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Evening star., 1961-06-02
Justice and Bus Driver
Fioht to Foirfox Draw

Reckless driving charges brought by Fairfax County
Justice public school bus driver against each
other were dismissed Fairfax County Court yesterday
Judge j. noted conflicting testimony and
commented dispute probably due IAN emotional
involvement"
The bus driver Mrs Helen Dean justice Ralph j.
Evening star., 1961-06-02
Federation Indorses
Foirfox Consolidation

Fairfax Countys plan to become city by merging with
the town of Clifton indorsed last night by the counys
Federation of Citizens Associations.
The federation resolution in favor of consolidation
passed almost unanimously significant because it is
Evening star., 1961-06-02

Madison High School of Vienna, Va. release
a 1O-fOOt, helium-filled balloon with pay
load of weather instruments. The instru-
mentS sent up yesterday from Bull Run
Mountain near Manassas were expected to
come down by parachute (shown below bal
loom in the Washington area after reaching
an altitude of 100000 feet where the balloon
is expected to burst.-PhOtO by Barry Henline
Evening star., 1961-06-19
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Evening star., 1961-02-19
3 Quickly Seized
After Robberyi in
Doctors Office

Two Of three men accused
Of robbing a doctor Of $56 in
his office yesterday were ap-
pretended by police within 80
minutes Of the incident. A
third man was arrested later
at his home.
Charged with robbery were
James Searles, 80, of the 1900
block Of Sixth street NV;
Leroy Robinson, %, Of the 1900
block Of T street NV, and
George L. Searles, SO, Of the
1900 block Of T street NV.
Police said the trio visited
the office Of DR.. Frank A. Tur-
ner, 81, Of the 100 block Of
Bryant street NV, requested
treatment for an imaginary all
ment, then seized the doctor
and took the money from his
wallet.
The doctors son in law,
Thomas Collier, "a, of the Bry-
ant street address, spotted the
three men hurrying away and
followed them in his car, po-
lice said. Mr.. Collier attracted
the attention of a police car
manned by Pvt. William Nolan
and Pvt. Raymond Henry, who
captured two suspects. The
third escaped. only to be picked
lup later.
Evening star., 1961-02-19

for settlement Of the con-
troversy, sources say, is under
scored by the steadily increasing
backlog Of cases at the youth
court which stood at 2,227 as
of the end of last month. The
backlog is also reported to be
increasing at the rate Of 100
per month.
Fiscal Program
Also requiring attention Of
another subcommittee is the
Districts financial program. II
asks Congress to raise four
taxes, vote a $36 million Federal
payment-$11 million more
than the city has ever received
and authorize additional bor-
rowing. Presumably, this SUBJ
committee will be headed by
Representative Smith, Demo-
crat Of Virginia.
The general delay in the
House has also been felt in the
House Appropriations Commit
tee which only last week begin
to review the Presidents bud
get.
A spokesman for the COM
mittee said last night hearings
on the District budget would
not be held this week, nor
could he say when they would
be held.
Hearings were expected to be-
gin last week on the Districts
50 million supplemental money
bill but these have been post.
poned as well.
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/ in the States. The committee
is nonpartisan and seeks aid
primarily from such groups as
the League Of Women Voters,
chambers Of commerce and
other service, business and pro-
fessional groups.
Timothy May, a lawyer, CO.
ordinates the groups efforts.
A fund drive has been or
ganized by Edward j. Clarke,
chairman Of the finance COM
mittee.
Nearby, in the Ring Build
ing, Sturgis Warner, volunteer
counsel for the committee,
works for both Democratic
Central Committee Chairman
John Kenney and Republican
State Committee Chairman
Carl Shipley.
Since ratification is viewed
as q political task, 1t is to Mr..
Warner that strategy, timing
Evening star., 1961-02-19

OF the full committee TO eStan-
lish four, possibly five. sub
committees to handle District
legislation. Proposed bills range
from home rule legislation to a
bill which would require dogs to
be leaShed.
Six New Members
The chairman said he would
ask committee approval to
number subcommittee instead
Of designating them by general
areas of legislation. He ex-
planned this enables him to di-
rect legislation for study and
hearings to subcommittee
which are not begged down in
other business. He followed
this practice during the last
session of Congress.
To be assigned are five Dem
ocratS and one Republican,
all new members Of the COM
mittee. The Democrats are
Representatives Cohelan Of Cal
ifornia, Burke Of Kentucky,
Huddleston Of Alabama, st.
Germain Of Rhode Island and
Whitener Of North Carolina.
The Republican is Representa-
tive Matthias of Maryland. One
Republican position is still va
cant.
One subcommittee can be
expected to act promptly on
Legislation which could become
the most controversial Of the
session - the Juvenile Court
bill.
Representative James c. Da-
Wis Of Georgia is expected to
head the group which last De-
cember directed the drafting Of
legislation which would draS-
tically reorganize the court.
Technically, this Subcorn-
mittee died. But all Of its for
mer members, save one, for
mer Representative Harmon Of
Indiana, are back on the full
committee.
Mr.. Davis said last night the
bill is practically drafted and
will come before his subcom-
mittee If he is chosen again as
chairman.
Provisions Listed
Major provisions IN the
proposal would remove the au-
tonomy Of Juvenile Court by
placing it within the supervi-
sion OF Municipal Court. It
would authorize the appoint
ment of one more Municipal
Court Judge and allow any
Judge Of Municipal Court to sit
in on juvenile cases If neces-
sary. Also, the age limit Of
teen-agers sent to Juvenile
Court would be reduced from
10 to 16.
Meanwhile. the District Com
missioners have again submit
ted their proposal for two more
Juvenile Court judges and Sen
ator Bible has introduced it.
Refusal of the House District
Committee to approve the
judgeship bill in the past, has
led to speculation that the
Senate may be willing to accept
at least some of the Davis sub
committees proposals. The nee
Evening star., 1961-02-19

the amendment through the
State houses. But no ratifica-
tions, except the first two
Hawaii and Massachusetts
probably would have occurred
without, the quiet, careful as
sistance Of voteless Washing
ton citizens themselves.
The job has brought to-
gether Democrats and Republi-
cans, Senators and Congress
men, friends, relatives and even
next-door neighbors of State
lawmakers. Their efforts con-
stitute one. Of the most un-
usual phenomena Of Washing
tons political history.
The central committee is set
up in a three-room, second
floor office at 1918 Connecti-
cut avenue. Files are kept
there. Volunteers from both
political parties come in to
help make the right contacts
Evening star., 1961-02-19
Democrats Elect
In Prince Georges

The Citizens Democratic
Club Of Prince Georges County
has elected Marshal Robins
president.
other new officers are
Thomas Yewell, first vice pres
ident; Walter Bogley, second
vice president. w. E. Piersma,
third vice president: William
G. Goodman, fourth vice pres
ident: Mrs. Ethel Gedon,
treasurer; Mrs. Ada Koonce.
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Margaret Byrd, recording Sec
retary. and Russell Hogin. ser-
geant-at-armS.
Evening star., 1961-02-19

and contact problems are taken
He has divided States among
an unpaid task force consist
ing of private citizens. Robert
Eichholz, Michael A. Schuchat
Robert Basseches, Mrs. Sue
German, Alan Wurtzel, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lyell Ritchie and Susan
D. Medalie.
Each member OF this behind
the-scenes team checks on
progress in from four to eight
States.
Formal contacts with legisla-
lures began when the Library
Of Congress, under a directive
from Senator Keating, Repub-
lican of New York, uueried Sec
retaries of State about proper
procedures for amendment
passage.
With this material in the
central files. Robert E. Nc
Laughlin. president Of the
Evening star., 1961-02-19
Vote Ratification at Halfway Mark ndorsed by 20 States

And the Arizona Senate has
recommended passage. The
principle Of the vote is sup
ported alike by Senator Gold
water, Republican Of Arizona,
and his political foe, the Lib
eral Democratic Secretary Of
the Interior, Stewart Udall.
In 10 States bordering the
South, the Great Lakes and the
Eastern Seaboard. the amend
ment has moved through at
least one House Of the Legis-
lature. Senates have passed
suffrage resolutions in New
Hampshire. Oklahoma, Ten
nessee. Wisconsin, Delaware
and Michigan as wen as Ari-
zona. The lower Houses Of In
diana and Pennsylvania have
acted first.
II the amendment can make
its way through one more
house in each Of these "half-
way" States, then only eight
more legislative ratifications
would be needed to give Wash
ington residents their first ma
tional vote in the history Of
the Nations Capital.
The crucial eight probably
would have to come from these
13 State: Kansas, North Da-
kota, Rhode Island, Texas,
North Carolina, Connecticut.
Missouri, Florida, Illinois. Iowa,
Nebraska, Ohio and Vermont.
Suffrage supporters are not
giving up in Georgia and Ar
kansas, however. The Arkansas
lower house has rejected the
amendment, and the reasoning
is that, with more information,
the upper house might reverse
the decision. Members Of the
ordinating committee are
divided over how and, at this
point, whether to pursue con-
facts in these two States.
Deep South Bypassed
There is general agreement
that little interest could be
aroused in Louisiana. Alabama
and South Carolina. Virginia,
Kentucky and Mississippi are
not in regular session this
year.
State leaders have taken
primary initiative in steering
Evening star., 1961-02-19

Board Of Commissioners, wrote
each Governor asking for
recommendation to the legis-
latures.
From William Press. Of the
Metropolitan Washington Board
Of Trade, went out letters to
chambers of commerce in every
State, soliciting support. Po-
litical chairmen Kenney and
Shipley pounded away at State
committees and key political
leaders in the legislatures.
Leagues of Women Voters
were alerted to the need for
informed support in each State.
Some 200 newspaper editors
and 300 broadcaSting stations
were sent background informa-
ton, from which editorials have
been written in the majority
of States. None have been un-
favorable.
Lists Of States in the order
Of their adjournment dates
were compiled. The first to go
out were the first to attract
concentrated attention from
local suffrage workers.
Details were not overlooked.
A few governors misplaced the
official communique from Con-
gress through the General
Services Administrator Of the
amendment transcript. Dupi-
Gates were forwarded.
One man has been assigned
to check regularly to see that
official notices of State rati-
fications are received from the
States by the GSA, which, in
turn, must report ratification
to Congress.
In State after State, unex-
Ipected contacts have helped
the amendment over tough
spots. For example:
IN WYOMING-Mary Bru-
ner, secretary to Republican
Chairman Shipley. and a ma
tive of the State, called her
brother, who heads a State
newspaper association, and
helped bring Mr.. Shipley into
contact with influential legis-
lative leaders and newspaper
men. There, an unfavorable
Senate committee report was
reversed by almost unanimous
approval Of the amendment in
both houses.
Evening star., 1961-02-19
INFECTION
Tooth Filling
Blamed in
Rare Deaths
By CHARLES G. BROOKS
star Staff Writer

It can mean death If you &c
to the dentist when you have @
congenital heart defect or
history Of rheumatic fever ano
fail to tell him about it.
For the first time, the filling
Iof cavities and cleaning oi
teeth have been implicated ir
the sometimes fatal heart in
lection known as bacterial en-.
docarditiS when these heart
conditions exist.
And yet, deaths and serious
illnesses all over the country
can be prevented, DR.. w. Proc
tor Harvey, director Of the d.
vision Of cardiology and asso.
ciate professor Of medicine al
the Georgetown University
School of Medicine, declared
He presented his findings tt
the annual meeting Of the Vir.
ginia section Of the American
College Of Physicians at the
Charter House Motel in Alex.
andria yesterday.
Georgetown Study
A 22-month study at George
town recently for the first time
implicated cavity filling anc
scaling Of teeth as villains ir
heart infection. Five patients
three Of whom have died, were
shown to have contacted bac.
terial endocarditis as a result
They all suffered heart defects
or a rheumatic fever condition
It can be prevented. AL the
patient has to do is tell the
dentist, who win take prevent
i've action such as the injection
Of penicillin or another modern
antibiotic.
The researcher said bacteria
endocarditis Is not q thing seer
by hospitals every week, but HI
added 1t is not at all uncom.
mon with persons born with
congenital heart defects o.
who contact rheumatic fever
Process Explained
When q tooth is pulled. 9
cavity remains and bacteriS
from the mouth can make theil
way into the blood stream. Thil
has long been known. The bac'
terra go through the heart. 1
the heart is normal they gen
orally continue on.
But, II the heart valves havt
been damaged by @ defect Of
by rheumatic fever. the bac.
terra may be caught and repro.
duce to eat through the tissue
causing illness and even death
Now, the simple acts Of fill.
ing cavities In the teeth o.
scaling the teeth to clean then
have been involved. When 9
dentist one way or the othel
causes bleeding there is the
possibility Of dangerous bac.
terra getting into the blood
stream and eventually settling
in the heart.
Antibiotic prevention may
well be used, he said, in other
cases where a similar situation
exists. The expectant mother,
whose blood vessels burst dur
ing birth, may need a pre-
ventive dose Of antibiotics.
Evening star., 1961-02-19
By GRACE BASSETT
Star staff Writer

Ne@
State ratifications Of the con.
stitutional amendment to free
Washington citizens to vote fol
President and Vice President
passed the halfway mark thil
week.
Twenty States have indorset
the vote reform.
Eighteen more must act K
make the proposed amendment
the law Of the land.
Adoption demands favorable
action from all but nine oi
the ~ State legislatures which
are In session in 1861 but have
not approved the proposal yet
Still q Fight
Suffrage supporters see the
route to final ratification a
uphill from this significant
crest. While progress to date Il
no guarantee for success, failure
to have won half the needed
notifications by now would have
Signaled defeat. spokeSmen fol
a co-ordinating Citizens Com.
mittee for a Presidential Vote
believe.
They are not discouraged
But they have been educated
by 20 States to different pres.
sures, procedures and politics
exacting respect in each legis-
lature considering an amend
ment to the constitution.
What the experience up to
now, has taught primarily Is
that each state Is an entity to
be dealt with according to in
fluences in that state. There
Is no blueprint for ratification.
Central and Southern States
appear to hold the key.
Approval is final, except for
some procedural steps. In Ha-
waii, Massachusetts,, New Jer-
sey, New York, California,
Oregon, Maryland. Maine, Min
nesota, Idaho, New Mexico,
Nevada. Montana, South Da-
kota, Colorado, Washington,
West Virginia, Wyoming. Alas
ka and Utah.
Action In Arizona
West in the Rockies, every
State but Arizona has ratified.
Evening star., 1961-02-19
The REAL FoccY BoTToM3
AStory of fWoiting, Hoping

flights to the West, but It's last
try failed. At l pm. 10 people
boarded q Super @ Constellation
for st. Louis and the West
but after q long lunch, they had
to disembark at 3:45 because
Of the weather.
These included 20 girls and
five chaperones from Christian
College in st. Louis. They had
been on o one-week tour of
Washington. New York and
williamsburg. Va.
One family that was de-
Evening star., 1961-02-19

IN UTAH-Dr. Mark Bur-
ton, past president Of tbs
Washington Kiwanis Club.
wrote Gov. George D. Clyde,
who was a former next-door
neighbor. So did members Of
the Utah congressional dele
cation and local political lead
ers. and the Governor recon-
mended passage to his legis-
lature.
IN INDIANA-Gov. Matthew
E. Welsh assured District COM
missioner Mclaughlin, a for
mer State resident, that If the
amendment were adopted, IT
will sign same"
Birch E. Bayh, director Of
health, physical education and
athletics in the District schools,
called the committee to ask that
a suffrage brochure be sent to
his son-the minority leader
of the lower houses. The son
introduced the resolution, after
acknowledging a personal let
ter from Velma Koontz, assist
ant committee secretary, who
talked with his father.
IN ARIZONA-Mrs. George
Dixon, wife of the newspaper
columnist and civic worker.
called key state leaders Her
father. Senator Chavez, Demo-
crat Of New Mexico, was help
full in gaining swift ratification
in New Mexico, and continued
to work for the amendment in
Arizona.
Secretary of the Interior
Udall wrote District Demo-
cratic Chief Kenney, II am
writing leaders of our State
legislature myself to urge their
support"
IN RHODE ISLAND-Fresh-
man Senator Claiborne Pell,
Democrat of Rhode Island, sug-
gested key contacts in his leg
iSlature. Mrs. Barbara Luther,
Of the District Association Of
Mental Health, turned out to
be an old friend of state
leaders.
Evening star., 1961-02-19

-termined to stick It out, how
ever, was Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Knauer, and their S-month-old
son Kevin. Of Temple Trailer
Village, Alexandria. They had
missed q 8 am. flight to Miami,
and were hoping National
would have room for them
when the soup" lifted.
When asked why he was
taking 1t all so calmly. Mr..
Knauer said II work for the
airlines. I'm Q mechanic for
Allegheny"
Evening star., 1961-02-19
New Studies
BackKeeping
0fOId Bridge
City Needs Ponder
Future Stutus of
l4th Street Span
By SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

New engineering studies point
to an indefinite reprieve for the
old Fourteenth Street Bridge,
officials reported yesterday.
The 60-year-old span was to
be torn down when the George
Mason Bridge. under con-
|Struction 80 feet upstream,
opens next year.
If the old, southbound span
stays. it probably will be
opened only during rush hours
on a reversed one-way opera
ton.
City highway officials en-
phasized that the plan still has
some hurdles to clear. 1t has
not yet been Endorsed by the
Army Corps Of Engineers, the
Federal Bureau Of Public Roads
and the National Park Service.
Aitken Changes View
But, after a new study, Har-
old L. Aitken, District highway
director. has decided that II
would be feasible to keep the
old bridge in operation. Mr.
Aitken studied the idea Of not
scrapping the bridge more than
Ia year ago and rejected 1t.
Based on Mr.. Aitken's new
recommendation, Engineer
Commissioner Frederick j
Clarke noted that q Corps oi
Engineers to authorize reten-
ton Of the span.
In q letter to Col. ]. q.
Allen, District Engineer, Gen.
Clarke noted that q Corp OF
Engineers stipulation in its
agreement for construction OF
the George Mason Bridge was
that the old span be removed.
Gen. Clarke. In his request
that the bridge-scrapping re-
quirement be lifted, said:
"As you know, the peak hour
traffic demand will not be fully
satisfied when the new span il
completed II the old span il
taken out Of service as now
contemplated.
Gas O result, District officials
have been considering the de-
sirability Of retaining the old
span for an extended period in
order to provide the additional
neeed traffic capacity. There
are. Of course, objections to
such a proposition. but the di.
rector Of highways and traffic
(Mr. Aitken). after detailed
study, believes that the reten-
ton Of the bridge is feasible.
Plan Explained
Mr.. Aitken explained that
under present plans, one oi
the bridges three lanes would
be blocked off when the spar
Is open during rush hours-in
bound in the morning and out.
bound IN the afternoon. HAVING
all three lanes in operation
would feed In too much traffic
for the approach roads to han
die, officials explained.
The Fourteenth street bridges
and approaches now are the
rush-hour scene for one Of the
city'S worst traffic snarls. The
George Mason Bridge and Its
inbound twinspan will be tied
in with the Southwest free
way-Washington channel cross
ing route, now under construc-
ton.
II the old bridge IL kept, Mr..
Aitken said. the only construc-
ton work required for the ap-
proach road connections will be
some additional paving.
Evening star., 1961-02-19
House DC. Group
Set to Start Work
Organization Meeting
Scheduled Tomorrow
By JOHN McKELWAY
star Staff Writer

The House District Committee will be organized tomorrow.
Chairman Mcmillan. Democrat Of South Carolina has set
the organzational meeting Of the committee for II after
almost months Of delay largely caused by the struggle
increasing the membership Of the House Rules Committee
Mcmillan said last night he would request permission