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Evening star., 1961-05-09
Niche Is Slated
AS U. S. Judqe

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
May 8 (AP).-Thomas j.
Niche Of Charlottesville will be
nominated as Federal district
judge for the Western district
of Virginia, a White House
spokesman told the Charlottes-
vile Daily Progress today.
Andrew T. Hatcher, assistant
presidential press secretary,
confirmed that President Ken
nedy has decided to nominate
the former Charlottesville
Mayor. The nomination will be
sent to the Senate later this
week, possibly Thursday, he
said.
Mr.. Niche, If confirmed by
the Senate, would succeed the
late Judge Roby C. Thomson.
Evening star., 1961-05-09

Mayor Charles M. HALEY and
Councilman Charles C. Seymour
cast the two dissenting votes
on the budget. They objected
to increasing taxes beyond the
minimum needed to balance
the budget.
The major increases voted
last night included funds for
expansion of public library
services and for hiring of a
full-time recreation director.
The school budget, which
will be finally approved by the
school board next Tuesday
night, provides for a 5000
teacher pay raise, funds for a
third guidance counselor at
George Mason High School, and
personnel to extend foreign Ian
guage instruction to the junior
high school grades.
During the public hearing on
the budget, the Falls Church
Taxpayers League urged the
council to postpone action on
the entire budget and the tax
rate.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Vending Machine Falls,
Boys Skull Fractured

A Silver Spring boy, found
yesterday beneath an over
turned soft drink vending ma
chine, remained in critical con-
dition today with a fractured
skull and broken right leg.
The injured boy is Stuart
West, IL, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley E. West of 704 Forest
Glen road.
The mishap occurred about
4:3O pm. at the Sligo Park
Golf Course, not far from the
boys home.
There was no immediate ex-
planation as to what caused
the 500-pound machine to top
pie over on the boy.
Stuart'S plight was discovered
by q trio Of golfers as they
approached the seventh tee,
just off the $500 block Of Dallas
avenue. They managed to re-
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Putuxent Pilot
Balls Out After
Engine Failure

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va, May
8 CAP).-A Navy test pilot
safely bailed out of a jet plane
yesterday shortly before it
crashed in swampy area five
miles north of this Eastern
Shore town.
The Navy identified the pilot
as 1t. Comdr. Peter Mongilardi,
jr., of Lexington Park, Md.
A Navy spokesman in Wash
ington said Comdr. Mongilardi
was on a test flight from the
Weapons System Test Center
at Patuxent River, Md, when
something occurred to cause
the pilot to make the decision
to eject"
He landed successfully about
a half mile from the crash
scene and walked to a farm
house at Greenbackville, where
he telephoned his base.
A spokesman at Patuxent
said Comdr. Mongilardi re-
ported his jet fighter "flamed
out" and he was unable to
start the engine again.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Falls Church Increases
Realty Tax Rate by SC

The Falls Church City Coun-
Gil last night approved a SIS
million operating budget carry
ing an Scent real estate tax
increase and doubling the SIS
auto tag fee. The budget was
adopted by a 5-to-2 vote.
The current 81 tax rate on
personal property was left un-
touched and a proposal to
change parking meter fees was
defeated.
BY the end Of the 61a-hour
session, the council had cut
nearly $131 900 from City Man
ager Lewis z. Johnston's $1.9
million budget, added $15,408
to it and voted a school budget
of $1,14O,328.
The Scent real estate tax
boost, the first increase in four
years, raises the levy from $2.84
per 500 assessed value to 1922.
Only 5 cents of the increase is
needed to balance the 1862
budget. The additional 3 cents
will be earmarked for a capital
improvement reserve fund.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Lawyers Discuss
Settlement for
ArmIess Boy
BY = Star Staff Writer

FREDERICK, Md, May g.
Attorneys today discussed a
possible out=of-court settlement
of a $2.8 million damage suit
in behalf Of Robert w. (Butch)
Upton, Is, whose arms were
amputated after he was burned
by high-tension wires.
Trial before Circuit Court
Judge s. Ralph Warnken was
scheduled to begin at 10 am.
today, but was postponed while
lawyers met in the judges
chambers.
Young Upton of Port Tobac-
co, Md, struck a high-tension
wire while climbing a tree in
his yard in Charles County in
May, 1856. The suit was filed
against the Southern Maryland
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
The case was moved here
from Charles County after the
utility requested a change of
venue. Judge Warnken of the
Baltimore Supreme Bench, was
assigned to conduct the trial.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Responsibility
In S.W. Cited

Washington architects and
builders were warned yesterday
that they have a great RESPONSE
bility in rebuilding the city's
Southwest section.
William L. Slayton, Federal
Urban Renewal commissioner,
told about $50 members of the
Washington Building Congress
that large-scale urban redevel-
opment was still a revolutionary
concept.
People rarely get the chance
to rebuild a large section Of
their city," Mr.. Slayton said.
"You should stop and consider
all of your plans and ask. Will
this building make us proud 10
years from now?"
Mr.. Slayton is a Washington
redevelopment authority and
was a member of the builders
congress himself until he was
appointed commissioner re-
Gently. He said redevelopment
work in Washington. "epito-
mizes the revolutionary change
Of the urban renewal concept
in the last IL years"
Using Washington as an ex-
ample. Mr.. Slayton traced the
development of urban renewal
from the original idea of slum
clearance for public housing to
the present area-wide city re-
building plans.
The commissioner praised
local establishment of a metro
politan transit authority, call
ing it Washington's recogni-
ton that suburbs and city must
be considered as one entity.
Present District plans to de-
velop a long range master plan
Of redevelopment goals was also
praised by Mr.. Slayton.
The new commissioner said,
however. that Washington-and
most other cities with renewal
plans-still has a long way to
go in enforcing building codes.
IF housing codes are en-
forced" he said, they can OBJ
viously do a great deal to keep
up the quality Of housing and
prevent residential areas from
sinking to the slum or blighted
level"
Evening star., 1961-05-09

ington area population will in
crease from about 2 million to
3.5 million by 1880 and that go
million more people will be
added to the Nations metro
politan centers by that year.
"In order to accommodate
these new Americans, many
wild and beautiful countrysides
will be buried beneath waves
of population, pollution, profit
gacy and what some people call
progress" Mr.. Carver said.
Recreation Need Seen
"The nightmare rate at which
the open country has been
sacrificed to the concrete mixer
has shown clearly that the task
Of protecting adequate park
land is simply too big for most
individual communities to ham
die alone" Mr.. Carver told the
specialists.
T. Lowdon Wingo. jr., Wash
ington research expert, main
tanned that there is not a
shortage of open space, but
simply an inability to organ
ize its use.
THE year 1880 will not be
just a bigger 1860" he declared.
There will be more people
earning more money, with more
leisure time available. The de-
mandS for recreation will in
crease three or four times in
the next 20 years, while the
population doubles"
Martin r. West, jr., Of
Weaver Bros, Inc, said that
mortgage bankers would be
willing to provide financing for
satellite cities if developers had
the planning support Of local
governments.
81 urge you not to delay" "
he added. Time and people
are pressing upon us. and they
will make the future to suit
themselves If you do not plan
for them"
Difficulties Forecast
A. M. Woodruff, chairman Of
the National Capital Planning
Commission, proposes that open
spaces should be controlled by
the park and planning COM
mission, but agreed with other
planners that there was no
easy way Of reaching this goal.
Edwin Callahan, assistant to
Federal Housing Administra- =
tor Neal ]. Haidy. urged build
ers to avoid dull, stereotyped
communities"
I'VE must give more careful
thought to new ideas on urban
living site plans. rela-
tionship between buildings, and
types of units. Let's not sacri-
flee good design for produc-
tion," he said.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Fog Closes IdIewiId

NEW YORK, May 9 (AP).-
Fog forced closing of Idlewild
Airport during the early morn
ing hours today for the second
straight day. Inbound flights
were diverted to other cities.
Evening star., 1961-07-14
Consolation
SHARON JONES.

When the Milt Grant Show
went off, / and everybody
else was disappointed and we
still miss the show because
we liked the regulars. We
didn't like Milt so much
though. But as far as watch
ing Milt Grant goes, there
are two other shows on, the
Buddy Deane Show and
American Bandstand., The
people don't dance the same,
but you can still dance. On
these two shows, they have
a lot more fun, especially
Buddy Deane. We were hop
ing they will bring Milt
Grant back on the air. Or
at least the show, but a new
diSc-jockey and a new name.
But what's the use? The
people Of WTTG have made
up their minds and are too
stubborn to change them. 1t
doesn't make us unhappy
though. We still have our
fun and good times and all.
1 think it's very silly for
anybody else to sulk about 1t.
They can watch the same
thing, and If you want to go
on television, 60 on the Buddy
Deane Show or, American
Bandstand. It's the same
thing.
JUDY SMALLWOOD.
Evening star., 1961-07-14

Summer golf classes spon-
sored by the Fairfax County
Department of Recreation
started this week for teen
ayers between 13 and II. Cost
is s. for six lessons Of one
hour each.
Barbara Simons and Eppe
Laane Of High Point High,
Beltsville, Md, were selected
as outstanding citizens at
Girls State in Annapolis.
Eppe received q flag that had
flown over the Capitol and
Barbara was awarded a silver
medal.
Bill Hepenstall, Suzie
Hughes, Randy Warner and
Pete Dawson will be officers
of the Student Cooperative
Association at Mclean (Va.)
High School when school
resumes in the fall.
q 4 4 4
Twenty outstanding high
school students in this area
picked from about ESQ, will
work this summer with active
science research groups at
the University Of Maryland.
They will receive a commut-
ing allowance and salary.
They are:
Stephan L. &Mintz, Green
belt; Robert Yang Pal, Belts
vile: Stuart ]. Starr, Langley
Park; j. Stanley Kriz, Ken
sington; Joseph F. Adamo,
NARROW Heights; Becky Bur-
CESS, Annandale; Mona M.
Dickson and Patricia King,
College Park; Steven L.
Fritz and Peggy 10 Korty.
Riverdale: Detleff Gerlach
and Donald Goldstein, Be-
theSda; Margaret Kottke and
Alexander A. Sawachuk,
Cheverly; Maryland Cleve-
land. David E. Cooper and
Evening star., 1961-07-14

prizes in the 10 years or
younger division ut the an
nual art show sponsored by
the Federation Of Women's
Clubs at the Willard Hotel.
Charlene painted o country
landscape in impressionistic
style.
Evening star., 1961-07-14
teen BRIEFS

Martin w. Gardner Of WASH
ington, and F. Jack Bryce,
jr., Robert A. Rabkin and
Janice Yates of Silver Spring.
Carol M. Showers, 16, Of
LOudOun County (Va.) High
was among 900 teen-age dele
gates at the 1861 national
meeting Of the Future Home
makers of America in st.
Louis, Mo. She was chosen
to 60 to the National meeting
because she was elected re-
porter Of the Virginia Asso-
citation Of Future Home
makers Of America at their
convention in June In Roa-
noke, Va.
&h
The highest religious cita-
ton in scouting, God and
Country" awards, have been
given to Jimmy Kouzes Of
Fairfax and Jimmy RubiS Of
Arlington. both 16.
"a
The Prince Georges County
Recreation Department is
holding a fishing contest for
county boys and girls under
II who are registered on q
playground. The contest will
run until August IA. Prizes
will be given for the largest
legal bass, blue-gill, crappie,
carp and catfish caught. All
entries must be registered
within 48 hours by a play
ground director and catches
must be verified by an adult.
The Newport Teen Club
will hold O beatnik dance at
7:30 pm. Wednesday at
Newport Junior High, Ken
sington, Md.
4
When school resumes in
the fall. Mike Simmons viii
Evening star., 1961-07-14

"CHANtIE OF EACEkS.
What a pleasure for me to
see another d. ]. discussed In
your column. I've been to
many Of the Jack Alix
dances and have hoped that
one of the stations would
carry this type Of show on
the air since the music and
guests are really in the teen
groove.
Why not a story on Jack?
It's about time Washington
gets q disc jockey really in
with the teens. And for the
record-you surely have done
enough on Milt Grant-and
what station is he affiliated
with now? Let's give Jack
Alix and Don billiard some
space for q change.
MARTHA J. mcdaniel.
Please have an article
about a great new teen-age
d.j. who's really good. His
name is Jack Alix and he is
l8. Would like to read more
about him and his record
hops. ETHEL LEWIS.
was very surprised to read
in Play Back Of your very
uninformed attitude on Jack
Alix. ! also am q member Of
his club and think he Is
better than most Of the d. is
around town. His Top 10 Is In
your paper (Teen-to-Teen
Ads) and is far more accu-
rate, teen-wiSe, than any Of
the others.
He Is right UP on the latest
teen fads and music and Is
working on q show at the
present time, and If one Of
the stations does not broad
cast it they're crazy. Here Is
one Of the brand-new up and
coming d. j::'s interested only
in teens and their enter
tainment.
SUE JONES.
I read your Play Back and
was again disguised by all the
Milt Grant wrangle. Who is
Jack Alix, anyway? I've heard
so much about him. Why not
more on him or someone else?
I agree with Jack Alix Fan"
(TEEN, July y.
SHARON JONES.
Evening star., 1961-07-14
PLAY BACK
From TEEN Readers

Letters to the Editor must carry DrtterS correct names
addresses and telephone numbers Pen names 0iH %
Tsed II requested All letters subject to condens0-
fion Address letters to TEEN. The Washington star
2 Washington ;. D. c.
Evening star., 1961-07-14

be president Of the senior
class ct NorthwOOd High.
Other officers will be Marty
Silver, vice president: Sharon
Whelan, secretary and Bob
BaSye, treasurer.
\
A NOrthwO0d sophomore,
Charlene Pierce, won first
Evening star., 1961-07-14
Here's Jack Afx

Here's Jack AIix
Please count me in on sup
porters of the Jack Alix Club.
Why in the world a station
in this area doesn't present
him on q show Is beyond me.
Gould I please haye the name
and address Of the fan club
president so 1 can join. We've
enjoyed many Of his dances
and I would love to see pic
lures of him in TEEN. Also,
please present stories on
Dean Griffith of WPGC and
Dick Denham of WINK.
VICKI HULTEEN.
Why does your paper still
plug Milt Grant and run
down somebody new like
Jack Alix who is trying to get
started in the business? I
have not been to Jack Alix
hops or heard him except
when he was on the Milt
Grant Show q long time ago.
Most Of the kids I know want
q teen-age show but they
don't want Milt Grant.
DORIS HAZELTONE.
My parents are quite strict
in regard to my privileges,
but I am allowed to 60 to
Jack Alix hops because they
:. are always chaperoned and
have o nice clean group Of
kids.
He Is better than Dick
Clark or Milt Grant in en-
ceeing and he gives the kids
their moneys worth. He
might not be on o station,
but he Is good!!l
Where can I Join his fan
club2
MARMYN SHAPIRO.
I am q local teen-ager
working for the summer to
supplement funds for my en-
trance to college in the fall.
Along with me in this office
are seven other employees
who qualify in the teen-age
bracket.
We were surprised and
amazed to read your COM
ment to q letter concerning
Jack Alix (Teen, July y. I
am not O member Of the Jack
Alix Fan Club, nor are any
of my friends at the office.
But I, along with the rest,
have been @ reader Of your
paper for q long time. And
we all agree jointly that these
remarks can only be inter-
preted as q "snub." Three Of
us have attended record hops
did by Jack Alix. One at
Fort Meade, one at Sacred
Heart Academy and one at
Andrews Air Force Base. This
fellow is TERRIFIC!
Youth calls to youth =.
especially when it Is one Of
our own who has shown so
much ambition and has a lot
of talent. JANE ADAMS.
Hip, hip Murray! Fifteen
cheersl A word Of thanks for
joyce Mckinney CTEEN,
July D.. I am also tired of
this Milt Grant and Victor
Lom acky publicity. Milt
Grant has left the air now,
let him leave the press.
Even though I do agree
with Victor, I also agree
that q view can be over ex-
pressed, especially such q
minor thing as Milt Grant.
rVNyna nANyWC
Evening star., 1961-07-14

When school resumes in
the fall. Mike Simmons viii
Evening star., 1961-07-14

The Newport Teen Club
will hold q beatnik dance at
7:30 pm. Wednesday at
Newport Junior High, Ken
Sington, Md.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
BY Mrs. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

wife Of the vice President
Ever 20 often, along the
campaign trail. q reporter
would ask. "How do you visual
ize your role as Second Lady,"
It was Q curtain I did not want
10 open until November 9.
With January 20 here. I
ponder It myself. After some
long, long thoughts, 1t seems to
me what ! wish to do In the
next four years boils down into
three general categories: To aid
Lyndon all / can, to help Mrs.
Kennedy in any way she sees
fit. and to be q more-alive me"
There are few guideposts for
the Vice Presidents wife. The
elected official has certain spec
flied duties. But. for his wife.
1t Is primarily q matter Of her
husbands wishes and her own
conscience. No rules are laid
out. History provides precious
few precedents, aside from pre-
siding ct the Tuesday Red Gross
meetings Of the Senate ladies.
A Glance at the Past
Most vice presidential wives
must have behaved satisfac-
torily. however. for do not re-
member that any were jailed
or fired. Certainly the ones
within my memory, from the
politically hep Miss Ettie"
Garner to the gracious Pat
Nixon. have been q great asset
to their husbands and their
country.
My first duty. Of course. is to
help Lyndon. Knowing him rs
I do, I know he will want to
continue the close affiliation
he has had with Texas for
twenty-four years and with
the House and the Senate. I
shall try to help him keep these
close ties.
How much can the Second
Lady help the First Lady? An
intriguing letter the other day
advised me, BE to Jacqueline
Kennedy what Abigail Adams
was to Martha Washington"
Mrs. Adams, the very first
vice presidential wife Of our
country. had firm ideas about
her role. In 1870. she wrote.
MY station is at the right hand
Of MRS. Washington"
Evening star., 1961-01-20
The Johnsons' Small Home Here Poses q Problem

been comfortable in their
Washington home. the Vice
Presidents hearts home"-as
his wife tells its their Texas
ranch. There, says Lady Bird"
johnson, the Vice President
refreshes his spirit.
The ram b ling two-story
structure was 3 dilapidated old
country dwelling until eight
years ago when the Johnsons
turned It into Q comfortable
ranch house with the interior
decoration Of q showplace.
The old section Of the Texas
house. built about 10 years
ago. Is the heart Of the ranch,
Evening star., 1961-01-20
The "Saltier" View

large enough for only q dozen
guests-not the minimum two
dozen likely to be invited to
any vice presidential party.
The johnson home, white
with Q small front porch. has
q drawing room Of apple green
with accents Of cherry red.
Over the drawing room mantle
are o collection Of Boehm birds
and Q typical Texas landscape.
Across from the drawing room
Is the dining room which suits
the Johnson taste for small
parties.
While the Johnsons have
Evening star., 1961-01-20

Here is located q large living
room with beamed ceilings and
q hooded fireplace large enough
for four-foot logs.
Shadow box frames near the
fireplace display Q collection Of
Indian arrowheads gathered on
the ranch. Hanging nearby Is
o framed copy Of q letter writ
ten by Sam Houston to the
Vice Presidents great grand
father.
Adjoining the central room Is
q small sitting room formerly
used as the library and the
main dining room. Here, the
oval cherry table seats II.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
MRS. johnson Looks Ahead

The calls upon the First Lady
have greatly increased with the
population from the days when
Dolley Madison could hold
weekly open house for all Of
Washington. "come one, come
all" Today. hundreds Of or
ganizations. clubs. visiting fire.
men. conventions want to
meet her.
No one. or even two human
beings could possibly satisfy al
the requests. Just up from
having q baby, and eager to
spend time with the adorable
Caroline, Mrs. Kennedy will
necessarily have to do q great
deal Of wedding out. II ] can be
q steadfast standby or substi-
tute, ! shall be happy to help
with this heavy load.
Some ''New Frontiers
Aside from these two tasks,
I have In this New Year. some
"new frontiers" for myself.
Meeting busy and capable
people In the campaign whetted
my own appetite for more
meaningful knowledge, for
more purposeful doing.
The great buffet table Of
Washington life offers q vari-
ETY. Of delicacies and it Is hard
to stay off q heavy diet Of the
"desserts"-the round Of party.
ing and chit-chat. however
pleasant. Yet the same time
and energy spent on learning
about medical research or ways
to better the opportunities for
children-two things dear to
my heart-serves q more use
full purpose.
I would also hope that !
could be instrumental In weav-
ing the friendships I have in
the Senate with friends In
the diplomatic corps, and with
people from all over the
country. Who hasn't regretted
that so many Of our social
functions break down into cat-
egories, placing the same people
+, In contact with one another
week after week? The foreign
visitor loses, II he Is continually
seeing only foreign visitors. and
we lose. too. for there Is much
we could learn from and teach
our world neighbors.
These are the goals that
occur to me. I hope I can live
Iup to them. ] win try.
Evening star., 1961-01-20

The lack Of closet space for
teen-age girls and q dining
room too small for formal
functions are the twin problems
Of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson in
her new role as the Vice Pres
ident's lady.
As far as Mrs. Johnson Is
concerned, the Vice Presidents
family IL quite comfortable at
4s21 Thirtieth place NV. ct
least for the present.
But there's the problem Of
enough closets TO cope with the
growing wardrobe Of her daugh-
ters and the dining room is
Evening star., 1961-01-20

in the letter Of Abigail's rule.
Where ! sit or stan6. in rela-
ton to the salt. makes no diff
ference to me. ] have often
found the saltier and most de-
lightful place is below 1t.
But ! like the spirit Of her
words. II I can be Of any help
to Mrs. Kennedy, ! am willing.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Three little Lufthansa maids are we
Off to Japan twice week with glee.

Europe again via fast connections from Tokyo to the
Pacific Coast Economy Class See your Travel Agent
for all the wonderful details.
Evening star., 1961-01-20

The statesmanlike Abigail
interpreted it in spirit, as well
as in letter. She was devoted
and loyal to Martha Washing
ton, a backstop.
The "Saltier" View
Texans are not protocol.
minded and I have no interest
Evening star., 1961-05-17

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