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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
SINGER DISPUTES
LEADERS TEMPO

Dinah Washington won at
least half of her argument last
night with Howard Mitchell,
director of the National Sym
phony Orchestra.
Yesterday, the singer threat
ened to cancel her appearance
at the First International Jazz
Festival following a dispute with
DR.. Mitchell over the tempo
for her numbers.
Miss Washington claimed DR..
Mitchell's conducting was too
fast for Summertime" and
My Mans Gone Now" DR..
Mitchell countered that she was
singing too slowly.
At the concert, Miss Wash
ington sang Summertime"
with DR.. Mitchell conducting.
MY Mans Gone Now" was
red-lined on the program and
Miss Washington switched to
Duke Ellington's tempo for
DO Nothing Till You Hear
From Me" to set the audience
rocking in it's seats.
1t was the second time in
three months that DR.. Mitchell
has been at odds with a vocal
ist. In March, the Swedish
diva, Bright Nilsson, ignored a
curtain call after DR.. Mitchell
refused to let her substitute an
aria for the one she was sched-
uled to sign. The soprano also
stomped off the stage when the
conductor ignored her request
to cut a 4-minute orchestral
epilogue following an 18-minute
aria from Wagner's "Gotter-
dammerung."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
COURT AWARDS
$500 FOR
SUNKEN BOAT

A Washington area ply
stefan has Won $4,000 for
damages resulting from
incompleted repairs to a
pleasure boat that long
ago went to the bottom.
The physician, DR.. Man
uel P. Landman of 216
Dearborn avenue, Silver
Spring, Md. bought the
As = foot boat for about
200. In July, 1858, he
hired John A. Griggs, for
merly a boat yard oper-
ator here. to repair the
vessel for $500.
In a complaint filed in
District Court two years
ago. however, DR.. Landman
charged that Mr.. Griggs
had done little more than
remove the SuperStructure,
allowing the vessel to set
at the wharf, rotting away,
and eventually settling to
the bottom.
Yesterday, District Court
Judge Burnita S. Matthews
ruled that the vessel had
sunk because of "unreason-
able delay in the work" by
Mr.. Griggs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

AT NOON working girls
from nearby offices sit in the
park and eat lunch and "that
makes it enjoyable for us,
said one of the many bust
nessmen who also come to
the park at noon.
One old man was drinking
his lunch from a brown pa
per bag, unscrewing a cap
hidden from view by the
folds of the paper, bringing
it to his lips, putting it back
down again.
At $3.50 pm. kids start
criSscroSsing the park on
their way from school, carry
ing bags and books and
sweaters tied around their
necks. 1t is great sport to
snatch girls scarves and
hats and throw them into
the round bowl from which
the water flows down into
the fountain. The girls
stamp their feet and pout.
Since that bowl is a good IL
feet or so off the ground, it's
hard telling how many
scarves and hats are up
there.
An 80-year-old man who
wore high-topped shoes and
a fixed stare, sat for an hour
with hands folded on the
crook of an umbrella placed
squarely in front of him. He
wanted no interview.
"I don't see any reason for
putting myself in the paper
just on account of sitting in
this park 1 don't know
how long I'll be sitting here"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

before taking a stand. Mr..
Dunn represented the aSsocia-
ton in fighting similar prof.
ect by another developer on the
same site last year.
Mr.. Nicholson said yesterday
he could not give details of the
project because it still was be-
ing drafted by an architect. He
said. however. that the project
would be in accord with Mont
gomery's new. strict high-rise
apartment law which requires
abundant park grounds and
other facilities.
Il can tell you one thing" he
said. this has nothing in COM
mon with the Merrywood dis
pute."
Denies Blocking View
/ He said the Cabin John prof.
ect is proposed for land above
the George Washington park
way and the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal.
I'm Virginia. the apartments
would probably block the view
of the river from the parkway"
he said. but under our plan,
it would be the other way
around"
/ The Maryland tract is a hilly,
wooded area adjacent to Cabin
John Gardens. In county rec
ordS the tract is called Reeds
Delight" and Bite the Bitter"
James w. Church, president
Of the Cabin John Gardens Co.
operative. said yesterday his
corporation approved apart
ment rezoning on the tract last
year because apartments would
have been better than a park
ing lot"
The Montgomery County
Council will set a public hearing
on Mr.. Polinger's petition prob
ably for late August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
THE INCONGRUOUS sat

THE NCONGRUOUS sat
side by side: A bearded
young man was absorbed in
a pocket book called, LES
Girls" and next to him was a
woman with a flowered
straw hat and long black
gloves and a print dress,
reading the Nevada Star
Journal newspaper.
A man pulled his long thin
fingers through sparse, long
stranded hair and said, You
can't relax here. Don'cha
know you can't relax any
where?"
william p. Steadman, a
47-year-old messenger boy
for RCA wheeled his bike
across the park.
It's very hazardous getting
around this town on a bike.
Those tourists would just as
soon hit you, I guess.
Mr.. Steadman wore a cap
with paper peoples stuck in
the rim. Red Streamers
flowed from each handle
grip and a plastic raincap
circled the handlebars.
Nav, that's not mine,
That's for her"
Who's her?"
THE girl friend. 1 take her
riding on my day Off
A walk around the foun-
tain is accompanied by the
sounds of foreign languages;
one woman called to her
child in Greek, two boys
practicing fly casting shout
ed to their parents in Polish,
two Chinese children played
together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

every day on his way to work,
says, "It's a challenge. 1 fig
ure if I can get across that
circle without one of those
cars mailing me, I got a pref
ty good day ahead.
And once you're there,
the only way to get out is get
down by that fountain in
the center and look for a
hole and make a run for il"
A lot of people don't run;
some because of the effort,
some because they have no
place else to go and some be-
cause they enjoy that pretty
park which brings a Green
witch Village touch to an 9TH
erwise darn proper city.
The other day two boys
jumped into the fountain
with their clothes on.
A woman wearing blue
jeans and sandals and long
brown braids and no make
up sat croSS-legged on the
grass playing a flemenco
guitar and everyone else did
the fitting thing and ignored
her.
ITS her guitar and her
time and so, should we
crowd in and listen?" said
one man with a shrug.
Looking up from her gui-
tar, Ellen Faust, %, said II
played in Baltimore and at
the Tivoli and Showboat and
I'm getting a try at the Uni
corn. This is a good place to
practice"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Kennedy Frees
Hospital Fund

President Kennedy today
signed a bill that would free
SIS million Federal funds for
"a l00-bed George Washington
Hospital addition if the uni
versity matches that amount.
In another action, Mr.. Ken
nedy signed a bill enabling the
District to sell ASS acres along
the Potomac River in Prince
William County. Va.
Sale of the land, to be used
as an industrial park. is ex-
pected to bring the District at
least $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

National Symphony Orchestra.
ther SCHUYLER, guest Conductor. AS
sisted by the Duke Ellington
Orchestra Guest artists: Dinah
Washington, vocalist; J. J. johnson,
trombone; Eddie Costa. vibraphone;
Don Ellis. trumpet: Ron Carter, bass
Charlie Persip. percussion. At Con-
stitution Hall. Program: YamekTsw,
Summertime, Gershwin; Do Nothin'
Till You Hear from Me; Night
Creatures, Ellington; Details (first
performancel, Hodeir: Improvisa-
tons for Orchestra and Jazz Solo
lists. Austin: Scenario for Trombone
and Orchestra first performance
J. j. johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

ton Polinger. the petition re-
quested a coming change to
allow construction of high-rise
apartments between Macarthur
boulevard and the proposed
George Washington memorial
parkway.
| Citizen groups in the area
did not register immediate OPP
position. They scheduled a
meeting with attorneys for the
developer. A civic group spokes-
man said. however, Whatever
we decided to do. we're not 60
ing to follow the example of
the Mclean (Va0 people. We're
going to make our position
clear before any rezoning is
considered by the county"
He was referring to a citizens
revolt in Fairfax (Va0 which
followed rezoning of the 46-
acre Merrywood tract on the
Potomac palisades to allow con-
struction of three II = story
apartment buildings. The re-
volt led to a grand jury investi-
CATION into corruption charges
and to a citizens court suit tc
halt the project on land owned
by the stepfather of Mrs. John
F. Kennedy.
Now in Court
No evidence Of official cor
ruption was uncovered by the
jury. and the battle in Mclean
now is awaiting action in the
courts. But two miles upstream
Maryland citizens. faced with
essentially the same prospect
seem anxious to avoid another
"Merrywood incident"
H. Stewart Dunn, president
of the Cabin John Citizens AS
ISOLATION, said his group will
confer with Mr.. Polinger's at
torney. C. Edward Nicholson
to learn of the developers plans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
SOlOists Featured

Trumpeter Don Ellis, Ron
Carter on the bass. and Charlie
Persip on the drums were the
featured inStrumentalists in
Larry Austin's atonal I'm
proviSations" for jazz soloists
and symphony orchestra.
Things were not too happy
while the symphony was in
action, but a good head of
steam was generated once
Ellis and Co. went to town.
The composer, who was in the
audience, took a bow.
The evening came to a close
with J. j. johnson playing solo
trombone in his first work for
full symphony, Scenario" To
hear the sound of his iilstru-
ment was a sheer delight. but
Scenario" itself was little
more than a tissue of cliches.
By and large. I am afraid
that the verdict on this Jazz
symphony concert, a benefit
| for the NSO's Pension Fund,
would have to be a Gle a r
thumbs down. The magnifi-
Gently gifted jazzmen and the
NSO blended about as well as
oil and water. 1t is true that
it was hot night, but the in
spiration and the spark of
genius which made Lee Becker
and her Jazz Ballet 1'heater so
memorable just weren't there.
Instead there was much sound
and fury Signifying nothing.
You could probably sum it all
up by merely saying that john
son, Costa, Ellis, Carter, Persip,
Washington and Ellington are
awe inspiring music = makers,
but yesterday nobody gave
them anything worth playing
in Constitution Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
BoySentenced
In Car Thefts
II Get Probation
In Montgomery

A teen-age youth was sem
fenced to the Maryland Train
ing School and IL others were
placed on probation yesterday
after admitting participation in
car thefts in Montgomery
County.
Judge Alfred D. NoyeS handed
down the sentences after a two
and-a-half-hour hearing in
Montgomery County Juvenile
Court. Fourteen boys. all of
them from well-to-do families,
were tried.
POstpOnement Granted
The case of another boy
charged in connection with the
joy-riding activities was post
poned because he was taking
final examinations.
The only member of the
group sentenced to confinement
was a l5-year-old youth who
was involved in nearly so in.
stances of unauthorized use O.
an automobile. A ninth-grads
student. he was ordered to thu
Maryland Training School for
Boys for an indeterminate
period.
Two of the youths were
heard in informal conferences
and released with warnings.
Those given suspended sem
fences were placed under rigid
probationary restrictions. They
were ordered not to ride in cars
unless accompanied by an adult
and with their parents per-
mission.
COunseling Ordered
Judge Moves also directed
that their parents must know
where they are at all times,
that they keep occupied in
summer jobs and work around
their homes, and that they be
given pSychiatric counSeling.
If they get summer employ
ment. the judge ordered, the
should spend no more than So
of their weekly earnings.
The boys. IA to I6 years old,
were charged in a series of auto
thefts which began last August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Inspector Shimon Asks
For EARLY Retirement

in the Mayflower suite of San
Francisco Attorney Malcolm
T. DUNCAN, who was in the
Capital representing a West
Coast natural gas firm. The
firm was competing for pipe
line routes also sought by a
rival concern in a case before
the Federal Power Commits
sion.
Federal msrshals located q
radio receiver and tape recorder
IN a nearby hotel room after
Attorney DUNCAN filed a civil
action to restrain three private
detectives from further cleo
tronic eavesdropping. Named
in the suit were Oliver w. An
gelone and John w. Leone, both
private investigators and In
vestigator-L awyer John j.
Frank.
Later. Wayne G. Barber, an
other private eye, appeared be-
fore the grand jury investi-
eating the hotel eaveSdropping.
He stated that he had turned
over a bugging device to a sec
ond precinct detective who then
passed it on to Inspector Shi-
mon.
INSPECTOR Shimon last month
told his police superiors that
he had obtained the device used
in the hotel "bugging" with the
understanding that it would be
usde to gather evidence in a
case involving possible bribery
of public official. He denied
participating in any way in the
eavesdropping operation.
Reported to FBI
Inspector Shimon today said
that 10 days ago he made a
complete statement of his &C
tions in the case to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. He
hos not been called to testify by
the grand jury. he said.
In submitting his request for
retirement at the end of the
month, the inspector said he
asked Chief Murray to waive
the 60-day waiting period that
normally intervenes between a
retirement request and the
effective date of retirement.
He asked for the waiver, he
said, for personal reasons"
His age and length of service
make the inspector eligible for
full retirement with a Topper
cent-of-salary pension. Before
the application can be ap-
proved, however, he must be
examined by the Police Board
OF Surgeons and appear before
the departments retirement
and relief board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Developers Seek
High-Rise Project
On Maryland Side
Rezonine Petition Presented
For u.s. Acres Near Cabin John
BY WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

Another hghe apartment project has been proposed for
the Potomac rverfront-ths the Maryland side
The project involving nearly 1873 Cabin john
to light in rezonng petition filed recently in Mont
gomery Cuony Filed behalf Of Silver Spring developer Mil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Like Washington


But all members of the group
agreed that Washington is
very beautiful town, with kind
ly people and clean streets,
like those in Austria and Switz-
erland."
other members of the quin-
tet are Roman Dylag. bass;
Adam Jedrzejowski. drums;
Michal Urbaniak, tenor saxo-
phone, and Zbigniew Many
slowski, alto saxophone and
trombone.
Mr.. Namyslowski did not leave
Poland with the others because
he has a cold, so the Wreckers
may be a quartet for tomorrow'S
performance. So far they have
had no word on whether he will
be here and have concocteo
some new arrangements, just
in case.
The Wreckers also will visit
New York, Boston, Chicago
San Francisco, Los Angeles, New
Orleans and the Newport (R. -
Jazz Festival in their six-week
stay.
In New orleans they will visit
the Museum of Jazz and the
birthplace of Louis Armstrong
cts the genesis of jazz, ever
though it's not our style" said
Mr.. TrzaskowskD.
Yesterdays visit to Constitu-
ton Hall to watch some Of the
great names in Jazz rehears'
also was a sort of pilgrimage
The Poles shook hands and ex
changed pleasantries with Duk
Ellington, j. j. Johnson an
Eddie Costa, all legendary fig
ures In Poland.
Poles Like JAM
Mr.. Trzaskowski said tina
Jazz is now in good standing
in Poland. Before 1856 and th'
Polish October" thaw, he said
Jazz groups played no concerts
and got no radio and televisior
dates.
I'VE could play jazz" ne
added. There was no official
protest, but we just didn't get
the invitations. Now there's a
very good atmosphere"
The group shrugged off as
mot important" a question on
how they got their name. !
don't know" said Mr.. Jedrze-
jowski, but I think it was from
the wreckage of a ship. we
were like castoffs; none of us
was working for a jazz combo
at the time"
The group is accompanied by
Roman Waschko, president OF
the Polish Jazz Federation and
a leading musicologist. Their
Washington guide is Willis Con-
over of the Voice Of America.
Tonight's Jazz Festival fea,
lures Julian (CannonbalD Ad-
derley, who recently played to a
full house at San Francisco
Jazz Workshop, and his quintet
Lionel Hampton and his orches-
ira; Sonny Rollins and Com
pany, with Jim Hall. Dinaf
Washington is booked. with
Howlin Wolf. The time is 8 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Duke Takes Over

The Duke then took over,
and with Gunther SCHUYLER on
the podium, sailed through his
own Night Creatures a
three-movement work slim in
musical substance but fat with
good spots for Ellington and
his men.
incidentally, earplugs should
be GIL. when the Duke and the
National Symphony Orchestra
get together. If you think
you've heard loud before, you
ought to try Night Creatures. "
AS a matter of fact, if you
were within a mile of the place,
you no doubt got the message.
After the intermission, there
were deeper (but not better
things. Came first a disjointed
tulip by the French Jazz critic
Andre Hodeir. who also rubs
elbows with the way-out set.
"Details" struck me as a pretty
pretentious piece of hokum. 1t
did give vibraphoniSt Eddie
Costa a peg on which to hang
his not inconsiderable art, and
that's about all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

The composer, who penned
such popular favorites as
Charleston" conceived of the
work as "a genuine Negro trea-
tise on Syncopated and blue
melodies, expressing the reli-
gious fervor and happy moods
of the natives Of Yamekraw, a
Negro settlement on the out
skirts of Savannah" but he did
not have the technical skill to
realize his aim.
The version heard yesterday
was edited and orchestrated by
Gunther SCHUYLER from a piano
recording made by J. P. john
son in the last years of his life.
Although it does have some
thing of the sweetness and
naivete of a period piece. I am
afraid that it is very bland
stuff, and 1t is not likely to
supplant the Gershwin "jazz
epics" which it somewhat re-
sembleS.
Dinah Washington's Gersh-
win was not for the likes of
squares who have the sound of
Leontyne Price or Adele Addi-
son in their minds ear. and
she was plainly more comfort
able betting out DO Nothin'
Till You Hear from Me" with
an assist from Duke Ellington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
The
Rambler
Has q Day
AT the Park

The only thing more diff
cult than getting onto the
park at Dupont Circle is get
ting off it.
Thaddeus Franklin Casey,
who cuts through the park
George Kennedy is ILL He will re-
sumo his column on his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Jazz Bluffs Swarm to Festival Concert;
Combo F rom Poland Set for Coliseum
Wreckers' Like
D. c., But Girls
Won't Smile

Four-fifths of a Polish jazz
CONDO arrived in Washington
yesterday with kind words for
everything but its hot weather
and its unsmiling women.
rs it always as hot here as
it is today?" asked Andrea
Trzaskowski, pianist and leader
of the Wreckers, a progressive
Jazz quintet that will appera as
part of the First International
Jazz Festival tomorrow at the
Washington Coliseum.
When told that it sometimes
gets even hotter, he said "Oh"
and wiped an imaginary bead
of perspiration from his fore
head.
Mr.. TrzaSkowSki, crewcut and
boyish at 20, said smiling land
in excellent EngliSh) that the
girls here were cold" explain
ing: I'm Poland. you smile at
a girl and she smiles back at
you and you get to be friends,
Here you smile at a girl and
she doesn't smile back"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

learning from others :. we
have been too little concerned
with creating situations in
which the child Is learning for
himself"
Miss Heffernan. in a paper
presented on the second day of
the Tooth annual convention of
the National Education AsSoci-
alton said, 1--WE give children a
lot Of answers to questions they
haven't asked. We load them
down with fact and fancy, and
don't teach them to evaluate the
difference. We make the pass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

ing Of examinations the goal ir
the learning process.
These procedures will not
produce creativity."
Miss Heffernan said a young
ster, needs to learn by behav-
ing as a social scientist be-
haves, his art by behaving as
an artist behaves"
He should have the fun Of
exploration and discovery In
everything he does" she said
Developing creativity in chill
dren, Miss Heffernan said, /:
particularly important "iI
times of increasing standard,
ization, mass production, stereo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

night. DR.. william @. Carr,
executive secretary of the NEA,
is expected to go into the mat
ter more thoroughly tonight.
Mr.. Turner urged greater eff
forts to build NEA member
ship and said:
81 call upon both the local
organization and the Board of
Education TO develop the type
Of working relationships which
will build confidence and mu-
tual respect for the essential
role which all Of those who
hold responsibility for the edu-
cational program must share. +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

I typed entertainment and pres
sure for conformity"
Everyone pays lip-service to
fostering creativity, she said,
but in practice, schools fire.
quently seem to be striving to
eliminate differences. They
seem to put little value on ex-
/ Fermentation, initiative, in
ventivenesS and creativity."
Edward Turner, concluding
his one-year term as NEA pres
ident, limited only indirectly at
the problem Of teacher unions
lin his address to the conven-
tons first general session last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02

in the book. a California
educator said today.
Helen Heffernan, chief Of
CALIFORNIA; Bureau of Ele-
mentary Education, said, I'VE
have been too concerned about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-02
Educator Says Schools
Kill ChiId's Creotivity

DENVER, July 2 (AP)-
Much of today's education
deadens or destroys creativity in
children by making them feel
all the problems have been
solved and all the answers are
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