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Evening star., 1961-09-19
TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Cloudy
cool. with rain becoming heavy
at times tonight and tomorrow.
Increasing northeasterly winds
20 to 30 miles per hour tonight
and 40 miles per hour Or
stronger tomorrow. Low to-
night 64.
Hurricane Esther is still
located we'll off the South
Atlantic Coast but it is moving
northwestward and will cause
an increase in the winds in
the Washington area during
the next "a hours. In all
probability it will cause rains
to be heavy at times here but
the strength of winds that
might occur is questionable due
to the fact that the hurricane
is still so far away and the
exact path of the storm is un-
CCI ldIIl.
Maryland - Gale warnings
ere displayed on Chesapeake
Bay and gale warnings along
with a hurricane watch on the
Atlantic Coast. Rain, heavy at
times tonight and tomorrow.
especially east of the noun
tains. Increasing northeasterly
winds. becoming gale force or
stronger in east later tonight
and tomorrow. Low tonight
ranging from SOS in mountains
to around 10 along the coast.
Tides will increase along the
Atlantic Coast tonight and to-
morrow.
Virginia - Hurricane warn
ings are displayed On the Vir-
ginia Capes and gale warnings
Evening star., 1961-09-19

tense attorneys. They con-
tended the State had failed to
show the woman could not
testify. @
Mr.. McLiverty. who testified
that he took the Stenographic
notes from which the transcript
was prepared. was on the wit
ness stand for more than an
hour.
Her account said Contee
came to the apartment of q
friend with whom she was
spending a week end in the
early morning of June 20 in
search of the other woman.
She said when he found the
other woman was out lie
pressed a knife against her
throat, pushed me down on
the couch and partially dis
robed me -
Evening star., 1961-09-19
KuhI Demands
Birmingham Quit

TOWSON, Md, Sept. 10
(AP).-Baltimore County Ex-
ecutive Christian H. Kahl said
yesterday Michael J. Birming-
ham has ended his usefulness
as Democratic national COM
mitteeman for Maryland and
should resign Immediately.
Mr.. Kahl said he should be
replaced by some highly re-
spected party figure willing to
stay out of the primary fight. "
An excellent choice WOULD be
former Gov. William Preston
Lane. jr., of Hagerstown, Mr..
Kahn said.
Evening star., 1961-09-19
Merchants to Seek
Blue Law Reheurinq

RICHMOND. Sept. 10 (AP).
for a group of Rich
mond merchants filed notice
with the Virginia Supreme
Court yesterday of intention
to petition for a rehearing on
the States controversial Sun
day closing law.
The State high court upheld
the law in it's entirety 10 days
earlier, and Monday was the
deadline for filing a petition
notice. Lawyers had 80 days
after the ruling to file the ac-
tual petition.
Evening star., 1961-09-19
State Rests in Contee's I'd Trial
After Nurse Testifies on Attack

A former Montgom cry
County court clerk yesterday
read the 25-year-old mental pa
tents account of how she was
allegedly raped by Contee.
The witness. John McLiverty,
was one of eight appearing yes
terday at the second rape trial
OF Contee in Anne Arundel Cir
cult Court her. The trial was
moved here from Montgomery
County where the 25-year-old
defendant was originally con-
victed and sentenced to life in
prison.
Judge Benjamin Michaelson
and an all-male Jury heard
seven hours of testimony yes
terday before the trial was
recessed until today. Four
more witnesses were heard to-
day before the State rested.
The retrial was ordered by
the Maryland Court of Appeals
which upset Contee's conviction
on grounds the lower court had
failed to examine prospective
jurors properly on possible race
prejudice. Contee is colored.
The woman is white.
Mr.. McLiverty read the court
the testimony of the woman
from the transcript of the first
trial.
Woman Can't Testify
DR.. Jacob Miller. a psychia- :
trist at Worthwhile State Hos
pital. a Michigan mental in
Stitution, said the woman is
presently confined to that in
Stitution and is not competent
to testify under the Maryland
law.
Her testimony from the ear
lier trial was admitted by
Judge Michaelson over the OBJ
jections of Robert C. Heeney
and Victor L. Crawford, de-
Evening star., 1961-09-19
Wage Fight
Slows Sewer
For Airport

Construction of the Potomac
intereeptor sewer to Dulles
Airport will be delayed for a
short period because of a wage
controversy.
This was reported yesterday
by David v. Aud, director of
the District Sanitary Engineer
ing Department. at a meeting
Of the Regional Sanitary
Board.
Mr.. Auld explained that the
District Government has had
to postpone receiving bids on
one section of the sewer,
mostly in Fairfax County. un-
til the Labor Department can
determine what the prevailing
wage rates are in this county
for this type of sewer work.
The Labor Department has
scheduled a hearing for 10 am.
September % in the Raleigh
Hotel to help 1t decide what
the prevailing wage rates are.
The department took this
action after it received a COM
plant from j. C. Turner, presi-
dent of the Greater Washing
ton Central Labor Council, that
wages paid by the contractor
on a previous Potomac sewer
section job in Loudoun County
were actually below the pre-
vailing wage in that county.
The District Government,
which is handling the Potomac
sewer contracts. is compelled
by Federal law to require that
holders Of District contracts
pay the prevailing wage rates
determined by the Labor De-
partment.
Since the prevailing wage
rates Tor Fairfax County will
not be determined by the Labor
Department until after the
September % hearing, the Dis
trict has had to postpone OPEN
ing of the next Potomac sewer
section bids from Wednesday
until November Is.
However, Mr.. Auld said he
still hopes the sewer can be
completed by June, 1868, as
originally scheduled. He added
that any delay will have no
effect on the opening date of
the new Dulles Airport.
Evening star., 1961-09-19
Cool Air Goes,
Area FuIIout Is
Cut to 13.47

Radioactive fallout in the
District area decreased to 13.47
yesterday as the polar air mass
from Canada, which Weather
Bureau officials believe carried
the fallout, moved out out to
sea.
Bureau officials warned, how
ever, that the next cool air mass
from the north could very well
bring another increase in fall
out here and throughout the
Northern and Eastern States.
Grand level radioactivlty in
the District had increased to
35.S micromicrocuries on Sun
day. District public health Off
cials said this was 10 TO IL
times the normal fallout read
ingS here.
Similar increases, many of
them higher, we're registered in
IL Northern and Eastern States.
A Bureau spokesman said the
Canada is bearing the brunt
of most of the fallout from So
Wet bomb testing because of the
high latitudes of the Russian
test sites. The Soviet set off its
18th bomb test yesterday.
The Districts fallout count
Sunday set a new record al
though Health, Education and
Welfare Secretary Ribicoff said
he had been assured the in
crease did not now present a
threat to health. The previous
record here had been 20.8, set
in November, 1858.
Evening star., 1961-09-19
BY CHARLES D. PIERCE
Star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. 10.
The State rested its case to-
day in the retrial of Gordon L.
Contee after a nurse testified
that Contee raped a mental
patient in her presence at a
Rockville apartment.
Miss Jeanne Alleman. 81,
now a first lieutenant in the
Air Force, said she did not
scream or attempt to stop Con-
tee because he was threatening
her with a knife.
Il was more frightened than
I have ever been in my life
when I saw the knife" 1t. Allie
man explained.
The nurse testified at the
second day of the retrial in
the Anne Arundel County Cir
cult Court.
1t. Alleman, a composed and
attractive brunei, said that she
had visited the mental patient
on June 30, 1859, in a Rockville
apartment after receiving a call
stating that the patient was
suffering from abdominal pains.
The patient, she said. was
visiting a friends apartment
while on weekend leave from
Chestnut Lodge Sanitorium.
Opens Door Slightly
1t. Alleman said she went to
the apartment about $50 pm.
and that about $3.50 am. the
next morning a man came to
the apartment and forced his
way in when the victim opened
the door slightly.
The Air Force nurse said
that the man. whom she iden-
titled in court as Contee, was
carrying a knife and threatened
both women before attacking
the victim on a sofa.
Evening star., 1961-09-19
Meeting Postponed

The back k-to-schooP meeting
Of the Northwestern Senior
High School PTA in Hyatts-
vile, Md. scheduled for tonight.
has been Cancelled. 1t will be
held instead with the regular
October II PTA meeting at 8
pm. at the school.
Evening star., 1961-09-19

Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High 3:I1a,m. 4:o4a.m
Low --- 1000 lO:42 am. II l:46a am.
High 3:5lp.m 5:O3 I'M.
Low 1851 pm nm
For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
from the above:
Annapolis. 3K hours: Bloody Point
Light, 41a hours; Colonial Beach, e
hours: Deale. 41a hours: Solomons
Island, ga hours: Point Lookout, IA
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17
Census Survey To
Cover Private Workers

The u. s. Census Bureau will
conduct a survey of private house
hold workers in connection with
the November Current Population
Survey, it was announced today.
The survey will cover both en-
plOyers and employees. Questions
will be asked concerning kind of
work done, days worked, wages,
and related items. The survey is
being conducted by the Census
Bureau for the U. S. Department
of Health, Education and Welfare.
The questions on private house
hold work are in addition to the
regular inquiries on employment
and unemployment which are ask
ed each month in the Current
Population Survey.
The Current Population Survey
other sample areas of the country
during the week of November 90
Information will be collected local
ly by:
Mr.. John D. Wallerstein
48 Sussex Drive
Lewes, Delaware
Census Bureau activities in this
area are supervised by:
John G. Gibson
Regional Field Director
Juniper and Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17
Social Security News

Are you a working person 65 or
over who has never applied for
social security benefits? If SO,
you will want to ask your social
security office for copy of a new
leaflet.
Entitled, "YOu Don't Have to
Retire Completely to Get Social
Security Benefits" the leaflet ex-
plains changes in the law recent
ly enacted by Congress which
raise the amount an older worker
can earn and still collect some
benefits in addition to his earn
ings.
Older working people, made
eligible to collect some benefits
because of these changes, will
need to get their applications on
file before the end of January,
1862, according to Edward F. Sui
livan, district manager of the
Dover social security office. Other
wise, they stand a chance of losing
some of the social security pay
ments due them.
He cited the example of a
couple who would be entitled upon
application to a monthly check of
$3.50, about the maximum now pay
able to a retired worker and de-
pendent wife.
Under the law in effect until
the beginning of this year, Mr..
Sullivan said, this couple could
not be paid any benefits for the
year if the husbands earnings ex-
ceeded S2080. Under the new law,
his earnings could go as high as
$3.50 before the couple would
have to forego all Of their social
security benefits.
A retired worker with no de-
pendents, entitled to a benefit of
$74 (the average now being paid)
could earn about $4,000 in a year
and still get some of his benefits.
Many older working people in
the Kent and Sussex County area
have not yet applied for their
social security benefits, Mr.. Sui
livan noted He said that many
of them may not realize that
their earnings are at a level which
will now permit them to get some
payments.
Some others may be under the
impression that if they earn more
than $1,000 in a year, they cannot
collect any social security bene-
fits. This is not so, he said.
Another thing many people don't
realize is that regardless of their
annual earnings, a social security
beneficiary can be paid his bene-
fits for any month he does not
earn more than 800 in wages nor
work in self-employment.
The social security district man.
ager suggested that working
people SIS or over who have not
yet applied for their social secur-
ity benefits write or phone his
office to get a free copy of the
new leaflet, "You Don't Have to
Retire Completely to Get Social
Security Benefits" The leaflet de-
soribes the provisions of the law
in simple words and also contains
a table to help the older worker
estimate how much of his bene-
fits he can collect if he earns over
$1,000 year.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17

evergreens, according to Don Can't
we'll of the Bartlett Tree Expert
Company, % Spraying with anti
dessicant compounds in November
or (2) erecting old-f a h o d
shields of burlap, wood or confer
branch windbreaks in midwinter,
usually January.
Either method should be supple
mented by mulching after tn e
ground freezes. Mulches reduce
thermal changes in the soil. This
prevents deep freezing of roots,
holds soil moisture and makes it
available to the roots.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17

Spraying anti-transpirant or
anti-dessicants is easier tn q n
building shelters. It's cleaner look
ing too. Anti-dessicants coat leaves
with fine film of the compound,
which has either plastic or rub
ber base.
Anti-dessicants are mixed with
water. They can be applied by
home owners with knapsack
sprayers on lOw-growing plant
ings. For larger evergreens tree
experts use power sprayers. Low
pressures and rather coars
spray emulsion are necessary.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17
ELM MEDICINE

AMHERST, Mass. (P) = Tree
inoculation may be the way to
remedy-Or ppevent|tree dis
ease.
So said Dr. Albert e. Diamond
OF the Connecticut Agricultural
Sation at a conference on Dutch
elm disease control. He. said one
compound already has been found
which, when painted on bark, will
climb the water-carrying cells of
elm trees. Researchers are now at
work. he said, on a compound
which would permeate the tree
with a chemical agent poisonous
to the elm tree fungus.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17

thing to do to make good chicken
soup?' he wrote in The Pilot, Off
icial publication of the Boston
Archdiocese.
after brief silence, a hand
went up and a 10-year-Old girl
said: Kill the chicken, your EN-
inence'
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17
THE FIRST STEP

BOSTON up = Richard Car
dinal Gushing of Boston tells of a
succint answer he received dur
ing visit to school for girls in
Latin America
Il introduced my remarks with
this question: What is the first
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17
TREE TALK
ANTI-WILT SPRAYS REDUCE
WINTERKILL OF EVERGREENS

BrOadleaf and narrOwleaf ever
green's need "winterizing'' just as
cars do. This will aid in reducing
winterkill Dieback or winter in
jury frequently results when roots
in frozen soil cannot replace mOis-
ture lost through leaves to high
drying winds.
There are two types of winter
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17

OctOpuses have three. ears n d
the keenest brain of all nonverte-
brate animals.
Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17

The sprays shod1d be applied on
sunny day when tempegakures
are above 40 degrees F. When the
milky-like substance dries, tn e
leaves or needles take on q glossy
sheen. Minimum breathing OF leaf
and needle goes on in winter.
Next spring when growth begins
anew, the coating is simply
slOughed off.
An Army cOmputer made q
seven mi lliOn- dollar error. Does
this prove that the faster YOU
think, the more wrong you may be:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21
Mercury Near Frost

Hurricane Esther was not MAX
ing much of an impression in the
Garrett county area, although
storm warnings wrc received here
on Tuesday. Some rain has fallen
in the area but it was considered
the aftermath of hurricane Carla,
rather than Esther
The temperature has been close
to the frost mark on two occasions.
FASTENED by a student rainstorm
last Thursday night, followed by
a definite turn in the weather.
Mornings for Friday Saturday,
Sunday and Monday we're cool but
the sun warmed the terrain during
the days. More rain began falling
Tuesday morning and the weather
has remained cool and damp since
that time
Civil Defense and County Roads
department we're alerted Tuesday
and schools were notified of the
possibility of portions of the hurri-
cane reaching this area. This
morning. however. it lowered east
of New York harbor and was
headed northward and slightly to
the east
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21
History of BPW Is
Outlined At Meeting

The history of the National Fed
GRAFTON of Business and PROBES
sional Women's Clubs was related
by Lois Thompson, Maryland
State President. at the regular
meeting of the Oakland club last
Thursday evening, September 14th,
at the William-James Hotel. In
1917 the Secretary of War, New
ton d. Baker. conceived the idea
of coordinating WomanpoWer, at
which time a business woman and
a professional woman were ap-
pointed to carry out his plans,
she explained. In a short time the
idea of national organization was
born and the first convention was
held in St Louis in 1919" The
Maryland Federation was founded
in 1929 in Baltimore. Mrs. Thomp-
son also advised the group of re-
cent changes in the Federation by
laws In behalf of the club, Mary
Louise Hclbig presented her with
matching pin and earrings.
Another guest, Helen Mason,
State Membership Chairman, CON
graduated the club on its stabili-
cation of membership. Ann Bell.
accompanied nv MARGARET Feather
sang In My Garden. Some
where A Voice is Calling" and "A
Little China Figure" Patricia
White volunteered as contact
member for Troop 81, Senior Girl
Scouts, sponsored by the Club.
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club Week, October LIST to
It'll, will be observed by various
activities. A pantomime tableau
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21
Oakland Personals

Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Deffin-
bauqh, Arlington, Va, former resi-
dents, visited friends here last
week
Dickson Mace, Harrisburg. Pa.
was a Weekend visitor of his par
cnts, Mr. and Mrs William w.
Mace.
Two cars of Parent-Tcachcr
members planned to leave Oak
land today for an all-day workshop
session to be held in Hagerstown.
Phillip Busscy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs e. l.. Bussey Oakland, en-
rolled as a junior student at Davis
and Elkins college for the present
term
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest wilkinson.
willard, Ohio, visited the past
week with Mrs. Wilkinsons father.
Harry limbaugh. They returned
to their home last Friday morning.
Mrs. Edith Byers was in Balti-
more last week to visit her sister.
Miss Helen DcCost, who is a pa
ticnt in the University of Mary
land hospital.
In last weeks issue, in the list
of officers for Oakland Civic club
the name of the hospitality chair
man was listed as Mrs. Emroy
Bolden 1t should have read Mrs.
Carlton Hclbig.
The Tri Mu Sunday School
class of the st. Pauls Methodist
Church will meet at the cottage of
Mrs. Melvin Right on Wednesday
September 9th. at $50 p. m. for
a covered dish dinner
Bob Lalich, MEMBER Of the cast
at the Garrett County Playhouse
this past season. was the week
end guest of Clinton Englander.
Mr. Lalich reported to Fairmont
Tuesday morning for induction in
to the armed forces.
Fritz Piper and Glenroot Piper
were confirmed as members of ST.
Marks Lutheran church on Sun
day morning at tthe regular serV-
ice. by the pastor. the Rev. VIM
Ernest Fox They are sons Of Mr.
and Mrs Frankie Piper
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21
GAINESVILLE Swamp
Featured in Sun

The GAINESVILLE swamp. portions
of which are in Garrett county
and portions in Preston county, w.
Va, was featured in a story in the
magazine section of The Sun. Bal
timore, on Sunday, September II.
The article was written by John
c. Schmidt with photos by A.
Aubrey Bodine It describes a bit
of the far north which lies on our
western border" Almost four
pages of the magazine are devoted
to the story along with a dozen
photographs, along with a color
photo for the front of the maya
zine
One of the photos is that of a
tamarack, a pine tree of some size
that sheds its needles like a maple.
The swamp is outstanding for hav-
ing the country's southernmost
stand of the eastern larch. Stories
of the swamp have appeared previ-
ously in The Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21
Seven Births Occur

Seven births occurred at the
Garrett County Memorial hospital
during the past week, five boys
and two girls.
On the nth a son to Mr.. and
Mrs Leroy Joseph Guthrie. Mt
Lake Park; a son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dclbert Ray Elliott, route ?, Oak
land.
On the 18Th a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Eugene Methcny,
Fricndsvillc.
On the 18th a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Bliss Dewitt.
Sang Run
on the goth a son to Mr.. and
Mrs Harold Henry Upolc, route ] j.,
Oakland. a daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs Marlin Dan Thomas, Barton:
a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Hamil-
ton KitZmil,cr, route /, Oakland.
During the week the hospital
admitted IS patients and dis
charged "a. Census this morning
was 38.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21

William Dewitt accompanied by
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul De
Witt and MI and Mrs. w. E.
Spoerlein, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Groden
and son in Keyser. w. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. William Beckman
and daughter visited Mrs. Glenn
Eichelberger, Davis. w. Va. last
Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Beckman
were Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Jones
and daughter Patty, Friendsville.
The student Christian Associa-
ton of Frostburg State Teachers
college, met at the Walter DeBerrv
home last Saturday for its annual
Fall retreat Present were 19 stu
dents from the college, Rev. De-
mauth Blanton from the Welsh
Memorial Baptist Church. Frost
burg, and Mrs. Beural Casteel.
Oakland. Mary Alice forth. Carol
Rowan, Pat Tewalt and Martha
DeBerry spent the entire week
end there.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21
Awarded Scholarship

Miss Shirley Calhoun, daughter
of Mrs. Fern Calhoun of Terra
Alta, w. Va, recently was awarded
a scholarship from the National In
atitute Of Mental Health for
graduate study On social work and
mental health, at West Virginia
University This rainceship is in
the amount of $500 per year plus
tuition for the first year and $1,000
plus tuition for the second year of
study
She is a graduate Of Terra Alta
High Schoo, of 1857 ana attended
Potomac State College where she
was awarded Board of Cover
nor's scholarship for two years
undergraduate work there. Miss
Calhoun received a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Psychology from
the University in June.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-21
To Play Final Game

The final game of the Town and
Country Softba.l League will be
played Sunday afternoon, Septem-
Der "a, at ? o'clock, at White Rock,
ii was announced.
The deciding game of the series
will be played between Oakland
and Mt Storm and will determine
the 1861 championship. Each team
had previously won two games.