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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-03

VI OAAN VI NAAC AoBpAC1 llCDAe
in the cultural exchange pro-
gram between Moscow and
Washington. Mr.. ObratsoV's
puppets, you see, are above
Cold War attitudes, including its
fleeing thaws. They are crea-
tons, not creatures, and it is
their destiny to look laughingly
at the foibles of humans regard
less Of nationality or political
faith.
They speak English, at least
the suave master of ceremonies
does, with a Russian accent. It's
purport is always good hui
mored, too much so for today'S
sense of satire, even when it is
inviting laughter at everything
from naughty concert perform
ers, child prodigies, and the
Russian enthusiasm for vita
minis supplied by the State.
Show business is The EStab-
ment the good natured OBJ
ratsov Puppets have chosen as
their victim. They review it all
the way from the trained ami
nal act to the concert hall. In
doing so, they have the special
captivation Of being hand
energized, which is to say
worked from below instead Of
dangling from strings.
This gives them the look and
sound Of life as they 60 about
dealing with some material
which they did not display last
Sunday night on Ed Sullivan'S
televiSion show. Like all things
Russian in cultural exchange,
they have a large repertory Of
comedy, song, dance, and mag
NATIVE impudence.
obratsov's Puppets are such
miracles Of grace and dexterity
that they are quite as captivat-
ing as their material. Their al
ter egoS are IL invisible actors
and singers who supply them
not only with movement but
whatever quality Of voice they
need, from gypsy alto to con-
cert coloratura to operate bari
tone. !
In being restored briefly to
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Apex-''The conjugal Bed;
1, 2:l5, $50, Sis, SOS and
$50 pm.
Calvert-''The Devil and the
Ten COMMANDMENT; 6, Q and
10 pm.
Dupont knife In the Wa
ter; l, 2:+o, $50, Sis, $40
and 10 pm.
Embassy-"Take Her, She's
Mine; leo, 3:4S, $50, 7:S5
and s:4S pm.
Keith's - "McLIntock"; II
am; ITO, $40, $50, 7:4O and
$50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures at the
Gallop"; Sis, Q and s:SS pm.
MetrOpOIitan-''PaIm Springs
Weekend; 11:4S am, I:l0,
$40, $40, 7:4S and $50 pm.
Ontario-''Lovers Of Teruel";;
2:1s, +:OS, SOS, 9 and 10 pm.
Palaee-''The Wheeler Deal
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Stage and Screen
Shows and Show Times

Stage
NATURALIZATION Repertory
Theater, The Crucible";;
$50 pm.
Arena Stage - "B attic
Dream; $50 pm.
Catholic UniverSity-Moliere's
THE MiSer";; $50 pm.
Howard - Vaudeville; Gene
Chandler, "The Coasters; 2,
4:45, 7::3O and 10 pm.
Theater CIub-Sally-Jane
Heit's Miss Amurica";; $50
pm.
Screen
Ambassador-"Palm Springs
Weekend; 1::3O, 1855, SIS, 7:40
and $40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-03

his primal innocence by a
vaudeville and concert parody,
the spectator is hard put to sin
gle out any number as "the" ia
vorite in the 0bratsov perform
ance. The high spots Of irony,
those closest to satire as sophiS-
ticates define it, provide the
strongest inclination in this d.
rectiOn.
1t could be, then, the roman
tic operatta, my Grandfather's
NoSegay," in which an orna-
mental male and female puppet
romp through the eStrange-
ments and escatcies of re-
strained amour. Or it could be
the dark lament of a 17-year old
vocalist in a beatnik night club
whose youthful heartbreak is
the nearest thing to class con-
seriousness that intrudeS into the
flow Of the performance.
Both are cleverly ironic, as
are a acrobatic tango number
which keeps getting its tempoS
confused and a mad tap dance
bit that defieS human para
phrase.
Unfortunately, just when the
spectator has settled upon one
or all Of these as his high mo-
ment Of enjoyment, he is Of
fered the challenge Of what
must be one of the great puppet
animal acts of all time. This is
the one that involves a seduc-
tive trainer with four French
pOodles whose equals in talent
and furtive insolence remain to
be bred In the world of real
poodles. The act also includes a
hen who sings a spot Of
apparently inflammatory recita-
tive with one Of the dogs.
AS If this we're not enough to
show what can be done with an
Imal puppets, the 0bratsov
presents another in
a reckless lion-tamer !
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ers"; 11:5o an, 1:so, $50,
$50, 7::So and $50 pm.
PlayhOuse-''Fantasia"; 1870,
2:So, $40, 2 and Sis pm.
Plaza -" Sin You Sinners;
HISS am, l:2o, 2:l5, 4:10,
SIS, z, SIS and $50 pm.
T0yn-'LiT Abner";; u, l:O5
and $40 pm. ''To Kill q Mock
ingbird";; 1:5s, 6 and 1910 pm.
TransLux-"Under the Yum
Yum Tree; 11:SS, 1:3o, $50,
$50, $50 and s:SS pm.
Upt0Wn-"Hov the West Was
Won; $50 pm.
Warner-"Cleopatra";; 8 pm.
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THE PASSING SHOW
Culture the Province
Of Puppets, Perhaps
BY Jay Carmody
Drama Critic Of The star

Life not always tale told by idiot Sometimes 1t is
bodeSsy jolly parody spun by puppets say those Of Russa
Sergei 0bratsov:
took the latter form last night Hsner auditorium where
glamorous company Of imitation humans turned up for
weeks visit here after triumphant in New York
the end OF their stay they will leave behind them memo
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Obscenity Essay
Plan Is Rejected

Two Fairfax County resi-
dents sponsoring a $500 essay
contest on obscenity in books
for county high school chill
dren we're turned down yester-
day when they attempted to
distribute contest rules at w.
T. Woodson High School.
County School Supt. Earl
Funderburk said later that it
was too late in the year for
another essay contest, and
that the topic was too contro-
versial.
The essay sponsors. Attorney
Paul Peachey and Mrs. Mar
garet J. Plattner. a Democratic
primary candidate for justice
of the peace, said they had
5000 mimeographed copies of
the contest rules which they
wanted to pass out to students
in the county high schools.
After being turned down by
school officials. Mrs. Plattner
said the essay contest would
be held anyway and that stu
dents seeking information
about it should call her or Mr..
Peachey.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

TuxCheckoff
For Employees

The controller general has
approved a plan under which
Federal and District Govern
ment employees vino live in one
jurisdiction and work in an
other can have Maryland, Vir-
ginia or District income taxes
withheld from their paychecks,
Controller General Joseph
Campbell told the Civil Service
Commission that such a plan
is permissible if the employe
agrees to the deductions.
The three jurisdictions have
long sought such a plan.
Civil Service, Treasury and
Budget Bureau officials have
been meeting the past few days
to work out details.
Under consideration is a
proposal to explain the plan to
employees. Then the Govern
ment would set a deadline after
which taxes would be deducted
from salaries of employees who
don't reject it in writing.
Federal officials feel that
most employees would agree to
a deduction.
The plan would give the
three jurisdictions more au-
thority to deal with tax evaders.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Girl, II, Is Winner
OfCivitun Award

Miss Ann Tocha, l7-year-old
senior at the Academy of the
Holy Names. won the top essay
prize Wednesday night at the
annual citizenship award din
ner of the Civitan Club of
Silver Spring.
Miss Tocha, daughter Of Mrs.
Walter j. Tocha of 3l9 Plym-
outh avenue, Silver Spring,
won with an essay on Our
Citizenship - A World Chal-
lenge."
She received a 500 United
States savings bond from the
Silver Spring club and a SITS
C check from the Chesapeake
District of Civitan Interna-
tional. Her essay will be en-
tered in the national competi-
ton of Civitan International
at Indianapolis June 1926.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Car Kills Youth, IS,
Running on BeItwoy

A 15-year-old Silver Spring
youth was fatally injured last
night when he ran into the
path of a car on the Capital
beltway near University boule-
ward, police reported.
The victim was Richard G.
Garrett, of 3O5 Waterford road.
He died of a fractured skull at
800 pm, eight minutes after
he ran down an embankment
onto the beltway and was
struck, police said.
The driver. Lewis E. OHara,
jr., 81, of the 1900 block of
Metzerott road, Adelphi, Md,
was not charged.
Richard had been playing
baseball with friends and was
on his way home when the ac-
cident occurred about a block
from his house, according to
his father, Edward L. Garrett.
He said his son was a ninth
grade student at Eastern Jun
ior High School.
In addition to his mother
and father, the youth leaves a
brother, Edward L., jr., 10, Of
the home address, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Linda Dorfman, 81,
of Langley Park.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Cambridge Sit-Ins
Put Off for Week
Inter-RuciuI Unit
Negroes Confer
Before Decision

CAMBRIDGE, Md, May q
(AP).-Cambridge integration'
lists have agreed to postponI
sit-in monstra tions foj
another week, but there wer
signs that the towns racia
stalemate is weakening.
An integrationist spokesman
said no sit-ins we're planned
today, but a mass meeting Il
scheduled for tonight and therI
will be picketing of some down
town merchants Monday.
The announcement was madI
yesterday after a three-hom
meeting between Negro lead.
ers and the Committee for In.
ter-racial Understanding.
Big Steps Urged
Mrs. Gloria Richardson, heaC
of the Cambridge Nonviolent
Action Committee, said yes.
terday that demonstrations
we're certain to resume "unless
some big steps have been made
toward meeting" integration de.
mands made by Negroes last
week.
"At this particular time, ]
have heard nothing that would
lead us to believe there is any
hope for the integration of fa-
cilities," she said.
Negro leaders agreed to sus-
pend demonstrations last week
when a volunteer white citizens
group was formed to help sat-
isfy their demands.
Hold One Meeting
Mrs. Richardson said the
Committee for Inter-racial Un-
derstanding had held only one
meeting with businessmen and
that it was with the owners of
only IL of the towns 20 res
taurants.
Circuit Judge w. Laird
Henry, ir., is chairman of the
committee.
Mrs. Richardson said in ad-
dition to integration of res
taurants, the Negroes also are
pressing for equal job oppor-
tunities, speedier school de-
segregation, better housing and
improvement in law enforce
ment.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Drought Plea
To Be Held Up

RICHMOND, May rs (AP).-
The disaster committee of the
State Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation Service said
yesterday disaster aid for
drought-stricken farmers won't
be requested Immediately.
However, such Federal aid
may be sought after it reviews
droupht reports submitted by
various county organizations.
The committee said it didn't
think Virginia farmers face a
drought severe and widespread
enough to warrant aid.
1t did, however, ask the ASC
board for permission to Craze
livestock on conservation re-
serve and diverted acres.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

BALTIMORE, May "a CAP).
- What kind Of a woman is
Madalyn Murray?
Some day soon you should
be seeing her name in stories
about a Supreme Court deci-
sion on her suit to ban Bible
reading and recitation Of the
Lords Prayer in Maryland pub
lie schools.
And you'll wonder what sort
Of a mother brings up her chill
dren without a belief In God.
what sort Of a woman Madalyn
Murray can possibly be.
Well, TO look at her. a plump,
jolly appearing woman with
blond hair turning gray and a
laugh almost girlish. you'd
think that here's a housewife
whose most daring thoughts are
indexed In her recipe file.
1900 Letters a Month
But a homemaker like that
wouldn't get 1900 letters a
month reWling her-"some e
come out OF the envelope
steaming." she says. Some writ
ers inquire II she's prepared
for eternity. A fewer number
exhort her 10 stand firm in her
atheism.
In the dining room OF her
colonial red brick home, boxes
are stacked high with letters
which she and fellow atheists
In Baltimore answer-many on
a mimeograph machine In her
basement. Bill Moore. the post
man who was shot 10 death In
Alabama last month while on
an integration pilgrimage. spent
many evenings working on the
correspondence.
Mrs. Murray was brought up
a Presbyterian. Her mother,
who lives with her, is still de-
vout. and the family held relig-
Evening star., 1963-05-25
II SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
ARE FINED FOR SPEEDING

DINWIDDIE Va (AP) Eleven Dnwidde school bus
drivers convicted in county court yesterday of
speeding and fined total of Sis and costs.
The II, one teacher and 10 students were arrested
the week of May 13 during State police radar breakdown
The drivers convicted of driving from AZ to so
miles per hour The limit for school buses is IS mph
All the arrests were made in the afternoon as the
buses were carrying children home from school.
The drivers were suspended when charged and after
conviction have been suspended for the remainder of the
school year.
The students appeared before Judge B Hunter Bar
row and pleaded guilty The teacher James H. Blanken-
Evening star., 1963-05-25
$136.o Million
Okuyed for Roads

RICHMOND. May rs (AP)-
The State Highway Commits
sion wound up two days of
public hearings yesterday on
highway ALLEGATIONS for the
next year and approved a total
construction budget of $780,
952,864
The bulk of the money =
about $88 million = will go in
to the Interstate program.
Earlier, the commission had
allocated another $43.3 million
for Virginia's secondary road
system.
The bulk Of the delegations
and speakers who appeared at
two hearings appealed for more
money to build up those pri-
mary highway links in areas
that won't have the Interstate
roads.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
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Evening star., 1963-05-25
All at Lorton
Get Soy on
Segregation

Alexandria District Judge
Oren r. Lewis ordered Lorton
Reformatory officials yesterday
to give white and Negro in
mates the same choice of seq
regated or integrated living
quarters.
The order confirmed to
Judge Lewis's memorandum
opinion last Tuesday in which
he indicated the last all-white
dormitory at Lorton cannot be
integrated so long as Negro in
mates are permitted to live in
segregated quarters.
Abiding by a non-discrimina-
tion policy Of the District Com
miSSioners, Lorton officials
have integrated three Of the
reformatory's all-white dormi-
tories and we're integrating the
fourth when a white inmate,
Bernard E. Dixon, sought a
restraining order from the
courts.
Dixon said his civil rights
were being violated because
Negro prisoners were assigned
to an all-colored dormitory If
they wished, but white priso-
ners had no choice.
In his order. the Judge en-
Joined Lorton officials from
executing the policy order "in
a manner that discriminates
on the basis of color or creed
against any inmate"
Prisoners in all-white dormi-
tory Number IA will be ac-
corded o.. the same choice
OF alternatives to integration
OF their housing facilities as is
offered to the members Of the
Negro prison community at
Lorton Reformatory,' Judge
Lewis ruled.
He added that his order does
not prohibit Lorton officials
from integrating the dormitor-
les so long as that integra-
ton is effective without regard
TO color or creed
Evening star., 1963-05-25

knows nothing OF religion and
plays hymns on his small elec-
trio organ because they are
good music.
Children shouldn't be taught
either religion or non-religion
until they reach the age Of
intellectual discretion" says
Mrs. Murray. "Then every
thing should be presented in
an objective way. When they
Evening star., 1963-05-25
z Men Sentenced
In 1862 Robbery

Two men accused of taking
part in the Thanksgiving Day
robbery at the Evans Farm Inn
near Mclean last year were
sentenced yesterday in Fairfax
Circuit Court.
Samuel A. Jones, 81, of the
200 block of T street NV, re-
ceived five years in the State
Penitentiary with two years
suspended. Joe Louis Rose, 26,
of the 1900 block of R street
NV, received five years.
The two men we're arrested
shortly after the Evans Farm
Inn, STAB Chain Bridge road,
was held up by a group of men
and an assistant night man
ager was forced at knife point
to open a safe. About $2,500
was taken, police said.
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Vienna Group Marches
Today for Bridge Plan

A group of residents in Vi
emma, Va, want a bridge built
across a stream running
through the town so they will
have quicker access to it's busi-
ness section.
To emphasize the idea, they
planned to have about 100
grade school pupils participate
in a foot march to town hall
today to meet with Mayor Guy
Wilson.
The children, all from Vien-
mas Westbriar residential Sec
ton, were to carry posters and
banners and to sing two
marching songs" composed by
the man spearheading the fight
for the bridge.
He is Frank Gardner, a
father of seven children who
lives at 900 Echols street
about six blocks from where
the span is sought to cross
over Wdlf Trap Run.
Mr.. Gardner, who works for
the State Departments secur-
ity office, wrote the songs, di-
rected the poster making, and
also composed several poems
about the need for the bridge
He named today's activity the
'Westbriar Children's March
for Echolc Bridge"
The march, going a round
about way to the town hall via
Maple street Route 125
through VIENNA was organized
in an effort to focus attention
on a public hearing on tn c
bridge before the Vienna Town
Council June 3, Mr.. Gardner
announced.
4 He said he also has collected
26l signatures on a petition tc
the council favoring the prof.
ect. The petition asks the coun.
Gil to build the bridge and pro-
ject Echols street on the other
side Of the stream to an inter-
section with Branch road.
Mr.. Gardner pointed out that
the town council appropriated
money for the span last year
but dropped the plan after resi-.
dents living closer TO the site
opposed It. Opposition alsC
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Silver Spring
BoyCharged
In Staying
Youth, II, Arrested
In Miami Shooting
Of Taxi Driver, As

A 17-year-old Silver Spring
(MdO boy who dropped out of
a Montgomery County high
school last fall was arrested
yesterday by Miami police and
charged with killing a taxi
driver and dumping his body
into a canal there early Mon
day.
Dade County (Fla.) Metro
politan Department of Public
Safety officials identified the
robbery murder suspect as
Dixon w. Hall, jr. He is the
son of Dixon w. Hall of 201
Granville drive, Silver Spring,
County Police 1t. Jerry Evans
said Hall at first denied the
Staying with threats to "Sue
for false arrest" but later ad-
mitted shooting cab driver Isl
dore Deitch, As, twice in the
head, after which he took $40
in cash from the victims
pockets.
Found In Canal
Mr.. Deitchs body was found
Thursday floating in the Mill
tary Canal 20 miles south of
Miami near Homestead Air
Force Base. His taxi was dis
covered abandoned in the city
of Miami Monday.
County police authorities
said Hall, a husky youth who
was wearing tight blue jeans,
a T-shirt and cowboy boots
when arrested, has been Sleep
ing in his car since arriving in
Miami last year.
The auto was described as a
"souped-up" 1855 Ford which
Hall had driven in Miami area
drag races.
1t. Evans said the youth told
detectives he hired the taxi
shortly after midnight Sunday
in order to drive around and
sober up" He said he was
going to pay the driver SIS an
hour.
In his statement, police said,
Hall said he shot the taxicab
driver after a long ride. then
drove the body out into the
country to the canal.
Police said the murder
weapon was a .32-caliber re-
volver Hall is accused of steal
ing from a gas station. He
repeatedly returned the pistol
to the station after the shoot
ing.
Seen With Pistol
The youth was picked up,
yesterday afternoon after coun-I
ty authorities obtained infor-
nation that he had been seen
carrying the pistol, which he
holstered in his boot.
Police said Hall, who has
been working as a dishwaSher
and short -order cook since ar
irving in Miami last November,
was wearing the slain cab driv-
er's wristwatch when he was
arrested.
Hall, relatives in Silver Spring
said. left home last November
after dropping out of North
wood High School. In Wash
ington, youths under l8 are
subject to Juvenile Court au-
thorities if arrested. In Miami
courts, however, l7-year-oldS
are treated as adults"
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Cur-Truck Crash
Kills Student, q

CULPEPER. Va, May 25
. CAPD-A student at Southern
Methodist University was killed
yesterday In a car-truck crash
on u s. Route 30, about IS
miles west Of Culpeper In Madi-
gUn County.
Police said William A. Bless.
%, Of Dallas, Tex, was killed
at 6 am. when a car In which
he was ridina collided with a
tractor-trailer.
George j. Mennen, 20, Of
Bernardsyille. N. j., a student
lat Washington and Lee Uni
versity. was in the car with
Mr. Bless. He suffered minor
Injuries Police said they we're
uncertain who was driving.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

was expressed by the Ea S t
Vienna Woods Civic Associa-
ton, he added.
The town reappropriated
money for the bridge again this
year, then set June 3 as the
date for a public meeting to
hear both sides of the contro-
verSy.
Mr.. Gardner, who contends
he has been waiting six years"
for the bridge, said he hopes
the children - with their signs,
banners and singing - will
awaken others in the commu-
nifty to the benefits of the
bridge.
Evening star., 1963-05-25

ious services last January when
her father died. But Mrs. MUIR
ray says she forsook the FAM
lily church and her belief In
God years ago when / read the
Bible"
"They say you want the
Bible out of school. I want
the Bible In school-but not for
religious ceremony. II my sons
Evening star., 1963-05-25
Zoo Friends Tour,
Dine on Watermelon

More than 200 Friends of the
National Zoo last night at
tended the third annual guided
tour of the park facility.
The special tour, led by for
mer District Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin, presi-
dent of the group, included a
watermelon feast in the Zoos
restaurant.