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f $3 Million, a Year Cash Urged for Urban Aid Congress should allow the District to spend $3 million a year on the city's urban re newil program for the next few years, the National Capital Planning Commission has tdld the Senate. The $3 million would be In cash rather than in the form of such public improvements as roads and sewers, the planning commission said in its report to the Senate District Com mittee, which is investigating Washington’s urban renewal effort. Under the urban renewal program, the Federal Govern ment pays two-thirds of the cost of a project and the city one-third. Up to now, Wash ington has been making up its one-third share through pub lic improvements rather than cash, a preferable method for a number of financial reasons. The planning commission did not estimate how long the $3 million annual expenditure should be expected, contending the long-range spending could be determined after the Com munity Renewal Program is drafted. The Community Renewal Program is a master blueprint for rebuilding and renovating declining parts of the city. Last August, the District Com- ■■■■!( .-y Target VaiuesSSU SAtJE! Exceptionally low prices on these favorites due to tiny imperfections. J Same styles, perfect quality, sell regularly for 15.95 to 3295 rASIIIOV IXGGAGE if iJOHr choice train case or / H weekender / your choice / 27.95.32.95 I or 28 Pullman l^^^^Farlyß lrd SpeCia ’ 7*. E “ rly ~,_Onh ■ * Luggage Bone or Charcoal i I Men’s one, Two or Three 0 4 • 1 9 special formula Fibergla.® I * Potented valance mechanism for dust-proof closure I *piu» io% FW«rai Ma • Comfort-grip plastic handles • • Fashion-toned lining with removable button-in pockets -m m ws sww* ■* s" ~ ! ™ 6 -® RBK!si American Totirister Tri-Taper iKiggage /r" , . .- >. discontinued series 7.000 | savings of* 33 A I wlq I from last year's original retail prices! Il rlt , x w /XirM I K si/ F Here's your chance to match your luggage set * Train c a «e *2ko? 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LllGG^GK—Foabing/on, Street F/oor; Langtry Park, Finl Floor; Shirlington, Lowar Ltvel M ALL 3 yroRES SHOP LATE a C ” 7Hb *’’ ISTS - NW - NA - 8 - 9800 ' OPEN MONDAY, 9:30 «.m. to 9 P .m. t LANGLEY PARK, MARYLAND, and SHIRLINGTON, VIRGINIA, OPEN MONDAY, 10:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. ? : c| i- <> ■■- ‘ missioners agreed such a master plan was desirable, but have yet to take formal action to bring it into being. The plan would provide a timetable for urban renewal after analyzing the heeds and resources of the city. The planning commission in its report on urban renewal also urged congressional ap proval of the 5200,000 which the District would have to spend to draft its Community Renewal Program. The Fed eral Government would pay the rest of the estimated 1000,000 cost of drawing the master plan. In contrast with the majority report which the three-man District Board of Commission ers sent to the Senate last week, the planning commission did not recommend any drastic change in the existing urban renewal machinery. The District Commissioners said they should get direct control of urban renewal by making the now independent National Capital Housing Au thority and Redevelopment Land Agency city departments. Planning commission staffers who worked on the Senate re port concluded that home rule was a likely prospect for the District and therefore would make any basic reorganisation obsolete. Also, the planning commis sion itself has not had any Inordinate difficulties with other agencies involved in ur ban renewal. The District Com r missioners are represented on t the planning commission but f the RLA is not. However, the planning com k mission told the Senate a re -1 view of DisMct zoning laws is I urgent, since they often have stymied urban renewal proj , ects. Special effort also is 1 needed, the commission said, . to step up the city's public j housing program and to co , ordinate highway and General . Services Administration con . struction with urban renewal r activities. . The National Capital Hous , ing Authority for a long time ' has had trouble finding sites . for its public housing units. It told the Senate that urban re- newal projects should provide room for public housing. .* The plans for the 90-acre ur- . , ban renewal project in North ' west call for 400 public housing units. The boundaries of this project, called Northwest No. 1, , are North Capitol street and , Massachusetts. New Jersey and . New York avenues. Northwest No. I is among j those urban renewal projects in the planning stage on which ; the District is expected to ’ spend cash rather than put in ’ ’ public improvements. Other ; projects in this category are ; Adams-Morgan and perhaps Columbia Plaza. Sightless 'Sightseers' Go Flying CHICAGO, Jan. 14 jetliner cruised over the Chi cago area the other day carry ing 13 unusual “sightseers,” who logged the flight in Braille. “I can tell we’re going up fast—l tickle inside,’’ said 11- year-old Craig Lynch of Chi cago, one of the 13 sightless youngsters, during the takeoff. Highly developed senses of touch and hearing guided the handicapped youngsters to sim ilar observations. “It was like a bus with the wheels humming,” said Leonard Spichak, 15, of Glenview. “Like the rides at an amuse ment park” is the way Mary DANCE fox Trot • Wolti a twin, o Cha Cha Rumba a Tanpo a Samba • Polka Special Introductory Offer! R«|. $3O Ceursi • Save $2O 20B*10 * STUDINT DANCI PATTIES * ALBERT 502 13th ST. N.W. • EX, 3-4444 | Ann Bartkowski, 12, of Chi cago, experienced it. For “eyes” the 13 children, ah students at BeU School in Chicago, relied on six sighted school companions assigned as guides for much of their in formation. “The youngsters ten exactly what they see in away we (teachers) couldn’t do,” Prin cipal Elberta Pruitt said. “I guess we’re too old.” The guides’ excited reports dealt with such things as “fluffy white clouds—like big mounds of ice cream” as the huge liner made a swing over i South Bend, Ind., and Benton . Harbor, Mich. 1 l. j 24-HOUR WLOR PROCESsiiiG] 1 KODAK LAB. ihington, d. c. TACHROME— STILL—MOVIES URM ARE PRICELESS I WHT WE OFFER ’ROCESSINO ' KODAK PROJECTORS RENTED! Physicist Wins New Car on Baby Expectancy Ernest R. Smith, sr„ 41, a physicist at the National Bu reau of Standards, will pick up a new car tonight. He won it because his wife is expecting a baby. Mr. Smith is one of three winners at the Auto Show at the National Guard Armory. He said his mother-in-law prompted him to buy a ticket because she won a car when she was an expectant mother and thought her son-in-law w THE SUNDAY STAR woLwgtwi, D. C v J»nw O fy is, 1941 and daughter, Gertrude, might be similarly lucky. They were. With two other winners, Mr. Smith will draw keys tonight and learn which ' of three prize cars is his. 1 I sale I A HUGE SAVINGS F A 0N FLOOR MODELS / /\ DINETTE SETS FROM 76.00 > r . BAR STOOLS, 9.95 ' X / SECTIONAL GROUPS from 150.00 < \ au> ° ! occasional tables, desks, chairs \y 1 I EXTRA SPECIAL-SAVE 20% / Ye I FAMOU> ealterini wrourht iron | -J 2A the wrought iron shop As J K«miwttea, A-21 Mr. and Mrs. Smith live at 1731 Webster street N.W. The 32d annual Auto Show ends its five-day run tonight Doors open at -noon.