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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
X-Roys and Radiation Fears
b. DR.. PETER J. sTElNcRoHN

You are worrying unneces-
sarily.
Your daughter is IN no
danger whatever from the
x-rays she has had. In fact.
If she should ever require
further study at any time
"a gall-bladder X-ray, an
other X-ray Of the chest or
X-ray Of the stomach and
intestines), under no ,circum-
stances discourage 1t. Greater
harm will come to her by not
taking X-rays that are in
dicated than by taking them.
! have known hundreds of
patients who had yearly
X-rays Of their chest for
many years and periodic
examinations of their gall
bladder. Of their stomach
and intestines, of their teeth
and Of an occasional bone.
Yet after 20 or 80 years of
this they never got leukemia
or any other condition such
as you seem to fear.
! suggest, Mrs. g. M. j.,
that you pull yourself to-
gether. If you have really
wanted to be helped, then
this reply is all that is neces-
sary to give you peace Of
mind.
released by The Bell syndicate. Ine.)
Monday: Posture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12
BY E. E. EDGAR

VIGOR: Despite his 30
years. Rhode Island Senator
Theodore F. Green is a man
Of incredible vigor. .
Not long ago, he and a
young colleague went for q
walk in Washington. Senator
Green, who takes long walks
daily, set out at a brisk clip
and soon had the other puff
ing and wheeling. After
walking a mile, the Senator
stopped and sat. on a park
bench.
Don't tell me you've had
enough!" gasped his COM
panion.
II guess So" sighed Green.
after all, I'm no longer 80,
you know"
HEARING: When Cornelia
Otis Skinner was a girl, she
took several friends to the
theater where her father,
Actor Otis Skinner was ap-
pearing.
The girls chartered and
giggled throughout the per-
Torrance. much to the an
noyance Of the cast. After
the show. Cornelia took them
backstage to meet her father.
you were just wonderful.
Mr.. Skinner" gushed one Of
the girls. ''Put there's some
thing wrong with the acous-
ties. We could scarcely hear
you"
That's strange" said
Skinner. II could hear you
perfectly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12

1t happened long ago. !
think of it often.
The air was cool at dawn.
The sun. came up big and
slow and the spires Of Brook
lyn and Queens pointed the
shadowy fingers of God across
the streets. The policeman
walked home. In his arms he
had a rake, five pounds Of
grass seed, two waxed rose
bushes and q trowel.
1t, was spring and the po-
liceman was happy. He had
a little house down the block
and it was like a dozen other
houses, but it was his and
that made it a castle There
was a backyard. 20 feet by
so, and the policeman had
planted so much in it over
so many years that it looked
like a jungle in June.
Now it was rose bushes.
He was a tall, dark man with
the paunch that denotes 90
years on the force. Two of
his children were in high
school and his wife could
spread a dollar so thin that
it became transparent. He
was lucky and he knew that
he was lucky. A few more
years as a harness bull and
he would have his pension
and. he hoped, a little cleo
trical store of his own.
y y 4 =
THE POLICEMAN was
passing a hardware store. AS
typographical errors will leap
from a page under the gaze
of a good editor. so an alarm
will ring in a policeman's
brain if he sees a familiar
store with the night light
out.
He stopped. Behind the
closed door of the store he
saw two frightened faces.
They were staring at him.
The faces were young and
tough. For the first time, the
policeman noticed an old car
standing down at the corner.
Quickly he began to set his
bundles down on the side
walk. Twice as quickly, the
young toughs bounded out of
the store and jumped on his
back. They did not want to
kill him. They wanted to get
away. They had a gun, but
they fought for his. They
lost.
HE DREW HIS GUN, but
he found himself on his
hands and knees. He fired
twice and the bullets split the
clear morning air across the
sidewalk. The three men
wrestled on the concrete and
there were no words, just the
heavy painting Of men under
exertion. Twice, the police
man lifted both men on his
back, and twice he went
down again.
Back on the far corner of
the street. a cop heard the
sounds of gunf1re and he
came pounding. down the
sidewalk with his gun in his
hand. The two hoodlums saw
him. They broke and ran.
The rescuing policeman fired
four times. One of the hood
lums turned getting into the
car and fired twice. The car
roared off and disappeared.
The policeman with the
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JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
A Pulling Case of Violent Death

rose bushes was dead. His
arms were outstretched and
he was face down. The second
policeman spread the alarm.
Within an hour both hood
lums had been arrested.
High brass questioned them
most of the day. Where, they
we're asked. was the gun?
~
THE GUN was in a creek.
They had dropped 1t as the
car sped over a bridge. Row
boats grappled for it for two
days. 1t was found. The two
young men were indicated
for first-degree murder.
Murder occurring during the
commission of q felony
burglary in this case-is al
ways first-degree.
The court appointed ade-
duate counsel. 1t was, at best,
a gesture. Both young men
had long criminal records
and the result was so well
anticipated that the New
York newspapers gave the
case but little space.
The jury listened to the
drone of witnesses through
the long sunny days. They
listened to the eloquent plea
of counsel for defense to
spare the lives of two boys
whom society had ruined.
They listened to the lean,
hard sentences Of the assist
ant district attorney. And
they listened to the Judge,
whose charge was so full OF
legal admonitions to dis
regard, to weigh with care, to
remember that you are the
sole judges of the evidence
and so forth, that nobody
remembered what he said.
The jury found both men
guilty. They were sentenced
to the electric chair. In time
they sat in it and died. They
weren't missed. Still, with
three guns lying on the court
clerks table, I often wonder
why no one-especially de-
tense counsel-called a ball
listic expert to the witness
stand.
Someone must have been
afraid that the policeman
was not killed by the hood
lums' gun.
Copyright 1858.
King Features Syndicate, Inc1
Monday: Faith and proof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12

Since recent talk Of the
dangers Of radiation ] have
been receiving many letters
like the following one. 1t
seems we not only are greatly
concerned with the H-bomb
but, in some instances, have
become terrified by the poten-
tial dangers Of the X-ray.
Dear DR.. StelncrOhn: l am
SO haunted by the fear that
1 have, through ignorance,
doomed my daughter to a
horrible death some time in
the future that l am slowly
losing my mind and health.
As ] am the only one In this
family TO whom the thought
Of this danger has occurred
! do not want TO alarm the
rest Of them by mentioning
II in their presence.
My younger daughter is
now 81 years old. When she
was a yOungster our doctor
suspected possible thymus
gland abnormallty so he Or
dered a full chest exposure
to X-rays. Following that,
there were a number Of shoe
fittings by X-ray, which
was a customary procedure in
our town at the time.
During her teens she was
given three X-ray treatments
for acne. Since that time 1
have fOolishly allowed several
X-rays Of dental work and a
few more for routine chest
examinations that were ad-
vised as a preventive measure
when the mobile unit came
around.
Then finally an X-ray ex-
animation for a shoulder fol-
lowing an auto accident. I
know that none Of this was
really necessary, but at the
time 1 had no idea that all
this was dangerous. This is
on my mind constantly, DIR.
SteincrOhn. II you can truth
fully give me any hope, please
do! Can such exposure as she
has had be fatal?
Mrs. G. M. j.
I have talked to many Of
my x-ray friends during the
past few years and have read
what many other authorities
have to say about the dam
gers OF ordinary radiation IN
CURED during diagnostic X
day procedures. The danger
is nil.
Over a lifetime Of 81 years
I would say that your daugh-
ter has not been over
radiated. You are the one
who requires attention-not
your daughter. You have be-
come obsessed with fears for
your daughter that you fash
toned out of your own mag
ination. To put 1t mildly. so
there viii be no further doubt
in your mind. let me repeat:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12

Don't HELD Bowler Collect Spare Girls
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

how about being a Doctors
recepti0nist?
DEAR ABBY: We have a
relative who refuses to work
for less than $3.50 an hour.
Consequently he is out Of
work about half the time,
and he expects us to give him
handouts. l believe in help
ing kinfolks if things get
rough, but wouldn't you think
he would try to help himself?
My wife thinks I am hard
hearted. Please tell her I'm
not. RALPH
You do your relative no
favor when you support him
when he should be support
ing himself. Soon as you stop
the handouts, he will take
the best job he can get---but
not until.
4 \ 4 X
DEAR ABBY: Will you
please help us settle an argu-
ment? Would you call play
ing a slot machine gam
bling? S. G. and FL.
/ would say it's more like
a Contribution"
(For a personal reply, tDrite
to ABBY In care of The Eue-
ming Star. IncloSe a self
addressed, stamped enUelopeJ
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Int
The next Deer ABBY" column will
appear Sunday in the Women's
Section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12

DEAR ABBY: I am a young
man who is not married. Our
Office has a bowling team and
/ am on it. One of the men on
the team is married and asks
everyone on our team to say
he is single when we go to
bowl. He has got a couple OF
girls in love with him and he
is still looking around. Should
] continue to lie for him. tell
the girls the truth or what?
/ feel like a rat and it is af-
fecting my average.
BOWLER
Tell your bowling buddy
that bearing false witness il
not up your alley. Recommend
that he lay it on the line with
out curves, or do it for him.
4 X Il 4
DEAR ABBY: My husbands
mother Il refuse to call her
my "mother-in-law'') had an
anniversary party for my hus-
band and me to celebrate our
10th anniversary. She left out
my own mother and father.
] couldn't believe she was so
ignorant and kept expecting
her to call my mother at the
last minute, but she never did.
You can imagine how / felt
the whole evening. Now I
can't even look her in the
face because / am afraid I
might say something terrible
to her. My mother says to skip
it. What would you have
done?"
VERY HURT
/ would have asked my hus-
band to call his mother and
request that your parents
be invited to this party. No
point in crying over split milk.
It's sour anyway.
+
DEAR ABBY: Since I had
my tonsils out when I was 4
I have had my heart set on
marrying a doctor. I thought
Of being a nurse but that's
out because l. can't stand the
sight Of blood. Have you any
suggestions? MARCIA
n If you can stand the sight
of punching q time clock,
p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12
Military District
Deputy Assigned

Col. Milton S. Glatterer, Of
ga Brenda lane, Falls Church,
va, has been appointed Chief
Of Staff and Deputy Comman-
der of the Military District Of
Washington.
He succeeds Col. David L. Ed
wards who is soon leaving for
an assignment in Korea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12
FAMILY COUNCIL
Wife Hates
Husbands
Sister
THE PROBLEM

BERNARD S. = Roberta
should ignore Ann.
ROBERTA She should
have told her of long ago.
THE DETAILS
Bernard ST. am caught
in the middle Of a feud be-
tween my sister and my wife.
They never did get along and
things get worse as time goes
on.
My sister Ann is the DOM
ineering type. She's several
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years older than I am and
has always tried to boss me.
Now that I'm married she
thinks she can boss my wife.
too. I've told my wife to just
ignore her. but she always
gets involved in an argument.
We are giving a big party
in a couple Of months and my
wife, Roberta, doesn't want to
invite Ann unless Ann apollo
gizes for certain things she
said to her. / know Ann
won't apologize. and If she
isn't invited to this party. the
entire family will be very
much upset. Ann will be
deeply hurt and ! don't want
to break relations with her.
Roberta S.-Nobody has
ever spoken to me the way
my sister-in-law has. She In
suited and Inundated me,
and If my husband had a
spark Of manhood in him he
wouldn't let her get away
with anything like that. He
should have told her of long
ago.
AS for this particular party.
I want everything to go of
beautifully. 1t is a very i'm
portant occasion for us. In
addition to the family, some
very important people will be
there. Iwant to look and feel
my best and I can't do that
when I know Ann is there.
looking everything over with
that critical eye Of hers.
I would settle for an apol-
ogy from Ann because I'd like
to bring her down a peg, but
frankly I hope she refuses
because I want nothing more
to do with her.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Sorry, we can't give Roberta
much support.
Ann should certainly not
have insulted or Inundated
her, but Roberta should never
have allowed things to get to
the point where this would
happen.
Roberta shows a deep lack
Of self-confldence and that's
why AIMS criticism gets un-
der her skin. We would guess
Roberta answers the faintest
hint Of criticism from her
SiSter-in-law with CRY
words that draw fire in re-
turn. Roberta should not get
into such a position that she
requires defense from. her
husband, who probably wishes
to maintain pleasant rela-
tons with his sister.
Roberta should constantly
remind herself that AIMS
critical eye" can do her no
harm as long as she is salts
fled that she is doing her
best.
Possibly it will help Roberta
gain some self-confidence If
she sets out to promote her
husbands happiness and to
establish peace in the family
by showing she is above petty
pickering. She ought to invite
Ann to the party and show
whatever amount Of genuine
friendliness she can muster.
She shouldn't force it too
hard at first. One small step
at a time gradually will lead
to warmer relations.
iCopyrisht 1883,
General Features Corp
Monday: Wife resents mother
In lave nlen "a live nearhv
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FAMOUS FABLES

Monday: Posture,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12

The FomiIy Council consists Of q
Judge. O psyehiotrist. three clergy
men, o newspaper editor, o
women's editor and two writer's.
Eoeh ortiele Is a summary Of on
actual case history The council
reports on problems thot hove
been dealt with BY responsible
agencies and eounseIors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12
Fashion Show at Base

A beauty contest and fashion
show will be held at 1880 to-
night at Andrews Air Force
Base. The contestants will be
teen-age dependents Of An
drews Air Force Base personnel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-12
BuckneII Appointee

DR.. Frank c. Abbott of the
American Council on Education
here has been appointed to the
new post Of assistant dean Of
Bucknell University, the Lewis
burg (Pa.) school has an
nounced. He will also be asst
ant professor Of government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-14

ceived in April. highest month
since October, 1856.
In the Washington area.
the average current individ-
ual loan is for sl6.500. The
current sales price Of the
average house is $4,000.
The stronk revival Of CT
lending followed a recent In
crease in the VA interest
rate from 4lz to Az per cent.
combined with a weakening
Of interest rates in effect for
conventional lending.
Following the same trend.
as VA loans FILA home A.
nancing was also setting a
fast pace.
This week. FILA reported
a new all-time high Of over
10000 unit-applications for
FILA mortgage insurance dur
ing May. The previous rec
ord Of 89,764 was set in May,
1850.
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81 Looms
Top Billion

Continued From Page BIZ
supply dwellings for . city
of 100000 persons or more.
OF the total homes pur-
chased with VA guaranteed
mortgages since the program
became effective in this area.
almost $4,000 were new
homes. The rest Of the loans
financed the purchase Of ex-
isting properties.
Throughout the country,
CT loan activity continued
strong during May. Appraisal
requests for proposed build
ing reached 29.l70-rup l7.6
per cent from the 24.S0o re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-14

Some $s27 million worth Of
mortgage loans were closed by
the Nations savings and loan
associations during April. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-14
Home Loans Gain ) Per Cent in Month

gain Of 3 per cent over the
same month q year ago, the
Federal Home Loan Bank
Board has announced.
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SILVER SPRING, Nd.

Wonderful volue with UNUSUAL FINANCING.
Delightful foniy house, oroe rooms. -Four bedrooms
plus den baths. powder room, Jorge CT kitchen;
fenced yord Neor elementary school. $Z4.9oO. Coll
Mrs. FIother, no. 2-3733.
DIRECTIONS From sper Spring out Georgia Ape Forest
Glen Rd traffic ght turn right to Forest orope Dr. k
to BeiUedere and Yi0ht~to house.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21
: Dunbar junior Hiqh School ::

Dunbar Junior high school under the leadership of the
Social Studies Department with A. Cam chairman observ
ed Negro History Week February 10.
The detectives of this observance
l. To the chldens interest in Negro leaders and
courage emulation of them in way.
To teach children to tell the story of these people with
pride
g. To prepare them live a changing social order
To develop intelligent appreciation of the remarkable
growing of the Negro in the United States.
interests.
During this week the pupils will study articles
relating outstanding Negroes today and pictures of dis
tngushed Negroes Activities of this week included making
serapbooks of pictures drawings, clippings and
magazine articles
special Assembly observing Negro History Week and
Brotherhood week will be held February H. The theme
for the Brotherhood Week observance Brotherhood Under
God Guest speakers for this assembly will be: The Reverend
Mr. ]. D. Pugh Church of the Good Sheperd, Episcopal
Chruch The Reverend Mr.. A. NJ Anderson Wesley Chapel
Methodist Church.
Ada Shine, pupil in Mrs. M CAMS home room became
Miss Personality of Dunbar junior high school for 1858 in
the finals the Miss Personality which held
February 1858 Second place Evelyn Scog
gins of Mrs Conways home with Ruth Joyner of Miss
Tate's home taking third place.
The Miss Personality contest conducted special
selected following require
ments: riendness toward people, thoughulness towards
Others loyalty and honesty clothing in good taste pose
achieving In school work. self-confdence pride in personal
appearance. Pride in school work; and initiative
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21
B. I. Washington

SCHOLARSHIP HONOR ROLL
3rd Six Weeks
Grade Miss O. B. Harris
Anna Brown
Charlie Hampton
Vera Hodges
Loudine Quarles
Grade Mrs. NJ. C. Terry
Janette Atkins
Patricia Bland
Larry Lowe
Joyce Stubblefield
Grade Mrs. w. M. Whitfield
Lawrence Jackson
Yvonne Reynolds
Allena Young
Grade2-Mrs. r. K. Finn
Phyllis Carr
Yvonne Carr
Sallie Condition
Patsy Henderson
Sharon Jones
Beverly Richardson
Bonita Terry
William Thrasher
Lydia Strickland
Grade Mrs. M. ]. Patterson
Clarence Brown
Grade 2-Mra c. j. ProWel1
Paul Brown
Grade2-Mrs. A. H. Williams
Mary Hood
Grade 3-Mrs. E. T. Carpenter
David Lewis
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21
Bush School

The following pupils made the
honor roll for the first semester
at Bush school. In order to make
the honor roll a pupil must main
tain a "B" average or above.
Henor pupils are:
Mrs. Burns IL Group
Sheila Holder
Floriece Miller
Mrs. Elam's 81 Group
Charlene Mason Black
John Alvin Hudson
Sandra Eloyce Jones
Kay Frances Toombs
Mrs. Williams % and 80 Group
Issac Charles
Linda Joyce Miller
Rita Davis
Dorothy Spotwood
Miss Fuller's 4th Grade
Rosa Blathers
Betty Grissom
Marilyn Mccoy
Thelma Price
Margaret Roddy
Ada Lee Wilson
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21

brycell batteries to produce street
lights. Some of the houses are
being finished with plaster and
paint. The class is very interest
ed in electricity and its uses.
The class will study six units
this year Food For Growth and
Energy, Weather and Climate,
Electricity and It's Uses, Sound,
Wonders of the Sky, and Outer
Space Travel.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21
Martha Johnson

Martha Johnson
Rita Brown
Grade Mrs. w. M. Whitfield
Allena Roung
Sharon Young
Bernard Washington
Archie Lee Clark
Rose Mella Solee
Grade 2-Mrs. C. J. ProWell
Barbara Smith
Grade 2-Mrs. A. H. Williams
Mary Hood
Belinda Block
Willie Grisby
Sondra Finley
Ralph Hogen
Warren Jordan
Ronald Hendrix
Ann Churehwell
Lawrence Dade
Grade 3-Mrs. E. T. Carpenter
Alice Ellison
Curtis Harris
Grade Mrs. E. S. Wines
Ellen Young
Robert Hampton
Grade 5-Mrs. A. c. Shanks
Beverly Bryant
Berniee Hill
Chester Leary
James Rodgers
Myrtis Smith
Lavona Wilson
Annette Jackson
Grade 5-Mrs. L. M Sumler
Ola Darlington
Laura Jenkins
Richard Whitfield
Sondra Turner
Margaret Price
Marilyn Bearden
Wesley Mason
Grade 6-Mrs. M. B. Hicks
Robert Branch
Ronald Carpenter
LIMA CoWans
Diane Gay
Dorothy Hill
Thelma Tyson
Rose Helen Jones
Adell Terry
Marilyn Washington
Barbara Word
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21
:: ScipiO A. Jones Jr. ST. High :
aAl scIENcE AND BlOLOGY DEPARTMENT

The general of Jones high school under
the suerson of R. Palmer studying Using and Con-
trolling Heat Light and Atomic Energy
The majority of the students find the answer fascinating
to such questions as makes heat? docs heat travel
and measured by lectures demonstrations ex
periments, and individual reports.
The biology classes studying Animals win Back
bones five classes of vertebrates Fish, Amphl
ba Reptiles Birds Mammals These vertebraes belong
Chordata The present study concerns Aph
bians of this group include Frogs Toads and
SalanandeTs possess third ehabered heart and al
though they breathe by of gs in the early stages
Lungs finally develop The skin for breathing is special
characteristic of this group.
The frog of the most common of the amphibans
represents the whole group has special adaptations for
life land and in the water The students now dssecg
and making reports on" Land and Water Animals.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21

Glenda Wilson
Grade 3-Mrs. D. NJ. Kicks
Alvin Terry
Edward Whitfield
Grade 3-Mrs. M. c. Williams
James Clark
Myrna Davis
Carmeletia Hawkins
Leonard Jones
Grade Mrs M. S. Porter
Sandra Cole
Donnie Rayford
Grade Mrs. E. S. Wines
Charles Doakes
Robert Hampton
Ellen Arnetha Young
Grade Mrs. E. NJ Young
Arlee Robinson
Brenda Olive
Grade 5-Mrs. A. c. Shanks
Beverly Bryant
Bernice Hill
Chester Leary
James Rodgers
Myrtis Smith
Lavona Wilson
Grade 5-Mrs. L. NJ. Sumler
Merilyn Bearden
Annie B. Davis
Robert c. Jones
Wesley Mason
Napoleon Tillman
Grade 6-Mrs. M. B. Hicks
LIMA CoWans
Reuben Hawkins
Rose Helen Jones
James Leary
Adell Terry
Geraldine Williams
Grade 6-Mra S. w. Rice
Joyce Walters
Jacquelyn Evans
David Howell
CITIZENSHIP HONOR ROLL
3rd Six Weeks
Grade miss o. B. Harris
Charlie Hampton
Grade Mrs. M. G. Terry
Jon Richardson
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-02-21

The sixth grade class is work
ing on science project.
They are building a model
neighborhood which will have
houses, one school, department
stores, and grocery stores.
The class is studying the unit
on electricity. The boys will use