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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
BY DON BACON
Star Business Writer

The Federal National Mort
gage Association said today it
has begun to buy and sell FHA-
insured mortgages on condo
minimum housing.
Condominium housing own
erShip is a variation of co-op-
erative housing, but with sig
nificant differences. In con-
dominium type a person owns
a dwelling outright. He re-
ceives a deed, which is recorded
individually, and pays separate
taxes. He also owns with other
occupants, certain community
property, such as recrcational
facilities.
In a cooperative type, by
contrast, the owner usually
buys a share in a corporation
which entitled him to live in
the apartment. He pays a share
of the cost of maintenance
carrying charges and the like
to the corporation.
Condominiums have rapidly
gained popularity in recent
months. This year alone, 81
States have passed authoriz-
ing legislation, bringing the
total to SO States.
CondominiumS are now legal
In Maryland and Virginia, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
MORE ZIP FOR MAIL TRUCKS
FNMA Begins Program Of Buying
New-TyPe Home Mortgages

not the District, where legiSla-
ton is still pending in Con-
gresS.
The condominium bill has
passed the House of Represent
atives, but has been stalled in
the Senate District Committee.
Senate hearings are expected
to begin soon, however.
FNMA, in its announcement
today, said that before it buys
a mortgage, there must be Spe-
cial insurance coverage, and
the ownership must qualify I'M
der an express condominium
statute of the Jurisdiction in
which the property is located.
FILA insurance on con-
dominium mortgages was
provided in 1861 under the Ma
tional Housing Act. Since then,
the FILA has insured mortgages
totaling $504,000 on "a con-
dominium units.
j. Stanley Baughman, FNMA
president. said that prices to
be paid for the new type of
mortgages will be the same as
for home mortgages insured by
FILA, and will bear the same
interest rate-currently 514 per
cent.
Fannie Mae is a Federally
chartered corporation estab-
lished to provide home financ-
ing assistance and liquidity for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
BY the Associated Press

Florida and Massachusett:
witnesses today attacked a Civ
il Aeronautics Board decision
to eliminate Northeast Airlines
from the New York-Flordia
market.
Representative Pepper, Dem
ocrat of Florida, told a Senate
Aviation subcommittee, which
is reviewing the decision and
attempting to determine what
effect it will have on New, Eng
land air service, that to reduce
New York-Florida service from
three to two carriers would
harm both terminal areas.
Thomas G. Brown, jr., chair
man of the Aviation Commit
tee of the Greater Boston
Chamber of Commerce, said
failure to include Northeast in
the major route system lis tc
place a severe burden on Bos-
ton, the State of Massachusetts
and the entire New England
area"
Similar views were expressed
by Arthur G. Coffey, Boston
corporation counsel, and Pau
E. Mcbride, research associate
of the Massachusetts Port
Authority.
Florida State Representative
Leo A. Furlohg OF the MAN
area said residents of that sec.
ton were mortified over the
CABS decision.
Mr.. Furlong said the decision
reversed prior CAB findings
that three carriers are required
over the north-South air cor.
ridor and similar findings by 8
CAB trial examiner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Gold Reserve
Drops Again

NEW YORK (AP) "A dror
of $50 million in United States
gold reserves in the week end
ed Wednesday was reported by
the Federal Reserve System.
The outflow, presumably de-
livered to or destined for over
seas governments or foreign
central banks, brought the &C.
cline in the Nations monetary
reserves for the year to date
to 1895 million.
At this point in 1862, the
loss was $3.50 million.
Movements of gold abroad
have been closely watched in
recent years by Government Of
ficials striving to remedy the
country's unfavorable balance
in international payments.
Transfers are one but not
necessarily the most sensitive
measure of the imbalance. The
gold stockpile, now down to
SIS, 583, 900, 900, is at its lowest
level since 1899.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
BY the Associated Press

The Independent Petroleum
Association of America has
gone to President Kennedy with
a sales pitch for more military
business for the domestic oil
industry.
The IPAA told the President
in a letter that it had been
concerned for years by a steady
climb in military purchases of
foreign oil products while the
domestic industry operated far
below capacity.
The letter, a copy of which
was made public by the IPAA,
was written by L. Dan Jones,
general counsel. There was nc
immediate White House COM
ment.
Domestic refineries now are
operating at only as per cent
of their total capacity, Mr.
Jones wrote, leaving "a big I'M
Issued capacity to produce"
Mr.. Jones said an existing
freeze on military procurement
of foreign petroleum products
at the peak level existing ir
fiscal 1862 was inadequate.
A more meaningful effort
should be made, he said, towarc
alleviating the balance Of pay.
ments problem and serving
detectives of the Government.
mandatory oil import program
The military, Mr.. Jones con.
tinued. spent approximately
S340 million for foreign oil il
the year ended July /, 1902;
significant portion of the 81:
billion adverse balance il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16

IT do not believe" Mr.. Fur
long said, that the convenience
and necessity of air travellers
is being protected by this de-
ciSion."
The criticism was a continu-
alton of a barrage laid down
yesterday before a Senate Avi-
alton subcommittee by New
England members of Congress
and Gov. Endicott Peabody OF
Massachusetts,.
The hearing was precipitated
by a CAB decision announced
July rs and confirmed yester-
day that Northeast Airlines was
not needed in competition with
Eastern and National Airlines
over the New York Florida ali
corridor and that its 1856 tenn
porary permit should be with
drawn.
The 80 decision directed that
Northeast be returned to its
original status as a New Eng
land local service carrier anc
be subsidized in that operation
The New Englan6ers protest
that the action would deny
their area adequate air trans
portation, adversely affect the
economy, cost about 1,50C
Northeast employees their jobs
and tend to create a monopoly
over the rich New York Florida
air route.
CAB Chairman Alan S. BoyC
defended the decision before
the subcommittee yesterday
and sought to dispel fears Of
inadequate intra-State service
or loss of employment by
Northeast employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Area Store Sales
Gain so in Week

Department stores sales In
the Washington Metropolitan
Area last week were 6 per cent
higher than in the like week
a year ago, the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond said to-
day.
For the four weeks ended
August 10, sales were 5 per
cent ahead of a year earlier
and for the year to date were
running 6 per cent ahead, the
Federal Reserve said.
Sales of downtown depart
ment stores for the week were
4 per cent ahead OF the 1862
week, and l per cent ahead
for the year to date. ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Continental Casualty
To Acquire American

CHICAGO (AP) .-Continen-
tai Casualty Co., announced
that it will acquire American
Casualty Co., Reading. Pa, in
a $40 million exchange OF stock.
Continental Chairman Roy
Tuchbreiter said that plans call
for the exchange of / l/3
shares of Continental stock for
each of some 100000 shares OF
American.
The transaction. an an
nouncement said, would involve
issuing 533,334 shares Of Con-
tinental common stock.
American Casualty is 80 per
cent owned by Accident g. Cas-
ualty Insurance Co., Winter
hur, Switzerland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
BY the Associated Press

Industrial production a6-
vanced a full point on the Fed
eral Reserve Board index ir
July, it was announced today.
The modest gain was recorded
despite declines in automobile
assemblies and steel produc-
ton. There were increases in
output Of most other consumer
goods.
The Federal Reserve Boarc
said the index reached 1877 ir
July compared to 1876 in June
and 119 in July of 1862.
The scale is based on a figure
of 100 for the 1957-59 average
New construction activity ir
July was virtually unchanged
from June on a seasonally ad-
lusted basis. Retail sales In
creased slightly.
The industrial production
figure for June was revised up.
ward slightly.
Industrial production has ad.
vanced steadily since a slight
downturn near the end of 1862
While auto assemblies were
off 4 per cent, the Reserve
Board noted that this inde'
still was much higher than II
the early months of the 1876;
model-year.
Production of iron and stee
was S per cent below the JunC
output, 9 per cent below the
May production. Preliminary
figures indicate a further de.
cline in August, the board said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
u. S. Oil Refiners Ask
More Military Orders

United States international
payments" for the year.
Mr.. Jones said the IPAA on
several occasions in recent
years has urged the Secretary
of Defense to divert a substan-
tial volume of foreign petro-
leum purchases to the do
nestle industry to help stem
the gold outflow and achieve
detectives of the import con-
troll program.
On May /, 1868, the Defense
Department directed that eff
fective July /, future overseas
petroleum purchases be lin
tied to the dollar figure for
such purchases in the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1862.
Some congressional sources
look for no hearings by the
Senate Interior Committee this
year on a national fuels and
energy study.
Due to the lateness Of the
session and a heavy calendar
they are predicting that the
subject will not be pursued fur
ther until next year.
Under authority of a Senate
resolution adopted in 1861, a
task force headed by Samuel
G. Lasky, Interior Department
official, conducted the study
and submitted a voluminous
report to the committee Sep
TENDER 81, 1862. There has
been no action since.
At the time, apprehension
was expressed in some oil quar-
tiers that it might lead to es-
Enlistment Of a national fuels
policy that would tell consum-
! erS what fuel they could use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Dallas Firm Gets
Goithersburg Job

The General Services Admin
istration is awarding a 1852
million contract to the J. w.
Bateson Co. of DollaS, for con-
struction of laboratory buildings
and utility systems on the re-
location site of the National
Bureau of Standards, near
Gaithersburg, Md, according to
an announcement by Repre-
sentative Sickles, Democrat of
Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Bank Plans Branch
In Prince GEORGES

The Controller of the Cur
rncey has approved a new
branch of the Maryland Ma
itonal Bank, to be located
near Indian Head highway
and Audrey lane in Prince
Georges County, Md.
Maryland National, head
quartered at Baltimore, is the
States largest bank, and has
recently opened other branches
| in the Washington area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Employment
Up in July
By the Associated Press

Non-farm payroll employ
:nent in the United States
showed continued improvement
in July for the sixth consecu-
tive month, the Labor Depart
ment has reported.
If this increase, now totaline
/ million more persons en-
ployed than in January, coulc
be sustained over a period OF
months, it undoubtedly would
cut into unemployment, Robert
Stein, chief of the departments
division of employment and
unemployment analysis. said.
But Mr.. Stein noted at a news
conference, the size Of the Ia
Dor force is increasing too, thus
offsetting gains made in en-
ployment. Unemployment has
remained about the same over
the six-month period, Mr.,
Stein said.
The number Of workers or
non-farm payrolls was 566 mil
lion in July, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Despite the high employ
ment, when seasonal adjust
ments are considered, there
was an actual job reduction Of
$50, 900 from June to July. This
drop, however, would have beer
nearly 100000 figured on the
basis of previous June-to-July
movements.
The more favorable perform
ance this year was attributed
to a relatively large employ
ment pickup in construction
along with better than-season.
al job changes in both trade
and services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Virginia Rates Low
In Unemployment

RICHMOND tAP) Virginia
paced the Nation during June
in the number of labor mar
kets having relatively low I'M
employment.
According to the Labor De-
partment, OF the l6 labor mar
kets throughout the country
having an unemployment-to-
labor-force of less than 3 per
cent. five were in Virginia No
other State had more than two.
The five Virginia areas were
listed as Alexandria Arlington
Falls Church, Newport News
Hampton, Norfolk Portsmouth,
Richmond and Roanoke,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16

its final season at the "Old
Vat" Il.
Season subscriptions after the
1868 spring drive totaled more
than 5000. compared with to-
tai subscriptions of 1900 In
as recent a year as 1857. This
fall-the new season opens Oc-
tober 80 - the Arena Stage,
hopes to raise subscriptions to-
more than 1000. %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Output Gains Slightly
Despite Autos Slide

Residential construction lev
eled off after a strong advance
over a four month period
Most other types of private
construction increased while
public construction declined
slightly.
Commercial bank credit de-
clined So billion in July on a
seasonally adjusted basis, fol-
lowing a sharp increase in June
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
CIT Paper Rute Up

NEW YORK (DO.-CTT FL
nancial Corp, following similar
action by several other fl
nance firms, raised the rate by
70 percentage point on its di-
rectly placed commercial paper
in the maturity range of so to
SO days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Of People
Joins Research Group Here

Howard w. Brackney, formerly on
the technical staff of the Advanced
Military Systems Group at the RCA
Laboratories at Princeton, N. j., has
Joined the Center for Naval Analyses
at Arlington. He will be scientific
analyst on the readiness team of the
Operations Evaluations Group He also
has worked for the Operations Research
Office, now called Research Analysis
Corp, here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Hotel Carlyle
Plaza Is Sold

Hotel Carlyle, a Washington
landmark which once housed
the United Nations Service
Center, has been sold for an
undiSclosed amount, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The hotel, at 500 North Capt.
toll street, facing the Capitol
Plaza, was sold to Albert P
Dicker of Washington and Da-
vid Lawrence of New York by
the Cedars Corp. Real Estate
Broker Rachel Redfield handled
the transaction.
Attorney Philip Shinberg
represented the Cedars Corp
in the sale, while Mr.. Dicker
and Mr.. Lawrence we're repre-
sented by Sheldon E. Bern
stein.
Acquire Other Properties
The structure is the second
hotel and fifth property in the
Washington area to be pur-
chased by the investment team
Mr.. Dicker and Mr.. Lawrence
previously purchased the Ra,
leigh Hotel for 81 million, the
old Evening Star Building a.
Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. for SIS mil
lion, the Merchants Transfer &
Storage Co. at ola E street
NV. for 81 million, and a $40
acre site near Woodbridge, Va
for SIS million.
The Raleigh Hotel was sub
: sequently sold by Hamilton
Properties, Inc, a New Yorl
holding company, to a syndi
cate headed by Jerry Wolman
Silver Spring builder, for S
million.
Mr.. Decker, former presiden
of Penn Carpet City, Inc, here
refused to disclose the amount
paid for the 150-room hotel ant
an adjoining parking lot occu
plying a total of $4,000 squar
feet.
Hotel Carlyle, formerly tn
Capitol Park Hotel, was pur
chased by the Government il
l943 as a housing and recrea
ton center for service men il
the allied command. AS tn
United Nations Service Center
the hotel housed clubs for Off
GERS and enlisted men, as vel
as rooms for the wives anc
children of men serving in thu
armed forces.
Restored as Hotel
When the Government sough
to dispose of the hotel in 1914
because of mounting costs
three bills were introduced Il
Congress suggesting that tn
hotel be used as an annex +
the District Court, as a dwell
ing for members of Congress
or sold to the highest bidde
for private operation as a hote
The building was sold in 1874
to A. l.. Bland, hotel owner, an
became Hotel Carlyle. 1t wa
sold again in 1861 to Stew
Geary and william Tanner
then owners of the Housto
Hotel and property in Jackson
vile, Miami anG Detroit.
Mr.. DECKER said 1t was ito
soon to say" how the hotel an
adjoining parking lot might b
developed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
and Events
Accountants Picnic Tomorrow

Members of the Washington Chapter of the Ma
tonal Association of Accountants will hold their annual
picnic tomorrow at Adelphi Mill in the Maryland Picnic
Grove The affair begins at pm with games for adults
and children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16

mortgage investment through
its purchases and sales of FILA
and VA mortgages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
IBM Promotes Russell

William T. Russell has been promoted by Interna-
tonal Business Machines Corp to special corporate
sci engaged in contract negotiations with the General
Services Administration here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Engineer Named to Post

Everett W. Woerter has been appointed staff engineer
in the engineering department of the Eecronic Indus
tries Association He previously was manager of the
standards department of the American Machine g. Foun-
dry Co. Of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Ely Wagner Elected

Ely Wagner, president Of Terrett's Auto Laundry
1nc OF Washington elected vice president of the
Automatic Car Wash Association International at the
Groups convention in Los Angeles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
SAXON SELLS A BOND

Controller of the Currency James J. Saxon
was called on to sell United States Savings
Bond last night at the pre-Opening party of
the new Commonwealth National Bank of
Arlington. Buyer of the banks first bond is
Mrs Walter Quinn of 1O1 N. Galveston street.
Arlington. The bank opened for business at
noon today at 1909 Columbia pike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Purqus Elects Sinclair

Gordon M Sinclair has been elected controller Of
Pargas, 1nca Of Waldorf Md. Mr.. Sinclair, who
ISOLATED with Price, Waterhouse & Co. and MasseyFer-
guSon Ltd, before joining Pargas, will chief
accounting officer Until his latest appointment Mr. Sim
clair was executive vice president of the companys
Canadian subsidiary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Joins Storms Sales Stuff

Stern Office Furniture Co.. Inc, has announced the
appointment of Bert L. Taylor to its sales staff Mr.
Taylor is deSgner-artiS with commercial and resi-
Dental furniture installation experience in this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Sufewuy Promotes Two

E. C. Knight. former district manager for Safeway
Stores 1nc in the Georgia here has been
appointed manager for the companys operations in
Germany. He will be headquartered in Hamburg. The
company also named Frank R. Newcomer to succeed Mr.
Knight as Georgia avenue district manager. Mr. New
conner Joined Safeway here in 1948
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Former Resident Elected

C. Bertram Plante, formerly Of Bethesda has been
elected executive director of the National Association
Of Mems and Boys Apparel Clubs. He formerly ex-
ecutive director of the Steel Boiler Institute here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-16
Smiths Names Munuoer

Smiths Transfer & Storage Co.. Inc. has announced
the appointment of Wayne Vemeyer as manager of the
company's Select Furniture Department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-11
Little for the Arts

Recent testimony before a
Senate subcommittee holding
hearings on two arts bills,
Miss Bloom said, revealed
that of the $9.3 billion spent
in philanthropy in 1862, "the
amount Of that total credited
to the arts we couldn't find,
but we could only assume
that the two per cent labeled
Miscellaneous covered civic
and cultural activities"
In the area OF public
school music education, Miss
Bloom said she was certain
children have a better appre-
citation of music than such
songs as The Fat Old Turk
ey" now taught in the lower
grades. "A lot Of the music
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-11
on invasion Of privacy"

Though her Cultural AZ
fairs Branch would show
strong interest" in the build
ing Of a National Cultural
Center here, Miss Bloom said
its activities would not be
within our responsibilities"
The Cultural Affairs
Branch main job now will be
a public relations selling
job" of getting better recog-
milton for the arts in more
than half the Nations
schools that do not now give
it sufficient attention, Miss
Bloom pointed out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-11

constant exposure they have
to learn how to listen again."
she said.
Asked what she thought Of
Government subsidies for
promising young artists, Miss
Bloom said: "All through our
system there is not only
room for but a need for orig
inal creative artists" She
said she envisioned the day
when there would be artists
in-residence and composers
in-residence at the high
school level, which we would
urge from this office" she
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-11
Cabinet Arts Post Far Off
By RUTH DEAN
Star staff Writer

The new woman director
Of the United States Office
of Education's Cultural AZ
fairs Branch seriously doubts,
contrary to proposals now
being advanced that there
will be recognition OF the
arts at the cabinet level, "at
least in our time in history"
In practice, I think 1t
would be an idyllic state"
said Miss Kathryn Bloom at
her first press conference
yesterday since accepting the
newly created post last Au-
gust.
ITS taken US this long
just to get an office in Gov
eminent that recognizes the
arts" Miss Bloom pointed
out. Il think peoples atti-
tudes need to be educated be-
fore we have cabinet-level
recognition Of the arts"
Detectives
Texas born and Minneso.
ta-educated Miss Bloom OUT
lined the detectives OF the
new Cultural Affairs Branch.
She said the branch would
act to promote extension and
improvement of education in
the arts at all levels, with
special attention to improv-
ing the caliber of teaching
and programming within the
formal school system. This
will be done through confer
ences of educators, research
programs and dissemination
of information, she said.
A former art teacher
whose hobby is semi-abstract
photography. Miss Bloom
criticized the present cultural
level in the public schools.
Declaring that art educa-
ton is mot held in the high
est repute" at the admins
trative level in the schools,
she said. Everybody says art
is important. but nobody
does anything about It," Not
knowing whether to attribute
it to talk about our materi-
alistic culture or maybe our
puritan nature" Miss Bloom
said one things certain:
We're not giving tangible
support to recognition Of the
arts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-11

being taught Is not music,
but pseudo-music." she COM
mented.
Miss Bloom also deplored
the universal trend toward
"wired-in" music and said
she thought it IAN invasion
of privacy" to be subjected to
1t in buses, restaurants,
planes and other public
places. AS a result Of listen
ing Ito this dull hum Of
music that doesn't please or
offend anybody. people have
gotten in the habit of not
listening to music" she said.
In fact. young children
have been so affected by this