Douglas,
The 60's was just a tick before my time. I used to spend a pretty good bit of time in Washington, but as far as ANY hobby shops go, I was only even in one as a kid, and that was one trip to Brodaks while it was still in his garage as they were constructing a new (the current?) building, to by dope for a Guillows P-51 probably about 1983-84. I only got into CL flying about 2001, at Ft. Bragg NC, I started building a Sig Twister, and Forum member and hobby shop owner Alan Hayes mentioned he needed to order something from Brodaks. This caught me by suprise as I knew nothng at all about the CL world, and felt pretty sheepish about having to leave home to find out about the great hobby, and the fact that my home county hobby shop was such a bastion for CL stuff.
Pat