people from IL to 20
years organize the Bethel Order
No. /, international Order of
Jobs Daughters. She was q
member of Mary Washington
Chapter, No. so, Order of the
Eastern Star. Her husband
served as grand master of Ma
sons in Virginia in 1882.
On State Commission
Mrs. Green's great interest
in recent years was the State
commission on aging, to which
she was appointed by Gov.
Stanley and Tssppointed by
Gov. Almond.
The former Anna A. Rohr,
Mrs. Green was born in Charles
Town, West Virginia.
She died in the house she
Evening star., 1961-03-20
Mrs. Grant,48
Civic Worker

Mrs. Inez S. Grant, 48, an
active civic and church worker
in Silver Spring, died Saturday
in the Washington Hospital
Center after a long illness. She
lived at 1852 DeNeane drive,
Hillandale, Silver Spring.
A native of Ann Arbor,
Mich. she attended public
schools there and was gradu-
ated from the Michigan Nurs-
ing School. She came to the
District shortly before World
War II.
Mrs. Grant was a member
of the Hillandale Citizens As
sociation, Hillandale Garden
Club and Hillandale Women,s
Club. She was also first preSi-
dent of the Hillandale Women's
Auxiliary Fire. Department.
A member of Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church, she was
active in the women's society,
the church school teachers
group, the church young peo-
pies group and the "79'S" So
cial group.
For the last five years she
had worked as decorator for
Majors Silver Spring store.
She leaves her husband, r.
Lorimer Grant. chief of the
insulln section of the Food and
Drug Administration, and a son,
Robert Roy, both of the home
address; her mother, Mrs. Roy
Standbridge; a sister, Mrs.
Wayne Willeke, and a brother,
Wilbur Standbridge, all of Ann
Arbor.
Services will be at 2 pm.
tomorrow at Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church, Burial
will be in George Washington
Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Ia
koma Funeral Home. 254 Car
roll street NV, from 4 to 8
pm. today.
The family asks that express
sions of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to Ia
koma Park Presbyterian Church
or to the Holy Cross Hospital
Fund, Silver Spring. .