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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
Mother, Nearly Blinded Boy Tell
Court How His Father Shot Him

to his home on the evening OF
September IL to get some cloth
ing from his room, as he and
his mother and sister planned
to stay away for the night.
Assistant States Attorney Will
liam q. Clark had opened his
case by saying Mr.. Massie had
appeared at the house earlier
in the day with q strange wom-
an, and his wife left the house
as q result.
Asks About Rifle
In the house, the teen-ager
testified, he found q 20 rifle
missing from his gun collection
and an opened box Of shells in
his bedroom. When he asked
his father where the rifle was,
the boy related, ''he reached
into the closet and said, I'll
show it to you He whipped it
out"
Next, Joe, jr., continued, his
father marched him into the
kitchen at gun point. II never
believed my daddy would do
that. I wasn't scared the whole
time maybe I should have
been"
Then. the youth said, his
father followed him out to the
driveway and shot him as lie
was attempting to start the car
in which his mother was watt
ing for him.
Agrees on Problems"
Following her son to the
stand, Mrs. Harriet Massie cor
roborated his testimony and
added with an air Of wonder
ment: mo words we're ex-
changed. He (Mr. Massie, SRI
walked to the drivers side. Just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

Fairfax County Republicans
received a Texas pep talk last
night as Senator John Tower
urged the election of @. o. p.
candidates who "can and will
provide responsible State and
local government"
The Texas conservative spoke
to some 800 Mount Vernon
District residents on behalf of
their local Republican candi-
dates during a reception at the
Belle Haven Country Club.
He told the residents not to
let anyone tell you the grass
roots element can't be heard. "
The liberals in Congress,
Senator Tower asserted, are al
ways saying the Federal Gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

The Montgomery County
Council yesterday expressed
fears that a proposed amend
ment to its coming code would
unleash a series of fuel oil
distribution centers in blue
collar" commercial and outly-
ing residential areas.
The amendment was pro-
posed by the Montgomery
County Planning Board and,
II adopted by the council,
would permit underground
storage tanks on land zoned
heavy commercial.
The tanks already are al
lowed in industrial zones.
Planners, however, feel that to
serve customers adequately in
outlying areas, fuel oil firms
need distribution stations
closer to the rural homes, ac-
cording to deputy county at
torney Douglas Moore.
"Ill oppose this If it's going
to lead to those big distribution
centers," said Councilman Jer-
ry T. Williams.
Parking for Trucks
Questioned further about
the planners proposal, Mr..
Moore said the change would
permit the oil companies to
park some Of their tank trucks
on the grounds.
II wouldn't want to see one
Of these plants in the middle
Of Bethesda" said Councilman
Thomas M. Wilson.
Council members agreed to
seek the planners opinion on
amending their proposal to re-
quire oil firms to get a special
exception coming permit before
locating in a commercial area.
In other business, the coun-
ell gave final approval to a
rezoning petition seeking high
rise apartment use on 26 acres
at New Hampshire avenue and
Route 90 opposite White Oak
Shopping Center. The land
previously was zoned for mini
mum 9,000-square-foot residen-
tial lots.
Council members also tenta-
lively approved a coming code
amendment designed to provide
more parking spaces for office
buildings having a minimum of
10000 square feet Of floor space
and attendant-manned parking
lots Of 10000 square feet or
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

their commissions within
month after receiving them, OF
as soon as they heard the Sec
Rotary Of States office fell
there might be a conflict.
Six other Delegates also have
resigned their notaries, the lone
holdout being Delegate Charles
r. Brockmeyer, Democrat Of
Anne Arundel. His position
prompted Mr.. Sweeney'S opin.
ion at the request Of Louis N
PhippS, former State Senator
from Anne Arundel and now
its court clerk.
The picture was further con.
fused yesterday by Gov. Tawes
offhand opinion that since the
Delegates were ineligible to re-
ceive the notary commissions
in the first place, they never
really actually held them.
But I'm not a lawyer and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

this is something the courts
probably will have to decide, "
Gov. Tawes said.
The central committees sub
NIT a list of candidates, from
which the Governor makes his
selection. The appointee must
be Of the same political party
as his predecessor.
This may pose somewhat Of q
quandry for Mr.. Blondes who
was elected with the support OF
the conservative County Above
Party group. His central COM
mittee is dominated by liberals.
Mr.. Doing reports that all
indications point to his win
ming G. o. P. committee support
Donald Kendall, Republican
committee chairman, said he
hopes his group will make a
decision by the end Of the week.
Both Delegates point out that
they were duly elected by the
voters and therefore should be
returned to the jobs for which
they were chosen.
These notaries are renewed
automatically every two years
we Just get a letter saying
they're ready to be picked up,"
said Mr.. Doing, a notary for
seven years.
Both expressed amazement at
the development said they new
er made any money as notarieS,
and used their stamp (if at
alb to process only their own
papers.
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Council Cool to Plan
For Fuel Oil zoninu

an advisory capacity, but coun-
Gilman Grover K. Walker
pointed out that such q COM
mittee had been established by
the former council and might
still be in existance.
The proposal to select a new
committee was tabled pending
the status Of the former COM
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
2 in Montgomery Trying
To Save Seats in House
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
Star staff Writer

Two Montgomery County
Delegates to the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly yesterday asked
for County Central Commit
tee support in getting guberna-
torial appointments to House
seats they may have lost by
accepting notary public COM
missions last May.
The requests were made by
Delegates w. Perry Doing, Re-
publican, and Leonard Blondes,
Democrat. Each was elected
last November, and served in
the 1868 session of the Mary
land General Assembly.
But before a gubernatorial
appointment Is necessary, either
the courts or the House itself
must officially determine there
are vacancies. Exactly which
body makes the determination
is the target Of more State legal
research in Baltimore.
The political future Of the
two Montgomery Delegates and
seven other legislators was jeop-
ardized by an opinion by
Assistant Attorney General
Robert F. Sweeney saying, in
effect, that any lawmaker who
accepts a notary commission
forfeits his seat in the Mary
land General Assembly.
Mr.. Sweeney based his opin-
ion on a constitutional provision
which bars anyone from hold
ing more than one office of
profit created by the State. A
Maryland Court Of Appeals de-
cision in 1859 held that when a
public officer accepts a second
commission incompatible" with
the first, he forfeits the first
one.
Delegates Doing and Blondes
yesterday said they turned in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

in a moment Joe tjr) was
lying back in a pool Of blood"
Under cross examination,
Mrs. Massie agreed to Attorney
Welsh's suggestion that her
husband had had problems
with drinking, gambling and
women.
Under the defense attorneys
questioning she also admitted
her husband once fired q gun
belonging to her son in the
house during a drinking spree
nearly a year before the Sep
tember tragedy.
AS Mrs. Massie left the
stand, her husband rose from
his chair next to Mr.. Welsh
and tried to accompany her
back to her seat in the court
room. but the court attendants
restrained him and the son
shouted: "Sit down."
Later, Mr.. Massie took the
stand to testify he remembers
nothing about the day he shot
his son, and that he had no
idea why he attempted to take
Joe, IRIS life or his own.
Testifies On Job
Testifying that he was q
supervisory adjudicator in the
General Accounting Office. the
defendant said he took more
leave than usual In 1862 be-
cause he felt pressure and
tension from his job.
The last memory he has Of
his work, he said, was a ques-
ton from a superior who
wanted to know If Mr.. Massie's
office made its production
quota for last August.
Mr.. Massie testified he loved
his son.
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New Group Proposed

The council took under con-
sideration a proposal by Coun-
eilwoman Mary Hepburn to set
up a conflict Of interest COM
mittee to look into allegations
against a member OF the Mont
gomery County Planning
Board, as well as handle similar
charges in the future.
The matter came up when a
letter was read from Elmer
Hertelendy. a Bethesda engi-
neer, requesting the council to
look into a controversy sur
rounding Donald E. Gingery,
planning board member, who
recently was named as a direc-
tor OF the Seaboard Land Co.,
which has had several coming
requests before the planning
group in the past.
Mr.. Hertelendy asked the
council to request Mr.. Gingery
to furnish "a complete list Of
all Montgomery and Prince
Georges County corporations in
which he is an official -. and
q complete list Of land In the
two counties In which he has
any interests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
Seeks More Facts

Mrs. Hepburn commented
that any inquiry into Mr..
Gingery's affairs should be
handled by the planning board.
and not by "a star chamber
inquiry"
II believe the county council
should have many more facts
at hand before taking any
action" she added. II deplore
this kind of procedure here, on
the basis Of a few letters"
She urged that the county
council set UP the conflict of
interest committee 10 serve In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
ELLIcOTT CITY
MAN IS KILLED

A 21-year-old construction
foreman was killed and his
passenger critically injured
yesterday In a truck-car COLI
sion on Pennsylvania avenue
extended in Forestville, Md.
Prince Georges County police
Pvt. Robert A. Miller identified
the dead man as David L. Murk
of Ellicott City. He and his
passenger, who Is in critical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
Maryland Chairman

Mrs. Stanley L. Solomon has
been appointed chairman Of
the Young Democratic Clubs of
Maryland Convention to be
held September Is and IA at
the Motel Washingtonian. Mrs.
Solomon, an active Montgomery
County Young Democrat, re-
sides at 81 Malcolm drive,
Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
3 Officials
Reelected
ByAFL-CIO

NORFOLK. Va. Aug. IA (AP) .
The three executive officers
Of the Virginia state AFL-CIo
were given two more years in
office yesterday.
Nominated without opposition
at the State labor organizations
annual convention were Harold
B. Boyd for president, Julian
Carper for vice president, and
Brewster Snow for secretary
treasurer.
Officers are elected for two
years terms.
Against Independent Electors
The group also voted to OPP
pose any General Assembly
legislation calling for the cleo
ton Of independent electors
for President and Vice Presi-
dent.
Such legislation would deny
the people Of Virginia an OPP
portunity to vote for the party
Of their choice in the general
election, the labor group said,
If such legislation Is intro
duced in the General Assembly
1t is considered to be for the
sole purpose Of eliminating the
names Of the electors of the
national Democratic Party"
the resolution stated.
Also adopted was a resolution
calling for repeal of the poll
tax as a prerequisite to voting
and enactment Of uniform
registration laws for all cleo
tons.
To Use Union Hotels
Delegates to the convention,
held in the Golden Triangle
hotel, voted to hold future
conventions in no other hotels
in Virginia unless they become
union hotels.
AFL-CIO spokesman said the
Golden Triangle is the only
union hotel in the State.
Geline Covey, q graduate Of
Richmond's George Wythe High
School, received a $500 schol-
arship to Duke University for
an essay on automation. Miss
Convey won out over $50 other
contestants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
BY BRIAN KELLY
star staff Writer

A Bethesda MD mother
and her nearly blind son de-
scribed from q witness stanC
in Rockville today how The
boys father shot him in q do
nestle quarrel last September
~.
The two took the stand Ii
Montgomery County's Circuit
Court today as the prosecu-
tons chief witness in the trial
of Joe s. Massie, ST.. on charges
Of assault with intent to COM
NIT murder.
Mr.. Massie, Al, q Govern
ment worker, is accused Of
shooting his son, Joe, jr., IS.
in the left temple with a 81
rifle in the driveway Of the
Massie home at 1874 Ridge
road, Bethesda.
Montgomery County police
said that after the shooting,
Mr.. MasSie went back into his
home and twice shot himself
| In the head with the same
rifle. The father and son both
recovered, but the youth was
left sightless in one eye and
nearly blind in the other.
Contends Insanity
Today, as Mr.. Massie's trial
began before q jury Of eight
men and four women, his at
torney, Barnard T. Welsh, con-
tended in an opening state
ment that his client was GRIM
inally insane.
HE pulled that trigger" Mr..
Welsh told the jurors. HE also
pulled the trigger that almost
took his own life"
The lawyer conceded there
is no defense according to the
facts" but he added that Mr..
Massie last September was
gripped in an emotional con-
flict, 80 terrible, so over
mastering, so all-enveloping,"
that he didn't know what he
was doing.
Joe, jr., told the jury he went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
The Stockings We're Hung
Stuffed with goodies for everyone even the pets

fACK THE CHILDREN of to bed. GOOD
night, sleep tight. " Tomorrow is Christmas!
Now the great moment. Hang up the
Christmas stockings, one for each child, one
for Dad and one for Nom. Don't forget
Charlie the hound and Lizzie the cat. Each
stocking bears a name.
So it is at our house where digging the
stockings comes at the FIRST wink Of dawn,
an event served with cocoa, coffee and juice,
a prelude to breakfast. The big presents
wait under the Christmas tree, these for
later. Little-big secrets are nestled in its
boughs.
Stockings bulge with the fun gifts, side
splitting surprises and the traditional fruits
and sweetmeats.
Joke stuff is fun but goodies count big.
Here are ideas: Little, little lady apple of
rosy cheek, tangerine for the stocking toe
or a Prize-size navel orange. Add nuts,
those easy to crack; wrap In colorful foil.
Remember the candy cane to stick in the
stocking top. This year there is a new
chewing gum wrapped in candy-cane paper.
Visit marzipan shop for the bright fruits
Of Christmas; and vegetables too. Remem.
Der. the marIpan pig for New Years luck.
PiHk-PGpered treats
Buy the biggest of prunes, to stuff or
not to stuff, but to gaily wrap. Make little
popcorn balls each to hide a wallpaper.
wrapped surprise in its middle. Twist bright
cellophane around the small balls and tie
like sack with gold cord.
Aicorice whip for Dad. A licorice doll
for Missy. A tiny gift, one ornamental as
orchids, this for Mother. In every delicacy
shop you can find little round tin, pink.
papered. The contents - marrons, those
rich Italian chestnuts. Peppermints, the
old-fashioned thick kind, will please grand
mother. Shimmering hard candies, cello
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22

Phane-wrapped, gil in the stocking cracks.
Have you seen the hard candies with
centers of butterflies, flags and flowers?
Their making is one of the most difficult
operations in the art of confectionery, yet
these delightful picture pops sell at a
reasonable price. What pleases the kids,
the pictures go right through the piece.
You can't suck them of.
For pussycats a new line of canned
foods in the gourmet class. To mention
one, chicken parts with ivers. A jar of
fresh catnip is pleasant treat. Charlie the
hound will bow and grin if he gets sock
of dOggie sweets.
Homemade suvipTises
AChristmas stocking filed to the brim
for special friend can be the incest gift of
all. Stuff to the toe with delectables: a
small jar of wild strawberry jam, pfefFer-
nuesse. a Prettily decorated gingerbread
man, marzipan fruits, gilded walnuts in
shell, a tin of fOie gras, jar of red and
green relish, Christmas candies and cookies,
these homemade.
Stockings are to buy or make; add the
names with sparkle dust. In some families
stockings are little works of art, the names
embroidered on and each year the same
stockings come out Of storage along with
the Christmas tree baubles.
Plain stockings can be made glamorous
with sewed-on decorations - small candy
canes with velvet ribbon bows, star-shaped
ginger cookies. Before baking press in a
hole as for tree hanging. Thread darning
needle with red or green yarn and stitch to
the stocking. To the wee maids stocking
sew on doll-size sock and eli with minia.
lures for her favorite. Fasten Christmas
tree ball to the toe of each stocking so
gay! The happiest way to start Merry,
Merry Christmas Day! -THE END
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-22
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make a cold tablet
Donald can take?"

Then a friend told me that
FIetcher's did," says Mrs. DON
aid Eckles of Midwest City, Okla
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'"And since | knew Fletcher's
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Nov, at the first sign of a
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THIS WEEK Asss1ias ! psesmbss "a. 1913
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-01
Kennedy
Events
Schedule
By the Associated press

Mrs. John F. Kennedy is
mentioning in Palm Beach
and is expected to return to
the White House the first of
next week." Andrew Hatcher
assistant press secretary said.
Mrs. Kennedy has been In
Palm Beach since February 81.
In her absence, Mrs. Ken
nedy's Press Secretary,
Pamela Turnure, issued the
social calendar with IL events,
some of which, it was indi-
Gated, Mrs. Kennedy may not
attend.
The schedule set April rs
for the traditional black-tie
reception for members of
Congress, starting at $50 pm.
Another major event is a
military reception on the
White House lawn at $3.50
pm. May 2 to which all living
winners of the Medal Of
Honor have been invited.
The annual Easter egg-roll
on the White House lawn is
on the program as usual for
Easter Monday. April Is. but
the White House said the
Kennedy's plans have not
been set and it is not known
If they will be here for the
event. Since the Kennedys
have been in the White
House, they have always
taken an Easter vacation at
Palm Beach, Fla. and the
youngsters who come to frolic
and roll Easter eggs on the
broad lawns have not had the
added attraction of the Presi-
dental family.
Other items on the calen-
dar:
Tuesday, March PA noon
reception and tour for mem
bers of the American National
Theater and AGA my
(ANTA), who meet in WASH
ington at that time for their
fifth annual assembly. Mrs.
Kennedy's social secretary,
Letitia Baldrige. is ex-
pected to greet this group of
some so to 100, who are
meeting outside of New York
for the first time.
Tuesday, April 16-Miss
Baldrige also is expected to
be the hostess for a 1880 pm.
reception and concert for Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra
FOLutlbecTS.
Monday, April 22-The
sixth in a series Of musical
programs for youth by youth
will be held on the south
lawn at 4 pm. Mrs. Kennedy
is expected to attend.
Tuesday, April 23-Mrs.
Kennedy will attend the
luncheon additionally given
for the First Lady by Senate
wives at the Capitol.
Tuesday, May 2-Mrs.
Kennedy will attend a brunch,
also a traditional event for
the First Lady, given by
House members wives.
Wednesday, May 8-An
annual outdoor reception for
foreign students is scheduled
for 4 pm.
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