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The Nome nugget., 1963-01-14
Army Finally Catches Up With
 "Pop''; He Retires

FIT. Bragg, NC. R - M/Sgt. Charles Pop) Burt. who was over age when he made his only para chute jump, is retiring from the Army. He is "A years old.
 The jaunty native of Rockford, H., spent the past two decades as a cook with the famed 82nd Airborne Division. He made his only parachute jump in North Africa in 1943.
 When Burt made his jump he was attached to the 50th Parachute Infantry Regiment commanded by Col. James Gavin, who later be- came commander of the 82nd and US. Ambassador to France.
 The 505th arrived in Casablanca in early 1943 and had a month to get ready before jumping in Sicily.
 "We needed every man we could get," Gavin recalled. q asked Sgt. Burt about coming and he said he was glad to but it turned out he had surpassed the age au- thorized for jumpers.
 Burt was then 54 years old. Gavin said, q explained to him that had no authority to give him jump training but if he wanted to go with us we would be glad to have him along"
 Burt, who got his parachute wings and combat star for the July 10, 1943, jump, said q landed on rock smaller than a half loaf of bread and my ankle snapped I was back in the states in month"
 Burt's military career began in 1906 as horse-riding corporal in an ammunition train. He served in France during World War I and left the service in 1920.
 For the next g years he was welder in a Rockford machine shop. "Then, got the urge to re- enlist' in 1922, he said.
 And how he managed to stay in the Army until he was "A? Burt says he never applied for retirement, and the Army is just now catching up with him.
The Nome nugget., 1963-01-14
City Leaguers See
 Action Tomorrow Night

After a weekend of high school games the City League will resume play tomorrow evening.
 In the prelim the Nanooks will tangle with the Jaycees. The Jay cees occupy the runner-up spot in the standingts, but have had trouble beating the Nanooks this season. So far this season the NHS has taken both games from the Jaycees.
 Top-ranked Polar will take on the cellar-dwelling Merchants in the second game tomorrow even- ing. The first game will start at 7:l5.
The Nome nugget., 1963-01-14
Thread of Evidence

GLASGOW, Scotland R - A mere thread of evidence has land ed a young burglar in jail.
 The youthful thief broke into a neighbours house. A thread protrud- ing from drawer he opened caught on a button of his jacket. As he went from room to room the thread unwound from spool.
 Detectives called to investigate the theft followed the thread through window of the house, out into the street, around cor her and into the boys home.
The Nome nugget., 1963-01-14
Red ,o~S Buying Britannia Airliners

LONDON R Communist China is n rin buying fleet of 14 Britannia airliners offered for sale by British Overseas Air ways Cor a spokesman said Sat urday.
 A group of experts from China's Aviation Ministry, the Chinese Re- public Airlines and the Chinese government machinery purchasing corporation are in Britain.
 BOAC put Britannia 102 into service in 1857. They were with drawn last October.
 The Britannia 102 is powered by four turbo-prop engines.
The Nome nugget., 1963-01-14
Security Fencing Project

An $84,450 contract has been awarded to Pacific Construction Go. and Associates of Fairbanks, for security fencing project at Galena Airport.
 The firm submitted the lowest bid among five opened publicly by the US. Army Engineer District, Alaska, on Nov. 1.
The Nome nugget., 1963-01-14
"Holdup Nothing"

PHILADELPHIA R = Mrs. Anna Hunt, 82, foiled a robbery in a gift shop Friday when she attacked the armed intruder and sent him fleeing.
 Mrs. Hunt was talking with a woman sales clerk when the gun man appeared and announced: ''This is a holdup."
 ''Holdup nothing" replied Mrs Hunt, as she began striking the would-be bandit. He fled to a waiting taxi.
The Nome nugget., 1963-01-14

Discover Oil and Gas Deposits
 MOSCOW R - Soviet geologists have discovered large oil and gas deposits in the Caspian Sea area of Kazakhastan, Tass news agency reported Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17

exact bill they're now talking
about and a hearing is well
advertised in the county," he
added.
Delegate Edward T. Conroy,
chairman of the county's Dem
ocratic delegation. said that
considering what the Senator
has said before and the con-
tent Of the new bill, Hell
probably be opposed to it,"
Opposed Project
During his reelection cam
paign, Senator Wheatley said
he felt the 1861 bill did not
adequately protect the low-in-
come people Of southern Prince
Georges against the multi-mil-
lion dollar utility.
In a poll Of more than 500
Brandywine area residents
picked by VIGIL, 395 persons
answered inquiry, letters and
only 81 opposed the project,
Mr.. Conroy reported.
He said the county commits
sioners agree they need more
revenue, but have reserved
feelings, apparently because
they do not want to disturb
any political waters"
The commissioners backed
the bill two years ago, and
three Of the five members are
still on the board. They re-
portedly have not discussed the
present bill formally.
Among supporters this year
are the county's Chamber Of
Commerce and Economic De-
velopment Committee, Junior
Chamber Of Commerce, the
Southern Prince Georges Board
Of Trade. Clinton Camp Springs
Junior Chamber Of Commerce,
and the Crescent Cities Jaycees.
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AIRING Research
Gets Navy Contract

AIRING Research Corp. Of
Washington has announced re-
ceipt of a $597 900 contract for
reliability engineering assist
ance to the Naval Ordnance
Test Station at China Lake,
Calf.
The two-year project will be
carried out by the company's
Western Engineering Depart
ment in Palo Alto, Calf.
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Directors Of United virginia
Bankshares, Inc, Of Richmond.
the States newest bank hold
ing company. have declared a
quarterly dividend Of 80 cents.
The dividend is payable April
/ to stockholders OF record on
March 81.
]. Harvie Wilkinson jr., presi-
dent and chief executive officer.
also announced that more than
90 per cent Of the outstand-
ing stock Of the six member
banks had been exchanged for
stock in the holding company.
The exchange offering period
expired on March Is.
The member banks are the
First g. Citizens National Bank
Of Alexandria; State-Planters
Bank of Commerce a. Trusts
of Richmond; First National
Trust q Savings Bank Of
Lynchburg; Citizens Marine
Jefferson Bank of Newport
News; Vienna Trust Company
of Vienna, and Farmers Bank
Of Franklin.
Chester q. Pierce, president
Of First g. Citizens, was elected
a vice president Of Bankshares
at the directors meeting on
Friday. Together with l.. Bur-
well Gum, who is vice chair
men of the board, Mr.. Pierce
was also named to the execu-
tive committee of the holding
company.
Following approval Of its for
nation by the Federal Reserve
Board last December. Bank
shares officially began opera
tons on January 10 after more
than so per cent of the stock
in each of the members banks
was exchanged for stock in
the holding company.
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ton price Of $50 a share. The
rights to purchase the new
stock expire at 2 pm. April Is.
Enclosed with the warrants
we're notices to stockholders
that the stock dividend to
which they are entitled on the
basis of one share for each SO
held as Of March is will be
issued April /.
Johnston Lemon Co., Jones,
Kreeger g. Co., and Rouse,
Brewer, Becker g. Bryant will
trade In warrants and aid
stockholders in working out de-
tails of transfers, assignments
and subscriptions.
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BUSINESS
BRIEFS

BitumlnOus Production in
the week ended March 9 totaled
100000 tons compared with
$4,000 In the previous week
and 8,001 900 in the like week
a year ago.-National Coal AS
ISOLATION.
Crude Petroleum Stocks, do
nestle and foreign, on March
8 totaled 243, 363,000 barrels,
down 1,713,000 for the week
Bureau Of Mines.
American Oil Co. received a
$16,058,183 Defense Department
contract for 10000, 900 gal
Ions of JP-4 Jet fuel.
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Prince Georges Substrata Gas Storage Stirs Again
Annapolis Hearing on Bill
Is Scheduled for Thursday

Any escaping gas would be
dispersed In the atmosphere,
the company says, and II
there should accidentally be q
flame at the source Of q leak,
the gas would burn there.
Mr.. Keith says the Brandy
wine strata is unlike any other
storage dome In the country.
TITS much better than the
Others" he explains. Rock
strata has a risk Of fracture.
but the gummy. chewey-like
clay in Brandywine offers an
ideal seal"
Injected under pressure into
a strata of WITHDRAWING sand,
the gas would push aside the
water and remain confined to
the sand with the clay provid-
ing a seal.
Residents in the area have
no water well deeper than the
800-foot starting depth that
would be given us under the
BILL" Mr.. Keith said.
If passed, the bill would au-
thorize jury to fix an option
and purchase price. The prop
erty owner would have his
choice, Mr.. Keith said.
Property owners agreeing to
to options would not lose their
surface land, and would retain
all mineral rights should coal,
oil or other substances be
found. Explorations, however,
could not begin unless WIG
was notified well in advance
and allowed to supervise the
work to protect its own storage.
Most Of the SO per cent Of
the land obtained to date by
VIGIL has been through OPP
tons.
Property owners are given
$50 for agreeing to the option,
and $3.50 more when 1t Is exc
cuted plus 500 an acre. VIGIL
is not allowed to come on OPP
toned property without the
owners permission.
The company has spent
about SO million on the project
in the last 10 years.
Opponents contend that put
ting 80 billion cubic feet Of
natural gas storage In q 1900
toll 500 foot-deep sand-water
strata under q clay-topped
dome would be "a dangerous
experiment" They say it would
be tried under conditions that
fail to match exactly any other
underground storage area in
the country.
The project, they add, would
disrupt and contaminate water
strata into which southern
county residents have sunk
their wells.
Dangers Are Denied
However, VIGIL says geolo-
gists from consultant firms and
the Maryland Department Of
Geology, Mines and Water Re-
sources foresee no harmful eff
fects from the project. The
company says this is borne out
by a test storage Of 100 mil
lion cubic feet Of inert gas in
the area.
Fate Of the project-which
has been debated for q decade
rests with State Senator H.
Winship Wheatley. jr., Demo-
crat Of Prince Georges.
He failed to bring the bill
W The senate 1lOOr TWO years
ago, saying it came to him late
in the session and he did not
have time to study it.
The revised bill was intro
duced last week. a little more
than two weeks before the ses-
sion ends, and has yet to clear
the House of Delegates.
Senator Wheatley has re-
fused to take a stand on the
measure, stating he has not
had time to study it.
For 70 days Of the session
the delegation could not make
up its mind, and then they put
in a new plan at the last min
Ute" Senator Wheatley said.
Nobody knows what the lat
est plan is. I won't comment
further until I have seen the
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Eornings

Am. Chain q Gable Co. in
year ended December 81 earned
81, SAB ,065 or $4.03 q share VS..
So, 692,570 or 1921 in 1861.
u. s. Shoe Corp. in 3 months
ended January 81 earned ST.
243 1929 or AZ cents a share VS.
81, 089, 348 or Al cents in 1867
period.
ChadbOurn Gotham, Inc. ir
ia weeks ended January IL
earned $328,0S2 or IL cents q
share VS.. $1,143,820 or 40 cents
in 1862 period.
Rheem Mfg. Co. In year end
ed December 81 earned $1,043,-
437 or So cents a share VS.. q
loss Of 1894. 943 in 1861.
Other earnings included:
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Prudential Building
To Get New Offices

Construction has begun on a
six-story office building for the
Prudential Building Association
at 1334-l336 @ street NV.
The new structure, scheduled
to be completed next Febru-
airy, is adjacent TO Prudential's
present main office. Arthur
Anderson is architect of the
new building, which is being
built by Hauser Construction
lC0
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COTTON

NEW YORK CAP). Domestic cotton
futures generally lost between cents
and S.30 q bale In trading on the New
York Cotton Exchange this week.
The big exception was the July, 1854
delivery, which registered q gain Of 81
cents.
Sustaining factors during the week IN.
ciuded short-covering and price hxinf
In the nearer positions. These factors
were influenced by further gains In spot
values and tightness In the supply Of
free cotton" which Is cotton available
outside Of Government stocks
Big news for this week is the expected
publication on Wednesday Of the ARricul
ture Department report on prospective
paintings Tor 1853.
Exports for the week ended March I;
were estimated by the Exchange Service
Bureau at $4,000 bales. For the cur.
rent season through March u exports
reached about 1899 900 bales compared
with 9,lS5,ooo in the comparable period
Of 1862.
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S4.4 Million Paid
By Travellers Here

The Travellers Insurance
Companies of Hartford, Conn.,,
paid claims totaling $4.4l9,2 42
to District residents last year,
the company reported here in
releasing its annual report,
At the end Of the year, the
company had a total invest
ment of $24.121 1854 in mortgage
loans outstanding in the Dis
trict. Premium income here
totaled IS, $50 .463.
For the company as a whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
Suburban Trust Co.
Issues Warrants

SUBURBAN Trust Co., which
recently voted to increase its
capital stock from $4,000
shares to 871,O00 shares, has
issued warrants to its more
than 1900 shareholders that
enable them to buy one share
for each 1899 shares held as
of March is at the subscrip-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO CAP).-Trade In the grain
futures market was slow and dull mos
OF the time this week and prices gener
ally showed little net change.
SOybeans were under the most con
sistent pressure and held a steady down.
ward trend after Monday on selling
which was almost entirely liquidation
although dealers said there were signs
Of scattered hedge selling from time d
time. At the end Of the week, all con.
tracts were lower with setbacks In the
old crop months reaching about three
cents.
The grains ended mostly in q mixed
range as spectators worked toward with
drawal from March contracts and estab.
lishments Of positions In other months,
Market influences throughout the week
were meager.
Al the end Of the week, wheat was u
cent 4 bushel higher TO la lower, March
81 0eaL-4si corn Ma higher, MaIch
Sl.l6la-at; oats " lower 10 " higher
March I3h-aLi rye w lower 10 v
higher, March sl.3lp1i soybeans l9t-3h
lower, March S2.6oh-9h.
Range Of prices for the week;
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DC. SECURITIES

Fridays closing quotations on Wash
ington stocks listed on the Philadelphia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
First National
Votes Dividend

Directors of the First Ma
tional Bank of Washington
have voted the regular quar-
terly dividend Of 81 q share,
payable on March 20 to stock
holders of record on March %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17

CARL A. PETERSEN, Vice President;
+. KRANIcH. Assistant Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9Th day Of March, 1893. LYMAN B.
ADAMS, Notary Public. tseail NY
commission expires February 10, 1895.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
United Virginia Bonkshores Votes
Quarterly Dividend Of 30 Cents

policy benefits in the United
Safes and Canada topped 81
billion for the first time. Total
premium income rose to a rec
ord Of more than sl.3 billion.
a 6.s per cent increase over the
| figure for 1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
star Staff Writer


A revised plan that would
increase the financial benefits
TO Prince Georges County will
be in the spotlight on Thursday
when the biennial debate over
underground storage Of gas is
held in Annapolis.
The Washington Gas Light
Co. says the $40 million project
would ultimately save its Gus
toners SO million a year and
after five years would provide
the county with SITS million
a year in additional revenue.
Arena for 4 pm. public
hearing will be the House
OF Delegates chamber where
county lawmakers have intro
duced legislation to help the
utility obtain underground
storage rights to the remain
ing IA per cent Of 10000 acres
needed in the Brandywine area
to store 30 billion cubic feet
Of natural gas.
With this huge reservoir,
VIGIL says 1t would not be
forced to pay the higher rates
charged by gas suppliers during
winter peak demand periods.
It would enable the company
to make large lower-cost pur-
chases from the gas fields in
the Southwest during the slack
summer months.
Continuing population growth
In the District. nearby Virginia
and Maryland win result in a
corresponding increase in de-
mand for natural gas. the COM
pany asserts.
Bill Is Revised
This years bill was revised
In an attempt to quiet previous
complaints that the county
would not adequately profit
from the installation. Under
the new proposal, Prince
Georges would not only collect
property taxes, but also impose
a license fee based on the
amount Of gas stored.
The fee would give the county
s277 900 the first year, on top
of an estimated 100000 in
regular taxes. After five years
the county could expect annual
total revenue Of SITS million.
VIGIL says.
But Walter F. Mulligan, pres
ident Of the Prince Georges
Civic Federation and a leading
opponent of underground gas
storage, contends than any
taxes collected by the county
would be at the expense Of
the security and safety Of the
public"
Edgar Bayne, q member Of
the Southern Maryland Prop
erty owners Association who
lives in the storage area, says
the homes that eventually will
be built there will bring the
county 81 million to $40 mill
lion in taxes. He and others
also fear explosions.
Taxes Would Aid County
Robert T. Keith. assistant to
the president Of WGL. says the
company's taxes would be net
income for the county because
the facility would require none
Of the educational, police or
health services needed by new
residents.
Homes can be built over
the area, and the county also
would derive the regular taxes
paid by residents" Mr.. Keith
added.
He said Federal and other
home financing agencies have
not withheld loans for houses
built over gas storage areas in
other States. The county's
Home Builders Association and
Board of Realtors are both sup
porting WGL's project, Mr..
Keith said.
The company emphatically
denies that there Is any posi-
bility that leaking gas at the
surface of q well might ex-
plode.
Evening star., 1963-05-23

alignment and grading Of the
roads, construction Of a drain
age system, curbs and cutters,
and asphalt surfacing. Work
to be completed in July, and
traffic will be maintained.
Seventh street NV, G street
to Florida avenue, NV
Utility crews working, repav-
ing expected to start next
month. Streetcar tracks to be
removed, and old street pave
ment is to be torn out and re-
placed. Entire project to take
one year.
Eleventh street bridge-Con-
tract expected to be advertised
around end of month for piers
for new bridge, to be part of
Interstate Route 295. This
bridge is to carry traffic from
the Anacostia Freeway to the
Inner Loop Freeway.
Pennsylvania Avenue - Re-
paving between First and
Seventeenth streets NV. con-
tinuing, crews working at night
to finish project as soon as
possible.
E street Expressway-Pre-
liminary work started on
$576, 900 project for overpass at
Evening star., 1963-05-23

Twenty-third street. Utility
work started between Nine
teenth an d twenty-third
streets. Entire project to be
finished in 1865.
Rhode Island avenue-Over-
pass at North Capitol street
under construction, open to
eaStbound traffic. Westbound
lanes to be opened to traffic in
July or August.
New York avenue-OverpasS
at North Capitol street expect
ed to be finished in mid-June,
with paving and other work to
be finished later. Overpass now
open to traffic.
Twentieth street N.W.-Work
started on repairing between
Pennsylvania avenue and F
street NV.
Southwest Freeway, Seventh
street S.W. to South Capitol
Street-Construction and paw
ing completed on major part
of freeway to drop-off point
just west of South Capitol
street, with latest forecast for
completion of down ramp" in
early summer" sometime
after June 81.
Pennsylvania avenue, Eighth
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and Seventeenth streets Sc
Track removal partly COM
pleted by d. c. Transit, with
work stalled while the firm
works to let contract for re-
moval Of remainder Of track.
Interchange ID, Second street
and Southwest Freeway-Work
underway to complete tempo
rary roadways so truck traffic
can use freeway. Opening Of
temporary roadways delayed a
few weeks because Of heavy
construction schedule.
AnacOstia Freeway, Firth
Sterling to Eleventh street
Grading and drainage to be
completed by May, 1864.
Streetcar Tunnel, Fourteenth
street and Independence ave-
nue. S.W.-Construction started
for project to fill in and pave
over entrance.
Potomac River Freeway,
Twenty-Sixth street to Thirty
first street N.W.-Construction
started for four ramps at inter-
change at Rock Greek Park and
Whitehurst Freeway. Compile
ton scheduled for mid-1964.
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PRINCE GEORGES

Capital beltway-Bridge over
Greenbelt road, traffic MAIN
tained with some delays pos
sible, completion this summer.
Greenbelt road -Kenilworth
avenue to Baltimore boulevard.
Dualization with some traffic
slowups, completion this sum-
mer.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
Route so, with some traffic
slowups, completion in spring.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
st. Barnabas road, some traffic
delays; completion this sum-
mer.
Capital beltway-Bridge over
Routes 4 and S and Suitland
road plus highway construc-
tion; delays at Forestville road
and detour at Aut broad; COM
pletion July, 1864.
OxOn Hill rOad-Bridge over
Henson Greek and relocation of
approaches; traffic maintained
See CONSTRUCTION, CIT
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AREA CONSTRUCTION
Maryland Speeds
Section of BeItwoy

The entire 43-mile section
of the Capital Beltway in
Maryland will be under con-
struction or under contract by
June Is, Maryland State Road
Commission officials said to-
day.
BY the middle of the month,
work will have started on dual
lied stretches from New Hamp-
shire avenue to Cherry Hill
road in Prince Georges Coun-
ty, and from Cherry Hill road
to Rhode Island avenue.
Officials also said that by
June Is a contract will be
awarded for construction of
the Beltway portion through
Rock Creek Park between Wis
Evening star., 1963-05-23

consin avenue and Georgia
avenue in Montgomery County.
The Maryland officials are
racing to complete their part
of the 65.4-mile beltway around
Washington in mid-1964. The
entire beltway is expected to
cost around $189 million.
Other road construction prof.
ectS in the area.
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DISTRICT

Rock Creek and Potomac
Parkway-Area around Taft
bridge and Shoreham drive
connection to Calvert street
NV.
National Park Service prof.
ect will include changing
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Rock Greek Parkway, new
roadway through zoo-Project
schedule for completion in 1865.
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