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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
RiehtsGroup
Helps Delay
Eviction of 8

A civil rights group called
DARE-District Action for
Racial Equality-has helped
delay the eviction of two women
and six children from their
small apartment.
Acting Welfare Director Don
I'D Brewer said the group came
to him on behalf of the family
a young woman with five chill
dren who had moved in with
her mother and her mothers
young son.
The mother held a job at the
time of the move, Mr.. Brewer
said, and thus the welfare
checks to the younger woman
were held UP pending an in
vestigation of the new Situa-
ton.
The DARE group told Mr.
Brewer the women and chill
dren were about to be evicted
because they hadn't paid their
rent. The Welfare Department
then talked with the landlord
and he agreed to delay eviction
until the women could find q
new place to live.
Mr.. Brewer said, however
that the landlord planned to
evict them whether or not they
paid back rent because he felt
eight persons were too many
for the apartment.
Mr.. Brewer added that DARE
had other objections to welfare
proceedings and that he will
meet to discuss them with the
group a week from Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

television stations In educating
the public on the location Of
neighborhood shelters.
Mock-ups of IS different
communities will be completed
within the next few months,
pinpointing public shelters so
that families can be briefed on
where to go in case of emer-
gency.
The neighborhood approach
is the result of a six-month
study by Stanford Researc h
Institute to work out a plan In
Montgomery which can be used
across the Nation, Admiral
Hartwig said.
The county's new under
ground emergency center,
scheduled for formal dedication
in about three months, recently
began operations. 1t is designed
to be used in normal times for
day-to-day police, fire, rescue,
civil defense and other services.
Adjoining the County Office
Building, the concrete and steel
structure permits a WORKING
staff of at least rs to perform
their duties without replenish-
ment of supplies for about 80
DAYS.
The cost of this emergency
seat of government" was fl
nanced with Federal civil de-
Tense funds and eventually will
have 100000 in radio equip
ment and $4,000 in other
equipment and supplies.
The county's communication
center will work closely with
other emergency centers in the
area, including radio station
WMAL, which recently was de-
sig ate d as the Washington
static n to handle emergenc!
information in the event of di'
saster to replace the now out.
d a e d Conelrad warning sys.
tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
UGF Drive
Hits 50 Pct.
OF Fund Goal

The United Givers Fund has
reached $3.50 per cent of its
$8.3 million goal, and now is
more than 100000 ahead of
this time last year.
Leonard B. Doggett jr., gen.
eral campaign chairman, told a
report luncheon at the Presi-
d entail Arms yesterday that
$5,255,892 has been pledged to
date.
This is the second general
report luncheon since the cam
paign was launched october /.
At the first report luncheon a
week ago. the drive was about
100000 ahead of 1862.
At this time last year, $3.50
per cent of an $8,042,O00 goal
had been reached. Last years
campaign was the first to make
the goal on time, and subse-
quently raised $8,29l,O00.
The Advance Gifts Division
yesterday reported 800 per
cent of a $1,598,772 quota. Ma
jor Firms reported 48.l per
cent of a STA million quota
The Building and Construction
Division has reached 1903 per
cent of a $137, 900 quota.
The D. c. Division has 26 pei
cent of a 1851 ,645 quota; the
Virginia Division. 80 per cent
of a $l87 900 quota; Montgom-
cry County, 34.6 per cent of a
$175,645 quota, and Prin &C
Georges, 2l.6 per cent of g
SAC, 1872 quota. The Government
Division on Thursday reported
800 per cent of a $3,550,00
quota.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Annapolis
Bourd Okuys;
Building

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 10
tAP)-The Annapolis zontne
board of appeals cleared the
way yesterday for construction
of a controversial seven-story
office building near Maryland's
l9l-year-old State House.
The coming board granted an
exception to coming laws to per-
NIT the builders to extend the
b uilding to the edge of the
property line on Francis street.
Just off State Circle.
An appeal from the boards
ruling would have to 60 to the
circuit court for Annapolis.
The board said it granted the
exception because there are
rear yards upon this property
and adjacent properties which
do not conform to existing reg
ulations."
1t said the city code pro.
vides that a special yard excep-
ton may be granted where
n Gig h boring properties are
non-conforming."
1T is not the function of this
ard to consider the
aesthetic or economic effects
should such a building be con-
structed at this location" the
resolution granting the excep-
ton said.
Annapolis coming regulations
ALLOW construction of buildings
to height OF l25 feet, but the
board in granting the exception
set a limit of 70 feet, the height
planned by the builders, Mr..
and Mrs. Mitchell Giblo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Jury to Probe Story
Of Rezoning 'Poyoff

When they returned later in
the afternoon, Mrs. Spellman
read a statement that she had
just prepared. 1t said:
1T is because / have COM
plete confidence in the integri-
ty of every m m Der of our
board and also because I have
the same confidence in the in
tegrity Of Mr.. Reichelt that ]
felt it was imperative that
publicly rep0diate the vicious
rumors which have been circu-
lated" 1 N
Earlier, Commissioner Jesse
s. Baggett disqualified himself
from consideration Of a zoning
request from DR.. william F.
Finn for a change on 3.3 acres
from residential to gardentype
} use. 9
DR.. Firms son-in-law, Ed
mund w. Fitzgerald, oppose
the change and asked Commits.
sioner Baggett to remove him.
self because of possible con
flict of interest"
20" Denial BY Baggett
Mr.. Fitzgerald said that Mr.
Baggett's son-in-law. Stanley
P. Beavers, a building contrac-
tor, had discussed entering 9
partnership with Dr.. Finn
Mrs. Fitzgerald said she heard
from her father, DR.. Finn, that
Mr.. Baggett had been contact.
ed and that Mr.. Baggett calleC
Blair H. Smith, who is chair.
man of the Washington Subur.
ban Sanitary Commission. Mr.
Smith represented DR.. Finr
}, yesterday.
! Commissioner Baggett said
II never called Mr.. Smith on {
coming case in my life. I neyel
spoke to DR.. Finn in my life"
!; Under questioning by Rober
". Matthias, county attorney
: Mrs. Fitzgerald went on:
I II said I called Mr.. Beaver
to ask him. He verified the fac
he had talked to my father.
asked him to step out. l onl!
talked to Mr.. Beavers. I aSsum,
he went to Mr.. Baggett. I as
sumo he called Blair Smith"
The rezoning was taken undel
Amusement on a motion passed
by the four remaining commits
sioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
CONVENTIONS
TODAY >

The American Medical
Association ends a three
day session at the
Shoreham.
The National Trust for
Historic Preservation goes
into the third day at the
Shoreham. .fg
The Society of Photo
graphic Scientists and En-
gineers ends a four-day
session at the Marriott
Twin Bridges Motor Hotel.
This information is supplied
by the Convention and Visitors
Bureau of the Metropolitan
Washington Board of Trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Charges Dropped
Against LAWYER

SNOW HILL, Md, Oct. 10
(R).-Charges against a Jus
tice Department lawyer ar
rested in a brawl at an Ocean
City night club have been
dropped.
Daniel T. Prettyman, States
attorney, said yesterday tho
night club owner, Gabrielle
Mancini, had written saying he
did not want to prosecute
David C. Stephenson, 40, Of
Upper Marlboro.
Mr.. Stephenson had been
charged August 9 with ASSAULT
ing the club owner and a po-
liceman, with disorderly con-
duct and resisting arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

director of the land agency,
were read into the record. The
memorandum told how William
E. Finley, then director of the
National Capital Planning Com
mission, asked @. Yates Cook,
executive director of the Fed
eral City Council, to do what
he could to save this worth
while project"
Mr.. Cook recommended that
Frank j. Luchs. a Washington
real estate man. be contacted.
Mr.. LuchS and other members
of his firm helped establish the
Columbia Plaza Corp, the
present redeveloper.
Mr.. Miller explained that
earlier proposals for a design
competition" were opposed at
one time and supported at an
other time by Mr., Antoneln
and Mr.. Gould, and that this
problem was finally solved by
the two buying out another
holder of property in the area.
The design competition would
have had the effect of offering
the area to the public. This
would have answered one of
the principal criticisms of the
project, that land sale prices
were established behind closed
doors.
Another witness at the hear
ing. former District Engineer
Commissioner Frederick j..
Clarke, told the subcommittee
that he had not been given any
indication that the blight de-
termination used to establish
the areas eligibility for urban
renewal was incorrect. The land
agency staff and city planners,
charged with this responsibility,
said the project was eligible
for Stun clearance, he said.
The District subcommittee,
under the Guardianship of Rep
resentative Dowdy, Democrat
of Texas. spent most of yester-
day going over previous charges
that the area did not have
enough substandard buildings
to qualify for Stun clearance.
One of the subcommittee's
staff raised the question of the
basic principle behind the plaza
project. He limited that the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission arranged for the prof.
ect to prevent office building
developments that would COM
pete with downtown Washing
ton. Mr.. Antonelli and Mr..
Gould had planned for offices.
but the planning commissions
plan called for high-income
residential development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Can Apathy Topple
British Monarchy?

NOTED ENGLISH WRITER MAKES SURPRISING
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Muggerdge, former
editor of Punch" and of England'S most in
fuental critics makes some barbed forecasts about
the future of British Monarchy, in The Sunday
Stars This Week Magazine His report from Lon
don, entitled "Brtain's Last Royal Famiy?", will
be surprising to most Americans Also in This Week
Magazine, an article that points out why business
success and does wreck marriages It's
thought provoking look at success, from differ
ent angle and based on findings by authoritative
psychologists.
A PARTISAN FASHION MODEL AT HOME ABROAD
Fashion Editor Elem in an illustrated article in
SUNDAY The Star magazine, discovers beautiful
Paris mannequin who slaves off inconsistencies by
presenting Partisan taste in Washington back
ground And, did you know that nearby Garrett
Park Md has found that barbados the thing
to keep its identity, and keep the neighbors out?
The illustrated story of this suburban town is in
SUNDAY Magazine.
AND IN THE STARS Tv MAGAZINE-Doe-eyed
Glynis Johns star of CBS-TVs "GlyniS" show,
takes the spotlight, with comprehensive pre-
views of next weeks programs and TV movies
rounding out the content.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Towes Stays Execution
Of Convicted RoDist

three defendants that the girl
had not resisted the rape.
Under Maryland law, how
ever. new evidence must be pre-
sented within three days in
order to force a new trial.
Otherwise, only the Governor
has the right to commute a
sentence.
No Governor in the past so
years has committed a death
sentence to anything less than
life Imprisonment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Dry Spell Expected
For Another Week
Officials Guard
Against Threat
Of Forest Fires

The Washington areas rain
less October today appeared
certain to extend into next week
as parched woodlands and fields
faced the deepening menace Of
forest fires.
The last measurable rainfall
in Maryland. Virginia and the
District was on September IS
%, when 1872 inches Of rain
was measured at the Weather
Bureaus National Airport sta
ton. Not a drop has fallen
since.
Another fair and warm week
end is in prospect for this area
The Weather Bureau said the
temperature will reach into the
low 80s today and tomorrow
with the nights cooling off to
the lower SOS. 81.
Eastern States Hit
The severe drought actually
extends over a broad section
of the country from Maine to
Texas. Croplands are wither-
ing, community water supplies
are dwinding and fires are
burning out of control in many
portions of the Eastern United
States.
Maryland and Virginia have
been extremely fortunate de-
spite wood and field conditions
that are virtually at the flash
point. Maryland Assistant
State Forester William H.
Johnson said there have been
only about three small forest
fires a day and called it "a
phenomenal record compared
with the surrounding States"
Some areas of Maryland
have had a rainfall deficiency
Of more than 8 inches in this
extremely dry year, but low
winds have made 1t possible TO
control the fires, Mr.. johnson
said.
No Immediate Change
Virginia State Forester
George w. Dean said the dry
woods are in touch-and-go
condition, but thus far it has
not been deemed necessary to
close the forests, as West Vir-
GINA has done to hunters. be-
cause Of the tinder-dry condi-
tons.
The drought appears to be
the by-product Of a high pres
sure condition which is virtu-
ally stalled over the Middle
Atlantic States. The condition
has brought the area continu-
Gus fair and dry weather since
the month began.
The five-day forecast yester-
day predicted weather S to 10
degrees above normal. with
temperatures ranging from the
Dos in the daytime to the low
5Os at night and only a pos
sibility Of showers by next
Tuesday. #Fs
Alexandria's health director.
DR.. Thomas S. McGough. YES
terday urged residents to re.
frain from burning leaves be-
cause of an unusually high ali
pollution level"
DR.. McGough said the Alex-
andria sanitarian yesterday
reported the highest reading on
the air pollution scale in the
city'S history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19

SFAAANAAS AA e~oeAAAAIAAJ yCSOCA0dy
before a House District sub
committee investigating urban
renewal in the District.
The land a agency turn e d
down the request last wednes-
day when it notified the Co.
Eidrnbia Plaza Corp, the present
redeveloper. that it would can
Gel its redevelopment rights if
the corporation did not buy the
land within so days.
The corporation originally
was to purchase its 8-acre
site within IL months from No.
ivember. 1861. H oweVer, a
change in the urban renewal
plan caused some delay, along
with unexpected problems in
acquiring title to the land from
former owners, it was ex-
planned.
McShain an Owner
Mr.. Antonelli and the Gould
family now own 26 per cent of
the stock in the Columbia Plaza
Corp. John McShain, Philadel-
phia- Washington builder. owns
another 27.3 per cent Of the
stock. and the remainder is
scattered among IA investors.
If the land agency had APP
proved the transfer of stock,
Mr.. Antonelli and Mr.. Gould
would have bought out Mr..
McShain and other stockhold-
ers. and would have acquired
control in their own name.
The two at one time owned
IS per cent of the land in the
plaza area, which is b etween
Virginia avenue, Twenty-f fifth
E and Twenty-third streets NV.
They made an agreement
with the redevelopers, the plaza
corporation, and sold their
property rights just before the
land agency acquired the land
for its urban renewal project.
The project has been shroud-
ed in controversy since its in
ception, primarily over charges
of unfair condemnation of
land, private negotiation for
land prices and eligibility for
slum clearance.
If the present redevelopment
corporation can not buy the
eight-acre site. the land will be
offered at public bid, Mr.. Miller
said.
Memo Is Read
To help explain the back
ground of the project, parts of
a memorandum from John r.
Searles, jr., former executive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Women Voters
Beck Bond Issue

The Arlington League of Wo-
men Voters has announce d
that it Will support the
SO $50, 900 bond issue on the
November 5 ballot.
The bond issue is for i'm
provements in the county sewer
system, high schools. libraries,
recreation areas and storm
drainage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
FutuI Virginia Crash

WINCHESTER. Va, Oct. 19
(AP).-William Patrick Can
non, jr., 40. of Cresaptown, Nd,
was killed Thursday when his
car ran off U. S. Route so near
the Clarke auquier County
line and struck a tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
BY PETER MASLEY
Star Staff Writer

oNoA 0tNAA "AANeA
A grand jury will investigate
next week an accusation of a
payoff in a rezoning case re-
ported by Prince Georges
County Commissioner Gladys
Spellman.
Mrs. Spellman. who reported
statements about the alleged
payoff yesterday at a coming
hearing in Upper Marlboro,
will testify before the grand
Jury. +
The other commissioners
were visibly shaken yesterday
when Mrs. Spellman called to
the stand Bruce E. Shaw, who
was asking them to rezone his
land from residential to COM
mercial use, and told him:
Certain statements have
been passing around your
neighborhood to the effect that
you have told your neighbors
and your friends that the sum
of money which you paid OF
would pay your attorney to
handle your case for you, in
cluded enoug h so that you
would be assured-and I am
putting this delicately that
you would be assured of having
this land rezoned."
Source Unnamed
Mr.. Shaw and his attorney
Herbert Reichelt, former chair
man of the county commission
ers, categorically d. ME d the
accusation and asked Mrs
Spellman who made it. She de.
clined to name her source.
However, she later told thu
public meeting that she resent
ed with all my being the i'm
plication that any one of thu
six of us could be bought Tit
applicants public denial tina
he made any such Statement
will, 1 hope, serve to prove tina
any such rumors are complete
Ily unfounded in fact"
Then Commissioner Rober'
F. Sutphin moved that the cast
be recessed indefinitely and b
referred to the grand jury. Tit
motion passed unanimously.
States Attorney Arthur A
Marshall, jr., said the granC
jury will reconvene M d a
and will be able to take up the
rezoning investigation a day Of
two later. He said Mrs. Spell
man will be called as an early
witness.
The foreman of the grand
jury is Herbert w. Wells, unit
last spring C h airm an of the
Maryland-N a tional Capita
Park and Planning Commission
and of the Prince Georg es
County Planning Board. Thes,
bodies make recommendation
on coming cases and refer then
to the county commissioner
for final decisions.
Mr.. Shaw, with his wife, Al
berta, owns an acre of land OF
Allentown road and w ebste.
lane. The Prince Georges Plan.
ming Board recon m en- d et
against rezoning it from res
idential to commercial use.
| Mrs. Spellman said she hat
been hearing the statement at
tributed to Mr.. Shaw "off ant
ion" from several people. Sh
said she heard it again Thurs
day and it ranked her tina
the board was being accused o
taking a payoff for a rezoning.
Commissioner M. Bayn
Brooke said the situation q
very serious"
After Mrs. Spellman brough
the matter up and it was dis
cussed briefly, Chairman Fran
: j. Lastner recessed the hearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
PIozo Project Control
Linked to Stock Deal
RIA Rejected Stock Transfer
In Foegy Bottom Renewal Project
BY LEE FLOR
star staff Writer

Some Of the reasoning behind request for transfer
OF stock in the corporation formed to redeveop controversial
Foggy Bottom renewal project has been revealed.
Two minority stockholders D. F. AntonelH IT, and King
don Gould E wanted to buy the other stockholders &C
cording to Neville Miller chairman board of directors
OF the Redeveopment Land Agency He revealed this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-19
Memo Is Read

Memo Is Read
To help explain the back
ground of the project, parts of
a memorandum from John r.
Searles, jr., former executive
Evening star., 1963-12-29
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