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Evening star., 1963-01-12
WHAT ABOUT TRoUBLEMAKERs?
D. c. Schools Null Problem

exhausted, This means possible
change Of subjects. change of
classes, or change of schools. 4"
The superintendent said that
as a result Of Tuesdays report.
currently going out TO school
principals and faculties for
study, there will be written re-
ports on lust what the situa-
ton is"
Wen try 10 find out how
much additional authority may
be needed for teachers 10 dis
|eipline children. and how much
need there is for additional re-
sources" he said. BY resources.
Dr. Hansen referred 10 addi-
tional classroom space, teach
ars. counselors and other sery-
ices.
Dr, Hansen said he hopes the
school administration can come
up with "a more realistic anal
ysis OF whether teachers, with
help from US, can step up their
disciplinary control"
Dr. Hansen said OF the spe-
cial committees report that Us
realism may be exaggerated
here and there This Is what
we've got TO find out"
He said that school admin
istrators plan 10 ask teachers
"straightforwardly what is
needed 10 help them do their
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Job, which is to teach children. "
While continuing to decline
comment on the reports rec
concentrations, DR.. Hansen did
allude to one recommendation
that Eastern High School
Coach W. Richard Mentzer be
strongly disciplined for his
allegedly inflammatory actions
during the city championship
football game with st. Johns.
The superintendent said 1t is
notable that I have not repri-
manded Mr.. Mentzer nor CAL
win Harris" the Eastern High
School player elected from the
Thanksgiving Day game. .
However, Dr. Hansen said
that action on Mr., Mentzer's
involvement will be among the
first orders OF business follow
ing up the report.
on the committee reports
tenor that there Is a serious
disciplinary breakdown In Dis
trict schools, DR. Hansen SAID
that my impression has been
up 10 this time that order has
been and is being maintained.
despite disciplinary responsible
tiles
He said that the school sys-
TEN must involve the entire
community in facing education
problems raised In the report.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
BY DAVID BREASTED
Star staff Writer

Should you keep a dull
witted, incorrigible trouble
maker in school at all costs?
Or should you weed him out
for the good Of dozens OF
other pupils. but thus dumr
another problem on the side
walk?
District school officials will
null over this chronic d.
lemma further as they study
the byproducts Of the Citizens
Committee investigation Of the
Thanksgiving Day violence al
d, c. Stadium.
superintendent Carl F.. Han
sen said yesterday that, In
scrutinizing the school systems
campaign against dropouts, we
Will have 10 ask ourselves very
honestly whether In the desire
TO keep youngsters In school
we are not creating some Of the
problems mentioned" In the
committees sharp allegations
Of school conditions.
Dr. Hansen has always felt
as he told a press conference
yesterday. that In moving Ia
expel a disciplinary problem
from school. "the decision
should be made only after every
possible alternative has been
Evening star., 1963-01-12

planned in more detail in the
appendices. are alternate pro-
posalS for the north and east
legs of the Inner Loop; Three
Sisters Bridge and the north
central freeway.
The agency, which designed
a highway system to test
against its mathematical model
to predict transit use, said its
proposals for highways would
still enable cars to move
freely.
The recommended highway
system, together with the re-
fined rapid transit system, will
permit motorists to travel even
in the peak hours at speeds
substantially greater than is
possible on today's congested
highways. What the re-
suits showed was that-given
the agency's recommended
transportation system-l977
peak-hour speeds would be 80
per cent faster than 1853
speeds" the report said.
The proposed north leg free
way, which planners in 1853
recommended as an eight-lane
freeway along Florida avenue
NV. between Pennsylvania
avenue and First street NV,
would not be needed. Much of
the traffic that would have
Evening star., 1963-01-12

the Earl Scheib Paint Shop at
610 Rhode Island.
The bandits removed Mr.
Cuck'S wallet and took SCI from
it.
Later, one bandit with a re-
volver and stocking mask, stop
ped Harold and Henry Sweeney
on the lot. The twins, who live
at 1927 Fifth street NE, also
were taken to the shack, where
they found the other two band
its and the other robbery
victims.
Tying the others with rope
and wire, the bandits forced
Mr.. Cuck to open the paint
shop and its safe, he told police.
The safe yielded SAG. Mr.. Cuck
was then taken back to the
shack and tied.
After the bandits left, one of
the twins got a knife from his
pocket and cut himself and the
others free.
Mr. Kennedy was treated at
Providence Hospital, while po-
lice broadcast a lookout for
three heaVy-set Negro men
wearing stocking masks and
dark clothes.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Wife Is Charged
In Mans Death

BEDFORD. Va Jan. ~ ZAP
- Sheriff Rucker 7. Mitchell
placed a charge Of murder
against Mrs. Cora Lee Parker
yesterday in connection with
the Staying of her husband
George Harding Parker. AZ.
The sheriff said she has con-
feSsed she stabbed her husband
with a pocket knife Wednesday
night. He died about ~ hours
later Mrs. Parker is being held
In the Bedford County jail.
Dr. W. v. Rucker, county
medical examiner who said Mr..
Parker died OF a stab wound
In the chest. was called 10 a
funeral home In Roanoke
Thursday. The family had
called the undertaken and re-
ported the death as heart
failure" Sheriff Mitchell said
Mr.. Parker apparently had re-
ceived no medical attention un-
III he collapsed
Evening star., 1963-01-12
School Board
Told to Plan
Own Budget

The Montgomery County
School Board was advised by
the county council last night
to revamp the current operat-
ing budget 10 suit its own OBJ
jectives, rather than those OF
the former school board.
Council President John A.
Floyd urged the board, now
controlled by an economy
minded majority, TO avoid being
a lame duck" operation under
the budget designed last year
TO fit the PHILOSOPHERS Of four
members who subsequently
were booted out OF office.
Mr.. Floyd pointed out that
the new, Republican. dominated
county council was IN a similar
position and promptly "ad-
justed policies so that the
county operations would be-
come consistent with the OBJ
iectives OF the council"
"The council IN effect has
become responsible for the ad-
ministration OF the eounty's
affairs II has accepted It's re-
Sponsibilities Immediately and
not served as a lame duck
council for six months" he
said.
These procedures are ex-
ceedinely desirable and [
would commend them to the
school board so that YOU too
may assume your responsible
ties for educational policy now.
rather than having 10 wait six
months"
Evening star., 1963-01-12
STARGAZLNG STUDENTS
Fairfax Gets PIanetarium

seated around the machine to
hear the illustrated lectures
by William L. Pagan, the plan
etarium instructor.
A second unit of the same
type to serve children in the
northern half of the county
should open early in March at
w. T. Woodson High School
near Fairfax City.
Mr.. Pagan said yesterday
that the planetariums were
built because of a perfectly
obvious" need for an astronomy
laboratory. He said that it had
been hard for students to grasp
astronomy without having the
instructor present while they
studied the sky.
Although the projecting in
Strument at Edison cost $l3,500
and the completed planetarium
was $4,000, school officials
have estimated that the cost
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per student hour is only hall
that of a chemistry or physics
laboratory.
BY next fall, Mr.. Pagan ex-
poets there will be very little
idle time for either of the
planetariums. Plans, now un-
der consideration, are to offer
the facilities for adult educa-
tion, summer enrichment
courses for elementary stu
dents and public presentations
For the rest of this year
however, Mr.. Pagan will have
his hands full putting the Sec
ond unit into operation and
teaching the ninth grade. He
expects that a few sixth grade
field trips will also visit the
facility.
Farther into the future, he
hopes that astronomy courses
will be started at the two
schools.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Transport Agency Would Separate
Traffic at Wisconsin Crossind

A proposed compromise ir
the long -simmering dispute
over the Wisconsin avenue cor
ridor is explained in National
Capital Transportation Agency
appendices.
The agency would grade
separate Wisconsin avenue. or
a nearby parallel street, at KEY
intersections, running the route
either over or under the major
cross streets.
The explanation was con-
tanned in a l24-page report on
Systems Planning" released
as the fifth of six appendices
which are to back up the
agency's November report to
President Kennedy.
The Wisconsin avenue cor
ridor was proposed for an ex-
tension Of Interstate Route
70S in the early years of the
controversy over building a
freeway system. Since 1859,
the District Highway Depart
ment has preferred a north
central route for 70S and has
tried to avoid fights over the
Wisconsin avenue corridor.
Other Proposals
Other key segments of the
META highway proposals, an
nounced earlier and now ex-
Evening star., 1963-01-12
BY WALTER WURFEL
Star Staff Writer

Ninth graders in Fairfax
County are stargazing in class
and their teacher likes it.
With planetarium installed
at the new Thomas A. Edison
High School in Franconia. they
are learning the rudiments of
everything from the history of
the solar system to navigation.
Some $500 ninth grade
science students will spend at
least six class periods each in
the planetarium this year. in
what Fairfax school officials
describe as the only program
Of its kind in Virginia.
The intricate instrument pro-
jectS a picture of the night
sky at any season on a domed
ceiling "a feet in diameter.
Up to 70 students can be
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Stote's Attorney
Sworn in at La Plato

LA PLATA, Md, Jan. Il
CSpeciaD. - Johr c Hancock
an attorney In La Plata and a
native OF Charles County, was
sworn In as the new state S
attorney for the county early
this week.
He was elected States attor-
ney IN the November 6 general
election.
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come down the Wisconsin ave.
nue. corridor, if it were built
would use a freeway along the
Potomac River. A depressed
four-lane facility would replace
the north leg. This freeway /,
not planned for construction
for several years, so a fina
decision by planners is moi
necessary now.
Would Shift East Leg
The agency said the east LEI
freeway, which has been pro,
posed for the west bank of thu
Anacostia River, should b,
switched to the opposite shore
Most of the traffic using thi
is from Montgomery Count!
headed for southern Prince
Georges County. An additiona
bridge crossing the Anacostis
would serve this traffic bette
than a freeway oriented h
downtown, the agency said.
On the Three Sisters Bridge
the agency repeated the cas-
in its November report. Tn,
agency said capacity would b,
more than enough, in a highl,
technical report considerin,
number Of lanes, estimates O
capacity and chances of i'm
proving the ramps of Ke!
Bridge to increase its capacit.
by 40 per cent.
The final Meta report OF
organization and finance will
be released Wednesday.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
D. {. Leaders
SeeS Speaker
Home Rule Outlook
Is Believed Topic
By SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

Local Democratic officials
conferred with House Speaker
Mccormack yesterday, report
edly about winning House ac-
tion on District home rule leg
islation.
The leader of the District
Democratic delegation, Joseph
Rauh, said it was agreed that
no information could be given
on the Capitol Hill conference
1t was reported earlier this
week, however, that Mr.. Nc
Cormack had agreed to meet
with the local Democrats on
the home rule question.
More specifically, yesterdays
session presumably centered on
appointments to the House Dis
trict Committee. The decisions
on filling five committee va
cancies three for the Demo-
Gratis and two Republicans
may determine whether home
rule legislation is cleared by
this committee for House floor
consideration.
Blocked in Committee
The District Committee for
years has blocked congressional
action on home rule bills.
Mr.. Rauh. vice chairman of
the District Democratic Central
Committee, would say only that
the conference covered discus
sion of District problems with
an old and good friend of the
District"
Meeting with the House
Speaker were, in addition to
Mr.. Rauh, Frank D. Reeves,
District National Committee
man; Mrs. Polly Shackleton,
National CommitteeWoman:
Arnold Sternberg. the local
Democratic organizations fis-
cal expert and F. Joseph Dom
ohue, former District Commits
sioner and a member of the
Central Committee.
Two Suggested
Meanwhile, it was reported
that the White House has sug-
gested two names for consid-
Grafton on filling the Republi-
can vacancies on House Dis
trict Committee. They are Rep
resentatives McDade and
Schweiker. both of Pennsyl-
yania.
Carl Shipley, head of the To-
cal Republican organization,
favors Representative Schwen-
gel OF Iowa for committee ap-
pointment.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Masked Bandits Rob
5 Men on PARKING Lot

Three bandits robbed anc
bound five men last night
forced one to open the safe o.
a paint store and then left tht
five in a shack at the back o.
a lot in the 600 block of Rhode
Island avenue NE.
One of the victims was beater
by the bandits.
You'll get loose in about ter
minutes" one bandit advised
See that that guy gets to the
hospital
According to police:
The three began capturing
passers-by at about 1880 pm
when, wearing stocking masks
they approached Foster K
Kennedy. who is employed al
the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Co. retread shop at COG Rhode
Island avenue NE. He was un.
locking his car in a lot next tC
616 Rhode Island avenue NE
when the men told him, "thi,
is a holdup."
They beat him around the
head and shoulders and took
him to a shack at the back
of the lot. The shack was once
an automobile sales office. The
bandits took S293 from Mr.
Kennedy.
At about 7:45, two of thu
bandits approached William A
Cuck Of 6007 North Nineteenth
road. Arlington, and William
Lynch of 2504 Tenth stree
NE. as they we're unlocking Mr.
Cuck's car at the vacant lot
The bandits, wearing stockinG
masks and one carrying a re.
volver, took the men TO the
shack.
Mr.. Cuck is manager and Mr.
Lynch is assistant manager o.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Administration African
Expert Looks at the Congo

WHO PAYS FOR THE u n. ARMY IN KATANGA?
The acute rift In the Congo combined with military
u N Intervention and behind scenes interfer-
ence by the Kremlin, created a diplomatic problem
OF unprecedented proportion for our foreign policy
makers The man responsible for restoring order out
OF the chaos Assistant Secretary OF State @ Mem
nen Williams discusses the Congo problem In an
"On the Record" interview this Sunday
HIS TIES ARE THE LOUDEsT ON THE NEW FROM
TlER-SUNDAY The Star Magazine this week end
visits the newest member Of the presidential cabi-
net, Secretary Of Health, Education and Welfare
Anthony J. Celebrezze Find out the formula by
which he hopes 10 get medicare and school aid past
largely unsympathetc Congress.
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP-N TWO HOURS? An
American doctor reports on a Russian sleep ma
chine which the SoyietS claim can crowd fun
nights sleep into two hours, in The Stars This Week
Magazine This Week Magazine this Sunday brings
you the first report on this startling invention by
an American who tried II out
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1963-01-12

nance officials yesterday, the
unnecessary tax resulted from
an estimate of the county's
expanding property values $40
million below what it should
have been and a late-arriving
State report on the value of
corporation property in the
county.
Douglas Dayhoff, deputy di-
rector of county finance, said
that last May assessors es-
timated the county's taxable
base to be $l.45 billion. In Oc-
tober, an actual count placed
the figure at 81 .528 billion.
The underestimate is ex-
pected to produce a $l.38 mil
lion surplus for school purposes
and could provide $2l7,000 in
unexpected county revenue.
There may also be some sur
pluses in special taxing ac-
counts, such as the Maryland
National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
Largest in Memory
Mr.. Dayhoff said the sur
plus was the largest he can
remember due to tax calcula-
tions. He said, however, that
$40 million of the $40 million
underestimate was made by the
State in computing the value
of corporate property. Another
$40 million was expected" be-
cause the county does not at
tempt to guess at the value
of new construction beginning
late in the year.
David l.. Cahoon, form e r
council president, said yester-
day the county has always
been conservative in estimat-
ing the assessable base to avoid
a deficit"
For two years before la S t
year. Mr.. Cahoon said, the rate
of yearly increase in the as
seSSable base had been low.
Construction last year, he said,
was apparently a bounce back
to the normal rate"
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Safe Holding 81, ,460
Stolen From Store

A safe containing S446O was
stolen early today from the
Hechinger store in the Prince
Georges Plaza shopping center,
3400 East-West highway, West
Hyattsville, Prince Georges
County police reported.
Evening star., 1963-01-12

told the council, that the tax
rate for schools was at least
8 cents higher than necessary
Yesterday, county officials
admitted that an ultra con-
servative estimate of the coun-
tvs property values last yeal
produced the surplus which will
be repeated to a lesser degree
in general government ano
special district budgets.
Il was astounded to heal
about the surplus" said County
Council President John A
Floyd. This will help us a lot
in trying to stabilize the tax
rate during the coming year.
Economy Platform
Mr.. Floyd was one of five
Republicans who came to power
in November on an economy
platform. -Four of the seven
school board members were
elected on a similar program,
defeating incumbents who
voted for increased school costs
which boosted the tax rate 81
cents.
Both the new council and the
new board, in their initial
jousts with fiscal matters, have
found it difficult to make large
ale savings. The surpluses
uncovered renewed hope that
they may be able to honor
campaign promises to hold the
tax line in face of increasing
costs.
Yesterday, several of the
candidates they defeated said
they were shocked" to hear
that the tax rate which was
such an important issue in the
campaign was actually higher
than it had to be. All said,
however, they we're certain that
even if this we're discovered
last year, it would not have
been enough Of a saving to
elect them.
AS explained by county fl
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Montgomery Surplus
Spurs Hope of Sovinqs
$l3S Million 'Bonunzo' Expected
To Help Stabilize Tux Rate
BY WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

Economy minded Montgomery County officials yesterday
searching their edger for nuggets after u-
covering a surplus bonanza Thursday.
The bonanza first became publicly known when school Of
cials casually reported they have estimated $l38 mil
lion surplus in their record-high budget This means they
Evening star., 1963-01-12
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Human Events Poll
tical Action Conference
closes at the Statler Hilton.
This information "a supplied by
lhe Convention ana Vialtoft
Bureau of the Metropolitan Wash.
inFlon Board OF Trade
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Fare Heariinq
Set Jan. Il
Attempt to Abolish
Token to Be Aired
BY DAN GOTTLIEB
Star Staff Writer

D, c. Transit Systems case
for eliminating the 20 = cent
token fare, substantially COM
pleted in a hearing yesterday
will face scrutiny from public
md private sources starting
January 81 when the hearing
resumes.
After winning a first round
fight to keep the Federal Gov
ernment from intervening in
its fare proceedings before the
Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Commission, the COM
oany went on to base its claim
for higher fares chiefly on in
creased expenses of unior
wages and higher depreciation
1t claimed it would go in the
hole about S105,O00 this year
if it did not get tokens elm
mated. 1t is asking fol-
straight 25-cent basic cash
fare.
I'VE will do our best to live
with Is cents in 1868 and 1864, "
Vice President James H. Flana-
gan told the commission. Ex-
penses, figured by the company
to rise about 81 million this
year, will go up another $780,
900 in 1864, he said.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Other Points

other points made by Mr..
Flanagan we're:
In spite Of an estimated loss
OF about AZ million one-way
fares due TO anticipated resist
ance TO the higher 25-cent fare,
the company's revenues would
still go up about S3.l million
in 1868. Newer buses the COM
pany plans TO purchase would
hopefully" attract back the
lost riders, he said.
The company would commit
itself 10 buy IS new air-con-
ditioned buses TO be put IN
service next october / If the
commission allows a liberalized
depreciation rate. without re-
ducing the depreciation life
from II TO ID years on buses
purchased since 1858 and here
after, the company will not be
able to buy the new buses, he
said.
Evening star., 1963-01-12
Reserve Find

Mr.. Flanagan also testified
at length on the company's
Sl0.4 million track removal re-
serve fund that figures prom
inently in a pending appeal OF
the company's last fare pro-
posal. Two intervenors in that
case claimed that the accruals
we're more than the company
needed. The reserve is charged
against fare payer revenues.
The vice president conceded
that the fund had an unex-
pended balance as of last Au-
gust 81 of about $40 million
but that further accruals are
justified.
The reason expenses have
not kept up to accruals, he
said. is a decision by the Dis
trict to pave over rather thar
pull up some of the tracks
Even so, he argued, the com.
pany might later still have u
pay for pulling up the tracks
He proposed that the com.
pany "drastically slow down
the accruals by spreading our
the balance due the fund -
about S3.8 million - over The
annual charge against revenues
for this purpose from the pres.
ent 81 million TO about S278,.
600.
Evening star., 1963-01-12

Other key segments of the
META highway proposals, an
nounced earlier and now ex-
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ifs police an option: one-third
Of his gross earnings-which
he said amounted to about
$35, 900 annually from his mar
rage business-or $1,000.
His reported offer came after
Bishop Hylton had been
banned from the county build
ing BY police. Prior to this ac-
ton, Bishop Hylton lived In a
21-room house on the South
Side and opera te d what he
called his "miIlion-dollar Hyl-
ton Temple in the sky" on the
22d floor Of a Loop building.
In announcing his verdict,
Judge Hardwood said:
II feel sorry for the bishop.
He allowed himself to be car
ried away by pipe dreams. He
had an idea that If he could
corner the marriage market in
the county building, then both
he and the sheriff could get
rich.
Nov he is reduced to being
an itinerant preacher without a
temple"
Police said Bishop Hylton
has been convicted in the past
Of carrying a concealed weap-
on, obtaining money under
false pretenSes and operating a
confidence game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
Republican Says
Democrats Stole
His Tax Idea

Arlington Republican Robert
]. Gerber yesterday accused the
Democrat of stealing from
him the idea on income-tax ex-
emptions for out-of-State resi-
dents who work in Virginia.
Mr.. Gerber, a candidate for
the State Senate, said he first
suggested the exemptions Sep
TENDER 81 in a letter to the
State tax commissioner.
This week, Gov. Harrison
discussed the idea of a tax
break with his party's candi-
dates In Arlington. He suggest
ed they introduce a bill on the
matter to the Legislature in
January.
Mr.. Gerber called the Demo-
Gratis attempts ITO take credit
for the bill a new low in the
political piracy of ideas"
Arlington Republicans are
delighted that Gov. Harrison
has adopted our proposal" he
added. "It proves Republican
effectiveness. even before cleo
ton to the Gneral Assembly"