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CLASSIFIED-READERS' CLEARING HOUSE
FASHIONS—SOCIETY—CLUBS—AMUSEMENTS
Smith Sees Rise
Needed in
Income Tax ;
Legislator Believes
I $4,000 Exemption
| Should Be Lowered
■pofcta—it of a heavier Dis
t Orte* toiome tax eras viewed to*
- day \itr Representative. ffinith.
Democrat of Virginia, as a
necessary keystone of toe city’*
new revenue program. *
He said be thought this was
toe logical approach because
there vtik a general feeling that
toe present $4,900 ewpftton on
the jieiaanal income levy here
wad "too high.’’
Mr. Smith, chairman wr the
fiscal subcommittee ol toe House
District-Committee, which will
handle District tax legislation,
said members of the subcommit
tee had concluded last summer
that tiM exemption level should
be lowered, as recommended by
tow District CommistooMrs.
As tow proposal now stands,
\ the exemption would oe dropped
to $2,000 for a married couple
and SI,OOO for a single person.
This would put it on a level with
\ Virginia’s exemption, but still
\ would be higher than in Mary
land.
ICON Would Be on BoHs
If such a move is enacted it
would bring a great number of
Dlsttoft residents onto the in
come tax rolls, who now pay
nothing because of the $4,000
exemption plus SSOO each for
TTBprotaran legislator said he
bad n«f yet concluded what other
revenile measures would be
needed* But be said ha was con
vinced we District would have
to curttp its mending plans.
‘Thor liave an ambitious bud*
get dawn'there.’* be said. “They
will have to cut It down."
Be stressed this while Voicing
doubts about what Congress
would do teka proposed Increase
/ of $2 million or $3 million In
toe Federal payment, now S2O
million If Congress grants what,
eras authorized In toe District
Public Revenue Law. The House
succeeded in cutting $2 million
tram tods figure In action on
the 1960 budget.
' Opposes Seles Tax Rise
Mr. smith said that It might
. be there would have to be some
further Increase in the District
Real Estate Tax. He said he did
not think the time w*qri*hs,
hdwevsr, for an increase in tojs
% District’s general sale* tad rate
w —one of the possibilities being
considered by
F“I think we should not Increase
- the District’s sales tax rate un
less and until the District gets
into a desperate situation," be
F / Mr. Smith said District officials
/ were urging action as aeon as
posgfirts when Congress recon
venes l» January and toot he
expected this would be done.
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THIS IS WHAT IS MEANT BY A WATER SHORTAGE '
Tht excursion barge of the Chesapeake A Ohio t of the break were closed, and those into Rock Creek
Canal rests on the ary bottom of the canal yester- opened, to hasten the drainage aifd keep the damage
day after a two-foot hole developed in the dike near to the dike from worsening.—Star Staff Photo by
Dempsey's boathouse above Key Bridge. Locks west Francis Routt.
D. C. Heads Pledge Action
On Dope-Addict Problem
toy msMM pftoBERG
Both CommimMSrs Samuel
Spencer and Roiwf McLaughlin
said today they MU take action
as sobn as posalhls to straighten
tfie tangled peoblsm of what to
doabqut tht dtybdope addicts.
Theb commedfir after
The Star's Sunday story report
«tog toetclty had made no move
. to prawdo fati&tSsfor addicts
demtte toe tact that the “tern*
' porary" lawallowia* toe District
1 to send addicts to Federal nar-
I cotics homttels expires next July.
Inadequacies in the District's
. pioneer laSrto compel hospital!*
zatioa of dope addicts, the failure
' of toe District to supply enough
; staff to opto the narcotics ward
i at District general Hospital and
s toe lack of follow-up treatment
for addicts! released from toe
! Federal hospitals also were
, pointed out by The Star yester-
I day.
Council to Get Problem
Commissioner spencer said he
. plans to lay the whole problem
1 before toe District Council on
Law Enforcement at its first fall
meetihg, which may be pushed
> up from October 24 to an earlier
t date to oohsider whether toe
i council wards to make narcotics
. Us next project.
i Thecongressionally-establlshed
l council already has completed
■ two notable Jobs. Its first was a
complete study of how juvenile
crime Is bandied here, which
brought about changes In proees
; sing of juvenile offenders. The
[ second was its study of the laws
' governing the defence of tn
r sanity in criminal cases, which
1 resulted In. wholesale revision
r of the insanity law.
Commissioner Spencer fid
5 that tog narcotics problem in
r volves both questions of budget
i and of changes in toe law. He
• said be wanted $o go further Into
. Thomas S. Sullivan
' Named Assistant
[ U. S. Attorney
| Thomas 8. Sullivan, who since
■ last Jlnuary has been law clerk
■ t to Judge Andrew M. Hood of the
; Municipal Court of Appeals, was'
. named as assistant United States
, Attorney today. The oath was
t administered by Judge Hood.
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover announced that Mr, Sul
livan is being assigned to proee
-1 cute cases at Municipal Court.
> The appointment brings the
i number of assistant United
l Matos attorneys to 40.
s Subcommittee on Juvenile De
\ llnquency from May. 1954, to last
Mr. Sullivan received his BA.
■ degree at Georgetown University
i in 194$ and was graduated In law
i there last February. A veteran
of World War H, be saw combat
i duty in toe Army Air Force in
■ the Pacific area. He received a
• commendation for meritorious
s and outstanding service while on
a special assignment.
how much staff is .needed for
existing and possibly new facili
ties, particularly now when a <
new budget is under considera
tion. ■ -// ' A /. :'V / Y .
Net Enough Moaey far Ward
The Health Department la the
agency most concerned in the
whole problem. So far,, it has
failed to provide enough staff
to open toe narcotics ward, bunt
at an expense of. $30,000 but
never used for patients. Also, it
ha* failed to provide wMlttoimi
personnel for the Legal Psychiat
ric Service—the court clinic—
which ,1s the agency designated
to supervise addicts returning
from the Federal hospitals.
Commissioner McLaughlin said
he would check on the court
clinic the closed narcotics
ward. He said no one had told
him the clinic q*e inadequate
and ha hadn’t beard about the
closed yard until a few months
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Strike Prevented Meeting
He said after he appeared be
fore the Senate Narcotics Sub
committee early in the summer
he called a meeting of polliee.
prosecutors and- health officials
to co-ordinate the city's efforts
to combat the dope traffic and
dope addiction. But the transit
strike came along and the meet
ing was never held.
Now, he said, he wants to get
toe same group together as coon
as possible to wort m propoaalsl
to present to the Senate Nar*
eotics Subcommittee as request
ed by Subcommittee Chairman
Daniel.
Bte said he bad conferred oh
toe problem with
Spencer and hoped to have the
Council cm Law Enforcement
work with his group on a pro
gram of new laws and facilities
fox drug addicts. ■
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G. O. P. Talks Slated
Arlington County's seven Re
publican candidates for State
’ and county offices will speak at
8:1$ pun. tonight at a meeting of
i the Arlington Republican dub.
The meeting will be held at the
Lyon village Community Home.
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Loudoun Okays
Pepco Plant t
As Tax Aid
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Use-Permit Grant
Also Indorsed
By supervisors
. Br A Star Staff CortapondMit
, LEESBURO, Va.. Oct 3.—The
Loudoun County Board of Su
pervisors today unanimously
adopted a resolution approving
. plans of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. to construct a generate
ing plant in lower Loudoun
County on toe Potomac R^ver.
The board indorsed also the
1 county’s Board of Zoning Ap
\ peals action In granting a use
t prißit to Pepco to construct the
• plant. The use permit was
• granted fit a hearing September
•M. . >:>
Emory Kirkpatrirt. member of
toe board from Brad Run dis
trict. said toe proposed plant
would be a tremendous tax ae
, set to Loudoun County,
Mr. Kirkpatrick, who intro
! duced the. resolution, represents
, the district where the proposed
I plant is to be constructed. .
Called Ideal Industry
He said the plant would bring
in tax revenues and not increase
• the service load on the county,
i He described the plant as the
> ideal industry for Loudoun.
Today’s action by toe board
or the 4tintrovtffrial Fipco issue
1 has no official Implication in the
dispute, since the Board of Su
pervisors Has no authority to
grant,or refuse permission for
1 industrial development. The ae
’ tion was merely In approval of
the previous action of the coun
-1 ty xonlng board.
The supervisors* board printed
out that at least $5 per cent of
the residents of Loudoun County
are in favor of the Pepco proj
ect. It added its approval to
the proposal. *
Pepco has announced ft will
construct a 800,000-kilowatt gen
erator estimated to cost about
S7O ffil'lto.
Construction of the plant on
the Potomac River upstream of
Washington has been vigorously
opposed by the Army’s Washing
ton Clstrict engineer, District
officials and toe Interstate Com
mission on the- Potomac River.
Maryland officials also have ex
pressed Interest in it, contending
the river comes under the juris
diction of that State and toe
riant would furnish power for
nearby Maryland area*.
Hie Army District Engineer,
Col. Ray Adam* contends toe
plant owtituMfc£ totmt to toe
’ Approval of toe riant, how
. ever, iq favored by the Virginia
, State Corporation Commission.
' That agency wax unanimous in
1 giving its consent at a hearing in
• Richmond last Wednesday at
. which there was no opposition
i from the District. Army engl
. neers or Maryland officials.
1,000 See Nixon Dedicate
National Housing Center
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NATIONAL HOUSING CENTER UNVEILED—New offices of the National As
sociation es Home Builders at 1625 L street N.W. are unveiled, literally, as a
huge blue curtain is drawn aside during dedication ceremonies today. The
building is modem in design.
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VICEPRESIDENT DOES THE HONORS—Dedicating the new Housing Center to
tha “abundant life,” Vice President Nixon is flanked by Earl W. Smith, president
of the National Home Builders, left, and W. Hamilton Crawford, chairman of
the board of the National Housing Center.—-Star Staff Photos.
Husband Held
In Strangling
The husky hutbond of a di
minutive woman found strangled
in her home was held on a charge
of homicide today as Washington
police investigated the strange
ease.
Thomas was ordered held for
grand Jury action after an In
quest this morning, presided over
by Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald at the District Morgue.
Charles Bradley Thomas, 34.
an electrician for General Serv
ices Administration, told police
he awakened yesterday morning
and stumbled over the body of
his wife, Mary Mitchell Thomas,
38, lying on the floor of the
dinette in their* apartment at
3025 Fifteenth street N.W.
Police were called after Thomas
went to the home of his father,
John L. Thomas, 10006 Renfrew
road, Silver Spring.
Mrs. Thomas wag only 4 feet
7 inches tall ana weighed 85
pounds. There were bruises on
both arms and legs. It appeared
her hands might have been
taped behind her at one time,
for a piece of tape still clung
to one wrist and the other bore
tape marks.
She was clad in slip and
sweater and wore one stocking.
Tape marks also were evident
around the ankles.
The verdict of strangulation
was given by Deputy Coroner
Christopher J. Murphy, who said
there were scratches on the
woman’s neck. Dr. Murphy said
the assailant had used his hands.
Police said Thomas, an 185-
pounder, first told them he re
membered nothing after he and
his wife returned home about 9
p.m. Saturday from a visit to
his father’s home. There had
been several drinks during the
course of the evening, he said.
Later he vaguely remembered
something about tape, police
quoted him.
Both Thomas and his wife had
been married previously but had
no children.
WASHINGTON NEWS-COMICS-RAD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1966
Freed in 8- Sanity Tests,
Man.ls Accused in Rape
A man who in the past four
’ years has been held eight times
1 tor mental observation at Dls
! trict General Hospital and then
1 released today was held without
! bond for the grand jury on
charges of raping a 45-year-old
■ widow.
- Municipal Court Chief Judge
' Leonard P. Walsh remanded
• John Michael Raymond. 25, for
jury action after a hearing.
The victim, a widow for 15
■ years, lives in an apartment in
; the 400 block of Cedar street
: N.W. She took the stand and
F gave this account of the attack:
She said she was preparing
; for bed Saturday night when
' she heard a knock at her back
door. Opening the door, she saw
> Raymond who recently had
• been fired from his job as apart
-1 ment janitor for drinking.
Admits Him to Kitchen
‘ The woman said Raymond
, asked for a can opener. She let
I him into the kitchen, she testi
, fled, and he began choking ljpr
with his hands. He forced her
; onto a Mtchen table. Then Ray
[ mond drew a knife from his
pocket, the woman told the court,
and said, "I’m going to kill you,
1 I’m going to kill you.” {
After Raymond bad forced the
' widow to submit to him, he left. |
His victim was calling. police
1 when Raymond returned, she
' said, and beat her. Police ar
-1 rived several minutes later and
: arrested Raymond..
Police said Raymond, a small,
wiry man, was bom in the Dis
trict. but has no fixed address.
! They said he had an extensive
record for drunk and disorderly
arrests In addition to the arrests
| for mental observation.
Four Teats In 1953 I
Police records show that in all
1 eight cases where Raymond was
i sent to the hospital for mental
observation, he was picked by
police on the street.
He was jilcked up March 20.
1951, by 11th precinct police and ,
‘ taken to District General for
i mental observation. On April
■ 13, 1951. Ist precinct police took
i him to the hospital.
i In 1953 there were four excur
i sions to the hospital for mental
1 observation—on January 18, by
sth precinct police, on April 29
t by 11th precinct police, on No
[ vember 21 hy sth precinct police
■ and' on December 12 by sth
precinct police.
i The following month, January
i 24, 1954, he was picked up by
; Ist precinct police and the
[ month after that—February 6,
1954, he was taken to the hos
, Pital by 7th precinct police.
Police records do not show
. how long he stayed in the hos
; pital on any one occasion. After
, his last visit to the hospital, he
was arrested for drunkenness the
following month, on March 11,
1954. Since then he has been
charged with drunkenness or
I disorderly conduct four times.
Keneipp to Speak
George E. Keneipp, District
director of vehicles and traffic,
will address the Exchange Club
of Washington luncheon at the
Washington Hotel at 12:30 pm.
tomorrow.
CONVENTIONS
TODAY
Mental Hospital Services As
sociation begins a four-day ses
sion today at the Sheraton
Park Hotel. About 300 will at
tend.
National Assopiation of Home
Builders Fall Directors' Meet
goes into its fifth day of a six
day convention at the May
flower Hotel with more than
1,000 attending.
American Society for Test
ing Materials-Commlttee D-2
today continues a five-day
meeting at the Statler Hotel 1
with an attendance of more 1
than 400. 1
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Private Capital
Backing Stressed
By Officials
Vice President Nixon thlq
morning dedicated the new Na
tional Housing Center “to toe
thousands of builders, the tffil- ,
lions xf proud craftsmen in the
building industry and to a more
abundant life of its consumers."
The Vice President delivered
the dedication address in front ,
of the $3.5 million center built
by the National Association of
Home Bonders at 1825 L street
N.W*
After his address W. Hamilton
Crawford, chatnqan of toe board
of directors of the National
Housing Center, presented Mr.
Nixon with a gold key.
More than a thousand specta
tors watched toe Vice President
unlock the door to the building
and a huge royal blue curtain
two stories * high—wee drawn
aside to unveil the glass front
of the modernistic center.
Debt and Heritage Remarked
Mr. Nixon declared the dedi
cation of the display building,
full of eye-catching gadgets for
modem hdtneowners, is an occa
sion which “reminds us of toe
debt we owe to other countries
and of toe heritage we bava
acquired.”
He declared that housing cen
ters such as tills have been
erected in a number of foreign
eities.
Mr. Nixon asked the audience
to hold three objectives In
1. That the center represents
research and an exchange of
Ideas from which the entire
population will benefit.
2. That the center is dedicated
“not just to housing but te
i homes.” He said the associa
tion has long been working
toward the improvement of in
dividual homes rather than mere
i bousing projects.
3. There is still a need to step
up the already dynamic program
to eradicate blight and «ium
areas.
Bolling Band Plays
The occasion was also marked
by music by the Bolling Air
Force Base Band, which pre
ceded the Invocation by the Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris, chap
lain of the United States Senate,
Mr. Crawford, who presided,
introduced Brig. Gen. Thomas
A. Lane. Engineer Commissioner,
who declared that the Housing
Center “adds another fine jewel
to the District’s crown.” Gen.
Lane declared that the center
“enhances the attraction of our
Capital to visitors."
Albert M. Cole, Administrator
of toe Housing and Heme Fi
nance Agency, praised what he
called an emphasis on com
munity and private enterprise
; action contained in the Hooting
Law passed by toe Republican
controlled Congress last year.
“Although Federal aid can be
made available if it Is desired *
Mr. Cole said of the Urban Re
newal provision In toe law. ‘T
stress tost any program of im
provement Is essentially a pro
| gram conceived and executed by
private industry.
"Recognition that this respon
sibility belongs to private indus
try was a revolutionary feature
of the Housing Act of 1954. Its
- boldness and soundness have
been triumphantly tested during
the past year. For every dollar
of public money spent on rede
velopment, between 84 and $5 of
private enterprise money have
been spent.”
More Bach Projects Sought
: Edward R. Carr, president of
1 toe Washington Board of Trade,
• former president of the National
Association of Home Builders
. and a member of the Center’s
l board of directors, declared the
t trade board has been trying to
l encourage toe bringing of such
. projects to the District. He said
, the building of the center here
i is an example of the city’s em
phasis on bringing more payrolls
r and projects other than the Fed
r eral Government to Washington.
Other speakers Included Na
than Manilow, of Chicago, the
' first chairman of the center’*
board of directors, and Earl W.
r Smith, of El Cerrito. Calif., pres
, ident of the National Association
. of Home Builders.
The ll am. ceremonies in
; eluded a tour of the center
by the Vice President and an
' array of American and foreign
. dignitaries.
Ten Russian housing officials
apparently were delayed by bad
weather on the Stockholm-New
York *leg of their trip to the
i United States and were not ex
pected to arrive in Washington
until later today.
Late Reeeption Scheduled
The NAHB said the Soviet
delegation may get here In time
to attend a late-aftemoon re
ception for the associations
board of directors. The Russians*
month-long tour of 13 American
cities is being sponsored by the
association.
The building houses gadgets,
including a mechanical color se
lector, a garafce door that opens
at the touch of a control on an
automobile dashboard and a
central vacuum cleaner built into
the floor joist, with an attach
ment extending to all parts of
the home.
Bethesda Unit to Meet
The Bethesda Chamber of
Commerce will meet at 8 o’clock
tonight in the Bethesda office of
the Perpetual Building and Loan
Association.
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