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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
National Ballet Given
$400, 600 Ford Grant

The Ford Foundation has
awarded the National Ballet
and its school a 100000 grant
designed to strengthen the
standards of the one-year old
company.
The grant is contingent upon
the National Ballet Society, the
ballots governing body, raising
another $550,00o over the five
years the grant is to run, the
Ford Foundation said today in
its announcement.
Ralph Black, general man.
ager of the ballet. Washing
tons professional company
said the grant would be split
evenly between the professional
company and the school. The
funds would be used to-
Increase the number of per-
formances in Washington from
IL this season to 80 at the end
of the five-year period.
Increase tour performances
from "a to AZ.
Commission 10 new baIlets.
+ Increase the number of dane
ers in the company from Is to
IS.
Grant scholarships to stu
dents.
And expand the orchestra
from "a to 80 members.
He estimated that the annual
budget would increase from
| $205, 900 this season to $395,00C
under the grant.
| Mr.. Black said the grant and
the funds to be raised from
private sources would cover the
anticipated deficit Of the COM
pany in fulfilling its plans over
the next five years.
A spokesman for the ballet
said the company could start
spending the money immedi-
ately, in yearly installments
of 100000 regardless of how
much had been raised from
private sources.
When we accepted the
grant, We accepted the respon-
sibility of raising the ,000,"
the spokesman said. IF we
couldn't raise the money, we
wouldn't be able to expect any
more money after the five
years"
Mrs. Richard ]. Riddell,
president of the National Bal
let and a principal hacker,
said the ballet raises almost
the required amount now. Last
year. she said, contributions
brought in $4,000; member
ships, $4,000, and benefits,
$4,000.
"Inasmuch as we are a resi-
dent company, I am confident
the public will respond" she
said.
Frederick Franklin, the bal
let's director, said the grant
would enable the company to
fulfill plans already made.
We're not going to make
any major changes" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16

in the heaviest population CEN
tiers.
Several times in the past
year DR.. Wilson and Mrs. Hep
burn have cast their votes
with the two Democratic mem
bers of the council, thus Great
ing a Republican minority of
three-Mr. Floyd, Miss Kath-
ryn E. Digs and John Henry
HiSer.
DR.. Wilson last week was the
only Republican to oppose the
granting of high-riSe apart
ment coming for a controver-
sial tract in North Bethesda,
owned by Mrs. Dorothy Aubi-
noe, a member of the Repub-
lican State Central Commit
tee, and her husband Alvin L.,
a prominent county developer
The coming was granted at
the request of another Repub.
lican State Central Commit
tee member, Hal Lackey, ar
attorney who represented the
Aubinoes.
DR.. Wilson declined to com
ment today. These people dit
this on their own. and ! woulu
rather not have anything Il
say about it," he said.
Insurgency Denied
Don r. Kendall, chairman
of the State Central Commit,
tee, said: Il am sorry to SCI
this matter described as al
insurgency At least some o.
the people involved have tolc
me that this was not their in.
tention. There is no great in.
surgency in the party and
do feel that if DR.. Wilson i,
elected. he has the full respect
and confidence of the party,
If he isn't elected, he certainly
has not lost face"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
Center Name Issue
Faces New Hurdles
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT OF PEACE
TO BE DEDICATED TO KENNEDY

The 1868 Christmas Pageant of Peace next Sunday
will be dedicated to the memory of President Kennedy it
was announced today.
The Yue event will be officially opened by President
johnson, who will deliver his first Christmas message
Chief Executive and then press the button which will
light the National Community Christmas Tree.
The ceremonies, to take place the Elipse at $50
pmr Dec. %, will be televsed nationally and will be
broadcast to the world by the Voice of America.
President johnson will be accompanied by Mrs. john
and their daughters, Lynda Bird and Lucy Baines
Secretary of the Interior Uda will be master of cere
monies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
Maryland Driver
Critically Hurt

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. Is (Spe-
ciaD Charles Eugene Beck,
Al. of Arnold. Md, was admit
ted to Anne Arundel General
Hospital in critical condition
with a broken neck after an au-
tomobile accident early today.
State Trooper T. M. Purcell
reported that Mr.. Beck was
driving south on Maryland
Route 2 (Ritchie highway
about midnight when his car
went off the road and struck a
tree. The accident occurred at
Joyce lane, in Arnold. about
miles north of Annapolis, the
trooper said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16

MRS. MULLER is not ex-
actly clear on precisely how
she managed to reach the
motor hotel. She remembers
trying to go over the Ro-
chambeau Bridge in a south
erly direction. But as the
bridge appeared to be one
way in the opposite direction,
she was forced to make a
~" turn. Somehow, she was
able to turn onto the old
Fourteenth Street Bridge
which, she was told by au-
thorities, has not been used
for some time.
Mrs. Lydia Whutherington,
who headed for the meeting
from Arlington, reports she
probably came within sight
of the motor hotel. Unfor-
tunately, she remained too
long on an unfamiliar road
and ran out of gas in Fort
Myer.
Vice President Sittin- Side,
riding with Mrs. Myrna Gal
opagas, drove all the way to
Richmond, looking for the
motel the whole way.
Mrs. Gertrude Rochambeau
(no relation) drove all the
way to Baltimore looking for
Vice President Sittin-Side.
Mrs. Agnes Quilt was ar
rested at the Pentagon when
she tried to telephone her
husband to find out where
she was. She apparently used
a restricted telephone.
The committee feels the
poor showing at the meeting
was unavoidable. 1t recon-
mends that next time, the
Club rent a bus so that mem
berS may find, or not find,
the motor hotel, together.
Note: Next weeks meeting
will include a panel discus
sion on "Tomorrow's Roads
Today" Highway officials
will be invited to appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
BY JOHN SHERWOOD
Star staff Writer

The 302 pounds Of Lionel
Elkins squeeze into the arms of
his wooden swivel chair at the
Potomac Railroad Yard, and
almost as if on cue the three
telephones and two-way radios
at his side begin nagging him.
A voice from a Southern
Railway diesel is crying "Elkins!
Elkins!" and trying to drown
out the shouting competition
from the Chesapeake g. Ohio
engineer and the yardman and
the tower and the dispatcher.
'Elkins" talrnost no rail-
roader knows his first name)
seems TO satisfy them all with
in a few seconds His looming
instructions can even be heard
above the roar of the boxcars
passing by within a few feet
of his ground-level, glass-caged
office.
Whats for the 32d cut?
Hump engine gonna pick UP on
No. 3. OK, then, let's get that
cab outta there and double
back 81 to No. 10. And double
back to % over the crossbars!
That yellow belly refrigerator
carl over there, he goes down
Is with the Coast Line" Sud-
denly. the phones and radios
are silent again.
But all the while, boxcars
are brushing by the yard flood
lights and disappearing into the
darkness. There is magic in
their names as they slow down
in their travels:
Wabash, Rutland Green
Mountain Gateway, Nickel
Plate Road, Western Pacific
Feather River Route, Lacka-
wanna (The Route of Phoebe
Snow. Hoosier Line, Rio
Grande Thru the Rockies,
Burlington everywhere Vest,
Cotton Belt Route, Mononga-
hela. :"
Automobile frames being
shipped from Detroit to South
ern assembly plants and Christ
mas merchandise are account
ing for a great deal of freight
traffic at this time of year.
If the railroad industry is
dying, they had better not try
and bury it here in the 500
acre terminal along Route /
in Alexandria. Through the
Potomac Yard Gateway to the
South" and destined for all
points. inbound freight trains
are broken down, classified and
then made up into outbound
trains. The cars are usually on
their way within IL hours Of
arrival.
The terminal = owned and
operated by the Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad Company - employs
some $40 men and can handle
2,400 cars on rs receiving
tracks and another 4,700 cars
on 88 classification tracks.
Mr.. ElkinS, 81, a railroader
here since 1920 and yardmaS-
ter of southbound freight at
Potomac for many years,
speaks well of the modern
equipment but misses the old
steam locomotives.
"All those years with them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
Wait Is Assumed

n SpOheSUldll lOI Jllt OCildJC
Public Works mittee.
which held a joint hearing
with the House group last
week. said he assumed the Sem
ate would wait to act upon
whatever bill is passed by the
House.
At today's public hearing.
which preceded the executive
session, it was obvious that
most of the committee mem
bers favored the bill as now
amended. But it was also OBJ
vious that some of them had
reservations about details.
The amended proposal before
the committee would provide
that the center be named the
John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts; provide
up to $l5.5 million in Federal
matching funds for construc-
ton of the center: require q
report to Congress on any
memorial within the center,
and permit the center to Dor
row 1854 million from the
Treasury to build a garage.
/ Opposition to the proposal
came from Representative Wild
nall, Republican Of New Jersey,
who appeared as a witness.
and from a member of the
ommittee, Representative
Schwengel, Republican OF
Iowa.
Mr.. Widnall told the COM
mittee he was Fundamentally
in favor of designating the
center as a memorial to Mr..
Kennedy.
Moving Too Fast
But I am afraid we are
trying to move too fast. There
are many shortcomings to a
hasty approach" he said. I'VE
should take a good hard look
at this so that we'll have the
finest possible cultural center
here"
The final cost of the center.
which is proposed to be built
for $50 million, will actually
be $40 million to $50 million,
he estimated.
/ Mr.. Schwengel's objection
was even more basic. He said a
careful study should be made
to establish memorial that
would pay tribute to all of Mr..
Kennedy'S interests and not
just his interest in the per-
forming arts
The bill under consideration
today was drafted after a Joint
hearing by the House and Sem
ate Public Works Committees
last Thursday. The new bill in
corporateS number of changes
resulting from questions raised
Thursday by Representative
Cramer, Republican of Florida.
Wants Facts
Today, Mr.. Cramer emphaSiz-
ed that his questions were not
necessarily critical of the pro-
poSal to name the center for
Mr.. Kennedy and provide a
Federal contribution for its
construction. He said he sim
ply wanted to get the facts and
figures on the table.
The House committee will
meet again in executive Ses-
sion at 10 am. tomorrow to
continue its consideration of the
bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
Reservations
Are Held on
Plans Details
BY ORR KELLY
Star Staff Writer

A proposal to dedicate the
National Cultural Center to
the memory of President John
F. Kennedy moved ahead today
but over bumpy ground.
At the end of an executive
session of the House Public
Works Committee. Representa-
tive Jones. Democrat of Ala
bama. who presided at the
session. said the committee
had run into some problems"
but that he hoped the bill
might be reported out tomor-
row afternoon.
1t seemed extremely unlikely
that Congress, which hopes to
close up shop for the holidays
on Friday or Saturday, would
have time to act upon the pro-
poSal even if the House bill
should reach the floor tomor-
row.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
Citizens Meeting OFF

The meeting of the Randle
Highlands Citizens Association
announced for tonight has been
Cancelled. The next meeting will
be in January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16

scale party haSSle at a RepuD-
lican meeting tonight at the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
auditorium in Silver Spring.
Senator Gilbert Guide and Re-
publican members of the House
of Delegates will speak at the
meeting.
Fourteen G. o. P. precinct
leaders signed a Letter to 300
party members urging their
backing of DR.. Wilson, who
now is president pro tenn. Under
traditional council procedure,
he would succeed John A.
Floyd as president. Mrs. Hep
burn now is secretary, and &C
cording to earlier custom would
be named president pro tenn
this year and council president
next year.
Election Scheduled
The council election is sched-
uled at tomorrow's meeting,
but it is not on the agenda,
and now there is speculation
that the apparent party rift
may cause its posponement.
Mrs. Jessie B. Lerch, one OF
the letter signers supporting DR.
Wilson, said I'VE won't disrupt
tonight's meeting" At the end
of regular business she will an
nounce the availability of petit
lions in DR.. Wilson's behalf.
The letter, sent out Saturday,
said: 1T has come to our at
tension that county council
president pro TEN Thomas M.
Wilson is to be bypasSed next
week as a normal successor to
the presidency.
In our opinion, DR.. Wilson
has been an outstanding coun-
Gil member. In spite of his
duties as a physician, his at
tendance and attention to
duties have been excellent.
Since he is prepared to
serve as president. we urge the
council majority to reconsider
before bypassing DR.. Wilson.
IF you share our concern
we urge you to be present at
Tuesdays council meeting and
to contact others who may wish
to attend.
Voted With Democrats
I'm addition, a petition is
enclosed for you and your
workers it can be returned
after the Republican assembly
Monday night or outside the
council chamber before the
meeting Tuesday.
Republican harmony is i'm
portant but we do not want
the inference that DR.. Wilson
is out of favor with Republican
leaders to go unchallenged."
Signers included party chair
man of counties and districts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
G.O.P.RiHSeenin Race
For Council Leadership
By ANNE II. CHRISTMAS
Star Staff Writer

Republican Party leaders making lastminute
tonal efforts for Councilman Thomas NJ Wilson, presidential
candidate in the Montgomery County Council race in the
face of campaign to substitute Mrs Mary T. Hepburn
another Republican.
The Wilson-versus- Hepburn issue may turn into full
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16
The
Rambler
Gets Hold
Of A Report
By JOHN McKELWAY

The tollol0ing is a report
from the Attendance Com
mtttee OF the Ladies in
Action and Monday Morning
Music Club, tolIotUing a dis
appointing meeting seueral
Ueeks ago.
Subject: Lack of Attend
ance.
Early this month, Mrs.
Maude Mufler moved, and it
was seconded, that the regu-
lar weekly meeting might be
somewhat more entertaining
and at least different If a
new place of gathering was
selected.
The membership a greed
and Mrs. South West imme-
diately suggested that the
next meeting be held in a
motor hotel located at the
end of the Rochamb e au
Bridge, across the beautiful
Potomac.
President Bulbous made
arrangements and set the
time of the luncheon meet
ing for / pm, two weeks ago
last Monday.
BY 2 pm. on that date,
only Mrs. Muller had re-
ported. At 8 pm. President
Dubious arrived and Cancelled
further activity. She then
ordered a report on the affair
by your Attendance Commit
tee.
A description Of what Mrs.
Bulbous went through will,
perhaps, serve to throw some
light on just what happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-16

SHE LEFT HER home in
Georgetown and proceeded
over Key Bridge. She avoided
having anything to do with
signs pointing to the Penta-
gon and followed, instead,
directions to the Airport.
She had expected, once in
the vicinity of the Rocham-
beau Bridge, to be able to
swing up to the right, enter
the motor hotel, and be ready
to start the meeting sharply
at l pm. 1
But President Bulbous, in
stead. turned up at the Air.
port.
She reversed her direction
and proceeded back toward
the motor hotel which, in a
twinkling, loomed above her
on the left, She had to turn
right, however, and then dis
covered she was on the
Rochambeau Bridge finally,
but headed for Washington.
Soon, President Bulbous
was d e alfng with the new
Southwest Freeway for the
first time. She shortly drew
up at the District Dog Pound,
which she recognized, having
been there as q child. She
parked her car, called a taxi,
and a arrived at the motor
hotel IN that fashion.
Recording Secretary Celia
Prestwick had a similar ex-
perience.
She left her home in Cleve-
land Park and upon ap-
preaching the new George
Mason Bridge noticed a sign
directing her to Keep
Right" for Restaurant" She
did and after some time it
developed she was returning
to Washington over Key
Bridge. She became lost in
Georgetown but, oddly
enough, came to rest Just
outside President Bulbous
front door.
Holmes County herald. (Lexington, Miss.) 1959-current, 1963-04-11
NOTICE TO LEASE
SHEEP FOOT ROLLER

Pursuant to the authority
directed to me by the Board
of Supervisors of Holmes Co.
unity, Mississippi, notice is
hereby given that the said
Board will receive bids until
IL O'Clock A. M, on Monday,
May 9th, 1868 for the leasing
to it for a period of 6 months
or longer, with the option to
purchase at the expiration of
said 6 months period, for the
use and benefit of Road Dis
trict No. 3, the following
equipment, to-wit:
l New 2-drum tractor sheep
foot roller that meets
State Highway Specifica-
tons.
All bids submitted must
have the Permit Number to
sell to the County listed there
on. The Board reserves the
right to reject any or all
bids.
Witness my signature this
sth day of April, 1868.
Parham H. Williams, Clerk
4-11-4tc
Holmes County herald. (Lexington, Miss.) 1959-current, 1963-04-11
Fish
Fur &

JACK A. WARREN, JR.
Director of Public Relations
Mississippi Game & Fish Commission

matted at designated areas
only.
go No firearms will be per-
mitted.
(4) T'rot lines are prohibit
ed at all times.
60 Commercial fishing and
hand grabbing are prohibit
ed.
(6) Limits: Bass = s per
day; Bream = so per day
until September 1, 1868; after
that date the limit shall be
Bass = Is per day; Bream =
so per day.
Cd No one will be permit
ted on the lake thirty 800
minutes past shutdown with
out permission from the lake
manager.
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 1860
BE 1T ORDERED that the
use of seines in DeSoto Lake,
Coahoma County, is hereby
prohibited.
Holmes County herald. (Lexington, Miss.) 1959-current, 1963-04-11
Durant Spring Festival
set for Sunday, April p

IT., as organist. Flower ar
rangements in the church
will be under the direction
of Mrs. j. T. Nicely.
The flower exhibit and
guest registration with flow
er containers from foreign
countries will be on display
at City Hall.
DR.. and Mrs. Ray Smiths
home at 200 South Washing
ton Street VIII De open to the
public.
Tea will be served at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl.
ton Aldridge at 116 Castal.
liam Boulevard.
Serving on Cne reIreshment
committee are Mrs. Walter
Odom, Mrs. w. P. Taylor,
Mrs. Walter Durham, Jr.,
Mrs. Carlton Aldridge and
Mrs. r. A. 5a11ey.
Those participating in the
| flower show are Mrs. P. H
Winborn, Mrs. Robert Ray,
Mrs. A. L. Adcock, Mrs. D.
M. Barranco, Mrs. Joe Bap.
tiste, Mrs. w. A. Henley and
Mrs. Lee Howell.
Serving on the arrange.
ment committee are Mrs,
Walter Durham, Sr., Mrs. J.
H. Wilburn, Mrs. j. T. Nicely
Mrs. Benny Killebrew and
Mrs. Dale Aldridge.
The public is cordially in.
vited.
Holmes County herald. (Lexington, Miss.) 1959-current, 1963-04-11
Game and Fish Rulings
STATE GAME AND FISH.
COMMISSION
CKCOM MISS

JACKSON, MISS.
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 1857
John Camp, Director, an
nounced that the State Game
and Fish Commission at a
special meeting held in BIZ
loxi, Mississippi, on Marcn
&c. 1868, adopted the follow
ing regulations regarding
lakes in Mississippi.
RE IT. ORDERED that eff
fective June l, 1868, Puskus
7 AXE. located in the Holly
Springs National Forest, LAT
ayette County, Mississippi IS
opened to fishing.
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 1858
BE IT ORDERED that Big
Kilbv Lake, Humphreys Coun--
tv shall be closed to CONNER
cial fishing during the months
of June, July and August each
wear after this date.
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 1859
RE IT ORDERED that all
persons fishing in Jeff Davis
lake in Jefferson Davis
County must have a permit.
BE 1T FURTHER ORDER
ED that these persons be-
tween the ages Of sixteen
Q6) and sixty-five (65) fish
ing in said lake shall pay a
fifty cents $3.50 maintenance
fee per day for said permit.
Anyone operating a pleasure
boat or one used for skiing
shall pay a maintenance fee
of one dollar (S1.00- per day.
Rental boats provided by the
Commission shall be one (S1.-
OO) per day with an additional
fifty cents $500 for each
person over two fishing from
said boat provided that no
more than three 90 persons
will be allowed to fish from
said boat. When private boats
are left in the lake by per-
son or persons, said person
shall pay a maintenance fee
of one dollar and fifty cents
(S1.50) per month, or any por-
ton thereof. This fee will in
no way make the Game and
Fish Commission liable for
the care and protection OF
said boat.
BE 1T FURTHER ORDER
ED that the following rules
and regulations shall be in
force on May %, 1868, at
TOO A. M.
ID Boating and water ski
ing will be permitted on Sum-
day and Wednesday after
moons only in designated
areas. At all other times
boats shall be operated at
trolling speed or under. Boats
shall be operated in a safe
and sane manner at all times.
All boats pulling water skiers
must have at least two per-
sons in the boat at all times.
All water Skiers must wear
life Jackets while skiing.
(2) Swimming shall be per-
Holmes County herald. (Lexington, Miss.) 1959-current, 1963-04-11
Civil War ship
to be raised

Governor Ross Barnett said
today that a steering COM
mittee has been set up to or
ganize the raising of the u
S. S. Cairo from the bottom
of the Yazoo River near
vicksburg, where it has rest
ed since December IL, 1862,
the day it ten victim to a
Confederate underwater mine
during the Vicksburg cam
paign.
Governor Barnett said Joe
Bullock, executive director OF
the Agricultural and Indus
trial Board, will serve as di-
rector of the committee. The
A & I Board is interested in
the Cairo as a potential tour
list attraction and holds title
to the boa., by agreement
with the U. S. Treasury. The
board financed a survey OF
the Cairo last winter.
One salvage company is
said to be interested in carry
ing out the project, and mem
bers of the A & I Board staff
have scheduled a trip to
Washington, D. c., later this
month to talk with officials
about the project.
An organizational meeting
of the steering committee has
been scheduled for late April
or early May, and an effort
is now being made to compile
all existing data on the Cairo
for presentation at this meet
ing.
Holmes County herald. (Lexington, Miss.) 1959-current, 1963-04-11
QUEEN WILL BE THERE

Miss Nancy Sneed, state
Junior Sportsmen's Club
Queen will be at the public
hearing May IA, 1868.
The Game and Fish Com
mission is having the public
hearing prior to the setting
of the 1864 hunting seasons
and bag limits for the pur-
pose of hearing your views
and recommendations and
ideas concerning the up and
coming seasons.
John Camp Director OF the
Game and Fish Commission,
encourages all sportsmen
club members, conservation
League members and all 9TH
er interested persons to at
tend this public hearing.
The Queen will be at the b.
loxi Cupboard Jubilee on June
|G-15 and the Mississippi Deep
Sea Fishing Rodeo on July
At, 1868.