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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
Row House Fire
Attributed to
Eight-Yeur-OId

A District fire inspectors
long memory led to the appre-
hension yesterday of an 8-year-
old boy accused Of starting Q
fire that damaged three North
west row houses.
Tenth precinct police off
cials said the boy, who was
taken into custody, admitted
splashing q paint thinning So
luton on a rear poeeh at 4414
Seventh street NV. and ig-
hitting 1t.
The resulting two-alarrn
blaze, reported by block resi-
dents shortly before IL am.
yesterday, caused close to
So, 900 damage in the row house
residence at 4414 and the two
adjacent dwellings, fire Off
Gals said.
After investigating the fire.
Fire Inspector Burton w. john
son recalled that the 8-year-
old, who has been accused of
setting other fires. lived in the
Ineighborhood. S,
Police said the boy ransacked
the 4414 Seventh street resi-
dence before setting it afire.
Alexander Williams, SO, a con-
struction workers and his FAM
lily live in the house. They
were absent when the fire
began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
WORKING IN CRAMPED

WORKING IN CRAMPED
spaces, librarians at Central
circulated 516,251 books dur
ing the last fiscal year. In
1858, the total was 399,S41.
Harry N. Peterson, the
city's chief librarian, says
that one world crisis after
another seems to stimulate
reading.
And a visitor to Central
will find a steady stream of
people going in and out,
carrying armfulls Of books.
They seem to be in deep
thought and oblivious OF the
surroundings.
Central's days are num-
bered. With luck; a new CEN
trail library probably will be
constructed near Ninth and
G streets NV. at a cost OF
about So million.
It will be in the heart of
the downtown business sec
tionsthat is to be rebuilt.
And then, the buns will
have the Square all to them
selves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
UGF IN ACTION
Hospital 'RebuiIds' Boy, s

George Walker, jr., lives in
a big, white brick house in
Northeast Washington.
"He's very happy there Cat
Children's Convalescent Hospi-
tab" his mother said. Its
more like a home away from
home for him."
George, 6, has chronic hepa-
tits and other liver ailments.
He requires constant supervi-
sion. Even a common cold
might make his condition
worse.
His parents, who live at
1916 o street NV, cannot
give George the supervision he
needs because they must take
care of their three younger
children.
Mr.. Walker, a truck driver,
was unemployed from February
until August. He was not eligi-
BILE for unemployment compen-
sation.
mo, we've, never been on
public relief" Mrs. Walker said
strongly. 1--WE just got along
on odd jobs, that's ALL"
Throughout the summer,
George was in and out Of Dis
trict General and Children's
Hospitals for specific treat
ment. Now he needs controlled
surroundings in which he can
build up his body. Once he has
recovered he can return to his
family and enter school. like
any other child.
At Children's Convalescent
Hospital, the children, from in
fants to 7-year-olds are in
the process of recovering from
illnesses or operations. They
are free to run about the two
story hospital.
The staff of doctors, nurses,
trained case workers and psy-
biologists control their daily
activities, which include as
standard physical examination
each morning. Group social
workers and volunteers super
wise their recreation and rest
children on periodic field trips.
George is on a special high
protein diet. Medically, he
needs extensive trained obser-
walton and treatment. Because
of the high specialized sur
roundings," said Miss Mary
FITZGERALD. director of social
work, George can be kept un-
der close supervision without
any feelings on his part that
his freedom to live normally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
President Meets
With NSC' Unit:

President Kennedy met for
40 minutes with the National
Security Council executive COM
mittee this morning and sched-
uled another session with the
group for 6 pm.
Press Secretary Pierre SaIin-
ger would say only that the 8
pm. meeting was arranged to
review events of the day and
whatever information is avail
able then.
Presumably the PRESIDENT
wanted to take stock of the
situation after acting United
Nations secretary general u
Thant's return from Cuba to
decide whether the suspended
arms blockade and aerial sur
veillance Of Cuba should be
resumed.
When he was asked If the
blockade would resume tomor-
row morning. Mr.. Salinger said
1--WE will direct ourselves to
those questions when U Thant
leaves Cuba"
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hopes to reduce the backlog at
both ends.
Judge Miller said that the
old non-support cases are be-
ing speedily screened" as a
result of the excellent Coop
Grafton" Of Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Una r. Quenstedt,
whose office handles tn e s.
matters.
He said that the court also
is approaching the backlog OF
old juvenile cases based on the
nature of the offense, the age
of the child and the behavior
of the child since he was origi-
nally apprehended.
A radically new method OF
judging whether or not the
court should waive a youth to
District Court will be insti-
tuted by Judge Miller.
AS opposed to the decision
of one Judge, the system will
call for a Judge to be assigned
this particular kind of case.
After reviewing all of the in
formation, he will pass it to a
second Judge, who will in turn,
after reviewing it; hand it to
the remaining judge.
Each Judge Decides
Judge Miller said that leach
Judge must decide for himself. "
Then the three will get togeth-
er and discuss the entire case
for possible waiver. After that,
| the Judge originally assigned to
the case will make the decision
of waiver.
st have wanted to talk to a
/ lot of people since 1 came into
this job" Judge Miller said
shut / have found that tins
moves swiftly" However, n
said, II have talked with Depu
ty Chief John Winters of tn
Youth Aid Division and W
: have tentatively agreed tina
1.-THE court could be greatly aid
!, ed with the assignment Of on
i of his men as a liaison off
Ger"
i He said that although he ant
deputy Winters had discussed
many aspects of the post, "wt
will hold off any further pub
lie conversation until Police
Chief Robert v. Murray has
had a chance to examine the
idea"
Now that the court has what
Judge Miller jokingly called
'sits troika," he addressed him
self to the quarterly report on
the record backlog and said. j
give you my personal word that
it won't happen again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
WWWHHHooO- THUMp
Hearing Echoes Noise
Of Air Conditioners

conditioner located about Is
feet from his bedroom window
"Wwwwhhhhhho he
cried, in a fair representation
of a London air raid siren,
circa 1910.
"Thump, bang, ka-wappup!"
He hammered on he table, in
dicating that the air condi-
toner was changing gears.
DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel of 1912
Allendale road. Greenacres,
said he purchased his quiet
retreat some years ago and
eventually found that new
neighbors were moving in -
namely, a einderblock factory
in one direction, and a large
oil tank in the other.
Like a Jet
1.-THE noise is like q jet
plane, II hours on end, some
times starting at midnight.
he said. ut almost makes the
neighborhood uninhabitable. II
one is at all tired or nervous,
it is impossible to Sleep"
A Silver Spring resident tes-
titled that I'VE pay $3.50 taxes
per year on our house and we
can't even open our windows,
because of a neighbours all
conditioner"
In a major move toward
noise abatement, the Council
left the record open for two
weeks for written communica-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
90 Luxury Buyers
Cleared for Relief
70 Removed
From Rolls in
Credit Probe
BY ROBERT HORNIG
Star staff Writer

Only about half Of the public
welfare recipients investigated
for buying luxury items on
credit have been cleared for
further relief checks, the Pub
lie Welfare Department said
today.
A check into 1874 families on
relief revealed that SO could
continue on the rolls, Gerard
M. Shea, welfare director, said
after hearing investigation re-
suits.
While only % families have
been taken off the rolls, "A
more are finding their relief
checks held up and another II
have been Tentatively app
proved" but have been referred
to the departments office OF
investigation for a further
depth study"
Two Turned Down
Mr.. Shea also said two FAM
lilies applying for welfare were
turned down because they also
were found to own too many
luxury-type goods.
This latest welfare inveSti-
CATION completed today by the
public assistance division was
spurred last August when q
disgruntled employe of a Mont
gomery County credit firm re-
yealed that store records
showed many welfare recipients
were buying luxury goods, such
as television sets, on credit.
Most of the credit buying
had been done at the New York
Home Furniture Co., 1915
Seventh street NV, which
turned over its unpaid accounts
to the Montgomery County
firm.
Disclosed During Hearing
The credit buying disclosures
came in the midst of hearings
on the welfare budget before
Senator Robert C. Byrd, Demo-
crat of West Virginia and
chairman of the Senate District
Appropriations Subcommittee.
Senator Byrd had previously
Launched Investigations to UNI
cover possible cheaters en- reliei
. rolls. Results here were tina
81 per cent Of a sample of aif
to dependent children case
and IS per cent of general pub.
lie assistance cases investigates
were ineligible. e
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is being infringed on because
of his illness"
outdoors. George said. Il
like swings and bikes" In the
playrooms, he likes the books
and puzzles.
HE has an active, inquiring
mind" said Miss FITZGERALD.
He looks forward avidly to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
By ORR KELLY
Star Staff Writer

Tonight is "Oidhche STAMINA
when Saman, the Druidic Lord
of Death. calls together the
wicked souls.
1t is also Halloween, which
is, among other things, 1.-THE
very best time Of the whole
year for discovering just what
sort Of husband or wife one
rs to be blessed withal."
William S. Walsh, in a musty
old volume called "Curiosi-
ties of Popular Customs" tells
some of the techniques which
may be used by the curious
and Tor impatient maiden.
1.-TWO cut appleseeds stuck on
the lids of the eyes help one
immensely on Halloween in de-
termining which of two lovers is
the more desirable. All that is
necessary is to name the apple
seeds after the lovers, respec-
lively, and that which drops
from the eye first points to
him whose love is not adhe-
sive."
1.-The advantage of this
SPELL" he adds slyly, sis that
body may help the fates
along, if they seem undecided,
by winking."
Another valuable method is
for a girl to throw a ball OF
yarn out the window and then
reel it in, reciting the Lords
Prayer backward. If she stares
at the ball Of yarn, she should
see her lovers face.
Boys Busy
While the girls were wink
ing and praying backwards
the boys. according to Mr.
Walsh, found more vigorous
ways to spend their time.
One favorite sport in Scot
land, he said, was to fill cab
bage stalks with pitch and sci
them afire. And then, through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31

ready to effect procedures tnaC
would have been impossible I'M
der the old one-judge system.
In his first press conference
since sitting on the bench,
Judge Miller said the three
of us have met every morning
to discuss many, many topics.
When we got to priority mat
tiers, they bore mostly on re-
ducing the backlog of cases"
Since he first sat as the sole
judge of Juvenile Court. Judge
Ketcham> has issued "a policy
memoranda covering the gamut
of the courts activities. In the
process of giving these a COM
bined review" Judge Mile r
said, some of the memoranda
will be accepted, modified or
rescinded," in order to suit the
expanded court.
Impossible Load
For example, Judge Mile
said, Judge Ketcham formerly
relied on the District Director
of Social Welfare to help out
in recommending whether a
youth sent to the Juvenile Re-
ceiving Home by police could
be released to his home pend
ing further action. ut was sim
ply impossible for Judge Ketch-
am to conduct all of these de-
tention hearings" Judge Miller
said.
The chief judge said the
court now willaconduct all of
these hearings every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. THE
delay in q detention hearing is
not good. The child is forced
away from his IA mily, MS
school and his friends and II
effect Is in q lookup"
Another innovation to g
/. Into effect on November 10 !
the courts method of handlinI
cases. Judge Miller said tina
! each judge in turn viii handll
jail of the juvenile jury case
and the adult cases matter
such as non-support OF chill.
! dren) for a period of fou1
weeks. The other two judges
will divide the cases of all re-
manning categories.
| Screening Quickened
AS it stands now, the court
has adult cases running back
as far as Is months ago
juvenile cases about Gig h
months. Using what Judge Mil
Ter described as a "judicious
intermixture of both the old
and the new cases." the court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31

cl~ SIS reriods VIII Y ~
other children re-. l lc
Observation-Disclosures. 81 sid.
George is one of the many
youngsters and adults being
helped by the United Givers
Fund, which still needs SIS
million to reach its minimum
goal Of 5000. 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
The
Rambler.
Visits
A Library
By JOHN McKELwAY

A Senate report in 1899
stated that:
Mount Vernon square is
particularly suited to library
purposes. from the fact that
1t is about in the center of
the population that would
naturally use a public Ii
brary =. ;"
The Rambler strolled up to
Mount Vernon square the
other. day. A light rain was
falling in the park around
the library and still the un-'
employed were there around
the library as they always
are. They stood in little
groups or sat on park
benches and talked softly.
The library-it is called a
university for the People"
on the curved, stone bench
in front-sits in the middle
of a section of town that is
slowly crumbling. 1t was once
a high-class residential sec
ton OF town houses.
Now the area around the
square has been reduced to
a collection of cheap hotels
and lunch stands, neon signs
and a movie house that runs
an occasional nudist film.
And the tired buns, IN
their loose fitting brown
overcoats, stand in doorwayS
and look outside blankly.
Some years back, the IL
brary had to put up a fence
near the main entrance. The
buns were collecting under
the steps and sleeping there.
The gracious, handsome
building was constructed in
1908 The city's population
was 100000.
1t was made possible by a
gift from Andrew Carnegie
which totaled $250,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
Evil Spirits Comm Out Tonight,
Tips on Casting Spells Offered

tributions, which now add up
to 50 million a year for the
fund.
Throughout the area, recrea-
ton departments have sched-
uled special programs. In the
District, programs are being
held at recreation centers and
schools throughout the city.
500 to 700 Expected
Tonight. the Metropolitan
Police Boys Clubs will hold two
Halloween parties. Some 500 to
700 children and parents are
expected to attend one party,
at 816 Sixth street S.W. at $3.50
pm. There will be games,
prizes and movies.
At 1880 pm, a party, with
games, costumes and a dance,
will be held at Third and K
streets NV. Some $500 to
5000 are expected to attend.
In Alexandria, a party will
be held from 4 to 6 pm. at
the Pendleton Recreation Gem
ter, zoos Pendleton street for
children under IL. Another
party will be held at Del Ray
Recreation Center from 6 to 8
pm. at 2704 Mount Vernon
avenue.
In Arlington, there will be
a street parade and dance be-
ginning at 7 pm. at Virginia
square, Fairfax drive and
washington boulevard.
Other Parties
Parties for Negro children will
be held at IL am. for pre-
schoolers at Carver Recreation
Center, Thirteenth and Queens
streets, South Arlington; at 4
pm. for teens and at 1880 pm.
for teens at Carver; a party
and football game at 7:30 pm.
at Jennie Dean Playground, on
Shirlington road in Sout n
Arlington, and a party for ele-
mentary age children at $50
pm. and for teens at 8 pm.
at Langston Center at LIE e
highway and Culpeper street in
North Arlington.
In Prince Georges County, a
variety of special programs are
planned by city and town rec
reation departments throughout
the county.
The only party scheduled by
the Montgomery County Recre-
alton Department will be at 8
pm. at the Bethesda Youth
Center, Walsh street, just off
Wisconsin avenue, in Bethesda.
Other parties, so-called Black
Cat Parties, are being planned
in Montgomery County by the
Interclub Council this week and
next week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
Il ST. MarYs
Students 10
Use Buses
Prince Georges
Okuys Use By
Catholic School
By JAMES B. ROWLAND
star staff Writer

Twenty-one parochial stu
dents again will be riding to
Upper Marlboro next week or
public school buses they lost
with the opening Of a new
school.
The Prince Georges School
Board yesterday agreed to &C
commodate st. Marys students
by shuffling pickup points for
two county buses serving the
Baden Groom Brandywine area
Denying Catholic students
transportation on prescribed
routes because of a space Short
age relegated the youngsters as
"excess baggage" and violated
State law, the board was told
by Jerrold v. Powers, attorney
for Catholic parents.
After his presentation, mo-
lions to both grant or deny
bus services failed for lack OF
a second. Both motions were
made by Eugene r. O'Brien
the only board member who
favored granting service.
Mr.. O'Brien, the only Cath
ole member of the board, said
parents deserved a Eyes" or
mo" answer, and the board
should not be afraid to take q
stand.
In a heated exchange, James
H. Harrison, another board
member, told Mr.. O'Brien he
got his answer when his mo-
lions died for lack of a second
One member, Thomas Hicks
was absent.
Paul M. Nussbaum, board
attorney, then asked for q
closed session to explain his
two-week-old advice against
two alternatives adding
another bus or changing es-
tablished routes. The board adj
journed to another room fol
so minutes.
Thessubsequent final decision
was based solely on board au-
thority to operate buses, did not
give parochial students exclu-
sive use of a bus, and was in nc
way q concession to Mr.. Powers
arguments, according to Schoo
Supt. William S. Schmidt.
Parochial students at pick
up points along public schoo
routes are entitled to rides y
discharge points nearest thei
schools even If it means add
ing an additional bus to tn
run, MIR. Powers said.
Board policy is to pick u
parochial students when spac
is available. Between 200 AM
400 such students are carries
daily, an official said.
The st. Marys controverS!
began october is when tn
board opened Mattaponi Ele'
mentary for some students whit
previously had attended Marl'
boro elementary via buses
shared with the parochial stu
dents. Two days later st
Marys students tried to get tt
Upper Marlboro on a bus car
trying high school students
there. The driver wouldn'
bulge, and eventually took thu
bus home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31

AS USUAL, THERE was a
great struggle over the site.
People kept writing Mr.. Car
negie and telling him where
the. library should go.
In a letter to The Star,
he commented:
Several people are writing
me about sites for the library
in washington. Will you
please state publicly that I
have nothing whatever to do
with s.zN site. This is not
my affair. I do not believe
in trying to govern distant
people. I give the money
the people Of Washington
must do the rest"
Eventually, Washington
had It's first public library
on the square.
The neighborhood began
to go down hill about 1880.
A year earlier, people were
beginning to talk of the need
for a new Central Library
building.
Just this year, Representa-
tive hatcher, the Kentucky
Democrat who handles Dis
trict appropriations, said:
The Central Library must
be relocated. The present To-
cation at Eighth and K
streets NV. is deplorable. =.
A location that makes it
necessary for employees to go
to their cars at night in
groups of two or more for
protection against assault
and robbery should not be
condoned -"
But despite the ever-pres-
ent buns in the park outside.
a recent shooting, neighbor-
hood deterioration, televi-
sion, newspapers and the
steady rain of pocket books,
the Central Library is buster
than it has ever peen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
eIIers to Meet

The Capital City Spelling
Club win hold its next meeting
at Mount Pleasant Library,
Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV, at 1880 pm. tomorrow.
The public is invited to par
ticipate in an informal spelling
bee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
BY ANNE CHRISTMAS
Star Staff Writer

The summer has ended, but
the memory of rampant air
conditioners roaring full blast
amidst the otherwise bucolic
sound of suburbia, still lin
gers in the tortured minds Of
Montgomery County inhabi-
tantS.
This was evident yesterday
at a hearing by the County
Council on an anti-noiSe ordi-
nance, when Is residents ap-
peared to describe just how 1t
is when the growl of a neigh
boris air conditioner is heard
across the land.
The proposed regulation
would prohibit loud sounds
"radiated continuously from
any premises which produce a
sound pressure level on any
adjacent property" in excess of
scale determined by a sound
meter.
Mimics Machines
Paul N. Gomory of 5609
Ogden road, Bethesda. observed
that mo one wants to be at
loggerheads with his neigh
bors," but said he was
thanked by a battery of air
conditioners.
In a series Of noise inlita-
tions, Mr.. Gomory mimicked
the sounds of a super-blast ali
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31

the keyholes of houses of folk
who had given them offense,
they would blow darts of flame
a yard in length"
In the areas where the
Druids flourished, it was until
recent times the custom to
light large fires to scare of
the evil spirits. To learn some
thing about the future, people
would throw stones into the
fire. If, in the morning. q per-
sons stone was gone. he could
expect to die within a year
1T would take but a slight
accident to cause a fright that
might actually be dangerous to
a superstitious person." Mr..
Walsh comments sympatheti-
cally and then adds ut would
not be hard for an enemy of
such a person to cause that
fright by stealing his stone
from the fire"
Singed Lips
Halloween was also the time
in earlier days, as 1t is now,
for parties and games. One in
teresting variation on apple
bobbing involved fastening an
apple to one end of a sick
and q lighted candle to the
other. The stick was suspended
by a string and spun vigor-
ously around. It was the task
of the contestants to take q
bite out of the spinning apple
without getting hot lips.
BY contrast with the
practices of what Mr.. Walsh
refers to at one point as "the
vulgar natives" today's cele-
brations of Halloween are quiet
and refined.
Many area children will take
part tonight in the growing
practice of trick-or-treating fol
the benefit of the United Ma
lions international Emergency
Children's Fund. Instead Of
candy, they collect small con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-31
Changes Set to Speed
Juvenile Court Cases
Judge Miller Sets November 10
For Shifts to Help Reduce Bocklog
BY WILLIAM BASHAM
Star staff Writer

With Juvenile Courts backlog Of numbered at a
039 Chief Judge Morris Miller has given November
10 as the day when sweeping changes will take place
Although Judge Miller and associate Judge Marjorie
with burdened veteran Judge Orm W.
Ketchem only two their appointment they are