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Evening star., 1962-05-23
E. T. B. Weidner,
Retired Colonel
In Medical Corps

Col. Edward T. B. Weidner,
n, a retired Army Medical
Corps officer, died here Mon
day after a long illness. He
was a resident of 3843 Living
ston street NV.
A native Of Philadelphia, he
received his MD. degree in
1903 from jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia. He was
cne of the first physicians to be
certified by the American
Board of Internal Medicine.
Col. weidner was a resident
physician for IL years at Girard
School for Boys in Philadelphia.
he then served 81 years in
Army hospitals throughout the
country and the Philippines,
spenIding his last five years
before retirement at Walter
Reed General Hospital. He re-
tired in June 1943, and went
into private practice.
Col. Weidner was a member
of the American Medical AS
sociation, the Association of
Military Surgeons, and a fellow
of the American College of
Physicians. His wife Is the
sole survivor. She lives at the
home address.
Funeral services will be pri-
vate. A graveside ceremony
with simple military honors will
be held at IL am. Thursday at
Arlington cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-05-23
Harmon Norris,
Lawyer, Dies

Harmon Edward Norris, 81,
an attorney in Alexandria since
1925 who had served for 18
years as vice chairman of the
city's planning commission un-
til he retired early this year,
died yesterday at Alexandria
Hospital, after a months ILL
ness.
A leader in many phases of
community life, Mr.. Norris
was honored April 4 at a re-
ception and banquet sponsored
jointly by the city council and
planning commission.
He was a past president of
the Alexandria Bar Association
and for more than II years
had served as government ap-
peal agent for the Alexandria
Selective Service Board.
Practiced In New York
Born In Culpeper September
81, 1898, Mr.. Norris grew up in
Fredericksburg. He was grad
uated from the University of
Virginia's law school in 1920
and practiced law in New York
City for six years.
He came to Alexandria in
1926 and was associated With
Judge j. K. M. Norton until the
judge died in 1929. Since then
he had practiced law on his
own.
Mr.. Norris was one of the
commissioners in chancery of
Alexandria Corporation Court
and had been the courts COM
missioner Of accounts since
1885. He was a member Of Alex
andria's architectural board of
review.
Church Vestryman
A member of the Alexandria
Elks and Kimanis clubs. Mr..
Norris also belonged to the So
ciety Of Sons Of the American
Revolution. He was a vestry-
man Of st. Paul5s Episcopal
Church.
He leaves his widow, the for
mer Grace Vande Bogart of
New York, at the family ad-
dress, 800 North View terrace,
Alexandria; two sisters, Mrs.
Edward B. Scott Of Fredericks-
burg and Mrs. Joshua Fletcher
of Upperville, Va; a brother
John r., and his stepfather.
DR.. r, r. Burlington, both of
Fredericksburg.
Services win be at II am.
Friday from st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, Duke and Pitt
streets, Alexandria. Burial will
be in the Confederate Cemetery
in Fredericksburg.
Evening star., 1962-05-23

80 miles per hour and held there until its fuel then
coased stop e Distance travelled 686 feet Next they
repeated the using the gasoline but with Plaorne
added Exact same total amount of fuel Same driver Same
speed Same conditions This tme the travelled 6454 feet
abopel The result Of this Super Shell with Platornae
delivered mileage bonus Of just over 43 percent.
Evening star., 1962-05-23

E "Pate" test shows how Super Shells gum preventive
works. In time, gum form in the pures gaso-
line. If gum formed your engine could cause trouble
Shell scientists gum formation with skiful processing and
gum preventive In the lab gasones evapoated
check for gum unteaed gasoline without gum preventive
deposited gum e Treated gasoline with Super Shells gum
preventive right left virtually no trace of gum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

Arlington Juvenile Court
Judge Hugh Reid today ordered
returned to their parents ION
an experimental basis" the
three children of a couple who
had been charged with child
neglect.
Judge Reid said the children
would continue under the SUI
pervision of the court for six
months and added that the
parents should continue to re-
ceive psychiatric help.
Judge Reid last month dis
missed the neglect charges
against the couple. The hear
ing today was to determine
what should be done with the
children, who had been placed
in a foster home.
The children, 5, 6 and 8 years
old, were taken to police head.
quarters last June 20 after
police said the mother threat
ened to burn the family home
down.
Police said she had sent hel
children to a neighbours house
but the neighbor had not kept
them all night. The children
were found wandering outside
Police said they found the
mother intoxicated and sale
that her husband had left the
house after a quarrel. The in.
toxication charge later was
dropped.
Judge Reid gave his decision
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
STEAM THRESHER AWES
NOSTALGIC FARM OUTING

FEDERALSBURG. Md. CAP).-Jim Layton's exhibit
ton of old fashioned steam thresher common equip
ment Maryland farms 30 years ago. was so success
full Saturday he is contemplating making it an annual
affair.
About 800 persons watched wheat was fed to the
coa-fired thresher. which returned to action for
minutes of recaptured glory Mr. Laytons farm north
of fredericksburg
Old farmers watched nostalgicaly as black smoke
belched from the antique steam engine
The Prick thesher the same one Mr. Layton's
father sold about 80 years ago. when Jim was boy Mr.
Layton bought back recently installed new gauges
new boiler and painted it Just for Saturdays occasion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

with rising salaries for teach
ers.
Some Is or 20 years ago
when teachers barely survived
on a maximum pay Of $40 q
month and some we're earning
half that, Mr.. Williams asked
the School Board to raise sal
aries.
The board replied that II
could not do it and offered in
stead to give Mr.. williams q
raise.
We'll, if you can't give them
one, I don't want one" he
answered. He did not take the
raise until the teachers got
theirs.
More recently, Mr.. williams
convinced a budget-conscious
school board that the 20-year
span required to reach the tor
Of the salary scale should be
pared almost in half.
Explains Role
He Just kept pushing and
he finally got it," said German
c. Ridgely, then a board mem.
Der and now chairman.
Seated in his first-floor cor
ner office in the School Admin
istration building, the superin-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

DR.. Robert C. Rush, attend
ing orthopedic surgeon at
Georgetown and five assistants
began their operation a 10 pm,
just four hours after the acct
dent.
ut was amazing she hadn't
lost more blood when we got
her." he said. "She was in
reasonably good condition"
He said that the bone and
over half the muscles of the
left arm had been severed but
refused to say that there was
anything unusual about the
operation. He said today it
was too early to know whether
the operation had been a sue
cess.
Mr. Claps said he borrowed
the plane from a friend, John
v. Schmitt, of 314 14th street.
He said he had landed to pick
up one of the two persons who
had come out with them. Mrs.
Claps was apparently trying to
make way for the new passen-
gers when the accident &C.
Cured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Doctors Fight to Save
Arm Cut by Propeller

A team of six doctors at
Georgetown University Hospi-
tai worked two and a half
hours last night to save the
arm Of a Washington woman
who accidently leaped into a
spinning airplane propeller.
Mrs. Ingrid E. Claps, "a, of
1929 Yuma street NV, was
leaving a small single-engined
two-seater plane and inadvert-
antly jumped off the front of
the wing rather than the back.
The propeller caught Mrs.
Claps just below the left elbow
and again on the left shoulder.
She was rushed to Physicians
Memorial Hospital in La Plata
and then to Georgetown Me-
mortal Hospital.
Her husband, Elmer v. Claps,
IS, a mechanical engineer for
the Department of the Army,
said they had just finished a
15-minute spin around the city
and returned TO Aqualand air
port, located near the Potomac
River Bridge in Charles County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
SCHOOL BOSS REFLECTS
People Stood Behind U.s.

tendent explained his role as
spokesman for the teachers.
I've tried to help them because
I believe in them. A teacher
can thrive only when he be-
lieves that the administration
has his interest at heart"
Mr.. Williams, as a young
man. planned a career in engi-
neering. He received a bache-
lor Of science degree from Vir-
ginia Military Institute in 1915
and then accepted an unex-
pected offer to become q 81
year-old principal at Mitchells
School in Culpeper County.
Six years later, after stints
In the Army and with the Vir-
ginia Highway Commission, he
beca me superintendent Of
schools in Chesterfield County.
For II years he ran the county
schools from a roll-top desk in
his bedroom and received an
annual salary Of $2,700. When
he came to Alexandria, he re-
ceived $4,000 annually. His
present salary is $4,000.
I5,44O Pupils
Under his aegis, the city's
schools have more than wealth
cred the depression and the
postwar birth explosion. Dur
ing the past year, 15,440 pupils
were taught in 20 schools. The
average monthly payroll for
the systems 729 professional
employees was $4,000.
Mr.. Williams has announced
that he will retire January /,
three months after his 68th
birthday. He and his wife, the
former Celeste Bennett of
Richmond, are planning their
first trip to Europe, he said.
Long after his retirement,
the superintendent name will
remain familiar to children
who attended a proposed new
high school, the symbol of one
Of his few defeats. Notwith-
standing his opposition, as he
has shrugged off all personal
honors, the school board voted
unanimously to name the
school after him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
BockIogCut
In Juvenile
Court Flood

Substituting for Judge Orm
w. Ketcham at Juvenile Court,
Associate Municipal Court
Judge Edward A. Beard is
slaShing away at the Juvenile
Courts backlog of 1900 cases.
Judge Ketcham is on sick
leave. Judge Beard has been
working at Juvenile Court since
the end of last month on a
halliday basis but last week
began a full-day schedule to
try to cut into the backlog of
cases.
There are now 140 children
who have been held at the
District Receiving Home for
more than five days, waiting
their hearings in Juvenile
Court, Judge Beard said. In
two cases, the children have
already been held 100 days.
Judge Beard said he hoped
to review many Of these cases
today and tomorrow.
Judge Beard has been most
successful in bringing the Jul
venile Court traffic case calen-
dar up to date.
In still a third attack on the
case backlog, two men from the
Police Departments Youth Aid
Division are working with War
rem Moore, chief Of the Child
Probation Division, to review
cases dating back to the first
of the year. They are trying to
dismiss as many of the cases
as possible, Judge Beard said.
Thus far, he said. at least 100
cases have been recommended
for dismissal by the three-man
group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
BY JERRY KLINE
Star staff Writer

T. c. williams, who has
guided Alexandria's public
schools through a succession Of
problems ranging from under
paid teachers to over-populated
claSsrooms, admits to only one
major accomplishment.
I've been most pleased that
our citizens have accepted the
idea that Alexandria deserves
the best schools the city can
possibly support. Maybe our
schools are not the very best,
but in order to reach any
degree of perfection, we had
to have the people behind us"
The city'S schools were much
further from perfection in 1888
when Thomas ChambliSs Will
liams, the son of a Hanover
County Methodist minister,
was selected over 100 other
applicants for the job of super
intendent. At the time, $500
pupils were being instructed by
134 teachers in nine buildings
that reflected hardships and
inadequacieS of the depression
years.
During his first years in the
job, Mr.. Williams transformed
two high schools into elemen-
tary schools, replacing them
with with a new high school.
Many critics, certain that the
new George Washington High
School could never be filled,
considered it an extravagant
latter-day Fulton's Folly. With
in four years, however, the
claSsrooms were filled.
When Mr.. williams thinks
he is right, he'll 60 through
Hades and high water before
he'll back down." said Irving
Lindsey, a longtime friend
and a teacher at George Wash
ington High School. That is
one element of his character
that has made him so success
full"
Mr.. Williams persistence
or stubbornneSS, depending on
the viewpoint-has been par
ticularly evident in connection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Non-Profit Groups Seek
Reduced JobIess Lew

In answer to a question from
Representative Whitener, Dem.
ocrat of North Carolina, Mr.
Herzog estimated that George
Washington University would
have to pay about 81 million
before being eligible for the
reduced rate under the current
law.
William M. Butcher, executive
director Of Hospital Council Of
the National Capital area, said:
The inclusion Of some hos
pitfalls has placed a very
substantial and unanticipatec
financial burden on those in
situations which by their very
nature are in q cautious finan-
cial position.
No Alternative Seen
There is no alternative but
to pass the burden Of such ad-
ditional costs on to those who
pay the hospital bills, namely
to paying patients. to sub
scribers to Blue Cross and othel
forms of prepayment, and tt
the various Government organ
izations purchasing INDECENT
care"
Mr.. Butcher told the subcom.
mittee that one hospital. which
he did not identify, will have
to raise rates by more thar
81 a day in order to pay the
initial years levy.
Another witness teStifyine
in support of the legislation
was Attorney John L. Hamil-
ton, representing Catholic Uni
versity, the Corcoran Art Gal
lery and the Association of In
dependent Schools of Greater
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Judoe Returns Children
To Neglect Case Pair

after a recommendation on the
case was made by Mrs. Peggy
Hughes, senior probation coun-
selor for Juvenile Court.
Mrs. Hughes. heartily" rec
ommending the return of their
children, said: This young
couple has q great deal Of
strength in themselves and
they're going to make a good
effort"
Mrs. Hughes explained that
the couple, in their 30s, had
been in financial difficulties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star staff Writer

Legislation to ease the finan-
cial impact Of a recent expan-
sion of Districts unemployment
compensation levy on nonprofit
institutions received strong sup
port today at a House commit
tee hearing.
The institutions affected in
clude non-profit hospitals and
universities.
The city's joblesS benefits
were extended earlier this year
to persons working for scien-
tific, educational and literary
nonprofit institutions. Many of
the institutions affected have
said they would have to pass on
the new unemployment COM
pensation costs to the public.
Today's hearing before a
House District subcommittee
would reduce the length Of
term it now takes for these
institutions to qualify for a
lower unemployment compen-
sation levy. The House bill was
introduced by Representative
Mcmillan, Democrat Of South
Carolina, who is chairman Of
the House District Committee.
Morse Has Bill
A similar bill has been in
troduced by Senator Morse,
Democrat of Oregon. Under the
recently enacted legislation,
newly covered employers, such
as American University and the
Washington Hospital Center,
must pay an initial tax of 81
per cent on the first $4,000 OF
salary for each employe for a
period of between four and five
years. They then would be-
come eligible for a reduced
rate.
Under the new bills, this
period would be reduced to
about 10 months.
An employer, when ne be-
comes eligible for a lower rate.
may pay as little as one tenth
Of one per cent on the $4,000
salary base. This new levy is
determined under a reserve
ratio" formula involving the
total amount of money the en-
ployer paid. the average annual
payroll, and the amount Of
benefits drawn.
The new bills received the
backing of the District Com
missioners, the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Board
and the Metropolitan Washing
tons Board of Trades Employ
ment and Security Committee
and some of the institutions af-
lected.
A spokesman for five uni
versities-American, Gallaudet
Georgetown, Howard and
George Washington - urged
adoption Of the legislation.
Financial Burden
Spokesman Henry w. Herzog
treasurer of George Washing
ton University, said the expan-
sion of the unemployment act
lis causing q serious financial
burden for which we were not
prepared"
If the universities have tt
pay the new rate for the longer
period of time, it will near
using educational funds Te-
quired for teachers salarie,
and other educational purposes
Mr.. Herzog said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

Many borrowers are pleasantly sur
prised at the ease with which a
Union Trust loan is arranged. Same
day service is usual. Personal loans
are available in most cases without
collateral or endorsers. Details for
18-month plan herewith.
Details for shorter or longer periods
upon request.
Phone Elk 3-4400 or visit
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29
Hottinger Rites
Held i'm Redland

Funeral services for Paul E.
Hottinger, a lifelong county
resident, were held recently at
the Flower Hill Church of the
Brethren in Redland. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mr.. Hottinger, who was 80,
died March z in Washington
Sanitarium following brain sur
gerry to relieve a condition OF
amnesia with which he was
stricken late in February. He
had previously recovered from q
cerebral hemorrhage suffered
six years ago.
An employee of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. for Is years
MIR. Hottinger was a graduate
of Gaithersburg High Schoo
and the Columbia Technical
Institute.
He had played baseball anc
basketball on the Gaithersburs
teams during his high schoo
years, and had represented the
town in the Montgomery Coun
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29
Lions Slate
Musical PLAY

The Sandy Spring Lions Club
will present its fourth annual
show "a Sandy Spring Lion
in King Arthur's Court at 8
pm. Saturday, March 81, at
Sherwood High School.
The musical satire was adapt
ed from Mark Twain's "a Con.
necticut Yankee in King Ar
thurs Court" by local Lions
Club member Bernard Diamond.
A featured performer will be
Francis Thomas, well-known
community member and an of.
fetal of the Sandy Spring Ma
tional Bank.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29

10 years, is chairman of the de-
sign department of Catholics
School of Architecture.
He also is associated with the
architectural firm of Collins
and Kornstadt, whose work in.
cludes the National Institutes
of Health administration build
ing, Richmond's Virginia War
Memorial and Bishop Dennis
OConnell High School in Ar
hngton.
The meeting will be open to
the public.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29
Donatelli Named
Program Director

Louis T. Donatelli of Silver
Spring is a new program direc-
tor for Information for Indus.
try, Inc, of Washington, d. C.
The company specializes in all
phases of information handling
for industrial, governmental
and educational organizations.
Donatelli has been engaged
in securities work in New York
and Washington for the past six
years. He came to III from
the Washington office of Harris,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29
ty baseball league.

ty baseball league.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Clare Conner; a son
Kenneth, Is, and his father,
Wilbur Hottinger of the home
address in Redland.
Also, four sisters: Mrs. Iva
Shearer of Washington Grove,
Mrs. Margie Dove of Derwood,
Mrs. Mural Beall of Etchison
and Mrs. Reba Connolly of Ira
vilah; and five brothers: Earl
and Reuben Hottinger of Rock.
vile, Virgil of Gaithersburg,
Herbert of Kensington and Gene
of Redland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29
Art League
States Talk
By Architect

Richard E. Collins, architect,
artist and instructor of archi-
lecture, will discuss cart in
Architecture" at the Rockville
Civic Center Mansion at 8 pm.
March 26.
His talk is sponsored by the
Rockville Art League.
Collins, a member of the
Catholic University faculty for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29

Upham & Company.
A graduate of Villanova Uni
versity, Donatelli lives at 1886
18th st. in Silver Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-29

S ENTINEL S H6S1q9l HD'
IA Thur.day. March ~. 1852
Evening star., 1962-05-27
ANA Head Challenges
President on Mediocre

emily forgotten is that the
wage-earner also would have
to pay the current 31s per cent
Social Security tax on the extra
$400 between the current tax
base of $4,000 and $500.
Nov. let's multiply this cur
rent tax rate Of 31s per cent by
$500. Yes. you get another
S12.50. And If you add this
amount to the SIS, the real cost
of King-Anderson would be an
immediate increase in the So
cial Security taxes Of $3.50
both on the employe and $3.50
on the employer"
DIR. Larsen said increases in
the Social Security tax rate
scheduled for 1868. 1856 and
1868 would raise the combined
tax of employer and employe
for medicare to $63 year by
1868.
This is q far cry from "a
nickel q day or a dollar a
month that administration
Ispokesmen n are telling the
American people" he said.
President Kennedy said in an
address in New York's Madison
Square Garden May 20 on med
ical problems Of the elderly
that a person would pay "$12
or $13 a month" The White
House said later the President
meant to say $13 a year.
Evening star., 1962-05-27

CHICAGO. May 26 (AP).-
The president of the American
Medical Association said today
the administrations proposed
medicare program for the aged
would cost the taxpayer twice
as much as President Kennedy
and other proponents Of the
legislation have said.
DR.. Leonard w. Larson said
the King Anderson bill would
cost $27.50 annually for the
worker earning $500 q year.
This, he said. is more than
double the estimate Of $13 q
year made by President Ken
nedy.
Addressing a convention CT
the National Parking Associa-
ton, he said:
1.-THE King-Anderson bill calls
for a quarter per cent increase
In Social Security taxes on the
employe and one-quarter OF
one per cent on the employer
on a tax base of $500. Now
let's multiply this one-quarter
of a per cent by $500.
yes. the answer is $13 q
year for the wage-earner max
ing $500. And this is exactly
what the proponents of the
King-Anderson bill are telling
the public it will cost annually
! What they have convent
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Child Welfare
Work Described
Ry the Associated Pred

About $4,000 boys and girl;
received public or voluntary
child welfare services in the
United States on a typical day
in 1860, the chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau estimates.
Mrs. Katherine B. Oettinge1
made the estimate in q new
publication, Services in Public
and Voluntary Child Welfare
Programs" made public yes
terday. @
Complete data was available
from only AZ states, but the
statistics showed:
Children served by child well
fare programs constituted ar
estimated rs per 10000 popu-
lation under the age of 81 ir
the United States; 48 of thest
were served primarily by public
agencies and % by voluntary
agencies.