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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
AROUND THE BRIDGE TABLE
D. c. Keeps 4 Titles
In Championships

game Saturday night, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Huron OF Arlington, Va, tied
with Chester Nitchie-Edward Pier
son OF Baltimore for top honors in
q Intersection Mitchell play.
Sunday Nov. 81 Competition
TEAMS = tEynon Bowl. First
place tie (33l2 wins in 4S matchesD
Mrs. Terry Michaels- Alvin Roth
Stuart Dunlop Richard Freeman on
were David wilder and and BS p S1p
ans Charles Wolpert-Mrs. Mary Anne
Tergis-Mr. and Mrs. Julian. Adler,
Jr. war Stakgold. on a New York
team ranked third (3D. Fifth were
Dick leonardo. A. Williamson-Mr.
ton, Va. Seventh S we're Mrs VI w Sidney
Aronson-Frank HoltZman-Bill Holli-
day-James Lipman twenty-five
foursomes in field
METROPOLITAN PAIRS FOR
NON;MAsTERs Evening Star
OFT, both Of Richmond. Va. t333is
match points: 70 pairs). Mrs.
Martin J. Costello Heinz Siegmann,
Elizabeth Wharton-Seymour Fisher.
Other d. C. RATINGS
Other Washinetonians rating Sec
ton honors in the various events
included:
r, Woms a1. Pairs: l,mMrs. A. X.
Elizabeth Jacobson Mrs Terry
Michaels: Mrs. R. R. Mrs.
James. Rhodes. Mrs. G. R. Lumpkin-
Mrs. j. p. Shaw.
Mixed Pairs: Mrs. Jean Ellis.
Mary Somers-Don Farwell. Mrs.
T. C. Keach-Paul Nef; Capt. and
Mrs. George D. synon: Mr.. and
Mrs. Said Haddad: Mrs. Edward
Hruby-John Doyle.
Open Pairs Qualifying: l.
Mrs. Sidney Aronson-Allyn G White
head: Richard Crump-Tim Holl-
croft Said Haddad- Alvin Roth:
Louis Adler-Lloyd A. Brewer. jr
Mrs. Agnes Fischer-Nathaniel
Kremer; Mrs. Catherine McGhee-
s Rn Ms Ep smth R s1Sney Banner ATSn
Carl Kung; Ted Leahy- William
Nucker; Jane Kane-Nat Cooper.
Consolation: II-Hannah Leiber-
James souriias, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Maddox. Mrs. Jack
Bennett-D. Meade PEBBLES, jr.. Mrs.
Mia Talbott-S. F. Haven.
Metropolitan Pairs: I'D. Meade
PEBBLES. jr DR. William T SAWYER,
Evelyn Porter Mildred Telford. Mrs
Bloch Harve Mobley. Mrs James
Bell-Rose Lieberman, M. r. Browne
R. D. Brandon, Jane. Kane-Wilma
four, Mrs Evelyn BradleyMrs. R;
T. StenhPns Robert Shankle-Blll
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NEWS OF MUSIC
Beethoven EvoIuoted
As Writer for Voice

entirely as individual express
sions of a unique composer,
we find all of them salts
factory and many of them
touched with genius.
Certainly a dramatic So
prano could not be more.
deity and opulently set off
than by the three horns and
bassoon in Leonore's "Ab-
sheulicher, wo eilst du hin?"
in which the voice in its
magnificent line commands
the whole piece and indeed
dominates the whole opera.
If, to me, this aria some
times seems less successful
than per pietav from "Cosi
fan lutte" which surely was
Beethoven's model, it is not
because of the vocal writing,
but because of the brevity
of the final allegro, which
after the profound and ex-
pansive slow section seems
to be- cut off before it has
completed what it has to say.
Dramatic Realization
Florestan's recitative and
aria at the beginning of the
second act are no less won-
derful. The dramatic situa-
ton and its expression are
completely unified and
brought to the highest pitch
of realization.
Elsewhere in the opera, the
arias and concerted numbers,
while. considered in isolation,
they are always of the most
perfect responsiveness, do not
seem so much dramatic in
themselves as having drama
thrust upon them.
1t is as though Beethoven
were insisting that his char
acterS achieve dramatic
stature not to make a liar
out of his music, while with
Mozart the music inevitably
creates drama and character
simultaneously.
1t is an odd situation, for
in his instrumental music
Beethoven seldom had trouble
with the dramatic situation.
Christ On the Mount of
Olives" is an early work,
despite it's late opus number,
and is much more conven-
tional in style than "Fidelio."
Together with the E fiat
septet it enjoyed a popularity
during the life of the COM
poser which was equaled by
few other pieces. The vocal
writing, both for the three
soloists (baSs. tenor and
coloratura soprano) and for
the chorus is difficult but dis
tinguished and in no way
indicates that Beethoven had
trouble writing for voice or
that he was less interested
in the task than in writing
piano sonatas or string quar-
tets. ~.
Far from being banal in
their vocal lines. the songs of
Beethoven often are lacking
in an important and i'm
presSive piano accompani-
ment-certainly a curious
situation. Perhaps the reason
for the sighting of Bee
thoven the writer for voice is
that singers are made more
bitter by his difficulties than
happy by his beauties.
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,TURNTABLe fALK
BY JAMES G. DEANE

According to a reasonably
reliable source. Artur Ru-
binstein was born on jan
uary 20, 1886, which would
mean that he is now II.
There is nothing about the
latest Rubinstein recording
venture, however, which gives
the slightest hint of ad-
vanced, or even advancing,
years. This is the more re-
markable because this ven
ture consists of a complete
set of the Beethoven con-
certos, put on tape in some
thing of a marathon series
of sessions last December in
New York.
There is no exact prece-
dent, so far as know, for
this particular feat. The
nearest parallels are the Sc
quences of recordings by
Sc hna b ell, Serkin and
Kempff, but these were made
over much lengthier periods.
There is another fact of in
terest in Rubinstein's case,
and that is that he has never
until now recorded the first
two concertoS or the EN-
peror." This is not stating,
of course, that he has not
played them probably many
times during a career now
approaching the Cougar
mark.
A Breadth. a Fulfillment
One tends to think of
Rubinstein first as a Chopin
exponent, and with good
enough reason, for there is
none living who has served
Chopin more persuasively. In
some cases this might not
lead to high expectations
with respect to Beethoven.
(This logic can work in re-
verse; Serkin, a prime Bee
thoven exponent, hardly ever
publicly plays Chopin There
was also a time, a few sea-
sons back. when ones total
expectations where Rubin
stein was concerned were
somewhat unfulfilled.
Conjecture is set aside by
the accomplishment, how
ever, and very happily. The
five concertos are set forth
with admirable proportion,
and with that special vitality
which is one of the particular
Rubinstein trademarks. A
notable element in the gen.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE


We are having an oppor-
tunity these days to appraise
an aspect Of Beethoven's art
which is seldom given much
consideration - his writing
for voice. The Opera Society
this afternoon winds up its
production of "Fidelio" at
Lisner. and next Monday the
Cathedral Choral Society
presents, for the first time
here in many years. one of
Beethoven's two oratorios,
Christ on the Mount of
Olives"
Apart from these two
works, we hear the Choral
Symphony frequently. the
"Missa Solemnis" once in a
while. and a few songs in re-
cital. That is about all. Yet
Beethoven wrote a great deal
of vocal music. and the ques-
ton arises whether its neg
lect. which comedies with the
general opinion that Bee
thoven's writing for voice is
ungrateful and instrumental
in character. is justified.
That Beethoven thought Of
the voice in instrumental
terms is, I suppose. true. So
did Bach and Handel, for
that matter, yet no one
thinks the less of the can
tatas of the former or the
oratorioS of the latter for
that. The typical aria in a
Bach cantata has a tune
suggested by the text, and
then shaped to the idiom of
an instrument--an oboe, a
violin, a flute, and so on.
That the voice is versatile
enough to take over so many
different types of melody is
an indication that good vocal
writing does not need to
eschew whatever seems typ
ical of instruments.
Subimity and Brilliance
Whatever is the source Of
Beethoven's' vocal writing,
and however difficult it is in
performance. there is little
doubt that the result is
sublime.
The sheer brilliance of
sound in the big choruses of
the Ninth Symphony and the
finale of "Fidelio." to say
nothing of the "Missa Solem-
MIS-" alone could mark the
composer as a master Of
choral writing.
In the opera. if we do not
compare the arias with those
Of Mozart or Verdi, but con-
slider them as we should
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looking hard to find a way of
converting coal for other
uses. AS it is now, there are
some little towns in Penn
sylvania where none of the
men work at all - they're
supported by their wives"
Jacks mother still lives in
the house where he was born.
II tried to get her to live in
California, but she doesn't
want to move"
Five years ago, Palance was
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circle: Mp. pairs, 1890. Chess. Cor
sion.l hO secr.larie aries, HSuss Once
Building; MP pairs. Z Playfair.
FRIDAY: Lyon Village, 1904 Lee high
WYCA. sos Cameron; MP pairs,
7:45.. Euclid, Apt. 100. 2440 Six
tenth; pairs, pairs 7;45, Sorssn' Pu-
Street, 413 North Irving. Arlington;
pairs. 1:45. Silver Spring, 1901
Georgia avenue; team championship
(fnalsD, 7:45.
SATURDAY: Agriculture. Apt. 100.
2440 Sixteenth; MP pairs. /. Chess.
Gordon Hotel: pairs. 7:45. Walsh,
1882 Massachusetts; pairs, 7:45.
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Walsh. Sylvia Wilnef-Charles Soy
ster.. Leona Kempainen-Mrs. Gladys
MiddlemisS.
Capital City Sectional
Next up on the tournament
schedule is the annual Cap
ital City Fall Sectional. spon-
sored by the South Central
Pennsylvania Unit. The
tourney starts Friday at the
Harrisburg Bridge Club. 21st
and Bypass. Camp Hill, Pa.
Events: women's, mems and
mixed pairs. Friday; open
pairs, Saturday; teams, Sun
day.
WBL Results
Master points were the bait
last Wednesday at the WASH
ington Bridge League. Lucky
pairs in the Intersection
Mitchell play:
Section A: Mrs. Said Haddad-
Gary Arkoian; Mrs. Marie Hilliard-
H. P. stillwell. = Michael Nj
chaels.David Murray,
Section B: Mrs Eva Barsis-
Harve Mnosbley. Mrs. Jane GALLOWAY
M ser R0S %ei Tim LeF gol sr5ll5ss
Leahy..
S.o,,o ~.
Edelson, T David Ling-Lt. Col. VIII
liam W. Molla Boston, Mass1 p
MARTY Chaitt-Raymond J. Fetzner.
Sidney Aronson-Said Haddad.
Charity Game Results
Labor Department Bridge
Club made a healthy contri-
button to the ACBL-indorsed
charity, the American Cancer
Society. at a special master
point match last Monday.
Winners and runnersup:
Section 4: Mr. and Mrs. Laz-
lips 2-Bea Crockett Helen Rich
Afs sect Hpsi n van He sgs F; Anderson.
C. NJ. Walker. 2NMr, and Mrs AZ
thur Fribourg. Mathew Solomon
Chester A. Watson
Master Point Results
Federal: Mrs. Florence Stein
Rush Buckley. Opal Van Horn
Monday: Mrs. Claris Adams
Mrs. ". R. Plum, Mrs, Leo Crane
Mrs. N. a. Olmstead Mrs. Jack
s Bennett: Roy Hackett, Ii. Col.
NH: DIR. Willie W. smith-Dr.
Emanuel Zissis. DIR. and Mrs
Robert W. Bates, Mr.. and Mrs. b.
Meade PEBBLES. u
NJ. Thomas a,,.. Circle S,,:o I-Euth Everett
Thomas Throop Mrs. Sidney
Aronson-Mrs. Malora christman.
Rosemary Riordan- John Couch.
Other Duplicate Winners
Andrews; Mrs. Alice Treat-Mrs.
Bethesda: 1t. Col. Jeanette Blech-
Mrs: John G. Fletcher.
Chess: 1t. Robert cruise-David
Murray. j. D. Boyd-W. j. Wal
Chevy Chase: Mrs. R. E Edwards
Mrs. Thomas Maddox, Commodore
Club so: Mrs Charles Embrey-
Mrs. J. J l., Young. Mrs. Marge
Lufkin-MrS Sheila Weber
Federal: Elizabeth Jacobson Llovd
Schermerhorn
GAO: EVELYN Williams-Lvnn Car
rier. Erwin Kenison-C. NJ. Walker.
Kenwood: Mr.. and Mrs. James P.
Goode Mr.. and Mrs. James Lazard
tied with Mrs. Mabel Henderson
Mrs, Marguerite Atkinson.
MONTGOMERY: Sam BurReS-Lee Rit-
ger
NH: DR.. Robert w. Bates-Dr. NJ.
Lips6tt Mrs. Robert W. Bates-Mrs.
Earl Eneleman
0ffirers' Service Cluh. Robert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK
TODAY

ANNA RUSSELL, Coincidence. Constl-
tuition Hall, 3 pm.
TIDELIO, Beethoven. Paul Galway.
conductor; Wilma Spence. soprano:
Mary Henderson, soprano; David
Lee Cass, bass; Jan Rubes, bass:
William Walker, bass. National
Symphony Orchestra. Lsner Audi
torium, $50 pm
YWCA WORLD FELLOWSHIP SERv-
ICE: Youth Chorus OF Washington-
Lee High School. Florence Booker,
Warner lawson. director; Cathedral
Choir, Paul Callaway, director
Washington Cathedral, pm
eUSANN MCDONALD, harp Phillips
Gallery, pm, Concerto in fiat
Handel: Psvsne and Variations
Ribayas; Impromptu. Faure; vers
Ia Source. Tournier; Ssrabsnde,
Gaubert Danse des Lutins, Renie;
Sonata for Harp. Hindemith Sonata
for Harp. Glanyille- Hicks,
NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA,
Richard Bales, conductor. Sooist:
Drrsilla Huffmaster, piano; National
program Dvertimento in F, K.
1875; Concerto No - in E fiat, <
49,; symphony No rs in D, x,
Donald BooTHMAN. baritone; Rich
ard Sears, piano oxon Hill Method
Hammerschmdt schiummert Elm.
Bach: But who may abide the dsv
of His coming, Handel Song O.
Penitence, Beethoven; Lord God Of
Abraham. Beethoven. Spiritual Bur
leigh; English Folk Tune. Williams
Elwell; Three Songs from Briga-
doom, ICFner and IOeWe
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TOMORROW

ANA pRITrELLE. cello: Rev. Russell
WO0llen, piano Phillips Gallery,
$40 pm. Recitative, Bach Rosanofi
Toccata, Frescobaldi-C Suite
No. / Opus l3lc Reger Sonata
Opus ~ koppel. Sonata No ., Opus
IS. Mendelssohn.
CARL WElNRlCH, organ Grace Epis-
copal Church. Silver Spring Nd
$50 pm. Prelude, Fugue and Cha
como in c, Buxtehude; Pavan; The
atas c minor. F. minor. d major
Domenico Scarlatti Three chorale
Preludes. Wachet sut In Dir Isl
Freude, In Dulchi Jubilo, Bach
Toccata and Fisue in d minor
Three Pieces for Mechanical Clock
Haydn; PaStorale Milhaud Fusue
on Ad Nos Saltltarenn IiSyt
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TUESDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Howard Mitchell. conductor Consti-
tuition Hall, . pm Youth Concert
Oberon Overture, Weber; Festivals,
Debussy; Night on Bald Mountain.
MouSsorgsky Excerpts from Declara-
ton, Gould. Alleeretto from SYM
phonv' No b Shostakovich The
SorcsrerS apprentice Dukes
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Eugene
Ormnndy, conductor. SoloistS Zinc
Francescatti, violin Constitution
Hall $3.50 pm PaSsacaglia. Opus
-. Schiller symphony No I Opus
47Ui2, Prokofeh Concerto in D
for Violin and Orchestra Opus Is,
TchaikoWgky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
NEW LISZTIAN

A notable Hungarian new
conner, Gyorgy Cziffra. has
just turned up as an exponent
of his countryman Franz
Liszt. Cziffra, only SO, walked
out of his homeland with his
wife and son during last years
uprising. He repeatedly made
an immediate imprint on the
Western European concert
scene and has now begun
recording for Angel.
The "Rhapsodie Espag-
mole" "Mephisto Waltz" and
a group of other solo pieces
were on his first disc, and the
first concerto and "Hunga-
rian Fantasy" are on the Sec
ond. 1t qualities as some of
the most exciting List play
ing to be heard on modern
recordings.
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which his illustrious, and so
contrastingly adventuresome.
compatriot Bella Bartok would
be If he were still living.
Looking for parallels, one
thinks of Rachmaninoff, who
also managed to write in the
same general vein for ap-
proximately half a century.
This concerto, rather
strongly, recalls Strauss
"Burlesque," written in 1885!
Which is not to say that it
is not a fitting companion
piece for the delightful vari-
atoms; and both works draw
sufficiently heavily on the or
chestral resources to make
the age of 80 less of a pianis-
tic handicap than it might
seem. The Royal Philhar-
monte under Sir Adrian
Boult does the honors, and
the Angel reproduction is
lustrous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
SOLO AT 80

The most grandiose-and
at the same time utterly
charming - treatment ever
accorded "Baa, Baa, Black
Sheep" or for that matter
any nursery tune whatever.
is the set of orchestral varia-
tons fashioned several dec
AIDES ago by the Hungarian
composer Ernst Won Dohn-
anyi.
Dohnanyi is now 80, and
remarkably enough he has
just turned up as the soloist
in a new recording of his
famous variations, and along
with it his second piano con-
certo, not hitherto recorded.
Although the concerto
dates from only 10 years ago
its outlines are hardly any
more modern than the varia-
tons of 80 years earlier. 1t
seems odd, in this context, to
note that Dohnanyi is only
four years senior to the age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10

dIllSI, WHO plays WIFI JIle
National Gallery Orches-
ira under Richard Bales
tonight.
Repeating Tuesday afternoons pro,
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET 10
s schn ,ids M"''% "olps Boris '1 KroSt
viola. Mischa schneider, cello As
siSting artist John Martin, cello
Library of CongrcsS $50 pm
Quartet in d Opus 20, No I
HAYDN. Quintet No !; Milhaud
Quintet in c. Opus 1853, Schubert.
FRIDAY
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB
Robert d. kerns, baritone. ROber
MoulSon, tenor Dorothy Radde I'm
cry, piano Cosmos Club Assemble
Hall. | ! so am Z Sc un giorn
torrassc Resplghi;. Stornellatrict
Resptghi' In alto Mare, Respishi
dicesti. Lott II thou are near Bach
ADELAIDE. Beethoven Die Mainacht
Brahms VIE Melodien, Brahms
Traum durch die sDammeruns
Strauss, ZueignunR, strauss, Al
Romantique Poulene Air Grave
Poulenc Air VII Poulenc: Simpl
Gifts, COPELAND The Little Horses
COPELAND At the River, COPELAND
Chine-a-R Ring Chawl COPELAND; Re
condita Ammonia, Puecinl. luceval
lie stella. Puccini o Mimi tu pi
non torni Puccini Scheme in quest
ora. Verdi
NATIONAL SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell. conductor Geore
Mason High School, Falls Church
Va y so m and l045 am Stu
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET As
siSting artist Jain Martin. cell,
Library OF CongreSs, $40 pm Re
pcatlne Thursday evenings proerAn
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ORCHES
IRA George steiner conductor
SolniSt George FOSs. trumpet
Clendenen Hall American univerSitS
$50 pm Overture and Sacrlhcla
March from the opera Thesee. Lully
Snionls No T. Scsrlatti: PeaSan
SUITE Bartok Trumpet Concerto
Haydn Prelude and Quadruple Fll
sue Hovhaness Paris Sinfontn Nc
2 Mozart Music on app
Theme. Fax.
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TURNTABLe fALK
Rubinstein Surveys
Beethoven Concertos

eral success is the sympa-
thetic collaboration Of Josef
Krips and what remains Of
the illustrious NBC SYM
phony, now known as the
Symphony of the Air. One
wonders If an enterprise like
this is capable of causing
RCA-NBC officialdom to re-
gret the decision for the or
chestra's official disband-
ment.
The recorded sound, bas-
ically designed for stereo-
phonic purposes. sounds al
most stereophonic even in
its monophonic form. In q
word, it is exceptional. (The
third concerto, in the re-
view set, was occasionally
family fuzzy around the
edges, a fault no doubt trace
able to a substandard press
ing rather than any cause
more basic.)
AS to where these inter-
pretations available singly,
as well as in a tlve-disc set
rank in the constellation Of
Beethoven concerto record
ings, this is a question that
could be debated endlessly.
My own historic preference
leans to Schnabel, and the
contemporaneous one to Ser
kin. But no one is likely in
any serious way to find Ru-
binstein disappointing.
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WEDNESDAY.

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Howard MitchSil. conductor Const-
tuition Hall. . pm Studcnt Concert
Repe lting Tuesday afternoons pro-
gram.
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. Eugene
Ormandy. conductor Sololst Zinc
Francest atti, violin Constitution
Hail. $50 pm Repestins Tuesday
evenings prosram
THURSDAY.
RATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
sS sssnS pS aGn22G 0Gs2 s SS1.i
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Capital City Sectional

Walsh. Sylvia Wilnef-Charles Soy
ster.. Leona Kempainen-Mrs Gladys
Middlemiss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
Charity Game Results

Labor Department Bridge
Club made a healthy contri-
button to the ACBL-indorsed
charity, the American Cancer
Society. at a special master
point match last Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-14
Congress Units Back
Freedoms Monument

Legislation leading to the
erection Of q huge freedoms
monument overlooking WASH
ington from the Virginia shore
has been cleared by the Interior
Committees of both the House
and the Senate.
I'VE think we can get it
passed this session because the
President is behind it." said
q spokesman in the Office of
Senator Allott, Republican of
Colorado.
Senator Allott and Repre-
sentative Aspinall, Democrat of
Colorado, were among the
patrons of companion legisla-
ton offered in both branches
Of Congress. Committee ap-
proval was voted at meetings
Of the two groups yesterday.
The bill would authorize the
Secretary Of Interior to grant
authority to the National Free
doms Shrine Foundation, Inc,
to erect a monument costing
from $3.50 million to $25 mil
lion.
The monument would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-14
THEY BRAVE OUR TRAFFIC

rial and on the axis Of the
Capitol. Washington Monument
and Lincoln Memorial. The site
now is under control Of the
National Park Service.
The monument itself would
cost the Government nothing.
Funds would be raised by the
foundation by collecting q dime
from each Of about a million
school children in the Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-14
Maine Publisher
Has Eye Operation

BATH. Me-. Aug. IA (R.-
Publisher Frank B. Nichols, SO,
who seldom misses a day at his
desk, had to be away today
the 60th anniversary of his
purchase of the Bath Daily
Times.
The dean Of Maine news
papermen is in a Waterville
hospital. where cataracts were
removed from his eyes yester-
day.
The anniversary brought doz-
ems Of congratulatory messages
one Of them from President
Eisenhower.
Mr.. Nichols, one Of the few
living charter members Of the
Associated Press. will be of the
job for about 10 days.
It's almost 40 years since Ill
health has kept the publisher
from his Office. says Paul K.
Niven. his son-in-law and ed
itor of Mr.. Nichols weekly
Brunswick Record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-14


room. at the Police Court and
holds regular classes Monday
evenings in the Civil Court
Building. Fifty to rs DRINKS
and ex-drunks attend the Sat-
urday or Monday. meetings.
Since the AA group was started
IL years ago at the court, about
$500 have shed their alcoholic
past.
Robert J. Conner. ST.. assist
ant director of probation at
Municipal Court, admits the
AA's success is just a tiny drop
in the bucket of 10000 drunks
who passed through the court
last year. But he says the
AA-guided drunks get an un-
usual amount Of individual
attention from IA friends and
from probation officers.
"Since the inception col
Alcoholics Anonymous in this
court over IL years ago we
have operated in the realm
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of a creative minority and we
humbly maintain that position
as we continue to expand and
grow to a degree that is very
rewarding in terms of salvag-
ing the lives Of a segment of
society that has been classified
and reclasSifled by well-mean-
ing individuals and organiza-
tions," Mr.. Conner said.
THE fact remains. and the
proof is in the final results,
that the simple program of IA
is the answer to the problem
Of a greater number Of alco-
holics than the answer drawn
from the combined efforts OF
all those interested in con-
tributing to the rehabilitation
Of alcoholics"
Mr.. Conner said that more
DRINKS could get proper pro-
stationary treatment If the
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Disabled Veteran Bill
Goes to White House
BY the Associated Press

The House has passed and
sent to President Eisenhower
a bill for a raise Of almost IS
per cent in compensation paid
veterans for total disabilities
caused by wartime service.
The measure will take effect
October / If Mr.. Eisenhower
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probation staff were enlarged.
The Municipal Court of the
District is the only court in
the country where an AA group
operates within the court. said
Mr.. Conner. He praised Chief
Judge Leonard p. Walsh for
help in promoting the work of
the IA at court.