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Evening star., 1961-12-27
Martin Loyoffs
Stir Moves for
u. S. Assistance

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 81 (AP)
State officials agreed yes
terday to work toward reliev-
ing economic distress caused
by layoffs at the Martini
Marietta Co.. but indicated 1t
will be a longe-range effort.
Robert Farrar. president of
Local 1888 of the United Auto
Workers AFL-CIO in Balti-
more, met with officials of the
Department of Economic De-
velopment at the suggestion of
Gov. Tawes.
They offered little encour-
agement to Mr.. Farrar's re-
quest that the State seek to
have the Middle River section
of Baltimore declared an eco
nomically distressed area by
the Federal Government, but
said an effort will be made.
George w. Hubley, jr., de-
partment director, told Mr..
Farrar he also would send a
representative to the JAWS
regional meeting in Washing
ton January II to discuss un-
employment problems.
Mr.. Farrar said that in the
last three years layoffs at Mar
tin have totaled 5000 and the
production force at the Middle
River plant has dropped from
10000 to 4,900.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Montgomery County

ArcOla avenue and Kemp
Mill road Georgia avenue to
University boulevard; widening
and Strengthening, traffic slow
ups; completion next spring.
Capital beltway - Potomac
River to Seven Locks road
New dual highway with the
movement of heavy consturuc-
ton equipment slowing traffic
on Macarthur boulevard, Seven
Locks road, and Persimmon-
tree road completion in the
fall of 1862.
River road-District line to
Goldsboro road - Dualization
with traffic slowups; compile
ton next fall.
Capital beltway-Seven Locks
road to River road-Temporary
detour from Burdette to Seven
Locks roads; completion next
fall.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
Bradley boulevard, temporary
detour; completion next fall.
Capital beltway Bridge over
lFernWood road, temporary de-
tour; completion next fall.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
Greentree road. temporary de-
tour; completion next fall.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
Old Georgetown road, tempo
rary detour; completion next
fall.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

If you're among the many
consumers who wait for the
post Christmas sales, get to the
stores early.
First, stores had an excel
lent Christmas season after a
record November. AS a result
there are fewer good bargains
than usual.
Second, the stores didn't
stock up heavily on goods to
begin with. The clearances next
month will be normal but no
more than that.
Third, while there will be
the usual price markdowns
the best will come early
warns A. w. zelomek. head of
International Statistical Bureau
and an authority on retail
trade.
Fourth, prices generally will
tend to be higher next year
because of business expansion
and peak consumer spending
Finally, Easter is late (April
22) this year and. emphasizes
Mr.. Zelomek. this means there
will be a prolonged pre-Easter
shopping season for which the
stores will be preparing. The
pre-Easter bargain days will be
limited just as the Christ
mas bargain days will be
limited.
These are generalities. Spe-
officially, experts stress that
Evening star., 1961-12-27
ON WINGS
Were You the 100 MiIIionth?
By CHARLES YARBRoUGH

Introduction into service next
month of the SikOrsky S-61L.
first twin-turbine 'copter to be
certificated by the FAA. will
spur business.
Jean WisSeman, of General
Precision, Inc, is the new presi-
dent of the Top Side Aviation
Club. an organization of wom-
en- in the aviation industry
here.
Executive vice president is 10
Buckenheimer, of AerOnautical
Radio, Inc. Other officers: Vice
president. public relations, Hell
en- Keane Brewer, of National
Airport; vice president, pro-
gramming, Marie DOwell, Of Ka-
man Aircraft; vice president
membership. Cynthia FOwle, OF
Courtesy Associates; secretary
Lillian Edwards, of the Federal
Aviation Agency, and treasurer,
Margie w. Barnes, of Republic
Aviation.
Christmas Day was the dead
line for use of two-way radio
when operating in and out OF
airportS with Federally-run
control towers. National Air
ports busiest day and still a
record at the end of 81, was
1,l57 aircraft movements, set
September 16, 1860. :. . Air pas
sengers in the New York New
Jersey area now have a choice
of 484 scheduled nonstop
flights a week to Washington
The HelicOpter Association
of America meets in Dallas
January 2l-24.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Best BARGAINS Are Now
SY SYLVIA PORTER

there will be bargains in toys,
which have been caught in a
price war between the depart
ment stores and coun t
houses.
In clothing, the most attrac-
tive sales will be in the lower
and medium-price areas.
Another field for bargain
shopping will be small appli-
ances. which already have been
marked down.
If you find-as I found even
during the pre- Christmas
weeks-an irritating shortage
of sizes and colors, there are
distinct reasons.
An obvious explanation is
that the stores simply didn't
anticipate the excellence of the
Christmas buying season. Many
retailers were not sufficiently
prepared for us.
Not so obvious but a more
fundamental explanation is the
way stores handle their in
ventories. Retailers have
adopted policies of buying to
meet curret demands because
they are aware manufacturers
have the merchandise and Ca
pacity to produce. Also the use
of computerS is permitting
store chains to keep track day
by day of their inventory posi-
tions reducing their need to
fill warehouses far in advance
Distributed 1861. by The Hall
Syndicate, Inc. All Rights ReservedD
Evening star., 1961-12-27
New Discount Tactics
Threaten Competitors

worth around 95 cents in United
States money - and the Ca
nadianS are still snickering.
The discount gives them an ad-
vantage in labor costs on goods
exported to the United States.
An item that costs 81 to pro-
duce in the United States costs
only 95 cents Gin American
money in Canada.
New saving regulations: The
Administration is about to seek
tighter control over savings and
loan associations. One control
sought is the protection of de-
poSitors when S & L associa-
tions change from mutual to
stock companies.
Conservation at home: The
Agriculture Department is
about to extend conservation
programs to the suburbs; it
wants to encourage local gov
ernments to prevent the un-
necessary uprooting of trees
and shrubs by builders.
More abundant paper: De-
mand for paper and pulp is
leveling off and the increase in
paper mill facilities will pro-
vide ample newsprint for some
time to come. However, rises
in pay may tend to shove prices
up slightly.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

A new page goes into the air.
line history books this week un-
der "P" for Progress"
Yet year-end reports from the
d ON tic and international
scene re-emphasize that prog
ress isn't like it used to be.
American Airlines, by weeks
end. will have become the first
airline in the world to have car
ried 100 million passengers. The
records, going back 35 years, in
dicate the 100 millionth will
board one of Americans $50
daily flights between Christmas
and the New Year.
Here is progress In a nutshell.
1t took more than a decade to
fly the first million. Then it
required only 2.5 years to fly
the second million. In 1855
American became the first air.
line in the world to have flown
so million passengers.
Because Of the compleXity of
reservations systems, 1t is al
most impossible to determine
the actual 100 millionth passen-
ger, but American has selected,
as a symbol, pioneer airman
Gen. Jimmy DoOlittle.
But for all the undeniable
progress, the cash registers
can't seem to keep pace.
The year-end statement OF
Sir william p. Hildred, direc-
tor-general of the International
Air Transport Association, says
world air transportation in the
last IL months has faltered in
its normal rhythm of growth:
Whilst cargo carryings have
met the expectations of a year
ago. the overall increase of
about 6 per cent in the number
of passengers carried in 1861
over 1860 has fallen short of
what is normally expected of
this dynamic activity"
The domestic big trunk car
riers have announced they lost
$50 million during this year
an all-time record.
The International Civil Ayia-
tion Organization says air traf-
fic in 1861 reached the highest
peak in history, but the rate of
growth slackened.
Both organizations expect a
gradual build-up for 1862.
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One of the few bright hori-
IONS which Air Transport Asso-
citation President Stuart G.. Tip
ton could see by years end were
the prospects for helicopter air
lines.
Helicopter traffic has in
creased by more than 40 per
cent each year since 1853 and
for 1862 promises even better
things, Mr.. Upton believes.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Hodges Will Speak
At Bridge Opening

Secretary of Conn merce e
Hodges will speak tomorrow at
the dedicatory ceremony mark
ing the opening of the SIS
million Woodrow Wilson Me-
mortal Bridge.
The ceremony will be held at
2 pm. at the center of the new
Potomac River span which
links Jones Point in Alexandria
to the OXon Hill area of Prince
Georges County.
Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce officials today announced
that Francis Bowes Sayre, a
son-in-law of the late President
Wilson and a retired Harvard
Law School professor, will
unveil a memorial plaque dur
ing the program.
Mr.. Sayre agreed to substitute
at the plaque unveiling for Mrs
Woodrow Wilson, who has beer
stricken with a respiratory
ailment. The late Presidents
Evening star., 1961-12-27
BY ELMER ROESSNER

Here are some look -aheads
in business. based on analysis
of trends now developing:
New discount tactics: De-
partment store price competi-
tion is trimming discount
houses advantage, but dis
counters have a new potential
advantage. Not being tied to
locations as many department
stores are. many are plan
ming to switch to mail-order
diScounting. Operating from
low-rent, low-taxed warehouses
outside of metropolitan areas
often free from sales taxes
1862 diScounters will try 10 un-
dersell department, appliance
and other discount stores.
More capital outlays: Ex-
penditures for plant and equip
ment will rise during the early
part of 1862. Production ex-
panSe, tooling up for increases
in defense orders and replace
ment of antiquated equipment
will increase capital spending
by 6 or more per cent.
No dollar rivalry: For many
years Canadians have snick-
cred because the American dol
lar was worth less than theirs
Now the Canadian dollar is
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Central High
AIumniHonor
5 Members

Five WashingtonianS were
honored last night by the
alumni of Central High School.
More than 200 persons at
tended the SD annual reunion
held at the Shoreham Hotel.
Certificates of Distinction
were presented to Miriam Ot-
tenberg. a Pulitzer-Prize win
ming reporter for The Star,
class of 81. and four men
named to the honor by their
former classmates and faculty
members of the school.
Those honored and the year
of their graduations included
Edward r. Carr. 1915. area
b uilder and civic leader:
Charles E. Phillips, 1920, presi-
dent of the Equitable Life In
surance Co.; Judge Ralph G..
Shure. 1923. of Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, and
Morton H. Wilmer. 1926, promi-
nent lawyer and civic leader.
The awards were presented
by Walton E. Shipley, this
years president of the schools
alumni association.
Central High School was or
ganized in separate girls and
boys schools in 1876 and 1877.
In 1882. when the school was
located at Seventh and o
streets NV. the classes united
as the Washington High School.
A later Central High School
was located at Thirteenth and
Clifton streets NV, from 1916
to 1850. when the name was
changed to the present Cardozo
High School.
However, the Central Alumni
Association has held an un-
broken series of annual re-
unions since 1909.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
TRADE
WINDS
BY LOU SCHNEIDER

Well aware of the ANTITRUST
ness reputation of his admin
lStration. President Kennedy is
on the move to WOO business
management. He needs that
cooperation to keep the eco
nomic recovery rolling.
Not only did Treasury Secre-
tary Douglas Dillon assume a
neutral" stand on the bill in
Congress for legislation to pro-
vide tax relief for stockholders
in the Dupont-General Motors
situation, but the President
himself may address the
United States Chamber of
Commerce annual meeting next
spring - which he openly
sighted last spring.
And his brother, Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy,
has made it public that he is
not anti-business: that he is
pro-consumer when he takes
action against price fixing and
mergers. And obviously speak
ing for the President, he said:
The administration recognizes
the Importance of profits and
the Importance of a healthy
business climate"
Moreover. to establish better
relations with business man
agement, the President will
send top-level Administration
men to attend the October 90
% meeting Of the new Business
Council. 1t is even hinted that
the President himself may
show at the session.
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The Small Business Admin
istration stands ready to lend
money to rebuild stores or
business damaged by a hurri-
cane or any disaster storms.
The interest rate is 3 per cent
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Metal Plants
PIon Major
'62 OutIoys

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (AP).-
Capital spending by the metal
working industry will climb in
early 1862, Iron Age reported.
The metalworking weekly re-
ported on a survey that showed
allocations for new plant and
equipment rose to $787 million
in the July-September quarter,
a 16 per cent gain from April
June.
Actual expenditures usually
followed appropriations by
three to nine months.
The survey. conducted by the
National Industrial Conference
Board, listed primary metal
producers, makers of fabricated
metal products and electrical
machinery makers as leaders in
the uptrend.
Paced by the iron and steel
industry, primary metals pro-
ducers stepped up expenditure
plans by 60 per cent over the
second quarter.
Particularly encouraging, the
Iron Age said, was reversal of
a trend that over the past five
years has found third quarter
appropriations for capital out
lay running % per cent behind
the second.
Spending plans also were up
from the like period of 1860,
registering the first gain on a
year-to-year comparison basis
for any quarter since the first
of 1859.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Prince Georges County

Capital beltway - Bridge at
Baltimore Washington park
way. temporary detour; COM
pletion next fall.
Route 198-Via Talbot and
German avenues through Lau-
rel-Relocation of the single
lane road, with traffic slowupS;
completion next spring.
George Palmer highway -
District line one-half mile to-
ward Sheriff road Dualization
with some traffic delays; COM
pletion next spring.
Riggs rOad-District line to
University boulevard -Dualiza-
ton underway with traffic
slowups; completion next win
ter. @
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Fuirfux

Capital beltway-New con-
struction. grading, drainage
and bridge construction, some
paving, no traffic affected, to
be completed in portions over
the next two years.
Route 66-New construction
between Fairfax and Centre
vile, no traffic affected, no
completion date set.
Route 1-Southern boundary
of Observation-Disclosures OF
interchange with Capital Belt
way. the building of existing
bridge, detour around construc-
tion; portion connecting with
Woodrow Wilson Bridge to open
tomorrow, remaining portions
no completion date set.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

proved by the Federal Reserve
Board and other regulatory
authorities.
Under the proposal, First
Virginia Corp. has offered to
exchange 125 shares of its
Class A stock for each share of
Peoples Bank stock. The bank
has only 500 shares of $100 pei
value capital stock outstanding
and its capital account totaled
$305,074 on November 80.
Total resources of Peoples
Bank amounted to $2,928, ,252 at
the end Of November, while
combined assets of First Vir-
ginia's majority owned banks
aggregated about $98, ,432 900
Peoples Bank was founded in
1900 and is the cnly bank in
the Shenandoah Valley town of
Mount Jackson.
Peoples Bank will continue
under the same n anagement
and board of directors. No other
changes in personnel are con-
templated. Moreland H. Smith
is president, and other direc-
tors are Harold Burch, G. B.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

widow is seriously i'll. her physi-
clan reported last night.
William A. Moncure, president
of the Alexandria Chamber of
Commerce, will be master of
ceremonies. The Marine Band
will perform in a pre-dedication
program beginning at 1:30 pm.
After the ceremony. a motor
cade will carry visiting digni-
taries across the bridge to the
Indian Head highway and then
return to a parking area in
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

Hoffman, w. A. Marston, B. e.
Nelson and G. zerkel.
First Virginia owns a ma
jority of the capital stock of the
following institutions: Old
Dominion Bank of Arlington,
Old Dominion National of Fair
fax County, Annandale Ma
tional Bank of Manassas; the
Falls Church Bank and the
Purcellville National Bank. 1t
also is in the process of acquir-
ing the Richmond Bank g.
Trust Co. of Richmond, with
assets on November 80 of
around $3,8 million.
First Virginia is a registered
bank holding company and is
subject to regulation by the
Federal Reserve Board. 1t can
not acquire more than 5 per
cent of a banks stock without
first obtaining the Federal Re-
serve Boards approval. Its in
vestments are confined to own
ership of bank stocks. It does
not own a minority interest in
any bank or other company.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

for a period of up to 20 years
for replacing inventories, equip
ment, trucks, autos and so on.
Washington is seriou S ly
searching for additional rev.
enues to pay for the Kennedy
administrations increased
spending. 1t looks like another
boost in the Federal liquor tax
to help meet the budgetary def
icits. White House pressure for
that new tax rise, as much as
So a proof gallon, will come
early next year.
x X 4
Completion of one of the
most unreasonable hot sum-
mers on record will be reflected
in the sales and earnings re-
ports of soft drink companies.
Repeal of the special cigar
taxes in Michigan and New
York is significantly beneficial
to sales of cigar manufacture
erS.
Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Curfew Lacks Signal

MONCTON, N. B., Dec. 27
(AP).-Moncton has a 9 pm.
curfew for youngsters, but
Police Chief Elmer Sleeves
says he can't enforce it be-
cause there is no warning
signal. you can't expect chill
dren to look at clock" he
said.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
District

L street NV, Connecticut
avenue to Twentieth street =
Paving work. which follows in
stallation of a storm water
sewer line, is under way. The
job is expected to take one
month. Half of this L street
section will be kept open be-
tween Connecticut avenue and
Twentieth street for westbound
traffic only.
BaltimOre-WaShingtOn park
way, South Dakota avenue to-
the Kenilworth Interchange
Two lanes are being added to
help handle additional traffic
generated by the opening of
the final stretch of the John
Hanson highway; the median
strip on the parkway, current
ly four lanes, is being cut back
to provide space for the two
new lanes; traffic slowed but
not detoured by the project;
about so days to finish.
North Capitol street inter-
changes-Work under way on
two traffic underpass projects
that will carry Rhode Island
avenue and New York avenue
over North Capitol street; about
II months to complete; a new
one-way traffic routing system
in this area, along with some
other detours, is in effect.
Highway bridge connections
The road links between the
Washington Channel crossing
and the new George Mason
Bridge are under construction;
the grading and utility work on
the Virginia end of the south
bound Potomac River bridge
also is underway, the entire
project is scheduled for COM
pletion by mid-1962.
AnacOstia freeway inter-
change Work has started on
an interchange at Pennsylvania
avenue S. E.; will take about
IS months to complete; traf-
fic detoured around the site;
sections of the freeWay are un-
der construction.
Fourth street S. E. Work
has started on this new road
way, which will connect At
lantic street and Mississippi
avenue; two weeks to finish.
Inner Loop connections
Virginia, avenue between First
and Second streets S. w. closed
to- traffic for construction of
ramps to connect the South
west freeway with the Inner
Loops center leg; until this
center section is built, tenn
porary connections will be con-
structed to existing streets; this
job includes the rebuilding of
the elevated railroad structure
at Virginia avenue; the entire
project is to take about two
years to complete.
X street expressway - A
tunnel is being built under
Washington circle; the work of
relocating the utility lines is
completed; from Twenty-first
to Twenty-fifty street, the ex-
pressway will be lowered, with
overpasses at Twenty-second
and Twenty-fourt streets; the
entire eXpressway is to be
finished late next year; K
street now closed to traffic
from Twenty-first street to
Twenty-fifth street, with mo-
torists using detou"s.
Twelfth street NE, Rhode
Island avenue to Randolph
street - Utility work completed
Evening star., 1961-12-27

for a repaving job that is to be
finished in a few days.
Twelfth street freeway - A
tunnel being built beneath the
Mall is scheduled to be COM
pleted in two months; traffic
detoured.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

in conjunction with the bridge.
This section of the freeway
will carry traffic from the Dis
trict line to Chesapeake street
Sc. and will funnel vehicles on
to Overlook avenue and South
Capitol street.
This job is one of many high
way construction projects un-
der way or starting soon in the
Washington area. Others in
clude:
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Alexandra

Mt. Vernon Memorial park
way-National Airport to Me-
mortal Circle-Installation of
median strip, one lane of traffic
closed, modification Of traffic
circle, completion next summer.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
First Virginia Acquires
Bank at Mt. Jackson
BY DONALD b. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

The First Virginia Corp" rapidly bank holding
company OF Arlington has signed with directors
of the Peoples Bank at Mount Jackson for acquisition
at least 80 cent of the outstanding stock
ter institution.
The purchase through exchange stock must ap-
Evening star., 1961-12-27
AREA CONSTRUCTION
Woodrow Wilson
Bridge Opening Set

The Woodrow Wilson Bridge, linking Point in Alex
andra with the Oxon Hill of Prince Georges County will
be dedicated tomorrow.
plaque the memory of the World War President will
be unveiling at the dedication at pm.
The first section Of the Anacostia eeway will be opened
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Arlington

North Harrison street Lee
highway to North Twenty Sew
enth street-Reconstruction of
Evening star., 1961-12-27

existing street, some traffic de.
lay, completion next spring.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK (AP).
National ASsOcis-
tion Securities Deal.
erS, Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-04
Arlington Bond
Issue Endorsed
ByFederatiOn

The Arlington Civic Fedora
ton last night gave its support
to the proposed S6.5 million
bond issue which goes to county
voters in a November 7 refer
endum.
The fe deration. however,
withheld Endorsement of a
controversial school board pro-
.posal to end crowding at Drew
Kemper Elementary School by
adding % classrooms to the
l5-room all-Negro school.
Without specifying how the
job is to be done, the federation
simply approved issuance of
$750,000 in bonds to Improve"
Drew-Kemper School.
The group acted after James
q. Stockard. a school board
member, said the proposed en-
lsrgement is discriminatory on
its face"
The move, Mr.. Stockard said,
would boost Drew-Kemper en-
rollment to LOO pupils while
the countrywide average for
primary schools is $40 pupils.
But Mrs. Elizabeth P. Camp