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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-03

named Tarun rammed his way into the neigh
boring cage, occupied by two white rhinos
Bill and Lucy. Tarun was talking to his male
rival, as the supervisor puts it, inviting fight
that could have knocked both cages apart
when keeper came in and found them. With
in minutes Mr.. Ratliff and several Zoo police
men were mustered with hoses and brooms to
stop this lotion commotion.
With the careful surveillance, an animal
that does get out Of his cage Gt's very rare)
doesn't get much farther. And for that matter,
the beasts aren't like prisoners seeking es-
cape, as nervous viewers might suppose. One
keeper remarked that If lion suddenly found
himself free, especially with people around,
he'd probably run straight to the nearest bush
for cover"
A ZOO police officer recalls with some
amusement the night huge tree, struck by
lightning knocked open one of the bear cages.
The terrified bruin ran up the trunk and chung
there until rescued" by the staff, the police
man said.
In talking about ZOO night work, Mr.. Rat
Lift expresses not hint of anxiety, only respect
for his charges. His most dangerous duty so far,
ne says, has been with female bears and their
newborn cubs. If the births occur in the male
bears cage, there's danger of mauling and
death, and fast separation is necessary-a an
operation the wary female resists with deadly
force. The transfer is effected with carbon
dloxide fire extinguishers and raw nerve.
Last January, cold month to be dealing
with angry bears, two grizzly and two hybrid
cubs were born on night shifts. All of them are
alive today.
Since protection of the newborn is
major responsibility of the night men, they
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Two Men Seized
In Narcotics Raid

Alexandria police today
charged two men with pos
session of narcotics in an early
morning raid on their home
in the 200 block of Buchanan
street.
Police said the raid resulted
from tip Pvt. Roscoe Price
received in early March that
narcotics we're being brought
into the city.
Detective 1t. Francis H.
johnson said the six-man raid
ing party found narcotics in
powder form in paper bags on
the persons of the two men
arrested.
Dan Milton Hilton, 35, and
Carl Peter Willis, 80, of the
Buchanan street address were
held on 5000 bond each.
1t. Johnson said q laboratory
test would be made to de-
termine the exact nature of
the powder found in the bags.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Man Sentenced
To 18 Years in
$l,367 HoIdup

A Washington man yester-
day was convicted of armed
robbery of a suburban Mary
land finance company and
sentenced to Is years in the
penitentiary.
The man, Walter Thomas
Piles, 38, of the 1900 block of
Fairmont street NV, was
charged with armed robbery
after the Old Colony Finance
Corp, 4409 Southern avenue,
Coral Hills, Md, was robbed
of 1857 by a man with a As
caliber automatic.
According to police reports,
the. man held up Mrs. Nina
Joyce Proctor, a cashier who
also is the wife of a State po-
liceman on February 25.
Prince Georges County Cir
cult Court Judge Philip H.
Dorsey sentenced Piles to 18
years in the Maryland Peni-
tentiary after a trial yesterday
at Upper Marlboro.
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Parents Join
In Drive for
School Buses

About 100 parents of paro-
chial school children in Fairfax
have launched a drive to get
county school bus service for
their yougsters.
A spokesman for the group
said today the reqeust will be
presented to the Board OF
County Supervisors at a budget
hearing next week.
A letter to the board, now
being drafted, recognizes that
Virginia law bans the use OF
public money to transport chill
dren to sectarian schools, but
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argues that bus transportation
would aid the children, not the
Catholic schools.
A similar move near st. Louis
received National attention
when parents, unable to get
bus transportation, sent their
children to public schools caus-
ing overcrowding.
The seven Catholic schools in
Fairfax County have an enroll
ment of about $500 children,
and about 80 per cent of them
ride private buses, owned or
chartered by their schools.
Parents now pay for this serv-
ice, which in some areas costs
ten cents a ride. ..
Fairfax officials today
adopted a wait and see attitude
when informed of the parents
letter.
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Worker Out, Ito Retire
In Meter Loxity Report

Two workers have announced
plans to retire and a supervisor
has resigned following a report
of loafing and laxity by some
city water meter readers and
inspectors.
Interviews with workers sus-
pected Of laxity continued to-
day.
At midday, David v. Aud,
director of the Department of
Sanitary Engineering, said one
meter reader, John H. Fort of
Landover, Md. had decided to
apply for disability retirement.
Retirement Sought
The departments admins
trative officer, Raymond B.
Ward, earlier said that Kemper
L. Mills, jr., of 4130 Fourth
street Sc, a supervisor, had
resigned. He said a third man,
John D. Pedone of 301 Evans
lane, Alexandria. a meter read
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Horsky Sees Possibility
OfD. c. Junior CoIIeqe

Presidential adviser Charles
A. Horsky, who says he is op-
timistic about solution Of the
Districts many problems, pre-
diets that Washington might
get a junior college in about
a year.
Mr.. Horsky hazarded the
prediction yesterday at a
luncheon meeting of the Po-
tomac Chapter of the National
Association of Housing and Re-
development Officials at the
YWCA, Seventh and X streets
NV.
Mr.. Horsky reviewed District
problems, most of them deal
ing with money, and said he
felt there was sentiment In
Congress for providing public
education above the high h
school level in the District "in
the very near future"
President Kennedy's budget
message this year makes men,
ton of District junior college
and, Mr.. Horsky said, 1t Is
hoped that a specific request
for a junior college can be
made next year.
Mr.. Horsky also pointed to
what he described as 1.-THE
dreadful plight" of the District
school system. Unless the school
system gets adequate funds, he
declared, the quality Of educa-
ton will decline.
Money cuts across the whole
range of District activities and
inhibits a great many things
that ought to be planned" he
said.
Looking to District welfare
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er, was also planning to seek
retirement.
These actions, he said, would
not be the last in the shakeup
that would result from the re-
port.
Mr.. Auld said that 1.-The most
severe disciplinary action that
can be supported will be taken
against those District employees
who have neglected their
duties"
There will be absolutely no
clemency."
Incidents Listed
The investigation found evil
dence of neglect of duty such
as the following:
The head of a three-mar
crew who is supposed to read
meters in the White House
Supreme Court. the Capitol
and other Federal buildings
checked in for work at 8:15
am. took a nap starting at
1880 am. and slept until 2
pm. and then spent the rest
of the work day driving a taxi
cab.
One meter unit inspector
worked a few hours at his job
in the morning and then went
to a filling station where he
made change for customers and
did paperwork. At 2 pm. he
quit for the day.
Several other examples Of
meter inspectors and readers
putting in only half a days
work were reported by the
investigators.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Assateague Building Banned
Until Bridge Is Completed

bridge from the Worcester
County mainland is part of
Maryland's plans to develop a
600-acre park on the northern
end of Assateague. The State
planned to permit private de-
velopment of the remainder of
the island.
The Interior Department
wants to develop all of the
22-mile narrow island as a
national park.
The Governors Committee
on Assateague said in its re-
port, however, the Federal
Government would not be able
to begin development of the
island for three years. Mean
while, the report said, the
northern end of the island is
being eaten away by the ocean.
The report said the northern
end of the island may be lost
completely unless beach pro-
lection devices are constructed
soon. 1t added that the bridge
is necessary so that materials
and equipment can be moved
back and forth to construct
erosion bulkheads to protect
the area designated for the
State park.
Three-Way Financing
The Mclean Contracting Co.
of Baltimore submitted the low
bid of 1921, 1893 for the toll
facility on April 80. The bridge
will be financed on a three
way basis by the State Roads
Commission, the Board of
Public Works and Worcester
County.
Gov. Tawes was in agreement
that the bridge construction
should proceed.
We've got to have access to
the island" Gov. Tawes said.
"If we wait on the Federal
Government, it may take a
long time"
Says Fund Limited
Joseph D. Buscher, assistant
attorney general assigned to
the State Roads Department,
told the meeting the $12.5 mil
lion the Interior Department
plans to spend on the island is
barely enough to purchase the
land.
An Interior Department Off
ficial had told the Worcester
County Commissioners at a
meeting in Snow Hill that the
SIPS million was merely the
initial appropriation.
The bridge will be 1,640 feet
long and "a feet wide and will
carry as many cars per hour
as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Evening star., 1963-05-10
Fuirfux Families
Homeless in Fire

Two Fairfax County families
were left homeless yesterday
when fire destroyed the inside
of the one-story home they
shared.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Rasnake,
and their 2-year-old son; and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Brown,
also lost all their personal be-
longings, Assistant Fire Mar
shall Haywood johnson said
Damage amounted to SIC, 900,
according to Mr.. Johnson. He
said the fire apparently started
from an electric iron left turned
on after everyone had gone for
the day.
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SNOW HILL, Md, May 10
(AP).-The Board of Worces-
ter County Commissioners to-
day agreed to ban private de-
velopment of Assateague Island
until a bridge connecting the
island to the mainland is COM
pleted.
The Maryland Board of
Public Works gave tentative
approval yesterday to construc-
tion of a $1.3 million bridge to
the island. But the board at
tached the condition that work
would begin only If the COM
miSsioners agree not to issue
building permits until January
!, 1865.
The bridge is expected to be
completed by that time.
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problems, the Presidential ad-
wiser said it was incredible"
that Congress provides pro-
grams in the States that the
District lacks.
AS for crime, he said there
was "a growing realization that
the crime problem. like the
welfare and the health prob
lens, is something you attack
at the source"
With the rise in juvenile
crime, he said. there is a need
to attack with better schools.
better housing and less dis
elimination.
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Controller Louis L. Goldstein,
who suggested the stipulation,
said the agreement was neces-
sary to keep land spectators
and commercial builders from
snatching up the land before
the State decides what it wants
to do with the island.
Part of Park Plan
Secretary of the Interior
Udall had expressed fears that
construction of the bridge
would send property prices sky
rocketing before he could ask
Congress for $12.5 million to
make Assatesgue a national
seashore park.
The, construction Of the
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CityExpects
Auto Sticker
Jam to Ease

People are more law-abiding,
apparently, than District Motor
Vehicle Department employees
thought.
A Department official today
said the long lines of vehicles
that jammed the city's two in
spection stations this week will
diminish in the future. The
crucial deadline, May 10, has
passed.
The official, Motor Vehicle
Director George A. England,
explained that a scheduling
system variation begun last
May caused this weeks jams at
the stations.
Inspection stickers issued last
May. he said, indicated that
reinSpection would be required
this May, indicated by the
figure "5" in bold type, before
a certain date-either the 5th,
10th, 18th or goth of the month,
indicated by a less conspicuous
mark. No headlines we're issued
for the last 10 days of the
month on the theory that many
motorists would ignore the four
deadline dates and come in later
in the month anyway.
From Tuesday through h
Thursday of this week, however.
motorists with stickers instruct
ing them to appear by May 10
flocked to the stations with
alarming punctuality.
The worst, Mr.. England said,
is over. District motorists have
been advised they may appear
anytime during the indicated
expiration month or earlier.
In addition. a large number
of new registrations and inspec-
tions issued in April and May
of 1862 have by now been re-
processed.
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Reception by Police

The District Policemen's AS
sociation kicked off its celebra-
tion of Police Week, May IL
through May Is, with a recep-
ton for the press at the Dodge
House last night.
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Seminar to Study
Future Designs
Of Housing Units

The Public Housing and
U rb IN Renewal Admins
trations will cosponsor, for the
first time, q design seminar
to consider the look Of futrue
public housing projects.
The seminar, to be held
January 6-7 at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel in Philadel-
phia, also will be sponsored by
the American Institute of
Architects and the National
Association of Housing and
Redevelopment officials.
Participants are expected to
include Thomas B. Thompson,
PHA assistant commissioner
for development; Arthur E.
Rosfield, PHA special staff
assistant, and David Grossman,
URA director Of community
development.
Others expected to take part
as speakers or panel members
include leading architects,
businessmen and officials from
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and the District.
The seminar will be led by
New York Architect Albert
Mayer, a PHA consultant. ALA
President ]. Roy Carroll, jr.,
who designed the International
Airport terminal in Phila-
delphia, will be a principal
speaker.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
ANTI-SMOKING CLINIC
TO BEGIN IN ARLINGTON

An antiSmoking clinic designed to help high school
students and adults break the tobacco habit will held
at the Washington-Lee High School in Arlington Va
next week.
Sessions in the school auditorium at 1900 North
Quincy street will be at 1880 pm. from January
through January and on January l3. They viii be
given without charge.
The clinic was planned by the schools student
council and the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and
Junior Chamber Of Commerce. Group therapy methods
which instituted by physicians at the Washington
Sanitarium in Takoma Park. Nd three years ago will
be used at the five sessions.
Representatives Of the medical department Of the
Seventh Day Adventist Churches of Virginia will conduct
the clinic. There will be religious instruction at the
clinic, the student council said.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
2Heorings Set
AT Rockville on
Legislative Bills

The Montgomery County
legislative delegation will holt
two public hearings in January
to obtain public sentiment or
proposals eligible for considera.
ton during the February ses.
sion Of the Maryland Genera
Assembly.
The two hearings will be
held at 8 pm. January 9 and
% in the county council meet
ing room in Rockville.
While no specific appoint
to speak have beer
made by individuals, lawmak-
ers expect to hear comments on
legislative reapportionment
congressional rediStricting and
a new plan for raising and
distributing another $16.2
million in State aid to educa-
ton.
The legislative council has
suggested increasing the State
income tax to get more school
aid money.
Local bills cannot be taken
up until the 1865 Legislature
meets. The February session Is
limited to adopting a Maryland
budget, matters affecting the
State and emergency measures
Evening star., 1963-12-29
MontgomeryG.O.P.Se
For Fight on President

criticism similar to outcries
that have greeted other contro-
versies this year.
One petition involves recon-
ing for high rise apartments on
% acres In Bethesda, sought by
Mrs. Alvin L. Aubinoe, a men,
ber Of the local COP State
Central Committee, her hus-
band, and their attorney, Hal
Lackey, also a committee
member. In the preliminary
vote, DR.. Wilson sided with the
two Democrats in opposing the
rezoning.
The other case involves
subdivision sought by Bernard
N. Siegel for 535 acres in the
rural, western part of the
county. The preliminary vote
had all seven council members
favoring the change.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
New Historical
Drumu to Debut
AT williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Dec.
% (AP).-"The Comm o n
Glory" the outdoor historical
drama that has been q Will
liamsburg summer fixture for
II years, won't be shown next
summer.
Instead, "The Founders" a
story of the founding of James,
town, will be staged.
The Jamestown Corporation,
the nonprofit group which has
produced the drama, said the
Glory" may be back in 1865 to
be shown on alternate nights
with "The Founders"
The decision to replace the
Glory" is the initial step
toward introducing the first
repertory program in the field
of outdoor drama, said Dele
gate Lewis McMurran of New
port News, jamestown Corpora
ton president.
The corporation estimates
the GLORY" staged in the Lake
Matoaka amphitheater in
Williamsburg, has been seen by
more than is million persons.
The drama centers about
Thomas Jefferson and Ameri-
cas- efforts to win indepen-
dence.
"The Founders" was first
shown in 1857. the year of the
jamestown Festival.
Both dramas were written by
Paul Green.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Vienna Firm Complies
With Contempt Order

Contempt Of court proceed
ings against the Vienna CVaD
Asphalt Co. have been dis
missed in Fairfax Circuit Court
because the firm complied with
an order to dismantle its oper-
ations.
A group Of 81 Vienna citizens
asked for a contempt citation
when they said the firm con-
tinued operations after the
Virginia State Supreme Court
Of Appeals on November 90
refused to hear two appeals
from the company in a long
coming controversy.
An attorney for the asphalt
company said the firm had not
used up all o. the time the
court allowed it originally and
therefore could continue opera
tions. However, Circuit Court
Judge Albert V. Bryan, jr., told
the firm it had to dismantle by
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last Friday or face contempt
action.
The Vienna citizens contend
ed that the asphalt plant
located in the towns lone
industrial area along the
Washington and Old Dominion
railroad was a nuisance and
that an amendment to q town
ordinance permitting its opera
ton was arbitrary and capri
cious."
The citizens were upheld by
the court on both counts
Fairfax Attorney John T.
Hazel, who represented the
citizens. said the asphalt firm
was dismantled within a few
days after Judge Bryan issued
the court order. As a result, the
contempt proceedings were
dismissed Friday.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Missing Boy
Charged in
Theft of Car

An escapee from the National
Training School for Boys has
been charged with stealing a
car from Capt. James E. Star
gel, commander of the Second
Police Precinct. the Juvenile
Bureau reported.
Capt. Stargel's car was sto-
len about 1880 am. Friday
from the 1400 block Of Church
street NV. 1t was found that
night at Ninth and o streets
NV.
Early yesterday morning,
two plainclothesmen, Donald
Mcintyre and Carlton Rogers
Of the Fourteenth Precinct,
saw a stolen car at Pennsyl-
vania and Fairlawn avenues
Sc. and arrested the two oc-
cupants. They told police they
had gotten the car from q
youth and told them how to
find him.
Police soon had picked the
youth up. He had been In the
training school for auto theft
but had been missing from the
school since November "a.
The Juvenile Bureau said he
now has been charged with the
theftS Of IL autos, including
the captains, all of which have
been recovered. A second IT.
year-old boy has been arrested
on charges Of being implicated
in some Of the thefts.
Leroy Robinson, 81, Of the
unit block of T street NV.
and Rodney ]. Young, 18, of
the unit block of H street NV.
were ordered held yesterday in
$500 bond each. Their cases
were continued to Tuesday.
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member OF the Democratic
State Central COMMITTEES. He
died from injuries suffered in
an automobile accident.
Others Named
Two other names are circu-
lating in political circles as
candidates for the chairman
ship. They are Raymond ]. Nc
Donough, who is chairman of
the Montgomery-Prince Geor-
ges bi-county delegation, and
Meyer NJ. Emanual. jr., a
member Of the House Ways
and Means Committee.
State Senator H. Winship
Wheatley, jr., Democrat of
Prince Georges, is a ranking
member of the delegation but
refrains from participating in
election Of officers.
He is majority floor leader of
the Senate and chairman Of
the finance committee.
AS far as the Craftsmanship
contest is concerned, Mr.. Con-
roy will only state: 1T looks
good"
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Fire Damages
ArIinqton Plant

Arlington fireman battled for
nearly two hours yesterday to
extinguiSh q blaze which de-
stroyed q waterproofing ma
chine at the Hollinger Box
Corp, manufacturers Of cor
rugated and waterproof card
board boxes, at 1910 South
Four Mile Run drive.
A spokesman for the box
firm said an electrical spark
started the fire about $50 am.
Damage was estimated by
the firm as between $4,000 and
$4,000.
Production in the waterproof
department will be resumed in
a few days, he said, but there
will be no interruption Of the
company's other assembly lines.
Evening star., 1963-12-29

Sh enandoah County, was
electrocuted by a charge which
came from an electric motor.
A plant spokesman said Mr.
Lucas had turned off the
motor while he was drilling to
loosen a piece Of metal pipe.
He apparently brushed against
the switch, turning the motor
on again.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Delegates Set for Fight
On Prince Georges Job

A bitter fight is shaping up
for the leadership Of the Prince
Georges County delegation to
the Maryland General Assem-
bly,.
At least three Of the 10
delegates are seeking the chair
manship now held by Edward
IT. Conroy, whose one-year
term expires before the Feb
ruary session Of the State Leg
islature.
The delegation will meet
early next month to discuss its
leadership and other questions
facing it before the 30-day
session.
Strongest campaign for the
chairman's seat thus far is
being waged by Delegate Royal
Hart, who has served as vice
chairman for a year. Mr.. Hart
was elected in December, 1862,
after he lost a bid for chair
man to Mr.. Conroy.
Delay Possible
Delegate Robert Dentz has
pledged an attempt to postpone
the craftsmanship battle until
after the February session.
IF we get into q big fight
over the craftsmanship" he
said, there are liable to be
some hard feelings and we
might not get anything done. "
A major question centers
around Mr.. Conroy's political
aspirations. A citizens commit
tee last fall was promoting his
candidacy for Congress but
activity appears to have waned.
Mr.. Conroy has not made
any public statements about a
congressional race. Whatever
he does, in the delegation and
in the future. may be affected
in some degree by the death
December 81 of Oscar r. Du-
ley. his law partner and q
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Man Electrocuted
At Packing Plant

TTMBERvnLE, Va, Dec. %
(AP). - Claude A. Lucas, a
m aintenance worker, was
electrocuted yesterday after
noon at the Shen-Valley meat
packers plant here.
Mr.. Lucas, 80, of Quicksburg,