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The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01
Peninsula Girl Gets Runner-up Honors In Miss Alaska Contest

The 1862 graduate of Homer High School is Is years of age, has copper-blonde hair and blue eyes. During high school years she was active in speech and dra- ma and was Alaska State Foren- sic champion in 1861. She also spent two years in Europe study ing ballet. The multi-talented can didate is horsewoman who also paints, writes and does fashion designing. She was sponsored by h e Homer Winter Carnival Assoc
 Miss Soldotna, 21, sponsored by the Village Shopping Center and Peninsula Sportsmen A 0 C. Queen, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Olsen of Soldot- ma. The blue-eyed blond is grad uate of kenai High School and Griffin Murphy Business College in Seattle. She is employed by the Soldotna branch of National Bank of Alaska. She did Latin American dance number in the Saturday night pageant.
 Seward business men, repre- senting Solly's Lounge, Andy's Oil Delivery, Seward Music Shop. Werner's Market, Gil's Lounge, Harbor Dinner Club. Seward Trading Go, Seward Elks Club, Liberty T h tre, McMullen's, Don's Cafe, Seward Distributors and Bay City Motors. cooperated in sponsoring Miss Peterson. The auburn=haired, hazel-eyed daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Peterson. has studied modern jazz and the Hula in Fairbanks and was presented in an Hawaiian dance in the talent competition.
 Other candidates were Lurisse- "Lari' Lowe. Miss Nome. who presented an authentic Eskimo dance; Katherine Rebecca Schi- manski, Miss Juneau. who did a comedy skit, and Patricia Ann McGill. Miss Valdez, who was awarded the Miss Congeniality trophy at the selection of her fellow contestants. For her talent, she also did a comedy skit.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01

Three Peninsula girls were among the 10 from various con- munities in the state competing for the title of Miss Alaska awarded Saturday night at the pageant held in the West Anch- orage high school auditorium. They represented Homer, Seward and Soldotna.
 Linda Fay Kilcher, daughter of State Senator and Mrs. Yule Xiii cher of Homer, was fourth run ner-up in the competition in which Colleen s. Kendall, Miss Alaska State Fair, representing the Ma tanuska Valley, was crowned Miss Alaska 1863.
 Miss Kendall, 19, was sponsored by the Alaska State Fair, Inc, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherrod H. Kendall of An chorage. She will represent Alas ka in the Miss America contest.
 In addition to Miss Kilcher, who was sponsored by the Homer Winter Carnival Assoc, Inc. other Peninsula contestants were Carole Jean Olsen as Miss Sol dotna and Beverly Frances Pe- terson, Miss Seward
 An international setting and stage show, with Big, Wide, Wonderful World" as it's theme provided background and enter tainment thoughout the pageant, directed by Jacques L. Conder All 10 girls competed in ballgown, bathing suit and talent divisions.
 Susan Diane Koslosky, the 1863 Fur Rendezvous Queen repre- senting Anchorage. was first runner-up for Miss Alaska hon. ors. Second and third runners-up were Katherine Faith Williams as Miss Fairbanks and Roberta Christine Gordaoff as Miss Cor dova.
 Miss Kilcher, as fourth runner up, received scholarship award. For her talent number the Homer Winter Carnival Queen sang Mack the Knife. in German, with accompanying dance steps.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01
Fund Dinner Set By Eastern Star, Masonic Clubs

The Kenai Methodist Church will be the setting at ' p.m Sat urday, March 9, when area Ma sons and members of the Iliamna Eastern Star Club meet jointly for a fund raising dinner and so- cial get-together.
 Prospective members of the Eastern Star Club as well as all area members of the Order of the Eastern Star are being especially invited. The respective husbands and wives of members will also be invited.
 Plans will be discussed for pur- chasing a building site and for erection of building to be used jointly by the Masonic and East ern Star Clubs.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01

An Alaska field office of the U. s. Department of Commerce has been opened in Anchorage and is located in Room 50 of the Post Office and Court House building
 Funds for the long-awaited AL aska facility, one of five new field offices for the entire nation, will permit initial staffing of the office with two persons. John F. Durr, business analyst from the Seattle field office, will serve as temporary manager until a per- manent manager is appointed The Seattle office has up to now served Alaska as part of it's re- zion.
 In the Truman administration, the Department of Commerce was persuaded to open an Alaska field office, which was operated from February 1947 to September 1948, then closed because of budgetary insufficiency. Manager of the office at that time was M. Wilfred Goding of Skagway, now serving at Siapan as high com
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1963-03-01
Commerce Dept. Opens Alaska Field Office

missioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
 Necessary funds for reactiva- tion of the Alaska field office were made available by Congress last year in passing the Com merce Department Appropriation Act for the 1863 fiscal year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

Two Promoted
In Arlington
Edward 7. Briner, manager
Of the Virginia mort
gage loan department Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
GOVERNMENT
SALE

A privote roadway, opprox-
imoteIy 20 feet wide by 900
feet long, formerly known
os "SeIImon Form Access
Rood" or "Yumo Street,
College Park, Prince Georges
County, Maryland. SeoIed
bid opening: September 20,
1868. For copy Of Invitation
for Bids, Bid and Acceptance,
write or phone General SerV-
ices Administration, ResiOncl
Office Building, Room 7i22,
7th and D Streets, S.w.,
Washington rs, D. C.,
Worth 3-S63l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Silver Spring Firm
Sells Commercial Lend

Brodsky. Silverman g.
Norman, Silver Spring real
estate firm, has announced
the sale of q 38,000-square-
foot commercial site in the
Silver Spring business dis
trict.
The site, at Colesville road
and Spring street, was sold
for 100000 to the 1904 Joint
Venture and the Cole Spring
Joint Venture, a group Of
District and Maryland bust
ness and professional men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Kent Increases
Sales Personnel

Roy s. Tucker and Joseph
Gus h n err have joined the
resident sales staff of Robert
H. Kent & Co.
Mr.. Tucker formerly was
associated with a Florence
Is. c. real estate firm as
sales manager, while Mr..
Cushner served with the
Schoolnick Realty Co. Of
Baltimore.
John ID. Hubbard, active In
real estate sales for the past
IL years, has been named
sales manager Of the Shan
non & Luchs Co. Wheaton
office at $500 University
boulevard West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

Arlington Realty Co., Inc,
has been named a vice presi-
dent in the firm, william r.
Bergm a n, executive vice
president of the company,
has announced.
In another appointment,
Mr.. Bergman announced
that Robert L. Mich o ls,
also active in the firms
mortgage operations, has
been named assistant treas
urer of the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Realty Revue
Board dominates Walsh

A member of the Washing
ton Board of Realtors and
Building Congress, Mr.. Pc
tiers will be responsible for
the development and place
ment of commercial loans in
the Virginia Tidewater area,
North Carolina and Puerto
Rico.
Two Firms Name
Sales Managers
Two area real estate firms
have announced the APP
pointment of new sales man
ayers of their suburban Of
fees.
John Barker, a veteran of
20 years in the building
trades industry. has been
named sales manager of the
c. Paul Hickman. Inc, Prince
Georges County office in the
Langley Park Shopping Gen.
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Pot G. PeTusse
Opens Own Office

Mrs. Patricia G. Perusse,
formerly with Andris Realty.
has opened her own office on
Woodmont avenue in Bethes-
da.
Mrs. Perusse, former sales
. manager and head Of the
subdivision department of
Andris, will specialize in the
sales of new homes in Mont
gomery County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Prince Georges
Backs Coates

The Prince Georges County
Board of Realtors has in
dorsed Lloyd r. Coates as q
candidate for the presidency
of the Maryland Association
of Real Estate Boards.
Mr.. Coates, a resident Of
Hyattsville, is a former presi-
dent Of the county board Of
realtors and now is q mem
Der Of the board Of the Home
Builders Association Of Met
ropolitan Washington.
State real estate commits
sioner for Southern Mary
land, Mr.. Coates Is director
for the Prince Georges Boys
Club and the county Chamber
of Commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Realty Revue

Tho mas M. Walsh, Of
Thos. D. Walsh, Inc, has
been nominated to succeed
Charles HI. Purcell as presi-
dent of the w hington
Board of Realtors.
George w. DeFranceaux,
ch airman of the boards
nominating committee. an
nounced nominees for board
offices include Earl w. Farr,
first vice president, Thomas
w. SandOz, ST., second vice
president, and Martin r.
West, jr., treasurer.
Nominated to two-year
terms on the organizations
board of directors were
Francis C. Little, Edward T.
Offutt, jr., Dorothy G. Wood,
Stanton KOIb, Clarence Don
oboe, jr', and Frederick A.
Marsteller.
Richmond H. Gibson a n d
Mr.. Purcell were nominated
to serve one-year terms on
the board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Last Of Langley Estote
Sold as Apartment Site

The last IS acres Of the
Mccormick Goodhart estate
in Prince Georges County
has been sold to four apart
ment developers.
The property was pur-
chased for 100000 by Jerry
WOlman, Earl Foreman, Sid
ney Teplin and Stanley
Reines. The sale was han-
died by Thomas b. Kicker
of Property & Industry Co
ordinators and Sam Denen-
berg of Snider Bros, Inc.
The residence of the ior-
mer first secretary of the
British Embassy originally
contained $50 acres. In 1916,
the Eudist Fathers purchased
the mansion and 20 acres for
use as a seminary, which was
recently transferred to Buff
falo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

c. Craven Hughes hos
been appointed vice
president and meT-
ehondisins director for
the Minehew Corp. Mr..
Hughes, who lives at
lis Westgote drive,
AIexondrio, is q former
vice president OF 10th
Century Homes. Active
in the construction in
dustry for the post IS
years, Mr.. Hughes for
merIy owned his own
firm and was ossoei-
cited with Seholz
\ Homes, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Kent & Co. Sells
Rockville Lots

Robert H. Kent & Co., Sill
yer Spring realtors, has an
nounced the sale of 81 lots
in the Stoneridge Farm Sec
ton of Rockville to builder
Marvin Jacobs for develop
ment as a subdivision.
The sale was handled by
Carl Goldberg of the K e t
firm, which viii handle sales
Of the new subdivision to be
called The Manor. The sub
division will feature three
and four bedroom ramblerS,
split-levels and Colonials.
Mr.. Jacobs has recently
completed the construction
of 1900 homes in the Pitts
burgh area.
jones W. Peters, Jr.
Joins BeFens Companies
James w. Peters, jr., for
merly a mortgage supervisor
with the Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co., has Joined
the commercial loans de-
partment of the Berens Com
panieS.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
D. c. Forgives $77,608
In Transit Realty Tax

return on the company's gloss
operating revenues.
The latest real estate tax
exemption certification, issued
Friday. shows the company
earned only a 4.92 per cent re-
turn-even with all the exempr
tions. This falls nearly $3.50, 900
short Of the 61a per cent return
allowed.
Starting this year. the COM
pany is eligible for a school fare
subsidy. but only if its earnings
fall short of a 4.92 per cent
return.
Preliminary information on
the school subsidy determina-
ton, based on the company's
earnings for the year ended
August 81. 1862, shows that
there will be little if any sub
sidy due.
Evening star., 1963-01-07
PHOTO PERFECTIoNsTs
German Couple Seeks Realism

ing roads in the concentration
camp at Auschwitz.
He speaks little OF the past.
but his wife who was also i'm
prisoned with her parents in
Germany. talks with quiet Bit
terneSs.
1T is something you cannot
get rid Of. II hounds you. Be-
fore the war / couldn't get my
official photographers license
because Of my race. A master
photographer used TO come Sc
cretly to teach me. I started
a studio in Frankfurt au Main
after the war. / met my hus-
band at that time"
In addition 10 regular por-
trait photography. Mr.. Hahn
has developed a printing tech
nique which produces unusual
results. The technique uses var
ious powders on the developed
print and the effect is a strik-
ing rust or grey-toned picture
which looks more like a paint
ing than a photograph.
The Hahns will exhibit their
works at Gewirs Auditorium at
Adas Israel Congregation for
10 days, beginning Friday eve
ming.
Evening star., 1963-01-07

D. C. Transit System, Inc,
will be exempt from paying a
SIT, ,608 semi-annual installment
in District real estate taxes for
the current fiscal year, it was
revealed today.
The tax forgiveness will bring
to $660,688 the total of tax
exemptions the company has
received from the District dur
ing 1862.
The real estate tax exemp-
ton is based on a finding Of
the District Public Utilities
Commission that the company's
earnings for the year ended
August 81, l96l-even including
the exemption-did not come up
to the 6l2 per cent return
allowed by its franchise.
Last February. the commits
sion found the company should
be exempt from the first in
stallment Of real estate taxes
due in 1862, amounting TO
$60,443, and from the annual
motor vehicle fuel taxes due OF
$522,637. The fuel tax exemp-
ton also is determined by the
standard Of the ga per cent
Evening star., 1963-01-07
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
star staff Writer

Julius and Lii Hahn are two
perfectionists fighting an as
sembly line way Of life.
They are photographers
whose world was sll but black
ened out by the Nazis lh Ger
many.
Now in Washington. they
have a studio at 47io Wiscon-
sin avenue NV. Their pains
taking detail 10 lighting and
technique is apparent In the
portraits framed on the walls
there.
I'VE take a lot OF time. There
is no standard lighting. Each
face Is built differently We try
10 get the person as he Is. we
try 10 be realistic" said Mrs.
Hahn.
Mr.. Hahn. a tall, guant man
with craggy eyebrows whose
lips constantly hold a curved
pipe. left Germany with few
possessions. He did manage 10
bring something which means
much TO him, a hand-carved
lens made In 1872.
Before the war, Mr.. Hahn
Evening star., 1963-01-07
Durham Rule Changes Seen
Cutting Insanity AcquittaIs

cient for him to direct an in
sanity acquittal.
The court said it could not
establish "a sharp quantitative
or qualitative definition" of the
amount Of evidence needed for
a directed acquittal verdict,
But. it added, even II the prose-
cution offered no rebuttal evi-
dence, it does not necessarily
follow that the defendant
should be automatically ac-
quilted.
Within three weeks of the
Mcdonald decision, the court
handed down another opinion
which indicated how it intend
ed to use the modified APP
proach to insanity in future
cases.
Affirming the conviction of
Thomas Hawkins. the court
emphasized its point that the
government is not required to
offer expert rebuttal evidence
in order to avoid a directed in
sanity verdict. In this case the
defense produced some expert
and lay witnesses whose testi-
mony supported his insanity
plea; the government offered
no rebuttal evidence.
Conviction Affirmed
Following the Hawkins de-
cision. the appeals court af-
firmed the conviction Of Dallas
o. Williams. who appealed on
generally the same grounds,
Most Of the defense witnesses
testified that williams long
criminal record Che had been
arrested more than 100 times
in the last 20 years and holds at
least 10 convictions for acts OF
violence) indicated an unsound
mind. The appeal contended
the insanity evidence was SO
overwhelming as to demand a
directed verdict from the Judge
Indicating a new, tougher at
titude the appellate court noted
that "a long criminal record
does not excuse crime" and
pointed to a conflict In the
experts testimony. Such con-
flict could only be resolved
by the jury" 1t added.
Evening star., 1963-01-07

forward to his first glimpse Of
the Mississippi.
To this, Mr.. Katayev volun-
teered charitably that he thinks
perhaps some American writer's
tend to take a gloomy view of
life in the United States-at
least from what he had seen
in three days.
The press conference was
held in a setting designed to
make the visiting Russians feel
right at home. 1t was in the
Evening star., 1963-01-07
OIL FIsHBAIF, HE SHARP.


OIL FISHBAIT, HE SHARP.
His is an elected office.
Within a week, a newly
elected Congressman gets a
letter from Fishbait. Fishbait
announces he is ready to
serve him in any way. He
signs his letters, yours for
SERVICE"
Since the election, he has
been memorizing the names
Of the 81 new Congressman.
He has a picture of each
pasted in a notebook. With
in two or three hours after
the start Of the first session
on Wednesday, he says he
will have every name and
face cold.
He tells new members
where to sit, how TO get the
floor, how to get something
printed in the Congressional
Record. He knows everything
that's going on.
He was first elected Door
keeper in the 8lst Congress
by the Democratic Majority.
He was Minority Doorkeeper
In the first two years Of the
Eisenhower administration,
and then got his old Job back
which he's held ever since.
He's up for reelection to-
morrow, by the Democratic
caucus. Fishbait is unop-
posed.
"A good Congressman"
says Fishbait, has got to
work at his mail, be on time,
do his committee work, get TO
the floor in time for the
opening prayer.
"You find out about people
in the House. And they don't
fool the people back home"
q Fishbait.
Evening star., 1963-01-07

second-floor drawing room OF
the Embassy, done in rocco. or
Kremlin klaSsic, style. Dark
wood panels with gold leaf
decorations were set off by red
brocade drapes. On each side
of an ornate marble fireplace
hung two gigantic color por-
traits, of Lenin and Khru-
shchev, while on the mantle
piece, under a huge gilt-framed
mirror. was a gold statue with
a clock in its base.
Evening star., 1963-01-07

issue OF insanity Into q trail
simply by introducing some
evidence" to indicate mental
disease. Once the issue had been
SUCCESSFULLY raised, it then fell
upon the prosecution to prove
the defendant was not insane
and that the crime in question
was not the product of q sick
mind.
ComplicaJing the picture fur
ther were other Court of Ap-
peals opinions which instructed
the trial courts to direct ver-
diets of acquittal if sufficient
evidence Of insanity, especially
based on expert testimony, had
been submitted by the defense.
AS a result of these and doz-
ems of other Court of Appeals
opinions relating to the Dur
ham decision, the United
States Attorneys office found
itself in the position of having
to concede the insanity of many
criminally-accused persons.
Jury-Waived Trials
These cases, plus a number
OF instances in which the Gov
ernment agreed with the de-
fendent's insanity claim. usual
ly wound up being tried before
a judge without a jury.
Ordinarily criminal cases are
tried before a jury. but under
Federal rules this right may be
waived by a defendant with
the consent Of the prosecution
and the court.
OF the 81 verdicts of not
guilty by reason of insanity
last fiscal year, 81 were ver-
diets rendered by judges, in
cluding AZ after non-jury trials
and nine after the judge de-
cided the insanity evidence was
strong enough to require him
to direct the jury's verdict.
These 81 non-jury and di-
rected verdicts compared with
SIS the previous fiscal year, "a
in 1860, 20 in 1859 and ~ in
1858.
Last fiscal year, despite
the large number OF in
stances in which the defense
asked for an insanity acquit-
tai, juries returned only l6
such verdicts. In 1854, the last
year before the Durham deci-
sion, the number was eight.
The prospect for the future
is that more criminal cases
with an insanity defense will be
tried before juries, less will 90
uncontested by the govern
ment, and fewer will be re-
solved with directed verdicts.
These conclusions are based
on talks with members OF the
government attorneys staff
who studied the Court Of Ap-
peals' decision last October In
the case OF Ernest Mcdonald.
The Mcdonald decision, to-
gether with associated deci-
sions In November and Decem-
Der, should bring about a
tapering off Of insanity acquit-
tails which reached l3 per cent
Of all criminal cases tried In
fiscal 1852. prosecutors believe.
In the Mcdonald decision
the appellate court said insan-
ity-in a legal sense-is a uues-
ton for the jury, not mental
experts, 10 decide.
The court for the first time
gave also a judicial definition
OF what II meant In the Dur
ham decision by disease" and
defect" although II admitted
the definition was necessarily
broad and general"
Importantly. the Mcdonald
decision went even further in
dealing with the trial judges
problem OF determining when
evidence Of insanity Ia suffi-
Evening star., 1963-01-07
BY DONALD BACON
Star staff Writer


While a tempest RACES over
police arrests for investigation,
another District law enforce
ment controversy - concerning
the Durham rule seem S
headed for a quieter solution.
Without much fanfare, the
Durham insanity rule, which
has led to an increasing num-
ber of not guilty verdicts in
criminal trials Of the last eight
years, has undergone some i'm
portant alterations.
These changes by the United
States Court Ga Appeals, in a
series Of decisions in 1862. are
expected to result in signifi-
cantly fewer verdicts of not
guilty by reason of insanity,
according to court observers.
The United States Attorneys
office plans to wait and see
what effect these rulings have
before proceeding with its re-
quest for legislation in the in
sanity area. Much of what the
Government attorney sought
through legislation was incor-
porated in the appellate courts
recent Mcdonald, Hawkins and
Williams opinions.
The Durham rule, set down
by the Court Of Appeals here in
a famous 1854 decision, says
that a defendant charged with
a criminal offense must be
found not guilty by reason Of
insanity "if his unlawful act
was the product Of a mental
disease Or defect" BY law. after
such he is automatically sent
to st. Elizabeths Hospital, un-
til officials decide he is no
longer dangerous to himself
or society.
The number of these ver-
diets, according to figures COM
piled by the United States At
torney's Office. jumped from
three in fiscal 1853 to 81 in
fiscal 1862.
Caused Much Debate
The Durham rule-named for
Monte w. Durham, whose ap-
peal of a housebreaking con-
viction led to the decision-has
been hotly debated among
members of Congress. lawyers
and jurists. Many thought the
new yardstick for measuring
insanity was confusing and that
1t allowed some sane criminals
10 escape punishment. Others
believed the new approach to
the insanity problem was nec-
essary and that 1t was based
on increased scientific knowl-
edge of mental illness.
The debate intensified In re-
cent years as the number Of
insanity acquittals increased
steadily. Last summer. on the
eighth anniversary Of the Dur
ham decision and as new ae-
quittal records we're reached,
United States Attorney David
c. Acheson announced that his
office was preparing to ask
the next session OF Congress for
legislation TO clear UP the situa-
ton.
The problem, in large part,
appeared 10 be one Of language
Not everyone was sure what
the appellate court meant by
product Of a mental disease
or defect"
For definition OF these terms,
the court relied heavily on the
testimony Of experts in mental
sickness. But psychiatrists on
the witness stand often disputed
one another's Interpretation,
and frequently they would can
didly admit they had no way
Of knowing whether a particular
crime was the product" Of q
mental disease.
The defense coy u bring the