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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
26,00OAduIt IIIiterotes
Estimated in Capital

In the heart of the Capital
$4,000 adults are practically IL
literate and the number is ris-
ing.
In some neighborhoods, Is pei
cent of the population is COM
posed of functional crippleS
who cannot read or write above
the fifth grade level.
A census of $4,000 functional
illiterates over IS in the entire
District is probably misleading
The actual number is far high
er, according to Francis Greg
ory, chairman of the Committee
on Illiteracy, which the Com
missioners appointed in Febru-
airy.
People who have not CON-
leted the fifth grade make ur
"a very significant segment Of
the population" of areas of "loW
income poor housing, unemploy
ment, high relief payments. ju-
venile delinquency. and a high
rate of adult crime" Mr.. Greg.
DRY said.
The findings are in the rec
ord, released last week Of 6
House Appropriations subcom'
mittee hearing last month.
Representative hatcher, D
ocrat Of Kentucky, the chair
an, said the illiteracy rate her
is alarming" He pointed on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
John H. Prayer,
Had Gas Stations

John H. Prayer, SO, a gas
station operator, died today Of
a heart attack at his home.
ALI Mildred drive, Falls
Church, Va.
Mr.. Prayer was the owner Of
a filling station at Seven Cor
ners (Va.) and another at
Fifteenth and Bladensburg
road NE. He had been in the
gasoline station business for
the last 80 years.
He was born in New Kensing-
ton, Pa. After moving to this
area, he was active in the
Sherwood Presbyterian Church
in the District and was cur
rently a member Of Trinity
Presbyterian Church of Ar
lington.
Survivors include his wife,
Nan o., of the home address,
and four daughters, Mrs. VIII
liam L. Mayne, Miss Jean
Prayer and Mrs. John Steven
son, all of Falls Church, Va,
and Mrs. Jesse Wade of Rock
vile, Nd, and 10 grandchil-
dren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Ward Lockwood,
Artist, MuruIist

TAOS, N. Mex, July 8 '(AP)
Ward Lockwood, 6S, promi-
nent artist and muralist, died
at his home in nearby Ranches
de Taos Saturday night. APP
parently after heart attack
Mr.. Lockwood taught and
lectured on art for rs years
at various schools.
He won a government award
for murals at the Wichita
(Kans0 Post Office, and re-
ceived a government commits
sion for murals in the Post
Office Department Building in
Washington.
His work was shown in As
one-man shows and is in per-
manent collections in numer-
Gus museums and university
galleries.
Mr.. Lockwood, a native of
AtchiSon, KanS., also exhibited
in major shows in the United
States and abroad, including
Salon d'Automne, Paris,
France; Venice, Italy, biennale;
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash
ington; Whitney Museum OF
American Art, and Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art, both New
York City.
Mr.. wood once was
chairman of the Arts Depart
ment at the University of Tex
as and was professor of art at
University of California at
Berkeley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08

District and vicinity - Fair
and pleasant tonight, low of
81. Sunny and cooler with low
humidity tomorrow.
Maryland-Clear and cooler
tonight, low ranging from the
40s in the mountains to near
so in the east. Sunny and cool
tomorrow with low humidity;
high in the upper 70s and low
Dos.
Virginia-Fair and cool to-
night, lows ranging from the
upper 40s in the mountains to
near so in the east. Sunny
and pleasant tomorrow will
lower humidity; high rs to IS,
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay - Northwest winds
Of 10 to is knots tonight and
tomorrow. Fair weather. Visi-
bility 5 to 10 miles.
Five-Day Forecast
Temperatures are expected to
average 4 degrees below the
normals here of So and So. To-
morrow and Wednesday should
be cooler, followed by gradu-
ally rising temperatures by Sat-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
D. J. CroweII, 81,
Personnel Aide

Daniel j. Crowell, 80, who be-
gan working with the Panama
Canal Commission in 1905, the
year the waterway construc-
ton was started, died Satur-
day at Providence Hospital aft
er a long illness. "
A native of Fairport, N. Y,
he began as a clerk in the
Washington office of the COM
mission and retired in 1945 as
supervisor Of personnel.
A graduate of the Rochester
IN. " Business Institute, Mr..
Crowell was an honorary life
member of the Carroll Council
of the Knights of Columbus
and the Holy Name Society of
st. Gabriel's Catholic Church.
He leaves his wife, Florence,
of 900 Spring road NV, the
home address.
Services will be at 10 am.
t morrow at st. Gabriel's
Church, rs Grant Circle NV,
with burial in Gate of Heaven
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08

The newsmen protested to the
United States embassy yester-
day and cabled Mr.. Kennedy
after police felled and kicked
a western correspondent and
smashed two cameras in a
fracas following memorial SER
vice for the Buddhist monk who
burned himself to death.
In Hyannis Port, Mass, where
the President spent the week
end, press secretary Pierre Sal
niger said the appeal mad been
reviewed. We're looking into
it," he said.
About 1000 Buddhist monks
and nuns attended the service
at Chantereansay pagoda in
north Saigon. Quang Dues self
sacrifice protested alleged dis
elimination against South Wet
Mans Buddhist majority by
the government.
The government banned pub
lie services for Quang Due, APP
parently fearing a riot might
erupt despite an agreement
with the Buddhists resolving
many differences.
Plainclothes secret police who
have been shadowing western
newsmen at recent Buddhist
demonstrations were out in
force yesterday.
AS a monk carrying Quang
Dues ashes In a silver cup
started TO lead a procession out
Of the pagoda. uniformed police
ordered the mourners to leave
in small groups.
When western newsmen and
photographers moved in closer,
secret agents began pushing
and showing. Associated Press
Correspondent Peter Arnett, q
New Zealander, was wrestled TO
the ground and kicked, suffer-
ing cuts and bruises. Two As
ISOLATED Press cameras we're
broken and a Columbia Broad
casting System movie camera
was dented.
Steel-helmeted police did not
interfere in the scuffle but
eventully dispersed the news
men and the Buddhists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Primroses Vonish
With Black PIuque

COCKFIELD, En- land (AP).
"A bit of East Anglican folk
lore about this Suffolk village
is that primroses curround the
town, but none grow in 1t, and
when planted they do not sur
vive.
Village legend has 1t that
before the mid 14th century
BLACK Death" primroses were
plentiful, but when Cockfield
was depopulated by the pluage
the flowers also caught the in
lection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Ex-Minister Kills Self
On Eve of Saigon Trial

SAIGON, Wet Nam, July 8
(AP) Former Foreign Minis
ter Nguyen Tuong Tam,
charged with SO others with
involvement in an attempted
coup against the government
Of South Wet Nam, committed
suicide last night. his defense
attorney reported.
Mr.. Tam was to go before
a special military tribunal to-
morrow. All the defendants
face a possible death penalty.
But court sources said they
expect only a few death SEN
fences.
Members Of Mr.. Tsm's fam
lily said he took poison. Mr..
Tam, So, was foreign minister
in the national government for
several months In l945.
Some observers regarded Mr..
Tam's suicide as a possible
protest against the govern
ment. since he was not ex-
pected to receive a heavy SEN
tence.
Protest suicides are not I'M
common in South Wet Nam.
Quang Due, a 73-year-old
Buddhist Monk, burned him
self to death In public in
Saigon last month in protest
against alleged government OPP
preston Of Buddhism here.
Seventy-five military Off
GERS and civilians are TO &c
on trial tomorrow, nine in alb
sentia, on charges Of partici-
pating in the 1860 coup.
Nineteen other officers went
on trial on similar charges
Friday, but the verdicts were
delayed.
Government prosecutors havt
claimed Americans we're in
volved In the abortive 1861
coup, a claim that has beer
denied by the United States
Embassy here.
South Wet Mans American
press corps has appealed Il
President Kennedy to support
a protest against maphandline
of newsmen by the Wet Namese
! secret police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Mrs. Philip Clarke Dies;
Passed D. C. Bar at q

Mrs. Philip Charles Clarke,
so, who set a record in 1884
as the youngest woman ever
to pass the District Bar ex-
animation, died yesterday at
her Bethesda home after a
long illness.
Mrs. Clarke received a mas
ter's degree in patent law from
the National University Law
School at the age of 20, but
had to wait until she was Fl
to take the bar exam.
She practiced several years
with the firm of William E.
Leahy and Robert E. Lynch.
and was admitted to practice
before the Supreme Court at
the age of "a.
In 1889 she moved to Des
Moines, Iowa, where she was
on the faculty of the Des
Moines College Of Law for a
year. She moved to Hawaii in
1910 and worked with the
county attorney for the ter
ritory and the Judge advocate
general of the Army.
Mrs. Clarke retired from the
legal profession in 1912 when
she married. r
She was a member of the
American Bar Association, the
Women's Bar Association of
the District of Columbia, Phi
Delta Delta legal sorority and
St. Johns Episcopal Church.
Survivors include her hus-
band, of 5000 Hampden lane,
Bethesda, the home address;
two sons, Philip Chandler and
John Christopher, and two
daughters, Gail Patricia Lynn
and JEANNE Christine, all of
the home address.
Services will be at 10 am.
Wednesday at the Robert A.
Humphrey Funeral Home, 1857
Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda,
with burial in GIenwood Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08

that while the national rate has
declined in the last 30 years
the rate has gone up here from
1.8 per cent in 1850 to l.9 pei
cent in the 1860 census. b.
Mr.. Gregory said that the
functional illiterates constitute
about S per cent of the District
population.
The census data, however
simply counted $4,000 people
who said they had or had moi
completed the fifth grade.
But in Chicago and Other
places, where these peoples
ability to perform has been
studied, it is found this is mis-
leading and that the number
actually who are not able to
perform at this minimum
fifth grade) level far exceeds
the figures that come out OF
the census" Mr.. Gregory told
the subcommittee.
He said the illiterate adult
faces sustained unemployment
and that ANY significant effor'
to train or retrai.- him for al
occupation must involve basi,
education"
But he pointed out that al
present programs, public ant
private, can accommodate onl,
about 1000 illiterates a year TO
schooling.
You have to run to stan
STILL" he said.
Mr.. Gregory cited one neigh
borhood bounded by New Yorl
Florida and New Jersey avenue
and Eleventh street in which /
per cent of boys are referre
to juvenile Court each year. L
the same area are 1900 adult
with less than fifth grad
schooling.
The attack on illiterac.
should not be left to the acct
dent of private initiative ant
resources, but should be under
taken by public education as &
continuing activity" he said.
District schools can teach only
500 adults annually in basic ed
ucation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08

structed Gen. Phoumi to ar
range for a formal takeover.
The neutralists and Pathet
Lao are engaged in a conflict
on the PLANE DIES Jarres, north
of Vientiane.
Announcing the formal take.
over of the base, a communiqut
from the prernier's office re.
called that last December II
the French and Laotian gov
ernments proclaimed he'll
agreement for transfer of mill.
tary installations at the Sent
base to the coalition govern.
ment in accordance with the
Geneva accords guaranteeing
Laos neutrality.
The communique said the
French Seno garrison was re.
dueed and last May l the
French governmenS informed
the coalition that the French
Seno base had ceased to ex.
iSt."
The communique added only
a small unarmed French de.
tachment remained at the baSt
to liquidate equipment.
The communique emphasized
these conditions of 'precariou
possession could not be pro
longed without producing risks
temptations and regretable in
cidents."
Therefore, the communion
} said dispositions were agree,
upon (between the French an
. Laotian governments) for reg
! ular takeover by the Laotia,
. government of the Seno install
lations."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
InquestHoIds
Driver in
Auto Death

A District coroner's jury to-
day held a 43-year-old Falls
Church woman for grand jury
action in the traffic death Fri
day of Mrs. Bessie Sullivan, IL,
of 1900 Connecticut avenue
NV.
Mrs. Mary P. Marlborough of
1922 Manor road, was the
driver Of the car which struck
the victim Thursday evening
on Connecticut avenue NV. at
the National Zoo entrance
Mrs. Marlborough was scheduled
for arraignment at the Court
of General Sessions this after
noon.
At the inquest, Accident In
vestigation Unit bet. L. r.
Houff testified Mrs. Var
borough told him her son,
Kelvin. 8, in the car, warned
her II know that light is green
but that woman is right in
your path" Just before she
slammed on the brakes.
Mrs. Sullivan, crossing west
to east in a crosswalk, died al
Washington Hospital Center
Mrs. Marlborough, a United
States Information Agony edi
tor and writer, was released
on $500 bond on charges o
unreasonable speed and collid
ing, then held today on
homicide charge.
Police witnesses testified tina
Mrs. Marlborough, wife o
Charles j. Marlborough, trave
editor Of The Star, was travel
ing between IS and 38 mile
per hour southbound in a 80.
mile zone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Grace Bumbry Wed
To German SINGER

CASTAGNOLA, Switzerland,
July 8 (AP) Grace Bumbry
American Negro meZzo So
prano, and German tenor
Andreas Jacket were married
last Friday in a civil ceremony
here. it was learned yesterday.
Miss Bumbry. rs. of st. Louis,
and Mr.. Jaeckel. "a. met while
they were doing concert tours
in Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
Mrs. PudeIford , go,
Mother of Senator

Mrs. Edward Padelford, 90,
grandmother of Senator Pell,
Democrat of Rhode Island,
died yesterday at her New York
City home.
Mrs. Padelford, whose father
led a cadet corps in the French
Revolution of l848, also leaves
a daughter, Mrs. Hugo Koehler,
of New York City, and three
other grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm.
tomorrow at st. James Church
in New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
10000 Petition
For Test Ban Poet

Petitions appealing for 8
nuclear test ban treaty were
to be presented to the State De-
partment today by representa-
tiVes of the Methodist Division
of Peace and World Order. the
Unitarian Fellowship for Social
Justice, the American Veterans
Committee, Women Strike for
Peace, the National Committee
for a Sane Nuclear Policy.
A spokesman for the groups
said the petitions bear 10000
signatures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
One Million Bicycles

A bicycle factory at Noting
ham, England, believed the
worlds largest, employs 1000
workers and produces over a
million bicycles annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
TODAYS WEATHER REPORT
urday. Little or no rain is pre-
dicted during this period.

urday. Little or no rain is pre-
dicted during this period.
Resort Area Forecasts
Maryland and Delaware ocean
beaches-Partly cloudy today, high In
the mid.S0s. Sunny and dry tomor-
row. high Of 49,
Virginia beaches, Mays Head and
Cape HatteraS arGa-Scattered after
noon and evening thundershowers to-
day, high in the sos Sunny, dry, with
high around 80 tomorrow.
Long Island and New Jersey ocean
misunderstanding this afternoon, be-
coming sunny, dry and cool tomorrow
with high Of "a.
Chesapeake Bay beaches - Partly
cloudy today, high in the sos. Sunny
and less humid tomorrow, high Of so.
Skyline .Driye-Today, partly cloudy,
high Of rs. Sunny, less humid tomor-
row with high Of ~.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and clear At Great Fails. shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight -.. q Noon ------- g
sam. - 80 pm. - 81
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest 90 on May and June 10
Lowest on January "a.
Tide Tables
Furnished By the United states
Coast and Geodetic Survey
To-day Tomorrov
High ---.-- p:4b am. 1927 am
Low ------- 4:I4am. ASA a m
High ------- 1915 pm. 1887 . m
Low 4:57 pm. 5.35 D m
For high and low tides at the follow.
ing points subtract times indicated
| from the above: Annapolis, 3h hours
/ Bloody Point Light, 4a hours. Co
lonial Beach, . hours Deale, ~
! hours; Solomons Island. ga hours
Point Lookout IN hours.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18
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DELAWARE'S RASH OF RE-
CENT FIRES reminds us that
fire extinguishers should be
kept sat the ready" in case
this menace strikes our way.
And one of the steps in being
prepared is for family mem
bers to know how to use one.
Directions should appear on the
extinguisher. If you have pro-
blems, your local fire depart
ment can usually provide des-
criptive ''how- o-use" infor-
nation. Also, write down di-
rections to your farm in case
someone has to hurriedly call
the fire department. Reading
clear directions is better than
trying to give them from mem
ory during the excitement and
confusion of an emergency call.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18
Washington
April 1920

"Our Heritage--Foundadon
for the Future" will be the
citizenship theme for the 33rd
National All Conference In
Washington, DC, April 20 thru
26. Attending the annual event
at the National Al Club Cen
ter will be TWO girls and two
boys from each of the so states
and Puerto Rico. They will be
accompanied by about 90 state
All leaders who will hold their
own annual official meeting.
Representing Delaware will
be Helen Grampp, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Grampp
of Dover; Jean Ann Tucker,
daughter of Mrs. Carl Tucker,
Greenwood; George Nickle, ,Jr.,
son of MIR. and Mrs. Franklin
Nelson of Bridgeville. James
o. Baker, Delaware state All
leader, will accompany them.
Many of the All conference
sessions will stress Americas
cultural and economic past as
a basis for helping solve to-
days problems and influencing
tomorrow's decisions.
To accomplish conference
aims, delegates will hear Sc
lected speakers, participate in
group discussions, visit histor-
ic shrines and meet Congress
sional and other national lead
ers. They will also tour the
White House, take boat trip
to Mount Vernon for a citizen
ship ceremony and visit eight
embassies of European, Asian
and South American countries.
Highlighting this years con-
ference will be breakfast with
Congress" on Tuesday morn
ing. Each states delegates and
adult leaders will be host to
their states tow Senator's and
to the Congressman from dis
tricts represented by the A
Hers.
Each of the delegates will
take an active part In the sew
en- day conference, serving on
various program and work COM
mitteeS,
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18

is often a factor In such ac-
cidents bur excessive speed is
sull the No. l cause. Defec-
tive wheel brakes, rough roads
or a quick turn can bring trag-
edy If the operators speed is
too high. Teen-aged tractor OPP
orators have far too many ac-
cidents. Work with these young
operators and see that they
receive careful instruction and
supervision until they are full
ly qualified. Extra riders also
rank high on the list as an
accident cause. Spring work of
ten brings a rush of tractor
accidents--most of which can
be avoided with careful oper-
alton.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18

volunteers who know how TO
operate and repair farm ma
chinery.
Especially needed are agri-
cultural mechanics who can of
fer ingenuity and common sense
along with their knowledge, he
explained.
Much of this machinery has
limited use and a short life
because the countries lack the
trained manpower TO teach far
mers how to operate and re-
pair 1t.
Training will begin early this
summer for Peach Corps pro-
jects In Brazil, Chile, Colom-
bia, Guinea, Malaga, Pahstan
and Senegal. All of these pro-
jects need volunteers with rural
backgrounds who have had
training and experience in
maintaining farm equipment.
Applications and information
on these and other projects may
be obtained from our County
Extension Service In the Dover
postoffice or by writing Jim
Gibson, Peace Corps, Division
of Agricultural Affairs, Wash
ington rs, DC.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18

Tuesday, April 80, is the last
day for filing applications for
payments for the 1862 mar
keting year under the wool pay
ment program, R. Harry VII
son Chairman, Agricultural Sta
bilizadon and Conservation
County Committee, at Dover,
reminded growers today.
The payments, to be made
this summer, will cover shorn
wool and unshorn lambs mar
keted during the IL month per-
iod, April l, 1862, through
March 81 of this year. Later
marketings will be eligible for
payments for the 1868 market
ing year, which began April
l, 1868.
The Chairman stressed the
fact that the program payments
on wool and lambs will not
be made unless the grower
files an application which is
supported with all the neces-
sary sales records.
These sales records will be
the basis for calculating the
national average price received
by farmers for wool during
the entire 1862 marketing year,
so it is to the growers ad-
vantage to file his application
early. When the average price
can be determined, the pay
.menr rates for shorn wool and
unshorn lambs sold during the
1862 marketing year will be
announced.
Mr.. Wilson also reminded
growers that the 1868 market
ing year will cover only 9
month period, extending from
April l of this year through
December 81, 1868. after -
SO, the marketing will be on
a IL month calendar-year ba-
sis, in line with recommends A.
lions by producers. Payments
for 1868 and later marketing
years, therefore, will be made
beginning In April following the
close of the calendar year ra-
ther than beginning in July,
as for 1862 and previous years.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18

stem. Place II in a moist root
ing medium about one inch deep.
Remove leaves thar would be
buried. Keep moist. but not
soaking wet. If you put the con-
tainer, plant and all. into a
clean plastic bag, you win have
to water only when you start
the cutting.
A proper roofing medium is
the key TO easy roofing ofhouse
plants. Water, most often used,
is the hardest TO use. Much
more successful are materials
like vermiculite and perlite
which provide air as well as
water for the young roots. Both
are sterile, lightweight, hold
plenty of water and allow for
plenty of air TO reach the roots.
We suggest you try some In
either vermiculite or perlite.
1t is more successful than wa
ter alone.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18
..s.ssssssss.sss

THE STORY OF SOIL SUR
VEYS and how they are used
for a wide variety of agricul-
mral and non-agricultural pur-
poses is explored in an illus
trated l6-page publication re-
Gently issued by the US. De-
parment of Agriculture.
''Know Your Soil" tells what
a soil survey is, how 1t is
made, what 1t is used for,
and how such information can
affect the pocketbook of the
average American.
Some of the frequent users
of soil information--in addit-
ion to agricultural users--are
land appraisers, realtors, bull
ders, engineers, city planners,
foresters nursermen, can
ners, pipeline manufacturers
and insurance companies.
A single copy of "Know Your
Soil" is available free from
the Office of Information, US.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington rs, DC.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-18
Learn To
Shear Sheep
April 29-3O

A sheep shearing and wool
prepartion school will be held
April 29-30 at Andelot Farm
near Worton, Md, according
to John H. Shropshire, extern
sion animal husbandman at the
University Of Delaware.
Shropshire said Ed Warner
of Chicago, a nationally-known
shearing instructor, will direct
the teaching. Shropshire said
those interested in attending
should see their County Exten-
sion Agent or write to him,
Shropshire, to enroll.