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Evening star., 1961-06-07
Snubbed African
To Be Honored

HAGERSTOWN, Md, June
y (AP).-An African diplomat
snubbed at a Ragerstown res
taurant in March has accepted
an invitation to return to the
city as honored guest.
Mayor Winslow Burhans
said yesterday that DR.. William
Fitzjohn, charge d'affaires of
Sierra Leone, will dine with a
group of leading citizens June
%.
DR.. Fitzjohn was refused
service at a Howard Johnson S
restaurant March 9. The State
Department later expressed its
apologies and President Ken
nedy voiced his regrets, and
asked Eastern seaboard Gov
ernors to guard against such
incidents.
The restaurant since has
adopted a policy against racial
discrimination.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

where Mr.. Sharp bought his
morning coffee and newspaper,
remembers seeing him May 90.
This was two days before Mrs.
Sharp saw her son for the last
time when she dropped him
off at the building to pick up
commencement invitations.
"He talked on current events
like he was really up on
things" Mr.. Jesuele recalled of
Mr.. Sharp.
HE was friendly here but
never with any one group or
person any length of time. ]
used to see him upstairs in the
reading rooms studying or in
a lounge watching television. "
On the way home in the aft
ernoons Mr.. Sharp frequently
would stop at one of two tav-
erns popular with college stu
dents.
Mrs. Pearl Sillaman, a wait
ress at one spot, the Starlight
Inn, said Mr.. Sharp always was
quiet, very polite, and liked to
play pinball machines.
Talked of Plans
HE wouldn't go looking for
conversation but was friendly
with anyone at the bar who
started talking to him. Only
last week I heard him talking
to some men about his plans
for the future" she said.
Sometimes he'd get an offer
of a ride home, and rush off
and leave his books. I'd put
them behing the bar for safe
keeping and he'd always be
back the next day for them.
He'd check my rolls of
pennies at a booth to see if
there were any to add to his
coin collection" she added.
His reputation as a coin COL
lector was well-established, and
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Probe Set
OfDistrict's
AgedCore

Senator Morse, Democrat of
Oregon, was appointed today
to head a study of nursing
home care in the District.
The appointment was made
by Senator Mcnamara, Demo-
crat of Michigan, chairman of
the special Senate Committee
on Aging. The study will be
made by a nine-man subcom-
mittee, headed by Senator
Morse, with hearings sched-
uled to be held this month.
The committee assignments
came as the Committee on
Aging outlined its program for
the coming year. DR.. Harold
L. Sheppard, staff director, said
the nursing home investigation
will have first priority on the
hearing schedule.
Senator Morse's subcommit-
tee will try to learn what
standards of nursing home care
exist in the District, and what
the District Government has
done to raise standards. The
report of the subcommittee will
be used to help evaluate nurs-
ing home problems throughout
the country.
The nursing home situation
in the District came to the at
tention of the Senate Commit
tee when local nursing home
operators claimed they we're
regulated by many Government
departments. They could not
operate efficiently under the
system, they said.
Besides Senator Morse, the
subcommittee will consist Of
Democratic Senators Bible Of
Nevada, Williams of New Jer-
sey, Neuberger of Oregon,
Church of Idaho, Long Of Ha-
waii. Engle of California and
Smith of Massachusetts,. Re-
publicans on the subcommittee
are Cotton of New Hampshire
and Javits of New York.
Also appointed today were
the chairmen of other sub
committees scheduled to make
reports in the coming year.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
BY JAMES B. ROWLAND
Star staff Writer

How does a man fill his days
while spending three years at
the University of Maryland
posing as a student?
Only a few persons on the
campus knew John A. Sharp
well, and they just assumed he
was going to classes along with
the $4,000 other students.
The 28-year-old Army vet
eran had all the attributes OF
a well-rounded history major
a keen interest in international
affairs, and Civil War studies
an interest in sports, and full
of hopes for a teaching career
after graduation Saturday.
Family and friends knew
him as a soft-spoken, friendly
man who had an inquisitive
mind, loved nature, was a coir
collector and part-time church
sexton, and talked of marry
ing a neighborhood girl wher
he got a good job after Sat
urday'S commencement.
But there was no chance OF
John getting a degree this
year, regardless of what he
planned. Although he hao
passing grades, he voluntarily
withdrew from school in 1858
What prompted him for the
last three years to go to the
campus, faithfully, spend hours
studying in reading rooms, ano
give such a convincing por-
trayal of a student remains g
mystery that may never be
solved.
Mr.. Sharp. of Tic Ridge
road, Greenbelt, was founc
dead Monday in a weed-cov.
cred clearing between the rail-
road bridge and the northbounc
Fourteenth street bridge. Deac
about "a hours, the face-dowr
Evening star., 1961-06-07
RLAMoves
To Fix Price
On TwoSites

The District Redevelopment
Land Agency today acted Of
ficially to set land prices and
advance two large Southwest
Iredevelopment projects.
The two are the 400-unit Har-
bour Square cooperative apart
ments and the 307-unit Capitol
Park town-house group.
In one action the agency
agreed to request approval by
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency of disposition of seven
acres for he Harbour Square
project at an agreed-on price
of 1925 a square foot.
In the other pricing action
the agency set $1.40 a square
foot for the Capitol Park town
house land as a "fair value
satisfactory to RIA.
Earlier, RIA appraisers con-
cluded that the land had q
value ranging from $1.72 tc
$2.O5 a square foot. But the
Federal Housing Administra-
ton set the $1.40 value limit
for purposes Of mortgage in
surance which it has agreed tc
Issue to redevelopers James H
Scheuer and Roger L. Stevens
In the case of the Harbour
Square project, the agency
agreed a year ago to its concept
"in principle" and, meanwhile
the developer and RLA's staff
negotiated the price and con-
tract terms.
This project would overlool
the waterfront on a tract
bounded by Fort McNair
the Washington Channel, anc
Fourth and N streets S.W.
Apartment units would bt
for sale at an average price o1
$4,000 each, according to tht
sponsors, who are builder Johr
lMcShain and the Shannon anc
ILuchs real estate firm.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
BY JOHN LAWSON
Star Staff Writer

The Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors, which has been
considering a budget calling
for an 84-cent tax rise, is ex-
pected to approve a budget
today calling for an increase of
10 cents or less.
The school board last night
said its revenue estimates could
be increased by an additional
$458,000 and that will account
for 8 cents in the tax rate.
Three supervisors said they
are hoping to keep the tax rise
to cents. They believe the
school budget can be cut fur
ther to reduce the rate.
The supervisors received q
$57 million budget from County
Executive Carlton C. Massey in
January. Since then more than
1918 million has been cut out
by the school board, end the
supervisors have approved other
cuts.
Faced with the prospect OF
a new cut in the school budget,
Robert Walker, assistant SUPER
intendent of schools for fl
nance, told the school board
last night it could plan on re-
ceiving rs per cent as its share
of Federal aid rather than the
63 per cent figured in the
budget.
! That would, he said, increase
revenue by $458,000.
Its no more of a gamble to
gamble on receiving rs per cent
than on SO per cent" he said.
A bill providing aid to Fed
orally impacted areas is before
Congress but has not yet been
approved.
The tax rate for the present
fiscal year is $3.75 per $100 on
Ireal and personal property.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
YOU MANAGE to make a

YOU MANAGE to make a
yelled request sound wheedl-
ing and he let's you crawl
under the chain. The guard
sounds like a pa. system
himself as he winds up:
II leave at midnight and a
man comes to watch through
the night. No, you don't get
sleepy. Always someone to
interrupt. Always someone
ornery enough to stop up
here after it's closed.
You just turn to get a
drink of water and there
they are just tryin' to get in.
Even when you tell 'em it's
closed they just stand gazing
and gazing. It's open 13
hours, from 9 am. to 10 pm.
and it still isn't enough.
The creaSes in Mr.. Lin
coins marble forehead, the
hands, the beard, the eyes
glisten from the lights and
the scrubbing the statue gets
a couple of times a month.
He looked down with the
special look he has for the
Rambler, the little kid from
Paducah, the mother from
India, the sharecropper from
the South.
The guard said, "it gets
kinda scarey up here at
night. You hear doors slam
ming and things don't act
right.
"One time an elderly lady
come here after hours and I
let her in. She stands there
and stares and then she
says, I wish he'd get up and
come down here and shake
my hand and I says Lady,
if he does, there amt gonna
be anyone here but you and
Abe"
With the wisdom that
comes from watching people
watching the statue for 20
years, the guard moved
away.
You stand and you gaze
and you decide that elderly
lady said a pretty under
standable thing.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

had passed his radio an
nouncer's test, he comforted
us with this architectural
triumph "sways only 1s of an
inch in a 80 m.p.n. wind"
and has Settled less than
two inches in so years."
Near the top where the
walls are a skinny 18 inches
thick, we stared through
windows at a blinking Wash
ington SIS feet below. 1t
was somewhat like being at
the Top of the Mark in San
Francisco without a drink.
Strong lights poked the
sky as they watched the ball
parks night game, yellow
diamonds glistened in par
allel rows along Memorial
Bridge and it was pleasure
able to note a frightened
Bureau of Engraving max
ing money while the world
sleeps.
A boy sitting on his faith
er's shoulder breathed on the
window pane next to the
Rambler and asked, "iS there
more, or is this all of the
United StateS?"
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Foirfox Seen Holding
Tax Rise to 10 Cents

The county recently COM
pleted a reaSsessment of real
estate which would increase
the ratio of property assess
ments to true market value
from 80 per cent to 40 per cent
Under the new assessment, the
equivalent rate for the current
year would be $2.95. The su-
pervisors expect to place the
new tax rate at between S;
and $3.05 for real estate.
The tax rate on persona
property, which was unaffected
by the recent reassessment
would remain at $3.75.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Southwest Park Job
ssigned to RIA
City Heads Vote
z to | on Plan
Speeding Work
By SAM EASTMAN
Star Staf Writer

BY a split vote, the District
Commissioners today decided
that the city's urban renewal
agency, and not the National
Park Service, should develop
park areas in a key Southwest
redevelopment project.
The decision that the Re-
development Land Agency
should handle this work means
that the city government must
put up one-third of the de-
velopment cost, estimated at
more than $500,00O. The city's
share will be either cash or
public works projects.
The three park areas in
question are to be developed
between Third and Sixth streets
S.W. just north of the Town
Center shopping and service
area.
Clarke DissentS
Today's minority position
that this park landscaping
work should be handled BY the
Park Service was taken by En-
gineer Commissioner Frederick
j. Clarke. Commissioners Wal
ter N. Tobriner and Robert E.
Mclaughlin, however, felt
there were compelling reasons
for giving the job to the Re-
development Land Agency.
A major factor in the de-,
cision was the question of ex-
pediting the park work. The
Commissioners were told by
city officials that the National
Park Service could not present
a budget request for this Job
before the fiscal year beginning
July /, 1862.
And, the Commissioners were
told, there would be a good
possibility that the House
Appropriations sub c ommittee
would reject the spending item.
Under the plan to have the
parks developed by the urban
renewal agency, the cost for
this work will be included in
the total cost for the Southwest
redevelopment area &c" Prof.
ect, which takes in the water
front. The Federal Government
pays two-thirds, and the local
jurisdiction one-third, of the
redevelopment project bills.
Financing Worries
Gen. Clarke warned that the
District is running out of its
non-cash projects that are
counted in instead of cash cons
trlbutionS. Gen. Clarke went
on to say that having RIA take
over the park project might
mean that the city will have
to go to Congress to ask for
its first cash contributions to
the redevelopment work.
Arguing in favor of giving
the job to RIA were William E.
Finley, director of the National
Capital Planning Commission:
John R. Searles, jr., director of
the land agency, and T. Sutton
Jett, head of National Capital
Parks. Vigorously opposed was
Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner Thomas <. Fullerton,
who heads the city's urban re-
newal office.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
District Split
On Stamp Use
To Tax Liquor
Commissioners,
Murray Oppose
Reporting Setup
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star Staff Writer

The House District Commit
tee, examining a bill which
would abolish the stamp method
of taxing alcoholic beverages,
found the District Building
cleanly split on the issue today.
Frank E. Weakly, chairman
of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board, backed the bill
which would institute the pay
ment of liquor taxes through a
reporting system. Taxes on
beer and wine now are paid in
this manner.
Mr.. Weakly said the stamp
method of taxation creates
problems of enforcement and is
cumbersome to administer.
But the District Commits
sioners-as well as Police Chief
Robert v. Murray-are opposed
to the bill.
The Commissioners feel the
reporting method would be more
costly to administer. And Rob-
ert E. McCauley, assistant cor
poration counsel, added there
would be more of an incentive
to evade liquor taxes under the
proposal.
An identical bill was cleared
by the House District Commit
tee last year but subsequently
died in the House. 1t was
passed, however, by the Senate.
Crime Fight Aided
Chief Murray, testifying to-
day, said he was mainly inter-
ested in assuring that som e
Identification be placed on
each bottle Of alcoholic bever-
ages. He said his department
has been able to crack a num-
ber of robberies and. even a
homicide because the stamp en-
ables police to trace each
bottle.
Representatives of liquor
dealers, however. called the tax
stamp method antiquated.
John F.. O'Connell, vice presi-
dent of the Distilled Spirits In
stitute. said 35 States use the
reporting system. He said that
the city should use one method
to collect taxes on all alcoholic
beverages. He added that local
liquor dealers frequently are
required within "a hours to
hand-stamp thousands of
bottles with their individual
serial numbers.
He said the reporting system
would be a more efficient and
less onerous method" Of COL
lecting taxes.
This position also was taken
by Milford F. Schwartz, repre-
senting the Washington Whole
sale Liquor Dealers Association,
and Hilliard Schulberg, repre-
senting the Washington Retail
Liquor Dealers Association.
Hotels Favor Identification
However, Bourbon Dawes, ex-
ecutive vice president of the
Hotel Association of Wishing
ton, asked the committee for
some means of assuring that
bottles are identified.
He said that teen-age tour
lists sometimes have been
caught with liquor in local ho-
tells and chaperones immedi-
ately accuse the hotel manage
ment of furnishing the whisky
to minors.
Mr.. Dawes said tax stamps
are a protection for the hotel.
The bill has been introduced
by Representative Mcmillan,
Democrat of South Carolina
and chairman of the House
District Committee. No action
was taken on the bill today.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

children in the neighborhood
often would run up with pen
nies they thought worthy OF
his scrutiny.
The would-be college gradu-
ate climbed a backyard tree
recently to check a birds nesS
and he was known to study ant
colonies. For the last two sum-
mers he had worked severa,
weeks with Robert Travis OF
Greenbelt, owner of an insect
control business.
John helped me spray about
81 miles of hedges in Green
belt, and we did japanese
beetle work on 240 homes ir
Carrollton,' Mr.. Travis said.
Good Worker
John was a very good worker
with an inquisitive mind, ano
wouldn't accept anything al
face value. People stopping tc
ask what we were doing could
get almost all the scientific
answers from him"
Mr.. Sharp also earned money
painting homes in Greenbelt
His parents contributed money
towards his education but were
told by him his G.I. Bill pay.
ments expired two months ago
Mr.. Hoff recalls the student
was sexton Saturdays at Mo-
watt Memorial M ethodist
Church in Greenbelt. He sale
Mr.. Sharp on several occasions
complained Of severe head.
aches.
In the Merchant Marine ir
1951-l952, Mr.. Sharp was
drafted into the Army in 1855
and served two years. He work
ed at odd jobs around Green
belt before entering the uni
verSity in 1857. He completed
his first year but his drop-out
came a month after he started
his second year.
Evening star., 1961-06-07

1T is SOME satisfaction to
the elevator operators who
haul an average of 1000 Of
us up the monument daily
that no one wanted us there
In the first place.
ITO be a true obelisk, it
must be monolithic in ap-
pearance. No windows. Or
doors. At first there was no
intention of windows" the
monuments historian Ed
mund J. Fitzgerald says.
But they had to make
holes through which scaf-
folds could extend to place
the capstone, weighing a fat
$500 pounds. Then came
the battle of should the holes
be closed or widened into
windows.
On Oct. 9, 1888, three years
after the Monuments dedi-
cation, the first pair Of pub
lie eyes peered from the
Widened windows.
Only last summer they
opened the Monument after
5 pm, until II pm. 1t is the
Rambler's thought that this
is probably the most roman
tic thing Washington city
has ever done.
Back on ground, the free
spirit feeling is still there
and it comes to mind to ex
plore the Lincoln Memorial.
1t is II pm. and the chain
separating Mr.. Lincoln from
his public has alre a dy
stretched across the marble
steps for an hour.
The guard looms up with a
firm voice indicating there is
nothing unique in your after
hours visit.
"It's closed!" he yellS down
at you.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
National Airport Hotel
Gets Williams Booking
House Bill Would Permit FILA
To Negotiate Long-Term Leases
By CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star Staff Writer

Moves underway to permit construction of multi
million dollar hotel at National Airport.
Representative Williams, Democrat of Mississippi has in
roduced bill to authorize the Federal Aviation Agency to
negotiate ong-term leases permit building of hotel the
airport reservation Under present law five is the longest
Evening star., 1961-06-07
Survey to Contact
District Commuters
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star staff Writer

Some commuter grpes made official today by those
thousands Of District workers who have to battle traffic
crowded buses every day.
The Federal Government sent out forms questioning about
their travel
Evening star., 1961-06-07

George Kennedy is i'll. He will re-
sumo writing The RombIer when
he returns.
Evening star., 1961-06-07
The
Rambler
Finds
A Romantic Spot
BY MYRA MACPHERSON

The liquid voice floating
from the Washington Monu-
ment elevator public address
system was nearly as soft as
the summer night as it well
coined us.
In pear shaped tones,
proving our invisible Spieler
Evening star., 1961-04-28
BUSINESS BRIEFS

AMP INC. stockholders have
approved an increase in author
lied common shares from 5 to
Is million and a 3 for l split
Of the stock.
Freightcar LOadings in the
week ended April % were IL, ,049
cars, or 81 per cent, above the
preceding week but 81, ,975 cars,
or l4.7 per cent, below the cor
responding 1860 week, 1884
cars, or 17.8 per cent, under the
1859 week. - Association of
American Railroads.
Heavy Construction Contract
awards during the week ended
Monday totaled $555 million,
VS.. $475.5 million the week be-
fore and $493.1 million a year
ago. The total for the year to
date was $6,749,1 100000, or
per cent ahead of last years
pace.-Engineering News-Rec-
ord.
Building Permits in 200 cities
reached a dollar value of $685.
930,529 in March, six-month
high. The figure was up 1876
per cent from February's $497,-
236,040, but off l.9 per cent
from S7O2,256,41O for March
l96O.-Dun & BradStreet.
Evening star., 1961-04-28
Stock Melon Planned
By Central Chorqe

Directors of Central Charge
Service, Inc. have voted to
recommend to stockholders a
2-for-1 split in common stock
and an increase in authorized
common to 2 million shares
from one million, it was an
nounced last night by President
Harry Malasky.
Stockholders will be asked to
vote on the boards recon-
mendation at a special stock
holders meeting on May l8, he
said.
Under terms of an indenture,
holders of the 512 per cent con-
vertible debentures due in 1869
will be entitled to an adjust
ment not only for the proposed
split, but they also will receive
the benefit of the 5 per cent
stock dividend which was paid
to common stockholders of
record January 4, 1861.
For example, If a holder of
a $1,000 convertible debenture
desires to convert, he would be
entitled 210 shares Of common
stock-100 additional shares by
reason of the split and 10 ad-
ditional shares to adjust the
5 per cent stock dividend.
Evening star., 1961-04-28
Financial indicators

Both banks and savings and loan ASSOCIATIONS reflected
business expansion in the first quarter
Cearngs and debts Jagged behind year ago in
January and February but made up lost time in March
lift their totals per and "A per cent respec-
lively, above a year ago
delayed spring bank call disclosed deposits April
IL amounted to 81 14982516 in the District of Columbia
gain of SO per cent from year ago. When suburban
bank reports completed they expected to show
even larger increases.
Invested capital of District savings and loan assoca
onS to 648741 March 81 gain of 143 per
cent, while their mortgage loans amounting to $780,
4l73 372 were Ill per cent higher
District sales of ordinary life insurance 10 per
year ago in the three months while District
postal receipts expanded 81 per cent after slow January
and February.
Evening star., 1961-04-28
Breech Heads
Trans World

KANSAS CITY, April %
(APD Ernest R. Breech, one
of the Nations top corporate
executives. was elected chair
man of Trans World AirlineS
yesterday, succeeding Warren
Lee Pierson. who announced
his retirement after IA years
as chairman.
The election took place after
the annual stockholders meet
ing at the first session Of the
airline's new board of directors.
Mr.. Pierson will continue as
chairman of the executive
committee.
Mr.. Breech, who now lives
in Phoenix. Ariz., formerly was
chairman of the board of North
American Aviation, Inc, and
later board chairman Of the
Ford Motor Co., until his res
, ignation last July 13. He was
a director of Transcontinental
and Western Air, Inc, TWAS
| predecessor.
Evening star., 1961-04-28

Directors of Greater Wash
ington Industrial Investments,
Inc, yesterday voted to dis
tribute a dividend consisting of
three shares of C-E-I-R, Inc,
for each 100 shares of GWII,
payable May 90 to holders of
record May /.
GWII purchased 100000 of
C-E-I-R's 8 per cent converti-
BILE debentures as it's initial in
vestment in May, 1860. The
growth Of C-E-I-R in the re-
search and computer service
field has increased the market
value of this investment to
around 81 million based on the
current bid of $62 a share for
C-E-I-R shares.
GWII holders will receive
1914 C-E-I-R shares in the
stock dividend. The investment
company at present has $4,000
C-E-I-R shares and debentures
convertible into another 62,50C
shares. The debentures have
been called for redemption OF
conversion by June 30.