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tor Byrd that NH could have
had virtually hundreds of off
ers Of land" The center is
sought after, he indicated.
The advantages seen by NH
in a Washington location are
the scores Of contacts needed
with other Government pro-
grams relating to environment,
such as those dealing with Wild
life. fish, weather and air polu-
luton.
80 Contacts Contemplated
Already, the environmental
health study sponsors have for
NAL working agreements with
30 Government agencies. Ninety
such contacts are contemplated.
Pressed by Senator Byrd to
detail land offers at a Senate
Budget hearing, NH Spokes-
men could only remember one
specific case-property owned
by a private corporation IN the
vicinity Of Raleigh, Durham
and Chapel Hill. N. C.
The center is envisioned ini-
italy as a $34 million structure
housing 1000 employees. Even
tually, it is to grow into a $40
million project with 5000 en-
ployes on a $45 million annual
payroll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Robert Byrd Asks Dotu
On | Health Center Sites

Federal health officials to-
day were forced to defend be-
fore a Senate subcommittee a
proposed Washington area
location for a $40 million en-
vironmental health center.
Senator Robert C. Byrd,
Democrat of West Virginia,
asked Surgeon General Luther
Terry to report all sites con-
sidered within 100 miles of
Washington.
Building costs In outlying
areas should be compared with
building costs in the suburbs,
Senator Byrd said.
He repeatedly has alerted the
National Institutes of Health
to property, available free, near
Martinsburg. w. Va, within 70
miles OF Washington.
A 400-acre site near Belts
vile, Md, is favored by the
Health, Education and Welfare
Department.
Tract Available
Secretary of Agriculture Free
man has indicated to HEW
Secretary Celebrezze that Agri-
culture will make this Beltsvine
tract available. And the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission is studying the HEW
request for approval, according
to Robert Anderson, chief of
the NIH's environmental health
division.
Earlier. the National Train
ing School for Boys was con-
sidered by Government officers
as a possible site for the center.
But they said the planning
commission rejected this idea.
DR.. Terry admitted to Sena-
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FORD TRIED TO reopen
the theater about a month
after the shooting. But the
people Of Washington would
have none Of 1t. Some
threatened to burn the
building down.
The Government eventu-
ally paid Mr.. Ford 10000
for the building and turned
1t into an office. Three
floors were put in as its
ornate woodwork around
the stage and balconies we're
removed.
In 1898, the three floors
collapsed. Desks, file cases
and Government clerks
crashed 10 the basement in
one of the city's worst catas-
trophies. Twenty-Five per-
sons were killed.
The museum was TO be
relocated in the basement Of
the restored theater. In its
possession, as thousands Of
tourists find each year, is
the flag Booth caught his
spur on as he leaped TO the
stage after the shooting and
the portrait Of George Wash
ington which had been
placed outside the box, dec
Grated for the President.
Booth kicked the frame in
his escape, turning the pic
ture over, and the mark
remains.
However, the rocking chair
upholstered In red damask
in which President Lincoln
was seated when shot is In
a glass case in the Ford
Museum in Dearborn, Mich.
Mr.. Truett hoped memorial
services or solemn COM
memorations could be held
In the restored theater.
He was dead set against
any re-enactment.
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be sold for more than half a
million dollars as part Of The
transaction.
The Russians have long
wanted 10 move from their
crowded and old Embassy
Chancery at 1925 Sixteenth
street NV. and 10 consolidate
their military and economic
missions now located at other
places around Washington.
II the coming variance is
allowed--presently Bonnie Brae
Is restricted 10 single-family
dwellings-the Russians could
move to outer Northwest and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
CuuseyHeuds
inspectors in
18th District

Former Police Capt. George E
Causey, one Of several officers
named on a recent police
promotions list, today was re-
assigned as inspector in charge
of the fourth inspection district
Inspector Causey's transfer
and other departmental shifts
were announced by Police Chief
Robert v. Murray today at a
swearing gin ceremony at police
headquarters.
A veteran Of 20 years on the
force. Inspector Causey was
transferred 70 his new post from
the l4th precinct, where he
served as commanding officer
for three years.
The fourth district vacancy
was created by the transfer O
Inspector Charles L. Wright II
the traffic division. Traffi,
Division Inspector Lewis B
Peters will retire on April 80.
Other officers involved in thu
series of transfers announced
by Chief Murray include:
Capt. Vernon H. Culpepper
who was named commanding
officer Of the 14th precinct,
Capt. John ]. Boyd of the
traffic division, named to re.
place Capt. Culpepper as a
member of the department.
internal investigations unit;
Capt. John M. Thot, formerly
a sixth precinct lieutenant
transferred to the Traffic Di-
vision; Capt. Grayston w
Chapman, formerly a lieuten-
ant in charge Of seventh and
eighth precinct detective S,
named head Of the check and
fraud squad.
Inspector David A. Higgins,
former head of the check and
fraud squad, reassigned as a
supervising inspector in the
detective bureau; 1t. Keith
Gosman, a 18th precinct detec-
tive, transferred to the ninth
precinct to replace Detective
Sergt. Charles Mackey, who
was reassigned, and Detective
Sergt. Waylsn Fallin. former
ly of the robbery squad. trans
ferred to the 18th precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Recreation Planned

Trained leaders will direct
an outdoor program Of games,
sports and crafts when 80
spring Fairgrounds in Arling-
ton open Monday. the County's
Department Of Recreation and
Parks has announced. The
Fairgrounds will operate from
$3.50 to 6 pm. Monday through
Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
5000 Chickens Lost
In SIG, 900 Fire

Fire yesterday caused $4,000
damages and destroyed 5000
chickens on a farm owned by
Lee Barnhart. on Route los
near Olney, Md.
The Montgomery County Fire
Marshal's office. which esti.
mated the loss. said that q
passerby reported the blaze
The cause has not been de-
termined. firemen said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29

who is seeking a coming excep-
ton 10 permit construction.
The builder. Martin Decker.
of Bala cynwyd. Pa. proposes.
according 10 the application
filed late yesterday with the
coming adjustment board. 10
RAE the Tudor-style mansion
now on the l6-acre estate.
The present owner Is Nathaniel
H. Luttrell. IT,, a Woodward a.
Lothrop heir.
Bonnie Brae, a rolling wooded
estate on the edge OF Rock
Creek Park. repeatedly would
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7~--~-->-------~----
ity involving the legislative cal
endar stood in the way Of a
Senate vote on slots this after
noon.
Even slot lobbyists concede
the measure is headed for pas
sage, despite last-ditch efforts
OF Southern Maryland Senator's
to defeat it. In a test vote
yesterday, the administration
beat down an attempt to amend
the measure, l6 to IL.
The Senate then gave tenta-
tive approval to the bill, with
only three Senators from
Southern Maryland-where the
gambling machines are legal
voting in opposition.
Final Passage Delayed
Final passage was delayed
last night when Senator Ed
ward T. Hall, Republican of
Calvert, offered another amend
ment and then requested an
automatic days delay on action
under the rules.
Senator John A. Derr, Re-
publican of Frederick, who had
been in favor Of giving the -four
counties affected additional
time to get rid Of the machines
said today he would no Longer
vote with the Southern Mary.
landers.
This is the way yesterday
dramatic events on the slo
issue unfolded:
In the morning, the Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
voted 7-to-5 to increase from
5-to-7 the number of year!
allowed for the slots to be COM
pletely eliminated.
After passing that amend
ment and two others, the COM
mittee voted unanimously tc
give the bill a favorable report
and sent it to the Senate floor
Long Debate
AS expected, the amendments
spanked a prolonged debate,
with administration leaders
calling for the defeat of all
amendments and asking that
the body pass the bill as it had
been sent over from the House.
The House version called for
a two-year moratorium and
then a phasing-out period Of
three years.
Senators from Southern
Maryland counties affecte d
argued that the additional
time was needed to soften the
economic impact on their juris-
dictions.
Senator John l.. Sanford,
Democrat of Worcester. was
among those who spoke in OPP
position to the amendments,
telling the Senate that the
economy Of Southern Maryland
would prosper once the slots
were abolished.
Senator Sanford. a former
States attorney, helped lead
the fight to rid the Ocean City
area Of Illegal slot machines
in the early sos. After they
were gone, there was a more
prosperous economy than we
lever had BEFORE" he said.
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discrimination regulations I'M
less Congress passed legislation
during the waiting period to
stop this move.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Whitener, Dem
ocrat of North Carolina, yes
terday moved to take a differ
ent approach on dealing with
the housing matter.
The subcommittee action
was to order that the city gov
ernment's ideas for anti-bias
regulations be submitted in the
form Of a draft bill.
The Districts chief legal Of
ficer, Corporation Counsel
Chester H. Gray, agreed to the
request, despite the city's posi-
ton that it does not need spe-
cific legislative authority to put
an anti-bias ordinance on the
books.
The Commissioners did not
indorse or oppose the agree
ment by Mr.. Gray, their top
legal adviser, to send an anti
discrimination measure to the
subcommittee.
Public to Testify
Chairman Whitener said the
public would be given an OPP
portunity to testify on such a
bill. Submission of the draft
bill, Mr. Whitener said, would
give us a chance to see what
the Congress thinks about it"
In contrast to the Commits
sioners' operating plan, taking
up a bill to authorize an anti
bias ordinance puts the chore
of winning congressional APP
proval on the shoulders of those
who favor the discrimination
ban.
Here again, such a bill would
face a hazardous path in
Congress.
Near the end of the last Con.
gress, the full House District
Committee asked the Commits.
sioners to hold back on actor
leading toward adoption of tn
housing regulations. The com
mittee asked the Commission
ers to delay until it had the OBJ
portunity to hold hearings o.
the controversial question.
The Commissioners hav
been advised by the Corpora
ton CounSel's office that the!
have authority to adopt anti
bias regulations provided Their
is evidence linking segregated
housing with the community
to:
g. s. the lives, limbs, health
comfort and quiet of persons
or to the safety of property. >
1882 Resolution Cited
The opinion to the Commits
sioners said this stipulated au.
thority exists under an 1892
congressional resolution deal
ing with police powers.
At yesterdays hearing, the
Commissioners position that
they have evidence justifyine
anti-discrimination action I'M
der the 1892 congressional act
hit solid and at times bitter
opposition from subcommittee
members.
The reaction ranged from
challenges on the city's legal
position to a listing by name
and address Of top District Of
ficials including the two white
Commissioners, Walter N. To-
briner and Engineer Commits
sioner Frederick j. Clarke -
who live in all-white neighpor-
hoods.
Questions also conferred on
the contents and status of anti
bias regulations drafted in the
Corporation Counsel's office.
Commissioner Tobriner said
he had ordered the work in the
nature Of "a study as TO a pos
sible type Of regulation" The
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MR.. TRUETT, at any rate,
is all for it.
The original blueprints Of
the theater, built in 1853,
have never been found. But
in a tedious search of pho
tographs and manuscripts
and sketches, architects have
come up with a detailed
plan.
There are three things
we haven't been able to find
out about the building" Mr..
Truett said.
1--WE don't know how it
was heated, although it was
probably by several pot
bellied stoves.
"And we haven't any idea
If the building had any
plumbing facilities. And the
other unknown is what the
box office looked like in the
lobby"
The project would have
Included the reconstruction
of a saloon, which was Just
to the right Of the entrance
of the theater.
John wilkes Booth, the
assassin, slipped in there on
the night he shot the Pres
ident and sat for a time
over a whisky and a glass
Of water. The actor usually
drank brandy.
The site of the saloon is
now a parking lot.
The theater seated about
100. Rows of benches were
in the upper balcony. The
first balcony, or "dress
circle" had e-bottomed
chairs.
Architects were aided in
drawing up plans by sketches
made by John T. Ford,
the theatrical manager and
owner Of the theater, while
he was held in prison before
the trial of the conspirators.
He sketched the plan of the
theater for use in the trial.
Held for some 40 days in
the Old Capitol prison, he
was eventually released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
House Unit Slows
Anti-Bias Action
Commissioners Asked to Submit
Ideas in Form of Draft Measure
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

House District subcommittee has moved to block the
Commissioners plan for adoption of antbas housing
lations
Before the committees action the Commissioners had
nounced that they would give Congress time to act the
housing question The District they sad would adopt anti
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c Commissioners, he said, have
taken no formal or informal
on this matter.
Mr., Gray said the work Of re-
vising the draft regulations had
stopped when the House Dis
trict Comm ittSe asked the
Commissioners to mark time
on anti-bias action.
Rejects Some Questions
Mr.. Gray gave cautious an
swers to questions on the i'm
pact Of the regulations. He de-
clined to answer some ques-
tionJ from Representative Dow
dy, Democrat of Texas, on the
ground that they were of
hypothetical nature.
At one point, Representative
Republican of Ohio
pulled a copy of draft No. T.
of the regulations from 9
pocket. Later, m response tt
emphasis by Mr.. Tobriner anc
Mr.. Gray on the unofficial ma.
ture of the regulations, Mr.
Whitener said that: Surely
these seven drafts were not ar
exercise in futility. -"
During the early part of thu
hearing, Mr.. Whitener suggest.
ed that the Commissioner
should follow the normal pro-
cedure" of putting their pro.
posals in the form of a bill
and sending it to Congress.
During discussions on thil
point, Mr.. Gray said he woulC
submit a bill If the subcommit'
tee asked him to do so.
Near the end of the hearing
Representative Mcmillan, Dem.
ocrat of South Carolina anc
chairman of the full House Dis
trict Committee, asked Mr.. To
briner, president of the BoarC
Of Commissioners:
a. Can we expect you +,
ask Mr.. Gray to send us tn
proposed bill, some Legislation
on this subiect?"
Transcript In Part
This question was followed
according to the transcript {
the hearing, by these CON
ments:
Mr.. Tobriner: This bi
would be Mr.. Gray's idea. W
would not assume, sir, to pa
a bill or pass an ordinance ur
til we had a public hearing o
it. We have deferred furthe
steps until you gentlemen hay
had full opportunity to consid
er it."
Mr.. Mcmillan: What I wan
to find out is-do you want u
to write a bill or do you wan
to send a bill up to Congress
and ask US to consider it?"
cat this point. Mr.. Ora,
turned to Mr.. Tobriner ant
said: IF he wants it, I'll sent
it.D
Mr.. Tobriner: I would asl
for the right to confer with m.
colleagues about that, sir"
Mr.. whitener: Mr.. Gray al
ready told us he is going Il
prepare a bill to send to US. L
that right?"
Mr.. Tobriner: That would b
on Mr.. Gray's-"
Mr.. Gray: II stated. sir, 4
the committee asks me to,
will prepare a bill" CThe Sta
yesterday enormously attribut.
ed this comment to Mr.. To-
brinerO
Mr.. Whitener: without OBJ
lection from members Of tn
committee, in behalf Of thu
committee, I viii now ask yol
to do So"
After some further com.
ments, Mr.. Whitener then saiC
that the subcommittee would
wait for the draft bill and ther
set hearings on 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
Anti-SIot Bill
Seen Headed
For Enactment
Vote Due Today
After Foes Lose
Test on Rider
BY WILLIAM DUKE
star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 29.-rhe
influence of Gov. Tawes' adj.
ministration today reassertec
itself with the anti-slot ma.
chine bill apparently headed
for enactment in the Mary.
land General Assembly.
Only a dispute over thu
State budget and a technical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
The
Rambler
/. Asks About
A Restoration
BY JOHN McKELwAY

1t appeared, this time,
there was a good chance
Ford's Theater would be re-
stored.
At two hearings before
House and Senate commit
tees, no one kicked up a fuss
over the 50 million requested
by the President for the pur-
pose, but yesterday the
House Appropriations Com
mittee quietly sent the prof.
ect back to limbo.
Conrad Wirth, director of
the National Park Service,
had testified he hoped to
complete the restoration by
the time Of the commemora-
tion of the Tooth anniversary
OF the assassination of
Lincoln, which occurred on
April IA, 1865.
The idea has been floating
around town for about 20
years and, apparently, may
drift around for another 20.
1t has never been enthu-
siastically pushed, possibly
because some have main
tanned the restored theater
would be, a monument to
a murder"
Randle B. Truett, a Park
Service regional historian,
told the Rambler the other
day, hopefully: II think the
opposition has died down."
His office is on the third
floor of the old theater on
Tenth street, now known as
the Lincoln Museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Things You Will Enjoy
Doing This Spring

DELIGHTFUL HOME AND GARDEN TOURS-AND
HIkING-The thrills Of outdoor living are beckon-
ing Washingtonians and out-of-town visitors once
again. This Sunday The Star points out things to
do this spring. On special page, In the Women's
Section, The Sunday Star tells you what attractive
area homes and gardens you can visit this spring.
It's convenient guide, complete with dates and
hours, to imaginatvely decorated homes and taste
fully designed gardens in the metropolitan area in
GLIDING residences Of many nationally prominent
personalities. In the area of more robust spring
activities, SUNDAY Magazine romps along with the
Wanderbird Club and tells you how much fun
hikng-with or without 5O-mile goals-can be-
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HEAD DISsECTS
TAX BILL-How does a sworn foe Of deficit SPEND
ing and unbalanced government budgets feel about
the Presidents tax BILL the mounting national debt
our dwindling gold reserves and chronic deficits in
the balance Of payments2 In an ON THE RECORD
interview this Sunday, Senator Harry f. Byrd of
Virginia, the powerful chairman Of the senate's
Finance Committee, sets his sights on the admin
istraton's fiscal programs.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-29

Other Legislative Stories on Pose b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-02

Have you ordered or per-
mitted your brother Bobby, the
Attorney General. to go soft
on Communists, fellow travel
ers, and ultra leftists in Amer
lea. while permitting him to
prosecute loyal Americans who
criticize you, your adminis-
tration and your leadership"
After the assassination, news
men tried to find Mr.. Wiess-
man. He is not listed in either
the Dallas city directory or
telephone directory.
Representatives Grabowski,
Democrat of Connecticut. and
Conte, Republican of MasSa-
chusetts, last Friday asked the
FBI to investigate the Ameri-
can Fact-Finding Committee.
They described the ad as
vicious. cruel and abusive and
the kind of malicious verbiage
that tends to incite fanatics*.
The News quoted Mr.. Weiss
man as saying the assaSSina-
ton was the most terrible
thing that ever happened to
this country" 4.
The News said Mr.. Weissman
described the committee as
"a local organization which
wanted to show its position on
national issues as we are con-
stitutionally entitled to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-02
By ]. A. OTEARY
Star Staff Writer

An anti-missile missile de.
Tense of major cities will moi
be effective without fallout
shelters, Assistant Secretary Of
Defense Stewart L. Pittmar
told a Senate Armed Services
subcommittee today.
IAN effective ballistic mis-
sile defense of major cities re-
quires stocked fallout shelters
in those cities to deny an en-
envy the relatively easy option
of penetrating the city defenses
with fallout from upwind nu-
clear ground bursts beyond the
range of the defending mis-
siles killing the city jewellers
as easily and more horribly
than from an explosion in the
CITY," said Mr.. Pittman.
He urged the Senate to act
this year on a bill which
passed the House in September,
authorizing $190.6 million to
enable the Defense Department
to continue its program OF
euuipping and stocking public
buildings and nonprofit insti-
buttons as fallout shelters.
Mr.. Pittman said the diff
ficult task of obtaining per-
mission from building owners
to use the space as public shell
tiers has produced licensed and
marked shelter space for more
than 81 million people so far.
A vast supply line is now carry
ing into these shelters the bare
necessities for so million people
for up to two weeks of shelter
occupancy.
The witness emphasized that
this program is not available to
commercial or industrial build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-02

that a lamp was upset, an
empty coffee pot lay on its side
on the carpet and some ciga-
rettes-normally kept in a large
brandy snifter-were strewn on
the floor.
There was a coffee mug on q
low table and three more-also
empty-in the kitchen.
Bone Fractured
DR.. Harold Kade, the autopsy
surgeon, said the strangleE
exerted such force that the
hyoid-a U-shaped bone at the
base of the tongue-was frac-
tured. He said further micro
scopic tests would be made but
that he found no immediate
evidence of a sexual attack. e.
Miss Kupcinet, described by
her father as "a bubbling and
enthusiastic girl, naQ SCuoled
at the celebrated Actors Studio
in New York. She had appeared
on the stage. in a movie or two
and on such television pro-
grams as Hawaiian Eye"
"Surfside 6, the United States
Steel Hour, the Red Shelton,
Donna Reed and Gertrude Berg
Shows. She was featured in a
Perry Mason program yet to be
shown.
Neighbors said Miss Kupcinet
mad lived in Hollywood for 21a
years but had moved to her last
apartment only four months
ago.