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Evening star., 1961-01-15
First Meeting

The first 1861 meeting of
the Women's Board of Provi--
dence Hospital will be held
at II am. Tuesday. The
meeting will take place in
Laboure Hall on the hos
pital grounds. .
Evening star., 1961-01-15

January White Sale

Have the best, for less-save on Americas
most wanted fine percale bed linens:
Supercalee sheets and pillowcases, plain,
hemstitched or scallop embroidered.
Mail and phone orders invited, National 8.7730.
wAMsUTTA WHITE sUPERcALEo
Sizes Before Henming
PLAIN HEM
Evening star., 1961-11-20

so that "every last possible
dollar" will have been raised.
The Major Firms Unit today
reached 1901 per cent of a
$1,234,135 quota, and the Vir-
ginia Unit brought in 102 per
cent of a STAT 500.
1--WE have never before had
such strong support of these
units at a final meeting, and
the excellent showing that they.
have made stands as q personal
triumph for Bill Calomiris,
chairman of the Major Firms
Unit and Speed Yeonas (1hair-
man Of the Virginia Unit), who
have never been willing to ac-.
cept anything less than 100 per
cent of goal and have refused
to let any setbackS discourage
them" Mr.. Bittinger declared:
Mr.. Bittinger said a cam
paign bulletin will be released
on December 6 to let everyone
know how the cleanup is 60
ing.
Austin H. Kliplinger, an Of
ficial of the Health and We'll
fare Council of National Capt.
tai Area and president Of the
Kiplinger Washington Editors,
who addressed the luncheon,
today, asked businessmen in the
audience to look again at pos
Sible prospects for profits at the
end of the year to Sc if they
can raise their company gifts
to UGF.
Evening star., 1961-11-20
Final Luncheon Finds
UGF at 9O.9296 of Goal

The United Givers Fund
campaign today reached 90.92
per cent of its $7.8 million goal
in the final report luncheon OF
the drive.
Pledged to date is $7,092,I59,
which is $3O1,385 more than
the amount brought in at this
time last year.
But the current goal is
100000 above last years $7.2
million goal. At this time last
year, 94.32 per cent of the goal
had been pledged and about
SO per cent was raised by the
time the books were closed.
Donald S. Bittinger, general
campaign chairman, reminded
lunchers at the Presidential
Arms today that almost
100000 was brought in last
year in cleanup efforts between
the final meeting and the final
closing Of the books.
Mr.. Bittinger urged workers
to continue to contact givers
Evening star., 1961-11-20
Generals Home
Breuk-in Probed

Military officials are investi-
eating a housebreaking that
took place November IA into
the Fort Myer (VaD quarters
of 1t. Gen. William w. Quinn
deputy director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency.
An Army spokesman said q
20-year-old private first class
stationed at Fort Myer is in
custody pending the inveSti-
CATION to determine whether a
court-martial will be held.
1t. Col. James P. Mulcahy
public information officer of
the Military District of Wash
ington, said he could not state
whether anything was taken
in the housebreaking. Gen
Quinn is reported out of town
and could not be reached for
comment.
Evening star., 1961-11-20
Five Children
Die in Fire
In Virginia

STONY CREEK, Va, Nov. 20
(AP).-An early morning fire
swept through an isolated SuS-
sex County farm house yester-
day killing five children and
seriously burning two others
and their parents.
The dead children were found
together in a room near the
front door.
They were identified as
Catherine, 8; Leon, 5; Helen,
4; Rachel, 2, and Regina, eight
months.
The father, Carroll Shine, 80,
was reported in critical condi-
tion at the Medical College of
Virginia Hospital at Richmond.
The mother and two other
children were seriously burned
in fleeing the burning house.
The fire apparently was
touched off by a faulty stove
at about l am. according to
Chief Carlton Leonard of the
Stony Creek Volunteer Fire
Department.
He said when firemen arrived
the roof had already collapsed.
The house was a two-story,
five-room frame building, on a
farm owned by John F. Ken
nedy, jr.
Evening star., 1961-11-20
New Picketers to Join
Student Peace March

Bundy, the Presidents adviser
on national security, for 45
minutes. 1t was the first time
in the memory of White House
guards, that picketers outside
the White House had been in
vited inside.
The Carleton students, though
they cannot expect to enjoy the
same success Grinnell had, may
outdo all the others. Tom Rock
more, 19, of Roslyn Heights
N. Y, said they plan a 24-hour
vigil outside the White House
starting today. The other col
leges picketed only a few hours
at a time.
Meanwhile, the Grinnell group
left Washington today for q
hero's welcome on their campus
where 800 students, several
faculty members and wives
went on a one-day sympathy
fast.
The Grinnell group here broke
its fast at midnight Saturday
at the Falls Church, Va, home
of its leader, Michael Horwatt
20. Mrs. Horwatt fed the stu
dents 19 cans of soup, 10 pounds
of hamburger, French fries,
green peas, nine quarts Of milk,
four and a half quarts of
orange juice, salad, cheese and
two dozen danishes.
Evening star., 1961-11-20
BY T. w. TIRANA
Star Staff Writer

There may be no room fol
pedestrians on the sidewalk in
front of the White House II
more student peace demonstra-
tors come to Washington.
A group of IA students from
Bluffton (Ohio) College, go into
their third and last day OF
picketing at the White House
and fasting today, while IL
others from Carleton College,
Northfield, Mimi, beginning
their own three-day tour, plan
to join them.
Some 80 students from Cor
nell and Syracuse Universities
met at the Pentagon yesterday
and marched to the White
House with signs reading Fall
out Kills People" mo Atmos.
phere Testing" and Don't
Mimic the Russians" They
returned to their campuseS
afterwards.
i A group Of 10 youths calling
themselves the metropolitan
Washington Young Americans
for Freedom" picketed the pick
eters. They carried signs like
plan Ahead, Remember Pear
Harbor," "Fallout or Sellout,' ,
and "Butterfat Will Make Us
Fat, Guns Will Make Us
Strong"
Off to one side were five
older demonstrators from still
another group, The Peace Ac-
ton Center, which favors uni
versal disarmament and world
law. If the sidewalk ever be-
comes too crowded they will be
able to claim first rights; they
have been picketing since last
July l.
The police-there were IL of
them yesterday-were appre-
hensive when the student peace
marchers first appeared in
front of the White House
: Nothing happened, though, and
they have relaxed. The stu
dents walked around quietly
carrying their signs and passing
out statements of purpose.
No one knows when, if ever,
the demonstrations will end
There are rumors of other col
lege groups coming to Wash
ington.
The exodus from campuSes
around the country started last
week when IA students from
Grinnell College, Iowa, feeling
helpless in the midst of the
nuclear arms race between the
United States and the Soviet
Union, went on the first three
day fast and peace vigil. They
did not expect to shake up the
Nations Capital" they said
only express their concern.
The Grinnell group hit the
jackpot, though. President Ken
nedy read about them in news
papers while on his Western
tour and asked his staff to in
vite them for coffee. The stu
J dents talked to McGeorgt
Evening star., 1961-11-20
MAN, 80, TOLD
TO REPORT TO
ARMY RESERVE

RICHMOND, (AP).-An
60-year-old Richmond man
who's never seen any form
of military service has been
told by the Army he must
report for possible assign
ment to a Reserve unit.
A letter from the Army
to George S. Gresham in
formed him he has not
been fulfilling his Reserve
obligations. 1t said he must
report to the local Reserve
headquarters within 10
days for an interview and
possible assignment to the
ready reserves.
Il amt going to do any,
thing" said Mr.. Gresham,
a paint salesman. MY
daughter called them up
and they said they made a
mistake"
Evening star., 1961-11-20

THE BVA'S BUDGET is
100000 a year. 1t has 1000
dues-paying members, all
blind. Dues are SIS a year. So
1t starts with $30,000-$5, 900
from dues and $25,0O0 from
the Bowlers of America
then raises $4,000 by direct
mail solicitation.
We talked of the compar-
able problem of educating
the blind and the complete
ly deaf.
"I'd rather have my hear
ing than my sight" said
George. There is nothing
like the beauty of sound"
AS we started back to the
nearby BVA office, George
took Jim's arm and said:
Remember, Jim, you're
driving"
And aside to their guest:
when two blind men walk
down the street, one is
driving"
Then Jim remembered
something.
I'VE hear you have a
beard" he said, May we
braille it?"
Both felt the Rambler's
beard and assured him il
looked fine.
Evening star., 1961-11-20
Gas Line
Blast Rocks
Wurrenton

WARRENTON, Va, Nov. 20
(AP) The Northern Virginia
fox hunt country was shaken
early yesterday by the explo-
sion of a natural gas pipeline.
The explosion set off a fire
that roared through Is acres of
woodland before it was brought
under control.
The blast ripped out a 40
foot section of the Atlantic
Seaboard Corp. pipeline at 5:45
am. about 10 miles east of
Warrenton.
Residents were awakened by
the explosion, which hurled
hundred-pound rocks $50 yards
from the blast center. The
crater was 40 feet long, 10 feet
wide and 6 feet deep.
Flames leaped about 1000
feet into the air as continuing
sounds Of explosion ratified win
dows for miles around. The
fires were extinguished in about
an hour.
There were no injuries in
the explosion, although many
people fled their homes.
Damage was confined to the
pipeline and the immediate
wooded area. The residence of
Charles Ross of Acorn Farm,
Buckland, about 300 yards
away, came through with no
broken windows.
The 20-inch pipeline extends
420 miles from the gas fields of
Eastern Kentucky to an area
north of Baltimore.
c. Pat Brisley, superintendent
of the transmission lines, said
this was the first explosion in
the 20 years this section of the
line has been operating.
The break was isolated by
closing valves at Gainesville to
the North and Warrenton to
the East. Mr.. Brisley said only
a few customers were cut off
Evening star., 1961-11-20
High Court
Won't Block
Big Award

The Supreme Court today re-
fused to review a record $780,
900 award to the family of a
Falls Church (Va.O man who
died in a 1854 airline crash at
Shannon, Ireland.
The award, according to at
torneys, set a record for negli-
gence cases in the Washington
area.
The money was awarded by
a District Court jury here to
Mrs. Gertrude Owen Tuller,
formerly Of 1911 Buckalew
drive, and her two young
daughters.
Mrs. Tuller's husband, DR..
William Tuller, 36, a vice pres
ident of the Melpar Corp, was
drowned after a kim airliner
crashed in the River Shannon
shortly after take-off.
The high court review was
sought by KIM and Sabena,
the Belgian airline, which op-
crates the control tower for
KIM.
During the trial, Judge Mat
thew Mcguire had instructed
the jury that the terms of a
treaty signed in the 1920s by
Western European countries
would determine the amount
of damages. This treaty pro-
vided a maximum death award
of $8,700 in cases of air crash
fatalities unless willful negli-
gence was shown. The treaty
provided that the money judg-
ment could run to any amount
if willful negligence was proved.
The Court of Appeals here
ruled that there was sufficient
evidence from which the jury
could conclude that the two
airlines were guilty of willful
misconduct under terms of the
treaty. In dealing with the
amount of the money judg-
ment. the appellate court noted
that Mr.. Tuller earned a salary
of about 100000 a year after
taxes and had a life expect
ancy of 36l2 more years.
Evening star., 1961-11-20

rlQerS 10 downtown stores.
The service again is being
sponsored by seven major de-
partment stores and speciality
shops throught he Merchants
and Manufacturers ASSocia-
tions. in cooperation with the
transit company.
The shuttle service, which
will last through December %,
Mondays through Saturdays,
will require no fares, transfers
or tokens.
Anyone may board at any of
20 stops and ride free around
the special route. The buses
will run every five minutes
from 10 am. to 9 pm. on week
days and from 10 am. to 6 pm.
on Saturdays.
The free buses can be dis
tinguished from regular ones
by their gold color and Merry
Christmas signs displayed on
the front and side Of each
vehicle.
Route Described
The buses will originate at
Fourteenth and F streets NV,
on the north side, run west on
F, north on Fifteenth, east on
G, south on Fourteenth, east
on F, south on Seventh, west
on Market Space, north on
Eighth street and then west
on F to the starting point.
Representatives of the stores
providing the service met with
transit officials today to work
out final plans for the service.
Evening star., 1961-11-20
Picketers Win
Jury Trials
Eight Reject Bond
In Hunger Strike

| ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 20 CAP)
Eight Of 13 persons arrested
during protests against restau-
rants refusing to serve Negroes
chose to go back to jail today
and continue their hunger
strike.
Five of them accepted their
release on bonds. All 13 asked
and were granted trials by cir
cult court juries.
The eight returning to jai!
rejoined two others who have
been held there since their ar
rests in similar demonstrations
in Maryland'S State Capital
November II.
William w. Hansen, jr., %.
Of Cincinnati, said it will be
up to each individual how long
to continue refusing. food. Mr..
aHnsen said the eight have
drunk only coffee since their
arrests Saturday night.
Others Refuse Bonds
Refusing along with Hansen
to have bonds posted for them
were: Ronyl Jean Stewart, 10,
Washington; Ronnie Kilstein,
81, New York; Richard D.
Castilow, 10, Baltimore; Susan
L. Rothberg, 18, Jersey City.
N. j.; Sheila A. Roberts, 18,
Baltimore; Janet Rose, 10,
Washington, and Daniel ].
Barker, 10, Brookline, Mass.
Released on bonds Of $2O5. rs
each were: Walter R. Dean, 26,
Baltimore; James NJ. Meiuto.
"a, West Oranges N j.: Charles
E. Cobb, jr.. 18, Springfield,
Mass, and Calvin p. Palmer,
jr., 18. York, Pa.
Charming P. Cunningham,
20, Washington, was released
on bond of $1O4. He was
charged with disorderly con-
duct by police who carried
them out of the place.
Bond of $100 also was posted
to free Diana King, 81, of Phil
adelphia. She was one Of 10
persons arrested after a sit-in
at another Annapolis restau-
rant on Veterans Day.
Mrs. Juanita Jackson Mitch
ell, lawyer for the National
Association for Advancement of
Colored People, said Miss King
sought release because "she
was not feeling we'll"
Two other Philadelphia girls
arrested with Miss King, Joyce
E. Barrett, %, and Larsine
Sirizotti, 19, remained in jail.
Trial Delay Seen
No dates have been set for
the trials of the % now await
ing them. The prosecuting
attorney previously estimated
they would not be before De-
cember 18.
The 13 arrested last Satur-
day were part Of demonstrating
groups numbering more than
400 in Annapolis and Baltimore.
The Maryland Conference of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie protested than an An
napolis policeman beat and
kicked two male students as
they were arrested.
Evening star., 1961-11-20

Bergholz and assistant-to-the-
director j. Carter Brown. Mr..
Brown said it was insured for
its purchase price.
Mr.. Brown. Mr.. Bergholz and
the painting rode in a locked
Pullman compartment. The
porter suggested that he knock
three times when he brought
dinner so that they would know
/ it was not a thief. That's the
way 1t was done.
Evening star., 1961-11-20

AT THE END OF the war
there were 1,400 blind vets;
now there are $500.
When a new case of blind
ness is reported to the Vet
erans Administration, a BVA
representative goes to the
home and assures the family
the wife especially - that
life is not over.
He encourages the man to
accept retraining at the VA
Rehabilitation Center for the
Blind at Hines, ILL.,, near Chi
cago.
Blind veterans will never
starve," said George Giles
pie. "If blindness is service
connected they get 5000 a
month. But they want to live
normal lives. Most are mar
ried. They have children.
They need to earn on their
own.
"All through history peo-
pie have been sorry for the
blind. Aims for the blind is
a very old expression. 1t is
only recently that efforts
have been made to help the
blind help themselves.
1T started with workshops
where the blind made
brooms, stuffed mattresses
or caned chairs. Improved
machinery and plasticS are
denying this work to" the
blind and maybe it's a good
thing in the long run. We
know now that the blind
can be trained to do highly
skilled and complicated
work"
Jim Chambers said, I'VE
have one member who as
SembleS gear boxes for hell
copters; another works on
the assembly of missiles"
The BVA has an unusual
angel, an organizatio n
known as the BowlerS of
America. During the war, the
bowlerS, like other organiza-
tions, wanted to do what they
could to help. They chose the
Rehabilitation for the Blind
as their field of service. They
raised money.
After the war when they
realized how much blind vet
erans, who had been through
the mill, were able to do for
the newly blind, they gave
the newly organized BVA
$4,000. Since then they have
given it $4,000 a year.
Evening star., 1961-11-20
The
Rambler
Lunches
With Blind Vets
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Luncheon at 1890" said
Jim Chambers over the tele-
phone. We'll be seeing you"
The last was Just a figure
Of speech because Jim
Chambers is blind. He had
telephoned about the Blind
Veterans of Americ a;
wanted the Rambler to meet
George Gillespie, the new
executive secretary.
"All our staff members are
blind" Jim said. I'VE have
only two sighted employees,
clerical workers in the
Washington office"
Jim turned out to be sur
prisingly young, %. He wore
a wedding band on left-hand
ring finger.
George Gillespie, a heavy
set man of A, wore dark
glasses. His nose and cheeks
evidently had been rebuilt
after severe head wounds.
Four years ago, when Jim
was 10 and serving in the
Army, he was blinded by the
accidental discharge of a
shotgun while hunting rab-
bits.
George Gillespie was in a
truck in the Colmar pocket
on the upper Rhine in jan
uary 1945 when a mortar
shell exploded above it.
BVA employs six other
blind vets who are stationed
around the country. Blind
ness is increasing among
our 22-million veteran popu-
lation, sometimes from old
war injuries, sometimes from
peace-time accidents and
often from diabetes.
Evening star., 1961-11-20

nails in the crate out of the
way to prevent damage to the
portrait.
The painting was lifted out
and stripped of brown paper
wrapping. After everyone had
examined the painting, it was
returned to the gallery vault
until tomorrow.
The Fragonard had left New
York Friday under the care
Of gallery treasurer E. Roy
Evening star., 1961-11-20
FRAGoNARD RIDES FIRST CLASS
New Acquisition Arrives at Gallery
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

The glowing La LiSeuSe" by
Fragonard was uncrated today
at the National Gallery of Art
after a first-clasS train ride
from New York. Gallery Direc-
tor John Walker grinned
widely.
when you look at this paint
ing" he said, you can't help
feeling gayer and happier to be
alive"
Mr.. Walker said that for 20
years he has been in love with
Fragonard'S portrait Of girl
reading a book. Ever since he
first saw it in the Alfred w.
Erickson home he has waited
for the chance to bring it to
the gallery.
He accompanied Chester
Dale, donor of a major collec-
ton at the gallery and presi-
dent of its board of trustees,
to Wednesdays auction of the
Erickson collection in New
York and saw him make a
record auction bid of $875, 900.
Mr.. Walker said today that the
Fragonard was the only paint
ing the gallery BID on at the
auction and that it was "very
lucky" to get it at this price.
(The record bid was over
shadowed very quickly by a
winning $2.3 million bid for
Rembrandt's Aristotle Con-
templating the Bust Of
Homer.O
On View Tomorrow
Mr.. Walker jokingly assured
everyone that the painting IN
Grated was the right me. 1t
has Fragonard's "fingerprint,"
he said, "the way he handled
his brush"
The director said the 18th
Century painting is in mint
condition, needs no work and
will hang tomorrow in Lobby
D at the east end of the build
ing. Later it Will be hung in
gallery 55.
Il am sure millions of visitors
to the National Gallery will
also fall under the spell of this
enchanting young girl" Mr..
Walker said.
ITO painters. the bravura of
brushwork and the technical
dexterity will be a revelation
and joy.
This makes, ah, 10 wonder
full Fragonards we now have.
I think it makes our collection
unsurpassed. I don't think
the Louvre can beat it,"
Carefully Uncrated
The two finest Fragonards
now at the gallery are large
landscapes. The portrait adds
a new dimension to the COL
lection's scope. Mr.. Walker
said.
The painting had been TN
Grated quickly by two workmen
in Mr.. Walkers office. He and
other officials watched the
process closely. Administrator
Ernest Feidler leaned over al
one point and bent several
Evening star., 1961-11-20

Participating were representa-
tives from the Hecht Co.,
Woodward & Lothrop, S. Kann
Sons Co., Lansburgh's, Raleigh
Haberdasher and julius Gar
finckel & Co.
D. c. Transit also announced
it will operate a Shoppers Ex-
press Service from points on
Connecticut avenue, Sixteenth
street NV. and South Capitol
street.
Shoppers Express
The Shoppers Express buses,
which will charge regular fares
and supplement regular route
service downtown, also will run
beginning Friday through De-
cember %.
These buses, transit officials
said, may be identified by
green and white Express"
banners on the front.
The Connecticut avenue
shoppers bus line, route L,
will operate from Chevy Chase
circle.
The Sixteenth street shoppers
bus line. Route S. will operate
from the Silver Spring transit
center.
The South Capitol street
shoppers bus line, Route A, will
operate from Livingston termi-
nal.
All three Of these Shoppers
Express routes connect in the
downtown area with the gold
colored free buses.
Evening star., 1961-11-20

At 7:30 pm, a gallery truck
met the train and carried the
Grated painting to the gallery
vault.
Mr.: Brown said the painting
was not heavy but the crate
had no handles and was diff
cult to manage.
Mr.. Walker said today "This
is one Of the greatest acquisi-
tions the National Gallery has
made"
Evening star., 1961-11-20
Free Bus Service
Again Offered for
Holiday Shoppers
7Stores to Sponsor Gold Vehicles;
Special Express Also Scheduled

There will again be free downtown five gold
coored buses for Washington Christmas shoppers beginning
Friday.
The D. c. Transit System Inc announced today will
repeat the service that year transported some free
, 1961-03-29
Virgin Islunds Dele.
Bill Now Before
Full Committee

The President Of the Vir-
gin Islands Legislature,
Senator w alter I. M.
Hodge, received word yes
terday that the Delegate
bill for the Virgin Islands is
now out Of the sub-commit-
tee and will now 60 to the
full committee to be heard
at a later date.
, 1961-03-29
Personal Mention

Mrs Merle Simpson
daughter of Mrs. Elena
Christian, is in st. Croix
spending her vacation, with
her little son, Douglas.
Mr.. Simpson is expected
to join them here to spend
part Of his vacation.
, 1961-03-29
Employees Of Estate
Curlton Hotel & Golf
Club Reject Union

Estate Carlton announced
today that the Virgin Islands
Labor Union AT of C
Local No. 1872 headed by
organizer Max Jacobs, has
been resoundingly defeated
in an attempt to organize
for the Union the en-
pIoyees of the Hotel and
Golf Club.
Every employee in the
Hotel voting unit partici-
pated in the election and
the Union was defeated by
an overwhelming majority
of "A to IL.
Ralph Breshears, Presi-
dent of Estate Carlton,
stated: 1--WE are delighted
that our employees have
repudiated the long months
of concentrated high pres
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