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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
City Expected
To Approve Plans
For Playground

City officials tomorrow are
expected to approve the idea
of a dream playground" at
Sixth and o streets NV.
The District Commissioners
will be asked to approve plans
and are expected to go along
with them. it was learned today.
Plans for the playground,
which are being worked out
with Attorney General Ken
nedy who initicated the idea,
include a 500-foot long run to
be used for soapbox derbies in
the summer and shedding in
winter. a spray pool in the
summer that will convert to an
ice-skating rink, the latest in
playground equipment and a
full size tank, truck and har-
Dor tug for play facilities.
The equipment will be paid
for with contributions.
The playground area in the
last few years has been used
as a dumping ground for the
city's abandoned cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
Grant Sees
Opposition to
Planned Shift

The Districts health direc-
tor, DR.. Murray Grant, &C
knowledged today that there is
some opposition within his de-
partment to his reorganization
plan.
He gave the impression that
the opposition was expected
and that he is not overly
worried by it.
DR.. Grant told Senator Byrd,
Democrat of West Virginia,
that he supposed any new man
trying to reorganize a large
department would stir some
resentment.
DR.. Grant has been director
about a year. Under his pro-
posed reorganization plan, the
department would have five
sections.
These would be for admins
tration. for preventive services,
for mental health and retar-
dalton, for medical care and
hospitals. and for environ
mental health.
The reorganization plan was
approved by the District Com
missioners in September, pend
ing support of congressional
committees.
The reorganization requires
additional appropriations for
several new positions. DR..
Grant explained these new
positions during part of his
testimony today before Senator
Byrd, chairman Of the Senate
District Appropriations Sub
committee which is holding city
budget hearings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
Car Chase Causes Crash
Of 5 Autos; 4 Arrested

down First street. Mr.. Wright
followed and grabbed him. The
man was identified as Eugene
M. Bell, "a, a cousin of Dews
and of the same address.
Points Out Suspect
Another motorist, Larry Mi.
senko. 20, of 1917 Willow ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md. I saw
the fourth man running or
First street, and followed until
he spotted Park policeman.
Mr.. MiSenko pointed out the
suspect to the policeman, who
arrested the man. He was
identified as Carl R. NcNeal
81, twin brother of Carlyle Nc.
Neal, and of the same address.
All four suspects, Dews, Bel
and the McNeal brothers, were
charged with unauthorized USE
of an automobile, according Il
Detective StebbinS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14

Constitution avenue. Sergt.
HARRISON pursued the car and,
at First street and Constitu-
ton avenue NE, the stolen car
ran through a red light and
hit another car. Both cars
spun around and three other
cars were hit.
The men in the stolen car
jumped out and ran. Sergt,
HARRISON chaset two of them
on Constitution avenue, firing
one shot over their heads
They stopped and were arrested
The two were identified as
Carlyle McNeal, 81, of the 1900
block of East Capitol street,
and william F. Dews, 20, of
the 500 block Of Fourth street
NE.
Meanwhile, one of the mo-
florists at the scene, William
Wright, of 1900 Holbrook street
NE, saw one of the men run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14

Scheduled by the county's
Citizens Study Committee on
Alcoholic Beverage Laws, the
hearing will begin at 8 pm.
Thursday in Rockville Junior
High School. Persons wishing
to speak have been asked to
register with Assistant County
Attorney Carl Frederick, coun-
sci to the commission.
The study group was esta-
blished by the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly last spring after
plans of State Senator Gilbert
GUIDE, Republican of Montgom-
cry, to outlaw bottle clubs ran
into repeated drives by hotel
and restaurant interests to in
crease liquor-by-the- drink per-
mits. They now are limited to
three restaurants and is coun-
try clubs.
The roster of some 20 speak
ers for Thursday already shows
representatives from B aptist
and Methodist churches and a
temperance union outnumber-
ing representatives from hotels.
restaurants, and boards of
trade.
Letters we have received so
far are propondently IN opposi-
ton to any relaxation Of the
liquor laws" reported Robert
Hacken, study mission
chairman.
Appearing before the COM
mission earlier, Col. McAuliffe
said enforcement of prese mt
liquor laws is not considered a
problem, and he personally
would recommend no change in
the statutes.
/ If any changes are made
Col. McAuliffe suggested they
be in allowing hotels and mo-
tells to serve hard liquor. Per,
mits should be issued only II
owners so they alone would b,
held responsible for violations
: he added.
The police chief also suggest.
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ed that drinking be halted at
IL pm. instead of the present
midnight closing, and that per-
NIT fees be raised. They now
range from $50 for a beer off
sale license to $1,000 for each
of the three restaurant beer,
wine and liquor on-sale per-
mits.
Issuance of any additional
permits should be based on the
amount of money invested in
an establishment and tn e
quantity of food sold, the chief
added. This was one of the re-
quirements hotel and restau-
rant representatives agreed to
at the legislature, saying it
would be a safeguard against
an influx of fly-by-nlght tav-
ems.
Col. McAuliffe said so per
cent of the fatal automobile
accidents in the county we're in
some way connected to alcohol
ic beverage drinking. The COM
mission asked him to find the
percentage Of such accidents in
Prince Georges County caused
by drinking. Prince Georges
has well over 300 liquor outlets
Montgomery has a total OF
205 permits, but most are limit
ed to beer or light wine, OF
both. Bottles of hard liquor are
sold only through county-oper'
ated dispensaries, which have
reported a net profit of $l6.5
million over the last 80 years
Last year they Melted STA mil,
lion.
The study commissions re
port Is to be submitted to law
makers in January, although
any changes in the law are no
expected before 1865 when tn
legislature next takes up loca
matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
CobinetMembersE Enter
Dispute on Symphony

Emerson said the musicians
want benefits - travel allow
ances, sick leave and a weeks
paid vacation-that would cost
500, 900 to $4,000 over the
three years of the contract, by
the associations estimate.
The musicians last night re.
jected by a vote of 81 to II the
latest association offer o.
$4,64O in the first year anc
S5,4O0 in the third year for g
34-week season. The unior
members have asked for $4,000
and a guaranteed 37-weeE
season.
Season Starts Soon
Mr.. Horsky said he hopes II
meet today with representa-
tives of the association and thu
union to continue negotiations
The regular concert season
is scheduled to start a weel
from tomorrow with the ap.
pearance of Eileen Farrell. Fiv,
preseason concerts alread!
have been cancelled.
An association spokesman
said all these preseason con.
certs scheduled for the orches.
ira for this week have been can.
celled: Children's concerts a
Constitution Hall tomorrow
and Wednesday; a concert fol
the International Congress Of
Plastic Surgery tomorrow night
at Lisner Auditorium; concerts
on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday for the Virginia
North Carolina Tour at Con.
stitution Hall, and out-of-towr
concerts for Basic-Witz Furni.
ture Industries Friday, Satur.
day and Sunday.
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Deputy Chief Raps
Freeing Of 3 Youths
Bod Conduct
Drew Reward,
Winters Feels
BY ]. THEODORE CROWN
Star Staff Writer

Deputy Police Chief John z.
Winters expressed concern to-
day that three youths with
criminal records have been re-
leased from Federal institutions
where they had been trans
ferred because of unruly behav-
ior at the National Training
School.
Deputy Chief Winters said
that. in his opinion. it appears
the youths are being reward
ed for misbehaving."
The youths were released on
order of Juvenile Court Judge
Orm w. Ketcham in the wake
of his latest dispute with James
V. Bennett, Federal prison di-
rector.
Bennett Backs Transfer
Mr.. Bennett believes he has
authority under Federal law to
order the transfer of any ju-
venile who proves himself "un-
manageable" at the National
Training School, where the
most serious juvenile offenders
are committed.
The three youths, all over
10, were transferred to prisons
in Kentucky and Virginia be-
cause they had tried to escape
several times. were disciplinary
problems and disrupted the
school. Mr.. Bennett said. The
release of a fourth youth is
pending and Judge Ketcham
has scheduled a review this
week of 10 similar cases.
Deputy Chief Winters said
he was writing a report to
Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray on the situation and at
taching the criminal records of
all IA youths involved. All IA
have prior records, some of
them substantial" he said.
Congress Action Pushed
The deputy chief said that,
in his report to Chief Murray,
he was recommending that all
the information be turned over
to appropriate committees of
Congress.
Deputy Chief Winters said
that his only concern was with
the criminal records Of the
youths and that he was not
/ taking sides in the dispute.
!, Judge Kecham has sale
!, Juvenile Court law provides
that a juvenile cannot be
placed in prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
ANOTHER TALE TOLD by

ANOTHER TALE TOLD by
DR.. White concerns the one
time Speaker of the House,
Joe Cannon. DR.. White set
the Speakers fractured left
wrist. A cast was necessary,
from the elbow to the base
of the fingers.
About three weeks later"
DR.. White writes, 1T lie
Speakers daughter called to
say, Papa wants to get the
cast off. He doesn't wish to
use his hand, only to hold
five cards in it"
DR.. White has some advice
for the youngsters coming
along in his profession.
TOO many ply sicianS
neglect their own health, not
because of lack of time, but
because they do not realize
its Importance. On the other
hand, INDUCING in sports is
often overdone. If a physi-
clan has a family, much of
his leisure should be spent
with it; his success or failure
may hang on these rela-
tons"
DR.. White, in summing up
and in attempting to relate
what has impressed him
most over a period of some
go years in medicine, indi-
Gates he might like to repeat
the answer given by a man
who had visited a Worlds
Fair.
Asked to tell what was the
most outstanding feature of
the fair, he replied, MY
feet"
But DR.. White puts it this
way in the close of his book:
I'VE are living in a WON
derful country and a Won
derful age. We should be
worthy of our heritage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
Montgomery Fete Set

An international carniva !
sponsored by the World Fellow
ship Committee of the Mont
gomery County YWCA will be
held from ! to 4 pm, october
&c. at the Taylor Elementary
School, Boyds, Md.
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Maryland U. Regents
Approve Branch Site

BALTIMORE, Oct. IA CAP)
= The University of Maryland
Board of Regents today ap-
proved construction of a uni
versity branch on a 425-acre,
State-owned tract of land ada
cent to the Baltimore beltway
at exit II, wilkins avenue in
Baltimore County.
The board, meeting in Balti-
more, acted unanimously by
voice vote on the recommended
ton of its expansion committee
headed by Edward F. Hotter
and Richard w. Case. The spe-
cial meeting lasted only half an
hour.
The site agreed upon is five
miles southwest of the univer-
sity'S professional campus in
downtown Baltimore.
To Request Funds
At the same time, the board
agreed to request funds for
buying a 15-acre tract near the
center of the new site and II
acres of property at various To-
cations on the perimeter of the
county site.
The committee said the addi-
tional land was considered es-
Sential to the proper develop
ment of the campus"
DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, uni
versity president, said the site
is only rs miles from the Col
lege Park campus which will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
The
Rambler
Comes Across
A Medical Book
BY John McKELMAY


The Rambler picked up a
small book the other day,
written by a Washington
surgeon. 1t contains the rec
elections and reflections Of
DR.. Charles Stanley White
and is called Surgical In
terlude." 1t has been private
ly printed.
1t is a quiet book, a gentle
book, written by a modest
man.
DR.. White is the towns
senior surgeon. At So, he's
still operating and still has a
twinkle in his eyes and a
slight, permanent smile.
DR.. White graduated from
the old Columbian School of
Medicine, now the George
W shington University
School of Medicine, in 1898.
Shortly afterward, he no.
ticed an announcement in a
newspaper that a COMPETE
tive examination would be
held to fill the position of
resident physician" in the
then new George Washing
ton University Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14

Two Cabinet members have
stepped in to help settle the
contract discord that threat
ems to disrupt the concert sea-
son of the National Symphony
Orchestra.
Presidential Advisor Charles
A. Horsky said today he had
gained the consent of Labor
Secretary Writ and Com
merce Secretary Hodges for
them to act as a committee to
seek additional financial re-
sources for the symphony mu-
sicians in the next two years.
The musicians, members of
Local 161 of the American Fed
Grafton of Musicians, were
asked to accept, at least for
now, the associations offer Of
a $5,40O yearly minimum for
a 34-week season but have
turned it down.
Under Mr.. HorSky's proposal.
the union members would be
asked to perform while the dis
Ipute is being considered by the
| two Cabinet members, accord
ing to Representative Widnall,
Republican of New Jersey.
City Subsidy Considered
Mrs. Widnall said he had
been assured that his proposal
of a subsidy from the city
would be seriously considered
! He noted that many other
cities make substantial grants
to their orchestras and has
suggested that Washington
contribute 100000 a year to
the National Symphony.
j. Martin Emerson, local
union secretary. said the cur
rent block in the negotiations
concerns fringe benefits. Mr.
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their curiosity and then have
them feel that we're holding
something out on them"
The Common Reaction
Junior High school physical
education teachers report that,
far too often, girls who have
begun to menstruate come to
them in terror and bewilder-
ment. Others come to school
terrific d by old wives tales
assed on to them by their
mothers. Many of these girls
have probably come from other
school systems where no sex
instruction is offered.
The District schools-even at
the elementary level-are get
ting into subjects that have for
many years been taboo and
still are excluded Tor, at best
"bootlegged') in most of the
Nations schools. Here, the pro-
gram has been put into effect
practically without opposition
of any kind.
I'VE decided right from thu
start" said Mr.. Bayh, "tha'
this would work only If We
brought the parents along with
U.S."
Before a film on reproduc.
ton is shown to elementary
students, the parents are in
formed and they are invited tc
see the film first. On the junior
high and high school level, the
course has been carefully ex-
planned to PTA members before
being introduced into the cur
riculum.
While many parents are, at
first, opposed to the idea of sex
instruction in the schools, they
frequently become enthusiastic
supporters of the program aft
er it has been explaine d to
them.
AbOut-Face Frequent
Many parents object to the
films on menstruation before
they have seen them" said
Mrs. VIM. After they have
seen them, the most common
reaction is that they should be
shown not only to the girls, but
to the boys as we'll"
Teachers in the junior high
schools, where every eighth
grader is supposed to get a
course in personal and family
living Including human repro
duction), have had a similar
reaction.
Tomorrow: Sex instruction in the
junior and senior high school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14

A football fan and a Park
policeman chased the fans
stolen car through Washington
yesterday in a post-football
game episode that featured a
five-car crash, a pistol shot
and the arrest of four suspects.
Park Police Detective Charles
r. Stebbins gave this account
of the excitement that followed
the Eagles-RedSkins game at
D. C. Stadium:
John ]. Iaricci of 1903 Druid
drive, Kensington, Md, left the
stadium after the game and
found his car gone from park
ing lot No. l. He left for Park
Police Headquarters with Park
Police Sergt. Edward A. Haral-
son to make a formal report.
Spots His Car
On the way, Mr.. Iaricci
spotted his car going east on
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promote efficient use of the
university's total resources. DR..
Elkins also noted that the
acreage is large enough for fu-
ture expansion.
More Study Wanted
Critics of the plan had
wanted the newly formed Ad-
visory Council for Higher Edu-
cation to give the issue further
study.
After more than 10 years of
study on its own, the board
acted under a legislative au-
thoriZation to establish a
branch for the 1867 aca-
demic year.
The authorization by the
1868 session of the Maryland
General Assembly also pro-
vides for branch campuses in
Western Maryland and on the
Eastern Shore. No action has
been taken on the other
branches.
"a Sites Considered
The site chosen was one of
three most favored by the ex-
pansion committee which had
considered "a possible loca-
tons in Baltimore County and
had inspected 10 of them.
The university has 100000
on hand for planning the site
but will seek So million from
the 1864 Legislature to build
the branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
Drys' May Dominate
County Liquor Hearing
Already Outnumber Foes on Panel
Thut Will Air Montgomery Lows
By JAMES B. ROWLAND
star Efaff Writer

The "drys" expected to ounumber the liquor blythe
drink advocates this week at public hearing proposed
changes in Montgomery County liquor laws.
The clash will against backdrop of qualified
change recommendation from County Police Chief James
MICA
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Wide Variation

students are not yet ready for
such information.
Wide Variation
In other classes, a good deal
of information is introduced
easily and naturally at an early
stage.
Ire TN ent of the subject
thus varies from school to
school and from class to class,
depending on the background
and attitude of the principals
and teachers. parents can
learn from principals or PTAs
what their children are learn
ing-or not learning-a b GU
this Subject.)
In a pamphlet prepared for
use in the elementary schools,
Cleo Nicholson tells how her
second graders at La Sale
School followed the develop
ment of the infant brother of
one of the girls in the class.
Sharon's mother a gre d to
bring her baby to class and the
children followed his develop
ment, in regular visits, from
the time he was two months
until he was nine months old.
The visits from baby John
inevitably stimulated queS-
tions-from how long a baby
grows inside a mothers body
before it is born, to how the
baby's nylon blanket was made.
Juanita VIM, supervising
director of the department of
elementary supervision and in
struction, emphasizes to teach
erS and princip ais that the
family living course can be
used to tie together the rest of
the school curriculum.
Principals who are wis e."
she said, recognize this course
gives motivation for the devel-
opment of other Skills: reading,
writing, arithmetic, science.
And I don't know of any area
in the EN- entary field in
which we have better materi-
ais"
Birds and Bees Approach
The materials range from a
76-page guide for elementary
teachers, and the pamphlets
prepared by some teachers to
several films used mostly at the
sixth grade level.
THE Miracle of Reproduc-
tion," a 15-minute, black and
white film, uses what a teacher
referred to as the birds and
the bees" approach, explaining
the basic reproductory process
in flowers, fish, birds and lar
ger animals before explaining
how a human child is con-
ceived, grows within the moth
er'S womb and is born.
Two other films, used in
many, but not all, sixth grade
classes, are designed to explain
the menstrual cycle to girls.
Both explain the process of
menstruation and its place in
human reproduction briefly
and simply.
In many schools, according
to Mrs. Winn, the film is
shown to both girls and boys,
in separate groups.
William w. Blaisdell is a
H e a | tn Department educator
who makes many visits to
schools to "back-stop" teachers
who feel that they need help
in teaching and answering
questions about sex. He makes
it practice to sho wthe films
to both boys and girls and to
give the boys the same litera-
ture about menstruation that
is supplied to the girls.
Il don't worry about telling
them these things too early"
he said. ITS a lot better for a
girl to know about menstrual
ton year early than to learn
about it 10 minutes too late.
And it's better to tell the boys
things they may not feel the
need to know than to stimulate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14
A Key Question

First" said Mr.. Bayh, I'VE
asked ourselves if this was the
schools business. Wasn't it the
job of the home, the church
and the community?
I'VE decided that it was the
responsibility of the home and
the church, but that. for a
variety of reasons, they weren't
doing the job. We found that
the children were learnin 2
something about sex, but they
were learning it in the gutter.
We decided it was our job to
lift it out of the mud"
The comm ittee at frs
thought of its project as sex
education" but soon broadened
it so that sex would be present.
ed as a natural function of the
body with a natural place in
family life.
In September of 1858, tn e
new program, including infor-
nation about human Teproduc-
ton, was begun on an expert
mental basis in six elementary
schools, two junior high schools
and three high schools in
Washington.
In addition to the instruction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-14

Children ore often uneommunieotiye
about whot they learn in school. This
is the second article in o five-port
series designed to tell parents whot
is being fought about sex in the
schools Of the District and surround
ing communities.