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Evening star., 1961-02-05
Furmun Wins 2-MiIe Relay
In nSnow-CurtuiIed VMI Meet

team entered in the event,
VMI. go.
Dukes Dick Gesswein won
the shot pat with a toss of So
feet 31a inches, just shy Of the
fieldhouse standard of 50 feet,
AZ inches.
Ed Hart Of Furman was a
double winner, taking the TO-
yard high hudles in 9.2 seconds,
and the high jump with a leap
of 6 feet.
Besides the two-mile relay,
Furman also came home first
in the mile distance medley and
sprint medley relays. VMI took
the 4-mile, 880-yard, freshman
mile and sprint shuttle relays.
None Of the performances re-
corded tonight will count in
the regular winter relays rec
ord book. since a full field was
not on hand. More than 1870
athletes. however, competed
from VMI. Furman, The Cita-
del, Wake Forest, Duke, Rich
mond, Washington-Lee, and
Ferrum Junior College.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
By the Associated Press

The University Of South Car
olina football team gets the
jump on its seven Atlantic
Coast Conference rivals by
starting off-season drills Mon
day.
New Coach Marvin Bass Is
anxious to start his program
early for several reasons, de-
spite the risk Of inclement
weather.
He says getting the football
drills over early will permit
football players to take part
In the university's spring sports
program. Also, Bass points out,
5 an early finish will free the
+. coaching staff to get out and
keep on top Of our recruiting
program"
" Bass, former assistant coach
At South Carolina, spent last
year on the Georgia Tech staff
He was recalled when Warren
aGiese gave UP the South Caro-
Ina coaching job to concen-
..trate on his duties as athletic
director and head Of the de-
i,.partment of physical .educa-
ntiOns
The 20 days Of workouts have
Evening star., 1961-02-05

LEXINGTON. Va. Feb. 4
(AP).-Furman's two-mile re-
lay team set a fieldhouse rec.
ord here tonight in an abbre-
waited meet held in lieu Of the
cancelled VMI winter relays.
The competition was held
when eight Of the 19 teams
scheduled to compete in the
winter relays Travelled over
snow covered highways and
showed UP at VMI, unaware
that the program had been
cancelled.
Furman and VMI dominated
the 15-event informal meet,
with Furman's two-mile relay
foursome of Jim Martin
Charlie Phillips. Bobby Lloyd,
and Thad Talley the standouts.
The Furman team clipped
off the two miles in 8:02.4, SO
seconds faster than the pre-
vious fieldhouse record set last
year by VMI. They finished 220
yards ahead Of the only other
Evening star., 1961-02-05
West Virginia
TopsN.C. State
InTv Game

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Feb
4 (AP). - West Virginia un-
corked q savage zone press de.
fense midway in the second
half to overcome a 13-point de-
ficit, and upend North Carolins
State. 86-78. today in a region.
ally-televised basketball game
The Mountaineers. down ga
81, were led in the surge by
sophomore sensation Rod
Thorn, who finished with 26
| points, /, West Virginia's record
Is no% 1913. ~
So tenacious was the Noun
taineers' defense that North
Carolina State made only one
field goal in the last 912 min
utes.
The tempo seemed to change
at the moment West. Virginia
uncorked its zone press. Cheer
ed on by a capacity crowd OF
5,700. the Mountaineers closed
the gap for good at 1915 on a
jumper by Thorn with 2:l5 to
go. Seconds later. Sophomore
Jim Mccormick stole the ball
and was fouled. He made the
free throw to put the Noun
taineers ahead for keeps.
The Wolfpack had led
throughout most of the contest,
moving ahead at 1921 and
staying in front until Thorn's
jumper.
North Carolina State reeled
off IL straight points to grab
a 64-5l edge with 1925 left.
But then Coach George King
signaled the zone press and the
Mountaineer comeback started.
Jim Ritchie and Paul Miller
added 16 and II points to the
West Virginia scoring.
Leading the Wolfpack, now
11-8 on the season, were Bob
DiStefano with 20 points, Russ
Marvel with 16, Ken Rob.
loft with 13 and Anton Muehl-
bauer with II. N. C. States
leadin gscorer, Stan Niewierow-
ski. was sidelined ith an ankle
injury.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
German Wins
SIa|onl Derby
In Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS. Feb
4 (AP).-Hanspeter Lanig,
blond German olympic ace
won the International Slalom
Derby today by a margin Of
six seconds over his nearest
rival.
In races through two So.
gate. 3.000-yard courses today
Lanig finished second and 10th,
but his overall time for the
two-day event was the best in
the field.
The pre-meet favorite, Fritz
Wagenerberger Of Traunstein.
Germany, was first in both
races today. But he was dis
qualified for missing q gate
in yesterdays opening event
and was ineligible for the Sla-
lom championship.
The best time rpr a single
race was turned in by 17-year-
old Billy Kidd Of Stowe. VT,
who darted down the course in
59.I seconds. He was the only
one among today's competitors
to beat one minute. He, too
was disqualified yesterday fol-
the overall competition.
The event is run on a COM
plicated formula. Two separate
courses are laid out, and each
skier races twice through the
gates. The skier with the best
overall time for q total of
eight races-four yesterday
and four today-is the winner
Lanig, 25, was the firSt-day
leader. He competed today with
his right elbow heavily band
aged-the result of a collision
with a gate yesterday. Lanig
came here from Munich last
fall to become manager Of a
restaurant.
His total time for the eight
races was .,513.2 seconds. His
nearest challenger was Tom
Corcoran Of San Francisco
with 5l9.2.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BOWLING
WITH ROD THOMAS

about every major open tourn-
ament at least once. .,.
Even more illustrious, per-
haps. is a fellow Baltimorean,
Elizabeth (Toots) Barger, 10
times the women's No. ranker
and holder of as many records
as Volk. .. .-,
So it will d, be the duckpin
treat of the season when the
two combine Skills next Satur-
day and Sunday at Fair Lanes
new Laurel Bowl in a special
match with Jack Barkley and
Ginnie Siegel of Washington.
It's a genuine natural. Volk
and Mrs. Barger were the WIN
ners in the annual Baltimore
Evening Sun 30-Game Elm
ination and Barkley and Miss
Siegel the winners of its WASH
ington counterpart. The News
Coca Cola 30-Game tourna-
ment.
Adding to the rivalry is the
curious, fact that Barley, like
Volk, is d forkhander. u
The match was slated yester-
day and today as part of the
christening of the Laurel Bowl
but was postponed because of
previous commitments.
Dynamo Dot Winslow, chair
man Of the Montgomery County
Heart Fund tournament, got
on the job early, as usual, and
already a tremendous entry
seems assured for the event
slated a week from tomorrow
at 10 establishments.
Participating will be Wheaton
Bowling Center, White Oak,
Bonifant. Fontana's Bowla-
rama, Twinbrook, Wheaton
Plaza, Rockville, Bethesda 40
Lanes, Woodmoor. and Silver
Spring Bowl. -...,... ~. ...
Entry fees for the event, for
both duckpinners and tenpin-
ners, are 81 for adults and Is
cents for juniors.
Assisting Mrs. Winslow in
key jobs are Rose Matney, Bet
ty Mills, Betty Kee, Sadie
Woodward, Kay Broomall and
May Joe Whidden.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Gomecocks Lead ACC
In Starting Grid Drills

been spaced through March 4.
Bass will greet a squad that will
be shy most of last season S
line starters. Backfield losses
by graduation will be light.
Coach Bill Murray has set
February II as the starting
date for Duke, winner Of the
ACC title last season and Cot
ton Bowl game conqueror of
Arkansas last month.
Earle Edwards and his North
Carolina State squad begin
work February 18. The drills
will end March Is with a squad
game.
Billy Hildebrand begins his
second season, at, Wake Forest
March II. The workouts will
run through April 22-with a
break for the Easter holiday at
Tie mlO-pOlnC.
Frank Howard begins prepa-
rations for his 2lst season as
head coach at Clemson March
"a. Showed out for about a
week last March, he hopes to
beat the weatherman by start
ing at about the time he fin
ished last year.
Spring drills, really will be
that at Maryland where Tom
Nugent has scheduled the
opening for April 4, with the
windup May 6 when the varsity
and alumni play their annual
game.
Still to be scheduled are drills
at North Carolina, where Jim
Hickey has not set a date, and
Virginia. where Bill Elias is
taking over as successor to Dick
Voris, who left the Cavaliers
with a 28-game losing streak.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
SCHOOL FIVE WINS
IN OVERTIME, 20

{ NAMPA, Idaho. Feb. 4
(AP.-Sophomore basket
ball teams from Nampa
and Boise high schools
played to a scoreless tie
in their regulation game
last night but Nampa won
in overtime, 20.
The Narnpa players, con-
siderably shorter than their
Boise opponents, were in
structed to play a control
game, seeking only sure
shots. During regulation
play only six shots were
attempted, and all failed.
No foul was called during
the game.
In the overtime, Nam
pas Richard Grimes was
fouled and he made both
free throws.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
0nIy.1,OO0 See
Hawks Down
knickAgain

NEW YORK. Feb. 4 (AP).-
The St. Louis Hawks retained
their. mastery over New York
today as they whipped the
Knickerbockers for the seventh
straight time this season, 12s-
Ill. at Madison Square Gar
den.
A crowd Of not more than
ZOO. the smallest basketball
turnout, in the history of the
Garden. was on hand for the
nationally televised National
Basketball Association game. A
heavy snowstorrn held the turn
out to a mere handful Of hearty
fans.
The Knicks were in the game
only for the first quarter which
ended with the Hawks leading
1928, after the score had been
tied five times.
The Western Division lead
ers. paced BY Bob Petit, Clyde
Lovellette and Cliff Hagan. in
creased the margin to 68-52 al
the half and widened the Diff
ference to as much as IS points
before taking q 102-7S advan-
tage into the final period,
Petit. Hagan and Lovellette
sat out the fourth quarter, but
the Hawks second stringers
had no trouble holding off the
Eastern Divisions last-place
club.
Lenny Wilkens, former Prov
idence ace. turned in one Of
his top performances Of the
year as he led the Hawks with
"a points. Petit added 81
Lovellette 10, and Hagan lS.
Lovellette Joined a handful
Of NBA players who have scor-
ed more than 10000 points
when he ran his total to 10,015
Evening star., 1961-02-05

Slated Today at
DeMuthu, CurroII

Triple-header basketball pro-
grams are scheduled today at
DeMatha and Carroll High
Schools, featured by three
Catholic League varsity games.
st. Johns plays Mackin aS
$3.50 o'clock at Carroll with
Gonzaga and Carroll clashing
in a makeup game at s.. The
program starts at l pm. with
a game involving the st. Johns
and Mackin junior varsities.
At DeMatha, O'Connell plays
DeMatha, the areas second
ranked schoolboy team at $3.50.
Junior games are scheduled
before and after the varsity
contest, beginning at pm.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Kolb Wins Race
At Duytonu Beech

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Feb. 4 AP).-Charley Kolh
drove his Elva sports car tc
victory in a 25-lap formula
Junior race at Daytona Inter-
national Speedway today de-
spite mechanical difficulties.
The favored Kolb, who
moved recently from Silver
Spring. Md, to Homestead
Fla, averaged 74.44 miles per
hour over a 1.6-mile course.
An overheated engine slowed
Kolb in the last half Of the
race which opened a two-day
program Of Sports Car Club
Of America competition.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

Totals 10 20 So Totals ~ 10 o:
Halftime: 1927, st. Stephens.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Tobb Sets Pace
For St. Stephens S

Braxton Tabb became the
first player this season other
than Henry Luke Warner to
lead st. Stephens in individual
scoring as the Saints scored a
63-52 victory over Yorktown in
a scholastic basketball game
yesterday at the Alexandria
school.
Tabb scored 81 points to War
ner's IA. It was st. Stephens
sixth victory In 10 games. War
ner now has a 1913 average.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
SEE
THE
t., ~ ~ w
3O' WHEELER
FIBREGLAs SEA SKIFF
.ASHINGTON
MARINA

1900 MAINE AVE. sW.
2Se9 qS:. MGR' Ven, r., Fh,urs s.ts An Nm e EN-
Sunday, 10 AN to 4 PM.
RE. 1895
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Manhattan Beats
Gu in SWIMMING

Manhattan turned back Cath
olic University, $3.50, in SWIM
ming yesterday at Brookland.
Bill Fox splashed to victory
for Catholic in both freestyles,
the 220-yard in 2::34.1 and 400
yard in 6:28.8. Manhattan's
Larry Lenehan captured the
l60-yard medley in 2:03.4. the
220-yard butterfly in 2:48.1,
and swan a leg on the winning
440-yard medley relay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-03-19

M COughIn which best for wood floors? That's an easy
wax-apped by machine Every professional kno" uses
method preserves and beauties the wood OF course wouldn't
expect average and machine It's
just What recommend for home use? you
apply Wood Preen Wood Peen
liquid FORM specially prepared tor
easy Wood paste
necessary to wash the floor before wax
your floors with and water That kind OF
actually harmful to fine wood floors Instead Wood
torks floors tathaV ground
dirt Wood combines cleaners with fine natural WAKES
dirt and old leaves film of fresh You
CLOTH What's opinion OF self polish
Ing MR. COughn? Sefposhng simply not made for
floors because and water to them
Besides the seposhng actually daken wood floors
On the other hand Wood Preen made " wood floors Properly used
produces natural glow without dakenng the wood often
Wood Peen gives pana similar that found fine old furniture
Wood floors deserve Wood PREEN
gives paste wax results without the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-03-19

O. the pana Of Wood Preen last? That depends the
expect floors to look beautiful for
long, long using The great advantage Wood
scu marks by bung That's because
real And touch the heavy traffic
Wood blends perfectly What's the
Wood preen? First floor light dustng Then apply
with CLOTH covering small at time Let the Wood
minutes Now with the cloth
turning pick dirt and old When the entire
dry after 1880 minutes buff with cean dry cloth posher
easy word for You enjoy beautiful wood floors
Wood Preen produces the fine
paneLng too. r-1r,-n
Evening star., 1961-06-18

TAKOMA PARK-Cross ventiI., use
l-bedrm. $3.50 incl. utils. WA
4-9l26.
TAKOMA PARK. 6434 3rd ave. AT
eastern and Kansas aves.-King-
sized. beautiful. l and 9 bedrm.
apis. fully air conditioned; from
Sll4 80. incl. all utilities. To in
5000. PORETSKY e. SONS INC
HA. 2-3SO0
Evening star., 1961-06-18

Bedroom apartments (3-bedrm.
lAz-bath) in brand-new building,
air conditioning optional; quiet
residential area, at 6101 42nd
ave. Hyattsyille, Nd; S96.50r
S124 so (Patio) and S149.50, re;
Res. MTf.. VA: 9-issS ss5tf or SHAN
NON a. LUCH5, CO., Ma. S-2345.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

Bedroom apt. in secluded wooded
area 81 Sligo Park; modern ele-
vator bldg. wired for air eondi-
tioning; S139.50 plus elec. 7O2
CLANCY dr.. 1900 blk. Of Flower
ave. Just east Of CarroIl). Call
Res. Mgr. JU. 9-S792 or SHAN
NON a. LUCHS CO. Ma. S-2345.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
uNuRHsHD-MD APIS uFuRHHEp Aprs Ap

TAKOMA PARK . bedrms.. End
floor, sep. din. rm., large closets
and hallway; pvt. entr.; S95 mo-;
avail July Is. JU. 9-4462.
TAX PARK-One-bedr terrace
apt. in quiet bldg. suitable ret.
cp!e.; lge. rms. pvt. entr.: SS5.
incl. utils. JU. S-1066.
TAKOMA PARK. 6s15 Eastern ave.
, bedrms.; vacant; sos; all utils.,
screened porch. lge. attic; u blk.
shopping and bus. JU. 5-2644.
Evening star., 1961-07-11
Drug Firm Sues
Two Stores Over
Minimum Price

The Upjohn Co.. Michigan
pharmaceutical manufacturers,
has asked the Alexandria Cor
poration Court to stop two
stores from selling some of its
products below list price.
In separate suits seeking the
injunctions, the firm accused
Dart Drug, TOO King street
and GEM, Inc, at Duke and
North Pickett streets, both in
Alexandria, of violating fair
trade contracts.
The Upjohn Co. asked the
court to restrain the Alexan-
dria firms from advertising,
offering for sale or selling at
retail any commodities bearing
the Upjohn Co.'S name or
trademarks at less than the
minimum retail prices"
Both the Alexandria firms.
the manufacturer said, entered
into fair trade contracts under
Virginia law in which it was
agreed they would observe
minimum retail price lists.
Following reminders of the
price lists, each firm "contin-
ued and is continuing, willfully
and knowingly to advertise,
offer for sale, and sell" the
products bearing trademarks
below prices stipulated in the
fair trade contracts. the firm
said.
Evening star., 1961-07-11
Forest Heights
Flood Control
Project to Stort

Reconstruction plans fol-
a $510,500 flood control project
for Oxon Run at Forest
Heights, Md, will begin imme-
diately by Representative Lank-
ford, Democrat of Maryland
announced yesterday.
The project will provide a
high degree of flood protection"
for the area "that has pre-
viouSly experienced a number
of damaging floods" the Con-
gresham said.
The Corps Of Army Engi-
neers, which will supervise
construction, will provide $780,
900 toward improving 4.160 feel
of Oxon Run and the construc-
ton of $500 feet of low leyee.
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission will main
tain and operate the project
They will provide interior
drainage works costing $37 500
Prince Georges County and the
town Of Forest Heights viii
share equally the remaining
$73 900 cost.
Evening star., 1961-07-11
BY JOHN NEARY
Star Staff Writer

The Fairfax County Water
Authority has told Alexandra
it can't wait any longer for
the city to decide whether to
iioin in seeking public owner
ship of the privately owned
Alexandria Water Co.
The water authority will ask
the county supervisors soon to
get started on condemns ton
proceedings against the firm
at "the earliest possible date u
The action would seek owner
ship of the company'S facilities
in Fairfax and Primes William
counties, which include its Oc-
coquan water source.
James j. CorbaIiS, engineer
director Of the authority, said
the unit would make the re-
quest within the next two
weeks.
If the county board agrees,
a condemnation petition would
be filed in the county'S circuit
court, and a court-appoil' ted
commission would hear testi-
nony on the case.
Evening star., 1961-07-11

Old Man and the Sea when il
appeared in 1858. He said,
one of the fellows on my ward
thinks it's pretty good job,' y
Mr.. Kenner recalled.
EliOt'S Visit
"T. S. Eliot, who dresses like
a banker, with striped trousers
and all, once came to see Pound,
There was a man pushing q
carpet sweeper, whose insideS
I'm told had been removed, up
and down the corridor.
Eliot represented dust from
the outside world to the man,
and he zeroed in with the car
pet sweeper on Eliot's chair
Eliot spent about an hour with
his feet off the floor" Mr.. Ken
ner recounted.
Mr.. Kenner gave lectures on
Gustav Flaubert and James
Joyce before Georgetown Uni
versity's annual two-week con-
ference on contemporary liter
ary criticism, and held an in
formal press conference between
sessions.
OF Joyce he said that lone
good reason Joyce never re-
turned to Dublin after The
Dubliners' is that he would have
been sued the minute he stepped
Oft the boat"
Evening star., 1961-07-11
Policemen Charges Man
Assaulted Him With Auto

black complied, the policeman
reported, but then shouted at
him: Get out of my way
I'll run you over"
With this, Capt. Switzer said,
Mr.. Black put his car in re-
verse and caught Pvt Norris
sey between the two cars. Mr.
Black then got out of his car
and went into the liquor store
police said.
Pvt. Morrissey was freed by
other persons on the parking
lot, Capt. Switzer said. The
policeman later was treated al
Prince Georges General Hos
pital for leg injuries.
The former deputy was
charged with assault with g
deadly weapon (the carr, as
sault on a police officer, and
operating under the influence
of intoxicants, Capt. Switzel
said.
Evening star., 1961-07-11

A former chief deputy sheriff
for Prince Georges County was
accused last night of assaulting
a county policeman with a car
and then leaving him pinned
between its bumper and another
car.
The accused is Maxwell H
Black, 58, of the 7700 block OF
Atwood street, District Heights
who was chief deputy under
Sheriff j. Lee Ball.
According to Police Capt. Ro-
land Switzer, the one-time dep
uty was charged with three Of
fenSeS after being involved in a
parking lot dispute with Police
Pvt. Gerard E. MorriSsey, %,
about 10:15 pm.
The policeman told his SUI
periorS he investigated a dis
turbance on parking lot in
the 5000 block of Branch av-
enue, Silver Hill. and directed
Mr.. Black to move his car. Mr.
Evening star., 1961-07-11
Alexandra Neighbors
Go to Court Over Pool

street and Millicent L. Gahagan
of 10 West Spring street.
They took action, their at
torney Paul L. Delaney said,
because some neighbors. Ben
jamin c. and Audrey M. Bowl
ing Of II West Myrtle street,
"are in the process of initiating
the construction of a swimming
pool in the middle Of the
block"
Mrs. Bowling said she and
her husband, who is nearing
retirement" plan lust an
average family pool, not very
large"
However, the Injunction petit
ton filed by the four neigh
bors states: Most Of the home
owners in this block are either
retired or are approaching re-
tirement age and they necces-
| sarily desire a peaceful and
quiet neighborhood, which they
feel would be interrupted and
interfered with by the inStalla-
tion of this contemplated SWIM
ming pool"
Also, they said, the pool
would tend to diminish the
potential value of the homes
surrounding the proposed pool
site"
They said they were told by
City Manager E. G. Heatwole
that the council in September
would consider an ordinance
governing swimming pools.
They asked the court to re-
strain the Bowlings from in
stalling the swimming pool,
until such time as (the city
cOunciD may have an opportu-
nifty to prepare an ordinance
in regard to the use, conStruc-
ton and location or swimming
pools in the City Of Alexan-
dria."
Meanwhile, Mrs. Bowling,
who wants to go swimming.
said. I'VE plan to start con-
struction as soon as we're able. "
Evening star., 1961-07-11
Can't Wait, Alexandra
old by Water Agency

Efforts by the city and the
county to agree on how to bring
the firm under public owner
ship have been under way for
nearly seven years.
The efforts came to a stand
still May % when the Alexan-
dria City Council shelved a
proposed city-county operating
agreement and decided to hold
an advisory referendum before
acting.
Fairfax can't wait for the
advisory referendum, not Off
cially scheduled yet. the au-
thority's chairman, Samuel E.
Neel, told the city, because the
county's program of taking over
private water companies would
be "jeopardized."
Alexandria participation in
the move. Mr.. Neel said, is open
to further discussion" Mr..
Corbalis said. "The door is
open, should Alexandria decide
soon enough"
Mr.. Neel assured the city
that provisions for meeting
the water supply needs of the
city will be included "in the
county action.
Our program for the es-
tablishment of a connprehen-
siye, countrywide. water sys-
tem," he said, requires con-
tinuine action of the acquisition
of all privately owned water
systems in the county and we
do not feel that this program
can be jeopardized by any fur
ther delay in plans to acquire
the Alexandria Water Co."
Alexandria's newly elected
mayor. Frank E. Mann, said
the city council tonight would
probably give special consider
alton to what he called the
"ultimatum."