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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02

bound from Washington to
New York with Dick Merrell,
one of the pioneer trans
Atlantic pilots at the con-
trolls, crashed in a Jersey
woods. The wings were
ripped off but no one was
seriously injured.
Eddie was born in Colum-
bus, Ohio, in 1890 and his
career started in 1905 when
he got a job in a garage.
That was in the early days
of the automobile. He be-
came an able mechanic and
a racing driver. He never
finished better than 10th in
the Indianapolis Speedway's
annual 500-mile race. But
he set a worlds speed record
of 1874 miles an hour with a
Bitten Benz at Daytona
Beach.
That made him a name.
He survived a spill in which
his racer rolled over three
times.
That was the first of his
many lives.
When the United States
entered the war it was per-
fectly natural that the IA
nous racing driver should
become Gen. PerShing'
chauffeur. And it was per-
fectly natural that he should
so impress an air officer
named William Mitchell that
he was taken into the air
arm.
Eddie was our ace of aces
(26 kills-21 planes and five
observation balloons).
After the war he bought
the Indianapolis Raceway
and with the help of five
men with money produced
the Rickenbacker car, the
first American car with four
wheel brakes.
That was another of his
lives.
1.-THE industry killed it," he
said later, with ads that
four-wheel brakes were no
good"
EDDIE OWED $250,000
when that was over, but he
would not take the bank
ruptcy way out. He kept
paying it off. He went to
work for General Motors
Cadillac division and later
for GINS aviation ventures.
At one time he was an
executive of American. About
1888 he became a vice pres
ident of Eastern. Shortly
after the DC-3 arrived, the
Model T of the air transport
industry.
Eastern's safety record
finally was broken. A plane
crashed near Atlanta in 1871
killing seven. President Rick
enbacker was on board. He
was reported dying but he
survived.
In World War II while or
an. inspection flight in the
Pacific his plane was ditched
He was % days on a raft with
seven men. All but one sur
vived.
His postwar operation o.
Eastern was a model of man
agement. 1t made money
every year until 1860 when
like other airlines, the pur-
chase of jets put it in the red
Eddie would bring all thu
station managers together
once a year at Miami. Once
unbeknoWnSt to them, he hac
their baggage removed from
the plane at Jacksonville.
In making his talk Capt
Rickenbacker asked if any
one in the room had eve,
lost his baggage on a flight
Every hand went up.
Well" he said, chow d.
VnT like itoo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02
3 Killed as Car PIunges 100 Feet
Off George Washington Parkway

Three men were killed last
night when their car spun out
of control in the snow, smashed
through a bridge rail on the
George Washington Memorial
parkway and plunged nearly
100 feet into a ravine.
| The accident occurred about
l1A miles west of Key Bridge
In Arlington.
Park police identified the
victims as Christos j. Kourou-
sis, "a, of 1862 Twenty-first
street NV, operator of a
Mclean (Va0 beauty parlor;
his uncle, Arthur C. CourousiS,
SO, Of 1921 Twenty-first street
NV, and Charles A. Schmutz,
81, of 2009 Nigh road, Falls
Church, a Government attor-
ney and Mormon Church Of
fetal.
Lawyer Hitched Ride
Shortly before the crash, Mr..
Schmutz was on his way home
to Falls Church in a car pool,
but fearing that he would miss
a basketball game at the Uni
verSity of Maryland, he left the
car pool auto on Chain Bridge
road, intending to hitch-hike
back to Washington.
Apparently it was only min
utes later that Mr.. Schmutz
was offered a ride by Mr.. Kou-
rousis and his uncle, who had
closed the beauty shop and
were driving toward the city.
An co-worker said the car
pool auto was delayed by slow
moving traffic on the snow
covered parkway. He said Mr..
Schmutz hoped out of the car
at 7:45 pm. The game the at
torney hoped to see was be-
tween the Boston Celtics and
tht Los Angeles Lakers, at
M aryland University's Cole
field house.
A 20-foot section of alumni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02
Crash Victim
Dies Of Injuries

Mrs. Alicene Langhorne, who
was injured in an automobile
accident January 81, died yes
terday in Fairfax Hospital.
Mrs. Langhorne, SIS, of 1911
North Ode street, Arlington
was a passenger in a car driver
by her husband, Keene, SIS
when the accident occurred.
Fairfax police said the cal
collided with a bus and Their
careened into a tree on Route
29-211 about a mile east Of
Centreville.
The death was the county.
third traffic fatality of the
year, compared with two fol
the same date last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02

mum guard rail was knocked
down by the car when it hurtlee
off the Windy Run Bridge or
the parkway. Police said Mr.
Kourousis was driving.
An Arlington fireman, Bat.
talon Chief James E. Fought
said the auto landed on it,
roof.
He said all three men ap.
peared to be dead when he ane
other firemen reached the car
Call of them were trapped
against the roof, which hac
been crushed down almost tt
seat level" Chief Fought said
Firemen said they found the
driver caught under the steer
ing wheel and the other two
men pinned between the ROO
and the back seat.
Rescue workers pushed the
smashed auto back onto it!
wheels, then struggled in the
slippery ravine for As minutes
to free the victims.
Firemen used electric saw!
powered by portable generators
to cut through the car body
They pried the car top bach
like one would do when open.
ing a sardine can," one fireman
said.
The 1855 two"door sedar
crashed through the bridge
railing about 8 pm, according
to Park Police Detective Sergts
Joseph V. Fitzpatrick ane
Nolan j. De Vine.
Traffic Diverted
The detectives reported thai
a Mclean (VaD couple, Mr.
and Mrs. James E. BARLEY Of
1918 Chesterfield avenue, sale
they saw the Kourousis cal
spin out of control on the
snow-slick pavement just after
passing another car. Tn {
Windy Run Bridge is about
three-quarters of a mile ives
of the riverside parkway.
Spout Run turmoil to Lee high
way.
Through traffic on the park.
way was detoured around thu
crash scene for nearly three
hours.
A light snow was still falling
as rescue workers pried oper
the crushed auto. The victims
were carried up the steep SLOPE
of the ravine on three stretch
ers, each borne by four volun'
teers. They were pronounced
dead by DR.. Stephen Sheehy
Arlington County deputy med.
ical examiner.
Mr.. Schmutz, an Interna
Revenue Service attorney, wa!
a youth counselor for the
Church of Jesus Christ Of
Latter-Day Saints in nearby
Virginia. He leaves his wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02

develop a 10-acre site adjacent
to the National Cultural Center
and facing the Potomac River.
2. It would like the National
Park Service to accept the pro-
posal willingly and facilitate"
the projects development be-
cause of the community bene-
fits" the planning agency be-
lieves would result.
At the same meeting the
planning commission approved
construction of a "helipad" on
the roof of the Federal Aviation
Agency's building now being
erected on Independence avenue
between Seventh and Ninth
streets S.W. The landing area
for helicopters will cost $345, 900
and will be for use of the FAA
administrator in case of ma
tional emergency or for other
emergency use.
The helipad will be the third
in Washington. Others are on
the White House lawn and at
the Pentagon.
Wirth Leads Fight
Before yesterdays meeting
ended, it was clear that oppo-
sition to the Watergate Towne
development of Societa Gen
erale Immobiliare centered in
the park service, though adj
verse viewpoints on the COM
mission also were involved.
Fresh from an earlier COM
mission victory in opposition to
allowing hig hways within
Glover Archbold Park, Conrad
Wirth,' National Park Service
director, led an unsuccessful
move to postpone approval OF
the Italian firms project.
This firm owns outright the
site for the Watergate develop
ment. 1t paid nearly ST million
to buy it and is asking for nc
Government urban renewal
help. Its plans call for 13O-
foot height for some buildings
but, in return for agreement to
this height, the firm plans to
provide more open space thar
otherwise would be required BY
coming regulations.
The triangular piece of lane
that will serve as the site is
bounded by Rock Greek park.
way. Virginia avenue, New
Hampshire avenue and F street
NV.
The designers of the three
apartment buildings, hotel
office building, town house
VILLAS" and dining pavilion
to be constructed are Prof
Luigi Moretti of the University
of Rome and Milton Fischer
of the Washington firm OF
Corning, Moore, Elmore &
Fischer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02
District Offers
Compromise
Revenue Plan
Hopes Conferees
Will Back Liquor.
Cigarette Tax Rise
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

A compromise cigarette and
liquor tax proposal today Of
fers hope of breaking the i'm
pasSe in Congress over the Dis
trict revenue bill.
1t would raise from 2 to 3
cents the per-pack tax on
cigarettes and from SIPS to
$3.50 the per gallon tax on
liquor. Industry spokesman and
community leaders have given
tacit approval.
District Commissioners sug-
gested the levies-lower than
passed by the Senate last year
in the hope Of satisfying
Senate-House conferees. Rpre-
sentatives from the House
Knocked out any tax increase
on cigarettes and liquor in
September.
Trying Again
Now, conferees are trying to
get together again.
House District Committee
Chairman Mcmillan, Democrat
OF South Carolina, the major
opponent Of the two taxes, re-
portedly is ready to consider
the compromise in the absence
of organized opposition.
Other members of the con-
ference committee are Repre-
sentatives Whitener of North
Carolina and Broyhill of Vir-
GINA and Democratic Senators
Bible of Nevada and Smith of
Massachusetts and Republican
Senator Beall of Maryland.
Missing is the man who had
the most to say on the Senate
side during frenzied attempts
to free revenue bill in closing
days OF the last Session-Sena-
tor Morse, Democrat Of Oregon.
Senator Morse returned yes
terday from the Organization
OF American States conference
in South America.
To Sound Out Morse
He has been for the scent
cigarette and 81 liquor tax pre-
ferred by the Senate. He agreed
reluctantly to the 2 to 3 per
cent sales tax-the favorite of
the HouSe-after Federal aid
for schools overcrowded with
children of Government work.
ers was tackled onto the long
stalled tax bill.
Senate District Committee
Chairman Bible promised to
check with Senator Morse be-
fore bringing any recommends
ton out of conference.
1t was understood that he
planned to take his stand on
District taxes next week-and
that it was little changed.
The latest conference agree
ment-turned down by the
House-included sales tax, with
an annual yield of SO million;
a real estate recordation tax,
SIS million; elimination of in
stallment payments of fran
chise taxes, 50 million, nonre-
curing; and school aid, 81
million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02
The
Rambler
Writes
About q Hero
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The news that American
Airlines is to merge with
Eastern brought Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker to mind.
He made Eastern.
Yet it was only one of his
many lives.
Big (6-foot-2), handsome
with beetling brows, affable
with a warm handshake and
a memory for faces, a man
who was a pleasure to meet,
he was the ideal hero.
He was EaStern's president,
is now chairman of the
board.
This writer knew him in
the airline's early days.
Nothing exciting, but he
was one of the reporters
assigned to a demonstration
of one of the first DC-3s.
Capt. Eddie was at the con-
trolls. 1t was a flight around
Manhattan Island just after
shutdown on a winter evening.
Downtown New York, with
lights lit in every office, was
a sparkling jewel.
That was probably 1885.
Rickenbacker had just
raised $3.5 million to pur-
chase the airline.
Washingtonians remember
the Luddington line, one of
the first to fly passengers,
which operated three-mo-
tpred Stinsons between here
and New York. They carried
10 passengers.
One crashed in New Jersey.
Several lives were lost.
Under Capt. Rickenbacker,
Eastern had a charmed life
for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02
Plan 10 Let
Teachers Quit
Passes House
designations Tied
To Indignation
In Virginia Bill
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Staff Writer

The first legislation of this
session dealing with racial seq
regation in public schools was
passed, 85-5. by the Virginia
House of Delegates and sent tc
the Senate yesterday.
The bill by Delegate Grady
Dalton of Tazewell and 81
others, would allow public
school teachers to cancel theil
contracts if their schools are
desegregated.
Fairfax Delegate John c
Webb made an unsuccessful at
tempt to amend the bill so that
there would be an advance
agreement that the teacher
could not desert the public
school system in the event Of
indignation. Mr.. Webb foresav
the possibility of teachers leav.
ing schools in large numbers as
additional schools desegregate
Other Developments
Mr.. Webb and Delegate
Kathryn Stone of Arlington
were among the five who voted
against the measure.
In the Assembly develop
ments:
Final passage was given BY
the Senate to a House resolu-
ton asking Congress to appro-
pirate funds to acquire land ir
Maryland, across the Potomac
River from Mount Vernon, tc
preserve the scenic vista
from the home of the First
President.
Legislation, patterned after
the District Of Columbia s
point system" for penalizine
traffic offenders. was scheduled
for debate today.
Point System Offered
In one of several develop.
mentS dealing with highway
safety, Delegate John H
Daniel Of Charlotte, offered
the point system bill yesterday
to give warnings or suspend
driving permits under certain
conditions.
Accumulation of between
eight and II points the first
time would call for suspension
of driving privileges for IS tx
80 days but after a second &C.
emulation, the suspension
would be from 80 to 80 days.
The Commission on Public
Education has withdrawn from
the General Assembly a bill
that would extend the length
of the school year by 10 days.
Budget Problems
State Senator William B
Spong of Portsmouth, commits.
sion chairman, and Delegate D
French Slaughter, jr., of Cul.
pepper, said problems over fl.
nancing the State budget anc
distribution Of educationa
funds to localities are the rea.
sons why they are recalling 6
bill to lengthen the Schoo
year from $50 to 100 days.
The move came before tn,
House Education COMMITTEES
yesterday.
Senator Spong told reporters
ut is hoped that in the future
local school divisions, budget
advisory groups and the State
Board of Education will weigh
the need for additional in
Structional time"
Widespread reports are thai
two bills to permit Fairfa3
County citizens to vote to in.
corporate as a city or to merge
with one of its municipalities
are in for rough shedding al
this session. Gov. Harrison told
a press conference yesterday
he is keeping hands off, but il
watching developments in the
merger-annexation battles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02

Judge Hood is 81 and spent
nearly two decades in private
practice here before his first
appointment to the bench.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02
Planners Approve
Watergate Proiect5
Urge Park Service to Facilitate
Development; FAA HELPED OKd
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS
Star Staff Writer

After months Of delay $50 million private urban renewal
project in Foggy Bottom has been approved by the National
Capital Planning Commission.
In holly contested action the commission yesterday
decided s
1t likes the architectural plan of Itaybased firm I'd
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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-28
Rabbi Corson
New Leader
Of Har Zion

Har Zion Congregation of Scots
dale announces the engagement of
Rabbi Maurice Corson as its new
spiritual leader. The rabbi is from
Sepulveda, Calf, and the faculty
of the University of Judaism in Los
Angeles.
Rabbi Maurice Lazowick has left
for a pulpit in California.
RABBI CORSON will conduct
High Holiday Services with the as
sistance of Cantor Ben Perl. The
services will be held in the newly
refrigerated auditorium of Scots
dale High School, 210 E. Indian
School.
The religious classes resumed
Sept. % under the direction of
Aaron Scholar.
WILLIAM GREIFF, president of
Har Zion, announces that activi-
ties have been planned for all age
groups including the Choral Group,
Investment Club, Bowling League,
Youth Groups, Study Group, Sis
terhood and Mems Club.
For information concerning the
High Holiday services and social
activities, call William Greiff at
VIII 6-5308 or VIII 5-4602. For in
formation regarding the religious
schools contact Aaron Scholar,
942-2976.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-28
IDr. Rosenb|un
New Rabbi For
Beth Hebrew

Rabbi Abraham L. Rosenblum,
As. Polish-born author and profess
Sor. is the new rabbi of Beth He
brew Congregation.
He repla S Rabbi William
Greenberg, who took a rabbnical
position in Seattle, Wash, last
month.
Rabbi Rosenblum comes to
Phoenix from a congregation in
Sunland, Calf.
HE HAS TAUGHT at the Uni
verSity of Nebraska, Cotner School
of Religion in Lincoln, Neb., Uni
versity of Southern California and
UCLA.
He has studied at the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem; YeShivah
University, New York City, and
the University of Judaism, Los An
geles.
DR.. Rosenblum also has received
degrees from the Panstwowy Gym
nasium, Iwow, Poland; Indiana
State College, the University of
New Mexico, use and UCLA.
HE SPEAKS Polish, German,
Italian, French, Hebrew and Yid-
dish.
A student and teacher of sociol-
ogy, he has published many articles
on the subject in reviews a n d
quarterlies.
Rabbi Rosenblum was married
in Tel Aviv and arrived in h
United States in 1888. He is nat
uralized citizen.
A widower, he has two o n S,
Murray Rubin and Sheldon Allyn.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-28

More than three hundred women
walked through the beautiful en-
trance of our new Jewish Com
munity Center to attend the pre-
view tea hosted by the c e n e r
Women's League. One could feel
the excitement mount as tn y
toured this magnificent building. It
was a proud day for Phoenix, as
we undoubtedly have one of the
most distinctive Jewish centers in
the country. Most characteristic is
the warmth and feeling that went
into the planning. Not only is it at
tractive in structure, but the IA
cilities are gauged for each g
group according to their best in
tereStS.
1t is a time to rejoice and
time to cheer the women who
worked hard baking, phOning,
hOstessing, programming and
undertaking the myriad of jobs
that made this gracious tea pos
sible!
Behind the scenes of the Center's
opening are many wonderfully kind
people who have come forward to
offer their services. There are also
many incidents worth sharing. My
favorite is of the man whose car
broke down in front of the Center
and when he went into the building
to call for help, he was so impress
ed that he joined on the spot +.
Don't wait for your car to break
down-Join now and bring y o u r
friends!
PLAUDITS:
BObbi & Yale Simon - for their
work and devotion for the Phoenix
Jewish Community in the compara-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-28
Jews Must Be Ready For Upheovols
THROUGHOUT World, ORT Meet Told

OTTAWA (JTA)-The president
of the Canadian Jewish Congress
warned here that Jews the world
over must be prepared at all times
to meet emergencies caused by po-
litical ano economic upheavals even
where anti-Semitism as such does
not play significant role.
The caution was voiced by Mich
ael CARRIER, of Montreal, at the
seventh biennial convention n
quet here of Women's Canadian
ORT.
CARRIER CITED Cuba as an ex-
ample of a country where Though
no anti-Semitism is practiced, and
no one had told the Jews to go,
there is now almost no Jewish
community remaining in Cuba"
when private enterprise changes
to philosophy of communism, 4"
he said, "the Jew is squeezed out
and has to leave. You never know
what country will next go through
such a convulSion.
FOR THESE reasons, among
others, he maintained, an organi-
zation like ORT, which Canadian
Jewry aids with contributions total
in g 100000 annually, must be
maintained and strengthened.
Mrs. A. B. Bennett of Toronto,
national president of Women's Ca
madam ORT, told the $50 ORT
members and guests at the event
that, throughout the world, Jew
ish bodies and souls are pleading
for a modicum of human dignity"
She pointed out that ORT schools
in many countries, including Is
rael, offer vocational and technical
training to refugees and displaced
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-28
Schwartz Confirmed
In Diplomatic Job

WASHINGTON (JTA = Abba
P. Schwartz, former counsel for the
United Nations International Refu-
gee Organization, was confirmed
by the Senate as chief of the State
Department. Bureau of Security
and Consular Affairs. Schwartz is
the first administrator of the bu-
reau to have Senate con-
firmation under a new law spon-
sored by Rep. Frances E. Walters,
D-Pa.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-28

persons, and the ORT activities
"are not confined to Jews alone.
We, the Jewish women of Canada,
must do great deal more in this
field than we have been doing"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1962-09-28
BOB PICkRELL
ATTORNEY GENERAL

In 1860, Bob Pickrel made this pledge: eff elected,
/ will elevate the Attorney Generals office from
center of controversy and re-eStabSh it the State
Governments legal Office as intended by the ConSt-
tuition and laws"
Your Attorney General, Robert w. (Bob) Pick
rel, has ScrupulouSly observed this pledge to you
since you elected him in 1860.
Bob PickreIl has restored dignity and efficiency to
this criticaly-important post He has demanded un-
questioned legal ability in the selection of staff MEM
berS to serve under him. He has stood firmly on a
policy of complete indifference to attempted influence
by Self-Serving pressure groups.
Most important of all, he has instituted pro-
gram of alert watchfulneSS and immediate action in
order to protect the interests of the people and the
State at all times.
He deserves your continued confidence.
Evening star., 1962-01-31
Charges Of Bias
In USES Called
Inaccurate

The Labor Department today
called charges of discrimina-
tory practices in the United
States Employment Service for
the District substantially in
accurate"
The department statement
was issued in response to COM
plants by the American Fed
Grafton of Government En-
ployes that the District branch
of USES has used discrimina-
tory practices in the hiring and
promotion of Negroes.
The AFGE had charged that
the number of Negroes in higher
grades had decreased between
July, 1948, and July, 1861; that
there has been a substantial
reduction of Negroes holding
GS-9 jobs and above and that
only two Negroes have been
hired as interviewers from out
side in the last 10 years.
The Labor Department re-
| port said that the AFGE
charges could not be sustained
and that the record actually
showed that nine Negroes had
been appointed to interview
posts in the last six and half
years.
The Labor report also dealt
with the charge that promo
tions in the higher grades were
made on a discriminatory basis.
Commenting on four promo
tions cited by the AFGE, the
report conceded that a problem
arises where white candidates
are selected from a group of
both Negro and white appli-
cantS. But the investigation
showed that there was no evil
dence that any of the candi-
dates, including those chosen
and those rejecte d, was
markedly superior"