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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Fast Work Saves
Dancer in Plunge
Off l4th St. Span

A 28-year-old exotic dancer
plunged into the Potomac River
from the Fourteenth Street
Bridge early yesterday but sur
vived because of fast work by
rescuers.
A Washington police private
a passing Marine corporal ant
the Arlington Rescue Squad
joined forces to save the woman
as she struggled in the water
The incident happened about
2:45 am. a few minutes after
a call had been received al
Police Headquarters that the
dancer intended to attempt
suicide. 1t. G.. A. Murena of the
first precinct said motorists on
the southbound bridge saw her
climb slowly over the railing
and then plunge into the water.
First precinct Pvt. Harry v.
Diehl perred down and spotted
her trying to cling to a con-
crete support below. He tied a
rope to the bridge railing and
threw the line down to the
woman.
Corpl. John Mason, the
Marine, and Pvt. Diehl slid
down the rope and held on
to the woman until the Airing
ton rescue unit arrived with
ladders. The woman, who lives
in the 500 block of Massa-
chusetts avenue NV. and
dances in Washington night
clubs, was taken to District Gen.
eral Hospital for observation.
There was a l5-minute traf-
fic jam on the bridge during
the rescue operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
The
Rambler
StrolIs Down
Lovers Lone
BY JOHN McKELwAY

The white mans arrival in
Georgetown, in 1922, was not
altogether suspicious.
Capt. Henry Fleete, sailing
In from jamestown, went
ashore with a landing party
and was promptly captured
by Indians. The natives killed
the rest Of the men and sent
the head of Fleete's aide roll
ing back down the bluffs to
the ship, Tiger. The Tiger
sailed for jamestown. (Fleete
was later released)
But by the late l7OOs, the
beachhead was we'll estab-
lished. Schools, shops,
churches, taverns were in
business ana Georgetown
even had a Lovers Lane"
Some maps of washington
still carry the name.
At high noon on q hot day
last week, The Ram bier,
alone, found the lane and
strolled down 1t and into the
GOODNESS Of the park.
1t is still an interesting old
road. 1t runs down into Rock
Creek Park on a steep grade
in a northerly direction.
It lies between Montrose
Park, to the east, and the
mansion and gardens Of
Dunn barton Oaks, to the
west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Carpenter Is Charged
With Ripping Girl, ID

Hyattsville Md police have
CHARGE a carpenter with rap
ing a 13-year-old girl late Sat-
urday night near the Baltimore
g. Ohio railroad tracks. He was
held for grand jury action af-
ter a hearing today.
Police said the man accosted
the girl in the $500 block of
Hamilton street about 10
O'Clock. knocked her down with
a blow of his fist, brandished
an automatic pistol at her and
then dragged her bodily to a
nearby weeded area.
Police Pvt. L. G. HUMPHREYS
said that Ronnie r. Bailey, "a,
of the $500 block Of Sixty
Second avenue. East Riverdale.
Md, then raped the young
girl twice.
Victim Screamed
The police private added
that the rape victim screamed
and struggled during the
three-hour period in which
police said she was held cap
tive by the Riverdale man. The
carpenter, who is married, is
white, and his victim is a
Negro girl, police said.
After the attack. police said
Bailey told his victim to re-
frain from reporting the Incl
dent and threatened to return
and kill her if he was caught
and sent to prison for the
offense.
Police said Bailey then fled
from the scene. but turned
himself in to Hyattsville city
police at 8 pm. yesterday in
response TO a telephone call
from Pvt. HUMPHREYS 10 rela-
tives of the suspect. Police said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Democrats to Hear
Fuirfux Candidates

Fairfax Democratic candi-
dates for the Virginia Legisla-
ture will speak at a public meet
ing Thursday of the Fairfax
City Democratic Committee
The meeting will start at 8 pm.
in the City Hall.
Invited are Senate candidates
William G. Downey. jr., Robert
c. Fitzgerald. Omer L. Hirst
and John X. Lally. and House
OF Delegates candidates Guy o.
Farley, jr., John G. Scott and
Mrs. Dorothy McDiarmid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

and others from industry and
government will join the Arl-
ington educators who already
have been through evaluation
procedures relating to the new
program.
I'm looking for help" Mr..
Reid confesses. II want all the
advice l can get. l reserve the
right to take 1t or not"
II will take a few years for
the plan TO become fully OPP
erative. II will mean about
Sill million In salary increases
The school board has ruled
that no teacher may be given
more than an $500 increase
now. The highest salary for
teachers with masters degrees
next school year will be $500.
Pledges No Bias
In another development, the
school board pledged that from
now on II would hire and as
sign teachers without regard
10 race. The board adopted a
policy intended 10 eliminate
all forms OF racial discrimina-
ton from administration OF
county schools.
Earlier In the year. the board
agreed 10 abolish the county's
only all-Negro high school and
distribute It's pupils and teach
ers among the three white high
schools.
Looking back over the other
aspects Of the school year, Mr..
Reid points out that Arlington,
though minus the dramatic
population jumps OF counties
like FAIRFAX and Prince
Georges also has growth prob
lens.
I'VE are operating at a peak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

FURTHER UP the trail,
where the sounds of traffic
were heavier, The Rambler
spotted a circular piece Of
bronze imbedded in concrete,
In the middle of the path.
There was a mysterious no.
tice on the piece Of bronze:
Public Buildings and Public
Parks. Write the Director for
Information. $3.50 Fine for
Disturbing" Walking back
down the valley, The Ram
bier decided not to write the
director.
In the heat, 1t was a hard
pull back up Lovers Lane
TO r street and civilization.
He learned later that stage
coaches once rumbled down
the lane, crossed Rock Greek
and set out for Baltimore.
Then, In 1873, a bridge was
built across the creek at M
street and the stage took
that route. Lovers lane then
became more peaceful. Car
rlages took 10 parking there.
In 1900, the lane was Of
ficially designated as a lane
for lovers.
In the Star of August II,
1911, there is a story saying
Col. and Mrs. Henry r.
Blount. owners at that time
OF Dumbarton, were giving
the city 10000 feet Of the
estate 10 enable the lane 10
be widened.
THE Lovers lane Improves
ment," the account read, lis
part OF a general plan 10
provide a highway from
Georgetown TO Geological and
Rock Greek Parks.
1.-THE plan contemplates
extending Lovers lane and
making other improvements
between r street and Mas,
sachusetts avenue"
Maybe they'll do that after
they build the Three Sisters
Bridge.
Hope not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
REPORT CARD '63


teachers to keep updating
themselves In their subject
fields. For instance, an Eng
lish teacher viii be expected to
take a certain amount OF grad
uate work In English or a re-
lated field TO qualify for the
career scale.
This is important, Mr.. Reid
notes, In the light OF today's
so-called explosion OF know
ledge and because OF the
expanded resources OF under
standing needed TO deal with 1t.
Another factor is that the
plan recognizes the Importance
OF continuity In the teaching
profession and in the school
system. Commissioner OF Edu-
cation Francis Keppel, In a re-
cent talk. cited the need for
more career teachers In ele-
mentary and secondary educa-
ton 10 counterfeit the problem
OF mobility OF personnel In the
schools.
Offers Incentive
Mr.. Reid does not hold a
career teacher 10 mean one
who stays In the same Job for
ever. But the new program
does offer incentive and recog-
milton for service In Arlington.
He believes that with It's at
fractions Of salary and stature
II may draw people into the
system and into the teaching
profession who might not
otherwise have been interested.
To refine the Arlington sys-
TENS apparatus for measur-
ing superior teaching. there will
be an intensive three : day
workshop this summer for
principals and supervisors. Dr.
Chase will spend a day there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

LOVERS WERE not In
sight on this day. Up through
some gnarled mulberry trees
which line the road on the
right, a bald-headed man
could be seen sunbathing in
Montrose Park. But The
Rambler had the lane to
himself.
The road Is not marked
and some fence posts at the
entrance on r street are sup
posed to keep automobiles
out. A sign says it is limited
to park maintenance vehicles
only.
The worn cobblestones end
as the lane reaches the bot
tom of the valley and the
road comes to a fork. One
branch bends off toward
Rock Greek, the other heads
UP a hill In the direction Of
Massachusetts, avenue.
A narrow brook splashes
down the valley between
proud, thick beeches, heavily
Scared with crudely carved
hearts and dates and initials.
The Rambler decided to
turn into Dumbarton Oaks
Park, upsetting a chipmunk
and a cardinal.
As directed by a National
Capital Parks sign, he con-
fined" himself to the gravel
path and walked beside the
stream and smelled the. rich
sweetness of honeysuckle.
The path gradually rises,
winding up the valley toward
Wisconsin avenue.
Outside Of the bald man,
he had not seen a soul. Then
he heard laughter and passed
two young girls sitting beside
the stream, in the sun,
dipping their bare feet. One
was apparently initiating the
orders of her mother, disre-
spectfully. The park is a
pleasant place to temporarily
drop out of high school.
The woods grew thicker.
The Rambler passed an old
and crumbling hut. There
was a water wheel inside-at
one time part of the Dunn
barton estate. Then a spring
house and the sign: DO Not
Drink, Water Contami-
mated" It Is hard to get away
from 1t all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
President Speaks Out
Against D. C.'s Critics
Tells Mayors Of Anti-Bius Progress,
Plans for Further City Improvements

President Kennedy strongly to the defense of the
District of Columbia yesterday against magazine
criticism of relations and crime in Washington
Much of it s) untrue" the President told the 400 mayors
gathered in Honolulu for the United States Conference Of
Mayors
Mr. Kennedy described the Districts problems than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
4Hospita|s to Add
1000 Beds in Area
Building Boom
in
Prince Georges
BY PETER MASLEY
Star staff Writer

A hospital building boom
starting in Prince Georges
County will provide almost a
thousand new beds for an area
hard-put to keep up with min
imum needs for its fast-growing
population.
Large projects are planned
at the Southern Maryland Gen.
eral Hospital in Clinton, at
Prince Georges General Hos
pital in Cheverly, and at the
new 305-bed Southeast Com
munity Hospital in Washing
ton, which is expected TO serve
county patients as so per cent
of its clientele.
The county now has an esti-
mated one bed per thousand
people, according to Arthur
Penn, administrator Of Prince
Georges General. The bare
minimum" he said, is two per
thousand.
A State official recently said
the county has an immediate
need for $50 new beds, accord
ing to another hospital sd-
ministrator.
Bids in July
The latest project to be an
nounced is a 300-bed or more
addition to the privately owned
Southern Maryland General
Hospital and Health Care Gen.
ter in Clinton.
DR.. Alfred Lapin, medical
director, said the existing 80
bed hospital. built in 1859 for
100000, will be increased to
about $50 beds. In addition.
a 200-bed convalescent and
nursing facility is slated for
construction.
Total project cost is esti-
mated at $3.2 million by DR..
Lapin, who said bids will be
let in July. Construction work
should be completed in the
summer of 1864. ne added.
A unique feature will be a
day-care center for the chill
dren of hospital employees. DR..
Lapin said the addition will
also include a school for prac-
tical nurses and another for
nurses aides.
To Add Physicians
He expects to graduate IS
practical nurses a year and 80
! nurses aides every six months.
The current 22-physician staff
will be increased to 100, he
added.
I Besides private financing,
some of the cost will come
from Small Business Admins
tration and other Government
loans, he said.
The Prince Georges County
Commissioners recently re-
tanned an architectural firm
to design a 300-bed addition
at about SIS million for Prince
Georges General Hospital.
In addition, another firm
was hired to design a l00-bed
nursing home to cost about 81
million.
Given Priority
The nursing home will open
sometime in 1865, Mr.. Penn
said. He expects the larger adj
dition to open sometime later.
These two projects, he said,
will give the hospital $50 to
800 beds and make it the third
largest in the metropolitan
area.
Leland Memorial Hospital in
Riverdale plans to increase its
bed capacity from 43 to about
80, according to DR.. Lawrence
Malin. its administrator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

win enable a majority 10 earn
as much as $4,000 a year and
the outstanding TO go up 10
$4,000. has seeds OF academic
benefit for ~; dents. the COM
munity ann even the Nation.
other area school systems
are watching with keen inter-
est. n not downright alarm.
the prospect OF Arlington's rise
10 top bidder In the teacher
recruitment market.
And In the words of one OF
the Nations foremost edu-
Gators. DR.. Francis s. Chase.
dean Of the University OF Chi
Cages Graduate School OF Ed
ucation. the plan Is a "har-
binger OF q strong National
movement 10 recognize and re-
ward excellence In teaching !"
Significant Aspects
Besides taking the lid off
snail-paced conventional pay
systems, the plan has what
County School supt. Ray Reid
cites as two other tremendously
significant aspects.
One Is q requirement for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

that he makes an individual
contribution. c will be for aver
age achievement. with work on
time and reasonably we'll done,
and most OF it completed.
d will mean passing. but be-
low average achievement: as
signments done irregularly and
less we'll than the expected
average for the grade: the work
takes a longer time and is at
a minimum. z will mean fail
ure, or unacceptable per-
Torrance.
Two pilot efforts in the Ar
lington schools which we're ex-
banded this year and will reach
more pupils next year are the
programs for the gifted and for
specialized physical education
teaching In elementary schools.
The elementary school pro-
gram TO offer broader and
deeper educational opportu-
mites for talented pupils this
year was extended 10 those
schools feeding three junior
high schools. Addition OF three
more schools next year will
mean this program for gifted
fifth an dsixth graders will be
countrywide.
Physical Education
Six elementary schools had
their own full-time physical
education teachers this year,
and next year, the budget calls
for one In every school with 400
or more pupils. Schools with
fewer pupils will have half-time
instructors.
I'VE believe II provides better
instruction. and II also gives
the elementary teacher some
leisure and a slight break on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS
star staff Writer

A highlight Of Arlington
County's school year was an
apple for the teachers.
But the pioneering teacher
salary plan, which eventually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

With the closing Of onother
yeer Ia the woshinston eFso. stu
dsais ore taking home their report
cords. Bot how did education II.
self ioFsl This Il the second Of sin
articles assessing the 1920 pub
liz school session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10
Drop-out Study

Also underway Is a down-to-
business study Of why young
sters drop out OF school. Airing
tons dropout rate Is considered
relatively low. but school au-
liberties hope 10 identify the
circumstances and problems in
volved by going back over the
records for the last five years
and possibly holding follow-up
interviews. Results are due this
fall.
"A lot OF these kids dropping
out are not failures" says Mr..
Reid. And II does no good Just
10 count them. We have tried
10 design a procedure that will
show the reasons. have a
feeling we can do something
about II II we identify the
problem clearly enough"
Tomorrow; Prince Georges
County,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-10

some days Of the week." Mr..
Reid points out.
Also during the year, the
system delved deeper into auto
matte data processing for
scheduling and keeping attend
ance and report cards, expand
ing from one TO three high
schools.
As a result Of the work Of
a very effective" study COM
mittee. Mr.. Reid reports that
next year. instruction in data
processing will be offered in
the high schools.
He also foresees the Develop
ment OF an automatic data
processing center for the school
system. II opens up "a whole
new vista OF instruction and re-
sponsibility for our system" he
observes.
The chronicle., 1963-11-13
Food Radiation
Could SheIve
Deep F~reezers

WASHINGTON CUPID - In a
few years 1t may be possible to
buy that Thanksgiving turkey
at the keep it on
the pantry shelf and pop it in
the oven for 20 minutes Of
browning before the family sits
down to dinner.
If this comes about, it will be
due to radiation Of food.
DR.. r. G. H. Stu, scientific
director of the research division
of the Arm Material Com
mand, described research being
done in the preservation Of
foods at the U. s. Army Radia-
ton Laboratory, Natick, Mass,
in a letter to Rep. John O..
Marsh Jr., Diva.
Marsh, whose district includes
the Shenandoah Valley poultry
producing region, inquired about
the research work at the re-
quest of the Virginia State
Poultry Federation.
Stu said the Army was work
ing on meat products to be
preserved in the raw state for
shipment to parts Of the world
without refrigerated handling
facilities.
Chicken" Stu said, turned
out to be one of our most
promising products from the
standpoint Of radiation : preser-
walton. We have tested radiation
sterilized chicken kept at room
temperature for 10 months. It
proved as acceptable on the
dinner table as chicken freshly
procured from the grocers."
Stu said no petition has been
filed with the Food and Drug
Administration for public dis
The chronicle., 1963-11-13
Alabama Official
Facing Charges
OF Ticking Brides

MONTGOMERY (UPI)- For
mel Assistant Highway Director
Walter F. Craig is scheduled for
trial here Nov. 10 on a blanket
Indictment covering 10 charges
of accepting brides for paint
stripping contracts.
The Indictment charges Craig
with using his influence to get
highway stripping contracts for a
contractor who sublet the work
for a lower price. He is charged
with accepting about $3.50 in
brides.
Montgomery County Solicitor
David F. Grassland said, estate
witnesses have been summoned,
and we are all set and ready to
Co." Circuit Judge Eugene Car
ter is expected to preside.
Joe I. Barton and Curtis
Frizell, both of Montgomery,
and Hubert Baughn of Birming-
ham are among the key state
witnesses. The three presented
testimony to the July grand jury
which indicated Craig.
Barton was identified as the
person who received the origin
al contract, Baughn was a close
political associate Of former
Gov. John Patterson and Frizell
is a free-lance photographer.
The state has charged that
Barton received a contract to
stripe 10000 miles of Alabama
highways at a cost of $39.75 per
mile. They said he sublet the
job to a Montgomery firm at
about $40 per mile.
The chronicle., 1963-11-13

BreatheS there a man with
soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, may native
land.
Scott-Lay of the Last Minstrel
The chronicle., 1963-11-13
HAND IN GLOVE

HAND IN GLOVE
NEW YORK (UPD = NapoI-
con, the ariStocratic model of
sartorial elegance in the early
eighteenth century, is known to
have had 235 pairs of gloves,
according to a report in 1.-The
White Glove Book" published
by Manpower Inc.
Since he was accustomed to
The chronicle., 1963-11-13

tribution Of irradiated chicken.
However, irradiated bacon and
wheat have been approved by
the administration.
The chronicle., 1963-11-13

concealing his left hand in his
waiStcoat, most of the time he
wore only the right hand glove.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02
Seek Standard
Use Of Fertilizer

A method Of standardizing fer
tilizer recommendations for Del
aware, Maryland, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania was agreed
upon at the Middle Atlantic States
Fertilizer Conference at Harris
burg, Pa, June 4th.
Conference members agreed
to base recommendations on
pounds per acre of necessary
plant nutrients rather than grades
as is now being done.
The problem with the old sys-
tenn Is that 1t lacked unifor nifty.
For example, state may recon-
mend a mixture Of 800 lbs. Of
5-10-10. A dealer may not have
this mixture but may have a
mixture Of 8-16-16 of which 200
lbs. would essentially be the
same. Unless there Is unifor nifty
in the recommendations, keep
ing all Of the mixtures on hand
would not be the most efficient
method Of selling the fertilizer.
The new method will be put into
effect by January 1865. The in
tervening time will be used to
acquaint farmers in the use OF
this system.
Early next winter, a bulletin
or leaflet will be made available
explaining the new system.
Literature may then be OBJ
tanned from the Agronomy De-
partment of the University Of
Delaware.
Delaware represented Della
ware at the fertilizer conference,
They had received viewpoints ot
fertilizer industry representa-
tives In Delaware prior to the
four state meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02
kindergarten Registration
Frederick School

kindergarten registration will
be held the week of August 12-
Is inclusive at the office Of the
principal between the hours of
9 am. and l pm. daily. Any
child who shall have attained the
age of five (5) before October l,
1868 or children whose sixth
|(6) birthday falls between October
l, 1868 and December 80, 1868
Will be accepted. The cost will be
$500 per month, payable In adj
vance. Transportation will be the
responsibility of each individual.
In event of overcrowding, chill
dren will be admitted according
to their birthday. 7/26/3t