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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
Group Urges
Fuirfux toAct
On Housing

A committee aimed at i'm
growing housing conditions Of
lew-income families in Fairfax
County was formed last night
BY 4 group of county residents.
zone Of the citizen leaders
warned that If the Board Of
County Supervisors does not
act on low-income housing
conditions the citizens will do
ID themselves.
Edmond L. Kanwit Of Belle
Wew. who was chairman of the
coupty's official housing study
committee two years ago, said
that if the county supervisors
did not move for q county
hbusing authority, the citizens
themselves would petition the
court for a referendum.
.Mr. Kanwit was among those
chosen last night for the execu-
tive. committee of the newly
formed group, called the Fair
fax County Citizens Commit
tee for Adequate Housing.
Mr.. Kanwit said the aim was
for public and private housing
10 improve the living condi-
tons of low-income families.
.aOthers named to the execu-
TIVE. committee were Benjamin
Lee Bird of Mclean, Mrs. Con-
stance johnson Of Springfield.
Mrs. Ellen Goodwin Of Fran
coma, Thomas H. Brown of the
Mount Vernon district, Charles
Dell of Holm Hills, the Rev.
Milton Shepherd of Baileys
Crossroads, the Rev. Eugene
Terry Of Mortified and Edwin
lynch of Burke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
LockeySees
NoConfIictin
G.O.P.Work

AL Lackey, chairman Of the
Montgomery County Personnel
Board, today denied an accusa-
ton that he is violating q
charter ban against political
activity by officers and en-
ployes appointed and paid by
the county.
Also a member Of the local
Republican State Central Com
mittee, Mr.. Lackey said the
personnel board is a policy
making group whose members
are bound to be guided by some
type Of political philosophy.
Mr.. Lackey said the charter
Is not clear in its definition
of an Officer and employe"
and he doubted whether the
personnel board would fall in
the same category as other
county government bodies.
ITS not as though I was try
ing to sell the county land or
equipment, nor dealing in cases
where the county has q vested
interest" Mr.. Lackey said.
A complaint that Mr.. Lackey
serves both as personnel board
chairman AMI as q Central
Committee member was made
to the county council this
week by Mrs. Helen F. Derry
berry, president of the Mont
gomery County League Of
Women Voters. The county at
torney was asked to investigate.
Mr.. Lackey also denied a re-
port that his appearance in an
upcoming rezoning case would
violate any charter limitation
on the activity Of county Off
GERS and employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
By q Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 28.-Re-
volving credit accounts, an in
stallment selling device widely
used by department stores, was
under attack today by q
Maryland State Senator.
Senator James A. Pine,
Democrat Of Baltimore County,
said he will ask for Q legal
ruling from the State Attorney
General on whether the finauc-
ing charges violate the 6 per
cent maximum allowed under
Maryland's usury laws.
The usury laws prohibit
charging more than 6 per cent
interest on loans. Senator
Pine said he believes this ap-
plies to revolving credit ac-
counts, the type in which the
customer continues to charge
items and makes monthly pay
ments on the unpaid balance.
Adds Up to Is Per Cent
Senator Pines said the ~
per cent per month charged
on the unpaid balance by most
stores amounts to at least Ia
per cent a year.
The move by the Senator
followed rejection yesterday OF
a bill to limit financing
charges on installment sales
and revolving credit accounts.
The measure, which was rec
commended by a commission APP
pointed by Gov. Tawes. would
have established maximum fl
nancing charges Of $12 Q year
for each 500 Of purchase price
on installment sales agree
and one-and-a half per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
Maryland Legislator
Rops Revolving Credit

cent per month on revolving
credit accounts. These are the
rates being charged by most
department stores.
Defeated 1910
The bill was voted down,
1910, after opponents charged
it was q rich mans bill" and
o bill to rob the poor"
Senator Pine, one Of the
leaders Of the fight against 1t,
claimed it was a move to. legal
lie something (merchants)
have been doing illegally for
10 years." He was referring to
the growth of revolving credit
accounts during the last 10
years.
Senator John-Clarence
North, Democrat Of Talbot,
who led the unsuccessful fight
for the bill, claimed the
charges do not violate the 6
per cent limit Of the usury laws.
He said the usury laws APP
piled only to money borrowed,
and not to transactions in
which the buyer agrees to buy
items on installment payment
arrangements.
Revolving credit is practiced
in every State" Senator North
said. "It is not economically
feasible for merchants to offer
this type of service for less than
one-and-a-half per cent"
He said that setting q maxi
mum on the financing charges
would protect the public by
prohibiting unsavory credit
practices by some retailers,
whom he said are making ex-
cessive charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
Capitol Hill
Coming Raid
Nets Suspect

Gambling squad raiders
pounced on O Capitol Hill
apartment yesterday and made
the city's first arrest involving
the 1861 Federal law prohibit
ing the interstate transmission
Of gambling results.
A six-man detail under
Gambling Squad 1t. Albert q.
Fielder. armed with q search
warrant and q sledgehammer,
made the raid at 3:45 p.m.--at
a third-floor apartment in q
recently refurbished Capitol
Hill apartment building in the
400 block Of Seward square Sc.
Puffs Of smoke and brief
heat blasts greeted the ar
irving raiders, who reported
that a number of sheets OF
nitrated flash paper-on which
horse race data presumably was
written-were burned as the
police smashed in the apart
ment door.
Charged with violating the
Federal law against interstate
transmission In connection with
gambling was Robert A. Rug
gieri, 81, who gave the Seward
square apartment as his adj
dress. He was released under
$1,000 bond.
For more than an hour, 1t.
Fielder said, policemen in the
raiding party answered tele-
phone rings In the apartment
and, in response to requests for
race results. gave the names Of
horses picked at random from
scratch sheets found in the
apartment.
They got 'results'-horses
prices and numbers, 1t. Fielder
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-28
BY JOHN BARRON
star staff Writer

Delegate Harrison Mann OF
Arlington today asserted that
establishment Of another junior
college in Northern Virginia
would be a waste of money,
He said 1t is extremely toe
difficult to understand" why
creation Of even one is being
considered by school boards OF
the area.
In q letter to James A. Dono-
van of the Alexandria School
Board, Mr.. Mann emphasized
that Northern Virginia already
is being served by the George
Mason College, which win oc-
cupy new, permanent buildings
in Fairfax next year.
Through the arduous ef-
forts Of members Of the Gen.
eral Assembly from this area,
sufficient funds were appropri-
ated to establish an institu-
ton whose potential capacity
is approximately $500 stu
dents" he wrote to Mr.. Dono-
van, who has presided at joint
discussions among the school
boards.
Need Seen Met
1.-THE George Mason Colleg'
has been in operation for sil
years, and the student bod!
has yet to equal 200. This in
dicates clearly that as Of thi
time the demands for collegiatl
educational facilities are beinl
more than adequately met II
this area.
THE establishment Of an
other institution Of collegiat,
standards in face Of these fact
would not only be unwarranted
but a waste Of the taxpayers
funds. Furthermore. super
fluous institutions could only
serve to weaken each other"
School board members from
six Northern Virginia jurisdic.
tons have been meeting in
formally for some time to ex'
plore educational subjects o.
Evening star., 1963-03-17
Big BLAST ON THE OCEECHEE

Of the privateer Nashville" while ly-
ing under the guns Of Fort McAllister,
on the Great Ogeechee, Georgia, by the
"Montauk," Commander J. l. Worden,
whose enclosed report states succinctly
the interesting particulars.
The Department is aware that l
have had the vessel blOckaded for eight
months, and / am indebted to the ex-
treme vigilance and spirit of It. Com
mander J. L. Davis, Of the ''Wissahie-
kon," Acting Lieut. Barnes, of the
Dawn" and later of Lieut. Commander
Gibson, OF the Seneca" that I have
been able to keep her so long confined
to the waters Of the Ogeechee.
For several months the Nashville
was loaded with cotton, but though con-
stantly on the alert, she never ventured
to run out She then withdrew up the
Ogeechee, and re-appeared, after a
length Of time, thoroughly fitted as a
privateer, and presenting a very fine
appearance.
Fort McAllister was strengthened,
the river staked, with line of torpe-
does in front, to prevent its ascent by
light vessels to cut her out. She has
been frequently seen under the fort,
ready to make dash il the opportunity
offered, or was quietly waiting for iron
clad to convoy her to sea.
II am not misinformed, she had a
heavy rifle gun on q pivot, as a part of
her armament, was proverbially fast,
and would doubtless have rivalled the
Alabama" and ''Oreto" in their depre-
dations on our commerce Ihave, there
fore, never lost sight Of the great impOr.
tance Of keeping her in, or Of destroying
her, il I could. have accomplished
both, though the zeal and vigilance Of
my gunboat Captains mentioned above,
and the quick perception and rapid ex-
ecution of Commander Worden, who
has thus added to his already brilliant
services.
am, very respectfully. your obe-
dient servant, ST. DU POINT.
=.
Evening star., 1963-03-17

AT $40 am, large pivot gun, mounted
abaft her foremast, exploded from the
heat; at $40 her smoke chimney went
by the board; and at 9:55 her magazine
exploded with terrific violence, shat
tering her in smoking ruins. Nothing
remains Of her
The battery kept up a continuous
fire on this vessel, but struck her but
five times, doing no damage whatever.
The fire upon the other gunbOats was
wild, and did them no damage what
ever. After assuring myself of the com
plete destruction of the Nashville, l,
preceded by the wooden vessels,
dropped down beyond the range Of the
enemy's guns. In so doing, torpedo ex-
ploded under the vessel, inf1icting,
however, but little injury.
! beg leave, therefore, to eOngratu-
late you, sir, upon this final disposition
Of a vessel which has so long been in
the minds of the public as a trouble
some pest
! am, very respectfully, your ODE
dent servant, JOHN L WORDEN,
Commanding Senior Officer Present.
To Rear Admiral S. F. DUPONT,
COm'd'g S. A. BlOckading Squadron,
Port Royal, S. C.
The t0Tpedo-or submerged
mine had actually punched a hole
IN MOntGttk, but the ir0nclGd sOds
successfully beGehed and repaired
out Of Confederate reach. Adm. DsE
Pont SUGs almost beside himself Nth
jog, as sOeu he might BE- He sOrote:
That Uessel seemed an idea in the
public mind; for, although I haze
had her blocked up for eight months,
the press, iDith its usual accuracy,
has had her running the blockade
about eUeTy three iOeeks Stu. at
this particular moment, feel
extremely gr0ttTed at being nd
other"
NEXT SUNDAY: Farragut runs
another gauntlet
Evening star., 1963-03-17

Rear Admiral Commanding
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
HON. GIDEON wELLES, Secretary of
the Navy, Washington, D. c.
The reference, incidentally, to
the Alabama and OretO- the latter
to be renamed the FIoridd-cOn-
ceTned tsOo raiders ,Uhich, ,Oith the
Shenandoah, iOOSId become the
greatest seoWTpes of the ,00r Wor.
denis OiCn account of the Nashville
assault folIotOed Du Points.
u. S. IRON-CLAD MONTAUK,
Ogeechee River, Georgia,
February %, 1863
SIR:-I have the honor to report
that yesterday evening the enemy's
steamer Nashville was observed by me
in motion, above the battery known as
Fort McAllister A reconnaissance i'm
mediately made, proved that in moving
up the river she had grounded in that
part Of the river known as the seven
miles reach. Believing that I could, by
approaching close to the battery, reach
and destroy her with my battery, l
moved up at daylight this morning, ac-
cOmpanied by the blockading fleet in
these waters, consisting Of the Seneca,
Lieut.. Com. Gibson; the WissahickOn,
Lieut.. Com Davis, and the Dawn, Act
Lieut.. Com. Barnes.
By moving up close to the obstruc-
tions in the river, l was enabled, al
though under heavy fire from the bat
tery, to approach the Nashville, still
aground. within the distance Of twelve
hundred yards. A few well-directed
shells determined the range, and soon
succeeded in striking her with 11-inch
and 1S-inch shells. The other gunboats
maintained a fire from an enfilading
position upon the battery, and the Nash
vile had caught fire, from the shells ex-
ploding in her, in several places; and
In less than 20 minutes she was caught
In flames, forward, AFT and amidships
INoToN STAR. MARCH II. 1893
Evening star., 1963-03-17

LETT Pounded by
the MOntGuk's shells,
the grounded Nash
UilIe goes up in flames.
ABOVE The Mon.
tGuk VGS similar in
design to the PGssGic.
RCHT-ThiS is a type
of torpedo mine used
at the time. MOntGuk
WGs damaged by one.
Evening star., 1963-03-17
Compiled by JOHN w. STEPP
StoT Saoff Writer


TSS NASHVILLE, one of the earliest
- Of the Rebel Seo.roideTs, had come
upon hard times. A converted side-iOheel
merchantmen, she came and iUent through
the Federal blockade fdiTly much as she
chose, fsTst as raider of Federal shipping,
then as blockade runner carrying u0ls-
able supplies betsOeen the South and the
British BeTRudGs. These activities not
only helped sustain the COnfeder0cy, bat
mortified the tDhiskeTs off Yankee NGUy
SeeretGsv Gideon WelIes In July, 1862,
hotOeUeT, Nashville found herself bottled
wp IN the OOeechee RiueT, a back door for
e0yvOes destined for S0Uonn0h, Ga. The
Federal blOek0din0 fleet IN the area
rubbed its hands, even though the Uessel
had slipped through it once more. Of
course, getting at the Nashville through
the Twisting bends Of the O0eeehee sO0s
another thing. FoTt McAIIisteT also sOGs
an obstacle to catching the prize But the
Federal command aU0s resolved that Nash
ville should not escape again. Among the
S<oogto SGsss efssO tfeE NeessSR st4o HsOgstsOtg
sineiIGr to the prototype iOhieh aOrestIed
the Rebel Merim0ek one year before The
present sensi-sWbmeTsibIe iC0s called the
MOnt0ask. Its commander-yohn LorimeT
WOrden- iO0s the officer iOhO first skip
pered THE Monitor The official report of
the outcome sCGs deIGved reaching Wash
in0ton, bat Il received top position in the
columns Of The Star.
From The Evening Star Tuesday. March 10 1853:
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE
NASHVILLE.
A TORPEDO EXPLODED UNDER
THE MONTAUK.
FLAG SHIP WABASH
POvt Royal HGrbor, s. c., MGTch 2, 1858.
SIR:-I have the satisfaction to in
form the Department Of the destruction
Evening star., 1963-03-17

sUNDAY MAoAznE TAE wAsMNoToN srAR MARCH bal ls0a
Evening star., 1963-03-17

Rear Admiral Commanding
South Atlantic BIOekading Squadron.
HON. GIDEON wELLES, Secretary of
the Navy, Washington, DC.
Evening star., 1963-03-17
A TORPEDO EXPLODED UNDER
THE MONTAUK.
FLAG SHIP WABASH

FLhO oTIIF Whbhoh
POvt Royal HGrbov, S. c., March 2, 1853.
SIR:-I have the satisfaction to in
form the Department of the destruction
Evening star., 1963-01-02
HOLLYWOOD.
Juliet q Blaze
Or q Friend?

HOLLYWOOD NANA) -
Frank Sinatra made all the
arrangements for the comfort
of Juliet PrOwse before she
started her engagement at the
Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach,
And some people are betting
that some sparks remain of the
old fire. I doubt it. Frankie
always manages to stay friendly
with past wives and loves.
Rita Gam did some Of the
holiday parties in New York
with Prince Serge ObOlenSky.
And Ethel Merman's dates
run all the way from young
agent Danny Welkes to Saul
Brown, venerable father-in-law
Of Eva GabOr.
Elizabeth Taylor has to watch
the calories again. What, again?
I'm curious to know what
Elizabeth will do when Richard
Burton stars in Beckett" There
is no possible role for Liz in
this one.
Joe Pasternak must have had
tongue in cheek when he told
them in London that. when
Jumbo" was finished, star
Doris Day gave her dresser q
present Of So, then asked him,
Evening star., 1963-01-02
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attraction
and Time of Showing

Stage
NatiOnal-"A Far Country"
2 and $50 pm.
Arena Stage - "Volpone; :"
$3.50 pm.
Washington Theater Club -
"The Establishment" $50 pm,
Screen
AmbassadOr-"Gypsy;" 1:20,
4:05. 6:45 and 9:25 pm.
Apex - Divorce - Italian
Style" 1:2O, $3.50, 5:S5, 7:35
and 9:40 pm.
CapitOl-"The Lion" 1850
am, 1:50, $3.50, $50, 7:50 and
$50 pm.
DupOnt-"Phaedra:" l, $40,
$40, TAO and 9:55 pm.
Keiths - "Taras Bulba;"
1l:25 am, 2, 4:40, 7:l5 and
$50 pm. Mrs. Kennedy's
Asian Journey" IL am, 1885
4:l0; 6:45 and 9:25 pm.
Macarthur - Kill or Cure
$50, sos and 9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - Gypsy
1870 am, 2, 4:25, 6:55 and
9:25 pm.
OntariO-"The Longest Day."
$3.50 pm.
Palace-"Jumbo;" 11:45 am,
2, 4:30, 7 and 9::35 pm.
Playhouse - "Barabbas;;" IL
2:10, 4:35, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Plaza-"West End Jungle"
1910, las, $40, Abs, sos,
7:30, 1855 and 1918 pm.
Town - 1.-TWO for the See
saw" IL, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - Barab b a S;
11:20 am, 1:45, AIS, 6:45 and
$40 pm.
Uptown - THE Wonderful
World Of the Brothers Grimm" :"
2 and $3.50 pm.
Warner - "Mutiny on the
Bounty" 2 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1963-01-02


m the Academy awards and the
chap who usually consults 1t
may have ideas of his own. This
Is the trouble with dealing with
stubborn voters, a truth better
known, of course, to politicians
than to drama and tilm re-
viewers.
And, beyond the depart
ment's man, there exist all
those other Academy voters.
Invariably, they have toeas OF
their own. Il is possible that
Miss Mercouri is not tops
among them.
For instance, they might be
thinking of Geraldine Page.
MISS Page is one of the most
thinkable actresses on stage or
screen. What's worse-for Miss
Mercouri-she is a wizard per-
former and she did get superb
chance to show it in Sweet
Bird of Youth" Tennessee
Williams is always doing this
sort Of thing for actresses, es-
pecially Miss Page.
1t was he, indeed, who start
ed her on the career that stun
ned Broadway, off-Broadway
really. that it could have been
harboring a girl like this with
out even knowing it. The play
was Summer and Smoke" 1t
had been a Broadway flop, was
saivaged for a downtown run,
and served as a springboard for
Miss Pages career.
In her favor, too, is the fact
that she has never won an
Academy award. This could
leave Hollywood feeling that 1t
has been remiss, not that Miss
Page has been in a great many
movies. which she has not, but
because it rather hates to lag
so far behind Broadway in hon
oring brilliance.
This corner, then, and per-
haps its candidate. Miss Mer-
couri, will have to keep an eye
on Gerry. She's an honorable
girl, but dangerous.
+ \ =
AND THE VETERANS:
Moreover, three will be a slew
of other candidates apparently
for best acting honors.
There is a widespread notion
In the trade that a couple of
these will be two previous win
Evening star., 1963-01-02

tition in that an almost GER
tain bit Of competition will be
that offered by Miss Bancroft.
Her Annie Sullivan in "The
Miracle Worker" was a pro-
digious performance, not mere
ly in its search of an invincible
personality but the sheer ply
Sical ardor of it.
This aspect of the character
clearly made Miss Bancroft the
Jim Taylor of the year, the
great ground gamer of the year
among actresses.
SOME OTHERS: There's talk
that one of the most overdone
pictures of 1862 could produce
one or more best actress NOM
inees, namely THE Chapman
Report"
Even among those who
thought very little of the artis-
tic merits of THE Chapman
Evening star., 1963-01-02

ners. These are Bette Davis
and Joan Crawford who Gre
ated rather stir with their
performances in Whatever
Happened to Baby Jane?"
gThey are less dangerous than
Miss Page, however, in that the
performances are thought Of as
linseparable, the one from the
other. Since there can be enly
one best actress, they would
have to be separated, a rather
Iunsportsmanlike conduct. Per-
lhaps too unsportsmanlike.
Fortunately, Miss Mercourt,
and the other Oscar candidates
Iif one wants to look at 1t
broadly, will escape the COM
petition of a dangerous girl
| if only she were eligible.
This would be that loveable
menace to her elders, Hayley
Mills. Little Miss Mills, now a
budding school girl limited by
her parents to but one picture
a year, clearly gave an Oscar
worthy performance in her
1852 film. This one was "Whis-
tie Down the Wind" in which
Miss Mills. as a teen-ager,
played a sub-teen-ager and
thus is not in the running for
the Oscar.
Hayley can wait, Of course.
And. if she were not such a
modest, well-reared child, with
the conviction that she will
win Oscars year after year
when she becomes eligible.
THEN, THERE'S SHIRLEY:
Another girl who seems des-
tined to make the final five
is that former Arlington resi-
dent, Shirley MacLaine. Miss
MacLaine has been knocking
at doors now for several years.
They are almost sure to open
for her performance last year
in 1.-TWO for the See-Saw."
Her Gittel MoSca in Willigam
Gibson's downtown New York
drama is a captivating girl who
made Anne Bancroft a star on
Broadway several seasons ago.
Miss MacLaine plays her
captivatingly.
Miss MacLaine's nomination
might add a special spot of
zest to the best actress compe-
Evening star., 1963-01-02
. BY SHEILAH GRAHAM

"Was it too much?" Doris has
a reputation for being careful,
but how careful can you get?
william HOIden'S leading lady
for THE Third Road" is Susan
nah York, who is so good cur
rently in Freud" Fred
Astaire, now host-narrator in
Revue's Premiere" wants to
remind you that "the big trou-
BILE with success today is. the
formula is the same as that
for a nervous breakdown"
Panic Button" star Mike
COnnOrs sold his story, "A
Swinging Affair" to Bengal
Pictures International. Who
dat? If anyone knows a
sure-fire cure for insomnia,
pass it on to Maureen O'Sulli-
van and Charles Boyer.
A note of cheer: Paramount
Pictures has an investment of
$50 million in 26 movies sched-
uled for the next two years.
And a lot Of these will be made
In Hollywood.
Peter O'TOole, flooded with
film offers because Of his per-
formance in Lawrence Of
Arabia" is returning to the
London stage in February, to
play Baal in Brecht's first play.
You will not only see a new
Hope Lange in The Grand
Duke and Mr.. Pimm," you will
see almost all Of Hope Lange.
Some Of those Bikini shots will
not get past the censors.
Lana Turner signed for two
more comedies with Paramount.
And II anyone else calls me
with a mystery romance on
Lana's life, I'll either scream
or sock 'em.
Evening star., 1963-01-02

Report" there is an idea that
it did produce three somewhat
special performances. These
were the work of Claire Bloom
Glynis Johns and Shelley Win
ters.
The question is. however, did
they in the aggregate add up to
one Phaedra?
The answer is no. But. watch
out for that Page girl.
Evening star., 1963-01-02

If you're accustomed to seeing Jack Lennon
as the carefree inhabitant of light romantic
comedies (which is about the only way you
could be accustomed to seeing him) be pre-
pared for change. It's new Jack Lennon
you'll see in the upcOming days of Wine
and Roses" in which he plays a pressure
ridden public relations man brought low by
an Unsuitable thirst for alcohol.
Evening star., 1963-01-02
The PASSING SHOW
!: Miss Mercouri on Top
!: But Not in q Walk
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic OF The Star

This loyal single-mnded not budgng from its
position that Melna Mercouri will have to win this years
feminine star acting oscar.
Her Phaedra in the film of the title remains 1925
most vividly memorable performance
- Unfortunately however this has only proxy vote