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Evening star., 1962-03-18
L LETTERS TO THE STAR
Case of the Woyword Bus PASSENGERS
If 1t Isn't One Blast It's Another

Your editorial of March
13, Shocking Is the Word"
discussing the recent hood
lum attack on a D. C. Tran
sit driver stated, Some 80
passengers not only refused
to come to his aid but de-
clined to give their names
as witnesses"
1t is a well known fact
that witnesses are sometimes
intimidated, beaten and even
murdered. 1t occurs to me
that If the police would or
could keep the names of wit
nesses confidential, much
better cooperation from the
public would be forthcom-
ing.
Darnley E. Howard.
Editors Note: It is a policy
of police to keep confidential
the names of informants who
SO request it,
Il II Il
The recent attack of teen
age thugs on Page M. Pow
ell, Capital Transit bus
driver, at Eleventh and
U streets, NV, was worse
than shocking" 1t was gang
Sterism, just a little short
of Capone-ism. The unco-
operativeness of the passen-
gers with police efforts to OBJ
tain information on the
youthful yeggs finds no ex-
cuse in self-preServation.
District bus operators should
not be set up as sitting ducks
for rowing savages. It would
be a helpful deterrent to
have plainsclothes police rid
ing aboard whenever it seems
advisable. Buses could also be
equipped with outside sirens,
activated from inside to
sound the alarm of attack.
Our bus drivers risk a spe-
clal danger. They should be
given a. special protection.
w. Haywood, jr.
Before The Star and Chief
Murray get too shocked"
over the failure of the 80
passengers to help the bus
driver, let's think a moment.
Granted, the passengers
may not have acted admir-
ably. I wouldn't know, not
having been there. But if you
or I had been there, what
would we have done? Tackled
the brutal hoodlums with our
bare hands?
You can't keep peaceful
citizens disarmed and de-
fenseless in times of prevail
ing lawlessness, in denial of
their constitutional right to
own and bear arms, and then
expect them to help the police
who have disarmed them in
the first place.
Chickens do come home to
rooSt.
Quincy Ewing.
4 4 4
Your editorial concerning
the bus driver who could not
move his passengers to come
to his aid when attacked by
thugs was pitifully revealing.
Let us remember that cal
lous disregard of pain and
suffering is one of the first
signs of decadence and de-
pravity. The early Romans,
who cheered two equally
matched gladiators in a
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be-on the decisive battlefield
I will not disguise it
from you; you have brave
foes to encounter, foemen
we'll worthy of the steel that
you will use so well. 1 shall
demand of you great heroic
exertions, rapid and long
marches, desperate colnbats,
privationS, perhaps. We will
share all these together, and
when this sad war is over
we will return to our homes.
and feel that we can ask no
higher honor than the proud
consciousness that we be-
longed to the Army of the
Potomac. :" Mcclellan
had by this time been re-
lieved by President Lincoln
of all other military respon-
sibilities except command of
the Army of the Potomac.
This army was reorganized
into corps. variously COM
manded by Generals Nc
Dowell, Sumner, Heintzel-
man, KeyeS and Banks. 1t
was Heintzelman's corps that
embarked from Alexandria.
The South, too, was doing
some adjusting. Gen. Robert
E. Lee, who had been direct
in the fortification of inlets
and islands on Dixie's coast,
was called back to Richmond
by President jefferson Davis.
Still wearing his old blue
United States Army uniform,
he was Charged with the
conduct of the military oper-
atlonS in the armies of the
Confederacy." but with reser-
vatlon. Whatever moves he
made, Davis stipulated. would
be under the direction of
the President" Nothing was
going right for the Con-
federacy at this stage. Even
"Stonewall" Jackson suffered
a defeat. one of his rare
setbacks in the war. The
Star of March "a, 1862, re-
ported Gen. Jackson's Shen-
andoah Valley army had been
forced to retreat after a short
Evening star., 1962-03-18

Is the Word" says, 1--WE can
understand the reluctance of
some citizens to risk injury
or worse by attempting to
subdue such a gang"
It is difficult for me (if
not for you to understand
the shocking reluctance of
those bus passengers to come
to the aid of another human
being.
John E. Butt.
The role Of the NAACP in
Negro crime activity in Wash
ington is a puzzling one. In
stead Of embarking on an
educational campaign of
human relations and be-
havior, to stamp out crime
among its own people, the
association practically lives
in courts endeavoring to OBJ
tain legal decisions favorable
to Negroes.
James S. Sweet.
\
It doesn't seem believable,
any American citizen could
sit still and watch a thug,
young or old, beat and rob
anyone without trying to as
sist the one being attacked.
This is no time to speak about
race or color.
It isn't safe for respectable
citizens to walk some of the
streets in the District. The
law should be much stronger
for the so-called juveniles, or
thugs.
You can see this type roam
ing the streets here every day.
Why not clean up the corner
buns? 1t is time to stop
babying these criminals.
Then this city will be much
safer, and a better place to
live.
BENJAMIN II. Miller.
Evening star., 1962-03-18
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Out of This World
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senata

OF CnlS thlrd-rate planet OF a
third-rate sun, at last man
has succeeded in getting out
of this world!
AS Col. John H. Glenn was
shot into space the whole
world was there watching in
a tense silence which stifled
words, sharing the hopes and
fears, the triumph or the
tragedy, which even such a
meticulously prepared at
tempt involved when once
the booster flame was lit.
After a triple trip around
the globe this intrepid ex-
plorer safe and sound was
lifted out of the Atlantic to
meet the thunderous applause
of the whole world. With
genuine humility which
makes an inflated ego look
the silly thing it is, he has
since been reminding the
cheering throngs that have
lionized him that his epic
adventure in the capsule
friendship" is but the first
installment in the story of
space conquest to be con-
tinued in thrilling chapters
to follow and which is sure
to record grim casualties as
in spite of rebuffs and losses
man pushes his trackless way
to the stars.
But as this dedicated man
who has been out of this
world rejoins the billions
walking the surface of
mother earth we raise a TIE
Deum that in his affinities
and attitudes, he is a "Spire
of The Spirit" In the white
ness of his moral achieve
mentS he rises above so much
that is shabby and sordid
in a day which has so largely
lost its reverence. Because
of the fundamental beliefs
which mold his practices, and
the virtues exemplified in his
own and in his lovely family
life, America is having a
moral and spiritual bath.
Qualities which have been
thought of with half ridicule
as old-fashioned have sud-
denly become flesh in the
man the whole world is ap-
plauding.
What a refreshing thrill to
see him stand unabashed for
red, white and blue patriotism,
and to hear him say in the
presence of the fascinated
representatives of the legis-
lative. judicial, and execu-
tive branches of our Govern
ment, with the maSSed am
bassadorS from all the ma
tions listening, I'm glad to
see that pride in our country
and in it's accomplishments
is not a thing of the past.
I still get a hard-to-define
feeling when the Flag goes
by!" Here is an authentic
American who senses that in
its significance to the present
world revolution Old Glory is
out of this world!
Senator John StenniS
spoke for millions when ad-
dressing THE wonderful
hero" he said - You per-
sonify America; all that is
good about America in con-
trast to all the things we hear
so much about" The Senator
was saying that without any
pharisaical boast John Glenn
is out of this world so full
of the contamination which
his character shameS.
In this day of moral sag
and tarnished honor when
low personal standards have
seeped into all phases of life,
when current fiction piles
upon every bookstand that
will take it pages reeking with
moral rottenness, we can
thank the God of purity that
Evening star., 1962-03-18
FROM THE STAR FILES.

but brisk battle the day
before at Kernstown (near
Winchester) with bluecoats
led by Gen. James Shields,
who took pride in saying
thereafter that he was the
only Union general to ever
defeat Jackson.
Evening star., 1962-03-18

we are not inclined to discount anything
that Oak Ridge undertakes-the world
will be assured of adequate water
supplies as long as the oceans endure.
Evening star., 1962-08-18
Falls Church Pastor
Elected by Methodists

The Rev. W. Lee Cockerill,
pastor Of the First Wesleyan
Methodist Church, Falls
Church. Va. was elected vice
president Of the Virginia Con-
ference, Wesleyan Methodist
Church. at a recent meeting in
Buckingham. Va.
Mr.. Cockerill was also reap
pointed as pastor Of First Wes-
leyan Church. which he has
served since 1913. .
Other local appointments
were the Rev. Paul A. Wheeler
as pastor Of Chantilly CVaO
Wesleyan Methodist Church,
where he has been since 1858,
and the Rev. Michael Terifay
as pastor Of First Wesleyan
Methodist Church, Washington,
where he has been since 1861.
Eddie Horne was reappointed
assistant to the pastor Of the
Washington church, q position
he has held since 1857.
Other officers elected were
the Rev. Earl T. Gentry of
Roanoke, Va. president Of the
conference; the Rev. Hal @.
Robbins, jr., Of Altavista. Va,
secretary. and Robert M.
Graham Of Danville, Va. treas
rer.
A native Of Fairfax County,
Va, Mr.. Cockerill is Q graud-
ate Of Strayer Business College,
1889. He worked for the F. w.
Bolgiano Company Of Washing
ton from 1e39-50, meanwhile
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Funds Grow

Here Is q good promotional
idea, from Detroit. In Novem-
Der the National Council of
Catholic Women viii hold its
national convention at Cobo
Hall.
The local committee has
come up with o Embarrassing
gimmick that shows tmagina-
ton and originality. Instead
Of Just trying to obtain con-
tributions, they issue small
shares Of stock" to donors,
The certificate Is well printed,
and has the wording, This
certifies that the bearer IL the
owner Of One Share. acknowl-
eding the contribution Of SO
cents to the NCCw 1862 Con-
vention in Detroit, Michigan,
November ST."
Each certificate Is dated and
has q number. Dividends come
In the form Of free admission
to some convention activity. In
addition, the stockholders
will receive q report Just before
the convention opens.
The idea has caught on and
the shares" are selling ct q
great rate, according to Q re-
cent report.
Evening star., 1962-08-18

advertising work In the Md
West and Baltimore before
coming to Washington in 1912
in Woodward & Lothrop's
advertising department. He
worked there until retirement
in 1854, and Is now secretary
of the union Of woodward &
Lothrop employees.
Even before completing his
employment with the local de-
partment store, Mr.. Niece had
become active as religious work
director Of the YMCA. He put
In part-time hours from 1852
until 1854, when he became
full-time director.
A major part Of his work Is
to help young men new to
Washington and low on re-
sources. About ten days ago
two newcomers came to the
YMCA. They had started work
with an automobile company
here but did not have any ready
money. Mr.. Niece arranged for
them to have . room and pay
for it after receiving their first
checks.
In May, Mr.. Niece was
elected president Of the Wash
ington City Bible Society. He
Is now administrative vice
president Of the Organized
Bible Class Association, and
starting In September win serve
on the advisory board Of Ma
tional City Christian Church,
Of which he has been Q men,
Der for twenty years.
a
Evening star., 1962-08-18
Saint
Service Slated
Al Cathedral

More than 800 members OF
the American Hungarian Fed
Grafton will attend the { pm
eVensong service tomorrow
honoring st. Stephen, first
Christian king Of Hungary, ir
Washington Cathedral.
Canon Frederick H. Anterior
will preach. The lessons will be
read by Stephen Sziarto, De-
partment Of Justice, and DR.
Elemer Bako. Of the Library Of
Congress.
Hungarian paintings, htera-
ture and costumes will be or
display before and after the
service.
An organ recital by Richard
Dirksen, associate organist al
the Cathedral, will be given al
SPIN.
Dr.. Charles r. Stinnette, jr.
professor Of pastoral theology
University Of Chicago Divinity
School, will preach at the II
a m. service.
The Rev. John P. Carter
secretary Of the Third Province
of the Episcopal Church So
ciety for College Work, The
Plains, Va, will be the cele-
brant at holy communion al
8 am. in st. Mary's Chapel
and at $3.50 am. In Bethlehem
Chapel.
The Oregon State flag will
be displayed in the Cathedral
throughout the week.
Evening star., 1962-08-18
Visiting Priest

The Rev. Joseph T. Dunn.
faculty member Of Northeast
Catholic High School In Phila-
delphia viii be celebrant Of .
mass ct 4 pm. tomorrow In
lSt. Francis Xavier Catholic
Church, Warwick, Md. The
church. also known as Old Bo-
hemia Church, Is being re-
stored. It was founded In
l704,
Evening star., 1962-08-18
Beruer to Speak

Rabbi Elmer Berger Of the
American Council for Judaism
will address the young adults
group Of National Presbyterian
Church at Z pm. tomorrow In
the church, Eighteenth street
and Connecticut avenue NV
He will talk on THE Basis In
American and International
Law for American Opposition
to Zionism."
Evening star., 1962-08-18

aims. Mr.. Rowzie is determined
eventually to become q full
time Baptist pastor.
Tomorrow he will be serving
temporarily in q role he hopes
win one day be q permanent
one - preacher. The former
WWDC disc jockey will take
the place Of the vacationing
pastor Of Forest Heights CMd)
Baptist Church at the $50 and
IL am. and 1880 pm. services.
In recent years he has preached
many times at local Presby-
.terian, Brethren and Baptist
churches.
Mr.. RowZie, who came to
Washington In 1924 and at
tended Mckinley Tech High
School, traces his deep interest
in religious work to October
,21, 1858.
THAT day I realized my need
for Christ as my Saviour and
I accepted Him at Forest
Heights Baptist Church." he
lexplained.
From then on his church ac-
,tivities grew by leaps and
bounds. He taught an inter-
mediate Sunday School class
for boys, sang In the choir,
later instructed an adult school
class, became chairman Of the
board Of deacons, and served
.on the building committee.
"A little boy IL years old
provided the impetus for me
to study In detail the Bible, /"
athe radio announcer said. HE
knew more about the Bible than
anyone in the church, and In
order to keep UP with him I
had to study throughout the
week. I am still studying"
The adult Sunday School
iclass furnished q different kind
,of impetus.
: Sometimes came into the
class wondering whether I was
trying to teach them something
or they were teaching me-" he
rather wryly commented. "A
78-year-old man, George Tai
bot. proved q friend, indeed.
Many times he helped me out
when the going got too hot"
A year ago Mr.. Rowzie went
to work for International Stu
dents, Inc, as secretary. He
has also served as announcer
. for the Voice Of International
Students" program, which re-
Gently completed q 26 week
radio series.
! A native Of Manassas, Va,
Mr.. Rowzie became well known
to Washington radio fans dur
ing his years, 1951-61, with
WWDC. Before that he was
with another local radio station.
He was . member Of the Met
ropolitan Police Department
from 1926.
. Mr.. Rowzie Is married, has q
married daughter and O son
and another daughter. and lives
at 1877 Seneca drive, Forest
Heights. -
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Helpful at 73

II. B. Niece is O uniformly
cheerful, friendly and active
religious work director Of the
Central Branch YMCA whose
attitude and manner belle the
fact that he win be 73 years old
tomorrow, Young should be
the word, for the kind Of full
time day he puts In would send
many men 20 years his junior
to cover.
A native Of Leon, Iowa, Mr..
Niece had q varied career in
Evening star., 1962-08-18

A. "A. {. ZION. NV.
Evening star., 1962-08-18

Professor Ira l.. Gibbons OF
Howard University will speak
on the Challenge Of the Teen
ayers" at $50 pm. tomorrow in
Shiloh Baptist Church. Ninth
and P streets NV.
Evening star., 1962-08-18

PEkTEcosTAL HOLINESS
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studying for the ministry un-
der conference direction. He
was ordained in 1852.
The 43-year-old pastor Is
married, has three sons and
lives at 403 Irvington road
Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1962-08-18
THE EVENING STAR

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S0tBrd0y, August 70, 1862
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SPIRITUALIST

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PENTEcosTAL HOLINESS
Evening star., 1962-08-18
THE HUMAN SIDE OF RELIGION
Ministry Now Is Aim
Of Rodio Personality
BY CASPAR NAMES
Religious News Editor Of The Star

From various boyhood errand jobs to auto mechanic to
metropolitan policeman to noted radio personality been
the career to date of Jack Rowzie.
But that is not the end of the line for the ambitious and
idealtc Washington broadcaster During the past decade
another goal has slowly but definitely taken the place Of earlier
Evening star., 1962-01-17
Pupil VigiIonte Groups
Urqed as Vondo| Curbs

Organization of junior vigi-
lante groups in schools to help
cut down juvenile misbehaviol
was proposed yesterday to the
District Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
Officer Oliver Cowan, found
er and director of the Junior
Police and Citizens Corps, told
a meeting of the PTA Congress
board of managers at Grant
Schools that an effort should
be made to put more RESPONSE
bility for good citizenship on
youngsters themselves.
He said he thought children
had sufficient understanding to
take a role in preventing and
dealing with window breaking
and other vandalism, gang
misbehavior and other juvenile
problems, under proper adult
guidance.
He suggested school parent
teacher associations might take
responsibility for developing a
program that would extend its
beneficial effect into the COM
munity. Youth leaders might
be trained through the facili-
ties Of the Junior Police and
Citizens Corps, he added. OFF,
Ger Cowan is the congress ju-
venile protection chairman.
Evening star., 1962-01-17

The board voted to support a
Commissioners suggestion for
legislation authorizing a pay
roll tax by the District govern
ment. 1t also Endorsed Gin prin-
ciple" recent action by high
school students lobbying for at
tention Of Congress to school
problems attributed to insuffi-
cient appropriations.
Reaffirming its opposition
to the Juvenile Court bill drawn
up by Representative Davis,
Democrat Of Georgia, which
would make the court a branch
of Municipal Court, the group
also rejected any compromise"
that would give support to its
proposals.
The board also decided to
refer to the Board Of Education
and superintendent of schools
for approval of a proposal that
the congress sponsor an essay
contest open to junior and SEN
Tor high school students in the
city on the subject: why the
District schools should be
Granted an Appropriation Un-
der the Federal Aid to I'm
pacted Areas Act Prizes of
500. $50 and $25 government
bonds would be awarded.
Evening star., 1962-01-17
Court UphoIds
Female Unions
Cemetery Claim

District Court Judge Joseph
c. McGarraghy has ruled that
The Female Union Band So
ciety has not lost title to an
old Georgetown cemetery.
The 11a-acre tract, north
east of the intersection of
Twenty seventh and @ streets
NV, was claimed by Mount
Zion Methodist Church, 1884
Twenty ninth street NV.
The church, which has it's
own cemetery adjacent to the
band society's land, claimed %
years Of hostile" possession
entitled it to the society's
tract.
Under the law, one who ex-
ercises apparent ownership of
land against the rest of the
world for a statutory period
is entitled to a title by adverse
possession.
Judge McGarraghy found
yesterday that the church had
not acquired such a title. The
band society, represented by
Charles L. Norris, attorney,
bought the cemetery in 1842
for its members.
Evening star., 1962-01-17
Youth Court Advisers
Cool to New DC. Plan

The District Commissioners
latest Juvenile Court proposals
have received a cool reception
from the courts lone judge and
members of its citizens advisory
committee.
Judge Orm w. Ketcham,
outgoing committee chairman
Morris Miller, and Mrs. G. Lyle
Belsley, incoming chairman,
said they still favor solving the
courts 2,00O-case backlog by
giving it two more judges with
out narrowing its jurisdiction.
Mr.. Miller called for "clarifi-
cation" saying the Commis-
sioners' new position seemed to
be a reversal" of earlier views
held by them and by the Justice
Department. His reaction came
at the committees regular
meeting yesterday.
In their annual legislative
proposals to Congress Monday,
the Commissioners drew closer
to House sentiment by recon-
mending:
Transfer to Municipal Court
of adult paternity and nom
support cases, and of less
serious traffic cases involving
Is and 17-year-olds, while al
owing more serious juvenile
traffic cases to be waived there;
Addition of one judge each
to Municipal Court and to
Juvenile Court.
The 15-member advisory
committee long has favored two
more judges for the youth court.
The Senate supports this posi-
ton but it has never passed
the House.
In other business yesterday,
Louis Levathes, Judge Ketch-
ANS assistant, told the COM
mittee the District needs q
security institution stronger
than National Training School
for its "older, more aggressive"
juvenile delinquents. He said
Evening star., 1962-01-17
Intern Wins
Youths Release

District Court Judge Edward
M. Curran today ordered the
release from jail of a youth who
claims he was not given a pre-
liminary hearing in Municipal
Court in a stolen car case.
Judge Curran granted a
request for a writ of habeas
corpus after a young le-
gal intern, Wallace L. Dun
can, charged that Municipal
Court Judge Thomas c. Scalley
had effectively deprived
George Hart, jr., 10, of Derwood
Md, of a preliminary hearing
on January S. The youth ap-
peared before the judge charged
with unauthorized use of 9
motor vehicle.
Mr.. Duncan, one of six
Georgetown University interns
who represent penniless defend
ants, said Judge Scalley refused
to allow a delay in the hearing
so defense witnesses could bt
located and refused a shorter
continuance when a court ste.
nographer could not be obtained
Immediately.
Evening star., 1962-01-17

present practice is to transfer
such youths to Federal reform
atories. a move Judge Ketch-
am considers illegal under the
Juvenile Court Act.
G. Howland Shaw, a commit
tee member, said NTS may
someday move away from the
District, leaving it without a
suitable institution for young
offenders.
Mrs. Belsley took over yester-
day as the committees 1862
chairman. The new vice chair
man is John E. Powell, a Wash
ington attorney.
Two new m e m berS also
joined the committee. They are
Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, wife
of the Assistant Secretary Of
State, and Mrs. Gerhard A..
Gesell, who is active in several
civic groups.
Evening star., 1962-01-17
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-05-31
Phone Co.
t0ARpeal
Ruling

Thodore Case, president of
the Chardon Telephone Com
pany, said this week the COM
pany would appeal the re-
concentrations of a trial eX-
aminer for the National Lab
or Relations Board who found
the company committing un-
fair labor acts and set aside
the vote on a union for the
the t e e hone company
employees which the union
lost.
The examiner said the COM
mittee Of employees repre-
SentativeS was not true en-
ployee representation; that
the payment by the company
TO a share in disqualification
insurance; free tools, free
tuition and books for study
course and increased over
time pay was designed to in
fluence a vote against the un-
ion and should be discontinue
ed.