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Evening star., 1963-02-27
Deacons In Slump

Deacons In Slump
The game up here was close
until the last five minutes. And
I doubt whether well ever have
a first half again like we had
down in winston Salem when
we hit only Is per cent"
The Deacons, although finsh-
ing second in the ACES regu-
lar-season standings, have q
l4-9 overall record and still
may be In something of a mild
slump. They lost three games
In a row to Duke, Davidson and
Furman before winning their
finale over South Carolina. 81
"a. Sub Ronnie Watts, the
Washington boy. was the hero
Of that one with "a points and
10 rebounds.
For q while things we're so
frustrating for the Deacons that
Coach Bones Mckinney even
junked his red socks and was
sighted wearing a pair Of dull
gold-colored ones. 1T was time
for q change" Mckinney an
nounced solemnly.
Good Reb0unding Needed
II the Terps hope to spring
q surprise they'll have TO
match the hustle they showed
against Duke here o week ago.
they'll have to do q stronger
rebounding Job against Watts
and 6-foot-l0 Bob Woodland,
and they'll have to find a way
Of containing slick Dave Wiede-
man. An all-conference guard,
Wiedeman was the Deacons'
top scorer In both pervious
games, hitting 2l points the
last time out.
The Wake Forest Maryland
scrap will go on tomorrow at
4 pm, following q Q O'Clock
match between North and
South Carolina. and will be
broadcast In Washington over
Station WRC with Jim Simpson
at the microphone. The night
games put Duke against vir-
ginia at 1880 and N. c. State
against Clemson at els.
Evening star., 1963-02-27
Brock Congratulated


Walter Brock. his administra-
tive assistant, who signed
Tommy early yesterday after
noon In Brooks car. parked
Just off the Maryland campus.
However, Selkirk is not one for
complacency.
But don't let this go to your
head" he told Brock. Nov go
out and get some more Just
like him"
The outfielder- first baseman,
who set Atlantic Coast Con-
ference records In hitting and
in pass interceptions as a two
sport star for the Terps. is due
here tonight and viii work out
tomorrow.
Selkirk appeared particularly
p ased that the Senators
plucked Brown from the grasp
of the Orioles, who thought
they had him. Selkirk's knowl-
edge of Brown dates back to
his term as director Of player
personnel for Kansas City.
George also was after Brown
when he was field co-ordinator
for the Orioles last year.
The Senators timing also
was excellent. While most ma
jor league clubs must protect
first-year bonus players this
year by carrying them on their
roster, or farming one out and
operating with "a players-one
under the limit-the Senators
now do not have to protect
Tommy until next year.
Contract With York
Brown was signed to a con-
tract of the Senator'S York
tPaJ club of the Glass AA
Eastern League. The Senators
win not have to place him on
their parent roster until Octo-
ber Is, 1868.
Next year the Senators either
will have to carry Brown or
farm him out again and oper-
ate with "a players. The alter
native would be to make hin
eligible for the draft, which
the Washington club would do
only II he was a miserable fail
ure.
Brown. the second draft
choice of the Packers and the
fourth draft choice of Buffalo
of the American Football
League, Is known to have pre-
ferred baseball to football. but
he put a high price on his
services.
Tommy Is said to have asked
$4,000 to sign q professional
baseball contract. All the SEN
ators would say was that he
signed for a Substantial" bo-
nus. It could be anywhere from
$4,000 to $4,000, probably
somewhere In between.
"Every Opportunity"
Manager Mickey Vernon,
with only q skimpy knowledge
OF Browns background, said he
would have TO play 1t by ear.
We'll try him at first base and
In the outfield and see how he
looks" Vernon said. IT don't
know much about him, but
wen give him every oppor-
tunity."
Selkirk. who was signed TO a
Triple-A contract at the age of
IL, said 1t would be asking too
much Of Brown TO expect him
TO make the parent squad this
year.
Florida sports writer's cover
ing the Senators camp ex-
pressed more than usual inter-
est In the signing because most
OF them watched Brown return
the opening kickoff 90 yards
for a touchdown when the
Terps played Miami in Orange
Bowl Stadium last October.
That was only his second long
est run OF the season. He sealed
a victory ever Virginia by run
ming l02 yards with an inter-
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of $2,375, none of which has
been paid back in cash.
Instead, Mr.. PaSsarelli testi-
fled, the States attorney had
paid him back in professional
services"
I'D say we're about even,"
he said. The contractor said
he had never told Norris of
his part in the gambling. On
the day of the trial, he added,
he went to Virginia to look at
some property.
Il thought that would be a
good time to look at it," he
said. II fully intended to be
there until I thought better of
it,"
Re tired Air Force Col.
Thurston H. Baxter, a member
of the grand jury that heard
testimony during its inves-
tigation of the raid, testi-
fled for the State yesterday.
Mr.. Sweeney, referring to the
third time that Norris appeared
before the grand jury, asked
Col. Baxter what the prosecu-
tor said when asked why he
did not call Passarelli to the
trial.
HE (Norris) told us he
didn't want to upset the fam
lily -. Col Baxter replied.
He didn't want to embarrass
him. :"
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Vandalism
Costs Rise
ForSchooIs

The number Of window panes
broken in District schools dur
ing the last fiscal year was
lower than in the previous II
months, but the replacement
cost was higher, School Supt
Carl F. Hansen reported yes
terday.
DR.. Hansen told the Commit
tee on Buildings, Grounds and
Equipment that 19,307 windows
were broken during the year
ending last July 1. The cost to
taxpayers was $91, 409.53.
The previous year it cost
$1,000 to replace 23,64S panes.
The reason for the increase in
cost was that the average price
per pane has gone up from
1894 to $4.73, DR.. Hansen said.
A chart accompanying his re-
port noted that the increase
in breakage since 1919 has
has been relatively insignifi-
cant" compared to the rise in
replacement costs.
The reduction in broken
panes was % per cent, DIR.
Hansen said. He credited prin-
cipals, faculties and communi-
ties for reducing the vandal-
ism. but still called the dam
age appalling"
DR.. Hansen said window
guards are being placed on "a
older buildings and floodlights
have been ordered for 10
schools to discourage vandal-
ism.
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LOCKED IN BASEMENT
12-Hr. Hunt Finds Boys, z
BY WALTER GOLD
Star staff Writer

Two q year-old boys, miss
ing from their Southeast Wash
ington apartments for IL hours.
were found early today locked
in the basement Of a nearby
apartment building.
The youngsters, Andre lizard
and James Stubblefield, jr.,
were reported missing by their
families from their apartments
at 6l0 Forty-sixth place Sc.
about 4 pm. yesterday.
BY nightfall, dozens of po-
licemen had searched the en-
tire Government housing prof.
ect along Forty-sixth place. Ca
nine Corps dogs and 20 re-
serve police officers were Joined
by off-duty policemen and other
volunteers as the search went
on into the early morning to-
day.
About 4 am, Fourteenth
Precinct Detectives Henry A.
McElvane and Larry L. Rich
ards went for a fresh search OF
apartment buildings already
searched and researched.
"We'll use the standard FBI
method Of rechecking every
possible hiding place within
100 yards Of the missing chill
dren's homes" Detective Nc
Elvane said as they started in
the basement OF the boys apart
ment building, opening every
locked door, incinerator chute
and hiding place all the way up
TO the roof.
The detectives then moved
next door 10 6l2, and then
GOA Forty-sixth.
Mr.. McElvane found an UNI
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Fuirfox Police Expand
Search for Attocker

fitting the police description,
sleeping under a highway over
pass in Franconia three weeks
ago.
A day or two later, someone
broke into Mr.. Thompson's
home on Valley View drive,
Franconia, drank two gallons
Of milk and at a ham.
A lookout broadcast by
county police after last Fri
days attack described the
suspect as a Negro in his 20s,
five feet and eight inches tall
and weighing about 1855 pounds.
He wore a black coat with
blue and white lining, tan
trousers and tan work shoes.
And, according to the attack
victim, he had a bullet wound"
in one of his thumbs.
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Area Sky Divers
To Hold Contest

Five parachute clubs from
Virginia, Maryland and the
District will fall out" for
honors at Centerville. Va, to-
morrow and Sunday in the
Central Atlantic Sports Para
chute Association competition.
The competition staging area
is a 700-acre farm, three miles
southeast Of Centerville. off
Clifton road and Routes 1921.
More than 100 parachute
jumpers will take part. with
more than 800 jumps scheduled.
There is no admission charge,
but contributions will be ac-
cepted at the gate.
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MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Labor Secretary Writ
Discusses Rail Issue

CAN WE AVERT GRIPPING RAIL STRIKE?-Wil
the country experience paralyzing railroad strike
next year2 Has Congress set dangerous precedent
for other industries by its recent passage of COM
pulsory arbitration legislation, designed essentially
to buy the time needed to head off rail strike this
yearP In an oN-THE-RECoRD interview in The
Sunday Star, Secretary Of Labor w. willard Writ
states his views on these national issues and dis
cusses such problems as racial discrimination in
labor unions and the threat Of initiation.
ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
THRIFT-The savings and loan business has Just
crossed the 500 billion line with over IS mil
lion Americans taking part This Sunday The
Washington Star tells the story Of this mushroom
ing industry and explains what brought on It's
phenomenal success in a special 24-page roto-
gravure section.
CAN SNEAD BRING ON A WINNING STREAK?-The
hopes OF Washington's gridiron fans that this sea-
son the Redskins will give them something to cheer
about hinge largely on a 6-foot-4 215-pound quar-
terback named Norman Snead The Stars SUM-
DAY Magazine this week features a word-and-
picture closeup OF the Redskins crack quarterback,
both at work and at home with his family.
nh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-13

A suburban area Of Fairfax
County has in seven days been
transformed into an armed
camp-where as many as so
county policemen have been
carrying on an intensive search
for an elusive fugitive suspected
Of committing one rape and
five housebreakings in the last
six weeks.
The search was intensified
last Friday, after a 2l-year-old
Bren Mar Park housewife was
attacked at gunpoint.
The victim told detectives
she had taken her 18-month-
old son to a clearing near
Edsall road to watch passing
Southern Railway System
trains. The attacker, armed
with a silver-plated revolver,
approached from behind.
Suspects Area
County Police Chief William
L. Durrer said several reports
from area residents indicated
that the suspect has stayed
within a 5-square-mile tract
in the Franconia-S Springfield
Newington area.
This section Of the county is
criss-crossed by two railroad
lines, a super-highway under
construction and numberless
wooded strips and gullies.
Immediately after the attack
trail in the Bren Mar Park
area, but lost the scent in q
nearby creek.
Last month, an area house
wife frightened away an in
truder with a .22-caliber rifle.
Two nights ago. a Springfield
woman called police to report
seeing a man running through
her backyard.
Dogs Lose Scent
Trial dogs again picked up a
scent-only TO lose 1t at Fran
coma road.
For about seven months be-
fore July, the area was quiet,
Chief DurTer said. In Novem-
Der, a woman in the area was
molested. -Four others reported
they were molested since July.
Police believe the suspect left
the area between November
and July.
Another area resident, A. N.
Thompson, spotted a stranger,
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1T MUST BE TRUE that

IT MUST BE TRUE that
there are a great many
other Mr.. Speeds. At one
speedometer garage here,
mechanics report they ad-
Just and fix from 20 to rs
speedometers a day.
Last year, they handled
about 200 cars a month and
most Of the faulty gauges
were In brand-new cars.
Water sometimes gets into
the instrument, which Is
delicate, and freezes. The
speedometer then lets off a
high : pitched whine and
shows speeds of ITO m.p.h.
in school zones.
Generally, q mechanic SAID,
speedometers are accurate
up TO 90 m.p.h. After that,
the arrow wobbles and they
lose accuracy.
They frequently lose
strength with age, becoming
"slow" instead of fast"
Snow tires can also upset
them.
Unfortunately, the police
know all about this. Their
speedometers are checked
and corrected from one TO
two times q month.
And the conservative gen.
tleman?
you know" he said re-
Gently, everybody has start
ed passing me, now. I've de-
cided II you don't 60 5 TO 10
miles over the limit you
might get run over"
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Husband Is Held for Grand Jurors
In FotoI Apartment Beatinq Of Wife

during a four-month period
earlier this year.
He testified that on Mon
day, the day before her death,
Rountree had called him at
3 pm. to say that his wife
had not taken her medicine
and was unconscious. DR.. Con-
molly said he gave him some
instructions and arranged to
call at the Rountrees' apart
ment shortly.
Before he left his office, how
ever. the doctor declared,
Rountree called back to report
that the visit would be un-
necessary. since his wife had
revived.
DR.. Connolly said that again
on Tuesday, Rountree called
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The
Rambler
-. Reports
On 'Mr. Speed
BY JOHN McKELwAY

The Rambler knows this
gentleman who, over the
years, has been considered
generally conservative in
most things.
But starting in the early
1865, he began purchasing
large, heavy extremely pow
erful automobiles. Mean
while, friends and colleagues
formed the impression he
was driving faster and fast
er-much faster than he
used to drive, which was too
fast. This he denied.
But there were cases on
record. Passengers, now and
then, were terrified. One re-
fused to ride with the man
again. Some motorists re-
ported, in disbelief, they
were passed at a high rate
of speed by the gentleman
the same gentleman they
had previously considered to
be a quiet, judicious, law
abiding citizen.
Unconsciously, particularly
after he turned up with a
vast new model, sleek as a
jet and full Of gadgets, the
gentleman revealed himself
to be a confirmed Speeder.
1t would happen in casual
conversation.
Frequently, with some heat,
he would wonder why those
"bureaucrats in the Highway
Department" failed to time
traffic lights so that traffic
would flow evenly-particu-
larry those lights which lined
the route he followed from
home to office.
He maintained that the
real threats to life and limb
were the 40-mile-an-hour
drivers. He formed this
opinion while passing every
body.
He also tipped his hand
by showing a peculiar in
terest in time. He closely
questioned travellers on how
long it had taken them to
get to the Garden State
parkway, or the George
Washington Bridge. He then
would softly mention he had
made the run in As minutes
less.
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and said to come over. When
he arrived, DR.. Connolly found
Mrs. Rountree had died.
HOnOrably Discharged
An Army spokesman said
Rountree was honorably dis
charged from Army Reserve
status as a first lieutenant in
1912 for physical disability
reasons. He had served in the
Army Corps Of Engineers as
an enlisted man from 1925 to
1880.
Rountree, in an appearance
Wednesday before Unite d
states Commissioner Sam
Wertleb, was held under $4,000
bail on a charge Of second-de-
gree murder.
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Harrison Appoints 3

RICHMOND, Sept. 10 (AP).
Harrison yesterday re-
appointed three members Of the
Board Of Visitors Of Funston
Hall for one-year terms ending
September 80, 1864. They are
Henry p. Thomas Of Alexan-
dria, c. c. Cole Of Triangle and
Mrs. John w. Brookfield OF
Springfield.
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locked trap door, ajar. leading
to the basement Of 604.
Finding the entrance nearest
the trop door locked, the de-
tectives tried TO force the lock
with a screwdriver and a knife.
But the door was sprung and
wouldn't open. They then put
their shoulders TO the door and
forced 1t open. Inside they
found two frightened young
sters sitting on the floor of
the basement service room.
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The boys apparently had
fallen some 6 feet into the
basement and onto the con-
crete floor through a ground
level trap door. police said.
Once inside, they couldn't get
out. They we're carried out by
the detectives.
After being reunited with
their parents, the boys we're
given baths. clean clothes and
"a quick check at Casualty
Hospital.
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State Attorneys Trial
May Go to Jury Today
Parade of Character Witnesses
Backs Norris in St. Mays Court
BY a star staff writer

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Sept 13.-The mafeaSance trial
of Charles A. Norris ST. Marys County States attorney
expected to before the jury here today after final agu-
mentS by both sides
Most of the morning session taken up by long
parade of character witnesses who testified favorab
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Air Force Associa-
ton meets for the third
day at the Sheraton Park
and Shoreham.
This information Is supplied By
the Convention and visitors Bu-
reau OF the Metropolitan WASH
ington Board OF Trade.
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''NO Eyewitnesses"

Mr.. Norris told the grand
jury that he had obtained no
gambling convictions because
State police had no eywit-
nesses.
Mr.. Sweeney commended yes
terday that 1t was the States
attorneys duty to bring Mr..
Passarelli to the gambling trial
to testify as an eyewitness.
On the stand yesterday, Mr..
Passarelli said he was paid S.
TOO to fix UP two buildings be-
hind the Sportsman's Club on
Route 5 for the casino.
He said he was paid by a
man called joe" who he later
found out was Joseph F. Mes
line, well-known Washington
gambler, who was prosecuted
by Norris and convicted in the
raid. Also convicted on the
charges Of conspiracy to vio-
late State gambling laws were
Charles Tourine Of Miami and
Allen Fisher Of Lexington Park.
PaSsarelli testified that on
the night of the raid he was
at the casino with Frank
Combs, a st. Marys County in
surance agent, and two women,
neither of them his wife.
Mr.. Passarelli told the H.
man jury that Nesline was
covering the bets" at the dice
table. Under direct questioning
by Mr.. Sweeney, he said that
he has loaned Norris a total
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WELL, 1T CAME TO PASS
that D friend of the gentle
man took the gentleman's
handsome chariot out for a
spin one day. The friend was
a 4O-mile-an-hour driver and
discovered that he was eff
fortlessly passing those he
normally rolled down the
highway with. Later, he
carefully suggested to the
gentleman that maybe the
speedometer might be off a
bit.
Secretly, the gentleman de-
cided to have his speedom-
eter tested. He drove his car
to a service station (passing
everybody that has some
thing called a "dynamom-
eter." On the dynamometer
you can drive at so miles an
hour in a stationary position.
1t tests your speedometer.
Once the test was COM
pleted, the gentleman learned
that he had been: going 40
when he thought he was
crawling at 80; going 81
when the meter showed 40;
going "a when he was just
getting warmed up at so
m.p.h. The revelation cost
him So.
He poked along to an
other service station and
had the speedometer set
right, for $18.O6.
Sheepishly, the gentleman,
the one-time "Mr. Speed" Of
the Nations highways, told
his friends. He estimated he
had been speeding, 10 miles
over the limit, for the past
year. With incredible luck,
he had avoided other auto
mobiles and policemen.
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Tobriner Says
He'dCOnsider
Second Term
Acts to ScuttIe
ldeu He Didn't
Won't to Stuy
BY CHARLES D. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

Walter N. Tobriner, presi-
dent Of the District Board Of
Commissioners, said yesterday
that If he is offered a second
term as Commissioner he
would give it serious consid-
Grafton"
Mr.. Tobriner made the state
ment in answer to a question
about what he would do If
President Kennedy asked him
to accept reappointment.
Mr.. Tobriner's term expires
in March and the Democratic
Central Committee recently ex-
pressed regret" that he had
made it clear and irrevocable
that he will not accept reap
pointment."
While Mr.. Tobriner had pre-
viously indicated in private
conversations that he was not
seeking another term, he had
never taken a public stand onI
this matter.
Two Endorsed
The District Democratic Gen.
trail Committee earlier this
week Endorsed Tilford E. Dud-
ley, chairman of the District
Citizens Council. and Mrs.
Polly Shackleton, Distric t
Democratic National Commit
teewoman, as candidates for
Mr.. Tobriner's post.
This action, coming so far
In advance Of the expiration
of Mr.. Tobriner's term, has
prompted speculation that the
local Democrats were dump
ing" Mr.. Tobriner because he
has not been sufficiently lib
eral to suit some segments of
the party.
But W. John Kenney, chair
man Of the District Democratic
Central Committee, said yes
terday that such interpreta-
tons are absolutely erron-
eous."
Mr.. Tobriner is held in very
high regard by the committee"
he said. "The last thing in the
world we want to get out is
the impression that we are try
ing to dump him. It's not true
and no such implication could
be drawn from the action we
took"
MIR. Kenney said the commit
tees resolution in backing Mr..
Dudley and Mrs. ShaekletonI
for the Commissioners Job not
only expressed regret" that
Mr.. Tobriner did not want an
other term, but said I'VE would
welcome a change in his posi-
ton"
Some Opposition
The Greater Washington
Central Labor Council dis
closed today that its president,
j. C. Turner, has urged Mr..
Tobriner not to resign at the
end Of his first term next
March,
In a letter to Mr.. Tobriner,
Mr.. Turner praised Mr.. To-
briner as IAN outstanding pub
lie servant"
However, there are influen-
tial figures in the local Demo-
cratic Party who believe that
Mr.. Tobriner is too conserva-
tive and not sufficiently re-
sponsive to the party's wishes.
Mr.. Dudley. when apprized
of Mr.. Tobriner's statement,
said I'm not a candidate
against Mr.. Tobriner, and I've
told him so. I'm interested in
the position only in the event
that Mr.. Tobriner does not
want to be renamed"
Mrs. Shackleton also said
that If Mr.. Tobriner wants to
serve another term 81 would
withdraw my interest in the
post"
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A coroner's jury today held
56-year-old Roy E. Rountree,
q former Army lieutenant, for
grand jury action in connection
with the fatal beating of his
wife Tuesday.
Rountree, who lived with his
wife, Lois. 81, at 1893 Columbia
road NV, had been charged
by police with second-degree
murder.
His wife's bruised body was
found in the couples apartment
Tuesday morning after police
were notified by a physician
whom Rountree had telephoned
earlier. Police said an autopsy
report indicated Mrs. Roun-
trees death was caused by
head injuries.