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Evening star., 1962-01-06
rufficCourt
May Meet on
Saturdays

Approval of proposal for
Saturday traffic court sessions
in collateral cases for those who
can't appear in court during
the week appears to be almost
a certainty.
This was the word today from
Chief Municipal Court Judge
Lewis Smith in the wake of
such a recommendation made
last night by the board of di-
rectors Of the District Bar AS
sociation.
Edmund D. Campbell, asso-
citation president, said the
board of directors voted unan-
imously to recommend either
night sessions or Saturday ses-
sions in traffic cases where it
would be a hardship for de-
PENDANTS to appear during
working hours.
Harry S. Wender, chairman of
this committee, has pointed
out that many defendants in
traffic cases, rather than go to
court during working hours and
wait for their cases to come up,
elect to forfeit collateral-even
though they may have a good
defense.
Judge Smith said night court
sessions would be too costly,
but that he assumes the judges
of his court will approve with
out any question" Saturday ses-
sionS.
Evening star., 1962-01-06

and eight years of volunteer
service with the Boulevard
Heights Volunteer Fire Depart
ment for his firSt-aid knoWl-
edge.
The 210-pound, 6-foot, curly
haired Air Force veteran grew
up in the Southeast section of
the District. He and his wife
OF four months, Barbara Ann,
rent a tWo-story brick home
at 5102 Byers street in Boule-
ward Heights.
1-vG. Ilmmcns has been placed
under tie hni al suspension
pending a coroner's inquest. No
date has been set.
Capt. Hartnett said the rifle
used by Hall was an early
model .38-caliber Winchester
loaded with Is cartridges of
38-40 shot, similar to pellets
used by deer hunters. In addi-
ton, l9 cartridges were found
in the dead mans pockets.
Returned to Hospital
After the shooting, II cart
ridges were left in the maga-
zine, Capt. Hartnett said.
Apparently, he said, three shots
had been fired but the fourth
cartridge caused the gun to
jam.
Evening star., 1962-01-06

and two children down an open
stairway from the dwelling
above.
The second blaze occurred at
about 1897 pm. and was some
what similar to the first. Mrs.
Roy S. Russell, 25, said she had
left the third-floor apartment
at 9l0 T street NV. to go to
the store. Her husband was at
work in a Seventh street bar
berShop and she left TIJUANA
in her crib while her two small
sons, Freddie, 5, and Wayne, 3,
were in the dining room.
When she returned from the
store "in five or 10 minutes"
Mrs. Russell said she smelled
smoke. Firemen were called by
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Hilton
H. Russell, 25, who lives nearby.
Both women tried to get into
the burning bedroom where
TIJUANA lay but were forced
back by smoke. The boys were
safe in the other room.
Freddie, according to In
spector Kelly, said he had set
fire to a piece of paper but
had jumped on it until it went
out. Then Freddie told the fire
investigator he had lit some
Strings" hanging from the
bottom of his sisters mattress.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Silver Spring Man
Injured in Crash

A Silver Spring man was
injured seriously last night
when the car in which he was
riding went out of control and
crashed into a utility pole,
throwing him through the
windshield.
Admitted to the Washington
Sanitarium with a broken leg
and arm and possible internal
injuries was Chris Wilson, SO,
Of 1912 Lorain avenue. Mr..
Wilson's wife, Helen, At, who
was driving the car, also was
admitted to the hospital and
is reported in satisfactory con-
dition.
Silver Spring police said the
car was travelling west on For
est Glen read when 1t failed
to make a curve at the inter-
section with Reddick drvie and
ran into the pole. The Wheaton
Rescue Squad took both Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson to the hos
pital.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
THEFT OF PONY
TO BRING CHANGE
IN RUSTLING LAW

RICHMOND (AP). A
horse is a horse is a horse
E. but it isn't a pony.
Seems as though some
varmint up around StraS-
burg stole a pony.
Horse stealing is a pretty
grievous offense under Vir-
ginia's anti-ruStling law
from 3 to 20 years in
the big corral.
Mules, cows, bulls, steers
and even chickens and poo
dies are included under the
law, but not ponies.
The pony rustler got off
light. Delegate w. H. Eli
fritS promised yesterday to
see that the rustling laws
are amended to include
ponies when the General
Assembly convenes next
week.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Recognizing
Plan Offered
For Phoenix

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 (AP) -
A stockholders protective COM
mittee has recommended a plan
to reorganize Phoenix Savings &
Loan Association of Baltimore
and terminate its management
by a court-appointed official.
The committee recommended
yesterday that owners of the
associations common stock put
up one dollar for each share
owned to gain new capital.
Attorneys for the committee
said a group has agreed to
underwrite the exchange of old
common stock for new, guaran-
teeing that at least $250,000
would be raised.
If the plan is approved by
Judge Ruben Oppenheimer in
Circuit Court. the underwriters
would become the majority of
the reorganiZed associations
board of directors. The judge
granted interested parties 80
days in which to submit pro-
posed plans of reorganization
for his approval. Otherwise, he
said the firm would go into re-
ceivership and be liquidated.
Judge Oppenheimer placed
Phoenix under the control of
Albert w. Ward, administrator
of the new building and loan
regulatory law, last July. After
an audit, Mr.. Ward advised the
court that the association, with
deposits of about 100000, was
insolvent by $4,000.
Old and new deposits in the
association would be kept sepa-
rate under the new manage
ment. Depositors would be al
lowed to withdraw 10 per cent
of their funds 80 days after
their approval of the plan.
Each year following approval
of the plan, depositors would
be permitted to withdraw an
additional Is per cent of their
funds.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Controller GoIdstein
Files for Second Term

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 6 (AP).-
Controller Louis L. GoldStein
filed today for Democratic
nomination to a second term
on q ticket to be headed by
Gov. Tawes in the May is pri-
mary.
Gov. Tawes will file Monday
to complete the administration
ticket, which also includes
Representative Daniel Brew
5ter of Baltimore County for
United States Senate anG
Thomas B. Finan of Cumber-
land for attorney general.
Mr.. Goldstein arranged for
the secretary of state to open
his office on Saturday so he
could file exactly four years
from the date of his first-term
bid. He said he considered the
date lucky" He has no an
.nounced opposition so far from
Democrats or Republicans.
In a prepared statement, Mr..
Goldstein said he and his fell
low candidates believe in gov
ernmental policies that are
fiscally proven yet consistent
with the welfare of the people
of the State"
This type of approach has
made our State a front-runner
in the Nation in the area of
financial responsibility" Mary
lands chief tax collector added.
I'VE cannot afford to risk the
sanctity of this reputation"
Evening star., 1962-01-06

charges yesterday in Baltimore
Federal Court.
Moton's attorney, Daniel F.
O'Flaherty of Alexandria, Va,
asked that the trial be removed
from Maryland because of un-
favorable publicity in the saw
ings and loan field in the State.
The trial has tentatively been
set for January Is in Baltimore
The motion for a change of
venue will be argued next Fri
day.
Motion had been indicted De-
cember IL on charges of mail
fraud and false advertising in
connection with solicitation of
new shareholders for the firm
which has offices in the East
over Shopping Center, Prince
Georges County.
Evening star., 1962-01-06

playing with matches and had
set fire to some strings" hang
ing from his sisters mattress.
In the death of the other in
FAINT, Capt. Kermit Mullins said
the blaze may have been started
by children playing with
matches, by a burning cigarette
or by an overturned radio.
The victims were:
Ennissa Peterback, 2, who
was pronounced dead at her
Northeast Washington home
shortly after 4 pm.
TIJUANA Mae Russell, 20
months, who was pronounced
dead at D. c. General Hospital
at 10:40 pm.
A third child, Patricia Peter
back, 3. sister of Ennissa, today
was reported in critical condi-
ton with burns over her entire
body at Casualty Hospital.
Rescue Efforts Fail
PaSsers-by and neighbors
made valiant efforts to rescue
the Peterback sisters from their
burning apartment on the first
floor at 121 Eleventh street
NE. shortly after the two
alarm fire was discovered about
4 pm.
Their mother, Mrs. Leila Y.
Peterback, 39, who told police
she is separated from her hus-
band and is on public assist
ance, said she had just gone
out to stand in front of the
apartment, leaving the two
little girls inside on a bed.
A few minutes later, neigh
bors noticed smoke pouring out
the rear window of the Peter
back apartment. Mrs. Peter
back hurried around to the
door, she said. Meanwhile,
Charles Boykin, 48, of 116
Twelfth street NE, and George
Wilson, 20, of 1914. Massachu-
sets avenue NE, were at
tracted to the scene by the fire
and broke in the back door.
Mr.. Boykin said he fought
his way past the flames into
the house and saw the two
little girls standing in the
smoke-filled room. He reported
he grabbed Patricia and handed
her out the door to her dis
traught mother.
But the flames were too much
for a second entry. Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Boykin both tried but
were forced back by the intense
heat. Firemtn later found En-
nissa dead behind the bed.
Other firemen led two woman
Evening star., 1962-01-06

Mr.. Goldstein cited as accom-
pliShments of his office "an
open door policy" to the public
on tax matters, reorganization
of the sales tax division and its
cigaret tax unit, faster process
ing of income tax returns, i'm
provement in accounting meth
ods and a Tightening of loop
holes and inequities in the
alcoholic beverages law.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
EDLIN
EDLIN
Loan Firm Receiver
Ponders Next Move
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weekly payroll by firing all
secretaries and a number of
executive personnel. A total OF
10 was removed from the pay
roll with a few more still to go,
but the accounting staff will be
retained because "the books are
behind and out of balance"
Mr.. McKeever added that
even the trial balances were
out of balance, but said II have
formed no opinion yet as to the
reason"
Estimate of 100000
He estimated the amount of
remaining cash, deposited in
Chicago and New York banks
sometime ago by the company,
at about 100000. Maryland's
attorney general, in a bill of
particulars which eventually
placed the firm in receivership,
stated that there was approx
mately SIS million in the same
banks as of November, 1861.
Since there has been copsid-
cradle publicity about the case,
there was a run on the firm
during the past week." Mr.. Nc
Keever commented. "All with
drawls were honored, but they
couldn't have been honored
much longer"
He also estimated the num-
ber of deposits at $2.3 million
made by about 1000 to 4,500 in
dividual depositors.
Mr.. McKeever had no COM
plants about his unusual task,
but after questioning, admitted
he had spent the previous night
in going over the firms books
until am. Then he went to
bed, but was awakened an hour
later by a phone call from a
desperate depositor, one of
hundreds who have approached
him either personally or by
telephone.
DepositOrs Upset
These small depositors are
so upset that it is difficult to
refuse to talk to them, but do
feel that I must explain that
the time taken for every call
is delaying us in our work"
He said he hoped to put a
letter in the mail within the
next week or so to all deposi-
tors. but "it will be sometime
before I have an accurate eval-
uation Of the worth of the
corporation"
He added that he will have
his own appraiSals made by in
dependent observers on unde-
veloped land in Charles County,
Md, and Stafford County, Va,
on which large loans were made
by First Continental.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Expansion Of Prisons
Urged by Grand Jury
RAI,wMORE ,Jan & (Ap>

BALTIMORE, Jan. 6 (AP).-
A retiring Baltimore grand jury
demanded yesterday that Mary
lands prison system be ex-
panded.
In it's final report to Judge
Joseph L. Carter, the jury said
only two of Maryland's penal
institutions the Patuxent In
Stitution and the Reformatory
for Women, both at JesSup-
are not d dangerously over
crowded.
The jury said must treat
ment" is needed in expanding
facilities at the Maryland Pen
itentiary, the State Reforma-
tory for Males and the House
of Correction.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Two Brothers
Diein Hourof
HeurtAttuck

Two Alexandria brothers,
Troy and Hilbert Wilkerson,
died yesterday at Circle Terrace
Hospital-both after a heart
attack and both within the
same hour.
Their deaths came just three
weeks after a third brother died
of a heart attack and a decade
after heart attacks, within a
six-month period, claimed three
other brothers-William, Pres
ton and Alec.
At l am. yesterday, 63-year-
old Troy Wilkerson, a patient
at the hospital since November,
was stricken and died. He bad
been on the hospitals critical
list for several days and in a
coma since early Thursday.
Immediately, his brother, Hill
bert, So, was called at home
and notified of this brothers
death.
Hilbert, who had left the hos
pital only two hours before,
rushed back to his brothers
room, entering just as attend
ants were removing an oxygen
tent from Troy's bed.
Hilbert, who was asked to sit
on a bench in the corridor,
turned and left the room but
collapsed from a heart attack
before reaching his seat. He
died moments later.
The surviving brother is Al
bert Wilkerson, As, also of Sails
bury.
Troy Wilkerson, who was a
river dredge engineer with the
Smoot Sand & Gravel Co.,
leaves his wife, Mollie, of 210
East Howell avenue, the home
address. and a daughter, Mrs.
Helen Ketron, also of the home
address.
Hilbert Wilkerson, who
operated heavy equipment on
construction jobs, leaves his
wife, Eva, and two sons, Stan
ley and Vernon. all of 1924
Duke street, the home address.
Funeral services for the two
brothers will be held at II am.
Monday at the Cunningham
Funeral Home, Cameron and
Alfred streets, Alexandria. Both
will be buried in Bethel Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
SHOOTING
Policemen Led Aid Effort

Hall, alias Solomon Smith,
had worked here as a dry
cleaners presser, police said.
He was admitted to St. Eliza
beths Hospital for mental OBJ
servation in October, 1949, after
entering a strange house and
reporting that someone was out
to shoot him. Hall was dis
charged from the hospital in
January, 1851.
However, II months later, he
again was admitted to ST.
Elizabeths after being arrested
on several charges, including
assault with a deadly weapon.
In April, 1852, he was dis
charged again. but this time
in the custody of a Federal
marshal to answer questioning
by District police in connection
with a murder in Philadelphia
No charges were filed here,
police said.
In August, 1856, Hall was
sentenced to two to six years
after being convicted of assault
with a dangerous weapon-a
knife. He received a good
time" release in October, 1860,
Capt. Hartnett said.
I Yesterdays shooting was
Halls first brush with police
since his release. However, his
Iandlady, Mrs. Norma Keys, 40,
said Hall had fired three shots
from the same rifle after she
asked him for $40 rent money
on Thursday.
Received Rent Later
Mrs. Keys said the shots were
fired outside the P street apart
ment and she later received
her rent, so no report was
made to police.
I Mrs. Keys told police Hall
ignored her plea to leave the
rifle behind when she saw him
leave his apartment shortly be-
fore yesterdays shooting.
| While still a rookie on the
force, Pvt. Timmons and a fell
low rookie officer, Pvt. Anthony
Catapano, then attached to the
ninth precinct, captured two of
three armed hold-up men who
had moments earlier robbed a
Northeast liquor store. Both
officers were named Policemen
! of the Month.
Evening star., 1962-01-06

He said he sold all the build
ings to Wayne Investment
Corp, a wholly owned sub
Sidiary of Mutual Security, in
October, 1858.
Now, of course, he had
bought back his investment.
The first trusts mortgages
are held for the most part by
reputable savings and loan
firms, insurance companies or
other lenders.
Some of the transactions yes
terday were accompanied by
grumblingS of other interested
would-be buyers that Mr.. Rich
mond did not appear to be re-
qulred to pay cash, although
sale terms are for cash.
Mr.. Richmond had been
handing a folded check to Mr..
KaminS each time. When a
laWyer-bidder protested, at one
point that cash should be paid.
Mr. Richmond pulled $500 from
his pocket and counted it out.
He had the exact amount in
one roll. When the lawyer again
noted that this seemed to be
the same amount, in the same
denominations, counted out at
an earlier transaction Mr..
Richmond shrugged.
Mr.. Richmond acknowledged
that his son once managed one
of the offices of the savings and
loan firm which closed last No
vember "a.
Mr.. Coughlan emphasized
that he had nothing to do, as
receiver, with ordering the fore
closure sales of the Mutual
Security second mortgaged pro-
perties. The foreclosures were
brought by Mr.. Richmond, he
pointed out.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Distressed Loan Firms
Buildings Auctioned

Frederic Richmond, a real
estate dealer Of 220 K street
NV, was the owner today of
II of the 13 distressed" Mu-
tual Security Savings and Loan
Association assets"
The II buildings, plus two
more sold to other persons,
were disposed of at an "auc-
ton" yesterday held at vari-
Gus locations in the District.
Mr.. Richmond bought the
properties from Auctioneer Irv-
ing Kamins, to whom he rents
office space in the K street
building.
And thus the 1000 to 5000
savers. who had put about So
million in the now closed asSo-
citation, saw another half mil
lion dollars in assets" disap-
pear-with not one penny to
the association.
This brought the total of
vanishing assets of the company
to about SIT million.
The winning bids on the 13
buildings totaled $76,650.
In most cases, according to
the receiver, Paul M. Coughlan,
Silver Spring insurance dealer,
the properties did not bring
enough to cover second trusts,
let alone third trusts with which
they were also saddled.
More than 80 properties have
now been foreclosed.
The largest asset" carried
for $480,000 on the firms books,
was a four-story building that
sold Wednesday for $161, 900.
Mr.. Richmond is president
of the Washington Mortgage
& Investment Corp.
He was the holder of the
second trusts on the buildings
and the man who ordered
the foreclosures.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
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make a mistaka," ," Pvt. Timmons
said.
Take your time and do it
right or after you're gone he'll
start shooting innocent by
ISLANDERS, were some of my
thoughts es I waited for my
chance" the policeman said.
If you don't do solnethiny
soon, you know you'll die-thot
kept going through my head"
Pvt. Timmons waited until
Hall edged out from behind
the tree to take another shot
before he made his move.
II lined it (the gum up,
took a deep breath and
squeezed it off," the policeman
said.
Thinking Hall had disap-
peared behind the tree again,
Pvt. Timmons decided to try
to return to his motorcycle
across the street near the gun
man and radio for help.
1t was not until after the
policeman reached his vehicle
that he realized Hall had been
felled by his last shot. The
District Coroner's office re-
ported the bullet hit the gun
man right between the eyes"
and Hall died instantly.
Pvt. TimmonS requalified as
an expert with a service re-
volver only last month, police
said.
RadiOed for Help
Pvt. TimmonS said he ra-
diced the police dispatcher for
help, saying he had been shot.
More than a dozen police cars
responded to his trouble call.
During the four or five min
utes of shooting, Pvt. Timmons
said, he did not observe any
traffic on the normally crowded
street.
One of the witnesses to the
gun battle, Carmelo Garofolo,
a friend of Pvt. Timmons. who
operates a gas station in the
1900 block of Southern avenue,
was one of the first to run to
the injured officers aid.
When Mr.. Garofolo reached
his friend, Pvt. Timmons had
taken a lanyard from his uni
form and was attempting to
use it to apply a tourniquet to
his bleeding right arm.
Following the policeman's in
structions, Mr.. Garofolo used
parts of the officers cloJhing
as a pressure bandage for the
wound in the back. Pvt. TIM
mons remained standing to
help stem the flow of blood.
From his hospital bed, Pvt.
Timmons recounted his expert
ence as one chat was enough
to scare even the most sea-
soned policeman.
He credited II years of
good police training" for his
GOODNESS during the shooting
Evening star., 1962-01-06
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Financial Review Section
In This Sundays Star

A YEAR-END REPORT-The Star this Sunday will
present its annual Business and Financial Review
Section. review of Washington area DEVELOPMENTS
will be given, along with year-end predictions of
area business and financial leaders for 1862
ON INCOME TAX RETURNS-In This Week Magazine
Tax Commissioner Mortimer Caplin explains what
the new tax machines will mean to you; and Model
Expert Eileen Ford gives some tips on how to use
makeup to achieve a beautiful face
NEW SUNDAY CONIC-For some chuckles at the an
tics OF the teen-age set, look for "Ponytai" new
comic feature which debutS this Sunday in The
Stars color comic section
MID-WINTER TRAVEL-To help readers begin plan
ming their 1862 vacations. The Star presents this
Sunday its special Mid-winter Travel Section
SPRING FASHION MISUNDERSTANDING this Sunday
with picture previeW and forecast story and con-
tnuing thereafter in The Evening Star Fashion Ed-
tor Eleni will devote her Fashion Notebook" to the
New York Designers Spring Collection. To learn
what you will be Ing during the coming season,
look for Eleni'S reports with New York dateline-
Society-Ho Section
phone | InroTn & 5000 &or Hopoa HaI;verv
Evening star., 1962-01-06
NOTION SEEKS
VENUE CHANGE

John T. Motion, 81, of Alex
andria, head of Wall Street
Savings & Loan Association of
Forest Heights, Md, pleaded
not guilty to mail fraud
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Two Children Die,
Third Hurtin Fires
Playing With Matches Is Blamed
In One of Apartment BIuzes

Two small girls died and third critically burned in
two separate fires that in here late yes
terday.
In both there evidence that blazes
in the childrenS beds The 5year-od brother
little girls told Fire Inspector Warren Kelly had been
Evening star., 1962-06-10

value of the land was fixed. If 600
rather than 800 units had been permit
ted, the value of the land would have
been higher.
furthermore, 1t has never been in
tended that a dollar profit on the re-
sale Of urban renewal land would be
the test Of a successful project. Rather,
the accepted concept Of urban renewal
is that write-down in land costs, when
that occurs, is price worth paying to
realize the benefits of superior urban
renewal planS-benefitS which in the
long run will provide great economic,
social and esthetic gains to the COM
munity. The significant question which
Mr.. Miller has raised, therefore, is
whether these high goals will be met
by the policies and plans now being
pursued in the Southwest.
The RIA believes they will. But the
ultimate proof will come when the
pudding is eaten Certainly there is not
yet sufficient evidence in the few por-
tionS of the program now completed to
be sure. Perhaps there would be more
confidence in the program if the job of
rebuilding were moving faster. In the
final analySiS-and not before-the RIA
will be in a'poSition to answer Mr.. Miller
conclusively when it is able to point to a
finished project which clearly justifies
the unusual economics employed to
bring it about.