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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
BY WALTER GOLD
Star staff Writer

A two alarm fire early today
caused an estimated 100000
damage to eight stores in the
1900 block Of Wisconsin ave.
nue., Bethesda.
Flames were confined to one
store, but the others were dam.
aged by smoke.
The pre-dawn blaze origi-
mated In a store room of the
Bethesda Builders Supply Co
at 1927 Wisconsin avenue,
a C cording to Montgomery
County Fire Marshal Charles
H. Howe. He blamed the fire
on a short circuit in the electri-
cal wiring.
Nearly 100 firemen from
seven fire departments battled
the fire for nearly two hours
before bringing it under control
The night manager of a near
by restaurant, Frank Acton
telephoned county fire alarm
headquarters, shortly after 4
am. to report "a whole block
full Of smoke" Bethesda fire.
men called for a second alarm
IL minutes later.
Fire Marshal Howe estimated
damage to the building supply
firm at $4,000. He said smoke
damage to the adjoining seven
stores may reach another
$780, 900.
Other stores affected by the
smoke included the Crystal
Restaurant at 1881 Wisconsin
avenue; Steve Coiffeur at 1888 /;
Sheridan Engraving Service at
1885; Carbert's jewelers. at
1887; the Opportunity Shop at
7341; several offices at 7343
and the Legum g. Gerber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
Housing Bios
Record Is
Left Open

The District Commissioners
have completed hearings on
h ousing discrimination in
Washington, but will accept
written testimony on the ques-
ton through Friday.
About 70 witnesses testified
during the housing hearings
held in the District Building
last Friday and yesterday. The
statements ran better than 2
to / In favor of anti-bias
housing regulations for the
District.
The hearings were called by
the Commissioners on the
question Of whether racial and
religious discrimination in
housing endangers the general
welfare of the residents.
Earlier, the Commissioners
had been advised by the city's
legal staff that they have au-
thority to adopt anti-bias hous-
ing regulations only II they
have concrete evidence that:
". discrimination results, or
is likely TO result. In danger
to the lives, limbs, health,
comfort. quiet, or property OF
the inhabitants Of the Dis
trict. -"
II the Commissioners decide
that regulations are needed,
another hearing will be called
on the specific regulations TO
be adopted.
Commissioner Walter N. To-
briner said after yesterdays
hearings that he cannot esti-
mate when the Commissioners
will reach q decision on
whether the evidence justified
adoption Of anti-bias regula-
lations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
1000 HERE
City cured
By Students
FromAbroud

Today is Foreign Student
Day in the District and 800 of
the more than 1000 foreign
students in the area saw the
sights Of Washington.
Commissioner Walter N. To-
briner opened his doors this
morning TO "a students whose
homes are in Mexico, Uganda,
Argentina, Spain, Iran, Japan,
Rhodesia, Colombia, Greece,
France, Ghana, Venezuela,
Thailand, Indo- China, Ger
many. Iraq, Dominican Repub-
lie and Panama.
Commissioner Tobriner said
the work that all the countries
have done regarding foreign
student programs can only
lead to an understanding Of
the peace that all of us long
for" He presented them with
a proclamation of Foreign Stu
dent Day and the group left to
visit the Defense Department.
At the same time through
out the city, other students
we're visiting with dignitaries
and viewing other places in
Washington in a program set
up by the Foreign stu d e n t
service council. Some toured
the National Aeronautics and
Administration Goddard Flight
Test Center in Greenbelt, Md;
others went to the New WASH
ington Gallery of Modern Art.
One group met Edward r.
Murrow, United States Infor-
nation Agency chief, and made
Voice of America broadcasts to
be heard in their own coun-
tries. Foreign law studen S
lunched with Associate Justice
and Mrs. John Marshall Har-
Ian at the Supreme Court; en-
cheering students inspected a
Cafritz engineering project.
The Peace Corps. the State
and Interior Departments and
the Evening Star we're visited.
This evening. after a recep-
ton at the Supreme Court by
Justice and Mrs. Douglas, the
group will go TO the Motion
Picture Association building
for a filming Of the new spec
tacular. "Taras Bulba." not yet
released in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
Convict Indicted
In Escape Plot

A Lorton Reformatory in
mate who tried to escape in
a laundry bag last June was
indicted yesterday by an Alex
andria grand jury.
Robert w. Sweeten, "a, hid
inside a towel sack that was
driven from Lorton to the Blu
reau OF Prisons garage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
Boots Find
New Port as
D. G. Storms

When the tide came in at the
Maine avenue waterfront last
night. three diehard fishing
boats moved out under the
threat of $500 fines for i'm
proper docking.
City officials reported that
the boat operators, whose
stubbornness had becalmed a
portion of the waterfront re-
construction program for two
months, yielded to stern meas
ureS.
J. Thomas Kennedy, chief Of
the weights, measures and mar
kets division of the District
Department of Licenses and
Inspections, and his aides per-
sonally supervised the reloca-
ton. The move involved shift
ing the boats a few yards from
Pier No. 8 to Pier No. 2 at
the Municipal Fish Wharf.
Whether the floating fish
markets will remain at the new
pier or return to the old loca-
ton when the bulkhead is COM
pleted has yet to be decided,
officials said.
Mr.. Kennedy's men posted
mo Docking" signs at 4:30
pm. yesterday on the forbid
den pier. The action followed a
report by a legal aide of the
Commissioners last week that
"the fishmongers at the wharf
apparently intend to try to stay
as long as possible -"
Boatmen commended that the
Redevelopment Land Agency's
plan to extend the new water
front bulkhead through the
Pier 3 area would hamper their
business. Despite their appeal
to Senators Beall, Republican
Of Maryland. and Robertson,
Democrat Of Virginia, city
heads told FLA officials TO
proceed with the bulkhead ex-
tension.
A spokesman for the boatmen
said at least seven fishing boats
will be tied up at the new slip
today. operating on a business
as usual" basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04

THE METEOROLOGISTS
Of the Extended Forecast
Branch uses a giant IBM
1000, all-transistor computor
to process the flow Of in
formation from the con-
tinents and oceans of the
Northern Hemisphere.
Furthermore, weather al
ways has ways Of causing
feed-back-the term is from
communications.
For instance, when an
area becomes covered. with
snow, the weather becomes
colder.
"This is because the snow
reflects the suns rays right
back into space. They do lit
tie to warm the atmosphere.
q "It would be different II
snow were black-that would
warm the earth.
And when snow melts,
heat is taken out Of the air.
"As for our prediction, let
me refer to the 30-day fore
cast made public at the first
OF the month.
For the Middle Atlantic
States 1t predicts both tenn
perature and precipitation
above normal.
THE present ideal weather
is being held here by a storm
off the Carolina coast, a very
unusual situation.
But the forecast calls for
a reversal Of temperature in
the latter part Of the month.
"And that is what we see
for the remainder Of the
winter-temperature below
and precipitation above.
That usually will be rain but
with below normal tempera-
ture 1t means more snow
than usual.
This will be made up by
storms coming from the Gulf
States and moving out along
the Atlantic seaboard."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
Byrds in Lisbon

LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 4
(AP) Senator Byrd, Democrat
Of Virginia, and his son, Harry
F. Byrd, jr.. Winchester. Va,
publisher, arrived here yester-
day by plane from Madrid en-
route home after a European
tour. The we're TO resume their
trip today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
D. {. Citizens
Advisory Unit
Recognized
II Members Added
To Group Aiding
Commissioners
BY CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

The District Commissioners
today reorganized the Citizens
Advisory Council and added
II new members.
This action was taken to
make the council more repre-
sentative Of the residents of
the District and to increase its
effectiveness as the top adj
visory group for the Commits
sioners.
The reorganization had been
proposed by the council itself.
Under the new order, the
name Of the organization has
been changed to the Citizens
Council for the District Of Co
lumbia.
The council had nine men,
bers, but the recent death Of
Joseph Weeda, council chair
man, reduced this to eight.
Membership Of Is
The addition Of II new mem
bers will give the council a new
membership of rs.
The new members are:
| Mrs. Alfred Friendly, Mrs.
Jack aGottSegen, Mrs. Isabel
Gichner,. Marshall Coyne, Mrs.
Harriet Cipriani, Mrs. Todd
Duncan, George E. C. Hayes,
Oliver T. Palmer, Lloyd Luther.
Also Campbell C. johnson,
Cynthia Wedel, Mrs. Willie T..
Hardy, the Rev. Everett Hew-
lett, William Porter, DR.. Doro-
thy B. Ferebee. Peter Calomiris
and Mrs. Gladys T. Peterson.
Now that the citizens coun-
Gil has been reorganized a study
is being made by Denver War
mock, District management
analyst, that may lead to re-
shuffling of the approximately
40 other citizens advisory groups
which advise the Commissioners
in special fields such as plan
ming, health, welfare, transport
tation, etc.
Mr.. Warnock said the study
will help determine whether all
the other organizations are
necessary and how their ac-
tivities should be co-ordinated.
Other Actions
In other ACTORS today, the
Commissioners:
Approved moving the inn
pounding lot for abandoned
cars picked up by police from
Sixth and o streets NV. to
Ian area between the District
Welfare institutions at Blue
Plains and the Anacostia free
way.
James L. McCallister, Dis
trict administrative services of
ficer, said that consideration
would be given to turning the
property at Sixth and o streets
NV. into a playground.
Approved a request by the
Welfare Department TO trans
fer funds to the public school
system for lunch money for
Junior Village children at
tending public school. Donald
Brewer, deputy director of the
Welfare Department, explained
that the schools can provide
each child with a lunch for 81
cents, 4 cents cheaper than
the Al cents Junior Village now
spends on lunches for these
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04

yesterday describing now one {
year-old boy when he went into
a comfort station on the
grounds Sunday.
I'VE are starting q program
in a couple Of days to make
the concession stand rat
proof" said John B, Thomas,
public health engineer consult
ant to the National Capital Re-
gion Of the Interior Depart
ment.
1T is a very nasty situation
and we will be using a new
gas every day for a week to
get rid of the rats" Mr..
Thomas said. This new gas is
more penetrating than the one
we have been using"
The rat proofing program,
according to Mr.. Thomas, will
be completed about March and
will include the rebuilding of
the concession stand on Fiji
tenth street at the entrance
to the grounds. The food Sec
ton of the stand will be made
rat proof also and rodent-proof
trash receptacles win be placed
about the grounds. he said.
Drawn BY Warmth
A steam duct to the Com
merce Department passes d.
rectly under the Monument
grounds, Mr.. Thomas said, and
this warmth during the winter
attracts rats from the water
front and other downtown
areas. They are seen in the
underbrush, he said, because
they are looking for food.
Sometimes the gas used to
kill them just drives them
down deeper to where they car
get under the steam duct anc
then they can go from there
to other places, he added.
The Washington rat popula.
ton increased this summer be.
cause there we're no real flush.
ing rains to drown them, Mr.
Thomas added. He said rat
go any place to find warmth
and food. Some have beer
known to burrow six feet o.
more into the earth and ther
their underground tunnels have
been known to be as long as
800 and 400 feet.
A visit to the Monument
grounds yesterday found the
rats reacting to food almost as
would the squirrels, their
bushy-tailed relatives.
Enjoy Peanut Feast
The rodents left their bur-
rows and well-worn paths In
the underbrush to enjoy pea
nuts spread on the sidewalk by
a Star photographer and re-
porter.
Rats around here are moth
ing new" said one Of the sew
eral tour guides who make the
monument the base Of Their
operations. Just wait until
the sun goes down and they'll
all be out. Especially around
that water fountain"
And, sure enough, as 1t grew
late, several rats could be seer
moseying around the fountain
They halted their foraging only
when a person approached
Even then, they waited In the
underbrush only long enough
for the intruder to get out OF
sight.
An employee Of the conces-
sion stand said the rats have
inhabited the shrubbery there
for years. The opening to some
of their nests in the under
brush measure five inches in
diameter.
They probably are more no
ticeable in the winter because
there are more Of them and
there are not so many tour
lists to leave so much food
around" the employee remarked
I'VE have never been bothered
with them in here. though"
A guard said rats are seer
| In and about the monument
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
Change May Raise
Town Center Yield
Gas Attacks to Increase
On Rats at Monument
Concession Stand to Be Rebuilt
In Move to Gust Packs of Rodents
BY CLARENCE HUNTER
Star Staff Writer

The National Service about to rat proof" the
Washington Monument Grounds described by public health
engineer the winter quarters of of the cys rats
The announcement after Evening Star story
Yesterday describing how Of the rodents ungd at IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04
The
Rambler
-. Hears Winter
Will Be Severe
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Flash! Weather Bureau
long range forecaster pre-
diets a winter colder and
snowier than average.
Jerome NamiaS of the Ex-
tended Forecast Branch of
the Weather Bureau first
wanted to get in a word of
caution.
Before I talk about the
coming winter" he said, 81
would like to make a few in
troductory remarks"
For several years Mr..
Namias has been preparing
90-day forecasts-which are
not published.
They are not classified or
top secret. He is willing to
talk about them in a general
Z way.
A year ago, in this space,
be was quoted as predicting
. mild and open winter,
which turned out to be re-
! markedly accurate as far as
Washington was concerned.
The winter was open till the
March Atlantic storm that
almost ruined the beaches
and dumped a lot Of snow
on the Washington area.
Yesterday he went on to
say that the problem of ex-
tended weather forecasting is
+an order Of completely that
will not be solved very quick
~"
He recalled that the late
Johnny Van Neumann (ev-,
eryone called him Johnny,
the brilliant mathematician,
I had included long-range
weather forecasting among
his many interests and had
called it "the worlds second
most difficult problem"
Mr.. Namias added, HE
didn't name the first prob
lem -probably it was human
behavior"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04

performance, the sheriff
watched from the front row.
sitting with a loaded pistol in
his lap. When Jean and Julie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-04


standing"-we don't know
enough about current North
ern Hemisphere conditions in
the atmosphere, in the
oceans and on the Arctic ice
cap, and the atmosphere over
the Pacific Ocean is still a
big blank except for a few
Observations from ships.
We lack "a knowledge Of
cause and effect that can
only be gained by research
and experience"
Experience is all very re-
cent.
"The wind currents in the
upper ar are very lmportang.
Our data on them 60 back
only to 1888 and are very
inadequate in the initial
years.
Those on wind currents
and Temperatures at sea
level 60 back only about so
years.
Using patterns of correla-
ton or contingencies from
these data we are making an
enlightened empirical attack
on the problem.
by that I mean that we
are not merely haphazardly
feeding weather observations
into a machine and hoping it
produces the right answer"
Evening star., 1962-08-16
Court Ruling Delays
RoiIrood Job SIoshes

also delayed the threat Of a
strike by the 10000 operating
workers represented by the five
unions involved in the dispute
with the carriers.
The railroads had announced
plans to put the new economy
program into effect today. The
unions had threatened to strike
if the carriers won court ap-
proval to go ahead with their
plans for the immediate elm
ination Of the jobs of 10000
diesel firemen and another
$4,000 within five years.
The decision upheld a petit
ton by the unions and kept
the dispute from being referred
to Washington Immediately fol-
possible White House action.
The unions had asked the
appeals court to uphold a lower
courts injunction barring the
railroad from eliminating the
jobs in a stringent economy
move.
The three-judge courts rul-
Evening star., 1962-08-16

ing keeps current working con-
ditions in effect until it car
rule on the work-change issue
This ruling may not be made
until November. Then that rul-
ing could be appealed by either
side to the United States Su-
preme Court.
j. E. Wolfe, spokesman for
the railroads, said the carriers
will comply with the injunction.
But he added that the appoint
ment Of a presidential emer-
gency board would be the
fastest method Of settling the
issue.
Samuel C. Phillips, a spokes-
man for the unions, said, There
will be no strike unless we are
forced into it, and we are
ready to negotiate with the
railroads at any time" Mr..
Phillips is assistant president
of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen,
The unions maintain that
the proposed work rules
changes violate the intent of
the Railway Labor Act.
Evening star., 1962-08-16
Lost Colony to Note
Virqinio Dore's Birth

The 375th anniversary Of
the birth of Virginia Dare, the
first English child born in the
New World, will be commemo-
rated on Saturday at Roanoke
Island, Cape HatteraS, N. c.
Highlight of the celebration
will be the dramatiZation of
The Lost Colony" at 8 pm. at
the WaterSide TheateT.
A reception honoring the
members of the Governor of
North Cardinals Commission
the Roanoke Island Historical
Association, and a delegation
from the United States Con-
gress will be held at 4 pm. that
day at the Elizabethan Garden
on Roanoke Island.
The dramatization Of "The
Lost Colony" has been present.
ed for the last Is years at
Roanoke Island and in those
Evening star., 1962-08-16

years has attracted thousands
of persons.
Virginia Dare perished with
the entire colony that vanished
without a trace after settling
on Roanoke Island. Their dis
appearance remains a mystery
today.
Congressional Party
William Friday, chairman OF
the Governors commission, will
preside at the presentation Of
The Lost Colony"
The congressional delegation
is expected to include:
Senators Carlson, Republi-
can Of Kansas; Erwin, Demo
crat Of North Carolina; Hol-
land, Democrat Of Florida;
Hruska. Republican Of Nebras-
ka; Jackson, Democrat oi
Evening star., 1962-08-16

the entire colony that vanished
without trace.
"As Woodrow Wilson said in
another context: We are made
by such tragic, epic things to
know what it costs to make q
nation I send you best wishes,
along with my congratulations,
on the Is years during which
the dramatization Of The Lost
Colony" has been performed at
WaterSide. Such a presentation
is a course Of the memories and
inspiration which made all OF
us the more capable of meeting
the tests Of our own day."
Evening star., 1962-08-16

CHICAGO, Aug. 16 (AP).-
A ruling by the United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals has
temporarily prevented the Ma
tion's railroads from putting
into effect a new rigid economy
program which would eliminate
thousands Of jobs.
The courts action yesterday
Evening star., 1962-08-16

Washington, and Jordan, DEM
ocrat of North Carolina.
Also, Representatives Bonner
Democrat Of North Carolina;
ASpinall, Democrat Of Colorado;
Jensen, Republican Of Iowa
Kirwan, Democrat Of Ohio;
Mailliard, Republican Of Cali
fornia, and Smith, Democrat Of
Virginia.
Sir Edward Boyle, minister OF
education for Britain. will de-
liver an address at intermisSion
ceremonies during THE Lost
Colony" presentation.
The Roanoke Island HiStor-
ical Association has received q
letter from President Kennedy
and one written in behalf OF
Queen Elizabeth regarding the
commemoration.
Kennedy Letter
President Kennedy's letter:
The audience at Waterside
Theater gathers to mark q
memorable and sad anniversary
in our national history. Three
hundred and seventy-five years
ago a child was born, the first
English child to be born in the
New World. This child. Vir-
ginia Dare, perished along with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-28

]. Godfrey Butler
Assistant V.P.,
Personnel (, Industrial Relations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-13
BY PATRICIA SIMMONS
Star Staff Writer

~NNN~~ fft%NNA
The Secret Service men
who will accompany Mrs.
Kennedy and Caroline during
their two-week stay in Ravel-
10, Italy, are in for a bit
of a jolt.
Tackling the road that
leads to the mountain hide
away where the First Lady
and her sister Princess Radzi-
will will vacation in a villa
rented from the Duke of
Sangro calls for a stout heart,
by car or by foot.
Ravello, which hangs from
a dizzy perch overlooking the
Mediterranean commands a
ribbon-like view of tbs Anal
fl drive and is reached by a
near perpendicular series of
hairpin turns.
Below the town there are
a number of secluded coveS
which should make fine
swimming spots for Caroline
and the Radziwills' children,
Anna Christine and Tony.
But to get to these the vaca-
tioning brood will have to
go downhill three miles to
the fishing village of Amalfl.
Road for Mules
This road to Amalfi is &C.
Scribed jokingly by one Ital-
ian as a "mulattiera," a road
for mules, because it is so
narrow and steep.
If there are any ex-moun-
tain climbers in the Secret
Service they'll be a natural
for this trip.
One thing the Secret Serv-
ice should like is the privacy
afforded by Ravello. It is lost
in the clouds high above the
crowded tourist spots.
An Italian at the Embassy
described the village as very
quiet" "a place for mid
dle-aged travellers" It boasts
none of the gay life of Capri,
Positano or the Italian Ri
viera.
Although Mrs. Kennedy is
undoubtedly looking forward
to relaxing in Ravello, she's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-13
Mrs. Wuzir Ali
Is Honored

Mrs. Edward Dahl, wife of
the State Department inter-
national economist, enter
tanned at a farewell tea yes
terday afternoon in honor of
Mrs. Wazir Ali, wife of the
Pakistan Economic Min
lister.
The party took place at
the Dahl residence in Be-
theSda. Mr.. Wazir Ais new
post will be in Karachi.