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Evening star., 1961-07-27
Two Tenants
Save S in
Blaze Here

The Greenleaf Garden
Apartments at 1900 Delaware
avenue S.W. had more than its
share of heroes during an
apartment fire early today.
Police credit two tenants
with saving the lives of a 26-
year-old man and his four
children. all of whom were
asleep in a sixth-floor apart
ment filled with smoke. They
also credit a fire captain with
saving the life of one of the
heroes who collapsed, appar-
enly from smoke and exhaus-
ton.
Fourth precinct police gave
this version of the incident:
Aubrey B. womack, 25, who
lives in a third-floor apart
ment, and Benjamin Ben
naugh, also 25, who lives on the
sixth floor, both smelled smoke
at about l am. They traced
it and arrived at about the
same time at the apartment
of Robert B. Garner, 26.
Unable to rouse the occu-
pants, Mr.. Womack and Mr..
Bennaugh kicked down the
door and rescued Mr.. Garner,
who was unconscious on a
smouldering mattress. Mr.. Gar
ner's four children also were
taken from the apartment.
After firemen arrived, Mr..
Womack went back to his
apartment and collapsed. Po-
lice Sergt. Emmett A. Sullivan
discovered him, found that he
had stopped breathing and
tried unsuccessfully to revive
him with artificial respiration.
Capt. James A. Costello of
Engine Company 13, then ar
rived at the apartment and
gave mouth-to-mouth resusci-
tation for more than a minute,
before Mr.. Womack reacted.
Mr.. Womack and Mr.. Ben
naugh were treated at Casualty
Hospital for smoke inhalation
and were released.
Mr.. Garner was charged with
setting a negligent fire.. and
posted $50 bond for appearance
in Municipal Court, August 10.
Damage to the Garner apart
ment was minor, police said.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
ANNAPOLIS HALTS
BLAcKTOPPING OF
BRICK STREETS

ANNAPOLIS (AP).-The
Street Committee of the
Annapolis City Council
late yesterday halted the
black-topping of Colonial
brick streets near the city's
waterfront after irate citi-
zens began complaining.
The repaving started yes
terday morning and quickly
stirred protests from mem
bers of Historic Annapolis,
Inc, and other residents.
The aldermen agreed that
one block of brick street,
which already was in the
process of being black
topped, would have to be
finished. They decreed
that any further changes
in brick streets would have
to be approved by the
Street Committee.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Fairfax Group
Backs Almond

The Fairfax Democratic Com
mittee has indorsed Virginia s
Gov. Almond for possible ap-
pointment as a Federal judge
In a resolution passed Tues
day night, the Fairfax Demo
Gratis lauded Gov. Almonds
long and devoted service to his
State and to the Nation in the
political, judicial, legislative
and executive posts he has Sc
ably held and in view OF
the urgent need for wise and
experienced public servants in
today's trying times"
Evening star., 1961-07-27

those from other areas" Mr.
Moss added.
Dubious About Results
He said he did not think the
proposed project was the an
swer to the housing problem in
Gum Springs and noted that
the supervisors would have tc
face the problem" in the
months to come.
The county's planning staff
and planning commission said
that much of the soil was poor
for building, that Sherwood
Hall lane was too narrow and
that the project would over
crowd the Drew Elementary
School.
Rutherford Day. attorney for
the applicant, said there was a
need for apartments in Gum
Springs, that many of the
existing houses are dilapidated
and that rents for the project
were tailored to prices the area
residents were ilI;lling to pay,
Question on Demand
Board Chairman Anne Will
kins questioned Mr.. Day about
the demand for the apartments
and commented that she did
not think there were enough
people in Gum Springs who
could afford to rent the units
The project was designed to
attract tenants from the i'm
mediate vicinity. Mr.. Day said
He explained that the devel-
oper would correct the existing
drainage problem and would
build a wider road in front OF
the property.
Four persons from surround
ing subdivisions appeared in
opposition to the proposal,
which was turned down, 4-3
Mrs. Wilkins and Supervisors
James Keith. John Parrish anC
Mr.. Moss opposed the apart
ments.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
By PHIL THOMAS
Star Staff Writer


Eight convicted teen-age
robbers-members Of the lie
Droit Park Ramblers" gang
have become the center of a
dispute over sentencing meth
DDS between sthe Federal Bu-
reau of Prisons and five Dis
trict Court judges.
The controversy will come
to a head tomorrow as Earl
Tatum, 18. of the 1900 block of
Fifth street NV. seeks to set
aside his three-to-nine year
jail sentence on grounds that
it's illegal.
Tatum was sentenced by
District Court Judge Richmond
B. Keech under the Federal
Youth Corrections Act, adopted
by Congress several years ago
to set up special correctional
procedures for young offenders
in an effort to segregate them
from adult Federal prison in
mates and provide better re-
habilitation methods.
However, Judge Keech, while
sending Tatum to one of the
YEA institutions, also invoked
another law-the Districts In
determinate Sentence Act,
adopted by Congress in the
1930's.
Limits Release
This provides for both a
minimum and maximum sent
ence, insuring that Tatum
can't be released before he
serves three years, with a pos
sible maximum of nine years
in jail.
However, on its face, this
contradicts the YEA Act, which
leaves to the discretion of the
Bureau of Prisons how soon
Tatum might be released. This
could be conceivably within a
few days or months after his
commitment.
James v. Bennett, director of
the Prisons Bureau, feels that
Tatum. plus seven other LIE
Droit RamblerS sentenced by
the five District Court judges
to similar terms, must come
under the YEA Act exclusively.
He said yesterday that the
District is the only Federal
jurisdiction which may pro-
vide a minimum sentence for
convicted Federal offenders.
And he pointed out that part
of the YEA Act provides only
that sentencing judges can set
a maximum sentence, leaving
the minimum to the Bureau of
Prisons.
Holds YEA Controlling
In Mr.. BENEFITS mind, the
YEA is controlling, and he i'm
piled yesterday that he has
little or no inclination to re-
Spect the minimum sentence
handed down in the cases of
the eight convicted "Ramblers."
What are the judges going
to do, if we feel that any of
these boys are fit subjects for
release before the minimum
time has expired-hold the Bu-
reau Of Prisons in contempt of
court?" Mr.. Bennett asked. &.
The view he takes has been
adopted by Alan Kay, a young
attorney with the Districts
Legal Aid Agency. assigned to
represent the penniless Tatum
in court.
And Mr.. Bennett has made
his views known to the Justice
Department, resulting in the
United States Attorneys office
here being prepared to press
those views at the hearing.
Presumably, Judge Keech and
his four fellow jurists involved
Evening star., 1961-07-27

mas oeen mltlated In the State
courts, however, challenging
the school closing.
He thus left to the States
highest court what he had ear
,lier called "the basic question
in the suit he is hearing. That
question is whether the county
was acting legally when it closed
its schools after a Federal court
deSegregation order had been
issued.
Judge Lewis indicated, how
ever, that he would rule on an
other key issue posed by Negro
5lawyers-whether the county's
private school for white chill
dren is a segregated school op-
eerating with public funds in
violation of the Federal Consti-
tuition.
Funds Cut Off
Prince Edward has been with
out public schools since 1859
when the board of supervisors
cut off school funds in the face
Of a desegregation order.
Judge Lewis statement that
he would not order the schools
reopened came at the end of
the third day of hearings on a
suit brought by Negro parents
who are trying to force reopen
ing of the schools.
During the hearing he spent
an hour in intensive question:
ing of S. w. Tucker, one of
three lawyers representing the
Negro parents.
Mr.. Tucker argued that the
State is obligated to reopen the
schools because it operates
schools everywhere else in the
State. The State, he said, is
denying the county's Negro
children "a benefit available to
every other child in the State"
Closing in Doubt
Several times during Mr..
fuckers final arguments Judge
Lewis asked him to tell him
more specifically why the
school closure was in violation
of the Federal Constitution, but
indicated at the end of the
questioning that he was un-
convinced.
He told Mr.. Tucker finally
that the question should be
decided in State courts since
the Virginia constitution re-
quires the State to maintain
public schools.
He said he had certain
doubts" whether the county has
the right to close public schools
under the State constitution.
Later he said to Mr.. Tucker:
why you don't file a suit
Tin the State courts I'll never
know"
~ Judge Lewis was also clearly
'skeptical concerning the coun-
ty's contention that tuition
grants to children and tax
credits to private school con-
tributors were not a form of
public aid to the school. In
his questions he was more criti-
cal Of the tax credits than of
the tuition grants.
y The board of supervisors has
authorized payments Of 500 to
children attending the private
school. White children in the
county have accepted the pay
ments, but some 1900 Negro
children have refused to apply
for them.
The supervisors have also
adopted an ordinance allowing
contributors to the school to
deduct donations from their
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Hearing Is Set

RICHMOND, July 81 (AP).-
An August % date is set for a
hustings court hearing on the
demand of a General Assembly
investigative committee for
records of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement
of Colored People and its af-
filiates.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Jud ge Won'tDecide
On School Opening
By JOHN LAWSON
Star Staff Writer

8 RICHMOND Va, July 27Federa District Judge Oren R.
Lewis said here yesterday he would Prince Edward
County to reopen its schools
If such order is issued at ALL he said it would have to
come from the State Supreme Court of Appeals No litigation
Evening star., 1961-07-27

tax bills up to Is per cent Of
the bill.
Sees County Paying
IF the county rebates IS per
cent when a donation is made
and makes no rebate when you
don't contribute, isn't that
some kind of public assist
ance?" he asked the school
board counsel Collins Denny, jr
In effect" Judge Lewis con-
tinued, "the county is paying
Is per cent of the tax"
Negro lawyers have argued
that the tuition payments and
tax credits amount to public
support for a segregated school
in violation of the 1854 Su-
preme Court desegregation rul-
ing.
AS to whether the school is
segregated, Judge Lewis said he
had no doubts they were open
solely to white children.
While Judge Lewis said he
would not enter an order for
the reopening of the schools,
he made it clear he would not
permit the courts 1860 de-
segregation order to be evaded.
I'm don't think it was con-
templated in that order" he
said, that the county would be
encouraged to set up by artifice
what it couldn't do directly"
Commenting on the ordi-
nances permitting tax credits
and tuition grants, Judge Lewis
said:
If the evidence satisfies me
and I'm not saying it has
that the board of supervisors
passed those two laws with the
purpose of thwarting the order
of this court, I'd have no choice
but to declare them unconsti-
tutional."
Denies Evasion
Mr.. Denney denied claims by
Negro lawyers that the schools
were closed to Illustrate the
court order. Prince Edward is
no longer segregating school
children, he said, since it does
not operate public schools.
The county is not evading
the Supreme Courts ruling, he
said. 1--WE have sought a way of
life within the decision"
But even if the county is
found to have contributed funds
to a segregated school, he ar
gued, the action is not illegal.
Final arguments are expected
to be completed today. Judge
Lewis told attorneys yesterday
he would make his ruling before
the opening of the September
school term.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
Annapolis, SX hours: Bloody Point
Light. AZ hours, Colonial Beach, 8
Island, 61a hours; Point Lookout, Gh
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun, today 6:O4 am. S:24 pm.
Sun, tomorrow 6:04 am. S:24 pm.
Moon, today S:2Op.m 544 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

Showers
and from Mid and Lower Mississippi Valley into the Tennessee
Valley and the CarOnaS will the Northern
Plateau will be cooler the Northern Plains and the Pacific
z west-AP Wirephoto Map 4
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Resorts Areas Tomorrow

Resorts Areas Tomorrow
Ocean Beaches-Mostly sunny. pleas
ant, high, SO to SO.
Cape Hatteras-Partly cloudy. high
near S5.
Skyline Drive-Mostly sunny, pleas
ant, high, "A to 80. Visibility good
except some morning fog.
Water Temperatures
Annapolis, SIS: Atlantic City. 70;
Ocean City, Md, 81; Rehoboth Beach,
81: Virginia Beach. rs. (Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Evening star., 1961-07-27

heCUTu Temperatures TOT the Year
Highest "a, on July %.
Lowest, 4. on February 2.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic SurVeyl
Evening star., 1961-07-27

those from other areas" Mr.
Moss added
Evening star., 1961-03-05

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Evening star., 1961-03-05
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

KENW0OD GARDEN CLUB, Monday,
10 am. kenwood Country Club, Mrs
Gilbert Parr presiding. After business
ment win show a - film. The sirds
CAESvERT MANOR GARDEN CLUB,
Monday. 7:45 PM, home Of Mrs.
Horace Thompson on Fort Trail. Wilbur
Star. "seedlings and Soil"
FOREST GLEN GARDEN CLUB,
Monday, PM, home of Mrs. William
W, Oyerton, ga South Illinois street,
Arlington. Co-hostesses, Mrs. Elizabeth
Arlene Brown. J. Morton Franklin,
BRooK1YN GARDEN WORKSHOP,
Monday, s pm, home Of Mrs. Agnes
McCallum, 3006 Seventeenth street NE.
BRING materials for flower arrange
CLEVELAND PARK GARDEN CLUB,
Monday S.ond 9 pm; Cleveland Park Ii;
prssdsnt Of tSe na NstiOnsi wiS s bsfiod tfSf
Society and Is active in the North
American Lily Society. He is q member
Of the board of the National Daylily
soCiETY OF LITTLE GARDENS of
Foxhall Village, Monday. s pm, home
Of Miss Barbara Gibbs, Ass Reservoir
road NV TAX by DR.. Betty B. Bloom,
NEEDS OF small Gardens.
rns!d.L fALLs CHURCH o,Gt GARDEN nDES, CLUB; CLUB;
oas ttrs&et & SnnS DSals finn isShSS
Backyard Fruits" Bring flower ar
s1Sat PFsfsrT1Sy SnGer title Title
horticultural Specimens such as bulbs
and potted plants win be Judged and
VOC NSSsP9RaSSsaE 9aSsa GREEN THUMBS
GARDEN CLUB, Wednesday, s pm.
home Of Mrs. Edna oasparetti' 1908
ALTA VISTA GARDEN CLUB,
"Wednesday, 8 pm, st, Lukes Episcopal
CHURCH. TAX BY Mrs: Frederick Lang:
-, BRADBURY HEIGHTS GARDEN
place Sc, co.hastessess Mrs Clyde
Pezold, sr., and Mrs. Ruth Russell. Dis
cussion Of arrangements by the men,
PLEASANT PLAINS FLOWER CLUB.
THURSDAY; I4S pm; home Of Mrs: Mrs:
NV. Discussion: Preparing for spring,
cleanup. sanitation and spraying. Har-
sTCNY BRooR GARDEN CLUB of
home Of Mrs. H. x. Marks, SOP South
street; Falls h Church (JE; S.9S2i4l; r.:
ARRANGEMENTS BY Mrs. Georgia Steward,
teacher Of japanese flower arranging.
''S;tHSs SUNSET MANOR GARDEN CLUB.
Thursday, s pm, home Of Mrs. George
Swaney. 570g Danny's lane. Alexan-
Mrs. Juanita Wester. Hostesses, Mrs.
Chris Gonzales and Mrs. John g.
NATIONAL CAPITAL DAHLIA So
CIEIY. Thursday. s pm, Room 43.
J. Morton Franklin. winter Damage
to Garden Plants, and. Shrubs" Public
y tSs rs: chaTch and rs Ds:ii
garden clubs.
19:45 pm, OAK Crest Country ciu6,
annual birthday lunch and installation
Of officers. Hostessess in charge OF
decorating: Mrs. Norman Strebe, Mrs.
Herbert Thorne, Mrs. Lloyd Wineland.
New officers: President, Mrs. William
r. Pitts; vice president, Mrs. William
C, Weitzel: secretaries, Mrs. James
H. Mcfarland. Mrs. David NJ. Fraser;
treasurer, Mrs. James @. Stephanson:
librarian, Mrs. Theodore W. schwarz-
mann.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Stur's Readers to Select
Peoples Fuvorite Garden

You can take an active part
in the National Capital Flower
and Garden Show, Thursday
through March Is, at the Ar
mory.
You and the other readers
Of The Star will decide which
commercial garden is "the
peoples favorite."
In addition, you will be given
q chance to win q prize. For.
to The Star reader who gives
the best reasons for his selec-
tion-regardleSs of whether or
not his choice is the judges
choice-there will go q first
prize Of $l00 in merchandise.
The Star reader whose rea-
sons are considered second best
will receive SIS in merchandise,
Evening star., 1961-03-05

and the third best $50 in mer-
chandise.
So, be sure to enter The
Stars 1.-THE Peoples Favorite
Garden" contest. Fill in the
coupon below and drop it into
the special ballot box provided
for you at The Stars booth at
the show. Be sure to write
clearly and state your reasons
in 10 words or less.
If you should misplace the
coupon in today's Star, you may
get others at The Stars booth
at the Armory. So be sure to
carefully look over the CONNER
cial gardens at the show and
to vote for the one you think
is the best. Your vote may win
you 500.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Duhlio Society
To Heur Franklin

National Capital Dahlia
will hear a talk on win
ter damage to plants by j. Nor
ton Franklin Thursday evening
at 8 O'Clock in the Natural His
tory Building, Tenth street and
Constitution avenue NV.
Dahlia roots will be sold to
members and guests.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Garden Chores for Week

Now that the cover has melted away 1t is time
to start pruning the harder trees and shrubs Seal the
larger cuts with tree dressing to prevent the entry Of rot
1t is not too early to apply fertilizer to the lawn
Test the soil before applying lime that the needs win
be known
Whenever the temperatures above freezing and
likely to remain for "a hours dormant spray
may applied to the decduous trees and shrubs for the
control of scale insects
The leaf variety Of the Japanese holly should
be used often shrubs and hedge paintings since
it does not suffer winter burn-YOUNGNGAN.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Seminar to Hear
Talk on Trees

Trees for All Purposes" will
be the topic of a talk by C. L.
Morrin, assistant State forester
of the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Tuesday eve
ming at 7:45 o'clock at the Lee
High School in Springfield, Va.
The public is invited.
This is one of q series Of
Tuesday seminars by the Sew
enth Annual Garden Institute
Of Northern Virginia.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
SOLVE ; LAWN PROBLEM
IN ONE AFTERNOON

Worried obou crobgross2 Lawn Bore spots probe2 Yo
can oke Of all three problems only one afternoon with Scots
hep HosD ereotes invisible borer soils surface that kills
eobso o sprouts Y lets good gross sprou vnhomed 50 YOU con
SOW operehno weedee Scots the same doy NoubnDo
U1 BWderD supplies oil the nutrition and established gross needs
'o' heohy grown promotes thick soine lawn poor
SOIL Enjoy nicer lawn this by preporinq for this week eodI
Evening star., 1961-03-05

Notice: Emploges Of The Star their family members
TEs StGrs GdTsrtlstng agency as wen e members q e
ne 6est garden !" show but not eligible for prize
Evening star., 1961-12-02

not broke after his recent ex
penSive divorce.
Evening star., 1961-12-02
HOLLYWOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
1t Had to Be Business

not broke after his recent ex-
pensive divorce.
4
John Raitt is interested In
starring in Franklin Lacey's
revue. Summer Love-" And
Claudio Guzman would like to
direct it.
Saddest little man in New
York is Hollywood'S George
GObel, whose Let it Ride
musical closes next Saturday. ]
didn't like this show the first
time around when it was titled
Three Men on a Horse"
William Holden will be offered
the lead in the Andy J. Russell
Sgd Zelinka screen satire on
"Coronary Suburbia."
I was pleased at the reaction
to Carol Lawrence in the movie
version of View From the
Bridge" especially that critics
are now hailing her as a sensa-
tional new star. have always
maintained it was a crime that
Carol was not allowed to repeat
her West Side Story" stage
role when it was made into a
movie. Natalie Wood was good
but Carol would have been
superb.
Evening star., 1961-12-02
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Times of Showing

Stage
National Theater-"A Thur
ber Carnival; 2 and $3.50 pm
Arena - THE American
Dream" and What Shall We
Tell Caroline" 2::30 and $40
pm.
Catholic University-Shake-
speare's "Coriolanus";; $3.50 pm
Screen
AmbassadOr-"Blue Hawaii;
lao, 3:45, 5:55, 8 and 10 pm,
Apex-"From A Roman Bal
cony"; 6, 1855 and 9:55 pm.
CapitOl-"Bachelor in Para
disc; 1880 am, 1870, $3.50,
$50. 7:30, $50 and 1880 pm
Dupont-"Shadows";; /, 2:40
4:25, 6:10, 8, 9:45 and 1885
pm.
Keith's-"X-15"; 11:15 am,
1:20, 1925. $50, 7:35, 9:45 and
1850 pm.
Macarthur THE Big
Money; 2, $3.50, sos, $40, $40
and $50 pm.
METROPOLITAN BLUE Ha-
waii"; 11:45 am, 1:50, $50,
$50, 7:55 and 10 pm.
Ontario-"Breakfast at Tif-
fany's": 1:25, $40, $50, 8 and
l0:l5 pm.
Palace "Comancheros";;
1850, 1:50, $50, 5:45, 7:45,
$40 and 11:40 pm.
Playhouse Don Quixote
IL, 1:50. $3.50, 5:45, 7:45, 9:40
and l1:40 pm.
Plaza - Naked and the
Evening star., 1961-12-02
THE PASSING SHOW
This Farce May Ease
Your YuIe Vexotions
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic Of The Star

What with shopping gift idea vexations and the pre-
holiday traffic the next few weeks around here filled
the threat of wretchedness.
Well the Macarthur Theater has up with palliative
Its title is The Big Money and farce broad as the
area OF disagreement at the Geneva Abomb conference