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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-11
TALKING OF BUSINESS
Lobby Displays Are Major Art
For D. 6. Trade Conventions
By TRUMAN r. TEMPLE
Star Staff Writer

Along with fried chicken,
canned peas, and speeches. an
indispensable staple of trade
conven tons in Washington
these days is the lobby display.
The result is a livelihood for
a broadly talented industry
here, often most appreciated
by youngsters at inaugurals or
cherry blossom parades when
floats ride by. or in Hobbies
where a depressed button
brings forth music, animation,
and lights.
Few realize the labor and ex-
pense that go into the produc-
ton Of a typical 90-second ami
mated exhibit. Yet the price
may we'll reach six digits and
call upon the Skills of engi-
neers, Typography experts, and
stage managers.
People drift into this field
from many occupations" says
Ralph Tate, president and
founder of National Capital
Display Corp. and it's sales sub
sidiary, Map Ads Inc, 2118
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Sculptor on Payroll
Among the IL full-time spe-
cialists on his payroll, for ex-
ample, is a sculptor, Jack
Crane, who also serves as COM
pany m anager of National
Capital.
Mr.. Tate himself recalls an
odd interlude early in his ca
reer when he painted numbers
on the bows of yachts at An
napoliS harbor. riding up, down,
and sideways in a dinghy
alongside.
Some concerns specialize in
this already specialized indus
try. Hargrove Displays. Inc. at
1901 Gath avenue, Cheverly,
Md. zeroS in on floats, as well
as making the usual lobby cabi-
nets. One Of the biggest, De-
sign & Production, Inc, in
Alexandria, has been engaged
by the gas industry to design
a ,000-square-foot building
and all exhibits inside for a
trade fair in Seattle next
April.
The Seattle Job carries a
price tag of $350,OOO. Design &
Productions staff of 80 have
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finale" Barbara said last night
in announcing that she and
Airman Driskill mad been mar
ried at the United Church Of
Christ.
Nov we plan to relax" she
said. I'VE hope to take off in
a day or so and go someplace,
but we don't know where yet"
Their long-range plans, made
for them by the Air Force, will
find Mr.. Driskill, "a. Of Gaff-
ney. S. c., heading for Japan
about January %, and Bar
bara. %, following "as soon as
possible"
Barbara and Mr.. Driskill, an
airman second class. met in
Tripoli while he was assigned
to Wheelus Air Force Base
where she was a teacher. They
had planned to marry and Mr..
Driskir had purchased the ring
when he was ordered to Japan
and returned to the United
States for leave en- route.
Barbara quit her job and
caught a plane for New York,
where the couple planned to
meet and marry 10 days ago.
She waited "a hours in an air
port terminal. but Mr.. Driskill
didn't arrive.
After news stories told OF
Barbara's vigil Mr.. Driskill was
found and said he was in New
York on the appointed day
but couldn't find her. While
Barbara caught a plane home,
Mr.. Driskill began a 30-hour
bus ride that ended when they
were reunited in Milwaukee
last Wednesday.
They applied for their mar
riage license yesterday, received
a waiver Of the States five day
waiting period and were mar
ried.
my parents and the minister
knew about our plans only two
hours ahead of time" Barbara
said.
Barbara said she and Mr.
Driskill would spend several
days at the home Of her par
ents, State Assemblyman and
Mrs. Gilbert Hipke, while COM
'pleting plans for their honey
moon. ....
Evening star., 1961-12-27

stage, members of the Trans.
port Workers Union were sum.
moned to a strike meeting to-
night.
Michael j. Quill, the TWU's
international president, SAID
employees Of the Transit Au-
thority and seven private bus
lines would be asked to au-
thorize a walkout If a contract
dispute wasn't resolved.
Shorter Work Week Asked
Shorter work weeks are key
issues In both strike threats
The Transit Union demands q
four-day. 32-hour week. The
electricians have asked a four
Evening star., 1961-12-27

hour day instead of the present
six-hour day.
A walkout Of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers local would tie UP
work on millions Of dollars
worth Of construction projects,
Mr.. Quill and David l.. Cole,
chairman Of the Transit Labor
Board, were at odds on progress
Of the transit talks. Mr.. Cole
said bargainers were getting
down to "brass tacks";; Mr..
Quill said the talks were
rapidly breaking down."
Mr.. Quin served notice that
If he had a new contract agree
Evening star., 1961-12-27

for the TWU-TA talks to set
the pattern.
Talks in the threatened elec-
tricians' strike were set to re-
sumo today, with both sides
expressing little hope Of early
agreement.
The four employers associa-
tions have flatly rejected the
electricians demand for a five
day, 20-hour work week.
Presently. the workers have
a five-day, 30-hour week, at
the rate Of $40 an hour. They
work a seventh hour each day
at time-and-a-half rates.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Red Warning
To Greece Hit
BY the Associated Press

The State Department de-
scribes as a familiar element
of Soviet tactics RusSia's warn
ing to Greece against accepting
nuclear weapons.
The Soviets, in a December
% note to Greece, expressed
concern over the alleged install
lation of nuclear weapons In
Greece. a member of the At
lantic alliance.
Moscow said the consequence
could be that the tiny kingdom
on the Mediterranean might be
involved in dangerous wal
CANDLES"
Such threats against men,
bers of NATO are "a familiar
element Of Soviet tactics II
State Department Press Officer
Lincoln White said yesterday
He added:
THE spectacle of the Soviet
government engag ing in
threats against a small coun-
try whose traditional dedica-
ton to both peace and liberty
is famous is not an edifying
one"
Neither Mr.. White nor other
State Department officials were
willing to say whether NATC
has on Greek soil nuclear weap-
ons or vehicles which could de-
liver 'nuclear bombs.
Mr.. White stressed in his
statement that the Unite &
States is a friend and ally ot
Greece and, therefore, there
should not be any doubt
whatsoever that the United
States is fully prepared to meet
its commitments and obliga.
tions to Greece and to the
other NATO allies"
Evening star., 1961-12-27

ment only with the authority
and not with the private lines
by 1901 am. next Monday,
the union would strike against
both groups.
Private Lines Wait
Presently, the only negotia-
tions under way are those be-
tween the union and the au-
thority. The private lines,
which extended their expiring
contracts from December / to
January with a pledge of
Iretroactivity, traditionally wait
Evening star., 1961-12-27
3 French Schools
Seized by Nusser

CAIRO, Dec. 27 (AP) The
United Arab Republic govern
ment has ordered the seizure
of three schools belonging to
the French governments edu-
cation mission in Egypt, the
newspaper Al Ahram said today
The schools were operated by
a French cultural-commercial
mission permitted to return to
Egypt in 1858 after the 1856
Suez invasion. Nine members
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Couple Finally Wed
After To-Day Mixup

NEW HOLSTEIN, Wis, Dec.
27 (AP).-Schoolteacher Bar
bara Hipke and airman Ken
meth Driskill, whose determina-
ton to wed spanned half the
world and n missed appoint
ment, made honeymoon plans
today as Mr.. and Mrs.
"You might say this was the
Evening star., 1961-12-27
New wYorkFaces
Transit Strike

NEW YORK. Dec. 27 (AP).-
The possibility of a New Years
Eve strike hung heavy today
over this transit-keyed metrop-
oils bus and subway lines. Also
threatening a January / walk
out were 1000 electricians.
With negotiations in their
customary last-week crisis
Evening star., 1961-12-27
PRICED sl., i:siH

A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF GOWNS.
Acetate with lavish trims. Reg. 3e8- 1888
CAROL BRENT LATEX. PANTY AND
GIRDLE. Reg. 6.e8-8.98----3.44-4.44
GIRLS COATS. WooIs, vinyIs and cotton
popIin. Sizes TIA in group. Reg. to l7.98,
s.e7
GIRLS SLACK SETS. Wool fabrics. Trims.
Broken sizes "a. Reg. l5.98------7.97
SUBTEEN COATS. VinyIs, wooIs and cot
ton popins. Broken sizes 8-l4. Reg.
1898 ----------------9.97
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Prison Officials Probe
Childbirth in Solitary

mental condition, Mr.. Clemmer
repeated.
He said she was placed in
solitary confinement so that
her screams would not disturb
the other prisoners.
A nurse stationed at the Jail
was sent to check the girl. She
delivered the baby. An intern
from District General Hospital
arrived about 80 minutes later,
Mr.. Clemmer said.
The mother and her baby
were then transferred to the
hospital and the mother was
returned to her cell the follow
ing noon. Mr.. Clemmer said
both mother and baby were in
good physical condition.
"Just a Bad Guess"
Mr.. Clemmer said he did not
think there was any gross neg
ligence involved.
I'VE usually try to get them
to a hospital so that the baby
will not be born in prison.
think this was just a bad guess
on our part"
If the relatives of the girl
do not take the child, Mr.. Glenn
mer added, it will be taken by
the Department of Welfare for
adoption.
However, he said, his office
intends to investigate the mat
ter further.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Toi|ing of Dogs Proposed

roots of the control problem,
the owner himself.
To make such methods stick,
he added, a law should be en-
acted exacting fines from own
erS who allow their dogs to run
loose.
At present. according to the
county attorneys office, Mont
gomery has only a dog control
law which provides that errant
dogs may be picked up and
imprisoned in the pound. The
animal is freed upon payment
of boarding costs.
Mindful of recent criticism
of a proposed law to restrict
most households to three pets,
the legal office is proceeding
cautiously this time. But Off
IcialS are clearly convinced that
something should be done to
stiffen the law.
This time" one authority
explained, we're going to ap-
proach it only after we've heard
all the best authorities in the
field. Then nobody will be able
to say we're barking up the
wrong tree"
Evening star., 1961-05-22

does business in II other cities.
I'VE specialize in providing
good-looking, intelligent women
who can add attractiveness to
the display and at the same
time explain the benefits Of
the firms products" Florence
Sanders said.
Mrs. Sanders, a Montgomery
county school teacher before
starting her own business three
years ago. keeps a file of at
tractive women and trains them
in sales techniques. Companies
pay between $50 and $50 day
for the service.
Before the delegates start
streaming into hotels. conven-
ton officials have to have
these and many other problems
solved.
Rooms have to be assig aed,
badges ready, programs printed.
If more than one hotel is used,
bus companies have to be hired
to run a shuttle service to
the main convention center.
Even bankers get into the
act.
When 5000 people come
and pay S. registration fee
Evening star., 1961-05-22
RIA Asks Changes
In Waterfront Deal
Guord, 73, Is Cleared
In SIoying Of Bandit

A coroner's jury returned a
verdict of justifiable homicide
today in the Staying of a bandit
surprised by a 73-year-old
guard in a Southeast delica-
lessen holdup.
Effie Y. Martin of 1911 Sixth
street NV, a retired junk
dealer working part time at
the LIE Carry-Out Shop, 634
Virginia avenue Sc, was freed
by the action.
Mr.. Martin, firing a gun for
the first time in IS years, killed
John Robert Brown, 27, of the
TOO block of Sixth street S.W.,
who was on parole until 1865
in a $3.50 liquor store robbery
in 1854.
Woman Is Seized
The shops proprietor, Mrs.
Leila w. Floyd, "a, told Of
seeing Brown and three other
men casing" the place early
yesterday. About 4:25 am.
they returned while Mrs. Floyd
was in a rear room.
Mr.. Martin said Brown found
him in another rear room and
demanded money. The guard
said he had nothing and was
told to sit there and take 1t
easy"
At that time, Mrs. Floyd
heard the cash register and
went to the front, only to be
seized by the man identified as
Brown. The latter turned one
Of his two pistols over to an
accomplice.
Mr.. Martin testified that he
then went to the front door Of
the shop, and toward a side
door, and Brown said to him:
"Old man, l told you to stay
there and take it easy"
Just then Mrs. Floyd man.
aged to jerk away from Brown,
and Mr.. Martin fired once AT
him.
Three Others Sought
Mr.. Martin said he was in
fear of his life. but Brown
shouted, Let's make it" and
all fled. with the guard follow
ing and firing two more times
Into the trees"
Brown ran about half a block
around the corner to Seventh
street before he dropped. A
bullet from a .38-caliber re-
volver had severed an artery
near his heart.
Evening star., 1961-05-22

Statesmen from the Washing
ton Visitors Bureau travel
around the country explaining
the benefits of Washington as
a convention city and signing
up association and companies.
I'VE have one major diff
Guilty" one visitors bureau
official said, I'VE can't go after
the really big conventionS-the
service clubs and large frater-
nal groups-because we don't
have a convention hall that
can accommodate 10000 people
at a time"
But whatever the difficulty,
the bureau has succeeded in
bringing conventions of all
sizes to the city. There were
As different conventions in the
city in April and May alone.
The organization sponsoring
the convention assigns a public
relations team to set up the
convention a year before the
meeting is scheduled to be held.
Meeting places are picked, and
hotels are reserved.
The organization can try to
provide all details of the con-
vention itself or it can use
convention service and hotel
reservation companies in Wash
ington.
If the organization wants to
have an exhibition along with
the convention, the problems
and the work for local people
increase.
In Washington there are
firms that do nothing else but
handle exhibitions.
Some of the large firms ship
their exhibits into town"
William Gelberg said. but more
and more, we're doing the work
here"
Mr.. Goldberg owns and oper-
ates an exhibit-building and
sign-making firm with shops on
Taylor street NV. His exhibits
run between $500 and $4,000
and the demand for them is in
creasing constantly.
Insurance Involved
Insurance is another detail
for the convention mans at
tention. Most exhibition halls
demand the convention sponsor
carry liability insurance of all
kinds.
Now comes another problem
How can a nail file firm in
Slippery Rock, Kans., find
enough qualified people to man
the exhibition booths in Wash
ington? The answer to that
one led to the formation of a
! Washington firm which now
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Kennedy Accepts
Retirement Bid
Of judge Let's

President Kennedy today ac-
cepted the retirement of Dis
trict Court Judge F. Dickinson
Let's.
Judge Let's, So, requested
presidential approval of his re-
tirement last month. claiming
80 years of bench service as of
May Z.
He wrote the President that
he was taking "this action with
the intention and in the hope
that I may continue the per-
formance Of judicial duties in
my retirement" as provided by
law.
The white-haired jurist for
merly was chief judge of Dis
trict Court here. He was forced
to step down in June, 1859. as
required by an age limit law
passed by Congress the year be-
fore.
A Republican, he was named
to the Federal bench by PreSi-
dent Herbert Hoover in 1881.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
By JOHN ROSSON
Star Staff Writer

District school officials to-
day approved construction of
the city'S first school fallout
shelter.
The giant underground room
will be part of the proposed
$1.1 million Meyer Elementary
School at Sherman avenue and
Clifton street NV, on the
grounds of the old Garfield
Hospital.
Covering 5000 square feet,
the shelter will be built directly
beneath the schools first-floor
all-purpose room and it could
accommodate every student in
the building.
The school boards committee
on buildings and grounds
headed by Col. West A. Hamil-
ton, approved preliminary plans
for the 34-room school at a
special meeting at the Franklin
Building. Funds for construc-
ton are in the boards 1862
budget. The school is scheduled
for completion in the summer
of 1862.
John M. RieckS, assistant
superintendent in charge of
buildings and grounds, said a
few District schools have GER
tain rooms they probably would
use as shelters in the event of
an attack, but none were specif-
ically planned or constructed as
shelters.
If needed, the Meyer shelter
in the meantime could be used
as a team-teaching classroom,
Mr.. Riecks said.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
ABC Blocks
Sale of Beer
Near School

RICHMOND. May % (AP)
The State Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board refused today
an application for an on-prem-
Use beer license at a bowling
alley near Washington Lee
High School in Arlington.
A spokesman said the deci-
sion Of the three-man board
was unanimous.
A group of Arlington resi-
dents vigorously opposed a Ii
cense for the Skor Nor Lanes,
1923 North Quincy street, at a
hearing before the board on
May 10.
The delegation, led by H. P.
hampshire of 2l59 North Que
bee street, contended beer
sales in the bowling alley
would entice high school stu
dents. Washington Lee, the
delegation argued, differe d
from many high schools in
that night school and adult
education classes kept 1t going
until late at night.
The board decision overturns
a recommendation by an ABC
hearing officer, John N. Sebrell,
jr.. who favored granting the
license. The applicant. repre-
sented at the hearing by Dele
gate James M. Thomson of
Alexandria, was the BIB In
dustrial Catering Service, Inc,
of Washington.
In it's decision, the board said
the bowling alley "is'so situated
with respect to a school that
the operation of such a place
under the license will adversely
affect or interfere with the
normal. orderly conduct of the
affairs of such institution"
The board also said the bowl
ing alley lis so situated that
the operation of such place
under the license will adversely
affect real property values or
substantially interfere with the
usual quietude and tranquility
of such residences"
Mr.. hampshire, who repre-
sented the objectors, is a Re-
publican candidate for the Ar
lington County Board. Mr.
Thomson is seeking reelection
to the House of Delegates.
Evening star., 1961-05-22
BY RUPERT WEIGH
Star staff Writer

District prison officials today
are investigating circumstances
surrounding the birth of a
baby in a District Jail solitary
cell on the night Of May II.
The mother, a 19-ycar-old
girl, had been placed in the
solitary cell because her
screaming was disturbing other
prisoners. The baby was born
about 80 minutes later.
Donald Clemmer, head of
the Board Of Corrections, said
the girl had been a prisoner in
the Women's Reformatory at
Occoquan, Va, and had been
transferred to the jail for men
tai observation.
He said she had been ex-
amined by a psychiatrist the
day after her transfer. She
denied she was pregnant, he
said.
Mr.. Clemmer said the psychi-
artist thought she might be
pregnant but did not think she
was close to giving birth.
Girl Begins Screaming
The next night, the girl be-
gan screaming, Mr.. Clemmer
said. The guards thought the
screaming was due to the
Evening star., 1961-05-22
VISITORS AID CAPITAL
Conventions q $53 Million Business

apiece" one bank official said,
the convention managers
have to have a way to handle
it. There's also the problem OF
credit. They have to buy a
million and one things and
services locally, and the banks
verify their credit ratings and
handle details"
Tiger Provided
The word "details" explains
many of the behind-t the scenes
problems of the convention in
duStry. Somebody wants to
show his product is strong,
and he wants to do it with a
live tiger. The convention
people found one last year.
Conventions come to WASH
ington for several reasons-not
the least of which is the city's
attractiveness as a tourist GEN.
ter.
Convention attitudes are
changing" a hotel man said.
Nowadays organizations want
their delegates to learn some
thing, not just take a week off
for a good time. In the last few
years, the number Of wives at
tending conventions with their
husbands has increased draS-
tically."
Yes, the convention people
have to work out a million de-
tails" the Board of Trade man
said. but you just get us a big
convention hall. and we'll show
you a lot more than details
with conventions Of Rotary
and Kiwanis. and the Elks."
Evening star., 1961-05-22
New School to Have
Shelter From FoIIout

1t will be a wide open area
which could serve, for instance,
as a large-class educational
television room.
The District, like other area
Jurisdictions. is experimenting
in the Nationwide trend to-
ward more team teaching, spe-
officially at Alice Deal School.
Mr.. Riecks told committee
members that the best part of
the shelter plan at Meyer is the
fact that the underground room
probably would have to be built
anyway in order to put in sup
port beams for the all-purpose
room above it. In effect, he
said, construction of the shelter
will not add substantially tc
the cost of the building. The
walls will be reinforced but the
room generally will be left
unfinished.
Granville w. Woodson, archi-
tectural engineer for the Dis
trict school system, said con-
Struction of the shelter is ir
accordance with a presidential
directive that shelters be in
cluded in all new Government
buildings. There were indica-
tions that most new schools
here will have such shelters
from now on.
The committee made one
other significant change in
recent construction policy. 1t
returned to an earlier plan
which called for providing
about 1000 square feet of in
door recreation area in all new
junior high schools.
Evening star., 1961-05-22

HE WENT inside the stall
and turned Carry Back
around.
"See that famous shoe
boil?" There was a mob un-
derneath his front left leg
where Carry Backs hoof
rubs when he tucks up his
leg in his sleep.
I'VE put that doughnut-
shaped boot on 'em at night.
Never saw that kinda boil
on a horse before. The vets
say it's one in a thousand.
1t was as big as a pineapple
when he ran the Florida
Derby, and he won that. He
likes to run like some people
like to dance"
A little later the tracks
mournful gong, which sounds
like someone hitting steam
pipes, brought Carry Back
and the rest of the field to
the post.
People crushed to the
rails; jockeys from earlier
races stood on the roof. A
bird with the best seat Of
all perched on the finish
line.
When Garry Back shot
across the line, the shrieks
were the loudest of the whole
day. Enough people had bet
enough to send Carry Back
into the race at even money.
So they didn't win much;
they still won.
And some were shouting
just because they like that
horse. o..
Evening star., 1961-05-22
Health Unit to Meet

Fifty-three volunteer workers
with more than 100 hours of
service will be honored at the
annual meeting Of the Alexan-
dria Arlington tuberculosis and
Health Association at 7:30 pm.
Friday in the parish hall Of
the darlington Presbyterian
Church, 3846 King street, Alex
andria.