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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Boy, 3, Is Killed
By Passing Car

A 3-year-old Silver Spring
boy was killed yesterday aft
ernoon when he was struck by
a car in front of his home,
Montgomery County police re-
ported.
Police said Steven S. Will
liams of 2009 Glen Ross road,
was pronounced dead on arrival
at Washington Sanitarium, Ia
koma Park, at 5 pm. An au-
topsy was scheduled today to
determine the cause of death.
The boy was the son of
Army Mai. and Mrs. Harold
williams. His father is assigned
to Walter Reed army Hospital.
According to Police Pvts. Ron
aid Clements and Bernard Gill
lespie. the accident occurred
when the boy dashed from be-
tween two parked automobiles
into the path of a car driven
by James F. McConoghy, IS. of
$500 Mcmillan avenue, Silver
Spring.
No charges were placed, po-
lice said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Motel Fails
In Plea for
Giant Sign

The District Commissioners
yesterday turned down a request
by a new Northwest motel to
erect identifying signs seven
times larger than permitted
under District regulations.
The request was made by j,
H. Baumgartner, attorney for
the Landy Hotel Corp, which
will operate a Howard johnson
motor lodge to be opened soon
at Twenty sixth street and Vir-
GINA avenue NV.
Mr.. Baumgartner said that
the type of signs permitted I'M
der existing regulations would
be completely lost because the
building will soon be completely
surrounded by highways"
Unless the Commissioners
permit larger signs. on the sides
of the building, people will not
be able to find the motel and
the operator won't be able to
make a living" he said.
Commissioner Waite N. To-
briner said that "the sign reg
ulations were in existence when
the building was built"
Engineer Commissioner Fred
erick ]. Clarke said that If the
board permitted an exception
I'VE would be establishing bac
precedent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

District and vicinity-Fair
and cool tonight. Lows in the
upper 40s in the city and upper
30s in the suburbs. Fair to-
morrow and continued pleasant.
Maryland - Clear and cool
tonight. Lows in the 40s in the
southeast and 30s in the north
with scattered frost. Fair to-
morrow and a little warmer,
chance of rain along the coast.
Small craft along the coast
should remain in port.
Virginia Fair tonight and
tomorrow, cloudy along the
coast, chance of rain. Low to-
night ranging from the SOS
along the coast to the 30s in
the mountains with scattered
frost. Slightly warmer tomor-
row. Small craft along the
Atlantic coast and extreme
lower Bay should remain in port
Lower Potomac and CheSa-
peake Bay-Northeast winds lC
to 20 knots in the north and
ranging up to 80 knots in the
southern part of the Bay to-
night and tomorrow with con-
siderable cloudiness and chance
of rain in the south. Visibility
10 miles. Tides l to 2 feet above
normal and slightly higher neal
the Virginia capeS. Small craft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Fatal Beating Of Rabbi
Sets off Demonstration

showed he suffered a fractured
skull, brain damage and head
injuries.
Rabbi Eisdorfer, spiritual
leader of Yeshiva Yctev Lev
d'Satmar in Brooklyn and OPP
orator of a dry goods store in
Manhattan, came to the United
States IA years ago from
Czechoslovakia, where he had
survived Nazi persecution dur
ing World War II. With him
were his wife and five children.
Synagogue damned
Eight bearded rabbis bore the
caSket from the home to the
synagogue, but could not enter
because the building was
damned with mourners. Grand
Rabbi Abraham Stein mounted
a box and told the crowds in
the synagogue and streets;
I'VE came to this land to find
freedom. May God grant that
we should yet have peace here"
The casket was then carried
to the police station.
Six rabbis signed a telegram
sent to Gov. Nelson A. Rookie
Teller, Mayor Robert F. Wagner
and Police Commissioner Mi
chael j. Murphy, saying, THE
entire community cries for and
demands immediate protection. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Two Men Gored
To Death by Bull

WAYMART, Pa, oct. 1s
(AP).-Two elderly farm lands
were gored to death by a 1900
pound Holstein bull with sharp
6-inch horns last night
The victims, Sigmund Rut-
koSki, So, and John Howish. SO,
were badly trampled upon and
gored. Deputy Coroner Robert
Jennings said they died of
multiple fractures, crus IN e d
chests and punctured lungs.
Mr.. Jennings said Mr.. Rut-
koski was wearing a bright red
and black checkered shirt. Mr.
Howish apparently went to the
aid of Mr.. Rutkoski with ar
8-foot wooden club. The gor-
ing occurred in a narrow pas
sageway leading from a barr
to the pastures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
BY DAVID BRAATEN
Star Staff Writer

About 100 civilian Air Force
employees who face transfer to
San Antonio, Tex. were treated
today to a glowing technicolor
film on the city's beauty and
some plain talk on the difficult
ties of the move.
The plain talk appeared to
have had more effect than the
travelogue.
The color film, called San
Antonio - City in the Sun"
painted an idyllic picture Of life
in old San Antoine" full of
fiestas, lazing in the sun and
frolicking at the nearby"
Gulf of Mexico (3la hours
away.
Most of the people in the
movie looked more like the idle
rich than like the middle-in-
come Air Force workers in the
audience.
After the m ovie,- Fred
Schmidt, an aide of Represent
alive Gonzalez, Democrat OF
Texas, admitted disarmingly:
I'm sure you know that if
you were being transferred to
Lower Slobovia, there'd be
someone here to tell you what
a wonderful place it was"
"POOls Integrated"
"We've got some bad things,
just like Washington" he said.
But we've got some good
people working on them and
we'd like to have your help. :.
1.-The next time the snow flies
here, pick up the paper and
see what the temperature Is
down in San Antonio.
We've got hot weather, Lord
almighty, but we've got d lot
of swimming pools-and they're
integrated.
1.-The first thing that's going
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Mrs. Fenton Leith
Widow Of Head
Of Peoples Life

Mrs. Fenton F. Leith, widow
of a former president Of
Peoples Life Insurance Com
pany and mother of the firms.
current president, died Wednes-s
day at her home, 310l Macomb.
street NV. Her husband died
in 1913. *
Born Helen Mae Chiswell
near Buckeystown, Md, she had
lived in Washington since she
moved here with her family as
a young girl. She was a sister
of the late w. Wallace Chiswell,-
founder Of the firm. g.
Active in the Florence Crit
tenton Home and the Opti-Mrs.
Club, Mrs. Leith was a trustee
of the Boys Club of Washing
ton. She belonged to All Souls
Memorial Episcopal Church. 81
She leaves two children, Mrs.
Theodore r. Schneeman. 1910
Cardiff road, Chevy Chase, and
william T. Leith, the current
president of the insurance firm.
of 1920 Sunset lane, Kenwood,
and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at IL am.
tomorrow at All Souls Memorial
Church, Cathedral avenue near
Connecticut avenue. Burial will
be in Cedar. Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
D. G. Boosts
Foster Home
Rate to $57

The District has a desperate
need for foster parents, We'll
fare Director Gerard M. Shea
said yesterday, to relieve over
crowding at Junior Village and
to meet an increasing demand.
At the same time he an
nounced a board rate increase
from $50 to $57 a month for
foster parents.
He addressed more than 200
foster parents and District
child welfare workers meeting
at the All Souls Unitarian
Church, Fifteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
1.-THE discouraging overcrowd-
ing at Junior Village, in which
there are today 646 children, "
Mr.. Shea said, sis symbolic OF
the great need for more foster
homes" He said there were
658 foster homes here on June
30, and 1904 children in them
Mr.. Shea asked foster par
entS to make an effort to
secure one additional foster
home for use by the Depart
ment of Public Welfare for the
District"
His announcement of the 81
a-month board rate increase
was greeted with applause,
This is a step in the direction
of attempting to realize a more
realistic rate for board and
care" he commented.
Twenty-three foster families
were recognized for a total OF
IS years service taking care
of AGO children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

spaces for boys, and about 932
for girls"
Anne Blatchford, a Madison
senior, wanted to know about
social activities with other col
legeS. Mr.. Hunt listed inter-
collegiate activities such as
sports and debating and chess
tournaments. But he said most
of the social life is within the
college framework.
Mrs. Katherine Hopper,
county supervisor of guidance
said the sessions are primarily
of benefit to juniors and sopho-
moreS.
Colleges have become in
creasingly selective, she point
ed out, and "any senior who
has no idea where he wants to
go by now is in a bad way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Mrs. Nee olley,
Volunteer Worker
For Church, 81 {

Mrs. Mary s. McCalley, vol
unteer church worker who
would have been 90 tomorrow,
died Tuesday in District Gen
eral Hospital after a stroke, !.
She lived at 200 Walnut
street NV.
Born in Stafford County, Va,
Mrs. McCalley came to the
District in 1904 with her huS-
band, Robert B. McCalley. who
died in the mid-1930s. =
She became active in church
work in 1917 when she joined
the old Vermont Avenue Chris
tan Church, now the National
City Christian Church, at Four
teenth street and Thomas circle
NV.
Mrs. McCalley leaves five
sisters, Mrs. Charles l.. Smith
ers, 1925 Connecticut avenue
NV; Mrs. Hugh c. Cline.
Chesterfield County. Va: Mrs.
Robert A. Brown, of Stafford
County: Mrs. Maurice j. Miller,
9l5 Kennedy street NV, and
Mrs. John B. Broaddus, of Dali
las, Tex.
Services will be in the Hines
Funeral Home, Fourteenth and
Harvard streets NV, at 10 am.
tomorrow, with burial in Co.
lumbia Gardens Cemetery. Ar
| linRton. &
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Congress Heights
Unit Also Against
Edict on Housing

Another citizens group has
voted to oppose the proposed
ban on discrimination in houS-
ing in the District.
Members of the Congress
Heights Citizens Association
decided last night to inform
President Kennedy that the
group is "unalterably opposed
to the proposal. Letters also will
be sent to the Commissioners
and to the Federation of Citi-
zenS Associations.
Referring to the motion after
the meeting, Eric V. Curtis
president, said "a mans house
Is his castle" .. .. -.
In other business the group
discussed juvenile violence and
traffic speeding in the area. A
committee was formed to inves-
tigate the possibility of having
stop lights installed at dan
gerous intersections.
The meeting was held at the
Congress Heights Elementary
School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Walter c. Junson, 70
Wisconsin Editor

MARINETTE, Wis, Oct. 10
(AP).-Walter C. Janson, 10,
managing editor of the Mari
r1ette Eagle-Star since 1888 and
a past president of the Wiscon-
sin Associated Press Associa-
ton, died last night at Uni
verSity Hospital in Madison.
He had undergone lung surgery
October 8.
Mr.. Janson's newspaper Ca
reer spanned more than half a
century and took him to Texas,
Ohio and Nebraska before he
returned to Menominee, Mich,
his home town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Firemen Douse BIuze
At Apartment House

Fire broke out today in the
basement of the Kalorama
Apartments at 1905 Eighteenth
street NV. but was extin-
guished quickly by firemen.
Rozier Punch, SO, who lives
in a basement apartment, dis
covered the blaze in a storage
area shortly before noon and
tried to put out the fire with
buckets of water. He called
firemen when his effort failed.
About 20 people were escorted
from the four-story building
but the fire did not spread and
no one was injured. Fire In
spector B. w. johnson said he
arson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Robert West, 50,
Textile Executive

WARNER, N. H., Oct. ls
AP).-Robert Rout West, So
retired textile executive, died
today at his home.
Mr.. West was a former pres
ident of Riverside and Dan
River Mills in Danville, Va,
and of the Esmond Mills in
Esmond, r. 1.
In recent years he had been
special consultant to several
Government agencies, Including
the Defense and State Depart
ments.
Mr.. West, born in Washing
ton, D. c., was a graduate of
Harvard College. He leaves hil
widow, Mrs. Margaret Scott
West; q son, and two daughters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (AP). -
An immigrant rabbi died yes
terday as a result of a beating
on the streets of Brooklyn
Monday night. His death sci
off an almost hySterical DEM
onstration by Jews.
About 10000 mourners gath
cred in the streets of the Will
liamsburg section of Brooklyn
The body was borne in a pine
coffin to police station as a
protest against what demon
strators called inadequate po-
lice protection. Some in the
crowd sobbed openly.
A sound truck moved
through the area, the an
nouncer repeating, 1--WE want
our homes to be safe. The
streets are not safe"
No Clue Found
The victim, Rabbi Bernard
Eisdorfer, SIS, never regained
consciousness from the beating
which occurred in a residential
district as he was returning
from a Talmudic study meet
ing with worshipers. Police
said they had no clue to the
attacker.
A youth found him uncon-
scious on the street and called
police. Officers said an autopsy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
San Antonio's 2 Faces
Shown to AT Civilians

to strike you about San An
tonic is that the whole pace
of life is different. Life can
be a little slower, and there
fore maybe a little longer"
Some of the questions from
the audience in Suitland Hall
indicated doubts about San
Antonio as a place to live.
rs San Antonio free of slumS
or ghettos?" asked a young
man.
OF course not" replied Mr.
Schmidt. We've got some
very bad housing. But we also
have one of the biggest rede-
velopment projects in the coun-
try. We have a large Negro
quarter, but it's disssipating
now"
Some $50 of the $50 civilians
affected by the Air Force move
are Negroes.
Problem Is Uprooting
How much would a one
bedroom, aforementioned apart
ment coSt?" The answer was
Between $50 and $780,"
But most of the questions
showed that it was the uproot-
ing itself that was the big
problem. There were queries
about moving expenses Ito be
paid by the Government), pro-
motion possibilities (probably
better than here), and the
threat of job reshuffling (non-
EXISTENT.
The move will start next May
and continue into 1864. In
volved is a shift Of area per-
sonnet records offices to Ran
dolph Air Force Base, 10 miles
outside San Antonio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

q member of the research group
of the Folger Library.
He assisted in parish work at
st. Michael's in Silver Spring
and more recently at st. James
in Mt. Rainier. He was the au-
thor of many literary articles
for Catholic magazines.
He lived at 1924 Williams
burg lane NV.
The Office of the Dead will
be recited in Caldwell H all
Chapel at 2 pm. Sunday
Solemn requiem mass will be
said at 1880 am. Monday in
the lower church of the Ma
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

added the advice that sit
would be quite a challenge to
get out of there without know
ing how to express yourself"
Sally Searcy, a Mclean High
School senior who is registered
for admission to Vassar. ques-
toned Mrs. Richard Barrett,
an alumna, about a forthcom-
ing interview at the college.
BE natural" advised Mrs.
Barrett. students get so tense
about talking to the dean Of
admissions that they some
times lock-"
Seeks Military Field
Mrs. Lawrence Eliason was
one Of the many parents &C
companying their sons and
daughters. Her son Lloyd, a
Fairfax High School junior
said VMI was one of the schools
which interested him.
81 would like to go to an
institution that has some mill
tary value, but would also like
to get a good background in
science and other fields" he
explained.
Virginia institutions were the
most popular with students
of the county high schools. The
University of Virginia and
william and Mary were two
top drawers. @
Completion is stiff" re-
ported Robert P. Hunt, direc-
tor of admissions at William
and Mary. particularly among
the girls, because we have
more capacity for boys. We
have about 1921 dormitory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
A. B. Chopin, Creator
OF Political Cartoons

NEW HARTFORD, N. Y.
Oct. 10 (AP).-A. B. Chaplin,
81, a political cartoonist, died
today in his home in this COM
munity near Utica after o
lengthy illness.
Mr.. Chaplin began his career
with the Kansas City Times in
1900. Later he worked as a
cartoonist with the Kansas City
Star, the st. Louis Republic
the st. Louis Star. the Country
Gentleman magazine, the Phil
adelphia Morning Ledger and
the National Weekly news serv-
ice. He retired last August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
Falls Church Man
Gets Marine Post

Andrew A. Pettis Of $40 Wal
nut street, Falls Church, Va,
has been elected vice president
of the Industrial Union Of Ma
rine and Shipbuilding Workers
of America at the groups 9th
annual convention in Miami
Beach, Fla.
Also elected were John j
Grogan, Mayor Of Hoboken,
N. j., president, and Ross D.
Blood Of Camden, N. j., secre-
tary-treaSurer. The shipbuild-
erS are affiliated with the ALL
CLIO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
FOOD, MONEY, DATES.
Students Get College Tips
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS
H. Star Staff Writer

You can work your way at
least partly through Vassar.
Eagle Scouthood won't neces-
sarily help you get into Vir-
gir1ia Military Institute. It's
easier to win admission to Will
liam and Mary If you're male.
Smith College is within dat
ing distance of any number OF
mems colleges. Yale is about IS
miles from New York. The
food at Sibley Hospital School
Of Nursing is delicious.
Fairfax County high school
students extracted such pointers
as these from representatives Of
more than 100 institutions in
a two-day college orientation
program concluded yesterday at
Madison High School in Vien-
ma and Lee High School,
Springfield.
Most of the students ques-
lions concerned cost. scholastic
requirements and how to win
admission to the various col
leges.
Financial Help
They learned Of a good deal
Of help available in the finan-
cial department. Representa-
tives of both higher cost col
leges yale and Vassar, around
$4,000 a year, and State-sup-
ported ones civilian and
Mary, $1,000 to $1,10O de-
scribed scholarship, loan and
job help plans.
But alumni spokesman and
admissions directors were
stressing good scholarship as
a top requirement for selection.
Good scoring on standard tests
and high standing in class are
prominent indicators.
VMI Pri0rities
Col. Arthur NJ. Lipscomb, jr.,
admissions director of VMI,
said a good extra-curricular
record-class presidency, ath-
letic team captaincies, Eagle
Scouthood and the like - could
be important in swinging ALI
ther-things-equal" cases. But,
he added, it is mot substitute
for a satisfactory academic rec
ord"
The students brought UP the
lighter side of college life, too.
Mrs. Mark Ball, Smith
alumna, was well prepared for
Madison junior Valerie Wheat's
question about the proximity
of boys colleges.
~There are Amherst, 7 miles
away; Yale, an hour and a half
away: Dartmouth and Williams
are around, and you're fairly
near Boston with all the col
leges there" she reported.
You're not isolated"
Judy Mckinney, also a Mad
ison junior, wanted to know
if the food at Sibley Hospital
was still as good as the lunch
she had when she visited there
with her Future Nurses Club.
She was assured by Mary Ann
Stotler, one Of the student
nurses accompanying Mrs.
Charlotte C. Young, director of
nursing education at Sibley,
that it was.
Ted Hazard, a Madison
sophomore, wanted to know
how much English a student
has to take at Harvard. Alum
nus Maurice Strong said a half
year course in English compost
ton was required of under
graduate students for a degree.
But a fellow Harvard man ]
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
CAROLINE TO GEL
PUMPKIN FROM
T. r. JOHNSON

SALISBURY, Md. (AP).
Caroline Kennedy is due
to have one of the largest
jack o'lanterns in Wash
ington Halloween night.
Representative Thomas
F. johnson, Democrat of
Maryland, has sent the
Presidents daughter a
pumpkin weighing 121
pounds. 1t was grown on
the farm Of Paul Phillips
near here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
College Night Set

Representatives Of colleges
will discuss various college
curriculums and admission
procedures at Arlington's
Wakefield High School college
Night" beginning at 8 pm.
Tuesday. e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

the Nation
night for showers the Lower Lakes Occasional
for the Central Mississippi Valley Central
Southern Plains the Southern Rockies with de due for
Pacific Coast from Northern California to Washington Md
expected the East while somewhat cooler weather
slated for the Northern Plains and Upper Mississippi VaeyAP
WrephOO Map
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
are advised to stay in port to
night and tomorrow.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
District and Vicinity
nnkaAar O0-OA

Temperatures will average 2
to 4 degrees below normal.
Normal high and low for Wash
ington, IS and As. Somewhat
warmer Saturday, cooler about
Monday and warmer again by
Wednesday. Showers Sunday
may average one-tenth inch,
but rains may be heavier along
the coast depending on the
movement of Hurricane Ella.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harper'
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

The Sun and the Moon
Rises sets
Sun, today 7:21 am. 6:24 pm.
Sun, tomorrow 7:22 am. 6:23 pm.
Moon. today 11:47 pm. 1:47 pm
Automobile lights must be turned on
"a hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

For high and low tides at the fol;
lowing points subtract times indicated
from the above Annapolis, 3kt hours
Bloody Point Light. "a hours; Colonla
Solomons Island, ga hours: Point
Lookout, IA hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-19

Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 80, on August go.
Lowest. 8. on January IL.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coas
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1962-09-30

room of District General Hospital at the
rate of 1900 a week, $4,000 a year
There young doctors, like the one pic
tured here, learn to adjust to the brutal
facts of hospital life And Saturday
night is the worst night of the week
Writer Bill Fuchs and Photographer
ElwoOd Baker report on a typical Sat
urday night in the city hospitals emer-
gency room starting on Page l..
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Realization of a Dream

Sam BOOkatz had to overcome family
pressure, poverty and financial re-
verses before realizing his lifelong
dream of attaining success as an artist.
Harriet GriffithS of The Star staff tells
the BOokatz story, starting on Page IL.
Included are color reproductions of
two of the artists works.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Where Emergency Is Routine

Victims of shoot
ingS, SlaShings,
knifings, auto ac-
cidentS and ill
neSses pour into
the m ergen cy
Evening star., 1962-09-30
The Cover

Three Washington residents will be
among the Roman Catholic churchmen
attending the ecumenical council start
ing next month in Rome. Left to right
they are: the Most Rev. Egidio Vagnozzi,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States; the Most Rev. Philip M. Hannah,
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, and
the Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, Arch
bishop of Washington. Elwood Baker
took the photo. Turn to Page 16 for a
story about the council by Caspar
Names of The Star staff.