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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
Police Seek
Sick Killer
Of Divorce

Arlington detectives today
continued to seek explanations
for a bizarre assortment of
clues in the Staying of a 90
year-old Pentagon secretary
Tuesday night in her apart
ment.
The victim, Mrs. Dee Ann
Shangle, an Air Force legal
clerk, had been stabbed, beaten
and choked between 1880 and
8 pm. Tuesday in her third
floor apartment at 1000 South
Joyce street, Arlington.
County officials said there
we're indications that the killer
had a diseased mind"
Trash Scattered
At about noon Wednesday
the attractive Divorces body
was found submerged in the
bathtub in her apartment. On
the bathroom floor, police said,
the contents of a kitchen trash
can had been dumped on a
blood-spattered scatter rug and
over the victims purse.
An autopsy report filed by
Dr., Stephen j. Sheehy, Airing
tons deputy medical examiner,
stated that death had been
caused by two closely placed
stab wounds in the chest.
Police said there was no evil
dence of sexual attack.
Yesterday, however, it was
disclosed that fragments of
hair had been found under
Mrs. Shangle's fingernails. They
were sent to the FBI Crime
Laboratory for examination.
Police have learned that,
about two hours before Mrs.
Shangle met her death, she had
been driven home by a friend,
an Air Force lieutenant colo
mel. Police have questioned
him, other acquaintance and
several residents of the River
House apartments where Mrs.
Shangle lived.
No Good Suspect
Police also have talked to
her ex-husband, James M.
Shangle. Of Alexandria. The
couple was divorced Is months
ago. Their two children live
with Mr.. Shangle's parents in
Memphis, Tenn.
So far, police have not
located a good suspect" in the
case despite reports from apart
ment employees that a strange
looking" man had been seen on
the apartment building eleva-
tors and stairways during the
past two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
Maryland Boy, II,
Killed on Route 5

Charles d. Thompson, IL, Of
Bryantown, Charles County,
Md, was killed by an automo-
bile yesterday afternoon as he
crossed Route 5 near his home.
The boy walked into the path
OF a car driven by Joseph Sign
Of West Palm Beach, Fla. ac-
cording to the State police at
Waldorf. Mr.. Sign was not
charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
HISTORICAL KEYHOLES
Collectors Papers
Peek Into Past
By JOHN SHERWOOD
Star Staff Writer

The avocation of Nathaniel
Stein, a New York stockbroker,
has made him into a sort of
scholarly eavesdropper peeping
through historical keyholes.
Describing himself as an
autograph manuscript collec-
tor of TASTE" he has sometimes
looked over his shoulder to
make sure ne was alone be-
fore reading a love letter of
some historical giant. You
actually think Of yourself as a
heel when you read these per-
sonal letters dealing with the
most intimate matters" he ex-
planned.
1t may seem unfair to dig
into grandmother's Saratoga
trunk, hidden away in a dusty
corner of the garnet behind a
corset model, and tear open
those bundles of perfumsd let
tiers wrapped in blue silk rib
bon. But those letters often
contain the silent secrets of
history.
Here for the annual four-day
encapment of the Manuscript
Society, Mr.. Stein spoke about
his manuscript collection. The
society, a national organiza-
ton, closes its sessions tomor-
row.
No Autograph Hounds
First of ALL" he said, don't
put in the paper that we are
autograph hounds. We don't
run around with autograph
books in our hands and break
through police lines in search
of our quarry"
Mr.. Stein has never been in
terested in the signatures of
Sabu or Buster Crabbe. His
field is the wide-ranging area
of American history, stressing
the Colonial period and the
Presidents.
And he is not a dealer who
buys and sells for profit. He
loans many items of his vast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Area Teams in Seasons
First ShOWdOWns

KICKOFF FOR OUR COLLEGE GRIDIRON SEASON.
There's action on all fronts this week end as the
curtain goes up college football season. Four
Star sportSwriters are deployed at College Park,
Morgantown, Lexington and Chapel Hill to bring
you the story-brightened with inside comment and
evaluation-of the first four games by our area
teams. Steve Guback covers the local area opener
Maryland against North Carolina State Robert
Sommers reports the Navy-West Virginia show
down. Dick Stay covers the action of the GW-VMI
game and Carl Sells beat is the Virginia University
Of North Carolina match For college football at its
best read their action-packed accounts in The Sun
day Star
YOUR FALL HATS WILL SWAGGER!-Swagger caps
will add dashing note to the fall fashion pano-
rama. What they look like and how they blend in
with the rest Of milady's fall wardrobe is shown
and reported on Eleni's special fashion preview
page this Sunday. It's revealing roundup OF the
coming seasons millinery fashions
ARE WE ABOUT TO LOSE LATIN AMERICA?-Admin-
straton officials fear that Congress- recent cuts of
foreign aid appropriations will doom the Alliance
for Progress program and Gust the United States
from position Of influence in Latin America The
Alliances United States co-ordnator Teodoro
Moscoso, discusses our precarious position in the
Western Hemisphei and what can be done about
It, In an ON-THE-RECORD interview with Staff
Writer George Sherman this Sunday
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
Sufety Fine Assessed
Sewer Contractor

The Free State Construction
Corp. of Hyattsville. Md, has
been fined $500 in the District
Court Of General Sessions for
failure to erect snoring at a
sewer line project in Rock
Greek Park on July 30.
District safety inspectors
said the company had been
warned about the snoring on
previous occasions. The COM
pany was constructing a sewage
line for the Suburban Santa
ton Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
Survival Test Begins

The Montgomery Squadron
Of the Civil Air Patrol is TAX
ing part this week end in a
practice survival mission with
civil defense units and the
Federal Aviation Agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
TwoMen Seize Suspect
In Downtown HoIdup

An unarmed man who al
legedly seized $1,110 from a
teller at the Interstate Build
ing Association at Fifteenth
street and New York avenue
NV. shortly before noon yes
terday was captured minutes
later by firm officials three
blocks away in a barber shop.
The small-statured, neatly
dressed man stood quietly
after he was cornered in the
barber shop-at 815 Fourteenth
street N.W.-until police ar
rived. The money was recovered.
Inspector Richard j. Felber,
acting chief of detectives, iden-
titled the suspect as Andrew
VaSko, AZ, a dishwaSher, of the
1000 block of street NV, who
came here two weeks ago from
Whitaker, Pa. Vasko was
charged with robbery.
Minutes before, detectives
said a man had entered the
association and slipped a note
to Mrs. Eve Pavic, a teller.
The note, printed on a small
white piece Of paper, said:
This is a holdup. Don't
make me shoot. If I have to
I will do 1t. Put the money in
the bag"
Hands Over Bag
Mrs. Pavic handed him the
money. HI strolled out, carry
ing it in a brown bag inside a
briefcase. ...
Lawton Inabinet, executive
vice president of the associa-
ton, said two firm officials.
Robert A. Barton, jr., assistant
vice president, and Howard
Whitlow, the controller, fol-
lowed the suspect.
The suspect ran north on
Fifteenth street. Mr.. Barton
and Mr.. Whitlow spotted him
above New York avenue. After
catching up, they followed a
step or two behind the suspect,
looking for a policeman.
The man had stopped run
ming and did not seem to know
he was being followed. Then
in the 800 block of Fourteenth
street, Mr.. Barton said Il just
made up my mind"
He seized the fugitive in a
bear hug and pushed him into
the barbershop. When he took
the money bag from the sus-
pect, Mr.. Barton said, the man
exclaimed What's the idea!
That's minel"
Suspect Is Calm
The suspect was the "calm-
est person there" Mrs. Ollie
Coleman. assistant manager Of
the shop, said. "He lighted his
cigarette and didn't move"
You're kidding" Mrs. Cole
man said to the winded Inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
Vepco Profit
To Be Probed
ByAr|ington
Agency to Check
Virginia Records
On Power Firm
BY BRIAN KELLY
Star staff Writer

The Arlington County Board
this morning authorized its
Public Utilities Commission to
check State records covering
the Virginia Electric & Power
Co.'S recent rates of return.
The board approved a re-
quest from the P. U. C. to Tex
plore the methods employed by
the State Corporation Com
mission in evaluating the earn
ings picture of the Virginia
Electric g. Power Co."
In August, the county board
went along with its utilities
commission in requesting an
sec hearing that would force
VEPCO to justify a return rate
which the Arlington P. U. c..
found to be approximately
7 per cent"
Further Decline Seen
However, Commissioner H.
Lester Hooker later informed
the county board that the
State regulatory agency's rec
ords showed the utility COM
pany had a $3.50 per cent rate
of return in 1862 and that
rate reductions effective De-
cember / of last year were
expected to produce a further
decline in the return rate this
year.
Nevertheless, the Arlington
commission reported to the
county board today "the 6.36
per cent rate is substantial
ly higher than the 5.87 per
cent allowed by the State Cor
poration Commission in 1853
Gin a ruling on VEPCO earn
ings) and reductions In
rates cited have not inter-
rupted the decline in the ratio
of costs to gross operating
revenues"
John E. Hammond, executive
assistant Of the Arlington
agency, told the board his
group simply wants to examine
the rate records available in
sec files at Richmond and to
study their conclusions" The
county board made it clear, in
authorizing the extended probe,
that today's action was taken
only to obtain further infor-
nation.
Annoyed by Digging
In another development,
board members expressed vexa-
ton over utility companies
that tear up county streets
and sidewalks that have just
been improved by the county.
Board member Roye L. Lowry
suggested Arlington citizens
suffer "a certain degree of
Illustration" when their streets
are torn up for one purpose
and then, about two weeks
after the construction work is
completed, you wake up with
a jackhammer singing in your
ears again."
Leo Urbanske agreed some
action should be taken to
prevent utility companies from
following Arlington street work.
erS into various neighborhoods.
II don't know who's doing
something wrong" he said.
| Board Chairman Thomas w.
Richards complained that some
of the streets rebuilt by utility
workers were not as good as
they were before.
County Manager Bert w.
Johnson assured board mem
bers he has plans for top level
meetings" with utility firms to
coordinate projected county
improvements.
Mr.. Lowry then complained
that Fairfax County political
candidates have posted signs on
poles along a thoroughfare in
Arlington.
IF Fairfax wants to deface
the countryside with signs, let
them do it in Fairfax, but I
resent them coming into Ar
lington," he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21

collection for historical exhibits
and research.
He says he has one Of the
three original copies of Gen.
eral Robert E. Lees General
Order No. 9 lees Farewell
Address to his troops at Apo
mattox). Mr.. Stein also owns
1.-The only eyewitness drawing
of the surrender. The sketch
will be used in refurbishing the
Mclean House where the
surrender took place." he said.
Everything in the room
where Lee signed Grants sur
render document in 1865 was
removed for souvenirs land is
now forever lost" says the
New York stockbroker. Would
he have done the same thing
were he there? why, yes,
come to think Of it, suppose
So"
In explaining the attraction
Of autographed manuscripts,
he said that "such a document
is the only physical presence
we have left Of the person.
Art Replaced
But the secretary. the tele-
phone and telegraph, and the
typewriter and fast transporta-
ton have replaced the art of
letter-writing, he feels.
There is the excitement of
history in it," says Mr.. Stein.
"Introverts became extroverts
when they took pen in hand,
and there was a pride in PEN
manship. too. This was the
man himself alone with his
thoughts and pen. No secre-
taries. No dictaphones."
One Of the rarest items in
Mr.. STEMS collection is II
pages Of the original 32-page
Inauguration address OF George
Washington, written entirely in
his own hand and signed. It
was, however, rejected as too
radical so Washington had TO
write another. A scholar work.
ing on Washingtons papers in
1925 regarded the original ad-
dress as worthless because II
was not official" and tore off
hunks Of II TO give 10 autograph
hounds in search Of even a
scrap in the great mans hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21
Suspect Is Calm

The suspect was the "calm-
est person there" Mrs. Ollie
Coleman. assistant manager Of
the shop, said. HE lighted his
cigarette and didn't move"
You're Kidding" Mrs. Cole
man said to the winded Inter-
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25

Smyrna man is in Kent General Hospital, Do
ver with fractured back and right foot and bruised
right shoulder result of this accident late Sunday
afternoon on Duck Creek road.
The car in which he passenger travel
ing north when the driver Curtis H. Aired of Dover
lost control and ran into the ditch on the right side
of the road, striking fire plug and uprootng huge
rocks before overturning at journeys end
Patrolman William Magee measures the 22l feet
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
Volunteers
Attend Fire
School

Ten young members of the
Citizens Hose Company at
tended the 18th annual Fire
Training School sponsored by
the Delaware Volunteer Fire
mems Association held on Sa-
turday and Sunday at Camden
Wyoming. The course will be
containued next weekend.
The fire school is under the
direction of Emanuel Harkins,
chairman of the state educa- =
tional committee of the DVFA.
Taking the general fireman
ship three-hour course of
training in gas masks, struc-
tural fires, ventilation, liquid
fires, ladders, small tools, L.
P. gas safety, and aircraft ex-
tinguishers and rescue, were:
Bruce Potter, Gary Harvath,
John W. Joseph, Ronald Hof-
fecker, Rodney Schuman, Victor
Culley, Glenn Busker, Ronald
Jones, Orlan Kelley. Jr., and
Robert Merrill.
Albert ONeal, Jr. is taking
the line officers course of
"a hours; and B. Franklin Nor
ris III and William H. FAIRIES,
IT., will attend the 24-hour
pump classes.
E. Reynolds Bradley, second
vice president of the state as
sociation, attended and took
part In the management of the
school.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25

Kent County physician, a for
mer lieutenant governor, has
served / years and has been
board president for the past 10.
Price, whose appointment
was made public by Chief JUS
tice Clarence A. Southerland, is
president of the Warner W.
Price Co., 77-year-old Smyrna
fertilizer manufacturing con-
cern.
He has been active in Boy
Scout work and other commu-
nifty affairs and is former
junior warden of St. Peters
Episcopal Church here.
DR.. MacCollum, who will be
IA In August, did not seek re-
appointment after completing
his fifth consective three-year
term.
MacCollum and Price are
Democrats. The other board
members, Alden P. Short of
Georgetown and James R. Fro
rer of 1900 Talley Road, Bran
dywine Hundred, are Republi-
cans.
DR.. MacCollum, who has been
practicing medicine since 1916,
graduated from West Chester
State Normal School In 1910 and
Jefferson Medical College four
years later.
Elected Lieutenant governor
in 1910, he was narrowly de-
feated for governor four years
later by the late Walter w.
Bacon.
MacCollum was president of
the Delaware State Medical So
ciety In 1890. He later served
on the State Board of Health
and the Delaware Industrial Ac-
cident Board.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
Begin Work for
Horse Show

The fourth annual Horse Show
sponsored by the Smyrna Lions
Club is scheduled for Sunday,
May lo with william E. Jones
serving as general chairman,
and Frank Ryan as field chair
man.
Work began by a group of
about ten Lions last Saturday
who we're engaged In laying
out the field, putting up fence,
and moving. The site is the
same as on previous years,
at the Norman Shorts farm.
west of Smyrna on the Welfare
Home Road. There will be a
Western Ring, featuring
quarter horses and the English
Ring featuring hunters, jump
ers. and pleasure horses.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25

Miss Jermina Griffin, Smyr-
ma celebrated her Tooth birthday
on Monday. Miss Griffin, better
known as Aunt Nina, was born
near Smyrna, the daughter of
the late Samuel S. and Sarah
Jane Griffin, on April q, 1868.
She has lived In the Smyrna
area all of her life and is now
a resident Of the Welfare Home,
Smyrna.
The occasion was marked by
a party at the home on Saturday
given by her nieces and neph-
ews. She received flowers, gifts
and many cards including one
from Governor Ebert N. Car
vel and US. Senator ]. Caleb
Boggs.
When asked whether she had
any secret formula for reaching
her l00ther birthday, she said,
mo, it just happened. l never
really thought much about it, l
guess"
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
School
Registration
May 6-lO

Smyrna school authorities
have designated a registration
period of May CLIO inclusive as
the time all pupils entering
Grade l and all pupils desir-
ing transfers within the Smyr-
ma Special School District shall
make application for admission.
Places and hours of registra-
lions shall be as follows:
May 7, from 9 am. TO 4
pm. Smyrna Elementary
School, Clayton Elementary
School, and John BassettMoore
High School grades 7-l2).
May 7, from 9 am. to IL
noon. Thomas D. D.Clayton School.
May 6 and May 8-l0. from
8 pm. to 4 pm. in the same
schools listed for May 7.
To enter Grade l, the child
Continued on Page Two)
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
NOTICE

For the next 8 or 7
weeks there will be min
or electrical oufaees in
the southwest section OF
Smyrna while the balance
of the electrical disfribu-
tion system is converted
from 1900 volts to ALSO
volts.
We are sorry for the
ineonven ! g n c e but The
work is necessary to keep
pace with increased de-
mands on the towns eIee-
trie system.
Rex D. Gilmore
Town Manager
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
Jaycees Back
Local School
Referendum

The Smyrna Clayton Jaycees S
have unanimously passed a re-
souldon supporting the coming
school referendum. Which
would give the local school
board the right to increase the
tax rate up to fifteen cents.
The action took place at the
groups regular meeting Tues
day evening. ''The passage of
this referendum is a must If the
Smyrna Special School District
is to remain competitive In hir-
ing and retaining a competent
teaching staff" a Jaycee off
icial stated.
The Jaycees also volunteered
their services to meet with any
individual or organization to ex-
plain the coming election in de-
tail. Arrangements can be made
by calling 653-95l3 any day
after S pm.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
Spring
Concert
Tomorrow

On Friday evening, April 20,
the music department of the
John Bassett Moore and Smyr-
ma Junior High Schools will
present their 10th annual Spring
Concert at s o'clock in the
senior high school auditorium.
The concert will be under the
direction of A. Rodney Daniels,
instrumental music teacher,
and w. Russell Hall, vocal mu-
sic teacher.
Participating again this year
will be the fifty-nine member
Eighth Grade Chorus, which
will sing 18th century French
Easter Carol, 20 Sons and
Daughters, and "The Hens
Duet" a musical parody on
the famous duet from Johann
Strauss opera "Der Fielder
maus CThe Bat.)" These and
three other selections will be
accompanied by Margaret Da-
Wis, tenth grade; Sue Schanber-
ger. and Linda Spencer, eighth
grade.
The second vocal perform
ing group on the program is
new to the music department
this year. The Madrigal Sing
ers, consisting of fourteen SEN
ior high students. will sing
three examples of 10th century
choral music called madrigals.
They will be sung acappella
without accompaniment.
The Senior High School Choir
us, accompanied by Pat Hughes,
will sing several sacred and
secular selections, including
Gordon Jacobs popular para
phrase of the 23rd Psalm,
Brother James, Air." and
Leonard Berstein's "Some-
where" from the composers
"West Side Story" Bronwlyn
Butcher, tenth grade Senior
Chorus member, will sing the
soprano aria "Come Unto Him"
from Handel's most famous or
atorio, 'The Messiah"
The Smyrna High School Band
under the direction of MIR. Dam
iels, will play selections from
the Lerner-Loewe musical
comedy "Brigadoon, arranged
by Gordon. "Trambrero" by
Paul Yoder will feature the
trombone section. Several 9TH
er marches and novelty num-
bers will be played by the
56-piece band.
Tickets may be purchased
from any chorus or band mem
Der for so cents.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
Town Real
Estate Up
$844,93O
Over 1862

The town electric crews have
materials on hand and the cleo
tric contract crew started
the line work here on Mon
day, April %. The contract
crew is from Day & Zimmer-
man, Inc, Philadelphia. They
are planning to have the bal
ance of the town converted over
TO AGO primary voltage by the
end of May In order to take
care of the summer electric
demand, Town Manager Rex
D. Gilmore reported at the
meeting of Town Council We'd
nesday night.
Council authorized the town
attorney, David P. Buckson, to
prepare bill for the State Le-
gislature which would annex
farm land southwest of Smyrna,
between Lake Como and South
Street and extending to Car
ter's Road.
The land is owned by three
parties, the Catholic Diocese
of Wilmington; Cottage Dale Ac-
res Development Co., and John
E. Wilson. Jr., annexation
of this ground would make it
possible for sewers to be in
stalled In this area by the own
ers, to be connected to the town
facilities.
1t is councils feeling that
future development should be
within the corporate limits If
they want to use the towns
sewer facilities.
Gilmore presented a copy of
the assessment list for this
year showing taxable real es-
tate, $l2,007, 450. He explained
that the figure in 1862 was
Sill, ,l62,5 $50 showing an in
crease of $844,o30.
In 1868 the capitation tax
list showed persons over I'll
years Of age residing within
the corporate limits of the town
as l843; in 1862 there we're
1888, showing an increase of
90.
These figures we're the re-
suit Of work of three asses
sors, Mrs. William T. Gath
right, Mrs. Jeanette Miller,
and Cummins Evans, Jr.
A letter from Harris B. Nc
Dowell was read in reply to
inquiry of the town as to ell
igibility to participate in GER
tain programs administered by
the Area Redevelopment Ad-
ministration and other federal
agencies under the Accelerated
Public Works Act of 1862. He
advised council that Charles E.
Leets, field coordinator for the
ARA is In this state and will
explain how the Town of Smyr-
ma may participate in the var
ious ARA programs.
Further discussion was held
on installation of chemical feed
ers which will correct the
''red" water condition In the
towns water supply.
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
Minors Fined

William A. Carey and Clar-
ence C. Travers we're arrest
ed Friday night by Smyrna pol
ice for reckless driving on
Commerce Street, and were
found with liquor In their pos
session. Travers, a minor with
liquor In his possession, was
fined SIS and costs and Carey
was fined $50 and costs plus
thirty days in the Kent County
Correctional Institution
Smyrna times., 1963-04-25
WV. Price Named To
State Board of Parole

The appointment of Warner
W. Price, Jr., Smyrna busine-
ssman and civic leader, to the
State Board of Parole was an
nounced Tuesday by the Del
aware Supreme Court.
Price will succeed DR.. Issac
J. MacCollum of Wyoming. The