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Evening star., 1962-01-12
BIBLE STRESSES
THREE D. C.. ISSUES

Chairman Bible of the Senate
District Committee feels the
city's legislative picture centers
around three major classifica-
tionS-taxes, a solution to the
Juvenile Court problem and
home rule.
In a statement, Senator Bible
said his committee would also
consider a new approach to hos
pital construction requirements,
a new unemployment compen-
sation law and a law governing
the sale and distribution of
indecent publications.
The Senator classified as of
paramount Importance passage
of a bill which would provide
additional judges at Juvenile
Court and a break in the dead
lock over a revenue bill. The
latter is still in conference. The
House has yet to take up a
Juvenile Court bill.
Senator Bible also said it was
his hope that hearings on q
home rule bill proposed by the
White House could be held early
in the session. However, Presi-
dent Kennedy. in his state-of
the-Union address yesterday
made no mention of the pro-
poSal.
Evening star., 1962-01-12

areas that need it more ur-
gently" she said.
The District Engineer Com
missioner supported Mrs.
RoWe's contention.
Il don't think we should give
this proposal any priority over
severely blighted areas of the
city. I don't think we should
move into any area without
substantial agreement of the
citizens.
The plan to be drawn up vii,
be a sketch PLAN" rather thar
a complete general plan, anc
will require several months tc
develop, Mr.. Finley said aftel
the meeting.
The commission yesterday
also directed staff members tt
study ways and means of pre-
serving historic landmarks
monuments and buildings Of
architectural merit. Such land.
marks, it was noted, are some.
times threatened by urban re.
neWal, highway construction
and other civic projects,
Evening star., 1962-01-12
BUSINESS FIGHTS
RENEWAL BY D. c.

! Georgetown businessmen are
banding together to battle
against urban renewal in a 81
acre Georgetown area as pro-
posed in a National Capital
Planning Commission staff re-
port.
Announcement was made to-
day that the Georgetown Busi-
ness Property Owners Associa-
ton has been incorporated tC
serve as a voice for business
groups opposed to Government.
sponsored redevelopment. II
the announcement, George Y
Worthington III, a Georgetown
real estate broker who is on
of the group of founders. said
IF the historic traditions O
Georgetown are to be preserved
the business area and the resi-
Dental neighborhood should b'
maintained in the traditiona
manner by private enterprise
with a minimum of interfer
Ience from outside government
tai agencies"
He said that, though the new
organization has not had ar
opportunity to study the full
program it will advocate, "oul
idea is not just to oppose urbar
renewal, but to have a positivC
program to favor, through zon'
ing, the development of com
mercial and residential areas ir
line with the Georgetown ira
dition."
Mr., Worthington said con-
siderable effort already hal
been made for improvement o.
M street, and that other ac'
tivity is under way.
OF ITS properties along botf
sides of M street, betwee1
Twenty eighth and Thirty
fifth streets, a total of SO havt
been improved in the last three
years and Al other properties
are in different stages of plan.
ming or construction, he said.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Wallet Snutched
From Envoy's Wife

Mrs. Olivette Kelfa-Caulker,
AZ, wife of the Sierra Leone
Ambassador, was robbed of her
wallet containing $50 and a
gold ring about $50 last night
in the 1900 block of Colorado
avenue NV. police reported.
Mrs. Kelfa-Caulker said a
man grabbed her r'lrse from
behind and that she neld onto
it briefly, until she Was afraid
he would hurt her, then flung
it on the ground.
She said it came open and
the wallet fell out. The man,
describet as a Negro, picked
up the wallet and fled.
Ms. Kelfa -Caulker was walk
ing near the Embassy, at 1921
Colorado avenue, when the rob-
berry occurred.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Three Youths
HeIdin Theft
Of $1,1OO

Three teen-agers have been
charged with taking ST. 100 from
a Greenbelt savings and loan
office by distracting employees
and then dipping into a cash
drawer on four occasions. On
at least one occasion, the boys
retrieved money they bad just
deposited. police said.
The youths, who have small
accounts at Twin Pines Savings
& Loan. around the corner
from the town police station,
would distract employees by
either being noisy or asking a
clerk to check their accounts,
police said.
The few minutes needed by
the clerk to make the check
was enough time for one of
the youths to reach over the
counter and grab some money,
according to Police Chief James
Williams.
A clerk keeping a diligent
account on his cash drawer
yesterday noticed two $40 bills
brought in by the youths was
missing from the drawer min
uteS after it was deposited.
The currency had been the
only $40 bills in the drawer,
police said.
The theft was reported and
the youths were seized in the
shopping center outside the
savings and loan office by Po-
lice Pvt. Marshall Zoellner.
Chief Williams said $165 Of
the money was recovered, and
that the trio said they spent
the rest for bowling, food and
shoes.
The thefts occurred January
10, and December 80, 27, and
l9, Chief Williams said. The
trio, two l4-years and the other
Is years old, were charged
with larceny on juvenile petit
tions and released to their
parents pending Juvenile Court
action.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
BILL WOULD BAN
D. c. TE-IiIS

The District Commissioners
have submitted to Congress le-
giSlation designed to keep the
good name of the city.
Purpose of the bill-not as
yet introduced-is to prevent
false and misleading use by
collecting agencies and private
detective agencies of words
initials, emblems, and insignia
commonly associated with the
District.
In a letter to Speaker Nc
Cormack, the Commissioners
said that on several occasions
they had been apprised of at
tempts by private collecting
agencies to imply affiliation OIL
connection with the District
by use Of letterheads, billing
notices and similar writer
material"
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Hansen Plea Cites
Junior High Need
Three Northeast
Schools AIreudy
Overcrowded
BY DAVID BREASTED
Star Staff Writer

More than 5000 District Jun
ior high students face intoler-
able overcroWding unless funds
are freed for a new junior high
school, officials say.
Enrolment in three already
overcroWded Northeast junior
highs will increase 20 per cent
in the next two years, accord
ing to figures which Supt. Carl
F. Hansen presented to a school
board committee yesterday.
The three schools, already an
average of 300 beyond designed
capacity, are Miller, SouSa and
WoodSon. AS of October they
house 4,299 students. The pro-
jected enrolment two years
from now is $500.
Construction funds were au-
thorized for the $2.7 million
Evans Junior High School in
the 1862 budget, but because
of a congressional failure to
pass a revenue bill conStruc-
ton had to be deferred. Even
if construction were started
now, officials said, the building
would not be ready until late
1868 or early 1864.
Urges Fund Release
DR.. Hansen told the commit
tee that the undesirable alter
natives to the new school are
double shifts, part time instruc-
tion or transfer of pupils to
other schools. He asked the
board to urge the Commission
erS to release the construction
funds.
In the civil defense field, a
board committee approved DR..
HanSen'S recommendation for
appointment of a civil defense
co-ordinator for schools at
starting salary of $1,000.
The committee approved DR..
HanSen's request to make an
interim appointment to fill
the post as soon as possible.
The program would be paid for
by Health, Education and We'll
fare Department funds, with
about $4,000 allocated for the
remainder of the fiscal year.
Transfer Voted
Also approved were the
transfer of the old Bell School
at Second street and Virginia
avenue S.W. to the General
Services Administration to pro-
vide portion of a site for a
new Government Printing Of
flee facility.
The committee approved a
recommendation by DR.. Hansen
requesting acceptance of $40
900 in private funds for a drop
out prevention and job training
program at Cardozo High
School under the Urban Serv-
ice Corps. The program would
train limited number of boys
and girls for jobs building Gus
todians or houseworkers.
The students would be en-
ployed part-time in schools
surrounding Cardozo, and re-
ceive regular instruction during
; the remainder of the week.
The pilot project IS to find
cut whether it is useful to en-
ploy students while in school, ="
DR.. Hansen said. 1T will not
solve dropout problem as a
whole" he added.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Belgium Won't Waive
Immunity in Car Case

piece of ice through a kitchen
door glass today. Col. Schwarz
also told police he had received
several phone calls from per-
sons using obscene language.
Mr.. Clark said he was turn
ing left from Connecticut ave-
nue. into Kalorama road NV.
about 11:30 pm. Wednesday
when he met the Belgian's car
in the wrong lane of Kalorama
road.
The other driver motioned
him back, Mr.. Clark said, then
drove forward into his left
front fender, knocking him
sideways, hit him again on the
drivers side and drove away.
Tag numbers furnished by
Mr.. Clark led Traffic Division
Pvts. James G.. Carr and Frank
Schwartz to Col. Schwarz at
his home at 1914 Woodiey road
NV. When he produced diplo-
matte Identification they did
not summon him to yesterdays
hearing and he did not attend.
9" Wrong Expression
policemen said the Of
f told them he pushed Mr.
ark's car as a "joke." He
ter told reporters this may
nave been "the wrong ex-
preston"
Col. SchWarZ said he thought
Kalorama road was a one
way street, giving him I've
right of way. He said Dir.
Clark's auto blocked his, add
ing that he though he only
grazed it.
Police reported slight dam
age to the officers 1859 Chew
rolet but estimated damage to
Mr.. Clark's 1862 VolkSwagen at
$500. The editor ard his wife
Deena, who live at 2440 Ka-
lorama road NV, were shaken
Up in the collision.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Census Aids
D. 6. Seeker
For Status

The status seeker in the
District, if he wants to be SURE
to have in his home that which
the feWest number of other
Washingtonians have, will &c
right out and buy a clothes
dryer.
While the Census Bureau
has no thought of drawing ur
a status index, figures just re-
leased concerning household
equipment in the District show
that the rarest item in District
homes is the gas-heated or
electrically heated clothes
dryer (the bureau did not count
wooden racks or clotheslines)
The house or apartment with
air conditioning is just one o1
the vast 21.4 per cent of houses
which enjoy this luxury.
The family which has a food
freezer or two tucked away al
home is in a category which
includes 7.6 per cent of the
homes.
But of all nine items surveyed
by the 1860 census task forct
here, the clothes dryer turned
up least frequently. 1t adorn
only As per cent Of the units
This does not include the l.,
per cent of dwellings with ,
waSher-dryer combination, how
ever. The status seeker will
reject this item, anyway, sine,
400 per cent have some type O
clothes washing machine.
For the reverse status seeke
(the "I-wouldn't-be-c u G h t.
dead-with-one" type), the Cen
sus Bureau figures show tina
radio is the leading item t,
shun, with 90.2 per cent of al
homes sporting one or more sets
Next on the list is television
with 83.5 per cent of the home
having one or more sets.
A possible contender for con
sideration by the more affluen
status seeker would be thre,
automobiles or more. Only L.
per cent of the homes were S
we'll (W) heeled. But that kim
of status is expensive.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Compromise Proposed
To Save D. c. Tax Bill.

thinks that ideally the District
should impose only an increased
sales tax rate from 2 to 3 cents
on each dollar.
This is a summary of what
happened last session:
The House passed a sales tax
bill to yield SO million.
The Senate tackled onto that
3 per cent sales tax proposal
an increase in the tax on tran
Sient lodgings from 3 to 5 per
cent, to yield $3.50, 900; a boosted
cigarette tax from 2 to 5 cents,
to yield $50 million and an in
crease in the tax on alcohol
and spirits from $1.25 to So per
gallon, to yield $3.3 million;
a real estate recording tax, to
yield $1.5 million, and the
Morse school aid amendment,
which would have brought the
city an estimated S. million.
The Senate also eliminated in
stallment payment of franchise
taxes, to yield 81 million in one
year only and increased the
authorized Federal payment to
the District to $36 million.
In conference, the Federal
payment and the cigarette and
spirits taxes were rejected.
Third Try Failed
Two decisive voice votes in
the full House against the
school aid amendment sent the
tired tax bill back with House
confereeS for a third try. But
until yesterday, the Senate die
not name its conferees.
Senate District Committee
Chairman Bible told the Senate
that he hoped confereeS would
meet very quickly and come to
some agreement on the urgent
revenue problems of the Dis
trint -
Evening star., 1962-01-12
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Will Shelter Program
Help Deter Nuclear War?

PROS AND CONS OFFERED-In the first of a three
part series, Star Staff Writer Richard Fryklund
brings you timely report the possible effects of
the new shelter program and how American life will
be affected by it. Watch for this report beginning in
The Sunday Star and continuing thereafter in The
Evening Star.
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Cove in The Sunday Stars Sports section will re-
view the Sind National Motor Boat Show which
opens this Saturday at the New York Coliseum.
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one big problem has puzzled science how to keep
space voyagerS alive long enough to reach the stars
Now scientists forecast exciting possibility: "fu
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SUNDAY, The Star Magazine takes you on word
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Evening star., 1962-01-12
Soldier, 19,
Gets Life in
Rope Cose

Carl M. Estep. 19-year-old
soldier, was sentenced to life
imprisonment today by Mont
gomery Circuit Judge Kathryn
L. Shook on a charge Of raping
a 60-year-old widow at Ashton,
Md, last April.
The sentencing followed a
sharp exchange between the
defendant and the judge.
When the judge asked Estep
who is colored, if he had any
thing to say before sentencing
he said in a low voice:
There's no sense in saying
I'm sorry, because I know
Montgomery County is a pre-
JUDGED county against Ne
groes)." The rape victim i.
white.
Judge Shook replied:
For you to stand there and
say that this is a prejudiced
county shows your ignorance
In Gods sight, you are the
same as I or a Red man or an
Oriental.
Defense Praised
You have been ably defended
by one of the most competent
attorneys in Maryland. Every
right you have as a citizen has
gone with you from the mo.
ment of your arrest. All of ou]
laws have safeguarded yor
without consideration for YOU
race, color or religion.
I'm Justices sake, a Judge,
responsibility is for the pro.
lection of society. Carl M
Estep, you will be confined tt
the Maryland Penitentiary fol-
the period of your natural life
IF and when there should
come a time when you are con.
sldered for parole, the record
OF this court will be attached
to your record to show the typt
and brutality of your crime,
Judge Shook added that "righ
now, it is this courts opinion
that you should never he re,
turned to society,""
Cites AweSOme Duty
The exchange took place af
ter Judge Shook had describe,
the duty and "awesome re
Sponsibilities" of the court il
fixing the sentence which coul,
range from Is months IN prisol
to death in the gas chamber.
Estep'S attorney, Barnard I
Welsh, made a Statemen
against capital punishment.
Judge Shook said that sh
delayed sentencing for over
month since Estep'S trial be
cause. this case has caused tn
court great deal of concern.
Estep, who was on leave from
the Army at the time of tn
rape, lived with his grand
mother, about a quarter-mil
from the widows house. H
admitted the rape during tn
trial.
Evening star., 1962-01-12

Congressional conferees today
were hopeful of reaching an
early compromise on a new
batch of District taxes.
The Senate yesterday moved
to end a stalemate by naming
three new conferees Demo-
cratic Senators Bible of Ne
vada and Smith of MasSachu-
setts and Republican Senator
Beale of Maryland. All three
are members of the District
Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee.
In the closing days of the
last session Senators Morse,
Democrat of Oregon, and
Prouty, Republican of Vermont
served on a conference COM
mittee which finally broke up
in disagreement.
Twice the House rejected
Senator Morse's amendment to
include the District in the
federally impacted area school,
aid program. The House asked
for a further conference. But
Senator Morse said another
meeting would be futile. He
would not take the House
passed sales tax without his
school aid.
Compromise Pushed
Apparently the best hope fol
a new settlement lies in a com.
promise agreement on cigarette
and liquor tax increases. Mem
bers of the industries have beer
quietly contacted in the last few
weeks in an attempt to win then
over. Some more taxes are in
evitable, the argument went
and they would be better off tx
accept a small, compromise in.
crease now than to risk a larger
levy later.
House District COMMITTEES
Chairman Mcmillan, Democra
of South Carolina, probabl!
would have to be assured b!
members of the industries be,
fore he would accept thes'
charges. House conferees las
session rejected them afte.
Senate passage. Mr.. Mcmillan
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Georgetown Renewal
Pushed by Planners
NCPC Orders Stoff to Droft Program
To Defer Building South of M Street
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS
SEnr Qtaff NIIrItnr

action of the National Capital Planning Commission
has pushed urban renewal for Georgetown decivey forward
despite doubts of members that it deserves priority
blighted areas.
In touch andgo decision yesterday commission members
asked their staff employees prepare renewal plan
Evening star., 1962-01-12

ana recommendation TO carry
it out.
Only last month, the COM
mission had authorized fur
ther study" of the proposal.
The most recent action came
Unexpectedly early last night
after a day-long board session
in which initial opposition was
expressed by District Engineer
Commissioner Frederick j.
Clarke and the chairman, Mrs.
James H. Rowe, jr.
The vote was taken after
William E. Finley, the planning
director, had reviewed a staff
Recommendation for urban re-
neWal treatment made last
October and had touched on
recent citizen pro-and-con
opinion expressed regarding it.
Cites Land Cost
He told the commission that
land-acquiition costs were
estimated at SIG million and
that land could be re-sold for
Sis million, plus proceeds from
SO acres of park land he said
would be valued at So million.
If the Government were to
pay for the park land" he
said, the project would not re-
quire public outlay of funds
and no write-doWn of costs
would be necessary.
Mr.. Finley said some pri-
vate owners were preparing
/ to sell industrial property
south of M street and that
apartment buildings or office
buildings might be built on the
sites.
Could Stop Permit
Daniel H. Shear, NCPC gen.
eral counsel, explained that il
an urban renewal plan were
adopted, issuance of building
permits could be stopped.
Mr.. Finley than added: "The
commission could adopt ar
initial plan, then control would
be feasible" At this point
Conrad L. Wirth, director o1
the National Park Service
asked when a plan would be
ready.
I'VE are not preparing 6
plan, but just conducting
Studies" Mr.. Finley replied.
Mr.. Wirth seemed surprised
He said:
IF we are going to do some.
thing, we should get on the
ball. I'd just as soon that We
go ahead with urban renewal.
Then he made a motion thai
the commission "go ahead or
preparing an urban renewa
plan"
Caution Advised
Mrs. Rowe, the commission
chairman, advised caution.
Il think there are many Other
areas which require public as.
sistance and that are more
urgent" she said. Though we
say we can do it without cost
there are bound to be public
funds used, and before we gC
ahead we should think of Other
Evening star., 1962-01-12

DON'T SAY that pawn
brokers are prospering in
Washington. It's a sideline
with them. None of them
could exist on pawnbroking
alone. Look at the merchan-
disc here" Racks of rifles and
shotguns, all new, lined one
side of the store. Cases con-
tanning a great variety of
cameras, all new, lined the
other.
"It's not like the old days.
Then when a family had a
little money the husband
might purchase a diamond
for himself and for his wife.
Now it's automobiles and
TVS.
And there are the small
loan establishments who
lend on signature at the same
rate the pawnbroker charges.
I'VE are the Oldest form
of banking, but we have a
storage problem that modern
banks do not encounter. They
file away securities. We have
to find room for merchan-
disc and bulky TV sets are
no help.
Come on upstairs and let
me show you what I mean"
1t was easy to see. One
room was filled with portable
typewriters in cases. But
what I will never forget were
the shelves of golf clubs,
clubs in leather bags with
sheepskin socks on each
iron; sets on which $40 and
$50 had been loaned.
I do hope their owners
will be able to redeem them
come spring.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
BY HARVEY CLEW
Star Staff Writer

The Belgian Embassy has
decided to retain diplomatic
immunity for one of it's NATO-
assigned officers, accused by a
Washington man of ramming
his car twice Wednesday night,
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark F. King said today.
The officer, 1t. Col. Maurice
Paul Schwarz, a Belgian men,
ber of the NATO Standing
Group at the Pentagon, is pro-
tected from criminal Or civil
action under several treaties,
according to State Department
and Embassv sources. Only the
Belgian government can waive
the immunity.
Blake Clark, So, a Readers
Digest editor, yesterday asked
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Gordon M. Va. Sanford to file
charges of colllding and leav-
ing after colliding against the
diplomat. Police said he ad-
mitted involvement in the hit
and-run case.
Damages To Be Paid
Mr.. Van Sanford did not DR.
so because of the diplomat
immunity. Today Mr.. K; "a
chief District prosecutor It
Municipal Court, said d
charges would be filed in Jew
of TIE decision to retain i'm
munity.
However, Mr.. King said, the
Embassy assured him that prop
erty damages would be paid
for. He said the diplomat was
expected to confer with him
today on this subject.
Eighth precinct police said
Col. Schwarz had requested
special attention be given his
h le after someone threw a
Evening star., 1962-01-12
The
Rambler
CutoIogs
Fortunes HOSTAGES
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

While the ancient division
of the banking or loan busi-
ness known as pawn broking
(the Medicis, the Fuggers
and the Rothschilds were all
involved in it in one way or
another) has been on the de-
cline in other cities, the num-
Der of establishments in
Washington is on the in
crease.
Pittsburgh, which had a
dozen establishments, now
only has one. Washington
had 10 at the start of last
year. Now it has IL.
The Washington story is
different in more than one
way. Pawnbroking was out
lawed here from about 1918
until 1856. Establishments
known as "pawnbrokers' ex-
changes" did a business in
buying and selling second
hand articles and in selling
pledges that had gone out of
pawn from Virginia and
Maryland establishments.
The Rambler cleaned all
this information when he
stopped in the auction es-
tablishment of Adam A.
Weschler & Son in the 900
block of E street NV.
A great variety of articles
were going under the ham
mer, second hand suits of
clothes, cameras, tape re-
corders, radios, TVS.
This is a sale of unre-
deemed pledges for Sparks
near Griffith stadium" said
Ralph Weschler.