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Evening star., 1963-04-22
Joe KeNys Laurel Kandicups
FIRST RACE-Purse. $1,000; claiming $4,000; three
and fouf-ytaT-Od maidensI nIlies; q furionEs.

PETITE tOEUR raced well IN New Jersey last
season and should beat q weak field here; FORTE
GRlANAIR has been training we'll. MISS ELSIE v. had
some fair In New Jersey last season
Evening star., 1963-04-22
Racing Results
Luurel


BY the Associated Press
'st-S3,5OO; cling: 3 g. VI. mdns.;
MslrOse Buddy (Corlsl $50 SO 800
p~~kamie FerrarO) 1889 1910
SusQuehAnnA (kratHl $40
Ourbin Dee. stage Prince. Lucky
Sc II, Starlit Lady. Court Intrigue,
Bohemian Bay. French Brook. Social
snob. Ellsworth c. Time, l:l31s.
.d-S4 900: cling: 3 yrs; e fur.
sunday score lF'raTOD 600 $50 800
ChOkadaT Baird 6.2O 100
Lily Queen tyOhnsonl i.2O
Edland, Golden Lea, Chance, An
thony, Jr., Fireman Gil. Fenhar,
Soldado. Time, l:l32s.
DAILY DOUBLE t9-4, $3.50
Aqueduct
BY the Associated Press
lst-S4. 900; mdns 3-yr. & up; fur
Lizzie Tish tSellers) 3.1O $50 2.3O
Bou-elnE BYE (ValenEuela) 2.0O 2.aO
WitchlnE Hour lNelSOnl i.1G
Duchess Dolly. Marseillaise. Jueen,
River, Blen Darling. Time, l:l3as.
od-S3 .8nO: cling: 3-yr.: fur.
SevilliAn tBOlandl 1.5O $40 g.
Bubba Jack tAdamsl 800 2.1t
ComAr tWOOdhOusel SEQ
Comedian. HeSquina, Dark sun
Irish Mick. Time, ll32s.
DAILY DOUBLE t5-D $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
DIRECTS ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL
old Softie' Aids Retarded as Way of Life

Alexandria or Fairfax County
public schools.
Seven are in braces or Wheel
loids is a 6-year'old who re-
Gently underwent surgery to
close a quarter-sized hole in his
heart. One 12-year-old girl can
read on a fourth-grade level
but cannot count to 10-a rare
case.
Glasses are grouped accord
ing to chronological age and
severity of retardation. Pri-
mary emphasis is the same for
all: self-help - learning tn
dress and feed themselves, con-
slant toilet training, doing
chores such as sweeping the
floor. There is a limited acade-
mic program for some.
Self-help Is stressed because
these children live in the COM
munity with their families. And
generally they show improve
ment. Each year Mrs. Thomas
has been able to place one or
two in public school special
education classes.
Even with the help she en-
ployes, Mrs. Thomas does most
OF her own shopping and cook
ing. gives eight baths a night,
says numerous prayers, reads
bedtime stories, plans outings
to the zoo and Fort Hunt, and
with her husband, helps rear a
3.ye a r-old Mongoloid boy as
their own.
The reward? Here's one:
Each can say mama in his or
her own way-even If it's only
a grunt." Mrs. Thomas ex-
planned.
4 Maybe that's why she has
the reputation Of being an "old
softie," which is what Mr..
Kann kindly called her. At
school or at home, she has new
err been known to turn down a
retarded child, no matter what
the affliction, the color, or the
creed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

Associations wild game and
champagne supper at the Ma
tional Zoo. Park executives and
members of the American AS
ISOLATION of Geological Parks
and Aquariums and the Ma
tional Conference on State
Parks attended. A park con-
ference is being held at the
Sheraton Park Hotel.
The stocky man, Bob NOEL
was talking to Mr.. Tresslich
about the recent death OF
Topsy. an 8-year-old, $50
pound pet gorilla. ~
In this crowd Of biologists,
wild animal dealers and zoo di-
rcctors, Bob NOEL and his wife
Mae stood somewhat apart.
They were not biologists anG
cid not look like zoo directors
but they have lived with apes
fc the past IS years.
The two comprise one of the
last surviving examples of the
travelling medicine man show
Their display is called "Noell'S
Ark Gorilla and Chimpanzee
Show"
They travel in a house trailer
and Big john" an assistant
follows in a tractor trailer
with six chimpanzees, two
orangutangs and one gorilla
The Noells give 500 shows q
year throughout the South and
winter in Florida.
/ Their show consists of Bob
NOEL, 81 years old and 19s
pounds, wrestling with Tommy
a 29-year-old, 325-pound "low.
land" gorilla. But the hit Of
the evening is when someone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
BY CAROL GRIFFEE
Star staff Writer

Being an "old softie" about
handicapped children is more
than an on-the-job attitude for
Mrs. Esther C. Thomas. In her
own words, tits a way of life"
1t could be no other way, for
hardly a moment goes by in
Mrs. Thomas s. day that she
isn't literally surrounded by
mentally retarded children,
many of them physically ham
dicapped as well.
For the last seven years, Mrs.
Thomas has been director of
the School for Handicapped
Children at 2443 Duke street,
Alexandria, which this year has
81 youngsters taught by four
instructors in four small class
rooms.
At her 1877 o o m home in
Vienna CVa). the vivacious
brunette is wife to Burns A.
Thomas, a telephone company
installer, mother to their two
normal sons and a daughter,
and mama" to a varying but
always large number Of men,
tally retarded children who live
as part Of the Thomas family.
Until recently, much Of Mrs.
Thomas energy as school d.
rector went into Embarrassing
numerous phone calls TO
make a payroll good or just TO
meet the $l65-a-month rent.
Since 1858, wnen the school
was begun on a $500 Kiwanis
Club gift, 1t has grown to a
$23, 900 annual operation. Alex
a ndria's civic and charitable
groups have borne the brunt OF
providing this sum.
Help came last year when
the school was put on a bust
ness basis" through incorpora-
ton and naming OF a board OF
directors, Chairman Mark L.
Kann, jr., a Kiwanian, said.
But more solid footing came
for the school Just last week
when the Alexandria City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

broaden. the RLA's basic leg
islative authority to permit re-
newal in commercial areas. The
b sic legislation now permits
renewal only in residential
areas.
The National Capital Down.
town Committee, informally
C alled Downtown Progress"
has tried to get legislation for
the past four years to permit
renewal in central Washington
The action to put the Dowdy
subcommittee on record as IA
voring this provision of the bill
See RENEWAL, Page BE-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

in the open air audience goes
into the ring to meet Joe, the
boxing chimp" who wears box
ing gloves and a face muzzle,
The challengers wear football
helmets.
Bob offers a prize to anyone
staying 80 seconds with the 30
pound chimp.
big steel workers, miners,
wreStlers and construction men
they all look at Joe and tell
their neighbors how they are
going to whip that little
runt," says Bob, laughing. But
Little Joe will bounce up anc
down like a ball and boom
He'll knock the 200-poundel
cold and pun his britches off
before he knows what hap
pened. But to Joe, its all In
fun. He's just playing"
Macs parents were show
business veterans. Her father
Jack Roach, later took to the
road with his own show selling
Apache Jacks Mineral Water. >
Bob NOEL was adopted by a
nomadic medicine man when
he was nine. He married Mae
IS years ago and took over
Apache Jacks caravan. II
evolved into the present gorilla
and chimp show.
Bob's two missing fingers
we're bitten off by one of his
chimps, and his face is deeply
lined with scars. But is was
my fault each time" he ex-
planned. "The chimps can be
mean"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

monthly. But 1t still costs $85
to 500 a month for each child,
which means continued civic
support is vital.
Even so, Mrs. Thomas now
can concentrate more on adj
ministration, aiding instructors,
and teaching a ceramics class,
Affections are as varied as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
Byrd Given
Late FiII-In
On Zoo Life

It was approaching midnight
when Senator Robert C. Byrd
asked what the animals in the
zoo had been up to since his
last Senate budget hearings for
the District.
well, our primitive type
bird, the hoatzin, died." Zoo
Director Theodore Reed told
the Senate Appropriations Sub
committee chairman. To no
avail were carloads Of mucca-
mucca leaves shipped in from
South America to feed the bird.
DR.. Reed figured zookeepers
mistakenly classed the bird as
primitive-it has claws on its
wings when a baby-when ac-
tually, the hoatzin probably was
so advanced in specialization it
could not adapt to a new en-
vironment.
Laughing jackasses from Aus
tralia have really been breed
Ing" said DR.. Reed.
We've got Is Of them. Kooka
burras are coming out Of our
ears"
Senator Byrd asked about
the Oldest and oldest.
Old Bill, the crane, scarcely
shows his record SO years OF
age. II saw him just this
afternoon" said DR.. Reed.
The male gorilla is coming
out Of a mysterious paralysis,
with the help Of the best neuro-
surgeons in the city. These
doctors know the gorilla s
problem was neither polio moi
a brain tumor, but they don't
know what 1t was. Still, treat
ments worked.
DR.. Reed confided that q
Paris zoo director had told
him his gorilla suffered sim
ilarly and was cured. The
Partisan had kept 1t quiet be-
cause he was ashamed Of not
understanding why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

Council voted to make parents
of the children eligible TO apply
for Virginia's SITS annual tut
ton grants.
The schools tuition is $35
monthly. A few parents can af-
ford 1t; most cannot, but make
an effort to anyway. The State
grants average roughly $30.55
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
DEMOCRATS, COP.
SEE EYE TO EYE
ON D. c. SCHOOLS

A Republican represent
alive and a Democratic Sena-
tor complimented each other
today for mutual concern
over District schools.
Each has visited scores
Of classrooms. Each praises
teachers, but decries run
down classrooms and over
crowding.
III do my part in the
House If you can clear a
good school budget" Repre-
sentative Schwengel, Repub-
lican Of Iowa. promised.
Senator Byrd, Democrat
Of West Virginia. assured the
Congressman OF such an OPP
portunity. II feel we can get
more teachers through the
Senate-then. you can try to
produce on the House SIDE"
the Senator said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
TOTALLY INCOMP E
HENSIBLE.

The report on the bill, the
explanation, was even more
detailed and complicated. 1t
reads at one point: Your
committees bill provides
that in determining the tax
which is attributable to the
income subject to averaging,
the first income subject to
tax is to be the ordinary in
come not eligible for averag-
ing"
There were, however, a
few notes the Rambler was
able to pick up. Hearings on
the tax cut and other revi-
sions in tax laws, had started
back on February 6. They
continued until March 81.
For q days, members and
staff members of the Ways
and Means Committee had
listened to testimony - one
of the most firing practices
in the civilized world. The
words collected were enough
to fill seven volumes.
Executive sessions follow
ed. The bill was presented to
the House September 10.
To one who has trouble
with addition and subtrac-
ton, the tax bill alone
passed or not-is a remark
able achievement, the pro-
duct OF a collection Of fine
minds. Perhaps it's in order
to suggest a Joint Session of
Congress to honor the men
who, from time to time, re-
wise tax laws. They could
ride up the Avenue together,
like the astronauts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
Delinquent
GroupHomes
Advocated

Establishment of group liv-
ing facilities for juveniles the
Juvenile Court does not wish to
commit to institutions or re-
turn to their homes was sug-
gested last night as one way of
improving the handling Of
youths.
The suggestion was made by
Chief Judge Morris Miller of
the Juvenile Court who said at
present the court has only
three courses of action in jul
venile cases: dismissal, COM
mitment, probation.
He feels that some. young
sters should not be committed
to an institution and also
should not be retained TO
their homes where the roots OF
their problems may exist.
"A form Of halfway house
could provide the needed facili-
ties to aid such children. The
facilities could be provided in
private homes where three or
-four youths would be taken in
as is now done by foster par
ents with convicted juveniles.
Judge Miller said the plan
would cost less than sending
the youths to institutions and
would be much more beneficial
to them. '
Judge Miller made the sug-
gestion in a talk at the first din
ner meeting of the fall of the
w o m e n S Bar Association of
the District of Columbia at the
National Lawyers Club.
He said the plan for group
living facilities Is now under
discussion by the Department
of Public Welfare and other
agencies of the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
Small Boy
browns in


The 21s-year-old son of a
Melpar executive fell from a
pier and drowned in Lake Bar
croft yesterday while playing
in the lakefront yard of his
home, Fairfax County police
said. ...sa
He was identified as Robert
S. Purple, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William C. Purple, jr., Of 693l
Pinetree terrace, Lake Bancroft.
Mr.. Purple was named vice
president and general manager
Of Melpar, Inc, an .,aerospace
research and development firm
located in Fairfax County, on
June %.
Police said Mrs Purple. re-
ported, she was Watching Rob-
ert from a window in her home
as the child was, pretending tc
fish from the pier. ,.-...
She said she sat back dowr
at a table to assist several Of
her five other children with
their homework and when she
looked out the window again a
few seconds later, Robert had
disappeared.
Mrs. Purple went to the lake
and discovered her sons body
in Q feet of water. '
She recovered the body which
was taken by the Baileys Cross
roads Rescue Squad to Fairfax
Hospital where Or. Claude S.
Cooper, County medical exam
liner, pronounced the child dead
at 4::26 p.Ip. 80,
( Robert Is survived by two
brothers, William c., III, IL
and John, 9, and three sisters
Mary. 10; Betty, 7, and Cathy
4. His grandparents are re-
tired USMC Col. and Mrs. Will
liam C. Purple, ST., of Annap-
oils, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
C. Trent. of Oceanside, Calf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

chairs or are crippled as we'll as
being mentally retarded. One
l9-year-old is blind. There is a
6-year-old who mental age is
10 months. Among the Mongo-
the children are numerous.
Each is so severe, however, that
the child cannot be accepted in
special e ducation classes in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

said his first. reaction to the
bill was I'VE can live with it,"
But he added that from the
administrative point of view,
the District Commissioners
might be given more RESPONSE
bility over the number of prof.
ectS.
Mrs. James T. Rowe, jr.,
chairman Of the National Cap
ital Planning Commission, said
she would have to have the
legislation reviewed by her staff
attorney.
Left Out by Senate
The bill could lose the five
controversial provisions in eX-
ecutive session with the entire
House District Committee, in
debate on the House floor or in
conference with the Senate. The
Senate already has passed a
short version of the bill with
out the five provisions.
The five provisions were
added to the Senate version by
a House District subcommittee
under the craftsmanship of Rep
resentative Dowdy, Democrat OF
Texas. The Dowdy subcommit-
tee has been conducting an in
vestigation of urban renewal in
the District for the last seven
months, and issued its version
of the legislation after an ex-
ecutive session yesterday.
One group of congressional
supporters, including key Sena-
tors, wants to get the down.
town bill passed without new
major administrative controls
over the Redevelopment Land
Agency. While some reform
measures, should be. passed to
guide the RIA, these should be
considered later in a separate
bill, these congressman feel.
the reforms to pass.
Other congressman, deter.
mined to get controversial adj
miniStrative reform measure;
through both the Senate and
the House, have insisted on in
GLIDING them with the down.
town bill to force supporters OF
the down town bill to permit
To Continue Investigation
Representative Dowdy said
yesterday he felt the bill pre-
S emit d some very worthwhile
reforms. Even so. his investiga'
ton into urban newal will
continue, he said.
Representative Bf oy hill,
Republican of Virginia, said he
was not convinced that the five
new provisions we're necessary
They may hinder the Districts
urban renewal program, he
said.
The basic feature of both the
Senate and House bills would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
MEDICINE MAN APPROACH
Show Business Couple
Talks About Apes
By JOHN SHERWOOD
Star Staff Writer

Sorry to hear about little girl dying" said Henry
TreSsich, a wild animal dealer from New York.
I'VE did everything could to her. replied stocky
little with two fingers missing from the middle of his
right hand
This part last nights conversation Eaters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
DC. Supports
PIantoProvide
15Pub|ic Pools
Commissioners
Indorse Program
As Aid to Youth
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
star staff Writer


The District Commissioners
gave preliminary Endorsement
today to a program to provide
Is new and replacement SWIM
ming pools here over the next
eight years.
Commissioner John B. Dun
can said that the pools are
badly needed to help "over-
come the Juvenile delinquency
and other social inadequacy
problems in the city"
Under the proposal, the Dis
trict Commissioners will ask
Congress for money in next
years budget for one new pool
and request funds for two new
pools in every budget thereafter
until the goal of is has been
reached.
TObriner FavOrs Plan
Walter N. Tobriner, president
of the District Board of Com
misSioners. said he favored the
Recreation Departments rec
concentration for more pools.
AN expanded pool program
is very necessary and very
desirable" said Mr.. Tobriner,
but he questioned one section
Of the proposal which would
give the Recreation Depart
ment jurisdiction over all pub
lie pools here.
At present there are seven
public swimming pools in the
District. two operated by the
Recreation Department and
five by Government Services,
Inc, a concessionaire for the
National Parks Service.
Milo Christensen, Recreation
Department superintendent,
told the Commissioners that
the transfer would add $4,000
a year in operating expenses to
his departments budget.
Fuller Program Wanted
Mr.. Tobriner repeatedly
asked what the District would
gain by this extra expenditure.
Mr.. Christensen said that
while he had no criticism of
the GSI operation, he felt that
the Recreation Department
could provide a fuller swimming
program.
He said that the Recreation
Department would keep the
pools open for longer hours and
would reduce the fees, now
charged for admission to the
five GSI-operated pools.
Mr.. Tobriner said he wanted
to make certain that 1.-THE pools
give the maximum service for
the minimum cost"
He asked if the GSI could not
operate the pools with longer
hours and lower fees, but al
less cost than the Recreation
Department.
Few Pools in City
Mr.. Christensen agreed to
study this matter and report
back to the Commissioners.
The Recreation Department
director said that Washington
is far behind many other cities
in the number of swimming
pools for its population.
The standard recommended
by the National Recreation As
ISOLATION is one pool for every
$4,000 persons, he said. He
added that Washington only
has seven pools for its nearly
100000 city population.
Construction is scheduled tc
start this week on a new poo
at the Kelly-Miller School
Forty-ninth and Brooks street.
NE. Mr.. Christensen said il
will be the Districts first new
public pool built since 1895.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
DC. Officials Cautious
Of Renewal Bill Rider
Compromise Pointsin Downtown Plan
Would Broaden RLA's Busic Authority
BY LEE FLOR
Star Staff Writer

Controversial points in compromise amendment tackled
onto legislation designed to permit downtown urban renewal
pointed out today by officials, '..A .f....
The compromise amendment has five major provisions
based legislation which rejected by the House District
Committee last year.
Doyle director of the Redeveopment Agency,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25

HE COMPLETED his US
ual, decisive performance in
IS minutes and had them
applauding on both sides of
the aisle. He walked away
from the. well of the House
and began shaking hands
with other members, fitting
his chin upward a bit and
looking them straight in the
eye from a few inches away.
He even sought out a few
members, sitting alone, who
had not rushed to congratu-
late him. Quite a guy.
He was followed by Repre-
sentative Curtis, a dry but
factual speaker, and Repre-
sentative Keogh, who called
himself a little boy from
Brooklyn" bowled over by
the brilliance of Mr.. Mills.
The Rambler's mind and
eyes began to wonder. The
debate was orderly. There
were no sneaky questions.
The members seemed eau
tious and actually were lis
tening.
He picked up a document
and discovered he had the
actual bill in hand. Sweet
Agnes! 1t was $40 pages long,
as heavy as a novel.
He tried to read a section:
Deduction for estate tax
If an amount Is required
to be included under section
422 (c) a., 423 &C., or 424
(c) Cd in gross income of
the estate of the deceased
employee or of a person des-
cribed in paragraph %,
there shall be allowed to the
estate or such person a de-
duction with respect to the
estate tax attributable to
the inclusion in the taxable
estate of the deceased en-
ploye of the net value for es-
tate tax purposes of the OPP
ton. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-25
The
Rambler
Finds q
Work of Art
BY JOHN McKELWAY

The Rambler had the i'm
preston the tax-cut bill was
a fairly simple issue-cut or
don't cut - and decided to
drop in on the debate in the
House.
For a while, everything fell
into place.
Representative Colmer,
Democrat of Mississippi, OBJ
jected to the rule on the bill.
He said his colleagues were
being gagged in that amend
ments could only be offered
by direction of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means. No
one disagreed with him and
no one did anything and the
rule was accepted. ...
Mr.. Colmer did make an
interesting point on another
subject. Discussing the Ma
TONS financial condition, he
said that there was a time
when he was worried about
the future Of his grandchil-
dren. Now" he said, I'm
worried about my own"
But soon the House was
floating quietly along on the
words of Representative
Mills, Democrat of Arkansas,
a Suave, red-faced man in a
dark suit, perhaps the most
effective member of that
body, chairman of Ways and
Means.
He called the bill, the tax
cut, the most important
piece of legislation affecting
the economic front" since
he came to Congress Is years
ago. 1t would breathe new
life into our economy, he
said. Answering Republicans
who want to set a limit on
spending if we are to have
a tax cut, Mr.. Mills pointed
out the President can't
spend 81 more than Con-
greSs appropriates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-06
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Stage and Screen
Shows and Show Times

Stage
National - Here's Love-;
$50 pm.
Olney Theater THE Care
taker": $3.50 pm.
Shady Grove Music Fair
Come Blow Your Horn; $50
pm.
Ambassador "Of Love and
Desire; lao, 3:45, $3.50, 7:45
and $40 pm.
Apex-"s1a";; 2:1O, 4:45, TBS
and $40 pm.
Capitol "Ticklish Affair.";
H. 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm.
DupOnt-"The Thrill Of It
All; 1910, 2, 4, 6. 8 and 10
pm.
Embassy-"Wives and Low
ers"; l:45,, $3.50, $50, 1855 and
9:55 pm.
Keith's-"Toys in the Attic;
l1:l5 am, 1880, 2:40, 4:40.
6:45 and 1910 pm. Sneak pre-
view; $3.50 pm.
Neutrality-suspicious. on the
Moon; $50, 8 and 9:55 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-"Of Love and