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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
SATTRDAV. JOLT 4, 1953
Eisenhower Resting
At Camp for Fourth;
Crowd Sees Him Golf
By th« Associated Press
THURMONT. Md.. July 4.
President Eisenhower and a
group of old friends took it easy
at his cabin in the Catoctin
Mountains this Fourth of July
holiday.
Aides said Gen. Eisehhower
had no plans for today except
to rest at Camp David, the presi
dential retreat he named for his
grandson.
The President and Mrs. Eisen
hower motored here from Wash
ington yesterday. They were ac
companied by Mrs. feisen
hower's mother, Mrs. John S.
Doud. and Mrs. George Allen,
wife of a one-time intimate of
former President Truman. Mr.
Allen, also a friend of Gen.
Eisenhower, owns a farm adjoin
ing the President's farm at
Gettysburg, Pa.
President Plays Golf.
Gen. Eisenhower got in 18
holes of golf yesterday afternoon
at the Monterey Country club
at Blue Ridge Summit. Pa.,
about 12 miles from Thurmont.
He played with three old
friends who also were his part
ners when he golfed earlier this
year in Georgia at the Augusta
National Country Club.
They were William E. Robin
son, executive vice president of
the New' York Herald Tribune;
Clifford Roberts, retired New
York investment banker and
chairman of the Augusta Na
tional club, and E. D. Slater,
New York businessman.
Motorists Watch Him.
Word that the President was
playing the Monterey course
spread quickly and attracted a
crowd of motorists w'ho watched
his progress from the highway.
The first, eighth and ninth fair
ways are alongside the r oad.
A score of club members also
watched from the club's front
porch.
Gen. Eisenhower has pro
claimed this Independence Day
a national day of penance and
prayer. He has requested all
Americans to “pray for God’s
help in solving the grave prob
lems which confront us, and
render thanks to Him for watch
ing over our Nation throughout
its history.”
The President and Mrs. Eisen
hower plan to return to Wash
ington late tomorrow.
Catholics Offer Prayers
For Government Officials
Thousands of persons attended
special services in all Catholic
churches in the Archdiocese of
Washington this morning to ask
God s blessing on President Ei
senhower and other Government
officials in decisions being made
during the world crisis.
The principal service was at
St. Matthews Cathedral where
more than 800 persons assembled
for a mass celebrated by the
Most Rev. John M. McNamara,
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington.
The Right Rev. Msgr. John K.
Cartwright, rector of the cathe
dral, read Archbishop John Car
roll's prayer for the welfare of
the President of the United
States, Congress, members of the
judiciary and other Government
officials, at the close of the serv
ice. The same prayer also was
read in other Catholic churches
here.
Archbishop Carroll, noted Rev
olutionary War patriot, was the
first member of the American
hierarchy and founder of
Georgetown University.
Lees of Chinatown Hold
Big Barbecue Tomorrow
At least half of Chinatown's
Lee Association will hold an out
door barbecue tomorrow at the
Palisades recreation center, Sher
rier place and Edmonds street
N.W.
Dr. Shew K. Lee, spokesman
for the association, estimated
there are 1,000 Lees in Washing
ton, Chinatown’s largest family
organization.
The spirit is to be American
but the food—including a ruby
red pig—will be strictly Chinese.
Bus transportation to the park
will leave from the Chinese
Community Church, 1011 L street
N.W., starting at 2 p.m.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District Fair tonight, low 60-66. Tomorrow, some cloudi
near 68. Tomorrow, warm and j ness and warmer with chance of
becoming more humid with thundershowers at night,
chance of thundershowers by Virginia—Fair tonight with a
night. low in the 60s. Tomorrow, some
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the Western Lakes region, the North and Central Plains area
and Eastern Arizona. It will be generally fair elsewhere with
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ESCAPES UNHURT—James Crawford of 1255 Stevenson road S.E. stands unhurt beside his truck
1 which upset after a blowout on Route 211 between Fairfax and Centreville, Va. The truck was
loaded with scrap iron. —Star Staff Photo.
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Special Legislation
iTo Cure Morningside
, j
Problems Sought
The Prince Georges Commis
sioners have been asked to urge
Gov. McKeldin to call a special
j session of the General Assembly
to solve water and sewage prob
lems in the town of Moringside.
Some 2,000 people in the com
munity's 500 neat homes are
short of water and have found
sewage in their lawns and streets.
Citizens want the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commis
sion's mains extended to their
area from Suitland, about two
miles away. Since the munci
pality is outside the commission’s
boundaries, legislation is neces
sary before extensions can be
made.
Town officials informally re
quested the special session yes
terday when all of the county
heads, including Mrs. H. Wilson
Spicknall, made a personal in
spection of community facilities.
Grand Jury Represented
They were accompanied by a
grand jury committee headed by
Foreman Ernest L. Hines, Mayor
H. W. Shugarts, Gerald A.
Glaubitz. chief of the local vol
unteer fire department, and
other civic leaders.
Morningside recives its water
supply from a private company
which has three deep wells in
service and is about to connect
; i another to its 45,000 gallon stor
age tank.
Some of the conferees were of
the opinion yesterday that the
' private company can provide
adequate service by spending a
moderate amount for improved
equipment.
Commissioner Chairman
Thomas E. La.timer was among
those who expressed that belief.
But all agreed that the sew
i age problem is in another cate-
I gory.
Polluted Water On Surface.
For disposal of sewage, the j
town depends on septic tanks,
installed in non-absorbent soil.!
All over the town the travelling ;
groups saw sewage polluted water
on the surface of the ground, col
lected in pools and running away
in streams.
“The whole place is saturated
with sewage’” Commissioner Ed
ward P. Waters remarked, “The
situation is definitely in the nat
; ure of an emergency”,
i Commissioners Daniel A. Ab
bott and W. Everett Marton said
their board will study Morning
-1 side's problems but will not de- 1
cide whether to appeal to the
Governor until the town submits
a formal request,
i They joined the other com
missioners in terming sewage
conditions “deplorable and dan
gerous.”
Man Must Not Hit
Father for 2 Years
George Gordon Sweeney, ,1r„
must not hit his father again for
two years. That's what a magis
trate in Sydney. Australia, ruled,
after the Sweeneys, father and
son. appeared in court following
a fight they had while on a
drinking expedition together.
The son was fined S2B and put
under bond not to hit his dad
i again.
i Wilson and Vandenberg
! Recalled on Air Cutbacks
By *h* Associated Press
Chairman Ferguson, Republi
can, of Michigan says he has
asked Secretary of Defense Wil
son and Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden
berg to testify before the Senate
Appropriations Committee again
about Air Force cutbacks.
Senator Ferguson said yester
day the invitation was at the
request of Senator McClellan,
Democrat, of Arkansas, a com
mittee member.
“I hope they testify at the
same time.” Senator McClellan
said, adding the hope that it
will be next week.
Gen. Vandenberg, just retired
as Air Force chief of staff, argued
vigorously against reductions in
Air Force funds and goals made
by Mr. Wilson.
Policeman to Be Tried
On Sleeping Charge
An eighth precinct police pri
vate will face a trial board Tues
day on charges of sleeping on
duty last Wednesday, his third
anniversary on the force.
Pvt. Ralph B. Carlisle was
found asleep in a car on a lot
at 4301 Connecticut avenue N.W.
about 5 a.m. by Cor pi. Gordon
T. Nance, police officials report
ed. They said Corpl. Nance
searched for Pvt. Carlisle after
failing to see him on his beat.
Pvt. Carlisle had pulled a patrol
box at 4:30 a.m. and was to re
port in again at 5:30 a.m.
: House Leaders Still
Plan Drive to Extend
Profits Tax 6 Months
House leaders are still planning
i a drive next week to pass a six
month extension of the excess
profits tax. despite the unrelent
l ing (Opposition of Representative
Reed of New York, chairman of
the tax-writing Ways and Means
i Committee.
In his latest attack on the ad
ministration’s plans, Mr. Reed
: yesterday cited the $9.4 billion
| deficit at the close of the fiscal
j year Tuesday as evidence that
I “our high-tax policy has reached
the poinnt of diminishing re
turns.”
Other members of Congress,
however, see in the big deficit
a new argument for raising the
SBOO million that would come
from retaining the excess profits
tax until January.
In support of his statement,
Mr. Reed pointed out that tax
| collections for the fiscal year fell
$3.4 billion below advance es
timates.
He also criticized the new ad
ministration for finishing the
year without reducing expendi
tures below the estimate of the
outgoing administration, even
though the Republicans were in
charge for only five and one-half
months.
Mr. Reed said there was an
actual increase in outgo of sl4
million above the January fore
cast.
“This indicates that the spend
i ers are still in the saddle.” the
j New Yorker added.
When House Republican lead-
I ers return to the city Monday,
they are expected to work out
detailed plans for a vote in the
Ways and Means Committee
Wednesday to report out the ex-
I cess profits tax extension.
; humid with a chance of thunder
showers by night.
l Wind—Easterly tonight, about
; 10 miles per hour. Tomorrow.
> southeasterly. 10-15 miles per
hour.
River Report.
(From U. S Engineer* t
Potomac River clear at Harper* Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
| Harpers Ferry.
_ J Humidity.
(Reading* Washington National Airport.)
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon Art Midnight __ 55
*P m .10 8 a.m . 54
* P-m. 4. 10 am. _ _4B
Record Temperature* This Tear.
Highest. I*B, on July
Lowest. S 2. on March 2
High and Low of Last 24 Hours.
High P 2. at 5:00 p.m.
Low, *O. at 6:05 a.m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United Slates Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today Tomorrow
High 2:28 a.m. .1::)0 a.m.
! Low 9:X{ a.m. 10:36 a.m.
High 2:40 p in. 3:53 p.m.
Low 0:44 p.m 10:44 p.m.
The Sun and Mood
Rises. Set*.
Sun today 5:47 8:37
Sun. tomorrow __ 5:48 8:37
Moon, today 2:23 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
! Monthly precipitation m inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
! Month. 1953. Avg. Record.
January 4.13 3.38 7.83 37
February' 2.36 3.UU 6.54 84
March 7.43 3.85 8.84 '9l
April 4.77 3.30 9.13
1 May 10.69 3.71 10.69 'B9
s June 2.98 3.97 10.94 'OO
July .49 4.40 10.63 'B6
August ... 4.35 14.41 '2B
September __ 3.69 17 45 '34
October .1 . 29! 88) '37
November .. 271 7JB '77
December .... 309 7.56 'Ol
High Court Upholds
Appeal Written in Jail
By Norfolk Mail Thief
By the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va.. July 4—A 29-
year-old Norfolk mail thief, who
left school in the 11th grade, has
won a legal decision before the
Supreme Court of the United
States—with a brief he ap
parently wrote in his jail cell.
The high court's decision re
versed both the Federal District
Court at Norfolk and the U. S.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
at Baltimore and held that Roy
Webber Tinder, jr., was “im
properly convicted of a felony.”
Tinder’s victory, however, has
been merely a moral one so far.
He already has served the Fed
eral sentence for which he was
improperly convicted and now is
in the Virginia State Peniten
tiary in Richmond serving a two
year sentence for forgery.
Discovers Loophole.
The convict discovered a legal
loophole which, the Supreme
Court decision" pointed out,
“would have been a simple mat
ter for the reviser or Congress
to have made clear. . . .”
In September, 1950, Tinder
pleaded guilty to a six-count in
dictment charging theft of six
separate letters from mail boxes,
mostly in the Ghent section of
Norfolk. He was sentenced by
Federal Judge Ben Moore of
Charleston, W. Va„ to three
years' imprisonment on each
count, the sentences to run con
currently.
Tinder spent almost a year
thinking over the matter in his
cell at the Federal penitentiary
in Atlanta. He then drafted a
brief in his own handw'riting in
which he maintained the indict
ment did not allege that any of
the stolen letters had a value of
more than SIOO.
Disputes Felony Charge.
Thus, in effect, the indict
ments charged misdemeanors—
the maximum penalty for each
of which is one year—instead
of felonies—for which the maxi
mum penalty is five years. Be
cause Tinder was sentenced to
three years on each count, the
effect was that of a felony rather
than a misdemeanor conviction.
Supreme Court Justice Stan
ley F. Reed, who wrote the ma
jority opinion, held a 1948
revision of the code concerning
mail theft ruled that “ ... if
the value or face value of any
such article does not exceed
SIOO, he shall be fined not more
than SI,OOO or imprisoned not
more than one year or both.”
The low'er courts had held that
the misdemeanor provision ap
plied only to thefts of an article
or thing which in turn had been
taken from a letter or package
and not to thefts of intact units
of mail. Tinder stole letters in
tact. He did not open them and
extract contents, leaving the en
velopes in the mailboxes. >
“We do not agree with this
distinction,” the high court
wrote.
FBI Probes Fire on Ship
For Possible Sabotage
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 4.—A
Danish ship carrying 3,000 tons
of strategic cryolite ore caught
fire while unloading at her berth
here last night. ,
FBI agents immediately
launched an investigation into
possible sabotage.
The ship, the 2,500-ton freight
. er Ellen Nielsen of Copenhagen,
, arrived yesterday afternoon from
Greenland with a load of ore
used in making aluminum and
other vital defense materials.
Her 22 officers and men were
sitting around the galley on the
after deck w’hen smoke drifted
up from their quarters, directly
below.
The fire was brought under
control by two engine companies
and the fireboat Franklin. There
was no immediate estimate of
damage.
I Woodside Citizens Unit
Elects First Officers
The newly organized Wood
side Forest Citizens' Association
in Silver Spring has elected as
president. Royal E. Jackson of
! 1708 White Oak drive.
Other officers of the new civic
association include C. H. Peter
son. 1502 Red Oak drive, vice
president; Mrs. Weldon Benson,
9501 Woodland drive, secretary;
Edmund Lambert, 9412 Columbia
boulevard, treasurer, and Wil
liam T. Smith, 1700 White Oak
drive, chairman, board of gov
| ernors.
Maryland Bond Bill
Valid, Though Court
Rules Section Void
By (tit Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, July 4.—Part of
a statute may be enforced even
though another part of it is
clearly void, the Court of Ap
peals said yesterday in uphold
ing Maryland's controversial
1953 bond bill.
The appeals court upheld a
Baltimore court which had said
the act authorizing $15,040,950.50
in bonds for capital improve
ments is valid except for one sec
tion. This gives the go-ahead to
scores of building projects sty
mied by the litigation.
Section 9, in question, would
have required payment of prin
cipal and interest on the bonds
from general funds. These come
primarily from the sales, income
and excise taxes.
Enforcement Permitted.
However, the court ruled that
another section backing up this
unusual clause permitted en
forcement of the law, without
Article 9.
This is the usual clause in bond
acts dedicating receipts of the
State property tax to debt re
tirement. This time, however,
the real estate levy was pledged
only if money w'ere not available
from general funds.
The Constitution says legisla
tion putting the State in debt
or making an appropriation out
side the budget must provide the
necessary revenue.
“Serious Question.”
Lawyers in the taxpayer's suit
contended that a “serious ques
tion” existed if the lower court's
ruling was proper in saying that
the whole act need not topple
because of one bad point.
The appeals court said that if
the General Assembly had in
sisted on section 9 or nothing,
section 8 would have been
omitted entirely.
In its wind-up session for the
summer, the court also held that
policemen illegally entered the
lawn of Edward (Nip) Wanzer's
country home in Howard County
last summer in a raid on a party.
It reversed a lower court de
cision and ordered a new trial
for Wanzer, 37-year-old colored
Washington cook.
Sentenced to Term.
Wanzer had been sentenced
to 11*2 months in the House
of Correction and fined SSOO by
a Howard County court.
He was convicted of seven
counts of an indictment charg
ing gambling and liquor infrac
tions.
He was one of 38 arrested
after police walked into lawn
around his house at 3 a.m, last
August 31.
The high court said there was
no question of the facts in the
case, but it could find no low
law allowing the policemen to
enter the grounds without a
warrant.
FBI Silent on Link
In Pentagon Deaths
Solution of the slaying of John
Samuel Johnson, Pentagon mail
clerk, still eluded the Federal
Bureau of Investigation today,
five days after his body was
found crammed into the trunk
of his car on the Pentagon park
ing lot.
The FBI. seeking substantia
tion of a theory that the 32-
year-old colored man may have
been linked with the numbers
racket, declined comment on at
tempts to link his death with
that of another Pentagon em
ploye two months ago.
In that case, called accidental,
Leo E. Harden, 37, a guard,
died in an elevator shaft plunge.
Agents would neither confirm or
deny that the Harden case had
been reopened.
Mr. Johnson was beaten to
death by at least 18 blows on
the head and his body was placed
in the car trunk.
D. C. Discontinues
Giving Out Lists of
Driver Applicants
The Commissioners yesterday
decided to discontinue making
available the names and ad
dresses of driving permit appli
cants to any one interested in
getting such information from
Municipal Center.
The decision was aimed at
preventing such outfits as driver
schools from picking up the
names daily from a table in the
office of the Department of Ve
hicles and Traffic.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
W. Prentiss observed that the
driving schools were making a
practice of “pestering” appli
cants in much the same way as
baby specialty companies fre
quently try to badger new par
ent into buying their products.
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MONUMENT FOR MCCARTHY—Tim Bright, Baltimore used
car dealer, was to dedicate this monument to Senator Mc-
Carthy today in Baltimore. The girl is Madeline Shockley, a
model who appeared at a preview unveiling yesterday.
—AP Wirephoto.
Determined Baltimorean Set
To Show McCarthy Monument
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, July 4.—With
little encouragement from city
officials, Temus tTim) Bright
said yesterday he’s going
through with the dedication of
a monument to Senator Mc-
Carthy, Republican, of Wiscon
sin.
A spokesman for Mr. Bright,
Baltimore used car dealer seek
ing the 1954 Republican nomina
tion for governor, said the eight
foot slab of stone would be un
veiled today.
The , ceremony was to take
place on the sidewalk in front
of Mr. Bright’s used car show
room, he said. Mr. Bright owns
a piece of the sidewalk.
Original announcements had
stated the dedication was set for
a spot in the middle of North
avenue, a main thoroughfare.
Free Water for Gardeners
Shut Off by Commissioners
The District’s amateur gar
deners suffered a blow at the
hands of the Commissioners yes
terday.
Ever since the wartime days of
“Victory gardening” in the in
terests of food production, the
backyard compost and earth
worm set has been getting its
water free from city mains.
Wartime necessity has passed,
the Commissioners ruled, and
backyard gardening is now pure
ly a hobby. For that reason
gardeners will be told that if
they want to continue sprinkling
their produce with city water
they will have to pay gallonage
charges and the cost of provid
ing copper meters and taps.
Tongay Is Charged
With Manslaughter
By the Associated Press
MIAMI, Fla., July 4.—A formal
charge of manslaughter has been
filed aganist Russell Tongay, 36,
in the death last May 5 of his
swim star daughter, Kathy, 5.
County Solicitor John Marsh
filed the formal charge yester
day. It had been expected since
June 19 when a hearing was held
before Peace Justice Edwin L.
Mason, who recommended the
charge be filed.
At that time Tongay posted
SI,OOO bond for his appearance
when the case is called.
Tongay’s attorney reported his
client has suffered a nervous
breakdown and is under care of
a physician at Tarpon Springs.
Kathy was seized with con
vulsions and died shortly after
being taken to a hospital. An
autopsy showed a ruptured in
testine and body bruises. Tongay
claimed his daughter suffered the
injuries when she made an im
perfect dive from a 33-foot tower.
soUtlr for (ELirifit
The city administration—it’s
Democratic—banned the cere
mony there. Mr. Bright went to
court about it. He lost.
But the monument was ready,
said Mr. Bright, and so was he.
The dedication would go on.
Thursday night the slab of
carved stone, shrouded in white,
appeared on the sidewalk in
front of Mr. Bright's place of
business.
Yesterday Mr. Bright allowed
the sheet to be removed for a
brief glimpse by a photographer.
Mr. Bright said 40 speakers,
including Winston Churchill and
Chiang Kai-shek, had been in
vited for the unveiling. Both
Mr. Churchill and Chiang sent
regrets, he added.
So did Senator McCarthy, said
the spokesman, explaining the
Senator had a previous com
mitment.
The issue was precipitated
when a plumber representing
Representative Edith Bolton.
Republican, of Ohio, asked the
District Sanitary Engineering
Commission for renewed per
mission to use water from a fire
hydrant to sprinkle a garden
plot near Kalorama Circle and
Twenty-third street N.W.
Sanitary Engineering Director
David V. Auld told the city heads
that he “hesitated to refuse her
request,” although he had been
turning down similar requests
from other citizens. Mr. Auld
did not mention in his memo
randum whether Mrs. Bolton
herself was the prospective hoe
wielder.
Actress Seeks Divorce
LOS ANGELES, July 4. <VP). —
Constance Smith, 24-year-old
Irish-born actress, yesterday filed
suit to divorce Bryan Forbes, 23,
a British actor and writer. Her
complaint alleged cruelty, but
asked no alimony. They were
married in London February 10.
1951.
The Proof of satisfaction
An excerpt from another
satisfied customer.
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A. Eberly’s Sons
1108 K Street N.W.
Gentlemen:
I enclose mv check for SIOOB.OO for
, improvements on my home.
The new front entrance as planned and
directed by your supervisor has made an effect
with which lam really delighted. My friends
think it is charming and I am very happy
about it.
Sincerly yours,
M. L. K.
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Police Report Saving
Drowning Children,
Distraught Mother
The 24-year-old wife of a Navy
doctor and their two young chil
dren were recovering in Bethesda
Naval Hospital today after,
Montgomery County police said,
she tried to kill herself and
drown the youngsters yesterday.
According to the Kensington
(Md.) Rescue Squad, they found
Mrs. Nancy Briggs with slashed
wrists and a clothesline rope
around her neck when they ar
rived at her ‘home, 4414 Everett
! street. Kensington, in response
to her telephone call shortly
before 4:30 p.m.
Children Unconscious.
The children, Leon Roger. 11
I months old, and Nancy Robin,
j 2 years, were found unconscious
in their bedroom cribs but re
vived them with artificial respir
ation. Rescue men said there
was nearly a foot of water in the
bathtub.
Mrs. Briggs is the wife of Lt.
Leon R. Briggs, who is assigned
to the naval hospital.
James Hawkins, deputy chief
of the Kensington squad, said
the call came through to Thomas
O'Connor, who was deskman at
rescue headquarters at the time.
Mr. O'Connor said a woman
! asked him if she had the rescue
squad and was advised she was
speaking to them. He quoted her
as saying: “I just tried to kill
my two children. They’re still
; alive. Please come.”
Husband Arrives
Mr. O'Connor got the address
and dispatched the squad, which
reached the Everett street house
nine blocks away, within a few
minutes.
At this point, police said. Lt
Briggs arrived, and said she first
had telephoned the hospital, told
an aide there what happened,
and was urged to call an ambu
lance.
Detective Sergt. John P. Leahy,
of the Montgomery County po
lice at Bethesda, who directed
the investigation, said he was
told by Mrs. Briggs that she had
tried to kill herself and the chil
dren.
The boy came to quickly, and
Nancy was revived with oxygen
|in about 10 minutes, firemen
said.
Montgomery Loses
Gas Franchise Case
The Maryland Court of Appeals
yesterday refuted a contention
by Montgomery County that the
State Public Service Commission
has the duty and right to de
termine what franchises are held
■ by two gas light companies and
if they are transferable to the
. parent company.
The county had asked the
court to order the PSC to de
termine these questions, the As
sociated Press reported.
• A circuit court had approved
a PSC order allowing Washing
-1 ton Gas Light Co. of Maryland
l and the Prince Georges Gas
Corp. to be absorbed by the
Washington Gas Light Co.
The PSC in its order had said
that any franchises held by the
1 subsidiaries were transferable
but did not say what franchises
were held. The county insisted
the commission had to determine
what franchises are held.
The court of appeals yester
day said the county failed to
prove the PSC order was unlaw
ful or unreasonable.
The county, which sought to
charge the gas light company a
fee for a new franchise for the
merged firm, now must take
other court actions to determine
whether the company has the
right to operate in the county.
Correspondents Elect
At State Department
Donald J. Gonzales of the
I united Press yesterday was
elected president of the State
Department Correspondents' As
sociation. Edward E. Bomar,
1 Associated Press, was elected
vice president and Ray Cromley,
Wall Street Journal, was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
Henry Brandon, London Sun
i day Times, Ned Russell. New
' York Herald Tribune and Peter
Lisagor. Chicago Daily News,
I were elected executive commit
i tee members.