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iw rw -fc 0 T- Richmond Tlmes-Dis patch Saturday Oct 3 1959 3 Almond Declares War Private School On Drinking Drivers Support Asked ROANOKE Oct Gov Almond Friday night declared legal war on drink log driver not the drunk aa a possible answer in "stopping the Inordinate laughter on the highways" "We must get aaid( Almond in urging the revision! of the laws dealing with drunk ABINGDON Oct Cff) educators are working in "the most favorable climate of public opinion that has ever existed In this Attorney General Harrison told a meeting here Friday Still he noted in some places private schools have been established to give parents or even a whole community the chance for man ed- ucation without compulsory Maryland Oyster Supremacy Seen I- Doll Lies in Rubble Near Where 11 Persons Died in Tornado i Twister Killed 10 Persons in One Family in Albemarle County Wednesday Governor said the next General Assembly will be called upon to deal with their problem but that if necessary he carry the issue to the people" Coming Predicted The requested legislation "may not get through the next session but it's coming" Almond predicted Speaking first on the "drinking driver" Almond quoted figures indicating that nearly half the nations highway fatalities involved drivers who had been drinking "We are going to have to get more strict" Almond promised adding: "Severity of punishment Is not the answer because of the difficulty in enforcement but certainty of punishment Is the answer" One remedy he said Is to "stop dealing in presumption" in regard to "drunkometer" readings and to lower the re-quiremen from 015 to 010 per cent of alcohol in the bloodstream Conviction Difficult "Many people are acquitted today because the Jury feels the defendant must be inebriated and sometimes it is almost impossible to get a conviction" the former Roanoke Judge said 1 don't care whether he is drunk or not if a man has had that much to drink C010) he has no business driving" Turning to the "implied consent" rule the Governor emphasized that driving "is not a right it is a privilege" Under "implied consent" statute he said if a man charged with drunk driving refuses to take a blood test his license will be suspended "Sooner or later we must come to that" the Governor aid before closing with: "I pray some day somehow we can stop this slaughter" State May See Discoverer VL ANNAPOLIS MD Oct 2- UP The chairman of Mary land's Tidewater Fisheries Commission believes this state can outstrip Virginia's production of oysters in four years if it makes the effort "We have the potential to do It" Dr' Byrd said after Maryland legislators and fisheries officials returned from a tour of Virginia oyster operations "But we have to do two things: (1) Produce package and market our oysters more efficiently (2) Center our efforts on production of quality oysters" Byrd said Virginia has consistently outproduced Maryland in recent years and Byrd thinks it bolls down to one basic reason: "We've been spending too much on law enforcement that doesn't enforce and not enough on development" The group Including 17 legislators fisheries officials and oyster Industry representatives Complete Estimate Of Tornado Damage May Be Impossible Teachers Hear Speech By Boushall Timet-Diapatch Xewi Bureau CHARLOTTESVILLE Oct 8 700 teachers from Charlottesville and seven near by counties heard an address by Thomas Boushall' a Richmond banker at the District meeting of the Virginia Education Association at Lane High School here Friday Boushall advised the teachers to sell themselves to the public He said great part of the responsibility for obtaining better salaries and more recognition for their professsion rested on the teachers Boushall also advised the teachers not to penalize students who lag in some subjects but to feed whatever Interest Is shown It is the teachers Job he said to "put yeast into the misses" Group workshops were held for teachers from Albemarle Fluvanna Greene Louisa Madison Nelson and Orange coun- ties and Charlotteaville Boushall a former member of the State Board of Educa- tion is chairman of the board of the Bank of Virginia Youth Sentenced To Jail in Attack On RPI Students Joseph Lanier Brunner 16 of the 500 Mock South First st has been sentenced to 90 days in jail on each of three charges race mixing The operation of these private schools "is fundamental to the preservation of those principles of democracy" which recognize freedom of- choice freedom from compulsion and freedom of association the attorney general aaid He asked the teachers from District I of the Virginia Education Association to co-operate with localities which have turned to private even though their' own community might choose a different course 1116 Southwest district embraces the city of Bristol and three counties Washington Smyth and Bland The racial issue Harrison said "no longer concerns Southside Virginia alone It exists wherever the two races live together and its degree depends upon the population proportions" Southwest Virginia's first encounters with court-ordered desegregation were emphasized by the former Brunswick county attorney Wherever forced race mixing Is attempted in Virginia he predicted it would be "resisted and resented for such ompu-sion of association is contrary to our concept of a free He urged efforts to further understanding of the problem and to equalize facilities for Negro and white pupils throughout the state "We should encourage in the schools of both races the teaching of pride in their heritage and an appreciation of racial integrity" he said Trucks Collide One Overturns Two trucks collided at the driving in two ways: Establish an "implied rule so that drivers refusing a blood test would forfeit their driving privileges Reduce the legal definition of driving under the influence Speaking to the annual banquet of the Virginia Court 'Clerks Association here the toured two large oyster plants in Norfolk and were on hand for the opening of Virginia's James river seed area Thursday The key to Virginia's success has been the James river seed the richest oyster growing ground in the world It annually takes more baby oysters there for transplanting on private grounds or public bars than Maryland produces in marketable oysters from all of its bars and private beds Project Tlanned Maryland under a new fisheries commission headed by Byrd plans to embark on a similar project next year The TFC has closed the Holland traits off Somerset county to regular tonging of oysters and plans to build it up as "another James river" oyster nursery Byrd reported that Maryland nd Virginia fisheries commissions will get together in late November or early December for a discussion of some mutual problems ration had presented its case Alpaugh 54 had been charged in the fatal shooting of Richard Lester Sr 70 sales manager of the real estate firm owned by the Alpaugh Lester was killed Sept 13 1958 as he sat in the kitchen of his apartment over the office of Lake Jackson Hills Inc The acquittal move came af ter testimony by the state's principal witness Billy Gavin an ex-Jockry who said he aaw Alpaugh shoot Lester Gavin Charged Gavin himself has been charged with the shooting He once admitted the slaying but later repudiated hia story Although charged with murder he was not on trial County officials said they till plan to bring Gavin to trial An account of the shooting which Gavin said he had written was at issue when the trial ended Richmond Artist Is Sick in Athens Miss Nell Valdcn Blaine a Developer Acquitted In Prince William Times-Dispatch Newt Bureau CHARLOTTESVILLE Oct 2 of damage caused by Wednesday's tornadoes in Central Virginia are being compiled but the final loss may not be known for some time At least six tornadoes hit Albemarle Greene and Fluvanna counties killing 11 persona imashing numerous buildings and cutting olf electric power Accompanying raini Washed out bridges- and roads and rivers wept over their banks Maupin Pence Albemarle county executive aaid a complete estimate of damage caused to personal snd real property may never be determined Many persons feel the damage may run to a million Church dollars or more he said Damage to Blue' Ridge School in Greene county where buildings were damaged by wind and some storage sheds collapsed was tentatively estimated at 9100000 Runkle resident highway engineer said Friday that damage to roads will be 150000 or more Three bridges were washed out as well as some section of roads in northwest Albemarle The Virginia Electric and ville 2500 out were heavily Church Albemarle high Haden Church vanna The Repain at smashed the frame was unit Ten in a were family Lillie Tie be at Hebron Mrs intersection of Laburnum assault and battery in s-Chamherlayne ave shortly aft-(September attack on a group of er 1 am today and one of "hmond Professional Institute them turned over No one waa student Crozet and the Stanards-ville areas Between 2000 snd telephones were knocked during the storm snd 100 still out Friday Congregations of churches damaged by the tornadoes have begun plans for repairs Mountain Plains Baptist near Medium's River in will be largely rebuilt Hie front of the sanctuary was knocked In by the winds Chapel Methodist st Cunningham in Flu county was demolished congregation hopes to replace the structure have been authorized Cunningham Methodist where a tree limb through the wall of building and the roof blown off the Sunday school Ten In One Family of the 11 persons killed tornado at Medium's River members of the Ervin Morris The other was Mrs Bruce who lived nearby Morris family victims will buried at 2 pm Saturday Baptist Church Cemetery near Avon in Nelson county Bruce will be buried at 2 pm Saturday at St John's Episcopal Church Cemetery near Crozet Three surviving member! of the Morris family still are at the University of Virginia Hospital None is in critical Dahlgrcn Tracks Secret Satellites Continued from Firat Page eight years ago and has been In constant use since The minitrack detection system is linked to-Dahlgren by direct telephone line Scientists at Dahlgren can look at a screen and see what's In the sky over California for wimple Jones was graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the University of Richmond in 1942 He has an extensive background in theoretical and experimental exterior ballistics and in the application of large-scale digital calculators to problems in scientific research injured The truck which overturned was driven by Robert Kelso 31 of Stuarts Draft He was headed west on Laburnum after leaving the State Fair for Staunton with a load of 10 calves He said he did not believe any of the calves were hurt The other truck driven by George Christie 22 of Statesville was headed north on Chamherkiyne McKenney McKENNEY Oct 2-Rich- ard Chumney assistant corn- missioner of agriculture will speak Monday night at a meeting of the McKeiiney Ruritan Club His subject w'iil be "The Changing Picture in Judge Gary Blake of Juve niie and Domestic Relations Court ordered the three sen- tences to be served concurrent-'" ly The charges were reduced in court Thursday from felonies to misdemeanors Earlier Brunner had been-: handed another 90-day Jail term on a misdemeanor charge growing out of the attack That aen-tcnce will be served consecutively with the new terms Blake said Two other young men who were tried in Police Court have been sentenced to jail on charges placed against them after the beating Five RPI youths were attacked The attack started they aid when one of them was accosted on a street near the-school and ended in a school dormitory and data reduction Dr work currently involves satellite trajectory determination He and Dahlgren's electronic brain had a part in the recent discovery that the mated damage to their lines at about $16500 for Charlottes- earth probably is pear-shaped age to power lines at about $10000 Telephones Still Out Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Company officials esti- Power Company estimated dem To Aid Education The Discoverer VI satellite launched August 19 will be visible over Virginia tonight-weather permitting It is scheduled to pass over the eastern part of the United States in a south-to-north direction between 6:50 and 7:05 pm The Byrd Field weather station last night said there was a 50-50 chance the satellite would be visible in partially-cloudy skies The satellite Is to pass over Miami east of Jacksonville over Charleston North Carolina Virginia and western Pennsylvania Personnel Board Defers Final Action The City Personnel' Board failed to decide yesterday whether to request a citizens committee to review the pay and working condition! of municipal employes The board discussed the proposal but deferred final action until ita October 15 meeting The study suggestion came from Councilman Edward Lawler He thought a citizens committee appointed by the School Board to review teach' salaries also could study the pay of other city workers The city administration is engaged in a study to determine the need for a general salary increase for municipal em Ployes The Personnel Board has nothing specifically to do with salaries but the City Charter empowers the board "to investigate any or all matters relating to conditions of employment in the service of the city and to make at least annually a report of Its findings to the Council" Traffic Death Toll 621 DRIVE SAFELY Same Day Last Year Richmond Toll Same Day Last Year 631 17 18 Crash Kills Man Near Edinburg Charles Davis 40 of Ormond Beach Fla died last night at a Woodstock hospital shortly after he was injured in an auto accident on Rt 11 in Shenandoah county The non-collision accident occurred at dusk about a half mile north of Edinburg police said TRAFFIC CASES The following case were among those heard yesterday in area courts TRAFFIC Donald Sylvester Milea 25 of the 1400 block Georgia ave was fined $100 and given a three-month suspended sentence on a charge of driving while under the in fluence of Intoxicants He ap' pealed CHESTERFIELD CIRCUIT William Clements 52 of Colonial Heights Arthur Clifton Harper of Rt 1 Moseley and Raymond Bryant 54 of the first block Tennyson ave were fined $100 for driving while under the Influence of intoxicants ARRESTED Police yesterday arrested and charged Dorothy Fox Barnes 43 of the 5700 block Monument ave with driving while under the influence of intoxicant a National Sales Tax Lottery Are Suggested Richmond artist is reported in Institute of Physics dangerously 111 In Athens with! bulbar polio Her mother Mrs Dora Blaine of Richmond aaid the United States air force hospital in Athena has notified her that her daughter is past the worst stage but la not out of danger Miss Blaine 37 a Richmond native went to Europe last February and set up a studio in Greece ManPIcadsGuilty In Embezzling Ligon LeGrande Smith of the 3900 block Delmont yesterday pleaded guilty Chesterfield Circuit Court charge of embezzling from Richmond Lerner Inc MANASSAS Oct 2 UP! Luther A Alpaugh Prince William county real estate developer won a directed verdict of acquittal Friday at his trial on a charge of murder Circuit Judge Harry Carrico directed the verdict clearing Alpaugh on motion of defense attorneys after the prose- pane Taken To Penilenliary To Begin Term The second Brooklyn man convicted in the killing of Earl Armentrout two years ago was transferred yesterday to the Virginia State Penitentiary Salvatore Buonpane 30 was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison on a first-degree murder charge He spent Thursday night at City Jail then was taken to the penitentiary about noon yesterday Already in the prison is John Little Herbie" Mansour 42 who was sentenced to life imprisonment in mid-September Armentrout 59 of 4210 Monument nve was shot to death at his home July 21 1957 when he stepped in on a burglary attempt He operated a social club which had the reputation of being a gambling establishment Trials are expected to be scheduled Tuesday for two other men indicted in the slaying They are Albert Yesbick 37 a Princess Anne county restaurant operator and Alfred A Hclal -33 ex-Brooklyn cab driver Polio-Hits Two One in Henrico Two new cases of polio were reported to the State Department of Health yesterday increasing the state total for the year to 241 There were 98 cases at this time last year i The new cases are a 14-year- old Henrico county girl with paralysis who had three Salk polio vaccine ahots and Russell county girl 5 with no paralysis It was not known whether she had any vaccine Woman Sues Operator Of Williamsburg Motel A Williamsburg motel operator waa sued for $50000 yesterday by a tourist who aaid she was permanently crippled following a fall while leaving a tourist inn Oct 5 1957 The suit waa filed in Federal District Court here by counsel for Melvin a Kanagy of Ellwood City Pa against Mabel Friend of 322 Scotland at Williamsburg Skyline to 8 i Both spoke on a program sponsored by the University of Richmond chapter of the Amer- 26 st in to a $32332 Shops Chesterfield county police Lt Gill said that Smith formerly worked as credit for the Lerner Shop Plaza Shopping charged with embezzling money between August 17 of sentence was Judge William Old 18 pending a report by a pro- Woman of Murder Jobs Are Obtained For 361 Handicapped By John Kinnier Timet-Ditpateh Newt Bureau WILLIAMSBURG Oct A national lottery and a national ales tax were suggested here Friday as two possible means of meeting the zooming coats of education Hie suggestions were contained In a report submitted to the education committee fthe Chamber of Commerce of the United States Some 26 members of the national committee are here for two days of conferences on a wide range of educational problems The lottery and sales tax proposals were submitted by Ervin Hintzpeter of Bozeman Mont chairman of a subcommittee studying new methods of financing schools The Richmond office of the Virginia State Employment Service said yesterday that it placed 361 handicapped persons in Jobs during the first nine months of this year This represents sn Increase of 20 over the same period last year National Employ the Handicapped Week opens tomorrow' ba ion officer manager at Southaide Center He was the July 3 and Imposition deferred by until November pre-sentence scheduled to adopt a number Tf ave teingof recommendations to be sub- would allow a reduction in federal income taxes for persons whose qther taxes are increased because of rising school costa The amount of tax reduct ion would be in direct ratio to the amount of added taxes paid because of school costs Hie lottery plan would he administered on a state basis with objecting states not being forced to participate The eales tax would be levied at the manufacturing level or consumer Details of the subcommittee's suggestions were not disclosed The subcommittee's report was not discussed By the full education committee but la scheduled for discussion at Saturday morning's session On Saturday the committee monuments lighting been will to of Woodward and commit tee was appointed to consider the future of Monroe Park in February shortly after Dr Austin Dodson Sr was attacked and killed aa he walked through the park realirtic about the need for ncw mitted to the national chnm-income sources for financing ber's hoard of directors education he said Robert A Finney of Hum- T- Another proposal -submitted bold Kans is chairman of the ThaJl! denirotS by HinzpeterB ubmnmltteelchambert Mucation committee about two hours before Judge Covington Convicted CLEARWATER FLA Oct 2 up A 12-man circuit court Jury Friday convicted Marion Elizabeth Ctook of second-degree murder in the slaying of her brother-in-law a Treasure Island police captain The 29-year-old woman from Covington Va can receive from 20 yean to life imprisonment on the conviction Defense attorney Hallard Greer aaid Color Early Iron Industry Holds Key To Part of Plans for Park -auinott IT PAYS TO RETIRE John Bird ordered it locked up for the night The jurori reconvened at 9 am Friday and deliberated nearly three hours before returning the verdict Miss Cbok testified that she shot Capt Hubert Bunch because she feared for her life when he threatened her and The fate of proposed beautification plans for Monroe Park will depend partly upon the cat iron industry it appeared in ad around the park towards her looking 1 vcitrdAv like a wild animal" llntJ lhi tudy Mias Cook said Bunch had! year-old daughter Vivian tolicaU belev WU the floor April 19 the night of the murder ficult to da Ornamental cast iron fountains are hard to lind (1) Spotlights on the in the park (2) Improving the completed the committee submit its recommendations The committee consists Councilmen Claude Henry Garber Phil Bagley Jr The Samuel Burleigh of 1226 Duboise ave Westhampton mail carrier for almost 40 years was given more than $500 by the patrons on his route before retiring Thursday Some of the accompanying letters commending Burleigh for his services are spread oh the dining room table Mrs Garland Sydnor of 9 Stonehurst Green spearheaded the "token of collection by writing letters to patrons on Burleigh's former route It ranged from the 5300 block Cary Street road to the TUckahoe apartments and from River rd to Roselawn rd Burleigh delivered mail in the same general area throughout his entire postal career A truck driver who made curbside deliveries Burleigh left the post office with a 28-year accident free driving record LURAY Oct Trees jdong the Skyline Drive i are expected to be at the peak of their fall color between I October 10 and 20 the Shenandoah National Park office said Friday 4 I A park spokesman said the colorful season is expected to be a little earlier than usual this year because of the prolonged dry spell in September snd should last a little longer because of rains brought by tropical storm Grade Foliage along the Blue Ridge Parkway la expected to be at its best between October 15 and 25 with the more northern sections and higher elevations turning color first these days they said At its meeting yesterday the committee agreed to investigate the feasibility of repairing or replacing the fountain and to study the cost of: This conflicted with testimony by Mrs Bunch and the daughter who aaid there were only three blows struck that night-one "open handed slap" at the widow and two at Miss Cook yc.