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Evening star., 1961-08-30
Area Group to Educate
Prince Edward Negroes

A group of Washington area
residents recently organized a
committee to bring Prince Ed
ward County (Va.) Negro
school children here to con-
tinue their education.
All public schools in the
county were closed in 1859 to
avoid a Federal Court order to
deSegregate classes.
Since then, private classes
have been organized for the
county's 1,400 white students
but most of the 1900 Negro
children have gone without
formal education.
The new committee formed
| here is known as the Washing
ton Citizens Committee to Help
Educate a Prince Edward
County Child. The group will
attempt to find foster homes
here for 7 to 9 year old young
SterS while they attend classes
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in Washington and nearby
Maryland.
The committee plans to bring
at least 20 children here this
fall, according to Mrs. Louise
G. johnson, of 1925 Sixteenth
street NE, a member of the
group.
Prince Edward County school
supervisors earlier this week
strongly indicated they will
continue to resist racial inte-
grafton by keeping the public
schools closed. A Federal Court
has ruled the county cannot
continue to use State and
county tuition grants for the
private classes while public
schools are closed.
At the same time, the foun-
dation which conducts pri-
vate classes for white pupils
launched an appeal through
out the State for 100000
needed this year to keep the
private classes operating.
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DunviIIe Printer
Held for Jury in
Counterfeit Case

A Danville (Va.) printer,
found in a Washington hotel
room where $4,000 in bogus
money was seized, was held for
the grand jury yesterday in
Municipal Court.
Morris Leon CLANCY, 90, was
arrested II days ago by Secret
Service agents, who entered the
room with a key found on a
suspect at Shenandoah Downs
Race Track, Charles Town, w.
Va.
The Secret Service men said
they found CLANCY and a suit
case containing the phony bills
in the hotel room. CLANCY
was arrested and charged with
possession of counterfeit
money.
Investigators said the first
break in the case came when
a betting window attendant
spotted a counterfeit $40 bill
and tipped police, who arrested
the suspect at the track.
After Chaney's arrest here.
Secret Service agents and Vir-
ginia police searched his home
in Danville and reportedly
found over $250,000 in bogus
bills packed in jars in a base
ment.
In the cellar, a Virginia State
trooper said. the Investigators
also found four plates of alu-
minum foil that carried inter-
changeable serial numbers and
seals.
\ Judge Austin L. Tickling set
bond at $4,000 for CLANCY, who
waived a preliminary hearing.
The man arrested at the race
track is being held for a West
Virginia grand jury.
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Swim-in Is Staged
Without Any Trouble

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, Aug.
80 (AP) Fourteen members of
the racially integrated Congress
OF Racial Equality staged a
Swim-in here Sunday without
incident.
1t apparently was the first
attempt to swim on an inte-
grated basis at a beach in Vir-
ginia this year.
A member of CORE who
swan at the traditionally
segregated beach on the Poto-
mac River said his group stayed
at the beach and swan for
about one hour and 40 minutes.
CARMEL Rosemond, %, of
Cincinnati, said that, when the
group-about half Negro
entered the public beach, a
small group of persons nearby
moved away.
However, w. j. Skinner,
Colonial Beach police cmef,
said CORE members did not
attempt to go in swimming. He
said also that they stayed for
about 40 minutes.
Evening star., 1961-08-30
CoIIeeeHeud
Cites Need
OfLocuI Aid

DR.. Edgar F. Shannon, presi-
dent of the University of Vir-
ginia. today said the university
is not ready for a crash pro-
gram of community college ex-
pansion unless a locality shows
its need and willingness to help
share in the cost.
In a talk before a pro-
fessional meeting of Arlila, ton
County teachers at Washing
ton and Lee High School, he
said, I'VE have learned that a
proper community college is
not inexpensive"
Setting out State wide needs,
DR.. Shannon cited experiences
Of George Mason College in
nearby Virginia and at Clynch
Valley College, in Southwest
Virginia. These are the only
two community colleges now
established among the univer-
Sity'S seven extension centers.
Il would propose as a work.
ing definition of a community
college in Virginia" DR.. Shan
non said, THAT it is a small,
collage for which capital out
lay is shared by the locality
and the State, where instruc-
tional costs are shared by the
student and the State, and at
which committing students,
during daylight hours, may
receive the first two years of
an accredited college educa-
ton in the liberal arts or in
certain professional subjects,
such as engineering"
DR.. Shannon said the COM
munity colleges seek to give
the same level of college in
Struction as in the first two
years of the parent university
at Charlottesville.
THE faculty and the curric-
ulum are subject to the same
supervision and approval as at
Charlottesville" he said. "Ad-
missions are handled through
the parent university"
/
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The group of men and women
came here from Fairfax.
While using the facilities at
the beach, Mr.. Rosemond said
three women - two of them
Negroes-went to a concession
stand land were treated very
we'll"
"The only thing that ran us
away" Mr.. Rosemond contin-
ued, were the jellyfish." He
said a group of persons watched
them from a hill.
Asked if the group plans to
stage another swim-in this
Labor day week end, Mr.. Rose
mond said Il don't know off
hand"
Ferdinand F. Chandler, West
moreland County Common
wealth'S attorney, said:
"We can't stop them from
swimming. if they want to
swim. Legally, they can go
swimming at any time they
want. The beach is open TO all. "
Evening star., 1961-08-30
BORDERLINE CASE
2-County House PeriIs Officials Job
By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
star staff Writer


Think you've got troubles? =?
Well, consider the borderline
case Of Arthur K. Stellhorn,
suburban planner, whose hous-
ing problem may wind up in
the lap Of the Maryland State
Legislature.
This is his dilemma: Mr..
Stellhorn's house, at 1900 Elton
road in Hillandale Forest,
straddles the Montgomery
Prince Georges County line.
Most Of his living room is in
Montgomery County, and so is
his kitchen. His bedrooms, how
ever, are in Prince Georges
County and he pays taxes to
that Jurisdiction.
Under a bi-county agree
ment, man on the border Of
ficially resides in the jurisdic-
ton on which most of his lot
fronts. For that reason, &C
cording to authorities, Mr..
Stellhorn is a Prince Georges
Countian.
Recently, however, officials
Of both counties undertook a
survey to determine exactly
where the long disputed border
lies.
The results aren't in yet, but
there is a distinct possibility
that Mr.. Stellhorn'S house may
end up wholly in Montgomery
County if the line is shifted
only 100 feet or so.
1t wouldn't matter to most
people, but it does to Mr.. Stell-
horn. He'll be working in sharp
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7 Communities
In Area Cited

Two suburban Maryland
municipalities - Takoma Park
and Rockville-have been cited
by the American Municipal AS
sociation for their overall pub
lie relations programs.
Takoma Park won the first
place among communities of
less than $4,000 population for
it's monthly newsletter and the
messages they contain. 1t is
edited by John w. Coffman.
Rockville earned second place
among communities of $4,000
to 100000 population for its
special voter registration pro-
gram last May. A converted
house trailer was used, manned
by $50 volunteer workers, to
register more than 1000 new
voters.
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realizes what this tax is doing" "
Mr.. Lehnert said.
Its got beer drinkers all
steamed up" he added with a
shake of his head.
He Sells from Keg
1T doSen't mean much in
my saloon" the candidate
went on. Most of beer sales
are from the keg-and I
charge only a dime a glass.
But there's a lot of grum-
bling around the neighborhood,
and the b'hoyS wanted me to
run-so I'm doing it."
Mr.. Lehnert is a political
fixture in West Baltimore.
He said he's politically
aligned with the Democratic
faction headed by James H.
Pollack-"but Jack dosen't
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Tovern Man, IS, Files for Governor
On Beer Tax Repeal Platform

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 80 (AP)
"A 75-year-old Baltimore
tavern owner filed yesterday
for Democratic nomination for
Governor in the May Is
primary election.
William Carl Lehnert posted
a $3.50 fee with the secretary
Of state and said he was run
ming because of opposition to
the sales tax on purchases of
beer costing Is cents Or over.
He inquired about the with
drawal date and was advised he
has until March IL to redeem
his money or stay in the race.
In Baltimore, Mr.. Lehnert
told The Sun he filed ito pro-
tect the poor working man and
his staff of life-beer."
patrons Hopping Mad"
THE b'hoys are hopping
mad" said Mr.. Lehnert, who
served as a member of the
House Of Delegates from 1949
through 1945.
They don't like for nothing
to have to pay 26 cents for a
bottle of cool beer after they
finish a hard days work"
Mr.. Lehnert-no one calls
him anything but Bill-went to
Annapolis yesterday morning.
II wouldn't have done it ii
they hadn't put the sales taz
on a bottle of beer" he said.
TITS unfair-un-American
and deprives the working mar
Of his right to the pursuit OF
happiness"
The 3 per cent sales tax base
was lowered on July l from q
base Of 81 cents to Is cents.
That brought the cost of a
two-bit bottle Of beer in most
tavernS to 26 cents.
II like Millard Tawes person
ally, but I don't think he
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Casting Call

The Kensington Players will
hold tryouts for their first fall
production, "Dracula," at 8
pm. tomorrow and Thursday
at Kensington Cabin, Kensing-
ton parkway and Everett
street. Director Bob Irons
cast calls for six men and two
women. Production is set for
midi October.
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appointed in 1859, is loath tc
discuss the situation.
But his boss, executive direc-
tor Jesse Nicholson, is not. He
says the law is a hindrance tc
the recruitment Of top officials
and is personally anxious tc
have it amended in 1868 to per-
nit executive residence in either
county.
II just can't ask Mr.. Stell-
horn to move again." he sighed
Evening star., 1961-08-30
Pollen Count

The District of Columbia
Medical Society reports a pollen
count for the "a hours ending at
g am. today of 1870 grains per
3.6-centimeter square slide area
Resort Forecasts Tomorrow
Ocean beaches-Sunny, high
86.
Cape Hatteras-Sunny high
81.
Skyline drive-Sunny with
good visibility, high 81.
Water Temperatures
Annapolis, 80; Atlantic City,
So; Ocean City, 70; Rehoboth
Beach, IA; Virginia Beach, 76.
Compiled by Coast and Geo.
detic SurveyD
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
sun TO-DAY $50 am. Tag p m
Sun tomorrow 6:36 am. 7:4O pm
Moon today -- 1850 pm. 1875 am.
Automobile lights must be turned
on "a hour after sunset.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
EdR E5gh - e4oam, l3:55 3:5b a a m. m,
High ----- 1908 pm. 1859 pm
Low ---.. 6:5S pm. 7:50 pm.
For high and low tides at the fol-
from the above:
Annapolis, ga hours; Bloody Point
Light, Al hours; Colonial Beach.
8 hours: -Deale, 4la hours; Solomon s
ia hours.
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that the planning director must
live in one county and the parks
director in the other.
The latter, John Hewitt, is q
Montgomery County resident
Thus, the commission admits
the delicate balance of official
residence is in danger of being
broken.
Mr.. Stellhorn, who had to
move from Montgomery to CON-
ply with the law when he was
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violation of a Maryland State
law if such a shift occurs.
Maryland National Capital
Parks and Planning Commits
sion officials explain it this
way: The law requires that
three Of the agency'S top exec
utives must live in one county,
two in the other. Mr.. Stellhorn
and Public Relations Director
Joseph zatman presently COM
prise the Prince Georges duo.
In addition, the law provides
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Know anything about this, and
when he hears I've filed for
Governor, he's going to roar
likehell."
like hell"
Anyway, Bill Lehnert added,
I'm more or less my own
boss"
Evening star., 1961-08-30
'TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear
tonight, low around SO. Sunny
tomorrow and a little warmer
in the afternoon.
Maryland-Clear tonight, low
56-62 in the west and 62-68 in
the east. Sunny and becoming
warmer tomorrow afternoon.
Vrginia-Clear tonight, low
in the COS. Fair tomorrow and
somewhat warmer in the in
terror in the afternoon.
Lower Potomac and CheSa-
peake Bay-WindS variable at
about 5 miles per hour tonight,
becoming south to southwest at
sis knots tomorrow. Fair with
visibility of 10 miles, reduced to
to 3 miles locally in fog late
tonight.
Five-Day Forecast
For Washington and Vicinity
August 31-September 4.
Temperatures will average q
7 degrees above the normal
high and low for Washington,
IS and 68. Warm weather will
be followed by cooler tempera-
lures over the week end. Some
light rain is possible, occurring
aS scattered showers over the
week end.
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ene1ay @ % weather is forecast for of the tonight except
There will
MISSISSIPPI MISS Vaey Eastern Dakota the Rockies Plains
some Hgh ram along the Washington slightly
Oe extreme Northern New
from the Upper Mississippi ROkes-AP Wirephoo Man
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River Report
Potomac River clear at Harper
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen-
andoah clear at Harper'S Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight -- 70 Noon .. SO
am. rs Ann. %
am. ------ rs SPIN. -- SO
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, "a. on July 22 and August 10.
Lowest, 4, on February 2.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Riot TrioI Opens
For u in Jupun

TOKYO, Jan. ~ (AP). -
Singing the Communist Inter.
rationale, % youthful leaders
of Tokyo's left-wing demon.
strations last June marched
into court today and pleaded
not guilty to riot charges.
They faced up to three year,
In prison for the rioting that
led to the cancellation of Presi.
dent Eisenhower's visit DC
Japan.
Some defendants refused to
give their names to. the Judge
The courtroom was packed
mostly with students.
Among the spectators were
the parents Of a girl demon
strator. Michiko Kamba, who
was killed in the riots that
grew out Of protests against
the new United States-Japan
security treaty.
Evening star., 1961-01-27

It's fun to walk where you
want to go.
But are these things just
echoes Of other words you've
been hearing lately? That
downtown should be refash-
ioned in scale for walking
human beings?
4 \ 4
A tougher stretch is ahead
the hill from Florida ave-
nue. to California street. Here
the sidewalk disappears al
together. But soon you're up
the hill, and on your street.
AS you reach your house,
after those four miles, a|real
surprise. Your neighbor, DR..
Stone, is shoveling q path
across your sidewalk.
Good cities make good
neighbors. That figures. too,
you guess.
Evening star., 1961-01-27

Restaurant. There they
nestle among the bright-red
Holsters. unshucked oysters
and the usual garnish of
tomatoes. - intruders in a
work Of art. Must be a leak
in that roof, somewhere.
AS you walk you wonder.
Why is the city different?
How has six inches Of snow
changed it so much?
Tire chains of a passing
taxi tinkle an answer. The
muffled rasp of q distant
snow shovel add a word or
two.
The city's reborn, they
seem to say.
It's a place for people
again. It's smaller.
It's cleaner.
It's quieter.
It's snug and bright.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Red Ship Sinks
In Shetland Gale

WICK, Scotland, Jan. n
(AP) An unidentified Soviet
trawler was blown onto a reef
and sunk in a gale off the Shet-
land island of Yell before dawn
today.
Half a dozen other Soviet
fishing boats were in the area,
but it was not known whether
they had managed to pull the
sunken vessels crew from the
raging seas.
The Aberdeen trawler Sea-
ward Quest radioed that it had
sighted two empty liferafts and
a partly submerged lifeboat.
1.-THE Lerwik lifeboat was
launched in response to. an
SOS from a Soviet ship named
the Kazalinsk, believed to be
one of two mother ships with
the Russian fishing group. The
SOS was later Cancelled with
out explanation.
Evening star., 1961-01-27

growing deeper, soften the
outlines of those sentimental
craven hearts. Soon they'll
give way to a bland, poker
faced billow of white.
But they prove while they're
still there that walkers in
love were out this night,
thrilled, no doubt, as you
are by a city miraculously
changed and made better.
4 II u y
All the usual hectic quests
are forgotten. Nobody even
seems to be hurrying home
any more. What are all these
people doing downtown?
Tey're window-looking, for
one thing. The cruise clothes
are marvellous this winter.
And, somehow, flakes of
snow are drifting into the
display space of Harvey's
Evening star., 1961-01-27
BY ROBERT J.LEWIS
Star staff Writer

I walked all the way home
last night.
The cars couldn't take 1t,
physically or spiritually. SO
they deserted the town and
left it for human beings.
Pedestrians, remember?
It was old times in q pic
ture book.
Snowflakes in your face. A
blanket of them. dry and
squeaky, underfoot. The lights
glowing bright - beckoning
beacons, inviting and gay.
The air cracking and tingling
the skin.
But the city is magically
warm, for all that. It's full
OF the nostalgia Of things
as-they-used-to-be. And as
they could be again.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
cTURE-BOOK WALK
PICTURE BOOK WALK :-:
A Man Learns a Lot Durinq Snowstorm

It's a sidewalk world. The
boulevardiers are out in force.
Snow narrows up the walk
ing space. The paths are
cozy. You have to say "Ex-
cuse me" as you pass others
going in the opposite direc-
ton.
And you learn so many
things as you walk the 4
miles, all the way home.
Love, for example, blooms
in q driving snowstorm. You
know that. for sure.
Do you believe that people
draw hearts in the fleeting
snow. shot through with an
arrow and labeled with ini-
tials like "E. r." and wv. M"
You do, indeed, because you
see them there on Connecti-
cut avenue, just above R.
Gentle flakes, silent and
Evening star., 1961-01-27

nave Deen put on b1le IT&1 OF
the Portuguese liner.
Rear Admiral Allen Smith,
commander Of the Caribbean
Sea Frontier, said the action
to be taken by the United
States Navy will be decided by
higher authority in Wash
ington.
Galvao, In a message inter-
cepted here, said he was willing
to land his 900 passengers
near South America" or at q
West African point. But he
said he was giving preference
to the idea of landing them in
Africa with all guarantees as
political insurgents" This re-
ferred to his insistence on
recognition as o political revo-
lutionary acting against the
Salazar dictatorship in Por-
tugal.
On Course to Angola
This word reached San Juan
as the Santa Maria continued
its voyage into the Atlantic,
with the West African colony
Of Angola as its announced
destination-but still within
striking distance Of the Brazil
ian coast.
The ship, at noon EST. was
still on q course to Angola and
proceeding at IS. knots. only a
cruising speed for the vessel.
Galvao said he was willing
to meet with United States
authorities either aboard the
ship or at the port where pas
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Living Costs
Continue Rise
D. c. Food Index
Also Is Higher

Living costs In the Nation
edged to another record high
in December. 1t was the 10th
increase in II months.
In the District. retail food
prices increased four-tenths Of
per cent FROM November TO
December. for q 1860 high. It
was the. 10th increase in IL
months.
The index Of prices Of all
consumer goods and services
In the Nation as q whole in
creased one-tenth Of per cent
over the same period, to 1878.
Higher food and shelter costs
contributed most to the ma
tional increase.
The Department Of Labor's
Bureau OF Labor Statistics said
today that the retail food price
index for Washington, at 1917.
while at the highest level of
the year, was Ia per cent be-
low the peak registered in May
and July Of 1858.
The 1947-l949 average price
level Is used as the base of
100 for the index.
Over the year. food prices in
Washington rose by 3 per cent,
approximately the same as the
increase reported for the coun-
try as a whole. For the Nation,
the overall price index was 1.6
per cent above the level Of q
year ago.
Both nationally and in the
District, higher meat prices
accounted for q major share
OF the rise in the food index.
In the District, the meat,
poultry and fish index, at 10,
was nearly 4 per cent higher
than a year ago.
Fruits and vegetables were
the only foods to show a de-
cline in prices over the month
and year. From November to
December these prices declined
90 per cent, while the decrease
was 3.3 per cent over the year.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Kennedy Greets Z Freed Airmen
WINTER WING
FOR D. C.'s WORST
AS SNOW MOUNTS

This isn't the worst win
ter Washington has ever
had, but it might be before
it's over.
The Weather Bureau said
thus far in the winter Of
1901, the area has had
22.3 inches Of snow. In
the winter of 1878, the
area had 20 inches all told.
but there is still a good
month and a half left Of
this winter.
Other bad winters here
were 1904-5, when we had
30.7 inches; 1918 when
we had 31.9 inches. and
1922 when we had 81
inches including the
snowfall that caused the
Knickerbocker Theater
snow disaster.
Evening star., 1961-01-27
Asion Flu Sweeps
3 English Cities

LONDON, Jan. q (AP).-
Influenza outbreaks in three
cities in the English midlands
have been identified as Asian
flu. The Health Ministry said
the epidemic is expected to
spread south to London in the
next few weeks.
The city of Nottingham has
more than 5000 victims, nearly
as many as it had in the 1857
epidemic that swept over much
Of the world. Leicester has an
estimated $500 cases.
The Health Ministry said the
flu was generally mild, but a
number Of deaths had been re-
ported.
Evening star., 1961-01-27

/ III -.. q -. 4
Communist encroaehment, and
"China's attitude and threats
to take Taiwan CFormosa) By
force, which are Inconsistent
with the positions Of the q. N.
charter"
Mr.. Stevenson was asked If
he thought the release of the
two RB-47 airmen by the
Soviet Union was motivated by
a sincere desire to better rela:
tions with the United States
and IL this would be reflected
at the resumed session of the
General Assembly.
MY attitude is hopefully yes,
on both counts" he replied.
At the opening Of the con-
ference, Mr.. Stevenson read q
statement in which he said it
is the hope of the United States
that the United Nations will be
used mot as an arena for the
cold war but as an institution
to end it,"
Makes Other Points
He made these other points
!. The United States sup
ports the efforts of Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold to
restore order in the Congo "by
whatever means he chooses.
2. The United States delega.
ton has no instructions tc
make overtures to the Cubar
delegation at the United Ma.
tions and docs not intend to-.
3. The United States hopes
to enlarge its U. N. mission BY
adding two deputies with ranl
Of ambassadors. two as minis.
ters and another as counselor
Asked by a Negro correspond
ent If 1t required an act Of
Congress to name a Negro tt
a high post on the mission
Mr.. Stevenson replied that nc
one would be named because oi
color or race but purely or
ability.