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Evening star., 1962-05-03

spondent, told q reporter thai
she thought she heard conver-
sation and movement in the
apartment Monday.
However, 1t. Smith said poe
lice have not been able to verify
that there was any activity
there after Sunday night.
Mr.. Hassan reported that
doctors believe Mr.. Cochrane
died Sunday night. Death was
attributed to beating and
strangulation.
Mr.. Cochrane was married,
but he and his wife had been
separated ever since they lived
briefly together after their
wedding in 1912.
Mrs. COchrane's Story
His wife, Mrs. Eleanor I.
Cochrane, 46, who now lives in
Baltimore, said Of him:
Everyone liked Jack. :
He was a good talker and
bridge player, who liked good
music and books"
1T seemed like the war
brought everyone in Washings
ton closer together and finding
new friends was easy, especially
for Jack" she said.
Recalling a small Massachus
sets avenue apartment near
Thomas Circle, Mrs. Cochrane
said 1t was nearly always filled
with friends and neighbors that
Jack invited to come over Just
to sit and talk"
In late leA2, she said Mr..
Cochrane became a senior at
torney in the real estate division
Of the Navy Bureau Of Yards
and Docks after serving as an
attorney with the Justice De-
partment. +
Then things didn't go too
well between u.s." Mrs. Cochrane
said. "He was q nice fellow,
and even though I had known
him for years before we were
married, our marriage lasted
only a few months"
Mrs. Cochrane declined to
give any specific reason for
their separation late in 1942,
but indicated her husband
may have thought more Of his
friends than he thought Of her.
No attempt was ever made
by eitherlof them for a recon-
Citation. she said, although
they occasionally met and
called each other.
Their last visit together was
sometime last year, when Mrs.
Cochrane said she came to
Washington from Baltimore,
where she is employed in the
editorial department Of a medi4
cal magazine.
Religion Barred Divorce .
Their religion prevented 4
divorce, Mrs. Cochrane said.
$50 we Just let the thing ride
having no intentions to re-
marry"
A native Of st. Paul, MINI,
Mr.. Cochrane was admitted 70
lpractice in Washington In Oc<
tober, 1888. the year he was
graduated from the Georges
town University Law School.
He served with the Justice
Department until l942, then
became a senior attorney in the
real estate division Of the Navy
Bureau Of Yards and Docks.
Mr.. Cochrane formerly lived
at I'LL Army Navy drive, Ar4
lington. He was admitted I'd
membership In the District Bar
Association in April, 1866, and
has shared an office with two
other attorneys in the laSalle
Apartments at 1923 Connects
cut avenue NV. for the past
two years. 3
He also leaves a sister. Mrs
Henry C. Hartley, jr., Of Baltiz
more.
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Inquest Holds Driver
In Fother-Son Deaths

Testimony showed that the
dead child after being struck
was thrown into the hood
of q car driven BY Kenneth
e. Fixes, 26, of the 1900 block
Of Emerson street NV. The
childs body then was sent hur-
Ting through the windshield
Of another oncoming car.
The driver of the second car,
Ivan x. Spear. so, Of 2T11
Henderson avenue, Silver
Spring, a designer, testified he
saw the pedestrians in the
street and the. on-coming car.
The next thing he knew, he
said, was that his windshield
shattered. He said the child
landed in his lap and then
rolled to the floor Of his car.
UrinaIysis Taken
Pvt. Taylor said that o
urinalysis taken from Fixes two
hours and IS minutes after the
accident showed IL per cent
alcohol.
According to District law. 20
per cent is considered prima
facie drunkenness.
Detective Louis B. Sims OF
the Accident Investigation Unit
said Fixes had told him he had
one beer that evening and that
he was travelling at IS to 80
miles per hour.
Fixes is being held in lieu Of
$500 bond.
Evening star., 1962-05-03

II THINK fountains make
the best memorials" " said Mr..
Finley. IT was glad that the
friends of Andrew Mellon
decided on a fountain in
front Of the gallery that is
bis real memorial. We should
have more fountains like
Rone-or Tivoli. It is hard
10 go wrong on q fountain. !"
AS for the way things can
20 wrong and the commits
sion unable to do anything
about 1t, he cited the late
william Adams Delano's con-
eeption Of the Grand Plaza
IN the Federal Triangle. 1t
Is the area opposite the Four
teenth street entrance Of
Commerce. It would be DOM,
lnated by the Oscar Straus
memorial fountain except for
the fact that it was leased
BY the Government more
than 20 years ago to CONNER
cial operators as q parking
lot.
Because the Government
buildings on the Hill were
exempted in the original act,
the Fine Arts Commission
has had nothing TO do with
the new Senate Office Build
Ing, the New New House
Office Building with its po-
lygonal granite boulders g
inches thickl, or the Taft
memorial with the late Sem
ator standing life size in
bronze before a marble bell
tower. (The bells were ST.
fenced recently because of
complaints from the Cap
ltol.l
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Polio Clinic at Berwyn

A polio cline, sponsored by
the Berwyn Elementary PTA,
win be held from 2 to . pm.
May is ct the school. Green
belt road. College Park. The
fee Is 81 q shot.
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Sargent Supported

Thomas w. Richards, vice
chairman of the Arlington
County Board, supported Mr..
Sargent's statements and said
q 5000. 900 coming and use plan
Is being sought for the Poto-
mac Basin area. @
The plan would recommend
zoning practices and indicate
what areas should be preserved
and which could be logically
developed. The plan would b
far-reaching; 1t would include
the George Washington and
Monongahela forests and the
Cacapon tributary and, Of
course, the Potomac Palisades
Mr.. Richards said the idea
for the plan came after the
formation Of q committee on
parks and open spaces by
the Metropolitan Washington
Council of Governments (for-
merly the Washington Metro
politan Regional Conference)
MIR. Richards is the chairman
Of the joint project committee
for this National Capital open
space study. Federal and
private foundation support is
being sought to supplement
area planning funds for this
project, he said.
Meanwhile, Senator Byrd,
Democrat of Virginia, expressed
concern over the high-Fise
apartments at Merrywood with
out, however, stating a definite
position.
II have always been in favor
of preserving the beauty Of the
Potomac watershed" he said
when asked for comment.
This is, Of course. q matter
for local concern" Senator
Byrd said, "and I have not seen
the }, property. The matter
should be decided by local
authorities"
Evening star., 1962-05-03
The
Rambler
Gets
A Soft Answer
By GEORGE KENNEDY

By GEORGE KENNEDY
The Fine Arts Commission
Is under fire again.
This time it is for its dis
approval (not final, we hope)
Of the $50 million Watergate
apartment project in the
old gashouse section Of
FDggy Bottom.
TOO dramatic" said a
member Of the commission
Of the design by Luigi
Moretti, one of the most
successfur exponents of the
new architecture in Europe.
The project is the initial
American venture Of a
Roman real estate syndicate
which has built large struc-
lures in most of the major
cities Of Europe.
Now If there is anything
that arouses the Rambler's
ire it is the denial of modern
architecture to this city.
So he called on David E.
Finley, the chairman of the
commission, in his office in
the Interior Department and
soon found that q soft answer
turneth away wrath.
Evening star., 1962-05-03

: MR.. FINLEY is q tall, white
haired South Carolinian
whose slenderness gives him
an ascetic appearance.
He was a confidant of An
drew Mellon at the Treasury
and at the American EN-
bassy in London. He was the
first director Of the National
Gallery Of Art. He retired
two years ago at the age Of 70.
advice is seldom popular, I"
he said, "and our function Is
to advise"
He agrees with Antony
that "the good is too oft
inferred"
He said: "The horrors and
atrocities that the commits
sion has turned down are
not constructed so the public
Is unaware Of them"
He told how the commits
sion was created In 1910 at
the suggestion of Senator
Elihu Root Of New York at
a time when Congress was
being asked to pass bills au-
thorizing q great many stat
ues, equestrian statues among
them.
ANY equestrian statues Of
Iate?" he was asked.
mo" he said, generals
don't ride horses anymore" "
Then he remembered pass
ing on an equestrian statue,
not as a member Of the COM
mission but as a member of
the board Of the National
Cathedral.
Tt was an equestrian
statue Of George Washing
ton," he said. "and IL was
in the Cathedral close. SO
the Fine Arts Commission
had nothing to do with it."
The statue was the gift Of
James r. Sheldon, whose
Ingersoll- Waterbury Watch
fortune is building the Ca
thedral tower. The sculptor
was Herbert Haseltine, an
American with a studio in
Paris, who mounted WASH
ington on Man o. War
because the greatest Amer
lean deserved the greatest
horse"
Mr.. Finley forgot q recent
equestrian statue which he
sees every time he enters or
leaves the Interior Building.
It is the heroic bronze Of
Bolivar, mounted and with
his sword upraised. by Felix
de Weldon, now a member Of
the commission.
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Evidence May Trap
Attorneys Slayer

Arlington Poll
OF EorIy Solui
A number of clues-some ap-
parently not publicly disclosed
caused Arlington police to ex-
press confidence today in an
early solution of the murder Of
Washington Attorney Jack Z.
Cochrane.
Detectives found fingerprints
that could have been left by the
killer. Another lead was q trail
of blood indicating the 6-foot,
200-pound victim may have
wounded his assailant during
the fierce struggle.
Commonwealth's Attorney
William Hassan said the Office
Of Naval Intelligence is being
asked to assist in the case be-
cause numerous photographs
Of young men, believed to be
sailors or Marines, were found
among the attorneys belong
ings.
This evidence was found in
the 48-year-old lawyers second
floor efficiency at the Execu-
tive Apartments, 1901 South
Scott street.
Stabbed so Times
It was there yesterday that
the nude body was discovered
stabbed at least so times. Mr..
Cochrane also had been stran-
gled. The killer left the body in
q kneeling position, the head
lying on a bed.
Mr.. Hassan called the blood
soaked room and its con-
tents "the most brutal crime
scene I've ever witnessed. It
even was more vicious than any
portrayed in training films"
But at this particular point,
I have every confidence that
the person responsible viii be
apprehended." he added.
The murder with knives, scis-
sors, hammers and bare hands
apparently occurred late Sun
day or early Monday. Detective
1t. w. Lynn Smith said he
considered the slayer to be an
inveterate sadist.
Friends Questioned
Today police continued to
question friends Of Mr.,
Cochrane whom he had enter
tanned in the apartment.
They also requested q search
in l3 Eastern States for his
missing 1861 blue Studebakel
sedan which bears q 1862 Vir,
ginia license tag number o
965-3S7.
Detectives began seekini
evidence in Maryland aftel
learning that the attorneys
empty wallet had been founc
Monday on Route 40 near Elk
ton.
1t. Smith reported that in
vestigation thus far had dis
closed these additional details
Mr.. Cochrane drove friends
to Fourteenth street and Co
lumbia road in Washington OF
l0:SO pm. Sunday and then
presumably returned to the
Executive Apartments, where
he lived alone.
Probably someone with whom
he was acquainted either was
waiting or called upon him
shortly after he arrived, 1t.
Smith theorized.
Marks Of Struggle
The death struggle, the cause
Of which is unknown, ranged
through much Of the apart
ment. Walls were stained and
smeared. Strewn on the floor
were broken scissors. a dagger
type knife whose blade was
broken, q steak knife with q
sharply bent blade. Q broken
hammer and o second ham
mer. All were bloody.
A dining table had been set
for two and some food re-
mained on the plates.
Drawers evidently had been
ransacked and a coffee can
containing about 800 stolen.
There was no evidence Of forced
entry.
The murder was not discoy-
cred until yesterday when a
janitor detected an odor ema-
mating from the apartment.
unlocked the door, quickly shut
1t and summoned police.
A neighbor, Mrs. Yukio Mat
suyama, whose husband Is q
japanese newspaper corre-
Evening star., 1962-05-03
New Era Seen
ForMarYIand
By MahOney
Rood Construction
Delays AssuiIed
By Cundidote
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff writer

George P. Mahoney last night
promised a new era" in Mary
land II he is elected Governor.
Another member Of his Dem
ocratic primary ticket. Samuel
w. Barrick, accused Maryland
Attorney General Thomas B.
Finan Of closing up savings and
loan associations to get the
Tawes campaign "off the
ground" and then slowing down
court action when the savings
and loan issue got too hot.
Jack Kennedy gave America
a new frontier and I'm going
to give Maryland a new era. 7"
Mr.. Mahoney told about 800
persons who gave him q stand
ing ovation at the Silver Spring
Armory in Montgomery County.
Mr.. Mahoney and his ticket
campaigned in Montgomery
again today in o shoe-leather
tour Of shopping centers. He
and his primary opponents,
Gov. Tawes and David Hume,
were scheduled to meet at q
luncheon Of the United Demo-
cratic Women's Clubs at indian
Spring Country Club.
Sees Dead Center
At last nights rally, Mr..
Mahoney said Maryland sis
not a second-class State. but
Gov. Tawes has stopped us
right in our tracks-he's on
dead center"
He accused the Governor of
playing politics" with the
Roads, Racing and Tidewater
Fisheries Commissions. He said
Montgomery County had plenty
Of examples Of poor admin
istration Of the roads program
Mr.. Mahoney noted that
Interstate Route 70S has dead
ended at Pooks Hill for years
He said the Roads Commission
by now should have found thl
most economical and leas
damaging" route for gettinI
70S into the District of Co,
lurnbia.
He declined to say which way
he thought it should go-
whether down Wisconsin avenue
or some other corridor-but
he said the traffic continues
to get worse and nothing /.
done" by the State Roads Com
mission.
Hits Bradley Job
He said people who use o.
live beside Bradley boulevard
were "inconvenienced and dis
comforted" for three years
while that road was being
fixed. They fooled around
like they were out in the wood;
with the birds and squirrels in.
stead Of In o heavily populated
suburban area" he said.
Noting that Gov. Tawes has
criticized Mr.. Mahoney's ALI.
ance with Northwest Baltimore
Democratic boss James H. Pol.
lack. Mr.. Mahoney declared
that ''Pollack is q little boy
running around in the streets
Of Baltimore compared with
George Hooker" Mr.. Hooker
is a friend and confidant oi
Gov. Tawes whom Mr.. Ma
honey claims is Maryland''
second Governor"
Blair Lee III, candidate for
United States Senator on the
Mahoney ticket. said the saw
ings and loan issue "is symbolic
of the Tawes' administration
to move only when political ex-
pediency bids them to move"
He said the State now has Q
reasonably strong" savings
and loan law "but 1t should
have been enacted in 1852"
Marshall Levin, candidate fol
State controller, criticized Gov
Tawes for procrastination on
reapportionment Of the General
Assembly.
Evening star., 1962-05-03

Proposed apartments on
Fairfax County's Norwood
Estate would not be fair to the
people Of the Washington area
or the people Of the United
States, one Of the Nations
leading park experts charged
here today.
Merrywood Is the childhood
home Of First Lady Jacqueline
Kennedy and is owned by her
stepfather. Hugh Auchincloss.
The planner, Francis w.
Sargent, said the high-rise
apartments make no sense"
on the site. Fairfax County,
he said. viii eventually have
to plan for clustered" living
in tall apartment buildings but
they need not be placed In
scenic locations.
Submitted Major Report
Mr.. Sargent is executive di-
rector Of the Outdoor Recrea-
ton Resources Review Conn
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Submitted Major Report

The driver Of a car which
struck o District man who was
carrying his infant son and
leading a second son by the
hand has been ordered held
for grand jury action.
The infant was thrown from
his fathers arms some a feet
through the air into the wind
shield Of a second car headed
in the opposite direction. The
child, 1O-month-old Hickey Lee
Alsbrook. was pronounced dead
at Children's Hospital shortly
after 10 o'clock Saturday night.
less than half an hour after
the accident at the intersection
of Thirteenth and Randolph
streets NV.
The father, Alexander Ais
brook, jr.. 36, Of 3o25 Georgia
avenue NV. died the next day
at Washington Hospital Gen.
ter. The dead infants brother.
Yago Thomas, % months, was
critically injured and still is in
Childrens Hospital.
112-FoOt skid
Pvt. Earl ]. Taylor Of the
Accident Investigation Unit
testified at Q coroner's inquest
yesterday that the car which
struck Mr.. Alsbrook and his
two children was south-bound
on Thirteenth street. Pvt. Tay-
lor testified the car was going
at high speed.
Evening star., 1962-05-03
Urges Bicycle Paths

must be defended against pro-
posed highways.
Urges Bicycle Paths
In addition, he recommended
the development Of inexpensive
but safe paths for bicycles along
the George Washington Me-
mortal parkway and the Rock
Greek parkway.
The frontiersman., 1962-01-18
pr. Norma Godfrey Appears on Popular Tv Panel Show

On Sunday, January q, tele- vision viewers will have an op- portunity to see Dr. Norma Godfrey, Palmer Anchorage chiropractor, stump the panel ists on the What's My Line?" television show.
 Dr. Godfrey appeared on the show, which emminates from New York City, a week ago this past Sunday and outwitted panelists Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis and the guest panelist, Richard Boone, better known as "Pala- din".
 As a momento of Alaska, Dr. Godfrey presented panel mem bers and moderator John D2ly. ivory .plllikins and in addition. presented Daly with a can of Fresh Alaska Air..
The frontiersman., 1962-01-18
kertfuIa To Present Bill During Session

tanuska Valley Farmers Coop Association, Matanuska Electric Association and Matan- uska Telephone Association, at testing to the cooperative na- ture of Valley folk.
 Accommodations at the fair grounds, which are located on the south end of the City of Palmer, have grown with the community since the first Ma tanuska Valley Fair was held in 1886, until presently there is a large concrete-block ex- hibit building (Snodgrass Building), new large all metal livestock exhibit build ing; a new all-metal education building; numerous other struc- lures and facilities, including the only paved Go-Kart track in Alaska; a quarter mile strafght-away and a half-mile oval horse racing track; grand stand, concession booths and room tor expansion.
 Gate receipts have climbed
 steadily over the years. reach
 ing nearly Sl6.00o last year.
 the Legislators will learn. At 
 the close of inc 18th anniver-
 sarY of the Matanuska Val
 ley Fair. Alaska State Fair.
 Inc. had fixed assets of over
 S25o.oo0.
 Participation in the local fairs has been invited from everyone in the State, with over one third of the gate re eeipts last year being returned to participants in the form of premiums and prizes for ex- i hibits and displays.
The frontiersman., 1962-01-18
Duo Admits Three Local Break-lns

Three of the areas recent breaking and entry incidents have been attributed to two men being held in Federal jail in Anchorage, according to State and City police.
 Earlier this week local police officers were notified t h t David Gibson and Larry Pudi- combe, being held in Anchor age on charges stemming from a robbery in the Seward area, had admitted entering the Co., Op Building and Farm Supply, the Coop Trading Post, and the Palmer Moose lodge on January 2. The men reportedly told officials they had taken tools from the Building and Farm Supply store with which they later broke into the Trad ing Post and Moose lodge. About SIP in cash was taken at the Moose lodge.
 Area police officials have been working very closely with those of the Anchorage area in the many breaking and entry eases which have occurred in the valley area the past month
The frontiersman., 1962-01-18

Members of the Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce will lend support to the Ketchi- kan Chambers request for the State of Alaska to repeal the Alaska Gross Business tax which is based on gross busi- ness each year. It was pointed out that it is possible for a busi- ness to do a million dollar gross business, yet not make any profit during the year.
 The Ketchikan Chamber is seeking the support of all Chambers in the state. It was pointed out at the meeting that some feel the tax is a serious detriment to new businesses, especially those operating on very small margins.
 Bill Hermann who presided
The frontiersman., 1962-01-18
CHANGE IN PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
 RESULT OF MARCH OF DIMES WORK

Today those most in need of help and better care are those with chronic and disabling con ditions. These cases need, not simply the help of family doc tor at the bedside, but a spec ialized skill of a medical team The problem involves the fam fly and often is far beyond the resources of the family It is then your problem and mine. Someone must supply t h e money so badly needed to sup port clinical studies to improve care.
 Federal funds are not diff ficult to get for basic research, but there is relatively little available for improving the art of care and treatment. 1t is Vii tai today to devise and make available to everyone a means of obtaining high quality treat ment which meets all of the complex problems facing pat tents with disabling, lifetime disease conditions.
 Your dimes will help. Early returns of this New March of Dimes is encouraging and clear ly shown the people of the Valley DO CARE" Wilson said.
The frontiersman., 1962-01-18

"The New March of Dimes brings to mind the great chang es that have taken place and are still taking place in public health" said Charles W. Wilson health said Charles w Will son, local campaign chair man this week.
 In 1888 when the National Foundation began using March of Dimes funds in a unique program to give direct financial aid to polio patients, the finan- cial impact of the disease was of foremost concern to the in- dividual patient and family, Wilson pointed out. Today, 1t is apparent that nearly all of the population has, or is gain ing the means of paying hos pital and medical bills either through insurance or some other form of assistance.
 Twenty years ago, he added, medicines first concern was with acute illness and the threat of death. The develop ment of antibiotics and other means of prevention and cure has broughht so many acute disease problems under control that the picture has changed dramatically.
The frontiersman., 1962-01-18
MEA Completing Una|ok|eet Power System

to sell UVEC a l00KW Diesel electric unit, payment to be made from REA loan fuads
 A total of 68 residential con- sumers and service. All five commercial establishments have signed for services supplied by MEA, such as engineering, ac- counting or management, will be reimbursed.
 TT h consumer-members
 should feel some pride in
 the fact that they have been
 able 10 extend badly needed
 aid 10 Unalakleet. al no loss
 10 themselves" LaZelle said
 this week.
 There are many advantages to be gained from this type of operation" he added. "The Els kimo people comprise the bulk of the population of Western and Northern Alaska, They are very industrious people and have begun to realize the op- portunity which they have not previously exploited in their part of Alaska"
 LaZelle stated that in No vember a meeting of represen- tatives of all Eskimo tribes was held in Barrow under the aus pices of the Association on Am erican Indian Affairs, Inc, headquarters in New York. The meeting signaled the start of the emergence of the Eski- mo race consciousness, l be- tlieve, LaZelle said. They are beginning to realize the in fluence they may wield as a body in a political sense and the power they can exert in their own behalf.