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Evening star., 1963-01-31
Riggs Slips to 58th
Lurqest u. S. Bank

Riggs National Bank gained
in deposits but slipped a bit
in 1862 from its ranking as
SD largest among commercial
banks in the Nation. a report
showed today.
American Banker, industry
trade newspaper, said Riggs
ranked 58th at year end with
deposits Of $3.50 million. Ameri-
can Security g. Trust Co.
ranked 83d largest, compared
with 84th a year earlier, with
$439 million. National Bank
Of Washington was 104th with
1852 million, up from l05th in
1861.
The figures do not reflect a
merger of Riggs with the Bank
of Commerce, announced early
in January. Combined assets
would push Riggs to a total of
$647 million, based on 1862
year-end figures. The Nations
largest is Bank of America
with more than $12 billion in
deposits.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
$0.5 Billion
Refund Set
ByTreusury
BY the Associated Press

The treasury announced yes
terday it will refund 9.5 bill
lion in securities that mature
February is with new 3A per
cent one-year certificates and
324 per cent bonds of 51a-years
duration.
At the same time the
treasury said another advance
refunding, tailored to results
of the present move, will be
announced next month, and
that an offering of long term
bonds at competitive bidding
may be tried a second time in
April.
Undersecretary Robert v.
Roosa called the three-step
program a renewed demonstra-
ton "of our pledge that a
deficit, whatever the size, will
be financed in a noninflation-
ary manner"
The sos billion refunding
involved only an exchange and
no cash subscriptions. Matur-
ing issues eligible for exchange
include $5.72 billion of 31a per
cent treasury certificates dat
ed Feb. is, 1862; $1.49 billions
of 2ss per cent notes dated
April is, 1858 and 1925 billion
Of 3A per cent notes dated
Nov. is, 1861.
The actual amount covered
in the refunding is $9,465, ,OOO,-
900.
Subscription books will be
open from February 4 to Feb
ruary 6.
The 3A per cent certificates
will be dated February is and
will mature February is, 1864
at par. The 3A per cent bonds
represent an additional
amount Of securities originally
issued last April. They mature
August Is, 1868. Some $l.26
billion are now outstanding.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Electric Institute
Elects S. R. Hill
As New President

Sim R. Hill, merchandise
manager of the six Sears, Roe
buck g. Co. area stores in
Maryland. Virginia and the
District, yesterday was elected
president of the Electric Insti-
tute of Washington.
The association represents
331 electrical industry firms in
this area, including IS manu-
facturers and lot retailers, ac-
cording to William @. Hills
executive director.
Mr.. Hill is a veteran OF
nearly II years with his COM
pany. Other new officers
elected were Arthur H. john
son, president of A. S. Johnson
Co., air conditioning firm, as
institute vice president; James
P. Fulford. president of Full
ford's Colony Radio & Tele-
vision Co.. treasurer, and Dom
aid M. Whiting, district man.
ager, major appliance division.
General Electric Co., secretary.
John H. Fetty, chief elec-
trical engineer, District Depart
ment of Licenses e. Inspection,
was reelected a director.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Wholesale Food Cost
Is Steady for Week

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 (AP) -
Wholesale food prices held
steady this week at an index
of $3.50, Dun & Bradstreet,
Inc, reported.
This is unchanged from the
previous week but down Z per
cent from the same week a
year ago. The index reflects
the total price of one pound
each of 81 foods in general use.
Higher for the week were
wheat. corn, lard, butter, cot
tonseed oil, cocoa and raiSins.
Lower were rye, barley, hams,
pork bellies, eggs, steers and
hogs.
Evening star., 1963-01-31

president at an organizational
meeting yesterday.
Membership rose by rs per
cent from 4l,000 to 54.l92 at
the close of 1862. The increase
pushed Navy Federal from the
largest Federal credit union to
first place among all credit
unions, a position previously
held by Detroit Teachers Credit
Union.
Share deposits also reached a
record high of $27.9 million,
compared with $2l million at
the end Of 1861, a gain of about
81 per cent
Comdr. Marx forecast a
membership of approximately
$4,000 and assets of close to
$35 million by the close of 1868.
Total assets jumped to $780,
1894 at the end of 1862 from
$25, ,187,009 a year earlier.
According to Morris SHREDDER,
treasurer, net loans to members
totaled $27,3l4,623 at year end,
versus $23,726,580 at the close
Of 1861, a gain Of nearly is
per cent.
Comdr. Marx also said he
anticipated further strengthen
ing Of reserves and improve
ments in services. The credit
union was founded in Wash
ington in 1893.
Other new officers elected
were l.. Frank Waller, vice
president; N. A. Ferrari, as
sistant treasurer, and Capt.
Richard Ferry as secretary
recorder. Mr.. Schroeder was re-
elected treasurer.
Capt. Ferry was also elected
to a two-year term as a di-
rector. Reelected as directors
we're Osgood Tower and L. F.
Gittermann.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Atkinson of AS&T
Ends 47-Yeor Career

Arthur M. Atkinson, assist
ant vice president of American
Security aand Trust Co., retired
today after AZ years in the
industry here.
A native of Alexandria, Va,
he began his career with the
Home Savings Bank in 1915
He subsequently served with
the District National Bank and
The City Bank and was elected
assistant vice president of the
latter institution in 1855. He
has been manager of the
Southeast office of American
Security since it acquired The
City Bank in 1859.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Edmonston Retires
At Peoples Druqs

Edwin William Edmonston
65, retired today as buyer OF
proprietary drugs for Peoples
Drug stores, Inc, after 81
years with the company.
A native Of Washington. hC
served in the Army on the
Mexican border during Worlc
War I and later in France
After the war he joined the
Washington Wholesale DruI
Exchange and rose TO superin,
tendent, He Joined Peoplei
Drug in 1924 when the firm haC
l8 stores and has helped 4
grow TO 22i.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Goodyear Tire Plans
$l00 Million OutIuy

AKRON. Ohio, Jan. 81 (AP) =.
The Goodyear Tire g. Rubber
Co. will spend $lO0 million on
capital Improvements this year,
E. ]. Thomas, board chair
man, announced today. Similar
amounts were spent in each of
the last two years, he said.
Mr.. Thomas said the planned
1868 program will include new
and expanded production and
distribution facilities in the
United States and in interna-
tional markets.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Hot Shoppes Plan
Atlanta Motor Hotel

Hot Shoppes, Inc, plans a
81 million Marriott Motor
Hotel in downtown Atlanta,
Ga, the first with major con-
vention facilities in that city
since 1880, the company an
nounced today.
j. Willard Marriott, sr., pres
ident, said construction will
begin next summer and the
450-room hotel will open ir
1864. 1t is the fifth major hote,
in the chain.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Dividends Announced
By Peoples DRUG

Directors Of Peoples Drug
Stores declared the company's
regular quarterly dividend of
so cents per common share.
1t will be payable March %
to holders of record February
'26. Stockholders will be noti-
fled the latter date on details
of the annual meeting March
26. q spokesman said.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Navy Credit Union
Sets New Records in
Assets, Membership
BY TRUMAN r. TEMPLE
Star staff Writer

Membership assets and share deposits the Navy Federal
Credit Union largest credit union in the world to
highs in 1862, the organization reported today.
Comdr James H. Marx, chief of the Navy's emergency
supply operations center Defense Supply Agency elected
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Metropolitan Paint
Promotes 3 Officers

David F. Bready, president OF
Metropolitan Paint Stores, yes
terday announced three new
executive appointments. Albert
F. Winterble, jr., has been pro-
NOTED to vice president. store
operations; Robert Hamlin has
been promoted to treasurer
and Vernon Ricketts, to the
position of secretary.
The l2-year-old company
owns and operates IA hom e
decorating centers in Virginia,
Maryland and the District.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Bittinger Named

Donald L. Bittinger. presi-
dent Of Washington Gas Light
Co.. has been named chairman
Of the Business Firms Com
mittee for American Univer-
sity's current 100000 fund
drive.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Loans Doubled in '62
At Equitable Life

The District office of city
mortgage department, Equita-
BILE Life assurance Society re-
ported yesterday record $52.2
million in business and CON-
mercial loans approved during
1862, compared with s24.6 mil
lion the previous year.
Stanely S. CARRIER, loan su-
pervisor, said the volume was
second highest among the firms
36 regional offices. New York
was first.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
D. c. Bank CIeorings
Un 3.7M in Month

Washington banks in January
showed a total of 1901, ,5l7,S75
in check clearings. the Wash
ington Clearing House Associa-
ton reported today.
The total compared with
4772,638,308 for the month last
,:'ear or an increase of 81 per
cent, and established a new
record high for the month in
.clearings.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
METALS

NEW YORK, Jan ~ tApl -spoI
nQnierrouH metal prices today eoppei
~ cents a pound, Connecticut Valley
Lead 10 cents pound East 81
Loult. I'm Lila pound, New York
Eoteign silver 256 per troy ounce
New York. Pittsburgh scrap steel No
I heayy vas quoted BY Iron Age al
Evening star., 1963-01-31
Mrs. Hacker Named
By Central Choroe

Mrs. Audrey c. Hacker has
been appointed personnel di-
rector of Central Charge Serv-
ice, President j. P. Stakeholder
announced today.
The president said company
Evening star., 1963-01-31

growth had prompted crea-
tion Of the new position. Mrs.
Hacker, previously assistant
credit manager, has been with
the firm since its founding a
decade ago. She also is a
member of its BOARD of opera
tionS.
Evening star., 1963-01-31
OVER COUNTER

Following prices furnished by the Ma
ti0nal Association Of Securities Dealers
in Washington represent the range within
which locally active scurities could have
been bought or sold at / pm.
January 81, 1853:
Ranks and Inguranca Conanang..
Evening star., 1963-01-31
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK (AP) Noon over the
counter US. Government Treasury bonds,
9lo, asked net change and yield for
Evening star., 1963-01-31
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK CAP)
National Associa-
ion Securities Deal
erE Inr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
AFTER DARK

If you haven't made a reser-
walton for Marlene Dietrich's
opening show tomorrow night
at the Shoreham Terrace, for
get 1t. Forget about the first
show at $50, that is. You may
still be able to book a table
for the midnight performance,
but that opener is sold out. In
fact, It's sold out up to and in
Guiding a considerable list OF
those whose reservations will be
good only if it does not rain
and drive the festivities indoors
from the Terrace to the smaller
Blue Room.
You still can get a table fol
subsequent Dietrich perform
ances, but don't put off max
ing the reservation too long
The glamorous grandma's first
personal appearance In Wash
ington has given the Shoreham
the largest number of advance
bookings in the hotels history
More than a thousand reserva-
tons had been made a month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05

but It's a subduec shade o,
green, not red. There are cap.
tain's chairs and a darkly
stained bar. The walters are
in gold and black. You feel Sc
cluded and at ease.
Mr.. Krouse's menu is like his
restaurant: Straight to the
point. There is a filet mignon
with mushrooms and sauce
bercy, $3.50; a homeless sirloin
strip steak, $6.25; broiled Aus
tralian lobster tail, $3.50;
backfin lump imperial crab,
$4.95; double cut loin lamb
chops, $4.95; a Kansas City sir
loin, $3.50: broiled red snap
per, 1895; and jumbo shrimp
$S.75, one vegetable and q
crisp green garden salad In.
cluded. Eggs benedict, at $3.50;
are a house speciality. Dessert.
run from Krouse's cheesecake
rs cents, to pecan pie, so cents.
This time around we haC
fresh fruit cocktail, the loir
lamb chops medium well, {
baked potato with butter AMI
sour cream, the tossed greer
salad with oil and vinegar, Ice
cream and coffee. The bill, MOI
counting cocktail and tip
came to $685..
The inn is open seven day.
a week, from IL am. to 2 am,
Monday through Saturday anC
from / pm. to midnight OF
Sunday. There is plenty of on.
street parking, and no meter
either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05

Jack Pastorius, backed by piano
and bass. 1t is not clear whe-
ther he has been hired for The
Place on the Hill because of
his music or his frankness.
The first time Mr.. Reisinger
heard the group over at the
Carousel Motor Inn in Ocean
City he observed to Mr.. Pas
torius that there was a great
deal reminiscent of Frank Sin
atra in the Pastorius style.
TITS purely intentional, old
boy" said Mr.. P.
"oh, I'm not complaining, "
Mr.. r. went on. I'm a great
admirer of Sinatra's style"
81" said Mr.. Pastorius, IAN
a great admirer of his success. d"
SHOWBILL - Corwin Mat
thews, guitarist at the Water
Gate Inn and its River Roof, is
making a habit out Of taking
top honors at the Grand Ma
tional Country Mus Contest
in Warrenton. This ar he won
first prize for the third ime in
the contest staged q ally by
the Warrenton Junior Chamber
of Commerce. At the Water
Gate, though, he concentrates
not on country music but on
show tunes. The Tommy
Gwaltney Trio (Steve Jordan
and John Eaton) wound UP a
Virginia Beach stay last Sun
day, opens this coming Sunday
at the Showboat Lounge
Organist Dan Daniel arrives
/ next Monday night to open
the fall season at the Willard
: Hotels Willard Room. He'll be
on hand from 5 to 8 p. m. and
10 p. m. to l a. M, Monday
through Friday, and 5 to 8 pm.
and 8 pm. to midnight on Sat-
urdays. Julie Gibson's back
at that den of Dixieland called
the Bayou. Starting tonight the
entertainment there also will
include songs by a new girl
named Patty Holland, whose
manager swears she is the
greatest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
By JOHN M. RossoN

ago and as far as we're
concerned 1t no longer is an
If" a status which all new
restaurants must somehow en-
dure their first year in busi-
ness. There is always the gam
BILE regardless of quality.
Ray is the Ray Krouse of
University of Maryland foot
ball fame. He goes back to the
great Jim Tatum days, the best
In the univerSity'S football his
tory. Big Ray was one of Mary
lands great tackles. From
Maryland he went to the pros:
Five years with the New York
Giants, two with Detroit, two
with the Baltimore Colts and
one year with the Redskins.
Now he is a restaurateur and
he'll tell you he's never worked
harder. Apparently, however,
he's proving as adept at res
taurateuring as he was at play
ing football. He not only owns
the inn but he's on the premises.
And the premises are jumping,
pretty fair evidence of success.
The inn is in an old George
town warehouse underneath
the freeway at K street and
Wisconsin avenue. Complete
with green canopies and many
paned windows, 1t offers a see
mic view of the Potomac when
the railroad people are con-
Siderate enough to move a doz-
siderate enough to move a dozen
or so freight cars out Of the way
KrouSe'S Inn is not a frothy
place. How could it be with q
football player as owner? The
former tackle and his sister
Mrs. Margaret Haney, an ex-
perienced restaurateur, secured
the little 100-year-olG ware
house to the bone, even to the
point of painting it. But they
saved everything worthwhile,
including an original stone wall
which lines the dining room,
old overhead beams and the
many-paned windows. The rest
is of old brick obtained by Ray
from another old Georgetown
building.
The carpet is thick and soft,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
HOLLYWOOD
Resemblance
Is AccidentuI

HOLLYWOOD (NANA) -
Well, everyone in Sweden can
breathe easier. Any resemblance
between the film version of
THE Prize" and the Irving
Wallace novel is purely &C
cidental. Which is par for the
course The second of the
Mrs. Enrol Flynns, Nora Hay
mes, finally received her share
of the Flynn estate and
planked the money into a plush
Laurel Canyon abode. Nora al
so tossed her saleswoman job
in a sports shop out of the
sporting window Alain De-
lon offered his percentage of
THE Big Grab" to Metro for
100000 and they grabbed it
Keefe BraSSelle's agent is
lining up hefty Las Vegas dates
to follow his weekly show on
CBS-TV. EIiz Kazan is
the target for some Of the we'll
known students at the Actors
Studio. They want the prestige
of appearing for Ella at the
new Lincoln Center Theater.
Kazan is devoting the next few
years to the project and is hop
ing that Marion BrandO can.
forget Hollywood and the mil
lions he makes there for arts
sake. I can't remember when
Brando last did a play on
Broadway although it is i'm
possible to forget him in
"Streetcar Named Desire" He
was a great actor then.
$3.50
Peter Sellers describes his
DIR. Strangelove" picture as
"a nightmare comedy" Can a
nightmare be funny? Zsa
Zsa GabOr's 17-year-old daugh-
ter Francesca has been dis
covered by Ray MiIland's hand
some son Danny With Jill
st. John making like a recon-
Citation with Lance Revent-
low, will he take his fancy
mansion off the market? I have
heard nothing to this effect
yet. And Lance does not seem
to be worried about his bache-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
You'd Better
Call Alfred
By HARRY MACARTHUR

before the opening and they've
continued to come in steadily.
Miss Dietrich will be at the
Terrace from tomorrow night
through Saturday, September
IA, including next Monday
night. She'll appear at 1926
p. m. Monday through Thurs.
day, at $50 p. m. and midnight
on Fridays and Saturdays. Anc
don't expect to drop in casual
ly at any performance. Call AL
fred and the sooner the bet.
ter.
4 IS
ON LOCATION - Producer.
director Robert Aldrich is max.
ing a movie here and Bill Rel
singer, for one, hopes he fin.
ishes 1t soon and goes away
It's causing all sorts of com.
plications around Mr.. Reising'
er's Place on the Hill at the
Dodge House, to which he re-
Gently moved from The Place
Where Louie Dwells.
every time I miss some
body and ask where he is In
told he's on location" Mr.. Rel
singer was lamenting the othel
day.
First to succumb to the lurl
of a part in Mr.. Aldrich's movie
was Iene Day, handsome ant
talented chanteuse- in-residenct
at the Reisinger Places. Shl
winds up her six-month tenurt
in this office next Saturday
night, to return after the film
is completed.
The other day it was the
Places headwaiter, Fairfax
who turned up missing, cast as
a butler in a party scene in the
Aldrich picture. Fairfax quick
| y learned about Hollywood
too. 1t being summer, or al
least still sum m erish, hi
thought he'd better get a white
coat to be a well-dresSed butler
and expended a great deal Of
time and trouble in locating
one. Mr.. Aldrich took one look
off-handedly said PUT him ir
a black coat" and went on tc
other things.
To fill in for the absent Mis-
Day and her trio, Mr.. Reising'
er is bringing In a group namet
The CaSuals, to open Monda!
night. The leader is a singing
stand-up drummer nance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

Tor status Richard Burton,
who admits to being careful
paid for all the furnishings In
SYPHILIS West Side apartment
in Manhattan.
Pearl Bailey is wondering
whether it was such a good
idea to have ex-prizefight
champ Joe Louis in her Fla
mingo act at Las Vegas. Joe
has been getting all the pub
licity and she is not quite sure
now who is the star of the
show.
Rex Harrison is the only
Of the Cleopatra"
cast who has a chance for an
Oscar. And the word at goth
is, to go all out for Rex. I
think they should also consider
ROddy Mcdowell, who was
very good as Octavian.
Has it been printed that
Monty Gift will star for Ely
Landau in THE Heart Is a
Lonely Hunter? Patricia Blair
has been tested for the leading
lady role.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-05
DINING OUT
Ray Is Here
To Stay

In the past few years the
Nations Capital has witnessed
the opening of a phenomenal
number of new restaurants
And Just as unbelievable-at
least until you look for the ex-
plantations - is the fact that
most of them have proved sue
cessful.
There are a number of rea-
sons why few Of them have
gone under, perhaps the main
one being that most Of the
budding restauranteurs have
made all-out efforts from the
very beginning to offer quality
food. The notion that a good
bar or an unusual decor could
provide q successful cover fol
Second-rate fare was not for q
moment entertained. We recall
two instances only where that
was tried and neither spot Is
now with us.
There are other reasons, too
The growing sophistication Of
Washington area residents
dining out is finally being
recognized as a social func.
tom; the influx of thousand;
Of newcomers (there's more
business for everybody, restau.
rants included, and finally
prosperity in general.
In any case, the new arrivals
appear to be doing excellently
not the least Of them q nifty
little spot under the Whitehurst
freeway called Ray Krouse's
Inn. We wrote about Ray
Krouse's when 1t opened last
spring, but that was some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-21
Its Fifth Year

Marguerite zwerner continue
ing scholarship. Miss Comp
ton will study at Longwood
College In Farmville, Va.
At the close Of the business
meeting the members gave
Miss Compton a shower Of
personal gifts. Followin z
graduation from college she
plans to teach In the Vir-
GINA schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-21
Miss McCundIish Bows

and back panel. Mrs. Sutton
wore Q dress Of shocking pink
and white crepe.
Miss McCandlish is q
graduate of Potomac School
and st. GATHERINGS School in
Richmond. Va. She will enter
Wellesley College in the Fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCandlish
are entertaining at their resi-
dence in early September to
present their daughter to
their friends before she
leaves for college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-21
Club Concludes

The Woman's Club Of Fair
lington concluded Its fifth
year with q Dessert Srnorgas-
bord recently. The women
helplessly abandoned calorie
counting as they sampled the
tempting display Of desserts,
The group presented Miss
Sharon Diane Compton, q
1868 graduate Of Wakefield
High School, with the 5000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-21
Nun Receives
Fellowship

Sister Maria Eucharia,
c. s. j., professor Of econom-
les at Brentwood College.
Long Island, New York. was
awarded a graduate fellow
ship for summer study at
Sophia University In Tokyo,
Japan, at a ceremony at
Trinity College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tay-
lor Sutton. III. Of Charlottes-
vile, Va. entertained at o
dinner Wednesday evening at
Anderson House in honor Of
Mr.. Sutton's neice. Miss Re-
bekah Sutton McCandlish.
She is the debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert j. McCandlish. jr. Of
Fairfax, Va.
The debutante wore q long
dress Of white silk organza
with a turquoise satin bodice