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Evening star., 1963-05-03

commission merely ADVISORY
Commissioner Walter N. To-
briner said he firmly believes
this change is desirable.
Engineer Com missioner
Frederick j. Clarke said he also
is convinced that the NCPC's
veto power on individual urban
renewal projects should be
lifted.
Both commissioners, however
agreed that they might go along
with a modification of the
proposed reorganization order
to make the Redevelopment
Land Agency Board directly
responsible to the District
commissioners instead of abol-
ishing it.
Discusses Role
Discussing the NCPC's role
in urban renewal, Mr.. Tobriner
said:
ANY divided authority slows
the urban renewal program. It's
like having an army with two
generals"
Brig. Gen. Clarke said that
in his opinion "if you have
two people who can say no
this is not desirable.
We have pretty good con.
troll Of all other municipal
functions. where the NCPC ha.
only an advisory role now"
Mrs. James H. Rowe, NCPC
chairman, said in a letter an.
proved by the NCPC YESTERDAY
that "it is difficult to under.
stand" how the planning com.
mission can do its job "if it!
role in the urban renewal pro.
gram, which will reshape thu
face Of the National capita
for many years to come, il
reduced to a mere advisory re.
lationShip" to the commission.
ers.
Objections Are Seen
The RIA, itself, today op.
posed lodging all urban renewa
powers with the city heads, say
ing the Commissioners alread,
control renewal activities
Transfer Of administrator
under the proposed schem
has features which are OBJ
jectionable," RIA said.
The agency's opposition wa
based on its belief that "de
velopment and execution of al
effective local urban renewa
program can never be achieves
in the context of ordinary day.
to-day city administration"
The views of both RIA anC
the planning commission wert
submitted to the Budget Blu.
reau. which had circulated 9
draft Of the reorganization plar
for comment.
In its present form the pro.
posed reorganization order
would. in addition to abolish.
ing the NCPC veto, eliminate
the RIA board of directors anc
make this agency department
of the District government.
The reorganization order was
proposed by the District govern.
ment's administrative and ur-
ban renewal staff, given gen.
Evening star., 1963-05-03
End to NCPC Veto
On Renewal Urged
Commissioners TObriner, Clarke
Would Make Group Advisory
BY CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

In the face Of strong opposition from the National Capital
Planning Commission majority Of the District Commissioners
said today that this planning agencys power
renewal projects should be eliminated
In his first public discussion proposed executive re-
organization order which would of the planning
Evening star., 1963-05-03
BrokerageB Bill
Wins Backing
House Committee
Gets Suggestions
For Amendments
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

Star Staff Writer
Chairman Abernethy Of q
House District subcommittee
said today that hearings had
convinced him Of the need for
legislation to regulate invest
ment firms in the District.
The subcommittee, however,
is expected to take several
weeks to go over all the amend
ments proposed at yesterdays
hearings.
Under the bill. brokers and
their agents would have to be
licensed to operate and their
background in the securities
business would have to be dis
closed. Investment firms would
have to be bonded and would
require a certain amount of
capital to operate. Their
licenses could be denied or re-
voked for fraudulent practice.
Representative Springer, Re-
publican Of Illinois. who intro
duced the measure, said "the
door Of opportunity must be
slammed shut on shady, un-
scrupulous and unqualified
dealers in securities in the Dis
trict Of Columbia"
Increase in Complaints
/ He cited statistics showing
that the National Association
OF Securities Dealers has in
creased its complaints filed
against District securities deal
erS by $50 per cent, compared
to a national increase at a
rate Of 215 per cent. In 1861,
he noted. Is per cent of the
associations members in the
District failed. compared to 8
per cent nationally.
He predicted the present
measure will go far towards
correcting the unhealthy con-
ditionS which have arisen in
certain SegmentS Of the invest
ment field in the District Of
/ Columbia"
Il The amendments proposed at
the hearing ranged from IN
creasing the amount of capital
required TO operate to specify
ing that licenses could be de-
MED on the basis Of dishonest
or unethical" practices instead
of only fraudulent" practices.
Larger Capital Favored
The Metropolitan Washing
ton Board Of Trade. the WASH
ington Better Business Bureau
and the Investment Bankers
Association of America all IA
vored increasing the amount
Of capital required from $l5.-
600. as proposed in the bill, to
SIS, 900.
Both the board of trade
and the investment bankers
proposed that no bond be re-
quired Of a broker-dealer who
maintains a minimum net cap
ital Of at least $4,000. The
bill as written requires a $780,
900 bond.
The proposal to eliminate the
bond in these cases drew a
sharp reaction from Mr.. Aber-
nethy and Mr.. Springer. Mr..
Abernethy said that bonding
had the effect Of putting money
into escrow for the protection
OF investors.
The largest group Of proposed
amendments came from the In
yestment Bankers Association.
They were presented by Gordon
Calvert, assistant general coun-
sci Of the association after
Bernard J. Nees. a partner in
the investment firm Of john
ston, Lemon & Co. said the
association indorsed the objec-
tives and the approach of the
legislation. but felt it would be
greatly improved and made
more effective If certain
changes were accepted. Mr..
Nees is Washington legislative
chairmen Of the Southeastern
Group. Investment Bankers As
ISOLATION Of America.
Evening star., 1963-05-03
BY HUGH WELLS
star slaff writer

BALTIMORE. May a.
Thomas F. johnson took the
witness stand in U. S. District
Court yesterday to deny Wig
or0usly that he had been bribed
to make a speech in the House
of Representatives defending
State savings and loan institu-
tons.
The 53-year-old former Mary
land Congressman also denied
that rent on his Snow Hill
MdO law office, paid by j.
Kenneth Edlin, Miami savings
and loan executive, was part
of the bribe.
Mr.. johnson, Edlin, former
Congressman Frank W. BOykin
of Alabama, and william L.
Robinson, Edlin'S assistant, are
charged with conspiracy to
thwart the prosecution of 4
mail fraud indictment of Edlin
by the Justice Department.
Evening star., 1963-05-03
Series Of Denials

Mr.. johnson remained casual
and often smiling until a ques-
ton on the speech. put to him
by his lawyer. George Cochran
DOub. sparked q series Of ring
ing denials.
O. Did Mr.. Edlin ask you to
make it (the speech?
A. Absolutely not.
@. Did Mr.. Robinson ask you
to make it?
A. Absolutely not.
Q. Were you promised any
thing If you made this speech?
A. Absolutely not.
@. Did you know of any ad-
vantage that might accrue to
you?
A Absolutely not.
@. Did Mr.. Edlin or Mr..
Robinson hold out any in
ducement to you?
A. No. I don't think I even
saw Edlin during that period.
Inspired by Aide
Mr.. johnson claimed the
speech was inspired by his ad-
.ministrative aide. Manuel
BuarQue. as a rebuttal to a
newspaper story warning de-
positorS against savings and
loan ''phonies."
II was only after he had been
Informed Of the article. he said.
that Martin Heflin. Washing
ton public relations man. came
in with the same article saying
Evening star., 1963-05-03
CountyActs
To Eliminate
Cuve-Ins

The Prince Georges Coun.
ty Commissioners today an.
nounced they will halt work or
all unsafe excavation project.
found during a survey to bt
started Immediately by all de.
partment heads and govern.
mental agencies.
Stop-work orders will be Is
sued by the commissioners after
consultation with the States
attorneys office. according to
Frank j. LaStner, chairman OF
the county commissioners.
The order comes in the wake
of a series of accidents and
cave-ins in Prince Georges, the
last occurring on Wednesday
when a l6-year-old youth was
fatally injured In a ditch in
Laurel.
Six persons have died in cave
ins since December.
A request for a similar survey
also will be made to the WASH
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission and the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
THE State Office of Labor
and Industry has proven to be
unable to adequately assume its
inspection responsibilities in
Prince Georges County" Mr..
LaStner said.
Change in Law Sought
The County Commissioners
also asked County Attorney
Robert B. Matthias 10 draft an
ordinance more restrictive than
the State law on excavation
snoring. The county measure
would make snoring manda-
tory in all excavations and not
where necessary" as provided
in some cases under certain
sections of the State law.
Commissioner Gladys SPELL
man asked Mr.. Matthias Why
builders had not been charged
under the State law.
There wasn't a civil engi-
neer. architect, or builder here
that knew about the State law
before the Greenbelt cave-in," /"
Mr.. Matthias replied.
The Greenbelt cave-in on
December % killed five work.
men and injured IL others.
Called Right Step
Today's action by the Com
missioners was described as
"a step in the right direction
by Delegate Royal Hart. DEM
ocrat Of Prince Georges. who
headed a legislative commit
tee earlier this year TO study
State safety laws on construc-
ton projects. The committee
led the drive for a bill adding
six more State safety inspec-
tors. The bill was signed this
week. and Mr.. Hart said he
recommended two OF the men
be assigned TO Prince Georges.
In a related action. Delegate
Robert j. Dentz. Democrat OF
Prince Georges. last night told
the Prince Georges Civic Fed
Grafton the county commits
sioners should suspend the
chief building inspector. Chris
Sondberg. pending an investi-
CATION OF the enforcement Of
excavation safety requirements.
Mr.. Lastner. asked for COM
ment. said he thought Mr.,
Sondberg was doing a good
Job and there was no need for
his suspension. He noted that
the fatal cave-in Wednesday
at Laurel occurred at a plumb
ing project over which Mr.
Sondberg has no jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1963-05-03

he represented q league of in
dependent associations.
Mr.. johnson claims he re-
ferred Mr.. Heflin to his aide
and never saw the press agent
again.
Earlier in the trial. Mr.. Heflin
testified that Mr.. Robinson had
conceived the idea Of q speech
and had written one with his
help. He said he understood
that the speech would be by a
Congressman. and that all that
was needed was an excuse
to give it. The article. Mr.. Hef-
Tin testified, provided that ex-
cuse.
Mr.. johnson also claimed he
had no knowledge of the $4,000
reprints of his speech that
were ordered by Edlin until
the checks we're given to him
to indorse. His secretary took
care of the reprints.
Response Was Light
"As it turned out, there
wasn't much response to the
speech" said Mr.. johnson.
mot in the right direction.
anyway" he added with q
smile.
Another question raised the
former Congressman's re. His
counsel asked him If he per-
sonally received any Of a $500
political contribution made by
Mr.. Robinson.
''Mr. Doub, I received not
/ penny Of that check" he
answered curly. 1T went for
my campaign along with the
campaign Of John F. Kennedy
and Lyndon Johnson"
The check was dated June
20. 1860. or 10 days before the
House speech. A letter was
inclosed thanking Mr.. john
son for his cooperation in the
past.
Mr.. johnson stated that the
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1963-12-10
|. P. Governors Win
In 40 Out of So
Provinces

MANILA, NOV. % Delayed
The gubernatorial race at a
glance: 40 Liberals, 16 Nacion-
alistas in the country's Sc prov
inces based on more or less
complete tallies.
There were upsets in 10 prov
inces.
There was mixed voting in
nine provinces = five voted LIP.
governors with MP. vice COVER
nors while four Others picked
N. P. governors with L. P. vice
governors. Among the PROVING
es which reported upset" vic
tories were:
Q Abra, where retired army
Col. Carmelo Barbero, independ-
ent Liberal, beat incumbent Gov
Jose Valera.
. Cebu, where Liberal Rene
Espina, former Social Security
Administrator, beat his two Ma
cionalist opponents.
Northern Leyte, where for
mer Commissioner Norberto Ro-
mualdez I) won by comfort
able margin in a province preVi-
ously considerely an MP strong
hold.
. PangaSinan, w where eX-
Health Secretary Francisco Du-
que won over two-termer Gov.
Conrado Estrella.
. Bulacan, where Liberal Viii
larama took 10000 vote lead
over MP Martin - who had been
thought a shoon-in- because of
heavy campaign support given
by important fellow NPS.
Final tally in Manila gave
Mayor Antonio Villegas (LP)
l90,S77 votes to Roberto Oca's
lO5,447. In the fight for the
vice mayor slot, Herminio A.
AstergaS OP) took lead of
l,S4l votes over MP Alfredo Go
meZ.
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06

Alan Horton Of indianapolis,
Indiana, a student at Yale Uni
versity, was the holiday week
end guest Of his grandmother,
Mrs. S. M. D. Mar shall.
Glen Kitchens and Miss Mary
Ann Kitchens were home for
the past week end with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Dali
las Kitchens.
Mrs. James H. Johnson, Jr.,
has begun the construction Of
her home on Grier Lane IN Lake
lawn Estates.
George and Charles Draper
were home from their respective
schools for the past week end
with their mother, Mrs. Eleanor
Draper.
Mrs. Carl Allen spent the
Thanksgiving week end In Phtla.
as the guest, of, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Roedel.
\ Curtis Galloway, a freshman
at Salisbury State Teachers Col
lege spent the past week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Galloway.
***
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sauls-
bury and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Ward are enjoying hunting at
Hancock, Md, this week. They
are guests at Plantation Motel.
Mrs. Richard Mills IS a pa
tieRt In Milford Memorial Hos
pital.
Brown P. Thawley, Jr., has
returned home, having completed
his Army service at Fort Knox,
Kentucky.
Mrs. Della H. Deakyne re-
turned home Sunday after spend
ing Thanksgiving with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Hall Deakyne in New
ark.
Mrs. Richard Roach is a pa
tteHt In Milford Memorial Hos
pital.
Mrs. Edwin P. Messick has
returned home after being a pa
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel R.
Strecker announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Mar
garet, to Hugh Martin, III.
Miss Strecker received her
undergraduate and graduate de-
grees in education at the Uni
versity of Delaware and is pres
emily employed as reading con-
sultant by the Smyrna School
District.
Mr.. Martin is the son of Mrs.
Lillian |. Martin of Milford and
Mr.. Hugh Martin of Raleigh,
N. G. He is a graduate of the
University of Delaware where
he was a member of Sigma Nu,
Omicron Delta Kappa and Alpha
Zeta. He is Young Republican
National Committeeman from
Delaware and a director of the
Delmarva Rehabilitation Center
in Georgetown.
Mr.. Martin is a partner of
Edgar F. Isaacs and Sons, Lin
coin.
A summer wedding is planned.
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
ersonuls

Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Hayden,
Seabury Avenue, spent the past
week visiting relatives and
friends In Virginia and North
Carolina.
Miss Marsha Prettyman of
Madison College joined her fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Eldridge Y.
Prettyman of Milford and Mr..
and Mrs. Eldridge Y. Pretty
man, II, Of Baltimore, for a
family Thanksgiving dinner at
the home of Mr.. Prettyman's
brother, Mr.. and Mrs. James
NJ. H. Prettyman of Baltimore
Md, with twenty-four members
Of the Prettyman family pre-
sent.
Miss Maggie Yingst of Ash
land, New Jersey and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph T. Horvat, Jr. and
family Of West Berlin, New
Jersey were weekend guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Horyat. Sr.
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
SURPRISE
BABY SHOWER

On Friday evening of last.
week, Mrs. Ruth Ann Wiley Of
Todds Estates, Newark, gave a
surprise baby shower in honor
Of her sister, Mrs. Theodore
Yerkes and new son, Lloyd
Rogers Yerkes, at the home Of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Mills in Cedar Neck.
Present for the shower we're:
Mrs. Eta Mills, Mrs. Lorraine
West, Mrs. Betty Mills, Mrs.
Annabelle Mills, Mrs. Eleanor
Yerkes, Mrs. Janice Yerkes,
the Misses Laura Jane and
Helena Yerkes, Mrs. Sara B.
Mills, Mrs. Helen Mills, Mrs.
Lydia Mills, Mrs. Joan Mills,
Mrs. Sara C. Mills, Mrs. Car
rie Clendaniel, Mrs. Iva Glen
daniel, Mrs. Ella Sharp, Mrs.
Pat Sharp, Miss Jan Sharp and
Stanley and Sandra West.
Delicious refreshments Of Ice
cream, cake, punch, coffee,
mints, nuts and cookies we're
served at a late hour. Little
Lloyd Rogers received many
pretty and useful gifts.
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
Hospital
Hosfesses

Hospital Cart and Hospital Shop
Hostesses for Milford Memorial
Hospital for the week Friday,
December 6, through Thursday
December II:
HOSPITAL CART
Friday Mrs. Joseph Pearce,
Mrs. Carlton Fooks.
Saturday Mrs. Byron Glib
son, Mrs. Broddus Jones.
Monday Mrs. George Sheaf-
fer, Mrs. Edgar Isaacs, Jr.
Tuesday Mrs. j. B. Simpler,
Mrs. j. H. Schabinger.
Wednesday Mrs. Boyd Houtz,
Mrs. John Besenfelder.
Thursday Mrs. Ira Barbutt.
HOSPITAL SHOP
Friday afternoon Mrs.
James Abrahams evening, Mrs.
James West.
Saturday evening, Henry T.
Holston.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Lee
Hirsch evening, Miss Cordelia
Carter.
Monday afternoon, Mrs. John
Baker, Mrs. I. D. Short even
ing, Mrs. William Lynch, Mrs.
Earl Brown.
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. VIM.
Johnson evening, Mrs. Gerald
Lorenz.
Wednesday afternoon, M r S.
Spencer Willis, Mrs. Burt At
well evening, Mrs. Dallas
Kitchens.
Thursday afternoon, Mrs.
R. A. Derrickson, Mrs. Harvey
Conrad.
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
Wedding
BEEBE : RIGGN

BEEBE RIGGN
Miss Wyonna Arlene Beebe,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Harold Beebe Of 303 Hall Place,
Milford, became the bride Of
Mr.. Elmer Edwin Riggin Of
Manor Park, New Castle, son Of
Mrs. Virginia E. Bischak Of New
Castle, and Thomas H. Riggin Of
Laurel, at 200 p.m., Saturday,
November 80, in Calvary Meth
odist Church Rev. F. Douglas
Milbury performed the double
ring ceremony in setting
be atifully decorated with
candles, palms and vases Of
white gladiola and chrysanthe-
NUNS.
Mrs. Betty Reynolds played
the wedding music.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a gown of
white Belgian lace and nylon
tulle over satin, the lace bodice
having long sleeves, sabrina
neckline with a bouffant floor
length skirt Of tulle over lace.
A Duchess crown Of pearls and
rhinestones held her elbow
length veil. She carried a white
orchid on a white Bible with
showers Of ribbon and white
blossoms.
Mrs. Frieda Miller, Of Mil
ford, sister Of the bride, was
matron Of honor. Bridesmaids
we're the Misses Elneta Tatman
Of Frederick, and Linda Thomas
Of Dover. They wore Royal Blue
ballerina gowns with velvet
bodices, scoop necklines, three
quarter length sleeves, bouffant
satin bell skirts. They wore
matching headpieces and wells.
The matron Of honor carried a
crescGnt Of yellow carnations
and orange delight roses. The
bridesmaids carried creScents
Of yellow carnations.
Mr.. Richard l.. Mckenzie OF
Harrington was best man, and
ushers were Messrs. Eugene
Wright Of Harrington, and Jack
Sapp Of FELTON,.
The BRIDES mother wore a
light blue satin brocade street
length dress with matching ac-
cessories and a white orchid
corsage.
The groom's mother wore a
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
Golden Anniv ersury

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F. Reed
of Baltimore, Md, formerly Of
Milford, celebrated their
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary on
Sunday, December 1st. A cele-
bration was given by their SON
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Guthridge, at their
home in Baltimore.
Those attending from Milford
were, Mrs. Virginia K. Abbott,
sister Of Mrs. Reed; Mrs. Emma
Donovan and Mrs. Elsie Emory,
sisters Of Mr.. Reed, and Mrs.
Phyllis H. Kelley, a close friend.
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
Fire Report

John G. Jester, Fire Record
er for the Carlisle Fire Co.,
Milford, has submitted the Nov.
report as follows:
II alarms, rs l24 to 1874, inc.;
s city and 8 rural; Types !
auto, 3 oil burners, 2 chimneys,
l house trailer, l frying pan, s
woods; Hose used $50 feet of
l inch, 600 feet Of l l/2 inch;-
l62 miles travelled; 5 hours In
service, hour pumping time;
Attendance 345 men In serv-
Ice, l7S man hours In service,
81 average attendance at each
alarm; Loss : total S4Q0 all,
rural.
Ambulance report q trha
81 men in service, SO hoars n
service IA man hours IN anxe~
ice, and HAS miles travaaa4e y
Milford chronicle., 1963-12-06
Items OF A Purely
Personal NcfUre

tient in the University Of
Pennsylvania Hospital.
#**
Mrs. Alice Mitchell, Sa m
Mitchell and Arthur Underhill Of
East Williston, I. I, were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Draper, Jr.
***
Mr.. and Mrs. William JEFF
ferson and daughter Susan, Of
Needham, Mass, were guests
over the Thanksgiving holidays
Of Mrs. Margaret Greenly q
Milford.
Miss Terry Lynch Of Wash
ington St., Milford had as her
guest for the Thanksgiving holi-
days, Miss Becky Lohr of Rich
mond, va. Both girls are stu
dents at Madison College, Har-
rlSOnburg1 va.
4 Billy Naumaa IS a patient In
the Milford Memorial Hospital
recovering from injuries he re
ceived when struck by a car In
front Of his home on Seabury
Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl War
rington Of Lincoln, entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Chad
bourne Of Bethel, Maine, as
guests for the Thanksgiving
holidays. Mrs. Chadbourne IS
the former Joan Warrington.
**#
Colonel Roy W. Haynes, Head
master at Fishburne Military
School, Waynesboro, Virginia,
has announced that the follow
ing cadets have achieved the
Second Academic Honor Roll for
the second academic period OF
the current school year:
Cadet Henry Lie Vineyard,
Jr., ward of Mrs. Olive Hast
ings, Parsonsburg, Md, former
ly of Milford. Cadet Vinyard is
in his Senior Year at Fishburne.
Cadet Garrett L. Grier, Jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett
L. Grier, North Shore Drive,
Milford, who is also In his Sen
Tor Year.
Cadets Thomas E. and VIII
liam P. Barnard, sons of Mr..
Remsen C. Barnard, Ill, 40e
S. Walnut St., Milford, who are
In their Senior year at Fish
burne.