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Evening star., 1962-04-14
NJ S. SAVANNAH PUTS ON SHOW
A-Ship Is Star Performer

The ship is also a floating
pleasure palace. 1t has a tiny
swimming pool. movie theater
cocktail bar, dance floor and
novelty shop-as yet bare and
unattended.
The pampered passengers vii
sleep in 80 stateroomS, complete
with piped hi-fi, vanity tables
modern bathrooms and the
inevitable TV outlets.
Actually the only radical part
of the $46.9 million ship is its
reactor. The heat from the
fuel-about 16,500 pounds OF
enriched uranium oxide-cre-
ates steam to drive a more OF
less conventional turbine which
gives the single propeller its
thrust.
The hull itself is a modified
version of the Mariner class
ship, in service for a decade
and able to do 20 knots or
ordinary fuel.
Has Long Range
The Savannah will never wir
any speed prizes. 1t is fal
slower than the S. S. United
States or even the aging Queer
Mary. But it outclasses any
surface vessel in the distance
event. 1t can do 350,000 miles
on a single load of fuel, OF
enough to last 3la years.
Yesterdays cruise consumed
less than half a thimble full OF
the uranium 235 which burns
during operation.
Officials have taken super
precautions to shield the re-
actor from possible leaks OF
damage. Even walters wear
radiation badges. Layers Of
steel. concrete, plastic and lead
a total of II feet thick sur
round the atomic furnace
There's even a two-foot-thick
wall of redwood to serve as
collision mat"
And in case the reactor ever
conkS out at sea, two auxiliary
diesel engines with fuel for siS
weeks cruising are available.
The skipper of the ship il
Commodore CASTOR r. De.
Groote, a 57-year-old veteran
of AZ years in maritime service
He has commanded American
vessels since 1923, including
convoy duty in the Atlantic
during World War II.
The Savannah is a Republi
can baby. First proposed b,
former President Eisenhowe
in 1855, her keel was laid a
Evening star., 1962-04-14
More Synthetics Used

NEW YORK. - Synthetic
fibers in one year accounted
for more than one of every five
pounds Of textile fibers used
in the United States, a new
high mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Rockville Group
Selects Slate
For Elections

The new Federation of In
dependence Voters, a non-par-
tisan group, has named a slate
Of candidates 10 oppose the non
partisan Citizens for Good Gov
eminent in the Rockville city
elections April 30.
The candidates were chosen
at a city-wide meeting attended
by some $50 persons. Former
Mayor Dickran Y Hovsepian, a
former member Of the CGG,
served as chairman at the
meeting.
Nominated for Mayor was
John M. Rausch, a former coun-
Gilman and a former member
also Of the CGG. Those nomi-
mated for the four council seats
were Hugh Hassell, 319 Taylor
avenue, Rockville postmaster;
Robert Bard, Crawford avenue.
an engineer with the Corps of
Army Engineers; Bert Kurland,
400 Hull place, manager Of a
bowling alley, and Henry Giau-
que, 829 Bowie road, a guild
ance official with the County
Board of Education.
The CGG has nominated
Councilman Frank A. Ecker for
Mayor and Achilles M. Tuch-
tan and Ralph E. Williams, in
cumbents, and Edward j. Mack
and L. Ross Roberts for coun-
Gil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Drive to Get
New Firms
Promised

The independent Democrats
of Prince Georges County yes.
terday pledged a new county
image to lure more space-age
research and development
firms to the County.
The party faction, backing
a slate to GUST the incumbent
Democratic organization in the
May primary. said that Prince
Georges has only 10 such firm:
employing 200 persons, while
neighboring Montgomery has
81 with 5000 workers.
The pledge came m an In
dependent policy statement
issued for the group by Mrs
Gladys Spellman, candidate
for County Commissioner.
If elected to office, the in
surgent group said 1t would
appoint an advisory committee
to study the County's CONNER
cial and industrial assets. A
detailed program to attract
new business would follow.
These companies want good
schools, libraries. and other
services for their employees. We
must face up to the fact that
tthe reputation Of the County
along these lines leaves a lot
to be desired" Mrs. Spellman
said.
I'VE believe that a change in
the County's image will do a
lot to correct the present stu
ation," she added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
D. c. Carpenter
browns in Fall
From Cruiser,

A 24-year-old District car
penter drowned yesterday when
ne fell into Broad Creek near
Fort Foote while approaching
shore in a 25-foot cabin cruiser
The body Of Irving L. Sandy,
jr., Of 800 Portland street Sc,
was recovered about 100 yards
from the dock at Webster's
boatyard by the Allentown res
cue squad, according to Prince
Georges County police.
Detective Lawrence Wheeler
said the boatyard owners son,
John w. Swift, saw Mr.. Sandy
fall, hurried to the scene in a
small ;runabout and leaped in
the water. but could not find
MI. Sandy, the detective said.
Mr.. Sandy. along in the boat,
apparently was reaching for a
mooring buoy when he toppled
into the icy water of the creek,
Detective Wheeler said. He said
the boat was owned by Mr..
Sandy's father, Irving L. Sandy,
Of SOL Wheeler road Sc, Oxon
Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
7ODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Mostly
sunny and pleasant today;
highest near 81. Becoming
cloudy and not quite as cool
tonight; lowest about As.
Cloudy and mild tomorrow
with rain likely.
Maryland - Mostly sunny
and rather windy today with
pleasant temperatures; high
est, Sc to 81. Becoming cloudy
and not as cool tonight; lowest
in the 40S. Cloudy and mild
tomorrow with rain likely.
= Virginia - Mostly sunny in
the east and north with in
creasing cloudiness in the
southwest today. Pleasant tenn
peratures; highest in the upper
Sos in the mountains and the
low Cos elsewhere. Cloudy and
not as cool tonight: lowest in
the 40s. Cloudy and mild to-
morrow with rain likely.
Lower Potomac and CheSa-
.peake Bay - Northerly winds
10 to 90 knots today. Pleasant
weather with mostly clear skies
Visibility 10 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Fire Kills 7 Persons
In charlottesville House

CHARLOT ESVILLE
Va, Mar. "a (SpeciaD Seven
persons persisted and eight 9TH
ers made their way to safety
today in an early morning fire
in rambling three-story ROOM
ing house less than three blocks
from the University Of Virginia
campus. Four Of the victims
were over 80.
Among the victims was Miss
Elizabeth Watson, "a, who for
% years was a house mother
Of the nursing school of Chill
drens Hospital in Washington,
where she also had served as
a receptionist.
The fire, of undetermined
origin, apparently started in
the basement of the 125-foot-
long building. 1t quickly spread
up a stairwell to the top floor.
About so firemen fought the
flames until 4 am, when the
situation was brought under
control.
Rescued by Ladder
One Of those who escaped,
Mrs. Myrtle Cobbs, was res
cued by ladder from a porch
roof by a policeman who had
answered a call from neigh
bors complaining Of a dis
turbance" in the house. Police
believe the disturbance" was
the screaming of those trapped
in the building. Mrs. Cobbs,
who suffered burns on the
arms, was the only survivor who
WAS injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
D. c. JobIess Pay Rise
Awaits Kennedy OK

The higher costs will not be
felt until the last half of next
year. The full impact will come
in 1864. Unemployment pay
ments are financed by a pay
roll levy, ranging from one
tenth of l per cent to 81 per
cent. on the employer.
The new jobless pay provi-
sions will go into effect next
Sunday, April /, if. rs expected,
the President signs the bill
before that date. If he signs
later. the effective date would
be July /.
The bill would:
/. Lift the current weekly
$50 ceiling to about $48.
2. Raise to "a from 26 the
maximum number of weeks of
compensation during a r.
month period.
8. Eliminate the double
dip" claim-drawing the pay
ments during Two successive
12-month periods without hav-
ing held a job.
4. Deduct retirement pen
sions, except a disability or
Social Security payment, from
the jobless pay figure.
5. Extend compensation ben
efits to persons working for
scientific. educational and lit
erary non-profit institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Washington Grove Sets
Summer heoterVote

lage and bring in outsiders"
Others spoke in favor Of the
straw hat" theater, which
would occupy a 1,200-seat audi
forum built in 1906.
Robert Myers, a member Of
the town council and chairman
of it's recreation committee, ex-
planned yesterday that the
council unanimously approved
the idea in principle, but that
it is subject to discussion in
the New England-type town
meeting, by which Washington
Grove Is governed.
The summer stock theater,
if it is accepted, will be known
as the Washington Grove
Players. Six or eight profess
sional actors would form the
nucleus for the company, Mr..
Myers said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25

The fire was discovered by
Stephen Hughes, II, o nephew
of the rooming house owner,
Mrs. A. T. Hughes, who was
among those who escaped.
Young Hughes and a friend,
Bill Dunn, both students at
Lane High School, helped the
survivors to safety.
The Dunn youth said that
when he entered the house,
Mrs. Hughes handed me the
phone and I tried to call the
fire department but the line
was out" The alarm was
turned in from a house next
door.
Police identified the dead, in
addition to Miss Watson, as
VILLA m Thomas Johnson
about 90; Mrs. Mary E. Gentry
IS, Of Albermarle County; God
win Giles, 81; Charles Hunt,
80, formerly of Richmond;
James Meadows, %, Of Char
lottesville, and Clinton Taylor
So, Of Charlottesville.
Relatives Reported
Mrs. Gentry, Mr.. Meadows
and Mr.. Taylor were reported
to have had relatives in the
Washington area but police
were unable to furnish details
Miss Watson retired from
Childrens Hospital in 1913
along with Miss Matte M. Glib
son, former superintendent
who was a close friend. Miss
Gibson died in 1860.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
! irI, 10, Injured
: In Car Accident

= A. .10-year-old girl suffered
a fractured pelvis yesterday
when she was struck by a car
as she ran across a street in
Hyattsville, city police re-
ported.
VendiSe Catherine Lepore,
10, Of 1914 Manorwood drive
Hyattsville, was struck on
Longfellow street at Thirty
Sixth street when she got out
Of q parked car and ran in
front of another vehicle, po-
lice said.
They identified the driver as
Louise N. Seminar, 80, of 491t
Fifty sixth place, Hyattsville
No charges were filed. The
child was admitted in satisfac.
tory condition to Leland Me.
mortal Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25

Residents Of Washington
Grove, who have successfully
resisted almost all faint Of
commercialism, tomorrow night
will vote on a proposal to bring
a summer theater to their
town.
The tree-shaded village of
100 homes adjoins Gathers
burg and has only one store,
an upholstery shop.
William o. Brining, producer
at the Mountain Theater.
Braddock Heights, Md, has
asked the town council for per-
mission for a similar project at
Washington Grove.
In a town meeting last
month citizens were divided in
their reaction. Some oldtimers
maintained it would hurt the
secluded character Of the vii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
PLANNERS USE THEM WELL
: Old Farm Buildings Saved for School
USE THEM WELL

The days when priced dairy
cattle roamed the pastures Of
North Bethesda are recalled in
the design Of the new Ayrlawn
Elementary School, where q silo
is . feature Of the structure.
The sept where the school
now stands once was the site Of
the Ayrlawn Dairy Farm, famed
for its fine herd and its i'm
'fnaculate barn,
- The farm bowed to the post
World War II building boom.
The NATURALIZATION Capital
Park and Planning Commission
purchased 20 acres in the late
-1940's and developed an extern
,siye park.
: The planners forecast Of
population growth in North Be-
sthesda was accurate to such an
extent that another elementary
school was required in the
neighborhood.
After some legal transactions
the School Board acquired SO
acres from the North Bethesda
sRecreation Center, and thus
1Ayrlawn Elementary School
came into being as the County's
sSlst "park-school," used jointly
with the park system.
J Before the ink dried on the
transfer documents, however.
the community found itself in
"a dispute over the design for
the school. One faction wanted
to keep the farm intact.
= Finally a compromise was
Preached. Some Of the farm
buildings would be retained and
combined with the new struc-
sture.
! Today, only a few weeks after
ssArylawn's formal opening. the
Eproud parents Of the neigh
sborhood boast:
= 1--WE have the most beautiful
school in Montgomery County"
= Incorporated in the plan for
sthe long, low brick building
were the silo and another tall
slower similar to a lighthouse,
which was a grain chute.
The silo. on the west end
Of the school, is attached to
a boiler room, which it hides
effectively. The lower part of
the silo is used for trash stor-
age. The grain chute is used
as. a chimney for the boiler
room.
One Of the children's favorite
farm touches is a large, semi
circular watering trough for
cattle which will be turned into
a small flower garden.
Principal Theodore Butcher
says the student body will be
invited to help in landscaping.
Still another old farm build
ing, left standing but not in
tluded in the school, will be
used as an art and music
center. It also will be utilized
by the County Recreation De-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Job Opportunities
Abroad To Be Told

The YMCA will offer a week
ly forum series on job OPP
portunities abroad beginning al
8 pm. Thursday at the Govern
ment Employees Insurance Co.
Wisconsin and Western avenues
N. w.
The forum, which will meet
at 8 pm. each Thursday
through April Is, is aimed al
providing essential information
to young adultes seeking short
term employment abroad anc
at interpreting the role of thu
American abroad as a respre.
sentative Of his country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Church Glasses Set

The Rev. Louis E. Gelhaus,
assistant pastor of st. An
thongs Catholic Church, Lees
burg pike and Glen Carlyn
road, Falls Church, will begin
a series of courses in the teach
ings and practices of the
Catholic Church at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the church. The
classes will meet at 8 pm. each
Monday through the spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25

A, bill which would add 81
to the average weekly unem-
ployment compensation pay
ment in the District is ex-
pected to be signed this week
by President Kennedy.
The measure reflects a com
promise between earlier pro-
posals by labor and business on
new jobless pay provisions.
The new regulations even
tually will cost city business
firms an additional SIS mil
lion to 50 million a year, Of
ficials said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Rally for BroyhiII

The Alexandria Young Re
publicans club will hold a rally
for Representative Joel T.
Broyhill at 8:15 Tuesday in the
Civic Room of Woodward and
Lothrop department store, SIS
North Washington street, Alex
andria. The public is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Candidates to Speak

The Riggs Democratic Club
of Chillum has invited candi-
dates in the May Is primary
to speak at a meeting at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the RidgecreSt
Elementary School, Riggs and
Ray roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25
Improve Your
Hearing Without.
A Hearing Aid?

Many hard Of hearing per-
sons can hear better without
a hearing aid if they follow
the suggestions in the book
"How to Get the Most From
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Your Remain
ing Hearing. 1t
is full Of facts
like where to sit
in church, and
how to hear in
a noisy room.
The book was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-25

written by an authority on
hearing and is offered by
Maico Electronics, Inc. For
your FREE copy of this
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-03

phrase is beef contractor named William Grant whose
picture represented the pubcS idea of Ulysses
than year before the anyone bothered to
rect them Several Of the weekly magazines time made
the same mistake, Mr. ChrSmer pointed out
pilgrimage to the Library of Congress resulted in some
interesting detail
is entirely true that for while beef contractor Grants
likeness published Grants in contemporary maya
zines However, that likeness engraving misabeIed
Brady photographbears resemblance to the photo we
published February H. which satisfied is THE Grant
ee nses0 The clincher it, that the portrait
showing the general in gau hat fancy in
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" The caption beneath
reads
In note to the editors Col Frederick Grant the gen.
erars older sonl of this picture 1t taken in Cairo ILL.,
in 1851 and is remarkably good picture Gen. Grant as he
looked at that time He had always his beard trimmed
short until he appointed colonel of the 2st Illinois, but
during the time that he serving in Missouri he did
his beard nor did he do being stationed after his
appointment as brigadergeneral After. battle of Bel
mont he sent for his family to Gaena This
picture had been taken just before the visit of first
things that mother said to him did not like the
length OF his beard Later in the Winter short time after
our arrival in Cairo Gen. Grant permission to 20 to St
Louis business connected with his command During that
visit he was shavedthe first time recollection that he
was shaved the second and only other when he
President"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-03
Star Dust

HAVE enjoyed Civil War reprint so much that
seems ungenerous to criticize it," says letter to SUN
Day The Star Magazine from Wayde Chrismer of Bel Air
MO- but think you want to know about your being
bambOozed into printing the picture bogus u
Actually the gentleman in the gaudy Tin which, by the
way Grant the general wouldn't have caught to coin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14
Troops in Oxford
Cost $3.8 Million

The Defense Department es-
Inmates the cost of using
troops in the University of
Mississippi desegregation crisis
was about $3,850,000 through
October 81.
This puts total Federal costs
to that date In excess of $4,-
100000 since the Justice De-
partment reported earlier this
week that its costs for use of
marshals and lawyers ran to
$406,5 through October.
AS many as $4,000 troops
were stationed In the Oxford
MISSY area at the height of
tension over the admission Of
Negro James H. Meredity to the
university under a Federal
court order. About 500 troops
still are stationed there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14
U. S. Judge Named
For Pennsylvania

President Kennedy appointed
William ]. Nealon. jr.. of
Scranton, Pa, yesterday as
United States district Judge for
the Middle district Of Pennsyl-
vania. The 39-year-old county
judge will replace the late John
w. Murphy on the Federal
bench. Judge Nealon. a Demo-
crat, received his law degree
from Catholic University. He is
married and the father of 10
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14
Tuhiti Guards Style

PAPEETE, Ia hiti.-The
French government of Tahiti,
fearful that modernization
might drive away tourists, has
decreed that all new construc-
ton must be in the Tahitian
style, preferably with matched
roofs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14
X-l5 Flight Called Off
Seconds Before Drop

EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASE, Calf. Dec. IA (AP).-
An Kills flight was called off
yesterday 80 seconds before the
rocket plane was to be dropped
from a bomber, due to sudden
drop in cabin pressure. The
cause was not Immediately de-
termined.
Air Force Mai. Robert White
had been scheduled to fly the
rocket plane in a stability test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14
2-AIurm Fire Hits
Doomed BUILDING

Migrants apparently set fire
to an empty three-story build
ing at Virginia avenue and
Fourth street Sc. early this
morning. Firemen were called
out on the two-alarm blaze at
lit am.
The building was one Of sew
eral in the area condemned in
the path Of the Southeast free
way, and was to be demolished
in a few days.
1t. Anthony B. Mileo, a dep
uty fire marshal, was the only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14

out Of business by condemna-
ton or isolation" The reso-
luton asked that demolition of
downtown buildings be for
hidden until plans for rebuild
ing are ready for execution"
At present, Al citizen asso-
Citations representing about
17,150 District residents are
represented in the federation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14
Betrayed

TERRACINA. Italy (AP). -
An Italian underwater SWIM
mer. Maurizio Sara, author of
a book entitled, MY Friend The
Shark" recently died of injur-
les suffered when he was at
tackled by q shark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14

told the IRIS they will have
difficulty installing new &C
counting procedures. drafting
revised expense account forms
and distributing instructions to
employees by January /.
IRIS Commissioner Mortimer
M. Caplin said his agency is
studying special transitional
rules. He said any rules Of this
kind, and their duration, will
be announced along with final
expense account regulations
late this month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14
IRIS to Aid Firms
On Tax Changes
BY the Associated Press

The Internal Revenue Serv-
ice said yesterday it expects to
draft special rules to help BUSH
nessmen who run into mechan-
ical difficulties when expense
account regulations go into
effect January /.
Many business firms have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-14

casualty. He slipped on an icy
stretch Of sidewalk and injured
his shoulder. He was treated at
Washington Hospital Center
and released.