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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
A BOYS UTOPIA
12-Year-OId Lives in Barn
BY JAMES BIRCHFIELD
star staff writer

| etaA otaAA WAAt1N
Undaunted by this winters
sub-freezing weather, Roy Coe,
~, has been living In a barn
near Great Falls, Va. since last
June He wants 1t that way.
Roy has what most boys
dream ola room of his own,
away from a younger sister and
out Of earshot Of his mothers
calls. He fixed himself UP in
the barn, along with his books,
his insect collection and his
shepherd dog. Cutie.
Roy's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Conway p. Coe. r.. and Roy's
three brothers and a sister,
moved to their 15-acre farm
two years ago when the Nc
Lean area began to build I'D
too close around them.
They built a new barn and
painted 1t red. and that Is
where they stored the furniture
that overflowed the house. Roy
set up housekeeping IN a corner
Of the loft.
Roy has an iron cot, an air
mattress and a sleeping bag.
There is a small electric heater,
too, but Roy rarely turns It on.
He doesn't seem 10 mind the
cold weather. and his mother
says he is the only one In the
family who hasn't had a cold
or the flu this winter.
When the weather isn't too
cold Roy does his homework in
his room In the barn. OF course,
he joins his family In the
house, about $50 feet away. at
meal time.
Roy usually heads for the
barn In the afternoon when he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

are to develop positive attitudes
towards education. life. society
and the future and to build
greater citizen involvement in
school affairs" Mr.. Tucker ex-
planned.
Attorney General Robert
Kennedy has agreed to be hon.
orary chairman Of the project
which gets underway March
is. 3
The program, designated "A
See JUVENILES, Page AS
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related problems pointed up by
the Thanksgiving Day riot at
District Stadium"
Initially the program viii be
directed at the city's junior and
senior high school students and
their families. An interracial
advisory committee viii select
the schools which will be in
volved. The Districts parochial
school board also win be asked
TO consider the program. the
league said.
The two key detectives of
this student-centered project
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

and his older brother. Conway
III, and his sister Nellie, return
home from Flint Hill School
near Fairfax. There are two
younger brothers. Malcolm. z
and Billy, IS months.
just now, Roy Is more inter-
ested In insects than anything
else. He has a collection OF
moths, butterflies and beetles
He mounts them In cigar boxes
and the shelves OF his corner OF
the barn are stacked high with
them.
There Is q colony of live
beetles. Tin q state Of hiberna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Is Vessels Return
From Mediterranean

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Mar.
2 AP)-Thirteen ships today
brought Navy men from seven
months duty In the Mediter-
ranean to reunions with their
families.
The ships included 2 guided
missile frigates and II destroy
ers which had been on duty
with the 9Th Fleet.
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destination.
TN Washington, officials pri-
vately questioned whether the
vessel had as many as 1000
Soviet personnel aboard. But
there was no denial that a
Soviet vessel had sailed with
some Russians on board. There
was no official comment from
the White House, State De-
partment or Defense Depart
ment on the Havana report.
But whatever information
Washington authorities had on
the development was said to
indicate that the number might
be considerably fewer than
10000
Other departures Of Soviet
personnel have been reported
previously. The Soviet luxury
liner Baltika was reported to
have sailed February 81 with
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ton just now. that shares his
barn. and a few mice scampef
over the floor. They are not toe
welcome and maybe there will
be a cat someday 10 help keep
them under control.
Eoy's father, who works at
RCA's patent division In WASH
ington. and his mother are very
understanding about Roy's de-
sire TO live alone.
He Is a boy who needs 70
have solitude" his mother said
Roy Is thinking about becom.
ing a forest ranger when he
grows up.
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an. undetermined number Of
military passengers.
December Sailing
On December rs a Russian
ship sailed from Havana with
hundreds Of Russian men, wom-
en- and children who had been
stationed in Cuba. Presumably
they were bound for home.
On February 20, the White
House said the Kremlin had
given assurance that Russian
military men would be. with
drawn from Cuba by mid
March. Defense Secretary Rob-
ert s. MCNAMARA estimated
January 80 there were about
See CUBA, Page AS
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qualified 10 discuss Il. She re-
fered all questions 70 the
psychologists conducting the
experiment. The Breens have
no children and live at b4i5
Connecticut avenue NV.
Mrs. Breen is a graduate Of
See PROJECT, Page A-o
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The Food and Drug Admin
istration's Bureau of Medicine
has to double its staff in a
hurry to administer the new
drug laws, but the only place
available right now to house
them is in the crime-ridden
Second Precinct.
The proposed move has been
greeted BY the affected doctors
with reactions ranging from "a
certain amount of anxiety" to
talk Of quitting.
A decision on whether to 20
through with the move is
scheduled for early this week.
Assistant FDA Commissioner
w. B. Rankin said he had been
trying since last October to
get adequate space to house
the expanded staff. He said the
three sites offered to FDA
were a former barracks at
Perry Point, Md, an old air..
craft factory near Baltimore
and the upper floors Of the
L. p. Steuart Motor Co. build
ing across the street from the
Second Precinct Police station
house. 81
Recruitment Affected
We've held off until we
can't hold off any longer" Mr..
Rankin said. eff we don't get
larger quarters Immediately.
well have to stop recruiting
doctors. We'd rather not move
them into that area, but it's
better than nothing"
Ironically, Food and Drug
win have its own building COM
pleted by next year. but it viii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

7. w. Tirono, SUNDAY
staff reporter, reveals the
extraordinary background
Gnd odmittonee require
ments Of this magnificent
scholarly Fetreot, the Reod-
ing Room Of the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
In SUNDAY,
The Star Magazine
Pages 2 and 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Negro Leaders Urge
Civic Responsibility
Urban League to Tuckle Problems
Pointed Up by Stadium Violence
By CLARENCE HUNTER
star staff Writer

An ambitious city-tide program to encourage greater
civic responsibility among the Districts Negro population
announced yesterday by the Washington Urban League
Sterling Tucker executive director Of the league said
the program designed to tackle school-home-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Four From Area Die
In sc. Plane Crash
Two Doctors
Listed Amonq
Those Killed

A prominent physician and
three other washington area
residents were found dead yes
terday in the wreckage Of q
private airplane that had
crashed. apparently "a or more
hours earlier, into a South
Carolina mountainside.
The twin-engine aircraft's
owner and pilot. DR.. Sidney w,
Lowry, 48, owner of the District
Heights Md Medical Center
and a leading Seventh-Day
Adventist, was listed as one of
the victims.
The others killed in the crash
were:
DR.. Gilbert r. Christensen,
As, Of 1912 Lockney avenue,
Takoma Park, Md, an anes-
thesiologist at the National In
stitutes Of Health.
DR.. Christenson's wife, Dor
othy, IS. the mother Of four.
William Richard Ford, Sc, of
724 Maplewood avenue, Tako-
ma Park. q builder who man.
aged the woodworking shop at
Columbia Union College in Ia
koma Park.
Relatives here said Mr..
Lowry's sister-in-law, Mrs. Z.
c. Hass, her husband and their
three children, were all killed
in q private plane crash in
Florida just two months ago
on New Years Day.
Crashed In Fog
0reenville e. CO officials
said the light plane, a Cessna
$40, apparently had crashed
Friday through fog and rain
into a sparsely-wooded noun
tain slope near Tigerville, S. c.,
pear, the North Carolina border.
The crash scene was IA miles
north Of Greenville. The plane
fen into q field about 200 yards
east Of the Mountainview
Methodist Church near Tigers
vile.
-Four of five farm houses
were within view Of the scene.
but none Of the residents re-
ported hearing the crash. The
plane did not burn.
Vernon Plumblee, q farmer.
who discovered the wreckage
ct 2:40 pm. yesterday, saw
the plane as he drove along
q mountainside road.
George Coleman, mayor of
the nearby town Of Travellers
Rest, told the Associated Press
parts Of the plane were scat
tered over an acre Of ground.
DR.. Lowry was found In the
pilots seat. The Christensons
were In the rear seats and MIR.
Ford was sitting beside DR..
Lowry.
The Federal Aviation Agency.
which started a search yester-
day after area relatives Of the
victims reported the plane was
overdue, said the last radio
contact with the aircraft was
made at 9:19 am. Friday.
Sought Weather Report
The FAA said that at s:l9
am. q Greensboro (N.C) air.
port operator radioed weather
See CRASH, Page Ais
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
FDA Researchers Fear
Move to I'd Precinct

be virtually all laboratory
space. Since the building wal
planned, Congress has expand.
ed the functions Of FDA to tn,
point where the agency ha.
loutgrown before it is finished
Mr.. Rankin said he has beer
assured that whatever steps
are necessary will be taken tt
assure the safety Of the EN-.
ployes If they do move from
their present quarters in q
temporary building at Seventh
street and Independence ave-
nue. S.W. to the Steuart Build
ing between Fifth and Sixth
streets on New York avenue
NV. 1r..e, 500
DR.. Ralph Smith, acting
chief of the Bureau of Medi-
cine. said the doctors had ex-
pressed anxiety about ''going
into an area Of that nature =
He said there had been talk Of
quitting but added that 81
don't know how real it is"
Fear Leaving Late
He said the clerical staff Of
the bureau is composed almost
entirely Of women. In addition,
a number Of the chemists and
doctors are women-including
DR.. Frances o. Kelsey, who was
awarded the Distinguished CT
william Service Award by the
President for keeping thalido-
mide off the American market,
and Is now director Of FDAs
Investigational Drug Branch.
Many Of the employees. Or.
See FDA, Page AS
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U. 5. 10 Rae
Mall Tennpos
Move Will Restore
Pork-Like Setting
BY LEE FLOR
star staff Writer

Park and Federal building
Officials are planning 70 evacu-
late the entire factory-like COM
pick Of World War II tempo
rary buildings on the South side
of the Rejecting Pool by the
end of this year.
Then contracts will be
awarded to demolish the build
ings. as part Of plans to restore
the park like setting Of the
Lincoln Memorial and the
Washington Monument. off,
cials said yesterday.
After the buildings are razed,
the National Park Service will
build the South Rejecting Pool
drive. This will be part Of the
detour routes needed TO handle
traffic when a hazardous mix
ling bowl" is eliminated at the
intersection o 4 Seventeenth
street and Independence ave-
nue. S.W.
The tempos are between IN
dependence avenue and the
Pool. Seventeenth street and
the Memorial. The tempos ex-
tend almost 1000 feet, or about
six city blocks.
A chain link and barbed wire
fence now separates the COM
pick from the Rejecting Pool.
Behind the tempos there Is an
alley-like drive for cars and a
marrow parking lot for officials.
One Federal timetable calls
for evacuation Of the tempos by
September OF this year, but
General Services Administra-
ton officials said they pre-
ferred a more conservative es-
innate. II the buildings are
evacuated by the end OF the
year. demolition may take a
few more months, officials
said.
The Park Service plans 10
landscape the area after the
buildings are razed. The South
Rejecting Pool drive win cross
the south part Of the tempo
building sites.
Park Service Optimistic
Robert Horne, Park Service
associate. regional director for
the Washington area. said his
agency was asking Congress for
s234.0 900 for the South drive In
It's budget request now before
Congress.
The Park Service Is pretty
optimistic" that the tempos
See TEMP0s. Page AS
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A Washington inventor hos cone
W with q eomputsr. which, when
commended BY q human voice,
Nov. Open Sesame" will open a
door IN Ali Bobu foshiOn. See Pass
CT.
The APPS EDDY Gilmore and he
Russion-bOrn wife recently re-
turned 10 Russia to see whet's
happened since the deoth Of
Stain 10 years ago. See Mr. Gil
moFs's report on Pess "A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
1865 Is First Goal

If the first stage goes ac-
cording to schedule, rebuilding
of the area could be completed
by the spring Of 1865. a spokes-
imam said.
The plans second stage calls
for linking the waterfront area
with East Potomac Park by a
pedestrian bridge resembling,
in concept. the Pontevecchio
Bridge, in Florence, Italy, which
has its own stores. This and
other projects in the second
stage could begin In 1855, it
was explained.
In the next month or two,
the new blueprint win be re-
viewed by RIA after comments
are received from displaced
waterfront businessmen. Then.
with any revisions, 1t will be
presented to the National Cap
ital Planning Commission and
the District Commissioners for
approval.
Work proposed for compile
ton in the first stage includes
provision for:
l. From IS to 81 CONNER
cial spaces for seafood res
taurants. boat and marine-
supply sales, a 5O-room
steamboat inn" Zone existed
on the waterfront in 1880;
See WATERFRONT, Page Ala
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

High fidelity color photo
grophs Of one Of Americas
most exclusive, most elegant
libraries ore featured in
SUNDAY. The Star Mogo-
zine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
1000 Leave Havana
Aboard Soviet Liner
Port Authorities Refuse to Reveal
Destination of Russian Personnel

HAVANA, March (AP) "A contingent of 1000 Russians
sailed from Havana yesterday aboard Soviet liner informed
sources said today.
1t was not known whether the Russians were soldiers
civilian techncians Port authorities declined to discuss the
departure saying they not allowed to reveal the name
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Today's Star

Also Sunday The Stor Mosozins;
This Week Mosozine; Tv Mssa-
zine; Color Comic Section and
Seou ROebuek and Co. Spring Fur
niture srowre Tebloid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Stiff Gun Law
Being Drafted
For District
Pistol Measure
Patterned After
New York Act
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
star staff Writer

A gun law patterned after
New York's stiff Sullivan Act
is being drafted for the Dis
trict that would require pistol
owners to get licenses and for
bid minors to own them at all.
The pistol measure, aimed at
trying to keep guns out Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
would Bar MInors

Licenses would be granted
only when the police chief is
satisfied that the applicant has
good reason to fear injury OF
has any other proper reason to
carry a pistol and that he is
a suitable person. TO be IL
censed.
Minors would be forbidden to
own a pistol.
Felons and other undesira-
bles would face penalties Of up
to 10 years II a pistol Is found
See GUNS, Page AT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
Citizen Plan Unveiled
For S.W. Waterfront
Two-Stoee
Development
Is Outlined
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS
Star staff Writer

A long-awaited plan to guide
prompt rebuilding of the WASH
ington Channel waterfront was
made public yesterday by the
District Redevelopment Land
Agency.
The new program, prepared
by a non-profit advisory group,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

A sehemotie diosrom showing public
and pEivote sites proposed IN new
master plan for waterfront rede-
Velopment oppeos on Poss ALI.
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involves changes, adjustments
and compromises designed to
lift waterfront redevelopment
out Of official and private mac
ton and controversy that has
surrounded it for nearly a dec
ade.
The plan provides for REIN
stating business firms formerly
in the area which wish to come
back.
The two-stage program calls
for redevelopment Of the 20
acre, mile-long frontage on the
Washington Channel along
Maine avenue first.
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ShVstHutS tOt AHVeSu9utNe ATTEST
Runs into Delay. Pose Al
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hands Of young people and
criminals, is part Of the pack
age Of anti-crime measures the
District Commissioners are
seeking from Congress.
The first draft Of the mea-
sure already has gone to United
States Attorney David c. Ache
son and Police Chief Robert v
Murray for their comments
The Commissioners hope to gel
the final version to Congress
next week.
The District already is far
better off in controlling pistols
than its neighbors in Maryland
and Virginia. Police here make
an investigation before q gun
dealer can deliver a pistol to
the purchaser and by an ar
rangement with the Railway
Express Agency. police also
must clear purchasers Of mall
order pistols.
Uniform Control Sought
Because pistols can be bought
without investigation in some
nearby counties and brought
into Washington, Chief Murray
is taking the lead in trying to
work out a uniform control
over firearms throughout the
Metropolitan Area. This effort
supported by all area police
chiefs. is paralleling the Dis
trict Building drive for a modi.
fled Sullivan Act.
In the District at present
the only controls are over thu
sale and carrying of q pistol
Anyone but a drug addict. felor
or certain other ex-convict.
can keep a pistol in his home
or business place.
The proposed new Law
would make It q crime for
anyone to possess 9 pistol
without q license.
Details Of the draft are being
kept under wraps until its
ready to 60 to Congress but
it was understood that 1t In
cludes these major provisions:
A license issued by the police
chief would be required for q
person to keep a pistol any
where In his home. at hts
place Of business or on the
street.
Would Bar Minors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

Substitute for lnvestisotiye Arrests
Runs into Delay. Pose AT
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Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Some cloudiness
mostly sunny and mild today, high near
90. Fair tonight. low near 80. increasing
cioudiness and continued mild tomorrow
High yesterday, As at pm.
Full Report on Poge D-4
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hands Of young people and
criminals. is part Of the pack
age Of anti-crime measures the
District Commissioners are
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-14

Sell Testing -
The first step in deciding
how you are going to spend
your fertilizer dollar is to
have a soil test made. Right
now is the time this test
should be made. You can get
results from your test within
a short time if you send off
soil samples now. If you wait
until January or February it
will take 3 to 4 times the
length of time to get back
the results.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-14

In fields that do not wash
severely let me urge that you
break this land deep as pos
sible with mold board pillow
or renovate it with chisel
plows or a graham Haney
pillow. Your soil should be
broken at least IL inches deep
or more in order to get
through the hard pans nor
mally 4 to 8 inches under
meath top soil.
Soil with hard pans will
not allow water to penetrate
in sub soil areas during our
winter rains and will not al
low sub soil moisture to
come to top of soil during the
dry, growing periods of our
crops during spring and sum
mer. Each field needs a good,
deep breaking at least every
other year in order to cor
rect hard pan formations.
y i = 4
Fire Protection -
If you haye not already
done so do not delav any long
err in making fire lanes
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-14

How long has it been since
you had a booster shot of
tetanus toAoid? Or did you
ever have the series of shots
to establish immunity to this
disease?
Tetanus, formerly called
"lockjaw," is completely pre-
ventable. But about 400 peo-
pie have the disease each
year. Three out of five who
have the disease die. All
these deaths are unnecessary.
The American Medical As
isociation started a campaign
in September to urge the peo-
pie to get and renew innocu-
lations with tetanus toxiod.
Check with your Health De-
partment or family doctor a.
bout establishing your immu-
nifty.
Deaths from tetanus are
highest among young child
rem. They can be innoculated
as infants Usually this is
done with triple vaccine"
including diptheria and
whooping cough along with
toxoid. Three injections four
weeks apart. and a booster
dose within 6 to II months.
will establish immunity.
After immunity has beer
established, everyone should
maintain protection by boost
er doses every FIVE years, and
a similar booster dose after
any injury that might cause
tetanus.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-14
Mississippi Foresters Course Held
On Public Relations Al Ole Miss

AS the Mid-South swelt-
cred from a two months
drought and the hazard of
forest fires jumped to a boil
ing point, foresters represent
ing 19 North Mississippi
counties were sitting in a
classroom at Ole Miss.
With one eye looking for
the prospect of rain, the pro-
ject foresters were eagerly
listening as Mr.. Duncan
Whiteside discussed techni-
ques of mass media commu-
nications.
The foresters and forestry
technicians were attending
the Seminar Workshop on
Utilization of Radio-Televis-
ion held in the studios OF
campus station WCBH.
Conducted by Mr.. White
side, assistant professor Of
Speech, the seminar was held
by the Department of Speech
for Yazoo-Little Tallahatchie
Flood Control Project per-
sonnet at the request of pro-
iect manager V. B. Mac
Naughton of Oxford.
The men of the Yazoo-
Little Tallahachie Flood Con-
troll Project are not RESPONSE
BILE for the protection of
Mississippi's forests from
fires. however. thew do as
sist the Mississippi Forestry
Commission in fightno fires
when they break out. Never
theless, they were concerned
about the weather as they
sat in the classroom
The seminar-workshop orr
ginated as a result of one of
the foresters auditing a
speech course at Ole Miss
last year. Mr.. A. B. Curtis. Of
Oxford. sat in on one Of Mr..
Whiteside's classes. and as a
result. recommended that the
Department of Speech spon-
sor and teach a shortcourse
for forestry personnel in radio
televisicn "public relations"
tnchniques.
The workshop was designed
to teach the foresters how to
make better use Of radio and
te%levision with the help Of
visual aids and proper pre-
sentation.
The forestarS : turned stu
dents for a day were shown
what clothes - medium or
light colored crease-resistant
= to wear when appearing
on television, how to make
better speeches, how to work
with station managers and
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-14

Attend the Church of Your
Choice This Sunday!
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-14

ways are a direct result Of an
increase in waterfowl produc-
ton during the summer.
A restricted season last year
plus improved water conditions
in the important northern nest
ing grounds in Canada led to
the increase in duck population.
Claiming the title of duck
hunting capital of the world is
Stuttgart, Arkansas, in the
heart of the lower Mississippi
flyway (white dot in the map
above). It is the focal point
for hunters throughout the
country each November and