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Evening star., 1962-05-23
FotoI Shooting of Man
In Arrest Held Justified

Blancato said, he saw the sus-
pect, holding something that
appeared to be a gun. crouching
on the far side of a bed. The
officer said Thomas was partly
turned away from him and that
the object he held was partially
obscured from his view.
The detectives we're men,
bers of an eight-man raid
ing party armed with warrants
for the arrest OF Thomas ano
George Cooper, one of the sew
eral members of the Cooper
family involved in a series o.
holdups.
Earlier this week. police
nabbed three members of the
Cooper family, two brothers
and their mother. Wanzel
Cooper, %, and his brother
Vernon, 20. we're charged witt
the May 10 holdup Of a Hot
Shoppe restaurant at Fourth
street and Florida avenue NE
The robbery netted $702. Tive
Hot Shoppe employees were pis.
tol-whipped.
Their mother, Mrs. Pear
Cooper, 40, Of the 1000 block o.
Lam ont street NV, wal
charged with withholding in.
formation.
Robbery Charges
George Cooper, whom police
had hoped to find with Thomas
is still at large. Police said 6
warrant charging him with 6
liquor store holdup has beer
filed.
Earlier yesterday, a sister oi
the Cooper boys, Nettie. 80. oi
the unit block of @ street NE.
and a male companion. JOSEPH
Kennedy, AZ. of the same ad.
dress. were picked up anc
charged with armed robbery
Police said Nettie has been ac-
cused Of driving the getaway
car in the Hot Shoppe robbery
Kennedy was linked to another
holdup.
Vernon Cooper, police said
has been charged with a tota,
Of six armed robberies.
Still another member of the
Cooper clan, Hazel, "a. was seer
by police at the u street house
in which Thomas was fatally
shot. Detectives said that be-
fore the shooting she told them
Thomas escaped through the
back door. Police said she will
be subpoenaed as a material
witness.
Thomas, police said. was
sentenced to serve three to nine
years on a housebreaking con-
viction in 1854. He was released
on January IA, 1861. His earlier
record included a 1949 house
breaking conviction, for which
he spent nearly three years in
prison, and a disorderly con-
duct case in September, 1852
when he was sent back to jail
for a year.
Evening star., 1962-05-23

A full hearing on Washing
ton traffic and highway prob
lens today was scheduled by
a House District subcommittee
for June 5 and 6.
Representative Whitener,
Democrat of North Carolina,
who heads the subcommittee,
said members want to explore
the potential of more one-way
streets. They will analyze one
way traffic movement in rela-
ton to total traffic plans of
the metropolitan area. he said.
The big District highway
/ budget-more than $50 million
for the fiscal year beginning
July / also will be examined.
in terms not of money requests
but Of planning and program
ming.
Mr.. Whitener sees the hear
ings as a means Of spublicizing
plans of District officials for
unraveling traffic congestion.
These plans have taken shape,
to a large degree, quite apart
from the congressional District
Committees, which officially
oversee the District. The reason
is the unique governmental
structure, rather than any
scheme to keep the plans con-
fidential.
Augmented by Federal aid,
the District highway program
now accounts for $40 million in
local tax money and SIS million
in Federal money.
The highway controversy
bubbled up as the chief issue
in public hearings last night
on the Districts $298 million
budget for the next fiscal year.
All but a handful Of the SO
witnesses appearing before a
House Appropriations suhcom-
mittee waded into the argu-
ments for and against a free
way system for the Nations
Capital.
But members of the COM
mittee, headed by Representa-
tive hatcher, Democrat Of Ken
lucky, revealed not the slight
est hint of how they stood on
the question. No witness was
questioned.
Hearings continue tonight
and tomorrow night, at z
O'Clock, in the Caucus Room of
the Old House Office Building
The committee will decide in
the next few weeks whether to
delay or accelerate the High
way Departments plans for
variety of projects.
The witnesses and a summa-
ton of their testimony:
DIR. w. d. KEHNE, ADAMS
MORGAN COMMUNITY
COUNCIL-A casual look be-
meath the facade of the city
will reveal many areas Of
neglect. The financial plight
of the city is shameful.
ROBERT MALAKOFF,
ADAMS MORGAN COUNCIL
The school system urgently
needs more elementary teach
ers, counselors, a clinical psy-
chologist and libraries in its
elementary system.
EDWARD J. KALIN. ADAMS
MORGAN COUNCIL - Funds
should be channeled into facil-
tiles which win promote re-
sponsibility in the youth Of the
city.
MRS. BISHOP M. REED,
ADAMS MORGAN COUNCIL
Funds for a residential train
ing center for mothers now on
relief should be appropriated
in the interest of a constructive
welfare program. Grants to
large families on relief should
be restored.
WILLIAM BRANCH, ADAMS
MORGAN COUNCIL - The
crime rate is fantastic. Meas
ures to meet the threat in the
budget represent a case of too
little too late. The Canine
Corps. the greatest single de-
terrent to street crime, should
be increased.
r. JOSEPH DONOHUE,
CITIZENS TRAFFIC BOARD
If the program for freeways
Evening star., 1962-05-23

A Washington detective tes-
titled at a coroner's inquest to-
day that he shot and killed a
34-year-old robbery suspect
yesterday because he thought
the suspect was going to shoot
a fellow detective.
Detective Louis Blancato of
the Robbery Squad, said that
when the man he shot fell
beside a bed II ran around to
kick the gun out Of his hand
but saw that he was holding a
hammer"
The coroner's jury ruled that
the shooting was justifiable
homicide and that Detective
Blancato had acted lin the line
of duty" to protect his partner
and himself.
Defiant, Police Say
The slain suspect, James B
Thomas, sought in connection
with a restaurant holdup on
May 10, was an ex-convict who
had told friends he would never
be taken alive by lawmen, police
testimony indicated.
Mr.. Blancato told the jury
he was on q stairway in house
at 46 u street NV. when, from
a bedroom above. he heard his
squad partner. Detective Char
les C. Samen. shout: Come out
from under the bed, I'm a police
officer"
AS he entered the room in
which Thomas was hiding, Mr..
Evening star., 1962-05-23

BACK AT THE BUS, Sergt.
Richard Wallace indicated
the Army gives one conces-
sion to human weakness.
I'VE can move our eyeballs, :"
he said.
Have I ever wanted to
wipe my face or move a
hand? Sure. I've wanted to
a lot. But you just can't. 1t
seems my nose always itcheS
when we're out there. I've
never tainted but some of the
fellows have"
He indicated something to
look for during the next
parade.
I'VE have signals, like ball
players. I was on the right
hand side. When the parade
comes by, and we have to
change position, the first
guy on the right hand side
mods his head to the fellow
directly across the street. He
Immediately follows and
thenNthe guy next to the first
guy sees him and it follows
back and forth all down the
line, like a ripple"
An information officer
said "the group is hand
picked from other outfits,
for this Old Guard Infantry.
It's the Oldest acting infantry
outfit. Started shortly after
the Mexican War. They train
one or two weeks for differ
ent ceremonial functions
before they perform.
1--WE prefer them to be six
feet tall if we can get them.
They have about seven or
eight of these sort of parades
a year, but they have many
other ceremonial functions. "
From the sanctity of his
soft leather chair he added,
"ior this they don't train too
much. AL it takes is endur-
ance"
Evening star., 1962-05-23
Peace Service Set

A PRAY for Peace" service
will be held from Z to 9 pm. to-
morrow in the Chevy Chase
Methodist Church, TOOL Con-
necticut avenue, Chevy Chase,
Md. The service is being spon-
sored by the Peace and World
Order Study and Action Group
of the church.
Evening star., 1962-05-23
D. c. Congress Role
Pressed by Bush
Foirfox Probers Clear
Merrywood Rezoning

No corruption was found in
the controversial rezoning of
the Merrywood Apartment site,
a special Fairfax County grand
jury reported yesterday as it
concluded its investigation Of
the matter.
The jury Of five men and
two women told Circuit Court
Evening star., 1962-05-23
Fuvors Votes
In Both Houses
At Hearing

| Senator Bush, Republican Of
Connecticut, cited history to-
day as he urged representation
+ in Congress for the District.
The Connecticut Senator,
who is retiring this year, said
District representation is be-
yond partisan politics.
He was the first of witnesses
from Congress and the commu-
nifty to urge representation be-
fore the Sc nate Constitutional
/ A m e n d m e n S Subcommittee
this afternoon. Everybody IA
vored the idea, but there were
three major forms of repre-
sentation favored:
l. Voting representation in
both the Senate and the House.
/ 2. Non-voting representation
in the House.
3. Representation in the
House, with Congress deter
mining whether District dele.
gate should vote.
Senator Bush, who has with
drawn from a reelection cam
paign this fall, is the father Of
the presentation move in this
Congress. His resolution would
permit District residents to
elect two Senators and the
number Of Representatives to
which the District would be
entitled If 1t we're a State
probably two.
Recalls Mutiny
The voting vacuum in WASH
ington is a historical over
sight" Senator Bush said.
j Drafters of the Constitution
set the Federal Government
here under exclusive control of
Congress because of an unhappy
experience, he said: The Con-
Stitutional Congress had been
. chased out of Philadelphia
when local officials could not
protect it from mutineers ef
the Continental Army.
! George Washington in 1870
appointed three commissioners
to lay out a site for the District
along the Potomac. Federal Of
: ficers first were moved from
Philadelphia to Washington by
John Adams in 1900.
Senator Bush noted that be-
tween 1890 and 1900, residents
of the Capital-to-be were reu-
resented in Congress and voted
! for President and Vice Presi-
! dent under the laws of Mary
e land.
yet in 1900. there were fewer
!. than 5000 people in the Dis
trict, including slaves" Sem
ator Bush said. To-day. the
population is more than $4,000
persons. which exceeds the pop
ulation of IL States-South Da-
kota, Montana, Idaho. Hawaii
North Dakota. New Hampshire,
Delaware, Vermont. Wyoming
Nevada and Alaska"
Both Parties Favor
Both the Republican and the
Democratic Parties have called
for national representation
Senator Bush noted.
He said two Senators and a
proportionate number of Rep
resentatives could be effective
spokesman for the people OF the
District and make certain that
city interests were considered
adequately by Congress.
Representative Matthias, Re.
publican of Maryland, planned
to argue for his own bill to
give the District one nonvoting
delegate in the House. This
would not require a constitu-
tional amendment.
Hearings are to continue
Friday. The subcommittee
chairman. Senator Kefauver
Democrat Of Tennessee, con-
s!ders representation part of an
unfinished fight. He was in
. strumental in clearing the
Twenty-third Amendment in
Congress in 1860 giving Dis.
trict residents a vote for Presi.
dent and Vice President.
Senators Dodd, Democrat OF
Connecticut. and Heating, Re.
publican of New York, have
Joined with Chairman Kefauver
to sponsor House representa-.
ton for the District.
Evening star., 1962-05-23

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closing the driver announced,
I'm going back to New York.
All you gotta watch out for
up there is st. Pats Day and
astronauts."
The sporting thing is to
love a parade. However, this
column is dedicated to a
group of men who, like the
cab driver, should be allowed
to fall out of love with bands
and horses and Jack and
Jackie and 1t. Col. John
Glenn and visiting heads of
states and even drum major
cites.
These are the 300 Armed
Forces men who lined yester-
Gays mile and three-quarterS
parade route - the notion
less street Gordon of Marine,
Coast'Guard, Navy, Army and
Air Force men who waited
for President Kennedy and
visiting Ivory Coast President
Houphouet-B Boigny to come
to Blair House.
On Pennsylvania avenue,
by Blair House, the Army
group stood 10 feet apart, like
toy soldiers. Their bayonetS
gliStened, their shoes glis-
tened and after an hour and
10 minutes, their foreheads
gliStened.
Evening star., 1962-05-23

THE RAMBLER edged next
to one who was at what the
Armed Services call parade
"rest"-a facetiouS term at
best. One white gloved hand
pressed into his back, feet a
foot apart, the butt of the
bayonet-rifle barely making
contact with the ground. He
never swayed. He never
looked around.
When the parade was over,
he looked down and said,
I'VE stand at parade rest un-
til the colors go by. At that
time we come to attention
and present arms. We hold
that position and then we're
back to parade rest and when
the President comes by we go
through it all again."
All along the line they
were peeling. off and follow
ing one another as If some
one had wound them up.
Those boys haven't eaten
since breakfast. They have
to march back to a bus
alongside the White House, I"
said 1t. Charles OBrien.
Walking along the empty
ing route which moments be-
fore was filled with the
sound of band music and the
noontime curious, 1t. O'Brien
tried to explain the mysteries
of being able to stand like
that.
Its training. 1t has a lot
to do with weight distribu-
ton. If your trunk is adj
justed right on your hips you
have no problems at all. It's
strictly discipline"
Evening star., 1962-05-23
Fireman Dies,
Others Hurt
Chemical BIuzes
In Doctors S Office

A fire in the basement office
of a Silver Spring doctor yes
terday took the life of one fire
men and seriously injured an
other.
Two other firemen and DR..
Lloyd A. Eisenberg, 80, owner of
the combination office-home at
1887 Grubb road, were slightly
hurt.
The victim. Pvt. Ronald B.
Biggs. 81, of the Chevy Chase
Fire Department, was found on
the basement floor of the office
after a chemical explosion,
Montgomery County fire Off
cials said. He was pronounced
dead on the scene by DR.. Merrill
M. Cross. a fire department
physician.
Pvt. Philip Aravanis, %, of
the Silver Spring Fire Depart
ment, is in serious condition
today at Suburban Hospital
fire.
Jar Smashed
Fire Chief David B. Gratz of
Silver Spring gave this account:
Shortly after 5 pm, DR.. Els
enberg dropped a wrench on a
jar of chemicals while working
in his basement office. The liq-
uid chemical spread across the
floor and apparently was ig-
nited by the pilot light Of a hot
water heater, causing a flash
fire.
DR.. EiSenberg telephoned for
firemen, then burned his hands
and legs while partially extin-
gushing the blaze. Firemen,
who quoted the podiatrist as
saying the fire was out when
they arrived. entered the smoke
filled basement office and found
it had burst into flames again.
The explosion followed.
It was not until the blaze
was again brought under con-
troll Is minutes after a second
alarm at 5:31 pm, that other
firemen found the body of Pvt.
Biggs on the basement floor.
He was partially hidden by a
couch, about so feet from the
lone outside entrance.
Family Escapes
DR.. Eisenberg's wife, Diane,
and 21a-year-old son, Bennett,
escaped uninjured from the up
stairs part of the brick ram
bier. which also was damaged
by the fire.
DR.. Eisenberg was treated at
Walter Reed Hospital and re-
leased.
A Walter Reed spokesman
said the podiatrist is Medical
Service Corps lieutenant in the
Air Force and is stationed at
Andrews Air Force Base.
Pvt. Biggs, who roomed at
720 West Montgomery avenue,
Rockville. had served with the
Chevy Chase department for
eight months.
A native of Midland, Md,
Pvt. Biggs planned to be mar
ried soon. A former Bethesda
fireman, Pvt. Biggs was a vol
unteer member of the Rock
vile Fire Department.
Evening star., 1962-05-23
BY LEE FLOR
Star staff Writer

Conflicting statements by the
Democatic Central Committee
and a city planner were high
lights of the District budget
hearings last night.
Mrs. Polly Shackelton, DEM
ocratic National Committee
woman represented the Gen.
trail Committee
She urged the Appropriations
Subcommittee to postpon e
spending $3.4 million for five
interstate highway projects. un-
til the National Capital Tran
sit Agency makes its report on
rapid transit this fall.
Harland Bartholomew, con-
sultant and former director OF
the National Capital Planning
Commission, said it would be
"the height. of absurdity" to
postpone the projects to wait
for the report.
The projects are Interchange
C, the Potomac expressway be-
tween Thirty-first street NV.
and Foxhall road NV, Three
Sisters Bridge. Northeast Free
way and the East Leg of the
Inner, Loop.
Evening star., 1962-05-23
ssO.2 Million Needed

Congress last year appropri-
ated $30.2 million for the five
projects under its program OF
80 per cent grants for inter-
state freeways. - The District
budget for next year asks for
$3.2 million in matching funds
for the five projects.
Evening star., 1962-05-23

BOord Rejects MerryvoOd Areo Club
Appeal. Pose BIZ
Evening star., 1962-05-23
The
Rambler
Loves
A Parade
By MYRA MACPHERSON

You wanna go up to Penn
Sylvania avenue? You nuts
or something?" asked the cab
driver. His and hundreds of
other cars were being re-
routed to clear the streets
foH yesterdays parade and he
didn't even have the music
of a clicking meter for con-
ISOLATION.
The Rambler decided to
walk it and as the door was
Evening star., 1962-05-23

George Kennedy is III. He will resume
his column on his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18
PHA Names RosfeId
As Stoff Assistant

Commissioner Marie c.
MCGUIRE Of the Public Hous-
ing Administration has an
nounced the appointment Of
Arthur e. Rosfeld as q special
staff assistant.
Mr.. Rosfeld will be re-
sponsible for co-ordinating
PHA activities with those Of
other agencies within the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency. especially the Urban
Renewal Administration, Mrs.
Mcclure said.
Before. accepting his new
appointment. Mr.. Rosfeld
was director Of education for
ACTION. Inc. Q privately
financed research and edu-
cational organization which
promotes the physical re-
vitalization Of the Nations
urban areas.
In making the announce
ment, Mrs. MCGUIRE said:
I'VE believe that the PHA
must be . specialist in the
diagnosis and cure for the
disease Of inadequate housing
for all low-income families.
His experience indicates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18
Good Zoning Guards
Against City Blight

serve the integrity Of coming
in the city"
He points out that many
Of the problems which urban
renewal programs are estab-
hshed to correct stem from
lack Of coming controls ct
the time the old areas de-
veloped.
"If present controls are
not administered with full
force, then costly new prob
lens viii develop" he says.
The Build America Better
Com mittee Of NAREB is
made up Of experts in re-
newal, rehabilitation and
conservation of urban areas.
Its members serve on teams
which visit cities, at the in
vitation Of the real estate
board and municipal govern
ment, to help initiate con-
Servation conferred renewal
programs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18

Cities must stay on guard
against the causes Of blight
to make urban renewal q
success, an official Of the
National Association Of Real
Estate Boards advises.
F. Lawrence Dow, Hart
ford, Conn, chairman Of the
associations Build America
Better Committee, explains
that one way to do this is
through strong enforcement
Of coming and housing codes.
Good coming practices are
essential to the maintenance
of values and desirable
neighborhood environment"
he says. "One Of the best
means Of preventing the
spread of blight and thus
eliminating the need for
ever-increasing urban renew
al expenditures Is to pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18
Roll Outside

The use Of paint rollers is
not limited to the inside.
Both vertical and horizontal
wood siding can be painted
more quickly with O roller.
Choose one a bit longer than
the width Of the board.
The underside Of the clap
board may have to be painted
with q brush. but there are
small rollers available at most
paint dealers for this job.
Long-napped rollers are the
best tool for painting stucco
and coarse masonry surfaces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-18

that Mr.. Rosfeld will con-
tribute in seeking the CO.
operation and viewpoints Of
knowledgeable public and
private groups which rec
ognize that In any total plan
for q community, adequate
provision must be made for
housing the lower income
groups"
The Sidney herald., 1962-10-24
Soil Center Work Should Begin Early Next Year At Site fn@Sfdney

search. Thanks to the leaders in
these districts, some land was av-
ailable to the government free.
The Congressional delegation
had good support all the way from
these local soil conservation lead
ers, and from President Roland
Renne of Montana State College,
which maintains an Extension
Branch at Sidney.
They had good support too from
businessmen in Sidney and from
the railroads which serve it. Sid
ney is a nice town in which to live.
Il put out the welcome mat for
more agricultural research fam
lilies.
Another good point - Sidney
is neal the dividing line between
glaciated and unglaciated soils.
Research in both types is thus con-
venient.
Until last year, no money was
appropriated for planning or con-
struction of any new soil and
water research facilities. But a
convincing case for the Sidney
location was being developed.
Need for the project was impress
ed upon Sen. Richard Russell of
Georgia, chairman of the Senate
Agricultural Appropriations Sub
committee. Senator Murray, who
The Sidney herald., 1962-10-24
,on, sOClE'f
lON~nMA

search facilities, allowing increases
''only in those areas where adj
ditional funds and personnel are
absolutely necessary to staff new
laboratories already constructed
and meet other program commit
ments which cannot be deferred or
eliminated"
The Senate. however, following
testimony again from Senators
Mansfield and Metcalf, approved
the budget request for the Sidney
project. After several conferences
between Senate and House MEM
bers of the Appropriations Commit
tees, a compromise was reached
and the 1895, 900 for the Sidney
facility was approved.
Having received planning money
for the facility last year, the De-
partment of Agriculture was able
to proceed with design of the La
boratory prior to appropriation of
construction funds. The Great
Falls firm of Knight and Van Tey-
lingen and Wenzel & Associates
was selected in June, 1862 to COM
plete plans and specifications.
General Service Administration
hopes to call for bids and award
the construction contract early in
1868. Actual construction will take
CONTINUED On Page 81
The Sidney herald., 1962-10-24
Is Acre Exemption Is
Approved for >63 Crop

Marketing quotas will not apply
on farms where Is acres or less
is planted for harvest in 1868 as
the result of a recent amendment
to the Agricultural Act of 1862,
Fred ~Iversen, chairman of the
Richland County Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation COM
mittee, has been notified.
This amendment, Mr.. Iversen
declared, will restore provisions
relating to the 15-acre marketing
quota exemption to what they
were when farmers approved quo
tas on next years wheat crop. The
amendment applies only to the
1868 crop and does not change
any of the provisions relating to
farms which will have more than
IS acres of wheat in 1868.
Under the wheat marketing
quota program, Iversen explained,
farmers who do not comply with