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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-08
BY HUGH WELLS
Star staff Writer

BALTIMORE, April g.
Henry F. Landlord, law asSo-
ciate of former Representative
Thomas F. johnson of Mary
land, testified today that as far
as he knew Mr.. johnson had
never done any legal work for
j. Kenneth Edlin, Miami fin
ancier convicted of mail fraud.
Mr.. Landlord also testified
that no office of First Con-
tinental Savings & Loan ASSo-
citation had ever opened at his
Snow Hill MD law office.
The prosecution has charged
that Mr.. Johnson received $500
in rent for a savings and loan
office that never opened.
The witness opened the sec
ond week of testimony in the
conspiracy and conflict of in
terest trial of two former Con-
gressmen, Mr.. johnson and
Frank w. Boykin of Alabama,
along with Edlin and his lieu
tenant, William L. Robinson.
Two Signs
Under croSs-examination by
Johnson'S attorney, George
Cochran Doub. Mr.. Landlord
stated that he and Mr.. john
son had almost no contact.
II didn't know what he did
and he didn't know what I
did" Mr.. Landlord said.
He said Mr.. johnson de-
posted fees for any legal work
not done in Snow Hill to his
own accounts elsewhere.
Mr.. Landlord also testified
that two signs with the name
First Continental Savings e.
Loan Association were placed
outside the Snow Hill law firm
at one time, and that one of
the women employees was sent
to the firms Chevy Chase Of
flee for a day of training.
He also testified that Mr..
johnson had done legal work
for several banks and at one
time had been chairman of the
board of a bank.
The witness climaxed his
testimony by stating that he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-08
Lanterns Set Fire
To Belt School

Montgomery County police
and fire officials are searching
for persons who threw two
kerosene lanterns through a
window at the Belt Junior
High School in Wheaton, set
ting 1t ablaze early yesterday.
An estimated $500 in fire and
smoke damage in a first-floor
classroom used for art classes
was reported.
All three units of the Ken
sington Volunteer Fire Depart
ment were dispatched to the
school at Weller and Goodwill
roads about 1890 am. Fire
men had the blaze out within
is minutes.
Venetian blinds, desks and
other school m a terial we're
damaged, firemen said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-08
Kennedy Tours Antietam Battlefield

SHARPSBURG, Md, April 8
(AP).-President Kennedy for
the second Sunday in a row,
yesterday toured a battlefield
which played a key role in the
Civil War.
A helicopter flew the Presi-
dent yesterday from Camp
David, his retreat near Thur
mont, Md, to the scene of the
September IT, 1862. Battle of
Antietam, in which Confed-
crate forces under Gen. Robert
E. Lee and Union troops led by
Gen. George B. Mcclellan
fought in what is recorded as
the bloodiest day Of the Civil
War.
Also known as the Battle Of
Sharpsburg, its toll was 49,
lit killed and wounded.
The real Importance of the
battle was Lees failure in his
first attempt to carry the war
into northeastern territory.
No Notice Given
President Kennedy gave no
advance notice that he in
tended to tour the battlefield.
His guide for the day was
Robert L. Lagemann, acting
superintendent of the national
battlefield site and a former
history teacher.
Mr.. Lagemann acknowledged
that he committed one blooper.
Although they were in sight Of
it, he said he failed to point
out to Mr.. Kennedy the monu-
ment to President Mckinley.
II forgot" Mr.. Lagemann
said.
President Mckinley was a
19-year-old commissary SER
geant in the Battle of Antie-
tam and busted himself by
serving hot coffee to. Union
wounded. He returned many
years later as President to
dedicate some of the battle
fields monuments.
A week earlier, accompanied
by Mrs. Kennedy and their
daughter Caroline, S, the Presi-
dent toured the Gettysburg
battlefield. This time Mrs.
Kennedy remained behind with
Caroline and John, jr., 2.
Brother Goes Too
Mr.. Kennedy made the trip
after attending mass at Camp
David with his wife. His
brother, Senator Edward M.
Kennedy, Democrat of Massa-
chusetts, and the Senator's
wife, Joan, went along to
Sharpsburg as did James A.
Reed, Undersecretary of the
Treasury, and Ralph Horton,
special assistant to the Secre-
tary of the Army. All were
weekend guests at Camp
David.
Mr.. Lagemann said President
Kennedy knew quite a bit"
about the Battle of Antietam.
He said the President was par
ticularly interested in the he
roic role of the Irish Brigade.
This outfit was composed
mostly of Irishmen from New
York, with some from Massa-
chuSettS, the Presidents home
State.
During his tour, Mr.. Ken
nedy, riding in an open car,
stopped often to inspect mark
ers and monuments. He seemed
to pause a little longer than
usual when he came to monu-
ments and memorials extolling
the heroic deeds of volunteers
from Massachusetts,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-08

jail rules. A guard intercepted
Wright's grab for the tele-
phone and Wright punched the
guard, police said. Boxley then
joined the scuffle, police said.
Both prisoners are serving
indefinite terms under the
Youth Corrections Act. Wright
was committed on a grand
larceny charge. BoXley was
committed for HOUSEKEEPING
and armed robbery.
Both we're involved in the
riots at the Lorton Youth Cen
ter last summer, according to
the Department of Corrections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-08
Virginia Students
Elect President

HARRISONBURG, Va, April
8 CAP).-A Newport News
youth, David Rutledge of Fer
guson High School, is the new
president of the Virginia Stu
dent Cooperative Association.
David was chosen at the con-
clusion of the organizations
two-day meeting at Madison
College yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-08
Pay Raise Okoyed
At AVisco Plant

FREDERICKSBURG, Va,
April 8 tAP). - Some 1000
hourly paid employees at the
American Viscose Corps Avis
co cellophane plant here will
receive a 15-cent hourly wage
increased and fringe benefits
under a new contract signed
here.
The contract between the
firm and the Textile Workers
Union of America runs to De-
cember /, 1865.
Evening star., 1963-04-04
HOLLYWOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Olivia de HavilIand's continued
residence in Hollywood is caus-
ing some conjecture about her
marital status with Pierre Gal
ente. Olivia, having completed
her role in Lady in a Cage"
was due in New York, and pre-
sumably on the way back home
to France. Olivia cancelled the
trip to New York, and will stay
in Hollywood until May. Olivia
has said that she misses her
children. But no one has heard
her say that she misses her
husband. Martha Raye's
l7-year-old daughter Melody,
seems somewhat lost living all
alone in the big town, and
working as a secretary at the
William Morris Agency.
y
Rita HaywOrth has shed the
extra poundage and is ready to
60 to work for James b. Harris,
playing the starring role in his
film, II Want My Mother" 1t
seems she has finally washed
Gary Merrill out Of her hair.
Their association was not a
happy one. Neither was her
infatuation and marriage with
Dick Haynes. ! was told last
night by a close friend of Rita's
that this adventure lost her
two and a half million dollars
in cancelled pictures. . Jose
Ferrer and Florence Henderson
will start rehearsals for The
Sleeping Prince" early in Au-
gust and open on Broadway
Thanksgiving night. Noel Cow
ard has written the music and
lyrics. And producer Herman
Levin is Of course hoping for
another My Fair Lady" sue
cess I'VE have made $40 mil
lion from 1t and the show is
still going strong around the
country" Alas, MY Fair
Lady" happens once in a life
time.
A&
I enjoyed Paramount's "Hud"
which stars Paul Newman, Mel
vyn Douglas, Pat Neal and
Brandon de Wilde. The slaugh-
ter Of the cattle suffering with
the dread foot and mouth
disease, was too much for fellow
columnist Suzanne DadOlle. She
tainted clean away. The picture
was so good I have forgotten
whether 1t was in color or black
and white. If you have noticed,
most Of the best dramas are
not in color.
The London press Is eagerly
Evening star., 1963-04-04

awaiting the visit Of Marion
BrandO, who will stop off in
the British capital on the way
to France for King of the
Mountain" They have been
told to expect more co-opera-
tive Brando. But somehow I
can't see him holding any press
conferences. He hates crowds,
especially If they are reporters.
And especially If he is asked
personal" questions.
&&&
The way to meet a movie star
is to rent an apartment from
him. Dan Duryea owns a To-
unit building in the valley, and
spends his weekends doing his
own maintenance work. His
tenants are always finding
something for Dan to fix!
Tony Curtis gave bride Chris
tine Kaufman a lovely con-
vertible, then discovered that
she has never learned to drive.
She'll go to a driving school,
Tony told me. II don't want to
be the one to teach her" At l8,
Christine has taught Tony a
great deal about books and
music.
Shirley Jones, now starring
with ROsannO Brazil in Dark
Purpose" in Italy, is up for one
of the leads in THE Three
Sirens" when she returns to
Hollywood. Author Irving Wal
lace received 100000 for the
film rights.
Red Buttons introduced me
to his fiance and said, I'm a
very funny romantic feller-my
usual smash" I guess he is. The
girl nodded happily.
Evening star., 1963-04-04
DINING OUT
Ole!
la Fonda
The only thing missing was

The only thing missing was
a bullfight.
The variety in the restaurant
field here becomes more evil
dent daily. Name the nation
ality and chances are there's q
restaurant of the type some
where in the Washington area
There is. for example, La
Fonda, as different a restau-
rant as you'll find hereabouts
Mexican through and through,
La Fonda, at 1889 r street
NV, might be in Mexico City.
It's that colorful. And nowhere
but at a Mexican restaurant
will you find such interesting
entrees.
For instance: We had the
plate called La Frontera." We
chose 1t because 1t appeared to
offer the diner q taste Of a
number of typically Mexican
dishes. 1t proved to be a fine
choice.
Included were tortillas (crisp,
thin corn favored wafers), a
tamale "a finger of light dough
stuffed with chopped meat and
onions), an enchilada (cheese
and onion rolled in dough and
topped with q chile sauce)
frijoles refritos con queso "a
delicious mixture of sauted
beans with melted cheese), ar
roz Mexicano (rice steamed
with green peppers, garlic and
onions), a salad, taco Chicken,
shredded lettuce and tomato in
q folded toasted tortilla), and
salso ranchera "a tomato, on
ion and garlic sauce to be used
as desired. Our favorite was
the taco.
la Frontera" proved to be
quite an experience. In addition
to offering an opportunity to
try a number Of things, 1t
proved a point which we long
suspected was true - that
Mexican food does not neces-
sarily come to the table abom-
inably hot with pepper. There
wasn't one tongue-burner on
the plate. Most Of the sauces
you add yourself, so you make
your own bed.
To keep the diner informed
as to what he is ordering, La
Fonda offers a translation oi
most Of its items. And the COM
binations are many. Don't hest
tate to ask for what you want
II you don't know, experiment.
One item, we suggest, should
not be overlooked. It's called
guacamole salad. Guacamole Il
minced avocado mixed with
onion, tomato and garlic, and
served on lettuce with wedges oi
hard boiled egg. It offers q fine
contrast for the spicy Mexican
entrees.
For dessert we had flan, q
Mexican and/o Spanish Gus.
tard. We finished with cafe
Latino. The bill, including q
cocktail but not the tip. came
to $3.50.
In addition to the Ia From.
terra" platter, La Fonda offeri
picadillo a Ia Guiana Chopped
beef sauted with olives, raisins
and spices and served with rice,
black beans and fried bananas)
polio q Jerez Chicken sauted
in a sherry and mushroom
sauce), paella a Ia Valenciana
Chicken. lobster. shrimp. clans
and fish cooked with yellow
rice and garnished with pi :
miento and new peas). and bro
Evening star., 1963-04-04

/ sings some things you know
but haven't heard too often,
like that French coach song
Jean Sablon used to do. What
ever she does, she is a thor
oughly captivating singer and
she can do a ballad to a tender
turn.
Krishna is abetted at Knick-
erbocker Downstairs by Stan
Mayer, a pianist who was a
fixture for q number of years
at the now defunct Colony
Lounge. He plays some fine
music on his own and when
he's accompanying Krishna
you get the feeling that If she
suddenly switched from our IA
miliar scale to the one used
by the Chinese he'd be right
there supporting her Solidly.
Prices in the Knickerbocker's
below stairs lounge are neither
cheap nor exorbitant. You can
get a crabmeat or shrimp cock
tail for $1.35, a steak sandwich
for $l.95, a chopped sirloin
sandwich for $1.45 and drinks
are scaled accordingly. And
with Krishna singing and Mr.
Mayer playing, it's a mighty
pleasant place to nibble on the
ensemble de fromage. with
wine. $l.55.
MIDNIGHT MERRY-GO-
ROUND-That Capital Opera
Showcase, operating topside at
the Syriana on week ends, will
have q real special attraction
tomorrow night. Micki Grant,
Of the Washington Theater
Clubs "Brecht on Brecht," will
be over after her show to sing
an assortment of Brecht-Kurt
Well songs - from Three
penny OPERA" Of course, among
others. She's q talented girl
who has quite q way with the
Well music and Brecht lyrics.
/. Tina Robin, who last sang
here at the Shoreham II mem
ory serves, is the mother of
what in mid-March was a a
pound is ounce, 20 inch, black
haired, blue-eyed boy. She is
that Is unless there is another
Tina Klinger who would be
likely to send an announce
ment of a blessed event to this
corner. Joe Rinaldi and
his Foggy Bottom Six should
be turning UP soon en- Johnny
Carson's Tonight" show. Re-
port is that Mr.. Carson, when
in town recently, went over to
the Bayou to see Julie Gibson,
dug the Dixieland, too. j
Johnny Ray. who should have
served as a warning that rock
n roll singers were coming in,
is back at the Casino Royal
this week and singing with all
his old fervor. The Chad
Mitchell Trio opens Tuesday
night at the Shoreham Blue
Room.
Evening star., 1963-04-04
Navy Diving School
Chief Is Reussiqned

Comdr. Norval E. Nickerson,
who has been head Of the
Navy's Deep Sea Diving School
here since 1861, has been re-
assigned to an Arctic bound
icebreaker.
Comdr. Nickerson relin-
quished command of the div
ing school and the Experiment
tai Diving Unit at the Wash
ington Navy Yard this week.
Next month he will take COM
mand of USS Edisto at Boston.
The Edisto will sail for the
Arctic in June to resupply mil
itary units of the DEW line.
Comdr. Nickerson, AZ, lives
with his wife and three chill
dren at 27l6 Alton street, Hill
crest Heights, Md.
Evening star., 1963-04-04
BY JOHN M. RossoN

chette boleadores (sirloin of
beef marinated in burgundy
with tomatoes, green peppers
and onions), all a la carte but
not one Of them priced above
$2.5O.
You know you're in Mexican
territory the minute you enter
La Fonda. There are rustic
overhead beams, Mexican ce-
ramics, colorful tiles, iron fill
gree works, mounted bulls
heads. serapes, and other typi-
cal Mexican appointments. AL
Of 1t adds UP to fun. It's a good
place, therefore, to take guests.
La Fonda is owned and OPP
Grated by a Texan named Fred
Wier, and his niece. Jan Glatt-
ly, also from the Lone Star
State. Being Texans, they
know what Mexican food is all
about and their menu rejects
it.
La Fonda first opened its
doors in 1852. It has been at
its present site since early in
1862. 1t seats about 1870. The
hours are 1880 am. to mid
night Monday through Satur-
day and 2 pm. to 10 pm. on
Sunday. There is free parking
at a lot at New Hampshire
avenue and Corcoran street
after 6 pm.
La Fonda, by the way, means
"the inn"
The Old Europe Restaurant
and Rathskeller, 2434 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV. is now serv-
ing its Cherry Blossom Cocktail.
The Old Europe's version of
May wine also is available. The
latter consists Of wine, cham
payne and branded strawber-
ries. It's great.
y
Avignone Freres, the popu-
lar little French restaurant and
catering house at 1777 Column
bia road, NV, is about to un-
dergo a vast face lifting,
including expansion into a next
door building. This is the first
real change at Avignone Freres
since 1t opened in 1928. We
kind Of hate to see it happen
but owner Pietro Orcino says
the new version should rival
anything this side Of Paris"
Evening star., 1963-04-04
AFTER DARK

Bill Brining and Joe Fair are
a couple of astute fellows. They
have taken over restaurant
called The Knickerbocker, out
at $50 Connecticut avenue,
just a few blocks below Chevy
Chase Circle, and have given 1t
so me establishments tn a t
could make them rich or at
least keep them busy.
One of these is a sidewalk
cafe and the other is a cocktail
lounge fittingly called. since
that's where it is, the Knicker-
booker Downstairs.
This may not be your idea
Of the best location in town for
a sidewalk cafe, but it's close
TO 1t. Two Of the primary as
sets of an establishment of this
sort are afternoon shade and
stylish passersby to ogle, both
Of which are available here.
The third asset is more de-
monstrable than definable.
You sit down, for instance, and
order two daiquiris and your
wife or date adds, Make mine
with lemon" That's the way
you'll get them-the bartender
being an obvious artist and no
short cut specialist-hers with
fresh lemon and yours by the
book, with fresh lime.
= = y \
This may seem like a small
matter except to us perfection
lists (including James Bond)
but it is evidence of the atti-
tude Of the new Knickerbock-
Evening star., 1963-04-04
This Gould Be
The Place
BY HARRY MACARTHUR

er's management toward the
clientele. You know that here
you get what you ask for. not
something "just as good"
The Knickerbocker fare will
have to be examined, Of course.
by the adjacent John RoSson,
since we go through channels
around here. II he finds 1t un-
exciting, though. he'll have to
have his palate and taste buds
checked over to make sure
they're functioning.
1t all seemed fine to this old
glutton, though. And the sur
roundings are elegant without
being so much so as to be un-
comfortable and the service Is
first rate.
Downstairs in the cocktail
lounge the atmosphere is init
mate and the entertainment is
splendid. This Knickerbocker
Downstairs could become the
place Chevy Chase wives check
first when they begin to won-
der whatever happened to that
husband who went out an hour
and a half ago to buy a tube
Of toothpaste.
The main attraction is a tall
and attractive girl named
Krishna, who will remind you
instantly Of Audrey Hepburn,
which isn't bad reminding at
all. An Anglo-Indian. born in
India and educated there, in
England and in France, she
now lives in Washington with
her sculptor husband. which is
fortunate for Washingtonians.
She sings some familiar
things-"When the World Was
Young" April in Portugal"
etc.-enchantingly and she
Evening star., 1963-04-04
New LUcITE Wall Paint is so clean, so easy, so quick

Modern matching coIoFS. For
woodwork, kitchen and bath
room walls and ceilings, use
DUcoD Sstin-Sheen Enamel
In matching LUclTE eolop.
Get both at your nelghbor
hood paint dealers, In "a
smsrt new colors and white.
Evening star., 1963-04-04
Architecture Lecture

DR.. Albert Bush Brown, pres
ident of the Rhode Island
School of Design. will speak on
Architecture - An Assault on
the Future" at 4 pm. tomorrow
in the auditorium of the School
of Engineering and Architec-
ture at Howard University, $500
Sixth street, NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-19
Chou Sightsees
At Pyramids

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 10 APP i.
Communist Chinese Premier
Chou En-lai toured the pyTa-
mids today almost like any
other tourist. but he did not
venture aboard q camel.
I evident good spirits. Mr..
Chou stepped briskly over the
ancient sands, viewed the A.
600-y Told pyramids and
sphinx and popped questions at
his guide, Mohamed Rahman,
curator Of the Egyptian Ma
tional Museum.
Like countless tourists before
him, Mr.. Chou paid one Of the
many Egyptian pyramid ex-
pertS" around the monuments
to climb the 450-foot Cheops
pyramid in five minutes. The
man-Abdel Nabi Fayed, 81
did 30 and then Mr.. Chou had
his personal doctor check the
mans pulse. The premier paid
off with a Chinese fountain
pen.
Mr.. Chou, IS, showed no sign
Of after effects from the nose
bleed and faintness he expert
enced during his tour yester-
day Of the Aswan high dam
site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-19
Panama Road
Ends in Snau,
Report Finds
By the Associated Pres

Joseph S. Farland, former
United States Ambassador to
Panama, ordered q road to be
bulldozed through an isolated
mountain section of the coun-
Try with no detailed engineer
ing study. q previously conf
Dental House report disclosed.
The road stopped 20 miles
from its starting point when it
reached a river the conStruc-
ton team could not cross, the
report said.
It had been intended to ex-
send the road 46lz miles to Co.
Gle del Norte, q village on the
Atlantic Coast IS miles from
the nearest road to the coun-
try's cities.
Mr.. Farland was said to have
contended that the road could
be ''bulldozed through at q cost
less than that of q detailed en-
gineering study ($300,000)
which had been programmed"
Investigators Of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee re-
ported 1t took them two hours
to go Ia miles on the road in
a four-wheel- drive jeep.
After eight miles, they said,
they came to a waShout Of a
fill in q ravine that had no cul-
vert. After another 4 miles on
foot, they found another wash
out.
The report, covering portions
Of the United States aid pro-
gram In Panama, was released
yesterday.
Project Loans Reported
One section gives details Of a
Kheel-G ilbane housing project
involving loans from United
States trade unions guaranteed
by the United States Govern
ment up to $8.1 million. The
builders are listed as the Gill
bane Construction Co. of
Rhode Island.
The development repeatedly
was promoted by Eugene Nc
Grath, head of the Panama In
surance Co., said to be q friend
of Senator Smathers, Democrat
Of Florida. Senator SmathersI
repeatedly interceded at the
State Department In an I'M
successful effort to get Ambas-
sador Farland's approval.
Mr.. Farland, q Republican,
has been quoted as saying: 81
don't like this thing. 1t stinks.
1t wasn't conceived right. 1t
wasn't handled right. It's one
Of the reasons I resigned"
The application for the Gov
eminent guarantee Of an So
100000 loan by two American
unions was approved by the
Agency for International De-
yelopment last July 20.
Political Storm Raised
However, CONTROVERSY over
exclusion Of others interested
in making bids, spanked o polit-
ical storm in Panama and the
report complains that the ap-
plication for United States I'M
derwrittng was handled Secre-
lively" and the Gilbane Co. ap-
parently had IAN inside track"
In q forward to the report,
Chairman Morgan, Democrat |
of Pennsylvania, said "this Is a |
report Of the observations Of
the survey team and does not
represent either an analysis by
the subcommittee or q con-
sensus Of the subcommittee
views. The subcommittee Is
convinced, however that
the report Is accurate"
II the Kheel- Gilbane project
Is halted, 1t could be a vindica-
ton Of Mr.. Farland's refusal to |
approve 1t.