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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29
Petitions Backing Drink Bill
Urged by Norfolk Delegate

Mr.. Levin introduced a "gen-
eral" bill in the 1862 general
assembly that would have al
lowed any locality to force a
referendum on legalizing cock
tail lounges.
It died in committee, how
ever, with many legislators eX-
planning their localities wanted
no part of such a thing.
Levin told members Of the
Sertoma Club his proposed bill
will be introduced as what is
known as a local BILL apple
able only to the cities Of
Norfolk and Virginia Beach
and will not affect the re-
mainder Of the State"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29
3 Hurt as Auto
Skids 200 Feet

Three persons, two Of them
teen-agers, were injured seri-
ously last night in a two-car
crash on Maryland Route 373
near Brandywine, State police
reported.
Police said the teen-agers,
Thomas Bowling, IT, and Clyde
Ward, 10, both of Waldorf, were
injured when their car skidded
200 feet and struck the rear of
a car operated by Russell Ridg-
ley, 80, of Camp Springs. The
Ridgley car was parked on the
side of the road, police said.
Police said all three were
taken to Prince Georges Gen
eral Hospital at Cheverly where
young Bowling was reported in
poor condition. Young Ward
and Mr.. Ridgley were reported
in fair condition, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29

session of the General Assem-
bly," he added.
Levin thus agreed with Gov.
Harrison who, in June, COM
mented that he saw little
chance for successful passage
of a spirits by the ounce" bill
next year unless there is a
"groundswell (of voter INTEREST,"
which is necessary to change
laws"
The Norfolk delegates idea
of a 20,000-name petition and
an organized campaign for his
proposed bill would tend to
create that "groundswell."
Local option bills to permit
residents of localities to vote or
the whiskey- by he-drink pro-
posal have Jared poorly in past
! general assemblies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29

marks after meeting Wednes-
day with John A. Luetkemeyer
State treasurer. Mr.. Luetke-
meyer said he planned to visit
Assateague Island this week
end to conduct his own survey
Mr.. Goldstein and Mr.. Lieut.
kemeyer compose two thirds OF
the State Board of Public
Works, which must rule or
whether the island should be
privately or publicly developed
Gov. Tawes is the boards third
member.
The board is to rule within
the next few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 20
(AP).-The 1864 model Of that
perennial General Assembly
issue-a whisky-by-the-drink
bill-has been unveiled by
Norfolk Delegate Bernard Lev
in.
He urged a massive citizen
petition-signing campaign to
convince legislators from other
parts of the State that Norfolk
residents really want a chance
to vote on whisky -by-t he-drink
At least 10000 signatures
should be on these petitions to
the legislators, Levin said yes
terday.
"Only with the Endorsements
and the petitions as suggested
will local option have a chance
of being enacted at the next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29
GoIdstein Says Most
Back Assoteoque Park

BALTIMORE, Aug. 90 (AP).
State Controller Louis L.
Goldstein said that an informal
survey he took while at Ocean
City shows that a vast ma
jority of Marylanders favor
public ownership of Assateague
Island.
Mr.. Goldstein said he took
the four-day survey from last
Friday through Monday after
noon and talked with more
than 1000.
The sand spit off the Worces-
ter County mainland is being
sought by the Federal Govern
ment as q national park. Some
property owners on the island
do not want to sell.
Talks to Many
II talked to people on thu
beach, to hotel owners, to pro-
fessional people and farmers, tt
taxpayers all over, and a vas
mai ority are for a combination
State and Federal park" Mr.
!, Goldstein said.
"A businessman from Girls
field told me he spent $4,000
for a choice lot because h,
| dreamed of owning a cottagl
by the ocean. After the storm
last year, he became convinced
that the island can't be devel
oped privately, and there ar
hundreds of property owners OF
Assateague who realize tina
they can't develop it because O.
the cost of dunes and jettie'
and seawalls," Mr.. Goldsteil
said.
Plan Own Survey
! The controller made his re
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-29
Quarter Horse Exhibit

An exhibition Of quartz r
horses will be held at 9 am.
September 7 and 8 by Frontier
Town in Ocean City, Md, in
conjunction with the Maryland
State Quarter Horse Associa-
ton.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
BY j. A. OLEARY
star staff Writer

The Senate, which has been
tied up with organization prob
lens since Congress met on
January 9, faced another floor
fight today over committee as
signments.
Senator Clark, Democrat Of
Pennsylvania, who lost his
fight to enlarge the Finance
Committee, said he thought
the Senate should spend two
or three days debating various
committee charges.
He said he intends to speak
at some length on what he
termed "the Senate establish
ment and how it operates"
Ratification Anticipated
Before Senator Clark made
his announcement, leaders had
expected routine ratification
of the committee changes
today.
The new assignments will be
ratified without change, but 1t
may take several days to ac-
complish it.
At the start of today's ses-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
Clark Planning Fight
On Senate Committees

sion, Senator Russell, Demo-
crat Of Georgia, took the floor
to denounce as a "falsehood"
suggestions that the dropping
Of Senator Javits, liberal Re-
publican of New York, from
the Appropriations Committee
was a reprisal by the Southern
ers because the New Yorker
was a leader in the recent fight
for a new anti-filibuster rule.
Revision in Ratio
AS the last Republican added
t othe Appropriations Commit
tee, Senator Javits had to be
dropped when the committee
ratio was changed from II
Democrats and 10 Republicans
to 10 Democrats and nine Re-
publicans.
Senator Russell cited many
past cases when well-known
Senators were dropped from
Appropriations because the
party ratio in the Senate had
changed. The Georgian said
there was nothing new, moth
ing unusual and nothing per-
sonal toward the Senator from
New York" in what happened
this year.
Senator Javits said he agreed
that his loss of the Appropria-
tons seat was due to "the ebb
and flow" Of politics and that
he would have a chance of re-
gaining the place when the
Republicans increase their
ratio in the Senate.
II have been too long in pub
lie life to believe" said Sena-
tor JavitS, that any Senator
would demean himself by en-
ploying sanctions against a COL
league because Of a position he
took on the Senate floor"
Earlier today, Republican
leaders completed their COM
mittee assignments, most of
which had been reported in ad-
vance. :.
The most important COP.
changes involved the transfer
Of Republican Leader Dirksen
from Rules to Finance: Senator
Mundt Of South Dakota from
Agriculture to Foreign Rela-
tons; Beall of Maryland from
Banking to Commerce; Curtis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
5 in FomiIy Found
Slain, Youth Held

GREEN BAY, Wis, Feb. 10
(AP).-A husband and wife,
one son and twin daughters
were found shot to death in
their secluded home on the
outskirts of Green Bay today.
and later the sixth member of
the family, a 16-year-old boy,
was seized at a farmhouse IS
miles northwest of Green Bay.
Harry Hebard, a junior at
Green Bay West High School,
was arrested by sheriffs' Off
GERS from Brown and Oconto
Counties shortly after he was
named in a first degree MUIR
der warrant in the Staying of
his father, an airline freight
foreman and part-time stunt
driver.
The elder Hebard, 80; his S5-
year-old second wife Joyce,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19

and her three. children by a
previous marriage -15-year-old
John Ruddell. and 11-year-old
twin sisters, Janice and Judy
were found dead in their home
about 2 am.
Each had been shot in the
head.
Police Chief Elmer Madison
said the five were slain before
the dinner hour last night, but
were not discovered until a
friend of Mr.. Hebard's, Darold
Aebescher, passed the house
on his way to work and no.
ticed lights on but no signs Of
activity.
Mr.. Aebescher was a fellow
employe Of North Central Air
lines and also drove with Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
Cleveland Guild,
Publishers Make
tentative Pact

CLEVELAND, Feb. 10 (AP).-
Tentative agreement has been
reached with one striking I'M
ion, but nine more union con-
tracts must be negotiated
before Cleveland's newspaper
blackout- now in its 82d day
can be ended.
The Newspaper Guild reached
tentative agreement yesterday
with representatives of the
Plain Dealer and the Cleveland
Press & News. Guildsmen are
exptected to ratify the new two
year contracts at membership
meetings later this week.
The Guild was the third
union to reach agreement with
the publishers but the first of
five striking unions to agree.
Other unions on strike are the
printers, mailers, maohinists
and teamsters.
The printers, termed by a
management source one Of two
key unions, Cancelled a nego-
tiating session scheduled yes
terday because the unions in
ternational representative was
unable to be here. A new date
will depend on when the inter-
national representative will be
available, a union spokesman
said.
The mailers' union Cancelled
a session scheduled today for
the same reason. Mailers
Local IL, like the local Typo
graphical Union (printers) is
under the international Typo
graphical Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19

Of Nebraska to the Space Com
mittee, and the return Of Sem
ator Javits to Banking.
Other Republican changes
were Senator's Cooper and Scott
to Rules; Heating, from Com
merce to Space; Tower from
Banking to Government Opera
tons; Pearson from Interior to
Banking; Simpson to Banking
and Interior; Mechem to Agri-
culture and Interior, and Oom-
mick to Banking, Interior and
District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
4-Duy Holiday Coming
For County PUPILS

Montgomery County school
children will have a four-day
holiday this week because of
an in-service training day for
teachers on Thursday and
George Washington's birthday
on Friday.
The county will make use Of
educational television channel
26 for the first time Thursday
in a program from 9 to GAS
am. School Board President
Charles w. Bell, Supt. c. Taylor
Whittier and Deputy Supt.
Homer o. Elseroad will appear
on 1.-THE Challenge of Change"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
Johnston Names
Brother to Staff
BY the Associated Press

Senator Johnston. Democrat
of South Carolina, said today
he is appointing his brother,
William C. Johnston of Ander-
son, s. c., to be his home
secretary.
The Senator said the job has
a salary Of about $1,000 a
year.
William Johnston succeeds
the late A. Nice. Faucette of
Columbia. He is a former
Mayor Of Anderson and former
member of the South Carolina
House of representatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19
If it isn't engineered :. . it isn't built

proud to be associated with the scores of knowl-
edgeable and competent electrical, mechanical
civil, fuel and general engineers who are men,
bers of the PEPco family. On them falls the
primary responsibility for planning and doing
those jobs that assure you of all the Matches
Service" you need, when you need it, at lowest
practicable cost.
So here's a special tribute during Engineers
Week (Feb. 1929 to the Engineers of PEPco, and
to all Engineers wherever progress is being made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19

Hebard, whose stunting name
was Lucky Jack O'Hara, dur
ing the summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19

All over the country this week, well-deserved
tribute is being paid to the men and women of
the Engineering Professions. These are the tai
ented, dedicated, and resourceful people whose
work may be seen in every aspect of our con-
stantly improving way of life. If it isn't engi-
neered E. it just isn't built.
To give yourself an inkling of the Importance of
the Engineer, try to think of even one object or
activity which isn't dependent on Engineers in
one way or another. We at PEPco know. We are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-19

Schedules so frequent you actually leave when you want to
mot when you have to- Downtown to downtown arrival and de-
partue Enjoy exclusive Greyhound Scencser Service tool
FOR CONVENIENCE GO GREYHOUND LEAVE THE DRIVING TO U.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
Job for the General

The District commissioners, by their
wishy-waShy failure to appoint a sue
ceSSor to former Engineer Commissioner
Clarke on the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Commission, may be doing
severe harm to the city.
Several cases now pending on the
commission docket are up for early
decision. To greater or lesser degree,
District residents are concerned with all
Of them. No doubt the able commission
representatives from Maryland and Vir-
ginia would be delighted to decide these
matters by themselves But it is incom-
prehenSible that the city fathers would
permit this to happen. Entirely apart
from the necessity to make certain that
District interests are protected, the re-
gional transportation decisions that are
the responsibility of the WMATC de-
mand full regional participation for
their effectiveness.
The logical appointee is Brigadier
General Charles Duke, the new Engineer
Commissioner, who apparently is reluc-
tant to force the issue, although he re-
portedly has the support of Commits
Sioner Tobriner On the other side,
Chairman James A. Washington, jr., Of
the District Public Utilities Commission,
is pushing for the job His support in
cludeS the District Democratic Central
Committee, which contends that civil
ian member of the P. U. G.. would be
more representative" of District cit
liens.
This is pure unadulterated bunk.
Like Mr.. Washington, General Duke is
a member Of the local P. U. Ca point
which has little bearing on the issue
since that body no longer has direct
responsibility over local transit regula-
ton. The more important point is that
as member of the Board of District
Commissioners, General Duke is in a
better position than Mr.. Washington
to represent District interests, and
further, to reconcile regional transit
policies with the District public works
programs under his direct control. Still
another compelling reason to keep Gen.
eral Duke intimately involved with the
regional transit body is his role as a
member of the Joint Transportation
Commission which is attempting to ne
gotiate compact between the District,
Maryland and Virginia to administer the
areas proposed rapid transit system.
1t is entirely possible, if such compact
is conSummated, that the WMATC would
emerge as its implementing adminiStra-
tive agency.
In any event, the Commissioners
vacillation already has cost the District
valuable time in gaining the well-in-
formed representation on the WMATC
which is its due. They should appoint
General Duke to the position without
further delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
Libel Award

There is one message which comes
through loud and clear from the
$3,060,00 libel award in favor of Wally
Butts and against The Saturday Eve
ming Post
The Posts editor had stated in a
deposition that the magazine, suffer-
ing heavy financial losses, had turned
to a policy of sophisticated muckrak-
ing" The message from the libel award
is that this policy doesn't pay.
The total award, of course, was
not based on an estimate of damage
to former Georgia Coach Butts. The
100000 was for actual damage. The
jury, finding that the magazine had
acted with malice and "callous" dis
regard for the rights of the injured
party, added the $3,OO0,OOO as punitive
damages.
This is the second highest libel
award in history and 1t may be reduced
or set aside on appeal. But there is
no prospect that the jury's basic de-
cision will be overturned. The article
purported to tell the story Of college
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST q, 1868

football elk" The accusation was that
Butts had given Georgia football secrets
to Coach Bear Bryant of Alabama
just before the game between the two
schools. But the writer Of the article
had never talked with either Butts or
Bryant to get their side of the story.
The Posts sports editor had told him
not to, on the theory that the two
coaches would simply deny the charges.
Furthermore, although the article was
based on notes allegedly taken by an
Atlanta insurance man of a phone
conversation between the coaches, the
writer of the story for the Post said
he had never even seen these notes.
All of which, it seems to us, is a method
OF operation which carries its own
built-in guarantee Of a libel suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
Embrace in Belgrade

Nikita KhruShchev has begun his
two-week visit to Yugoslavia with quite
an act. Arriving at the Belgrade airport,
he has enthusiastically flung himself
into the outStretched arms of President
Tito, and in so doing he undoubtedly
has further offended Red China's Mao
TZe-tung.
The Chinese Communists, after all,
regard Belgrades maverick Red dictator
as hereto traitorouS to the cause of
international MarxiSm Leninism Sta
liniSm. Therefore, when the Soviet
Premier embraces the hated Tito with
oStentatiQuS warmth, the Kremlin itself
must also be branded as reasonable to
that cause. Clearly enough, as Peking
sees 1t, here is simple, incontrover-
tible case of guilt by association.
OF course, wholly apart from Mar
shall Tito, GeneraliSSimo Mao is waging
cold war with Mr.. Khrushchev on
grounds that cover not only the inter
probation of sacred and enormously dull
theological concepts, but also down-to-
earth Sino-Soviet economic, military,
territorial and other relationships. This
is conflict rooted deeply in the history
Of the two countries. The Belgrade en-
brace has little bearing on it, except
to the extent that Chairman Mao is
annoyed, If not outraged.
From the Tito regimes viewpoint,
however, the KhruShchev visit is a pc
culiarly satisfying event. In effect, it
means that the Kremlin is once again
trying to make amends for Stains
savage attack on YugoSlavia'S effort to
follow "a separate, independent path of
communism" And the amends may in
clude new economic deals that could be
helpful to Belgrade, which still remains
aloof from the Warsaw Pact and claims
to follow a more or less "neutraliSt"
course between East and West.
But the Congress of the United
States has taken a dim view of this
claim, and in kind of pique, a moment
of unwisdom, it has banned "moSt-
favored-nation" tariff concessions for
the YugoSlavs. This has deprived the
administration of the trading flexibility
it should have. Certainly, despite the
latest Tito-KhruShchev get-together,
the restriction is altogether unsound,
and it should be eliminated-without
any ifs, butts or maybes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21

Senator Mike Mansfield, the Ma
jority Leader, believes in running an
orderly Ship-a point which he made
clear the other day to Senator JavitS,
New York Republican.
Senator JavitS is an about hacker
OF the civil rights bill, both from con-
Vlct1on, we assume, as we'll as from con-
SiderationS of political necessity in his
home State. He wants the Senate to
consider the bill promptly, and he thinks
this would take the heat out of the
public situation" Believing this, he
called on Senator Mansfield for asSur-
ance that the Senate will move forward,
that we will not be intimidated by the
threat Of civil rights filibuSter or by
the threat that every committee action
and every action Of the Congress will be
held up :"
Senator Mansfield, who halls from
Montana, didn't like this reference to
threats. $50 far as the Majority Leader
Is concerned" he said, che will not be
threatened or inundated by anyone"
This we take to be an admonition
to both the opponents and the hackers
OF civil rights legislation. And as such,
1t Is a sentiment which should be ap-
plauded. The Senate should not be pres
sured by threats from any source, and
Mr.. Mansfield has done well to speak
clearly and bluntly Oh the subject.
Senator Mansfield supports the
Presidents civil rights program. But in
his position as leader he has to consider
other legislative projects of great i'm
portance to the country-taxes, appro-
priation bills, foreign aid, the test ban
treaty, etc. He proposes to deal with
these items in orderly fashion, and he
is not going to juggle the calendar to
take the heat" out of any situation.
This was the import of his message to
Senator JavitS, and it is what the Ma
jority Leader should have said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21
PitifuI Stroys

The pitiful stray animals
I occasionally see make me
wonder II enough people are
aware Of the wonderful and
free services provided by the
Animal Rescue League. When
an animal is picked up by,
or brought to the League, 1t
is kindly cared for Until
either adopted by persons
who will give 1t a good home,
or is ultimately destroyed
in a painlessly humane man
ner.
Recently on my way to
work I noticed a stray puppy
on a very busy street. Be-
fore rescue could be made
by a kindly Navy captain and
myself, a car struck the lit
tie animal, so severely in
juring 1t that we had to pick
it up and have 1t mercifully
put TO sleep Immediately. I
might add that the driver Of
the vehicle which hit the
dog sped right along COM
pletely unconcerned.
How much more humane
1t would have been had the
people who owned this sur
plus dog called the Animal
Rescue League North
7-5730) and had 1t picked
UP. 1t might have been
adopted; certainly It would
have been spared such q
tragic death. Grace Hamrick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-21

AS 1t must to all trees, death is COM
ing to the ancient oak in New Jersey
that inspired Joyce KilmerS "Trees,"
perhaps the most widely known and
loved poem by goth century American
The 3OO-year-old oak, on the campus Of
Rutgers University, has become the con-
Germ of the univerSity's forestry depart
ment rather than it's English depart
ment and, all restorative efforts having
failed, will soon be gone.
1t was never much Of a poem. AS
its popularity grew and sustained itself
among people who didn't know anything
about poetry but knew what they liked,
the IL lines came into rather wide use
among English instructors as a horrible
example. The poem could be demolished
by analytical methods in about two min
uteS flat; its sentiment was revealed as
banal, its dominant image as anatomic-
ally ridiculous.
The dissecting instructor enjoyed
the experience of trampling on an
authentic idol Of the mob. The begin
ming student enjoyed the shock and
revelation. Everybody won.
The tree certainly has. The object
of admiration for SO years now it has
survived to die of natural causes, a rare
achievement for any tree in the age of
the bulldozer.
AS for the poem itself, If it furn-
ished generations of English students
with their first intimation of popular
fallibility, 1t also furnished millions with
their first notion that poetry can be
understood and enjoyed.
Banal or not, we think that we
shall never see a critic lovely as the
gentle spirit Of Joyce Kilmer in his
verses.