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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
'BUTCHER-KNIFE
BANDIT STRIKES

A bandit carrying a butcher
knife and wearing a stocking
mask robbed a dry cleaning
store of more than $100 last
night, District police reported.
Mrs. Catherine Anderson. 80,
of 6044 Fourteenth street NV,
said the bandit entered the
store at 1901 Tuckerman street
N. w. about $50 pm.
She was on duty at the time,
she said, and he ordered her
to turn over the money in the
cash register. He told her to go
into the back of the store and
then escaped.
Police said the robbers
methods were those of the
"butcher-knife bandit" who
has committed a number of
similar robberies wearing a
stocking mask and threatening
his victims with a knife.
A lookout was broadcast for
a Negro about 30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
2 Gunner Rob Downtown Office;
Suspect Seized in White Auto

Two holdup men wearing
sunglaSses entered the First
National Realty Corp. office at
629 F street NV. yesterday
afternoon, threatened six en-
ployes with pistols and es-
capped with about $3.50 in cash.
Mrs. Jean c. Grogan, 80, the
realty firms cashier, said the
bandits entered the office with
guns drawn and scooped 5000
from a cash drawer.
"Lie still and you won't get
hurt" one of the gunner told
Stephen Zeiba, jr., Al, an Of
flee manager. Mr.. Zeiba, Boyd
Osborne, 81, an accountant,
and Arthur Peisner. AZ, an Of
flee employee, were forced to
huddle together on the floor
Of a large, walk-in safe at the
rear Of the office. The safe
door was left open.
While ransacking the office,
one Of the thugs took $50 from
Mr.. Zeiba's wallet. Two other
employees, who were not iden-
titled, were forced to lie down
in a back room. Police issued a
lookout for two Negroes.
Later yesterday, police nabbed
a 81 year old man in a
car in an alley in the rear of
the 140O block of North Capt.
toll street. y
Appreciated by Pvts. John
E. Stecke and Martin I. Dono-
van of the second precinct. he
was identified as Joshua Hart, of
the unit block Of w street
NV, and charged with carry
ing a deadly weapon. The ar
resting officers said he was
disarmed after he tried to draw
a revolver.
Police officials said Sam Eden,
fl. of 2108 Westview terrace,
Silver Spring, a building con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01

tractor. saw the bandits get.
away car. a white Cadillac,
leaving the realty firm parking
lot.
Within an hour, two second
precinct policemen, Pvts. John
E. Stecko and Martin I. DON
ovan, nabbed a suspect at the
wheel of a white Cadillac in an
alley behind the 1400 block Of
North Capitol street.
After a brief scuffle, the two
officers arrested Joshua Hart,
81. Of the first block of w street
NV. He was charged with rob-
berry and carrying a deadly
weapon.
Hart. the policemen said,
made a move to draw a loaded
revolver from his belt, but was
disarmed by Pvt. Stecko.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
TAX RAISES
EFFECTIVE FOR
DISTRICT TODAY

Increases in three Dis
trict taxes go into effect
today.
The major increase is q
rise from 2 to 3 per cent in
general sales tax.
Also increased today are
the wholesale liquor levy,
from Sl25 to $3.50 per gall
Ion. and the tax transient
room rent, fom 3 to 4 per
cent.
These tax hikes were
among the items in a re-
Gently enacted District rev.
enue bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
AlIegony Tex Rote
Cut for Third Year

CUMBERLAND, Md. Mar
81 (AP THE Allegany County
Commissioners have cut the
county property tax rate for
the third straight year.
The tax rate this, year is
$1.85 per 500 valuation, Is
cents lower than the 1861 levy.
The tax was cut 10 cents last
year and two cents the year
before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
PovIock to Open
Campaign Offices

Joseph L. Pavlock of Silver
Spring. candidate for the Re-
publican gubernatorial nomi-
nation. will open his general
campaign headquarters at 8642
Flower avenue. Takoma Park
at 2 pm. today.
Mr.. Pavlock, a 45-year-old
businessman, is a former Mont
gomery County precinct chair
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
ARMED PAIR ROB
MARKET OF $3.50

Two men robbed the Quality
Market. 600 F street NE, of
$3.50 at gunpoint last night,
robbery squad detectives said.
The bandits, both wearing
gloves, ordered the market pro-
prietor. Meyer Levin, 40, and
two clerks to lie on the floor
as they grabbed the bills from a
cash register.
A lookout was issued for two
Negroes, 80 to 38 years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
Blossom Festival
To Lure Thronqs
Porodes, Balls,
Pageant, Music
Set This Week

Washington's annual Cherry
Blossom Festival opens Tuesday
with only a faint blush of pink
expected to show in the famed
blossoms around the Tidal
Basin.
The blossoms should be in
bloom by the week end, in time
for many festival events.
One highlight is the two
hour daytime Parade of Prin-
cesses along Constitution ave-
nue. on Saturday. Another is
the GROWING of the festival
queen Saturday and Sunday.
Hundreds of thousands of
visitors are expected to come to
view the cherry blossoms and
festival activities. Last years
Parade of PrincesSes alone
drew a crowd of nearly a quar-
ter-million.
The first festival event will
be the lighting Of the japanese
stone lantern on the Tidal
Basin by Japanese Ambassador
ASakai at 3 pm. Tuesday.
This years lighting cere-
mony. concentrating the 50th
anniversary of the japanese
gift of cherry trees to the Ma
TONS Capital, will feature q
special Pickering electric candle
resembling the wax candle used
in the first festival opening
ceremonies.
Mrs. William Howard Taft.
wife of the President. planted
the first gift tree on the north
ern bank of the Capitals Tidal
Basin on March 81, 1912.
Army Pageant Set
Tuesdays Festival activities
will be topped with the Con-
ference of State Societies Prin-
cesses' Presentation Ball at $3.50
pm. at the Sheraton-Park Ho-
tel.
Other events during the fes-
tival week will include the
United States Army Pageant at
the Washington Coliseum,
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights. a luncheon
and fashion show Wednesday,
a Marine Band concert Wednes-
day night and a high school
band contest and ROTC drill
team competition all day
Thursday.
Other festival highlights
will include a special noon
hour band jamboree Tuesday
through Friday on Pershing
Square NV, at Fourteenth
and Pennsylvania avenues by
high school bands, and the
Coronation Cruise Dance"
aboard the SIS. Sea Belle OF
the Wilson Line Saturday
night. The Wilson Line ship will
leave from Pier 5 on Maine
avenue S.W. at $3.50 pm.
Queen Will Be Chosen
The Nations first lady, Mrs.
John F. Kennedy, heads the
list of patrons for the Festival
Ball, to be held Friday night at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
At this time the princesses
from the SO States, the District,
Puerto Rico, Guam and Japan
will be presented when the
queen will be chosen by the
spin Of the wheel. This years
queen will travel on good
tour to Japan.
The National Cherry Bios
som Festival Pageant will be
held at the Sylvan Theater on
the Washington Monument
grounds Saturday and Sunday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01

two youths, described only as
17-to-18-year-old Negroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01
Columbia Road
Area Renewal
Project SET
Plans Include
Toll Apartment,
Office Buildings

Major high-rise apartment
and office buildings are prof.
ected for the Eighteenth street
and Columbia road renewal
area in a long-awaited first
stage redevelopment plan.
Citizen groups are now near
ing decisions on a small number
Of still-controversial land-use
proposals, including street-clos-
ings and creation Of additional
parking facilities to serve the
business district in this North
west Washington section.
This was learned yesterday
as the National Capital Plan
ming Commission moved into
the final stages of preparing a
preliminary scale model to show
the future Of the 315-acre
Adams Morgan area.
The model will be displayed
at a session soon of the Adams
Morgan Citizens Planning Com
mittee, which is helping to
shape the redevelopment pro-
gram in collaboration with the
National Capital Planning
Commission and the District
Redevelopment Land Agency.
The Adams Morgan project
area is bounded generally by
Calvert street and Columbia
road on the north, Florida
avenue on the south, Connecti-
cut avenue on the west and Six
tenth street on the east.
It consists OF three areas
contrasting greatly in qualita-
tive character, and includes a
commercial junction at Eigh-
tenth street and Columbia
road for which planners foresee
a high potential.
Necessary improvements to
spur additional private rede-
velopment are expected to cost
hardly more than one-fifth of
the 500 million spent on
Southwest Washington.
Emphasis will be on restora-
ton and rehabilitation, with a
relatively minor amount for
clearance and redesign of
streets and topography.
Still preventing completion
Of the project model are a
number Of pending decisions by
citizens groups, which have
been entrusted with q share
in making redevelopment rec
concentrations.
Unresolved Questions
Among questions still unre-
solved is whether Biltmore
street should be closed at Co.
lumbia road so that commercial
frontage may extend uninter-
ruptedly from Eighteenth street
to Mintwood place. The disad-
vantageS are understood to
have made a favorable decision
on this proposal doubtful. :.
Another knotty problem is
whether the plan should call
See RENEWAL, Page E-2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-01

y =
FINALLY, in 1948, he
arrived in Washington. He
was a cook for Henri Am
bord, at Les Trois Mouseque-
taires, at 818 Connecticut
avenue NV. When Mr.. Am
bord retired five years ago,
Francois took over as owner,
renamed the restaurant Chez
Francois.
THE hope for a sidewalk
cafe I had a long time ago."
he said. "It is nice outside
in the open air. But 7 will not
have an idea to make this a
big business deal. People will
stay as long as they want,
and read papers or talk, the
way we had it over there, the
way it should be-"
What could be more cheer
full news to hear now that
as Solomon so wildly evoked
the image of spring so long
ago-the winter is past, the
flowers begin to appear on
the earth, the time of the
singing of birds is upon
us, and the voice of the tur-
tie is heard in our land?
Evening star., 1962-10-02
FOTNn

DOG, mixed breed, male, multi-col.
ored; vic. Beech and Western aves
WO. 6-O17O.
DOG, male, coon hound, black, brown
markings; vic. Georgia ave. JU
7-609a.
KITTEN, half grown, black and white
male, scar on shoulder, Arlington
area. ia. 2-S405.-
KITTEN, Siamese blue point. approx
Forest Glen, Silver Spring. 5S9'
s2S3, after 5.
Published Daily and Sunday
Second Class Postage Paid
at washington. d. c.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Russians Notified
OF u. S. Plan to
Orbit Schirru

The United States today Of
ficially requested the Soviet
government to bear in minc
the scheduled orhiting oi
Comdr. Walter Schirra tomor-
row in their planning of any
future nuclear explosions in
the atmosphere.
State Department officials
said this is the first time that
such a request has been sent
to the Soviet Union.
Like previous Mercury cap
Sule flights" an American note
to Russia said, "the orbiting
of Sigma-7 is designed to fur
ther mankind's knowledge OF
space and to carry out various
experiments, the results oi
which will be made known to
the international scientific
community"
The note continued with the
hope that the Soviet govern
ment would give consideration
to the scheduled flight "in
connection with any plans it
may have for further explo-
sions of high-yield nuclear de-
vices in the earth's atmos-
phere."
The Soviet government sent
a similar note to the United
States at the time of the recent
two-man orbital flight.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
RUSSIANS MAY GET TO SEE
SCHIRRA TAKEOFF ON TV
BY a Star staff Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla-The Russian people may
get their first chance tomorrow to live manned
space launching.
Negotiations underway between American and
Soviet officials to tie the Communstboc "Intervision
network into the European Testar broadcast
TelStar will make two passes over the Atlantic to-
morrow morning of them during the period in which
Comdr Walter M. Schrra is scheduled to take off for
his 60,000-me trip through space
The launching is scheduled for no earlier than am
(EDT) and no later than 10 am.
The first flight of the communications satellite to-
morrow is scheduled between 845 and 915 am. (EDT)
Ideally the West Europeans who view Eurovision and
the East Europeans whose link with the outside world is
Intervision would about minutes OF the countdown
the blast-off and minutes of post-launch activity
the rocket already taken off by the time Tel
star comes in view kineoscope recording will be played
for the benefit of the Europeans
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Rudio Hams Here
May Listen to
Schirru in Orbit
BY a star staff Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla,
Oct. radio hams in the
Washington area may be able
to monitor some Of the con-
versations between ground sta
tions and Astronaut Walter
Schirra in orbit.
Equipment necessary is a
single sideband set with recep-
ton capability in the is mega
cycle range (amplitude modu-
lation). A radio amateur at
nearby Cocoa Beach monitored
a dress rehearsal of the Mer-
curry communications system
last week and picked up traffic
on this band at 1895 mega
cycles from as far away as
Point Arguello. Calf.
The astronaut has two radio
frequencieS at his disposal. The
other operates on 900 mega
cycles (FM/FM. Its range is
horizon limited and thus such
signals probably cannot be re-
ceived in the Washington area
unless reception conditions are
ideal.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
ADAM A. WESCHLER a SON
AuetiOneers-AppraiserS
PaWnbrokers' Auction
Of
UnFedesmed Pledges
BY Public Auction
at WesehleFs
9O5 z St. NV.

Thursday. October 4. 10 AN.
Continuing Until Mid-Afternoon
JEWEtRY-DiAMOND RINGS
Mems and Ladies' wotehes-Hamilien,
Omega, Lonsines, ls coultrs, solid
GOLD Mare Nicolei, diomond dial bvl-
ovcs, etc. Clusters, Sclifeirs, Masonic,
cAMERAS-TELEVISIoNS
LsieG, Poloroid J33. Poloroid 80, Polo
roid IS, smm MoVis Kodak, Holiday
Reiino, Voiqhtlander, Argus CO, light
eIer, port. Gen. Flee, Emerson, RcA,
Muntz port. and tobls models.
TYPEWRlTERS-
HI-Fl RECORD PLAYERS
Royol Electric, portable and upright;
port Remington ond Smifh-coTono.
SilVeTtone, WestinehoUse ond Webeer
Steree Hi-H record players.
FlREARMS-MUSClAl INSTRUMENTS
Remington ond Winchester l2-qo.,
Moriin l6-eo., J. c. Higgins n single
shot outo. Tenor and olso Sax; Aeeor-
dion; Gibson, Koy and other cutters.
SEWING MACHlNES-TOOLS
Sewmor, Ambassador. Altos, Mercury
s FairIane port; B&D, Thor, Porter
cable ond Craftsmen drills, sows,
iieSaws, levels, msehonieS' tools and
paint brushes; new Hoover floor pol
UNDERWOOD lo-KEY ELEc. ADDING
MACH, SPENCER sINOculAR-TYpE
MEDICAL MICROSCOPE, Ohm ME-
TERS, CENTURY TuBE TESTER, SETS
GOLF cLUsS, ENCYCLOPEDIA. RE-
WERE AND AIWA TAPE RECORDERS.
LARGE ASSORTMENT TRANS. TABLE
AND CLOCK RADIOS, SHAvERS,
TOASTERS, PERcOIAT0RS, ELECTRIC
MIXERS, HEATERS, SltVEWARE. ETC.
Inspection Oct. ;, II TO ;
Chairs Provided. Terms: Cash
By order Morris PGDnbrokers
and Wei=steiH's PdWnbrOkeTs
Evening star., 1962-10-02


of the is Governors attending
the conference are in favor of
electing Gov. FaubuS chair
man.
Ironically, If they change
their minds. it will be because
of the Mississippi integration
crisis-which has stirred pain
full memories of the 1857 Little
Rock controversy over the
same issue.
"As of last night, he Gov.
Faubus) was in line to get the
Craftsmanship" said a man in
a position to know.
He conceded that "the Mis-
sissippi thing" could jeopardize
Gov. Faubus' election.
Good Conduct Recognized
The informal decision to give
the craftsmanship to Gov.
Faubus is based on the feeling
of most Governors that he has
conducted himself well as
Arkansas chief executive in the
years since the Little Rock
incident.
- On the basis of seniority
among the Governors in terms
of tenure in office, Gov. Faubus
has been eligible for the job of
conference chairman since 1858.
His non-committal stand in
the 1860 presidential race made
a number of Democratic South
ern Governors remain cool to-
ward voting him the honor
either that year or in 1861.
Actual decision on whether
to advance Gov. Faubus from
the vice Craftsmanship to chair
man will come Thursday. final
day of the conference. If Gov.
Faubus misses again. the job
is expected to go to either Gov.
Bert Combs Of Kentucky or
Gov. Farris Bryant of Florida.
To Shun Riot Issue
Talk of a resolution con-
cerning the Mississippi inte-
grafton problem faded.
Gov. John Patterson Of Ala
bama continued to assert his
personal opinion to reporters
that the conference should go
on record as backing Gov. Ross
Barnett and the people Of Mis-
sissippi.
But the word was that no
resolution of any kind would
be forthcoming on this emo
tion-laden subject. Gov. Price
Daniel of Texas is chairman OF
the resolutions committee, OF
which Gov. Patterson also is q
member.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Peiping Fovors
A-Weopon Bon

TOKYO, Oct. 2 (AP) For
eign Minister Chen vi says
Red China would support an
agreement by all the great pow
ers to destroy all existing
atomic weapons, Radio Peiping
reported today.
1t was Mr.. Chen who said last
month Chinese scientists had
made great progress in the de-
velopment of a nuclear bomb.
The broadcast said the For
eign Minister put Red China's
views on nuclear disarmament
on the record in a recent in
terview with a Japanese cor
respondent, telling him: I'VE
stand for the banning of nu-
clear weapons in principle"
Evening star., 1962-10-02
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla.
Oct. 2.-Weather, which ha.
marred the plans of spacemer
in the past, is threatening tt
| interfere with the schedule o.
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra. d.
Comdr. Schirra pronounced
to rhyme with hurrah) is sci
to GO on a 160.000-mile space
flight tomorrow if a tropical
storm named Daisy will just
behave. But weather fore.
casters have their doubts about
Daisy'S intentions. and there !:
a possibility that the launching
of Mercury Atlas-8 will have
to be delayed.
Except for the storm, which
is petering out but moving
nevertheless toward critical
emergency landing area in the
Atlantic. everything is in readi-
ness for the shot, according
to space agency spokesman
Comdr. Schirra and his back
up pilot, Mai. Gordon Cooper
we're checked out physically
yesterday and found in tor
shape. The booster rocket anC
Comdr. Schirra's capsule "Sig-
maj" likewise received clear
bills of health.
If Daisy calms down, the
blastoff of Americas thirt
orbital spaceman will take
place between 8 and 10 am
tomorrow. 1t will be televisec
live by all three networks.
Comdr. Schirra's flight plar
calls for what are nominally
described as six orbits of the
earth. Actually, the sixth or
bit will be about 5000 miles shy
OF a complete circuit of the
globe. This bobtailing Of the
last orbit was necessitated by
a requirement for a watery
landing place.
This landing area, in the
Pacific, northwest of Hawaii
is enjoying fine weather. &C.
cording to. NASA reports. Nc
storms are expected to mate
rialize in the next few days.
Light Test Procedure
NASA is hoping for good
weather in two regions not
connected with landing opera
tions. These are Australia and
southeastern Africa, wher {
scientists are preparing to con-
duct ground flare and search
light experiments on the first
orbit.
The official flight plan fol-
the mission, which is not nor
mally available for use by re-
porters, laid out the procedure
Comdr. Schirra will use in the
light experiments.
81. Pitch down to rs degrees
yaW and roll approximately
zero" the plan states.
80. Locate flare, comment.
"3. Using photometer, extinct
known light source in space
craft. Record index reading.
~. Extinct ground flare as il
moves away from Spacecraft as
many times as possible "a min
imum of three. Pitch up as
required. Record on the onboaro
tape both the point where the
flame is eXtincted by the photo
Letter and the index reading.
IS. After the last ground light
reading, repeat the extinction o1
spacecraft light source"
The "spacecraft light source
mentioned in the order refers
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Delay in Schirro Flight
By Weather Possible

to carefully calibrated light
on the instrument panel. By
checking this light through his
extinction meter before and
after looking at the ground
light, the astronaut will get q
basis of, comparison for the
scientists records.
viii Operate Camera
Comdr. Schirra also will take
pictures of ground features with
a special hand-held camera
containing color film. The pur-
pose, according to the official
flight plan, is Ito build up a
catalogue of space photographs
of various terrestrial phySio-
graphic features, such as folded
mountains, fault zones and
volcanic fields"
He also will make weather
photographs with another CAM
era specially rigged for the pur-
pose.
The flight plan calls for "ret-
rofire," or activation Of slow
down rockets, to occur at 8
hours, 81 minutes after launch
with actual landing in the Pa
cific 20 minutes later.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Dr.. Johnson Named
csc Medical Chief
BY the Associated Press

DR.. Melvin T. johnson is
the new medical director of
the Civil Service Commission,
it was announced yesterday.
DR.. johnson, who has been
serving as deputy director. sue
ceeds DR.. Eugene r. Chaplin,
who is retiring after serving as
director for five years.
DR.. Richard H. Meredith
succeeds DR.. johnson as deputy.
Evening star., 1962-10-02
Brown Put on Defensive
By Nixon in TV Debate
CALIFORNIA
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vities Committee in San Fran
CISCO" will you indorse them"
he asked the startled governor.
For the past week, Mr.. Nixon
has been pushing the subver-
sive issue, but this was his most
direct thrust, and it threw Gov.
Brown, who would rather talk
about water and education, off
stride.
He charged Mr.. Nixon with
retreating from his stand
against John Birch Society
candidates, since his old cam
paign manager, Murray Cho-
timer, said it was a bad thing
politically.
He himself, Gov. Brown said,
becoming more heated but less
accurate, wouidrepudiate ANY
body who said the President
of the United States was a
conscious agent of the Demo-
cratic Party"
Amid some giggling in the,
audience. Mr.. Nixon, looking
enormously pleased with him.
self, Strengthened out Gov.
Brown on the matter of just
what party the John Birchers
think the President was a con-
cious agent Of.
In his confusion, Gov. Brown
also forgot the name of one
of Mr.. Nixon's targets.
Mr.. Nixon smoothly supplied
the name and said. II think
you would know the members
of your own ticket"
The next subject was even
more unpleasant. 1t was the
oeaCh penalty IN CallAornla,
which has given Gov. Brown
the most troubling political
episode. Il don't think" he
said earnestly, sit has done a
single, solitary bit Of good"
Mr.. Nixon's eyes cleaned. 81
respect his right to disagree
with the people of California
and with me. I feel just as
strongly on the other side. I'm
for the death penalty reluct-
antly and would extend it to
big time dope peddlers."
The matter of ward
Hughes loan to his brother
Donald Mr.. Nixon seized as an
opportunity to make an emo
tional defense of himself and
his family and to make a new
direct challenge to the unhappy
Governor.