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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

Board Of Commissioners, signed
the agreement committing his
county to spending $500 900 for
the purchase of 416 acres OF
land. The purchase has beer
announced previously.
The National Capital Plan
ming Commission will use the
100000 and q matching grant
previously appropriated BY
Congress to purchase the land
which then will be turned over
to the National Park Service
Good Example
Mr.. Udall told the gathering
Of elected officials that the
Prince Georges County actor
was a sample Of what might b.
achieved by Federal-local co.
operation in open space pur.
chaseS.
Washington Is known for 1t.
Rock Greek Park, which wal
purchased in the 1905 By
means Of q 81 million appro.
priation by Congress. This wa
a big sum in its day. but tho
park benefits are much large
today. Mr.. Udall pointed out.
The Potomac Gorge and the
areas along the Potomac arr
"the Rock Greek park areas Of
the future" and should be pur.
chased as soon as possible, h
said.
An administration backed
bill. the Interior DEPARTMENT.
Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act. has been introduced
In Congress. The bill will pro-
vide Federal matching funds
for local and State contribu-
tons 10 purchase land.
Interior Department fore
casts predict that II the bin Il
passed. around t415 million q
year will be spent In the COM
bined Federal local program
for park acquisition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
Counties General Plan
Praised by President
By LEE FLOR
Star staff Mritnr

President Kennedy considers
the controversial general plan
proposed for Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties a
model Of planning that should
be an example for the rest of
the Nation.
In a letter made public yes
terday, Mr.. Kennedy said the
general plan is an example of
planning which must be I'M
dertaken in urban areas
throughout the country II we
are to be prepared to cope eff
fectively with predicted
growth"
The general plan calls for
channeling future community
growth into corridor cities, sep
arated by open space wedges of
agricultural and park land. It
is based on the Year 1000 Plan,
which President Kennedy last
November ordered Federal
agencies to use as a guideline.
Released by Horsky
Charles A. Horsky, President
Kennedy's Adviser on National
Capital Affairs. released the
letter at a special meeting of
regional officials at Interior
Secretary Udall's offices.
The meeting had two goals:
to honor the signing of a 81
million agreement between
Prince Georges County and the
Interior Department for pur-
chase Of land for the George
Washington Memorial Park
way. and to discuss ways of
cooperation to acquire lopen
space and parkland.
Frank J. Lastner, chairman
of the Prince Georges County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
IT'S THE BEST INTRO

IT'S THE BEST INTRO
DUCTION to spring we've
had since the show started
back before the war.
What eolors and what
scentsl From the moment
that you come Within range
Of the stand at the entrance
where a woman is selling
English lavender sachets.
(The perfume of the bios
SONS is subtler, and that
much more pleasantly
All that was lacking was
the chirping Of birds, but the
hi-fi played Mendelssohn and
Stravinsky.
Louis Ham, Inc, a Pitts
burgh wholesaler. has the best
exhibit vet shown at our
flower shows. 1t is the old
mill made Of boards from
barns weathered for a CEN
tury or so and surrounded by
q fence Of rails so old that
Lincoln might have split
them.
Flowing water turns the
big mill wheel and the stream
flows between banks lush
with azaleas. It Is one Of those
incredible scenes heretofore
TO be seen only in the can
vases Of the late Ridgway
Knight.
Not even the annual Flor
ida display with live flamin-
COS and scarlet bougain-
villaeas (Browning's "gaudy
melon flower") can touch 1t.
The preview OF spring pro-
crosses from the snow drops
and crocuses. through daft
fodils, tulips, hyacinths,
azaleas, camellias, gardenias
and rhododendrons TO roses.
And there are the little
flowers, buttercupS and be-
gonias and marisolds, anem-
ones, cyclamens and violets.
Drop everything and get TO
! the Armory. Get there early
10 reservations this evening
b tomorrow while the blos-
toms are still at their peak.
US q show that can't be held
over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
Police Cycle Practice
Criticized by Auditors

District auditors have indi-
Gated that the loving care be-
slowed BY police motorcycle
men on their machines goes
too far when the policemen
take their two-wheelers home
with them.
For years--at least 20, police
officials motorcyclemen
assigned 10 the Traffic Dtvi-
sion have treated their two
wheelers and cycle sidecar
units the way a cowboy treats
his pony.
Recently, however. inspectors
of the District Governments
Internal Auditing Division,
demonstrating a rare regard
for minutiae, made three rec
concentrations to the depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
Suggestions Listed
They urged that:

!. Police crane operators
when leaving the police garage
at Fourth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. at night,
make sure they lock the ga
RACES overhead doors.
2. The police force submit
quarterly reports on motor
vehicle expenses.
3. Motorc yclemen be in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
Sale OF Church

A combination hat and bake
sale will be held at the st.
Marks Episcopal Church,
Falkland, Nd. from 2 to 8 pm.
Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
The
Rambler
Looks in the
Heurt of q Rose
By GEORGE KENNEDY

For iDinter's rains and ruins
are oUer,
And all the season of sno,us
and sins; -.
And in green underwood and
coUer
Blossom BY blossom the
spring begins.
That's from the chorus of
Atalanta in Calydon by
Charles Algernon Swinburne,
the verses that begin with
THE hounds Of spring are on
winters traces"
The Rambler hopes that
the rains and ruins Of winter
are over as well as the sea-
son Of SHOWS and sins because
he sure was caught yesterday.
He started out hopefully
looking for signs of spring but
the buds in the peach orchard
in the front yard Coriental
Towering dwarfs no more
than 4 feet high we're not
even swelling.
The only sign he noticed
was spikes of wild garlic
which had pierced the tawny
expanse of q neighbours 20
ysia lawn.
Then he got the word al
most as dramatically as it
came to Elijah on the noun
tain. AS the Rambler waited
at the bus stop it began to
pour. then it began to hail.
Big hail stones were bounc-
ing 6 inches off the pave
@ment. Then it began to
thunder.
This" he said, must be
a sign Of spring"
1t began to tighten and he
looked for a rainbow but
there was none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

HE WAS DRENCHED. He
tries to learn something
everyday and yesterdays les
son was: Never have a rain
coat cleaned without having
it waterproofed. 1t was so
clean that he thought the
cleaners had done a good Job.
They had. 1t was as protec-
tive as a cotton sheet.
Wet to the skin, he got to
the press conference which
was not much of a show. No
one asked the President about
SINA, the Society for In
decency to Naked Animals,
which had been picketing the
White House.
: Faith in the sign was iusti-
fled. When the reporters hur-
ried out Of the State Depart
ment theater. a warm sun
was shining, the sky was blue
from horizon to horizon.
Fortunately he had a suit
in a downtown pressing es-
Enlistment. He changed into
dry clothing. Furthermore he
had an invitation to take a
look at the work of setting up
the annual Flower Show in
the Armory which opens to-
day. Everything was coming
his way.
Good showl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

MY commonwealth aJJOr-
year." Mr.. Sirmai said, adding ::
II certainly wouldn't have con-
doned it If I'd known about 1t. "
Nov I find I'm president
Of a monstrosity."
Bodies in Trenches
The situation came to light
when a woman who declined
to be identified went to the
farm to try to buy two beagles
she had seen on a Geological
Worldwide truck. She said
there was no heat, windows
were broken and there were
dead dogs among the live ones.
A Star reporter who visited
the site found the barn had
been cleaned out. except for
one dead cat. Behind the barn
were three trenches about 70
feet long.
Two Of the trenches appeared
filled with the bodies Of dogs,
cats and rabbits. A third trench
was covered with water, making
I
it impossible to tell what was
underneath.
A few ducks, a hutch with
some live rabbits inside and a
Gagged hound were outside.
The operation at the farm
was shut down at the end Of
last week, according to Mr.
Turner, after a visit by Mrs
Pearl Thyme. president Of the
Virginia Federation of Humane
Societies and of the Anima
Welfare League Of Arlington.
Geological Worldwide will moi
start operations again unit
proper kennels, possibly likt
those used by NH and the Ar
lington Welfare League, can b
built. Mr.. Turner said.
Chartered in 1851
Records of the State Corpo
ration Commission in Rich
mond show that a charter wa
issued to Geological Worldwide
Inc. on April %. 1851.
It lists as officers Mr.. Sirmai
president, Mr.. Turner as sec
retary- treasurer and F. Fewel
Melton Of Haymarket. vic
president.
The board of directors. &C,
cording to the commission rec.
ords Of a report filed last yeal
by the corporation, consists o.
the three officers plus the fol.
lowing:
Wayne c. Tullar, IT'S North
Oak street. Arlington; George
Miller, 1891 Bethesda avenue
Bethesda. Md; William N
Kinsey. 2430 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. Washington Dean
Shomper. 1928 Tone court
Bethesda; H. L. Shepherd, ?215
North Vermont street, Airing
ton; Everett A. Demarest, 1915
North Thirtieth street. Airing
ton. and Mildred A. Smith
5606 Williamsburg boulevard
Arlington.
Listed as a registered agent
for the corporation was K. Nc
Farlane Smith of the Will
liamsburg boulevard address.
Sought TO Dissolve Firm
According to Mr.. Smith-a
substitute judge in the Airing
ton County Court-he, Mr.
Demarest and Mr.. Shepherd
tried to dissolve the corpora
ton a year ago but were
outvoted.
He said they did not like the
way the corporation was being
run and quit the board Of d.
rectors. attempted unsuccess-
fully to divest themselves OF
their stock and did not attend
meetings. Mr.. Smith said they
have never received financial
reports.
Mr.. Melton Is a justice Of the
peace and owner Of a grocery
at Haymarket. He said he
owned stock in the corporation
but had made no profit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

ney, said: Certainly a thor
ough investigation will be made
by my office"
| Mr.. Smith said he will bring
the matter to the attention OF
the Board Of County Supervi-
sors for possible action on the
use permit under which the
business operated.
The dead animals were found
in trenches behind a large barn
on a former dairy farm near
Gainesville. The property was
on a section Of Cloveriand
Farms that had been subiet to
Geological Worldwide, Inc,
which collected animals for sale
to medical schools and research
institutes.
Richard Turner Of Arlington
accountant for the corporation
said the dogs and cats were
sold to Bethesda Naval Hos
pital, the National Institutes OF
Health and medical schools In
the Baltimore area.
To Visit Farm
Mr.. Smith said his investiga-
ton Of the situation would
cover as broad a field as posi-
bic. He said he intends tc
visit the scene today to see con-
ditions for himself.
Then, he said, he will seek
to question the officials who
controlled the corporation anc
those who actually ran 1t.
Besides the laws agains
cruelty to animals, he said
there are statutory require
ments on the disposal of deaf
animals.
!. The investigation also viii
include a check on how mucl
! county officials knew about tn
' operation before 1t closed, MI
Smith said.
The county's health director
DR.. Andrew Scheele, said h
and the county sanitariar
/. Athey Trout, visited Geological
Worldwide late last fan afte
] receivins complaints.
DR.. Scheele said he told al
employe there that the deaC
animals were not being bUriec
properly and explained how /
should be done.
There were no further com.
plants after the visit, tn,
health director said, so hi
assumed his advice had beer
carried out.
, ~. Z. Snarp, executive secre'
tary Of Prince William County
said he called on Geological
Worldwide to clean up the op,
Grafton early in January.
Two reports on conditions a
Geological Worldwide had beer
given to Mr.. Sharp by Robert
M. Cation, a special policeman
for the Board of County Super
visors.
"NO Drinking Water"
In a letter dated October Is
Mr.. Cation reported that he hac
found conditions deplorable
with no drinking water" for the
animals.
Litter and filth had accu.
mulated in the pens for many
days and the cutters used In
flushing the building we're com,
! pletely filled with litter" Mr.
! Cations report continued.
Mr.. Cation filed a second re.
port with Mr.. Sharp on Janu,
airy 4 saying that n water Of
food were In evidence there anC
that he had found dead dog
among the live ones. Thre,
dogs, tied outside and dead
were apparently frozen" Mr.
Cation reported.
Albert Sirmai or Arlington
Towers, an auditor for the
! Robert Philipson Co. and presi-
! dent Of Geological Worldwide
said last night that he knew
nothing about the operation
J and was shocked" by the dis
closures.
II haven't been there in a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
Animal Deaths on Farm
Stir Wide County Probe
Prince William Prosecutor Plans Visit
To Site, Quiz Of Company Officials
By HUGH WELLS
Star Staff Writer

The Prince William County prosecutor said today he will
seek to question everyone connected with laboratory animal
operation that left hundreds of dead dogs and cats buried
on farm in the county.
H. Sewyn Smith, county Commonwealth attor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

structed to stop taking their
machines home with them.
Police officials said the prac-
tice OF driving TO and from
work in their cycles is followed
by about half OF the Traffic
Divisions 81 motorcyclemen
and has been sanctioned for
years. Private use OF the
vehicles is strictly prohibited
and the policemen must park
the machines overnight in a
locked garage at their own ex-
pense.
Report Issued
The auditors recommends
ton has provoked a lengthy
written report from Deputy
Chief william j. Llverman
head OF the Traffic Division
defending the motorcyclists
habits.
Although the report was not
released. police officials noted
that motorcyclemen turn on
their police radios while travel
ing TO and from work and have
often been available for emer-
gencies before beginning their
tours Of duty.
Other department heads said
that the care with which the
policemen maintain their
motorcycles has undoubtedly
reduced expenditures for repair
and upkeep.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1963-11-15
Ma.kff O,dQook

LOWER LIVESTOCK PRICES than
| last year continue to be the main fac
tor in holding average prices received
| by farmers below 1862 levels. The
| October price index on all farm COM
1904 average, the same as month
earlier but four points below October
of last year.
Compared with year earlier, the
October price index for crops was
up seven points-234 versus 227. The
16-point increase in oil-bearing crops
with the big gain coming in soy
beans) and the 1O-point rise over 1862
in feed grains and hay were among
the important leaders, along with
fruits and vegetables The food grain
index, including wheat, was three
points under last October.
The index of prices paid continued
at the 81 figure of month earlier
but was four points above October,
1862. AS a result the parity ratio be-
tween prices paid and received con-
tinued at ", three points below year
earlier.
BEEF CATTLE = There's little
promise of price relief for cattle feed
ers during the next several months.
Cattle-on-feed surveys and marketing
intentions indicate slaughter of fed
cattle through this year at least may
be as much as Is per cent above last
year. And the average slaughter
weight is expected to continue well
above a year earlier, adding even
more pressure on fed cattle prices.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1963-11-15
By RAY REIM4N

AVERAGE FARM PRICES
stock down, crops up, when compared
with last fall.
FED CATTLE-NOt much hope for
price improvement just ahead.
FEEDER CATTLE-Best buys are
i'm southwest drought areas.
HOGS-Prices continuing weak for
the next month.
LAMBS-Markets low into the winter.
WHEAT-SizabIe dents being made
into the surplus.
CORN-CarryOver reduction offset
by larger crop.
SOYBEANS = Price prospects still
depend on several EEunknOwns''
FLAXSEED-StrOng competition i'm
the export market.
LEGUNIE AND GRASS SEEDS -
Prices expected to rise.
POTATOES = Markets about like
last fall-winter.
DAIRY-Average milk prices now
at years peak.
EGGS - Prices continuing under
pressure.
TURKEYS-OutIoOk for 1864 crop is
mildly encouraging.
DRY BEANS-ExpOrts probably off
setting drop in domestic use.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1963-11-15

Some price improvement is possible
after the bulk of the heavy cattle are
marketed by the early months of 1864,
although any gains then would not
likely be very substantial or long
lived Tt depends to considerable
Evening star., 1963-04-23
HorryHorper
Dies,Pitched
For Griffs

LAYTON, N. j., April %
(AP.-Harry C. Harper. who
pitched in the major leagues
for 10 years and later became
New Jersey State labor COM
missioner. died today in st.
Vincent's Hospital, New York.
He would have been SO tomor-
row.
Harper underwent special
surgery at the hospital last
week.
He was . State civil service
commissioner from 1934-1s44
and State labor commissioner
from 1s44-1s5o.
He was the father Of State
Senator GeorRe B. Harper.
When he was 10 he signed
with the Washington Senators
and stayed with them from
1o13-lsls. His best year was
1915. when he won is and lost
IL. He went to the Red Sox in
1920 and the Yankees in 1921,
took o year off from baseball
in 1922 and finished his career
with the Dodgers in 1923.
His lifetime record was 50
victories and rs losses. In the
1921 World Series. he started
the sixth game for the Yankees
against the Giants. The Giants
won. but Harper was not
charged with the loss.
While pitching in the major
leagues, Harper set up an off
season junk business that later
grew into q major trucking
firm. He also established q
contracting firm, q large self
service supermarket, q fuel
company and q beverage COM
pany.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
Clutch Hit by Keehon
Wins Again for Rams
Woshinston, b. c.
Tuesday, April y, 1868

John Keehan has come up
with the decisive hit In Suit
land High Schools last two
games and as a result the Rams
are tied with High Point for
first place in the Prince
Georges County baseball
league.
The leftfielder belted q
grand-Slam homer To pace
Suitland to a 6-4 victory over
Central last Thursday. Yester-
day he hit a seventh-inning
single TO drive in the winning
run In q A. victory over Bla-
densburg at Suitland.
The Rams have a 5-l league
record and will meet High
Point. also 5-l, Thursday.
DuVal. the defending cham
pion and early-season leader,
suffered its second straight de-
feat yesterday. 10, at the
hands Of Northwestern. Junior
John West cracked a fourth
inning homer and Mike Rich
ards held the losers to two hits,
High Point was clobbered
l4-4. by the Maryland fresh
man and Central came up with
three runs in the last inning
to nip Surrattsville. 4-3, in
other games involving Prince
Georges County League schools
Two defending champions
O'Connell Of the Catholic
Evening star., 1963-04-23
VusiI Rides
9th Winner
To Gain Tie.

CHARLES TOWN. W, Va,
April % CSpeciaD. Angelo
Vasil fished out a winner in a
driving rain at Shenandoah
Downs last night to move into
a tie for the riding lead with
Jesse Davidson.
Vasil. a Yugoslavian immi-
grant. scored with Daniels Den
In the featured Crocus Purse to
run his total to eight.
Davidson, who has led the
riders here for five straight
meetings, now has been shut
out for two programs after
scoring eight victories in five
nights.
Shenandoah will offer an
other sprint feature tonight,
with Ten Penny and Jimmy
Jump Up hooking up in a 31a-
furlong duel.
Shenandoah Downs paid off
It's first three horse twin double
Of the year last night, when
nobody in the crowd Of 4,236
included Daniels Den In the
four-way combination. The VIC
tory Of Daniels Den ($l1.20)
in the eighth race threw the
pool back to five customers who
picked the outsider, Danger
Zone ($43.60), in the seventh
They collected $2,563.2 each
on Sea Action, Trojan Maid
and Danger Zone in the 5-l-6
combination.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
Woodland Signs
For Bout Monday

Calvin Woodland. considered
Washington's best feather
weight fighter. has been signed
for q supporting bout to the
Bobby Foster Curtis Bruce
main event and now Promoter
Goldie Ahearn Is searching for
an apponent for c. L. Lewis
for Monday nights fight card
ct Capitol Arena.
Lewis, q rising welterweight,
was scheduled In the main
event at New York's Sunnyside
Garden q week from tonight,
but yesterday Manager Dave
Datlow received word Of q can
collation. because an adversary
could not be found for his tiger
If Ahearn can match Lewis
with someone. he will have the
three best prospects in WASH
ington on the same show.
Woodlands opponent will be
Ortiz Aponte, O Puerto Rican
newcomer, In q six-round semi.
final.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
NickIuus Headed
For Record in
Money Winnings

DUNEDIN. Fla. April 20
(Ap).-Jack Nicklaus, q 23-
year-old sophomore in profess
sional golf, Is giving some vet
eran money winners o lesson In
bank accounts.
The young pro has banked
$39,715 so far this year and ap-
pears well on his way to break
ing Arnold Palmer's record Of
more than $4,000 for 3 sea-
sons play.
The Professional Golfers As.
sociation reports that Nicklaus
has entered 10 tournaments,
won two and placed in the up
per five brackets three times.
Second best money winner
so far Is Gary Player with
$29,3 ,302. Tony LENA Is third
with t27,196 and Palmer Is
fifth with $17,l41, followed by
Dan Skies, Sl5,S47; Julius
Boros. $i5,525; Bob Charles
Sl4,e07; Sam Snead $751;
and Don January, sl2,S2s.
Evening star., 1963-04-23
SIXTH AVENUE JUMPS
BoIks Mix With Beer
AS Nets Bubble POPS

NEW YORK, April % (AP) =.
They had balks with their
beer. on Sixth avenue. and It
waso not q popular combina-
tion!h
The amazing Nets furnished
both. and also brought back TO
life vanished art along the
avenue: Saloon baseball watch
ing, via. television.
It started when the much
maligned Nets, losers Of their
firstA eight games. broke out
with a four-game winning
streak over the week end. with
the following remarkable re-
suits:
Mayor Robert F. Wagner pre-
dicted on all New York World
Series with the Yankees. News
paper photographers took the
players back to the scene Of
their triumphs TO pose in civil
ian Clothes, smiling. The Nets
teleVision station arranged a
special broadcast of last nights
game at Philadelphia.
III See Bubble Burst
A. stroll down Sixth avenue
indicated that every bar had
the game tuned in. with a
soodly crowd Of watchers.
They saw the bubble burst.